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In the space of just a few days, room Platinum 2 Novotel Kuala Lumpur again received a couple group of Medi Lifesports' participants.
MLS has taking the initiative to organize a Workshop and Certified User Training in Sports Injury Recovery using Zimmer modalities. The experienced and internationally recognized trainer for physical therapy, Dr. Tjerk Wanders has taken his time to come down to Kuala Lumpur to share his knowledge.
The program provides an in-depth training using the Zimmer modalities. This is also another initiative of the after sales education program to MLS client.


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Zero emissions? Zero action
One person is to blame for the fact that Canada does not have greenhouse gas policy for the oil sands: Prim Minister Stephen Harper.
Andrew Leach
Since 2007, when what was then known as Canada's New Government introduced the Regulatory Framework for Air Emissions, the Conservative government has had a fairly consistent approach to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions policy: it's relied on some regulations, sometimes combined with carbon pricing, as part of a sector-by-sector regulatory approach, with the ever-present promise of more regulations to come.
Eight years after this initial plan, we seem no closer today to seeing federal policy cover the growing emissions of the oil sands, the natural gas and refining industries, or the large and growing source of GHGs known as the emissions-intensive and trade-exposed sectors. As the Prime Minister's former director of communications Andrew MacDougall said, "If something is essential to the government's agenda and losing isn't an option, the entire team puts its shoulder to the wheel until victory is achieved. If a policy isn't critical, it can be abandoned if the going gets too tough." Had greenhouse gas policy for the oil sands and other major emitters been seen as essential to the government's agenda, it would be implemented today.
To understand how we got to this point, it's worth looking back at where we've been. Imagine, if you will, a policy that would, for oil sands plants starting operations in or after 2012, "effectively require putting into place new carbon capture and storage technologies to prevent the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere." Zero-emissions oil sands.
This was not the policy of a fringe, left-wing party. This was part of the Turning the Corner Plan, released in early 2008 by the government of, well — you know who. But that's not all. The same policy would have also required a 33 percent reduction in GHG emissions intensity relative to 2006 levels by 2020. The proposed policy would have initially allowed firms to comply by paying into a fund, as is now the case in Alberta, but this option would have been removed after 2017. The Turning the Corner Plan would have been the Alberta system, with teeth, and it would have imposed compliance costs on oil sands producers far beyond the realm of anything being talked about today. But those were the times in 2007 and 2008.
Later in 2008, the Prime Minister gave a speech in London, UK. Read today, his words are almost shocking. Midway through the speech, he turned to the question of climate change. "Despite the commitments our predecessors in government made under the Kyoto Protocol, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise completely unrestrained from the early 1990s onward," Harper noted. His government would not "repeat our previous error." Canada would, he said, "set targets that are achievable."
At the time of his London speech, the Prime Minister was aware the road would not be easy. "Our targets are ambitious, but they are realistic," he said, before committing to, "in a relatively short period of time restrain and reverse the growth of GHG emissions…lower Canada's emissions 20 per cent below 2006 levels by 2020 and aim for a reduction of 60 to 70 per cent by 2050." The government backed down a bit from these commitments years later, at Copenhagen, in pledging to reduce emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, a target we are not on track to meet.
The government's bold words and ambitions were never matched with proportional actions. Despite a short foray to examine a North American cap-and-trade system, the Conservatives have not strayed too far from their earliest policies in their efforts to bring greenhouse gas policies to major industrial emissions. As promised, renewable fuel content standards and vehicle emissions performance standards harmonized with the US have been imposed, and a ban on incandescent light bulbs, while delayed, is slowly but surely removing these bulbs from our shelves. The government also delivered promised regulations that have effectively made coal-fired power plants financially infeasible to build. All of these were elements of the Turning the Corner Plan. The key elements missing from that plan are a framework for emissions for oil and gas, as well as emissions regulations for the emissions-intensive and trade-exposed sectors, which together have emissions larger than the oil sands today, without new policies, these emissions are projected to grow.
Zero-emissions oil sands was part of the Turning the Corner Plan released in early 2008 by the government of — well, you know who.
In 2012 and 2013, the government seemed poised to bring in regulations on the oil sector that would likely have included a pricing component similar to that proposed in Turning the Corner and to the regulations implemented in Alberta in 2007. (I worked on these regulations at Environment Canada in 2012-13.) While the federal government never publicly released a proposed framework, details obtained through access to information requests show an Alberta proposal to require a 40 percent reduction in emissions intensity and a Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers counterproposal for a required 20 percent reduction — approximately what would have been required of these facilities under the Turning the Corner Plan (ignoring the part about carbon capture and storage). Facilities that could not accomplish these reductions would have the opportunity to pay a fee that would go to support deployment of new technologies (the fee would have been $20 to $40 per tonne in 2020) – again, similar to what would have been required under the Turning the Corner Plan, although this financial compliance option was to have expired by 2017 under that original plan. It's fair to say that this new approach was weaker than, although not particularly different in design from, the Harper plan of 2007 (which was not really that different from the Martin/Dion plan of 2005).
The plans for this new (or not-so-new) regulatory approach seem to have died on the drawing board sometime after I left Environment Canada in 2013. The clearest sign of its demise was a purported letter from the Prime Minister to the Barack Obama administration stating that Canada would not act alone but would act together with the US — a line that became the go-to excuse for government inaction on oil sands GHGs until oil prices crashed. Now we've seen another excuse. According to the Prime Minister, low prices make it "crazy" to impose regulations on our oil and gas sector without US action.
Over the course of the Prime Minister's time in office, oil prices have gone from the $50s to the $140s, down to the $30s, back above $100 and back to the $40s, and today they sit at around $50. We've had proposals for regulations, cap-and-trade and regulations again, but it seems that no policy that would restrict GHG emissions from the oil sands can get to the finish line. Why? It's not prices, and it's not the oil and gas lobby. It is due to one thing: a prime minister who, to use MacDougall's words, hasn't seen fit to instruct "the entire team [to put] its shoulder to the wheel until victory is achieved" and a policy is imposed.
Stephen Harper is happy to see these difficult policy choices pushed to a later date. In so doing he will have us make exactly the mistake he said we wouldn't make again — promising aggressive action and not delivering it. When the world meets in Paris in late 2015, Canada will likely still not have policies imposed on its oil sands sector and, despite the oil price crash, we will still expect emissions to increase far beyond our Copenhagen commitment. Will the world again be willing to take the word of a prime minister, whoever it may be, who says we won't make the same mistake three times? The good news is that the speech is already mostly written, and recycling is always a good thing, right?
Andrew Leach is currently on leave from his role as an associate professor at the University of Alberta. In 2015, he chaired Alberta's Climate Change Advisory Panel.

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Born November 1996, passed away peacefully aged 9 years 7 months. She came to live with us at 6 weeks old, January 1997, from the pet shop. An adorable staffy x mastiff puppy, with adorable big brown eyes, floppy ears. Full of life, energy, getting into mischief. She loved toys, food, drives in the car. Always ready to give kisses and have tummy rubs. She loved us totally, unconditionally.
Thursday July 13 2006, she passed away from bone cancer. We were with her when she went to sleep, painlessly, peacefully. Tuesday 18 July, she was cremated, finally coming home Thursday 20 July 2006. Our beautiful girl sadly missed.
Always in our hearts baby girl, love forever, your mummies.


The surfer's name is Nicolas Rolando Gabaldon, Jr. born to Nicolas and Cecelia Gabaldon, February 23, 1927. Nicolas was the first born to Nicolas Gabaldon, and the second born to Cecelia.
Cecelia had a daughter Geraldine Raines, from a previous marriage. The young couple settled into the Santa Monica area of Los Angeles via Albuquerque, New Mexico and Texas.
Santa Monica during the early 1920's, had a thriving black owned business community in the area around 4th and Bay St. Black churchgoers patronized Ink well Beach as a means of socializing after church.
Carloads of girls would arrive at the beach to meet suitors and chat. Blacks in the community frequently patronized the bathhouse and dance clubs nearby.
Inkwell Beach, a 200-ft roped off "for Negroes Only" section of Santa Monica's pristine Gold Coast. During the Jim Crow Era, Inkwell was Nick's homebreak. It was here that Nick honed his surfing skills. Inkwell Beach, is located South of the Santa Monica Pier and north of Ocean Park's Pier.
As the coastal land for which the community was built became more valuable, the desire for the pristine property would increase racial tensions. Whites were becoming more antagonistic. Legal measures were taken so that blacks could not purchase beach properties.
When black business owners tried to purchase the Crystal Plunge site in 1924, an area adjacent to land purchased for a new beach club and hotel, they were rejected. The Casa Del Mar Hotel opened its doors in 1926. Fences were put up to keep the "undesirables" out.
Nicolas Gabaldon attended and graduated high school at Santa Monica High School. His love for the water increased by frequently patronizing the stretch of beach known as the Ink well.
Nick befriended several pioneers of surfing while they were working as a lifeguard in Santa Monica. Lifeguard legend Preston "Pete" Peterson is said to be one of the biggest influences on Nick. He even loaned Nick his lifesaving surfboard to ride.
Upon graduation, Nick enlisted in United States Navy near the end of World War II. While stationed at the United States Naval at Great Lakes Nick became a championship boxer.
At the war's end Nicolas Gabaldon returned to his home in Santa Monica. Nicolas' surfing skillsimproved and he wanted a new challenge. He then ventured out to the Malibu shores, eventually becoming friends with the elite group of surfers.
On June 5, 1951, one of the biggest swell in Malibu history reported wave heights to 10 feet. Surfers came from as far away as San Onofre to catch these giant waves. It was Nick's first ride of the day and the first wave on his new Bob Simmons balsa wood surfboard.
Nick was not alone on the wave. Nick was on the inside and Bob Hogan was in the rear. As Nick's ride got closer to the pier, Bob called out for Nick to pull out. Nick tried but was not successful. The board was seen striking the pier.
Nick was nowhere in sight. His friends ran down the beach to his rescue but it was too late Nick was gone. Los Angeles Lifeguards recovered Nick's body days later at Las Flores Beach. Nick Gabaldon's untimely death would become a story told for years to come.
Today, the Casa Del Mar Hotel still stands. Inkwell Beach, now a storm drain, is still frequented by blacks. There are black staffed beach clean-ups and inner city youth surf camps are now taking the place of volleyball and dancing. The ropes of separation are long gone, but the spirit of our ancestors still exists.
On February 14, 2006, I went down to Santa Monica City Hall's chamber meeting and patiently waited to speak. When it was finally my turn to address the council, I requested a commemorative plaque to be placed at the site of Inkwell Beach for the future generations.
The plaque was to be in honor of the patrons of the beach and the tragic loss of an unknown hero. Santa Monica City council members decided that a plaque should be placed at the site.
An email on May 16, 2007 confirmed all anticipation; the plaque and monument will now have a home in a landscaped area at the end of Bay St.


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It's almost April, you're almost out of it, you've shut down half your roster with the kind of injuries that are only suffered by non-playoff teams . . . even the most dedicated hater packs it in at that point, right? But that's where you're so wrong, idiot. After all, no season, even a losing one, is truly over until you've had a chance to spoil the aspirations of other, more successful competitors. God doesn't close a hater's door without opening a window through which that hater gonna continue hating.
First up this week is the Winnipeg Jets . . . who I'm being told were eliminated from the playoff hunt last week. So unfortunately there's nothing to spoil here, as the Jets have already curdled like milk on a hot Winnipeg sidewalk. Don't forget that the Jets, a playoff team last year, didn't make any major roster improvements going into this season, believing that their core would continue to consolidate and their young players would continue taking steps forward. Come on, when does that actually work? My informed suggestion for the Jets is that they spend the offseason getting rid of all their players for better ones.
PREDICTION: But wait, you're saying. As the last Canadian team standing, surely it is the Jets who will be looking to spoil things for the Senators. Yes, probably. But they won't. Look for Andrew Hammond to let in negative goals. How will he do that, you're asking. Well, he'll get a shutout, and also score one, I guess. Okay, you're saying, so that might mean he's directly responsible for a positive goal differential, but that's not the same as allowing negative goals; you can't actually allow negative goals. Right, I tell you, I'm just trying to turn a phrase here, and anyway, directionally, the effect is equivalent, isn't it? Yes, but it's a false equivalency, you respond. "A false equivalency," I repeat to you in a mocking, sing-song voice. Senators 5, Jets 0.
Ah, here we go, a team still in the playoff hunt. The Minnesota Wild, a team that 15 years post-expansion still has a name and uniforms like a fake hockey team in a Rob Schneider movie – let's say one where he's a down-on-his-luck dog groomer who accidentally kills his local team's starting goaltender with a pair of clippers while trying to trim the guy's standoffish Bichon Frise, and has to cover it up by putting on a mask, faking a semi-racist French accent, and leading the "Minnesota Wild" to the "Stanfield Cup" while also convincing his estranged teen daughter he's still a good dad – are hanging on to the last Wild Card spot in the Western Conference, five points ahead of the "Colorado Avalanche" with five games to play. I had to look that up, but let's be honest – you hadn't even heard of either of those teams until I told you just now.
On the face of things, it looks like the Wild have a pretty good shot at making the postseason so they can lose to the Blackhawks for a fourth year in a row. But you know all those things people make fun of the Senators for? The Wild have done them even more embarrassingly. You know how the Senators drafted Alexandre Daigle and paid him too much money? The Wild gave him another job after he ran out. You know how the Senators fly Stanley Cup banners that weren't won by the modern franchise? The Wild retired the number 1, in honour of their fans, before they'd played a single home game. Good luck signing Ray Emery, guys. You know how the Senators play way west of town? The Wild play all the way out in the Central Time Zone. They are a cheap photocopy of an unflattering picture of a better franchise, and they will lose this game.
PREDICTION: The outcome here is a foregone conclusion, so rather than predict the details, let me tell you why Bryan Murray made the Shane Prince trade. He made it in anticipation of this game in Minneapolis. He made it because Prince, the musician, shows up at Wild games from time to time – he has his own purple velvet box – and after watching the Senators embarrass the Wild at home, he's going to find Murray after the game and say something dramatic like, "I see you've lost a Prince. Well tonight, you gain another." And then he'll buy Milan Michalek's house (a man who's no stranger to purple, BTW) in the offseason, replace the Senators' in-game organist, and spend every play stoppage ripping off guitar solos which continue well after the puck is dropped. The Senators will win every game in this environment, and it will start with this one. Senators 5, Wild 0.
This is a tough one. On the one hand, we all hate the Flyers, right? Philadelphia has made a late-season rally to get into playoff position, and would anything be sweeter than if the Senators, the team that made the run of all runs last season, were also the team to truly spoil things for the Flyers this year, just to highlight how unique their run last season really was? On the other hand, the Flyers making the playoffs most likely means an end to one of the most celebrated boring records in sports, that being the Detroit Red Wings' 24-year playoff streak. And who doesn't hate the Red Wings? Nobody, that's who.
So the real question is whose season is best spoiled? The answer in this case is the Detroit Red Wings. And maybe a year off will do you some good, Detroit. More time to travel, to have a few new experiences, to develop more personality. Come back as something other than a consistent, dishwater-dull hockey team where everybody has the same haircut. Missing the playoffs isn't the end of the world, Detroit. It instills a hunger in you, deep down, the kind of hunger where you tell yourself you'll do anything it takes to get back to where you were, even if you only barely scrape back there, no matter what it costs. Hey, have you guys thought about trading for a veteran defenseman?
PREDICTION: Look for the Senators, in their wisdom, to ignore me and exert their influence over only those matters that are within their control. Senators 5, Flyers 0.
Next week: We cross the finish line, unbowed, unbroken.


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Caratteristiche tecniche
Il suo ruolo naturale è il difensore centrale, ma può giocare anche come terzino destro o come mediano.

Carriera

Club

Indep. del Valle

Nato a Guayaquil, inizia a giocare a calcio all'età di 10 anni per il centro sportivo Fedeguayas, dove gioca 2 stagioni. Il 2 febbraio 2010 viene acquistato dal , aggregatosi alla formazione giovanile.

Il 1º gennaio 2011 firma il suo primo contratto da professionista con il  fino al gennaio dell'anno prossimo.

Esordisce in prima squadra il 5 febbraio 2012, in occasione della partita casalinga vinta per 1-0 contro il . Mette a segno il suo primo gol in carriera professionistica il 14 giugno 2012, in occasione della partita vinta per 0-2 in casa del .

Gioca la sua prima partita in Coppa Sudamericana il 1º agosto 2013 in occasione della partita finita con uno spareggio di 0-0 allo Estadio Libertadores de América contro il .

Nel febbraio 2016 è stato convocato per la prima volta in Coppa Libertadores, apparendo per la prima volta il 4 febbraio 2016, nella partita casalinga contro il  vinta per 1-0.

Cruzeiro e prestito al Barcelona SC
Il 16 gennaio 2017 viene acquistato dal  per 1,40 milioni di euro fino a metà dell'anno prossimo con il diritto di riscatto a favore dell' per 1,50 milioni di euro. Fa il suo debutto con la maglia del Cruzeiro il 28 maggio 2017, in occasione della partita di campionato in casa del  vinta per 0-1 dal Cruzeiro. Nel maggio 2017 è stato convocato per la prima volta in Coppa Sudamericana con il Cruzeiro, apparendo per la prima partita in Coppa Sudamericana con la maglia del  l'11 maggio 2017, nella partita ospite contro il  persa per 3-2 dal Nacional. Alla fine della stagione vince la Coppa del Brasile 2017, presentandosi in campo solo 7 volte compresa la presenza in Coppa Sudamericana.

Il 1º luglio 2017 viene annunciato il suo passaggio in prestito annuale al  per 1,20 milioni di euro: l'accordo prevede il diritto di riscatto a favore del  per 1,30 milioni di euro e il diritto di recompera a favore del Barcelona SC per 1 milione di euro. Esordisce con la maglia giallo-nera il 13 agosto 2017, in occasione della partita ospite contro il  vinta per 0-2. Appare per la prima volta in Coppa Libertadores con la maglia del Barcelona SC il 26 ottobre 2017 in occasione della partita persa per 0-3 all'Arena do Grêmio contro il . Appare per la prima volta in Coppa Sudamericana con la maglia del  il 21 febbraio 2018, nella partita casalinga contro il  finita con uno spareggio di 0-0.

Veracruz
Il 5 settembre 2018 viene annunciato il suo passaggio a titolo definitivo al ; secondo le indiscrezioni di stampa il costo del trasferimento sarebbe pari a 700.000 euro più bonus. Fa il suo debutto con la maglia del Veracruz, nella partita ospite di campionato contro il  persa per 2-3. Sebbene sia stato registrato per apparire in Copa México Apertura, non ha avuto alcun tempo di gioco.

Inizia la stagione 2019, apparendo per la prima volta in campo il 6 gennaio 2019, in occasione della partita ospite di campionato contro il  finita con uno spareggio di 0-0. Nel gennaio 2019 è stato convocato per la prima volta in Copa México Clasura, apparendo per la prima volta il 16 gennaio 2019, in occasione della partita persa per 0-2 all'Estadio Francisco Villa contro il .

LDU Quito
Il 16 giugno 2019 viene ufficializzato il suo passaggio al  a partire dal 1º luglio 2019 per un costo pari a 1 milione di euro fino all'anno prossimo.

Nazionale

Nell'agosto 2016 è stato chiamato dal mister del tempo, Gustavo Quinteros, per prendere parte alle Qualificazioni per la coppa del Mondo, apparendo per la prima volta il 6 ottobre 2016, nella partita casalinga disputata a Quito, in Ecuador, contro la nazionale cilena vinta per 3-0.  Nel corso della sua carriera internazionale è stato spesso soggetto di diverbi con gli arbitri, prendo anche vari cartellini rossi, come nell'ottobre 2016, nella partita ospite disputata a La Paz, in Bolivia, partita finita con un pareggio di 2-2 con un componente della squadra in meno. Inizia la stagione 2017, prendendo 2 cartellini gialli nella seconda presenza in nazionale che lo porterà a non giocare la partita amichevole contro la nazionale venezuelana.

Controversie
Nell'ottobre 2016 è stato squalificato per 3 partite ai tempi dell', nella partita di campionato contro l', per aver maledetto l'arbitro. Successivamente Caicedo ha affermato che è stato l'arbitro ad avviare lo scontro e presumibilmente insultato e fatto commenti razzisti sull'etnia afro-ecuadoriana di Caicedo. In una partita dello stesso mese, l'11 ottobre in una partita internazionale di Qualificazione Mondiali contro la nazionale boliviana, Caicedo è stato espulso al suo secondo cap internazionale, prendendo due cartellini gialli. Il 28 marzo 2017, in una partita di qualificazioni per la coppa del mondo, Caicedo è stato espulso per aver commesso due reati con la nazionale ecuadoriana che ha perso per 2-0.

Statistiche

Presenze e reti nei club

Cronologia presenze e reti in nazionale

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Cruzeiro: 2017

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If you have been following my newsletter and blogs you are familiar with the concept that ALL diseases start at the cellular level due to less optimal energy and information for cells (no matter what type of cell) to do their job and be properly structured. Despite volumes of evidence pointing in the direction predicted by physicists, the medical profession has been very slow in assimilating these concepts, which has resulted in much frustration for me. Instead, we continue to rearrange the chairs on the Titanic ship of Health Care Reform.
Nothing will improve in health care delivery, until we de-emphasize the pharmaceutical approach and focus on METABOLOMICS. This has been the central focus of my career, which I am strongly contemplating ending. It is not worth it to me when I am having chest pain out of sheer stress, since my excellent diet and exercise routine have shown my heart is physically quite healthy.
The only thing that keeps me going is flashes of brilliance, like the quote above; I found it while waiting to get on the air (KTALK 630 AM on Sundays at 4PM.) There was an old copy of the Wall Street Journal in the studio. The quote came from the editor of the Journal Metabolomics; he was commenting on an article on dandruff, of all things.
But, my isolation from society at large and the medical profession has gotten so unbearable that I fear my health is suffering.
To make matters worse, there are certain "patients" who do not come back to see me when they discover I don't share the predominant faith in my state. There are also those "patients" who don't return because they believe the misinformation planted against me in several sites. But, none of them are more hurtful to me than those "patients" who don't return when they see that I am not as white as they are….
Added to all this is my social isolation, which I am not ready to share at this point. Suffice it to say that emotional and social issues are also Energy and Information issues.
This blog is not a pitty-party, but a realistic assessment of the struggles an Integrative Doctor faces in a protracted fight with a dysfunctional health care system. Added to this battle is the sense of never having belonged in a society whose main goal is profits and materialistic consumption. It is with these thoughts in mind that I, like all of us at times of existential crisis, muse about "what ifs…" Yes, maybe I should have become a Jesuit priest, when, as a child, I sensed modern societies do not care much about their spiritual, economic, physical, mental or political health.
There are three things that keep me going in this struggle: (1) the economy, since this is not the time to look for a second career at my age, (2) the sense of having been "called" to this work, and (3) all those faithful patients who express their support and love to me at each visit. To them, I say thank you from the bottom of my aching heart.
Dr. Rodier so many are blessed by your sacrifice and service. Please know that we need you. You've made a REAL sustained difference in so many lives. Please hang in there.
Please don't EVER consider leaving your practice! Slowly the truth will be realized and you will be the hero! I met you 10 years ago and everything you taught me was completely new. Slowly over time, bits of change from the main-stream medical community trickle in and I say "Dr. Rodier taught me that 10 years ago!" YOU ARE A PIONEER AND YOU ARE CHANGING THE WORLD! It takes time for people to change their views. Hey, look how long it took for people to stop believing that the world was flat! You are loved and thought about every day by thousands of people living a better life because of you. Thank you for having the courage to do what is right and for carrying the heavy costs of doing it.
I just found your blog and wanted to tell you to keep your chin up and stick with it. Everywhere you go you will find prejudice. You don't have to let it prevent you from doing what is right, however. You have chosen a path that is right for you and one you succeed in but it is not the mainflow. That doesn't mean it is wrong and pleny of pioneers in medicine were a bit 'radical' in their ideas. That is one of the main reasons the science of medicine has reached the pinnacles and achievements it has-someone thought outside of the box.
Our family, while typically not in the habit of visiting the doctor for minor colds,etc, had occasion to meet you approximately 10 years ago as patients and we still remember the advice and treatments you gave and it has influenced our lives.
It was only when we moved farther away about 5 years ago when we quit coming to your practice, yet we still think highly of your advice and methods. You do make a difference and while we may not be able to visit your office always, we will continue to follow you here, now that we have 'rediscovered' you. Warm wishes!
Dear Dr. Rodier, Others have said it better than I can, but I have decided that I should represent the hundreds who can not say it better, but need to say something, just to be counted.
Please don't give up the good fight. There are a lot of us that are depending on you to point the way to keep us healthy in a deteriorating environment. Who knows how many lives you have improved by sharing your knowledge with us. If you quit, it is a major victory for big pharmaceutical, the pesticide industry and others who do not have our best interest at heart.
As you power boat your way up the reservoir, you see the pressure of the obstacles on your right and on your left, but please look behind you and consider the ripple effect of those improved in your wake behind you. There is not another to take your place with the knowledge and trust that you have earned. You are the torch bearer. You know of the people that you meet with regularity, but you can not be aware of the associates and family members of your clients that also are influenced by the light you carry.
Years ago I saw you once. What you told me probably was spot on but I found it just too hard and continue to suffer the health consequences. I find your that over the years we are making changes for the better based on your research and admonitions. We are all fighting societal pressures and habits from childhood to make the changes for a better world. I hope you can continue your battle. My wife still sees you and you are making a difference for the better for my family. Thank you for what you have done and I hope you can continue.
I wonder if you have many more faithful patients than you realize.
You have been my family's primary care physician for almost 9 years but we've only been into your office a few times over the years. People who really follow your advice just don't get sick. (Well, we're not following it perfectly, but we try).
We come in every now and then for a kindergarten check up and that's about it.
We used to have some allergies and eczema issues but your advice cleared them up. We read your books and blog and write your name on every form that asks for our pcp, but we rarely need to see you.
I appreciate you so much and the unpopular stand you are taking. I hope you will feel the love and support from all of us that you don't see often.
What you are trying to accomplish is a paradigm shift -- from the drug-based approach to medicine to this ... metabolic approach. As Galileo and other paradigm-shifters can attest, this path is fraught with opposition from the current paradigm who, as you observe, have vested interests in the status quo, not the least of which is commitment to their current belief system.


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Mackey Musical Reflections 2018
On March 10, 2019 March 11, 2019 By paulmackeyIn Travel
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/playlist/mackey-musical-reflections-2018/pl.u-mJy8YRRuKMXr
For our 2018 Christmas letter, we would like to offer you our playlist for the year.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/be-more-kind/1339759613?i=1339759621
An anthem for the times. "History's been leaning on me lately".
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/this-year/62390581?i=62390487
Having already used Twin Peaks' "It's Been a Year" we had to find a different song with "Year" in the title. This one describes the ups and downs of life well.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/a-million-dreams/1299856714?i=1299856905
It is no secret that Jeryn is a HUGE Hugh fan and that she is very disappointed that he is performing in Toronto a week after her convocation at Guelph in June. Thea has joined the fan club and this was her favourite song from the movie, which her devoted father is learning on the piano.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/prayer/1210915694?i=1210915822
In October, Lori met some of her friends and Jeryn in Toronto for a fun weekend. This musical was a highlight.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/i-belong-right-here/1130084199?i=1130084417
We were fortunate to have Naomi Shore and Lyndsay Walker perform a house concert for us as part of our "first anniversary of living in Kamloops" house warming. One of the songs they sang was "My Peace River" by Miss Quincy. We felt this particular track spoke to our Peace River roots but also our feelings about settling in our new home.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/mr-lonely/192965779?i=192966100
When asked for suggestions for the playlist Rachelle offered this. How she came to be listening to Bobby Vinten is anyone's guess. We suspect the choice arose because, having graduated from High School, she was adapting to moving out from the Shenton's and into residence at Northern Lights College with a roommate who "is in the kitchen calling her friend and yelling at her. And also watching a show at 12. I totally don't want her to shut up so I can actually sleep or anything". Karma?
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/el-paso/885680748?i=885680808
El Paso is one of Lori's dad's favourite songs (and we suspect it also made an appearance on JVM favourites) so this is in honour of Jerome coming to stay with us in transition from Drayton Valley to Ladner.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/one-great-city/271955958?i=271956007
Continuing the Mexican theme, Jeryn suggested this in honour of Rachelle's Mexican boyfriend Pedro.
It's not that we hate Winnipeg it's just there are not many songs that feature the prairie capital. Because Paul was doing a locum in Neepawa (the home of Canada's only estate brewery) in the summer, Paul, Lori and Thea got to visit Winnipeg, notably the impressive Museum of Human Rights. Thea finally got to see some of Canada east of Edmonton but it became apparent that the landscape all looks much the same from east of Edmonton to Winnipeg.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/balade-au-bout-dune-echelle/486089649?i=486089662
A road show Cirque du Soleil performance in Kamloops was an event we could take our Chinese home stay student Hera to and we would all be equally baffled and amazed.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/come-down-the-river-with-me/1311847164?i=1311847170
If we compiled a soundtrack of our lives, we would include Jann Arden's music. It was a highlight to see her perform in Kamloops.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/aqua-profunda/1437126606?i=1437126761
Mick and Wal are also on the soundtrack of our lives so it was fascinating to hear them workshopping this track while we were on the safari tour in Africa. Paul made a short trip home in November to attend the Melbourne Cup with family and to drive his Dad and Sandra to wineries. lt was a little surreal for Paul to say hi to Mick and Wal and hear the final product at the Merri Creek tavern. You know you are getting on when the artists you follow are selling tea-towels as merch!
Adam came to visit. And did some fishing.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/four-simple-words/606652286?i=606652376
We saw Frank Turner perform in Vancouver and dragged along Lori's sisters and brother-in-law. A sincere, high energy concert. This is his "traditional" closing track and so a fitting book-end to our 2018 playlist…
For the encore…
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/movin-out-anthonys-song/671200650?i=671200651
What would a Mackey playlist be without some Billy Joel? This one seems the most descriptive. Jeryn "moved out" of her exchange program at RMIT in June and did some travelling before heading to Fort St John and then back to Guelph. Upon graduating in April she'll be moving back to Fort St John to work with Urban Systems. Oh and to be with Ted. Liam too will be moving out. He has been home with us in transition between UVic and continuing his studies in January at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. Rachelle too will be moving. In January she is moving to Saltillo, Mexico, for 6 months, to continue her studies. And to be with Pedro. Thea is moving but just up, not out. In grade 10 at St Ann's, she enjoyed playing on the senior volleyball team but is not enjoying being the senior flautist in band. "Those grade 9s don't know anything". Paul has been moving around a fair bit doing rural locums: Terrace, Barriere, Clearwater, Fort St John, Williams Lake, Salmon Arm, Chase, Ashcroft and, in Manitoba, Neepawa and Thompson. As a result Lori has been moving around less. She had been doing some pharmacy stints in Fort St John, Keremeos and West Kelowna but has been focusing more on her medical editing work for David Mackey and being a m-uber for Thea.
Life moves on.
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2 thoughts on "Mackey Musical Reflections 2018"
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Nearly 1,000 People Gather to Increase the Number of Black Lawyers at the National Black Pre-Law Conference
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The National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair, a free, intensive, information-packed empowerment weekend for aspiring Black lawyers, was hosted at Columbia Law School in New York City, New York.
NEW YORK - iSportsWire -- Hundreds of people from across the country came together from November 8th to November 9th, 2019 for The 15th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair 2019 Sponsored by AccessLex Institute. This year's event was hosted at Columbia Law School in New York City, New York. With nearly 700 aspiring Black law students in attendance, this conference brought together the largest number of Black law school aspirants gathered in one place for any one pre-law event in the country. In addition to the pre-law attendees, pre-law advisors as well as parents and supporters also attended. Further, over 170 law students, lawyers, and law school, law firm and non-profit administrators served as speakers, panelists, presenters, honorees, advisors, networking facilitators and volunteers to encourage, empower and support future Black law students. The goal of the conference was to provide law school aspirants with information, resources and connections they otherwise would not have access to in order to help make them more excellent, strategic and competitive law school applicants and law students.
This year's event included informational workshops on understanding legal education pedagogy, Law School Admission Council resources available in the admissions process, crafting the law school personal statement and diversity statement, strategically applying to law school, and financing one's legal education. There were also robust panel discussions on how Black law students can have a successful law school experience, and ways that Black lawyers can use their legal training to do meaningful work and help uplift the Black community. Moreover, one-on-one pre-law advisement sessions were held so that prospective law students could receive personalized advice and feedback. Additionally, there was a law school recruitment fair featuring over 130 exhibitors which showcased more than half of all ABA-approved law schools as well as some non-profit organizations, employers and programs targeting pre-law students.
Special this year was Black Pre-Law Talks™, which were short, engaging TED-type talks on a variety of topics presented by Black law school deans. Another special event included The John Mercer Langston Legal Education Leadership Awards hosted at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in honor of all 27 Black law school deans, a record number serving at one time, 150 years after the first African American law school dean founded the Law Department at Howard University. After the awards presentations, several law school deans also participated in a Q&A with the Deans session moderated by Dr. Jamal Eric Watson, Executive Editor, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. An unprecedented number of Black law school deans participated in these events.
Deans who presented a Black Pre-Law Talk included Michèle Alexandre, Esq,, Stetson University College of Law, Patricia W. Bennett, Esq., Mississippi College School of Law, Marcilynn A. Burke, Esq., University of Oregon College of Law, Danielle M. Conway, Esq., LL.M., Dickinson Law Pennsylvania State University, Felecia Epps, Esq., University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law, Kimberly Mutcherson, Esq., Rutgers Law School, Camille Nelson, Esq., LL.M., American University Washington College of Law, Carla D. Pratt, Esq., Washburn University School of Law, and Verna L. Williams, Esq., University of Cincinnati College of Law. Deans who engaged with attendees during the Q&A Session included Horace E. Anderson, Jr., Esq., Pace Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Joan R.M. Bullock, Esq., MBA, CPA, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, James R. Hackney, Esq., Northeastern University School of Law, Renée McDonald Hutchins, Esq., University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Esq., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Boston University School of Law, Nicky A. Boothe Perry, Esq., Florida A&M University College of Law, L. Song Richardson, Esq., University of California Irvine School of Law, and Vincent D. Rougeau, Esq., Boston College Law School.
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Attendees also had the opportunity to hear from special guest speakers including Alfreda Robinson, Esq., M.A., President, National Bar Association and Associate Dean for Trial Advocacy, Professorial Lecturer in Law and Co-Director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, George Washington University Law School, Veronica N. Dunlap, Esq., MBA, Director of Strategic Initiatives, National Network for Safe Communities, Joseph Youngblood II, J.D., Ph.D., Dean and Vice Provost, John S. Watson School of Public Service, Thomas Edison State University, Debra Martin Owens, Esq., Executive Director, Office for Diversity and Inclusion, New York City Bar Association, and Adrien Katherine Wing, Esq., M.A., Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law Programs and the Bessie Dutton Murray Professor, University of Iowa College of Law, as well as several other National Black Law Student Association and Black lawyer association leaders. Conference alumni who attended as pre-law students and are now attorneys shared their success stories including Ashley N. Cloud, Esq., MBA, an attorney advisor at the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals, and Ricky Armand, Esq., an associate at Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson & Gary, P.L.L.C.
Keynote speakers included legal powerhouses in their own right. The first keynote speaker was celebrated Stuart, Florida-based attorney Willie E. Gary, Esq., who is well-known nationally as "The Giant Killer" who earned the highest jury verdict ever - $23 billion - for a wrongful death case against one of America's largest tobacco companies. The second keynote speaker was Cannon D. Lambert, Sr., Esq., a successful Chicago, Illinois trial attorney, who is best known for representing Sandra Bland and her family. Sandra Bland's police stop, wrongful arrest and unexplained death following her detainment helped bring more attention to the mistreatment of Black women by law enforcement during the Black Lives Matter Movement. Attorney Lambert was able to obtain a $1.9 million settlement for Bland's family, and also force historic mandatory changes in jail policies.
The conference ended with the 15th Anniversary Honors which recognized persons who have contributed to the conference by giving of their time and talent throughout the years. Outstanding individual supporters received the Legal Education Access and Diversity Champion Award and outstanding law schools who have supported every year or nearly every year received the Outstanding Law School Diversity Outreach Award.
As is the tradition with every conference, it ended with the Aspiring Lawyers Pinning Ceremony which was presided over by Judge J. Machelle Sweeting, a judge at the Family Court of the City of New York, who led the law school aspirants in a spirited rendition of the "Aspiring Lawyers Success Pledge." Judge Sweeting surprised pre-law attendees with the generous invitation and opportunity to visit and intern in her chambers. Immediately thereafter, current lawyers pinned future lawyers with eagle pendants and congratulated them on their decisions to move forward in their plans to pursue law school.
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This annual powerful and jam-packed conference weekend celebrated 15 consecutive years of empowering and inspiring aspiring Black lawyers since its founding in 2005 by a first-generation college and law school graduate Evangeline M. Mitchell, Esq., Ed.M. Attorney Mitchell had written books, created an informational website, founded a Black pre-law organization, and spearheaded other initiatives to help Black students interested in law school. But after all of these efforts, she created the conference because she wanted to do something greater in terms of outreach that was more impactful than previous work she had initiated or had seen being done.
Reflecting on 15 consecutive years of organizing and hosting the event and her future plans, Mitchell said, "I am proud of what we have accomplished because we have helped thousands of Black people with law school aspirations. But the reality is that we still have so much farther to go in terms of increasing the numbers of African American law students and lawyers. The path to becoming a lawyer is challenging and there is an urgent need for more Black lawyers in all areas, but particularly those willing to fight for issues that affect our communities especially in our current times. I am more committed than ever to move forward and continue the conference, to make it bigger and better - and at the same time, do even more beyond it."
When asked about the significance of the event and what she wanted participants to take away, she stated, "The most important thing that I want participants to see and understand from attending this event is not only that we need more Black lawyers, but that this is a collective effort. All of these people have come together for them because we care about them. They are not alone. They have a community who is rooting for them, who wants to see them succeed and who wants to help them achieve their goals. To me, that is what this conference represents. It's a public demonstration that Black law students and Black lawyers and their allies want to proactively help support the next generation of Black lawyers. They are our legacy. Their success is our success. We are not successful if we don't reach back. It's our social responsibility."
Outside of the title sponsor AccessLex Institute, other event sponsors included the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, DLA Piper LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Winston & Strawn LLP, Ogletree Deakins, the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, Ballard Spahr LLP, Metropolitan Black Bar Association, Bass Berry + Sims, Drew | Eckl Farnham, and Vermont Law School.
The event is offered completely free of charge and is open to all. For updates and information about next year's event which will take place in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts in November 2020, please visit the official conference website at http://www.blackprelawconference.org.
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Google and China – it ain't over 'til it's over
Google's decision to effectively pull out of the Chinese market was one of 2010's biggest search-related stories.
The world's fastest growing company versus the world's fastest growing economy was quite a match-up. There was though only ever going to be one winner. But as Rocky Balboa famously said, "it ain't over 'til it's over".
Google was congratulated for refusing to continue censoring its search results, but predictions of a return to China at some point in the future started doing the rounds before the ink was dry on the announcement.
Google is the world's largest search engine, the web's most visited site and arguably its most powerful brand. It has branched out beyond its traditional markets providing everything from office apps to operating systems for mobile phones.
There can be little doubt that Google will have a major influence on our online lives for the foreseeable future. Certainly it has competition across its various businesses, but all the evidence would appear to suggest that Google is going from strength.
Mobile operating systems, for example, is one of its newest ventures. But a report out this week put its share of the US smartphone market ahead of Apple's. Try as it might, Microsoft is struggling to counter Google's dominance of the search market, while Google Docs is winning over more and more businesses that had previously looked no further than MS Office.
China meanwhile is on course to become the world's biggest economy. Its double digit growth has been all the more remarkable over the past couple of years as the rest of the world has languished in recession and financial turmoil. With a population of 1.2 billion and a growing middle class, this is surely China's century.
Google has no doubt been lobbying away behind the scenes trying to find a compromise that would let it access what will one day be the world's most lucrative consumer market, without betraying its commitments to "do no evil".
The smart money appears to be on Google and China finding that compromise. Comments earlier this month from Google CFO Patrick Pichette confirmed that the company was looking for a way back in.
But Google is of course not the only search engine. Baidu, China's most popular search provider, is already an established online brand. It is the most visited site in China and the sixth most popular website globally, according to Alex.com.
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Multiple chemical sensitivity, also known as MCS, can best be described through a scenario. Let's say that you get on the subway and sit next to someone that has a lovely smelling perfume or cologne on. Although it smells nice, it is also very strong and suddenly your eyes begin to water and you begin to sneeze uncontrollably. After getting off the subway, you pass a florist on the street that is spraying his flowers with pesticides. This also makes your eyes water and forces you to sneeze constantly. This is an example of what a person with MCS goes through. MCS is a world-wide health problem that is caused by our toxic environment. It is characterized by an extreme sensitivity to chemicals.
A person with MCS may have an immediate or delayed reaction to chemicals. Because there are so many symptoms associated with MCS, it is often misdiagnosed. Listed below are some of the symptoms that may occur after being exposed to chemicals.
When you are living with MCS, it seems as if the world is out to get you. Even chemicals within your own home can upset your body and cause all or some of the above mentioned symptoms. Formaldehyde is a chemical that enters the air you breathe inside of your home from laminated furniture, carpet, plastic, insulation and adhesives. Other dangerous chemicals such as household cleaners, solvents, pesticides and lawn chemicals can also get into the air in your home. In order to remove these chemicals and breathe easy, it is recommended that someone with MCS have an air purifier to continually clean the air of harmful chemical contaminants and odor.
Many personal care products have synthetic chemicals in them that can onset symptoms that could affect your health long-term. To prevent these reactions, a person with MCS might use irritant free products.
Most people with MCS find that the food they ingest is another key source of chemical exposure. For many, switching to organic food makes a difference in their overall health. MCS sufferers should pay close attention to the food labels though. Many are not yet FDA approved. Make sure that your selection is organic and not just "all natural". The organic food market has dramatically increased in the past few years. More people are turning to it for healthcare reasons and because it is making some feel better and have more energy.
The key to surviving MCS is to stay away from substances that will trigger the onset of symptoms and to improve your indoor air quality. Some people are so sensitive to so many different chemicals that they do not allow synthetic materials in their homes. Others know what chemicals onset the symptoms and are able to avoid them more easily.
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Organic bedding, natural personal care products, organic food and air cleaners like Smelleze™ will be an MCS sufferer's best friends. Even if you do not have MCS, please remember that these toxins enter your body just like everyone else's. MCS can develop at any time. Staying away from these toxic chemicals will help you to achieve a healthier immune system and avoid MCS.
Hi, I am very interested in your products, since I have been diagnosed with MCS and need to eliminate all possible odors in my home, but also at work in my office.
Recently I purchased a new product for cat liter box (light weight cat liter). This product although it says no odor on the package when using it for a week I began to feel really sick. I realized it was the cat liter itself that has chemicals in it to the point that now I cannot seem to get rid of. It is in the carpets ( I washed them but still it smells), it is in my cats fur and cannot seem to get rid of it (is your product safe to wash my cats in?), it is in my sofas (made of material not leather), it is everywhere including my cloths and I am literally going crazy, my nerves are shot.
I live in a condo unit and have HVac —-please which ever product you recommend I will use…need your help ASAP.
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My son is extraordinarily sensitive to smells that stands in his way of using some drugs that would help him with his constant pain from some procedures to his brain. Is there any procedure or mechanical tool that can help block the smell of most if not all smells?
Is there any smell blocker that my son can use so he can take some medication or mechanical tool that would stop smells from reacheing him? It realiyl is a huge problem for him.


Ujjain is filled with temples. Whichever street you turn into, there is going to be some prominent temple that you have to pay a visit. The main temple is the Mahakaleshwar (the Jyotirlinga), then there is the biggest Ganesha, then a temple for the planet Jupiter, then a cave temple where a sage is living but you find it hard to breathe, then a temple where the lamp never dies. So many stories and so many miracles around every street of Ujjain. Of all that what caught my attention was the Kaal Bhairav Temple of Ujjain. Temples of India always have fascinating stories associated with them and this one too has one. Wonder what? He drinks alcohol! Have you heard of a temple where alcohol is accepted as an offering? Here is one unique temple where you not only offer liquor to Kal Bhairav but He also literally drinks it!
Kalabhairava is considered the most fierce representation of Lord Shiva. He is more often considered terrifying and is represented wit blaring eyes, untied hair that looks more like burning fire, adorning a garland made of human skull, protruding teeth like that of a tiger's and in His hand one can see the severed fifth head of God Brahma. That's right. Brahma had five heads and not four. But then there was some argument among the Gods as who is the supreme creator of the universe. Every Veda and scriptures pointed to Lord Shiva and Brahma got angry. Shiva also got angry that Brahma thinks He is the supreme creator of the universe. So they argue and when Brahma stares at Shiva with glaring eyes like that of a fire burning, Shiva just cuts off that head. No head then no eyes to stare and Shiva becomes the supreme lord.
Kaala Bhairavar is considered as a protector. It is common to see His statue erected on the entrance of villages and pooja being done to it like any other temple. And most of the Shiva temples, especially the Jyotirlingas, you get to see a shrine for Kaal Bhairav. It is said that if you visit the Jyotirlinga then you have to pay a visit to KalaBhairava as well. Almost all the Shakthi Peethas have a shrine for Him too and He stands to guard the premises. The easiest way to identify Him is that He uses a dog as a vehicle. So if you see a statue with a dog sitting next to it that is Kala Bhairavar. This God is also associated with tantric activities because He is worshipped by Aghoris and pooja is done during midnight and some more stories like that. Even Buddhism adapted to this form of fierce representation. You could have seen the painting of KalaBhairava in many monasteries.
Now having paid a visit to the Mahakaleshwar of Ujjain, it is a must to pay a visit to Kaal Bhairav too. Mahakaleshwar was a very well organized temple. I loved spending time here and you get to sit right opposite the sanctum sanctorum and pray however long you want, as you get to see the Shiva Linga from anywhere in the huge hall. After hopping many more temples it was time to pay a visit to Kaal Bhairav. It is about 4km away from the Jyotirlinga shrine and the many tuk tuks around take you to everywhere in the town. The vehicle stopped a little away and asked us to walk further down. The moment I got out, the hawkers handed out the pooja plate to be given as offering to God. And my eyes went in disbelief and looked up the guy wondering if he was mocking. The plate of the offering had flowers, sandalwood, kumkum, incense sticks, a packet of sweet and a bottle of liquor!! Bottle of alcohol in a temple?! Hey Ram!! "This is what God here takes", he chucked the plate into my hands as though he could read my mind.
I did not take the plate but continued to walk in amusement. More shops arose selling liquor. Not just the country made liquor. There were quality wine bottles, Old Monk, Blender's Pride, Antiquity, Smirn Off Vodka and even the costliest scotch bottles! Sold in government authorized shops that pretty much looked like vegetable selling shops. And people bought these plates of offerings along with alcohol with utmost sincerity and walked into the temple.
The temple looked like made of black stone. Wikipedia says the temple was built by a king called Bhadrasen. The temple is built in the Maratha style. The easiest way to identify this is by seeing the Deepa Stamba, a tall towering lamp made of stone that is particular to the Maratha kingdom. This temple had it too right at the entrance. The inside of the temple was not as glamorous as the entrance. It looked like any other ordinary temple. Photography is not allowed beyond the point of entrance. There was a huge rush and we had to wait in the queue.
Kaal Bhairav gulps the Alcohol!
Inside is the shrine of Kaal Bhairav. In the shape of Shiva Linga, not entirely cylindrical but more like a big stone, smeared with vermillion which is the kumkum. The bright orangish body is contrasted with thick black eyebrows and a golden colored crown over it. Two bright eyes shine through the smeared vermillion and a red colored lips marks the mouth. To me, it looked like the eyes were inside a cavity. And on His head is the famous Maratha Pagadi that the royal family used to wear and the making of which is a fast disappearing art now. The crowd is pushing and pulling and I found myself a corner and stuck to the wall like a lizard, letting the crowd pass through me. I wanted to watch the proceedings. The queue of people walks in, hands over the offering plate to the priest. The priest opens the alcohol bottle and pours nearly one-fourth of it into a shallow plate. He then places the plate near the mouth opening of the statue and Kala Bhairava drinks the alcohol. Am not joking at all! The priest is not even tilting the plate to pour it through some hole, he places it close to the lips and the liquor starts to disappear.
I could not believe my eyes. And I kept watching. The action happens repeatedly and quite swiftly! He pours the alcohol on the plate and it disappears. My mind is imagining some kind of tank should be there underneath where all this alcohol gets poured into. But what will they do mixing all these alcohol together? We are in an era where I cannot blindly believe it to be a miracle and that Kaal Bhairav is drinking all the alcohol! No one in the temple would tell you how it happens. The sea of people is rushing in and getting their prasad. Some drink it right there once out of the temple, like a temple offering.
Once outside the temple, I sat in a relatively calm place and start to google about this Kaal Bhairav alcohol mystery. Nothing substantial came up. It is the same boring theory, this particular stone could be porous in nature and might have the quality to absorb. I don't want to believe this cos how much can a stone absorb? That too so many liters of variants of alcohol is poured into it for hundreds of years. The next read was alcohol evaporates into thin air! Completely agree but the amount of time it takes to evaporate cannot match this speed of disappearance that I witnessed. The next read was that there was a team which tried to conduct studies but the main priest refused. There is no cavity near the mouth. Then a team did successful research but they couldn't find anything odd and concluded that He is indeed drinking all that alcohol.
Myth or Miracle, the sea of faith coming in to visit this temple doesn't seem to be less. For some, this place could be like filled with amusement and curiosity. And for some, it is their faith and belief. Let me try not to question that. If you are in Ujjain then definitely do pay a visit to Kal Bhairav temple without fail and let me know what you observed.
That's interesting. Good to know about it.


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Q: change a attr of element when windows width less than value with jquery I want when windows width less than 992, change css attr of one element. I wrote this code:
$(document).ready()
{
    if ($(window).width() < 992) {
        $('#header_right').css('text-align', 'center');
    }
}

If I execute
if ($(window).width() < 992) {
    $('#header_right').css('text-align', 'center');
}

in console by ff done but when use this code in file such as up don't worked.
I use this js file in head:
<script src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/main.js"></script>

Please advice.

A: This is better solved by @media queries. You need to add this in your CSS:
@media screen and (max-width: 992) {
  #header_right {
    text-align: center;
  }
}

And you must bind this with the window's resize event, inside the document's ready function. Actually you have a syntax error there:
$(document).ready(function () {
  $(window).resize(function () {
    if ($(window).width() < 992) {
      $('#header_right').css('text-align', 'center');
    }
  });
});

Because the current code you have, checks only once when the document is loaded and not every time when the window is resized.

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Bitcoin didn't even show all his SegWit benefits (internal) and it already has upcoming news. Due to the New York Agreement (NYA) miners are already announcing their support for the SegWit2x upgrade scheduled for November. But this change won't go as smooth as the SegWit one. It will force Bitcoin to fork. And, exactly, we'll have a new (third) Bitcoin!
What is the New York Agreement?
The New York Agreement is an agreement made by a group of international Bitcoin companies before the Consensus conference from New York in May 2017 (here comes the name.) They reached the conclusion that Bitcoin's scaling issues can be solved by a fork on Bitcoin.
We can consider that SegWit already doubled the number of transactions that can be included in one block by stripping them down to half their initial size. Now, doubling the size limit with SegWit2x will lead to a 4x increase. This upgrade is necessary for Bitcoin's future developments.
1/ "[SegWit] is not related to the Segwit2x hard fork"
Actually: SegWit is 1/2 of SegWit2x. SegWit would not be active without SegWit2x.
Once the first phase, SegWit have been a soft fork upgrading the Bitcoin software without affecting any of the previous transactions or the current way of handling its use, SegWit2x can deploy only through the activation of a hard fork.
Will Bitcoin maintain its price causing the SegWit2x Bitcoin to act as a nice airdrop bonus? Will the price split between both of them? Or maybe the price will drop because of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt)?
We don't know. And we can't predict either.
But what we know is that the SegWit2x chain may not include replay protection. Even if it's an open issue, with implementations proposed, there is a chance that it won't be included in the final update. So, when the chains will split, you are at risk of losing your coins on one chain on making transaction at the other.
So, now you know why the community has split claiming that we don't really need SegWit2x, SegWit's first phase was enough to solve the current problems, advising the companies and the miners behind them to break the initial agreement and give up on the upgrade.
These are the straight up facts we know for now. At this time, we don't really know if SegWit2x will even happen. We can only see the opposing opinions thrown from one side to another. You may already have taken a side too. There's nothing to do right now, only to stay informed and gather the facts from BOTH sides.
Once this becomes much clear we'll be releasing a "How-to" right away! Tune in on Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, Reddit, and always here on howtoken.com. Which fits you the best!
Disclaimer: the author does not promote any of the coins mentioned in the article as better than others. Do your own research and pick wisely!


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I have just returned to Israel more tired than I can remember in a long time. Due to Ms. Irene, the hurricane, not me, my flights were all canceled. No, I was not stranded in paradise. I was stranded in Chicago. Three days were spent in alternating phases of work-absence-anxiety-and-catch-up AND having a lovely time seeing friends with whom I didn't otherwise have time to spend. Now home. To a scary and very exciting month of work. I took a moment today to look up some favorite poems. Calm before the storm.
But a Cyprus citrus surplus.
Says a cryptic Coptic skeptic.
Siphon off the Cyprus citrus?
Who'll suppress the Cyprus surplus?
The following poem is by A.E. Housman, a fascinating person – revered classics scholar and popular poet. A dear friend once inscribed a book to me with this poem, and I've never forgotten it.
Really nice shoes. I did.
I haven't been blogging for a while, and the longer I don't, the harder it is to go back. And I've had so many ideas, and such an interesting couple of weeks. Seriously, it kills me, and I don't know where to start writing.
But the situation itself (the not writing) is reflective of the current state of my life. Not that I've not been busy (went to a tweet-up, went out on a date, and worked the incredible IsraWinExpo). But the internal drive and state aren't so healthy. I'm feeling pretty apathetic, a bit behind on work, my laundry situation is dire, the dishes and leftover food situation were physically nauseating, and my linens were seriously, seriously needing a wash.
So, in short, last night I had an "insightful" evening — had a moment of clarity and took a honest look at my life. I'll spare you the details for the moment. But this morning, this Saturday morning, I got out of bed, and I immediately put on trousers, a bra and shirt, and finally shoes. Shoes.
Whether barefoot, in socks, in slippers, or even in Uggs, I find I'm not really awake and rearing to go in a serious, "I am going to work, make money, do my chores, call my friends, and generally be productive and feel good," without shoes. Fully dressed, yet still in slippers, I might as well have stayed in pajamas. Although it be possible to get work done in this condition, I do it as grudgingly, as a schlub. Nobody likes to feel like a schlub.
Today, I did the dishes, all of the dishes. Emptied and scrubbed the "kolboinik," (it's a sink-trash – no disposals in Israel), and bleached the hell out of the sink and surrounding areas. It took more than 2 hours. I planned on stopping. I wanted to go to a favorite cafe and work and write and be a Tel Aviv "participant." But as soon as I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth, I had the urge to scrub a bit more.
So, when in doubt, when feeling a bit of despair, hopelessness, or if you've hit an itching dry procrastinating spell – put on your shoes. Some powerful shoes.
I'm in boots, thick high-heeled black leather boots. Imagine standing in those for two hours in front of a nasty dripping sink. Got through it though, didn't I?
Here are some photos from the past weeks that I'd like to share. I'll get to describing some of the fantastic events I've been to shortly. I promise. Enjoy!
Ahmadinijad in drag - lovely figure don't you think?


When Apple released the iPhone 5, they did not included an updated version of the overpriced-yet-minimal Bumper from the iPhone 4/4S. While this made some sense, the company released a first-party case alongside the iPhone 5S, the $40 iPhone 5S Case, which also works with the iPhone 5.
Although the 5C has the market cornered on "fun" Apple-branded cases, the 5S case is available in a few different colors: yellow, beige, blue, brown, black, and a (PRODUCT) RED edition. The texture is nice feeling leather, not unlike the original iPad Smart Covers, although a bit thinner. The inside is lined with microfiber and should do a good job of both protecting your phone from everyday bumps and scratches. Don't expect these cases to save your phone from ridiculous drops.
Cutouts for the headphone jack and Lightning Connector are relatively small, so some headphones won't work, nor will fatter Lightning Connectors. This isn't really surprising, and if you use a lot of cables with the dimensions of Apple's it shouldn't matter. Ours worked fine with the Lightning-to-30 Pin cable adapter and the Lightning-to-micro-USB adapter from Apple. Also along the bottom are small holes for the microphone and speaker.
The cutout for the camera is also on the smaller side, but does not affect the flash or operation of the camera. It is curious that these dimensions are smaller than what Apple requires from third-parties. Then again, if you're making everything and controlling the ecosystem, you can do what you want. Buttons are covered with leather, and the volume buttons have excellent tactile feedback. The power button requires a little more effort, but isn't bad.
Inserting and removing the iPhone isn't too difficult, but the case does require a bit more effort than some TPU or silicone products. Once installed, it feels like an extension of the iPhone, rather than a cheesy afterthought in the case of the original iPad case. Besides not adding much bulk or weight to the phone, it feels cohesive and gives enough grip and comfort. The back features an embossed Apple logo at about the same place as the one on the back of the phone, but no other markings.
If we had to find a complaint about the case, it would be the nature of the dyed leather itself. Much like the iPad covers, expect the lighter colored cases to pick up skin oils and change color over time. Changes will most likely happen on edges, due to clothing dyes or contact with your skin. If you want something that will look like-new the longest, go with the black version. If you want something that will wear the most, but will look a little ugly, go with the beige.
We do have a complaint towards Apple, in that the iPhone 5S Dock would be an excellent companion to this case. Alas, the Dock doesn't allow any sort of case on the iPhone, which is a bit of a disappointment. The same goes for the Lightning-to-30-Pin Adapter. Why sell a few first-party accessories that don't work with each other.
Some may complain that the case is overpriced, especially when a lot of iPhone cases have a sweet spot of $25-$35. Still, the extra $5 does get you genuine leather and the ability to exchange a faulty case at an Apple Store.
Apple's iPhone 5S Case is a great option if you like leather, don't plan on swapping cases a lot, and want something that is understated, but classy.


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package org.jclouds.atmos.options;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.jclouds.http.options.BaseHttpRequestOptions;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

/**
 * Options used to control paginated results (aka list commands).
 */
public class ListOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
   public static final ListOptions NONE = new ListOptions();
   private static final Collection<String> INCLUDE_META = ImmutableList.of(Integer.toString(1));

   /**
    * specifies the position to resume listing
    * <p/>
    * note this is an opaque value and should not be interpreted.
    */
   public ListOptions token(String token) {
      this.headers.put("x-emc-token", checkNotNull(token, "x-emc-token"));
      return this;
   }

   public String getToken() {
      return getFirstHeaderOrNull("x-emc-token");
   }

   /**
    * the maximum number of items that should be returned. If this is not specified, there is no
    * limit.
    */
   public ListOptions limit(int maxresults) {
      checkState(maxresults >= 0, "maxresults must be >= 0");
      checkState(maxresults <= 10000, "maxresults must be <= 10000");
      headers.put("x-emc-limit", Integer.toString(maxresults));
      return this;
   }

   /**
    * the maximum number of items that should be returned. If this is not specified, there is no
    * limit.
    */
   public ListOptions includeMeta() {
      headers.replaceValues("x-emc-include-meta", INCLUDE_META);
      return this;
   }

   public boolean metaIncluded() {
      String meta = getFirstHeaderOrNull("x-emc-include-meta");
      return (meta != null) ? meta.equals("1") : false;
   }

   public Integer getLimit() {
      String maxresults = getFirstHeaderOrNull("x-emc-limit");
      return (maxresults != null) ? Integer.valueOf(maxresults) : null;
   }

   public static class Builder {

      /**
       * @see ListOptions#token(String)
       */
      public static ListOptions token(String token) {
         ListOptions options = new ListOptions();
         return options.token(token);
      }

      /**
       * @see ListOptions#includeMeta()
       */
      public static ListOptions includeMeta() {
         ListOptions options = new ListOptions();
         return options.includeMeta();
      }

      /**
       * @see ListOptions#limit(int)
       */
      public static ListOptions limit(int maxKeys) {
         ListOptions options = new ListOptions();
         return options.limit(maxKeys);
      }

   }
}

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