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Conventional Thinking: Just say 'no'
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By Brian Hobbs
In November, Oklahoma voters may vote on a ballot measure that legalizes so-called medical marijuana, State Question 788. Whether it's in November or a later vote, the issue is worth discussing now.
This is not the first time a ballot push for marijuana has happened in Oklahoma. As recently as the last election (2014), a group named "Oklahomans for Health" was trying to get so-called medical marijuana before voters. Thankfully that effort failed.
Some people do not realize, though, that Oklahoma already has passed one form of legalized medical marijuana. In 2015, the Oklahoma Legislature passed—and the governor signed—a bill establishing a limited-basis pilot program for medical marijuana in the form of a "cannabis oil" liquid extract. The oil was limited to certain types of patients who qualified, such as those who suffer with childhood-onset epilepsy.
There are other key differences between the 2015 law and what's proposed in SQ 788. First and foremost, the "cannabis oil" allowed for by law was non-intoxicating, while SQ 788 would allow for marijuana to be grown then smoked, leading to an uptick in people getting intoxicated and losing control of their faculties.
Next, the cannabis oil law was to be pursued more carefully and as part of medical study, while the implementation of SQ 788 seems messier and broad based. According to Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, SQ 788 "legalizes the licensed use, sale, and growth of marijuana" apart from any qualifying medical conditions being identified.
Also, don't think your city or locality can avoid this coming to your backyard if the measure were approved. SQ says "No school or landlord may refuse to enroll or lease to and may not otherwise penalize a person solely for his status as a medical marijuana license holder." Analysis of the state question further says "local government cannot use zoning laws to prevent the opening of a retail marijuana store."
Next, while the state question does limit the state-issued medical marijuana license holder to grow and sell marijuana to residents that are 18 years of age and older, there are ways to get a waiver for Oklahoma residents under 18 years of age through two doctors' notes and a signature by parents. Meanwhile, current federal laws prohibit doctors from prescribing marijuana, but the state question would allow for medical doctors to license people to grow and retail medical marijuana, putting them at an odd place in the mix. I shudder to ponder the idea of a 16-year-old license holder using marijuana to take care of aches after football practice.
So where does all of this lead? In short, Oklahoma could become a hotspot for the production and sale of marijuana. As we have seen from states like California (which legalized so-called medical marijuana in 1996), when a state becomes a hotspot for medical marijuana, the medical reasons are very thin.
Got a headache? Try marijuana for that! Feeling stressed? Try marijuana. Have trouble sleeping? Try this! These scenarios may sound far-fetched, but they are not, based on what we have learned from other states.
What we also have learned from other states is that medical marijuana becomes a public-policy "gateway drug" to demands for marijuana decriminalization and recreational use laws.
If and when the issue comes to a vote, people do not always hear these kinds of details and drawbacks. That is why issues like these are best left to our duly-elected legislators.
At a time when the jury is still out on our 2015 law; at a time when legitimate medical research behind medical marijuana is hard to come by; at a time when Oklahoma is facing an addiction epidemic surrounding so many substances, Oklahoma does not need to take a chance on this state question.
To sum it up, Oklahoma should just say no to medical marijuana.
Author: Brian Hobbs
Brian is editor of The Baptist Messenger.
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From the moment we are born, we are learning. Every breath we take, every move we make, we are learning. Happily some things we are born with, like the sucking reflex enabling us to feed. Most but not all of us are born with our senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch all working, most but not all have fully functioning limbs too. To begin with our senses are far from precise, so over time these develop through repetition and training, just as our brain and muscles do. Even as we sleep, our minds are quietly assembling the events of our wakeful day and storing them. We may not remember all these dreams, but everyone is believed to dream between three and six times per night. It is thought that each dream lasts between five and twenty minutes, but around ninety-five percent of dreams are then forgotten by the time a person gets out of bed. Our dreaming can help us learn, as well as develop our long-term memories. The learning process is also a two-way street, as our parents or guardians, in fact our whole family, even our pets, are learning at the same time about us, noticing our habits. Some of these habits are perhaps better altered, whilst others may be encouraged. I am told that when I was very young, I developed whooping cough which can be serious. So for a while, my dear mum would rush up to my room at the first sound of me crying and I learned that if I cried then someone would come. But then one time the local district nurse was visiting and helped to calm mum down, during which time I apparently stopped crying and was soon fast asleep! I got out of the habit, so it was quite a learning experience for both of us. My two elder brothers were born during World War II, whilst I arrived a good few years later and as a result my upbringing was rather different to that of my brothers, partly because my parents now had much valuable experience with them to call upon. Food was becoming more varied and post-war rationing had now all but ended, as fourteen years of food rationing in Britain ended at midnight on 4 July 1954 when restrictions on the sale and purchase of meat and bacon were lifted. But I am told that my mother had a fright soon after we moved to Whittlesey as she heard what to her was an air-raid siren. It was, but this siren was now being used to call the local volunteer fire brigade to the fire station, which was not far from where we lived at the time. Our home was also near to a lovely church which has a very tall spire and as a result the church bells were quite loud and the noise upset me. But once I was able to understand exactly what the sound was, how it was made and also that my dad was a bellringer, I was happy. It was the same with storms, thunder and lightning. The logical explanations of what they were and what they did made sense to me! Years later I then wondered how many times per day does lightning strike the Earth. I learned that about 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth's surface every second That's about 8 million per day and 3 billion each year! Always the enquiring mind. As I was growing up, thankfully my questions were, in the main, either answered or at least explained. I learned not just the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, history and the like, I also began to learn about other living things. I think it was there that I began to realise that some folk are just naturally gifted in certain areas whilst others are not, but that we are all unique in our own way and that what suits one in doing a task might not suit another. One beaver might create a dam and build its lodge differently to another, but the final result will be what is important. At school I wanted to learn, I had been told that was what school was for, to learn, except just filling my head with facts didn't always work for me, I wanted to know the why as well as what. Sometimes a simple explanation was all I needed, but over the years I have seen that some teachers are better than others and as I said the other week, there are teachers and there are educators. I fully accept that there are times when some immediate action is required and explanations can be given later, as at a young age we know nothing about the potential dangers of standing by an open fire or being too close to the edge of a cliff! It was also when being an individual became apparent to me, as I said the other week I was encouraged by my school colleagues to try smoking a cigarette but I wouldn't do so simply because everyone else was.
When I started work for Post Office Telephones, I was a civil servant and I had to pass their entrance exam. I began work in what was then known as the Accommodation department. Within the Peterborough Telephone Area there were over a hundred exchanges as well as quite a number of local engineering centres, all providing and maintaining the telephone service for an area of over two thousand square miles, from Skegness to St. Neots! It was here I began to learn multi-tasking, being able to work on filling in forms but at the same time becoming more aware of what was going on around me. Some of my colleagues had been working there for quite a few years and at the time I could not imagine working for the same company for so long, but in fact I don't really think I did, despite being with the firm for thirty-eight years. That's because the company evolved, it too learned. Not everyone was happy with all the changes that took place, even simple things like addressing managers by their first names took a bit of getting used to on both sides, but it happened. A few senior managers who have long since passed away would regularly go drinking at lunchtime and it was expected that some of us would accompany them. I preferred a proper bite to eat and a walk around town though, in fact it was during a lunchtime wander that I saw the first Sinclair ZX81 computer on sale! That really was a major step for me, learning much about computers, their programming and uses. By now Post Office Telephones was British Telecommunications Plc, with its structural and various departmental name changes. Also the levels of management were becoming less and less, computers really were becoming more and more commonplace although I do wonder if they generated more paperwork! Over the years we had a series of studies, some by staff in the company and some brought in from outside but they were usually the same or at least very similar. It was all Time Management in various guises, hoping to improve Efficiency. A few weeks ago now I told the story of the Ant whose management thought it might work better if supervised and so generally improve its efficiency. The management had lots of new ideas, they made changes but the joke was that they ended up sacking the Ant because it ended up showing a lack of motivation and a negative attitude as a result of those changes. There were new ideas, but sometimes change seemed to be made simply for the sake of change, to say that things were better. Not so long ago there was a funny television series by the late Victoria Wood called 'dinnerladies' and in that there were some great characters whose parts had been cleverly written. Right at the beginning of the first series we were introduced to the main characters, a group of mostly female and middle-aged canteen workers at a factory set in the Manchester area. The central character was the kind and very dependable Brenda 'Bren' Furlong, played by Victoria Wood, whose relationship with sarcastic and exhausted canteen manager Tony Martin developed through the series. Then there was the prim and prudish Dolly Bellfield and her friend Jean, along with the younger pair of characters, Twinkle (who was often came to work dressed in her work clothes) and the relatively slow-witted, mild-mannered Anita who was the complete opposite to her posh-voiced mother, an estate agent. There was Stan Meadowcroft, the opinionated, easily provoked but well-meaning maintenance man who was responsible for cleaning the factory and fixing equipment. Then there was the cheery but rather disorganised Philippa Moorcroft, the Personnel manager who was from the south of England and who at first did not fit in well with the rest of the staff. She moved to Manchester because of her relationship with a senior member of staff, Mr Michael. Julie Walters also appeared in several episodes as Bren's somewhat disadvantaged, rather delusional and manipulative mother who lived in a caravan behind a petrol station. She had abandoned Bren at an orphanage but often turned up to ask for favours. Each episode had a definite story but also a continuing theme and we saw how changes occurred along with numerous misunderstandings. The series developed very well as each character learned about the others. The series ended when the excellent canteen was closed to make room for more offices. A familiar scenario, sadly. I will admit to smiling when Personnel was renamed Human Resources, with no change of work just a fancy name change, also how Philippa attempted to introduce various things like Scottish Country Dancing to a factory environment. It reminded me of a time when one of my senior managers attempted to get us office-based sales staff to persuade callers to have a more modern telephone by simply offering the staff incentives such as a bottle of wine or similar to the person who 'sold' the most each month. The orders for more modern telephones went up for a short while, but the manager could not seem to understand why the orders dropped when the incentive scheme was stopped. I have spoken to others working in other industries and found that to a large extent they found the same where they worked. There are exceptions of course, for example like the military, but in that environment there is no nine to five working like in an office, if work needs finishing then every person involved keeps working until it is job done and signed off.
I do think that we can sometimes lose sight of how potentially important our interaction with others can be. We learn to communicate and we may only say a few kind or thoughtful words to someone, but at that moment it may be exactly what that person needs. Equally, harsh words may have an adverse effect. Most of us at some time or another have had moments when we question our own decisions, but a few supportive words can make a world of a difference. A couple I know ended up leaving their partners and marrying each other as they learned to trust their feelings for each other. They now have a child of their own, a life that would not have existed otherwise and who can say what a difference that child or perhaps their offspring might make to the world in the future. Even that person's interaction with others, which I think is called the 'ripple' effect. As the years have passed and I have moved around the Midlands I have met many different people of different races, cultures and creeds. On one occasion I was invited to an event where the guest was Srinivas Arka and I was more involved with one of his charities than I perhaps am now. But this was an event attended predominantly by those of an Asian background, in fact I think I was the only non-Asian attendee. Some folk looked at me, wondering who I was, but I was warmly greeted by several people who knew me. It was a learning experience for me, seeing how different races can be treated and a reminder that we are all human. Sadly there are those who even now still try to have us believe that some humans are, how can I put it, 'lesser beings' than others. To my mind, whether you believe in God or not, whether your thoughts on how the Universe began differ from others, whether you find eating certain things upsetting, it is surely down to our individual choice. But we should still all be treated the same. I have said that we are always learning, but I guess that ought to be adjusted in that for most of us we have the capacity to learn. However some do not. Where I am living at the moment I see inmates in this Care Home who have dementia and sadly it is difficult for them to learn. Last year when I was in hospital I could not even turn over in bed without assistance, but I have learned to move again. I had to. There are still some things I cannot do unaided, but thankfully I am learning to walk again and if I can I hope to show others here that we can overcome difficulties, we can learn to adapt to changes as time passes. A friend of mine has need of a hearing aid now, we think it may be as a result of having to spend so much time on the telephone at work! I know it can be hard and we all have proverbial dark days, but I try to have faith that with a positive attitude we will survive for a good while longer and that is fine with me. This beautiful world continues to change, not always in an ideal way but it seems to me that Nature has a habit of restoring a balance, despite those who seem to want to upset it for whatever reason. The Earth does not stop turning, the Sun continues to shine down upon us although at times I read ridiculous questions from folk, like asking whether our moon is hollow, how long it would take us to reach the nearest star and I expect as each new generation appears then similar questions will be asked. Last week I said about how technology was continuing to change and over the years some folk have felt it has not always been for the better! Thankfully we do learn, though sometimes the cost can be quite high. One example is asbestos, it was at first thought to be an excellent material, but it turned out to be a killer if not handled safely. We are coping with the effects of a pandemic, but as I have said there are differences of opinion on how it started and its treatment. But we are doing what we do, we are learning, using different technologies to keep in touch with others, which I believe is important. Quite a number of people now use or are at least aware of Zoom, a video conferencing service we can use to meet virtually with others, whether by video, audio only or both, all whilst conducting live chats. The system also allows these sessions to be recorded for viewing later. I have been looking at quite a few things on YouTube, though much of it I ignore, especially the adverts. Their systems seem to think they're being helpful! Sometimes they are, for example that is how I learned about Radio Garden, which enables folk to listen to radio stations for free from all around the world. Very clever. I have also found quite a number of 'live' web cams, again from around the world and the way the Internet is now there must be much more that I haven't yet discovered. But it keeps me occupied, reading, writing and above all, learning.
This week, the benefits of a good vocabulary.
I recently called an old engineering friend of mine and asked what he was working on these days. He replied that he was presently working on an aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics, steel and aluminium in a somewhat constrained environment. I was impressed, until I discovered that he was actually in the kitchen doing the washing up under his wife's supervision…
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I often find them in an excellent condition but this is the first that I have found that's absolutely brand sparkly new. These cloths are printed with a turquoise dye that will last for years without perishing, only water will remove the original print.
hitting the lines bang on.
At the same time I also found this pink linen with teal cut work embroidery.
and some of us managed to catch some rays.
A little bit of Harris Tweed in the shop.
Mark Hearld, Squirrel and Sunflower and a few other items added.
I've just booked my flights for Shetland Wool Week 2017!
On the production front, I've been busy with some Mark Hearld fabrics.
Squirrel and Sunflower project bag, brick red on linen union backed with an oatmeal pure wool.
The Uradale yarn is from Shetland and the hand made leather note book was a mail order purchase from Shetland, way before I'd ever thought about going there.
make-up bag, travel bag or whatever you want bag.
St. Johns, Isle of Man.
Harris Tweed vintage herringbone, I used to be a skirt!
I've been sewing up my Harris Tweed remnants today. I bought this from a fair a while ago, I think it's 1980's, it was the end of a bolt and I was very excited to see the Orb stamp.
I even lined it in bright red.
I love this edge to edge style, it's so versatile.
First outing to the V&A.
Freshly made Harris Tweed, Hot pink, grey and yellow, what's not to like?
Hot pink and navy waxed cotton.
I've been busy in the studio with my vintage tablecloths. For these photos we tried using the quilt I made for my M.A. it's completely made up from embroidered tablecloths and the batting is pure wool, I've washed it a good few times in the washing machine and it's doing very well. This apron has a cottage garden design all around the border, lots of tiny but beautiful flowers and even more abundant now I've added pockets.
I love a good steady curve.
So many woman hours must have gone into this one.
A bright and pretty printed retro floral, these wild roses on linen just make me happy.
Most of the tablecloths that I use have some signs of wear, they've been used and laundered a lot but this is why they appeal to me. Good linen becomes so soft with age, you just can't get it with anything new. This one had a repair and it's still there but inside the pocket with the embroidered pocket panel sitting almost exactly over the same corner design.
We have babies on the horizon so Miss Belle decided she needed to get busy.
She's making careful notes/photos so she gets her quilts just right. Some of her patches have inspirational words that she picked for herself, I asked if these were appropriate for babies and she said, "well they won't be able to read so it'll be fine".
She's been taking over my studio after school and enjoying playing with my new sewing machine, I've had it for a year but this is the first time she's ventured away from hers. I don't think I'll ever get her off the reverse pedal and leg riser!
She's left just a little bit of space for me and the Welsh gals.
Firstly, I can justify all of these purchases because my nearest actual 'wool' shop is an hour away, the excellent Ewe & Ply in Shrewsbury. I'm knitting in their very own Shropshire Ply from their own sheep at the moment, purchased at Wonderful Wool Day, you can see literally how it was made on their blog. Sadly, there is a wool shop in my village but not a bit of animal fibre to be had, however they do sell something called Shetland Mist, what's in a name? Well certainly not premium acrylic!
The only purchase I made without a plan was Iona Wool in Atlantic Blue and very unusually for me I hesitated and ran back at closing time for this. I am a fan of proper wool that feels like wool, not flimsy merino but something robust and with integrity.
Tuku Wool made in Finland which I'd never even heard of, fabulous colours and samples to drool over on the stall. I came away with sock yarn, hence the 20% nylon, I only wear hand knit wool socks and I want to poke in the eye anyone who tries to sell me sock yarn without a bit of man-made strength, they just wear straight through, I have tried in my foolish past.
I'm very excited about this Uradale Yarns , I missed out on the tour of their farm in Shetland last year because I was so busy but it's on the list for next time. It's an organic DK weight and I plan to knit Cascades by Michelle Wang. It's a Brooklyn Tweed pattern and I fully intended to buy the Brooklyn Tweed Shelter to knit it in at the show, knitters rave about it, BUT in my humble opinion the yarn quality doesn't match that of the excellent patterns. I must be in the minority but there it is, the yarn felt a bit squeaky and over processed and if it hadn't had a label on I would have guessed acrylic.
Midwinter Yarns have only good stuff, if someone had to buy me a surprise bag of yarn I could direct them to Midwinter and know I'd be happy with absolutely anything they had. I once knitted a pair of socks in their Raggsocks on the flight to New York. I've had my eye on Pirkkalanka for a while but never had a project in mind, I found Mayhem at EYF.
Mayhem was launched at the show and I don't think it's on Ravelry until the end of the month, it's a very cleverly constructed garment designed by Asa Tricosa. It was at Ginger Twist Studio and I was very impressed by what they had to offer, I imagine their shop must be fab, I tried it on and I could have happily walked off with it. It was knit up in Ginger Twist's Mashem Mayhem DK, a Blue Faced Leicester and Masham mix and I can highly recommend this yarn, I would have bought the whole caboodle if I hadn't been knitting a cardigan in exactly the same colour from Ewe & Ply. The Ziggurat Method engineering was new to me, I'm definitely going to be learning on the job for this one and if I needed any more enticement, there's a tiny pocket knit in a different colour so I was sold.
It looks uninspiring in the photo but this Alpaca Mohair from The Border Mill is just divine when knit up, they had a multi-coloured sweater on the stand which is something else I could have happily sneaked away with. I met the lady from The Border Mill a couple of years ago in Glasgow and bought some alpaca which was a real treat to knit with so I know it's good stuff.
I made a few smaller purchases at the show, lots of haberdashery and a killer car sticker but that will have to wait for the car wash. On Saturday we spent a very happy hour in Blackwell's and amongst other books I came away with Stylish Party Dresses by Yoshiko Tsukiori, her designs are simple, very wearable and easy to make and the pattern sheet is included. Why We Make Things & Why It Matters by Peter Korn, the blurb suggested it was along the lines of the best book ever written on making/learning a craft The Craftsman by Richard Sennett .
In case you aren't familiar with The Craftsman, in a very small nutshell Sennett's ideas are; 10,000 hours; to be the best you need to know your craft - whatever it may be - inside out and back to front, be able to take apart and re-build, re-invent; don't be concerned with where you are in the learning process there is value in where you are and it is important to be at that point; the better we get the more critical we are of our work. If you are any sort of a maker of anything at all or just interested and haven't read this then you must, I've given so many copies of this away and it never disappoints and even as the queen of Audible I managed to read it. A fellow enthusiast told me about The Craftsman at a quilt symposium I was attending at the V&A in 2010 that went along with their quilt exhibition, 'Hidden Histories, Untold Stories', she also told me about Shetland Wool Week, boy was that my lucky day!
Have a conversation with someone you don't know, you never know where it might take you.
I popped off to EYF last week, I always go to my favourite Woolfest, Wonderwool Wales and now Shetland Wool Week, but this was the first urban one I've been to. I hope it goes without saying that these are nothing like the Knitting and Stitching show etc - big corporate events in massive halls - I like to meet the real makers and I certainly did in Edinburgh.
On Wednesday we got aquainted with the area and called in to The Treasure Trove, the shop of The Royal Edinburgh Repository and Self Aid Society which I had heard lots about. In the evening we dined at Laconda de Gusti which I can highly recommend.
I had a class on Thursday with the very talented Di Gilpin - patience of a saint - which I'd describe as using colour and texture but not as you'd expect. I met knitters from the USA and Germany in the class and on my way into The Corn Exchange I assisted an Indie Dyer from Switzerland with her wares. Meanwhile my friend sat knitting with some Swedish ladies at the cafe around the corner, it truly was an international event.
In the evening we went to the Knit Night which was absolutely heaving, on the table I shoehorned myself onto - green chair first photo was my seat for four hours - were some of the very welcoming volunteers with knitters from Japan and Belgium. I find that at any type of wool/textile event you can plonk yourself down next to anyone in the room and have a good conversation, no need to be shy because your all going to be on more-or-less the same wavelength.
My gold wristband from my class got me into the show at 9 on Friday morning, doors opened to everyone else at 10. This was the scene at 9 and we left at about 12.30, it was far too busy for me but I'd got everything I went for. We lunched in a local cafe and my friend went off to do a darning class with Tom of Holland. I sat merrily in the cafe for 3 hours and had a variety of previously unknown to me knitting companions. I collected my friend who had been in between a knitter from Nebraska and a Shetlander in her class. At this point I must say that when you knowing one knitter in Shetland this qualifies you as knowing them all because they really do all know each other which is brilliant for outsiders because you just list your friends and you are immediately the friend of the new person. Shetland's are the warmest people I have ever met and that's saying a lot as I come from Stoke. Thus, we are having a night out with our new friend in September.
We popped back into the show for a final walk around just before it closed, I had been regretting missing a cone of Iona wool. As we were walking out of the door I bumped into a London friend of mine who I first met at the In The Loop - run by Southampton University - conference in Shetland, serendipity.
The view from our fabulous apartment, perfect walking distance and halfway between the centre of Edinburgh and the Corn Exchange where EYF was held.
On Saturday we left our luggage at the bus station, far far cheaper than the train station, and went off in search of fabric and cake. We found both in the morning, perhaps the monster Victoria Sponge was a foolish choice so close to our lunch reservations but it was excellent. We dined at Mother India for lunch and spent an hour in the very good Blackwells Book Shop. On or way to our last dinning appointment of the trip we were sidetracked by a shop full of Harris Tweed and some German knitters lingering in the doorway in very good hand knits.
Sitting behind us on the train was a lady from Brazil who crochets bikinis for a living - I saw the photos and definitely no jam and scones for those girls - and across from us was another crocheter from Cumbria, home of the famous Woolfest.
Last push in the studio before I sneak off to Edinburgh Yarn Festival. My young assistant thought we might change the way we photograph our wares, it also means she can stay in the warm.
Petrol blue linen cut from an unused bolt with the most amazing colour way, the blooms just look like grey but on closer inspection they have hints of pink, yellow and blue which adds to the depth of the print. Perfect pattern matching on the pockets is essential so as not to loose the impact of the design.
Old school Sanderson, cut from an unused bolt of upholstery linen, lucky me.
This is the type of design that everyone tries to copy but Sanderson are the original best.
'I used to be a pair of curtains in a fine French house'.
This vintage French linen is classic over the top blooms and scrolls.


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Il Palazzo Jelgava (noto anche col nome di Palazzo Mitava) è la più grande costruzione di stile barocco dei Paesi Baltici. Venne costruito nel XVIII secolo sulla base di un progetto stilato da Bartolomeo Rastrelli come residenza per i duchi di Curlandia nella loro capitale, Mitava (attuale Jelgava), in Lettonia. I duchi di Curlandia avevano anche una residenza estiva sempre progettata dal Rastrelli, Palazzo Rundāle.

Storia
La costruzione del palazzo iniziò nel 1738 sull'isola tra il fiume Lielupe e le sue diramazioni. Il sito, che divenne la residenza ufficiale dei duchi di Curlandia  e della dinastia dei Kettler, era occupato in precedenza da un castello medievale appartenuto all'Ordine Teutonico.

Dopo la caduta in disgrazia di Ernst Johann von Biron nel 1740, tutti i lavori di costruzione vennero improvvisamente sospesi, anche se ancora mancava il tetto che in più punti doveva essere completato. Gran parte dei materiali da costruzione e degli elementi interni vennero spostati a San Pietroburgo dove il Rastrelli li riutilizzò per la costruzione di altri palazzi.
I lavori ripresero dopo il ritorno di Biron dall'esilio nel 1762. Ad ogni modo a causa delle difficoltà finanziarie il duca poté occupare il palazzo solo nel 1772 anche se ancora diverse stanze dovevano ancora essere decorate. Oltre al Rastrelli (che, con la morte della sua patrona, la zarina Elisabetta perse gran parte delle proprie commissioni a San Pietroburgo), anche l'architetto danese Severin Jensen prese parte al progetto, dando al palazzo un tocco di classicismo.

Dopo il completamento della costruzione nel 1772, il duca visse in essa solo sei mesi. Nel 1779, il suo successore, Peter von Biron, vi ospitò il famoso avventuriero Alessandro Cagliostro. Nel 1788 parte del palazzo venne danneggiata da un incendio.

Dopo che la Curlandia fu assorbita dall'Impero russo nel 1795, il palazzo venne usato come rifugio della famiglia reale francese dopo lo scoppio della Rivoluzione. Luigi XVIII di Francia e la sua famiglia vissero a palazzo dal 1798 al 1800. Fu qui che Maria Teresa Carlotta di Francia sposò Luigi Antonio, duca d'Angoulême, nel 1799. Per una seconda volta il re di Francia in incognito visse a palazzo dal 1804 al 1807. Qui i reali francesi tentarono di ricreare la vita di corte di Versailles a Jelgava, dove vivevano con loro molti dei vecchi cortigiani, ristabilendo tutto il cerimoniale di corte tra cui il lever e il coucher (cerimonie della levata del re e della buonanotte).

All'inizio del XIX secolo, il palazzo divenne la residenza del governatore generale della Curlandia. Nel 1812 per un breve periodo di tempo il palazzo fu sede del governo del restaurato ducato di Curlandia e Semigallia guidato dal conte di Medem. Dopo le guerre napoleoniche, il palazzo venne nuovamente occupato dall'amministrazione del governatorato della Curlandia sino al 1915. Nel 1815 la parte nord del palazzo venne danneggiata da un incendio.

Le decorazioni interne del palazzo vennero danneggiate nel 1919 ad opera dell'esercito della Russia occidentale al comando di Pavel Bermondt-Avalov. Successivamente il palazzo divenne proprietà dello stato ed iniziò un restauro completo della struttura, aprendovi nell'autunno del 1939 l'Università lettone di agricoltura. Il palazzo subì pesanti danni durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, durante le battaglie di Jelgava nell'estate del 1944 e venne nuovamente restaurato a metà degli anni '50.

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Il palazzo Jelgava non è considerato uno dei migliori lavori del Rastrelli. I critici hanno denotato una facciata piuttosto semplice nel disegno con una ripetizione ritmica dei decori senza quella diversità e ricchezza plastica tipica dei lavori del Restrelli di epoca elisabettiana.

Originariamente, il palazzo aveva la tipica forma a U con tre corpi di fabbrica, mentre il quarto oggi presente che chiude la struttura venne aggiunto nel 1937 da Eižens Laube chiudendo così il perimetro della costruzione.

Tra i luoghi di maggior pregio è presente all'interno del palazzo la cripta della famiglia dei duchi di Curlandia qui sepolti tra il 1569 ed il 1791. La stanza contiene 21 sarcofagi e nove bare in legno.

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Altri progetti

Architetture di Bartolomeo Rastrelli
Architetture barocche della Lettonia
palazzi della Lettonia
Architetture di Jelgava

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Aviva Taubenfeld is an associate professor of literature and writing at Purchase College. Author of Rough Writing: Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt's America (2008), she publishes and presents on early 20th-century U.S. literature and on pedagogy. She is currently at work on a book on the growing centrality of high school in Progressive-era literature as a way to understand the debates over high school education today.
Taubenfeld has been teaching at Purchase since 2003, offering courses on U.S. literature, ethnicity, childhood, writing, and pedagogy. In 2013, she was honored with the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.


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Poor Fangs, the tarantula, is terribly lonely and bored with her life in the pet-shop. So when Nathan takes her home, she's more than excited about her new life. But before Nathan can introduce his new pet to his family, he's going to need her help to convince them that spiders aren't just creepy and crawly . . . They're beautiful and brave too!
This funny story from the Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman, is perfect for building confidence in young readers - whether reading aloud or reading alone.
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Malorie Blackman (Author) MALORIE BLACKMAN has written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children's Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children's books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature. She has been described by The Times as 'a national treasure'. Malorie Blackman was the Children's Laureate 2013–15. John Aggs (Illustrator) John Aggs has a first class honours degree in illustration from University College, Falmouth. His Daedalus Blue webcomic was nominated for a Webcartoonists Choice award and he won first place in Tokyo Pop's second annual Rising Stars of Manga Award.
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Mary Lincoln comes to life as presented by Valerie Gugala. She sets the historical record straight as she takes listeners through her life as a young woman born into a wealthy Lexington, KY family, and the transformation she made from that life to become the wife of a young man whose background was just the opposite. Mrs. Lincoln takes the audience through the Lincoln family's life in Springfield, Abraham's political career and election to the presidency, and their life in the White House during the Civil War. Time for questions from the audience for Mrs. Lincoln is included in this 1 ½ hour program.
Mrs. Lincoln talks about Mr. Lincoln's education & love of reading, her own education, and what life was like for her children in the mid 1800s. She shares some toys that the children played with and tells stories of their time in Springfield and in the White House. 30 minutes in length.
Mary Lincoln's relationship with her children is explored in this program. Springfield neighbor's recollections and Mary's own words are used to show how she viewed marriage and motherhood, and how she dealt with her grief at the death of her sons. 45 mins, plus a Q & A session.
After the death of her son Willie, Mary Lincoln held seances in the White House to try and contact him and other deceased relatives. Why did Mary (and many other bereaved families) believe in the spiritualist movement? What happened at these Seances? Did Abraham Lincoln ever attend one? This lecture will answer these questions and more. 45 mins plus a Q & A session.
This is the question that audiences ask any time Valerie performs or speaks about Mrs. Lincoln. In this lecture, Valerie explains what has become known as the "insanity episode". Who decided that Mary should be declared insane? What did her family think? Was she actually insane, or was she a misdiagnosed and over medicated victim? Hear the facts of the case and make your own decisions about this much maligned first lady. 1 hour in length, plus a Q and A session.
Is there a topic about the Lincoln family that you and your group are particularly interested in? With at least 2 months advance notice, Valerie can create a lecture customized for you. Call or email for more information. Fee will vary with lecture length requested.


The Church of England in Lancashire is embarking on an exciting 10-year growth project in the run up to the Diocese's centenary in 2026, with the support of the Archbishop of York and Bishops from across the north of England.
Prior to a decade of work beginning in earnest, the next year or so will see a series of prayer and mission events across Lancashire to get the plans for 'Vision 2026' off to the best possible start.
Diocesan Bishop, Rt Rev Julian Henderson, announced the plans in detail to around 140 enthusiastic Lancashire clergy at a recent Clergy Study Day. He has also now written personally to all clergy and parishes with further details and to encourage their involvement and support.
Rt Rev Philip North, Bishop of Burnley and Rt Rev Geoff Pearson, Bishop of Lancaster, also spoke at the Clergy Study Day – an event entitled Changing our culture to a culture of change. Pictures from the event can be viewed on the Diocesan Flickr feed.
The plans for 2015/2016 also feature in the latest edition of the Diocesan magazine The See, being distributed to parishes now.
Vision 2026 is underpinned by the strapline 'Healthy Churches Transforming Communities' and it was signed off by a very supportive Diocesan Synod in March this year.
The vision plans commit the Diocese to "make disciples; be witnesses and grow leaders for Jesus Christ" and, at a time when there is much talk of church decline, it also pledges the Diocese to plant 50 new congregations by 2026.
Bishop Julian said: "These are exciting times for the Church in Lancashire and I feel very privileged to share in the leadership of the Diocese at this time.
"Our new vision states clearly that we desire to make the Good News about Jesus Christ more widely known and we have a dedicated team of clergy, lay ministers and staff and volunteers who are committed to doing just that.
"Prayer will be at the heart of everything we do, but practical action will also be the key to our growth strategy. With God's help we must take active steps to stem decline.
"We know that healthy church communities can have a positive and transformative impact on our society and The Church of England in Lancashire already does a huge amount of good in very many lives in so many ways.


On the last Saturday in September the smell of beef fills the air and more than 12,000 people fill the streets of downtown Minocqua. For over 50 years, Beef-a-Rama™ has been a premiere event drawing visitors back year after year to join in on the one-of-a kind fun you can only find in the Northwoods.
Roasters begin cooking their signature beefs before dawn. Herds of creative festival goers dressed in cow-themed costumes start packing downtown early for the 10K and 5K Rump Roast Run and Walk along Lake Minocqua, live music, & Prime Choice Craft Show featuring more than 70 vendors.
Executive Director Krystal Westfahl shares what makes our one-of-a- kind festival so popular!
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For 54 years Minocqua has partied until the cows came home! From the humble beginnings of Fishorama to the festival it is today, the tradition of cooking food on the street has been a staple through it all. Join us on Saturday, September 29th to see this time-honored tradition continue.
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Contact Roben Haggart at the Minocqua Town Offices at 715-356-5296 for your Deed purchase. Deed sales start at 9:00 am on August 29th until they are gone. Stop by the Town Offices for free Beef-a-rama tattoos for kids! Click here to view the Cow Pie Plop Deed!
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Adult Participants should represent a local business to play for a chance to win $250 to a Charity of their choice.
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The Prime Choice Craft Show is a part of Minocqua's 54th Annual Beef-A-Rama™ celebration which brings over 10,000 people into town for the day.
Close to 75 exhibitors setup rain or shine and sell a wide variety of unique handcrafted items. The artisans and craftsmen featured at the show are selected for their handmade craftsmanship and artistic talents. You will see original artwork, pottery, jewelry, tapestries, clothing, photography, wood creations and more. Live music and food concessions on the upper level of Torpy Park and throughout downtown Minocqua make this the place to be on the last weekend of September.
Click here to view more details about the Prime Choice Craft Show.
Fish and roast beef shared the spotlight last Saturday when the Minocqua Merchants Association presented their first Fishorama on the opening day of fishing season." Lakeland Times May 14, 1964 - Check out the Chamber scrapbook of Beef-A-Rama™ memories!


Lee Bradbury lavished praise on Leyton Orient after they thrashed his Havant & Waterlooville team 4-0 in the National League at the Breyer Group Stadium on Saturday.
The O's were at their imperious best and were simply too hot to hand for the visitors, who were in the relegation zone ahead of kick-off.
Orient were three goals ahead at half time after goals from Josh Coulson and Charlie Lee sandwiched a Theo Lewis own-goal.
Ben Dudzinski made a number of saves throughout the contest, but couldn't prevent Macauley Bonne adding some justified gloss to the scoreline with an excellent strike on the hour mark.
Hawks boss Bradbury said: "Ben made a couple of good saves at 2-0, but we gave the ball away in an area you can't and Charlie Lee scores from 30-yards.
"We knew it would be a tough afternoon, but in the second half I felt we were more organised and strong.
The victory for O's, coupled with Salford City, Wrexham and Harrogate Town all dropping points, sent them back to the top of the National League.
It was another fantastic day for the E10 club with an attendance of 5,043 recorded on a cold, chilly day.
Havant's away travelling of 224 also contributed towards a good atmosphere, but on the pitch there was only one winner.
Orient's play was slick and they carved the visitors open on several occasions both in the first and second half.
It left boss Justin Edinburgh pleased after O's had failed to score in their previous two encounters on home turf.
He said: "The support was incredible and to be averaging over five thousand is a remarkable achievement, and we have to applaud the fans for turning out, like they have done week in, week out.


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Saviynt Announces $40 Million Series A Funding With Carrick
By Stephen Strigle, April 18, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 18, 2018)— Saviynt, a leading global provider of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions, announced that Carrick Capital Partners ("Carrick"), an investment firm with a focus on technology-enabled businesses, including enterprise software, has committed $40 million to its Series A financing round. The announcement was made from RSA Conference 2018 taking place April 16th to 20th in San Francisco.
Saviynt delivers next-generation IGA solutions for organizations to secure their most critical assets, manage data privacy and risk, meet continuous compliance needs and securely adopt new technologies with confidence. Saviynt's unique approach provides Identity Governance, Cloud Security and Application GRC capabilities as an integrated platform delivered as an efficient cloud-based service. With some of the largest global corporations now relying on Saviynt's solution to ensure the security of their company's applications, data, and infrastructure, Saviynt is poised for a new chapter of exponential growth.
An Identity Governance solution is fundamental to organizations' cyber security strategy, with more enterprises opting for a cloud-based delivery model than on-premise solutions. According to Gartner "By 2021, IGA as a service becomes the dominant delivery model for new deployments, where 40% of new buyers will opt for cloud-architected IGA and 15% for cloud-hosted IGA software, up from 5% and less than 5%, respectively, in 2018."
Carrick's financing will be used by Saviynt to expand U.S. and international field operations, further build out its ecosystem of technology and system integration partners, accelerate delivery product roadmap of advancements and deepen the company's customer service and support functions to meet the needs of a growing global customer base.
"We are very excited to be partnering with Carrick because they have a deep understanding of our market and they are committing the financial and operating resources necessary for us to realize the full value of our opportunity," said Amit Saha, CEO of Saviynt. "Working with a partner with relevant experience in the enterprise software industry to obtain the resources necessary to scale our operations ensures we are positioned to help customers easily adopt next-generation of IGA."
"Carrick identified Saviynt as one of the leaders in our thematic thesis on identity management's importance within cyber security. We believe there will be continued opportunity for investment in cyber, but Saviynt stands out today for its powerful product suite, impressive revenue and customer growth, and the management team's clear commitment to excellence," explained Carrick co-founder and Managing Director Marc McMorris.
As part of its investment, Carrick Managing Director Paul Zolfaghari will be joining Saviynt's board of directors. He is a veteran of the enterprise software industry. "We are very impressed with Saviynt's vision and the breadth of their solution portfolio," said Zolfaghari. "They offer the most feature-rich solution in this market segment that serves the needs of the largest companies, while their cloud-based delivery makes it accessible to organizations of all sizes. We are looking forward to working with the exceptional team at Saviynt to accelerate the company's already impressive growth."
About Saviynt
Saviynt is a leading provider of Cloud Security and Identity Governance solutions. Saviynt enables enterprises to secure applications, data and infrastructure in a single platform for Cloud (Office 365, AWS, Salesforce, Workday) and Enterprise (SAP, Oracle EBS). Saviynt is pioneering IGA 2.0 by integrating advanced risk analytics and intelligence with fine-grained privilege management.
Headquartered in San Francisco and Newport Beach, Carrick Capital Partners is a growth-oriented investment firm that utilizes ABV (Approach to Building Value) to operationally scale fast-growing, technology-enabled businesses. Carrick adds value by taking a concentrated approach and dedicating significant resources post-investment. Leveraging decades of experience, Carrick helps scale great companies that deliver excellent returns for investors, stimulating economic growth and positively impacting the industry landscape. Working directly with CEOs and entrepreneurs, Carrick fulfills a vital need for investment capital and growth expertise.
Amie Johnson
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Machie Madden
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Stephen Strigle


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The Roanoke County Police Foundation (RCPF) is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization which serves citizens and other non-profit organizations who provide valuable support or resources to citizens within Roanoke County.
The primary focus of the Roanoke County Police Foundation is to provide assistance to citizens which, through their interaction with Roanoke County Police officers, have demonstrated a need for some form of assistance and for which other immediate assistance is unavailable. Contributions from RCPF are usually experienced on an "encounter" basis. However, contributions may be used for certain planned events or programs.
The annual summer camp – C.O.P.S. Camp is the prominent program of the RCPF. Annually, the RCPF subsidizes the cost of tuition for each student. The summer of 2019, will mark the 19th year the camp has been operational. The RCPF is fortunate to have maintained the support of the community and Roanoke County Parks and Recreation to continue to make C.O.P.S. Camp a success.
C.O.P.S. Camp (Challenging Opportunities for Police and Students) is a collaborative effort between the Roanoke County Police Department, Roanoke County Police Foundation, Roanoke County Parks and Recreation, and Roanoke County Public Schools. Our main focus is having FUN!!! We emphasize teamwork and safety to give each young participant an experience they will not soon forget. Any rising 6th – 8th grader in a Roanoke County School is welcome to apply for a camper's spot. A total of 60 camper slots are available. The school resource officer for your child's school will review the application to endorse the application. Selection will be based on citizenship, character, trustworthiness, and being in good standing within the school.


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Why We Cannot Trust the Medical Profession with Our Health and Why We Must Safeguard It Ourselves | Dr. Hulda R. Clark, Ph.D., N.D.
Most of the information contained in this post was provided by Dr. Hulda Clark, Ph.D., N.D.
No matter where we live in the world, we cannot trust the mainstream medical profession to safeguard our health. This is, in large part, because it is so heavily influenced by the giant, wealthy pharmaceutical companies. The pharmaceutical industry (also known as Big Pharma) has contributed so much money to the medical colleges and universities for so long that the only things that doctors have been and continue to be taught are which drugs to prescribe to patients to perpetually treat the symptoms of their diseases. Big Pharma is quite content for patients to have to continually and repeatedly treat the symptoms of their diseases rather than searching for actual cures for them. This continuous repeat business for Big Pharma translates into tremendous profits for it.
There are other highly profitable, medically-related interests which also influence how health care is provided to individuals. These include those who perform medical research, surgeries, chemotherapies, radiation treatments, diagnostics, nursing, physical therapy, hospice, etc. Each of these groups is much more interested in generating huge profits for itself than it is in cures for diseases being discovered. It would so detrimental to the best interests of each of these groups if cures for diseases were actually discovered that there would be no need for most of their services any longer. Just think about how much profit is generated each year for all of these modalities combined. The amount is astronomical!
In addition to Big Pharma dictating to medical schools how modern medicine should be practiced in return for the huge contributions it makes to them, another one of the ways in which these wealthy medical cabals have been able to gain so much control over the medical industry is through the following. Physiology is the study of how living things function, how external forces influence that functioning, and the effects of those external forces. It is also the search for the causes of diseases and ailments so that cures can be found for them.
For many decades, many colleges and universities had physiology departments. However in the 1960's, many schools were suffering tough economic times. Therefore, many of them closed their physiology departments in order to save money. The only colleges and universities that kept their physiology departments open were the medical schools. However as stated earlier, because the pharmaceutical industry contributes so much money to the medical schools each year, it is able to dictate the areas into which the physiology departments can and cannot endeavor. Not surprisingly, the major emphasis is on finding or developing drugs to repeatedly treat disease symptoms rather than searching for disease cures.
Another colossal waste of time, money, and energy has been the way in which cancer research has been conducted for many decades. This includes the practice of searching for a single carcinogen hoped to be responsible for causing cancer. In the 1940's a number of cancer researchers (including the widely-respected Jesse Greenstein) warned against conducting research in this manner because the search would be endless and useless. It certainly did lead to an explosion of research data, but none of it really relevant.
Over the years the International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) Working Group on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man has documented over 10,000 carcinogens or possible carcinogens. Yet none of these has been determined to be the hoped-for single cause of cancer. Unfortunately, the efforts of cancer researchers has been restricted to the useless practice of searching for only single causes of cancer because the only technologies available to them are too time-consuming and too expensive to allow for research into the widely-accepted belief that cancer is caused by a combination of factors. Furthermore, conventional studies to determine whether or not research results are accurate take many years to complete themselves.
Another example of misguided cancer research is the decades-old practice of cancer researchers attempting to discover the cause of cancer by implanting tumors into the bodies of laboratory animals and studying the effects. More misguided research has been via the practice of the discreet culturing of microscopic pathogens in sterile media in an attempt to study them.
These courses of action represent exercises in futility because they are not the ways in which humans develop cancer. Nonetheless, many individuals and groups expend untold amounts of time and effort each year to raise millions of dollars to fund efforts to try to find a cure for cancer. Unfortunately, this money is then wasted on non-productive cancer research.
There is also another dead-end street down which medical research has gone in recent years. That is following the mistaken belief that many of our diseases are caused by our genes evolving defectively and that individuals harboring those genes need to have them replaced.
Many of our genetic diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, polycystic kidney disease etc. provide evidence that some of the genes of the individuals suffering from those diseases have mutated. Those who wish to profit from researching how to effectively replace those defective genes and those actually doing so heavily promote these endeavors. However those individuals and groups ignore the fact that there are many external factors in our environment which can cause genes to mutate. These factors include many toxic chemicals (as well as radioactive elements) which can enter our bodies, toxins produced by parasites and other pathogens which may have entered our bodies, etc. These external factors which cause genes to mutate are called mutagens.
Our genes have been evolving over millions of years. Evolution produces more highly advanced organisms, not defective ones. To believe that our genes have recently begun abnormally mutating on their own without being influenced by external factors is pure folly. Only those wishing to profit from these misguided endeavors would be promoting them.
As an aside, there was another problem with earlier medical practitioners not doing their utmost to help people remain or become healthy. That was their immoral practice of keeping medical cures and effective medical treatments to themselves or available to only other practitioners in order to be able to solely profit from them. This course of action was practiced by witch doctors, shamans, medicine men, etc. and, later on, by doctors.
The following is an example of how this immoral practice transpired. For untold centuries, many individuals, especially seafarers and explorers, died needlessly from a disease called scurvy. Today we know that scurvy is simply a vitamin C deficiency. However, it took a long time after this fact was discovered for it to become commonly known.
In a journal written in 1535, Jacques Cartier (a Frenchman exploring Canada at the time) wrote that he had lost 25 of his best men to the dreaded disease, that another 40 were at the point of death, and that the remainder (except for two or three of them) were all gravely ill. Then a couple of friendly Iroquois Indian women made a potion for the men by boiling some tree branches in water. The women then instructed the men to drink it every other day. After drinking the potion only two or three times, all of the ill men's scurvy was cured and their health was restored!
Over the next few centuries, the fact that scurvy was simply a vitamin C deficiency was published in medical journals many times. However, it did not become commonly known to the public during that time. It was not until the early 1900's that it became common knowledge. However, it was not the medical profession that brought the cure for scurvy to the public's attention. It was the orange juice industry which did it in order to sell more orange juice!
The medical profession had kept the cure a closely guarded secret for almost 400 years so that it could benefit from it. Only those scurvy sufferers wealthy enough to be able to see a doctor who was aware of the cure or lucky enough to ingest some vitamin C on their own were cured. Everyone else suffered and died. Just imagine how many individuals must have died needlessly during that 400-year time period because the medical profession only revealed the cure to those from whom it could profit.
Today the medical profession does not keep medical cures and effective medical treatments secret. Instead it engages in the much more heinous practice of diverting emphasis and resources away from searching for cures for diseases and only searching for or inventing drugs that can perpetually treat the symptoms of diseases. It also only steers patients toward modalities which are highly profitable for it. These and the other foregoing reasons are why we cannot trust the medical profession to safeguard our health. Anyone wishing to remain or become healthy must investigate for themselves alternatives to the mainstream medical profession.
1. The increased amount of toxins that have entered our bodies and compromised our immune systems via the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, the food that we eat and the body products, cleaners, building products, etc. that we use. These toxins include radioactive elements.
Our immune systems are mostly compromised of our white blood cells (WBCs). Unfortunately, our WBC counts have been steadily declining due to the increased number of toxins in our environment for decades. But rather than informing us about this important fact, the medical profession and the government agencies responsible for looking out for our best interests have remained silent. In fact, laboratories that analyze our blood have steadily lowered the acceptable WBC count ranges in order to compensate for these declines. This represents another failure of the medical profession to look out for our best health interests. Again, this is because it is heavily influenced by the big pharmaceutical companies and the other highly-profitable, medically-related groups.
2. The lowered effectiveness of our immune systems allows foreign entities such as parasites, bacteria, viruses, etc. to invade our bodies and take up residence there. These foreign entities contribute even more to our ailments and diseases by disrupting our metabolic processes. Many of these invaders and their developmental stage do so by producing toxic chemicals of their own. This, in turn, lowers our immunity even further.
As we have witnessed many times in our lives, our bodies have the amazing ability to heal themselves. However this is not possible once our immune systems have become compromised and disabled.
In order to become or to remain healthy, we must prevent as many toxins as possible from entering our bodies, cleanse from our bodies all of the toxins which have already accumulated there, and exterminate all of the foreign parasites and other pathogens which have taken up residence there and remove their remains. Only after we have accomplished these goals will our immune systems begin to function effectively again and allow our bodies to heal themselves so that we may be free from any ailments or diseases.
I have also updated the protocols for Dr. Clark's earlier cures for asthma, psoriasis, eczema, epilepsy, and seizures based upon information she provided in her last cancer-curing book. These cure protocols are available at a website located at www.clarkupdates.com.
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Fall Morning Smoothie - Welcome and Blessings!
This smoothie kinda puts you in mind of a Chai smoothie...I love ginger for that little kick and pick me up! The ginger, apples and cinnamon really give it that fall, festive and warming feel, but you still have the freshness of the spinach. Ginger is a good replacement for caffeine if you are a coffee or tea drinker in the morning. I will admit...I still sometimes do both (drink my smoothie and then my coffee...lol!) Anyway, I hope you enjoy it! If you make it and like it...please comment and let me know!
I've tried it yesterday morning and it made love mornings more. Thanks for the recipe. It's so refreshing and so healthy.


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Resident Evil 2 Remake Licker battle teaser trailer
11:55 am October 15, 2018 By Julian Horsey
Resident Evil fans looking forward to the arrival of the remastered Resident Evil 2 game are sure to enjoy this new teaser trailer unveiled over the weekend which features the iconic Licker. A "spine-chilling creature that stalks its prey from the shadows", is making a return in the remake of Resident Evil 2. The remastered Resident Evil 2 game will be available on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro early next year from January 25th, 2018 onwards.
"Resident Evil 2, known in Japan as Biohazard 2, is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom and released for the PlayStation in 1998. The player controls Leon S Kennedy and Claire Redfield, who must escape Raccoon City after its citizens are transformed into zombies by a biological weapon two months after the events of the original Resident Evil. The gameplay focuses on exploration, puzzles, and combat; the main difference from its predecessor are the branching paths, with each player character having unique storylines and obstacles."
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health benefits of black coffee - There is good news for all you coffee drunks out there. Coffee isn't merely that jolt you depend on to get your era started, it furnishes innumerable health benefits as well. Much like booze and chocolate, chocolate has a historically bad reputation. Fortunately, an increasing number of recent analyzes have begun to show its potential health benefits.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson, Joy Dubost, am of the view that based on the amount of chocolate being used by Americans, "its one" of the greatest new sources of antioxidants their diet. In addition to antioxidants, chocolate contains the essential nutrients chromium, potassium, niacin, vitamin E and magnesium. Coffee consumption alone can supply up to 8 percent of your chromium requirements. Chromium toy a role in controlling your blood sugar and maybe lowering your LDL, or bad cholesterol. Much like tea, chocolate contains weed chemical compounds, especially flavonoids, which have been linked to a reduced probability of chronic disease.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' spokeswoman and registered dietitian Joan Salge Blake tells she considers increased cognitive function to be one of coffee's healthiest perk. A consider are presented in the" American Journal of Epidemiology" in 2002 found that current chocolate intake, as well lifetime caffeine abuse, may be correlated to better act on cognitive tests among women. For men, chocolate intake is linked to slower cognitive diminish. Overall, chocolate may abbreviate both cognitive and engine insufficiency associated with aging.
Coffee contains parts that both lower your blood sugar and increase your resting metabolic rate, shortening the health risks for diabetes. Additionally, nutrients in chocolate help your organization use insulin, a hormone necessary to use and place carbohydrate you get from meat. Substantial chocolate drunks, of either regular or decaffeinated coffee, could be half as likely to develop diabetes than those who drink little to no chocolate. The association between chocolate intake and diabetes proposing that each bowl of chocolate you drink per era, could result in a 7 percentage reduction in the health risks for developing diabetes.
The National Cancer Institute has reported that all those people who drink chocolate regularly are less likely to develop prostate cancer. A 60 percentage reduction in the risk of developing destructive prostate cancer was found in all those people who drink 6 or more goblets of chocolate per era. Even 1 to 3 goblets of chocolate abbreviated the risk. Four or more goblets of chocolate per era have also been shown to reduce the incidence of colon cancer. Furthermore, researchers discovered that people who drink chocolate are 50 percent less likely to develop liver cancer than their non-drinking equivalents. Additional analyzes have associated chocolate consumption to lower frequencies of breast and rectal cancer.


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Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons from the philosopher Epictetus, to cope with lockdown-induced helplessness
Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus seems to have known that when things are bad – such as the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown we're living through – we are forced to prioritise. We focus on what we can do, rather than on what we can't.
Sneha Rajaram April 18, 2020 09:40:01 IST
In the Mahabodhi Lokashanthi Buddha Vihara in Bengaluru, the inner walls of the Vihara hall are lined with paintings of scenes from the Buddha's life. The three that stand out for me are from the first time Prince Siddhartha leaves his palace to ride out into the city in Kapilavastu: he sees a sick man, an elderly woman, and a dead body. I remember the painting of the sick man especially: he lies abject, naked, on the ground, covered in sores and misery – a sharp contrast to the shocked young prince, well-dressed and healthy, riding in his chariot.
That's how the Buddha learned the truth that his father – and our culture – tried to mask: that we all must age, fall sick, die. Control is a function of privilege to a large extent, but ultimately an illusion.
Dysfunctionality understands impermanence and flux. It will keep us alive. Rigidity, on the other hand, will kill us. Illustration by Satwik Gade
If you are reading this, you are possibly lucky enough to have a roof over your head and enough food to last you a while. That doesn't mean you aren't ill; or overwhelmed by terrifying and monstrous personal and professional problems and worries; or facing discrimination and hatred; or horrified out of your mind at the predicament of our brothers and sisters in this country. For some of you, one of your foremost worries can be your mental health. For some of you, one of your foremost worries has to be your mental health – for instance, because you are forced to live 24x7 with your current or former abuser (assuming you're not in immediate physical danger). Welcome to the new normal, which feels kind of familiar.
The Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who was exiled as a result of his activism during the Vietnamese war, explains in his own way why social responsibility doesn't mean we have to stay on the news cycle all day long (unless it's our job):
Someone asked me, "Aren't you worried about the state of the world?" I allowed myself to breathe and then I said, "What is most important is not to allow your anxiety about what happens in the world to fill your heart. If your heart is filled with anxiety, you will get sick, and you will not be able to help."
I want to tell you: whether you're dully, perennially anxious; whether you're having panic attacks that rob you of the basic faculties you've taken for granted since you were a child; whether you're wracked by fear that you, your parents, loved ones, or worse, children will die of this disease; whether you're drowning in rage, despair and horror at the news; whether you're numbing out, overeating, screaming to blow off steam, glued to your phone, losing your routines, unable to focus on work, not exercising; whether you're debilitated by depression or frustrated by claustrophobia – it doesn't matter what your reaction is. I want to tell you: you're doing it right.
These are signs that you're human and you're having a natural reaction. Right now, engaging with this external and internal mess (even by numbing or escaping), being neck-deep in this soup, in the thick of things? That's how we get through this.
Dysfunctionality understands impermanence and flux. It will keep us alive. Rigidity, on the other hand, will kill us.
This is how survival mode works in immediate, traumatic times. Some day, if we're lucky, we will move beyond this mode and rethink these coping mechanisms. But right now the rule is: whatever works.
So yes, there is no wrong reaction to this situation. But if you happen to be seeking wisdom and guidance, Epictetus might be for you. He was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher and former slave whose no-nonsense, concise prescriptions are summarised in a handbook called the Enchiridion, among other compilations of his discourses. If I was in a very tight spot, I believe I would focus on the Buddha's core teachings and on the first paragraph of the Enchiridion:
There are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power. Within our power are opinion, aim, desire, aversion, and, in one word, whatever affairs are our own. Beyond our power are body, property, reputation, office, and, in one word, whatever are not properly our own affairs.
It is never pleasant when lessons are forced on us and we have to sink or swim. I suppose Epictetus, having been a child slave and disabled, knew that. He seems to have known that when things are bad we are forced to prioritise, as every depressed person figures out. We focus on what we can do, rather than on what we can't.
Strictly following this rule of Epictetus, then, the one thing that really is in our power is exploring the way we relate to ourselves – our thoughts, our feelings, our bodies. Assuming that this is a pursuit that interests us, I would say now, more than ever, gentleness is called for. The atmosphere between us and our selves needn't be all tropical thunderstorms and charging rhinos, or even unbending brick walls. There is absolutely no real reason to judge ourselves harshly, tough-talk ourselves into a shame spiral, or decide we have to be perfect strongwomen. And so many of us do this so unconsciously that we don't even realise we're doing it. This is a good time to explore that relationship with ourselves if we have the headspace for it. Easier said than done, but we might be amazed at the far-reaching effects of a little mild-mannered pragmatism and tone modulation while approaching ourselves. One catches far more flies with honey than with vinegar.
As for the coronavirus pandemic, and what this ill-planned, ill-conceived lockdown has done to the poor of our country, and the escalating Islamophobia all around us – we don't know what the near future holds. If we are not struggling with these problems ourselves, perhaps we can again focus on what we can do: maybe donate money, raise funds, raise awareness, deliver rations, speak out against injustice, help in a professional capacity, and – this is important too – bear witness and remember, as Aamir Aziz stresses in his powerful poem:
Sab yaad rakha jaayega,
Sab kuchh yaad rakha jaayega.
Everything will be remembered,
All of it will be remembered.
Nearly 13,000 Covid deaths over last week in China; 80 per cent have had Covid-19, says official
China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between 13 January and 19 January, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population has already been infected by the virus.
Bharat Biotech's nasal Covid vaccine launched
The nasal vaccine -- BBV154 -- had received the Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) approval in November for restricted emergency use among adults as a heterologous booster dose
Coronavirus in China: 'Funding issues won't stand in the way of medical treatment,' says government
Infection numbers now appear to be falling based on a decline in the number of patients visiting fever clinics
Budget 2023-24 Expectation: India needs to focus on mental health and wellbeing
India needs to invest in mental health treatment because of the impact it has on society and productivity. There has to be a system of tracking and accountability in place, as well as an increase in funding for public engagement, support hotlines, and community groups
'Til Death Do Us Part: How marriage is beneficial to one's health
Marriage gives partners a sense of belonging, more opportunities for social engagement, and less loneliness, which can have a significant impact on health — from lowering the risk of hypertension and heart disease to lowering the risk of death or suicide
How rampant conversion into Christianity and cultural transformation compromising Arunachal's security
Infrastructure building in the border areas is a praiseworthy initiative, however, we need to have a broader and long-term vision. The people and their traditional Buddhist culture constitute the core of India's strategic strength in Arunachal Pradesh
The Last of Us Episode 1: Intense post-apocalyptic drama and a searing takedown of police brutality
The Last of Us is every-bit engaging and isn't crushed under its weight of coming across as intellectual. The acting performances by Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey and Anna Torv propel the show just enough so it qualifies both as a suspense-thriller and a socially conscious drama.
Germany to scrap mask mandate in long-distance transport
Masks remain mandatory in doctors' practices, while masks and negative tests are still required to enter hospitals and nursing homes


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Errico Malatesta (1853 – 1932)
Italian anarcho-communist.
Anarchists generally make use if the word "State" to mean all the collection of institutions, political, legislative, judicial, military, financial, etc., by means of which management of their own affairs, the guidance of their personal conduct, and the care of ensuring their own safety are taken from the people and confided to certain individuals, and these, whether by usurpation or delegation, are invested with the right to make laws over and for all, and to constrain the public to respect them, making use of the collective force of the community to this end.
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We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves.
We follow ideas and not men, and rebel against this habit of embodying a principle in a man.
Malatesta Errico quotes
In the anarchist milieu, communism, individualism, collectivism, mutualism and all the intermediate and eclectic programmes are simply the ways considered best for achieving freedom and solidarity in economic life; the ways believed to correspond more closely with justice and freedom for the distribution of the means of production and the products of labour among men.
Bakunin was an anarchist, and he was a collectivist, an outspoken enemy of communism because he saw in it the negation of freedom and, therefore, of human dignity. And with Bakunin, and for a long time after him, almost all the Spanish anarchists were collectivists (collective property of soil, raw materials and means of production, and assignment of the entire product of labour to the producer, after deducting the necessary contribution to social charges), and yet they were among the most conscious and consistent anarchists.
Others for the same reason of defence and guarantee of liberty declare themselves to be individualists and they want each person, to have as individual property the part that is due to him of the means of production and therefore the free disposal of the products of his labour.
Others invent more or less complicated system of mutuality. But in the long run it is always the searching for a more secure guarantee of freedom which is the common factor among anarchists, and which divides them into different schools.
Malatesta Errico
Anarchy is a word that comes from the Greek, and signifies, strictly speaking, "without government": the state of a people without any constituted authority.
Before such an organization had begun to be considered possible and desirable by a whole class of thinkers, so as to be taken as the aim of a movement (which has now become one of the most important factors in modern social warfare), the word "anarchy" was used universally in the sense of disorder and confusion, and it is still adopted in that sense by the ignorant and by adversaries interested in distorting the truth.
If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of pacifism, without understanding that violence is the whole essence of authoritarianism, just as the repudiation of violence is the whole essence of anarchism.
By anarchist spirit I mean that deeply human sentiment, which aims at the good of all, freedom and justice for all, solidarity and love among the people; which is not an exclusive characteristic only of self-declared anarchists, but inspires all people who have a generous heart and an open mind...
I claimed that "individualist anarchism and communist anarchism are the same, or nearly so, in terms of moral motivations and ultimate goals".
I know that one could counter my claim with hundreds of texts and plenty of deeds of self-proclaimed individualist anarchists, which would demonstrate that individualist anarchist and communist anarchist are separated by something of a moral abyss.
However, I deny that that kind of individualists can be included among anarchists, despite their liking for calling themselves so.
If anarchy means non-government, non-domination, non-oppression by man over man, how can one call himself anarchist without lying to himself and the others, when he frankly claims that he would oppress the others for the satisfaction of his Ego, without any scruple or limit, other than that drawn by his own strength? He can be a rebel, because he is being oppressed and he fights to become an oppressor, as other nobler rebels fight to destroy any kind of oppression; but he sure cannot be anarchist. He is a would-be bourgeois, a would-be tyrant, who is unable to accomplish his dreams of dominion and wealth by his own strength and by legal means, and therefore he approaches anarchists to exploit their moral and material solidarity.
Therefore, I think the question is not about "communists" and "individualists", but rather about anarchists and non-anarchists. And we, or at least many of us, were quite wrong in discussing a certain kind of alleged "anarchist individualism" as if it really was one of the various tendencies of anarchism, instead of fighting it as one of the many disguises of authoritarianism.
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