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Sprechen Sie Englisch? (Do you speak English?)
Sprechen Sie Englisch? (Do you speak English?)
By: Dani Deng
Business Student Dani Deng had to face several challenges abroad before finding the right fit in terms of accommodation, city, and job. Read on to learn how she faired in Germany doing an independently found internship at a start-up and a co-op position at SAP.
My adventure in Germany started when I landed an internship at a start-up company in Berlin and ended with a co-op at SAP in Heidelberg. I acquired the internship position independently, which made it challenging to start work in a new country without knowing anybody there and having to find my way. I moved to the capital of Germany all by myself.
I knew it was not going to be easy, even with my travel experience. For someone who has been to the Netherlands for a six-month exchange and travelled through 16 countries in Europe and Africa, I would say working abroad is a whole new challenge.
The Internship: Mismatched Expectations
Based on my experience, I think of Berlin as a little on the cold side. People were not as friendly, especially when you compare them to the people of Canada. I found the vibe of the city to be a bit depressing. Contrary to my belief, in a city as international as Berlin, it was hard to find someone in customer service who could speak English, with the exception of tourist oriented areas. "Sprechen Sie Englisch?" ("Do you speak English?") was my go-to phrase, although most of the time I was disappointed to find out the answer was "no", and I had to use my best guess to carry a short conversation.
Finding accommodations and starting my internship was a smooth process. However, once I started the job at the start-up company, I realized it was very demanding and I was required to work 50 hours a week. My work involved a lot of phone calls with customers to solve their cases, and dealing with conflicts between departments. I often felt emotionally drained after handling such complicated cases. Because of how drained I felt, I avoided social events after work so that I could give myself a chance to rest.
Besides all the pressure from work, another challenge was my living situation. I shared an apartment with an older German woman. She worked as a freelancer and she stayed at home most of the time. I noticed that the kitchen was always a mess and although we discussed a cleaning schedule, she was not very cooperative.
It was at that point when I realized that I needed to make some changes to my living and work situation, because I was getting overwhelmed with all the challenges I had to face.
Creating a New Life
From a young age, I have played piano and it has always been my passion and a stress relief. Every time I moved to a new city, I would look for places where I am able to play the piano. After I started the internship, I found a piano centre where I could play every weekend. Surprisingly, music was where I started to change my situation for the better.
At the start-up company, a colleague introduced me to several others from different departments in the company. We realized that we all had a passion for music, and we decided to start a band. This meant that there were many rehearsals. It was a pure joy to be able to play music with people who hold the same passion and talent. Since then, I have become more and more active in social activities with colleagues. By the end of my internship, our band even performed a small concert for our colleagues.
The most important thing about living abroad is to find your circle of friends or support system, and to expand it from there. This made a big difference for me.
Transitioning into Co-op
After my internship, I moved from Berlin to Heidelberg to do my co-op with SAP. So I hopped on a train with all my luggage and I fell in love with the city from the moment I arrived. Everyone is so caring and friendly. Most importantly, I had no problem getting by with English when dealing with administrative matters with banks, the civil office, the electricity office etc. I was told that most of the residents around this area are employed by SAP or some other big international companies; hence English is more commonly used than in other areas of Germany. Although finding accommodation in a student city is extremely tough, I managed to move into a very nice student dorm before my co-op placement started.
My past four weeks working at SAP has been a blast! There is a big student community, a North American Group in the company, and I have been making a lot of personal and professional connections. My work requires very high attention to detail because it is related to financial controlling. Therefore, I am spending more time on individual cases and I am given more freedom to schedule my own work progress. Compared to my internship in Berlin, I get to learn a lot more from different types of assignments and there is a lot less repetitive work.
In my time at SAP so far, I have noticed a lot of support from my supervisor. My supervisor would set up coffee meetings with me to check if the job is aligned with my expectations and he would ask me for my feedback on the tasks that I was assigned. During the conversation, he would offer me some background information regarding the tasks, what the purpose is behind the tasks, and what the company will be using the data for. This helps me to better understand the purpose of my work and to see the bigger picture.
With a more normal working schedule (40hrs/week), I have more free time outside of work, so I signed up for German evening classes. Language is the key to understanding a culture, and it is also the stepping stone for anyone who considers starting a career in international business.
It has been an amazing experience in Germany. Living alone in a foreign country can be lonely and difficult, but there is no better opportunity than to know your capabilities, your needs, and your goals in life.
Beyond the Article
- Connect with Dani on LinkedIn.
- Interested in working in Germany for Co-op? Hubert is a business student and he did his co-op in Germany too. Read his article.
- Melissa is a Business Co-op student who shared her experience working in Korea.
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About the author
- ^ Russell Brandom. There are hundreds of free iPhone scams on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Theverge. American technology news and media network.
- ^ Chris Hoffman. PUP's explained. Howtogeek. We explain technology.
- ^ Dennis Anon. How cookies track you around the web and how to stop them. Privacy. One man's fight against the invasion of our privacy online.
- ^ Uirusu. Uirusu. Spyware related news.
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Hey all I'm back with another game review. It's Blazing Beaks, the Switch Edition.
Plot: From what little information I could tell there is no plot, no explanation of what is going on, why birds have guns and what the heck those birds are shooting or for what reason. Calling that a frustration for someone like me, who lives for a good story, is a major understatement. The gameplay doesn't help with that fact either…
Gameplay: There's no real help section, and you can leave the threadbare "Tutorial," without ever understanding how to fire your weapon if you aren't paying close attention. The tutorial, or what passes for one barely, is essentially a single screen clear of any enemies with no clear cut guide of what to do other than a small set of pictograms showing what various buttons do. Some people might enjoy games like that, where you're just thrust into the action with no clue what the hell to do. Me I'm not that into those sorts of games.
So the lack of any story, the lack of clear direction and sheer difficulty of the "Story" mode, which by the way is one of the most inaccurately named game modes ever, is highly frustrating to someone like me.
The actual "Combat" is a mix of old school 2D Zelda with Bullet Hell, and the fact that you have to start from the very beginning upon death is going to appeal to some, but drive away far more in my opinion. The lack of a clear story and goal doesn't help this issue either. You can get upgrades to your gun, and they're very helpful once you have those upgrades, but you can theoretically clear all five of the available stages with just the basic one and you since you lose any progress on death, you'll be using that gun quite a bit. The short length of the game is another concern, but given that the levels are procedurally generated with the exception of the boss screens, it does have replay-ability.
One thing of note, and something I wasn't able to test, was that you can play the game in Co-Op locally, meaning you share the screen, like in the days before Xbox Live. This might allow you to clear the game easier, although if friendly fire, or even friendly collision is a thing I can imagine it causing more than one issue.
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Investigatory Powers Bill: May defends surveillance powers
Home Secretary Theresa May has defended controversial new surveillance powers as MPs debated them for the first time.
The Investigatory Powers Bill will force the storage of internet browsing records for 12 months and authorise the bulk collection of personal data.
Mrs May said the measures were needed to keep the public safe and would uphold "both privacy and security".
Labour and the SNP said they backed the bill in principle but would withdraw support without substantial changes.
Labour's stance was branded "gutless" by the Lib Dems, who oppose the legislation.
The bill's second reading - where it was backed by 281 votes to 15 - gave MPs their first chance to debate it in the House of Commons. It represented an early step in a long parliamentary process which will see the details of the measures scrutinised at greater length over the coming months.
Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham said Labour would work constructively with Mrs May to get the legislation through Parliament but that "substantial changes" were needed to ensure the right balance "between collective security and individual privacy in the digital age".
Labour abstained at second reading and will be seeking amendments including a specific "presumption of privacy".
"We need new legislation but this bill is not yet good enough," he said. "Simply to block this legislation would, in my view, be irresponsible. It would leave the police and security services in limbo... We must give them the tools to do the job."
The proposals have already been significantly amended after a draft bill last year was heavily criticised by three parliamentary committees.
The government may be forced to give further ground if it is to get the law on to the statute book by the end of the year as it wants, although it is not expected to meet significant resistance until the bill reaches report stage and then goes to the House of Lords.
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Mr Burnham called for the use of surveillance powers to be limited to more serious investigations and for greater clarity on who can use them.
He said he did not see why agencies such as the Gambling Commission or the Food Standards Agency should have access to people's internet records, and said he would be calling on Mrs May to "severely reduce" the list of agencies who would get the new powers.
He also called for an independent review of "bulk powers" - the sweeping up of vast quantities of internet data and the collection of personal information from databases by the security services.
"I want a bill that helps the authorities do their job but protects ordinary people from intrusion and abuse from those in positions of power," he added.
Mrs May has said Britain's spies must continue to be allowed to hack into foreign computer networks, under so-called "bulk equipment interference warrants", as this was "a key operational requirement for GCHQ".
She told MPs that bulk powers had played a significant role in every major counter-terrorism investigation over the past decade, including seven terror plots foiled in the past 18 months, and in responding to the bulk of cyber attacks against UK interests.
Operational requests for such information, she said, would have to be approved by a judge as well as the minister responsible under a regime of "robust and consistent safeguards".
But Conservative MP Owen Paterson, a former Northern Ireland secretary, said elected politicians accountable to Parliament and the public should be exclusively responsible for granting warrants.
The SNP said they were in favour of "targeted surveillance" but many of the powers being sought were of "dubious legality".
"We will work with others to try and amend the bill extensively," Joanna Cherry, the party's home affairs spokeswoman, said. "If the bill is not amended to our satisfaction, we reserve the right to vote it down at a later stage."
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The Lib Dems blocked Mrs May's previous attempt to legislate in this area, which was dubbed "the snoopers' charter", when they were part of the coalition government.
Speaking in the debate, former leader Nick Clegg said the bill was an improvement on previous proposals but was "not in a fit state" - telling MPs that it was still predicated on a "dragnet approach" to data retention and the powers it sought to grant were "formidable and capable of misuse".
"The implications of this are very big indeed," he said.
"It is that the government believes as a matter of principle that every innocent act of communication online must leave a trace for future possible interrogation by the state. No other country in the world feels the need to do this apart from Russia."
UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe told the BBC's Daily Politics he was "deeply concerned" by the Investigatory Powers Bill, saying it "could put us into an extreme position of monitoring our citizens".
Edward Snowden, the former CIA analyst turned surveillance whistleblower, said he was closely following Tuesday's debate. He tweeted: "Britons, note how your MPs vote today on IPBill. A vote in favour, or abstention, is a vote against you. "
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After all, you work hard on your muscles and are all about the #GymLife, so why hide it?
In the romantic department, you probably have the reputation of being a player, which may or may not be true, but the right person will have your full attention and interest.
You may be scared of commitment and routinary activities but trust us: Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun. Stop running away!
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If this is your favorite underwear style, you got the best of both of worlds: Comfortable in your body but humble, a private person who's not against being in the spotlight when needed.
You enjoy being out for drinks as much as you like to stay home watching movies, it's all about variety!
When it comes to love and relationships, you believe that you adapt to each situation or person, but please make sure that your voice is heard.
Drastic mood swings may happen every once in a while, so just remember to take a deep breath before lashing out at others.
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4) Commando
We know, technically this is not a type of underwear, but going commando is still a lot of men's number one choice.
What does this say about you? It means that you value your freedom and are proud to be as authentic as possible.
We bet you don't practice sports that often, because no one likes their private parts moving with no sense of control.
You love your body, but don't necessarily work out, which probably makes a lot of people hate you.
You like casual dating but start to freak out when things start to get serious. Relax! Being in a relationship doesn't mean you're wearing a ball and chain.
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HATTIESBURG — Authorities are searching for two men who fired gunshots from a vehicle at soldiers at a military facility in Mississippi, although no one was reported wounded, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Perry County Sheriff Jimmy Dale Smith told WDAM-TV (http://bit.ly/1UlrHi6) that the soldiers were training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center near Hattiesburg.
Mississippi's National Guard said soldiers training at Camp Shelby reported hearing shots fired at 11:45 a.m. along Peret Tower Road, near the training facility. The facility is secure and all personnel accounted for and unharmed, the guard said in a news release.
Lt. Col. Christian Patterson said the shots were fired from a fringe road that runs along the eastern side of the base.
"We had soldiers who were training in the area and heard the shots. They reported it to their chain of command and then we reported it to the local authorities," Patterson said.
The guard made no mention of whether the shots were believed to have been fired at troops but made clear that the shots are believed to have been fired from outside Camp Shelby.
Deputies later traced the vehicle to a residence, Smith told The Clarion-Ledger newspaper. Smith had previously described the vehicle as a red Ford Ranger with "broken arrow" written across the top.
The giant military base south of Hattiesburg is one of the premier training facilities for National Guard troops from across the country and during the height of the Iraq war was often the last stop for National Guard troops training to go to the Middle East.
The base is currently hosting about 4,600 active-duty soldiers, National Guard and reservists from Texas and Mississippi in a summer training exercise.
Patterson declined to specify if the soldiers training in the areas were National Guard members, active duty soldiers or reservists.
"Our statement is everyone is accounted for and training is continuing," he said.
This summer's training focuses on the coordinated efforts of individual soldiers acting as a platoon, which can vary in size but normally boasts 30-plus members.
The exercises, called "Exportable Combat Training Capability," began in mid-July and will continue through mid-August.
Camp Shelby officials also were hosting a field hearing Tuesday by the National Commission on the Future of the Army.
The commission is an independent, congressionally mandated panel directed to assess President Barack Obama's recommendations for restructuring the Army's active-duty and reserve component force structures.
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The first female followers
May 13, 2018
There is a profound significance to Jesus' first female followers. Women have always been among Jesus' disciples and part of His movement of making disciples; discipleship isn't about who you are but about who He is.
Reading: Luke 8:1-3; Matthew 28:18-20
Speaker: Kristyn Haddon
This podcast is part of the series .


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I had a dream last light where I was wandering around, lost, but with the knowledge that it was my wedding day. I was carrying around this heavy blanket and finally I left it beside a trash receptacle.
I had gone for a ride, on the day of my wedding and I was miles away from where I was supposed to be, but with no way to get back, but walk. It was like I drove to where I was going, but had no ride back.
So I started walking, through unfamiliar territory, with people guiding me I did not know, to a place I was uncertain about wanting to be.
I made it back, but somehow naked and was looking for my vehicle. I passed a man and his child and they were speaking about finding a set of keys and I thought they had found my car and stolen my keys, but when I made him show the keys he found, they were not mine.
So I walked back the way they had come, through the snow and by a crowded establishment. I did not want to walk by naked, but it did not really seem like anyone cared, so I followed their path back through the snow and found a door.
I pushed open the door and found another door and pushed open that door to enter what appeared to be a room. I was expecting to see my car, but found people I was vaguely familiar with. They knew me, but I did not know them past the understanding that they were family.
I was late for my wedding, but the only one that seemed to know about being late, was me. As far as everyone in the room was concerned, the wedding was taking place in a few hours. My bride was there and was uneasy about things and walked off.
My father came in close to give me a hug, but I pulled away, not really being too comfortable with him. He asked where we were going on our honeymoon, but I had made no plans and really did not know I was to get married on this day. He asked if I was flying into this city or area and I did not know why I would not being flying straight through, but did not say anything.
I did not even have any reservations set up. Like a wedding was going to take place, but I was not aware of it.
I chased, my bride down and we spoke. I knew who she was and she knew me. She was upset and had thought that my father had been making all of the arraignments, including the honeymoon. She thought that all the plans were in place.
She was upset, that we had to pay for our wedding and honeymoon and worse than that, we did not know this, so did not make plans and we felt embarrassed and did not want to tell those people, that we had nowhere to go, after the wedding and no place to live.
I felt like a bum, like I had done something wrong.
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By Gareth Smyth
September 26, 2018
The video released by state media of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei defying an Iranian court by tearing off his shirt was pure theatre but leaves Iranians wondering if they have seen the final act in a long drama.
The former vice-president was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for actions against national security, propaganda against the government and insulting the judiciary. He reportedly faces other charges, too.
A long prison spell could be the political end for a man who was once first vice-president and then former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff (2009-13). Mashaei became the bete noire of conservative clerics, who openly warned he led a "deviant current."
Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, a member of the Assembly of Experts, once declared himself "more than 90% certain he [Ahmadinejad] has been put under a spell… I do not know if it is hypnotism… or relations with yogis but something is wrong."
Mashaei is related to Ahmadinejad through their children's marriage. The pair appear to have met when Mashaei was an intelligence officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kurdistan in the 1980-88 Iraq war and Ahmadinejad was a volunteer engineer in the Basij paramilitaries.
Once Ahmadinejad won the presidency in 2005, many wrong-footed analysts portrayed him as a creature of the IRGC but discrete talk in Tehran was of his religious beliefs, particularly of his relationship with the 12th Imam, or Mahdi.
Ahmadinejad had an affinity, rooted in his blacksmith father's Quran classes, with the simple religious practices of millions of Iranians and a distrust of the learned ayatollahs in Qom. Mashaei developed a stress on Iranian nationalism even at the expense of Islam.
While Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backed Ahmadinejad in the disputed 2009 presidential election, he refused to accept Mashaei as first vice-president. Ahmadinejad instead made Mashaei chief of staff and prompted a week-long stand-off while resisting a directive from Khamenei designating the next intelligence minister.
In the 2013 presidential election, Ahmadinejad was constitutionally barred from seeking a third consecutive term and the watchdog Guardian Council disallowed Mashaei. Ahead of the 2017 election, for which Ahmadinejad was eligible, Khamenei publicly advised a "certain person" not to do a "certain thing" (stand).
Down but far from out, the "Ahmadinejadis," as they are known, have remained active with hundreds of websites and social-media accounts pedalling a mix of millennialism and conspiracy theories. Their allegations of corruption in high places often centre on the Larijani brothers, Ali, the parliamentary speaker and Sadegh, the judiciary chief.
Another target is the IRGC intelligence arm, headed by Hossein Taeb. Hamid Baghaei, an Ahmadinejad ally who was earlier this year sentenced to 15 years in prison for embezzlement, claimed at his trial that he had been framed by IRGC officials. After Mashaei's sentence, Ahmadinejad released a video claiming Taeb was "psychologically unbalanced" and "fabricates cases."
Opinions differ as to how much Mashaei and Ahmadinejad are a serious problem for Iran's establishment. "Mashaei wasn't particularly threatening," said Farideh Farhi, adjunct professor of political science at the University of Hawaii. "This is why he wasn't arrested for years. He just needed to be stopped for a while since his latest utterances might have given others the impression that everyone could insult the authorities with impunity."
Farhi argues that a judicial move against Ahmadinejad is unlikely, given the existing "propaganda cost" of the media ban against another former president, reformist Mohammad Khatami. "Knowing this, Ahmadinejad will continue to push the limits and will not face retribution so long as he cannot develop some sort of organised support," she said.
True, the official distaste for effective political parties as breeding grounds for "factionalism" precludes an Ahmadinejad version of the reformists' Mosharekat-e Iran-e Islami ("Participation Front"). The front is barely functioning since its 2010 suspension but populism based on social media, as the recent history of the United States illustrates, is unpredictable.
Ahmadinejad is fondly remembered by many Iranians and the cash handouts introduced by his government have proved too popular for Iranian President Hassan Rohani and parliament simply to remove. Sadegh Larijani could have another reason to counter
Ahmadinejad. The judiciary chief is considered one of three main candidates in the looming succession to Khamenei, 79. In an interview last year with Radio Farda, Ahmadinejad suggested the judiciary lacked "systematic supervision" with power concentrated in its chief, whom he accused of complicity in the death of a blogger. It was an apparent reference to Sattar Beheshti, 35, who died in Evin prison in 2012.
Farhi said Larijani has "not been a particularly effective public defender" of the judiciary "or the Islamic Republic in general" and that his wider record may already have alienated the Experts Assembly, the body that chooses the leader. But Ahmadinejad's goading seems set to continue despite Mashaei's political demise. Given their bitter animosity and his own ambitions, Larijani may seize any chance to shut up Ahmadinejad as well.
The Arab Weekly


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Improve Breast Cancer Symptoms with Mindfulness
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.
"Results show promise for mindfulness-based interventions to treat common psychological problems such as anxiety, stress, and depression in cancer survivors and to improve overall quality of life." — Linda E. Carlson
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has a huge impact on most people. Feelings of depression, anxiety, and fear are very common and are normal responses to this life-changing and potentially life-ending experience. But cancer diagnosis is not necessarily a death sentence. Over half of the people diagnosed with cancer are still alive 10 years later and this number is rapidly increasing. But, surviving cancer carries with it a number of problems. Fatigue and insomnia are common symptoms in the aftermath of surviving breast cancer.
Mindfulness training has been shown to help with cancer recovery and help to alleviate many of the residual physical and psychological symptoms, including fatigue, stress, sleep disturbance, and anxiety and depression. One particularly effective mindfulness training program is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). The MBSR program consists of 8 weekly 2-hour group sessions involving meditation, yoga, body scan, and discussion. The patients are also encouraged to perform daily practice for 15-45 minutes. The research has been accumulating. It is thus important to take a step back and summarize what has been learned.
In today's Research News article "Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on breast cancer symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis." (See summary below or view the full text of the study at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282865/ ), Castanhel and Liberali review, summarize and perform a meta-analysis of the published research studies on the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training for the symptoms of breast cancer patients. They identified 7 published research studies that included a total of 532 women.
They report that the literature finds that Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training produces a decrease in fatigue in the breast cancer patients. This is significant as fatigue affects all facet of the patient's life. Additionally, there is no drug treatments which successfully treat fatigue in these patients. This makes MBSR treatment particularly valuable to be included along with the usual treatments.
Mindfulness practices, in general have been shown to be effective in relieving fatigue. One of the components of MBSR treatment, yoga practice, has been previously been shown to also relieve fatigue in breast cancer patients. It is possible that this is the critical component of MBSR practice. But it will require further research to determine exactly which components or combinations of components are essential for the relief of fatigue.
So, improve breast cancer symptoms with mindfulness.
"some of the most difficult elements of the cancer experience are very well-suited to a mindfulness practice. When a person gets diagnosed, there's fear and uncertainty about the future. There's the loss of routine and predictability. There's the physical aspect, the treatment or surgery, pain, insomnia, which almost everybody gets, and the post-treatment fatigue." — Linda E. Carlson
CMCS – Center for Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies
This and other Contemplative Studies posts are also available on Google+ https://plus.google.com/106784388191201299496/posts and on Twitter @MindfulResearch
Study Summary
Castanhel, F. D., & Liberali, R. (2018). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on breast cancer symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis. Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 16(4), eRW4383. doi:10.31744/einstein_journal/2018RW4383
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction practices increase the capacity for concentration and attention, and these practices are particularly effective for people with breast cancer. To analyze the effects of the application of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on breast cancer symptoms. Systematic review and meta-analysis were carried out. To find suitable studies, the PubMed/ MEDLINE database was searched using the keywords "breast cancer" and "Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction". Studies included were published between 2013 and 2017, written in English and showed methodological quality through the PEDro scale (score greater than 3). They also presented empirical evidence, had an experimental study design (randomized or non-randomized), and had full text available. For the meta-analysis, we used a random-effects model, with standardized mean differences and 95% confidence intervals. Seven studies were included, one non-randomized and containing only an intervention group of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and six randomized including samples of two or three groups. The non-randomized study showed 6 points on the PEDro scale, the randomized studies of two groups 6 to 7 points and studies with three groups showed 7 points. In the meta-analysis of the two randomized studies, the results, although not significant, revealed a moderate effect for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the outcome of fatigue, with a mean difference of −0.42 (95%CI −0.92- −0.07; p=0.09). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction seems to be a promising alternative for treatment of this disease's symptoms.


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Lesson 3.2: Populations on the Move
• Students will trace the Hilali and Norman invasions on maps of the Mediterranean region and analyze the epic poems of Bani Hilal for the causes of migration and the self-image of the Bani Hilal themselves.
• They will hypothesize the probable causes of these migrations and describe their impacts on the regions to which they migrated, as well as on the migrants.
• They will analyze Ibn Khaldun's writings on the Hilali migrations and contrast them with historians' assessment of the phenomenon.
• They will compare literary sources on the Norman invasion of Sicily such as Ibn Jubayr.
• They will identify ways in which these migrations added to the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Mediterranean, and compare them to earlier and later examples (Phoenicians, Romans Vandals, Arabs, and later European colonialism).
• They will relate migration to the multi-cultural/multi-national flavor of the Mediterranean during the period, further analyzing the question of what makes a city, i.e. population movement.
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1. After asking what motivates people to move in recent history, hand out the readings on migration during the period from the McEvedy Atlas of Medieval History, then readings on the Hilali migrations and the evolution of Norman Sicily after the Norman invasions.
2. Introduce the lesson by asking students to think about what makes people migrate from one place to another. Why do people relocate to other towns, cities, and even countries? What is in it for them, and what does it mean to the people whose lands they come to inhabit? Have them think about their own community/country today and discuss who the immigrant populations are and why they settled there.
3. Next, have students think about and jot down some keywords on what happens in places where immigrants settle. Are they always welcomed? Do they try to blend in, or do they set up neighborhoods or towns reflective of their own culture? Or is it a little of both? Compare military and other types of migrations.
4. After discussing factors influencing migration and its host societies, assign the readings in the lesson that chronicle the movement of Arab Bedouin (nomadic) people across North Africa during the mid-11th to the mid-12th centuries, and the Norman invasion of Sicily at about the same time.
5. Assign the readings and map in Handout 3.2.1 on migration, and have students individually or in pairs answer the questions to think about after the readings. Among the issues raised in the readings are attitudes about the invaders, their impact on the receiving communties, as well as ways in which people mixed and influenced each other in the destination society, for example, how Norman (i.e. northern European) and Arab cultures mingled on the island of Sicily under Norman leadership.
6. VIDEO: The video "Forms and Motifs" from the website Qantara, Mediterranean Heritage at http://www.qantaramed.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php?do_id=1176&lang=en helps to show how contact between cultures helped to introduce various artistic and architectural concepts and elements from one culture to another. Ask the students to research and identify various Oriental motifs in Western art from the time frame 300 – 1500 CE.


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Kevin Martin to visit East St. Paul Curling Club
A living legend in the curling world and his son who is part of one of the best teams in Canada will make a special appearance at the East St. Paul Curling Club.
Former Brier, World and Olympic champion curler Kevin Martin, along with his son Karrick, will be the guest speakers at the inaugural Leonard Baranyk Sr. Memorial Curling Banquet at the club on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. The two will also be giving instructional on-ice clinics to interested pupils on Nov. 1 at 4:30 p.m. and on Nov. 2 at both 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Kevin, now an analyst for Rogers Sportsnet and NBC Sports, won four Brier titles, a world title in 2008 and a gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, cementing his legacy as one of the greatest curlers of all-time. Karrick is a former Canadian university champion and is already a two-time Brier finalist throwing lead stones for Brendan Bottcher's rink out of Edmonton.
East St. Paul CC board member Barry Gorlick told The Selkirk Journal that Baranyk, the former chairman of Pratts Wholesale Ltd. who passed away in Jan. 2018, was a former member of the Rossmere Curling Club in Winnipeg. The club approached the Baranyk family with the idea of a banquet in his memory. The family said yes.
The clinics will be open to curlers of all skill levels.
"Participants in the clinics are going to be taught by two of the absolute best and in the case of Kevin, one of the best ever," Gorlick said. "So it's all knitted together in a pretty neat weekend for our club."
He added that the curling club took a chance in reaching out to the Martins, but was glad that it did.
"At the board level, we thought to ourselves we've never tested the expression, 'Go big or go home.' So we thought we'd give it a try," Gorlick said. "A phone call was made; a voice mail message was left. Literally within 10 minutes, Kevin was on the phone."
Kevin told the board that his schedule only permitted him to take part in only three or four such events all year, but with both him and Karrick open on the first weekend of November, both accepted the club's invitation. The two also plan on visiting a pair of local schools on Nov. 1.
Registration for any one of the clinics costs $50 per person and tickets to the banquet cost $75, but a combination banquet/clinic ticket will cost only $100. To purchase tickets, contact Gorlick at 204-688-4257 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Zombie Penpal (choose Your Own Adventure #34)(PAPERBACK/REVISED)
Mina wonders if the new girl who looks and acts like a zombie may be her long-lost pen pal from New Orleans who stopped writing after Hurricane Katrina. By choosing a specific page, the reader determines the story's ending.Written by Ken McMurtry and it was published by Chooseco. The book was available in May of 2010. The children book has 144 pages and it comes with black & white pictures. If you want a copy of this book for your kids, visit the shopping cart add to shopping cart button.
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There are dangers, choices, adventures, and consequences. YOU need to use all of your numerous talents and a lot of your enormous intelligence. But, don't despair. The wrong selection could end in disaster - even death. At any time, YOU can go back and make one more choice, alter the path of your story, and change its result.
Zombies and their controlling bokors, the charms and protective spells of voodoo, along with every single of the occult all mix in with every day life for your penpal in New Orleans. She looks. You haven't received a letter since Hurricane Katrina. Your life in sleepy Maine is much different, and you love your penpal's spine-tingling tales. Is this your penpal? ! Watch out, because zombies want a single thing most of all-- to eat your brain! A new girl shows up at your school who reminds you of your penpal. altered.
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Texas has been home to 40% of all new jobs created since June 2009. In 2013, the city of Houston had more housing starts than all of California. Much, though not all, of that growth is due directly to oil. Estimates are that 35–40% of total capital expenditure growth is related to energy. But it's no secret that not only will energy-related capital expenditures not grow next year, they are likely to drop significantly. The news is full of stories about companies slashing their production budgets. This means lower employment, with all of the knock-on effects.
It's been more than five years since the global financial crisis, but developed economies aren't making much progress. As of today, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom have all regained their pre-crisis peaks in real GDP, but with little else to show for it.
As I begin my 15th year of writing Thoughts from the Frontline – some 700-odd newsletters plus 400–500 editions of Outside the Box, 6 books, and scores of special reports – I decided to take a random walk back through some of my writings (and your comments!). With some glaring and notable exceptions that I would like to take off the internet (but won't because to do so seems somewhat intellectually dishonest), the body of work has held together pretty well. My writing style has matured and so has my thought process – or at least it seems so to me. Writing this letter has been the best personal educational tool I have ever experienced, enriching my life far more than I have probably enriched yours. I've done my 10,000 hours. Plus. No college, no course or seminar, could provide me with the wide range of materials I've studied.
One of the few consensus ideas that I took away from the Strategic Investment Conference is that China has the potential to become a real problem. It seemed to me that almost everyone who addressed the topic was either seriously alarmed at the extent of China's troubles or merely very worried. Perhaps it was the particular group of speakers we had, but no one was sanguine. If you recall, a few weeks back I introduced my young colleague and protégé Worth Wray to you; and his inaugural Thoughts from the Frontline focused on China, a topic on which he is well-versed, having lived and studied there. Our conversations often center on China and emerging markets (and we tend to talk and write to each other a lot). While I'm on the road, Worth is once again visiting China in this week's letter, summing up our research and contributing his own unique style and passion. I think regular TFTF readers are going to enjoy Worth's occasional missives and will want to see more of them over time. Now, let's turn it over to my able young Cajun friend.
It is that time of the year when we peer into our darkened crystal balls in hopes of seeing portents of the future in the shadowy mists. This year I see three distinct wisps of vapor coalescing in the coming years. Each deserves its own treatment, so this year the annual forecast issue will in fact be three separate weekly pieces.
In This Issue:
The Case for Going Global Is Stronger Than Ever The US Markets Are Still In Trouble Undercapitalization Emerging Markets Still Undervalued Global Capital Shift Is Accelerating The Biggest Growth Will Be in the Most Obvious Places (and Sectors) Conventional Diversification Won't Cut It Any Longer Risks (and there are plenty) Maine and QE3, Operation Twist, etc.?
In This Issue:The Burden of Lower Growth and More Frequent Recessions
Three Structural Changes
Lower Trend Growth
Thailand, Phoenix, and Japan
(Thursday) I am flying to Thailand and will 'lose' my normal Friday writing
day, so I am going to give you a preview of my new book, Endgame, out and in the bookstores next month. This is the
beginning of chapter four, and it stands alone quite nicely. It will print out
a little longer than normal, as there are a lot of graphs. My co-author
Jonathan Tepper and I deal with why there will be slower growth, more
volatility, and more frequent recessions in our future.
Tonight I am in Venice, but I have arranged for a special edition of Thoughts from the Frontline, written by Jonathan Tepper of Variant Perception, a research firm in London. I have been corresponding with Jonathan for some time, and we have had some solid, and lately quite frequent, conversations. I am very impressed with this young man, whose perceptions and insights I find quite thoughtful. We are working hard together to finish a book that will be called The End Game, which we hope to have out this fall. It deals with the end of the debt supercycle in the developed world and the consequences for economies around the globe. Depending on where you live, the investment implications can be very different. The book will be very global in scope, and our intention is to make it so simple even a politician can understand. In countries all over the world, difficult choices lie ahead. We hope to give people a framework for making those choices and understanding the consequences. Our situation is not pretty, but ignoring those choices would be the worst choice of all.
The question before the jury is a simple one, but the answer is complex. Is the US in a 'V' shaped recovery? Are we returning to the old normal? A great deal hinges on the answer, and this week we look at some of the evidence before us.
But first, a follow-up thought to last week's letter. I wrote about why countries can reduce their private debt, reduce their public debt or run a trade deficit, but not all three at the same time. If a country wants to see its government run a fiscal surplus (or small deficit) and at the same time its private citizens want to reduce their leverage (common desires throughout the developed world), it must run a trade surplus. That's a simple accounting statement.


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Users of Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) will soon be able to save their games in the cloud rather than on their consoles on-board hard drive, it has been reported.
The service, said to be called "Online Saving", will give users the option to upload their saved games to a remote server. Users saving games in the cloud will be able to access their saved games from any console signed into their PlayStation Network (PSN) account.
According to Kotaku, the service will only be available to paying subscribers of PlayStation Plus.
The function will be made available in Sony's upcoming 3.60 firmware update.
Sony warned that saving to the cloud "will allow save data with the copy prohibited attribute to be copied into the online storage", and have given developers the option to opt out of the feature if this is a concern.
The company's latest firmware patch 3.56 was cracked in less than 24 hour hours of going live. The patch had been released to combat piracy on the console and to undo a hacking exploit created by George 'Geohot' Hotz, a well known iPhone jailbreaking expert.


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"Just because you have rights doesn't stop anything from happening to you." – Don Frew, consultant on ritual crime
GRAPE CREEK, Texas – Nikki Featherston was driving home after stopping at a convenience store when she saw police lights in her rear-view mirror. She didn't think she was speeding or committing any other traffic violation, but pulled over to the side of the road to await the sheriff's deputy. Their exchange during the stop highlights the misunderstandings which can take place when Pagans have something they consider ordinary in their possession, but police consider suspicious.Ms. Featherston, a solitary Green Witch, gathered her driver's license and proof of insurance as the deputy approached her car, and then handed them to the officer. He then asked her to step outside the car.
There had been a break-in in the area and law enforcement officials were stopping cars they deemed suspicious to look for stolen goods. The deputy asked Featherston if he could search her car and since she didn't think she had anything alarming in it, she agreed.
"And things escalated quickly. I was suddenly in handcuffs and being detained by another police officer while the first one searched my car," said Featherston.
While police didn't find stolen goods, they did find a sage smudge stick in her car.
The deputy showed her the smudge stick and asked Featherston what it was. He also asked her why it was wrapped in string, if she smoked it, and if she was high.
"I said no sir, you just light one end and let it smolder. I use it to cleanse, like a priest does in a church. You don't inhale the smoke, just let it surround you," said Featherston.
Featherston said the deputy seemed confused and asked her again, "So it gets you high?"
Don Frew, current National Interfaith Officer for Covenant of the Goddess, has been a consultant on ritual crime for local police, the FBI, and the Justice Department since the mid-1980s. In addition to co-authoring a manual for police on Satanism and Paganism, he's consulted on high-profile cases such as the Nightstalker, the Son of Sam serial murders, and the McMartin preschool child abuse case.
When asked if police are typically trained on the types of items persons in a minority religion may have in their possession, he told The Wild Hunt that this isn't typically the case, unless there is a known community of that religion in the area. He also said police may treat situations or items they are unfamiliar with as possibly dangerous.
Which may be why Featherston found herself handcuffed and being questioned carefully about her smudge stick.
When deputies starting talking about testing the smudge stick, Featherston asked them if they would untie the string and remove a leaf for testing or cut a section from an end. Featherston had grown the sage herself and the smudge stick was a sacred tool used in practicing her religion. She knew the officers needed to check it, but hoped they would treat the stick with respect.
Instead, Featherston says, they threw it away and let her go with a verbal warning to update her driver's license to her new address.
Mr. Frew says police may act with less sensitivity than they should, but often, as in this case, it isn't a big deal. He noted though, "They treated the smug-degree stick inappropriately and some training would be helpful."
Frew says it appears Featherston handled the stop, and the confusion over the smudge stick, well. He says you should, within reason, calmly and helpfully do whatever police say. "If there's a problem, deal with it later. You don't want things to escalate."
Where it may get a bit more complex is if you have a ritual tool, such as an athame, in your car. Frew says it's a judgement call if you voluntarily agree to a search of your car or refuse. If you have an athame or a sword in your car and decide to allow police to search your car, tell them before the search begins. "Don't describe it as a ritual tool, they might jump to the conclusion it's for sacrifices. Tell them it is a symbolic item used in the practice of your religion," Frew advises.
His advice to Featherston, or any Pagan who finds themselves in a similar situation, is to write a letter to the police department. He says to let them know you are not filing a complaint, but looking to clear up any confusion or answer any questions thy may have in case they encounter something similar in the future. Frew says police appreciate when you can help them do their job better.
Even better, Frew says, is to be proactive. "If you are a very out Pagan contact your local police before there is an issue. Introduce yourself, give a bit of information about the organizations you belong to, and offer to help with questions as they come up. If you try to do this after the fact, it may be seen as trying to cover up for someone."


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Creating a visual narrative
Creating a visual narrative to showcase the customer journey.
At TapeMyDay we offer a complete, turnkey solution for a wide range of clients. The camera systems we implement will be placed in tons of different locations and situations. Usually, we cover far more than just one attraction per client. With different camera positions available throughout, for instance, a theme-park, how do we define which of our recorded clips get shown, and where those clips are inserted into our end-product?
Just showing a random collection of clips, with no rhyme or reason to how they're ordered, might get boring and confusing for the customer. Creating a visual narrative that approximates their actual journey through the park or venue is far more valuable. TapeMyDay aims to provide each customer with a great reminder of their trip, rather than a loosely connected collection of clips (something a customer often experiences when they shoot short videoclips and selfies with their smartphone).
So, how do we create a good 'customer journey' flow that feels engaging and enticing? We do this through a process wherein we try to define an optimal narrative structure. If we cover a selection of rides at a theme-park, we'll look at a few key factors that give us an indication of where a recording of a ride should be placed.
Actual routes through a park or venue
A great way to indicate what the average customer journey may look like, is to map out a 'default route' that most visitors will follow. If we can define a start, middle, and end of a single route, it makes sense to showcase the recordings of this route in this specific order, to create a sense of continuity that reflects their actual journey. We strategically place our cameras to capture the highlights of each part of the route, or each part of the attraction(s) we cover.
Level of excitement
If you want to capture and keep the attention of an audience, a well-paced narrative is very important. We look at each ride in question and decide where it falls on a scale of excitement. We use these indicators to create a nice flow, where a very exciting and adrenaline-fueled ride (like a rollercoaster) might be followed by a slower ride, such as a nice water-ride that covers beautiful vistas. Creating an ebb-and-flow throughout the video by alternating these clips ensures that we have an eye-catching, exciting clip at steady intervals. Think about how a movie progresses – an expository intro/setup, rising action, a climax, a calmer intermission, another climactic scene and the grand finale.
Length of the ride & the recordings
Each ride has a different duration. Some rollercoasters for instance will last relatively short, while a boat-ride might take a lot longer (and therefore have longer recordings). We try to alternate between shorter clips and longer clips to capture and hold the attention of our customers during each part of the video. Some rides may also have multiple cameras, whereas others may only be serviced by a single camera. The longer you spend on a 'single' camera angle, the quicker the shot becomes stale. When we alternate between different shots, the narrative becomes more dynamic and exciting.
Once we have a clear vision on the order in which our recordings are played, we create an engaging visual template, where each recording is preceded by or followed up with pre-recorded stock footage (more on that in a future article!). These segments are crafted to grab attention in a relatively short timeframe and give us the opportunity to create seamless transitions between recordings. This allows us to entice with some special effects and provides us with the option to display (for instance) some information about the park or the ride in question. The entirety of the story is then accompanied by a soundtrack that fits the theme or style of the subject matter we are covering. Of course, in today's age a video must also be able to hold its own even without sound turned on.
In summary
In short, we aim to provide value to each individual customer by giving them the opportunity to 'relive' their visit, their journey, by delivering all highlights in a solid, complete and enticing narrative package. We do this by approximating the actual route a customer may take through a venue or park, by creating story-beats in the video that keep people engaged and entertained, and by making sure each segment has just the right length and spacing, interwoven with eye-catching stock-footage inserts and a fitting soundtrack.
Make sure to follow TapeMyDay to stay up to date on what we do and read more interesting posts by fellow staff-members and industry experts in the future!
Martijn is Creative Director for TAPEMYDAY and posts a monthly column on the company website about all things related to the artistic processes and planning aspects of creating a great video.


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Book: Old Testament Template
(Book Report from User:Pitpat)
You can read this book online if you like.
To Fold it Out -- the Book and Its Vision
The purpose of this book is described at the very beginning, at page 2: "The Template Institute [which published this book] exists to ... promote biblical thinking in the workplace and on issues of concern to communities and nations." I.e. Landa Cope shares her transformation of her thinking and gives some guidelines and councils in different areas of life -- in the silent expectation that the truth will change the reader: "God never changes. Pray that we, His people, do." (p. 10) "If God can develop these poor Jews into a great nation, he can do it for any existing nation in any age because not one community or nation in this world is worse of than the Isrealites in that wilderness. [that is: 3 Mio. people without any education]" (p. 38)
So the main point of the book is: God has created the whole universe, and so God wants to give us full live, much more than "just" eternal life. Stop dividing your world by "spiritual" and "material", as "holy" and "unholy", or "secular". When we picture Jesus as saviour only, "we huddle in the foyer of God's great mansion and try to define ourselves there[;] because our lives have less and less to do with the outside world. Is it any wonder, then, that we fixate on experiences and feelings, seeking refuge from the world we live in rather than engaging it?" (p. 42)
It was very revealing to me as she cited Jeremiah 9:24: "but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight, declares the LORD." (highlight of LC, p. 8) It is on earth that his glory has to be revealed. Through the church, that's right, but not only through the church. Also in jurisdiction (righteousness), economy, arts ... She proposes a bible study (for the purpose of getting to know God better), colouring what the bible, and esp. the Thora, says about the different areas/domains of community, of life. Of each area I will point out what has been new to me, or never thought about this in such clarity.
"God gave the authority of governance to the people" (p. 52), and by doing that, he's giving an enormous freedom of choice. That is his way to disciple the nation: she is teaching that its choice will have an effect, whether good or bad. The people of Israel chose to have a king, so God tolerated and even blessed this governmental system. (It is also interesting to note, she says, that even though the kings Saul and David were annointed by a prophet, it was the people that appointed them to rule, not the prophet.)
Landa speaks about a fair lending and borrowing system, promoting the idea that many Jews lived out: as soon as they had established their existence, they gave the rest of the money to others to help them do so. In some ways it is contrary to what is done today by humanitarian organisations or the western governments. "Aid [i.e. simply giving away goods] is reserved for those who have absolutely no way of providing for themselves and will die without assistance. Israel is certainly in this kind of circumstance in the wilderness -- and God provides for the Isrealites. ... The day, they had the feasibility to provide for themselves, God withdrew the manna. ... God did not want to create a dependent people, but a people, who drew on the gifts, talents, and resources He had given to see them provide for themselves." (p. 68, highlight of myself) Somehow we are tented to create and sustain victims, but that means that those who are needy will stay needy. Somehow we think, we are the resolution of their problem -- but we aren't, God is. As long as there is a possibility that one day we will be dispensable, we should aspire to do so. Even if it takes a bit more time to explain twice what to do, instead of just doing it. Oh Lord, help me to teach them to plant potatoes, instead of giving potatoes away for free (in order to meet needs).
First it has been important to learn for her, that uncleanliness in the OT is not an allegory for sin, but God's live-giving rules for hygiene. (p. 79/80)
But even more interesting to me has been her attitude about healing. "The Bible makes clear that miracles are possible, but they are exceptions, not the rule. Miracles are spectacular interventions of God for His own unique purposes but they will never be the norm." (p. 81) First I thought, um, are miracles always rare? Were there rare in Acts? Will they be rare in the last times, the "latter rain" (Joel 2:23)? But then I realized that's the German mindset: "how many prayers to do for how many demons, how many kilometres, for how long?" (Dean Sherman) It's not about percentages here, it's about principles. So I acknowledge that it is wise to seek help of the doctor (and at the same time praying for healing).
Additionally, concerning the debate "science vs. belief, knowing vs. believing", she states: "God is not at war with His material world. Science is, of all the domains, the most limited because the scientist cannot discover anything that God has not created. ... He is not alienated from His material world; He uses it to reveal Himself and man is still discovering Him in it." (p. 82/83, highlight of LC)
Landa points out that fulltime-ministry is not a "better" job than "just" working in a factory. At the same time, she says, there is a difference. (As I tried to eliminate all differencing in faith & life, I disagreed also here. But now I'm not so sure about it anymore.) She explains: "As believers, we all are encouraged to fellowship on Sundays. However, some of us go to work on Monday at the same building where we went to church. The rest of the believers go to work on Monday in some other important role within their communities. ... All of Israel was taught to be holy, but the levitical tribe (the priests) were to model holiness to the rest of the Nation." (p. 89)
This raised the question: So, am I a priest? Because I do think that my main task is to represent God, but I stopped thinking that this will be in context of church. Is practical help, e.g. being carpenter for the temple, part of the levitical ministry?
Additionally, this little note enlightened a bit more her propagation for checks & balances: "The result of [the levitical tribe] not being given carts, and additionally, being required to carry the Tabernacle, put a limitation on the priesthood's ability to acquire wealth. (That did not mean that they were to live in destitution. However, it did limit their potential for financial power amongst their people.)" (p. 90) Interestingly, she states: it is God-given, God-made, that each domain has authority, but no domain has total authority.
It was also interesting to hear what Landa spoke about raising children. The main point of it was that our actions explain the kid what's worth living for. "Uninterrupted, [children] will continue to evaluate all of Life and the world [they] live in through that grid of reality. In our modern christian terminology you could say that we have most of our worldview in place before we ever leave home for school. To say it another way, in our first four years of life, parents and the home environment will give us the definition of reality that we'll use all our lives." (p. 98) It is so crucial then to be emotionally healed -- to be able to pass on emotional stability to my children. And it's also clear, that our actions talk much more than the words that come out of our mouths -- as the children can't understand yet what you say; they do understand how you say it, though. It's like the famous quote, "Tell the Good Message to all creation; and if necessary, use words for it." (is attributed to St. Franziscus). Let us love our children with extreme diligence -- as they will multiply it, and they will change the society with it.
Epistemology / Education
"God is a God of knowledge. He can be known. ... You could say that inquiring minds are godly minds and one of the primary marks of discipleship is expressed in questions -- the desire to learn and know." (p. 115) That's wow. Really. I mean, I knew that it's not impossible to know God. But ... I didn't know that one might know him to this extent. "Mystery in scripture is a result of the difference between what we know and what God knows, not what is knowable." (p. 116) And knowing him means also reflecting him, his character, his nature. "From Genesis to Revelation, God reinforces the concept that knowledge is demonstrated in actions, faith in works, learning in growth, wisdom in love. ... For God, wisdom is not just choosing right, but understanding why it is right. God's goal is not, finally, obedience but agreement." (p. 117) Oh Lord, then I'd love to learn how to totally agree you. "Model Jesus' love of learning, and you will make those around you hungry for more. Children love learning unless they are told to be afraid of it. All it takes to learn is the willingness to admit you don't know." (p. 124) Oh Lord, okay. That's worth it. I am in need -- come and help.
So now, knowing that learning makes sense (in Islam, learning doesn't make so much sense. God does what he wants anyway, so why forcing things), we can move on talking about education systems. "God gave no authority to governments over our children. God gave that authority to parents. Governments are created by God to deal with the masses. By design, that is their function. Education, by its nature, is an individual process. ... Parents can delegate their authority to a public school system, but if they abdicate their support or if their role is ignored or even denied by the institution, those schools have very little legitimate authority over the children." (p. 121) This had been just an interesting, clarifying thought on the structure of authority. But furthermore, the quote "Educators I've talked to all over the world agree that the two most important keys to learning are the parents' attitude and involvement, and the motivation of the child. The biblical view [of men] is that every child is gifted, every child can learn, every child has value, and every child has the right to reach its full potential." (p. 123) showed me that valuing somebody means (also) to support him in his willingness to learn, help him get a bit closer to what he's meant to be.
Landa is criticizing our attitude that the media form our thoughts. As we learnt in the teaching of spiritual warfare: we, humans, are the decision makers. So we choose what is allowed to form our thoughts. The point is not to stop the TV shows telling lies, but start telling the truth, so that spectators of TV can choose to believe the truth or the lie. "The media are not powerful in and of themselves. They are an influence that we, the audience, choose to empower or not. ... The popularity of a given message is a reflection of the audience, not the power of the message itself. The power belongs to the individual and when we embrace this as the way God created us to function, we embrace our role as communicators who offer people a choice." (p. 128) She mentions that Jesus never stopped people from saying their opinion. She also draws a astounding parallel: "Not one developed country today is without free press. Perhaps more importantly, not one underdeveloped country has a free press. It would seem that the freedom of expression is tied directly to people feeling responsible for their society." (p. 129, highlight of LC) Equally she tries to take away the prejudice that a medium, e.g. the Internet, is bad in itself. For "all scientific discovery is morally neutral. Only the use of it could be classified as good or evil." (p. 131) This reminded me of a discussion, whether Einstein has invented the atomic bomb (because he enormously prepared it by his ideas) or not, or whether a pacifist can research for the atomic bomb (to assure freedom, because both party have the technology to destroy another) or not. But surely, it's true, you can use a stick to kill, or to do your harvest of crop.
Arts and Entertainment
Yes, I do love beauty. Beauty of grass being moved by the wind, melodies resounding in my heart, faces, inspiring thoughts, ... I don't know were this taste comes from, but I'm very sensitive in what is creative work and what is just normal, flat. Perhaps I'm an artist.
And it took a while for me to understand, but now I know that the word "God" doesn't have to appear in a text for the text to be godly. So I thank Landa for deepening that understanding: "Unredeemed people create beautiful things because they are created in the image of god. They just do not realize the source of their talent or discipline or their love of beauty. ... Beauty [Art] has intrinsic value as an extension of God's character and nature." (p. 137) Because beauty (creativity) always reflects God's beauty, it is life-giving.
To Sum it Up -- My Reactions on This Book
Well, I'm not finished yet, but the book has been absolutely worthy to be read. It evoked mainly my cry for teachability: "Lord, conform my mind. Teach me how to think, and to act according to it." Secondly, but it's almost the same point, "Here I am. It is my purpose to reflect you."
And thirdly, it was amazing to see how beautiful, ordered and balanced God made these institutions. That's why I sketched a little overview about how God is ruling according to Landa Cope.
|Reveals God as
|Primary attribute
|God governs through
|The King of Kings
|Delegation of authority to the people
|Jahwe Jireh, God our Provider
|The laws of agriculture
|The Creator
|Order and power
|The laws of nature
|The Great High Preast
|Holiness and Mercy
|His sovereign choice and anointing
|The Father
|Love, Nurture
|The laws of love
|The Great Teacher-Rabbi
|The laws of human nature
|The Living Word
|The laws of human nature
|Song of Songs, The Potter
|The laws of aesthetics of each discipline


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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral on Friday, March 1, performing its second NASA-funded cargo shipping mission to the International Space Station.
They will be bringing 1,268 pounds of cargo up to the ISS astronauts, including food, clothing, and care packages. It will be repacked and return with 2,668 pounds of stuff.
The capsule will also transport experiments to be done in microgravity, testing everything from stem cells to an experimental ultra-cold freezer. The experiments come from NASA, JAXA, ESA, and the CSA.
Here's the full list, from NASA [pdf]:
Crew supplies (178 pounds)
- Crew care package
- Clothing and hygiene items
- Wet trash bags
- Food
- Operations data files
Utilization payloads (767 pounds for NASA, JAXA, ESA, CSA)
- GLACIER - General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator, ultra-cold freezers that will store samples at temperatures as low as - 301 degrees F (-160 degrees C)
- Double Cold Bags - Five bags used to refrigerate samples for transport.
- BRIC - Biological Research in Canisters
- CGBA- Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus
- Cell Bio Tech - Cell culture experiments and biotechnology will be studied in an incubator on ISS to examine the cell and molecular biology function and response in a spaceflight environment.
- Nanoracks
- CSLM-3 - The Coarsening in Solid Liquid Mixtures-3 (CSLM-3) is a materials science investigation that studies the growth and solidification processes (i.e., coarsening) in lead-tin solid-liquid mixtures that contain a small amount (low volume fraction) of tin branch-like (i.e., dendritic) structures, some of which possess many arms.
- Fluids and Combustion Facility supplies
- Microgravity Science Glovebox supplies
- Seedling Growth - Plants play an important role in future planning for long-term space missions as they serve as a source of food and generate breathable air for crewmembers. Seedling Growth focuses on the effects of gravity and light on plant growth, development, and cell division. In the long-term, this research is relevant to improving the characteristics of crop plants to benefit human agriculture on Earth.
- Wetlab - Wetlab will provide a variety of advanced bioscience equipment that will allow for on-orbit analysis of tissues from many organisms, including humans.
- SPICE - Smoke Point In Co-flow Experiment - SPICE studies the nature of flames and soot in microgravity.
- MELFI-EU - Electronics unit for the Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer
- Microflow - Microflow is a miniaturized version of a flow cytometer (a common research or clinical laboratory instrument used for a range of bioanalysis and clinical diagnoses). Microflow could pave the way for a gadget to offer real-time analysis of everything from infections, to stress, blood cells, cancer markers, and could even be used to test food-quality levels here on Earth.
- Energy - Astronaut's Energy Requirements for Long-Term Space Flight (Energy) will measures changes in energy balance in crew members.
- Bio Paddles
- Stem cells
Vehicle hardware (298 pounds)
- Caution and data handling items
- CHeCS - Crew Health Care System (Fundoscope; Respiratory Support Pack; Two Air Quality Monitors; Ropes and lanyards for the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device; Turbo cable for COLBERT/T2 treadmill)
- ECLSS - Two beds for Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly
- FCE - Flight Crew Equipment (Two 3.0 AH batteries; SMPA/charger kit)
Computers resources (18 pounds)
- Hard drives; CD case; Serial converter
- EVA tools (7 pounds)
Russian hardware (0.7 pounds)
- Gyro cable for TVIS treadmill