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Vivo has finally launched the Vivo V15 and V15 PRO with a full-screen display, big RAM and internal storage, great design, super AI triple camera at the rear and a pop-up camera for selfie.
VIVO V15 AND V15 PRO DESIGN AND DISPLAY
VIVO V15 and V15 PRO is designed to fit into the palm and catch the eyes, and offer a cinematic viewing experience. VIVO V15 and V15 PRO have a spectrum ripple design with a 3D curve back making it look more premium than VIVO NEX.
The device has thin bezels to the top, right, left and a small screen chin to the bottom. Both devices are coming into the market in a stylish color gradient; an eye-catching blue and black hues and deluxe black and red.
VIVO V15 display occupies up to 87% of the screen, featuring a 6.53" inches IPS LCD display with 2340 x 1080p display resolution resulting in ~395 PPI density, a fifth-generation 2.5D Corning gorilla glass to create a vivid and real-time viewing experience and also protect the display from scratches and dust.
V15 PRO features a 6.39" inches Super AMOLED display with a screen to body ratio of 84%, 19.5:9 aspect ratio and 2316 x 1080p resolution resulting in ~404 PPI density. It has a 2.5D glass covering the display to give it that look with a curve edge and this is without display protection.
VIVO V15 and V15 PRO CAMERA
The devices are camera-centric phones. Both devices are equipped with triple rear camera design which is AI oriented. V15 bags a 28MP primary camera with an f/1.78 large aperture, 1/2.8-inch sensor and a double pixel focusing.
The primary camera is accompanied by an 8MP AI wide-angle camera with f/2.2 aperture and a 5MP depth camera for blurring background with f/2.4 aperture.
The VIVO V15 PRO sports a 48MP primary lens with F/1.8 wide aperture, plus an 8MP AI wide-angle camera with f/2.2 aperture, and a 5MP depth camera for blurring background with f/2.4 aperture and the night shots on VIVO is awesome with AI.
VIVO V15 and V15 PRO front camera are equipped with a 32MP camera lens with features like AI face beauty, AI lightening effects and etc.
Talking about the AI main function, well, the AI integrated into the camera software helps shape the body on both devices. The AI body shaping grants the re-shaping of the body parts like the waist, head, shoulders, legs and etc.
VIVO V15 and V15 PRO PERFORMANCE AND OS
VIVO V15 and V15 PRO are both powered by a powerful processor. V15 is powered by a flagship chipset; the MTK Helio P70 which is also found on the recently launched ELEPHONE U2 with massive specs and a pop-up camera just like the VIVO V15 and V15 PRO.
The processor is an Octa-core with a clocked speed of 2.1GHz and is further assisted with a 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage for operating the device seamlessly and the internal storage can be further expanded up to 256GB using a memory card.
VIVO V15 PRO is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 675AIE octa-core processor which delivers premium performance. We have a 6GB/8GB RAM model of the V15 PRO with 128GB internal memory which can be further expanded using an SD card up to 256GB.
Both devices run on Funtouch OS v9.0 based on Android 9.0 Pie and the device is said to receive an update of the Android Q which is coming soon.
Now to the power; we have a 4,000mAh non-removable battery capacity with a fast charging technology (Dual engine fast charge tech) on the V15, while the V15 PRO is powered by a 3,700mAh battery capacity with same fast charging tech.
why do they have to make the battery of the V15 larger than the V15 PRO is probably a market strategy, fans either go for the camera, processor or for the power, very wise?
VIVO V15 is designed with the traditional fingerprint style located at the back, while the V15 PRO features an in-display fingerprint sensor. Both devices are equipped with Bluetooth v5.0 and they support the following connectivity features: OTG, GPS, FM, and Wi-Fi with 2.4GHz/5GHz with 4G LTE.
Sensors include: Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, e-compass, gyroscope and fingerprint sensor.
VIVO V15 and V15 PRO PRICE IN NIGERIA
V15 is sold for 110,000 naira ($315) while the V15 PRO goes for 163,000 naira ($467) which is way too expensive, to be honest.
The Elephone U2 has quite the same specs and super in design and camera than the V15, yet it cheaper.
2 thoughts on "Vivo V15 and V15 pro review: is it still worth it?"
Akingbade Omosebi says:
Compared the performance of both the devices, and I think Vivo V15 is better than its pro version. The processor of both phones differ in their work and intent is that Snapdragon, used in Vivo V15 pro, is losing its credibility time to time and we have MediaTek Helio P70 which is quite reliable.
you have a point


Everyone laughs off facial lacerations and chalk up the injury to non-use of a seat belt. seat belts don't always help to prevent partition injury, in the rear seat... and never in the front seat. When will this end???
cab services are now in demand in several countries especially in US and most of the taxi services have good offer to help their clients.


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Workers Party (, Rabotnička partija) was a leftist political party in the Republic of Macedonia. It was established in June 1990. First president of the party was Krste Jankovski.

The RP took part in all of the elections in the 1990s. In the 1998 parliamentary elections, the RP had presented a list with 35 candidates, headed by Đuro Keškec. The party received 1,528 votes (0.14%).

Political parties established in 1990
Defunct political parties in North Macedonia
Political parties in Yugoslavia
Left-wing parties
Socialist parties in North Macedonia

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This little one had a terrific day full of fun with his friends and family. His party was complete with every Halloween decorations you could thinks as well as a gigantic bounce house. A great time was had by all who came. Happy Birthday sweet Tristan!


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Marcus Jehner (* 16. April 1969 in Bad Nauheim) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Eishockeyspieler und heutiger Trainer im Amateurbereich des EC Bad Nauheim.

Karriere
Marcus Jehner spielte zwischen 1987 und 1995 für den EC Bad Nauheim, mit dem er 1990 aus der 2. Bundesliga abstieg. Bereits in der folgenden Spielzeit konnte der Angreifer allerdings die direkte Rückkehr der Hessen in die zweite Liga feiern. Auch nach Gründung der Deutschen Eishockey Liga 1994 stand Jehner in deren neuen Unterbau, der 1. Liga, für den EC auf dem Eis, beendete seine Karriere allerdings im Jahr 1995.

2004 entschloss sich Marcus Jehner zu einer Rückkehr aufs Eis, um dem Bad Nauheimer Eishockey beim Wiederaufstieg in den Profibereich zu helfen. Bei insgesamt 20 Spielen in der Regionalliga-Saison 2004/05 war der 1,85 m große und 85 kg schwere Stürmer mit 11 Toren und 41 Assists maßgeblich am sofortigen Wiederaufstieg der Roten Teufel in die Oberliga beteiligt.
Seit 2004 ist er als Trainer in Bad Nauheim tätig. In der Saison 2005/06 stieg er mit der Schülermannschaft in die Schüler-Bundesliga Nord auf. Ab der Saison 2007/08 übernahm er die Jugendmannschaft des ECBN in der Jugendbundesliga. In der Saison 2008/09 erreichte er mit der Jugendmannschaft erstmals die Endrunde um die deutsche Meisterschaft, bei den der ECBN den 3. Platz belegte. Die Saison 2009/10 wurde ebenfalls auf dem 3. Platz um die deutsche Meisterschaft beendet. Nachdem der ECBN in der Saison 2011/12 die Vize-Deutsche Meisterschaft erreicht hatte, übernahm Jehner zur Saison 2012/13 die Juniorenmannschaft des EC Bad Nauheim. Mit diesen gewann er 2012/13 die deutsche Meisterschaft der Junioren.

Parallel zu den Junioren übernahm er 2012 auch das Traineramt der 1b-Mannschaft des Vereins, mit der er den Aufstieg in die Regionalliga West schaffte. Bis zur Saison 2015/16 trainierte er die 1B Mannschaft in der Regionalliga West. Ab der Saison 2016/17 war er als Trainer der U11-Mannschaft tätig, 2019 übernahm er die U13-Mannschaft des Vereins.

Ab der Oberliga-Saison 2007/08 war er als Co-Trainer der Profimannschaft unter Fred Caroll tätig. In der Saison 2011/12 war er auch mehrere Monate Cheftrainer des Teams, da Fred Caroll krankheitsbedingt ausfiel. Den größten Erfolg feierten beide im Jahr 2008/09 mit der Vize-Oberliga Meisterschaft.

Als Frank Carnevale von 2012 bis 2014 in Bad Nauheim die Oberligamannschaft leitete, war Jehner ebenfalls Co-Trainer des Teams. In der Saison 2012/13 schaffte der ECBN den Aufstieg in DEL2. Im ersten DEL2-Jahr unter Petri Kujala war er weiterhin Co-Trainer.

Karrierestatistik

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Eishockeyspieler (EC Bad Nauheim)
Eishockeytrainer (EC Bad Nauheim)
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Mann
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Justin Bieber spotted with IV in arm, raises concerns about his health
September 20, 2019 | 10:19am
Justin Bieber leaving a medical center in Los Angeles
GICE, EDPI
VICE, EDPI, GEVA
GEVA, EDPI, VICE
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"Yeah, I didn't know there was a word for it,"...
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Justin Bieber is sporting a new arm accessory lately — an IV bag.
The "I Don't Care" singer was spotted walking around Los Angeles this week with an IV attached to his arm, which caused fans to become concerned about the 25-year-old's overall health.
"Why is Justin walking around LA with in IV attached to his arm? @justinbieber please let me know if you're ok…im so worried about you. is this chemotherapy? I really hope im wrong," one person tweeted.
Bieber's reps did not respond to Page Six's requests for comment, but IVDRIPS CEO Bracha Banayan — who did not treat the singer — shared why fans should not be too worried.
"If it was a serious health condition, he probably wouldn't be walking around with it," the New York-based nurse practitioner told us. "If he was in a critical condition, he'd be in a monitored setting."
She added, "Nowadays people get IV therapy just for health and wellness benefits. It's super trendy. Maybe he's just trying to get rid of last night's hangover."
Other celebrities, including Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, and "Real Housewives of New York City" star Luann de Lesseps have been known to use intravenous therapy to help boost their immune system.
Bieber has been open about his mental health struggles, and Banayan said IV vitamin infusions can also indirectly help one's overall mental state.
"It's not necessarily treating the mental health, but since taking care of yourself is so crucial to having a healthy lifestyle, this is another way of boosting your wellness," Banayan explained. "Even if you're taking all of your medication, you still have to hydrate and take care of yourself properly."
Typically an IV is administered at home or at a wellness center, meaning Bieber's portable bag is "not common," but Banayan added, "I'm assuming that anyone who put it in his arm is a health care provider and that it's being monitored."
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Krewe of Nyx responds after New Orleans denies plans for summer parade
"Their request has been denied, and the event will not proceed," New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced late Monday.
Author: WWL Staff
Published: 10:26 PM CDT June 3, 2019
Updated: 7:53 AM CDT June 4, 2019
NEW ORLEANS — What would have been the first summertime parade for the Mystic Krewe of Nyx has been nixed.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced late Monday that the parade request from the all-female crew was denied because it would demand public safety resources in the middle of hurricane season.
"While I have the utmost respect for what Nyx has achieved as an all-women's Carnival krewe, and I applaud them for their commitment to our children and our community —unfortunately, I cannot support the addition of a summer parade.," a statement from Cantrell's office said.
Cantrell added that leadership at the New Orleans Police Department was not comfortable with the strain that a summertime parade would have on resources.
"Their request has been denied, and the event will not proceed," Cantrell's statement said.
Krewe of Nyx captain Julie Lea said that the organization strongly disagrees with Cantrell's decision but respectfully accepts it.
"We had no intention of straining the city's public safety resources and understood that the costs of city services were up to us," Lea said."We chose a weekend where no other events were occurring in town, to purposely not tax city resources unnecessarily."
Lea added that the krewe's commitment to New Orleans remains steadfast.
"I can't adequately explain my disappointment, but like strong women do, we stand up again and again," Lea said. "Nyx will always strive to break glass ceilings and do big things for the city we love."
Last month, the Mystic Krewe of Nyx announced that it planned to roll down a new route on July 27 for its first summer parade. The krewe announced that it was planning on throwing bejeweled plastic beach shovels as its signature throw for the 1970s-themed parade.
RELATED: Mystic Krewe of Nyx announces new summer parade


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Pak ISPR Births Khalistan Bogey, Indian Media Takes Bait: Report
Social media 'influencers' affiliated to Inter Services Public Relations pushed the narrative, the report mentions.
Sonal Gupta
Published: 19 Jan 2021, 8:46 PM IST
A report by the DisinfoLab, a research organisation on fake news and propaganda, finds that the Khalistan connection to the ongoing farmers' protest was conspired by Pakistani elements and was unquestioningly picked up by Indian social media users and certain mainstream media organisations.
The claim was also put forth in the Supreme Court on 12 January by Attorney General KK Venugopal, who claimed that "Khalistanis have infiltrated" the farmers' protests. He also assured the bench that the government would be submitting an affidavit based on inputs from the Intelligence Bureau.
The protesting farmer unions have retorted that 'this is nothing but an attempt to malign the protests,' accusing the Centre of harassing those supporting the protest with the help of the National Investigative Agency.
But where did the Khalistani connection to the farmers protest come from?
Khalistanis Backing Protest, Says Govt. It Needs a History Lesson
Sowing the Seeds of Conspiracy
According to DisinfoLab's report, this narrative was built by Pakistan and pushed by social media 'influencers' affiliated to the Inter Services Public Relations, the media and PR wing of Pakistan Armed Forces.
On 15 August 2020, Veena Malik, "a major ISPR influencer," according to the report, posted a picture of a man holding up a pro-Khalistan banner, while referring to 'Sikh Farmers.'
You can view an archived version here.
(Photo: Twitter/Screenshot)
Despite the fact that the image was old and unrelated to the farmers' protest, the report finds that Malik's tweet was shared mostly by Twitter handles supporting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
It was then picked up by Indian social media users and went viral in December, with the false claim that it is from the ongoing farmers' protest.
The Quint's WebQoof team found that the image was actually from 2013, when radical activists from Sikh organisations had gathered at Amritsar's Golden Temple, holding placards in support of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale for the 29th anniversary of Operation Bluestar.
Indian Social Media Users Fall for False Narrative
Several such videos and images of pro-Khalistani groups in the United States and United Kingdom were revived on social media, falsely linking them to the farmers' protest.
UK Desis Back Indian Farmers: Will Khalistan Bogey Cause Tension?
The image below was shared as a farmer insulting the national flag, but the image could be traced back to 2013 on a blog, run by the pro-Khalistan group, Dal Khalsa (UK), which claimed that the image showed Manmohan Singh Khalsa, the founder of the group protesting against "Indian Oppression and Occupation."
(Photo: Facebook/Screenshot)
The Quint's WebQoof team has debunked several such claims that seek to falsely strengthen the Khalistani narrative around the farmers' protest, which can be read here, here and here.
The DisinfoLab report analysed the tweets from as early as September and found that the accounts which initially started raising alarm over Khalistani infiltration of the farmers protest, were found to be "right-wing supporters."
BJP Leaders Push Khalistani Narrative
On 27 November, a day after the farmers had camped at the Delhi borders, Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, a spokesperson of the BJP, tweeted that pro-Khalistani slogans were raised at the protest, and concluded that the farmers' protest had been hijacked. The tweet had over 43,000 likes and 8,200 retweets at the time of writing this article.
On the same day, another BJP spokesperson and IT cell chief, Amit Malviya, tweeted a video of a Sikh man who can be heard saying, 'Indra thok di, ' prompting mainstream media like ZeeNews to run a segment debating whether Khalistani sympathisers had taken over the protest.
Farmers Protesting Agri Laws Refuse to Call Off Republic Day Rally
Malviya was also called out by multiple fact-checkers on 1 December, including The Quint's WebQoof team, for tweeting a clipped version of a longer video which showed the policemen baton-charging the farmers. Twitter had also labelled his tweet as 'manipulated media.'
Social media users also targeted Muslims for 'hijacking' the farmers protest. Among many, members of the BJP, like Abhimanyu Tyagi, State Secretary BJP Delhi (Youth) BJYM, Shalabh Mani Tripathi, the information advisor to UP CM Yogi Adityanath and BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted an image of Nazeer Mohammed, an electrician in Punjab, falsely accusing him of disguising as a Sikh to take part in the protest.
The claim was also debunked by fact-checking website, BOOM, who found that Nazeer had not been a part of the protests and wore a turban because wearing a helmet while working hindered his vision.
The report also found that 'prominent RW handles' to call the protests 'Khalistani' without any evidence include Zeenat Rana, State Executive Member of BJP Chandigarh IT Cell, Harshad Prajapati, in-charge of the IT & Social Media of BJP, Mehsan and Swapnil Kamal Rani Varun, former Cabinet Minister in UP (account is operated by family).
Not just on social media, BJP party leaders contributed to the narrative in the mainstream media. Haryana's Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar claimed on 28 November that he had inputs of Khalistani elements in the protest.
Farmers' Agitation: Are India's Protestors the 'New Opposition'?
BJP national general secretary and Uttarakhand state unit in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam also made a similar claim the next day, citing videos doing the rounds on social media as 'proof,' the Hindustan Times reported.
Malviya again stepped in on 30 November, accusing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of wanting to "burn down Delhi," now that "Khalistanis and Maoists have stepped in to oppose" the farm laws.
However, Home Minister Amit Shah maintains that the farmers protest are not 'political' and he would 'never say it.' Similarly, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had also disapproved of those calling the farmers 'Naxals' or 'Khalistani,' when asked that members of his own party were making such allegations.
Digging-In to The Past
Prominent actors like Deep Sidhu and Diljit Singh Dosanjh had expressed their support to the farmers protest.
Sidhu became involved with one of the most important protest sites at Shambhu Barrier in Punjab's Patiala district. While his political ambitions are not as clear, he has maintained an independent view arguing that "concessions are not enough, the power equation has to change."
Similarly, Dosanjh also joined the farmers' protest at Delhi's Singhu border, after engaging in a drawn-out Twitter war with actress Kangana Ranaut over the intentions of the protesting farmers.
However, right-wing website OpIndia was quick to dig into the pasts of both Sidhu and Dosanjh, to label them as Khalistani sympathisers.
However, the actors have refuted these allegations.
In a report by The Print, Sidhu stated that "Nobody is talking about Khalistan in this protest. Yes, this issue cropped up and it keeps cropping up in Punjab." He went on to say that he had to "handle the situation," when some Khalistan supporters raised slogans at the Shambhu border.
Dosanjh had also stated that he is an Indian taxpayer, "who has always stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the country and Punjab in time of need " when a Congress MP had demanded a FIR against the actor and singer, in June 2020 for supporting Khalistan.
Centre Postpones 10th Round of Talks with Farmer Leaders to 20 Jan
The mainstream media has been party to sowing the seeds of doubt.
Zee News has repeatedly claimed that Khalistan supporters have hijacked the protests. Aaj Tak and India Today have also put forth similar claims, while Republic Bharat and Times Now reported on protests in the US in support of farmers as proof of 'Khalistani infiltration.'
What began as a conspiracy theory by Pakistani 'influencers' like Veena Malik and Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, trickled into the Indian social media, fanned by BJP leaders and was consequently picked up by mainstream media channels in India.
In the most recent development, the National Investigative Agency has summoned around 40 persons including Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu, farmers' leader Baldev Singh Sirsa and UK-based journalist Jasveer Singh Muktsar, to be examined as 'witnesses' in a case related to the banned outfit Sikhs for Justice.
(Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on WhatsApp at 9643651818, or e-mail it to us at webqoof@thequint.com and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here.)


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maintainer       "Ryan J. Geyer"
maintainer_email "me@ryangeyer.com"
license          "Apache 2.0" #IO.read(File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'LICENSE')))
description      "Installs and Configures the Python tool (MrClean)"
long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.rdoc'))
version          "0.0.1"

%w{ubuntu debian centos redhat}.each do |os|
  supports os
end

%w{scheduler rightscale}.each do |dep|
  depends dep
end

recipe "mrclean::install_from_svn", "Fetches the MrClean sourcecode from SVN and sets up a configuration"
recipe "mrclean::do_mrclean", "Executes the MrClean python script"
recipe "mrclean::do_enable_continuous_cleanup", "Schedules the MrClean python script to run daily at the time specifed by running scheduler::default"
recipe "mrclean::do_disable_continuous_cleanup", "Disables the daily scheduled execution of the MrClean python script"

attribute "mrclean/svn_repo",
  :display_name => "MrClean SVN Repo URI",
  :description => "The URI to use when checking out the MrClean source code",
  :required => "required",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/svn_username",
  :display_name => "MrClean SVN Repo username",
  :description => "The username to authenticate with SVN to check out the MrClean source code",
  :required => "optional",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/svn_password",
  :display_name => "MrClean SVN Repo password",
  :description => "The password to authenticate with SVN to check out the MrClean source code",
  :required => "optional",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/api_username",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale API username",
  :description => "The username to authenticate with the RightScale API",
  :required => "optional",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/api_password",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale API password",
  :description => "The password to authenticate with the RightScale API",
  :required => "optional",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/install_dir",
  :display_name => "MrClean Install Directory",
  :description => "The directory where MrClean will be installed, and run from",
  :required => "optional",
  :default => "/home/mrclean",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::do_mrclean","mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/accounts",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale Account List",
  :description => "A list of RightScale accounts which MrClean will clean up",
  :required => "required",
  :type => "array",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/deployments",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale Deployments List",
  :description => "A list of RightScale deployments which MrClean will not delete from the accounts listed in mrclean/accounts",
  :required => "required",
  :type => "array",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/arrays",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale Server Arrays List",
  :description => "A list of RightScale server arrays which MrClean will not delete from the accounts listed in mrclean/accounts",
  :required => "required",
  :type => "array",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/templates",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale Server Templates List",
  :description => "A list of RightScale server templates which MrClean will not delete from the accounts listed in mrclean/accounts",
  :required => "required",
  :type => "array",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/servers",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale Servers List",
  :description => "A list of RightScale servers which MrClean will not delete from the accounts listed in mrclean/accounts",
  :required => "required",
  :type => "array",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/macros",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale Macros List",
  :description => "A list of RightScale macros which MrClean will not delete from the accounts listed in mrclean/accounts",
  :required => "required",
  :type => "array",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/credentials",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale Credential List",
  :description => "A list of RightScale credentials which MrClean will not delete from the accounts listed in mrclean/accounts",
  :required => "required",
  :type => "array",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

attribute "mrclean/security_groups",
  :display_name => "MrClean RightScale Security Groups List",
  :description => "A list of RightScale security groups which MrClean will not delete from the accounts listed in mrclean/accounts",
  :required => "required",
  :type => "array",
  :recipes => ["mrclean::install_from_svn"]

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Situation awareness (SA) is recognised as an important factor in patient safety and clinical decision making in conjunction with diagnostic and therapeutic reasoning. Missed diagnosis and treatment errors have been identified as intensely influenced by cognitive abilities of clinical physicians. Medical education aims to qualify physicians for diagnostic accuracy and the ability to select the most appropriate treatment. Research accentuated that medical students have little insight into cognitive processing and SA in clinical scenarios. Furthermore, literature does not suggest a methodology to quantify students´ cognitive processing in a clinical encounter. SA is described as having the proficiency to obtain awareness of the surrounding and to integrate this consciousness into the situational context and potential future development. The reduction of fatal outcomes and critical incidents in high-risk environments such as aviation, was attributed to an acknowledgement of the impact of SA on task performance. Pilots undergo practical simulation exercises mirroring critical scenarios during their training and subsequent professional careers. Endsley`s model explains SA as an interdependent three-levelled concept, which enables one to distinguish the individual processes and the product of these processes when evaluating the cognitive abilities of examinees. The model has been used amongst multiple medical disciplines for training clinicians utilising simulation scenarios. However, the educational benefit has not achieved an overall integration of the concept of SA into medical curricula. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) have been suggested to facilitate the assessment of certain elements of SA similar to high-risk simulation. Though, the underlying cognitive processing to obtain and maintain SA is difficult to measure and to quantify. Medical educators and clinical tutors might not be aware of essential steps in collecting, interpreting and incorporating necessary information during patient encounters. The initial purpose of this thesis was to review the literature with a view to identifying whether levels of SA based on Endsley's model can be assessed utilising OSCEs during undergraduate medical training. Therefore, a systematic search was performed pertaining to SA and OSCEs, to identify studies published between January 1975 (first paper describing an OSCE) and February 2017, in peer reviewed international journals published in English. Selected databases were searched for papers that described the assessment of SA using OSCEs among undergraduate medical students. Findings suggested that whole-task OSCEs enable the evaluation of SA associated with clinical reasoning skills. Furthermore, if these assessments address the levels of SA, these OSCEs can provide supportive feedback and strengthen educational measures associated with higher diagnostic accuracy and reasoning abilities. This suggests an early exposure of medical students to OSCEs mirroring clinical practice to evaluate and facilitate SA in clinical encounters. At the same time, it highlights the need for examiners and developers of these whole-task assessments to be able to understand the model of SA and to identify assessment criteria which can be assigned to the sequence and the product of the cognitive information processing. Upon the identification of elements of OSCE assessments which can be assigned to the levels of SA, the next study explored the ability of clinical professionals to identify and characterise SA in OSCE guides and OSCE score sheets. Due to the unavailability of an instrument, a self-developed tool was used, thereby yielding an inferential measure of SA. The outcome of the study revealed a strong internal validity of the tool, however, only a moderate interrater reliability has been identified. In order to improve the level of interrater agreement, and thus the objectivity of the measurement tool, a consecutive guided training was developed. An expected outcome was the beneficial impact on assessors' ability to select parameters of OSCE assessments which can be assigned as process markers for SA or the level achieved in this type of assessment. In order to investigate underlying factors for any disagreement between raters rather than their subjectivity in evaluating OSCE forms, the Generalisability Theory (G- Theory) was suggested. The evaluation study carried out upon completing of the training programme indicated the beneficial influence on the ability of raters to identify and categorise elements of SA within OSCE forms. The G-Theory revealed key facets for variance: OSCE score sheets, Levels of SA, Items embedded in the Levels of SA, Interaction between Forms and Levels and Forms and Items embedded within Levels. Thus, it was demonstrated that the consecutive guided training improved the identification of elements within OSCE assessments, which can be attributed to individual levels of SA. Outcomes of the G-Study highlighted the need to improve the readability of OSCE forms, suggested to be achieved by a clear description of the assessment markers for students` performance and behaviour. Further research can contribute to fostering the development of educational and assessment strategies in undergraduate medical curricula for SA, and thus, improving patient safety.


LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Farmers who are tired of deer destroying their crops could get a new incentive to let hunters onto their land under a bill in the Nebraska Legislature, but some outdoors groups and state officials aren't thrilled with the idea.
The idea seeks to address Nebraska's rising deer population and a decline in land that's available for hunting.
Sen. Dan Hughes, of Venango, says the bill would give a benefit to farmers and encourage them to open their land to other hunters. Critics say it would create more problems than it solves.


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Robert Plant Announces 7-inch Vinyl Box Set 'Digging Deep'
The set collects his solo hits and B-sides
You can add Robert Plant to the lengthy list of people you know with a podcast, and to celebrate the arrival of Digging Deep with Robert Plant's second season, the Led Zeppelin legend has announced a new vinyl box set.
Digging Deep collects A-sides and rare B-sides from across Plant's eight solo albums, and the set will arrive on December 13 through his own EsParanza label.
All 16 tracks are remastered and will be pressed across eight 7-inch records. Each record features restored artwork from the original release and will arrive packaged in a bespoke hardback book.
In addition to hits like "Little By Little," "Tall Cool One" and "Hurting Kind," the box set includes songs Plant discusses in depth on the podcast. Both "Big Log" and "Tin Pan Valley" will be featured in the podcast's second season, which airs today.
Digging Deep is now available for pre-order.
Digging Deep:
Record 1:
Side A: Burning Down One Side
Side B: Like I've Never Been Gone
Side A: Big Log
Side B: In The Mood
Side A: Too Loud
Side B: Little By Little
Side A: Ship of Fools
Side B: Tall Cool One
Side A: Hurting Kind
Side B: Tie Dye on the Highway
Side A: Calling To You
Side B: 29 Palms
Side A: Song To The Siren
Side B: Morning Dew
Side A: Shine It All Around
Side B: Tin Pan Valley
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Syria TPS Registration Deadline
Monday, July 6, 2015, is the deadline for eligible Syrian nationals (and individuals without nationality who last resided in Syria) who are in the United States to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
TPS allows foreign nationals to remain in the Unite States with employment authorization due to temporary conditions in their home country that prevent them from returning. The Secretary of Homeland Security designated Syria as a TPS country based on the ongoing armed conflict. Qualified applicants will receive TPS through September, 2016, based on the current designation period.
You can learn more about Temporary Protected Status by contacting the Davis Legal Center or at the following website: http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/initial-registration-deadline-syria-tps-july-6-2015.
USCIS Not Accepting Electronic I-539
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has temporarily stopped allowing nonimmigrants to extend or change their status online.
USCIS stopped accepting electronically-filed versions of Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, on June 15, 2015. Applications filed before that time will not be impacted. USCIS is using this time to update its electronic filing system to accommodate recent changes to the form.
For now, nonimmigrants who need to extend or change status should file paper versions of the form. You can find additional information about Form I-539 at the USCIS website: http://www.uscis.gov/i-539.
How to Prepare an Immigration Application for Submission
Lawyer Emil Dixon | Featured Attorney Immigration
Davis Legal Center Immigration Attorney Emil Dixon recently published an Avvo Legal Guide on how to prepare an immigration application for submission to USCIS. You can view the article on the Avvo website or below.
Use the following steps to ensure your immigration application is prepared for submission to USCIS:
1. Ensure All Immigration Forms are Properly CompletedImmigration forms can be difficult to understand and hard to complete properly. Before preparing your application for submission, ensure you have completed all of the required forms, reviewed them for accuracy, filled them out in the appropriate color ink, and provided an original signature. You may wish to consult with a competent immigration attorney to help you with this process.
2. Gather All of the Required Supporting DocumentsEach immigration form contains a separate page with instructions. These instructions will tell you what types of supporting documents you must include. It is acceptable to include copies of these documents unless you are specifically asked to provide originals.
3. Write a Cover LetterWrite a cover letter to accompany your immigration application. A good cover letter will tell the reviewing immigration officer what type of application you are submitting. It will also provide a table of contents to help the immigration officer locate your forms and supporting documents.
4. Organize Your Application PackageYou can help the immigration officer quickly review your application by presenting it in an organized manner. Start by clipping a check (made out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and including the exact amount) for your filing fee to your cover letter and table of contents. Next, include all of your required forms. Finally, include your supporting documents. It is easiest to present your supporting documents in the order requested in the immigration form instructions.
5. Don't Forget the detailsImmigration officers review many applications each day, so it is helpful if you take a few extra steps to make their lives easier. Start by two-hole punching all of your documents (i.e., cover letter, immigration forms, supporting documents, etc.) and hold everything in place using an acco fastener. You should also include tabs along the bottom of the application to help divide the different portions of the package. This will make it easier for an immigration officer to find your supporting documents. Finally, you may wish to include Form G-1145 as the first page of your application package (not attached using an acco fastener). USCIS will use this form to notify you via text message or email that it has received your application.
If you have questions about preparing an application package, please contact a competent immigration attorney. You may also wish to review the USCIS General Tips for Preparing an Application for Mailing.
Davis Legal Center Celebrated its First Anniversary
The Davis Legal Center (DLC) recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in July. It's attorney and founder, Emil Dixon, would like to thank his clients and the community for making the first year a great success! Mr. Dixon opened the office in West Davis to provide immigration and landlord-tenant services to residents in the surrounding communities.
Since its grand opening, the DLC has provided local residents with free immigration and landlord-tenant law seminars. Most notably, the center partnered with International House Davis to provide a successful immigration seminar designed to help immigrants who came to the United States before their sixteenth birthdays obtain temporary legal status.
The DLC also developed partnerships with nonprofit legal services organizations, including the Catholic Legal Immigration Network's Board of Immigration Appeals Pro Bono Project, to provide free legal representation to immigrants who could not afford an attorney. The center has stayed actively involved in pro bono work, and its efforts over the past year have brought numerous families together.
Due to the overwhelming support and need for immigration legal services, this anniversary brought a change in DLC's practice. The center now solely provides immigration services. Mr. Dixon indicated that immigration law is one of the most complex areas of the law, so this change will allow him to better serve clients and to further expand the immigration services he provides. This change also allows the DLC to extend services beyond the local area, so its attorney can now serve immigration clients worldwide.
Mr. Dixon said, "We are excited for this change and look forward to another great year in Davis!"
Question: Do I qualify for Optional Practical Training (OPT)?
Answer: In general, foreign students qualify for Optional Practical Training (OPT) if they entered the United States as bona fide students and are pursuing a full course of study (most commonly in F-1 Visa Status). Students meeting these criteria are usually eligible for up to 12 months of OPT per educational level.
Some students may be eligible for an extension of the 12-month time limit, and you should contact an immigration attorney if you think you may qualify for an extension. Students who have participated in other work-study or curricular employment programs, however, may be ineligible for OPT.
OPT may be granted for any legitimate purpose other than to prepare the foreign national for permanent residence in the United States. Although OPT cannot be used to train a foreign national for a permanent U.S. position, it can be used to train a graduate for an employment position in an office abroad. It can also be used as a trial period to assess an alien's skills.
Students interested in OPT should consult with their university or an immigration attorney to determine whether they are eligible for pre- or post-graduation OPT. Please keep in mind, however, that all OPT must generally be completed within 14 months of graduation.
F2A Category is Now Current
Question: What does it mean that the F2A category is now current?
Answer: The Immigration and Nationality Act sets numerical limits on the number of visas that will be issued each year to categories of prospective immigrants. The F2A category is a family-based visa category that applies to spouses of lawful permanent residents and their unmarried children under 21 years of age.
Every month, the U.S. Department of State issues a bulleting that informs the public about how many visas are currently available since there are generally more potential immigrants than there are available visas. In recent memory, the F2A category has always had a long wait (often two to three years). The August 2013 visa bulleting, however, indicated that the F2A category is now current. The category is also current for September.
This means spouses of lawful permanent residents who are currently lawfully in the United States may immediately file the I-130 petition and I-485 Adjustment of Status application to get a green card. Both forms may be filed concurrently as long as the category stays current.
If a spouse or unmarried child under the age of 21 is currently residing outside of the United States, the individual is eligible to apply for Consular Processing if they have an approved I-130. Individuals without an approved I-130 petition may wish to file as soon as possible to take advantage of this recent change as it is unknown how long the F2A category will remain current. It is likely the category will experience some retrogression in the coming months.
Please consult an immigration attorney if you think you may be able to take advantage of this exciting opportunity.
Question: What is Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals?
Answer: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was announced on June 15, 2012. The program allows qualifying immigrants who first came to the United States as children to stay in the country for two years without the risk of being placed in removal proceedings regardless of their past or current immigration status.
The two-year "deferred action" period allows applicants to gain work authorization and live in the United States without fear of being deported. DACA does not, however, provide applicants with lawful status and is not a path to citizenship.
To qualify for consideration under the program, applicants mush show they:
1. Were under the age of 31 as of June 15, 2012;
2. Came to the United States before reaching their 16th birthday;
3. Have continuously resided in the United States since June 15, 2007, up to the present time;
4. Were physically present in the United States on June 15, 2012, and at the time of making their request for consideration of deferred action with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;
5. Entered without inspection before June 15, 2012, or their lawful immigration status expired as of June 15, 2012;
6. Are currently in school, have graduated from high school, have obtained a general education development (GED) certificate, or are an honorably discharged veteran; and
7. Have not been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, three or more other misdemeanors, and do not otherwise pose a threat to national security of public safety.
Please contact an immigration attorney if you feel you may be eligible for this program. The application process can be complex, and you must provide adequate documentation. A licensed attorney can help you with this process and answer your legal questions.
Student Visa Application Timeline
Question: When should I apply for a student visa?
Answer: The most common type of student visa is a nonimmigrant F visa. Students who plan on attending a college or university, high school, private elementary school or other academic institution will generally apply for this visa type. If you are looking for information regarding M- and J-type visas, please contact our immigration attorney.
Prospective students may apply for an F-type student visa at any time, but the visa may not be issued more than 120 days before the student will begin his or her studies. Further, prospective students cannot enter the United States more than 30 days before the academic program's start date.
New students are encouraged to apply for their visa as soon as possible to avoid delays and to allow for scheduling of their Consular interview. Interview waiting periods vary in length depending on the location of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate and may be checked at the following website: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/wait/wait_4638.html.
Prospective students who wish to enter the United States more than 30 days prior to beginning their studies may apply for a B-type visitor visa. Students may hold an F visa and a B visa at the same time but will need to adjust their status before starting their studies if they initially arrived on a visitor visa. In some instances, an adjustment of status application may not be approved, and the student will need to leave the country and return using their student visa within 30 days of their academic program's start date.
These rules only apply to new students. Continuing students may be issued a student visa at any time and may return to their academic institutions at any time.
Emil Dixon is the founder of the Davis Legal Center, a private law office located in Davis, California.
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Global flight tracker Flightstats, the leading industry publication for information about the aviation business, released their On-Time Performance Service Awards for March 2016 and ranked Israeli airline El Al next to last.
In its latest rankings of the on-time performance of 45 European and Asian airlines that fly internationally, El Al came in next to last – just ahead of Pakistan International Airlines Flightstats defines on-time departure as flights departing less than 15 minutes later than the scheduled gate departure and on-time arrival as flights arriving within 14 minutes of scheduled arrival time.
According to the rankings for March, nearly 45% of El Al departures were delayed, with the average delay 44 minutes.
For PAI, the lateness rate was 46.2% – both significantly worse than any other airlines. El Al had a consistently bad performance over the past 12 months as well, with 45% of its takeoffs delayed over the past year.
The best performing airlines were KLM, Austrian Airlines, LOT Polish Airways, Iberia, Air Berlin, Lufthansa and Alitalia. FlightStats collects information from a large number of sources (governments, airlines, airports, reservation systems, and others) and presents an intuitive display of the data it compiles.


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Home World South Asia CWCs Encouraged to Be More Proactive in Fostering Child Rights
CWCs Encouraged to Be More Proactive in Fostering Child Rights
Bobby Ramakant
Fri March 4, 2011
A sincere effort was made to encourage the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) to be more proactive in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to preserve the best interest of the child by fostering child rights. The duration of survival of the child, right to life, right to inclusion and protection were some of the important topics discussed in the workshop.
The two-day workshop was organised jointly by the Women Welfare Department, UP Government and SATHI, an organisation working for children in difficult situations. It was attended by newly elected CWC members from 71 districts of UP and Superintendents of government homes that house children in need of care and protection and those in conflict with law.
Experts like Bharati Sharma, former Chairperson CWC New Delhi and BBL Srivastava, Vice Chairman Uttar Raksha Avam Punarvasan Kendra (Protection and Rehabilitation) interacted and shared their experiences on how working of the CWC can be more effective in the state.
The impetus more on preserving the best interest of the child by fostering the rights of the child, the experts at the workshop discussed at length survival of the child, right to life, right to inclusion and protection.
Says Bharati Sharma, social activist and former chairperson CWC, New Delhi, "Seventy-five percent of our work is done through the child welfare committee if the four basics rights of survival, protection, right to life and inclusion and ensured for a child in distress. But to do that we have to keep in mind the best interest of the child and create a child friendly environment to gain the trust of the child."
Rajashekhar, Programme Officer (UP and New Delhi) SATHI said, "Awareness among the CWC members about its duties is a must as the focus of these committees on child rights issues is missing. Most members don't know the rules and most do not have a background of having worked in child rights and protection issues. Making matters worse is the fact that the related NGOs working in this field is not as per the JJ Act and CWC cannot take relevant action as they are not aware of the rights as members as well. Thus we decided to organise this sensitisation workshop for CWC members."
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Anjali SIngh
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Bobby Ramakant is a CNS Policy Adviser who writes extensively on health and development, as it affects many countries throughout the world.
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Saturday, Jan 13th. A lovely day & splendid sleighing. Frinkie Cane made Gracie a visit, this morning & his sister Fanny came in the afternoon. May entertained her. I went sleighing - first with Papa, then with Mr. Lacy & with Linn. This evening C. Scott "Dory" Merriam called on May. I have just finished indexing 120 pages in Papa's book. I have not studied enough to speak of today & I meant to do so much. Hope we wont have to draw props. Good night. Sunday, Jan 14th. A very pleasant day, I went to church and Sunday School & after Sunday School Lillie & I took a short walk.


The Bible is composed of the sixty-six books universally recognized as canonical by all orthodox Christians.
The original manuscripts were wholly and verbally inspired by God, written by men who were prepared and superintended by the Holy Spirit. These manuscripts are inerrant, infallible, and wholly authoritative. The Bible stands alone in this regard.
Though the autographs are no longer extant, the available reconstructions of the original text of Scripture, while not inerrant, are attested by good evidence to be of the highest accuracy, and may for all intents and purposes be regarded as having the authority of the originals. Variances between reconstructed texts are wholly inconsequential.
There are no extraordinary problems in translating the Bible and today a number of reliable translations exist. While these translations may vary in scholarship and purpose, no particular translation makes any claim to divine inspiration or authority, nor can any such claim be made for it.
Scripture is to be interpreted according to the normal understanding of syntax, grammar, and literary style and within its historical and cultural context. Appropriate applications of Scripture may be many and vary with the reader. Correct interpretation of Scripture however, is universal, unchanging, and lies wholly in the intent of the author. As the Holy Spirit is the author behind the human author, He is the final authority with regard to interpretation and He assists the reader in both interpretation and application. However, this illumination is not infallibly received and no individual or institution can claim absolute, supernatural authority with regard to interpretation.
We believe that God is one, eternal, self-existent, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, that He is the creator of all else that exists, and all truth proceeds from Him.
We believe in the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity, that is that God is one in being, yet existing in three persons, each co-equal and co-eternal and worthy of worship, distinct but inseparable: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
We believe that God the Father is head within the Godhead. The Son, the only begotten of the Father, came to earth to do His will, and as Jesus the man, submitted to the Father's will. Likewise the Holy Spirit worked in Jesus, and now in the believer, to empower us to do the Father's will.
We believe that God the Son is one in person, yet possessed of two natures: human and divine.
As touching His divine nature, He is fully God, of one being with the Father and the Holy Spirit, possessing all of the attributes of the godhead.
As touching His human nature, He is of one being with us. He is our Lord Jesus Christ, begotten by the Father, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, was tempted yet lived without sin in perfect obedience to the Father by the power of the Holy Spirit, suffered a substitutionary death for the sin of mankind, was buried, bodily rose from the grave, ascended into heaven, and will someday bodily return to gather His Church, judge mankind, and establish His Kingdom.
We believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son and indwells all believers. He inspired the written word of God and illuminates those who read it in good faith. He equips and empowers believers for service. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment.
With Regard to the Nature of Man, Salvation, and this World.
We believe that God created man in His own image to love Him, to glorify Him, and to enjoy His fellowship forever. We believe that man was created in innocence, but with a free will that allowed him to choose to obey God or not. That is, he was not created with a nature that inclined or predisposed him to sin, but he had the ability to choose to sin.
We believe that tempted by Satan, but by an act of his own will, man chose to disobey his creator, and that this choice resulted in death, both physical and spiritual, for man and all his posterity. We believe that death and all present evil in man and the natural world results from this fall. Since this fall man's nature has been corrupted so as to incline him toward sin and to make perfect obedience to God impossible.
We believe that the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ, the Son of God in His human nature, is the only sufficient remedy for the effect of man's sin, and that salvation is only possible by God's grace and through personal repentance and trust in Him alone.
We believe that ultimately Christ will return to restore creation to a state free of all evil. We believe that those who have trusted in Him will be transformed to a perfect state free from sin and share eternal life with Him, and that those who have refused to believe will be condemned to an eternal death in the lake of fire.
With Regard to the Church.
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I've been attending a weekly mindfulness meditation session by Lynette Walker who runs the Yoga Center of Cape Cod http://ccyogacenter.com/ and I've learned about two meaningful and fun practices. The first one is called Five Tibetan Rites, which is a set of 5 exercises that supposedly provide significant health benefits. You start by doing 5 reps of each movement, then increase the number of reps each day up to a max of 18 or wherever you care to stop.
I stopped at 10 and have been trying to do them each day, unless I have a yoga or cardio class that day. It is fun and provides a nice quick workout, perfect to start your day or equally nice for a mid-day break.
I found a great article on it here Wikipedia Link , which includes these helpful animations.
In her weekly sessions, Lynette has also guided me through several iterations of Mindful Walking. A key component of mindful walking is your breathing pattern, which can be visualized as a square or rectangle. You also choose the number of steps that will correspond to your breathing pattern as long as it is an odd number: 3, 5, 7 and so on.
I prefer the square breathing pattern using 5 steps, which would look like the following diagram when visualized. The rectangular pattern would show the breath being held for a different number of steps than the inhalation and exhalation.
You don't actually walk in a square or a rectangle, although I suppose you could. We walked in a straight line starting with the instructions for 1, followed by 2, 3, 4 then repeated. The large room allowed me to run through the 20 steps required, twice before turning around.
The first time I tried this in class I found it quite easy to maintain a sustained a mindful experience for the entire period, which was about 20 minutes. I suspect this was because I had to remain focused on my breathing for five steps at a time. This focus no doubt kept my mind from roaming free, thereby helping me to remain mindful.
I noticed a similar thing when I tried mindful walking on the nature trails of the conservation land in Barnstable near my house the other day. I found I was able to count my steps and remember to inhale, exhale or hold, while still mindfully taking in the unfolding scenery. I felt a deep state as I did this, which was heightened for me, because of being in nature. I think I sustained this practice for about 10 minutes.
Then, I tried it while walking on the boardwalk in Sandwich.
Walking on the Sandwich boardwalk, you can find a nice rhythm as your feet slap the wood. When I walk on this structure, I generally find myself wanting to coast along on autopilot and lose myself in the moment because of the expansiveness of the wide open marsh that overtakes my vision. But the lack of railings and a 10-foot drop in some places forces me to remain alert and keep my focus narrow.
So, I tried the 5 step square breathing pattern while walking the boardwalk today. It was enjoyable and allowed me to go deep, but I still felt like I was straddling the liminal zone; that space between the contrasting sensory experiences of going deep vs. remaining vigilant.
This tug between competing influences is something we are all familiar with from an early age, referred to as the Yin and Yang by the Chinese. Here are two useful explanations of this dualistic philosophy.
I'm glad I found these descriptions because I noticed that while the first definition highlights the contrast between Yin and Yang, the latter emphasizes their complementary nature in the natural world, a concept that feels more authentic to me.


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In Defence of Open Society
Author(s): George Soros
George Soros - universally known for his philanthropy, progressive politics and investment success, and now under sustained attack from the far right, nationalists, and anti-Semites around the world - gives an impassioned defence of his core belief in open society.
George Soros is among the world's most prominent public figures. He is one of the history's most successful investors and his philanthropy, led by the Open Society Foundations, has donated over $14 billion to promote democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. But in recent years, Soros has become the focus of sustained right-wing attacks in the United States and around the world based on his commitment to open society, progressive politics and his Jewish background.
In this brilliant and spirited book, Soros offers a compendium of his philosophy, a clarion call-to-arms for the ideals of an open society: freedom, democracy, rule of law, human rights, social justice, and social responsibility as a universal idea. In this age of nationalism, populism, anti-Semitism, and the spread of authoritarian governments, Soros's mission to support open societies is as urgent as it is important.
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Something I know about my writing (which you may not have known but will now because I am posting it on the internet) is that events that are going on in my life at any given time will sometimes wind up in the book that I am writing at that moment.
For example, in THIRD GRADE BABY the main character's younger brother is teething. As I was writing that book I had a baby who was teething! Coincidence? I think not.
One thing that's begging to be put into a book, but alas hasn't yet, is how to live in a house with animals. Hmmm…you say. Many, many people live in houses with animals. They are called pets, and most people find this a very rewarding experience.
Those are not the kind of animals I am talking about.
I believe I have mentioned before that I live in a forest. In fact my town is a Tree City USA, and no one is allowed to cut down trees on their property without permission from the village. So, naturally my yard is habitat to many creatures. Which is cool.
As long as the critters stay outside, I'm pretty much cool with them. But some little guys aren't content with the whole inside/outside habitat sharing arrangement. No. They are greedy, and come fall, want in on my central heating action.
We've had mice, a bird and some unknown something in the attic. Recently a chimpmunk came to visit not once, but three times. This was not fun for me, but as a result of this misfortune, I can now pass on to you some very important knowledge. A surefire way of ridding your house of a chipmunk should one ever come calling.
Next, find last known location of chipmunk sighting and create a cracker trail from said location to the back door of house and out the door about a foot or two.
Then, hide in a location not too far from the door where you can see the chipmunk but it can't see you.
Finally, when the chipmunk munches its way out of your house, slam the door on its cute (only when it's outside) little tail and try to pretend your heart isn't pounding because you thought you were going to be mauled by a three pound rodent.
Maybe I should write a book about exterminators?
With all this time on my hands, I plan to dig into a good book or two or three or four or five….
Today, however I wrote at Panera. Panera, home of yummy soup, yummy salads and free wi-fi, is my second favorite place to write. And settling into a booth near an outlet with a steaming paper cup of Honey Ginseng is also quite cozy. But today, when I walked into Panera I saw this.
It's a pumpkin spice latte. As I am a lover of all things Fall, I couldn't resist the lure of pumpkin.
Jazzed up on mega-caffeine from the shot of espresso, and completely unused to such stimulation, my hyped-up brain and fingers pounded out close to two thousand words of my novel! I'm suddenly understanding why so many writers out there are coffee drinkers.
As fun as today was, and it was perfect for the exciting climax scene I was working on, I'm still not a coffee gal. There's no lingering, no dreaminess when writing with coffee. So while I may occasionally sip some Java, I'll always be a tea girl at heart.
Okay, now you tell me. What's your beverage of choice?
1. My website is practically, finally done! You can see it now, but at exactly the moment I'm writing this it still needs a tweak or two. By the time you read this those tweaks may be done already. Who knows?
2. I just saw a sketch for the cover of Third Grade Baby! Sorry I can't show it to you, but let me just tell you, Polly is adorable! FSG chose the perfect artist, and I can't wait to see the final cover.


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The home's incredible subterranean garage appeared in the "Iron Man" movie.
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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and her music producer husband Kasseem Dean, a.k.a. Swizz Beatz, have just spent $20.8 million to get the keys to the spectacular Southern California architectural masterpiece called the Razor House.
Teetering on cliffs overlooking the crashing Pacific in La Jolla, just north of San Diego, this sleek 10,653-square-foot, concrete-and-glass mansion is said to be the inspiration behind Tony Stark's Razor Point, Malibu lair in the Iron Man film franchise.
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Originally listed in 2008 for an optimistic $39 million, the house came back on the market last year with a $30 million asking price, dropping to $24.99 million and eventually being snapped up by Keys and Dean for $20.8 million.
The closing price makes it the most expensive home in the super-exclusive La Jolla enclave to sell within the last three years.
This one-of-a-kind house is the work of acclaimed San Diego architect Wallace E. Cunningham and took more than six years to construct.
Completed in 2007 for the original owner, Jimmy Cooksey Jr., it was acquired in a 2011 bankruptcy sale by Palm Beach, Florida-based entrepreneur Donald Burns who paid a bargain-basement $14.1 million for the home.
Burns is the former CEO of MagicJack, the company behind the device that plugs into a computer to let users make calls through the Internet. He currently has his 160-foot superyacht Chasseur listed with brokers at Burgess for $33.75 million.
The infinity pool. Photo: Courtesy
Sprawling across three stories, the main residence features six bedrooms, two of which are masters with spectacular ocean views through end-to-end, floor-to-ceiling curved glass.
Then there's the two-story, all-glass great room connected by a curved floating staircase, along with a billiards room/library, a tiered movie theater and well-equipped gym.
The bedroom. Photo: Gary Kasl/The Altman Brothers
The lower-level great room opens up on to a grassed area with a firepit, along with a vanishing-edge, heated infinity pool. Up on the roof level, there's also a sprawling entertaining area and sundeck offering more breathtaking views of the Pacific.
For guests, or maybe a caretaker, the home comes with a detached, triple-level, 1,300-square-foot guest house with two ensuite bedrooms, with each floor having its own separate entry.
The underground garage. Photo: Gary Kasl/The Altman Brothers
One more spectacular feature of this translucent, ultra-contemporary home is the subterranean garage with space for cars and toys. If the space looks kind of familiar, it was actually used in Iron Man.
The kitchen. Photo: Gary Kasl/The Altman Brothers
While the exterior of Tony Stark's Malibu house is the work of super-realistic computer-generated graphics, footage of the infamous basement garage where Stark's Iron Man suit was created, was shot on location at the Razor House.
Dining area. Photo: Gary Kasl/The Altman Brothers
The house was also used in high-profile photo shoots for Visa's Black Card and Calvin Klein ads. Aston Martin even used it for the private customer unveiling of the V12 Zagato supercar.
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For the East Coast power couple of Keys, who also acts as a coach on the TV talent show The Voice, and Dean, who has produced hits for the likes of Jay-Z, Beyonce and Kanye West, this La Jolla home is their first on the West Coast.
The living area. Photo: Courtesy
According to our sister magazine Variety, the pair still own a 25,000-square-foot, Georgian-style mega mansion in Englewood, NJ that they bought from funnyman Eddie Murphy for $12.1 million in 2013.
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The Fight For Freedom is Far from Over
As free-market capitalists and advocates for liberty, it is clear that we have work to do.
Garland S. Tucker III
Jon L. Pritchett
Politics Socialism Polls History Capitalism Government Intervention
Socialism has crippled nations and impoverished their citizens. The evidence is clear. Yet, despite this, lots of people in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe want more of it. A recent survey of adults from the American Culture and Faith Institute found that four out of every 10 adults in America prefer socialism to capitalism. A 2016 Gallup poll found that 35 percent of Americans viewed socialism favorably, but among voters under 30, that number was an eye-opening 55 percent. The Democratic Socialists of America, the largest Marxist organization since World War II, now has 25,000 members – up from just 8,000 members in 2015, when it endorsed Bernie Sanders for president. The DSA now has chapters in 49 states.
The Legatum Institute, a London think tank, recently published a research report and poll, which found widespread public support in the United Kingdom for renationalizing railroads, banks, and utilities. In the report, Legatum's Matthew Elliott wrote this sobering summary:
We find that on almost every issue, the public tends to favor non-free-market ideals rather than those of the free market. Instead of an unregulated economy, the public favors regulation. Instead of companies striving for profit above all else, they want businesses to make less profit and be more socially responsible. The capitalism 'brand' is in crisis. It is seen as greedy, selfish, and corrupt."
The 35-year-old pro-free-market consensus among the UK's three major political parties appears to have collapsed. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has called repeatedly for higher taxes, more regulation, and re-nationalization of major industries.
This is not just a European phenomenon.
In response to Corbyn, former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned his party against reverting back to policies that failed so miserably in the past. Few voters seem to know – or care – about the paralyzing malaise that Margaret Thatcher so completely reversed with her free-market policies in the late 1970s and 1980s. The ideological battle had seemed at an end when Blair rejected Labour's historical program of socialism in the 1990s.
But memories are short. In 2017, Blair warned Labour, "I wouldn't want to win on an old-fashioned leftist platform. Even if I thought it was the route to victory, I wouldn't take it." Understanding the dangerous and ill-founded allure of socialism, Blair went on to caution, "Anyone who supports Corbyn in their heart needs to have a heart transplant!" Blair's admonition, coupled with Corbyn's strong support among young voters, recalled Winston Churchill's famous quote: "If you are not a liberal at age 20, you have no heart; if you're not a conservative by age 30, you have no head."
As the data above indicates, this is not just a European phenomenon.
Proud Socialists & a Reality Check
Consider the surprising candidacy of Sanders in 2016. A generation ago, it would have been the kiss of death for any American politician – no matter how liberal – to have been called a "socialist." A liberal like Hubert Humphrey spent a lifetime vehemently denying that he was a socialist. Suddenly, an elderly senator from the backwoods of New England mounted a viable national campaign as a self-proclaimed socialist. His support was especially strong among young voters. But there are older citizens and leaders throughout the world who should know better. The only way to create great wealth is to provide valuable products and services that people are willing to pay for voluntarily.
Pope Francis recently joined the chorus of voices hostile to free markets and capitalism. In a speech at the Chartreux Institute, he warned a group of global finance students not to "blindly obey the invisible hand of the market" but rather to become "promoters and defenders of a growth in equality." How sad and embarrassing that the dominant Western voice of Christianity is blind to the very mechanism that has proved to be the best way to lift humans from poverty and reduce inequality all over the world.
In his famous treatise, The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith showed us that government doesn't need to attempt to manufacture a central plan to accomplish the greatest value to all because individuals, who are pursuing personal gain, will accomplish this on their own.
In essence, Smith correctly viewed the "invisible hand" (individuals responding to market signals and pursuing mutually beneficial voluntary exchanges) as a powerful mechanism to provide benefits to the whole of society. Today, in our free-market system, the only way a person can create great wealth is to provide valuable products and services for which millions of people are willing to pay voluntarily.
Thanks to John Locke and his brilliant ideas of a system of private property rights, which were codified in our Constitution and Bill of Rights, Americans have the equal opportunity to pursue their own interests and passions and to enjoy the fruits of such pursuit. This pursuit, rather than being a source of inequality, neglect, and exploitation as people like Corbyn, Pope Francis, and Sanders would have us believe, actually facilitates more common good, moral action, equality, opportunity, and prosperity than any economic or cultural system ever tried in the history of the world.
The 20th century is littered with the failures of socialism.
A generation ago, Margaret Thatcher's dismissal of socialism was well-known and generally accepted: "The problem with socialism is that eventually, you run out of other people's money."
The 20th century is littered with the failures of socialism. Millions have been either thrust into poverty or held captive to poverty by socialistic governments. As economist Thomas Sowell wrote, "Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." China, Russia, Zimbabwe, India, Argentina, etc., have all flirted with socialism with uniformly disastrous results. The latest economic disaster to date is Venezuela. President Trump's analysis is right on the mark: "The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented."
But do young people understand what Trump is saying? For those of us old enough to have witnessed the many failures of socialism or to have read about them, the words of Ronald Reagan ring true. "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction," the 40th president said. "We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
Somehow, the next generation has to grasp the wisdom of Churchill's warning: "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy." Hopefully the United States – and every other nation – can heed the brilliant teachings of Adam Smith and John Locke and the overwhelming evidence of history without having to experience the painful failures of socialism firsthand.
Reprinted from Carolina Journal
Garland S. Tucker III is the Retired Chairman/CEO of Triangle Capital Corporation, author of Conservative Heroes: Fourteen Leaders Who Changed America – Jefferson to Reagan, and Senior Fellow at the John Locke Foundation.
Jon L. Pritchett is president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, the state's non-partisan, free-market think tank. Prior to his work in public policy, he worked as an investment banker, executive, and entrepreneur over a 28-year career in private business.


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Parabotia kiangsiensis és una espècie de peix de la família dels cobítids i de l'ordre dels cipriniformes.

Hàbitat i distribució geogràfica
És un peix d'aigua dolça, demersal i de clima tropical, el qual viu a Àsia: el riu Sin a Jiangxi (la Xina) .

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In comics, I am the creator of the horror properties Zombie-Proof (with Vincent Spencer), Vampire, PA, and Bedtime Stories For Impressionable Children, and the upcoming Dead Inspector and The Fires of Moonlight, the private detective series McCandless & Company, the romance anthology Twenty-First Century Romances, the Harvey Award-nominated Antiques: The Comic Strip (with Brendon & Brian Fraim), and the soon-to-be-announced Return of the Human and the upcoming Personals (both with Eisner, Inkpot, Mucker, Gem, and Speakeasy Award-winner and Harvey Award- and Ignatz Award-nominee Mark Wheatley).
I have also written or co-written Mighty Samson (with former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter), Shi (with Eisner Award-nominee Billy Tucci), 24 (based on the Fox TV series), Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales of the Here & Now (adapting Doctorow's "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth"), Blue Beetle in the DC Universe Holiday Special 2008, and Battlestar Galactica. In the process I have worked with 20th Century Fox, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Disney, EC Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Moonstone, and Universal Studios, among others.
My work has been profiled in Emmy magazine, TV Guide, and 24 Magazine and other periodicals, as well as on comic industry outlets such as ComicBookResources.com, Newsarama, ComicsBulletin.com, ComicMonsters.com, Comcs2Film, Fanboy TV, First Comics News, The Pulse and others.
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Pegomya himalaica är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Masayoshi Suwa 1984. Pegomya himalaica ingår i släktet Pegomya och familjen blomsterflugor.

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