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Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong) is an advanced practice of self-cultivation based on the teachings of the Buddha School. Falun Dafa was founded by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the master of the practice. It is a discipline in which "assimilation to the highest qualities of the universe—Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance)—is the foundation of practice. Practice is guided by these supreme qualities, and based on the very laws which underlie the development of the cosmos."
Master Li's teachings are set forth in a number of texts, among which are included Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun, The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa, Essentials for Further Advancement, and Hong Yin. These and other works have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and are published and distributed worldwide.
A more complete introduction, including free downloads of Falun Dafa books and instructional videos, can be found on www.falundafa.org.
The ancients believed that, through disciplined spiritual practice, a person is capable of transcending ordinary human existence. They sought a higher state of being, free from the suffering and illusions of the ordinary world. Attaining this state required moral rectitude, letting go of earthly desires, and the use of meditation and other techniques to improve the mind and body. Many schools of true cultivation appeared, each offering a principled path to spiritual growth. These traditions were quietly passed down over the ages from masters to disciples. Falun Gong is one such practice and is now available to everyone.
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By the end of the 1990s, a hundred million people were practicing Falun Gong. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline's growing popularity as a threat to the CCP's atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, issued an order to ban the practice. Since then, thousands of practitioners have been confirmed to have died as a result of the persecution, and many more have been imprisoned, tortured, and even killed for organs.
Deaths Due To Persecution
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From hosting group exercises in parks to holding magnificent parades, Falun Dafa practitioners promote the values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance in their communities wherever they are. In addition to celebrating these universal values, practitioners also hold events to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Dafa in China and encourage the public to take a stand against these unprecedented human rights atrocities.
Practitioners of Falun Dafa share spiritual insights into life and society. By drawing upon lessons from history and wisdom from the divine, we can rise above moral corruption in the present day, counter the threat of communist powers in China and elsewhere, and stay safe in the pandemic that continues to ravage the world.
From their original musical compositions and works of art to their retelling of ancient stories that inspire high moral standards, Falun Dafa practitioners explore the deep cultural roots that enable society to reach new spiritual heights.
Life and the Universe
In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution—that is, ultimately being held accountable for one's own actions—is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The universe will reward behavior that is in harmony with this principle, while acts that go against this principle will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds are rewarded while evildoings will incur due retribution.
Minghui offers a variety of print, audio, and video materials to help newcomers understand Falun Dafa and veteran practitioners to learn from one another as they improve themselves on their journey of cultivation. Minghui is also an official source of new articles published by Falun Dafa's founder, Master Li Hongzhi.
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Himachal Pradesh, India: When You Have the Heart to Reach People, Doors Open – Part 1
March 2, 2022 | By a practitioner in India
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Bringing Falun Dafa to Himachal Pradesh, India
After having been at home continually for more than twenty months since the end of October 2019, a practitioner who lives in India finally set out during the rainy season for Himachal Pradesh, an Indian state in the Trans-Himalayan region.
This was the very first time since living in India for more than thirty years, and even for decades before that, that the practitioner had stayed in one place for so long. Just before the rains arrive, the climate is extremely hot and humid across most of India, due to which every year all schools are closed for long vacations. Because of the oppressive weather, the practitioner used to go to Ladakh, the most northern state of India, or another region with a more moderate climate to ride out these few months.
Yet due to the first lockdown starting in March 2020, and the second lockdown around the same time in 2021, she was just not able to leave her place during the summer months.
Finally, she stumbled across an online article titled "Tourism with a Vengeance," which mentioned that hundreds of thousands of domestic tourists from all over India were traveling to the state of Himachal Pradesh (HP).
Himachal Pradesh (HP), also known as the "abode of eternal snow," is located in the Western Himalayas. It encompasses the transition zone from the plains to the high Himalayas and actually crosses the mighty barrier to reach the Tibetan plateau. These Himalayan regions of HP border Tibet, Ladakh, and some other Indian states.
The high-altitude regions of Lahaul, Spiti, and Kinnaur in HP were opened to foreigners only in 1992 and bear a striking resemblance to Tibet and Ladakh. The regions that today comprise HP were in ancient times crossed by trade routes to Tibet, Central Asia (via Leh, Ladakh) and also led to Kashmir. HP is dominated by mountains and its associated rivers and valleys.
The practitioner didn't even realize that travel within India was actually permitted again until reading the article "Tourism with a Vengeance" mentioned above.
She decided to travel to Shimla, HP, by train. This allowed her to carry plenty of truth-clarification materials.
Getting to Shimla
The practitioner faced many difficulties, both in the preparation and on the actual trip to Shimla.
First, the extreme heat and humidity complicated the process of packing all the needed materials and getting them to and onto the train.
The train coach, a sleeper car, was air-conditioned and extremely cold. Many hours passed before the temperature came back up to normal. In addition, due to COVID rules, the usual bed sheets and blankets were not provided. The practitioner wasn't aware of this in advance, which left her uncomfortably cold at night, after months of intense heat and humidity.
Shimla lies on a ridge at a height of 2100 m (nearly 7000 ft in elevation). From a small village, it grew to become the state capital of Himachal Pradesh. With its easy-paced life and enjoyable walks, it is now a pleasant, sprawling town set among cool pine-clad hills with plenty of charm. It is located in the mid-hills of the Western Himalayas.
Steeped in history, Shimla presents excellent examples of colonial architecture. It is linked to the plains by the Kalka-Shimla narrow-gauge railway line, which opened to traffic in 1903 with 103 tunnels, around 800 bridges, and 900 curves. The train slowly winds its way up to the picturesque mountainside in about six hours. In 2008, the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee granted the Kalka-Shimla line World Heritage Status.
The views throughout the train journey are magnificent. There are fields, open valleys, and forests. Numerous tunnels and bridges that resemble Roman aqueducts dot the landscape along the way. Quaint little train stations along the way have neat hedges, flower beds, hanging baskets, and neatly gabled roofs.
Overcoming Sickness Karma
During the first few days in Shimla, the practitioner experienced illness symptoms. She wasn't able to eat, drink, or use the bathroom. Nor was she able to send forth righteous thoughts, practice the Falun Dafa exercises, or study the Falun Dafa teachings. Instead, she listened to Pudu and Jishi (music performed by Dafa practitioners), kept Master Li (Dafa's founder) in mind, and slept, slept, slept.
She felt that this very unusual state happened due to a variety of external and internal reasons, but only after gradually recovering and venturing out to meet people did she come to believe clearly that the main reason was interference from other dimensions, preventing people in this part of India from being saved.
The practitioner realized that this is often the case when venturing to areas where no Falun Dafa practitioner has visited before. The old forces do all they can to prevent the spread of Falun Dafa and materials that clarify the truth. Being the sole practitioner in a new area is often all the more challenging.
Facing Challenges in Shimla
Coming from a totally flat area of India to the never-ending ups and downs of Shimla, with no straight roads or footpaths, curves everywhere, and many endless steps with steep slopes, proved indeed very challenging, especially when carrying around the many materials to various places.
It often seemed that the various modes of carrying were wrong, as the rolling backpack proved challenging with the many steps and slopes, whereas a backpack or other bags were too heavy.
The rainy season was still going on when the practitioner reached Shimla in the middle of July 2021, and it continued for an unusually long period, into September and October. The rain made the ground slippery, which, compounded with the need to carry an umbrella and plastic to protect the precious materials, made carrying and distributing the truth-clarification materials all the more difficult.
Another rather unusual challenge was that one had to continuously watch out for the many monkeys everywhere! The best thing was to ignore them and not to carry any food items.
Throughout her stay of two and a half months in Shimla, practically not a single person anywhere had ever heard of or read anything about Falun Dafa or the persecution of Falun Dafa in China.
The only exceptions were two women who had read something about it online and a man who had met a Western practitioner on a train somewhere in India. It was shocking to realize that even lawyers in the High Court and District Court, presidents of these bar associations, a judge in a human rights organization, and many other high-ranking officials had simply not the slightest idea about Falun Dafa and the massive persecution in China. The only thing a few people knew about was the "dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)," as they call it.
Shimla, being the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh, has attracted domestic and international tourists for many years. As basically no one knew anything about Falun Dafa and the human rights issues in China, the practitioner clearly realized that this was the reason why she had to come to this part of India, which until this trip she actually hadn't ever intended to visit.
A major challenge arose after having been in Shimla for two to three weeks, the Covid rules suddenly became very strict in HP. All visitors were required to get vaccinated and/or provide a negative test report. After much intense internal turmoil and careful consideration, the practitioner realized that despite her initial wishes otherwise, the best thing to do was to get vaccinated.
Yet another challenge was that there was no way to have a display anywhere in the center of town, as the permission to do so simply didn't exist, although the corresponding office in Ladakh had always given the practitioner permission to do so. And, as nobody knew the practitioner or anything about Falun Dafa or the persecution, it wasn't easy to put up posters.
When the practitioner had traveled to other areas of India, she was always welcomed to hold introductory Falun Dafa sessions in schools and colleges, teaching the exercises and talking about Dafa and the persecution to students, faculty, and staff. But throughout the initial time of her stay in Himachal Pradesh, all schools and colleges were closed. Some opened for a few days in August and after several delays, they open part-time in September, but classes were held online. Therefore, there were no possibilities to hold any Falun Dafa sessions in schools or colleges.
In addition, there was often a pervasive "panic atmosphere," as positive virus cases were increasing in Himachal Pradesh, and nobody knew what would happen next.
The many side effects of previous lockdowns were weighing down on people. Police were everywhere, mainly in the town center, ensuring that people were wearing their masks properly covering the nose.
Due to all these challenges, the practitioner just couldn't help but remember her prior visits to Ladakh, where people knew her from way back, even before she had become a practitioner.
There, in Ladakh, Dafa materials were regularly and often on display, mostly in the middle of the main street of Leh. Posters were put up everywhere and often kept up for years. And Falun Dafa sessions were repeatedly held in schools near and far.
Locals in Ladakh from various communities and religions often expressed much love and respect for Falun Dafa and deep concern about the human rights situation in China, and they extended their help and support in many different ways. (See previous articles about Ladakh on Minghui).
And yet now in Himachal Pradesh, none of these friends and well-wishers who had known the practitioner for so many years were present. Therefore, naturally, in this new situation, the practitioner experienced feelings of loneliness.
As there were no big parks in Shimla, the practitioner sometimes practiced the Falun Dafa standing exercises in a small park called Rani Jahnsi Park. It was indeed quite a challenge to do so the first time, demanding considerable courage to do the exercises all alone. Fliers and bookmarks were distributed, and a few people expressed interest in information about Falun Dafa, but not a single person showed any interest in learning the exercises.
Under the ever-changing sky of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, a Falun Dafa practitioner distributes materials at the Rani Jhansi Statue at Rani Jhansi Park.
On the last day practicing at Rani Jhansi Park, the practitioner heard something close by and opened her eyes to see a monkey sitting on a pillar one and a half feet away, gazing at her. Although she managed to continue the exercises, she did take a step back, and soon the monkey moved away. But only a few minutes later, a monkey and her baby came to sit at the exact same spot, quietly looking at her, before carrying on. Something like this had never happened to the practitioner before. It almost seemed as if the two monkeys were interested in the Falun Dafa exercises in their own innocent way.
More Challenges and Pleasant Surprises
The only person who expressed an interest in learning the exercises was a woman who worked at an office. She invited the practitioner to visit her at her home on a Saturday, which happened to be the practitioner's last Saturday before leaving Shimla.
The practitioner started walking toward the area where the woman lived and called the woman on the phone many times to get her exact address, yet the phone on the other end continued to be switched off.
On the way, the practitioner asked several people who lived in the area whether they knew the woman, yet nobody seemed to know her. The practitioner just continued walking, as there was no reason to turn back, and she kept asking people on the way and trying to call her.
Finally, a shopkeeper seemed to recognize her name and her profession and sent his young son to guide the practitioner to her home, which turned out to be another rather long walk. What a miracle and total surprise to finally find a person, knowing only her name, profession, and a bit about her family, in an unknown area in the outskirts of Shimla!
The lady remained the only person who was individually introduced to the Falun Dafa exercises during the practitioner's entire two-and-a-half-month period in Shimla.
Another challenge and a huge surprise: One day the guesthouse owner was so kind to drop the practitioner at a far-away school, and warned her not to climb up to the Buddhist temple on top of a hill but suggested to go there another day, and then to only climb up from the other, more accessible side.
Yet after meeting the school principal, the practitioner inquired from some locals and was told that there was a shortcut and that the temple was quite near. It should be noted, that locals mostly always say that places are "near," as since childhood they are used to the rugged terrain of Shimla – but this is usually not the case.
The practitioner thought that she wouldn't have time to come to this area again, so she told herself "better now than never," and just started walking with her rolling backpack still full of heavy materials. Once again she walked and walked, stopping many times, but hardly met anyone along the way, and for the first time in her life climbed so many countless steps on a single day. It seemed to be truly never-ending—with no end in sight and no way to turn back.
When she finally reached what appeared to be the destination, she was told to go to another area still higher up. When she got there, she was told that the temple wasn't there, and was directed to return to the previous destination. At that point, she nearly gave up, but then finally made it.
She had always heard that this temple had a beautiful view, and of course, hoped that on the way she would meet people to distribute fliers too. To her surprise, there was even a school beside the temple, and to her even bigger surprise the person in charge, not knowing her or Falun Dafa, immediately and without any second thought agreed to have a Falun Dafa session at the school the following day, adding, "If it doesn't rain."
This whole episode was surely the most amazing experience of "no loss, no gain." Even more surprising was the fact that the same evening it started raining and continuously rained all through the night and the whole next day; which hadn't happened so far during her stay in Shimla, and even locals expressed astonishment at so much continuous rain at that time of the year around the latter part of September.
The practitioner thought, "Now that's the end of it. What an extremely unusual interference for the first and only Falun Dafa session in Shimla! Yet even more surprisingly, after a few days, this first and only Falun Dafa session did indeed take place and went very successfully with conversations and materials given to the library.
Student monks in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, learn the Falun Dafa exercises during a session at the end of September when schools were opening again.
Another challenge and another surprise: At yet another school, where the "short-cut" once again included many steps, slopes, etc., the practitioner arrived for her third attempt to meet the principal. Though, while waiting in the office, she clearly felt for the first time in Shimla something like an intense battle between good and evil going on. When she finally met the principal, the principal immediately and very straightforwardly told the practitioner that she would only accept the English Falun Dafa flier and no other materials as in her own words "they were already doing all these things" at the school.
The practitioner didn't want to give up just like this, and somehow the conversation was going on for a rather long time—a true exchange with both sides listening and sharing.
During the process, the principal seemed to totally change, and very happily accepted all the various materials. At the very end, she even gave the practitioner a big, warm, and affectionate hug. It was the first time that the practitioner got a hug from a school principal, a surprise that came even more unexpectedly, as in these "corona times" most people keep a distance.
This unusual meeting was indeed another one of the several truly predestined connections the practitioner experienced in Shimla, as if finally meeting a long-lost friend, only to part again.
One day the practitioner decided to visit a well-known school and college, both for girls only. When asked how to go there, a person working at the guesthouse where she stayed said that there was a shortcut, which wasn't far at all.
Walking on that road, the practitioner saw a sign saying "Human Rights Commission" which she returned to visit the following day. She met the retired judge in charge. He accepted many different materials that clarify the truth about the atrocities in China, and at the end of their long meeting, he spontaneously stood up from his seat while receiving a Falun Dafa lotus flower.
After noticing the "Human Rights Commission" sign, the practitioner kept walking and walking, without any end in sight; it was once again one of these sheer "endless" walks, which locals often call shortcuts or nearby. Surprisingly, there were none of the usual ups and downs on this long road. This was the first and only time in Shimla that a walk was really scary, as there were no people at all on this road, only very rarely cars passed by, and even more strangely, there wasn't a single monkey, although monkeys are usually everywhere in Shimla. The practitioner felt that if she weren't here in Shimla, and in HP in general, where everything feels so safe, friendly, and reliable, she would never have undertaken such a lonely walk anywhere.
And once again, there was no way out but to keep going, not knowing how long this would take and hoping for the end of this road to finally show up; which indeed did... eventually.
There was a well-visited restaurant at the end of the road whose owners accepted posters and fliers. It was pouring rain when the practitioner arrived at the destination, and at the college, she met the principal, a Catholic nun from southern India. At the nearby school, she met another sister from another south Indian state, who was surprised to be given the Tamil flier, and with whom she had another engaging conversation.
So after all the initial surprises, all was well in the end. The most surprising statement came after returning (this time by bus) to her guesthouse. The owner was very surprised that the practitioner had taken this long and lonely road, mentioning that the road is well-known for having a lot of monkeys who are often aggressive and attack people, and even leopards who attack – although much more in the winter when food is scarce!
(Continued in Part 2)
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ASU Moment of the Year
ASU Moment of the Year seed No. 9: Cory Hahn first pitch at the last game at Packard Stadium
The last night at Packard was one to remember
By Nick Krueger Jun 20, 2014, 12:00pm MST
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Next week House of Sparky will begin our "ASU Moment of the Year" tournament, with the 16 best moments from the athletic season. This week we will randomly introduce all 16 moments, then reveal our seedings and match-ups next week, where you, the reader, will vote on what was the ASU athletics Moment of the Year.
Three years after a head first slide into second base against New Mexico in the third game of the season paralyzed Cory Hahn from the chest down, he did something amazing.
He threw a baseball.
In the 40 year history of Packard Stadium, of all the super regionals and national championship teams, perhaps its last night saw one of the most special memories.
At the final game at Packard Stadium against Abilene Christian, Hahn was wheeled out to where the dirt of the batters box meets the infield grass beyond home plate. After a long standing ovation from the crowd, he mustered enough strength to get the ball nine feet across the plate.
LA Times writer Bill Plaschke recounted the day before the first pitch in a column he wrote not long after that incredible night:
He had not thrown a baseball since the accident at second base in the third game of his freshman season. He wasn't even sure throwing a baseball was possible. His left arm had gained some strength, but his fingers still had no ability to grip. How was he going to hold it? How was he going to propel it forward? How far could it really go? The day before the pitch, Cory and his father, Dale, visited an empty bullpen, found a bucket of balls, and started practicing. The father had played catch with the son for years, but never like this. The actions were awkward. The memories were painful. Yet they kept working at it, throw, drop, throw, drop. Cory finally realized he needed to put pine tar on his hand to keep the ball from falling out, leading to the joke he could be the first ceremonial first-ball pitcher to be ejected from a game.
Hahn became a player-coach for the Sun Devils after the injury and graduated from Arizona State in May. The Arizona Diamondbacks have hired Hahn on as a scout while the Arizona State baseball team will move to Phoenix Municipal Stadium next season.

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Egypt | where is the international outcry?
For what sin he was killed?
Prominent Egyptian Shia cleric, Sheikh Hassan Shehata, and four of his devotees have been killed in a brutal attack carried out by Takfiri extremists in Giza Province near Cairo.
The attack was carried out on Sunday when a crowd of several hundred assailants attacked Sheikh Shehata's home and then set it on fire at the village of Abu Mussalam.


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This year Manhattanhenge went out with a bang to wrap up 2016. The dates in May were considered duds or like most said "it was a wash" another "cloudhenge". However, this week was a nice treat and for a long time it finally happen again.
We curated the top 5 Manhattanhenge videos for you, so sit back and enjoy!
First up is a video by Mike Torres that actually sums up what #Manhattanhenge was like around New York City this week.
Another video similar to Mike Torres, but shorter.
Not sure if this is the first VR Manhattanhenge we see produced, but it looks cool. This shot was located on 42nd street near Grand Central overpath ramp bridge.
Our list wouldn't be complete without an attempt at someone timelapsing it from their iphone.


Als Charlotte (Sylvie Testud) ihre verwitwete Mutter (Aurore Clément) in ihre Wohnung holt, treibt sie das folgende Durcheinander in den Wahnsinn.
Akerman's most underrated film is full of comedy, sensuality, hard work, mess, cooking, chaos, and the constant presence of music.
More rewards at Vienna's essential Akerman retrospective: a "pitch" for a musical, a late Demy, and a surprising recent drama.
Chantal Akerman's most underrated film… There is frequently an element of self-portraiture in Akerman's work, but probably never so frankly as in Tomorrow We Move.
A whimsical picture for sure, it touches nevertheless on the weight of Holocaust survival and the olfactory détournements of love with indefatigable clarity.
Chantal Akerman spent her career finding horror within the mundane aspects of life. Here she finds absurdity, making for one hilarious comedy!
The script is brilliant. Exacty when we think Akerman make just a light comedy, she present us a dictionary of all the rages of human species.
Sylvie Testud and Aurore Clement are both quite charming throughout Akerman's comedic attempt but the film falls flat. The whimsy and comedy come off as forced at best and often quite puerile. Well crafted technically but the scripting sinks this one.
Playing and having fun make you feel good, and I love Chantal so much I regularly fear I may explode. Or just these: these warm happy tears. She really was the very best. Obviously you need to have a sufficiently nuanced appreciation of worthwhile pleasures. Here's hoping. This one really plays on that Renoir thing: the coextension of private and public space. So great to revisit this. Thank you, MUBI!
He sat in his chair watching the film, waiting for desire to arrive. His expectations were lowered having read the article by Martin and Lopez about this film. But then a bunch of people showed up at the apartment and it grounded to a halt, and so he got up and left.
A deceptively simple motif about mother-daughter relationships proves an opportune vehicle for extending the comedy genre in ways that make paradox look more like the real issue than reality itself. Aided by a splendid set design and giving to props and surfaces a tactile visual form, Akerman condenses all sorts of serious issues into the transient spoof of choreographed moves across apartments. Elusively charming.
Unconvinced that there's sufficient material here to sustain interest over 110 minutes. Despite Mubi's by-line, this is a tale of the perils of moving home as much as cohabitation between pianistic mother and author daughter. Charlotte, fit a staircase handrail and switch to de-caff!


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Tupac net worth
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About Tupac
Tupac net worth has been said to have an estimate of around 40 million dollars. Tupac, who is also know as 2Pac and Tupac Amaru Shakur, gets his net worth from his careers as a rapping artist and also as an actor. One of the reasons why he is so popular and known worldwide is because he is not afraid to put political and socially conscious lyrics in his songs, where he expresses his opinion about matters happening in the world.
Overall, he has sold around above 75 million records both in the United States and elsewhere in the world, which also brings money to the total amount of Tupac net worth. However, the singer was murdered in Las Vegas in 1996, when he was only 25 years old. Most of his net worth came from his careers as a rapper and an actor and also a music producer. Sometimes the singer was called as a father of the gansgta rap and he described music which was played by Afro-Americans in the United States, which mostly included rapping and hip-hop styles.
In the beginning of his career nobody would have expected that he would become such a talented and well-known rapper, who would be famous all around the world. His career started in the Digital Underground, where he performed as a dancer and second-string rapper. Another thing is that he joined the group only after they released their big hit album. However, later the singer decided to go solo and released his own album called "2Pacapalypse Now". In addition,, he appeared in his first movie, which was an urban drama called "Juice". His debut in the music scene and in the television screen added a lot of revenue to the overall amount of Tupac net worth.
In 2007, he was announced to be a best-selling rapping artist of the year with selling more than 75 million album records. Moreover, in the United States he sold around 40 million album copies. Also, in according to the Rolling Stone Magazine, Tupac got the 86th position in the list of the Greatest Artists of all time. Most of the themes in his songs are about violence, racism, social problems in the American society and conflicts between other singers. Also, the singer was a member of the East Coast – West Coast singers rivalry. Nevertheless, he was a well respected musician and Tupac net worth proves that. People even speculate that if he was still alive, he would have got an even higher amount of money in his total net worth.
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Closure of shared path between Marazion and Penzance
RodT
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Postby RodT » 27 Oct 2020, 9:44pm
As part of a project called 'Experience', involving six areas of the Channel region, the shared path between Marazion and Penzance is to be upgraded. In order for this work to be done, the path will be closed for six months. This is a well-used path, popular with cyclists, runners and dog-walkers. It's part of NCN3. The only alternative route is the very busy Penzance-Marazion road, part of which is the A30.
The path badly needs upgrading. Apart from a short stretch into Penzance, the surface is strewn with loose rocks, in the places where it doesn't run into deep sand. It also runs through a busy car park where cyclists are often forced off the narrow paved section onto concrete cobbles. So things can only be improved (!?) However, a six-month closure seems extreme, especially since there's no safe alternative route. Anyone planning a ride using this route- be aware.
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Re: Closure of shared path between Marazion and Penzance
Postby peetee » 27 Oct 2020, 10:40pm
Thank you RodT. I wasn't aware that path was shared use. I have walked the section between Marazion and Longrock and agree it needs upgrading. It's not a great walking path in some areas, let alone a shared use path!
PZ really does need a viable alternative to the A30. Negotiating the roundabouts is not for the feint-hearted.
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Raskolnikov
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Postby Raskolnikov » 29 Oct 2020, 9:17am
Many thanks for the update Rodt. I'm in Penzance and use this path on foot and bike very regularly. I had no idea the closure was occurring and while it is indeed very much due some maintenance, 6 months will be a real inconvenience.
whoof
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Postby whoof » 29 Oct 2020, 11:19am
RodT wrote: the shared path between Marazion and Penzance is to be upgraded.
This is a well-used path, popular with cyclists,
Apart from a short stretch into Penzance, the surface is strewn with loose rocks, in the places where it doesn't run into deep sand. It also runs through a busy car park where cyclists are often forced off the narrow paved section onto concrete cobbles.
This reminds me of a Halloween special episode of the Simpsons. The narrator says before a commercial break " can you name three popular characters from the series who have died in the last five years?". After the break he says " if you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and (two others I can't remember) then you were wrong, as these characters were never popular.
I've ridden this path once between Penzance and Marazion (and only because I was with a group that wanted to go that way and they are the only people I've even known to use it) but never done the stretch between Newlyn and Mousehole for the reasons you've stated above. I've always ridden through Longrock and on the A30 to Penzance and the other way gone behind Sainsburys and Halfords on Jelbert Way and then to Longrock. If people want route that avoids the A30 they could try the route below.
https://cycle.travel/map/journey/189213
Postby peetee » 29 Oct 2020, 11:42am
How does that route avoid Ponsandane roundabout? It's not exactly the easiest part of the A30.
Postby NATURAL ANKLING » 29 Oct 2020, 12:36pm
As a coastal path it's second worse in Devon and Cornwall next to the path that runs from Woolacombe south through the car park.
When I was there two years ago they were working on it on improvements, it will be much better when it's done I'm sure.
Postby whoof » 29 Oct 2020, 1:32pm
peetee wrote: How does that route avoid Ponsandane roundabout? It's not exactly the easiest part of the A30.
Take a closer look!
Postby peetee » 29 Oct 2020, 2:47pm
whoof wrote:
This is as close as it will let me get:
peetee wrote:
This is as close as it will let me get:7F698C08-6DEC-4AF0-B48F-350D6E687855.jpeg
Yes, that's what I thought it looked like. It's an alternative to riding along Eastern Green but does include a roundabout. If people want to miss that they can go up into Gulval and use the B3311 to join about 200 m East of the roundabout or even go to Heamoor from Gulval.
sirmy
Joined: 11 Mar 2009, 10:53am
Postby sirmy » 30 Oct 2020, 7:52pm
Will it be closed for six months or is the order valid for a six month period. Its not unusual to find closure orders covering a much greater period than the work is expected to take to allow for problems which weren't apparent before work started or periods of adverse weather which could stop work.
cycle tramp
Joined: 5 Aug 2009, 7:22pm
Postby cycle tramp » 30 Oct 2020, 10:37pm
RodT wrote: The path badly needs upgrading. Apart from a short stretch into Penzance, the surface is strewn with loose rocks, in the places where it doesn't run into deep sand. It also runs through a busy car park where cyclists are often forced off the narrow paved section onto concrete cobbles. So things can only be improved (!?) However, a six-month closure seems extreme, especially since there's no safe alternative route. Anyone planning a ride using this route- be aware.
I really love this route but even with 1.75 x 26 inch tyres the route surface was best described as interesting. A six month closure does seem extreme...
...but we are in a usual situation, building materials are in shorter supply. Building on a nearby access road close to where I live has now ceased due to a shortage of tarmac..
..the route may include building on or close to a shoreline which brings it's own set of unique challenges...
..the route may have to be built of a more exacting standard than a cycle/walking route in land due to the harshness of the conditions
..I hope the route is of equal standard to the views which may be enjoyed from it - I would hate to see the route being rushed and because of it be built in any substandard way
Postby NATURAL ANKLING » 31 Oct 2020, 1:18am
Imagine what it was like with 23s
Bike packing.
Postby peetee » 31 Oct 2020, 6:09am
I would guess the closure period allows for a considerable amount of weather-related down time. The onshore wind is gusting up to 40mph today and has been all week.
Postby Mick F » 31 Oct 2020, 8:58am
I've cycled Marazion/Penzance/Longrock many times over the years and never found a problem with the main roads.
Never used the path - ever.
Postby RodT » 31 Oct 2020, 9:32am
Comments about harsh weather conditions being the reason for the long timescale of the project seem reasonable. Sometimes you have to sprint between showers of spray flung up by breaking waves if you don't want your (steel) bike drenched in salt water. Storms can leave swathes of seaweed all over the path, and after high winds a scattering of sand adds to the fun. A public-spirited neighbour can be sometimes be seen trekking along the path with a spade and a broom. This is on the stretch just past the level crossing, heading towards Marazion.
I heard from a Sustrans member that the original reason for not building a reasonable path in the first place was that, as extreme weather conditions increase, the sea would destroy it, like the railway line at Dawlish. But now that the part EU-funded coastal defences have been completed, this is no longer a problem. (Until the next spring tide?) I also heard, from a sceptical fellow-cyclist, that the original contract had not specified how the path should be surfaced. So the contractors just chucked down a load of harsh gravel.
Anyway, I won't be riding the coast path, or any other route, today. It's blowing an absolute hooley out there. As for the spectacular views, Mount's Bay is shrouded in gloom, the Mount itself invisible.


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The British Gazette » That Brexit deal: Curiouser & curiouser!
As Doctor Richard North points out in his blog-post today (http://eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=87054), all the huffing and puffing about "the deal" is just a tad premature as none of us outside the close confines of #10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Chief Whip's Office, the EU Conmission [not a typo!], the Taoiseach and of course, der Bundeskanzleramt, Willy-Brandt-Straße 1, Tiergarten, Mitte, 10557 Berlin, Deutschland!
Doctor North uses the phrase "the invisible deal". It is at the moment although trying to keep the details secret will be rather like trying to conceal a real live – and kicking – tyrannosaurus rex in Hyde Park! As such, the politicians such as Arlene Foster are digging themselves into their positions prior to what they regard as an inevitable capitulation to the EU.
It could well be that the cabinet meeting may last some time so the results will not be known in time for the BBC News at 6:00PM and we will have to wait until the 10:00PM News to discover if Madame still has a functioning government.
The one thing we can be sure of is that the deal has to be presented to Parliament at some stage and when that happens it appears that the DUP will oppose it, the Labour Party will oppose it and the ERG will oppose it.
Faced with the problem of presenting a deeply divisive Bill to the Commons, Madame may well seek to drive the Bill through in the time honoured fashion of attaching a confidence motion to it. Here of course things have changed for in the past this would have led to an immediate collapse and a general election but the Chameleon's tampering with the constitution means that there is a fortnight to secure the passing of a motion of confidence in HMG.
Faced with almost certain defeat at a general election many Tories will look to trying to defuse the unexploded bomb that is Brexit by seeking a second referendum. Of course many Labour MPs want this as well. However comrades Corbyn and McDonnell sensing blood will be seeking to avoid this and to force a general election.
Central to the unfolding events will be the judgement of the European Court of Justice on whether the UK has the ability to revoke it's Article 50 Notification unilaterally.
All along this organ has suggested that we are witness to "un grand coup de théâtre" being staged at the Palace of Westminster.
As all comedians and actors know, timing is crucial for a good performance. Therefore this organ will not be one little bit surprised if the ECJ announces that the UK can unilaterally withdraw it's Article 50 notification but that this must be through the repeal of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) and will go on to state that should this take place the terms of the UK's membership will be as it was before Article 50 notification and that all rebates and provisions relating to same will be unaffected.
Thus it may well be that the second referendum will take place with the voters voting to have HMG accept "the deal" or mandate (advisedly) HMG to rescind Article 50 notification.
#1: acquiesce and allow a general election to take place.
#2: acquiesce and allow a second referendum to take place.
To a great extent, her power to decide on this choice will be beyond her control. It will lie in Parliament and it's MPs. There is no doubt that Messrs. Corbyn & McDonnell will be seeking to bring about a general election. There is no doubt that Sad Vince of that Cable and his band of Remaniacs aided and abetted by Strict Mistress Sturgeon and her acolytes in the Commons will seek a second referendum.


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The calculation procedures and index interpretation of ecological footprint (EF) analysis, a method for assessing sustainable development (SD), have been continuously improved since the early 1990s. To identify potential for further improvement, this study compared the information revealed by existing EF applications for SD assessment with the core concerns of SD and found that intra-generational equity has not been appropriately addressed in the existing applications of EF analysis for SD assessment because the concept of nested open systems has been ignored. This study then argued that the concept of nested open systems should play a critical role in addressing global SD and conducting national EF analysis for SD assessment. Finally, the potential for improving EF analysis for SD assessment at the global and national scales was discussed.
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What We Owe to Black Women
Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on February 17, 2022 . Posted in General, Racism to Reconciliation.
In honor of Black History Month, I'm letting you in on something I've learned. America owes a debt to Black women for moving us toward democracy. You might already know this. I didn't.
I learned about these heroes reading the excellent book, "She Took Justice," by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall.
She Took Justice
Browne-Marshall is a civil rights attorney and playwright. In this absorbing book, Browne-Marshall straight-forwardly recounts The Black Woman's non-stop fight to take justice for herself. The author never shies away from the lengths to which white America opposed The Black Woman. For example, rather than let Lucile Bluford enter the University of Missouri's graduate school of journalism, they shut the school down. Without the women whose stories Browne-Marshall recounts, America would never have come as close to it has of being a functioning democracy.
Black Women Take Justice: 1940s and 50s
Irene Morgan, a Black woman, brought the case in 1946 that outlawed segregation on interstate buses.
A Black woman from Memphis, Mary Church Terrell, in 1953 forced restaurants in the nation's capitol to serve African Americans.
The "Brown" in the 1954 case Brown V Board of Education that outlawed segregation in schools was Linda Brown.
in 1956, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Montgomery bus boycott. Rosa Parks was the leading face for the boycott, but she was one of many in the effort. Others took the suit to the Supreme Court. Two Black women—Aurelia Browder and Susie McDonald Mary—plus two teenagers—Mary Louise Smith and Claudette Colvin.
Black Women in the 1960s
Ruby Bridges, a 6-year-old Black girl, in 1960 integrated Louisiana schools. This is the same Black child whose story racist whites want to ban from schools. Apparently, Ruby sitting alone in a classroom for one year is just too hard for their white children to hear.
A Black woman, Dollree Mapp, in 1961 brought the case that keeps police from unconstitutionally ransacking your home then using the evidence in court.
Evelyn Butts, a Black woman, in 1963 challenged the poll tax whites used to block African American voting.
In 1963, a Black woman went to the Supreme Court to force a racist-ass prosecutor to address her with her last name: Miss Mary Hamilton.
Fannie Lou Hamer in 1964 led a lawsuit that threw out election results when Black Mississippians were kept from voting.
A Black woman, Gardenia White represented by Attorney Pauli Murray, won in 1966 a woman's right to serve on juries.
Mrs. Sylvester Smith, a Black woman, won in 1968 a right to receive benefits regardless of whether a man was in the house.
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The detailed account of She Took Justice ends in 1970. Browne-Marshall proves her premise. The Black Woman "turned the law, a device clearly meant for her oppression, into a weapon to combat discrimination, a prestigious occupation, and a platform from which she could lift others as she rose."
The author cites the obvious: the struggle continues. But I believe her prediction. "If history is a guide, The Black Woman will fight until she takes justice despite any and all opponents."
Black Women used the law to move America closer to a democracy
Black History Month, Black Women and the law, Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Making America a Democracy, She Took Justice, The Black Woman in America
Joseph Hawes
Marvelous book. Belongs in every library and on every bedside table. Thank you for calling attention to it and reminding us that the struggle continues and that African American women have always been in the vanguard of the struggle.
It really affected me, Joe. Probably more so thx to my legal background. And how ignorant I was even given that background.
Sharon Pavelda
Thank you for this succinct review and for introducing me to this book, Ellen. In my opinion, it should be required reading in every US high school classroom. And a series of age-appropriate little books featuring each woman's story should be made available in every elementary school library. I'm glad some of them are already in book form. The gratitude I feel for the courage and commitment to democracy of these women is huge.
I didn't know, Sharon, that the Brown in Brown v. Board of Education was a woman! So much ignorance on my part. And how very early in our history how active Black women were in using the courts to seek justice. Just truly eye-opening. And I love the idea of books on each of the women. <3
Julia coggins
Gogi how much I learn from you! Thank you! I will read this book next!
Oh, I'm so glad–so much of it was new to me. She's a lawyer so the book is dense. 🙂 Sometimes one fact after another, but I love facts, so I really liked it.


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L'isola di Pritchet o Pritchett (in russo Остров Притчетта, ostrov Pritčetta) è un'isola russa che fa parte dell'arcipelago della Terra di Francesco Giuseppe, nell'Oceano Artico. Amministrativamente fa parte dell'oblast' di Arcangelo.

, per quel che riguarda i nomi delle isole della Terra di Francesco Giuseppe, la trascrizione dall'alfabeto latino al cirillico russo e poi di nuovo ai caratteri latini ha spesso alterato l'ortografia originaria.

Geografia

L'isola di Pritchet si trova nella parte centro-meridionale dell'arcipelago, è la più occidentale di un gruppo di 4 isole ravvicinate fra di loro; le altre sono: l'isola di Bromwich a nord-est, al di là del canale di Newcomb largo solo 800 m; l'isola di Brice a est, al di là del canale di Sadko; l'isola di Bliss, 700 metri a sud-est. Ad ovest il canale di Hamilton, largo meno di 2 km, separa l'isola di Pritchet dall'isola di Nansen. A sud, tra Pritchet e Bliss si trova la piccola isola Zub.

Il punto più alto dell'isola raggiunge i 401 metri. La sua punta occidentale si chiama capo Bazarnyj (мыс Базарный), quella settentrionale capo Massivnyj (мыс Массивный)

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Voci correlate
Lista delle isole della Terra di Francesco Giuseppe

Collegamenti esterni
Bliss-, Brice-, Bromwich-, Pritchett-Island   nel sito dell'UNEP
Mappa nautica russa dell'isola U-40-XXXI,XXXII,XXXIII (1971)

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Indian Hedgehog signalling triggers Nkx3.2 protein degradation during chondrocyte maturation
Seung-Won Choi, Da-Un Jeong, Jeong-Ah Kim, Boyoung Lee, Kyu Sang Joeng, Fanxin Long, Dae-Won Kim
Seung-Won Choi
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University College of Life Science and Biotechnology, 262 Seongsanno Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 120-749, Republic of Korea
Da-Un Jeong
Jeong-Ah Kim
Boyoung Lee
Kyu Sang Joeng
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, U.S.A.
Fanxin Long
Dae-Won Kim
For correspondence: kimdw@yonsei.ac.kr
The Ihh (Indian Hedgehog) pathway plays an essential role in facilitating chondrocyte hypertrophy and bone formation during skeletal development. Nkx3.2 (NK3 homeobox 2) is initially induced in chondrocyte precursor cells, maintained in early-stage chondrocytes and down-regulated in terminal-stage chondrocytes. Consistent with these expression patterns, Nkx3.2 has been shown to enhance chondrocyte differentiation and cell survival, while inhibiting chondrocyte hypertrophy and apoptosis. Thus, in the present study, we investigated whether Nkx3.2, an early-stage chondrogenic factor, can be regulated by Ihh, a key regulator for chondrocyte hypertrophy. We show that Ihh signalling can induce proteasomal degradation of Nkx3.2. In addition, we found that Ihh can suppress levels of Lrp (low-density-lipoprotein-receptor-related protein) (Wnt co-receptor) and Sfrp (secreted frizzled-related protein) (Wnt antagonist) expression, which, in turn, may selectively enhance Lrp-independent non-canonical Wnt pathways in chondrocytes. In agreement with these findings, Ihh-induced Nkx3.2 degradation requires Wnt5a, which is capable of triggering Nkx3.2 degradation. Finally, we found that Nkx3.2 protein levels in chondrocytes are remarkably elevated in mice defective in Ihh signalling by deletion of either Ihh or smoothened. Thus these results suggest that Ihh/Wnt5a signalling may play a role in negative regulation of Nkx3.2 for appropriate progression of chondrocyte hypertrophy during chondrogenesis.
chondrocyte maturation
Indian Hedgehog (Ihh)
NK3 homeobox 2 (Nkx3.2)
parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP)
Abbreviations: Cbfβ, core binding factor β; CCP, cyclopamine; CK1, casein kinase 1; DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; DMEM, Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium; DRB, 5,6-dichloro-1-β-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole; DTT, dithiothreitol; E, embryonic day; FBS, fetal bovine serum; F-IHC, fluorescence immunohistochemistry; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; Gli, glioma-associated oncogene homologue; HA, haemagglutinin; HEK, human embryonic kidney; Hh, Hedgehog; Ihh, Indian Hedgehog; IP, immunoprecipitation; KD, kinase-dead; Lrp, low-density-lipoprotein-receptor-related protein; NF-κB, nuclear factor κB; Nkx3.2, NK3 homeobox 2; PCNA, proliferating-cell nuclear antigen; PKC, protein kinase C; PMP, purmorphamine; Ptc, patched; PTHrP, parathyroid hormone-related protein; PPR, PTH (parathyroid hormone)/PTHrP receptor; RT, reverse transcription; Runx2, runt-related transcription factor 2; Sfrp, secreted frizzled-related protein; shRNA, short hairpin RNA; Siah1, seven in absentia homologue 1; Smo, smoothened; TAK1, TGF (transforming growth factor)-β-activated kinase 1; TBB, 4,5,6,7-tetrabromo-1H-benzotriazole; βTrCP1, β-transducin repeat-containing protein 1; WB, Western blot
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Judge Gives U.S. 6 Months to Account for Thousands More Separated Migrant Families
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-26T08:56:30+00:00	April 26th, 2019|Immigration|
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration six months to locate thousands more children and parents who were potentially separated at the southern border under a policy intended to deter illegal immigration.
Early this year, it came to light that many more children
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LAUSD passes resolution on Armenian Genocide, potentially recognizing it as a school holiday
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-24T09:31:46+00:00	April 24th, 2019|Education, Intergroup Relations, Uncategorized|
The governing board of the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday passed a
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DOES THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT BAN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT PEOPLE? THE SUPREME COURT PLANS TO DECIDE.
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-23T09:30:02+00:00	April 23rd, 2019|LGBTQ+|
On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear several cases deciding whether federal protections apply to LGBT people—specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of "race, color, religion, sex or national origin."
For each of these cases, the issue revolves around the meaning
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ARMED MILITIAS ON THE BORDER HAVE A LONG—AND OFTEN RACIST—HISTORY
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-23T09:28:59+00:00	April 23rd, 2019|Immigration, Police & Community|
The videos that went viral on April 16th shocked viewers: Shaky camera footage from the New Mexico desert shows heavily armed, non-governmental militia members "arresting" hundreds of migrant families at gunpoint. Flashlights illuminate the faces of children and their parents as they kneel in the dirt, detained by the vigilantes until Border Patrol
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Bias Law Covers Gay and Transgender Workers
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-22T12:10:41+00:00	April 22nd, 2019|LGBTQ+|
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would decide whether a federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against gay and transgender workers. The law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbids employment discrimination based on sex. The question for the justices is whether that language bars discrimination based on
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A 'hidden' community of Nepalese migrants fights to remain in U.S.
In an earlier life in Kathmandu, Keshav Bhattarai owned a two-bedroom home where his large extended family gathered to share stories and celebrate Dashain, a festival honoring the victory of Hindu gods over evil demons. Day to day, he managed an office supply store in Nepal's capital.
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LAPD records drop in shootings by officers but still leads the nation
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-17T09:22:27+00:00	April 17th, 2019|Police & Community|
The use of deadly force by Los Angeles police and the number of suspects killed in violent encounters dropped in 2018, officials reported Tuesday.
Even with reductions, the LAPD led the nation in fatal police shootings last year, with 14, the report said.
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In New Effort to Deter Migrants, Barr Withholds Bail to Asylum Seekers
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-17T09:17:40+00:00	April 17th, 2019|Immigration, Police & Community|
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday took another significant step to discourage migrants from seeking asylum, issuing an order that could keep thousands of them in jail indefinitely while they wait for a resolution of their asylum requests.
The order issued by Attorney General William P. Barr was an effort to
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Family separations a year later: The fallout — and the separations — continue
Jesus was relieved that he and his 6-year-old had made it safely from Honduras to the United States. Then officials took his son.
He had turned himself and his child in to the U.S. Border Patrol last May after crossing the river that
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When It Comes To Police Reform, Insurance Companies May Play A Role
For all the talk in the last couple of years about reforming police, there are limits to what the government can do. But there may be another way, and it involves insurance companies.
John Rappaport, an assistant law professor at the University of Chicago, says he spent years studying police reform before it dawned on him
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2019 Rookie of the Year: Breaking down the finalists
Gerard Gilberto
November 8, 2019, 9:50 PM UTC
Awards announcements represent the final chapter of a Major League Baseball season.
The first winners will be revealed Monday when the Baseball Writers Association of America names the American and National League Rookies of the Year.
This race should be more clear cut than last year's, but closer than the 2017 contest. The awards winners should follow the theme of the 2019 season as the big boppers with the gaudy home-run numbers are likely to take home the hardware.
New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso and Houston Astros bruiser Yordan Alvarez are the league's respective frontrunners. But cases can be made for Mike Soroka, who emerged as an ace for an Atlanta Braves club that won a second consecutive division title, and John Means, one of the few bright spots for a 54-win Baltimore Orioles squad.
Fernando Tatis Jr. took the first steps toward establishing himself as a cornerstone of the San Diego Padres future. And Brandon Lowe proved to be the latest of the Tampa Bay Rays under-the-radar success stories. But injuries limited them both to less than 85 games, and likely soured their chances at claiming any hardware.
This year's Rookie of the Year finalists posted an identical combined bWAR, 26.0, to the 2015 class which included Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa and Francisco Lindor. Unlike that All-Star trio, Alonso, Tatis, Lowe and Means played on teams that either had no intentions of manipulating their service time, or simply needed a rookie to build their best roster out of camp.
The winners will be announced during a live special on MLB Network at 6 p.m. ET on Monday. Stay tuned for full coverage of the announcement and the ensuing reactions. But take the weekend to size up the six contenders, and keep an eye out for picks from the Yahoo Sports crew.
Yordan Alvarez - OF/DH, Houston Astros
It took 65 games for the Astros to give Alvarez a chance to boost their already loaded lineup. And it took the then-21-year-old two at-bats to reward their faith. Alvarez left the yard 27 times in 87 games at the major league level, driving in 78 runs and batting .313 with a 1.067 OPS. He didn't carry that dominance into the postseason but had something of a resurgence in the World Series, recording seven hits in 17 at-bats.
Defining moment: Alvarez blasts the longest homer by an Astro in the Statcast era to cap a string of back-to-back-to-back long balls.
Yordan Alvarez's 474 ft moonshot is the farthest HR by an @astros player in the Statcast era (since 2015). pic.twitter.com/lDBPpCPf8M
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) July 20, 2019
John Means - LHP, Baltimore Orioles
The 26-year-old broke camp as a potential bullpen option and finished the season as the Orioles' best starter. He was Baltimore's only All-Star representative, winning 12 games for a team that claimed just 54 total victories while striking out 121 batters in 155 innings. His 3.60 ERA was the lowest among AL rookies and the best on a team that finished dead last in team ERA league-wide.
Defining moment: The Los Angeles Dodgers didn't pull punches by sending out a "B" lineup at Camden Yards a day after clinching the NL West title. Means navigated the Dodgers' lineup for 6.1 innings, twice striking out MVP candidate Cody Bellinger.
John Means fanned six Dodgers over 6 1/3 innings!@JMeans25 | #Birdland pic.twitter.com/QFsBO4CNkt
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 12, 2019
Brandon Lowe - IF/OF, Tampa Bay Rays
Lowe signed an extension through 2026 a week before the season began. But he missed nearly half of the first year of that deal with a bone bruise on his right shin and, later, strained quadriceps. Prior to landing on the injured list in July, Lowe had an excellent first half, batting .276 with 16 homers and 49 RBIs. He played four positions for Tampa Bay, mainly staying in the infield, and unexpectedly returned to finish the season, though he had just three hits in his final 17 at-bats.
Defining moment: Coming back from injury was impressive, especially after manager Kevin Cash said Lowe was likely done for the year in August. But the rookie was thrown right into the thick of a playoff race and helped the Rays stay alive in the ALDS with a Game 3 homer off Zack Greinke.
Another homer at The Trop!@Sweet_n_Lowe5's solo shot extends @RaysBaseball's lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the 4th. #RaysUp pic.twitter.com/V2wEBe60J0
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 7, 2019
Pete Alonso - 1B, New York Mets
Alonso was unanimously named Baseball America and Baseball Digest Rookie of the Year. He was a home run champ in every sense of the phrase, winning the Home Run Derby en route to a league-best 53 dingers to break the MLB rookie record set by Aaron Judge in 2017. He also batted .260 with 30 doubles and 120 RBIs while recording a positive UZR at first base. The intangibles — which included a tribute to first responders in the form of custom cleats on Sept. 11 and a very large check after the Home Run Derby — immediately endeared him to a starved fanbase.
Defining moment: The Mets fell three games shy of a playoff spot, but Alonso gave them something else to play for during the season's final weekend. Judge himself was impressed when homer No. 53 left the yard. Alonso, not shy about wearing his heart on his sleeve, then was overcome with emotion as he returned to the field.
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— New York Mets (@Mets) September 29, 2019
Mike Soroka - RHP, Atlanta Braves
Soroka emerged as the staff leader for a perennial contender after injuries stalled the beginning of his major league career. He led MLB with a 1.55 road ERA in 16 starts and his 2.68 overall ERA was fifth-best among qualified starters league-wide. Soroka should garner some lower votes for Cy Young and would be a clear frontrunner if not for Alonso's historic season. In fact, his 5.6 bWAR is likely to be the highest by a player to not win ROY since Jason Heyward (6.4) in 2010.
Defining moment: Soroka had one of his best performances in his first and only postseason start. He yielded a run on two hits while striking out seven over seven innings in Game 3 of the NLDS against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Mike Soroka, 92mph Sinker, 83mph Changeup and 83mph Slider, Overlay (synced at release) pic.twitter.com/2j5YVObgdv
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 7, 2019
Fernando Tatis Jr. - SS, San Diego Padres
A lower-back injury brought a swift end to an entertaining season for an equally exciting player. In just 84 games, Tatis batted .313, blasted 22 homers, stole 16 bases and churned out incredible defensive plays at shortstop on a regular basis. Had he remained healthy, he'd probably be in better consideration for this award, but what he displayed in just about a half a season showed that Tatis has what it takes to be a future MVP candidate.
Defining moment: Tatis showed he can soon be one of the toolsiest players in the game with each trait fueled by his athleticism. Here's an example, where Tatis tags and scores on a pop-up to second base, of how those tools can impact the game.
Fearless Fernando.@tatis_jr • #FriarFaithful pic.twitter.com/nkoKJPqnVE
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 23, 2019
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The National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being
Global Recommendations
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Lawyers Professional Liability Carriers
Lawyers Assistance Programs
Introduction to the Report
The Path to Lawyer Well-Being
Although the legal profession has known for years that many of its students and practitioners are languishing, far too little has been done to address it. Recent studies show we can no longer continue to ignore the problems. In 2016, the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation published their study of nearly 13,000 currently-practicing lawyers [the "Study"]. It found that between 21 and 36 percent qualify as problem drinkers, and that approximately 28 percent, 19 percent, and 23 percent are struggling with some level of depression, anxiety, and stress, respectively. The parade of difficulties also includes suicide, social alienation, work addiction, sleep deprivation, job dissatisfaction, a "diversity crisis," complaints of work-life conflict, incivility, a narrowing of values so that profit predominates, and negative public perception. Notably, the Study found that younger lawyers in the first ten years of practice and those working in private firms experience the highest rates of problem drinking and depression. The budding impairment of many of the future generation of lawyers should be alarming to everyone. Too many face less productive, less satisfying, and more troubled career paths.
Additionally, 15 law schools and over 3,300 law students participated in the Survey of Law Student Well-Being, the results of which were released in 2016. It found that 17 percent experienced some level of depression, 14 percent experienced severe anxiety, 23 percent had mild or moderate anxiety, and six percent reported serious suicidal thoughts in the past year. As to alcohol use, 43 percent reported binge drinking at least once in the prior two weeks and nearly one-quarter (22 percent) reported binge-drinking two or more times during that period. One-quarter fell into the category of being at risk for alcoholism for which further screening was recommended.
The results from both surveys signal an elevated risk in the legal community for mental health and substance use disorders tightly intertwined with an alcohol-based social culture. The analysis of the problem cannot end there, however. The studies reflect that the majority of lawyers and law students do not have a mental health or substance use disorder. But that does not mean that they're thriving. Many lawyers experience a "profound ambivalence" about their work,1 and different sectors of the profession vary in their levels of satisfaction and well-being.
Given this data, lawyer well-being issues can no longer be ignored. Acting for the benefit of lawyers who are functioning below their ability and for those suffering due to substance use and mental health disorders, the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being urges our profession's leaders to act.
Reasons to Take Action
We offer three reasons to take action: organizational effectiveness, ethical integrity, and humanitarian concerns.
First, lawyer well-being contributes to organizational success—in law firms, corporations, and government entities. If cognitive functioning is impaired as explained above, legal professionals will be unable to do their best work. For law firms and corporations, lawyer health is an important form of human capital that can provide a competitive advantage.
For example, job satisfaction predicts retention and performance. Gallup Corporation has done years of research showing that worker well-being in the form of engagement is linked to a host of organizational success factors, including lower turnover, high client satisfaction, and higher productivity and profitability. The Gallup research also shows that few organizations fully benefit from their human capital because most employees (68 percent) are not engaged. Reducing turnover is especially important for law firms, where turnover rates can be high. For example, a 2016 survey by Law360 found that over 40 percent of lawyers reported that they were likely or very likely to leave their current law firms in the next year. This high turnover rate for law firms is expensive—with estimated costs for larger firms of $25 million every year. In short, enhancing lawyer health and well-being is good business and makes sound financial sense.
Second, lawyer well-being influences ethics and professionalism. Rule 1.1 of the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct requires lawyers to "provide competent representation." Rule 1.3 requires diligence in client representation, and Rules 4.1 through 4.4 regulate working with people other than clients. Minimum competence is critical to protecting clients and allows lawyers to avoid discipline. But it will not enable them to live up to the aspirational goal articulated in the Preamble to the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which calls lawyers to "strive to attain the highest level of skill, to improve the law and the legal profession and to exemplify the legal profession's ideals of public service."
Troubled lawyers can struggle with even minimum competence. At least one author suggests that 40 to 70 percent of disciplinary proceedings and malpractice claims against lawyers involve substance use or depression, and often both. This can be explained, in part, by declining mental capacity due to these conditions. For example, major depression is associated with impaired executive functioning, including diminished memory, attention, and problem-solving. Well-functioning executive capacities are needed to make good decisions and evaluate risks, plan for the future, prioritize and sequence actions, and cope with new situations. Further, some types of cognitive impairment persist in up to 60 percent of individuals with depression even after mood symptoms have diminished, making prevention strategies essential. For alcohol abuse, the majority of abusers (up to 80 percent) experience mild to severe cognitive impairment. Deficits are particularly severe in executive functions, especially in problem-solving, abstraction, planning, organizing, and working memory—core features of competent lawyering.
Third, from a humanitarian perspective, promoting well-being is the right thing to do. Untreated mental health and substance use disorders ruin lives and careers. They affect too many of our colleagues. Though our profession prioritizes individualism and self-sufficiency, we all contribute to, and are affected by, the collective legal culture. Whether that culture is toxic or sustaining is up to us. Our interdependence creates a joint responsibility for solutions.
Defining ``Lawyer Well-Being``
We define lawyer well-being as a continuous process whereby lawyers seek to thrive in each of the following areas: emotional health, occupational pursuits, creative or intellectual endeavors, sense of spirituality or greater purpose in life, physical health, and social connections with others. Lawyer well-being is part of a lawyer's ethical duty of competence. It includes lawyers' ability to make healthy, positive work/life choices to assure not only a quality of life within their families and communities, but also to help them make responsible decisions for their clients. It includes maintaining their own long term well-being. This definition highlights that complete health is not defined solely by the absence of illness; it includes a positive state of wellness.
To arrive at this definition, the Task Force consulted other prominent well-being definitions and social science research, which emphasize that well-being is not limited to: (1) an absence of illness, (2) feeling happy all the time, or (3) intra-individual processes—context matters. For example, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines "health" as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." It defines "mental health" as "a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community."
Social science research also emphasizes that "well-being" is not defined solely by an absence of dysfunction; but nor is it limited to feeling "happy" or filled with positive emotions. The concept of well-being in social science research is multi-dimensional and includes, for example, engagement in interesting activities, having close relationships and a sense of belonging, developing confidence through mastery, achieving goals that matter to us, meaning and purpose, a sense of autonomy and control, self-acceptance, and personal growth. This multi-dimensional approach underscores that a positive state of well-being is not synonymous with feeling happy or experiencing positive emotions. It is much broader.
Another common theme in social science research is that well-being is not just an intra-personal process: context powerfully influences it. Consistent with this view, a study of world-wide survey data found that five factors constitute the key elements of well-being: career, social relationships, community, health, and finances.
The Task Force chose the term "well-being" based on the view that the terms "health" or "wellness" connote only physical health or the absence of illness. Our definition of "lawyer well-being" embraces the multi-dimensional concept of mental health and the importance of context to complete health.
Our Call to Action
The benefits of increased lawyer well-being are compelling and the cost of lawyer impairment are too great to ignore. There has never been a better or more important time for all sectors of the profession to get serious about the substance use and mental health of ourselves and those around us. The publication of this report, in and of itself, serves the vital role of bringing conversations about these conditions out in the open. In the following pages, we present recommendations for many stakeholders in the legal profession including the judiciary, regulators, legal employers, law schools, bar associations, lawyers' professional liability carriers, and lawyer assistance programs. The recommendations revolve around five core steps intended to build a more sustainable culture:
Identifying stakeholders and the role that each of us can play in reducing the level of toxicity in our profession.
Ending the stigma surrounding help-seeking behaviors. This report contains numerous recommendations to combat the stigma that seeking help will lead to negative professional consequences.
Emphasizing that well-being is an indispensable part of a lawyer's duty of competence. Among the report's recommendations are steps stakeholders can take to highlight the tie-in between competence and well-being. These include giving this connection formal recognition through modifying the Rules of Professional Conduct or their comments to reference well-being.
Expanding educational outreach and programming on well-being issues. We need to educate lawyers, judges, and law students on well-being issues. This includes instruction in recognizing mental health and substance use disorders as well as navigating the practice of law in a healthy manner. To implement this recommendation effectively, more resources need to be devoted to promoting well-being.
Changing the tone of the profession one small step at a time. This report contains a number of small-scale recommendations, such as allowing lawyers to earn continuing legal education (CLE) credit for well-being workshops or de-emphasizing alcohol at bar association social events. These small steps can start the process necessary to place health, resilience, self-care, and helping others at the forefront of what it means to be a lawyer. Collectively, small steps can lead to transformative cultural change in a profession that has always been, and will remain, demanding.
Historically, law firms, law schools, bar associations, courts, and malpractice insurers have taken a largely hands-off approach to these issues. They have dealt with them only when forced to because of impairment that can no longer be ignored. The dedication and hard work of lawyer assistance programs aside, we have not done enough to help, encourage, or require lawyers to be, get, or stay well. However, the goal of achieving increased lawyer well-being is within our collective reach. The time to redouble our efforts is now.


You need to know and understand that there are some people, places, things, or ideas that God does not desire for you to sow into and multiply.
God desires to become God of their lives and through your potential participation outside the will of God, you may be viewed as their God when God wanted their hearts to be turned to Him and Him alone.
Allow God to direct your sowing and continuously order your steps.
A good land is a land for multiplication of the good things to occur and the division from the negative things to occur as well. Enjoy the good land and seek to expand its boundaries and blessings.
God is not only blessing you, but God is multiplying you and your opportunities to serve Him.
The blessings of God are meant to become an inheritance for your descendants. Allow God to position you in order to assure the blessing to rest upon your children and those that come after you within, outside, and around your family.
Numbers 21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Seeds of separation and division may plant the opportunity for the fruit of unity and multiplication to occur when done through the will of God.
Whenever the enemy attempts to separate and divide, poverty of spirit (sadness, discouragement, depression, unrighteous anger, and rebellion) and death (separation from God) is the demonic aim.
Your past enemies and tormentors do not hold the deed of your future unless you allow them to.
Past classmates and bullies on the playground, former romantic interests that broke your heart, past employers or clients that never appreciated what you had to offer, family members that never seemed to love you, and other personalities that never saw you in the same light and manner that God views you do not have any control over your future unless you enlarge their territory at the expense of yours.
See the past for what it really is: the miles behind that cannot enter the city limits of your future unless you pick up all of their baggage and bills. You paid the cost of going through the past once, so do not pay the price over and over again. That is, unless you want to and really enjoy their company.