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at New York Open Center - Flatiron 22 E 30th St, New York, New York 10016
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Post subject: Novice Meditation sitting periods and knee health?
I recently received this question:
Hi Bernie,
Your site is a gem among the internet. Thank you so much for the valuable wisdom in the yinsights and poses.
I have a question regarding the fascia in the knee joints that i would love some reassurance about. I recently attended a 10-day vipassana meditation retreat and there was lots of extended cross legged sitting periods with lots of pain in the kneee joints. I've heard that many serious meditators have to have knee surgery later on in life as their knees are in pretty bad shape from decades of sitting cross legged. Does this have any evidence behind it or is it just a coincidence? I've heard that knee health also depends not only on the fascia but proper muscle (yang?) strength for aligning the knee joint correctly.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much
If you are asking for a medical study that investigates the incidence of knee surgery and meditation, I have not seen one. But I do have anecdotal evidence that this does happen. It comes from ignoring pain: when the body is about to be damaged, it sends out warning signal - ignore them at your own peril! Pain is a sign that something is wrong.
There are people who can sit with legs crossed for 10 hours a day and not have any pain or problems: these are rare individuals however. There are others who could sit for that long, but their hips are so tight from years of immobilized sitting in chairs, that they need to first do some yoga to open their hips and get rid of the tensile resistance in the hips that prevent their femurs from externally rotating enough to release any pressure felt in the knees. And there are others who, due to the shape of their femur bones and their hips sockets will never open their hips enough to allow comfortable sitting for any length of time. For these people, yoga is not going to help them sit without pain.
Sitting in meditation in a classical cross-legged position without pain has little to do with alignment of the knees or strengthening the muscles or fascia there: it is a problem of tightness in the hips. If the hips are tight, then the only way to get the knees low to the ground when sitting with legs crossed is to torque the knees. When the leg is straight, the ligaments and structure of the knee joint prohibit twisting of the tibia (the shin bone) with respect to the femur (thigh bone.) However, when the knee is bent, laxness in the ligaments does allow some twisting to occur. For some students, their unique anatomy allows more twist, some less but regardless, when the hips are tight and the femur can not externally rotate in the hip socket, then the rest of the stress of sitting cross-legged goes into twisting the knee joint. The pain arising here (usually in the inner knees, which indicates that the meniscus is being crushed) is not good. Ignoring it could result in the meniscus being shredded or torn and then surgery becomes the only option to stop the pain.
Burning in the knees should not be tolerated. This does not mean you have to stop meditating: there are many other sitting options available. You can support the thighs with blocks so that the knees do not feel pressure or pain. You can sit on a bench. You can sit on your heels with cushions between your feet. If just one knee complains, try sitting with that foot in closer to you (which means that that knees is more bent and can twist more easily.) You can also meditate without sitting at all! The Buddha once said that there are 4 basic meditation positions: sitting, standing, lying down and walking. There is no need to break your knees.
Now, to help open the hips so that there is less pressure in the knees, yoga can help, especially Yin Yoga. Square pose, Swan, Shoelace, Butterfly are some of the poses that may work for you. At some point, your hips will be as open as they will get: if you still feel pain in the knees when you sit, then find a different way to sit.
I hope this helps!
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Incense by Norma Kamali opens with a buckload of black, sticky, warm oil pouring straight out of a reservoir, pungent and ultra dense, the Holy Grail of biomechanicism fetishists. I have a friend who is crazy for Ballard and his "Crash" and all that human-machine eroticism, I instantly thought of him. Tobacco notes, wet and humid, a slight fruity vibe and obviously an incense cloud, so black, dusty, dense, organic and cloying you won't even recognize it at first. A beautiful chorus of nuances, from dusty to rancid, to even floral and balsamic, but most of all, a tar-like industrial heaviness. Black and sticky like some of the blacker, stickier Slumberhouse scents, just less experimental and less "de-structured": more of a simple buckload of this ultra-dense decaying blackness. The mood is again that same post-atomic urban decay, with a mechanic/industrial feel, as this is more close to the smell of oils, tar, production wastes. Some notes I get from this epitome-of-gloominess: woods, green poisonous notes, some "heavy" floral notes like perhaps narcissus, frankincense, labdanum, ambroxan... that's what I smell, but I may be completely wrong, it's like rescuing birds from contaminated sea – they're all black and sticky. It does not evolve much, it just kind of gets drier and denser, like a piece of black wood drying under the sun. To be really honest, as far as I admire the composition, I can not come to get excited for this an to really "love" this (as I expected). I love incense, but here is so (brilliantly!) turned into a gigantic, heavy industrial fog, with an oily, indolic materic density and a touch of decadent rancid notes, that it's just a bit too much for me, I mean to make me want to actually wear it. It's utterly fascinating and well-done, one of the purest black compositions I have ever tried, with an unforgiving dry cedar-birch drydown which persists for ages, but I like this more as a "smell", as a creation to smell it per se, without wearing it. Not for everyone and sadly not for me either, but apart from this, superb.
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I just love the packaging with stuff in this collection. The packaging of the blusher palette looks a lot similar to the eyeshadow palette, but is slightly different. It does feel really well made.
I loved using the colors in this palette, especially the pink tones - Candy and Easy which were my favorite. There was a good amount of pigment in each one and to get intense color didn't take long. The texture was nice and smooth which allowed for easy blending. The colors do have shimmer in them, but just the right amount to give your cheeks a really nice glow. Once on they didn't fade or need reapplying.
The only color in the palette I didn't use as a blusher was Lo Fi. It was more of a bronzer color and can be used for contouring. Instead of this shade I would have preferred another pink toned color.
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We rarely review tablets but thanks to our good friends from Samsung Philippines, they've sent us a tablet that we can review. If tablets were on a decline a year ago, they are becoming relevant again these days. So, Samsung have brought the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, a new line of premium tablets. There are two variants – the one with a 9.7-inch display and an 8-inch model. We have here is the larger model. Is it time to replace your current tablet? Let's read on with the review.
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The moment we first saw the tablet, we were very impressed on how sexy this device is. It is unbelievably thin at 5.6mm and extremely lightweight. Because it is lightweight, we have problems bringing the tablet around with us. Lastly, that home button is also a fingerprint scanner as well. It works fine and responds pretty fast.
We normally see low resolution displays on many Android tablets. But not anymore. 9.7-inch Super AMOLED display is one of the best we've seen on a tablet. It is even better than Apple's iPad Air . It is extremely bright when used outdoors and super dimmed when used in a dark room.
Overall performance is generally solid with no reported lags or app crashes. Samsung continues to cut bloatwares even on its tablets. Now we see a simplier and cleaner TouchWiz UI on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop. The tablet is powered by Samsung's own Exynos octa core chip and paired with 3GB RAM so gaming experience has never been better.
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Pazopanib fails to show OS benefit for ovarian cancer
The oral multikinase VEGFR*1, 2, and 3 inhibitor pazopanib failed to improve overall survival (OS) in advanced ovarian cancer patients who have not progressed following first-line chemotherapy, according to the results of the AGO-OVAR16** study.
"[Our] study met the primary endpoint [of progression-free survival (PFS)] with a significant improvement of 5.6 months in the median PFS with pazopanib vs placebo … [However, despite the] prolonged PFS, [our current findings] were not associated with improvement in median OS," said the researchers.
At the final OS analysis, there was no difference observed between pazopanib and placebo (median, 59.1 vs 64.0 months; hazard ratio, 0.96, 95 percent confidence interval, 0.80–1.14; p=0.64). [Gynecol Oncol 2019;doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.08.024]
"[The] lack of a statistically significant OS benefit … may be attributed to the long post-progression survival in this setting," said the researchers. Moreover, the OS benefit could have been masked by confounders such as multiple antineoplastic treatments available, use of active drugs delivered as salvage therapy following tumour progression, crossover therapy, and relatively long survival durations, previous research has shown. [Ann Oncol 2016;27;373-378; Ann Oncol 2004;15:545-549]
Following the PFS benefit in the primary analysis, researchers sought to evaluate the OS benefit of once-daily pazopanib 800 mg against placebo in 940 individuals with histologically confirmed advanced ovarian cancer for up to 24 months or until disease progression. At the time of the final analysis, 498 patients had died.
The high relapse rate in this patient subgroup, the lack of effective maintenance treatment alternatives following first-line standard of care, and the preliminary antitumour activity of pazopanib shown in a previous study warranted the evaluation of pazopanib in this setting, said the researchers. [Gynecol Oncol 2010;119:32-37]
Recent evidence on other advanced solid tumours showed a significant PFS benefit but inconsistent effects on OS even after patient selection based on the expression of molecular targets for these agents. Nonetheless, these are considered major advances in the treatment of advanced solid tumours. [Lancet Oncol 2014;15:323-332; N Engl J Med 2013;368:2385-2394] "[One study noted that] the lack of statistical significance in OS does not imply lack of improvement in OS for clinical trials with a PFS benefit, especially for diseases with long median post-progression survival," the researchers pointed out. [J Natl Cancer Inst 2009;101:1642-1649]
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Given the failure of pazopanib to display OS benefit in this trial, bevacizumab remains the only approved anti-angiogenic agent in this setting despite the lack of OS improvement. "Ongoing trials are focused on the use of PARPi*** and immune checkpoint inhibitors as maintenance therapy following or in combination with first-line chemotherapy for ovarian cancer," said the researchers.


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We have our hands on one of the first Panasonic GH5s to reach UK shores and a full review is coming very soon to RedShark. But, in the meantime, here are a few images to whet your appetite, along with a couple of observations.
We're not big on unboxing here, but given how much people are looking forward to this one, why not?
The packaging for the GH5 is good quality. I know it seems like a small thing, but I think ever since Apple spent more time making its packaging look and feel nice, other manufacturers have now also upped their game.
Opening up the box you are greeted by the instruction manual under the first removable cover. Further lifting this section up, and all the accessories and camera are neatly packed up. The camera body itself comes in a good quality reusable soft bag.
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My initial impressions of the GH5 is that it feels suitably weighty and high quality. Buttons and switches all feel well made with positive action. The kit lens, too, seems sturdily built with a 12-60mm focal length and only a small light loss from f/2.8 down to f/4 at the telephoto end of things. All the usual accessories such as charger, cables etc are included. But as an interesting, and useful, addition Panasonic has also included a cable holder that screws into the side of the body, to protect cables that are plugged into the HDMI, USB, and headphone sockets.
Briefly switching it on, and a quick look through the menus reveals a very comprehensive set of set-up options. On initial inspection, Panasonic appears to have included everything right up to and including the kitchen sink. Although this isn't totally surprising given the camera's video focus. It is going to take a lot of investigation to get the bottom of all the features on offer.
All in all things are looking very positive indeed, and I am very much looking forward to giving the camera a full test in the coming days. Hold on tight!
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There are some great network tools on the market that provide protection for your organization's operations on the Internet. The problem with using them is that they can do the unthinkable by introducing a potential "point of failure" when inserted directly into the path of the Critical Link.
The Bypass TAP was developed specifically to resolve the problem of an in band security appliance causing a "point of failure".
How to Ensure Network Uptime in the Event of a Failure
In band security appliances, such as: Next Gen Firewalls (NGFW), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Data Leakage Prevention (DLP), Web Application Firewalls (WAF), and Denial of Service (DDoS) are designed to protect your organization's network. But in order to do this, these appliances need to be placed into the path of the Critical Link. That way, if any problem occurs to cause the in band security appliance to go off-line, the critical link will stop flowing (see Figure 1 above). This is not a good thing for your Critical Links. Even if the in band security appliance only needs a software or firmware update, you would need to schedule downtime for your link.
The bypass TAP was developed specifically to resolve the problem of an in band security appliance introducing a "point of failure". This TAP will keep the link flowing if the in band security appliance were to go off-line for any reason (Figure 2 below). It will also keep the link flowing even if the TAP were to lose power. This feature is commonly referred to as the 'failsafe.'
If the in band security appliance goes off-line, the TAP will bypass the appliance and automatically keep the link flowing. The bypass TAP does this by sending heartbeat packets to the in band security appliance and as long as the in band security appliance is on-line, the heartbeat packets will be returned to the TAP, and the link traffic will continue to flow through the in band security appliance.
If the heartbeat packets are not returned to the TAP (indicating that the in band security appliance has gone off-line), the TAP will automatically 'bypass' the in band security appliance and keep the link traffic flowing. The TAP also removes the heartbeat packets before sending the network traffic back onto the critical link.
Figure 3 (above) shows you the network traffic flow when the in band security appliance goes off-line (bypass mode). While the TAP is in bypass mode, it continues to send heartbeat packets out to the in band security appliance so that once the appliance is back on-line, it will begin returning the heartbeat packets back to the TAP indicating that the appliance is ready to go back to work. The TAP will then direct the network traffic back through the in band security appliance along with the heartbeat packets placing the appliance back in band.
Some of you may have noticed a flaw in the logic behind this solution! You say, "What if the TAP should fail because it is also in-line? Then the link will also fail!"The TAP would now be considered a point of failure. That is a good catch – but in our first blog on Network TAPs; If a TAP were to fail, such as lose power, it must provide FailSafe protection to the link it is attached to. So our network TAP will go into Failsafe mode keeping the link flowing.
Bypass TAPs in Passive Breakout 'aka Normal TAP' Mode
Another important feature to consider when deploying in band security network tools is, a Garland Technology bypass TAPs can be placed in the breakout, aggregation, or regeneration/SPAN mode. This provides lifelong value for the device, allowing you to repurpose it in your network as your demands change.
An added benefit of being able to set the bypass TAP in the breakout 'normal' mode is when you first deploy your in band security appliance. Breakout mode allows you to set everything - but in a passive mode so that you can sort out the possible false positive threat conditions before you actually place the in band security appliance in-line. Once you have figured that out, you can then set the equipment up for bypass mode for a nice, smooth transition for providing network safety for real threats without burdening the appliance with "false positive" threats. Our partners at Cloud Harmonics wrote a great blog on Best Practices for Deploying NGFW - the theory applies to any active, in band device.
The last feature I'd like to highlight with bypass TAPs is being able to analyze the critical link with other tools such as a WireShark analyzer or a Deep Capture Engine or other passive analysis tools. Alternatively, you may want to have a back up security appliance to take over should the primary appliance develop a problem or need to be updated.
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Thanks to all visitors and viewers of my AHP video. Views exceeded 10000, quite a lot for such a special topic. I hope, you all enjoyed and could take something usefull out of it.
Here the Youtube link to this AHP video
Another practical application for ANP is in preparation: The Marketing Mix. Will still take some more time, as ANP is more complex than AHP.
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In this series…
We are covering a series called "This is my Story" featuring stories from our very own staff and students. From testimonies of financial provision, to life altering encounters through a Discipleship Training School there are plenty of captivating stories among us and we don't want to keep them to ourselves!
Amanda Brown, USA
Amanda joined us this last July (2016) for her Discipleship Training School. You'll see Amanda living her life to the fullest everywhere she goes, and always with a smile on her face. She has an incredible story and perspective on life since being adopted at a young age. The things she's learning on DTS she'll definitely carry with her far longer than these short 6 months!
Check out Amanda's story below.
Amanda Brown
Amanda joined us in July 2016 from Minnesota, USA. We enjoyed getting to know her and we are so excited for what's to come next in her life. She's a joy to be around, and is always making us laugh!


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To answer this question, the first thing we should
know is what is hot? Hot water means that
the water molecules (water is made of these
molecules) are more likely to move and more
kinematic than they are in the cold state. Let me
give an example. Imagine we have two classrooms of
kids. In classroom A, those kids are happy to move
around in the room and do not want to stay in the
same place while in classroom B most of kids are
relatively quiet and do not want to move a lot. We
can say classroom A is "hot", while classroom B is
"cold". If we open a door between the two
classroom and allow the kids to move around
anywhere in the two classroom. Then we can say the
kids are in a state that is between hot and cold.
To keep the water hot, you want the water
molecules to stay excited. First thing you can
do is to supply energy to those water molecules,
such as using the electric power to heat the water
up. Or correspondingly in the example above, to
supply the candy bars and motivate the kids to
move around. Second thing you can do is stop the
water molecules from losing energy to outside. In
this case, it is just keeping the door of the
classroom shut, so that the active kids don't go
outside. You know that a cup of hot water leaving
in the air will become cold after a few hours.
That is because the air is colder than the hot
water, after the contact between the water and
air, the heat from hot water will lose to the air.
If you put the hot water in the specially designed
cup, the water will still be warm after a few
hours, because of the designs (thermally
insulating or vacuum) to slow down the process of
losing heat.


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(Satanath Records)
Obscure, gloomy, dark, "Mörk". The first album of Ukrainian Black Metal two-piece LAVA INVOCATOR. And I don't really know what to think about this record. Let's say LAVA INVOCATOR make use of a lot of elements from different Black Metal styles. It makes the album diverse. But not in an organic structured way. More like too many ideas assembled into one album. I guess that's the discussion every band has to lead to get to know where everyone wants to go. Therefore it doesn't matter if you are an experienced musician or not. Every start is a trip into the unknown. And this is what's coming across here. Good music in many ways but it misses the touch of being something round. Nevertheless "Mörk" offers cold, brutal darkness. Nice dynamics framed by tight drums and interesting riffs. Sometimes it's DAWN like Sweden blackness then it's Punkish rotten second wave with a taste of atmosphere. As you can see it has a lot. And seriously it's not bad played or anything just maybe a bit too unstable. "Mörk" is a record worth checking out: www.facebook.com/lavainvocator, www.satanath.com


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C++ vs PureScript
When comparing C++ vs PureScript, the Slant community recommends C++ for most people. In the question"What are the best (productivity-enhancing, well-designed, and concise, rather than just popular or time-tested) programming languages?" C++ is ranked 38th while PureScript is ranked 39th. The most important reason people chose C++ is:
C++ is a large language with an even larger community and following. It has libraries for every kind of task that is possible to do with C++
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pro Huge language supports most everything
C++ is a large language with an even larger community and following. It has libraries for every kind of task that is possible to do with C++
Pro Powerful memory management
Allows puting large arrays on the "heap" to avoid "stack overflow".
Pro Teaches fundamental OOP
Teaches you to leverage object oriented programming.
Pro Excellent compiler optimization
Both open source compilers (such as Clang and GCC), and proprietary ones (like Intel's and Microsoft's) are very good at analyzing program flow and program optimization. This is mostly due to the widespread usage of C/C++ applications running everything from mobile/desktop/server Operating Systems, to search engines and webserver software, and the demand for performance.
Pro Teaches problem solving
The great STL is the most powerful Data Structure and Algorithms Library. It would benefit you very much in problem solving, your main main way to love programming. The code is much compact compared to Java and C#. No unnecessary classes are in your way; yet when you need classes they are available unlike C. The code runs very fast.
Pro C code can be used in C++ code
Most C code will work as C++.
Pro Teaches low-level programming, but doesn't have as many pitfalls as C
Teaches data types, low-level program flow and the so common C-style syntax while not being as much of a pain as C itself.
Pro STD is often updated
The functionalities keep growing throughout the years. C++11 gave us a soft type of garbage collecting with the smart pointers.
Pro Faster execution of the same algorithms
Because C++ (and its precursor C) are "lower level" than a lot of popular programming languages they are also faster at executing code than Java or C# which require VMs and garbage collection threads.
Pro Universal, portable, best complexity/efficiency trade-off
Pro Best way to understand algorithms
Pro Has lots of library
C++ is mature and everything has standardized library.
Pro Higher kinded types
Has Typeclasses and RankNTypes
Pro High performance FFI code
The Eff monad, which is used for FFI code, optimizes out calls to bind, and supports tail call optimization, resulting in clean, efficient Javascript. The psc compiler also specifically recognizes the ST monad, and transforms scoped variables into mutable Javascript variables, for even more efficient code.
Pro Modules can be compiled to CommonJS
Pro Has row polymorphism and extensible effects
Pro Type safety
Compiling should be your first unit test. A tight type system (static and hopefully strong) will catch many logic errors that are often difficult to spot through debugging. In languages like PureScript, if it compiles, it often runs properly.
Pro Pure functional language
You cannot have side effects, unless a function is explicitly defined as so.
Pro FFI
FFI system is quite good and easy to use. You can import functions curried or not curried. Records and arrays use native JS objects and arrays.
Pro Thorough documentation
The Purescript website has fairly thorough documentation for all of the language's features, and the Purescript blog contains several examples of practical usage.
Pro Awesome web frameworks
Thermite (React)
Halogen (VDOM, similar to ELM)
And hit these up with Signals, Isolated/(Managed?) Components, powerful functions and FFI
Con Huge language gets in the way of learning
C++ is such an atrociously over-complicated language that its learning curve may get in the way of learning fundamentals. Learning C++ well is a ten-year project, and even experts are frequently surprised by the language.
Con Undefined behavior
Subtle errors can render the entire program "undefined" by the complicated C++ standard. The standard imposes no requirements in such cases. Thus C++ compiler writers are free to ignore the existence of such cases and Bad Things are prone to happen instead. Even experts can't reliably avoid undefined cases in C++, so how can beginners be expected to do so?
Con Module system is not great
C++ uses the
#include mechanism provided by C. Which unfortunately is a poor way of accessing the API of a library. Some of the reasons why the module system is weak are:
Compile time scalability: The compiler must preprocess every header included in a file, and every header included in those headers. This process must be repeated for every translation unit in the program. As can be imagined, this doesn't scale very well. For each header added you are increasing the compilation time exponentially.
Fragile: modules included are treated as textual imports by the compiler. This causes all sorts of problems since they are subject to any macro definitions in the time of the inclusion. If any of these macro definitions collide with a name in the library it can break the library API .
Con No two programmers can agree on which 10% subset of C++ to use
C++ is such a huge and complicated language, that programmers have to learn a disciplined subset of it to reliably get anything done. The problem is, no-one can agree on which subset to use and they can't understand each other.
Con Tough to learn as the first language
Many of the concepts are hard to grasp if you have no prior programming experience.
Con Retains nearly all bad habits of C
Con No reflection
C++ objects are frustratingly opaque. This makes debugging especially difficult, something beginners have to do a lot.
Con Memory leaks and segmentation faults
Because C and C++ allow the user direct access to memory and don't provide garbage collection threads, there is a probability that a program may have a "memory leak", which occurs when something a programmer allocated in the heap is not deallocated properly. Also, attempting to dereference memory protected by the operating system causes a segmentation fault and kills the program.
Con Arcane binding rules
Con Incomprehensible operator overloading resoution
Con Duplicates C features in incompatible ways
Arrays, strings, pointers, etc. have both C and C++ versions. Sometimes the C++ versions are worse. This is more useless trivia beginners have to sort through.
Con Bugs easily corrupt the memory you need to find them
You can usually get a core dump, but often the call stack gets completely overwritten. Compilers are not even consistent in how they map the binary objects to code.
Con Painfully slow compilation
Beginners need fast feedback
Con No way to locate definitions
No modules, just files, and no way to tell where anything came from.
Con Complicated types
Con Undefined behaviors and weak limited type safety
Undefined behavior in a program can cause unexpected results, making it hard to debug. With UB, program behavior may vary wildly depending on optimization settings. There are many cases that invoke UB, such as signed overflow, invalid dereferences, large integer shifts, uninitialized variables, etc. C++ allows for non-type safe operations such as logic errors, wild pointers, buffer overflow, etc. UB and type safety issues create a large number of bugs and security vulnerabilities.
Con Standard library missing important features
Con Exceptions incompatible with C++ manual memory management
Con Lots of dependencies needed to get started
Purescript is written in Haskell, but meant to be used with Node.js. As a result, to get started , users must install ghc, cabal, node.js, grunt, and bower. Purescript also has its own compiler, and different semantics form Haskell, and so even after installing, there's still some overhead to getting productive with Purescript.
Con Lack of good IDE/tooling support
Con Restrictive FFI
Functions exported are all curried, and must be called as such from Javascript. The FFI syntax for importing Javascript functions, while slightly simpler and more readable than UHC/Fay's, means that calls to methods on objects must be wrapped to pass the object explicitly as a parameter.
Con Documentation not updated
On large project, for example Halogen


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Ben Agande – Kaduna
Kogi Professionals in Kaduna State (KPKS) have called on voters in the state to ignore the threat of violence in the build-up to Saturday's governorship election and vote only according to their consciences.
In a statement issued in Kaduna, the group expressed concern at the boldness and audacity of political thugs but enjoined Kogi voters to "reflect deeply, consider future implications for the state and its people and decide on how best to love the state forward".
The statement jointly signed by Isa Ainoko and Mrs Mercy Ipinmisho noted that "cultists, thugs and praise singers are now being treated like royalty by politicians" in Kogi State, emboldening them to "dare to unleash mayhem in the presence of the Inspector-General of Police and INEC chairman"
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"It is extremely reprehensible that a state that is completely lacking in all the indices of development and progress is also the state where extremely audacious thugs can attack a female governorship aspirant in the presence of both the Inspector-General of Police and the Chairman of INEC.
"It is troubling too that a government that has transparency and progressive ideals as the foundation of its populist campaign in 2015 now seem hell-bent on ensuring the exact opposite in the lives of Kogites.
"There seems to be more to the issue of the release of N10 billion war chest to Kogi State so close to a decisive election, especially when one hears that a particular party could be plotting to buy upvotes and election personnel at any cost.
"During Saturday's election, Kogites must struggle to free themselves from pauperization and a dark future for the young generation by voting sensibly; our people should not sustain politicians who hold the people and the progress of our state in deep contempt.
"Civilisation and genuine democracy are receding fast in Kogi state, we are appealing to the security agencies, INEC and all Kogites to live up to expectation and perform their responsibilities without compromise with the forces of darkness on Saturday," the group stated.


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Rather than be awakened by my dog's warm breath, cold nose, and incessant panting as usual this morning I was awakened by the sounds of sirens, more sirens than I am used to hearing. When my wife returned from walking our dog Hermes she told me there was a fire down the street and that I had better grab my camera and go take pictures for my blog.
The fire was a block away on 70th Ave. near the intersection of 60 La. Apparently there had been an electrical fire in a row house. I could smell a little smoke but could not see any. A free standing ladder reached from the street into a second floor window and a ladder truck's ladder extended from the truck up to the roof. A few of New York's finest would occasionally ascend up to the roof and descend back to the truck. The windows on the top (second) floor had all been knocked out.
While I remembered to grab my camera before leaving the house I forgot to grab paper and pencil and so could not take notes about what I saw, like the number of trucks, types of trucks, and first impressions. If a picture is worth a thousand words, you will have to read my photo essay of the pictures I took and posted on Picasa. My photos tell me that at least twelve unites responded, including 112, 124, 135, 140, 271, 277, 282, and 286.
From observation I learned that the various fire houses have nicknames, such a "Myrtle Turtles" for the house on Myrtle Avenue, and "House of Pain" for the house in or on Bushwick. My observations also left me with questions such as "What is a RAC Unit?" and "Why does a New City Fire Truck have a license plate from Montana?"
If you have been reading carefully you may have noted my non-sexist references to New York's finest. I have refrained from calling them "fireman" and for a good reason. Near the conclusion of the photo essay you will notice a Lieutenant in a yellow turn-out gear. She seemed to have matters well in hand. She is just one of New York's finest, women and men who stand guard to keep the greatest city in the world safe from fire and other emergencies.


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Dr Steve and Crew celebrate the return of PA John and a Lady Di-free show, discuss homeopathy and serial dilution, tetanus vaccine and brain cancer, pain clinics, other stuff.
Dr Steve and crew discuss DHEA, Vaping, gout and a guy with some weird symptoms below the belt.
Dr Steve and crew discuss Tongkat Ali, Crohn's Disease, Vaping, proctitis (itchy arse-hole), hair growth side effects, and a guy dating a girl with herpes.
Dr Steve and crew discuss gluten "sensitivity," paleolithic diets, a very abbreviated Lady Di call (we cut out 30 minutes, you're welcome), Lady Trucker, and some other crap.


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My shoe theory has had many mutations over the years. Why yes, I do have a shoe theory, now that you asked. The first thing I decided was that I would never buy, or tie, shoes with laces. You could hand them down to me all day long and I'm just not going to go for it. Every time I see a parent wrestling a toddler into a pair of lace-ups I start to wonder at their intelligence. And then there are those gross pre-pubescent boys sloughing along in dirty trainers with their laces trailing in the gutter. Right, you can have tennis shoes when you're 15. Until then, we're all about the slip-on.
Originally, I was sold on the Merrell Jungle Moc in leather. Slip-on, sporty enough to run in, sturdy enough to hike in, classic enough to wear to church, and durable enough to pass down at least three times. The downside? They're $50. This is still doable because of the value you can squeeze out of them. I picked up a pair used and gave them to Gideon. He wore them every day and passed them down to Jehu, who also wore them every day, and then I put them in a box for the next kid because they looked as good as new. Who buys stuff at Wal-Mart anyways? Still, I never seemed to be able to cough up that much money each season. And I wasn't going to lower my standards and buy those wretched light-up things at Target. So I went to D&B. D&B has morals.
And rubber boots. I've tried several brands of boots and I've found that Northerner seems to hold up without cracking. In this picture Jael is wearing boots that used to belong to Gideon. And Pinterest solved the problem of how to make them more palatable to the girls. We already have pink grosgrain ribbons to switch out for spring, thanks to some tastefully wrapped Christmas presents.
My kids wear boots everywhere. They kick around in the yard with them, go to the library, grocery store, and even church in the same shoe. The best part, I only have to buy one pair per year. Every fall we have "New shoe day for Gideon!" So far no one sees the injustice in this. And I guess it's our generally eclectic style that let's us get away with it. I'm sure most people would not find wearing black rubber boots every day the solution to any of their problems. But I like it. The girls always have a colorful layered look and even at church their boots are not at odds with their outfits. As for the boys, they tuck their pants into their boots, add a bow tie, derby hat, and look like perfect English gentlemen. I'm still working on my summer shoe box, based on the same tactic. So far I lean towards Keen sandals for the boys. The downside being that they are more likely to prompt athlete's foot in our more degenerate children. The pediatrician suggested sandals with a leather insole instead. But I have yet to find anything I'm truly sold on. The girls, on the other hand, inherit more flip flops in a given season than they know what to do with. Jael looses them just as fast. She's notorious. I think as the girls get a little older, I would like to start a box of red leather Mary Janes. Red is the perfect compliment to every outfit and leather takes a beating. They can wear them with socks or without. A worthy investment. In which case, every spring we could celebrate, "New shoes for Jael day!" I'm sure it would be right up her alley.
It's funny the things you start to think seriously about as you are slowly driven over the edge. Shoes just used to be shoes. But with seven people they become an infestation. Not to mention a money pit. Think of it, five kids who each need play shoes, church shoes, and snow shoes every year, if not every season. And then where do you put them? I'll tell you. Anywhere they like. If you noticed, in the picture at the top there is a blue basket on my front porch. I begin my strategy by not letting shoes in the house to begin with. They used to take their shoes off when they came in the front door, and then kind of casually fling them around the living room. No more. I do keep a boot tray downstairs so their winter shoe can stay dry. But the castaways eke out a meager existence on the front porch. I've become more and more cautious about which hand-me-downs I keep and which shoes I will save over for the next season. I only keep the best and personally, I don't lurk around thrift stores trying to pick up strays. Shoes are a curse. Less is more and finding one shoe that can do it all is worth it's weight in gold. Short of that, they can go barefoot.


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Here is an excerpt from my post (i.e. an excuse to show you pictures of my kids, as if my readers need anymore of them):
Since my beginner days learning manual mode, I have since upgraded the body of my camera to the Canon 60D and I keep my 'nifty fifty' lens (50mm f/1.8) on this baby 99% of the time. Call it laziness if you'd like but I really do love the effects of a prime lens for portraits---which seem to be my favorite type of image to capture with these two sweet baby faces staring into my lens of choice. I never noticed how much I adore a close up shot of my children's faces, with their eyes sharply focused and the background all blurry and dreamy…until I started writing this post. I really do love portraits as evidenced by my 'favorite' images below. I also have my kit lens but to save time and capitalize on a really adorable sibling shot, the 50mm stays put for me. It's fantastic for portraits so maybe that's a part of my laziness in never changing my lens. If it's not broken, don't fix it (?).
In my ideal photography world, I would have both of my children all dressed up in adorable outfits, sitting in our backyard in the summer with beautiful back-lighting, smiling and hugging and being generally perfect photography subjects. I have, in fact, snapped a few 'frame-worthy' shots of my kids in similar settings. Oh, the glory.
For real, though. Here are some of my favorite outdoor pictures of Truman I've taken over the years. None of these photos are edited or near perfect, since I'm WAY too lazy to edit anything anymore. What you see is what you get, straight out of the camera:
And my favorite ones of Cecelia outdoors:
In the real world, in imperfect conditions for photographs, I'm capturing the back of their heads indoors during the longest winter ever. Sometimes I will call them 'artsy candids' showing the chaos of real life, lots of action, and usually not fantastic portraits. I never use a flash so if I don't have enough natural light coming through the windows in our house, I either have to bump up my ISO on the nice camera (which is nice with the 60D versus the Rebel!) or usually I will just settle for a semi-blurry iPhone picture. Again, call me lazy, but I will save up for my favorite type of outdoor pictures once the temperatures get above 20 degrees here in Wisconsin. I suppose I have lucked out and snapped a few nice indoor pictures over the past few years, though.
Favorites of Truman inside:
And favorites of Cecelia inside:
Head on over to Sara's blog to read the rest of my post and to follow along with this great series for moms with cameras!


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There are maybe a few times a year where I quite like my glasses and the way they look on me. Maybe the fit really well with my outfit or something. Most of the time though, I see my glasses as something holding me back and something reminding me that if this were the caveman times, there is no way that I would have survived. That lion would have gotten me before I even knew it was coming. Most of the time, having to worry about glasses or contacts every day just for you to be able to live your life like a normal person kind of stinks. It's an extra inconvenience first of all and it's an extra expense that you have to deal with every month or every few years, depending on if you are a contacts or a glasses wearer.
Finally I am saying enough. When I first heard about Lasik a number of years ago I was already super excited about it but I think like most people, I didn't want to be one of the first people to try out this new technology. Especially one that puts a laser in your eye. By now though, Lasik has been done on so many people and the technology has improved so much that it's actually a pretty easy and quick process now. The technology that they use is better, the healing time is better and the kinds of success that they are having with Lasik now is better. Finally I decided that it was time to go to Meadows Family Eye Care and talk to the doctors there about fixing my horrible eyesight with Lasik. I did a bunch of research before and after a lot of research and consideration, I am going with Meadows Family Eye Care because I have heard and seen so many good things about them as a practice and then when I went and spoke with them last week, their doctors were incredibly nice and seemed incredibly competent which gave me a good feeling about the place. Even if Lasik is pretty common now and has gotten a lot safer and easier as a whole, it is still of course super important that you take the decision of who to hire to do the Lasik procedure very seriously. No matter what I say or what other people say, you should always be doing your own research and take your health and your eyesight into your own hands so to say. That way when you go in for your Lasik procedure, you will be confident that you are in good hands and that everything will be ok. The fact that someone is coming towards your eye with a laser is scary no matter what so you should at least be able to confidently know that you did your research and have at least found the best possible family eye care specialist to handle the job. Never settle for something that you are not super sure about or don't know about.


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- Focus on Funds
Midcap Bank Earnings Begin: A Spooky Friday the 13th?
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Barclay's Matthew Keating takes a look at mid-cap banks ahead of third-quarter earnings, which begin later this week, writing that while results may disappoint, banks can still fall back on growth.
Keating writes that the fact that mid-cap bank earnings kick off on Friday the 13th might be a bit of a bad omen, as he expects just two of the 26 banks in his coverage to beat consensus estimates. That said, he thinks that the banks he covers still ended the quarter on a high note, thanks to loan growth, and he expects healthy fourth-quarter loan growth guidance from the group.
Of course some of the third quarter weakness can be attributed to natural disasters, and Keating is below consensus for Popular (BPOP), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), and Texas Capital (TCBI) because of the hurricanes.
That said, he writes that investors may look through a weaker third-quarter showing and focus on fourth quarter forecasts, as well as any initial 2018 guidance:
4Q17 and preliminary 2018 outlooks may matter more than 3Q17 results. We feel a lot better today about our coverage's outlooks than we did when our Global Financial Services Conference concluded on September 13. At that time, we felt our coverage pointed to moderating loan growth trends and potential NIM pressures from a flatter yield curve. However, loan growth for smaller banks appeared to accelerate in the last few weeks and the 10-year yield ended up closing 3Q17 2bp higher than where it began. Our 2018E EPS are ahead of the consensus at eight banks and of these we see the greatest potential share price appreciation potential at our Top Pick Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), followed by Overweight- rated Zions Bancorporation (ZION) and Prosperity Bancshares (PB).
The SPDR S&P Bank ETF(KBE) and the Financial Select Sector ETF (XLF) are lower today.


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General News of Monday, 21 December 2015
Source: The Eye Newspaper
Over 2000 delegates and 74 Ardos attended the joint meeting of Association of Breeders and Farmers-SODELCO and Ardo's Union at Ndawara in Belo Sub Division on Saturday, December 19, 2015.
This year's General Assembly brought in delegates from the 10 Regions of Cameroon.
Present at the meeting were the Divisional Officer for Belo Sub Division, Machang Nicholas, the Divisional Officer for Bum, the mayor of Belo, Tosam Bernard and the Alhadji Baba Ahmadou Danpoullo cum Special Adviser of the Ardo's Union and Founder of SODELCO.
In a strong resolution, delegates at the Ndawara meeting vowed to combat the phenomenon of early and forceful marriages, child labour/trafficking and in order to be part of El Hadj Baba Danpoullo's innovative ideas to change lives positively for the Fulani, grazers and farmers of Cameroon.
History was then recorded that the biggest lobbying force grouping Fulani grazers and farmers will henceforth achieve its objectives by empowering youth and women for the betterment of all.
In this light, SODELCO and Ardo's union debunked claims that they are marginalized in Cameroon. Speaker after speaker denounced that the Fulani people are not marginalized.
To them, the fact that El Hadj Baba Danpoullo was recently ranked by Forbe Africa Magazine as the richest man Francophone African debunks that they are poor and marginalized. They also rejected claims by another association that the Fulani/Mbororo are indigenous people.
This according to the Chief Executive Officer of SODELCO is not tenable at all. Ardo Sule Bobo said that any other organization that is manipulating the opinion on the situation of Mbororo people in Cameroon doing so irrationally.
He also decried the prostitution of the title of Ardo given that it is nowadays sold to the highest bidder whereas in the past it was hereditary. He said the Fulani community will continue to support President Biya in the fight against insecurity. He also expressed gratitude the head of state for the continued support.
Those who took the pains to travel to Ndawara to be part of the Joint Annual General Assembly of SODELCO/Ardo's Union went home more convinced that the future of Fulani youths especially the girl child will henceforth be brighter.
Taking into consideration that nowadays, education is perhaps the most important gift a parent, state and governments can offer to the humanity delegates resolved to put youth empowerment at the forefront of its actions.
According to the National President of SODELCO, Alhadj Ardo Yougouda Bouba Adamou, education is required in the performance of the most basic public responsibilities, even in farming, grazing and management of homes.
Therefore, the education of Fulani youths will be the very foundation on which the association intends to foster sustainable livelihood. This decision was further corroborated by the SODELCO Youth.
The National President Ardo Yougouda said that they have been able to achieve a lot this year giving they also opened training workshops to empower youths. He said women have been given the opportunity to be part of decision making. With the overture of a gender balance approach within SODELCO/Ardo's Union, there are hopes that life will not be the same with the youths who end up as herdsmen or go out for early marriages/forceful marriages. The issue of early marriages, as well as some obnoxious cultural practices that reduce women to be for the kitchen, was also discussed.
Addressing the over 2000 man-crowd at Ndawara, the Divisional Officer for Belo Machang Nicolas said congratulated SODELCO/Ardo's union trappings. He, however, promised that he will channel the burning issues raised by the Ardo's/ SODELCO to the appropriate quarters. Education, he emphasized is the principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him/her for later professional training, and in helping him/her to adjust normally to his/her environment.
In these days, according to Machang Nicholas, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he/she is denied the opportunity of an education. He called on all the Fulani people to send their children to school because in a situation where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
Mr. Machang Nicholas used the occasion to express gratitude to El Hadj Baba Danpoullo and the national chairman of SODELCO Alhadj Ardo Yougouda Bouba for their innovative idea in fostering national integration. He cautioned delegates that the success of any association lies in two key elements. These elements of success according to the Divisional Officer are: competence, honesty and transparency.
On the rampant farmer/grazer conflict, congratulated SODELCO for introducing improved pasture, adopting ranching methods and as such SODELCO should remain a powerful tool to promote development given that this year Belo Sub Division did not record any farmer/grazer conflict.
He cautioned the youths and called on them to report any suspected individual to the forces of law and order given the security issues.
On his part the mayor of Belo Council, Tosam Bernard expressed joy and elation at the innovative steps taken by the association. According to Tosam Bernard, the Belo council believes in private corporate partnership that will go a long way to change the lives of communities in the municipality. He congratulated Baba Danpoullo for his ingenuity and contribution in nation building, and creation of jobs.
Abdoulaziz on his part who was General Coordinator of the Annual event said that "the Fulani contributes the greatest share of the revenue given that they always pay jangali taxes. He, however, added that he was the first to denounce the fact that the Mbororo/Fulani are in a minority. "They are more than 2.5 million Fulani/Mbororo in Cameroon" he added.
He sounded optimistic and added youths have been brought in order to ensure continuity. He said with SODELCO/Arod's Union the future of the Fulani/Mbororo is brighter given that they work with everyone.
"Due to the explosion of the population, we will embark on developing improved pastures as well as make sure that the girl child is given the opportunity like any other to go to school".
He said as parents, there is no better future if the youth are left behind in their efforts to build a better future.
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Japan's Upcoming General Election: All You Need To Know
In 22nd October, the Japanese will go to the polls so as to elect their representatives for the country's Lower House of Parliament, once Prime Minister Shinzō Abe called for early general elections considering his current recovery with increased popularity, months after extremely low approval rates for him personally, the government and the party. More than a year ago, Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, Komeito, secured two-thirds majority in the Upper House, after 2016 July's elections, giving them the power needed in order to revise the post-war constitution. Despite this victory, Japanese administration seemed to the world as being much more vulnerable than what many used to believe considering what came afterwards. Apparently, this victorious battle has been the beginning of the ending.
Shinzō Abe, came in power back in 2012, after the parliamentary collapse of governing Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) returning in high office after his short first term in 2006-2007. In September 2007, about 3 months after the defeat in that year's elections in the Upper House, various political and economic scandals of high cabinet ministers, resignations from the government and a reshuffle; he finally decided to step down as prime minister.
I want to make it clear that in Japan, Diet works in collaboration between the two Houses of Parliament, but the Upper House, or the House of Counsellors has a bit more of an advisory role, like a Senate, meaning that if there is disagreement about a bill from the two Houses, the Lower House, or the House of Representatives, will decide in the end the acceptance or the rejection of that bill. That is also happening with the election of PM by the Houses and despite LDP having lost in Upper House elections in 2007, it remained in power until 2009, with different leaders. That is the reason, why many allege that Abe is gambling with his decision of snap elections, about a year before scheduled, considering that if he loses his parliamentary majority, quite impossible from my point of view, he will lose his job.
But we also have to remember, that Abe in May 2017 became the third longest serving PM in post war era, with 1,981 days in office- more than 2,000 today- while an ordinary term in Japan is about a year. For instance, from September 2007- Abe resigns as PM- until December 2012- Abe re-elected PM- Japan had five different PMs, two from the LDP and three from the DPJ, in a period a bit more than five years. So, with a secured job and undeniable achievements throughout his capacity, why is he gambling now?
For many decades, Japan faced extraordinary economic boom and prosperity that industrialization and technological democratization had to offer in a completely destroyed country after WWII. Unfortunately, when a nation becomes so rich so fast depended on globalization, then a bubble is created and the country lives in its own illusions which will be unable to protect it in the future. That is the case of Japanese economy after 1990, a bubble that smashed taking down everything that previous generations had built before. The diagram above shows that after 1997, when financial crisis spread through Asian stock markets, until 2016 Japan had stagnated levels of annual GDP growth or recession in years of crisis like 1997-98 or 2007-09.
Abe, as PM tried to focus his economic agenda in reviving growth levels in the so called "efficient" percentage of 3%. His program called "Abenomics" has been based on three different aspects of economic and governmental policies. The first aspect, has to do with fiscal stimulus, consisting public spending strategies, the second aspect is about monetary expansion and implementing monetary unconventionality and the third one proposes structural reforms in the labour market, liberalization acts and women empowerment for example.
The 3% growth target, is essential for labour market stabilisation, once economists believe this is the efficient way on how a country can achieve in the short-term equilibrium and stability. As you can see, growth rates for the past 5years have been near 1%, beneath the needed target, but the combination of these 3 policies was the reason why Abe has been PM for so long and it has even been described as "successful". So, let's take a deepen look on "Abenomics" in order to explain its success or just its sufficiency.
We have to start with fiscal policies that Abe's government enforced. Beforehand, I have to mention that Japan has the highest debt level to GDP, with a public debt of around $11tn or 246% of GDP. Thus, LDP apart from being a typical conservative and liberal party it was also trapped by this enormous debt and that led to "moderate" stimulus. They started, a massive spending program supporting infrastructure, they raised taxtation levels from 5% to 8%, without offering real revenues in the country's budget and at the same time they had to deal with austerity doctrines that ruled and keep on ruling the world. Fiscal expansion, was a Keynsian expirement that many Japanese governments were afraid or unwilling to start in the past and one that Abe included in his priorities, but always being a secondary one.
2012 marks the beginning of "fisal-ity" and Abe almost a year later appoints a distinguished Japanese economist and a close political allay as the new governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Haruhiko Kuroda was the chosen one for lifting the heavy weight, he was quite famous as president of the Asian Development Bank, for 8 years, and since 2013 he is "notorious" as a fighter against monetary conventionality. What we can describe as monetary conventional, is low-inflation target policies, control over money supply and circulation and most importantly little intervention by the Central Bank. Imagine now, that Kuroda did the exact opposite.
When it comes to low-inflation policies, Kuroda has been doing his best in order to secure 2% inflation- we believe that this is a steady level where all economic institutions can predict their future accurately- re starting quantitative easing (QE) program; mass bond buying program by the BOJ which was first enacted in 2001-2006 and Kuroda reinforced in 2013. With QE it would be easier for Japanese government to finance its investing programs while creating a secure environment for private sector enterprises. The second doctrine of money controls also tears apart because the BOJ in order to implement QE has to put more money into circulation and monetarise public and private debts.
Neoliberal, monetarist actions end with Zero Interest Rates (ZIR) and Negative Interest Rates (NIR) that BOJ put in action. There is a new Economic Thinking which provides evidence that even extremely low interest rates in the long term can't provide a solution over deflation phenomenon. Japan, has formed an example of this thinking, due to the country's high levels of savings, despite even charging them via NIR and its "commitment" to deflation. This is how, BOJ right now intervenes without hasitation in market's institutions.
With a country so mature economically and with people so devoted to obbey the orders of keeping money for future generations it makes no suprise to me that even with these 2 strategies we have seen no clear signs of improvement. Nevertheless, what we urgently need today, more than ever before in the past, is the synergy of fiscal and monetary policies. What Japan needs, is not something great, unfortunately there will be no great solution to restore Japanese economy, but it does need something which will be enough and fiscal policies were not enough. On the contrary, Kuroda has been commited to save the Yen no matter what it will cost him, taking the responsibilty for all actions and stating clearly many times that he will not stop until his purpose is fulfilled.
I believe that Abe has been passionate to change labour landscape in Japan, the same way Kuroda changes monetary one. It is obvious, that a "Tory" party would legislate laws for more flexible conditions, support for private insurance companies and minimanization of state's role in the economy. This, classic liberal tactic offered Japanese people the highest levels of employment and the lowest levels of unemployment for the past 22 years being number 1 in many OECD surveys. But when we as economists see prosperity and maximazation in analysis or in surveys we completely forget real people and their lifestyle. We act the same way bourgoise used to in a different era "If they don't have bread to eat, let them eat cake".
The last 30 years or so of crisis have created a new term described as "Japanization". With this term, we try to explain the prolong stagnation era in Japan but if we try to move beyond that, we will see that in the case of Japanese people they will not have rice to eat, don't even mention cake. Stagnated wages, generations becoming poorer and poorer, people dieing from over work (karōshi) in black companies (buraku kigyō), with labour ministry offering just fringe sights of hope, doing nothing to harm profitable businesses like Dentsu corporation and with millenials working part-time having no money to get by decently.
We shouldn't forget that Abe has also pushed reforms for "womenomics", supporting women empowerment, without changing the patriarchal system that has been dominating Japan. Japan, ranks 163rd out of 193 countries for female representation in Parliaments with LDP being above the average level of around 10-12% and Japanese Communists, being the only party with a logical level near 25%, still very low but with hopeful remarks for the future. Thus, why such a prosperous nation is so poor in its core?
Whether we like it or not, our world is heading to "Japanization" and sooner or later we will all find ourselves in this condition. Economics have been based in circles and waves of growth and recession, but countries and capitalism now are in their peak of maturity and the means that we have already determined our future as economies. That also means that economics, will not be the primary source of political debate during campaigning but social and political issues might list their priorities. This is happening now in Japan, with a shift from economic questions about "Abenomics" to questions about constitutional reform, pre-war state of order and security, considering North Korea's constant threats.
Shinzō Abe is in a rush today, so as to win this battle that he personally started, with his decision of early general elections. With a former LDP minister, Yuriko Koike the governor of Tokyo, as his main contender, Abe has to fight not against opposition parties but his own past rhetoric and a conservative woman who knows how to rule over men. From my own personal perspective, judging from the post-war Japanese era, there are little chances of LDP losing first place, but it is possible that Abe will lose his secured two-thirds majority. But, I think that Koike's Party of Hope will support in the future bills proposed by the LDP, simply because its members come from LDP and support conservatism.
What, we have to see more carefully is radicalization. Theresa May, in the UK the second most powerful remaining monarchy in the world after Japan, called for early elections in June being confident of increasing her parliamentary majority, nonetheless, she ended up losing her majority forced to form a deal with the conservative DUP, once the Labour party offered radical solutions under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership winning about 30 seats more than in 2015.
Abe should not be afraid of past colleagues of his, but he should keep an eye on the popular Communist Party, which has centralized its rhetoric in less extreme ideology increasing that way its approval. Theresa May, made the mistake of offering opposition the lead in proposing main questions in political debate and Abe should learn from May's mistakes and offer his agenda and not the promises of opposition in the debate table. No matter the result, Japan faces and will keep on facing difficulties that neither Abe nor Koike can solve. We just have to remember one little thing, banzai[1]!
[1] Banzai, was widely used by soldiers during WWII, meaning "Long live the Emperor"
Vasilis Psarras
Student, Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki (Greece)


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DECATUR — The Decatur Police Department is asking for the local public's assistance in locating missing 40 year old Sadie Kavanagh out of the Decatur, Georgia area.
Sadie was last seen on February 16, 2017 at the Rite 4 Us Inns and Suites on Snapfinger Woods Drive, Decatur. She may be with David Pruitt (pictured below with Sadie) though she indicated to her family she was becoming fearful of him.
Sadie's family tells us that she may be injured or ill and without shelter.
UPDATE: David Pruitt has been located and is in custody. (April 26, 2017)
Sadie is described as:
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A Philosophical Discussion of the Problem of Chronic Pain and Recommendations for Change
Bonnell, Susan
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I have a deep interest in chronic pain because my career goal is to become a physician with a specialty in anesthesiology and subspecialty in pain management. Writing about chronic pain from a philosophical standpoint has allowed me to broaden my knowledge base with respect to the philosophical issues involved in chronic pain management, such as the freedom and autonomy of the person in pain. The goal of this paper is to change the ways in which society and the pain management community think about chronic pain. Thinking about chronic pain in dualistic terms causes the treatment methods currently available to patients to be ineffectual. Cartesian dualism does not appreciate the rich notion of being-in-the-world that explicates the way in which pain functions in human existence. I strongly believe that changing our current way of thinking about pain will allow for the development of effective methods of treatment for chronic pain.


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I'm a label and tag kind of gal. I feel organized when things are labeled! And labels can be a great layer of decor. Today, I'm blending organization, good looks and easy all in one with these NO-SEW EASY BURLAP TAGS! I can think of so many ways to use these and I'll share a few in this post. They literally took minutes to make! My "wet" and "dry" burlap tags are on a two tiered basket right inside my front door that holds dry hats, gloves, mittens and scarves to put on before we go out…
and there's a wet tagged basket for wet hats, gloves, mittens and scarves when we come in during wet and snowy days!
It's the January NO SEW SHOWCASE edition ! I'm thrilled to be a part of…
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I must tell you this was my first time using grommets. Oh boy! I've found a new obsession! Once I got the hang of making a grommet (very easy) with the grommet pliers I could have gone a little wild. They are so shiny and pretty and neat and simple. I think they make these tags look so professional!!! LOVE! I'm sure you will see lots of diy's and decor using grommets!
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Results of Legislature's Real Estate Battles
By Catherine Reagor for The Arizona Republic
Changes to renter taxes, construction-defect claims, landlords' rights and property valuations were all wrangled during the Arizona Legislature's short, frenzied session.
A look at each issue and who benefited and who didn't:
— Legislation that would have done away with a tax on residential rentals, backed by the group representing apartment owners, was defeated by the cities that collect it.
The measure called for doing away with the 2 percent tax on residential rents. Arizona is one of only a few states that charge a rental tax.
— A bill that passed allows landlords to bring in the police to evict any of their renters' guests who aren't on the lease and don't have specific permission to be in the home.
Housing advocates say the measure overrides renters' legal protection from the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, and they are trying to get Gov. Doug Ducey to veto it.
— A bill that passed limits construction-defect litigation costs and limits the window homeowners have to sue a builder.
The losing side in a lawsuit over construction problems is no longer required to cover the winning side's legal costs. And homeowners have six years instead of eight years after a house is completed to sue a builder.
These legislative results are a win for many in the real-estate industry, but not most homeowners. And renters definitely lost.
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The blooms,of a plant are so very tender..Changing the amount of light,,or water defer blossoming…Recently the Lady,I work for,as a private "caregiver",went to a rest home..Hopefully for a short stay,do to a slight fall..At home we had been nurturing a Christmas Cactus..It had never bloomed,do to being miss placed,and perhaps under watered..Prior to the fall,,it was covered with tiny pink,as yet unopened bloometts{?}..Well her son brought it to the rest home,,so she could enjoy the plant as it blossomed…I wondered even as he proudly walked in with it..Knowing,placement,light,and proper care,are vital at this tender stage..Sure enough,it bloomed,and was lovely..How ever it lost over half of the tender bloometts{?}. I knew from the past,,this would probably happen..But it was not my call,,and she did enjoy,the few blossoms,that survived..My thoughts of course raced toward the spiritual application..How often,as a Pastor,I have watched as plantings of the Lord,,picked up and "changed" places,,or allowed other thing's to interfere,,with their receiving of water..{Luke8:14}I have stood back and sadly watched,as they too would loose blossoms,fruit,and growth..Then again,it was not my call,even the Lord,will not interfere,with our free will..He loves the tender blossoms,and longs to tend them,with all the wisdom, as creator and keeper of life,He holds..Our part is remaining in His hands,,allowing Him to govern our existence,,totally..How much Light,,Water,,{of His word and presence}and placement,,or planting..It requires trust,,and patience..on our part..James5:7,"Be patient therefore,brethren,until the coming of the Lord.Behold the husbandman waits,for the precious fruit of the earth,and has long patience for it,until He receives the early and latter rain.."Patience,,is not the drumming of the fingers,,in forced waiting,,we so often consider it to be..[From the Greek,hupomone,,"cheerful or hopeful endurance,constancy,to stay under,remain,endure, persevere and abide"..] Key words "cheerful and hopeful,abiding"..Sounds like trust and expectancy..All stemming from being planted,[rooted]in a loving relationship,with Jesus..Always it returns to relationship,,,,Selah,,,,
I love, the tender blooms,,
So I wait,, expectantly,,
For each bloom, to open up,,
And lift it's lovely face,toward Me,,,
I adore, every petal,,
No two blooms,are quite the same,,
My hand tends, and trains the tendril's,,
And I call each one,by name,,,
I walk amidst, My Lilly bed,,
It's there, I feed and rest,,
In the whispers, of My Lilly bed,,
My heart of love,is blessed,,,
The Song of Solomon chapter 2 verse 2 and 16,, sis.c


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