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US House Unanimously Condemns Genocide of Middle East Christians, Minorities
Pressure Builds on White House to Properly Characterize ISIL Killings Following Adoption of Fortenberry-Eshoo Measure
WASHINGTON—With a vote of 393 to 0, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously condemned as genocide the ongoing ISIL/Da'esh crimes against Christians—including Armenians and Assyrians—as well as Yezidis and other religious minorities in the Middle East by adopting H.Con.Res.75, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
U.S. House adopts H.Con.Res.75, designating the ISIL crimes against Christians and other minorities in Syria and Iraq as genocide.
"Armenian Americans welcome today's U.S. House vote as powerful encouragement for U.S. leadership in ending genocidal attacks—many being committed by allies of Ankara's—across the Middle East, and, more broadly, as a meaningful step toward elevating America's response to genocide from a political choice to a moral imperative," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "For far too long, U.S. leaders have treated the recognition of genocide—very notably the Armenian Genocide—as a geopolitical commodity to be bartered or bargained away. We can, as Armenian Americans, be proud of our efforts to support H.Con.Res.75 and advance the core principal behind this legislation that America's stand against genocide must be unconditional."
H.Con.Res.75 was spearheaded by the Co-Chairs of the House Caucus for Religious Minorities in the Middle East, Representatives Jeff Fortenberry (R-Nev.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.)—both of whom offered powerful remarks following passage of the measure. Eshoo made specific reference to her Armenian and Assyrian ancestry, noting the importance of House reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide. The ANCA will be offering complete video coverage of her remarks.
House passage of the measure is timed just days before a March 17 deadline, when the Obama Administration will be offering its official determination on the matter. The Administration has been under increasing pressure from U.S. religious leaders, human rights and civic groups—led by In Defense of Christians (IDC), the Knights of Columbus, the International Religious Freedom Roundtable and supported by the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the ANCA and over 100 organizations—to properly characterize the attacks Christians in Syria and Iraq "genocide."
Last week the Knights of Columbus and In Defense of Christians issued a 300-page report detailing the genocide against Christians in the Middle East.
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University initially wouldn't allow the controversial commentator to speak, but reversed course.
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro wasted no time Wednesday addressing the controversy that preceded his evening visit to Grand Canyon University, the private Christian school that initially declined to give him a platform.
Before delivering a lecture called "Why We Need Both Faith and Reason," he drew laughter and applause when he thanked the university "for hosting me — eventually."
"I probably got legitimately hundreds of emails from people who were upset about GCU's decision," he told the crowd of about 1,800. "So, thank you to all of those who made their voices heard to the administration here. And thank you to the administration for finally relenting. It was the right thing to do."
GCU in early February had denied a visit from Shapiro — a popular but sometimes polemical pundit, columnist, author and podcaster — given contentious comments he'd made regarding abortion, Islam and the LGBT community.
Officials had said the school wanted to encourage unity, and that a Shapiro visit would likely create division.
"They issued a statement claiming that while they believe 'in many of the things that Ben Shapiro speaks about and stands for, including his support for ideals that grow out of traditional Judeo-Christian values and his belief in a free market economy,' they wanted to 'focus on opportunities that bring people together,'" Shapiro said before his lecture Wednesday.
"As we can see tonight, those values and the core value of freedom of speech and open discussion and debate bring a hell of a lot of people together in massive numbers."
GCU quickly reversed course in February regarding Shapiro's visit, after both students and high-profile conservative figures slammed the school's decision.
But officials said they would personally invite Shapiro to speak rather than work with Young America's Foundation, the group that organized his visit.
Shapiro turned down GCU's invite, citing his longtime relationship with YAF and refusing to visit GCU without the group. The parties ultimately worked out an agreement to accommodate Shapiro's Wednesday lecture.
Shapiro spent about 30 minutes delivering remarks focused on a "God-shaped hole" in the American fabric he said has been filled with rage and tribalism. He said humans need an individual purpose and the capacity to pursue it, as well as a communal moral purpose, to avoid isolation and depression.
Throughout the speech, he urged the country to return to traditional Judeo-Christian values, "objective morality" and reason.
Shapiro then spent nearly an hour taking questions from students, who, with few exceptions, introduced themselves as die-hard Shapiro fans. They asked him about health care, capitalism, abortion, theology and global politics — and "Game of Thrones."
Shapiro largely avoided repeating the more divisive comments he'd made in the past. When asked if he might run for president in 2024, he said it was unlikely, though he suggested Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey could make a good candidate.
At least one student in the Q&A line wore a "Free Shapiro" T-shirt, made during the February fight to change GCU's mind about the visit. The shirts, along with red "Make America Great Again" hats, were peppered throughout the crowd.
As students and other attendees streamed out of the GCU gymnasium after Shapiro's talk, junior Kerigan Kappel said the commentator had exceeded his expectations.
"It's so polarized right now, even on the right, that it makes my skin crawl sometimes," said Kappel, a GCU junior who'd pushed back against the school's initial decision.
"I feel like he's a voice of reason," he said. "Like when he talked about being libertarian, that's where I think a lot of us are going. Because I have friends that are gay, friends that are of different races, so it's hard for me to say they shouldn't be given the same amount of rights."
Kappel said he'd been "pretty shocked" by GCU's earlier stance, because Shapiro "felt like the guy who encapsulated what the school believes."
But while he "hated to see" the firestorm that erupted in February over Shapiro's visit, he thought "it was good for a lot of students to see what goes into something like this."
"It felt like being on the front lines of something that was actually real, so I appreciated that opportunity," he said.
Karri Knipp, a GCU parent, similarly said the school had disappointed her in February because she's "a huge Ben Shapiro fan." But she said she thought the way the students handled the effort to change GCU's mind was "extremely professional and above board."
"I believe that, overall, the end decision was favorable for everyone," she said.
Asked at the end of the evening to respond to Shapiro's digs at the administration, GCU spokesman Bob Romantic smiled and declined to revisit the controversy.
"We were happy to have him," he said.


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10 winter care tips your skin will thank you for!
During winter, nearly everyone suffers from dull and dry skin. Luckily, there are ways to keep this under control. Read below for some quick tips on keeping dry skin at bay.
It is very easy to continue your summer skin routine for winter too, unfortunately, this will just worsen skin's dryness. For soft gorgeous skin, you will have to modify everything from your face wash to your toner, specifically for this season.
Tip #1: Pick the right face wash: Avoid a foaming wash during the dry weather. Foam usually means the presence of sulphate detergents which are known to cause and worsen dry skin. Look for gentle cleansing lotions, creams or oils with soothing properties for best results advises Dr Kiran.
Make sure you see your dermatologist who can prescribe you any medications or treatments you may need to get your skin moist and glowing.
Tip #4: Red RX Facial: Says Dr. Kiran, 'Some clinics provide a Red RX Facial designed to naturally get skin looking moist and supple in just 40 minutes with long-lasting results. Using mesoinfusions of hyaluronic acid, an ultra-advanced biosaccharide mask and natural collagen boosting and soothing LED light, the Red Rx usually soothes dry skin woes. Make sure the clinics are using professional-grade products for best results.' Know how to get rid of common skincare problems during the cold weather, here.
Home remedies can also come in handy if you know how and what to use. Here's what you can do.
Tip #5: Night face mask: If you want to add more glow to your skin this winter, try this face pack recommended by Blossom Kochhar. Before going to bed, mix a tbsp of milk cream or malai and add a few drops of castor oil, rose water and glycerine to it. Now apply this on your face, and if extra, massage on your neck and hands as well. Leave it to dry overnight. Wash it with cold water in the morning.
Tip #6: Lip care: Lips tend to get extremely dry in winter. If you do not want to apply the lip balm available to buy, you can make one yourself at home using natural ingredients such as lemon, honey, petroleum jelly and more. Here are 4 types of lip balms you can make.
Your diet plays an important role in your skin's moisture levels. Here are a few ways you can keep your skin supple.
Tip #7: Drink enough water: Winter is the time when we fail to consume enough water as we do not feel thirsty. 'Proper hydration will ensure that enough moisture and nutrients are delivered to your skin. This means drinking around 8 glasses of water is a must,' says Dr Kiran Lohia, a US-trained MD specialising in dermatology. If you still can't get yourself to drink enough water, here are 7 ways to boost your water intake.
Tip #8: Up your omega-3 fatty acids intake: According to Dr. Kiran, you are what you eat! One important nutrient is omega-3 fatty acids, which are naturally present in your skin's external barrier layer. This lipid helps keep the skin intact, preventing important nutrients and water from leaving. Foods that contain this important ingredient include walnuts, salmon and flaxseed.
Simple changes in your lifestyle will help improve your skin significantly.
Tip #9: Exercise regularly: 'One important component to add to your routine is regular exercise. Not only will exercise help you reduce your stress, it will also increase blood flow to the skin, allowing more nutrients to be delivered,' she says. Here are some useful skincare tips to keep your skin healthy.
Tip #10: Go easy on alcoholic drinks: Alcohol can dehydrate your skin and make it look puffy and dry the next day. With lack of moisture and dryness, your skin can look very wrinkly and dull. Therefore, restrict your alcohol intake and make sure you hydrate yourself well to avoid its ill-effects to show up on your face.


London social loyalty startup and Startupbootcamp Berlin 2012 graduate LoyaltyLion has secured $370,000 of seed funding led by EC1 Capital.
EC1 is joined in this round by Jan Boluminski, co-founder of Payback, along with Startupbootcamp mentors Tim Jackson, founder of QXL, and serial entrepreneur Paul Burmester.
Having relocated from Berlin to London in August 2013, the white label social loyalty programme is set to use the funding to grow the LoyaltyLion team and test new concepts on the platform.
LoyaltyLion offers companies the chance to retain consumers that may not be driven by purchases. For example, a customer can earn points by logging into their account or engaging with a brand on social media.
Loyalty programmes can yield a wealth of shopping trends and LoyaltyLion's chief technology officer, Dave Clark, has his own vision of how to use this consumer data.
"We focus on key actionable intelligence - too many solutions drown store owners with information. In the future, we will use the vast amount of data we have to automatically optimise each loyalty program," Clark said.
Clark, one of LoyaltyLion's co-founders, came up with the concept during Startupbootcamp Berlin 2012, along with Charlie Casey, who is now the company's CEO.
The duo were originally building an events app that featured a rewards programme. However, after talking to an e-commerce store that revealed its need for a different approach to loyalty, they altered their strategy.
Now, LoyaltyLion boasts of the ability to give its customers a 21% increase in time spent on their sites and a 49% rise in engagement. More than 57,000 consumers have signed up to the programme and for the past three months platform growth has been multiplying by a factor of 10.


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As the holiday season reaches a crescendo, you may find yourself fighting through an airport or stuck in a car for hours to be with family and friends. Anyone who has traveled during this time of year know the headache it causes. From delayed flights to interstate traffic jams, holiday traveling is the worst. However, help is out there to make the travel season easier to endure. Here are a few gadgets to make your life a little better.
If you are one of those people who can actually sleep on a flight or during a layover, the Sleep Eye Mask Headphone kills two birds with one stone. Not only is it an eye mask, but it is also designed with built-in over-ear headphones. You can block out light while also listening to your music or podcasts on your smartphone.
This is available for $20 on Amazon.
There is nothing worse than being in the middle of a layover and your cable finally dies on you and you have to go find a store to buy an overpriced charging cable. With the Nomad Ultra Rugged Cable this is no longer a problem. This cable is braided, ballistic military grade nylon, thick protective jacket and extra thick wire gauge. It's a tough design that prevents tearing or breaking.
Available for both Android and iPhone starting at $29.95.
It's always a hassle to not over pack when hitting the holiday traveling grind. Accessibility is key when you are toting tons of stuff. This is why an ultra-thin portable charging apparatus is incredibly convenient when your device is on the verge of death. The Mophie Powerstation is about as thick as your phone and can easy be stowed away anywhere. It also can charge at 15W, which can charge your phone extremely quick and has enough power to charge your device up to 8 times.
You can reel in this battery pack for $79.95.
Anytime you travel these days you are most likely going to be doing so with a ton of cords to support your technology. From your phone and tablet chargers to headphone wires and the various accessories that come along with them. The Travel Cord Roll helps consolidate all of these cords into one area and keeps them tangle free for easy use.
The Travel Cord Roll is priced at $20.
If you are driving, keeping your full attention of the road is the most important thing to do, so glancing down at your phone to see when your next turn will be can create a dangerous situation for you and your passengers. With a smartphone car clip, you can mount your device at eye level to keep you focused on the road.
These clips can start at $20 and up.
This device has many useful features when traveling, like creating an off-grid network so if you don't have any cell signal you can still send messages and even download maps and use GPS features. The goTenna uses surrounding devices to create this network to use offline. In addition, goTenna Mesh is also water resistant and has up to 24 hours of charge on board.
You can get a two-pack of goTenna Mesh for $179.
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The comet C2013R1 (Lovejoy) was discovered on September 9th 2013 by the Australian hobby astronomer Terry Lovejoy. At the time of discovery the 14 mag comet was in the constellation of Monoceros near to the border with Orion. Here the comet is photographed on the night of December 4th between 04:00 and 06:00 LT ( 01:00 – 03:00 UT). 4 x 60 sec. LRGB exposures. Other information can be found in the object's details table below. Please check also the video below to see the comet's proper motion as well as the dynamicly changing structures in the comet's tail. This video is available also on our Video page .


Some days you just can't win. One of my clients (you know who you are) had such a day yesterday. It started with doing some reprogramming of a Fortinet WiFi router.
If you're thinking about upgrading to Windows Vista SP1, you may want to think again. Although it was supposed to address users' and administrators' complaints about Vista, SP1 is itself creating enough problems to cause the University of Pennsylvania to back away.
On the bright side (as far as Microsoft's reputation is concerned), the school hasn't banned the upgrade. The school's not even uninstalling SP1 wherever it's already found.
But Paul McDougall reports, "The school's Information Systems & Computing department said . . . it 'strongly recommends that all other users adopt a "wait and see" attitude,' according to a newly published department bulletin."
Until SP1 is the sort of thing that a good school with a skilled IT department is willing to deal with, it seems like the sort of thing that wise administrators will also avoid. This, of course, assumes that you've even upgraded to Vista in the first place, which is a step many people haven't taken.
Sooner or later, aging computers and retail restrictions will force just about everyone to adopt Vista. Yet with developments like this SP1 embarrassment taking place, Microsoft doesn't appear to be doing much to speed a voluntary effort.


Before you shampoo, always comb your hair to separate snarls and tangles and to get rid of some of the dirt and hair spray. Never try to pull snarls with a brush or comb when the hair is wet, as this will cause breakage. Hair is slightly elastic and stretches when it is wet, so that when it dries it can snap like a twig.
To get the best results invest in a shower attachment from the chemist or hardware store (the plastic ones are quite cheap, and last for ages). This ensures thorough rinsing off of all the shampoo and makes the whole process much easier.
Different types of hair need different shampooing techniques.
Fine hair needs to be washed at least twice a week to keep it looking fresh and full. It is best to alternate types of shampoo, using a conditioning shampoo one day and a mild one the next.
The hair should be completely wetted with warm, never hot, water and then a small amount of shampoo, just enough to raise a lather, should be worked methodically into the scalp and hair for about 30 seconds. Shampoo only once, then rinse thoroughly. Most instructions on shampoos recommend two applications, but I believe firmly that too much washing robs hair of its natural oils. Provided you wash your hair really thoroughly, one lot of shampoo is just as efficient as two.
Once a week apply conditioner to the ends only. Too much conditioner on dry fine hair tends to make it unmanageable.
This hair can go for up to eight days without looking as if it needs washing. But you (or your beloved) are the best judge of that, since hair should smell good as well as looking good. It may need more frequent shampooing, especially if you smoke or are around people who smoke – smoke smells have a nasty habit of lingering in the locks.
Medium hair can take two washes and a lot of rising with lukewarm water. Use conditioner as necessary.
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Shampoo once or twice, trying not to rotate the scalp too much. Do not use a cream rinse or conditioner on oily hair and try to cut down on the amount of fatty and fried food you eat, as this will cause less oil to be manufactured in the sebaceous glands.
Finally, never use ordinary soap or detergent on any type of hair, as this leaves a dull film which makes the hair lank and lifeless for weeks.


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Assessment of the Rushy Creek fishway system, south‐western Australia.
Beatty, S., Allen, M. and Keleher, J. (2012) Assessment of the Rushy Creek fishway system, south‐western Australia. Freshwater Fish Group and Fish Health Unit, Murdoch University
An initial fish survey of Rushy Creek (a tributary of McLeod Creek in the lower Blackwood River catchment, south‐western Australia) (Figure 1a) had recorded the presence of relatively common south‐west Western Australian endemic fishes including the freshwater Western Minnow (Galaxias occidentalis), Nightfish (Bostockia porosa), Western Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca vittata), the estuarine South‐western Goby (Afurcagobius suppositus) and the introduced Eastern Gambusia (Gambusia holbrooki) (Beatty et al., 2008a). Subsequent to that study, a dam and bypass fishway system was constructed in 2009 on Rushy Creek with details of its design, construction and additional background on the Whicher Plan outlined in Seewraj et al. (in press). The Rushy Creek bypass and spillway fishways were subsequently monitored in August, September and October 2010 in order to assess their effectiveness in allowing upstream and downstream passage of fishes in the system (Seewraj et al. in press).
Seewraj et al. (in press) identified that the fishways were at least partially effective in that they facilitated the passage of the Western Minnow; a species known to use the other rock‐ramp fishways in south‐western Australia (Morgan and Beatty 2004a and b; Morgan and Beatty 2005; Morgan and Beatty 2007a). However, the former study also identified knowledge gaps pertaining to the use of the fishways, including: Are the species that did not readily utilise the fishways moving on mass in the undisturbed channel downstream of the fishway? How much variability in fishway passage occurs between years? Is the southern branch of Rushy Creek upstream of the dam utilised by resident species? Could the monitoring approach be refined to answer these questions? The current study aimed to: assess the functioning of the bypass and spillway fishways on Rushy Creek in 2011 and quantify the spatial and temporal (monthly and interannual) variation in movement patterns and population structure of fishes in the system, determine the flow profiles on the fishways and compare these with upstream passage and known swimming abilities of fishes, and determine the degree of utilisation of the southern branch of Rushy Creek.
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Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit
Freshwater Fish Group and Fish Health Unit, Murdoch University
Report to Department of Water, Government of Western Australia, May 2012

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Yearning, Nostalgia: Plutarch's Influences over Symonds
May 1, 2019 November 26, 2019 ~ Yiyang
Two ways to look deeply into an ancient culture are to read about the lives of its people and the social ideologies they formed. Plutarch produced one work for each. As an essayist, Plutarch has a collection of articles, Moralia, including essays and transcribed speeches, shedding light on the Greek and Roman livings in general. As a biographer, Plutarch is known for Lives/Parallel Lives, which chronicles a series of famous Greek and Roman people (Mark Antony for example) in a detailed manner. Like Karl Marx to a sociology class, Plutarch is one of those names you are unlikely to miss on your Classics 101 (says me who is not a classics major, yet) reading list as his works provide a basic understanding into the social, philosophical, and spiritual frameworks of ancient Greek culture.
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It is curious to see how our protagonist John Addington Symonds, who is a classics scholar and to whom Greek life is "of intense personal interest," came across Plutarch. Several times in his memoirs and letters, he mentioned reading Plutarch as part of his personal life. On his trip to Italy, JAS brought Plutarch with him to read all day long in a cabin and in Sicily. He expressed his feeling of being in Italy as to "get so many of the good things of the world," Plutarch being one of them. In another letter, he mentions that his 10-year-old Janet read Plutarch's Lives with him every day after breakfast.
What, then, did JAS find so invaluable in Plutarch's works? As aforementioned, Plutarch's works are more like an encyclopedia of Greek livings and society. It is therefore crucial and intriguing for us to see what is it that draws the most attention from JAS among the plethora of ancient Greek characters and ideologies Plutarch has to offer. We might also want to ask what the connection is there between those characters and JAS's personal life and beliefs.
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Plutarch's Lives as a source that demonstrates the military origin of Greek love. The Life of Pelopidas brings up the Sacred Band, an army led by Pelopidas, and is "cemented by friendship grounded upon love" between soldiers. The Sacred Band, is said to be invincible as lovers would never want to appear base in sight of the beloved, as supported in Plutarch's The Dialogue on Love: "For love makes a man clever …the coward brave, just as men make soft wood tough by hardening it in the fire." Symonds also touches lightly on other similar stories to support this claim. Such love that bred in a military setting rests on what Symonds calls comradeship, the "companion in battle…in public and private affairs of life,"The relationship between Pelopidas and Epaminondas in the Life of Pelopidas fits this description. Both being free of a vanity towards "personal wealth and glory," they are bonded by a "divine desire of seeing their country glorious by their exertions." The affection between them further ferments through participating in public actions and fighting together at battles. Evidence from Symonds' memoirs and letters suggest that such friendship infiltrates its influence from his scholastic to personal life, exciting his romantic imagination. Symonds describes his affection for Willie Dyer, his first love, as "a passionate yet pure love between friend and friend…the vision of a comrade, seemed at the time to be made actual in him [Willie]". As a boy, Symonds wrote an unpublished poem, "Epaminondas," which is mentioned in his letters. Although we as readers cannot see the actual poem, it is hard not to draw a connection between Epaminondas and Symonds himself, both of whom are voracious in philosophizing and engaged in boy love. Moreover, in his memoir, Symonds confesses his attraction towards masculinity which indicates a possibility of him projecting himself on Epaminondas; he has an unusual friendship with Pelopidas, who is keen on bodily actions. It is funny to read that Pelopidas and Epaminondas once worked together as colleagues "in supreme command and gained the greater part of the nations there, including all Arcadia.", comparing this to the fact that Symonds famously euphemizes his ideal Greek love as the "Arcadian Love," distinguishing it from Greek love which includes also a baser form of paiderastia.
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Symonds' referral to Plutarch is centered on the debate about love and the characters that exemplify a pure, passionate relationship seen in the Greek military, which drives his intellectual inquiry and unworldly personal imagination. However, upon reading Plutarch, I also recognize traces of other morals from Plutarch that might have been correlated to Symonds' life. As stated by Arthur Hugh Clough, "Plutarch is a moralist, not a historian." Plutarch's own moral values are made apparent in his Lives, partly reflecting the ideals the Greek society had aspired to. Besides the Life of Pelopidas, Symonds mentions the Life of Solon quite frequently as well. According to Plutarch, Pelopidas, Epaminondas, and Solon share one commonality: they are "no admirers of riches." Symonds, at a very young age, had also discovered that he "felt no desire for wealth, no mere wish to cut a figure in society," In this light, it is Symonds' whole nature, or at least some nature more than mere sexual orientation, that resonates with the essential virtues of the Greek heroes as portrayed by Plutarch. Thus, this observation suggests to me that his indulgence into the ancient Greek history and literature would not be a choice, but a destiny.
Sean Brady and John Addington Symonds, "A Problem in Greek Ethics," essay, in John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) and Homosexuality: a Critical Edition of Sources (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 21.
Regis, Amber K. The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds: A Critical Edition. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK , 2016.
Symonds, John Addington, and Horatio F Brown. Letters and Papers of John Addington Symonds. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1923.
Symonds, John Addington. A Problem In Modern Ethics: Being an Inquiry Into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion. London, 1896.
Plutarch. "Plutarch's lives" London, Dent; New York, Dutton [1969-71; vol. 1&2, 1970] Dryden ed., rev. with an introd. by Arthur Hugh Clough.
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Earlier today, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya received on behalf of Gombe state Government, a donation of 3 fully equipped Ambulances and 50,000 reusable facemasks from BUA Foundation, a charity arm of BUA International Group.
Governor Yahaya while receiving the items commended BUA Group's humanitarian gesture and steady efforts in supporting the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
He noted that the foundation's tremendous support in Nigeria ever since the setting in of covid-19 pandemic about a year ago has been remarkable.
Governor Yahaya described the donation of the medical vehicles and face masks as apt and timely, especially in view of the resurgence of the covid-19 when more efforts are now needed to stem the tide of the pandemic.
He assured that the items donated will be put to good use.
The Governor used the opportunity to invite BUA Group to take advantage of numerous business potentials in Gombe state and come and invest, saying Gombe is endowed with solid minerals and vast land for industrial and agricultural activities.
In his remarks, Chairman of BUA Group International, Abdussamad Isiaka Rabi'u, represented by the Director Government Relations, Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong said BUA foundation is the humanitarian arm of BUA International Group that channels its annual profit savings towards helping the needy individuals and institutions.
Dr. Hong said the foundation has expended about N8 billion in support of the federal and state governments as well as other charity organisations in the fight against Coronavirus as well as in mitigating the socio-economic impact of the pandemic.
He said, "The Chairman of this foundation, Alhaji Abdussamad Isiaka Rabiu would have loved to come to Gombe himself to witness the laudable achievements and giant strides of your administration which you have recorded within short period of your stewardship, but could not make it due to other exigencies but he promised coming in no distant time".
" These ambulances we are donating today are convenient and are fully equipped with every facilities for the conveyance of patients, specifically for covid-19 and are also suitable for other medical emergencies ".
The former minister of health explained to the Governor that, "our intention is to assist the state with 100, 000 face masks in addition to the ambulances, but we brought with us 50,000 pieces for now and will make up the balance and will also bring other items as soon as the contractor supplies them".
Present at the occasion were the Deputy Governor, Dr. Manassah Daniel Jatau who is also the Chairman of Gombe state Covid-19 Management Committee, Secretary to the state Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abubakar Inuwa Kari, Commissioners, Special Advisers, PPS and other top Government functionaries.
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Online education is rapidly increasing in popularity across the globe. Instructors and professors struggle to engage with and build meaningful relationships with online students in the same manner as on-ground students, and without this critical component in place, online students report a lack of interest, and thus, they produce a lower quality of work and report less overall satisfaction. There are a host of tools and strategies that may be used by the online instructor to build meaningful relationships with students and increase these satisfaction levels. This article discusses multiple approaches using both basic and technological tools to manage the online classroom. These tactics reach out to the online student, build these important relationships, and create a greater sense of satisfaction and produce a higher level of work by the online student.


Malachai Jenkins and Roberto Smith at one point would've never saw eye-to-eye. Both LA natives pledged their allegiance to rival gang members, Jenkins a Crip and Smith a member of the Bloods. But after years of gang banging, Jenkins grew tired of the dangerous life.
Jenkins then enrolled into the famed culinary school Le Cordon Bleu, and from there things began to change. A mutual friend introduced Jenkins to Smith and the two became fast comrades. Upon finishing his courses, Jenkins, who also goes by the name Chef Spanky, began cooking meals and posting the finishing product on Instagram. Soon, people started placing orders and slowly, their catering business Trap Kitchen LA was birthed.
"The gang stuff, the shootings, now that I'm in this kitchen, I don't go through none of that," Smith said.
The way it works is Jenkins puts the daily menu on Instagram and people then place their orders. The men make everything from the simple and comforting chicken and waffles to the popular and more decadent $25 Pineapple Friday dish which is made up of King Crab, lobster, jumbo shrimp and salmon over white rice covered in Teriyaki Sriracha sesame seeds and green onions placed inside an actual pineapple. Whatever your stomach desires, the gentlemen of Trap Kitchen LA will serve you.


A report from CNET states they have confirmed details on a new 11.6 inch MacBook Air that is slated for launch by Apple next week at the October 20th "Back to Mac" event. The device is expected to have an Nvidia MCP89 chipset, which is the same as the current MacBook Pro. While a price is not known as of yet, the site claims the new MacBook Air will debut for less than the currently available $1499 model.
Our friends over at AppleInsider are also reporting this story, and saying the device will weight as little as 2.7lbs, and may include the "first CPU microprocessors from AMD to find their way inside a Mac".


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Cill Naoimh, chapel, cross and burial ground, Kilnave, Islay
A Scheduled Monument in Kintyre and the Islands, Argyll and Bute
OS Grid: NR285715
Mapcode National: GBR BFQ7.4QF
Mapcode Global: WGYGD.LY3X
Entry Name: Cill Naoimh, chapel, cross and burial ground, Kilnave, Islay
Last Amended: 5 December 1995
Category: Crosses and carved stones: cross (free-standing); Ecclesiastical: chapel
Location: Kilchoman
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
The monument consists of a medieval chapel and Early Christian cross, together with part of the burial ground in which they stand.
The chapel, which is probably of late medieval date, is roofless but otherwise almost intact, and measures 11.0m E-W by 6.1m N-S across walls 0.9m in thickness. It is built of rubble bonded in lime mortar and rows of putlog holes are visible in both gables. Internally, much original wall-plaster survives. The chapel is entered from the W through a segment-headed doorway with a draw bar socket. The footings of the altar remain, and this was lit from the S and the E by 2 round-headed windows with splayed internal jambs and stepped sills. No other windows are apparent. Local tradition holds that the chapel was burned in 1598, after the Battle of Traigh Ghruineard.
The free-standing cross is probably of 8th-century date. It is carved of a single thin slab of stone 3.35m high and 6.5cm thick, and originally measured 1.04m across the arms. The cross head has deep armpits but no ring. The E face of the cross is carved in low relief in a series of 8 panels within a 5cm plain margin. The ornament includes interlace-work, spiral-work and one panel of key ornament. Fragments have broken off the head and both arms, and the surface has laminated badly. The W face is plain. The cross has since 1984 stood in a reconstructed cist-type base, fragments of which had been excavated following the temporary removal of the cross in 1981.
The cross attests to the early ecclesiastical use of the site, although the extent of the contemporary enclosure is not known. Subsequently the area was used as a burial ground, and one late medieval graveslab of West Highland type is visible.
The area to be scheduled includes the chapel, the cross and part of the associated burial ground, almost certainly standing on part of the site of an early Christian monastic settlement. It is roughly rectangular in shape and measures approximately 30.5m E-W by approximately 27m N-S. It extends 15m S of the S wall of the chapel and 6m N of the N wall of the chapel, to the top of a bank which is likely to mark the limit of the medieval burial ground, and it extends to the inner faces of the burial ground walls to the E and W of the chapel, as defined in red on the accompanying map.
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A'Chrannag,fortification,Islay
Nave Island,Viking house 75m WNW of chapel
Nave Island,chapel & burial ground
Cill Eileagain Chapel, 270m SSE of Craigens
Cill Ronain, chapel site 380m north of Braigo, Islay
An Sidhean,hut-circles,settlement and field system,Islay
Coille,kerbed cairn 1190m SSW of,Islay
Beinn a' Chaisteil, promontory fort and associated remains, Islay


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Ānand Rām Mukhliṣ (1697?-1751) was a high-ranking courtier in Mughal Delhi in the first half of the eighteenth century. He came from a Punjabi Hindu family and followed his father into government service as had so many in the Khattri community, a sub-caste traditionally associated with record-keeping. He was wakīl (personal representative at court) for an imperial prime minister and for a governor of key provinces (see Ahmad), and had received the title ʻRajah of Rajahs' (rāʾī-yi rāyān) in recognition of his service. Befitting his stellar career as an administrator, he kept a wide social circle and was associated with the most important Persian poets in Delhi.
Despite the increasing political difficulties of the Mughal crown over the course of the eighteenth century and the hardships endured by Delhi's inhabitants during successive invasions and waves of unrest, the Indo-Persian literary culture in which Mukhliṣ participated was thriving. There were lavish poetic gatherings (mushāʿirahs) and a person's literary comportment, namely his mastery of both poetry and prose, was still considered indispensable for political life. Meanwhile scholars were churning out dictionaries and critical tracts, and stretching the limits of Persian literature's critical tradition, in some cases coming to strikingly modern conclusions about the nature of language and literary aesthetics.
Mukhliṣ was a prolific and varied writer. He was both a practicing poet and a professional bureaucrat, which at this time required mastery over a range of elegant prose composition styles including letter-writing. He was also a memoirist and wrote about his travels (see Alam and Subrahmanyam 1996).
As a scholar of literature, calligraphy, and painting he wrote works such as the dictionary Mirʾāt al-iṣt̤ilāḥ (which will be the subject of a later post). At least one of his works, the Kārnāmah-yi ʿIshq ʻBook of Affairs of Love' was lavishly illustrated, as explored in a previous blog post by Malini Roy. In writing about his life, scholars have unfortunately not been as prolific as Mukhliṣ himself was. The only monograph on Mukhliṣ—in any language as far as I know—is the published version of a Delhi University PhD thesis from decades ago (James 2011).
Mukhliṣ's house was a meeting place for the great writers of the day. He received his established literary friends as well as poets whom he supported as they tried to make a name for themselves in Delhi. One of his close friends, Ṭek Chand Bahār, not only had a similar career path in the Mughal bureaucracy but like Mukhliṣ wrote a dictionary, the mammoth Bahār-i ʿajam (see a previous post by Muhammad Isa Waley). Both Mukhliṣ and Bahār were friends and students of Sirāj al-Dīn ʿAlī Khān, known as Ārzū, a poet who might be the greatest philologist (that is, what we would call a literary critic and linguist) in the pre-modern Persian tradition (see Dudney 2013). Although Mukhliṣ considered Ārzū one of his teachers and Ārzū was about a decade older than Mukhliṣ, it was Mukhliṣ who facilitated Ārzū's entrée into Delhi's elite cultural scene when Ārzū first settled in the city.
Every poet had a network of loyalties to his teachers, students, and contemporaries. Mukhliṣ appears to have been associated with a wide network of Hindu Persian writers, as a rare miscellany in the British Library (Delhi Persian 491—for details, see below) suggests by presenting his works alongside those of contemporary Hindu writers. (On Hindu Persian poets in Delhi, see Pellò 2014) Contrary to the received wisdom that a failing political order produces a failed literary tradition, I see the eighteenth century as a time of great innovation in Indo-Persian poetry. Poets were debating the role of tradition as never before and literary criticism was incredibly vibrant. Urdu's development as a literary language was part of this innovation.
At this time, the literary tradition that would come to be known as Urdu was part of Indian Persianate culture, not an alternative to it. Mukhliṣ lived in the time when the Persian-using and Urdu-using community of Delhi were one and the same—this fact tends to get lost in later accounts that want to emphasise the break between Persian and Urdu—and while he has no surviving Urdu compositions to his name, there is no sense that he is holding himself apart from Indian culture by being an expert in Persian.
Mukhliṣ is relevant in our time because he confounds expectations about India's past. Some today seek to define Indian culture as static, monolithic, and synonymous with the modern understanding of Hinduism. However, the existence of historical figures like Mukhliṣ is at odds with the worldview of such revisionists. He was perfectly at ease with Persian, even using Islamic devotional formulae in his writing, while being in the eyes of those around him and in his own mind unproblematically a devout Hindu, whatever that meant at the time.
Alam, Muzaffar and Sanjay Subrahmanyam, "Discovering the Familiar: Notes on the Travel-Account of Anand Ram Mukhlis, 1745," South Asia Research 16 (October 1996), pp. 131-154.
James, George McLeod, Anand Ram 'Mukhlis': His Life and Works 1695-1758. Delhi: Dilli Kitab Ghar, 2011.
Pellò, Stefano, "Persian as a Passe-Partout: The Case of Mīrzā ʿAbd al-Qādir Bīdil and his Hindu Disciples." In Culture and Circulation: Literature in Motion in Early Modern India, edited by Allison Busch and Thomas de Bruijn. Leiden: Brill, 2014.
Anand Ram Mukhlis, and Tasneem Ahmad. Encyclopaedic dictionary of medieval India Mirat-ul-istilah. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan, 1993. .
Anand Ram Mukhlis, Chander Shekhar, Ḥamīd Riz̤ā Qilīchʹkhānī, and Hūman Yūsufdihī. Mirāt al-iṣt̤ilāḥ. 2013.
Not including references to the published editions of Mir'at al-Iṣṭilāḥ here was an oversight—they were to appear in a second post devoted to Mir'at al-Iṣṭilāḥ that will follow. The English translation was a commendable undertaking but it is often confusing or misleading, and for that reason I would recommend that serious scholars only use it alongside the original text rather than as a replacement for the Persian. The editors of the Persian critical edition did good work.
As a colleague reminded me, there are reasons to think that Dastūr al-ʿamal (mentioned in the list of mss above) was not actually written by Mukhliṣ but rather by a near-contemporary also called Ānand Rām who held a more humble bureaucratic post. The text does not actually mention Mukhliṣ's pen-name nor refer to any biographical or bibliographical specifics. Ethé implies that the author's many quotations of Bedil serve as evidence of the author's identity but of course quoting Bedil in eighteenth-century India was hardly unusual. I would be grateful to anyone who could provide more information.


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1 Cyber Security Trends in 2019
1.1 GDPR will still be at the top of everyone's agenda
1.2 There will be growing concerns over the security of the Internet of Things
1.3 Ransomware attacks will become more sophisticated
1.4 Cyber breaches will continue to have a larger effect on an organisation's reputations
1.5 Small and medium organisations will realise they need to prepare themselves against cyber attacks
Cyber security is a continually changing landscape and keeping up to date with the latest threats can be exhausting for most. Therefore, anticipating what's next in the cyber industry is a bit like trying to predict the weather.
The year 2018 saw the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) come into effect on the 25th of May which sent organisations scrambling to make sure that they were compliant with the new legislation.
We also saw cyber security make headlines last year with huge companies, Facebook, British Airways and Eurostar all suffering massive data breaches which led to eroded consumer trust in many organisations' abilities to keep personal data safe.
Looking forward to the next 12 months, we've highlighted some of the catching trends we think will take centre-stage in the infosec community.
GDPR will still be at the top of everyone's agenda
Last year was indeed a busy year for the Information Commissioner's Office. One of the many things that the GDPR did was bring data protection to the forefront of people's minds.
You can recap on some of the most hard-hitting headlines about large companies suffering data breaches by taking a look at our review of 2018.
Once the 25th of May came and went, many companies let out a big sigh of relief after months of rushing to become compliant before the sky fell in on the GDPR launch date.
Security processes were reviewed and privacy policies updated, and so, that's it, we can finally see the back of the GDPR, right? Not at all.
We're still yet to see an organisation become struck with one of the tremendous €20 million (or 4% of annual turnover) fines that set the bar as to what classes as 'too far' when breaching the new EU legislation. Once we see the first one come in, the information security industry will once again be sent scrambling to bring themselves over the line of compliance.
There will be growing concerns over the security of the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been one of the most prominent emerging technologies over the last few years that has caused significant disruption to information security both at home and in the workplace.
Although, with new technologies also comes new challenges.
Due to the benefits and convenience that the IoT brings to the table, organisations are increasing the number of connected devices they use at a rapid pace without much thought for security. As it stands, the IoT is not secure and it's creating gaps in firewalls that cybercriminals will look to exploit.
The accelerated demand for IoT devices has put the information security sector on a timer that could leave the fate of IoT devices balancing on a knife's edge.
Ransomware attacks will become more sophisticated
Ransomware and other pieces of malware are nothing revolutionary. It's a constant battle for industry white hats to stay abreast of new threats and come up with the best ways to counteract them.
According to Sophos, ransomware programs have started to develop ways to infect systems such as going fileless and using built-in Windows tools, such as, PowerShell to pass firewalls undetected.
Because programs like this are essential for Windows to run and come from legitimate sources, traditional antivirus solutions fail to identify and quarantine them.
Infosec professionals have been rushing to find a way to combat these new threats that turn our trusted systems against us.
Cyber breaches will continue to have a larger effect on an organisation's reputations
The price tag of a breach doesn't stop at the value of the money or information compromised. Organisations falling victim to a cyber attack will also have to contend with the long-term reputational damage to their relationships with their customers, that most small to medium sized organisations won't be able to recover from.
The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal left the social media giant working to regain trust amongst its user base, however, this won't be a straightforward task as 31% of people in a recent Creative Strategies survey said that they would be using Facebook less in future as a result of the breach.
Small and medium organisations will realise they need to prepare themselves against cyber attacks
As cyberattacks are on the increase with no sign of slowing down, small and medium sized organisations will now need to improve security and secure themselves against data breaches.
Cisco's 2018 Cybersecurity Report revealed that 53% of mid-market companies in 26 countries had experienced a breach. The report also shows that just over half of cyber attacks caused damages exceeding $500,000, making surviving them an almost impossible task for such organisations.
Unsurprisingly, there is no silver bullet to this problem but there are actions that small and medium sized businesses can take to remedy this. But there are many measures that they can take to prevent such attacks from happening in the first place.
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"... if Alice took Ziggy Stardust's hand and followed him down the rabbit hole to a world guided by the twists and turns of ethereal and colorful vocals." - The Huffington Post
"Deftly and viscerally channeling Kate Bush and '90s era industrial Bowie (remember Outside?), and with a few obvious nods to NIN, it envisions an explorer navigating a journey of the self, represented in video form by a sparkly avatar surfing the cosmos (without the help of space-racing billionaires, we might add)." - BlackBook
"epic songs that ooze with spacey surrealism. - American Songwriter
" Her evocative sound tapestries are inspired by a world of a supernatural nature full of hypnotic vocals, spacey sounds, and surrealism.  " - Mundane Magazine
IAMEVE is a project devoted to exploring the collective unconscious birthed by composer/producer Tiff Randol after an accident that left one of her arms tattered and led her to a life altering spiritual shift. During this time of healing she began to unravel many of her own archetypal discoveries, while her limited mobility forced a massive creative shift, spurring her towards electronic composition with evocative sound tapestries inspired by a world of a supernatural nature.
Her cinematic work has found itself featured in a large array of notable films and TV shows, and she has won several awards for her shorts and music videos. She is also developing material in 360 and has performed and composed for Fulldome, as well as performed with a number of world renowned artists.
Next for IAMEVE, as the world starts to open up is bringing her 360 Dome show to life, all while continuing to create, compose and further develop the fascinating and other worldly universe of IAMEVE.
IAMEVE has won several awards for her short films and music videos and is also developing material in 360 and has performed and composed for Fulldome. She has been featured in numerous TV shows and Films and most notably has had millions of streams for her theme song "To Feel Alive" in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters with composer Andrew Lockington and Nicholas Dodd on Sony Classical. She has performed with many celebrated artists, including Fred Armisen and Moby, and on shows like The Today Show, Fox Good Day NY. She has been a featured by Songwriter's Hall of Fame, and sponsored by a number of companies like Noise Engineering, TC Helicon (also featured in their "The Ultimate Guide To Singing") and Ableton.
What's Your Archetype?
IAMEVE has had a string of releases that are clearly fascinated by the collective unconscious, as proposed by Carl Jung. In her newest musical release "Archetype", the deep dive continues as we unravel a series of archetypal themes wrapped in cinematic musical textures and immersive visuals. Archetype is a musical and conceptual exploration of the psyche and it's many variants cloaked in a world of whimsy. Randol has made a habit of exploring archetypes in previous IAMEVE releases and in this particular chapter goes deeper, unraveling new aspects of herself and the unconscious collective in each song. From 'The Seeker' in "Raindrops" following her curiosity to 'The Mother' in "Unnerving", a song written when Randol first learned that she was pregnant to "If I Were Queen". "Red and Black" highlights 'The Priestess' or highest self, while "X Girl" gives voice to her inner child feeling everywhere like an outsider, and "Unravel the Genius Inside You' in a cacophony of all these variants colliding. This EP is full of intimate self discovery and creates a dynamic and cinematic journey that is at times ethereal and playful, while veering fearlessly into dark and occasionally disquieting territory.
"WAITING FOR YOU TO WAKE MY LOVE, WAITING FOR YOU TO STEP UP, WAITING FOR YOU TO CLIMB TO THE HIGHEST PLANE. IF I WERE QUEEN AND YOU WERE MY KING AND THIS WAS OUR KINGDOM, I'D TURN IT ALL TO GOLD, NEVER DIE OR GET OLD, AND I'D GIVE YOU YOUR FREEDOM"
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Rare Discovery: Tail of Feathered Dinosaur Fossilized in Amber Found in Myanmar
By Monica Antonio
Dec 09, 2016 04:16 AM EST
A paleontologist has discovered a fossilized tail of a rare baby feathered dinosaur in the most unlikely of places -- a marketplace in Myanmar. Pictured above is a woman holding a large piece of semi-fossilised amber-coloured kauri resin from a museum in Auckland, New Zealand, circa 1955.
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In a shocking discovery of a lifetime, a Chinese paleontologist has discovered a fossilized tail of a rare baby feathered dinosaur in the most unlikely of places -- a marketplace in Myanmar.
According to a report from NPR, Lida Xing, a paleontologist at China University of Geosciences in Beijing, was visiting a local market in northern Myanmar in 2015 when he stumbled upon the rare find. A market vendor offered him the fossil, saying that it was a plant. However, Xing immediately knew that the feathered object in the chunk of amber was more valuable than a plant, and was, in fact, from a baby dinosaur.
"I have studied paleontology for more than 10 years and have been interested in dinosaurs for more than 30 years. But I never expected we could find a dinosaur in amber. This may be the coolest find in my life. The feathers on the tail are so dense and regular, this is really wonderful," said Xing.
After years of analysis, the findings of Xing and his colleagues from China, the U.K. and Canada was recently published in the journal Current Biology.
According to the study, the tiny tail in the amber belongs to a coelurosaur, a feathered dinosaur species that existed about 99 million years ago. The study noted that the tiny tail belonged to a young coelurosaur which is about the size of a sparrow, but if fully grown, could be as big as an ostrich.
Tagged with the nickname "Eva," the scientists said that coelurosaurs are related to two other bigger dinosaur species: Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor.
However, what makes the fossil tail extra special is that it was attached to bones in the spines. The scientists observed that the feathers on the tail were spread on the side, allowing it to swing back and forth in a whip-like manner.
"A lot of baby birds look kinda creepy, to be honest. This one was probably fairly cute and fuzzy. Not your terror-of-Jurassic-Park type," says Ryan Mckellar, co-author of the study. It's a spectacular little glimpse. It gives us, basically, a pathway that gets us to modern feathers."
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Introducing Sasha Frolova, an actress, photographer and student of the world, from the one and only New York City. After meeting Sasha we immediately talked Lolita, followed by playing dress up for an impromptu polaroid shoot.
With our conversation in mind, Sasha collaborated with us by getting behind the camera. She photographed the series, Home Rule, inspired by her thoughts on the representation of girlhood in Lolita and the idea of the gaze.
"Put simply, Home Rule observes a day in the life of a girl home alone. It was important to keep her inside the boundaries of the home to show the idea of domesticity and generational habits handed down by our parents. Left to our own devices we resort to what we know, what we see our parents, our biological role models, emulating as proper. Our model,Violet explores this notion, too, in scenes like smoking the pretzel in the liquor cabinet- a narrative inspired by my friend Charlotte who'd walk about the home in this way to eventually recline in her father's office by his cigar rack."
"This gives girls especially the freedom to see what comes naturally and where they can be comfortable without wondering if what they are doing could be read as suggestive or desperate or unkempt. Because girls are still expected to be reserved and decent, comfort can be misread as promiscuity, since the viewer is a voyeur though they are not present to the subject."
Home Rule, photographed by Sasha Frolova, explores the freedom a girl has whilst alone in her own space, without control or shadow. View the photo series and Sasha's artist statement on her inspiration below.
"In this series, I contrast and explore Lolita fashion in popular culture with the exploration of self found, with independence and try to create an honest girlhood where the sexual undercurrents lie in the viewers voyeurism and analysis."
"I wanted to capture the giddiness in the implication that you're responsible enough to not need a caretaker, which actually ironically causes you to be much more raucous. Also, the implicit sexuality in being independent and exploring unobserved and on your own terms. When all the doors are closed there's no one to put on acts for."
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Dance has always been a form of expressing one's feelings and emotions through steps and expressions. One of the most beautiful and expressive dance forms is Ballet, where there is immense stretching of the hands, legs, and trunk to music and the dancers express it all through their smooth and soft steps. This form of dancing is a bit tougher which means people who want to learn this form of dance need qualified dance teachers for Ballet, who actually will take them through the whole process from basics to the advanced, till they learn it fully and start performing as professionals.
There are four different types of Ballet dance forms that people specialize in, namely Contemporary Ballet, Neoclassical Ballet, Classical ballet and Romantic Ballet. The surprising thing here is that all these dance forms belong to the same category but they are so different that one teacher cannot be expert in all four forms. So even as a student you need to start one by one with the help of qualified dance teachers for Ballet, here is a list of the qualities of a good teacher who can actually teach you everything about the dance form.
Please make sure that your teacher has all these qualities so that you can learn the dance form correctly and be a professional soon.
The most important thing about ballet teachers all across the globe is that they are well known in the society. This dance form is so popular that people who teach this dance form are also famous wherever they are and when you meet them you will know it yourself. Professional teachers will be always very clear about the whole course, timing and fees of the dance course too.
Most of the professional ballet teachers have their own dance schools where they have each and everything that can help a student to learn ballet dance. Starting from a big hall to practice, special equipment that will help the students to stretch and make their body flexible, music system and a perfect dance floor that is suitable for dance forms like this. At times, a professional dancer may also hire a space where they will come and teach students.
One of the very important qualities of a qualified dance teachers for Ballet is that they are extremely patient and gentle. Ballet is a unique form of dance that needs immense patience and hard work to learn and in that process the teacher also has to push along with the students. It's a test for the teachers themselves every time that they teach a new student, so most of the teachers are extremely patient and gentle with the students and will help them out in everything possible. The other aspect is that, it is only then can you make young students comfortable and motivate them to be committed in pursuing this dance training to its conclusion.
Ballet is a huge topic so an expert teacher has her own expert ballet dance teachers to help her, who have learnt under her and now work along with her in training the new students. Sometimes even professionals come together and teach students willing to learn this dance form. What is more important to the teachers is that they are committed to teaching youngsters who are willing to learn this art form. So, whether it's a group of professionals or a teacher along with a team, teaching is all the same.
As academics, even ballet dance also has different lessons and levels in it and will always have a structured course for students who enroll for the dance class.
*This article is a guest post by Justin Jersey.
Author Bio: Justin Jersey is a journalist, stylist and blogger. He is an aesthetician by heart who often writes about Art, Fashion, decorating and DIY ideas. He loves sparking creativity and giving them ideas for their own spaces. Check his works out via twitter and pinterest.
This is interesting. I love the ballet.
Such a great post my dear. I love reading this post though I only have basic knowledge about ballet. Thanks for sharing this beautiful post.
great post! I took ballet when I was a child and I've always regretted quitting!
awwww that's so sad to hear :( i am currently not having formal training in ballet right now. Stopped for 7 years :( and i really, really wanna go back. Planning to be back in training this year though! i hope everything goes well. If you really wanna take ballet classes again, i think there are ballet schools that offer adult ballet classes. maybe you can try that?


WHEN Low Kai Chin (pic) joined storage and data management company Netapp Malaysia Sdn Bhd about nine months ago, there was a lot of talk and interest related to cloud technology.
News of Low – better known in IT industry circles as KC Low – joining NetApp Malaysia and Brunei was first reported by Digital News Asia (DNA) on Nov 4 last year.
Low reported that the company's customers, comprising cloud service providers, are starting to request for additional capacity for their businesses.
"This is mainly because their end customers, such as the enterprises and corporates, are starting to embrace the cloud in a bigger manner," he explained.
The public and private cloud storage market is expected to experience strong growth over the next few years. According to data by research firm MarketsandMarkets, the global cloud storage market is expected to grow from US$13.57 billion in 2014 to US$56.57 billion in 2019. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 33.1%.
According to Low, there are a few reasons why companies are starting to embrace cloud in a bigger manner with the first being the maturity of cloud service providers in the country.
"I think cloud services providers in Malaysia are becoming more matured. After getting into the business over the last two to three years, they are starting to understand the right business model and the right type of services that attracts customers," he explained.
He added that cloud service providers have also begun to understand the market and technology better, which ultimately, helps them to execute a better business strategy.
For example in the past, a cloud service provider with 10 terabyte (TB) of capacity may only sell 10TB of virtual capacity to their end users. Today, Low said that NetApp's customers realized that they can sell three to five more virtual TB to their end customers, for every TB of physical space they have.
This is due to a few factors, one being that whenever an end user migrates their data to the cloud, quite often there will be some duplication of data.
"NetApp can scan and detect similar data and keep just one copy, instead of 10 copies. So, with deduplication and compression technologies, a lot less space is actually needed physically," he said.
Also, when an enterprise buys capacity from a cloud service provider, it is unlikely that the enterprise is buying the exact data capacity it needs, typically purchasing a bit more than required.
"If an enterprise needs 100 gigabyte (GB), it won't subscribe to 100GB exactly. It is likely to subscribe for 120GB or a bit more. This also gives room to allow cloud service providers to sell more than what they physically have," said Low.
With better understanding of trends and technology, Low said that his customers are now able to offer services at half the price it used to charge, and yet remain able to generate more profits.
In addition, enterprise and corporate users are also becoming more matured, with better understanding of what type of workloads that they want to move to the cloud and what type of workloads to keep in-house.
"Of course, technologies of cloud services providers are also much more advanced today. This allows them to offer more services to their end customers. So, I believe it is the combination of the drivers above that are changing the conversation today," he said.


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Dangriga police got information about the tragedy at around 1 p.m. on Monday afternoon, May 17. They visited one of the bridges on the Coastal road, and that's where they saw a gold Ford Explorer flipped over, with its 4 wheels in the air. Beside it, they found the body of Eduardo Caal Sub; he had a single gunshot injury to the back of the head. His body was transported to the Southern Regional Hospital.
Police have been inquiring into the incident, and they have found out that he was heading down the Coastal Road to his brother when he found some men in distress because their vehicle had flipped over. As any compassionate individual would, he stopped and offered help, but the men were interested in taking his vehicle from him. He was shot, and the men made off with his Subaru car as soon as they could.
Apparently, these persons rented the gold Explorer, and they committed a robbery in Silk Grass. In their haste, the men flipped the vehicle, and Eduardo Caal Sub did not know that he was coming to the aid of criminals. Police say that they have very good evidence that they are using to crack the case.
They already have the crashed vehicle, and Eduardo Caal Sub's vehicle, which was found about 10 miles away from La Democracia. The cops say that they have 4 suspects that they are looking for.
Family members of Eduardo Caal Sub are particularly aggrieved by his murder because he was just a kind person trying to help out people he thought were in distress. His girlfriend said that he had no vices that she knew off, and he was a family man. He was the breadwinner of the household, and she is worried that she won't be able to do it by herself. Caal Sub also made frequent trips across the border to his family in Guatemala.


There will be a special way of celebrating World Kindness Day in Somerset next week.
Free tickets are available to watch Wonder (PG), which is Hollywood's adaptation of the international bestselling book, before it's officially released on December 1.
Somerset cinema-goers are being given the chance to catch this movie two weeks ahead of release, as part of World Kindness Day, on Monday (November 13).
The screenings are courtesy of Lionsgate Films and you can catch Wonder will be showing at the following cinemas, on Monday, November 13 at 6pm.
The tickets are free for these screenings, with donations on the day being collection for Children's Hospice South West.
It is easy to apply for tickets. Just following the booking instructions on the film's website .
Wonder is an inspiring and heart-warming tale which might not leave a dry eye in the house. It might be advisable to pack tissues.
It tells the story of August Pullman, who was born with facial differences that lead him to hide under an astronaut's helmet and prevented him from wanting to be in mainstream schooling.
He becomes an unlikely hero though, when entering the local school's fifth grade as he changes the hearts and minds of those that struggle to find compassion and acceptance of him.
The movie, starring Owen Wilson, Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay, is being shown on World Kindness Day, as this is an internationally recognised day for the celebration of kindness in society and day-to-day life.
Share your experiences of spontaneous kindness with us? Let us know what reaffirmed your belief in others by emailing james.brinsford@localworld.co.uk.


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Federal government green lights Pacific NorthWest LNG project
The Canadian federal government has approved the $11.4 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal on Lelu Island
The Canadian federal government has approved the $11.4 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal on Lelu Island to proceed this past Tuesday afternoon, with 190 legally-binding conditions to be met.
In a much-anticipated decision that has taken the duration of two and a half years from the proponent submitting its initial environmental impact statement in February 2014, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet announced the approval Tuesday afternoon at 6 p.m. PST.
As well, officials from the Lax Kw'alaams and Metlakatla First Nations, as well as those from the Tsimshian Environmental Stewardship Authority will be placed on a committee with the government overseeing the environmental impacts of the construction and operation stages of the terminal.
The federal cabinet met earlier Tuesday morning and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc released the decision from Richmond, after flying from Ottawa earlier in the day.
Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG), an energy consortium led by Malaysian-based company Petronas, will now conduct a "total review" of the project before tabling it to the project's partners for a final investment decision (FID), said Spencer Sproule, spokesman for the company.
Late Tuesday, Pacific NorthWest LNG president Adnan Zainal Abidin said that the proponent will now conduct the review over the "coming months".
"After a rigorous and comprehensive regulatory process, Pacific NorthWest LNG is pleased that the Government of Canada has issued an environmental decision statement to our project," said Abidin in a statement.
"This is a significant milestone for Pacific NorthWest LNG and our shareholders. PNW would like to thank area First Nations, stakeholders, local residents and all others involved in the regulatory process for their constructive participation in the science-based environmental assessment. Moving forward, PNW LNG and our shareholders will conduct a total project review over the coming months prior to announcing next steps for the project."
Port of Prince Rupert manager of corporate communications Michael Gurney said that the organization is happy the federal government has reached its conclusion.
"The Port of Prince Rupert is pleased that a clear decision has been reached about the future of the Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal development following an environmental review that was extensive and thorough."
Gurney added that the Port will continue engaging those occupying Lelu Island on a long-term solution for those protesting the decision.
"We recognize even moreso now that dialogue and communications with the occupiers on the island are of critical importance and we will continue, as we have done over the last year, to extend an invitation to those involved in that occupation to participate in open communication with the port authority."
In June, PNW LNG submitted the last of its scientific findings at the request of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), and the agency stated that the information was adequate to answer any remaining questions it had of the project.
Minister McKenna presented the project and its environmental impacts to the federal government over the past three months, which led to the decision Tuesday.
Opponents to the project cite the more than five million tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted by the terminal every year as a major reason why it should not proceed, as well as damage to the Flora Bank habitat near the island, which is an eelgrass spawning ground for juvenile salmon. The CEAA report stated that no significant adverse impacts would occur to the salmon earlier this year, but gave numerous other adverse impacts, including dolphin habitation and nighttime noise and lighting. PNW LNG responded to those concerns in its latest scientific information submission to CEAA in June.
On Tuesday, McKenna told media in Richmond that the government stands by the science collected by CEAA, which she said is the most intensive research on environmental effects that has ever been performed in the area.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Government previously campaigned on a platform that showed urgency in reducing the country's emissions during last year's election cycle, and Trudeau signed the Paris climate treaty earlier this year, stating that Canada will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark has also been a strong proponent of the PNW LNG project, stating that the number of jobs and benefits to the B.C. economy as a strong case for boosting the fortunes of the province's working class citizens. On Tuesday, she proclaimed the announcement as a victory for the middle class in B.C. and for Canadians country-wide.
"B.C. has as much natural gas stored in the northeast as Alberta does," said Premier Clark.
"We want to make sure we get our natural gas, the cleanest from anywhere in the world, to market."
PNW LNG signed Impact Benefit Agreements or term sheets with First Nations Metlakatla, Gitxaala, Kitsumkalum and Kitselas, and recently a 65.5 per cent majority vote conducted with the membership of Lax Kw'alaams voted in favour of the elected council continuing talks with the proponent. In March, Lax Kw'alaams Mayor John Helin sent a letter of support to the government for the project, reversing the Band's previous disapproving stance. That letter also contained stringent conditions involving ongoing environmental monitoring oversight.
The terminal is expected to ship 19 million tonnes of LNG per year to Asian markets, and originally had a 2020 in-service date before multiple CEAA delays plagued the project over the past two years. It is speculated that building the terminal and associating infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines would take four years.
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A majority of Australians aged between 18 and 34 years old consider speaking to a human a 'last resort' when it comes to dealing with brands.
Research commissioned by messaging platform LivePerson has shown that going to a retailer's app or website is the number one way millennials and gen Z consumers prefer to communicate, followed by live chat and social media.
When asked whether they would choose to give up the phone app—which allows you to make and receive calls—or messaging/SMS on their smartphones, a majority of young Australians (70 per cent) said they would choose to give up the phone function.
With messaging such a vital way that millennials and gen Z Australians interact, LivePerson regional VP Andrew Cannington said it makes sense for retailers to get on board and allow customers to communicate with them in this way.
This could be through a messaging function in a retailer's app, SMS, or even Facebook Messenger—all platforms consumers are familiar with.
Retailers can use Facebook Messenger to communicate with customers.
Unlike webchat—where a customer has a real-time online conversation with a brand—messaging is an ongoing conversation. Not only is this convenient for consumers, it can help to build relationships between retailers and shoppers.
"You can send a message to a retailer and go about your day," said Cannington. "They can respond to you in 30 seconds, five minutes, whatever it is and when you have another break you can continue the conversation." Rather than gearing yourself up for an hour long phone call with a brand (most of which is spent on hold), you can dip in and out of conversation when it's convenient.
Aside from catering to your customers' changing preferences, the other upside of communicating with customers via a messaging platform is that it's much more efficient.