There are only 2 Dojo listed in Frome. This page shows 20 Martial Arts Schools found within 12 Miles of Frome. Based on the information available from these Dojos, Tae Kwon Do, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Kick Boxing, Shotokan Karate, Self Defence, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu & Jeet Kune do are the most offered Martial Arts in Frome area. Most of these schools offer self defense classes for men, women and children near Frome.
Chart based on information available from Martial Arts Schools in Frome area.
Distance is shown approximately from the downtown area of Frome. For a list of Martial Arts Schools near you, Search with your complete address. Click on a Dojo name to view details. Clicking on 'Map' next to a Dojo will show the school on the Map.
See Martial Arts Schools in places nearby Frome: Southwick, Warminster, Boreham, Bath & Peasedown Saint John.
Are you associated with a Martial Arts School, Club or Dojo in the Frome area? Please make sure it is listed with dojos.co.uk.


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using namespace Lag;

GpuProgramManager::GpuProgramManager(GpuProgramBuilder *builder) :
        Manager("GpuProgramManager", builder) {
}

Handle<GpuProgram> GpuProgramManager::getFallbackObject() {
    std::vector<std::string> defaultStages;
    defaultStages.emplace_back("defaultVertex");
    defaultStages.emplace_back("defaultFragment");
    return get(defaultStages);
}

std::vector<std::string> GpuProgramManager::getProgramsWithStageName(const std::string &stageName) const {
    std::vector<std::string> res;

    for (auto &pair : objects) {
        GpuProgram &prog = *pair.second;
        if (prog.containsStageWithName(stageName))
            res.push_back(pair.first);
    }
    return res;
}

Handle<GpuProgram> GpuProgramManager::get(std::vector<std::string> &stagesNames) {
    auto &gpuProgramBuilder = dynamic_cast<GpuProgramBuilder &>(*builder);
    gpuProgramBuilder.stagesNames = stagesNames;
    return Manager::get(generateProgramName(stagesNames));
}

const std::string GpuProgramManager::generateProgramName(std::vector<std::string> &stageNames) {
    std::sort(stageNames.begin(), stageNames.end());
    std::string out;

    for (std::string &stageName : stageNames)
        out += stageName + '.';
    return out;
}

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I enjoyed a fascinating tour of the workshops at Eco-Trailer UK in Nunthorpe last week. It was really interesting to learn how the skilled team construct their trailers to meet their customers' needs and see the high quality end product, which is all Made in Britain, and good to be able to pledge my support.
It was great to hear how the company has grown to employ 15 local people, with an emphasis on workforce training in specialist skills, such as crafting the fibreglass to produce the incredible streamlined trailer bodies.
Thank you very much to Simon and his team for the invitation and showing me the work that goes into producing hundreds of trailers every year!


The daffodils are about to bloom, the 'Six Nations' has reached a climax and the President of Swyncombe Cricket Club is writing to you. This must mean that Spring and joyfully bright weather are on their way now.
The purpose of my letter is to give you a brief update on last season and to ask you to continue to support us as a Vice President of the Club for the coming season by making a donation to its upkeep. The Club survives only by receiving generous donations from local residents and the dedicated voluntary work of a number of people.
We would spend your Vice President donation wisely. Last year, donations allowed us to continue the battle to keep the square and the outfield in reasonable condition. You may have noticed that the cold weather has now brought moles to the surface of the outfield and so we will have to deal with this before the season gets underway.
Our 2012 season was interesting. Despite serious concerns this time last year over how we were going to water the wicket in the drought conditions, we were very much looking forward to tackling much stronger opponents in new fixtures. Expectations were high and we were steeled for the challenge. Then it started to rain.
The weather had an enormous impact on our season with half of all fixtures cancelled. It was a struggle to gain momentum and to put out a consistent team. Match fee takings were down as a result of the cancellations. I am however proud to tell you that your cricket team played well in those matches that did take place; winning half of them against that stronger competition. We also retained the Ron Vines Cup in a victory over our local rivals Nettlebed. So we look forward to the 2013 season with great anticipation.
We continue to find ways to attract players to the club and we have purchased practice nets and a bowling machine so that players can practice for matchdays. I will be monitoring the expected uptick in batting averages this season. On the subject of players, if you know someone of any standard who would like even an occasional 'knock', please put them in touch with us.
You are always welcome to pop across to the pavilion for a cup of tea or something a little stronger. We would very much like to see you. Also, call me or Peter Regent if you would like to talk about the Club; we'd like to hear your views.


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Distance from Kensal, ND to Watford City, ND
Driving distance between Kensal, ND and Watford City, ND is 314.06 miles (or 505.43 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
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Over There: Missouri and the Great War is a statewide digitization initiative to document Missouri's role in World War I. Missourians actively contributed to various aspects of the war effort, even before America joined the hostilities. Missouri industries fulfilled military contracts to supply mules, munitions, and other goods to Allied armies. According to the Missouri State Archives, more than 156,000 Missourians served in the war; more than 11,000 of them became casualties, and 6 received the Medal of Honor. Some authorities rank Missouri as 8th in total number of men in uniform. The project is funded by a Library Services and Technology Act digital imaging grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and coordinated by the Missouri State Library.
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Peforming a regular computer backup is vital, whether you're a high-profile business, or a grandma with cherished photos of your grandkids. As Sandwich Generation caregivers, we often stay so busy juggling duties, we tend to forget to do some kind of backup, whether online backups or backing up onto a cheap external hard drive. As I promised you in the last post, here are the steps I personally take to do my monthly backups.
First I purchased an external hard drive that plugs into my main computer using a USB cord. I really like the Seagate Free Agent, which is a cheap external hard drive that works well, but there are lots of other great drives out there as well. I made sure I got one with plenty of memory to hold all the documents I wanted to back up. (I went to the original icon of My Documents – not the shortcuts – right clicked on it and chose Properties. That showed me the amount of gigabytes my documents were taking up.) Then I added more gigabytes to allow for backing up my Outlook files and a couple of other programs I have – 250 gigabytes total. If you work with a lot of large photo files, you will probably need even more than that. One of my friends just bought a hard drive with a 1000 gigabytes! WOW!
I plugged the external hard drive into my PC. It was plug and play for my Windows PC. It takes a little more work for Mac. I right clicked on My Documents, moved them over to the new hard drive, and selected COPY. When that was done, I went into Outlook, scheduled it to backup directly to the hard drive. I did the same with two other programs. That worked fine for me originally and if you don't get fancy with your file names, it should work for you as well.
Lately, I've had some problems with files not copying because the file name was apparently too long. I discovered a nifty program called FolderClone . They offer a free trial to see how you like it, which I always appreciate. This has solved 99.999% of my problems and is a very easy program to work with.
There are other programs out there that can do the backup for you. If you own a Mac, I love the backup program, Time Machine, that comes with it! I have tried some of the more inclusive programs but they were a little more headache. I finally gave up and settled on this routine as a good compromise. I have all the original disks to my programs, so if my hard drive dies again, I just have to install all the programs, then add back in my documents. It's not perfect but it's simple and it works.
All of that was the easy part. The hard part is making sure I do it on a regular basis. I've added it to my calendar in Outlook, but it's really easy to ignore those reminders, especially when caregiving duties keep you busier than busy! Between aging parents and grandkids, I'm the first to admit I often push this off too much. I'll keep doing my best and encourage you to do so as well .


Media giant Roger Ailes, who resigned as chairman and CEO of Fox News amid sexual harassment allegations last year, has died at the age of 77. His death was first reported by the Drudge Report. No cause of death was given.
Ailes founded Fox News and helped shape the modern cable news landscape in the process. For the last 15 years, the conservative outlet regularly trounced its arch rival CNN in the ratings.
But his time with the network and his association with Mr Murdoch ended in disgrace last year when he was fired following an investigation into claims that he sexually harassed Gretchen Carlson, a former presenter.
Ailes resigned as head of Fox News in July 2016 after 20 years leading the network, amid allegations that he sexually harassed Gretchen Carlson, a former presenter.


Under application manager what do the "move to SD card" and the move to device storage' accomplish.
I guess I should have searched first.
When did this become available, and is it worth moving them?
If you are running out of app space on your internal storage, then it could be very useful, but if you have a lot of space still available, then there is no point. It doesn't work with all apps as it depends on the whether or not the developer explicitly set the app not to be movable to the sd card. Remember that the sd card reads and writes more slowly than internal storage and is not mounted immediately upon boot up, so you may want to avoid moving apps that are set to run at boot time. Also, widgets, system apps, etc can not be moved either.
This feature has been around since 2010 in Android 2.2 Froyo, though you may not have seen it on your past devices because it was up to the device manufacturer if they hid that feature in the settings or not.
Will fool around with it. This is my first android device. Have had it for a year, not looking back.
Note 2 Connecting To WIFI and 4G at the same time?
Able to now upgrade...Where is the best current Sprint HTC One deal?
any quick way to find out which apps keep my tablet awake all the time?


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La craniolacunia è un deficit osseo del cranio.

Eziologia
Tra le varie cause si riconoscono:
 Trauma cranio-encefalico
 Intervento neurochirugico di rimozione ossea cranica per invasione ossea tumorale, infezione ossea o per stati di ipertensione endocranica refrattari alla terapia medica.

Clinica

Sintomi e segni
Deformità cranica e sindrome del trapanato cranico

Trattamento
Per correggere questo deficit osseo si effettua un intervento chiamato cranioplastica.

Neurochirurgia

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RAKE is the brainchild of four students from NTNU, who invited their peers to participate in their creative endeavour. These architects-in-the-making met for the first time in May, and proceeded to work out the specifics of what is now RAKE. Throughout the project Tyin Architectural Firm, architect August Schmidt and artist Charlotte Rostad were at hand to offer input and assistance.
In August the colleagues and collaborators met again, this time hammers and nails replaced pen and paper. In twelve days they built an exhibition space which cannot help but induce curiosity; its walls consisting of two layers of reused windows, and the ceiling – three layers of doors. Yet, the most unique feature of the room may be its floor, made out of massive wooden cubes crafted by a local farmer. While a number of RAKE's features are 'outside the box', its interior space is a traditional white cube, ready to display works by both national and international artists and architects.
Through this project the students wanted to contribute to Trondheim's cultural scene and show that the reuse of materials can lead to a both inspirational and aesthetically pleasing construction. The showroom is run by local artists and architects, and the first show opened on the 9th of September – a collaboration between architect Fredrik Lund and artist Anne-Karin Furunes.


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The foundations of apartheid
Economy, strategy and race
The system of Apartheid may have been formalised in 1948, but it has its roots in the preceding centuries of European invasion, conquest and exploitation.
By the 1930s, Southern Africa was arguably the most important part of Africa, at least in terms of global economy and strategy.
Its economic significance arose primarily out of mineral wealth, vital for the West's industrial civilisation, whilst its strategic influences arose from a combination of the region's wealth and the rising importance of the Cape route for sea-traffic between Asia and the western world.
A third element that has profoundly affected the history of the wider Southern African region is that of race. The interplay between economy, strategy and race has shaped the landscape of Southern Africa for centuries, and embedded in these themes lay multiple, interconnected sub-themes.
The economic story of Southern Africa covers land, namely the struggle for the best and most fertile land; labour, both voluntary and forced; and capital, namely extractive capital from the land's resources.
The strategic story of Southern Africa can be summed up in historian David Chanaiwa's assertion that:
"What should be remembered is that if there is any part of Africa for which the Western world would be prepared to go to war to ensure Western access to its resources, that part is indeed Southern Africa..."
As for the story of race in Southern Africa, this can be told in the greater context of world history during this period. Namely, the global struggle against fascism and racial repression in Europe during the Second World War, followed by continued Western acceptance of fascism and racial repression in Africa in the form of apartheid.
In South Africa, white settlers worked to maintain a monopoly over land, minerals, jobs and social services. Across the socio-economic spectrum, white settlers sought to protect their economic privileges against any contemporary or prospective African competition.
On the one hand, the white bourgeois-class wanted laws eliminating any competition with Africans over land, minerals or produce. Whilst, on the other hand, the white labourer-class wanted laws that would eliminate any competition with African workers, perpetuate the scarcity of skills and increase their wages. Where both classes were aligned was in subsidising their high standards of living by passing on the tax burden to the Africans.
White workers formed all-white unions, and white consumers boycotted African products in order to eliminate competition from African farmers and manufacturers.
By the 1930s, South Africa had passed an array of segregationist laws with the purposes of:
Expropriating African land and minerals
Procuring cheap African labour
Controlling the deployment and movement of African labourers
Eliminating inter-racial competition
The Industrial Conciliation Act, for example, did not recognise African workers as employees. Instead, they authorised councils of white workers to negotiate on wages, conditions of work and benefits on behalf of the Africans. Africans were not allowed into apprenticeship programmes and had no right to strike or to collective bargaining.
Under the Workmen's Compensation Act, Africans were excluded from retirement benefits, healthcare schemes and occupational-safety measures.
These laws, to name but a few, provided the legal foundation for the economic, strategic and racial elements at play in Southern Africa. Creating the environment of underdevelopment necessary to perpetuate a system of dependency, whilst systematically destroying African resources, endeavour and autonomy.
The apartheid regime would go onto double down on these injustices.


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Border Patrol union leader says Biden border policies push migrants into cartel hands
Judd called the left's border policies "very inhumane and very disingenuous"
By Madeleine Hubbard
Updated: May 23, 2022 - 9:21pm
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National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd on Monday blamed the Biden administration's policies for pushing migrants to "put themselves in the hands of criminal cartels."
Judd also told "Just the News – Not Noise" that, while President Joe Biden is "pandering to the open border activists," Republicans will secure the border when they are back in power.
His comments come after Border Patrol agents encountered a record number of more than 234,000 migrants at the southern border last month. Agents have reportedly been told to prepare to encounter up to 18,000 migrants a day within the next few months.
"It's the most inhumane thing that I've ever seen in my life," Judd said.
"In fact, the rule of law is what's humane. The rule of law is what protects people," the union president noted. "If we actually apply and apply the rule of law, these people will not put themselves in the hands of the criminal cartels."
Vulnerable migrants are often raped, physically abused, and murdered by the same cartels whom they trust to help smuggle them into the United States, Judd explained.
The left's policies are "very inhumane and very disingenuous... because in reality, it is their policies that are putting people in harm's way," Judd stressed.
He blamed congressional Republicans for not securing the border when President Donald Trump was in office.
Trump "had to go in alone and develop policies that allowed us to do more on the border than we've ever done in the history of the Border Patrol," Judd said, adding, "We dropped illegal immigration to 45 year lows."
While it was "disappointing" to see Republicans not act on strengthening the border, Judd said he thinks the GOP will respond differently after gaining control of the government due to the outcry from the American people.
A Louisiana judge issued a ruling on Friday forcing the Biden administration to temporarily maintain Title 42, the Trump-era public health immigration measure.
If the White House ultimately prevails in the case, Judd predicted that ending Title 42 is "not going to drop the numbers of people that are crossing the border illegally."
He said that while the judge's ruling "shines a spotlight on the issue," Biden "allows too many people from too many countries to be exempted from Title 42."
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Our Pale Blue Dot
On Valentine's Day, 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft turned around and took one last picture of earth before continuing its journey into interstellar space. Carl Sagan, one of the imaging team at NASA and the one responsible for the idea to turn the camera around towards earth, wrote this several years later about the resulting photograph.
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. . . .
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. ~ Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994
What boggles my mind is that "God so loved the world (this world; this tiny, pale blue dot) that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). What an incredible God we serve. He sees our frailty, our immaturity, our conceit, and loves us anyway. And someday, the Holy City, New Jerusalem, will settle on this little pale blue dot and God Himself will dwell here with us. What a God we serve!
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To End Mass Protests, Sudan Has Cut Off Internet Access Nationwide. Here's Why.
Steven Feldstein
Summary: Internet shutdowns are not new, but they have become increasingly popular instruments among dictators and autocrats who want to control their citizenry and preempt political threats.
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Since December, Sudan's capital of Khartoum has been swarming with protesters demanding democratic elections and freedoms rather than autocratic rule. The government has responded with physical violence and online censorship. From December through April, the government ordered its telecommunications companies to block social media and to periodically disable access to the Internet nationwide.
Nevertheless, the demonstrators forced longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir to step down, and have begun negotiating with the military for a transitional civilian government.
Steven Feldstein is a nonresident fellow in Carnegie's Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where he focuses on issues of democracy, technology, human rights, U.S. foreign policy, conflict trends, and Africa.
On June 5, Sudan's Internet was disrupted yet again, starting with mobile phone service providers MTN and Mobitel and spreading to Sudan's other mobile services. At the same time, security forces launched another crackdown on a sit-in in Khartoum. Reports circulated that the regime had unleashed the notorious janjaweed militia — responsible for committing genocide in Darfur a decade ago — on the protesters. More than 100 civilians were reported killed, as the regime methodically shut off communication throughout the country. On Monday, the regime severed Sudan's remaining Internet access, resulting in a "near total blackout." Earlier, the government primarily shut down social media platforms; this blackout affects the entire Internet.
Internet shutdowns are not new, but they have become increasingly popular instrument among dictators and autocrats who want to control their citizenry and preempt political threats. My research indicates that Internet shutdowns are one item in a broader toolkit of digital repression that includes digital surveillance, online censorship, cyberattacks and hacking, disinformation, and targeted arrests and detentions of Internet users. As more citizens exclusively rely on the Internet to communicate and conduct business, autocratic governments are increasing their efforts to monitor and control cyberspace.
Internet shutdowns are very costly and have mixed results
Weak, poorly managed governments often turn to Internet shutdowns to control their citizens. As instruments of repression, they are inferior for two reasons. Because shutdowns impact every citizen in the country, they effectively bring commerce to a halt, particularly in high-technology economies. Not only do they dampen economic activity at the time, but studies show their negative effects persist long after a shutdown concludes. The Cost of Shutdown tool developed by Netblocks and the Internet Society estimates that five days of a total Internet shutdown in Sudan — which the country is currently experiencing — will result in an accumulated economic loss of $228,924,285. That is money the country can ill afford to lose, particularly because soaring bread prices were what fueled the original protests.
Second, while Internet shutdowns make it difficult for individual protesters to communicate with one another, they also prevent governments from tracking what's happening in their countries — what their citizens are saying, which groups are mobilizing, what threats may materialize. As a result, many authoritarian countries, including China, have shut down the Internet far less than in the past.
According to Access Now's shutdown tracker, China disrupted Internet connectivity only once between 2016 and 2018 -- taking down WhatsApp nationally. Now China relies on a more sophisticated suite of digital tools. Authorities deploy facial recognition cameras nationwide to track citizens' whereabouts; use artificial intelligence to comb through those enormous databases searching for specific individuals of interest; and implement censorship filtering software to block "tens of thousands" of objectionable websites from IP addresses in China.
So why is Sudan shutting down its Internet?
Given the high cost and dubious impact, why is the Sudanese regime relying on shutting down the Internet? I believe three reasons explain that reliance.
First, the Sudanese regime is desperate. It has few places left to turn to solidify its political survival. Its military junta is already tapping financial spigots from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but that money won't last forever. The regime needs to show short-term strength to assure its backers that it is worth supporting. As a result, the junta is willing to sacrifice Sudan's long-term economic stability for short-term gain. Shutting down the Internet, like heavy violence, is part of a last-ditch strategy to break the protesters' momentum and buy time for the regime.
Second, comparatively few of Sudan's citizens use the Internet: only 31 percent of its 40 million citizens have access to it, and only 7 percent of the population use social media. That means shutting down those services doesn't hurt its economy as much as it would those of more developed economies. Moreover, its most active Internet users overlap heavily with those who are demonstrating. Individuals who will suffer most from a shutdown are the very protesters the regime is trying to quash.
Third, Sudan's security state is a victim of what social scientists call "path dependency." Disrupting the Internet is a tactic it deploys often and knows well. It doesn't have the right infrastructure to implement more sophisticated instruments of digital repression, and now is too late to shift course. Across the region, it sees many of its peers deploying the same tactics to counter government protests; 22 African countries have recorded Internet shutdowns in the last five years, from Ethiopia and Uganda to Zimbabwe. The Sudanese regime knows it is in good company when it comes to deploying this strategy. Why change?
Recent reports suggest that the protesters and the government are once again in negotiations. We can't know whether the regime will keep relying on shutdowns. But evidence suggests that the longer Sudanese authorities maintain the country's total information blackout, the higher the financial and political costs will be.
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"Elias" is the name of an author which, in the course of a complicated history of textual transmission, has become associated with some manuscripts of commentaries on Aristotle and Porphyry. Due to a certain similarity in style and content, it is generally supposed that "Elias," like "David," belonged to the school of Olympiodorus and that he lived and worked perhaps in Alexandria in the second half of the 6th century CE. However, the evidence that a Neoplatonic philosopher bearing the Christian monastic name "Elias" in fact existed is scant. In this article "Elias" refers simply to the author of the commentaries that nowadays go under this name. (See further below, section 3.)
2. Extant writings
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The 6th century witnesses at once the culmination and the demise of a long tradition of writing philosophical commentaries on the works of Plato and especially Aristotle. This tradition began in the 1st century BCE and only becomes tangible for us with the commentaries on Aristotle of Aspasius in the 2nd century CE and especially with Alexander of Aphrodisias in the early 3rd century. This exegetical tradition reached its pinnacle in the first half of the 6th century with the great works of Ammonius Hermeiou and his pupils Simplicius and John Philoponus. The latter was a Christian who, after much criticism and polemic, broke with (pagan) Neoplatonic school philosophy and turned his energy to the exegesis of biblical texts as well as the theological controversies of his day. However, because of the survival of even later commentaries attributed to philosophers with Christian names such as Elias and David, it is commonly supposed that in the later 6th century pagan philosophy was indeed still being taught in Alexandria, by Christians. In contrast to this, pagan philosophy in Athens gradually died out after the philosophical school there was closed by the Emperor Justinian in the year 529.
Three works attributed to Elias have been published, a commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge, a commentary on Aristotle's Categories (both in Commentatia in Aristotelem Graeca Vol 18) and a third highly truncated work, on Aristotle's Prior Analytics (see Westerink 1961). The author of these works may have been a pupil of Olympiodorus, and in that case it is quite possible that his commentary on the Isagoge was composed as a transcript of Olympiodorus' lectures.
In the tradition of Neoplatonic philosophical training, Porphyry's Isagoge and Aristotle's Categories were part of the standard curriculum for beginners, a practice that was well established by the 5th and 6th centuries. Like Ammonius Hermeiou before him, Elias prefaces the lectures on the Isagoge with a very general 'Introduction' to philosophy. This text belongs to the well-established genre in ancient philosophy of protreptic or exhortational literature. Elias'exhortation to philosophy consists of 12 lectures designed to serve a triple purpose: 1. to outline and define the scope of philosophy, 2. to justify the subject matter of the set of further lectures the students are about to hear, and 3. to motivate them to pursue a course in philosophy.
To some extent, Elias' introduction to philosophy brings out the individual character and temperament of the author. He was a very lively lecturer who dazzled his students with quotations and allusions of many kinds. For example, in his 12 introductory lectures, Plato is mentioned 22 times; there are 15 quotations from Homer as well as numerous scattered references to Aristotle, Plotinus, Proclus, Marinus, Hierocles, Pythagoras, Archilochus, Theognis, Herodotus, Callimachus, Demosthenes, Sophocles, Euripides, Menander, Galen and an unnamed Stoic. Moreover, Elias repeatedly emphasizes the Platonic-Neoplatonic conviction that the purpose of philosophy is the transformation or assimilation of a human being to the godhead, a genuinely Platonic ideal explicitly stated in the Theaetetus, 176A-B). Given that by the late 6th century a professor in Alexandria, or anywhere else in the Eastern empire, would address a predominantly, if not exclusively, Christian audience, these remarks give one pause, especially if one is supposed to believe that they stem from an author who himself subscribed to Christianity. For a Christian, of course, drawing near the godhead would not be the result of reading and embracing Platonic philosophy, but a blessing that depended on faith and divine grace.
In his preface to Aristotle's Categories, Elias gives a concise and admirable summary of the qualities an ideal commentator ought to have (CAG 18.1, pp. 122f. as quoted by Wilson 1983, 47):
The commentator should be both commentator and scholar at the same time. It is the task of the commentator to unravel obscurities in the text; it is the task of the scholar to judge what is true and what is false, or what is sterile and what is productive. He must not assimilate himself to the authors he expounds, like actors on the stage who put on different masks because they are imitating different characters. When expounding Aristotle he must not become an Aristotelian and say there has never been so great a philosopher, when expounding Plato he must not become a Platonist and say that there has never been a philosopher to match Plato. He must not force the text at all costs and say that the ancient author whom he is expounding is correct in every respect; instead he must repeat to himself at all times 'the author is a dear friend, but so also is truth, and when both stand before me truth is the better friend'. He must not sympathise with a philosophical school, as happened to Iamblichus, who out of sympathy for Plato is condescending in his attitude to Aristotle and will not contradict Plato in regard to the theory of ideas. He must not be hostile to a philosophical school like Alexander (of Aphrodisias). The latter, being hostile to the immortality of the intellectual part of the soul, attempts to twist in every way the remarks of Aristotle in his third book on the immortality of the soul which prove that it is immortal. The commentator must know the whole of Aristotle in order that, having first proved that Aristotle is consistent with himself, he may expound Aristotle's works by means of Aristotle's works. He must know the whole of Plato, in order to prove that Plato is consistent with himself and make the works of Aristotle an introduction to those of Plato.
The title of a recently published manuscript, dated to the 13th or 14th century, containing a Prior Analytics commentary suggests that Elias, who is named as the author of the commentary, once held the political office of prefect in the Byzantine empire, presumably before he became a professor of philosophy. In the Novellae of Justinian a prefect by the name of Elias is in fact mentioned (Novel. CLIII, dated 12 December 541; cf. Westerink 1961). Since the name Elias was rare in secular circles at the time, Westerink (1961) proposes that unless evidence to the contrary emerges, our commentator and the former prefect should be considered identical. Unfortunately, nothing else is known about a philosopher named Elias; apart from the late manuscripts of the extant commentaries we have no further evidence of the existence of a philosopher by that name. Even worse, a fairly comprehensive Byzantine list of commentators on Porphyry and Aristotle does not know of any philosopher Elias, nor does Photius (9th c. Byzantine scholar) or the Suda (10th c. encyclopedia). A look into the manuscript tradition reveals that the texts now attributed to Elias probably circulated as anonymous manuscripts for a considerable time. Given that there is nothing explicitly Christian about these works (there are no references to the Bible, but a lot of references to pagan philosophers and literary figures), and given that we find an explicit avowal of doctrines that are quite obviously at variance with Christianity (e.g. that a philosopher must strive to imitate the sun; that the world is eternal), it is possible to take a more skeptical position (cf. Wildberg 1990). The suspicion arises that the original author may not have been Christian at all, but a latter-day pagan who taught Greek philosophy to a Christian audience. In that case, the attribution of these commentaries to some "Elias" may well have been motivated by later scribes who sought to justify, by giving a monastic name to their author, the copying of what were in fact pagan philosophical texts. Alternatively, if the author was indeed the Christian retired prefect Elias, as Westerink suggests, we are invited to modify our preconceptions about the (im-)possibility of pagan discourse within the Christian culture of the Byzantine empire. In either case, the commentaries testify to the vitality and importance of pagan philosophy and learning in the mid- or late 6th century CE.
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Busse, A. 1892. "Die neuplatonischen Ausleger der Isagoge des Porphyrius." Wissenschaftliche Beilage zum Programme des Friedrichs-Gymnasiums. Berlin
Busse, A. 1900. Eliae in Porphyrii Isagogen et Aristotelis Categorias Commentaria. Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca (CAG) 18.1. Berlin.
Sorabji, R.R.K. (ed.) 1990. Aristotle Transformed. London.
Westerink, L.G. 1961. "Elias on the Prior Analytics." Mnemosyne 14: 126-39. Repr. 1980 in id. Texts and Studies in Neoplatonism and Byzantine Literature. Amsterdam, 59-72.
Westerink, L.G. 1962. Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy. Amsterdam.
Westerink, L.G. 1964. "Elias und Plotin." Byzantinische Zeitschrift 57: 26-32. Repr. 1980 in id. Texts and Studies in Neoplatonism and Byzantine Literature. Amsterdam, 93-99.
Westerink, L.G. 1990. "The Alexandrian commentators and the introductions to their commentaries." In: Sorabji (1990), 325-48.
Westerink, L.G. 1967. Pseudo-Elias (Pseudo-David), Lectures on Porphyry's Isagoge. Amsterdam.
Wildberg, C. 1990. "Three Neoplatonic Introductions to Philosophy: Ammonius, David, Elias." Hermathena 149: 33-51.
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Fresh from receiving a Best Picture nomination in the 90th Academy Awards, Univeral Pictures' timely thriller The Post is headed to Philippine cinemas on February 24, a week before the actual Oscars.
Marking their historic, first-ever on-screen collaboration, Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents.
The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers – and their very freedom – to help bring long-buried truths to light.
Throughout American history, there have been catalytic moments in which ordinary citizens must decide whether to put everything on the line–livelihoods, reputations, status, even freedom—to do what they believe to be right and necessary to protect the Constitution and defend American freedom.
With The Post, multiple-Academy-Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg excavates one such moment. The result is a high-wire drama based on the true events that unfolded when The Washington Post and The New York Times formed a pragmatic alliance in the wake of The Times' incendiary exposure of the Top Secret study that would become known to the world as the Pentagon Papers.
Though scooped by The New York Times, The Washington Post takes up the story that has brought legal threats and the power of the White House down on The Times—as huge personal stakes collide with the needs of a shocked nation to know what its government is hiding.
In the balance might hang the fate of millions, including thousands of U.S. soldiers fighting a war their government does not believe can be won. In just a few days of crisis, pioneering but inexperienced Post publisher Katharine Graham will weigh her legacy against her conscience as she gains the confidence to lead; and editor Ben Bradlee must press his team to go beyond the ordinary, knowing they could be charged with treason for carrying out their jobs.
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Beilstein ist mit rund 1500 Einwohnern der größte Ortsteil der Gemeinde Greifenstein im mittelhessischen Lahn-Dill-Kreis.

Geographie
Der Ort liegt etwa zehn Kilometer südwestlich von Herborn, 17 Kilometer nordwestlich der Kreisstadt Wetzlar und gut 80 Kilometer nördlich von Frankfurt am Main.

Er befindet sich im hessischen Teil des Westerwaldes, nahe zur Grenze nach Rheinland-Pfalz. Beilstein liegt am nördlichen Ende des Ulmbachs in einem sich weitenden Quellgebiet, dass von bewaldeten Höhenzügen umgeben wird. Der Ort liegt auf einer Höhe von etwa 370 Meter über NN.

Geschichte

Ortsgeschichte
Beilstein ist aus den drei Dörfern Beilstein, Haiern und Wallendorf zusammengewachsen, von denen letzteres bekanntermaßen bereits im Jahre 774 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt wurde.

Beilstein gehörte, zusammen mit Mengerskirchen und Nenderoth, zur Kalenberger Zent. Die Burg Beilstein ist 1129 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt und wurde um 1320 von den Grafen von Nassau ausgebaut. Am 18. Februar 1321 erwirkten sie für den Ort Stadtrechte, die aber nach dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg wieder aberkannt wurden.

1363–1561 bestand eine Linie Nassau-Beilstein des Grafengeschlechts, und 1607–1620 war Beilstein erneut Residenz einer Nebenlinie des Hauses Nassau-Dillenburg unter Georg von Nassau-Beilstein.

Das Dorf Haiern gehört erst seit 1941 zu Beilstein.

Wallendorf ist der älteste Ortsteil von Beilstein und erscheint bereits im Jahre 774 erstmals urkundlich. Hier wird im Jahre 1211 der Ritter Gerlach von Walderdorff erwähnt, Stammvater des gleichnamigen, bis heute bestehenden Adelsgeschlechts.

Hessische Gebietsreform (1970–1977)

Am 1. Januar 1977 wurde die Gemeinde Beilstein im Zuge der Gebietsreform in Hessen mit den bis dahin ebenfalls selbstständigen Gemeinden Arborn, Greifenstein, Nenderoth, Odersberg und Ulmtal zur neuen Großgemeinde zusammengeschlossen. Bereits zuvor wurden auf freiwilliger Basis die Gemeinde Rodenroth am 31. Dezember 1971 und die Gemeinde Rodenberg am 1. Juli 1972 nach Beilstein eingemeindet. Für Beilstein wurde, wie für alle ehemals eigenständigen Gemeinden von Greifenstein, ein Ortsbezirk mit Ortsbeirat und Ortsvorsteher nach der Hessischen Gemeindeordnung gebildet. Sitz der Gemeindeverwaltung blieb Beilstein.

Verwaltungsgeschichte im Überblick
Die folgende Liste zeigt die Staaten bzw. Herrschaftsgebiete und deren untergeordnete Verwaltungseinheiten, in denen Beilstein lag:

 14. Jahrhundert: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Nassau-Dillenburg, Kalenberger Zent
 1343–1561: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Nassau-Beilstein, Amt Beilstein
 1562–1606: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Nassau-Dillenburg, Amt Beilstein
 1607–1620:  Heiliges Römisches Reich, Nassau-Beilstein, Amt Beilstein
 ab 1621 Heiliges Römisches Reich, Grafschaft/ Fürstentum Nassau-Diez, Amt Beilstein
 ab 1790: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Fürstentum Nassau-Diez, Amt Driedorf
 1813–1815: Fürstentum Nassau-Oranien, Kanton Driedorf
 ab 1816: Herzogtum Nassau, Amt Herborn
 ab 1849: Herzogtum Nassau, Kreisamt Herborn
 ab 1854: Herzogtum Nassau, Amt Herborn
 ab 1867: Norddeutscher Bund, Königreich Preußen, Provinz Hessen-Nassau, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
 ab 1871: Deutsches Reich, Königreich Preußen, Provinz Hessen-Nassau, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
 ab 1918: Deutsches Reich, Freistaat Preußen, Provinz Hessen-Nassau, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
 ab 1932: Deutsches Reich, Freistaat Preußen, Provinz Hessen-Nassau, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Landkreis Dillenburg
 ab 1933: Deutsches Reich, Freistaat Preußen, Provinz Hessen-Nassau, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
 ab 1944: Deutsches Reich, Freistaat Preußen, Provinz Nassau, Dillkreis
 ab 1945: Amerikanische Besatzungszone, Groß-Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
 ab 1946: Amerikanische Besatzungszone, Land Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
 ab 1949: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Land Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
 ab 1968: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Land Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Dillkreis
 ab 1977: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Land Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gemeinde Greifenstein
 ab 1981: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Land Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gemeinde Greifenstein

Bevölkerung
Einwohnerstruktur 2011

Nach den Erhebungen des Zensus 2011 lebten am Stichtag dem 9. Mai 2011 in Beilstein 1545 Einwohner. Darunter waren 63 (4,1 %) Ausländer.
Nach dem Lebensalter waren 364 Einwohner unter 18 Jahren, 645 waren zwischen 18 und 49, 336 zwischen 50 und 64 und 300 Einwohner waren älter. Die Einwohner lebten in 636 Haushalten. Davon waren 171 Singlehaushalte, 180 Paare ohne Kinder und 204 Paare mit Kindern, sowie 69 Alleinerziehende und 9 Wohngemeinschaften. In 132 Haushalten lebten ausschließlich Senioren und in 411 Haushaltungen leben keine Senioren.

Einwohnerentwicklung

Religionszugehörigkeit

Ortsbeirat
Für den Ortsteil Beilstein gibt es einen vierköpfigen Ortsbeirat mit Ortsvorsteher. Nach den Kommunalwahlen in Hessen 2021 ist der Ortsvorsteherin Eva Dagne.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
Die wohl wichtigste Sehenswürdigkeit in Beilstein selbst ist die heute nur teilweise wieder aufgebaute Ruine der Burg Beilstein, die erstmals 1129 erwähnt wurde und nur wenige Meter über dem Ort steht. Sie ist heute ein Wohnheim für Menschen mit Behinderungen.

Weiter östlich gelegen kann die Burg Greifenstein mit ihrem Glockenmuseum besichtigt werden.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
Der Abbau von Ton und Basalt war seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts der wichtigste Wirtschaftsfaktor des Ortes. Die eher extensive Landwirtschaft hat auch in der Vergangenheit keine nennenswerte Rolle gespielt. Vor dem Senckenberg-Museum in Frankfurt stehen Basalt-Säulen aus einem der Beilsteiner Steinbrüche.

Heute befinden sich einige eher kleinere verarbeitende Betriebe in Beilstein.

Tourismus

Im Ort gibt es mehrere Gaststätten mit Fremdenzimmern.
Südlich von Beilstein befindet sich die im Tal des Ulmbachs gelegene recht kleine und nur etwa 1000 Meter lange Ulmbachtalsperre, an deren Ufer sich ein Campingplatz befindet.

Verkehr
Östlich des Ortes verläuft die Bundesautobahn 45 mit den am nächsten gelegenen Ausfahrten Herborn Süd und Ehringshausen. Im Süden befindet sich die Bundesstraße 49, im Norden die B 255. Beilstein kann durch mehrere Landstraßen erreicht werden, von denen eine nördlich um den Ort als Umgehungsstraße herumführt.

Der Ort war Endpunkt der von der an der Lahn gelegenen Kleinstadt Leun nach Norden bis Beilstein geführten Ulmtalbahn, die 1925 in erster Linie zum Abtransport des Ton und dem Basaltgestein errichtet wurde und in ihrer kurzen Bestehenszeit keinen nennenswerten Personenverkehr aufweisen konnte. Eine geplante Verlängerung der Strecke zur Westerwaldquerbahn wurde durch den Zweiten Weltkrieg nicht mehr umgesetzt. Bereits vor mehreren Jahrzehnten wurde erst der Personenverkehr (1976) und dann Ende der 1980er Jahre der Güterverkehr eingestellt. Im Laufe der 1990er Jahre wurden die Schienen komplett entfernt. Heute verläuft auf großen Teilen der Strecke ein Radwanderweg.

Die nächsten Regionalbahnhöfe befinden sich in Weilburg, Leun, Wetzlar und Herborn.

Weblinks

 Ortsteil Beilstein. In: Webauftritt der Gemeinde Greifenstein.

Anmerkungen und Einzelnachweise
Anmerkungen

Einzelnachweise

Ort im Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Geographie (Greifenstein, Hessen)
Haus Nassau
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Lahn-Dill-Kreis)
Stadtrechtsverleihung 1321
Gemeindeauflösung 1977


What Is Your Favorite Period In Art History?
Isn't art history fascinating? I remember when I first decided to go back to college and get my degree, one of the first classes I took was an art history class. Part of that dealt with the circumstance of course, but art history is neat and came up in my studies over and over again. This particular class I took was an online class because I needed to attend my old university in Tennessee virtually for a year to bring up my GPA to transfer to Texas State.
That was how I handled the process anyway. There are so many different types of artists. Typically, when it comes to art history, people generally think of painters first. But there are sculptors, artists who draw and more. There are different materials, mediums, styles and all, too. I'm not much of an artist by any stretch of the imagination, but I have enjoyed studying art history from time to time.
When I did learn about art history, the group of painters that impressed me the most was the impressionists. You're talking Monet, Manet, and the likes. I like Picasso, too, but he's an abstract artist. I like all art, but the artist matters. Take abstract art for example, as it's not really my favorite style of art. Yet there are painters like Picasso that top my list.
It was my study of Impressionist paintings that stuck with me the most, however, and I really like how they captured a scene. If I had to pick one artist and one painting that I remember the most though, it would be Picasso's 'Starry Night.' That is one of his most famous paintings, and I remember it most I suppose because I liked it and it is mentioned so often in art history books.
Edgar Degas is a popular Impressionist painter. Paul Cezanne is a painter with an interesting history. I found this upon research, as he is a name I had heard but am not familiar with. People often look at famous people and think that they just stepped onto the main stage or had an easy time getting there. Yet they were just like everyone else, and some of them have had very challenging climbs.
Everyone has a story. Some people do have it easier than others, but we all have challenges to face. In the case of Paul Cezanne, he applied to the French Academy of Fine Arts and failed the entrance exams. Now he is a very well-known artist in history. Impressionist painters represent a group of artists that were predominantly active during the 19th century, which is when this style of painting was more popular.
Who are your favorites artists? What is your favorite style of painting? Do you have a favorite artist whose craft is not painting? Art is quite fascinating, don't you think? I'm a writer, and I'm a decent piano player and think I can sing. Along those lines, you might think I could lay a decent claim to drawing or painting, but I don't even come close. I mean, my drawings look like those of a kid in kindergarten thats why I always read Circut's die cutting info on their website.
But hey, I love studying art history. Perhaps you're both an artist and a person who likes studying art history. Perhaps one day you will make art history.
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By submitting your e-mail address at the Site, you agree to receive e-mail marketing from Fat Release System and our third party advertisers. Our third party advertisers, may maintain separate e-mail lists for different purposes. If you wish to end your e-mail subscription to a particular list, you must follow the instructions contained in each e-mail correspondence that you receive from True Healthy Products LLC or the applicable third party advertiser to unsubscribe from that particular list. To unsubscribe from all Fat Release System e-mail lists, please send a letter to: True Healthy Products LLC, 2460 N Courtenay Parkway #210, Merritt Island, FL 32953 or click this link to unscubscribe now: Opt-Out/Unsubscribe. We only send e-mail marketing to individuals that have agreed to receive e-mail from True Healthy Products LLC and to individuals that have otherwise agreed, on third party websites, to receive e-mail marketing from other companies, such as True Healthy Products LLC . Fat Release System does not send unsolicited commercial e-mail. As a result, certain statutes requiring particular formatting for unsolicited commercial e-mail may not be applicable to the commercial e-mail that is sent by Fat Release System. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not send you any e-mail marketing, or allow any third party to send you e-mail marketing, from which you cannot unsubscribe.
You may choose to stop receiving future communications regarding products and services we may offer to you (see the "Opt-Out/Unsubscribe" section on all emails) or email us to unsubscribe at [email protected], however we may be required to contact you thereafter regarding any order or purchase that you may make while on this Site.
In addition, you agree that by submitting your e-mail address at the Site and/or registering for the products and/or service offered herein, such act constitutes a purchase, an inquiry and/or an application for purposes of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 CFR §310 et seq. (the "ATSR") and any applicable state and local do-not-call regulations. Notwithstanding that your telephone number may be listed on the Federal Trade Commission's Do-Not-Call List, or an applicable state do-not-call list, Fat Release System retains the right to contact you via telemarketing in accordance with the ATSR and the applicable state regulations. Moreover, by registering with, or requesting information from, a third party advertiser at or through the Site, such action shall constitute a purchase, an inquiry and/or an application with the respective third party advertiser for purposes of the ATSR and any applicable state and local do-not-call regulations and you may be contacted via e-mail, direct mail and/or telemarketing by such third party advertiser in accordance with the ATSR and the applicable state regulations.
Fat Release System does not control, and is not responsible for, the practices of our advertisers or third party marketers.
We will never disclose any credit card or other financial information to any third-party marketers or other non-governmental entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may: (a) share the fact that we have credit card information on file for specific users of the Site but we will not share your specific credit card information with such third parties without your prior informed consent; (b) share your credit card information with consumer credit agencies; and (c) disclose your credit card information and/or financial information to third party processors for the sole purpose of effectuating transactions that you enter into at the Site. We may also disclose your personally identifiable and/or financial information: (a) to a governmental entity if so ordered by a court of law, to comply with the local, state and federal laws (b) where otherwise required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Site; or (c) if we are sold or acquired.
If payment is made for any of our products and/or services by check, and such payment is subsequently dishonored by the bank from where the check is drawn, Fat Release System reserves the right to resubmit the payment electronically either directly or through a third-party payment and/or collection service. You agree that you are responsible for any and all fees pertaining to a returned payment, regardless of the reason. The Returned Check Fee is currently US$35.00 for each occurrence, and will be added to your account. Any order not paid due to returned payments after a reasonable period of time will be considered fraudulent and will be turned over either for collection and/or subsequent prosecution.
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. Fat Release System does not store this information.
Fat Release System provides its' users with the opportunity to receive special offers, products and/or services from us and other third parties. By providing your information to us during any of the Fat Release System information collection processes, you are providing affirmative consent to receive offers that we feel may be of interest to you from third parties. Furthermore, if you indicate the desire to receive certain offers, products or services from a specific vendor during the applicable information collection process, your personally identifiable information that was provided during that Fat Release System information collection process will be shared with the applicable third party so that such third party may provide their product or service to you and so that you do not have to complete another information collection form to purchase or receive that product or service.
All collected information is stored in a technically and physically secure environment. When our registration/application process prompts users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card information), and when we store and transmit such sensitive information, that information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software. While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user information off-line. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personal information. Furthermore, access to this information is strictly limited, and not accessible to the public. Our employees are dedicated to ensuring the security and privacy of all user information. Employees not adhering to our firm policies are subject to disciplinary action.
Please note that any attempt to breach the security of the network, our servers, databases or other hardware or software supporting this Site or other websites under the control of Fat Release System constitutes a crime punishable by law. We will turn over to authorities, any and all evidence relating to a potential breach of security or other abuse against the network, servers, databases or other such supporting equipment or software. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, we shall notify you in the event that we learn of an information security breach with respect to your personal information. You will be notified via e-mail in the event of such a breach. Please be advised that notice may be delayed in order to address the needs of law enforcement, determine the scope of network damage, and to engage in remedial measures.
We take special steps to safeguard the privacy of children. It is important for children to get permission from their parents before accessing or supplying any personal information to Fat Release System. We will never knowingly collect personally identifiable information from people under eighteen (18) years of age.
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Our emails contain e-mail links that allow you to contact us directly with any questions or comments that you may have. We read every message sent in and try to reply promptly to each one. This information is used to respond directly to your questions and comments.


On 12th July, 1956, the stalwarts like Mr. Ismail D. Lambat, Mr. H. Shaban, Mirza Adam Khan G, Mr. Ismail Bhimani, Mr. Shaukat Ali Syed, Mr. Ghufran Ahmed, Mr. Masud Ahmed Abbasi, Mr. Mubin Haq Siddiqui, Mr. Y.S. Shaikh and Mr. Silar Shah, founded Income Tax Practitioners' Association with the object to provide a platform to the tax consultants / professionals through which the problems and difficulties confronting by them in discharge of their professional duties are tackled so as to enable them to give expressional to their views on matters of administration of law and dispensation of justice. It was also prime object of the Association to look after, safeguard and protect the rights and privileges of the members of the Association. This Association was later on taken over by the Karachi Tax Bar Association.
The Karachi Tax Bar Association is the one of the largest Bar of the country, which has many Advocates, Professional Accountants and Tax consultants in its fold. It has a long tradition of organizing Seminars, Workshops and Conferences on taxation measures and fiscal policies.
In the last fifty years Bar has established, promoted and maintained high standard of honesty, efficiency and integrity in the conduct of professional duties so as to enhance the status, dignity, prestige and honor of the profession.
The Association is regularly printing and publishing News & Views, papers, Periodicals and Books for promotion of professional education amongst the members of the Bar in particular and citizens of the country in general.
Bar has played a very positive and vital role in formulating, suggesting and assisting the Government of Pakistan measures for creation of tax culture in Pakistan and to build the economy of the country. It is organizing the first-ever National Tax Conference in the history of Pakistan and the theme Tax Culture for Revival of Economy has been chosen for this Conference.
It is also affiliated with many National and International Associations / Organizations and establishing training academy in the near future. Bar is also encouraging its members for higher education and establishing awards, medals, and scholarships for those members with exemplary academic records.