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Contemporary Iconology and African Sacred Symbols
Sophia Oduol, 2011
The awareness of the power of iconography in communication can be traced back to the earliest civilizations of mankind. Production of type was through scratch marks made on flat surfaces using sharp objects. Twentieth century records show well developed type from Mesopotamia, Chinese calligraphy, Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Phoenician alphabet. How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions? Polly Toynbee (1947).
Contemporary Iconography is significant because it brings attention to civilization within the African continent. African countries have sacred letters and symbols that have been used to communicate written messages. Many of these remain undiscovered by the mainstream theorists. Saki Mafundikwa in his book 'afrikan alphabets', has made presentations on African letterforms, and he continues to unearth innovative and little understood symbols. This paper aims to explore how the Ancient African sacred writings have been reborn in to contemporary iconology. The study is placed in the context of the history, meaning, deciphering and transformation of Iconography. A conceptual framework is constructed, based on critical theory from arts disciplines, notably from the history of African Sacred symbols from the Igbos and the Adinkra. The icon is a primary denotation or representation. Iconology is an interpretation that calls on the unconscious. Intermingling of the icon and the African sacred symbols is considered.
This paper finds that written communication has now transformed into informal, colloquial icons, where everyday communication can occur through a sign rather than speaking. These signs are conclusively a replica of ancient African sacred symbols. The visual framework reveals a changing iconology where symbols may be discerned. An iconology is suggested of dreamlike connotations and magical powers in the collective unconscious. The study provides a model which may be applied to visual aspects of iconology. It would benefit from an assessment of readership impact. The analysis is of interest to design researchers, practitioners and trainees. It illuminates the ways in which contemporary iconology interacts with African sacred symbols and conveys intangible values that may not be reflected in our modern day lives.
Iconography, according to Dictionary.com is a symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images, the subject matter in the visual arts, especially with reference to the conventions regarding the treatment of a subject in artistic representation. Iconology then studies or analyses subject matter and its meaning in the visual arts.
Iconography as an academic art historical discipline is believed to have developed in the nineteenth-century in the works of scholars such as Adolphe Napoleon Didron, Anton Heinrich Springer, and Émile Mâle, all specialists in Christian religious art, which was the main focus of study in this period, in which French scholars were especially prominent. Erwin Panofsky for instance, codified an influential approach to iconography in his 1939 Studies in Iconology. He defined it as "the branch of the history of art which concerns itself with the subject matter or meaning of works of art, as opposed to form,"
The term is also believed to have originated from the Greek word ikon meaning image. An icon in religion for instance, was a picture of Christ used as an object of devotion in the orthodox Greek Church from at least the seventh century on. Thus icons have come to be attached to any symbol that holds a special meaning to it. Artists used iconography in a range of types to convey particular meanings. In Christian religious paintings, images such as the lamb represented Christ...
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Automakers the globe over are touting the benefits of building cars from high-strength steel these days—with more models than ever using the advanced material towards reduced weight, improved handling, a more comfortable ride and more crash-ready structures.
Hyundai is among those automakers, and not only do they lay claim to being the only one that manufactures their own steel, but they're also on a vigorous product line expansion and refresh that'll use their house brand of Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) to create a slew of new and updated models that ride, perform, crash, and handle better than ever before.
We had a chance to test drive the brand's latest and greatest to review and highlight their character, with a particular focus on the benefits of high-strength steel. This program took place at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP), a facility surrounded by beautiful country roads and equipped with numerous race tracks, an autocross course, and an off-road test trail. This year, Hyundai demonstrated numerous car and crossover models, including the Santa Fe, all-new Genesis, and all-new Sonata, on the road, on the track, and in a challenging off-road setting that likely exceeds the severity in which an owner would commonly operate their new sports ute.
The all-new Sonata Sport 2.0T started the day. As with the all-new Genesis, the Sonata features an extremely rigid frame structure built of a whopping 51 percent high-strength steel made by Hyundai's in-house steel manufacturing facility. The ride feels solid, dense and robust – with comfort and noise levels on par with a premium vehicle. Your writer spent extensive time at the wheel of the new Acura TLX last month, and noted its extremely creamy-smooth and very quiet ride, enabled largely by the use of an advanced, high-stiffness frame. This new Sonata feels and drives almost identically.
I spoke with Chris Roche, the Body Structure Manager at Hyundai America Technical Centre Inc. (HATCHI) in Michigan, to learn a bit more about high-strength steel, and how Hyundai will be using it.
2014 Hyundai Veloster Turbo, 2014 Hyundai Elantra Coupe, 2015 Hyundai Sonata Sport. Click image to enlarge
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JP: Many manufacturers are starting to tout the use of high-strength steel in their products these days. Is there a main reason it's becoming so popular?
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Filed under: Artificial Intelligence, Brave New World, Connections, NPR, Predictions, Science, Science Fiction, tech | Tags: blogging, Communion of Dreams, jim downey, Joe Palca, John von Neumann, microbots, NPR, origami, predictions, robotics, science, Science Fiction, self-replicating machines, technology, video
nor even a simple 'microbot' from Communion of Dreams, but still, this is pretty cool and could lead to either of those technologies:
Transformer Paper Turns Itself Into A Robot. Cool!
Every so often, a scientific paper just begs for a sexy headline.
Consider this study in the current issue of Science: "A Method for Building Self-Folding Machines." A bit bland, you'll no doubt agree. A Real-Life, Origami-Inspired Transformer is how the journal's public affairs department referred to it. Now that's more like it.
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It's now possible to print electronic circuits on a flat sheet of paper. So if you use some clever folding techniques (based on the ancient art of paper folding called origami), you can fold these sheets into useful structures — maybe a crab-shaped robot that could scuttle across the floor, or a swan-shaped robot that could really fly.
Kinda like the beastie up above there. The really clever bit was using a thermal-activated material called a shape memory polymer which would cause the paper (or whatever material) to fold as needed. So you basically create flat-pack robots which can be remotely activated into a useful machine as needed.
It's fun living in the future.
Jim Downey
*Named after John von Neumann, who among many other impressive accomplishments was instrumental in developing the concept of self-replicating machines. The term has been commonly used this way in Science Fiction for decades.
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Watching the final episode of Survivor and Reunion Show last night while batching up a Hoffman order, I was struck by several comments that players made about the primal nature of their experience. Becky, a lawyer, commented that when she'd first arrived on the island, she'd spent most of her time asking other players what time they thought it was. Her life was so defined by her watch and schedule that she had a hard time letting go of that structure. Ozzie pointed out what a primal experience just focussing on survival had been. He was right that only a few thousand years ago, even a few hundred years ago, most of us spent a good part of each day just trying to survive.
In our climate controlled, consumer driven North American society, as the mad rush of last shopping days until Christmas whirls around us, it is very hard to remember that there are corners of our planet and even our cities where the struggle to survive still rages on.
I read the girls one of our Christmas books before bed, about Laura and Mary Ingalls in the Little House on the Prairie. It was about the year that Santa couldn't cross the rain swollen creek but Mr. Edwards still managed to deliver presents on Santa's behalf. My kids were entranced by the story, but a little baffled at the joy Laura and Mary felt at receiving a tin cup, a stick of candy, a little baked cake and a shiny penny each. When I explained that people didn't have as many things back then or as much money, Erin got very thoughtful but Bethany was still baffled at the lack of toys. It is amazing how much STUFF our children end up to play with that gets thrown in drawers or cupboards because they get BORED... I wonder if they ever realize how lucky they truly are to have that problem!
We got through the Christmas pageant, Erin's solo in church, the two Christmas parties this weekend... all of which were joyful and wonderful and totally draining. I came home and just crashed for an hour's nap after which I felt human again, but Nick and I are still feeling very drained. Everyone is just counting the days until the break...although I think much of my countdown still has to do with when I get my main computer back.
Would I ever be able to unplug completely? Like Ozzie, I think I carry a lot of skills that would certainly enable me to survive if thrown into a challenge like that (for real not for the cameras). I can cook well, swim well, sew, make things, invent stories, build good fires, weave, lash things together thanks to many summers of guide camp or fort building and I know quite a bit about First Aid. Would I choose to live like that instead of in comfort? I guess that depends on the day. While I can't see anyone on this planet truly choosing cold and hardship over a comfy bed, regular meals, indoor plumbing and chocolate, there is that little voice inside most of us that longs for something simpler than the mad race to collect stuff, earn money, get to appointments, stay thin, be successful etc. These past few weeks with a wonky computer have taught me to go with the flow more instead of trying to control everything and plan it out. It has made me look more closely at the vulnerability of what I have chosen to do as a career and considering a back-up plan, especially as Bethany starts Grade 3 next year and has a longer school day.
This morning, things have been turned on their head yet again. Nick took the van in early to fix the damage from a little mishap in the parking lot of the video store two weeks ago and Bethany went up to the bus stop with a neighbour because Erin woke up and started being violently sick to her stomach. The flu / Norwalk virus has been going through schools in the area and has hit quite a few families that we know. I don't know if this is what she has yet (because she's been fighting more of a cold and cough) but it was instant quarantine to her room and LOTS of hand washing for me. I don't handle barfies well and am very prone to rapid dehydration myself... so I am going to be VERY, VERY careful.
As I look about this week and think of all the ways in which I am NOT fighting for survival on a daily basis, I will remember to be thankful.
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After stumbling across this blog, I realized that indeed, designers are real people not just names on the bottom of my charts. But we forget how human those of us who give great pleasure to others can be. Have a wonderful Christmas! Thanks for all the wonderful hours of pleasure you have given me.
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This is one of my favorite poems. Just another reminder that God is shaping us through the events of our lives. We are the thread and He is the Weaver.
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Mmkay. Before I unleash my very top picks for Vegas flicks, I wanna do a round up of the rest out there.
In 1997, the Bellagio was still a year from opening its doors, and that meant that The Mirage was still the crown jewel in the Wynn empire, and Vegas was at the zenith of the family-friendly madness. In other words, it was the perfect setting for the Griswold family and their hijinks.
Vegas Vacation has pretty much every cliche, and that's what makes it so funny. Chevy Chase is the affable dad who gets the fever and goes off the rails and gambles away his family's savings, while his wife canoodles with Wayne Newton and his daughter becomes an exotic dancer and his son experiences the life of a high roller. It's some of the smaller touches that make this movie so funny, like when the family is having a relaxed breakfast and Chevy has to sneak away for a few minutes to secretly gamble, or, best, when he's huddled at the ATM, crazy-eyed, and the money starts pouring out as "All Along the Watchtower" thumps as the soundtrack. This movie captures the Mirage beautifully, the only detail missing is the unmistakable smell of pina colada as you enter the casino. But they even have Siegfried and Roy and their tigers prominently fixed into the plot. Ahh, better days.
When it comes to gambling fever, no one got a more fatal case than Julie Hagerty in Albert Brooks' hilarious Lost in America. It's 1985 and after Albert quits/gets fired, he decides to take his wife on the road a la Easy Rider, only in a Winnebago. But they make a hilarious and costly stop at the once brilliant Desert Inn where his wife gambles away all their money. Best? He then asks the casino for it back!
Barry Levinson took his second trip to Vegas in 1991 for the bio pic Bugsy. Unquestionably, Ben "Bugsy" Siegel was one of the most important architects of modern Las Vegas. Contrary to popular belief, he did not build the first hotel or casino in the desert. But what he did do with the Flamingo was bring it to levels previously unheard of which was the blueprint for what would come. He didn't see Vegas as a place for dusty gambling halls. His love for glamour made him want to make Vegas a sort of Hollywood-East, and his Flamingo would be the epicenter of luxury.
So if 40's Hollywood glamour is your game, Bugsy is your picture. Warren Beatty and Annette Bening look like they were created for this wardrobe and movie. And yet, like Vegas, all the glitz was covering some truly ugly aspects. Violent and nasty, both Bugsy and Virginia Hill were an awful lot to take, and this movie doesn't gloss over their despicable traits.
Levinson is a master filmmaker, and this picture is no exception -- character and plot twine together to make this movie riveting, and it's stamped with his classy touches even while the blood flows. And yet, Levinson has always had a touch of romantic and melancholy in his work, which is generally something I really like. But I guess maybe there's a gentleness about his films in general that puts this one at odds and somehow the pieces don't fit exactly right. It's hard to describe, really. But it's kind of like he and Scorsese crossed movies in this period. Scorsese was making the lovingly detailed "Age of Innocence" while Levinson was doing this period piece. And it was refreshing to see both men step outside their box, and the different perspectives brought something different to each film. And yet, it just doesn't feel exactly right. Kind of like fake tits. They're eye catching and you appreciate the effort, but they'll still never be authentic.
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- Don Capone said...
Lost in America is one of my all-time favorite movies, you know. I'm glad you didn't forget it! Now gimme that clock!
- SusanD said...
Thanks, Don! I love AB in general, but this one is classic.
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This is a photo of me with a friend in the 1980s. We loved coffee shops and smoking and talking. That's him on the right. His name was Paul Avery and we were extremely close -- not lovers but friends. In fact, he was my best friend. He was also my first friend to die of AIDS. I miss him a lot. Down the years, almost everyone I knew died of AIDS. Truly.
At this late date, it's still out there. No matter who you are, you still need to use a condom if you have sex with someone other than a trusted partner. It worries me that there are drugs now that make people think that AIDS is less of a threat. It's not. It's still HIV/AIDS and it can still kill you or at least cause tremendous health problems.
Take care of yourself. Respect yourself and everyone you meet. Don't put yourself in needless danger. Always use a condom.
I wish Paul was still with us. He was not only a great guy but a tremendous writer and I could have used his advice at this point in my life. He worked for the Hearst organization and one of the last pieces he wrote was about a gala AIDS fund-raising event.
Though he was incredibly sick at the time, his words sparkled with life and his own keen perceptions. He was brilliant and the article was grand. I remember reading it and thinking, my word, this man is even more talented than I realized. But his voice was soon silenced -- within days, in fact.
Let's try to make sure no other voices are silenced by AIDS. It's in our hands, you know. We can do this.


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So! It's been a long time dear friends!
But thats not to say that the peace of cakes are not in my life at the moment. There are so many to report... I may or may not have a flood of posts.
Where to begin!? Heavens! Well. For starters... I LOVE GIRLTALK.
New music for me. . Girl Talk's real name is Gregg Gillis, is a DJ from Pittsburgh. He does all mash-ups- I love it. Surprisingly. I usually don't like remixes/mashes. But this is so different. So fresh. So hot. So awesome!


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Pecunia non olet – "Money doesn't Stink"
A card game in the old Rome, in which the players act as rental toilette owners, who have to earn their money from the Romans , who feel an urgent need...
You have three toiletts to rent to several different types of Romans: Women, who can share a place, senators, who refuse to sit next to slaves, and citizens. Each Roman has a specific amount of time he/she will need and a sum of money he/she will pay afterwards. Whoever reaches a certain fortune (depending on the number of players) wins the game.
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United States District Court, E.D. California
September 17, 2014
ROBIN DASENBROOK, Plaintiff,v.A. ENENMOH, et al., Defendants.
DENNIS L. BECK, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Robin Dasenbrook ("Plaintiff") is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding against Defendants Enenmoh, Page, Perez and blonde Doe 1 for claims of negligence and deliberate indifference to a serious medical need in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
On November 29, 2012, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint. On May 13, 2013, the Court determined that service was appropriate and directed the U.S. Marshal Service to serve the amended complaint on Defendants Enenmoh, Page, and Perez. On August 14, 2013, Defendant Enenmoh filed a waiver of service. On September 10, 2013, Defendant Enenmoh filed an answer. On September 11, 2013, the Court issued a discovery and scheduling order. The discovery cut-off date was set for February 10, 2014, and the dispositive motion deadline was set for April 9, 2014. On February 5, 2014, Defendant Page filed a waiver of service with the Court. According to the waiver, the U.S. Marshal attempted service by mail on June 12, 2013, but it proved unsuccessful. The U.S. Marshal made a second attempt to forward the mail on January 7, 2014, which did prove successful. On March 7, 2014, Defendant Page filed an answer to the amended complaint. On May 9, 2014, Defendants Enenmoh and Page filed a motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff filed an opposition on June 9, 2014. Defendants filed a reply to the opposition on July 14, 2014.
In addition to the above, Plaintiff has filed numerous motions, which the Court will now address in turn.
I. Motion for Extension of Time [ECF No. 39]
On December 19, 2013, Plaintiff filed a motion for an enlargement of time regarding the service of process on the defendants. Defendants did not file an opposition. Plaintiff stated he had heard nothing concerning the service of Defendants Page and Perez since the Court issued its order on May 13, 2013, directing the U.S. Marshal to serve Defendants Enenmoh, Page, and Perez. Plaintiff is advised that Defendant Enenmoh executed a waiver of service of summons on August 14, 2013, and filed an answer to the complaint on September 10, 2013. [ECF Nos. 23, 38.] As to Defendant Perez, the summons was returned unexecuted on December 30, 2013. [ECF No. 40.] According to the Process Receipt and Return, Defendant Perez could not be located without more information since there are numerous Perez in the Department of Corrections' database. [ECF No. 40.] A waiver of service was returned executed by Defendant Page on February 5, 2014. [ECF No. 44.] The waiver of service was initially sent on June 12, 2013, with no result. [ECF No. 44.] The waiver was then reattempted on January 7, 2014, and it was executed on February 3, 2014, by Defendant's counsel. [ECF No. 44.] With respect to blonde nurse Doe #1, the Court did not direct service on this individual insofar as the individual remains unidentified. Therefore, there is no cause for an enlargement of time at present. Plaintiff's motion will be denied.
II. Motions for Copy of Deposition Transcript [ECF Nos. 45, 74]
Plaintiff has filed motions to obtain a copy of his deposition transcript. Defendants did not file an opposition. Plaintiff is not entitled to a free copy of his deposition transcript. Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(f)(3). Plaintiff is entitled only to review the transcript and make changes, if he made a request for review before the completion of the deposition. Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(e)(1). If Plaintiff made a timely request, the Court requests that Defendants ensure the review to which he is entitled occurs. Nevertheless, Plaintiff's motions for a free copy of the deposition transcript are DENIED.
III. Motion for Contempt [ECF No. 47]
On February 18, 2014, Plaintiff filed a motion to find Defendant Page in contempt of court. Defendants did not file an opposition. Plaintiff complains that Defendant Page was mailed a summons and complaint on June 12, 2013, and Defendant Page did not respond. Plaintiff states that over the next several months he attempted to ascertain the status of service on Page but to no avail. Plaintiff states he only found out that Page had been located when he received Defendants' motion for an extension of time to serve responses to Plaintiff's discovery requests. Plaintiff claims Defendant Page violated court scheduling orders and should be found in contempt of court. Plaintiff requests money damages be awarded him.
As noted above, a waiver of service was mailed to Defendant Page on June 12, 2013. The attempt was unsuccessful and the U.S. Marshal Service forwarded the waiver again on January 7, 2014. Defendant Page acknowledged receipt of the waiver and executed the waiver on February 3, 2014, through her attorney. Defendant Page then filed an answer to the complaint on March 7, 2014. The Court understands Plaintiff's frustration in the delay; however, the Court does not find any cause to find Defendant Page in contempt. The first attempt by the U.S. Marshal Service at service proved unsuccessful but there is no reason to believe this was due to Defendant Page's malfeasance. Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion to find Defendant Page in contempt is denied. Plaintiff's concerns as to the timing of Defendant Page's entry into the action will be addressed by reopening discovery as to Defendant Page, by separate order.
IV. Motion for Judicial Notice and Default Judgment [ECF Nos. 48, 53]
On February 18, 2014, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting judicial notice, a motion requesting an order to answer interrogatories and admissions, and motion for default judgment. Defendants did not file an opposition. Plaintiff again details his frustrations in attempting to determine the status of service on Defendants Page and Perez. Plaintiff states that it was not until January 30, 2014, that he found out that Defendant Page had been found and was being represented by the Attorney General. Plaintiff complains that this delay has prejudiced him because Defendant Page did not enter the action until after the court-ordered discovery cut-off date, and this has frustrated his attempts to serve discovery on Defendant Page.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, APPELLEE,v.RONALD LEE WILLIAMS, A/K/A RONALD HICKS, APPELLANT
No. 578 January Term 1976, Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court at No. 1869 October Term 1975, affirming the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Criminal Division, at Nos. 1110 and 1131 of 1972.
David F. Dunn, Allentown, for appellant.
George J. Joseph, Dist. Atty., Wardell F. Steigerwalt, Asst. Dist. Atty., James B. Martin, Allentown, for appellee.
Eagen, C. J., and O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino and Packel, JJ. Packel, former J., did not participate in the decision of this case. Nix, J., concurs in the result.
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On September 25, 1972, appellant, Ronald Lee Williams, was convicted by a jury in Lehigh County of being an accessory before and after the fact to forging stolen money orders and an accessory before the fact to counterfeiting an American Express Traveler's check. Following a denial of post-verdict motions, a prison sentence was imposed. Williams' direct appeal to the Superior Court resulted in an affirmance of the judgment without opinion, Commonwealth v. Williams, 231 Pa. Super. 804, 331 A.2d 526 (1975).
Later in 1975, Williams filed a petition in the trial court seeking post conviction relief, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580 §§ 1 et seq., 19 P.S. §§ 1180-1 et seq. After a
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counseled evidentiary hearing, the petition was dismissed. On appeal the Superior Court affirmed without opinion. We granted allocatur and reinstated Williams' bail pending disposition of the appeal. We now affirm the order of the Superior Court for this reason.
Williams contends he is entitled to a new trial because his self-retained trial counsel failed to provide "competent representation."*fn* However, a check of the records discloses that this issue was not raised in the direct appeal to the Superior Court from the judgment of sentence and that Williams was there represented by new counsel, that is, counsel other than trial counsel. Under the circumstances, the issue has been waived. Commonwealth v. Seachrist, 478 Pa. 621, 387 A.2d 661 (1978); Commonwealth v. May, 476 Pa. 385, 382 A.2d 1223 (1978); Commonwealth v. Smallwood, 465 Pa. 392, 350 A.2d 822 (1976); Commonwealth v. Dancer, 460 Pa. 95, 335 A.2d 435 (1975).
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Government Controlled Diet
Should the government have a say in Americans diets? One of the fastest growing problems in the United States today is obesity. Throughout the last ten years, more and more people have become overweight or obese. Obesity has caused a lot of damage because it has increased healthcare costs and ruined many people's lives because they can contract diseases like diabetes. If the government had a say in American citizen's diets, they will be violating people's privacy. In contrast, many people may not follow the governments operated diet system. The government should have a say in Americans diets because it help many people in many ways.
While a government mandatory diet is the best option to lowering the obesity rate, people are capable of making their own decisions, especially when it comes to food. If the government is allowed to put a person on a diet, it will not allow people to make decisions for themselves. As a citizen of the United States, people are free to do as they want with their lives, even if that means over eating. Another issue in the government having a say in Americans diets is that the diet program may not be suitable for everyone's lifestyle. Some people may eat a lot of food and become overweight, while others don't eat a lot of food and are still overweight or obese. Each person would have to have a different diet plan for their body type. This will cost the government a lot of money in order to create these diets. Money that everyone knows the government doesn't have or could be put to better use. Another big factor is the food that people will have to buy in order to stay on their diet. Most diet foods are very high priced and some Americans may not be able to afford their diet. The worst part about the government having a say on peoples diets is that it will impede on their privacy. Most people who are either overweight or obese may not like a government controlled diet...
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You need to clear a way into the jelly in the middle by clearing the cream and the licorice.
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Gorgeous saree, and just look at the Pallu – pleated to perfection!
When we have the SariWiki going at some point, you will even be able to identify the style.
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I love this picture from FunEnclave.com
Gorgeous saree, and just look at the Pallu – pleated to perfection!
When we have the SariWiki going at some point, you will even be able to identify the style.
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Karthika – looking nubile and gorgeous
Love the delicate silk, love the blouse and how it seamlessly blends with the skin and the saree. I can even live with the bindi, but this gold necklace has to go!
I really dislike it when the jewelers keep giving us the same things in the name of tradition. Tradition is your guide, not your kidnapper.
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I have discussed this several times; take a plain monotone saree and pair it with a highly embroidered blouse. Here is a nice example of it. I don't want to say that this is a "classic" example, because there is some room for improvement here – the blouse color combination could have been different.
Click on the picture above to see it in its full glory and details of the embroidery design of the saree blouse.
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Shweta Menon is a renowned Indian model, television anchor and an award winning actress who has won several beauty pageants, and over 50 films across multiple languages to her credit.
She wears saree very very well; I have seen some of her stills in saree and otherwise and she looks "very free" in a saree – which can only happen if you are extremely comfortable wearing it.
I'll post more of her pictures, when I get a chance.
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Sunny is a designer in Los Angeles. He loves the fluidity and fluency of a saree and believes that when a woman wears a saree, she not only adorns her body but she also adorns her soul. His design ethos is that "simplicity never goes out of style."
Indrani is a video journalist in Kuala Lumpur. She seamlessly blends east and west by doing the Bharat Natyam steps and Tango, without missing a beat. She has an infectious smile, a youthful sense of the fashion and a timeless sense of the style.
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The Department of Labor is working with the SEC to investigate "pension consultants" who may not be living up to the fiduciary responsibility of advising retirement plan participants.
The lawyers at Drinker Biddle say they've been directly involved in at least three DOL probes of broker-dealer firms and heard of five others over the last few months.
DOL seems to be enforcing all aspects of the fiduciary relationship that any advisor who works with employer-sponsored plans nominally has with his or her "clients," the workers in the plan.
Undisclosed kickbacks from product vendors are already a focus area, with at least one advisor and the associated broker-dealer already earning a $300,000 fine for failing to disclose all compensation.
As Drinker Biddle points out, the first round of DOL "audits" has been unusually onerous for the firms involved, simply because of the amount of documentation the government is asking to see.
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Hi there.. I have been testing the beta 18.104.22.168 and have encounter the following bugs:
-In Rank list it shows incorrectly and when I select 'State' & 'All times' it shows incorrect country (NL) and it should show (VE)
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Seems to be a lot faster?
'Promopt me to edit road info'
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You changed something about the road labels - a big improvement, but still needs some tweaking - city names and major highway/freeway names still have the same font, I would like to see a seperation here (maybe a small border around city names?).
I don't like the new scoreboard, and there's a small bug in it:
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Barcelona Transfer News: Latest on Jordi Alba, Neymar and Daniel AggerJuly 20, 2012
Barcelona Transfer News: Latest on Jordi Alba, Neymar and Daniel Agger
FC Barcelona had what most teams would consider a good season.
The team finished in second place in La Liga behind winners Real Madrid. They made it to the semifinals of the Champions League, where they lost to eventual winners Chelsea.
Barcelona also won the Copa del Rey. Furthermore, star player Lionel Messi scored an unprecedented 50 goals during the La Liga season.
However, for Barcelona, that isn't good enough.
The team expects greatness. Therefore, after failing to capture their fourth straight La Liga title and failing to make it to the Champions League final, this team knows there is room to improve.
That being said, there are very few gaps in the current Barcelona squad. It should take just a few pieces to get them to where they want to be.
They signed Jordi Alba and are believed to be looking at signing Neymar and Daniel Agger. If they do, they will be the favorites to win it all next season.
Here is the latest on Barcelona's three big transfer targets.
Jordi Alba
Last month, Barcelona agreed to a five-year deal with Jordi Alba for a €14 million fee.
The Spanish defender was heading into the last year of his contract with Valencia and exercised his buy-out clause.
Alba had a good three years with Valencia, scoring five goals and playing in 74 games. He also made the Spanish international team for the first time. The 23-year-old had 11 caps and scored in the Euro 2012 final against Italy.
Alba is a very solid player. At 23, he is just starting to enter his prime, and has room to grow and improve. Barcelona is one of the best places he can do that.
Look for Alba to do well as Barcelona continues their winning ways.
Over the last couple of months, it has been reported that Barcelona are going to make a move for Santos forward Neymar.
Duncan Castles of The National reported on the talks during the winter transfer window, and said that the Brazilian will cost the club in the region of €60 million.
Some might think that the price too high, and that Neymar can be a little selfish on the field. However, it is hard to deny that he has amazing talent. At just 19 years old, he is one of the biggest names in the world.
He has spent time with the Brazilian national team and has played well.
Neymar has great footwork and amazing touch. He can do things with a ball that looks like a video game. If Barcelona can tame his wild side, he will be a great asset for them for years to come.
Daniel Agger
It is a little unclear as to who Daniel Agger will play for next year.
According to Paul Doyle of The Guardian, Barcelona are trying to sign the 27-year-old defender after they failed to sign Javi Martinez.
Agger has been playing for Liverpool for the last six years. According to ESPN, he would like to re-sign with them. He is still under contract with the Anfield outfit until 2014, and he might not be going anywhere.
Still, Barcelona has a lot to offer, and would most likely give him more money. Agger started 24 games for Liverpool this year and is a solid player. He also plays for the Denmark national team.
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Martha Ekblad & Heidi Engler
Observation of Theory in Real Life
Recommendations for Practice
Using the model
Implementing the Team Excellence and Collaborative Team Leader Questionnaire
Getting to know your team
Organizing team building activities
Organizing meetings to touch base with your team
One-on-one or in a group
Get into small groups and discuss, based on your assessment:
1. Times you have been in a successful and an unsuccessful team dynamic.
2. WHY was it successful or unsuccessful (based on the model)?
Coming back together to share.
The Model in Action
Hill's Model for Team Leadership
Summary & Description
Leadership Decisions
External Leadership Actions
Internal Leadership Actions
Summary & Description
"The critical function of leadership is to help the group accomplish its goals by monitoring and diagnosing the group and taking requisite action."
Northouse p. 315
Leader-team vs. Leader-subordinate interactions
Attention to the process
Shared or distributed leadership
Using strengths and skills of entire team
Zaccaro, Heinen, and Shuffler (2009)
Hill's Model
Initial leadership decisions
Leader actions
Indicators of team effectiveness
Mental Model of situation
Needs: behavioral flexibility & wide range of actions and skills
Constructing accurate mental models
Effectiveness, effectiveness, effectiveness
Monitor or Take Action?
Task or Relational?
Internal or External?
Team Effectiveness
Internal Task: needed to focus on goals
Internal Relational: maintaining the group or improving on interpersonal relationships.
Small Group Research, Christopher J. Roussin
"...leader joining in honest, revealing, and trust-building conversations..."
Environment Intervention:
Adapting to external environment
External support for team
New networks of connection
Advocating to environment
Buffering distractions
Assessing effectiveness
Performance & Development
"Effective groups have a clear, engaging direction; an enabling performance situation that contains structure, support, and coaching; and adequate resources."
Determining ineffectiveness
Appropriate action
Back to the top of the model
This theory and model can be tangibly applied in real life, organizational situations.
"Places the ongoing work group or team in an environmental context within the organization, industry, or society."
"Enables leaders and members to diagnose and correct team problems."
This is a very complex model!
Requires a lot of analysis and giftedness on the part of the leader and members
Calls for a certain type of leader / team member
Building trust
Group Activity
Northouse, pg. 299
Northouse, pg. 305
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All of the Moon Sighting News and Resources You Need
January 2012 Archive
Get all of your town's daily sun & moon information:
Lunar Visibility Alert:
Rabi I 1434 Hilal will be visible in N. America in the evening of Sat. Jan. 12, 2013 making Jan. 24 the date of Maulid al-Nabi. The earliest visibility will start from somewhere in Arabian Sea, east of Saudi Arabia/Yemen. From Australia to India and central Asia the moon will be seen next evening on Jan.13. 2013
Surprise Surprise:
Saudi Aramco lunar dates from this year appear to be by ACTUAL Visibility in Saudi Arabia. For January 2013 Saudi Aramco calendar shows Jan. 13 as the first of Rabi I and Jan. 24 as the date of Maulid al-Nabi. We earnestly hope and pray that Saudi Umm al-Qura calendar will also be adjusted to the "Sighted in Makkah" rule, in place of the present: "Moonset after the Sunset' on the Conjunction date. This will bring UQ calendar closer to what Allah SWT has asked the Muslim to base their calendar (2:189) and how the Prophet (PBUH) practiced in his life and the Muslim Ummah for the last 1400+ years.
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The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually all of the industrialized world
Three quarters of the U.S. population would spend essentially all of their yearly incomes to purchase consumer goods such as food, clothes, radios, and cars. These were the poor and middle class: families with incomes around, or usually less than, $2,500 a year. The bottom three quarters of the population had an aggregate income of less than 45% of the combined national income; the top 25% of the population took in more than 55% of the national income
Through such a period of imbalance, the U.S. came to rely upon two things in order for the economy to remain on an even keel: credit sales, and luxury spending and investment from the rich.
One obvious solution to the problem of the vast majority of the population not having enough money to satisfy all their needs was to let those who wanted goods buy products on credit. The concept of buying now and paying later caught on quickly. By the end of the 1920's 60% of cars and 80% of radios were bought on installment credit16. Between 1925 and 1929 the total amount of outstanding installment credit more than doubled from $1.38 billion to around $3 billion17. Installment credit allowed one to "telescope the future into the present", as the President's Committee on Social Trends noted18. This strategy created artificial demand for products which people could not ordinarily afford. It put off the day of reckoning, but it made the downfall worse when it came.
The Main Causes of the Great Depression
Sound familiar?
And Bernanke is a "scholar" of the great depression.
Yet he is pushing for this bailout, to keep the credit markets from freezing?
When will people wake up?
We are being played into a trap. Ultimate financial control through credit slavery.
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Six hundred, "three score" and six.
Three score is a reference to your credit score.
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"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas."
"Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes you can be in a completely vast suburban sprawl or an Italian or Asian suburb, and it's that mix of people, it's that melting pot of people that give it its vital personality."
"A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer."
"In the Lamborghini I have to avoid certain roads because of pot holes, and there's nowhere to put my drink, no cup holder. And I'm not going to lie, it looks pretentious. I used to think it was cool to, like, drive it to dinner. Now? Like I really need to be looked at any more."
"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams."
"I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean."
"You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers."
"I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city."
"In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics."
"My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread - works all the time. I think I've been eating pasta for 26 years."
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The fiddle leaf fig bug has finally bitten me. After five years of having a 12 foot tall cactus in our old home, I've been missing my dose of green in our new home and last month, the stars aligned. I discovered the sweetest little floral and home goods shop in Newburyport (Sage Market + Design for you Boston locals) and they had a darling fiddle leaf fig for sale with my name on it. These babies are such nice touch to a sun room or office and brings a fun, tropical vibe to your home.
Here are a few tips I've picked up along the way:
1. Keep your fig in plenty of indirect sunlight and rotate it to allow for even growth.
2. Let you tree dry out completely in between waterings. Make sure the top soil is dry to the touch before watering again.
3. Keep the leaves clean and free of dust. The cleaner your leaves are the more they can drink in the sun!
4. Trim any heavily browning or dead leaves from your tree. New baby leaves will grow in their place and fill out your tree nicely.
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7. During the warmer months, depending on your location and the size of your tree, you can bring it outdoors in a patio area as well for a pretty addition to an al fresco dinner!
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