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HYMN OF THE "AKATHISTOS"SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION December 8, 2000
1. One of the chief moments of prayer which the Holy Father desired for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 is the liturgical chant of the Akathistos Hymn in the Byzantine Rite on the evening of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. In this way, with the approach of Christmas, the holy Mother of God will be honoured in the words of an outstanding text of the Eastern tradition.
2. The Celebrants. His Holiness Pope John Paul II will preside at the celebration in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, together with representatives of various Byzantine Catholic Churches. On other occasions, the Holy Father has either expressed a desire for the Akathistos Hymn to be chanted or has presided at the chant himself: in 1981, to commemorate the anniversaries of the First Council of Constantinople (381) and the Council of Ephesus (431); and during the Marian Year 1987-1988, as a means of highlighting the Solemnity of the Annunciation on 25 March. In order to give expression to the principal languages of the Churches of the Byzantine tradition, the Akathistos Hymn will be sung in Greek, Old Slavonic, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Romanian and Arabic.
3. The ritual. The approaching feast of Christmas is the heartof what the Great Jubilee commemorates. The Jubilee commemoration of the Birth of Jesus Christ confers special significance on this celebration of the Akathistos Hymn. Indeed, 'the joy of the Jubilee would not be complete if our gaze did not turn to her who in full obedience to the Father gave birth to the Son of God in the flesh for our sake. For Mary 'the time to give birth' came to pass in Bethlehem (Lk 2:6), and filled with the Spirit she brought forth the first 'born of the new creation' (John Paul II, Incarnationis Mysterium, 14). The Akathistos Hymn is the ideal patristic and liturgical text for celebrating the Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and the Church as Christmas approaches. The season of Advent now being celebrated by the Latin Rite and some of the Oriental Rites makes even more appropriate this manner of celebrating 8 December. This is the day when Christians of the West commemorate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception as the great moment of preparation for the Saviour's coming, and Christians of the East celebrate the Vespers of Saint Anne's Conception, which they regard as the last in a series of purifying gifts of grace marking humanity's journey from Adam to Christ: after Christ, Mary is the most exalted fruit of divine grace and human supplication. For this reason, some of the texts used in the celebration refer to Joachim and Anne, Mary's righteous parents, to whom it was granted to receive from God the Virgin Mother according to the promise, and to return her to God as an offering in the nameof all. This celebration of the Akathistos Hymn also suggests and confirms the ecumenical character of the Jubilee, which the Holy Father is keen to promote: "Such a wealth of praise, built up by the different forms of the Church's great tradition, could help us to hasten the day when the Church can begin once more to breathe fully with her 'two lungs', the East and the West" (John Paul II, Redemptoris Mater, 34).
4. The celebration. In the Byzantine liturgy from which it is taken, the Akathistos was originally celebrated on the fifth Saturday of Lent, which was therefore called "Saturday of the Akathistos": and this not only because of its proximity to the feast of the Annunciation, in which a passage from the Akathistos still appears, but also because this Hymn, a matchless gem of Marian theology and spirituality, links the mystery of Christmas to the mystery of Easter, the birth of the Word made flesh to the Passover of his Death and Resurrection and our rebirth through the sacraments of regeneration, the motherhood of Mary at Bethlehem to her maternal presence at the baptismal font. Today's celebration underlines the fundamental character of the Hymn: its articulation of the entire Christmas cycle, which makes it 'a far' reaching remembrance of the divine motherhood, virginal and salvific, of the one whose 'spotless virginity gave the Saviour to the world' ' (Paul VI, Marialis Cultus, 5).
The celebration comprises many elements. All are centred on the Akathistos Hymn itself, set in a broader context of prayer which, as in other Byzantine celebrations, includes litanies, the Trisagion, the Our Father, troparia, psalms and psalmodic verses.
A place of honour is given to the 'poetical canon' of Joseph the Hymnodist ( 886), composed precisely for the celebration of the Akathistos, as a framework to give it greater lustre. Like most poetic canons, it consists of nine odes inspired by the nine biblical canticles from the Byzantine Morning Office (the second ode is omitted, being reserved to penitential seasons). The canon of Joseph is inspired by the themes of the Akathistos, but re-reads them in a different devotional setting, more laudatory and symbolic in temper.
5. The Akathistos Hymn. It is fitting to give a fuller introduction to the Hymn itself, for it is the heart of the celebration and as it were a declaration of the Marian doctrine and piety of the Churches of the Byzantine Rite. Besides celebrating it on the fifth Saturday of Lent and singing a section of it on the four preceding Saturdays, monks, priests and faithful recite the Hymn on many other occasions, even every day, because they have an instinctive sense of its beauty and depth of meaning. Almost all Byzantine monasteries and churches contain painted scenes from the Akathistos on the walls oftheir sacred buildings, on vestments, on liturgical furnishings, or surrounding the most celebrated icons.
Name. Akathistos is the title by which this fifth century Byzantine Hymn is universally known. It was and still is the model for the composition of many other hymns and litanies, both ancient and more recent. Akathistos is not the original title, but a rubric:'a-kathistos' in Greek means 'not-seated', because the Church stipulates that it be sung or recited 'standing', as when the Gospel is read, as a sign of reverence for the Mother of God.
Structure. The metric and syllabic structure of the Akathistos is inspired by the description of the heavenly Jerusalem in Chapter 21 of the Book of Revelation, from which it draws images and numbers: it sings of Mary in her identification with the Church, the 'Bride' with no earthly spouse, the Virgin Bride of the Lamb, in all her splendour and perfection.
The Hymn comprises 24 stanzas (in Greek oikoi), which is the number of letters in the Greek alphabet, and the whole is structured according to the alphabet, each stanza beginning with the succeeding letter. But it was skilfully planned in two distinct parts, on the two closely related and superimposed planes of history and faith, and according to the two interwoven and complementary perspectives of Christology and ecclesiology, which envelop and illumine the mystery of the Mother of God. Each of the Hymn's two parts is in turn very subtly subdivided into two sections of 6 stanzas: this subdivision is clearly presented in today's liturgical celebration. Yet the Hymn unfolds in a binary mode, in such a way that each odd-numbered stanza finds its metrical and conceptual equivalent in the even stanza which follows. The odd stanzas are amplified by 12 Marian salutations, gathered around their narrative or dogmatic centre, and they finish with the ephymnion or closing refrain: 'Hail, Bride unwedded!' By contrast, the even stanzas, after announcing the theme, which is almost always Christological in background, ends with the acclamation to Christ: 'Alleluia!' Thus the Hymn is both Christological and Marian, with the Mother subordinate to the Son and the maternal mission of Mary subordinate to the universal saving work of the one Saviour. The first part of the Akathistos (stanzas 1-12) follows the cycle of Christmas, drawing its inspiration from the Infancy Narratives of the Gospels (Lk 1-2; Mt 1-2).
It sets forth in song the mystery of the Incarnation (stanzas 1-4), the outpouring of grace upon Elizabeth and John (stanza 5), the revelation to Joseph (stanza 6), the adoration of the shepherds (stanza 7), the arrival and adoration of the Magi (stanzas 8-10), the flight into Egypt (stanza 11), the meeting with Simeon (stanza 12). These are events which transcend the historical facts and become a symbolic reading of grace poured out, of the creature receiving grace, of the shepherds proclaiming the Gospel, of those from distant lands who come to faith, of the People of God which, rising from the baptismal font, goes forth on its light-filled way towards the Promised Land and comes to a profound knowledge of Christ.
The second part (stanzas 13-24) sets forth and sings of what the Church at the time of Ephesus and Chalcedon professed concerning Mary, within the context of the mystery of her Son the Saviour and of the Church which gathers all who are saved.
Mary is the new Eve, a virgin in both body and soul, who by the fruit of her womb leads mortals back to Paradise lost (stanza 13); she is the Mother of God who, in becoming the seat and throne of the Infinite One, opens the gate of heaven and leads us humans through (stanza 15); she is the Virgin who gives birth and reminds us to bow down before the mystery of the divine birth and to draw light from faith (stanza 17); she is the ever-Virgin, the dawn of the virginity of the Church consecrated to Christ, the Church's unfailing ward and loving protector (stanza 19); she is the Mother of the Easter sacraments, which purify and divinize us and feed us with heavenly food (stanza 21); she is the Holy Ark and the living Temple of God, who goes before and watches over the Church and the faithful on their pilgrim way towards the final Easter (stanza 23); she is the Advocate of mercy on the last day (stanza 24).
Theological value. The Akathistos is a truly inspired composition of immense importance:
- because of its sense of salvation history, embracing the entire plan of God for creation and for creatures, from the origins to the very end, towards the fullness which will be theirs in Christ;
- because of its pure sources: the word of God in the Old and New Testaments, always present either explicitly or implicitly; the doctrine defined by the Councils of Nicaea (325), Ephesus (431) and Chalcedon (451), from which it draws directly; the doctrinal treatises of the greatest of the Eastern Fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries, from whom it takes concepts and lapidary formulations;
- because of its knowing mystagogical approach, by means of which - adopting the most eloquent imagery from creation and Scripture - it raises the mind step by step and brings it to the threshold of the mystery contemplated and celebrated: the mystery of the Incarnate Word and Saviour, the mystery which, as the Second Vatican Council affirms, indicates in Mary the 'place' where the principal elements of the faith converge and echo forth to the world (cf. Lumen Gentium, 65).
Author. Almost the entire manuscript tradition considers the Akathistos Hymn to be the work of an anonymous author. The Latin translation edited by Bishop Christopher of Venice, around the year 800, which had a great influence on the piety of the mediaeval West, bears the name of Germanus of Constantinople ( 733). Today however scholars tend to attribute its composition to one of the Fathers of Chalcedon: as such, this venerable text would be the mature fruit of the most ancient tradition of the undivided Church of the first centuries. In this year of the Great Jubilee, therefore, it deserves to be taken up and sung by every Church and Ecclesial Community.
The Hymn is anonymous: and rightly so, for thus it belongs to everyone, because it belongs to the Church.


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DNA is a new generation material for molecular data storage, with a potential storage capacity several orders of magnitude greater than current methods. Data stored in DNA can be encoded (written) and decoded (read) using sequencing technologies. Advantages of DNA data storage are (i) high data density, (ii) high stability, (iii) ease of copy, and (iv) low energy. Current methods rely on slow, expensive, complicated synthesis of long DNA to write, followed by costly, high error rate (10%) reads. We overcome these challenges with a low-cost, enzyme-free, mix-and-detect method for high fidelity DNA data reading, writing, and rewriting using nanopore technology and universal rewritable blank medium DNA without the need for nucleic acid synthesis. This technology has applications not only in DNA data storage, but also in DNA barcoding for high throughput screening of nucleic acid secondary structure and drug/ligand binding.

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Meeting Topic: Central European Student Summit 2011
Moderator Name: Magdalena Plewa, Daniel Deboy
Speaker Name: AudiotechPro, Marek Walaszek, Kraków Tour
Other business or activities at the meeting:
Friday, 8 July 2011
14:30 Registration
16-18 Sections Meeting
CESS, 8-10 July 2011, Kraków
18-19 Welcome Drink and Snacks - Cafe Obiezyswiat
19-21SSL oraz Charter Oak presentation - AudiotechPro
21 Bars and Beers in Kraków
Saturday, 9 July 2011
CESS, 8-10 July 2011, Kraków
9-12 Mixing and Remixing Contest
Mix or Remix the tracks of Filet (Clock Machine) and share your work with other people all
over Europe!
13-17 Mixing Workshop - Marek Walaszek
Marek Walaszek - famous Polish audio producer and mix engineer; university teacher in
sound engineering, conducted great amount of workshops, owner of "Addicted To Music
media group" and recording studio Fort11. Marek was involved in many music productions
(i.e. Pharell Wiliams, Ne-Yo, The Rza, Methodman, Redman, GhostFace Killah, Raekwon,
Cilvaringz, WWO, Hemp Gru). Workshop programm: logistics of the mix, preparing the
mix, external factors, work on general view of the production, track edition, equalization
and compression techniques, spatial effects, master effects.
18-21 Tram Tour - Kraków
Tram Tour around the city. From the fancy old tram you will see not only Kraków's Old
Town but also less known parts. Enjoy the exciting view from the top of the Wanda's Muld
and discover Nowa Huta.
21 Social Evening DJs and Moom Whakers
Sunday, 10 July 2011
9-12 Workshop in Studio "Analog Mix"/ Visiting the new Opera House in Kraków
12-15 Workshop in Studio "Analog Mix"/ Visiting the new Opera House in Kraków
Analog Mix Workshop: routing analog effects in DAW, analog effects as external gear in
digital mixing
Visiting the new Opera House in Kraków: Room Acoustics in Modern Concert Halls.
15-16 Forum - Activities in AES Student Sections
We will discuss the following topics:
1. How do I set up an AES Student Section?
2. What can you do in your Section?
3. What are the responsibilities for your Section officers?
16 Handmade Pizza
The AES Graz Student Section will serve us with their unique italian style handmade
Meeting Location: Kraków, Poland
Students were offered the opportunity to make and deepen international connections
within audio students, creating awareness and professional education needs in the field of
audio, increase their skills through participation in lectures and workshops, as well as the
presentation of professional hardware and software solutions. The students had the
opportunity to establish contacts and possible future participation in exchanges and other
international programs. A website was available on www.cess-2011.eu. The participants
were obliged to register through the registration form.
Most points of the program proceeded without complications. It turned out that the meeting
planned for friday at 16h was to early, most of the participants appeared later, which
disrupted the plan a bit, but from the product presentation on everything proceeded
CESS, 8-10 July 2011, Kraków
according to plan.
Written By: Magdalena Plewa, Daniel Deboy


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Professor Senaka Rajapakse
Qualifications & Fellowships
Awards & Orations
Research & Grants
Teaching Experience
Teaching Experience
Actively involved in the various teaching activities of the integrated problem based curriculum of the Medical Faculty
The integrated curriculum has four Streams; Clinical Stream, Applied Sciences Stream, Behavioral Stream, Community Stream
Bedside clinical teaching of small groups: Average 12 hours of student contact per week
Preparing and conducting lectures, interactive learning sessions
Facilitating small group teaching activities; Problem-Based Learning (PBL) sessions, Small Group Discussions (SGDs)
Preparation learning / teaching material, triggers for problem based sessions
Preparation of Fixed Learning Modules
Experience in teaching medical students on ethical principles, breaking bad news, communication skills
Training of medical students on a variety of clinical skills: procedures, resuscitation etc
Development of interactive multimedia virtual learning modules
Organizing and conducting written, clinical, oral and practical (OSCE and OSPE) examinations
Setting of examination questions for undergraduate medical examinations in the Faculty of Medicine, the all-university common ranking examination for appointment of intern medical officers, and the qualifying examination for overseas qualified doctors
Trainer for the MD Medicine Training program. Responsible for clinical training and supervision of Registrars, Senior Registrars in General Internal Medicine primarily, with contributions to training of Hematology, Nephrology, Anesthesiology trainees, and candidates following Diploma in Family Medicine course. Average of 3-4 registrars and 2-3 senior registrars (post MD) at a time
Coordinator, Research programme for MD Medicine trainees, National Hospital, Colombo 2008-2009
Educational and Clinical Supervisor for foundation and core-medical training, UK
Examiner at the MRCP(UK) PACES examination


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What Is The Real Difference Between Manufacturing In China Vs The USA?
These days, two superpowers are battling for supremacy on the world manufacturing stage – the US and China. China's manufacturing capacity has been growing steadily in the twenty-first century and with GDP of $13.2 trillion in 2018 it has become a powerful force on the world stage. Traditionally, China offered a large and relatively inexpensive workforce compared to what is available in the West. It also offers an enormous seller's market so it is hardly surprising that some of the world's biggest companies have brought their manufacturing operations to Chinese factories over the years.
Here is an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing in China:
Advantages of Manufacturing in China
- Slash Production Costs – US firms can slash production costs by manufacturing goods in Chinese factories (which tend to offer significantly lower production costs than their US counterparts). It is for this reason that business owners and manufacturers put up with the inconvenience of manufacturing goods on the other side of the world (and the subsequent need to ship the goods long distances.)
- More output, Less Time – While US factories are often limited in their capacity and can't always turn things around quickly, this is rarely true of Chinese factories. Low labor costs mean that Chinese factories can almost always find the staff to get the job done – even with little notice.
- Big market for selling – Manufacturing in China gives companies ready access to the gigantic Chinese market. Offering over 1.3 billion potential consumers, selling goods on the Chinese market can lead to massive profits and cost savings for the manufacturer – who can translate these wins to the Western market by dropping prices there too.
Disadvantages of Manufacturing in China
- Finding a Factory – It's not always easy to find a suitable factory in China. You have to work on building relationships with suitable facilities which can mean multiple visits to China to attend trade shows and network. Many manufacturers have built their relationships with Chinese suppliers over decades and it can be hard to break in if you are "new."
- Language barrier – The language barrier makes it hard to communicate. While many Chinese people do speak some English this is not true across and the level may not be sufficiently high to discuss complex manufacturing specifications. Most businesses have to hire translators and this is an additional cost that must be weighed against the potential savings in labor costs.
- Quality issues – If you've ever bought a fake designer handbag or knock-off sneakers in China, you'll know that the quality is just not the same as the "real thing." Products labeled 'Made in China' can be perceived as inferior to those 'Made in the US' This may or may not be true in every case, but it is a factor you need to consider. Many customers favor domestically manufactured products and are willing to pay more to get them. This might not be relevant if you produce cheaper items that are not required to last – like stationary and Christmas decorations – but for quality items and electrical goods, this is a huge consideration.
- Shipping Delays – Shipping from China is no simple matter. Long lead times and high shipping costs are big deterrents to manufacturers from the West.
- High Minimum Orders – If you are not manufacturing in huge quantities, Chinese factories can drop you with minimal notice in favour of more lucrative clients. Many Chinese factories specify high-volume minimum orders from the outset which, while fine for mega-corporations, simply won't work if you are a smaller business and want a small-batch or one-off line.
- Risk of Intellectual Property (IP) theft – If your products are not properly patented, you might find your ideas being reproduced as cheaper, nastier versions by Chinese factories. This has been a huge problem for manufacturers over the years. Even with patents in place, standards in China are different and adherence to legal patents can be overlooked. The new trade tariffs introduced by the US are designed to freeze some of these cheap Chinese knock-offs out of the market creating space for US-manufactured goods to come in. This is especially true in the realm of electronic products.
Is it really cheaper in China?
Each manufacturer must weigh out the benefits and disadvantages of manufacturing in China for themselves. The considerations vary significantly depending on what you want to produce and other factors discussed here.
It's also very important to note that things are changing all the time. Over the years, the Chinese government did a lot to attract and retain foreign manufacturers, however, the winds of change are here. While it used to be the case that moving manufacturing operations to China conferred significant cost cuts to the Western consumer, this is no longer always true. As the US administration becomes increasingly concerned about the trade deficit between the US and China, several tariffs have been imposed on Chinese products entering the States. This makes these products much more costly than in the past and is dampening the allure of China as a manufacturing location. In response to tariffs, many US companies are searching for alternative countries in which to manufacture their goods.
If these are issues that affect your manufacturing business, keep an eye on what's going on before making major decisions.


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The Cause
Training load (or loading) is arguably the most important variable to consider when looking at the underlying causes of injury. The term 'load' in simple terms describes how hard your body is working during activity. While this is very important in athletes, it certainly also applies to everyday people. The total loading your body is under can be influenced by many different variables, including:
- Duration/distance – the total time (or distance) accumulated as part of your training or activity. This can be important in one single session of activity, or the total amount over a long period of time can also be important.
- Intensity – This relates to how hard you are working at one specific point in time. This could also be described as speed (if you are running, cycling, swimming, etc). The faster you are running during a session, the higher the intensity.
- Frequency – how often you are performing that particular activity. OR how often you are performing all your training activities. (This obviously relates to recovery as well.)
- Nature of activity – This is certainly relevant if you have changed the type of activity or training. For example if you normally run on grass, then you change to running on sand, or running up stairs. This change in the nature of your activity will change the load that your body is used to. This may also include a change in equipment used.
Changes to one or all of these variable will influence the total training load that your body is under.
Now your body is a fantastic machine, highly capable of adapting very well to the demands placed on it. However this adaptation takes time. When the loading demands placed on your body are greater than your tissues are able to adapt to (or greater than they are used to ) then your potential for pain and injury increase.
While this obviously applies to athletes, these principles definitely apply to regular people as well. In fact often even more so. Every day in the clinic we would see someone who comes in with a sore back/arm/leg/etc. after doing something that they haven't done for a long time. It could be an office worker who had to pull down their pergola on the weekend (meaning much more gripping and lifting that they have done in months). Quite often it's someone who's decided to take up running, or crossfit, etc who went too hard too quickly (rapidly increasing their training load) and ending up getting injured.
Usually, when people come in to see us with load (or overload) related problems, they fall into one of two categories.
- They are training regularly but have changed something in their training load (duration/distance, intensity, frequency, nature)
- They have started a new activity (or had to perform an activity that they don't do regularly)
The Solution
When a patient attends the clinic complaining of pain (particularly with no obvious cause, like a sprained ankle) we dig deeper to try and identify the underlying cause of this issue. We want to know about your usually training, activity. We want to know if anything has changed – have you increased your 'Ks' on the bike? Are you running at a faster pace? Have you added a boxing session to your 8 other training sessions per week? Did you just get a new cricket bat that's heavier than what you're used to? Did you take a day off your cushy office job to dig soakwells all day?
Understanding exactly what you do, how you do it , how often and how hard allows us to pinpoint where things may have started to go wrong. It also allows us to modify some (or all) of these variables to (hopefully) allow you to keep training in some capacity.
Sometimes, patients will need a period of "de-loading" to allow the tissues to settle and fully adapt to the demands placed on them. This may mean complete rest for some people, this may mean modified activity for others. This may also mean avoiding certain parts of your normal activity. By understanding exactly what's going on with your body, we can manipulate these loading variables to allow you to continue training in some capacity while still recovering from injury. OR we can actually encourage better recovery through appropriate loading.
Your body adapts to the loads it is placed under. If it is not placed under any load, it will lose the ability to withstand load. This is why astronauts lose muscle mass and bone density in space. Zero gravity means minimal load on the body. As your muscles don't need to resist gravity to move you around, they become weaker over time. As your bones are not under much stress, they lose density because there is no need to maintain higher density.
You may have heard that weight bearing exercise, or weights training, is good for people with osteoporosis. This is true – osteoporosis is a loss of bone density (meaning more brittle bones that could be higher risk of fracture). Increased loading via weight bearing exercise help the body to adapt and stimulates greater bone strength. By manipulating loading we can actually improve people's problems.
Another problem that can be treated with loading is chronic tendinopathies (think Achilles tendon issues in runners, or patella tendon issues in volleyballers). Tendinopathy is complex, but in simple terms it is usually a failed adaptation (healing) within the tendon following excessive loading. Now to stimulate adaptation and recovery we actually need to load the tendon the right way and the right amount. This is where specific control of loading variables actually helps to "heal" the problem, while excessive loading actually makes the problem worse. You should note that rest (ie no loading) actually doesn't help long term recovery, and actually leads to weakening of the tendon over time.
"Overload" can occur for a number of different reasons. Sudden increases or changes in activity can lead to pain and injury as your body is just not accustomed to that amount of total load. The best advice is to increase gradually so your body has a chance to adapt to the increased demands. How gradually is difficult to determine, and I believe this really can only be determined individually. There is a rule of thumb in running circles that you should only increase by 10% at a time. While this is common sense to not increase too quickly, research has shown that 10% doesn't exactly change the injury risk. However the key message here is Start slowly and build up gradually.
At South Perth Physiotherapy we get to know you and your activity levels deeply, so we can truly understand everything that may be contributing to your issues, and carefully modify these loading variable to allow you to continue to participate as much as possible while still appropriately treating your injury.
Julian Bowen
Julian is a Director and Senior Physiotherapist at South Perth Physiotherapy. He has spent over a decade working exclusively in private physiotherapy practice, and estimates he would have performed over 35,000 individual treatments in that time. He has worked with everyone from Paralympians, elite athletes, WAFL Footballers, the Defence Forces and weekend warriors; to thousands of everyday people with all manner of issues. He is passionate about injury prevention and has a special interest in the treatment of headaches, shoulder issues, hypermobility management and exercise rehabilitation for the prevention and treatment of injuries.
Khan & Scott, (2009). Mechanotherapy: how physical therapists' prescription of exercise promotes tissue repair. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 43(4), 247-252.
Glasgow, et al. (2015). Optimal loading: key variables and mechanisms. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(5), 278-279.
Buist, et al. (2008). No effect of a graded training program on the number of running-related injuries in novice runners: a randomized controlled trial.American Journal of Sports Medicine, 36(1), 33-39.


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By Aaron Schwartz
In an age that oversaw the development of industry, those at the top of the economic food chain became some of the most powerful people in the nation. They made a lot of money, and this allowed them to have social power, including here in Allentown. The owners of Allentown's iron companies became wealthy and found themselves with power over their employees lives.
My topic focuses on the housing of iron workers in Allentown, Pennsylvania during the rise and fall of the iron trade. Companies such as the Allentown Iron Company and the Allentown Rolling Mill had direct influence on the housing of their employees, often owning large tracts of houses in areas of the city close to the mills. Entire streets essentially became the property of wealthy company owners, as streets such as Tilghman and Ridge Road became almost entirely populated by iron workers (see Figure 1). Ridge Road and Front Street housed over ninety iron workers, and Tilghman housed over seventy. The concept of a company town, an area of a city owned by company elites, became a reality in Allentown.
The houses themselves were developed in an attempt to house as many employees as possible. Homes were small, cramped, and had to house the family of ironworkers, and sometimes additional boarders (Hillstrom, 2005). Communities had to share an outhouse, and often these houses were not lived in for long periods of time due to the fall of the iron business. They were given away to employees on a reward and punishment system, which shows the power relationship between employer and employee at this time (Hillstrom, 2005).
The First and Sixth Wards became "company towns" within the city. The northern Sixth Ward had areas that almost exclusively housed iron workers. Lower-income houses were bought and developed, and the overall number of houses skyrocketed in the 1860s and 70s to house the large number of people flocking to Allentown for jobs in the iron trade. The Map below (see Figure 2), shows how the northern Sixth Ward eventually became a company town, where employees of iron companies were congregated. Their location near the furnaces, foundries and rolling mills made the houses in this area a good selection for company owners to purchase for employees.
Figure 2. Map of Allentown from 1880 Census. Red dots are iron worker housing. Zoom in on the northeast section to see lands owned by the Allentown Iron Co.
One other topic that connects to the housing of iron workers is the rise of railroads. Rail road companies were the greatest consumer of iron up until the rise of steel, and as railroads expanded so did the need for iron. This made the iron business lucrative, attracting many employees to move to Allentown, and giving company owners the wealth to buy housing for their employees (Patton, 1983). Working conditions also seems to have some links with the housing of iron workers, as in both situations company owners would purposefully save money by supplying employees with sub-par conditions. The houses were cramped and lacked running water while the safety conditions of the work place were often not up to their maximum potential (Iron Age, 1919).
The housing trend reflects broader trends, such as mass migration to cities in order to secure a job and the development of company towns. Cities such as New York also had rich company owners develop districts within cities of land owned by companies used to maintain a power relationship over their employees by offering housing and discounts at company-owned stores (Knowles, 2013). Any city that had an industrial growth during this period likely oversaw similar conditions to the housing in Allentown.
Works Cited:
Hillstrom, Kevin, and Laurie C. Hillstrom. The Industrial Revolution in America: Iron and Steel. Vol 2. The Industrial Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2005.
Knowles, Anne Kelly. Mastering Iron: The Struggle to Modernize an American Industry 1800-1868. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, IL. 2013.
Iron Age Vol. CIII: January- June 1919. Iron Age. New York: Iron Age Publishing Company, 1919.
Patton, Spiro. Comparative Advantage and Urban Industrialization: Reading, Allentown, and Lancaster in the 19th Century. Penn State University Press. 1983.


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Tea Route
Departure point: Your place of accommodation
Departure time: 08:30 am
Duration: 8 hours
Highlights: Tea factory, tea tasting, Colonial houses, Rum tasting
The Tea Route is a unique experience which will bring you into the Mauritian history and its colonial heritage. The tour starts at Domaine des Aubineaux, a colonial house built in 1872 with its original furnishings.
The second step is the tea factory of Bois Cheri where you will be shown the internal production to the packaging. Close to the tea factory, the visit ends with a tasting of various relaxing and scented tea varieties in a cottage facing a lake surrounded by tea plantation and stunning views.
A few miles in the south, at Saint Aubin, another colonial house, you will enjoy a tasteful creole lunch served on the terrace. Built in 1891, the house in addition to producing sugarcane is also touted for its delicious rum of which you can follow the production at the distillery where you will get the opportunity to taste the different flavors of rum.
At "La Maison de la Vanille", you will also discover the long process of transformation of this orchid.
↓ Departure from your place of accommodation
↓ Visit of Bois Cheri Tea Factory
↓ Tea tasting in a cottage facing a lake
↓ Visit of Domaine des Aubineaux (Colonial house)
↓ Visit of Saint Aubin (Colonial house)
↓ Lunch on the terrace
↓ Rum distillery and rum tasting
↓ La Maison de la Vanille
↓ Return to your place of accommodation
• Private transfer by car or bus
• Multilingual tour guide
• Entrance ticket to attractions
• Lunch (starter, main course, dessert) with a soft drink or water included
Lunch Menu:
• Welcoming drink: Homemade Ice tea
• Starter: Palm heart salad with smoked marlin
• Main Course: Chicken with a vanilla sauce sauteed vegetables lentils soup. Mixed chutneys & Plain rice
• Desert: Caramelized banana in toffee sauce
What to bring:
• Comfortable shoes
• Sunscreen
• Mosquito repellent


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To celebrate both of their Emmy nominations, Variety recently sat down with Lena Dunham and Fred Armisen for a hybrid interview/conversation that covers everything from their thoughts on each other's shows Girls and Portlandia to what it's like to perform on SNL. Here's both of them talking about Lorne Michaels and his behind-the-scenes skills and power:
Armisen: Lorne gives the most valuable kind of notes. I don't know how he knows. I don't know if he has like some secret connection to my brain but he addresses questions that I haven't asked yet and then I feel better about a whole season. In a sentence, he can diffuse any anxiety that I have.Dunham: The biggest takeaway from doing SNL was like trying to feel as close to him as possible and watch him do his job and just to see his notes, which range from like big amazing, macro-script notes to, "There's not enough stuff on that desk, mess it up a little bit." He's always right.
Check out the rest of the interview – which includes Dunham "freaking out" when she discovers Armisen is on Instagram – over at Variety.


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Integrate with ABC Supply
JN integrated with Beacon, but we need an integration with ABC Supply. Would be nice to get real time pricing in JN so we don't have to manually change everything when we get price increases.
ScissorTail Roofing & Construction commented
Please make this happen, this is the Top Voted integration enhancement request!
Eddie Almeida commented
Exactly, we love being able to order from Beacon. It's fast and easy, all of the information stays within the system, so integrating with ABC Supply is a must
Amanda Berg commented
Would like to be able to order, import deliver photos within jobnimbus. Right now we order through the order gateway with ABC and would like to be able to order materials within the app. In order to see delivery photos we must log in to the ABC Site.
Eric Broome commented
Superior Distribution, as well.
We all have our deals, our rebates, our local reps, and we all choose the distributor that best suits our company's needs. It seems like a shame to ONLY have Beacon as an option. It's good for Beacon, but it doesn't add value to JobNimbus.
Kelly Acrin commented
I asked this very question at the JN Summit in Orlando last October. JN told me that in order for an integration of this type, there would need to be a lot of requests for ABC Supply to become an integration.
As we predominently use ABC, this would be huge for us as well and would make ordering a lot more simpler for me. -
Nate Cole commented
Matt did you receive any feedback on this? I'm leaving Beacon and moving over to ABC but looking into seeing how I can make some sort of integration happen...


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Arcane, is a Netflix original series that premiered in November 2021 and quickly became a great sensation thanks to its intriguing story (and one hell of a cliffhanger ending).
The show's future, season two, and even beyond have been eagerly awaited by fans (and us) ever since.
Even if the wait is going to be a little bit longer, we know it's going to be well worth it.
Arcane explores the genesis stories of individuals from the utopian city of Piltover and the repressive undercity of Zaun, including sisters Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Jennifer Lawrence) (Ella Purnell).
The actress joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Kate Bishop, a young aspirant superhero whom Hawkeye mentors, in the Christmas special of Marvel's Hawkeye. She was also praised for her role as a young Emily Dickinson in the film Dickinson.
But when Christian Linke and Alex Yee engaged her to voice Vi during the six years it took to produce the first season of Arcane, she was less well-known.
Many of the people we worked with at the time weren't as big as they ended up being," Yee said.
Many of the artists Linke and his team have worked with over the years have gone on to work in a variety of various forms and projects, which he finds exciting.
Ella Purnell, best known for her role as Jinx in Yellowjackets, was another great find. According to Yee, "We all know who she is in the game. To see the real person behind the big, brilliant, flashy Jinx persona, we wanted to use Ella's subtlety and authenticity. I think she did remarkably well in that role."
In other words, what's next for the show, and who's making a comeback? Everything we've learned so far is here.
Arcane Season 2 Release Date: When Will It Air?
Arcane will return for a second season on Netflix in November 2021, the streaming service has said.
According to Nicolo Laurent, CEO of Riot Games, the first season took six years to develop, but the wait for season two will be shorter:
So yeah, we are working on #arcane season 2.
The good news: you won't have to wait for 6 years (the time it took us to making season 1)
The bad news: it's not coming in 2022 😢 https://t.co/IQoPyLnw1J— nicolo (@niiicolo) November 21, 2021
However, speeding up a six-year process isn't going to be easy, so don't anticipate it until at least 2023. (at the earliest).
According to the series' co-creators, Christian Linke and Alex Yee, they were "overjoyed" by the excellent reception to Arcane's first season and are working hard with Riot and Fortiche's creative wizards to deliver our second installment."
As with season one, you can expect season two to have the same delivery system, whenever it comes out.
Yes, according to Yee (via Superpixel). "About a release date, this was something we considered early on. Triplets were an inspiration for the story's conception. Every three episodes, you feel like you're getting a good chunk, and the end of every third episode usually has some huge moments.
"With half-hour shows, I don't think there's much to get excited about if you only get one a week to watch. It's remarkable how quickly you can watch it if we release it all at once.
"Also, Riot wanted to make this an event – they wanted to have that capability for fans to gather and speculate, and to have there be quests and missions that are in the games that you can acquire while you're watching.
We got the best of both worlds with this schedule. You don't have to wait too long to get through everything, and every time we have a drop of episodes, hopefully, there is enough content for you to feel like 'we got to sit down together, and we got to have an entire viewing experience'."
Wentworth Season 9 Release Date Status: Is It Coming or Not?
Arcane Season 2 Cast: Who Will Be In It?
The following season one star is returning to voice the second season:
• Hailee Steinfeld as Vi
• Ella Purnell as Jinx (formerly known as Powder)
• Katie Leung as Caitlyn


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If you've spent much time in Christian community, you've probably heard a familiar phrase that gets tossed around a bit.
"You are made in His image."
When I first started intentionally living out my faith, I heard this phrase often but never really knew how it applied directly to me. God is perfect. He is all-knowing. He is powerful and almighty, while I am a broken sinner. I am human. Because all humans look different, being a direct mirror image of Him might be out of the question, especially as a woman.
So what does it mean to be made in His image?
Genesis 1:26-27 says, "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures on the earth.' So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; he created them male and female" (HCSB).
God created man and woman in His image, in His likeness. One of my favorite ways the significance of this phrase has been described is in Jen Wilkin's book, In His Image. She says, "Everything we say or do will either illuminate or obscure the character of God. Sanctification is the process of joyfully growing luminous. Through Christ and by the Spirit, we have regained access to God's presence. And the result is the glorious reclamation of the image of God in man."
So what does it mean to be made in His image? It means we bear a likeness to Him. We are like Him in the same way the moon is like the sun. The sun is so bright that we can't look directly at it without becoming temporarily blinded, but we can look directly at the moon, because the moon simply reflects the brightness of the sun.
God is so glorious that humans can't look directly at Him. Remember when Moses was given the incredible opportunity to go face-to-face with Him? His face was so radiant that it scared the Israelites, so he had to put a veil over it (Exodus 34:29-35).
Not only do we reflect God's image, but we also have the opportunity and responsibility to reflect His character. Will we ever get it right all of the time? No. We are only an image of Him. We just have to decide if we are going to use that to reflect His character or obscure it.
I would also love to take this opportunity to let you know that on May 14-15, 2021, Jen Wilkin will be at London Bridge Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, VA. She is going to be speaking on her book, In His Image, and will further dive into what this means for us. How do we live lives that illuminate God? Come and find out!
Not only will Jen be speaking, but our friends over at Lifeway will be providing a pre-conference Lifeway Women's Training Event on Friday, May 14.
We would love for you to join us!
You can register or find more information here.


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Nationwide Society of Black CPAs Hires CEO to Enhance Variety in Accounting
Managing Director Darryl R. Matthews Sr. has been selected as President and CEO of the National Society of Black Certified Public Accountants (NSBCPA). Matthews, a well-respected leader, has experience in association administration, federal government operations, and advisory services.
NSBCPA was founded in June 2020 to increase the number of black CPAs and fill the resource gap in the black community. The organization strives to increase CPAs by providing exam candidates with the resources and coaching necessary to be successful.
"My vision is to ensure that through effective programming and mentoring, we are the leading membership society of choice for blacks aspiring to be certified in public accounting and perform excellently," Matthews said in a statement. "I look very much forward to working with our members to ensure they have the tools and resources needed to maximize their potential and quickly become leaders in their careers."
Black CPA support
Blacks are by far the most underrepresented group within the CPA profession. The first black CPA, John Wesley Cromwell Jr., was licensed in 1921. It was not until 1943 that the first black woman, Mary T. Washington Wylie, received her CPA license. In the early 1900s, limited access to job opportunities and mentoring was a barrier to aspiring CPAs. Now the profession must overcome limited visibility. Providing resources that appeal to students and professionals in this ever-evolving digital landscape will be vital.
Matthews is on a mission. He is ready to transform past obstacles into future opportunities. With a background in partnerships and business development, Matthews has helped many membership-based organizations achieve their goals. He is working to expand the vision of NSBCPA's First 100 Black CPA initiative to bring the profession better known. Matthews' also develops strategic partnerships that enable NSBCPA to reach more students. In December 2020, NSBCPA announced a $ 1 million pledge from Vista Equity Partners Founder, Chairman, and CEO Robert F. Smith to support black accountants. Matthews will play an important role in ensuring that more black students can take and pass the four-part CPA exam through the Promise.
A reputation for leadership and success
Matthews comes to NSBCPAs with over three decades of leadership experience. He recently worked as a partnership specialist for the 2020 ten-year census. He was also the Executive Director of the National Medical Association and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Early in his career, Matthews was the Executive Director of the National Association of Black Accountants. Under his leadership, the organization achieved record profits and remarkable growth.
"Darryl brings over 30 years of diversified leadership experience and an extensive global network of resources," said Shannon Nash, CPA, Esq, chairman of the board of directors of NSBCPA, in a statement, raising millions of dollars. We're excited that Darry is leading us into the next phase of our goals. "


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Dear friends, peace be with you and your soulmates!
I see it favourable to bring to your attention certain key circumstances of which you have already heard from me in varying degrees over the years.
I think you have understood already well enough that a peculiar exam is taking place in your spiritual practice, which now requires you to display the maximum of the abilities you have gained during the years of striving to comprehend what your Heavenly Father has revealed to help you.
It should be added that this examination, which I a few years ago started telling you about, does not concern just you.
It is of a worldwide nature.
And although this concerns the whole mankind, I now have to appeal first to that small part of the great multitude, which comprises you, for you have not only made a particularly responsible choice once on your own, but, what is most worthwhile, you have maintained the desire and keep striving for a worthy comprehension of the Truth of God to the present day.
Many are called, but few are chosen…
The global process of extreme character that has actively started in the beginning of 2022 is now only going to intensify.
I believe that many of you were able to make one more correlation between what has recently begun to happen and how once in a peculiar training mode you repeatedly played out preparations for the onset of a certain conditionally extreme circumstance, designated with a smile as Zarnitsa.
At that time you began to consider and study with interest many really vital skills, and only the peculiar conveniences of the existing social system could for this long period of time greatly affect your interest, which was once properly manifested.
The temptation proved irresistible for many of you.
You have put aside what is very valuable and vital to you.
But now, the time has come…
The scale of possible complications and losses will depend on how well you are able to orient yourself now.
And all kinds of restrictions that are being established in the world society will play a useful stimulating role for you.
Global complications on an unprecedented scale are an emblematic feature of the nexus of the Epochs!
The Age of the Realm of the Power ends and the Age of the Kingdom of the Soul begins!
The nexus of the Epochs naturally implies the breaking down of the old and the beginning of the full-fledged development of the new.
The Realm of the Power is characterized by a considerable predominance of destructive actions, while the Realm of the Soul – of creative ones!
For this reason, the end of the Age of the Realm of the Power is inevitably connected with the critical exacerbation of circumstances that are extremely dangerous for the living environment.
In such a crucial for the life of all mankind period it is absolutely necessary to succeed in forming a Foundation of utmost importance, which is able to duly determine the further most favourable development of all human society on Earth.
All divisions amongst people are based on a false assessment of one's own egoistic characteristics and the ways of fulfilling the corresponding egoistic desires!
Divide and conquer – the basic principle of the Kingdom of the Power!
All alliances that you may observe in your history have a character comparable to that of an animal pack.
The main motive for you to unite is still fear and the search for advantage, which is the primitive initial characteristic that is responsible for the survival of all members of the animal world.
If we take a closer look at the essence of human associations, we can easily see that they have been and are being created solely for survival in an environment where, in their interactions with one another, people themselves display a considerable unhealthy tendency to assign themselves the role of the hunter, designating at their whim some of the neighbours as game.
A true and therefore normal form of association will only be available when people learn to love and respect each other unselfishly!
So far you will only be able to talk about the unity of nations with slogans, forming ideological illusions.
The true unity of nations is not created on the basis of economic and military dependence, but solely on the basis of unconditional respect for one another and constant willingness to provide as much as possible selfless assistance, striving to be helpful to one another.
The Kingdom of the Soul will be characterised precisely by such peculiarities.
The massive, ever-increasing complications of planetary character in the present period of time, and all kinds of foreseeable specific efforts in the societies around the world, should inevitably extremely activate a process that could entail a significant separation of people among themselves.
If we use biblical images, we can say that this separation coincides with the emerging ideal conditions, when one can most effectively separate the sheep from the goats.
The masks will fall off everywhere… you will not be able to keep your uncharacteristic sheep's clothing on…
Each one of you will now reveal his true face and show most brightly and completely his essential qualities!
The avalanche-like increasing extremity of life conditions will inevitably lead to a situation in which one category of people will become progressively fanatical about destructive ideas and practices, while another will feel an ever-increasing urgent need to affirm the qualities of humanity.
I'm sure the ongoing tendencies in the social life worldwide will inevitably motivate a reflection of this reality in such a way that a considerable amount of sober-minded people will begin to understand the benefit of leading a lifestyle similar to the one you have begun to lead.
In this respect, your experience, although there are many shortcomings, is already invaluable.
To such an experience will certainly be given due interest.
Without using the true efforts envisaged by the Law for building harmonious relationships, any emerging collective will inevitably gravitate towards a split within itself, creating a temptation to maintain unity by methods that have been traditionally used in human societies around the world throughout history.
And the final results of such traditional methods you can now all observe and experience on yourselves in every part of the world.
My friends, you have once heard the Good News and with great willingness you have stepped on a very difficult path, voluntarily taking on your shoulders a special responsibility.
Numerous challenges and enticements have actively tempted you, hindering you and preventing you in every possible way from fulfilling what you have been destined to do.
All these difficulties continue to harden you, helping you to recognise yourselves more fully and to strengthen your Faith.
The lengthy walk along such a Path chosen by you inevitably changed also the quality of challenges related to the naturally occurring age-related changes.
At this stage we can already say that many of you, who followed the predetermined Path of the spiritual development of this Accomplishment from the first years, might well have noticed that, as you grew older, your own strengths became insufficient to enable you to take an active part in many social endeavours as you did in the past.
This might easily become a convenient condition for the temptation to start thinking of themselves as having lost the ability to be useful to the Accomplishment.
In view of this and some other reasons, I consider it favourable to draw your attention to certain basic peculiarities which it is important for all believers to realize correctly – both the ones who are in the territory of the Community and those who are outside it.
First of all, it is important to realize that the Kingdom of God on Earth can be established not by striving to build more and more church complexes, but solely on the basis of your efforts to build up the right interaction among yourselves in full compliance with the true spiritual principles.
The Spirit of God on this Earth is primarily residing inside of you, the God's children, and only depending on how interestingly you make efforts in the creation of the material Church and what will be there in your heart when you enter into its vaults, this Spirit of God will be able in a corresponding measure to be present in the Church.
The establishing of God's Kingdom on Earth is directly dependent on the way you perceive each other and the steps you take towards each other.
This all depends on what is going on inside each of you: what thoughts you allow to be manifested inside you and what feelings you prefer to satisfy.
You have never been given the task to take care of the spiritual salvation of someone else.
The task which has always been set before you is to bring in order first your inner world in harmony with the Law of the Truth of the spiritual development!
The deeds of your hands and your words are not only meant to enable you to make a significant impact on your soulmates, but they also contribute to a peculiar rooting of the ongoing changes in your spiritual basis.
On the mental-volitional level, you have the ability to choose the direction of qualitative changes of your inner world, but the main changes occur only through the actions of your body.
It is in this connection that long ago in the ancient scriptures appeared a clue for you that faith without deeds is dead.
Trying to have righteous thoughts and to do righteous deeds, which is extremely necessary for each of you to do in the best possible way, you will invariably change in the required direction the quality of your own energy-informational field emanating from you and constantly interacting with the similar fields of all the people around you, whoever they may be.
This interaction is always going on, no matter whether you are aware of it or not, whether you believe in it or not, whether you are in the state of dream or awake.
The strength of this energy-informational field of yours does not depend on your physical strength or the age of your body.
As long as you live in a solid physical shell, you inevitably always take part in changing the quality of the general energy-informational field of all the Earth.
And with the help of certain peculiarities of the energy structure of your own consciousness you also have the possibility to selectively interact with the objects and events which you remember and particularly which you can observe in real time.
The level of the scientific and technical development of the present time can provide you with the opportunity to take quite a significant individual part in any event which can take place anywhere in the world and which you can observe in real time through the means of telecommunications.
But such technological achievements may contribute not only to an interesting diversion of beneficial energy currents and their healthy concentration in a certain area, but also to the formation of an extremely dangerous concentration of a destructive energy-informational field, which residents of a particular selected area would not have been able to form.
Energy structures that predispose to creation or disintegration are based on fundamentally different informational basis.
Therefore, the denser the uniformly structured energy-informational field becomes, the stronger it is able to influence the fields around it, feeding its homogeneous structure and reducing the effectiveness of the heterogeneous one.
The increase of the saturation of this or that type of energy structure surrounding man inevitably contributes to the emergence and intensification inside him of the corresponding sensual impulse in a certain way to manifest himself.
A figurative apocalyptic confrontation of Good and Evil takes place primarily and precisely at this level throughout the history of all humankind.
And this confrontation is now acquiring an increasingly acute and particularly dangerous character.
What choice all human beings will now make, what kind and quality of participation in any given event they will allow themselves to take, will determine the scale of tragedy and sorrow on this Planet Earth during this transitional period from the Age of the Realm of Power to the Age of the Realm of the Soul.
Once you have made a choice on your own and you began to come actively to Siberia, to the lands of the New Promise, where you began to learn to interact properly in harmony with the Truth that has been revealed to you.
The purpose of communal living together was to create not only the conditions for the most effective survival in the considerably more complicated extreme life circumstances, but also, and most importantly, to contribute to the formation of a uniform energy-informational field of a special quality and saturation.
What you are capable of creating with your hands is first of all intended to help those who will be in direct contact with the fruits of your hands' labour, whereas the uniform energy-informational field which you actively create through comprehensive interaction with each other is to help all people in general and especially those who, like you, have made the choice towards creation and humanity their priority.
My dear friends, don't lose vigilance and try, without slowing down your activity, to worthily continue to change the quality of your own unique spiritual structure, as well as to saturate and densify with spiritual grace the analogous structure of the common energy-informational field of the place which by predestination has manifested itself to you as a Shrine.
The Spirit of this area is called to help you by strengthening both those who live directly there and those who, from a distance, will interact with it in an appropriate way.
Strengthen the Spirit of your Shrine by righteous deeds!
I want to emphasize once again that for the successful establishment of God's Kingdom on Earth, marking the beginning of the Era of the Kingdom of the Soul, not only your faith is important, but also the continuous development of your individual spiritual potential.
This potential in you is always capable of manifesting itself through sensual impulses of a creative character, and for its successful development it is imperative that you try to implement it in practice, trying to do so in the right way!
Of course, for perfectly natural reasons you may not be able to take part physically in many circumstances of which you may come to know.
But you will always be able to express at least one sincere sensual message with wishes for help, supported by appropriate thought-images.
And this will definitely be effective and helpful!
Remember, whatever physical limitations you might have, as long as you keep your mind sober, you always have the opportunity to develop spiritually, taking a useful part in the Accomplishment designed to predetermine the Path of Salvation and the further normal development of all humanity.
My dear ones, I feel worried for you and hope with all my heart that you will be able to reach the other Bank in the right place…
I have been able to give you what you need in abundance so that you can do this successfully!
Now you must be able to take something very important by yourself as well as be able to properly make a common effort in one and the same direction!
Be very restrained when you are tempted to make instructive assessments of the actions of your soulmates, when they themselves are not at all interested in your opinion on the matter.
If in dealing with someone you directly associate your own conclusions with what I supposedly meant by my words, then the other will also tend to erroneously associate your demands with what I am trying to teach you.
It is your inclination to expect your soulmates to fulfil what I have tried to prompt you, and especially to fulfil what you yourself have formulated on the basis of your own understanding of what you have heard from me, that has enabled many circumstances to come about, which served as a convenient foundation for the entire presently manifested absurd accusation!
Be careful not to scare away in this special period those who may now feel the need to drink of the Life-Giving Moisture!
To defend your Faith means also first of all to conduct yourselves in a dignified manner!
The final battle for your souls…
The battle at the walls of the Old City…
May you be blessed!
May the Flowers in your hands never fade!
Health and strength to you!
Peace and happiness!
See you soon!


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Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a spin around the ice, and both Dundrum and Swords on Ice are back again this year.
This year, Dundrum on Ice celebrates its 10th year with a bigger rink at Dundrum Town Centre, while Swords on Ice has moved to a brand new location as part of the Christmas Quarter at Pavilions Shopping Centre.
You can get your skates on for a night of festive fun with friends, family or your loved one – or just enjoy the action from the comfort of the viewing deck.
To celebrate the return of Christmas skating, we have tickets to be won for you and FOUR friends to enjoy an evening's skating at either Dundrum or Swords on Ice – it's entirely your choice.
To enter, simply answer the question below.
Swords On Ice is open 7 days a week (excluding Christmas Day) until Sunday 5th January, while Dundrum on Ice continues until Sunday 12th January.
Full details and opening times at www.swordsonice.ie and www.dundrumonice.ie


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PSCI 4820/4828: Geography, History, and International Relations |
Dr. Paul Hensel |
Please note that this web page is not the full syllabus for this course. The complete syllabus -- including the schedule of assigned readings, course exams, and other assignments -- is only available in the full syllabus (in PDF format). Be sure to print out that complete syllabus and be familiar with it, so that you do not fall behind or miss any assignments during the semester.
Course Description
Most political scientists study international relations "in a vacuum," without reference to the geographic and historical context in which events take place. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the impact of geography and history on international relations, and to reexamine traditional international relations phenomena such as trade or military conflict with a consideration for the influence of historical and geographic factors. A more technically accurate title might be "Geographic and Historical Influences on International Relations," although that is too long to fit in the schedule of classes. Upon completion of this course, students should have a better understanding of how geographical and historical forces influence international relations, and should be able to apply these concepts in following world events. The course will require a range of readings, regular attendance, two essay exams, and a research paper.
It should be noted that this class will address these topics theoretically, drawing from contemporary political science research; this will not be a class in current events. Also, this is NOT a course in geography or history, but rather a course on the ways that geographic and historical factors can influence international relations. The topics covered in this course are traditionally seen as political science topics, and most of the readings and lecture materials are based on research by political scientists that was published in political science journals. Students interested in geography or history as the main topics of analysis are urged to take coursework from UNT's Geography or History departments.
Required Texts
- Rand McNally (2015). Rand McNally Historical Atlas of the World, 6th edition. ISBN 9780528014475.
- Merriam-Webster (2020). Merriam-Webster's Student Atlas, New edition. ISBN 9780877797296.
- The remaining readings are available online through this course's Canvas page.
Course Requirements
- (1) Examinations: two noncumulative essay exams are required. Each exam will be worth 25% of the total course grade.
- (2) Analytical Papers: five 2-3 page papers are required for this class; more details are provided in the full syllabus. Taken together, the papers will be worth 30% of the total course grade.
- (3) Quizzes: eleven open-book/open-note quizzes will be used to assess how well students have understood key points from the assigned readings before the face-to-face class meetings. A total of eleven quizzes will be offered; each student's lowest quiz grade will be dropped from calculation of the grade. Taken together, the quizzes will be worth 20% of the total course grade.
Rest of Syllabus
The remainder of the syllabus -- course rules, notes about the academic honor code and the Americans with Disabilities Act, assigned readings, and details about the research papers -- is only available in the complete syllabus (in PDF format). Be sure to print out that complete syllabus and be familiar with it, so that you do not fall behind or miss any assignments during the semester.
World News Resources
These are good examples of some of the new sources available on the Internet that international relations scholars can follow. You may find these to be helpful in writing the analytical papers that are required for this course. Note that the point here isn't to endorse news from a particular national or political viewpoint, but to see how major news sources around the world are covering a topic; you will often find that the BBC or Xinhua (for example) are covering stories that aren't in any of the major American papers, and each of these news sources will often provide details that the others missed.
In most cases, these links are to the main news page on each site. Many of these sites offer regional or topical news pages, with many more news stories than they could fit on their main page, so you may want to explore these pages as well as the main headlines page. Many of these sites also offer RSS/Atom feeds, which makes it easy to follow news headlines automatically in your favorite feed reader/aggregator.
World News Sites
These sources offer good coverage of events around the world (please note that I have tried to limit this to sources that provide original content, rather than sources that primarily repackage stories from the major news agencies):
Newspapers and Similar Sources:
- Al Jazeera America (the American affiliate of the network based in Doha, Qatar)
- BBC News (the UK's public broadcast service, which in my opinion is the best single online source of world news)
- Christian Science Monitor
- Deutsche Welle (English-language news from Germany)
- Mainichi Shimbun (English-language news from Japan)
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Sarawakians & Sabahans Flying Back Home From KL For CNY To Enjoy Fixed Rates With AirAsia
The details will be announced on 7 January in AirAsia HQ.
Sarawakians and Sabahans flying home from Kuala Lumpur for Chinese New Year (CNY) will enjoy a fixed rate for AirAsia tickets
Minister of Transport Anthony Loke Siew Fook was reported saying by The Borneo Post that Sarawakians will join their counterparts from Sabah in enjoying the festive offer announced by him in Sandakan.
On Friday, 3 January, Loke had announced that the Transport Ministry is working together with AirAsia to offer fixed rate air tickets for Sabahans in KL flying to Sandakan and Tawau before CNY.
"We do this so that more youngsters who are working in the peninsula and students who are studying there can come back to their hometown to celebrate Chinese New Year," he was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, the report quoted Loke saying that the fixed rate for AirAsia tickets is not just for CNY, but for Hari Raya Aidilfitri as well.
He said that the details will be announced on 7 January in AirAsia HQ
According to the report, while the details of the good news will be made known on Tuesday, 7 January, the tickets will be limited and will be for sale on a first-come-first-serve basis.
While Sabahans living in KL would enjoy a fixed rate for AirAsia fares between KL-Sandakan and KL-Tawau, Loke said that fixed rates will be "mainly for secondary cities" for Sarawakians.
If that's the case, the fixed rate will be offered for KL-Kuching only not include Sibu and Miri.
The Transport Minister, however, has urged to "wait for Tuesday announcement".


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ISIS uses Turkey for trafficking heroin to Europe – Russian anti-drugs chief
One of the biggest money-spinners for Islamic State terrorists is transporting illegal drugs from Afghanistan to Europe through Turkey and the Balkans, according to the head of Russia's federal anti-drug agency FKSN.
"ISIS fighters are controlling certain territory," Viktor Ivanov was quoted as saying by TASS. "Now it is targeted by the Russian Air Force, but until recently the terrorists enjoyed great freedom there. Trafficking illegal drugs was one of the major sources of their income."
Ivanov added that so far the heroin transported to the European Union via Turkey and the Balkans yields Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) about $150 billion for distribution to members of the criminal chain. "This money is getting into the criminal turnover and destabilizes the situation in the transit countries. Turkey is exactly such a country," Ivanov told reporters.
READ MORE: ISIS economy based on illegal drug trade - Russian anti-drug chief
In July, Russia's top drug enforcer spoke at an international anti-trafficking conference in Gambia and said that the $500 billion annual income from illegal drug trade was the financial and organizational basis for new terrorist organizations, such as Boko Haram, Islamic State and others. "Illegal drugs are a kind of gold and foreign currency reserves for quasi-state groups," he said.
In March, Ivanov said in a press interview that IS made up to $1 billion annually from Afghan heroin trafficked through its territory. He predicted another record-high poppy harvest in the terrorist-controlled lands, and urged countries to raise the issue of fighting the IS drugs trade at the highest international level, including at the UN, saying it represents a global security threat.


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Teva Canada completes sale of Mirabel facility to Halo Pharmaceutical
Teva Canada, a healthcare solutions provider, has completed the sale of its Mirabel manufacturing facility in Montreal to Halo Pharmaceutical, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Parsippany, N.J.
Until the end of 2012, Halo will continue to manufacture all products currently produced at the Mirabel site, during which time certain of these products will be transferred to Teva's Stouffville facility. In the long term, production of selected Teva Canada products will remain at the site. All existing Teva Canada employees will remain throughout the balance of 2012. In addition, the five year manufacturing agreements also assure the employment of at least 152 employees. Securing supplemental production capacity through the Mirabel site enables Teva Canada to continue to strengthen its drug supply to the Canadian market, ensuring maximum production capacity at other Teva manufacturing sites.
"Successfully concluding this sale and securing the right partner in Halo is a positive outcome for the dedicated employees at Mirabel," said Barry Fishman, president and CEO, of Teva Canada. "The new contract manufacturing relationship will assist us in maintaining a consistent supply of pharmaceuticals to patients that rely on our products."
Halo has acquired Teva Canada's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and related equipment. While the Mirabel plant will continue to support many products for the Canadian market, this addition to Halo's manufacturing network will also allow production to be exported outside of Canada.
"This platform in Mirabel gives us immediate export potential into the European Union, and provides new dosage forms and specialized R&D services for our clients", said Mohd Asif, CFO, Halo Pharmaceutical.
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The rape of the Sabine women was a theme popular from the Renaissance onwards as a story which championed the centrality of marriage for the continuity of families and cultures. The legend, narrated by both Livy and Plutarch, became an important foundation myth in the Roman psyche. The rape is said to have occurred shortly after Romulus founded Rome when his men found themselves without wives. The Romans attempted, ultimately unsuccessfully, to negotiate with the neighbouring Sabines but when they refused to allow their women to marry Romans, a plan was hatched to abduct the unsuspecting Sabine women. Inviting whole Sabine families to a festival venerating Neptune, Romulus ordered his men, at a signal, to seize the women and fend off their men folk1.
The scene captured here by Antonio Gabbiani shows a mass of writhing bodies and Roman soldiers lifting them up. It is perhaps worth noting that the reference to rape in this context comes from the Latin rapio which means 'to seize'. Livy is very clear on the matter stating that Romulus offered the Sabine women free choice and promised them civic and property rights: 'They would live in honourable wedlock, and share all their property and civil rights, and - dearest of all to human nature - would be the mothers of free men.'2
The old attribution inscribed on this drawing is a testament to the pervasive influence that Pietro da Cortona's works exerted on Gabbiani, after he first saw them in Rome. Although his debt to Cortona's celebrated painting of the same subject, now in the Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome3, is obvious here, Gabbiani has imbued the composition with his own rhythm and energy. The arms of the women in Cortona's work owe much to the influence of Bernini, particularly his Apollo and Daphne. Gabbiani takes this on too and the influences of the two are readily apparent.
Carlo Maratti and Pietro da Cortona were both strong influences on Gabbiani, who studied in Florence, Venice, and travelled extensively around Europe. He is chiefly known for his magnificent frescoes for the palazzi of the Italian aristocracy including the Strozzi-Ridolfi (1694), Corsini (1695), and Medici-Riccardi (1690-97) among many others. A large number of preparatory drawings survive for these decorative schemes and can be seen in the Uffizi, Florence.
Gabbiani received a number of commissions from the Medici family including requests to depict religious subjects. His Christ Giving Communion to St. Peter of Alcantara in the Presence of St. Teresa of Avila (1714, Schleissheim, Neues Schloss), which shows the influence of Sebastiano Ricci, was possibly commissioned by Cosimo III for his daughter Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici. Other religious commissions include those for the Assumption of the Virgin and the Virgin and Child with the Symbols of the Passion (1720-22, Florence, Uffizi). These paintings, and many of his later oeuvres, reflect both the work of Sebastiano Ricci and the classicism of Maratti.
1 Livy, The History of Rome 1.9.
2 Livy, The History of Rome 1.9.
3 Anna Lo Bianco, et al., Pietro da Cortona, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Palazzo Venezia, 1997-98, no. 36.
Period: 1600-1750, 17th century, 18th century
Origin: Italy
Medium: Pen, Brown ink, Black chalk
Signature: Bears inscription in pen and brown ink: 'P . Berretini'
Dimensions: 24.1 x 33.7 cm (9¹/₂ x 13¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: Sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 December 1973, lot 29 (as Ciro Ferri);
Herbert List (bears his collector's dry stamp twice, not in Lugt);
Flavia Ormond Fine Arts, London;
from whom acquired in 2000 by Jeffrey E. Horvitz.
Literature: C. Monbeig Goguel, Dessins Toscans XVIe-XVIIe Siècles 1620-1800, vol. II, Paris 2005, p. 260, under cat. no. 340
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 | 9:00 a.m. CDT; 10:00 a.m. EDT; 2:00 p.m. GMT
Currently around US$1.1 billion, the global RPO market is firmly in the "emerging rapid growth" phase of the market maturity curve. However, to ensure that this market realizes its full potential, buyers need to clearly understand the value proposition of RPO and the right way to adopt it. Similarly, service providers need to ensure that revenue growth does not compromise quality or profitability.
Join us for a one-hour webinar that will identify emerging trends, highlight challenges, illustrate the current service provider landscape, and identify some possible differentiation themes for providers.
This webinar will:
- Help buyers make an informed decision when selecting the right service provider that is most aligned with the company's requirements and goals;
- Help service providers create a differentiated value proposition in the hyper-competitive market; and
- Help the industry advance the value proposition beyond cost and scalability to realize the full potential of RPO.
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- Rajesh Ranjan – Research Director, Everest Group
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Creating self-sufficient communities by working with the community
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Mission Mobilizing resources to support the transformation of developing international communities into healthy, self-sufficient communities.
Project Summary The C2C Haïti Restoration and Transformation Pilot Project (HRTPP) launched in April 2011, in Petit Goâve. The Focus: Health (Water & Sanitation), Education, Environmental Stabilization & Economic Development. The Goal: replicate the pilot project, offering the Haitian Diaspora and those with a heart for Haïti an opportunity to be part of something greater than themselves.
The pilot project's four targeted initiatives – water, environmental renewal, education and economic development – were determined collectively by the partner communities, C2C Haïti team and local government officials as the primary gateways with potential for the largest, sustainable impact. The ultimate goal is a model of transformational self-sufficiency replicated throughout Haïti. Our work is supported by the investment of time, talent, and the treasure of our team, funders and partners.
PO Box 470218, Brooklyn, NY 11247
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This course includes:
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Also See : React Fullstack with node/express, PostgreSQL and AWS
In this course you will learn to get start with React 16.8+ including what is JSX, how to use props to pass data to the children components, using the React hook useState and also styled component.
Which companies are using React now and why you need to learn?
- Netflix
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The above list of big companies taking huge leaps to embrace React, which signifies the extent to which the technology has raised its bars.
What you will learn in this course?
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