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Osho Rajineesh: All Books Are Dead/
An excerpt from "Roots and Wings. Talks on Zen." By Osho Rajineesh.
All books are dead, and that is how it should be; they cannot be alive. All scriptures are graveyards, they cannot be anything else. A word, the moment it is uttered, goes wrong. Unuttered, it is okay; uttered, it is falsified by the very utterance.
Truth cannot be said, cannot be written, cannot be indicated in any way. If it can be said, you will attain to truth just by hearing it; if it can be written, you will attain to truth just by reading it; if it can be indicated, you will attain to truth by mere indication. This is not possible, there is no way to transfer truth to you; there exists no bridge. It cannot be given, it cannot be communicated.
But people become addicted to scriptures, books, words, theories, because for the mind it is easy to understand a theory, it is easy to read a book, it is easy to carry a tradition. With anything dead the mind is always the master; with anything alive the mind becomes the slave.
So the mind is always afraid of life; it is the dead part in you. Just as I said that hairs and nails are dead parts of your body, the parts that have died already and that the body is throwing out, so the mind is the dead part of your consciousness. It is the part that has already become dead, and the consciousness wants to get rid of it.
What is the mind? It is the past, the memory, the accumulated experience. But the moment you have experienced the thing, it is dead. Experiencing is in the present, experience is in the past.
Why are you listening to me? Just in the moment, just here and now, it is an experiencing, it is an alive process, but the moment you say, "I have heard," it has become dead, it has become an experience. While listening to me the mind is not there, you are there. The moment the mind comes in it says, "I have understood, I have heard, I know." What do you mean? You mean the mind has taken possession. The word can be possessed by the mind -- anything dead can be possessed by the mind; and only dead things can be possessed. If you try to possess a live thing there are only two ways: either you will not be able to possess it, or you will have to kill it first and then you can possess it. So wherever there is possession, there is murdering, killing.
If you love a person, love in itself is an experiencing, a moment-to-moment flow with no past being carried; the river remains fresh. But the mind says, "Possess this woman, possess this man, because who knows about the future? Possess! She may escape, she may go to somebody else, she may fall in love with someone else. Possess her and block all the ways of escape, close all the doors so she remains always yours." The mind has entered and now this woman will be killed, now this man will be murdered. There will be a husband, there will be a wife, but there will not be two live persons.
And this is the mischief the mind goes on doing everywhere. The moment you say, "I love," it has become an experience, it is already dead. Loving is something else; it is a process. Why when in love can you not say, "I love?" That would be profane. How can you say, "I love?" In love you are not, the possessor is not, so how can you say, "I love?" In love there is no 'I'; love is there of course but you are not.
While an experience is alive, experiencing, there is no ego. The process is there and you can say love is there, but you cannot say, "I love." In that love you have dissolved, you have merged and melted. Anything live, alive, is greater than you; anything dead and the mind can jump, just like a cat jumps on a mouse and catches hold of it.
Truth cannot be delivered, there is no way to deliver it. Once delivered it is dead, it has already become untrue.
Lao Tzu insisted on not saying anything about the truth his whole life. Whenever someone asked about truth he would say many things, but he would not say anything about the truth; he would avoid it. In the end he was forced to say something. Disciples, lovers, said he should write because he had known something which was rarely known, he had become something which was unique -- there would be no Lao Tzu again. So he wrote a small book, Tao Te Ching, but the first thing he said in it was, "Tao cannot be said, Truth cannot be uttered. And the moment you utter it, it is already false." And then he said, "Now I can write at ease. I have declared the basic fact: uttered, truth becomes false; written, it has already gone wrong."
Why is the word false? One thing: it always belongs to the past. Another thing: the word in itself cannot carry the experience to you. I say I am silent. You hear the words; the word in itself cannot carry the experience to you. I say I am silent. You hear the words -- the word silent is heard, but what do you understand? If you have never been silent, if you have never tasted it, if it has never stirred your heart, if it has never overwhelmed you, overpowered you, how can you understand? And if it has overpowered you, if there has been a gap when you disappeared and silence was there, there will be no need for me to talk about silence. The moment you see me, you will know; the moment you come near me, you will feel. The word will not be needed.
The word is needed because you don't know, this is the problem. Because you don't know, the word is needed, so how can the word express? That which you don't know, the word cannot say to you. The word may be heard, you may memorize it, you may understand the meaning written in the dictionary -- what silence means is written in the dictionary, and you know it already -- but that is not the meaning.
When I say I am silent, the silence that I am here is not written in the dictionary, cannot be written in the dictionary, cannot be written there. If you are silent you will understand, but then there is no need to say. If you are not silent whatsoever you understand will be wrong -- but then there is need to say.
I have heard a story. Once a villager entered a big bank; many people were coming and going and much business was going on. Suddenly the villager cried, shouted at the top of his voice, "Did somebody drop a wad of notes with a rubber band around it?" Many people cried, "Yes, I did," and they ran towards him. A crowd gathered and everybody was claiming the money. The villager said, "I have found the rubber band."
Whenever I say truth, whenever I say silence, you will only find the rubber band; the notes will be missing. The word will reach you but not with the weight of the notes. Those notes will be left behind -- they are in my heart; the word will reach but it is just a rubber band. It may have been around the notes, but still it is just a rubber band.
Truth is incommunicable, but then what have masters been doing? They seem to be involved in an absurd activity. Yes, that is right: they are trying to say something which cannot be said, and they are indicating something which cannot be indicated. They are trying to communicate something which has never been communicated and never will be communicated. Then what are they doing? Their whole effort is absurd, but still there is something in their effort -- their compassion.
Knowing well that I cannot say that which I want to say, the easiest course is that I should remain silent, because if I know it cannot be said then why bother? You cannot understand my words, but will you be able to understand my silence? So it is a trial between two evils.
It is better I remain silent; that would be more consistent. It cannot be said therefore I should remain silent. But will you be able to understand my silence? The word you may not be able to understand but you can hear it, and some possibility is open. Hearing it continuously, you may become aware of something which has not been said in the word. Listening to me, by and by, you may become aware of me, not of what I am saying. The word will help, just as a bait -- you may be caught in the net. But if I am silent, you will pass by my side. You will not even become aware that I am there, and even that possibility will be lost.
So when masters speak, they don't speak to tell the truth that cannot be told. They have a choice: either they can remain silent or they can talk. With silence you will miss them completely. With words a possibility opens, not a certainty because everything depends on you, but a possibility opens. Listening continuously to a buddha you will someday become silent, because just being near a buddha is being near a pool of silence, an energy, a tremendous energy which has become silent. This is what Indians call satsang -- to be near the truth. It is not a question of communication. Just to be near the truth can be infectious -- just as you come near a river and the breeze becomes cooler. You may not see the river; it may still be far away, but the breeze carries the message and you feel a coolness coming.
When you come near a buddha the words are carrying just such a coolness -- buddha is somewhere near. You may start groping for him; you may be lost in his words. Then you are lost in the forest and the river is missed. But if you are alert, intelligent, then, by and by, you will feel from where this wind is blowing, from where these words are coming. And these words carry a silence around them. It may be just a rubber band, but that rubber band has been in deep contact with the notes. It carries something, something of the sound from where this breeze is coming. If you can follow intelligently sooner or later you will reach the source.
The words of a buddha may not be able to communicate the truth, but they can communicate the music, the music that exists in one who is enlightened. They carry the melody, something of the source, a tiny part, a very tiny part, but something of the source. It should be so, because when a word comes out of a buddha it carries something of the buddha. It has to be so. The word has been vibrating in his being, it has been in touch with buddha's heartbeat, it has passed through the buddha's silence, it has been in the womb, the womb of the buddha. It carries the scent, the fragrance. It is a very far off cry, but still....
You may be lost in the words -- then you miss the buddha -- but if you are aware that the word cannot carry the truth, then you will always put aside the word and follow the perfume, put aside the word and follow the music, put aside the word and follow the presence. If I suddenly say, "Hey!" you look at me. The word is meaningless, but the look.... Suddenly you become aware of me. That awareness has to be followed, so then, words can become a help. They may not tell the truth but they can become a help, a step towards the truth.
This story is beautiful. A master is on his dying bed, and soon he has to leave this earth and its vehicle, the body, and he would like to have a successor who can carry the flame that he has kindled, one who will be able to continue the work that he has started. He chooses a disciple, calls him near, and says to him, "You are the most capable of those around me and you are going to be my successor. You will have to continue this work. For seven generations a book has been passed from the master to the disciple who is going to be the successor. I received this book from my master and I give it to you. It is a very precious, a unique treasury. Seven enlightened persons have noted down their experiences of truth in it, and I have also added a few of my own understandings. Preserve it. Don't lose it; don't let it be lost."
The disciple said, "But I have achieved the experience without any book, and I am happy and blissful. I am not even a little bit dissatisfied, so why add this burden to me, why give an unnecessary responsibility to me? I have already experienced the truth and the book was not needed. It is unnecessary."
The master still insisted, "Much that is valuable is written in it. It is no ordinary book, it isthe book, The Bible. So don't be sacrilegious, pay respect to this book, keep it and hand it over to your successor. By giving this book to you I certify this book is a representation that you are my successor."
The master gave the book to the disciple. It must have been a cold night because the fire was burning. In one hand the disciple received the book, and in the same instant he thrust it into the fire. The master, who had never been angry in his life, shouted, "What are you doing?"
And the disciple shouted, even louder than the master, "What are you saying?"
This is beautiful, the master must have died peacefully. This was the right man. The book had to be thrust into the fire or the disciple would have missed. If he had kept the book he would have missed, and then he would not have been the successor. You keep the book only when the thing has not happened to you. Who is bothered about words when the truth is with you? Who is bothered about a book when the real thing has happened within? Who is bothered about explanations when the experience is there? Explanations are precious because the experience is lacking; theories are significant because there is no knowledge. When you know, you can throw theories -- they are rubber bands. And when the notes are with you, you can throw the rubber band. Preserving a rubber band shows foolishness.
This book was not precious -- no book is precious -- and the master was playing a game, the same that his master must have played with him. Nobody knows what was written in the book, but I tell you nothing was written in it. It was empty. Had the disciple preserved it, when the master died he would have opened it, and then he would have cried. Nothing was written in the book. It was just a game, an old game. Every master tries to test the experience of a disciple, whether he knows. And if he knows, he will not be addicted to the book. Why? -- there is no point in it. That is why the disciple said, "What are you saying? To preserve the book when I have achieved without it, when I have already achieved? What are you saying?
The master provoked a situation, and in that situation the disciple proved his mettle. He proved that he knew. Even a slight inclination to preserve and he would have missed, he would not have been the successor. He didn't even look in the book to see what was there. He was not even curious, because only ignorance is curious. If you know, you know.
What is curiosity? What would have happened to you? The first thing the mind would have said was: At least look in it, see what is there. But that gesture would have been enough to prove that you had not achieved. Curiosity means ignorance. Wisdom is not curious. Curiosity asks questions; wisdom has no questions to ask.
What would you have done? The first thing that comes to the mind: At least see what is there. If my master insists that this precious book has to be preserved, handed down from one generation to another with seven enlightened persons having written in it, and with my own master having added his own understanding to it, at least have a look before you throw it in the fire.
But I tell you -- if he had looked, he would have been thrown out of the house with the book: Get out, and never come back again! He acted out of a deep understanding. How can the master who knows insist that the book is precious? There must be some game. The master had never been angry, never in his life, and suddenly he was angry and said, "What are you doing?" He created the whole situation.
In the anger the disciple may have yielded, may have said, "I have done something wrong, forgive me. This is how the mind functions. The mind might have come in and thought, "I have done something wrong. The master may not appoint me as successor now. If my master is so angry, it means I have done something wrong, and I may miss being the successor. I was going to be the chief, I was going to be the master of the monastery and millions would have followed me. Thousands would have been my disciples, and now I have done something wrong. A man who has never been angry is angry, shouting."
If you had been there, you would have touched the feet of the master and said, "Forgive me, but appoint me." But the disciple said, "And what are you saying?" If the master can play at anger the disciple can also play. but this can happen only when both know. He answered in the right coin. He answered correctly and the master was satisfied: This is the man. He became the successor, he was the successor.
But this has been done by every religion: they preserve books and do nothing else. Christians preserve their Bible, Mohammedans preserve their Koran, Hindus preserve their Gita -- and they have missed. They are not the successors. Mohammedans do not belong to Mohammed; they cannot belong. The Koran must be in the fire before they can belong. Christians don't know anything about Christ because they preserve The Bible, and Hindus have no understanding of Krishna because of the Gita -- they go on carrying the burden. All the Vedas, and all the Bibles, and all the Korans are for those who don't understand. They carry the burden and the burden becomes so much that they are crushed under it, they are not freed through it, they become slaves to it.
A religious person is always beyond the book; a religious consciousness is never addicted to words and the verbal. The whole thing is childish. A religious man is in search of authentic experience, not borrowed words, not experiences of others. Unless he knows -- buddhas may have existed, but they are useless. Unless he knows, there is no truth because truth can only be his experience. Only then is it there. The whole world may say there is light and there is a rainbow in the sky and the sun is rising, but if my eyes are closed what does it mean to me? The rainbow, the colors, the sunrise, the whole thing is nonexistential to me. My eyes are closed, I am blind. And if I listen to them too much, and if I start believing in them too much, and if I borrow their words and I also start talking about the rainbow that I have not seen, about colors which I cannot see, about the sunrise which is not my experience, I may be lost in the forest of words.
It is better to say, "I am blind. I don't know any color and I don't know any light, and unless my eyes open, there is no sun and there can be no sunrise." Insist, so that you can work upon your eyes. Don't carry the books; they talk about rainbows seen by others, they talk about sunrises experienced by others. Don't carry the borrowed God when you can encounter him directly, immediately. Why create barriers of books between you and him? Burn the books! -- that is the message -- throw them in the fire.
That doesn't mean go and throw your Gita in the fire -- that will not be of much help, because if a Gita cannot help towards truth how can burning a Gita be helpful? That is not the point. You can throw away all the books and you can remain addicted to theories, doctrines. When I say burn the books, I say: Burn the mind, drop the mind. Don't be verbal. Seek authentic experience. But your inquiry may have arisen out of the books -- that is the problem -- your questions may have arisen out of books. If your questioning is itself bookish, your whole inquiry has started in a wrong direction.
People come to me and ask, "What is God?" And I ask them, "Did this question come out of your own life or have you read some book which talks about God and so you have become curious? If your curiosity has arisen out of learning it is useless. It is not your question. And if the question is not yours, no answer can be of any help. When the basic thing is borrowed, when even the question is borrowed, you will go on borrowing the answers. Seek your authentic question. What is your question?"
I have heard about a philosopher who entered a London car showroom. He looked around and became fascinated with a beautiful car, a streamlined sports car. The salesman became alert because he was looking so interested. He came nearer and asked, "Are you interested in this car?"
The man said, "Yes, I am interested. Is it fast?"
The salesman said, "Fast? You cannot find a faster car than this. If you get in it right now, by tomorrow morning at three o'clock, you will be in Aberdeen. Are you really interested in buying it?"
The philosopher said, "I will think about it."
The next day he came and said, "No, I don't want to purchase that car. The whole night I couldn't sleep. I remained awake thinking and thinking and thinking, and I could not find any reason why I should like to be in Aberdeen at three o'clock in the morning."
Whenever you read a book, ask, inquire, for what reason you would like to be in Aberdeen at three o'clock in the morning.
You read a book. You read something about God, you read something about moksha, you read something about the soul, you read something about bliss -- you become fascinated -- words of those who know are really fascinating -- but you forget completely for what reason you would like to encounter God. Just by reading a book, just by reading a man -- for example, reading Jesus -- you will become fascinated, because this man is drunk with God, his every word is alcoholic. If you hear him, you will feel drunk. But close the Bible, escape from this Jesus, brood over whether this is your inquiry or whether this man has sold his inquiry to you. With another's inquiry your own search becomes false.
The first thing to remember is: your question must be yours. Then the second thing to remember is: the answer must be yours. Books supply both. That's why I said: Burn the books and be authentic. Come out of the jungle of words and feel what you want, what your desire is, and follow it wheresoever it leads. Sooner or later you will come to the divine. It may take a little longer, but the search will be real.
If all books were burnt, the world would be more religious. There are so many books and readymade answers that everybody knows the question, the answer. It has become a game; it is not your life. The world should be freed of books, should be freed of all ideals, should be freed of all borrowed inquiries. Every man should start feeling his own heartbeat, his own pulse -- where it leads, what it desires, what his question is. If you can find your question, the answer is waiting just nearby. It may be that in finding the question you have already found the answer, because the answer lies in authenticity. If the question is authentic, if you have become authentic in questioning, fifty percent of the problem is already solved. Just a little more effort, going a little deeper, and the question always hides the answer behind it.
Questioning is just one aspect of the coin. The other aspect is the answer. Just behind questioning, the answer is lying waiting for you. But if you have not come to your question, how can you come to your answer? And only the answer that is yours will free you, will make you free.
Jesus says truth liberates. Yes, truth liberates, but never borrowed truth. Jesus' truth will not liberate you. But Christians believe that Jesus' truth will liberate them. Not only that, they think that just by Jesus' crucifixion humanity is already liberated. This is being blind, absolutely blind. Nothing is liberated, nobody is liberated; salvation has not happened. Jesus was crucified, that's okay, but through Jesus' crucifixion Jesus was liberated, not you. The whole thing seems to be a trick. Jesus died on the cross and humanity, particularly Christianity, is liberated; one who is a Christian is already liberated.
This is how the mind thinks: it goes on throwing responsibility onto somebody else. If you are a sinner you are a sinner because Adam sinned and was thrown out of heaven, and now you are liberated because Jesus has again entered the kingdom of God. So Adam and Jesus are the authentic persons; you are just shadows. Adam sins, and you have become a sinner -- so who are you? You are a shadow. Adam is thrown out of heaven, therefore you are thrown out. This can happen only to a shadow, not to a real person. If I am thrown out of this house, only my shadow will be thrown with me, nothing else. And if I enter the kingdom of God, only my shadow will enter with me; you cannot enter.
Jesus solved everything. He entered the kingdom of God, and all humanity entered with him. Nobody has entered, nobody can enter in such an easy way. You have to pay the cost, you have to carry your own cross, you have to be crucified through suffering -- your suffering, remember. Neither Jesus' suffering, nor anybody else's will open the doors. They are closed, and you cannot enter just following Jesus. Nobody can enter that way. The doors open for the individual, because the individual is the authentic reality.
The disciple said, "I have already entered, master, so why are you giving this map to me? A map is needed for one who is lost -- but I have reached the goal, so why this map?"
And the master said, "The map is very precious. All the paths are indicated on it."
Would the disciple hesitate for a single moment? The master's penetrating eyes were searching his heart to see if he would hesitate, if he would say, "Okay, maybe the master is right and the map is precious...." But what does a man need a map for when he has reached the goal? So he threw the book in the fire, he threw away the map. I have heard: A man driving his car on a lonely road suspected that he had missed the path, suspected that he was moving in a wrong direction. He saw a beggar walking, so he stopped the car and asked the beggar, "Does this road lead to Delhi?"
The beggar said, "I don't know."
So the man asked, "Does this road lead to Agra?"
The beggar said, "I don't know."
The man, who was already irritated, became more irritated, and said to the beggar in anger, "So you don't know much." The beggar laughed and said, "But I am not lost."
So the question is not of knowledge. The question is whether you are lost or not. The beggar said, "But I am not lost. Whether I know or not is not the point." When you are lost a map is needed, knowledge is needed, a book is needed. When you are not lost, what is the point of carrying a book, a map? And an enlightened person is at the goal everywhere. Wherever he is, is the goal. Once you become aware that you are the goal you cannot be lost.
The beggar is not lost. Why? -- because he is not going to Delhi, he is not going to Agra, he is not going anywhere. Wherever he reaches, that is the goal. He is not lost because he is not moving in any direction; he is not lost because there is no desired goal.
This disciple threw away the map because there is no goal. He is the goal now. Wherever he is, he is at peace, at home. There is no desire and no motivation. The future has disappeared, this moment is enough.
Throw away all the maps because you are the goal. Maps can help if the goal is somewhere else; maps cannot help if you are the goal. They may even distract you, because when you look at a map you cannot look at yourself Books cannot help, because you are the truth and there is no book in which you are written. The book is you, no other book. Here you are, written in this book, which is you. You have to be deciphered, and if you are wrong all books that you carry will go wrong. All maps that you carry will be wrong and will indicate wrongly, because who will read those books and who will follow the instructions indicated in the map?
I have heard: A man was driving and his wife was looking at the map. Suddenly the wife cried out in panic and said, "We are lost -- because this map is upside down. The map is upside down. We are lost!"
The map can be put right side up; no map is upside down by itself. But the wife must have been upside down. If you are upside down all the books you read will turn upside down. If you are disturbed it will be reflected in your Koran, in your Bible, in your Gita; if you are mad your interpretations of the Vedas will be mad; if you are afraid you will meet fear wherever you go. Whatsoever you do your doing will come out of you; your interpretations will come out of you and you will be wrong.
So a master is not interested in giving you a right book. There are none. No right book exists, only right people and wrong people, right persons and wrong persons. A real master is interested in putting you right side up. A master is interested in changing you, the person; he is not interested in giving you a book.
That's why the disciple said, "What are you saying? Such a nonsensical thing you have never said before. You have gone mad saying: Keep, preserve the book, it is precious!"
No book is precious. Only the person is precious. But when you don't know your value you think the book is precious. When you don't know the precious value of your being, then every type of theory becomes valuable. Words are valuable because you have not known the value of the being.
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office tried to make use ot Austria s miLiicncc to brin w about the re-establishment of diplomatic intercourse with Naples . Certain official language , in connexion with this supposed attempt was some time since imputed to Lord Malmesbury , and publicly , disowned by ' him . As yet , however , there has been no authoritative denial of the general truth of the story ; and there arc some reasons for attaching to it a degree of credit that we would gladly forget . Meanwhile , France is supposed to be " preparing to take decisive measures , without our privity or co-operation ; and . the best we can . hope for is that Russia may be induced to abstain from actively intermeddling in the fray . Lookin" -at the present condition ot the Panubum States , whether Sclave , Rouman , or Mussulman , it I is most undesirable that she should have the pretext I of a war with Austria for rcoccupymg any portion . I of the territories whence her troops were ¦ driven I durin" - the late war . Firmness and vigour on the I part of our Government , might , we believe , restrain the Czar from breaking the public peace , even though France and Austria should come to daggers drawnig in Lombardy . . Wilt Lord Derby showhimself possessed of these high qualities ?
it ? " The other topic to which we can here but briefly allude is the conclusion of peace with China . Let us hope that the flattering anticipations held forth of commercial advantages in that quarter may eventually ,. if not immediately , be realised : . and that we may not find ourselves drawn into entanglements as we were . in India at the beginning of our connexion with that region , bv the presence of European rivals . Better we had never obtained permission to send an embassy to Pekk , than that we should thereby become involved in diplomatic intrigues and naval or military collisions with Russia or America , both of whom are lealously watching the progress of our . influence in the Celestial Empire , and both of whom , we fear , stand better at the Mantchou Court than we do Towards the United States our present rulers have evinced a very c onciliatory disposition in the abandonment formally and finally of the unmaintainable right of search . We only wish Loicl Smesbury may have courage to tell Pf ^^ t when it meets what everybody knows to be the truth respecting the utter futility of ^ 11 negotiations SSh either the Government of Washington or that of Paris , for the purpose of inducing either to > give ZJ } , ** nnr r . misers some portion ot the unvilegcs
we have absolutelv and unconditionally abandoned . What is called « some better means ot identifying the nationality of the flag" is merel y a wlll-o -thewisp , which Lord Malmesbury fancied he saw . pretended to point to , byway of diverting attention , from the unreserved repudiation of the right ot search We dare say it will not prevent some fanatical asserters of Great Britain ' s absolute supremacy on the high seas from attempting to revive our obnoxious pretensions . Butthe nation has had enough of African squadrons and American squabbles , and it has made up its mind to have done with both . The non-interference of our Government , in the affairs of Portugal during ; the recent misunderstanding with France about indentured Slants wi £ no doubt , be brought , before Parliament early in the ensuing session . Mi . Roebuck , we believe , has not renounced las intentions in this respect , although Lord Palmerston has . A brisk debate and the interchange of keen taunts and recriminations may be the result , but other there can be none . The Portuguese Government did not call for our intervention , but , on the contrary , rather deprecated it . If this be stated plainly , without any qualification , by Ministers , the House of Commons will then and there irrevocably i ^ i ^
makeu p its miuci mat mere w , x » . ~*~ said or Clone in the matter , and Will go to dinner . , Far deeper interest will attach to the inquiries that are certain to be made in Parliament regarding the position of affairs in Italy . During the whole of 1858 the public promises maue by our representatives at the conference of Pans remained , as far as the public are aware , unfulfilled , Ihe only negotiations which our Foreign-office was suspected of carrying on were such as public opinion is little likely to approve . Several months ago , fair U Hudson is said to have been instructed to press the Sardinian Government to enter into relations ol intimacy and friendship with that of Austria , England offering to . become a party by way ol guarantee to the proposed treaty . No words can too strongly designate the fatuity of such a . proposal if it ever was made The mere suspicion ot such an alliance would , within a month , withdraw all confidence in constitutional Government in Piedmont , overturn the Cabinet of M . Cavour to make way for one of reaction , and throw the whole bulk of the Liberal party into the hands ot Franco . English influence is already low enough in the peninsula , but it would then be absolutely extinguished ; while that of Franpe , already perhaps more powerful than is desirable , would become wholly paramount . A great minister would , in all probability , have been tempted ere thus to join with France in a peremptory course of intervention lor the rescue and reconstruction of the Italian states . Against such a combination , and With twenty-six mulions of people in arms , the artifices ol the Vatican and of Vienna could avail naught . Wo do not blame Lord Malmesbury , indeed , for not taking such a course , nor do wo think , that Parliament will blame him . On the other hand , wo iiiubI ; repeat our strong persuasion that the public opinion of this country will never bo brought to sanction any efforts on the part of our Government to tighton the yoke of absolutism , or to hassavd , in some sliovt-sightod view of temporary peace , the existence of the only constitutional Government ' south of the Alps . It is also said that our Foreign .
FOREIGN AFFAIRS- ^ PAST AND FUTURE . When the history of international relations during ? iheyearT 18 B 8 shall be written , there will seem to fcetfut . little cause for rejoicing to the friends oi . enlightened progress . Perhaps their principal source ^ satisfaction will be foun d in the absence of many striking events of sinister import . The old French < jhronicier has said that " blessed are the people whose annals are vacant ; " and this as regards tiations that have attained to liberty , and are peraaitted to repose under their own vine and fig-trees , in a certain sense is true . But ft * those communities that still sit jiudarkness and ^ in the shadow ot political . death , nothing worse canbe said thaivtliat £ > whole year has elapsed without bringing them any iitigation . or change , and that through hopeful spring , and . radiant summer , golden autumn and Soar 'Winter time , they have remained motionless , jtheir feet being nationally fast bound in the stocks . J ? or ourselves as ' » people we have nothing whereof to boast in the year gone by , with two exceptions . By a vigorous effort of national mutiny ml 5 escaped fL humiliation which the ill advisors of tour Crown and Parliament would have subjected us to at the request of the Emperor of the French . . Looking baok at the whole transaetiojvcalmly , we W mote firmly than ever persuaded that the popular instinct was wise as well as just , and prudent as well # s noble . "With e > view to the permanent maintenance of friendly relations with Frauce , we have pot . » doubt : that Lord Clarendon and his colleagues took an impolitic as well as an un-English bourse , and that the people of this country who , repudiated their Conspiracy Bill and censured . tkoirrvwint of spirit , took the / best means of prerenting future misunderstandings with the Government of . pur nefehbouw . We 4 p not know , indeed , i better test of politioal sagacity than that which was afforded . by the events of February last s and should , * general election come ore long , there are few ^ touoftatones of awan ' s nomioal fltnoss and reliability iUat may more ^ afolOf used than this—* mm £ aietttho ^ CQnspirftoyBill , w did he oppose I
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THOUGHTS , FACTS , AND SUGGESTIONS O 5 J . , PARLIAHENTARY REFORM . No . VIII . Few people will deny that the practical result to be aimed at in all measures of electoral , ¦ reform , . 15 the better enabling the industry and intellect ot the country to return to Parliament men who they believe will fully represent them . To secure tins end three things are necessary : a sufficient number of voters , freedom from undue influence in the act of voting ; and liberty of choice as to candidates . We havl all heard a great deal of late regarding the first two , and we may be tolerably sure thatbetween this and Easter there is not a . point iii the controversy about suffrage or ballot that will not have been thoroughly silted- an . U examined . But about the third essentia , that _ of candidature , little or nothing is said , although to every reflecting mind it must be-clear that-, practically it is of as much importance as cither ¦ if the others . What is the use of doubling or trebling our large constituencies , 6 r of securing to eveiy man in them the right of giving ; his vote independently , if the state ot the law be such as to snianebt ^
narrow the choice within the uu » . u . u ... » , and , in point of fact , to leave no real liberty o ^ selcction at all ? It is no use trying to parry the foicc of such a question by the old humdrum assertion that every man is at liberty to vote for any other man he likes . In sound this is true , but in sense and in substance it is false—notoriously fulsc . A mau coming up to the poll may undoubtedly utter the name of Prince Albert or Mr . Punch , or that of anv other distinguished personage in the realm ; but is that voting ? Is it not to all intents and purposes as good as playing the fool , or w k" » S . ono ^ sleep , or chattering gibberish ? Throwing your vote away is surely the thing most opposito to using it ; yet that is what nine-tenths of the electors of the United Kingdom must do if they wore to record their votes in their various localities ioi the men whom they knew to bo the fittest to represent thorn . The fittest men arc not only very seldom candidates , but they are nccessanlv so . They aro systematically and designedly precluded from becoming such by tho perverted ingenu ty of the law which imposes upon c ™™ ' * ^ a protecting duty in favour of tho Upper lc Thousand , amounting in effect , in most cuscs , to an absolute prohibition . "Who is there amongst ua that has not again and again wished to have an opportunity of supporting some man of talent or uistinotion , whoso acts or whoso writings ho-baa Uton particularly pleased with P Who does not ™« o" » " instances of siich men having been P , ^ ^ privately invited to come forward , anu who docs not rooollect thp storcotypo rosponso , which , ao knowlodging gratofully tho honour mtondcil , «>» - mates significantly that private curoumstancos , xouuu it , impoSsibloP What arc these 0 { roumBtanooB . Infirmity of hoalth sometimes no doubt , and BOino timos prcssuvoof business ; but in ninotooit cu » s out of ' twenty is ifi not simply and ) ncrcyg ability to boar tho unooiwoipnublo oxponso « nwu vicious law would subject him to P p Membership of tfarllamont must bo ono ol wo things- ^ u buelwosB carried on for personal objects , 91
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Father's Day 2017
This Father's Day we planned a relaxed picnic in the park with a few of our friend and their little ones. The weather forecast had been threatening rain off and on all day so we packed a big tarp and hoped for the best. It turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous day.
I took the opportunity to capture some special moments between the Super Dads and their munchkins. It was just such a special love filled day.


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A Closer Look At Our Market's Inventory
What's the word on the street? It's all over the place, actually. But it's true, the market is shifting and no one knows what the heck is going on. Buyers are scoring, sellers are pleasantly surprised (or possibly disappointed), and we are coaching to expect the unexpected.
Based on information from the spring market, there is no doubt you have heard that market conditions are tight. So tight in fact, that you may have even heard that for every home that comes on the market there are dozens of offers and the price is driven sky-high.
Despite what you may have heard, this is not true for every house. There are many homes that come on the market, in great condition with features buyers prefer, and are priced right which gets the attention of buyers. There are some open houses that are flooded with visitors. But there are also homes that got very little open house traffic and are still sitting on the market one week, three weeks, two months with no offers and little buyer interest. Why? Each home has a potential buyer pool when it comes on the market – a buyer pool for whom that particular home would be a good fit in terms of price, location, and features. However, if a similar home is listed that shows a little better and is priced more-competitively the buyer pool will shift to the home that is perceived as the better value.
What does this mean for you? If you are an active buyer and aren't having luck competing for new listings, maybe it is time to take a look at the aged inventory. If you are a seller, this is a great reminder that pricing competitively is very important because you never know what you are competing with. Getting the home looking its best is another critical component of getting the attention of buyers.
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Winter Olympics 2018: Jamaica bobsleigh row turns NASTY amid sled CONTROVERSY
THE JAMAICAN women's bobsleigh team could be denied their Winter Olympics debut after former coach Sandra Kiriasis threatened to take the their sled.
Winter Olympics 2018: Jamaica's bobsleigh team has been rocked by Sandra Kiriasis' exit
Kiriasis quit less than a week before the competition gets underway amid claims she was asked to change roles from driving coach to track performance analyst.
The German, who won Olympics gold in 2006, says she sourced the team's sled and is demanding payment from the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation.
But the JBF denies Kiriasis' claims and is confident the team will be at the start line.
Speaking after her decision to quit, Kiriasis said she enjoys a "good relationship" with athletes Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and Carrie Russell.
But JBF president Christian Stokes hit back and told Reuters: "The lady was a hugely destructive force on the team.
"Now that she is off the team synergy is much better, tension is down and athletes are now able to focus in a much healthier environment.
Winter Olympics 2018: Jamaica bobsleigh team PLUNGED INTO CHAOS ahead of debut
"We have our high performance director, Jo Manning, and coach, Dudley Stokes, who have been with the team all season and who have been the ones driving performance, so frankly, things have only improved with her departure.
"If you come on the team you have to be a team player. There are no gods and goddesses here."
Jamaica secured their highest placing in a World Cup race in December after switching from a Japanese sled to the model Kiriasis is claiming responsibility for.
Winter Olympics 2018: Jamaica's bobsleigh team could lose their sled
Fenlator-Victorian and Russell are due to begin their official training runs on Saturday before the heats on Tuesday and Wednesday.
If the sled situation is resolved then Fenlator-Victorian and Russell will become the first Jamaican women to compete at a Winter Olympics in bobsleigh.
Jamaica's men's team made history at the Calgary games in 1988, which inspired the film Cool Runnings.
1) Snowboarder Markus Schairer broke a bone in his neck in a horror crash at the Winter Olympics.
2) Swiss skier Lara Gut spectacularly crashed - wiping out a bank of photographers - in the Ladies Giant Slalom.
3) Shaun White has made a string of revelations about David Beckham - 24 hours after winning gold.


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Rush to fix 'serious' computer chip flaws
BBC | Updated at 12:50pm on January 04, 2018
Tech firms are working to fix bugs that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. Google researchers...
Apple apologises after outcry over slowed iPhones
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Facing lawsuits and consumer outrage after it said it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries, Apple Inc is slashing prices for...
Facebook abused dominant position, says German watchdog
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Germany's competition watchdog has found that Facebook abused its dominant market position, challenging the US social network's model of monetising the personal data of its...
I'm feeling great: Sophia
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:01am on December 07, 2017
Sophia, the world's first artificially intelligent robot from Hanson Robotics, on Wednesday said robots can work together with humans for a better future, and urged people to look at them as supporting hands, not as a threat....
Every dist to get high-tech park: PM
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:05am on December 07, 2017
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the government would set up a high-tech park in every district to flourish the ICT sector. 'Necessary incentives will also be given if the investors come up to invest in this sector in proposed 100 economic zones across the country,' she said....
Google Doodle celebrates Humayun Ahmed's birth anniversary
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Google, world's most-used web search engine, on Monday created a special doodle marking the 69th birth anniversary of late popular...
Aamra, Polycom announce cloud-Based video conferencing
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Aamra and Polycom announced the availability of Real Presence Clariti Cloud based Video Conferencing solution for the first time in...
Samsung Electronics CEO resigns, even as record profits expected
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The CEO of Samsung Electronics Kwon Oh-Hyun resigned Friday, saying the South Korean tech giant was facing an 'unprecedented crisis', even...
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If you think technology has shaken up the news media -- just wait, you haven't seen anything yet. The next wave of disruption is likely...
Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resigns, cites recent 'drumbeat of distractions'
Reuters | Updated at 12:10pm on August 18, 2017
Infosys Ltd, in a surprise announcement, said Vishal Sikka has resigned as CEO citing a stream of distractions and disruptions in recent months, pushing down shares of the second-largest Indian IT services firm almost 8 per cent on Friday...


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Floral on black
Lately I have a bit of a thing for a bold floral on a black background. Delicious. Do you agree?
Caroline Issa wears Givenchy. From my Pinterest, photographer unknown
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Our fourth Tasting Party is now behind us. We did some things well, and still have a learning curve on others. That's as it should be. Being far from perfect, I know I have much to learn. Hopefully, as we progress in the business, you'll be able to embrace our new learning with happy tongues.
We presented a couple of new item experiments on Saturday at the Tasting Party. Always interesting, experiments, especially when searching for feedback. Responses varied all the way from "That's my favorite," to the most common, "Very unusual," down to the several who said, "I didn't really like it at all." And for those for whom it was a stunning success, in their buds opinion, we'll retain those items on the menu, at least for now.
As we fill orders this week, we'll be pondering our next new items to test and begin the development process toward our next tasting in May. We've had requests for nougat candy and lemon bars (which will become Lemon Curd Bars) so it's likely you'll see those appear soon. As for the rest, thinking, always thinking. . .


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The first time that Donna went to Africa, she became friends with a smiling young pastor by the name of Jeremiah. He and his wife adopted Donna as an honorary member of their family and worked with her to establish a children's ministry in the city. Soon after she left, they found out they were expecting their first baby. When their precious little girl was born, she immediately brought as much joy to the world as did her sweet parents. One day the missionaries got a phone call from Jeremiah that his tiny daughter was sick. A few moments later he called again to say that she was dead. They rushed to his little home to find that his darling infant had contracted malaria in the night and it had killed her within hours.
This story is common in Africa. Malaria is a vicious disease that preys on the elderly and the very young. There is no cure for malaria, but there is a prevention: mosquito nets. Mosquito nets are highly effective in preventing malaria, since it is contracted by mosquito bites. Jeremiah's baby's life would have been saved if her parents would've had the money for a net. The price of a mosquito net is less than $5. Purchasing a mosquito net saves several lives, as often children sleep together in the same bed. The Father's desire is for these children to know him, and the first step in that direction is keeping them alive through the night so they can come to Sunday school and learn of a Love that will never leave them.
Last rainy season, 186 mosquito nets made their way into the hands of at-risk families. Each mosquito net protects between two and eight people, depending on the number of children. Each net costs about four dollars. Children were given non-toxic insecticide soap, which uses all natural locally-grown ingredients to protect skin from mosquito bites.
For less than the price of a gourmet coffee, you can save not just one person but an entire family from malaria.
"Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." – Matthew 19:14


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VNR Handbook – 2019 Edition
The 2019 Edition of the Handbook for the Preparation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), prepared by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is now available. Please, check here and attached.
This is a handbook for country preparation and presentation of voluntary national reviews (VNRs). It should be read in conjunction with the Secretary General's proposal for voluntary common reporting guidelines for voluntary national reviews at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF). The Secretary General's guidelines are attached in the handbook as annex 2. This handbook supplements the Secretary-General's guidelines in that it provides basic, practical information on the steps that countries may take when preparing voluntary national reviews.
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Mindful drawing and doodling / postcard making workshop with Postcrossing Philippines!
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Inclusive Employer Featured on Inclusion Revolution This Week
reachAbility is pleased to announce the next two episodes of the 2014 season of Inclusion Revolution on Eastlink Television. Airing weekdays at 2 p.m. and Wednesday evenings at 9 p.m., the show is an engaging, community-based show dedicated to creating a culture of inclusion. For the current season, host Tova Sherman provides us with an entertaining and informative opportunity to change the way we view disabilities in our community, workplace and beyond through discussions with experts on a variety of topics.
Beginning on February 3, viewers can watch "Hiring and Retaining People with Disabilities." The show features a discussion with Pete's Frootique manager Curtis Grace who tells Tova about the methods the company uses to create an inclusive work environment.
Next week's show, "Less Traditional Approaches," features artist/musician and reachAbility Facilitator Lindsay Dobbin. Starting on February 10, Dobbin speaks about her own creative practices, as well as the work she's doing with reachAbility's RHYTHM program.
The full season's schedule can be viewed on the Inclusion Revolution website: www.inclusionrevolution.com


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Information on a transaction under the MTS share buyback programme
Moscow, 4 February 2019 – Sistema PJSFC (LSE: SSA, MOEX: AFKS), a publicly-traded diversified holding company, announces that its subsidiary Sistema Finance S.A. sold 6,809,829 ordinary shares of PJSC MTS (hereinafter, "MTS") to a subsidiary of MTS, LLC Bastion ("the Purchaser"), as part of the MTS share buyback programme in the amount up to RUB 30.0 bn, which was approved by the Board of Directors of MTS in June 2018 and will be effective until July 2020 ("the Programme"). The amount of the transaction was approximately RUB 1.74 bn.
In accordance with the terms of the Programme, the number of shares for the purpose of the transaction was calculated based on the number of ordinary shares and American depositary shares of MTS purchased by the Purchaser in the open market in January 2019 in proportion to Sistema Group's effective equity stake in MTS.
As a result of implementation of the Programme in January 2019, Sistema Group's effective stake in MTS remained unchanged at 50.0053%.
For further information, please visit www.sistema.com or contact:
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This announcement contains inside information. Full name and position of person making the announcement – Nikolai Minashin, Director, Investor Relations
Sistema PJSFC is a publicly-traded diversified Russian holding company serving over 150 million customers in the sectors of telecommunications, children's goods retail, paper and packaging, healthcare services, agriculture, high technology, banking, real estate, pharmaceuticals and hospitality. The company was founded in 1993. Its revenue in 2017 was RUB 704.6 bn; its total assets equalled RUB 1.1 trn as of 31 December 2017. Sistema's global depositary receipts are listed under the "SSA" ticker on the London Stock Exchange. Sistema's ordinary shares are listed under the "AFKS" ticker on the Moscow Exchange. Website: www.sistema.com
Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of Sistema. You can identify forward looking statements by terms such as "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "will," "could," "may" or "might" the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In addition, there is no assurance that the new contracts entered into by our subsidiaries referenced above will be completed on the terms contained therein or at all. We do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, general economic conditions, our competitive environment, risks associated with operating in Russia, rapid technological and market change in our industries, as well as many other risks specifically related to Sistema and its operations.


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The harsh reality of his Imperial-occupied home world has hardened Baze Malbus into a pragmatic soldier and a crack shot with his heavy repeater cannon. Baze has a bravado that provides a marked contrast to the spiritual centeredness of his best friend and moral compass, Chirrut Îmwe!
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Top Ten IRA Investment and Distribution Strategies
This may be the most important financial workshop you attend this year. Join us for a comprehensive review of our Top Ten IRA Strategies. What if you could stretch out your IRA for nearly 100 years and defer taxes for decades longer than you thought possible? It's all in developing an investment plan, structuring withdrawals and properly designating beneficiaries.


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Creative Collaboration and Collectivity in the Asia Pacific Region
Free Public Lecture
Queen Victoria Gardens, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004
Following on from the opening of the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial (Brisbane), join curator Professor Natalie King in conversation with regional luminaries including Elia Nurvista (Indonesia), Ly Hoàng Ly (Vietnam), Mithu Sen (India) and Lyno Vuth (Cambodia) discussing the role of artistic collaboration and collectivity.
Co-hosted by Centre of Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne and Design & Creative Practice ECP, RMIT University.
Professor Natalie King, Enterprise Professorial Fellow
Professor Natalie King
Enterprise Professorial Fellow
Victorian College of the Arts
Natalie King is an Australian curator and arts leader with more than two decades experience in international contemporary art realising landmark projects in Italy, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. In 2017, she was Curator of Tracey Moffatt: My Horizon, Australian Pavilion at Venice Biennale, accompanied by a publication that she edited with Thames & Hudson. Recent projects include Chief Curator, Melbourne Biennial Lab: What happens now? with City of Melbourne at Melbourne Festival 2016; Conversations: Entang Wiharso & Sally Smart, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta; Whisper in My Mask: TarraWarra Biennial 2014 and Episodes: 13th Dong Gang International Photo Festival, Korea. Natalie has curated exhibitions for the Singapore Art Museum; the National Museum of Art, Osaka; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. She has conducted indepth interviews with Ai Wei Wei, Pussy Riot, Candice Breitz, Joseph Kosuth, Massimiliano Gioni, Carolyn ChristovBakargiev, Pipilotti Rist, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Bill Henson, Jitish Kallat, Hou Hanru and Cai GuoQiang amongst others. She is widely published in arts media including Flash Art International, Art and Australia and the ABC. She is a Member of the International Association of Art Critics, Paris.


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Mother Flung Baby Out Of Hospital Window
A 28-year-old Deepika Parmar threw her one-month-old daughter out of the KEM Hospital's bathroom on Tuesday. She threw her baby out of the window of a toilet and then claimed that she had been stolen.
Deepika had given birth to seriously underweight twins – a girl and a boy – about a month and a half ago. The premature twins were brought to the hospital from Dahisar, where they were delivered in a nursing home.
Parmar raised an alarm that her daughter was missing. The hospital authorities went on a wild chase. Parmar's act came to light when security attendants checked-out the CCTV footage to track down the baby's whereabouts.
The footage showed that she had something in her hands while going to bathroom but she came empty handed this was where she came into a question. When she was asked she made an excuse or other as she was pressurized she said the truth.
Her husband Manish, who is a tailor, said, "We were more than happy with our twin babies, especially after two miscarriages she had earlier. I don't know why she did this."
Being a girl is crime?
What was the fault of the infant?


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Get top tips to help you through your English language exams with FREE resources and videos from our expert authors.
Author Chris Rose presents a series of Macmillan Readers activities all about encouraging creativity and creative writing.
Discover a range of educational apps to inspire you on your English language learning journey.
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David A Hill is a freelance educational materials writer and teacher trainer working out of Budapest, Hungary.
David was born in Walsall, UK in 1952 and trained (CEd/BEd Bristol) and worked as a primary school teacher before moving full time into ELT in 1977. He has a Dip Ed (ELT) and a MPhil in applied linguistics from Exeter. David worked for the British Council for 18 years in ex-Yugoslavia and Italy, where he was English Teaching Adviser for Northern Italy 1987-1998.
David has strong links with Pilgrims, Canterbury, where he worked for 12 summers, and NILE, Norwich, where he worked for 13 summers. He has also been involved in IATEFL since 1988, in a range of posts, and is currently the Coordinator of the Literature, Media & Cultural Studies SIG.
He has written books for a range of levels, countries and purposes, and for Macmillan is a co-author of Smart, as well as having versioned Shine for the Middle East including writing a new Level 4 Grammar Book. He also versioned one level of Shine as Winner for Italy. He versioned Way Ahead for Kazakhstan, wrote a new workbook for Horizons for Morocco, and versioned Jump Aboard for Egyptian primary schools. His most recent involvement was with the Spanish bachillerato course, Upgrade.
David has trained teachers for Macmillan extensively in Hungary, and also in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia and Kazakhstan.
When not involved in ELT, he spends his time making music as a singer and player of blues, traditional folk and rock; he is also an experienced ornithologist, botanist and lepidopterist with many articles to his name; he also writes and lectures on art and architectural history, specializing in the period 1850-1920. His 4th collection of poetry (Mothworld) was published in late 2010.


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Hunger is common for all living beings. But does that mean you should just eat something to fill your empty stomach? Is that how it is supposed to be? Well, no! That's not how it's supposed to be. You should not eat just to fill your stomach but also fill your soul with happiness. Yes, eating good food directly affects your mood and if you don't trust me then try out some steak.
Steak is basically for all meat lovers. Steak is a dish that is entirely made up of meat and has no bones. Steaks are mostly preferred to be made up of beef. But then they are also made up of other meats and served as steaks all over and loved by the people too. They are served with mashed potatoes and boiled vegetables that help in making a sumptuous meal.
First let us look into the most commonly preferred kinds of steaks available.
- Beef steak- the most commonly known steak is beef steak. When one talks of steak, it is kind of assumed that it is the beef steak that they are referring to. There are different ways to prepare a beef steak too. In the meat that also make distinction in the steak. Also, there are different types of cuts So, one can be rest assured of a variety in option. And if you are too lazy to go out and eat, you can also use the option of best steak delivery. All you have to do is look for the closest steak house and order for your favourite.
- Chicken steak- well it is quite different than the beef steak, both preparation wise and also taste wise. It is more like a cutlet dish that is pan fried. But again it is served with side vegetables that make a complete healthy meal.
- Fish steak- this is another popular steak option. People also commonly refer to it as fish cutlet. In the case of fish steak, one can have it with the bones or without the bones. Mostly tuna, salmon, swordfish, mahi mahi and cod fish are used preferably for fish steaks. Again fish steaks can be pan fired, baked or grilled. So you again have options there.
- Lamb steak- what we most commonly know as mutton or lamb is also good meat for steak purposes. Many people don't opt for it, but then you can always add something new to you menu. You can have it in the form of grounded meat or one whole slice of meat just like beef steak.
- Pork steak- I guess after beef steak, the most common steak is pork steak or ham steak. Again there are different types of ways by which the pork steak can be made and in different sauces. You can have them ordered from online steak delivery restaurants and have a heart filling meal anytime you want.
Apart from these meats, other common meats that are used for steak purposes are bison, horse, kangaroo, turkey, sheep, deer, ostrich etc.


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From Oxford Learner's Dictionary"Go do something" é usado em:
In spoken English go can be used with and plus another verb to show purpose or to tell someone what to do.
I'll go and answer the door.
Go and get me a drink!
The and is sometimes left out:Go ask your mom!
From Macmillan DictionaryGo do something
(phrase spoken)
"used for telling someone to do something, especially when you are annoyed"
If you hate this job so much, go get another one!


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|Toby Ball (photo by Juliet Grant)
If someone hasn't read your work yet, where should they start?
The books all stand alone, but there's no reason not to start with the first one, The Vaults. My hope is that it is interesting and rewarding to watch the changes in the main characters and the city in which the books are set, as the years (and books) go by.
When did you first think of yourself as a writer?
That's an interesting question, because I think the way I have defined the idea of "writer" and how it pertains to me has changed. To a certain extent, I think that you become a writer when you are working on your fourth draft of something, or when you edit out a passage of writing you really like because it doesn't serve the work as a whole. In other words, I think being a writer means showing a commitment to doing the difficult, not-so-fun work on projects and a willingness to make sacrifices to produce a better work.
Another important aspect for me thinking of myself as a writer was being paid for my writing. It's not that the money itself was so important (though it never hurts), but the recognition that my writing was, in some people's opinions, at least, compelling enough that people would be interested in reading it.
How did you end up living in NH?
I got my master's in education at U. of New Hampshire and really loved the Seacoast area. My interest in UNH stemmed in large part from having spent summers on Bear Island in Lake Winnipesaukee when I was growing up. My great-grandparents bought a cottage there in the 1930s and I have been up there every summer of my life. Why wouldn't I want to live close by?
Where do you like to write?
I'm honestly not very picky. I probably do most of my writing in the guest room or living room at my house, but I enjoy working at Bear Island (preferably on the dock) or sitting at a coffee shop in downtown Portsmouth or pretty much anywhere with an empty chair and relative quiet, or at least not too much distraction.
How important is place in your writing?
My three books all take place in a fictional city, called the City. The City is in many ways a character in the books. It is vast, crumbling, multi-ethnic, riven with tension between rich and poor, and systemically corrupt. The plots generally revolve around changes in the City and how the people live there react or adapt to these changes.
What do you do when you aren't writing?
What do you do when you aren't writing?
I have two kids (8 and 17) who I spend a lot of time with – playing games, doing projects, things like that. I play basketball and indoor soccer and summers at Bear Island include a wide range of water sports. I'm also a big Washington Wizards and Syracuse Orange basketball fan.
I also have a full-time job as the Program Manager at the Crimes against Children Research Center and Family Research Lab at the University of New Hampshire.
What's the best piece of advice (writing or otherwise) you were ever given?
Write another draft.
It's so easy to convince yourself that you have completed a novel because you are fatigued or impatient. But it is crucial that everything be as strong and polished as you can possibly make it before submission to an agent or editor. You have one chance to impress; don't squander it by not putting in the necessary work. I typically have written four to six drafts (real drafts, not just fixing errors) before I even send it to my agent. There are usually a couple more drafts (at least) before sending to an editor, and another two or three drafts at that point.
What books do you love and what about them speaks to you?
What books do you love and what about them speaks to you?
I love many types of books and for different reasons. I really like books that show me a different way of looking at the world or that tackle an issue from an angle I hadn't thought of before. But I also like books that plunge me into a life completely different from the one that I lead – preferably one that is suspenseful and dangerous. My favorite books, such as The Smiley trilogy by John LeCarre and the Thomas Cromwell books by Hilary Mantel, manage to do both of these things.
What are you working on now?
I'm working on a novel outside of the City series. While it possesses the same basic sensibility, it is set in the here and now and would probably be less likely to wind up in the mystery section of your library or bookstore.
Learn more about Toby's work, and check the calendar to see when he will be at a bookstore near you at http://tobyball.com
What do you want to share that I neglected to ask about?
I think the most important things for a writer trying to get published are persistence and a thick skin. You are going to accumulate rejections - that's just the way it is - but you can't be discouraged by them. Everyone gets them. It's a subjective business. That doesn't mean that persistence alone will lead to success - the first novel I wrote was never picked up and I finally realized that it simply wasn't good enough - but it is a rare person who finds publishing success quickly.
Learn more about Toby's work, and check the calendar to see when he will be at a bookstore near you at http://tobyball.com


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Raspberry Ketone Plus is among the many weight loss programs you can find in the market. The most impressive feature of the raspberry ketone diet that makes it unique among all is that it's a supplement which contains the extract of your favorite fruit; raspberry. You may have tried several other weight loss supplements which claim to be the best for helping you lose weight but you ended up with no effective results. This is not going to be the issue with raspberry ketone extract as its main ingredient includes enzymes that are extracted from raspberries making it highly effective for you.
Raspberry Ketone Diet Benefits
Raspberry ketone extract is a supplement that contains enzymes extracted from raspberriesmaking the supplement 100% natural. Raspberry enzymes are found out to be very effective in burning calories from the body. For weight loss, we actually look forward to cutting down on calories from our body. Knowing about the effectiveness of raspberry enzymes, manufacturers have come up with the idea of combining raspberry with other beneficial fruits extractincluding Apple cider, African mango, and Acia berry. Together this fruitful combination works and helps you lose extra calories from your body, making you slimmer and toned.
Raspberry ketone diet helps you lose your weight in a healthy way. It encourages you to develop healthy eating habits including eating fruits that are also being used in the supplement. The raspberry ketone extract is 100% natural and clinically proven to be an effective supplement for weight loss. Being natural indicates that there is no harmful effects from having the supplement like you may have experienced with other weight losssupplements. Last but not the least, you get money back guarantee of 30 days. So if you think raspberry ketone diet is not effective for you, for which the chances are rare, you can claim your money back.
Raspberry Ketone Side Effects
Raspberry ketone is made by many different brands and all claim to be without side effects because it is a natural weight loss supplement. Does this mean it is really harmless for your body and it really is natural? Sorry to say but this is not true. Natural raspberry ketone extract is very expensive. It is only found in fruits (naturally). To draw out 100 mg of ketone from raspberry, manufacturers will require 34 kgs of the fruit (on average). This would make the production of the ketone supplement very expensive.
Raspberry Ketone Max produces high quality ketones and adds no artificial fillers and additives that may have caused side effects. However it is recommended for women who are pregnant or breast feeding to consult with their doctor before using the weight loss supplement. Similarly, people who are under any kind of medical treatment should also consult their doctor for the use of raspberry ketone as there can be chances of having negative consequences when taking the supplement with that medicine.
Raspberry ketone diet is efficient in helping you reduce 2 to 5 lbs in a week. If you use the supplement along with changing your life style, and engaging yourself in healthy habits including exercising, eating healthy food and taking good sleep together these factors can help you faster in achieving your goal of weight loss.


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You have probably walked these streets a hundred times - but can you name them under pressure?
From the Royal Mile to Princes Street, Edinburgh is full of famous streets.
We're all used to seeing the same iconic images of the city's Old Town, but how well do you know the rest of the city?
Put your geography knowledge to the test with our tricky photo quiz.
A colourful history
Home to literary sons and daughters through the ages, such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott and Muriel Spark, it is hardly surprising that Edinburgh's street names are playful and poetic.
According to late Edinburgh author Charles Boog Watson, Salamander Street in Leith takes its name from the salamander lizard (which folklore says can survive the flames of a fire) as this is the only creature that could live in such conditions.
World's End is the final close before the Canongate, named years ago when some poorer Edinburgh residents couldn't even afford to leave the city walls - the street was the figurative end of their world.
Cuddy means 'donkey' or 'stupid' in the Scottish dialect. The Morningside street Cuddy Lane is named after its residents, according to Watson. He doesn't specify whether this is in reference to the animals or the locals.
Read more: The curious origins of 20 Edinburgh street names


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Opening XLR files
Did your computer fail to open a XLR file? We explain what XLR files are and recommend software that we know can open or convert your XLR files.
What is a XLR file?
Files that contain the .xlr file extension are commonly used by the Microsoft Works productivity suite. The .xlr file extension is used when creating charts and spreadsheets within the Microsoft Works spreadsheet application. The chart and spreadsheet files that are saved with the Works application are saved with the .xlr file extension.
Microsoft Works is similar to Microsoft Office, but the applications that are provided in the Works suite do not have as much functionality or as many features as the applications that are included with Microsoft Office software suite, making the Works applications more common for personal use than for business use.
Software that will open, convert or fix XLR files
Try a universal file viewer
In addition to the products listed above, I would suggest that you try a universal file viewer like Free File Viewer. It can open over 200 different types of files - and very likely yours too! Download Free File Viewer.


text: Reuters uk:rtr rtrsy on Tuesday warned on sales in the first half of the year, saying market conditions have deteriorated and that it now expects the decline in recurring revenue "to be at or slightly above 9 percent in the first quarter and for the decline to be somewhat higher in the second quarter." Reuters last year had guided for a 7-9 percent decline in revenue in the first half of the year. Analysts had been anticipating that the company on Tuesday in its 2002 results and 2003 outlook would set its expectations for the second half of 2003 sales. Reuters said it expects to deliver a "normalized operating margin (pre-restructuring) of around 12 percent" for the year. It expects a 160 million pound restructuring charge in 2003.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Net Income for ProAssurance Corp. PRA, -2.29% posted Wednesday fourth quarter net income of $21.5 million, or 69 cents a share compared with $13.8 million, or 46 cents a share in the same quarter in 2003. The specialist of medical liability insurance said revenues for the quarter climbed to $211.9 million versus $199.2 million. The Thomson First Call average estimate was for earnings of 61 cents a share on revenue of $210 million. ProAssurance shares fell 3 percent, to $37 in trading Tuesday.
ProAssurance Q4 profits handily top estimates
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Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
1110 W. Washington Suite 100 Phoenix Arizona 85007
Phoenix, AZ 85007
The Roach Fire is now 95% contained with full containment expected in the next few days. The fire started on July 7th at 830 in the town of Dudleyville in Pinal County. At the time, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office immediately started evacuating some area residents due to the fire's proximity and the threat to structures. By Sunday, all residents were able to return home. Due to the aggressive attack of the fire, many firefighters will be demobilized in the next 24 hours, however some crews will remain to patrol the perimeter for hotspots, potential wind-drive flare ups, and possible lightning strike-caused fires. The Type 3 Incident Management Team assigned to the fire will transition the fire back to the Department of Forestry and Fire Management on Wednesday, July 12th. The fire is under investigation.
|Current as of
|Incident Type
|Date of Origin
|Friday July 07th, 2017 approx. 08:30 PM
|Incident Commander
|Darryl Willis
|Incident Description
|Brush Fire
|32.922 latitude, -110.729 longitude
|Total Personnel
|335 Acres
|Percent of Perimeter Contained
|Fuels Involved
Salt cedar
|Significant Events
brush fire
|Planned Actions
Work toward full suppression of fire
|Weather Concerns
Monsoon-like storms moving through the eastern portion of the state, bringing with it high winds and lightning


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Guest Participation at Your Wedding ⎮ 10 Creative Ideas
I am a huge fan of using your guests to create artistic and memorable moments at your wedding! Activities in which everyone participates really help to bond the guests at an event. Here are a few ideas to get everyone creating together.
1. Ceremony Sing Along. Have a friend, a member of the band, or your officiant teach your guests a chorus to a well known song before you enter. Good ones to try would be - "All You Need Is Love" or "Ode to Joy" on just a la la la. Have your guests sing you out after your kiss!
2. Use kazoos. Hand out Kazoos before the ceremony, and instead of singing, have your gusts hum-buzz a popular song- "So Happy Together". It is good to designate a kazoo leader.
3. Before dinner dancing- I love a before dinner group dance! Group dancing makes everyone feel just silly enough that they have to let their guard down, and also mixes people up and gets them smiling and laughing with folks they don't know yet. This is a great time for some Square Dancing!
4. Take a whole group photo. No exceptions, everyone in with love on their faces!
5.Have a wearable art station. Have a station with supplies and instructions (or hire/designate someone to guide people) to make a piece of art to wear. You could have flower crowns and boutonnieres, oragami, beads for necklaces, or mask making supplies.
6. Use Polaroid cameras to take pictures of everyone and decorate with them.
7. Hire a henna artist to adorn people's hands, or hand out temporary tatoos. Marking ourselves makes us feel part of a tribe.
8. Get them singing again. Have Late Night campfire sing-alongs, or some late night Karaoke.
9. Have a Grand Parade. Have Parade materials or an art station where guests can make a ribbon wand or noisemaker. At a set time, have everyone Parade, or if you have lots of kids, let them be the parade and the adults cheer them on.
10. Have guests write wishes for you on paper lanterns. Have a special song or sing-along as you light them and watch them rise.
As a musician and Artist, I love bringing more art into events to stir the spirit and bring people together. Maybe we should work together!


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Most of the time when installing new software we almost forgot that not all software are safe. Some may damage our system files, some may become outdated, some may become corrupted and some may even contains adware, spyware, virus, etc.
So to keep your system safe and free from all of these unwanted changes, following are some of the steps that need to be considered before installing any software:
Create a Restore Point (Backup)
Before installing any software, remember to always create a backup because if the installation fails or the program contain virus and may hijack your system. You can always restore your system to previous stage.
Scan for Virus
Every program setup is not always safe or virus free. So always scan your setup with an up to date antivirus to reduce the risk of getting your system infected.
Always opt for Custom Installation
While installing any software, always select the Custom Installation option because this will allow you to control the installation process as many programs especially the freeware and adware try to download and install components such as toolbars that are not required for the full function of the program. Some program also tries to change the default homepage and search engine of the web browser. By choosing Custom Installation you may have the option to unselect and prevent this changes.
Restart your Computer
Most of the program after the installation process is completed. The program will ask to restart the system. Because most software especially the system management program will not function properly until the system is restarted. So do restart your system.
We hope that your found our tips for installing software to be helpful. If you have suggestions or noticed something is missing, then please let us know in the comments below


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Dusk Music Festival is one of those events where you know something is making shift in the community. We were lucky enough to come in and learn more from two of the creators themselves. It took place in October, but it was Tucson's first ever music festival of its magnitude. If you wanna learn more about it or even prep for next year go to the following:
WEBSITE: http://www.duskmusicfestival.com/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/duskmusicfest/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/duskmusicfestival/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/dusktucson


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- Crown Lengthening- Including functional and smile makeover: aesthetic crown lengthening and advanced procedures to fix GUMMY SMILE): A broken that may not have not tooth showing in the mouth could still be rescued. Crown lengthening procedure is usually a simple procedure of reducing either both or one of the tissue surrounding the tooth (Soft and hard tissue). Bone and/or gum tissue may be removed to allow more tooth structure above the gum line for a crown (or cap). Sometimes cavities can extend deep below the gum line and can be impossible to clean out and fill without an additional procedure called crown lengthening. Alternatively, failure to perform crown lengthening can sometimes result in the placement of filling or crowns so deep under the gums that is may become a chronic source of pain, inflammation, and discomfort.
- Exposure of Impacted Canine: Sometimes missing teeth in teens could remain stuck under the bone and the gum. Similarly, to wisdom teeth, canines (the eye teeth) are impacted and may require surgical exposure to access the tooth and pull it into proper alignment with orthodontics. In coordination with the orthodontics and with the use of different radiograph modalities, we can identify exactly where the tooth located for perfect exposure, ensuring that the tooth is surrounded by healthy bone and gum.
- Flap Surgery/ Osseous Surgery: Gum disease is a progressive disease that occurs when excessive plaque and tartar buildup around the tooth attract bacteria. Scientifically we usually say, "Gum disease is caused by biofilm and host response". It has been shown that more than 75% of Americans have some level of gum disease and only some end up seeking treatment. People who smoke and diabetics are at higher risk of developing this disease. If left untreated, gum disease can destroy the supporting structures around your teeth which may eventually lead tooth loss. Even though not painful because of it chronic nature, gum disease has been linked to cancer, diabetes, heart conditions, Alzheimer, rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases. This is a preventable and treatable condition but there is no cure. We offer advanced periodontal therapy such as osseous/flap surgery and non-surgical to get gum disease under control.
- Non-surgical periodontal management
- Scaling and Root planning (Infection control for people with bone and gum diseases around teeth)
Your teeth are moving- No problems; we could help you maintain your natural teeth as long as you need to; Oral health management for patients with mild to complex systemic medical history (Diabetes, heavy smokers, heart conditions etc…)
Treatment of peri-implantitis (gum and bone problems around implants)


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Florida Keys
A Georgia man who violated his probation for child molestation by leaving his hometown was caught hiding out in the Lower Florida Keys over the weekend.
His arrest Saturday marks the fourth out-of-state fugitive arrested by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in as many days.
William Sabec, 29, was arrested on two warrants from two different county judges in Georgia. Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies Saturday arrested him at a bar on Big Pine Key, about 30 miles north of Key West.
His arrest report was heavily redacted, so it is unclear how long he's been in the Keys, nor were the details of his arrest provided.
One warrant was issued on Jan. 30 from Catoosa County for not registering as a convicted sex offender. On Jan. 31, a judge in Walker County issued a warrant on a child molestation charge.
Sabec was convicted on two counts of child molestation in May 2014, according to Walker County court records. Police say he exposed himself to an 11-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy a year earlier, according to local news reports.
Sabec is listed as an "absconder" on the Georgia Bureau of Investigations sex offender registry list.


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How WicommFi Extenders are Replacing Broadband Routers?
A Router is the most important part of a network as more homes and offices have multiple devices to connect and use. Various advance features are present in most of the routers which most of us don't know how to use. These routers cost you around $200 or $300 or maybe more than that. So, to save your money, WicommFi extenders step in and change the perspective of WiFi networking. This device can b... »