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Diplomacy is the art of making relations with other AI players in Civilization VI. It has been overhauled from previous versions of the game. It's a mechanic that evolves as eras pass, from a state of near constant warfare in ancient times, to more civil interactions in the mid- and late game.
First ContactEdit
In order to establish relations with any major or minor civilization you have to first 'meet' them. This is done when a unit of yours enters within visibility range of the other civilization's borders or units, or vice versa. The introductory movie for the respective leader is then played, after which you are given the options to briefly make introductory interactions.
If this first contact happens when a unit from one civilization reaches the borders of the other, the "discovered" civilization is given the option to reveal one of its nearby cities to the "discovering" one. If it happens when a unit from one civilization meets a unit from the other, both civilizations may agree to reveal their Capitals. Or you may simply say a polite Hello without revealing anything (or have anything revealed to you in return).
This first interaction causes an impression (favorable or unfavorable) in the other leader, already coloring your Relationship with him/her. This is based on your decision to reveal or not reveal data on first contact, among other things
Diplomatic Visibility Edit
Visibility, or "Access level", is a new mechanic in Civilization VI and represents the amount of information you receive about the actions of another civilization and the character of their leader. There are several levels of visibility. At the first level (None) you know very little about them; you don't know their agendas or even what influences your relationship. At higher levels of Visibility, you receive frequent updates about what they do. The "Access level" panel in the Diplomacy screen of a leader shows the following information:
- Your current level of visibility (None, Limited, Open, Secret or Top Secret).
- A list of the factors that contribute to the level of Visibility you have of that leader, like trade routes established or embassies.
- The kind of information you receive at this level.
- What you may expect to see in the next level of visibility.
Your Visibility of a civilization is improved by the following factors, which are cumulative unless otherwise noted:
- Sending them a Trade Delegation or Establishing an Embassy in their capital. These two are not cumulative among them.
- Having a Trade Route with them.
- Being Allies with them or Having a Spy create a Listening Post in one of their cities. These two actions do not stack - unlike in the real world, you don't spy on your allies.
- Researching the Printing technology increases your Visibility of all civilizations by one level.
- Activating the Great Merchant Mary Katherine Goddard, increasing your diplomatic visibility in all civilizations by one
- Having a Trading Post in their empire (Mongolia only).
The maximum Visibility level available in the Ancient and Classical Eras is 'Open'. The maximum level possible in the Medieval Era is 'Secret', which can be achieved by making an Alliance with the other party. In the Renaissance Era all the levels become available once the Printing technology is researched.
This table lists the information provided at each level of access:
Gossip items are represented as coming from a source which more or less matches what provides your current Access level to the nation. For example, if you only have a Trade Route with them, the gossips will start with 'Our traders heard that...'; while if you have an Alliance the gossip will start with 'An allied friend tells us that...'.
Diplomatic Visibility is mostly independent of your relationship with a leader. Having a Delegation or Embassy improves relationships a bit, and having a very good relationship is required to create an Alliance. Other than that, Visibility and relationship are not connected. In practice, however, it is very difficult to have high visibility on a nation whose leader is hostile to you, especially in the beginning of the game (when you haven't researched Printing, have no Spies to establish Listening posts and may be unable to even reach the other civilization with your Traders). Unless you've tricked the other leader to let you send them a Delegation, you will then have an Access level of ... None! Later in the game, you may get up to three factors improving Visibility, even without an Embassy; that is the Printing tech, a Trade Route and possibly a Spy establishing a Listening post. Even if you are at war with a civilization, two of these are still accessible (Trade routes become too risky so this factor is out).
Visibility has military implications. If you attack a civilization your levels of Diplomatic visibility will be compared, and the party which has a higher level will receive a permanent bonus in every military encounter - this is known as 'Intel on enemy movements' and consists of +3 Combat Strength per level of difference, leading to the maximum bonus of 12 Combat Strength (happening when one civilization has access level of None and the other Top Secret on one another). This is even more important if you play as Mongolia, since they can double this bonus (24 Combat Strength maximum). If both parties have the same level of visibility, neither one receives the bonus. This bonus is also active during Theological Combat.
Relationship Edit
Relationships between civilizations are complex. They're affected by your behavior towards the other party and by the goals of your rivals, called agendas. Warmongering, or Grievances also heavily impact relationships, and in their case your overall behavior is considered, not only individual relationships.
The portrait of each of your rivals in the upper right part of the screen has an icon that shows the state of relationship you have with them. In the Diplomacy screen, the Our Relationship panel shows a complete breakdown of the state of your relationships.
Relationship Levels Edit
Relationships between each pair of leaders are organized in several levels. Each factor affecting the relationship is represented by a numeric value: green numbers represent positive factors and red numbers represent negative factors. The balance between the two determines the current level of the relationship:
- Allies: Allies share the highest level of trust and cooperation possible in the game world. Allied leaders cannot Declare war on each other (even with a Casus Belli!), cannot Denounce each other, automatically share Open Borders and a Defensive Pact, and can achieve Shared Visibility after upgrading their Alliance levels. The deals you make with your allies are likely to be very favorable. Alliances can only be made between declared friends. The portraits of your allies display the Alliance icon, a flag.
- Declared Friend: You have earned a high enough level of trust with the other leader that they are ready to announce to the world an official bond. Declared friends cannot Declare war on each other, cannot Denounce each other and are ready to make Alliances at any moment. The deals you make with your declared friends are likely to be very favorable. The portraits of your declared friends display a teal smiley. Only friendly rivals can become declared friends.
- Friendly: You have done some things that make the other leader think well of you. You have a good chance of getting favorable deals with them. You also have a chance to Declare Friendship with them The portraits of friendly rivals display a green smiley.
- Neutral: Your actions have earned neither the other leader's trust, nor mistrust. Your interactions with them will be standard. The leader's portrait has no icons whatsoever.
- Unfriendly: You have done something (or many things) to offend the other leader. Deals with unfriendly rivals tend to be unfavorable for you, and they will almost never agree to accept your diplomatic delegations or embassies. You can however still make Open Borders agreement with them. You can now choose to make Demands of them, although there is no guarantee the demands will be met! The portraits of unfriendly rivals display a sad yellow smiley.
- Denounced: This leader's opinion of you is so low that they felt the need to speak officially to the world about your (perceived) misdeeds. Your deals with them will be unfavorable if they make them at all, but you can declare a Formal War against them (if at least 5 turns have passed since the Denouncing) and make Demands. Rivals in this relationship state cannot have an Open Borders agreement. The smiley on the leader's portrait becomes red.
- At War: Open hostilities have broken out between you two. You can attack or invade this leader, but you will accrue warmongering ( Grievances in Gathering Storm) and war weariness penalties. The War icon (crossed swords) appears on the leader's portrait.
Improving relationships Edit
These actions improve your relationship with a rival:
- Making a favorable first impression. First impressions are determined by the first of your units your rival sees. The effect eventually wears off.
- Satisfying their agendas. Each separate agenda satisfied accrues significant relationship boost.
- Sending a delegation or establishing an embassy: The relationship improves by +3 and +5 respectively.
- Offering a favorable trade. Giving gifts is included here.
- Having a Trade Route with them (it doesn't matter whether established by you or by them, +2 relationship).
- Making an Open Borders agreement: Improves the relationship by 3.
- Having the same Government they have.
- Fulfilling a diplomatic promise you made to them. Your rival asks you to do or not to do something, like not settling near their borders. If you agree to their request and keep your word for many turns you receive a notification that you have fulfilled your promise, and you get a diplomatic boost.
- Liberating a city of theirs, or of one of their friends or allies. Grants a positive bonus which seems permanent.
- Fighting a common enemy. An enemy is any third party with which your rival is at odds. This may mean that they've Denounced them, or that they are currently at war with them.
- Being Friends or Allies with a third party they're also Friends with.
- Declaring Friendship.
- Making an Alliance with them.
- Joining an Emergency with them (only Rise and Fall or later).
Worsening relationships Edit
These actions worsen your relationship with your rivals:
- Making an unfavorable first impression: Penalty between -1 and -4.
- Going against one of their agendas. Penalties vary, but are usually very significant.
- Declaring War. The penalty wears out after you make peace. In Gathering Storm this is the main factor generating Grievances.
- Occupying one of their cities. This penalty never dissipates while you occupy a city of a rival. In Gathering Storm this affects Grievances decay rate.
- Warmongering/Grievances. Being aggressive or disrespectful to other leaders, or failing to fulfill your promises worsens relationship with everyone! Leaders with the "Darwinist" agenda and some other specific agendas, such as Gorgo (who likes war), ignore Warmongering; in Gathering Storm Grievances with them will decay at double rate..
- Moving military units near their borders persistently: -2 penalty. This is seen as an act of aggression. It prompts a request from their leader to remove your troops from their borders, and expect you to do this in the next 10 or so turns.
- Settling in lands they consider theirs: -3 permanent penalty. When you do it they ask you to stop settling nearby.
- Becoming Friends or Allies with a third party they're in bad relations with.
- Having a different Government.
- Denouncing. You get a penalty both when you Denounce a rival and when they Denounce you. In Gathering Storm this also accrues Grievances.
- Breaking a diplomatic promise you made -6 penalty. The penalty for breaking a promise is the same as the one for refusing to make a promise. However, breaking a diplomatic promise gives your rival a Casus Belli against you. In Gathering Storm this also accrues Grievances.
- Refusing to make a promise: -6 penalty. Ignoring a promise request counts as a refusal. In Gathering Storm this also accrues Grievances.
- Performing an espionage mission against them, and getting caught: -5 permanent penalty. This prompts them to request that you stop spying on them.
- Converting their Holy City. Permanent penalty.
- Being close to winning. Approaching victory gives you a penalty that grows stronger as you get closer to victory.
Delegations Edit
Civilizations can send delegations to their rivals for a fee. Delegations improve relations a bit and increase diplomatic visibility by one level. Once sent, delegations stay permanently in the target civilization. If your relationship with a rival is worse than Neutral they will not accept your delegation/Embassy.
When a rival contacts you to send you a delegation they mention some sort of 'gift'. If you accept their delegation you receive that 'gift' in the form of 25 Gold (the same amount you spend to send a Delegation yourself). The same is valid when you receive an Embassy, but the sum doubles.
Embassies Edit
Once the Diplomatic Service Civic is developed, Delegations are replaced with Resident Embassies. An Embassy is practically the same as a Trade Delegation, just updated to the modern requirements of the diplomatic community (parties, radios, secret rooms...). They improve relations a bit and increase Visibility by one level. As with delegations, if your relationship with a rival is worse than Neutral they will not accept your embassy.
Once you develop Diplomatic Service your delegations are 'revoked', and you lose all their benefits. If a rival Denounces you, they remove your Embassy or Delegation from their Capital in a sign of diplomatic reprisal. You can establish them again if your relations improve. The same happens if one of you Declare War on the other.
- Main article: Agenda (Civ6)
Rivals controlled by the computer have two agendas: A Leader Agenda and a Hidden Agenda. These agendas affect their behavior and their relations with other civilizations.
The Leader Agenda is based on a perceived historical trait of the real world leader. For example, Gandhi is seen historically as a pacifist, and in the game he follows the Peacekeeper agenda, which means that he likes leaders who don't go to war, and won't go to war easily himself. Hojo Tokimune, who has the Bushido agenda, likes "a strong soul in a strong body" (a combination of strong Culture, Faith and military).
The Hidden Agenda is randomly assigned. As their name suggests, Hidden Agendas are hidden, but can be discovered through gossip or espionage.
Gathering Storm introduces a third agenda, which appears as each nation develops the Nationalism civic. This agenda is oriented towards reacting to other nations' progress towards victory (mainly aiming to deter them).
Interactions Edit
Civilizations can interact with each other in many ways. Most interactions are not available at the beginning of the game, and become available as you develop your Civic culture. Some interactions are only available when you have the right relationship status with the other civilization, and others are heavily influenced by it. The Diplomacy screen shows what interactions are currently available.
Trading Edit
The most frequent (and maybe the most important) interaction with foreign leaders is trading. You can trade with all the leaders except the ones you're at war with. The success of the trade, however, and what they are willing to give you for something, depends a lot on your relationship. The better the relationship, the higher the chance to get a favorable trade, or to agree to take a diplomatic step. To negotiate a trade click the 'Make Deal' button in the diplomacy screen. Other leaders will also contact you and offer you deals.
You may trade almost anything in the game, including Gold (either lump sums or payments per turn), Diplomatic Favor in Gathering Storm, Strategic and Luxury Resources, Great Works, cities, and diplomatic agreements.
The trading interface has two columns with items, the left one lists the items you have available for trading, the right one lists theirs. In the upper part is the 'table', (whose two columns are labeled 'My Offer' and 'Their Offer'), where all trading items are currently displayed, and right above them are the buttons which will perform the various trading actions. When you select a valid item for trading, either from your or their inventory, it moves to the table under the relevant column. You can combine items of different types to make a deal. Great Works which were recently acquired are displayed in this screen but cannot be traded.
There are several ways to start a negotiation:
- Select both what you want to get and what you want to give. If your rival is willing to accept the deal, the green button "Accept Deal" is displayed. Otherwise, the button 'Make this deal more equitable' is displayed. If you click this button your rival makes a counter-offer and the button "Accept deal" is displayed.
- Select just what you want to get, but not what you want to give. A button labeled 'What would it take?' is displayed. Click it and the other leader will request something in return for what you want.
- Select just what you are ready to give, but not what you want to get. Two buttons are displayed, which lead to two different scenarios:
- A button labeled 'What would you give me?'. Click it and your rival will reveal what they're ready to give you in exchange for your offer.
- A button labeled 'Give gift'. Click it and you gift your items to your rival. If the leader accepts (if your relationship is very bad he might reject your gift) your relationship improves.
Click the 'Nevermind' button at the top at any time to cancel the negotiations.
Declaring Friendship Edit
Leaders who have a Relationship Status of Friendly can choose to formalize this by Declaring Friendship to each other. If agreed, they proclaim to the world their friendship for 30 turns, their Relationship Status is updated to Declared Friends and they are allowed to become Allies. In addition, they cannot undertake hostile actions (such as Denouncing or going to war) towards each other.
Demands Edit
When you have an unfriendly relationship with a nation, you can demand concessions from them and they can demand concessions from you. This works as a trade in which you only receive from them, you give nothing in return (or vice versa). There is an implicit threat that you will attack them if they don't give what you demand. If you are much stronger than they are militarily, there is a good chance they will grant your request, but your relationship will suffer for it.
You cannot make demands from rivals with whom your relation is Neutral or better.
Discussing Edit
Discussing allows you to politely request a rival to change their practices towards you after you discover that they are doing something you don't like. Some examples of requests:
- Don't settle near my borders.
- Remove military units from my borders.
- Don't convert my cities.
- Stop spying on me.
Click the Discuss button and select the request you wish to make. They can grant your request by making a diplomatic promise to you. A diplomatic promise lasts 15 turns. They "fulfill" their promise if they don't break it in those 15 turns. If they do you may expect the upsetting behavior to cease. If they break the promise you gain a Casus Belli against them, which allows you to declare a Formal War. Once the duration of the promise is over they can re-engage in the activity that prompted you to make your request without giving you a Casus Belli.
Conversely, when you engage in activities that upset one of your rivals, they can make a request for you to stop. They do so by demanding that you make a diplomatic promise to them. Fulfilling a promise gives you a diplomatic bonus with the leader that demanded it. Conversely, breaking a promise carries a diplomatic penalty and gives them a Casus Belli.
In Gathering Storm the Discuss option is replaced with Ask for Promise option. It again activates only when one of the above-mentioned acts its detected, but each promise which is agreed to will require 30 Diplomatic Favor, and if the other leader refuses to agree you will gain 25 Grievances with them. The opposite works the same way.
The promise to remove military units from the borders of you rival is broken if you violate their borders even after a war is declared by that rival.
Denouncing a rival means openly declaring hostility towards them. Doing so immediately worsens relations with the denounced party and blocks a number of diplomatic options, like requesting Open Borders. Denouncing has a duration of 30 turns, after which its effects expire. In a gesture of mutual reprisal, Trade Delegations and Embassies are expelled from both Capitals, and cannot be reinstated until the denunciation expires. Five turns after denouncing a rival you gain a Formal War Casus Belli against them.
You cannot denounce Declared Friends or Allies - you have to wait until these states expire.
Denouncing a player in Gathering Storm generates 25 Grievances.
Use denouncing when you prepare to go to war with someone you have no other Casus Belli against. Denouncing gives you a diplomacy bonus with any leaders who dislike the leader you denounced, and may help set the stage for a Joint War. Otherwise, denouncing brings more harm than good, unless you don't care much about what they think of you, of course.
Diplomatic Agreements Edit
There are a number of Agreements that leaders may enter into. All of them have limited duration of 30 turns, after which they have to be renewed. Different types of Agreements become available with the development of a specific Civic, as described below. Agreements can be traded just like any other item.
Joint War Edit
A Joint War is a war that two leaders agree to wage simultaneously on a third one. You cannot offer Joint Wars to a leader if one of you has denounced the other. Also, at least one party must have denounced the target for 5 turns. If both signatories agree, they immediately Declare a Formal War against the third party, even if they have no Casus Belli against it. You cannot use other types of Casus Belli with this agreement. You get no Warmonger penalties with your ally for anything you do in this war, but you do get normal penalties with all the other leaders.
Joint wars become available after developing the Foreign Trade Civic. After all, it is most important to secure partners when you go to conquer your neighbors!
In Gathering Storm, you can declare other types of Joint Wars besides Formal Wars. This reduces Grievances accrued as expected. Still, the types available depend on at least one of the parties having the necessary Casus Belli against your target. Thus, with civic development there will be more and more options to make Joint Wars, just as it is with normal wars.
Join Ongoing War Edit
In Rise and Fall you can also propose to Join an Ongoing War with another leader who is already at war with a third party, or propose to him or her to join a war you're engaged in. You will then be prompted to select the war you want to join.
This option becomes available at the same time as Joint War (i.e. with the Foreign Trade civic) and works much the same way.
Open Borders Edit
After developing the Early Empire Civic nations no longer allow foreign units to enter their territory freely. At this point the Open Borders agreement becomes available. Open Borders agreements allow units to enter the territory of the nation which granted access. Foreign units use the Road network in the host nation as if it was their own. Thanks to the free movement, your nation's Tourism enjoys a +25% boost.
Open Borders can be requested or offered as part of a Trade deal. Both actions are separate. Granting open borders to a rival doesn't mean that rival also grants open borders to you.
Granting Open Borders without requesting anything in return is a nice way to improve relations.
Open Borders cannot be offered to or requested from a leader who has Denounced you, or whom you have Denounced.
Alliance Edit
Alliances become possible after developing the Civil Service civic. You can only enter an Alliance with a nation you're Declared Friends with.
Allies automatically share Open Borders. This means you can see everything their cities and units see. Besides, you can make Research Agreements and Defensive Pacts. You cannot take hostile action against an Ally.
New Alliance mechanics since Rise and Fall Expansion Pack Edit
In Rise and Fall, Alliances have been greatly expanded and now present much greater possibilities.
There are now five different types of Alliances: Research, Military, Economic, Cultural, and Religious, each of which has its own specific benefits. As the alliance continues over time, its benefits will increase! Maintaining an Alliance with a player (it doesn't matter which one exactly) accrues Alliance Points over time, and when enough points have been gathered, your Alliance level with this players increases. There are three levels, each one offering more powerful benefits which stack with the earlier ones. You can speed up Alliance point accumulation by sending or receiving Trade Routes from your ally, or by using specific Policies.
Each alliance type is unique; that means that each nation may maintain a particular type of Alliance with only one other nation at a time. For example, if you intend to enter into a Cultural Alliance with civilization A, you cannot do so if either you or they already have a Cultural Alliance with a third party. You will either have to wait until the Alliances expire, or choose a different Alliance type.
Another difference with vanilla Civilization VI is that allies don't automatically gain Shared visibility. You still gain visibility on units, but territorial visibility will only enter into effect in other circumstances (for example when reaching level 2 of a Military Alliance, or whenever participating in an Emergency). Also, Allies now automatically sign a Defensive Pact to come to each other's aid in case a third nation opens hostilities against either one (And Defensive Pacts cannot be signed outside Alliances anymore).
This system encourages entering into Alliances and maintaining them for as long as possible - this way you will be able to build up trust with your partner nation and level up the Alliance to reap its greatest benefits! What's more, in Gathering Storm each active Alliance gives you +1 Diplomatic Favor/turn, which could turn into a major boost of a nation's diplomatic power, especially in earlier ages.
Of course, in order to maintain Alliances you will have to avoid offending your partner, let alone declaring war on them. Remember that Alliances are only possible if you're on the friendliest of terms with a particular leader!
Alliance benefits Edit
|Type of Alliance
|Level 1
|Level 2
|Level 3
|Research Alliance
|Cultural Alliance
|Economic Alliance
|Military Alliance
|Religious Alliance
Research Agreement Edit
Nations who enter a Research Agreement collectively research a technology which both have unlocked but neither has acquired yet. Once the research is completed, both nations gain a boost for this technology. If any of them discovers the technology before the joint research is completed, the other immediately gains the boost and the agreement is terminated. The duration of research agreements depends on the combined Science output of both nations.
Research Agreements become available after researching Scientific Theory, but only for nations that are either Declared Friends or Allies.
Research Agreements are particularly lucrative for nations that lag behind technologically and befriend or ally with a more technologically advanced nation.
While an existing Research Agreement is in progress it is not possible to start another one with the same nation. Think carefully about which technology you want to get when making the agreement.
In Rise and Fall, Research Agreements have been phased out and replaced with Research Alliances.
Defensive Pact Edit
In the latest stages of the game, after developing Mobilization, it becomes possible for Allied players to sign Defensive Pacts. When a rival Declares war on one of the signatories, the other signatory enters the war automatically to defend the one that received the war declaration. Defensive pacts are very useful for players with a weak military and a powerful ally.
Note that Defensive Pacts don't force an ally to participate in 'aggressive' wars! For example, if the member of an alliance declares war on a third party (instead of being the target of a declaration of war by a third party), his allies will not automatically declare war on it! Also, Emergencies do not trigger defensive pacts; they are considered events outside of the normal diplomatic scope.
In Rise and Fall Defensive Pacts turn into an integral part of Alliances and don't exist as separate agreements anymore. Allies now sign automatically a Defensive pact and are obligated to come to each other's aid. Note that the above conditions about when pacts are triggered or not still apply.
Warfare Edit
As usual in a Civilization game, war can be declared, guns will start firing, cities will start burning and the innocent will cry for the greed and ambition of their leaders! If they are still alive, that is. But this has some consequences...
- Main article: Warmongering (Civ6)
Warmongering, in the context of Civilization VI, means going to war often. It is a characteristic of each leader that evolves throughout the game as they engage in wars more or less frequently, for a solid reason, or for pure greed and bloodlust. It is also one of the most important factors that affect relationships between leaders! Warmongers receive penalties in their relationships with other leaders (except in the case of leaders who like warmongering, like Alexander).
The Warmongering system is quite complex, and you would do well to get acquainted with it in the main article.
Grievances in Gathering Storm Edit
- Main article: Grievances (Civ6)
Grievances replace the old warmongering system in Gathering Storm. They much more logically implement the individual interactions between any two leaders, and how the world looks on them. Instead of individual transgressions only affecting individual relationships, and going to war affecting one's image before all other leaders, now they are combined in one whole system, in which previous transgressions between two leaders may actually justify going to war in the eyes of the world, even without using Casus Belli. For more information, visit the main article.
Casus BelliEdit
- Main article: Casus Belli (Civ6)
Surprise Wars are wars you start without any warning. With a surprise war you can surprise your enemy or even backstab a peaceful neighbor. However, this will enrage other leaders against you.
However, it is possible to wage war in a more civilized way. The new Casus Belli are situations that justify wars in the eyes of others (at least to a degree) and can be used to reduce potential diplomatic penalties. For more on them, visit the main article.
Diplomatic Victory and the World Congress Edit
- Main article: World Congress (Civ6)
In Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, the World Congress reenters the game, giving leaders a new platform for interactions, giving the game a major new bonus/malus system, and enabling a nation to achieve a brand new (although well-known from previous games) type of victory: the Diplomatic Victory. Diplomatic Favor, a new 'currency' for diplomatic endeavors has also been introduced, and will be the main vehicle to influence voting in the World Congress, and thus to aid the quest for Diplomatic Victory.
Related achievementsEdit
Adamantine Confederacy
As Poundmaker, have an active Alliance of every type
Achieve the maximum Alliance level with Gilgamesh
Secret Service
Have top secret access with five civilizations in one game at once.


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Found this online a couple of days ago. Really great for people who don't require the additional features of Pandora One and don't like to have a tab open on a browser just to keep Pandora on. It's been working really well so far with the exception of an occasional bug. If you're interested in helping out, the project's git is here: https://github.com/HermesApp/Hermes
Just installed and using it now. It threw errors a handful of times before it actually connected to Pandora. But I love the simple interface.
I would probably look into a name change to avoid any possible legal action from @Hermes_Paris (The Designer Handbag Company). Thoughts?
@pmlonglamoureux I doubt there's going to be any confusion between a tech company and a fashion company.
@thejeremycarson this is true but was just curios in regards to nay trademark or copyright laws... not a laywer do do not know how that would be in a cast like this.
Nice find! Saw it last week on github while looking for a desktop pandora app, but hermesapp.org was down. Noticed the Hermes repo was updated 4 days ago 🤘


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New Delhi: Nitish Kumar met President Pranab Mukherjee to convey the support of 130 MLAs. Kumar, who was accompanied by JD(U) President Sharad Yadav, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, took the 130 MLAs to the President's House to show that he enjoys majority support in the state Assembly. "The President heard all the issues and at the end said that we will look into the matter," Kumar said when asked about Mukherjee's reaction. Meanwhile, in an apparent setback to Nitish Kumar, the Patna High Court on February 11, virtually stayed his recognition as the leader of the JD(U) Legislature Party in place of Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.
"We intend to examine the legal implication of the letter issued by in-charge Secretary of Assembly (recognising Nitish Kumar as leader of JD(U) Legislature Party) so that the letter should have no legal consequences for a decision by the Governor," a HC bench said in its order on February 11. The court said it would hear the matter againt.The division bench comprising Chief Justice L N Reddy and Justice Vikash Jain gave the direction on a PIL filed by JD(U) MLA Rajeshwar Raj, who is siding with Manjhi.
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Gorgeous Condo, 1st Floor MBR, Beautiful Setting!
- Condominium
- Status: Sold
- 6 Total Rooms
- 2 Bedrooms
- 2 Full Bathrooms
- 1 Half Bathrooms
- Est. Square Footage: 2,053
- Est. Above Grade Sq Ft: 2,053
- Garage Size: 2.5
- Garage Type: Attached
- Est. Year Built: 2002
- Condo Name: Briarwood at Fiddler
- Condo Fees Include: Common Area Insur., Replacement Reserve, Snow Removal
- Misc Interior: Cable TV Available, Central Vacuum, Gas Fireplace, High Speed Internet Available, In-Unit Laundry, Kitchen Island, Loft, Pantry, Patio/Porch, Private Entry, Vaulted Ceiling, Walk-in Closet(s), Wood or Sim. Wood Floors
- School District: Waukesha
- County: Waukesha
- Postal Municipality: Waukesha
- Listing Company: Shorewest - Brookfield-Waukesha
- Price/SqFt: $158
Property Description
415 Meadowdale Dr, Waukesha, WI 53188-3945 - Stunning, private, end unit condo loaded with upgrades in a beautiful setting! Quality built by Regency and impeccably maintained by the owners. This townhouse style condo with a first floor master bedroom functions like a ranch. A spacious open floor plan, recently refinished hardwood floors (2019), neutral hues, iron staircase balusters(2018) and custom draperies(2018) create a warm and inviting home. The gourmet kitchen offers granite counters, lower cabinets and a pantry with pull-out shelving, custom back splash, snack bar, stainless steel appliances (2015), an island and access to the patio! A switch-controlled gas fireplace in the great room is perfect for ambiance and relaxation. Southern exposure, volume ceilings and an abundance of windows bathe the interior in natural light. The master suite features a vaulted ceiling, remodeled bathroom and a walk-in closet. A half bath and laundry room complete the first floor. A second bedroom suite upstairs offers a walk-in closet, a second closet and an updated bathroom. The den and loft add more living space! Huge basement for storage, workout area or the option to add more living space. Soak up the sun while surrounded by nature on the private patio. Pella windows installed in 2012. This condo has the unique distinction of having a walking path and a nearby park. Offering ease and harmony at home; I-94 and access to shopping, the owners of this condo will be only minutes from where they need to go!
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- Living Rm: 20.0 x 13.0
- Kitchen: 17.0 x 12.0
- Dining Rm: 15.0 x 10.0
- Laundry Rm: 8.0 x 7.0
- Master BR: 19.0 x 12.0
- Full Baths: 1
- Half Baths: 1
- Family Rm: 12.0 x 10.0
- Loft: 9.0 x 9.0
- BR 2: 16.0 x 11.0
- Full Baths: 1
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Suddenly Saturday
5 comments:
- Unknown said...
You HAVE had a busy week!
We got some very similar news this week, and would love to talk to you more. It is so hard when news can be such a blessing to one family member, but hard on another. email@example.com is my email if you ever want to talk.
- October 17, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Adeye said...
Oh my goodness, you HAVE had a busy week. Crazy!
Happy house cleaning. Joy! :)
- October 17, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Andrea Hill said...
What a week for you. I know what you mean about having to work like a horse and not wanting their job. I don't envy those people either. When you are in love and commited to your family, its bad enough you have to work but to be exhausted from work makes it that much harder I think. I hope your N is hanging in there this weekend with daddy being gone. I bet that was pretty sad on E's part and even making you sad. YOu often wonder what these little guys still remember.
- October 17, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- LisaShaw said...
Praying for you and your family dear one and the business you are all experiencing and the various changes at home and work. I also am praying for you all to remain healthy and well in Jesus Name.
I love you. You're an inspiration!
- October 19, 2009 at 10:39 PM
- Our journey following Christ said...
Wow, I'm surprised the agency would contact you with the family contact info. I thought that was sort of against their policy??
How cool, though that they gave you the choice whether you want contact or not.
Wish we did.
- October 21, 2009 at 12:24 PM


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Popular singer Tom Petty passed away recently after a highly successful career. One of Petty's most loved songs was titled 'I Won't Back Down'. It says:
Well, I won't back down.
No, I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell,
But I won't back down
While Tom Petty was probably singing about the human challenges he had to face, the Apostle Paul says something similar regarding the spiritual battles we face as God's children. He says, "Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand." (Ephesians 6:13). The imagery is that of a well-trained soldier, planting his feet firmly on the battle field and refusing to back down. In other words, Paul may be saying, 'don't back down'. Ever!
The senseless shootings at a church in Texas and others disasters, bear witness to the fact that we live in dangerous times. It is at a time like this that the church of Jesus Christ and individual Christians should stand firm, find renewed hope, minister to the hurting and refuse to back down.


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I love to follow success stories as that gives me a boost to work more and be active as much as I can. I also study their course plan and analyze what made them to stay separate in the crowd. Hence I started this Success stories series and I am really enjoying it. If you want to know about the previous episode please do click here
This week we are going to meet a special person who is behind the "Muslimah Bloggers Group" She is a force behind in bringing almost every muslim blogger under one roof. I always admire her dedication towards the work she does. Such a sweet person to have a chat with. So Today I am presenting Fozia Shah over here. She is very helpful and sweet person by heart. Check out what she Says about Blogging and her Journey!
Could you tell us about your life before Muslimah Bloggers and Muslim Mummy?
Prior to starting blogging I studied Law and then completed my legal practice course. I worked with a solicitor for a short while, however didn't complete a 2 year training contract so never fully qualified as a solicitor.I then found a job with Citizens Advice Bureau and worked with them for 9 years before being made redundant. It was during my time at Citizens Advice, after the birth of my first child I discovered blogging.
Could you say what inspired you to start blogging and who inspired you a lot?
I first found out about blogging through a lady (who no longer blogs) when she contacted me through a website for mums. She had a mummy blog but to be honest that didn't initially really interest me much. A friend then suggested I start a blog about my work because at that time I was going into prison to advice prisoners. I started it but as I hated working in prison I didn't want to come home and then write about it. Plus I had to be very careful about confidentiality issues. I then decided to start a 'mummy' blog……more as a bit of a joke initially…but alhamdulilah it just took off. So on that basis there wasn't anyone specific that actually inspired me in the blogging world as I didn't know much about blogging then.
How did you narrow down to this name?
In all honesty the name isn't very creative! I couldn't think of anything more original then…and I never thought I would end up blogging this long so it just kind of stayed as Muslim Mummy.
What inspired you to create a group for Muslimah Bloggers?
Once I properly got into blogging I thought I was unique as I was a Muslim Mum Blogger….but eventually after googling a bit I realised there were lots of Muslim blogs out there and not just mum ones. However, unlike other blogging communities I had seen there were none specifically for Muslimah's so it was hard to find each other. So I decided to set up a community where we could help and support each other.
How do you balance your career with your parenting?
At the moment I don't really have a career…my blogging is more a hobby and the Muslimah Bloggers community is voluntary. But when I was working I was only working part time and I got a lot of help from my parents. The blogging could be done in the evening and at that time I used to sleep late so it was easy to get any blog posts done before bed.
Could you share with us the challenges you met in setting up the blog/ and the group
There was no real problem with the blog but there was some with the group. I wanted the group to be a community, where people came to help and support each other. However a lot of members just wanted to share their posts; I did not want the group to become somewhere to simply link drop. This did lead to some confrontation with some members about the purpose of the group if they couldn't share. That then pushed me to get moving on a proper website (which I had already been thinking about) and the share threads were started.
Please do share with us the highest/happiest moment which is a memorable one in this journey
I can't really pinpoint anything specific but what really makes me happy is when others reach out to me to say thank you and their appreciate what I share. I often post some personal things like how I am struggling with hijab/religion/family and the number of messages I get saying 'thank you for being honest and real' and saying 'it's made them realise they are not alone' reminds me why I share things and that it is benefiting others.
Do you think Muslim Mom Bloggers are increasingly seen as a useful resource as opposed to just a group of hobbyists?
With the rise of social media then yes I think companies and others are beginning to see Muslim Mom Bloggers as a useful resource. Other parents are getting ideas from bloggers about activities for their children and free downloadable resources aswell. Companies are also beginning to see the value in collaborating with bloggers.
Have you ever started to write a post and then abandoned it.
Oh many times….I think I have a few sitting in my drafts right now. It is not because they are controversial or anything…simply because I am lacking the time these days and priorities are changing.
Do you follow a rhythm or a schedule in writing the blogposts?
Not really. As I see my blog more of a hobby that I sometimes have the opportunity to monetise, I have stopped stressing about a schedule. The only posts I do follow a schedule with now are my Project 365 and my Monthly Gratitude posts. The rest are just fitted in as and when I have time.
Do you find it hard to get your voice heard in the crowded blogosphere?
It can be hard. Blogging has changed since I first started and there are so many more bloggers. However if your content is of good quality and you take the time to promote it, it will be seen.
Many say that blogging is dead thanks to other micro-blogging avenues like Instagram,Twitter and others.
As the owner of a traditional blog, how would you respond to that?
I don't think blogs will ever die…and I think it is dangerous to rely solely on other platforms. If tomorrow those platforms go then all your work is gone. Traditional blogs will always have a place in the blogosphere.
What tips do you have for other Muslim bloggers?
Apart from the usual, don't get caught up in the numbers game etc etc, my advise specifically for Muslim bloggers is never undervalue yourself when collaborating specifically with companies and Muslim companies. Bloggers can be a powerful tool when it comes to marketing their products and although I am all for supporting Muslim companies and products for a lot of bloggers their blogs is their income, just like for the companies their product is their income. Unfortunately some Muslim companies use the line' 'for the sake of Allah (swt)' to get you to share things for free and feel just because you are Muslim you should help them for free. I am not saying you can't for free as I have done in the past…but if you are relying on your blog as your income then do not feel pressured into it.
Also if you are specifically writing about Islam, with the rise of Islamophobia be prepared to potentially get trolls leaving comments….never let it affect you.
Jazakillah Khair Sr. Fozia for sharing your journey. Your insights and wonderful advice are most valuable.
Do you need help in blogging? You can very well join our Muslimah Bloggers group on Facebook.
Let me know your thoughts and comments below, and don't forget to look out for the next installment of 'The Mommies Around ME'!
You can very well show her some love at her instagram handle Muslim Mummy
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Rumours have been running wild regarding Lady Gaga and her new album 'ARTPOP'. The controversial and always creative/entertaining singer has now unveiled the first single from her new album will be called 'Applause' and has released cover art for it as well.
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Responsive Images in Hugo with Cloudflare Image Resizing
Over the past week and a half, I've been thinking a lot about responsive image handling. Before migrating this blog to Hugo late last year, I never had to think much about responsive images becaues WordPress took care of all of that. Hugo doesn't make any assumptions, which is both a good and bad thing. On one side, building a custom responsive image handling system in Hugo allows for a lot of flexibility, and personally speaking, I love working with Hugo's templating system. On the other hand, the lack of an "off the shelf" solution like WordPress' responsive image handling often leave me with a sense of "am I doing this right" – mostly because my development skills are still intermediate on a good day.
I ignored responsive images for a while because I thought I didn't need them. For most of 2018 and 2019, my posts were text-heavy with an occasional sprinkling of images. Now that my life is in a more stable place, I've been wanting to get back into photography and share my photos. With that in mind, I spent last weekend building a four-image gallery shortcode that looks like this.
At full-width, each image in the gallery is 720 pixels wide. I process and upload my images with a width of 1920 pixels. It doesn't make sense to serve such a large image when the maximum pixel size required is 1440 (720 x 2) pixels for 2x DPI displays. I intially thought about generating various thumbnail sizes for all my images, but then I rememebered that managing image sizes was one of the things I hated most about WordPress. Instead, I decided to put my Cloudflare business plan to its full potential and enabled the "image resizing" feature.
Cloudflare image resizing works by prepending an endpoint to your images. Here are two URLs – a normal image URL, and a Cloudflare image resizing URL.
/* Normal URL */
/* Cloudflare Image Resizing URL */
As you can see, the Cloudflare URL is made up of 4 parts.
- Cloudflare Zone - https://brianli.com
- Image Resizing Endpoint - /cdn/image
- Image Resizing Sedttings - /fit=contain…width=1920
- Original Image URL - https://cdn.brianli.com…jpg
Implementing Cloudflare Image Resizing in Hugo
First, I turned on the image resizing feature in the Cloudflare dashboard. I left "resize images from any origin" unchecked because I only need image resizing on two domains (brianli.com and cdn.brianli.com) – note that subdomains do not count as a non-origin domain. If I understand correctly, turning on the "any origin" feature would allow anyone to use your image resizing endpoint to process images – not a good idea since image resizing is a billable feature.
To add Cloudflare image resizing to my Hugo site, I had to make some changes to my image shortcode. Specifically, I had to add the
srcset HTML attribute to define different sizes for my images. First, I made a Hugo partial to store my Cloudflare image resizing settings. For more information on the various parameteres (fit, format, etc.), please refer to Cloudflare's official documentation.
/* Cloudflare Image Resizing Settings */
Next I added the following
srcset to my image shortcode template. For each image size, it calls
images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html, and appends the Cloudflare width setting, image file path, and image width.
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=1400/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 1400w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=1366/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 1366w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=1280/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 1280w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=1200/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 1200w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=1024/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 1024w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=1000/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 1000w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=800/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 800w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=768/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 768w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=600/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 600w,
{{ partial "images/cloudflare/cf_image_resizing_settings.html" . }}width=400/{{ .Site.Params.cdnurl }}uploads/{{ .Get "src" }} 400w
Cloudflare Image Resizing in Practice
After integrating the
srcset attribute, I was eager to see if I had set everything up correctly. I pushed my site to live, and proceeded to do some testing with various devices. Surprisingly enough, everything worked without any additional tweaks. For example, a test image on desktop resolves to this URL (1920 px), while viewing the same image on my iPhone X resolved to this URL (1000 px).
The comparison chart below shows the performance benefits of Cloudflare image resizing. The initial size of the 1920 px test image was 348 KB. With Cloudflare image resizing, the file size dropped to 220 KB. Lastly, since I specified
format-auto in my image resizing settings, WEBP-compatible browsers like Google Chrome and Brave were served an image weighing in at 135 KB.
For this particular test, Cloudflare didn't resize the dimensions of the image, but still managed to reduce the file size dramatically by stripping metadata and reducing quality to 70 for JPEGs. The WEBP compression, which resulted in a 61% decrease in file size was especially impressive. I'd expect to see an even bigger difference on mobile devices where resizing of the physical image dimensions would come into play as well.
Without a doubt, I can say that Cloudflare image resizing is a great product if you're looking for fast and reliable edge image processing. I'm not sure if I'll keep Cloudflare image resizing over the long term – mainly because I may move away from my business plan in the future. With that said, I'm now a huge proponent of image processing at the edge. For my use case, it makes sense because I hate the storage bloat of maintaining multiple image sizes on-server. In the future, I may take a look at other similar products like Cloudinary and Netlify image transformation. For now, I am very happy with Cloudflare image resizing and the performance improvements it brings to my blog.


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Sorry I received the approval only tonight for this afternoon. I Will try to contact you next Time into two week for another Sunday. See you. Florence
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Unless you've lived in complete isolation for the last decade, you are familiar with the term millennial. Millennials are the generation born between 1980 and 2000 and right now, they are the majority of our workforce!
This is reason enough to learn more about them and to adapt your management to this generation.
Here are some facts and tips we believe you need to know if you want to work with millennials.
They respect structure, but appreciate flexibility
Millennials like having a certain structure. This means that they like to have precise deadlines and sets of rules, but not to the point where they don't have any freedom left.
Tip: Provide them what they need and get amazing results! You should set clear deadlines, but make sure that they have enough time to do the task at hand. You should give structure and demand structure, so that everyone is happy and does everything on time.
They appreciate diversity
Millennials are used to meeting new people, travelling and working in diverse teams. They are open to collaborating in ways that other generations didn't necessarily want.
Tip: Create a positive work environment and create diverse teams! In order to get the best results from your employees, why not group them in teams that feel right for them!
Millenials are eager to learn
They are a generation that believes in working on yourself, making yourself better and learning throughout your career. This makes them great employees as they are willing to pick up new skills along the way.
Tip: Invest in them, but ask for more responsibility in return. What you should do is invest in your employees, give them opportunities to learn and grow in new ways. This will make them more loyal and will provide them with new motivation, which is why you can expect more responsibility on their part as well.
They network and are overall well-connected
They are always on their phones, they have a strong social media presence and know their way around technology.
Tip: You can really use this to your advantage. What can be better than having employees that know how to manage your social media accounts! You can also expect them to help out with growing your customer base, managing emails and so much more!
It's not difficult managing millennials, it's just different. Millennials can bring new ideas and new strengths to your business, as long as you know how to appreciate their skill sets. They are open to learning, you should be too! If you want to learn more about business, check out Casper Ravn-Sørensen's blog.


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As a sales rep of a software lead, you probably experience rejection on a daily basis. Hearing "I'm not interested with your software product" when you call prospects, having a promising opportunity inexplicably dry up, losing a major deal to a competitor — I could keep going, but it's already getting pretty gloomy in here. So to identify and mend the rejection, we have cited some researches to make your sales day on progress. Continue reading
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Study Visit: Study Visit 'Local Youth Work meets Youth Care' – in Dutch!
Location: Amsterdam & Uden, Netherlands
Dates: 17-19 June 2019
Participating countries: 15
Organizer: JINT (NA BE-FL) & NJI (NA NL) (National Agency)
Deadline to apply: 5 May 2019
Date Of Selection: 9 May 2019
Apply here: Application Form.
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This project is financed by the participating NAs of the Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme Belgium-FL and the Netherlands. The participation fee is € 50.
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Study Visit 'Local Youth Work meets Youth Care' – in Dutch:
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During this bilateral study visit, youth workers, social workers, local youth services and policymakers from Belgium-FL will explore how youth work, youth welfare and youth care are organized on a local level in the Netherlands.
This bilateral study visit is in DUTCH and only open for participants from Belgium-Flanders!
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– how youth work, youth welfare and youth care are organized on the local level;
– what the role of local municipalities in this is and how local partners co-operate;
– how free time is guaranteed for young people in youth care.
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In a less-than-surprising move, shareholders of both satellite-radio companies on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the companies' plan to merge with one another. XM Satellite Radio announced that 99.8 percent of its shareholders had voted to uphold the merger, while Sirius shareholders voted 96 percent in favor.
With one hurdle cleared other, higher ones remain, specifically the scrutiny of the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice. Analysts quoted by several media outlets have indicated in recent weeks that chances are increasing for final approval.
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Some of you may have done the amazing trek to the ancient walled city of Lo Manthang, in the restricted area of Upper Mustang. Perhaps as you strolled around the narrow streets of the city (which takes about 7 minutes to cross, so hardly qualifies as a city in western terms), you may have seen a simple wooden door set in one of the stone walls, bearing the sign "Lo Kunfen Mensikhang and School", and vaguely wondered what that was all about.
If you had ventured behind the door you would have stepped into a traditional courtyard, overlooked by a balcony, behind which 24 local children study classical Tibetan and medical texts, memorising huge tracts of complex material, in order to fulfill the ambition of becoming an Amchi, or traditional doctor of Tibetan medicine. These children have been given a very special opportunity, thanks to the vision of the two Bista brothers – Amchi Gyatso and his younger brother Lama / Amchi Tenzin. With the support of their main donors, a small British charity called KINOE (Kids in Need Of Education), and other friends and supporters who have given smaller amounts of money and different items, such as solar lighting, books, and machines for grinding herbs and making herbal medicines, the two Amchis are working to maintain the tradition of Tibetan medicine, which has served the residents of this remote district for generations.
The students are all from local families in Lo Manthang and the surrounding villages, except for one boy from the neighbouring district of Dolpo. Some are from extremely poor families, and could never afford to go to school if their costs were not paid by the donor or by sponsors. None are wealthy. Thus the school fulfills a triple objective of keeping a local tradition alive, providing a much needed medical service to the local population and providing an education and opportunity for a worthwhile career to children from poor families. An important factor is that the children are able to remain in their home area for most of the year, those from the city still live at home, but those from farther away, who need to board, are still able to see their families regularly. Thus they remain in touch with their own culture, which is almost more pure Tibetan than Tibet itself, since its remoteness has ensured little influence from outside.
If you had visited the school in the early morning, you would have been treated to the wonderful melodious sounds of the students chanting their morning prayers – a truly moving experience. Their ages range from around 10 to 17 years, and almost 50% are girls. After assembly, they move into the small classrooms, where they study Nepali, English and maths, in addition to the classical Tibetan and medical texts. Some afternoons you may see them out on the dry rocky hillsides gathering herbs for making medicines, or working in the experimental garden just outside the city wall, where they are experimenting with the cultivation of herbs under different conditions, to supplement the limited supplies of naturally growing herbs, and thus avoid their depletion. If you had spent time talking with the senior students, you would surely have been impressed with their dedication and motivation, although they will acknowledge that they never expected the course to be quite so tough. Meanwhile, when not teaching, Gyatso or Tenzin will be taking consultations in the small clinic, prescribing pills, herbal teas and other medications to sick people, who may have travelled for many hours, even from Tibet. The two brothers are highly respected locally, as they come from a long line of Amchis, their family having served the Royal family for many generations.
Tibetan medicine is based on the herbs and natural products of Tibet, and has existed in some form for thousands of years. It is a rigorous discipline, requiring years of hard study to attain mastery of the Gyud Shi, the Four Medical Treatises, augmented by other texts and clinical practice under the tutelage of a master. Diagnosis is by pulse and urine analysis, and treatments are based on the Amchi's assessment of the functions of the three "humours": wind, bile, and phlegm. Imbalance of these is considered to be the cause of disease, and total health is understood as a relationship between mind, body and physical environment. This holistic approach combines the body's need for physical wellness with the quest for spiritual balance and mental peace. The teachings of Buddha are considered to be the foundation of Tibetan medicine, and it is written that the historical Buddha spent four years studying medicine, before sharing his knowledge with his disciples. In addition to medical skills, a qualified amchi must also have knowledge of religious philosophy, astrology, and traditional art-work.
During the harsh winter months, when many of the local population go out to India or lowland Nepal to earn a small amount of cash to supplement their basic agricultural activities, the school migrates down to Pokhara for 3 months, where they rent a modest house set amid rice fields, to serve as both home and classrooms. The children were initially fascinated to see the lake and boats, both quite new to them, though they admit to missing their families, and are glad to return to Mustang for the summer.
Amchi Gyatso is also the current Chairman of the Himalayan Amchi Association, which works to preserve and develop Tibetan medicine, through networking, research and teaching activities. They receive support from WWF and other donors, and are in contact with renowned Tibetan doctors from as far afield as Lhasa and Dharamsala. This year 11 of the senior Lo Kunfen students have had the opportunity to follow a one-month teaching with a distinguished Amchi from Chagpori Tibetan medical institute in Darjeeling (established in 1992 based on famous ancient Chagpori Institute in Lhasa). Gyatso was delighted when they took all the top places in the course exam, out of over 30 students. It is particularly inspiring to see the motivation and active participation of the girls, who are proud to be pioneers in a context where very few women become Amchis.
The school has only been running for 3 years, and the agreement from the donors is limited to a further 3 years. By keeping things simple and local, the Bista brothers try to keep expenses down, so that they can cover the costs of the students fully, no fees are charged, although those who are able bring some of their own staple food and fuel. In the same way, in keeping with tradition, no fees are charged for the services of the clinic. Clients may donate as they feel able, in cash or kind, but there is no obligation. In the longer term, the school needs to generate a more sustainable income and become independent, through sponsorship of students, and other small income generating activities, and this will be a tough challenge.
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What exactly causes the e to move? And on that how exactly are they moving?
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There is a charge difference between the 2 cells. Because there is a high concentration of electrons in the anode, it wants to reach equilibrium and move towards the low concentration of electrons in the cathode. It does this through the wire connecting the 2 cells, as the metals allows for the flow of electrons.
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The electrons move in order to reach their lowest point of free energy, meaning that if there is a release of free energy with the redox reaction, it will be spontaneous. This is why dG and E can be connected through Faraday's constant and the number of moles of electrons. The electrons move through metal, as metals have the low electronegativity that allows for electrons to flow through without becoming associated with any one atom.
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I thought it was the cathode's electron pulling potential since it is undergoing reduction. Is this wrong??
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The Trump administration has targeted an Obama-era rule cutting mercury pollution from coal power plants, saying the costs of the regulation "grossly" outweighs the benefits to human health and the environment.
Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US have proposed going back on a previous endorsement of limits on mercury pollution.
Under former President Barack Obama, the US enacted Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS) in 2011 which forced coal-fired power plants to cut mercury output. The industry has since mostly complied with the regulation; some plants were shut down while other locations upgraded their equipment to cut pollution.
On Friday, the EPA said the 2011 rule will stay in place. However, the agency proposed it was not "appropriate and necessary" to regulate these emissions "because the costs of such regulation grossly outweigh the quantified […] benefits."
The agency's reassessment of an earlier 2016 endorsement showed that complying with MATS cost the government between $7.4 billion to $9.6 billion (€6.5 billion to €8.4 billion) every year, but only brought in up to $6 million in measurable health benefits.
Read more: Trump administration plans to roll back coal regulations
Brain damage, learning disabilities and birth defects
In arguing for the limits, environmentalists have pointed at unquantifiable benefits such as reduced health care costs, cleaner air and cleaner water. Mercury can cause brain damage, learning disabilities and birth defects in children, as well as problems for women during pregnancy.
"The policy [acting EPA head] Andrew Wheeler and [President] Donald Trump proposed today means more pregnant women, young children and the elderly will be exposed to deadly neurotoxins and poisons, just so wealthy coal and oil barons can make a few extra bucks," Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign Director Mary Anne Hitt said in a statement.
"Virtually every coal plant in the US has already met this lifesaving standard, and now Trump is recklessly trying to roll it back," she said.
Wheeler, a noted former lobbyist for coal energy companies, was chosen by Trump as acting EPA administrator after Wheeler's predecessor, Scott Pruitt, was forced out over several embezzling scandals in July.
'Defeat from the jaws of victory'
Coal power plants are the single biggest source of mercury pollution in America, accounting for nearly half of mercury pollution in 2015, according to a recent study published by Harvard University's School of Public Health.
Senator Tom Carper, the ranking Democrat on the US Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee, spoke out against the move.
The EPA has "decided to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory" after the successful cleanup of toxins from the country's coal-plant smokestacks, Carper said.
The EPA said it would take comments on its proposal for the next 60 days and hold at least one public hearing before making a final ruling.
Friday's move was the latest step in an effort to roll back dozens of Obama-era pollution limits. Former EPA air-quality official Janet McCabe said the proposal was part of "the quiet dismantling of the regulatory framework" for the federal government's environmental protections.
Even though the proposal was made public during the holiday season and one week into the US government shutdown "this low-key announcement shouldn't fool anyone — it is a big deal, with significant implications," she said.
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