What a welcome contribution to the growing and urgent field of peace education! Peace does not come with our DNA. To reach peace we need to teach peace, a phrase well penned by our mentor, Prof.
Any discussion of the role of Islam in the development of human thought must at the outset take note of Islam's attitude towards the human mind. It is essential to acquaint oneself with this attitude in order to have a clear overview of the tremendous scope in Islam to develop human thought in general and philosophical thought in particular. We shall, therefore, present this paper in two parts: I. The attitude of Islam towards the human mind. II. The role of Islam in the development of philosophical thought.
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Kyrgyzstan's wacky electoral races
Presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan stand out in the region in part for the sheer number of people who want to take part.
As of the last count, more than 60 people have applied to be put on the ballot for the January 10 contest, although that number will be whittled down considerably by the time the vote comes around.
Sadyr Japarov, who last week resigned from his dual posts as acting president and prime minister, is the clear frontrunner. Stepping down as acting president was a requirement in order for him to run, so that job has been taken in the meantime by his close friend, the parliamentary speaker Talant Mamytov.
His most recognizable rival is the serial presidential election loser and former lawmaker Adakhan Madumarov, who has served previously as a deputy prime minister for about a year, after the 2005 revolution. He has made two runs for the highest office, in 2011 and 2017, respectively. Last time around, he garnered a meager 6.5 percent of the vote.
Japarov and Madumarov alike are positioning themselves in a distinctly populist mode.
Before quitting his two jobs, Japarov went on a blitz tour of the regions, during which he made all manner of promises to the public.
On November 9, while visiting the Naryn region, he promised local residents that he would at some point lift current restrictions on electricity consumption. At the moment, people living in the highland city are subject to a two-tiered tariff whereby the first 1,000 kilowatt hours are heavily subsidized, but additional use is charged at 2.6 som ($0.03) per kWh. Naryn residents have said they want to see that threshold doubled.
Japarov offered a cagey pledge.
"I will say right away that the decision will not be made now, not this winter. There are proposals to lift the threshold next spring. Of course, we could do it now. But people are people. It is said that if this is done, the people will immediately switch to using electricity for heating instead of coal. And this will lead to failures at transformer substations and power lines," he said.
Madumarov also claims support from a wide swathe of the populace.
"I am a self-nominated candidate. The president of Kyrgyzstan must represent the interests of the entire people, all political strata, all social strata, and not just particular groups," he said at an October 30 press conference.
Other well-known faces in the running include Klara Sooronkulova, whose political activity has of late been focused on leading the Reforma party. The former Constitutional Chamber judge achieved prominence last year for her role in anti-corruption rallies. Although those demonstrations captured the imagination of many progressive, urban types, the crowdfunded Reforma party has had little traction. Although the now-annulled October 4 parliamentary election has been discredited as an exercise in democracy, the 1.7 percent vote tally for Reforma likely reflected the party's real electoral pull.
The firebrand activist Toktayim Umetalieva is another familiar election contestant, having taken part in the 2005, 2009 and 2017 votes. She has never made any serious impact though.
Going down the list of names yields many light-relief, would-be candidates as well.
Easily the most famous is the crackpot businessman Arstan "Alai" Abdyldayev, who ran for president in 2011 and 2017. Abdyldayev is best known for a series of bizarre public pronouncements, like the one that made him an internet sensation in 2011, when he predicted confidently, on the basis of cosmic revelations, that there would be no winter that year. He followed that up the next year with the claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "complex biorobot" who would save the world.
Not all his forecasts have been off the mark though. In mid-October 2019, Abdyldayev earned some unwanted attention from the authorities after one of his supporters held up a sign outside a government building announcing that "the season of [President Sooronbai] Jeenbekov has finished." Almost exactly one year later to the day, Jeenbekov was forced to resign under pressure from Japarov supporters.
At that time, the way prosecutors intended to silence Abdyldayev - a peculiar desire given that the businessman is at most an oddball exhibitionist - was to possibly charge him with inciting religious hatred for claiming at one stage that he was a god.
Undeterred, he made that assertion again this week.
"I have become the new God. I rule the universe, nature and humanity," he was quoted as saying. "In 2020, the time of Jeenbekov ended. Now I shall be president."
One more character running for office is Nurlan Motuyev, still known as the "Coal King" for his antics in the wake of the 2005 revolution, when he seized an important coal deposit, expelling the companies working there. That earned him criminal charges, but it didn't dampen his ambitions. In 2009, he ran in the presidential election and won less than 1 percent of the vote.
He is now probably best-known to younger Kyrgyz people for uploading footage of himself to the internet in which he performs karaoke, very badly, at home.
Babur Tolbayev is one more gift to the meme-makers aspiring to become president. The businessman, philanthropist and director of microcredit company Mol Bulak, has gained celebrity status with a faintly deranged straight-to-came video appeal during the first COVID-19 wave in which he furiously "ordered people to live." The video became a viral hit and was even adapted into songs by local artists.
There are somewhat more serious, if wholly unrealistic, candidates too. They include Eldar Abakirov, deputy economy minister from 2016 to 2019, and Kuban Choroyev, an economist and the chairman of a foundation promoting the revival of nomadic culture.
Abdil Segizbayev, who ran the State Committee for National Security from 2015 to 2018, has thrown his hat into the ring, as has former deputy Interior Minister Kursan Asanov, who is currently facing his own complicated set of legal troubles.
Multiple hopefuls list themselves only as "unemployed."
The process of elimination runs along a few lines. First, there is the money to consider. Not many may be immediately able to raise the 1 million som ($11,800) deposit. Collecting 30,000 signatures is probably even more difficult. Anybody with dual citizenship will be excluded. Candidates must also pass a Kyrgyz language test and be aged between 35 and 70 years old.
By the time these and other factors are considered, the list will be far more manageable.
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After finishing both of Vikki Vansickle's "Clarissa Delaney Books" (I don't know if she has a name for this "series" or not) I'm truly enchanted by the small town vibe she's created, the characters and am sorry to leave them behind. Clarissa is a simply delightful character. She's smart, slightly over-dramatic and loyal to a fault. The voice is hilarious and authentic and I laughed out loud a number of times – particularly during a Pizza Hut date scene which included a waitress named Melanie (so how could I not love it. She totally gets the Middle School/Junior High vibe of friends and relationships and the confusions of love. I highly recommend this book and the first one in the series, Words that Start with B. I cannot wait for the next book. I hope that there is one.
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Sovcombank is one of the largest in terms of assets and most profitable banking groups in the Russian Federation. The Group identifies market niches with limited competition and focuses on achieving and maintaining strong competitive advantages in these niches. The Group believes that a disciplined execution of this strategy enables it to maintain high profitability and excess capital through the economic cycles and to take advantage of market opportunities as they occur.
For 2014-2017, Sovcombank had average ROE of 50% and was the most profitable banking group among top-50 largest Russian banks for this period based on published IFRS accounts. The Group was the most profitable banking group in CEE by return on capital in 2016 and 2017 according to The Banker Magazine, a subsidiary of The Financial Times Ltd.
• Retail. Sovcombank provides financial services and products to predominantly low- and moderate- income customers in under-banked rural areas of the Russian Federation on a cost-efficient basis. Sovcombank operates a disruptive retail business model, which utilises low-cost retail branches cutting edge supported by Sovcombank's proprietary technology platform and by online and other sales-channels. As at 01 January 2018, the retail segment had 2,148 offices in 1,023 towns across the Russian Federation and served 3.2 million customers. Sovcombank operates the largest retail network among privately owned banks in Russia.
As of January 1, 2018, the Bank served 3 million retail customers living in 1,031 settlements through 2,148 offices. The Bank employs 11 thousand people.
• Corporate & investment Banking ("CIB"). The CIB provides financial services to the largest Russian privately- and, state-owned corporations, Russian regional governments and municipalities. Bloomberg ranked Sovcombank as the No.1 privately owned arranger of domestic bonds in Russia in 2017. The CIB enables 350 thousand micro- small- and medium-sized business participate in public procurement. In 2017, 27% of all state and municipal procurement in the Russian Federation was administrated through the Sovcombank's online platform, according to the Group's estimates based on www.zakupki.gov.ru, a governmental website that registers all public procurement auctions and tenders. In addition, in 017, the Group issued 26.6% of all bank guarantees required for state and municipal procurements in Russia.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the Kickstarted spiritual successor to Castlevania, has the latest E3 trailer along with a variety of gameplay footage. Publisher 505 games has released 14 minute of footage covering everything from enemy types, to boss battles. The gameplay videos come?due to Gematsu. Here's a simple overview of Bloodstained's story, from 505 Games.
"Oahu is the late Eighteenth century England, a period when people's lives changed dramatically while using ushering in of the economic Revolution. You will be Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's demonic curse, which happens to be slowly turning her skin to crystal. Since the curse matures, Miriam drifts into a mysterious coma and awakens decade later like a castle appears and Hell is resurrected. Now, she must happen to be the castle to hunt and kill its summoner, Gebel, battling his demons as she quest for an effective way to stop the curse."
Bloodstained is, however, created by Koji Igarashi, the dad of Castlevania. Consequently it retains many classic elements you'd expect from that franchise such as a gothic story and setting, and classic RPG elements like leveling as well as equipment system. Take evaluate all the new footage directly below, combined with E3 trailer.
Bloodstained: Ritual on the Night is presently scheduled for release between the 1st half 2018 for PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and PS Vita.
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David Lovejoy arrived in Australia in 1971, after travelling overland (mostly) from England. He helped found The Echo in 1986 and has played many roles in the newspaper's history. Now officially retired, he still occasionally fills in for sick or holidaying staff in between attending chess tournaments. He has accumulated a son, a daughter, three grandchildren and three cats. In addition to his Echo articles David has written a memoir and two historical novels. See www.pelagius.com.au for more.
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Apple's, apostrophes and onion's
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The Apostrophe Protection Society, founded in 2001, has announced its end.
Editorial – A potted history of local elections
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The election of the Byron Shire mayor and councillors on December 4 will be the ninth such poll this newspaper has covered.
Editorial: A PowerPointless presentation
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After all the sound and fury from the Nationals, the Prime Minister announced that his government would move to net zero emissions in 2050 by printing glossy pamphlets and making PowerPoint presentations.
Climate talk vs climate action
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The UN Climate Change Conference will open in Glasgow on Sunday, and Scott Morrison will be there, with the grunts, farts and oinks of the National Party ringing in his ears.
Covid Cassandra peers into the future
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As the COVID lockdowns draw to a close, there are still people who profess themselves unwilling to vaccinate under any circumstances, and who object to bearing any consequences that may arise.
Editorial: Real men don't harm others
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Standing at a public urinal in Mullumbimby last week, I found myself face-to-face with a small poster stuck to the wall: 'Real men don't wear masks'.
Editorial – Local leadership vacuum
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The delays in holding Council elections are frustrating, the more so because what we have seen during the long period since the last vote has been an experiment in governing by the zen method of no government.
Do only losers have honour?
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There's a sense in the air that a culture change may be on the way. The need for change has become abundantly clear since the notion of honour disappeared from public life.
Editorial – Fossil fools buy seats at leadership table
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Conspiracy theories abound these days. Most of them are feeble balloons that can be popped with one or two sharp facts, but a few contain some truth.
Rabbit holes distract from truth seeking
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Musings on a decaying Republic, old and new
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This is one last head-scratch about Donald Trump and the American political paroxysm before the forty-fifth president drags himself, or is dragged, away.
Mungo puts down his pen
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Why we should spare that tree
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The loss of local newspapers and what it means to the North Coast
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How dare this American billionaire destroy so many vital community assets in Australia for the sake of saving a fraction of one per cent of his fortune.
After the plague
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Brain dissection for everyone
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Whatever you do, don't mention Hitler
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It is an observation so universally acknowledged that it has its own name: Godwin's Law. It refers to the inevitability of Hitler being invoked in the course of any heated political discussion.
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ECHO India proposes partnership with state NHM
Libang releasing ECHO India's brochure in the presence of the H&FW special secretary, the NHM mission director, and delegates of ECHO India.
NAHARLAGUN, 11 Oct: A delegation of non-profit organisation Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes
(ECHO) India, which facilitates accessibility to healthcare and healthcare education throughout the country, on Tuesday submitted a proposal for partnership with the state's National Health Mission (NHM) to Health Minister Alo Libang during the latter's visit to the TRIHMS here.
The proposal is aimed at strengthening the state's healthcare system through capacity building.
ECHO India associate president Dr Sandeep Bhalla explained to the minister how the organisation's "hub and spoke model can strengthen the state's healthcare system and support the mission of health and family welfare."
Approving the proposal, Libang highlighted "the mission of health and family welfare that facilitates improvement of the health status in the state, along with people's participation," and added that "its mission also includes making healthcare facilities available."
ECHO India proposes to set up hubs in East Siang and East Kameng districts within October, the state NHM informed in a release.
The ECHO India delegation also met Health & Family Welfare Special Secretary Vivek HP, State NHM Mission Director Liyon Borang, TRIHMS Director TRIHMS Dr Moji Jini, and other officials of the health department.
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I was fortunate and privileged to have my college education funded by my parents and, 23 years ago when I started college, I knew that was a big thing. I remember watching my college roommate go off to work-study and feeling thankful that wasn't me. Then we graduated, got similar jobs at Bank of America, and shared an apartment, and she had an extra $500 a month in student loan payments that I didn't have. Fast forward to me starting the Financial Gym and I feel like all we see, day in and day out, are people trying to figure out student loans and live their best lives possible while doing so. I'm thankful to have my friend David Carlson back on the show to chat more about student loans and the book he's written to help with them, Student Loan Solution: 5 Steps to Take Control of Your Student Loans and Financial Life.
David was on the podcast three years ago, when he wrote his first book Hustle Away Debt. This is one of Shannon's favorite books and it is in the Financial Gym library. In this book, he list pages and pages of ways to make extra money.
Shannon's first side hustle was writing for David's blog, Young Adult Money, and she made $25 a post.
David recently wrote a new book called Student Loan Solution: 5 Steps to Take Control of your Student Loans and Financial Life.
David was pretty sure he wasn't going to write a second book, because of the sacrifice and time commitment. It becomes all consuming.
He wrote the first book, started his blog, and became obsessed about side hustles, because of his and his wife's student loans. The minimum payment on their 10-year loans was $1,000 a month combined.
Approximately 60 percent of college students don't know what types of loans they are getting and how interest accrues.
David and his wife started dating in college and they didn't know what they had – out of sight, out of mind. At that point they were still in the mindset of anything is possible and they expected they would get jobs making more than enough money to cover the expense.
David's wife is a therapist and she had to go back to school to get a masters degree. She just finished last May and started working full time.
David considered going back and getting an MBA and decided against it because of the cost.
The most shocking statistic is the number of people in student loan default. There are eight million borrowers who are in default, and about a quarter million new borrowers every three months go in default.
There is no way to discharge these loans in bankruptcy and there is no statute of limitations on when the federal government can collect on these loans.
It felt like the right topic for David to focus on for a second book, since paying off student loans has been a big focus in his life.
The first issue is the government has $1.5 trillion in outstanding student loan debt that has been incurred and the second is, long term, what do you do to actually affect the amount of debt being taken out.
David hasn't seen much action being taken to lower tuition and the amount of debt being taken out. It probably will not change any time soon.
The price keeps going up, because colleges can keep raising their tuition and because the supply of student loan debt keeps matching the increased prices. Every time colleges raise their tuition, lenders keep stepping in. Shannon had this conversation with Andy from Student Loan Hero on the podcast in 2015. This will stop when companies stop requiring four-year degrees and instead accept certificates or courses on certain subjects and recognize the potential of the people that apply.
Other than a handful of degrees with specific requirements, like medicine and law, you learn the skills on the job. You need basic writing, communication, and technology skills. Some degrees don't keep up with trends and the skills are learned outside of classrooms.
Shannon didn't have student loan debt, but her ex-husband was still paying off his student loans in his 30's when they got married.
Some of these student loans last 20 or 30 years and at that point you aren't even using the information you learned.
David was motivated to offset the $1,000 payment by making that amount outside of his job, so he could be more on par with his peers.
One of the bigger issues is there are some families can pay the full amount of college and others that can't and it causes a big divide in society. The cycle continues when those students have kids that go to college.
About 65% of students graduate with student loan debt.
One of Shannon's first pro bono clients had $250,000 in student loan debt and made $50,000 a year as an attorney. She said she felt unlovable and unmarriable because of all of the debt.
In the book, David talks about student loans, money mindset, relationships, and mental health.
Mental health is becoming a bigger issue with the student loan problem.
Not only do Shannon's clients worry about their student loans, they worry about their childrens' student loans. You can finance college, but you cannot finance your retirement.
Many parents who pay for their kids' college are the least able to. Many of the parent plus student loans have the least number of benefits.
Shannon interviewed a financial planner a few years ago who said paying for college 20 years ago was like buying your kids a car, and now it is like buying your kids a house.
For parents, paying for college is not something you need to succumb to. Have your kids take out the loans themselves. You can always help them pay for those loans later, if you are able to. There are other ways to help your kids after the fact, but it doesn't have to be prioritized up front.
Average student loan debt is $50,000 and it keeps going up. Most people won't pay that off in 10 to 15 years. A lot can happen in retirement, because people are living longer and medical costs are outpacing inflation.
Shannon doesn't advise paying for kids college expenses, unless parents can pay cash. She had to tell a couple to stop putting money in a 529 plan, because they had credit card debt and hadn't been able to put money away for their retirement.
There is a lot of negative press around public service loan forgiveness. A single person who makes $40,000 a year and goes into $125,000 debt needs to understand the benefit of the loan forgiveness program and how to navigate it.
Student loan refinancing makes sense for some people, as it will save thousands of dollars in some cases, but as soon as you refinance the debt, you lose all of those other federal benefits like public service loan forgiveness. Pause before you refinance and investigate your options before refinancing, because the loan will be a private loan and you will have less flexibility.
Federal loans go with you to the grave, but private loans are due upon death.
An extra percent or two of interest may be worth it for the flexibility.
Murder, treason, environmental crimes, and student loan debt default are the only crimes that don't have a statute of limitation.
It is about 16 or 17 percent to finance getting out of default on top of your private loans.
If you are not paying your federal loans, the rehab process is pretty flexible. Contact your student loan servicer and work out what you can pay. You have options.
If you already have private student loan debt, if you can get a lower rate, keep refinancing to get the percentage as low as possible.
At the Financial Gym, trainers promote a balanced financial life. What happens often is clients have an emotional tie to their student loans and want to pay them off as fast as possible and don't save up an emergency fund.
A $1,000 emergency should not be a surprise. The only surprise should be what the emergency is.
You need to build an emergency fund to avoid going into credit card debt when an emergency happens.
David recommends at least three to six months of expenses, because you never know what is going to happen. You need that flexibility.
David has seen recently that without an emergency fund, you may not be willing to take the same career risks if you did have that cash on hand. You may end up stagnating in your career and not speaking.
Having the cash in your bank account gives you more confidence to be yourself and changes how you approach your life decisions.
Student loans are a part of your financial life but they shouldn't consume your life.
You need to understand what type of loans you have, your repayment options, and the pros and cons of refinancing. Understand your debt, and the implications of it, and build a plan.
TAKEAWAY: My biggest takeaway is to remember that student loans are debt but not a death sentence. Paying them off is more like a marathon than a sprint and you will have a much more fulfilling and balanced lifestyle if you proactively manage your debt while working toward other important life goals.
What is a show you like to binge watch?
What is a food you did not like as a child and do you like it as an adult?
If you were a professional wrestler, what would be your entrance theme song?
If you'd like to get financially naked with my team, and work through your student loan situation, I hope you'll reach out to us at the Financial Gym. My trainers have literally seen it all so nothing will surprise us. We don't care how you got here, we just care about getting you where you want to go.
The great news is that Martinis and Your Money listeners get 15% off Financial Gym services. So if you're ready to manifest your dreams of tackling your student loans while also managing your mental health, head over to financialgym.com to get signed up today.


Since practically the time automobiles because commonplace, our government has enacted legislation of one form or another to protect us from intoxicated drivers. Amazingly, the first government sponsored study recommended that drivers with a BAC above 0.15 could be presumed to be intoxicated while those below could not. Over the decades, criminal defense lawyers know the legal limit has steadily been decreasing due to pressure from politicians and politically influential organization like Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Today it is 0.08 in every state.
Alberta's new drinking-and-driving legislation will follow the tire tracks of B.C. into a decidedly grey area. In so doing, it may create opposition to an initiative that will achieve its public-safety goal, but still invite criticism for targeting drivers who are not legally impaired according to the Criminal Code of Canada.
Drinking and driving is a crime that kills too many people, both bystanders and the drunks themselves, and there ought to be universal rejection of the practice. Our premier and her government should be dedicated to the eradication of this scourge. And they were in fact wise to consult with their B.C. counterparts, whose iron-fisted and open-handed legislation is being credited with a significant reduction in deaths caused by drunk driving since its enactment in September 2010. But the Redford government has to see the B.C. legislation for its unduly harsh nature – and its cash-cow element as well.
In B.C., a driver whose blood-alcohol content is measured between .05 and .08 – which is legal under the Criminal Code – can be hit with an immediate three-day licence suspension and have to pay a fine of $200, as well as a $250 fee for licence reinstatement and might also have to pay for towing and storage if his or her vehicle is seized. Being caught in this grey area a second or third time in a five-year period results in heftier financial penalties, lengthier suspensions and longer vehicle seizures.
But a 125-pound woman needs to drink only two fiveounce glasses of wine over a one-hour period to register .06, according to a Canadian Automobile Association calculator. When Redford said she wanted new legislation to change the culture around impaired driving, surely she meant to target those who drink themselves past .08, rather than the husband and wife who share a bottle of wine on an evening out for dinner.


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we have fallen into a routine sitting on the patio until dark (sometimes after–usually the mosquitos determine when we go inside).
I usually always have a cocktail or a glass of wine and we wander around the garden looking at all of the plants and flowers.
It's a very relaxing night.
(cocktail and camera in hand).
An amaryllis left over from two winters ago.
One of the flower beds behind the driveway.
This bed is really starting to come together.
It's full of plants that butterflies love.
The fence is covered in starlight jasmine, getting ready to bloom.
A few elephant ears, just starting to emerge.
Our "Katrina" rose. It's over 40 feet long.
The roses in our backyard are really looking good.
Our plan is for them to cover the entire length of the fence.
This is my absolute favorite flower bed in our yard.
I absolutely love the ferns, gerber daisies, hostas, and japanese maples.
Ooooh, I love all these pictures! BUT, that rose on the fence takes the cake. Holy moley, that thing is incredible!
Your garden is gorgeous. Seriosly, I am sending that image of your Katrina rose to our gardner as we speak to see if it would work in our backyard. It is so beautiful that I can totally understand how you'd never want to leave.


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HomeNEWSVesna Vulovich: the stewardess who survived a 10,000-meter fall from an airplane
Vesna Vulovich: the stewardess who survived a 10,000-meter fall from an airplane
History continues to be plagued with questions after 50 years
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It is about to be 51 years since an event that surprised locals and strangers, is when Vesna Vulovich became the stewardess who survived a 10,000-meter-high fall from an airplane.
Vulović was a flight attendant aboard JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367. And on January 26, 1972, he was preparing to work between the route Stockholm, in Sweden, and Belgrade, in Serbia.
It was just when they were passing by czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) when the plane exploded into three pieces.
The explosion and crash killed everyone on board. All except Vesna, who survived a fall of 33,333 feet (10,160 meters; 6.31 mi).
This is still the highest fall in which at least one person has survived without a parachute.
This flight had two stops scheduled between Stockholm and Belgrade. First it was Copenhagen in Denmark, which is where the secondary cabin crew, including Vesna, boarded the plane.
The flight never made it to the second layover in Zagreb, Croatia.
Vesna was not actually scheduled to work on Flight 367, as she revealed in a 2002 interview with Green Light.
But the airline had confused her with another flight attendant with the same name, and the plane left Denmark with Vesna, who was 23 years old at the time, on board.
At 4:01 PM, 46 minutes after takeoff, an explosion in the trunk tore the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft into three pieces.
As the cabin depressurized, passengers and other flight crew were believed to have been sucked out of the plane in sub-zero temperatures.falling and dying.
It was a terrifying scene on the snowy slope of a mountain near Srbská Kamenice, but among all that destruction the cries of pain of a woman who was miraculously still alive were heard.
It was Vesna. A neighbor of the place, named Zdenjo Kubic, He said that it is a day that he would never forget.
"I was at home and after five in the afternoon I went outside to adjust the TV antenna and I heard a plane go by, which is normal because we are in an air corridor here, so I didn't give it much importance. Suddenly I heard a muffled thump, instinctively opened my eyes, looked up at the sky and saw a plane going down. And then I heard the impact on the ground, the sound was like bags falling.
The only certain thing was that Vesna was alive and that her popularity had made her quite a celebrity. Upon her return from Prague to Belgrade, Tito received her with honors, already like a true heroine. national of Yugoslavia
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The Politics of Identity
Solidarity Building among America's Working Poor
Erin E. O'Brien - Author
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Makes the surprising claim that identity politics can facilitate rather than undermine worker solidarity.
Conventional wisdom believes that solidarity among the working poor is rare in the United States and identity politics shoulders a large portion of the blame. The Politics of Identity offers a fresh take on solidarity building and identity among America's working poor by placing workers' voices center stage through the use of fieldwork and in-depth interviews. The book provides the first empirical assessment of long-standing theoretical debates over the effect of identity politics for developing additional solidarities that is politically relevant, theoretically rich, and highly readable.
"…the author's clarity, incisiveness and use of methodological rigor results in a book that makes an important contribution to our understanding of how America's working poor perceive themselves, and the implications these perceptions could have for social action and policy." — Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
"…The Politics of Identity … focuses on the author's extensive research and fieldwork in the service industry, but the information learned can be easily applied to a number of organizing situations and other categories of workers." — Labor Studies Journal
"O'Brien successfully cracks the long-held understanding that identity politics precludes worker solidarity." — Journal of Politics
"Erin O'Brien's The Politics of Identity pushes past the settled oppositions to show how a politics of identities can mobilize, rather than undermine, collective action by workers. Drawing upon vivid worker portraits from extensive fieldwork, the author details in highly readable prose how we need to think more creatively if workers are to contest the indignities of the low-wage economy unfolding before us. Here is a book that lays the groundwork for renewed hope and optimism in an era of worker discontent." — Sanford F. Schram, author of Welfare Discipline: Discourse, Governance, and Globalization
Erin E. O'Brien is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
List of Tables and Figure
PART I. IDENTITY AND SOLIDARITY: EXISTING PATTERNS AND NEW POSSIBILITIES
2. Identity among the Working Poor: Possibilities in Familiar Patterns
PART I I. COALITIONAL WORKER SOLIDARITY: CONNECTING AS MEMBERS OF DISTINCT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS
3. "They're a Lot Like Us": Understanding Coalitional Solidarity, Developing It, and the Role of Associational Identity Politics
4. "Hey, It's Not My Fault": Barriers to Coalitional Solidarity and the Non-Role of Associational Identity Politics
PART III. COLLECTIVE SOLIDARITY: THE WORKING POOR CONNECTING ALONG A SHARED IDENTITY
5. "I Got Workers' Backs": Uncovering Collective Worker Solidarity, Developing It, and the Role of Associational Identity Politics
6. "Being a Worker Doesn't Mean a Thing to Me": The How and Why of Rejecting Collective Worker Solidarity
PART IV. IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY CHANGE AND ACTIVISM
Introduction to Part Four
"It's Time for Us to Really Do Something": Key Points for Moving Everyday Feelings Surrounding Solidarity into Policy Change and Activism
7. "It Could Get Political": Everyday Uses of Collective Solidarity and Identity Politics for Policy Change and Activism
8. "I Would Go toward the Goal They're Trying to Reach": Everyday Uses of Coalitional Solidarity and Identity Politics for Policy Change and Activism
Appendix A Glossary of Key Terms
Appendix B Sample's Demographic Characteristics
Appendix C Interview Schedule
Appendix D Research Design and Methodology
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Hair Loss and the British Royal Family
The recent birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's first child is placing the couple back in the spotlight, and with it, mentions of Prince Harry's hair loss. For a time, it looked like the younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana might have avoided the hair loss that affects other male members of the royal family, but photos from his 2018 wedding revealed a thinning spot in the back of his crown area.
Popular belief claims that the mother's genes carry genetic male hair loss traits yet the history of hairlines in the British royal family seems to dispute that. Queen Victoria was the first British monarch to be photographed so tracing the history of hair loss prior to that is inconclusive because vain rulers had portraits painted that were more flattering than accurate.
Hair Loss in Victoria's Descendants
In the early generations of Queen Victoria's House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was later renamed House of Windsor, photographic evidence of hair loss varied. Photos of Queen Victoria's son, King Edward VII, showed classic androgenetic alopecia, the medical term for male pattern hair loss, where he lost the hair on the top of his head but kept it on the sides and back.
However, his son, King George V, retained most of his hair. Though hairline receded noticeably above both temples his son, King George VI, had a full head of hair when he died at age 56. The front of his hairline might have moved up slightly but in comparison to his father, George VI's hairline seemed normal and was substantial in comparison to his grandfather's hair.
That part of the family seems to support the idea that the mother's genes affect a son's hair retention or loss. Edward VII could have gotten the hair loss tendency from his mother, Queen Victoria. His son George V's improved hair pattern could be due to the genes of his mother, Alexandra of Denmark. George VI's normal hair could be due to genes from his mother, Mary of Teck. The theory becomes murky after that.
Prince Philip's Hair Loss and Beyond
George VI's eldest daughter became the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Since her maternal grandfather, Claude Bowes-Lyon, and maternal uncles, like Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Captain Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon, seemed to have minimal receding hairlines at the worst, it would be reasonable to think that the queen's children would have the same. Instead photos show that the men's hair loss issues in the royal family have become consistent and prevalent after Queen Elizabeth II's marriage to Prince Philip.
The queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, has classic androgenetic alopecia with only wisps of hair on the top of his head. His older brothers, Prince Andrew and heir to the throne Prince Charles, have maintained more hair on the top of their heads, but it's noticeably thin with a substantial receding hairline. Interestingly this matches their father's family instead of their mother's family.
The queen's husband, Prince Philip, also suffers from androgenetic alopecia and has lost hair on the top of his head. This is a consistent trend in his family with Prince Philip's father, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, his grandfather, King George I of Greece and his great-grandfather, King Christian IX of Denmark, all showing evidence of classic androgenetic alopecia.
When Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer that should have brought in better hair genetics according to the maternal gene theory for hair loss. Princess Diana's brother, Charles, the Earl of Spencer, has a thick head of hair with just a slight recession above one temple. Despite that, Prince William started losing his hair in his twenties and appears to be following his Uncle Edward's hair loss pattern rather than his maternal uncle's. Prince Harry's hair loss began later than his brother's but is increasing.
The truth is that while the dominant hair loss gene is carried in the X chromosome, men with a bald father are more likely to lose their hair than those with fathers who retained their hair. Based on that, the hair loss pattern from Princes William and Harry back through their father and uncles, grandfather Prince Philip and his ancestors makes perfect sense.
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My ESL students often tell me that they try to improve their listening skills by watching full-length movies, but my response is that sitting in front of a screen for a couple of hours with popcorn and a drink is one of the most passive methods of learning a language. Yes, you can pick up things, but there is no time to stop and process the content, and the language is just dumped on your with out providing students with a systematic method of learning.
For that reason, I have created my own series of short videos on the topics of language and culture. These aren't meant to take the place of other movies, but to give you the option of learning from shorter, concise videos on specific topics.
College Textbooks: Rent or Buy?
These days, it is really unbelievable the price you have to pay for one single textbook, and it seems that authors and writers churn out a new edition every other week. It's not uncommon for a book to be in its 12th edition, and yet the material in the book is almost the same. I mean, couldn't the author simply have a Web site where students could download a couple of pages with any minor revisions?
Then, with the change in textbooks, you often can't sell them back to the books store or other students.


Dashboard Confessional is an emo group started in 2000, by Chris Carrabba in Boca Raton, Florida, as a side project from his band Further Seems Forever.
Chris recorded his first album, The Swiss Army Romance, in 2000. The following year, he recorded Further Seems Forever's debut album The Moon Is Down. However, he left the band soon after the album's release, instead recording and releasing his sophomore album The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, as well as a follow-up EP titled So Impossible.
By 2002, three other musicians had joined the band, including former Further Seems Forever band mate Jerry Castellanos and started the process of recording the band's next album. After the success of his second album, Carrabba was asked to perform on MTV Unplugged, and the subsequent release marked the first time many of the songs were recorded with a full band.
Also in 2002, the music video for "Screaming Infidelities" won the coveted MTV2 award at the MTV Video Music Awards, beating out Norah Jones, The Strokes, The Hives, Nappy Roots and Musiq. This video starred Chris in both the performance and the storyline. The video was directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry.
In 2003, the band released its third album A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. Peaking at #2 on the United States Billboard charts, the album proved to be the band's most commercially-viable album yet. In the summer of 2004, Dashboard Confessional recorded the song "Vindicated" for the film Spider-Man 2. The song was featured on the soundtrack and played over the film's end credits. Because of this, the band gained a sizable audience for their next release the following summer.
In May of 2005, Dashboard Confessional entered the studio to record their fourth album with acclaimed producer, Daniel Lanois. The album was released on June 27, 2006; its first single was "Don't Wait". Following the release of Dusk and Summer, Dashboard Confessional went on a summer tour of the U.S. with special guests Say Anything and Ben Lee, followed by a co-headlining arena tour with alternative rock band Brand New.
In 2007, the band released its follow-up to Dusk and Summer, The Shade of Poison Trees.
During an interview with Billboard posted on September 11, 2007, Carrabba stated that he is 14 tracks into what would be the band's sixth studio album. He is also unsure about when it would be recorded, but plans to have 30 tracks to draw from. It may be a concept album: "only with the last three has it become, like, 'All right, these have a continuity and there's something going on,' so I'm excited to see where that leads".
The album, titled 'Alter The Ending', was released November 10 2009 (US). A two disc version of the album is available. In this edition, the first disc consists of full band workings of the twelve tracks while the second disc features acoustic versions akin to the first two Dashboard Confessional albums.


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For the first time in decades, Kentucky officials are considering a plan to update its judicial circuits and districts. Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. announced the proposed Judicial Redistricting Plan on Dec. 20, 2016. The Kentucky legislature will consider the plan during the 2017 General Assembly.
The Judicial Redistricting Plan will take effect in 2022, when all Circuit Court, Family Court and District Court judges are on the ballot.
Move a limited number of counties from one jurisdiction to another.
Combine circuits and districts that are currently different and reduce the number of circuits by one, from 57 to 56.
Bring Family Court to all but 10 jurisdictions.
Reallocate existing resources by moving judges from circuits with lower workloads to areas of greater need.
Calculate the appropriate number of judges by using a 1.4 implied judicial need as the cutoff to determine where more than one judge is needed.
Kentucky's judicial circuits and districts have remained largely unchanged since the passage of the Judicial Article, which created Kentucky's modern court system in 1976. Since that time, the commonwealth has seen significant changes in caseload and population.
The goal of redistricting is to ensure that Kentucky's judicial resources are allocated appropriately. That means adding resources in jurisdictions with heavy caseloads and reducing resources in jurisdictions with lighter caseloads.
The Judicial Redistricting Plan has been nearly three years in the making. The process began in 2014 when the General Assembly included language in the Judicial Branch budget bill requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to complete a judicial workload assessment study as the basis for a redistricting plan. Chief Justice Minton asked the legislature to include that language as support for an evidence-based approach to redrawing circuit and district boundaries.
Unlike redistricting for legislative boundaries, judicial redistricting cannot be accomplished by making changes based solely on population. The judicial process is more difficult because it impacts commonwealth's attorneys as well as judges and it is the type of caseload – not population – that ultimately determines the workloads of circuit, family and district judges.
The AOC's first step was to engage the National Center for State Courts to measure judges' workloads statewide through what was likely the first Judicial Time Study ever conducted in Kentucky.
For four weeks in the spring of 2015, circuit, family and district judges logged how they spent their time handling cases and taking care of judicial duties outside of court. Despite the burdensome task of recording every minute of every workday for a month, 95 percent of judges participated.
This exercise provided the number of minutes it takes to complete specific tasks at each level of the court system. Using this data, the NCSC compiled a time study report that included case weights and measured workloads for each phase of a case and its jurisdiction. These case weights were then put into a formula to get the implied judicial need for each jurisdiction.
The AOC and NCSC followed up the Judicial Time Study with site visits to circuit, family and district judges in several jurisdictions. The site visits helped identify challenges that judges face in handling different types of cases and variations in trial court work across the state. Smaller "Delphi" groups of circuit, family and district judges also reviewed the data for accuracy. That process took about 18 months and provided the first critical information – weighted caseloads and implied judicial needs.
The Family Court in Lincoln, Pulaski and Rockcastle counties shows the importance of using a weighted caseload system to measure the need for judges. While it has long been known that the Family Court judge in that circuit has the highest caseload in the state, the judicial time study data made it possible to determine that the implied judicial need for that Family Court is 2.18. That means the one Family Court judge in that circuit is currently doing the work of 2.18 family judges.
Conversely, in other areas across the state there are two judges where there is an implied judicial need of fewer than one. The Judicial Redistricting Plan attempts to correct the imbalance in jurisdictions that are significantly under-judged and over-judged.
The data on weighted caseloads and implied judicial needs was evaluated by the Kentucky Judicial Workload Assessment Committee, a group created by Chief Justice Minton to work closely with the NCSC on this project. The JWAC is comprised of judges from all four levels of the court system, circuit court clerks, commonwealth's attorneys and legislators from throughout the state.
The NCSC compiled the weighted caseload information and implied judicial needs into a report that was vetted by the JWAC members and the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Minton presented the Interim Report of the Kentucky Judicial Workload Assessment to the legislature in February 2016.
The second phase of the project required redrawing circuit and district boundary lines and reallocating judicial resources using the data collected from judges statewide. JWAC members have met three times since May 2016 to discuss and review various redistricting plans. At the committee's last meeting in October 2016, the members voted on a plan that was then submitted to the Supreme Court of Kentucky. In early December 2016, the Supreme Court justices approved a plan based on the one recommended by the JWAC. Chief Justice Minton announced that plan on Dec. 20, 2016. The Judicial Redistricting Plan will be formally presented to the legislature in early 2017.