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Our landscape is criss-crossed by trails to religious sites containing masterpieces of sacred art: some of these places of worship are in remote, remarkably quiet spots; others are located inside mountain hamlets or villages, but they all have in common a distinctive atmosphere which is very conducive to spirituality.
There are small churches, but also pilgrimage sites that have, over time, become important focuses of religious devotion, and finally routes that let you (re-)discover places of natural, artistic and religious beauty from the perspective of the pilgrims of old.
On the Altopiano di Piné, there are the Madonna di Piné sanctuary (Trentino's most important site of Marian worship), the small church of San Mauro, and the parish church of Santa Assunta.
In Valle di Cembra, let's mention the Madonna dell'Aiuto sanctuary above Segonzano, dedicated to Mary Help of Christians, and the small church of San Pietro in the village of Cembra itself; in the area bordering on the southeastern side of Lower Valle di Cembra, the small church of Santo Stefano in the hamlet of the same name just outside Fornace and the impressive church of Santa Maria Assunta in Civezzano.
As a visitor to our region's places of worship, you are entitled to meals at discounted prices in restaurants that have entered into an agreement with us.


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Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Jul/Aug/Sep 2017 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Individuals who are not religious make progress toward achieving their goals in life by self-effort. Whatever they accomplish is, from their perspective, solely the result of what they do to achieve it." In order...
Bhakti, Devotion, the Key to MeditationSatguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
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It's easier to meditate after puja. If you try and practice meditation without devotional practice you can build...
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I usually like to entertain myself at car shows by scrutinizing each car that I pass by. Obviously, you've seen from my past coverage of any car show, that I'm fairly particular in the cars I post. This makes for a less comprehensive view of the event, but I've always done my best to keep the site to a specific niche, and not posting just for the sake of posting. That being said, I like to pick a car at each show that I like the best, and give it the imaginary NDF award. At last weekend's Autocon show, it was this S2000 here which received such a pretentiously made-up honor of the NDF Choice.
In all honesty, I have probably seen this car before, but for whatever reason it really caught my eye this time. I'm a huge fan of J's and the color on this car accentuates the body lines of the GT kit very nicely. I haven't really got a chance to study the lines since about 2011 in Japan.
They truly are beautiful though. The top curvature of the front fender alone is enough to bring a tear to my eye. I like that the car isn't overloaded with decals as well. The slightly darker, chrome Toyo and Rays decals on the grey body were perfect. I understand the need for the others if they are possibly sponsors, but if the dark chrome theme was carried through the entire car it would be 100% in my book. That's just my humble opinion though.
The bronze ZE40's are a perfect match in both color and style to the now extremely wide car.
Great stuff.


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George Turner was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1916 although his family lived in the Western Australian goldfields between Kalgoorlie and Boulder. When he was six years old his family fell on hard times and they subsequently moved to Melbourne where he was educated at the Choir School of St Paul's Cathedral and later at a State School. After leaving school he worked at various jobs until war broke out in 1939 when he enlisted as soon as he could. He served in the Second World War in the Middle East, Africa and New Guinea. After the war he began work in the Commonwealth Employment Service, ending up in the large Victorian country town of Wangaratta, the people and environs of which he used in his "Treelake" series of novels: A Stranger and Afraid, The Cupboard Under the Stairs, A Waste of Shame and The Lame Dog Man.
Although he had been reading science fiction for the bulk of his life, Turner's involvement with the genre began in earnest with the publication of his first critical article, "The Double Standard" (an examination of Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man) in Australian Science Fiction Review 10 in July 1967, edited by John Bangsund. He rapidly became known as Australia's foremost sf critic with articles appearing in ASFR, Bruce Gillespie's Science Fiction Commentary, Van Ikin's Science Fiction and later in the main Melbourne newspaper The Age. After much cajoling from Bangsund and Gillespie, amongst others, Turner published his first science fiction novel Beloved Son in 1978. It appeared to very mixed reviews and quite a lot of criticism from the general science fiction readership who considered the book too dense and slow. Further science fiction novels followed to form his Ethical Culture series: Beloved Son, Vaneglory and Yesterday's Men. But it was probably not until his major novel The Sea and Summer that Turner was able to gain a level of acceptance, beyond his undoubted critical abilites, within the international science fiction community.
Turner co-won the Miles Franklin Award in 1962 for The Cupboard Under the Stairs, sharing the award with Thea Astley. His novel The Sea and Summer (under the title Drowning Towers) won the Arthur C Clarke Award in 1988, and was nominated for a Nebula Award in the same year. He won the Ditmar Award (for Best Australian Science Fiction) in 1979 for Beloved Son, in 1984 for Yesterday's Men and in 1994 for The Destiny Makers.
George Turner died in Ballarat, Victoria in 1997.
Young Man of Talent 1959 (also titled Scobie in the USA)
A Stranger and Afraid 1961
The Cupboard Under the Stairs 1962
A Waste of Shame 1965
The Lame Dog Man 1967
Beloved Son 1978
Transit of Cassidy 1978
Vaneglory 1981
Yesterday's Men 1983
The Sea and Summer 1987 (also titled Drowning Towers in the USA)
Brain Child 1991
The Destiny Makers 1993
Genetic Soldier 1994
Short Stories
A Pursuit of Miracles 1990
In the Heart or In the Head 1984 (autobiography)
The View from the Edge 1977
Dustjacket synopsis:
"The View From The Edge...sciecne fiction stories looking at our world and ourselves from the outside.
"The problems of pet food, of being caught in a daydream, of meeting an alien in your own backyard...these and other hazards of modern life are examined with wit and feeling in this remarkable book.
"The View From The Edge also documents the writing process, in a splendid running commentary by prizewinning novelist George Turner. The book is essential to any writing course.
"George Turner is known as a novelist and critic - now anthologist. His novel The Cupboard Under The Stairs won the Miles Franklin Award in 1962."
Foreword by George Turner
Dialogue by Philiippa C. Maddern
Alien by Bruce Barnes
Automation by Randal Flynn
The Suburbs My Destination by Christopher Priest
Denizen in Habitat by Edward Mundie
Day Dreamer by Sharon Goodman
Wherever You Are by Philippa C. Maddern
Retrieval by Malcolm English
The Broken Butterfly by Paul Voermans
The Two Body Problem by Bruce Barnes
Going Home by Petrina Smith
Ignorant of Music by Philippa C. Maddern
Rat Stew by D. W. Walker
In the Garden by Petrina Smith
Erotic Shower by Micheline Cyna-Tang
The Rise and Fall of Earth by Graeme Aaron and Sam Sejavka
The Ant in a Glass Cage by Sam Sejavka
Hector by Bruce Barnes
Observations on Experiences by Vonda N. McIntyre
They and They's by Petrina Smith
See It Sparkle, See it Dim by Edward Mundie
Silence by Philippa C. Maddern
From the Norstrilia Press paperback edition, 1977.
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Dustjacket synopsis:
"The 20th century ended with a bang.
"In just five short days earth's population was all but destroyed. What little remained of 20th-century thought was carefully expunged by the youthful heirs of the 21st, in their ruthless determination to avoid the mistakes of the past.
"Then, the spaceship appeared. Man's first interstellar expedition has returned, after an absence of more than forty years, to a world that fears their return. Albert Raft, the Ship's commander, cloned before departure in a secret experiment, will now be pitted against the 21st century and two generations of himself..."
"Consistently witty...compelling...brilliant" - The New Statesman
"Vivid and absorbing...some of the best dialogue and characterization to come from science fiction in years" - The Spectator
First Paragraph
The Security Ombudsman for the Australasian Sector of International Security was tall but stooped, unmuscular and skeletally thin. His teeth were false; he wore glasses; he was quite bald and his skin, mostly bared in the manner of the times, was entirely hairless. He was unevenly brown - piebald, though no one used the word to his face - in the manner of an earlier time when bouts of exposure to hard radiation were a daily hazard. A greyness tinged the brown and with his splayed nose attested the quarter of aboriginal strain contributed by a tribal grandmother.
From the Pocket Books paperback edition, 1979.
This novel forms the first section of Turner's Ethical Culture series.
Beloved Son won the Ditmar Award for Best Australian Science Fiction in 1979.
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Dustjacket synopsis:
"Eight journeys into the future from prize-winning author George Turner.
"A civilized society where barabarism is the norm.
A search for super-intelligence that goes horribly wrong.
A world where to be Non-Legal is to be non-human.
An experiment to test the very nature of reality.
"Turner's stories move with all the surety of vision of a master of his craft."
"Turner's work has an integrity of purpose, an attention to detail and a total avoidance of cheap effects and stereotypes that place it firmly among the very best in the genre" - Omega
"George Turner seems the perennial outsider, approaching science fiction with the humane vividness of a top-notch mainstream writer. It's almost disconcerting to encounter characters as real, flawed, unstylized and articulate..." - Locus
A Pursuit of Miracles
Not in Front of the Children
Shut the Door When You Go Out
On the Nursery Floor
In a Petri Dish Upstairs
Generation Gap
The Fittest
From the Aphelion Publications paperback edition, 1990.
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Dustjacket synopsis:
"Decades ago, in the year 2022, the Nursery Children project spawned three sets of genetically engineered children. The first group consisted of technological wizards, the second of gifted artists. But the third was an aberration - geniuses possessing mental capacities so frightening and incomprehensibly advanced they were outcats even in their own exceptional environment..until they perished in a shocking act of collective suicide.
"David Chance is an unknowing offspring of the long-forgotten experiment. And now he must pursue the dark secrets that doomed four remarkable creations - uncovering limitless perversions of science, devastating revelations about his own conception...and the horrifying course of humankind's future."
"Brilliant...a mind-stretcher...a breathlessly exciting adventure" - Arthur C. Clarke
"Extraordinary...a superb achievement...a tale of tragic self-discovery, science corrupted, and of the human baseness that taints both" - Locus
"A gripping, disturbing exploration of what it means to be human...both emotionally and intellectually satisfying" - The New York Times Book Review
"Great skill and originality...a startling work" - Booklist
First Paragraph
The trouble with an Orphanage upbringing is that when the College discharges you at age eighteen you are burstingly healthy, educated to the edge of intellectual indigestion and as innocent of day-to-day as a blind dummy.
You read of orphanages (with a small o) in old novels and gain an impression of cruelty and exploitation visited upon children as punishment for their insolence in having been born, a picture of institutionlised revenge.
In this century, with the Population Control Laws hovering like the eye of God over the couplings even of the weeded, we children of the unwedded and the overenthusiastic are indeed born in sin but it is the parents who face fines and goal and occasionally chemical castration. Legal disapproval is at least not vented on the helpless issue by a social system that has raised contraception almost to the status of a competitive art form.
From the AvoNova paperback edition, 1992.
This novel was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
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Last modified: March 25, 2001.


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Apple announced three new Mac computers on Tuesday powered by its all-new M1 chip, a custom Arm-based system-on-a-chip. But despite the performance and efficiency gains the M1 chip allows, there is one notable constraint: memory. According to Apple, customers interested in buying a new Mac with more than 16GB of RAM will need to purchase an older, Intel-based model. Right now, the M1 cannot support more memory.
That may be disappointing to some professional users interested in switching over to the Arm-based laptops or the new Mac mini, considering older Intel-based models can carry as much as 32GB of RAM. It echoes complaints against the MacBook Pro refresh of four years ago, too, when Apple said limitations on memory options were to conserve battery life.
Another insight to be gleaned from this memory restriction is that future Macs may need a newer Arm-based processor. It would be silly for Apple to sell a new iMac, 16-inch MacBook Pro, or Mac Pro with the M1 chip if it meant constricting configurations to 16GB of RAM, something that simply would not fly for the professional community those machines are geared toward. (We already know, thanks to a report ahead of the event from Bloomberg, that Apple is targeting a full Mac refresh using its new Arm-based chip, including a new iMac and a potential downsized version of the Mac Pro.)
There are some other key limitations with the M1 worth mentioning. Macs with the new chip will not work with external GPUs, Apple says. That's a particularly tricky constraint for the new Mac mini, which is already hamstrung by its memory ceiling and furthermore can't be used with a more powerful graphics chip and enclosure combo, as some of have done in the past with Apple laptops and the 2018 and earlier Mac minis. Apple also says the RAM on M1 models is not upgradable — it's integrated into the system-on-a-chip, so you can't upgrade an 8GB model with another stick of RAM.
All of this suggests there are good reasons why Apple is, right now at least, keeping older Intel-based MacBook Pros and the Mac mini for sale (the MacBook Air is the only model now Arm-only). Those models may not be as efficient or performant, but they allow for more memory, more versatility, and in some cases contain more ports. We might not see these other capabilities until Apple silicon is more mature.


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Sri Lanka v England: Hosts win to take 2-0 lead in one-day series
Last updated on .From the section Cricket
|Second one-day international, Colombo (RPS):
|Sri Lanka 186-2 (34.2 overs) beat England 185 (43 overs) by eight wickets
|Match scorecard
Sri Lanka beat England by eight wickets in a rain-reduced one-day international to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
Alastair Cook won the toss but he and the top order struggled against the spinners on a slow Colombo pitch.
Only Joe Root (42) and Ravi Bopara (51) passed 25 as the tourists were bowled out for 185 in 43 of their 45 overs.
The hosts lost two early wickets but veterans Kumar Sangakkara (67 not out) and Mahela Jayawardene (77 not out) saw them home with 10.4 overs to spare.
In the end, it was a comfortable chase for the experienced batting pair, who added 149 and have amassed a mammoth 815 ODI caps between them.
England, with fit-again paceman Steven Finn preferred to all-rounder Ben Stokes, were always second favourites after a below-par batting performance to fall to their 15th defeat in 22 completed ODIs against Test-playing sides since last year's Champions Trophy.
|England's one-day struggles
|Since the Champions Trophy in 2013, England have lost 15 of their 22 completed ODIs against Test-playing opposition
|Alastair Cook has lost seven of his last eight ODIs as captain
|England's last ODI series win under Cook's captaincy was in New Zealand in February 2013 (having won in West Indies under Stuart Broad in Feb/Mar 2014)
When the weather relented to allow play to begin, both sides - wearing black armbands - stood in silence to remember Australia batsman Phillip Hughes, who died on Thursday after he was hit by a ball while batting in a Sheffield Shield game.
The rain delay, and England's continued problems in spin-friendly conditions, meant the early atmosphere remained somewhat sombre.
On a used, tacky pitch, boundaries were at a premium, with only eight coming in the entire England innings, in stark contrast to the boundary blitz happening simultaneously in the third Test in Sharjah as New Zealand feasted on Pakistan's bowlers.
Off-spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan struck in the second over as Moeen Ali was bowled off his pad trying to hit him through the leg side.
Ian Bell, playing his 150th ODI, came down the pitch three times to the spinners, but holed out at long-off on the third occasion, while Cook (22) top-edged a sweep to deep backward square leg.
Meanwhile, Root was fortunate to survive an lbw appeal from Dilshan on 16 when the ball-tracker was millimetres away from overturning the umpire's "not out" decision after Sri Lanka reviewed it.
After strangling England with 14 consecutive overs of spin, it was then the turn of Sri Lanka's seamers to strike as Thisara Perera's third ball was hit straight to short extra cover by the out-of-sorts Eoin Morgan, who is without an ODI fifty since January.
Angelo Mathews' bowling changes continued to bear fruit as the skipper returned to trap Root lbw trying to heave a straight ball to leg, while paceman Dhammika Prasad - kept back until the 32nd over - bowled Jos Buttler via an inside edge.
|Most century partnerships in ODIs
|26 - Sourav Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar (India)
|16 - Adam Gilchrist/Matthew Hayden (Australia)
|15 - Gordon Greenidge/Desmond Haynes (West Indies); Mahela Jayawardene/Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
|14 - Tillakaratne Dilshan/Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka); Marvan Atapattu/Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
Although Bopara recorded a third half-century in four ODIs, spinner Ajantha Mendis (3-33) wrapped up the innings with two overs to spare.
With the death of Hughes still in the minds of many spectators, Sri Lanka's spin-dominated attack meant that short-pitched deliveries were a rarity in any event, the first arriving in the 28th over of England's innings.
By contrast, two of Finn's first three deliveries were bouncers - but both were hit for four by Dilshan, who picked up three boundaries from the first over to get the hosts off to the proverbial flying start.
The short ball did pay off for Finn as he tucked Kusal Perera up for room and forced him to chip a catch to square leg, while Moeen induced a leading edge from Dilshan.
But the longer England went without breaking the Sangakkara-Jayawardene stand, their 15th century partnership in this format, the result was increasingly a foregone conclusion, with England's bowling unit seemingly unable to exert any pressure.
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As said in a post from last year, I submitted a drawing to the open submissions for Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art's exhibit, "Uncensored: Queer Art and The Church". I knew that my drawing would be a rarity by dealing with bisexuality, since biphobia is quite rampant in not just the gay community, but for American attitudes towards sexuality in general. Which is quite ironic and hypocritical since the purpose of the exhibit was to "flip the bird" to attitudes towards sexuality by the church.
What I didn't know was how rampant it was until I recently presented this poem inspired by the drawing at Titillating Tongues. It created the most lukewarm applause I had ever received. The only time I received a less enthused applause was when I was the first to take to the stage, which is understandable. But that was not the case here. I was somewhere between being the 5th or 8th presenter.
1) my bisexual fantasy; as well as 2) my bisexual truth; and 3) the truth of other bisexuals as well. Even those who have yet to come out because they don't want to deal with prejudice in some other form, like I faced that night through applause.
The hot pink of a woman's vagina
Shows the color of flesh covered by her skin
It's the blood rushing throughout her body
From a heat starting from within
Her clit, her nips, and all of her lips
Swell as they crave my touch and entry
Admiration of this sexual beauty
Is how the human race has thrived for centuries
Tonight as I take flight
I'll hold her close with only my right hand
Since she is not my only pleasure passenger
I hope she understands
Sexy royal blue man held by my left hand
He is the other passenger on this ride
You would think he's being a gentleman
Saying, "Ladies first" of who gets me inside
But it's his plan to have my cock drenched by her pussy juice
Which he wants when I dip in him next
His main goal is to be the cause of my cum explosion
And feel the throbs that concludes the sex
I don't begrudge his plan
If I wanted to play "catcher", I would do the same
But tonight I am determined to pitch
And the beauty of his ass is to blame
It's time to dispel some theories
About my bisexual ways
This craving is not a common conflict
That haunts me all of my days
One gender is my forever love & sex
The other is just a quick sex fix
But I'm sure all of this judgment and hate
Are those wishing they were a love or trick
You are flying with a Bi-Butterfly
And I want you both tonight
Shielded by my wings of gold and silver
From the world's scrutiny of our flight
The light of the sun, moon, and stars
Glowing around and through my wings
Making us free to play day or night
And any time in between
There is no confusion, no liesThis openness is what makes a Bi-Butterfly fly


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If you prefer a thicker crust double it!
If you don't have a stand mixer with a dough hook - work this by hand.
The pattern includes the Little Chef Hat & Apron that Ava is wearing.
You can customize this however you like!
If you cut two apron pieces you can stitch them together and make a reversible apron!!
When you print the pattern
do not use the shrink to fit setting on your printer (click NONE), or it will not print to scale.
This pattern is hand drawn and not perfect, but is completely functional.
Cut out all of your pieces and tape them together to make a complete pattern.
The "poof" on the top of the hat is smaller (I like it this way) BUT if you would like a larger one add 2" to the cut line.
This pattern is super easy and adaptable.
I used two pretty cotton complementary fabrics for this set.
Miss Ava working away...


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12 Aug 2018
How do young people engage in social action, and why? Our report explores what encourages young people to take action and why it is of benefit for them and their communities.
16 Oct 2017
Learning About Culture is the RSA's largest ever programme of action research in education.
11 Feb 2016
Download our resource which outlines the key elements of Creative Gatherings and offers guidance on how to put one together; especially relevant to anyone with a professional or voluntary interest in civic action.
02 Jul 2015
The Arts and Social Change Evaluation closes this strand of the 3 year Citizen Power Peterborough programme of work across the city.
30 Sep 2013
This report publishes the findings of the 'Towards Plan A: a new political economy for arts and culture?' seminar series. The seminars brought together representatives from business and finance, the government, local authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships, and the arts and cultural sector to explore ideas that can shape a new political economy for arts and culture in England.
26 Aug 2013
How can arts make an impact upon the identity of a place, social capital whilst encouraging active citizenship.
02 Feb 2013
This background paper on Leading a City Differently offers a summary outline for those considering creative practice as an approach to reshaping relationships between key institutions, people, and services.
Emissary: an ambassador, a messenger, an agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another.
01 Dec 2012
Dialogue in Action was the final project in the Arts and Social Change strand of the Citizen Power programme and fed into the Innovation Forum programme with city leaders.
02 Nov 2012
This report gives an informed overview of these two residencies, their journeys to completion and thoughts from the artists and those involved.
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Savant Systems, which delivered
one of the first Apple-based home-automation
and commercial control systems, is showing
here at CEDIA Expo an Apple telephony solution,
Control Plus.
Using Savant's TrueControl app, sold separately,
Savant's scalable telephony solution is
based upon the Savant PBX Server and delivers
full-duplex communication capabilities. The Savant
PBX supports up to 72 end points, including
app-enabled iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches,
all capable of making internal and external local,
long-distance and international calls via a wired or
wireless Savant Control Plus phone system.
Savant Telephony responds to automation and
control events, providing users with customizable
communication, automation and control in a single
architecture, the company said. For example,
Control Plus can automatically lower whole-house
music when receiving incoming calls; auto-answer
calls; or initiate a page-all sequence to communicate
with gate access points.
"We wanted to expand the products and services
we offer to our residential and commercial
dealers and Savant Telephony provides increased
opportunity in a very elegant package," said Savant
CEO Robert Madonna. "Through the development
of a feature-rich SIP client, Savant engineers
took great care to transform the iPod Touch
and iPad into versatile wireless handsets rich with
the added benefits of complete control functionality
as well as the countless apps available from the
Apple App Store," Madonna concluded.
Savant also offers an optional Public Announcement
System (PAS-1000), which integrates
into the Savant family of distributed audio
solutions. The PAS-1000 unites the functions of a
telephone with a high-performance digital amplifier
for paging, broadcasting announcements and
supplying background music to assigned rooms
or entire floors.
The system supports entry access viewing and
communication with door and gateway intercoms;
long-distance and international calling; room-toroom
paging and page-all functions; line sharing,
which allows a user to join in any active line and
participate in two-way conversations; voice mail
with message-waiting indication; auto answer;
and do-not-disturb mute holding.
Savant is in booth 4825.


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Though children are capable of making their choices, they often need support and guidance from an experienced, and knowledgeable adult. Likewise, while we think we can do a lot of things on our own, we usually refer to someone who has been in that situation previously and are aware of the different things involved.
When we fail to find the right candidates that we require, we need some help from experts who know the skills of the potential candidates, inside-out. Finding an HR recruitment consultancy in Bengaluru, as easy as it sounds, due to the vast number that have sprung up in the city, is not so. In order to provide better solutions, a good HR recruitment agency needs to have the skill to understand the criteria while outsourcing for their clients.
While hunting for human resources, the HR consultancy picks out the right kind of people at the right time keeping in mind the long-term needs of the client. They plan out their recruitment strategy by charting out appropriate training programs, create specific and targeted advertisements, design employment-related programs, and analyze and present a good set of talent. Recruitment outsourcing in Bengaluru is now a trend that most clients use, but clients must check that the outsourcing agencies have all these things in place with regard to their strategizing ability.
Apart from jotting down the strategy to recruiting manpower, good agencies study the status of their clients before asking for their own clientele requirements, such as:
The HR consultancies also follow the method of Human Resource Planning, which involves placing the right number and kind of people at the right place in the right time, doing the right things for the benefit of achieving the goals of the firm. This ensures building the brand and growth of remuneration of the firm.
Permanent staffing services in Bengaluru largely stick onto such a plan for hiring long-standing candidates. They carry out training and development programs to ensure skills of clarity in communication, and the like, to hire the best of potential employees. Shiras HR Advisory and Services is one of those HR recruitment firms that use these checklists while procuring the best of employees for their clients and promise to offer better solutions for recruitment-related crises.


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University of Nottingham
Researchers have developed a new quantum version of a 150-year-old thermodynamical thought experiment that could pave the way for the development of quantum heat engines.
Mathematicians from the University of Nottingham have applied new quantum theory to the Gibbs paradox and demonstrated a fundamental difference in the roles of information and control between classical and quantum thermodynamics. Their research has been published today in Nature Communications.
The classical Gibbs paradox led to crucial insights for the development of early thermodynamics and emphasises the need to consider an experimenter's degree of control over a system.
The research team developed a theory based on mixing two quantum gases – for example, one red and one blue, otherwise identical – which start separated and then mix in a box.
Overall, the system has become more uniform, which is quantified by an increase in entropy. If the observer then puts on purple-tinted glasses and repeats the process; the gases look the same, so it appears as if nothing changes. In this case, the entropy change is zero.
The lead authors on the paper, Benjamin Yadin and Benjamin Morris, explain: "Our findings seem odd because we expect physical quantities such as entropy to have meaning independent of who calculates them. In order to resolve the paradox, we must realise that thermodynamics tells us what useful things can be done by an experimenter who has devices with specific capabilities.
"For example, a heated expanding gas can be used to drive an engine. In order to extract work (useful energy) from the mixing process, you need a device that can 'see' the difference between red and blue gases."
Classically, an "ignorant" experimenter, who sees the gases as indistinguishable, cannot extract work from the mixing process. The research shows that in the quantum case, despite being unable to tell the difference between the gases, the ignorant experimenter can still extract work through mixing them.
Considering the situation when the system becomes large, where quantum behaviour would normally disappear, the researchers found that the quantum ignorant observer can extract as much work as if they had been able to distinguish the gases.
Controlling these gases with a large quantum device would behave entirely differently from a classical macroscopic heat engine. This phenomenon results from the existence of special superposition states that encode more information than is available classically.
Professor Gerardo Adesso said: "Despite a century of research, there are so many aspects we don't know or we don't understand yet at the heart of quantum mechanics. Such a fundamental ignorance, however, doesn't prevent us from putting quantum features to good use, as our work reveals.
"We hope our theoretical study can inspire exciting developments in the burgeoning field of quantum thermodynamics and catalyse further progress in the ongoing race for quantum-enhanced technologies."
"Quantum heat engines are microscopic versions of our everyday heaters and refrigerators, which may be realised with just one or a few atoms (as already experimentally verified) and whose performance can be boosted by genuine quantum effects such as superposition and entanglement.
"Presently, to see our quantum Gibbs paradox played out in a laboratory would require exquisite control over the system parameters, something which may be possible in fine-tuned 'optical lattice' systems or Bose-Einstein condensates – we are currently at work to design such proposals in collaboration with experimental groups."
Main image: Illustration of theory based on mixing two quantum gases. Credit: Beth Morris, University of Nottingham Maths PhD.
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A much as I enjoy traditional art such as music painting, I think my favorite modern art medium is lattes. Geeky latte art never fails to bring a smile to my face. While some is better looking than others, I still appreciate the work that geeks put into these awesome beverages. In the past, I have posted a ton (you can find them all by searching for latte art on the right) of latte art such as the mind blowing TARDIS latte art I posted back in September, but now we can add Daleks to the list of cool latte art creations.
This spectacular Dalek latte art was created by DeviantART user Coffee-Katie who created this at Caffe di Angeli in Fort Worth, Texas. I might not be a latte drinker (I'm not a fan of hot beverages) but if I am ever in Fort Worth, I am definitely stopping there to get a Dalek latte!
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October, 2019 Musical Theatre Workshop Reel
Check out the October 2019 workshop reel. We had a blast in class!
October, 2019 NYC Musical Theatre Workshop Wrap
And it's a wrap! Another awesome workshop series. Last class was Duet Night! Videos coming soon and will schedule a new series. Check in if you want to join us!
October, 2019 Workshop!
Lori and I are SO EXCITED to have a new workshop series planned!! Past workshops have brought everyone to the next level – and, as you can see from the workshop reel, we get great videos for participants to post on their websites and social media. The work goes deep, but we have SO MUCH FUN in class! Over the years, some wonderful and enduring friendships have blossomed as well. We support each other in this studio! Of course I am excited to have my students in class, but if you study with another teacher, you are equally welcome to join us.
February, 2017 Workshop!
April/May Group Workshop!
The Digital Audition
Do you have a website? A demo? A great headshot and resume isn't enough anymore! Casting directors are increasingly relying on digital media submissions to prescreen who they invite to audition. They first review the video and/or audio files before looking at emailed or snailmailed headshots. Sometimes they don't get to those at all. This is a huge time and money-saver for casting, who are eager to avoid spending lots on space and accompanists for auditions. So… get cracking on your site and demo. You may have some material already, if any of your past performances were video recorded. There are website templates you can plug into to build your site, if you have the skill and patience. I lack both, and am grateful to Patrick Sasso for building this site. Pat also does web design, audio and video demos for actors. He's super nice and affordable. And by all means, if you have any decent video of yourself performing, put it on Youtube!
Song Thoughts
What makes a "good" song? A good audition song? When is a song a good audition song? Some songs work well in a cabaret set but don't work in an audition room or translate beyond our small theatre community. Certain songs strike an emotional chord in many people, others are more unique to a particular songwriter, individual or a smaller segment of the population. Simply put, some songs are so personal they can seem indulgent. When I think of examples of pop songs that connect on a large scale, I think of Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are." Who doesn't want to be cared for unconditionally? Or Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely?"… Anyone who has had a baby or even held one can relate to the wonder of new life. Eric Clapton wrote a universal anthem for loss and mourning with "Tears In Heaven." And of all the amazing songs to come out of our Broadway songbook, "Seasons Of Love" from Rent has broken through every barrier to ask – and answer – what love is.
2 Little Stories
This week 2 new students came into the studio, referred by their agents. 1 was an actor, the other a young folk singer/songwriter who was a recent TV talent show finalist. Neither had any vocal training or had ever been to a Broadway musical audition. Both had appointments for major auditions that their agents had set up. I had 1 hour – that's it! – with each to prepare them. I had to boil 6 months' worth of technique into about 20 minutes, then help the actor pick 2 contrasting songs for his show, the folk singer learn 2 songs from the lead role she was about to be seen for. I knew it was unlikely, under these circumstances, that either would book the roles. But I wanted to make sure they still felt their lesson was a valuable experience and that the audition process would not be scary. Well, here are their comments:
"Didn't get a chance to tell you about the audition. It went really well. You totally prepared me for everything. He loved 'The Midnight Hour' and then he asked if I had something longer and I gave him the Sinatra. Thank you so much! There was no room for nerves because I knew what was coming.
🙂 I will back in town in a week and a half and as soon as I get a check I want to start my lessons!"
"First of all! Thank you so much for getting me prepared for the audition. In just an hour you helped make singing 100 times easier for me and I'm so grateful for that. I didn't get the part, but they did say it was a pleasure meeting me and they liked me but I just wasn't right for the role. So overall good feedback. There were only nice things said and that makes me proud of myself! Thank you so much again!!"
Studio News
Sooo busy lately with weekly students working extra hard and several newcomers and referrals. I've never been so booked. Everyone's been showing up with great energy. We're so excited for Allison Mixon, who booked Superfly, the new Bill T Jones project. Erin Wegner Brooks checked in to say how much she's loving her stint as Vivenne in Legally Blonde, and she got a great review from a theater reporter. Sam Gedymin just finished a tour of a new musical workshop and got invited to do a reading of another new play directed by Moises Kaufman! Karlee Ferreira came this close with Bring It On, and is off to her appointments for Rock of Ages, and the new beach boys show, along with Laura Meade and Alica Taylor-Tomasko. John Sorensen-Jolink's got a callback for Amazing Grace, just about everyone's been in for Annie, and we still have 2 little Annie's – Charley Tiernan and Anabelle Hoffman looking forward to their next round of callbacks (there have been several!) Speaking of Anabelle, she just nailed it at the open call for Mary Poppins and got a callback for Jane Banks. Go Bellie!
Was thrilled to see Samantha Zack doing her thing in How2Succeed again on Nick Jonas's first night up. Thanks for the invite Sam! Derek and I were also celebrating his acceptance to Goucher College that night, so it was twice as sweet. So even as I've struggled through 2 months (!) of bronchitis and the sad loss of our beloved cat Fiyero, I am so grateful to have such fabulous students and for being part of the theater community.


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Aleec Harris victorious in 110m hurdles; Allyson Felix scratches 200m at USAs
Aleec Harris stated that his goal for the weekend was to win a USA flag to give to his wife and son, who were watching his races from the stands.
He won the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 13.24 seconds, despite a significant headwind of 1.7 meters per second at the USATF Outdoor Championships, part of the TeamUSA Summer Champions Series, presented by Comcast.
Aries Merritt, the 2012 Olympic champion in the event who had a kidney transplant two years ago, acknowledged the winds were "no joke." He clocked 13.31, followed by Devon Allen in third with a time of 13.34. All three will race at the world championships later this summer in London.
In the women's 200m, Deajah Stevens won with a convincing time of 22.30; Kimberlyn Duncan followed with 22.59 and Tori Bowie in third at 22.60.
Allyson Felix scratched the women's 200m, choosing instead to focus on defending her world title in the 400m.
Ameer Webb edged Christian Coleman by 0.01 seconds in the men's 200m, though both men will represent the U.S. at the world championships in London later this summer.
Evan Jager, the Olympic silver medalist, won the 3000m Steeplechase in a time of 8:16.88, marking his sixth national title.
In the men's shot put, Olympic champ Ryan Crouser set a meet record of 74 feet, 3 ¾ inches – the longest throw in the world in almost 14 years. He's aiming for the world record. 2016 silver medalist Joe Kovach finished second with a throw of 73-4.
Clayton Murphy, 800m bronze medalist in Rio, scratched the 800m after sustaining two sore hamstrings Saturday and will not be at the world championships. Donavan Brazier won in 1:44.14.
MORE: Matthew Centrowitz, after 'rock bottom,' glad with runner-up at USAs


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The ERC has awarded top-up funding to fifty ERC grant holders via its Proof of Concept Grants, to explore the commercial or societal potential of their ERC-funded frontier research results. The grants are part of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020.
The awarded projects cover a variety of topics: revealing how the algorithms that determine our personalised feeds on social media actually work, using organoids to test treatments for late stage cancer, creating low cost, greener batteries, and making wind turbines more efficient. See more examples of funded projects.
Commissioner Carlos Moedas said: "The grants awarded today show how we can transform top science into practical innovations that will benefit everyone. Investing in research and innovation means we're investing in EU's future. That's why we've proposed to switch our ambition to even higher gear in creating Horizon Europe, EU's next research and innovation programme, boosting its funding up to an unprecedented EUR 100 billion and completing the European Innovation Council."
The President of the ERC, Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, said: "Frontier science above all generates new knowledge. One should never forget that scientific pursuit can also trigger new innovation and business ideas. ERC Proof of Concept grants help these ideas to develop. I'm glad to see that so many of our grantees from such diverse disciplines are eager to test if their research findings could be brought to market or benefit society in other ways."
Proof of Concept (PoC) grants, worth a maximum of EUR 150,000 each, can be used for example to explore business opportunities, prepare patent applications or verify the practical viability of scientific concepts. A recent review shows the funding has also helped ERC-funded scientists set up new companies and attract capital to make their research marketable.
The new grants were awarded to researchers working in 16 countries: Austria (2 grants), Belgium (4), Croatia (1), Denmark (1), Finland (2), France (6), Germany (2), Ireland (1), Israel (3), Italy (5), Netherlands (2), Portugal (3), Slovakia (1), Spain (7), Switzerland (3) and the UK (7).
The grant scheme is only open to ERC grantees. Over 800 grantees have received PoC funding since 2011. They can apply for funding in one of the three rounds of the call every year. Today's announcement concerns the second 2018 round, in which the ERC evaluated 130 applications. The budget for the whole 2018 competition is EUR 20 million.
List of the 50 grantees by country of host institution
Future calls and deadlines
In you are an ERC grantee and are interested in applying straight away, then act soon - the deadline for the last round of 2018 grants is 11 September 2018. Potential applicants can find all information here. However, in October the 2019 PoC competition will open, with an extra EUR 5 million available for 2019 PoC grants, again over three rounds of funding. In addition, for the 2019 PoC the ERC is piloting the use of lump sums as a simplified funding mode, to test this approach compared to the current method (based on the declaration of actual costs). Find more information on the 2019 conditions and deadlines here.
The European Research Council, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the premiere European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. Every year, it selects and funds the very best, creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects in Europe. The ERC also strives to attract top researchers from anywhere in the world to come to work in Europe.
To date, the ERC has funded around 8,500 top researchers at various stages of their careers. It offers four core grant schemes: Starting, Consolidator, Advanced and Synergy Grants.
The ERC is led by an independent governing body, the Scientific Council. The ERC President is Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon. The ERC has a budget of over EUR 13 billion for the years 2014 to 2020, part of Horizon 2020, for which European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Carlos Moedas is responsible.


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Why Your Beliefs are More Important than Your Genes: Understanding Bruce Lipton's "New Biology"February 3rd, 2010 by Ryan
We have often heard the phrase, "Well you can't change your genes"
Or, "That's just the way I was born, nothing I can do about it."
It seems like common knowledge to think that there are some diseases that are caused by "genetic factors"; as if to imply that those who become sick are just "really unlucky."
Many research studies and reports claim that a great majority of our behavior, health, and even our personality, is pre-determined by the genes we received at birth from our parents.
The whole notion of us "being powerless to change our genes" leads many people to hold resentment towards their parents (and possibly God too).
They may ask "Why me?" or say "Life isn't fair."
The entire reality is one of disempowerment…one of being a victim who is subject to what happens to them.
Every once in a while, though, someone comes along and challenges these long-standing paradigms of reality.
Someone who asks questions like, "What if everything we thought we knew was wrong?" "What if our genetic makeup is not set in stone?" Better yet, "What if there is actually something higher than our genes, something that has the power to change them?"
In the early 1980's, a cellular biologist named Bruce Lipton was doing research on human tissue cells at the University of Wisconsin.
He would take cells out of people and put them into culture dishes to study them.
During his work, he came upon some startling realizations that shook his entire scientific reality when it came how a cell functioned and the role of the environment in determining that cell's behavior.
For one thing, he discovered that it was the cell's perception of its environment (not the genes), that ultimately controlled a cell.
So for example, when a cell perceived danger in its environment, it would alter its genes in a certain way to get away from that danger.
Although the genes controlled behavior, the cell's perception of its environment controlled the genes.
Bruce Lipton calls this "Epi-Genetic Control" which means "Control above the gene."
To see a full lecture, see the video below:
Basically, a cell will monitor its environment for changes and, based on it's perception of the environment (it's beliefs), the cell will modify it's genetics to have the best chance at surviving.
It makes sense. The cell receives information about the environment and then changes its genes so that it is capable of thriving in that environment.
So we see that evolution is taking place in every moment.
The old scientific belief implied that evolution happened primarily through the process of reproduction (in which an organism passed on its genes to its offspring ) in concepts such as Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest.
This "New Biology" shows us that at any moment in time, we actually have the capability of changing our genes to meet our environment.
In fact, not only do we have the capability, we are already doing it.
We have all heard about the process of cancer and how cells have "mutated" to become harmful and destructive to the body.
Could this have something to do with our perception of our environment (ie, our beliefs)?
If our cells are changing in response to the world we see out there, then what happens when we only see a bad world?
What happens when we watch the bad news all day, or are engrossed in reality-show bickering, or hang around negative people?
Remember, our genes change, not in response to the world, but to our perception of it.
If we see a world that is dangerous and threatening, then our genes will change to meet that world:
Our body will focus all its energy on short-term survival; blood will be directed to our muscles, our adrenal glands will be burning our energy reserves, our immune system will shut down, and we will have less rational thinking capability and more emotional-instinctual brain function.
If we see a world that is safe and peaceful, then our genes will change to meet that world:
Our body will focus all its energy on long-term survival; blood will be directed to our organs, our brain will release endorphins, our immune system will be ramped up, and we will have more rational thinking capability and less emotional-instinctual brain function.
I don't know about you, but I like that second option.
When we realize that our perception actually change us on a physical level, wouldn't it make to sense to consciously choose who and what we give our attention to?
Also, it's not just the world that we see in front of us, this includes the world that we see when we look at our past.
Do you know the role of emotions in keeping us alive?
Emotions evolved as a way to help us survive. During an experience in which we perceive danger, our emotions imprint a memory in our mind.
This means that if we were eating berries by the river and a giant lion came to attack us, we would emotionally remember everything that was happening at the moment; what we were eating, what we were touching, what time of day it was, and so on.
That way, the next time we were in that situation, our emotion would alert us of a possible reoccurrence of that danger.
In this way, traumatic events imprint memories and emotions into our mind in an effort to help us survive.
The problem with emotions, is that they can be triggered at random times and throw our system into survival mode even if we aren't really in danger.
So if we have many traumatic emotional experiences from our past, then we may be triggered by these memories and react as if they are still happening to us.
We see a dangerous world because we have emotional experiences that alter our perception.
We can see how important it is to both, consciously monitor what we are giving our attention to, and let go of old painful emotional experiences.
How do we do that?
It's actually not that hard to do. Within the last decade or so, many new breakthrough "emotional technologies" have come out that allow us to rapidly process and release traumatic experiences and reprogram our mind and emotions.
Two very powerful emotional technologies are the Emotional Freedom Technique and the Tapas Acupressure Technique.
There are even programs like Holosync that help you to enhance your brain so that it becomes wired for peace and relaxation (rather than fear and stress).
I know these processes work because I've used them for the past several years and have witnessed dramatic changes in my quality of life and my relationships.
When we really get it that we have the power to change our world, it actually becomes fun…who would have thought?
So reflect, for a moment, on yourself.
What would you like to change in your life?
What part of your body would you like to heal?
What kind of world would you like to live in?
You can apply these ideas and techniques to literally create anything you want.
So what are you waiting for? Give it a shot!
For me, I often learn things best when I have a very thorough understanding of the science behind a new breakthrough.
So if you'd a more in depth recap of exactly how Bruce Lipton came to these discovers, check out his audio program The Wisdom of Your Cells.
This program covers concepts such as:
•Why cells respond to energetic signals over a 100 times faster than chemical signals (and why this understanding shows, scientifically, why prayers and energy healing can create "sudden and profound" healing).
•Why the Nucleus of a cell is NOT the brain of a cell (and why this understanding totally changes everything we know about keeping our body healthy).
• How the Placebo Effect works (and how you can use it to your advantage in creating optimum health)
• How the Nocebo Effect works (and why not knowing about it can lead to disastrous health results).
This is definitely one of the foundational programs to learn and apply in your own life. Check it out here.
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18 Responses to "Why Your Beliefs are More Important than Your Genes: Understanding Bruce Lipton's "New Biology""
Sue Ann Edwards Says:
February 8th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
"Peace" is a response TO Reality and not a condition OF it, huh?
David Black Says:
February 8th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Thanks for posting these vids, fascinating stuff.
Ryan Says:
February 15th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Hi David, my pleasure. Sue Ann, I think what he means in that sentence is just that "peace" is something that happens within us as we look at the world. It's not a condition that is inherent in the world itself. So for example, one person could go to a third world country and be perfectly comfortable whereas another person could be extremely fearful and uncomfortable. The condition of peace exists within us, not in the environment – which is good news! This means we can be at peace with whatever is happening, no matter how "atrocious" it may seem.
jose Says:
March 1st, 2010 at 7:03 pm
hi ryan
what you think about natural grounding of rion williams?
i need a opinion
Sue Ann Edwards Says:
March 12th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Exactly! Peace has to be our response TO Reality before it will ever become a condition of it.
Our DNA is "quantum" and what we believe is very much communicated to each and every one of our cells, through our production of "peptides".
That is why it is so important to claim Sovereignty over our emotions. (E-motion = energy in motion)
Our fears and distrust in the world around us comes through a lack of understanding of the Law of Attraction. This law is activated and works through our SUBconscious, so it is crucial to know our deep motives.
When we are in denial of our creative willpower and the response-abilities that go with it, we live in a Universe where there is no sense and nothing that can be trusted. Once we claim and understand HOW we create Reality and HOW we attract experiences into our lives and WHY, then we know we are safe, living in a Universe that can be trusted with open arms.
If we looked to our definition of what "love" is, we would find much about ourselves, for our definition is twisted and warped, coming from our "inner child". Once we connect with our "inner parent" and place "inner child" in "time out", then we have a opportunity to understand that Love's ways are often hard and steep so that we may come to know the passions of our hearts. Our pursuit of Love's peace and Love's pleasures, are merely our "inner child's" fantasies.
When my subclavian artery collapsed, the Dr.'s told me I wouldn't grow back any fingernails, much less the tips of my fingers which had self amputated due to lack of blood supply. Not only did I grow my fingertips back but my fingernails as well.
My body built new arteries, by-passing the collapse and rewired everything so the blood flowed through my brain in reverse.
As you can guess, I don't believe the same as most of us do, nor do I necessarily believe all of what doctors say, either. I'm living proof of the contrary.
Ryan Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Sue Anne, wow, that sounds like an amazing experience. Thanks for sharing that as well as those ideas on claiming our creative abilities, powerful stuff.
Thomas GK Says:
April 21st, 2010 at 12:56 am
And Sue, that s great writing 🙂
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Thomas GK Says:
April 21st, 2010 at 12:54 am
Our world surely needs a new way to look at biology. Thanks for the informative post . Thanks again.
Ben Tien Says:
May 28th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Hi Ryan,
Well, our beliefs are the mental maps we use to navigate the territory we call "our life". We develop(ed) our beliefs over time, starting from the day we were born, out of our experiences in life. At birth, we don't really believe anything. But soon after that we start to develop our first beliefs about life.
It all starts with a vague representation of something we experience. We haven't got a clue where to fit that experience yet, but with time more and more clarity comes, and "knowledge" arises. That knowledge gets backed up by even more experience, and solidifies. Now the knowledge becomes a "knowing", something that you consider "true" in your life's experience. You have started to believe in what once was merely a thought, a possibility in the realm of options. If more validating and affirming experiences are stacked on each other, the belief develops even further, into a conviction. From that point on, you have built a fortress around your belief, and it might seem that no-one is able to prove your belief wrong anymore.
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Steve Says:
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:17 am
Hi Ryan,
I recently found your blog and have enjoyed reading your articles- keep up the great work! One comment on this statement-
"Basically, a cell will monitor its environment for changes and, based on it's perception of the environment (it's beliefs), the cell will modify it's genetics to have the best chance at surviving."
I think it would be more accurate to say that the "cell will modify its gene expression to have the best chance at surviving." Our actual genes/ DNA is fixed upon our conception, this is what gave us the general idea that many of our traits are unalterable. However, every single cell in our body possesses the same set of genes, and obviously our DNA is 'expressed' in radically different ways in the development of our different cells/tissues/organs. In the same way, our exernal and internal environments affect the expression of our genes in our day to day living. This differential expression can even be heritable and passed down to succeeding generations- in learning about Lipton I read about a fascinating study of this with rats (let me know if you have not seen it.)
Theodora Kendrew Says:
August 25th, 2010 at 1:33 am
Thx. Hope to determine some additional information in future. Auther will be the very best
JW Says:
December 9th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Hey Ryan,
I have been listening to this audio in my car the last few days and have found these ideas to be very empowering, basically a scientific validation that we are not victims of circumstances/genes. It has made me alot more conscious of what I am thinking/reacting to when you know that the energy you are sending out really does make a difference. I look forward to checking out the videos too.
Ryan Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Hey JW, cool man. Yeah the program is really great to listen to, it's very empowering and enlightening. The videos are a great summary of all the ideas too.
Taylor Says:
May 12th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Hi Ryan
Every once and awhile, something like your post will cause me to break out of my traditional thinking and follow a better path to better thinking, better health, and better living.
But then I fall back into my old habits which take over and I get back on the carousel I've built for myself.
Hopefully this time around I can maintain a commitment and focus to being more of student of what you have presented here
Mike Says:
June 5th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
A lot of what controls our behavior goes on at a sub-conscious level. This article is a good example of how we can influence our subconscious minds – although the results are not always predictable.
As a long time athlete I know the power of the mind in using our beliefs to influence outcomes. Many pro-athletes use the power of visualization to see themselves accomplishing their goal.
Clayton Says:
June 22nd, 2011 at 7:24 pm
I think most people at one time believed this without the scientific evidence to back it up. But as we became for of a "victim" society (nothing is really our fault) we drifted away from this belief. It's good to have some evidence to bring us back to what many of us believed all along.
Willa Taley Says:
July 31st, 2012 at 9:32 am
Thanks for sharing this information and I really learned a lot. We must need to learned this topic.
Bob Says:
October 3rd, 2013 at 1:31 pm
This is all so very true. Believing in a positive outcome and following up with appropriate behavior and repeating this until it becomes an automatic response = a new reality.


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More often than not, Thern winches and cranes are used behind the scenes in an application, and the general public is none the wiser. Take, for instance, TCF Stadium in Minneapolis, MN, home of the Minnesota Gophers football team. Opened in 2009, it is the picture of a modern stadium, hosting hundreds of thousands of football fans every fall.
Sitting prominently at one end of the stadium is a huge scoreboard, a complex piece of equipment that requires regular maintenance to keep it running smoothly. So how do the work crews get their tools and equipment 140 feet up to the top? A Thern winch, that's how.
For their needs, a small 4WP2D8 electric winch is up to the task. Unseen and behind the screen, with a little help from Thern, it's "game on"!


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|John Locke, Concerning Civil Government, 1693, second essay, Ch. 19
|Thomas Jefferson [Plagiarist], Declaration of Independence, 1776
|Secondly: I answer, such revolutions happen not upon every little mismanagement in public affairs. Great mistakes in the ruling part, many wrong and inconvenient laws, and all the slips of human frailty will be borne by the people without mutiny or murmur. But if a long train of abuses, prevarications, and artifices, all tending the same way, make the design visible to the people, and they cannot but feel what they lie under, and see whither they are going, it is not to be wondered that they should then rouse themselves, and endeavor to put the rule into such hands which may secure to them the end for which government was at first erected...
|Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
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Busch Gardens celebrates 60 years of adventure
By News Release | March 4, 2019
TAMPA, Fla. — Celebrating six decades of unforgettable experiences, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay shares even more exciting news with park guests during the 60th Anniversary Celebration Kickoff this evening. In addition to debuting a new menu for the 2019 Food & Wine Festival and the launch of the all-new Pin Trading program, the park reveals more details for upcoming attractions including Tigris, Florida's tallest launch coaster, and a new attraction coming in 2020.
Opening on March 16, the Food & Wine Festival returns with an exciting new menu, featuring more than 35 dishes inspired by regional cuisine around the country. Guests can sample over 100 wines, craft brews and specialty cocktails while enjoying world-class concerts of all tastes, including Daughtry, Justin Moore, El Gran Combo, Boyz II Men, Foreigner and more! The park recently announced a NEW performance for Stone Temple Pilots on Saturday, April 6. The full menu and line-up, including VIP packages, can be found online at BuschGardensTampa.com.
Also as part of the park's 60th Anniversary, Busch Gardens launches a NEW Pin Trading program today. With more than 150 pins now available in the park, guests can begin collecting and trading the pocket-sized souvenirs. From fan-favorite animals, attractions, and events to exclusive collections not sold in stores, guests can trade pins with employees as they explore the park.
Excitement is building with the eagerly anticipated spring opening of Tigris, Florida's tallest launch coaster. With the recent arrival of the ride vehicles, testing for the new attraction will begin soon to prepare for opening day this spring.
"We're moving quickly to open our ninth roller coaster, Tigris, with a tenth coaster already underway for next year," said Stewart Clark, President of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island. "This cadence of back-to-back new attractions is unprecedented for our park, and continues our legacy as Florida's thrill ride leader."
The buzz continues with more history in the making at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, as construction begins on a NEW hybrid coaster arriving in 2020. When it opens next year, the ride will become North America's tallest hybrid, and the fastest, steepest hybrid coaster in the world.
Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction, the newest addition at Busch Gardens will be a wood and steel hybrid coaster design, featuring a maximum height of more than 200 feet tall. The ride will feature all-new thrill elements, as well as restored elements of Gwazi. Coaster enthusiasts can follow the progress of Tigris and the new 2020 attraction through the park's social media channels and using #TakeOnTigris and #2020Rising.


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One of our city's top cocktail slingers, Daniel Hyatt, is finally going to be running his own show at STARBOARD SF. The space was previously a taqueria, Doña Mago, and is just next door to the bar and club Slate, where Hyatt has been working during the past year (he was especially known for his years behind the stick at The Alembic).
Hyatt is partnering with Patty West (owner of Slate Bar) and Suzanne Ray (who used to bartend at The Alembic) on the project, which will be a 49-seat hofbrau, serving a variety of meats, like open-faced turkey sandwiches, French dips, and meaty plates with a variety of sides. It will be similar in format to Tommy's, but with a bit of a NorCal spin on the ingredients and sourcing. As Hyatt puts it, "It'll be upscaley but punk rock too." (Don't expect things to be too spendy or precious—he wants people to be fed and feel taken care of.)
There will also be special dishes available each night of the week, and "big and friendly" dishes like cassoulet will make appearances at Sunday suppers. Takeout and a late-night menu (like until 3am Thu-Sat) will be available too.
While Starboard will just have a beer and wine license, Hyatt is excited to have a very rosé-centric list, with lots of sparklers (sounds right up my alley) and quality beer too. They are planning to have a window between Slate and Starboard, so they can serve food in the bar in case you really want to get your drink on. Hyatt has been making his mark on the cocktails at Slate (quality drinks that can be executed quickly), and they are tweaking the format as well: it will be less clubby, and moving to in-house DJs and some soul in time (and private events). It'll be a more comfortable space to hang out in, but still a bit edgy.
Back to Starboard: Hyatt is lining up a consulting chef of note (he can't reveal who it is just yet) and is considering formatting the staff into an all-kitchen crew who will rotate as servers, kind of like Nojo and Schwa in Chicago (he wants everyone to get paid, and it will help to build a familial vibe).
Timing is looking like late July or early August. We'll keep you posted on more details as things take shape. 2919 16th St. at S. Van Ness.
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Some Muslim clergy join Nigeria's war on polio
Published March 22, 2009
KANO, Nigeria (AP) âÄî In 2003, imams in northern Nigeria fomented a boycott of polio vaccinations claiming they were a Western plot to make Muslims infertile or infect them with AIDS. The result: The number of newly crippled children rose by more than double the following year, and there were fears that the disease would spread into a dozen neighboring countries. Now, after another tripling of cases in 2008, a big new anti-polio push is under way in Africa's most populous country, and this time, some Muslim clerics have made themselves part of the solution, joining community leaders, health workers and the victims themselves in waging the war. In the dusty streets of Kano, northern Nigeria's main city, town criers with bullhorns cut through the traffic and crowds, urging parents to take their children to one of hundreds of vaccination centers. Radio and newspapers are full of get-vaccinated ads. One victim-turned-campaigner is 43-year-old Yusuf Umar, his legs withered by polio, propelling himself on hand-held blocks of wood. "Look at me," he tells parents of young children waiting to be immunized at a ramshackle Nigerian clinic, just in case any are having second thoughts. "Do you want your child to look like me?" Umar belongs to the Kano Polio Victims Trust Association, which began with just eight members and eight years later has 2,350. In the yard outside the trust's headquarters, sparks fly as welders fashion contraptions to keep the victims mobile âÄî plastic garden chairs on bike wheels that become wheelchairs, flat-ended metal pipes that control car pedals by hand. Once in receipt of their customized vehicle, association members scoot, pedal and drive around with vaccination teams to field clinics and schools, preaching war on polio. Their outreach campaign seems to be bearing fruit. While new infections of children hit 788 last year, the World Health Organization reports that the number vaccinated in Kano State during the first half of 2008 rose 26 percent, compared with the same period of 2007. Still, last year's spike has raised fears that the disease could be exported again to surrounding polio-free countries and threaten a multibillion dollar effort to wipe the disease from the globe. "We thought we were winning," says Dr. Hamisu Walla, national surveillance officer with the WHO. "We were shocked and depressed at the same time to have done so much and then to have this upsurge." The 2003 boycott lasted a year until its hard-line Muslim supporters were persuaded to drop it, and 2004 saw the number of newly crippled children jump from 355 to 792, according to the WHO. Even so, doubts about the vaccine have lingered and some religious leaders continue to say Islam forbids it, health workers say. At least one Muslim leader took unprecedented action against the boycott-supporters. The Shehu of Borno, the top Islamic authority in his state until his death in February, last September stripped a chief of his traditional title for divorcing his wife after she had their children immunized. "His excellency has zero tolerance for those who hinder the fight against polio," his spokesman, Usman Chiroma, explained at the time. Muhammad Ali Pate, a senior Health Ministry doctor, says increased state funding and greater community engagement are responsible for last year's increase in vaccinations. He says he now sees imams at Friday prayers urging worshippers to have their children immunized, and traditional leaders tracking kids who have not received the vaccination. "Vaccination can't just be something we do to them, because it arouses their suspicion. We are trying to generate a demand for the vaccine," he says. "We want the community to understand polio, to make the link between paralysis and the disease." Says the WHO's Walla: "It is unfortunate that it has to take a lot of people becoming paralyzed to convince people that the disease is real. But now there's a renewed sense of commitment across national, state, local government and community levels." That's evident in Kano as Monday Tijani, carries his 10-month old daughter, Gift, across the road from church to a mobile clinic. Gift, dressed in her Sunday best âÄî an elaborate lace and satin dress âÄî grimaces as the polio drops plop into her mouth. "There was a time when we feared the polio vaccine," says Tijani, a 28-year-old shopkeeper, smiling down at his daughter. "But now we have seen what this disease can really do. I have seen the polio victims all around and I know it's better for Gift to get the vaccine."


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Blue Bottle Cafe, Linden Street, San Francisco
There are two examples I've seen of garage storefront architecture lately. This Blue Bottle Cafe is on Linden Street in Hayes Valley, San Francisco. The other one is Vega Cafe on Folsom Street in San Francisco's SOMA. This one is beautifully designed and engages the street with texture, color, planting -- all the way to the corner. Notice the overhead door is built of translucent panels that overhand the sidewalk and provides shelter from the rain for customers. Its important here as the service bar is fairly close to the sidewalk. Greaat coffee AND a spatial delight. A hidden treasure, indeed.
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In the Wild West of the 2016 election, popularity on social media may matter at least as much as cold, hard cash.
Take, for example, Donald Trump. The real-estate heir, former reality-TV star, and Republican presidential front-runner may have more money than all the other candidates in the race, but he's managed to do more and spend less than his competitors, helped in part by his compelling social media presence.
So amassing social media followers matters. Conversely, as researchers at the University of Rochester argue in a recent study, losing followers also matters—especially if your name is Trump or Clinton.
The study, which covers a period between September 2015 and this March 2016 and has yet to undergo peer review, investigated who followed then unfollowed the Twitter accounts of Trump and the Democratic front-runner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"Rather than switch to Ted Cruz or John Kasich, Trump unfollowers are actually more likely to be following the Democratic candidates."
Looking at profile images, the researchers categorized users by gender and age. They also looked at the number of followers each user had as a way to determine their social capital on the network.
"Our study shows that for both candidates followers with more social capital are more likely to leave (or switch camps). For both candidates, females make up a larger presence among unfollowers than among current followers," the report's authors wrote. "Somewhat surprisingly, the effect is particularly pronounced for Clinton. Lastly, middle-aged individuals are more likely to leave Trump, and the young are more likely to leave Hillary Clinton."
Trump's unfollowers tended to be middle-aged and have a large amount of social capital on the network. People who unfollowed Clinton tended to be young, female, and similarly popular among other users on the network. Interestingly, while Trump faces a massive favorability gap when it comes to female voters—one poll found that 73 percent of registered female voters held an unfavorable view of the candidate—Clinton was hit harder by the female unfollowers than Trump.
One of the primary beneficiaries of Clinton's Twitter exodus was Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Meanwhile, Trump's rivals, Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, failed to make inroads with those who unfollowed Trump.
"A considerable portion [of Clinton's former followers] are now in the Bernie Sanders camp," the authors note. "Rather than switch to Ted Cruz or John Kasich, Trump unfollowers are actually more likely to be following the Democratic candidates."
The prime age range for Trump unfollowers was between 27 and 42, whereas, for Clinton, it was between 12 and 26.
"Given the unfollowing patterns uncovered in our paper, we believe Mr. Trump, once he has clinched the nomination, must give his particular attention to win over/keep the middle-aged group, while Secretary Clinton must work hard to win over younger voters, in order to do well in the General Election," Jiebo Luo, the professor supervising the work, wrote in an email to the Daily Dot. "It's true that not all following translates into strong preference. On the other hand, unfollowing clearly indicates disappointment, disagreement, and disapproval."
Luo added that the team is working on a follow-up paper exploring whether specific events, like Trump's comment that Clinton's campaign is dependent on her playing the "woman card," have a significant effect on people's decisions to unfollow a candidate.
While Clinton and Trump are technically politicians, they're also #brands not unlike the hundreds of thousands of companies and celebrities on the micro-blogging service. The University of Rochester researchers didn't ask the unfollowers why they unfollowed, but there has been some work on about why people unfollow brands in general.
A recent survey of 900 social media users conducted by the social media marketing firms Fractl and Buzzstream found that users unfollow brands on Twitter all the time—12 percent reported doing so at least once in the previous few days.
The poll found that the most common reason for unfollowing a brand was that the content it posted was repetitive and boring, followed (in order) by the account posting too frequently, a general desire of the users to remove "clutter" from their social media feeds, and getting offended by the brand's activities. The least common reason for unfollowing was because they found a competing brand they'd rather follow.
If these insights hold for politics, maybe both Trump and Clinton need to find a way to make their Twitter accounts less boring for popular women.


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Distracted Driving Awareness Month – October 2020
The NSC website reports that on a typical day, more than 700 people are injured because of driver distractions. This includes, but is not limited to phone calls, text messages, and entertainment system adjustments. Likewise, the CDC reports that each day in the United States, approximately 9 people are killed and more than 1,000 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver.
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You can commit to driving distraction free by taking the NSC Just Drive pledge. Thanks to a partnership with The Zebra, the nation's leading insurance comparison site, NSC will receive a donation of $1 for every pledge taken and match 100% of every donation made, up to $5,000, today through Nov. 6.
First, consider taking the pledge or making a donation. Also, consider promoting the pledge to your company drivers and their families. Ultimately, if we all do just a little, many lives can be saved.


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Nearly three years after President Barack Obama enacted landmark health care reforms, the American public remains uninformed and divided about the law, according to survey findings released Wednesday.
Overall, public opinion remains mixed and heavily influenced by political party affiliation, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation poll, conducted earlier this month, reveals. Forty percent of those surveyed said they have an unfavorable view of the reform law, 37 percent hold a favorable view and 23 percent had no opinion. Among Republicans, 68 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion of Obamacare, while 45 percent of independents said they had an unfavorable opinion. Among Democrats, 58 percent said they liked the law. These findings are roughly consistent with the foundation's polling over the last three years, although the percentage with a favorable view has crept downward in recent months.
The poll underscores the massive challenge facing the Obama administration, the states, the health insurance industry and others with an interest in health care reform succeeding. Small businesses and individuals who don't get health benefits at work will begin shopping for coverage and learning whether they qualify for financial assistance or Medicaid benefits on Oct. 1.
Perhaps most worrisome for the administration is the Kaiser Family Foundation's findings that the American public is still uninformed and confused about what's in the law.
Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed said they didn't have enough information about Obamacare to predict how it would change their own health care. Worse, more than two-thirds of those without health insurance and those who earn less than $40,000 a year -- the very people the law is supposed to help -- said they didn't have enough information.
In fact, public awareness about key provisions of the law, including the availability of health insurance tax credits for individuals and small employers, has actually declined since April 2010, the survey shows -- despite three years of continued public debate about Obamacare.
As other polls have shown over the past three years, people reported favorable views of individual elements of the health care reform law even as many said they oppose Obamacare as a whole.
More than 80 percent of people approve of things like health insurance tax credits for small businesses, improved prescription drug coverage under Medicare and the creation of health insurance exchanges that allow comparison shopping for benefits. Majorities also support expanding Medicaid, providing tax credits for individuals to buy health insurance, requiring insurers to offer coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and subjecting large employers to financial penalties if they don't cover their workers, the survey found.
The least popular part of health care reform is the individual mandate that nearly every legal U.S. resident obtain some form of health coverage, which just 40 percent favorably view, the survey shows. The individual mandate also is the law's best-known component, as 74 percent of respondents said they were aware of it.
What people didn't seem to know was that many of the policies they like are included in the Obamacare law. Just over half of those surveyed were aware that the law provides tax credits to small businesses that offer health benefits to their employees. Fewer than half knew about the law's enhancements of Medicare's drug benefit, and just over half said they knew Obamacare forbids health insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
Meanwhile, a large pluralities of the public continue to falsely believe that the Obamacare includes so-called death panels that would ration health care for Medicare enrollees, reduce what Medicare covers, provide health benefits to undocumented immigrants and create a government-run "public option" health insurance program to compete with private companies.


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Tommy Vietor, left, former National Security Council spokesman, and Ben Rhodes, deputy National Security Adviser. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yesterday, massive explosions rocked a Saudi Arabian oil field, shutting down 5% of the world's production. As my colleague streiff shared earlier today, we didn't have to wait long to find out who did it. If you had Iran as the aggressor, congrats, although that's not a difficult guess these days. It appears cruise missiles, possibly fired by Iranian backed militias in Iraq, were used in the attack.
Well well well… pic.twitter.com/bPgY6J67JE
— محمد بن خالد (@MbKS15) September 14, 2019
Mike Pompeo confirmed that Iran was the backing for the operation, as the cruise missiles are theirs and only their proxies use them.
We call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn Iran's attacks. The United States will work with our partners and allies to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and Iran is held accountable for its aggression
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) September 14, 2019
Never fear though. Obama bro Ben Rhodes is on the case and he's here to let us know that Iran wasn't actually responsible.
The Houthis are not the same as Iran and the Saudis are fighting a war against them in Yemen. This is an incredibly dumb, dishonest and dangerous thing to say. https://t.co/Ij5haLdzQr
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) September 14, 2019
Rhodes has never met a situation where he doesn't run to side with the Mullahs. The relationship he has with them and the sheer amount of shilling he does in their favor leaves a lot of open questions. Just why is he so invested in propping up a brutal Islamic dictatorship? What's in it for Rhodes?
Of course, what Rhodes says there is nonsensical garbage. The Houthis are being controlled by Iran and they are also financing and supplying their war effort.
Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah trains the Houthis. Iran backs the Houthis including by supplying them with advanced weaponry. You can keep pretending the Islamic Republic in Iran is not behind these destructive proxies. But facts are stubborn things. https://t.co/7XnUMtYmjU
— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) September 14, 2019
Want a clear example of media bias? Notice how during the Obama administration, not once did a major outlet question the qualifications of Ben Rhodes. This despite the fact that he had zero foreign policy experience and was a failed writer until Obama inexplicably put him at his right hand. Meanwhile, they lost their minds over Nikki Haley going to the UN and Trump bringing on numerous generals.
Rhodes oversaw one of the most disastrous foreign policy regimes in modern history. His delusional Arab Spring push set the entire Middle East on fire and over half a million people died in Syria because of his pacifism of Iran and inaction on the battlefield. The only thing he managed to get done was a useless nuclear deal with Iran, which they never had intentions of following anyway.
While the current media complex won't call this clown out, hopefully history won't be as kind.
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Definition - What does Dana mean?
Dana is a Sanskrit word that means "donation," "gift" or "giving away as charity." In some schools of yoga and Hinduism, it is one of the duties or moral observances known as the niyamas.
Dana is a form of generous giving that expects nothing in return. Such giving includes donation of food, clothing or money to the needy, but it also includes offering gifts to family, friends and neighbors as an act of generosity — again, with no expectation that the recipient will reciprocate.
Yogapedia explains Dana
The practice of dana also includes giving to temples, one's guru and ashrams, as well as tithing.
Western yogis may be more familiar with the five niyamas that comprise the second of Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga, but other sources describe more. The "Hatha Yoga Pradipika," the "Shandilya Upanishad" and the "Varuha Upanishad," for example, list 10. Dana is included in these expanded lists of niyamas.
In addition to dana, the niyamas may include:
- Santosa — contentment and accepting one's circumstances
- Svadhyaya — self-study
- Tapa — austerity, penance or perseverance
- Astikya — faith in the higher Self or supreme being
- Isvarapujana — worshiping the supreme being
- Siddhanta sravana — studying scriptures
- Mati — willpower or spiritual intelligence
- Japa — reciting mantras or incantation
- Hri — humility, shame or modesty
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It's no secret that the finance industry has struggled to earn the trust of its clients for decades. The good news is that even though trust in the financial industry is low, it is increasing faster than in other industries. While the increase in trust can be attributed to new regulatory guidelines, there is no doubt trust can continue to be earned by financial institutions themselves. So, what can be done to earn the trust of your clients?
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