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And just like that. The Olympics are over. Well, almost over. Closing ceremonies are Sunday and by the time I take the air next, it'll be a wrap. No more nightly programming, no more anthems, and no more US/Canada border wars in the Jungle—for now. Until some American celebrity blows up, snaps a belt, and Canada reminds us how fat we are. So the question today is: What will you remember most about the Winter Games? The U.S; women winning hockey gold a couple of nights ago? Lindsey Vonn's final run? That non-Olympic athlete who skied the halfpipe like it was her first time? The rampant sex and porn in the Village? Or maybe, will you remember : The Russians. Errr!! The Olympic Athletes From Russia. Gotta love a country so juiced out of their minds that even the morally and ethically bankrupt IOC had to ban them from this year's games. Do you know how dirty and hot your urine has to be for the IOC to not allow your entire country to compete? The IOC is built on turning a blind eye and a deaf ear. And even they could see and hear forty years of state sponsored cheating. All it took was my man, Bryan Fogel, risking his life to document it in the Netflix film, Icarus. So the IOC banned Russia. As a country. No flags, no colors, no anthems. If the Russian athletes wanted to compete—they could show up to South Korea as Olympic Athletes from Russia. And they did. And it was awkward. Because all it did was remind everyone why Russia was being hammered in the first place. Now you would think a country publicly caught and publicly shamed for having juice coming out of their ears would be on their best behavior. And not get within a zip code of the roids. You'd think that—but you'd be wrong. Because They're juice junkies. They're fiends. And they got busted. Twice. In South Korea. Un-freaking-believable. Except it's not. Because, again, this is what they've do. And have done. For the last 40 years. Even when they're not allowed to be Russia—for these exact reasons—they find the juice and they take the juice. Here's the best part. You might think the Russians were taking the spike for downhill skiing or hockey or something requiring brute strength. Nope. News broke this morning that a Russian female bobsledder tested positive for a banned drug. A bobsledder. Bombing a drug test. The only reason that's the not the worst look of the Olympics is because earlier this week a Russian male curler got popped as well. Take a freaking bow, Russia. Seriously. Busted at the games in bobsledding and curling. Absolutely amazing. And not just any bobsledder. A bobsledder who wore a sweatshirt early month that said, "I Don't Do Doping." In fairness, maybe on the back it said, "Except on Days That In Y." Russia came to the games with their tail between their legs—and they're leaving with a needle lodged in their backside. I'd tell Russia to never change—but they're not going to anyway. I'm not saying they're the only ones doing it. They're not. But no one else has done it, to that extent, as long as they have. No one else was told they couldn't compete, as a country, at the games. So if anyone needed to stay down, it was the Russians…errr the Olympic athletes from Russia. And they still couldn't do it. See you juiceheads in four years.


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text: Healthcare Professionals Office Management Billing & Coding Print Insurance Verification: Avoiding Denied Claims By Joy Hicks linkedin Joy B. Hicks, PhD, MBA, is an expert on the health insurance industry with over 15 years of experience in patient financial services. Learn about our editorial policy Joy Hicks Updated on April 09, 2019 More in Healthcare Professionals Office Management Billing & Coding Staffing & Operations Patient Relations Personal Health Information Geriatric Care Healthcare Compensation Medical Technology Medical Supplies Imagine for a minute that you have received a denial in the mail for an insurance claim and it states that services are not covered or this procedure requires prior authorization. You think for a moment...why didn't someone know about this ahead of time. Of course, someone would have known if your office had a system in place to make sure that you didn't receive those types of denials. Most insurance denials are due to the lack of verifying insurance benefit information prior to services being provided. The most common denials are: Requires Prior Authorization Huntstock/Getty Images Some medical procedures or services may require the provider to obtain authorization prior to services being performed. Denied claims due to unauthorized patient procedures or services can be a major loss in revenue that should not be taken lightly. Although most medical offices are moving closer to 100% verification for patient services, there is still no guarantee that every account will make it through the insurance company claims department stamped paid. It only takes a little extra effort on the part of the medical office to guarantee that the necessary steps have been taken to avoid lost revenue for no prior authorization. Coverage Terminated or Member Not Eligible on This Date of Service Maodesign/Getty Images It is important that providers verify their patient's insurance eligibility each and every time services are provided. Insurance information can change at any time, even for regular patients. Verifying insurance benefits prior to services being rendered can make the medical office aware if the patient's insurance coverage is active or has terminated. This will allow you to get more up-to-date insurance information or identify the patient as a self-pay. Services Performed Are Non-covered Bjarte Rettedal/Getty Images Insurance companies and individual policies vary on which medical services they cover. It is great customer service to advise your patient prior to a procedure or service being performed that they may be responsible for it themselves. This way your patient can make that decision ahead of time rather than unknowingly being stuck with a huge bill. Exclusions or non-covered services refer to certain medical office services that are excluded from the patient's health insurance coverage. Patients will have to pay 100% for these services. This is another reason why it is important to contact the patient's insurance prior to services being rendered. It is poor customer service to bill a patient for non-covered charges without making them aware that they may be responsible for the charges prior to their procedure. Maximum Benefit for This Service Has Been Met Jonathan Galione/Getty Images This denial is usually reserved for recurring office or hospital visits such a physical therapy, behavioral health services or chiropractic services--just to name a few. Most insurances have a limit to how many visits they allow in a given period. If you identify that the patient's maximum benefits have been met you are able to offer different payment options. Requesting money from a sick patient for some people seems insensitive, however, it must be understood that health care costs money. Although it may be a touchy topic, collecting upfront payment from your patients is a necessary aspect that needs to be addressed. 6 Steps for Obtaining Authorization Hero Images/Getty Images As soon as the patient has been scheduled for a procedure, the insurance verification process should begin.If the insurance company requires authorization for the procedure, contact the physicians office immediately to find out if authorization has been obtained.If the physician's office has obtained authorization, get the authorization number from them. If they don't have it, contact the appropriate department at the insurance company to get the authorization number. It is also a good idea to make sure the information they have matches your records.If the physician's office has not obtained authorization, politely inform them that they must get it before their patient can have their procedure. Usually, physicians are very compliant with this request. They want their patients to have the best care and would not do anything to jeopardize them from being able to have a procedure performed.Always follow-up with the insurance company. If possible request a fax of the approved authorization for your records. You may need it later.If a procedure changes or something is added at the last minute, contact the insurance company as soon as possible to add the changes to the authorization. Some insurance companies allow as little as24-hourr notice for approval on changes. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Get tips on how to better manage your health practice. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. 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It's impossible for me to imagine a world without Susan J Ellis. Not just because she was such a driving force in the field of volunteer management for decades, but because she will live on through those of us who carry on the work. We carry her memory with us, her spirit, her energy. We … Continue reading A world without Susan J Ellis
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Note: I wrote this in December 2016 but wasn't sure if I should publish or not. Let me know if you've had a similar experience. My personal mantra is "always be learning" and I generally experience learning in a positive, fun, invigorating way. In 2016, though, I came to understand that learning isn't always fun. … Continue reading "Always be learning" = not always fun
About 9 years ago I was working my first post-college job as an educator at a science museum when I heard that layoffs might be coming. One of my coworkers was applying for AmeriCorps and encouraged me to look for a position as well. While browsing the AmeriCorps website one day, I found an open … Continue reading My AmeriCorps story
Elisa Kosarin from Twenty Hats interviewed me back in May 2016. My favorite part of her post is this: And then sometimes, through what Liza calls "a series of yesses", we start to take our work more seriously and see volunteer management as a profession and not just a job. Reflecting on this now, I … Continue reading Saying yes and trying things
That was the statement I made on December 3, 2015 as part of a Thoughtful Thursday (#ttvolmgrs) Twitter chat. This chat has been a (mostly) weekly event for several years, engaging leaders of volunteers throughout the world on various topics. This time, the challenge was to create a personal slogan. Now, a bit over a … Continue reading Re-committing to Volunteer Engagement


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SEO stands for "Search Engine Optimization" and without creating backlinks think about SEO is just like "making cold drinks without water". Creating Backlinks is one of the most essential activities for the Off Page SEO. If you are a beginner to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) world than you are not aware about the importance of "Backlinks Creation", you are just creating the backlinks without knowing the value and effects of backlinks on the website, for which you are creating backlinks.
Here in this article you will know the value and importance of creating backlinks. Backlinks are one of the most important factors for getting higher ranks in SERPs of Google or in many others search engines. Backlinks are just as important as a unique and quality content for the website. Know lets get to understand that "What is backlinks?"
What is backlinks?
Backlinks are all those links through which, anyone can reach to your website (anyone includes search engine boats). In other word you can say that "All the incoming links to your website is knowns as backlinks".
Types of Backlinks:
There are several grounds on which backlinks are classified like on the ground of nature, on categories, on relevancies etc. But main types of backlinks are two and that is:
- DoFollow
- NoFollow
First we have to understand basics of these terms, that is DoFollow and NoFollow.
These are HTLM attributes and it is invented by Google with the helps of Yahoo and Bing in the year of 2005. Mainly this is a concept introduced by Matt Cutts and Jason Shellen of Google in the year 2005. This concept is invented for to reduce the effectiveness of certain types of search engine spam and improving the quality of search engine results shown on search engine's SERPs and preventing from spamming page or irrelevant page on the first place of result.
This is just an HTML attributes and have only importance from SEO point of view or SEO perspectives. Dofollow are all those links which allows search engine's crawler to reach at our website by following these links. These types of backlinks are most valuable backlinks for SEO. And this because Dofollow backlinks are passes the Link Juice to that page which is connect to this and that is why it will push targeted keywords to rank in the search engine results.
In other words you can say that these HTML attribute value used to instruct search engines bots that a hyperlink should influence the link target's ranking in the search engine's index.
Example of Dofollow Links:
 http://www.helpsdesk.org/ppc/
This is just an HTML attributes value and has only importance from SEO point of view or SEO perspectives. Nofollow backlinks are all those links, which not allow search engine crawler to follow those linked page and hence it will not help in getting higher rank in search engine SERPs.
In other words these HTML attribute value used to instruct search engines bots that a hyperlink should not influence the link target's ranking in the search engine's index.
Top 20 Secret Techniques for Creating SEO Backlinks:
Consider All These Factors Before Creating Backlinks:
- Relevancy of Website
In the older day that is in 2000 – 2003 Google is not much smarter and did not consider relevancy of the content. But now in 2017 Google is much smarter and working on the concept of semantic search pattern (means try to understand the exact queries of user).
Now Google is not just reading pages but they actually understand that about what it is written. It is very effective method to ranks good, unique and quality content in their SERPs.
Therefore it is necessary to create backlinks only from relevant website of your niche.
- Age of your Domain
It is one of the important factors for creating backlinks for the website. Older domain has more benefits than the newer one have. Now understand why?
If your domain age is 20 days and you have created 10K of backlinks for your sites than what happen. It is very bad situation for your website it is because Google will understand that you are purchasing backlinks or you are spamming and finally your website get penalized by Google.
Another factor is that if your domain is 2 years old and you are actively updating or publishing new contents on your website then it send signal to search engines that this website is trustworthy.
- Domain Authority (DA)
Domain Authority is a score ranging from 1-100 and this score or metrics introduce by MOZ. This score make prediction for any website that how well that website ranks in search engine's results pages. In other word you can say that higher Domain Authority means higher chances of ranking in search engine result pages.
Therefore it is very important and necessary to check Domain Authority of the website from where you will get backlinks.
- Page Rank
It is a metrics developed by the Google founder member Larry Page and Sergey Brin and at the Stanford University. This is one of the main algorithms of Google to providing ranks to website for any specific keywords. PageRanks ranging from 0-10, higher the PageRanks higher ranking in Google search engine result page and lower PaggeRank means lower ranking Google search engine result page.
Therefore before creating backlinks check PR (PageRank) of the website from which you will get backlinks.
- IP Addresses
It is one of the most important factors that check IP Addresses of the website from which you will get backlinks or where you are going to creating backlinks for your website.
It is because if you are creating backlinks for your website from same IP Addresses them Google or other search engine will understand that you these all websites belongs to same webmaster and they are spamming and in result you will get penalized by Google or from other search engines.
- Spam Score
It is a metrics or algorithm introduces by MOZ in 2015 and it is also very important one from backlinks point of view. Its main focus is on the pattern on which google penalizes any website. This scores ranging from 0-17, and meaning of this is that lower the spam score any website has than getting penalized by Google is very low and if Spam Score is higher than the chance of getting penalized by Google is also high.
MOZ explain that if any website have spam score less than 5, then getting penalize from Google is very low. Therefore check spam score of that website from which you will get backlinks or where you are going to create backlinks.
- Alexa Rank
It is a company owned by Amazon and Alexa.com provides traffic related data of any websites. Alexa rank is calculated on the basis of traffic to any website. Higher traffic means higher ranks and lower traffic means lower ranks. These ranks start from 0 to any number.
Therefore checking Alexa Ranks is very good because getting links from any website which few or none traffic is worth less and wastage of time.
- Types of Backlinks
Before going to create backlinks for your website check which types of backlinks that site will provides. It means that backlinks are Dofollow or Nofollow. I already explain that "What is Dofollow or Nofollow backlinks?"
Therefore try to go for that entire website which provides Dofollow backlinks but Nofollow backlinks are also useful for SEO and in generating traffic for your website.
- Check competitor's backlinks
Last thing, which will help you in finding resources for you to creating backlinks very easily and that is check competitor's backlinks resources.
Checking competitor's backlinks give you a good list of authoritive and trusted resource for creating backlinks for your website. It is because your competitors are ranking on top position on the basis of these backlinks so it will surly helps your website also.
- Variety of sources
Variety of sources means the list of website, where you are creating backlinks for your website. It is also kept in mind that keep changing source for creating backlinks for your website. The reason behind this is that if you are used to for creating backlinks on a same website for all time than Google will understand that you are doing something wrong or may be doing spamming and in result you will get penalty in form of dropping your ranking.
- Quantity of Link-Juice Passing
Link-Juice means that how much power a website has and how much amount of power they are transferring to you when they provides backlinks to you website.
In other word if a "Website P" have "85 DA" (Domain Authority) and "Website Q" have "80 DA" than which website is best for creating backlinks.
Website P provides 500 backlinks to many different website and Website Q is provides 50 backlinks to few different website than which one is good website for getting backlinks.
Website Q is the website is best for getting backlinks because they will passes more power to your website than Website P will.
Numerical Explanation:
Website P
Total Power = 85
Total outbound links = 500
Linkjuice passes = 85/500
= 0.17
Website Q
Total Power = 80
Total outbound links = 50
Linkjuice passes = 85/50
= 1.7
Therefore check quantity of link juice passes before going to create backlinks for your website.
Note: This technique is used when you are going to purchase backlinks for your website. But in my opinion do not go for buy backlinks for your website instead generate backlinks by natural methods.
Consider All These Factors at Time of Creating Backlinks:
- Quality of Content
As you all know that "Content is King" or it is just like Sword of Samurai, because without sword a samurai is nothing or very weak or powerless.
Therefore always produce unique and quality content for your post as well as for your website too.
- Quantity of Content
It is necessary that your content must be unique not copy paste but another aspects are also important and that is quantity of content whatever you are going to post. If your content is unique as well as longer in size (article contains more 1000 words). It ranked well and your backlinks becomes very valuable for your website.
Therefore must write content having good length it may of minimum of 600 words.
- Variation in Anchor Tags
Variation in Anchor Tags means hyperlink your different-different keywords on different-different websites. It will helps you to cover more keywords with a single article.
- Keep Changing in Title
It is very important factor, that when you are going to create backlinks for your website you have to use your keywords in the title section of post. It is because, if you are using same title on all the resource (or you can say bookmarking sites) then search engine will understand that you are the same guy and doing spamming for ranking.
Therefore you must be aware about this factor also and keep changing you title of your post. Another benefit of this is that you may cover more keywords in single post.
- Keep Changing in Description
It is very important factor, that when you are going to create backlinks for your website you have to use your keywords in body of content. It is because, if you are using same description on all the resource (or you can say bookmarking sites) then search engine will understand that you are the same guy and doing spamming for ranking.
Therefore you must be aware about this factor also and keep changing you description of your post. Another benefit of this is that you may cover more keywords in single post.
- Keep Changing Author Name, Bio, etc.
It is another trick that will improve quality of backlinks generated by your SEO team. It is because google and other search engines are smart enough to catch that all these stories on different platforms are posted by same author and therefore your quality of your backlinks would not be that much valuables.
- Use Image
This is last tips that where ever possible to add image in your story, than must add image with your post. It is because many analysis shows that a post with image get read 30% extra than a post without image. Therefore it is advisable that must use image in your post created for backlinks.
If you uses all these tricks for your backlinks creation than it is must that your backlinks will be very valuables for your websites. Above stated all tricks are used and proved to be very effective on many websites. So apply all these tricks for your website and enjoy the quality of your backlinks.


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After stumbling on the road at North Central University in late September, the Eagle's Men's Soccer team knew they had to get back to what had made them successful early in the season, namely team play and team victories. The Eagles have done just that over the past two weeks, a they wrapped up their regular season with a successful road trip this past weekedn in Missouri. Faith faced off against Calvary Bible College and then travelled to Joplin, MO. A win at both places would guarantee the Eagles a regular season runner up finish in the conference, and a shot at the #2 seed at the upcoming conference tournament.
Faith started off in Kansas City against Calvary Bible College. The Eagles were able to get an early unassisted goal by Joseph Frerichs from 20 yards out in the 9th minute. Faith had a few more scoring opportunities but failed to capitalize on them throughout the rest of the first half, keeping the score at 1-0 at the break.
In the 65th minute the Eagles were able to score as Frerichs played a ball to Aaron Jones to put in from outside the 18yd box. Three minutes later Josh Bray stole a ball from the Warriors and put it past the keeper. The Eagles were able to put the game out of reach as Frerichs cleverly back-healed a ball for Tui Hunkin to slot into the bottom corner of the net in the 83rd minute. Faith outshot Calvary 21-0 in the second half and 33-1 for the game.
The following day Faith traveled to Joplin, MO to take on #10 Ozark Christian College. The Eagles had been playing well leading up to the game as they were on a three game winning streak and had outshot opponents by over 100 shots during those games, but Ozark was a much tougher opponent.
Both teams were evenly matched and we're getting opportunities early, but Faith was able to get on the scoreboard first when Marcus Wilkes dished off a pass to Aaron Jones who hit a knuckleball past the goalkeeper from 25yds away in the 26th minute. The Eagles were able to get a second goal five minutes before halftime as captain Zach Peterson served a free kick from half field to Tui Hunkin who flicked it to Josh Bray to put in. Faith outshot Ozark 12-6 and took a two goal lead into the break.
The second half was evenly matched with both teams getting chances, but Faith had more possession of the ball and were able to get the clinching goal in the 65th minute as Bray put in the rebound off Wilkes' shot for his fifth goal of the week. The Eagles were able to get all their subs in and come away with the 3-0 road victory in their final regular season match.
The Eagles will await the seeding assignments to know the match ups and start times for the MCCC tournament in St. Louis next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (10/23-25). The win improves the Eagles to 10-3-1 on the year and 4-1-1 in the conference.


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COCA-COLA Share The Joy Illuminated Christmas Santa Snow Globe
Sparkling snow, lighted trees, and a jolly COCA-COLA® Santa bring holiday cheer to life with the COCA-COLA Share the Joy Glitter Globe.
Place this COCA-COLA collectible in any room of your home to brighten the atmosphere with a cheerful holiday tune and warm, glowing light.
Price:$69.99 US
This delightfully handcrafted, illuminated glitter globe inspired by vintage COCA-COLA ads celebrates the holidays with a fully sculptural COCA-COLA Santa holding a bottle of COCA-COLA in a snowy scene.
Both the globe and base light up while the melody of "Jingle Bells" plays at the flip of a switch.
The gleaming base features Haddon Sundblom's archival COCA-COLA Santa image, the famous COCA-COLA logo and intricate bas-relief details making it look like real stained glass.
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Merging Woo orders
It would be nice if we could merge orders!
Sometimes users make other orders and this is a huge workflow problem. This could be solved easily with "merge order" functionality.
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John commented
With 30 years of fulfillment experience with other businesses and now with my own business, here is why it benefits consolidating/combining customer orders for shipping. 1. Customer satisfaction: they like getting all their stuff together, even when they don't expect it. Yes, there may be times a customer does not want them shipped together, but we can update our own T&C/policies to handle that and ask the customer to add a note to their order. 2. Saves on shipping costs for us, as often we are discounting shipping for customer satisfaction and most carrier rates are in 1 pound increments (USA) with each pound being a modest increase over the initial rate. Combining items into one package easily brings down the rounded weight - and we save on box/mailer expenses. 3. Productivity time of processing an order decreases. 1 item takes X amount to pick, pack & ship, an additional items only increases the pick and pack time minutely. We save on labor if we are a larger operation, or allow our shipper to do more in their day if smaller. This has never been automated anywhere I have worked with using more advanced software. But, we were able to apply more than 1 order number to a package in one step. I am totally OK having to manually refund shipping charges if necessary and anyone out there that does combine shipment and does not refund shipping is not that ethical of a business (I know there are those that would do that). Most important is that not every business is the same as to how they fulfill orders, so this needs to be something that is an option (if automated) or something we can manually do on a case-by-case basis.
Kamal commented
Hi Admin,
We have same issue where we have customers placing multiple orders on same day, those orders are dispatched in separate packages as woocommerce wont tell us about multiple orders by same customer in processing status.
If there is a way to be notified about it, may be a colour legend or something on order page, this can be really helpful.
Not really keen about consolidating them as this may raise a lot of issues for our workflow, as the orders are picked up by courier via API ever 15 minutes and consolidation will mess up our workflow. However as mentioned, a feature to notify/highlight on order page about second order by same customer will help to combine postage.
there is still nothing someone does although it has passed a lot of years
John commented
This is still very much needed. Can you please add it?
It would be nice to have this feature. Could help me a lot since customers at times do not know they need other products till hours later.
Staci Levasseur commented
Yes!! We have the same thing...customers make multiple orders and wish to consolidate them. They should be consolidated and allow for refunding excess shipping charged.
Malaga Smith commented
customers really want this too - when they have many separate orders for whatever reason, they want to be able to pay with one payment - and not have to make a lot of individual trips through the shopping cart process. thanks.
Epoch Collective commented
It would reduce your shipping costs significantly by sending one combined order instead of two.
Sometimes customers forget to add one or more products to their order. Therefore, they gave a new order for the missing products. Thus, we have two orders for the same person.. It would be nice to be able to combine these two orders. Thanks..
What exactly would consolidating the orders do?
Consolidate orders feature would be nice..


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From its first helicopter manufacturing facility in 1984 to the production of A220 Family single-aisle jetliners today, Airbus has significantly increased its presence in Canada. With nine locations in seven Canadian cities, Airbus has robust industrial activity in the country, covering the commercial jet aircraft, rotorcraft, defence and space sectors.
The company's ties to Canada were strengthened in October 2017 with an Airbus-Bombardier partnership that saw the marketing, manufacturing and support of A220 Family aircraft transferred to Airbus' stewardship as Bombardier's two C Series jetliners were brought into the Airbus line-up.
Other Airbus companies in Canada include NavBlue, based in Waterloo, Ontario and STELIA Aerospace Group, a multi-specialist aeronautics company with two subsidiaries in Canada. NavBlue is one of the world's leading providers of navigation charts and data in the aviation market.
STELIA North America, based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and Mirabel, Quebec, provides design services, assembly, systems integration, and manufacturing of complex composites and metallic structures, sub-assemblies and components.
Tom Enders, the chief executive officer of Airbus (left), and Alain Bellemare, Bombardier's president and chief executive officer, celebrate the new partnership between Airbus and Bombardier.Read more
Airbus' ties to Canada were deepened in October 2017 when Airbus sought to acquire a majority stake in the C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP, renamed Airbus Canada Limited Partnership in June 2019), the entity that manufactures and sells Bombardier's single-aisle C Series jets – rebranded the A220 Family, with its two versions designated the A220-100 and A220-300. The partnership markets, manufactures and supports the A220 Family worldwide.
Airbus believes that combining its global reach and scale with Bombardier's state-of-the-art aircraft and committed Airbus Canada Limited Partnership team unlocks the potential of the A220 Family, creating significant new value for customers, suppliers, employees and shareholders.
A220 Family jetliners destined for Canadian and other worldwide customers outside of the U.S. are produced at the Mirabel final assembly line in Quebec. Those for U.S.-based operators are manufactured at the Mobile, Alabama final assembly line in the United States, which was inaugurated in August 2019.
Airbus jetliners have long been a popular choice of Canadian airlines: Air Canada, as of mid-2019, operates a fleet that includes wide-body A330-300s, along with the single-aisle A321-200, A320-200, and A319-100. Air Transat's wide-body fleet comprises A310-300, A330-200, and A330-300 aircraft, along with single-aisle A321ceo and A321neo jetliners.
Headquartered in Fort Erie, Ontario, Airbus' helicopter division has additional facilities in British Columbia and Quebec, supporting more than 200 operators flying 700-plus aircraft. The company markets and manufactures the rotorcraft, and provides services that include repair and overhaul, flight testing and training solutions. The Fort Erie facility is recognised as a centre of excellence for engineering and composite manufacturing and is the sole-source supplier of 50 various parts installed on Airbus helicopters flying all over the world.
Airbus is the preferred choice of helicopter operators across North America, with a commanding 73 percent market share in 2016.
In Canada, Airbus helicopters are dominant in the utility and para-public markets. Operators include the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, with single-engine H120 and H125 helicopters; and the Ontario Provincial Police, utilising twin-engine H135s to support law enforcement operations across Canada's most populous province.
Civilian operators include Niagara Helicopters, with a fleet of single-engine H130s for sightseeing aerial tours, including charters above Niagara Falls.
The Canadian aerospace and defence industry is the fifth largest in the world, generating $27 billion (Canadian dollars) in revenue during 2016 due to a strong economic base, a highly-skilled workforce and significant research and development infrastructure.
With regional headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Airbus is an established supplier of military systems to the Canadian government. In December 2016, Airbus won a competitive bid to provide 16 C295 search and rescue aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), as well as related support systems, including a training centre, initial spare parts, tools, support, test equipment and five years of maintenance and support for the aircraft.
Airbus has teamed with PAL Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney Canada, CAE and L-3 WESCAM to provide fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft for Canada. Together with PAL Aerospace, Airbus established a joint venture called AirPro to provide in-service support throughout the life of the C295 transport fleet.
A long-time member of the RCAF aircraft fleet are CC-150 Polaris Multi Role Tanker Transports (a version of the A310 airliner), and the military service also utilises Airbus-built target drones.
Airbus is a successful provider of space technology and solutions to Canada's government, military, commercial and civil space markets. Airbus' commercial space credentials include providing advanced geostationary telecommunications satellites to Telesat, a leading satellite operator headquartered in Ottawa. The company's military communications accomplishments include providing military satellite communication terminal equipment and secure communications services to the Canadian Armed Forces.
Airbus also delivers Earth-observation data and services to government, military and commercial users across Canada. The government of Canada has a National Master Standing Offer with Airbus that facilitates the purchase of its commercial satellite imagery products and data. Earth-observation data from Airbus is collected using a constellation of company-built state-of-the-art optical and radar satellites.
Many Canadian satellites incorporate equipment and systems delivered by Airbus and its subsidiary companies. For example, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited – the world's leading small satellite company – provided the agile bus platform used by the Canadian Department of National Defence's highly successful Sapphire satellite. Airbus also provided equipment, such as the crypto module, GPS receiver, and star trackers, that are used by the Canadian Space Agency's RCM radar satellites.
The Space Systems and Communications, Intelligence and Security divisions of Airbus have successfully addressed many Canadian space requirements in the past. Today, they are well positioned to participate in several significant Canadian space projects (planned as of mid-2018), including SAR Data Continuity, DESSP, ESCP-P, Surveillance of Space 2, and the Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission. Airbus is developing mission concepts and solutions for these and other Canadian space requirements.
The CP-140 Aurora long-range maritime patrol aircraft operated by the RCAF will receive equipment upgrades that include the addition of Airbus' AirPatrol satellite communication terminals to provide high data-rate communications capability that will enhance their intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission performance.
Working with more than 650 Canadian suppliers across nine provinces in the country, Airbus sources more than $1 billion (Canadian dollars) annually from Canadian companies as of mid-2018 – spending that supports approximately 17,000 skilled jobs. Canada is ranked ninth globally in terms of Airbus' supply chain procurement.
Airbus is a frontrunner for innovation and skills in Canada with 48 research and technology projects ongoing or completed in association with the government of Canada's National Research Council and Canadian universities as of mid-2018.
One of the ways in which Airbus gives back to the community is by inspiring and encouraging youth development through contact with the aerospace industry.
In Canada, to support this mission, Airbus has sponsored an awareness campaign in Montreal, Quebec called "Rise to the Future," developed by Aéro Montreal, Quebec's aerospace cluster in conjunction with l'École Nationale d'Aérotechnique in St-Hubert, Quebec, the École des métiers de l'aérospatiale de Montréal, and the Comité sectoriel de main-d'œuvre en aérospatiale. The campaign aims to promote training for Quebecers for careers in booming aerospace sector.
Airbus has also supported numerous efforts to improve the lives of Canadians, such as participating in the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada's Big Bike charity event in Fort Erie, Ontario to raise funding for critical research to help prevent and treat heart disease and stroke.
With more than 35 years in Canada and employees coast-to-coast; as well as with the A220 Family partnership, Airbus' presence in Canada will continue to grow.
Canada will become one of five Airbus home countries in the world – eventually being on par with the U.K., France, Germany and Spain – meaning there is anticipated growth and opportunity in the aerospace industry for Canada.


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A tender well cooked duck breast with crispy skin is one our little pleasures, just served with a good rich sauce, boulangere potatoes and asparagus.
After making my sloe jelly last year this was forefront in my mind and provided the basis of a fabulous sauce for duck, it is sweet but still retains the wonder sloe sharpness/sourness. After a few experiments I came up with this wonderful sauce that tastes so dam good with duck and it is worth making sloe jelly just for this sauce – so get picking and boiling!! Here is a link to my sloe jelly recipe.
serves 4 or two greedies!
1 finely chopped shallot
1/2 glass red wine, use the same wine that you intend to drink with the duck
200ml chicken stock
1 tablespoon sloe jelly
knob of butter
sweat the onions in olive oil for a few minutes, do not brown
add wine and reduce by half
add chicken stock and reduce by half
you can be cheffy here if you like and sieve the sauce to remove the onion (you can see I haven't here)
stir in the sloe jelly
off the heat whisk in the butter and serve
For a great apple jus, replace the wine with cider and the sloe jelly with crab apple jelly – perfect with pork or game.
I had eaten the duck before I realised I hadn't taken a photograph!!


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TopicsBusiness, Competition, Customer service, Price, Profit, Sales 0 Comments
Yesterday, the tactic discussed was surveying your competition. One of the aims of this is to allow you to define your pricing strategy more precisely, and avoiding being average.
Today's post is related to this: when was the last time you increased your prices? If it was more than six months ago, then you should think about putting them up, regardless of what your competition are doing.
Increasing your prices immediately increases your profit margin and your bottom line. And while it's a simple change to make in your business, it's often hard to do.
Psychologically you may resist putting your prices up because you're scared of losing customers or because you don't want to "feel like you are ripping them off" – something I hear a lot of business owners say.
In reality, most people won't notice you've put your prices up. And your business may be better off without those that do anyway (more on that in a later post).
Secondly, why would your customers feel ripped off if you're providing great value and customer service? Value is not the same as price, so concentrate on giving your customers great value and service and price will become less of an issue.
If you believe you give a better service than your competition, or you can't keep up with demand, or just that you are undervaluing your service then it's time to review your pricing. Perhaps increase your prices by a few percent to start with. Focus on items that are not price sensitive – this is often luxuries or peripherals and add-ons to main purchases. Then monitor your sales. Did your sales volumes go down? If not, the value you are offering still exceeds the price, so you can increase even further. When your sales volume starts to dip, you can drop your prices back a notch.


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Mental health professionals are scarce in Doña Ana County, N.M., a federally designated health professional shortage area. "The most recent
estimate is that there are 100 psychiatrists for 2 million people"
in the state, says Christina Vento, PsyD, training director in New
Mexico State University's psychopharmacology program. The
New Mexico Board of Psychologist Examiners estimates that
The county is situated 40 miles from the Mexico border,
and its fast-growing population is predominantly Hispanic.
About one-fourth of residents live below the poverty line, a
proportion higher than in the rest of New Mexico or the United
States. Per capita income is well below that of the state and the
nation, too. Violence and poverty, which can lead to depression,
anxiety and post-traumatic stress
disorder, beset the county's rural
So, when Jonathan Schwartz,
PhD, arrived four years ago at
New Mexico State University
to head the counseling and
educational psychology
department, he sought to better
serve that population by tapping
into the department's considerable
strengths — the program is one
of only three U.S. postdoctoral
training programs for prescribing
psychologists, and its doctoral
program in counseling psychology
emphasizes integrated care, a
focus of reforms in the Affordable Care Act.
Now, Schwartz and his faculty have succeeded in his goal.
They've created a new clinical training ground in partnership
with La Clinica De Familia, a federally qualified health center
with eight sites in and around Las Cruces, N.M. During the last
academic year, six doctoral students and two trainees in the
postdoctoral prescribing psychology program together spent
64 hours weekly treating clients who had little or no access to
behavioral health care.
As a federally qualified health center, La Clinica receives
government funds to provide comprehensive health services
for underserved populations. Seven of its clinic sites provide
primary health and dental care; the eighth is based in a
local high school. With a Counseling Psychology Graduate
Psychology Education Grant from the federal Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to train health
professionals in primary-care medical settings already in place,
the match was ideal.
Before the partnership began, La Clinica patients who needed
behavioral health services were referred to social workers,
psychologists and psychiatrists, says Daniel Armistead, MD, its
chief medical officer. "But they're overwhelmed, and patients
were waiting months to get services," he adds.
Of the doctoral students
working at clinic sites, one
is completing his internship
and another works at La
Clinica as part of her graduate
assistantship. The training at
clinic sites is being designed as
a behavioral health practicum
for third-year doctoral students
who have taken the primary-care
psychology course.
Vento, a licensed prescribingpsychologist, is one of the half-time faculty working at the clinicsites. Depression and anxiety arecommon among clinic patients,As the partnership develops, Armistead hopes a prescribingpsychologist from the university will contribute to La Clinica'scontinuing medical education programs for its physicians.
The psychopharmacology residency program at New Mexico
State offers psychologists the unique opportunity to work with
clients such as those at La Clinica sites while they obtain their
certificate to prescribe medications. This type of training is in
demand. Schwartz says psychologists travel from as far away as the
Netherlands to complete certificates through the program.


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The U.K.'s new Equality and Diversity Policy makes it unlawful for the Girl Guide organization to tell parents if their daughter's group is being led by a transgender man, even on overnight trips. "It's shocking that if there is a man who believes he is a woman leading the group, it is forbidden that parents should be informed, even on residential trips," Amanda Gracey told The Christian Institute.
Her daughter recently joined a group for girls aged 5 to 7 and she is concerned for her daughter's safety. The regulations not only allow transgender men to lead girls groups, they allow "any young person" who "identifies as female" to join a girl's group. The new guidelines also said it was not "best practice" to inform parents if their daughters will share bathrooms or sleeping areas with boy who believe they are girls. READ MORE


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City hotelier eases into part-time work
Bruce Constantineau
Longtime city hotelier Stephen Darling won't have to frazzle himself by working at breakneck speed anymore.
He leaves his position next week as general manager of the Shangri-La Hotel in Vancouver, just seven months after opening the upscale property at Georgia and Thurlow.
"I have been contemplating this for over a year," the 54-year-old Darling said in an interview Friday after the surprise announcement of his departure. "My plan is to ease out of full-time work and into part-time work as an independent director."
He was recently named a director of a Swiss-based private trust, and has put his name forward to be considered as a member of the provincial government's new tourism advisory council.
"I would like to pick up three or four directorships and do some charitable and contract work, and just not work at 500 miles an hour anymore," Darling said.
He rejoined Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts five years ago and spearheaded its efforts to expand the brand throughout North America. The recession delayed a few U.S. opportunities, but the Vancouver hotel opened this year and a new Toronto Shangri-La property is scheduled to open in 2012.
Darling had previously been general manager of the Westin Grand Hotel and the Pacific Palisades Hotel, which used to be a Shangri-La property.
He said he's excited about his business future, and noted several colleagues have already called to say they wish they could do the same thing.
"There's never an easy time to leave a hotel, but the best time is probably now, in August, before you start the business planning for the next year," Darling said. "Then the incoming person can be involved in the business plan."
He said he's leaving a full hotel with revenues and market share numbers that are "blue skying ahead of the competition."
"Our staff are happy and getting maximum hours in hard economic times, and that makes me happy," Darling said.
Ed Brea — currently general manager of Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur — will take over as Shangri-La's new Vancouver general manager at the end of September. He was previously hotel manager at Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong and general manager at Shangri-La Hotel, The Marina, Cairns.
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Author: Nick Bromley
Illustrator: Nicola O'Byrne
What begins as a retelling of "The Ugly Duckling" quickly spirals into complete chaos in Open Very Carefully. As the story begins, the narrator notices a tail at the edge of the page—a very spiky, dangerous looking tail. It turns out a crocodile has somehow made his way inside the book, and it's up to the reader to find a way to chase him out. Open Very Carefully invites reader participation; readers must rock the book and shake it in all different directions. It also explores the ways the text on the page and even the physical book itself can be used to tell a story. Sentences swirl around the crocodile's head as he eats them up, and his final escape leaves a real hole in the back of the book. This is a great read-aloud and a great book to look at and explore.
Curriculum Connections
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Predicting outcomes
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Esports Journalism Experience
Freelance Writer – Riot Games, LoL Esports EU – April 2018 – July 2018
- Created a feature exploring the history between Fnatic's and G2 Esport's EU LCS teams to generate hype for the 2018 Spring Split Finals
- Wrote comprehensive travel guides to major European cities that were hosting League of Legends events
- Conducted interviews with EU LCS pros to give fans a better understanding on who they are as people.
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- Conducted interviews with various players, casters, and personalities in the esports industry
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- Created content for various games such as Magic: the Gathering, League of Legends, and Killing Floor 2
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- Instructed students in how create of dynamic blogs and maintain as social media presence, in class sizes of up to 30 students per semester for 4 semester.
- Developed lesson plans based on social media (Twitter, Pinterest, and Storify) and on teaching photography/video skills.
- Maintained weekly office hours and engaged in individual mentorship for several students
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- In charge of press outreach for the '09 Northeast LGBTQ Conference (300 attendees).
- Created individualized press releases for three local newspapers and two local news stations, and distributed a press release to a large network of regional news outlets.
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Ocean Blues June 04 2014, 0 Comments
It's no surprise that we are so moved by the ocean and it's creatures at ecru. This season our ode to the sea is our barracuda print. With three different shades of blue stripes, it is reminiscent of the different colors of the ocean as it reflects the sky. There is nothing more calming than losing yourself in the endless ocean horizon.
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Recently I bought my twelve year old daughter a promise ring and presented it to her at her favorite restaurant. It was the highlight of our many daddy-daughter dates. I will not write what I shared with her here out of respect for her feelings but it was a great talk!
I had a lady, who sitting near us, inquired about the purpose of the ring. I told her it was to serve as a reminder to my daughter that God wants her to remain sexually pure until she is married and that the most important man in her life until that day is me. She expressed her feelings about the ring with oohs and aahs and presented me with a big smile. She told me how she was glad to see me practicing something that could have come from a black and white film more than the practices of today. Something she thought her great grandfather might have done back in the 1920's.
I understood her sentiment but I hope something as crucial as daddy's investment into their daughters would be timeless, not reserved to any period of time. Is there anything more important I will do in the next six years than model for my daughter what her standard for a husband should be? I think not.
This means more than just modeling it in my work ethic. Men can be great at working hard but I do not know many wives or children who are impressed with their husband/daddy spending long hours at work so they can have more stuff. Work ethic is important to teach but more is needed for dads to model for their daughters.
I want to model affection for my daughter. I hug her and kiss her and tell her she is beautiful a lot. I will continue to do so even when she acts like she does not want me too as she hits the teenage years. That time where a kiss from her dad is skin to the bubonic plague. I might annoy her but it's going to be with the annoyance of affection! She must know that she is loved by more than just my words. She needs to feel herself a princess in my eyes. That I adore her as the precious gift from God that she is to me.
I also want to model for her how her future husband should treat her by the way I treat her mom. I want her to see me doting on Christi, honoring her, respecting her. Am I perfect in this? Unfortunately, not even close but I am intentional.
Above all I want my daughter to see me as a godly man. Someone who strives to live by faith. Someone who messes up but is quick to admit it and embraces grace. A man of scripture and prayer. A man who seeks God for wisdom and direction.
There are no guarantees in how my daughter will choose to live her adult life but I trust the Lord to use my intentional investment in modeling these things for her in a way she will not easily overlook their influence when she considers a worthy mate one day.
May dads never stop investing in their daughters. May every dad be intentional in making their daughter feel the princess she is. Dads, if like me,you greatly desire your daughter to marry a godly, confident, sensitive man one day, then model for her now what her target should be.
If you think this would be helpful, please share this with dads with daughters that you know. May it be an inspiration to them as they teach their daughters what a real man looks like.


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Students share at Leadership DayPosted by Empire Press on May 28, 2014 in All Content, Communities, Featured, Leadership Day, Voices, Waterville | Comments Off on Students share at Leadership Day
The Junior-Senior High School panel answers questions at Leadership Day. Not shown is Taylor Schoenberg. (Joel Harding photo)
By Joel Harding
On Wednesday, May 21, students and teachers described the learning opportunities and achievements of Waterville School to the community and other guests. Leadership Day was a day of learning for all as the students shared what they had done over this year and hoped to accomplish in the future. The day began in an opening ceremony in which the students presented thoughts and ideas about Stephen Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and how those are used in the learning process. The presentation was followed by panels of elementary school students, on the one hand, and junior-senior high school students on the other, answering questions from guests. During the lunch hour, visitors had a chance to hear directly from students on how they collect data on their own learning and use that information to set goals for higher achievement. There was an Elementary Town Hall meeting and the Compass Day send-off for seniors in the afternoon. Throughout the day, there were students in the commons describing both curricular and co-curricular programs in which they are interested and involved. Waterville School Superintendent Cathi Nelson said the following day to the staff, "I have so much pride in my heart today! Yesterday was amazing for our kids and for our guests!"
Perhaps the most touching of the presentations in the opening ceremony were the kindergarten, first and second-graders carrying signs of each letter in the alphabet and telling what they meant. There were several videos produced by and starring Waterville students. The high school choir sang "Single Voice, Solitary Flame."
A new addition to the opening ceremony included students talking about Habit 8, "Understanding Yourself," and how they are and will use the habit to achieve their goals. Connor Poppie talked about his efforts in art. Harlie Zones shared about gymnastics. Rylann Lewis described being the top Girl Scout cookie-seller. Wyatt Mires had the opportunity to study for a semester in Australia and hopes to include further study abroad in his college education. Elaina Thomsen described the path to a state championship in track and how she hopes to repeat. Robert Parcells described his path to what he hopes will be a state track championship. Chris Dronen talked about the importance of banjo playing in his life and where he hopes it will take him. Alex Ludeman described how car racing has allowed him great experiences, one of which was to lead the nation in his category. Bryan Day talked about voice-overs for video in which he is already earning money. Austin Halvorson described his ice skating and his hopes to be an Olympian in that event. Lexi Deishl and Brooke Willms spoke about showing pigs for 4-H and the valuable experience gained.
The elementary and secondary school panels were a high point for guests and visitors. In those forums, adults were able to interact directly with students, asking questions about what and how they were learning. Many adults remarked at the informed and excited responses to their questions by both the younger and older students.
Another high point of the event was the Marketplace, held in the Commons. There were at numerous programs with students explaining their involvement. Some of the student programs were developed in elementary flex time. One of these was a lemonade fundraiser in which third grade students are trying to earn $285 to accompany the fourth- graders on an extended field trip. They are already within sight of their goal. The skate park promoters were there. One booth, with older students present, that grabbed attention was Friends of Rachel. Students shared how they have worked to promote kindness and compassion in response to the Rachel's Challenge program that was presented in February. A curricular program that was a highlight was the Time Travel Journals produced in Mrs. Hinderer's eighth-grade history class. Students were asked to take an imaginary trip back to earlier times and describe what they had learned. Another booth that caught the attention of guests was the demonstration of pottery making at the potter's wheels just outside the Multipurpose room. Hanna Clements and Diana Davila were the demonstrators. Additionally, there were examples of student art throughout the school and there were tours of those exhibits. Student musicians also performed in the Commons as they do every morning before school.
There were many other interesting and informative presentations and exhibits during the day. The full program at the school was presented. It was a large undertaking by the staff and students. However, it truly showed the accomplishments of those involved.


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I must admit that I choked up a bit when I received my first completed Add and Pass. A heartfelt thanks goes out to everyone who contributed along the way.
The add and pass was made up of envelopes I had received from fellow mail artists. It was rather delicate but along the way, people added and made it sturdy.
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Nirvana, aka: Nir-vana, Nirvāṇa, Nirvaṇa; 12 Definition(s)
Nirvana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Nirvāṇa (निर्वाण).—Is mokṣa;1 gained by doing the vibhūtīdvādaśivrata on the Ganges;2 Prahlāda blessed with Nirvāṇa;3 of Śatānīka;4 Mucukunda's request to Kṛṣṇa for Nirvāṇa.5
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 25. 28-29; VI. 4. 28; IX. 7. 27; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 56. 10. Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 20. 28 and 34; II. 8. 119; III. 18. 17; 8. 6.
- 2) Matsya-purāṇa 100. 33.
- 3) Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 19. 46.
- 4) Ib. IV. 21. 4.
- 5) Ib. V. 23. 47; VI. 7. 21. 2.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India's vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Nirvāṇa is a term used in Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. It leads to mokṣa, liberation from samsara, or release from a state of suffering, after an often lengthy period of bhāvanā or sādhanā.
In Jainism, mokṣa (liberation) follows nirvāṇa. Nirvana means final release from the karmic bondage. An arhat becomes a siddha ("one who is accomplished") after nirvāṇa. When an enlightened human, such as an arihant or a Tirthankara, extinguishes his remaining aghatiya karmas and thus ends his worldly existence, it is called nirvāṇa. Jains celebrate Diwali as the day of nirvāṇa of Mahavira.
In the Buddhist tradition, nirvana is described as the extinguishing of the fires that cause suffering. These fires are typically identified as the fires of attachment (raga), aversion (dveṣa) and ignorance (moha or avidya). When the fires are extinguished, suffering (dukkha) comes to an end. The cessation of suffering is described as complete peace.
Hinduism: According to Zaehner and "many commentators", nirvana is a Buddhist term rather than a Hindu term. The term nirvana was not used in Hinduism prior to its use in the Bhagavad Gita, though according to van Buitenen the use of the term was not confined to Buddhism at the time the Bhagavad Gita was written. According to Johnson the use of the term nirvana is borrowed from the Buddhists to link the Buddhist state of liberation with Brahman, the supreme or absolute principle of the Upaniṣads and the Vedic tradition.Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) refers to "deliverance", according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLVIII. Accordingly, "the path of nirvāṇa is a path of deliverance, of detachment in regard to the threefold world, of renunciation of the five objects of sensory enjoyment, of the taste of the trances and absorptions felt in the material world, the world of form and the formless world. This detachment follows a pure wisdom which cannot be acquired without the support of samādhi".Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Peace; Nibbana is the unconditioned dhamma, visankhara dhamma or asankhata dhamma; it does not arise and fall away. Nibbana is the object of the supramundane citta, lokuttara citta, arising at the moment of enlightenment.Source: Dhamma Study: Cetasikas
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
General definition (in Buddhism)
Nirvāna Skt., lit., "extinction" (Pali, nibbāna; Jap., nehan); the goal of spiritual practice in all branches of Buddhism. In the understanding of early Buddhism, it is departure from the cycle of rebirths (samsāra) and entry into an entirely different mode of existence. It requires complete overcoming of the three unwholesome roots—desire, hatred, and delusion, and the coming to rest of active volition. It means freedom from the determining effect of karma. Nirvāna is unconditioned (asamskrita); its characteristic mark is the absence of arising, subsisting, changing, and passing away.
In Hīnayāna two types of nirvāna are distinguished: nirvāna with a remainder of conditionality, which can be attained before death; and nirvāna without conditionality, which is attained at death.
In Mahāyāna, the notion of nirvāna undergoes a change that may be attributed to the introduction of the bodhisattva ideal and an emphasis on the unified nature of the world. Nirvāna is conceived as oneness with the absolute, the unity of samsāra and transcendence. It is also described as dwelling in the experience of the absolute, bliss in cognizing one's identity with the absolute, and as freedom from attachment to illusions, affects, and desires.
In the West nirvāna has often been misunderstood as mere annihilation; even in early Buddhism it was not so conceived. In many texts, to explain what is described as nirvāna, the simile of extinguishing a flame is used. The fire that goes out does not pass away, but merely becomes invisible by passing into space; thus the term nirvāna does not indicate annihilation but rather entry into another mode of existence. The fire comes forth from space and returns back into it; thus nirvāna is a spiritual event that takes place in time but is also, in an unmanifest and imperishable sphere, always already there. This is the "abode of immortality," which is not spatially localizable, but is rather transcendent, supramundane, and only accessible to mystical experience. Thus in early Buddhism, nirvāna is not seen in a positive relation to the world but is only a place of salvation.
In some places in the sūtras an expression is used for nirvāna that means "bliss," but far more often nirvāna is characterized merely as a process or state of cessation of suffering (duhkha). This should not, however, be regarded as proof of a nihilistic attitude; it is rather an indication of the inadequacy of words to represent the nature of nirvāna, which is beyond speech and thought, in a positive manner. As a positive statement concerning nirvāna, only an indication concerning its not being nothing is possible. For Buddhism, which sees all of existence as ridden with suffering, nirvāna interpreted as the cessation of suffering suffices as a goal for the spiritual effort; for spiritual practice it is irrelevant whether nirvāna is a positive state or mere annihilation. For this reason the Buddha declined to make any statement concerning the nature of nirvāna.Source: Shambala Publications: General
nirvāṇa [nibbāna] emancipation. Nirvāṇa, the summum bonum of Buddhism is an unconditioned dharma (asaṃskṛta dharma). 'Nir' is a negative particle. 'Vā' means to blow. The word nirvāṇa means extinction, the condition of being blown out; the state in which the fire (of defilements) has been extinguished. The primitive Buddhist Sūtra-s define nirvāṇa as the extinction of greed, anger and ignorance. One of the etymologies of nirvāṇa is given as 'no forest' (nir-vana), that is, absence of the jungle of defilements.
The four aspects of nirvāṇa are
- nirvāṇa with residue (sopādhiśeṣa nirvāṇa),
- nirvāṇa without residue (anupādhiśeṣa nirvāṇa or nirupādhiśeṣa nirvāṇa or parinirvāṇa),
- the primeval nirvāṇa (svabhāva nirvāṇa),
- non-abiding nirvāṇa (apratiṣṭhita nirvāṇa).
Nirvāṇa with residue means freedom from defilements and from future births. After attaining this nirvāṇa the physical body in the present birth still exists as a result of past karma. It is called sopādhiśeṣa nirvāṇa because the groups of existence -- mind and body (upādhi) -- still remain. This aspect is attained by an Arhat during his life.Source: DLMBS: Buddhānusmṛti
India history and geogprahy
Nirvāṇa.—(CII 3), annihilation of human passion; a stage in the Buddhist practices, anterior to parinirvāṇa or complete annihilation of personal existence by absorption into the all- pervading spirit. (HA), same as mokṣa; liberation from all bondage includ- ing that of this earthly body; the death of the Jinas or monks who have obtained kevala-jñāna. Note: nirvāṇa is defined in the "Indian epigraphical glossary" as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
nirvāṇa (निर्वाण).—n (S) Extremity or extreme distress; the state of one reduced to his last resource. 2 fig. Death. 3 The ultimatum of man,--emancipation from matter and reunion with the Deity. ni0 karaṇēṃ To do to extremity or the utmost; to carry to excess or to its farthest bounds. Ex. parakāraṇī vēcilē prāṇa || ēkādaśī kēlī ni0 ॥.
nirvāṇa (निर्वाण).—a S Departed, utterly gone, lit. fig.; e. g. defunct or dead; emancipated from matter or from distinct existence; extinguished or gone out; gone down or set--a heavenly body. 2 Refraining, desisting, ceasing from. 3 Used for nirvāṇacā q. v. infra.Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit-English dictionary
Nirvāṇa (निर्वाण).—p. p.
1) Blown or put out, extinguished (as a lamp or fire); निर्वाणवैरदहनाः प्रशमादरीणाम् (nirvāṇavairadahanāḥ praśamādarīṇām) Ve.1.7; Ku.2.23.
2) Lost, disappeared.
3) Dead, deceased.
4) Liberated from existence.
5) Set (as the sun).
6) Calmed, quieted.
7) Plunged.
-ṇam 1 Extinction; अपि निर्वाणमायाति नानलो याति शीतताम् (api nirvāṇamāyāti nānalo yāti śītatām) H.1.131; शनैर्निर्वाणमाप्नोति निरिन्धन इवानलः (śanairnirvāṇamāpnoti nirindhana ivānalaḥ) Mb.
2) Vanishing from sight, disappearance.
3) Dissolution, death.
4) Final liberation or emancipation from matter and reunion with the Supreme Spirit, eternal bliss; निर्वाणं नाधिगच्छेयुर्जीवेयुः पशु- जीविकाम् (nirvāṇaṃ nādhigaccheyurjīveyuḥ paśu- jīvikām) Mb.3.31,26; निर्वाणमपि मन्येऽहमन्तरायं जयश्रियः (nirvāṇamapi manye'hamantarāyaṃ jayaśriyaḥ) Ki.11.69; R.12.1.
5) (With Buddhists) Absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual or worldly existence.
6) Perfect and perpetual calm, repose; निर्वाणं समुपगमेन यच्छते ते (nirvāṇaṃ samupagamena yacchate te) (namaḥ) Ki.18.39.
7) Complete satisfaction or pleasure, supreme bliss, highest felicity; स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति (sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṃ brahmabhūto'dhigacchati) Bg.5.24; अये लब्धं नेत्रनिर्वाणम् (aye labdhaṃ netranirvāṇam) Ś.3; M.3.1; Śi.4.23; V.3.21.
8) Cessation, desisting.
9) Vacuity.
1) Union, association, confluence.
11) The bathing of an elephant; as in अनिर्वाण (anirvāṇa) R.1.71.
12) Instruction in sciences.
13) Finis, completion; प्राप्य संकल्पनिर्वाणं नातिप्रीतोऽभ्यगात् पुरम् (prāpya saṃkalpanirvāṇaṃ nātiprīto'bhyagāt puram) Bhāg.4.9.27.
Nirvaṇa (निर्वण) or Nirvana (निर्वन).—a.
1) being out of a wood.
2) free from woods.
3) bare, open.
Nirvaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and vaṇa (वण).Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary
Nirvaṇa (निर्वण).—adj. (= Pali nibbana), free from desire: Ud xviii.3 (see s.v. vana).Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary
Nirvaṇa (निर्वण) or Nirvvaṇa.—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) Bare, open, (a country) E. nir neg. vana a wood.
Nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) or Nirvvāṇa.—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) 1. Liberated from existence. 2. Dead, deceased. 3. Gone out, extinguished, (as a fire). 4. Set, as a planet. 5. Immersed, plunged. 6. Having no arrows. n.
(-ṇaṃ) 1. Eternal happiness, emancipation from matter, and reunion with the deity; it is especially employed in this sense by the Baud'has and Jains, understanding by it perfect and perpetual calm. 2. Setting, disappearing, departure. 3. Refraining, desisting, leaving off, cessation. 4. Union, association, blending, confluence. 5. Bathing or plunging of an elephant. 6. Repose. 7. Vacuity, vacnum or space. 8. Instructing in science. E. nir before, vāṇ to blow, etc. affix kta, deriv. irr. or nir neg. vāṇa an arrow or nir + vā-kta .Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the mandate of peacekeepers in Congo be extended by just six months instead of the usual year as the force considers a drawdown in the still turbulent country.
President Joseph Kabila is pressing the world body to start winding down MONUC, the world's largest U.N. peacekeeping force, by mid-2010 when Congo marks the 50th anniversary of independence from Belgium. Diplomats say he does not want his country to appear to be still propped up by foreign troops.
Despite reports of continued violence and rights abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the diplomats say Kabila's words have struck a chord with some in the Security Council who would like to cut back the costly MONUC operation.
In a report to the council made public on Tuesday, Ban proposed it extend MONUC's mandate just until June 30, 2010, to allow U.N. talks with Kinshasa on critical tasks to perform so a withdrawal would not trigger "a relapse into instability."
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The secretary-general admitted the situation in eastern Congo "remained fragile" and that a U.N.-backed Congo army offensive against the Rwandan FDLR rebel group there had taken "a heavy toll on civilians" as a result of reprisals.
More than 5 million people are thought to have died in mineral-rich Congo, many from hunger and disease, as a result of a 1998-2003 civil war and its aftermath. It was that war that led to MONUC being sent there 10 years ago.
The U.N. says says there are still around 2 million internal refugees in camps in eastern Congo, although hundreds of thousands have been able to return home this year.
But Ban said that except for the two eastern Kivu provinces and pockets of other territory, Congo "is now largely a country at peace and is ready ... to embark on the next critical reconstruction and rebuilding phase."
U.N. diplomats point to a rapprochement early this year between Congo and neighboring Rwanda that they say has changed the political dynamics in the region and led to the disbanding of a dangerous rebel militia in eastern Congo, the CNDP.
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A MAN had a long handled axe when a garda responded to a call on a "domestic", Kilmallock Court heard.
Alan Wallace, aged 33, of Canon Lee Park, Pallasgreen was charged under the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990. It occurred in The Forts in Doon on August 3, 2015 and involved Garda Brian McNamara.
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Judge Marian O'Leary asked him relations were very good with the family again.
"Yes," said Mr O'Donnell.
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