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I really think that "impossible is nothing!"
I graduated from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, in 2014, with a degree in Applied computers science and software engineering, defending my bachelor thesis “Fuzzy C-means clustering in CV -Pattern Recognition in Medical Diagnosis“. Throughout my education in the field of software engineering and computer science, I have discovered that the field I find the most interesting is the field of web development in combination with HCI (human-computer interaction). I have developed it as a competency, and I have a great desire and a goal to improve my knowledge and skills in this field.
Last 5+ years my field of interest is web development based on CMS platforms- WordPress Expertise!
I have strong background in web development and experience of successfully designing a websites layout, usability and appearance.
this has given me extensive web designing knowledge and technical skills.
Beside that i am obsessed with Web security and malware prevention on web, and proof oof that is more then 300 websites successfully cleaned and protected.
I strongly believe that, in the contemporary world of IT, this area has become a practical necessity, as much as a perspective.
Offer services of permanent and variable maintenance of web sites!
Fixing errors, custom coding, improving performances.
Flexibility, quality and effectiveness of cooperation with the customers is my moto!
I can even code a space shuttle for you!
Modern and creative website solutions for improving your marketing, presentation layer and the business itself. Websites – superbly adapted to the requirements and specifications.
You Have Low Website Speed Which Needs Optimization? Have You Ever Wondered Why You Are Facing Big Bounce Rate Or You Are Losing Visitors? You Are In Right Place!
Removing malicious content from your FTP, website or database.
Preventing backdoors and repeated attacks. Improving your security mechanisms to prevent future attacks!
Building e-shops or customizing it by your needs. Everything is possible-just need to find a right way for doing it!
Innovative web design & branding solutions which will move the boundaries of perfect!
Need to build a system which is scalable, secure & flexible?
Thinking how to improve existing IT system ?
Contact me and let’s find solution on both satisfaction.
Let’s make a cup of nice coffee and start!
At Gypsy’s and Angels, we work with your mind body and soul to relax, focus and nourish your entire existence. We have services suitable to everyone!
At Podiatry and Moore, we specialist in the assessment, treatment and prevention of lower leg and foot complaints.
We provide a modern Narellan podiatrist facility, using the best equipment whilst maintaining a personal feel.
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Recent studies of the whole human genome have proven that the entire population of Ashkenazi Jews in existence today descended from no more than 350 individuals who lived 800 years ago. The genetic similarities among members of this sect were found to be so acute that everyone in the community is, at the very least, the 30th cousin of everyone else. This level of consanguinity only occurs when a relatively small community is kept isolated for geographical or social reasons resulting in large scale and persistent in-breeding. Population bottlenecks such as this have been observed among the Finns, the French Canadians in Saguenay–Lac-St.-Jean, and in orthodox religious groups such as the Amish and the Hutterites.
Communities with population bottlenecks are highly susceptible to genetic diseases. The Ashkenazi Jews, for instance, commonly suffer from Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis and Gauchers disease. Due to a historically high reproductive rate among the relatively small number of individuals that comprise the community, rare mutations that might have been dormant in founder individuals begin to express themselves over time among their descendants, with dramatically increased frequency the longer the community remains endogamous.
Mutations, of themselves, are not uncommon in the general population. When an offspring inherits a copy of a recessive gene from only one parent, it could go through its entire life without displaying any symptoms of the disease. It is only when a child inherits a copy of the same mutation from both parents that the disease surfaces. In communities with population bottlenecks, there is a significantly higher chance that both parents will carry the same recessive mutation.
A number of inherited diseases have been identified to commonly exist in various Jewish communities such as the Ashkenazis. As abortion is generally unacceptable among orthodox Jews, prenatal screening is largely ineffective as a means to prevent affected foetuses from going to full term.
To work within these religious constraints, Rabbi Josef Ekstein, a New York Jew, established Dor Yeshorem in 1983. The organisation used genetic techniques to screen members of the Jewish community from as early as when they were in high school, hoping to identify those that carried recessive genes for Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis or Gaucher’s.
Armed with information about their own genomic mutations, these schoolchildren were now equipped to determine, even before they started dating, whether the offspring they might have with the persons they intended to date are likely to be afflicted with one of these diseases. As unromantic as this might sound, in communities with rigid religious and social norms, genetic matchmaking is perhaps the only way to avoid the proliferation of genetic diseases.
India is home to more than 40,000 jatis as well as various other tribal groupings. Many of these groups follow, to this day, strict rules of endogamy that prevent them from, or at the least frown on, marrying anyone outside their group. We have only relatively recently begun to test these groups for genetic similarity.
Early results indicate that genetic differentiation between groups in India is likely to be as much as three times higher than differentiation within populations in Europe. This is a clear indicator of the existence of population bottlenecks in India similar to those among religious sects in the West.
As population bottlenecks are themselves indicators of genetic disorders, it stands to reason that the endogamous populations of India are likely to be rife with inherited diseases. However, as there has been little systematic research into identifying the genes responsible for disorders common to Indian endogamous groups, not much is known about which groups are likely to have what mutation. The little that we do know indicates that this is research worth doing.
For instance, we know that there is a high probability that Vysyas carry a recessive mutation in their genome that results in reduced levels of butylcholinesterase in their body. If anyone with low levels of this protein is given anaesthesia, there is a good chance that they could go into prolonged, potentially fatal, muscular paralysis. No doubt numerous other such genetic insights will surface if we begin to look for them in other endogamous groups. A good proportion of these insights could well mean the difference between life and death.
With the rapidly falling cost of sequencing the whole human genome, it should be relatively easy to undertake a widespread genetic analysis of all the endogamous groups in India to correlate genetic markers unique to those specific groups with symptoms that have a high rate of occurrence. This will give us a significant opportunity to improve medical outcomes by simply studying rare recessive traits in specific communities.
If we can make progress in this direction, we should be able to introduce genetic matchmaking into the arranged marriage workflow so that along with horoscopes, parents are encouraged to match whole genome reports to ascertain whether their as yet unborn grandchildren run the risk of inheriting deleterious double recessive mutations. Or perhaps someone will build an app that automatically incorporates your genetic report into your online profile and only allows you to swipe right if the person you are about to “like" is genetically compatible.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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On July 1, 2016, El Dorado Law took over the Administration of the El Dorado County Indigent Defense Panel. The office has a duty to the indigent citizens of El Dorado County to appoint them an attorney to assist in their defense against pending allegations.
Citizens are appointed an IDP attorney when the Public Defender’s Office declares that they have a conflict on a case.
If a conflict has been declared on your case and/or you have been referred to the Indigent Defense Panel an attorney will be appointed to you within 48 hours. That attorney will be at your next court hearing to accept the appointment and represent you.
Should you like to reach out to your attorney in between the time in which the conflict is declared and your next hearing, you can call (530) 626-6208 48 business hours after the Public Defender has declared a conflict in a court hearing to request the name and contact information of your attorney. You can also email us at idp@eldoradolaw.com for more information.

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I want to get home internet, and TV from Telus (as shaw is charging to much). My total monthly bill will be under $100. As Telus wants to do a credit check, normally I have no concerns about this. But as I am applying for a mortgage at the same time, I do not want a hit on my credit reports.
So is the Telus credit report a Hard inquirie, or a soft inquire?
You could get the mortgage first!
I went "back to Telus" from Shaw last Fall, and Telus did a "hard credit check", even tho I was a previous Telus customer of 35 years. Telus even changed my account number, no idea why!
When you left Telus, you closed your account. That resulted in a new account having to be created when you came back, and that's why the new number and credit check. I've had Shaw hard check me before also. It's not an uncommon practice among a lot of companies when you sign up for service. Even your electricity or natural gas provider may hard check you as well.
I'm totally fine with it. Thanks for your comment and enjoy your evening.
You can ask Telus to do a soft inquiry, and explain why, or go the other way and explain the Telus hard inquiry to your bank or mortgage lender. If you've been shopping for a mortgage, you have a 45 day window during which the hits from multiple potential lenders are combined as one small hit; ask your potential lenders about that. If you have a good score, one or two hits won't sink you anyway. I know people who have the worst credit scores on the planet and they qualify for everything.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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For some puzzling reason, when I was driving home from work today it hit me: why is it called the Hunger Games? Why not the Thirst Games or the Pandem Games or the District Games? I can't find any logical sense behind the name, other than maybe it sounds better.
debussygirl wrote: For some puzzling reason, when I was driving home from work today it hit me: why is it called the Hunger Games? Why not the Thirst Games or the Pandem Games or the District Games? I can't find any logical sense behind the name, other than maybe it sounds better.
I see what you mean. My only idea is that maybe she isn't being completely literal about Hunger being food hunger. She could use it as the general hunger for food, but it could also be seen as encompasing hunger for peace, survival, power, glory, or having the means to live (etc.). Like Katniss desires to survive and help her family while other districts want the glory of wining. Thats the only idea I could come up with. If anybody ever has the chance to write her, ask her, or submit a question - that should be the question - What is the full meaning of the title "The Hunger Games"
Team "Screw you freaks! I pick Ben!"
There's also the gifts of food and luxuries to the winning District, too, and the poor Districts almost never win, and they're starving anyways. They're always hungry- foodwise and to win.
I believe it's the Hunger Games because ultimately those who can survive being hungry the longest eventually win. Remember what Katniss said about the Career Tributes? They don't know how to survive being hungry the way she could. And once their food was gone they lost all their strategic strength.
I am reading Hunger Games for the second time. I was all team Gale, the first time around, but I think I am changing my allegiance. I mean Peeta loves Katniss sooooooo much! I didn't notice it as much the first time and this time, I clearly see how much he loves her. I can't wait for the second book. I pre-ordered them yesterday.
Why it is called the Hunger Games... I'd say it's a catchy title. It could have been called the Survival Games... but that sounds too much like "Survivor" the TV show and this is far more brutal. It could have been called The Killing Games, but that sounds far more brutal than a YA book should be. I might not pick it up if I was 14. And, The Thurst Games, just sounds like they need a slurpee or something.
Three cheers for the hole!
I agree about no one actually catching fire- After watching Knowing, I never want to see anyone but Red Vs Blue catching on fire. Ever.
Once you all get to read Catching Fire, you'll get the title. It's kinds like we talked about before, but I think that's all I'll say.
On another subject, I think the title is a mixture of all your answers. I just think it's a general idea. Ally_Cat is getting it perfectly though. I'm impressed with your answer!
I know everything from "and I am not going to say a word"
^^I agree with that. My ability to guess plots has essentially ruined most movies for me. People talking about it is practically the same thing. So SHUSH or I'll pull out the Grammar Stick of Doom!
Besides, we only have a few weeks till it comes out. Which reminds me, I'm going to go pre-order it now.
pre-order from Barnes and Noble (check online for a 10% discount) it was less expensive than Amazon. Without being a member.

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Product information "Daytona Beach International XP"
Florida Calling! Fly into Daytona Beach International, take a Spring Break at the Beach or watch the race at the adjacent Speedway Track.
This brand-new add-on for XPlane 11 is a highly detailed recreation of Daytona Beach International Airport. It also covers the famous Daytona International Speedway track and a large extent of the surrounding area. It also includes airport corrections for Lafayette Landings Airport (FD90).
"A well laid out and accurately placed scenery with nice building textures. Runways and taxiways look good, as does the replica tower. 3D trees and foliage are well placed. Animated jetways, Safedock A-VDGSs and marshallers are a nice addition, as is the animated ground traffic. So, with that being said, I award Aerosoft Daytona Beach International a healthy 8/10."
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industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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As optical components become integrated into OEM devices there is a need to restrict the dimensions of these components to ensure total package size requirements can be met. More importantly the parts must be manufactured without any loss in quality or optical characteristics. Meadowlark Optics has developed processes that allow us to efficiently build small polarizers and retarders, down to a few millimeters on a side for square parts or as tiny as 6 mm in diameter. Amazingly, these advancements are not only restricted to static components. Our active liquid crystal devices have gone even smaller than static parts, including some devices with a 1 mm circular clear aperture inside of a 3mm square device.
When designing an optical instrument there are often difficult challenges that force optics to be installed in tight spaces to even tighter tolerances. Custom mounts are often required to hold components of varying sizes and shapes that cannot be supported by traditional mounting options. Sub-assemblies often require polarization components be mounted with sub degree accuracy, or be tilted to very specific angles away from normal incidence.
Many applications require that researchers and scientists visualize minute concentrations of elements or compounds, or the changes in a continuous wavelength range. Meadowlark Optics line of Tunable Optical Filters allows the user to dissect an image into hundreds of individual wavelength images. Solar astronomers have used LC Tunable Filters for years (examples: imaging of solar flares and prominences or imaging the solar chromosphere) and now new applications in microscopy, spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging and many other fields are being discovered and tested every day.
Design and construction of Tunable Optical Filters combines multiple areas of Meadowlark Optics expertise, including our Liquid Crystal Variable Retarders, instrumentation, fabrication and of course polarization. Our knowledge has led to designs that overcome many issues that have been overlooked in the past. For example, the retardance of a LC cell is sensitive to temperature and variations in the environment surrounding the device can lead to measurement errors. As a result we have mounted our Tunable Optical Filter inside a thermally controlled housing to preserve the tuning accuracy of the device.
If the specifications of our standard devices are not ideal for your application we are very interested in designing a custom Tunable Filter to exactly meet your needs. Choose the wavelength range, full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the transmission peaks, tuning resolution, angular field-of-view and a number of other requirements and Meadowlark Optics will design the system needed to complete your experiments. We even have designs that allow for a variable FWHM at a single wavelength! Please refer to the Tunable Optical Filter section of the catalog for more detail on these systems or call us to discuss your application requirements.
The applications for Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) are broad and far reaching. From ultrafast laser pulse shaping to wavefront correction many tasks can be completed with our standard Linear and two-dimensional Hexagonal arrays. However, certain applications require larger active areas (clear apertures) in order to modulate the entire beam profile or maybe the pixels need to be arranged in a custom layout, like a series of concentric circles, for the experiment to be completed properly. Meadowlark Optics would like to take on your need for a custom designed transmissive SLM. Modifications to the pixel size, dimensions and pattern can be completed by creating a new photo-mask and since the optical head, driver and software can be kept the same these changes can be completed without dramatic price increases or lead-times.
In an effort to offer more versatile products Meadowlark Optics has designed extremely broadband (650 to 2000 nm) polarizing beamcube based around our line of VersaLight wire grid polarizers. Laminating a Versa- Light polarizer inside two right angle prisms allows the component to exhibit the benefits of both the polarizer and cube. This means that you have an extremely broadband cube with a large acceptance angle that is easy to mount. These cubes can be made to transmit any polarization direction while reflecting the orthogonal polarization.
Most broadband polarizing beamcubes offer a useable wavelength range of 300-400 nm. The VersaLight beamcube offers a useable range of 1350 nm and can be used from 650-2000 nm without much variation in transmission or loss of contrast ratio. In fact, this cube has a transmitted contrast ratio of 500:1 or better through most of the useable wavelength range. It also pushes the limits of the field of view for polarizing beamcubes. The angular acceptance of the VersaLight cube is greater than ± 20°, compared to ± 3° for most thin film beamcubes, opening up many uses and applications that were not possible with thin film polarizer designs. This cube continues the Meadowlark Optics tradition of innovation and quality construction by providing better specs and more performance to our customers, allowing them to do and see things that were never possible before.
When completing an application where the wavelength of interest is different from a standard light source wavelength it can be difficult to find an accurate retardation plate. The cost of polishing an entire batch of crystal parts (quartz, magnesium fluoride, sapphire, etc.) will make the prices of low quantities of these retarders very expensive. Using our polymer processing facilities, Meadowlark Optics can create a custom retarder for your specific wavelength. Custom retardances, such as eighth-wave or tenth-wave are also available. We also have the ability to create retarders with custom dimensions or large areas to perfectly within your unique optical design.
Other distinctive retarders that Meadowlark Optics can produce include a product we call Micro Retarders. These components were originally designed for use inside telecommunications systems and their primary characteristic is their thickness, or more appropriately their thinness. These retarders measure less than 20 microns thick, less than five millimeters per side and have almost perfect transmission characteristics. Like our standard polymer retarders these parts are available for any wavelength and any retardance.
Our longitudinal Pockels Cells are often used in polarimetry on imaging light beams and in the chopping of polarized beams. They consist of Z-cut KD*P crystals between protective windows that have transparent indium-tin oxide electrodes applied to their interior faces. The electrodes produce a uniform electric field normal to the optical faces and permit use of a thin (less than 3 mm) KD*P crystal. This makes these cells suitable for use in non-collimated imaging light beams slower than f/20. Meadowlark specializes in clear apertures’ up to 40 mm. These devices are useful as variable retarders in applications requiring much faster switching.
Over the years Meadowlark Optics has been asked to deliver some unique polarization components. Our reputation for quality and innovation has made us the company that many people turn to when they need a device that is not readily available.
Examples of these devices include a segmented polarizer that contained four different quadrants, where each quadrant had its polarization transmission axis in a different orientation. Another is an assembly of polarizing beamcubes that can take an input beam and separate it into multiple output beams with varying linear polarization directions. We also have manufactured an optically addressed spatial light modulator. Our engineers have spent years designing these components for various applications and they have the imagination and knowledge to build a component that will perfectly fit your needs. So, if you have an idea for a polarization component that you cannot find anywhere else, talk to Meadowlark Optics.

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A construction site can be a dangerous place. All too often small mistakes can have devastating consequences. If you are a construction worker who has been seriously injured in an accident because of equipment malfunction, product failure or another person’s negligence, you may be eligible to receive compensation for your injuries and lost wages. When a construction accident occurs, the results are often devastating. An Accident Lawyer in Lake Park Estates, Florida sees many severe and life-changing injuries and deaths that were preventable. It is our job to find out why the accident happened and identify how it could have been prevented. Owners, general contractors, sub-contractors, and construction equipment manufacturers may be held liable for damages that occur due to negligence.
The landowner is liable for any injury caused by a potentially harmful condition on the land that he either knew or should have known about (this does not extend to obvious conditions). The architect or engineer may be under contractual duties to the site owner. Duties may include progress observation (ensuring compliance with specifications) and site inspection (ensuring compliance with code regulations). A lawyer for Construction Accident in Lake Park Estates diligently pursues these claims to ensure injured workers are awarded money for any and all damage suffered. These accidents occur when the safety engineers and safety programs that construction companies are obligated to enact are either negligent or simply absent.

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Have you ever experienced a coffee trip, and directly engage with local coffee farmer while doing the trip?
Let’s Join Malabar Coffee Trip with Wanderlust Indonesia and Kopi Malabar Indonesia!
– 100% DP and/or full payment would be REFUNDED if trip is canceled upon certain specific reasons by Wanderlust Indonesia.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Nasser Khalili was bornon December 18, 1945 in United Kingdom. Nasser Khalili is an Iranian-born academic and former art dealer who owns one of the world's largest private collections of Islamic art, with more than 20,000 pieces spanning 1,400 years. Nicknamed the secret sultan, Khalili left Iran before the 1979 revolution and now lives in London as a dual U. S.-British citizen. His collection includes rare Koranic manuscripts, paintings, ceramics, glass, and textiles. When he was a teenager he made his first purchase, of a 19th century Qajar lacquer pen box. Khalili became known as a collector in the '80s. He denied rumors that he was buying on behalf of the Sultan of Brunei. In 2012, Arabian royals in Qatar and Kuwait and private buyers from Europe and Asia supported the top end of the Islamic art market, boosting Khalili's fortune. He also collects Japanese art from the Meiji period, Indian and Swedish textiles, and Spanish metal works. The Khalili Family Trust holds all of his collections. Khalili owns commercial and retail properties in and around London, including in tony Mayfair. He is reportedly building an energy-efficient office block dubbed "The Wave." Khalili is co-founder and chairman of the Maimonides Foundation, a charity that promotes interfaith peace and understanding.
Khalili's second Japanese-based collection is The Khalili Collection of kimono. The collection consists of three hundred years of the Japanese textile industry and contains over 450 garments. While the kimono's t-shaped design hasn't altered much over the centuries, yet the collection reveals an astonishing variety in kimono designs. The garments have been used to demonstrate gender, age, status and wealth throughout Japan's history. The collection represents four separate period's, the Edo period (1603-1868), the Meiji period (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926) and early Showa (1926-1989).
The Khalili Collection of Swedish Textiles comprises textile panels, dating between 1700-1900. The majority of the works are from a one hundred-year period, when little is known about the area of Scania, the southern-most region of Sweden. The textile collection contains art mostly made for wedding ceremonies in the region. While they played a part in the ceremonies, they were also a reflection of the artistry and skill of the weaver. Their designs often consist of symbolic illustrations of fertility and long life, along with a sense of hope and joy. The entire collection is made up of 95 pieces.
Spanish damascene metalwork collection, is one of the largest collections of its kind. The collection pay homage to the Zuloga family, who played a major part in the preservation of damascening in Spain. The collection contains some of the most important pieces commissioned by Plácido Zuloga between 1834-1910. Some of the pieces were originally acquired by the great 19th-century English collector, Alfred Morrison. The entire collection contains over 100 pieces, 22 of which are signed by Plácido Zuloga. The collection is said to be an excellent representation of Spanish metalwork art during the latter half of the 19th century.
The Japanese Art of the Meiji period collection is made up of the world's greatest collection of Meiji decorative art. It comprises over 1,400 pieces in the collection, including metalwork, enamels, Lacquerwork and ceramics. The pieces are from the period of Emperor Meiji's rule from 1868-1912. The period saw an art revolution in Japan, where traditional tastes in Japan were met with international tastes. From the beginning of Meiji's reign in Japan, European and international Collectors have avidly sought pieces of Japanese art from this era.
Khalili was born in 1945 in the city of Isfahan, Iran, the fourth of five children, to a Jewish family of art dealers and traders of artefacts. Khalili and his family moved to Tehran, Iran, when he was only a few months old. By the age of eight, he was accompanying his Father on buying expeditions, often buying items such as Persian lacquer and other Islamic arts.
Khalili completed his national Service in Iran as a medic in the Iranian Army, before leaving Iran in 1967 for the United States with $750 earned from sales of his book. He studied computer science and earned a BA degree in the subject at Queens College, City University of New York, and graduated in 1974.
He began visiting London auction houses in the mid 1970s, and established his own gallery in Mayfair, London between in 1978 to 1980. Khalili initially traded in Persian lacquerware, and subsequently wrote a thesis on the subject, receiving a PhD degree in Islamic art from SOAS, University of London in 1988. His focus on lacquerware also coincided with many undervaluing this art form. In 1978, the price of Islamic art fell substantially according to an article in Saudi Aramco World. Aramco World stated in the article that Khalili continued to invest in Islamic art during this period and this was one of the reasons he was able to acquire so many quality works for low prices.
In the mid-1980s, the scale of Khalili's collection greatly expanded. In the early 1990s, he began to publish a 27-volume catalogue of his Islamic art collection, for which he commissioned a number of leading Islamic scholars. In 1992, he was interviewed by The Independent following the launch of the first volume of this catalogue of Islamic art. According to the article, suspicions in the art industry were that Khalili was assembling the collection on behalf of a rich investor. The release of the collection under his own name stopped those suspicions and showed Khalili's collection as belonging to himself and his family.
In 1989, Khalili donated £600,000 to establish The Khalili Chair of Islamic Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He also gave a further £200,000 in 2003 for the refurbishment of the lecture theatre at the school. Furthermore, in 1992, he made an endowment of £51,000 to the University of Oxford for a Research Fellowship in Islamic Art.
In the 1990s, Khalili commissioned a series of five paintings by the Artist Ben Johnson called the House of Peace to promote "peace and harmony" between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The foundation also donated thousands of copies of The Timeline History of Islamic Art and Architecture (Visions of Splendour) written by Khalili himself, to schools in the United Kingdom and Islamic countries.
In 1992, Khalili offered to lend his Islamic art collection to the British government for a period of 15 years and on condition it is publicly displayed in a "museum building in central London." It was suggested that the museum would be known as the Khalili Museum, with the running costs of the museum and insurance to be publicly funded. The offer was made with the potential for turning the donation into a gift at the expiration of the 15-year period. The Conservative Politician Lord Young of Graffham and the public relations executive Lord Bell lobbied the government to accept Khalili's offer. Many expressed an interest in the proposal by Khalili for a London-based Islamic museum, including Prince Charles.
Khalili founded the charitable Maimonides Interfaith Foundation in 1995 to promote "understanding, cooperation and peace between Jews, Christians and Muslims internationally through art, culture and education". The foundation created the Maimonides Interfaith Explorers, a free online educational resource for children aged 10 to 11.
In 1997, Khalili bought Bath House, an office building on Holborn Viaduct for £7 million. In 2007 planning permission was granted for an 11-storey office building called The Wave and subsequently in 2009 Khalili acquired the freehold from the crown estates. The building, which eventually completed in 2013, designed by the Architects Kohn Pederson Fox Associates. Since 2010 the project had been a partnership between Khalili's property company Favermead and AXA Real Estate Investment Managers. The new 230,000 sq ft building was later leased by Amazon in 2013. In 2014 the building became one of the 13 winners in the Urban Land Institute’s Global Awards for Excellence, citing the blending of modern and historic architectural elements.
Khalili has assembled eight distinct art collections under the auspices of the Khalili Family Trust and they are collectively referred to as the Khalili Collections. The collections are divided into Islamic Art, with artifacts dating from 700 to 2000; Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage from 700 to 2000; Aramaic Documents from 535BC to 324 BC; Japanese Art of the Meiji Period from 1868 to 1912; Japanese Kimono from 1700 to 2000; Swedish Textiles from 1700 to 1900; Spanish Damascened Metalwork from 1850 to 1900 and Enamels of the World from 1700 to 2000.
Through his foundations and trusts, Khalili has made many substantial donations to a number of different organisations, institutions, and charities. Donations in the field of education include an endowment of £2.5 million to the University of Oxford. The funds were used for the establishment of the Khalili Research Centre for the Art and Material Culture of the Middle East, which was opened by the Chancellor of Oxford University, Lord Patten, in July 2005. The Khalili Family Trust’s support continues to the present day, notably with another substantial donation in 2011.
In 2007 Khalili's wealth was estimated at £5.8 billion by the Sunday Times Rich List, but he was removed from subsequent editions of the list. In 2007 and 2008 Forbes estimated Khalili's wealth at $1.3 billion, but he dropped off the 2014 edition of the list. In 2008 The Art Newspaper wrote that 'a £1 billion valuation is believed more likely' than previously claimed higher amounts. Khalili has claimed that he has spent $650 million on art.
In a 2010 interview Khalili said that his collecting in the mid 1980s was funded by his dealings in venture capital, having profited from shares in a company that developed Technology to treat tumors, and that he made $15 million from the sale of a company that manufactured indigestion pills in 1987. In 1992, Khalili had described his wealth as deriving from "dealing in art, commodities and real estate". Khalili has said that his collecting was primarily funded by his property Investments from 1980.
In 2012, Khalili was honored by UNESCO as a goodwill ambassador for his work in the pursuit of peace, education and culture amongst nations. In his role as a Goodwill Ambassador, Khalili spreads the ideals of UNESCO through his position as a scholar, collector and philanthropist. He helps galvanize public interest and support for the purposes and principles of UNESCO to significant audiences.
He has made keynote addresses at the launch of the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures in a UNESCO International Forum held in Kazakhstan, in 2013; at the UNESCO International Congress of May 2013 in China where he spoke about Culture: Key to Sustainable Development; and at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabia in December 2013 to mark the launch of the UNESCO forum on Building Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Human Development. In January 2015, he addressed dignitaries and journalists on Intercultural Dialogue in Fragmented Societies at the UNESCO headquarters as part of an event organised in the wake of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks in Paris.

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Community Health Workers (CHWs) work in association with the local health care system (hospitals, doctors, clinics) in both urban and rural environments to bridge the gap between providers and underserved populations in need of care. They are members of the community who share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status and life experiences with those they serve.
CHWs provide culturally appropriate health education and information in order to assist people in receiving the care they need. They can give informal counseling and guidance on health behaviors; advocate for individual and community health needs; and provide some direct health services, like first aid and blood pressure screening.
The Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Program provides leadership to enhance the development and implementation of statewide training and certification standards and administrative rules for the Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker (CHW) Training and Certification Program. Senate Bill 1051 (77th Texas Legislative Sessions) calls for the Texas Department of State Health Services to establish and operate a training and certification program for persons who act as promotores or community health workers, instructors and sponsoring institutions/training programs.
Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the state of Texas must be certified. Certification is comprised of completion of 160 hours of coursework in eight core competencies.
provided by Mental Health America.
3 CHW Instructor CE's, DSHS approved, Self-Study, With advanced communication technology, migration, and travel, many have noticed greater interconnectedness between the nations of the world. Thus, this online course will focus on community health work in this ever-changing, increasingly global society. The CHW Instructor will read lecture materials that provide an overview of globalization and its relationship to community health work. Several case studies will be provided to encourage critical thinking about the influence of global shifts on day-to-day community health work. In addition, self-guided exercises will be provided to help the student explore ethical considerations for CHWs in relationship to global trends.


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In recent years a debate has developed over which approaches to structuring, planning and implementing lessons are more effective. Theorists and practitioners are constantly arguing about how language acquisition takes place and how best to facilitate this. Many approaches and methods have been developed which have had a substantial impact on language teaching, although a lot of these procedures are rarely exclusively used in the classroom.
The approaches adopted in the classroom are usually determined by the students' needs, goals, and learning styles. For example, a beginner may have an immediate need for communicating basic needs of everyday life. For that student, a communicative approach may be the most helpful. A student who speaks well but has difficulty reading and writing may need a different approach. It is most common for the ESL teacher to use an eclectic approach, which is a combination of the structural or communicative approaches, in order to meet the needs of all students. We will now look at some of the more traditional and popular approaches to teaching methodology.
• Firstly, the teacher presents an item of language in a clear context to get across its meaning. This may be done in a variety of ways either through a text, a situation build, a dialogue etc.
• Students are then asked to complete a controlled practice stage, where they may have to repeat target items through choral and individual drilling, fill gaps or match halves of sentences. All of this practice demands that the student uses the language correctly and helps them to become more comfortable with it.
• Finally, they move on to the production stage, sometimes called the 'free practice stage'. Students are given a communication task such as a role play and are expected to produce the target language and use any other language that has already been learnt and is suitable for completing it.
Task -based Learning offers an alternative to PPP for language teachers. In a task based lesson the teacher doesn't pre-determine what language will be studied, the lesson is based around the completion of a central task and the language studied is determined by what happens as the students complete it.
The Communicative Approach to teaching highlights the importance of functional language as opposed to focusing specifically on grammar and vocabulary. Learners are taught to apply various language forms in various contexts and situations such as making a hotel reservation, purchasing airline tickets, ordering at a restaurant, booking tickets to a show, asking for directions etc. It is this constant exposure to language in realistic situations which is thought to aid language acquisition. Also, students are given a clear reason for communicating in the form of role plays and simulations. Accuracy of the language used is seen to be of less importance than communicating successfully.
During these communicative activities the teacher does not intervene as the purpose of such activities is too simulate real communication. Although communicative activities are widely used by teachers it is quite difficult to define exactly what a communicative approach is. This is because most teaching methods are aimed at improving communication irrespective of the techniques employed. The Communicative Approach is also seen to erode student accuracy in pursuit of fluency. The Communicative Approach has however been adopted in classrooms all over the world and has, in many ways, made an invaluable contribution to the profession of English Language Teaching.

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Mohawk Group continues to lead the commercial flooring market with a new woven broadloom carpet that epitomizes the best in contemporary taste. First presented at NeoCon 2018, Sunweave finds inspiration in indigenous woven techniques—looking at everything from baskets to blankets and other textiles from around the world.
Last week, I was in Linz, Austria for the Ars Electronica Festival, an interdisciplinary showcase for technology-driven arts and science innovation projects of all kinds. Walking down one of the picturesque, Upper Austrian city’s 18th century cobblestone streets lined with Euro-chic shops and cafes, I came upon a gigantic metal sunflower parked in the middle of the roadway. This object turned out not to be a whimsical sculpture, but a portable, plug-and-play solar power unit. An on-site demonstration showed off its several innovations.


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UNFCU Financial Advisors, a United Nations Federal Credit Union-owned company, has partnered with Clements International to offer the first International Term Life and Personal Accident Insurance program to meet the needs of its members in the field, many of whom work and live in humanitarian crisis and war-torn regions. These insurance policies provide competitively-priced, worldwide protection for UNFCU members in high-risk countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As a UNFCU partner, Clements International is also offering discounted rates on international car insurance through UNFCU’s Insurance Centre. Using www.clements.com, UNFCU members can obtain a quote and purchase a policy online.
To learn more about the partnership and the international coverage available through Clements and UNFCU Financial Advisors, please visit www.unfcu.org.


text: Do you have a plan to demolish an old building? Have you checked whether the old building is free from asbestos? Always keep in mind that every demolition work has to be conducted safely. According to the 2011 WHS regulations, duty holders are obligated to remove asbestos containing materials (ACMs) before performing any demolition work. They must have a report stating that the building is free from ACMs.


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This weekend I had my first experience of a UFC event. It was exciting from the off – hard work and long days but well worth it. I was shooting on behalf of MMAPLUS who looked after me very well.
We shot the weigh-in on Friday then the main event on the Saturday. The Globe Arena where UFC on Fuel TV 9 was held was massive – possibly the largest venue I have been in, let alone shot in.
One of the highlights for me was the uber confident Conor McGregor who had handbags with his opponent Marcus Brimage during the weigh-in. Striding into the ring and shadow boxing showing off his skills this promised to be an explosive fight. The crowd were not disappointed when Mcgregor won through KO in the first round. He was awarded KO of the night and was understandably overjoyed in the press conference after the fights, dressed in a tweed jacket and bow tie Conor couldn’t contain himself and was clearly overjoyed. The fighter was previously on welfare and after gainign the KO award was $60, 000 better off. What would he do with his winnings he was asked – “buy a nice car and some suits”.
All of the bouts were great, the highlight was seeing Brad Pickett get his win and Fight of The Night over Mike Easton, the fight went to the third round with a split decision (30-27×2, 28-29).
The main event was somewhat controversial after Gustafsson pulled out after receiving a cut to his eye earlier in the week. Local fighter Lafiti stepped up to the mark with only four days notice, cut weight and got in the ring to the loudest cheers of the night, the reserved Swedish crowd really getting behind their fighter. In the end Mousasi won with a masterclass in striking, controlling the centre of the cage dishing out jabs at will. From memory Mousasi only landed a handful of clean strikes throughout the three rounds.

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Cleansing is a great way to get regain control of your health, enhance your immune system, and battle all sorts of health problems. We've all built up toxins throughout the year, whether it be from alcohol, sugar, caffeine or junk food, everybody could use a fresh start. But when you look at a cleanse you should try to find one that you could follow all year round, not one that uses all sorts of pills and powders. The best cleanses are the ones that are based around vegetables and enable you to continue that way of eating after the 4-6 week cleanse is over.
The backbone of any cleanse should be green leafy vegetables and more specifically cruciferous vegetables. This includes Kale, Collard Greens, Bok Choy, Turnip Greens, Cabbage, Broccoli and Brussels sprouts. The cruciferous family of vegetables have more detoxifying power than any other group of food. They contain a group of phytochemicals called glucosinolates, which have been shown to aid in cellular detox and repair. They're also showing the ability to protect our DNA from free radical damage. This inborn ability to detoxify our cells has led to further research about how cruciferous vegetables can help protect us from cancer, autoimmune diseases, arthritis and all sorts of immune dysfunction.
Along with the cruciferous vegetables all other veggies should be consumed, especially the allium family of vegetables which includes garlic, onion, and leeks. These also contain phytochemicals that fight all sorts of malfunction in our cells. So that's the backbone of any good cleanse... Vegetables.
Next should be fruit. Now it's important that we differentiate between types of fruits because the health benefits of a banana differ greatly from the health benefits of blueberries. The rule of thumb is that the berries are king. They contain more cancer-fighting detoxifying phytochemicals than all other fruits. That's not to say that other fruits such as oranges, apples or mangoes don't have their place because they certainly do. Just make sure that you eat a wide variety of fruit and that the majority of your fruit intake comes from berries.
Next you will need a high fiber food to keep your digestive system moving. We normally turn to laxatives and fiber supplements when we buy a cleanse. This is a terrible idea. The point of a cleanse is to get your body working properly again without the help of artificial supplements. Using supplements further slows down your natural ability to digest and eliminate food. So I always turn to legumes, or beans. They're very easy to buy in a can, as long as you get the ones without salt added. You can eat them for a snack or with meals. This will add a large amount of fiber, and healthy protein, to your diet.
Lastly is Fat. I know most cleanses don't talk about fat very much but it's an essential part of the process. Nuts and seeds contain all sorts of nutrients that help your body detoxify. This type of fat will help repair cell membranes and enhance brain function. The avoidance of fat is why some people feel a bit crazy while doing a store bought cleanse. Since the brain is made up primarily of fat the body starts to freak out if fat isn't consumed. So make sure to eat a handful of raw nuts or seeds daily.
Now a basic cleanse should have all of these things in it. Vegetables, Fruits, Beans, Nuts and Seeds. If you did nothing else other than ate these five things your body would undergo an amazing cleansing transformation. However, there is a healthier way to cleanse and that is by incorporation fresh made green juices into your cleanse.
Green juices have all their vitamins and minerals available for instant absorption. Many people have poor absorption in their digestive tracts due to years of unhealthy eating or constant stress. By using juicing you could increase your absorption up to 100 times over simple chewing. It's a phenomenal way of enhancing your cleansing process and is necessary to achieve dramatic healing.
You've probably realized by now that this cleanse doesn't use meat, dairy, whole grains, pills or powders. That's because a cleanse should be about getting your body back to baseline, and most people don't know what that feels like. If we use harmful foods such as meat and dairy or use pills such as laxatives or digestive enzymes we're not allowing our body to fight for itself. This type of cleansing does cause you to feel the detox symptoms more intensely than other cleanses. But this is a good thing, it means you're detoxing quickly and those symptoms won't last more than a few days.
If you eat these 5 things all day for 5 weeks you are cleansing your body.
The first 3 days aren't going to be fun, I'm sorry to tell you that but it's true. It's not because of all the vegetables and fruits that you'll be consuming but it's because you'll be going through withdrawal. This could be from alcohol, caffeine, sugar, dairy, meat or gluten (a protein found in wheat). Regardless of what you're withdrawing from it's not going to be enjoyable, and this is why most people give up on cleansing and diets in general. Our bodies get addicted to things that are bad for us so when we stop using these things our body gets upset. We start to crave these harmful things and get unpleasant feelings throughout the body. Please be strong during these first few days, it will pass. Once the withdrawal is over you'll feel wonderful. After the first week you'll start to taste actual food again. You won't be so fatigued and irritable. You'll have more energy and clarity than you've had in years. And you'll most likely lose a substantial amount of weight.
*If you're hungry you aren't eating enough, this isn't a fast, it's a cleanse. If you're hungry, you should eat more vegetables and fruits!
*Some people may need to incorporate some fish oil into their diets if they deal with certain disorders.
*People with specific digestive problems may need probiotics or other alterations to their cleanse so always work with a healthcare professional.
Luke Piretti is a Chiropractic Physician, Author, Former Personal Trainer, and Nutrition/Weight Loss Expert. He specializes in Nutritional Healing and Pain Management. Please visit his website for more information.


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Today I spoke to Tommy Robinson, the leader of the English Defence League, who told me that he believed that his organisation shared a platform with UKIP on immigration and on Islam.
It all started with social media… The official Facebook page for the English Defence League has declared that ‘all nationalist parties should stand aside in areas that UKIP have a good chance of winning.’ This association with the EDL will be viewed by many UKIP activists as deeply damaging as it reawakens the notion that UKIP are the ‘BNP lite,’ or ‘BNP in suits’; a slogan which will no doubt please the other major parties.
The EDL’s Facebook page has over 18,000 ‘likes’ and the post which endorsed UKIP was sent out on the 27th of March, and since then it has attracted a lot of positive attention from EDL supporters. Moreover since that occasion, the party’s Facebook has been active in promoting speeches Nigel Farage has given on Islam, and of tours that UKIP are doing around the UK. This will not be viewed as good news for most Kippers, and could stump the growth that the party has witnessed in recent by-elections and polling results.
I spoke to Tommy Robinson, the leader of The English Defence League, to find out why his organisation was endorsing UKIP on their Facebook page.
There is a quote on the EDL’s Facebook page which states: “I think all nationalist parties should stand aside in areas that UKIP have a good chance of winning. Lets not split their vote. We might take a couple or a few hundred votes of them, we don’t come no where and we’ve cost UKIP the win because they come 50,60 votes behind Labour.” Is that the EDL endorsing UKIP?
What do you feel the similarities are between your organisation and UKIP?

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Setting up all the necessary entities and in part 2, I cover nav_meshes for survival map.
1. Name your map as l4d_sv_yournamemap. Save it.
2. Insert the following entities.
3. Duplicate info_survivor_position 3 more times. You should have 4 total.
4. Double click on info survivor position and name your survivors accordingly. Such as Zoey, Bill, Francis and Louis.
5. Insert a prop_static to act as a button. In our case it will be a radio.
Under world model in prop_static window find hamradio.mdl by typing into the filter option.
6. Create a brush with nodraw texture over the radio.
Select the brush and press CNTRL+T to tie it into an entity.
Select func_button as the entity class.
7. Double click on the new func_button and go to output tabs.
7. Create two more entities.
8. Name your map as l4d_sv_yournamemap. Save it.


text: Price is per 16-inch strand of these beautiful beads - largest average size is about 14mm x 1mm. Genuine Chinese coral, dyed lavender (color does not come off!).


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My name is Abi and I am 14 years old. I am trying to raise money to fund for a once in a lifetime trip to South America,Ecuador with Camps International.
will be building schools,toilets and housing for many,and will also get to interact with the children in Ecuador.Furthermore,ill be able to go to the Amazon rainforest and support current wildlife conservation programmes to help sustain the forests biodiversity.
I would be very grateful to be able to go on this trip,as not only would I be able to help the locals and the environment,I would gain many life skills such as determination,teamwork,responsibility and resilience.


text: Aquaria are another example of exploitation and a cause for concern due to the diminishing numbers of fish in coral reefs. Most public aquaria only exist because of the trade in animals removed from the wild. In some cases welfare problems in aquaria are so great that many animals die soon after being put on display, only to be replaced by yet more wild-caught individuals.

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The Vox AC30HW2 Handwired 30W 2x12 Combo uses the painstaking technique of turret board hand-wiring to ensure a signal path which is as efficient as it is beautiful. This requires a high skill level and craftsmanship and the result means that there is minimal signal-loss or restriction in amplitude.
Sonically the Vox AC30HW2 Handwired 30W 2x12 Combo is rich, with deep bass and the classic sparkling top-boost chime-like clean sounds which have made these amplifiers so revered over the last 60 years. The Birch-Ply constructed amplifier is finished in a classic Fawn white vinyl covering which is reminiscent of the original 1960's AC30. The Vox AC30HW2 Handwired 30W 2x12 Combo is fitted with a pair of 12" Celestion Green Back G12M speakers and driven by a quartet of EL84 Power tubes, 3 x 12AX7 Pre-amp tubes and a single GZ34 Rectifier tube.
Includes a Vox padded cover.
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Wouldn’t it be cool if every digital file created could be identified with a signature or ‘magic number’ of some kind? This would make preservation, and the concept of knowing what you’ve got in order to be able to preserve it, that much easier.
By design or otherwise, for some file formats this is actually the case. The title of today’s blog post provides two such magic numbers used to identify Java class objects and Java pack200 files. These aren’t the first examples to use magic numbers but 0xCAFEBABE is the one I find the most striking as an introduction to the concept. You can read more on the origins of 0xCAFEBABE at Wikipedia.
When we talk about digital signatures in the context of the work we do in Digital Preservation we are referring to these magic numbers, a unique pattern of bytes which we read from a digital file to help us identify its file format and version. The 32-bit hexadecimal numbers 0xCAFEBABE and 0xCAFEDOOD stored in PRONOM and taken verbatim would allow us to identify both file types above respectively.
The basic premise of the digital signatures used by DROID is to find these unique and constant patterns of bytes within a file. They are downloaded from PRONOM and stored in a ‘signature file’ which is referenced by the tool. Ideally these bytes also provide extra information which helps us to obtain more granular identifications.
The constant patterns we look for are linked together by regular expression syntax which allow us to model the unpredictability of the linking bytes, so for example, to connect two patterns, one a sequence at a beginning that tells us the primary type of file, the other further into the file stream, a snippet of XML that tells us something about the version, we would connect the two sequences using a wildcard (*) character.
Theoretically this syntax allows us to create unique and robust signatures. It is important that we can identify a discrete format from all others without our signatures colliding or incorrectly identifying another format. In practicality when we first create a new signature this is difficult, but the more signatures we create and the more testing we can do on larger sets of files, the better we can refine this work.
An example of signatures that work particularly well are those that relate directly to the programming structures output by the creating software, a struct is often a structured type that aggregates different objects and data types of fixed and variable sizes (in bytes). These structures translate trivially to the syntax used by DROID.
Which is simply coded as 37373737 using our signature syntax. Et Voila! We have a signature. This should uniquely identify any GRIdded Binary files from any other files should they exist within any collection DROID is run across.
That pretty much describes what DROID is looking for when it scans digital files. When we delve into this research further we learn it isn’t quite that simple. Initially we must learn how to express structures as effectively as possible using the DROID regular expression syntax and once we have a signature like that for GRIdded Binary it is then extremely important to test this signature over as many different types of file as possible looking for incorrect matches. We also seek feedback from external partners and users of DROID. This is an iterative process that results in the refinement of the signature over time, hopefully, improving the quality of the PRONOM database as it grows to accommodate the number of new file formats created daily.
For more information, there are some useful links below. If you find yourself inspired maybe you can create some signatures for yourself using these links, a hex editor and this useful signature development utility!


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The transitions from youth to middle age to late life tend to be subtle. Rarely do we identify the point at which we become “old.” Of course, by middle age we may have days when we feel old; when joints ache or memory fails us. But Oliver Wendell Holmes’ sentiment that “Old age is fifteen years older than I am” accurately conveys the sense that we are prone to think others are old, not me. Despite the fact that the internal self may feel as young as ever, the external self is inevitably altered with age: New diagnoses are given, medications prescribed, bodies weakened, and the losses experienced are followed by funerals attended. In many ways then, our own bodies, as well as the aging of friends and family, become reminders of mortality and life’s unavoidable end. Intellectually, death is accepted as part of life, but increasing signs of age and its many side effects, result in much more personally salient and powerful cues that life is finite and coming closer to its end.
Terror management theory (TMT; Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986) posits that whether young or old, people have to, in some way, deny the reality of death as an ultimate end. Based on the writings of Ernest Becker (1973), the theory proposes that the biological predisposition toward continued survival, which we share with other animals, has the potential to create overwhelming anxiety in humans because we are uniquely aware of our vulnerable and mortal nature – we know that we ultimately will not survive, and further that our survival could be terminated at any time by a host of threats beyond our control. Fortunately, rather than living under the weight of overwhelming death-related anxiety, most people develop ways of minimizing their potential to experience such existential dread. People do so by maintaining faith in a meaningful worldview in which they play a significant part. Individuals feel they are playing a significant part in the world when they are living up to the standards of value of their worldview; from this perspective, self-esteem is the feeling that one is a significant contributor to a meaningful world. The meaningful conception of reality and sense of value we derive from it help manage the potential for existential terror by giving us the sense that we are enduring beings in a permanent, meaningful reality, rather than mere animals fated only to perish entirely upon physical death. By having an everlasting soul or making a permanent impact on the world, we can feel like physical death is not the end; rather, our symbolic identity will live on.
The most heavily researched hypothesis derived from TMT is based on the idea that if faith in one’s cultural worldview and self-esteem serve as buffers from existential anxiety, then with greater awareness of death, people will become increasingly likely to behave in ways that bolster their cultural worldview and self-worth. In other words, awareness of mortality initiates processes to manage existential terror; specifically, affirmation of one’s values, beliefs, and sources of meaning, as well as one’s own self-worth. To test hypotheses derived from this analysis, researchers have people think about their own mortality, referred to as a mortality salience induction. Researchers have increased mortality salience in many ways: asking open-ended or true/false questions about their own mortality, exposure to subliminally presented death-related words, viewing video footage of fatal automobile accidents, encountering death-related words in a word search puzzle, or walking past a funeral home. To ensure that effects are due to reminders of mortality and not simply a response to anything that is unpleasant, various control conditions are used for comparison. Among the many aversive topics that have been used, studies have included such topics as have included going to the dentist, taking an upcoming exam, dental pain, experiencing intense unpredictable pain, uncertainty, failure, social isolation, meaninglessness, and becoming paralyzed. All are unpleasant to experience but unrelated to death, and the vast majority of studies shows they don’t produce the same effects as reminders of death.
Younger adults exposed to these primes of death become increasingly defensive and protective of their cultural worldview and self-worth. To illustrate, younger adults reminded of death show increased self-esteem striving via increased effort on ego relevant tasks and attributions that are more self-serving (e.g., Mikulincer & Florian, 2002; Peters, Greenberg, Williams, & Schneider, 2005) and increased defensiveness of the cultural worldview via derogation (Florian & Mikulincer, 1997) and aggression toward people who challenge their cultural values (McGregor et al., 1998).


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Cut flanken style (across the bone), our short ribs are well marbled and are best braised—comfort food par excellence!
These short ribs are rich and finely textured, they are unbelievable smoked and grilled.
Awesome Ribs These ribs are hands down the best I have ever purchased I smoked them on my Webber Smoky Mountain and could not believe how they turned out. I will order again and again. The best ever ! \n\nThanks to T-Roy Cooks for getting me to try Lobels.
Best short tibs This is the second time I have purchased your short ribs. They are simply amazing! Braised with red wine they make a delicious winter meal. They are tender and delicately marbled. The best short ribs I have ever had.

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Mike Sigman posted a video on how to use the power of the ground in your movements recently and it’s one of the best explanations I’ve seen. I’ve shared it below. It’s a simple concept to understand (but hard to do under pressure) so I think this can be applied to any martial art.
In this exclusive clip of outtakes from my Tai Chi course I show how to use Peng Jin against a kick to the groin and a variety of other attacks including bribery, throwing shade and street dance. Enjoy!
“To develop stamina we would practice frog jumps, running in a crouched position, running while carrying someone on our shoulders etc., until the point where I would be absolutely exhausted.
It really does sounds beyond what most people could have physically and mentally endured at a young age, and more extreme than the training is in Chen Village these days.
When the Chen Tai Chi masters teach seminars to Westerners they keep the focus on traditional conditioning exercises, like silk reeling, or zhan zhuang and forms, which do not involve weights, and emphasize things like relaxation and internal conditioning. Traditionally of course, training with heavy weapons would have been a form of weight training, and village farmers would have naturally been very strong people from all the physical labour, but there still seems to be a contradiction between the methods espoused to Western students in seminars and the content of the syllabus for training young fighters in Chen village itself.
If I was training full time to be a fighter and I had a fight coming up in which somebody was going to try their best (under the rules) to hurt/beat me, then you can bet I’d be weight training too! You can’t fake fitness. And no matter how good your Tai Chi skills, if you get out of breath in a fight and your conditioning fails then you can’t fight back. Also, extra muscle mass doesn’t stop you from doing internal movement, although speaking realistically I don’t think that would have been the focus of training going into a fight.
Wang Yan was training as a full-time athlete. As well as doing all the hard physical training he would have been training in traditional Chen family methods at the same time. One does not preclude the other. While some might look down on all that physical training, it appears that the Chen village plan is to develop physical attributes first in its young people, including fighting skills, and later the more subtle Tai Chi skill is focussed on.
He’s a great inspiration for all Tai Chi practioners everywhere.
Here’s the second episode of my Tai Chi course on mindful Tai Chi movements. This week we take a look at where you power you movements from in the body. Enjoy!


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Scores of Liberians gathered over the weekend at Buduburam Sports field to bid farewell to the camp they are used to in a second batch of four hundred refugees.
The refugees whose return to Liberia has been influenced by several crucial prevailing factors at the Budubaram Settlement left on Saturday and Sunday, November 27 and 28 via the Kotoka International Airport where they boarded the Bellview Airline.
The Minister of Interior, Mr. Hackman Owusu Agyeman, said that the safety and comfort of the returnees was most important.
Mr. Agyeman who was addressing a cross section of media at the Kotoka International Airport described the exercise as fruitful and attributed it to the current change of affairs taking place in Liberia.
He observed that it had not been easy for Ghana to play host to more than 45,000 Liberians, adding that the country did what was required of her by the International Community.
The Liberian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Andrew Kronyanh, thanked the government and people of Ghana for the love and care that his people received for the past 14 years.
He said that the quest to get all refugees back to Liberia was very important since 2005 would be an election year for Liberians.
Mr. Thomas Albrecht, United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Ghana, observed that for so many years Liberia refugees had to flee their homes in the waek of unspeakable atrocities.
"Today marks another beginning. While Liberia is still in the process of rehabilitation, another 400 refugees have decided to return home," he said.
He commended Ghana for the exemplary way they accommodated the refugees.
The long awaited repatriation exercise was joyously welcomed by registered refugees who have undergone a lot of difficulties including lack of parental support, constant National Security intrusion at the settlement, in-efficient feeding program, joblessness, poor sanitary condition, among others.
The just ended disarmament exercise conducted by UNMIL has has significantly engendered the voluntary return of the refugees.


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Linda Anderson relates intuitively to the needs of today's women. A strong Biblical and literary background, energetic teaching style, and personal warmth and humor permeate her speaking and infuse her listeners with encouragement, hope, and inspiration.
Linda is a teacher and reading specialist by profession (B.A. in Literature, Wheaton College; M.A. in Education, University of Texas at San Antonio). She has taught in public and Christian schools, been a short-term missionary in East Africa, and written out of her own experience on both the pain of childlessness and the challenges of parenting. She has also taught singles' Sunday School classes, seminars, and other mixed groups.
Linda founded Mom to Mom Ministries and served for twelve years as the teaching leader of Grace Chapel's Mom to Mom program in Lexington, MA — an innovative parenting outreach program that has been featured in the Focus section of The Boston Globe (May 24, 1992) as well as in local newspapers and on cable television.
As the loving wife of a retired oncologist, grateful mother of three young adults, and enthusiastic "Nana" to a growing number of grandchildren, Linda has a special interest in topics related to marriage and family. As the daughter of Old Testament scholar Samuel J. Schultz, she has been a life-long student and teacher of the Bible, and her love of scripture tends to be contagious. As a popular retreat and seminar speaker, past teacher of singles, and current teacher of many moms, she has a heart-sensitivity to women and men at all ages and stages of life.
Early in 1991, three young mothers recognized in themselves and in their friends a great need: "We want to shape healthy Christian homes based on Biblical foundations, but where do we go for instruction that will filter the overwhelming overload of parenting advice through the strong sieve of Biblical truth? We long for experienced mothers as Godly role models, but our own families are far away and we have little contact with older moms. We often feel lonely and isolated in our 'mom-jobs' and yearn for interaction with other mothers struggling with the same issues."
Out of their need, these three dared to dream a big dream: "Couldn't we start a ministry for moms that would be Biblically based, educationally stimulating, and emotionally supportive? We'd like it to be a source of equipping, encouragement, and energizing for Christian mothers as well as an outreach to communities around us." These three women took their dream to the pastor of Grace Chapel and then to the Director of Women's Ministries, who contacted Linda Anderson. Linda had been teaching various parenting classes for years, and was well-equipped to formulate and direct such a program.
Thus Mom to Mom was born. As one might guess, it didn't just "happen." Countless hours of committee meetings, seemingly endless searches for "Titus 2 leaders," Childcare Coordinators and other workers, and most important of all, months of prayer ensued. We often found ourselves reminded of the familiar saying that we needed to "work as if everything depended on us and pray as if everything depended on God." And how faithful He has been, supplying far above all we could ask or think!


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Sandara Park, who is now back in the Philippines for her judging stint on Pinoy Boyband Superstar, posted photos of her bonding moments with other Kapamilya actors on Instagram.
Luis was the host of the talent search Star Circle Quest, where Sandara was discovered.
With my kuya Luis!!! Nag iisang kuya ko hahaha hindi parin kami nagbabago noh? ?????? namiss kita~ namiss ko ang kalokohan natin.
Finally got to see the one and only ipuni @daraxxi !!! One lady who hasn't changed a bit, ako yumabang na at lahat lahat... but her humility is still completely unchanged, one of the most humble people in the industry!!! Proud of you sa Pinoy Boyband Ipuni!
@daraxxi --- different years all with 1 pose!!!! ???????? for me, di ka lang Kpop superstar, you will always be the Sandara na minahal namin sa SCQ!!! Teka, bakit hindi ka tumatanda?!?! Baka next year, fetus ka nalang ulit!!! ??????

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LOOKS nasty before, but afterwards, looks great.
What a cutie, I like it. What's the egg made out of?


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Are you concerned about our environment and how we relate to it?
Do you like stories that pit people against nature and each other?
I am a freelance writer specializing in outdoor and fiction subjects. Until recently, I wrote a monthly column, "Rubs, Scrapes and Tangle, signs along the way" for the Alberta Outdoorsmen and have written articles for several magazines and newspapers. I make presentations to school, youth and adult groups about the natural history of Albertan and Canadian wildlife. See my list of services for more information.
I am a member of The Writers' Union of Canada and the Writers Guild of Alberta.
My award-winning second novel, The Search for Grizzly One (2005, ISBN: 0-595-33964-6), is about a teenager searching for his lost grandfather in northern Alberta.
Dog Runner (1989, 2004, ISBN: 0-595-33231-5) is my award-winning first novel about a teenager torn between two cultures in northern Alberta. The first edition was also published in Dutch (De hondenrenner, Averbode, Apeldoorn, Altiora) and German (Das Rennen, Verlag St. Gabriel, Austria).
As a wildlife biologist, I have worked in the Canadian High Arctic, the boreal forest of northern Alberta and the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Over the course of my work, I came to realize that in the long term good wildlife management was dependent on a concerned and informed public. The problem was that many biologists and wildlife managers were not communicating well with the people upon whom they depend to support their work — either through taxes, licence fees or donations. Always having an interest in writing, I decided to develop myself as a writer and learn effective communication techniques to explain the value and management of our natural resources to the people who make the ultimate, long-term decisions. Please see my brief biography.
My interests in writing focus on the relationships we have with our natural environment. I am particularly interested in fishing, hunting and trapping and how those traditions are changing in the modern world. I have won several awards for my work in both magazines and books. My Bibliography lists some of my publications. Check out some examples of my published writing.
I've upgraded my Canadian Arctic Photos in Photo Gallery, adding more narrative.
How did fish arrive in the lakes and streams of Alberta?


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Each year, lobbyists flock to Carson City to push or fight legislation that stands to impact their clients’ businesses. Representatives from every sector across the state work tirelessly to ensure their voice is heard. Always present but often behind the scenes are the advocates for Nevada’s commercial real estate industry – the hardest hit sector in the great recession. This year a number of familiar faces from the state’s top commercial real estate organizations visited Carson City. While the overall agendas may have paralleled years past, the approach in 2011 was strikingly effective. Commercial real estate groups from the North and South ends of the state banded together to tackle the issues at hand and determine the best legislative outcome for developers, contractors, brokers and property managers alike.
Throughout the session, representatives from NAIOP Southern Nevada, NAIOP Northern Nevada, The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and Commercial Alliance worked together as a coalition to back the bills that would enhance economic development in Nevada and support pro-business initiatives. Other areas of interest included transportation and taxation – both important factors in attracting new business to Nevada. The alliance among the commercial real estate groups formed at the start of the session and progressed with weekly conference calls and periodic meetings with key legislative leaders from the groups. The open communication allowed each organization to have a voice in the overall position of the industry and the issues at hand, particularly in relation to proposed legislation that would directly affect their specific scope in the industry.
Assembly Bill 182 was a product of the interim study on logistics and authorizes the creation of inland ports. Commercial real estate leaders were proponents of this legislation in hopes that inland ports will attract logistics operations to the state.
Assembly Bill 449 revises provisions relating to economic development. This omnibus bill to restructure the state’s economic development efforts was supported by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the entire legislative leadership in both parties. Commercial real estate organizations have made economic development a top priority and this bill was at the center of this policy discussion during the 2011 session.
Assembly Concurrent Resolution 4 is also a product of the interim logistics study. This resolution expresses support of economic development in Nevada in the sectors of logistics, supply chain management and renewable energy technology.
Assembly Joint Resolution 6 requests that the United States Congress and the Federal Highway Administration designate a portion of U.S. Route 93 as an interstate highway. Commercial real estate experts testified in support of the resolution that will support the development of the interstate highway between Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Senate Bill 75 establishes a program to provide private equity funding to businesses engaged in certain industries, including but not limited to healthcare and life sciences, cyber security, homeland security and defense, alternative energy, advanced materials and manufacturing and information technology. This bill authorizes the State Treasurer to invest a maximum of $50 million from the State Permanent School Fund to provide private equity funding to businesses in these industries that are located in Nevada or seeking to locate within the state.
Senate Bill 506 requires the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada to establish a demonstration project for a toll road in connection with the Boulder City Bypass Project. This bill will create the innovative opportunity to fund a critical part of an interstate project that connects Las Vegas to Phoenix and strategically position Southern Nevada to be a major distribution center in the West.


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