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The concept of insurance comes from communities in the past who pooled their resources to protect each other from the risks they all faced. It works better the more people are in the pool as the numbers become more reliable. But this method isn't scalable because it is a trust-based system and the network of individuals trusted by everyone in the pool only extends so far. Hence traditional insurance companies emerged.
When Ethereum and smart contracts came along we realised we could apply our insurance industry knowledge to our passion for decentralised technology. We realised we could build a mutual on a platform where individuals only need to trust the system, not everyone in it.
Specifically, we could see a solution to the problem of agency - where an insurer looks after customers' money on their behalf. We also saw the opportunity to make significant cost savings compared to the traditional insurance model. Furthermore, as we're already in the UK, we have the perfect base to build out this concept due to the existing law around mutuality.
The aim is to provide our members with more simple, transparent, accessible and cheaper financial protection against their risks.
Nexus Mutual is a decentralised alternative to insurance. We've used blockchain technology to create a mutual (a risk sharing pool) to return the power of insurance to the people. The platform is built on the Ethereum public chain. It allows anyone to become a member and buy cover. It replaces the idea of a traditional insurance company, because it is wholly owned by the members. The model encourages engagement as members will get economic incentives for participating in Risk Assessment, Claims Assessment and Governance.
Initially, we have launched with only one product; Smart Contract Cover. The purpose is to provide the Ethereum community with protection against hacks in the value-storing applications (known as smart contracts).
Down the line, we intend to move into more mainstream products. We started building the platform on the premise of providing cover against earthquake risks.
We've launched Nexus Mutual Chat and would love to hear your thoughts and questions there.
You can also find us on Twitter or subscribe to the newsletter on our website.
We're established as a company limited by guarantee in the UK and have received approval by the Financial Conduct Authority (Bank of England) to use the protected word "mutual" in our company name.
By becoming a member, each participant in the mutual becomes a part-owner of the mutual, with membership rights represented by NXM tokens. This structure has no shares or equity by definition, it is a company run solely by members for the members.
An overview of the Token Model can be found here.
A token is needed in order to bind together the internal economics of the mutual, so that the platform can;
dynamically react to the prevailing conditions and capitalisation levels; and
reward active members for participating in the day-to-day operations of the mutual.
Nexus Mutual uses a token bonding curve (also known as a continuous token model), with the price in ETH driven by two main factors:
How much capital the mutual has.
How much capital the mutual needs to meet all claims with a certain probability.
For more details see our Token Model page.
No. We have launched with a live, working product on main-net and the platform is immediately available for use by the community. Tokens can be purchased directly from the platform for use in buying cover, Risk Assessment, Claims Assessment and Governance.
Now! Check out the application.
We currently don't have plans to be listed on exchanges and don't expect to be in the near future. Due to the nature of the token model and the requirement for tokens to belong to members only, any exchange listing would have to be bespoke.
Tokens will be redeemable directly from the platform for ETH, subject to some restrictions.
Yes, as long as the address being transferred to is also a Nexus Mutual member - the transaction will fail if this is not the case.
Cover is available for purchase by members from the application interface using a Metamask account.
We're making the process as simple as possible:
Specify which smart contract address you want Cover for.
Specify the Cover Amount, currency (ETH or DAI) and Cover Period.
Generate a quote and make the transaction using Metamask.
You are now covered!
We use a combination of two price drivers:
Parameters relating to the smart contract, including:
amount of time the contract has been live,
amount of value held on the contract (30-day average),
how complicated the code is (based on initial gas cost), and
how many transactions the contract has experienced.
Risk Assessors staking NXM to vouch for the security of the contract and hence lower the price.
You can find the full pricing algorithm here.
All smart contract addresses on the Ethereum blockchain that are verified on Etherscan can be covered by the platform.
However, the quote may return an un-coverable price for some smart contracts. These contracts have not been battle-tested or have sufficient value staked against them by Risk Assessors. In particular, newly deployed contracts are likely to require Risk Assessors to firstly stake value against them before the price drops into a coverable range.
Risk Assessors for the Smart Contract Cover product are likely to be those with smart contract audit expertise or capital providers relying on auditors' judgement.
They can stake value in the form of NXM, thus vouching for the security of the contract and dropping the price of cover. This stake gets gradually released back to the Risk Assessor over a period of 250 days.
If a Cover is then subsequently sold on that contract, the first Risk Assessor to have staked value on it gets a reward of 20% of the price of cover, up to a maximum of 50% of their stake, at which point the next assessor begins earning rewards and so on.
If there is an accepted claim on this contract, the Risk Assessors' stake up to the Cover Amount is burnt.
For more detail, please see our Risk Assessor docs page.
Smart Contract Cover is intended to provide protection against material loss of value resulting from "unintended uses" of smart contact code. In practice, this means that a vulnerability in smart contract code has been exploited and a material amount of value has been drained or made permanently irrecoverable.
All other security events (for example, loss of private keys or centralised exchange hacks) are not covered.
The precise cover wording is contained in the Product Document.
Importantly, there are several areas in the definition where human judgement is required. The idea is to pay claims where a genuine loss has occurred but not pay claims where members are trying to game the system. This can never be fully captured by words and must be interpreted by the membership base as a collective group.
Members will act as judges, with each claim subject to a yes/no vote by members who have chosen to stake a portion of their tokens to act as Claims Assessors.
The Claims Assessors earn rewards for voting with the consensus outcome. If anyone is deemed to have voted fraudulently, their stake may be burned via the Governance process.
More detail is available in the Claims Assessment docs page.
If the platform begins denying legitimate claims, failing in the core purpose it is set up for, then no new users would come to the platform and make contributions to it. While it's true that claims would lower the value of the pool and hence the value of the NXM tokens the Claims Assessors hold and earn in the short- term, Claims Assessors are also financially incentivised to take a longer-term view as they are required to lock up a stake.
This stake can be burned if there is deemed to be clear fraudulent voting activity by Claims Assessors (see Advisory Board section for details). The threat of losing their stake is a significant deterrent to voting fraudulently.
We acknowledge this is a complicated and important aspect to what Nexus Mutual offers. That is why we have tested the design with our partners, Incentivai, who use machine learning algorithms in order to model the behaviour of economically incentivised AI agents.
Using Incentivai's AI and machine learning tools we have identified a combination of parameters which give us confidence that close to 100% of genuine claims will be paid and close to 0% of non-genuine claims will be paid.
At present, cover can be bought in ETH, DAI or NXM. If paying in ETH or DAI, the system will convert the contribution to NXM in the background, then immediately use that NXM to purchase cover.
Yes, definitely. We actually started development with a product to cover earthquake risks, but shifted direction in late 2017.
There are still challenges regarding public blockchains, with scalability (in terms of transaction throughput) and user-friendliness being the key ones which make mainstream products quite difficult at this time. However, there are a large number of talented people working on solutions to these problems so we are optimistic that they will be solved within the next few years.
In the meantime, we're focusing on a market that has already adopted this technology.
No. However, we fully understand that due to being a smart contract that protects the community against hacks in other smart contracts, we need to be very secure ourselves.
Therefore, in addition to our ongoing checks and external reviews during the build phase we have had our code reviewed by three independent experts through an audit with Solidified. See the audit report.
This is indeed a risk and it is why we have not only performed extensive internal testing and external audits but we have also launched with some emergency functionality (that is intended to be removed once the contracts have become more battle-tested).
From a cover holder perspective, by purchasing cover with Nexus Mutual you still get significant peace of mind from an additional safety net. As an example, say there is a 1% chance that the chosen smart contract has a bug and also a 1% chance that Nexus Mutual has a bug. By purchasing cover only one contract needs to be secure for you to either suffer no issue or receive a claim payment. Overall, you've increased your safety margin from 1 in 100 to 1 in 10,000.
Yes, absolutely. Please refer to our Use Cases page for further information.
Initially, we have a member token-voting process overseen by an advisory board (comprised of experts from the worlds of insurance, mutual management and smart contract security). Note that any member can replace an Advisory Board member via a vote at any time.
Any member may delegate their vote to any other member with rewards available for participating in governance actions.
For more information see our blog post on DAO Governance.
We believe that pragmatic trade-offs are OK to start with. Therefore, in the interest of launching a viable product - as well as ensuring the security of the smart contracts - Nexus Mutual will launch with some aspects which are not fully decentralised. These will be reduced over time as the system becomes battle-tested and gains scale.
If you want to offer a premium service to your clients and/or earn more from audit work you have already completed, Nexus Mutual can be used to achieve this.
If your client wants to purchase Smart Contract Cover with Nexus Mutual you can earn rewards by staking against that contract.
How it works:
You audit your client's contracts as usual.
You stake on Nexus Mutual against your client's smart contracts.
When your client purchases cover, you earn rewards.
Benefits for You:
You earn additional rewards on the Nexus Mutual platform.
You differentiate yourselves from the competition by putting your money where your mouth is.
Benefits for Your Client
They have greater confidence in the security of their contracts.
They or their users can buy cover from Nexus Mutual at reduced prices.
They can market the extra steps taken to their community.
Your clients can also show they have skin in the game by taking out smart contract cover to prove their confidence in the security of their own smart contracts.
If you think a smart contract is secure, you can stake NXM tokens against it. Simply choose a specific smart contract address, stake any number of NXM tokens and become a Risk Assessor. Your stake will be released gradually over 250 days.
When cover is purchased, that contract's Risk Assessor/s earn commission equal to 20% of the cover price. The maximum commission you can earn is 50% of your stake.
If a contract already has a stake against it, you join the back of the queue for that contract. First in line earns all the commission until either their max is earned or their 250-day stake period expires. Once this happens, the next Risk Assessor in line begins earning rewards.
Become a member now to get started: https://app.nexusmutual.io/#/Membership


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Lover of all things food and fitness related
Simple Homemade Elotes
Elotes are my second favorite Mexican dish (behind guacamole OF COURSE) and I finally perfected this simple recipe you can make at home. Elotes are an authentic term for Mexican street corn. Traditionally, it is grilled corn on the cob, slathered with mayo, Mexican crema, cotija cheese, chili powder, cilantro and lime juice. My recipe is a slightly healthier version of this delicious combination of flavors, as it includes everything, but the crema and mayo. The creaminess is not missed because of the salt from the cotija cheese, tang from the limes, and spice from the chili powder. It is a great dish to serve family style when having people over, especially in the summer when grilling season is in full swing!
1 bag of Trader Joes frozen roasted corn (or about 4 ears of corn, grilled at 450° to 550 until lightly charred)
1/2 cup crumbled cotija cheese
Handful of chopped cilantro
Juice of 1 lime
1 tsp of sea salt
1/2 tsp chili powder or cayenne
Dash of cumin
Dash of cracked black pepper
Heat frozen roasted corn in saute pan until warm. Let it cool for 5 minutes in a bowl before mixing in the cheese and the rest of the ingredients.
I love to serve this alongside a big taco salad or on top of fajita seasoned-chicken with roasted veggies. This will be a party pleaser and I'm sharing it just in time for Cinco De Mayo!
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This section is here to share my experiences in the kitchen and to give you inspiration to try out healthy and fun recipes!
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Just got these postcards in the mail and wanted to share! My work is now being carried at the Navigazione Gallery in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. If you are in the area stop by!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
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Lynette, I promise that if I'm even a state away, I'll be there!
How exciting!
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Easter is coming and in our house that means lots of crafts and egg dying. Instead of using food coloring, we use natural Easter egg dyes. Natural dyes can be fun to use on paper, cloth and many other mediums, including Easter eggs! One of the best parts of using a natural dye is experimenting to see what color different materials produce…. Read More
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Building Memories with a Thanksgiving Tablecloth Project is a post from guest writer Colleen from Raising Lifelong Learners. Keeping the focus on faith and family in the midst of the craziness of the holiday season can sometimes be tough. We've tried to start numerous traditions over the years, and have found that they all eventually go by the wayside. Why? We just don't follow… Read More
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Top Ten Art Supplies For Kids is a post from Rob @ Art for Kids Hub! If you made a list of the top ten art supplies for kids, what art supply would you list as the most used by any kid? If you said crayons, you're probably right. Crayons are the easiest to pack, and compared to all the other art… Read More
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If your family is anything like my family, people tend to look for snacks by digging around the refrigerator and pantry and then end up picking out something easy to grab and go. Unfortunately, that doesn't always lead to the best choices. If this sounds like your family too, a snack station may be a perfect solution for encouraging better… Read More
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Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Notre Dame are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season.
After meeting for a day and a half at a hotel outside Dallas, the 13-member CFP selection committee released the first of its five weekly top 25s before the four-team field is set for the College Football Playoff semifinals on Dec. 2.
Michigan is fifth, followed by Georgia and Oklahoma, in the rankings announced Tuesday night.
The top four teams were no surprise. The same four teams are Nos. 1-4 in the latest Associated Press college football poll, except with Notre Dame third and LSU fourth.
Next week's rankings figure to look a lot different. Four games matching top-20 teams will be played Saturday, including Alabama at LSU.
UCF was the highest ranked team from outside the Power Five conferences at 12th. The highest ranked team from the so-called Group of Five conferences is guaranteed a spot in the New Year's Six bowls, but the Knights, riding a 20-game winning streak, want to be included in the playoff discussion this year.
Last season they started 18th and rose to 12th by the final rankings.
Washington State was eighth, the highest-ranked Pac-12 team. Kentucky was ninth. The Wildcats host Georgia on Saturday in a game that will decide the SEC East.
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In her first video, she talks about blind spots and annoying drivers. Who said safety can't be fun? Visit Bridget's Facebook page. Like her. Share her.
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Common questions from parents and caregivers revolve around the useful life periods and expiration dates for car seats. Older car seats may not provide as much protection. In fact, most state child restraint laws expressly require proper use of these safety devices, and manufacturer instructions for proper use require adherence to expiry policies. To help consumers understand the reasons car seats have limited lifespans, JPMA and its manufacturer members offer the following explanation.
Car seats and booster seats are safety devices designed to protect children from crash forces, and they have limited useful lives identified by their manufacturers. Consumers must not use children's car seats or booster seats beyond their stated useful life or expiry dates to avoid potential risks that could lead to less than optimal performance. Most state and provincial laws require proper use of these devices in accordance with manufacturer instructions, and these instructions include statements of useful life.
Some of the considerations manufacturers use to determine a model's useful life include:
Consult your manufacturer instructions to learn the useful life of your car seat.
A car seat or booster seat that has reached its stated useful life should be permanently disposed of so it cannot be reused by other families. Prior to disposing of or recycling the car seat, remove the padding, cut the harnesses and label the plastic shell with a permanent marker as, "Expired. Do not use."
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HDFC seeks shareholders' nod for Rs 85,000-cr fundraising
HDFC AGM is scheduled to be held on July 26, 2017.
"The approval of the members is being sought by way of special resolution...Authorising the board to issue NCDs and/or any other hybrid instruments (not in nature of equity shares) which can be classified as being tier II capital up to an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs 85,000 crore," it said in a regulatory filing.
The fund is to be raised by issuing redeemable non-convertible debentures or other hybrid instruments on a private placement basis for cash either at par or premium or at a discount to face value depending upon the prevailing market conditions, it said.
The capital may be raised in one or more series during a period of one year commencing from the date of the AGM (July 26, 2017) on a private placement basis, HDFC said.
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Caving Adventure in Budapest
A walking tour that explores the caves of Szemlő-hegyi and Pál-völgyi, both set within the Buda Hills. The former is known as the "underground flower garden of Budapest" with its spectacular limestone formations. And the latter for it's tall passageways and famous Theatre Hall echo chamber.


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Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998
"American politician who gained national fame as mayor of Los Angeles from 1961 to 1973, a time of economic growth and civic improvement but also one of inner-city unrest that in 1965 erupted in riots in the Watts section; at first a liberal Democrat, he became increasingly conservative during his years in office and was especially controversial for his outspoken racial views (b. Oct. 1, 1909, Lincoln, Neb.--d. June 5, 1998, Los Angeles, Calif.)."-- "Yorty, Samuel William." Britannica Book of the Year, 1999. 2008. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 13 Feb. 2008
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We are told that Gunner may not be able to compete tonight before moving to a match that I'm really looking forward to. Awesome Kong vs. Havok. These two big, hard hitting women have been building towards this since the Destination America debut and the crowd was pumped. They want each other so bad that the war starts in the aisle. The "Better than the Divas" chant breaks out again, while Josh Matthews actually mentions the Divas, Kharma and the WWE. Cool. Kong comes out on top of this hard hitting match with a splash. I enjoyed it but wish it got more time which it could have had if it wasn't for the promo we had to sit through. Before our next match, we go backstage to a clip from two weeks ago when Velvet Sky tells Angelina Love about getting fired. Angelina comforts her but shows that she's actually happy. We continue to another grudge match as Eric Young takes on Bobby Roode. I liked this as it was just two guys trying to beat each other down. MVP comes down and hands EY a steel chair. Roode did as he promised and made EY bleed before a Roode Bomb on the chair finished things off. Lockdown has been good so far.
In the back Kurt Angle begged Lashley to join his team but he declined again. As we go to our next match, I'd like to point out how hard it is to find photos of Impact a day after it airs. So you get old stuff. Sue me. Tyrus takes on the two British Bootcamp winners, Rockstar Spud and Mandrews. Not much here as the small guys fought valiantly but lost. EC3 went to shave Spud's hair but Jeremy Borash cuts the cord of the clippers. EC3 chases him away. Not bad for an angle because EC3 is wildly entertaining. I have high hopes that he can one day win the TNA World Title. He would be great as the heel who does everything in his power to keep the gold. After Bobby Roode speaks about EY and coming back for the TNA World Title, we see clips of Robbie E and Brooke Tessmacher. They competed, earlier in the night, in an odd race. While it was strange, it made sense as a play off of their Amazing Race time. Brooke wins the race, which involved them spinning around with baseball bats and climbing the cage. Looked fun and Brooke won because he stopped to take a selfie.
Before we discuss the main event, Brooke's voice is super annoying. Time for Lethal Lockdown. These are usually pretty good and the talent level in this one, sans Gunner, is relatively high. Gunner does compete and he starts. I hope it was randomly selected because putting him out there first while injured is a dick move by Kurt Angle. Kenny King and Low Ki get the advantage on him because the heels should always have the upper hand in these kinds of matches. Like War Games, it should be a series of "hot tags" so to speak. I appreciate that Austin Aries decided to sport street clothes. It's something I dig when it's a street fight environment. The ring continues to fill as Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle and MVP join in before a commercial break. Low Ki destroys Gunner with a double stomp while he's in a garbage can. As expected, Lashley arrives to even the odds as the BDC was just picking Team Angle apart. His presence shifts the balance and Team Angle comes out on top of a really solid twenty minute match.
Against all odds, and no that's not a play off the old TNA Pay-Per-View name, this company has turned me into someone who enjoys their product. I gave up on TNA a long time ago but decided to give them another shot and I've enjoyed every episode since the move to Destination America. It's not amazing but it works well. Lockdown was a satisfying special episode with some good matches and fine blowoffs to rivalries. 8/10.


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Karachi(July 01, 2018): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday has rejected the hike in petroleum products' prices.
In a statement, former opposition leader in National Assembly Khurshid Shah has demanded the caretaker government to withdraw its decision.
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He also urged to provide maximum relief to the nation.
Earlier, the caretaker government approved Saturday night a significant upward revision in the petroleum prices, citing an official announcement, with the new rates being effective by July 1.
As per the notification, the new per-liter prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene oil, light diesel, and high-speed diesel are Rs99.50, Rs119.31, Rs87.70, Rs80.91, and Rs105.31, respectively.
This effectively implies a respective price hike of Rs7.54, Rs14.00, Rs3.36, Rs.5.92, and Rs6.55 in petrol, diesel, kerosene oil, light diesel, and high-speed diesel.
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Earlier, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) had recommended an increase in the prices of petrol, diesel, and kerosene oil by Rs5.40, Rs6.20, and Rs12, respectively, for July 2018.
It forwarded a summary proposing the aforementioned revision to the Petroleum Division of the Ministry of Energy, sources had said.Prior to the latest development, the caretaker leadership on June 11 had bumped up the prices by Rs4.26, Rs6.55, and Rs4.46 per liter, respectively, for petrol, diesel, and kerosene oil for the June 12-30 period.
Petroleum Prices: CJP Irked Over 'Blame Game'
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar was annoyed at what he called the persistent "blame game" between institutions in taking accountability for surging petroleum prices.
The chief justice was hearing a case relating to petroleum prices and the imposition of additional taxes at the Supreme Court Karachi Registry.
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Managing Director of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), who appeared before the court, told the bench that 22 companies, including PSO, were buyers of petroleum products. Every company put forward demand estimates for the next three months during a joint meeting, he informed the court.Asked about the pricing mechanism, the MD told the court that average prices of petroleum products were determined by global oil prices.
The CJP, however, was not satisfied with the response and told the official that the court would verify the records listed in the report with the help of experts.
The public is fed up of the continuous increases in petroleum prices, the chief justice remarked, adding that the court will not spare anyone if any irregularity was found in the report.Chief Justice Nisar, also expressing his annoyance at the failure of chairman of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to appear before the court, questioned who was responsible for making the pricing policies.
MD PSO told the court that the policies are made by OGRA.
OGRA officials in presence, however, contended that the impression that the body was responsible for the policies was wrong.The pricing mechanism for petroleum products is devised by the government, OGRA officials informed the bench.
To this, Chief Justice Nisar remarked that every institution appeared keen to pile blame on the other. He also appeared irked by the differences in commission rates set by dealers.
It looks as if this is all a monopoly by dealers and their institutions, the CJP observed.
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What is it?
A series of classroom posters of a five step writing process: plan, draft, review, edit/proofread, publish.
There's plenty out there, but as always I didn't like the design at all. As always, the images are from Google Images.
I believe when I made these, I based them on the writing process in Merryn Whitfield's Blakes Writing Guide for Primary Students, (2009, Pascal Press: Glebe, New South Wales). Despite the name, the Blakes guides are most definitely out of the reach of most Primary Students; literacy-wise, they're certainly appropriate for my Year 11 literacy classes, so I use them extensively.
How it's used:
I printed them out at A3 size, laminated them and put them up in my English classroom. They are mostly so I can refer students to the stages when confronted with the 'Why do I have to do a draft?' grumble.
I had an idea to make them interactive: I would provide students each with a name card (or a Post-It) and have them move their name along as they completed each stage in the process.
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La doctora Nima Saeed, representante actual de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en Paquistán, uno de los tres países en los que la enfermedad es aún endémica, ha añadido que "nada se podrá hacer mientras que los talibán levanten la prohibición o permitan la vacunación de los niños en Waziristán Norte". UCANEWS:
A Taliban ban on a polio vaccination drive is preventing Pakistan from finally eradicating the crippling disease, the country's World Health Organization (WHO) representative said on Wednesday.
"Nothing can really be done unless the Taliban lifts the ban or allows the vaccination of children in North Waziristan," Dr
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He was speaking in Islamabad after five new cases of polio were confirmed this week in the country's restive tribal areas, where the Taliban banned the vaccination drive in June last year, accusing health workers of being spies.
The ban was imposed a year after Dr Shakil Afridi, a physician, conducted a polio vaccine campaign in Abbottabad as a ruse to help pinpoint the location of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The terror chief was later killed in a US military raid in May 2011.
At least 20 immunization workers have been killed by suspected Taliban militants in Pakistan since the imposition of the vaccine ban. Many areas are now considered too dangerous to continue the program.
Pakistan is one of only three countries left in the world where polio is endemic, according to the WHO. In 2011 it had 198 confirmed cases, the highest number of cases in any nation in the world.
Related articles
- How We Brought Polio Back To Pakistan (dish.andrewsullivan.com)
- PAKISTAN – Taliban threats against immunisation raise polio epidemic risks in Pakistan (asianews.it)
- Polio Breaks out Amid Militant Threats in Pakistan (abcnews.go.com)
- WAGES OF ANTI-VACCINE HYSTERIA: Africa and Pakistan Face Polio Outbreaks, in Blow to Global Fight. … (pjmedia.com)
- Pakistan: Five new polio cases reported (crofsblogs.typepad.com)
- Pakistan: More North Waziristan children crippled by polio (crofsblogs.typepad.com)
- Angels of Karachi: The Pakistani women who risk death every day to vaccinate children against polio (independent.co.uk)


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ADD2303 Emissions performance standard (EPS) Ready Reckoner
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The Mayor's greenhouse gas (GHG) Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) forms a core element under the waste chapter of the Mayor of London's new London Environment Strategy and supports the ambition for London to be a zero carbon city by 2050.
Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd have developed a tool for London boroughs to model the performance of their waste management activities against the EPS and a carbon intensity 'floor' (CIF). The tool is called the Ready Reckoner and acts as a greenhouse gas calculator. The Ready Reckoner allows the user to:
• Compare the current carbon impact of waste management against targets set in the EPS;
• Compare current residual treatment against the CIF target; and
• Test and model the impact of different interventions which will help to meet the EPS and CIF and develop effective recycling plans and waste strategies.
The tool is complex and hands on training is required to support Local Authorities (LAs) to improve their understanding of the tool and in how to use it.
This ADD seeks approval for consultancy services to provide (EPS) Ready Reckoner training, support and further development to LAs and to collect feedback from the users and implement changes to make the tool easier to use for reporting on EPS performance.
The Assistant Director approves:
1. Up to £15,000 to procure consultancy services to provide training sessions to Local Authorities (LAs) on how to use the tool (EPS Ready Reckoner), collect feedback from the users and implement changes to make the tool easier to use for reporting on EPS performance; and
2. a related exemption from requirement of the GLA's Contracts and Funding Code to procure such services competitively and to commission the above services from Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd without procuring competitively.
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The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance standard (EPS) forms a core element under the waste chapter of the Mayor of London's new London Environment Strategy (LES) and supporting the ambition for London to be a zero carbon city by 2050.
Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd have developed a tool for London boroughs to model their performance against the EPS and a carbon intensity 'floor' (CIF ). The tool is called the Ready Reckoner and acts as a greenhouse gas calculator.
The London Environment Strategy requires local authorities to produce a Reduction and Recycling Plan (RRP) setting out measures they will undertake to cut waste, increase recycling, and reduce the climate change impact of their waste activities, making an effective contribution to the Mayor's 65 per cent municipal waste recycling target by 2030. The GLA has worked with Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd to develop a revised Ready Reckoner tool in line with the revised EPS methodology to allow local authorities to use the tool to model their EPS performance for inclusion in the RRP.
The training sessions will upskill waste officers in each local authority, to ensure that the Ready Reckoner is used correctly. This will include a repeat workshop and/or a webinar to provide access to training for those who are unable to attend workshops in person. It is also the Authority's experience that the ability to call and request help when problems arise using the tool can be valuable to users and help keep momentum going, so the services will include a phone support package.
Officers acknowledge that section 9 of the GLA's Contract and Funding Code require, where the expected value of contract for services is between £10,000 and £150,000, that such services be procured completely or called off from an accessible framework. Section 10 provides however, that an exemption from this requirement may be approved where the proposed contractor has had previous involvement in the project or is to continue existing work which cannot be separated from the new project/work.
Officers propose that Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd are contracted to undertake the training for Local authorities as it represents work that cannot be separated from the recent service they provided. Appointing Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd to deliver the training sessions ensures consistency benefits as they developed the Ready Reckoner tool. They have the knowledge and unique ability to provide compatibility with an existing service and is therefore the only supplier able to provide training to local authorities. Taking these into account it is deemed that this approach represents value for money, demonstrating an effective use of time and resources instead of procuring different contractors, and reflects that the technical knowledge and expertise required is not available in house. Approval of an exemption from the requirements of section 10 of the GLA's Contracts and Funding Code is therefore sought on that basis.
The total cost to the GLA will be up to £15,000.
The objective of this project is to provide at least two training sessions for Local Authority waste officers. This project will deliver:
- Updates to the EPS Ready Reckoner and User Guide, incorporating feedback from borough training sessions to help officers better understand and determine performance of the Local Authority waste management options against the EPS and CIF when developing new services and waste contract specifications (e.g. Setting up an EPS and CIF KPI);
- A review and improvements to the guidance on how to best meet the Mayor's weight-based recycling targets and the EPS – i.e. what to practically focus on in specific situations (for example when providing services to high density vs low density housing, which materials to best focus on and how to drive up performance in a cost-effective way); and
- A user guide to assist developers and/or the waste industry to model performance of waste management options against the CIF.
The two training sessions with boroughs on the Ready Reckoner will be undertaken in February/ March 2019.
As public authorities, the Mayor and the GLA must have due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty; namely the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. Protected characteristics under the Equality Act comprise age, disability, gender re-assignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, and marriage or civil partnership status.
This training for Local Authorities is a policy commitment set out in the London Environment Strategy. The Strategy has been consulted on publicly and sought input from all groups and communities. All responses to those consultations have been analysed to help ensure the final document reflects their diverse views and needs. 85 per cent of public responses to two surveys supported the Mayor's measures to set a consistent level of recycling service including separate food waste service. Known as the Mayor's minimum level of household waste recycling, effective implementation of this minimum service by every borough will play a fundamental role in boosting recycling performance and avoiding significant amounts of greenhouse gas emissions from sending waste sent to landfill or incineration.
Consequently, the activities described in this ADD will benefit all London waste authorities taking positive action to reduce the climate change impact of their waste activities, helping London to become a cleaner and greener city and work towards the Mayor's ambition for London to be a aero waste and zero carbon city by 2050 .This work will further support the evidence base of policies in the Environment Strategy and support the Mayor's leadership role in helping to cut waste and boost recycling to reduce the environmental impact of its waste management.
Assistant Director's approval is sought to spend up to £15,000 to procure Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd to provide training sessions to Local Authorities (LAs) on how to use the EPS Ready Reckoner tool, collect feedback from the users and implement changes to make the tool easier to use for reporting on EPS performance. This is to be funded from Environment Team's 2018-19 Waste Programme budget.
The foregoing sections of this report indicate that:
- The decisions requested of the Assistant Director fall within the powers of the GLA, to do anything which may be considered to be facilitative of or conducive or incidental to the exercise of its functions in a way which promote the improvement of the environment in Greater London; and
- In formulating the proposals in respect of which a decision is sought officers have complied with the GLA's related statutory duties to:
(a) Pay due regard to the principle that there should be equality of opportunity for all people;
(b) Consider how the proposals will promote the health of persons, health inequalities between persons and to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom; and
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Section 9 of the GLA's Contracts and Funding Code ("Code") requires that a tender exercise be conducted for services with values of that proposed or that they be called off from and accessible framework. However, section 10 of the Code provides that exemptions from that requirement may be approved by the Assistant Director where a specific ground for exemption applies. One of those grounds is that the supplier is unique in its ability to provide compatibility with an existing service. Officers have indicated at paragraph 1.5 that this ground applies. Officers must satisfy themselves that this contract offers value for money. Therefore, if the Assistant Director is satisfied with the content of this report and the grounds for exemption outlined they may approve the exemption sought. If so approved officers must ensure that appropriate contract documentation is put in place between and executed by the GLA and Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd before any commitment is made to the commencement of such services.
In taking the decisions requested, the Assistant Director must have due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty; namely the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010, and to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic (race, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity and gender reassignment) and persons who do not (section 149 of the Equality Act 2010). To this end, the Assistant Director should have particular regard to section 3 (above) of this report.
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Obesity is a health downside which is rising very rapidly all over the world. Focusing on nicely-being may seem to be a fundamental idea, however it is a departure from the normal approach to public health, especially in the case of chronic-disease victims. Outcomes are also beginning to be included in actual time into the method of care, permitting suppliers to track progress as they work together with sufferers. However, actual sleep time is usually lower than time in mattress, which biases knowledge towards greater sleep period estimates.
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Things to Do in The Canyon Lake Area
1. Travel back in time at the Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country where you'll find the local area history, a native plant trail, a large collection of historical artifacts and some of the most prolific dinosaur tracks in the state.
2. Step into a geological wonder at the Canyon Lake Gorge where you'll witness modern geological history and the astounding beauty and power of nature.
3. Cruise down Scenic River Road as it meanders across the river four times under a lush canopy of trees on its way to New Braunfels. The natural beauty of the river and its surroundings, along with the historic ranches and modern vacation resorts are a sight to behold.
4. Grab a walking stick, a bicycle or a horse and discover one of the many Hiking Trails and Parks Canyon Lake has to offer. You'll find trails that cross Canyon Dam, trails that wind with the Guadalupe River and trails that line the lake shore. Pack a picnic and finish up at the awesome Overlook Park.
5. "Toob" the Guadalupe River...if you aren't aware of this pastime, hit just about any spot on the river and find out for yourself! We promise it'll be worth the trip.
6. Music enthusiasts will want to check out Whitewater River Amphitheater, a world class venue overlooking the river with the stage in the forefront, and offering up talent from the likes of Kevin Fowler to Ghostland Observatory.
7. Launch (or rent) your boat and explore the thousands of acres of crystal water and 80 miles of canyon shoreline around Canyon Lake, then hit up the Baja BBQ Shack; a lakeside restaurant overlooking the 400-slip marina and boasting a freshly innovative menu and friendly service. Dine in, or have it delivered dock-side!
8. Any time of year in Canyon Lake, you'll find Festivals of every kind. From Jerry Bob's Fish Fry and Shrimpfest to Harvestfest and Halloweenfest to the Annual Canyon Lake BBQ Cook Off or the North Pole Village, there's something for everyone, in every season.
9. Visit Historic Gruene, Texas where they've been "Gently Resisting Change Since 1872" and visit Texas' Oldest dance hall, spend the day shopping the boutiques and enjoying their free music shows.
10. Canyon Lake is just lucky enough to be perched at the heart of the Texas Hill Country. From here, you're less than a couple hours from some of the Hill Country's most popular destinations, including Bandera, Kerrville and Fredericksburg, and mere minutes from Wimberley, New Braunfels and downtown San Antonio.
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Anywho... I went to a thrift store that I've never been to before and I went bananas once I got inside! I mean, everything was just so organized and colorized things were just easy to find and I love that because I was looking for something in particular.
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So just how long do you have to exercise to burn the most amount of fat?
It really depends. It depends on several things, such as:
How many workouts are you doing?
If you're already fairly fit and able to push yourself hard through grueling workouts, then you're good to go. You can burn a lot of calories quickly. Now you can't burn it all off at once, because the body will need a break to recover from hard physical exercise so most people will want to train about an hour a day or every other day with some intense or moderate exercise to achieve their fat loss goals. One day a week at minimum should be reserved to recovery fully.
Granted you can't push yourself at this level for long, even if you're a rock star athlete, but you can handle a lot more than the average person who hasn't touched a weight in years and their running shoes have long since eroded from lack of use.
For everyone else, well, best advice is to do something everyday.
Start with whatever you can handle. A 10-minute walk here. A quick bout of stairmaster there. A couple chest presses and lat pulldowns there. Whatever you can handle to start out with and then build up from there.
If you're out of shape, just realize it's going to take you longer to build up to a point where you can burn fat like a beast without hurting yourself.
This is where people often get discouraged, because they're so far out of shape that they're not capable of working hard enough to burn a lot of fat. That makes this process a lot slower.
How old are you?
If you're starting off at a older age you can expect the intensity of exercise to go down, which also doesn't bode well for maximizing your fat loss plans.
As we get older we start losing muscle mass, bone mineral density, heart and lung function and we probably have some nagging injuries or just plain feel lousy.
That's why weight training is such a big boost for our aging bodies, because it helps us preserve our muscle mass, increase our bone density, while making us less impervious to injuries as long as we are lifting correctly.
In this case, it's another slow go towards fat loss.
For most people starting training at an older age sometimes focusing on frequency versus length of sessions is better. A couple 20-30 minutes sessions 4 or 6 days a week can add up to some big gains in the matter of a few months without causing too much stress to your overall body and increase your resilience to injury.
Example: 10 minutes of light biking or walking, 15 minutes of two to three weight lifting movements focused on those areas we need the most as we age (ie. squats, deadlifts, bench, pulldowns, pushups, rowing motions) and 5-10 minutes of cool down stretching work should be enough to get started.
As you get more accustomed to the exercise and you're not excessively sore, progress to a bit more exercises or length of time a couple minutes at a time.
This over time and done consistently can definitely burn a large amount of fat in correspondence with eating a nutrient dense diet rich in protein, vegetables and fruit.
How intense can you train?
Basically this is another question involving work capacity. Just how hard can you push. Obviously if you can move more weight in less time and keep going for a greater amount of time without fatiguing you can burn more calories and therefore more fat overall.
This is your work capacity. A person with a high level of work capacity can slug out some good heavy reps on squats and bench press, while still having enough juice to push through some hard assistance work and then do some sprint work at the end.
While a person with poor work capacity is going to get through a set of squats, some assistance work and that's about it.
More work capacity = greater amount of calorie burn.
So a persons goal when they want to burn the most amount of fat should be to increase their overall level of work capacity until they can handle a lot of overall work without fatigue. You can visualize this very easy when you watch the CrossFit games or a pretty advanced athlete slug out reps upon reps of a heavy exercise and keep coming back for more.
How much extra non-exercise activity can you accumulate?
Exercise scientist call this NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis), which is basically how much non-exercise related movement a person gets in through there day. This has been shown to be even more important than exercise in some circumstances, since it has a significant impact on overall calories burned throughout the weeks.
If you can move more while at work, you're going to burn more overall calories over time. Take this example of simply switching from a seated desk to a standing desk.
Studies show that on average you're going to burn 1 calorie per minute at a sitting desk versus 2 calories at a standing desk. Doesn't sound like much does it?
However if you crunch some numbers,
8 hour work day with 1 calorie per minute x 480 minutes/day = 480 calories / day at a seated desk
480 minutes/day x 2 calories per minute = 960 calories / day at a standing desk.
That's 4800 calories per work week, simply from swapping to a standing desk. It all adds up! And this is a super easy switch.
Can you keep pushing the envelope forward?
Exercise and activity have to be increased to avoid the body adapting to the workload imposed upon it. The body is incredibly adaptable. It can nearly adapt to any scenario, so if you're stuck in a rut the truth of the matter is you may not be imposing enough exercise stress to cause the body to adapt further than it already has already.
This happens a lot to endurance athletes that have a high level of training. Their bodies are so efficient at performing exercise that they burn less overall calories than they previously were at rest and exercising. Therefore they have to continue to perform at a high level or increase that level somehow to burn the same amount of calories.
That's what makes resistance training and interval sprinting so valuable, since it's always tough on the body and pushes it to the limit. It's always a challenge, as long as correct loads and volume are utilized so you're never quite able to adapt to the stimulus, thus pushing you into a higher intensity level.
But there comes a certain point where recovery must be maintained in order to reduce the risk of injury and keep the body operating. You can't burn fat when you're hurt.
The Real Way to Burn the Most Fat
How long you exercise isn't really the answer, it's more about how consistent you are over time with your exercising and building up to a good level of fitness that you can maintain and keep training hard for the long term.
Start off slow, build yourself up, get stronger, lift weights, do cardio, move more and do more each day so you can become a fat burning machine.
Then you can afford to enjoy that piece of chocolate cake without feeling guilty. You'll just burn it off throughout the next week.
If you enjoyed this piece, please leave me a comment below.
Jesse "Captain Smash" Howland is the owner of SMASH's Strength Lab, which offers targeted personal training to reach a variety of fitness and physique goals. A natural bodybuilder, competitive powerlifter, certified personal trainer, and nutrition coach, Jesse is often the go-to resource for personal training Ottawa. He studied Exercise Science at Oregon State University and even trained at the world famous Gold's Gym. He's a former US Army Captain with the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, a former blog writer at Veterans Fitness Career College, and former Chief Executive Officer at U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM). His workouts and personal training are army-inspired to help reach your weightloss, athletic, or physique goals.


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As states and cities loosen marijuana laws, dogs assigned to sniff out pot might be out of a job. Older canines working in states where retail marijuana sales are legal, who are trained to alert on narcotics AND marijuana, are being let go, replaced by dogs no longer trained to detect cannabis.
Even some law enforcement departments in states that have yet to legalize recreational marijuana are asking for dogs without marijuana imprinting in anticipation of wide spread legalization. Drug trained dogs are costly after all, so many departments are hedging their bets that someday they will not need pot sniffers on the job.
A case out of Colorado was one of the first indications the writing was on the wall for the old breed of drug detection dogs. Not long ago an appeals court overturned a man's conviction for possessing meth, ruling that officers had no legal grounds to search his truck because the dog who found it – marijuana detection among his repertoire – was no longer a reliable indicator of illegal activity.
As such, many marijuana trained dogs in legal states like Colorado have been relegated to beats such as schools or jails where marijuana remains illegal while others have retired to lead lives as ordinary pets. However, in states that have not legalized marijuana bordering legalized states, such as Kansas and even Wisconsin, there is no rush to get rid of marijuana imprinted dogs just yet. For now, dogs in these border states still enjoy a measure of job security busting people smuggling pot across state lines.
If you have been arrested for marijuana possession or distribution in Wisconsin, the consequences can be serious. For an aggressive criminal defense against the charges, contact the Wisconsin Criminal Defense Law Offices of Andrew C Ladd LLC for help at 262-542-3900.


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Born in 1946, Karachi, Nalini Malani received her education in the Fine Arts from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India. She completed her graduation in 1969, and later went to Paris.
She is a senior multimedia artist with an extensive exhibition history. Her practice encompasses drawing and painting, as well as the extension of those forms into projected animation, video and film. Committed to the role of the artist as social activist,...
Born in 1946, Karachi, Nalini Malani received her education in the Fine Arts from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India. She completed her graduation in 1969, and later went to Paris.
She is a senior multimedia artist with an extensive exhibition history. Her practice encompasses drawing and painting, as well as the extension of those forms into projected animation, video and film. Committed to the role of the artist as social activist, Malani often bases her work on the stories of those that have been ignored, forgotten or marginalized by history.
She belongs to a generation of Indian artists who, in the 1980s, received prominence internationally. Primarily a figurative painter then she raised issues of race, class and gender through her work. Later, in the '90s, thanks to installations at the 1995 Johannesburg Biennial and other venues, she came to be known as a media artist. Based on German playwright Heiner Muller's adaptation of Euripides, her work 'Medeaprojekt' addressed sexual exploitation as an aspect of colonization. Combining theater, painting and video, the work situated Nalini Malani within a web of references both Eastern and Western, from Gandhi to Bataille.
She is committed to the role of the artist as a social activist. Her politically motivated works have been shown in major exhibitions in India, Japan, Australia, England, Cuba and South Africa and are represented in national museum collections worldwide. She has participated in several landmark international exhibitions, such as Century City (Tate Modern, 2000) and Unpacking Europe (Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 2001). Her work Hamletmachine, included in Witnessing to silence was recently shown in a solo exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.
The centerpiece of her New Museum show, Hamletmachine (2000), was created during a residency in Japan, again adapting a play by Muller, this time to critique Hindu nationalism. "India is Hamlet," she says, "never quite knowing which way to go, how to decide, and therefore making wrong decisions." The work consists of four video projections, three on walls and the fourth on a rectangular bed of salt on the floor. This last projection was a reference to Gandhi's Salt March of 1930 (a 24-hour walk protesting a government monopoly on the staple), but with swimming fish at times projected onto it, it also served as a metaphor for the unconscious depths.
Malani's distinguished watercolor books, drawings and oil paintings have been concerned with unpacking and reflecting on Western as well as Indian histories of violence and oppression, and her humanist paintings have been committed to opening up 'a place for people'. The artist's video and film works are an expansion of her practices in drawing and painting and in her multimedia installations Malani often utilizes her own drawings as projected animations.
Using texts that have been generated through the memories of people who are often ignored or marginalized in the cataloguing of history, Malani uses her art to draw attention to 'other' stories, with a focus on the universal and human aspects of conflict. In addition, her work has been deeply committed to raising a political consciousness of women's particular social experiences of vulnerability and oppression.
Her charged human forms constantly refer to various aspects of a woman's experience within a larger relationship network. Her earlier, autobiographical work, spoke of the woman within a dense fabric of family interactions. A wider canvas now shows symbolic manifestations of a woman as well as the destruction and despair within cities and amongst nations. She also deals with expressing relationships between the exploiter and the exploited on several levels, which have been seen in her more recent site-specific works.
She derives a lot of substance from what she reads and thinks if language is rightly orchestrated, it could prove a great source of painting ideas. Nalini Malani developed the habit of incorporating ideas -- generated from her reading material -- on her canvases early in her career. She has been quoted as saying: "I modeled my way of working like a novelist would. I would not write, I would paint a diary."
She has used his story Toba Tek Singh as a basis for many of her works. The books, Global Parasites by Winin Pereira and Geremy Seabrook and Tending The Earth by Winin Pereira, have deeply influenced her works. She based her series titled `The Mutants' on Pereira's findings about the earth.
Since 1993 she has diversified her practice to include installations. Her solo shows since 1998 include, in 2002-03: Hamletmachine (New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York) 2002: Recent Video Art: Nalini Malani (Apeejay Media Gallery, Delhi) 2000: The Sacred & The Profane (Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai) 1999: Remembering Toba Tek Singh (Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai).
Her major group shows abroad include Istanbul Biennale (2003); Twentieth World Wide Video Festival (Amsterdam); in 2002-03: Asia Pacific Triennale (Brisbane); in 2001: 'Bombay/Mumbai 1992-2001' in Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis (Tate Modern, London); Unpacking Europe (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam); in 2000: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan); Third Kwangju Biennale (South Korea); Text & Sub-text (Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore); Seventh Havana Biennale; in 1999: Voiceovers (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney); in 1998: Sixteenth World Wide Video Festival (Amsterdam); Private Mythology (The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo); in 1996: Second Asia Pacific Triennale (Brisbane); in 1995: First Johannesburg Biennale.
Kamala Kapoor and Amita Desai have published a monograph on her work. (Max Mueller Bhavan/Goethe Institute, 1997).
Nalini Malani lives and works in Mumbai.
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a) Untitled Signed and dated 'l. Malani 93' (lower right) 1993 Watercolour and ink on paper 10 x 6.75 in (25.1 x 17.3 cm)b) Hieroglyphs Inscribed, signed and dated 'Hieroglyphs/ l.Malini 92' (lower left) 1992 Monotype on paper 29 x 21.25 in (73.5 x 54.1 cm)
c) Endgame Inscribed, dated and signed 'Endgame, March 90 l.Malani' (lower right) 1990 Watercolour and ink on paper 21.75 x 15.5 in (55.2 x 39.6 cm)(Set of three)
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posted by: Amber Johnson
There are plenty of fun things to do in Denver this week including Cinco de Mayo, First Free Saturday, the Furry Scurry, Derby Weekend and more. See our event calendar for full listings.
Cinco de Mayo at Outlets at Castle Rock
May 5 – 6
This Cinco de Mayo we will welcome Colorado shoppers and fiesta-goers for a weekend-long celebration fit for the whole family. The two-day festivities will feature live dance performances, a roving mariachi band, and delicious bites from popular local food trucks.
Food Truck Rodeo at the Aurora Municipal Center Great Lawn
May 4, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Take a break from bagged lunches and have something extraordinary at the Food Truck Rodeo! The food trucks are here to serve up delicious eats and treats at the Aurora Municipal Center. Spend your lunch time break with us on our great lawn area while tasting some yummy food!
Spring Fishing at Barr Lake State Park
May 5, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Spring Fishing Clinic: 100 FREE fishing poles for the first kids to be registered for a day filled with fishing, great tips from experts, and giveaways! The kids fishing pole drawings/time registrations are at 8am, 9am, or 10am.
Participants must be present to win the giveaway prizes.
Free First Saturday at the Denver Art Museum
May 5, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
General admission is free on the first Saturday of the month thanks to Your 6 Hometown Toyota Stores and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). General admission to the Denver Art Museum is FREE to all youth ages 18 and under every day, granting more kids access to art than ever before.
Furry Scurry, Washington Park
May 5, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Animal lovers and their dogs are invited to enjoy a two-mile walk around beautiful Wash Park, followed by refreshments, food trucks, contests, dog demonstrations and shopping for your furry friends at the Flealess Market—made up of more than 100 pet-related vendors and sponsors. See website for times and registration.
Cinco de Mayo "Celebrate Culture" Festival at Civic Center Park
May 5 – 6
The annual Cinco de Mayo "Celebrate Culture" Festival takes over Denver's Civic Center Park, Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. More than 200 exhibitors and food vendors will be serving up the best in Colorado Mexican cuisine. A variety of local, regional and international talents will appear on three stages, while a children's carnival features games, contests, rides, bouncers, and slides. A parade gets the fiesta started at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Aurora Cinco de Mayo at Fletcher Plaza
May 5 – 6
There will be two days of revelries at the Aurora Cinco de Mayo, noon to 8 p.m. 2018 marks the first Cinco de Mayo for the Aurora community so expect lots of entertainment, food and surprises.
Star Wars at the Hangar at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
May 5, 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Mark your calendar for a Star Wars™ event unlike any other as Rebels and Imperials alike descend on Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum for a day of family-friendly activities. This is Denver's premier Star Wars event.
TheBigWonderful – Derby Weekend at Globeville
May 5 – 6
Returning to the old Denver Post headquarters in Globeville (4400 Fox St.) on Saturday May 5th and Sunday May 6th from 12PM-6PM, TheBigWonderful is ready to celebrate its 5th anniversary in true Denver style. The 5th anniversary of Derby Weekend welcomes over 80 of the city's best craft vendors and makers, a selection of the tastiest Denver food trucks serving up a diverse menu, and a stacked BEERFEST with over 20 breweries, cideries, wineries and distilleries pouring unlimited samples throughout the weekend. Falling on Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby weekend.
Denver Mini Derby at Stanley Marketplace
May 5, 1:00 – 6:00 pm
A Kentucky Derby Viewing Party with a Twist…Come take part in the most fun Kentucky Derby Day event anywhere! As seen on 5280, Thrillist and more! Right after we watch the 144th Running of the Kentucky Derby, we will have our own "mini race" and showing of our adorable mini horses trotting around on site in a charity *race*! We have the biggest screens, a great LIVE band and DJ, tons of great food options, Best Derby hat contests, open bar available, BBQ, a Corgi Race and an atmosphere like no other are just a few reasons why you can't miss this amazing event at Stanley Marketplace.
Denver's Largest Princess Partea
May 6, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Your family is cordially invited to a Magical & Whimsical Experience at Denver's Largest Princess ParTEA on Sunday, May 6th hosted at Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows presented by Children's Hospital Colorado and Macaroni Kid.
Pirates of the Symphony Seas at Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
May 6, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Quirky, fun, and joyfully off-center, this program curated by local thespians of the Buntport Theater will take you on an adventure to an island of swashbuckling delight! Journey across the high seas to encounter dastardly foes, fantastical friends, and a symphony of treasure sure to please every pint-sized pipsqueak and their parrot. Ships ahoy, mateys!
Aurora Mama Summit
May 7, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Moms Clean Air Force and Colorado Moms Know Best are inviting moms, families and our local elected officials to come together on May 7th for our first ever city-wide Mama Summit. The Aurora Mama Summit will feature food, music, children's activities, special giveaways and a tour of city hall. There will also be the opportunity to meet Aurora city council members and learn about how to engage for change at the local level.
Ongoing Events and Exhibits
Play Ball! at the History Colorado Center
April 7-September 30, 2018
See classic baseball artifacts—from Babe Ruth to the Blake Street Bombers. Treasured memorabilia and iconic photographs bring the past to life through stories that begin on the ball field and echo through American history. Size up your hand against Babe Ruth's. Find the nails Ty Cobb used to hold his favorite bat together, and admire the glove flashed by Willie Mays to make some of the game's most memorable catches. See the uniform Joe DiMaggio wore in his final World Series and a receipt for roses he sent to Marilyn Monroe. historycolorado.org/exhibit/play-ball
Robonology at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
May 1 – September 9, 2018
From a robotic arm on the International Space Station to a Mars Rover Challenge, Robonology presents a fascinating and challenging look into the world of robotics. Beginning Tuesday, May 1st, explore the fantastic reality of robotic technology as it applies to space exploration, ocean exploration, planetary exploration, industrial applications and more. An exhibition that is as visually stunning as it is educationally relevant, Robonology showcases real technological devices that are fully interactive and usable by the public. An exhibition that speaks powerfully to all ages, Robonology is a fun and challenging experience that tests visitors skills, while inspiring and encouraging a new generation of innovators. https://wingsmuseum.org/portfolio/robonology/
Dead Sea Scrolls at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
March 16-Sept. 3
Dead Sea Scrolls is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see authentic Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient manuscripts that include the oldest known biblical documents dating back over 2,000 years. The scrolls will be dramatically presented within a massive exhibit case featuring carefully regulated individual chambers, along with the full English translation. dmns.org/dead-sea-scrolls
Becoming Butterflies at CU South Denver
Now through June 2, 2018, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location: CU South Denver
Becoming Butterflies is a fascinating look at some of the world's most captivating insects throughout their entire life cycle. A successful journey means overcoming natural enemies, evading predators and transforming from a tiny egg to creeping caterpillar to delicate winged flyer. Learn how butterflies impact our lives and the role we play in their survival. http://southdenver.cu.edu/events/event/becoming-butterflies/
Denver Puzzling Adventure at Civic Center Park
Puzzling Adventures™ are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an informative self-guided tour, and The Amazing Race®. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer questions or solve puzzles to receive your next instruction. http://puzzlingadventures.com
Eyes On at Denver Art Museum
December 3, 2017 – July 8, 2018, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Xiaoze Xie has a lifelong passion for books. In his worldview, books are conveyers of prestige and signifiers of collective cultural knowledge: repositories of historical meaning, cultural conflict, and political strife. For Eyes On: Xiaoze Xie, the artist has created still-life paintings of books, videos, and installations based on banned and forbidden books in China. http://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/eyes-on-xiaoze-xie
Past the Tangled Present at the Denver Art Museum
November 14, 2017 – October 28, 2018, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
This interactive and immersive installation by Denver artist Jaime Molina was born of imagination and the joy of discovery. Step into a different world where the paintings on the wall flow into 3-D objects that Molina created for the space. Sit on boxes painted with faces and play in a garden of fabricated cacti. http://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/past-tangled-present
Creatures of Light at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
February 23- June 10, 2018
They light up our lives, but have you ever wondered how? Delve into the world of living things that blink, glow, flash, and flicker, from tiny fireflies to strange creatures in the ocean depths. The new exhibition Creatures of Light explores the mysterious world of bioluminescence and biofluorescence, visible light emitted by living things. This enlightening experience features larger-than-life models, engaging immersive environments, fun activities, and real animals, fungi, and minerals that get their glow on. http://www.dmns.org
Colors of East Africa
Jan. 20-May 19, 2018
Colors of East Africa, an exceptional showcase of eight countries along the Great Rift Valley, continues through May 19 at the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures. The exhibit features art and artifacts on loan from over 40 collectors and international travelers in Northern Colorado. Many items reflect the intersection between the wildlife and the indigenous cultures, such as a loin cloth fashioned from fish vertebrae and a Maasai shield & weaponry. http://globalvillagemuseum.org/upcoming-main-gallery/
Animals in Art
Sept. 10, 2017–May 19, 2019
Whether depicted as faithful companions or threatening adversaries, animals have been the subjects of human art for centuries. Stampede at the Denver Art Museum allows visitors to consider the roles animals play in our lives and in our art through more than 300 paintings, sculptures and more. https://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/stampede
AI Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Oct. 18, 2017–Oct. 17, 2018
The 12 bronze heads of Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals represent the 12 animals of the traditional Chinese zodiac. See it for free at Civic Center Park! https://www.denver.org
Zoom In: The Centennial State in 100 Objects
Nov. 21, 2017–Dec. 31, 2018
History Colorado created a brand-new space, the Tim Schultz Gallery, to house this 3,700-square-foot exhibit of 100 objects, each of which had a role in shaping the history and culture of Colorado. https://www.historycolorado.org/venue/history-colorado-center
Pixelated: Sculpture by Mike Whiting
April 28–Sept. 23, 2018
Mike Whiting's geometric sculptures at the Denver Botanic Gardens also represent the intersection of two distinct visual styles: 8-bit pixel graphics—which have enjoyed a recent resurgence in games like Minecraft—and minimalist sculpture. Technological limitations in early video games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders reduced the graphics to simplified shapes, while the minimalist art movement created artworks that purposely lacked detail. Pixelated investigates the opposite intents of these two artistic approaches that result in a strikingly similar visual outcome. https://www.botanicgardens.org/exhibits/pixelated-sculpture-mike-whiting


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Friday, December 19, 2014
Tis The Season For Angels
Tis The Season For Angels
As the Christmas season approaches we tend to become more introspective. We gently peel away the tender layers of the soul in the present to regard the many complex textures of the past.
And since the strongest memories are usually our fondest, we tend to remember the times of love, happiness, togetherness and contentment. This is especially true during the holiday season when our hearts and minds are attuned in a truly miraculous way, for our souls are able to turn both inward and outward, feel the compelling need to love and cherish the reunion and reaffirmation of family, while becoming more sensitive to the joys or sadness or plight or need of the most casual passerby.
It has often been said that man, at his best, is listening to the voices of his better angels. I certainly believe that to be true. Although I struggle with the precepts of organized religion and intellectually joust with the firm and unyielding biblical doctrine, I know with my heart's certainty that God does indeed exist and that Jesus walked this earth and did indeed try to promote the love and understanding so necessary for peace among men to endure.
And so it is so very fitting that we honor the birth of one of our greatest angels. My belief in angels has become so forcibly strengthened as one and another of my loved ones have passed to that distant shore. But each one of them has cared enough to look back at their loved ones left behind to extend a spiritual sign that all is well and this estrangement is but fleeting; that one some unknown day we shall meet again.
Let us celebrate the birth of Jesus and let us be thankful for this opportunity to once again form the family circle; to talk, to argue, to feast, to laugh, to huddle together in the protective and loving arms of "family".
But let us also celebrate and honor our angels who were once a part of our lives; who, whether we note it or not, are continuing to look over our shoulder and strive to protect us and strengthen us against the fiercest of life's storms. Let us not forget them, in this holiest of seasons...or for all the days of our lives.
As we all navigate life's treacherous waters we should certainly exult in our triumphs and our joys, while recognizing that not all who travel in the fragile vessel of fraternity and family will be there when we reach our final destination. Some of us will succumb to the currents and be swept away long before the completion of the voyage. So give an extra hug to mom or dad or grandma or grandpa; it may be your last chance to do so. Give an extra hug and kiss for your children; ask anyone who has lost a child how dearly would they love to have one last chance to do so.
Let us try to love and honor each other for all the days that remain to us. And let us celebrate those angels who, even now, stand over our shoulder, touch our hearts and souls and make us better than we might ever be.
After all, Tis The Season of Angels.
4 comments:
- Jerry Carlin said...
glad to see the upbeat blogs and, yes, almost 40 years ago my very best childhood friend died on a construction accident and I was there. I have always felt a guardian angel close by ever since. Maybe not guiding me as much as preventing wrong turns and avoiding disaster.
Have a Happy Season and Very Merry Christmas, my friend!
- December 20, 2014 at 7:54 AM
- A Modest Scribler said...
Goor morning, Jerry. Glad my blog made your heart lighter. I'm quite sure your friend has been there for you in all your many triumphs and defeats and is even now keeping an eye on you. Merry Christmas to you and yours, Jerry.
- December 20, 2014 at 8:40 AM
I read this post on Christmas eve just hours before being by my eldery mother's side as she passed. I shared it with my siblings, we all felt like it was written to console us. It spoke to us so much we used it in the pamphlet handed out at the funeral mass.
- January 14, 2015 at 1:32 PM
- A Modest Scribler said...
jr wojo; I don't think I've ever had a better compliment than the one you just gave me. To know my words gave comfort to folks who were grieving is the greatest reward I could ever hope to have.
- January 14, 2015 at 1:47 PM


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