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Stress affects mental health, and everyone at some point encounters situations in their lives that cause stress. It can be triggered by work or family matters, school pressures or any number of factors but it can be handled quickly and healthfully. This article will give you some effective suggestions.
You can avoid much of your stress by ensuring that everything you have is in working order. When there are several things around you that don't work properly, it makes accomplishing your tasks more difficult and that means more stress.
Try to replace unhealthy habits with healthy, productive ones. For instance, if you typically overeat when you feel stressed out, try exercising instead. If you cope with stress by doing healthy activities instead of unhealthy ones, your body will become stronger and more resilient as you deal with stress everyday.
In many cases, an enjoyable talk with a close friend is the greatest way to overcome stress. Releasing your anxieties and revealing emotions in confidence can help you feel much better, almost instantaneously. Spend time with the supportive people around you, and allow them to help you manage your stress.
Any humorous events or jokes you experience should be written down. Your humor journal can be fun to review later, and more importantly, the very act of recording funny, positive memories will focus your mind on them and make them stick.
Anticipating and preparing for problems ahead of time can really help to ease your stress. If you lock yourself out of your car often, then keep a spare close at hand. If you are prone to forgetting your lunch, then keep snacks at work. Employing a good strategy against unforeseen events can really save your sanity, and avoid a lot of stress later.
Listening to music can be a helpful technique to relax and reduce your stress levels. As long as you select music that soothes and calms you, this method of therapy is known to be pretty effective. Make sure that you pick music that you find soothing as a means to reduce stress, otherwise you may not be doing any good. Soothing music causes your breathing to become deeper, and it causes your brain to produce higher amounts of serotonin.
In order to reduce stress, it is important that you become skilled at managing your time. Though you may be unaware of it, your body reacts negatively to the hustle and bustle of reaching goals in a timely manner. If you can learn to manage your time well, this situation will be a thing of the past. When you organize your time in an efficient way and you adhere to a schedule, you will feel much more relief and much less stress.
Stress is an awful and consuming beast. It makes you more likely to become frustrated, easier to anger, and annoying to be around. So many people deal with a lot of unnecessary stress in their lives. Apply the advice that you have been given so that you can make the transition from a stressed out person to a more relaxed version of yourself.


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Ezekiel 32 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
A Funeral Song for the King of Egypt
32 Twelve years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the first day of the twelfth month.[a] He said:
2 Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt and tell him I am saying:
You act like a lion
3 King of Egypt, listen to me. I, the Lord God, will catch you in my net and let a crowd of foreigners drag you to shore. 4 I will throw you into an open field, where birds and animals will come to feed on your body. 5 I will spread your rotting flesh[b] over the mountains and in the valleys, 6 and your blood will flow throughout the land and fill up the streams. 7 I will cover the whole sky and every star with thick clouds, so that the sun and moon will stop shining. 8 The heavens will become black, leaving your country in total darkness. I, the Lord, have spoken.
9 Foreign nations you have never heard of will be shocked when I tell them how I destroyed you.[c] 10 They will be horrified, and when I flash my sword in victory on the day of your death, their kings will tremble in the fear of what could happen to them.
11 The king of Babylonia is coming to attack you, king of Egypt! 12 Your soldiers will be killed by the cruelest army in the world, and everything you take pride in will be crushed. 13 I will slaughter your cattle that graze by the river,[d] and no people or livestock will be left to muddy its water. 14 The water will be clear, and streams will be calm. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
15 Egypt will become a barren wasteland, and no living thing will ever survive there. Then you and your people will know that I am the Lord.
16 This is your warning, and it will be used as a funeral song by foreign women to mourn the death of your people. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
A Sad Ending for Egypt
17 On the fifteenth day of that same month,[e] the Lord said:
18 Ezekiel, son of man, mourn for the Egyptians and condemn them to the world of the dead, where they will be buried alongside the people of other powerful nations.[f] 19 Say to them:
You may be more beautiful
20 You cannot escape! The enemy's sword is ready to slaughter every one of you.[g] 21 Brave military leaders killed in battle will gladly welcome you and your allies into the world of the dead.
22-23 The graves of soldiers from Assyria are there. They once terrified people, but they were killed in battle and now lie deep in the world of the dead.[h]
24-25 The graves of soldiers from Elam are there. The very sight of those godless soldiers once terrified their enemies and made them panic. But now they are disgraced and ashamed as they lie in the world of the dead, alongside others who were killed in battle.
26 The graves of soldiers from Meshech and Tubal are there. These godless soldiers who terrified people were all killed in battle. 27 They were not given a proper burial like the heroes of long ago,[i] who were buried with their swords under their heads and with their shields[j] over their bodies. These were the heroes who made their enemies panic.
28 You Egyptians will be cruelly defeated, and you will be buried alongside these other godless soldiers who died in battle.
29 The graves of kings and leaders from Edom are there. They were powerful at one time. Now they are buried in the world of the dead with other godless soldiers killed in battle.
30 The graves of the rulers of the north[k] are there, as well as those of the Sidonians. Their powerful armies once terrified enemies. Now they lie buried in the world of the dead, where they are disgraced like other soldiers killed in battle.
31 The Lord God says:
When your king of Egypt sees all of these graves, he and his soldiers will be glad they are not the only ones suffering. 32 I sent him to terrify people all over the earth. But he and his army will be killed and buried alongside other godless soldiers in the world of the dead. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
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Mature politics, fantasy Cabinet
Imagine a British coalition Government with Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, with Nick Clegg and David Cameron as prime minister and deputy.
But add to this coalition the Greens and the Scottish National Party, each having Cabinet posts. Caroline Lucas is the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Baroness (Jenny) Jones of South Camberwell, the Secretary of State for Justice.
The opposition parties in Parliament include Labour, United Kingdom Independence Party, Christian Peoples Alliance (yes, seriously), and Respect.
That is pretty much what is going on in the Government of Finland right now. It will be intereresting to see how the Finnish Greens in Government deal with the nuclear power issue. To be fair to Finland, the approximation requires the removal of the more extreme views in each of the British parties, and a more proportional electoral system.
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Throughout June we celebrated National Indigenous History Month. With events centered around weekly themes including Film Week, Treaties Week, and Tools and Technology Week, they led up to the month's major event, the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum's First Nation's Gallery – a groundbreaking achievement at the time. An estimated 3 million visitors have gone through the gallery since it opened – that's 3 million students, teachers, residents, newcomers and tourists from across Canada and abroad.
Leading up to its opening in 1993, the First Nations Gallery was developed through partnership and collaboration with Indigenous people across the province and former RSM Curator of Aboriginal Studies Dr. Margaret Hanna. She was a guest speaker at the celebrations on June 26, and below are her reflections on the momentous achievements that she shared that day.
Margaret Hanna (left) with Miriam Thomas (right) standing in front of the buffalo hide tipi Miriam handmade for the First Nations Gallery.
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Elders, guests, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming today to be part of this celebration.
Twenty-five years ago, just before the gallery opened, a reporter asked me, "Is the First Nations Gallery a success?" I don't remember what I answered. I do remember thinking – later – that it wasn't up to me to decide; the people who visited the gallery would decide whether or not it was a success.
When we started thinking about building this gallery 32 years ago, working with Indigenous people was unheard of. A couple of colleagues asked me, "Why are you bothering to work with Indians? Aren't you the expert?"
I replied "Well, in a couple of things, maybe."
By the time the gallery opened, attitudes had changed. Now, museum staff were asking me, "We are thinking of doing such-and-such. What Elders should we talk with?"
At the beginning of the planning process, we sat down with a council of Elders from across the province to discuss what we could and could not, should and should not do. At one point, someone in the audience stood up and berated the Elders, accused them of selling out. When she finally sat down, there was a long and awkward silence. Finally, Bill Standingready of White Bear spoke up.
"Yes," he said, "yes, a lot of bad things have happened. But," he said, "this is an opportunity to educate our young people who live in the city. It's an opportunity to educate white people about our history."
In that statement, Mr. Standingready laid out two very important goals of what eventually became the First Nations Gallery.
It was a long and difficult process. We had to overcome decades of mistrust and suspicion. We met with elders and traditional artists in their homes, we attended ceremonies and pow wows, we listened and listened and listened. Fortunately, there were those, like Mr. Standingready, who were prepared to take a chance on us, and who were willing to advise and guide us.
Scores of people – Elders, painters, traditional artists, sculptors, designers, tradespeople, film-makers, model-makers, indigenous and nonindigenous alike – worked on this gallery. We are indebted to them all for their hard work and their commitment to the project. I would like to acknowledge three people in particular for their contribution.
First is Gerry Conaty. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us, he passed away a few years ago. He was curator of the gallery in the beginning, and as we discussed ideas, he said, "We have to talk with Elders. We have to involve First Nations." Gerry was the one who set us on the path we took. If not for him, who knows what would be in the space that is now the First Nations Gallery.
Second is Larry Asapace. Larry was our liaison, our guide, our go-to person for everything. What Elders do we need to consult? Larry will know. Do we need a ceremony for this stage? Ask Larry. I lost track of the number of times I drove across the province with Larry for a cup of coffee and a chat with an Elder. On the way, he regaled me with stories of his family, his reserve, and his people. Sometimes those stories had a purpose - to instruct me or remind me of what I should be doing - and sometimes they were just to entertain. All the time, he strove to keep us on the right path. Thanks, Larry, wherever you are out there in the wide world.
The third is Les Goforth. Les, too, is no longer with us; he passed away far too young. Les stormed into Gerry's office one day, early on in the project, and recounted in no uncertain terms how museums had been complicit with churches and police in robbing Indigenous people of their culture and of their sacred items, and asked, what were we going to do that was different? Gerry's response was to give Les a challenge. "We want a bison hide tipi for the gallery. Can you find someone to make it? We'll give you a contract to co-ordinate the project." It was the first of only two times that I ever saw Les speechless. Those of you who remember Les will know how rare an event that was.
In the end, Les became one of our greatest supporters. He found traditional artists who created so many of the objects you see in the gallery, including Miriam Thomas and her sister Mary Lee who made the tipi. He brought friends and relatives in to see the gallery in process. He talked about it wherever he went. He even wrote an article that was published in Muse, the journal of the Canadian Museums Association.
And here we are, 25 years later, celebrating not just the gallery but more importantly the project that built bridges, that took one small step toward healing the rift between Indigenous and non-indigenous people. It was a small act of reconciliation, long before that word became commonplace.
So, is the First Nations Gallery a success? Once again, I leave it to you to decide what the answer is.
Thank you again for coming. Enjoy the rest of the celebration.


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Oh hey there sports fans, long time no see! Nearly full time work hours and me catching a cold meant absolutely no show last week, but I'm back! Not necessarily with a bang, but back nevertheless.
Ok so this post and the accompanying photos are not going to win me any awards, but food is food regardless.
In my cold-addled state I decided I needed an injection of hot, flavourful vegetables to aid my recovery. Enter pan fried zucchini with chilli flakes, garlic, and black vinegar; and roasted cauliflower dusted with coriander and cumin.
Zucchini is one of those vegetables that if cooked well, is exquisite, and if cooked clumsily, will put you off the green, striated squash altogether. Since its natural flavour is quite insipid, I like to beef it up by adding generous sprinkles of garlic, chilli, and a blob (very technical term) of oyster sauce while frying in hot oil. Adding a generous pinch of sea salt will encourage any liquid held within the vegetable to be released. Just before I turn the heat off, I splash a little Chinese black vinegar in and let everything sizzle with the lid off.
If you don't have Chinese black vinegar, a modest splash of ordinary rice wine vinegar will be an suitable substitute, but don't go too overboard since I find it's quite a bit sharper than black.
Black vinegar in my mind is the eastern equivalent of balsamic – it's suitably sweeter with a molasses quality, and has a more solid savoury base of flavour than rice wine vinegar. It's the dipping sauce of choice if you ever eat dumplings at Yum Cha, the sharp sweetness complimenting the rich pork interior of the popular Xiao Long Bao.
Cauliflower is a surprisingly versatile vegetable as well, and what I've eaten to date is a far cry from what I recall as a child (boiled until soft and a little bit bitter!) Preparing this cauliflower couldn't be easier. Separate a whole head into florets (size doesn't really matter; I like to measure by whether I could fit the whole thing in my mouth at once!). Drizzle with oil of your choice, dust generously with cumin and coriander powder, and a decent scattering of sea salt. Add a little more oil if desired, and toss to mix.
Pop into a medium hot oven for 10-15 mins at first, take out to give a little stir round, then back in for a further 10 mins at a higher temperature. You can serve with the cashew cheese sauce I made previously, or as in my situation yesterday I bypassed that and dunked floret by floret directly into powdered Parmesan cheese and straight to mouth!


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Welcome to re:Virals, The Haiku Foundation's weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week's poem was
moving day — a forgotten box of rain — Mark E. Brager, Bones no. 9 (2016)
Dave Read contemplates the transition:
A moving day can be a time of excitement, a time of looking ahead. Often, families move to larger houses in new neighborhoods, or even from one city to another, to follow a promotion and dreams of a better life. Moving can be uplifting and promising – a cause of joy and celebration.
But a moving day can also be a time of sorrow. Job losses can result in a need for families to sell homes they can no longer afford. Or folks, as they age, may no longer be capable of taking care of themselves or their houses – requiring them to move from homes they have lived in for decades. Our homes are a major part of our personal landscape – physically and psychologically. Being forced to uproot ourselves from places that have become integral to our hearts and souls can lead to deep sadness and distress.
Mark Brager's excellent "moving day" haiku is an expression of that sorrow. The "forgotten box" carries a sense of loneliness and desolation. Left behind, it represents the loss that attends the individuals who are moving. Furthermore, as it fills with rain (here synonymous with tears), the box withers and deteriorates. It becomes, through a scene of an unwanted transition, a symbol of the ruin that is being imposed upon the movers' lives. We are not always masters of our fate. Being thrust into a scenario of change can be crippling and heart-wrenching. In seven simple words, Brager has poignantly captured the profound sadness that attends an unwanted move.
Alan Summers 'unlogics' the ku:
Most of us have experienced moving out of a place, from our parent's house to our first small apartment, perhaps shared, and then into our own private rental, just us, and our quirks. One day, hopefully, we'll move into a house with our family, completing the cycle started by our parents, and millions before them.
The opening line provides a common denominator for so many of us, and we can relate, as we can to the second line. Who hasn't forgotten a box of some kind, particularly if the moving out is rushed. Was a box left out in the rain because it was thundering down so hard everything looked cross-hatched? Did we discover the box the following drier, brighter, and shinier day?
I like how I can 'unlogic' the haiku, as I don't always want to be limited to a sensible ordered world that isn't real to start with anyway. Perhaps the renter or owner collects rain for an indoor/transportable pocket rainforest. Perhaps it's a vast aquarium, and to live as a merman, and enjoy the sound of rain on seawater? If there were hundreds of boxes of rain, it might be easy to overlook one; and after all, it can still be brought in the next morning.
I love picking out my own key words of moving/forgotten/rain which works as a micro-haiku in its own right, and delightfully so.
Pris Campbell unpacks the layers:
Who of us hasn't experienced a moving day filled with ambivalence? Perhaps the last time we'll see the emptied house where we grew up and returned to over the years, the furniture now to be sold or packed for a parent's move to a nursing home. Possibly our own move with promises to stay in touch with neighbors and local friends, realizing at the same time that friendships will never be quite the same again.
For me, the beauty of this haiku is the layer of meanings. It can simply be an overlooked packing box, filled with rain until the cardboard collapses or it can be our sadness at leaving, our tears held together by this symbolic box until we've gone and don't have to deal with our feelings. The box does that for us.
Moving. What is left behind. What is yet to come. The symmetry represents more than a physical move. Moving on is what we do in our lives. Not to move is to stagnate. That box of water. When it finally collapses, the soil is watered. Perhaps a flower will be nourished, a vibrant new bloom saying they were here…they were here.
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Meeting dining expectations in New York City is often a restaurant's biggest obstacle. In an era where every Tom, Dick and Herman has their own blog, Yelp or food Instagram account, innovative places are often derided long before being praised. Fortunately at Chef Justin Smillie's Gramercy restaurant Upland, the atmosphere inside and the fare being plated and served often exceeds expectation. And based on being almost roundly praised by even the snarkiest of critics- both professional and amateur- it remains one of Manhattan's most sought after dining destinations, despite having been open for more than six months to date.
Slotting our time weeks in advance, we were still only left with a pre-6pm dinner reservation on a recent Friday evening. Though most folks were likely wrapping up a full week of work, the small but energetic bar at Upland was entirely full and abuzz with action. Finding a diminutive opening in the fray, we grabbed a "Sauvignon Blanc" ($11, The Gotham Project) from the friendly bartender before surveying the restaurant's rustic and modern setting. Large green leather banquettes intricately make up the dining area, where clean white tile and freshly varnished wood paneling equate to a farm-to-table style setup, though the place's concept might read differently. Upland feels decidedly more 'Californian' than it does 'Italian,' though the slight inconsistency between menu and ambiance is barely noticed as the massive light fixtures shine down upon another spectacular course.
Though Chef Smillie's ingredients and dishes are seasonally inspired, the fare here hasn't changed all that drastically since Upland's much ballyhooed opening in late October. The mood in the dining area remains relaxed but the clientele here, still buying all of the much deserved hype, certainly feels high-end. It's funny then to watch other seemingly well-to-do folks washing down a bottle of wine with slices of pizza or picking at "Blistered Shisito Peppers" ($12) at nearby tables- that is, until you feast your tastebuds upon some of the Chef's truly exceptional dishes.
Among the can't miss offerings, the "Whole Crispy Mushroom" ($16) is one of the most equally distinctive and delicious things that we've ever tasted. The massive hen of the woods is served piping hot, outrageously flavored by a small creamy bed of rich white sauce layered with herbs. Frankly, the oil drenched dish needs little more than a lemon squeeze to really unleash its decadence, resembling crispy potato chips more-so than a traditional style of mushroom. Where Chef Smillie really excels though is with his starter dishes. The "Crispy Duck Wings" ($18), lacquered in yuzu kosho chili paste are sizable enough to be served as an entree, while the "Beef Tartare" ($16) is shaped with puffed farro and served beside an untouched egg yolk in a fashion that gave us pause about devouring such a beautifully presented dish. The "Seared Quail," while admittedly a bit pricey at $21 for two small pieces, certainly delivered a smattering of succulent flavors as the tender rare morsels were decorated by a plate of green strawberries and tasty spring onions.
Though the in-house crafted "Bucatini Cacio e Pepe" ($17) was nicely smooth, the "Estrella" ($18) was the evening's most revelatory pasta dish that perhaps best showcases the restaurant's masterful expertise. The bowl's generous portion was equipped with shaved parmesan atop thick strands of star shaped pasta, meshing hearty hunks of chicken liver with sage and sherry in a slightly less-saucy serving than a traditional ragu (also on menu). Meat heavy and perfectly al dente, the strands of pasta and sprinkled rosemary were absolutely phenomenal- one of the best pasta dishes that we've enjoyed all year. Not to be outdone, Chef Smillie's "Crackling Porcelet" ($35) was otherworldly. With a thick crispy skin decorated with grill marks, the man-sized cut of pig's neck was buried under an array of tiny mushrooms, fresh greens and a thin chimichurri smear. But the accoutrements mattered little to the overall preparation of the meat itself- lip-smacking and salty, rich and fatty, like a pork belly and pork chop married the same dinosaur-sized bone.
Upland was one of 2014′s most widely anticipated openings and Chef Smillie and company have managed to reinforce why with good reason. Some of New York's best restaurants are ones that cater to both special experiences and to that ordinary night out and fortunately Upland manages to both over-deliver and exceed expectations on both fronts. The menu is approachable and the space is inviting and comfortable, and while the offerings are so tempting that your bill will add up quickly, there's nary a dish here that is a let down. Whether you are able to get a reservation however, is another story altogether.
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Whole Crispy Mushroom ($16)*
Seared Quail ($21)
Estrella ($18)*
Crackling Porcelet ($35)*
Rhubarb & Almond Tart ($10)
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Turkey: Bell UH-1 helicopter crashes in Istanbul
At the base a technical problem -VIDEO
A Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter of the Turkish Army crashed in Istanbul today killing the 4 people on board. The reason for the accident would be a technical problem still unknown, but that there was a problem seems certain since the aircraft was making an emergency landing in an industrial area of the district of Çekmeköy. Firefighters and rescuers who took the people who were on board to the hospital came to the site, where they all came without 4 lives. The Istanbul prosecutor's office opened an investigation to investigate the causes of the US-made helicopter crash. It is the second UH-1 that crashes after the one on November 26th which caused 4 deaths and 1 wounded.
Below, a video recorded in the area of the accident
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Insurance companies perform premium audits on certain types of business policies because their unpredictable nature means that the premium rate must be estimated at first and corrected later. The insurance company conducts the audit at the end of the policy period to determine the business' actual possibility of loss, versus the loss risk that was estimated when its policy was first written. If, for example, a company's actual possibility of loss was lower than the initial estimate, the insurance company issues a refund check to the business to reimburse its premium overpayments. If its possibility of loss exceeded the estimate, the business owes the insurance company the amount of the premium that was underpaid.
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Insurance policies such as workers' compensation, general liability, liquor liability and garage liability are examples of policies that undergo premium audits. These types of policies have data that often change during the year, such as payroll, sales, total costs and admissions. The rates for these policies must be estimated at first and corrected later according to the actual data. Other reasons that an insurance company may conduct a premium audit include satisfying regulatory requirements or investigating the possibility of fraud.
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As a business owner, you should be prepared to talk to your insurer ahead of time to see what information is needed for your specific audit. An audit is easier and faster when you have gathered all needed information ahead of time so that it is ready when called for. It also helps to assign a knowledgeable person to the auditor during a physical audit, who can guide the auditor through the workplace, answer questions and provide needed documents, according to Society Insurance.
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Reps. Leach and Lantos: The hearings on the collaboration of high-tech American companies with the repressive Chinese government move in the direction of responsible corporate management and fair trade and are a welcome step in the right direction. The fate of journalist Shi Tao and his family is particularly important. The fate of the Panchen Lama should be considered as well. FYI, my essay from The Free Market News Network calling for an investigation into the fate of the Panchen Lama. All trade and commerce should be put in limbo until these issues are cleared up.
Send the Panchen Lama to My House
In November, my son and I had the opportunity to hear an address by the Dalai Lama in
This child has disappeared. But you will not see his picture posted on the side of milk cartons. Nor do headlines pour forth from the excitable TV press as they should. Instead there is a small web site (freepanchenlama.org) put together by Tibetan Buddhists sent to exile by the Chinese and a few of their new friends in the West. It tells the story in brief: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was recognized at age six by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as one of
Despite repeated appeals to gain access to him, no international agency or human rights organization has been granted contact with the young Panchen Lama or his family. To date, their well-being and whereabouts remain unconfirmed.
This is a tragic situation, not only to Tibetan Buddhists, but to all freedom-loving people who wish fair play and good business and commerce practices to advance between East and West.
The International Campaign for
It is good that the UN is looking into this case, but I don't have my hopes up. There are other strategies. The fate of the Panchen Lama should be a key element in the platform of both major political parties and foremost in the Libertarian Party's, and all trade issues should be linked to the successful and happy conclusion of this dilemma. Paste the Panchen Lama's face on every piece of sewed cloth that enters port from
If the Chinese don't want the Panchen Lama he can stay with us. We've got plenty of room up here in our old house in
But maybe he'd like
The best-selling novel, Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier a few years back made a connection between the sacred mountains in
Surely that marks the travail of the Panchen Lama and the brave Tibetans who lived in silence in the
Would the
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Just Add Colour On-the-Go: 100 Designs to Relax and Colour Anywhere, Anytime
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Reconnect with your inner creativity...on the go! Who doesn't love to color? As an adult, now that you can stay in the lines, you only need to think about what color to use! Rockport Publishers presents a series of grown-up coloring books for art and design lovers. This portable coloring book includes 90 designs from artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon. Perforated pages to make designs easy to share, frame and hang your artwork. You'll be inspired by the sumptuous artwork in this book, featuring a variety of botanicals, folk art, and geometric patterns. Relax, have fun, and Just Add Color.
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San Francisco illustrator and fine artist Lisa Congdon, named one of 2015's 40 Women over 40, was raised in both upstate New York and Northern California where she grew to love the trees and animals that surrounded her. That love is now expressed through her paintings and drawings. Lisa is predominantly self taught and did not begin painting until she was 31 years old. She is also a prolific collector of old and unusual things and surrounds herself with these things in her home studio. In 2010 she chronicled her collections in her Collection A Day 2010 Project. That project is now a book, published in March 2011. In 2012, Lisa engaged in another daily project called 365 Days of Hand Lettering, 100 of her hand lettered quotes from that project published by Chronicle Books in Spring of 2014. Lisa is also the author of 50 Ways to Draw a Tulip, Just Add Color: Folk Art, Just Add Color: Geometric Patterns, and Draw 500 Fabulous Flowers. She was named one of 2015's 40 Women to Watch over 40. www.lisacongdon.com .
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Creating and sending an appeal in a few minutes or less?
Impressive. CARE Australia was able to send an appeal out about Cyclone Pam hitting Vanuatu within hours of the cyclone's impact. This email reached my inbox seeking emergency donations to help people facing life threatening devastation.
How did CARE Australia get this out so quickly? In the case of a cyclone, CARE Australia was aware, via the international news, of the cyclone's path and potential destruction. There was a bit more advanced notice on this one than, say, a hurricane or some other catastrophe. Nonetheless, organisations like CARE Australia have appeals like this ready to go so they may be launched in a moments notice.
The fact is all international relief organisations need to be ready to launch appeals quickly.
Your organisation should be able to do the same. What if a medical research organisation needed to announce a big breakthrough? What if a hospital or health organisation wanted to announce an advance in a procedure? Any of our organisations might have something exciting or some sort of issue to get out quickly. Yet, not all organisation are ready to push these type of communication out in an hour.
Organisations should plan for such an emergency/urgency and hope you never have to use it. It is better to plan and not have to use it than to not plan and be unready to get something out when the urgency presents itself!


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When you look ahead over the next 12 months, where will your growth come from? Will you find new customers or sell more to your existing customers?
The answer can have a great impact on the value of your business.
We looked at the research from 5,364 business owners who have completed their Sellability Score questionnaire. Those that had received an offer from an acquirer on average had their business valued at 3.5 times their pre-tax profit. Digging further we reviewed businesses with a historical growth rate of 20% or greater. Their multiple of profit improved to 4.3 times pre-tax profit, a premium of 20%.
However the real improvement in multiple came when we isolated those companies that claim to have a unique product or service, for which they have a virtual monopoly. These niche companies enjoyed average offers of 5.4 times pre-tax profit! This is approximately 50% more than the average offer and 20% per cent more than even fast growth companies.
Nurture your niche
Growth companies often chase "bad" turnover by offering a wide array of products and services. Growth is often more easily achieved by selling more things to your existing customers, so you just keep adding complimentary product and service lines. However when a strategic acquirer buys your business, they are buying something that is not easy to replicate.
Furthermore large acquirers will place less value on sales derived from products and services that you both sell. They will take the view that their economies of scale mean that they are in a better position to sell the things that both of you offer.
Perhaps more importantly, they will pay more to get access to a new product or service, which they can sell to their customers. Big, mature companies have customers and systems, but they sometimes lack innovation and acquisition is often their best route to new products and services.
So a clear focus on your niche is one of many areas where short-term profit and the long-term value of your business are at odds, e.g. if you wanted to maximize your short-term profit, you might avoid investing in new technology or hiring a head of sales, arguing that both investments would hinder short-term profit. The truly valuable company finds a way to deliver profit in the short term, while simultaneously focusing their strategy on what drives up the value of the business.
You can get your own Sellability Score, and see how you compare on the eight key drivers of sellability, by taking our 13-minute survey here:
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Probably the most common excuse for not exercising is lack of energy. It's almost an epidemic and instead of adjusting sleep patterns and nutrition programs, people reach for their favorite energy drink to get them through the day.
With jobs becoming more and more stressful and expectations becoming higher and higher, an unrealistic bar has been set for modern humans that is impossible to reach. We're expected to go-go-go all day, non-stop with no breaks and still perform at our best. Even the thought of such a busy schedule if enough to zap the energy right out of you.
How many cups of coffee does it take you to get going in the morning?
Technology has made our lives even busier and we are expected to multitask, which is the plague of the 21st century. Whoever decided that humans are more productive multitasking than focusing on one thing at a time was grossly misinformed and has set us up for failure. A study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, along with countless other studies, has proven that multitasking is counterproductive and increases the risk of error.
So what can you do?
People who exercise on a regular basis reportedly have more energy than those who lead more sedentary lives. Exercise increases your metabolism and this effect lasts for up to 38 hours after working out for more sustained levels of energy throughout the day. Even if you're strapped for time, you need to fit in a workout somewhere during the day – preferably in the morning. This is the best time because it sets up your day right and you perform better.
Here's a quick, 15-minute workout that will drive up your metabolism and boost your energy levels while helping you stay in shape.
15-minute Energy Fix
Y-Squats – standing with hips shoulder-width apart, raise your arms up above your head in a Y-formation and squat down for 16 reps.
Footballer Feet – standing with feet together, quickly move the feet in and out to touch and repeat for 30 seconds.
One-Arm Push-Ups – get yourself into a push-up position with legs wide apart. Tuck one arm behind your back and perform 10 push-ups on one arm, then switch to the other side and perform 10 more.
Mountain Climbers – again, assuming the push-up position, run with your legs, alternating the knees into the chest for 30 reps (15 each side).
Reverse Lunges with Kick – bring the leg back in a lunge and then kick it forward, reaching the hand out to touch the toe. Repeat for 30 reps (15 each side).
Jumping Jacks – perform as many jumping jacks as you can in 30 seconds.
Bridge with Leg Raise – get into the bridge position, bring one leg up to point to the ceiling and push up. Lower the leg down, pausing when it is level with the floor. Bring the foot down and switch legs. Perform 16 reps each side.
Scissor Jumps – as quickly as you can, alternate you legs forward and back in a scissor jump for 30 seconds.
Plank – either with straight arms on resting on the forearms, perform plank for 30 seconds.
Repeat this circuit 3 to 4 times for an energizing workout.
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Dear All, on behalf of the organizing committee I am pleased to inform you about the following meeting: ´Signals, Sensing and Plant Primary Metabolism´ which will take place from October 4th to 7th, 2000, at the historical center of the Potsdam University, Sanssouci (close to Berlin / Germany). Invited speakers include: John F. Allen, A.J.E. van Bel, Gloria Coruzzi, Paul Falkowski, Ulf-Ingo Flügge, Nigel G. Halford, Alfred R. Holzwarth, Robert Huber, William J. Lucas, Cathy Martin, Lee McIntosh, Ralf Oelmüller, Harald Paulsen, Colin Robinson, Jean-David Rochaix, Norbert Sauer, Sjef Smeekens, Uwe Sonnewald, Mark Stitt Additional speakers will be selected, e.g. from the poster abstracts submitted. The meeting will cover the following TOPICS: Energy conversion and signalling: Redox signalling, assembly of the photo-synthetic apparatus, structure and function of light-harvesting complexes, photoregulation Metabolite sensing and gene expression: Amino acid sensing and signaling, sugar metabolism and sensing, interacting signal transduction pathways, mitochondrial signals regulating gene expression Cell-cell / sink-source interactions: Regulation of assimilate partitioning in plants, role of transport proteins, the function of plasmodesmata, sink-source interactions Please check http://www.biologie.hu-berlin.de/genetics/SFB_429/symp1.html for further details. We are looking forward to your participation! Sincerely yours, Bernd Mueller-Roeber NEW ADDRESS: Prof. Dr. Bernd Mueller-Roeber Universität Potsdam Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Physiologie Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 25, Haus 20 D-14476 Golm / Potsdam, Germany Please still use my old telefone and email links (until I am fully established at the university) phone: ++49-331-977-2810 / ++49-331-5678-153 fax: ++49-331-567-8408 mailto:mueller at mpimp-golm.mpg.de ---


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Further Reading
- Birth with Confidence – Rhea Dempsey
- Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering – Dr Sarah Buckley
- The Ecstatic Birth – Dr Sarah Buckley
- Guide to Childbirth – Ina May Gaskin
- A Modern Woman's Guide to a Natural Empowering Birth – Katrina Zaslavsky
- Give Birth Like A Feminist – Milli Hill
- Babies Are Not Pizza's – Rebecca Dekker
Video's To Watch
- This video explains the Microbiome really well HERE
- You can access more gentle birth videos HERE It's really great if you can watch them together.
- The process of birth lying down vs upright HERE.
- Demonstration of all HypnoBirthing breaths HERE (please note that you should do 3-4 surge breathes per 60 minute surge, not 1 as this lady appears to be saying)
- What Babies Want – Bonding Video mentioned in Module 2
Pages to Follow or Join
Great Websites
- www.evidencebasedbirth.com – I love this website. Under the article section is so much valuable information. The article of Fetal Monitoring is really interesting.
- www.spinningbabies.com
Interesting Articles
Podcasts (I looooove podcasts and I wish I knew about them years ago)
Other Ideas
- Mother Blessing ceremony instead of a baby shower.
- Birthing Affirmations Printables to print for home or hospital. You can access mine HERE.
- Consider hiring a doula familiar with HypnoBirthing. You can read my info HERE.
- Booking in for Birth Preparation Acupuncture from 36 weeks. You can see my recommendations HERE.


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Calling it possibly the most ambitious publishing project undertaken in a generation, Routledge has announced the publication of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Its publisher claims that this comprehensive encyclopedia of philosophy is the first to be published simultaneously in print and fully interactive electronic formats.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy offers in-depth coverage of traditional subject areas--from Aristotle to Aquinas, Spinoza to Symbolic Interactionism--but also offers less traditional topics including contemporary issues, New Age ideas, science, mathematics, and religious concepts, as well as those on the cutting edge of philosophical study, including fuzzy logic, virtue ethics, virtue epistemology, and vagueness. With 78,000 index entries, 1,300 authors, 2,056 articles, and 8,000 pages, it is a complete, inclusive, culturally diverse philosophy reference, equally accessible to the armchair philosopher and the academic professional, according to the company.
Although it is often quoted that "in philosophy the questions do not change, only the answers," Edward Craig, the general editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Knightsbridge Professor Elect at the University of Cambridge, begs to differ. In the 30 years since an extensive encyclopedia of philosophy has been published, scores of new topics have arisen in philosophy, and extensive changes have occurred in existing specialties. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides new and detailed coverage of areas never before explored in a comprehensive work, including these examples:
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No matter how many times I go there (a lot) and I'm busting out a texty to a buddy to come and meet me, I always, always manage to misspell 'Borsch.' Even then I had to look it up a lot. I say 'Bortch', 'Borcht', 'Bortsch'… in fact that damn 't' gets me every time and it doesn't even HAVE a 't'! I just put it there! For fun! For no reason!
Anyway. Borsch (had to look again) Vodka & Tears is a Polish cafe/restaurant/bar that boasts The Best Cocktail List Ever, and Some Of The Nicest Tapas In The World. That's a pretty combo. Team it with pretty plates that don't match (I love things that don't match), knowlegeable and friendly bar staff, and outdoor seating on the awesome end of Chapel Street*, you have yourselves a winner.
Let's take a moment to look at this cocktail list. Srsly. I am quite a fan of the Words, and the Sentences, and any place that has cocktails with names like this deserves a look in, even if the cocktails are shit. And they're not. Let's have some name examples:
Something Wicked This Way Comes; Angel With a Broken Arm; Little Red Riding Hood; Keith Richards; Ninja Love; Furious Hippo; Wanted: Hor Hare – Reward £1000; The Boss's Daughter; and, my personal favourite: You're Turning Violet, Violet!
I did not make these names up. These are also just examples. There are more. MORE. And so tasty you can convince yourself that your parents don't really need the money back that you borrowed to go overseas, so there's really no point saving it is there? and then you can hand over your credit card with a clear conscience and knock back as many Polish Bitches as you can in one sitting.
I should probably point out that Borsch does boast an impressive beer and wine list also, but when I have the choice between that and ordering something that rolls off the tongue like My Fair Marmalady, I find I don't really care about beer and wine.
The staff rock. Once upon a time, I was with a friend who ordered a cocktail that had quite a bit of chilli in it. When they made this drink for her, they served it, then proceeded to wait for her to taste it to make sure the chilli element was to her satisfaction. If it wasn't, they would make it again. Beautiful. They are also just really nice.
And lastly, the fooooood. Oh em gee. So good. My personal favourite are the Potato Blintzes, panfried potato pancakes served with sour cream. Have that with a Little Red Riding Hood if you like creamy things, or a Compendium if you like apple. I like cream and apple so I usually have one of each.
Which brings me to my Consumer Warning. While Borsch is very reasonably priced, you can blow your entire pay packet in one evening. This is entirely their fault, and not yours. If they insist on having such a more-ish menu, then they have to accept the pointed fingers. I like to keep ordering cocktails because I like the names. And then you have to order more food to go with your cocktails. And then those damned friendly bartenders make professional recommendations. So what started off as a drink after work turns into a rollicking evening of Eastern European amazingness. By the end of it you think you're Polish.
So next time you're in Prahran and slash or Windsor (I thought they were in Prahran but the website says Windsor. Corner of Chapel and High Streets anyway so you can make your own geographical call on that) pop in for a taster. I reccomend checking it out with a couple of friends, or as a spot for an impressive first date. What's more, with a couple of Diminished Responsibility's under your belt, a first date at Borsch Vodka & Tears could be all you need. Wins had by all.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Hundreds of kids will be able to stay warm this winter thanks to the generosity of complete strangers in Wilkes-Barre.
The mission this year: provide warm coats for kids in need.
The racks inside St. Aloysius Church in Wilkes-Barre were bursting with coats of all sizes, colors, and kinds.
The stockings were stuffed as well, ready to go home with children who need a little extra this holiday season.
"It's heartwarming to know the community is open to doing this and helping our program and all the kids who are in need of some winter attire," said Amanda Sivco, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bridge.
Before these youngsters could take home a new warm coat, thanks to donations to the Warm Coat for Kids program through the Back Mountain Police Association, it was party time, complete with pictures with Santa.
"It makes me feel really good, and all these children will have something warm for the winter time," said Marie Ludwig of Ashley.
Ludwig was all smiles, happy her grandson and other kids here could pick from more than 500 coats because as organizers explain, there's a big need out there for warmth and caring like this.
"People don't realize there are children who do not have warm clothes. We see it every year. Back Mountain Police Association is happy to provide it for them," said Ross Piazza, Back Mountain Police Association.
"We're super grateful the Back Mountain Police Association is doing this for us. We have a bunch of families here obviously in need of coats," Sivco said.
So as these families went through and picked out coats, these children don't just see the good will of others, they get to feel it, too.
"I'm very thankful for the people that have been donating it," said Xavier Drey of Pittston.
The Back Mountain Police Association collected 500 coats for needy kids this year.
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The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program is an organization dedicated to increasing and enhancing pro bono legal services to the poor in Dallas through the recruitment, training, and support of volunteer attorneys. The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program is a joint program of the Dallas Bar Association and Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas created in 1997 when both organizations merged their previously separate pro bono programs to create one cohesive effort to address the legal needs of the poor in Dallas.
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All DVAP Clients must meet strict financial eligibility guidelines to receive help. The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program provides legal help to low-income clients with the following types of cases:
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Little Traverse Bay Humane Society is centrally located between Harbor Springs and Petoskey and serves the surrounding communities in northern Michigan.
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This week The Broke and The Bookish have asked for our Top Ten Best/Worst Series Enders. When we have a choice like that I like to put some from both and this week is no different. I think sometimes I might over read the topics because for this week I considered that you could have favourite or worst ends in terms of what actually happened but also just having a good or bad last book, I've gone the second option because its the way its written that makes what happens good in the end and it also made writing my list a lot easier.
- Rapture – Fallen Series by Lauren Kate
- United We Spy – Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter
- Brothers to the Death – The Saga of Larten Crepsley by Darren Shan
- Monsters of Men – Chaos Walking Series by Patrick Ness
- Sons of Destiny – The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan
- Ascend – Trylle by Amanda Hocking
- Requiem – Delirium trilogy by Lauren Oliver
- Double Crossed – Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
- Missing Me – Girl Missing Series by Sophie McKenzie
- Extras – Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld


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Sun, 9 November 2014
In today's episode, our hosts, Tracey and Scott discuss the latest Disney animated theatrical release, Big Hero 6. They take a look at its production and some behind the scenes information, as well as the critical response and provide their own thoughts. Our hosts also review the Disney Infinity 2.0 Avengers playset and discuss the changes to the Toy Box and the overall game. They also call over to the Main Street Cinema and respond to some listener feedback.
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Cardinals C Molina leaves game with sprained thumb
ST. LOUIS (AP) — All-Star catcher Yadier Molina has been removed from the St. Louis Cardinals' game against Pittsburgh in the third inning with a sprained right thumb.
The team said the injury will be re-evaluated Thursday.
A trainer attended to Molina on the field Wednesday night after he slid feet first into third base in the second inning. Molina remained in the game and caught the top of the third before he was lifted for pinch-hitter Tony Cruz in the bottom half.
Cruz then replaced Molina behind the plate.
Molina was voted to his sixth straight NL All-Star team Sunday and is a starter for the fourth time. He doubled in the second inning and was hitting .287 with seven homers and 30 RBIs.


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Announcing our new SUP Gladiator East Coast Race TeamFebruary 5th, 2016 | Uncategorized | Casey Gotcher | 1 Comment
This has been a couple of years in the making. We are thrilled to finally be able to announce our East Coast Race Team (not counting Florida who has their own team). Here are the members of our team. Some have been successful on the Race Circuit for years, others are relatively new to the […]Read More


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"I was just shocked to see how people could behave this way, at a time of year that is supposed to celebrate togetherness and good will. The events just remind us how out of hand our obsession with buying the next new gadget and electronic has gotten," says Epp, who is also a family counsellor. "What's the message we're sending to children about holiday spirit when we behave like this? I think people need to take this opportunity to really think about what our priorities are for this Christmas season. Spending quality time with family friends – that's what we should really be focusing on!"
In her work as an author, Epp has used her writing to express just those values. The importance of family relationships is a central theme guiding her acclaimed children's book, The Magical Horses. Beate is currently touring schools with her book and working with children on art projects.
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Necklace (kanthi)
Benaras, Uttar Pradesh, 19th century
Gold, white sapphires, enamel
Acc. No. 96.234
The necklace (kanthi) in the form of an openwork torque in five hinged sections. In the front, the necklace is set with white sapphires in a design of seven flowers with an octagonal stone in the middle and surrounded with petals and meandering creepers and leaves all set with white sapphires. On either side of the center flower there is a graceful peacock with head turned back and a single pearl positioned on top in the middle and a pear-shaped floral pendant suspended below. The chain at the back in the form of a row of single stones. The back of the jewel is garden of flowers in painted pink enamel with green and blue highlights.


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This is movie has made many teens start enjoying learning about the Greek Mythology. I liked it and these activities are culturally enriching and fun too.
I. Before watching the segment, make a guess, matching the Gods and their names.
1. Zeus
2. Poseidon
3. Hades
4. Hera
5. Ares
6. Athena
7. Apollo
8. Aphrodite
9. Hermes
10. Hephaestus
( ) Tricked by Zeus to rule the sickening Underworld in chaos and terror.
( ) King of the Gods
( ) The Lord of the Seas
( ) She is Zeus's wife and sister. She is the protector of marriage and takes special care of married women.
( ) He is the son of Zeus and Hera. He was disliked by both parents. He is the god of war.
( ) He is the son of Zeus and Leto. He is the god of music, playing a golden lyre. The god of light. The god of truth, who can not speak a lie.
( ) She is the daughter of Zeus. She is the goddess of the city, handicrafts, and agriculture.
( ) She is the goddess of love, desire and beauty. She has a magical girdle that compels anyone she wishes to desire her.
( ) Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly. He is also lame.
( ) He is the son of Zeus and Maia. He is Zeus messenger. He is the fastest of the gods. He wears winged sandals, a winged hat, and carries a magic wand. He is the god of thieves and god of commerce.
3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8, 10, 9
II. Play a game. Decide if the statements below are TRUE or FALSE. The winner is the groups that scores most correct answers.
1. ( ) The role of the hero is mapped out in such recurring themes as the separation from the mother, the overcoming of obstacles, and the finding and supplanting of the father.
2. ( ) The gods were differentiated from the heroes not so much by their strength as by their supernatural power.
3. ( ) Greek myth attempts to explain the origins of the world and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes and heroines, and other mythological creatures.
4. ( ) In the wide variety of myths and legends that Greek mythology consists of, the gods that were native to the Greek peoples are described as having ideal bodies.
5. ( ) The Greek gods are persons, not abstractions, ideas or concepts.
6. ( ) Ancient Greek gods have many fantastic abilities; most significantly, the gods are not affected by disease, and can be wounded only under highly unusual circumstances.
7. ( ) The Greeks considered immortality and unfading youth as the distinctive characteristic of their gods.
8. ( ) Each god descends from his or her own genealogy, has differing interests, a certain area of expertise, and is governed by a unique personality.
9. ( ) The stories generally suggest that relationships between gods and mortals are something to avoid; even consenting relationships rarely have happy endings.
10. ( ) The Greek people used myth to explain natural phenomena, cultural variations, traditional enmities and friendships.
Answer key: All are true.
III. Watch the movie segment and discuss the scene:
1. Describe the scene.
2. Which Greek gods, heroes or myths were mentioned in the segment?
3. What's your opinion about Greek mythology?
4. According to the scene, how would you describe the main characters?
5. Would you like to have lived in Greece in those times? Why (not)?
6. How different are the Greek gods and heroes from the ones in your own culture?


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-an evening dwelling on the notion of place in sound and music
Listening, Recording, Recalling: readings by Daniela Cascella
Three Cities: electroacustic works by Pete Stollery, Ross Whyte and Suk-Jun Kim
Listening, Recording, Recalling: Daniela Cascella´s reading inhabit the space between the three, questioning the notion of recording as fixed entity and looking at how the space around it (the space of memories actualised every other day) affects it and makes it. From a recalled listening experience to a remembrance elicited by sounds, from the impossibility of tracing back a sound out of memory to the actuality of an archive. On a boundary between listening and the other senses, between the experience
of soundscape and its representation, between nature and artifice, between the aural and the all-rounded everyday, between the spatial coordinates of somebody recording in a landscape and the singular, ever-changing coordinates of mediated listening, in turn prompting each listener to reawaken to the sounds around them. The question here is not 'what is a soundscape?'. It is not structured around a what but around the many 'where' that inform and situate the experience of a place, and how a place takes shape in the singular perceptual experiences of each listener as they embody a creative, critical and cultural site.
The event is a part of the seminar Place in sound and music organised by Re: place, a collaborative research project in which the notion of 'place' is investigated through a range of artistic practices including moving image, installation, photography, sound, text and performance. The project is an investigation of (relationships between) place, time and memory as manifested in artistic works exploring image, sound, text - or combinations of these. The project is a collaboration between Bergen Academy of Art and Design, KHiB; Oslo National Academy of the Arts, KHiO; The Grieg Academy, University of Bergen; Bergen Center of Electronic Arts (BEK); Atelier Nord; and Kino Kino, Center for contemporary art and film in Sandnes.
Daniela Cascella is a London-based Italian writer. Her research is focused on sound and listening. Her work explores Writing Sound in connection to voicing, memory, archives and the ephemeral, and the interplay between fiction and criticism. She is the author of En abîme: Listening, Reading, Writing. An Archival Fiction (Zer0 Books 2012).
Pete Stollery (born 1960) studied composition with Jonty Harrison at the University of Birmingham, where he was one of the first members of BEAST in the early '80s. He composes music for concert hall performance, particularly acousmatic music and more recently has created work for outside the concert hall, including sound installations and internet projects.
Suk-Jun Kim has been examining the sense of place through his compositions and sound installations. HIs research interest includes imaginal listening and phenomenological approaches to listening and composition. Kim has been awarded first prizes by the Bourges Competition, Metamorphoses, and CIMESP for his compositions and was a resident composer of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program in 2009. Kim is lecturer in Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art at the University of Aberdeen.
Ross Whyte is a composer based in Aberdeen. He recently completed his PhD at the University of Aberdeen where his field of research was concerned with audio-visual intermedia and headphone-specific composition. He composes in a wide variety of mediums which include solo and ensemble instrumental, electroacoustic, audio-visual installation, dance, theatre and film. His compositional output in recent years has explored erosion through reproduction and often contains the underlying theme of impermanence.


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The Senate pushed President Obama's trade legislation one step closer to final approval on Tuesday by voting to bring back a measure that was shot down less than two weeks ago.
The measure passed 60-37, receiving the absolute minimum number of votes required for advancement. Another bill awaits a vote later this week, part of the package that will go to Mr. Obama's desk before the July 4 recess.
The first bill gives the president "fast track" authority to negotiate trade agreements between a total of 12 nations on both sides of the Pacific. It would allow Congress to approve or reject legislation, but not to amend it.
Fast track supporters say that otherwise, nations could be reluctant to compromise on trade deals for fear that Congress would demand additional concessions.
Opponents of the legislation, including organized labor and most Democrats, say free global trade is damaging for American workers, who would suffer job loss.
For this reason, the follow-up bill promises federal aid to displaced workers. The two bills were originally part of the same piece of legislation, subject to separate votes, but House Democrats voted against the aid portion, derailing the bill as a whole and forcing Obama, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky, and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) of Ohio to revise.
The separation of the trade bill from the aid measure meant that one would rely on Republican support, and the other on Democratic.
In Tuesday's vote, Sen. Ted Cruz (R) of Texas and Ben Cardin (D) of Maryland changed their stances, voting against the bill when they had initially approved it.
Senator Cruz said the bill had become "enmeshed in corporate backroom deal making," but did not say why he had originally been in favor of it.
Senator Cardin said he was unhappy with the separation of the aid provisions and that there lacked a "clear understanding of the path forward to the president's desk" for the follow-up bill.


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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: Truth or Dare (08/28/08)
TITLE: Where Are Ravens When You Need Them?
By Sharlyn Guthrie
"You climbed." Ordinarily Dan was a likable teenager, but at that moment I wanted to smack him. We had too many witnesses, however. The ledge we were sharing jutted out forty feet above the lake where the rest of the youth group and the other chaperones sat staring up at us from their canoes. One look over the ledge, and I headed back the way we came.
"The only way off is to jump," my companion said matter-of-factly. "I'll go first." Again I quelled a violent outburst, but I did manage a death grip on his arm.
"No! Not yet, I mean. Just let me figure this out." He was right about the path we had taken to the top. We had climbed hand-over-hand, pulling ourselves up and over rocks. I'd broken two fingernails coming up. I could easily break my neck attempting to go down.
I tried to think of someone to blame for my predicament, and settled on my adventuresome, risk-taking husband, who was responsible for dragging me along on this trip in the first place –the one who had said, as compellingly as the serpent himself, "I dare you." It had already been pointed out that Dan, Gilbert, and I were the last remaining holdouts, and Dan was already making his way to the top. That left me in the same category as Gilbert, a constant shirker of responsibility, feigner of injuries, and genuine pain in the posterior region. If that weren't enough, my entire family had already successfully leaped off the cliff.
"Hold up, Dan!" I'd called out, oblivious to the shocked expressions exchanged by the others.
It can't be that bad. Who cares that I'm the oldest female in the group? Besides, I'll make my sons and my husband proud. Everyone will respect me, and news of my strength and courage will spread throughout the church -maybe even the city.
Grandiose thoughts had fueled my ascent. Now, with Dan's arm turning blue beneath my fingers, I considered the alternatives.
Jumping is definitely out of the question. Climbing back down is impossible. Maybe I can convince the others to leave me here and pray for the ravens to feed me like Elijah.
My musings caused me to loosen my grip just enough that Dan wriggled away. "See ya at the bottom, Mrs. Larson. Good luck." And with that, Dan ran and leapt off the cliff. I couldn't bear to watch, but several seconds later I heard a splash, followed by cheers and applause from below.
I had never been so alone. I searched the sky for ravens and, seeing none, I edged closer to the ledge.
"Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!"
So this is the respect I get…twenty ungrateful teens heckling me to leap to my death like a jilted lover on a New York skyscraper. I'll show them. They'll be sorry when their little wilderness vacation is cut short and they have to figure out how to haul my body back to civilization. Guess I'll end up in the papers after all, if only in the obituaries.
I sucked in my breath, closed my eyes, and stepped off the ledge…down…down…down. When will I reach the bottom? Down…down…down…better take another breath. Down…down…down…I'm coming, Lord Jesus!
Splat! I felt as though I'd just been spanked –hard! Silence closed in and my lungs felt like they were in a vise as I rose to the surface. I came up gasping, and immediately sank back under the chilly water. This time, several hands grabbed and pulled me up and into a canoe.
"You did it!"
"I can't believe it!"
"Way to go, Mrs. Larson."
"Wait till everyone hears about this."
"My mom would never do what you just did."
I felt exhilarated and proud and thankful all at the same time.
"See, aren't you glad you did it?" My husband asked, embracing me.
"I guess so. It was pretty impressive how long it took to reach the water. I actually had time to think! I broke two fingernails, though, and my back end is a little sore."
"You'll get over it," he said, with not one bit of sympathy, and I did.
Later, however, in the privacy of our tent, I dropped my wet shorts and revealed a bruise the size of Texas. He gasped and quickly tried to suppress a grin.
"Go ahead and laugh," I said. "I dare you."
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WASHINGTON — In the next weeks and months, Lisa P. Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is scheduled to establish regulations on smog, mercury, carbon dioxide, mining waste and vehicle emissions that will affect every corner of the economy.
She is working under intense pressure from opponents in Congress, from powerful industries, from impatient environmentalists and from the Supreme Court, which just affirmed the agency's duty to address global warming emissions, a project that carries profound economic implications.
The new rules will roll out just as President Obama's re-election campaign is getting under way, with a White House highly sensitive to the probability of political damage from a flood of government mandates that will strike particularly hard at the manufacturing sector in states crucial to the 2012 election.
No other cabinet officer is in as lonely or uncomfortable a position as Ms. Jackson, who has been left, as one adviser put it, behind enemy lines with only science, the law and a small band of loyal lieutenants to support her.
Ms. Jackson describes the job as draining but says there are certain principles she will not compromise, including rapid and vigorous enforcement of some of the most far-reaching health-related rules ever considered by the agency.
"The only thing worse than no E.P.A. is an E.P.A. that exists and doesn't do its job — it becomes just a placebo," she said last week in an hourlong interview in Houston. "We are doing our job."
Although she has not met with the president privately since February, Ms. Jackson said she was confident that he would back her on the tough decisions she had to make. "All of us are mindful that he has a lot of things to do," she said.
Attacks on her and her agency have become a central part of the Republican playbook, but she said she wanted no sympathy.
"Any E.P.A. director sits at the intersection of some very important issues — air pollution, clean water, and whether businesses can survive," said Ms. Jackson, a chemical engineer trained at Tulane and Princeton Universities and a former director of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. "No one knows this job unless they've sat in the seat."
Ms. Jackson said she intended to go forward with new, tougher air- and water-quality rules, including those that address climate change, despite Congressional efforts to override her authority and even a White House initiative to weed out overly burdensome regulations.
The first of these new rules is expected to be announced Thursday, imposing tighter restrictions on soot and smog emissions from coal-burning power plants in 31 states east of the Rockies. The regulation is expected to lead to the closing of several older plants and will require the installation of scrubbers at many of those that remain in operation. One former E.P.A. administrator, William K. Reilly, who served under the first President George Bush, is a sometime adviser to Ms. Jackson. He said she was taking fire from all sides.
"She's got three very large challenges," Mr. Reilly said. "First, she's got to administer the Clean Air Act to try to accomplish something for which it was never designed, the control of carbon dioxide, a difficult regulatory challenge in itself. Second, she has to do that and cope with all these other regulations which are not of her making and have come to land on her desk in a climate of intense political polarization and economic distress."
"And the third challenge," he continued, "is that the White House — any White House — doesn't want to hear an awful lot from the E.P.A. It's not an agency that ever makes friends for a president. In the cabinet room, many of the secretaries got along with each other, but they all had an argument with me. It's the nature of the job."
Mr. Reilly said the White House had left Ms. Jackson out on a limb when it failed to push hard for the cap-and-trade climate change bill that passed the House in 2009 but stalled in the Senate last year. Administration officials had argued that legislation was far superior to agency regulation as a means of addressing climate-altering emissions. But when the bill ran up against bipartisan opposition in the Senate, Mr. Reilly said, "the White House didn't lift a finger," an assertion administration officials dispute.
The White House said that it fully supported the agency's aggressive standards for a variety of pollutants to protect public health and the environment and denied that it was resisting further regulatory action for political reasons.
"It's simply a matter of choosing the health and safety of the American people over polluters," Clark Stevens, a White House spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement, "and doing so in a common-sense way that allows us to protect public health while also growing the economy — which will continue to be a shared goal of this entire administration."
One of Ms. Jackson's most vocal critics is Representative Edward Whitfield, Republican of Kentucky and chairman of the energy and power subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He has held several hearings at which Ms. Jackson served as target practice for opponents of E.P.A. regulation of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Ms. Jackson said that was the roughest treatment she had gotten in her two and a half years in Washington.
Mr. Whitfield, who has never met privately with Ms. Jackson, was unapologetic.
"It is unprecedented the number of major regulations this administration is putting out," he said, "and I can't tell you how many calls and meetings and letters I have asking, 'Is there any way to slow E.P.A. down?' "
"What's troubling to us," Mr. Whitfield continued, "is that President Obama on the one hand is saying we have to be really careful about these regulations and consider the impact on jobs and the economy, but over at the agency they're just going full speed ahead with minimal attention or analysis on job impact."
One hot spot where Ms. Jackson can count on friendly treatment is "The Daily Show," where she has appeared three times in two years. Questioning from the host, Jon Stewart, was gentle, to say the least, referring in a recent show to the agency's "unassailable successes" in dealing with air and water pollution and to the "tremendous corporate interests" arrayed against her.
Even those most supportive of Ms. Jackson say that the agency has taken on a virtually unmanageable set of challenges across the range of policy, from mountaintop-removal coal mining to wetlands preservation to the control of toxic emissions from power plants and refineries. She is also in charge of federal restoration efforts in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil spill.
"Have they bitten off more than they can chew?" asked Jason S. Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, who has close ties to the White House and the agency. "Yes. But that's a testament to their aspirations, and now reality is setting in."
The reality being that there is often political fallout whenever tough policy decisions are made, and that the timing of Ms. Jackson's rule setting could not be more inopportune for Mr. Obama. "It's always the case that there are conflicts between good policy and good politics, and the E.P.A. is often the crucible of those challenges," Mr. Grumet said.
One of the toughest pending decisions, he said, concerns a standard for permissible levels of smog-causing compounds including ozone. The agency's scientific advisory panel has recommended setting a high bar that could put hundreds of counties out of compliance with the law, forcing them to take action to reduce emissions, even though the pollutants may be generated beyond their jurisdiction.
The law requires that E.P.A. make such decisions based solely on the health effects of the pollution, not on the possible cost of compliance, creating a huge political problem.
"Telling a government that has to stand for re-election that it should make decisions with no consideration of cost is understandably going to create great agita in the political offices," Mr. Grumet said.


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It's eight or so hours until Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns goes live and I've managed to repeatedly forget that it comes out all week. Never the less it looks good and I am looking forward to it.
So is anyone else looking forward to this? Anyone looking forward to anything else? Either way talk about whatever you want.
Update: Just for timeliness, servers are up.