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In Economics, a school of economic thought is a group of economic thinkers who share or shared a common perspective regarding the way economies work. Systematic economic theory has been developed mainly since the beginning of what is termed as the modern era which started with the rise of early classical economists belonging to the mercantilist and physiocrats schools. They were succeeded by the mainstream classical economists such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo, JS Mill, Alfred Marshall etc.
Like any other branch of knowledge, economics has been evolving over a period of time incorporating new thinking and benefitting from the progress made in other branches of studies. Because of the strong emotions involved as well as the changing nature of the views about the best ways to tackle the contemporary challenges facing a political economy, pendulum keeps on changing with a 50 years' cycle.
Highly interventionist Mercantilists who took the state control for granted irrespective of its necessity or desirability on logical grounds, were followed by the minimalist Classical economists led by Adam Smith. While opposing the role of state intervention in market mechanism as a rule, he advocated it as an exception and that too in very strong manner. Their views about the role of state were challenged by Keynes and dominated the economic thinking in most of the post war years till contended by the supply side economists led by Friedman. Keynes again became in fashion after the 2007/8 financial crises and so on.
Reflecting the socio-political conditions of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance period, these economists treated economic activity as subservient to dictates of the social classes. Thus they treated economic activity as a good which was to be taxed to raise revenues for the nobility and the Church. Consequently, they favoured the regulation of the economic exchanges by the feudal rights and privileges-right to collect toll by the feudal lords, or hold fairs. Similarly, they did not object to guild rights or the religious restrictions on lending. However, their main emphasis was to encourage trade throughout a particular area.
The Physiocrats were 18th century French economists who emphasized the importance of productive work, and particularly agriculture, to an economy's wealth. Their early support of free trade and deregulation influenced Adam Smith and the classical economists.
Austrian Economics
Comprising Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Carl Menger, and Murray Rothbard, Austrian school of economics advocated the purposeful economic decisions of the individual. According to them, the free market can solve most of our problems and the more we reduce government or eliminate government, the better off we will all be. We can fix the economy by reducing government and central bank involvement in free market forces.
Classical Economists:
The Classical school, which lasted until 1870 is associated with the 18th Century Scottish economist Adam Smith, and those British economists that followed, such as Robert Malthus and David Ricardo.
The main idea of the Classical school was that markets work best when they are left alone because the price mechanism acts as a powerful 'invisible hand' to allocate resources to where they are best employed as value of every product or service was determined mainly by scarcity and costs of production. According to them there is nothing but the smallest role for government as the economy would always return to the full-employment level of real output through an automatic self-adjustment mechanism.
Emerging capitalists from the age of feudalism, these economists hated outside intervention in the markets (particularly governmental regulation) as a disruption to the natural order of markets. They believed that in a flexible wage-price environment supply created its own demand because of increased incomes generated during the process. As such, there was no fear of any over production.
If there is some unemployment, they contended, just increase the dose-produce more and make the wages flexible i.e. reduce them. Their exclusive emphasis on supply side of the economy later on became the main reason for their failure on conceptual and practical level to predict the Great Depression of the 1930s or offer any plausible explanation for its persistence for such a long time.
However, before condemning them in their failure to properly assess the situation we must keep in mind the peculiar economic conditions in which they were living prior to the Great Depression. It was a period of all over economic expansion due to rapid development of science and technology, increasing population and the availability of vast markets in the colonies. Naturally, they inferred wrong signals from the conditions obtaining on the ground and concluded that there was no fear of any overproduction-supply will create its own demand
Associated with the work of William Jevons, Leon Walrus and Carl Menger, the neo-classical school of economic thought perfected the economic ideas of Classical Economists and is considered to be the pioneers of the modern economic theory. Believing and practising scientific methodology, with plausible assumptions and hypothesis, these economists attempted to derive general rules or principles about the behaviour of firms and consumers. In fact, they were responsible for promoting the modern concept of economic rationality in the behaviour of an individual and a firm while taking decisions.
For example, they argue that the economic agents like a firm or a consumer acts rationally when looking to maximise utility or to maximise profits. This contrasting objectives of maximising utility and profits, they argued, forms the basis of demand and supply theory. Another important contribution of neo-classical economics was a focus on marginal values, such as marginal cost and marginal utility.
New Classical
New classical school of economics emerged during the 1970s and tried to explain the global macro-economic problems and issues of the period through reinterpretation of concepts used by the Classical Economists. For example, Robert Lucas used the concepts of rational behaviour and rational expectations for the 1970s crises.
Keynesian Economics:
Keynesian economics gets its name, theories, and principles from British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), who not only introduced new concepts in Economic theory but also converted economics into a study of the flow of incomes and expenditures and opened up new vistas for economic analysis.
He rose to the prominence during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when the prevalent economic theory, now known as Classical Economics, failed to explain the causes of this global recession which saw falling prices and increasing unemployment with consequential widespread poverty.
John Maynard Keynes did not believe in the idea that free markets would automatically provide full employment—that is, that everyone who wanted a job would have one as long as workers were flexible in their wage demands. He asserted that aggregate demand is the most important driving force in an economy. During a recession, free markets have no self-balancing mechanisms that lead to full employment because wages are not flexible in real life.
Consequently, government intervention through increased spending is the main policy tool to achieve full employment and price stability. He therefore strongly advocated unbalanced government budgets during recessions.
He also advocated aggressive use of monetary policy to stimulate the economy—for example, by reducing interest rates to encourage investment. He however cautioned its ineffectiveness during a liquidity trap, when increases in the money stock fail to lower interest rates and, therefore, do not boost output and employment.
Paul Krugman is one of the most prominent economists of our age and a strong advocate of Keynesian Economics. He has recently given a very cogent recent explanation of Keynesian economics and its all-time relevance.
Associated with the name of Milton Friedman, Monetarism is a school of thought consisting of those economists who accepted the Keynesian economics in principle but criticised it for giving too much importance to fiscal policy to achieve the economic objectives. Instead, they emphasize the role of governments in controlling the amount of money in circulation.
According to them variations in the money supply have major influences on national output in the short run and on price levels over longer periods. As such, Monetarists assert, the objectives of monetary policy are best met by targeting the growth rate of the money supply rather than by engaging in discretionary monetary policy.
In their highly influential book, A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960, Friedman and Anna Schwartz argued that inflation was always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon and advocated a central bank policy which should aim at keeping the supply and demand for money at equilibrium, as measured by growth in productivity and demand.
Behavioral Economics
Made famous by George Katona & Amos Tversky, Behaviopual School of economic thought is a novel addition to the list. Becoming popular at a rapid speed, it emphasises to understand the workings of the economy by understanding the way the human mind reacts and adapts to markets and the economy.
Interestingly, they don't make specific policy recommendations, but generally believe that we can better understand the economy if we better understand human psychology as it pertains to money, markets and the economy. According to them, the economy is complex, dynamic and uncertain and is being navigated by imperfect participants. Because of this it could be appropriate for government intervention at times.
Market Monetarism
Consisting of Scott Sumner, David Beckworth and Nick Rowe, Market Monetarist are trying to revive the traditional monetarism associated with the name of Milton Friedman. Using his framework, they maintain that the Central Bank can steer the economy by targeting the Nominal GDP (NGDP Targeting).
NGDP targeting is a monetary policy whereby the tightening or loosening of the money supply is dictated by a target on the nominal gross domestic product. For example, if we incorporate three targets in our strategy i.e. GDP, inflation and unemployment, then "5-5-5" plan would expand the money supply towards a target of 5% GDP growth, to be halted if inflation rose above 5% or unemployment dropped below 5%.
Marxian Economics
Marxism originates from the late 19th century works of German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. According to Marxist perspective, class conflict within capitalism arises due to intensifying contradictions between the highly productive mechanized and socialized production performed by the proletariat, and the private ownership and appropriation of the surplus product (profit) by a small minority of the population who are private owners called the bourgeoisie. As the contradiction becomes apparent to the proletariat through the alienation of labour, social unrest between the two antagonistic classes will intensify, until it culminates in social revolution.
The eventual long-term outcome of this revolution would be the establishment of socialism – a socioeconomic system based on social ownership of the means of production, distribution based on one's contribution, and production organized directly for use. As the productive forces and technology continued to advance, Marx hypothesized that socialism would eventually give way to a communist stage of social development, which would be a classless, stateless, humane society.
Marxism has since developed into different branches and schools of thought, and there is now no single definitive Marxist theory.
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT or Chartalism)
A branch of the Post-Keynesian school of economics, Modern Monetary Theorists believe that there is no economic problem that fiscal policy can't solve. Capitalism is naturally flawed and can only operate at full capacity if the government is used to permanently fill any demand shortages that exist. Fiscal policy in the form of tax cuts and spending increases in addition to the implementation of a government. Some notable economists of this School are Warren Mosler, Randall Wray and William Mitchell.
New Classical Economics
Associated with the names of Edward Prescott, Robert Lucas, Thomas Sargent, Robert Barro and late John Muth, the New Classical School arose out of the failures of the Old Keynesian schools during the 1970's when it could not explain the failure of the Phillips Curve and the widespread stagflation of the time. Generally associated with a laissez faire approach to policy, it is the modern adaptation of the classical school based on Walrasian assumptions and rational expectations.
According to them, economic agents like firms and the consumers are rational agents, always making optimal decisions. Firms are always maximizing profits, but the economy is often shocked by "real" effects like unanticipated policy changes, changes in technology or changes in raw materials. As such, the contend, macroeconomics requires new classical micro foundations to be properly utilized.
New Keynesian Economics
The New Keynesians are those economists who rose to defend the Keynesian Economics when it came under criticism by the New Classicals in the 1970s and 80's. However, over a period of time, they have improved upon the original Keynesian Economics and has adopted a fair amount of post Keynesian economic thinking, using some neoclassical foundations as well as Monetarist perspectives.
In particular, the New Keynesians will generally deviate towards the use of Monetary Policy, but will at times also recommend fiscal policy to help stabilize the economy. Although they believe that the economic agents are rational, ye advise the policymakers to improve economic stability and help attain full employment through various stabilization policies designed to combat a variety of market failures.
Few prominent New Keynesian economists are Brad Delong, Joe Stiglitz, Greg Mankiw, David Romer & Olivier Blanchard. Paul Krugman is one of the most famous and a strong advocates of Keynesian Economics. He has recently given a very cogent explanation of Keynesian economics and its all-time relevance
"I would summarize the Keynesian view in terms of four points:
- Economies sometimes produce much less than they could, and employ many fewer workers than they should, because there just isn't enough spending. Such episodes can happen for a variety of reasons; the question is how to respond.
- There are normally forces that tend to push the economy back toward full employment. But they work slowly; a hands-off policy toward depressed economies means accepting a long, unnecessary period of pain.
- It is often possible to drastically shorten this period of pain and greatly reduce the human and financial losses by "printing money", using the central bank's power of currency creation to push interest rates down.
- Sometimes, however, monetary policy loses its effectiveness, especially when rates are close to zero. In that case temporary deficit spending can provide a useful boost. And conversely, fiscal austerity in a depressed economy imposes large economic losses.
Source: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com…
Post-Keynesian Economics
Post-Keynesian Economics is a branch of Keynesian economics whose adherents like Joan Robinson, Nicholas Kaldor, Paul Davidson, Tom Palley and Marc Lavoie are die hard modern Keynesians. They believe that Keynesian Economics is as relevant today as it was in his days and there is no need for its revision-a stance taken by New Keynesians. For every modern problem, they get back to what the "true Keynes" thought about the economy and how to improve it.
To them JM Keynes had it all right all along. Involuntary unemployment is the result of aggregate demand shortages resulting primarily from failures by firms to maximize investment. Capitalism exists on an inherently unstable foundation and will at times require some forms of government intervention to achieve prosperity.
Latest Developments
Currently, the great majority of economists follow an approach referred to as Mainstream Economics or sometimes called Orthodox Economics. In the USA, the Mainstream Economists are divided into schools. The Saltwater School associated with Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale Universities like to favour classical economics.
The Freshwater School (represented by the Chicago school of economics, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Rochester and the University of Minnesota),on the other hand, are associated with the neoclassical synthesis.
Some influential approaches of the past, such as the Historical School of Economics and Institutional Economics, have become defunct or have declined in influence, and are now considered Heterodox approaches. Other longstanding Heterodox schools of economic thought include Austrian Economics and Marxian Economics. Some more recent developments in economic thought such as Feminist economics and Ecological economics adapt and critique mainstream approaches with an emphasis on particular issues rather than developing as independent schools.


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Co-written by Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson during a substance-fueled brainstorming session with The Monkees, HEAD is a uniquely American anti-war satire, juxtaposing the quartet's endearing levity against the dark heart of the Vietnam War. The film crashed and burned upon release but has since attained a respectable cult following thanks to new generations of fans nostalgic for its supremely 1960s experimental pop-art decadence.
For the first time in The Monkees' short career, members Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork performed the film's musical numbers with trained musician Michael Nesmith.
With cameos from Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Frank Zappa (as well as Nicholson), The Monkees trip along to their own psychedelic musical, rebelling against the real-life confines of their television contracts and personas while letting their freak flag fly.
"...Might be a film to see if you have been smoking grass or if you like to scream at the Monkees, or if you are interested in what interests drifting heads and hysteric high-school girls…. The movie is, nonetheless, of a certain fascination in its joining of two styles: pot and advertising…. The esthetic marijuana world is bound to come out importantly in films one way or another. This sort of movie may be testing the ground." —Renata Adler and Vincent Canby, New York Times (Nov 1968) "HEAD is a series of linked vignettes, more in the anarchic, fourth-wall-demolishing spirit of Looney Tunes or old silent movies than anything else that hit theaters that year…. Without particularly meaning to be, and without resorting to cliches about acid or flower power, HEAD is an almost perfect snapshot of the state of the counter-culture in 1968…. More than that, though, it's just a good movie — five decades haven't dulled its anger, its color, its sadness, its blazing weirdness." —Petra Mayer, NPR
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By Cpl. Giovanni Lobello
| | September 30, 2004
MCAS YUMA, Ariz. --
A group of Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron-371 participated in a live-fire convoy training exercise at Yuma Proving Ground's middle east cross country course Sept. 21.
This was one of the many training exercises the Sand Sharks have conducted for the past two months to prepare themselves in event of a deployment.
"Up to this point we have not done any live-fire exercises," said 2nd Lt. Sean Glenn, MWSS-371 motor transportation officer. "The purpose of today's exercise is to familiarize the Marines from MWSS-371 with the employment of weapons from tactical vehicles."
The live-fire exercise gave the Marines an opportunity to shoot various weapons from a new location and position.
"The Marines were able to fire the M-16A2 service rifle, the M203 grenade launcher and the M249 squad automatic weapon from the back of a 7-ton vehicle. They also shot the M2 .50 caliber machine gun from ring mounts on top of a 7-ton and (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle)," said Glenn.
The training started in the early morning with the Marines drawing their weapons from the armory. At 6 a.m., they met in the MWSS-371 motor transportation parking lot. The Marines were then transported by 7-tons and HMMWVs to the middle east course. Once they arrived, ammunition was passed out.
In conjunction with Yuma Proving Grounds, the course was set up with three different ranges following one path, said Glenn.
Each range consisted of several targets. The furthest targets were barrels for the M2 .50 caliber machine guns, and closer to the convoy were the silhouette targets for the M249 and M-16A2. At each range, the targets were placed closer and at different angles.
"At the first two positions there were two strings of fire," said Glenn. "Then at the last position there was around 10 strings of fire. Our focus today was to train all the Marines on all the weapons, and I believe we did that for about 95 percent of the Marines here."
The live-fire exercise was productive because it was the first time most of the MWSS-371 Marines had shot any weapon besides the M-16A2 service rifle since Marine Combat Training, added Glenn.
"It was nice to shoot other weapons besides the M-16," said Sgt. Athit Timchum, MWSS-371 supply administration chief. "My favorite weapon was the .50 caliber machine gun, because it was one of the weapons that shot accurately despite its size."
"It was motivating learning how to assemble and disassemble these weapons," said Cpl. James Siale, field mess cook.
In addition to learning how to shoot different weapon systems, the training taught Marines what to expect if confronted with shooting a weapon from a tactical vehicle.
"This training was good to let the individual Marines find out that it is not as simple to shoot from a vehicle as it may seem," said Glenn. "That way, in case they deploy, they know what to expect."
"At first, I was a little nervous. But once I took that first shot it all started to click," said Siale. "This was very different than firing on the range. Here there is no stability or natural point of aim."
"I feel more comfortable having done this exercise in case I am ever in the same situation later on," said Timchum.
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The barrier (class 5) from the Stealing Creation minigame is made by using a class 5 of sacred clay on a creation kiln. It is the strongest barrier that is used to keep members of the opposing team from accessing a resource that your team is gathering, and also the strongest barrier that can be made using sacred clay. The barrier will create a wall around the chosen resource spot with portals colour coded to the team that created it. Only members of the team which created the barrier can pass the barrier. A barrier may be destroyed by the other team attacking the barrier over time until the barrier is destroyed. A class 5 Barrier requires level 80 Construction to make from creation kilns and sacred clay. The barrier may only be repaired by using another class 5 barrier. The lower classes will not work. If a player dies they will spawn at the nearest built barrier or in the teams base. The initial wall requires four barriers to make.
The class 5 barrier keeps the enemy team from getting to whatever you placed it around. There are several reasons that you might wish to keep the other team out. One reason might be to protect the low level skillers from attack while the players that wish to kill take care of them. Another reason could be to keep the other team from taking your teams higher level of clay. You may also wish to build the barrier around a creation kiln so the other team may not use it.


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Lance Henriksen stars in this picture.
Oh, are you still here? I would think the realization that one of our greatest living actors is featured in this would be enough. I guess I'll have to write more then. Whatever.
Stan Winston is the guru behind the brilliant visual effects for such pictures as Aliens, Predator, AI, and Leviathan. Actually, he was only responsible for the robots in AI. See, that's what he does. He creates life out of the lifeless. I believe he even did some of the cyborg work in the Terminator films. Finally, he's able to slip into the director's chair and create a movie all his own (with a little help), and no, I am not referring to A Gnome Named Gnorm (I'll review that one when it's finally released on DVD, don't worry). Strangely enough, Pumpkinhead is also the first movie I've reviewed that stars Lance Henriksen, an actor that can make the foulest tripe palatable (if you don't believe me, check out Mimic 3. I, for one, am even looking forward to his appearence in Alone in the Dark II).
This is a terrific horror film, one of the best of the 80s. The story opens in 1957 and the first thing I noticed was the terrificaly rich atmosphere and the great score, full of dark ominous beats and a little twang. Danny Elfman meets Deliverance. A family living in an isolated farmhouse has battened down the hatches for the night. For they're aware that a creature is out stalking the forest searching for the prey it has been charged with killing. In this case, a suspected rapist. A man begins pounding on the door, but the father refuses to help him. The farmer's son asks his mother "why won't pa help that man?" To become involved is to subject yourself, and your family, to Pumpkinhead's wrath. Strangely enough, the atmosphere in the film's opening reminded me of a cross between Sleepy Hollow and The Night of the Hunter.
Cut to present day. The young boy, named Ed Harley, has grown up to be Lance Henriksen. He occupies the same farmhouse with his own youngin (that's what they call them in this picture), a sweet little kid with coke bottle eyeglasses. He reminded me of the kid in Jerry Maguire, only half as annoying. The love is evident between them and only an actor of Henriksen's caliber can get away with a line like "Your gramma used to wash my hands. She had tissue paper skin. It felt so good." Like most horror films, this is a morality tale about those that do wrong and have wrong done unto them. In this case, the wrongers are a bunch of young city slickers weekending in a small southern mountain town where they can practice their dirtbiking and boozing. The group consists of standard horror movie fodder, such as the black leather jacket wearing asshole, the slut, the virgin, the sympathetic curly haired nerd, and so on. We know what's in store for them because they're drinking heavily on the trip to the mountain. On the way, they stop at a grocery store, run by Ed Harley, but promptly run over his son with their dirtbikes. Ok, it was an accident, I suppose. It's kinda heartrending when Harley brings his son home and has to listen to his last spoken word, "daddy."
The real character to blame is the asshole in leather, named Joel. Harley decides to spread the blame around, however, when he calls upon the old witch Haggis, who lives up on Black Ridge. A spindly, awful old witch who, as far as I can tell, has one power. The power to call upon pumpkinhead. Pumpkinhead is buried in an old pumpkin patch out by razorback hollow (the names are fantastic). Linus was nowhere to be found, but I didn't look too closely from under my blanket. Anyway, He brings the body of P-head back to the witch who raises him with a few incantations and some drops of Harley's blood. Harley's blood is key because now he and P-head have a firm bond, almost like blood brothers, but stronger. Pumpkinhead is a horrifying creation, reminiscent, I suppose, of the Aliens in AvP. He's got a similar elongated head and sharp, jutting shoulders. Once he's commisioned to a task (in this case, killing all the city folk) he can't be called off of it. There's a catch, however. As each city folk succumbs to Pumpkinhead, Harley feels their pain. I'm not sure if it was the pain, or just general second thoughts, that caused him to ally with the remaining city people and try to put an end to this night of terror. When they encounter Harley for the first time that night, and he says "come with me...", I really wanted him to finish that up with "if you want to live". It took a few minutes of escaping, but then he finally said "you want to live?" and I felt like cheering.
I truly dig this picture. The characters are all note perfect, especially Henriksen as Harley, but also "Buck" Flowers, who turns in some great character work as Mr. Wallace. Brian Bremer is entirely convincing as Bunt, the young hick boy that allies himself with the city slickers. Also, Florence Schauffler as the old witch, Haggis. It's a relatively gore free film, which I actually appreciated. I mean, there are plenty of impalings and sickening noises, but nothing is lingered on. Mostly filmed at night, so the blood is hard to make out. Pumpkinhead is shown in pieces, and mostly in shadow, until the end as Winston follows the "less is more" philosophy of filmmaking. There's a great scene where some survivors try to find solace in an old wrecked church, and Pumpkinhead stands on the cusp, basically giving the middle finger to a religion he has no part in. I haven't seen any of the Pumpkinhead sequels, but something tells me CGI has found it's place in this world. I'll get to them eventually. Why does this movie continue to be unappreciated?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Pumpkinhead (1989)
Labels: 1980s, Brian review, holiday, Horror, I own it you can borrow it, monster
7 comments:
- F-Stop said...
Is there any explanation as to the origins of Pumpkinhead? How was he created? And why?
This sounds good. I may Netflix it next Halloween.
- November 1, 2007 at 11:25 AM
- brian said...
The film doesn't delve too much into his origins. Possibly in the sequels, but I'm not sure. I tend to think that he began as a legend, but enough people believed in him and thus he became kinda true. Similar to "Candyman" I suppose.
- November 1, 2007 at 3:29 PM
This really is an underrated classic. The sequels are horrible and not worth your time. Where did you find that great poster art?
- November 1, 2007 at 4:02 PM
- brian said...
wikipedia biyatch!
- November 1, 2007 at 10:53 PM
LIfe is short, Beepy. Netflix that shit, like, now.
- November 4, 2007 at 11:33 PM
- Mr. Anderson said...
"One of the greatest living actors"? Awesome.
- November 5, 2007 at 7:33 AM
- steve said...
'Pumpkinhead' may very well be the greatest movie ever made.
- November 10, 2007 at 9:26 PM
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I want to draw the attention of high authorities towards the richest but still the poorest province (Balochistan). It is the only province where most of the minerals and many more natural resources are found much more are to be found these precious resources playing a very pivotal role to build a great economic status for our nation. But still the place where they are taken from is deprived from these resources. Such as Gas is being provided to rest of the provinces but Balochistan is divested. Why? The rate of cancer patients are in alarming rate but we can not see any single hospital but rather Sindh, Punjab and K.P are available with it. It is also the centre of the game-changing project CPEC.
I meekly request to high authorities that please focus the situations of Balochistan and slove it.
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The chief secretary of the Goan Government R. K. Srivastava, chairman of Dempo group Srinivas Dempo, chairman of NRB group Narayan Bandekar, and chief editor of magazine Viva Goa were present for Maha Jagruti.
At a program in Kranti Yoga Village Radhanath Swami reminisced about his Goan visit of 1971, details of which are found in his book The Journey Home. Kranti is a popular yoga school located amid tranquil coconut groves and luscious palm trees of southern Goa. 60 western yoga students attended the talk; 45 purchased The Journey Home. The Founder and Director of Kranti Yoga, Tarun Agarwal, was also present.
At another event, the inauguration of an ISKCON temple in Goa, Radhanath Swami said, "People from all over the world come to Goa in search of happiness, and so we have the chance to share with them the secrets of spiritual happiness as taught by Sri Chaitanya and Srila Prabhupada."
Preaching program in Goa with Radhanath Swami. From 12th to 14th…
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Japan is the home of pink cherry blossoms, geisha girls, car manufacturers, sushi, anime and Nintendo – and it is precisely this unpredictable mix of the traditional and modern which makes the country unique and so exciting to visit. The nation of Japan consists of an island archipelago that sits off the coast of mainland China, Russia and Korea. Between the 17th and 19th centuries Japan cut itself off from trade with the rest of the world, but since it reopened its borders to international traffic just 150 years ago these densely populated islands have been subject to radical changes. Japan's manufacturing and tech industries have enjoyed a long boom period, matched only by its growth as a global destination. Today, leisure tourism is as every bit as popular as business travel to Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya and its other sprawling, neon-lit cities.
As hypermodern as it may be, Japan still retains plenty of its ancient, mystical charm. From the intricacies of etiquette to the minimalist décor behind rice paper screens, the strength of Japanese culture can only be admired. Its contemporary metropolises are dotted with numerous ancient shrines and temples, and parks are festooned with beautifully formal, white gravel Zen gardens.
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Body Snatchers is a 1993 American science fiction horror film and loosely based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. The film was directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Gabrielle Anwar, Billy Wirth, Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, R. Lee Ermey and Forest Whitaker.
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My Calling to a Life of Missions
Written by: Emily Aviles, occupational therapy student
During my undergraduate experience, I volunteered in Guatemala and fell in love with missions.
After many prayers about which occupational therapy (OT) school to attend, I chose Kettering College. Although mission opportunities were not within the curriculum like other institutions I could've chosen to attend, I put faith into God's plan knowing He wanted me at Kettering College. Surprisingly, the OT program decided, for the first time, to allow this year's missions trip to Belize to count towards fieldwork, which for me was my Level I in pediatrics.
While in Belize, I had the opportunity to evaluate childhood development, educate new mothers, watch Dr. Aebker (my professor) treat clients, and go on some home visits. My favorite memory from the trip was talking with a young woman diagnosed with cerebral palsy. She had been wheelchair bound her whole life, which led to being her kicked out of school. Although her educators did not want to make accommodations for her, she hasn't given up. She decided to use a family member's computer to continue learning. She taught herself English by listening to Americans speak, decided to teach herself how to speak and sing in Turkish for fun, and has a dream of becoming a psychologist.
I left Belize with new skills, friendships, and memories, but I also left wanting more. I believe God has been calling me to do more. I desire to end each day knowing I did all I could in promoting health, aid in maintaining skills, and advocating for my clients. Although I'm unsure if I'll be overseas or in area in need within the United States, I know God has a plan for me in the mission field as an OT. When He places something on your heart, you humbly go.
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Hi, my name is Maggie, and I am addicted to Pinterest.
Pinterest gives me the little creativity outlet that sustains me when I don't have time to sew in between diapers. It also supplies me with a list of cool crafts and sewing ideas that I will never complete in this lifetime. But I can dream.
The last few weeks, though, I've noticed something on Pinterest that really bothers me. A lot.
There are a lot of women who have boards solely devoted to pictures of women who are skinnier than they are. They label them clever things like 'thinspiration' and '20 pounds from now'. This is bothersome. What is even worse, is that they pin pictures of women who are clearly not healthy. Women who are not 'in shape' but are ill in the way they view their bodies. There are enough women pinning these pictures that they are aggregating on the list of popular pins.
As a mother of daughters, this scares me more than any words I can contrive.
My daughters,
Know that I am on my knees, pleading for your understanding of worth. By all means, I want to teach you how to be healthy and care for your bodies, but health is not what you see in the mirror. I pray that you never look into a mirror and find your worth in what you see.
God made you. Let me pause there.
God made you.
And when he made you, he looked at you and saw His beautiful daughter. He made you to be beautiful from the inside out. As I pray for you, I pray that you find your purpose in growing in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self control. I pray that you find your worth in being a child of God.
The world will tell you that you have to look different – no matter how you look. The advertisements will tell you that what you are is not good enough. (One of the primary reasons we don't have a t.v. – which I'm sure you'll hate me for at some point.) There is no end to striving after what they tell you to be – because they will always tell you to be something else.
And they. are. wrong.
Your beauty is not a number on a scale, or a tube of makeup, or a special cleanser that makes your pores smaller and your zits disappear, or a different outfit that makes you more acceptable to them. It's not even defined by your 'failures' – because that is how we learn.
Your true beauty will be defined in your character. In your generosity. How you won't think twice about giving all you've got because someone else needs it. Your true beauty will be defined by your selflessness and humility. Your true beauty will be defined by how you display love that is not of this world. Really it's only when you stop focusing only on what you see in the mirror that you can show anyone your true beauty.
Right now you are so confident. You do something (like spin in circles) and then yell, "Look, Daddy!", so sure that what you are doing is wonderful. You are confident because they haven't gotten to you yet – they haven't been able to tell you that your spinning just isn't up to par, it's not twirly enough, or that your butt looks big when you spin. You don't know, yet, that the whole world is waiting to tell you that your spinning just isn't good enough, and that the quality of your spinning should define who you are.
I plead that you will not get caught up in this world. It's just not worth it.
When I look at you, I see beauty because of who God created you to be. You are beautiful because you were created in His image.
Please don't listen to them. Please. Keep spinning. It's beautiful.


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The Lord Jesus Christ was not a Jew. It is a common misconception. Lies, ignorance, and a lack of love for God's Truth are the reasons that this blasphemous lie continues to have life.
Although you may not yet realize it, it certainly does matter. Mistaking Jesus for a Jew is akin to equating Yahweh God Himself with the Devil!
And while the lying 'jewdeo-churchianity' preachers continue their blasphemy by allowing this delusion to continue, I'm pleased to know that their are many good men who still know, love, and preach Yahshua Christ's true identity, and the identity of the People of God.
Below you can click on the links to articles by different scholars, each explaining to you exactly why Jesus was not a jew. There are many others out there, I just didn't include them.
Much of the material will be repetitious, and not all will agree on every detail, but the case will be made plain, and the truth will be made abundantly clear.
I hope you will read them all and share this with your loved ones. It's time our people knew the truth.
EXACTLY WHY JESUS IS NOT A JEW by William Finck
JESUS WAS NOT A JEW, EITHER BY RELIGION OR BY ANCESTRY by Robert Nelson
WAS JESUS CHRIST A JEW? by Wesley Swift
WAS CHRIST JESUS A JEW? by Ernest Perce
JESUS WAS NOT "JEWISH" by Arnold Kennedy
THANK GOD MY SAVIOR WAS NOT A JEW by Gordon Mohr
JESUS WAS NOT A JEW by Eli James
JESUS WAS NOT A JEW by Truth Books


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1. Leak potassium channels. Leak potassium currents exert control over cell excitability by shaping the duration, frequency and amplitude of action potentials, in part through their influence over the resting membrane potential. Increased potassium leak currents stabilize cells at hyperpolarized voltages, below the firing threshold of nerves and muscles, whereas leak suppression permits depolarization and excitation. To date, 15 human (KCNK genes, K2P proteins) and numerous fly, nematode and plant dedicated leak channels have been reported. Members of this channel family were found to play major roles in cell volume regulation, cell excitability, tumor development and survival, apoptosis, neuroprotection, heart function, anesthesia, polymodal pain perception, mental depression and oxygen sensing. Unique among potassium channels, K2P channels function as dimers. Each subunit has four transmembrane domains and, as their name implies, two pore-forming (P) domains.
2. Scorpion toxins. Scorpions are one of the most ancient group of animals on earth (more than 300 million years of evolution), represented today by approximately 1500 different species that are divided into four groups. The venoms of scorpions from the most studied group, the Buthida, are a rich source of small peptides, 23-78 amino acids-long, tightly-packed by the presence of either three or four disulfide bridges that affect ion channel function in excitable and non-excitable cells. These high-affinity modifiers are invaluable tools in the study of ion channels. Selective peptide ligands are fundamental to the understanding of channel localization, pore structure, subunit composition, tissue distribution and physiological roles. Due to their high selectivity, several toxin-based peptides are now being tested as potential remedies for maladies like brain tumors (chlorotoxin; TransMolecular Inc.).
Current Projects
1. Locating the gates of K2P channels and identification of possible coordination between gate activities- Voltage-gated potassium channels possess two functional gates, one being voltage sensitive (activation gate) and located at the internal side of the pore (bundle crossing), while the other resides at the external side of the pore (C-type inactivation gate). We had previously demonstrated the existence of the C-type like gate in a member of the K2P channel family, KCNK0. We now look for the presence of an internal gate.
2. Understanding the mechanism and pathway by which modulation of the two carboxy-terminal regulatory domains of a functional K2P channel leads to gating- The activities of the intracellular carboxy-terminl domains of the channels are controlled in response to intracellular signals, such as phosphorylation. We are looking for the molecular trail of the signal from the cytoplasm to the gates.
3. Revealing the significance of the extended first turret for K2P channels gating and conductance- The extracellular loop following the first transmembrane domain (turret) in K2P channels is exceptionally long. We study its relevance to channel gating and conductance.
4. Regulating K2P channels- K2P channels activity is highly regulated by both extra- and intra-cellular signals. We study the mode of action of several native channel modulators.
5. Scorpion venom evolution- The current arsenal of scorpion toxins is the outcome of an on-going battle between the scorpion and it's pray. We look at toxin variety to learn about the evolutionary mechanisms that enabled scorpion survival.
6. Isolation and characterization of novel scorpion toxins- We focus our attention on the isolation of toxins with selective activity towards insect potassium channels as well as toxins affecting potassium channels with no known blockers.
Recent Publications
Cohen, A., Sagron, R. Somech, E., Segal-Hayoun, Y. and Zilberberg, N. (2009) Pain associated signals, acidosis and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), modulate the neuronal K2P2.1 channel. Mol Cell Neurosci. 40:382–389.
Ben-Abu, Y., Zhou, Y., Zilberberg, N. And Yifrach, O. (2009) Inverse mode of coupling between leak and voltage-activated K+ channel pore gates underlie their distinct roles in electrical signaling. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 16:71-79.
Cohen, A., Ben-Abou, Y., Hen, S. and Zilberberg, N. (2008) A novel mechanism for human K2P2.1 channel gating: facilitation of C-type gating by protonation of extra cellular histidine residues. J. Biol. Chem. 283:19448-19455.
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A new week and a new africast which is, unfortunately or not, still in audio format only.
The first topic this week is EA's amazing predictions when it comes to guessing the outcomes of large sporting events. For the recent FIFA World Cup they accurately pegged France as the overall winner using the FIFA 18 game.
Next up we talk relapse, addiction and abusive relationships… in the Pokémon trading card game. Yes after years of being sober from the "evils" of TCGs, we're back in the thick of it. Maybe.
Finally we talk Apple and a worrying video of overheating in their new iMac Pro with an i9 processor. It's early days for the machine with such a powerful CPU, and the case of severe thermal throttling may be an isolated one, but it's just another knock against Apple.
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Bibliographica Genealogica Americana: An Alphabetical Index to American Genealogies and Pedigrees Contained in State, County and Town Histories, Printed Genealogies, and Kindred Works
Albany, N.Y. Joel Munsell's Sons, 1886. 245 pages; printed double column; (from the Preface): ''...With the assistance furnished by this volume, no difficulty will be experienced in collecting needed information...More than twenty thousand names are here alphabetically arranged...The present edition, will be found to contain about 6,500 more references than the second edition of 1878..."; with an extensive list of titles referred to at front; this publication being his greatest contribution to genealogy, by American librarian Daniel Steele Durrie (1819 - 1892) "...As a librarian, Durrie was an early professional who collected and preserved materials for the use of the public. As a genealogist, he brought some order to a growing chaos of disparate independent efforts with his bibliography, and he set a standard of quality and comprehensiveness with his own publications. As a historian, Durrie stressed a populist slant by emphasizing daily events of towns and regions and the lives of the uncelebrated. While not a social historian in the late twentieth-century sense, Durrie was moving in that direction in contradistinction to mainstream historians. Research libraries, the art of genealogy, and the focus of history...were invigorated by Durrie's life and work..." (Leslie H. Fishel in the ANB); previous owner name of Liston D. Cary Glasco Kansas 1887 on front and back endpapers; approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; bound in the original plain light green cloth hardcover, gilt spine titles; edge, tips wear and fraying to the corners of the binding, front board with discoloration at bottom edge; couple of stray marks in text; contents in very good condition. Item #24213
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I started out right. Tonight Middle Tennessee St. kept within 30 of Louisville (27 to be exact) and actually led at one point in the game (the largest deficit Louisville has faced all season). I look smart to start the weekend.
I just heard Kirk and company on Game Day describing the nation's best defenses. After an off season, everyone is back on the SEC this year. I want to vomit.
LSU has a great defense. A fast defense. Looks a lot like USC's 2004 defense. But they're out there annointing them as one of the best ever. Kirk just said Florida has NO chance of driving the ball, they'll have to score on a big play.
They've played Louisiana Lafeyette, Arizona, Auburn, Tulane, and Mississippi St.! Auburn is the best offense they've faced, and it ain't exactly the offensive juggernaut of the SEC. They're lagging behind the lacks of Kent St. in the statistical offensive rankings, down near #70. And that isn't because they've played the likes of LSU. It's because they're a vanilla offense, and Cox is a game manager.
Yeah LSU has a good defense. The clear cut #1? Not with that schedule.
Florida scores AT LEAST 2 touchdowns today. That's contrary to what Kirk and Lee seem to think of this Tiger defense.
Chris Leak Is Going To Have A Fine Day
Finally, I'm tired of the SEC whining.
"I've about had it with this playoff deal," Tuberville said after a lengthy, emotional argument for a playoff. "We all understand in our conference how tough it is. In our conference, that's about the only chance we'd have to make it."
Yes, yes, I want a playoff as well. And of course you're the greatest/toughest conference in the history of the sport. So far this season, SEC, you're 4 – 5 against other BCS conferences. You know how many ranked out of conference teams you've faced? 3!
You have 5 ranked teams. One of your ranked teams needed damn luck against Colorado and Mississippi! They should respectfully have two losses right now.
The ACC has 5 in the AP poll, the Big 12 has four.
This is a good, good conference at the top. But has no parity. Ole Miss, Mississippi St., Vanderbilt, and Kentucky are some of the worst teams in ANY BCS conference. Arkansas and Alabama, and South Carolina are moderate at best. This year Auburn, Florida, and Tennessee are probably amongst the 15 best teams in college football. And Georgia despite being rated higher, currently, is probably one of the top 25 best teams in the country.
But other confernces have similiar claims. Ohio St., Michigan, and Iowa? Probably all top 15 teams.
And look at the dregs of the SEC? I mean the entire state of Mississippi, Vanderbilt, Kentucky (despite a current 3 -2 record). THESE TEAMS SUCK! And not just compared to the other SEC teams. They'd be the scrapes at the bottom of the barrell in any BCS conference.
A third of your teams are amongst the worst in the nation and this is college football's UNDISPUTED best/toughest conference?
This year Tuberville, despite his complaining will face only three top 25 teams! That's it. And there's no chance he can make it without a playoff system?
Are you kidding me?
USC faced 3 top 25 teams in 2004, and clearly a tougher schedule than Auburn faces this year. Last year, the Trojans faced 5 TEAMS which ended in the top 25, and we made it to the BCS national title game.
Tuberville is a giant whiner.
Well, there goes Auburn losing to an Arkansas team that USC beat 50 – 14 (and we beat them in Arkansas!) That's if you go by those haters who held up our struggles with Washington St. last week (a team Auburn crushed) in saying they were the better choice at #2.
Well, now, pending the Trojans losing to Washington there is a clear #2.
While it is true that Chris Leak turned in an egg, I feel vindicated on my Florida pick and my, "LSU's defense is overrated" claim. They're a good defense, and they faced a fine Florida offense but the absolute, undisputed, without a doubt best defense in the country as so many pundits (including Game Day) made them out to be?
Of course not.
However impressive this win was for Florida I have an early prediction for next week…
After struggling with South Carolina and dropping to Arkansas (way to go Houston Nutt), I think Auburn rebounds next week. At least I hope they do, because Michigan and Florida are going to be breathing down USC's neck in next week's polls. Back in Bama I think tuberville takes care of Urban Myer.
Two close games in a row. Maybe it is something to do with the state of Washington. I didn't see all of this USC game, but from what I saw I feel slightly more comfortable with our performance tonight, than last week.
It isn't fair to hold this USC team up to previous years; it is still finding itself. Are there concerns? Of course, but voters for the polls and pundits need to realize not only is this an improved Huskie team but USC never trailed during this game. The AP round up, fluff piece picked up by all the media outlets makes it sound like Washington was in control of this game and only fate, the great God watching over USC allowed the Trojans to escape. Baloney, they were clearly the best team on the field tonight.
Remember when Kirk Herbstriet sounded like an ass when he was calling USC the greatest team of all time last year before the Rose Bowl?
Well, now he still sounds like an ass, but he's pulled a 180. A lot of the time I like Herbstriet. I think he's one of the best informed pundits out there and at least he provides a much needed contrast to Lee Corso. But com'n, the man just said USC should apologize for their last two victories (Washington St. and Washington). Apologize? What the hell does that even mean.
USC is a top 5 team until they lose. They should remain at #2 even, until they lose. Kirk basically writing them off is snobery at its best. Grow up, dumb ass.


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Dubai-listed DSI may sell stake in Abu Dhabi's Wahat Al Zaweya
Contractor's shareholders approve restructuring plan that includes the option to liquidate, close, or sell subsidiaries
Drake & Scull International's (DSI) shareholders have approved a restructuring plan for the loss-making UAE contractor, including the divestment of shares in Wahat Al Zaweya, and potentially even closing down offices and subsidiaries.
Aside from Tabarak Commercial Investment, which did not vote, investors agreed to sell DSI shares in Abu Dhabi real estate developer Wahat Al Zaweya for $26.1m (AED96m). DSI said its investment in the deal was valued at $19m (AED70m), according to a missive on the Dubai Financial Market.
Construction Week has reached out to Wahat Al Zaweya for a comment on this matter.
The board also agreed to approve an acquisition deal by subsidiary companies Effective International Investment – formerly known as Drake & Scull Investment – and 1881 Advanced Investment. Both firms will acquire Golden Sands Investment.
During DSI's general assembly meeting on 8 April, shareholders agreed to give the contractor's board of directors authority to liquidate, close, or sell branches of the company or subsidiaries it owns. Further details on the matter were not revealed in DSI's statement on the Dubai bourse.
Three board members were also appointed to DSI, including Obaid bin Touq Al Marry, Abdulla Al Matrooshi, and Shafiq Abdelhamid. The new members have replaced the departing Mohammad Atatreh, Abdulla Al Gurg, and Mansour Almheiri.
DSI's restructuring efforts come after the contracting outfit posted a net loss of $49.8m (AED183m) in H1 2018.
To support turnaround efforts, the company appointed three senior officials in February 2019, including chief restructuring officer Mike Grant. He was previously involved with restructuring schemes at construction companies such as Al Jaber Contracting and Kuwait's Investment Dar.


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WILMINGTON, NC, June 16, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- During the 1980 Presidential campaign Ronald Reagan used a slogan that resonated deeply with American voters - "Let's Make America Great Again". That slogan became "Make America Great Again" and was used by President Trump in his bid for the presidency. Why use a slogan that had already been used?
Because that's what Americans want.
While there is a good deal of controversy in regards to what "great" means, it is this idea that ultimately brings all Americans together. Regardless of how one feels about immigration, border safety, globalization, Planned Parenthood or any of the other issues that divide groups of people, everyone wants to see America maintain its position of leader of the free world.
Author David Michael Palladino provides a vision of America in his works of fiction that, while based on historical events, also lay out a rock solid platform of American ideals and values.
"We must first ensure the safety of the nation," Palladino stated, "The US Border Patrol, the US Military, and all of our nation's police must get the full support of our government. The partisan divisions must be wiped away we must come together under one banner. We have to drain the swamp and if the swamp is truly drained we will be able to trust those who occupy the United States Government. We must have eyes that see, ears that hear, and hearts that feel what is truth and what are lies; what is pure and what is corrupt; and what is right and what is wrong."
"If all of these things happen, America will become truly great again."
Palladino writes inspirational fiction. He teaches, through those works of fiction, important ideals and values. As a former U.S. Army Ranger, former High School Phys-Ed & Health Teacher and Coach, and founder of "Palladino Martial Arts", he understands the significance of instilling these all-important ideals and values in people. 'Quest for Freedom' helps communicate freedom's true meaning to a broad audience. For this reason it will appeal to parents, grandparents and educators and those who are old enough to remember what America used to be. Palladino deftly paints a picture of America as she really was during the Cold War. He shows us clearly why American freedom and American values held such appeal for many oppressed people in other parts of the world.
'Adriana Corderu - Quest for Freedom' is the first book in the series. During the first Cold War the world revolved around the conflict between the theologies of communism and democracy. The two main protagonists in this conflict were the United States in the West, and the Soviet Union in the East. As Eastern Bloc leaders began to tighten restrictions in the lives of their people, commensurate with their increase in power, there began to emerge, in the East, a group of young people, hard and idealistic, adventurous and courageous. These would become the heroes of the movement of their time. These were the brave young souls who, with inspiration from President Reagan, began to break down the Iron Curtain. The escape from Soviet Communism and the quest for freedom is the theme of 'Quest for Freedom'. Set in the Cold War era, the book is the engaging story of Adriana Corderu and her quest to obtain freedom by escaping the Iron Curtain.
'Adriana Corderu - Western Odyssey' continues where the first book in the series left off. In the second book, readers will come to know a whole new cast of characters as Adriana continues her journey as she experiences the refugee camps of Italy and comes to know Italian culture with a new family even while under the yoke of the Romanian Securitate, which is still trying to abduct her and bring her back to Eastern Europe. Readers will go with her into the cauldron that was New York City where the only safe place to be was where the Italian Cosa Nostra ruled and will then experience the wonder of the Laurel Highlands of Southwestern Pennsylvania and the rugged big-hearted people who live there.
Adriana experiences heartbreaking loss and the wonders of new love. Readers can learn with her as she remembers her sister's revelations about America's regular military, to include units like the 82nd Airborne Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, and the 101st Air Cavalry Screaming Eagles. Readers can then witness the heat of her emotions when she, for the first time comes into contact with men of the US Army Ranger Battalions. Adriana comes to know these hard men and learns from them of the dramatic differences and contrasts between the US regular military and the units of the US Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command. Readers will be fascinated with units such as the Army Rangers and Green Berets, the Navy SEALS, and other units that make up the US Special Operations Division to include units from the Air Force and Marines. Readers will learn what really happened during Operation Urgent Fury on the island of Grenada in October, 1983 and of the US Military of the "Reagan Era." The story of Adriana's Western Odyssey will not only entertain, but will also educate and uplift.
'Quest for Freedom' has received rave reviews. One reviewer stated, "More native born Americans need to know this story and more importantly appreciate our country as she did." Another said, "The readers become engrossed immediately in Palladino's dynamic effervescent style."
David Palladino is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. 'Adriana Corderu, Quest for Freedom' is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Rosedog Books. More information, including samples of the book, is available at Palladino's website at http://www.inspirationalbookauthor.com.
David Michael Palladino writes inspirational fiction. His background helps him in crafting messages that resonate with readers of all ages and teaches important ideals and values. He utilizes engaging works of fiction to help instill these values.
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Spring 2019 Non-Profit Boot Camp: Coaches and Courses Selected!
We have a great line up for the Spring 2019 Non-Profit Boot Camp (NPBC)! We're excited to continue this eLearning series focused on strengthening the organizational capacity and effectiveness of non-profit, community-based organizations working on food systems change.
We launched the NPBC in 2018 with courses on strategic planning, human resources, fundraising, and finance (you can catch the recordings here!) and in this next round, the NPBC will build on the fundamentals of non-profit management with courses on organizational wellness, effective facilitation, team management, and strategic communications.
Each course is a series of three, 30-minute webinars followed by 30-minute group "office hours" to further discuss the material and ask any follow up questions. These "nuts and bolts" style courses are designed for an intermediate level and are perfect for busy nonprofit leaders who are looking to take their skills to the next level, gain new tools, and tap into the knowledge inherent in the food movement. Pro-tip: use these courses to onboard new staff, train up interns, or brush up your own skills!
You'll find course descriptions and short bios below:
Organizational Wellness & Resiliency with Christina Garza
February 14: What is Organizational Wellness, Self-Care, and Healing Justice, and Why is it Important to Social Justice Movements? (2pm – 3pm CST)
February 21: Wellness Principles and Care Activities for Social Justice Impact (2pm – 3pm CST)
February 28: Resiliency Training: The Nuts and Bolts of Creating a Wellness Culture and Promoting Healing Justice (2pm – 3pm CST)
Access the recordings here: https://foodsystemsleadershipnetwork.goentrepid.com/courses/non-profit-boot-camp-part-v-organizational-wellness-and-resiliency-with-christina-garza
About the Course:
Audre Lorde wrote, "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." We often think of self-care as a private and personal thing that does not have broader implications; but self-care is intricately tied to organizational sustainability and social justice impact.
Not only does the nonprofit sector experience employee burnout and staff turnover at alarmingly higher rates than other sectors, but it continues to be largely built around an organizational ethos premised on structures of inequity, control, dominance, and separation that prioritize hierarchy and productivity, thus thwarting community, connection, and the ability to bring our authentic selves to work. In this course, we will explore how we can create an organizational culture of wellness and encourage employee practices of self-care and group-care. Through the introduction of a variety of tools, techniques, and resources, nonprofit leaders will learn new and innovative ways to model and promote nonprofit health and wellness as a springboard for creating more just, sustainable, loving, and equitable society.
About Christina:
Christina Garza has over 25 years of experience working with and in nonprofit organizations as a community activist, nonprofit executive, foster care advocate, and community researcher. She was a participant in the Spring 2018 Food Systems Leadership Retreat in New Orleans, LA and a co-facilitator in the Fall 2018 Food Systems Leadership Retreat in Kansas City, MO. Read her full bio here.
Becoming an Effective Facilitator with Veronica Flores
Dates: March 11, 18, 25: 2pm – 3pm CST
Access the recordings here: https://foodsystemsleadershipnetwork.goentrepid.com/courses/non-profit-boot-camp-part-vi-becoming-an-effective-facilitator-with-veronica-flores
About the Course:
Facilitation is an essential skill for a food systems leader. Being an effective facilitator requires a person to be objective, practice active listening, be respectful of differences, and establish a group process that ensures a neutral stance. The skilled facilitator can move a group process to engaging discussions, get the best from all members, and lead the members to a successful conclusion. In this course, participants will review the principles of effective facilitation as a process of and for change, learn the characteristics and competencies that are critical to success, and understand the anatomy of the entire facilitation process.
About Veronica:
Veronica Flores is the Chief Executive Officer of Community Health Councils and services as the Co-Chair for the Los Angeles County Community Prevention & Population Health Task Force and on the Charles Drew Medical University-President's Advisory Council. She has 25+ years of experience in both private and nonprofit sector work. Read her full bio here.
Managing Successful Teams with Amy Baskes
Dates: April 4, 11, 18: 2pm – 3pm CST
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4583839083633815298
About the Course:
By definition, community-based work brings together a diverse mix of people with various experiences, strengths, and perspectives. In its highest form, this mix of voices can work in successful harmony, drawing out the best from individual participants who generate new ideas together. However, unaligned voices can create conflict and confusion. It takes effective leadership to bring a group into harmony and avoid the chaos.
Managing Successful Teams is a great course for mid-career leaders in community-based, nonprofit food systems organizations who want to sharpen their leadership skills with tactical and practical approaches to managing groups. Each session is designed to be responsive to the specific interests of the participants and will deliver practical skills to individuals looking to bolster their own effectiveness and impact.
About Amy:
Amy Baskes brings 20+ years of experience fundraising for and leading nonprofits, having raised over $200 million for her clients. As a consultant, Amy provides expertise in strategy and development for a variety of nonprofit organizations, helping clients increase their fundraising potential and build capacity, facilitating community-based local food plans, and advancing strategic development projects. Read her full bio here.
Is Communications Strategery for Real?! With Lori Ducey and Brad Cameron-Cooper
Dates: May 2, 9, 16: 2pm – 3pm CST
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6464496548624072961
About the Course:
Social entrepreneurs are pioneering how to strengthen communities through resilient farming and food systems, and their stories are the most powerful tool for building support to increase their impact. This learning opportunity will help participants harness the power of strategic communication to increase revenue, partners for progress, and innovation. Join us as we walk through the triangle of a strategic communication plan: why it's important, how to create and implement and then how to know if you are being effective. And we'll provide a few tools to help you along the journey.
About the Coaches:
Together, Brad and Lori bring a wealth of communications knowledge, strategic storytelling expertise, nonprofit management skills, and lived experience to the work. They're curious, strategic, and effective in their communications and eager to share their learnings with the broader food movement. Read more about Lori here and Brad here.


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Torero Alumni Take Over San Diego at 21 County-Wide Events
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
The University of San Diego's third annual Torero Takeover on June 8 consisted of 21 events, from Ramona to East Valley, Encinitas and Solana Beach to Point Loma and even a few events on campus for alumni and friends to express their school spirit, pride and to enjoy activities — mostly at alumni-owned businesses and organizations — on a wonderfully sunny summer-like Saturday.
"Thanks to the 500-plus USD alumni and friends who joined us for our 21 events throughout San Diego County at alumni-owned businesses," senior alumni director Charles Bass said in a social media tweet he sent out from the day's final event, a trivia contest at the Bartell Hotels-owned Hilton San Diego Airport on Harbor Island.
The day began with a USD campus tour anchored at Founders Chapel, moved to Fiesta Island for a community beach clean-up, multiple workout options — yoga on the waterfront at The Dana on Mission Bay, a 30-minute all-level body weight workout at Vuori, or a RUSH Spin Class — a Tiny Toreros Playdate and there was a youth basketball clinic with USD coaches and players. One compelling event was a behind-the-scenes visit to the San Diego Humane Society to learn how they care for animals, seek to end animal homelessness and more. There was also a visit to the Aaron Chang Ocean Art Gallery in Solana Beach available. From there Toreros had plenty of options to enjoy food, drink and enjoy each other's company. Events were held at Beachcomber (Kegs and Eggs), lunch and shuffleboard at Nolita Hall, NaPizza and Culture Brewing in Encinitas and happy hour events at Deft Brewing, Eppig Waterfront Biergarten, Kensington Brewing, You and Yours Distillery, a La Finquita Wine Tasting and Dirty Birds for wings and brews at Liberty Station. As stated above, the USD Alumni and Bartell Hotel Trivia Night capped the full day with plenty of appetizers, a dessert bar and six rounds of challenging trivia. Congratulations to the winning trivia team, "The Life of Reighley."
Really, though, everyone who attended one or did multiple events (for a one-time $15 registration fee) enjoyed themselves while meeting with friends and fellow alumni and certainly recalling fond memories from their college days. Among those who were part of multiple events were USD men's and women's basketball head coaches, Sam Scholl '01 and Cindy Fisher, USD Alumni Board President Gerry Rodrigues '97, Military and Veteran Program Director Amanda Etter, as well as alumni who hosted Toreros at each of the 21 events.
As Bass, who managed to visit more than half of all events on Saturday, said as Torero Takeover ended, "It's a great day to be a Torero!"
— Ryan T. Blystone
Torero Takeover Video by Allyson Meyer '16 and Ryan T. Blystone
Photos by Ryan T. Blystone and USD Alumni Relations Office


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Friday, October 28, 2016
Usual on Sunday
8 comments:
- PH said...
Nice breakfast! I don't mind having chicken rice for breakfast hee..hee..
- October 28, 2016 at 2:53 PM
- Nancy Chan said...
I like the look of your kolo mee with the thin slices of char siew. And of course Hainanese steamed chicken will be a bonus.
- October 28, 2016 at 7:54 PM
- mun said...
Good breakfast! I seldom find chicken stalls opened early for breakfast.
- October 29, 2016 at 3:40 AM
- Reanaclaire said...
Kolo Mee!! Ipoh still do not have as far as I can recall... Must go Johor to have a fix.. hahaha
- October 29, 2016 at 12:53 PM
- Imemily said...
kolo mee...a food must eat in kuching
- October 30, 2016 at 5:17 PM
- willie said...
Happy Sunday! I'm very particular when it comes to kolo Mee. It's hard to find a delicious kolo mee nowadays. I prefer oily kolo mee and not too plain. The more toppings they give me, the happier I will be. Hahaha!
Have a nice day yeah?
- October 30, 2016 at 9:10 PM
- Somewhere in Singapore said...
There's used to be a stall at Taman Jurong Food Centre selling Kolo Mee, but then the stall decided to end their business in Oct...
- November 3, 2016 at 9:59 AM
- Sharon D. said...
There...kolo mee. It's associated with your blog. I can't get it out of my mind. If I see a stall here selling it, I will be reminded of you!
- November 7, 2016 at 9:38 PM


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LIMA Japan Educational Program Seminar: Basics & Practice of Product Approvals
As part of its ongoing program of licensing education, LIMA Japan will hold a seminar on September 30 on the theory and practical implementation of the product approval process. The seminar, to be conducted by Mio Watanabe, president of Mio Co., Ltd., and an ex-senior designer at Mattel Japan, will explain the entire product approval process from both the viewpoints of licensor and agent. Watanabe will introduce various methods and points related to the execution of product approvals. The event will highlight the importance of approvals in maintaining product quality assurance and ensuring the brand image is not just maintained, but is also enhanced.
Event Details
Morito Memorial Hall, Tokyo University of Science
Friday, September 30
Free to LIMA Members, JPY10,000 for Non-Members
Participants are limited to a total of 40
This seminar is in Japanese-language only. Click here for registration and Japanese-language details
Please contact Kaori Taniguchi at email@example.com for further information.
This program has been made possible with the cooperation of the Tokyo University of Science MIP Program and is supported by the Visual Industry Promotion Organisation (VIPO).