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Quiet atmosphere
Creative Hearts Retreat is for groups looking for a quiet place to work on all kinds of crafty arts – scrapbooking, card-making, stamping, paper crafting and sewing. The view from our house in the country includes beautiful trees and acres of farmland.
Convenient location
Creative Hearts Retreat is located at 1388 N CR 200 E, Danville, Indiana, 46122, just outside of Indianapolis. From I-465, it's an easy drive west on US Highway 36. We're only minutes away from restaurants and grocery stores in Danville. If you run out of any craft supplies, you can take a short drive to Avon to stock up at Michaels, Joann's or Hobby Lobby.
Spacious and well-lit craft room
Each guest has their own 6 foot table with plenty of space to spread out. We have comfy chairs, plenty of outlets and lots of great overhead lighting, plus several Ott lights for task lighting. The crop room also has a wall mounted TV for watching your favorite movie while you work.
Comfortable retreat space
The retreat house is a single floor with minimal steps! We have a large kitchen for meal prep, plus a dining room where you can gather and take a break from your crafting. Each guest has their own twin bed, complete with linens and towels. We also have two full bathrooms for added convenience.


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Jeff Schellinger, 61, passed away unexpectedly on March 29 2016 due to an accident while repairing a vehicle. Jeff was born on Oct 28, 1954 to Robert and Bernida (Yogerst) Schellinger and grew up near St Lawrence, Wisconsin.
He was united in marriage to Debora Hesprich on May 21, 1977 at St Mary's Church in Lomira.
He was a loving husband and father who enjoyed camping and traveling. Jeff was very talented in woodworking and building, and often enjoyed helping family build and remodel their homes. Together Jeff and Deb started their business, Schellinger Electric, which he has operated for the last 29 years.
For the past 9 years, he had taken up the hobby of making maple syrup; each year growing larger and improving his technique with the help of his neighbor Ed. He couldn't wait for sapping time! Jeff loved family gatherings, especially outside roasting a pig and working on projects.
He is survived by his wife Debora, children Becki of Soldotna, Alaska, Tabitha of Newport News, Virginia, Kevin (Christie) of Knowlton, Wisconsin, and Vanessa of West Bend; granddaughter Arica; his mother Bernida Schellinger; 3 brothers and 1 sister Robert (Mary Ann) of Sheboygan, Mary (Fred) Gollash of Naples, FL, John (Barb) of Rubicon and Tim (Laurel) of Appleton; his father-in-law Anthony Hesprich of Lomira; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Linda (Rick) Heinecke of Allenton, Pete (Donna) Hesprich of West Bend, Dan (Julie) Hesprich of Lomira, Nick (Jane) Hesprich of Kewaskum, Paul (Dawn) Hesprich of Fond du Lac, Bob (Janet) Hesprich of Lomria and Mary Jo (Jim) Wendling of Wausau; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father Robert, 1 sister Kathryn and his mother-in-law Mary Ann Hesprich.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, April 2 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Inurnment will be Monday in St. Mary's Cemetery (new). The family will greet relatives and friends during a period of visitation on Friday April 1 at the church only from 5 until 7 p.m. and also Saturday from 9 until 10:15 a.m.
The Schmidt Funeral Home of West Bend is serving the family. On-line guestbook and condolences available at www.schmidtfuneralhome.com.

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Malaria Day in Americas: Supporting countries to eliminate relapsing malaria [1]
Elisa Vidal
Malaria remains prevalent in many Latin American countries. The predominant parasite species there is Plasmodium vivax. Each vivax infection can lead to multiple relapses, as a form of this parasite (hypnozoites) can remain in a person's liver after successful blood-stage treatment, causing relapses and disease transmission.
In this video, Elisa Vidal, MMV's Regional Advisor for Latin America talks about her work in supporting countries in the region to eliminate Plasmodium vivax malaria by improving access to a radical cure.


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Brook expected to face domestic rival Amir Khan next summer…
Brook stabbed on holiday: British boxer suffers wound to leg.
Brook vs Khan: British rivals set for 2015 clash.
Brook crowned champion: Brook defeats Porter in California.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed his relief that Kell Brook's boxing career is safe but he has ruled out the possibility of a return to the ring in 2014.
The 28-year-old was stabbed in the leg on holiday in Tenerife earlier this month, but after an anxious wait on news, fight fans breathed a sigh of relief as it was announced that Brook was in a stable condition after surgery.
Brook was crowned the new IBF welterweight champion just weeks earlier after defeating Shawn Porter in California, and with talk of a title defence on December 6 before a showdown with domestic rival Amir Khan, it appeared that things were looking up for the Sheffield-born fighter.
However, it is now unlikely that he will return to the ring until next year, and Hearn has hinted at the possibility that his next fight could well be the clash with Khan.
"The wound looked so bad that I was worried his career would be over," Hearn said, reports the Daily Mail.
"But the doctors say the stab wound missed every major artery and he will make a complete recovery. He has been very, very lucky.
"He had been due to be in Las Vegas for the Floyd Mayweather fight before starting his training camp for December 6 in the US.
"But the plan now is just get him back to full health."
It is undoubtedly a setback for Brook after finally securing a world title, but he will relieved that the injuries he sustained were not serious enough to put his future in the sport in jeopardy.
It remains to be seen whether or not he is handed a 'keep busy' fight before he takes the clash with Khan, but British boxing fans will certainly be looking forward to another potentially huge night at Wembley, with Hearn revealing that discussions have already started with Khan's camp.


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Matter is neither created nor destroyed, and yet, Earth is slowly sinking through this galaxy.
The weight of the unrisen is too heavy.
There are moments that move so slowly time trickles from the woman's mouth like molasses. Nilote Nurse X3452 stares at the woman and sighs, Poor, poor Icarus… he was only a boy. But you are woman and you still think like that little Greek boy- your silence the size of burning feathered wings.
The nurse's skin is so black it looks wet. The Nilotes say their black is the color of a darkness that sighs like creaky shoes but the woman only sees slick tar and a wide gaping mouth. I am dizzy, she says to the nurse.
From my words…or my skin? The nurse asks. When the nurse gets no response, it tries again. We are not the enemy… Mahmoud Darwish, a human poet, wrote: a place is not only a geographical area; it's also a state of mind…Your species is capable of so much abstraction. Why is it hard for you to understand that Earth- the way you know it at least- no longer exists?
The soldiers were guarding the dream, but I will enter it when they sleep, the woman whispers.
Ahh! The nurse claps its hands in joy. So you do know Darwish?
I know you are guarding, the woman responds.
The nurse pauses, Earth is sinking…not because of any science or sense, but because your people forgot that the bodies falling to the bottom of the ocean matter. What was slavery? Atomic detonation? Piracy? The ivory daggered tooth sitting in the front of the nurse's mouth begins to rotate. You are falling…like Earth… like Icarus.
The woman is silent.
The nurse continues, Even though I am the resurrection, it is a mental exercise to think of the weight of all those bodies tossed over slave ships. Falling… falling into your oceans. But the Nilotes rose when the clarion called… We cannot guard what does not want to live.
Is this living? The woman asks.
Yes, though not as you know it. We would have given you wings, daughter of Icarus… but you are falling. Poor, poor you.
She fell then, as though her skeletons were an emaciated kiosk of bones. Too weak, not enough resurrection, another replies.
The nurse picks up her limp body and takes her back to the ward.
Humans are too weak; not enough resurrection.
"I know I am a writer, but sometimes it's a bit difficult to give words to things that are so deeply burrowed away. As a performer I want people to think! A wise friend of mine says, 'God gave you a brain! Don't insult Him by not using it!' So if I can provide a safe space for people to interrogate what they see as 'normal' or a 'given,' then I am doing my job." [Melissa Kiguwa, in an interview with IN KAMPALA magazine]
Melissa Kiguwa has had a pretty busy year. She was part of 2014 Writivism Workshop and Mentorship, she was mentored by Yewande Omotoso. She also published her first collection of poetry, Reveries of Longing. (Read review). And she just got longlisted for the continent-wide 2014 Writivism Short Story Prize for her story "The Wound of Shrinking". Read more of her at her blog.


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Des Moines shop owner found slice of eden in the East Village
Jennifer Hansen opened her first soap and home products shop in an old building next to American Plumbing Co. in Des Moines' East Village.
"What could be more perfect?" she told the Register several years ago. "People could buy their sink, then come to us to buy their soap."
Hansen, the owner of eden, was one of the pioneers of the revival of Des Moines' trendy East Village shopping and residential district. She died Monday at age 47 after a long battle with breast cancer.
"She saw promise in the East Village" at a time when a handful of shopkeepers were moving into the aging neighborhood, said Christina Moffatt, a friend and fellow small business owner. "She was a trailblazer."
Her business acumen, honed during her early career as a buyer at Younkers in downtown Des Moines, helped her create a successful business. "Everything she carried in the store she saw a niche for in Des Moines," Moffatt said. Eden sells soaps and lotions, including Kiehl's products, candles, baby items and home products.
"(Eden) has always been filled with the most thoughtful assortment," said Dena Steinbach, who worked with Hansen at the store for 12 years. "She was a true pioneer of the East Village."
Hansen's first shop was at East Grand Avenue and East Fifth Street.
"A friend called us about the space and when we went to see it, it was love at first sight," Hansen wrote on eden's website.
Several years later, she and husband John Hansen bought a building a few blocks away at 418 E. Sixth St., moving the business there after renovating the larger space. They brought an old counter, chandelier and tea cart purchased from the downtown Younkers store before it closed in 2005.
Childhood friend Karla Hook said Hansen was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013. "She was very consistent in who she was" and brought love and community to her shop, Hook said.
Moffatt said Hansen always saw "value and vision for Des Moines as a whole" and not just for her business. She hosted events for nonprofit groups and always "gave more than she received," Moffatt said.
"She was soft spoken and never wanted the limelight on herself," she said. "It was never about her. She wanted to lift others up."


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Central Iowa Energy breaks ground
In the first week of April, Central Iowa Energy LLC started construction on its site in Newton, Iowa. The project was a collaboration between a group of progressive Iowa farmers, a consulting group, directors of another Iowa biodiesel plant currently under construction and a local economic development group, according to Tobin Bush, project coordinator for Central Iowa Energy.
The consulting company, The Biodiesel Group, worked with the community and aided in site selection. It was seeking to build a plant identical to Western Iowa Energy in Wall Lake, Iowa, Bush said. In June 2005, Central Iowa Energy acquired a 32-acre site-previously owned by Jasper County Economic Development Corporation-that included rail access.
The limited liability company raised $3 million in seed capital. The equity drive kicked off in January, eventually topping $20 million. The remainder of the $50 million project will be made up by debt financing, Bush said.
At press time, Renewable Energy Group was on-site doing initial prep work. The company expects to begin production March 2007. The facility will use a continuous-flow process to produce biodiesel from multiple feedstocks, mainly soy oil and animal fats. Bush said West Central Cooperative will market the fuel-then, BQ-9000 accredited-throughout Iowa, but "it would be unrealistic to expect that all of it would be used in Iowa." In addition to biodiesel, about 9 percent of the facility's product will be glycerin, which will be sold into the existing glycerin market. Bush said there is also a small amount of feed fat that will go into poultry feed.


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Time to blog.
Inference lies at the heart of how we extract meaning from the world. It is arguably what defines us a species. Our ability to infer about each other and the natural world is surely one of the most distinctive, amazing capabilities natural selection has ever dared to shape. Given these origins it is hardly surprising that it should crop up in so many different fields ranging from information theory, physics, statistics, data science, mathematics, psychology, cognitive science, critical thinking, educational pedagogy computation and artificial intelligence.
The aim of this blog, related software and pedagogy is to get a hold on inference for its own fascinating sake, but also, to harness it.
And these days, truly harness inference means engaging in a dramatic human-machine dialectic. And if there is a beating mantra to such a dialectic it may well "inference to a better explanation" for if one can somehow systematise the gaining of progressive improved inferences, computation takes care of the rest, amplifying over generations in seconds not millennia.
Our mantra and blog moniker is clearly a nod to abduction's "inference to the best explanation".


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01JUL17.- Historic negotiations for "a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination" are now taking place at the United Nations in New York. Civil society representatives from around the world are gathered there to urge all nations to work in good faith to achieve the strongest, most effective treaty possible.
20JUN17.- "It started raining as soon as people gathered, poured during the Women's March to Ban the Bomb and the program outside the UN, then stopped raining, but only after it was all over! A good turnout for a rainy day, estimated about 1.000, including 50 Japanese" activist Ellen Thomas explains.
25MAY17.- Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) warmly welcomes the publication yesterday of a draft UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons.
31MAR17.- More than 120 countries have been participating in talks to negotiate a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons since Monday March 27th in the UN headquarters in New York. While the nuclear weapons states and their allies are not in the room, the proponents of the ban treaty are counting on the delegitimisation effects of the treaty to drive the world toward the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
25MAR17.- Esta semana están teniendo lugar diversas manifestaciones en cuatro países europeos miembros de la OTAN donde hay instalados almacenes de armas nucleares. Los manifestantes reclaman a sus gobiernos que se deshagan del armamento nuclear estadounidense y exijan su prohibición.
27MAY17.- This week, an historic nuclear weapons ban proposal was unveiled at the United Nations. The proposed agreement recognizes, for the first time, that nuclear weapons and radiation put women and girls at greater risk than men and boys.
16MAY17.- The first round of preparatory meetings came to an end in Vienna on Friday. Reaching Critical Will wrapped up their review of proceedings with these thoughts.
30MAR17.- Today we begin negotiations of a treaty banning nuclear weapons. It took incredible determination, creativity, and courage to get here. We have seen decades of activism against the bomb. Endless engagement with nuclear-armed states. The collection of baby teeth. Millions of people marching in the streets.
24MAR17 – LONDON – UNITED KINGDOM.- 75% of UK adults think the British Government should be represented at nuclear disarmament talks due to begin at the United Nations next week. Only 9% said the Government should not attend and 16% were undecided.


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The average retailer lost just under £15,000 in the month of August.
This was the largest loss in the last 12 months, according to performance specialists ASE, but at £14,871 was £1,000 less than the amount lost in August 2015.
Continuing a trend, turnover levels were up, reflecting the increased level of registrations.
This produced a further fall in the rolling 12 month return on sales percentage which is down to its lowest level since 2012.
"It will be interesting to see whether the September performance is strong enough to reverse this trend or whether we will continue to see the ratio track downwards towards 1%," said Mike Jones, ASE chairman.
"Ever since the switch to two registration months a year, August has produced the largest single loss of any month.
"In addition, during 2016, we have seen an increase in the size of the peaks and troughs in profitability as retailers process an ever greater number of vehicles, only making profit when they have earned the associated volume bonus."
Used car performance remained strong in August with no sign of the volume of self-registered vehicles and PCP returns have a material adverse impact on performance.
"Dealers successfully destocked during August in advance of the influx of vehicles in September through part exchanges and dealer registrations.
"September profitability performance will be a key driver in the overall result for the year, although given the volume of cars registered at the end of the month, we will likely have to wait several months before we see the full picture."
> Franchised dealer peformance figures for August and historic comparisons.


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Massaro & Gaultier Are New Champions of 2016 Dubai World-Series Squash Tournament
May 29, 2016 R K GuptaSquash, World Series Squash
PSA Chairman Ziad Al-Turki must have been the happiest man on Saturday night. An avid squash fan, Al-Turki went out of his way to secure Dubai Opera near the Burj Khalifa as the venue for PSA's year-ending finale for this year. Over the next two years too, the event will continue to remain in Dubai […]Read more
Pilley Shocks Elshorbagy Meets Gaultier for the Title of 2016 PSA World Series in Dubai
May 28, 2016 R K GuptaMohamed Elshorbagy, Nicol David, Nour El Sherbini, Raneem El Welily, Squash, World Series Squash
This year's PSA World Series Finals are down to the last day after the conclusion of men and women's semifinals on Friday. The title contenders in both categories have emerged in somewhat contrasting ways. Among men, title favorite and Egyptian world no.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy lost to Australian Cameroon Pilley in the longest match of the […]Read more
Mohamed Elshorbagy, Camille Serme Win British Open Squash Titles at Hull
May 26, 2015 R K GuptaBritish Open Squash, Mohamed Elshorbagy, Squash, World Series Squash
The prestigious Allam British Open PSA World Series Tournament concluded on May 17, 2015. Before the Squash world championship was introduced in 1970, the British Open was regarded as the unofficial world championship in this sport and affectionately called as the Wimbledon of Squash. British Open is also the oldest tournament in squash that first […]Read more
Ashour Beats Elshorbagy to Win El Gouna in a Classic Squash Thriller
April 11, 2015 R K GuptaSquash, World Series Squash
Any number of squash classics in the game's history would compare very closely with the final of the 2015 PSA World Series El Gouna International Tournament, which ended on Friday at the Egyptian Red Sea Resort of El Gouna. The analysts will keep looking for new descriptions and phrases in days to come about the […]Read more
Nick Matthew Makes Tragic Exit From 2015 El Gouna Squash Tournament
April 10, 2015 R K GuptaNick Matthew, Squash, World Series Squash
After their dominating presence in the quarterfinals, three squash stars from England could make no further progress as all of them lost their next matches. Nick Matthews was the lone Englishman, who still stood out but he had to bow out of the tournament next day under tragic circumstances. In the quarterfinal matches played on […]Read more
Four Englishmen Reach QFs of El Gouna PSA World Series Squash Tournament
April 8, 2015 R K GuptaSquash, World Series Squash
England's squash players dominated third day's play at the 2015 El Gouna International, PSA World Series event currently underway at Egypt's picturesque Red Sea Resort of El Gouna. Four of them won their second round matches on Tuesday and entered the quarterfinals. World no.2 Nick Matthew took four games and 62 minutes in defeating world […]Read more
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When this administration locked us out, we learned that they believed they could run a university without faculty. We won the lockout battle and showed them it wasn't true. But the war continued and continues. As management shrinks the campus, cutting courses and credits without consultation with us, we see them attempting to run a university without classes. These actions mean that our colleagues are losing their jobs: NTTA contracts are not renewed, long-time committed part time faculty are cleared from the rolls, and anyone without tenure is at risk.
As a union, our job is to push back against administration, to organize ourselves and our power to resist the attacks on us, our working conditions, our lives and families, and our students.
I have learned a lot in my ten years as a member of the LIUFF. I was on strike with this faculty in 2011 and watched us go back to work with few gains. I was locked out with this faculty in 2016 and watched us go back to work with few gains. We must reverse this process. I am committed to doing that work with you. We need a plan to win by 2021 when we return to the bargaining table, one of the few things we were able to secure with the latest contract. This will require all of us, working together, building power with and through each other so that next time we sit across from management, we will have the numbers necessary to contest them.
Here's what I see as necessary for us right now:
- We must build a transparent and democratic union that includes all of our interests. I don't mean simply representation on the executive committee or on the bargaining team. I mean that all of us need to be talking to each other about what's happening in our individual units on campus so that we can share problems and find solutions together. When we find out that nursing faculty taught during breaks last year so that students could pass their program, we need to know that physical therapy faculty did that too. We need to be clearer with ourselves and with administration about the scope of the problems we face, and that means getting more of us in the room together to decide what comes next in the fight.
- We must aggressively enforce the contract through the grievance process. I know that many of us are frustrated with the contract we ratified. It includes massive cuts to adjunct wages and benefits, and work rules that affect everyone, like the elimination of negotiated course caps. But we do still have protections. We must pursue those protections collectively by filing grievances and following up with loud, public, collective actions that continue to push administration to honor our rights. Right now, I know a lot of us are worried about underloads in the fall. We must aggressively and collectively pursue contract language that protects us. The grievance process won us a memorandum of understanding that allows departments to assign higher credit loads to part time faculty, but we are still struggling to get management to honor that agreement. We must push harder, together.
- We must begin organizing for a new contract today. We learned a lot from the lockout and the contract campaign that came after about the limits of the power we had built. We were fractured and split from each other and unprepared to stand together as a single faculty against administration's demands. The lockout produced a solidarity among us unlike anything I had experienced before. It was powerful, and it made management bend. When we are together, we know we can win. But it takes work to get there and stay there, work that I am committed to doing with you. We have three years. During these three years we need to get to know ourselves, each other, the contract, and conditions that prevail across the campus so that we know when union leadership asks all of us to wear a t-shirt, we all show up. So that when union leadership asks us all to march into the VPAA's office, we all show up. So that when union leadership asks us to refuse a bad contract, we all show up. We will only all show up if we know we can win. We have three years to get there, and we need to start moving forward now.
We have too long been a union that hopes that contract language and a handful of engaged members can solve our problems while the rest of us stick to our classrooms and offices. That won't work any more. We need an organizing union that builds power by working together and by winning. We need administration to know that we have built enough power that we can all stand together. That is hard power to build, we have a long way to go, but it's possible. We see that power in the West Virginia teachers, and we saw it in ourselves last September. We have three years to get it back. I am asking for your vote for president of the Long Island University Faculty Federation so that I can help us do that together.


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The Logic of Rebirth in Hinduism
Hinduism philosophy states that a soul reincarnates through births again and again until it becomes perfect suitable to reunite with its Source. During this process, the soul enters into many bodies, assumes many forms, and passes through many births and rebirths. This concept is summarily described in the following verse of the Bhagavad gita:
"Just as a man discards worn out clothes and
puts on new clothes, the soul discards worn out
bodies and wears new ones." (2.22)
The Hindu concept of reincarnation is based upon the logical notion that life on earth did not emerge suddenly, but evolved gradually, involving great epochs of time and a vast multitude of beings. During this process, the static and inert consciousness of matter yielded place to the dynamic movement of life and consciousness. The animal tendencies gave way to higher faculties such as perception, reason, intelligence, and self-awareness. Extending the same logic we may further conclude that in future, from this part animal, part human and part divine being, may emerge a spiritual man of divine consciousness, the Superman of Sri Aurobindo, with supra mental consciousness.
The concept of reincarnation, which is common to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, is alien to people who practice Judeo-Christian religions. It is mostly misunderstood and misinterpreted in the western world, partly because of ignorance and partly because of some inherent mental blockage natural to those who practice dogmatic religions and who are conditioned to the single minded pursuit of religious faith along rutted paths. It generated a lot of controversy in the past because it directly challenges the western notions of one birth, one God, one heaven and the Day of Judgment.
Today, belief in reincarnation is gaining ground among many people from all over the world and from diverse religious backgrounds. A few reasons are worth mentioning for this development. Firstly, a great mass of evidence has accumulated over the years in favor of reincarnation in the form of personal experiences and recollection of past lives with great detail. These people were able to not only recollect their past lives, but also point out the places and the people with whom they lived in the past. Secondly, hypnotic regression made it possible for people to travel back in time in their subconscious minds and unearth the hidden memories of their past lives. Thirdly, many people, endowed with psychic abilities, like Edgar Cayce, confirmed beyond doubt that reincarnation was not just a theory or imagination, but a real phenomenon that could be conclusively proved through psychic means and even used to cure some physical and mental ailments.
If you examine the personality of an ordinary human being, you will realize that there is a lot in that, which is grosser and denser and cannot be purified or transformed in a shorter time or one life. What is a hundred years or a few decades of life upon earth on a scale of millions of years of continuous evolution of life that has been happening upon our planet? Does not it sound illogical to say that we would remain static from the evolutionary point of view, while change is the nature of life and ever thing else around us has been changing and evolving constantly?
Hinduism does not accept the premise that a human being can overcome all imperfections in just one lifetime and return to its creator as a liberated soul. It may happen only in exceptional circumstances. According to Hinduism, a being has to live many lives and undergo many experiences before it attains perfection and becomes one with the Divine. The Hindu theory of creation suggests that creation begins when the individual souls become separated from the undifferentiated One. It continues as the evolution of life and consciousness in matter progress upon earth in phases. During this process some souls manage to return to God, their source, through the transformation of matter or Prakriti in which they remain hidden and bound. The remaining souls continue their existence and return to Him in the end, not through transformation but through the great destruction that happens at the end of each time cycle. Thus the great cycle of creation, stretching over millions of years, comes to its logical end.
Therefore, life has to continue along the ordained path until the end of the time cycle. During this period, each Jiva has to struggle and find its way through trial and error until it finds the rare opening to the immortal world. Each Jiva has to evolve progressively through the cycle of innumerable births and deaths before it reaches perfection from inert matter to inert consciousness and then to dynamic consciousness, from ignorance to semi awareness and then to self-awareness, from attachment to detachment and then to complete freedom, from illusion to awareness and then to reality, from darkness to dawn and then into light, from mortality to immortality: this is the forward movement of life in creation. And all this cannot happen just in a few hundred years.
The awakening comes afterwards. It happens, when the mind and body are purified, when virtues are cultivated, when the senses and the mind are restrained and stabilized, and when the soul stirs out of its distractions and radiates its light in the discriminating intelligence. When the mind and body become pure like glass, with the predominance of sattva, the Self shines through. Each word of that being then becomes the word of God. Each stirring a movement of Him. Each decision a manifestation of His supreme will. It is then ignorance is returned to ignorance, karmic debts are squared, the seeds of liberation germinate and one becomes filled with the light of the soul. With that, the outgoing movement of the individual soul that happened as part of His creation begins to reverse and return to its source. The individual being now begins to look to the heaven rather than the earth, to the life immortal rather than transient pleasures of the earthly life
The inexorable law of karma operates throughout this grand drama. Karma is the correction mechanism, the chisel with which the negative self, the inert stone, is chiseled away until the hidden deity comes out of it and enters the temple of God. In the ordinary circumstances, awakening of a sleeping Self cannot take place through miracles but through trial and error. Good actions lead to good future, and bad actions to its opposite. An awareness of this very law is the first great awakening and the first sure leap towards the Light.
Thus, the whole drama of creation seems to start with innumerable individual selves that become enveloped by the principles (tattvas) and modifications (vrittis) of Nature and suffer from temporary distraction until they overcome their delusion and remember their true nature. The Hindu scriptures describe this process variously with such expressions as bondage, true self hiding behind a false self, self becoming enemy of the self, God entering into Nature and remaining united with it in a tight embrace or Self suffering from delusion or becoming enveloped by ignorance and impurities.
All this cannot take place in one simple life, but over a period of time involving many lives. It cannot happen on the strength of a lifetime's learning but in the light of a great mass of accumulated wisdom. It cannot happen unless the purpose of the whole life is to move towards light and truth.
This is where the idea of reincarnation of soul perfectly fits in. If we accept the whole creation as a grand process stretching over a vast period, we cannot overlook the importance and the role of human beings in it. Human beings cannot appear for a brief span upon earth, live just one life and then disappear forever into the cozy corners of some safe heaven, or the vast dungeons of some burning hell, leaving creation, God and Nature to themselves.
At the individual level, the movement of creation and evolution need not be universally progressive. Since the whole movement is regulated on the principle of trial and error, of learning and improvement through such learning, sometimes, a retrogressive movement may also take place. Due to some unfortunate error of judgment, instead moving towards the light, a being may move away from it.
Thus depending upon the merits of the previous deeds, a being may evolve into higher life forms or regress temporarily into a lower life form. However, due to some peculiar circumstances, if an individual takes birth as a lower life form, he can still reverse the process. He can change his present actions and establish a basis for his forward movement again.
The Jiva thus drifts, sailing in the boat of his own karma, in a sea of worldly illusion (samsara sagaram), towards the shores of liberation, through trial and error, self-effort and assisted by invisible laws and mysterious forces, with the soul remaining as its silent, witnessing companion.
That the theory of reincarnation is not a mere theory, but an actual fact is being now established beyond reasonable doubt. Many instances have now come to light where individuals were able to recollect their past lives through a process of regression or by other means. The theory still baffles many, while many others refuse to acknowledge it because of intense prejudice.
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There's been an uprising of protests across the nation following the death of George Floyd, with citizens seeking justice for what they see as systemic racism in our country.
Many of the signs read "Black Lives Matter" but Thema, a 26-year-old woman who did not want to give her last name, had a different message to share. In a picture she posted of herself on Instagram, Thema holds up a homemade sign bearing a message that's striking a chord with people everywhere.
"I SAID WHAT I SAID‼✊🏽" she posted alongside the picture, adding the hashtags #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKOUTEVERYDAY #STOPKILLINGOURKIDS #VIRAL #FREEDOMFIGHTERS #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforbreonnataylor #nojusticenopeace #washingtondc
In the striking photo that features her wearing a face mask and exposing her pregnant belly, Thema holds up a sign that reads, "We are NOT carrying for 9 months, Then struggling during labor for 9 hours just for you to kneel on their neck for 9 minutes!! Black Lives Matter." The sign refers to the amount of time ex-police officer Derek Chauvin held his knee on Floyd's neck.
"The sign was my idea," Thema told TODAY. "For the past few nights, I could not sleep. I have been staying up all night with George Floyd heavy on my heart. The video of his death and hearing him cry out for his mother will forever be embedded in my head. I truly believe that when Mr. Floyd called out for his mother, all mothers were summoned, of all ages."
Thema is already the mother of two black sons.
"My children are my world, we vow to protect them at all times," she said. "It is every mother's worst fear to get that call. It genuinely angered me just to know that we carry these babies, these black men in our wombs for nine months, experiencing troubles the entire time such as excessive vomiting, weight loss, weight gain, blood clots, hair loss, kidney swelling and that is just the tip of the iceberg."
"Then the drastic pain of labor, some of us are in labor for nine hours and some are even in labor for 30 hours. Some women even come close to death during labor by excessive blood loss or difficulties and so much more for hours! Then for someone who vowed to protect and serve the people of all colors, just easily take our baby's lives in 9 minutes! Eight minutes and 46 seconds to be exact with no remorse or hesitation! That alone called me to the front line to stand up for our children. Enough is enough. New laws need to be in place and true justice needs to be served!"
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The fact that she is pregnant did not stop Thema from attending the protest in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday with the group Freedom Fighters D.C. She said that she was treated with respect from those around her.
"I decided to take a stance," she said. "Not only for all of the lives that we have lost from police brutality but for our children's future! As soon as I walked up to the protest, everyone was very peaceful. Food and water were provided and everyone there was also ready to take their stance to make a difference. There were thousands of people and everyone there made sure that I was not only protected but that I was also hydrated. During the march, it was made very clear that we do not condone violence."
Thema also shared an artist's digital rendering of her powerful image and thanked people for spreading the word.
"Let's continue to make A BETTER FUTURE for our babies!!" she posted. "THE MAMA's Had to step in on the frontlines‼ "


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The man who committed a shocking murder at a "99-cent store" in South L.A. was captured on security video, and now LAPD wants your help finding him, the department said this week.
The attack at the independent retailer in the 7400 block of Broadway happened at 8:50 p.m. on Sept. 17, according to the department:
Thirty-nine-year-old store clerk Martha Sanchez was shot multiple times during the robbery, police said.
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Shortly thereafter, a customer walked into the store, discovered Sanchez injured and telephoned for assistance. LAPD 77th Area officers and investigators searched for the suspect while Los Angeles City Fire Department paramedics responded and transported Sanchez to a local hospital, where she later died.
The suspect, seen calmly walking outside the store, was never found.
The victim left behind a husband and five children ages 3 to 19, according to LAPD.
So now that you've seen video of the man cops say did it, do you know who it might be? Call detectives at (213) 485-1383.
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Griddle Recipes Fried Rice with Bacon and Pineapple. Fried rice is a staple of Chinese cooking that accompanies just about any dish available in a restaurant. The dish is versatile because the added ingredients can grant just about every combination of flavors imaginable. The following has a delectable combination of sweet and savory.
Fried rice is first recorded as being cooked in China in the Sui Dynasty, late sixth and early seventh century AD. The dish became especially popular in the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries. Fried rice was originally developed as a way to reuse leftover boiled rice, but currently, it is a choice alternative to the plain variety in Chinese cooking.
One cup of whole-grain brown rice
Two tablespoons of vegetable or olive oil
One-half cup of diced pineapple
Four slices of bacon
One-half cup sliced green onion
One clove minced garlic
Two lightly beaten eggs
A quarter cup of soy sauce
Black pepper to taste
Cook the brown rice and then set aside.
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The Main Determinants of Unemployment
Today, the level of unemployment in the UAE is a significant socio-economic problem that needs to be resolved in the near future. Considering the statistics, as of 2011, unemployment among UAE Nationals is estimated at 14%, or nearly 35 thousand unemployed Nationals across UAE (Ministry of Labour, 2011, p. 3). In comparison with the current situation, the same data for the present year reveals that about 20% of the Emirati people are currently unemployed (Makahleh, Badih, & Sabry, 2012). This example illustrates considerable growth of unemployment. Besides, one may rightfully deduce that 1/5 ratio of jobless population is an alarmed sign that proves the vitality of this issue. Unemployment in this country is predefined by the developmental course and accompanying social and demographic trends. For instance, given that the prevailing part of the Emirati labor force consist of young people (up to 30 years old), it becomes clear that unemployment rate increased to over 25% among the youth (Ministry of Labour, 2011, p. 3), which is an alarming sign that needs to be studied to develop effective intervention strategies.
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Another peculiarity is that the percentage of Nationals working in the private sector does not exceed 7% of the total National workforce (Ministry of Labour, 2011, p. 3). This statistics suggests that the private sector does not provide job opportunities that would meet the needs of the locals. Undoubtedly, it is an adverse trend because just like other states, the UAE undergoes the process of Neoliberalism that suggests giving greater freedom to businesses. In these conditions, the role of private sector in boosting further economic growth is supposed to grow. Nevertheless, in spite of the considerable expectations assigned to the Emirati private segment, it involves too few natives to become an effective remedy of increasing economic and social prosperity. The fact is that, relying a lot on the offshore labor force may lead to the enhancement of capital outflow. Moreover, the local people should be included in the working process with the purpose of realizing personal and professional ambitions; however, it is obvious that the private sector does not provide such an opportunity. Besides, presently, the government strives to take into consideration the demographics, which suggests that 200 thousand Nationals will attain working age during the coming 10 years which means that not less than 100 thousand of them are expected to enter the labour market (Ministry of Labour, 2011, p. 3). The present research proposal is focused on surveying the main determinants of unemployment that affect socio-economic situation in todays Emirati community and discuss the effectiveness of short- and long-term preventive strategies.
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Al-Qudsi (2005) informs that the beginning of the 21st century was characterized with a considerable growth of unemployment in the UAE. Among the main reasons of this adverse trend one should distinguish the abundance of natural resources. Considering the statistics, the GCC possesses nearly 45% of the worlds deposits of oil (Al-Qudsi, 2005). This peculiarity discourages the natives from increasing labor initiatives. Instead, the Emirati citizens may benefit from alternative sources of income. For example, people may accumulate human capital due to a high level of non-wage income, e.g. dividends, social spending and low taxes (Al-Qudsi, 2005, p.1). These conditions have resulted in ambiguous outcomes.
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On the one hand, abundance of oil deposits allows enjoying a decent lifestyle by obtaining profits from investments, deposits, and other sources. Moreover, the great opportunities for such enrichment stipulate that one provider is enough to maintain a good level of financial stability of the entire household (Al-Qudsi, 2005). Besides, the aforementioned approaches are effective means of boosting economic growth. Specifically, these strategies ensure sufficient money circulation, which has a strong positive effect on the domestic economy. Similarly, on the individual level, the ways of capital accumulation, other than selling labor, contribute to reducing social issues by enhancing the level and quality of education, healthcare, cultural life, etc.
On the other hand, the affluence of resources reduces the willingness of individuals to maintain constant personal and professional growth. As a result, these individuals are at a risk of becoming less competitive than international employees. Undoubtedly, this tendency is highly adverse for the Emirati nation. Furthermore, relying heavily on international workers implies the enhancement of capital outflow (Al-Qudsi, 2005). This is another negative implication of the high ratio of unemployment among the UAE citizens. To explain the relations between increasing unemployment among the Emirati people and abundance of states resources, Al-Qudsi (2005) reveals a hypothesis that the level of oil prices are inversely associated with unemployment in the GCC economies (p. 29). In other words, the richer this country is in terms of natural deposits, the lesser its citizens need for being employed.
This premise suggests that the fluctuation of oil prices in the world is a crucial determinant that defines the level of unemployment in this country. What is more, this suggestion implies a significant insight: to a great extent, the unemployment in the UAE is voluntary (Al-Qudsi, 2005). In this regard, Al-Qudsi (2005) assumes that unemployed GCC citizens choose joblessness rather than accept low-paying jobs (p. 2). This situation is complicated by the fact that private sector mostly provides low-wage jobs (Makahleh et al., 2012; Ministry of Labour, 2011). Undoubtedly, the natives do not want to agree to the employment that they consider being unsatisfactory. As a result, businesses are supposed to recruit international workers; however, this tendency inhibits the states aspiration to involve more nationals into working in the private sector. It means that low wages that are paid in the private segment are the cause of the insignificant level of the natives deployment in this area. This phenomenon of refusing to work in the private sector is another determinant of the growing level of unemployment in the UAE. To understand the magnitude of the gap between private and public sectors in terms of work compensation, work conditions, and social benefits, one should refer to Table 1 (Al-Qudsi, 2005).
It is evident that there is considerable disparity in salaries, which means that working in the pubic area is much more profitable and, thus, it is positively related to the notion of employee satisfaction. Apart from the disparity in wages, one can observe the greater amount of days off and paid sick leaves in the public sector of the UAE (Makahleh et al., 2012; Al-Qudsi, 2005). At the same time, performance-based culture of the private segment means that workers are expected to do their best to be praised (Al-Qudsi, 2005). Without a doubt, this peculiarity makes working environment even more challenging. Therefore, liberated labor policies in the private sector may be considered as another determinant of growing level of unemployment among the natives. In this regard, one should stress the ambiguity of this situation. In particular, it is obvious that the private sector should be enhanced and developed further and Neoliberalism is known to be a workable approach to achieving this goal. On the other hand, the unattractive working conditions in this area predefine low employee satisfaction among the Emirati citizens. As a result, the discussed public-private sector disparity in the working conditions stipulates the increase of voluntary unemployment among the locals.
Despite the fact that the Emirati private sector remains poorly developed and provides fewer advantages for the nationals, it has certain benefits. For instance, Abdulrhman and Katsaiti (2015) claim that private sector tends to have more stable jobs than the governmental and semi-governmental sector, since an employee tends to rotate a lot in the public sector than in the private sector(p. 11). Undoubtedly, the frequency of rotation is associated with the notion of job satisfaction. Hence, in the case with the rotations in the public segment of the UAE, it means that well-educated employees with a high level of experience tend to seek for better working conditions. Considering the rationale, highly qualified employees tend to move more frequently and in different departments and organizations in the public sector (Abdulrhman & Katsaiti, 2015, p. 11). In other words, it happens because this category of employees constantly enhances their career ambitions and demands for occupations, and their professional credentials are related to greater mobility. In this regard, it is appropriate to indicate that the older workers tend to have experienced a higher mobility, which is natural to their period in the job market (Abdulrhman & Katsaiti, 2015, p. 11). This fact partially explains lower level of joblessness among older generation.
Taking into account that the level of unemployment among the Emirati youth increases considerably (Makahleh et al., 2012; Ministry of Labour, 2011), it is possible to assume that this tendency may be related to voluntary unemployment caused by the fact that well-educated youth from financially prosperous households refuses to take low-paid and challenging occupations offered by the private sector. Similarly, increased unemployment rates among the youth may be connected to demographic characteristics of the population growth (Ministry of Labour, 2011). In other words, age is an important variable that contributes to unemployment.
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According to Al-Qudsi (2005) the GCC unemployment is characterized by five key dimensions of heterogeneity: an age differential, an education differential, a gender differential, a disability differential and a spatial differential (p. 8). The presence of this heterogeneity means that unemployment in the UAE is a multifaceted issue. In terms of the age variable, it is estimated that about 75% of unemployed individuals comprise of the Emirati youth. The age category of this group of individuals is under the age of 30 years. Furthermore, in terms of education, it has been revealed that the contribution of education to unemployment has been minimal since the 1990s, mainly due to the inadequacy of the education system to prepare a productively employable workforce (Al-Qudsi, 2005, p. 9). This insight means that the educational needs should be improved to meet the realities of the current business sector; only in this case the determinant of education can be utilized as a remedy to reduce the level of unemployment among the Emirati youth.
What is more, a gender factor suggests that there are more unemployed males than females. In addition, there is a disparity between the level of education and gender. For example, the percent of unemployed women with higher education degrees is slightly higher than for the same category of men (Al-Qudsi, 2005; Makahleh et al., 2012). Another important determinant of unemployment in the UAE is the level of disability. This level is believed to be rather high according to the following statistics: the percentage of the disabled natives ranges between 8 and 10% (Al-Qudsi, 2005, p. 10). Besides, Al-Qudsi informs there is such a phenomenon as hidden disability in the Emirati society that is predefined by a biased attitude at the workplace and during recruitment, as well during other kinds of social interactions. Finally, in terms of spatial variable, the UAE spatial unemployment rates ranged between 1.4 to 5.8 percent in Abu Dhabi and Umm al-Qaiwan respectively (Al-Qudsi, 2005, p. 11). This determinant resonates with the locations of business centers, which means that the opportunities for satisfactory employment are quite unequal within this state.
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To address the issue of unemployment, the government of the UAE launched Emirates Nationals Development Programme in 2005. This states initiative is aimed at increasing the involvement of the citizens in financial, banking, and other private, government, and mixed sectors. According to this program, the needs of the youth should be taken into consideration while creating the new job positions that would provide satisfactory working conditions (Makahleh et al., 2012). Moreover, short-term interventions include providing free training to employees prior to and within a short period of time after they are employed in order to ensure that the workers credentials and expectations are in compliance with the realities at the workplace. In addition, the nationals may enjoy financial support in the form of unemployment insurance or an additional percent to the salary that is paid by a state to increase job satisfaction of workers (Ministry of Labour, 2011).
At the same time, the Emirati government elaborates long-time interventions against joblessness that are mostly focused on involving private and financial sectors in collaborative activities. Working together, these establishments are expected to enhance prestige and promote the benevolence of working in the private segment. In practice, this approach is suggested to minimize foreign labour in-flow, reduce dependence on expatriate workers, especially unskilled, and encourage labour market mobility (UAE Ministry of Labour, 2011, p. 10). What is more, financial organizations are encouraged to fund both short- and long-terms interventions to help the state increase salaries and social benefits for the natives, and this is supposed to be an effective way to mitigate voluntary unemployment. To comprehend the level of effectiveness short- and long-term interventions established by the UAE, it is appropriate to monitor the patterns of unemployment in this country. Specifically, one should detect the changes in the above-discussed determinants of joblessness.
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Hypothesis Development
Hypothesis 1: Voluntary unemployment is decreased as a result of states financial support and free training initiatives.
Hypothesis 2: Voluntary unemployment continues to grow because of the unemployment insurance.
Hypothesis 3: Increased mobility in employment enhances the ratio of temporal unemployment.
Hypothesis 4: Reduction of the international workforce increases employment of the nationals in the private sector, but makes political and social environment more challenging for both domestic and multinational businesses.
Hypothesis 5: Encouraging financial organizations and private sector to deploy the Emirati youth is a workable remedy to address the problem of unemployment in the short run.
Sample Selection
This survey requires gathering the primary and recent data about the determinants of unemployment and the implementation of the UAEs short- and long-terms interventions. Thus, the survey should start with retrieving and analyzing the corresponding policies that are currently in action in the areas of Emirati employment, recruitment, and training initiatives. This primary theoretical information should be synthesized with the data about joblessness determinants that are connected to the demographics (gender, age, education, disability, and spatial variables). Moreover, it is necessary to survey the recent fluctuations of oil prices, which may help in drawing a complete picture of the situation in relation to voluntary unemployment. For the same purposes, one may consider collecting the recent data about the financial prosperity of an average household in the UAE. In addition, it is appropriate to define the ratio of financial prosperity at an individual level. To ensure that the obtained statistics is relevant, the sample will be limited to the official Emirati-based and global organizations. Furthermore, to guarantee that information is up-to-day, the sample will be limited to the data released during the past 5 years. This approach should help in understanding the patterns of unemployment from a larger perspective taking into account the independent variables.
The second part of this research requires collecting the primary practical knowledge about the effectiveness of the launched preventive strategies. To succeed in this activity, it is necessary to interview the HR managers who currently work in private, semi-private, and public spheres. Besides, given that the problem of unemployment mostly affects young people, it is appropriate to learn the aspirations of the natives who study in the educational establishments of the UAE. In this way, it is possible to understand how to better address the needs and expectations of the youth that is going to become the labor force in a couple of years.
Variables Definition
Unemployment is a dependent variable. At the same time, the dimensions of heterogeneity of unemployment in the UAE such as age, education, gender, disability and spatial determinants are independent variables. Moreover, the success of interventions is a dependent variable, which is positively related to the ratio of joblessness.
This study is a qualitative research. In particular, it is aimed at collecting primary and recent theoretical and practical information about the determinants of unemployment and discussing the success of the proposed interventions. Thereafter, the acquired findings will be synthesized with the goal of elaborating the patterns in employment, recruitment, and training that predefine job success, career choices, and financial prosperity of the todays Emirati youth. The results are expected to be useful for defining the effectiveness of short- and long-term intervention strategies. Besides, the findings can be utilized to correct the future intervention initiatives. Moreover, the research is aimed at providing the insights that are valuable for the youth that is going to enter the labor market in the near future, as well as for their potential employers in both public and private sectors.
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To ensure that the present research is conducted in the framework of academic ethics, the sample should be informed about the purpose of the study, methodology, and outcomes of this research. The consent to obtain and use the testimony of the interviewed HR managers and students must be obtained prior to the beginning of the experiment. The design of the study suggests that it will consist of the three major research parts: collection of theoretical data, acquisition of practical knowledge revealed by sample, and synthesis of the findings.
Defining the limitations of this study, it is important to stress that not much data is available on the practical implications of the intervention strategies. Thus, collecting sufficient amount of information may be difficult. Moreover, given the multifaceted determinants of unemployment, it may be difficult to construct patterns that reflect the connection between independent variables and dependent ones. Blending theoretical and practical data should help eliminate the possibility of making conclusions on the basis of biased findings.
Private sector generates a lot of low paid job positions; therefore, it does not help reduce the high level of unemployment. Among the natives low wages are known as the main reason of refusal to apply for a certain job position. In this regard, the increased education of the nation does not help in addressing the issue of unemployment. The question is how to align education with the demands of the private sector, and how to find jobs for the Emirati youth that is supposed to reach the age of employment in the near 10 years. Another significant consideration is how to deal with the fact that jobs do not always satisfy the needs of the older generation (above 30 years old). Moreover, the growing demand for unskilled and low-skilled employees is not in compliance with the average increase of the level of education among the Emirati nation. Thus, the phenomenon of voluntary unemployment continues to evolve. That is why to decrease the level of unemployment in the UAE, it is necessary to elaborate short- and long-term interventions that are aimed at mitigating the existing adverse socio-economic tendency.
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Vanderburgh County coronavirus count tops 100
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Vanderburgh County's total of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by eight to 104 Wednesday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health's (ISDH) statewide dashboard of positive cases.
Warrick County has recorded 78 cases, according to the Warrick County Health Department's dashboard of local cases. That dashboard reported Warrick still has 40 active cases and 10 coronavirus-related deaths. Nine of the deaths involved residents of Newburgh's Signature HealthCARE nursing home.
The Gibson County Health Department reported Wednesday that its latest positive case involves a resident in their 30s. The University of Southern Indiana released to media Wednesday afternoon that it has its first confirmed case of COVID-19 of a student.
The state's dashboard shows Posey County has had eight cases and Gibson County's new case brings it up to six. The ISDH dashboard reported statewide the number of confirmed cases rose from 12,438 to 13,039. Statewide deaths jumped up by 45, from 661 to 706. There have been 72,040 tests recorded statewide.
The state dashboard shows that 2,147 tests have been conducted in Vanderburgh County. But that is not a complete count. Neither the ISDH nor Vanderburgh County dashboards include up-to-the-minute testing numbers, but as of Monday, nearly 3,300 Vanderburgh County residents had been tested this year, according to the county health department.
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The Vanderburgh County Health Department's dashboard still shows 95 positive cases and that 72 of those patients have recovered. That leaves 22 active cases plus Vanderburgh County's lone coronavirus-related death.
The local dashboard still shows 193 individuals have been identified as "close contacts" of people with coronavirus, with 94 of those cleared. The CDC defines a "close contact" as someone known to have been within six feet of a coronavirus sufferer for at least 10 minutes.
The dashboard reports that 99 people are still being monitored by the Vanderburgh County Health Department.


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Guild Mortgage continues to expand in the Midwest
Guild Mortgage now has offices in Buckeye State. The publicly traded mortgage lender announced Tuesday that retail branches are now open in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio. This is the first foray into Ohio for the California-based retail lender.
This move marks another step in Guild's growing expansion into the Midwest. It opened three new branches in North Dakota in 2017; acquired St. Louis-based Cornerstone Mortgage in 2018, an operation that added 17 offices in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas; and opened branches in Wisconsin in 2019.
Guild's Columbus office will be led by Ohio-based loan initiator Aric French whose team worked on more than 500 mortgages last year, Guild said. French was previously a branch manager at Academy Mortgage Corporation, a direct lender. Guild's Dayton office will be headed by Nick Angelo, who has four years of experience in the mortgage industry. Angelo was most recently branch manager at Geneva Financial. Previously, he worked as LO at Fairway Independent Mortgage.
Ohio is an affordable destination for potential buyers, even as house prices continue to rise – along with mortgage rates, which now sit above 3%. In Tuesday's Case-Shiller report, Cleveland was the only city out of 20 tracked to see house prices drop month-over-month.
In total, Guild, which went public in the fall and is led by Mary Ann McGarry, made $ 35.2 billion in 2020, up 62% from the $ 21.7 originating in 2019. In fourth quarter alone, the company generated $ 10.6 billion in creations. Net revenue increased 77% to $ 454.2 million from $ 256.0 million in 2019, and 44% of its closed loan origination volume was from purchasing activities.
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Like other mortgage lenders, Guild's margins narrowed in the fourth quarter. The lender's selling profit margins fell to 436 basis points in the fourth quarter from 562 basis points in the third quarter, dragging profits down.
Still, it's clear the company is interested in expansion – and not just geographically. In his quarterly earnings call last week, McGarry said the lender was on the lookout for acquisition targets.
"We see a lot of IMBs who are really thinking, maybe it's time to cash in their tokens," McGarry said. "So we're seeing activity, the pipeline of sellers is growing and the key is going to be getting to the right valuation point … we're very careful about pricing and want to make sure that whatever we envision is really reasonable.
Based in San Diego, Guild has approximately 4,400 employees serving customers at more than 200 retail branches in 32 states.


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Tsutomu Okadacurator
Mr. Okada was born in 1963. After graduating from Musashino Art University in 1988, he joined Wacoal Art Center. Currently Mr. Okada is a senior curator of Spiral, a complex of cultural facilities run by Wacoal Art Center. In addition to organizing contemporary art exhibitions at Spiral, he involves various other exhibitions and public art projects for other facilities or local government as producer.
Junko KoshinoDesigner
When Ms. Koshino was a mere 19 years old, and the student of Bunka Fashion College, she won the 7th SOEN Award (which is known as the first step to a successful career for fashion designers). She became the youngest designer ever to win this award.
Ms. Koshino participated in Paris Fashion Week for the first time in 1978, and held fashion shows all around the world - Including Beijing, New York (at Metripolitan Museum), Viet Nam, Cuba, Poland and Myanmer.
She also has worked in design of costumes for operas ("The Magic Flute" "Madame Butterfly") and broadway shows ("Pacific Overtures", she was nominated for Tony Awards' the Best Costume Design of a Musical).
Ms. Koshino has been very active in many different fields such as uniform design for sports teams or interior designing.
In 2017 she was designated a Bunkakorosha (Person of Cultural Merits). Now Ms. Koshino is a committee member of Culture and Education Commission for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Arina TanemuraJapanese manga artist
Arina Tanemura is a widely acclaimed Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut with The Style of the Second Love" in 1996.
Ms. Tanemura is best known for her work in the "Phantom Thief Jeanne" and "Full Moon o Sagashite" manga series. Recently she has become a free agent manga artist and worked on a character design for several popular video games as well.
Rumiko TezukaDirector & Planning Producer of Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.
Ms. Tezuka is a daughter of Japan's pioneering manga artist Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Phoenix, etc.). After the passing away of her father in 1989, Ms. Tezuka has been working as a producer involved with father's vast intellectual properties. She is also very active in various fields such as organizing art exhibitions, appearing on radio, writing books and even running her own record label called MUSIC ROBITA.
Kei MatsushitaArt director
Mr. Matsushita graduated in general design from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and then in 1985 and then in 1987 completed his postgraduate studies. Currently Mr. Matsushita is a professor at the same university. He was awarded with prizes include JAGDA New Designer Awards, TOKYO ADC Awards, Education Minister's Award and Good Design Award. Recent works include a design for 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT exhibision catalog, and art direction of Good Design Award or Takeo Paper Show.
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Noriaki TanimuraSumi-e artist / designer
Mr. Noriaki Tanimura was born in Kyoto in 1988. His unique Sumi-e (ink paintings) of Yokai (Japanese supernatural creatures) are renowned in and out of Japan. He has been active in various fields such as advertising/branding, digital art, fashion, even worked on album cover design. Recently Mr. Tanimura was selected as one of Lürzer's Archive's "200 Best Illustrators", and his illustrated book "Washable Book" won the Good Design Award in 2018.


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Texas Folklife Announces "Stories from Deep in the Heart" 2015 Summer Institute and Reception
Local Teachers, Administrators, and Students to Create Audio Stories in Intensive Weeklong Workshop
Stories Will be Shared in a Free, Public Presentation on July 10th
at George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center Boyd Vance Theater
Austin, Texas – March 2, 2015 – Texas Folklife is pleased to announce the "Stories from Deep in the Heart" 2015 Summer Institute will be held July 6-10. The Summer Institute is an intensive, weeklong workshop in audio documentary for teachers, administrators, and students in the Austin Independent School District and Central Texas area. Participants will be trained in audio documentary production by professional producers, journalists, and cultural workers, and will complete one audio story in a group setting on themes related to family and community traditions. Finished projects may be among those selected for broadcast on KUT News 90.5, other NPR affiliates via Public Radio Exchange, and other outlets.
All public high school students are eligible to apply, as well as teachers and administrators at the middle and high school level. The cost of the workshop is free, but participants must apply for a fellowship. Applications are available on Texas Folklife's website: http://www.texasfolklife.org/event/ssi2015. All adult participants are expected to become Texas Folklife members at the $25 artist/educator rate. Stipends are available to AISD teachers and students enrolled in Title 1 schools. Ten teachers/administrators and five students will be selected by application.
Breakfast and lunch will be served daily to participants at no charge. Participating teachers will receive a "Stories" resource package and will have an opportunity to explore ways to implement this program in their classrooms through TEKS correlated objectives. Texas Folklife staff and professional producers will work with select teachers to implement the intensive program in their own classrooms the following school year.
The workshop will be held at the AISD Science and Health Resource Center at 305 N. Bluff Dr. in Austin. It will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Thursday, July 6-9. The final day of the training, Friday, from 8:30-5:30, will be used for audio production. The Public Reception and Listening Party will be held Friday, July 10, from 6:00-9:00pm at the George Washington Carver Center Museum & Cultural Center.
Folklorist and NPR and BBC radio producer Rachel Hopkin will be the special guest instructor again this year. After working with the BBC, creating radio documentaries about music from around the UK, she became an independent radio producer and folklorist. Among her many accomplishments, Hopkin has documented multiple oral history projects in historic communities across the American South, created a radio series for local Kentucky NPR, and was awarded the 2012 Sally Kress Tompkins fellowship from the Society of Architectural Historians and the Historical American Buildings Survey to document buildings in Nashville. From 2012 to 2014 she served as Program Coordinator for Nevada Humanities, and is now pursuing a PhD in Folklore from Ohio State University. Ms. Hopkin will present a sampling of her work as well as completed audio documentaries produced at the Summer Institute by this year's fellows at the Public Reception and Listening Party.
"Our mission at Texas Folklife is to preserve and present the diverse cultures of Texas," says Cristina Balli, Executive Director of Texas Folklife. "The Stories Summer Institute allows us to dig deeply into the local communities' heritage by helping students and teachers tell the meaningful stories found in their families. By introducing the art of audio documentary into the mix we bring storytelling into the 21st century and in doing so are able to share the cultural heritage of our neighbors with the larger community as well as generate artistic enthusiasm in the younger generation."
"Stories from Deep in the Heart" is supported in part through grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art; the Shield-Ayres Foundation; the Still Water Foundation; Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Arts; the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division; and KUT News 90.5.
For more information, visit http://www.texasfolklife.org/event/ssi2015. To listen to some of the stories produced in pervious Summer Institutes, visit http://texasfolklife.org/article/more-about-stories-from-deep-in-the-heart.
About Texas Folklife
Texas Folklife is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to presenting and preserving the diverse cultures and living heritage of the Lone Star State. For 30 years, Texas Folklife has honored the authentic cultural traditions passed down within communities, explored their importance in contemporary society, and celebrated them by providing accessible and joyful arts experiences.
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