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Meeting the Gandhis...
If there is one topic that I am not interested in, it's politics... So Indian politics I let you imagine…
And all in a sudden, while I think I am going to read about a love story, I find myself engulfed in The Red Saree, a book by by Javier Moro!
I panicked a bit at the beginning, as the novel begins on very soapy tone with the love story of Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi.
But rather quickly it engages on the political history of India since Independence through the private and political life of its main characters (namely the Nehru-Gandhi family).
Basically, it all started with Nehru, Member of the Congress Party and first Prime Minister of independent India and thus until 1964, date of his death (of a heart attack).
Then his daughter...
(Click on Lire la suite to read more)
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The news in India - As understood by me...
A famous French radio asked me, as a French speaking expat, to prepare for an interview about my daily life and the news in India. Well... how to put it? I abhor newspapers and I don't have TV... I thought I would manage with my daily life you see. But when my turn cames the anchor woman said "And to comment the world-wise news..." I started panicking!!
Thankfully I had spent a few hours to complete (or even create) my knowledge of cricket, Bollywood and politics. This was no small task believe me and I hope I won't write/say too much nonsense!
The press already talks about next year elections, with the candidates of the two largest parties fighting each other (Modi for the BJP and Rahul Gandhi, and his mother Sonia Gandhi, for the Congress, which is currently leading). OK it is not much but I write more about this in a next post!
India and China
Very recently the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visited India. This happened after Chinese troops walked 20 km in the Indian territory a month ago. Indo-Chinese relations are not cordial – to be politically correct. The two nations have to solve the conflict of the Northern border, the question of Tibet with India welcoming refugees, the antidumping laws to impede imports from China etc. I remember also the time India sent thousands of Chinese workers back home (because they are still a cheaper labour than Indians). And Indians find Chinese dirty… And Chinese think likewise!
But I dug a little more to understand the geopolitical (oh how I dislike this word!) relations in the area and here is what I understood... The India-China relations date back thousands of years, with silk trade, Buddhism and all that. Except that one side we have a very militarized people with an authoritarian tendency and on the other side a rather non-violent people with a tendency to anarchy (I schematize you will forgive me...).
After the Second World War, the United States got closer to Pakistan, their anti-Communist pawn in the area, even though they never really take a stand against India in all the conflicts, despite the pro-Russian tropism of the latter.
In 1962, the Chinese annexed, just like that, a part of the Kashmir territory, a tight slap for India that called the US to the rescue but by the time they arrived China had announced the end of the war... China then got closer to Pakistan, its pawn against India, helping it to armaments and nuclearization (which did not really please the Americans...).
In 1965, the Indians and the Pakistanis fought for Kashmir. While the United States warned China that they were prepared to support India, a ceasefire was signed through the Soviet mediation.
In 1971, Bangladesh wanted its independence from Pakistan. India favoured the idea and signed an agreement with the Soviet Union for military back-up in case things would go wrong. The United States supported Pakistan but still stopped providing weapons to Islamabad during the conflict. And India waited for the winter to avoid China, always ready to nibble a piece of Kashmir (even if it is not involved in this conflict), coming to help Pakistan.
Since 2011 Pakistan seems to have lost its poise, and all of his "allies" come to hit on India (Hillary Clinton in 2012, Li Keqiang this year)...
And so far as Kashmir is concerned, it's still a powder keg ready to catch fire. Its strategic side lies in the fact that it is a region of glaciers, with water. And that it is on the road to Xianjing with its mineral and agricultural resources essential for China.
Cricket and scandal
A lot has been written about the IPL (Indian Premier League) scandal. Three cricket players from the of the Rajasthan Royals team acknowledged they had been paid to cheat. I am not telling you the turmoil – Indians are pretty much used to corruption (to say the least) but cricket is sacred!
When cricket meets Bollywood… The press gave a lot of importance to the fact that Shah Rukh Khan (a Bollywood megastar who co-owns the Kolkata team, Kolkata Knight Riders) is still not allowed to attend matches in Mumbai – he was banned from the stadium for five years for an altercation with the security forces, who would have pushed his son. His buddies of Bollywood are demonstrating but the authorities are holding on tight...
There is a huge drought in Maharahstra (and other states) but the press doesn't talk much about it. Except when some movie starts take interest in the catastrophe (like Salman Khan who is said to have given 2,000 tanks whereas he was not even promoting a new movie). To the point that I have friends in Mumbai (in Maharashtra state) who do not know that there is a drought...
It is in fact the biggest drought since 1972 – some may recall that at the time Indira Gandhi had asked Nixon for humanitarian assistance; he had first agreed to send food and then stopped because he could not stand her.
In 1972 there was no 'famine' recorded, and neither this year. 12,000 villages have no more water and must be supplied by tankers. The situation is catastrophic (with risks of epidemic emigration to the cities, inflation of basic ingredients etc.).
And the worst is that in 40 years, Maharashtra has become number one in number of dams, apparently suffering some management issues...
This year we celebrate the 100 years of the Indian cinema: the first Indian film, Raja Harishchandra by DG Phalke, was indeed released in cinemas on May 3rd, 1913 (just 8 years after the cinematographe had been patented by the Lumière brothers in France). It was a silent movie featuring an episode of the Mahabharata, an epic of the Hindu Mythology.
In France we almost only know about Bollywood (the film industry of Bombay, with its megastars and movies shot in Hindi with their dances, bad guys beating up good guys, family and love dramas and a maximum of kitsch). And it seems that it is not only in French that Bollywood means Indian cinema… Which is funny because in fact the film industries of Kollywood (of Chennai) and Tollywood (of Hyderabad (even if Tollywood also refers to the industry of Kolkata) produce each almost as many movies every year (approx.. 200).
Each industry has its specialities – for example, Mollywood (of Kerala) movies are often comic and based on family and political disputes (many dialogues, situational comedy and no songs).
And there are also "normal" movies that have started to make some noise (apparently they are called independent film) even if the audience is very limited for now. Which is not really surprising when you know that it is a (Tamil and not a Hindi one) movie called Enthiran - The Robot (see the pic) that was the biggest grosser ever.
This year, India is the guest of honour at the 66th festival de Cannes, where only one Indian movie (Neecha Nagar by Chetan Anand) has ever won the biggest prize (and that too it had to share it 9 other movies) in 1946, the first year of the festival. No Indian film in the official selection this year but some selected in other categories and the projection of Bombay Talkies (four short films commissioned to celebrate the 100 years of the Indian cinema) at the gala, and an Indian actress (Vidya Balan) in the jury.
Sources (Indian cinema, Bollywood) :
· http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/telugu-movies-overtake-tamil-films-in-number/article3343155.ece
· http://xnepali.net/movies/moviewoods-hollywood-bollywood-tollywood-lollywood-ollywood-kollywood/
· http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=303&
· http://www.worldlistmania.com/top-10-highest-grossing-indian-movies/
· http://indiainbusiness.nic.in/newdesign/upload/news/New_Horizons_Final.pdf
· http://www.indiaonline.in/About/entertainment/cinema/Film-Industry.html
· http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Entertainment/Cannes-2013/Chunk-HT-UI-Cannes2013-IndiaConnect/Celebrating-Hindi-cinema-at-Cannes/SP-Article10-1063045.aspx
· http://tribune.com.pk/story/485402/10-best-indian-independent-films-of-2012/
· http://www.dharamsalafilmfestival.com/home.html
· http://www.tiiff.in/
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Edifying discussion with a school teacher...
We all have great moments of loneliness in life.It is a great effort for me to make the conversation to people that I don't know, or whom I am not comfortable with. And what makes me even more uncomfortable is silence between these people and me. So usually I start babbling and I become unstoppable.
Sometime I listen to myself speaking and wish I could just stop and run away but instead I go on.
This is how I found myself talking about the sexual orgies of some Maharajas (that happened because I was reading a book about the same) to a rather traditional and conservative Indian elder man.
All that to get to my recent conversation with a 60 year old school teacher from Kerala. I, who can hardly make the difference between the left and the right-hand parties, I started talking about politics. I was telling crap but my interlocutress beat me big time:
Me: Isn't the Indian electoral system a little bit similar to the United States' one considering the two countries are State Unions?
Her: Maybe a little bit but it has to be different since we are a democracy and they are capitalists.
Me (horrified): Ok but democracy and capitalism are not opposite are they? One could rather oppose democracy and dictatorship don't you think so? Dictatorships like in Africa or China.
Her: Ah no, China is a democracy.
Me (dumb-founded): Is it so? Did China political system changed recently? Because last I was told, economico-political theories comparing India and China stated that China had been developing much faster than India because (or thanks to) her authoritarian regime. But maybe you are right* …
Oh God, where is this country going??
But this is not finished!
Her brother-in-law (a respectable Supreme Court judge) enters the conversation:
Him: By the way, is France a monarchy or a democracy??
Me (well they are still a few monarchies in Europe so I won't jump to the ceiling): Euh we abolished monarchy during the French Revolution.
Him: And you won't become a monarchy again?
Me: Not that I know of…
* A Republic is not necessarily a democracy and vice-versa. If the two terms are close, they are not always identical. Thus, a Republic is not always a democracy. Today, the Chinese model is called "People's Republic of China" but it acts like a dictatorship: freedoms are limited, the communist power is authoritative. The Chinese president is appointed by the Communist party. There are elections in China, but it is to elect the 3,000 deputies of the Parliament who meet only once a year and has no power. On the other hand, a democracy is not always a Republic. England is a monarchy but the queen has only a honorary power, it is the British Prime Minister who governs with a Parliament elected by the universal direct suffrage. So the United Kingdom is both a monarchy and a democracy.
Source: http://www.politique.net/republique-et-democratie.htm
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Bernie Sanders compares climate change to Pearl Harbor attack as he and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveil emergency resolution
John Haltiwanger, Business Insider US - July 9, 2019
"I'm reminded today in terms of the crisis that we face in climate change about where the US was in 1941 when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor."
Cory Booker questions whether Joe Biden is 'up to that task' of talking 'openly and honestly about race'
Kat Tenbarge, Business Insider US - June 30, 2019
Presidential candidate Cory Booker suggested that former Vice President Joe Biden isn't "up to that task" of talking "openly and honestly about race."
Cory Booker responds to racist tweet shared by Trump Jr.: 'Kamala Harris doesn't have s*** to prove' about her race
Rachel Premack, Business Insider US - June 30, 2019
Donald Trump Jr. shared a tweet that falsely claims Sen. Kamala Harris isn't a black American. He later deleted it, but the tweet went viral anyways.
An inside look at the insanity of the Spin Room at the first 2020 Democratic debate
John Haltiwanger, Business Insider US - June 29, 2019
With 20 candidates participating in the first 2020 Democratic debate, the spin room was an absolute madhouse.
Cory Booker is running for president in 2020. Here's everything we know about the candidate and how he stacks up against the competition.
Sen. Cory Booker gained national attention as mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Now he's running for President of the United States.
Tulsi Gabbard and Cory Booker emerged as winners of the first Democratic debate, according to Google Trends
Ben Gilbert, Business Insider US - June 27, 2019
With half of the Democratic primary contenders onstage Wednesday night for the first presidential debate, Americans were searching Google for names.
Here are the 5 most interesting Google Trends from the first 2020 Democratic debate
Lauren Frias, Business Insider US - June 27, 2019
The first of two Democratic debates in the 2020 presidential race happened Wednesday night. Here are the trends Google found most interesting.
Cory Booker said he's 'absolutely disappointed' marijuana legalization wasn't discussed in first 2020 Democratic debate
"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on people — and certain people over others," Sen. Cory Booker told INSIDER after the first 2020 debate.
Julián Castro managed to break from the pack and dominate the stage at the first 2020 Democratic debate
Joe Perticone, Business Insider US - June 27, 2019
Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro had a standout performance, while former Rep. Beto O'Rourke stumbled as the two Texans clashed.
Democrats gave Beto O'Rourke a look when he started speaking in Spanish at the first 2020 Democratic debate
David Choi, Business Insider US - June 27, 2019
Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts were seen glancing at O'Rourke as he continued answering in Spanish.


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Two Nursing Homes Operators Face $150 Million Lawsuits for "Systemic Negligence"
Peter Muggeridge | May 3rd, 2018
Two major Ontario nursing home chains are facing $150 million lawsuits by families who allege their loved ones did not receive proper care. Extendicare and Leisureworld (now Senior Care Corporation) – big companies that dominate the longe-term care industry – are being sued for "systemic negligence" and "failure to deliver the kind of care that's been promised."
A May 2 CTV News report highlights two horrifying scenes they say residents suffered in the homes: one of a woman who " was left writhing in agony on a washroom floor with a broken ankle after being told to 'clean up her own mess' "; while another saw a woman develop a leg wound that became "filled with wriggling maggots."
CTV says the lawsuits against private nursing home operators are the first of their kind in Canada and could shake up an industry that's been under increasing fire for failing to protect residents from violence or provide appropriate levels of care.
Deplorable and shocking scenes like these ones are cropping up on a regular basis and can no longer be swept under the carpet. And with a growing number of elderly people needing nursing home care, it's time the industry got its act together.
"We are alleging that there is a systemic negligence going on, that there is a failure to deliver the kind of care that's been promised," lawyer Armani Oakley (who is leading both lawsuits) told CTV.
"There is nothing isolated about these cases. And nothing is changing. "I hope this is going to make a difference because my heart twists in a knot for these people."
In response to the allegations, Extendicare, which operates over 400 long-term care facilities in North America, posted a statement on its corporate website, saying:
We care deeply about the residents, clients and families that we serve, and our staff work hard to provide them with comfort, care, and compassion. We do not believe this lawsuit has merit and intend to demonstrate this through the court process.
CARP, which has long been lobbying to improve nursing-home care in Canada, recently asked the four parties running in the June 2018 Ontario election to explain what they would do to better long-term care in the province?
What will each party do to protect long-term care residents, if elected?


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President Trump Eliminates Some Of World's Top Terrorists In Just A Few Months
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President Donald Trump has taken out some of the world's top terrorists in a matter of months, approving military raids and strikes that have decapitated the leadership of various terror-affiliated organizations.
The death of Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, on Thursday night, was just the latest in a line of successful assassinations by the Trump administration.
Hamza bin Laden
While it is unclear when exactly Hamza bin Laden, the son of late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, was killed, Trump confirmed his death in mid-September. The younger bin Laden was taking on a more prominent role in al-Qaeda before he was killed in a U.S.-led counterterrorism operation in South Asia.
The State Department had put out a $1 million reward for information on bin Laden's whereabouts in early 2019, but reports say he may have been killed anytime between 2017 and 2019.
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed during a Trump-approved U.S. special forces raid in late October.
The raid reportedly lasted about two hours and took place at al-Baghdadi's compound in Syria. al-Baghdadi was chased into a tunnel by a special forces canine and, after reaching a dead end, the ISIS leader killed himself by detonating a suicide vest. Three children were also killed in the blast.
Trump later gave a medal to Conan, the dog who successfully chased down al-Baghdadi
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You are here: Home / Manchester United / Winston Reid beings down the curtain on 112 years of West Ham at Upton Park with famous winner to deliver Champions League blow to Manchester United
Winston Reid beings down the curtain on 112 years of West Ham at Upton Park with famous winner to deliver Champions League blow to Manchester United
May 10, 2016 by Paul Chan
WEST HAM 3, MANCHESTER UNITED 2
Kick off delayed by 45 minutes after fans attack Manchester United coach outside Upton Park
Diafra Sakho with opening goal
Anthony Martial double puts Manchester United back in the driving seat
Late headers for Michail Antonio and Winston Reid win it for West Ham
Manchester United may have dominated possession but it was West Ham who were responsible for most of the excitement as the Reds ceded the initiative back to Manchester City in the race for the Champions League next season with a late winner.
The last game at Upton Park finished with the Hammers recording 20 shots on goal to United's three, and although United scored both of their on-target efforts it was West Ham who deservedly picked up all three points with three goals from six shots on target to end a famous final night at Upton Park with three vital points towards qualification for next season's Europa League.
It was end to end stuff as West Ham took the lead through Diafra Sakho only to be pegged back by an Anthony Martial double but they quickly recovered through late headers by Michail Antonio and Winston Reid who secured a famous victory to bring down the curtain on 112 years at the Boleyn Ground.
The final game at Upton Park was delayed for 45 minutes after West Ham fans held up the the United coach as it attempted to enter the Upton Park car park. The incident marred what should have been a celebratory final game at West Ham's stadium.
Bottles and other missiles were thrown at the coach, smashing some of the windows, and prompting match officials to delay the kick off due to the incident after the United players were trapped in the coach.
West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan was quoted afterwards suggesting, rather incredulously, that:
"Man United should have got here at 4pm. They made the same mistake at Spurs."
Sullivan claimed that the delay was down to "overexuberant supporters" despite an official police statement emerging that confirmed that "a number of items were thrown at the Manchester United coach".
"If you check the coach there won't be any damage to it." added Sullivan.
Said a dismayed Louis Van Gaal prior to the match: "The way we have been received is not the proper way. That makes always an influence on the players, and that's a pity."
United captain Wayne Rooney agreed, declaring that the United coach had been "smashed up."
And the Football Association released a statement saying: "The FA strongly condemns the unsavoury incidents this evening involving both the Manchester United team coach outside West Ham United's Boleyn Ground and objects thrown from a section of the home support during the game.
"We will work closely with both clubs and the Metropolitan Police to fully investigate these matters."
After the game, a disappointed Louis van Gaal refused to blame the coach incident for the result.
"We were 100 yards behind the bus of West Ham United. As a professional, we live in this world and we know this could happen and we have to cope.
"Twenty minutes before the end of the game we were 2-1 ahead, I don't think it influenced us." said Van Gaal.
He added: "It's very disappointing because we were ahead. We had changed the match with two goals and then we gave it away because of set plays.
"The only threat of West Ham is from set plays. We knew this in advance and tried to prepare but we didn't have the centimetres to to defend them.
"As a manager you are never satisfied but when you are 2-1 ahead after 70 minutes you have to make the pitch bigger and move the ball quicker."
Anthony Martial returned in the starting line-up after missing Saturday's game at Norwich with a tight hamstring in the warm-up.
Daley Blind and Marcus Rashford, who were also left out of the side that won 1-0 at Carrow Road, also returned to the side at the expense of Memphis Depay, Michael Carrick, and Jesse Lingard. The latter two were left out due to 'tiredness' according to Van Gaal.
United may point to the earlier coach incident which delayed the kick off and perhaps disrupted their preparation but they were well and truly stunned by the energetic West Ham who penetrated the Reds defence with ease to score after ten minutes.
The Hammers clearly wanted to give their fans a proper send-off after their surrender at home to Swansea last weekend, with revenge for their FA Cup quarter-final replay defeat against United also on their minds it can't have been hard for their manager Slaven Bilic to fire them up.
Upton Park erupted as Aaron Cresswell found Manuel Lanzini down the left side, and the Argentine midfielder's centre found Diafra Sakho inside the area and he turned and curled in the opener past David De Gea in the 10th minute.
The Hammers should have had two more goals with chances fluffed by Andy Carroll and Dimitri Payet as they started strongly and it wasn't until shortly before the break before the red hot intensity let up at Upton Park.
United committed more men to attack in the second half and scored the equaliser in the 51st minute when West Ham fans refused to give the ball back to David De Gea. The Spaniard launched it upfield where Marcus Rashford found Juan Mata, who handed Anthony Martial a tap-in to level the scores seconds after the ball left De Gea.
Payet was wasteful again as he spurned two chances to help the Hammers retake the lead, hitting the side netting and seeing his sweet cross fly past Sakho a shade too low for the Senegal striker to effectively head on target.
United were limited to half chances against a physical Hammers side, but they also missed the physical presence of the suspended Marouane Fellaini against Andy Carroll as the Hammers started to go more direct.
Carroll's header was cleared off the line by Martial as West Ham roused themselves for the final quarter of the game.
But United counter attacked again. Wayne Rooney broke from midfield in the 72nd minute and found Anthony Martial who created space to round Winston Reid and beat Darren Randolph at his near post with a superb finish as he came off his line expecting a cross.
The game was not over yet, though, and Louis Van Gaal had predicted his side's downfall prior to the game by bemoaning the absence of tall players like Fellaini to defend driven balls into the area by quality players like Payet.
The atmosphere may have been deflated by Martial's goal but was soon rocking again just four minutes later after a header by Michail Antonio into the top corner from a Payet cross after his initial free kick had gone into the United wall.
And De Gea got a hand to Reid's header after another fantastic cross by Payet but he couldn't stop it from going in as the Hammers retook the lead with less than ten minutes to go and the roof came off in East London.
United threw on Jesse Lingard and Adnan Januzaj but failed to rescue a point as United's Champions League dream began to slip away.
The Reds must now beat Bournemouth on Sunday and hope that City lose at Swansea in order to pip their rivals to a fourth place finish.
As Van Gaal said after the game regarding United's top four hopes: "It's still possible but it's not in our own hands. That is the difference."
Filed Under: Manchester United, Match Report, Premier League Tagged With: Anthony Martial, Diafra Sakho, Michail Antonio, West Ham, Winston Reid


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require 'test_helper'

describe Hbc::Artifact::PostflightBlock do
  describe 'install_phase' do
    it 'calls the specified block after installing, passing a Cask mini-dsl' do
      called      = false
      yielded_arg = nil

      CaskWithPostflight = Class.new(Hbc)
      CaskWithPostflight.class_eval do
        postflight do |c|
          called = true
          yielded_arg = c
        end
      end

      cask = CaskWithPostflight.new
      Hbc::Artifact::PostflightBlock.new(cask).install_phase

      called.must_equal true
      yielded_arg.must_be_kind_of Hbc::DSL::Postflight
    end
  end

  describe 'uninstall_phase' do
    it 'calls the specified block after uninstalling, passing a Cask mini-dsl' do
      called      = false
      yielded_arg = nil

      CaskWithUninstallPostflight = Class.new(Hbc)
      CaskWithUninstallPostflight.class_eval do
        uninstall_postflight do |c|
          called = true
          yielded_arg = c
        end
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Family Systems Therapy Victoria BC
Family systems theory was the brainchild of Dr. Murray Bowen of Georgetown University; a psychiatrist working with patients with schizophrenia in a hospital setting in the 1940s and '50s. At that time, the predominant thinking came from Sigmund Freud and his followers who believed that the psychology of human behaviour was rooted in the individual. Dr. Bowen's family systems perspective was a major challenge to the psychiatric thinking of his day. He deviated from the mainstream of psychiatric thinking of the '40s and '50s in two important ways:
Systems theory was developed on the assumption that an understanding of a person's emotional functioning must extend beyond psychological constructs to recognize his/her relatedness to all life.
He made the assumption that a comprehensive understanding of human behavior must rest on a foundation that moved beyond the study of the individual to include the human's relationship system. In other words, Bowen proposed that the human family operated in ways that were consistent with its being a system and that the system's principles of operation were rooted in nature.
Adapted from: Kerr/Bowen, Family Evaluation, 1988.
Family Systems Theory:
is a way of understanding present situations in terms of past relationships or family histories.
understands the family as a single emotional unit made up of interlocking relationships existing over many generations.
suggests that individual behavior throughout life is more closely related to the functioning in one's original family than most people realize.
attempts to move beyond cause-and-effect thinking to a more comprehensive understanding of the multiple factors which interact across time to produce problems or symptoms.
recognizes an interplay between biological, genetic, psychological, and sociological factors in determining individual behavior.
identifies some of the ways that human functioning is similar to the functioning of all other forms of life, and postulates that certain principles governing behavior are common to all life forms.
views most of human life as being guided by emotional forces which to a varying degree can be regulated by an individuals ability to think. (Emotional here includes a smorgasbord of automatic responses such as those driven by instinct, genetics, biology, and hormones as well as automatic feeling or sensory responses.)
postulates that the degree to which individuals may be able to exercise some choice regarding how much they respond to their automatic emotional input can be predicted by understanding the functioning of the family unit.
indicates that people are able to modify their responses to the automatic emotional input by undertaking a study of their own patterns of behavior and their link to those in their multigenerational family.
Borrowed from the Western Pennsylvania Family Center website.


EAST NEW YORK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are searching for a passenger who hit at an MTA bus driver with a bottle in Brooklyn.
It happened Thursday evening on a B-83 bus in East New York.
The Transit Workers Union says the passenger became angry after the driver asked him to step behind the white line after boarding.
They got into an argument and the suspect threw the bottle, hitting the driver in the head.
The driver was treated for swelling to his forehead and a cut to his lip.


Skale Labs has raised $9.65 million in funding to launch a network that can accelerate the performance of blockchain applications.
The funding round for the San Francisco-based decentralized app (dApp) startup was led by Multicoin Capital. Other investors include Aspect Ventures, Blockchange Ventures, Boost.VC, Canaan Venture Partners, Galaxy Digital, Floodgate Fund, Hack.VC, Neo Global Capital, and Signia Venture Partners.
The funding includes $8.86 million in the form of a Simple Agreement For Future Tokens (SAFT) and a $785,000 seed SAFT raised earlier this year.
The company said it will use the funds to launch the Skale Network, a fully permissionless, open source, peer-2-peer network, and the Skale Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the Skale Network — similar to the way the Ethereum Foundation supports the Ethereum Network. Skale will be the first implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) on a Plasma chain.
Following the launch, the Skale Network plans to release a fully functional, Ethereum-integrated test network in the fourth quarter of 2018, followed by a MainNet in subsequent months.
Skale Labs said it has created a powerful new infrastructure that accelerates dApps built on smart contract platforms by enabling smart contracts to execute in a Layer 2 (faster) environment. Leveraging Skale, developers can instantly scale dApps to millions of transactions per second at a fraction of the cost of options available today. The company claims the combination of Skale and Ethereum gives dApp developers security, decentralization, and scale never before realized on decentralized networks.
Above: Jack O'Holleran is CEO of Skale Labs.
Parties interested in mining Skale, running validator nodes, or being among the first to develop dApps using the Skale infrastructure before the mainnet launch can complete a survey with the company.
O'Holleran previously cofounded IncentAlign and Aktana. Skale's chief technology officer is Stan Kladko, formerly a researcher at Los Alamos National Lab and Stanford University. The company has a dozen engineers.
The full technical white paper and product roadmap will be released in 2019.
Skale Labs will also be sponsoring the ETH San Francisco Hackathon on October 5-7.


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Cyrtophora monulfi är en spindelart som beskrevs av Pater Chrysanthus 1960. Cyrtophora monulfi ingår i släktet Cyrtophora och familjen hjulspindlar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Q: Opencart modules and vqmod not working on custom templates I have recently started a store powered by opencart. I have purchased a custom template for my store.
All has gone well for that- I thought. Then I purchased some modules and they are not working on the custom theme.
I have switched back to the default theme and everything works perfectly.
So I thought it was only because of the modules.. so I went ahead and purchased another module and it also does not work on my custom theme too.
Also, vqmods also don't work on my custom theme.
Here's my site:
http://www.bishounenboutique.com/
Scroll down to see the "blast of the past" modules, they all don't behave like they are supposed to. There are 3 of them: The list on the side, the carousel and the wall of images on the right.
I have also installed a vqmod for this page that shows all the images, it worked for the default but not for my custom:
http://www.bishounenboutique.com/series
I would like to know why this is? Is it because the custom template has its own settings and the modules need to be configured to fit the custom template? If I were to use these modules on a different theme, would they have to be customized to fit that specific theme too? I have been trying to google the problem but to no avail. If you need any files to examine the problem, please let me know. Thank you.

A: The Krotek correctly explains why OpenCart does not always work with certain files. He mentions custom tuning which is never explained and an important thing to know how to do.
Custom Tuning:
Vqmod which uses a xml parser searches through files you have on your server. It can then execute something at the specified location in pre-existing code.
In your public_html folder you will find Vqmod and core files. Before you upload the code make sure it will work. You will find all you need to do with extensions is match them together (which requires some knowledge of programming).

A: VQMod searches for EXACT strings in template and if none found, then it won't work. For example, standard template file contains this string:

And yours have this:

This is quite enough for VQMod to fail.
You have to either tune VQMod to your template or ask a developer to do so. If you use custom template, always remember, that ALL template dependent extensions will NOT work for you and require custom tuning.

A: I had thesame issue also, but got it fix after a long time research and hope this might help someone.
Modify the vqmod/pathReplaces.php file and add the following line to the end of the file replacing my-theme-name with the name of your custom theme folder.
$replaces[] = array('~\btheme/default\b~', 'theme/your-custom-theme');

This process makes VQMod use your custom theme

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Home / Reviews / Featured Book Reviews / The Dissent Papers
The Dissent Papers
Review by John H. Brown, PhD.
The Dissent Papers: The Voices of Diplomats in the Cold War and Beyond. By Hannah Gurman, New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-231-15872-5, Cloth, 280 pp., $30.00
"I am as insignificant here as you can imagine."
–John Adams, who served as Minister to England for three years; cited in the above volume, p. 4
On November 29, 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, commenting on "alleged to be stolen State Department cables" via Wikileaks, stated that "I want to make clear that our official foreign policy is not set through these messages, but here in Washington. Our policy is a matter of public record, as reflected in our statements and our actions around the world."1
The first line of this statement, referred to, three times, in the book under review (the second line, however, is not cited) is used by its author, Hannah Gurman, a clinical assistant professor at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, to set the stage for her volume devoted to "the place and evolution of diplomatic dissent writing in the larger of the 'American Century.'"
The key point of this scholar's monograph, well-researched and spared of academic jargon, is that the "voices" of dissenting U.S. diplomats, expressed by the written word, have been all too often ignored or dismissed by formulators of foreign policy in the nation's capital, to the detriment of America's national interests. This thesis is not particularly original, but it does warrant repeating, for the sake of our country and the world, especially by persons with the intelligence and sensitivity of Professor Gurman.
The title of Gurman's volume is based in part on the study by Albert Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (1970), which, she explains, "used the term 'voice' to describe the actions of the few bureaucrats who decide to express their opinions rather than resign or resign themselves to the status quo." The Pentagon Papers also provided Gurman with inspiration; but, unlike these voluminous, top-secret reports leaked to The New York Times in 1971, her book is based on "papers," not currently classified, written by "in-house authors of dissent" who "critiqued the reigning logic" of U.S. foreign policy since the end of World War II.
Gurman tells the story of these in-house dissenting diplomats in four well-organized chapters: "George Kennan and the Politics of Authorship"; "The China Hands and the Communist-ification of Diplomatic Reporting"; "The Rhetorical Logic of Escalation [in Vietnam] Versus George Ball's Writerly Logic of Diplomacy"; "The Dissent Channel of the U.S. State Department." Her conclusion is titled "The Life After: From Internal Dissenter to Public Prophet."
Gurman's Foggy Bottom naysayers have several characteristics in common. First, in an often isolationist country marked by a "long history of antipathy toward traditional diplomacy," these dissenting diplomats, as State Department employees, often were (like their more conforming colleagues) the object of hostility from the White House (and Congress as well). Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gurman reminds us, referred to the Foreign Service as "striped-pants boys." Truman dreamed, in his words, of "firing the whole bunch." In the McCarthy era, when the Senator from Wisconsin went hunting for Communists at Foggy Bottom, Eisenhower ditched a large number of FSOs, although not enthusiastically. For Kennedy, the Department was "a bowl of jello." And Richard Milhous Nixon had the following to say:
We always promote sons of bitches that kick us in the ass … When a bureaucrat deliberately thumbs his nose; we're going to get him…. The little boys over in state particularly, that are against us, we will do it.
No wonder that the dissenters, often sidelined by those more powerful (less naïve?) than themselves, felt like voices crying in the wilderness. Expressing self-pity that many would not sympathize with, Kennan, enjoying quite briefly his moment of glory via his telegram on the Soviet Union, lamented that, under Dean Acheson, Secretary of State during the Truman administration, he had become a "court jester expected to enliven discussion, privileged to say the shocking things, valued as an intellectual gadfly on hides of slower colleagues, but not to be taken seriously when it came to the final, responsible decisions of policy." Acheson, who noted in his memoirs "Papers so often divert readers to trivia," had this to say to Kennan:
The task of a public service officer seeking to explain and gain support for a major policy is not that of a writer of a doctoral thesis. Qualification must give way to simplicity of statement, nicety and nuance to bluntness, almost brutality, in carrying home a point.
Second, the dissidents were paid by an organization that did not, as a rule, encourage dissent or independent thinking. "As the State Department grew and bureaucratized" after WWII, Gurman notes, "it increasingly policed itself through a culture of restraint and passivity, which was reinforced by new bureaucratic layers and checkpoints." To get promoted, what counted most was following — and thinking by — the rules. To her credit, Gurman does not fail to point out, in considerable detail, that dissenting diplomats did play a "key role" in "several of the most pivotal policies of the period" (as amply illustrated by the influence achieved by George Kennan and George Ball, respectively in the early Cold War and during the Vietnam War). But she emphasizes that "[d]issent posed a social risk, and dissenters were less likely to be welcomed by the 'in' crowd."
As for the so-called "Dissent Channel" created during the Nixon administration, it was (and remains) more a way of controlling and isolating contrarian thinking than encouraging it, Gurman contends. Not surprisingly, the best option for some in-house dissenters, since the Nixon presidency, has been to resign, as illustrated by the case of John Brady Kiesling, an FSO contributor to the Dissent Channel, who left the Department of State in opposition to the planned war in Iraq. His book, Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Power, was "a hit with the public" to which Gurman devotes a number of pages.
Third, the dissenters were, above all, diplomats who put their voices in writing. Indeed, Gurman underscores that her book is "as much an account of the tradition of diplomatic writing as it is one of dissenting diplomats." By their emphasis on "writing well" (a skill highlighted by François de Callières in 1716, in his how-to book on diplomacy), the dissenters reflected the long-standing tradition praised by the British diplomat Harold Nicolson: "Diplomacy is a written rather than a verbal art."
During the Cold War, however, the discipline of diplomatic writing (not always observed in preceding eras) lost its cachet. "Instead of amplifying and enriching the policy debate with new information and innovative analysis," Gurman notes, "most diplomats wrote routine and innocuous reports, memos, and letters designed to deflect rather than gain attention." Contrary to this tendency, the Cold-War in-house dissenters composed the written word carefully and thoughtfully (to be sure, sometimes writing, and changing their drafts, to win over higher-ranking officials, thereby on occasion becoming, as was the case with Kennan and Ball, "courtesan" writers).
Still, the Foggy Bottom dissidents, no matter how imaginatively they used their pens to advance their careers, "shared a commitment to the promise that their writing could help change policy." Also, they wanted to create documents that, by their respect for language, reflected an appreciation and understanding of the literary art. George Kennan, who, perhaps pretentiously, considered himself F. Scott Fitzgerald's soulmate (they both went to Princeton), wrote in 1934 that "[i]f Chekhov could describe Russian small town folk with an appeal so universal that even American reader gasps and says: 'How perfectly true' why cannot the Moscow diplomatic folk be written up the same way?"
(As I read Kennan's words, I wondered how he would have judged twittering and facebooking — new means of communications, now hyped by the State Department, regrettably not covered in Gurman's study — which, conceivably, reduce the craft of diplomatic writing to the "ash heap of history," to steal a phrase from Ronald Reagan about communism).
It is said in Russia that the country's dissident poets, so often persecuted by the authorities when they are alive, are most venerated upon their death, including by the officials who wished them far, far, gone from this world. This leads us to the fourth point of Gurman's book: In the United States, dissenting diplomats — when no longer numbered among those in seats of power — are, according to Gurman, "transformed from false prophets of the U.S. foreign policy establishment to true prophets of the nation's foreign policy."
But the subjects of her study, Gurman notes, were "not necessarily and absolutely wise." More important, from her perspective, the dissenters can't be reduced to modern-day Johns the Baptist. Rather, they were thinkers skeptical about "the predictability of foreign affairs and about the possibility of knowledge more generally."
The dissenting diplomats' lasting contribution, Gurman suggests in her impressive study, was not providing definitive answers, but thinking about important current issues and speculating about their implications for U.S. national interests. In other words, these non-conformist in-house outsiders, in their own imperfect intellectual ways, were trying to link the best of diplomatic writing ("thinking") to policy, a challenging task if there ever was one.
(1) http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/11/152078.htm. Full disclosure: I was one of three Foreign Service officers who left the State Department to express opposition to the US intervention in Iraq.
See http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0312-11.htm.
My name is mentioned in Gurman's book.
(2) John Service and John Davies, who lost their State Department jobs in the McCarthy era because of their criticisms of U.S. China policy, "Between 1950 and 1953," Gurman notes, "twenty of the twenty-two Foreign Service officers who specialized in China were either marginalized or dismissed."
[Book Editor's Note: See also Ms. Gurman's 2010 book review in American Diplomacy:
http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2010/0406/book/book_gurman_cwlightning.html]
American Diplomacy is the Publication of Origin for this work. Permission to republish is freely granted with credit and a link back to American Diplomacy
Dr. John Brown
Dr. John H. Brown, a Foreign Service officer for more than 20 years, currently is Adjunct Professor of Liberal Studies at Georgetown University, where he teaches about public diplomacy.
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On the surface therapy and safeguarding are two activities that can look similar.
Both involve a professional in conversation with a client.
In both cases the professional and client have different roles and there will be a protocol, either implicit or explicit, that will define that difference.
The similarity may extend to the content and focus of the conversations since in both cases the professional and client may be talking about parenting, about children, about family issues, about things that please or trouble the client, about change or stuckness.
Both therapy and safeguarding tend to be structured as a series of appointment.
In both cases the worker will have a supervisor and will talk about the work and its progress with that supervisor.
In both cases the worker will be expected to record their activities and may be required to liaise with other colleagues.
And yet despite the multiple surface similarities these two activities, therapy and safeguarding are fundamentally different and it is important that the difference is acknowledged and the implications of these differences are understood. Indeed the differences between the two activities are more significant than the similarities.
In therapy the client is normally the person who is sitting with the therapist, the person with whom the therapist is talking and thinking. This remains the case even if the client is talking about wanting change in their child's or their partner's behaviour.
In safeguarding work the client is always the child and it is the child's interests and safety that are central even when the worker is talking with the parent and the child is not present.
In therapy the source of legitimacy ultimately derives from the client. The client chooses to attend and could choose not to attend, and even though from a position of care the professional may follow-up the non-attending client, in the end, if the client chooses not to return to therapy there comes a point when the professional must accept that and close the case.
In safeguarding the legitimacy derives from statute. If a parent were to attempt to avoid contact, fail appointments or to break off contact with the service, the professional has both the right and duty to demand contact be maintained in the interest of safeguarding the child until the child is deemed, through the appropriate procedures, to be safe.
In therapy the therapist's purpose is to help the client make changes. The scope and direction of change is ultimately decided by the client and the professional does not have a mandate to go beyond this.
In therapy the professional's starting point is that change is possible and this belief needs to be reflected in the professional's language and demeanour.
In safeguarding, the purpose of the professional is to maximise the child's safety and to do everything possible to serve that end. This might well involve reporting the content of discussions if necessary, engaging the parent and child in risk-assessment procedures, exploring with the parent the potential consequences for parent and child if there is no change, finding ways of persuading the parent that it would be advantageous to that parent to change.
In safeguarding the professional does not exclude the possibility of change but must remain sceptical until change is demonstrated.
The complexity of the child care social worker's position is often increased when he or she has responsibility not only for safeguarding but in addition for working towards change. There is a statutory responsibility to assist parents so they may provide a better standard of care for their children. To this end they need to engage the parent in a collaborative relationship if they are to work towards change. Maintaining a primary focus on the child's safety requires a delicate balance between collaboration and authority. In therapy the change effect is enhanced when the worker communicates to the client belief in the client's capacity to change. However in safeguarding it is the professional's duty to remain sceptical until observable changes have been made and maintained. Thus the therapeutic safeguarding worker must process all the 'information' that he or she generates regarding the child's position through two filters, not just what is this telling me about the possibility for change in this situation, but in addition how is this informing me about safety. The inherent difficulty of this position, and the risk that one of these sets of thoughts will dominate the worker's thinking to the exclusion of the other, is specifically what necessitates effective managerial supervision, without which the likelihood of effective practice is diminished.
Safety must always come before therapy and if during therapy it becomes clear that a child is at risk the child's safety must come first even if this requires the breaking of confidentiality or even the arrest of the client.
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Comcast NBCUniversal Celebrates Military Hiring Achievement
By Carol Eggert | Mar 12, 2018
In 2015, Comcast NBCUniversal committed to achieving an exciting but ambitious goal – the hiring of 10,000 Veterans, National Guard and Reserve members, and Military Spouses across our company by the end of 2017. We are committed to military hiring because it strengthens our team, and our long-standing support of military and veteran organizations across the country. Today, I am very proud to share that we officially met and surpassed this goal as of the end of last year, and we can proudly say that since 2010 we have hired more than 15,000 Veterans, National Guard and Reserve members, and Military Spouses, across Comcast NBCUniversal.
As we move forward, we will continue to hire and support this incredible community, as well as develop new partnerships to help us do so. We recently launched a new partnership with Student Veterans of America, with an eye toward providing meaningful job opportunities to Veterans while they are in school, and career opportunities as they graduate. We're also building on our goal of helping empower other employers across the country to develop their own military hiring pipeline, starting with our School for Employers Who Invest in Military Talent, which we lead in collaboration with the PsychArmor Institute. This school provides free, on-demand online courses for employers to help bridge the civilian-military divide.
In our support of the military community, our efforts extend to bringing the Olympic Games to U.S. service members all over the world via live streaming. Building on a partnership with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service that began two years ago with the Rio Summer Olympic Games, we extended this service to include all honorably-discharged veterans so that more than 21 million service members and Veterans were able to watch thousands of hours of Winter Olympics coverage from PyeongChang. And, we've added the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, which are taking place now through March 18, to the available streaming service via the Exchange.
From the beginning, our 10,000-hiring goal has been a north star to help us focus on a strategically important talent pool. We are not done; we will continue to embrace the military community – because it is the right thing to do for our business and for those who have given to our Country.


Turtlenecks Are Back. What Are You Gonna Do About it?
"Can turtlenecks ever be cool again?" Some would certainly say no– that turtlenecks should be reserved for a Steve Jobs type of guy, or the people you'd see in an awkward family photo meme.
Turtlenecks are also more of a commitment than throwing on a jumper because you're owning the fact that your neck will feel like it's trapped in a tube for the entire day. In fact, there's something to be said about a fashion staple that feels like you're wearing a blanket, and that's exactly how turtlenecks feel.They're a way of staying cozy without rolling up to the office in a onesie. Not to mention they're the most versatile clothing item one could ever hope for.
The classic slim turtleneck serves as the perfect cornerstone for endless outfits, and no wardrobe is complete without one. Between mixed prints, hot right now silhouettes and chic accessories, there's plenty of #outfitinspo to be had.


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The policy affects two Stryker combat brigades from Fort Lewis: the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which was expected back from Iraq in late June or early July, and the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which recently deployed to the Middle East. Each brigade has about 4,000 soldiers.
It also affects the 864th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), which is serving in Afghanistan, its third overseas deployment since March 2003.
"For the families and loved ones of the brigade's soldiers, this is not easy news to swallow, and their reactions are predictably mixed," said Maj. Robert Bennett, rear detachment commander for 3rd Brigade, which now is expected back in October. "It was not unexpected news. We had prepared for this announcement, and we are ready to meet the challenges that lie ahead."
Fort Lewis officials said they will provide support, answer questions and work through the litany of issues confronting soldiers and family members affected by the extension. On Wednesday night, they held a briefing with leaders of family-readiness groups so the information they shared could be passed along to families.
Melissa Toy, a family-readiness group leader whose husband is a sergeant with 3rd Brigade's 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, said the announcement won't mean any drastic change of plans because she and her husband expected an extension.
"Obviously, I'd like my husband home sooner than later but recognize that the military does need to leverage its resources the best it can, and they do have a mission to accomplish, and we'll support them until they do that," she said.
Without the extension, Gates said during a news conference, the Army would have had to deploy five active-duty brigades without giving them a full year of rest at home.
"I believe it is fair to all soldiers that all share the burden equally," he said, according to a transcript.
The defense secretary said the policy will remain in place until conditions on the ground allow the Army to shift back to a cycle of 12 months deployed and 12 months at home and, ultimately, to a cycle of 12 months deployed and two years at home.
Until then, families at Fort Lewis and elsewhere will wait for their soldiers to return after extended deployments.
"We do understand that our husbands and our soldiers have a mission to do, and they'll be home when the mission is complete, and when they do come home, we'll be extremely happy," said Melissa Townsend, senior family-readiness group adviser for 3rd Brigade and the wife of the brigade's commander.
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Another rad dude who I've had the honour to spend some time with is Max Wood. We featured a sneaky look at his Trawlerman frame a few issue's back, and we were all drooling over it then in the office. We now have it in real life and we're not disappointed. Absolutely solid construction from Proper. And to be fair it needs to be, there's no two ways about it, Max is mental. He will not entertain anything if he's not in mid air for at least 6 seconds. This thing needs to be tight. Full 4130 construction, laser cut gussets, with one featuring an awesome ships wheel motif. Tapered chain and seat stays, curved chain and seat stay braces, 4mm thick dropouts with a tapered Spanish BB. There's even clearance for a 33t sprocket! Max goes that fast!. Built to all the usual Proper standards, which essentially means you have a frame for life with this thing.
on anything and be good at it. With that, he's been asked by United to design his own frame and this is what he has come up with. Straight to the point, no frills, no gimmics, a solid piece of kit designed specifically for 13ft gaps into tennis courts. 100% seamless Japanese 4130 cromo construction, top and downtube gussets, with an embossed logo. The tubing is thicker at the key stress area's, which is essential if you're thinking about doing any kind of Slaterized based riding. Tapered tubing throughout, with a healthy 2.35 tyre clearance out back and removable mounts and guides. Phosphate raw for me, just look how dope it looks.
During the battle for Middle Earth one frame reined supreme. The Bellwitch from FBM (From the Bowels of Mordor bike company). FBM needed a warrior of epic proportions to lead them into battle. After his Voices section in the mid noughties Anno Domini, Tom Blyth entered the chasm of battle. His demands were simple. He needed a Bellwitch frame forged in the fires of New York. He required 25,000 gallons of Lambs Blood and a leather J in the colour of Left Hand Path Black. No other would do. Hand crafted from USA made Super Therm 4130 chromoly, and married with Tom's meticulous geometry we have a frame here ready for any battle. Built in seat post clamp, mid BB and internal headset, with laser cut gussets and seat stay bridge. FBM's attention to detail is one of the best in the business, so you're investing in one of the best frames on the market, it's that simple. Go forth Bellwitch, show me the meaning of haste.
bumped up to V2 classification, but of course BSD have kept the OG geometry. The noticeable changes are a wider rear end, toptube gusset, ovalized downtube and a slotted seat clamp. As standard it has the tapered seat and chainstays, internally relieved headtube, tiny dropouts and removable lugs, cable guides and gyro tabs. This thing is built as solid as you'd expect. Heat treated 4130 and it looks an absolute treat. Good all round frame from a company who are making a difference in BMX.


The staff of Sanctüary Hair Solutions have advanced training in hair cutting and styling, hair coloring, and hair re-texturizing.
Hair cutting styling techniques include scissor, razor and clipper cutting. Advanced training in these techniques have been acquired from training institutions and seminars throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Using a combination of advanced cutting techniques allows the stylist to be able to create and or recreate any style. As all haircuts are made up of only three cutting techniques: one length, graduation and layering, it is up to the stylist to know not only what tools they need to create the desired look but what cutting techniques are needed and where it is necessary to employ them in the haircut to create the finished look that the client desires.
The staff of Sanctuary Hair Solutions have invested considerable time in hair cutting and styling advanced training to be able to provide you with a cut that can be trendy, contemporary, fashion forward, geometric and business appropriate to mention a few possible choices.
Hair coloring is an art and science and needs to be left to the professionals who have learned through both professional education opportunities and through experience. When it comes to coloring hair, experience is just as important of a teacher as advanced education.
Our stylists have decades of experience in this arena. During a consultation we will interpret what your end result color expectations are, and then deliver that to you. We will discuss any risks or challenges involved to educate you in making the best color decision so as to give beautiful results while protecting your hair's integrity and then educate you on home care and professional products that you need to keep your color at its best.
We offer all classic and contemporary hair coloring services. These include, Ombre, Sombre, Balyage, Highlights, Lowlights, Grey coverage, Men's Hair coloring, Fantasy hair coloring, Rooting for natural beachy blondes, Toning to remove unwanted warmth or to change your hair color completely, yet temporarily so you can change your look at a later date with ease, chocolate brunettes and fiery redheads. Whatever your hair color needs are you should come in and talk with us about achieving your desired look. We are also going to make protecting your hair's health our first priority.
We like to use very high end coloring products on our clients. The brands we use are Framesi, Swartzkopf and Redken.
When we highlight your hair we can use foiling techniques or hand painting techniques. Sometimes to create the look you desire, a combination of the two techniques are needed. An example of this is in the Sombre highlights we create which start off delicate and subtle at the roots and then blend or melt into a lighter color towards the ends. We then use an acid based toner which imparts beautiful tones and shine but also closes down your hairs cuticle to help maintain moisture and softness in your hair.
Hair retexturing means changing the natural form of your hair. It can be done temporarily as in a blow out, curling ironing or flat ironing or in a more permanent way by restructuring the permanent bonds in the hair known as di-sulfide bonds which give your hair its form and shape. We use the best permanent wave on the market known as ISO perms, the best Japanese Thermal Straightening system on the market known as Luscio and the best Keratin Smoothing System on the market known as Keratin Complex. The combination of our advanced education, careful techniques, years of experience and the best products on the market make for amazing results.
An initial consultation gives you and your stylist the ability to discuss what style will be the correct choice for your lifestyle and face shape so you will leave the salon excited with the final result. We will also teach you during your visit how to maintain your hairstyle and what you can do to repeat the look when you are home.
If you have questions after your visit with us we are always available to answer your questions, your care from us does not end just because your visit at the salon has finished, we are here for you. We do not believe in interrupting any clients appointment with us, when you are in our salon it is your time, so if you call, e-mail or text us and we cannot immediately respond, we will get back with you as soon as we have an availability.


20 Feet From Stardom allows various backup singers to step into the spotlight. Ever wondered why some of the greatest songs of all time sound harmoniously perfect? Simply answer: background singers. The perfect complement to lead singers that can transform an average song into an instant hit. We often take these wonderful singers for granted, and this documentary allows them to step forward and present their talent to the masses. Neville focuses on various singers, including Darlene Love and Lisa Fischer (holy wow can she sing!), as they recall the struggles and opportunities their careers opened up to them. Singing alongside The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson and David Bowie may sound like the perfect job, but hiding in the shadows often increases their desire for wanting fame. Many of these singers wanted to pursue solo careers, but due to the strict music industry at a time where civil rights were debated and genre artists were limited, this ultimately lead to their records never sticking. Neville utilises their frustrations to illustrate the natural progression of music in its entirety. From soul to rock'n'roll to manufactured pop. These singers had to adapt to demands and change within their industry, and it was fascinating to watch. Heartfelt interviews and insights actually came across as educational, particularly for 60's soul. Racial differences are raised and topics regarding being replaced by artificial vocals are also mentioned, although underdeveloped. The inevitable fear of technological advancements replacing authentic vocals should've been discussed more. It's an assured documentary, but one that does not attempt to stand out. Nothing special with its direction or editing is included, but it remains entertaining throughout. One comment that is important, are the various interviews with lead singers. To hear them show their appreciation for backup singers was gratifying. And much like this documentary, it's important to hear the vocal talent and ambition these singers have. I suspect you will find an entire new adoration for these wonderful individuals. I have!


(cf Mt 22:37-39; Mk 12:30-31; Lk 10:27).
(cf Mt 19:18; Mk 10:19; Lk 18:20).
not to do to another (cf Tob 4:16; Mt 7:12; Lk 6:31).
(cf Mt 16:24; Lk 9:23).
(cf 1 Thes 5:15; 1 Pt 3:9).
but rather to bless them.
that it is his own and charge it to himself.
which rise in one's heart.
with sighs and tears, and to amend them for the future.
what they do, do ye not" (Mt 23:3).
but to be holy first, that one may be truly so called.
(63) To fullfil daily the commandments of God by works.
Feast Day March 21, 2017.


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General Motors to invest US$650 million in Lithium Americas
Caterpillar Warns of China Demand Slipping Below 2022 Levels
UK Expects Significant Disruption as Half Million Set to Strike
Citigroup's $500 Million Blunder on Revlon Loan Near Final Resolution
Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg News
Revlon brand fingernail polish is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Revlon Inc. is scheduled to release earnings on March 2. , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. and creditors of Revlon Inc. fighting over an accidental $900 million payment the bank made two years ago said they are close to resolving their litigation over the mistake.
The bank and the lenders told a federal judge in a letter late Monday that three of the defendants the bank sued to get the money back are prepared to sign an agreement ending the litigation, while there has been "substantial progress" in talks with the others. The remaining defendants are working with trustees and others to return the funds, the parties said.
In February 2021 the lenders, which include Brigade Capital Management, HPS Investment Partners and Symphony Asset Management, won a surprise trial court decision saying they didn't have to return $504 million. The bank had mistakenly transferred the money in August 2020 while trying to make an interest payment as an administrative agent on a loan — an epic blunder that became the talk of Wall Street.
The judge said the creditors shouldn't have been expected to know that the transfer — which totaled more than $900 million before some lenders returned their share — was an error.
Read More: Citi Loses Bid to Recoup Massive Mistake in Surprise Ruling
Then, three months ago, a federal appeals court overturned the trial court's decision. It was a major victory for Citigroup's main banking unit in its efforts to redeem the embarrassing lapse, which forced the bank to explain to regulators how such a failure was possible.
Read More: Citigroup's $500 Million Blunder Ends in Victory for the Bank
The case is Citibank NA v. Brigade Capital Management, 20-cv-6539, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
--With assistance from Katherine Doherty and Jenny Surane.
Canada's US$181B pension fund pauses private China deals
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, a Canadian fund that manages $242.5 billion (US$181 billion) of assets, has paused direct investing in private assets in China, according to people familiar with the matter.


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About AMM
Saint Michael's College – Colchester, VT
B.S., Business Administration, Minor Journalism—2001; M.Ed., Information Technology —2011, Thesis: How Colleges and Schools Use Social Media as a Recruitment Tool
Vidigami, Inc.
Director of Sales – 2018 – present
Work side-by-side with CEO on developing new business opportunities.
Top member of the sales team in both accounts closed and revenue.
Assess clients needs and opportunities.
Cultivate prospective clients and drive them through the sales funnel.
Manage book of business covering the entire northeast.
Vermont Academy – Saxtons River, VT
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid – 2013 to 2018
Developed and implemented enrollment strategies engaging academic, athletic and marketing departments to achieve enrollment goals of the school.
Managed $2.6 million financial aid budget and a $150,000 operating budget.
Increased boarding student enrollment to post-recession highs while growing applications by 15 percent and increasing countries represented on campus by 20 percent.
Grew annual net tuition 11 percent from 2013 to 2016.
Increased admissions office travel by 100 percent.
Lead a staff of five admissions team members.
Led a Board appointed Marketing and Branding task force.
Educated head of school and Board on demographic challenges facing independent school market
Served on athletic, enrollment, marketing & communications, and health committees.
Director of External Relations (Interim) 2016 to 2017
Managed 10 direct reports including admissions, communications and advancement professionals and consultants.
Successfully solicited capital gifts up to $150,000.
Groton School – Groton, MA
Director of Recent Graduate Relations – 2009 to 2013
Managed a volunteer force of over 60 members in support of the school's annual fund.
Supervised an operations staff of 10.
Created, managed, and enhanced Groton School's presence in social media spaces such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, LinkedIn, and others including the live streaming.
Facilitated and organized alumni events around the country including service days, school birthday celebrations and career networking events and served as the faculty liaison for the Groton School Alumni Association..
Founded and chaired Groton's athletic hall of fame committee
Dorm head to girls' and boys' dorm of 11 to 35 residents, coached Cycling and Swimming Clubs.
Assistant Director of Admission – 2005 to 2009, Admission Counselor – 2004 to 2005
Recruited students from East Coast region, relaying the value of a Saint Michael's education to parents, prospective students and college counselors at public and private institutions.
Created and grew a multi-channel e-marketing campaign that included social media, e-newsletter, personalized email, virtual open houses and chat rooms.
Managed a staff of six student bloggers whose success was evidenced by an average of 1,500 visitors per blog per month.
Served on a communications committee assisting in planning, design and implementation of all marketing communications for the Office of Admission.
Maintained the website for all graduate programs and assisted the director of graduate admissions in recruitment and marketing
Assistant Men's and Women's Swim Coach – 2005 to 2009
Coached male and female college athletes to program record, third-place finish 2009 NEISDA Championship, including NCAA Division II National B-Cut Qualifier.
Awarded Steve Looke Team Sportsmanship Award – 2009.
Green Mountain Aquatics – South Burlington, VT
Head Senior Coach – 2001 to 2006
Coached 30-40 swimmers from the ages of 13 to 18 many of whom have gone on to top Division I and III colleges and universities.
Chittenden Trust Company – Burlington, VT
Bank Sales & Service Representative, Corporate Trust Administrator – 2001 to 2004
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Saxtons River Montessori School
Treasurer — 2016 to 2018
Lead to the first positive fiscal year in five years
Alumni of the Year — 2016
Class Agent—2015 to present
2001 Doc Jacob's Award Recipient
Consortium of Vermont Colleges
Chairperson, Bus Tour Committee – 2006 to 2008
Caswell Credit Union – South Burlington, VT
Board member, Secretary – 2005 to 2009


CEDAR GROVE, N.J., Oct 01, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The SUDC Foundation is pleased to support Scarlett's Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and U.S. Representatives Gwen Moore (WI-04), Tom Cole (OK-04) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) to combat Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). The legislation was introduced in honor of Scarlett Pauley, who was lost to SUDC in January 2017 when she was just 16 months old.


Tamarijn Aruba All Inclusive is one of five Divi properties on the island. The Tamarijn doesn't have a casino, but the Alhambra Casino, next to Divi Aruba, is a five-minute walk away. The complex has over 350 slots, video poker machines and multi-game machines. Table games (only available in evenings) include blackjack, roulette and craps, and they come with low-limit offers.


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Manchester City to launch £15m for Barcelona star
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Manchester City are looking to sign Barcelona defender Dani Alves with a £15m swoop in this summer's transfer window, Mirror reports.
The Catalan club could sell their Brazilian star to help fund the £500m cost of remodeling the Nou Camp.
And the Citizens are hoping to land the former Sevilla man at a cut-price of £15m, although it is reported that Alves has a buy-out clause of £30m in his contract.
But according to The Sun, they are only in need of £15m, which is sufficient in aiding their cause to remodel their stadium.
The move would also give Argentinian right back Pablo Zabaleta stiff competition for the starting berth.
Dani Alves moved to Barcelona in a £23m deal in 2008, winning four La Liga titles as well as two UEFA Champions League trophies.
He has also represented the Brazilian national side 72 times, scoring five goals.


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We give thousands of blind and partially sighted people the opportunity to borrow our Touch to See books from a free postal library.
Our books are enjoyed at home with family and friends, in schools, or for adults as members of one of our community Touch to See Book Clubs around the country.
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There are up to two million people in the UK living with severe sight loss, including 20,000 children. One in six of us will become blind or partially sighted by the time we reach 75. Blind and partially sighted people face constant challenges, for children they can't take part in the same activities as their peers and siblings and often feel excluded, and in later life sight loss can be linked to increasing isolation and depression.
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We do this by designing, creating and publishing Touch to See books for all ages. These books include raised tactile pictures accompanied by atmospheric, educational and entertaining audio guides. The audio guides, often narrated by famous people, help fingers explore the tactile images, tell the stories of the pictures and describe their features. In this way, the senses of touch and hearing combine to make up for the missing sense of sight. By including colour images of the topics in the tactile pictures, our books can be shared with sighted friends, family and classmates.
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Provenance supports #KeepItReal campaign to tackle disinformation
News | Provenance supports #KeepItReal campaign to tackle disinformation
Provenance is pleased to support a new Irish-based campaign on disinformation and freedom of expression. Young activists from all over Ireland have teamed up with the international NGO ARTICLE 19 to spearhead debate on disinformation, freedom of expression, and social media regulation.
The #KeepItReal campaign aims to empower young adults in Ireland to articulate their views on how to counter disinformation and protect their right to free speech. A group of 17 ambassadors from across the country will lead a discussion among their peers about how a pluralistic and tolerant society – one that listens to different perspectives, encourages dialogue and treats people equally – should respond to the issues of disinformation and regulation of social media.
You can find out more about the campaign at https://www.article19.org/campaigns/keep-it-real/.


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Vancouver's newest car share: no driver's licence required
We spoke with VeloMetro CEO John Stonier about its bike-car hybrid, Veemo
By Trevor Melanson
It was a big enough deal that even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mayor Gregor Robertson showed up Tuesday morning for the unveiling of Veemo, Vancouver's newest car share. But while local company VeloMetro considers Car2Go and Evo as competitors, its vehicles aren't like those other ones that Vancouverites have become so familiar with. In fact, legally, Veemos are bikes. In practice, well, that's another matter. We caught up with VeloMetro CEO John Stonier (pictured below in the yellow shirt) hours after the announcement to figure out just what the heck a Veemo is—and what Vancouverites can expect when they hit the streets in 2017. So, what is a Veemo? This is a fully suspended vehicle with a seamless electric assist and an upright seating position in a cabin that provides you with all the comforts you'd expect in a car. Except for air conditioning, but we do have heated handgrips and seats for the winter. But I can't see needing it when you're cycling—you keep warm. Consider it a coaster bike on steroids. Pedal forward to move, pedal back to break. It has an automatic transmission. It has a 500-watt power assist—500 watts, to put that into perspective, is the equivalent of two Olympic cyclists helping you propel the vehicle down the road. How much does this beast weigh? It's 265 pounds. Is there room in that 265-pound bike for cargo? Can I use it for groceries? It's designed to have a full overhead baggage suitcase behind the seat. We'll have a hook for dry cleaning. You could do your weekly grocery shopping. You could probably put your dog in the back. Wait, so I can use it to, say, bring my cat to the vet? I guess if you had a small enough carrier or if you put a blanket down. It's pretty durable inside. Actually, wait, we haven't made that policy decision yet. That's one hell of a bike. Do riders need to wear a helmet to be in line with B.C.'s mandatory helmet law? There are exemptions for stable vehicles like quadricycles. We will apply to have the same exemption. Even though our vehicles have three wheels, they are still as stable. And just how fast does one of these Veemos go so as to not legally become a car? 32 km/h. Statistics show when you're under 50 km/h, the death rate drops dramatically simply because of speed. Some drivers probably won't want to be stuck behind a vehicle going 32 km/h. The great thing about Veemo is that it does have presence on the road. That's a safety factor. You can see them from afar. They're illuminated at night with LED lights. If you're in a 50 km/h lane, you have every right to be there, but because you have presence you're probably taking the lane up—you should be taking the lane up. It could impede traffic, but many streets are two lanes. Most of the time, though, in urban areas the streets are clogged and the bike lanes are empty. This is where we find an interesting advantage. In rush hour traffic, we will be faster. So these things can go in bike lanes? They are classified as cycles and are small enough to fit in bike lines. We corresponded with the authorities on that at a very early stage. Bike lanes are 1.5 metres wide. Our vehicles are 1.15 metres wide. If there is a need for overtaking, there is room on the side. And how big will your fleet of Veemos be? We'll probably start with 100. We think the Vancouver market is so robust that we can grow it to hundreds of vehicles in the City of Vancouver in the next few years. The market for car shares has been growing in Vancouver by 38 percent per year since 2007. And it has no signs of letting up. Where will Veemo be available? The home zone will be focused on the urban core of Vancouver—high-density areas. We may go to 16th Avenue to the south, Nanaimo Street to the east, and MacDonald Street to the west. What about UBC? Our first commercial trial is set for UBC. We have the support and encouragement of UBC parking, and we've had meetings with student representatives at UBC, and they are very excited about the prospect—to have their own transportation system around campus. It's a huge campus and there really is no transit system to get around it, so we fill a real need there. And for all the people who don't have driver's licences, this is the first enclosed vehicle option that they've ever had. And where can they be parked? We will operate the same as the other car shares. They'll have reserved parking around the city and the same access to residential permit parking. And we'll have the unique ability to park our vehicles in what we call off-sidewalk parking, like plazas that cars couldn't park in. Wherever there's a bike stand, you can park adjacent to that, because they are classified as cycles. That opens up a number of possibilities for parking in the downtown core. What will Veemo cost me? The price will be about 30 percent less than the other car shares, about 28 to 29 cents per minute. Alright, final question: how do I get into a Veemo and start driving? What's the process? It's going to work off your smartphone primarily, but basically we're making it so it's smartphone-enabled, and essentially you can be walking on the street, see one of our vehicles, download the app, put in a credit card, pin number, and be in your first Veemo in five minutes and drive down the road. Because you don't have to have a driver's licence, there's no driver's licence testing.
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