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With our new milling machine we have the capability to machine etch pockets and islands on stencils with little to no deviation. Step downs, step reliefs, step ups, all capable of being machined with our new Mazak Milling machine. We use our 3-D Stencils to permanently deal with area ratio challenges rather than put a gold Band-Aid on your stencil. Our machining process is more accurate than normal chemical etching!
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Holiday Inn Express® Milton Keynes hotel is located near junction 14, off
the M1. Milton Keynes town centre is three miles away, with a host of
restaurants, shops and attractions. With connections to Heathrow (LHR) and
Gatwick (LGW) airports, Milton Keynes Coachway is six minutes away by car,
while Luton Airport (LTN) is 28 minutes' drive away.
On holiday with kids? They'll have a wild time on the rides at Gulliver's Land Theme Park, one mile from the hotel. Or go for a spin around the rink at Planet Ice, nine minutes' drive away. The Xscape entertainment complex has a cinema as well as indoor skydiving and snowboarding. You can hit the shops at intu retail centre or see a show at Milton Keynes Theatre, a short drive away.
You can host a meeting in one of the hotel's eight naturally lit event rooms, which hold up to 65 people. There's free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel and ample free parking for delegates. Tea and coffee, or a full lunch, are available upon request.
The hotel serves three meals a day, starting with the inclusive Express Start Breakfast buffet. You can sit down for lunch or dinner in the Great Room, a casual space where you can enjoy a cold pint from the 24-hour bar. If you are feeling peckish, there's a 24-hour pizza menu too.

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Friday, April 15, 2016 09:24 AM
SPRINGFIELD – Tucked away in a quiet northwest Chicago neighborhood, the sisters at Misericordia Home dedicate their lives to caring for some of the most vulnerable citizens. The mentally and physically disabled individuals who receive care from Misericordia are unique as many receive services from the time they are born to their final breath.
"Misericordia is privileged to provide to more than 600 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities," said Sister Rosemary Connelly, who currently serves as director of the facility. "What we are looking for is something to streamline the licensure process and reduce the bureaucracy that is associated with having multiple licenses on one campus."
Currently, facilities like Misericordia are required by the state to hold multiple licenses for the various services it offers. It can get especially tricky when trying to transfer a patient from one part of the facility to another: An individual may show up on a transfer, but the paperwork placing them there has been held up, causing a delay of care.
Thanks to a new proposal sponsored in the Senate by State Senator John Mulroe (D-Chicago), the care would be seamless. The measure would create a continuum of care license for large-scale facilities like Misericorida, removing the necessity for multiple licenses.
"Misericordia is unique in that it provides exceptional care for its vulnerable residents over lifetimes," Mulroe said. "It makes sense to me that the state should recognize facilities like it under a new, streamlined licensure process to ensure the patients continue receiving the best care they can without experiencing any delays."
The proposal passed the Senate Human Services committee on Tuesday, unopposed and now moves to the Senate floor for further debate.
Sen. John G. Mulroe
10th District
Years served: 2010 - 2019
Committee assignments: Commerce and Economic Development; Criminal Law; Executive; Insurance (Vice-Chairperson); Judiciary (Chairperson); Public Health; Subcommittee on Const. Amendments.
Biography: Born July 21, 1959, in Chicago; BBA, accounting, Loyola University; J.D., Loyola University School of Law; member of Chicago and Illinois State Bar associations; full-time attorney; former assistant state's attorney and arbitrator for Cook County; certified public accountant; married (wife, Margaret), four children.
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Corset Q&A Episode 43: Are Corsets and Waist Training Dangerous?
With corseting and waist training in the news so much, there is a LOT of information out there about how dangerous wearing a corset can be, or how waist training may end civilization as we know it (not really but it feels that way sometimes!). I'm poking a little fun at the media and their tendency to want to only report on the extremes here, but the Cathie Jung's of the world notwithstanding, it IS actually safe to wear a corset AND even to waist train without damaging your body. The fact is, that ANYthing can be taken to extremes and typically when you're at the extreme, you could be in dangerous territory. What we suggest is simply safe and sane methods of corsetry. It goes a little something like this:
"Is your corset causing you pain?" If the answer is a resounding "YES!", then loosen the darn thing or take it off completely! The idea of no pain, no gain does not apply here.
Listen to your body and you will be just fine! Corseting can actually even be beneficial in a some cases. Lucy of Lucy's Corsetry has a wonderful and informative section on her website about "Corset Benefits" for a variety of ailments and even otherwise healthy people.
Take things slow when you get a new corset. The process of seasoning your corset will give the corset time to mold to your body AND your body can get used to the idea of wearing a corset!
Looking for even more information on waist training? Our Waist Training 101: Everything You Need To Know page will get you going in the right direction!
Hopefully this Q & A provided you with a little perspective regarding the "dangers of waist training". Please let us know in the comments if there are any questions that you'd like to see answered in our Corset Q & A series.
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Valisa shields
Do you have one for 300 lb woman 5'2″
Brittney Loveall-Talley
Hi! Height & weight isn't as helpful as you would think for corset sizing… can you contact our sizing experts with your complete measurements, please? On this page you'll find our plus size how to measure video as well as how you can contact them. https://www.orchardcorset.com/corset-sizing/
Thank you!
I saw on http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/real-life/11-things-you-need-to-know-about-waist-training-before-you-jump-on-the-corset-bandwagon-325183.html that you shouldn't wear it at all if your body is still developing. I am 14 and I want to lose 10 kg and some centimetres of my waist and if I buy a waist trainer I will wear it from 2 to 6 hours a day. Can I wear it or it's not recommended to do this in my case? And it is also said that you shouldn't use it as a substitute to healthy-eating and exercise. Then you need to use a waist chincer or you shouldn't use it at all while doing a workout?
Brittney Loveall-Talley
Hi Adeline, we do not recommend anyone under the age of 18 to waist train. Your body is still developing and it's very important to let it run it's course before you attempt any sort of body modification. Please check out this video on why that is.
Can you exercise whIle wearing the corset?
Mary Brewer
Hi Geo, great question and asked often. If you're wearing a corset during your cardio workout, your lungs aren't able to fully expand, so you won't get the full benefit of the workout, and when you're bending or stretching for a strength or flexibility workout you run the risk of bending or contorting the steel bones in your corset which could damage the corset. You cannot launder a corset either so perspiration will be absorbed. We recommend a waist cincher such as our Tecnomed Workout Waist Cincher Your corset wearing will certainly complement your exercise efforts. Happy Corseting!
When would y'all be coming out with a corset that is 16″ long for very tall ppl. Such as my self. The longest I've seen is 13 " .
Brittney Loveall-Talley
Hi Yvonne, currently we do not have any plans to make a longer underbust corset. Our overbust styles are both over 15″ long though. You could always give it a try and if it doesn't work out, you can send it back for a return or exchange. An underbust corset as long as 16″ will likely need to be a custom corset, from my research the only underbusts I have seen close to that length are custom. I hope that helps!
Starla Shae
How long would it take to make a small change in body shape if you follow the rules?
Brittney Loveall-Talley
Hi Starla! There isn't a set time frame for something like this. For some people it takes a long time and a lot of effort and for others it comes more easily. You might find this blog about results really helpful, Lucy's Corsetry also has one as well. Hope that helps a little!


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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! I hope you're all enjoying some wonderful time with your families and friends. I've been taking part in the Indie Design Gift-a-long on Ravelry and having a great time! I've finished 7 projects and I have one remaining project to finish by the end of the year to complete an Opadoo (I should be able to make it in time)! To learn more about the Gift-a-long, check out the Ravelry group here. To find out more about my finished projects (like the yarns I used and links to the designer's pattern pages), check out my projects page on Ravelry here.
I thought I'd share photos of my 7 finished projects with you now. I also have a few gifts/discounts for you at the end of this blog post.
These are my 7 finished projects:
1. Week Before Christmas hat by Mary Renji
2. Pretty Spiffy Tuxedo Baby Bib by Darleen Hopkins
3. Coffee Cup Cozy by Heddi Craft (knit)
4. Grace and Lace Fingerless Mitts by Lilia Vanini (knit)
5. Lace Labyrinth shawl by 10 Hours or Less
6. Entrechat by Lisa Chemery (knit)
7. Mosaic Slippers by Arella Seaton (knit)
This is the project (#8) that I'm currently working on to finish up by the end of the month. It's the Seeds to Flowers Cowl by Kristina Vilimaite. Isn't it a gorgeous design? I have a good start on it and if nothing slows me down, I think I'll get it done in plenty of time to "Tame the Opadoo"!
So that's what I've been doing for the past month! What about you? Are you crocheting and/or knitting gifts for Christmas this year? I enjoy crocheting and knitting for others, especially when they appreciate the time and effort that went into the gift!
Here is my holiday gift to you! Use the code "gift2017" (from today through the end of the year) on this website to receive 25% off all crochet patterns that I have available here on The Crochet Architect.
As an added bonus, the designer of the "Lace Labyrinth" shawl/scarf above (10 Hours or Less) has given me a special code to pass along to my followers to receive a 20% discount on all of their regular-priced crochet and knitting patterns. The code is "CrochetArchitect" and can be used in their Ravelry store. I LOVED crocheting my Lace Labyrinth and I LOVE so many of the "10 Hours or Less" patterns!
I've learned a lot from knitting and crocheting these 7 projects and I'm learning a few more things by knitting the last project. They're all fabulous designs and I'm so glad that I've participated in the annual GAL!
I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Happy crocheting,


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Our experienced groomers will work at a pace that you are comfortable with. During your grooming process our kennel techs will be standing by to soothe any care you may have.
We do not groom fully sedated pets however we do realize some pets need some medication prescribed by their vet to help them relax. Have your parent bring your medication with you. We will administer it close to your groom time.
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Our number one priority is to make you and your parents happy. Please give our groomer the opportunity to fix any issue you may have or let us know for the next groom so that we can get it just right for you.


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When not chasing redfish in Charleston, Scott is either at Lowcountry Fly Shop tying flies or heading to the mountains for Brook trout on dries. While in college, Scott tried to fish 50 states before getting a degree. All was on track until Alaska- where he's been the last 13 yrs salivating and chasing Rainbows, sleeping in tents and fending off bears with sticks and pepper spray. Call the shop to get into a lengthy discussion on any aspect of fly fishing- ask for Scotty D
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in their toys
their play, their innocent
infancy so toys look
alive like-children.
The meaningless prattle
of children contains
the meaning of life
the meaning of life
in the noise of sounds
they create the commentary
of life as created
by the soul.
In the still movement
of children is the
eagerness longing
to touch all.
Their soles leave
on the earth the
movement of their passion
so even when they are not around
they embrace unexpectedly
Children have a season
of their very own
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Jennifer Neubauer of Lake Forest shares a letter that she sent to Lake Forest High School District 115 on June 7, 2015 regarding the Board of Education's search for a new principal.
Open Letter to the LFHS Board of Education: Reese Marcusson ([email protected]), John Powers ([email protected]), Ted Moorman ([email protected]), Dave Schreiber ([email protected]), Lise Eliot ([email protected]), Diana Kreiling ([email protected]) and David Lane ([email protected])
Dear Lake Forest High School Board of Directors:
This is my third and hopefully last letter to you regarding the proposed hiring of an LFHS principal. It raises legal issues that point to Board liability.
A review of relevant Illinois statutes as well as the LFHS Board of Education Policy Manual based on those statutes (hereinafter "Manual") prompts me to offer the following for your consideration.
As the legal governing public body tasked with furthering the District's mission, all Board members swore to "faithfully discharge the duties of the office" in accord with the laws of the State of Illinois (in addition to the Illinois and U.S. Constitutions). (Manual, 2:80). The Board owes a fiduciary duty to the District which requires it act in utmost good faith for the benefit of the District, not for other interests or individual people. The District's mission is clear:
"…our mission is to prepare graduates to be among the best in their chosen fields of endeavor and to be productive contributors to society by inspiring a passion for life-long learning and challenging all students to discover and maximize their abilities through a partnership that engages the entire community." (Manual 1:30)"
According to Illinois law and to further this mission, the District is governed by a Board. The Board's specifically enumerated duties include the "authority to adopt, enforce, and monitor all policies" for the management and governance of LFHS. (Manual, 2:10). The non-inclusive list of the Board's "major powers and duties" include not simply "[a]pproving the curriculum" and "[a]pproving the annual budget," but specifically include the primary power to hire and fire personnel: the Manual clearly enumerates this Board's specific duty: "[e]mploying a Superintendent and other personnel, making employment decisions, [and] dismissing personnel […]". (Manual, 2:20, emphasis supplied).
Regarding a principal hiring, the law states: "The Superintendent is responsible for recruiting personnel and making hiring recommendations to the Board. If the Superintendent's recommendation is rejected, the Superintendent must submit another." (Manual, 5:30, emphasis supplied) That same paragraph tasks the Board with hiring "the most qualified personnel consistent with budget and staffing requirements" (Manual, 5:30, emphasis supplied). Thus, while the Board is free to collaborate with the Superintendent to achieve the District's mission, the ultimate authority to hire the "most qualified" personnel does not lie with the Superintendent. As a matter of law, it lies with this Board. (Manual, 2:130).
It may appear that the Superintendent makes a myriad of hiring/firing decisions on his own authority, but he can do so only with the authority vested in him by the Board. As a practical matter, many of those decisions are "rubber-stamped" by the Board simply because the Board is not a micro-manager and must trust (to a lesser and lesser degree, one hopes) the Superintendent. There is no statutory authority that allows the Board to avoid its primary duty nor delegate this statutory duty away to a third party, like the Superintendent. The Board cannot make itself, and thus cannot regard itself as completely impotent in the hiring or non-hiring of a recommended principal, regardless of past practice, anecdote, rumor, habit, or on the advice of the Superintendent or counsel. Quite the contrary. The "buck stops" with the Board and the Board is liable for the decision, not the Superintendent.
Second, and because the "buck stops" with the Board, it is given the authority and responsibility to "represent [ ] the needs and desires of the community in educational matters." (Manual, at 2:20, #19). This is part and parcel of the Board's fiduciary duty to the District. Thus, persons who express fundamental, core values that contravene the desire of the community in educational matters should not be employed and it would be a breach of your fiduciary duty to the District to do so.
Note the express directive that the Board "represent the needs and desires of the community"–not the needs and desires of the Superintendent and not the needs and desires of persons outside the community, not the needs and desires of social theorists or educational "innovators." No, by law the Board is specifically tasked with representing LFHS parents, students, District taxpayers and their needs and desires, alone. Period. The Board cannot abdicate its role, shut its eyes to the needs and desires of the community and hope for the best. The Board is the only advocate this community has.
Third, the Manual also governs the conduct of District employees and their electronic communications. It states: "All District employees are expected to maintain high standards in their school relationships, to demonstrate integrity and honesty, to be considerate and cooperative…" (Manual, 5:120). Employees using "any form of social media or electronic communication…shall not:
Create, post or transfer any discriminatory, threatening, libelous, obscene, or slanderous comments about the District, its employees, students, or parents; [or] publicize, disclose, distribute, or post any material or communications which causes, or can be reasonably expected to cause, substantial disruption of the school environment, including communications which…[a]re harassing, threatening, or discriminatory….Employees must adhere to the high standards for appropriate conduct, communication, and relationships detailed by District policies at all times, regardless of the platform of social media…." (Manual, 5:125, emphasis added).
It would be grossly and recklessly negligent to hire a person to lead the LFHS community who has publicly demonstrated a lack of "integrity and honesty" by hiding social media postings that express slanderous and discriminatory views of the LFHS community, which views have already caused a "substantial disruption of the school environment".
In conclusion: the Board has primary authority to hire a principal and may accept or reject the Superintendent's suggestion. The Board has a fiduciary duty to represent the needs and desires of the community in educational matters and clearly this includes the hiring of school leadership aligned with those needs and desires. Finally, the Board would negligently and recklessly violate its duty to the District to hire someone whose social internet postings were so vile and offensive to the community that she had to hide them from the Board and the community to get the job. Ladies and Gentlemen, when constituted as a Board you are the champions of the mission and guardians of the LFHS community. I am confident you will do your duty.
Very truly yours,
Jennifer C. Neubauer
[email protected]
LFHS graduate and parent
Footnotes: All references are to the Board of Education Policy Manual at the Board of Ed tab
1. All references are to the Board of Education Policy Manual at the Board of Ed tab: www.lakeforestschools.org/board-of-education/district-115-boe/index.aspx
2. 105 ILCS 5/10-16a. Fiduciary, from the Latin fiducia, meaning "trust," a person who has the power and obligation to act for another under circumstances which require total trust, good faith and honesty. A fiduciary is held to a standard of conduct and trust above that of a stranger or of a casual business person. See: http://www.legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/fiduciary+duty
3. See also Manual at 2:130 and 3.60. Nowhere does the law mandate that the Board adopt any of the Superintendent's recommendations on hiring proposals.
4. For this reason, also, allowing people who live outside the District to comment at a Board meeting on the hiring of an LFHS principal is not simply a waste of time, but also greatly impairs the Board's duty to communicate with LFHS stakeholders and learn their desires and needs during the public comments section of the Board meeting. Outsider speeches should not be allowed.
This Letter to the Editor is from Jennifer Neubauer of Lake Forest. Letters to the Editor represent the writers' opinions and not necessarily those of Daily North Shore.


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The WS-Desc team determined that the spec it was developing was sufficiently different from WSDL 1.1 that it was more appropriate to name it WSDL 2.0 rather than WSDL 1.2. So the team simply changed the name from WSDL 1.2 to WSDL 2.0. You should think of the last WSDL 1.2 working draft as an early version of the current WSDL 2.0 working draft. SOAP 1.2 is complete, and developers can use WSDL 1.1 to describe SOAP 1.2 services. But the fact of the matter is, very few products fully support SOAP 1.2, and anyone developing Web services using SOAP 1.2 will probably encounter interoperability issues for the immediate future. I agree with your third assumption. Anne At 03:55 AM 2/9/2004, Rob Henley wrote: >Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I haven't seen this clarified anywhere. Can >anyone say if these assumptions are correct? > >1. WSDL 1.2 will not be developed further and will never progress from >working draft? >2. WSDL 2.0 as it currently stands is identical to WSDL 1.2, but is >intended to be developed by W3C to Recommendation status? >3. most businesses will probably wait for a finalised WSDL 2.0 before >migrating from SOAP 1.1 + WSDL 1.1 + basic Profile to SOAP 1.2 + WSDL 2.0? > >Many thanks >Rob Henley > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anne Thomas Manes VP & Research Director Burton GroupReceived on Monday, 9 February 2004 10:35:06 UTC
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Deliveries are to commence in early July 2011, and the facility is scheduled for completion by 2012. The manufacturer has also signed a ten-year operations and maintenance deal.
After the completion of the Kobylnica project, the total capacity of all Siemens turbines installed in Poland will reach the level of nearly 150MW, which translates to a 10% share of the local market.
Currently, Siemens has delivered 46 turbines with a total capacity of 106MW to Polish wind projects.


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Bedouin Tent at an open air museum. Kinda unbeliefable that most people lived in bedouin tents like this before Dubai made its wealth with oil - which started in 1972. According to wikipedia the total bedouin population is about 200.000 in the UAE.
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text: Payment Institutions Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 (PSD2) was transposed into Irish law by Statutory Instrument No. 6 of 2018, the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 (PSR), which became effective in Ireland on 13 January 2018. The PSR replaced the previous European Communities (Payments Services) Regulations 2009 which transposed Directive 2007/64/EC (PSD1) into Irish law and became effective on 1 November 2009. The Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) is the competent authority in Ireland for the authorisation and supervision of payment institutions under Regulation 33 of the PSR. As competent authority, the Central Bank's role is to ensure and monitor effective compliance with the PSR. A payment institution means a payment institution authorised by the Central Bank under Regulation 18 of the PSR. Payment institutions must obtain authorisation from the Central Bank in order to provide payment services. The provisions of the PSR will apply to persons providing payment services as listed in the Schedule to the PSR. This section of the website also deals with Registrations as Account Information Service Providers under the PSR. Please refer to the following PSD2 - Frequently Asked Questions section for details on the PSD2 and the new PSR that may be of relevance to your firm. Payment Services A payment service is defined in the Schedule to the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 as: Services enabling cash to be placed on a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account. Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account. Execution of payment transactions, including transfers of funds on a payment account with the user's payment service provider or with another payment service provider: (a) execution of direct debits, including one-off direct debits; (b) execution of payment transactions through a payment card or a similar device; (c) execution of credit transfers, including standing orders. Execution of payment transactions where the funds are covered by a credit line for a payment service user: (a) execution of direct debits, including one-off direct debits; (b) execution of payment transactions through a payment card or a similar device; (c) execution of credit transfers, including standing orders. Issuing payment instruments and/or acquiring payment transactions. Money remittance. Payment initiation services Account information services Payment Service Providers In addition to the firms listed on the Register of Payment Institutions who have been granted an authorisation pursuant to Regulation 18 of the Regulations and the Register of Credit Unions under Regulation 9(1)(b) of the Regulations, there are other Payment Service Providers who have the right to provide payment services under Regulation 8 of the Regulations. These are: A credit institution within the meaning of Directive 2006/48/EC, An electronic money institution (within the meaning of the European Communities (Electronic Money) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 183 of 2011), An Post, in its capacity as a provider of banking and giro services, or the postal authority of another Member State in its capacity as the provider of a giro service, The Central Bank, European Central Bank & other Member State Central Banks not acting in its capacity as a monetary authority, A Member State, or a regional or local authority not acting in its capacity as a public authority, A person for the time being permitted under Part 8 of the Regulations to provide the payment service, Small payment institutions, and Payment Institutions authorised in another EEA Member State who have given notice in accordance with Article 25 of the Payment Services Directive (a register of these firms will be available on the Home Member State Register of Payment Institutions). Excluded Firms Notifications Regulation 4 of the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 (PSR) provides for a number of exclusions from the scope of the PSR, i.e. certain services and payment transactions to which the PSR does not apply. Regulations 45 and 46 of the PSR provides that, in the case of the two exclusions referred to below, the relevant service provider is subject to certain notification requirements and other obligations. Limited Network Exclusion (provided for by Regulation 4(k)(i) and (ii) of the PSR) - services based on specific payment instruments that can be used only in a limited way (subject to certain conditions); and Electronic Communications Exclusion (provided for by Regulation 4(l) of the PSR) - certain payment transactions by a provider of electronic communications networks or services provided in addition to electronic communications services for a subscriber to the network or service. Further information in respect of these exclusions, the relevant notification requirements and other obligations imposed on service providers falling within the scope of these exclusions, can be found in Regulations 4(k)(i) and (ii), 4(l), 45 and 46 of the PSR . The onus is on any firm availing of an exclusion provided for under the PSR to satisfy itself that any such services and/or payment transactions qualify for exclusion and to ensure that it adheres to the relevant notification requirements and other obligations. The Central Bank has published forms to enable firms to make notifications relating to these exclusions. Both the Limited Network Exclusion and the Electronic Communications Exclusion Notification Forms contain information and guidance to support firms in completing the forms. They also contain details of when, and in what circumstances, notifications are required. The Central Bank will maintain a public register on its website of service providers that fall within the scope of the Limited Network and Electronic Communications Exclusions and who have submitted a notification pursuant to Regulations 45 and 46 of the PSR. The European Banking Authority will also maintain a public register that will include the information covered in the Central Bank register as well as information provided by the relevant competent authorities in other Member States. Limited Network Exclusion and Electronic Communications Exclusion Forms can be sent electronically to firstname.lastname@example.com. Furthermore any queries in relation to the above may be sent to: email@example.com. Please note that the Central Bank does not give advice on whether or not a service and/or payment transaction falls for exclusion under the PSR. The Central Bank recommends that firms seek legal advice if they are unsure as to whether their proposed activities fall with the scope of the above-mentioned exclusions or if they are unsure as to how to comply with their notification and other obligations under the PSR. Industry Communications EBA publishes Opinion on the Transition from PSD1 to PSD2 The EBA has published an Opinion in relation to the transition from the first Payment Services Directive (PSD1) to the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) which became effective 13 January 2018. The EBA opinion clarifies a number of issues identified by market participants and competent authorities, including with regard to the transitional period foreseen under PSD2, including the transitional arrangements that apply to account information service providers and payment initiation service providers. 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The DHARMA (Department of Heuristics And Research on Material Applications) Initiative was a scientific research project that had a large presence on the Island between the 1970s and the early 1990s. The project is represented by variations of an octagonal logo, a variation of the Ba Gua which comes from Daoist mysticism, that appear on most of its products and facilities.
The Initiative's general goal was to manipulate scientific laws in order to change any of the six factors of the Valenzetti Equation, a sequence that was believed to have some connection to the date marking the end of humanity, in hopes of delaying such a date.
The Hanso Foundation cut the DHARMA Initiative's funding in 1987. The DHARMA Initiative largely ended after the Purge, an event that saw the death of almost all of its members on the Island at the hands of the Hostiles.
Creation of the DHARMA Initiative
According to various orientation films, the Initiative was founded in 1970 by Gerald and Karen DeGroot, two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was financially backed by Danish industrialist and munitions magnate Alvar Hanso and his Hanso Foundation.
However, since The Lamp Post was built in the 1960s, the date of 1970 given by Pierre Chang in the orientation films may be incorrect.
Finding and settling the Island
According to Eloise Hawking, an unspecified man used The Lamp Post station in Los Angeles to find the location of the Island in the 1960s. Located underneath a church, the Lamp Post harnessed the unique pocket of energy in that area and used it to find other similar pockets around the globe. Though this man was only interested in one specific area: the Island. Since the Island was always moving, the Lamp Post was integral in finding the Island's location. Within a few years' time, the location was uncovered.
At some point in the early 1970s, the DHARMA Initiative founded a tiny community on the Island. The Barracks became the center of operation for the DHARMA Initiative on the Island. Significant quantities of construction materials, electronic equipment and various vehicles and machinery were brought to the Island during the phase of settlement for the construction of the various DHARMA stations. Off the Island, the DHARMA Initiative's activities were coordinated from Ann Arbor in Michigan. ("Some Like It Hoth")
Conflict with the Hostiles
Not long after settling on the Island, the DHARMA Initiative fought an armed conflict with a group they called the Hostiles prior to 1973. The reasons for the conflict are not known, though Horace Goodspeed stated that the Hostiles were natives to the Island, implying that a conflict could have arisen from DHARMA moving into their territory or intruding on the Island. On August 15, 1973, DHARMA and the Hostiles agreed to a Truce, and an uneasy peace existed between them for nearly two decades.
DHARMA appears not only to have violated the Truce but to have taken steps as the conflict escalated, including devoting one of their stations (The Arrow) to developing new strategies against the Hostiles, installation of security cameras and other monitoring systems, weapon stockpiles (unusual for a utopian community) and even having a professional interrogator on their staff. The conflict between the two does not appear to have been helped by the appearance of the time shifting survivors in 1974-1977.
Regardless of the cause, the conflict ended in December 1992 with an event known as the Purge. The Hostiles launched a toxic gas attack on the Barracks (and possibly other locations) that killed nearly all DHARMA personnel on the Island. Staff at The Swan survived, as they were sealed inside their station, and other DHARMA members, including Benjamin Linus and Ethan Rom, survived by joining the Hostiles. The bodies of those killed in the attack were piled into an open mass grave in the jungle. The Hostiles continue to survive today as the group Danielle Rousseau, the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 and the survivors of the freighter Kahana call "the Others".
After the slaughter, some of the DHARMA projects on the Island collapsed. For example, the polar bears escaped from their cages during the collapse, according to Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse in the Official Lost Podcasts.
Other than those DHARMA members who joined the Others (such as Benjamin Linus and Ethan Rom), there are only two DHARMA members on the Island who are known to have survived the Purge: Stuart Radzinsky and Kelvin Inman, who remained in The Swan after the Purge. Radzinsky committed suicide at an unknown date, and Inman, the last known member of the Initiative on the Island, died September 22, 2004. In the March 20, 2007 Official Lost Podcast, Carlton Cuse said he did not believe that The Others knew about the Swan station, but acknowledged that they might have observed the Swan through the monitors at the Pearl.
DHARMA after the Purge
The DHARMA Initiative collapsed or was destroyed off the Island as well, although the details of this remain unclear. In the Official Lost Podcasts, executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse also make frequent references to DHARMA's fall as a "collapse". In the Sri Lanka video, Thomas Mittelwerk stated that "we all know what happened: the DHARMA Initiative failed."
The date of DHARMA's collapse is unclear as well. In 2010, Benjamin Linus states that the DHARMA Initiative has not existed "for over twenty years". ("The New Man in Charge") Hugh McIntyre of the Hanso Foundation said in an interview as part of The Lost Experience that the DHARMA Initiative's funding was cut in 1987. However, this seems to conflict with the 1992 date for the Purge (if we are to take the math of Horace Goodspeed's spirit literally).
By 2004 at the latest, The Lamp Post was in the control of Eloise Hawking. ("316") It is unknown whether other DHARMA facilities off the Island were similarly taken over by the Others.
The DHARMA Logistics Warehouse in Orote Peninsula, Guam, continued to function, delivering periodic resupply drops to the Island. This warehouse was run by Hector and Glenn, who were unaware that the rest of the DHARMA Initiative no longer existed. In 2010, Benjamin Linus closed down this warehouse. ("The New Man in Charge")
Nothing is known about the fate of Alvar Hanso, the DeGroots, or the DHARMA headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Project Aims
According to various orientation films, the Initiative was founded in 1970 by Gerald and Karen DeGroot, two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan. It was financially backed by Danish industrialist and munitions magnate Alvar Hanso and his Hanso Foundation. The alleged purpose of the Initiative, according to the Swan Orientation film, was to create "a large-scale communal research compound where scientists and free-thinkers from around the globe could pursue research in meteorology, psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism, and Utopian social-[static]."
The Barracks video also said that the mission of the Initiative on the Island was to study its unique properties for the betterment of mankind and advancement of world peace.
The Sri Lanka Video of The Lost Experience appears to build on the last statement, explaining that the DHARMA Initiative was part of a project begun in response to the Valenzetti Equation commissioned by the UN in 1967, a mathematical formula that reportedly predicts the amount of time until the extinction of mankind. The purpose of the DHARMA Initiative on the Island was to use scientific research to manipulate the environment in order to change any one of the core factors of the Valenzetti Equation which, in turn, would change the Equation's result and thus change mankind's destiny. They were also interested in researching the unique properties on the Island found nowhere else in the world, again for the betterment of humanity.
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Further Reading
Decoded Members of The DHARMA Initiative
Primary "DHARMA" Members
Secondary "DHARMA" Members
Founding "DHARMA Initiative" Members & Family
Key Episode(s) to Decoding the Faction
LOST: Alternate Reality Game
DharmaWantsYou.com (Original Link Dead) was a website launched as part of the new Lost alternate reality game running during the hiatus between Seasons 4 and 5. A newsletter email from Octagon Global Recruiting identified the site as a place where volunteers may be assessed for their eligibility to join their project. It has been stated that this will be available for a limited time only, testing has ended on October 7th, 2008.
Candidate Tests
The website has issued a series of tests, and from this assigned candidates into specific groups. More details about each test can be viewed in individual article spaces. Beginning with an eligibility test, a series of other tests are being released weekly (each seemingly with a "cheat" function built into the evaluation). Prior to the release of the assessment tests, an eligibility test was given to recruits. Recruits were also able from September 10th to create their own tests with Recruit Created Assessments for others to play, earning themselves Dharma points in the process.
- Test 1: Pressurized Spatial Judgment Evaluation
- Test 2: Broad Spectrum Knowledge Analysis
- Test 3: Dexterity and Attentiveness Evaluation
- Test 4: Tangential Judgment Analysis
- Test 5: Numeric Projection Evaluation
- Test 6: Specialized Departmental Evaluation
- Test 7: Honesty and Integrity Test
Candidate Groups (Clues: Greek Mythology)
The candidate group names are all characters from Greek mythology. After completeing each test, recruits were assigned to a new group.
The candidates groups form a tree data structure. An example path through the structure is shown in the illustration in red. There are 8640 (2x3x4x5x6x6x2) unique possibilities through the system, assuming that all nodes from one level connect to all nodes of the next level.
Groups per test
The table below gives the details of the candidate groups by test:
|Test #
|Group Theme
|Group Names
|Total Groups
|Test 1
|Ganymede, Pandora
|2 Groups
|Test 2
|Brontes, Polyphemus, Steropes
|3 Groups
|Test 3
|Antaeus, Enceladus, Otus, Tityos
|4 Groups
|Test 4
|Atlas, Crius, Cronus, Helios, Oceanus
|5 Groups
|Test 5
|Aether, Chaos, Chronos, Hemera, Nyx, Oranos
|6 Groups
|Test 6
|Apollo, Ares, Athena, Demeter, Hestia, Poseidon
|6 Groups
|Test 7
|Black Swan, White Swan
|2 Groups
Test 6 Groups
For Test 6, the candidate group placement was apparently chosen before the test. Based on candidate reports, the types of questions asked indicated what group they were assigned to. The table below shows the types of question asked and the associated group the candidate was assigned to:
Question Type (Group Assigned)
1. Psychology & Philosophy
2. Architecture
3. Mathematics
4. Electronics &
5. Medical &
6. Biology &
Greek references within the DHARMA Initiative
DHARMA Stations
The Hydra, relates to the many-headed monster from Greek mythology, and was killed by Heracles as one of the twelve tasks he was given after a terrible crime. Theoretically it could not be killed – if a head were cut off, several more would grow in its place. Heracles and his friend Iolaus killed it by cauterizing the stumps of each neck as Heracles severed it except one head which was immortal that they buried.
The Arrow, relates to the god Apollo & goddess Artemis from Greek mythology. Apollo was a god of archery and one of his symbols was the bow and arrow. Artemis, Apollo's twin sister was the goddess of the hunt and usually depicted as a huntress carrying bows and arrows.
The Swan, relates to the god Apollo from Greek mythology. Swans are sacred to Apollo, and circled around him when he was born.
The Flame, relates to the god Hades from Greek mythology. Hades was the god of the Underworld, which in a Christian view is called Hell. The concept of Hell is traditionally considered a fiery place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife.
The Pearl, relates to the Titan Atlas from Greek mythology. Atlas was the Titan who was punished by Zeus and forced to support the heavens and governed the moon. The Sanskrit translation for Pearl is "Falling Star" or "Gem of the Moon".
The Orchid, relates to the god Zeus from Greek mythology. In ancient Greece, orchids were symbols of virility. Masculine attributes such as beard growth were seen as a sign of virility and leadership. Zeus, the King of the Gods was commonly depicted with a beard and was famous for his many conquests and numerous children.
The Staff, relates to the god Asclepius from Greek mythology. The station logo incorporated the "Caduceus" – the alchemical symbol in western tradition for medicine. According to Greek Mythology, the Caduceus staff originally belonged to Apollo who eventually traded it to Hermes. The common mistake in modern medicine is its usage over the correct Rod of Asclepius.
The Looking Glass, relates to the god Phorcys & goddess Demeter from Greek mythology. The station insignia (a white rabbit and watch) is a reference to the white rabbit from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Rabbits are a common symbol of fertility. Phorcys was the Primordial Sea God of the hidden dangers of the deep, while Demeter was the Goddess of the Harvest, Earth and Agriculture.
The Lamp Post, relates to the goddess Amphitrite from Greek mythology. The lamp post in Narnia was explained in book six of the The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician's Nephew. A young boy named Digory discovers a "place between worlds" that allows him to visit other versions of reality by jumping through pools. Amphitrite was a sea goddess and wife of Poseidon.
Miscellaneous References
The "Apollo" Bar was one of the many foods that were first found in the pantry within The Swan station.
A number of "Cerberus" Vents (CV) were located on the Swan's Blastdoor Map and the Cerberus Chamber was located beneath the Temple where the Monster later accessed the chamber to judge Ben.
The "Helios" Foundation is a metafictional location which appears in Bad Twin, a novel written by Flight 815 passenger Gary Troup.
"Persephone" was the alias used by Rachel Blake during the storyline of the Lost alternate reality game The Lost Experience. It was later confirmed that Rachel is the daughter of Alvar Hanso.
The "Medusa" Spider is a dangerous species of spider found on the Island. Nikki used the live Medusa Spider to attack Paulo which caused paralysis and resulted in both being confirmed dead and buried alive.
At the top of Jacob's tapestry is a quote from Homer's Odyssey which translates to "May the gods grant thee all that thy heart desires. A second tapestry Odyssey quote reads, "May the gods grant thee happiness," and at the bottom are Plato's words: "Only the dead have seen the end of war."
The writers have referenced the Hatch as a metaphor for "Pandora's" Box. Locke tells Hurley he believes "hope is inside."
Penelope Hume's name and role mirror that of the Odyssey's Penelope. In the Odyssey, Penelope was Odysseus' loyal wife and mother of Telemachus.
Kronos is a fictional company shown in an ad in the soccer game Desmond is watching on television in a bar. In Greek mythology, Chronos was the God of Time.
Island History
Ptolemaic (Greek) Dynasty in Egypt
In 332 BC Alexander III of Macedon conquered Egypt with little resistance from the Persians. He was welcomed by the Egyptians as a deliverer. He visited Memphis, and went on a pilgrimage to the oracle of Amun at the Oasis of Siwa. The oracle declared him to be the son of Amun. He conciliated the Egyptians by the respect which he showed for their religion, but he appointed Greeks to virtually all the senior posts in the country, and founded a new Greek city, Alexandria, to be the new capital. The wealth of Egypt could now be harnessed for Alexander's conquest of the rest of the Persian Empire. Early in 331 BC he was ready to depart, and led his forces away to Phoenicia. He left Cleomenes as the ruling nomarch to control Egypt in his absence. Alexander never returned to Egypt.
Greek Cosmogony & Cosmology
"Myths of origin" or "creation myths" represent an attempt to render the universe comprehensible in human terms and explain the origin of the world. The most widely accepted version at the time, although a philosophical account of the beginning of things, is reported by Hesiod, in his Theogony. He begins with Chaos, a yawning nothingness. Out of the void emerged Gaia (the Earth) and some other primary divine beings: Eros (Love), the Abyss (the Tartarus), and the Erebus. Without male assistance, Gaia gave birth to Uranus (the Sky) who then fertilized her. From that union were born first the Titans—six males: Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus; and six females: Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Theia, Themis, and Tethys. After Cronus was born, Gaia and Oranos decreed no more Titans were to be born. They were followed by the one-eyed Cyclopes and the Hecatonchires or Hundred-Handed Ones. Cronus ("the wily, youngest and most terrible of Gaia's children") castrated his father and became the ruler of the gods with his sister-wife Rhea as his consort, and the other Titans became his court.
A motif of father-against-son conflict was repeated when Cronus was confronted by his son, Zeus. Because Cronus had betrayed his father, he feared that his offspring would do the same, and so each time Rhea gave birth, he snatched up the child and ate it. Rhea hated this and tricked him by hiding Zeus and wrapping a stone in a baby's blanket, which Cronus ate. When Zeus was full grown, he fed Cronus a drugged drink which caused him to vomit, throwing up Rhea's other children and the stone, which had been sitting in Cronus's stomach all along. Zeus then challenged Cronus to war for the kingship of the gods. At last, with the help of the Cyclopes (whom Zeus freed from Tartarus), Zeus and his siblings were victorious, while Cronus and the Titans were hurled down to imprisonment in Tartarus.
Zeus was plagued by the same concern and, after a prophecy that the offspring of his first wife, Metis, would give birth to a god "greater than he"—Zeus swallowed her. She was already pregnant with Athena, however, and they made him miserable until Athena burst forth from his head—fully-grown and dressed for war. This "rebirth" from Zeus was used as an excuse for why he was not "superseded" by a child of the next generation of gods, but accounted for the presence of Athena. It is likely that cultural changes already in progress absorbed the long-standing local cult of Athena at Athens into the changing Olympic pantheon without conflict because it could not be overcome.
The earliest Greek thought about poetry considered the theogonies to be the prototypical poetic genre—the prototypical mythos—and imputed almost magical powers to it. Orpheus, the archetypal poet, also was the archetypal singer of theogonies, which he uses to calm seas and storms in Apollonius' Argonautica, and to move the stony hearts of the underworld gods in his descent to Hades. When Hermes invents the lyre in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, the first thing he does is sing about the birth of the gods. Hesiod's Theogony is not only the fullest surviving account of the gods, but also the fullest surviving account of the archaic poet's function, with its long preliminary invocation to the Muses. Theogony also was the subject of many lost poems, including those attributed to Orpheus, Musaeus, Epimenides, Abaris, and other legendary seers, which were used in private ritual purifications and mystery-rites. There are indications that Plato was familiar with some version of the Orphic theogony. A silence would have been expected about religious rites and beliefs, however, and that nature of the culture would not have been reported by members of the society while the beliefs were held. After they ceased to become religious beliefs, few would have known the rites and rituals. Allusions often existed, however, to aspects that were quite public.
Images existed on pottery and religious artwork that were interpreted and more likely, misinterpreted in many diverse myths and tales. A few fragments of these works survive in quotations by Neoplatonist philosophers and recently unearthed papyrus scraps. One of these scraps, the Derveni Papyrus now proves that at least in the fifth century BC a theogonic-cosmogonic poem of Orpheus was in existence. This poem attempted to outdo Hesiod's Theogony and the genealogy of the gods was extended back to Nyx (Night) as an ultimate female beginning before Eurynome, Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus. Night and Darkness could equate with Chaos.
The first philosophical cosmologists reacted against, or sometimes built upon, popular mythical conceptions that had existed in the Greek world for some time. Some of these popular conceptions can be gleaned from the poetry of Homer and Hesiod. In Homer, the Earth was viewed as a flat disk afloat on the river of Oceanus and overlooked by a hemispherical sky with sun, moon, and stars. The Sun (Helios) traversed the heavens as a charioteer and sailed around the Earth in a golden bowl at night. Sun, earth, heaven, rivers, and winds could be addressed in prayers and called to witness oaths. Natural fissures were popularly regarded as entrances to the subterranean house of Hades and his predecessors, home of the dead. Influences from other cultures always afforded new themes.
The Twelve Olympians
The Twelve Olympians, also known as the Dodekatheon ("twelve"+ "gods"), in Greek mythology, were the principal gods of the Greek pantheon, residing atop Mount Olympus. The Twelve Olympians gained their supremacy in the world of gods after Zeus led his siblings to victory in war with the Titans.
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hades, and Chiron (who was not a god, but a trainer to the children of the gods, also known as, demigods) were siblings. Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, the Charites, Heracles, Dionysus, Hebe, and Persephone were children of Zeus. Some versions of the myths state that Hephaestus was born of Hera alone, and that Aphrodite was born of Uranus' blood.
The first ancient reference of religious ceremonies for them is found in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. The Greek cult of the Twelve Olympians can be traced to the 6th century BC Athens and probably has no precedent in the Mycenaean period. The altar to the Twelve Olympians at Athens is usually dated to the archonship of the younger Pesistratos, in 522/521 BC. The concept of the "Twelve Gods" is older than any of our Greek or Roman sources, and is likely of Anatolian origin. There seems to have been a great deal of fluidity when it came to who was counted among their number in antiquity.
Hades (Roman: Pluto) was not generally included in this list. He did not have a seat in the pantheon because he spent almost all of his time in the underworld. The respective Roman scheme as given by Ennius gives the Roman equivalents of these Greek gods but replaces Dionysus (Bacchus) with Hestia (Vesta) so as to list six gods and six goddesses. The difference in the list is explained by the story that when Dionysus was offered a seat among the Olympians, the total number of Olympians became thirteen. Believing this would create a fight amongst the gods, Hestia stepped down.
Herodotus included in his Dodekatheon the following deities: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hermes, Athena, Apollo, Alpheus, Cronus, Rhea and the Charites. Herodotus also includes Heracles as one of the Twelve. Lucian also includes Heracles and Asclepius as members of the Twelve, without explaining which two had to give way for them. At Kos, Heracles and Dionysus are added to the Twelve, and Ares and Hephaestus are left behind. However, Pindar, Apollodorus, and Herodorus disagree with this. For them Heracles is not one of the Twelve Gods, but the one who established their cult. Hebe, Helios, Eos, Selene and Persephone are other important gods and goddesses which are sometimes included in a group of twelve. Eros is often depicted alongside the other twelve, especially his mother Aphrodite, but is rarely considered one of the Olympians.
Plato connected the Twelve Olympians with the twelve months, and proposed that the final month be devoted to rites in honor of Hades and the spirits of the dead, implying that he considered Hades to be one of the Twelve. Hades is phased out in later groupings due to his chthonic associations. In Phaedrus Plato aligns the Twelve with the Zodiac and would exclude Hestia from their rank.
The classical scheme of the Twelve Olympians:
The Titans
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age.
In the first generation of twelve Titans, the males were Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Crius and Iapetus and the females were Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea and Themis. The second generation of Titans consisted of Hyperion's children Eos, Helios, and Selene; Coeus's daughters Leto and Asteria; Iapetus's sons Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius; Oceanus' daughter Metis; and Crius's sons Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses.
The Titans as Elder Gods were overthrown by a race of younger gods, the Olympians, in the Titanomachy ("War of the Titans") which effected a mythological paradigm shift that the Greeks may have borrowed from the Ancient Near East.
In Orphic Sources
Hesiod does not, however, have the last word on the Titans. Surviving fragments of poetry ascribed to Orpheus preserve some variations on the myth. In such text, Zeus does not simply set upon his father violently. Instead, Rhea spreads out a banquet for Cronus so that he becomes drunk upon fermented honey. Rather than being consigned to Tartarus, Cronus is dragged — still drunk — to the cave of Nyx (Night), where he continues to dream throughout eternity.
Another myth concerning the Titans that is not in Hesiod revolves around Dionysus. At some point in his reign, Zeus decides to give up the throne in favor of the infant Dionysus, who like the infant Zeus is guarded by the Kouretes. The Titans decide to slay the child and claim the throne for themselves; they paint their faces white with gypsum, distract Dionysus with toys, then dismember him and boil and roast his limbs. Zeus, enraged, slays the Titans with his thunderbolt; Athena preserves the heart in a gypsum doll, out of which a new Dionysus is made. This story is told by the poets Callimachus and Nonnus, who call this Dionysus "Zagreus", and in a number of Orphic texts, which do not.
One iteration of this story, that of the Late Antique NeoPlationist philosopher Olympiodorus, recounted in his commentary of Plato's Phaedrus, affirms that humanity sprang up out of the fatty smoke of the burning Titan corpses. Pindar, Plato and Oppian refer offhandedly to man's "Titanic nature". According to them, the body is the titanic part, while soul is the divine part of man. Other early writers imply that humanity was born out of the malevolent blood shed by the Titans in their war against Zeus. Some scholars consider that Olympiodorus's report, the only surviving explicit expression of this mythic connection, embodied a tradition that dated to the Bronze Age, while Radcliffe Edmonds has suggested an element of innovative allegorized improvisation to suit Olympiodorus's purpose.
First Generation Titans
Second Generation Titans
In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy, or War of the Titans, was the ten-year series of battles fought in Thessaly between the two camps of deities long before the existence of mankind: the Titans, based on Mount Othrys and the Olympians, who would come to reign on Mount Olympus. This Titanomachia is also known as the Battle of the Titans, Battle of Gods, or just The Titan War.
Greeks of the Classical age knew of several poems about the war between the gods and many of the Titans. The dominant one, and the only one that has survived, is the Theogony attributed to Hesiod. A lost epic, Titanomachia, attributed to the blind Thracian bard Thamyris, himself a legendary figure, was mentioned in passing in an essay On Music that was once attributed to Plutarch. The Titans also played a prominent role in the poems attributed to Orpheus. Although only scraps of the Orphic narratives survive, they show interesting differences from the Hesiodic tradition.
These Greek stories of the Titanomachy fall into a class of similar myths throughout Europe and the Near East, where one generation or group of gods by and large opposes the dominant one. Sometimes the Elder Gods are supplanted. Sometimes the rebels lose, and are either cast out of power entirely or incorporated into the pantheon. Other examples might include the wars of the Æsir with the Vanir and Jotuns in Scandinavian mythology, the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, the Hittite "Kingship in Heaven" Kumarbi narrative, the struggle between the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fomorians in Celtic mythology, and the obscure generational conflict in Ugaritic fragments.
Prior events
The stage for this important battle was set after the youngest Titan, Cronus, overthrew his own father, Uranus (the Heaven itself and ruler of the cosmos), with the help of his mother, Gaia (the earth).
Uranus drew the enmity of Gaia when he imprisoned her children the Hectoncheires and Cyclopes in Tartarus. Gaia created a great sickle and gathered together Cronus and his brothers to convince them to castrate Uranus. Only Cronus was willing to do the deed, so Gaia gave him the sickle and placed him in a bush and in doing so became the King of the Titans.
When Uranus met with Gaia, Cronus attacked Uranus with the sickle and cut off his genitals, and cast the severed member into the sea.Uranus,dying, made a prophecy that Cronus' own children would rebel against his rule, just as he had done to his own father. For fear of his unborn children rising against him. From the blood that spilled out from Uranus and fell upon the earth, the Gigantes, Erinyes, and Meliae were produced, and from the spume from his cut genitalia, Aphrodite rose from the sea:
"…so soon as he had cut off the members with flint and cast them from the land into the surging sea, they were swept away over the main a long time: and a white foam spread around them from the immortal flesh, and in it there grew a maiden…"
Cronus took his father's throne after dispatching Uranus. He then secured his power by re-imprisoning his siblings the Hecatonchires and Cyclopes, and his (newly-created) siblings the Gigantes, in Tartarus.
Cronus now turned into the terrible king his father Uranus had been, swallowing each of his children whole as they were born from his sister-wife Rhea. Rhea, however, managed to hide her child Zeus, by tricking Cronus into swallowing a rock wrapped in a blanket instead.
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It begins at midnight tonight.
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Eighty four percent of the victims in Rockland County are under the age of 18.
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"We need total participation in this effort to protect all our residents, particularly the most vulnerable members of the public: Infants, the elderly, and the immuno-compromised," said Kate Johnson Southern of the Rockland County Health Department.
The outbreak is centered in the Hasidic community. Health experts have traced the measles to people who visited Israel and Ukraine.
Day also took issue with the way some of his inspectors who are trying to track where infected persons may have visited have been treated.
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Reaction to the county executive's emergency order was mixed.
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"This is an opportunity for everyone in the community to do the right thing for their neighbors and come together. That's what this is about now. We must do everything in our power to end this outbreak and protect the health of those who can not be vaccinated for medical reasons and that of children too young to be vaccinated," Day said.
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Anti-vaxxers are endangering people's lives.
There was a panic generating "massive outbreak" in NJ recently—a few dozen kids got the measles (like kids are supposed to). And every one of those affected children recovered 100%, as nature intended. Because that's what measles does, it comes—works its magic—and goes.
It's over and done, nothing out of the ordinary to report… or you'd still be hearing about it. The entire event was over in a couple of weeks, AS IT HAS HAPPENED ALL THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY.
You can bet this is happening because some jews are refusing to have their children vaccinated.
What about the unvaccinated over the age 18? If you are not boosted in the past 10 years also. This is the dumbest declaration ever. Whoever decided this needs a new job working at a garbage dump.
this is so f@#*ed up!!! State of emergency for 151 cases of measles, of these cases how many resulted in hospitalization? How many deaths? How many were vaccinated that got the measles? How many vaccine injuries reported in the same time?
I think a yellow star on their back should do. In fact, lets just corral them into a ghetto and call it a day!
How will they check for immunization information…will people under 18 have to carry their proof of immunization with them whenever they go anywhere and what about in schools?


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So in a way, it *is* different from Kal and Leanne. She's not a never-married Muslim virgin. I bet it also means he's find with being her lover but probably would never marry her.
So Gary is now jobless again and even Tony won't take him back on. Zeedan makes a point of telling Gary that Kal gave the job to Owen. That's one more person against him. I can't blame Gary for being resentful towards Owen. Love isn't going to pay the bills, luvvie. And as much as Alya is determined to make a go of it with Gary, and he is almost sure he's going to lose her as well as everything else, she won't give him a quick kiss at the bus stop and won't see him as planned. If he keeps putting pressure on her, it's going to go badly.
What I really hate is how everyone is treating Gary like he's the spawn of the devil all of a sudden. It's not as if he cheated on Izzy or even gave her the wrong idea that he wanted to get back together. He was getting on ok with her and she leaped to the wrong conclusion. Alya can't take the pressure and tried to break it off with him. She as much as admitted that she wasn't sure he was The One, either.
As usual in Weatherfield, real estate transactions take place very quickly and the Nazirs have packed up their whole other house to move to Number 6 just a couple of days after they've won it at auction.
The school auction day is here. Ken's got a cold, Amy pretends to because she's embarassed by Tracy's nasty old buns that she's sending for the auction. Carla gives Simon a designer keyring and ends up going to the auction with him so that Ken can rest. Tracy now has decided to get all pally with Carla all the while trying to avoid seeing Leanne because she owes her the shop rent! When it's all over, it looks like Carla has bought her own keyring at the auction but it's for charity, right? Too late, Leanne comes into the pub where Carla and Tracy are stood at the bar and Tracy can't avoid the jibe at her expense.
Tracy's still in the dumps over money, with Leanne badgering her for it via Peter. In this case you probably could make a case for beating the messenger! And it's Rob's hearing this week. Meanwhile, Tony does flirt, doesn't he? So she's going to do another deal with Tony but can she sell them off by the end of the week? He's working on her, working to get a partnership in the business. It would be convenient for him, a sure way to fence his dodgey gear. She finally broke down and agreed to his dodgey gear at least.
We come to the day that Rob is sentenced. As expected, he gets a long term imposed. 25 years! It's thrown both Carla and Tracy for a loop, like a kick in the gut. Carla had her women friends. Tracy had Tony. And did him. Well, with the classic Motown on the stereo to set the mood, he couldn't resist her in the end.
Liz's very good mate, Erica, has arrived and she's a little whirlwind! A real spark is Erica and she takes the pub by storm. But then she helps herself to a drink at the Bistro (but pays for it) because there's no staff around. Gail catches her and orders her out after a banter but Erica's having none of it. She doesn't look like "Nicholas Tilsley" the owner! The real Nick does come through from the office and Steph from the direction of the ladies' room. But Gail is fighting a losing battle and Nick just waves it all off so Gail storms out highly affronted. And as he's now lost one of his staff, she offers to take the shift. She knows bars, she assures him.
Liz gets a text from Erica swerving their paella meal at the pub. Liz reckons it must be a bloke. It is, of course. She and Nick seem to have hit it off and she leaves him her number in case he needs any more shifts covering. And wasn't she flirting full on the next day in front of Gail, no less. As if Nick'd be interested in Erica? Does anyone else think that was the reason Nick decided to go for it? Whatever the reason, Steph is right. It's nice to see Nick smiling again. Except Nick is off with Erica leaving Steph to hold the very busy fort.
And Gavin clearly fancies Steph as much as she fancies him! Steve's car is back on screen. It's costing him mega pounds, more every day but how's he going to pay for it? Looks like Roy's planning on a solitary, non-festive Christmas. Tony's flat is quite nice, isn't it?
Kylie's day is going from bad to worse with Callum watching from across the room. Kylie insists to Callum she doesn't want any drugs, he's skeptical and he blackmails her into meeting up with him later and she did manage it. He's intent on invading her life. He won't believe she's changed and he reckons he can persuade her that she hasn't and isn't good enough for her new life. He just might do it.
I think the Christmas tree bit with David was just a distraction for him. And why did Tyrone want a tree if he isn't even going to be home for Christmas? By the way, did she take the girls with her? There's been no mention of them since Fiz left.
Sean's invited Billy to Number 11 for tea and was a nervous wreck, expecting Eileen to say something really stupid or embarassing. In typical tv style, everyone is crowded around three sides of the table (so the camera can see everyone). It always looks so stupid! Anyway, poor Sean. He's so nervous that he decides they will call Toad in the Hole a "sausage" dish because the other name sounds heathen and nearly jumps out of his skin when Billy arrives and knocks at the door. Eileen is cynical and Todd is sarcastic. It seems to have gone over well, though. Billy is at ease. Todd gets into a discussion about hoodlums that are running the streets but Billy turns it around on Todd, allowing that he's probably not found a way to put it behind him and forgive. Ouch.
He admits to Eileen that he should have become a vicar about five years before he actually did bend to the call of who he really was. Now he's calmer and steadier and he seems like it too. Perhaps Sean needs someone like that! And it looks like both of them are keen!
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I totally agree about the unrealistic turn against Gary. He never led Izzy on and I don't get why she is so angry and hurt by him. They mutually agreed to break up and that it was best for all...but again I found that decision a little rushed and out of no where, so who knows!
- 29 December 2014 at 09:27
I adore Billy and hope he and Sean are in it for the long haul.
- 30 December 2014 at 11:00
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The Breeders' Cup Sprint is tentatively scheduled to be part of the late pick 4 on the second day of the World Championships, Saturday, November 2nd, and it will be a shocker if they decide to move it out of that prime time spot, because this one is shaping up to be as competitive as they come.
Private Zone is fresh off a jaw dropping score in the G1 Vosburgh at Belmont on Super Saturday and fresh off an insane 45.8 second workout over the Santa Anita strip this morning. Justin Phillip ran a monstrous 2nd in that Vosburgh, won the G1 Vanderbilt at Saratoga over the summer, and will head to Santa Anita in seemingly razor sharp form for trainer Steve Asmussen. Points Offthebench, a winner of 6-of-8 lifetime, comes in off of back-to-back G1 scores - most recently at this exact trip in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship earning a Beyer figure of 110. Your guess for favoritism is as good as mine.
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