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Crazy facts about the universe
The Milky Way
. Tonight, when the sun goes down look up. Depending on how dark it is outside you can probably see several thousand stars up there, all of which come from our own galaxy, the Milky Way. If you look a bit closer though, you might be able to spot one of only a few galaxies other than our own that is visible with the naked eye.
Other Galaxies
. If this makes you feel small, it should, because scientists estimate that there are hundreds of billions more galaxies in the universe, none of which you can see without a telescope. Moreover each one of these galaxies has billions of stars which brings the grand total number of stars in the universe to 10 billion trillion which is 10 followed by 21 zeros. Thats more stars than the number of grains of sand on the Earth.
Dark Matter
. All the stars, galaxies, and black holes in the universe only compose about 5% of its mass. As crazy as it sounds, the other 95% is unaccounted for. Scientists decided to label this mystery material dark matter and to this day they are still not sure where or what it is.
The Alcoholic Space Cloud
. For those of you considering opening your own pubs, there is probably no place better than Sagittarius B. Although it is 26,000 light years away this interstellar cloud of gas and dust contains over a billion billion billion liters of vinyl alcohol. Okay, so its not really drinkible but it is a very important organic compound that is critical to the existence of life.
Nuking the Moon
. In the late 1950?s, by way of something labeled Project A119 the United States decided it would be a good idea to launch a nuclear missile at the moon. Why? Evidently they felt it would give them a leg up in the Space Race. Fortunately, however, the plan was never executed.
The Ponzo Illusion
. Have you ever noticed that when the moon is directly on the horizon it appears to be a lot closer and larger? Well, its not. Whats happening is actually something that your brain does all the time. Think about what happens when you see one of your friends on the horizon. Although they appear to be really small your brain doesnt actually interpret them as being that tiny. Something similar is going on with regards to the moon. Known as the Ponzo illusion, your brain inflates the size of the moon to make it appear larger than it really is. Dont believe it? Next time youre looking at an oversized moon block everything else out with your hands and watch it shrink.
The Moon smells like gunpowder
. Upon leaving the moon astronauts on the Apollo missions described moon dust as smelling like gunpowder and feeling extremely soft. Scientists, however, are still not exactly sure why this is because the two have extremely different compositions with moon dust consisting mostly of small shards of silicone dioxide glass.
Biggest Diamond Ever
. In 2004 scientists discovered the largest diamond ever. In fact its a collapsed star. Measuring 4000 km across and having a core composed of 10 billion trillion trillion carats its roughly 50 light years from the Earth.
Venus s day is longer than its year
. Strangely enough Venus completes an entire orbit around the sun before it manages to turn on its axis once. This means that its day is actually longer than its year and in Venusian time, World War II ended only 56 days ago.
Saturn floats
. As big as the planet Saturn is, if you were to put it in a glass of water, it would float. This is because its density is .687 grams per cm cubed while waters is the famous .998 g per cm cubed. Unfortunately though, you would need a glass that is over 120,000 km in diameter to witness this.
Cold Welding
. This is a phenomenon used to describe the fact that whenever two pieces of metal in outerspace touch each other, they are more or less permanently stuck together. While welding usually requires heat, in this case the vacuum of space does the trick, hence the name. You might think then, how do space shuttles accomplish anything out there? Well, typically metals on Earth have a layer of oxidized material covering their surface that prevents this, so on shuttle missions the risk of accidentally welding the shuttle to itself is negligible.
Earth has more than 1 moon
. Okay, not really, theyre more like moon wannabes but scientists have discovered several asteroids that are more or less following the Earth as it moves around the sun.
Space Junk
. Earth does, however, have over 8,000 objects orbiting around it. Most of these would be classified as space junk or debris left over from spacecraft and missions in the past.
Lunar Drift
. Each year scientists have determined that the moon moves about 3.8 cm further from the Earth. As a result, Earths spin has slowed by about .002 seconds every day over the course of the last century.
The Sun s rays on your skin are 30000 years old
. While most of us know that the light hitting Earth took 8 minutes to cross the 93 million miles between our skin and the surface of the Sun, did you know that the energy in those rays started their life over 30,000 years ago deep within the core of the sun? They were formed by an intense fusion reaction and spent most of those thousands of years making their way to the Suns surface.
The Big Dipper is not a constellation
. While its not our intention to burst your bubble, we thought we should inform you that it is actually an asterism. There are only 88 official constellations in the night sky and everything else, including the Big Dipper, falls into this other category. It is, however, composed of the 7 brightest stars in the Great Bear (Ursa Major) constellation.
Constant motion
. You are standing on a planet that is spinning about its axis while rotating around a star that is revolving around the center of galaxy that is itself barreling through space. Sounds like enough to give you motion sickness right? Well, before you take your Dramamine lets visit our next point.
Galileo s Theory of Spacial Relativity
. So how do you know that the bus you are taking to work is in fact moving? What if you are sitting in the only motionless object in the known universe and everything else, including the road beneath your tires, is moving instead? Well, the truth is that there is no way to prove what is moving and what isnt. Its all relative to your frame of reference. To you the person across the aisle is stationary because your frame of reference is the bus. To the person watching from the sidewalk, however, you are both speeding along at 60 km/hour through traffic because their frame of reference is the earth. Lets take this a step further though as we move on to.
The Speed of Light
. Going back to the bus example. If you were to shoot an arrow out the window at a target down the road in front of you how fast would it be moving when it hit hit the bullseye? Well, essentially it would be going the speed of the bus about 60 km per hour plus however fast you shot the arrow. Now what if you shined a beam of light at it? Since the light travels at 186,000 miles per second, we would just add the 60 km per hour right? Wrong. Scientist found that no matter what, light travels the same speed. Which brings us to our next point.
The Universal Speed Limit
. As a result of the aforementioned fact that light cannot exceed 186,000 miles per second, it would follow that nothing can, which is exactly why this has come to be known as the universal speed limit. This however, has some interesting consequences and leads directly into.
Einsteins Theory of Relativity
. Without getting too complex, Einstein essentially came forward with the revolutionary idea that not only is motion relative, but time is too. In fact, they are linked together. The faster you move, the slower others will perceive that time has passed for you. Why? Well imagine this. As you are sitting in the bus you shine a beam of light at the opposite wall. Lets say in 1 second it covers 2 meters before hitting the other side of the bus. Now, lets think of this from the perspective of the person on the street. To them the bus is also moving so the beam of light actually covers 15 meters in that same second. Why is this weird? Think about it. Here we have an object that just traveled 12 meters farther in the same amount of time
Moving Clocks
. Everything we just talked about is very relevant to modern technology. In fact, the clocks in onboard computers and navigation equipment have to take into account the effects of relativity. For example, if you measured the time that had elapsed on a fighter pilots wristwatch, you would find that it lagged behind your watch by several nanoseconds.
Adding a nanosecond to your life by never climbing stairs
. Remember high school physics? Because the force of gravity increases near the surface of the Earth, so does your acceleration which means exactly what youre thinking time slows down. Once again, this is very relevant to modern day society because at different altitudes clocks tick at different speeds. Also, remember that since the earth is rotating, someone standing near the equator is moving faster than someone on the north pole. Once again, their clock is ticking more slowly.
Twins Paradox
. If you have been keeping up so far then this wont be too much of a leap. The famous twins paradox postulates that if you put one twin on a spaceship that was moving near the speed of light through space and left another on Earth, due to the effects of relativity, the twin in the space ship would return to the planet significantly younger than his Earth bound sibling.
Black Holes
. At one point these intergalactic vacuum cleaners were actually super massive stars. When one of those stars dies it generally blows of its gaseous outer layers and the core collapses into an extremely small and dense sphere. Imagine, for example, trying to pick up a tennis ball containing the entire mass of the Sun. The immediate effect of this astronomically high density would be an insanely strong gravitational field. In order to break free from any gravitational field you have to be traveling faster than something known as escape velocity. On Earth spacecraft achieve this by reaching a speed of about 7 miles per second. On some collapsed stars though, they would have to reach a speed faster than 186,000 miles per second which is more than the universal speed limit, meaning nothing not even light could escape.
All 6 Billion People On Earth Can Fit Inside An Orange
. If I can just be allowed to explain, 99.9% of an atom is just empty space. Well heck, everyone knows that!, I hear you cry. As is the case with many facts we tend only to recognise this point in theory, because we cannot really envisage what an atom is like to look at. It is very small. To put this point into perspective, if you removed all the empty space from the atoms that make up all the humans on the planet then you could fit all 6 billion of us inside a single orange. Come to think of it some unkind people have called me a waste of space and now its provable! We can find atoms everywhere, since they are among the fundamental building blocks of the universe. The Sun contains 99.86% of all the mass in the Solar System. The mass of the Sun is approximately 330,000 times greater than that of Earth. It is almost three quarters Hydrogen, whilst most of the remaining mass is Helium.
Most Of The Universe Appears To Be Missing
. So, lets take stock of where we are here. We have ascertained that the universe is pretty astounding when considered at a vast scale. We have established that the universe consists of atoms. We have also worked out that atoms contain space mostly and a very tiny amount of matter. Leaving aside the worrying fact that we are made of atoms, how much matter is there in the universe? According to the Planck mission team, and based on the standard model of cosmology, ordinary matter accounts for a staggeringly minuscule 4.9% of the total. The rest is 26.8% dark matter and 68.3% dark energy. Im going to obstinately ignore the dark energy, because thats clearly the equivalent of nothing its not matter in any case. Can dark matter give a bit of substance to our existences?
Light Does not Always Travel Very Fast
. Nothing travels faster than light. Thats something we hear bandied about quite a lot. Another is, Light is a constant. We can measure everything alongside it. Sometimes we hear that light can have its direction of travel altered, e.g. when it passes close to a star. The truth is that light can end up going quite slowly and it is not quite the constant many believe it is. What people mean to say, or should rather express, is that light travels at a constant speed in a vacuum. Without this essential qualification we soon see that light is anything but a constant. In a vacuum light travels at 186,000 miles per second, (300,000 km per second).
Electrons Colliding At The Edge Of The Universe Affect Us On Earth Instantaneously
. Another simplification of explanations about atoms concerns the
You Can Never Use The Past To Predict The Future
. At first sight this statement might look like nothing more than an observation about the bleeding obvious were it not for the fact that it hides a deep truth about the structure of the universe. None of us can predict the future, but Chaos Theory implies that we never will be able to either. For centuries astronomers tried to compare the solar system to an enormous mechanism revolving around the sun something like a gigantic clock. Unhappily for them all they found out was that their equations never actually mirrored how real planets would travel across space.
Quasar I hardly know her
. Quasars are the things that happen when gases within black holes start moving around super fast and emitting heat and light. Theres this huge group of quasars though that is over 4 billion lightyears wide and completely contradicts scientific theory on
Not necessarily alone
. Do not watch Signs after reading this. So there are somewhere around 300 billion stars in our galaxy, and around 100 billion planets. Of these, about 8.8 billion planets are capable of hosting life forms.
Circle of life
. Somewhere around 275 million stars are born and die every day.
Our closest neighbor is invisible to the naked eye
. That would be the Andromeda Galaxy, and if we COULD see it, it would be somewhere around 6 times the size of the moon (despite being 2.5 million lightyears away).
Raspberry and rum flavored space
. Ethyl formate, one of the leading ingredients in both raspberries and rum, can be found aplenty in the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers have suggested that theres a high likelihood the Universe smells accordingly.
There Are at Least 10 Billion Trillion Stars in the Universe
. Thats a very big number. When you really think about it, 10 billion trillion stars makes the cult of sun worship seem a little obsolete, although our star, the sun, is very important to us. Without it, life on earth wouldnt be possible. Lets put 10 billion trillion stars into perspective, shall we? For those of you who know a bit of math, that would be 10 to the power of 22 stars, or written out, it would be 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. There are probably more stars in existence than grains of sand on all of the worlds beaches. If only 1% of those stars had Earthlike planets, the universe would literally be teeming with life.
One Million Earths Could Fit Inside The Sun
. Even though there are a lot of stars out there, none is more important to us than our own sun. When compared to other stars, its fairly small, classified as a G2 dwarf star. But that doesnt mean were complaining. Approximately one million Earths could fit inside this dwarf star. It might not be the largest star in the universe, but it gets the job done as far as sustaining life on Earth goes.
The Universe Is Getting Bigger
. In the 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble made the revolutionary discovery that the universe is not static, but rather is expanding. But, it was long thought that the gravity of matter in the universe would slow this expansion or even cause it to contract. In 1998, the Hubble Space Telescope studied very distant supernovas and found that, a long time ago, the universe was expanding more slowly than it is today. This puzzling discovery suggested that an inexplicable force, called dark energy, is driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.
The Universe s Growth Spurt Is Accelerating
. Mysterious dark energy is not only thought to be driving the expansion of the universe, it appears to be pulling the cosmos apart at everincreasing speeds. In 1998, two teams of astronomers announced that not only is the universe expanding, but it is accelerating as well. According to the researchers, the farther a galaxy is from Earth, the faster it is moving away. The universes acceleration also confirms Albert Einsteins theory of general relativity, and lately, scientists have revived Einsteins cosmological constant to explain the strange dark energy that seems to be counteracting gravity and causing the universe to expand at an accelerating pace.
The Universe Could Be Flat
. The shape of the universe is influenced by the struggle between the pull of gravity (based on the density of the matter in the universe) and the rate of expansion. If the density of the universe exceeds a certain critical value, then the universe is closed, like the surface of a sphere. This implies that the universe is not infinite but has no end. In this case, the universe will eventually stop expanding and start collapsing in on itself, in an event known as the Big Crunch. If the density of the universe is less than the critical density value, then the shape of the universe is open, like the surface of a saddle. In this case, the universe has no bounds and will continue to expand forever.
The Universe Is Filled With Invisible Stuff
. The universe is overwhelmingly made up of things that cannot be seen. In fact, the stars, planets and galaxies that can be detected make up only 4 percent of the universe, according to astronomers. The other 96 percent is made up of substances that cannot be seen or easily comprehended. These elusive substances, called dark energy and dark matter, have not been detected, but astronomers base their existence on the gravitational influence that both exert on normal matter, the parts of the universe that can be seen.
There May Be More Universes
. The idea that we live in a multiverse, in which our universe is one of many, comes from a theory called eternal inflation, which suggests that shortly after the Big Bang, spacetime expanded at different rates in different places. According to the theory, this gave rise to bubble universes that could function with their own separate laws of physics. The concept is controversial and had been purely hypothetical until recent studies searched for physical markers of the multiverse theory in the cosmic microwave background, which is a relic of the Big Bang that pervades our universe.
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. Spell it backwards and you will understand its prime targets: yes, the Admin and servers. It was basically a worm and has the record of being the fastest ever virus to spread; it took only 22 minutes to break into the list of top ten most deadly viru
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Borra Caves Ananthagiri Hills Andhra Pradesh 1
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Reigniting an Industry with Application Modernization
Project Overview
Client: New Alchemy
Products and Services: Advanced Analytics
Technologies: Google Cloud Platform
Industry: Technology
Organization Size: Small
Headquarters: United States, Washington
New Alchemy gets keen insights by integrating disparate analytics sources
Blockchain technology is taking off. As it does, so does the need for financial advice for companies looking to take advantage of the technology to create a decentralized public ledger. That's what Seattle-based blockchain advisory services company New Alchemy aims to do: help corporations, entrepreneurs, and other visionaries navigate the complicated world of blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and other cutting-edge distributed durable ledgers.
Because blockchain is still an emerging marketplace, there are few established go-to-market playbooks for blockchain-based services—and no best practices, metrics, or benchmarks for success.
Looking to expand New Alchemy's expertise in the world of cryptocurrencies, Ken Everett, director of engineering at New Alchemy, saw an opportunity to make intelligent use of data. As the company helps with launching new cryptocurrencies (ICOs), he sought to leverage extensive data to establish relevant metrics and benchmarks. These would serve to help the team predict expected ICO success or failure, and leverage these learnings to help steer the business. To that end, they wanted to create a data analytics platform that could acquire, ingest, analyze, and display vast amounts of data from multiple social and analytics channels, internal project tracking data, and other data streams.
Competitive advantage through analytics
New Alchemy recognized the competitive advantage of an advanced data analytics platform. It would enable the team to deliver accurate, data-driven insights based on analytics and big data sets well beyond what competitors offer. New Alchemy also wanted the data analytics platform to:
- Be 100% services/cloud based
- Support industry-standard data warehousing practices
- Be data lake-enabled for data science
- Have a best-in-class DevOps environment and code management
"We selected Attunix because its team offered insights about how they would go about the project, and what approach they recommended, right from the initial meetings," explained Ken Everett, director of engineering at New Alchemy. "Attunix brought to the table the best guiding principles, and we knew we'd learn the most from them."
Working with Attunix, they mapped out the needs for the project, which required a high level of expertise in synthesizing data. "What we'd sought to do was leverage data science in a new way," said Everett.
New Alchemy cloud-based data analytics platform
The cloud-based data analytics platform integrates all of the disparate data sources needed to drive accurate, predictive insights including: multiple social media and analytics channels, internal project tracking, and other data streams. The platform has four major components:
- Acquisition and data discovery
- Ingestion – building and populating a data lake
- Analysis – connecting all of the pieces and data sources together
- Presentation – building the data sets and dashboards for the end users
The platform uses these Google Cloud Platform services:
- AppEngine – building and connecting the services that integrate the disparate data sources
- Cloud Composer – orchestrating the end-to-end process flow
- Data analytics and storage – building and managing the data lake
- BigQuery – data modeling and presentation
Accelerating data processing to create insights
Attunix data scientists, data engineers, and data architects consulted directly with New Alchemy product and delivery teams to gather data on how they worked, as well as their data sources and data usage. This enabled them to get a complete picture of New Alchemy's mathematical models and operational data flow to factor into the platform design. Attunix also worked closely with New Alchemy's in-house development team to transfer the necessary platform knowledge and migrate the team to DevOps, so that New Alchemy's team could ultimately innovate and operate on their own.
Running DevOps on Google Cloud Platform with application development tools like App Engine, Kubernetes, and serverless allows New Alchemy to iterate quickly and add innovative features, reports, and data visualizations faster than ever before.
Identifying the path to success for every client
The completed platform is capable of ingesting and analyzing data from two social media channels, Google Analytics, along with other sources, and provides a baseline to measure the progress of ICO activities. This can help New Alchemy drive desirable results for ongoing projects, projects in development, and future projects globally. New Alchemy can now gauge if a project is following the pattern of successful previous projects, if a project needs help in specific areas, or if a client with a future project is a good candidate to go to market and successfully acquire customers.
Through this cloud-based data analytics platform, New Alchemy is capable of providing a real-time pulse of existing projects, predictive analytics, and a new business development channel. A solution like that can enable an organization to intelligently acquire new customers and guide them to successful outcomes.
"The project was a big success, giving us a better understanding how to approach this type of data science," said Everett. "Everyone at Attunix was high caliber. We would definitely leverage the Attunix team again for future projects."
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A homemakers life is always busy. Children require (and rightfully so) a lot of time, energy, attention, and prayer. It's amazing that a single chore ever gets done in a house with small children. I know my husband would LOVE a perfectly clean and organized house at all times, I would love that too, but we also realize that kids are messy and things don't have to be perfect. My awesome husband not only works 30-40 hours a week to support our family, but he's also going to school in the evenings, taking four very loaded classes. I know when he's home he physically and mentally exhausted, often overwhelmed, and he just wants to relax.
If I were to be thinking about myself, I'd say that I have an exhausting job too! I'm dealing with tantrums and meltdowns and bickering, while trying to teach the kids and involve them in fun and uplifting activities. On top of that I try to keep the household running with cleaning and organizing and laundry and desperate attempts at clutter control. I'm exhausted, and often overwhelmed by the many tasks involved in household management (hence the blog), but I also know that my kids LOVE their dad. They are his little fan club and they get excited and giddy when he walks through the door and sometimes they'll just run in circles out of pure excitement (if they're not tackling him to the ground with hugs of course). I know he loves being around them and playing with them too, I get to do that throughout the day! So rather than "assigning" chores to my husband to be "fair." I determined that it's much more "fair" for everyone to let him relax and spend time with the kids when he actually is home, rather than getting onto his case about helping me with the housework. He still helps out when he can, but it saves everyone a LOT of stress when he can come home and just enjoy being home. I love my husband! He may not be perfect but I wouldn't trade him for anything.


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Extending your brand into sound
We often think of branding in a visual sense – your logo, interior spaces and so on – but what about the other senses such as sound and smell? You are in the business of running a complete experience so it makes sense to explore them all.
We recently caught up with music creative director and composer at audio design company Song Zu, Ramesh Sathiah in their Sydney studios. Remesh explains the power of emotion that sound evokes: "The sound experience of a venue is without doubt one of the most powerful tools for controlling what someone will feel about the space. Music and sound can connect directly and unconsciously to people's emotional states. One obvious 'control' music has over people is the ability to make something feel 'relaxing' or 'exciting', but it also goes way beyond that. There are a million shades of emotion that music can portray and these can be mixed like the colours on a painter's palette."
And of course you can achieve this yourself if you are musically inclined. If you're not, there are experts there to help if you need them.
Ramesh adds: "A consultant could be useful in understanding and suggesting where to go with this, but if not, you need to start with broad strokes. What age group are you appealing to? Is it young hipsters, the more mature, or a cross section? Do you want to make the space feel premium, or relaxing and friendly? From there I would consider what genres of music are the right fit. Once you find the genre, there are many great playlists on Spotify or Apple Music and these get updated on a regular basis. Personally I am very impressed with the curation on Apple Music."
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The final one hundred years of medical historical past have seen a few of the most radical breakthroughs in medical equipment technology. Evidence-based pointers permit medical doctors to determine the probably causes of a symptom and the best way to treat it. In Taiwan, the nationwide well being care system is now designed so that doctors have immediate access to these statistics from their pc.
In the United Kingdom, the Wellcome Trust gives a portion of funding for clinical and primary biomedical analysis that approaches that of the federal government, and within the United States, the Howard Hughes group additionally plays a major, although proportionally less necessary, function in supporting medical analysis.
At the University Medical Center Utrecht in The Netherlands, a room is being built that may home a clinical linear accelerator and a 1.5 Tesla MRI machine The never-earlier than-seen combination will permit interventional radiologists to visualize and goal tumors in the identical session.
Radio frequency (RF) wireless medical system — a medical machine that includes not less than one function that is carried out using RF wi-fi communications; examples of capabilities that may be applied wirelessly include information switch, system management, programming, energy transmission, distant sensing and monitoring, and identification.
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Fun Tip Friday! Vitamin C for FAT LOSS. Arrrrrrrrrrr!
Take Vitamin C after a workout for FAT LOSS.
Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in some foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplement. Humans, unlike most animals, are unable to synthesize vitamin C endogenously (inside the body), so we must get it from other sources (our food).
Ongoing research is examining whether vitamin C, by limiting the damaging effects of free radicals through its antioxidant activity, might help prevent or delay the development of certain cancers, cardiovascular disease, and other diseases in which oxidative stress plays a causal role.
Insufficient vitamin C intake causes scurvy, which is characterized by fatigue or lassitude, widespread connective tissue weakness, and capillary fragility [1,2,4,6-9].
But the big reason I suggest taking a Vitamin C supplement is a little hormone called: Cortisol.
Cortisol is produced by your adrenal glands; it plays a role in the fight-or-flight response which is the physiological loop that gears your body up to fight against danger or run for your life. But it does not have to be life or death danger. Every day stress can produce it as well.
Unfortunately, most of us have higher levels of Cortisol simply due to this every day stress. When cortisol is too high for too long, it can increase the amount of fat you hold in your belly called visceral fat.
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According to Psychology Today, a human study showed similar findings. German researchers investigated the effects of vitamin C supplementation on participants undergoing a public speaking task, which is considered a stressor. Subjects were given 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C or a placebo before performing the task. Scientists found that those in the vitamin C group had lower levels of cortisol and blood pressure compared with those not receiving vitamin C supplementation. In addition, participants in the vitamin C group felt less stress than did the non-vitamin group.
It is simple, tastes good, and will help you continue to strip away at your belly fat when exercising. It's just another fat burning bullet in your nutritional arsenal. Try popping a good 1000mg or so after a good lift or cardio.
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- Jacob RA, Sotoudeh G. Vitamin C function and status in chronic disease. Nutr Clin Care 2002;5:66-74. [PubMed abstract]
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- Padayatty SJ, Sun H, Wang Y, Riordan HD, Hewitt SM, Katz A, Wesley RA, Levine M. Vitamin C pharmacokinetics: implications for oral and intravenous use. Ann Intern Med 2004;140:533-7. [PubMed abstract]


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The opposition alliance, which includes the parties of former presidents Mohamed Nasheed and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, said they had enlisted British lawyer Ben Emmerson to advise them on securing UN mediation in the crisis.
Emmerson, a UN special rapporteur until last year, is also a member of Nasheed's pro-bono international legal team, which includes high-profile rights lawyer Amal Clooney.
His appointment follows reports that President Abdulla Yameen, who declared a state of emergency in a crackdown on dissent earlier this month, had declined an offer from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for multi-party talks.
Emmerson will "advise the joint opposition in discussions with UN officials" on possible talks with Yameen's administration, the Colombo-based opposition alliance said in a statement.
Yameen has stepped up a crackdown on opposition activists, including his estranged half brother and ex-president Gayoom, since imposing a draconian state of emergency on February 5.
He has also arrested the chief justice after the Supreme Court ordered the release of political prisoners, and has stripped parliament of its power using emergency laws to head off impeachment.
In another development, Yameen's niece Dunya Maumoon, resigned as state minister for Health, a position she held for just over a year. Earlier she had been Yameen's foreign minister.
She has been under pressure to resign since Yameen had her father Gayoom arrested earlier this month on a charge of trying to topple the government.
"Today at this time of pain and crisis for both my family and my country, it is my sincere hope to see my father home at the earliest", she said in a statement after her resignation.
Yameen's education minister Aishath Shiham on Tuesday told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that the Supreme Court's "judicial overreach" had threatened democracy in the Maldives.
"In order to uphold the integrity of the constitution, drastic action was necessary. The president declared a state of emergency. This decision was not taken lightly," she said.
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The Council of the European Union on Monday urged Yameen to end the state of emergency, release all political prisoners and restore rule of law. It warned of sanctions if Yameen failed to comply.
"The current situation is not in accordance with the principles of democratic rule and separation of powers," the Council said.
"If the situation does not improve, the Council may therefore consider targeted measures."
It said the European Union was ready to support any UN facilitation of talks between Maldivian parties to end the standoff, which it said threatened the safety of residents and tourists visiting the popular holiday islands.
Last week Yameen's regime warned India against interfering in the crisis after New Delhi, once seen as Male's closest ally, expressed dismay over the president extending the state of emergency.
Yameen has jailed almost all his political opponents since coming to power in late 2013 and the resulting fallout has dented the nation's image as a popular tourist destination.
Amnesty International on Tuesday called on authorities to "unconditionally release" all those detained under the emergency provisions.
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When I first laced up my little sneakers and set foot on the road to self healing, I was a pretty restless, irritable and discontent guy. My counselor at the time assured me that the majority of my angst would be handled by the simple principle that life takes care of itself, that I was being nothing more than an impatient young man and needed to chillax. But I was roiling and insistent about my shortcomings, wondering if success would ever really come way. "Success, hmmm?", he'd say from behind his bifocals, pausing from scratching at his little yellow pad. "Maybe you'll be like the successful Pulitzer Prize Winner who comes to my couch every week and cries because his life is so empty."
Since that time, it's been an interesting odyssey of coming to realize that you can have the entire world approving of you, everyone falling all over themselves loving you in fact, but if you're someone who has yet to establish an inner connection of self-love, external accolades end up wanting at best. "External verification for internal uncertainty," my buddy The Wizard is fond of saying. From that angle, for people whose internal tanks are on 'E', the misplaced admiration of others only hardens the bricks in the wall, perhaps leading to even greater isolation, like the aforementioned writer's.
I'm learning that if I let externals utterly define me, I'm off. When I practiced Aikido, we would read from a book called Shokushu that always marked the opening of class. One of my favorite passages read this way: " We study thoroughly the principles of the universe and practice them. We are one with the universe. There is no need to despond, no need to fear. The way we follow is the way of the universe which no difficulty nor hardship can hinder.Let us have the courage to say, "If I have a clear conscience and a calm spirit, I dare to face an enemy of ten million men." I think an army of ten million men against one would lead to a very quick and sure ass-kicking, but the point is that if we have that belief in ourself, the odds are surely in our favor, even if it may at first appear otherwise. The enemies I am working to conquer today being my own conditioned thoughts and patterns, limiting beliefs and shortcomings.
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March 2018 Newsletter – 2.0
Liberals Propose new firearms legislation
On March 20, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tabled Bill C-71, an Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms. It includes provisions on background checks and mandatory record-keeping practices for vendors. As Conservatives, we always believe the safety of Canadians should be the number one priority of any government.
However, this legislation has no new measures to combat gang violence in cities or escalating crime rates in rural communities. Bill C-71 fails to tackle the concerns around organized crime and other criminals who use illegal guns to commit violent crimes. The Ceska Zbrojovka CZ-858 rifle and certain Swiss Arms firearms will be classified as prohibited, but it appears that current owners of those firearms will be grandfathered. There is nothing in the bill regarding the costs associated with the legislation's proposals.
Because of new procedures, there is significant concern that this will become a new gun registry. The Liberals have allowed the registry to continue in Quebec – why would they not do the same across Canada? We adamantly oppose any attempt by the Liberals to create a new long-gun registry.
Liberals turn down Canada Summer Jobs Motion
This past Monday, our Conservative Party made a motion to oppose the values test Justin Trudeau imposed on Canadians applying for the Canada Summer Jobs Program. His policy isn't about the activities or services an organization is engaged in; it is about targeting the personal beliefs of the individuals who run those organizations.
Under Prime Minister Trudeau's value test, if you don't agree with the ideological positions of the Liberal Party, your organization will no longer be eligible to receive funding for a summer student, as many of our annual applicants will soon find out.
Canadians always have the right to hold a different opinion than the government of the day. Canadians do believe and respect the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but they are very concerned that Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Government are basing funding decisions on whether or not you agree with their Liberal ideology.
Our Conservative party and a number of my constituents in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex are also concerned that the Prime Minister will apply his values test to Canadians receiving other services which could be, for example, organizations receiving charitable status from the Canada Revenue Agency.
LKM Olympic Medals from PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics
Canada had a record-breaking performance at the 12th Paralympic Winter Games with 28 medals won by Team Canada, six of which by Ontario para-athletes. This year 21 Ontario athletes were part of the largest Canadian Team ever sent, competing in all five sports in PyeongChang, South Korea. Congratulations to Tyler McGregor of Forest, ON and Canada's Para ice hockey team who brought home a Silver Medal. I also want to congratulate Mark Ideson of London, skip for Team Canada who took home Bronze in wheelchair curling. Mark trains in Ilderton, ON.
Did you Know?
– Ice Dance pair, Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, are the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history. This week, they had a lot of fun being themselves on the television talk show Ellen.
– Canada is ranked ninth in the all-time Paralympic Winter Games medal table with 119 total medals, made up of 36 gold, 41 silver and 42 bronze. Thanks and congratulations to all the participants and their families!


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As a restaurateur George Christakos is dedicated to the Slow Food philosophy which is, in reality, was how he grew up. He calls is "cooking like our grandparents." And then quickly adds, "I feel it is our responsibility to leave the food culture of our region in a better state than when we found it. That's why everyday we try to push the boundaries, to make comfortable change for our people. We are always asking ourselves what is relevant, and what is coming next. These questions drives the majority of our food, marketing, and service decisions these days."
And while you're in Halifax, don't forget to slip over to Dartmouth, just across the bridge, to check in at Brooklyn's sister establishment, Battery Park Beer Bar & Eatery.
Contact Brooklyn Warehouse at the number below to reserve a Food Day Canada table.
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This smaller package still boasts the same great cycling features and functionality of the Strada Wireless; along with a larger screen and the ability to customise your display by showing only the functions you have selected.
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A new era of compact cyclo-computers: Newly designed circuitry and increased efficiency allows for a smaller battery, so the Strada Slimline cyclo-computer and sensor can be thinner and lighter.
The head unit has a 23% bigger screen, yet is 35% thinner and lighter. The Strada Slimline is not only the sleekest, most aerodynamic cyclo-computer in over 30 years of Cateye innovation, it is also the most efficient; using smaller batteries it consumes up to 75% less energy. The tiny speed sensor is 47% thinner and fits seamlessly inside the fork stay. For those that appreciate great lines and sleek looks on their bike, the Strada Slimline ticks all the boxes.
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Cateye is the leading manufacturer of cycle computers, bike lights and reflectors. In 1964, Cateye became the first company to create a flashing lamp for bicycles. Cateye invented the first battery headlamp in 1982, and the very first bicycle headlamp using white LEDs in 2001. Cat Eye is a true leader in lens and reflector technology; Cateye's Opticube lens and reflectors allow them to make one of the brightest and most efficient LED headlights in the world.
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The Jewish Museum Berlin is one of the largest Jewish Museums in Europe. In two buildings, one of which is a new addition specifically built for the museum by architect Daniel Libeskind, two millennia of German Jewish history are on display in the permanent exhibition as well as in various changing exhibitions. The museum opened to the public in 2001.
The original Jewish Museum in Berlin was founded on Oranienburger Straße in 1933, but was closed soon thereafter, in 1938, by the Nazi regime. In 1975 an "Association for a Jewish Museum" formed and, three years lated, mounted an exhibition on Jewish history (1978). Soon thereafter, the Berlin Museum, which chronicled the city's history, established a Jewish Department, but already, discussions about constructing a new museum dedicated to Jewish history in Berlin were being held.
In 1988, the Berlin government announced an anonymous competition for the new museum's design. A year later, Daniel Libeskind's design was chosen by the committee. Construction on the new extension to the Berlin Museum began in November 1992. The empty museum was completed in 1999 and attracted over 350,000 people before it was filled and opened on September 9, 2001.
"Two Millennia of German Jewish History" presents Germany through the eyes of the Jewish minority. The exhibition begins with displays on medieval settlements along the Rhine, in particular in Speyer, Worms and Mayence. The Baroque period is regarded through the lens of Glickl bas Judah Leib (1646–1724, also known as Glückl von Hameln), who left a diary detailing her life as a Jewish business woman in Hamburg. The intellectual and personal legacies of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) are next; both figures are flanked by depictions of Jews in court and country.
The Age of Emancipation in the 19th century is represented as a time of optimism, achievement and prosperity, though setbacks and disappointments are displayed as well. German-Jewish soldiers fighting for their country in World War I stand at the beginning of the twentieth century. In the section on National Socialism, emphasis is placed on the ways in which Jews reacted to the increasing discrimination against them, such as founding Jewish schools and social services.
After the Shoah, 250 000 survivors waited in "Displaced Persons" camps for the possibility to emigrate. At the same time, small Jewish communities in West and East were forming. The exhibition concludes with the migration to Germany of 200 000 Jews from the former Soviet Union, opening a new, yet-unwritten chapter of Jewish life in Germany.
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Nashville Predators (32-12-9) at Montreal Canadiens (22-26-6)
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The Nashville Predators look to get back in the win column as they continue their Eastern Canadian road trip as they take on the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
The Predators look to snap out of their losing funk after back to back losses to the Maple Leafs and Senators as they head into Montreal to face off against a Canadiens side that has had a disappointing season but will look to stick it to former Habs defenseman PK Subban who will surely get another warm welcome from the Montreal faithful. Nashville remains one of the better teams in the Western Conference and with the strength they have on the blue line and the potential for a break out in the offensive zone on any given night they are certainly one of the most versatile teams in the NHL. Pekka Rinne is expected to get the start here as he will face off against Carey Price who is going to be integral in Montreal's late season push towards the playoffs.
The Canadiens meanwhile jave been one of the biggest disappointments in the NHL this season as they are currently eight points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 28 games left on their schedule. Montreal is expected to become sellers at the trade deadline as some longstanding pieces could be on the way out as the likes of Max Pacioretty, Alex Galchenyuk, and Tomas Plekanec could be wearing new uniforms by the end of the first week of March in hopes of helping another team compete for a Stanley Cup.
The Predators are 9-4 in their last 13 overall and 4-10 in their last 14 against the Atlantic while the Canadiens have lost 13 of their last 19 and are 3-8 in their last 11 at home against a team with a winning road record. The Preds are the better team and while they are a pretty heavy road favourite here I do think they are the play as they snap their Canadian losing streak.


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Valentine s Day is coming soon! Fill your Valentine treat buckets with goodies for teachers, neighbors, friends or family get the little ones involved in valentine s day festivities with our fun valentine s day crafts for kids! valentine's day is, if anything, a good excuse to make cute crafts while eating as many heart-shaped cookies as possible. Valentine s Day Wearables 1. It's so fun and easy to get into the spirit of Valentine's Day conversation heart cookies 2. With tons of cute heart-themed earrings, necklaces, and bracelets, as heart. Valentine s Day Crafts 3d string of hearts mobile: make a string of 3-d hearts mobile. This heart flower makes a quick and easy Valentine s Day craft activity for kids this is a great decoration for valentine s day. You will need: Heart Fridge Magnet valentines day will be here in just a few weeks. The crafting experts at HGTV and, with valentines day comes valentines cards from family and friends. com share easy Valentine s Day crafts to make for your special someone what better way to store these loving and. Celebrate this holiday of love with your kids by creating these 9 heart-tastic crafts valentine crafts. You can make hearts out of paper, pipe cleaners, and rocks! Here are some great ideas for fun and easy Valentine crafts for kids celebrate valentine's day with projects, ideas, treats and activities for all the family, including easy crafts for both adults and kids. Grade-schoolers love making and sharing Valentines creations with friends and family make heart-shaped crafts this valentine s day with ideas from martha stewart. Express your affection by creating these simple handmade gifts and Valentine s Day Decorations welcome back to another create and share party with alilily, cheap crafty mama and happy go lucky! valentines day is about 2 weeks away and we have been looking for. Whether you make our heart decorations or pretty Valentine craft ideas 40 diy valentine s day crafts for everyone on your list. Simple Heart Craft For Toddlers – … – This is one of my favorite classic Valentine's Day Crafts for little kids and toddlers show your love with a clever craft straight from the heart this valentine s day. It's simple for toddlers have you ever made heart shaped crayons? they are so easy to make and cost nothing if you have a bunch of broken crayons hanging around. Making Valentine s Day Crafts can be so much fun you can read my full ideas for easy valentine crafts for preschoolers and toddlers. Sewing them is one of my favorite ways to celebrate Valentine s Day make heart crafts, valentines, mailbox crafts, and more to celebrate and teach your preschooler. Unique gifts are also inexpensive when you make valentine's day is so fun because you get to make crafts with kids! not only are you being creative, but kids can learn about shapes such as the heart! express your love with handmade valentine s crafts and decorations. Spread the love this Valentine s Day with homemade cards, sweet decorations, and more kid-friendly DIY crafts valentine s day crafts for kids. Our Valentine Crafts are sure to make anyone s heart patter! These are great ideas to celebrate the day, give or keep! Here's one of the easiest valentine crafts for kids we've done in a while- a paper heart mobile! This paper heart craft is super simple to make and looks so our valentine s day crafts are a fun and creative way for your child to spend a cold february afternoon and most are made with craft. Valentine s Day Crafts " (626 total) Get started on adorable Valentine crafts and stock up on Valentine hobby supplies at Oriental Trading Get the little ones involved in Valentine s Day festivities with our fun Valentine s Day crafts for kids! Valentine's Day is, if anything, a good excuse to make cute crafts while eating as many heart-shaped cookies as possible


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John wants to run away from home and live great adventures, only he is forty-two. He decides to do it and soon meets a pirate and a story telling mouse named Edgar.
Edgar sends John on a quest to find the caretaker of imagination to learn why the stories are disappearing.
This easy read is an odd story, not quite children's literature and not quite adult. It is a little like Roald Dahl, but with no children. I would really like to have seen a little more done with the plot to go with the intriguing tone of the book. While I enjoyed reading it, the ending left me asking "Is that it?"
I'm not sure who to recommend the book to, but if you like small oddities, this is your kind of book.


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Pera Museum (Turkish: Pera Müzesi) is an art museum in the Tepebaşı quarter of the Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey, located at Meşrutiyet Avenue No. 65 (adjacent to İstiklal Avenue and in close proximity to Taksim Square.) It has a particular focus on Orientalism in 19th-century art.
The Pera Museum opened its doors in early June 2005, as the first step of a comprehensive cultural endeavor of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation in this distinguished venue of the city of Istanbul in order to provide wide-ranging cultural services and activities. This cultural endeavor, Pera Museum, is situated in a historical building structure which was originally constructed in 1893 by the architect Achille Manoussos in Tepebaşı (İstanbul's most prestigious district in those days) and which was, until rather recently, known as the "Bristol Hotel", was completely renovated to serve as a museum and cultural center for the project. Transformed into a fully-equipped modern museum, this venerable building is now serving the people of İstanbul once again.
Pera Museum encompasses: the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation's three particular collections on the 1st and 2nd museum floors (2nd floor is the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery), for temporary exhibitions (3rd, 4th, 5th floors), auditorium / Pera Education (under ground floor) and located at the ground floor are the Reception, Art Shop and Pera Café.
The Museum's first floor displays largely examples from the Foundation's collection of Anatolian Weights and Measures made from many different materials using many different techniques, these objects show the development of the devices used to weigh and measure in Anatolia since the earliest times to twentieth century. In another wing on the same floor is the Foundation's collection of Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics, whose strikingly beautiful pieces seek to shed new light on an area of creativity in Turkish cultural history that is not very well known.
In addition to its function as a private museum which entails exhibiting the Foundation Collections, Pera Museum as a modern cultural center located in a vibrant part of the city, also aims to provide the people of İstanbul with a broad range of cultural services that include a variety of temporary exhibitions as well as film, educational, conference and lecture programs.
Collection of Anatolian Weights and Measures
The Anatolian weights and measures collection that Suna and İnan Kıraç began to create in the 1980s has grown rapidly over the years with the purchase of pieces accumulated by some collectors as well as regular purchases from other sources both in Turkey and abroad, and is now one of the most remarkable collections of its type in Turkey.
Today this collection consists of more than eight thousand objects dating from prehistory to the present day used in Anatolia. These comprise the main types of scales and measuring instruments used for measuring weights, length and volume in every field from land measurement to commerce, architecture to jewellery making, and shipping to pharmacy.
The collection, a very valuable source of historical and scientific knowledge, illustrates the relations between measuring systems of different periods and regions, presenting the various changes and continuities. The exhibited broad selection includes examples from all periods in chronological order, embracing an exciting and particular aspect of Anatolia's history.
Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Collection
The beginnings of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation's Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Collection date back to the 1980s, when it was formed with Suna Kıraç's desire, and over the years has grown to become one of the most outstanding collection its kind. Today the collection consists of over a thousand remarkable pieces representing various periods – mainly the 18th to 20th centuries – and types. It illustrates in detail the development of Kütahya tiles and ceramics, a creative area of Ottoman culture that until recently had not attracted the attention and interest it originally deserved. The limited number of pieces on display have been chosen to give a general idea of the collection and the craftsmanship of Kütahya ceramics. Other future exhibited selections will give broader representations of the collection, shedding new light on diverse aspects of Kütahya tiles and ceramics, an important part of our traditional cultural heritage.
Orientalist Painting Collection
The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation's Orientalist Painting Collection is one of the most elaborate collections in Turkey. This grand collection brings together important works by European artists inspired by the Ottoman world, Turkey's regional geography as well as works of Ottoman artists and how they influenced one another from the 17th century to the early 19th.
The Collection presents a vast visual panorama of the last two centuries of the Ottoman Empire, also includes works by Osman Hamdi and his most famous painting "The Tortoise Trainer". As the Collection is focused particularly on the Ottoman Orientalist art, it sustains an exceptional stance. Pera Museum organizes long-term thematic exhibi


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Today, Pakistan is the largest recipient of the UK's aid with most of the money spent on reforms in education sector. However, this amount of $150 million is just 2 percent of the Pakistan's education budget of $7.5 billion. This clearly shows, notwithstanding little foreign funding, the state must exercise its wherewithal to mitigate educational crisis in Pakistan.
Many developing countries are facing educational crises around quality of teaching and enrolment levels in schools. Conventionally, foreign capital is justified owing to unavailability of education infrastructure such as classrooms, separate toilets for girls and boys, and electricity has been blamed for poor educational outcomes worldwide. While this is necessary, we emphasize that poor educational governance is a key factor responsible for holding Pakistan back from achieving its desired educational outcomes in South Asia and meeting the 4th Sustainable Development Goal.
In Pakistan, for example, educational planners tend to view the low enrolment and high drop-out rates as a supply-side issue around the availability of schools and the quality of curricula and infrastructure.
Among many reform initiatives, one straight step is to ensure removal of disconnect between the education choices available to the political elite and ordinary citizens. In almost all the cases, the children of elected representatives and of their close family members, particularly those living in (rural) areas where the education crisis is the worst, do not attend the schools in their constituency. On the one hand, the children of the political elite are enrolled in the top private schools in urban areas, linked to Cambridge system in many cases, or in foreign countries; while on the other hand, the public schools in their constituency not only lack basic infrastructure such as proper building, furniture, clean water and toilets; but also teachers. But who cares, they are not affected.
In rare circumstances where the children of the political elite are enrolled in public schools, situation improves. Whenever it happened, things changed for good. Mr. Syed Ghulam, District Nazim (equivalent to city Mayor in UK) from district Mansehra in the KPK province, shared his experience of own son who was not able to write his own name even after 5 grade in a public school.
He spoke at a national conference organized by Alif Ailaan and Rural Support Programs Network on September 19 this year in Islamabad. Hence, it motivated him to work on the quality education of children who are the future. When he became involved, he faced resistance from school administration and teachers but ultimately things improved for good.
In some of the countries such as New Zealand, the residents are bound by law to enroll their children in the school located in their area. If parents are not satisfied with the quality of education in their local school, they must get involved to improve it or move house to another location. This kind of restriction must be imposed on the political elite. If so happens, many of the educational governance issues such as teacher absenteeism, political interference in the appointment of ghost teachers and misappropriation in the funds for improvement of school infrastructure would be less often.
With national literacy rate of 58% and 7.8 expected years of schooling, less than its South Asian neighbors (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal), the country faces huge difference in each province. Punjab has a literacy rate of 61%, followed by Sindh (56%), Khyber Pakhtunkhaw (KPK) (53%) and Balochistan (43%). Gender disparity at national level is apparent with the male literacy at 70% compared to 47% for their female counterparts.
The unjust distribution of resources on academic grounds is awfully inimical to the spirit of equal human rights, thus generating a vicious circle of inequality leading the poor to become poorer and more helpless. In addition, it maintains a monarchy-like dictatorial democratic structure where the poor can never break the shells of illiteracy, poverty and suppression solely due to being deprived of their right to education.
With such a state of crisis, radical initiatives must be taken to hold those accountable who are keen to hold public office. As it is said "Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches", so it is irrevocably important to feel the pain of "have nots" and give them equal education rights in order to ensure inclusive economic growth and prosperity.
(Mehvish Riaz is a Assistant Professor, UET, Lahore, Pakistan. Fulbright Scholar, New York University)
(Abdur Rehman Cheema is a social scientist and development practitioner based in Islamabad)


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The annual announcement of the new members invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — the latest batch of industry pros we get to blame for next year's Oscar results — is a moment that always prompts as much satisfied head-nodding as bewildered head-scratching. The latter action isn't always in response […]
New AMPAS invitees include Sorkin, Hooper… and Beyoncé
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:17 pm · June 17th, 2011
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'Social Network' tops London Critics' awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:08 pm · February 10th, 2011
By having separate categories for British films and individuals — though Brits compete in the general awards too — the London Film Critics' Circle Awards generally get to have their cake and eat it. So it was this year: "The King's Speech" received obligatory recognition in the categories for Best British Film and Best British […]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 49 — Final pre-nod discussion
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:00 am · January 21st, 2011
Welcome to Oscar Talk. In case you're new to the site and/or the podcast, Oscar Talk is a weekly kudocast, your one-stop awards chat shop between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. The podcast is weekly, every Friday throughout the season, charting the ups and downs of contenders along the way. Plenty […]
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POLL: Who gets the fifth supporting actress slot?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:22 am · January 18th, 2011
One of the interesting things about this morning's BAFTA announcement is that it scattered the already fluid Best Supporting Actress category to the winds. Nominations for Barbara Hershey, Miranda Richardson and Lesley Manville put them in the hunt with contenders like Mila Kunis and Jacki Weaver for what appears to be an up-for-grabs fifth slot. […]
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WEEKLY WRAP: Guild onslaught, Postlethwaite passes, more best of 2010
Posted by In Contention Staff · 7:15 pm · January 7th, 2011
• The Producers' Guild of America surprised no one with their list of nominees. • The Writers' Guild, however, threw a few curveballs (aided by assorted ineligibilities), while the USC Scripter Awards surprised some with one of their selections. • In sadder news, we said goodbye to esteemed British character actor Pete Postlethwaite. • After […]
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'Black Swan,' 'King's Speech' lead BAFTA longlists
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:38 am · January 7th, 2011
I've never really been sure why BAFTA bothers to announce this stage in their voting process — the 15 names in each category from which the final nominees will be plucked — unless it's to reveal the extraordinarily narrow range of titles they're willing to consider for awards in any one field. (Ellen Page for […]
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INTERVIEW: 'Another Year' actress Lesley Manville
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:47 pm · January 3rd, 2011
Failing to turn on your voice recorder is any journalist's fear when conducting a great interview. So after spending close to a half-hour with "Another Year" star Lesley Manville some weeks back, and having felt like it was one of the more enlightening and engrossing conversations I've had with an actor all year, you can […]
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Best in show 2010: the year in superlatives
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:07 am · December 17th, 2010
The week, and with it, the bulk of my 2010 coverage, draws to a close today with a look at the best of the best. I'm offering up a personal list of superlatives, including most Oscar categories and some other fun fields thrown in for good measure. A tradition at this point. There will be […]
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'Social Network' leads Chicago critics' nods, wins in Detroit
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:59 am · December 17th, 2010
I'll give you a moment to recover from the shock. [Moment.] There, may I continue? Of the B-list critics' awards, the Chicago Film Critics' Association attracts more eyeballs than most, largely because it's Roger Ebert's stomping ground — though the list of nominees they announced this morning suggests a lot of autopilot voting with a […]
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'Black Swan' leads BFCA field with a record 12 nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:56 am · December 13th, 2010
The most striking thing about this year's slate of BFCA nominations is that, to go by the films listed in the various categories, apparently there were only 30 or so movies released this year. And most categories were dominated by the same five films, which is disappointing, if a bit predictable. When the organization added […]
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OFF THE CARPET: Giving thanks
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:41 am · November 22nd, 2010
As we move into turkey (or tofurkey, if that happens to be your speed) week 2010, it seems proper, if a tad bit obvious, to take a moment and give thanks. So in lieu of a proper analysis of the season's progression this week, allow me to express my boundless, breathless appreciation for the following: […]
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'The Ghost Writer' leads European Film Award noms
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:17 am · November 6th, 2010
Dear European Film Award nominating members, You seem to have suffered some form of collective amnesia in recalling the last 12 months of European cinema. So much so that you had to resort to nominating an Argentinian-Spanish co-production (that, let's face it, everyone thinks of as Argentinian) as one of the continent's finest this year, […]
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Dr. Leigh and the women
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:50 pm · November 1st, 2010
I often hear Mike Leigh described as a great "women's director," though that's really only half the truth. Vivid, probing male characters abound in Leigh films, often as vital counterpoints to female star turns (see Eddie Marsan in "Happy-Go-Lucky" or Timothy Spall in "Secrets and Lies") but sometimes in center stage too: in "Naked," David […]
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'King's Speech' leads BIFA nods, 'Another Year' snubbed
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:48 am · November 1st, 2010
Mike Leigh has long bemoaned the fact that he gets more respect from American awards bodies than those in his homeland. He received further proof of that this morning, as his broadly acclaimed new feature, "Another Year," was snubbed in the top category at the British Independent Film Awards in favor of, among others, Matthew […]
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10/28 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Youngest Best Actresses, seeking Oscar journos, Cameron readies 'Avatar' sequels
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:37 am · October 28th, 2010
• AMPAS and mtvU launch the third annual "Oscars Correspondent Contest" for college journalists. [Oscars.org] • Across the pond, Stuart Heritage counts down the ways "Rabbit Hole" could be an Oscar bet for Nicole Kidman. [The Guardian] • The Durst family predictably threatens to sue over "All Good Things." [Deadline]
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10/22 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Arndt, Unkrich on Fresh Air, no 'Hangover' for Gibson, 'Paranormal' sequel scares L.A.
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:39 am · October 22nd, 2010
• Lesley Manville talks "Another Year" across the pond. [The Guardian] • Terry Gross talks with "Toy Story 3" director Lee Unrich and writer Michael Arndt on Fresh Air. [NPR] • Watch in night vision as a Los Angeles audience reacts to a screening of "Paranormal Activity 2." [HitFix]
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THE LONG SHOT: Categorical denial
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:25 pm · October 20th, 2010
Wild-eyed, table-banging outbursts — sometimes of enthusiasm, more often of outrage — are an essential part of the floor show at any Oscar viewing party, but I've rarely seen one more unhinged than a friend's reaction to Angelina Jolie's (widely expected) Best Supporting Actress victory at the 1999 ceremony. "Who the hell was she supporting?" […]
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 36 — London fest, 'Carlos,' foreign film race, NC-17 for 'Blue Valentine,' 'All Good Things' and more with special guests Guy Lodge and Peter Knegt
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:00 am · October 15th, 2010
Welcome to Oscar Talk. In case you're new to the site and/or the podcast, Oscar Talk is a weekly kudocast, your one-stop awards chat shop between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. The podcast is weekly, every Friday throughout the season, charting the ups and downs of contenders along the way. Plenty […]
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