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VK – POLO Architects – ECOREM are developing the master plans for Vietnamese University care campuses
To support the Vietnamese Ministry of Health achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and progress toward meeting health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs), the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) Health Human Resources Sector Development Program – phase 2, provides technical assistance focusing on ensuring the steady supply of competent and qualified health workers.
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These two long-established Universities have outgrown their inner-city premises, and are now both looking to create new campuses on out-of-town sites where they have the opportunity to provide world-class education facilities, and the space to develop in the future a wide range of health related facilities that would make them into international standard life-sciences parks. The ADB's programme will support the Ministry of Health and the two Universities develop the masterplans and the designs for the first facilities for the two new campuses.
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To bid for this work VK put together an exemplary team – VK Architects and Engineers and POLO Architects providing the masterplanning, education and healthcare design expertise, with mentoring support from KV Leuven and Leuven University Hospital experts, and with ECOREM as the environmental expert, this Belgium team being backed in-country by VK Vietnam and ECOREM -AIE Vietnam. Together this team has all the right experience and expertise – and in February the ADB confirmed the VK team's appointment.
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:46 AM, fantasai <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > On 05/06/2012 10:20 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:51 AM, L. David Baron<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Wednesday 2012-04-25 08:44 -0700, L. David Baron wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> It does solve this case in combination with variables, though, and >>>> I think that's a better solution than making cycle() more complex. >>>> >>>> For example: >>>> >>>> table { >>>> var-cycling-background: cycle(white, gray); >>>> background: var(cycling-background); >>>> } >>> >>> >>> Actually, I don't think this works, because the thing that's >>> inherited with variables is syntactic rather than semantic so the >>> cycle() behavior wouldn't get applied until it's used. >> >> >> Yup, you're right. Bad on me for not catching this. >> >> I see two possible solution, then: >> >> 1) Go back to the function containing an explicit identifier, and >> selecting the index based on how many ancestors use that identifier, >> or >> >> 2) Create some way to force variable evaluation. You'd need to supply >> a property context somehow. > > > You could define that certain global functions within variables are > evaluated at computed value time on the variable, e.g. cycle() might be > more useful in general if it's operating at that level than when expanded. > attr() is another interesting case in this respect: you might want an > attr() function that evaluates where the variable is declared. On the other hand, both of those can be reasonable to evaluate on use as well, as currently specified. attr() definitely has use-cases for the currently-specified eval-on-use behavior. I'd rather address this cleanly and generally at some point in the future, rather than complicate things by making some functions eval-on-assign and shutting out eval-on-use usecases for them. ~TJReceived on Monday, 16 July 2012 17:52:01 UTC
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Do you know what you should be doing to go after your passion for acting, but you're having a tough time applying yourself? Listening to bespectacled economist Larry Smith is like being chewed out by your grandpa for your patchwork of higgledy-piggledy ideas about life, and why you're ultimately going to squander your dreams. Maybe you're too lazy to give your greatest aspirations your all, maybe you're afraid to embarrass yourself, or never even get started because you're afraid you will fail. Whatever your reasons, he calls out his audiences on their cockamamie excuses in his talk called Why you will fail to have a great career.
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This year NICE has been updating the clinical guideline on the management of type 2 diabetes. Boehringer Ingelheim has welcomed and contributed to NICE's extensive consultations on the draft guideline and acknowledges that NICE has now addressed many of the issues seen in the initial draft. The current updated guideline published this month[i] now reflects a much more pragmatic approach to patient centred care and is representative of current glucose lowering therapies. I am pleased that the new clinical guideline will help to improve the care of patients living with type 2 diabetes.
Since 1996, the number of people living with diabetes in England has more than doubled to 3.2 million. [ii] It is estimated that 2.7 million people are currently diagnosed with diabetes and a further 500,000 people have the disease but do not know it.ii If trends continue, this number will rise to 4 million people by 2025.ii Poorly managed diabetes is the cause of 20,000 early deaths per year[iii] and diabetes accounts for around 10 percent of the annual NHS budget, or about £10 billion a year.ii
As documented in our health policy briefing which I helped to launch in Parliament earlier this year,[iv] Boehringer Ingelheim has been calling for all relevant diabetes guidelines to adopt an individualised approach to patient care that enables patient-centred prescribing in line with the principles of medicine optimisation. Previous draft guidelines have appeared to be heavily focussed on short-term cost efficiencies and failed to acknowledge the importance to patients of hypoglycaemic episodes and weight gain associated with type 2 diabetes.
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[i] NICE (2015) Type 2 diabetes in adults: management
[ii] Diabetes UK (2014) State of The Nation: Challenges for 2015 and beyond
[iii] HSCIC (2012) National Diabetes Audit 2011-2012. Report 2:Complications and Mortality
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Hello Brethren,
On another forum we are debating the Pre-existence of Yahshua Messiah. One of the arguments that has been made is that in order for the prophecies to be true about the Messiah being of the seed of David (and I take that to mean from David's line), He had to have a physical Father of David's line, because of what the scropture says in Numbers 1:18.
Now it must be pointed out that we are not talking about heirs to property as in the daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers 36, nor are we speaking of Queens reigning on a throne, as in Queen Elizebeth, but we are speaking of a blood line or family tree. When one says what is your family name, that name goes through the father's house as Numbers 1:18 says, not the mother's.
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Different studies carried out on the argillaceous IRSN Tournemire site showed the occurrence of several types of discontinuities (fault and fracture) at different scales. The hydraulic properties of these structures are investigated by conducting in situ hydraulic tests. In a first step, we focused on both single isolated fractures, mainly filled by calcite and water-producing fractures with geodic cavities. Transmissivities determined by pulse test on sealed fractures range from 1.2.10-13 m2.s-1 to 2.10-13 m2.s-1. The values are of the same order than that measured on an unfractured zone (matrix). The slug and pulse tests on the fractures with geodic cavities give a range of transmissivities from 1.10-10m2.s-1 to 4.10-10 m2.s-1. These results suggest that these discontinuities might correspond to a possible preferential pathway for fluid migration.
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* Richard Ishida wrote: >LC076 >http://www.w3.org/International/Group/2004/charmod1-lc/SortByOriginator.html#LC076 >Decision: Partially-accepted You are correct that C068 and C069 do >strictly speaking not belong into the PUA section, but they are in >that section because they have a very strong connection to the other >things in that section. This does not satisfy me, I do not see such a "very strong connection", the section is about "Private use code points" and should thus only discuss "Private use code points". >>>>>>>>> C076 [C] Content MUST NOT use a code point for any purpose >other than that defined by its character encoding. > >This prohibits the construction of fonts that misuse e.g. iso-8859-1 >to represent different scripts, characters, or symbols than what is >actually encoded in iso-8859-1. >>>>>>>> It seems you want so talk about "coded character sets" not "character encodings", if not this new text does not make much sense to me. I can live with removing C069.Received on Wednesday, 27 October 2004 18:52:00 UTC
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Recruitment drive for retained firefighters in Weston-super-Mare
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People living and working in Weston-super-Mare are being invited to give something positive back to the community by becoming part-time firefighters.
Avon Fire & Rescue Service is looking to recruit new Retained Duty System (RDS) firefighters at the town's station.
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Anyone interested in becoming a part time firefighter can find out more at a number of events being held in April and May. At the events current RDS firefighters will be available to provide an insight into the role and recruitment process.
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Your best chance to see the world's most beautiful manuscripts
The world's greatest illuminated manuscripts are now so fragile they are permanently locked away.Christopher de Hamel provides the next best thing to seeing them for ourselves, says Jonathan Sumption
What it took to wage holy war, Medieval style
For most of history, religion and war have been the most powerful social instincts of mankind and its chief collective…
The good war?
Jonathan Sumption admires the sweep and bravura of Max Hastings's account without agreeing with every word
Nothing left to lose
Jonathan Sumption on the obduracy, distrust and inertia that characterised the end of the Third Reich
The problems of PR
Two centuries ago, Edmund Burke famously mocked the intellectuals of revolutionary France for trying to devise a perfectly rational constitution for their country.
Setting the world to rights
Jonathan Sumption finds that the philosophes of the French Enlightenment shared little with one another and even less with the revolutionaries who followed them
Design for living
The first thing to be said about this remarkable book is that it has nothing to do with animal rights.
On the silver trail
The Spanish empire was the first of Europe's great overseas empires, and for many years the richest and most powerful.
Thynges very memorable
John Leland, who died in 1552, lived less than 50 years and was mad for the last five of them.
Mawkish charades
This book is an engaging rant against the folly, claptrap, self-indulgence and hypocrisy of mankind, written in the brisk and trenchant style which readers of the author's Spectator articles will recognise.
All eyes and ears
Both of these books aim, in their different ways, to cater for Britain's long-standing obsession with espionage and other forms of political and military intelligence.
Might and wrong
'Was all this the realisation of our war aims?', Malcolm Muggeridge asked as he surveyed the desolation of Berlin in May 1945.
Unholy warriors
Taming the Gods is an extended essay about the secular state, something which would until recently have been regarded as a non-issue by English-speaking readers.
Not as bad as the French
This is a long book, but its argument can be shortly stated.
Weighed in the balance
We sanctify some expressions, and in the process empty them of meaning.
Tensions in the European Union
The New Old World, by Perry Anderson
Poisonous relations
'The Axis powers and France,' declared Marshall Pétain and Hitler at Montoire in October 1940, 'have a common interest in the defeat of England as soon as possible.' Why this should have been so is one of the many interesting questions to which this book offers no satisfactory answer.
The peace to end all peace
The first world war was the last major conflict to be brought to an end in the traditional fashion, with a formal treaty of peace.
Concentrating on sideshows
It is becoming difficult to say anything new about Churchill as a war leader.
The human element
The Idea of Justice, by Amartya Sen
Pointless but necessary
The Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazis, by Matthew Cobb
Doomed to despotism
Khomeini's Ghost, by Con Coughlin
The Life and Death of the Shah, by Gholam Reza Afkhami
A slow decline
The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000, by Chris Wickham
New light on a dark age
Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom, by Tom Holland
The pragmatic approach
'The Half' is how actors refer to the half hour before their play begins, when they ready themselves, steady themselves, for their performance.


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Company News, 2016-02-24, 03:10 PM
Materials Services launches online shop "Materials4Me" for new customer groups in Spain – digital transformation in Europe continues
With the launch of "Materials4Me" in Spain, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is continuing the digital transformation of its materials distribution network. As announced at the end of 2015, the online shop for small users and end customers has now gone live on schedule as part of a European rollout. After the United Kingdom, Spain is the next European market where customers can order products in quantities as low as they require online.
"We see great potential for our platform in Spain because as in the UK, our customers here are very internet savvy. What's more, Materials Services has been operating successfully on the Iberian peninsula for many years. So our brand is very well known and trusted," says Hans-Josef Hoß, board member of Materials Services.
Spanish customers can now choose from 2,500 items in the "Materials4Me" online shop, including products in standard dimensions, standard short lengths and custom short lengths. With the option of purchasing low quantities, the shop addresses the needs of repair and maintenance contractors, researchers, small trades as well as home improvement enthusiasts. This will give Materials Services access to new target groups with promising market potential in this region. Materials Services employs over 300 people in Spain.
With the expansion of its online offering on the Iberian peninsula, Materials Services is systematically implementing its digital strategy, which has already been tested internationally. It has its roots in the US, where Materials Services has been successfully operating an online shop for end customers since 2007. From the end of February a further 1,500 products will be available from "Materials4Me" in the United Kingdom – including stainless steel wall cladding, and tubes and pipes.
After the launch of the online shop in Spain, "Materials4Me" will also be available to customers in Germany from April. The introduction of portals for existing customers in the Benelux countries, Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland is also planned for the first half of 2016. Here customers will have access to framework contracts and associated products, document downloads, and defined product catalogues. A full e-commerce function will follow later this year. So step-by-step the digitization process is set to continue throughout Europe.
With the launch of its digital solutions, Materials Services is leading the way in the sector with a differentiated approach for each country. The services provided are tailored precisely to the needs of the relevant market and utilize the structures established in each country.
"Materials4Me" is now available to end customers and small users at: www.materials4me.es


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Sweetgreen has rapidly become a household name in the fast food industry. The chain offers healthy, fresh, organic and local salads, which are also affordable. Their menu has attracted long lines at all their restaurants. Sweetgreen was featured in The Fortune Entrepreneurs list. It is supported by renowned investors like Danny Meyer, Daniel Boulud and Steve Case. The magic brand is owned and managed by three entrepreneurs, Nathaniel Ru, Nicolas Jammet, and Jonathan Neman, who all serve as co-CEOs of the company. Learn more: http://www.thehoya.com/nathaniel-ru-jonathan-neman-and-nicolas-jammet/
The trio met at Georgetown University where they studied entrepreneurship. They also come from entrepreneurial backgrounds considering that all their parents run their own businesses. They combined their rich entrepreneurial expertise and the lack of healthy eating options in Georgetown to incorporate Sweetgreen. They opened their first restaurant in 2007 after graduating. The highly committed partners have grown the brand to 40 locations in Washington, California and New York. Unlike other brands, Sweetgreen operates without corporate headquarters. According to Nathaniel Ru, they focus on decentralizing their headcount. The success of Sweetgreen is a reflection of the trio's outstanding management strategies that focuses on staying close to customers by them with innovative menus.
About Nathaniel Ru
Nathaniel holds a BS in finance from the esteemed McDonough School of Business of Georgetown University. Riding on the success of Sweetgreen, Nathaniel Ru and his business partners launched Sweetlife (SWTLF), a regional music and food festival. Ru is the principal of SWTLF. Sweetlife attracts over 20,000 people, including high profile musicians, food professionals, farmers, local purveyors and food trucks. The event seeks to promote healthy living, community and sustainability. Nathaniel Ru has other personal investments, including Eatpops, MeUndies, LOLA, and Bond Street. Learn more: https://about.me/nathanielru
Nathaniel Ru featured as a guest speaker during the PSFK 2017 conference, which was held on May 19th. The visionary leader said that Sweetgreen has been built on the foundation of human connection since he believes that food and eating are social practices that need to be cultivated. He insisted that offering customers unique and tailored experiences is essential in the success of any brand. In order to succeed, brands need to embrace evolution by following the lead of Mother Nature. Ru posited that Sweetgreen has five menus that change with the different seasons in a year. This strategy allows for flexibility and innovation. Nathaniel said that technology is an important aspect of building a brand, as it enhances innovation for human connection. Lastly, brands should offer customers experiences with a touch of style and substance. Learn more: http://observer.com/2016/04/jobs-report-sweetgreen-co-founder-jonathan-neman-lives-the-sweet-life/


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Hope you're having a lovely weekend. I've been playing around with the cue word over at Casology:
Having lived in several flats over my time I can now appreciate having my own garden (and how much maintenance it requires.) When I didn't have my own patch of green I always wanted a window box - I think they look so pretty and I guess they are the 'garden' equivalent for those who haven't got a garden of their own. So I cut a window with my Cameo, stamped it with a WMS Woodgrain stamp and added a few W Plus 9 blooms.
Still limited internet I'm afraid so no chance to pay back any visits. If you have popped over thanks for doing so and I'll be visiting when I'm back online!
Claire x


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As a performing artist GéNIA made a controversial and pioneering move away from the classical concert platform for number of years. She has collaborated with an eclectic range of artists and composers, particularly in the world of piano and electronics as an innovative composer and performer who has also crossed over into the world of pop music.
GéNIA's piano music is widely remixed in the mainstream arena of dance. These remixes have seen GéNIA's music played outside of the usual contexts for classical music, from clubs to exclusive parties world-wide.
GéNIA's release on Nonclassical label 'Suite' for piano and electronics by John Richards included remixes by leading dance producers featured below.
GéNIA has commissioned over 20 new works for piano and electronics and is regarded as a innovator in the field of new music performance, being equally at ease on the stage of the concert hall or the nightclub.
Trevor Goodchilde
The Early Man
Max de Wardener
Gabriel Prokofiev
If you would like to remix any of GéNIA's music, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Grand Pointe
Grand Pointe – Another great McLain Development, celebrates the subtle influences of the French, Mediterranean, Caribbean, and West Indies style which all come together to create a magical architecture know only to Louisiana. Choose a river front, estate, lake, cottage home, a townhouse, or lot! Grand Pointe offers a variety of lot amenities, sizes, and prices.
The Reserve
This lovely community will feature a neighborhood clubhouse with a swimming pool, outdoor grilling areas and the traditional McLain welcome home feeling. On top of the ridge and at the heart of this exclusive neighborhood sit the majestic oaks that once shaded the property's original plantation home. These beautiful oaks and many other native Louisiana trees have been preserved along with a small piece of our Louisiana history.
Vintage Park
The development is gated in a private and quaint setting located in the parish of Lafayette less than a half mile from the Southpark and Pinhook Road intersection. Vintage Park Estates is the most inviting area of this upscale development. There are twelve home sites in the Estate section of this eighty-two lot planned development that will include lakes, walking trails, soccer and baseball fields and even a pet park.
Arbor Trace
Arbor Trace is less than one mile from Highway 90 at the Zoo of Acadiana and is in the city of Broussard. There is a small pond with a beautifully lit fountain and walking area. The entrance to the subdivision is enhanced with beautiful fencing, two arbors and landscaping.
Oak Knoll
Hybrid camellias, 100-year-old live oaks, cypress knees waist high and a nature trail around a two acre lake set the scene. The lake is accented with four lighted fountains, a softly lit boardwalk through the nature area, and several spots with park benches and fishing banks. The trees are too numerous to count and are laced with Louisiana iris. There are specimen trees like elm, birch and even a very rare golden oak tree. The location is simply breathtaking.
Heritage Trace
Quaint and cozy with forty-eight home sites, a park, cypress picket fences and a small playground for young children.
Ella Trace
Ella Trace offers the convenience of location as well as its own market. It is McLain's vision of the old country store. It will have all the convenient items of today but with the comfort of yesterday. The market will not only be stocked with essentials, but also with added specialty items like chicken, quail, boudin, cracklins as well as luxury items such as select wine, cheeses and condiments.


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"The breathing process
creates images in the mind.
When breath becomes calm,
mind also becomes calm."--
Inhale, exhale ... the breath, how often do we think of it, ... consciously? Yet breathing is an activity that goes on as does our heartbeat. From the moment of our initial birth cry, when we leave the womb to the very instantaneous split second of our death, the breath is with us. Flowing, stretching, gasping, throbbing through our existence, a continuous connected string that links every moment to the one before and the one after -- for the purposes of our life: eternal.
"I have a friend
At the end
Of the world.
His name is a breath" (Stevie Smith, English Poet)
Each day, we breathe about 23,040 times and move around 438 cubic feet of air. It takes us about five seconds to breathe -- two seconds to inhale and three seconds to exhale
At the same time it is an outward indicator and an interior regulator of our life. As its beginning is involuntary so its suspension can only be temporary--a minute or two held in or out. And when it stops, the end, our end, is complete and utter. The oxygen still exists but the breath we once owned is gone.
The process, to breathe, to use the lungs to saturate the blood with oxygen and rid it of carbon dioxide, is so precisely beautiful, rational and direct, that to
neglect or take it for granted would be the worst kind of foolishness. To regard it as an involuntary action, though to a great extent it is, would be similar to regarding the sun as merely an instrument for allowing us to go about our daily business without stumbling over things. Both are much, much more. And the breath can be regulated, invigorated, sharpened, paced, deepened and directed; all for our own purposes. This is about that process that gives us the power and the knowledge to regulate our lives in a way we can only wish for with our conscious mind. Pranayama grants us the ability to go beyond the simple and perfect inhale and exhale.
A tool, a measuring stick
With yoga, we can use the breath to measure our physical and mental well being and consequently we can use it to alter and elevate our consciousness. It can eliminate nervousness, introduce relaxation, enhance and expand creativity and promote healing in the body mind and soul. And this is only the beginning.
To know & to use
With a steady awareness and control of the breath, we can turn our body into a vehicle for elevation, ecstasy and health.
Most assuredly, as the master says, "There is something that breathes in you and something that controls that breath as a gift of life and that's all you need . You don't need other gimmicks!" Yogi Bhajan
In the context of yoga, Kundalini Yoga especially, the breath does much more than merely supply the body with adequate amounts of oxygen--as critical as that task is. (Think for a moment about the moment in evolutionary history when that amazing process finally came about as a function!)
There are other things as well! For example:
*In case of a fever, Sitali Pranayam will serve to cool you down.
*Sleep problems--Insomnia? Breathe through the left nostril to relax.
*Drowsiness at work--Breathe through the right nostril to energize yourself.
*Digestive problems? --Vatskar Kriya and the special breath associated with it will heal them.
These are but a few of the applications that can be dealt with by applying the solutions of the science of Pranayama as contained within the overall structure of Kundalini Yoga.
Kundalini Yoga, in fact any school of yoga, will link the breath with each practice--pranayama is not a separate or independent form of yoga--rather it is integral to all forms!
"With each asana or position, with each meditation, mantra or mudra,
with every stretch or flex, you, the yogi, need to remember the breath.
Coordinate all your practices with the breath.
Walk throughout your day with the breath.
Breathe deeply before you speak.
Exhale completely to listen.
And then relax.
Remember the breath."
It is said, in the yogic scriptures that we are born with a certain number of breaths with which to live our lives. However many trillion aspirations that might be, when those breaths are expended, we die. It is also said in these same scriptures that each and every one of the pranayama techniques as postulated in the teachings of Kundalini Yoga has a wonderful advantage. That is, no matter how many times we inhale and exhale while practicing ANY of the breathing exercises, it is only counted as ONE breath against our lifetime total of breaths that we were born with! Imagine, each and every pranyama exercise lengthens as well as strengthens our lives
This and subsequent blogs will be about the many uses of the breath and how Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan (who is quoted often) can alter and illuminate our health, expand self esteem and elevate our consciousness. These applications can be applied to alter our physical systems in a positive manner. These blogs will be a gathering together of some of the essential knowledge of yoga as it applies to the breath and:
1-will explain breath rhythms;
2-will chart exercises to enhance those rhythms and strengthen the breathing muscle groups;
3-will suggest specific kriyas or sets of exercises for expanding the lungs; and
4-will point to meditations that use the breath for higher consciousness and expanded awareness. (Though this true of the entire body of Yogi Bhajan's teachings.) The purpose of this information is to enhance the student's life through the application of proven techniques.
"There is no God outside you. Neither was, nor is, nor shall be. It is all in you. The very breath of life is Divine." Yogi Bhajan
The most natural breath is the relaxed breath--it is conscious yet it is easily done. It is long and deep. (There is a breath in Kundalini Yoga, Long Deep Breathing, which will be explained fully in an ensuing blog.) Normally, the unconscious breath is shallow and based in the upper chest. This however, leads to tension, stress and weak nerves. If the breath is shallow, it is incomplete. We do not absorb as much oxygen as we need and we do not rid our systems of enough carbon dioxide. (If you consider yourself environmentally conscious, remember that the trees and plants need that CO2!)
The result of a shallow breath is a weakened and even poisoned system--burdened with excessive CO2, starving for O2, which equals poor health. This does not just mean poor physical health but erratic mental health dominated by seemingly uncontrollable peaks and valleys and a barren spiritual life, shallow and unrewarding--close to nonexistent. In short, without a healthy body the mind and the spirit suffer. A study of athletes cited in the Indian Journal of Medicine in 1994 states that "The subjects who practiced pranayama could achieve higher work rates with reduced oxygen consumption." In other words, they were able to make more efficient use of that oxygen.
More & Better
The 'average' person who does not practice Kundalini Yoga has a lung capacity of about 250 cc. According to Yogi Bhajan, it is not until that capacity is expanded to over 700 cc's (by using the tools supplied by yoga) that real and positive personality changes happen.
As you practice Kundalini Yoga you will note a change as your capacity goes beyond 500 cc--a more relaxed and positive feeling as you complete your yoga sessions. This is a sign that you are making better use of your breath capacity.
However that is only the beginning. As you read these words about the breath you will constantly be reminded to pay attention to the breathing process. How fortunate! For as you read you will breathe deeply, the deeper the breath, the more knowledge you will absorb as the result of absorbing more oxygen. It seems possible that you will benefit simply from reading the blog! So how much more can you gain from putting into practice some of the methods contained herein?
Real Progress
I would suggest that you find a practice in the early parts of these writings--one that is simple and perhaps applicable to a problem or situation you may find yourself in. Take that practice and do it all the while you are reading the blogs. Each night before you go to bed, or in the morning when you wake up, or during a lunch break (before you eat), but daily and correctly. See then if you haven't gained from as little as 3-11 minutes of Pranayama.
With that in mind, let us proceed!
"The only miracle in this world is you being alive; the only God in this world is your breath of life." Yogi Bhajan


text: Jasneet obtained his MSc in computer science from Simon Fraser University with a specialization in NLP and an emphasis on machine translation. He has significant experience at early stage, pre revenue, startups developing NLP and ML solutions with work experience at: Maluuba (recently acquired by Microsoft), Germinait, and Worksafe BC. For instance, while he worked at Maluuba, Jasneet worked on an AI powered voice assistant that went into the latest blackberry phones. Jasneet was a student team award winner at CODE 2015 the largest Hackathon in Canada. His work has been published in SFU News, Global News, Wikimedia Research, and more.


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I hate how people are so quick to dismiss young artists like Blanche. They're supposed to have it all together, having found themselves as artists and have stage presence at that age. Give her a few years and I bet you she'll be bigger than Loïc. She just needs to find her own persona and I'm sure she knows her insecurities, so she's probably already working to overcome them. I praise her for keeping herself up with the way people were trashing her before the semi-finals. Heck, even our own commentator (the hero of our time) was straight up bullying her for her shyness. It's even more disgusting that these are adults trashing on her.
From #39 to #38 in the Austrian charts this week
Interesting Article for all germans and austrians here:
It seems that "City Lights" is the only Song this year that is still played in the Radio. "Perfect Life" however was even removed by the NDR-Channels.
Well I wasnt expecting this esc song here in the city beach
My review of "City Lights":
For a few years now, Belgium has become a country to watch out for in Eurovision. Part of their musical upgrade (and successes) imo comes from the fact two broadcasters are responsible for the contest, so there is like an internal competition, which I think is wholesome when selecting acts internally. Even better, each party unofficially represents a region (Flemish vs Walloon), which certainly fosters their competitive spirit. Personally, I think RTBF has won over VRT every single time this decade because they've tried to push the envelope several times with either catchy entries or experimental-ish efforts (Copycat, With Love Baby, Rhythm Inside). On the contrary, despite their success with "Me And My Guitar" (which wasn't my cup of tea at all), VRT has mostly sent bummers (Would You?, Mother...); "What's The Pressure" was musically and visually an improvement from their past efforts, still it wasn't really that special to me, I think they can do better. Just so you know, my favourite Belgian entry of the 2010's is "With Love Baby", which would have deserved much more than it got. Anyway, after Loïc avant-garde slayage in 2015, I thought it would have been difficult for RTBF to find a worthy successor, but they found it with Blanche's "City Lights". It is an atmospheric electro-pop ballad that indeed could have been sung by Dido (it would have fit her last album "Girl Who Got Away" perfectly) or maybe Birdy (even though I'm not familiar with her work). There is no introduction as it starts right away with Blanche's deep voice, a minimalistic piano accompaniment and some electronic snap sounds. Opening with the chorus is risky, but here I guess it was a clever choice as the melody is easily hummable and memorable. After that, the first verse kicks off with a more elaborate electro set of light beats and an undescribable background sonic loop that actually creates tension and adds dynamism to the orchestration. As the song keeps the same pace from beginning to end and the composers were probably mindful of it sounding linear, introducing that tiny element made the verses sound like they were faster than the chorus, even though there was no actual pace change, which was kinda cool imo. The atmosphere is mostly dark and nocturnal thanks to background synths, the melody is quite nice: nothing too intricate, but the lines flow nicely. The chorus has got a more cosmic/dreamy feel to it, Blanche is accompanied by subtle backing voices, low piano notes and synths. The second verse is pretty similar to the first one, the short break between this part and the next chorus is noteworthy though, I think it sounded effective during live performances. Apart from the usual arrangements, some synth notes were added to the second chorus. Then comes a very welcome bridge, breaking the monotony of the melody a little while building on the chorus momentum. Then we kind of go back to a higher-pitched version of the very first chorus used as an intro, singing it in a higher pitch was the way to go to avoid easily avoidable linearity, if that makes sense Eventually, the song ended with a full-blown chorus. Overall, I think this was a solid effort musically speaking. As far as mainstream pop music is concerned, RTBF understood that defending some material with mass-appeal doesn't mean it shouldn't sound high-end or relatively "adventurous" arrangement-wise. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying "City Lights" is a super original piece of music, however it mixes a catchy and memorable melody with a gloss that took it to another level compared with most mainstream pop songs in Eurovision. What I'm trying to say is that mainstream pop is not the devil when it's made tastefully, with the will to introduce elements/effects that elevate it and make it escape the beigeness/formulaicness syndrome we know only too well. Pros: nice atmosphere, rather cute arrangements, solid melody, nice deep voice. Cons: it may be too linear and uneventful to some, and I would partly agree with that, but I guess that was intended somehow.
My musical highlight would be the second verse and its dramatic arrangements, followed by the short break that I find effective.
-Vocally, RTBF chose a singer with an interesting voice, so props to them for that. However, the issue that has been raised at some point by pretty much everyone is that Blanche's personality (her shyness in particular) kind of ruins the potential she has as a performer. Some found her vulnerable and stuff - each to their own - personally, all I saw from her on stage was a corpse-like attitude during the first two minutes of the song, and then a scared doe facing car lights towards the end. I'm not saying this to bash her or anything - actually I agree with what @ESCKerli said above - but the truth is first impressions are what matters in Eurovision and I sincerely felt uneasy watching her perform in the first semi because she didn't seem to be enjoying being here (and I couldn't get into the song due to that). As a very shy person myself, I can relate, still I wish she hadn't been so expressionless, even her face looked frozen. No need to say her semi performance didn't convince me at all at first listen, hence why I was on the fence about the song (and the poor sound quality didn't help). Thankfully, she did better in the final vocally-speaking, despite no changes in terms of body language. She couldn't help it, that's for sure, yet her attitude didn't help me like the song live (which needed a better facial and physical delivery, if that makes sense).
-Visually, it wasn't quite what I expected either. Giving Blanche's rather limited performing abilities, I would have liked a more intimate and striking presentation tbh. They played with white moving spotlights, a dark background and a sphere with dots (which reminded me of Vienna's logo). Strobing lights appeared during the first verse and geometrical shapes filled the screens. I'm not convinced by the frosty blue/dark blue colour scheme, I think it was too cold-looking, a bit too common and not really in line with the music (black, white, grey and yellow like in the music video would have been more suitable imo). There was a cool concentric effect on the floor though, I liked that. What I liked the most is the lights moving during the part right after the bridge, they should have played more on a "spotlight choreography" and could have made the screens less busy imo. Blanche wore a long black dress with frills, tbh I liked it and it was miles better than the white dress they had considered at first. To sum up, while the visuals weren't bad or tasteless by any means, I believe they weren't up to the song and the atmosphere of it wasn't well translated. Like Croatia's "Lighthouse" last year, they could have done the song justice with an emphasis on spotlights.
-Results-wise, I couldn't predict that one because musically, it 100% deserved to get through to me, but performance-wise, it was disputable and as lots of non-qualifiers gave much better performances, it may open a debate about whether good songs with meh performances or meh songs with good performances should be favoured (from a professional point of view). Personally, Eurovision remains a song contest to me - not a mere talent show - so musical merit should keep an advantage over great vocal delivery if a choice has to be made. With that being said, "City Lights" did have its place in the final imo and I disapprove of the jury voting (once again) which wouldn't have made Belgium qualify, I get it might not have been in their top 5, but the semi was musically poor enough for Belgium to reach their top 10 based on the song only imo. Eventually, RTBF did it again by placing 4th for the second time in a row, viewers at home really liked it! Too bad juries put them below the average songs of Norway, Australia and Sweden for instance. In my personal ranking, "City Lights" is my 10th favourite song of the year. Well done neighbours! Thanks to RTBF for sending another song I can care about, even though "With Love Baby" remains my fave effort so far. I wish the best of luck to Laura Groeseneken in Lisbon and I hope VRT will deliver the goods! Fingers crossed
And she's very adorable my favorite entry of Belgium
Two robbed french legends
hello. do you by any chance have time for the word of the lord?
~ also known as: Troll, depressed person listening to toxic tunes 24/7, high empress of the euroqueens ~


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Potassium is an imperative mineral that has not been given the consideration it merits throughout the years yet is currently starting to discover its place among better-perceived supplements. Some grapefruit juice has around 11 percent of the aggregate every day supply of potassium that is right now suggested. Potassium is basic for legitimate muscle capacity and keeps up a solid heart beat, pulse, and appropriate processing.
5. Lower cholesterol (Grapefruit Juice)
A medicinal research examine distributed in 2011 uncovered that grown-ups who experienced weight saw their levels of HDL or "great" cholesterol ascend after they were given 127g of grapefruit juice to drink before dinners over a time of 12 weeks.
6. Vitamin E (Grapefruit Juice)
This is a cell reinforcement Vitamin which is demonstrated to help free the collection of unsafe "free radicals" that may advance the improvement of maladies, for example, tumor. Vit. E additionally reinforces the insusceptible framework and furthermore enable keep to skin sound and energetic looking. It might likewise help lessen aggravation which is believed to be one of the underlying drivers of numerous sicknesses. Top 8 Health Benefits of Grape fruit Juice
7. Calories (Grape fruit Juice)
Dissimilar to a great deal of other organic product juices – especially those that contain included sugar. Unsweetened grape fruit juice is low in calories. Some grapefruit juice contains a sum of only 96 calories, making it a decent trade. For different drinks amid suppers or as a reviving refreshment pretty much whenever.
8. Atherosclerosis (Grape fruit Juice)
The pectin that is found in grape fruit juice may bring down the collection of cholesterol. And different stores that can stop up corridors and prompt more genuine medical issues. For example, heart assault and stroke. Top 8 Health Benefits of Grape fruit Juice
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I am working on October recipes, I will be back with the weekly menu next Thursday October 6th.
Wednesday September 21st, 2011
Daniela Francescutto
This is my favorite month. The summer has not yet gone and the autumn brings the promise of rich and delicious fruits. The nights start to become colder making cooking in the kitchen more pleasurable. In September the best things of my life have always started and I hope this blog can be one of [...]
Sole Fillets with Zucchini
Wednesday September 21st, 2011
Daniela Francescutto
This recipe uses sole fillet as its base. Sole is a fish that is very delicate and rarely sold whole. It is usually found in fillet form both fresh and frozen. I used fresh fillets in this recipe. The advantage of sole is that it cooks in minutes.
Swordfish with Parsley
Wednesday September 21st, 2011
Daniela Francescutto
Swordfish is the symbol of Sicily, and even though it is possible to catch it in the Atlantic Ocean, us Italians are bound to the fish that come from the sea that surrounds our peninsula. Swordfish is a fish of great size, can weigh up to 300 pounds, and is sold in slices.
Taste of the Garden Skewers
Wednesday September 21st, 2011
Daniela Francescutto
The success of "hamburgers" and all the typical preparations of fast food and kebabs is due to the fact that they are prepared in a way that is simple and easy to eat, soft and shredded into a sandwich or flatbread with some vegetables.
Soft Pear Cake
Wednesday September 21st, 2011
Daniela Francescutto
Several pear trees have been planted around my house over the years. I can say that every member of my family has their own preferred variety. There is still an antique "butirro" tree variety planted by my grandfather which matures in August. The latest addition to our family, Colleen, also received a pear tree as [...]
Penne with Gorgonzola
Wednesday September 21st, 2011
Daniela Francescutto
This recipe represents a one plate meal, suited to be a dinner without other additions. If your family is really hungry simply increase the portion of pasta per person. In this case you will need to increase the other ingredients by ⅓. This recipe uses a typical Italian cheese called gorgonzola. If you can not [...]
Tuscan Beans
Wednesday September 21st, 2011
Daniela Francescutto
In the past beans were the protein of the poor. Beans were cooked in many ways, accompanied by various ingredients according to the seasons. They were planted in the garden of the house and were the daily dish of peasants.
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Blackman: Um... comic droid sidekick?GameSpy: We were hoping for "surprisingly sinister droid sidekick."
Blackman: Well, all I can say is that I feel like we found a way to... eh, we met with George several times and one of the things he stressed was outlining to us what he felt Star Wars was. Star Wars is about adventure, Star Wars is about drama, and Star Wars is about comedy. There's comedy in Star Wars and so there needs to be comedy in our game. So for as dark as the game is, in terms of the setup and the time period, and the fact that you're playing Darth Vader's secret apprentice, that you're out there fighting the last of the Jedi, we still need to find ways to infuse comedy.
We went through a lot of different ways; there are characters like your droid sidekick who will supply that. But I'm confident that the way that we're providing humor through the droid sidekick is new and different than anything you've seen in Star Wars before. He's a new, fresh character, I think, and he's got a different personality than the other droids you've encountered before. And other sidekicks that have been in the movies.


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MN labor expert: Effect of home health care unions unclear
Tuesday's announcement that Minnesota's home health care providers will hold an election to unionize led to a fierce eruption of responses from both Minnesota's union backers and critics.
In its statement following the election, the SEIU (the union the workers would join), was obviously positive, saying workers "can win improvements to their jobs and to the care they provide for elderly and disabled Minnesotans" and even sharing stories of workers who they say will be helped.
See also: Hamline adjunct professor become first to unionize
But other public figures were fairly critical of the election, which would impact an estimated 26,000 workers. Republican gubernatorial candidate Kurt Zellers unsurprisingly came out against the election, saying in a statement that "Minnesotans shouldn't be forced to join a union or pay dues against their will, and once again, it's clear by this announcement that Governor Dayton has sided with liberal special interest groups."
And in an interview with the Star-Tribune, Minnesota HomeCare Association CEO Neil Johnson said that even if the workers were to go forward and form a union, it probably wouldn't do much good, mostly due to the fact that home health care workers don't make much as is.
"If you're making $10 an hour, how much can you really afford to pay in union dues?" Johnson said.
But we talked to one labor expert who says that kind of speculation - from both sides - is pretty much pointless as of now. John Budd, the chair of the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies at the University of Minnesota, says there's far more to the issue than just health care or wages, and with so many factors in flux, there's no way to tell what unionizing could mean.
"I think what you're reading are diverse perspectives on both sides that are partly based on hopeful, wishful thinking, and only partly based on reality," said Budd. "But ultimately these are very complex matters and nobody really knows for sure."
Budd says that if this was an election for something like an automotive union, that'd be easier to predict, since we've seen plenty of those unions. But home health care unions are a different story. There are only a few examples of those kinds of unions around the country, in places like Illinois, Washington and Michigan. And they've had a mixed record on whether or not they've helped their members overall.
"Take Michigan," Budd says. "I think Michigan's an interesting example. In the early years, the SEIU was able to win wage increases. But then the statehouse changed, which weakened union power."
Specifically, Budd's referring to a Michigan law where the state determined that home health care workers weren't considered public employees, making the home health care union in the state virtually powerless. But in a place like Washington, the SEIU is still doing well, with nearly 43,000 home health workers in their ranks.
Unionizing is a long process, Budd says. It'll involve an election in a few weeks or month, then it'll take even longer than that for the union to decide how it will negotiate. Budd said that with so many factors involved in the future, from pending legal rulings to what the composition of the State House will look like after the elections, there's no telling what the unionization could actually mean for workers in a year or two.
And the last thing that could really throw a kink in the whole situation is the Supreme Court's recent ruling saying that home health care workers aren't required to pay union fees if they don't want to. That sort of rule has already had a detrimental effect in Michigan, but the SEIU has said it will continue to try to recruit more members, despite the ruling.
Send your story tips to the author, Robbie Feinberg. Follow him on Twitter @robbiefeinberg.
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According to the programmer personality test my programmer personality type is DLSB, which is about right because I'm a hardcore c/c++ and optimization freak; I do "web" stuff just for fun :)
You're a Doer. You are very quick at getting tasks done. You believe the outcome is the most important part of a task and the faster you can reach that outcome the better.After all, time is money.
You like coding at a Low level. You're from the old school of programming and believe that you should have an intimate relationship with the computer. You don't mind juggling registers around and spending hours getting a 5% performance increase in an algorithm.
You work best in a Solo situation. The best way to program is by yourself. There's no communication problems, you know every part of the code allowing you to write the best programs possible.
You are a liBeral programmer. Programming is a complex task and you should use white space and comments as freely as possible to help simplify the task. We're not writing on paper anymore so we can take up as much room as we need.


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The Jobfest 2012 campaign encourages people to rock their future by attending an event that will put them in contact with great job leads, which could very well result in a fantastic, dream-fulfillling career path. From a head-banging construction job to a hard-partying computer gig, the possibilities are endless, especially if people take their future in their own hands instead of waiting passively for an opportunity to magically appear before them.
Conceived and created by Cossette, an ad agency based in Canada, the Jobfest 2012 campaign is fun and creative, inspiring energetic enthusiasm when it comes to job searches and career paths. It was art directed by Bart Batchelor and Rob Sweetman with creative direction by Bryan Collins and Rob Sweetman and copy writing by Mike Felix.
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Update About Toys - Toy Vault Opens On-line Store, Plus More
For those of you who are not familiar with Toy Vault, What is your problem. Head on over to their site now and get your Gandalf and Nazgul Lord Action figures.
Toy Vault Launches On-line Store
Toy Vault Toy Club now has an on-line store located at: store.yahoo.com/toyvault . You can place orders through the store using your credit card. From time to time Toy Vault will be offering discounted figures through the store. For more information please e-mail us at email@example.com.
All Lord of the Nazgul Orders Shipped
All Lord of the Nazgul orders have been shipped[. I]f you have not received your order please contact us by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phoning 001(606)877-9818 There has been some concern over the Nazgul's cloak. It is indeed supposed to be shredded at the bottom.
Lord of the Nazgul Problems
Dear Faithful Middle-earth Follower,
Toy Vault is aware some of you have had complaints with the paint job on the recently released Lord of the Nazgul figures. After pulling 50 copies of the figures, completely at random, we discovered the percentage of painting errors on these figures was astronomically high. After over a week of negotiations with the factory responsible for these numerous mistakes, a beneficial agreement was reached.
The factory in Hong Kong was made aware of the problems, both in writing and photographically. They are shipping us replacement figures for those who would like replacements, which will arrive here in about 2 months. We are aware that this seems like a significant amount of time, however we believe these corrected figures will be well worth the wait.
An announcement will be made as to when the new figures will be available. At that time, which should be around 2 months more or less, any customer who wishes to replace the Lord of the Nazgul figure they purchased can do so. We plan to issue UPS call tags to anyone who requests them, so the shipping of the figures will be free.
Anyone with questions or comments can contact Toy Vault anytime by e-mailing email@example.com or calling 001 (606) 877-9818. You can also write to:
Toy Vault Toy Club
253 Reynolds Rd.
Keavy, KY 40737 [USA]