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DSTG's Modelling Complex Warfighting Strategic Research Investment program is a five year program which seeks to revolutionise how DSTG undertakes operations analysis to better handle the interaction of complex geopolitical, social, technological, economic and cultural factors impacting the capability of the current force and design of the future force. The MCW is now moving into a new phase, transitioning from research exploration to consolidation to meet the expanded Defence problem space.
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Times media columnist Tim Rutten is moving to the opinion pages, where he began his L.A. Times career [* nope, I'm told he began in the old View feature section.] He will write two columns a week on the Op-Ed Page, one about local politics, the other on "intellectual life and culture." Memo follows:
To the staff:
We are delighted to announce that Tim Rutten, a veteran of The Times and one of its most distinguished and intelligent writers, will bring his talents to the Op-Ed page beginning Jan. 1, 2008. He will write two columns a week, one on local politics and the other on intellectual life and culture. Tim's move will bring his already-signature work on culture and politics to our Op-Ed page while also allowing him the opportunity to write about topics closer to home.
Tim is well known to all serious readers of The Times and no stranger to this department. A native Southern Californian, he joined The Times in 1972 and, since then, has served variously as assistant Op-Ed editor, Opinion Editor, assistant National editor, editorial writer, columnist, local news analyst, City/County Bureau chief, cultural correspondent and associate features editor. For the past four years, he has written Calendar's Regarding Media column and, for the past two, has served as the paper's principle book critic -- a role in which he will continue even as he takes up duties as an Op-Ed columnist. His journalism and criticism also have appeared in the Economist and the New York Review of Books. He is coauthor with the late Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. of the New York Times best-selling Journey to Justice.
On a personal note, Tim's move to the Op-Ed page is an immensely gratifying one for me. Tim and I first worked together in Metro, and I was privileged to be part of the City/County Bureau when he revived it during the 1990s. Tim is a friend as well as a colleague, and I'm excited that this move reunites us in a new endeavor.
Nick and I are pleased to welcome Tim to his new assignment and to our pages.
Jim Newton, editor of the editorial pages
Nick Goldberg, Op-Ed and Sunday Opinion editor
More recent Times moves:
Two new masthead editors
John Lippman returns to Business desk

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bottomline Technologies (NAS: EPAY) , a leading provider of cloud-based payment, invoice and banking solutions, today announced that its business-to-business settlement network, Paymode-X, has surpassed 200,000 members actively exchanging electronic payment and remittance data.
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Grief is one of the things we all have in common, it's something that will affect us all at one point in our lives, and it is one of the most challenging things we will face. Everybody goes through the stages of grief in their own way and at their own pace. It's an entirely unique experience, and you can never tell someone how to feel or deal with it. Sometimes, words of encouragement can help, though. It's comforting to know that others have been in the same situation as you before. Here are some powerful and moving quotes to help you deal with grief and loss.
"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." – Thomas Campbell
"In the garden of memory, in the palace of dreams…that is where you and I shall meet." — Alice Through the Looking Glass
"At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer, we remember them." – Sylvan Kamens
"Just because we're saying goodbye, doesn't mean the love goes away."
"My scars are a testament to the love and the relationship that I had for and with that person. And if the scar is deep, so was the love."
"Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day…unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed, and very dear."
"Perhaps they are not the stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy."
"Be the things you loved most about the people who are gone."
"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other." — Leo Buscaglia
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MTN deploys WiMAX in Cameroon
Pan-African carrier MTN confirmed it interest in WiMAX on Wednesday, tapping kit vendor Redline Communications to build a 12 city WiMAX network in Cameroon.
Christian de Faria, MTN's vice president for the West and Central Africa Region, confessed his interest in the wireless broadband technology earlier this year, telling telcoms.com that the company was looking at WiMAX as MTN moves to position itself as a multi-play provider.
Cameroon is also a fitting place for MTN's first WiMAX deployment as the country is where the ITU Working Party 8F convened in January of this year to establish a timetable to recognise WiMAX as an IMT-2000 technology.
The first phase of the MTN Cameroon's WiMAX rollout will include the cities of Douala and Yaounde, with ten additional cities planned for 2008. During this phase, MTN Cameroon will install base stations with capacity to serve thousands of users and will offer VLAN services to more than 700 corporate customers. The company expects to extend its services to more than 12,000 residential users this year.
RapidCloud, Redline's wireless systems integrator, has initiated the first phase of the WiMAX network already and is developing network plans for each of the additional ten cities where MTN Cameroon will roll out its WiMAX services.
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Office: Los Angeles
Years at Firm: 18 years
What is your favorite part about practicing healthcare law at McDermott?
Hands down – the people. I started at McDermott as a summer associate in 2002, and I tell potential recruits all the time that there is no other big law firm that I would rather practice at because of the team we've built at McDermott – the quality and the character of the people here are bar none. I also enjoy that I am still learning and being challenged, because at McDermott, we are advising clients who are on the cutting edge of innovation and change in the healthcare industry.
What is the biggest opportunity and greatest challenge facing clients in your area of focus today?
Two thoughts on this: first, the pandemic accelerated the use of digital tools and we're seeing some of our clients trying to figure out how to more effectively implement virtual care, get paid for it and grow their telehealth networks. Second, while we have seen continued physician group mergers and acquisitions, we are also seeing some pushback on these consolidation efforts by regulators. For example, here in California, Assembly Bill 1132 (initially introduced in February 2021) would have required California Attorney General review of certain healthcare provider transactions (including transactions involving medical groups) with a value of three [...]
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A WANTED man who repeatedly taunted police after being wanted in connection with a break-in and threatening behaviour has been arrested.
Police have also issued a warning to offenders who 'think they can outrun the police' after Osbourne continually mocked the force on social media while evading their efforts to track him down.
Jonathan Osbourne, 26, from Barnsley, had been wanted for more than three months after an incident on April 16 in which a woman's home was broken into and the occupant threatened and intimidated.
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Murphy said: "Today my officers have arrested wanted man Jonathan Osbourne. "Osbourne has been wanted for over three months and during that time has taunted officers through social media.
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Bolton 0-1 Crystal Palace
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Crystal Palace earned a victory at Bolton courtesy of a late penalty from striker Glenn Murray.
Wilfried Zaha was a constant threat for Palace and it was his trickery which drew a foul from Zat Knight for the crucial spot-kick after 80 minutes.
Murray slotted the penalty past Adam Bogdan for the winner.
Chung-Yong Lee went close to an equaliser when his shot whistled past the post but Palace held on for a fourth league win in five games.
Zaha had quickly given an indication of the danger he posed when he had a first-time angled shot parried away by keeper Bogdan.
Palace, who move up to seventh with the victory, were playing on the counter-attack and Murray headed an Owen Garvan cross straight at the Bolton keeper.
The home side were denied a penalty for a possible handball, before Bolton striker David Ngog had a close-range shot blocked by Damien Delaney.
Kevin Davies was making his 700th career appearance and he and Trotters winger Chris Eagles both went close.
Mark Davies also looked set to score for the home side only to have a well-struck shot bundled away by keeper Julian Speroni.
But the decisive moment came when Palace were awarded a penalty, which Murray kept his cool to slot home.
Bolton manager Owen Coyle: "Goals change games and this result's really hard to take. We have previously built momentum but now we have taken a backward step which is really disappointing.
"We just want an even break and we are clearly not getting that at the moment.
"The bottom line is that we've got to pick ourselves up and get the points in our next game against Leeds, which will be another real tough game."
Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman: "We've played against Cardiff, Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough over the last few weeks and that was by far our toughest challenge.
"There is no doubt in my mind that they will be in the top two or three at the end of the season and this has to be our biggest scalp so far this campaign."


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Supreme Court Judgments
Arijit Pasayat & Lokeshwar Singh Panta
APPEAL NO. 5422 OF 2007 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 8968 of 2006) Dr. ARIJIT
Leave granted.
Challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by a Division Bench of the High
Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur in
Writ Petition No.13440 of 2004. The appellants had challenged the composite
order dated 13.11.1997 passed in OA No.691/1995 and OA No.89/1996 by the
Central Administrative Tribunal, Jabalpur Bench, Jabalpur (in short 'CAT'). The
respondents had moved CAT under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act.
1985 (in short `the Act') seeking regularization of their services.
3. The
stand of the respondents before the CAT was that they have been on duties as
Data Entry Operators on contract basis and were being paid at a rate of Rs.10
per hour up to the maximum of Rs.50/- per day. They have sought for
regularization placing reliance on the factum of long rendition of service.
4. In
response, the present appellants contended that the respondents were not
departmental employees and their grievances cannot be agitated before the CAT.
Placing reliance on some other decisions rendered by the CAT, the stand of the
present appellants was turned down and direction was given for considering
their cases for appointment on regular basis.
writ petition was filed before the High Court, by the appellants which was
dismissed by the impugned order.
6. In
support of the appeal, learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the
decision of the High Court is contrary to law as laid down by the Constitution
Bench of this Court in Secretarv. State of Karnataka and Others v. Uma Devi and Others (2006 (4) SCC l).
Learned counsel for the respondents on the other hand submitted that since the
CAT had relied on an earlier judgment and High Court rightly did not find any
distinguishable feature, the appeal, therefore, deserves to be dismissed.
8. The
question of regularization on the ground of long rendition of service was the
subject matter in Uma Devi's case (supra). The said issue has been elaborately
dealt with in the judgment. It was inter alia held as follows:
It is not necessary to notice all the decisions of this Court on this aspect.
By and large what emerges is that regular recruitment should be insisted upon,
only in a contingency and ad hoc appointment can be made in a permanent
vacancy, but the same should soon be followed by a regular recruitment and that
appointments to non- available posts should not be taken note of for
regularization. The cases directing regularization have mainly proceeded on the
basis that having permitted the employee to work for some period, he should be
absorbed, without really laying down any law to that effect, after discussing
the constitutional scheme for public employment.
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While directing that appointments, temporary or casual, be regularized or made
permanent, courts are swayed by the fact that the concerned person has worked
for some time and in some cases for a considerable length of time. It is not as
if the person who accepts an engagement either temporary or casual in nature,
is not aware of the nature of his employment. He accepts the employment with
open eyes. It may be true that he is not in a position to bargain -- not at
arms length -- since he might have been searching for some employment so as to
eke out his livelihood and accepts whatever he gets. But on that ground alone,
it would not be appropriate to jettison the constitutional scheme of
appointment and to take the view that a person who has temporarily or casually
got employed should be directed to be continued permanently. By doing so, it
will be creating another mode of public appointment which is not permissible.
If the court were to void contractual employment of this nature on the ground
that the parties were not having equal bargaining power, that too would not
enable the court to grant any relief to that employee. A total embargo on such
casual or temporary employment is not possible. Given the exigencies of
administration, and if imposed, would only mean that some people who at least
get employment temporarily, contractually or casually, would not be getting
even that employment, moreover when securing of such employment brings at least
some succor to them. After all, innumerable citizens of our vast country are in
search of employment and one is not compelled to accept a casual or temporary
employment if one is not inclined to go in for such an employment. It is in
that context that one has to proceed on the basis that the employment was
accepted fully knowing the nature of it and the consequences flowing from it.
In other words, even while accepting the employment, the person concerned knows
the nature of his employment. It is not an appointment to a post in the real
sense of the term. The claim acquired by him in the post in which he is
temporarily employed or the interest in that post cannot be considered to be of
such a magnitude as to enable the giving up of the procedure established, for
making regular appointments to available posts in the services of the State.
The argument that since one has been working for some time in the post, it will
not be just to discontinue him, even though he was aware of the nature of the
employment when he first took it up, is not one that would enable the
jettisoning of the procedure established by law for Public employment and would
have to fail when tested on the touchstone of constitutionality and equality of
opportunity enshrined in Article 14 of the Constitution.
x x x
When a person enters a temporary employment or gets engagement as a contractual
or casual worker and the engagement is not based on a proper selection as
recognized by the relevant rules or Procedure, he is aware of the consequences
of the appointment being temporary, casual or contractual in nature. Such a
Person cannot invoke the theory of legitimate expectation for being confirmed
in the post when an appointment to the post could be made only by following a
proper procedure for selection and in concerned cases, in consultation with the
Public Service Commission.
the theory of legitimate expectation cannot be successfully advanced by temporary,
contractual or casual employees. It cannot also be held that the State has held
out any promise while engaging these persons either to continue them where they
are or to make them permanent. The State cannot constitutionally make such a
It is
also obvious that the theory cannot be invoked to seek a positive relief of
being made permanent in the post.
Normally, what is sought for by such temporary employees when they approach the
court, is the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the employer, the State or
its instrumentalities, to absorb them in permanent service or to allow them to
continue. In this context, the question arises whether a mandamus could be
issued in favour of such persons. At this juncture, it will be proper to refer
to the decision of the Constitution Bench of this Court in Dr. Rai Shivendra Bahadur
v. The Governing Body of the Nalanda College (1962) Supp. 2 SCR 144. That case
arose out of a refusal to promote the writ petitioner therein as the Principal
of a college.
Court held that in order that a mandamus may be issued to compel the
authorities to do something, it must be shown that the statute imposes a legal
duty on the authority and the aggrieved party had a legal right under the
statute or rule to enforce it.
classical position continues and a mandamus could not be issued in favour of
the employees directing the government to make them permanent since the
employees cannot show that they have an enforceable legal right to be
permanently absorbed or that the State has a legal duty to make them
9. In
view of what has been stated in Uma Devi's case (supra), we deem it proper to
remit the matter to the High Court to consider the case afresh in the light of
the said decision.
10. In
the connected case decided by the High Court in O,A. No.89/1996 which related
to Writ Petition No.1474 of 1998, this Court had dealt with the matter in Chief
Commissioner of (11) SCC 350), where a similar direction, as contained above,
was given.
The appeal is allowed to the aforesaid extent with no orders as to costs.
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The most powerful words in the universe are the ones you use to talk to yourself. We have more than 6,000 thoughts a day. On average 80% of them are negative and 90% are repetitive. It is so easy to be unconscious about the words...READ MORE
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Jan 18, 2021 | My Journey
It has been two weeks since I moved to my new place in Boca Raton, Florida. I am still overcome with gratitude for my clients, network, friends and family that have supported, believed, and encouraged me to achieve my goals since day one....READ MORE
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Gratitude is one of the most important indicators for sustained happiness. It is way easier to be happy when you truly believe that each day is an unrepeatable miracle. When I was a teenager I used to think gratitude was a personality...READ MORE
Overcoming Resistance
Jul 14, 2019 | My Journey
My inner resistance has been developed over many years – whether that is resistant to change, the unknown, or resistance without reason at all. I'm sure many can relate… there is a comfort zone for a reason right? Let me backup a...READ MORE
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During coaching training I was given the task of exploring how other people deal with setbacks. Before I began asking people I took a guess at what many of the responses would be. I surmised that there would be a group of people who would...READ MORE
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At Home Exercise Training Routines In Abu Dhabi
It's tough when you can't get to the gym or see your PT. Veronika, a female PT in Abu Dhabi has created an exercise plan anyone can do at home for full fitness.
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Bootcamp training isn't just for the super fit. You can start bootcamp workouts even if you are new to fitness and exercise. Bootcamps are high intensity training – you'll never get bored and you will be suprised how fast your fitness and stamina levels increase.
Get some great tips and advice from an expert Bootcamp personal trainer in the UAE.
Question: As a personal trainer who provides Boot Camp training can you describe what Boot Camp is in Abu Dhabi?
Boot Camp training Classes always starts with dynamic stretching and running In order to prepare the body for the intense and psychical demands it will be put through during the hour session, which also prevents injury.
This is then followed by a wide variety of interval training, designed to safely take the body out of its comfort zone by performing movements which include lifting weights/objects, pulling TRX Straps, push ups/sit ups, plyometric, and various types of intense explosive routines.
Sessions will usually finish with a yoga style of stretching, Many other exercises using weights or body weight similar to CrossFit routines, are used to lose body fat, increase cardiovascular efficiency, increase strength and help people get into a routine of regular exercise.
Question: Is Boot Camp Training tailored to specific workouts, for example aerobics or are they all designed to provide an all-over body workout for strength, cardio & endurance?
Typically a Military Boot Camp class in Abu Dhabi is designed to build strength and fitness through a variety of group or individuals intervals over a 1 hour period.
The variety within these workouts, whether you're doing bodyweight exercises, pushes, pulls, carries, partner work or explosive routines will only result in you becoming much fitter, faster and stronger.
This training will not only improve your psychical strength but also you're mental meaning that the benefits to this style of training go far beyond just aerobic.
Question: Boot Camp is often seen as a military drill style workout which is high intensity and fast paced. Because of this do you think Boot Camp is too much for those with little exercise/fitness experience in Abu Dhabi or can classes be tailored for beginners/groups of beginners?
Absolutely not, everybody has to start somewhere and most bootcamp training providers in the UAE now run a foundations course for beginners or taster days just so you are aware of the movements and techniques required prior to training.
If this is not the case then my advice would be to meet the class coach prior to training and explain you're a beginner which will allow you to still participate but safely at your own pace.
It is true that military boot camp can be high intensity however the key elements and what make them so successful is that they are fun and based around team work and meeting new people who have also been in the same position as you when originally starting off.
So my advice as a bootcamp personal trainer would be to just give it a try and see if it is for you, you have nothing to lose and just enjoy the process.
Question: Boot Camp can be good for weight loss but in general how many sessions of Boot Camp per week would be ideal for someone trying to lose weight 'quickly' but safely in Abu Dhabi?
It all depends on the individual, their age, current fitness levels, previous training history or any old injuries etc. My advice is always start slow and enjoy the process of progressively working towards your own individual goals as supposed to rushing it.
Going too hard too soon can lead to injuries at the early stages of a new program.
At the end of the day you are looking for a lifestyle change and not just a quick fix. On the other hand if you're already regularly training in the gym but just looking to switch your style of training to a more high intensity boot camp workout out then I'd say start at three times per week.
One day training and one day recovery, see how your body reacts initially and progress from there as you see appropriate.
Question:Would you say there are any restrictions on age or physical ability when considering Boot Camp as a training option (for example seniors or those who are very over-weight)?
No. There may be other serious health restrictions from participating in boot camps but age and a beginner level of fitness isn't one of them.
Yes the movements can be new and initially feel unnatural but learning new things from experienced coaches and continuously improving your performance is what makes it fun and will only result in you attending more regularly than you initially set out to do and therefore getting the results you want.
For every session there is a full lesson plan that is tailored for a very wide variety of fitness levels.
For every exercise that is asked to be performed within the workouts there will be at least 3 to 4 scaling options of that particular movement to allow you to keep moving, and working for the full hour.
Question: As a Boot Camp Personal Trainer in the UAE can you summarise how Boot Camp benefits a person's health and fitness and also how Boot Camp delivers results.
Firstly, outdoor physical activity with like-minded people has been proven to have a 50 percent greater positive effect on mental health and gaining faster results than training indoors in the gym alone.
Fun, friendships, motivation and consistency are what makes the boot camps deliver so many great results in the UAE.
You will find yourself looking forward to seeing your new training buddies and being surrounded by positive people and start to progressively look forward to training.
Having fun, laughing, being made to feel extremely welcome, being encouraged and feeding off others people energy at the boot camps instead of watching the clock on the treadmill at the gym not are not specific to your goals.
Bootcamp can be a fun and fast paced way to get fit. Ideal if you need to lose weight or work on your cardio fitness, What's more, Bootcamp can be tailored to any age or fitness level.
Each personal trainer profile page includes a quick contact form. You can contact the coach direct and they will get back to you as soon as possible.
Use the filter options on the page below to closely match your training goals with the right coach and even select to show male, female or all personal trainers.
The price for personal training in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and RAK can be found on the personal trainer profile page. Each coach has their own price information and training fees. When you contact a PT they will provide full details about price, discounts and promotions.
All personal trainers listed on the UAE Personal Trainers website will provide a free fitness consultation to get a better understanding of your health and fitness goals.
Freelance personal trainers and fitness companies provide PT at home, your gym, outdoors. Online personal training is also an option for many coaches and their clients.


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London-based real estate investment firm Marcol has completed the purchase of Germany's largest care home owner and operator, MEDIAN Kliniken, in a joint partnership with global private equity firm Advent International.
The transaction, which has been approved by the European Commission, is the largest private equity deal done in Germany this year, Marcol said in a statement.
Marcol, which currently manages more than €3 billion in assets for itself and a private investor pool, declined to reveal how much the partners paid for MEDIAN, but said the business has an annual turnover of approximately €300 million.
The business owns and manages 27 "rehabilitation and acute clinics" across 19 locations in Germany, operating over 6 million square feet of real estate. Its facilities have 6,300 patient beds and employ 4,500 staff.
The deal is expected to mark the start of an investment program in the sector for Marcol, which has historically invested across the real estate sectors, both directly, indirectly and through portfolio companies, for more than 30 years. The firm said it had a further €500 million of investments "under consideration".
Mark Steinberg, co-founder of Marcol, described the private care home sector as "fragmented" while his partner, Terrance Cole, said Marcol had identified an opportunity to grow the business "organically" and "through expansion and further acquisitions." Cole noted the firms aim to grow MEDIAN into a €1 billion business over the next five years, and that "substantial funds have been committed to support growth plans".
Advent International has extensive history in the care home sector. The firm purchased Craegmoor Healthcare, a UK care provider, in 2008 and and Casa Reha, a German nursing home operator, in 2005.
Rothschild, McKinsey, Lovells, Richard Ellis and Ernst & Young were the advisors on the deal.


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The Gamecocks host the Tennesee Volunteers today in Columbia. Blake Cooper starts for Carolina and Bryan Morgado starts for the Vols. Morgado has been beaten up a little bit from time to time (5.00+ ERA), so it will interesting to see how good we can get the bats going.
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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: How the New Character Creator Works
Unlike the Borderlands games before it, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands includes a full-on character creator, not just swappable head and body skins. And true to Bunkers and Badasses' real-world Dungeons and Dragons inspiration, what seems like an impressive appearance generator turns into a fun D&D-lite character sheet by the end.
With that in mind, let's jump into the basics of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands' Character Creator and how it works, if you're wondering just how creative, or weird, you can get.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands features six character classes: Stabbomancer, Clawbringer, Spellshot, Graveborn, Spore Warden, and Brr-Zerker. And before getting into how to customize their look, it's worth noting each has its own passive ability, or "Class Feat", and two action abilities you can choose from. For instance, the Spellshot can either turn enemies into sheep– wait a minute, skeep, my apologies. Or equip two spells at once. The Brr-Zerker can do either a spin attack, or a leap attack. Every class has an option like that, and once you reach level 7 you can swap these out at will from the skills menu. A further fork in this road is that you can actually multiclass after reaching a certain point and have two different passive abilities. For instance, a Spellshot/Graveborn multiclass means you get twice the hellish blast occurrences when casting spells. You can also respec your attributes at any time by visiting a machine in Brighthoof, and can even change your secondary class after completing the story.
After choosing your initial class, it's time to choose your appearance. You're not beholden to any particular look or race for each class– the look of your class's armor is the only difference, and there are a lot of options in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands including body type, voice quality and pitch, and even an option to turn off symmetry. The really fun part is Wonderlands' slider overdrive, which removes the limiters on both body and facial feature options. When you engage this, you can make some truly horrific-slash-wonderful monstrosities, ignoring human anatomy or even the laws of physics completely. Look at that beauty! I recommend engaging the slider overdrive and just hitting randomize to see some true avant-garde works of art. Rapture's own Dr. Steinman would kill for a face like that.
Moving on from your character's appearance, you choose a Character Background. Similar to D&D 5e, backgrounds help you choose which attributes to excel in. Want higher strength and lower intelligence, choose Village Idiot. Want low Strength and Dex, but higher Intelligence and Wisdom? Choose Failed Monk. These backgrounds, in combination with the type of voice you chose, will also change some of your character's dialogue if you enjoy a bit more role play in your looter-shooter RPGs.
After choosing your background, you can allocate your actual attributes, and they all give small boosts to certain stats, such as crit damage, crit chance, and even your skill cooldown speed. The six attributes mirror the six in D&D 5e exactly, except that Attunement replaces Charisma, as there aren't any role-playing elements in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands when it comes to dialogue choice or persuasion. You just use guns for that.
I would recommend checking the panel on the right of the character sheet to see which attributes are recommended for each class, as those are the ones you're most likely to use. But no one's stopping you from making a Stabbomancer with an absurdly high constitution.
There are some carry-overs when it comes to character customization from previous Borderlands games as well. You'll find items in the world that unlock new options for armor and headgear, and those are added to your profile's initial character creation menu in case you want to make a new character. You can also fully change your character's appearance, including using these new options, by visiting this machine at Izzie's Fizzie's in Brighthoof.
And that's our quick breakdown on the character creator in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. For more on the newly released Borderlands spinoff, check out IGN's Tiny Tina's Wonderlands review, and dig into the origins of Tiny Tina if you're new to the franchise.
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Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters say the Biden Administration is making it too easy for illegal immigrants to enter the country. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that just 10% believe the Administration is making things too hard. Twenty-four percent (24%) say the balance is about right and 18% are not sure.
Eighty percent (80%) of Republicans believe it is now too easy for illegal immigrants to enter the country. Forty-six percent (46%) of Independents feel that way along with just 20% of Democrats.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of voters believe that immigration and border control is a national security issue.
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Question 1:
On a different topic, is immigration and border control a national security issue?
68% Yes
17% No
15% Not sure
Question 2:
Is the Biden administration making it too easy to easy or too hard for illegal immigrants to enter the nation?
48% Too easy
10% Too hard
24% About right
18% Not sure
Question 3:
Generally speaking, are United States border patrol agents too harsh or too lenient in dealing with illegal immigrants?
25% Too harsh
31% Too lenient
24% About right
20% Not sure
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on December 14-15, 2021. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation's population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.


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Dr. Angel Yanagihara of the University of Hawaii, Manoa will be conducting a crash course on Marine Toxicology starting April 23, 2019 to May 2, 2019.
The following is the proposed itenerary schedule for Dr. Yanagihara
Schedule of Activities
|Corresponding Office
|22 April 2019Monday
|Pick-up from Airport and billeting to IIT Hostel;Courtesy Call to Chancellor Sukarno D. Tanggol, Vice Chancellor Teves, Vice Chancellor Bornales, Vice Chancellor Alagao, Research Director Creencia, CSM Dean Confesor;Welcome Dinner
|OVCPD Vehicle; OVCAA (Welcome Dinner)
|23 April 2019Tuesday
|Field Ecology of Cubozoans in the Philippines (1 hour lecture, 3 days field work) (Day 1)A. Mangrove outflow habitats (Chirodropid and Tripedalia sampling)8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|24 April 2019Wednesday
|Field Ecology of Cubozoans in the Philippines (Day 2)B. Pelagic sampling (Day and night time net tows Night time surface light Day and night (if possible) time dive surveys8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|25 April 2019Thursday
|Field Ecology of Cubozoans in the Philippines (Day 3)B. Pelagic sampling (continuation)8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|26 April 2019Friday
|Cubozoan Biodiversity (1 hour lecture, 1 day field work, 1 day field lab work) (Day 1)A. Voucher collectionB. Voucher photography8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|27 April 2019Saturday
|Cubozoan Biodiversity (1 hour lecture, 1 day field work, 1 day field lab work) (Day 2)C. Voucher preservation for anatomical studies, for DNAD. Results of Yanagihara, Saguil LNU Samar Collection with analysis by Smithsonian collaborators8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|28 April 2019Sunday
|Envenomation Pathophysiology (4 hours lectures, 3 days field lab work): Day 1A. Biochemical composition of cubozoan venomB. Bioassays of isolated venom Introduction to time course and dilution based assays Hemolytic assay MacConkey agar assay8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|29 April 2019Monday
|Envenomation Pathophysiology: Day 2C. Bioassays of live cubozoan tentaclesD. Ultrastructure of nematocysts and physical trauma caused upon envenomation Microscopy8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|30 April 2019Tuesday
|Symposium 8-12 AMCollaborative Meeting 1-5 PM8:00AM to 5:00 PMFarewell Dinner with Faculty and IIT Officials
|DMS/CSM;Meeting (OVCPD);Dinner (OVCRE);
|1 May 2019Thursday
|Envenomation Pathophysiology (4 hours lectures, 3 days field lab work): Day 3E. Pathophysiology of acute cardiovascular collapse after cubozoan envenomationF. Pathophysiology of Irukandji Syndrome after cubozoan envenomationG. First Aid and Clinical management considerations8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|2 May 2019Friday
|Public Health Impacts (1 hour lecture, 1 day field work)A. Documentation of public health burden Survey in person interviews On line surveys FB or other platformB. Public Health out reach Make a presentation to an identified stakeholder group Develop signage for potential beaches affected by box jellies Initiate collaborative networks with Rural Health Units and other Health Care providers Develop a mini course coloring book or other format for school age children8:00AM to 5:00 PM
|3 May 2019Friday
|Departure to Airport
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"The Low-Down."
By Edward L. McKenna (1893-1953).
Illustrations by Raymond Sisley (1892-1963; HERE).
First appearance: Blue Book, March 1950.
Short short story (5 pages; 3 illos).
Online at Archive.org (HERE).
"A dramatic scene on that road to Hell that is paved with good intentions."
A tale of irony and woe . . .
Major characters:
~ Spike:
"That's why I am in this jam."
~ Whitey:
"He don't think anybody can run a lawnmower in Central Park without he gets some
advice from Whitey and gives him a cut."~ Daisy Varden:
"Still and all, she's always Daisy Varden, and Daisy Varden was tops in the night-club business for my money."
~ Clara Purcelle:
"This dizzy tramp gets an awful crying jag."
~ "since Prohibition" (Wikipedia HERE); "long past repeal". (Wikipedia HERE).
~ "the Big Apple". (Wikipedia HERE).
~ "a gat" (Wikipedia HERE); "I don't pack no rod" (Wikipedia HERE).
~ "she tops for night-clubs". (Wikipedia HERE).
~ "on Pullmans". (Wikipedia HERE).
~ "a booster": a shoplifter (Merriam-Webster HERE) , "or a dip": a pickpocket (Merriam-Webster HERE), "or a pineapple" (from the context it could be a criminal of some sort).
~ "two yards and a half": One yard = $100. (Merriam-Webster HERE).
~ "the ice": diamonds, jewelry. (Merriam-Webster HERE).
~ "A Sullivan Act violation!" (Wikipedia HERE).
HERE), "Fay Templeton" (Wikipedia HERE), "Nora Bayes" (Wikipedia HERE), "Marie Lloyd" (Wikipedia HERE), and "Walter Donaldson" (Wikipedia HERE).
- The FictionMags Index thumbnail about Edward Lawrence McKenna: "Author, columnist, assistant professor of insurance at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Brooklyn, New York; died in Baltimore, Pennsylvania."


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If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.
1 John 5:16-17
Duns Scotus and the Finiteness of Sin
One of the Subtle Doctor's rather contrarian contentions against the majority opinion of the medieval scholastic world was his insistence that sin was only finite in magnitude and gravity. St Anselm, representing the later medieval consensus, argued that all sin was infinitely grevious because it is an offense against the infinite being, and to this infinitely grevious sin required an equally infinitely great and valuable atonement, the sacrifice of Christ. However, Scotus contended that sin cannot possibly be infinite in magnitude because sin was an inherently creaturely act, and the actions of finite empirical creatures cannot possibly be infinite in magnitude. Scotus further argued that to argue that sin was infinite in magnitude was to postulate a summum malum or "chief evil" corresponding to the summum bonum or chief good which all creatures moves towards, i.e. God. This was essentially to be guilty of a form of Manichaean dualism where both good and evil are equally infinite, necessasitating the rejection of sin as being infinite in magnitude.
But with ruthless consistency, the Subtle Doctor didn't hesitate to follow through the implications of his own logic; he also argued that since Christ's obedience to God was also a creaturely act, therefore, horrors of horrors! Christ's merit was itself also finite! His argument was that merit was a concept applicable only to creatures, for it is creatures who can, and are obliged to, acquire merit in relation to their conformity to God's will. So of course logically if God's will was the standard which determines merit, God himself must be above the very standard and concept of merit itself. Thus God was in some sense "beyond merit and demerit", God just is.
Thus with this we can already anticipate one obvious reply. Can't Christ's merit be infinite by virtue of his union with the divine Word which surely is infinite? But the divine Word is already beyond merit or demerit, there is simply no merit for the divine Word to simply "transfer" over to the human Christ.
The Exposure of Sin's Weakness and Insignificance
Let us explore one more part of Scotus's thought before building up from his arguments. Scotus however was willing to agree that there was a sense in which sin and Christ's merit was infinite. Scotus argued that there was two ways in which a thing can be considered to be "infinite", namely, "intensively" and "extensively". "Intensively" referred to the idea that something was infinite "inwardly" or "in itself", "in relation to itself". "Extensively" on the other hand referred to the idea that something was infinite "outwardly", "in relation to something external".
Thus considered "intensively", no evil, no sin, and no creaturely action in itself can possibly be infinite, for there is only one infinite, i.e. God. But considered "extensively", a creaturely action can be considered "infinite" based on its directional relation or in relation to its end, goal, terminus. When an act is directed towards a union with God, then that action is an infinitely good act, but when that action separates and turns away from God, then in this rather limited sense, that act is an infinite sinful act. However, we must stress that Scotus is very careful not to postulate a dualistic summum malum for sinful creatures to move towards. There is only one summum bonum, one end which all creatures can move towards.
So what happens to those creatures who live in sin do not journey towards the God, and yet also do not journey towards an evil end? Here is where we leave the actual writings of Scotus (for now!) and develop our own argument. They simply remain with their own finite lives, whose acts are all too finite and whose hearts are set upon all too finite possessions or objects, cut off from the broader context and connection to the Infinite. Thus the St Paul speaks of how the wrath of God is revealed against the wickedness of mankind by giving them up precisely to these sinful lusts/desires from which they desire and act for finite objects, severed from their broader context and path to the infinite good, i.e. God (Romans 1:24-25). Of course the problem is that finite acts and objects, by virtue of being empirically contingent, limited and finite, will eventually "run out" or decay and dissolve, as desire runs through it and reaches the end of it. Thus the delusion of the wicked heart given up by God will fall into idolatry by infinitising the actions and objects of desire and making them the be all and end all and the man who has been seized by this lie of the devil will do everything in his power to prolong and "serve" the lie of the finite object of desire/worship or deed by extending it as far as possible before it reaches its end.
So in the end, the man whose desires and goals terminates at finite goods, or whose actions and deeds are not oriented towards the infinite, will end up with nothing and reduces to an empty void. (As a side note, therefore Milton's Satan, a being who eternally and everlastingly revolts against God in some glorious Nietzchean defiance, would simply be an impossibility. The sin of Satan's revolt must also be finite, and therefore it would eventually be defeated by the infinite, as with all the sinful rebellion of all his minions and the reprobates. There would be no parallel rebel colony in glorious existential defiance against the will of God in hell. But this is another discussion and I highly recommend Andy Saville's Hell without Sin.) Thus, at heart, the problem of sin is the problem of the first two commandments, not having seeking after the true Infinite in the heart, and idolatry of "infinitising" and setting one's heart upon the finite creation and finite acts for the creation. However, this "infinitisation" of the creation and creaturely actions is simply a lie of the devil. Thus, in a certain sense, the sin only seems to be infinite, because the devil makes us believe that our sins and the object of our sins, have infinite meaning, value or significance or simply reality.
But now we can ask, what's up with all this talk about finity and infinity, etc? The answer is that people do not merely "sin" in some general abstract sense. They commit particular concrete sins with a very definite delimited empirical meaning. Thus, we do not merely "offend" against God in some generic sense, we commit theft, murder, adultery, fornication, we covet, lust, distrust God, blaspheme, etc. Thus, all sin has a particular concrete and delimited meaning and is most certainly not "infinite" in its significance and scope. This of course is not to deny that one sin can lead to another in a sort of "chain reaction", and sin can expand in its meaning and magnitude. But the point remains that these sins are discrete, finite and definite. (As a side note, there is an interesting contemporary discussion as to how can everlasting damnation be justified given the finite nature of sin. One answer goes that although sin is finite, but the damned continueto sin in hell, increasing their (finite) penality, and as they sin, their sentence increase, and this goes on and on… into eternity.)
Now of course God can simply "solve" the problem of sin by simply wiping out mankind altogether. But that would of course be overkill (literally!), like trying to solve the problem of divorce by abolishing marriage. You'll have no divorce alright, but you'll have no marriages either. Thus, God wants to keep man, but wants to solve the sin. Thus he does a "surgical" action, finite sins calls for finite solutions. Those concrete empirically delimited sins must be engaged and confronted precisely as concrete empirically delimited sins. Remember, the delusion of the devil is precisely that sin has infinite meaning and significance. God will not play by the devil's game, thus, he sends his Son to be incarnate, to be a contingent empirically delimited creature like us, and in his creaturely concreteness, he can address each of our sins in all their particularity, healing, absolving, reconciling, all types of wounds, all kinds of sins and all sorts of sinners, and most vitally, he gives us hope that there is something beyond the life of sin for us, by exposing the end, the finiteness of sin itself, that indeed sin does not possess infinite significance or meaning over us, that it is not total or complete in its hold over us, that there is indeed a life for us beyond sin, the life in union with Christ. Thus, Christ comes to "de-infinitise" sin and expose it as finite by tackling it precisely in all its finite particularity with finite redemptive actions (healing, feeding, forgiving, eating with sinners, suffering, etc) and "re-orient" our lives back towards God. As Karl Barth puts it, the Church "will preach the overwhelming power of grace and the weakness of human wickedness in face of it".
Christ's Finite Merits Applied Infinitely
It would be useful to come back to Scotus again. Now according to Scotus, there is a sense in which Christ's merits, although finite because they are creaturely acts, can be infinite. Again we need to appeal to the "intensively" and "extensively" distinction. Christ's merit, considered "intensively" and in themselves, is finite, however considered "extensively" can be infinite. But "extensively" in relation to what? Here we invoke Scotus's (in)famous divine acceptatio, that God is willing and choses to accept Christ's merit as infinite, that by a divine fiat or will, he simply chose to treat Christ's merit as infinite. However it is important not to misunderstand Scotus here. It has often been argued that if God wanted to, he could accept the merits of the saints or even an angel as infinite for redemption. But this is not true. God chose to accept Christ's merit as infinite "extensively", in relation to Christ's union with the divine nature. Thus, Christ's finite merits are accepted as infinite by God because of him being the incarnate Word.
Here we leave Scotus again to develop our own argument. To say that God simply decided to accept Christ's merits as infinite doesn't really say anything interesting. To add that Christ's merits are accepted as infinite by God in view of his divine union doesn't seem to really distinguish Scotus's doctrine from that of the majority medieval tradition which simply cuts out the "middle man" of the divine acceptatio and just go straight to saying that Christ's merits are infinite by virtue of the divine union. How can we improve on Scotus's thought?
Let us recall our previous argument about what the whole talk about finite and infinite sin is really all about. We wanted to "de-infinitise" sin so that we would not be distracted by abstractions and treating sin as some general overall thing, but as concrete, particular and empirical realities. Now, the concreteness of sin is wiped away and dealt with by the equally concrete and empirically finite and delimited deeds of Christ. Now, these deeds are meritorous, but not infinite so. Let us now give the divine acceptatio a different meaning. Now God will deal with our finite, empirical and concrete sins also by engaging with it directly by the particular, concrete and delimited meritorous deeds of Christ. But Christ is no longer physically with us. So how is Christ going to deal with our sins concretely? First, Christ sends down the Holy Spirit upon the Church, then the Church in the power of the Holy Spirit preaches the message of Christ to us. When we receive and believe in that message of Christ because of the conviction wrought by the Holy Ghost, when we apply the different, particular and concrete parts of his life to our own (his healings, his promises, his forgiveness, his love for sinners, his forgiving his murderers, etc), God is willing to accept this faith in his Son in the power of the Spirit as sufficient merit for atonement of our particular sins. And in this sense, Christ's merit is "infinite" because it can be infinitely applied to as many people as possible and to as many myraid life situations and sins as there can possibly be. Christ's "finite" merits or concrete particular deeds has both the power and capacity to speak, address and save any and everyone, no matter the greatness of their sin, or the depth of their depravity. And on account of the intercessions of Christ pleading the merits and his life, and the faith and conviction wrought in sinners by the power of the Holy Spirit sent by Christ, God is pleased to accept these as sufficient atonement and forgiveness. In this sense does the divineacceptatio "infinitise" the finite merits of Christ, by applying the finite merits of Christ to a potentially infinite or limitless varieties of sinner and life situations. It would be interesting to speculate further about how God does publicly declare his acceptance of the life of Christ for our justification and atonement by vindicating it via the resurrection as St Paul writes, he was "raised for our justification" (Romans 4:25), but I think the point has been made.
Conclusion: Finite Sin, Finite Redemption, Finite Faith
We have looked at the finiteness of sin and how it is dealt with the finiteness of Christ's deeds. To conclude, we should see how these can be concretely applied to us by considering the "finite" nature of faith. Let us begin with Melanchthon's explanation as to what is true faith in his Apology,
The adversaries feign that faith is only a knowledge of the history, and therefore teach that it can coexist with mortal sin. Hence they say nothing concerning faith, by which Paul so frequently says that men are justified, because those who are accounted righteous before God do not live in mortal sin. But that faith which justifies is not merely a knowledge of history, not merely this, that I know the stories of Christ's birth, suffering, etc. (that even the devils know,) but it is to assent to the promise of God, in which, for Christ's sake, the remission of sins and justification are freely offered. And that no one may suppose that it is mere knowledge, we will add further: it is to wish and to receive the offered promise of the remission of sins and of justification.
Thus, faith is not only a knowledge of the particular deeds and events of Christ's life, it also "to wish and to receive the offered promise, etc".
The problem however with the developmet of the Protestant tradition is that how exactly does faith "receives" the grace and salvation of God has never really been clarified. The manner which the tradition has developed, especially in the English Reformed, is that the faith which "receives" this salvation is identified by some form of subjective intensity or sincerity, or some form of heightened spiritual experience, which "truly" believes or rest in Christ, etc.
However, the Lutheran tradition has actually a very simple and concrete meaning as to what it means to believe in Christ and "receive" his benefits. To use an analogy, what does it mean to say that a child relies on his parents? To say that a child relies on his parents is not to say that the child has some special conscious experience of his or her parents. It is to say that the child looks to his parents for the goods for his life. When the child is hungry, he turns to his parents for food, when he needs money to buy stuff, he turns to his parents for cash, when he wants to know what to do, he turns to his parents for instructions, when he has hurt himself, he cries and runs to his parents for help. Thus, we say that the child relies, trusts and expects his good from his parents.
Likewise, when we speak of "trusting" in God and putting our faith in him, we are not speaking of some esoteric or special moment of experience, etc. We mean it in a very ordinary sense, by particularing the events and needs of our lives. When we have sinned, we repent and turn to God, desiring in faith, asking and expecting God to forgive us that particular sin on account of Christ, which we concretely and really do receive in absolution. When we possess some need, or when we have some worry, or ask of God's grace to aid us for those needs, trusting and believing that God will address and resolve those particular needs and worries, and that God truly has a care for us when we are going through those times of troubles and will see us through those particular troubles. Thus, each of our particular temptation, committed sin, worry, need, etc, is to be confronted in all their particularity, not abstracted into some vague generality, and we call upon God in faith to aid us and help us in those times, trusting and believing that God will supply the strength to endure that particular temptation, forgiveness for that particular sin, resolution for this particular worry, etc.
In short, faith isn't some momentous special experience or consciousness of Christ, it is simply the daily and constant reliance upon Christ for each and every particular event in our lives, trusting that Christ will give us his particular grace addressed for each particular event. And with this I leave with Hermann Sasse's remarks on the nature of faith,
…we do not forget that justifying faith is not the matter of a single moment, but the substance of our whole lives. Such faith is not some act of our commitment to God that is particularly perceived and experienced in some isolated moments of our life. Rather it is the constant though always clouded reliance on the Gospel's promise of grace.


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Nicholas Fraser
The following pages are the original web-site for the Immediate Release project. Here's a portion of the statement:
In an ongoing project Nicholas Fraser plants altered press releases in galleries throughout New York. Each press release is identical to those currently available in the respective galleries with several critical alterations: Fraser replaces the artist's name and any website information with his own name and website...(a)ll biographical information, exhibition history or copy about the show itself is left intact, although the occasional typo is corrected. Placement of the bogus releases is done en masse and confined within a small geographical area in order to maximize the possibility that a gallery visitor will encounter several at different venues within a short period.
I assumed most people who found my doctored releases would see only a single example, so each release listed the web-site. Visitors could browse each press release, read the project statement (a press release of course) or survey an impressive site-only CV that compiled all the accomplishments claimed on the original press releases.
Unfortunately most perceived of the project as an amusing though self-serving stunt, a simplistic jab at the insularity of the art world (or more accurately the art market) while my name was being placed before the galleries and gallery goers. While issues of self-promotion, careerism and the difficulty of cracking the art world are undeniable components of this work, my deeper concerns lay with personal perception and assuming the identities of others as a way of emptying, even erasing one's own. In it's final form I do not believe these concerns were apparent and so I put the project on hiatus.
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For users of CentOS, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Oracle® Linux, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux we have prepared and made public a universal script that automates the migration process from these systems to the latest version of EuroLinux. The migration process comes down to switching repositories, installing the el-release package, and updating the system.
The instructions shown below will work for: CentOS, RHEL®, Oracle® Linux, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux versions 8 and 7.
Migrating to EuroLinux – a guide
We update the system to the latest version:
sudo yum update
We download the migration script:
git clone https://github.com/EuroLinux/eurolinux-migration-scripts.git
We navigate to the directory with the script:
cd eurolinux-migration-scripts
We run the migration script with superuser privileges:
sudo ./migrate2eurolinux.sh
After entering the command, a backup recommendation will appear in the terminal before starting the migration.
We recommend rebooting the system after the operation is complete:
sudo reboot
During the first boot we will still see the option to select old kernel versions, but after a full boot they will be automatically removed and the correct EuroLinux kernel will remain in the system. To quickly verify that the process was successful, we can check the distribution description using the following command:
cat /etc/el-release
EuroLinux release 8.4 (Vaduz)
After the migration is complete, the user can check the list of RPM packages before and after the migration. This information can be found in the files:
Packet validation is also logged in the files:
The process of migrating to EuroLinux has been designed to be simple and secure. Internally it has been tested for: CentOS, RHEL®, Oracle® Linux, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux.
Additional benefits of migrating to EuroLinux are described in the CentOS Support tab.
Questions about how the scripts work can be emailed to us or directly submitted to the open source GitHub repository:


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Sylvia Wetzel
As a young woman at University she studied Russian and Politics. She taught German as a second language, and taught politics to school children.
Then Sylvia Wetzel began her studies in Tibetan Buddhism at Dharamsala, India. She returned to Germany and continued her academic studies in Indology and Comparative Religion. Her spiritual journey alighted. Sylvia Wetzel became: the Director of the Aryatara Institute in Bavaria, Germany, a board member of the German Buddhist Union and a member of the World Fellowship of Buddhists.
She became a Tibetan Buddhist novice nun (Samini) for two years, and began offering Dhamma talks, Dhamma classes, and translating Dhamma books from English into German. She began Zen sesshins and started publishing Buddhist articles in Spiritual Magazines.
Next, Sylvia Wetzel became the President of the German Buddhist Union and a founding member of the Lotusblaetter Buddhist Quarterly, a founding member of Sakyadita International Association of Buddhist Women and she began studying Theravada Buddhism, with Ayya Khema.
Working with other Dharma Teachers she founded the Network of Buddhist Teachers in Dharmasala, India and joined in 3 International Meetings of Buddhist Teachers in Dharmasala, India and in Spirit Rock, California, USA. She organized two Buddhist Teachers' Meetings in the German-speaking countries of Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
In 1994 Sylvia Wetzel began a Women Dharma Teachers' Peer Group. Then she organized two Conferences for Translators of Buddhism in German-speaking countries. Since then she has primarily taught meditation and initiated a network of Buddhist Centers in Berlin and Brandenburg.
She authored numerous books on Buddhism. In 2000, she initiated a Conference on Women in Buddhism in Koln, and initiated the Buddhist Academy in Berlin and serves as its President. She has networked local meditation groups and trained women teachers. And in 2001-2002, Sylvia Wetzel contributed to installing a Buddhist curriculum into the schools in Berlin, Germany.
Sylvia Wetzel broadens horizons for others by teaching self-introspection. Sylvia Wetzel is at the forefront of Buddhism in Europe and offers reflections upon gender issues and cultural conditioning.


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To every job update posted on this site all applicant are to go through every post vividly before proceeding to application button as that will helps applicant in knowing better about the job location and job description and other vital information about the job.
ABOUT CASCADES: Founded in 1964, Cascades produces, converts and markets packaging and tissue products that are composed mainly of recycled fibers. The Company employs 11,000 employees, who work in more than 90 production units located in North America and Europe. With its management philosophy, half a century of experience in recycling, and continuous efforts in research and development as driving forces, Cascades continues to deliver the innovative products that customers have come to rely on.
The Containerboard Packaging Group, a division of Cascades, is the largest container board producer in Canada, and is also a top converter of corrugated products in the country. The Group manufactures a wide range of products made from recycled fibres for its North American customers in the food, beverage and consumer products sectors, among many others. The Division, which employs close to 3,400 people, owns six containerboard mills and nineteen corrugated products plants in Canada and the United States.
Cascades owes its success to its numerous employees who have demonstrated their leadership and commitment. We're currently recruiting for members to join our Production team. Starting rate: $21.90/hr – Top lead operator rate $30.32/hr.
The successful candidate will be provided with training and development to eventually assume a Production Operator position within our Press, Corrugator, Material Expeditor or Shipping Department.
Responsibilities will include:
- Safety – safety conscious and a leader to promote a safe work environment
- Quality – committed to quality, 5S initiatives and take pride in work
- Production – self-driven to meet or exceed targets and objectives
- Continuous Improvement – motivated to improve, participate and offer suggestions
- Values – promote company values and philosophy
- Teamwork and positive attitude – interface with all employees and customers
The ideal candidate will have:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Energetic and enthusiastic approach, balanced with strong problem solving and decision-making abilities
- Excellent communication, inter-personal and organizational skills
- Previous experience working with machinery
- Experience in the corrugated packaging industry is an asset
- Available and flexible to work a rotating shift schedule; including 8 hour or 12 hour shifts, overtime and weekends.
Cascades believes in the success of an inclusive organization that values diversity within its team. All qualified candidates will be considered for this position in a fair manner.
Use of the masculine in our communications refers equally to both men and women.


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The top two quarterbacks in the 2015 class in Arizona are now off the board. Just a few weeks ago, Chandler's Bryce Perkins announced his commitment to Arizona State and now on Saturday, Pinnacle's Brian Lewerke announced he is headed to the Big Ten and will suit up with Michigan State at the next level.
"I am definitely excited to be a Spartan," Lewerke told Sports360AZ.com. "I really like their coaching staff up there and it's definitely good to get the recruiting process done because it has been a little stressful to be honest. But I am glad it's over with and I feel really confident with my decision."
Coming off a Rose Bowl win over Stanford this past season, Michigan State's program is flying as high as ever.
"They have winning under their belt," Lewerke mentioned. "Hopefully I will be able to contribute to their team really well and hopefully we will be back to another Rose Bowl soon."
Their momentum plus what they do to bring their best out of quarterbacks is what as drawn Lewerke to the Spartans. They run a pro style offense which not only suits his game now, but will also prepare him to reach his ultimate goal."
"I like their pro-style offense because it translates well to the NFL and that's my ultimate goal to play in the NFL," he explained. "So I think that translation was a big thing for me."
Lewerke mentioned that he was happy to get the recruiting process over with. He had 11 total offers which consisted of Arizona, Arizona State, Duke, Florida, Louisville, Maryland, Ole Miss, Oregon State, UCLA, West Virginia along side Michigan State. Schools from all over the country and a lot of which do not come out to Arizona to recruit very often.
"Maybe Christian Kirk (top AZ 2015 prospect) helped with some of that stuff," Lewerke joked. "Maybe camps probably but I think my ability. I am confident in my abilities and that was a big thing for me."
Lewerke is beyond excited to call himself a Spartan. Which means he can use quotes from the movie '300,' the ultimate pump up movie, to get himself and his teammates going before games.
"Definitely! When I was up there they talked about how they all watched he new '300' movie all together before they played a big game," Lewerke said. "But it will definitely be fun to be a man and be a Spartan."


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|HOW TO GET Jehovah's Witnesses TO LISTEN
by ex-JW David A. Reed
Ask the JW for HELP with your QUESTIONS
With the same papers in your hand you could say:
"Look at this! I have evidence that your religion is a cult. Look at the proof in these photocopies. See! I told you so!"
But that goes directly against the JW's programming. He or she will feel obligated to refuse.
-- or, you could say:
"Can you help me? I'm interested in your religion, so I've been doing some research -- in the public library and on the Internet. These papers are copies of pages from Watchtower publications. They have led to a lot of questions. Can you help me with my questions?"
That will almost certainly bring a favorable response. JWs believe that only they have the answers. And they are trained to help people.
When asked to HELP by answering your QUESTIONS a JW will look at papers he would have refused to examine in a negative confrontation.
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Along with their current remix of Justin Bieber's hit "Yummy," Florida Georgia Line have collaborated with some of the biggest names in music over the years. But there's at least one superstar who's turned down the chance to work with the duo — Carrie Underwood.
We've got the scoop on your favorite @FLAGALine collaboration with @justinbieber and maybe a new one with @carrieunderwood ?? Check out what the boys have to say: pic.twitter.com/FLR3kNPK44
— CMT Hot 20 Countdown (@cmtHot20) April 28, 2020
After reaching out to the fellow country icon via social media to pitch a new collab back in February, outlets everywhere picked up the news that a massive new matchup might be in the works. But since then a few other things have happened … like the shut down of the entire world … and fans never heard any more about it. But speaking with CMT Hot 20 Countdown's Cody Alan recently, Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard say that's because Underwood passed on the track.
"No, we got turned down on that one," Hubbard tells his host, going on to say "You don't win 'em all. I guess she didn't love it as much as we did, but that's alright."
Later on the duo explain that Underwood was very gracious about the offer, but the release of her book, Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul, and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life, was keeping her too busy to partake. So now, they're just biding their time until the right duet parter comes along.
"I think she said it was amazing and she'd love to, but it was right around her book tour release and so she was super busy and didn't really have time," Hubbard said. "But who knows, who knows where it will go. Now it's just open game."
Florida Georgia Line have plenty of collaborative experience behind them, including big-ticket tracks with Bebe Rexha, Jason Derulo, The Chainsmokers, Backstreet Boys, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Morgan Wallen and more, so we figure something will work out. In the meantime, their new track "I Love My Country" is out now.
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The magic of Bulgarian folklore comes to life with new inspiration
Are you ready to be enchanted by the magical world of Bulgarian folklore? Our unparalleled Ethno Fusion show will tell you a folkloric story with a new, modern twist. The traditional music and costumes have inspired us to create this Ethno show – a fusion between traditional Bulgarian elements and modern concepts. Folkloric elements have been integrated into our costumes, music (contemporary songs and remixes with folkloric instrumentals), and combined with our gentle silk accessories.
The Ethno Fusion Show can be combined with a dance performance by a Bulgarian folklore ensemble for a truly authentic folkloric spectacle of the senses! We work alongside a professional ensemble with many years of experience on various stages in Bulgaria.
Folkloric vocals and instrumentals, accompanied by modern melodies and modern remixes with ethnic motives. Gentle silk accessories. Original choreographies. The show can be combined with a fire performance or a light show performance. Everything above makes our Ethno Fusion Show an unforgettable experience!
An original idea that will make your guests gasp are our light images – corporate logo, a congratulatory message, names and photos of the celebrating people, or other images will dance as a light effect around the performer! You can add this effect to our Ethno Fusion Show. Check out more materials about it on the page "Moonlight".
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The ethno fusion show can be adapted to themed events with any music and can be customized for stages and venues of any size.
Every show is specifically made for the occasion and the needs of the organizer.
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Ready for a fiesta? This Saturday marks the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo (and no, it's not Mexican independence day -- click here for the whole story). But no matter your heritage, for many of us the fifth of May has become an excuse to load up on a (not-so) healthy dose of calorie-laden nachos, dips and margaritas.
Not to be party poopers, but the truth is that maintaining a healthy lifestyle is about being consistent. And consistency means making smart choices -- whether it's a weekend, a Wednesday, a vacation or, yup, even a holiday, explains HuffPost blogger Dawn Jackson Blatner, R.D., author of "The Flexitarian Diet." "You don't have to be perfect, but just remember to always be doing a little bit better," she tells The Huffington Post. "Not perfect, but progress."
When it comes to Mexican cuisine, one way to achieve that goal is by getting back to basics. "Mexican food is inherently simple ingredients," says Julie Upton, R.D., co-founder of AppForHealth.com. "Just stick with the simple ingredients. There's no reason you have to do a seven-layer dip."
In that spirit, here are 10 simple ways to make your Cinco de Mayo feast satisfying, tasty and guilt-free.


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