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America has been committed to supporting the veterans of its wars since long before it had "United States of" in front of it. "It was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire... horrible was the stink and scent thereof," William Bradford wrote after soldiers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony massacred a village of native Pequots. Later, the Pilgrims gave thanks to their veterans by passing a law to support wounded soldiers of the campaign. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) traces its spiritual roots to this ur-moment in 1636.
Today, citizens of the United States directly bear the burden of more than 150 years of warfare. As of May 2016, the VA was still paying benefits to one dependent of a Civil War (1861-1865) veteran, 88 dependents of Spanish-American War (1898-1902) veterans, nine dependents of veterans of the military campaign along the Mexican border early in the twentieth century, thousands of dependents of World War I (1917-1918) veterans, hundreds of thousands of World War II (1941-1945) veterans and dependents, hundreds of thousands of Korean War (1950-1953) veterans and dependents, around 1.8 million Vietnam War-era (1964-1975) veterans and dependents, and millions of veterans and dependents of the Gulf War (1990-1991) and of the ongoing War on Terror campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere (2001 to the present).
When President Abraham Lincoln took office in 1861, there were an estimated 80,000 veterans living in the United States. By 1865, the final year of the Civil War, there were so many more veterans in need of assistance that Lincoln called on Congress "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan." Lincoln didn't live to see the end of that war and probably couldn't have imagined we'd still be paying the direct costs of his request in 2016. Franklin D. Roosevelt didn't live to see the end of the war he presided over either, but according to VA projections, 13,000 World War II veterans -- to say nothing of their dependents -- will be receiving benefits as late as 2034.
Given that the U.S. was still paying benefits to a dependent of an American Revolutionary veteran in the 1910s and to a Civil War widow as late as the 2000s, it's anyone's guess how long Americans will be paying the price of the dependents of all the veterans whose hearts were touched by fire in post-9/11 wars. In 150 years, will some writer be tallying up the number of widows and children still collecting on the wars, interventions, attacks, and raids in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere? Will these conflicts be as dimly remembered as the campaign against Pancho Villa along the Mexican border in the 1910s? Or will they still be fresh in the minds of Americans as a never-ending intergenerational campaign sees grandparents, parents, children, and grandchildren fighting for elusive victories in the greater Middle East?
Today, Ann Jones, author of the highly praised They Were Soldiers: How The Wounded Return from America's Wars -- The Untold Story, takes up the questions of what and how we will pay (in every sense of the word) for the veterans of our current wars in "How Veterans Are Losing the War at Home." In an adapted version of the keynote address she recently gave to the annual convention of Veterans for Peace, Jones takes aim at schemes seeking to use veterans for corporate interests and dismantle the VA system in the name of privatized profits. Caring for veterans is a burden whose long-term costs have rarely been considered in the context of America's penchant for ceaseless warfare, but the costs of not properly caring for them, as Jones makes perfectly clear, may be even more dire.


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UCLA students protest our "bullying" of North Korea/
UCLA resisted releasing a video of its students shutting down a speech of our Treasury Secretary, but caved after "free speech" advocates insisted.
The video shows audience members hissing at Mnuchin throughout the February 26 event in Los Angeles. The hissing was so loud the secretary barely spoke a sentence without commenting about it.
Seven minutes into Mnuchin's opening remarks, three different women shouted at him and were either carried or escorted out of the room by police after they ignored warnings to stop.
They yelled that the US is bullying North Korea and criticized President Trump's tax legislation.
Considering that its students were demanding that we stop picking on what's possibly the most ruthless dictatorship in the world, I'm guessing the university was embarrassed to show the world the quality of its students.

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Basque Country: A Culinary Journey Through a Food Lover's Paradise
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Tucked away in the northwest corner of Spain, Basque Country not only boasts more Michelin-starred restaurants per capita than any other region in the world, but its unique confluence of mountain and sea, values and tradition, informs every bite of its soulful cuisine, from pintxos to accompany a glass of wine to the elbows-on-the-table meals served in its legendary eating clubs. Yet Basque Country is more than a little inaccessible - shielded by a unique language and a distinct culture, it's an enigma to most outsiders. Until now. Marti Buckley, an American chef, journalist, and passionate Basque transplant, unlocks the mysteries of this culinary world by bringing together its intensely ingredient-driven recipes with stories of Basque customs and the Basque kitchen, and vivid photographs of both food and place. And surprise: this is food we both want to eat and can easily make. It's not about exotic ingredients or flashy techniques. It's about mind-set - how to start with that just-right fish or cut of meat or peak-of-ripeness tomato and coax forth its inherent depth of flavour. It's the marriage of simplicity and refinement, and the joy of cooking for family and friends.
A brilliant collection of recipes for Basque food and a definitive work highlighting the customs, ingredients, people, and culture that make this ancient region such a fertile place for excellent cuisine.


text: Summer 2018 Cover Story CAREER ODYSSEYS "What do you want to be when you grow up?" This proverbial question is meant to spark dreams and instill a sense of purpose in children. And while many of us start to shape a vision of what we want to do and who we want to be as youngsters, it often changes as we age. By the time we reach college, the answer to that question can change dramatically. Read more Inside Stories


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I have to admit I am a fan of Tim Keller's ministry in New York City. Tim has summarized in one place a lot of things that have been speaking to me for my Christian life as I have been dealing with my own sin.
One my main reasons for liking Tim is he sees sin for what it is and he is honest about it. He proclaims against worldly and religious sin equally. He also sees sin at the idolatry level and not just the behavioral level.
I was reading a book the other day that said the authur could increase your understanding of woman if men could understand 2 words: radically different. I have come to realize my wife is radically different from me. At the same time I now know that maybe 95% of my own personal sanctification will take place as I learn to be in relationship with her in spite of these radical differences. As I learn to live in understanding with her and in a scripturally intimate one-flesh relationship I can see much of my sanctification beginning to take place as we both learn to understand each other but ultimately embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ and see fresh mercies each day…. together.
One of the the problems man has is that we are less about the underlying sin and dealing with intimate relationships and more about the external behavior. Of course we need to deal with the day to day practical aspects of scripture and our behavior; but we also need to see the Pain and Passion of Christ on the Cross dying for a man He loved as we deal with the idolatry of our heart.
This passion Christ had for us needs to translate into a passion that man has "in Christ" and in walking in repentance and relationship daily. However, if we dont see how deep our sin is then Christs' purpose on the Cross does not electrify the Christian into a changed heart and to ultimately remove the idols of the heart.
Tim Keller once said [paraphrased] what man needs is expulsive, replacement rejoicing of Jesus Christ in the face of our idols. Well said Tim. What I want to add to this is we also need to rejoice in Gods plan and design for man…. specifically the one-flesh union of your spouse if you are married. We need to rejoice in his sovereign life-changing grace and design for us. In the following article Thomas Chalmers says the same thing as Tim. An mp3 of the sermon with the quote of Tim Kellers can be found here —> Gospel Realization. The article of Thomas Chalmers is below:
As Chalmers discusses mans sin and behavior toward sin he makes the following claim:
Misplaced Affections[of the world] Need to be Replaced by the Far Greater Power of the Affection of the Gospel
Lets think about that. Chalmers is telling us that misplaced affections (mans idolatry, lust, and sin) need to be replaced by something greater and he offers the Gospel, the good news of what Christ did for us, as that greater affection. For the Christian we need to engage in the Passions of Gods purpose and design for us so we dont allow temptation to enter into our hearts. Christ needs to come first, Gods provisions for us need to follow, and the rest will work out. Chalmers goes on to say
[Mans love] becomes love in a state of indulgence. Under the impulse of desire, man feels himself urged onward in some path or pursuit of activity for its gratification. The faculties of his mind are put into busy exercise. In the steady direction of one great and engrossing interest, his attention is recalled from the many reveries into which it might otherwise have wandered; and the powers of his body are forced away from an indolence in which it else might have languished; and that time is crowded with occupation, which but for some object of keen and devoted ambition, might have driveled along in successive hours of weariness and distaste
Chalmers here is discussing an obsessive compulsive or addictive trend in man… and many people have this in some form or another (if you are honest with yourself). In the case of love he is discussing obsession or addiction over sexual tendencies possibly. The document was written in the 1800's so he probably did not feel like he could openly state that it may be a sexual addiction or obsession.
Chalmers hit the nail on the head. This is why Tim Keller said man needs expulsive, replacement, rejoicing of Jesus Christ in the face of mans idols (mans worldly passions). We can not fight mans addictions and Satans lusts withoug supplanting it with something greater and more powerful. That greater power is two things: (1) it is Jesus Christ and (2) it is Gods sovereign design for man. If we don't learn to fight satans lusts and mans idolatry of the world with Gods passion, in Christ, then we are giving Satan a foothold to twist the truth. Satan seldom gives man a full lie; he normally dealsn in half truth (also half lies) that look much like the truth.
Chalmers goes on to offer a solution:
A New Affection is More Successful in Replacing an Old Affection than Simply Trying to End it Without Supplanting it With Something Better
What I have seen in todays world is that man has replaced the passion seen in many books of scripture with a knowledge based approach to scripture. Man, it seems to me, has replaced a knowledge of the heart with a knowledge of the head. Now do NOT get me wrong, we need to understand scripture but, as I see it , many people and especially many marriages, have just learned to be 'acceptable' in Christ. We have learned to peacfully co-exist in Christ. And even though we do quite often do this in full understanding of scripture, we use scripture in a kind of pharasaical, religious way — which is a kind of idolatry of its own.
I personally do not want to just peacefully co-exist with my wife; and I dont want to just be an 'acceptable' Marriage in Christ. My wife deserves a lot more than that. I know I will struggle in this world and Satan will try to derail me. I will replace the lusts of the world with the passion of the gospel. In Christ and the Gospel I can actualize the passion of Gods design for my marriage. In this paradigm of the Gospel thinking it has already been done for me so I can have the confidence to overcome. This passionate, intimate relationship that God wants to have with me can be found by what Jesus did for me on the Cross. Also, this passionate language of Gods design for my marriage can be found in the Wisdom books of the Bible; Psalms, song of solomon, Proverbs, Job,Ecclesiastes.
At least a portion of my sanctification depends on understanding the Gospel deeply and learning to live in relationship and understanding of why my wife is radically different from me. Not many people or marriages want to go so far to replace the lust of the world with passions of God. Why? Because this is hard, relationally time consuming work and it means we have to take risks emotionally to make progress toward this goal with the people that also have the power to hurt us the most. Many marriages do NOT live in "Gospel freedom"……. they have walls of sin or performance based Christianity surrounding the heart of the individuals. With a deep understanding of what Jesus did we can have hope of actualizing spiritual one-flesh intimacy in our Marriages and we have the hope of overcoming the lusts of the world with the passions of God. These walls can only come down with a passionate understanding of what Christ did for me on the Cross. Because Jesus has already won the battle for me it means I can take the risks I need to take to have an emotional and spiritual intimacy and vulnerability with my wife. I just need to remember…………………….
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is and Jesus' purpose on the cross tell us …
We are more sinful and weak than we ever cared to admit and…
We are more loved and accepted than we ever dared to hope.


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text: Bluegrass and Appalachian music are both traditions of Kentucky. The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in Mt. Vernon, KY honors famous musicians like Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs, Crystal Gayle, and the Judds who all came from Kentucky. Jeff and Karen stopped by the museum to take in this history, and were rewarded by an afternoon concert with two local musicians - Sam and Deborah. Sam plays banjo and guitar and has a beautiful voice and obvious love for traditional mountain music. Deborah plays fiddle, sings harmony and has a beautiful voice of her own. Their music makes you want to jump up and dance.


text: As some of you may already know, Mission is working way too hard to make the roads a wee bit better. Unfortunately, we're stuck in the middle of this pickle! ! Don't be discouraged, our regular hours remain the same and we will be working hard to fulfill the powder gods wishes to keep winter alive in the flatlands!


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Chermaine Harrell is the Associate Regional Dean, Military & VA Programs at National University. She joined National University in 2013. In this role, she manages operations at National University's military campuses as well as military online programs in California. She also is responsible for military and veterans outreach activities in California.
During her 26 years in the Marine Corps, Chermaine served in numerous billets to include Quality Assurance Staff Non Commissioned Officer, Series Chief Drill Instructor, Company 1stSgt, Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Air Combat Element (ACE) Sergeant Major and Marine Aviation Training Support Group Sergeant Major. She deployed in support of Desert Storm/Desert Shield, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and various unit deployments. Her personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with gold star, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with gold star and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
Chermaine graduated for Chapman University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership (Summa Cum Laude) and a Master of Science degree in Human Resources at Chapman 2013.


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I had to laugh when I read the reference below to "pressure cooker" energies because that is precisely the analogy I used the other day on Facebook when a friend was "letting off steam" the way I've often felt like doing of late.
It's sometimes difficult to reign in the emotions and be civil these days, speaking from personal experience. My patience is stretched to the max so I ask for assistance in making these transitions with ease and grace.
Since we're in unfamiliar territory, energetically speaking, there's no telling how it will affect each of us individually as we stagger down our private paths. Because we DO share that Collective Consciousness, it would help if we can all keep it together. ~ BP
Morphogenetic Field Implosion
Beloved Family,
We recently released an introduction about the evolutionary waveforms that are now entering through our physical sun and recoding all forms of life on our planet. (see article here)
Inherent in these frequencies are overriding wave fronts of color, light and sound that are morphing the fabric of our physical reality.
On a global level, these super-charged pulsations are un-trenching the planetary morphogenetic field of mass consciousness to accommodate the new intellectual blueprint for our evolving species. This means that the entire collective energy of humanity's mental and emotional body (belief systems) is being forcefully uprooted.
Pressure Cooker Energy
As this separation occurs, abrupt implosions of the long-established habitual systems are occurring. This brings inevitable destabilization, albeit temporarily.
We can attribute this to the severity of recent outplay in the Philippines and all other world stage occurrences including escalating weather patterns, heightened conflicts, nuclear contamination, technological breakdowns and more. This energy is mostly affecting the vulnerable feedback loops of lower vibration.
As installation of the new planetary architecture continues, it is no easy task for the Earth to make this leap into new patterns of frequency due to the overbearing weight from the density of mass consciousness and its many tightly adhered structures of control.
Blockages are constantly being found and released to allow the new connections to be made and secured.
The Great Acceleration
The process of shift has indeed quickened at a mind boggling pace. It is as if we are receiving new instruction sets overnight, being lifted from one morphogenetic field and plunked into another.
To review, morphogenetic fields are the foundational blueprints that store information for how species and any "form" of consciousness will evolve. All conscious creation, from micro to macro, is manifested through these imprinting field templates.
What we have occurring are these extremely powerful, solar waveforms that are unlocking the bolts from the old foundational fields of adherence and now, by force.
Supporting this release is the rising level of awakened consciousness across the world. This has set into momentum a riveting "100th monkey effect" that is quickly establishing a brand new energy system through harmonic resonance alone.
Two morphic fields of consciousness patterning, (the high frequency crystalline and the dense carbon based), are in a sense, clashing. At the point of convergence, there are obstacles, blockages, missing connectors and confusion causing great instability in the denser fields of vibration.
In order for this to process to happen smoothly and with as little planetary upheaval as possible, these cosmic waveforms require a feedback system of perfect communication so that they can encode and transfer the information harmoniously.
Can Destructive Earth Change be Prevented?
It felt very strange to observe an outcome of so much violent destruction and loss of life in the Philippines. I asked within if there was anything we can do, as a collective grouping, to prevent this type of violent upheaval.
This is what I was shown...
Mixing 'new patterns of organization' with old memory fields can create a chaotic result especially if you are dealing with corrupted scripts that have been cemented into place for eons of time.
The matrix gets confused as to where to read the code and what string of information contains the correct sequence. (We are referring to the point of energetic convergence, where the two morphogenetic fields of resonance meet.)
Until new circuitry and its settings are stable, the code reading has a tendency to default to the template stored in the cumulative memory field.
The recoding process requires a very tenacious force of repetitive energy in order to cut through the muck and establish itself as the new abiding pattern.
This energy coming in is very 'plutonian', meaning... forceful, vigilant, relentless and it does not stop until the job gets done. It does not tip toe around the saving of human life.
We Must Build and Amplify the New Morphic Resonance Quickly
This is exactly why we, the Planetary Light Servers, have been so intensely initiated, spending years activating a new crystalline grid of energy transfer.
With this grid in place and through our group resonance, we can now more easily take in this new encoded energy, translate it properly and then send it back out so that the entire human race can receive it, gracefully.
As receivers and transmitters in conscious service, we are required to understand this process and the involved codes or else the group effort is useless, literally 'lost' in translation. The greater our degree of clarity and focus is, the greater our influence upon the whole.
We are assisting to establish a new morphogenetic field for the Earth and it now demands our greater attention. Just like with systems of electricity, this incoming waveform needs more effectual transformers (bigger focused groups) and pure conduits (consciousness connectors).
Get Ready for More Big Events
During these tumultuous times, we also have to ready ourselves for more historical events on the scale of what just happened in the Philippines, and even greater. Life on the physical plane is still manifesting in terms of the duality factor.
While many of us have made transition to multidimensional perception, that which is truly transcendent is understood by the masses in terms of opposites. Until the new consciousness template is firmly secured, we will continue to see dramatic outplays of light and dark, joy and suffering, the bright beautiful lights followed by the darker schisms.
The brighter we shine the more attention we draw to us, from all factions. It is absolutely imperative that we make our life systems very strong in order to weather the incoming storms. Get out of the field of mass energetic data transference. Shift into a field of influence that is more in your harmonic overtone.
Beloveds, we are the rainbow warriors, the children of the sun and many are depending upon us to be the strong of the strong. It is our role to prepare the people for the great light entering. We especially thrive during times of mayhem and stewarding others through the darkness of night.
Let's turn the group wheel a thousand more cranks so that we can be more deeply bonded in this next cycle of change.
We send our prayers and blessings to the people of the Philippines, to the relief efforts and all involved people, systems and governments. May God's Will be done.
With love,
Tiara Kumara
Children of the Sun Foundation
PS... There is a PART 2 to this focus which brings forth in great detail how we can apply this information and personally thrive in these new extreme energies of morphogenesis. Coming...
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A day after the Tacoma (Wash.) district disclosed that two schools were found to have extremely high levels of lead in their water, officials revealed that tests at four more schools showed high lead levels.
Meanwhile, the district's safety and environmental health manager, who is responsible for monitoring test results, apparently failed to report the excessive readings to district administrators, and has been placed on paid administrative leave.
The Tacoma News-Tribune reports that the district has alerted parents of students at Whittier, DeLong and Manitou Park elementary schools and in the Madison Head Start program that tests performed in 2015 showed high lead levels in isolated area of those schools.
Tuesday's announcement comes the day after the district released results from May 2015 tests that found extremely high lead levels at Mann and Reed elementary schools.
Those tests had been overlooked for nearly a year until recent reports of water problems in the city and a request from The News Tribune prompted the district to review last year's testing results.
Affected water outlets at the schools in question have been blocked off, and school officials have arranged for bottled water to be brought it for students and and staff members.
The district says it will continue testing water at every school, a process that could take several weeks to complete.
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In the 19th century, it was customary for young English gentlemen to spend a few months, even years, on a "grand tour" of Europe, returning home with mementos that might have included trinkets of coral from this Neapolitan community at the foot of Mount Vesuvius.
Convinced that it warded off evil spirits, the Victorians, like the ancient Romans and Egyptians, prized Corallium rubrum, the precious red coral species found in the deep waters of the Mediterranean.
Coral continued to enjoy a special place among jewelry and fashion lovers, until fairly recently.
Now, some jewelers have stopped using it, worried about the environmental effect that the trade has had. Campaigners also want to offer red coral more protection from over-fishing. But others, particularly those who rely on coral for their livelihood, believe they should be allowed to continue working with the beautiful species, in a sustainable way.
Tiffany, the high-end U.S. jeweler, stopped selling coral in 2002. Other companies like Stephen Dweck and Temple St. Clair have since followed suit.
"Coral popped on to our radar screen five or six years ago," Michael J. Kowalski, president and chief executive of Tiffany, told a coral conservation conference in New York in October.Continue reading the main story
"Being broadly aware of the threats to coral from a variety of sources, and after speaking to a number of scientific experts and understanding the harvesting practices then employed, we concluded that the threats to pink and red coral were serious enough to adopt an appropriately cautious position," he added in a subsequent e-mail exchange.
Tiffany signed on as a sponsor when the nonprofit group SeaWeb, based in Maryland, started a "Too Precious to Wear" campaign to promote coral conservation in January 2008.
Yet not every jeweler sees the issue in the same terms. Robert M. Taylor, president and chief executive of Maui Divers Jewelry, the largest jewelry retailer in the Hawaiian Islands, said he believed in coral conservation. However, he took issue with the "Too Precious to Wear" campaign's core message that corals are in crisis, suffering from high consumer demand and, hence, should not be used in jewelry.
"It's the opposite of what we feel," he said. "Precious coral is too precious not to wear."
Unlike the Corallium, or pink and red coral, which is the target of the SeaWeb campaign, the precious black coral that makes up the bulk of Maui Divers' coral sales is already listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, known as Cites. The listing does not ban the sale of black coral; it does, however, mandate a strict reporting regime designed to prove that trade is "not detrimental" to the species' survival in the wild.
"We have a model for black coral developed in 1976, adopted as a state management plan and enforced by the government for 35 years," said Richard W. Grigg, a professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii. "We know where it is and how much we've taken."
Data on the coral populations in the Mediterranean and Pacific are much less complete. Part of that can be attributed to scale. The global black coral trade is estimated at 5 tons annually, compared with 30 to 50 tons for red and pink coral, the most valuable and widely traded deep sea coral species.
Scientists do not know how much of the slow-growing red and pink coral now exists in underwater stocks; but they point to declines in known fishing zones as evidence that it has been critically depleted. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the harvest of Corallium from the Mediterranean fell to 38.9 tons in 2007 from 98 tons in 1978, while catches in the Pacific dropped to 12.5 tons in 2007 from a peak of 370 tons in 1966.
"In the '50s, the Italians were harvesting incredible amounts of coral, tons of it in very shallow water," said Georgios Tsounis, a marine biologist who has studied Mediterranean coral since 2002. The result of such activity, he said, has transformed the seabed from "a forest landscape into a grassland."
Environmentalists say that extraction by the aquarium and jewelry trades poses a bigger threat to red and pink coral than climate change. They want it to be added to the Cites list of endangered species to save it from being harvested into extinction.
"None of our partners want to see the disappearance of precious coral industries," Dawn M. Martin, president of SeaWeb, said at the coral conference in New York. "But it is important to note that if business as usual continues, particularly in the Mediterranean, many scientists estimate that the coral industry could dwindle to nothing in a few decades."
The roughly 300 families in Torre del Greco who make a living from coral disagree. Describing themselves as stewards of a legacy of coral and cameo making, which uses shells, dating from the early 19th century, they are not convinced that Corallium rubrum is in peril.
"We really don't understand the point of the fuss," said Gioia De Simone, a member of the board of Assocoral, the Italian National Association of Coral Producers, founded in Torre del Greco in 1978.
Ms. De Simone referred to a letter signed by 10 Italian scientists in September 2009 stating that the density of some Italian coral populations ensures "beyond any possible doubt that the species does not run any danger of extinction."
She said that smaller yields were the result of selective harvesting methods ushered in after a 1994 European Union ban on industrial-scale coral dredging.
"We don't oppose regulation," Ms. De Simone said. "We just oppose Cites regulation because it regulates the trade, not the resource."
In Hawaii, where state and federal governments have worked together to safeguard the black coral fishery, some critics say that Cites is better at red tape than at conservation. SeaWeb, however, contends that an Appendix II listing for red and pink coral would be the best way to guard against ineffective management and poaching.
The next Cites conference will be held in Qatar in March and it remains to be seen which way delegates will turn.
The last time the United States proposed an Appendix II listing for Corallium, in 2007, it was narrowly defeated. The European Union's recent endorsement suggests the proposal may finally pass this time, to the great consternation of the Italian jewelers, who say that if Cites' bureaucratic burden does not kill the trade, the stigma that goes with selling an endangered species will.
"Coral really sustained this town for centuries, and defines it," said Amedeo Scognamiglio, a New York jeweler whose family owns a sixth-generation coral jewelry manufacturing business in Torre del Greco. "It's more than a business; it is our soul."Continue reading the main story


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Articles in peer-reviewed journals
2019. Explaining the immigrant integration laws of German, Italian and Spanish regions: Sub-state nationalism and multi-level party politics. Regional Studies. Online first. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1599845. Accepted preprint. Replication material.
2019. Check your truth conditions! Clarifying the relationship between theories of causation and social science methods of causal inference (with Ingo Rohlfing). Sociological Methods and Research. Online first. DOI: 10.1177/0049124119826156. Accepted preprint. Replication material.
2019. The Second Edition of the EPAC Expert Survey on Ethnonationalism in Party Competition. Testing for Validity and Reliability. Regional and Federal Studies 29 (1): 91-113. (with Edina Szöcsik). Accepted preprint. EPAC Data.
2017. Surpassing Simple Aggregation. Advanced Strategies for Analyzing Contextual-Level Outcomes in Multilevel Models. methods, data, analyses. DOI: 10.12758/mda.2017.05 (with Dominik Becker and Wiebke Breustedt).
2016. Liquid Democracy: Potentials, Problems, and Perspectives. The Journal of Political Philosophy 24 (2): 162–182 (with Christian Blum).
2015. Position, Selective Emphasis and Framing: How parties deal with a second dimension in competition. Party Politics 21 (6): 839–850 (with Anwen Elias and Edina Szöcsik).
2015. Ethnic outbidding and nested competition. Explaining the extremism of ethnonational minority parties in Europe. European Journal of Political Research 54 (4): 784–801 (with Edina Szöcsik). Appendix. Data and replication code.
2015. Reserved Seats, Political Parties, and Minority Representation. Ethnopolitics 14 (4), 390-403.
2015. EPAC – a new dataset on ethnonationalism in party competition in 22 European democracies. Party Politics 21 (1), 153-160, (with Edina Szöcsik, originally published online November 1, 2012). Online appendix. EPAC Data.
2013. Beyond Outbidding? Ethnic Party Strategies in Serbia. Party Politics, 19 (5), 758-777, (originally published online July 25, 2011).
2013. Representative Claims and expected Gains. Minority Council Elections and intra-ethnic Competition in Serbia. East European Politics, 29 (1), 52-68 (with Jan Jakub Mus).
2012. Ethnic Party Competition beyond the segmented Market. Nationalities Papers, 40 (6), 927-944.
2011. Understanding the Multinational Game: Toward a Theory of Asymmetrical Federalism. Comparative Political Studies, 44 (5), 546-571.
Book chapters
2017. Serbia and Montenegro. From Centralization to Secession and Multi-ethnic Regionalism, in Arjan Schakel (ed.): Regional and National Elections in Eastern Europe. Territoriality of the Vote in Ten Countries, pp. 207-238. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMilllan (with Jelena Dzankic). (For data, see Arjan Schakel's website).
2016. Die politische Theorie des Neoinstitutionalismus: James March und Johan Olsen, in André Brodocz and Gary S. Schaal (eds.): Politische Theorien der Gegenwart II, 4. Auflage. Opladen/ Farmington Hills: Verlag Barbara Budrich/UTB (with André Kaiser).
2013. Whose Mobilisation? An Ontological Primer on the Mobilisation of National Minorities, in Julien Danero, Nenad Stojanovic & Sharon Weinblum (eds.): New Nation States and National Minorities, 191-207. Colchester: ECPR Press. PDF
Work in progress and working papers
One, Two, Three: Dimensionality of political spaces in multinational European democracies (with Edina Szöcsik). PDF.
Comparing the politics behind the immigrant integration laws of Catalonia and South Tyrol. GRITIM-UPF Working Paper Series 22/Winter 2014.
Hosts and strangers, now and then. Historical immigration experiences, contemporary integration policies, and the causal power of ideas. Book manuscript in preparation.


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Possible causes of macrocephaly this month. Also the start of a new series on causes of coca-cola coloured urine and updates on safeguarding CPD requirements and the terminology of children "in care". Do leave comments below:
Tag Archives: haematology
December 2018 PDF
Christmas disease this month, acute psychosis in children, an Emoji guide to the workings of the facial nerve, sleep hygiene and the start of a 2 part series on measles. Happy New Year and do leave comments below!
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
With thanks to Dr David Gardiner, one of our current paediatric FY2 doctors at Homerton University Hospital, for updating us on HUS.
- Profuse diarrhoea that typically turns bloody after 1-3 days
- Abdominal pain (crampy)
- Vomiting
- Fever (sometimes)
- Oedema
- Reduced urine output (abrupt onset) but also polyuria/normal urine output (rarer)
- Neurological complications: seizure, coma, cranial nerve palsies, confusion, hallucinations
- Classic triad – anaemia, uraemia and thrombocytopaenia
- Most common in children under the age of 5
- B/P – hypertension
- Blood film: Fragmentation and signs of haemolysis (Coombs test negative)
- Raised WCC and neutrophils, low platelets, low Hb
- Raised LDH
- Clotting screen typically normal (cf DIC)
- Raised bilirubin, low albumin
- Urea and creatinine raised
- Stool for PCR E.Coli
- Refer to secondary care urgently
- Strict input/output fluid monitoring
- Correction of anaemia
- Correction of electrolyte imbalances
- Antihypertensive therapy if required
- Dialysis
- Furosemide to induce diuresis
- Report to PHE – can't go back to school until 2 negative stool samples
More resources:
Kidney Research website on HUS
June 2018 PDF published
June 2018 features include the rotavirus immunisation, febrile myoclonus, investigating normochromic anaemia, complications of sinusitis and the first in our adolescence series. Please do leave comments below:
June 2017 PDF
Haematuria this month with links to an algorithmic Australian guideline on how to manage it in children, assessing paediatric hypertension, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and the last for the time being in the "decoding the FBC" series – MCHC.
Please do leave comments below:
Decoding the FBC (3): MCV
MCV- Mean Corpuscular Volume. (with thanks to Dr Xanna Briscoe and Prof Irene Roberts)
A measure of the size of the red blood cells.
Raised MCV- macrocytosis– may occur with or without anaemia. Physiological macrocytosis in the absence of anaemia occurs in neonates, especially those with Down syndrome, and during pregnancy.
Macrocytic anaemia- may be secondary to nutritional deficiencies in B12 and Folate leading to ineffective or abnormal erythropoiesis. This is easily diagnosed using simple blood tests. Where deficiency is excluded bone marrow examination may be required to identify rare causes such as myelodysplasia or Fanconi anaemia.
There are several drugs that may lead to macrocytosis, some of which are commonly used in the paediatric population. These include several chemotherapeutic agents, antibiotics and antiviral medications. It is also seen in congenital heart disease, hypothyroidism and Down Syndrome.
Additional investigations- guided by the history. It is important to check a reticulocyte count if a macrocytic anaemia is discovered. Reticulocytes are immature erythrocytes- which are large, and indicate increased erythropoiesis. Chronic reticulocytosis may falsely elevate the MCV. The absence of a raised reticulocyte count in the presence of severe anaemia suggests an inability of the bone marrow to produce red cells, eg due to inherited or acquired red cell aplasia.
Kaferle, Joyce, and Cheryl E. Strzoda. "Evaluation of macrocytosis." American family physician 79.3 (2009).
Microcytosis– small red blood cells. Typically seen in iron deficiency anaemia; in the paediatric population at different ages the cause differs. In younger children and toddlers lack of supplementation may lead to deficiency. This is a particular issue in those that drink large volumes of cows milk as a substitute for iron containing foods. The main differential diagnosis is beta- or alpha-thalassaemia trait. Measurement of serum ferritin is the most useful test to identify iron deficiency- this will be low in iron deficiency and normal in beta- or alpha-thalassaemia trait.
In adolescence the pubertal growth spurt, and menorrhagia may be a causative factor. Further investigation will aid in determining the causes of microcytic anaemia (see below).
W Owen Uprichard, James Uprichard. Investigating microcytic anaemia. BMJ 2013;346:f3154
As published in April 2017 Paediatric Pearls newsletter…..
|Increased MCV (macrocytosis)
|Decreased MCV (microcytosis)
|Vitamin B12 DeficiencyFolic Acid DeficiencyAlcohol Abuse
Liver disease
Marrow aplasia
|Iron Deficiency AnemiaThalassemiaHemoglobinopathy
Anemia of Chronic Disease
Sideroblastic Anemia
Chronic Renal Failure
Lead Poisoning
Source: http://www.fpnotebook.com/HemeOnc/Lab/MnCrpsclrVlm.htm
MCV is expressed in femtoliters = 10^-15 liters
MCV cutoffs vary by age and by lab reference
MCV Normal Range:
- Newborn: 95 to 121 fl
- Ages 6 months to 2 years: 70 to 86 fl
- Ages 12 to 18 years
- Boys: 78 – 98
- Girls: 78 – 102
- Age over 18 years: 78 to 98 fl
MCV Cutoffs for Microcytic Anemia:
- Age 1-2 years: <77 fl (CDC)
- Age 3-5 years: <79 fl (CDC)
- Age 6-11 years: <80 fl (CDC)
- Age 12-15 years: <82 fl (CDC)
- Age >15 years: <85 fl (CDC)
- Recommended adult microcytic MCV cutoff varies
Some sources advocate MCV <78 and others <82
So, you've got the FBC back and it shows microcytic anaemia. How can you work out which of the above factors is causative?
If you only asked for FBC and the child is more than 6 months old, try this:
|Anaemia of chronic disease
|Thal trait (alpha OR beta)
|Iron deficiency anaemia
|Thal trait + IDA
|↓ / ↓↓
|↓ / ↓↓
|↓ or ↑
|↓ / ↓↓
|↓ / ↓↓
|↓ / ↓↓
|↓ or ↑
|↓ / ↓↓
|↓ / ↓↓
|↓ / ↓↓
|↓ or ↑
|↓ or ↑
|↓ or ↑
Therefore a child of 6 months or older with hypochromic, microcytic anaemia with an increased RDW has presumed iron deficiency. They could have thalassaemia trait as well….
If you asked for other tests or are at liberty to repeat the blood test, here are some suggested extra investigations and their interpretation:
|Iron deficiency anaemia
|Thalassaemia trait
|Sideroblastic anaemia
|Chronic disease
|Hb electropheresis
|Β thalassaemia- raised A2
α trait- normal
March 2017
ALL presenting as a persistent limp this month, nitrites on the dipstick, haematocrit, a childline app and a local paediatric asthma study day. Please do leave comments below.
Decoding the full blood count (haematocrit)
Part 2 of "Decoding the full blood count" with thanks to Dr Alexandra Briscoe, paediatric registrar at Whipps Cross University Hospital, and Professor Irene Roberts, professor of paediatric haematology at Oxford.
Haematocrit/packed cell volume
Haematocrit/ packed cell volume- the proportion of blood that is made up of cells (not plasma); it is measured as a percentage or fraction.
Low haematocrit is seen in anaemia, though it will not tell you the direct cause for the anaemia.
Raised haematocrit is seen in polycythaemia, in the newborn infant this is termed Neonatal Polycythaemia.
Defined as a venous haematocrit > 65%, occurring in 0.4-5% of healthy newborns. Symptoms are believed to be due to hyperviscosity. On examination children appear plethoric, and may have multi-systemic symptoms. These include- CNS features of irritability, cerebrovascular accidents and seizures. Apnoea and respiratory distress occur as a result of decreased pulmonary blood flow. In addition infants may demonstrate poor feeding, and may in rare cases develop necrotising enterocolitis (NEC.) Renal effects include renal vein thrombosis, oliguria, proteinuria and haematuria. Hypoglycaemia and thrombocytopenia (Vlug, 2013) are also seen commonly.
The development of polycythaemia occurs secondary to increased erythropoiesis as a consequence of chronic fetal hypoxia. IUGR and placental insufficiency- due to post-dates pregnancies, pre-eclampsia and maternal smoking, increase the incidence of polycythaemia. Infants of diabetic mothers, those with Beckwith –Weidemann, and congenital thyrotoxicosis are also at increased risk.
There has been much debate as to whether delayed cord clamping increases the incidence of polycythaemia. Current NICE guidelines recommend cord clamping between 1-5 minutes after delivery, provided there is no concern regarding the infant's heart rate or need for resuscitation. In a Cochrane review of cord clamping practices and neonatal outcomes in 2013 McDonald et al found that delayed cord clamping was associated with increased risk of jaundice requiring phototherapy, however beneficial outcome in terms of iron stores- with a 50% reduction in iron deficiency at 3-6 months. They reported no difference in incidence of polycythaemia in 5 trials measuring this outcome.
Current management of symptomatic polycythaemia is a partial exchange transfusion.
Vlug RD, Lopriore E, Janssen M, et al. Thrombocytopenia in neonates with polycythemia: incidence, risk factors and clinical outcome. Expert Rev Hematol. 2015 Feb. 8 (1):123-9. [Medline].
ID: CD004074 McDonald, Susan J, Middleton, Philippa, Dowswell, Therese Morris, Peter S
Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004074.pub3
US: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004074.pub3/abstract
What are normal haematocrit levels?
(taken from http://www.medicinenet.com/hematocrit/page2.htm)
The normal ranges for haematocrit depend on the age and, after adolescence, the sex of the individual. The normal ranges are:
- Newborns: 55% to 68%
- One (1) week of age: 47% to 65%
- One (1) month of age: 37% to 49%
- Three (3) months of age: 30% to 36%
- One (1) year of age: 29% to 41%
- Ten (10) years of age: 36% to 40%
- Adult males: 42% to 54%
- Adult women: 38% to 46%
These values may vary slightly among different laboratories.
February 2017
The burns triage tool this month plus a bit on urinalysis (pH) and the start of our decoding the FBC series. Also a reminder about the MAP guideline for management of CMPA in primary care, a link to some good courses on this topic and to a document I have put together on milks to use in the UK for CMPA.
Paediatric Haematology: Decoding the full blood count (Hb and RBC)
With thanks to Dr Alexandra Briscoe and Professor Irene Roberts for their collaborative work.
The red cell count and haemoglobin (see February 2017 newsletter for normal ranges)
The red cell count is the actual number of red cells per mL of blood, and the haemoglobin (Hb) is the concentration of the Hb protein itself- the oxygen carrying protein.
A raised red cell count due to increased production of red cells is seen in children with chronic hypoxia, such as congenital heart disease and, in neonates, manifests as neonatal polycythaemia, usually due to chronic in utero hypoxia.
During the last 2 months of pregnancy erythropoiesis occurs at a rate of 3-5 x that of adults, consequentially the healthy newborn has a relative polycythaemia compared to infants and children- manifest as a raised Hb, red cell count and haematocrit.
The Hb falls over the first 2-3 months of life in response to several factors- with the onset of respiration at birth- oxygenation increases, erythropoieitin production and erythropoiesis is decreased via negative feedback. Neonatal red blood cells have a shorter half-life of 90 days compared to 120 days for red cells in healthy children and adults. In addition over this time period, neonates undergo rapid growth and weight increase with a subsequent increase in circulatory volume- leading to relative haemodilution. This physiological anaemia requires no intervention in otherwise healthy term infants and will rarely fall below 90g/L.
In contrast, infants born extremely prematurely at <28 weeks of completed gestation, will frequently require red cell transfusion. This is due to anaemia of prematurity. The cause is multifactorial, including low erythropoietin, shortened red cell lifespan, nutritional deficiency and iatrogenic blood letting, however the nadir in Hb occurs earlier (4-8 weeks compared to 8-12 weeks in term babies) and is more severe. Premature red blood cells have a life span of 35-50 days, and infants have a circulating blood volume of 90- 105 mls/kg, which could be as little as 45mls in a 24 week 500g infant. In addition, these infants do not receive maternal iron transfer via the placenta. Preterm infants also have a slow erythropoietin response to hypoxia and anaemia- this is because the site of production of erythropoietin is the liver rather than the kidney as per term infants. There is also evidence of increased metabolism of EPO in the preterm infant. (Strauss, 2010). Despite multiple studies into the use of exogenous erythropoietin for preterm infants, current guidelines recommend red cell transfusion for the management of anaemia of prematurity.
Ronald G. Strauss, Anaemia of prematurity: Pathophysiology and treatment, Blood Reviews, Volume 24, Issue 6, November 2010, Pages 221-225, ISSN 0268-960X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.blre.2010.08.001.


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Children's author visits Cedar Park Day Nursery
Children from Cedar Park Day Nursery in Twyford were delighted with a special visit from acclaimed author and illustrator, Eileen Browne, creator of the books; 'Handa's Surprise' and 'Handa's Hen'.
At the Ofsted-rated 'Outstanding' Day Nursery in Bridge Farm Road, Eileen read the beloved books to the children and explained how they were written and illustrated. The book's accompanying CD was also played, allowing the group to focus on rhythm by dancing to the music.
After hearing the stories, the children sampled the exotic fruits featured in 'Handa's Surprise' which centres on the story of a young girl delivering a basket of fruits to her friend. Mangoes, pineapples, passionfruit, oranges and bananas were all tasted and enjoyed as part of the learning experience.
Cedar Park Day Nursery Deputy Manager, Rachael Main said;
"The children were absolutely thrilled to have Eileen with us and were so fascinated by her stories and wisdom. The children also had their copies of the books personally signed after the session. It was a wonderful day and has shown how special the gift of storytelling really is."


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The thoughtful gifts make the holiday even brighter
Just by way of full disclosure, I don't generally give especially thoughtful gifts.
In my 20s, I once did all my holiday shopping at Walgreens — in one night.
Yes, sister, you're still welcome for the teddy bear in the sweater that sings Blue Christmas like Elvis.
For additional proof, just check the Meehan family photos from Christmas Eve 2008. During what has become known as the Great Snuggie Christmas, the entire extended Meehan clan received Snuggies. In fact, I bought out the Snuggie inventory of the Scott County CVS. I thought it was both functional and funny. It's a blanket with sleeves!
Whether my family liked it, I'm not sure, but I still get a kick out of the image of my brother, a professional Santa, in his leopard-spotted Snuggie.
Some people are just excellent gift-givers. I am not.
But sometimes, because I think ahead and try do to something special, and sometimes, because I am perpetually poor at Christmas, I give something from the heart.
This is a bit of a family trait. There are always some crafts and baked goods exchanged during my family's Christmas. Most members of my family have received a scarf from me. A few have even worn them.
One year, one of my sisters, who is a teacher, promised another sister, a nurse, that she would go to the doctor because she hadn't gone in years.
She gave the gift of peace of mind that year.
Last year I promised my five brothers and sisters that I would talk to my 83-year-old mom, put her stories on Facebook and share them all in some form at the end of the year. I called it "Gabbing with Geneva."
It's been a gift for all of us, I think. I know it helped me see my mom, who had five kids when I was born, as a pretty bold, independent young woman not unlike my younger self. And, unfortunately, a lot like her bold, independent 15-year-old granddaughter.
We've talked about Easter traditions and the Great Flood in Louisville that ravaged the family home, her wedding and the fact that my dad dubbed her Midge, because she is tiny and he was tall, and how that nickname stuck.
That, by the way, is why it's "Gabbing with Geneva," because after my dad died, my mom tried to reclaim her original name — with limited success. Again, something I didn't know.
"Gabbing with Geneva," unexpectedly, struck a chord for a far-flung circle of cousins and old family friends. The stories my mom shared of her childhood can't be told by her brothers and sisters because most of them have passed.
It's been fun to see everyone add bits and pieces to fill out the pictures and for others to add their own memories.
Years before the Great Snuggie Christmas of 2008, each brother and sister received a framed photo that was a copy of a painting that had hung in our house when we were little. I'd laid claim to the painting via a lottery system that sometimes came into play as my parents aged and got rid of stuff. The photos allowed all my siblings to share the painting my dad had made in Korea when he was in the Army. It was a painting of my parents both looking young and gorgeous.
Last year, I wrote the story of my daughter's birth and gave it to her. She happened to be born on Christmas Eve, and I remember there was mangled singing of Christmas carols involved while I was endlessly walking the hospital corridors to promote labor. I believe Jingle Bells that night went something like "Giving birth, giving birth, it's time to give birth! We're here now, I'm big like a cow. It's time to give birth, Yeah!"
The tale includes the moment I first held her: "I could feel your heart beat in sync with mine and I never knew I could love anything as much as I loved you."
She might instead have acted as if she would have preferred an iTunes gift card when given the envelope, but she keeps it in the nightstand by her bed.
I sometimes manage to give thoughtful gifts to people who have been on my naughty list. For example, most of the artwork displayed in my ex-husband's house is framed photos of him with our daughter or pictures of her that were Christmas presents from me.
So I guess the thing that all these presents have in common, aside from possibly being construed as the easiest possible way to avoid shopping, is that I hoped each would really touch the receiver in a way that lasted longer than the gift wrapping that covered them.
Sometimes I know it worked. My nephew is always asking for another Blarf, a knitted blanket made of sewn-together scarves, which are the only things I can manage to knit because of the minimal counting involved. (Math has never been my friend.) But a well-loved Blarf is proof, I guess, that a truly good intention can never go wrong.


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Michael "Mike" Fasolo (born January 28, 1969) was born and raised in the small town of Tuxedo, New York. He graduated from the comparatively small Tuxedo High School and went on to attend Ramapo College of New Jersey where he earned his BA in Literature. While writing as always been a passion, his first break came when he was hired as a journalist at a local paper THE PHOTO NEWS, where his maiden story landed on the front page.
In 1994, fasolo joined the staff of Wizard Magazine as the head of the Research Department, where he was in charge of gathering information and illustrations on anything and everything that was spotlighted in the issues. After a few months at Wizard, Fasolo was lured over into the Editorial Department of Wizard's sister magazine, InQuest. There, he was put in charge of the News Section, where he reported the latest and greatest on card games, board games, collectibles, etc. However, card games weren't as enjoyable as comic books, so after a brief 6 months, Wizard Magazine claimed him back as a Copy Editor and Staff Writer.
And it was at Wizard that Fasolo became friends with Matt Senreich. In 2004 Cartoon Network picked up Robot Chicken and Senreich asked Fasolo to relocate to California to be a Writer on the show. Fasolo accepted and has been there ever since. He is about to begin writing on his third season of the number one rated, Emmy Award Winning, Adult Swim show.
Besides writing for Robot Chicken, Mike also has many of his own projects in the works including Feature Films, Television Series, Cartoon, Comics and even Game Shows! He is currently represented by the Endeavor Agency.
Mike Fasolo seems to be the most Internet-visable member of the Robot Chicken writing team. He has contributed to every episode, with two exceptions. He also finds time to post to his blog.
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Intex Launched - Intex UDAY 4G Volte Smartphone @ Rs.7,999/-
In a First, Intex Launches its New Smartphone 'Intex UDAY' in Exclusive Partnership with Leading Retail Chains in Pune - Kensha Mobiles, Mehta Telecom, Manik Mobile Shopee & The Corner
- Strategic partnership with top retailers from Pune to further strengthen presence in key markets in the region and provide seamless customer service. The smart phone will be exclusively available across 26 retail outlets in Pune
- The 4G-Volte Smartphone comes with 3GB RAM, big display, battery, Fingerprint Sensor and varied VAS features, available at an affordable price of Rs. 7,999/-
- There will also be a cashback offer of INR 2,200 from RJio for the smartphone
In a first-of-its-kind partnership between a mobile handset manufacturer and a leading mobile retail chain, Intex Technologies, a consumer electronics major, today launched its latest smart phone model - Intex UDAY exclusively with leading retail chains of Pune - Kensha Mobiles, Mehta Telecom, Manik Mobile Shopee & The Corner Mobile based out of Pune.
Designed for the on-the-go tech savvy generation, the stylish and feature-packed 4G-Volte smartphone comes with 3GB RAM, 5.2-inch big display, Fingerprint Sensor and a big battery available at a competitive price of ₹ 7,999/-, along with 2200 INR cash back from RJio.
The Rs 2,200 cashback will be applicable for both existing and new Jio customers and the buyer needs to get their recharge with Rs 198 or Rs 299 plans, after which the cashback vouchers can be redeemed on subsequent recharges with any of the recharge packs by Jio. The telecom operator will be providing the eligible Intex device users with 44 cashback vouchers worth Rs 50 each, which will be credited to the MyJio App and can be redeemed later.
The group of leading retail chains Kensha Mobiles, Mehta Telecom, Manik Mobile & Corner Mobile in Pune are catering to 5 millions customers through its 26+ stores across the city. Intex UDAY will be exclusively available at 26 stores spread across Pune. This will enable Intex to strengthen its presence in key regional markets by offering a smartphone exclusively for the region.
The 4G-VoLTE device comes with a 5.2-inch HD IPS display, a 9mm thickness, giving it a sleek look and design that anyone would flaunt. Intex UDAY steps up the game with 3GB RAM and a 1.3 GHz of Quad CoreMediaTek processor allowing users to multitask with ease. To ensure users never run out of space, the model comes with 32GB ROM expandable up to 128GB. The 4G smartphone has a fingerprint sensorensuring bio-metric security. The fingerprint sensor also enables clicking photos and answering calls by double tapping on it. Also users can click screen shots by simply 3-finger swipe down on the mobile screen.
For photography enthusiasts and selfies lovers, Intex Uday has 13MP Rear AF Camera and 5MP selfie camera supported with LED Flash for both. The device comes with multiple navigation features, and emergency rescue. The 4G dual-SIM smartphones have a big battery of 2800mAh Li-Poly, which offers a talk-time up to 6~7 hours along with a standby time of at least 7~8 days.
Apart from powerful specifications, the smartphones also include Intex key pre-loaded impressive feature services for the users. One such service is the DataBack which is your Data Saving Buddy. This app provides up to 500MB Free Data back to the users per month for Free and allows users to consume more to earn data back in their accounts. Prime Videos allow users to enjoy unlimited access to stream and download their popular movies or TV shows. MiFon Security which is the 9 in 1 security suite that makes the smartphone smarter. Swiftkey uses artificial intelligence to learn the writing patterns and make suggestions to make messaging easy.
The elegant 4G-Volte Intex UDAY is available in three colours - Black,
and Blue. Champagne
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Doesn't time fly? Nearly end of financial year already and lots of changes afoot in the vocational education and training (VET) industry across Australia.
With the very significant changes to government funding for qualifications, we've seen a lot of activity as Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) build new innovative models for delivery. The best approach is to provide flexible options that still achieve a high quality learning outcome. Dropping prices has always been a risky way to run any business, and training organisations need to ensure they provide an excellent and compliant service to all who are studying courses. Whether you are a Learning and Development Manager in a corporate/Not for Profit/government department, a Training Manager in a private RTO or an Education Manager in a TAFE, it's always critical to focus on the core of good training:
- a well designed training program
- engaging and interactive learning resources
- meaningful work related validated assessments
- well trained and experienced trainers who continually upskill and network
- strong customer service and support team.
Don't forget that vocational education and training is all about the learners, and their employers.
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Manic Marble 2 Free for iPhone
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Important Note: Some users have reported feeling "seasick" due to Manic Marble's combination of 3D graphics and motion-based control system. If you should in anyway feel ill during the use of Manic Marble, discontinue play immediately. Manic Marble is back with more crazy 3d levels!Fly over jumps and dodge moving obstacles by tilting and turning your iPhone or iPod Touch.Complete the current level by the goal time to unlock the next one.Features:-Insanely fast 3D graphics and physics engine provided by SIO2 Interactive (up to 60 frames per second!)-Intuitive accelerometer-based control system-Optional touch-based control system-Four difficulty settings - including slow motion and high speed optionsTips:-If Manic Marble is not playing smoothly - restarting your phone to clear memory should help. - Practice controlling your marble on the introductory level. Choose the "calibrate" option to optimize the controls for how you prefer to hold your device. If you don't like the accelerometer-based control - try switching to touch-based control.-Is Manic Marble too easy or too hard? Try a different difficulty setting! Difficulty can be set by pressing the "Menu" button while on the introductory level.- Don't expect to make goal time for a level the first try. Making goal time takes practice and requires completing the level with relatively few mistakes.- If you need to slow down quickly - pull your device straight back. It's easier to brake when you're not trying to turn.---Real Support---Need help? Have a comment?Email: email@example.com


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* Yen, Swiss franc strengthen as investors flee stocks
* Euro hovers near the key psychological level of 1.14
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
By Vatsal Srivastava
SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The Japanese yen rose against the dollar on Thursday as a rout on Wall Street and weak European and U.S. economic data dented global risk sentiment, sending investors scurrying to safe-haven assets including government bonds.
The yen, seen as a safety-bet during times of market turmoil and economic stress, advanced 0.35 percent at 111.87 on the dollar.
Over the past week, nervousness around U.S. corporate earnings and geopolitical uncertainty added to heightened worries about global growth, Italy's free spending budget and Sino-U.S. trade tensions.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 declined for a sixth day in a row as weak forecasts from chipmakers added to concerns about the impact on earnings from tariffs and a slowdown in China's economy.
Also dampening sentiment, sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell to a near two-year low in September, the latest sign that rising mortgage rates and higher prices were hurting demand for housing.
The grim U.S. session rippled through to Asia with stock markets from Japan to Australia sinking deep into the red.
"I won't be surprised to see the dollar/yen fall below 112 as U.S. yields have cooled off to 3.1 percent from their recent peak and volatility in developed markets has picked up," said Rodrigo Cartel, senior currency strategist at NAB.
The dollar, also considered a safe-haven, was on reasonably solid ground against most of its other major rivals.
An index measuring the U.S. currency's value versus six major peers was only a touch lower in Asia at 96.35, after gaining an impressive 0.5 percent on Wednesday
The euro remained tentative, after giving up almost 0.7 percent on Wednesday - its steepest fall in percentage terms since Sept. 27 on concerns over the pace of economic growth in Europe.
Euro zone business growth slowed more than expected this month, a widely watched Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) survey showed on Wednesday. German private-sector growth fell to its lowest in more than three years, and manufacturing in France hit a 25-month low, according to other surveys.
The European Central Bank (ECB)holds its monetary policy meeting later today, and investors will be looking for any new guidance from the ECB acknowledging the recent slowdown in growth as well as the political stand-off between Brussels and Rome over Italy's free spending budget.
"Euro has limited upside given risk factors such as the Italian budget, brexit and more recently the softening economic activity," said Catril.
"Mario Draghi will have to acknowledge weakness in the data and reaffirm that the ECB monetary tightening path is data dependent...risk is that he sounds dovish," added Catril.
U.S. 10 year treasury yields also fell to 3.1 percent on Thursday as traders started to question the strong cyclical economic growth story of the U.S and rushed to the safety of sovereign bonds.
U.S. 10 year yields have been on an uptrend thanks to a hawkish U.S. Federal Reserve as it looks to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points in December.
The British pound traded marginally higher versus the dollar at $1.2891, after losing 0.78 percent of its value on Wednesday and hitting a six-week low of 1.2865.
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans have stoked uncertainty over recent weeks, especially on the terms of Britain's exit from the EU.
But May received a show of support from her Conservative Party on Wednesday at a meeting in parliament, shifting the focus away from talk of an imminent leadership challenge over her Brexit strategy.
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I used to attend Mass at parish in a suburb close to the centre of a particular city. I nearly called it "inner city" but that would suggest poverty when, in fact, the suburb was inhabited by a number of well-heeled young professionals. The land was valuable and the parish leased off part of it in return for a lucrative income. Some bright spark thought it would be a good idea for the parish to spend some of that income on a drop-in-centre for young Catholics working in the city centre. The idea was that they would come in and socialise after work. It was an unhappy decision. The parish was not far from "downtown", but it was scarcely convenient for anyone to come after a hard day's work and before making their weary way way home. The plasma TV and attached games console were barely used and I think the centre is now closed. It occurred to me that, in the old days (at least as far back as the later middle ages), the money would have been spent on paying for a choir. There would be stipends, and clerks, and funny titles, and the rest of it. By now it would be the name of a style to which learned musicians would allude. It might be a famous choir school. At the Chant Café Jeffrey Tucker has a post on How to Have a Good and Stable Choir in your parish.
You need four strong singers who are committed. If you do not have that, you will not have a consistent provision of liturgical music. That's just the way it is … People with this skill set are not willing to sing consistently without any pay whatsoever. They might do so for a while but they burn out, feel used, and eventually give up. It is all the more annoying that the priest and others look down on them when they throw in the towel, completely forgetting about the countless hours they have spent in the past without pay.The whole post is interesting, but what really struck me were some of the comments. First some more of Tucker's post:
If you talk to any professional or just experienced music who knows the world of churches, you will find one consistent complaint about the Catholic Church: it does not pay its musicians. Parishes will sometimes pay an organist (not often a full-time salary) and sometimes pay a nominal fee to a director of music (many parishes even expect this to be done by volunteers). But very few pay singers … It is not necessary to pay ever singer. What every choir needs — and here I'm only reporting what every musician knows but very few priests understand — is four solid singers who can lead each sector. These solid singers are called "ringers" or just "section leaders."
These people also make good solo cantors. These can lead the other singers. This doesn't mean getting rid of volunteers. The amateurs can be great. In fact, I'm constantly amazed at how good non-readers are at mimicking the sound of those they stand next to. They can't sing a note alone but sound great as part of a section. They desperately need strong singers around them to give lift to their talents … The parish should employ four singers to play this role, chosen mostly by the director. Each singer can be paid $50 per Mass plus rehearsal once per week. This is terrible pay, to be sure. But it takes the sting out the time commitment. It makes people feel valued. It allows the parish to expect things from the singer. Everyone is happy. The music problem goes away — or perhaps the biggest problems in the music area go away.One commenter suggests that ringers might encourage laziness and that volunteers are probably the way to go.
But the best solution is also the hardest: a cheerful, welcoming, religious, and encouraging director with the Holy Spirit willing to invest several years to develop, and willing also to be patient with the journey to get there.
And you hope this Music Director you have been lucky enough to find, doesn't have to move away, get sick, die, lose the faith. Because if any of those things happen you have to try your luck again. Another suggests that Tucker (as the Germans say) sucked this one out of his fingernails.
Have you ever managed college kids at a McD's or KMart? Their work ethic, voice or music majors or not, isn't exemplary. Imagine you've planned and rehearsed all year for Allegri's MISERERE for G[ood] F[riday], and your section leader soprano has the C3 [i.e the top C which occurs several times in that piece, starting just before the two minute mark in the linked video], and you've got the rest of the quire all pumped up to do this high water mark. And Wednesday, she calls you and informs you her mom wants her in Reno on Thursday for Easter weekend. This kind of thing goes on with our volunteers, for sobbing out loud, not to mention kids getting a paltry 50 for Sunday AND a rehearsal? Oh, and they tend to move around a lot, whether in 2 or 4 year programs. Oh, and some of them never pass Theory 1A or sight singing because they've skated by in MS/HS being coached and coddled by teachers who don't teach and parents that know they'll be on and WIN American Idol, the Voice, or the X Factor.
And then there is this.
I have always found it ironic that the church expects musicians to spend thousands of dollars getting trained and then volunteer their services. The guy painting the sacristy is not volunteering ... the plumber? the person who shovels the snow? There is also no expectation on the numerous people the church regularly hires to prepare for two or more hours prior to coming to work today. Maybe if I had to haul my voice around in a truck with a sign painted on it, or bring it out of a special carrying case so that it looked as expensive as it really is.
Unless your parish has a large stable income through historic real estate acquisition or something (see Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars (1992), passim) the answer is probably monks and lots of them. Mind you that seems to be my answer to everything at the moment.


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For those of us who were alive in the 90's remember the classic Walt Disney film Cool Runnings, directed by Jon Turteltaub that grossed over $69 million in the US alone. The film tells the story of Derice Bannock a Jamaican sprinter who was predicted to compete in the Olympics, but gets disqualified during a qualifier race. He wants to compete so bad in the Olympic games that he starts the first Jamaican Bobsled team. The film is based of a true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team's first debut competition during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
In 2014 Dudley "Tal" Stokes, who was on the actually 1988 Olympic team that inspired the film spoke up online in October of 2014 stating that Cool Runnings, "Is a feature Disney film, not much in it actually happened in real life." The true story is that George Fitch an American who was living in Jamaica at the time, was inspired by a local pushcart derby. Fitch who was portrayed by John Candy in the film became the founder of the team, Fitch also spoke out about the film saying, "I was personally offended by the film because I'm not a disgraced Olympic bobsledder who's a drunk, who's spending the rest of my life in some pool hall. But that's Hollywood" he said in an ESPN article.
Fitch then pitched it to the government and it got approved, they recruited men from the Jamaican army. Also, during the recruitment process they needed someone with good hand-eye coordination to drive the sled, he asked one of the Colonels in the army if they had anyone that fit that description. He gave him a helicopter pilot and he became the driver of the sled. Coaches from the US and Austria were sent over to help teach the team how to bobsled. Jamaica did not have much of a budget for the team so after they qualified for the Olympics they needed to raise $80,000 and were over-whelmed when they received $100,000, which was still the bare minimum to compete. Fitch also pitched in $92,000 of his own money to support the team.
Stokes said that he saw a bobsled for the first time in September 1987, and by February he was competing in the Winter Olympics. Once in Calgary the team aimed to only race in the two-man sled event, but after beating 13 other teams they wanted to try the four-man race. Fitch said that, they didn't have any money left over, didn't have a four-man sled and only had three guys do to an injury. The guys didn't want to give up. So they sold Jamaica bobsled t-shirts and they proved to be so popular that were able to raise $24,000! They then went to the Canadian team and bought a used four-man sled from them.They still only had three guys so Stokes told Fitch, that his brother Chris Stokes was a track star at the University of Idaho. They were able to convince Olympic officials to give Chris accreditation and flew him in.
Now as a team of four, they only had four practice runs before the start of the race. The team brought a lot of popularity with them and their race drew in a record crowd of 40,000 to their race. Compared to the 5,000 that was expected. During the actually race their sled was going 85 miles an hour when it lost control and crashed. The teammates were trapped underneath the sled. Unlike the movie the team did not lift the sled over their heads and carry it across the finish line. But they did push the sled across the finish line and while doing so thousands and thousands of people shook their hands as the crowd cheered them on.
This was an incredible story of how many hoops this Jamaican team had to jump through and how they never gave up hope. Although it ended in disappointment Fitch said in an interview with ESPN reporter Nick Atkin, "The Jamaican bobsled team returned to the Winter Olympics at Albertville in 1992. Two years later in Lillehammer, Jamaica came in 13th, beating several top teams like USA 1, Russia 1, Italy 2 and Austria 2. But Jamaica's influence of creating a team spawned off, with Trinidad, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Mexico, American Samoa and the Philippines all creating teams. They actually had a Caribbean Cup. You go to a World Cup race and they had a cup within a cup. At least half a dozen islands now have bobsled teams." This was a huge moment for the sport of bobsledding, people saw what the Jamaicans had done and it inspired other countries to follow in their footstep and created more teams.


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