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India has in recent weeks surprised some key East Asian countries by its display of proactive economic diplomacy. Behind the scenes, East Asian officials see this burst of new activism as a prelude to the "informal ministerial meeting" that India will host early in September to "re-energise the Doha process" of global trade talks.
The New Delhi meeting will feature a new "rainbow coalition of the developing and developed countries," according to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. A relevant factor at work is Official India's current zeal for trade liberalisation, largely of the conventional kind. Mr. Sharma believes that the coalition is adequately representative of the diverse membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and can therefore try and push the Doha process, now in "a pause," back on course.
The coalition has been pieced together through informal consultations among the weighty and/or vocal players on the global trade scene. And, India offered to host a meeting, cutting across the development divide, only when the idea of such a conclave gained currency among the traditionally active WTO players. Several East Asian countries are among those being invited by India. Besides the economic powerhouses of China, Japan, and South Korea, the others from the region include Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
As Mr. Sharma indicated in a recent telephonic conversation, the New Delhi meeting will discuss, at the political level, the ideas that the negotiating officials had already generated before the Doha Round went into "a pause" last year. Considerable thought had gone into those ideas relating to both the farm sector and the non-agricultural market access.
Outwardly, India's latest intervention, aimed at cracking the Doha Round impasse, is the result of some basic political arithmetic, as it were. However, a relevant view in East Asia is that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has, after retaining power recently, signalled his political will to push India towards the global mainstream of largely conventional trade liberalisation. Such a view is the result of the sprinter-like speed at which India has signed two major trade pacts in the week gone by. Not only that. Across geographic East Asia, India has in recent times come to be compared and contrasted with China. They are seen as two rising economic powers, with much political potential, albeit at different levels of growth as of now.
Unsurprisingly therefore, a logical question is whether New Delhi is now trying to help the Doha Round protagonists press the re-set button for global trade talks. As an aside, resonant still, as an evocative phrase with policy overtones, is U.S. President Barack Obama's initial move to press the re-set button for his country's ties with Russia.
In the global trade domain, Mr. Sharma does not, of course, join issue with the WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy. Slated to attend the prospective Doha-Round-related talks in New Delhi, Mr. Lamy has already voiced his preference for "maxi negotiations" among all the stakeholders. Implicit in this remark is an assessment that a proliferation of ministerial meetings, by itself, will not suffice for a successful conclusion of the Doha Round. And, the planned meeting in New Delhi does increase the number of conclaves involving one group of select countries or another, instead of all the WTO stakeholders. Moreover, the outlines of a successful Doha-Round outcome are nowhere on the global horizon now. Easier to advocate than accomplish, in such a complicated milieu, is a formula that might reflect a greater degree of constructive creativity than conventional wisdom on global trade.
India's newly-emerging economic profile in East Asia will be judged not only by the WTO issues but also the sustainability of Dr. Singh's trade-pact diplomacy. Being still left out of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, India was not present at the conclave of trade ministers of this inter-continental group in Singapore in July. On August 13, however, India made its presence on the regional scene felt in a big way. Mr. Sharma signed a trade pact with nine of his counterparts from the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). There was no mystery, though, about a missing signature. Vietnam, an ASEAN member which joined the WTO in 2007, reserved the right to sign the India document later. It is understood on both sides that Vietnam will do so after its "market economy status" is formally recognised by India at a prospective ceremony in Hanoi. For India, its Trade in Goods Agreement with the ASEAN, called a free trade accord (FTA) in common parlance, was preceded by another major economic pact. India and the Republic of Korea, better known as South Korea, signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in Seoul early in August. By definition and in practice, a CEPA is an FTA-plus arrangement covering also the two-way flow of services and investments. The one with South Korea is no exception. And, Seoul is pleased that it has gained privileged access to the Indian market before either Tokyo or Beijing could do so. Also, South Korea maintains that it has fully safeguarded the interests of its assertive farming community.
Significantly, the interests of India's plantation sector have been particularly highlighted in diverse domestic comments against New Delhi's FTA with the ASEAN. And, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat is reported to have called for a constitutional amendment to provide for the mandatory ratification of all such international agreements by Parliament. A relevant question is whether the Group of Ministers, now tasked by Dr. Singh to address the concerns in India over its FTA with the ASEAN, would address this larger political debate as well.
Another important aspect of India's current moves is its China-related competitive pragmatism in economic diplomacy. This was evident during a meeting of the trade ministers of the East Asia Summit (EAS) forum in Bangkok on August 15. China was represented by Commerce Minister Chen Deming and India by Ambassador Latha Reddy.
Reflected at the meeting was India's political-level decision to join China and the other EAS countries to "reject all forms of protectionism in trade and investment" across national frontiers. A relevant poser, with political resonance in East Asia, is whether India can at this stage match China in facing the economic consequences of a full-scope rejection of protectionism. However, the counter-poser is whether a "rising India" can stay clear of the debate on the global good.
Already, experts in East Asia have come up with the idea of "a new Asian drama," featuring China and India as "rising powers." The expectation is that these two countries may now be able to contribute to the "wealth of nations," as different from "the poverty of nations" that Gunnar Myrdal had studied over 40 years ago in his work, "Asian drama."


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Many organisations are recognising that some of their staff or visitors would struggle to operate some of the doors regularly encountered on their premises. One solution is the installation of LCN Auto Equalizers, distributed in the UK by Relcross. These can be activated in a variety of ways including wall mounted push buttons and wheelchair mounted fobs.
When activated, the pneumatically powered Auto Equalizer silently pushes or pulls the door open depending on which side of the door it is mounted. After a short delay the integral traditional door closer takes over to close the door and complete the cycle. Power is supplied by a pneumatic compressor tucked away out of sight in a convenient cupboard or cubby hole and a single compressor can power up to five or six doors. The capacity of the compressor is selected carefully at the specification stage to accommodate the likely traffic profile (i.e. frequency of use of doors) and the distances involved between the compressor and the doors to be controlled. In fact costs per door leaf decrease significantly as the number of door leaves increases.
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July 11, 2018
Kerry D. Knox of Goldendale passed June 8 in Portland. He was born in Goldendale Dec. 15, 1945 to Hoyle and Elaine Knox. Kerry grew up in Portland but retired to Goldendale in 2004. He is survived by a brother, Randy of Wenatchee, and a sister, Sharla of Portland. The family is planning a graveside service to be held in Portland where Kerry will be buried next to his parents.


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Laois Fianna Fáil pay tribute to late Jerry Lodge
Laois Fianna Fail has paid tribute to the late Jerry Lodge who died on Tuesday.
"It is with immense sadness that Laois Fianna Fail has learnt of the death of Cllr Jerry Lodge," the Chairman of Laois Fianna Fail, Joe Dunne said in a statement.
"Jerry was a much respected and admired colleague and friend to the FF organisation here in Laois.
"His longstanding commitment to FF was recognised at our last Ard Fheis. His 50 years as a public representative was celebrated by Uachtaráin FF Michael Martin at our recent Dinner Dance in The Castle Arms Hotel in Durrow.
"Jerry lived and breathed Portlaoise. He had a great devotion to and understanding of the town. He immersed himself in so many aspects of community life from Tidy Towns to promoting job creation.
"The last time I spoke to Jerry he was still planning one of his many community initiatives, to place a wreath at the republican plot in Portlaoise cemetery to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Rising.
"Jerry embodied all that is good about public service. His 50 years representing the people of Portlaoise were tireless. He continued his work right to the end.
"Portlaoise has lost a much respected figure and Laois FF has lost a true friend. Our heartfelt condolences go to Patricia, Damian, Padraig and all the family."
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With 20 states having teachers and staff carrying guns to varying degrees on school property, we don't need to guess how the policy would work. Fears of teachers carrying guns in terms of accidents or other problems have not materialized.Letting teachers carry is the only effective way to overcome the strategic advantages of mass public killers.The other alternatives to preventing mass public shootings have real limits.
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" Why Persecutest Thou Me?" – Acts 22:7
You almost blush when you use the word, right? I know I do. "Persecution" is so linked with torture and slaughter that we're loathe to think we American Christians could ever experience it.
To a point, I'm glad we're reticent to use the word, because much of what we go through, no matter how unpleasant, doesn't qualify for the Big P.
Criticism isn't persecution, nor is honest disagreement. If someone thinks you're wrong, or that you said something poorly, or erred in some way, and they express what they think verbally or in writing, that hardly makes you a martyr. If someone mocks you or holds you up to contempt, that's not pleasant, but no, it's not the lion's den. Even if you're verbally attacked, and your attacker expresses raw hatred, then although you're despised and emotionally hurt over it, persecution's the wrong word.
But when you're interfered with, endangered personally or professionally, or silenced, then yes, now you're talking persecution. Here's how Strong's Concordance breaks down the word:
Persecution: Greek diōgmós – literally, "the hunt to bring someone down like an animal," trying to suppress (punish) their convictions. Literally refers to those seeking to punish God's messengers with a vengeance – like a hunter trying to conquer (obliterate) someone as their "catch."
Christians in North Korea, India, and Somalia experience persecution of the life-threatening sort, the kind we usually associate with the word. But in the United States, the First Amendment notwithstanding, we're seeing not a life-threatening, but a life-interfering kind of persecution, a systematic injustice enforced through censorship, lawsuits, employment policies, and legislation directly threatening religious freedoms.
It seems unnecessary to belabor the What, as in, What's Happening?, because you can see what's happening by watching the news and following trends. The What is obvious. The Why is a little more elusive, but still
worth pursuing.
Collision Course
Scripture teaches, and history verifies, the antagonism between the ways of God and the ways of the World. One of Jesus' least-loved promises was that we'd be hated just as surely as He was (John 15:20), a hatred we can chalk up to our refusal to go with the flow of this world, which runs counter to God's intentions and directions. (Ephesians 2:2) Paul promised persecution to the godly (II Timothy 3:12) and Luke's recorded history of the Early Church in the Book of Acts shows that it was, indeed, business
as usual.
So yes, we expect it. But it's hard not to wonder why it's ramping up in a nation founded with such a commitment to religious freedom, and clearly influenced by Biblical standards. I've been thinking about it quite a bit in light of recent developments in my home state of California (see here for a video message I recently posted) and it seems to me that three groups play largely into the growing pressure on Christians to either shut up or suffer: The True Believers, The Inconvenienced, and The Convicted.
The True Believers
Saul of Tarsus was a True Believer. He didn't haul Christians off to prison because was he was a sadist or a bigot, nor because there was any financial gain to be made by it. He truly believed he was not only doing the right thing, but that he was doing it as God's instrument, too. (See, for example, Acts 9:1; Galatians 1:13-14; Acts 23:1)
He qualified as the sort of guy Jesus predicted when He said, "… the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service."
(John 16:2)
True Believers see Biblical teachings as being dangerous, discriminatory, offensive, destructive. They feel strongly that doctrines of heaven and hell, the exclusivity of Jesus as the only way to God, the definition of the family, standards of normal sexual behavior, and the sinful nature of man, as ugly creeds making people feel terrible and afraid. So they're committed to expunging modern culture of all expressions of those doctrines, in the interest of a humane, healthy society.
It's hard not to respect their commitment; harder, still, to reason with them. Since they've already decided you're a bigot worth neither time or energy, they'd rather shout you down than deal with you as an equal.
The Inconvenienced
Demetrius was one of The Inconvenienced. He manufactured idolatrous shrines for Ephesian citizens who purchased them to show homage to their goddess Diana. Since devotion to Diana was widespread, business was pretty good, until that nut-job Paul showed up. When people heard his preaching and turned from Diana to the Living God, they abandoned the goddess and her shrines, a conversion which was lousy for business. Demetrius called an emergency meeting of craftsmen who plied a similar trade, and they agreed to stir the city up against Paul.
They didn't oppose him because they believed he was bad. They opposed him because they believed he was bad for business.
Some of today's cultural movers and shakers, whether politicians, community leaders, or organizations, depend on their supporters maintaining a broadly-shared victim's status. That, in turn, convinces people that they are the protectors, ever watchful against the Evangelical Boogeymen who are always trying to oppress them.
To whip up support, maintain political or organizational clout, and insure that they'll always been seen as "needed", they convince supporters that the Enemy lurks everywhere, but never fear, they'll fight him so long as they're kept in business, or in power, or both.
God forbid any of their own should convert to Truth, or at least to a level of enlightenment by which they realize the perceived threat of Biblical Christianity is no real threat at all. That's when the coffers run dry; that's when the city needs to get stirred up.
It's hard to respect their cynicism or their tactics, but in the heated dialogues our nation's embroiled in these days, it's necessary to point
them out.
The Convicted
Stephen's hearers were among The Convicted, and were they were none too happy about it.
One of the Church's first deacons was also clearly a powerhouse preacher, empowered with sign gifts to boot. (Acts 6:5-8) When his preaching bore fruit, synagogue leaders tried disputing with him, to no avail. (Acts 6:9-10) So they resorted to tactics similar to those of Demetrius, stirring up opposition to him but, frustrating their own agenda, they gave him
an audience.
So he seized the moment and, in turn, gave them a sermon. Timid souls should take some cues from his message, recorded in Acts 7, a confrontive, scripture-backed, pointed accusation which could have brought life to
the hearers.
Instead, according to Luke, when Stephen's words "cut them to the heart" (Acts 7:54) they reacted wildly, killing the messenger in hopes of killing the Message as well.
When modern Americans react so strongly to Biblical images or doctrines they don't like – whether of Evangelist Greg Laurie holding a Bible aloft, or an African-American Fire Chief expounding on the hetero-normative nature of marriage – you have to wonder why. Have we really become so fragile as a society that views we disagree with have to be silenced in order for us
to function?
I think it's more than that. I know that whenever I've felt conviction, whether from the Holy Spirit or my own conscience, I've had to make a decision: heed the conviction and renounce the sin, or protect the sin and renounce the conviction. When I've decided to heed the conviction, needless to say, God's peace has always followed.
But when I've decided to renounce the conviction (a sin I've indulged more than a few times) and turn its volume down with all my might, the last thing I've wanted is someone in any way expressing any thing which could remind me of the truth I'm trying to keep at bay.
That, I'm convinced, is the torment of The Convicted. He's intolerant of inconvenient expressions, no matter where they are or how little they're imposed on him, because they remind him of what he'd rather forget.
No wonder those who used to clamor for tolerance are now so intolerant! Having decided certain ideas are far too uncomfortable, their preferred choice is to silence them.
Of course, you can't silence other voices in a free society if all you do is openly disagree with them. No laws were ever passed silencing someone's freedom of expression just because the expression in question was disagreed with.
No, you have to ramp it up with charges that certain ideas aren't just disagreeable to you, they're dangerous. Destructive. Hate-inspiring. Enemies of the common good. Convince the public that certain ideas are akin to Facism or Bigotry, and the public (if too lazy to examine the facts for itself) may well join you in your efforts to blot out the words and thoughts you never want to hear.
The Convicted who heard Stephen's sermon "cried with a loud voice and stopped their ears." (Acts 7:57) Look at today's University climate and you'll note that they're descendants have moved on to campus life, where they've perfected their ancestor's art of shouting down, and shutting down, those pesky convicting ideas.
An Honorable Interference
We've no right, of course, to cry "persecution" if we're getting push-back for being jerks. If Christians are obnoxious, unfair, or generally dishonorable, then we cannot qualify for the blessing Jesus pronounced on those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake. (Matthew 5:10)
Likewise, if through our own laziness, we refuse to support and vote for candidates who'll uphold basic liberties in this still-free nation, then our slothfulness will have invited the inevitable persecution and we'll have no one to blame but ourselves. No honor there; only the bitter fruit of an unholy, un-American passivity.
But if at some point the Church in these quarters really does find Herself persecuted, literally and aggressively, let it be for righteousness sake. Let it be because we were unwavering, loving God enough to let ourselves be conformed to His ways, and loving our neighbors enough to invite them to join us in the effort.
No one playing with a full deck wants persecution. But no one running the race as it's meant to be run can avoid it. If and when it comes, may it come because we lived, according to and empowered by, God's grace.
Then may we, with all our hearts, respond to it with that same
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Claudio Pizarro has signed for German club Werder Bremen for the fourth time in his career
Claudio Pizarro, who turns 40 in October, spent last season with Cologne, scoring once in 16 games as the Billy Goats were relegated.
"I'm delighted to have the chance to join the team again and to finish my career at the club I started in Europe with," Pizarro explained. "I'm looking forward to sharing my experience, but I don't want to hide that I'm coming back to score goals as well. I'm convinced that we'll have a strong season together."
Claudio #Pizarro has returned to #Werder, where he intends to end his career in Green and White! ? pic.twitter.com/9ekXPXFL44
— SV Werder Bremen EN (@werderbremen_en) July 29, 2018
A six-time Bundesliga champion over two spells at Bayern Munich, Pizarro joins Bremen for the fifth time, having also put pen to paper with Die Grün-Weißen in 1999, 2008 (on loan from Chelsea), 2009 and 2015.
Coach Florian Kohfeldt is looking forward to having Pizarro back in the fold.
"He will have a good influence in the dressing room with his positive energy, conviction and hunger for success," he said. "If he's fit and healthy I'm sure he can help us in crucial moments this season. Claudio is a legend and he will get his moments this season."


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While the outcome for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has significantly improved over the last 30 years due to effective treatment options, the number of patients with CLL dying as a result of infection has not particularly decreased; indicating an unmet need in new patients with immune dysfunction. Here, Carsten Niemann, MD, PhD, of Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, points to the statistic that over 25% of patients with CLL will have a severe infection, and how the use of a machine learning algorithm developed in collaboration with the Danish Technical University may help prevent infection-related deaths in patients with CLL. From the 23rd Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2018, held in Stockholm, Sweden, Dr Niemann explains how this process can help identify those patients with greater than 70% risk of infection, who can then receive either pre-emptive treatment or observation in a new clinical trial currently being designed.
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University of Houston could require freshmen to live on campus
Data show better grades, retention for residential students as university sheds 'commuter' reputation
In six years, the number of dorm beds available on the University of Houston campus has nearly doubled as part of a push to make UH a top-tier research institution and to shed its reputation as a school for commuter students with limited aspirations.
Now UH could require some students to live on campus.
Pointing to data that show students who live at school attend more classes, make better grades and have a better chance of sticking around until graduation, administrators will ask the UH board of regents to make on-campus living mandatory for most first-year students.
"We are doing this because we feel very strongly that it will support our students," said Richard Walker, vice president for student affairs and enrollment services. "One of the main things this is also trying to do for us is to transform the student experience. From campus life to support services, we really wanted to make sure in that first year that they get really grounded in an environment that will allow them to succeed."
Over the last four years, UH freshmen who live on campus have had slightly higher grade point averages - anywhere from .01 to .11 points - than their commuting peers, according to data to be presented to regents this week. The difference in GPAs is higher among black and Hispanic students, who had GPAs .23 and .16 points higher, respectively, than their peers who commuted to campus.
Students living on the UH campus also tend to take on bigger course loads, about one credit-hour more per semester, and the retention rate for students living on campus was about 3.4 percentage points higher, the data show.
The plan would allow exceptions for students who are married or have children, and for others living at their parents' or legal guardians' home, if it is within 20 miles of campus.
Since taking over in 2008, Khator has worked to elevate UH's academic standards and prestige. Making UH a more residential university, where students live and learn on campus, has always been a big part of her plan.
Student support
The university has added housing, opening one new Cougar Village apartment complex in each of the last two years. When Khator came to UH in 2008, about 4,300 beds were available for students. Six years later, there are more than 8,000 and UH is second only to Texas A&M University among Texas schools in student-living capacity, Walker said.
Students have taken to the plan, too. The two new Cougar Village complexes, which will house all of UH's freshmen beginning in 2015 if the requirement is approved, are at 98 and 99 percent capacity.
Of the nine student housing complexes at UH, only one, the Quadrangle, is below 90 percent full. About 68 percent of its units, the university's oldest, are occupied, Walker said.
Students generally support the idea, said Charles Haston, the student body president, a graduate student who does not live on campus. The growth in the number of students living on campus over the last six years has changed the culture of the school, Haston said.
"This idea that we're a commuter school just isn't true any more," he said. "This has really become a residential campus."
While the apartments and dorms are mostly full, Walker said UH can accommodate all freshmen if the requirement is approved, though some shifting would need to take place. About 3,500 freshmen are expected to start classes in the fall.
Some sophomores, for example, now live in the Cougar Village complexes that would become freshman-only apartments, and they would need to move.
Joining other colleges
The plan has been in the works for some time. The Cougar Villages were built with the residential requirement in mind. One of the complexes has a tutoring center and both have classroom spaces. A student support program will also be housed in Cougar Village.
Other universities require freshmen to live on campus, including Texas State, Texas Tech and the University of North Texas.
In Houston, most of Rice University's first-year students and about 75 percent of all undergraduates live on campus. Rice is unusual because its undergraduates become a member of one of 11 residential colleges, each with its own dining halls, public rooms, and dorms.


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Another week, and another episode of Supergirl where we deal with uncomfortable topics we already deal with on a daily basis! At least it's a softer opening, with Kara and the gang (Nia Nal included) starting the day with a mojito brunch on a rooftop garden, complete with an inebriated Brainiac 5. I would've been okay if the episode had ended here.
We receive confirmation that the parasite infecting rogue DEO Agent Jensen is not only alien, but the Parasite previously seen in Episode 2×06 "Changing". As before, the host is able to drain the life force from any other living creature (and any alien's powers to boot), though this comes at the cost of the host's own health. As this makes direct action by Supergirl a liability, the onus of capturing Jensen is firmly on Alex's shoulders, even while she's under the thumb of observer Colonel Lauren Haley (April Parker Jones).
Kara surprisingly accepts being benched and goes to work on an interview with a renowned alien healer, Amadei (Adam Levy), in hopes to show that aliens are peaceful too. Shortly after the interview, an amulet that keeps Amadei alive is stolen. J'onn and Kara go on a whodunnit chase, uncovering an ex-girlfriend (Michelle Krusiec) and half-human daughter Elizabeth (Shannon Chan-Kent) who was led to believe her dad didn't want to acknowledge her. As it turns out, the mother, Natalie, prevented Amadei's and Elizabeth's letters from reaching one another, and also stole his amulet for the Children of Liberty so they could make Jenson immune to the Parasite's side effects.
Meanwhile, James is struggling with he sudden popularity Guardian has gained through anti-alien channels. While at a fancy media function, Ben Lockwood corners James as a peer (?!), as Ben is now employed as a right-wing fringe media radio host. The encounter, along with a media sponsor sympathetic to the "Earth First" movement, causes James to reconsider and contact Ben for a joint effort that will surely backfire, choosing to engage with the toxic platform he has now been offered.
Back to the villain of the week, Alex and the DEO confront Jensen while Supergirl stays back, evacuating bystanders like someone who actually does as she's asked. Against Colonel Haley's orders, Alex manages to talk Jensen down instead of shooting him, which would have caused a nuclear incident. Jensen instead pulls a suicide move, removing Amadei's amulet and causing his own brain to burn out.
While this is a net win for the home team, this episode's side players still feel fairly shallow and missing motivation and weight. We never hear why Amadei breaks up with Natalie, only the story she made up for Elizabeth. And while Ben Lockwood is personally thriving in the unrest, his wife and son are still MIA, and he's under the impression that the "movement" he supports would survive without his direction and influence.
Perhaps most interesting are the beginnings of J'onn finding himself an outlet in the private investigation field. He no longer has a place in the DEO, and has struggled with following his father's footsteps in non-violence and non-interaction as a Martian priest. All in all, I'm glad this episodes is over, as it's engaging more in WTF-ery than answers.
Supergirl airs Sunday nights at 8 Eastern/7 Central on the CW. Cara can be found on Twitter @virtualcara.


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Today is kind of entirely a Below the Line post, and I'll tell you why:
Coming to school has been quite the change for me. I have an entirely new schedule to get used to, a new living arrangement, and new food. I'll be honest with you, I'm struggling to get back into the swing of things. I'm already behind on my homework, and it's the fifth day of school.
I've also had some diet changes thrust at me just this weekend that I'm still trying to process and understand amid all the other changes I'm dealing with right now. I can talk about that later, if you want, but right now even I'm not sure what it all means.
Basically, I haven't had the time I would like to work on this blog. I miss it, trust me- I miss it a lot. But now my madly typing fingers need to focus on nature writing and literature and history analysis.
If things go as planned (fingers crossed!) expect a regular blog post on Friday. But if not, bare with me. I'll get it all worked out!


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Souvenirs of Asia
Cruising the streets of Shanghai on my bicycle is one of my favourite memories of living in China. The French Concession where I stayed lived up to its reputation: beautiful plane tree-lined streets, speckled sunlight, art deco architecture in abundance. The buzz of the street life was intoxicating.
The interaction between car and bicycle was usually safe and friendly and the traffic in the city had a rhythm of its own. I would follow the pack and go with the relaxed flow, which gave me some comfort and a naive sense of security.
It was the 1990s, the pace of the city was more relaxed, at ease. Consumerism as we know it had not taken hold, but the new Shanghai boom was imminent.
The streets were not always this romantic, however, and were even a bit dangerous sometimes. After the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, I was mistaken for an American and narrowly avoided a lynching by an angry mob of university students. Terrified, I stayed off the streets for a few days. Once I collected myself, people were friendly again and the atmosphere as inviting as before.
A multisensory and engaging city, the smells and sounds grew more exotic and intense as I gained confidence and made my way deeper down the lanes, getting terribly lost along the way. The lack of signage and English-speaking locals added to the thrill and challenge of getting about.
Some of the most interesting food I have eaten I discovered down these back alleys dotted with makeshift restaurants. It was usually presented in colourful, deep enamel metal trays tempting passers-by. Food freshly cooked that morning, unrefrigerated display, marinating in various vinegars, sauces and oil slurries, and often getting better as the day went on. (Although I was somewhat more cautious in the summer.)
An array of vegetables, tofu, seafood, meat and offal preparations: up to 30 different items on display in some stalls, much of it unidentifiable to me. Fried whole pomfret dressed with black beans. Eggplant steeped in black vinegar. Cucumber swimming in garlic. Fried beans with pork. Small school prawns with chilli and garlic. An assortment of drunken fish, prawns, chicken and crab, marinating in Chinese wine. Cold noodles and sesame in the summer. Frogs were a favourite for many locals; and fried fermented tofu whose stench would bring tears to my eyes.
The concept of Chinese food being regional, seasonal and local first presented itself to me here. Having grown up dining on regular Cantonese fare in suburban restaurants in Melbourne, the variety in Shanghai was astounding to me. The flavours I discovered I grew to love and now miss.
Two favourite dishes that I have brought back with me and adapted are the marinated eggplant and the garlic and cucumber recipes. The addition of tofu and Sichuan pepper to the eggplant recipe is how I now like to eat it at home, the silken tofu tempering the fire of the chilli oil. The cooked eggplant I like to leave on the kitchen counter for a few hours to macerate before serving.
The cucumber dish I prefer to served chilled as it maintains an incredible texture at the start of a meal, the tang of the raw garlic awakening the palate.
Silken tofu and marinated eggplant
Serves 4
– 2 eggplants
– Yuxiang sauce (recipe below)
– 250g tube of silken tofu (I like Yenson's)
– 1 tbsp chilli oil
– 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
– 5 sprigs coriander
Peel the eggplants and place in a steamer over a pan of vigorously boiling water, steam for about 15 minutes or until a knife easily penetrates the flesh. When cooked, immediately transfer to a plate and leave in the fridge to cool. When cool, slice the eggplant into 1½-centimetre dice. Spoon four tablespoons of the Yuxiang sauce over the eggplant and leave to marinate for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, slice the tofu into discs and arrange on a plate. Spoon the eggplant over the tofu. Finish the dish with a dose of the chilli oil, a good pinch of ground Sichuan pepper, and a few coriander leaves.
Yuxiang sauce
This recipe makes twice as much as you will need but the remainder will not go to waste; it will last in the fridge for a week if it is not eaten first. The sauce is versatile – delicious spooned over cold roast pork as a cold cut to start a meal, or tossed with cold cooked chicken and cucumber to make a striking salad.
– 2 tbsp vegetable oil
– 6 spring onions, finely sliced
– 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
– 2.5cm ginger, finely chopped
– 30g white sugar
– 1 heaped tsp Sichuan peppercorns, ground
– 1 tsp black peppercorns, ground
– 80g light soy sauce
– 80g Shanghai vinegar
– 1 tbsp black bean chilli paste
Warm the oil in a saucepan, sauté the spring onions, garlic and ginger until soft and aromatic. Stir constantly. Add the sugar and both peppers, cook for a further two minutes. Reduce heat and add the soy, vinegar and chilli paste. Bring to a simmer and immediately remove from the heat. Store in the fridge until ready to use.
Marinated cucumberand radishes
Serves 6
In China, variations of this marinated cucumber theme are often served at the start of a meal. I don't usually enjoy marinated food straight from the fridge, but this is an exception. This dish is terrific served cold with the chill of the fridge exploiting the crunch of the cucumber.
– 8 baby cucumbers or Qukes (Qukes are a brand of baby
cucumbers now widely available) or 3 Lebanese cucumbers
– 1 bunch French breakfast or red radishes
– ½ tsp sugar
– ½ tsp salt
Cut the cucumbers into one-centimetre discs. Halve the radishes if they are small or quarter if they are larger. Sprinkle the sugar and salt over the vegetables in a bowl and leave to marinate in a colander in the fridge for half an hour. Drain, pat dry and then marinate in the dressing. Place in the fridge for an hour before serving.
– 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
– 1cm ginger, finely chopped
– 2½ tbsp light soy sauce
– 2 tbsp sesame oil
– 1 tsp sugar
Soak the chopped garlic and ginger in water for five minutes, changing the water three times. Strain and dry on paper towel. Mix all ingredients together, before dressing the cured cucumber and radish. Leave to marinate for a minimum of an hour before serving.
Wine pairing:
2013 S.C. Pannell Aromatico gewürztraminer riesling from the Adelaide Hills ($28)
– Mark Williamson, sommelier, Cumulus Inc.
This article was first published in the print edition of The Saturday Paper on Mar 22, 2014 as "Souvenirs of Asia".
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The Orlando Magic rolled to their third consecutive victory Sunday night, never trailing in a 131-117 win over the New York Knicks in Orlando.
Orlando saw its 18-point, first-quarter lead shrink to just one at halftime, but the Magic scored the first six points of the third and were able to hang on for the remainder of the game.
Six players scored in double figures for Orlando, led by Aaron Gordon's season-high 31. Nikola Vucevic narrowly missed out on a triple-double, finishing with 28 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and Evan Fournier added 19 points.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 32 points, and Trey Burke added 31 for the Knicks, who have lost five straight. Enes Kanter had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the second quarter alone and finished with 21 points and 19 rebounds for the game.
Orlando won for the seventh time in the past nine games after starting the season 2-6. The Magic are shooting 49.6 percent and averaging 114.2 points during the nine-game stretch. Orlando shot just 41.4 percent and averaged 99.9 points through the first eight games of the season.
The Magic made their first 10 field-goal attempts Sunday and scored 25 points in the opening five minutes of the game to take an early 15-point lead. By the end of the first quarter, Orlando had matched a franchise record for most points in an opening period with 44, and Gordon had scored 20.
New York outscored Orlando 35-23 in the second quarter, and Noah Vonleh's 3-pointer in the last minute cut the Magic's edge to 67-66 at the half.
Mario Hezonja, who was drafted No. 5 overall in 2015 by the Magic, did not play due to a coach's decision in his first return to Orlando.
The Magic have won five of their past six games against the Knicks.
Orlando hosts the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday before heading out west for a six-game road trip. New York returns home to face the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday.
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The Other Project to debut in Theatre-on-the-Side on Oct. 14
University Theatre will continue its 2017-18 season with The Other Project, with showings of the piece taking place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5-7 and Oct. 12-14, with 2 p.m. shows Oct. 8 and 15 in the Theatre-on-the-Side in Moore Hall.
The play is the creation of associate professor Annette Thornton, the seven performing actresses, the assistant director and the stage manager. The Other Project is the first devised theatrical piece at Central Michigan University, meaning the script for the play was created entirely through collaboration and improvisation by the entire cast rather than a single writer. Thornton said The Other Project was written, choreographed, rehearsed and staged within five weeks.
The idea of the production is focused on "The Other," a group or person that is seen as strange or different, Thornton said. The idea will be expressed through music, text and motion.
"The Other Project is an inclusive journey not meant to present a solution, but to uncover the existence of The Other as it appears in our lives and to invite the audience to continue the conversation," Thornton said.
Tickets can be bought on U.T.'s webpage or at the CMU Events Center.


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Everybody that started yoga at some point remembers the constant looking up from your down-dog to see what the yoga teachers has in store for you now. One pose after the other follows and they tell you to focus on your breathing, while doing the poses is enough of a challenge. How do you combine the two, how do you keep on focusing on the one if your mind is completely occupied with the other? And that question is exactly what yoga is about: being able to focus the mind, being able to be present, by focusing on your breath, while your body is moving from one pose in the other.
Imagine that it is a reflection of your real-life, we are constantly distracted by our phone, our colleagues, what happens outside, the doorbell ringing, the mess you made in your house, etc. When we learn to focus, to be fully with the work we are doing, the presentation we make / give, the conversation we are having, you will see the quality of your work and life will change. Conversations get more interesting, the connection with that person intensifies, the presentation went better, the work is done quicker and the plus is that by the end of it all you have more energy left.
The longer you do yoga the more you will also realise that there are a few basic poses, which will convert into more difficult variations. When you begin the trick is to not want too much too soon, to hold back a little, focus on really understanding the basic poses AND know how to connect your breathing to these poses and sequences.
The following sequence is set up so you can practice the basic postures, to understand how they physically feel in your body and to be able to breath well with each pose. That way you will have more attention for your breath and posture when your teacher uses these basic poses in your next class. In this way your practice with the teacher will become even more beneficial for yourself.
The poses you can perform in the order of the pictures, but you can also do them separately. If you do all poses, you will also do all elements we practice in yoga, forward bend, backward bend, twist, standing poses, seated poses and balance. The sequence will take you 5 tot 10 minutes.
It is advisable to start the practice with 5 minutes of meditation, to calm the mind and be focused during the practice. End the practice with a Savasana pose (corpse pose) for a minimum of 10 breaths.
Some basis rules when you perform the poses:
- Make long, deep and controlled breathes through your nose. Focus on your breath going in and out while being in a posture. Try to make your exhale slightly longer then your inhale.
- Let your breath initiate a movement. Inhale is a movement upwards, exhale is a movement downwards or a twist.
- Work both sides of your body. Do every posture on the right side and then switch to the left.
- While you're in a standing pose always check your front knee. When it is bent, it makes a 90-degree angle with your ankle; however, it should never go over your ankle.
- There is NO pose in yoga where we have our shoulders close to our ears. So when you are settled in a pose, always pay attention to your shoulders. Roll them backwards and down.
If you have doubts about the poses, below you can find the basic ideas and adjustments per picture.
Picture 1: Balasana
Child's pose. Sit on your heels. Take both your arms up. Bring your hands in front of you on the mat. Rest your forehead on the mat. Breathe deeply into your belly. Let your body come to a rest.
Picture 2: Urdhva Mukha Savanasana
Upward facing dog pose. Lay down on your belly. Place your hands next to your chest, fingers facing forward. On an inhale, push yourself half way. Then straighten the legs, the knees come of the mat. Next inhale, straighten your arms. Shoulders are straight over your wrists. Look forward or up.
Picture 3: Uttanasana
Standing forward bend pose. Hang forward, have your knees slightly bent or straight (your own preference) while holding your elbows. Feel how, due to your head hanging down, the vertebras in your neck are getting some space. Stay in this pose for at least 5 cycles of inhales and exhales.
Picture 4: Adho Mukha Svanasana
Downward facing dog: Come onto the mat on your hands and knees. Knees are 90 degrees with your hips, hands straight under your shoulders. Tuck your toes under and on an exhale lift your knees away from the floor. Keep them slightly bent. Stretch one knee, bend the other. Switch several times. Bend both needs slightly and push your sit-bones up in the air, while you push yourself away from your hands. On an exhale push your heels towards the mat. Stay for a minimum of three breaths.
Picture 5: Virabhadrasana I
Warrior 1 pose. Come to the front of your mat, standing. Step backwards with one leg. Knee is 90 degree over your ankle, hips point forward, arms are up, shoulders are down.
Picture 6: Virabhadrasana II
Warrior 2 pose. Turn your back foot to a 45-degree angle. Open your hips towards the side. Roll your shoulders down and back. Look over your front hand. Stay for at least 3 cycles of breath.
Picture 7: Vrksasana
Tree pose. Put all the weight on one leg. Place the other one in your thigh or on your lower leg. Never on the knee!! Focus on a point in front of you and don't let it go. Stand up tall. Hands in prayer in front of your chest. Inhale, next exhale bring your arms up, lower your shoulders, palms are facing each other. Minimum of 5 cycles of breath.
Picture 8: Paschimottanasana
Seated forward bend pose. Sit on the mat. Bring both legs forward. Pull your toes towards you. Inhale bring your arms up and straighten your spine, push your chest forward. Exhale come to a 45 degree angle. Grab where you can, knee, calf muscles, ankles, toes. Inhale straighten your spine again and exhale come forward as far as you can with your back straight. Look towards your knee.
Picture 9: Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
Bridge pose. Lay down on your back, knees are up, feet are hip distance apart. Measure the positioning of your legs by bringing your arms next to your body; the tip of your middle finger needs to just barely touch your heel. Then interlace your fingers behind your back. Push your hips up as far as you can, roll your shoulders together. Breathe into your chest.


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Estate Planning with Your Lawyer
Estate planning may seem like an overwhelming undertaking, but it's necessary for making sure things are taken care of when you pass. Fortunately, an estate planning law firm in Knoxville, TN, can make the entire process much easier and give you peace of mind knowing that your affairs are in order. Here's what you need to know about making your estate plan with an estate-planning attorney.
Components of An Estate Plan
It's important to understand what documents are part of an estate plan. The last will and testament allow you to choose who inherits your assets. A living will is another important component and allows you to decide what medical care you should receive if you're unable to make decisions yourself. You can also choose a healthcare power of attorney, which is someone authorized to make healthcare decisions on your behalf. A financial power of attorney allows someone to make financial decisions and handle your finances. A trust is important if you want your beneficiaries to avoid probate because it sets aside money and assets to certain people or organizations so that inheritances are delivered more quickly.
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Hello, i'm a newbie on repl.it, so I cheked the doc to see how we can hide files (with .env file). It works fine for some projects but now i want to make a kind of console that requests username and password to start (if the guy enters his logins he gets a key to decode the content of other files to read them). My code works.. only for me ! The reason is that .env files are protected for others peoples so i can't really finish my project (it's for a RP game)
Is there any alternatives to .env files ? I want that only the program can read .env files but users can't directly access to it with filetree.
I'm on python 3 but if solutions are only on others languages I can migrate
Sorry for my bad english, I'm french
@heyitsmarcus Yes that's all the problem ! This is like the .env is existing only when the owner of the repl launches it from the edit page.. so annoying... If there are no alternative to getenv i unfortunally think that i'll use a flask server :-(


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text: Makers of Over-the-Counter Medicines Respond to Pediatrics Study on Units of Measurement on Liquid MedicinesWashington, D.C. (July 14, 2014) — The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement today in response to the Pediatrics study "Unit of Measurement Used and Parent Medication Dosing Errors," which found that parents who used milliliter-only units made fewer dosing errors than those who used teaspoon or tablespoon units. "This study underscores the importance of standardizing dosing instructions, which CHPA has long supported as a way of helping parents to appropriately treat their children's symptoms with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. "The makers of OTC medicines fully support using mL as the standard unit of measurement on all liquid OTC medicines. In 2009, CHPA expressed this industry commitment by adopting voluntary guidelines that specify mL as the preferred unit of measure. Alternatively, a mL unit can be used together with a 'teaspoonful', but manufacturers should avoid use of a 'teaspoonful' unit alone. The study affirms that consumers do understand instructions with milliliters (mL). "In addition to adopting these packaging guidelines, CHPA works to educate and empower parents to safely treat their children with OTCs through the CHPA Educational Foundation. The foundation reminds parents of the importance of reading and following the label and only using the dosing device that comes with the medicine – never a kitchen spoon. The foundation reaches parents online through its website OTCsafety.org and its social media channels as well as through partnerships with organizations including the Food and Drug Administration and the American Academy of Family Physicians and with leading parent bloggers." Contact Jenni Terry 202.429.9260 The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) is the 133-year-old trade association representing the leading manufacturers and marketers of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and dietary supplements. Every dollar spent by consumers on OTC medicines saves the U.S. healthcare system $6-$7, contributing a total of $102 billion in savings each year. CHPA is committed to promoting the increasingly vital role of over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements in America's healthcare system through science, education, and advocacy.


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DSpace community: 理學院 http://nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw/dspace/handle/987654321/7 清大理學院從民國五十二年起,先後成立數學、物理、化學、應用數學、生命科學、資訊科學、 統計學、天文學等系所。自民國八十五年起,配合大學法,本院的組織架構作適當的調整。現有數學 系、物理系、化學系(各設學士班、碩士班及博士班),統計學研究所(設有碩士班及博士班)。天 文所成立於民國九十年,設有碩士班及,目前仍暫附屬物理系,俟其茁壯發展後考慮變更為一獨立研 究所。國科會物理研究推動中心設在清大物理系,其主要任務為負責我國物理研究之策劃及推動工作 。 The Channel Image http://nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw/dspace/retrieve/66470 http://nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw/dspace/handle/987654321/7 The community's search engine Search the Channel s http://nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw/dspace/simple-search Controllable noise-like operation regime in Yb:doped dispersion-mapped fiber ring laser http://nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw/dspace/handle/987654321/84044 title: Controllable noise-like operation regime in Yb:doped dispersion-mapped fiber ring laser abstract: We report the generation of tunable high-energy noise-like pulses with a super-broadband spectrum from a Yb-doped dispersion-mapped fiber ring laser. Self-starting noise-like operation can be maintained over a relatively large range of pumping powers (4–13 W). The corresponding output power varies from 0.1 to 1.45 W. The maximum 3 dB spectral bandwidth of the noise-like pulses is about 48.2 nm while the output energy is as high as 47 nJ, limited by optical damage of the components. The central wavelength of the noise-like pulses can be tuned easily over ~12 nm. The bandwidth and duration of the generated wave packets can also be controlled. The use of a negative dispersion-delay line and spectral filter are found to be important for generating such high-power noise-like operation. Experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical simulations.
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The Words of Selves: Identification, Solidarity, Irony
Stanford University Press, 2000 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 219 pages
Marlene Dietrich had the last line in Orson Welles's A Touch of Evil: "What does it matter what you say about other people?" The author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She wonders why the requirement to be a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject. She decides that some hesitations and awkwardness in inhabiting many categories of the person including those celebrated by what is sometimes termed identity politics need not evidence either psychological weakness or political lack of nerve.
Neither an "identity" nor a "nonidentity" can quite convince. But if this discomfort inhering in self-characterization needs to be fully admitted and registered as something that is simultaneously linguistic and affective it can also be cheerfully tolerated. Here language is not treated as a guileful thing that leads its speakers astray. Though the business of being called something, and of being positioned by that calling, is often an unhappy affair, irony can offer effective therapy. Even if uncertain and volatile categorizations do trouble the politics that they also shape, they hardly weaken the empathetic solidarity that is distinct from identification. The verbal irony of self-presentation can be politically helpful. Questioning the received diction of the self cannot be dismissed merely as a luxury of those in secure positions, but instead can move toward a conception of a constructive nonidentity.
This extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics also considers the lyrical "I" and linguistic emotionality, the historical status of irony, and the possibilities of a nonidentitarian solidarity that is unapologetically alert to the affect of language.
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