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The Senzafine closet was designed specifically for orderly storage. It includes a variety of different systems and features that allow you to hang clothes, to fold them and store them on shelves, to put your bags and shoes on display, to organize your accessories and to meticulously find a place for every item.
A classical combination is that of glass and metal. The two materials combined complement each other in a unique way, creating very sleek and delicate designs. This is a nice example showing how striking a series of clean geometric forms can be.
Kaspar Hamacher is a Belgian designer who uses wooden logs to create unique stools. The method used to get the desired result is rather unusual. The stools are created by setting a log on fire. The burnt away sections shape the log until it finally starts to look like a stool. The bark is also stripped from the log and the result is a clean and artistic form. The project is called Ausgebrannt which means "burnt out" in German.
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The separation of fluorous compounds by F-SPE (Fluorous Solid Phase Extraction) is a reliable and generic procedure that more greatly resembles filtration than chromatography. The quick separation depends primarily on the presence or absence of a light fluorous tag, not polarity or other molecular features that control traditional chromatography.1 FluoroFlash® silica selectively retains fluorous molecules while non-fluorous compounds are not retained. The fluorous compounds can then be recovered easily through a simple solvent change. FluoroFlash® SPE cartridges are pre-packed in a variety of formats with a proprietary fluorous silica gel.
In Figure 1, a mixture of a non-fluorous dye (blue) and a fluorous dye (orange) are loaded on a fluorous adsorbent (left-hand test tube). The non-fluorous dye can be washed down with a fluorophobic solvent mixture like aqueous methanol (middle test tube). The fluorous dye remains on the adsorbent until the elution with a fluorophilic wash (e.g. with pure methanol, right-hand test tube). The colored dyes of this example were used to visualize the easy separation of a fluorous-tagged product from non-fluorous byproducts with F-SPE (Fluorous Solid Phase Extraction).
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Aviation Investigation Report A97Q0005
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada investigated this occurrence for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
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Risk of Collision
between ATR 42-300 C-FTCP of
Inter-Canadien Aérospatiale
and a convoy of snow removal vehicles
International Airport, Quebec
10 January 1997
Inter-Canadien Flight 1628, an ATR 42-300 (Serial No 143), was cleared to take off from runway 06. This regularly scheduled passenger flight links Quebec City, Quebec, and Baie-Comeau, Quebec. During climb-out, the aircraft flew over a convoy of six snow removal vehicles travelling in the opposite direction at the midway point of the runway. The flight crew reported the incident to the air traffic controller, then continued the climb and flew on to the destination without further incident.
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At 0819, eastern daylight time (EDT),(1) a convoy consisting of six snow removal vehicles under the direction of the maintenance supervisor (Staff 22) was authorized by the ground controller to proceed onto runway 06 via taxiway Bravo, runway 30 and taxiway Golf. At 0824, the convoy entered runway 06 and cleared it six minutes later via taxiway Alpha to allow an aircraft to land. After clearing the taxiway, Staff 22 reported to the ground controller that the vehicles were going to work on the apron and asked to be advised when the runway was available. At 0837, the aircraft landed and was cleared to leave the runway via taxiway Alpha and travel to the apron. About one minute and twenty-four seconds later, the ground controller advised Staff 22 that the runway was available. Shortly thereafter, the ground controller was relieved for a rest break, by the shift supervisor.
Staff 22 and the five other vehicles then left the apron and entered runway 06 via taxiway Alpha without requesting permission to proceed. At 0841, Inter-Canadien 1628 (ICN 1628) was cleared by the ground controller to proceed onto runway 06. The investigation revealed that the communication was heard by two vehicle drivers while the convoy was on runway 06, about 1,000 feet from the intersection with taxiway Alpha. The drivers were under the impression that the controller would warn them if they had to clear the runway. Shortly thereafter, the convoy of vehicles turned around and headed towards the right side of runway 24.
At 0845, the air controller cleared ICN 1628 to take off from runway 06. The co-pilot was at the aircraft's controls during the take-off run. At rotation speed, he noticed that there were vehicles on the runway and pitched the nose of the aircraft up more steeply than normal. Shortly thereafter, the captain reported to the air controller that there were several vehicles on the runway. In the meantime, Staff 22 advised the ground controller that an aircraft had just flown over the vehicles. The aircraft was estimated to have taken off approximately 3,000 feet from the threshold of runway 06 between 1, 000 and 1,500 feet before the area where the vehicles were. The climbing aircraft flew over the vehicles at an altitude of between 200 and 300 feet. Runway 06/24 is 9,000 feet long and 150 feet wide.
The weather conditions prevailing at Quebec City at the time of the occurrence were as follows: surface winds from 090 degrees magnetic at 15 knots gusting to 20 knots; visibility ½ half mile in average-intensity and blowing snow; vertical visibility 600 feet; temperature minus 7 degrees Celsius; dew point minus 8 degrees Celsius; barometric pressure 29.36 inches of mercury; obscuring phenomenon due to snow; opacity 8/10. The runway and the apron could not be seen from the control tower because of the weather conditions.
The frequency 121.9 megahertz was used for communications between the control tower personnel and the snow removal vehicles. Use of the ground control frequency for communications with all airport vehicles is the established standard procedure. The maintenance frequency was used for communications between the snow removal personnel. This frequency is also used by all airport vehicles, but is not available to air traffic personnel. It is a work tool and helps to reduce congestion on the ground frequency. Staff 22 stated that he did not hear the ground controller clear ICN 1628 to proceed because the maintenance frequency was congested. The communication equipment was working properly at the time of the occurrence.
Controllers occupied the ground and air positions in the control tower, and there was also a shift supervisor present. Staffing met unit standards. The transfer of responsibilities between the supervisor and the ground controller for his rest break was done in accordance with standard procedures. The supervisor knew that Staff 22 had been advised that the runway was available, and he was under the impression that the snow removal vehicles would continue to work on the apron. The workload was assessed as light, with normal complexity. The personnel on duty in the control tower and the snow removal personnel were certified and qualified.
In the tower, red and green warning lights report movements and obstacles on the runways. The ground controller attends to the warning lights. A green light indicates that the runway is clear, and a red light indicates that the runway cannot be used. In the present case, the green warning light for runway 06 was lit. In addition to these lights, vehicle information is recorded and updated on red progress strips showing the number and position of vehicles and placed directly under the flight progress strips. In the present case, there was a red strip on the ground and air controllers' data blocks. At the time of the occurrence, each strip indicated that the six snow removal vehicles were on the apron. The airport is not equipped with Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE). An ASDE is a very useful tool for navigation on the ground, as it can detect potential conflict situations, especially if visibility is restricted.
In performing their duties, the air traffic and maintenance personnel were using the Snow Removal Manual 1996-1997, Jean-Lesage International Airport, 23 October 1996 and the minutes of a snow removal meeting held on 28 October 1996. At this meeting it was agreed, among other things, that, to allow good cooperation during storms and to speed up snow removal work, the head of maintenance was to be advised as soon as the active runway was available, and that care was to be taken to confirm whether authorization had been given to proceed along the whole length of the runway or with restriction. The ground controller concerned, and the maintenance supervisor had attended this meeting, and the maintenance supervisor had prepared and signed the agreed procedure. In the present case, Staff 22 did not see the need to request permission to proceed because the runway that he had just cleared was available again. Further, he thought that he could use its whole length without restriction.
The Air Traffic Control Manual of Operations (MANOPS) and the Airport Traffic Directives for the Operation of Vehicles on Airport Movement Areas (TP 2633) deal with ground traffic at airports and contain the standard phraseology to request and transmit traffic instructions to vehicles. These documents were amended following publication of an Air Traffic Services Directive (ATSD-015) issued on 16 April 1984. This directive pointed out that some phraseology was imprecise and could give rise to misinterpretations when associated with ground vehicle movements. To remedy this situation, the directive stipulated that in future the word "cleared" would be eliminated from the phraseology dealing with vehicle movements at airports and would be replaced with an executive type of authorization. The personnel concerned in this occurrence knew the contents of these documents.
Section 4.03 of TP 2633 stipulates that before proceeding onto manoeuvring areas on a controlled airport, the vehicle operator is to contact the ground controller for permission to proceed to a specific location by a specified route. Further, section 354.4 of the MANOPS stresses that air traffic personnel must be more vigilant during periods of restricted visibility to ensure that the runway is clear for use when required, and that they must remain aware of the location of ground traffic.
During take-off, the flight crew of Flight ICN 1628 saw snow removal vehicles on the runway. The crew had not been informed of the presence of these vehicles because of the information available to the controllers on duty.
Personnel in the tower, and snow removal personnel were certified and qualified for the duties being performed, and they were current with existing procedures. In addition, the communication equipment used was operating properly, although the maintenance frequency was sometimes congested, as it was used by all airport vehicles. The frequency congestion was also made worse by use of the ground frequency.
When the vehicle convoy first proceeded onto runway 06 to begin snow removal, permission to proceed was requested and given in accordance with existing procedures. As the vehicles had to clear the runway to allow an aircraft to land, they proceeded onto the apron, where they continued snow removal work. When the ground controller shortly thereafter told the maintenance supervisor in charge of the convoy (Staff 22) that the runway was available, the six vehicles immediately proceeded onto the runway via taxiway Alpha, but without obtaining permission to proceed. The apron and the runways could not be seen from the control tower because of the restricted visibility.
The orders agreed on at the snow removal meeting prior to the winter season (in effect, that air traffic personnel were to advise maintenance personnel when the runway was available, and that everyone was to take care to confirm an authorization to proceed along the whole length of the runway, or with restriction) seemed clear and precise. In the incident, however, Staff 22 interpreted runway available as permission to proceed, because he had just cleared this runway. He also thought that he could use the whole length of the runway without restriction. These orders therefore caused confusion, because, before proceeding onto manoeuvring areas on a controlled airport, as stated in TP 2633, vehicle operators are to obtain permission to proceed to a specific location by a specified route.
While the vehicles were entering the active runway without permission, the shift supervisor, who was temporarily acting as ground controller, cleared ICN 1628 to proceed onto runway 06. The controllers on duty thought that the vehicles were still on the apron, because the lights indicated that runway 06/24 was clear and the progress strips indicated that the six vehicles were still at that location. However, as stressed in the MANOPS, because visibility was restricted, the ground and air controllers could have asked for the location of the vehicles before clearing ICN 1628 to proceed and take off, although that was not mandatory. Further, an ASDE might have detected the situation.
Two vehicle operators heard the communication for ICN 1628, but they were under the impression that the controller would warn them, if necessary, to clear the runway. The congestion of the maintenance frequency might also have contributed to the fact that Staff 22 did not hear this communication.
Subsequently, the snow removal convoy headed towards the right side of runway 24, without the controllers' being aware of their movements. In the middle of the runway, to the great surprise of everyone concerned, the aircraft in climb-out flew over the vehicle convoy. After the incident, the local authorities immediately took action to prevent a similar occurrence from happening again.
- The air traffic and snow removal personnel concerned were certified and qualified to perform their duties.
- The apron and the runway could not be seen from the control tower, because of the weather conditions.
- The airport is not equipped with Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE).
- The maintenance frequency is used by all vehicles operating on the airport.
- The maintenance supervisor (Staff 22) and the snow removal vehicles left the apron and entered taxiway Alpha and the active runway without requesting permission to proceed.
- Both the strips used in the control tower for vehicles, and the warning lights, indicated that the vehicles were on the apron and that the active runway was clear.
- The air and ground controllers did not ask for the location of the snow removal vehicles before clearing ICN 1628 to proceed and take off.
- The air controller did not know that there were snow removal vehicles on the active runway when he cleared ICN 1628 for take off.
- The expression "runway available", from a local order, caused confusion and contributed to the fact that the snow removal vehicles were on the active runway without permission when an ATR 42 aircraft was taking off.
Causes and Contributing Factors
A dangerous situation occurred when an ATR 42 aircraft took off while there were six snow removal vehicles on the runway. The following factors contributed to this dangerous situation: visibility was considerably restricted; and the local snow removal orders caused confusion. As a result, the convoy of snow removal vehicles left the apron and was on the active runway without permission.
Safety Action
After the incident, the local authorities took the following actions:
- An operating bulletin was issued by the air traffic authorities to clarify the interpretation of the term "runway available" and to set out a new procedure to prevent any ambiguity.
- A plexiglass plate was added to the ground controller's position on which to write in grey pencil the active runway and the presence of vehicles on the airport's movement areas.
- An exchange program between air traffic personnel and airport vehicle drivers was established to promote better understanding of the duties and functions of the two groups, better communication between the parties, and better understanding of each others' work.
- A refresher course on airport traffic procedures and air traffic phraseology was given to all airport maintenance vehicle operators.
- The air traffic authorities carried out an on-the-job assessment and evaluated the phraseology used by their personnel under the System Quality Assurance Program (SQAP).
- The local air traffic authorities are trying again to obtain Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE) for the airport, and are proposing alternative measures.
- A document was prepared by the maintenance service to obtain an additional working frequency exclusively for the use of snow removal crews.
This report concludes the Transportation Safety Board's investigation of this occurrence Publication of this report was authorized on 29 July 1997 by the Board consisting of Chairman Benoît Bouchard and Members Maurice Harquail, Charles H. Simpson and W.A. Tadros.
Appendix A - Diagram of the Airport
1. All times are EDT (Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) minus five hours) unless otherwise stated.
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- View the Operational Area Emergency Services Contacts (PDF) for 24-hour dispatch phone numbers.
- Share flood preparedness information with neighbors, students, family, and friends. Teach them how to prepare an emergency supply kit and evacuation plan.
- Establish a family communication plan for emergencies. Your family may not be together during an emergency so think about how you will communicate and where you will meet following an evacuation. Periodically review your plan.
- Keep storm drains clear. If your property is prone to flooding, have sandbags, plastic sheeting, and other flood-fighting materials on hand.
- Learn how to turn off water, gas, and electricity connections to your home in the event that your home is flooded. Contact your local utility companies for their help.
- Do not try to escape rising floodwater by going into the attic unless you have roof access or unless it's your only option.
- Consider flood insurance. Most homeowners' insurance policies do not cover flood damage. Ask your insurance agent about obtaining flood insurance from the National Flood Insurance Program. Typically, a 30-day wait period is required before a flood insurance policy takes effect. Contact your insurance provider for more information.
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- Driving through flood waters is extremely dangerous; more people are trapped and die in their vehicles than anywhere else during a flood.
- It's important to be prepared and aware of potential hazards when you're away from home.
- For more tips on vehicles and flood waters, see NOAA's Flooding Safety Card (PDF), which can be printed and stored in the glovebox. "Turn around don't drown!"™
Emergency Supply Kits
- Maintaining emergency supply kits in your home, vehicle, and work can provide essential supplies during the initial days following a flood. Examples of emergency supply kits can be found at Ready.gov.
- Be sure to include any medications necessary for you and your family.
- If you have pets, you can access the list of supplies recommended by the Red Cross and other agencies.
- Periodically check supplies and refresh water, food, batteries, and first aid items when needed.
Maintain Awareness
- Be aware of the possibility of flooding to make sure you and your family have adequate time to prepare for an evacuation. Maintain awareness of incoming storms, weather watches, warnings, and evacuations issued by the National Weather Service.
- Television and radio stations are a source of weather forecasts and emergency messages before and during a severe weather event.
- Consider purchasing a radio capable of picking up National Weather Service broadcast frequencies.
Smartphone Applications
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There is a lot of information out there claiming to tell you what you need to be a good recruiter – things like: Confidence! Marketing skills! Fearlessness. Technology… Some of them are so generic (fearlessness?) that it's difficult to actually know what do and how to do it.
Hopefully, you share and collaborate with your team on what works and what doesn't down to the nitty gritty (in fact, that's something that makes a good recruiter!). That very detailed sharing and collaboration is also the goal of this post – how exactly do you improve your recruiting? What are the things that no one – maybe not even you – think to mention?
Smile on the phone
It has been shown that smiling affects how certain vowels sound as you speak them. Because humans are attuned to verbal and nonverbal cues, the person you are talking to on the phone will be able to know if you are smiling or not. And smiling is contagious.
Organize your computer
In addition to the "recruiter's desk" organization topic, having a wicked sense of folder organization on your computer will also lead to process efficiencies and time savings. Ensure that you determine a file naming system that makes sense for how you save and find your files – date first, requisition first, last name first? Pro tip: Utilizing the following date structure is the only way that your files will be organized in time order: YYYY-MM-DD.
Respond to your emails
This may seem like a no-brainer, but we could all probably use a bit of a refresher. Here are some tips to try to increase your email efficiency:
Keyboard Shortcuts
If you are using a Windows computer, you can hold Alt and press Tab (repeatedly) to switch between (and cycle through) windows and programs you have open. Additionally, in Microsoft Excel, Ctrl + Tab will allow you to shift between different files. Finally, you can make your own keyboard shortcuts in different programs.
Microsoft Quick Access Toolbar
This toolbar sits below the ribbon in Microsoft programs. It is hidden by default, but you can always choose to show it, as well as add to, subtract from and reorganize the icons and commands that appear there. This customization for your repeated actions will allow you to work faster. Mine looks like this and includes commands such as inserting a hyperlink, symbol and page break:
I asked some of my coworkers – of all different types of duties – what are the things that they do that they think make them better at their jobs. Check out what they had to say:
People are really happy if you follow up on things, so I make sure that I follow up with everything by the end of the day, and usually within an hour. – Carly
I know that if I am interviewing a candidate and I get an email, I get distracted, so I set up all of my interviews in the morning when I don't get very many emails. Then in the afternoon, I have time to respond to the few emails I have gotten and those that continue to come in, as well as dedicated time for my other duties. – April H.
One of my favorite things is using a color coding scheme in the calendar for phone screens: red is no way, green is move forward and yellow is further consideration. – Matt
I use the Touch It Once policy, particularly for emails: if you don't have time to deal with it, then you don't even look at it. But if you are going to open it, then do something with it – act on it, delete it, file it away, etc. – Deb
In essence, you are recruiting and hiring your coworker or the next hiring manager you're going work with, so have that personal touch. – Heather
For emails we write a lot, we use quick parts and signatures in Outlook. You can save a whole word document in your inbox and every time you want to send an email, you just select it. – Amy and Eric
I make sure to be polite to every person I interact with. This means doing small things like saying "thanks" and "I appreciate your help with this" – being polite overall makes ANY interaction that much smoother. – April B.
I go through all of my unread emails in the morning and flag the ones I need to work on and move or delete the other ones – that way, I never have more than zero unread emails in my inbox. – Laura
I calibrate myself by making a list of all the things I have to do that day in the morning, or even the night before. That way, I can wake up and know what I have to do and get started right away. I also encourage people to email me. With an inbox that gets 150 emails per day and a voicemail box that get 10 or more, I utilize email to keep everything organized and prioritized. (My secret: text messages are reserved for urgent things – I will always respond quickly to text messages.) – Greg
As a recruiter, I like to do the most daunting task of my day first (assuming the timing is right). This way, it is over with and I don't have to continue to think about what that task is. Overall, I feel like my work load is lighter just by having that one task completed. – Elizabeth
The relationship-building aspects are things that help me be successful. So, if I need to communicate with a hiring manager, instead of sending an email, I pick up the phone and talk to them. Also, be sure to find something that is going to make you sticky in the relationship – find the common ground, put in the work, keep the lines of communication open so that they know you are doing the work. At some point your stakeholders will see you as a subject matter expert and will come to you for advice. – Rick
There are three mentors that have influenced me throughout my career, so if I am stuck, I ask myself what one of them would do in the situation. – Sue
What are the little things that you do that make you a better recruiter – or simply better at your job? Let us know @CieloTalent, on LinkedIn or on Facebook.
This post was brainstormed, partially written and chased down by Katie Marks – ask about what she does @jkatiemarks.


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Jesse H. Goldberg
Contact Information
Jesse H. Goldberg
Systems Neuroscience; optogenetics; electrophysiology; birdsong
Current Research Interests
Neural circuits underlying trial and error motor learning
National Institute of Health New Innovator Award
Pew Biomedical Scholar
Klingenstein Neuroscience Fellow
National Science Foundation BRAIN EAGER Award
Selected Publications
Gadagkar, Vikram, Pavel A. Puzerey, Ruidong Chen, Eliza Baird-Daniel, Alexander R. Farhang, and Jesse H. Goldberg. "Dopamine Neurons Encode Performance Error in Singing Birds." Science 354, no. 6317 (2016):1278-1282.
Pidoux Morgane, Tejapratap Bollu, Tori Riccelli, and Jesse H. Goldberg. "Origins of Basal Ganglia Output Signals in Singing Juvenile Birds." Journal of Neurophysiology. 113, no. 3 (2015):843-55. 2015.
Cornell Research Website Article
Songbirds, Learning, and Human Diseases


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The primary objective of the Community Development Block Grant program is to develop viable communities by providing decent housing and suitable living environments, and expanding economic opportunities principally for persons of low- to moderate-income.
To achieve these goals, the CDBG regulations outline the eligible activities and the National Objectives that each activity must meet. As a recipient of CDBG funds, the state is charged with ensuring that these HUD requirements are met. Specifically, the state is responsible for assuring the US Department of Housing and Urban Development that each project it funds meets one of three National Objectives: Benefit low-and moderate income persons; Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or meet a need having a particular urgency, which represents an immediate threat to the health and safety of residents.
In line with the federal objectives, the state administers its CDBG programs according to the following goals: Improve public facilities to meet basic human needs, principally for low- and moderate-income persons. Improve housing conditions, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income. Expand economic opportunities by creating or retaining jobs, principally for low- and moderate-income persons. Provide assistance and public facilities to eliminate conditions hazardous to the public health and of an emergency nature.
TRAYLOR & Associates has worked actively with this Program since 1974, then called the "Texas Community Development Program (TCDP) ; one of only two or three firms whose existence goes back to the very beginning of the Program when communities received these grants directly from HUD. Traylor and Associates was actively involved in the transition of this Program from federal to state operation, which occurred in 1983, and was among the earliest advocates for the two-tiered selection process, involving regional peer review, that is still in use today.
Every year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development provides federal Community Development Block Grant funds directly to states, which, in turn, provide the funds to small, rural cities with populations less than 50,000, and to counties that have a non-metropolitan population under 200,000 and are not eligible for direct funding from HUD. These small communities are called "non-entitlement" areas because they must apply for CDBG dollars through the Texas CDBG program. Larger cities, such as Dallas, Houston and others, receive CDBG monies directly from HUD, and are called "entitlement" areas.
The TxCDBG has several "funds," each of which has its own purposes and requirements, as follows:


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Congratulations to ICONE researcher Asif Iqbal who has been selected as the 2017 ICTON Best Student Paper Award recipient for outstanding contribution in category "Networking (N)"!
The awarded work is summarized in "Performance characterization of high gain, high output power and low noise cascaded broadband discrete Raman amplifiers" paper by M.A. Iqbal, M. Tan, L. Krzczanowicz, P. Skvortcov, A. El-Taher, I.D. Philips, W. Forysiak, J.D. Ania-Castañón, P. Harper.


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Tweet Beat: Taylor Swift Talks Holiday Shopping, Jalapeños & Her Friendship Test
In addition to being a music superstar, Taylor Swift has a new film coming to a theater near you. She appears in The Giver, the film adaptation of Lois Lowry's classic children's book, with two of Hollywood's heavy hitters, Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges. While the film explores a bland, emotionless world, Taylor's life off-screen is far from that as you can read in her colorful, confessional tweets that have more than 42 million followers hooked.
Taylor's tweetage tackles everything from kitchen hazards to her favorite songs to her take on friendship. She never seems to forget her besties' birthdays, giving shout outs to such BFFs as Selena Gomez and Ed Sheeran.
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Your unforgettable holiday at the Bergkristall
You are our focus. Our attentive service for your well-being.
We don't want anything to be lacking from your visit. This is why our guests get to enjoy so many inclusive services. Included in the room price is a choice of either the gourmet board or the Montignac nutrition method, as well as:
- extensive breakfast buffet with local produce from 7.30 -11.00am
- midday snacks with fresh salad buffet, a selection of breads and soup of the day from 12.00-2.30pm
- coffee, tea and senior partner Hedi's selection of cakes in the afternoon
- depending on board choice, 5-course gourmet dinner with choice of fish, meat or vegetarian or Montignac nutrition method
- lactose-free / gluten-free / vegan dishes available on request
- fresh apples and spring water at reception
... and much more ...
As well as heartfelt, attentive service, you will also enjoy further inclusive services:
- Oberstaufen Plus or Plus Golf card with many free services around Oberstaufen
- Full use of the Kristall Spa wellness area
- Use of bathrobe, towels and slippers
- Welcome evening on Sunday
- Jug of fresh spring water and healing stones in rooms
- "Zirben" cushions in bedrooms with a positive effect on circulation, sleep quality and sleep regulation
- Diverse activity and relaxation programme, including yoga, meditation, water aerobics, guided hikes, Nordic walking
- Hiking maps, backpacks and sticks and Nordic walking sticks to hire
- Weekly entertainment evening with live music
- Weekly fireside talks about the Oberstaufen Schrothkur, the Michel Montignac nutrition method "Eating while losing weight" and different themes from our Kristall Spa
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Filed under: Editorials | Tags: benjamin sturgill, dennis devoy, details, edward kim, evandro soldati, robbie fimmano, stevie huynh
The consensus about yesterday's Evandro Soldati video for W by Santiago Sierra was a collective sproing! that tickled our Facebook Wall and caressed our Twitter mentions. Such is the captivating power of the 6'2″ (188 cm) Brazilian that he returns to this page for a print encore in the form of a Details August 2011 editorial by photographer Robbie Fimmano. Titled "The Change-Up," the Benjamin Sturgill-styled story adopts a familiar didactic tone that is germane to men's magazines of this sort. "Ten ways to tweak your wardrobe for a look that sets you apart this fall" announces the feature's opening page. To that end, bold stripes, graphic sweatshirts, wide trousers, etc and so on are presented as wardrobe suggestions to what surely is a predominately straight male readership. The lesson could not be better delivered than by Evandro who for his third look wears a Burberry Prorsum sweater, Hermès T-shirt, Dior Homme wide trousers, Marc Jacobs belt, and Dries Van Noten shoes. To be sure these are looks for autumn and as such are a far cry from the cruel summer nothings of yesterday, but in both cases it is Evandro Soldati who drives home the message that makes our audience go sproing!
Please visit FordModels.com to see Evandro's official Ford Men portfolio.
Credits include: Publication, Details August 2011, Volume 29 Issue 9; Title, "The Change Up"; Photography, Robbie Fimmano; Styling, Benjamin Sturgill; Hair, Dennis Devoy at Art Department for Redken; Makeup, Stevie Huynh at The Wall Group using Dermalogica Skincare; Casting, Edward Kim at House Casting; Image source, STEELMACHINES.
Filed under: Campaigns | Tags: branislav jankic, edward kim, frank stanley, mugler, nicola formichetti, niki m'nray, sarah sibia, travis cannata
For those of you who weren't in the menswear vortex that was Milano over the weekend and through Tuesday, the latest steamy window into the Spring / Summer 2012 Thierry Mugler menswear collection will not be any news. A short film by director Branislav Jankic featuring Ford Men Direct's Travis Cannata called "Brothers of Arcadia" has surfaced right in time for yesterday's runway show in Paris. Fact is, Nicola Formichetti's Mugler is beginning to resemble something of a media juggernaut not unlike his mega pop star client and friend, albeit on a reduced scale. Mugler can seemingly do no wrong. If the Mugler womenswear collection took its cues from a futureworld of goosestepping platform-heeled monsters, then the menswear collection draws inspiration from antiquity. Seeing as how the stony monuments to the gods and demigods of Greco-Roman times are not wont of movement these days, casting the next closest thing to perfection, Travis, seemed a more than appropriate solution. Mariano Vivanco's Hercules cover story gave us a taste for Travis Cannata, but it is Mugler that has transformed it into a veritable feast.
Credits include: Client, Mugler; Campaign, S/S 12 Preview; Title, "Brothers of Arcadia" (video); Creative direction, Nicola Formichetti; Direction, Branislav Jankic; Photography direction, Frank Stanley; Hair, Sarah Sibia at See Management; Makeup, Niki M'nray; Props, set design, Shawn Patrick Anderson Film executive production, digital strategy and distribution, Moving Image & Content; Video diting, Moss Levenson; Menswear design, Roman Kremer; Menswear design assistance, Lucille Puton; Script, title design, Larissa Modenisi; Editorial, Nice Shoes; Editing, Michael Cerullo; Creative direction for editorial, Brian Bowman; Production for editorial, Christos Mountzouros; Production, Mark Mayer, Kris Lindblade; Casting, Edward Kim, House Casting, Fashion Division.
Travis Cannata for Mugler Menswear S/S 2012 (Video: Branislav Jankic)


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The day is aimed at children aged 7-12 and their parents/carers. Children under 16 must be joined by an adult .
The Primary Bank Families Day welcomes children and their parents to Siobhan Davies Studios to come and take part in dance, music and architecture workshops.
The day will engage both children and adults, beginning with an inspiring tour of Siobhan Davies Studios with games and tasks.
The tour will stimulate the creation of movement and music during workshops. There will be an exhibition of photos, films and the pupils' art work providing an insight in to the Primary Bank project.
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Society publications
The ASCI self-publishes two journals: the Journal of Clinical Investigation and JCI Insight.
The Journal of Clinical Investigation
The Journal of Clinical Investigation, published since 1924, is the Society's flagship journal. The JCI is a premiere venue for discoveries in basic and clinical biomedical science that will advance the practice of medicine.
Howard A. Rockman, MD, is 2012-2017 Editor of the JCI. Dr. Rockman is Professor of Medicine, Professor in Cell Biology, and Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the Duke University School of Medicine. He trained at McGill University, completed residencies in internal medicine at Montreal General Hospital and in cardiology at the University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, and did his fellowship in cardiology research at UCSD. He was elected to the ASCI in 1999.


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Have you searched Google for your favorite music video recently? Looking for Foster The People – "Coming of Age", the latest comeback track from the American Indie pop trio, produced a surprise return yesterday. Google has given the top result its own player sized image and it looks like it's a playable video right there in the search result – but clicking doesn't fire up the video – it's still a link to the video page.
Subsequent searches for numerous music tracks produced a similar result, so in my book that makes it official! It seems to require both the artist and the track name to get a consistent return of this type – entering the artist or the track alone produces the old style thumbnail image result.
What we're seeing is a larger version of the first thumbnail sized image we have come to expect. And guess what! All the searches I have conducted so far go to Youtube, which in fairness to Google, is exactly the same link as the old thumbnail.
New Search Results Skewed in Favor of YouTube?
Despite dozens of searches for multiple combinations of artists and tracks I've failed to bring up a Vimeo or Dailymotion link. Now I'm not suggesting anything sinister by Google in this (such as global control or dominance of the music viewing destination). I'm sure they're also featuring links to other destinations other than YouTube. (Dear Reader – if you're successful in discovering a link other than to YouTube perhaps you could add it to the comments below.)
So why would Google feature the first result with a stand out video player sized image? And only do it for music videos where you've specifically searched for the artist AND track? Of course the top result is not necessarily the 'Official' music label's video as in the Vevo example above – as usual sometimes the top result is a pirated version. So it doesn't appear to be an attempt to make the music industry any happier!
There are plenty of rumors flying around that YouTube now has sufficient licenses to launch its own subscription based music service in Q1 this year. That would start to make some sense – but will Google really take the first result to their own subscription revenue stream or even to their existing Google Play?
I doubt very much if either of these options are in Google's plans. I think it's simply that the top result – now featured as a player that dominates above the fold – is almost always the one with the most views to date. When you idly click the featured video, instead of scrolling down for alternatives, you will sit through the usual pre-roll advert that's making money for Google and the video owner.


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From the Middle East to Madagascar—and even closer to home—high prices are spawning land grabs and even toppling regimes. Welcome to the 21st-century food wars.
In the United States, when world wheat prices rise by 75 percent, as they have over the last year, it means the difference between a $2 loaf of bread and a loaf costing maybe $2.10. If, however, you live in New Delhi, those skyrocketing costs really matter. A doubling in the world price of wheat actually means that the wheat you carry home from the market to hand-grind into flour for chapattis costs twice as much. And the same is true with rice.
If the world price of rice doubles, so does the price of rice in your neighborhood market in Jakarta. And so does the cost of the bowl of boiled rice on an Indonesian family's dinner table.
Welcome to the new economics of food. Prices are climbing, but the impact is not at all being felt equally. For Americans, who spend less than one-tenth of their income in the supermarket, the soaring food prices we've seen so far this year are an annoyance, not a calamity. But for the planet's poorest 2 billion people, who spend 50 to 70 percent of their income on food, these soaring prices may mean going from two meals a day to one. Those who are barely hanging on to the lower rungs of the global economic ladder risk losing their grip entirely. This can contribute—and it has—to revolutions and upheaval.
Already in 2011, the U.N. Food Price Index has eclipsed its previous all-time global high; as of March it had climbed for eight consecutive months. With this year's harvest predicted to fall short, with governments in the Middle East and Africa teetering as a result of the price spikes, and with anxious markets sustaining one shock after another, food has quickly become the hidden driver of world politics. And crises like these are going to become increasingly common. The new geopolitics of food looks a whole lot more volatile—and a whole lot more contentious—than it used to. Scarcity is the new norm.
Until recently, sudden price surges just didn't matter as much, as they were quickly followed by a return to the relatively low food prices that helped shape the political stability of the late 20th century across much of the globe. But now both the causes and consequences are ominously different.
In many ways, this is a resumption of the 2007-2008 food crisis, which subsided not because the world somehow came together to solve its grain crunch once and for all, but because the Great Recession tempered growth in demand even as favourable weather helped farmers produce the largest grain harvest on record. Historically, price spikes tended to be almost exclusively driven by unusual weather—a monsoon failure in India, a drought in the former Soviet Union, a heat wave in the US. Midwest.
Such events were always disruptive, but thankfully infrequent. Unfortunately, today's price hikes are driven by trends that are both elevating demand and making it more difficult to increase production: among them, a rapidly expanding population, crop-withering temperature increases, and irrigation wells running dry. Each night, there are 219,000 additional people to feed at the global dinner table.
More alarming still, the world is losing its ability to soften the effect of shortages. In response to previous price surges, the United States, the world's largest grain producer, was effectively able to steer the world away from potential catastrophe. From the mid-20th century until 1995, the United States had either grain surpluses or idle cropland that could be planted to rescue countries in trouble. When the Indian monsoon failed in 1965, for example, President Lyndon Johnson's administration shipped one-fifth of the US. wheat crop to India, successfully staving off famine. We can't do that anymore; the safety cushion is gone.
That's why the food crisis of 2011 was for real, and why it may bring with it yet more bread riots cum political revolutions. What if the upheavals that greeted dictators Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, and Muammar al-Qaddafi in Libya (a country that imports 90 percent of its grain) are not the end of the story, but the beginning of it?
That is a scenario for opportunity but also challenges including major paradigm shifts of power and influence.
Get ready, farmers and foreign ministers alike, for a new era in which world food scarcity increasingly shapes global politics and farming methods.
The doubling of world grain prices since early 2007 has been driven primarily by two factors: accelerating growth in demand and the increasing difficulty of rapidly expanding production.
The result is a world that looks strikingly different from the bountiful global grain economy of the last century. What will the geopolitics of food look like in a new era dominated by scarcity? Even at this early stage, we can see at least the broad outlines of the emerging food economy.
On the demand side, farmers now face clear sources of increasing pressure. The first is population growth. Each year the world's farmers must feed 80 million additional people, nearly all of them in developing countries. The world's population has nearly doubled since 1970 and is headed toward 9 billion by midcentury. Some 3 billion people, meanwhile, are also trying to move up the food chain, consuming more meat, milk, and eggs.
As more families in China and elsewhere enter the middle class, they expect to eat better. But as global consumption of grain-intensive livestock products climbs, so does the demand for the extra corn and soybeans needed to feed all that livestock. (Grain consumption per person in the United States, for example, is four times that in India, where little grain is converted into animal protein. For now.
At the same time, the United States, which once was able to act as a global buffer of sorts against poor harvests elsewhere, is now converting massive quantities of grain into fuel for cars, even as world grain consumption, which is already up to roughly 2.2 billion metric tons per year, is growing at an accelerating rate.
A decade ago, the growth in consumption was 20 million tons per year. More recently it has risen by 40 million tons every year. But the rate at which the United States is converting grain into ethanol has grown even faster. In 2010, the United States harvested nearly 400 million tons of grain, of which 126 million tons went to ethanol fuel distilleries (up from 16 million tons in 2000). This massive capacity to convert grain into fuel means that the price of grain is now tied to the price of oil. So if oil goes to $150 per barrel or more, the price of grain will follow it upward as it becomes ever more profitable to convert grain into oil substitutes. This is not just a US phenomenon: Brazil, which distils ethanol from sugar cane, ranks second in production after the United States, while the European Union's goal of getting 10 percent of its transport energy from renewables, mostly bio fuels, by 2020 is also diverting land from food crops.
In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage, and countries are scrambling to secure their own parochial interests at the expense of the common good.
The first signs of trouble came in 2007, when farmers began having difficulty keeping up with the growth in global demand for grain. Grain and soybean prices started to climb, tripling by mid-2008. In response, many exporting countries tried to control the rise of domestic food prices by restricting exports. Among them were Russia and Argentina, two leading wheat exporters. Vietnam, the No. 2 rice exporter, banned exports entirely for several months in early 2008. So did several other smaller exporters of grain.
With exporting countries restricting exports in 2007 and 2008, importing countries panicked. No longer able to rely on the market to supply the grain they needed, several countries took the novel step of trying to negotiate long-term grain-supply agreements with exporting countries. The Philippines, for instance, negotiated a three-year agreement with Vietnam for 1.5 million tons of rice per year. A delegation of Yemenis traveled to Australia with a similar goal in mind, but had no luck. In a seller's market, exporters were reluctant to make long-term commitments.
Fearing they might not be able to buy needed grain from the market, some of the more affluent countries, led by Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and China, took the unusual step in 2008 of buying or leasing land in other countries to grow grain for themselves. Most of these land acquisitions are in Africa, where some governments lease cropland for less than $1 per acre per year. Among the principal destinations were Ethiopia and Sudan, countries where millions of people are being sustained with food from the U.N. World Food Program.
By the end of 2009, hundreds of land acquisition deals had been negotiated, some of them exceeding a million acres. A 2010 World Bank analysis of these "land grabs" reported that a total of nearly 140 million acres were involved—an area that exceeds the cropland devoted to corn and wheat combined in the United States. Such acquisitions also typically involve water rights, meaning that land grabs potentially affect all downstream countries as well.
Many of the land deals have been made in secret, and in most cases, the land involved was already in use by villagers when it was sold or leased. Often those already farming the land were neither consulted about nor even informed of the new arrangements. Not surprising that local hostility towards land grabs has become the rule.
These acquisitions represent a potential investment in agriculture in developing countries of an estimated $50 billion. But it could take many years to realise any substantial production gains. The public infrastructure for modern market-oriented agriculture does not yet exist in most of Africa. In some countries it will take years just to build the roads and ports needed to bring in agricultural inputs such as fertilizer and to export farm products. Beyond that, modern agriculture requires its own infrastructure: machine sheds, grain-drying equipment, silos, fertilizer storage sheds, fuel storage facilities, equipment repair and maintenance services, well-drilling equipment, irrigation pumps, and energy to power the pumps. Overall, development of the land acquired to date appears to be moving very slowly.
So how much will all this expand world food output? We don't know, but the World Bank analysis indicates that only 37 percent of the projects will be devoted to food crops. Most of the land bought up so far will be used to produce biofuels and other industrial crops.
Even if some of these projects do eventually boost land productivity, who will benefit? If virtually all the inputs—the farm equipment, the fertilizer, the pesticides, and the seeds—are brought in from abroad and if all the output is shipped out of the country, it will contribute little to the host country's economy.
This rich country-poor country divide could grow even more pronounced—and soon. This January, a new stage in the scramble among importing countries to secure food began to unfold when South Korea, which imports 70 percent of its grain, announced that it was creating a new public-private entity that will be responsible for acquiring part of this grain. With an initial office in Chicago, the plan is to bypass the large international trading firms by buying grain directly from US farmers. As the Koreans acquire their own grain elevators, they may well sign multiyear delivery contracts with farmers, agreeing to buy specified quantities of wheat, corn, or soybeans at a fixed price.
The enterprising Koreans may soon be joined by China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and other leading importers. Although South Korea's initial focus is the United States, far and away the world's largest grain exporter, it may later consider brokering deals with Canada, Australia, Argentina, and other major exporters. This is happening just as China may be on the verge of entering the US. market as a potentially massive importer of grain.
No one knows where this intensifying competition for food supplies will go, but the world seems to be moving away from international cooperation. Food nationalism may help secure food supplies for individual affluent countries, but it does little to enhance world food security. Indeed, the low-income countries that host land grabs or import grain will likely see their food situation deteriorate.
There is no organized effort to ensure the adequacy of world food supplies. Indeed, most international negotiations on agricultural trade until recently focused on access to markets, with the United States, Canada, Australia, and Argentina persistently pressing Europe and Japan to open their highly protected agricultural markets. But in the first decade of this century, access to supplies has emerged as the overriding issue as the world transitions from an era of food surpluses to a new politics of food scarcity.
At issue now is whether the world can go beyond focusing on the symptoms of the deteriorating food situation and instead attack the underlying causes. If we cannot produce higher crop yields with less water and conserve fertile soils, many agricultural areas will cease to be viable. And this goes far beyond farmers.
Reproduced in Primary magazine with permission from Foreign Policy #186 (May/June 2011) ©The Slate Group LLC.
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North Country
Hollywood.com Says
North Country isn't for those short on patience or time. But for the rest of us, the superb acting and relevant theme makes it more than worth it.
Set in 1984, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) returns to her ice-cold hometown in Northern Minnesota after fleeing from an abusive husband. In order to care for her two young kids, she needs a job--and for most of the townsfolk, including her distant dad (Richard Jenkins), that means working in the local iron mines. Problem is, not too many women work there, and those who do are subjected to continual harassment by their male coworkers. Josey lands a job anyway and starts to get her fair share of sexual innuendos. One day her former high-school sweetheart, also a mine employee, takes it way too far with her. Although met with strong resistance, of course, a lawsuit ensues that results in a groundbreaking decision for women's rights in the workplace.
Ah, what an Oscar can do for a career. It wasn't that long ago Theron wouldn't even have been considered for such a dramatic role. But with deserved recognition, she gets to strut her stuff in North Country. She's no Monster, but she's no supermodel either--and while it's impossible to erase her beauty, its glare has been reduced. A second-consecutive Oscar win? Maybe not but a nomination wouldn't be out of the place. Co-star Frances McDormand might also be in line for a nod of her own. She plays Glory, a woman who gets Josey the job and encourages her to fight the good fight, something that seems visceral for McDormand. Woody Harrelson is also solid as Josey's attorney, though his Midwest-stoner drawl gets in the way of the northern accent he's supposed to be selling.
New Zealand director Niki Caro mightily impressed us with Whale Rider, a poignant mixture of grief and vigor and with North Country, she continues to impress. As more an observer than anything else, Caro lets the true story tell itself--of what happened in this small town, with its frigid denizens and sexist behavior. And the film is definitely a period piece, á la Norma Rae, in that it's from a specific period, albeit a recent one, and pertains to a specific region. But it's kind of slow going. There's a lot of weeping and dramatic speeches. Still, Caro makes up for it by including several Bob Dylan songs, who rarely grants the use of his songs in films. Perhaps he felt a certain a kinship to this film since it takes place in the desolate, cold Northern Minnesota where he comes from--and so resents.


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Religion Feedback
by Ron Kurtus
Each day readers send in questions and feedback concerning the various lessons in the School for Champions website. A total of 216 letters have been answered.
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|We have a universal soul
|Do Humans Have a Soul
|Astronomy in the Quran
|Why do some religions believe in punishment?
|Do scientists believe in God?
|About religious dialogues
|Should I join a local church?
|Explain the nature of the soul
|Do Humans Have a Soul
|Biblical interpretations of constellations
|Demon possession
|What happens at death?
|Do Humans Have a Soul
|6-year-old son died in accident
|Do Humans Have a Soul
|Online Seminary Schools
|Thoughts on the basis of religion
|Do miracles happen?
|Can we test to see if we have a soul?
|Do Humans Have a Soul
Do Humans Have a Soul
We have a universal soul
January 3, 2017
My belief on "Do humans have a soul" is that all humans are born into one shared soul or spirit, and our behavior may be from our genetics and learned behavior combined. You can also teach yourself new behavior with concentration of your brain when and if our brain is mature enough.
Amorita - USA (27781)
There are a number of religions that believe there is a universal soul that everyone is part of. In such a case, that spirit or soul is having many human experiences.
Yes, behavior comes from genetics and learning. That could explain bad behavior independent of the soul.
Astronomy in the Quran
December 10, 2016
Greetings, I immensely thank you for your wonderful physics website, it is very helpful. I want your opinion about scientific and astronomical facts that I have found in a book dating back to more than 1400 years, check some of them:
Creation of the Universe, "Big Bang"
"Do not the Unbelievers see That the heavens and the earth Were joined together (as one Unit of Creation), before We clove them asunder?"
[Al-Qur'aan 21:30]
That there was a huge gaseous matter or clouds were present before the formation of the galaxies.
"Moreover, He Comprehended In His design the sky, And it had been (as) smoke: He said to it And to the earth: 'Come ye together, Willingly or unwillingly.' They said: 'We do come (Together), in willing obedience.'"
[Al-Qur'aan 41:11]
The Light of the Moon is reflected light.
"Blessed is He Who made Constellations in the skies, And placed therein a Lamp And a Moon giving light." [Al-Qur'aan 25:61]
The Arabic word for the sun in the Qur'aan, is shams. It is referred to as
siraaj, which means a 'torch' or as wahhaaj which means 'a blazing lamp' or as diya which means 'shining glory'. All three descriptions are appropriate to the sun, since it generates intense heat and light by its internal combustion.
The Arabic word for the moon is qamar and it is described in the Qur'aan as muneer, which is a body that gives nur i.e. light. Again, the Qur'aanic description matches perfectly with the true nature of the moon, which does not give off light itself and is an inert body that reflects the light of the sun.
Not once in the Qur'aan, is the moon mentioned as siraaj, wahhaaj or diya or the sun as nur or muneer. This implies that the Qur'aan recognizes the difference between the nature of sunlight and moonlight.
The Sun Rotates
"It is He Who created The Night and the Day, And the sun and the moon: All (the celestial bodies) Swim along, each in its Rounded course."
[Al-Qur'aan 21:33]
The Arabic word used in the above verse is yasbahûn. The word yasbahûn is derived from the word sabaha. It carries with it the idea of motion that comes from any moving body. If you use the word for a man on the ground, it would not mean that he is rolling but would mean he is walking or running. If you use the word for a man in water it would not mean that he is floating but would mean that he is swimming.
Similarly, if you use the word yasbah for a celestial body such as the sun it would not mean that it is only flying through space but would mean that it is also rotating as it goes through space. Most of the school textbooks have
incorporated the fact that the sun rotates about its axis. The rotation of the sun about its own axis can be proved with the help of an equipment that projects the image of the sun on the table top so that one can examine the image of the sun without being blinded. It is noticed that the sun has spots which complete a circular motion once every 25 days i.e. the sun takes approximately 25 days to rotate around its axis.
In fact, the sun travels through space at roughly 150 miles per second, and takes about 200 million years to complete one revolution around the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
"It is not permitted To the Sun to catch up The Moon, nor can The Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along In (its own) orbit (According to Law)."
[Al-Qur'aan 36:40]
This verse mentions an essential fact discovered by modern astronomy, i.e. the existence of the individual orbits of the Sun and the Moon, and their journey through space with their own motion. The 'fixed place' towards, which the sun travels, carrying with it the solar system, has been located exactly by modern astronomy. It has been given a name, the Solar Apex. The
solar system is indeed moving in space towards a point situated in the constellation of Hercules (alpha Layer) whose exact location is firmly established.
The moon rotates around its axis in the same duration that it takes to revolve around the earth. It takes approximately 29½ days to complete one rotation.
The Sun will extinguish after a certain period
"And the Sun Runs its course For a period determined For it; that is The decree of (Him) The exalted in Might, The All-Knowing."
[Al-Qur'aan 36:38]
The Arabic word used here is mustaqarr, which means a place or time that is determined. Thus the Qur'aan says that the sun runs towards a determined place, and will do so only up to a pre-determined period of time – meaning
that it will end or extinguish.
The Book's name is "Quran", as mentioned it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad.
Muhammad, the prophet of Islam was an unlettered man, he could not write nor read his own name. Islam in Arabic means: Total submission to God's will (not a follower of Muhammad).
It is a monotheistic religion, and it obligates it followers to believe in all the previous prophets such as Jesus, Moses, Noah, Abraham etc, and not worship any of them, rather, worship their Creator.
There are chapters entitled by the names of some of them, in addition to a chapter name called "Maryam" translated "Marry" in the honor of the mother of Jesus.
Regardless of these scientific facts, there are still many that I did not mention (such as the Universe expanding and many others!),
please care to read them if your interested, there are books that lists the scientific miracles in the Quran, one of the best:
"The Quran and Modern Science Compatible or Incompatible ?"
Please if you have any questions ask me, thank you. Again.
Mozhar - USA (27556)
Thank you for your insight on scientific and astronomy references in the Quran. These were written in the "glory days of Islam" in about 800, where Islam was the world leader in scientific studies.
I do have a article on Big Bang Theory and Religion that references mention in the Quran.
Best wishes for success in your studies.
Why do some religions believe in punishment?
December 6, 2015
I'm having trouble believing that God will punish us for not believing that Jesus Christ is God. I believe that God is Goodness, period. Whey the emphasis on punishment in Christian religion?
I believe that we are a soul, not that we HAVE a soul. I believe that when we die, that's it.
I appreciate your comments.
Marge - USA (26594)
Just as some parents believe they should be strict with their children and punish them if they do wrong, other parents believe that giving love is the best way to correct wrongs. Likewise, do some people believe that God punishes, while others believe that God is Goodness.
Some Christian denominations are very strict, while there are others that are more liberal in their beliefs. This is also true of other non-Christian religions, where the fundamentalists believe in harsh punishment. I'd prefer to believe in a loving God.
As far as believing that we are a soul, I think of the saying that "we are spirits having a human experience." Thus, when the human body dies, the spirit lives on.
Do scientists believe in God?
July 20, 2015
Do scientists believe in God or not?
Abubakar - Ghana (26182)
Many scientists from all religions believe in God or some form of Supreme Being.
However, there are scientists that only accept facts that can be proven through experiments. Those people usually do not believe in God or things spiritual, since they cannot be directly proven and simply require faith.
About religious dialogues
March 3, 2015
Kindly answer these questions for me:
i.what are the theories on religious dialogue?
ii. what are the scholarly objections to religious dialogue?
Adewale - Nigeria (25806)
Most religions are based on faith in what is written in their own holy books, as well as what is taught by their religious leaders. A religious or inter-religious dialogue is usually a discussion between people of different faiths. At the very least, you can learn what others believe in.
Scholars look at the philosophical and historical basis of various religious. Unfortunately, since religions are very personal and many aspects cannot be proven with hard facts, scholarly discussions may not lead to any conclusions.
Should I join a local church?
September 20, 2014
Mr.Ron Kurtus, I am Glad That Your Advice About Trusting In God Really Helped Me. However ,a Very Intriguing Question Is Boiling My Head Off Me "will Joining An Established Religion Really Help Me In My Spiritual Journey?? Because I Really Want To Join A Local Church??
Please Respond As Soon As Possible
Thank You
Peter - Kenya (25369)
Joining an established religion can help in your spiritual journey. Another benefit is that you can meet other like-minded people and feel like you belong to a community.
It is a good idea to visit several churches in your area to see if their beliefs are close to yours, as well as how friendly the people seem.
God bless you in your journey and in finding the right church to join.
Do Humans Have a Soul
Explain the nature of the soul
September 14, 2014
I have read your article on the soul, very interesting but it does not explain the nature of the soul and its connection, (if any) with spirit.
What is the nature of the soul and what is it made of? It seems likely to me that he soul and spirit are the same. Anyway thank you for your consideration.
Chris - Canada (25351)
Ancient Greeks, such as Aristotle, separated the soul and spirit (or life-spirit). Many did not believe humans ever had a soul.
However, most modern people who believe in some religion also believe that humans have souls that exist beyond death.
The biggest problem concerning describing a soul or spirit is that it is purely theory or speculation. No one knows for sure, except through belief in a holy book, such as the Bible.
Biblical interpretations of constellations
September 10, 2014
I was born and raised up in west Texas where you can see the stars very clearly due to the reduction of big city lights. The Bible has several scriptures telling us to look to the stars.
Gen.1:14, says "the stars shall be for signs..."! What does any sign we look at beside our roads give us? They give us information that we can understand. So, God put the stars in special patterns that we could easily recognize.
One important pattern is the Northern Cross which is close to the North Star. If you google, the Northern Cross in color, you should be able to make out the shadowy figure of a man nailed to this cross. This shape of the cross in the same shape of the ancient Hebrew hieroglyphic letter, "tav", which means, "sign".
If you write the most ancient shape in Chinese for a tree, you first draw the shape of a cross. The Bible says, "cursed is he that hangeth upon a tree". Jesus took our curse of sins upon himself being nailed to the cross or tree that formed the cross.
The ancient Karahunj stones were seen by many ancient cultures as an entry into the heavens after their death. Many of these stones have holes in them that point to Cygnus which is actually meant by God to be seen by us as the cross of Christ. This was all planned from the beginning.
Psalms 19;1-4, says, "the heavens declare the glory of God". So, the Bible has many scriptures about the importance of constellations as a proof sent to us by God as signs. Check out Isa. Chapter 40. If you want to see more on this subject then google, Aquilla Fleetwood, Night Signs. These patterns of constellations have only moved slightly since creation. Thanks
Aquilla - USA (25349)
Thank you for sharing your information on the religious interpretation of the constellations of stars in the sky.
Although many constellations were names by ancient Greeks, from your information, there are Biblical interpretations too.
Demon possession
June 16, 2014
what is your view on issues pertainning to demon possession is it something you allow or you can be sold unknowingly???
Peter - Kenya (25059)
Some religions believe that you can be possessed by a demon. However, most religions do not accept that viewpoint.
A person who believes in demons will often imagine them around him and even make poor decisions, resulting in harm. If you refuse to believe it or you confront any frightening situation with bravery, such things as a demon taking control of you cannot exist.
If others are talking about demons, simply say, "Nonsense. I believe in reality."
I hope this answers your question.
Do Humans Have a Soul
What happens at death?
May 28, 2014
If a soul did exist, what happens at death?
Harris - USA (24999)
After a person dies, the soul could go to heaven (or hell), it could be reincarnated and come back as another person, or it could go into some other existence. Unfortunately, we can only speculate.
See: What Happens After You Die? for more information.
At the moments near death, the soul could be making some sort of transition. See: Do Near-Death Experiences Happen?
Do Humans Have a Soul
6-year-old son died in accident
October 17, 2013
I lost my 6 year old son in 2002 to a vehicle accident. I cannot begin to describe this experience to you in words. In some beliefs systems there is something called "Dark Night of the Soul". It is when something so bad happens in your life that, when you lose the sense of everything, you are only left with yourself. The Dark Night of the Soul becomes and entire cycle of life and re entry into the world as a survivor of an incredible tragedy.
I believe this happened to me after my son's death. The only path I could perceive was that my son still existed out there in the other realms; or what is sometimes referred to as the Higher Self; or the existence of our being in another dimensional level. I cannot prove this of course but it was an empowering experience that allowed to move forward here on earth and keep moving through this life; it was hope, strength, power, fortitude, perseverance, love, passion and a desire to keep living.
I am a musician and created a CD about this experience. I will leave you my web site address
mick - USA (24103)
It is truly sad to lose a young child. I am sure many with the same experience also suffered "dark days". Your re-entry into the world certainly is a positive move. You can also think of it as your son looking down on you from above and wanting you to be happy and live a good life and not be mournful.
I updated your link to your "Songs for Diego" page.
Best wishes with your music and for a good life.
Online Seminary Schools
June 13, 2013
My name is Kate Hubbard and I represent OnlineSeminarySchools.org. I am reaching out to you today regarding a free resource that my team and I have published on our site titled: How To Find a Job In Theology. To view our article click the following link: onlineseminaryschools.org/how-to-find-a-job-in-theology/
Our goal here at OnlineSeminarySchools.org is to help spread the word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through educating those who have been called to spread the gospel. It can be difficult at times for students of the lord to find employment. This is why our resource outlines great strategies to help the lords scholars earn their living while serving our heavenly father.
We are so excited about our mission. We truly want to spread the word about our free resource throughout the Christian community. If you would like to share our article on your page please let me know. It would be greatly appreciated.
God Bless,
Kate - USA (23773)
I linked to the article in Career Resources under career advice and to your home page in Religion Resources.
Best wishes with your school.
Thoughts on the basis of religion
September 10, 2012
As per formula of evolution; going to the last border/boundary of everything of creation, it would be felt nothing except touch of nature power. In the finalization of matter there is nothing but energy or ray, so we can take the decision that "Everything of the present universe is the result of evolution of single energy of Power". In this way- again we can take the decision that "Beginning of the creation a part of the power of the nature became divisible as a result of the big bang". Nature means many instances such as; Allah, God, Dark energy, Single dimension, Super power, Black body, Big or minimal black hole, A black hole, Primordial black hole, Borders on the spiritual, Ultimate reality, Huge reserve of the natural force, Primordial whole and eternity present, Absolute zero space-time and physics. & so on.
Shahidur Rahman - Bangladesh (22893)
Thank you for your insights on the nature of the Universe and relationship to a higher power. It can be a difficult subject to comprehend.
Do miracles happen?
May 24, 2012
Is it possible chemistry is a fake of some kind? ...that the laws of gravity, physics, chemistry, logic, etc., are able to be overcome by faith?
I never witnessed a miracle until 34, now I've seen so many. Dead on my wedding day for 3 hours, etc. Husband & I had 1/3 of our store stolen in months. By a faith action, no one could steal from us without being caught for the next 11 years in business.
When my chosen doctrine of "no Satan" was proven wrong, It was allowed that he should appear to me while working at the State Department. If anthrax was in a Petrie dish, AFTER applying faith, and the anthrax died, would the power of faith spread to all other stored germs?
I am supposed to do faith experiments, but if science laws were set up by Satan, I fear being involved with chemistry, gravity, physics, or logic.
Carolyn - USA (22677)
Chemistry, physics and other such sciences are based on observable and repeatable experiments and results.
Some miracles are debatable. If God set some laws the way that matter was supposed to behave, would He break those laws to make a miracle? On the other had, there are views that both God and Satan can influence the way people act.
Also, some things--such as an accident--happen by chance. Did it happen because God intervened, or was it because someone prayed or didn't pray?
Some people feel that their faith and prayers can affect the way things happen. If that is what happens in their experience, then they certainly will believe it.
Religion, faith, and spiritual issues can go hand-in-hand with science.
Do Humans Have a Soul
Can we test to see if we have a soul?
May 7, 2012
If we have a spirit, then it must be doing something whilst in our body. Do you think it's possible that someone smart enough will come along and explain how the spirit works?
If the mind is the spirit, then they would have to know how the mind works also, they would have to be a genius.Nobody knows how the mind works.
I read about someone who lives with Aspergers (Autism)he claims to have had many out-body-experiences throughout his life, through these experiences and autism, he has learnt how the mind and spirit works. He's going to write a book about it called "Autism and the spirit". Is this possible, somebody who can explain the two greatest mysteries known to mankind. I understand that a number of people who live with Aspergers are geniuses.
Rudy - England (22637)
Since your spirit or soul is part of you, it may be possible to sense it or have a feeling of its existence.
There are people who have almost died who claim to have had near-death experiences, where they saw "the other side" and could tell others about it.
Also, some people have had out-of-body experiences. There is a study in a hospital where they are testing whether people having out-of-body experiences during an operation can actually see some hidden objects, as opposed to imagining they had the experience.
Still, the connection between the physical body and the spiritual is difficult to understand.
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