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2022 was a year filled with hope, recovery and challenges. However, no one could have predicted that COVID-19 cases would continue to soar, mental health concerns would grow, we'd be combating antisemitism in our own community and Russia would invade Ukraine.
Through our collective network of agencies, overseas partners and community organizations, we worked tirelessly to help many in our community, locally and globally, overcome their struggles.
Here are a few highlights from the past year:
We created the Ukrainian Emergency Fund, raising more than $2 million from our generous community. These funds helped support on-the-ground work of our global partners, including the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency for Israel. Through their networks, we distributed food, medicine and more for women, children, Holocaust survivors and homebound seniors. Together, we also helped provide safe passage to the border for fleeing families and assistance to refugees who made aliyah. At the same time, the friendships created through our Baltimore-Odesa Partnership — now 30 years strong — brought hope to the many Odesa residents living through these unsettled times. We communicated daily with messages of caring and concern while providing direct aid to local organizations that offered trauma-focused therapy, medical support and resources for young adults so they could continue to find beauty in Jewish life.
Responding to a Mental Health Crisis
An unprecedented number of young adults faced mental health challenges as a result of COVID-19. We responded with unwavering commitment to help our community cope during these emotionally difficult times. Jewish Community Services' (JCS) therapists provided more than 14,000 telehealth and in-person therapy sessions. JCS also offered numerous support groups that ranged from spouses navigating the loss of a loved one to parents coping with a child's suicide and young adults finding comfort as they talked about their challenges.
We invested in countless prevention programs in our schools and universities. Additionally, our local Hillels engaged in suicide prevention training programs with other campus organizations and held a wellness retreat for student leaders.
Finally, we continued our system-wide work to nurture our community's mental well-being. From the Myerberg to the Jewish Community Center, we offered fitness, arts and social programming that encouraged people to come together and connect both in person and online.
Combating Antisemitism
In a year marked by increased antisemitic incidents worldwide, Baltimore was not immune. Several Jewish cemeteries were vandalized, their gravestones spray-painted with antisemitic graffiti. Our Jewish Cemetery Association responded immediately, removing all evidence of hate. At the same time, public officials — as well as community and faith-based leaders and organizations — joined us in a rally against antisemitism that also promoted unity.
The Jewish Museum of Maryland (JMM) and the Baltimore Jewish Council (BJC) continued to convene Holocaust workshops for Maryland's public and private school educators. And the BJC, along with our five area Hillels, met with campus administrators to include antisemitism into conversations on diversity and racism.
Finally, we remained committed to the safety of our community, securing more than $4 million in federal grants for Jewish institutions in the Greater Baltimore area and $7 million in state grants for religious institutions, schools and childcare centers at risk of hate crimes.
Reimagining Jewish Life
Recognizing changes in Jewish engagement, as outlined in The Associated's 2020 Greater Baltimore Community Study, we created three new organizations to help us develop a strong Jewish future. By building upon our successes and scaling up our programming, these new organizations aim to offer a lifetime of Jewish experiences that will engage and connect our community with Jewish life and learning.
The Macks Center for Jewish Connections creates meaningful opportunities for involvement and discovery in Jewish Baltimore. Jewish Educational Services supports Jewish day schools, congregational schools and Jewish preschools, as well as their educators, so that children of all abilities can reach their full potential. And the Jewish Library of Baltimore connects community members with educational resources to support them in their Jewish journeys.
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Mondayjoining.com : A job portal for those retrenched during the pandemic
By Express Computer on August 10, 2020
Markivis today announced the launch of MondayJoining.com, a recruitment portal to facilitate people who have lost their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic. The portal intends to connect people who are out of jobs or available to join within 14 days to connect with recruiters. The portal is free for candidates and recruiters, helping companies reduce their cost of hiring.
"Monday Joining is our way of giving it back to the community in these unprecedented times. We wanted to help people who lost their jobs and businesses by reducing their cost of hiring." said Amit Khanduja, the CEO of Markivis.
With MondayJoining.com, candidates do not need to spend endless hours on job hunting and filling out numerous applications for each job post. The platform allows recruiters to reach out to job seekers almost instantly by looking at their experience, skills and expertise updated within extensive candidate profiles. In addition, the platform reduces the effort of recruiters from creating lengthy job descriptions and going through the hassle of receiving hundreds of non-suitable resumes, and most importantly worrying whether a candidate will join after making them wait for 2-3 months.
"We used to see so many posts and media news every day about people losing their jobs but on the contrary we were also hearing a completely different story from HR leaders, who we work with regularly in the employer branding space. Companies were unable to source the right candidates who were available to join quickly. That is when we thought of connecting these two sets of audiences using a portal for all those individuals who were seeking a job and the countless recruiters who were hiring," he added.
What differentiates mondayjoining.com from other platforms is one it's zero subscription fees and some of the unique features that have been built and are in pipeline for recruiters such as:
1) Track and report candidates who accept an offer and do not join
2) Getting an offer acceptance within the portal
3) Only allowing candidates who can join within 14 days to register
4) Adding background verified/ reference checked profiles to shorten candidate on-boarding
The portal intends to launch operations in Australia and the UK in the next few months. The website's soft launch two weeks ago drew over 35,000 candidate profiles who are ready for immediate hiring, and 213 verified recruiters who are actively hiring. The platform aims at increasing its reach with the official launch.
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: I agree with Mark that you are better off going to small claims court.
: This is a straight-forward negligence claim that will be covered by the landlord's insurance (unless the amount is so small it's covered by the deductible).
: In order to win a negligence claim you have to show (1) a duty--established here by the landlord tenant relationship (2) failure to perform the duty--established by the failure to repair after you gave notice (3) proximate cause--that the failure to perform was the direct cause of the damage, pretty clear in this case, and (4) damage--you get the difference in value before the incident and after the incident; you don't get full replacement value, but only the depreciated value of the property damaged.
: Write a letter asking for reimbursement. If you don't get satisfaction within a few weeks, file in small claims court. It's very easy and inexpensive.


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Sara Skyttedal (* 6. August 1986 in Tyresö) ist eine schwedische Politikerin der Kristdemokraterna (KD). Seit dem 2. Juli 2019 ist sie Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments der Europäischen Volkspartei (EVP) in der Fraktion der Europäischen Volkspartei (Christdemokraten).

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Sara Skyttedal wuchs in Haninge auf und studierte 2006/07 an der Hochschule Södertörn und von 2007 bis 2010 Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Stockholm. Sie war unter anderem im Vertrieb und Marketing tätig.

2002 trat sie den Christdemokraten bei und war in ihrer Heimatgemeinde Haninge in der Kommunalpolitik aktiv. Von 2011 bis 2015 war sie eine der Vizepräsidentinnen der Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP). 2013 wurde sie zur Vorsitzenden der Kristdemokratiska ungdomsförbundet (KDU), der Jugendorganisation der schwedischen Christdemokraten, gewählt. Diese Funktion übte sie bis 2016 aus. Ab 2016 war sie in Linköping in der Kommunalpolitik tätig.

Für die Europawahl in Schweden 2019 wurde sie von den Christdemokraten gemeinsam mit David Lega als Spitzenkandidatin nominiert. Skyttedal erhielt 74.325 Stimmen. In der mit 2. Juli 2019 beginnenden 9. Wahlperiode des Europäischen Parlamentes ist Skyttedal volles Mitglied im Ausschuss für Industrie, Forschung und Energie (ITRE) sowie stellvertretendes Mitglied im Ausschuss für Beschäftigung und soziale Angelegenheiten (EMPL) für die Europäischen Volkspartei (EVP) in der Fraktion der Europäischen Volkspartei (Christdemokraten).

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Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments für Schweden
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Sports Equipment Used by Grand Junction Special Olympics Stolen
The Grand Junction Police Department is asking for help locating the person who stole softball equipment used by Special Olympics teens.
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Colorado Mesa Softball: Undefeated and Ranked #1 Nationally
Did you know the Colorado Mesa University softball team is undefeated and ranked #1 in the nation in Division II?
How Do You Hit a Home Run and Get Tagged Out? Watch This Crazy Play and Find Out
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CMU Wins Prestigious RMAC Softball Awards
The Colorado Mesa University softball team's stellar season helped them win the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season championship. Now, the team gets even more recognition, winning three RMAC awards.
Central High Softball Earns League Title
Tuesday marked a big day for Central High School's softball team. In addition to an 8-1 win over Fruita Monument, the Warriors also clinched the league title and has a shot at hosting one of eight regional tournaments.
Softball vs Wrestling
This Wednesday, Colorado Mesa University will host a softball game that involves two teams that usually don't play each other during the regular season.
Walk-0ff Strike Out
You have never seen a baseball or softball game end like this.
Softball Pitcher Gives Up Game-Winning HR, Helps Injured Batter Round the Bases [VIDEO]
In this day and age in sports when all we seem to hear are negative stories about steroids and Donald Sterling, it's nice to hear one that is truly heartwarming. In a story you may have missed, Florida Southern College senior Chelsea Oglevie gave up a game-winning three-run home run to Eckerd College's Kara Oberer during a softball game last month...
Colorado Mesa Sports Schedule for Weekend of April 4-6
April is a busy month for Colorado Mesa University sports, especially since the regular season for spring sports will end by the first week in May. Here's a listing of CMU games scheduled for this weekend:
CMU Mavericks Weekend Schedule
Even though many students have spent this week enjoying time off from their studies on spring break, Colorado Mesa University's sports teams have used their time off participating in both conference and non-conference games.


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Q: hdfs data got corrupted. the corrupted folder cannot be deleted as it shows no such file or directory My hdfs data got corrupted.
on doing fsck, i got the following result
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/siva: CORRUPT block blk_-1910702044505537827
/siva: CORRUPT block blk_6483992593913191763
/siva: MISSING 2 blocks of total size 82009995 B.Status: CORRUPT
 Total size:    82009995 B
 Total dirs:    8
 Total files:   1
 Total blocks (validated):      2 (avg. block size 41004997 B)

CORRUPT FILES:        1
  MISSING BLOCKS:       2
  MISSING SIZE:         82009995 B
  CORRUPT BLOCKS:       2

Minimally replicated blocks:   0 (0.0 %)
 Over-replicated blocks:        0 (0.0 %)
 Under-replicated blocks:       0 (0.0 %)
 Mis-replicated blocks:         0 (0.0 %)
 Default replication factor:    2
 Average block replication:     0.0
 Corrupt blocks:                2
 Missing replicas:              0
 Number of data-nodes:          1
 Number of racks:               1
FSCK ended at Tue Feb 23 12:21:03 IST 2016 in 2 milliseconds
The filesystem under path '/' is CORRUPT
Then i tried to remove the /siva folder but i got the following output
rmr: cannot remove /siva: No such file or directory.
please support

A: Use hdfs fsck / -delete to remove corrupted files.

A: *

*Please run the below command on any headnode[ HN0 or HN1].
hdfs fsck -D "fs.default.name=hdfs://mycluster/" /

*In the report, we can see a filesystem as corrupt since blocks are got corrupted.
The filesystem under path '/' is CORRUPT

*Run the below command to fix this issue.

*hdfs fsck -D "fs.default.name=hdfs://mycluster/" / -delete

*after, run the below command again to see a filesystem status.

*hdfs fsck -D "fs.default.name=hdfs://mycluster/" /

*this time we should see the filesytem status as Healthy like below.
The filesystem under path '/' is HEALTHY

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Organizational Storytelling of the Future: Ante- and Anti-narrative in Quantum Age
Marita Svane
The focus of this chapter is quantum dialectical storytelling and its contribution to generate anticipatory knowledge of the future through the intra-play between the…
The focus of this chapter is quantum dialectical storytelling and its contribution to generate anticipatory knowledge of the future through the intra-play between the ante-narrative and the anti-narrative. The theoretical framework on quantum dialectical storytelling is based upon Boje's triad storytelling framework interfused with Hegelian dialectics and Baradian diffraction. Through the inspiration of Judith Butler's performative theory, Riach, Rumens, and Tyler (2016) introduce the concept of the anti-narrative as a critical reflexive methodology. By drawing on Hegel's work on the dialectical phenomenology of critical reflexive self-consciousness, a dialectical pre-reflexive and reflexive framework emerges as intra-weaving modes of being-in-the-world toward future.
The Emerald Handbook of Management and Organization Inquiry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-551-120191010
agential cut
material bodies
ante-narrative
anti-narrative
The distribution of nafs in modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic: a corpus-based study
Amani Mejri
This corpus-based study provides a descriptive account of the distribution of the polysemous noun nafs in two Arabic varieties, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Classical…
This corpus-based study provides a descriptive account of the distribution of the polysemous noun nafs in two Arabic varieties, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Classical Arabic (CA). The research objective is to survey the use of nafs as a reflexive marker in local binding domains and as a self-intensifier in NP-adjoined positions.
The consulted corpora are Timespamped JSI Web corpus for MSA and Quran corpus for CA. While attending to corpora size differences, MSA and CA exhibit a pattern of difference and similarity in nafs diffusion.
In the modern variety, nafs is pervasively used as reflexive marker in canonical binding domains, along with a less frequent, yet notable, intensifier user, and these uses are partially and cautiously attributed to the specific genre in which they occur. In CA, nafs is mainly recurrent as a polysemous noun, along with extensive use as a reflexive marker in local binding settings. As an intensifier, nafs is totally non-existent in the CA corpus, in the same way as it is in absentia in VP-constituent extraction in MSA.
Examining whether nafs, as a reflexive marker, deviates from canonical binding in Arabic the way English reflexive pronouns do. Building a general account of this distribution is relevant in understanding the explicit (syntactic) and implicit (discourse-based) dimensions of reflexive marker and self-intensifier processing and interpretation in Arabic as a first and second language.
Saudi Journal of Language Studies, vol. 2 no. 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SJLS-03-2022-0038
Local binding
Reflexive marker
Classical Arabic
Modern standard Arabic
Globalisation, reflexive modernisation, and development: the case of India
David Pick and Kandy Dayaram
The purpose of this paper is to use the theoretical insights provided by reflexive modernisation in examining the effects of globalisation on the development policies and…
The purpose of this paper is to use the theoretical insights provided by reflexive modernisation in examining the effects of globalisation on the development policies and trajectories of India.
After a presentation of the main ideas and concepts of reflexive modernisation and globalisation, the principal characteristics of the reflexive modernisation of India are identified and discussed.
This paper demonstrates that the development path taken by India is characterised by ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox. There is much doubt, uncertainty, and debate in academic, political, and social forums about whether India is on the right development path, as the nation attempts to graft western‐style capitalist structures and technologies on to traditional ways of life. Indeed, in its drive towards economic development and enhanced social well‐being India is at the same time compromising that development and wellbeing through the production of risks.
There are two main limitations of this paper. The first relates to reflexive modernisation. It is a much discussed and controversial theory that requires further enhancement, particularly with regard to developing nations. The second relates specifically to India in that it is difficult to make generalisations about such a diverse nation.
In spite of its limitations, reflexive modernisation offers a sound theoretical foundation for alternative perspectives and policy approaches to development. As developing nations such as India engage with global economic, cultural, and political structures and institutions, they are at the same time transforming and being transformed by the influences that these structures and institutions exert.
Society and Business Review, vol. 1 no. 2
Evaluate development! Develop evaluation! Answering the call for a reflexive turn in social marketing
Patricia McHugh and Christine Domegan
For social marketers to become effective change agents, evaluation is important. This paper aims to expand existing evaluation work to empirically respond to Gordon and…
For social marketers to become effective change agents, evaluation is important. This paper aims to expand existing evaluation work to empirically respond to Gordon and Gurrieri's request for a reflexive turn in social marketing using reflexive process evaluations: measuring more than "what" worked well, but also evaluating "how" and "why" success or indeed failure happened.
An online survey, adapting Dillman's tailored design method empirically assesses 13 reflexive process hypotheses. With a response rate of 74 per cent, regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the proposed hypotheses and to identify the significant predictors of each of the reflexive process relationships under investigation.
The study empirically examines and shows support for three reflexive process evaluation constructs – relationships, knowledge and networking. Network involvement and reciprocity; two process dimension constructs do not exert any impact or predict any relationship in the conceptual framework.
This paper expands evaluation theory and practice by offering a conceptual framework for reflexive process evaluation that supports the logic to be reflexive. It shows support for three reflective process evaluation constructs – relationships, knowledge and networks. Another unique element featured in this study is the empirical assessment of Gordon and Gurrieri's "other stakeholders", extending evaluations beyond a traditional client focus to an interconnected assessment of researchers, clients and other stakeholders.
Journal of Social Marketing, vol. 7 no. 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-10-2016-0063
Reflexivity
Reflexive process evaluations
Publication date: 5 January 2023
Reflexivity and academic identity in accounting: intersubjective reflexive identity work as a feminist academic
Kathryn Haynes
I provide an exploration and critique of reflexive research practice, which explores the nature of reflexivity, its relevance to and influence on accounting academic…
I provide an exploration and critique of reflexive research practice, which explores the nature of reflexivity, its relevance to and influence on accounting academic identity formation.
The paper gives detailed explanations of three different approaches to reflexivity dependent on perspectives on reality and exemplifies the chosen approach – intersubjective reflexivity. It draws from three personal experiences to illustrate intersubjective reflexive practice in action and its impact on academic identity, including my own identity as a feminist accounting academic. The examples involve the process of reflexively "being struck" regarding voice and representation; addressing power, privilege and decolonisation in knowledge production; and negotiating insider/outsider academic identities.
I reconceptualise and illustrate reflexivity as academic identity formation that enables transformative experience and more reflexive academic praxis within a turbulent academic context. Reflexive academic identity formation will resonate with accounting academics who are reflecting on the role and purpose of the accounting academy and their identity within it.
The paper provides a significant contribution into understanding intersubjective reflexivity, by reconceptualising intersubjective reflexivity beyond research and applying it to the identity formation of accounting academics. I identify the process of reflexive identity transformation through active engagement in identity work and emotion work, which transforms academic praxis. I argue for a broader more nuanced and power-laden perspective on reflexivity and academic praxis, which moves us to consider the responsibility of our academic identity and actions as accounting academics.
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-10-2022-6099
Identity work
A foreigner in a foreign country: examining biography and memoirs of Georg Mayer through reflexive agency
Oya Zincir
This paper is concerned with the concept of reflexive agency through the biography and memoirs of Georg Mayer, a Jewish businessman who immigrated to Turkey before 1945…
This paper is concerned with the concept of reflexive agency through the biography and memoirs of Georg Mayer, a Jewish businessman who immigrated to Turkey before 1945 and lived there for almost 40 years. This paper aims to explore reflexive agency using the concepts of structural conditions (socioeconomic background), contextual stimuli (activation of reflexivity) and individual perspectives at different points in life (main concerns, reflection on the past, projects and decision-making).
This paper is developed using qualitative research methods, analyzing a variety of sources including books, papers, biographical materials and personal memoirs. Primary sources are three books written about him and Mayer Stores using the method of oral history. Moreover, Mayer's memoirs, which provided rich information about his observations of people, acts and culture, were analyzed.
Several conclusions can be drawn. While there are typologies for reflexive agency, it is found that a person can fit into several modes at different times and/or at the same time. Another finding is that an individual's social network is an important factor for his/her reflexive agency. When immigrating to another country with a contextual discontinuity and structural change, an established community and economic opportunities are important factors. A strong stimulus such as a life threat can be a force majeure and trigger for individuals to take risks, affecting their abilities of reflexivity.
This paper presents a unique case study that examines immigration from Western countries before 1945. This paper tries to provide detailed information about social context, including critical milestones, bring the concepts of culture, identity, migration and reflexivity together by analyzing an atypical business figure through his biography and personal memoirs, and use narrative analysis to explain how a reflexive person can act in contextual discontinuity, hence showing how structural, cultural and personal emergent properties can be understood together.
Journal of Management History, vol. 28 no. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JMH-12-2021-0068
Reflexive agency
Georg Mayer
Textile trade
Promoting reflection and reflexivity through narrative devices: Narrative mediation path qualitative multimodal method
Maria Francesca Freda and Giovanna Esposito
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a reflexive process that makes a distinction between reflection and reflexivity, two processes the authors define according to the…
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a reflexive process that makes a distinction between reflection and reflexivity, two processes the authors define according to the mentalization construct. Next, it explores how the narrative mediation path (NMP), a novel multimodal counselling method addressed to underachieving college students, promotes reflection and reflexivity by enhancing student ability to mentalize their university experiences.
The authors conducted an idiographic case study on one of the ten groups of underachieving students who participated in the counselling sessions.
NMP narrative modes (metaphoric, iconographic, writing, and bodily) promoted reflection, and group-level inter-subjective steps were essential for the development of reflexivity. Furthermore, it was found that in each narrative mode, the students developed reflective and reflexive processes through the attainment of mentalization dimensions.
The adoption of the NMP has some implications for universities. Many underachieving students in higher education often have reflexive difficulties when examining their university experiences, so could be considered average mentalizers who tend to show bias in their university experience signification when under stress. Promoting mentalization development can enable students to use their resources strategically at university and improve their academic performance.
The NMP is innovative because of its multimodality: it employs different modes and media, makes use of both individual and group narrative levels, and is integrated in a single method, which enhances the development of reflexive meaning construction.
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Reflexive guidelines for writing organizational culture
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The purpose of this paper is to provide guidelines for reflexive ethnographic writing that transports the researcher's claims of having conducted participatory reflexive…
The purpose of this paper is to provide guidelines for reflexive ethnographic writing that transports the researcher's claims of having conducted participatory reflexive research to her audience.
Auto‐ethnographic vignettes from the author's own ethnographic research are used to establish five levels of reflexivity for writing organizational ethnography.
The author argues that the audience needs to be able to judge a researcher's claims to reflexivity through his/her writing. Yet, due to the participation mode of reflexivity while doing ethnographic research, the researcher is not in control over his/her own reflexive writing. Therefore, processes between three groups of stakeholders, namely researcher, field and audience, and their power relations need to be considered in reflexive writing. The author calls this process ethnographic triangulating and derives a five‐tiered model of reflexive writing from it.
The paper offers a perspective on how to write organizational ethnography. Others will have to put this perspective into practice.
The paper moves the participation mode of reflexivity to the level of writing, thereby offering a fully conceived view on reflexivity that acknowledges the influence of field and audience on ethnographic writing.
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This paper includes economic and mathematical modeling, optimization methods and game theory.
This paper explains models of reflexive games on oligopoly market, taking into account the diversity of agents' reasoning about strategies of environing and equilibrium mechanisms for coincidence or opposition of agents' reflexive reasoning on the same rank of reflection.
This paper considers the oligopoly market with linear function of demand and costs of agents, the rational behavior of agents and the reflexive reasoning on the same rank of reflection. The set of agents' reasoning about the environing strategies is considered as a set of market states for which the problem of agent's optimal action choosing solves with the complete awareness.
Identification of reflexive behavior of environing allows agents to increase their market shares and profit.
Oligopoly markets play a leading role in the world oil trade and reflexive behavior affects the market equilibrium.
In the paper, the mechanisms of equilibrium in reflexive games on the linear duopoly market for arbitrary rank reflection are developed.
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The paper draws on the authors' experience of empirical qualitative research with working carers. This experience is grounded within the traditions of interpretative phenomenology and critical epistemology.
Two reflexive risks: an unintended focus on researcher rather than participant; and process at the expense of substance are discussed and the first of these, reflexive narcissism, is associated with the recognition of biographical similarity between researcher and participant, and the second, a kind of reflexive "process‐ism", with certain research designs involving meta‐reflection with participants on the research experience. The paper advocates the use of multiple reflexivities and an intrinsic sensibility to reflexive possibility throughout the duration of a research programme.
The paper offers an alternative model of reflexivity and some practical guidelines, which may be of value to researchers working across a range of different qualitative methodologies.
The paper makes some preliminary observations about the phenomenon of the working carer, which may be of value to organisational practitioners.
The approach to reflexivity outlined in this paper helps to clarify some of the issues and difficulties associated with the reflexive thesis, and in particular, will help less experienced qualitative researchers to avoid some common pitfalls of reflexive practice.
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BEIJING, Nov 13 (APP):The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is giving serious thoughts to establish a regional bank to synchronize digital payment gateways using local currencies in an effort to boost e-commerce within the Eurasian bloc while also reducing its dependence on external platforms, such as Maste-rcard and Visa.
The matter was at the center stage during the recently held fourth Model SCO Youth Conference which had "The development of e-trade and digital economy in the SCO region" as its topic. The SCO Secretary-General also acknowledged it as the "top issue" that's drawing the attention of the organization's leadership.
"This is the top issue to which our leaders are paying attention. It was discussed at the Qingdao Summit (2018) and again at the Bishkek Summit (2019). In all the statements of heads of state, the importance of using national currency for transactions between our countries was emphasized," Vladimir Norov told CGTN Digital on the sidelines of the conference held at the SCO Secretariat in Beijing.
A joint statement, released after the day-long deliberations, proposed the creation of an "SCO Bank" to facilitate banking transactions and inter-payment systems within SCO countries.
The SCO has eight member states – China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. In addition, Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia have observer status while six countries, namely Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Turkey are on board as dialogue partners.
Noting that some SCO countries have already initiated trading in local currencies among each other, Norov, a former foreign minister of Uzbekistan, stressed that more needs to be done to make such transactions consistent within the SCO region while also minimizing the use of the U.S. dollar as the main global currency of exchange.
"We have the practice of transactions between two or three countries – Russia with China or Central Asian countries with China and at the same time Central Asian countries with Russia and so on. But there is a need for a platform which can be automatically used by each country which has the interest for using these payments system," he said.
The joint statement noted that SCO countries lose approximately 10-20 billion U.S. dollars annually merely on transaction and conversion charges while using external payment gateways. To curb the financial loss, the young delegates at the Model SCO proposed the use of payment gateways from SCO countries for transactions within the region.
The Model SCO Youth Conference was organized by SCOLAR Network, a Beijing-based association of young professionals and students from SCO countries. The conference follows the format of SCO leadership summits where all decisions are arrived at through consensus. Delegates from all the 12 member and observer states deliberated on the potential of e-trade and digital economy in the region.
"The topic is very important because currently there is no common understanding and common definition of e-commerce. What is e-commerce? Different countries, especially in SCO, they have their own understandings. For China, it is in one way. For Russia, for Pakistan, it is another way. India has very different approach," said Odil Gafarov, SCOLAR member and one of the main organizers of Model SCO.
Statistics show that in terms of e-commerce, China is in a leading position in the SCO region. At the Sixth World Internet Congress, China published a report on China's Internet development 2019. According to the report, China's digital economy reached 31.3 trillion yuan in 2018, representing 34.8 percent of GDP.
At the same time, other data shows that by the end of 2018, seven of the world's ten largest companies by market capitalization were focused on the digital economy, and two of them were located in China: Alibaba and Tencent. By 2018, China's Alibaba Group had total sales of 485 billion U.S. dollars, more than Amazon and eBay together.
SCO authorities as well as the young delegates acknowledged that China's phenomenal success in transforming itself as the world's biggest digital marketplace offers a huge learning curve in e-commerce for other members.
"China learnt from other developed countries but they've transformed the way e-commerce is done. As a result, China today has attained more success in e-commerce than even developed countries," Norov remarked.
"Last year, e-commerce contributed to about 35 percent of China's GDP. At the same time for Great Britain it was 18 percent, United States ten percent, Japan nine percent, France six percent, and India and Russia four percent. Other member states of SCO had lesser percentage of e-commerce adding to their GDPs," he noted.
Tabrez Mas, who is pursuing a master's program in power electronics from Beijing-based Beihang University, concurred.
"China has achieved some monumental achievements when it comes to e-commerce like the use of digital e-payments. Using the QR code for payment is one of the breakthroughs. China can act as a global anchorage for propelling the e-commerce adoption and new technologies in e-commerce adoption first in SCO and not only in SCO region but all across the globe, other countries in the globe as well," he added.
The SCO region has 800 million young people between the age of 14 and 25 with a potential to exponentially increase cross-border e-trade in the coming years. An SCO Bank along with a coordinated payment gateway may just be the much-needed fillip to the regional e-commerce landscape.
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Q: Solving system of nonlinear equations I am trying to solve system of non linear equations:
# K = N + M
# M = log(1 + i*FS*(1 - r)/r)/log(1 + i)
# N = log[1/(1 - FS*i/(1 + i))]/log(1 + i)
# Numerically solve the above system of nonlinear equations
# Variables: N, M, FS
# Parameters (external, given): K, r, i

I tried to solve this using package nleqslv in the following way:
require(nleqslv)

NMfun<-function(x, K, r, i) {
    y <- rep(NA, length(x))

    y[1] <- K - x[1] - x[2]
    y[2] <- x[1] - log(1 + i*x[3]*(1 - r)/r)/log(1 + i)
    y[3] <- x[2] - log(1/(1 - x[3]*i/(1 + i)))/log(1 + i)

    return(y)
}

K <- 80
r <- 0.70
i <- 0.06
xstart <- c(20, 60, 60)

NMfun(xstart, K, r, i)

nleqslv(xstart, NMfun, K=K, r=r, i=i)

I get an error when running the above:
> NMfun(xstart, K, r, i)
[1] 0.000000 3.983082      NaN
Warning message:
In log(1/(1 - x[3] * i/(1 + i))) : NaNs produced
>
> nleqslv(xstart, NMfun, K=K, r=r, i=i)
Error in nleqslv(xstart, NMfun, K = K, r = r, i = i) :
  evaluation of fn function has non-finite values
   (starting at index=3)
In addition: Warning message:
In log(1/(1 - x[3] * i/(1 + i))) : NaNs produced

What am I doing wrong here?


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Despite rising coronavirus cases in Pakistan, Islamabad continues terror missions in Kashmir, seeks to fuel Khalistan movement
As much of the world is occupied with the pandemic, a new war with not just political, but social overtones is being launched to denude and destroy India's border areas.
Tara Kartha April 20, 2020 15:28:22 IST
Even as Delhi is channelling all its resources into fighting a fast-spreading virus, another kind of war is being waged across multiple points on the western front. Apart from the recently thwarted infiltration attempts in Kupwara where five paratroopers of an elite unit lost their lives, the Line of Control has been on fire.
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Further inland, the Kashmir Valley has witnessed a proliferation of terrorist groups, all claiming to be represent the true voice of Kashmiris. And to the east, the Punjab border has become active as terror group use modern technology to move weapons and drugs. It's like K-2 all over again, with a heady mix of post 9/11 terrorist methodology.
Anyone who follows the turbulent India-Pakistan relations of the 1980s will remember that Pakistan once rather successfully ran a 'Khalistani' as well as Kashmiri uprising, putting the Indian establishment into a tailspin. Though that hasn't been replicated since it's not for want of trying.
Firing along the Line of Control has risen significantly after the 'reorganisation' of the state following the abrogation of Article 370, with about half of the 3,200 incidents recorded after this. A definite rise is apparent this year, with 1,197 incidents so far, a figure which is far higher than the same period last year. Militant cadres are being pushed in earlier than before despite severe weather, indicating highly trained and motivated cadres.
Notably, some of these are Kashmiris youth who went across on legitimate visas and returned as diehard militants. This was the case in the Kupwara encounter, with two of the three local youth having crossed via the Attari border. That this group were able to kill highly trained paratroopers points to a very high level of training.
In actual operation, motivation is not enough. Opening fire is not easy in any circumstances when a normal person simply freezes in fear. The desperation to push in militants may be due to the high 'kill rate', the rather cringe-worthy term used in counterterrorism operations. Some 41 militants have been killed in the last three months, leaving some 200 plus active, half of whom are 'foreigners'.
Intel reports warn of a high concentration of militants on launch pads, which is the last point before they begin their journey. Incoming consignments of arms are expected to increase, with at least one large consignment seized in Keran recently.
All of this comes alongside another track of terrorist strategy. Even as of two years ago, militant groupings had become increasingly self-contained, with no clear organisational hierarchy. This was an operational strategy, which meant that if you nabbed a leader in Anantnag, for instance, you had little information about who was operating in adjoining districts.
Now there is a strategic shift. A motley crowd of smaller groups have surfaced, among them 'The Resistance Front'(TRF) which announced its first attack last year immediately after the reorganisation of the state. It is active on all social media channels and has taken to claiming any and every attack. Backtracing of its handles shows an IP address in Islamabad.
Detained cadres only know that their orders come from an 'Andrew Jones' or a 'Bilal' who may be directing another small group. The TRF seems to be centred around Sopore. Yet another is the Tehreek Millat I Islam (TMI) of Nayeem Firdous also active on social media, which amplifies their actual presence on the ground, which is rather restricted to South Kashmir.
Then there is the newly announced Islamic State Wilayat for Kashmir, which operates around Bijbehera, and which again has a far larger media presence than on the ground. Then there is the rather less than glorious Al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent, which is centred around Anantnag. The strategy is simple.
As the noose put around Pakistan's neck by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and other international bodies tightens, the attempt is to create both 'indigenous' groups and 'international ' groups. At a time of extreme weakness, Islamabad assumes this is enough to keep India busy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh obliged by announcing 'targeted strikes' against launch pads in Pakistan. The next thing will be Islamabad taking foreign diplomats and journalists to view the damage on its villages and cry foul.
All of this is expected. What is receiving less international attention is the activities of the other 'K', the Khalistani groups. In March, the National Investigation Agency filed a charge sheet against nine members of the Khalistan Zindabad Force under not only the Arms Act but also for using drones to fly in fake currency, explosives and arms.
A total of eight such sorties were flown, using Chinese commercial drones, flying from about 2kilometres inside Pakistan territory. The Punjab Police are pursuing leads towards a possible Kashmir connection in terms of the weapons consignments, which also included satellite phones, and that rare commodity, ammunition packs.
This testifies to the almost legendary savvy of these militants, accustomed not only to gun-running operations but also narcotics smuggling. The war for control over the narco routes may have led to the murder of Harmeet Singh in Lahore in February this year. He was listed against some 17 cases in India.
Add to this, the seizure of about 200 kilograms of heroin in the Amritsar area, which provides the perfect case of narco-terrorism. Other drugs being seized in Kashmir include prescription drugs including alprax and codeine. A whole generation of youth in Punjab have been affected, and Kashmir stands next in terms of the level of seriousness. Local hospitals see drug abuse in boys as young as eight.
Meanwhile, social media is seeing a resurgence of the call for Khalistan, through a 'Referendum 2020' following the announcement of the Kartarpur Corridor.
As much of the world is occupied with the pandemic, a new war with not just political, but social overtones is being launched to denude and destroy India's border areas. While security agencies may be pardoned for focusing more on the terrorist aspects, the decay and loss caused by narcotics cannot be set aside.
A Pakistan that is bereft of adequate funds is more dangerous due to the alternative routes it pursues to get its objectives. Meanwhile, the hundreds of health workers fanning out to the lowest levels could also be tasked to get data on drug addiction to get reliable statistics on the extent of a subterranean problem. Meanwhile, pandemic or not, those borders to the west are likely to get more active as summer comes. Stay ready.
Updated Date: April 20, 2020 15:28:22 IST
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Lezha (, ) kisváros Albánia északnyugati részén, az azonos nevű Lezha kerület székhelye, egyúttal püspöki székhely. Lakossága mintegy 19 000 fő (2006, becslés).

Fekvése
Albánia északnyugati részén, a tengerparti síkságon, a Drin folyó egyik mellékága mentén, az Adriai-tengertől mindössze pár kilométerre fekszik. A város közvetlen környezete, az erdőfoltok, a lagúnás-dűnés partvidék több mint 1000 hektáron természetvédelmi védelmet élvez: 135 madár- és 58 halfajt tartanak itt nyilván.

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Az i. e. 8. század óta lakott illír település helyén i. e. 385-ben a görögök alapítottak gyarmatvárost Lisszosz néven. A települést i. e. 213-ban időszakosan meghódította V. Philipposz, Makedónia királya. Az i. e. 1. században Iulius Caesar parancsára megerősítették a települést, de a hadmozgások a későbbiekben elkerülték az erődített várost. Több évszázadnak kellett eltelnie ahhoz, hogy Lezha ismét történelmi események helyszíne legyen. 1444-ben itt ült össze a Lezhai Liga, amelynek során Szkander bég meggyőzte az egymással viszálykodó albán törzseket, hogy egyesítsék erőiket az Oszmán Birodalom elleni függetlenségi harcban. A nagy nemzeti hős negyedszázaddal később, 1468-ban itt is halt meg és a helyi Szent Miklós-székesegyházban temették el. A templomot ugyan a törökök 1478-ban elpusztították, de Szkander bég sírja ma is látogatható.

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For the sake of clarity, hunters are humans who take care of demons and other supernatural creatures terrorizing the world in a permanent manner. Yes, Supernatural fans have seen Castiel and other angels (or archangels) work on the side of the Winchesters, but their existences are still governed by a set of rules separate from those which apply to humans. Just because angels have helped out against other angels, doesn't mean they're immune to the same weaknesses as their brothers and sisters.
Hunters know the specific kinds of weapons and sigils that can affect angels in a negative way, changing or affecting their abilities. They also don't have to worry about things such as permission to take a vessel or possible expulsion from a vessel.
However, angels are also lucky in the sense that they have fewer weaknesses when it comes to being injured, except by certain weapons, than hunters. Hunters are also subject to such things as aging, sickness and injuries in ways that angels aren't. They can also be affected by other supernatural creatures in ways that angels can't be. They've also usually been affected in some way by the supernatural world that led to them becoming a hunter.
With that said, here are the 20 Things Hunters Can Do (That Angels Can't) On Supernatural.
When humans pass away, they usually have two options as to where they go next: heaven or hell. The good souls go up to heaven, while the others are end up in hell, and have to endure endless torment. Hunters know what to expect when they lose their lives.
However, angels are a different story. When an angel's time comes to an end, he or she goes to a different kind of afterlife. After they've passed away, they go to the Empty, a void were angels and demons sleep for eternity. It's an awful place to end up, yet it's what's waiting for angels (and now Castiel, given the deal he made in order to save Jack from that fate).
Fortunately for hunters, humanity is not nearing extinction, at least not in the main universe of Supernatural. (It was a totally different story in the apocalypse world.) Hunting is a dangerous life. As fans have seen multiple times, it usually ends tragically. Hunters lose their lives too often while trying to save others from a supernatural creature.
However, there are hunters all over the place. As recent seasons revealed, there was even a chapter of the Men of Letters in England. While hunters can lose their lives, it's not like it's hard to imagine someone enduring some tragedy due to the supernatural and becoming part of that world. Angels, on the other hand, are endangered now, after everything that has happened (fighting each other, the fall).
There are a couple sigils that keep angels from moving freely. If there are certain sigils around, the angel is affected in such a way that they are essentially trapped or locked out. They also can't hear what's going on in the area. These sigils seem to be well known enough to be a serious threat to angels.
On the other hand, hunters do not have to have such concerns. They don't have to worry about such symbols to keep them from going about their business. Instead, they can use these sigils as weapons against angels. Viewers have seen the Winchesters use these sigils against angels as well as seen them in affect against Castiel.
There are certain sigils that affect an angel in such a way that they are no longer the powerful beings they usually are. Some depower angels, while others banish them from or keep them trapped in areas. If there are certain sigils around an area, an angel cannot teleport into it.
Sigils can also be used to keep angels from locating people, such as when Castiel carved them into Dean and Sam's ribs. However, hunters don't have the same problems (as long as they're not angels who are hunting). If they're around these sigils, nothing about them changes. They can still enter and exit a room and maintain the same fighting abilities as they would without the sigils.
Like demons, angels can be kept in place by a special kind of sigil painted on the floor or ceiling. It needs to be broken by scraping the paint off the ground (or ceiling). Sam, Dean, Crowley and Rowena have used angel traps against Gadreel and Lucifer.
Furthermore, angel traps aren't as commonly used as other ways to keep the beings in place, so they're probably not an angel's first concern. However, hunters don't have the same kinds of concerns. They are usually the ones drawing and using the angel traps to their advantage. They can come and go as they please through these traps, so they don't have to worry about stumbling across one.
While holy oil has several uses in the world of Supernatural, it is especially useful when dealing with angels. When holy oil is set on fire, the flames trap angels and archangels. They can't leave the circle of holy fire or they risk damage to their vessels and loss of their lives.
While the flames would, of course, hurt hunters, a burn is very different from the end of a life and vessel. One can heal over time. The other cannot. It's a useful tool for hunters to have in their arsenal, especially since it can in no way harm humans. In fact, hunters can use holy oil to make bullets to use against angels.
Considering what hunters see in their line of work, it's no surprise that they sometimes take the edge off with a few drinks. Sam and Dean have done it time and time again. Since they're human, it takes a normal amount of alcohol for them to become intoxicated. It also means they stop at a certain point.
On the other hand, angels don't have that kind of luck. Instead, as has been established, they must consume much more than humans need to in order to feel the effects of alcohol. That's true even though their vessels are technically human. That's why while fans may see humans being intoxicated on the show, it's rare to see angels in a similar state.
Only humans can become demons. Humans usually become demons after their humanity is gone following enough torture in hell. Supernatural showed another way for this to happen with Dean Winchester after he took the Mark of Cain from Cain. After Metatron ended his life, Dean's eyes opened and they were black. Sam eventually cured him, and the Dean Winchester everyone knew and loved returned.
This is one area in which angels are lucky that they can't do something hunters can. They can't become demons because it wouldn't be possible the usual way. Once they lose their lives, they go to the Empty, not to heaven or hell, so they could never suffer enough torment for the necessary change.
When angels use a human body as a vessel, they essentially pause the bodies in their present states. They no longer need to eat food, drink water or sleep for a required number of hours a night. The vessels seemingly stop aging as soon as the angel takes possession. Along with that, the vessels aren't vulnerable to everything that comes along with aging.
Over the 14 seasons, hunters have sometimes not fared well against the supernatural creatures they're trying to stop. They've lost their lives or they've turned into the very thing they're hunting. For example, hunters have to avoid ingesting vampire blood and then feeding on human blood so they don't become vampires. They also have to avoid being bitten by werewolves. Some people are also born as werewolves.
Dean briefly became a vampire in season 6 until he was given the cure. Garth is now a werewolf. However, angels don't have to worry about any of this, even though their bodies are human vessels. While human bodies are vulnerable, they aren't when angels are possessing them.
While there are some weapons, spells and sigils that can be used against angels, the beings do have one thing going for them: they can't be hurt or lose their lives because they've been attacked by regular weapons. Certain blades will cause significant harm and the loss of their lives, but regular weapons won't harm angels.
On the other hand, human hunters have to worry about more than just the threat of the supernatural creatures they're after. That's why other humans are also a threat they have to take into account. (The season 1 episode, "The Benders," is a perfect example of that.) Humans can suffer serious injuries even off the job. It's not as easy for an angel to be hurt or his or her life taken.
It's not always the case, but Supernatural viewers were introduced to hunting through Sam and Dean Winchester and their very tragic history. When they were kids — Sam was just a baby — a demon took the life of their mother. Their father became a hunter. They grew up on the road. They became hunters themselves, and life has been anything but kind to them along the way.
Hunters may be in a risky line of business, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they all swear off having a normal life, including children. Hunters can have completely human children (as long as both parents are human). Whether or not they are around to see them grow up is another matter.
The same is not true for angels. Angels cannot have completely human children. The child of an angel and human is called a Nephilim, and having one is forbidden. The Nephilim everyone knows the best on Supernatural is Jack, the son of the human Kelly Kline and the archangel Lucifer. As fans have seen since Jack's introduction, he has powers and cannot survive without his grace.
Angels take human bodies as vessels, and that's how viewers see them on Supernatural. Angels' true forms have been spoken about in various ways, but something that was established early on after Castiel's introduction on the series is that it can be dangerous for humans to gaze upon these states.
Psychic Pamela Barnes saw Castiel's true form when Dean was seeking answers in season 4, and it burned out her eyes. It is also dangerous for humans to hear angels' true voices; it is a high-pitched sound that shatters glass. However, that is not the case for hunters. Hunters are almost always humans, whose true forms are no danger to others (and are just their human bodies).
While Sam and Dean have been shown saving the world multiple times, hunters usually don't have to worry about the big picture. They go after supernatural creatures that are a threat to humanity on a smaller scale, usually investigating after one person has lost his or her life. They can do what they want when they want without having to worry about the world.
That is not true for angels, on the other hand. They have to look at the world as a whole and how what's happening to and around them (like the state of heaven) in relation to humanity and the survival of the universe. They also tend to easily follow a leader, rarely rebelling.
Just like hunters usually don't have to worry about the big picture, they also don't have to worry about maintaining life on Earth. Sure, they go after supernatural creatures that prey on humans and stop them, saving lives, but that's about it.
Angels, on the other hand, are tasked with maintaining Heaven. Without angels around, Heaven would fall, which would then affect life on Earth. All the souls in Heaven, which viewers have seen especially in recent seasons via trips there, would fall to Earth. If that were to happen, it would then become a problem for hunters and something that would concern them. At that point, there wouldn't be angels around to take care of it.
While Castiel may be just one of several angels (and archangels) who has helped the Winchesters and other hunters over the years, they have had to deal with angels who have been enemies. Fortunately, hunters have multiple weapons at their disposal to fight angels — and not just sharp ones. Sigils are great and all to keep angels in or out of a place, but there's also a more permanent option.
Angels can be exorcised, just like demons, but the exorcism chant doesn't seem to be widely known since it has only rarely been used. There's also a chant that can be used to cause angels pain. Still, these are weaknesses of angels, and one that hunters don't have to worry about since they're not possessing human bodies.
Angels must possess human bodies, which become their vessels. While they usually seek permission, that doesn't mean that the human can't retract that permission or the angel can't stay past their welcome.
Just look at what happened with Dean and the archangel Michael. It was supposed to be a one-time deal, but the archangel refused to leave. However, some people are able to expel the angel from their bodies, though that wasn't true with Dean. He wasn't strong enough to expel Michael (and as he learned in the season 14 midseason finale, Michael was able to leave the door open to return when he pleased). Hunters obviously don't have to worry about this, since they don't need vessels.
When angels take a vessel, that human body becomes invulnerable to everyday injuries and disease. That didn't change even after they fell from heaven because of Metatron. Theoretically, that would make them better hunters than humans (if they cared to get into that line of work).
On the other hand, hunters can get injured. They can become sick. They do need time to heal, or at least they should; some injuries do seem to heal faster than normal, due to Supernatural being a television show. They're likely going to have scars from getting hurt on the job (but probably not on their faces because, again, this is a TV show). They can't just work job after job without stopping or resting.
Hunting is a dangerous line of work. More often than not, those in it aren't going to make it retirement age (or if they do, won't necessarily retire). More often than not, they're going to lose their lives to the hunt.
However, it is possible that hunters can pass away from old age, that one day, their bodies just give out and they move on, to heaven or hell. Angels, on the other hand, don't have to worry about this problem, even with their vessels. Once they take possession of a human body, the person seems to stop aging. They don't have to be concerned about moving on (to another vessel) until they are ready.
Are there any other things hunters can do that angels can't in Supernatural? Let us know in the comments!


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Via a public-private partnership with NASA, Made In Area, Inc. will show the power of a small spacecraft, referred to as Archinaut One, to fabricate and assemble low-Earth-orbit spacecraft elements.
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Copyright Infringment: Why does it happen?
Thread: Copyright Infringment: Why does it happen?
Tiamatart
An article by an artist who has been keeping track of how many times his designs and drawings have been swiped and used without his permission on other products
"Since 2008 I've had more than 300 copyright infringements of my work. Some are easily resolved by requesting the removal of it from a website from the infringing websites, and others I've had to get a copyright lawyer involved and that has cost me a lot of money and time, but in each case we've won the fight and resolved the matter.
So I'm going to share a few infringements I've dealt with."
http://www.rockpaperink.com/content/column.php?id=679
Last edited by Tiamat; 03-07-2014 at 12:15 AM.
AineCleine
Lesson of the day: People really love tribals that much.
Pretty great read (and some parts are cringeworthy) but, really, the interior designer part got me laughing for a solid 10 minutes. How does an interior designer think that looks good for a living?? lol.
Really unlucky guy gotta say.
Jesus, people just do NOT give a single fuck, do they?
Reminds me of the time when some band on Myspace stole one of my personal photo edits, way back in the day, for their album art.
Although my issue pales in comparison, obviously.
JRWenzel
Illinois, U.S.A.
Ignoring innocent mistakes (and yes, they do sometimes happen) there is the common factor of a "I won't get caught" sentiment/attitude/belief on the part of the infringer.
TealMoon
People are disgusting.
This reminds me of a certain incident that happened this past week. A guy was taking images of the really pretty looking ball-jointed dolls, popular ones at that, applied photoshop filters on them and said they were his paintings. He then made a kickstarter for an 'art book' of the characters with these images, and managed to get a little over a grand. However, because the date hadn't passed, the proper owners of the photographs came out and reported it. Since then his kickstarter has been removed, and he's deactivated his DA account.
It really sucks when this happens
Batty Krueger
Yikes, ive seen the tribal bat one everywhere. I guess if people see a design and like it, they are gunna take and use it permission or not.
There are some things that people just don't think about as being copyrighted. I think tattoos are one of the biggest offenders in this case because a lot of people just Google search what they want, print it out, and then show it to the artist. And because they're not really selling or doing anything with it aside from putting it on their body, they think it's fine.
rbartrop
Originally Posted by Willow
That's really what it is, people don't think. We live in a world where we're surrounded by high quality images that are available for nothing, or next to nothing, so we don't always appreciate that someone put a lot of effort. The anonymity also leads people to think that it's a victimless crime, or that nobody will know. It's the same sort of rationalization that makes some people see shoplifting from some place like Walmart to be a lesser crime than knocking over the local mom and pop store. The problem we're seeing now is that people who grew up thinking that using other people's images without asking is all right are now starting their own businesses, and the habits are still there.
Of course, try using their work without asking, and watch them raise all sorts of holy hell.
https://www.weasyl.com/profile/rbartrop
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rjbartrop/
http://rjbartrop.deviantart.com/
MkLXIV
Here's my 2 cents- modern copyright laws are already corrupt and far beyond their original intentions of granting commercial rights to creative works, and what's considered "infringement" is so broad and overreaching that a majority of everyday people are criminals because of them- when most of the people in an entire country are criminals becuase of a single set of laws, it just might be a problem with the law rather than the people. :U
...then again, I'm the kind of fellow who doesn't really care if his work is shared as long as I get credit there is no profit made by the sharer. O.o
(and no, I am NOT saying it's OK to make a profit off of someone else's work and claim it as your own)


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New Medication Showing Promise For New Moms Suffering From Postpartum Depression
By Dr. Maria Simbra March 20, 2019 at 8:57 pm
Filed Under:Depression, Dr. Maria Simbra, Health News, Mental Health, Postpartum Depression
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Stephanie and Adam Hathaway had just moved to China when they became parents for the first time.
Shortly after daughter Hadley was born, Stephanie started sliding into depression.
"I had intrusive thoughts," she said. "Your husband deserves a better wife. Your children deserve a better mom."
Symptoms of postpartum depression can include: sadness, anxiety, irritability, loss of appetite, self-harm and loss of interest in the new baby.
After three months on anti-depressants, Stephanie was feeling more like her old self. She and Adam relocated to be near his family in Connecticut and moved forward with their plans for a larger family.
She became pregnant with daughter Brenley.
After giving birth, she noticed the same symptoms.
"The crying was immediate. It was darker than the first time," Stephanie said.
This time, antidepressants didn't help, so Stephanie signed up for a clinical trial of a new kind of medicine.
Zulresso targets specific brain receptors to re-balance the hormones that spike during pregnancy and plummet after birth. Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, chief of perinatal psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, led the trials and says fast-acting relief is vital.
"The currently available treatments are not going to work for generally a month or more. That's really hard to look at someone and say, 'I know you're suffering tremendously and we're going to start treatment and maybe a month from now you'll feel better,'" Dr. Meltzer-Brody said.
The new medicine is a one-time intravenous treatment that requires a three-night hospital stay.
In clinical trials of more than 200 women, 70 percent had improvements in mood, appetite, sleep and functioning.
Stephanie felt better on her very first day.
"Between hours 12 and 18, I noticed a huge difference. Those intrusive thoughts I told you about were gone and they never came back," she said.
Women in the clinical trials were followed for 30 days, with most finding relief. Side effects may include: sleepiness, dizziness and headache.
It's expected to cost between $20,000 and $35,000.
Dr. Maria Simbra
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