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Pioneering Indian conservationist, wildlife expert and good friend of Wildfoot Travel, Harsh Vardhan is coming to talk at the Rutland Birdfair this August.
Ahead of his trip, we caught up with him and asked him a few questions, to find out exactly what he's been up to and what his plans for the future are.
If you are coming to the Birdfair, make sure you don't miss Harsh's talks:
18 Aug Friday 2pm 'Great Indian Bustard' – only 90 left in the world, what's next for this amazing iconic bird.
20 Aug Sunday 2pm 'Indian Tiger population increases' – a good news story. But do tigers have a place to go?'
After the lectures Harsh will be on the Wildfoot Stand to meet anyone interested in visiting India.
A: In 1969-70, when the IUCN General assembly met in New Delhi and the crisis over Tigers erupted . India's Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi banned Tiger hunting in 1970 all over India. So emerged Project Tiger. "An impossible project" we all thought!
As it rolled on, I tried to attend most meetings. I read all about wildlife and as a journalist I commenced reporting wildlife conservation.I covered the visit of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands to Ranthambhore in 1974, at the time he was President of WWF – International.My news item went round the globe within hours and the die was cast.Prince Bernhard observed a Tiger and a leopard sharing the same kill at 10 pm in the park in the peak of winter and we all shivered as we watched the scene through torch lights fixed to the engine of a jeep!
A: The needs of our population creates a huge amount of pollution. The natural habitat is disappearing and finding a solution seems to be a low priority. Things are improving but only at a snail's pace thanks to layers of bureaucracy (a legacy left by the British).
A: Science has been a priority in conservation for the past two decades. Tiger Conservation is an iconic success for India in the eyes of the world. There has been global cooperation from WWF, BirdLife International etc., which has helped us to gain ground.Yet all this is simply a drop in the ocean, the force of Indian non-government organisations (NGO) is fierce. Each one keeps a vigil over wild species and each on is willing to take a stand against authorities who are in the wrong. These organisations are spread all over India, though not networked yet they are doing a very good job individual.I myself am an NGO.
Can you see a positive outcome for the survival of the Bustard Harsh and the growth of the numbers of Tiger in India?
A: Bustards: India started its conservation in 1979-80 when I successfully prevented Arab Sheikhs from carrying out illegal falconry in the That desert.The Bustard conservation was started and inviting overseas experts, we held the first ever international symposium on Bustards in Jaipur in 1980. We produced a book "Bustards In Decline." But the bureaucracy and the damned forest officers paid little attention, so the Great Indian Bustard was driven to the brink of extinction. The population has plummeted from 1,300 in 1980, down to only 90 today!Hue and cry has been our lone defence. 2017 saw a meeting in Jaipur attended by experts from Britain and Spain to decide on captive breeding of the species in the Desert. I attended the meeting but a strong section of the government did not want me to be included. They thought I was too harsh and too critical, so they tried to keep me out but I went to the meeting anway .
We live in hope. The habitat has been better protected for the past 4 years in the Desert, by the same set of forest officials who were doing nothing earlier, so officials can improve.
A. Tiger: Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve is overflowing with cubs. Nine females have cubs at present (July 2017) or about to become adults or are pregnant.We have nearly 68 Tigers compared to only 14 in 1994.They are moving out of the park. Adult male cubs go out, as the dominant males do not allow them to remain inside (psychologically not letting them mate with own mothers too).They go out and live in scrub areas with no natural prey. So they prey upon cattle, which makes the villagers unhappy . The forest officials have no plan to deal with the excess tiger population. They say it is a success but we say 'yes it is a success but the excess population is getting decimated in areas where there is no Tiger Management'.
A: More than 500 year old success story .Bishnoi Sect (not a tribe), were born in the desert and live by 29 principles, nature conservation being one of them.Of the million people on earth who are Bishnois, one fifth of the them live in Jodhpur, the gateway to the desert.They give away their lives to protect gazelles and black bucks and what do they receive a double column piece in the daily newspaper!I'd like to revive the spirit of the Bishnois and make it as widely acceptable as possible.Flora and fauna both are for humanity's welfare, and should not be confined to one community or a single country. The Bishnois were the first 'Hug The Tree' movement starters. In 1730, 363 men and women gave away their lives at Khejreli (near Jodhpur) when the prince wanted to cut trees to burn lime for a new palace to be built. Four such self sacrifices have occurred around that area since.We all should take their exemplary examples forward. The book is to outline all this in a broader context including other communities across the world involved in similar initiatives. There is a long way to go.
A: By joining hands together, arriving at consensus and assuming the lead role in fields. Not merely as academics, or confined to face-book items and pep talks over dinner. Together we can make a difference.Look at Wildfoot Travel's and Simon Rowland. We were unknown until a year ago Today, Simon is taking the the lead and putting us on the map. Now we need a thousand more Simons dotted around the UK.
A: It is Incredible. 21 years ago, inspired by my first visit to BBWF when Tim Appleton MBE (One of the founders of Rutland Bird Fair) took me around Rutland in a golf cart, my eyes were opened and I decided to have a Birding fair at Man Sagar lake at Jaipur to conserve it.The Officers laughed at me, some laughed and said – 'he has no money but he talks big!' The Birding Fair will be 21 in Feb 2018, incurring a few million rupees expenditure.I knew people s would not join it, so I lured students-teachers community. Not an exaggeration, we have a quarter million constituency of students-teachers who support conservation. At each walk, some one says hi to me, so I ask them who they are, they answer "sir I attended 5 or 7 birding fairs, now I am an engineer or a doctor!"Lake restoration was our biggest success. People had to use a handkerchief by 2006-07 as they would walk by this 1.5 sq. km lake, But not today. Thanks to an eco system, based approach the heritage lake got conserved but the same lake is once again getting degenerated – the government, has different ideas.I am currently pitted against the present Chief Minister, she is imperious but I am willing to go to jail if she can pronounce a sentence from her side, which she cannot!
A: I have handed over leadership to the next generation and I am trying to ensure they do better than I could.We had no volunteers 20 years ago. Today there are about sixty volunteers and a core team of ten. They provide technical inputs, leadership and support.So the 'White-naped Tit' work is led by them. I take a back seat. This bird is rarely observed and only in 6 – 7 places in arid India. It is found about 15 km away in the hills from where I live.Writing a book on the Bishnois, a profile of wetlands etc. are high on the agenda for me, hopefully they will progress nicely.The Oriental Bird Club, run by Krys, a Brit, will soon mention the White-naped Tit. Krys informed me yesterday as I introduced Sajal Jugran, next in command here with me, to join hands with Krys. Why just me alone, they should all be involved.
A: Of a total 50 Project Tiger Reserves in India designated so far (2017), only 5 can actually show you Tigers. Ranthambhore, Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Pench and Tadoba.Others are not well managed and are facing problems from terrorism or do not offer basic facilities to vsitorsIt is difficult to single out a must see five. I am more emphatic on habitat conservation, I have never been a botanist but my emphasis for the past decade has been more on vegetation, edible and non-edible grasses. if cattle are fed well, there will be less pressure of grazing on forests so forest species shall survive better.
A: India has limitless attractions. There are few people who have the skill and knowledge to make sure you get the most out of an indian Wildlife experience.
I can offer A mix of Tigers, Birds, Bishnoi and Culture within two weeks. Visitors need authenticity, simplicity, no show business, and an easy pace with plenty of time to observe the target species.
Check out this captivating video of a tiger shot by Harsh's son and fellow Wildfoot Ambassador Manoj Varhan.


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Dr Kelly Crittenden is a member of Louisiana Tech University's Integrated STEM Education Center (ISERC), and the Harrelson Family Professor of engineering. He earned his PhD and BS in BioMedical Engineering in 2001, and 1996 respectively. Dr Crittenden's interests lie in K-12 outreach, developing project-driven curricula, and product design.
Faculty members from the College of Engineering and Science teamed up with the College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts to develop an engaging experience aimed at high school students and teachers. By focusing on teachers, the program will ultimately have broader impact on much greater number of students for years to come. Prior to the camp, teachers are led through Professional Development activities that model the camp experience. This allows for teachers to provide a deeper context for the students that attend.
During the summer of 2015 the camp was piloted at ____ University with 12 teachers and 34 students. The STEM-Discovery camp was a natural expansion of the TechSTEP and Cyber Discovery program developed by ________ University. The camp consists of discussion sessions, hands on labs, programming exercises, team-building experiences, communication skills, and fundamental STEM topics in order to show a broad perspective of design.
Teams of teachers and students are motivated to understand fundamental STEM topics within the context of interesting design challenges. Additionally, teams are exposed to key enabling technologies of engineering design software and modern prototyping equipment and tools. This builds a spirit of teamwork while enhancing both oral and written communication skills.
In order to design content that provided these educational objectives, the Project Execution Team, along with the content experts in each of the three primary threads followed the DESIGN model, proposed in this project. DESIGN can be demonstrated as: Describing, Exploring, Selecting, Implementing, Gaging, N – repeating.
Results of the project include activities developed such as: robotic challenges, programming fundamentals, prototyping, and using the business model canvas. This paper will describe the approaches used in integrating STEM fundamentals with liberal arts. Survey data evaluating high school student and faculty perspectives on the effectiveness of the effort will be presented.
Tims, H., & Crittenden, K. B. (2016, June), STEM-Discovery – An Integrated Approach to DESIGN Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.25872
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Brought in with Jesus - That is, with Joshua, whom the Greek version, quoted by St. Stephen, always writes Ιησους, Jesus, but which should constantly be written Joshua in such cases as the present, in order to avoid ambiguity and confusion.
Possession of the Gentiles - Των εθνων, of the heathens, whom Joshua conquered, and gave their land to the children of Israel.
Our fathers that came after - None of the generation that came out of Egypt were permitted to enter into the and of Canaan except Caleb and Joshua, Numbers 14:22-24; Numbers 32:11-12. Hence, it is said that their fathers who "came after," that is, after the generation when the tabernacle was built. The Greek, however, here means, properly, "which also our fathers, having "received," brought," etc. The sense is not materially different. Stephen means that it was not brought in by that generation, but by the next.
With Jesus - This should have been rendered "with Joshua." Jesus is the Greek mode of writing the name "Joshua." But the Hebrew name should by all means have been retained here, as also in Hebrews 4:8.
Into the possession of the Gentiles - Into the land possessed by the Gentiles, that is, into the promised land then occupied by the Canaanites, etc.
Whom God - That is, he continued to drive them out until the time of David, when they were completely expelled. Or it may mean that the tabernacle was in the possession of the Jews, and was the appointed place of worship, until the time of David, who desired to build him a temple. The Greek is ambiguous. The "connection" favors the latter interpretation.
This chapter is based on Acts 17:1-10.
After leaving Philippi, Paul and Silas made their way to Thessalonica. Here they were given the privilege of addressing large congregations in the Jewish synagogue. Their appearance bore evidence of the shameful treatment they had recently received, and necessitated an explanation of what had taken place. This they made without exalting themselves, but magnified the One who had wrought their deliverance. AA 221.1
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Dressed to the nines in a grey pinstriped suit, Jiovonni Tripplett hardly looks like he'd ever been homeless. But it was only months ago that the 23-year-old South Los Angeles native stopped seeing the streets as a necessary way of life.
The only child of a mother struggling to overcome drug and alcohol addiction, Tripplett recalls lashing out at other family members who tried to care for him—including his grandmother, who eventually turned the self-described "wild" child over to the county's Department of Child and Family Services when he was 8 years old.
Tripplett floated in and out of foster homes, and later, youth detention camps—at 13, he stole a car and was released from foster care to juvenile probation services. Ignoring his family's efforts to help him, he found solace in a gang and racked up robbery and assault charges.
"I learned to take care of myself by whatever means necessary," Tripplett said one recent afternoon, an expanse of tattoos peeking out from under his crisp dress shirt collar. "If I had to knock somebody out and take their purse, that's what I had to do. But getting into trouble is a thrill too… I'd get out and right back to the streets I went."
The cycle proved hard to break even after a two-year stint at Corcoran State Prison for burglary. Tripplett ended up in jail less than five months after his release, and his grandmother kicked him out. For a while, he stayed with friends or spent nights on the street, but he eventually made his way to Skid Row—sleeping at homeless shelters or selling drugs to pay for a room at a residential hotel.
"Everything you need is right there (on Skid Row)," he said. "Food, housing, drugs, everything… you don't have to leave."
A beat later he added, "It's hard to get out."
Transitional aged youth
Tripplett's experience is a common one for a population of young homeless people known to government agencies and other social service providers as "transitional aged youth"—teens and young adults aging out of foster care or the juvenile justice system, often at high risk of becoming homeless. Numerous studies, including a 2002 report from the California Department of Social Services, have found that 25 to 40 percent of foster children become homeless within a year-and-a-half of emancipation.
In Los Angeles—the nation's "homeless capital"—there are an estimated 3,600 homeless youth. They frequent places like Hollywood, Skid Row and Macarthur Park, where there are considerably more free resources for the homeless than in other neighborhoods. Nearly half of these young people are African-American, and according to homeless service providers around the city, many come from South LA.
"What's happening is these kids end up in Hollywood or Skid Row because there are no services in South LA where they're from," explained Gerald Thompson, Tripplett's mentor and current employer, who in 2000 founded Pathways to Your Future, a nonprofit dedicated to helping foster and homeless youth become independent adults.
A 2010 report from the Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership supports Thompson's observation, noting that the area's providers have been "serving more African-American youth from South Los Angeles" in recent years. A representative from the Los Angeles Mission, one of Skid Row's largest homeless shelters, said that while the mission primarily serves older men in their 40s and 50s, many of them are also from South LA.
"They go to Hollywood and Skid Row so the funding goes there too," Thompson said. "But we have the power and numbers in South LA to be the support for that homeless population."
Effort to increase services in South L.A.
As part of a campaign to demonstrate that capacity, Thompson—who has himself experienced homelessness—serves as chair of the South Los Angeles Homeless TAY and Foster Care Collaborative, a new community effort to increase homeless youth services in that part of the city.
Started in early January, the collaboration is headed by a group of nonprofit workers and other local leaders who have witnessed firsthand the challenges faced by foster and probationary youth from their neighborhoods.
"A lot of these kids come from poverty and don't know where they're going to stay after foster care," Janet Kelly, the collaboration's vice chair, said. "If you don't have housing, that's going to derail everything else in your life."
Kelly's nonprofit, Sanctuary of Hope, provides transitional housing and other assistance to South LA foster youth. The organization places an emphasis on education, which can be a path to better job opportunities and greater financial stability. But without guidance and monetary aid, Kelly said, most of these transitioning youth are unable to pursue a trade certification or college degree.
Transportation can pose a similar problem for recently emancipated young adults, who may need to get around but can't afford a bus or metro pass—a situation which results in fare evasion tickets that Kelly says can turn into bench warrants.
There are intangible issues too, like strong feelings of anger, abandonment, mistrust, and a reluctance—especially among young black men—to identify themselves as homeless. Not many of them, Kelly said, would equate couch surfing or staying out all night with being homeless.
An understanding of these various factors is one reason Kelly believes homeless youth from South LA would be better served in the neighborhoods in which they grew up.
"Homelessness for African-American youth has a different cultural context," she said. "It's important (for a service provider) to have that connection and an environment they can return to."
Kelly acknowledged that some youth might benefit from moving to other communities—but not Skid Row.
"When you're 18, 19, you're still developing who you are," she said. "You let (those kids) go to Skid Row, expose them to high risk behavior… they're going to end up chronically homeless."
Franco Vega, who ran an employment center on Skid Row for three years, agreed.
"Whenever a 20-year-old kid would come in, I'd say, 'We have to get him out of here or he's going to pick up habits he's never seen before… and he's never going to get out,'" he recalled.
Vega, who as a teen ended up in the L.A.'s juvenile probation system after his mother died, now oversees the Right Way Foundation, which he describes as a "mental health provider disguised as an employment agency." The foundation provides an eight-week therapy and work training program to foster children, with guaranteed job placement upon completion.
Homeless youth need jobs and more
As the employment chair of the South LA collaboration, Vega's task is to provide jobs to the substantial homeless youth population from the area—something he says he can do, thanks to partnerships with the Staples Center, clothing retailer TJ Maxx and food services and facilities provider Aramark, which employs event security and ticket takers at local venues like the LA Convention Center and USC's Galen Center.
But Vega said other obstacles must be overcome before he can really do his part.
"I have plenty of available jobs to fill," he said. "But jobs alone aren't the answer. These kids need housing and intense one-on-one counseling before they can hold down a job… and that takes funding."
Funding is a concern across the board for the collaboration, but one its leaders hope to find at least a partial solution for through their first major project—an interfaith summit to be held May 16.
The summit, which is being promoted as an informational meeting addressing youth homelessness in South LA, is an attempt to engage the area's sizeable faith-based community with the issue.
"To my knowledge, every faith tradition says something about how we should look out for those who are vulnerable," said Rev. Kelvin Sauls, senior pastor of Holman United Methodist Church, where the summit will be hosted. "This is an opportunity for the religious community to become relevant again to South LA."
That opportunity, Sauls said, could manifest in several ways.
"All these churches have assets," he said. "How can we make them into places where (homeless youth) can experience a restoration of their dignity?"
One way, Sauls suggested, is by offering up religious buildings as a physical address for people who are homeless to list on job applications, or as a place to provide supportive services and even temporary shelter. Another way would be to utilize what he called "human resources."
"We have professionals in all our congregations—lawyers, for example. Why can't we mobilize them to provide assistance to these youth?" he asked. Other people, he said, could on occasion cook a hot meal or donate money.
Sauls, who in late March was appointed to the LA Homeless Services Authority's Board of Commissioners by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, said a concerted effort between public and private organizations was necessary to tackle youth homelessness.
"LAHSA cannot do it alone," he said. "Collaboration is essential if we're going to be effective."
More than 150 people—including representatives from both probation and foster care services, youth group organizers, state and local politicians, and members of the Baptist, Methodist, Catholic and Muslim faiths—have indicated they will attend the summit.
If nothing else, the collaboration's leaders hope the summit will raise some much-needed awareness for the homeless youth population in South LA, something Tripplett—who now serves as the collaboration's youth chair—believes is a key first step.
"Kids my age are out there losing themselves, but ain't nobody else advocating for us in South LA," he said. "We have to bring it to their attention."


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Coula edulis or African Walnut is an evergreen tree native to western Africa with a dense crown and grows up to 38 m in height. The leaves are simple and arranged alternately. The flowers are greenish yellow with four or five petals. The nut is an ellipsoidal drupe, smooth and red or green in colour. It is also known as Gabon nut. Plant parts have various uses. The nut is eaten raw or cooked. It can also be fermented and used as a condiment. The wood is very hard, heavy, and durable. It is resistant to attacks of fungi, termites, and marine borers. It is used in turnery, heavy carpentry, piles for bridges, etc.
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Edible Parts: Oil SeedEdible Uses: Condiment OilSeed - raw or cooked[ 46 , 63 ]. A good dessert nut with a pleasant taste[ 63 ]. The oily kernel has a taste comparable to that of a chestnut or hazelnut[ 303 ]. It can be eaten raw, grilled or boiled[ 303 ]. The seed contains 50% oil, of which 87% is oleic acid[ 63 , 303 ]. The seed is also fermented and used as a condiment[ 46 ]. The spherical fruit is about 3cm long[ 335 ].
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Charcoal Furniture Oil WoodOther Uses: The heartwood is dark red or violet brownish-red with dark brown veins; it is clearly demarcated from the 3 - 4cm wide band of pinkish-brown sapwood. The texture is fine; the grain straight or interlocked, sometimes wavy. The wood is very hard, very heavy, elastic, and very durable, resisting water well and resistant to fungal and insect attack, particularly termites and marine borers. It seasons slowly, with a high risk of distortion and checking; once dry it is moderately stable in service. The wood has a fairly high blunting effect upon tools, stellite-tipped and tungsten carbide are recommended; it polishes well; is easy to work, but has the disadvantage of being liable to shake and crack; it takes nails and screws well so long as it is pre-bored; gluing is correct for interior use only. In great demand, the wood is used in turnery and as a substitute for mahogany, as well as for heavy carpentry, industrial flooring, piles for bridges and railway ties[ 46 , 63 , 303 , 418 , 848 ]. The wood produces a suitable charcoal[ 303 ].
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Management: Standard Regional CropA plant of the hot, humid, lowland tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 25 - 35°c, but can tolerate 20 - 40°c[ 418 ]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,000 - 2,000mm, but tolerates 800 - 2,500mm[ 418 ]. Succeeds in full sun and in partial shade[ 418 ]. Shading is beneficial when plants are young[ 303 ]. The tree has no special soil requirements[ 303 ]. Prefers a well-drained soil[ 418 ]. Prefers a pH in the range 5 - 6.5, tolerating 4.5 - 7[ 418 ]. Fruit is normally borne plentifully in the wild[ 303 ].
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Seed - Because of the hard integument, germination is rather poor and may take up to a year[ 303 ].
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Coula edulis or African Walnut. Also known as: Attia, Bodwe, Ekom, Emumu, Engom, Ewome, Ewoumeu, Fiya-towo, Gaboon-nut, Ivianlegbe, Kommol, Kumen, Kumini, Kumumu, Kumunu, Mengom, Ndokei, Ngoma, Noyer du pays, Slah, Sweh, Tokei, Udi, Woula,
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Master is Pure Love
Osho on Master-Disciple Relationship
Maneesha, you cannot love enlightenment, you cannot hate enlightenment. These are not possible ways of approaching enlightenment. You can be enlightened or not, there is no question of loving enlightenment or not loving enlightenment. And it is not enough to love the master because that may become a consolation: that you are with the master, you love the master, what else is needed? Loving the master has only one meaning — that you open up to such a point that the master can hit, and cut like a sword all the barriers to your enlightenment. You will not allow anybody to come too close without trust. To be with a master simply means to be defenseless; if he cuts off your head, you will still be graceful. And he has to cut off much more than your head. He has to cut all your mind activities, he has to cut all your heart feelings. Unless thoughts and feelings disappear, you cannot be absolutely silent.
If you love the master, this is not the end; it is just the beginning of a process. The master himself is a device. On your own, it will be very difficult. But if you trust someone — and you can feel that he has arrived — you can open your heart, there is no fear. The master is pure love, not addressed to anybody in particular. You can open to the master, exposing yourself, not hiding behind thoughts, theories, philosophies or religions. Just open and expose yourself with all your wounds, with all your darkness, with all your misery, with all your anger and jealousy. You can open yourself without any fear, because a master never judges. A master has no judgment, he simply loves. And out of his love, he cuts all the barriers and leaves you alone like a flame. There is nothing that you have to do — just your dancing flame is enough gratitude.
In your enlightenment, the master has again become enlightened. As each disciple becomes enlightened, the master becomes again and again enlightened; and with the sheer joy of a gardener when each of his plants start blossoming. Just watch his eyes — all those colors, all those flowers dancing in the wind, in the rain, in the sun — and how long he has been waiting! You are my garden. I will wait until you gather courage, and this courage means disappearing into the soil, losing yourself in complete let-go. Enlightenment is not somewhere else. It is hiding behind your seed, inside you. You just have to trust. If you trust in yourself, the master is not needed. But because the society has created you in such a way that you cannot trust yourself, you are always divided — to do it or not to do it, to be or not to be — your mind is continuously wavering. You need someone unwavering. It is almost like surgery; you cannot do surgery on yourself, it will be very difficult, almost impossible.
You will need someone else and you will have to trust because he is opening your heart or opening your brain and who knows what kind of man he is. But ordinarily you do trust a surgeon even though you do not know him. The function of the master is far more deep. It needs a very conscious love and trust on the disciple's side because the master is going to tear down all your personality and shatter all your mind habits to bring out the hidden flame with all its splendor. You don't have to love it. You will rejoice, you will dance, you will sing, you will share, you will now love all that surrounds you. Maneesha, even gratitude is not needed; it comes on its own. With your enlightenment your gratitude comes on its own accord. The West is absolutely unaware of why in the East disciples touch the feet of the master.
One day a man came and wanted to touch Gautam Buddha's feet and he said, "Wait. It is not yet time."
The man said, "What do you mean, not yet time?"
Buddha said, "Your hands are empty. Just wait a little until I can see that your hands are full of gratitude. But nothing has happened yet in you which will bring gratitude of its own accord. When it does — without any effort — your head will want to touch the feet of your master."
The master has been working without any reward. You cannot pay him, you cannot do anything in response to all that has happened to you through him. Gratitude is a very helpless awareness: "At the most, I can touch your feet."
When Sariputta became enlightened, one of the great disciples of Gautam Buddha, he did not even touch his feet. He simply touched the dust near his feet.
Buddha said, "What are you doing?"
He said, "To touch your feet seems to be too much. It is enough to touch the dust under your feet."
Sariputta says this even though he is enlightened, but he also understands that nothing can be done in return. There is no way to repay it. All that we can do is show our gratitude.
Listen to complete discourse at mentioned below link.
Discourse Series: Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt Chapter #5
Chapter title: The great matter
16 July 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Osho has spoken on 'Master, disciple, love, enlightenment, gratitude' in many of His discourses. More on the subject can be referred to in the following books/discourses:
- From Death to Deathlessness
- Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master
- The Book of Wisdom
- Come follow to you Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4
- Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega Vol. 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10
- The Wisdom of the Sands Vol.2
- From Personality to Individuality
- From the False to the Truth
- The Invitation
- Sat Chit Anand
- The Razor's Edge
- Beyond Psychology
- The Beloved, Vol 1, 2


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UK DIY News
B&Q's first high street 'City' store opens Friday - but is it?
B&Q's first high street shop will be opening its doors this Friday, as it breaks away from its 25 year old 'category killer' warehouse strategy.
The cheeky little 3,000 sq ft outlet on Holloway Road, north London, is apparently part of a trial by B&Q owner Kingfisher to adapt to the 'changing shopping habits of consumers'.
The company said that the smaller store would provide shoppers with an offer focused predominantly on decoration, repair and maintenance as well as offering a click and collect option giving shoppers access to their full range of 35,000 sku's. The new store is meant to make it easier for customers to think about home improvement, with paint ranges displayed according to their shades rather than brands.
Editors Note: The last company that tried to do that was Focus DIY - enough said I think.
For those of you with relatively good memories, this isn't the first time that Kingfisher has played with a smaller 'high street' store format.
Really you say, I don't remember that? Well you probably won't, as it was a spectacular failure that lasted no longer than six months before slipping into obscurity. It all started almost exactly 5 years ago, on 23rd March 2012, when Kingfisher (this time under the Screwfix guise) launched with fanfares, balloons and Charlie Dimmock the DIY Express brand.
The first store opened in Shepton Mallet, Somerset followed a month later by an opening in Hayes, Middlesex.
The press release for the DIY Express launch in 2012 sounds rather familiar!
"DIY Express is marketing itself as 'the local DIY store', offering a range of over 5,000 products for immediate purchase. Customers may also order from an extended selection of product lines from Screwfix, with the option to use the 'Click, Collect & Go' service".
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DIY Express opens in Shepton Mallet - March 2012
Second DIY Express opens in Hayes - April 2012
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Above is what the DIY Express store in Shepton Mallet looked like in 2012 :-
And here's the slightly larger Hayes store that sat on a retail park.
Just because DIY Express crashed and burned in 2012, doesn't mean that the new baby B&Q will follow a similar path. We'll be attending the Holloway Road store opening on Friday and we'll of course share with you lots of lovely images and our first impressions. All free of charge of course, we don't do the subscription thing as you know.
A Kingfisher spokesman has confirmed that this new outlet is purely a trial and it won't necessarily pave the way to hundreds of high street B&Q shops opening. Kingfisher, is already trialling four new warehouse store formats as part of their five-year transformation plan in an effort to achieve consistency across their B&Q, Castorama and Brico Depot brands.
Source: Steve Collinge - MD Insight Retail Group
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While a day of retail therapy with our city's most stylish blogstars would no doubt cure our holiday shopping anxiety, the next best thing might just be a commentary-filled field trip to The Grove with Team Coco. Properly pompadoured funny man Conan O'Brien hit up the very festive shopping center's American Girl boutique, which starts out with a little rundown on the doll wonderland's cast of historical characters and ends with booze-infused lunch with his new friend Agnes at the store's in-house restaurant.
Watch the clip above for wisecrack after wisecrack as Conan attempts to understand the wonderful world of dolls (did he just uncover a secret Cosby collab?), then check out the rest of this week's star sightings after the jump.
· Westfield Topanga (6600 Topanga Canyon Blvd): "Kim Kardashian was spotted shopping at Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park, California today, December 13th with her friend, Blac Chyna." [Celebirious]
· Malibu Farmer's Market (23555 Civic Center Way): "Cindy Crawford, hubby Rande Gerber and their daughter Kaia were tooling around the Farmer's Market in Malibu Sunday." [TMZ]
· Romancing The Bean (3413 W Magnolia Blvd): "Here's Ashley Greene and boyfriend Paul Khoury spotted out holding hands and looking all adorable at the Romancing The Bean Cafe in Burbank, California." [INO]
· Maxfield (8825 Melrose Ave): "New single reality star Khloe Kardashian forgets all about her divorce drama by doing some shopping [at Maxfield] in Beverly Hills, California on December 19, 2013." [Source]
· RivaBella (9201 Sunset Blvd): "Wilmer Valderrama enjoyed a night out at RivaBella in West Hollywood WITHOUT Demi Lovato! The That 70's Show star was spotted dining out on Wednesday evening, despite the fact that DemDem was out having to defend her decision for leaving X Factor!" [Perez Hilton]
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Italian outreach
John Blanchard recently completed his fourth ministry visit to Italy in 12 months, when for the second time he was serving Sola Grazia Church in Porto Mantovano, on the outskirts of Mantova.
Sola Grazia Church was planted by Andrea Artioli, who also co-founded Coram Deo ('before the face of God'), a trust committed to church planting and the production of evangelical Christian literature.
Under the leadership of Alan Johnston, a pastor from Coleraine, a team of 11 sent by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, from Northern Ireland, had worked there for a week before Dr Blanchard arrived.
The team's main work was in the centre of Mantova and was planned to coincide with the town's renowned annual literature festival. The church had been given permission to set up a table at the festival and it was allocated the very site once occupied by a building in which, following the Protestant Reformation in Europe, many Christians were sentenced to death by an Inquisition.
During the week, the team handed out 2,500 bottles of water bearing a label advertising events in Sola Grazia Church. More importantly, they offered free copies of well-produced Bibles, more than 500 of which were taken. Before the team arrived on site one morning Mr Artioli received a telephone call asking where the Bibles were, as people wanted them.
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The church was planted in 2007 and meets in a hall owned by a communist, who has granted it a five-year lease with an option to renew it for a further five years.
Although still small, the church has seen encouragement in the past year, with several conversions and baptisms. During his visit Dr Blanchard brought a devotional message to the team and preached at the church several times.
His subjects included an exposition of what it meant to be a genuine Christian, the reality and relevance of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, and the sovereignty of God over all the circumstances of human life.
The pressing vision of Coram Deo and the church is to rent premises in the centre of Mantova and to use it as a coffee shop and Christian bookshop. Greater Mantova has a population of 250,000, yet the nearest Christian bookshop is a small one 40 miles away.
Three suitable premises have already been viewed, but at the moment progress is blocked by a lack of necessary funds. After visiting the sites, Dr Blanchard told Evangelical Times, 'The potential in having a clear Christian marker laid down in the centre of Mantova makes this a project worthy of our prayerful and practical support in any way possible'.
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They "cherry-pick" the best coins. Then submit them to be graded, certified, and slabbed by PCGS, NGC, ANACS, etc. When a dealer searches coins, those that they sell in original Mint packaging are only lesser quality coins. Photos: When a listing offers multiples of the same coin, one coin is picked at random and photographed.Since all coins offered in that listing are essentially identical, the coin photographed is representative of all coins offered. These photos were taken through the plastic coin capsules, any dust, etc. On the outside surface of the capsules doesnt affect the coins. Surface areas that appear black on some proof coin photos are actually highly polished, mirror-bright metal reflecting the color of the camera.
We place the coin at an angle, in some photos, to better depict the mirror bright finishes. However, angling the coin usually results in one side of the coin being slightly out of focus. Whenever possible, we use actual photos of our coins, rather than just artists conception drawings from the Mint.We frequently update and upgrade the photos that appear with our listings, using improved cameras and lenses and better lighting. We will honor your requests for additional photos as quickly as our schedule permits.
The item "Canada 2018 $20 Lucky Four Leaf Clover 1 oz. Pure Silver Color Proof Coin" is in sale since Monday, February 12, 2018. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Canada\Commemorative". The seller is "okranchlandandcattlecompany" and is located in Lewisville, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay, Russian federation.


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Despite the fact that manga characters were generally designed as round-eyed and pale of skin (originally to attract a North American and European audience – everyone wants a global audience), much has been made (and complained) about the casting of Scarlett Johannson as Major Motoko Kusanagi in the live-action Ghost In The Shell.
Paramount has released five, count 'em five(!), very brief teasers for Ghost In The Shell, and they look crazy intriguing. See the other four after the break.
Ghost In The Shell opens on March 31st, 2017.


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What do we do in our home groups?
- Connect and get to know each other in a casual setting
- Discuss the Bible, asking "what does it say, what does it mean, and how do I apply it to life?"
- Pray and care for the specific needs of each member
- Seek to serve together and support the great commission to "go and make disciples"
Where do we meet?
Our home groups meet throughout Chesapeake and one meets in Virginia Beach. More detailed information is available at the Information Desk on Sunday mornings or by contacting the office.


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Each inspection include access to the Home Wizard application.
A personal home manager that makes it easier for you to take care of your home, so that you can save energy, improve safety, and more.
Home Wizard creates a personalized home care program for your particular home based on the specific features of your home, your goals and priorities, your local climate, and your current level of knowledge about home care.
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Nuri Katz
President, APEX Capital Partners
President of Apex Capital Partners Corp., Mr. Katz has international experience in the field of immigration and residency planning, citizenship acquisition, cross-border property and other investments.
Mr. Katz is a licensed member of The Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC), the governing board of Canadian immigration consultants. He is also a government-authorized citizenship representative in the twin-island nations of St. Kitts & Nevis and Antigua & Barbuda in the Caribbean, and licensed by the Nevis Financial Services Regulatory Commission as a registered agent for International Business Companies (IBCs), trusts and foundations.
Mr. Katz assisted the government of Cyprus in drafting immigration legislation adopted by that republic in 2011. He consulted for the government of Antigua and Barbuda in the creation of its Citizenship by Investment Program in 2013, and offered expertise to the government of Malta that resulted in amendments to the country's Individual Investor Program in 2014.


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Human Support Group has expanded its services once again. Whilst we already had a very strong presence across the North West, we are always looking for opportunities which will allow us to deliver our excellent quality of care services to a larger volume of people. We have now increased the number of areas that we cover in the Manchester area.
This expansion means we have several exciting recruitment opportunities in and around Manchester. We are particularly interested in individuals from areas such as Chorlton, Fallowfield and Whalley Range, to join our excellent team of carers.
What we Can Offer You
At 'Human Support Group', we value and care for all our staff members. We aim to create an ideal environment where you will enjoy working. As one of our carers we can offer you;
- Great Rates of Pay – We offer £9.15 per hour, paid travel time plus 15p mileage.
- Flexibility – We understand that everyone has commitments outside of work. We try and offer as much flexibility as we can to make sure your work life and personal life is well balanced.
- Colleague celebration fund – we like to say thank you and well do ne, we often hold raffles and recently one of our lucky carers won a holiday!
- Training – We offer great training opportunities to help you develop as a carer.
- Progression – We have many opportunities for you to progress within the company.
What We Are Looking For
The career of a carer can be highly challenging but also
highly fulfilling. We understand that not everyone is suited to a position
within the care industry, that is why we take time selecting the right people
to be apart of our exceptional care team.
When we start recruiting for new team members, we are looking for individuals
who share our key values, which are;
- Always kind, always honest.
- We're in it together.
- We are all accountable.
- Getting better every day.
- Working with you to give you the life you want.
Want to know more about the role? Click here to find out about the role of a community carer.
If you would like to find out more about our current job opportunities in Manchester, then please visit our Vacancies Page.
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An endless stream of disaster stories keeps us busy. Eternally. And it's robbed us of faith in any good shared futures. But could we yet light a candle for something better than a new Utopia?
I know. We can't afford to dream. It's not what you have time for on the front line. Which I think we're all on, mentally, in a networked society like ours. Which means we're all feeling a. lot.
Hearing from a friend in Delhi these past two days brought home the realism of the images from India across our news feeds. He works in a hospital there and simply confirmed how fiercely the Covid emergency is overwhelming care capacity. He thinks infection and death rates are way higher than the official terrible figures. But it was his tone, in simple text, that brought us up short, feeling it from him. He sounded hopeless. Not out. But soul-drained.
Do you feel soul-drained? Whether you're practical front line or not. As a nurse, doctor, teacher, police officer, how could you not be? But as an events organiser, a performer, an artist? You've had your own kind of helpless for 14 months. And if you work in local government, trying to administer local life at all possible scales with dwindling public investment in what you do? I can't imagine the grind, hidden away. Now talk to me as a social message board moderator. How is your faith in humanity?
And this is all before you or loved ones have actually experienced Covid.
And all this is just Covid. You know enough about the climate crisis to not want to look at it.
But can we live like this? And are we supposed to? What do you imagine a better world actually looking like?
If you feel you daren't even talk this way, I feel the same. Especially because I am no decent activist. I'm no rebel. I'm too reasonable and to easily part of the sleeping problem.
But is there a habitual reason you and I find it impossible to squarely, boldly picture a more hopeful human tomorrow? One that's got little to do with realism after all?
And is there a practical alternative to the cyberpunk dystopia we're all just accepting as inevitable? Is corporate techno-global non-democratic misery all that lies ahead? Deeper addictions, deeper sleeps, deeper fears, worse abuses?
Or dare we believe another world IS possible?
If we can picture it?
In my special new episode of Unsee The Future, I look at a topic that I've been ruminating on for a couple of years. And I wonder if it's a way of seeing the future that could change everything.
Is it an art movement, an environmental movement, a political movement? All of them and something beyond. The reason I think it could be the beginnings of a whole new story of us is that it isn't a new Utopia at long last – it's something better.
I think it's time we all introduced ourselves to Solarpunk.
It could change the way you put faith in the human future. By realising that – duh! – faith, like confidence, is built by doing.
Unsee The Future EP31: Solarpunk. This is very definitely just a beginning.


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Go to the shopThese tasty Hearty Stews are SO simple to feed – all you have to do is tear them open and let your dog chow down! Side By Side uses all-natural whole food ingredients to bring you and your pup the absolute best recipes possible – just food that looks and smells like food.
Side By Side crafts healthy recipes in small batches, carefully preserving whole food nutrition and delivering it fresh to your dog's bowl. Each day with your dog is amazing, and the best nutrition helps support your dog throughout its life. That's more days of running side by side, playing side by side, cuddling side by side.
Pork Bone Broth, Pork Heart, Whole Rabbit (with Bone), Pork Liver, Carrots, Broccoli, Celery, Sweet Potatoes, Kale, Blueberries, Dried Yeast, Spinach, Parsley, Chia Seeds, Coconut Oil, Sea Salt, Apples, Kelp, Quinoa, Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Apple Cider Vinegar, Eggshells, Sesame Seeds, Dehydrated Alfalfa, Chamomile, Tomato, Shiitake, Orange, Cranberry, Pumpkin, Beet, Tart Cherry, Strawberry
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Give your pup this stew as a meal, food topper or flavor enhancer! Just tear open, serve & chow down!
How many carbs in this food?
Hi! Thank you for your question!
The calorie content of Side by Side Cooling Pork and Rabbit Hearty Stew for Dogs (12.5oz carton) per box is 340.
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LOS ANGELES — October 3, 2018 — Barco™ Uniforms, a recognized leader of design innovation in the premium apparel industry, today announced the hiring of Edward Mitzel as its digital leader and senior vice president of Technology, and David Price as senior vice president of Global Supply Chain. Both will report to President and CEO David Murphy.
The addition of these two new hires to the senior leadership team underscores the company's continued commitment to technology advancement and elevated service levels in product fulfillment. Barco continues to see dynamic market share growth and will continue to build on the global popularity and success of recent new brand launches, including Barco One Wellness, the first-ever professional apparel curated and infused with bio-minerals, and a new modern spandex-stretch collection of Grey's Anatomy scrubs. These recent additions join Barco's already-world-famous family of brands, which also include Skechers by Barco, scrubs especially designed for hospital enterprise groups.
"We are very excited about the new additions to our senior executive leadership team," said Murphy. "We are experiencing strong market share growth in both our healthcare and identity divisions and in tandem, we are committed to elevating our technology and service levels to our customers."
Edward Mitzel will be responsible for IT strategic innovation and digital unified commerce. He has led global information technology and digital transformations for medical, manufacturing, construction, hospitality and retail organizations. He has held positions of leadership at global organizations, including Hanger Orthopedic Group, P.F. Changs, Pei Wei and Gate Gourmet. Fredrickson has led centers of excellence, utilizing technology to enhance and improve business logistics, finance and operations. He has championed digital technology and new services for customers to enhance their experience through emerging business models and social channels. Fredrickson has a B.S. in Business Administration, a master's degree in Economics from the University of Baltimore and a Masters in Information Technology from Johns Hopkins University.
David Price brings over 25 years of experience to Barco's global supply chain, and will help support the dynamic and diverse growth the company is experiencing. Price's experience includes leading supply chain, global sourcing, and logistics operations for companies such as Cintas, Aramark, Hagger and The Hampshire Group. In his past positions, Price has efficiently delivered and streamlined processes, managed high volume throughput, and led large operational teams and overseas sourcing organizations. Price has an Engineering/Industrial Psychology educational background from the University of South Carolina and Southern Technical Institute.
"At Barco, purposeful innovation is in our DNA and our focus is on improving the work and lives of service-oriented professionals," added Murphy. "We carefully consider their specific needs and are expanding our technology capabilities, design innovation and leadership to provide the best apparel solutions in the industry that meet their specialized needs and exceed their expectations."
Posted October 3, 2018
Source: Barco Uniforms


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Go to: KOZINA
The Partisans attack first.
Set up an ambush on the Reka-Trst road between Kozina and Krvavi Potok as a fighter of the Istrski Partisan Detachment.
26th May 1944
SS Major Christian Wirth, one of the organizers of the Nazi extermination camps Chelmno, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec and the Rižarna in Trst, was killed in the attack. In Rižarna, five thousand people were killed while in other mentioned camps around two million people perished.


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Getting Students To Stop Learning And Start Thinking
by TeachThought Staff
Jacob Barnett, a 12 year-old that's been diagnosed with Autism, has some simple advice for you:
Instead of being a student of that field, be the field.
In the 17 minute video below, in his own charming way he describes multiple historical events, from Newton and Einstein to his own life, where the need to "stop learning" led to the beginning of extraordinary thinking and creating. He implores everyone (not just students–you too) to stop "learning about" and start doing.
This, of course, implies the need for curiosity, self-direction, play, and passion in learning–shifting from compliance and "good grades" to thinking so innovative and creative that it disrupts the status quo.
And thus leads to something truly special.


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Guystrand Deadend (HGD)
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- L/T:2-5 days
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Guystrand Deadend is applications with overhead or down guy strand. Rated to hold a minimum of 90%-95% of RBS of the strand used.HGD series are recommended for use on Common Grade, Simens-Martin, High Strength Utility Grade, Galvanized and Aluminized steel strand.
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Huawei Nova 8 SE has been launched with a 64MP Quad rear camera setup and 66W fast charging in China. It is the successor of Huawei Nova 7SE which was launched back in April. The smartphone runs on EMUI 10.1 on top of Android 10 out of the box and comes in four color options
Huawei Nova 8 SE Specifications
Device | Huawei Nova 8 SE |
Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 720 MediaTek Dimensity 800U |
Internal storage capacity | 128GB |
DIsplay | 6.53 inches OLED Display |
Resolution | 1080×2400 pixels |
Rear Camera | 64 MP (primary) + 8MP (Ultrawide) + 2MP (Macro) + 2MP ( Depth ) |
Front camera | 16 MP |
Battery | 3800 mAh |
Charging | 66W Fast Charging |
Operating System | EMUI 10.1 |
Android Version | Android 10 |
Huawei Nova 8 SE features a 6.53 inches OLED FHD+ (1080×2400 pixels) resolution display with a waterdrop notch design. The display has 100% DCI P3 color Gamut and HDR 10 support as well. Under the hood, The smartphone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 720 SoC, Arm Mali G57 GPU, and coupled with 8GB of RAM + 128GB of storage.
In terms of camera, Huawei Nova 8 SE is equipped with a 64-Megapixel (primary) sensor with an f/1.9 aperture + 8-Megapixel (ultrawide) sensor with 120-degree FoV (Field of View) and f/2.4 aperture + 2-Megapixel (macro) sensor with an aperture of f/2.4 + 2-Megapixel (Depth) sensor with an aperture of f/2.4 with an LED flash. On the front, It has a 16-Megapixel selfie camera with an aperture of f/2.0.
The device packs a 3800mah battery and supports 66W fast charging. For connectivity, the smartphone includes the support of 5G, 4G, LTE, Bluetooth, Wi-fi, and USB Type-C. In terms of sensors, It has an accelerometer, Gyroscope, proximity, ambient light sensor, compass, and an under-display fingerprint sensor. Huawei Nova 8 SE measures 161.6×74.8×7.46mm and weighs 178g.
Huawei Nova 8 SE Price
The Huawei Nova 8SE comes with 8GB RAM + 128GB storage that is priced at 2,599 Yuan (around RS.29,00). There is also a high-end variant with Mediatek Dimensity 800U chipset which costs 2,699 Yuan (around Rs. 30,000).


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According to many hadiths, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) married Aysha (rali) at the age of 6 and consummated her at the age of 9 after reaching puberty. But according to the rules and laws of the Quran, one is allowed to marry only if he/she reached puberty.
Even if the marriage of the prophet and Aysha happened before the revelation of the ruling. We do also do know that Allah protected him at various circumstances when he was made by his relatives to do tawaf (shirk). Why can't Allah refrain him from marrying her at the age of 6 if it will be against the rulings of the Quran?
Because this is one of the most controversial and debated topics in Islam and I believe this has created only controversies among Muslims as to what her real age was during the marriage.
Or am I wrong in what I said? Please explain it clearly.


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Hanukkah dishes with a healthy twist
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Like most Jewish holidays, Hanukkah is a wonderful chance to eat some amazing food like latkes (potato pancakes) and jelly doughnuts. But while they are definitely tasty, the traditional dishes aren't always healthy (many are fried to represent the miracle of the oil lasting eight days instead of one). With two days left to celebrate, why not try shaking things up and making healthier versions of the classics? Get inspired by these updated favorites that combine both holiday flavor and feel-good ingredients.
Traditional: Latkes with Applesauce
Healthy Twist: Sweet Potato Latkes
Healthy Twist: Sweet Potato Latkes
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1 large white potato
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 6 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees and line a baking sheet with foil.
- Coarsely grate the potatoes and finely dice the onion. Add both to large bowl; stir in beaten eggs. Thoroughly mix in flour, salt and pepper.
- In a large nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat. Scoop in spoonfuls of the potato pancake mixture and flatten with a spoon or spatula. Cook until bottom is browned, then flip and brown other side.
- Add the cooked pancakes to the baking sheet and keep them warm in the oven until the rest are finished.
Nutritional Information (Makes 4 servings; 1 serving = 4 latkes)
Per serving: 300 calories; 16g total fat; 620mg sodium; 32g carbohydrates; 6g protein; 4g fiber
Per serving: 300 calories; 16g total fat; 620mg sodium; 32g carbohydrates; 6g protein; 4g fiber
Traditional: Noodle Kugel
Healthy Twist: Apple-Noodle Kugel
Healthy Twist: Apple-Noodle Kugel
- 6 cups cooked yolk-free wide egg noodles
- 1 large apple, thinly sliced (1½ cups)
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 carton (8 ounce) fat-free egg substitute
- 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese
- 1 container (6 ounce) fat-free vanilla yogurt
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13-by-9-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
- Spoon noodles into pan and top with apples and raisins.
- Blend all remaining ingredients in a food processor. Pour mixture over noodles in pan.
- Bake uncovered for 1 hour or until top is light brown and center is set.
Nutritional Information
Per serving: 360 calories; 3g total fat; 350mg sodium; 70g carbohydrates; 12g protein
Per serving: 360 calories; 3g total fat; 350mg sodium; 70g carbohydrates; 12g protein
Traditional: Braised Brisket
Healthy Twist: Cranberry Brisket
Healthy Twist: Cranberry Brisket
- 1 (3 pound) beef brisket
- 1 cup Catalina salad dressing
- 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
- 1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place brisket in a 13-by-9-inch pan.
- Combine dressing, soup mix and cranberries in a medium bowl. Pour mixture over brisket and cover pan with foil.
- Cook brisket for 3-4 hours or until brisket is extremely tender.
Nutritional Information (Makes 16 servings)
Per serving: 341 calories; 27.9g total fat; 369mg sodium; 7.7g carbohydrates; 1.1g fiber; 14.4g protein
Per serving: 341 calories; 27.9g total fat; 369mg sodium; 7.7g carbohydrates; 1.1g fiber; 14.4g protein
Photo credit: Ruocaled