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As an early stage venture or entrepreneur with an idea, raising capital to help scale your startup is often seen as the magic bullet to success, and the dream of many founders.
After all, raising funds can help you develop and test your product, hire a team and get to market faster. But it can also be a difficult and time-consuming process, with a steep learning curve and no guarantee of success.
There are many different ways to get an idea off the ground, and for some startups raising investment has been a key factor to their growth, helping to catapult their business... while others have chosen to bootstrap their business and instead achieved organic growth.
So how do you know if raising capital is right for you?
Do you really need a cash infusion to grow your startup?
If yes, how do you know your startup is investment ready?
This event will explore the different sides to raising capital, looking at the pros and cons, and engaging panelists from each side to share their stories, perspectives and insights.
What will you learn?
Get inspired by the real-world stories of four speakers with diverse experiences of the startup ecosystem and fundraising process, delving into questions including:
- Why you should raise capital vs. bootstrap your startup
- How to know if you are investment ready
- What investors are looking for… and what to look for in an investor
- Common pitfalls and key success factors of raising investment (from someone who has seen over 1000 pitches)
- The one thing each speaker wish entrepreneurs knew about funding their idea
- What it means to fail, or be unsuccessful at raising capital (hint: it's not what you think)
On the panel we have speakers - founders and VCs - who have:
- Successfully raised capital and grown exponentially as a result
- Bootstrapped their startup
- Invests in, mentors and advises startups
Tim Jones - Co-founder of Travelshoot
Tim Jones is the co-founder of Travelshoot, a global marketplace that connects travellers with local professional photographers in over 80 destinations around the world to capture their travel memories, founded by Tim and his sister Sarah Pearce. After winning the My Shark Tank experience in 2015, Travelshoot has partnered with some of Australia's most iconic travel companies in Flight Centre & Helloworld and more recently venturing into new space with QT Hotel groups and national jewellers to capture their clients surprise proposals. In late 2016 they successfully raised their first round of funding led by Transition Level Investment's Steve Baxter and Creative Enterprises Australia. Travelshoot has recently been accepted as one of six start-ups from 500 applicants to be accepted into QANTAS' first accelerator program and is focussed on being the global leader in capturing travel memories.
Kim Teo - Co-founder & Head of Ventures for Pitchblak
Kim is the co-founder and Head of Ventures for Pitchblak, a pre-accelerator program that's helped over 100 entrepreneurs and first-time founders prove their idea is viable, get investment and launch game-changing startups. Before joining Pitchblak, Kim was one-half of the founding team behind Simply Borrowed, an e-commerce business that got acquired. After that, she raised $550k to co-found Neighbour Flavour, and pulled out of the deal before taking the money - a very good thing in hindsight! Kim also has a layered corporate background from working in procurement for multinationals including BP, and holding analyst and consultant roles at Portland Group and J.P. Morgan. Kim is a regular speaker, panelist and mentor to startups in various stages of growth.
Nikki Durkin - Founder of CodeMakers
Nikki Durkin is the founder of CodeMakers, an online coding school that teaches 7-12 year old kids to discover and develop their passion for code by 'modding' their favourite game: Minecraft. Prior to starting CodeMakers, and at only 18 years old, Nikki founded 99dresses, an app that allowed women to trade fashion with each other using a virtual currency. With no marketing budget, her startup grew rapidly in Australia, was accepted into Y Combinator, raised funding, and moved to New York to launch. After experiencing great growth in the US, 99dresses was unable to raise an extra round of funding, and Nikki shut down the company. She shared her story on Medium, and it was read 250k times in 48 hours as it spread around the world. Nikki is now back in Australia, and working on scaling CodeMakers as part of the HotDesQ program.
Stewart Glynn - Investor at Transition Level Investments
Stewart Glynn is currently an investor in early stage technology startups with Steve Baxter at Transition Level Investments. Transition Level helps founders to build globally scalable technology businesses, providing funding, growth and strategic expertise and has invested in 20+ early stage Australian technology and consumer companies. Having graduated from QUT in 2008, Stewart has held M&A, finance and strategy roles at global corporates GE and KPMG before moving into the investment industry.
Dr. James Fielding - Founder & CEO of Audeara
James Fielding is the Founder and CEO Audeara, founder/director of Robotics Engineering Research Laboratories, and Director of Field Orthopaedics. Completing dual bachelor degrees in Business Management and Biomedical Science, James gained graduate entrance into Bachelor Medicine/Bachelor Surgery, earning a scholarship for the University of Queensland's Medical Leadership Program. Before commencing his medical degree, James spent time working in various fields, incl. New York-based hedge fund Bay Harbour Capital, and movie production house The Weinstein Company. James was based at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital before leaving full time clinical medicine to focus on making this dream a reality. This position, coupled with prior experience and education, gives him on-the-ground experience and a drive to improve patient care and experience. As a professional drummer, his love of music stoked his passion for improving the field of audiology, and his role as CEO of Audeara allows him to utilise his unique skill set to its full potential.


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We inform about Official Calendar of Final 4 Breganze 2015
Our website is now Online and it will be update in next hours with all the informations and press notes.
Today the first meeting of the organizing committee of Hockey Breganze and the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey Hockey with Luis Ferrer and Cesare Ariatti with an accurate inspection of PalaSIND. Now All begins! Good work to all!

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Caroline Overington
author of Matilda is Missing,
I Came To Say Goodbye
and Ghost Child
The 5 best novels I read this year are…
The Spare Room
by Helen Garner
Blurb: Helen lovingly prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola. She is coming to visit for three weeks, to receive treatment she believes will cure her cancer.
From the moment Nicola staggers off the plane, gaunt and hoarse but still somehow grand, Helen becomes her nurse, her guardian angel and her stony judge.
The Spare Room tells a story of compassion, humour and rage. The two women—one sceptical, one stubbornly serene—negotiate an unmapped path through Nicola's bizarre therapy, stumbling towards the novel's terrible and transcendent finale.
'A perfect novel, imbued with all Garner's usual clear-eyed grace but with some other magnificent dimension that hides between the lines of her simple conversational voice. How is it that she can enter this heart-breaking territory—the dying friend who comes to stay—and make it not only bearable, but glorious, and funny? There is no answer except: Helen Garner is a great writer; The Spare Room is a great book.' Peter Carey
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt
Blurb: Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A morose inventor who owns a bottle of poison powerful enough to kill everyone in town. A prominent antiques dealer who hangs a Nazi flag from his window to disrupt the shooting of a movie. And a redneck gigolo whose conquests describe him as a 'walking streak of sex'.
These are some of the real residents of Savannah, Georgia, a city whose eccentric mores are unerringly observed – and whose dirty linen is gleefully aired – in this utterly irresistible book. At once a true-crime murder story and a hugely entertaining and deliciously perverse travelogue, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is as bracing and intoxicating as half-a-dozen mint juleps.
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Blurb: 'Mary is a tough feisty character, who manages to turn a whole household, and the lives of those in it, completely upside down… The book is brim full of magic and joy' – Sunday Telegraph.
Mary Lennox is an orphan who is sent to live with her uncle at gloomy Misselthwaite Manor. Neglected and lonely, she begins to explore her new home and learns of a secret garden that her uncle has forbidden anyone to enter.
A friendly robin shows Mary the key to the garden and she discovers a world she could never have imagined…
The Secret Garden has enchanted generations of children and adults alike.
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
Blurb: Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West.
Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennessean who stumbles into a nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.
'McCarthy's achievement is to establish a new mythology which is as potent and vivid as that of the movies, yet one which has absolutely the opposite effect …He is a great writer' – "Independent".
'I have rarely encountered anything as powerful, as unsettling, or as memorable as Blood Meridian …A nightmare odyssey' – "Evening Standard".
'His masterpiece …The book reads like a conflation of the "Inferno", "The Iliad" and "Moby Dick". I can only declare that "Blood Meridian" is unlike anything I have read in recent years, and seems to me an extraordinary, breathtaking achievement' – John Banville.
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
A magical love story set to be the publishing sensation of 2011
Blurb: In 1886 a mysterious travelling circus becomes an international sensation. Open only at night, constructed entirely in black and white, the Cirque des Rêves delights all who wander its circular paths and warm themselves at its bonfire. There are contortionists, performing cats, carousels and illusionists – all the trappings of an ordinary circus. But this is no conventional spectacle. Some tents contain clouds, some ice. The circus seems almost to cast a spell over its aficionados, who call themselves the rêveurs – the dreamers. And who is the sinister man in the grey suit who watches over it all? Behind the scenes a dangerous game is being played out by two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who, at the behest of their masters, are forced to test the very limits of the imagination – and of love.
A feast for the senses, a fin-de-siècle fantasia of magic and mischief, and the most original love story since The Time Traveller's Wife, The Night Circus is an extraordinary blend of fantasy and reality. It will dazzle readers young and old with its virtuoso performance, and who knows, they might not want to leave the world it creates.
I reviewed Caroline's new novel Matilda is Missing recently – here is a taste of that review:
I read Matilda is Missing in a few days. I was hooked within pages and found myself reading well into the night. I would pick it up in between times, too, snatching bite sized portions of the story while I was rushing to get ready in the morning – while the kettle boiled, before the toaster popped and while the kids printed off last night's homework.
What surprised me most about my reading of Matilda is Missing was that I was reading it at all. If I were flicking through a newspaper or reading a magazine and I came across a story about the family court, or a grandparent's right to access their grandchildren, or equal rights for fathers in divorce cases, I wouldn't read beyond the headlines.
But I read Matilda is Missing.
I picked it up on a whim, curious to see what all the fuss was about (The success of Overington's last novel, I Came to Say Goodbye, has the book world salivating over the sales potential of Matilda is Missing). I do that a lot. I pick up review copies here in the office and flick through a few pages, read a bit and then generally drop the book back on the pile. We have so many books to review. You can't read them all. Read the full review…
About the Contributor
John Purcell
While still in his twenties, John Purcell opened a second-hand bookshop in Mosman, Sydney, in which he sat for ten years reading, ranting and writing. Since then he has written, under a pseudonym, a series of very successful novels, interviewed hundreds of writers about their work, appeared at writers' festivals, on TV (most bizarrely in comedian Luke McGregor's documentary Luke Warm Sex) and has been featured in prominent newspapers and magazines. Now, as the Director of Books at booktopia.com.au, Australia's largest online bookseller, he supports Australian writing in all its forms. He lives in Sydney with his wife, two children, three dogs, five cats, unnumbered gold fish and his overlarge book collection. His novel, The Girl on the Page, will be published by HarperCollins Australia in October, 2018.


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Perhaps nothing in recent history has shaken up the Church more than the recent announcement that the minimum required age for missionary service has been lowered to eighteen for young men and nineteen for young women. Applications for new missionaries have gone up over 470% since that announcement was made. More than fifty new missions have been created. We're seeing more young women going out into the field than ever before. Analysts predict that we'll continue to see these high numbers of applications for about three more years before everything smooths out to the new normal. It's an exciting time—our youth are fueled and excited to spread the gospel.
It's with this in mind that author Benjamin Hyrum White wrote his new book, "10 Questions to Answer While Preparing for a Mission." It's all very well and good to have a desire to serve, but if you're not ready, your desire alone won't get you out the door.
The questions posed by the author aren't earth-shattering, and in fact, they might equate with the typical Sunday-School answers we jokingly list: "Pray. Read your scriptures. Go to church." The fact is, we all know the questions and we all know the answers. But for a new missionary preparing to enter the field, these basic principles of the gospel, and faith in them, will make all the difference.
So what are these questions? I shall give you a sneak peek, along with my interpretation of them.
Question #1. Do I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ? This is the first question in the book because it's the most important. If a new missionary does not have this testimony, he or she should not contemplate serving a mission. It's impossible to teach others how to believe something you don't believe yourself. You can obtain this testimony, however—you can get it for yourself.
Question #2: Do I have an "eye single to the glory of God?" What is your purpose for wanting to serve, and is it to build the kingdom in our Heavenly Father's name?
Question #3: Am I ready to work hard for over sixty hours a week? The life of a missionary is not easy. It's not a vacation to an exotic place for two years. You must prepare yourself to put in the time and the sweat.
Question #4. Do I understand how to feel and recognize the Spirit? The Holy Ghost is the single greatest missionary tool there is, and missionaries need to know how to access and use that tool if they are to have any success while in the field.
Question #5. Am I clean and worthy to represent the Lord? Worthiness is crucial to being a missionary. You must be able to keep the Holy Ghost with you at all times, you must set a good example for those you are teaching, and you can't be burdened by the memory of past sins and mistakes.
Question #6. Am I prepared to enter the temple? Receiving your own endowment is one of the major hallmarks of becoming a missionary. You will be making covenants with the Lord, and that is a responsibility you can't take lightly. You should know within yourself if you are ready for this step in your further progression.
Question #7. Am I ready to face the opposition? If there's one thing the opposition hates, it's a missionary, whether they be called to serve full-time and have a black badge or if they are striving to do good in their homes or communities. Anyone who serves on the Lord's team is bound to get slammed by the attacks of the adversary. Are you prepared to learn to recognize those attacks and to know how to fight them?
Question #8. Do I know what success really means? How will you measure the time you've spent in the field, and how will you know if you've done what you set out to do?
Question #9. Do I have a plan for when I come home? We've all seen them—missionaries who struggle to adjust to life after the mission. They might even seem a little shell-shocked. This book addresses this issue and encourages missionaries to decide what they want to do when they get home so they don't bump around aimlessly trying to figure it out.
Question #10. Am I truly ready to serve the Lord? Going into the Lord's service for two whole years (or eighteen months) is a sacrifice, not only for the missionary but his or her parents. It's not an easy decision to make or task to fulfill. This question is one every prospective missionary should ask themselves—is serving a mission about their desire to further the work of the Lord on the earth, or are they doing it because all their friends are?
This volume is short, and in fact, I read it in one sitting. I plan to go back and read it again with a highlighter in my hand, though. I'm not preparing to serve a mission right now, although my husband and I would like to serve later as a senior couple, but as members of the Church, we should all be reading over these questions and making sure that our hearts and minds are in the right place as we move forward in the missions we call our lives.


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Five second-half tries helped Old Brodleians to a comfortable 42-22 home win in the twice-postponed Yorkshire One home game with Yarnbury yesterday.
The Woodhead side's powerful runners made the most of improved conditions against the fourth-from-bottom visitors, who had been lifted by a victory over Old Crossleyans the previous week.
It was 15-15 at the interval but the writing was on the wall for Yarnbury with the slope to face and the home pack in charge.
The visitors from Leeds, beaten 52-8 by Brods in the earlier meeting this season, started purposefully and forced a lineout close to the home line.
The home side covered well across the pitch to snuff out the threat and made ground when Matty Hoyle's clearance was knocked on.
Great work at the breakdown from prop Callum Thompson, followed by strong carrying from Luke Scrimshaw paved the way for centre Nathan Scott to break a tackle and go under the posts on 12 minutes. Hoyle converted.
A poor clearance kick - Brods' Achilles heel in the continued absence of Danny Wood - and some weak tackling from the backs allowed Yarnbury to draw level shortly after.
Giant lock Ian Maycock was able to off-load in a two-man tackle and winger Ellis Gomersall touched down wide out. Fly-half Danny Pound added a fine conversion.
Alarm bells were starting to ring in the home ranks when the visitors took a 12-7 lead on 20 minutes. Yarnbury kept the ball alive well and Maycock strode past ineffective tacklers.
Brods were failing to contest Yarnbury lineout ball and the home fans felt their side was getting a raw deal from the referee.
However, the return of South African prop Josh Cricknay after a couple of months out through injury helped the home pack hold sway.
A great individual try from emerging fullback Zak Ward, who swatted off a couple of tacklers in a diagonal run to the corner from half-way, made it 12-12 on 33 minutes.
Rob Jennings and James Ogden combined to make a break which earned Brods a penalty kicked by Hoyle on 37 minutes. However, Scrimshaw was penalised for holding on in a ruck and Pound levelled matters in the last act of the half.
Brods turned the screw after the break but only managed one try in the third quarter. Jennings made a half-break and his long pass enabling Zak Ward to score his second on 52 minutes.
Cricknay put more daylight between the sides when he powered over from an inside pass just after the hour mark, Hoyle converting to make it 27-17.
Brods lost replacement Cameron Wroot to the sin-bin and flanker Jack Andrew with a severe elbow injury but it made little difference as their wingers cut loose against a tiring defence in the last 10 minutes.
Ben Barron, determined and elusive, crossed on 70 and 79 minutes and in between his scores there was a determined effort from Anton Gaughan and Maycock's second try for Yarnbury.
Hoyle was unable to convert any of Brods' last three tries, a concern for the future perhaps but not yesterday.


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Hebrews 11:1 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
The Meaning of Faith
11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
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The InnovationSeeds portal was originally built under the FP7 ECO-PRO project, co-ordinated by Greenovate! Europe, where technological R&D results from the environmental domain were described and classified in the Database. Following the completion of ECO-PRO, the FP7 greenXpo co-ordinated by Projektträger Jülich added non-technological eco-innovations and policy measures to the Database.
Currently, the Horizon 2020 green.eu project supports the addition of further eco-innovation policy cases from outside of Europe to the database, as well as animating several new features, including webinars and an upcoming interactive map.
In addition, Greenovate! Europe adds new green European R&D results to the database, to ensure that the results from R&D projects can easily be found for future exploitation.
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"A very well-crafted 3D ball-rolling platformer"
-Toronto Thumbs
"I give this 5 out of 5 "
"Editor's choice"
-Children's Technology Review - magazine
"Wronghut certainly did something right this time"
Mazement has a great 3D graphical look, interesting physics and a destructible environment. You control the tilt of the playing field to guide the ball safely through increasingly difficult 3D levels, filled with challenging mazes, traps and enemies. Blast your way through walls! Hop over everything using Big Jump! Watch out for the evil Jailer and the mysterious Witch! Find your way out of the tower and set your ball friends free!
The game features:
* 30 Levels filled with puzzles, dangers and excitement
* Great 3D graphics and physics and destructible 3D world
* Epic storyline with beautiful illustrations
* Control the game accurately with the accelerometer or with virtual joystick
* Collectable coins and power-ups
* Use fun power-ups, jump high with BIG JUMP, blast through walls as a FIREBALL, and more.
* Buy more power-ups from the power-up shop using coins collected in the game
* End bosses!
* Mysterious witch and egg mode!
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We publish blogs about a range of policing topics from a range of voices from the Police Federation of England and Wales, including principal officers and board members as well as other representatives.
Blogs published after 9 February 2018 can be found on our main News list - scroll down the list or search for the word 'blog'.
We hope you enjoy reading them.
Health and safety secretary, John Murphy talks about the issue of capacity in a service under pressure.
The Federation's officer, demand, capacity and welfare survey has unveiled the true extent of a police service under pressure. Years of budget cuts have wreaked havoc on the police service and we can now evidence the emotional and physical toll this is taking on beleaguered officers who are doing a whole lot more with less.
Where is the resilience and more importantly, how much more can our officers take?
Notably, the results show that capacity is a huge issue;
As a police officer of 26 years and a federation rep for six years, I've seen first-hand what officers have to deal with and the effect the job takes on their health and personal lives.
Policing has far too many officers working under intolerable levels of stress and this is leading to long term illness. We are seeing good officers make mistakes due to the pressure of work.
Officer health and wellbeing should never be compromised - we all have a duty to ensure that they are provided with the best support and resources available.
We have taken steps to better understand the issues of mental health, but forces and government now need to step up and offer the necessary support in a consistent way.
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The new Rupee symbol, designed by Bombay IIT Post-graduate student D.Udaya Kumar reflects the Indian ethos and culture and is backed by an over one trillion dollar economy.
Creative visualization is a mental technique that uses the imagination to make dreams come true. Used in the right way, creative visualization can improve our lives and attract success and prosperity. It is a power that can alter our environment and circumstances, cause events to happen, and attract money, possessions, work, people and love into our lives. Creative visualization uses the power of the mind, and is the power behind every success.
Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam's visualization and its affirmation have made him won nationwide contest run by the government to design a symbol for the Indian rupee which can represent the historical and cultural ethos of the country as widely accepted across the country. A symbol he designed, incorporating elements of Devanagari and Roman scripts, now represents India's growing economy and its currency. It would be incorporated in Unicode, computer keyboards will have a dedicated key for the symbol and it will come to be seen and recognized around the world. A designer gets to create a currency symbol just once in a nation's life.
Designing the simple-looking Indian rupee symbol did not come easy for Udaya Kumar. He spent endless nights on trial and error. The symbol had to have universal design features while staying Indian in spirit. That explains the propensity of his symbol towards the Latin letter form, 'R' for rupee, and the stroke across the top curve, parallel to the 'shirorekha', the line heading the alphabet in Devanagari script. "Most international currencies have double strokes such as the Australian dollar, Korean yen, the Euro or the Lira. The feature pronounce its identity as a currency," he says. D. Udaya Kumar after spending five years earning a Ph.D. in industrial design from The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) – the first doctorate to be awarded in the discipline in India is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. Udaya has a master's degree (M. Des, Industrial Design Centre Visual Communication) from
IIT Bombay and Bachelor's degree in Architecture from Anna University. He worked as a senior designer and then as a design head in a monthly magazine Intelligent Computing CHIP. His two years professional experience in the publishing house has given him a good knowledge on publications design process, coordination, work flow and print techniques. He has also extensively worked in print medium as a freelancer. A Myriad personality, his areas of interest include graphic design, typography, type design and design research with special focus on Tamil typography.
He visualized and affirmed his goal and gained much more than just programming his mind. He channeled his attention, intention and energy in visualizing and affirming and developing his inner strength, concentration, willpower and self-discipline and wishes to become a good teacher and a leading communication designer.
Born in Chennai on 10 October, 1978, Kumar's family hails from Thanjavur. The magnificent temples there must have had something to do with his decision to study architecture, which he pursued at Anna University in Chennai. His creativity and visualizations bought him national and international fame but still he thinks they are yet to be tapped to its fullest potential. He shares what he knows and eagerly learns what he doesn't. He is dedicated to his work and keeps up his commitments. He also has signs of leadership qualities like organizational skills, team building and resource management.
Udaya Kumar believes in humbleness and leads a simple lifestyle. He also strongly believes in himself and certain fundamental principles honesty, equality, love, trust, cleanliness and discipline. He is a sports enthusiast and a nature lover.
He avers, "Symbols have a very heavy western influence. I will do more work on Indian scripts," For the design, he took inspiration from the symbols of such currencies as Korea's won, UK's pound sterling, euro (official currency of the Eurozone. It has a harmonious identity as far as international currency symbols are concerned and at the same time it has the Indian uniqueness, he said about his winning design.
Over 3000 entries received were evaluated by a Jury headed by the Deputy Governor, RBI, which also included experts from three reputed art and design Institutes.
The entries were presented to the Jury in such a manner that identity of the competitors was not revealed to the Jury members. The Jury selected five final entries and also gave its evaluation of these five entries to the Government to take a final decision – out of which the IIT grad's design was finalized.
Kumar will receive an award of Rs.2.5 lakh for his design.
The accepted symbol will standardize the expression for Indian Rupee in different languages, both within and outside the country. It would better distinguish the Indian currency from those countries whose currencies are also designated as Rupee or Rupiah, such as Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Udaya's strong will power and channeled energies gelled with creative visualization made him achieve victory.
His below given explanation of the symbol gives an in-depth explanation of the symbol and is the testimony of his maven creative visualization.
Features of the symbol:
» Devanagiri & Roman script
» Indian Flag (Tri color)
» Equality sign represents a stable
and balanced economy
» Harmonious with other currency symbols
» Global and Local Appeal
» Simplicity (High recall Value)
» Familiar and easy to read
» Easy to write and design
» Easy to recollect and adapt
» Blends with numerals
» Balanced and stable form
» Unique and dynamic design
» Easy to reproduce and implement
Other Important points:
» Symbol has taken parts from devnagri "Ra".
» It is also having a touch or English "R".
» Cross at the middle of "Ra" is taken from the Indian tri-color flag.
» Cross shows equality which is available in most of the currency symbol world wide.
» It is easier to write or design this symbol as it is having less joints
» Udaya has shown many demos of this new symbol. e.g. on stamp paper, shopping bags, railway tickets, government's official documents etc.


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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Won't Shut Up [2]: Peanut Butter (No) Reading Time (And in Which I Confess That I'm Scared)!
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Oh my gosh. This is literally how I feel. I mean, I have a lot less readership than you, so at least I feel a little less guilty, but I totally get where you're coming from. Part of the reason I started my blog is to try to get myself to keep up some sort of a reading habit during the school year because I'll just stop reading anything outside of what I have to.ReplyDelete
So I suppose that while I don't have any advice, given that I'm in a similar position, I am wishing you the best of luck!
ighth grade is really fun, though, it's the last year of school you have before everything you do starts to apply for college and stuff, and just try to enjoy eighth grade because people really crack down on you in sophomore year. (Freshman year kind of is like a subtle transition and it's a little intense so far but still pretty good)ReplyDelete
I think the only advice I can give you, based off of my eighth grade experience, is that the first two or three months you fall kind of behind but then you slowly get back on track with blogging. The only thing I could recommend would be to try your best to just keep on top of things for the time being
Share your thoughts! I'm always looking for insight from other readers because hey - your opinion matters! Also, if no one's told you yet, I just want to say that I love your smile and that you should grace all of us with it.


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Festive Friday FFC#27, so of course my card just had to have sparkly snowflakes die cut from glitter card and dressed with gems. The dp background and sentiment tag came as freebie with a magazine and I love the soft shades and for once I'm not scrounging through my offcuts for the right colour match. Sadly no stamping but I did ink the edges :-) Thanks for taking a peek Robyn
Monday, 24 March 2014
Christmas Wishes
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Love the use of the dp - the dotted lines give it a frosty, windy feel, just perfect for the snowflakes (and I love the scale of them - that's how it felt in Toronto this winter!) Thanks so much for joining us at Festive Fridays!ReplyDelete
Love the pretty background for your sparkly flakes!!! Perfect for our Festive Friday challenge…thanks so much for joining us!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for taking the time to comment, all encouragement and inspiration is very welcome. May your day be a happy and extra special one, cheers Robyn
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Carthage Lions, Tunisia, vs Indomitable Lions, Cameroon. The results of the final playing day of the first round of the ongoing African Nations Cup in Angola only prove that Gabon had labored in vain. Zambia, defeated them 2-1 to grab the second place in their Zone D, upsetting all of Gabon's hopes of forging ahead.
This was a wonderful opportunity for the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon who were gasping for survival as the Carthage Lions of Tunisia suffocated their vital zone until they had to score themselves putting the Carthage Lions one goal above them. Mustering courage Eto'o Fils and his boys equalized. They tenaciously held on to their 2-2 tie until the referee blasted his final whistle.
With Zambia's defeat Gabon's impressive 1-0 defeat over the Lions of Cameroon in the first match came to naught as Gabon ended with four points but with a -one goal difference. Zambia clutched four points with a nill goal difference as well as Cameroon. In the final analysis Cameroon topped their group, avoiding the clash with the dreaded Arab Warriors of Egypt for the next quarter finals encounter. They will play the Eagles of Nigeria.
The competition gets onto its second phase on Monday January 24, 2010 with host country Angola locking horns with Ivory Coast in Luanda and Nigeria vs Ghana in Cabinda. The next day Cameroon will clash with Nigeria in Benguela while Egypt clashes with Zambia in Lubango. The matches promise to be fireworks, especially as there were so many early surprises in the first round.
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how are you today?
hopefully we are all in good health.
this time the sights that I will give is about the temple in bali
want to know like what?
Candi Dasa is located on a steeply sloping hills, on the edge of the highway between the cities with the city Samarapura Amlapura. It is located about 50km to the east of the city of Denpasar.
In front of Candi Dasa, there is a large enough pool, and from where it also can enjoy the beautiful scenery, the sea of Lombok Strait that stretches wide.
In the manuscript "Bhuwana Tattwa Maharsi Markandya" in describing that Candi Dasa is parhyangan Widhi, but
not explained why the temple was named Candi Dasa. Apparently, naming Candi Dasa relates to the "phallus" sebuag located in recesses on the top of the hills Candi Dasa.
In ejection "Sang Hyang Atma Linga, Linggodbhawa" mentioned that the peak of the teachings of dala "Shiva Siddhanta" is the worship of Lord Shiva and the phallus as a symbol of appearance. Further explained that the phallus has a double aspect: siwalingga and atmalingga. Both aspects are merely the direction of union with Lord Shiva in meditation or in a ritual ceremony. Siwalingga is the stage where Lord Shiva enters the human body through the crown, while atmalingga is the stage when the soul united with the god Shiva. At the moment - the moment before the Bhakta or devotee placed "Linga" while saying the letters of the sacred "dasa script" in a row.
Based on the description in the text, can be guessed that the name of Candi Dasa performances based on the letters of the sacred "Dasa Literacy" which Kemudiaan shrine na is called Candi Dasa
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Easy Easter Eggs Nest
Take a page from the grade-school activity book with these delicate candy dishes, made using shredded brown lunch bags and sheets from an old dictionary. You can also use these nests to corral your decorated Easter eggs.
Step 1: Tightly cover a small bowl with plastic wrap, then flip the bowl upside down on wax paper. In another container, mix equal parts water and clear glue.
Step 2: Dip handfuls of shredded paper into the glue mixture, then immediately lay them on the bowl until it's covered.
Step 3: Lightly press dry paper strips along the outside to create a "nesty" look.
Step 4: Let dry for 12 hours; carefully pull the wrap off the bowl and away from the nest.
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We agree to meet at a nearby railway station but the traffic is heavier than I thought it would be and I am late for the rendezvous. I park the car and hurry into the tunnel under the platforms which is strangely deserted - not only can I not see Samsara, it seems as if, on an otherwise busy Friday evening, all other travellers and sojourners have disappeared as well. I come back out by the other ramp and see, past the waiting taxis, her standing with a suitcase beside her in the small park that adjoins the station, looking up into the green leaves of the trees. The cacophony of birds is so loud that she does not hear me when I call out to her and, since she is looking upwards transfixed by the enormous sound of the rainbow lorikeets going to their roost, nor does she see me approach. Although there are now many people about I have a curious impression of her standing alone in the midst of the plane trees, which I have never before realised are disposed in a circle as if in a sacred grove ... she cries out as I touch her arm but the sound of her momentary alarm is also drowned by the noise of the birds. We go back to the car and drive the short distance to my place listening to trance music on the radio and talking of what I do not remember. I am nervous because I know that certain recessive, perhaps inverted aspects of my personality are expressed in the way my apartment is arranged, the things I have decided to display, the manner in which I live, and that these aspects of the self I am necessarily blind towards will undoubtedly appear to her with peculiar force. I know too that what is most familiar to me will look most strange to her and vice versa, also that I can never really see what she will see, know what she will come to know. She is intrigued but not intimidated by the mask of Anubis that I have set upon a high black bookshelf; she surprises me by re-calibrating the alignments of the various stones that I have placed on the wooden window sills in the sitting room; she takes the small blue bottle of volcanic ash I keep on my desk and lays it in a small, red-lined box made out of native woods; she replaces the broken off arm of the Caroline Islands idol standing in the bathroom. I don't ask why she does these things; I think perhaps it is because she is afraid of being pursued by Moksha or his agents and believes that the re-alignments will confuse, disorient or otherwise keep them away for us. Naturally she is tired from her journey, hungry and thirsty, so I serve dinner and afterwards run her a bath. The next two days pass in a blur during which she shows me aspects of the city I have never seen before. We visit a dance academy where the Rumba, the Samba, the Paso Doble, the Cha Cha Cha, the Jive and and other Latin American dances are taught and where I learn that she is a mistress of the Tango and would like the master of the studio, a man by the name of Da Silva, to give me lessons in how to do it; in the evening we go to a club in the city called the Men's Gallery so she can check out the dancers there, who have names like Brianna, Hunter, Shanika and Tenielle, where the ambience is louche and a little sad, even though both staff and clientele are universally cheerful, as if by decree, and where the notes of an alternative currency known as tricky dollars are purchased by punters and then tucked into the garters of dancers they like or admire. Later, stumbling down George Street in the aftermath of a violent electrical storm that has halted the rail system, outside the Hilton Hotel we almost join a party of Japanese getting into a stretch Humvee but instead are swept by crowds of stranded revellers down to Town Hall and into a #50 bus that takes us home. Her mysterious agenda also includes a concert of the music of John Dowland that we go to hear in the Opera House on the night of the day after its creator, Jørn Oberg Utzon, who never saw the epochal building he made, dies in Copenhagen. The two lute players and their lutes are a revelation so intense and various and beautiful that I will not even try to describe what it was like except to say I heard fairgrounds, I heard barrel organs, I heard the continuos of small Salzberg ensembles, I heard chains, I heard towers, I heard the lonely call of marsh birds across misty swamps in the antediluvian night, I heard Spain, I heard gold, I heard the sounds that drift between the stars ... and after all this and much that I will not speak of here, a little more than 48 hours later we are back in the park outside the station at dawn where the cacophony of lorikeets waking up to the day resembles exactly their previous cacophonous roosting two days or two minutes ago. As the train gets ready to pull out of the station I realise we have not once discussed the Eureka Stockade but before I can even begin to mention it Samsara leans from the door of her carriage and whispers something in my ear. This message is coincident with the guard's whistle blowing, the station master's white flag dropping, so I cannot be entirely sure that what she said was a re-statement, perhaps a disambiguation, of a phrase formerly used between us when we were speaking of the lost letters of the Dark Lady: the beatitudes, she said or seemed to say, her breath as sweet as honey mead, of erotic love raised to a higher power ...
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When James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, lied to the Senate Intelligence Committee in June about the National Security Agency's top-secret program to spy on U.S. citizens, he did Americans a favor. He reminded us that government officials habitually lie, then hide behind the shield of national security. They get away with their deception for years, if not decades.
One of the biggest U.S. whoppers began in May 1945, just three days after Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces. It lay buried in classified documents until the mid-1980s.
When the Allies began trying Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg in late 1945, Americans were proud of their country. What we didn't suspect, however, was that the U.S. military-intelligence complex was simultaneously obstructing that very same justice system.
On May 10 of that year, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) sent a top-secret, 10,000-word directive to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander in chief of the Allied Forces in Western Europe. In it, the JCS ordered Eisenhower to "search out and arrest ... all persons who have participated in the planning or carrying out [of] Nazi enterprises involving or resulting in atrocities or war crimes." The JCS went on to direct Eisenhower not to grant any "special consideration" to those arrested for war crimes.
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My Tubey: A Day in the Life of a Tube Fed Girl, by Rhiannon Merritt-Rubadue
Review by Nancy Sinkus
The picture book My Tubey: A Day in the Life of a Tube Fed Girl, by Rhiannon Merritt-Rubadue, portrays some very basic mechanics of feeding tubes, told as a young girl with a feeding tube goes through her day. Ms. Merritt-Rubadue wrote the book so her own daughter could see another child with a feeding tube like herself.
My son J. D. has had a "tubey" for nearly all of his eight-plus years of life due to swallowing difficulties. We've always tended to emphasize to J. D. that no one else he knows well has a feeding tube—that it's not the norm—because we want him to increase his oral feeds. It took us by surprise to see how excited he was to see the girl illustrated in the book with what looks exactly like his low-profile feeding tube (or button). J. D. has definitely taken ownership of the book, continuing to be interested each time he picks it up, telling us the title, pointing out the tubey picture.
The book is great for kids for its very simple explanation of how a tube works. It would make a great show-and-tell for a tube-fed child in preschool or the primary grades. The same simple explanation, along with the glossary of feeding tube terms listed in the back, would also work as a great primer for the adults in J. D.'s life who were previously unfamiliar with feeding tubes. Well-meaning but uninformed family and friends would get a quick lesson in the basics, all while just doing a good deed by reading J. D. a book. He will happily sit through another reading of the book with the "tubey" girl just like him.
My Tubey: A Day in the Life of a Tube Fed Girl, My Tubey: A Day in the Life of a Tube Fed Boy, and There's More Than One Way to Eat are available at www.mytubeybooks.com or by calling (253) 205-4281 ($12.99 each).
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From the Archives of the American Press
The following ad has been re-typed here to make it easier to read. The copy from the American Press archives is below. CHPS is grateful to the American Press for providing permission to post these images. They may NOT to be reprinted without express permission from the American Press.


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It was when Mary had joined me for a year in New Guinea that one of the Missionaries children asked me, 'Is Auntie Mary your sister or your friend?' I was delighted to tell her that she was my sister and my friend.
We were in a family of four. Big brother John, Mary, me next and then our little sister Joy. We used to say the rhyme, '2,4, 6, 8…..', but it was when we found salvation that we became very close.
Mary by now was trapped in a very unhappy marriage. But I was teaching with Esther and had attended the house groups in her home – they had just been led into the Apostolic Church, - and was challenged to leave the cult in which we had been brought up. It was a very hard time for me. Our parents, and the dear friends with whom we had been brought up, thought I had gone to the devil. I was scared to meet them, and equally scared of the folk in the little Apostolic church in Barking where they spoke in tongues, but some would behave somewhat strangely. How could I go on?
I came home from the prayer meeting to find Mary had been sent back home by her husband. Tragedy for their marriage, but what a strength for me. It was just a few weeks and Mary too had left the 'Bible Students' and together we were accepted into Apostolic Fellowship at Barking. But before she left, she had had opportunities to speak out boldly of our faith in the Trinity, that Jesus is our Lord and our God and the Holy Spirit a person within the Godhead.
At that time I found great difficulty in expressing myself and had felt that I had to speak by my actions, but together we were able to make our position plain.
Mary's difficulties in her marriage increased, for now her husband blamed all his troubles onto Pentecost and the Apostolic Church. One evening he had come round to see our parents to warn them of the great danger we were in. Mary and I were huddled in my bedroom, wrapped in a blanket of depression fearing the outcome, when suddenly Mary began to sing –
'I've wondrous peace through trusting, a well of joy within…..
It goes on 'To the uttermost Jesus saves.' We sang it right through, and that little room was filled with glory.
It was on one of the occasions when her husband had left her that we went to a Divine healing service. 'We believe that God can heal marriages,' the minister declared. Mary went forward for prayer for the healing of her marriage, and God did heal, though she had to face many trials before then.
Mary began to have serious health issues, which doctors had thought caused by her difficult marriage, and eventually they found she had a very large brain tumour. She was a tremendous testimony in it all, asking for all those who knew her to pray, and facing it all without fear. She was the Area Women's leader in London at that time, and she had courage to lead these big rallies, even though she struggled for some time with recalling words.
Now reunited, she was able to care for her husband until he died.(He was 20 years older than she was.) She continued to care for his older sister for another 9 years, while she was a faithful deaconess in the Ilford assembly, like Phoebe, 'full of good works.'
How happy we were when our dear Pastor Les cast his garment over her and became such a wonderful caring husband. With Les and Joel such good friends what a happy foursome we were, and I was able to see so much of my Sister and Friend.
In our childhood Mary was not only the pretty, but also the clever one, and went on to gain her degree at Cambridge,- how it is that now I am the one left with my wits I don't know, but I do know Mary was always diligent to see she had her quiet time, and she had that deep relationship with the Lord with could not be destroyed.
Sometimes in her dementia she would get delusions, and if Les phoned me in the day I would know he was having difficulty. He would put Mary on to speak to her sister. It was always about some meeting where she was supposed to be ministering, or someone in need she had to visit, and she could not convince her husband to take her..
'Well, we'll pray.' So I prayed.
'Well, you weren't much good.' She told me.
I acted indignant. 'Yes, I was. I prayed.' 'Oh yes.' She seemed satisfied.
It was just a few months ago that I had the sad task of telling Mary that our brother John had died. I took the album of us as children. Yes, she recognised John.
I told her, 'John is in heaven now.' 'Oh!' and her face lit up. This was something wonderful. She listened happily as I shared something of her testimony with the friends who had brought me. As it was time to go we had a time of prayer. 'Would you like to pray, Mary?' 'Yes' she said, and burst out into tongues.
Death is always an enemy and there is sadness in our hearts, for Mary has been a sister and a friend to many of us, but for me I shall always remember how, when she saw me come to visit her she would joyfully tell the carers, 'She's my sister.'I am so privileged to have had such a lovely sister and friend.


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Projecting U.S. military force invariably requires extensive use of international waters, international airspace, nonsovereign cyberspace, space, and the electromagnetic spectrum. U.S. access to and freedom of navigation within these global commons are vital to its national interests, both because the American way of life requires free access to the global marketplace and as a means for projecting military force into hostile territory. Even where the ultimate objective is the latter, operations in the global commons may be critical if an enemy attempts to gain strategic depth by pushing armed opposition out into international spaces. In fact, the contest over operational access can dominate practically all other considerations in warfare, as it did throughout the Pacific theater and in the battle for the North Atlantic during the Second World War.
Historically, a key way to mitigate the degrading effects of distance has been to establish forward bases in the anticipated operational area, thereby maintaining some of the capabilities of a home base at a distant location. The more capability and capacity that a military can amass at the forward base, the more it can mitigate the effects of distance. Moreover, permanent or long-term forward bases can assure partners and deter adversaries. The ability to establish new expeditionary bases, or to improve those already in existence, also can serve as deterrent options. Conversely, a forward base becomes a resource requiring protection and sustainment and can even become a political liability, often by causing friction with the host nation or within the region.
The presence of forward-deployed or other in-range combat forces at the beginning of a crisis can facilitate operational access—and sometimes even deter acts of aggression in the first place. Naval forces, which can remain on station in international waters almost indefinitely, are especially suited to such missions, as could be special operations forces inserted clandestinely. Air and space forces can exploit speed and global range to move quickly into position in response to an emerging crisis. That said, forward-deployed forces, like advanced bases, can be vulnerable to attack, particularly given a lack of advanced warning.
The first factor is markedly decreased support abroad for an extensive network of U.S. military bases around the globe. In an increasingly globalized world, there is much greater international competition for regional influence and access. Immediately after the Cold War, states had few partnership options other than the United States, but today numerous rising powers provide alternatives. Whether due to coercive threats or inducements offered by other powers, many states will be unwilling to offer the kind of long-term basing rights the United States enjoyed during the Cold War. Gaining basing rights for expeditionary operations is already a primary concern for U.S. military planners and diplomats, and that challenge is likely to grow.
The second factor is projections of severely contracting resources. Even were there an international appetite for it, the United States simply could not afford to establish garrisons around the globe in response to every plausible threat, especially in an era of dynamic uncertainty in which threats could emerge unpredictably.
The third factor is force protection. In an age of increased terrorism, increasingly affordable precision weapons, and heightened sensitivity to perceived impositions on national sovereignty, U.S. garrisons on foreign soil become both causes of friction and inviting targets. American sensitivity to casualties, especially to a garrison force outside a war zone, only exacerbates the problem.
Future enemies, both states and nonstates, will see the adoption of an antiaccess/area-denial strategy against the United States as a favorable courseof action for them. Those able to field layered and fully integrated antiaccess/area-denial defenses in multiple domains may attempt to deny U.S. operational access altogether, while others with less robust and comprehensive capabilities may simply attempt to inflict greater losses than they perceive the United States will tolerate politically.
Any example of such a strategy likely will exhibit some common criticalelements, to include:
1) Long-term shaping operations prior to conflict, including information operations, designed to increase influence and build up antiaccess/area denial capabilities in a region and to encourage regional actors to deny the United States the political conditions that facilitate access.
2) Imposing a steeper cost than the United States is willing to bear—eitherthrough a catastrophic attack or an attrition-based defeat mechanismdesigned to create substantial casualties.
3) Creating as much strategic and operational depth as possible withinwhich to inflict casualties, even interdicting deploying U.S. forces bysabotage at their points of origin or ports of embarkation.
4) Attacking U.S. forward bases, whether by missiles, special operations units, or irregular forces—to include the use of weapons of mass destruction.
5) Attacking U.S. command and control and communications, especially long-range capabilities, to include space and cyber capabilities.
6) Attacking U.S. distribution operations at either fixed points or vulnerablechoke points in the lines of communications or through cyber attacks that disrupt logistics command and control.
7) Employing antiaccess and area-denial capabilities in combination to contest local air and maritime superiority and land freedom of maneuver.
Beyond those common elements, any example of an antiaccess strategy will conform itself uniquely to the capabilities of the enemy and other situational factors.
Forward bases, including mobile seabases, constitute critical access infrastructure‖ which supports the deployment of forces and supplies.The greater the capabilities and capacity that can be established at or flowed through the base, the greater the force that ultimately can be projected.Future enemies consequently can increasingly be expected to attack those bases as part of an antiaccess/area-denial strategy in an attempt to restore the penalty of distance.
[one option is] seabasing, which reduces sovereignty issues that often can preclude the establishment of forward bases. The inherent mobility of seabasing can complicate the enemy's defensive preparations by making the objective remain ambiguous through holding a large coastal area at risk. It can enhance security by complicating the enemy's detection and targeting.Seabasing options may be limited by capacity. One other option is to emphasize capabilities with minimal dependence on forward bases, such as amphibious, long-range strike, cyber, electronic, or space capabilities, either in primary or supporting roles.
The air is another domain generally suitable for the early focus of effort, again because air forces tend not to operate in massed formations that make them vulnerable to catastrophic loss and because they tend to be broadly effective in bringing power to bear rapidly against other domains. Finally, special operations forces are valuable for locating, targeting, and destroying key enemy capabilities, as well as for cultivating indigenous resistance elements that can help disrupt the antiaccess/area-denial strategy. Like space and cyberspace forces, special operations forces likely will be in position, often operating in denied territory, in advance of the commitment of major forces to set the conditions for the employment of those forces. Operations to maintain or gain access in themaritime commons can build on these low signature operations, avoid high density threat antiaccess weapons, and maneuver to achieve surprise and rapid operations.
In contrast, large land forces generally will be the last to penetrate within range of an enemy's antiaccess and area-denial weapons because of the potential for catastrophic loss. That is not irrevocably true however. Land forces, for example, could be used to seize advanced bases on the outskirts of an enemy's defenses from which to project air and naval power into the heart of those defenses. Moreover, small land or surface naval forces, to include special operations forces, could infiltrate an enemy's antiaccess defenses undetected.
Each [Land Maneuver] formation will operate in multiple domains as required. While maneuvering independently, they will maintain the ability to concentrate smoothly into larger formations as necessary. While they will be self-contained with respect to the envisioned mission, the joint force will be able to support them quickly with external capabilities as needed—principally additional air, space, electronic, and cyberspace capabilities, which can best mitigate the latency imposed by distance.
In this resource-constrained era, we will also work with NATO allies to develop a "Smart Defense" approach to pool, share, and specialize capabilities as needed to meet 21st century challenges.
"greater pooling and sharing of capabilities; mission, role and geographic specialization; greater sharing of technology; cooperation on logistics; alignment of research-and-development programs, and more collaborative training."
"Prioritizing ruthlessly, specializing aggressively and collaborating unsentimentally. ... With budgets so tight, allies need to revisit approaches and ideas that might previously have seemed politically unacceptable,"
The new enduring relationship—I will avoid the "special relationship" phrase—is ultimately, in Washington's mind, with both Republicans and Democrats, built on our [UK's] ability to leverage other partners, primarily Europeans but also Commonwealth members. If we lose that ability because of a profound perception of our decision not to be a major second-rank power, our influence in Washington will decline further. There will be very clear strategic, practical implications.
The specific impact will be on NATO, because what is generating and becoming very clear in Washington is that the Americans are increasingly becoming an Asia-Pacific power. What they will look for—in a sense, Libya is increasingly the test case—is Europeans under Anglo-French leadership to look after our bit of the world, which is a pretty rough neighbourhood, while an overstretched America deals with the epicentre of change in south and east Asia. If we cannot step up to that leadership role, and we are choosing not to adopt it, the fundamental assumption in the NSS that the Americans will always ultimately be there for our security and our defence is being undermined.


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Peter Neuenschwander, IITA Scientist Emeritus, was recently elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Science. This award recognizes his scientific career and devotion to biological sciences over 40 years, most of this time in Africa.
Neuenschwander joined IITA in 1983. He was recruited as Research Coordinator for the biological control project against the cassava mealybug under Dr Hans Herren and served in this position of principal scientist for 10 years. He took over from Dr Herren as Director of the Plant Health Management Division which he led for almost another 10 years. In the now famous cassava mealybug project, for which several awards including the World Food Prize were bestowed on Dr Herren, Neuenschwander led and executed research in about 25 African countries, focusing on impact assessment while training numerous African students and scientists. The team soon expanded into similar research on the mango mealybug and other pests. Later it specialized on the biological control of floating waterweeds and brought together specialists from all over Africa to write the book Biological Control in IPM Systems in Africa, a comprehensive review of biological control efforts.
In 2003, Neuenschwander retired and was nominated as the first IITA Scientist Emeritus, with an office in IITA-Bénin where he still works part time. Apart from assisting IITA colleagues in preparing manuscripts and project proposals, Neuenschwander was involved in several consultancies including one for the African Development Bank on an IPM project for the Lake Chad Basin Commission and one for UNDP on the biological control of water hyacinth in Côte d'Ivoire. He helped reestablish the Bénin section of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with another important achievement, editing and publishing a book on endangered species for the Red List of Bénin.
In his prolific scientific career, Neuenschwander has produced 113 peer-reviewed journal articles, two books, and over 30 conference papers and training manuals. He has been a founding member of BioNET INTERNATIONAL, has received a Recognition Award from the African Association of Insect Scientists, and has been elevated to Honorary Member of the International Organization for Biological Control.
For over 15 years, Neuenschwander has been living in a small village north of Cotonou. There he has rehabilitated farmland and bush to a species-rich secondary rain forest where a rare endemic monkey roams and attracts tourists. In 2014, these 14 ha of rehabilitated forest will be handed over to IITA as part of the Biodiversity Center in Bénin for the study of interactions among biodiversity, biotic stresses, and climate change, as anchored in the new IITA strategy.


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Category: Runes
By Ulfhethnar Odinsen AOR
The Elhaz – Algiz rune is one with many layers, complexities and associations. The relationship between two of these I'd like to consider and discuss on a more personal level as I believe this rune is symbolic of the sanctuary where one seeks to transcend the bindings of Midgarth yet we aren't told exactly where that sacred Ve is to be found.
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Rune Song
By Kris N AOR
Fehu is wealth in family
Uruz, primal energy
And Thrizaz is the strength within thee
Ansuz breathes Odin's words Continue reading
Runic Name Analysis: Living up to your name
by Shawn E AOR
I have found that using the runes to analyze and interpret various aspect of people's names is an interesting exercise in growing in personal runic understanding. It has also been rather fruitful in helping others see themselves in a new light. Continue reading
The Runic Era: Some History of the New Awakening
By Heimgest DCG
We receive many enquiries about OR practices and questions/misunderstandings about the Runic Era are not rare. Here then are the facts. Continue reading
The Runes
Their Meanings, Associated Deities, Colours, Elements and Suggested Meditationswith thanks to Garry Leak AOR
Gealdor/Mantra as an OR practice – Heimgest CG
In the early days of this new overt resurgence of our glorious religion, the use of gealdor was somewhat overlooked in Blotar and personal practice. In fact some treated it with suspicion. Of course the fact that most (if not all) blot included hailing the Gods can be seen as practicing a mantra without consciously realizing it; for in a way these can be seen as a simple mantra. However it was not generally perceived as such and runic gealdor was only practiced by a few. Continue reading
Runes – The Materials and Methods Employed in Rune Making
One of the ways of becoming acquainted with the Runes is to make a set for yourself, and there are a variety of materials that can be used for this purpose. Continue reading
Runes – A basic intro to the Runes
The Runes are, at their most basic level, as described here. However, just as you are a unique individual, their relationships with you are also unique. If you wish to explore these relationships and how you interact with each Rune, then you must explore the Runes, one at a time, and have no regard for other people's explanations. Continue reading
Uruz in Physical Use
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Olive Jewell was from Cochise County. Carmen Lucero was from Tucson, and Mary Ann McNeil from Navajo County. Each of them lived with the tremendous challenges of those parched and windy parts of Arizona during the years 1870-1890.
But for each of them, the story was different. Carmen grew up without education, and as a child became a contributing member of her family and the small community. She cooked, washed, sewed with skill, and cared for the younger children. She saw Tucson's first sewing machine when she was twelve. Carmen knew fiestas, cockfights, musicians from Mexico, and pilgrims from California.
Olive and her husband started out on a farm in Safford, raising cattle, hay and grain, and keeping bees, planting an orchard and building a house of cottonwood logs. They had a good start and had three children there. Then malaria took her husband's health. One of her children died. They moved, and moved, and moved again. Olive picked cotton, worked as a maid, did anything she could to keep the family alive.
Mary Ann, meanwhile, was married to a shoemaker who took his tools to the mining towns, repairing shoes in trade for anything they could use. Sometimes having no food for her children, she nonetheless made soap and starch and kept her children clean and their clothes carefully ironed. Mary Ann lived with the very real threat of Indian attacks.
In Our Own Words, edited by Barbara Marriott, includes details about 115 such Arizona pioneer women, each of them unique, though they had many experiences in common with Olive, Carmen, and Mary Ann. Today, 120 or more years later, when our challenges seem to be quite different, this collection is an opportunity to more fully comprehend what has changed and what we still share.
One of the good ideas that came out of the Roosevelt administration's efforts to put people to work, the Federal Writers Program sponsored the collection of "life histories" to create writing jobs and to document the country's expansion and varied culture. In Our Own Words is drawn from oral history reports by at least a dozen field workers for the Arizona FWP. Marriott's interesting description of the project's background and the interviewers involved explains the wide and somewhat bumpy variation in report styles and information included. For me, her method of organizing the book by topics is less successful, disrupting the flow of individual stories by breaking them apart. She does provide a name index at the end of the book, so that I was able to find all the included pieces of a woman's story if I was willing to flip back and forth to find them. And despite that small complaint, I was engaged and fascinated by the stories that Marriott chose. Individual voices and a scattering of pictures made the stories vivid.
From the Arizona aristocracy of the Udalls and Kartchners, to the most ordinary of ranch and mining wives, Marriott presents a range of women to illustrate the arduous accomplishment of survival, the tenuous grip on bare existence that was their common lot in the unbroken West. They rose to an opportunity, followed their husbands, their church, or their hopes, or saw a chance for something better. Their lives were full of labor and loss, danger and fear, often making do or doing without. There was laughter, many babies, staunch friends, and pride in colonizing a new country. It is an array of experience that brings us much closer to sister souls like Olive, Mary Ann, and Carmen, and stirs a greater appreciation of what they began.
A prolific and award-winning author of historical fiction and nonfiction, Barbara Marriott has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology that serves her well in that pursuit. Curiosity drives her interest in history and a move to the West stimulated many of her books, including In Our Own Words. For more, visit her website.
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Caution: Splenda Downgraded After Leukemia Found In Mice
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has downgraded sucralose, the artificial sweetener better known by the brand name Splenda, in its document Chemical Cuisine – a highly detailed and thorough guide to artificial food additives.
The nonprofit food safety watchdog group had previously rated sucralose as "safe," but is now placing it in the "caution" category pending a review of a controversial study by an independent Italian laboratory that found that the sweetener caused leukemia in mice.
The CSPI gives the artificial sweeteners saccharin, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium "avoid" ratings, the group's lowest score. CSPI considers rebiana, a natural high-potency sweetener obtained from stevia, to be "safe," though deserving of better testing.
Splenda is the commercial name and registered trademark of a sucralose-based artificial sweetener, [1] owned by the British company Tate & Lyle and American company Johnson & Johnson. Splenda is a world leader in the global artificial sweetener market, with over $200 million annually in sales in the USA. [1] It's full chemical name is 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-Β-D-fructofuranosyl-4-chloro-4-deoxy-α-D-galactopyranoside.
Sucralose is not a natural product. It is not cultivated or grown and it does not occur in nature. It is made by replacing three hydrogen-oxygen groups on sucrose (table sugar) molecules with three chlorine atoms. [2] To make Splenda, sucralose is mixed with dextrose and maltodextrin – but these other ingredients are listed as "generally recognized as safe."
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Some scientific studies have found harmful effects of sucralose. According to one study, Splenda "suppresses beneficial bacteria and directly affects the expression of the transporter P-gp and cytochrome P-450 isozymes that are known to interfere with the bioavailability of drugs and nutrients. Furthermore, these effects occur at Splenda doses that contain sucralose levels that are approved by the FDA for use in the food supply." [3]
Marketing states that sucralose is "biologically inert" however a 2013 review published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health begs to differ, stating:
"Although early studies asserted that sucralose passes through the GIT [gastrointestinal tract] unchanged, subsequent analysis suggested that some of the ingested sweetener is metabolized in the GIT, as indicated by multiple peaks found in thin-layer radiochromatographic profiles of methanolic fecal extracts after oral sucralose administration. The identity and safety profile of these putative sucralose metabolites are not known at this time. Sucralose and one of its hydrolysis products were found to be mutagenic at elevated concentrations in several testing methods. Cooking with sucralose at high temperatures was reported to generate chloropropanols, a potentially toxic class of compounds. Both human and rodent studies demonstrated that sucralose may alter glucose, insulin, and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) levels. Taken together, these findings indicate that sucralose is not a biologically inert compound." [4]
Dr. Mercola made an interesting video claiming that deceptive marketing practices are being used to promote splenda (and other artificial sweeteners) as health foods. Mercola claims that he was threatened with legal action by Johnson & Johnson over the contents of his 2005 book Sweet Deception, yet he published anyway and claimed that he was never sued as the information was all true.
Here's the 14-minute video… He begins "Sometimes you just have to sit back and laugh at the absurd methods that are being employed by the food industry to deceive and manipulate you."
And here's the link to the full report on Splenda from Eat Local Grown: Splenda Downgraded After Leukemia Found In Mice.
[1] CSPI Downgrades Splenda From "Safe" to "Caution". (2013). http://www.cspinet.org/new/201306121.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splenda
[3] Splenda alters gut microflora and increases intestinal p-glycoprotein and cytochrome p-450 in male rats. J Toxicol Environ Health (2008). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18800291
[4] Sucralose, A Synthetic Organochlorine Sweetener: Overview Of Biological Issues. J Toxicol Environ Health (2013). http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10937404.2013.842523
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WRAP Awarded Funding for Resource Efficiency Programme
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Following the recent announcements in the spending review of cuts that will face DEFRA, WRAP have begun to find alternative funding streams to support their work. It emerged that this has borne fruit with the successful award of funding to undertake business resource efficiency work.
The EU grant will allow for WRAP to demonstrate and work alongside businesses to implement and deliver resource-efficient business models (REBM?s). This will be done working with 10 major organisations and 20 SME?s to run REBM pilots in both the UK and the Netherlands.
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If we are at the point where we have had enough, where we really must get to the bottom of it, where this is no longer a hobby but it takes over, then the rest is easy. We no longer really need to inquire as that will happen on it's own, naturally. We no longer really need a teacher or guide as that natural intelligence will find the way.
However until that point we are sort of stuck - stuck in a maze where we're an individual trying to reach the end of the individual, or an individual trying to see that there is no such thing as an individual. It's ludicrous, it's a farce. There is no way you, from the standpoint of the individual, can find the end or the non-existence of the individual.
If we think of a race, with a finish line - once we cross the finish line, there is no individual there. That is - to cross the finish line is for there to be no individual. So you're the individual - racing along towards the finish line. So what has to happen to cross the finish line? Where should that individual drop off? Because IF it drops off anywhere along the way, then you cross the finish line before you ever reach it. But if that individual remains in-tact -then you just go around and around and never see the finish line. What a ridiculous thing this is.
So it seems we must seriously look into this idea of an individual - what do we mean by it? We must know exactly what we mean - what we believe-we-are, yes? We must realize what that means and how that impacts our idea of the world, of reality, of our existence. But we just read all these pointers about awareness or something and then sit, as that individual, and wait for something to happen. Then when we don't have some amazing blissful event we sit in frustration.
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