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Sourish's Bullet roars through the highway from Udupi to Mangalore, scrumptiously devouring the blue dots on the map that shows another fifteen minutes. When he began his journey he felt like an intruder, trespassing a boundary he had created for himself. That feeling was now replaced with another one, a familiar, boyish excitement which he looked forward to every year with hope. Come what may, the expedition his friends planned for weeks was executed to the letter. It was, after all, a ritual every Culcuttan faithfully performed during the Durga Pujo and to do so otherwise would be shameful to say the least.
They poured on the streets in dozens and got swallowed up by the tsunami of color, light, aroma, and beauty. He remembers how they hopped nonchalantly between elaborately decorated pandals, those complex bamboo structures dressed in cloth, and burnished with glass, jute, thermocol, and other everyday materials, whose attempts at recreating the temples or the simple village life in Bengal or even a hodge-podge of societal issues, albeit in a much smaller scale and scope, were looked upon with much awe and affection. And he remembers how they pushed human bodies for hours just to catch a glimpse of Maa, even though goddess Durga had the same face, the same form, and the same companions every year.
And yet they came, year after year, like reincarnated fireflies.
Durga Pujo in Kolkata was a picnic. Sourish traversed the entire North and South parts of the city on foot.
"Let's take a bus," someone would suggest after they had walked for a couple of hours. The braver ones in the group, at least they thought they were, banded together and rebelled, sometimes even belittling the idea.
"Bus! You guys are so weak, like old people with arthritis." Some of them disagreed and the conflict would finally be resolved through a split. The group thus disbanded until only the faithful ones remained, Sourish being one among them. He went home exhausted, limping, with fresh blisters on his feet, but with a content heart that everything went as planned.
He remembers getting high during one such year. Nineteen and having finished his first year of Engineering from Orissa, he spoke to his school friends about sex and ganja with such ease and experience that it made them jealous. But when he showed them the stuff, rolled neatly into a joint, jealousy vaporized and they walked the streets like old times.
On one of the four days, he went with his Maa to their parar pujo for anjuli. Sourish sat there and offered prayers to the goddess. Maa asked him to make a wish and he complied like a bhalo chele, the quintessential Bengali good boy. What did he ask for? He does not remember anymore. Like every other obedient child, he followed his Maa Baba on their annual trips to – Dakhineshwar, Kalighat, Tarapit, or whichever holy ground they decided to explore next, in buses, trains, or cars.
Something happened to him in his mid-20s. He raised questions like most men his age do, when lying on the bed besides their partner later at night. What is religion? Why do I need it? Why do we need a god? What is his/her function? Such questions boggled him, and his mind plunged into the depths of philosophical discourse from where he had trouble resurfacing. Sourish had heard of Atheism before but it was in California that he became aware of the word, of what it meant. People there viewed god as a concept and often discussed why religion was a farce. Was such a thing possible in India? Sourish often thought and wondered.
His conversion to Atheism was slow and definitely coarse around the edges. At first, he was shocked, but then Julian explained why she was an atheist. It made a lot of sense to him. However, it was riddled with internal discomfort and often led to arguments with his parents, especially with Maa. To see her bhalo chele turn into a rebel was a nightmare.
"Middle-class people cannot afford such luxuries." Maa would say. "But you need to believe in god," was her standard response to all of Sourish's doubts. This need was something he failed to understand. Why was believing in god a need?
"If I lay bleeding on a highway, who is more likely to come to my rescue – your Krishna or a traveler?"
Maa told him the traveler would be god disguised as a human being. He knew the stories, didn't he? God appeared in the hour of need and helped those who sought intervention. All these doctors, nurses, firemen, and others who magically appeared during a crisis; they are all avatars of god. And at times god tested people to see how strong their faith was. This was perhaps her greatest fear that her son would fail miserably when god tested him. And consequently, his life would be ruined.
Ultimately, Sourish gave up arguing. It was pointless to argue with someone who had been following her faith blindly and was probably oblivious to reason about matters related to god since childhood. Every time they went to their maternal grandparents' house in Purulia, Sourish observed, at first with reverence and later with contempt, how his mother bowed down in front of her Shib and Gonesh and Maa Kali, clay and mud dolls that had been there for years. The extra piety that she displayed during those moments were not lost on him.
It frustrated him to see Maa show such deep respect towards idols that could be bought for ten rupees at village fairs. It was unbelievable for him because Maa was also part of the same species that had invented space travel, the internet, and discovered inside our cells what made us us.
Sourish's blasphemy was treated with anger at first and then later with despair. Maa thought it was because of his mobile phone, and all these 'high-fi' thinking was simply a result of his 'over qualification'. After engineering, she wanted him to take up a job in Kolkata. But her son had tasted science and was helplessly addicted to its genesis. He completed his masters from IIT and then pursued a PhD in material science from Cal Tech. When offered the post of a project head in Manipal University, he was in two minds at first but the pay was high and his expenses would be taken care of. Besides, he would leave for his post-doc in two years anyway so a high-paying job was an excellent opportunity to save some extra money.
When Sourish arrived in Manipal, he adjusted to the environment fairly quickly; his experience as a solo boarder in Bombay and California coming in handy. He taught throughout the week, and occasionally on weekends went out either for a drink or on excursions with his colleagues. Most times, he took a solo trip across the vast landscapes and greenery of Karnataka, consuming the exquisite beauty of Coorg, Gokarna and Chikmangalur with bated breath.
Udupi, however, was not Kolkata. He often thought about Maa and Baba back in their Kalighat home, just like his relatives: the mashis, pishis, meshos, kakimas, kakus, and dadus in California, who reminisced about theirs, replaying the best moments, and reliving the lives left thousands of miles behind through stories exchanged in their native tongue, Bangla.
Having grown up in a typical Bengali neighborhood, the idiosyncrasies and cultural distinctness of a Bengali para had become an invariable part of his DNA. How could he then stay away from the sights and the sounds? From the colors and lights? From the chaos and madness? Whenever he heard Bangla, whether in a bar or a restaurant or on the University premises, his head turned automatically. If it was a face he knew, he would approach them with a question: "Apni/Apnara/Tumi/Tomra Bangali?" You are a Bengali? If it was an unfamiliar face, he would try catching their attention, sometimes with a smile or eye contact while walking around the campus. Or sometimes, he would pull out his phone and have an imaginary conversation in Bangla.
But this was during his engineering days and at an age when such theatrics were considered fun and even pardonable. Mumbai, on the other hand, was a hotbed of culture and it wasn't hard for him to find his own kind. In California, it was even easier. Before stepping foot on American soil, he had already become a member of BASC – Bengali Association of Southern California. It was a much different experience than Kolkata or Mumbai and the Americanized version of Durga pujo amused him. The event lasted for a few hours only and depended largely on the availability of the venue. Famous musicians from popular Bangla bands performed for them. There were no pandal hopping or late-night excursions or the hullabaloo during the immersion of the idol in water. Or the sound of drums and the clang of brass bells roaring through the air. Or the movement of feet moving like ants, following the trail of light, color, or sound. But there was Kakoli pishi and Monoj pishemoshai who took care of the sweets while Prabal da and his family took care of the savory items. There was the idol, a detachable 10-foot structure made from fiber, that had been crafted by the artists at Komortuli exclusively for them. And there was Bangla that flew off the tongues like freed birds.
Sourish was approaching his thirties and at this age it was hard for him to make friends the way he used to. He rarely spoke and hardly showed any interest in group activities and showed friendliness when the other person had the same or greater intellectual capacity than him. In Manipal, he was surrounded by Rao's, Naidu's, and even Singh's but never Chatterjee's, Sen's or Basu's. Soon, loneliness crept in, not the type where one broods, but the type where one feels marooned. And here on this island, Sourish felt a sense of unbelonging, an alienation that was further perpetuated by the occasional culture shock.
It was at rare moments like these that his heart ached for durga pujo. What was the name of that girl he bumped into at Maddox Square? Sreejona…Sanjona…Sriparna…yes, Sreetoma! He was entering the Square and she was leaving. He remembers the day clearly. Wearing a light blue short-kurta, the dernier cri of early 2000s, while she was in a mauve saree. Sourish held Sreetoma by her shoulders as she tumbled on top of him, in true Bollywood style, and was instantly reeled into those big kohl-lashed eyes that curved at the ends. He had seen her turn around and then later met her near the phuchka counter, both unable to hide the blush in their cheeks as they gorged on the hollow crisp puri filled with mashed potatoes, chilies, onions, chickpeas, coriander, and generous amounts of tamarind water. His friends teased him for months and Sourish enjoyed it, secretly wishing for another Durga Pujo like that, another serendipitous meeting, maybe at some café, or the street, or in a bus. Just one more glimpse.
But Sourish's wish never came true, and gradually, Sreetoma faded away from memory.
The entrance to MANGALORE BENGALI ASSOCIATION, printed in white on a blue background, is decorated with a cornucopia of yellow and orange marigolds. On one end of the hall there is a stage where the goddess stands in her fierce form with her troupe. On her feet lie the remnants of a pujo – flowers, leaves, sweets, lamp, oil, burnt matchstick, and an empty ashon where the priest sat. The decorations lacked the pompousness and the simple classiness Sourish has seen in Kolkata and California. The walls are covered with a tacky, dual coloured – pink and sky blue – cloth that runs from floor to ceiling. There are plastic chairs scattered around haphazardly where people sit, some in groups, some alone, some with families. A group of middle-aged women talk animatedly, each one impatiently waiting for their turn. Three drummers sit at the edge of the stage and talk inaudibly amongst themselves, their drums and brass bells lying idly on the floor.
Sourish checks his watch. It is 12. Apart from the cursory glance, no one looks at him. He wipes the sweat of his brow and adjusts the white kurta which is now crumpled. He starts clicking pictures. It was Trina's order to do so. Sourish forwards some of them and almost instantly, his phone starts ringing.
"Hey, are you in the lab?"
"Nope. Taking a break. Protimata ta khub sundor baniyeche." The idol is pretty.
"Han." Yes.
"Pronam korbi kintu." Do make sure you fold your palms.
"Han…thik ache." Yes…all right.
"Chal rakhlam." Okay, I am disconnecting the call. Sourish pulls on a plastic chair and sits close to one of the two long stand fans. The blasting air provides some respite from the heat. He can now feel the coolness in his armpits and the back of his neck and adjusts his hair. Over the sound of the large whirring blades, some of the conversion from the enthusiastic women drifts in. Some boy had run away with some girl. The girl was Muslim and was initially rejected by the family. But later they gave in and now the couple has come home.
Sourish smiles. Runaway love stories were the best gossip. He wonders how his mother would react if he did the same thing.
"Is she a Brahmin?" was the first question she had asked after learning about his affair with Trina and was fairly disappointed upon knowing she belonged to nichu jaat, a lower caste. It was one of the many reasons why Sourish feels such contempt towards religion.
Sourish stands up and walks up to the idol. He had stopped folding hands a long time ago. Despite Trina's feverish attempts, Sourish avoided being in places where he was supposed to show fake reverence. But the look on her face – the mounting anger, the flared nostrils, and the eyes…big, kohl-lashed, and curved at the end – always took him back to when they met in Kolkata during another pujo from another time.
Shouvik Banerjee started out as a science student and has a master's degree in Biomedical Genetics. But after a string of career failures and consequent depression, he quit his PhD to pursue a career in freelance writing. He is the author of Seven Sundays (Hay House India, 2019) and also indulges in poetry and short stories. He can be discovered at www.shouvikbanerjee.com.


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Over the years, I've had a number of readers email me to ask what books have been most influential in my studies.
Well, it's hard to put a finger on just a few, as I'm a compulsive reader. I have a pretty huge personal library.
So I've had to think about it for a while. I'll list these in chronological order — that is, in roughly the order that I encountered them. And maybe you'll want to read two or three of these during that last summer trip to the beach.
Although the progressive or grace-centered movement in the Churches of Christ has roots going back to Barton W. Stone and the Campbells, the contemporary manifestation of that movement is, in my opinion, largely a result of the publication of the New International Version and New American Standard Bible translations in the early 1970s.
I was attending David Lipscomb College at the time, and these two translations were revolutionary — because the students could finally read the Bible without having to go to the dictionary to look up "sepulchre" and "bowels of compassion."
The ease with which the Bible could be read — and understood — compared to the King James Version, which dominated our congregations at the time, allowed our members to read and study for themselves. No longer were the Churches as dependent on a preacher-school trained minister to explain (or explain away) the text. Commentaries mattered far less.
Church periodicals lost subscribers by the tens of thousands, as the ordinary pew sitter found far more truth and help in the pages of his NIV or NASB than in the writings of the editors.
My personal choice at the time was the Interlinear NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English, which includes the KJV, NIV, and Alfred Marshall's interlinear Greek in parallel. I've worn out three copies. (I have no idea why Amazon charges so much for this text now.)
I've taught thousands of Bible classes out of this text, and I've learned far more Bible from, you know, the Bible using this resource than all the rest combined.
I no longer use the NIV much. It's too paraphrased for serious study of books such as Romans and Galatians. I instead find myself largely in the English Standard Version. I link to the ESV Thinline Bible because the preacher for my son's recent wedding, a close family friend, gave my son and new daughter-in-law this Bible from which he preached their wedding, with his speaking notes taped in. It was a very special gift.
Next up is the QuickVerse Bible Suite. Actually, I used the Windows 95 version. All the eBooks listed on this site were written using this software. When I upgraded my computer to Windows 7, the software no longer worked, but it was time to upgrade anyway. I now use BibleWorks 9, which is much more expensive but a truly marvelous, powerful program.
Many readers use free software that has many of the same features, especially eSword. Try out eSword. If it meets your needs, don't buy the fancy program. But if you need more, especially in terms of Greek and Hebrew resources, BibleWorks is the choice to make.
I guess it's kind of cheating to cite to the Bible as my most influential book — too obvious and too easy — but that's reality. I spend far more time in the Scriptures than reading anything else.
But I owe a lot to a number of uninspired works, as well. These include —
Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis. It is, of course, a classic. I read it for the first time in high school, I think. I've read it several times. I've given away several copies. It is a classic work of Christian apologetics or evidences, written in a brilliantly clear style, understandable by just about anyone — and yet profound and deep. (I may go read it again.)
In a high school Bible class, we studied Neil R. Lightfoot's How We Got the Bible, a brief but excellent text introducing the reader to textual criticism and the evidences for the reliability of the biblical text. It was most recently updated in 2003. I wish we taught materials of this substance to high schoolers today.
While we're on the subject of Christian evidences, Batsell Barrett Baxter's I Believe Because… A Study of the Evidence Supporting Christian Faith was hugely influential to me. We studied this in another high school Sunday school class (my copy has mash notes from my girlfriend of the time). Many better, more comprehensive books on Christian evidences have been released in the last 40 or so years, but this is the one that impacted me.
I was fortunate to attend a class taught by Br. Baxter out of this text at Lipscomb. And he argued vehemently that science and the Bible do not and cannot contradict. He further rejected young-earth creationism, saying that he'd ridden down the Grand Canyon and seen the geological layers — and they plainly did not result from a single flood.
Agree or disagree, Baxter gave me the freedom to accept both science and the Bible — indeed, to see science as another means of God's self-revelation.
However, the most influential teacher I had at Lipscomb was Harvey Floyd. He taught a class on the Holy Spirit, based on A Theology of the Holy Spirit by Frederick Dale Bruner, which continues to be the gold standard so far as I'm concerned. Lately, I've learned a lot more about the Spirit not covered in that book, but it remains foundational for my thinking.
Dr. Floyd also introduced me to Francis Schaeffer. We had a course based on his trilogy The God Who Is There, He Is There and Not Silent, and Escape from Reason (Now available in The Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume.) Schaeffer was dealing with Postmodernism before the term was invented — and did so much more clearly and helpfully than most of what's been published since.
These books introduced me to the conflict between contemporary culture — and the philosophies that shape it — and Christianity. They helped me see how very far removed Christianity from the world that surrounds us, even when the world is speaking in Christian words.
But the most valuable class I took at Lipscomb was on Romans, taught by Dr. Floyd, and the only text was Romans. I caught my first glimmer of grace and began to realize that I could read the Scriptures for myself. In fact, I even began to resent the many false teachings I'd suffered through, and so I decided it was time to investigate the Bible for myself.
After graduating, I began to study the Restoration Movement. At the time, very little was published on the subject, and much of that was very poorly written, even dishonest in its presentation of our history.
But I discovered Christians Only: A History of the Restoration Movement by James D. Murch, written from the perspective of the independent Christian Churches by a man who'd been involved in much of the 20th Century history of the largely forgotten unity movement between the Churches of Christ and Christian Churches. It was eye opening — to say the least. I learned that much of what I'd been taught about our history was simply untrue.
Later, I found Leroy Garrett's seminal The Stone-Campbell Movement: The Story of the American Restoration Movement, written from the perspective of the a cappella Churches of Christ.
Both books are excellent reads, and both destroy the pretense that the 20th Century Churches of Christ taught what Stone, the Campbells, and Walter Scott taught. Indeed, they taught the very errors that the Restoration Movement was founded to oppose!
Some time later, Church of Christ publishing houses began to put out some excellent books on our history —
J. M. Powell's The Cause We Plead: A Story of the Restoration Movement is not the best history of the Restoration Movement, but it was the first book I could get my hands on that honestly reported the actual words of the founders of the Movement — proving beyond all doubt how far the 20th Century Churches of Christ had strayed from Restoration principles. (The foundational Restoration Movement texts are now available on the internet for free, of course.)
He quoted the full text of Thomas Campbell's 13 propositions from his "Declaration and Address." Suddenly, I realized how very radical and truer to the Bible the founders had been than what I'd been taught.
He also sent me in search for a copy of Alexander Campbell's Christian System, where Campbell lays out his theology in some detail — a theology that would get him damned from about half our pulpits. It's was just so astonishing how much clarity the Campbells provide, opening my eyes to the Scriptures by giving me the courage to believe what's written (all while their opponents claim them as heroes).
Discovering Our Roots: The Ancestry of Churches of Christ, by C. Leonard Allen and Richard T. Hughes, delves into our roots beyond the Restoration Movement, back to the Anabaptists, Calvinists, and Lutherans. It's a great book.
Distant Voices: Uncovering a Forgotten Past for a Changing Church, by C. Leonard Allen, reveals parts of our history that have been swept under the rug by the 2oth Century editors. For example, Lipscomb's pacifism and rejection of participation in civil government has been nearly forgotten. Why? What changed? Was the result better than what was left behind?
As you can see, much of my early studies were focused on Restoration Movement themes. They were great, life-enriching studies and very useful for my work as a Sunday school class teacher and author. But I was largely unaware of what was being said in the larger, evangelical world.
I wrote a draft book on how Christians could influence civil government through lobbying and such like. I was 100% Moral Majority/Christian Coalition in my thinking. I sent a draft to a few people, and my brother — who is six years younger than me and therefore not supposed to know more than me — introduced me to N. T. Wright and Stanley Hauerwas. (And that book is buried.)
Especially important to my thinking was Resident Aliens: A Provocative Christian Assessment of Culture and Ministry for People Who Know that Something is Wrong by Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon. (I started a series on this a while back that I really need to finish.) This is a foundational text for the neo-Anabaptist Movement. It's also one of the most readable.
I'm not sold on the entire neo-Anabaptist agenda, but their critique of contemporary evangelicalism and the Constantinian compromise — selling out the power of Christ to gain the power of the state — is spot on. Lipscomb would have loved this book. (Buy it. Read it. Teach it in small groups and Bible class!)
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World by James Davison Hunter is a devastating critique of much of modern evangelicalism. It corrects some errors I also perceive in the neo-Anabaptist Movement while destroying the arguments made by those who want to take over the government via the church. It's one of the most important works on how to live in the modern world ever written. I've read it twice and will likely read it again (so little time … so much to read).
My first exposure to N. T. Wright was What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? It just blew me away. I mean, Wright's teachings meshed very well with much of what I'd been teaching and yet he approached the subjects from a very different perspective that dramatically impacted the meaning and depth of what I'd already learned. He didn't so much change my theology as open doors I had completely overlooked.
I've since read nearly everything written by Wright, including his Christian Origins and the Question of God trilogy (not for the faint hearted or unmotivated). These are very scholarly works. His popular works often take themes from these works and present them more simply, and yet Wright remarkably often manages to bring even greater depth to the topics in his popular books.
My thinking has likely been most changed by Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church and by Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense. These are very accessible, easy reads and yet profoundly worldview changing. (Mandatory reading and great for group study.)
Now, while we're on the subject of heaven, I have to mention Edward Fudge's The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment. If you combine Fudge's teaching (conditionalism) with Wright's doctrine in Surprised by Hope, the afterlife suddenly makes so much more sense and countless scriptures spring to life. Both testaments become so much easier to read and understand — and so much more joyful to study.
Somewhere in my reading, I came across The Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder, another founder of the neo-Anabaptist school of thought. He didn't persuade me to become a pacifist, but he did teach me what it means to follow Jesus. Ahh … chapter 7 is huge.
But perhaps the most influential book (other than the Bible, of course) is Michael J. Gorman's Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul's Narrative Soteriology. That's not the catchiest title, you know, but Gorman synthesizes Orthodoxy, Wright, the neo-Anabaptists, and others into a simple, easy to teach (not so easy to live) theology that is 100% Christ and cross centered.
When I re-start the Atonement series to consider the Orthodox view, it will be through the lens of this book — because I think Gorman's insights change everything, pointing us more truly toward what so many other authors are trying to find and explain. That is, he gives the framework by which all else must be judged; he tells us how to live the cross.
In the realm of hermeneutics, most influential to me is a lengthy lecture given by Ray Vander Laan — which is just beyond amazing. We have members at my church that have downloaded these to CD and listened to all 11 CDs over six times. It's that good.
Vander Laan very powerfully demonstrates how much better we can understand the New Testament if we understand the Jewish mindset and how to read the New Testament in light of the Old. It's an incredible experience to see the New Testament — from Matthew to Revelation — much more clearly and richly thanks to his insights. (Mandatory listening, and great for group study.)
Finally, I have to add the works of Scot McKnight, who blogs at Jesus Creed. Particularly helpful to me is his The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, dealing with narrative hermeneutics, that is, how to read the Bible as a whole.
Oh, and I have to add John Mark Hicks' series on narrative hermeneutics at his blog.
Theological Hermeneutics (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Applied Theological Hermeneutics ["It Ain't That Complicated"] (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
That should be enough to fill your time at the beach.


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Acupuncture FAQ
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is part of a 3,000 year-old system of medicine that includes medicinal herbs and acupressure. by placing sterile, tiny pins on a specific zone on the skin we release the body's own chemical healers, stimulate circulation and relax tense muscles. Acupuncture also helps relieve anxiety, stress and digestive issues, assists with weight release and smoking cessation.
Does Acupuncture hurt?
Most clients find acupuncture painless, although it's not uncommon to experience it as a slight pinch followed by a warm, pleasant tingling sensation. Afterward, many people report a feeling of deep relaxation and elevated spirit. It's a great way to recharge the batteries before, during or after a challenging period in one's life. Read more about acupuncture here.
Is Acupuncture safe?
Yes, when performed by a trained professional. The needles are made of stainless steel and are sterile, individually packaged and disposable. No needle is ever used twice, so there is virtually no risk of infection.
How does Acupuncture work?
The Asian model describes a network of vital energy, called Qi (Chee) that runs through our bodies in pathways. In that model, our health depends upon the free-flow of this energy. When it is blocked is when we become ill. Whether or not one subscribes to that theory, what is true is that our bodies hold electromagnetic energy (all chemical reactions create electricity in us) that circulate through the body along energetic pathways. Overwork, stress, toxic food/chemicals, systemic immune suppressors, worry and other excesses cause these pathways to become blocked. By inserting hair-fine pins into specific points we unblock electrical pathways, allow muscles to ease, and blood and lymph to flow.
What sort of things does Acupuncture help with?
- Habit Control (e.g. Smoking, Weight Control)
- Pain Management: Sports trauma. Neck, shoulder, back, knee, elbow, CTS, etc.
- Physical Disorders: Allergy, IBS, Nausea, Migraine, Constipation, etc.)
- Emotional Disorders: Infertility, Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Panic Disorder)
General benefits of Acupuncture:
- Releases chronic muscular tension and pain.
- Enhances the immune system by decompressing lymph vessels
- Detoxifies the blood, flushes out waste materials (Lactic Acid, CO2)
- Improves the Digestive and Reproductive systems
- Increases energy and stamina
- Stimulates sense of well being with cumulative benefits
What is the position of Western science on Acupuncture?
Western medical research has reached the conclusion that acupuncture can stimulate the immune system, increase secretion of digestive juices and enzymes, positively affect the circulation, blood pressure, rhythm and stroke volume of the heart, stimulate production of red and white blood cells, and regulate hormonal balance.
Recent evidence has shown that it is an effective treatment for pain, in part because of its ability to stimulate the release of endorphins, the body's natural "feel-good" brain chemicals.
Over the last twenty years, many hospitals, rehab centers, infertility clinics, and well-respected cancer care facilities, including Sloan Kettering, have integrated acupuncture into their treatment services. For additional scientific information on acupuncture, visit the acupuncture page on the National Institutes of Health – National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which is conducting ongoing research.
The River Metaphor:
Acupuncture theory and practice are rooted in the premise that our vital energy, called Qi (pronounced Chee) circulates through pathways (meridians) in the body. When one or more meridians. become blocked, Qi stagnates and we go out of balance, resulting in illness.
One commonly used metaphor for how acupuncture functions is through a description what of happens when a beaver builds a dam on a river, blocking the flow of water. One side of it becomes swamp-like, while the other becomes parched and lifeless.
Only by clearing the blockage will the waterway once more flow freely. Stagnation in the body can similarly impact on the fluids in our bodies, including blood, lymph, saliva and, yes, Qi as well.
The goal of acupuncture is to restore the body's natural internal movement and, thus, its vitality. The Eastern approach views your health problems as occurring within the context of your life and therefore cannot be isolated or apart from who you are in the moment.
Do you do dry needling?
Dry needling is a form of acupuncture and is sometimes practiced by physical therapists as well as acupuncturists. What distinguishes how we acupuncturists do it is in the tiny, filiform pins use (sterile, and one time use only). Physical therapists on the other hand, can legally use only syringe needles for each point. Unfortunately, the average patient perceives syringes to be incredibly uncomfortable.
The difference between acupuncture pins and syringes is this: When seen under a microscope, acupuncture pins are rounded at the end, and therefore part the flesh rather than pierce it. This is why there's no blood when the pins come out.
Syringes are, when seen under a microscope, extremely sharp. They actually pierce the flesh, and the trauma to the body can lead to bleeding. For this reason most people prefer to go to licensed acupuncturists when their MD suggests sending them for dry needling.
We hope this helps explain the difference between dry needling done by an acupuncturist, and that done by a physical therapist.


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The relationship between metabolic risk and time spent sitting, standing and stepping has not been well established. The present study aimed to determine associations of objectively measured time spent siting, standing and stepping, with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk.
A cross-sectional study of healthy non-smoking Glasgow postal workers, n=111 (55 office workers, 5 women, and 56 walking/delivery workers, 10 women), who wore activPAL physical activity monitors for 7 days. Cardiovascular risks were assessed by metabolic syndrome categorisation and 10-year PROCAM (prospective cardiovascular Munster) risk.
Mean (s.d.) age was 40 (8) years, body mass index 26.9 (3.9) kg m−2 and waist circumference 95.4 (11.9) cm. Mean (s.d.) high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL cholesterol) 1.33 (0.31), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol 3.11 (0.87), triglycerides 1.23 (0.64) mmol l−1 and 10-year PROCAM risk 1.8 (1.7)%. The participants spent mean (s.d.) 9.1 (1.8) h per day sedentary, 7.6 (1.2) h per day sleeping, 3.9 (1.1) h per day standing and 3.3 (0.9) h per day stepping, accumulating 14 708 (4984) steps per day in 61 (25) sit-to-stand transitions per day. In univariate regressions—adjusting for age, sex, family history of CHD, shift worked, job type and socioeconomic status—waist circumference (P=0.005), fasting triglycerides (P=0.002), HDL cholesterol (P=0.001) and PROCAM risk (P=0.047) were detrimentally associated with sedentary time. These associations remained significant after further adjustment for sleep, standing and stepping in stepwise regression models. However, after further adjustment for waist circumference, the associations were not significant. Compared with those without the metabolic syndrome, participants with the metabolic syndrome were significantly less active—fewer steps, shorter stepping duration and longer time sitting. Those with no metabolic syndrome features walked >15 000 steps per day or spent >7 h per day upright.
Longer time spent in sedentary posture is significantly associated with higher CHD risk and larger waist circumference.
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Tigbe, W., Granat, M., Sattar, N. et al. Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk. Int J Obes 41, 689–696 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.30
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I apologize for not posting this a lot sooner (like during my trip) but here it is finally. I feel even worse since this isn't a post of the rest of my trip but I'll get those to you guys as soon as possible. Also, I bested my camera and found a port for the memory card so all the photos are uploaded on Facebook here and here.
So I left off when I was still in Eureka at Scott's and Alice"s house taking a night off from camping as they had given me a place to stay.
Day 11, Eureka, Rest day
I woke up the next morning intending to continue on the road but not really in the spirit to get on my bike. It was then, as I was packing up that Scott offered to have me for another night. I didn't have to think about it for too long before accepting his offer and taking the first rest day of my trip. And am I glad I took it.
I hadn't realized how worked up I had been from simply biking and making sure I was getting to where I needed before dark. Any stress that I'd had up until that point seemed to go away by just sitting around and really just taking a break for a day. Scott also took me around town in the morning, showing me to the craziest bagel shop I'd ever been to and giving me a ride to the local food cooperative. He also helped out with some suggestions about food that I gladly took as up until that point, my meals at camp grounds had consisted of pasta, peanut butter, and… wait no, it was only those two. So, his experience backpacking really helped me in picking out some food that would keep during my trip and still be delicious. During this time, I was also able to work on my bike a bit and assess some problems that I had been putting off until then. Later that night, Scott and Alice took me to see Willow, a cheesy 80's fantasy movie that had me smiling the whole time. Afterwards, they took me out to dinner. Yeah, this was the coolest rest day I could have asked for. Thanks Scott and Alice for being awesome hosts.
Day 12, Eureka – Humbolt Redwoods State Park, 50 miles
Before I headed out this day, I went over my route with Scott and made a quick adjustment that would skip over a few difficult hills but take me through Humbolt Redwoods State Park. It took me away from the coast and through the forest. I was pretty okay with the trade off.
It was a great ride with almost no rain. I was able to get to the campground around 4 pm with plenty of time to set up camp and have dinner. This was also the night I found out about MIT. So yeah, it was a pretty good way to start back on the road. An older couple also invited me to their campfire. It was cool to actually talk to someone at a campground as I was usually alone at campsites since it really wasn't vacation season. They used to be kayak travelers (I dont know the technical term but its like bike touring, but in kayaks).
Day 13, Humbolt Redwoods State Park – Westport Union Beach State Park, 65 miles
The next morning was pretty uneventful but half and hour after I got on the bike it just started to pour. All I could do was hunker down and just pedal. I didn't take too many pictures during this time except for this one because it lifted my spirits a bit.
As you can see, my mind was kind of wandering at this point. About half-way through my ride, I came to a town called Leggit. I stopped at a gas station, bought a Snickers for morale and confirmed my directions with the guy at the counter (he gave me a free muffin too). This was the point at which I turned off of the 101 onto Highway 1. It was kind of weird to think about how far I'd made it so far and that I'd be taking this road all the way to the end of my trip. I made the turn off onto Highway 1 and started on an 8 mile ascent that took more than an hour (still in the rain of course). That Snickers and muffin didn't last long. This climb was followed by an even longer decent which on a less rainy day would have been fun but was terrifying on the slick roads. The cable tension for my brakes slowly got looser and looser the farther downhill I got. My hands were cramping up by the time I started going uphill again. I continued doing a few shorter ascents and descents, all through foresty switchbacks that gave me know indication of how far I had gone or how far I had to go until finally…
I was so excited to see the coast again, and the camp ground I was staying at was only three more miles down the coast. It was pretty much right on a cliff that overlooked the ocean.
I had my usual pasta and peanut butter and went to bed before it started raining again.
Day 14, Westport Union State Beach -Manchester State Park, 58 miles
The next morning, I woke up to find that it wasn't raining but the clouds still looked threatening enough to get me moving on the road as soon as possible. Within the first mile of my ride, I met my second bike tourist. He was a younger guy from France heading in the direction that I had just came from. He had taken 6 months off his life to ride around the world and was currently on his way to Vancouver to catch a plane to his next destination. Not long after that, I saw a group of at least 6 other bike tourists heading towards me. I slowed down and stopped but they didn't. Oh well.
It was a very sunny ride and took me through the very touristy town of Fort Bragg. I pretty much had rolling hills the whole way without too many crazy ascents or descents.
I made it to Manchester State Park without incident and made an awesome dinner from the stuff Scott had told me to get in Eureka.
Day 15, Manchester State Park – Bodega Bay, 70 miles
I was thinking about it and I think this was my hardest day, which is strange as it didn't rain that much and the terrain wasn't anything I could handle. Before I get to why it was so tough, here's some more pretty pictures.
Alright, I think is was just a combination of the rain teasing me by stopping whenever I put my rain gear on and starting up as soon as I took it off, the constant up and down switch backs along the coast, the corners that made it hard for cars to see me, and the fact that I rode until 2 o'clock before realizing I didn't have any food to make lunch with. All these little things just kind of added up and just hit me mentally and made it a frustrating day. As far as that not having lunch thing went, I kept on riding thinking that the next town would be just around the next corner. Around 4 pm, I couldn't take the hunger, got off on the side of the road and had ate what was left of my peanut butter and followed it up a few squeezes from my bottle of honey. This held me off until I was able to pick up a sandwich in the small city of Jenner. While I was there I got a call from MIT telling me of some deadline I had to remember. Without thinking about it, I asked the woman on the line what day of the week it currently was. I think she thought that it was a little strange that someone not know what day of the week it was. Anyways, I arrived in Bodega Bay a little while after.
Day 16, Bodega Bay – San Rafael, 53 miles
So the day before, when I got into the campground at Bodega Bay, the park ranger saw that I was traveling by bike and mentioned that there was a huge storm moving in the next day (what would be today). He advised that I not try to bike through but I figured that it couldn't be worse than the weather I'd already been through. To make sure I missed the majority of it, I woke up super early (6:00ish am, that's super early when you're running on bike touring time). I broke camp and went to a convenience store for a bagel and muffin so I wouldn't have to make breakfast. At this point it was 7ish am and as soon as I stepped out of the convenience store to start my days ride, the rain started to come down. By the time I got my rain gear on, it was pouring with one of the strongest headwinds I'd had (I'd later learn that there had been a small tornado nearby… you know whatever). Fortunately, I was in a much better place mentally than the day before. Since it was raining, I really didn't want to stop and pretty much just pushed through the rolling hills and the roads covered with fallen branches. There were also very few cars on the road because of the storm.
By the time I made it to Olema, a town within 20 miles of San Rafael, I was pretty high on the fact that I had just biked thirty miles in torrential rain and wind and feeling pretty awesome about it. It made me feel even better when the people who I asked directions from thought I was crazy. The last twenty miles into San Rafael weren't too bad (relatively of course) and were even better since I found this bike path that kept me off the main road for most of the ways.
I got a little lost in Fairfax county but eventually made it to the home of Steve and Darcy. At their house, Steve had every single tool that you could need for a bike and I was able to make some adjustments to my brakes that were greatly needed. I had an awesome time with Steve and Darcy really just talking about bikes and touring. Steve had been involved with cycling for 20+ plus years so he had a lot to say about them. I also got my butt kicked in Scrabble before going to bed.
Alright, that's it for now I'm going to get more up as soon as we get back from the Tour of the Gila.


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I remember Erica's cats. . . Wonderful. Blessings, JanetReplyDelete
Erica did a great job on the cats!ReplyDelete
Wonderful painting, happy PPF to all. Hugs, ValerieReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2017 at 2:47 AM
a fabulous, cute cat painting of you,Erica!!!ReplyDelete
happy PPF to all!
greetings Elke
Erica beautifully captured the essence of her kitties. Happy PPF!ReplyDelete
Fantastic fluffiness! Great artwork Erica...congrats.ReplyDelete
Happy PPF to you all :D
I love the feeling in your painting, Erica!ReplyDelete
Happy PPF to all and Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate!
~~ Irene
Gorgeous, Erica's cats are magical and beautiful.ReplyDelete
happy PPF to all
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Wonderful cats! Mom and I will be posting from a new art blog we have started, Palette and Paint...that's Latane of Living Life on Main Street and me, Marie at A Colorful World.ReplyDelete
I love your kitties, Erica! So soft and cuddly.ReplyDelete
Lovely the cat blots feature today. Happy PPF to allReplyDelete
Erica xour art is so beautiful and your sweet models to kiss for!! Lucky you to have so much fury companion! ;) ♥ Conny http://piaromsartjournaling.blogspot.deReplyDelete
Oh those kitties are adorable! I love them...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2017 at 8:04 PM
I love the soft gentle strokes of Erica's work, beautiful!ReplyDelete
Love the soft delicate pretty kitties, lovely technique!ReplyDelete
I just love this!!!!ReplyDelete
What a darling painting! I adore this. Thank you for hosting PPF. I truly enjoy being a part of this lovely community of artists.ReplyDelete
Beautiful artwork Erica! Congrats on the feature! Happy PPF to all!ReplyDelete
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Chet Doxas Jazz Band at the Cove
On Friday, October 4, 2013, the Chet Doxas Jazz Band is starting their "Dive" album release tour at the Cove. Doors open 8-11pm, and tickets are $20.
The widely accomplished and Juno nominated Montreal-based saxophonist Chet
Doxas is announcing a cross-Canadian solo tour following the release of
his latest album "Dive".
Chet also continues his long time collaboration with the
multi-award-winning Sam Roberts Bandand will be featured on their upcoming
release. Chet will also release a co-led cd entitled "Riverside" along
with the trumpeter Dave Douglas in April 2014 on Greenleaf Records. Also
expect to see them touring across Canada and Europe during the summer of
2014 along with Steve Swallow on bass and Jim Doxas on the drums.
His Fall touring quartet will feature Matthew Stevens on guitar, Zack
Lober on bass and Eric Doob on drums (with Tilden Webb replacing Matthew
Stevens October 16th).
Interviews available upon request.
Chet Doxas – saxophone
Matthew Stevens – guitar
Eric Doob – drums
Zack Lober -bass
* Tilden Webb will be replacing Matthew Stevens in Vancouver on October 16th.
"… all the music on Dive is just as robust, creative and, indeed,
thrilling. So much so that, while there's a lot of time left for 2014
contemporary jazz Juno rivals to emerge, I honestly won't be surprised
if it's Doxas giving the thank-you speech at next year's awards gala
dinner." – OTTAWA CITIZEN
"based on complex but hooky melodies" – VOIR
"…his saxophone shows glimmers of Jan Gabarek's glistening,
full-toned throatiness, but often restrained where appropriate" –


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- Akiko
Owarai Shinji (Laughter Ritual) at Hiraoka-jinja Shrine on the Year-end party day. vol.1
December is the season for the Japanese to enjoy gathering, eating (drinking), chatting over the passed year with friends, business colleges, etc. in the Year-end parties called "Bounenkai (忘年会)". Bonenkai literally means "Forget-the-year party", so it can be a party to release unwanted negative feelings, thoughts, energies, and purify ourselves in a relaxed mood. Even there is a saying, "Owari yokereba subete yoshi (終わりよければ全てよし)", meaning the same as a famous saying in English; "All is well that ends well".
In other way of putting it can be, "Everything was OK in the end".
Positively accepting even unwanted difficult incidents or people and stress in life, by openly talk about them to close ones or drink them over, then we would be ready to welcome a brand new year.
In case of the banquet among the colleagues including bosses, usually an informal rule of "bureikou (無礼講)" , ignoring status and titles would be applied.
The origin of bureikou is in Shinto ritual believe to date back more than 1,000 years, in Heian period. After offering sake, rice wine to the Shinto deity at a shrine, it was strictly customary to hold a ceremony that higher ranking people offer a small amount of sake to the lower ranking people one by one. This was called "reikou (礼講)". And only after that ritualistic sake offering, a loosen up and casual banquet was held and that was "bureikou".
Since the sense of order and respect is still very strong in Japanese companeies, Bonenkai is a unique and rare opportunity that "heart-to heart", honest, open, frank conversations are exchanged among all the colleagues. Everything said or done are expected to be forgotten on the next day.
This year, on 23rd of December, I had one of the most unforgettable Bonenkai with my friends. The day started participating the morning ritual of laughter at Hiraoka-jinja Shrine in Osaka.
To my surprise, on that day, I ended up laughing at laud (not just smiling!) as long as 30 minutes in a day.
Hiraoka-jinja Shrine held this super unique ritual called "Warai Shinji", Laughter Ritual for the last 10 years.
Located at the foot of Mr. Ikoma and listed in the Engishiki, an ancient book of government statutes, this historic shrine was the highest ranked shrine in the Kawachi-no-Kuni province (modern-day eastern Osaka prefecture).
They say the shrine was founded before the first emperor of Japan "Jinmu" took the throne.
Hiraoka is also known as "Moto-Kasuga" (meaning, original Kasuga) because its deities were divided for enshrinement in Nara's Kasuga Taisha Grand Shrine in 8th century.
In one of the highlight of the Japanese mythology is, when the Sun goddess Amaterasu hid herself in a cave, and the light of the world was lost.
All the kami (shinto deities) got together and discussed to how to make her come out from the cave.
And the kami cooperate each other and at the end, successfully open the cave the world and the light (sun) comes back to shine over the world.
One of the Shinto deity Ameno koyaneno mikoto, enshrined in Hiraoka jinja Shrine take a key role in this process. He recited Shinto sutras.
Another trick was, all the kami laughed very hard watching a rather sexual dance by Amenouzume, one of the goddess.
Amaterasu wondered how on earth the world sounds so happy and fun where there is no light,......and slightly opened the heavy cave door....
So, the laughter is also related to this Shrine.
Warai Shinji", Laughter Ritual was started by the present head priest about 10 years ago, but it is getting more and more popular each year.
Youtube vidio of Warai Shinji in 2011 (7 years ago)


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Enjoy easy beach access and warm tropical vibes at the Hotel Karahe in Manuel Antonio. This affordable and budget-friendly hotel is set at the base of the hill in Manuel Antonio and is spread out in two sections, one on each side of the main road. Hotel amenities include beach access from the beach side of the property, an open-air seaside restaurant, swimming pool, tropical gardens, and WiFi in some areas.
Manuel Antonio is an ecotourist paradise with plenty of options for just about everybody. Hotel Karahe is set in close proximity to many of the areas top attractions. A walk down to the beach side of the property allows easy access to the picturesque golden sands of Playa Espadilla, Manuel Antonios most popular beach. Manuel Antonio National Park is right around the corner, only a couple of minutes drive away and there are shops, restaurants, and more right in the same area as the park entrance.
Guests of the Karahe can also just unwind and take in the relaxing vibe of the hotel. Take a short stroll down the beach in front of the hotel. When you come back, the swimming pool is a great place to unwind. Surrounded by lounge chairs and tropical gardens, you can take a dip and then soak up the sun and work on the perfect tan.
The open-air seaside restaurant is well-known for Peruvian dishes and typical Costa Rican fare. They also serve a delicious selection of fresh seafood. Not hungry? That's okay too, order up some Costa Rican coffee or even a pina colada and enjoy the sounds of tropical birds and the waves crashing in the background.
Rooms at the Karahe Hotel are distributed on both sides of the main road of Manuel Antonio. The Beachfront Rooms are on the lower end, on the beachfront side of the property. The Standard Rooms are on the opposite side of the hotel, on the mountainside, and the villas require a significant hike up stairways to access. Please check the Room Amenities section for a comprehensive list of amenities offered in each room style.
Latitude: N 9° 23' 40.62"
Longitude: W 84° 9' 5.86"
Loved this hotel as well.
Pool cold
The first impression of the hotel is a let-down. It looks run-down. But once we checked in and went to the bar and beach, we realized what a value it was!
A bit far from other restaurants, shops, etc.
Lovely hotel. Perfect location to get the mixture of quiet and beach. Close enough to two towns to access easily.
Only the person at reception on arrival was not too helpful, otherwise great
The frontbeach rooms are quite nice (I upgraded this hotel).
The standard rooms are very close to the main road and are very noisy.
This hotel exceeded my expectations. All of the staff was great. The room was simple but very clean and functional. The property is beautiful and the access to the beach was perfect.
We enjoyed staying on the beach side of the road and were able to see the ocean from our 3rd floor balcony. Upon arrival, we were greeted by monkeys which was exciting. We did eat in the restaurant 2 nights.and liked the food. The breakfast was great to have.
Although this hotel was good I think it was probably because we upgraded to a beach room when we arrived as the standard rooms are directly overlooking the main road to the national park. Food very expensive and only ok but great location
Great place on the beach. Staff were friendly and professional. Location is perfect for exploring Manuel Antonio
Great location, we were on the beach side. So going for morning walks on the beach were easy, breakfast were great. Again having so many animals - monkeys, iguana's crabs, lizards and others was really awesome.
This hotel was a fantastic location and had amazing breakfast with a breathtaking view of the beach! Also had direct access to the beach and free beach chairs for guest use. The staff was friendly and super accommodating, our time here was fantastic!
We loved Hotel Karahe; the room, the staff, the beach and the restaurant were all wonderful. Being on the beach was the best.
The view was spectacular from our room, the only drawback was all the stairs to climb to get to it.
This was a great hotel with a wonderful on-site restaurant with good food. It has great beach access, friendly staff willing to help any way they can and nice rooms. The only reason it did not receive all 10's was the layout of the hotel. We stayed in one of the rooms on the hill, the office was at mid-level of the property and the restaurant and beach access were at the bottom of the hill, including a very dangerous run across the main street at a curve to reach the lower amenities. It made getting to our room difficult after eating.
The best part was the proximity to a beautiful beach. The next best was ERICA! The rooms size was good and recently updated third floor was well done. The restaurant staff was very pleasant. The restaurant quality was very good. We were a bit taken aback upon arrival, when we were not greeted and upon entering the room, seeing no phone and no way to contact staff, no place to put our personal items or no luggage racks. There were two small bedside tables, but no dresser and no luggage racks. The safe was not connected to the wall and could have been easily carried away and left unused. I hope they did not charge for that or the pool towels. All in all a great place with just a few tweaks to increase the ratings. We are very happy we were at Karahe instead of the Falls. While we did not see the Falls, without a car, it would have been very inconvenient to the flexible go to the beach goal.


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Hashgraph is a superior consensus mechanism/data structure alternative to the blockchain. A decentralized platform without servers built on Hashgraph technology will enable blockchain use cases to run:
=> Fast: It's fast. VERY fast. But don't just trust us- formal results are underway.
=> Fair: Mathematically Proven Fairness (via Consensus Time Stamping)
=> Secure: Bank-Grade Security (Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerant)
In short: Hashgraph is a data structure and consensus algorithm that is faster, fairer, and more secure than blockchain.
What is Hashgraph and how will it replace The Blockchain?
Note: Join the Telegram group to ask questions and stay updated: https://t.me/hashgraph
How is Hashgraph different?
There are five different approaches to reaching distributed consensus.
Firstly we have Proof-of-Work, which started with Bitcoin.
The second is leader-based systems like PBFT, Raft, and Paxos.
Then there is economy-based, commonly referred to as Proof-of-Stake, where forgers stake cryptocurrency on votes in order to reach consensus.
Then, there's voting-based which are too slow to be used in real systems.
Finally, there's Hashgraph, which uses virtual voting and is incredibly efficient because it does not actually send any votes over the internet.
=> 2.13 min Hashgraph video featuring Leemon Baird – Hashgraph In A Nutshell
Leemon Baird – the inventor of Hashgraph – a consensus algorithm that may do for data processing, computation, and storage, what the entire suite of Internet protocols have done for communication. In short, a revolution!


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FUNZONE Hosts Charity Concert for Ferguson Public Library
Santa Barbara's Brightest Young Talent Lend Support to a Great Cause
SUPPORT SYSTEM: Say what you will about the spending mêlée that is December, but there's something truly great about the holiday gift-giving tradition. This year in particular, though, I've adopted a brand-new Christmas mantra called "Experiences are better than stuff." And let me tell you, it's a total delight in practice.
How do you swap out your physical gifts for experiential ones, you ask? It's simple. Instead of buying your beau a spendy new watch, propose a weekend getaway. Rather than gifting your BFF an awesome new T-shirt, get 'em concert tickets (and hope they take you as their +1). Or, if you really want to feel like Ultimate Santa, make a donation on behalf of a loved one. I promise, even the grinchiest Grinches will crack a smile when they're on the receiving end of some genuine do-goodery.
If you're intrigued but not yet 100 percent on board with the idea, I recommend giving it a test run this Friday, December 19, at FUNZONE. Starting at 8 p.m., the East Beach Batting Cages will host a four-band benefit concert for the Public Library in Ferguson, Missouri, featuring Santa Barbara's own Watercolor Paintings, Chaye Tione, Sun Daes, and Bambo.
If you haven't been keeping up with the news, it's no matter. The show (which costs a measly $5, I might add) is not about lobbying for or against the police on the issues involving the death of Michael Brown. It's about supporting a library that's going above and beyond the call of duty when its patrons need it most.
Ever since the non-indictment ruling came down in the case of Brown, Ferguson has been a city under fire. Between looting, rioting, and general unrest, citizens (especially the young ones) have had few safe places to turn to. In reaction, the Ferguson Public Library has vowed to keep its doors open, no matter what the situation outside, and provide people with a safe, welcoming environment to get water, check email, and escape the disorder of the streets. In the case of school closures, the library has also opened its doors to children and teachers for activities and off-site classes.
As for FUNZONE, organizer and director Spencer VonHershman saw the Ferguson Public Library fund as an ideal way to help out a community in need without getting political about it. In conversation with KCSB's Steve Snyder on Monday night, VonHershman pointed out that we Santa Barbarans often take for granted how safe our community is in comparison to the rest of the country and that, given our position, we should be giving to those less fortunate — especially around the holidays.
In addition to sets from the aforementioned bands, FUNZONE will be hosting a raffle and a silent auction. Prizes include (but are not limited to) gift certificates to Granada Books, the Isla Vista Co-op, and Santa Barbara Water Taxi, as well as a Fender Jazzmaster signed by Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis (!!!!!). So come hang out, buy a ticket for a friend, and then jump on board the "Experiences are better than stuff" bandwagon. Mutual seasonal satisfaction guaranteed.
For more information about this and all of FUNZONE's upcoming shows, visit facebook.com/funzonesantabarbara.


text: Screenvision has renewed its long-term agreement with Hogan Communications a media and marketing company targeting the college market. Under the agreement Screenvision will continue to represent national and regional cinema advertising sales for Hogan's 397 college campus-based screens while Hogan will continue to produce and distribute its cinema preshow Preview Theater in which the Screenvision-sold ads will appear. Screenvision will also continue to have the rights to conduct certain on-campus promotional activities on behalf of its advertisers including advance screenings product sampling tabling and product demonstration activities and consumer research. "Our continued relationship with Hogan Communications enables Screenvision to have a strong presence in the college arena " says Darryl Schaffer executive vice president exhibitor relations Screenvision. "This enables us to reach our key demo young adults 18 to 24 in a very robust way." "The Screenvision sales force is best placed to represent our circuit of university theatres both from a national ad sales perspective and niche marketing perspective " says Michael Hogan Hogan Communications. "Because of this we're thrilled to maintain our partnership and look forward to watching as national advertisers continue to focus on reaching out to our community of consumers – college students." The college network's 397 cinema screens are distributed across 199 cities nationwide and include coverage in top 10 DMAs such as New York Los Angeles Chicago Boston and Philadelphia. Screenvision www.screenvision.com


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By Guido Marchetti, Office 365 Specialist for O2 Telefonica, MJ Flood Technology
At this year's Microsoft Partner Conference in Toronto, I was lucky enough to sit in on a presentation from Gartner analyst, Tiffani Bova. Entitled "Reading the Tea Leaves", it was a compelling and insightful session, which introduced the concept of the "Digital Native" – a term she applies to a demographic, which currently forms a large part of the workforce and will form the majority in the next 10 – 15 years.
So who are the "Digital Natives" and why are they important?
Put simply, the term refers to a generation, who have grown up with and embraced the power of fingertip technology. Whether at home, at college or at work, they consume technology on a daily basis using multiple devices; in the same way as they buy a loaf of bread or a cup of coffee. It's an integral part of their lives and one of the main ways they interact and communicate with the world around them. They are the new mobile workforce.
They are employees who have smart phones for personal reasons, are very tech savvy and identify quick ways of getting apps to help them to work more efficiently or better organise their personal lives. They are individuals who demand corporate network access for their mobile devices as they are using third party apps to share business information, making them more flexible and more productive.
"Digital natives" want to have data on demand. So many IT managers are now telling me that third party email systems are being used by employees within the business so that they can work from home. In some cases, apps such as Dropbox are being used as a storage solution that can be accessed from a range of devices. Similarly, apps such as Keynote and Evernote are growing in popularity.
These developments have fuelled an explosion in the demand from businesses for mobile device management. These mobile devices are slowly creeping onto the network infrastructure, sometimes by stealth, and this is forcing IT managers to contemplate access for these devices and in tandem, the formulation of corporate policy to address this "Bring Your Own Device" scenario. In some cases, I have already observed organisations give employees a mobile allowance to purchase the smart phone of their choice and connect it to the corporate network.
The management of these devices is something that companies are now challenged with. Ignoring our insatiable appetite for mobility is not an option. The demand for device-independent connectivity should be embraced as something that will help companies attract progressive employees; employees who will use the latest technology to work more efficiently and make a greater contribution to corporate life.
For more information on Mobile Device Management, contact your MJF account manager.


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UPDATED: Aug. 9, 2021: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a second deficiency letter on Friday following the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) utilities' response to its initial, comprehensive request for more information. FERC, in its latest request, asked the utilities three questions on market power and independent oversight.
According to a SEEM spokesperson, the questions "are readily answerable" and the utilities will respond "thoroughly, efficiently, and promptly" in the 10 days provided by the commission.
Dive Brief:
Utilities pursuing a centralized energy exchange market in the Southeast on Monday night filed an updated proposal with federal regulators, in an effort to provide more transparency on how the plan would work.
Duke Energy, Southern Company, the Tennessee Valley Authority and others are attempting to create a Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) that would extend the Southeast's current bilateral market, creating a 15-minute energy exchange intended to more efficiently use existing transmission. But the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission raised a number of questions over the proposal last month, and asked the utilities to come back with more details on how the market would improve existing energy transactions in the region, and to provide more transparent details on the proposal.
SEEM utilities responded to FERC by committing to provide confidential market data to the commission once the proposal is enacted, as well as clarifying and increasing oversight roles, among other actions.
Dive Insight:
The renewables industry and other stakeholders looking for broader market reforms in the Southeast view SEEM skeptically, but the utilities behind the proposal say the plan is a modest yet important step to using resources in the region more efficiently.
"SEEM is a simple but powerful structure that follows all FERC-approved rules and requirements for existing bilateral markets today, but with additional data transparency and reporting to FERC to prevent market power concerns," said Noel Black, vice president of governmental affairs for Southern Company, in a statement. "Based on careful design, analysis and learnings from other market structures, SEEM members are motivated to deliver cost-savings to customers in a new, different and highly efficient market structure."
FERC asked utilities in May to detail how the proposal would save customers money, how exactly market pricing will be determined, how it might impact utilities' existing market power in the Southeast and for more details on the governance structure. SEEM utilities in response said they would increase transparency around the inner-workings of the market structure by providing "substantial" confidential data to FERC on a weekly basis, post public market auditor reports, and responses to other regulatory inquiries, among other things.
The utilities said they did not believe these changes were necessary in order to comply with federal regulations, but that the changes are intended to "respect and heed the message suggested by the [FERC] Staff questions," as well as intervenor concerns which raised similar issues.
Intervenors in FERC's proceeding on the SEEM proposal, including the Solar Energy Industries Association, Advanced Energy Economy, the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) and the Advanced Energy Buyers Group argued in comments filed in March that the proposal was actually a "loose power pool," and should therefore be subject to FERC regulation. Further, they and other groups echoed FERC's comments that the proposal was lacking in transparency and argued the proposal would likely only strengthen utilities' stronghold on the Southeast market.
REBA and R Street Institute were also in support of a broader push to get FERC to organize the remaining regions in the U.S. that are not currently under a regional transmission organization. REBA is still reviewing the filing, but echoed previous comments that FERC should convene a technical conference with Southeast stakeholders to explore the option of forming an organized market in the region.
"[W]e support a competitive wholesale market in the SE to meet the ever-increasing customer demand for clean energy in the Southeast and to capture the full potential customer savings that are possible with a broader regional market," said Bryn Baker, director of policy innovation at REBA, in an email.


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My students sometimes post reviews and recommendations of our work together on the internet.
Here's a recent review written by an 11 year old private student :
"Mr. Wasserman is an outstanding piano teacher and role model. I have been journeying through the music world for about 5 years, and all I can say are good things!
He always carries with him a smile planted on his face, and a joyous attitude that has made a difference in each and every one of my lessons. His never-ending patience never ceases to amaze me, and his passion and talent for the piano and other instruments definitely inspire me. He finds a way to explain every little thing that I may be uncertain about, no matter what.
He provides a wide variety of options for me, which makes the lesson more enjoyable and personalized. He can make anyone laugh with his great jokes, and takes our minds off of the troubles of reality. I always look forward to my lesson after a long day at school, or just a normal day. He is able to allow student's to just relax and enjoy the lesson and learn something from it, something that is very much needed sometimes.
He is simply a master musician, and a wonderful teacher!"


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Jack Harris comic
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
From legendary writer Paul Levitz (THE GREAT DARKNESS SAGA) and artists Mike Grell (GREEN ARROW, Warlord), James Sherman and more comes SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES.It's the long-awaited wedding of Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad, with a ceremony bringing together Legionnaires and friends from across galaxies! But amid the celebration, one guest's joy for the happy couple is mixed with apprehension: something is wrong with the 30th century, and only Superboy can see it. To figure out what happened to the Legion's future, Superboy and his friends must venture a thousand years into the past-to 1978! Plus, the Legion face off against the Worldsmith, rescue their billionaire benefactor, take over Superboy's brain and more!Continuing directly from the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES ARCHIVES, this volume includes stories from SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #234-240, ALL-NEW COLLECTORS' EDITION C-55 and DC SUPER-STARS #17.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Superhero, Movies & TV
- Issue # TPB 2 (Part 5) (4 years ago)
- Issue # TPB 2 (Part 4) (4 years ago)
- Issue # TPB 2 (Part 3) (4 years ago)
- Issue # TPB 2 (Part 2) (4 years ago)
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University programs for prospective teachers are filled with useless courses that often focus on woke propaganda.
Ironically, teachers these days are much better educated and professionally prepared than teachers in previous generations.
Teachers are currently compensated based on only two criteria—years of university and years of experience.
Research documents successful performance-based incentive experiments in England, India, Israel, Houston and Nashville.
Ontario has a higher percentage of students in independent schools than Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Alberta currently offers the greatest degree of school choice in Canada.
Most separate schools are Roman Catholic.
In eight out of 10 provinces, enrolment in francophone schools, measured as a share of total enrolment, increased.
From 2001 to 2015, enrolment in Canada's independent schools increased 23 per cent.
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the exoneration of Lynden Dorval, an Edmonton physics teacher who was fired for giving zeroes on student assignments that were not completed.