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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe This October – Your First Look!
It's a story so HUGE, Marvel needed an entire Original Graphic Novel to tell it! Yes she's unbeatable. Yes she talks to squirrels. But this October, she becomes something entirely new – the star of her very own OGN! But first, get a brand-new look inside The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe! OGN – coming at you from the award-winning team behind the monthly Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series – Ryan North and Erica Henderson!
She's beaten Thanos. She's bested Galactus. She's thwarted Doctor Doom (twice, but who's counting?). But in this all-new graphic novel, she'll take on her most dangerous, most powerful and most unbeatable enemy yet: HERSELF! Specifically, an evil duplicate created through all manner of mad science (computer and regular type). So what happens when two Unbeatable Squirrel Girls clash? You'll have to wait to find out, but believe us – it's going to be NUTS!


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Tristram Stuart, winner of the 2011 Sophie Prize (awarded annually for environment and sustainable development), gave a compelling TED talk recently on the global food waste scandal (http://www.ted.com/talks/tristram_stuart_the_global_food_waste_scandal.html?awesm=on.ted.com_eBGP). The answer to feeding the world's starving millions is not the production of genetically modified crops, or clearing more land, or more efficient and intensive agriculture but decreasing the phenomenal amount of food that is wasted every day. According to Stuart there are one billion malnourished people in the world but the 40 million tonnes of food wasted by US households, retailers and food services each year would be enough to feed all of them (http://www.tristramstuart.co.uk/FoodWasteFacts.html). The UK, US and Europe produce nearly twice as much food as is required to feed their populations. UK households waste 25% of all the food they buy (obviously food prices haven't risen high enough).
Why does this happen? Much of it is due to our obsession with perfection. 20-40% of UK fruit and vegetables are rejected because of minor blemishes or imperfections causing them to fail supermarkets' cosmetic standards (imposed presumably by consumers). 40-60% of all fish caught in Europe are discarded because they are the wrong size or species. Apparently 24-35% of school lunches end up in the bin (probably because someone included a vegemite sandwich in the mistaken belief that it was food). And what happens to all the bread crusts generated by sandwich bars? They end up feeding the starving thousands, the thousands of birds that congregate at landfill sites. Speaking of the starving thousands Stuart organised a "Feeding the 5000" event in Trafalgar Square in 2009 and 2011, where 5000 members of the public were given a free lunch using oddly shaped fruits and vegetables and other ingredients that would otherwise have been wasted (http://www.feeding5k.org/).
Food wastage is hardly new. I can still remember Europe's milk lakes and butter mountains generated by subsidies paid to keep inefficient farmers in business. The problem has never been a lack of production but a lack of effective distribution. But who wants to distribute food to people who can't pay for it?
While supermarkets and restaurants waste an enormous amount of food each day plenty more is thrown out of our household kitchens. We all need to lead by example. My kids are insanely fussy when it comes to spots on bananas or fruit going a bit soft. While they won't eat it as is they are more than happy to consume it as a banana milkshake. Buy loose fruit and vegetables, not the pre-packaged plastic wrapped stuff. We litter the environment with more than enough plastic as it is. Don't throw out tonight's leftovers. Use them for tomorrow's lunch, or as a base for tomorrow night's dinner, or freeze the surplus. If you must throw it out toss it into the compost bin and from there onto the vegie garden. If you don't have a vegie garden, why not? It's a great way of getting fresh non-pesticide coated vegetables onto the table and teaches kids that food doesn't come from supermarkets already wrapped in plastic. Pushed for space the Europeans have a long history of communal vegetable gardens. A UK group appears to have taken this to the next level by cultivating vacant land around town and filling the spaces with edible plants (http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/home). There are leeks outside the college, cherry trees in the car park, and a herb garden outside the railway station. The group is run by volunteers and the food is grown for anyone to pick and use.
A lot of your food waste will be eagerly consumed by your chickens, who will return the favour by providing you with a regular supply of fresh eggs, and the neighbourhood ponies will be more than happy to take care of your "not quite right" apples and carrots. It is truly astounding how much human food is poured down the throats of production animals each year. According to the US EPA 80% of the corn, 22% of the wheat and 30 million tons of soybean meal end up as feed for livestock (http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ag101/cropmajor.html). Given how incredibly wasteful meat production is wouldn't it be more efficient to provide this food directly to people, or at least feed the animals with some of the millions of tons of food that end up in land fill? I am not necessarily advocating that we all become vegetarian but I do think we could put a bit more effort into consuming our over abundant native species, such as kangaroos, that are being culled anyway and have far less of an environmental impact.
It is consumers that have generated the current culture of waste and it is up to us to turn it around.
Dr. F. Bunny

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You can pay off your debt with inflated Dollars. When prices rise on some of the products you use; switch to a similar item at lower costs. You can't always win, but you can stay ahead of the inflation curve. Do with less on the inflated items and look for bargains and discounts.
The Federal Reserve will be printing more paper Dollars; this will eventually cause higher inflation. The degree of devaluing of the dollar is uncertain because of the amount of dollars in circulation. The reason is because of hoarding and moving monies into saving accounts. Americans are saving close to 10 per cent now and are paying off their credit accounts and are spending less.
The Federal Reserve is releasing more Billions of paper dollars because of the disappearance of the dollars around the world. The M-I,II,III supply of paper money needs to be maintain for normal transactions to continue in an active manner. Their are many other things not mentioned here.
Remember, be selective an 'Inflation can be your friend'.
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Exports Remain A Priority For Honey Bun – Chong.
Michelle Chong CEO and co-founder of Honey Bun Limited is staking the company's future on export plans which she says remain a priority for her and the Honey Bun team.
Exports for the financial year ending September 2016 increased by 22% over prior year as the company increased sales by 34% while pretax profits increased by 114%.
Addressing shareholders in the company's just released 2016 annual report, Chong indicated that there were several plans to increase sales in new markets where there are opportunities, in order to increase foreign exchange earnings.
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About Us and all la Lama..
Hi, we're Jeff and Kate, and this is the story documenting our misAdventures of a move from a condo in Portland, Oregon to the foot of the Sangre de Cristo range in north-central New Mexico. Wish us luck – at 8,500 feet, we're gonna need it.
So the story of this blog starts with us near Portland (Kate in her condo and Jeff in the cabin) and will document our way through renovating trailers, living in tipis, experiments with building strawbale homes, setting up solar power, rain catchment, composting toilets, building a garden from scratch, firewood, mechanics, chickens & horses, and other sorts of things related to off-grid living — and of course lots of puppies, which means we are Real Dog Lovers!
This is four dogs and Rusty the cat.
Eventually, I imagine we will fill in here some of the story of how we met, why we are togther, and what prompted us to make such drastic changes in our lives. But that will have to wait for another day .. maybe Mañana ..
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Howdy to Kate and Luka!
You and Jeff make such a cute couple! I'm very happy for you, Kate! We wish you the best of luck out here in Yucca Valley, CA. Jean, Max, Lori, Kathleen and I loved hearing you play when you'd come to Water Canyon Coffee Co which sadly closed last year. But if you'd ever be playing out here again, ask the people who own the Celebration Center in Joshua Tree who have had WCCC's fans follow there.Its owned by Debbie and Steve Brear ph# 760-902-9366 or 760-902-9982 at 6393 Sunset Rd, JT< CA 92252
Your plans for off-the grid living sounds WONDERFUL!!!!
My pal Kathleen whom you met when she was visiting from WI also lives off the grid out there by Gresham.
If you ever go on Facebook it has all my dog photos since I took in 3 pups who were half dead out in my desert and now they are 8 months old and 2 are fixed living it easy in my back fenced yard with their Rottweiler father. Their half coyote/ half shepherd mother still lingers in my front yard but won't be caught easily but I have to do something before her 3rd litter here. I'm taking care of her ex-boyfriend we call Rufus and 4 of her young,(Rufi, Dexter, Naomi and Yentl) while the rest went to shelters and a few adopted out. So its great that you have so many pets! I have 11 dogs now so feel free to come get more if you're out this way!
Hugs, Babs
Hey Guys. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your adventure going offgrid. I moved to an acre and a half in the woods and have been working towards cutting the worldly ties. I live in a camper. I have a 12x 20 rough sawn barn with 2 lofts.One day it will be a offgrid cabin. I don't know if you guys ever put your shower in the house but it not…..When my water freezes I always have 8 Or 10 gallons in the camper plus a couple 50 gal barrels. I heat water on my propane stove and put in my solar camp shower bag. Hang from my shower door. You could get a large plastic or metal pan or a clawfoot tub. Enclose with a shower curtain and run a piece of pic from the drain to out doors. If you don't have a lot if space use the pan instead of tub. I have a cedar shower stall in my yard and I love looking at the trees in my piece of heaven. You two are an inspiration. Take care.


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Not your ordinary Timbuk2 messenger bag, the Mountain Hardwear Sentinel Jr. Messeger Bag with logo, is the smaller, lighter weight version of its big brother, the Sentinel. The Jr. can carry a 15 laptop in its internal computer sleeve and has an additional sleeve for papers, magizines, and notebooks. An organizational front panel coupled with a bright colored lining makes it easy to find things and you can store your Ipod, sunglasses and PDA in their own padded pockets. Your water bottle finds its home in the external stretch mesh pocket and the padded shoulder strap and waist belt allow for a secure and comfortable ride when you are commuting home for work or school.
Price: $94.95


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Java XML BindingThe bindmark project has listed a comparison of various products for binding XML data to Java classes. Its compared many of them, both open source (Beck, Castor, Javolution, JAXB, JAXB 2.0, JBind, JiBX, JXM, Relaxer, Skaringa, XMLBeans, XStream and Zeus) and commercial (C24, Glue (formerly ElectricXML), LiquidXML).
Also check XML Data binding Resources by Ron Bourret and Comparing Data Binding Tools at xml.com (Sep '03)
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CEI International Affairs headquarters are here
Pedro Pons Estate
Av. Vallvidrera, 25
08017 Barcelona
Tel.: (+34) 93 205 45 16
Fax: (+34) 93 205 44 17
Public Transport
Bus: H2 and H7 (Pl. Borràs stop)
Regional rail (FGC)
Take train S1 (to Terrassa) or S2 (to Sabadell), from Plaza Catalunya, to the Peu del Funicular stop (do not take the cable car once there). Be sure not to ride in the first car, as you will not be able to get off at the station. The exit is on Av. de Vallvidrera, a 5-minute walk from CEI International Affairs.
By car
Ronda de Dalt, Exit 7 (Bonanova-Via Augusta), if coming from Besòs.
Exit 9 (Can Caralleu-Vallvidrera), if coming from Llobregat.
GPS Coordinates:
• DD (decimal degrees):
Latitude: 41.406573 Longitude: 2.114175
• DMS (degrees, minutes, seconds):
Latitude: N 41º 24' 23.664" Longitude: E 2º 6' 51.029"
Parking is available for cars, motorcycles and bicycles.
The Pedro Pons estate was donated to the University of Barcelona by Dr Agustí Pedro Pons. The building, also known as Can Mestres, is recognised by many passers-by for its sgraffiti (wall art), which were probably added at a later date to the original 18th-century home, built on the site of an earlier 16th-century farmhouse.
The sgraffiti can be found on the northern and southern facades. One includes a sundial dated 1776. A weathervane on the upper roof features Patufet, a Thumbelina-like character from one of the most famous Catalan folktales. Made of iron, its resistant gears have allowed it to function for over 50 years, and on windy days it spins rapidly.


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Your Guide to Buying a Home in a Trust
You may not be aware that you have an option of buying a home in a trust when you decide to purchase a property. While this is not something that is suitable for everyone, it can be an excellent way to protect against a wide range of variables. What is a trust? Buying a home … Continued


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For most people, having a tattoo is a meaningful thing. I don't even have a tattoo (yet) but here I am writing yet another post about body ink, all because I stumbled upon a story that spoke to my heart, posted by an amputee friend on Facebook. Read More
Tag Archives: Paralympics
The Top 14 Reasons Why I Love Winter X Games
Looking for a fun family trip that will appeal to all ages? Winter X Games may be the answer. Read More
Paralympics Drives New Technology
Why are we still talking about the Paralympics, when they ended weeks ago? Because their influence will be felt for years to come. Read More
A Paralympic Commercial That Has Nothing To Do With Pity
A Paralympic commercial that will make you see these athletes in a new way. Read More
Why Your Kids Will Want To Watch The Paralympics In 5 Days And Where You Can Find Them On TV.
From my personal experience, kids are fascinated by prosthetics and how they work. Watching world-class athletes compete with their world-class hardware makes for some amazing family viewing. It's time to cheer for Team USA. Read More
Behind the Scenes at the Paralympics
What happens when prosthetic and adaptive equipment fails during the Paralympics? There's a team waiting for them on the sidelines. Read More
Where to Watch the Paralympics — Hint: Good Luck in the U.S.
Where do you go to watch the Paralympic Games? In the U.S. your choices are very limited. Read More
Oscar Stirs Up More Controversy in the Paralympic Games
After stirring up controversy in the regular Olympic games, amputee runner Oscar Pistorius has a new battle to fight. Read More
Oscar's Big Run
It was a joy to me, and many other disabled people, to see our man Oscar run in the big show. His smile was seen around the world. And we were all smiling with him. But in less than a minute it was over. Read More
A Race With Prosthetics at the London Olympics
Once again Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee, challenges able bodied runners, this time in the Olympics. Read More


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Andrew E. Lange
Andrew E. Lange (July 23, 1957 – January 22, 2010)[1] was an astrophysicist and Goldberger Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Lange came to Caltech in 1993 and was most recently the chair of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. Caltech's president Jean-Lou Chameau called him "a truly great physicist and astronomer who had made seminal discoveries in observational cosmology".[2]
Early lifeEdit
Lange was born in Urbana, Illinois on 23 July 1957, the oldest son of Joan Lange, a school librarian, and Alfred Lange, an architect, and he grew up in Easton, Connecticut.[1] Lange received his BA in physics from Princeton University in 1980, and the PhD in physics from University of California, Berkeley in 1987, being offered a professorship immediately after.[3] He arrived at Caltech in 1993–1994 as a visiting associate, and was appointed Full Professor in 1994. He was appointed Goldberger professor in 2001, and senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2006.[4]
In 1994, Lange married Frances Arnold, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2018), with whom he had two sons, William A. Lange and Joseph I. Lange.[3] In 2016, William died in an accident.
Observations of the cosmic microwave backgroundEdit
Lange's research interests focused on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and instrumentation for its study. The CMB is believed to be the light of the Big Bang, red-shifted from the visible into the sub-millimeter range by the cosmic expansion in the intervening 13.8 billion years. He developed a new generation of radio receivers for this study, and used them in a string of experiments to study the CMB.
In 1987 a Japanese-American team led by Lange, Paul Richards of UC Berkeley, and Toshio Matsumoto of Nagoya University announced that the spectrum CMB was not that of a true black body.[5] In a sounding rocket experiment they detected an excess brightness at wavelengths of 0.5 and 0.7 mm. This result cast doubt on the validity of the Big Bang theory in general and helped support the rival Steady State theory. However, the presentation by Dr. John Mather (in January 1990) of the spectrum by FIRAS (Far-InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer) on the COBE satellite showed a perfect fit of the CMB and the theoretical curve for a black body at a temperature of 2.73 K, removing the earlier apparent contradiction with the standard cosmological model.
Lange was principal investigator on the BOOMERanG balloon-borne experiment which, in a 1998 flight, strongly confirmed the geometrical flatness of the universe to high precision, strongly supporting the theory of cosmic inflation.[6][7] He was a US leader in a collaboration on the European Planck spacecraft, launched in May 2009, for studying the CMB, and in the effect of gravitational waves on the polarization of the CMB.
Prizes and awardsEdit
In 2003 Lange and Saul Perlmutter of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley were jointly named "California Scientists of the Year" by the California ScienCenter.[8] Lange was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2004 was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in physics. In 2006 he shared the Balzan Prize in observational astronomy and astrophysics with Paolo de Bernardis of Italy. In 2009 he was awarded the Dan David Prize (in astrophysics) for his contributions to our understanding of the History of the Universe.
Andrew Lange checked into a hotel on January 21, 2010. The next morning housekeepers found him dead, apparently from asphyxiation. The Pasadena Police Department determined his death to be a suicide.[9]
- ^ a b Janette Williams, Andrew Lange, noted universe researcher at Caltech, dies Archived 2010-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Pasadena Star-News. Retrieved on January 26, 2010.
- ^ Jean-Lou Chameau, in a letter to the Caltech Community, Jan 22, 2010.
- ^ a b Overbye, Dennis (2010-01-27). "Andrew Lange, Scholar of the Cosmos, Dies at 52". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ Caltech Press release, January 23, 2010.
- ^ Hayakawa, S.; Matsumoto, T.; Matsuo, H.; Murakami, H.; Sato, S.; Lange A. E. & Richards, P. (1987). "Cosmological implication of a new measurement of the submillimeter background radiation". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 39 (6): 941–948. Bibcode:1987PASJ...39..941H. ISSN 0004-6264. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Balloon Sounds out the Early Universe", Science News, Vol 157, No 18, p. 276, April 28, 2000.
- ^ New York Times, Jan 27 2010 (as corrected Jan 29) "Andrew Lange, Scholar of the Cosmos, Dies at 52"
- ^ "Andrew Lange, Ph.D. and Saul Perlmutter, Ph.D. 2003 California Scientists of the Year" Archived June 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Andrew E. Lange dies at 52; Caltech physicist Los Angeles Times, Associated Press story. Retrieved on February 3, 2010.
External linksEdit
- Scientific publications (please notice first results are papers with large number of co-authors)
- How Did The Universe Begin? – Lecture by Andrew Lange on YouTube (duration 1:17:29 / November 9, 2009)
- 2009 Dan David Prize laureate
- Andrew Lange - Daily Telegraph obituary


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There is no asteroid at Sagittarius 13 that makes the point focus, but at the Gemini position, there is Aesculpius, suggesting health concerns. If instead we add in the various Arabian Points, we find that parental concerns, particularly if they are not living with you, and their health maybe the real issue. Luckily tomorrow is a holiday and a good time to check in.
Hinsdale, New Hampshire
Hinsdale, New Hampshire is a town in Cheshire County New Hampshire. It is bordered by Chesterfield on the north, Winchester on the east, and Northfield, Massachusetts to the south, and Brattleboro, Vermont on the west.
Colonel Ebeneezer Hinsdale from a prominent family in Deerfield, and the former chaplain of Fort Dummer, an important trading post on the Connecticut River, founded the town in 1753. He established the trading post at Fort Hinsdale, reportedly at his own expense, for the French-Indian Wars and later also the Revolutionary.


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This is the third episode in a journal chronicling my silent journey during Silent Awakenings.
I went to bed right at 10pm last night. I'd read for 30 minutes, was tired, and looked forward to a lovely night's sleep. My lovely night's sleep was short lived, to the tune of 90 minutes. I awoke with acute pain behind my right eye, a migraine. I tossed, turned, got up, went to the bathroom, drank water, got back in bed. I think it was a combination of too much sun, too much tea, and not enough water. I had a migraine. It continued for hours. At about 3am I got up, turned off my morning alarm, knowing I'd be in no shape to get up at 5am, drank more water, and made a plan.
It was time to practice Deepak's heling by being The Silent Witness. I got back in bed and began to focus on the sensation of my breathing in and out. I often imagine my breath as tiny, beautifully colored particles flooding my entire body when I bring awareness to my breath. I did that this time, but also began to silently chant "witness" with each breath. Eventually I was aware of witnessing myself in bed breathing. (After the fact, to be honest, I imagined myself as a bad-ass Wakanda warrior dressed in a skin-tight black jumpsuit with giant red wings.) With each breath, with each "witness" the pain began to subside. I recognized it and let it go with each breath. It began to lower to a dull pain. The next thing I knew it was 5:30am and I opened my eyes. I didn't feel that I had been asleep because I didn't have the normal sensation of waking. I felt refreshed, my mind calm and focused, and the pain nearly gone. I believe I was in the gap for about two hours.
I knew that I wasn't going to get back to sleep, but I took my time getting out of bed and getting ready. I went for an easy walk on the dunes under beautiful blue skies and a few white puffy clouds, got breakfast and went to morning group meditation. I was joined by a beautiful Blue Jay on my walk to breakfast. It was smaller and more delicate than the sassy, screechy Scrub Jays at home, so I'm labeling it Blue Jay. It perched on a wire fence right next to me and gave me a nice 360-degree view of its lovely feathers. Then it hopped onto the walkway in front of me and skipped along for several yards before perching next to me again. Yesterday I had a similar walking companion experience with a young seagull. The day before it was the woodpecker show.
I've never had so many birds drawn to me before. It made me recall the Roman goddess Diana, the protector of animals and babies. She is the archetype with whom I identify. I am drawn to animals and them to me. I can calm babies. This led perfectly into our morning talk.
Meditation 1.0 – Meditation wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be since I'd only gotten about 90 minutes of sleep last night. Amazingly, I wasn't the one snoring so loud the entire room could hear it. One thing that has brought some ease to my practice this week is Deepak telling us that thoughts are a normal and integral part of meditation. You can't have meditation without them. If you just concentrated hard all the time on a mantra you'd end up with a headache (oops…). Meditating is like gentle waves in the ocean. You say your mantra or focus on your breath (top of wave), a thought comes in (bottom of wave), that little space in between waves (the gap). It is natural to have thoughts. It is the practice of the silence between where you cultivate all the good stuff. Then you reap the benefits off your meditation cushion.
"At this very moment, the world is blossoming into its infinite variety before falling silent in amazement at the miracle it has just achieved." Deepak Chopra
Awaken to Nature – Nature is the greatest teacher. I love being in (but not sleeping in or having it sleep with me) nature. In my training in Ayurveda, we learned that we are all nature. There is no separation between us and nature. Ayurveda teaches us that the Mahabutas – the building blocks of life – are air, ether, fire, water and earth. Everything in our environment is made of these elements. It's logical then that nature can heal us and take us back to our whole state.
Dr. David Simon, and integrated MD and co-founder of the Chopra Center said that talking about nature isn't the same as immersing yourself in it. You can talk about a bird chirping, but you can't experience it. Nature sounds are primordial sounds that can heal us and are best experienced while we are in silence.
Our relationship with animals is also part of awakening to nature. I've given a good pet to just about every beach dog I've passed since arriving in Asilomar. Dr. Linda Bender, who wrote Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals, was sitting next to me during this morning's session. Her book offers scientific facts about animal's abilities and stories about our connection with them. She gives advice on how to deepen our relationships and communicate on a deeper level with them. This is right up my alley. Whenever anyone asks what my superpower would be if I could choose one, I say to be able to speak with animals. Another book, Guardians of Being by Eckhart Tolle, was sited as an example of a great children's book about our relationship with animals.
"Out of silence, nature manifests the world of vibration. Everything that we experience is an expression of consciousness vibrating. Our child's smile, a sunflower, a wave of sadness, and a flash of insight are all expressions of nature's impulse to create." David Simon
My Heart is in My Hand – I realized this morning that it has been five full days since I've been with my family. Oddly I don't miss them as much as I do on a day-to-day basis when we are communicating often. I feel that they're with me on this journey. Bill and the girls gave me a ring for Mother's Day this year (Shout out to personal shopper Maddie.) that has a heart cut out and three bands circling it, representing each one of them. I usually wear it with the heart facing up, but all this week it has been spinning around so the heart is facing in. When I close my palm, I give the heart an embrace. I feel Bill, Isabella and Maddie's love and support, along with that of my extended family and friends from home who know I'm on this experience, every moment of every day. In terms of the kitties: I feel Alice's annoyance and desire to eat a plant and then puke it up on the floor. I'm happy Rosie has no concept of time and will think I just went to the gym or yoga studio for a class.
Dune – Not the super-long-and-what-I-found-ultimately-weird-and-boring-but-my-husband-loves-movie, but the restored habitat at the beach. Well, Dunes, to be correct. I went on a guided walk with a California State Parks specialist on the beach dunes. It really is amazing how they've completely restored the dunes, an effort that was only started in earnest in the 1980s. The dunes are now in a maintenance phase, but they sure do need a lot of maintenance. We even walked through the green house and shade house where the federally-and state-protected endangered plant species are grown. They are growing and planting as many Monterey Pines as possible since eighty percent of the pine forest in Monterey was decimated by the Pitch Canker Disease brought in on firewood and distributed by beetles and other critters (like inchworms). I took the time to not only visually appreciate, but touch and feel many plants. (I was secretly happy that I didn't see the elusive black legless lizard who masquerades as a snake. I may have broken my silence with a yelp if one slithered across my foot.)
Beach Comber – I spent the afternoon by myself walking along, an in, the surf. It felt so good to have warm sand under my feet and between my toes. The weather has been unexpected and amazing, so warm that I am working up quite a sweat during my afternoon walks on the beach. The cool water felt good on my feet and I got far wetter than planned. That's waves for you!
I played with a lot of beach dogs today. Two asked me to toss their balls into the surf, brought them back, buried them in the sand, and then looked at me expectantly: "Well, hooman, dig it up and toss it again." Another dog, a golden retriever, wouldn't stop licking my left hand. Her mom said, "She really likes diamonds," pointing to my wedding ring. A corgie looked like she was dressed to impress, and some doggie siblings were play fighting over who got the ball. Beach dogs may be the happiest dogs on the face of the earth. They certainly brought me happiness today.
Oh, So Stinky – Seriously, I didn't expect this warm weather. The beach here also stinks something fierce. There is more seaweed on the beach decomposing than I've ever seen in my life. In a word, it reeks! You guessed it, I and my clothing also reeked. I am at Asilomar a total of 10 days. I planned to wear each pair of pants twice. I didn't bring as many athletic socks as warm wool socks because I figured the high temp each day was going to be in the low 60s as was forecasted. I transformed into Cinderella this afternoon and washed pants, socks and sports bras in the sink. There are clothes hanging everywhere. I'm hoping and praying that they'll dry because nothing ever seems to dry here. There's too much moisture in the air. Going with the flow.
If It ain't Scottish… – Bagpipes were playing on my walk to tonight's meditation. The Inn at Spanish Bay plays in the last golfers on the course every day. It was being carried on the wind. Pretty cool.
Meditation 2.0 (Beach Version) – We had the option to practice group meditation at the beach during sunset this evening. It was warm when I arrived, but cold by the end. Luckily, I bundled with a warm jacket and hat, but I was still chilly. Because there was no back support I chose to meditate in a constructive rest position (on back, feet flat on the ground placed wide on the sides of the mat, knees touching). We began meditating and I could hear children laughing, dogs barking, and the sound of the waves crashing. Then just the waves crashing. All of sudden, what seemed just minutes after, meditation was over. I felt calm, relaxed and focused. I felt as if I had become one with the waves. It was beautiful.
The Deepak and Suhas Show – Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar is an Ayurvedic MD with a practice in Santa Cruz, CA and the author of several books on ayurvedic practices in healthcare. He was one of my ayurvedic teachers during my certification and can speak Sanskrit so fast that it all sounds like one long 115- character word. Sometimes he even forgets to translate.
Deepak and Suhas had an informal discussion this evening on bringing spirituality into healthcare. It was sort of like the two of them were just sitting in someone's living room having a lively discussion. They both can have goofy senses of humor and I could tell were really enjoying themselves, as were all of us being witness to it.
It was very interesting to listen to these two MDs talk about their journeys with traditional medicine and ayurvedic medicine/practices. Dr. Suhas discussed how Ayurveda was essentially created to dispel the fear of death by improving life. They both commented on the fact that no one teaches us how to be happy and healthy from birth. We are born with this innate knowledge, but then our parents and societal norms teach us to do things differently. We need to get the information about Ayurveda into the hands of Western medicine, so it is taught in schools and into the hands of parents, so they can bring their children up with these practices.
I liked Dr. Suhas' statement that "You can't have natural health for unnatural living." This was preceded by a discussion of our microbiomes. The word microbiome is defined as the collection of microbes or microorganisms that inhabit an environment, creating a sort-of "mini-ecosystem." Our human microbiome is made up of communities of symbiotic, commensal and pathogenic bacteria (along with funghi and viruses), all of which call our bodies home. What scientists have recently come to understand is that the makeup and overall health of your microbiome as a whole determines whether pathogens in the gut coexist peacefully, or cause disease. (www.environmedica.com)
In Deepak's book The Healing Self, he sites research that shows that only three percent of the causes of Alzheimer's is genetically-based. Inflammation and lifestyle account for the other ninety-seven percent. Most people think our brains are what control mental illness, but seventy percent of serotonin is produced in our guts. What we eat matters! There are microbiome testing companies now that can test the critters in your gut to tell you what foods are OK for you to eat and what foods your body can't break down, so they cause low-grade inflammation. Low-grade inflammation is the root cause of just about every disease out there, including obesity, depression, and anxiety. It seems like a good investment to get tested, and tested young, if you have the opportunity.
Yoga Nidra – It was interesting to hear that Deepak practices Yoga Nidra every evening. I trained in Yoga Nidra earlier this year and have been teaching a class for a while. I absolutely love it. I think The Chopra Foundation should fund a long-term Yoga Nidra study on its affects on the level of stress and anxiety in children. I was shocked to see how much anxiety and depression is prevalent on college campuses when my girls were in college. I would like to teach sixth graders yoga nidra for 20 minutes every day during the school week and continue the practice all the way through high school. The study would continue to follow them for the next four years while they self-practice. Can you imagine the data we would get? My hypothesis is far less anxiety and depression and greater physical, mental and social health. Let's do this!!!
This is what Deepak does every night before he goes to sleep and recommends that we do the same:
- Recapitulates while seated in bed (Silently remembering the events of the day without judgement.)
- Silently repeats his manta to himself for about five minutes with his eyes open.
- Asks "What is my experience of existence right now?" The answer will be what he can see with his eyes, forms, colors, a scene, etc.
- Closes his eyes and turns his attention to what he can hear (clock ticking, pet, partner breathing, etc.).
- Turns his attention to bodily sensations (i.e. feel of skin on the sheets).
- Turns his attention to the sensation of his breath and intuitively knows that his existence is a sensation.
- Lies down and rests in infinite being. Deep sleep is the closest we get to pure consciousness other than the gap in meditation.
Starry Starry Night – The stars were shining bright again, lighting the path back to Stuck-Up Inn, and the crickets were serenading us. When Hillary and I approached the cabin, we both dropped to the ground commando-style at the exact moment to avoid dreaded inchworms hanging from the trees. We laughed so hard we couldn't stand upright again. We will soon be staring in Crouching Tiger Hidden Worm.
Stay tuned for episodes four…five…six…and the finale. Did you read episode one and two? You can view all of my photos of Asilomar and the Monterey Peninsula here.
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I watched five minutes of the hearings. That was four minutes and thirty-seconds too much. Oh. My. Gosh.
Shame. Regardless of party affiliation, shame on you. Not shame on the witnesses, but shame on the manipulators, the opportunistic, the hypocritical – the hyper-hypocritical, shame on the lot.
This may be the shortest mid-term post in history. But it has the absolute best most timely and hopeful voting guide in history too.
Wait for it. Here goes. "If they're incumbent, vote for the other nominee."
Simple. I don't know the math on this other than the House; everyone's up for reelection there so it's a straight swap. In the Senate, who knows. Don't even think party, friends, just think "Goodbye." "See ya." Toodles." "Don't let the gate hit you on the way out." "Adiós." "Arrivederci." "Auf Wiedersehen." "Sayonara." "Bon voyage."
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Most of my favorite recipes are the ones that just organically happen. Not that I don't love sitting and planning out recipes but there is something I love about meals that just naturally come together with no prepping and little thought. These meals just happen and as you sit there eating you think to yourself, 'I sure hope I can recreate this recipe again because it is so good it needs to be shared'. Well this One Pan Fall Harvest Chicken Dinner happens to be one of these thrown together dinners that I have now recreated many times because let me tell you it is so good.
This meal came to be about 5pm on a Saturday night when we decided last minute to have a few people over for dinner. I was planning on whipping something up with a family pack of chicken thighs I had in the fridge for dinner but now I had to ensure there was going to be enough food for everyone. So I started looking around my kitchen, it being the middle of fall I had a lot of fall flavors hanging out. So I went for it, I decided lets just make a Fall Harvest dinner!
I started with some leftover squash, some cranberries, grabbed a sweet potato, a couple of carrots. It was a great beginning looking around more I grabbed an apple from our apple picking stash. I had a good pile of veggies (and fruits) going so I moved on to spices. I started by looking at my herb garden to see what was fresh, Rosemary, I love Rosemary and it goes perfectly with fall flavors. To match the Rosemary I knew Rubbed Sage would marry the whole pan together. I quick marinade the chicken while I chopped up the fruits and vegetables for the 'fall harvest'. I mixed the fall harvest together with olive oil, rosemary, and sage. The chicken was then placed upon the fall harvest, it was missing something but i couldn't quite decide and then Bam, bacon. I grabbed a few pieces cut them into small strips and sprinkled them on top, voila! Into the oven for 40 minutes and you have yourself a One Pan Fall Harvest Chicken Dinner.
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Colombia leads the 2019 Global Financial Inclusion Microscope for the 2nd consecutive year
October 31, 2019
Dominican Republic – Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico lead the ranking of the Global Microscope on the environment for financial inclusion, an index that focuses on regulation, political strategies, and infrastructure to address this issue. In these four countries, financial inclusion is a priority and incorporates digital approaches. While Colombia and Mexico lead public policy and consumer protection categories, Uruguay and Peru stand out in stability and financial integrity.
FOROMIC launches in the Dominican Republic, seeks to reinvent inclusion
October 31, 2019
The event was attended by IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno. Dominican Republic – FOROMIC, the main event on innovation for the inclusion of Latin America and the Caribbean, has just started in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with the slogan "Reinventing Inclusion". The event was inaugurated by the Minister of Finance, Donald Guerrero and the President of the IDB, Luis Alberto Moreno.
Spain makes contribution to IDB's migration initiative
March 20, 2019
Event on migration analyzes impact on Latin America MADRID - Spain has made a $5 million contribution to help the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) tackle urgent development challenges posed by the rise of transborder migrations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The contribution was announced at the conference Migration and Cities: The Road to Inclusive Integration held March 20, 2019 in Madrid.
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March 04, 2019
In its second edition, the call for proposals will be open from March 4th to May 17th, 2019. The Superheroes of Development Award will recognize executing agencies of IDB-financed projects that have successfully addressed challenges during its implementation. The contest will identify eight finalists from across Latin America and the Caribbean who will travel to IDB's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to present their solutions.
Barranquilla, Colombia to host Foromic 2018
August 30, 2018
The Colombian city of Barranquilla will host the leading event on financial inclusion and business development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean The IDB Group, through its innovation lab MIF, will hold the 21st edition of Foromic, the most important annual event on financial inclusion and business development in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Who are the region's high-growth women entrepreneurs and what motivates them?
March 13, 2014
A new study analyzes their characteristics and challenges The new study "WEGrow: Unlocking the Growth Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean," finds that these entrepreneurs are opportunity-driven rather than necessity-driven, and that they mention economic independence, passion and creating jobs as their main reasons for launching their business ventures.
Crime cost the country at least $1.2 billion in 2010
January 24, 2013
The cost of crimes against property and people in Uruguay in 2010 totaled at least $1.2 billion, which was equivalent to 3.1 percent of the country's gross national product. This was the conclusion of a new study carried out at the country's Economic Research Center by researchers Aboal Diego, Jorge Campanella, and Bibiana Lanzilotta, with the collaboration of Magdalena Dominguez and Maren Vairo.
With IDB support, Uruguay combats violent crime
September 04, 2012
A $5 million loan for a program targeting high-crime areas in Montevideo A $5 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will help Uruguay deploy a program based on a comprehensive approach to reduce violent crime in its capital city, Montevideo. The program is aimed at increasing police effectiveness in preventing and solving crimes as well as at fostering the social reinsertion of at-risk youth.
Paraguay will conduct a national population and housing census with IDB support
July 14, 2011
Financing for $12.5 million will provide more timely, reliable, and standardized socioeconomic data Paraguay's 2012 National Population and Housing Census will be carried out with the help of a $12.5 million financing package from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
IDB releases its 2010 Development Effectiveness Report
March 23, 2011
Report evaluates Bank's efforts in measuring its development impact in Latin America and the Caribbean The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has made strides to boost transparency, accountability and enhance the development impact of its investments in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the new edition of the IDB's 2010 Development Effectiveness Overview.


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The Queens Zoo is a community animal park and zoo in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the borough of Queens. Part of an integrated system of four zoos of aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Queens Zoo spans 18 acres and is home to more than 75 species that are endemic to the Americas. The Zoo also offers a range of educational programs and experiences for visitors of all ages, ranging from animal feeding and demonstrations to school holiday and summer camps.
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Designed as a cage-less zoo by Robert Moses in 1966 and built on the site of the 1964 New York World's Fair, the Queens Zoo was opened to the public in 1968 and has been delighting visitors with an array of animals and displays ever since. The zoo's award-winning aviary was designed as a 175-foot geodesic dome and was one of the largest single-layer structures of its time. It was used in the during the 1964 Fair as the fair's major indoor assembly hall, after which it was integrated into the new zoo's layout.
The Queens Zoo is home to more the 75 that are endemic to North and South America, including the rare Andean bear, pumas, American bison, Canada lynx, bald eagles, Roosevelt elk, California sea lions, snowy owls, and Coywolves. Other animals range from Pudu, pronghorn, thick-billed parrots, and sandhill cranes to Chacoan peccaries, American alligators, and Trumpeter swans.
The Queens Zoo features a variety of activities and adventures throughout the zoo for children of all ages, including three Conservation Quest stations, namely the Endangered Species Climbing Wall, the Invasive Species Station and the Migration Playground), which are interactive and hands-on introductions to conservation. Visitors can also enjoy sea lion feedings three times a day.
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The Queens Zoo offers a variety of educational programs and initiatives, including family programs, school holiday programs, scouts and summer camps. Family programs range from Toddler Time (ages 2-3), Little Hatchlings (12-23 months), Pajama Story Time: A Wild Time (4 years), Family Breakfast Club (ages 4 and up), and Family Overnight Adventures (ages 4 and up). Toddler Time offers a nature-inspired series where toddlers connect with the natural world through arts and crafts, dramatic play, live animal interactions, sensory stations, and songs to foster inquisitive nature and independence. Little Hatchlings offers an introduction to animals and nature through outdoor educational adventures, play and movement, songs, sensory stations, and stories. Family Overnight Adventures present a unique experience for visitors to explore the Zoo at night, meet the animals up close and learn more about animal diets and preparing animal enrichment treats.
The Queens Zoo Summer Camp is offered to children of all ages and includes age appropriate, hands-on science activities, up-close animal encounters, visits from the zoo's Wildlife Theatre, exhibit visits, arts, and crafts, keep chats, camp T-shirts, and plenty of animal-related fun.
The Zoo also offers field trips, classes and educational outreach programs that are run at the Zoo's Wildlife Theater. The program uses the theater to teach young visitors about nature, wild places and the wild things that live in them, with the aim of helping to build the next generation of conservationists. Theater performances are interactive, hands-on and fun and include stories, songs, puppets, and games and bring the natural science to life in a fun-filled and memorable way.
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The Queens Zoo is located at 2300 Southern Boulevard in the Bronx in Queens, and is open to the public from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm on weekends and public holidays between April and November. The Queen Zoo has several vending machines located in the cafeteria near the Sea Lion Pool, and numerous picnic tables for packed lunches that guests can bring to the zoo themselves.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- BlackRock Group, the asset manager owned by Merrill Lynch & Co. MER, -1.02%, has drastically cut its stake in Resolution PLC (RSL.LN), the U.K. life insurer at the center of a fierce takeover battle.
BlackRock, Thursday, sold some 16.6 million shares in Resolution at 720 pence a share, reducing its stake to just 0.25% from 2.68%, a regulatory filing revealed Monday.
BlackRock's sale came just a day before Pearl Assurance made a third increased offer at 720 pence a share for Resolution throwing a recommended stock-and-cash offer valued at around 715 pence by rival Standard Life PLC (SL.LN) into doubt.
At the same time as its third offer Pearl said it had increased its stake in Resolution to 24.18% from 16.5%.
At 1230 GMT shares in Resolution were trading down 0.05%. or 0.37 pence, at 726.13 pence.
Early Monday Resolution dropped its recommendation for the GBP4.9 billion takeover bid by Standard Life effectively opening up the arena for an auction of the company.
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All that and painted nails.
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TWO women have 'married' in what is believed to be the first lesbian wedding ceremony in the Highlands.
A Church of Scotland minister blessed the happy couple at the open-air service, which was held at the Ness Islands beauty spot in Inverness.
The two 32-year-olds, who were best friends when they attended Inverness High School, agreed to go public yesterday on their love for each other.
Bank of Scotland manager Karen Sloan and community carer Jacqui Clark, tied the knot in the presence of bridesmaids - including Karen's two daughters from a previous marriage.
Website Mobilizes College Students in Support of Gay Marriage
Two Stanford University students have launched http://www.forgaymarriage.org, a website aimed at getting college students educated and involved in the battle for same-sex marriage.
STANFORD, CA (PRWEB) August 5, 2004 -- In response to the recent flurry of activity surrounding same-sex marriage, two Stanford University students launched ForGayMarriage.org (http://www.forgaymarriage.org) last week, a website aimed at mobilizing college students to fight for gay marriage by giving students simple ways to become politically involved in equal rights.
"Thousands of college students across America have not found a way to rally together in support of same-sex marriage," co-founder Sam Altman said. "Our site endeavors to mobilize this untapped resource by educating visitors and giving them simple but effective methods for taking action."
The site allows anyone to educate themselves, their political leaders, and those around them about the issue. Visitors are informed by "Talking Points," arguments crafted to convince people of different political persuasions that gay marriage should be allowed. Visitors can then spread this information by sending a pre-written letter to their government representatives. The most innovative feature of the site, however, is that visitors can connect with other members in their area to work on several projects that get their communities involved.
"It's this last step that sets ForGayMarriage.org apart from other gay marriage sites," co-founder Vincent Intersimone said. "You can create a group in your local area, which then allows you to create an easy-to-set-up web page and an email list you can use to inform your group about action campaigns. These campaigns have straightforward instructions and take only a few hours to complete, but they get college students throughout the country to set up gay marriage debates, information stations, and letter writing campaigns … mobilizing their communities through grass-roots efforts."
NYC activists call for a day of civil disobedience
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by Sarah Ferguson
group of about 20 New York City activists today announced their plans for roiling the Republican convention this month.
Standing in the vestibule of St. Marks Church on the Bowery—a landmark parish that has long been a haven for political dissent—they called for a day of coordinated, nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action on August 31, or A31 in activist parlance.
"Two days before the Republicans renominate George Bush, we will turn the streets of New York City into stages of resistance and forums of debate," Tim Doody, a 30-year-old English tutor at Long Island University, told a bevy of news cameras, adding, "We will not be asking for permits to create these free-speech zones."
Starting early in the morning, Doody said, autonomous groups will target GOP events such as Bank of America's 9:30 a.m. finance roundtable at Tavern on the Green in Central Park. At 4 p.m., a wave of actions will swarm the midtown offices of multinational "war profiteers" such as the Carlyle Group, Chevron, the Rand Corporation, and Hummer of Manhattan.
Judge says plaintiffs know what making commitment means
By Seattle Times staff
In a ruling that gay couples can marry under Washington state law, King County Superior Court Judge William Downing described the 16 plaintiffs as the kind of people "any of us should be proud to call a friend or neighbor or to sit with at small desks on back-to-school night."
Downing wrote: "(Their) lives reflect hard work, professional achievement, religious faith and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs. They are law-abiding, taxpaying model citizens. They include exemplary parents, adoptive parents, foster parents and grandparents.
"They know what it means to make a commitment and to honor it."
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South Sydney coach Michael Maguire admits he's disappointed by the actions of Issac Luke after the star hooker picked up a two-game ban for a shoulder charge.
The suspension, for a shot on Corey Oates in Souths' heavy loss to Brisbane last week, came just a week after he escaped censure for an alleged shoulder charge on North Queensland skipper Johnathan Thurston at the NRL judiciary.
Luke, who missed last year's grand final win due to a dangerous throw suspension, will miss Friday's final round clash with Sydney Roosters and the Rabbitohs' first-round finals fixture.
"It is disappointing for all of us and Issac knows that, he is a pretty passionate kid, he is hurting," Maguire said.
"But he will do everything possible, he has shown in the past what it (playing for Souths) means to him, he can over the next couple of weeks when he is out.
"You do get a bit frustrated but it is what it is. It was one moment in time he was trying to lift the team. We could sense that we were growing at that period of the game and he misjudged what he was trying to do. Unfortunately now he has to sit out."
Youngster Cameron McInnes comes in for Luke, who moves to the Warriors at the end of the season, with Paul Carter as back-up on the bench.
Maguire moved to quash speculation once and for all that the Rabbitohs were interested in securing the services of out-of-favour Wests Tigers hooker Robbie Farah.
"I have got the players I am after," he said.
"I have Cam McInnes and I have Paul Carter there and I am looking forward to growing those players.
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A library for real solving polynomial systems of equations and inequalities. RAGlib is a Maple package providing useful functionalities for the study of real solutions of polynomial systems of equations and inequalities such as testing the emptiness or computing sampling points in each connected component of their real solution set. RAGlib is built upon the FGb library and its interface with Maple developped by Jean-Charles Faugere (INRIA/ LIP6 PolSys) The RAGlib Maple package allows to solve polynomial systems of equations/inequalities over the reals. Provided functionalities allow to decide the existence of real solutions and to compute sample points in each connected component of the real solution set.
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References in zbMATH (referenced in 58 articles )
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- Magron, Victor; Safey El Din, Mohab; Schweighofer, Markus: Algorithms for weighted sum of squares decomposition of non-negative univariate polynomials (2019)
- Verdière, N.; Orange, S.: A systematic approach for doing an a priori identifiability study of dynamical nonlinear models (2019)
- Greenwood, Torin: Asymptotics of bivariate analytic functions with algebraic singularities (2018)
- Lê, Công-Trình: A note on optimization with Morse polynomials (2018)
- Naldi, Simone; Plaumann, Daniel: Symbolic computation in hyperbolic programming (2018)
- Victor Magron, Mohab Safey El Din: RealCertify: a Maple package for certifying non-negativity (2018) arXiv
- Dias, Luis Renato G.; Tanabé, Susumu; Tibăr, Mihai: Toward effective detection of the bifurcation locus of real polynomial maps (2017)
- Rodriguez, Jose Israel; Tang, Xiaoxian: A probabilistic algorithm for computing data-discriminants of likelihood equations (2017)
- Woracek, Harald: Directing functionals and de Branges space completions in almost Pontryagin spaces (2017)
- Wu, Wenyuan; Reid, Greg; Feng, Yong: Computing real witness points of positive dimensional polynomial systems (2017)
- Abril Bucero, Marta; Mourrain, Bernard: Border basis relaxation for polynomial optimization (2016)
- Gross, Elizabeth; Harrington, Heather A.; Rosen, Zvi; Sturmfels, Bernd: Algebraic systems biology: a case study for the Wnt pathway (2016)
- Han, Jingjun; Jin, Zhi; Xia, Bican: Proving inequalities and solving global optimization problems via simplified CAD projection (2016)
- Henrion, Didier; Naldi, Simone; El Din, Mohab Safey: Exact algorithms for linear matrix inequalities (2016)
- Henrion, Didier; Naldi, Simone; Safey El Din, Mohab: Real root finding for determinants of linear matrices (2016)
- Müller, Stefan; Feliu, Elisenda; Regensburger, Georg; Conradi, Carsten; Shiu, Anne; Dickenstein, Alicia: Sign conditions for injectivity of generalized polynomial maps with applications to chemical reaction networks and real algebraic geometry (2016)
- Bajbar, Tomáš; Stein, Oliver: Coercive polynomials and their Newton polytopes (2015)
- Bank, Bernd; Giusti, Marc; Heintz, Joos; Lecerf, Grégoire; Matera, Guillermo; Solernó, Pablo: Degeneracy loci and polynomial equation solving (2015)
- Dias, Luis Renato G.; Tibăr, Mihai: Detecting bifurcation values at infinity of real polynomials (2015)
- Fukasaku, Ryoya; Iwane, Hidenao; Sato, Yosuke: Real quantifier elimination by computation of comprehensive Gröbner systems (2015)


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As we start to head down the finish line to those final days of summer, we find ourselves constantly coming up with different ways to keep cool.
We crank up the AC, we become regulars at the neighborhood pool, we avoid the oven like the plague, and most importantly we make boozy frozen treats (our preferred method for beating the heat).
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True to its town's slogan that says, "Pangibabaw Nabas!" (which means Standout Nabas!), the town is really going up in placing itself on the international tourism map being Boracay's neighbor. Nabas is popularly known for its spine-tingling cold springs. There's Hurom-Hurom, Basang, Manyuko, and the latest Bungan-Bungan. But talking about rivers and waterfalls matched with adventures, I recommend Langoyon River and Tagaroroc Falls. These two spots are best for daytime jaunts and both found in Brgy. Tagaroroc, Nabas, Aklan. The barangay crossing is located 15-min tricycle ride away from Godofredo P. Ramos Aiport also known as Caticlan Airport which services Boracay Island, and along national highway to the Kalibo International Airport in Aklan's capital. Major Philippine airlines fly to both airports many times a day.
Probably one of the reasons why you love out-of-town trips is that you never really see how beautiful and rich your own place is before a tourist does. And when it happens, you regret why you didn't see or experience it first. Suddenly, you feel like a stranger in your own backyard. Gladly, I am not. As a Malaynon who lives very close to Boracay Island, I am aware how famous the island is that almost all people who visit Aklan and/or Malay intend to go to Boracay. Well, I can't blame them. Boracay is an 'island paradise.' But the town of Malay is not just all white beaches and the island is not the only tourist destination. Beyond the usual Boracay, the mainland is just as breathtaking - only much freer from the crowd of tourists. There is the lush greenery part perfect to feel attuned to nature at its purest form. If you're into hiking, I have previously featured the Banderahan and Panaktakan viewpoints that offer a gorgeous vista of Boracay Island and its surrounding islets, Romblon Islands, and Sibuyan Sea accentuated by the spectacular sight of the rolling hills and an array of wind turbines nearby accessible via Brgy. Argao or Brgy. Napaan.
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Qing Shui nodded and went inside together with the people from the Formation Immortal Sect. The scene took a quick change due to the change in the formation. This could help save them almost 99% of their journey. Very quickly, they were already in a spot within a stone palace.
The stone palace was really huge and the inside was really clean. The majority of the things within the Stone Palace were all made of polished bright and clean stones. A lot of them looked like jade stones. This world was filled with abundant natural resources. It was not something comparable to what he used to know in his previous incarnation. A lot of the things which could only be heard or imagined in his past incarnation had turned out to be normal things around here.
"Brother, where are you now?" Back then, Qiu Feng was aware that Qing Shui was together with Tantai Xuan. Hence, everything should be alright. However, even if the Putuo Mountain didn't accept male disciples, it would still be fairly easy for them to help him look for a sect. Let alone he knew that with Qing Shui's talents, he would definitely not be in short of getting sects to invite him to join them.
At the moment, he only knew that Qing Shui was very powerful. But to what extent his strength was, he wasn't really sure about that. However, by just judging the amazement in the elder and the clan head's eyes, he already knew that it was really terrifying.
Qiu Feng knew that the Putuo Mountain was very powerful but he never thought that it could stand its own ground against Heaven Secret's Academy. Nevertheless, it was definitely superior to the Great Yu Dynasty. The Immortal Formation Sect, on the other hand, was a first-grade sect and was even a peak existence among first-grade sects.
"Prior to this, I was in the Yan City. After that, I made my way to the Heaven Secrets Academy. I am here today to ask big brother about some stuff and conveniently spend some time with you. Previously, I had been too busy, hence, I hadn't been able to do so." Qing Shui said with a smile.
"What's the matter, can I help you?" Qiu Feng was very surprised because he didn't know what could he help Qing Shui with.
"The Formation Immortal Sect must have guarded the Ancient Teleportation Array for many years right. I wish to know if the buddha sect in the five continents is the same one from the Western Oxhe Continent. It would be too much time spent if I try to search for this info alone, hence I came here to seek your help."
"Buddha Sect? The Beitang Clan, that one from the Lion King's Ridge?" Qiu Feng said while he looked at Qing Shui.
"The Buddha Sect is located within the Great Qi Dynasty. It is only a first-grade dynasty and the Buddha Sect is very popular in the said dynasty. Despite it only being first grade, it possesses a really high status within the Great Qi Dynasty and is also really mysterious."
Qing Shui never expected to gain news about the Buddha Sect so soon, this made him really happy. At least now, he already had its location in mind. Things seemed different from the buddha sects in the five continents, the monks in the Great Qi Dynasty didn't seemed to be a believer in 'suffering leads to deliverance'. Although it was a grade one dynasty, they could still do quite well there. But of course, if they were bullied by other powers, no one would know as well…
"The Beitang Clan is a surname of a royal clan in a particular dynasty within the Western Oxhe Continent, which is the Great Northern Dynasty. This is a third-grade and an average dynasty. At least from the surface, it is. It is located in the southern part of the Western Oxhe Continent and is very close to the Great Qi Dynasty."
Qiu Feng only mentioned the main points. Even though he didn't say too much about it, what he said was already really specific. He mentioned the name and the location. With that, it became easy for Qing Shui to look for it.
The others from the Formation Immortal Sect prepared a banquet and left after they said a few formal words. The main hall was only left with Qing Shui and Qiu Feng.
"Brother, have you ever thought about taking over the Formation Immortal Sect?" Qing Shui and Qiu Feng knocked their glasses of alcohol and smiled.
Qiu Feng looked at Qing Shui and shook his head. "Strength is everything. My strength is insufficient to take over the Formation Immortal Sect."
"Then how about once you get the strength to do it?" Qing Shui smiled and said.
When Qiu Feng heard Qing Shui's words, his eyes turned bright. He quickly looked at Qing Shui in disbelief. "Little brother, can you help me raise my strength?"
"Of course. As long as your strength increased, it shouldn't be a problem for you to take over the Formation Immortal Sect." Qing Shui knew that the clan head of the Formation Immortal Sect would definitely start paying a lot more attention to Qiu Feng.
After they filled up their stomach and relieved themselves from their thirst, Qing Shui helped Qiu Feng performed the Constitution Nurturing. He also used the Spring of Life and other things to help Qiu Feng's strength to significantly increase. At least now, he was already a State Master in terms of strength. Following on, his strength would continue to increase very quickly. It should be very soon until Qiu Feng reached the same level of the clan head of the Formation Immortal Sect.
Qing Shui only stayed in the Formation Immortal Sect for a day. Even if it had gotten dark, he still insisted on leaving. Qiu Feng accompanied him until they reached the foot of the mountain. In any case, the things which Qing Shui gave him could already be considered to have totally changed his life.
Humans were always like this. Just like in his past incarnation, there were some things which a commoner would never be able to achieve even if they spent their whole life doing it. But for people with money and authority, all it took was one word for them and their motive would be accomplished. Most of the people across the nine continents were unable to even break through to Xiantian Realm whereas for some people, just through their family inheritance, they were already existences above that of Martial Saints. Ever since they were born, they were rich in medicinal pills and martial techniques. Furthermore, they also had experts to help build their foundation and since young, they had already broken through to Xiantian Realm. This was the difference between them and ordinary people. Hence, it was said that there would not be absolute fairness no matter where you went. Some people would be born with things that other people wouldn't be able to attain even after they had worked hard for ten years.
Now, the acupuncture and the medicinal pills of Qing Shui, which might seem really simple, were all worth multiple cities. This was something which could only be discovered but not sought. Similarly, it would also come with huge benefits.
Qing Shui decided to go to the Great Qi Dynasty for a look. That place was very near to here, however he was almost at the limits of using the effect of his Nine Continent Steps. Most probably, he could only visit there tomorrow.
Mounted on the back of the fire bird, he continued casually flying. Right now, the sun has already setted but the skies have not darkened completely yet.
Great Northern Dynasty.
It was still a third-grade and an average dynasty. On the surface, it seemed like it, but it was hard to determine their overall strength. This made Qing Shui felt quite surprised as he never thought that the Beitang Clan would be so successful in the Western Oxhe Continent.
However, Qing Shui wasn't sure if the Beitang Clan here had done anything for the Beitang Clan back in the five continents. When he was on the five continents, through his interaction with the clan itself, he had heard before that the Beitang Clan in the four continents was really powerful.
On the second day, after he came out from the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal, Qing Shui immediately used the Nine Continents Step Effect and made his way towards the Great Qi Dynasty. The Great Northern and Great Qi Dynasty were close to each other, or else, Qing Shui wouldn't have felt like making his way there so soon. Now, his mind was totally dedicated to solve the things with the Beitang Clan. He was scared that if the Ancient Teleportation Array was to be unlocked within these five years time, someone from the Beitang Clan might head to the Qing Clan and the Qing Clan might not be able to take it.
The more he thought about it, the more unsettled he felt. Luckily now, with his strength, he was no longer afraid of the Beitang Clan. Hence, he made his mind to deal with it nicely. When necessary, he wouldn't mind totally annihilating them. He didn't wish for any accidents to happen to the Qing Clan.
Great Qi Dynasty!
In Qing Shui's eyes, a first-grade or a second-grade dynasty was now no longer considered anything. Qing Shui could wipe them off effortlessly. This was the absolute dominance which strong warriors possessed. While that was the case, to the five continents, a first-grade or a second-grade dynasty was already considered to be a huge monster to them.
The five continents were flourishing, so was the Western Oxhe Continent. This was especially so for the Great Qi Dynasty, and this was the advantages of having many products and merchandise. There were almost no poverty or hunger here, and the situation was very stable.
But although the land might be rich with resources but the majority of the places were threatened by demonic beasts. Hence, across the continents, to practice martial arts had become a habit. Only by doing this would they be able to survive even better.
Ordinary people would trade some of their properties with powerful aristocratic clans or dynasty in exchange for a peaceful living condition. The demonic beasts weren't something which ordinary people could deal with.
The royal city!
Even though the Buddha Sect held a very high position in the Great Qi Dynasty, it was not something which could be commonly seen within it. In fact, he felt if he wanted to learn whether it held high positions or not, he could have investigated it by going to the main city. If even that place didn't have any monks, everything would only be empty talks. He immediately proceeded to its capital city.
Great Qi City!
At the moment when Qing Shui saw the majestic temples and a few monks who wore similar attires as the Buddha Sect in Central Continent, he knew that buddha sects should have quite a high standing in the Great Qi Dynasty.
Great Golden Buddha Temple!
This place was a huge temple which occupied a lot of space within the most advanced city. Looking at it from above, the place was separated by two gates. The southern gate was abundant with burning incense sticks. A lot of commoners would pass in and out of it. The sky above the Great Golden Buddha Temple was filled with smokes from the burning incense sticks.
Suddenly, Qing Shui sensed that there were a few formidable aura around the Great Golden Buddha Sect. These auras were totally not a first-grade dynasty was supposed to have.
The power of faith?
Qing Shui stared at the converged smokes in the sky which wouldn't disperse. He remembered that the Buddha Sect held a fairly high position in the Great Qi Dynasty. It was really prevalent. The force of faith might have been incredible, and until now, Qing Shui was still yet to fully understand it.
The belief which a particular dynasty had was very important to it. If the royal family managed to win great popularity for its nations, the dynasty itself would be rich. This way, the speed of cultivation of the mediators within the royal clan would be faster, which would make it easy for them to break through.
Could this be what they called "Many little drops add up to an ocean". Qing Shui stood in the sky and looked at the northern part of the Great Golden Buddha Temple. That was the real Great Golden Buddha Temple. Only that was the true Martial Monks, the foundation of Great Golden Buddha Temple.
Qing Shui stayed up in mid-air. Not long after, three old monks dressed up in golden kasaya flew up quickly from below. The three old men had unusually tall bodies and looked calm. They had a one-foot long, snow-white mustache.
But at the moment when they saw Qing Shui, they got a shock. The reason was because Qing Shui was too young. The old man at the lead moved forward and bowed with both of his hands together in front of him. "Mister, I am here to pay my necessary respect to you."
Strength was above all else. Until this stage, one's appearance was something which comes second. They assumed that his appearance doesn't show his real age. After all, a lot of people were quite proficient in the art of retaining their youthful looks.
"Master, you're being too formal." Qing Shui smiled and returned his greetings. He felt even more suspicious as he looked at these three old monks. That was because they had managed to hide their strength really well. They might seem like they had a strength worth 1,000 sun, but the strength they possessed was already worth around 5,000 sun.
Qing Shui was surprised and so was the three old monks because the feeling which Qing Shui gave them was like a tall mountain which could never be passed through.
"How shall I address you, mister? I have hardly seen you before."
"Master, don't act so formal. Just call me Qing Shui."
"Mister Qing, is there anything that you need that you are looking for a monk like me?"
Even monks found themselves difficult to leave the secular world. In front of people, they were like deities and honorable monks. But they were all aware that in the eyes of the experts, they were nothing. The only benefit they got was that no matter who came to visit, they would address them as mister. And the person they talked to, on the other hand, would address them as masters.
"I come from the five continents. I wonder if you still remember the Buddha Sect from the five continents?" Qing Shui smiled and said.
"I do. Of course, I do. It's just that it has been a long time since someone from the five continents came here." The old monk seemed like he really appreciated this moment.
"The Patriarch from the Buddha Sect from the five continents have mentioned to me before that the Buddha Sect here has been having a pretty rough time. In fact, they even told me to look after it. It seems I may have worried too much."
"Mister Qing, the Buddha Sect required your care." The old monk said seriously.
"Master, could it be that something has happened?" Qing Shui never expected for the old monk to say that.
"We have gotten a Buddha Stone. But through some unknown means, the Great North Dynasty, as well as the Silver Lion King Dynasty have managed to find out about it. After that, they actually worked together to force us to hand out the stone." It might be that up to this point, the old man really had no idea on what he should do, which caused him to not hesitate to speak it out.
"Great North Dynasty?"
Qing Shui never expected for himself to hear about the Great North Dynasty so soon again. Was this a coincidence or was it because there were disagreements with the Beitang Clan and the Buddha Sect?


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Sierra storm to whip California mountains with wind gusts up to 100 mph
You'll want to hold onto your hat if you're headed to the Sierra this week.
A storm system moving over the mountain range shared by California and Nevada will bring a light dusting of snow, and more conspicuously high winds on ridge tops Wednesday through Thursday, with isolated gusts up to 100 miles per hour possible.
"The wind is the most dramatic part of this storm system," says Chris Johnston, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Reno. "In the case of this storm, we are talking about what we call strong downslope winds."
Johnston explains that these type of winds are generated by a strong cross-mountain flow that occurs when winds blow from an area of high pressure west of the Sierra crest to an area of low pressure east of the crest.
The winds will be kicking up mainly Wednesday afternoon through Thursday, with gusts up to 60 miles per hour at Squaw Valley, up to 50 miles per hour in the Reno and Carson City areas, up to 50 miles per hour over Donner Pass and up to 40 miles per hour at lake level around Tahoe.
Johnston suspects the wind could cause some traffic delays along Highway 395 between Susanville and Mammoth Lakes where windy conditions frequently knock over semi trucks. Flight delays at Reno International Airport are likely.
The snow is forecast to arrive Thursday morning and continue through Friday until about 3 a.m., mainly north of Alpine County.
"It will be light," Johnson says. "There's not really a good moisture tap from the subtropics."
Snow levels could drop down to 7,500 feet, with zero to two inches expected at the lower elevations and the heaviest snow on ridge tops.
At the lower elevations, Yosemite is predicted to receive a quarter-inch of snow and South Lake Tahoe could see up to half an inch of snow. Donner pass could receive less an inch, but Carson and Tioga passes might get up to four inches, Ebbets Pass is forecast for up to six inches and Lassen Peak could see up to 40 inches, according to the National Weather Service Sacramento's snow forecast for Wednesday through Friday.


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