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Happy Friday, Agents! To commemorate the start of a new weekend, we present to you Lorde's first single from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 soundtrack, titled "Yellow Flicker Beat."
Yesterday was the singer's 18th birthday (Happy birthday, Lorde!), and to mark the special occasion she shared a video for the song, directed by Emily Kai Bock. With the release of her video, Lorde added a note on her website detailing some ideas she had behind the video:
it's midnight, and i'm all of ten seconds into being eighteen. the first thing that came into my head just now is that i thought i would have less acne at eighteen.. some things never change. lol. happy birthday me.
i'm in my bed in new zealand, and it just occurred to me i don't think i've been home for one of these little notes in a while. on my seventeenth birthday, i wrote from my hotel bed in new york. on the team music video release, i wrote from paris. when yellow flicker beat came out, i wrote from the bus, whizzing across the las vegas desert. it feels nice to come full circle, in a way, back to where i typed out the little note to accompany the royals video, back where i sucked my thumb, and talked in my sleep, and dreamed.
this video is something i'm really proud of. there are so many beautiful shots and moments, and it's really worth watching it a few times (in the highest possible quality ;~)) to see all the details. when i was dreaming it up, i wasn't thinking too hard about story or a specific narrative, more a mood; a harsh, crackling heat. yellow flicker beat is about katniss realizing that things have crossed a line, about being pushed to the edge and right over it. my character in this video, whether she's weaving her way through a decadent ballroom, hiding out in a grimy, neon-lit motel room (her hair ever-so-slightly dishevelled), or waiting in the night for her bus to come dressed in her whitest clothes, is a shapeshifter, full of intensity and impulse, kind of like katniss. whether she's in a small space or a cavernous one, she's fiery. i don't really know what i'm trying to explain to you here, but don't read the video like a story, just let it take you somewhere.
i guess that's all i have to say right now – my mind is kind of whizzing about this new milestone. i hope you enjoy this. i'll let you know what being eighteen is like when i've been it for a second. i love you lots and lots, you know. thanks for watching, and for still being here.
As you may already know, Lorde was asked to put together the soundtrack for the upcoming installment to The Hunger Games movie series. So far, we're loving the results. "Yellow Flicker Beat" is already playing on repeat in the office.


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Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited's (BMRCL) hope of starting commercial operations on the Reach 3, 3A by November 30 may finally be dashed with the Metro officials yet to submit their application to the Commissioner for Railway Safety (CRS) for conducting the mandatory safety tests which take at least a month to be completed.
During one of their recent inspections of the underground stretch, the BMRCL authorities had announced that by the end of November the commercial operations will begin on the 9.9-kilometre stretch between Malleswaram and Peenya.
Officials from the office of the Commissioner for Railway Safety confirmed that till date they have not yet received the necessary documents from the BMRCL for them to begin the work.
In any case, after receiving the documents the CRS will thoroughly study them and may ask for certain clarifications like it did at the time of conducting the safety tests for Reach 1 between MG Road and Baiyappanahalli.
Only after the paper work is found satisfactory, the CRS will conduct the mandatory safety tests. Without the tests and positive results, the commercial operations cannot begin, said an official from the office of CRS.
On the other hand, BMRCL officials are still confident that necessary approvals and the formalities will be done in the stipulated time frame.
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As of now, the Railway Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), under the Ministry of Railways, has done the certification. But the actual operations depend entirety on the oscillatory test by the CRS.

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The April upsurge in the deaths of cats and dogs in the United States alerted
authorities to an emerging health situation that was ultimately determined to
have been caused by pet food contaminated by imported wheat and rice gluten
intentionally spiked with chemicals from China.
Aside from causing the deaths of household pets, contaminated byproducts of the
adulterated pet food entered the human food chain as animal feed, affecting 20
million chickens, 56,000 pigs and unknown numbers of fish in North America.
While there appears to be no risk to human health in this case, the incident
exposes a nascent threat to health stemming from the increased trade in Chinese
foodstuffs as well as the capabilities and limits of US monitoring capacity.
Food safety and defense are important elements of global health governance.
China and the United States share a common interest in ensuring the safety and
security of the global food chain. The US government has increased its
commitment to "food defense", as established in the Bioterrorism Act
of 2002, but recent incidents have established that increased monitoring
capacity at home is necessary to prevent adulterated products from being
imported and entering the food chain. Increasing domestic budgets and working
closely with trading partners, particularly large volume partners like China,
will help reduce future incidents.
Chinese and international media reports routinely expose the damage caused by
counterfeit and adulterated foodstuffs. Since the transition to a market
economy, Chinese farmers have increasingly used dangerous or illegal pesticides
and fertilizers to increase yields, used improper antibiotics and hormones to
improve livestock and fish growth and employed illegal preservatives to
increase marketability of semi-processed products. In a highly publicized 2004
tragedy, 13 babies died in Fuyang, Anhui province, from fake milk powder that
had virtually no nutritional value.
Hundreds in Panama have died from an additive, diethylene glycol, which was
added to cough syrup. Toothpaste manufactured by a Chinese company and exported
to Panama and Australia is suspected of containing the same ingredient and is
currently being recalled. In addition to the discovery of adulterated pet food
ingredients in the United States, US Customs officials have discovered and
embargoed numerous shipments of foodstuffs from China that are filthy or
contaminated with banned chemicals. From the production standpoint, these
incidents reflect two things: poor manufacturing practices due to the
producers' efforts to increase profits at the expense of safety and the Chinese
government's inability to effectively regulate a decentralized production base.
Oversight of China's large and decentralized food processing and distribution
industry is the responsibility of 10 government departments, particularly the
State Food and Drug Agency (SFDA). Yet responsibility for food safety is shared
by departments within the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, local
animal-husbandry departments, industry commerce bureaus, and the Administration
of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Overlapping jurisdictions,
weak legislation, a predominance of cottage-industry production with little or
no documentation and growing access to international markets is combining to
create a significant challenge for China's regulators and trading partners.
Improved rural communications in China coupled with the liberalization and
growth of global trade means that smaller, rural producers in China now have
greater direct or indirect access to overseas markets. There are an estimated 1
million food processing operations in China, with as many as 70% of them as
family businesses with fewer than 10 employees.
Animal husbandry, in particular, is dominated by rural households. As
globalization advances and China is increasingly integrated economically with
the world, its government faces the progressively more complex task of
enforcing international standards on a still relatively isolated rural
production base. As these small, often rural producers' products increasingly
gain access to the global market, their potentially poor manufacturing
practices present a global health governance challenge to governments tasked
with protecting the health of their citizens.
While counterfeit and contaminated foodstuffs are not new phenomena in China,
the US government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and importers will be
forced to address this relatively new and growing problem.
China's food-processing challenges
Chinese regulators tasked with overseeing food safety face numerous challenges
ensuring that Chinese products are safe for consumption. Environmental,
structural and political factors all contribute to these challenges.
Environmental pollution poses a significant problem for food processors and the
regulators that oversee their output. Access to clean water is a particular
concern. Even the famed Maotai brand liquor has been threatened as its water
supply, the Chishui River, becomes increasingly polluted. Processors must take
precautions to ensure their products are not inadvertently contaminated by
heavy metals, bacteria, fertilizers and other chemicals from water used in
While the Chinese government plays a dominant role in regulating food and
pharmaceutical production, it has had limited success in establishing a culture
of safety in the industry and ensuring that unlicensed and unqualified
processors and their products do not enter the market. The government, in
particular, is unprepared to address food safety proactively when many
producers are little more than cottage processors. Small processors often lack
appropriate documentation and rarely have the technical capacity to ensure
compliance with regulations.
Worst of all, small producers often see government oversight as capricious and
corrupt, and spend more energy trying to outwit officials than "buying
in" and focusing on compliance and good manufacturing practices.
The government's task is made even tougher by the widespread corruption at
multiple levels. Local officials often collude with local companies, stymieing
attempts by higher-level authorities to enforce safety regulations. At the
highest level, the SFDA in China has been racked by a corruption scandal
involving its founding director, which has extended to more than 60 people
as well as provincial food and drug administrations.
Unscrupulous food and drug producers were able to buy various licenses from the
national agency and its provincial and local branches. The astonishing scope of
the administration's inability to effectively monitor the industry was revealed
when the government reported in 2005 that they had discovered 114,000
unlicensed drug manufacturers and demolished 461 offending factories.
Companies that had been issued Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificates
were later found to be shipping unsafe products. The Chinese government has
promised to "clean house". Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior
leaders have publicly vilified corrupt SFDA officials, and the Supreme People's
Court recently sentenced the former director to death.
While government departments intone that they take food safety seriously, they
have been unable to oversee the food and drug industry effectively and reduce
incidents. They are further hampered by the lack of strong consumer-protection
laws and independent courts that place consumer protection above local economic
and political interests. Additionally, China lacks a robust civil society that
collectively represents the interests of consumers as well as
manufacturers. Without structural systems, including a strong legal system,
insurance companies, industry associations and "consumer watchdogs"
in place to support the government, the system lacks a powerful tool to ensure
food and drug processors adhere to good manufacturing practices after the
government inspector has left the premises.
US and Chinese response
In response to the contaminated wheat gluten crisis, the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) sent a team of investigators to China in early May to work
with their Chinese counterparts at the Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine to determine the source and extent of the problem.
The US FDA expressed appreciation for the Chinese government's cooperation,
pointing out that the Chinese embassy issued travel visas for the team the same
day they received the passports. [1] In addition to product recalls, the US
government has also responded by increased inspections of pet food, vegetable
protein products and animal feed imported from China. [2]
In the case of the intentionally adulterated pet feed ingredients that resulted
in the deaths of animals, the Chinese authorities have treated it as a criminal
case limited to two manufacturers, rather than a more fundamental problem with
its food processing industry. Consistent with criminal detentions for previous
contamination incidents, Chinese authorities detained the factory owners who
shipped the adulterated products.
More broadly, however, the Chinese government has expressed its commitment to
improve food safety and improve policies. In response to corruption at the SFDA
as well as the relative ineffectiveness of the 10 government departments in
eliminating food-related incidents, the government is considering the formation
of a Food Safety Commission under the State Council, which would unify
oversight in one body.
While Chinese and US investigations have focused on the specific wheat gluten
case, the incident has sparked recognition that both countries need to work
more closely to ensure the security of the food chain. Reassuringly,
discussions toward that end are reportedly under way. Dr David Acheson,
assistant commissioner for food protection at the FDA, stated in mid-May that
"there are preliminary discussions about formalizing future cooperation
with China on food safety and food defense issues, and those discussions will
continue in the forthcoming weeks".
The Chinese government recognizes that it will have to take significant steps
to improve food and drug safety. Their efforts should help reduce future
embarrassing incidents that ultimately threaten to tarnish the "Made in
China" brand and reduce Chinese manufacturers' competitiveness and market
share. Yet the government's approach to improving food and drug safety must go
beyond protestations of concern and new legislation to have a measurable,
long-term affect.
"Increasing supervision" of the food-processing sector is not
necessarily the most durable solution. Crackdowns and campaigns do not solve
underlying problems and prevent crises from reoccurring. Small manufacturers
that are shut down in one campaign can reopen in another neighborhood under
another name, in effect driving the problem underground.
Likewise, creating unrealistic financial and administrative barriers for
manufacturers to enter the market legitimately can drive processors into
unregulated situations, making certification and traceability extremely
challenging. Incentivizing processors to voluntarily comply with clear and
reasonable regulations will be vital to ensure long-term food safety.
Developing non-governmental resources to support safe manufacturing practices
in China should also be considered. In the United States, NGOs play a vital
role in both policymaking and ensuring food and drug safety. For example, the
Grocery Manufacturers Association-Food Products Association represents food
processors in dialogues with regulators and provides education and training for
processors to ensure that they have the ability to adhere to regulations and
good manufacturing practices. Other organizations, such as the Partnership for
Food Safety Education, work with companies and regulators to educate the public
about safe food handling.
Improving production practices and traceability in China should also be
prioritized. Future enforcement of regulations in the United States will likely
require accurate country of origin labeling that processors and suppliers
exporting to the United States will have to adhere to. In addition, there are
existing production and tracing models, which can be adapted for use in China,
such as HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point).
Finally, increased quality and safety will necessarily result in increased
costs. A consequence of the widespread reporting on the effects of adulterated
and counterfeit products from China will be calls from buyers seeking
certification and testing from reliable laboratories, placing the burden on the
supplier to prove the safety of its products. Responsible buyers, however, must
recognize that added costs cannot be borne by the supplier alone and that some
increased costs will ultimately have to be borne by the end user.
The US government, for its part, can continue to engage Chinese counterparts,
providing technical support and maintaining a dialogue on global health
governance issues within the structure of the two countries' strategic
To improve food and drug safety, the United States can share its experiences in
food safety with the Chinese government and encourage greater involvement of
Chinese non-governmental groups in the sector. China and the United States can
also jointly develop and fund innovative initiatives, such as training and
awareness programs for small processors in China that would build their knowledge
of international standards and increase their willingness to voluntarily follow
safe production techniques, a role for which NGOs are well suited.
The recent spate of incidents has exposed how important it is for governments
to work with producers, exporters and importers to develop systems to ensure
food safety. The melamine-spiked wheat gluten incident highlights the
importance of carrying out the concepts embodied in the Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, which require the US FDA and Customs and
Border Protection to jointly develop regulations pertaining to the registration
of food and animal feed facilities, the prior notification of imported food
shipments, the establishment and maintenance of records, and the administrative
detention of suspect shipments.
Increasing the FDA's and USDA's budgets to enable them to increase detection
capacity and efficiency would prove to be a valuable investment. With its
experience inventorying North American food facilities and collecting data on imported
foods and handling chains, the United States has valuable experience to share
with counterparts in China.
The adulterated-wheat-gluten incident should underscore to officials in both
countries that they share mutual interests in building systems to ensure safe
food production and prevent agroterrorism while still providing open markets to
each other's products.
Copyright 2007 Asia Times Online Ltd.
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"…The (Democratic) party's incumbents have built up solid war chests in anticipation of extremely tough contests in the fall," Hotline reports. "Conversely, many of their Republican challengers start the general election in relatively weak positions, mostly because primaries have exhausted their stockpiles."
Adler reported $1,947,123 cash on hand in his June 30th Federal Election Commission report. Runyan reported $471,761.
"That should not give Democrats false comfort, for the Republican wave still appears to be building," Hotline said. "Another important clue for November — revealed late last week — comes directly from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and it does not inspire confidence. The committee reserved $28 million worth of general election air time for 39 vulnerable incumbents. For the most part there were few surprises on the list, as most were already expected to face tough races. Still, the list served as confirmation of which incumbents do indeed face the toughest races."
Nonetheless, the absence of the 3rd Congressional District race from the list temporarily buoyed the Adler camp, which is still preparing for a hard re-election campaign.


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USTDA Supports Airport and Airfield Security Upgrades in Romania
Thursday, April 21, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. – Today, the U.S. Trade and
Development Agency awarded a grant to National
Company Bucharest Airports S.A. (BANC) for a
feasibility study that will bolster airport
security at the country's largest airport,
Bucharest Henri Coanda (Otopeni) Airport. The
project will deploy information and
telecommunication solutions to help BANC
monitor and manage its operations more
"These upgrades will lead to a world class IT and security system at Bucharest Henri Coanda (Otopeni) Airport, creating a more safe and efficient system for travelers passing through the airport," said USTDA Deputy Director Enoh T. Ebong.
The feasibility study will evaluate the existing technology systems and prepare BANC to integrate IT systems, databases, hardware, software and personnel into one centralized and coherent system, which will be able to analyze and communicate data in real time. "This study will enable our organization to attain its goals in security optimization, upgrades and streamlined operations," said BANC Director General Sorinel Ciobanu.
The Bucharest Airport Information Technology and Security Integration grant was signed by USTDA Deputy Director Enoh Ebong and BANC Director General Sorinel Ciobanu at USTDA's office in Arlington, V.A.


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Stanley Netball Club are put through their pacesPosted by Shackleton Fund on 2013-01-07 21:08:41 FKST
Stanley Netball Club welcomed UK based coach Jan Turley to the Falklands during the first week of December 2012 following their succcessful bid for a Quality of Life Scholarship earlier in the year. The club has been going for over 18 years, and infact competed in the Small Island Games on the Isle of Wight in 1992 (netball was played as a demonstration sport only), but has never benefitted from any professional coaching.
A "Back to Netball" session encouraged beginners to come and learn the sport and "retired" players to return to show off of their sharp moves from days gone by! This was a popular session and formed the base for the almost daily sessions held during Jan's visit. As well as coaching the club Jan also led several sessions at both the Infant & Junior School and the Community School which will hopefully encourage some up and coming youngsters to take up the sport. Some of the more experienced players also took the chance to have some umpiring coaching.
The Club looks forward to building on the new skills learned with the aid or notes and tips and to further visits from Jan in the future,


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When it�s time for the annual meeting and things might get ugly, there�s no place like the road.
Marshall & Illsley Corp., a 164-year-old Wisconsin bank, usually meets with shareholders each April in its hometown of Milwaukee. But that was before the bagpipe-playing firefighters and marching teachers descended on its branches by the thousands earlier this year to protest contributions from executives to Gov. Scott Walker. And it was before the board decided to sell the bank to a Canadian company, a deal that includes $65 million in severance for those same executives.
M&I postponed its regular annual meeting and decamped for New York, 900 miles away, for a hasty special meeting last week. It would be the bank�s last shareholders� meeting � and it only lasted seven minutes. Attendees say executives promised to take questions at the end but never did, and exited quickly through a back door after holding a vote to approve the acquisition by BMO Finance Group, the parent of the Bank of Montreal.
�How can shareholders cast an informed vote if the executives acting on their behalf fail to answer basic questions?� says Daniel Pedrotty, director of the office of investment for the AFL-CIO, which has some members with retirement money invested in M&I through pension funds.
Executives of publicly traded companies are required to face their investors once a year at annual meetings, typically in the spring. These meetings allow shareholders � ranging from investing clubs made up of grandmas to large pension funds � to see and question the CEO and other top executives. For small shareholders, it�s likely the only chance to get face time with a company�s leaders.
While moving a meeting isn�t a new phenomenon, these annual events are most often held in the city where a company is headquartered, or in Delaware, where many of them are incorporated. Sometimes a company might hold its annual shareholder confab in a location where it has a strong business presence, a significant number of employees or a new partner.
But critics say going on the road is also one way companies under fire can hide from angry investors and avoid confrontations with shareholders and protesters. In many cases, the strategy has worked, with fewer people making the trek to attend far-flung meetings.
�Companies should hold meetings where you get the maximum number of shareholders,� says Charles Elson, director of the Weinberg Center for corporate governance at the University of Delaware. �If you don�t want people to attend or protest, you choose an inconvenient location.�
A few other companies on the move this year:
�AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, held its meeting in Los Angeles. About 50 flight attendants showed up to protest, nowhere near the thousands of angry attendants, pilots and mechanics � upset with executives who take big bonuses while union contract negotiations have dragged on since 2008 � that AMR usually draws when it holds meetings in Fort Worth, Texas, where it is headquartered.
�Goldman Sachs Group Inc. held its meeting outside New York for the first time, opting for New Jersey. Goldman moved into a new, 43-story, steel and glass building with 2.1 million square feet in downtown Manhattan in 2010, but said an auditorium in Jersey City had more room for shareholders. The space was only half-filled. In the last several years, Goldman�s New York offices have been the target of large protests over anger about large payouts for top executives and the company�s role in the mortgage meltdown.
�JPMorgan Chase & Co., the nation�s second-largest bank, held its annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Although the bank has 17,000 employees working there, the most outside of New York, its headquarters in Manhattan has been a target of thousand-person protests. About 400 demonstrators still showed up in Columbus, railing against the bank�s handling of mortgage foreclosures.
At an annual meeting, executives make presentations and shareholders elect directors to the board and vote on proposals that require their approval. Investors can also vote online. The meetings are the only forum where many shareholders get to air their views on practices and policies of the company directly to corporate executives and directors.
It can be unpleasant for executives, who often face a harsh audience and tough questions about everything from pay to business decisions. At Bank of America�s auditorium in Charlotte, N.C., where the company is based, CEO Brian Moynihan was visibly squirming on stage during the May 11 annual meeting as he tried to hurry 18 people who had lined up on the two sides of the auditorium�s red velvet seats to speak to him. Several berated him for the bank�s handling of the foreclosure crisis. For example, Liana Molina, an organizer for the California Reinvestment Coalition, a nonprofit group, told Moynihan it wasn�t surprising that �B of A is dubbed as Bad for America.�
Given such anger, it�s no wonder some companies might want to escape, say shareholder activists � even if it�s just across a river. Lance Lindblom, CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, a long time shareholder of Goldman Sachs, says the financial crisis has put a spotlight on the company and led to regular protests outside its New York headquarters. Moving to Jersey City curtails the number of protesters who show up, he says.
�The Hudson River acts as a moat to keep some of them away,� Lindblom says.
Goldman�s meeting in Jersey City drew about 250 people and fewer protesters than in the past. A Goldman spokesman said the space was more conducive to an annual meeting, but wouldn�t say whether there was an auditorium of the same size in the company�s new building in New York. Its meeting had traditionally been held a few blocks away from its headquarters.
AMR says it is holding meetings in its �cornerstone� cities, where most of its flights originate. But in the two years since the road meetings began, the move has also had the effect of keeping away union protesters. In the past, hundreds of uniformed pilots and flight attendants would line up outside the annual confab just south of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, near the company�s headquarters, to protest rich management stock bonuses and labor contract issues.
�In Dallas, you�re always going to get a good crowd,� says Laura Glading, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. �In LA, we were just hoping to have a presence.�


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Tibetan Medicine is one of the world's oldest healing traditions that has been practiced for more than five thousand years in Tibet and the Himalayan region. It is a unique medical science that provides holistic healthcare to the body, mind and soul. Tibetan medicine is commonly known as "gSowa Rigpa" in Tibetan. "gSowa" means to heal or restore and "Rigpa" means the knowledge or science.
While Tibetan medicine is a science, it is also art and a philosophy of holistic healthcare.
It is a science because its principles are enumerated in a systematic and logical framework based on an understanding of the body and the mind's relationship to the environment. It is an art because the Tibetan healers use diagnostic techniques based on the creativity, insight, subtlety, love, and compassion of the medical practitioner. And it is a philosophy because it explains the key Buddhist principles of impermanence, altruism, karma and ethics.
The fundamental principle of Tibetan medicine is that the body, the disease, and the treatment, all share common principles and are comprised of the five elements: earth, fire, water, air, and space. This approach recognizes that everything in the universe – plants, animals, and human beings including all our body tissues, internal organs, skin, skeletal system and even emotions, are composed of these five elements. Each one of them plays a major role, both individually and in combination as aspects of all matter. The five elements in a balanced state, results in a healthy body, speech, and mind. Whereas, if any one of these elements falls out of harmonious balance, excess or deficient, it results in bad health.
The Tibetan medical system is one of the world's oldest known medical traditions. It is an integral part of Tibetan culture and has been developed through many centuries. We believe that the origin of the Tibetan medical tradition as old as civilization itself.
Humankind has depended on nature for sustenance and survival and the instinctive desire for good health has led us to discover remedies for common ailments from natural source. For example – applying residual barley from chang (Tibetan wine) on swollen body parts, drinking hot water for indigestion, and using melted butter for bleeding, are some of the therapies that arose from practical experience and gradually formed the basis for the art of healing in Tibet.
The era from the beginning of human civilization to the advent of Buddhism in Tibet, can be termed as the Pre-Buddhist era. During this time Bon tradition flourished in Tibet and Bon medical practice influenced and enriched the existing Tibetan medical knowledge and practice. It has been clearly mentioned in a Bon text (titled jam-ma tsa-din) that around 200 BC (during the emergence of the first Tibetan king Nyatri-tsenpo) there lived twelve scholars of Bon tradition including a medical scholar who treated disease through medicine and therapy. These indicates that Tibetan practiced medicine and Tibetan physicians existed even prior to the advent of Buddhism in Tibet. However, FOUR TANTRA (RGYU BZHI) remains the foundation of Tibetan medicine today.
The major goals of Tibetan Medicine are:
- maintaining a healthy constitution through balance as an overall preventative approach;
- providing treatment methods for sick people;
- aiding in longevity; and
- assisting those who want to be successful in their physical body and spiritual fields.
Tibetan medicine laid high emphasis on the importance of having love and compassion, and the belief that many illnesses can be cured by the one medicine of love and compassion. These qualities are the ultimate source of human happiness, and our need for them lies at the very core of our being.
Tibetan medicine is much deeper than what it appears to be. Beyond treating symptoms, Tibetan medicine concentrates on treating the patient comprehensively, to promote peace and healing through diet, physical exercise, herbal formulas, and spiritual practice. When Tibetan physicians treat a patient, they focus equally on both the mental and physical states because they believe that the mind and body are inseparable. They address the three poisons (Moha, which is delusion or confusion, Raga, which is greed and sensual attachment, and Dvesha, which is aversion or ill will) as the fundamental cause of emotional disturbances and mental disorders. Tibetan physicians also consider how diet, behaviour, and daily habits affect each individual patient. Therefore, Tibetan Medicine can be best described as a holistic approach to tackle illness because it is designed to prevent and treat all diseases of our living being.
Tibetan medicine shares many ideas with the Buddhist tradition. For instance, "cause and effect" is one of the major concepts that Tibetan medicine shares with Buddhism. Within Tibetan medicine, there are two major divisions of the causes of all illnesses: distant causative factors and immediate causative factors. The distant causative factors are results of the three mental poisons: desire, hatred, and ignorance at work in our physical, emotional, and mental levels. Desire is the root cause of rlung, hatred causes Tripa, and ignorance generates Badkan. Tibetan healers work to free patients not only from physical sickness but also from mental sickness.
In short, the three poisons are the causes and three Nyepa (rlung, mkhris-pa and bad-kan) are the effects. On the other hand, the immediate causative factor is due to seasonal factors, harmful evil spirits, improper eating, and behaviour that result in increase, decrease or disturbance of the three humors that eventually rules the body and mind.
Tibetan medicine uses three diagnostic methods when examining a patient – visual observation, touch and interrogation. One of the most unique aspects of the Tibetan observation method is to perform a urine analysis during consultation, by which the doctor is able to analyse the disease immediately without sending the sample to a lab. The most common method of palpation is to feel both wrist arteries of patients. The doctors' index, middle, and ring finger do palpation because each finger is able to detect characteristics of different internal organs. Detailed inquiry into a patient's health, symptoms and history is also a valuable diagnostic tool, which gives the doctor a greater context for the analysis of current health issues.
Visual Observation
This involves checking a patient's skin complexion, the colour and texture of his/her blood, nails, sputum, feces, and other general conditions. Special attention is paid to the condition of the patient's tongue and urine.
Pulse reading forms the most important method employed in Tibetan medicine. After ensuring an important set of preconditions, the physician proceeds with a pulse diagnosis. This involves placing the index finger, middle finger and ring finger of a doctor on patient's radial arteries. The fingers must be held in a line close to one another yet not touching each other. The index finger must not put too much pressure on the skin; the middle and ring fingers should apply more pressure.
Interrogation forms the most important clinical aspect of the diagnosis. There are three main elements to a medical interrogation:
a. Determining the causative factors
b. Determining the site of the illness
c. Studying the signs and symptoms
Interrogation involves the doctor asking the patient about the dietary regulations she/he has been following, and what the physical and mental behaviour she/he has been experiencing etc.


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Monday, August 22, 2011
Visiting the Ermera Library
I had the pleasure of visiting the library at Gleno. We were impressed with the place before we even entered the front door! And then the kids room was just stunning! Our gorgeous cushions made the room so cheerful!
And a whole stack of our cloth books were on the shelves just waiting to be picked up by small hands.
We had a good look at the whole place and highly recommend a visit if your in the area. You can see more info about what they do on The Ermera Library's website
This is one of their photos showing a librarian using one of our cloth books. They visit the hospital each week and have a short program with new mums about the benefits of reading to their children. Its a great program and we are proud to be connected with them!
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Are you in need of financial assistance for your business but lack requirements? You are in luck. Fortunately, there is a kind of loan that is less complex loan than business and personal loans. It is a home equity loan. A home equity loan is the best alternative to increase your budget for your business, home improvement, or other personal expenses. It is a kind of loan that permits you to borrow money with the current value of your home.
The amount of money you can have from a home equity loan is on par with your home's value. A home equity loan is a second mortgage in consideration to your first mortgage used to purchase your house. Your nearest lending company will be able to provide you with a list of requirements that you need to prepare to apply for Home Equity Loans Laredo.
There are two ways of securing a home equity loan.
The most common option is asking to receive the whole amount of the home equity loan. Repayment is in small installments under a fixed interest rate. However, take note that the basis for the interest for the entire loan period is from the entire amount of the loan. It stays as it is even if you can pay your dues every month.
HELOC or home equity line of credit is another way to acquire a home equity loan. With HELOC, it is not necessary to take all of the approved loanable money from the lender. You have the option to obtain only the amount that you need. The good part is that you can still borrow the remaining loanable amount in case a need arises in the future.
The interest varies with HELOC. You need to pay based on the amount that you borrowed and not on the entire loanable amount.
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A home equity loan can help you to borrow money to fund specific needs through the equity of your home. It has a less complex application process compared to other types of loans. However, make sure to always weigh your options before jumping in as if you fail to pay your dues in a home equity loan, you are at risk of losing your home. Nevertheless, just be sure to manage your finances well and use it properly to fund your needs.


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Triston Casas Formally Invited to Attend MLB Draft in Person
PLANTATION, Fla. May 19, 2018
Triston Casas, a high school baseball standout from American Heritage High School in Plantation, has been formally invited, by the Office of the Commissioner, to attend the 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. While many sports require players to attend college before playing professionally, baseball allows players to go straight to the pros if they are not enrolled in college and have graduated from high school.
The draft, which is in its 54th year, will begin on June 4th and will be broadcasted live by the MLB Network. The live broadcast on the first day will include the first 43 picks, and the remainder of the draft will continue June 5th and 6th, which can be streamed online at http://www.mlb.com. Only five players were extended the invitation to attend the event in person this year, and Triston will be interviewed during the broadcast.
He has posted some impressive stats in his high school career with a batting average of .393, 6 home runs, 29 RBIs, and 26 runs. He also leads the county with 27 walks. Triston, who committed to the University of Miami in just 8th grade, has impressive raw hitting power and pitch recognition for any player, but is especially impressive when one considers he is just eighteen years old. His remarkable size for his age, 6'5″ and 249 pounds, contributes to his hitting power.
Matt Blood, Team USA 18U National Team Director, describes him by saying "he takes everything that he does very seriously, with a very professional approach." His high school head coach, Bruce Aven, is also impressed with his abilities and mentioned his mindset and understanding of timing is a lot more advanced than the average player. He also compliments his maturity, work ethic, and character.
Should Triston go directly to the Major Leagues, it will be a historic accomplishment. He is projected to go in the first round, which would be a dream come true for him. Triston says about being drafted, "it would mean the world to me to be able to get the chance to play professional baseball and whoever I may play for is going to get my all." Follow Triston's journey and tune in live on May 4th.
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Activity › Forums › Mud and Blood 3 › Screen Shots, Movies and AARs › Let's Play Mud and Blood 3 – Caramida9 Youtube Channel
- This topic has 41 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 10 months ago by Arise.
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- Tue, Jun 13th '17 at 0h 57m 39s #3896Tue, Jun 13th '17 at 1h 40m 07s #3898urbzzKeymaster
Wicked fight at the road on those dismounted troops!!Wed, Jun 14th '17 at 8h 37m 36s #3966
Yo guys. I know it's been a long time, but since there's not really much interesting things happening in the hedgerows… and since I need to grind a little bit anyways… how do you boys feel about a livestream this coming weekend? Would you be down for some unfair and brutal live action?Wed, Jun 14th '17 at 8h 40m 34s #3967SnarksParticipant
Give us a stream link and a time. I'm usually down to have something running in the background while I work.Wed, Jun 14th '17 at 12h 49m 48s #3975
Love to. 🙂
Since you are but 1 hours difference away and I have off it be great to see a live gameplay.Thu, Jun 15th '17 at 11h 09m 38s #4018
Alright then, very well. Then you better get ready to unleash the brutality THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! I'll be going back to Twitch to livestream it. I've tried youtube streaming services but I wasn't quite pleased. For those of you who don't know this is my channel: https://www.twitch.tv/caramida10
And just like previous times. I'll be making a countdown timer for when the stream will occur, so we don't have any inconviniences with figuring out the hour around the world. So I'm thinking it will happen sometime around this hour:
Give or take a few minutes while I prepare my setup. I'll see you there commanders.Sat, Jun 17th '17 at 9h 51m 53s #4093Sat, Jun 17th '17 at 18h 35m 57s #4111
On your twitch channel now and awaiting the show.
Question: Why does your you-tube video stretch so much?Sat, Jun 17th '17 at 18h 45m 45s #4113
About that, I was actually wanting to ask a question. Is there any sort of "full-screen" version of the game.
The youtube video is a bit streched out because I do it in the editing so it fits the whole screen(or at least most of it). I sacrifice a bit of the quality, so I use up the space more properly. But I haven't tried doing that with OBS yet, so I have to check if it's possible. Otherwise you will have to see a pretty small livestream.Sat, Jun 17th '17 at 22h 12m 53s #4116ReidModerator
There is a full screen version of MnB3 linked underneath the Play URB Games section of the siteSun, Jun 18th '17 at 19h 09m 19s #4135
That was a blast. You where at it for hours. Thank you for the great show.
You even played a round of Gekisen and won despite giving me heart stoppages for a while.
Keep up the awesome work!Wed, Jun 21st '17 at 18h 00m 38s #4208Sun, Jun 25th '17 at 11h 32m 44s #4335
Yo guys… just made a new one in the meanwhile, just in case you missed it.Sun, Jun 25th '17 at 20h 33m 16s #4345
Starts the game and scowls up the field "hmm, yaa, hmm, hmmmm, great as fuck, hmmm yaaa…" Serious face!
Love it when you play our games. You are so much more into it then when playing other games.
So there was a German Sniper in the first bunch. It's no wonder that they hit better then.
HMG got serious spotting distance nerf so you can fire at them first now.
Only problem is it can take a while and meanwhile reinforcements keep rolling in.
Good hedgerow stand there. Bomb drop on target too.
Soon you are in the city and then things get really fun. 🙂
Stay brutal and URB on!Wed, Jun 28th '17 at 1h 06m 46s #4412
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Proposal for Student Annual Dinner
UniKL Business School 2013
1. Introduction *
The celebration of Eid Fitri is an ibadah so long it is manifested in accordance to the Islamic teachings. Eid celebration in the festive month of Syawal is not just a tradition but more importantly is an opportunity for us to share happiness and joyful with all students from different walk of life after successfully completed the fasting month of Ramadhan.
2. Theme *
Accounting annual dinner. "
3. Objectives *
1. To foster close relationship amongst students and lecturer.
2. To share happiness in celebrating annual dinner to
3. To demonstrate the beauty of Islam in celebrating Eid Mubarak.
4. To promote "Salam" and forgiveness amongst students.
4. Program Details
Details of the program are as follows:
1. Date : 13 March 2013
2. Day : Wednesday
3. Time : 08.00 pm – 12.00 pm
4. Venue: Premiera Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
5. Expected Participants
A total of 300 students (all registered in accounting students) are invited to participate in this program including International Students.
6. Program Schedule
The schedule is very flexible within the time frame of 12:00 noon to 3:00pm. However, students are encouraged to come as early as possible if they do not have classes.
|TIME |PROGRAM | |2.45 pm |Arrival of students | |3.00 pm |Arrival of Dean, Lecturers & others invited guests | |3.05 pm |Opening Doa | |3.10 pm |Dean Specch | |3.20 pm |Dean List Award Ceremony & Food Reception | |5.30 pm |Dismiss |
7. Dress Code *
All Muslim students are encouraged to put on attire suitably to the function and observe our traditional dress code as follows:
Male :Baju Melayu
Female:Baju Kurung
8. Committee Members
Appendix I
9. Financial Implication
Appendix II
10. Conclusion
The Management of UniKL Business School is requested to consider and approve this proposal accordingly.
Appendix I
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Darren Gough "gobsmacked" to hear Smith, Warner and Bancroft being considered for county
The former England pacer is shocked at the manner in which the banned Aussie cricketers have been allowed to play county cricket.
Updated - Apr 25, 2018 1:00 pm
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Former English bowler Darren Gough expressed his surprise and disapproval at Surrey coach Michael di Venuto's statement about roping in the three banned Australian cricketers into the English county. Earlier in April, di Venuto had said that it would be "mad" to not take advantage of such talents, provided the trinity is in the state of mind to play and the England Cricket Board gives them permission to play in the county.
The three Aussies, captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and Cameron Bancroft are facing the consequences of the ball tampering scandal that took place in the third test of the South Africa series. Smith and Warner each got a twelve-month ban from international cricket as well as from the ongoing Indian Premier League. Bancroft was slammed with a nine-month ban because of his younger age.
"If they are in the right mental state to play cricket and the ECB will have to allow it to start with, then we'd be mad not to look at some of the world's best players potentially playing," di Venuto had remarked, according to cricket.com.au.
But Gough would be very much disappointed if this actually happened, as it is clear from his article on the Yorkshire Post. "I was absolutely gobsmacked when I heard that Surrey coach Michael di Venuto said he would be keen to sign one of Australia's banned Test stars in Steve Smith, David Warner or Cameron Bancroft," he started.
Even though he thinks that this is a "sensitive issue" and that the hype regarding the incident has been unnecessary, in his opinion it is better to wait out their period of the ban before including them in county cricket. He speaks in the article both as a former professional cricketer as well as a county fan.
Have no issue with benefits for Cricket Australia says, Gough
"I do think there has been an overreaction regarding the bans, but once they got the 12-month bans from Cricket Australia, I would be hugely disappointed if one of the counties – as a Yorkshire fan – employed one of those three this season," wrote the ex-pacer. "Next season, I would have no issue with it. They will have then served their ban. But not this season," he added.
He also mentions in his article how Somerset set an example by quickly replacing Bancroft for this season. "Somerset led the way for me by getting rid of Bancroft and replacing him with Matt Renshaw," he said.
What bothered Gough, even more, is di Venuto's suggestion of trying and helping Cricket Australia. "I am not bothered about benefitting Australian cricket. Why would one of our coaches in this country want to benefit their cricket with the Ashes coming up here next year?" he mused.
He concluded his piece by saying that it would not look good for England cricket to welcome the banned cricketers into the county this year. "This year, with everything that has gone on, I think it would be a bad move for a county to take them."
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Kim Perell, author of The Execution Factor: The One Skill that Drives Success, has invested in over 70 startups and is the CEO of Amobee, a multimillion-dollar marketing technology company. Through her observation over the years of many successful and failed startups, and from her own personal experiences as an entrepreneur and an executive, she has developed a blueprint for those seeking to turn their business vision into a reality.
Here, she explains the concept of the "execution factor" and breaks down the five components (vision, passion, action, resilience and relationships) that make up this business approach.
Greg Corombos: Hi, I'm Greg Corombos. Our guest this week on Expert Insights is Kim Perell. Kim is CEO of Amobee and author of The Execution Factor: The One Skill that Drives Success. Today, we'll be discussing what successful execution looks like, and what the critical components are. And Kim, thanks so much for being with us.
Kim Perell: Thanks for having me, Greg.
Greg Corombos: Well, you've got a great story here. And we'll get into the aspects of execution that you believe are so critical to business success in just a moment. But to set the stage for that I want our listeners to understand where you've been on this journey. I know things were looking pretty financially bleak for you back when you were in your twenties. You were down to your last, I think, a couple hundred bucks. So talk about your decision at that point to pursue a startup that ultimately grew to a massively successful company that you then sold to the company that you're now in charge of. So how did all that happened?
Kim Perell: Yeah, it's been an incredible journey as an entrepreneur for the last 20 years. I definitely know about failure. And I've seen my fair share. So at 23, I was broke, unemployed. And I was a statistic. And, you know, looking back at that experience, and not knowing what was next, or what was I going to do, I decided to take matters into my own hands and start my own company.
And that was, you know, fairly early on in the infancy of the internet, and everyone, I knew thought I was crazy and thought, you know, the internet, digital marketing was a fad. But, you know, I believed in my vision. I believe the opportunity. And, you know, I made a bet on myself. And I think looking back that the best bet you can ever make is the one on yourself. Because you can only control yourself and what you do, and not, you know, not the surroundings.
Greg Corombos: So you were in a bad place financially and businesswise, before you were able to start the successful business. So, given that less than auspicious start, how did you determine that a lot of success ultimately comes down to execution?
Kim Perell: Yeah, so looking back over the last 20 years, and I've been an entrepreneur, an executive. I'm an investor in over 70 different startups. I'm an advisor, and I'm on a couple of different boards. You know, looking back at that red thread between those companies that are successful and those that are failures, I've seen that execution is that difference, and execution is what separates the good from the great. And it's easy to dream, it is hard to do. So looking back, you know, at so many great ideas, and so many great visionaries. And it's important to have that vision. But you also have to take the necessary action in order to make that vision a reality.Greg Corombos: And you've mentioned two of the five critical components--vision, passion, action, resilience, and relationships. Let's briefly go through them one at a time, what is a quality vision look like?
Kim Perell: Vision is having that North Star and a crystal clear picture of what you want to achieve, whether it be buying a house, starting a business, selling a business, raising money. It's really about being very specific. And, you know, really having that every day, that North Star and that compass. And I put a Post-it on my bathroom mirror, and I look at what I'm trying to achieve every single day in the morning and the night. I did this when I sold my last company. It's a very powerful tool. When you look historically, there are statistics that say that those who write down their visions are nine times as likely to be more successful over their life, and as those who aren't. So why wouldn't you do it? And I think anyone looking to achieve success, this is a great place to start
Greg Corombos: That is followed by passion. How is that different? And what does it look like?
Kim Perell: Passion. How I see passion, not just getting excited and energized. It's really about passion, being the Latin root word for pain. So what are you actually willing to suffer for? And really knowing that going in because it's going to get hard? It's not easy. There's going to be late nights and early mornings. And it's, are you really willing to suffer for what your vision is and to achieve it? I think it's, you know, really understanding if you are or if you aren't, and making, you know, deciding if you're going to take action against it.
Greg Corombos: And that obviously can flow into action itself. But you also talk about action and just setting one or two, maybe even just small little tasks in front of you to keep the drive going.
Kim Perell: Yeah, I think when you look at action, people always look at how do I create, you know, this incredible vision. It's so big. But that gives you analysis paralysis. You just don't know where to start. So it's really about taking one small action every day closer to your vision. And that's what I found to be the most successful because if you try to tackle the entire you know, your entire vision, it's just going to get overwhelming and almost, you know, paralyzing. It's been that way for me.
Greg Corombos: You mentioned Kim, that you're going to suffer at some point. There's going to be setbacks, there's going to be disappointments. And that's where resilience kicks in. How do you know if you have it before you've actually encountered one of these trials? And what does it look like? Again, to put it into practice, when you see a massive setback. The loan doesn't come through. Your partner doesn't turn out to be an honest person. The customers aren't responding. Whatever it is, how do you dig deep and bring that out?
Kim Perell: In my 20 years, I've never seen an overnight success. And you know, when I work with entrepreneurs, I tell them, they should assume it's going to take a minimum of five years before they see that ultimate success and that sign. And so if you really look at that long-term strategy, you have to be willing. It's going to be hard, and are you prepared to endure the wrong turns, the detours, the roadblocks along the way. Because success is not a linear line, straight to the top. There are challenges. And how do you build that resilience muscle, because it's really something that you're going to have to prepare yourself to overcome, as you said. The loan doesn't come through, the funding doesn't come through, you lose a big customer. These happen every day in business. And I think knowing that this happens to...it's not just an individual, this happens all the time to businesses all over the world. Know that you're not alone. And if you get knocked down, you have to get be willing to get back up. It's easy to throw in the towel. It's hard to keep going.
Greg Corombos: We'll get to relationships in just a moment, Kim, but some people might be looking at this and going well, she's explaining very well that this is not easy to follow these five steps. But it sounds like if I do these five things, I'm going to be a smashing success. What would you say to folks who come to that conclusion?
Kim Perell: Yeah, you will. I mean, throughout my experience, I believe these five traits that rate success from failure. I've learned and I've looked at, you know, an incredible amount of companies. I currently run a company and based on my experience, if you can master these five traits, you will be successful. So this is...I think it goes back to the relationship being the fifth trait and surrounding yourself with people that are supporting and encouraging you to achieve your dreams. And I think that's really important. I mean, I personally do something called the life audit, which is...you look at the five people you surround yourself with. And then you really do a very simple exercise, which is, if they're encouraging you and supporting you, challenging you, put a plus. And if they're just telling you, it's not going to work, they're discouraging from your dreams, you put a minus. And then you just start auditing them out. Because whoever you're surrounding yourself [with] and whoever you are spending the most time with, that's where you're going. So surround yourself with people that are thinking big and trying to achieve their dreams, because whatever they're going, you're going to be going too.
Greg Corombos: And those are the relationships you obviously want to cultivate. So again, its vision, passion, action, resilience, and relationships. And so briefly walk us through how this worked for you when you went from dead broke to successful CEO of multimillion dollar company. How did each of these components play into your success?
Kim Perell: Yeah, they're all...I think when you look at execution, each one of them is very important to mastering execution. So my, you know, every day wake up and I think, how can I master each one of these even better than the day before. And it's...I can go from my kitchen table 20 years ago to today, running a global marketing company with a thousand people and writing a bestseller. Anyone can. And that's what I'm trying to, you know, really educate and provide that blueprint in my book, The Execution Factor, so I can help teach people how to build the vision they have for their lives, to surround yourself with those great people. And when they get knocked down to get back up. So really trying to help to give that framework and that blueprint to help others achieve the same success.
Greg Corombos: Kim, it's a fantastic book. It's a fantastic lesson on so many of the qualities that are needed, not just in a successful business operation, but getting the most out of life in many ways, as well. So thank you very much for your time today. We greatly appreciate it.
Kim Perell: Thanks so much, Greg. Appreciate you having me.
Greg Corombos: Kim Perell is CEO of Amobee and author of The Execution Factor: The One Skill that Drives Success. I'm Greg Corombos. This is Expert Insights.
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Jean-Michel Folon (1934-2005). American Ballet Theatre, 1990. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Sheet measures 17.5 x 22 inches; framed piece measures 21 x 26 inches. American Ballet Theatre 50th anniversary design. Excellent condition with no damage, fading, foxing or restoration. Condition is outstanding. Signed lower right.
Jean-Michel Folon (1 March 1934–20 October 2005) was a Belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. Folon was born in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium in 1934 where he studied architecture at the Institut Saint-Luc. In 1955 he settled in a gardener's house in the outskirts of Paris. Over a period of five years he drew morning, noon and night. In 1985 he moved to Monaco where he worked in a large workshop surrounded by numerous artists.
The first exhibition of his watercolors was in New York in 1969 in the Lefebre Gallery. One year later he exhibited in Tokyo and in the Il Milione gallery in Milan. He also participated in the XXVth Venice Biennale. In 1973 he joined the selection of Belgian artists in the XXVth São Paulo Biennale, where he was granted the Grand Prize in Painting. Over the years his work concentrated on different techniques, including watercolor, etching, silkscreen, illustrations, mosaics, and stained glass, which showed the diversity of his art. He also designed numerous posters, often for humanitarian causes. Around 1988 he created his first sculptures made out of wood. He then moved on to creating sculptures in clay, plaster, bronze and marble, while continuing to paint.
Several museums dedicated exhibitions to him, among them the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1971, the Boymans van Beuningen in Rotterdam in 1976, the Institute of Contemporary Art in London in 1977, the Musée Picasso in Antibes in 1984, the Museo Correr in Venice in 1986, the Museo de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires in 1987, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1990, La Pedrera in Barcelona in 1993, the Bunkamura in Tokyo in 1995, the Musée Olympique in Lausanne in 1996 and the Museo Morandi in Bologna in 1996-97. In 1999 an exhibition of large sculptures was presented in the Galerie Guy Pietersin Saint-Paul de Vence. In 2000 he opened the Fondation Folon, which presents the essentials of his work in the region he grew up in. In 2001 the city of Lisbon] held a large retrospective of his sculptures in the Castelo de São Jorge, which dominates the city. In 2003 he created the designs for Puccini's La Bohème for the Puccini Festival in Italy. The president of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac, awarded him the Legion of Honour in the Palais d'Elysée. In 2004 he became a UNICEF ambassador. In 2005 the city of Florence held a grand retrospective of his work at the Palazzo Vecchio and the Forte di Belvedere.
He created a famous piece of television that was screened in France for almost 30 years. It was first made for the Italiques TV show, by Marc Gilbert, which aired from 1971 to 1974. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone.
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Jean-Michel Folon died in Monaco on 20 October 2005, at the age of 71.


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SD201805.27 || Joint Duty Log || "You've Got to be Kidding Me..."
Posted on Mon May 28th, 2018 @ 1:20am by Lieutenant Shinandra Alleir & Sergeant Thomas Buckley
Mission: Comedy of Errors
=/\= Earth, Boston, Night's Rest Hotel =/\=
If he had not been trained to deal with psychologically stressful situations and put up with interrogation by the enemy Buck felt sure that this time he had truly gone insane. As it was he was on edge and expecting attack at any moment. Marines and crew members had been lost in the last mission and he was damned if they would be again. That how he had awoken was a cosmic practical joke waiting to pull out knives had crossed his mind scores of times.
He peered over the throng below him from a balcony walkway, leaning upon the railing in the best clothing he had been able to scrounge. He had had a rude awakening, stark naked and driven out of some en suite bathroom by what, upon reflection, had been the husband of a honeymooning couple. That had been how his day had started and it slid downwards from there. Snatching a pair of loose fitting joggers and a hoody with the words 'Kirk is coming, get busy' he had managed to evade the poor security at this....event.
"I hate this place and everyone in it" he muttered to himself as he tried to formulate some kind f plan.
He was alone as far as he could tell, he had not seen Dolan or any of the other marines. No Pilgrim either. They were units by nature so he knew that they would gravitate to each other as best as they could. How long and how successful they would be though he was unsure. Alone he could survive but he would be lying if he didn't admit to feeling isolated.
"Star Trek, Star Trek, Star Trek...what in the bloody hells in this Star Trek? And why do they dress like a catalogue who's who of the galaxy?" he asked himself with frustration.
Maybe I am going insane he told himself, pulling back the hood and raking his fingers back though his hair with a sigh.
"You look like a familiar face."
A female voice came from behind Buck as he stood at the railing. Nandra saw him as she was walking up, looking around entirely bewildered. She knew every face on the ship, since she was a doctor, although she knew he might not recognize her. Hurrying up, just for the safety of familiar, she stood close and spoke low. "Sergeant," she said. "I'm Lieutenant Alleir, of the Artemis."
For a split second he had the notion that yet another one of these...convention goers...was trying to engage him in some kind of ritual conversation. He had seen it repeated, with differing ranks stated each time, by almost everyone in those uniforms. Turning his head to see the newcomer though eased his fears and gave a small glimmer of hope. He knew her by face, if not name until now. He was sure she had helped treat a number of him marines here and there.
"Nice to see someone from the Artemis Alleir, you're the first I've seen so far. This place, this...hotel...is stranger than our usual locales. I take it I'm the first you've seen too?" he asked in a mirrored low tone.
"Wouldn't happen to know where we are or what damned thing brought us here would you?" he asked. He knew the answer already but truthfully he was just happy to know he wasn't deluded, insane or alone.
"I know what I've been told," she replied hesitantly, "but I don't know if it's real or not. They say we're in Boston, on Earth. In the twenty-first century."
He didn't know what to say at first though the surprise that flashed across his face was clear until it was replaced with his usual half-frown. He shook his head and squeezed the railing slightly without a word. It didn't make sense! He had been on the Artemis and now he was in Boston in the past? He wondered whether, considering the sheet of events the Artemis had, the admiralty just sent people to serve on her to mess with them. Whether their missions were some form of gigantic experimentation. He grumbled to himself a bit.
"You've got to be shitting me," he said finally in a tired voice, "we should sell tickets to fly with us. The one thing we aren't is boring. I really wish I had my rifle"
"But it doesn't make sense," he stated after a few more moments, "last thing I remember is having a shower and then...waking up in this place. I don't remember any disturbances, collisions or attacks. Anything..." he trailed off, looking at her to see if she had anything secret to share, knowing he was not so lucky.
"I don't remember anything either," she said. "I had gotten off a very long shift and had gone to bed." She looked at herself, in her disheveled uniform. "I didn't even both to get out of my uniform before passing out on the bed. Then I woke up here. I was in a bathroom!"
He snorted and took in her uniform. Wasn't that bad all things considered.
"At least you had clothes," he noted with a bit of amusement before breathing deeply and putting on his duty face for the first time since his arrival. it was easier with someone else from the Artemis present, "what do you say we stick together...and see what we can find out? Never know, might bump into others along the way. If this is some strange game it'll be better to keep moving anyway" he said, turning to look at her properly.
"Yes," she agreed quickly, nodding. "Let's stay together. I really don't want to wander around this place by myself anymore. We need to try to find whoever else we can. We can't be the only ones...can we?"
"For a while I thought it was just me," he said, beginning to move towards the stairs at a casual pace so she could match it, "but seeing you...I'd think there will be others. Maybe the whole crew. Either way we're not alone anymore so you need not worry about that" he continued as they began to descend towards the main floor. She sounded more unsettled than he felt and that made him feel the need to project more confidence, even if it was just as much for himself.
It was going to be another one of those weeks and sometimes it was sheer will that got you through.


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Built by Italian superyacht yard ISA to Lloyd's class Olah is a fine example of the yard's craftsmanship. Designed by Walter Franchini, she was launched in 2005 with a major refit in 2011/2012. A popular charter yacht, she has large deck spaces and a light, elegant interior accommodating 10 guests in five staterooms. The accommodation layout consists of a master suite, two VIP staterooms and two twin cabins – all with en suite bathroom facilities.
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