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Portrait: James Randi: Schooled not to be fooled
Sunday August 25, 2002 James Randi
U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 26, 2002
http://www.usnews.com/
BY KIM CLARK
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Nearly every time James Randi goes to a restaurant or a mall, somebody stops him to say that with his snowy beard, balding pate, and smiling eyes, he should play Santa Claus. Boy, have they got the wrong guy. Randi sometimes snaps back, "I haven't heard that in . . . 20 minutes."
Actually, Randi can be quite jolly. As "the Amazing Randi," his witty magic routines cracked up Tonight Show audiences in the 1970s and '80s. And in his own cranky way, Randi has devoted the past 20 years to helping people. Of course, Randi's idea of "helping" is to fiercely debunk modern-day fairy tales: "I go straight to the truth of the matter. A lot of people think this is not an approach that wins me friends. I'm not out to win friends. I can't do it any other way."
Randi's not such a grinch as to go after Santa. But his dogged pursuit of spoon-bender Uri Geller and faith healer Peter Popoff, and continuing tests of self-proclaimed psychics, have won him a MacArthur "genius" grant and scientific acclaim as perhaps the world's most important hoax-buster. "Since the death of Carl [Sagan] and Stephen Jay Gould," says Sagan's widow, Ann Druyan, "Randi is one of the very, very few left willing to stand up and challenge the not-very-well-thought-out but well-accepted assumptions of society."
Randi chokes up when he talks about the loss of friends and allies like Sagan and Isaac Asimov. And that loneliness worries him. Though spry, Randi is 74. He wonders how long he can keep up his grinding schedule of testing (and flunking) dowsers (they think they "feel" underground water by waving sticks above the ground), debating psychics on the Larry King show, and giving $7,500-a-pop lectures about how easy it is to fool people. There are, of course, plenty of other hoax-busters — just check the roster of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. But Randi fears none have the showmanship or renown to get the message to the public.
Shoe biz. Randi believes passionately that the public needs more skepticism, since he feels surrounded by hoaxers. Literally. Across from his office is a chiropractor. "Quackery," Randi says, using the harsh language that worries friends and has sparked several slander suits. (The American Chiropractic Association says a federal agency found spinal manipulation to be "safe and effective" in treating lower-back pain.) A nearby shoe store features a Florsheim display for its "MagneForce" shoes with built-in magnets that will, allegedly, reduce foot pain. "Pseudoscientific claptrap," Randi charges. (John Florsheim declined to respond to Randi's criticism but plans to discontinue MagneForce products.)
Worst of all is television. John Edward's "talks" with dead relatives of audience members on Crossing Over are a "scam. . . . He plays 20 Questions for millions of dollars." Randi charges that Edward makes generalizations that could apply to any number of people, such as "I'm getting a name [from the beyond] that begins with M." Who doesn't have a dead friend or relative whose name begins with M? Randi asks. Edward's spokeswoman declined to comment.
Such incendiary indignation is nothing new for the man who was born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge. A lonely and troubled child prodigy, Randi found solace in magic tricks. His IQ was nearly off the charts, but he didn't have many friends because he couldn't keep from impatiently correcting Toronto teachers' and schoolmates' inaccuracies, or exposing deceptions. He loved learning magic because magicians, he believes, are honest charlatans. They tell their audiences they are going to fool them. And they have the skills to identify nefarious humbugs. When the teenage Randi was hauled off by police for exposing "tricks" used by a spiritualist visiting a church, the boy's father gave him a paddling. Not long after, Randi decided not to take his high school final exams and joined a traveling carny as a magician.
"The Amazing Randi," as he billed himself, won notoriety for Houdini-like escapes from handcuffs and jails. His continuing passion for debunking also drew attention. So when Uri Geller burst on the scene in 1972, Randi was called. Geller claimed his telekinetic powers were so strong that he could bend metal. He typically demonstrated by seeming to melt a spoon just by rubbing it. Johnny Carson asked Randi to prepare a test for Geller's 1973 appearance on the Tonight Show. Randi told the prop manager how to mark and secure the spoons so Geller couldn't weaken them or prepare melted copies in advance. As Carson's cameras rolled, Geller squirmed and concentrated but bent not a single spoon. Geller later said Carson's skepticism blocked his powers. In a telephone interview this summer, Geller said that his powers have been proven scientifically and that Randi cynically used him to further his own career. "If I wasn't around, Randi would be some little tiny magician based out of New Jersey. Today he is like an old man frothing from his mouth."
Despite Randi's high profile, hoax-busting was unprofitable until 1986. That's when he took on TV faith healer Peter Popoff. Suspecting that Popoff's hearing aid was really a radio receiver, Randi got a private investigator to bring a scanner and tape recorder to the faith-healing sessions. The scanner picked up Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, calling, "Petey, can you hear me?" and reading information audience members had written on "prayer cards" or mentioned to ushers. On the Tonight Show, Randi showed a clip of Popoff appearing to get an inspiration about a "Harold" in the audience. "Cataracts," Elizabeth relayed. "God is going to burn those cataracts right off your eyes!" Popoff thundered. "Popoff says God tells him these things," Randi quipped. "Maybe he does. But I didn't realize God used a frequency of 39.17 megahertz and had a voice exactly like Elizabeth Popoff's."
Psychic challenge. Within months, Popoff was bankrupt. And Randi had won his MacArthur award. Donors began contributing to his new foundation, allowing Randi to devote himself full time to hoax-busting. He set up a "million-dollar challenge" — to be paid from foundation reserves to anyone who could offer scientific proof of his or her paranormal powers.
Since then, Randi has traveled the world investigating, and often debunking, hundreds of people angling for the million, as well as anyone who makes a suspicious claim. Showing how "psychic surgeons" use sleight of hand to make it appear they remove tumors without an incision from unsedated patients, Randi likes to pull a bloody glob out of the belly of a giggling volunteer, look shocked, and then say, "That's not supposed to come out," and stuff it back in. He didn't need to say a word to get a laugh out of the watchers of a Nova documentary when Russian "face readers" examined a picture of mass murderer Ted Bundy and decided he was a "leader."
As hard as Randi works, and as often as he succeeds, he admits he may not be making a big dent in the overall level of hokum. Popoff is back on the air, he notes with a sigh. Geller bought a British soccer team and hopes to inspire the players to win. Even Randi's foundation has fallen victim to a hoax. Its endowment has fallen because of the stock market's Enron-related decline. Accounting sleight of hand, it seems, is beyond even the formidable powers of the Amazing Randi.
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The Hustler is an American television game show that aired on ABC from January 4 to September 23, 2021. Hosted by Craig Ferguson, it follows five contestants who collaborate to build up a cash prize by answering a series of trivia questions. One of the contestants is secretly designated as the Hustler beforehand and given the answers to all the questions. By the end of the game, two of the honest contestants have been eliminated; the other two must correctly choose the Hustler in order to stop them from winning the entire prize.

In April 2022, it was reported that the series was cancelled.

Gameplay
The game consists of a total of 10 questions, each with four multiple-choice options. All of the questions are themed after the Hustler's personal life and interests. A hint about the Hustler is revealed on each turn, and the question is related to it. For example, if the clue indicates the Hustler is a fan of a television show, the question might concern a detail about that show.

The team is given 60 seconds to discuss the question and decide on an answer. The Hustler has been given all the correct answers ahead of time and may use this knowledge as desired throughout the game. If the players do not reach a consensus before time runs out, they are given a few extra seconds to choose a response; a failure to do so forfeits the money for that turn. Each of the first nine questions adds $10,000 to the bank for a correct answer, while the last question doubles the entire total for a correct answer or cuts it in half for an incorrect answer. The team can bank up to $180,000 over the course of the game.

Eliminations
The Hustler eliminates one honest contestant each after the third and sixth questions. To protect their identity, every contestant is given a ballot with all five names and must mark one of them. The contestants place their ballots in envelopes and give them to the host, who sends them out of the studio via pneumatic tube capsule. The honest contestants' votes are discarded, and the Hustler's choice is eliminated with no winnings and must leave the studio through an exit concealed in a bookcase.

Final vote
After the tenth question, the three remaining contestants each declare their guess at the Hustler's identity by placing cards with that person's name in front of their chairs. They are then given two minutes to debate the issue and may change their votes as desired during this period.

The true Hustler then stands up. If both of the honest contestants have voted correctly, they split the bank. Otherwise, the Hustler wins the entire bank.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2021)

Season 2 (2021)

Production
The series was picked up by ABC on October 12, 2019, and began production during late fall. The series premiered as a sneak preview on January 4, 2021, before moving to its regular timeslot on January 7, 2021. On April 7, 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 17, 2021.

On April 1, 2022, it was reported that the series was cancelled after two seasons.

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What Have We Learned from Twenty Years of War?
Kyle Atwell and Andrew Maher | 10.22.21
What lessons should the United States and its allies take from twenty years of irregular warfare since 9/11? What will the future of irregular warfare look like? Episode 38 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast is a recording of the keynote policy panel, featuring prominent scholars and practitioners, from the inaugural Irregular Warfare Initiative conference held on September 10, 2021.
The panel opens with a broad agreement that while the nature of irregular warfare has not changed, its character will continue to evolve. A range of topics are then discussed, including a reflection on the causes of the United States' strategic failure in Afghanistan, the important role of information and influence operations in modern conflict, what institutional reforms might be needed within the US government to succeed in future irregular warfare contexts, and more.
Major General Richard Angle is the commanding general of 1st Special Forces Command, with operational experience spanning most conflict zones of America's military commitments over the past twenty-five years.
Professor Audrey Kurth Cronin is a distinguished professor of international security at the American University and is the author of How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns and Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow's Terrorists.
Professor David Kilcullen of the University of New South Wales, Canberra and Arizona State University has published numerous books examining irregular warfare to include Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla and Dragons and Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West.
Ambassador and retired Lieutenant General Doug Lute served in a multitude of roles, including as deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan and as the United States representative to NATO.
The moderator for this discussion is Dr. Jacob Shapiro, professor of politics at Princeton University, managing director of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, and the author of multiple books and articles on irregular warfare, including Small Wars, Big Data: the Information Revolution in Modern Conflict and The Terrorist's Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations.
The hosts for this episode are Kyle Atwell and Andy Maher, please contact them with any questions about this episode or the Irregular Warfare Podcast.
The Irregular Warfare Podcast is a product of the Irregular Warfare Initiative, a collaboration between the Modern War Institute at West Point and Princeton University's Empirical Studies of Conflict Project—dedicated to bridging the gap between scholars and practitioners to support the community of irregular warfare professionals.
You can listen to the full episode below, and you can find it and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, or your favorite podcast app. And be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter!
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With regard to irregular warfare in the New/Reverse Cold War of today, the central underlying problem that the U.S./the West faces today — both here at home in the U.S./the West and there abroad/elsewhere — this is much the same as the central underlying problem that the Soviets/the communists faced — both in their homelands and elsewhere/abroad — in the Old Cold War of yesterday:
a. This such central underlying problem being:
b. How to achieve — against significant opposition both at home and abroad — the political, economic, social and/or value "changes" desired/needed/required; this, so as to better promote political and economic communism throughout the world in the Old Cold War of yesterday — and/or so as to better promote market-democracy throughout the world in the New/Reverse Cold War of today.
At this juncture, we must take special care to note that:
If one is in a "promoting change" mode (as the U.S./the West is now and as the Soviets/the communists were in the Old Cold War of yesterday), then
a. The more conservative/the more traditional/the more no-change elements of the world's populations (to include these such elements within one's own homeland), these become your "natural enemies" (and, thus, become your at home and abroad "prevent change" opponent's "natural allies"). This, while:
b. The more liberal/the more pro-changes elements of the world's populations (to include these such elements within one's own homeland), these become your "natural allies" (and, thus, become your at home and abroad "prevent change" opponent's "natural allies").
Given that the U.S./the West is in — both at home and abroad — "promote change" mode today — and thus is having to deal with "prevent change" forces both in our own homelands and throughout the world — the following irregular warfare strategy — discussed by LTG (ret.) Cleveland, et. al, below — this seems to make great sense. Yes?
"In the same way that the conventionally focused American way of war is defined by America's technical and industrial capacity and technological edge, the American way of irregular war is tied to our notions of religious pluralism, democracy, and, above all, human rights. And although the American way of war protects us against near-peep powers and guarantees the lanes of global commerce, the American way of irregular war protects our way of life by both promoting our worldview and giving people the tools to realize the same opportunities that we have had. … "
(See beginning at the last paragraph of Page 5 of the Introduction chapter to Rand paper by LTG [ret.] Charles Cleveland entitled: "The American Way of Irregular War: An Analytical Memoir.")
"The Achilles' heel of our authoritarian adversaries is their inherent fear of their own people; the United States must be ready to capitalize on this fear. … An American way of irregular war will reflect who we are as a people, our diversity, our moral code, and our undying belief in freedom."
(See the "Conclusion" of the Rand paper "The American Way of Irregular War: An Analytical Memoir" by Charles T. Cleveland and Daniel Egel.)
"Advocates of UW first recognize that, among a population of self-determination seekers, human interest in liberty trumps loyalty to a self-serving dictatorship, that those who aspire to freedom can succeed in deposing corrupt or authoritarian rulers, and that unfortunate population groups can and often do seek alternatives to a life of fear, oppression, and injustice. Second, advocates believe that there is a valid role for the U.S. Government in encouraging and empowering these freedom seekers when doing so helps to secure U.S. national security interests."
(See the National Defense University Press paper "Unconventional Warfare in the Gray Zone" by Joseph L. Votel, Charles T. Cleveland, Charles T. Connett, and Will Irwin)
Please change my second subparagraph "b" above to read:
b. The more liberal/the more pro-changes elements of the world's populations (to include these such elements within one's own homeland), these become your "natural allies" (and, thus, become your at home and abroad "prevent change" opponent's "natural ENEMIES").
LTG (ret.) Charles Cleveland, GEN (ret.) Joseph Votel, etc. (see my initial comment above) — much like their Russian, Chinese, Iranian, etc., counterparts — these folks seem to see today's "conflict environment" (the New/Reverse Cold War of today) in much the same way that they saw the Old Cold War of yesterday, for example, as a conflict wherein:
a. "The main battlespace is the mind." (See "Russia's New Generation Warfare in Ukraine" by Janis Berzins, National Defense Academy of Latvia, April 2014, Page 5.) And, thus, that:
b. "The human domain is the critical area of competition, and society is the current and future battlefield." (See the Small Wars Journal article "The Battlefield of Tomorrow Fought Today: Winning in the Human Domain, by MG James B. Linder, et. al; therein, see the end of the second paragraph under the main sub-heading "How We Fight: Shape, Deter, and Defeat.")
From this such perspective, thus, we can see why:
a. LTG Cleveland, GEN Votel, etc., above, would seek to work more by, with and through the more-liberal/the more-progressive/ more-pro-change elements of our own, our opponents', and the world at-large's populations (this, to promote and achieve "change."). And why:
b. Their counterparts in Russia, China, Iran, N. Korea, etc., thus threatened, would seek to work more by, with and through the more-conservative/the more-traditional/the more-no-change and/or reverse change elements of their own, our own and the world at-large's populations.
Here are some examples of my item "b" (immediately above) activity — activity which, I suggest, is what prompted LTG Cleveland, GEN Votel, etc.'s suggested "countering" activity noted at my item "a" immediately above:
"During the Cold War, the USSR was perceived by American conservatives as an 'evil empire,' as a source of destructive cultural influences, while the United States was perceived as a force that was preventing the world from the triumph of godless communism and anarchy. The USSR, by contrast, positioned itself as a vanguard of emancipation, as a fighter for the progressive transformation of humanity (away from religion and toward atheism), and against the reactionary forces of the West. Today positions have changed dramatically; it is the United States or the ruling liberal establishment that in the conservative narrative has become the new or neo-USSR, spreading subversive ideas about family or the nature of authority around the world, while Russia has become almost a beacon of hope, 'the last bastion of Christian values' that helps keep the world from sliding into a liberal dystopia. Russia's self-identity has changed accordingly; now it is Russia who actively resists destructive, revolutionary experiments with fundamental human institutions, experiments inspired by new revolutionary neo-communists from the United States. Hence the cautious hopes that the U.S. Christian right have for contemporary Russia: They are projecting on Russia their fantasies of another West that has not been infected by the virus of cultural liberalism."
(See the December 18, 2019, Georgetown University, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs article "Global Culture Wars from the Perspective of Russian and American Actors: Some Preliminary Conclusions," by Dmitry Uzlaner. Look to the paragraph beginning with "Russia and the United States as screens for each other's projections.")
At this point, I guess I should address "the elephant in the room" question, which is:
If the world sees that a significant portion of the populations of the U.S./the West no longer support the matters that LTG Cleveland, GEN Votel, etc., hoped to "weaponize" above — this, in their American Way of Irregular War" strategy/effort noted at my initial comment —
For example, if the world sees that a significant portion of the populations of the U.S./the West no longer support such things as "religious pluralism," "democracy," "human rights," "diversity," "our moral code," "our undying belief in freedom," and/or if the world sees that we no longer support those "unfortunate population groups" (both here at home and there abroad) "who seek alternatives to a life of fear, oppression, and injustice" —
a. In this such circumstances,
b. Is LTG Cleveland, GEN Votel's, etc., "American Way of Irregular Warfare" effort doomed/gone for good/no longer available for us to use?

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Realism in Rawiya: Women of the Middle East tell their story
An image by Newsha Tavakolian from Realism in Rawiya
This just in from my friends at the New Art Exchange in Nottingham, and fully endorsed by me: Realism in Rawiya, a stunning new exhibition of photography from the Middle East. For more details about the range of work at this show, please click here. The launch is on Thursday 24 January 2013, 6pm-9pm at the New Art Exchange, 39-41 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6BE.
Realism in Rawiya presents the work of Rawiya – the first all-female photographic collective to emerge from the Middle East. Operating within what is still a predominantly male-dominated industry, and one fraught with politics, the group credits pooling resources and talents for their rapidly developing profile throughout the Middle Eastern region and beyond. Following on from their success at FORMAT photography festival in 2011, this exhibition marks Rawiya's first major group exhibition in the UK.
Rawiya, meaning 'she who tells a story' or 'storyteller' in Arabic, presents the photographers Myriam Abdelaziz (currently in Cairo), Laura Boushnak (currently in Sarajevo), Tanya Habjouqa (currently in East Jerusalem), Tamara Abdul Hadi (currently in Beirut), Dalia Khamissy (currently in Beirut) and Newsha Tavakolian (currently in Tehran).
Each artist established their individual careers as photojournalists, working for news agencies and publications across the Arab world. By living and reporting in the region, the photographers gained an insider's view of the extremities of these settings, whilst also observing how their reportage could become reframed in the international media's final edit of events. This shared experience inspired the members to create their own platform, to present what they felt to be the wider political and social stories currently going unseen.
Presented as a collective body of work which bridges the worlds of documentary and art, this exhibition captures the vision of the Rawiya: a multitude of stories and first-hand accounts which challenge the status quo of racism and orientalism often presented in mainstream media.With a specific focus on gender and identity, the exhibition presents a thoughtful viewof a region in flux, balancing its contradictions while reflecting on social and political issues and stereotypes.
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East Asian Shintoism
What Is a Shinto Shrine?
Torii gate of the Itsukushima shrine.
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McKenzie Perkins
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Mckenzie Perkins is a writer and researcher specializing in southeast Asian religion and culture, education, and college life.
Shinto shrines are structures built to house kami, the essence of spirit present in natural phenomena, objects, and human beings that is worshipped by Shinto practitioners. Reverence toward the kami is kept by regular practice of rites and rituals, purification, prayers, offerings, and dances, many of which take place at shrines.
Key Takeaways: Shinto Shrines
Shinto shrines are structures built to house kami and to create a link between kami and human beings.
Shrines are sacred places of worship where visitors can offer prayers, offerings, and dances to the kami.
The design of Shinto shrines varies, but they can be identified by their entrance gate and a sanctuary that houses the kami.
All visitors are welcome to visit Shinto shrines, participate in worship, and leave prayers and offerings for the kami.
The most important feature of any given shrine is the shintai or "body of the kami," an object where the kami is said to reside. Shintai can be manmade, like jewelry or swords, but can also be naturally occurring, like waterfalls and mountains.
Worshippers visit Shinto shrines not to praise the shintai, but to worship the kami. The shintai and the shrine create a link between kami and human beings, making kami more accessible to people. There are more than 80,000 shrines in Japan, and almost every community has at least one shrine.
Design of Shinto Shrines
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Though there are archeological remains that suggest temporary places of worship, Shinto shrines did not become permanent fixtures until the Chinese brought Buddhism to Japan. For this reason, Shinto shrines often feature design elements similar to Buddhist temples. The design of individual shrines can vary, but there are a few important elements present in most shrines.
Visitors enter the shrine through the torii, or the main gate, and walk down the sando, which is the pathway that leads from the entrance to the shrine itself. The grounds may have multiple buildings or one building with many rooms. Usually, there is a honden—a sanctuary where the kami is enshrined in the shintai—, a haiden—place of worship—, and a heiden—a place of offerings. If the kami is enshrined within a natural element, such as a mountain, for example, the honden might be completely absent.
Torii
Torii are gates that serve as the entrance to the shrine. The presence of torii is usually the easiest way to identify a shrine. Consisting of two vertical beams and two horizontal beams, the torii is not a gate as much as an indicator of sacred space. The purpose of torii is to separate the secular world from the world of the kami.
Sando is the pathway just after the torii that leads worshippers to the structures of the shrine. This is an element taken from Buddhism, as it can often be seen in Buddhist temples, as well. Often, traditional stone lanterns called toro line the path, illuminating the way to the kami.
Temizuya or Chozuya
In order to visit a shrine, worshippers must first practice purification rituals, including cleansing with water. Every shrine has a temizuya or chozuya, a basin of water with dippers for visitors to wash their hands, mouths, and faces before entering the shrine structures.
Haiden, Honden, and Heiden
These three elements of a shrine can be different structures entirely, or they can be different rooms in one structure. The honden is the place where the kami is enshrined, the heiden is the place of offering used for prayers and donations, and the haiden is the place of worship, where there may be seats present for worshippers. The honden is usually located behind the haiden, and it is often surrounded by a tamagaki, or a small gate, to indicate sacred space. The haiden is the only area continuously open to the public, as the heiden is opened for ceremonies only and the honden is only accessible by priests.
Kagura-den or Maidono
The Kagura-den or the maidono, is a structure or a room within a shrine where sacred dance, known as kagura, is offered to the kami as part of a ceremony or ritual.
Shamusho
The shamusho is the administrative office of the shrine, where priests can rest when they are not participating in worship. In addition, the shamusho is where visitors can purchase (though the preferred term is receive, as the objects are sacred rather than commercial) ofunda and omukuji, which are amulets inscribed with the name of the kami of the shrine intended to bring protection to its keepers. Visitors can also receive ema: small, wooden plaques on which worshippers write prayers for the kami and leave them in the shrine for the kami to receive.
Komainu
Komainu, also known as lion-dogs, are a pair of statues in front of the structure of the shrine. Their purpose is to keep away evil spirits and protect the shrine.
Visiting a Shinto Shrine
Closeup of a woman's hands during symbolic washing and purification at a Temizuya, part of a Shinto shrine in Japan. georgeclerk / Getty Images
Shinto shrines are open to the public for both worshippers and visitors. However, individuals who are sick, injured, or in mourning should not visit a shrine, as these qualities are believed to be impure and thus separate from the kami.
The following rituals should be observed by all visitors to a Shinto shrine.
Before entering the shrine through the torii, bow once.
Follow the sando to the water basin. Use the dipper to first wash your left hand, followed by your right, and your mouth. Lift the dipper vertically to allow the soiled water to fall from the handle and then place the dipper back on the basin as you found it.
As you approach the shrine, you may see a bell, which you can ring to expel evil spirits. If there is a donation box, bow before leaving a modest donation. Keep in mind that 10 and 500 yen coins are considered unlucky.
In front of the shrine, there will likely be a sequence of bows and claps (typically, two of each), followed by a prayer. Once the prayer is finished, press your hands together in front of your heart and bow deeply,
After your prayers are finished, you can receive an amulet for luck or protection, hang an ema, or observe other parts of the shrine. However, be aware that some spaces are not accessible for visitors.
As with any holy, religious, or otherwise sacred space, be respectful of the site and mindful of the beliefs of others. Look for any posted notices and adhere the rules of the space.
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Prairie Grass was engineered in response to requests for the now-unavailable Vetrofond Parrot Green. So far testers report that it is not an adequate substitute for Parrot Green. It is slightly more yellow than Elphaba.
"This pretty shade is really close to Elphaba - just a little bit lighter and a little bit more yellow [but not much!]. I would say that both these colors can be used as a substitute for each-other." Read more at Kandice's blog.
"Prairie Grass over Effetre white opaque glass. The dots stayed true and no adverse reaction where the glasses meet." Read more at Darlene's blog.
"Prairie Grass is an opaque, light green that is just slightly less yellowish than Effetre's 212 Pea Green. The saturation and shade is almost identical, but the hue is slightly different." Read more at DragonJools blog.


Congrats to our North Stars!
Thanks so much for letting me be a part of the 11th annual North Star Awards! What an honor to celebrate some of the best and brightest community members of the North side of Madison. I really loved seeing and meeting everyone.
I wasn't able to take a lot of pictures during the event, but I will share them when I get them from the other folks who attended!


1. We assess that the conventional power capacities, currently installed in the Ukrainian power system, can balance fluctuations of up to 15 GW of wind and solar.
2. The aging stock of conventional power capacities as well as a potential increase of power demand will create pressure for action in the medium and long term.
3. An integration of RES above 15 GW as part of a decarbonisation strategy will require the development of a power system that is much more flexible than the current one.


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3M, St. Paul, Minnesota, reported sales information for the month of April 2020. The company withdrew its full-year 2020 outlook on April 28, due to the uncertain impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and committed to provide monthly updates until it is better able to forecast future performance. More.
Industrial distributor MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Melville, New York, reported sales for the fiscal month of April (the second month of the Company's fiscal third quarter) were $235.5 million, a decrease of 10.5% compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. More.
Foundation Building Materials Inc, Tustin, California, reported sales for first quarter of 2020 of $524.3 million, an increase of 1.8% compared to the prior year period; average daily net sales increased 0.2%. Profit was $14.4 million, up from $3.5 million the previous year's quarter. More.
RBC Bearings Inc., Oxford, Connecticut, reported sales for the 2020 fiscal fourth quarter of $185.8 million, up 2% for the quarter. Profit was $33.8 million compared to $31.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. More.
Turtle & Hughes has named Caldwell Hart as senior vice president supply chain, chief procurement officer, and a member of the executive team. More.
The May 11-15 Pandemic Index from Indian River Consulting Group shows a sales decline over the same week in 2019 of 14.9%. The sample size for the week of May 11-15 is 10 firms, which is the same as the previous week. The index shows eight weeks of double-digit average declines and five consecutive weeks with declines in the mid-teens. More.
Kaman Distribution Group, Bloomfield, Connecticut, has named industry veteran Mark Stoneburner as executive vice president and general manager of its Kaman Industrial Technologies (KIT) business unit. More.
Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 20.5 million in April, and the unemployment rate rose to 14.7%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the highest rate and the largest over-the-month increase in the history of the series. More.
Bearings manufacturer NN Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee, reported first quarter sales $199.7 million, down 6.3% compared to $213.3 million for the first quarter of 2019. More.
Columbus McKinnon Corp., Amherst, New York, has named David J. Wilson as president and chief executive officer effective June 1. More.
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LED ZEPPELIN FIRST THREE ALBUMS REMASTERED WITH UNRELEASED COMPANION AUDIO ON JUNE 3RD
March 13, 2014Dana 13 Comments
John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant came together in 1968 as Led Zeppelin. Over the next decade, the band would become one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, selling more than 300 million albums worldwide. Their songs are some of the most celebrated in rock 'n' roll history that, to this day, resonate with fans young and old around the globe. Still, no matter how many times you may have listened to their music, you've never heard Led Zeppelin like this before.
With the June 3rd release of deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III , the band will launch an extensive reissue program of all nine of its studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin will also open its vaults to share dozens of unheard studio and live recordings, with each album featuring a second disc of companion audio comprised entirely of unreleased music related to that album.
"The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin," says Page. "It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time"
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III will each be available June 3rd from Atlantic/Swan Song in the following formats:
• Single CD – Remastered album packaged in a gatefold card wallet.
• Deluxe Edition (2CD) – Remastered album, plus a second disc of unreleased companion audio.
• Single LP – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl, packaged in a sleeve that replicates the LP's first pressing in exacting detail. (For example, III will feature the original wheel and die cut holes.)
• Deluxe Edition Vinyl – Remastered album and unreleased companion audio on 180-gram vinyl.
• Digital Download – Remastered album and companion audio will both be available.
• Super Deluxe Boxed Set – This collection includes:
o Remastered album on CD in vinyl replica sleeve.
o Companion audio on CD in card wallet.
o Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve replicating first pressing.
o Companion audio on 180-gram vinyl.
o High-def audio download card of all content at 96kHz/24 bit. (Live tracks are 48kHz/24 bit).
o Hard bound, 70+ page book filled with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia.
o High quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.
o Led Zeppelin will also include a replica of the band's original Atlantic press kit.
The Led Zeppelin legend began in January of 1969 with the group's eponymous debut. From the opening salvo of Good Times Bad Times, on through to Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Communication Breakdown, and Dazed And Confused, the album introduced the band's unmistakable sound and left an indelible mark on the music landscape. Led Zeppelin has been certified diamond by the RIAA for sales over 10 million and was inducted into the Grammy® Hall of Fame in 2004.
The companion audio for Led Zeppelin features a previously unreleased performance recorded on October 10th, 1969 at the Olympia Theatre in Paris. The nine-song set features seven tracks from the album, including an epic 15-minute version of Dazed And Confused, as well as Heartbreaker and Moby Dick, which would debut on Led Zeppelin II later that month.
The band wrote and recorded nearly all of Led Zeppelin II while touring relentlessly to support its debut album. Incredibly, the album was released just seven months after Led Zeppelin in October of 1969. Led Zeppelin II features some of the band's most beloved tracks including Ramble On and Heartbreaker as well as Whole Lotta Love, considered by many to be one of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time. The album is certified diamond by the RIAA with sales of over 12 million copies.
The Led Zeppelin II companion audio gives fans the first peek into the band's recording sessions, with alternate mixes of five songs from the album, backing tracks to Thank You and Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman), and the previously unreleased track La La.
Following the whirlwind success of their first two albums and near constant touring, Page and Plant took to the now famous Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in Wales in 1970 to start the early composition of Led Zeppelin III. They later convened with Bonham and Jones for rehearsals before entering London's Olympic Studios to begin recording in May 1970. Fueled by classic tracks such as Immigrant Song and Since I've Been Loving You" the album soared to the top of charts worldwide upon its release in October of 1970 and has since been certified 6x platinum.
The nine tracks featured on Led Zeppelin III 's companion audio continue to offer a window into the band's recording process with seven studio outtakes of songs from the album as well as three previously unheard compositions: Jennings Farm Blues (an instrumental forerunner of Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp), Bathroom Sound (an instrumental version of Out On The Tiles), and their take on the blues classics Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind.
Led Zeppelin continues to be honored for its pivotal role in music history. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and a year later was awarded with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founding members Jones, Page and Plant – along with Jason Bonham, the son of John Bonham – took the stage at London's O2 Arena in 2007 to headline a tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun, a dear friend and Atlantic Records' founder. The band was honored for its lifetime contribution to American culture at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. In January of 2014, the band won their first ever Grammy award as Celebration Day, which captured their live performance at the Ertegun tribute concert, was named Best Rock Album.
Led Zeppelin Track Listing:
1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
3. You Shook Me
4. Dazed And Confused
5. Your Time Is Gonna Come
6. Black Mountain Side
7. Communication Breakdown
8. I Can't Quit You Baby
9. How Many More Times
Companion Audio Disc Live At The Olympia – Paris, France October 10th, 1969
1. Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown
3. Heartbreaker
5. White Summer/Black Mountain Side
7. Moby Dick
Led Zeppelin II Track Listing:
1. Whole Lotta Love
2. What Is And What Should Never Be
3. The Lemon Song
4. Thank You
6. Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
7. Ramble On
Companion Audio Disc:
8. La La
Led Zeppelin III Track Listing:
1. Immigrant Song
3. Celebration Day
4. Since I've Been Loving You
5. Out On The Tiles
6. Gallows Pole
7. Tangerine
8. That's The Way
9. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10. Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
1. The Immigrant Song
5. Bathroom Sound
8. Jennings Farm Blues
9. Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind
‹ FORMER SLAYER DRUMMER DAVE LOMBARDO SAYS THE BAND WAS BEING RIPPED OFF BY THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY
QUIET RIOT, FASTER PUSSYCAT, BULLETBOYS AND GUITARIST GILBY CLARKE TEAM UP FOR THE "BANG YOUR HEAD" TOUR ›
Terese on May 22, 2014 at 9:08 pm
So excited for Led Zeppelin……..its about time…..wish I could hav seen a live concert


Rebrand your social media accounts like a boss!
Rebranding may not always be welcomed by all marketing folk, especially social practitioners who are on the top of their game. If you raking in the likes and the follows are users are engaging with your content it may cause a bit of a migraine thinking of all the hard work gone to waste to get you to this point.
The good news that most of the social platforms allow you to rebrand your accounts! Some may require a bit more effort than others but at least you can retain your following! Here's how to rebrand your favourite social accounts and limitations these platforms have when it comes to rebranding.
If the rebranded company still has the same focus as before.
The only downfall is that it's not an instant process and requires a bit of back and forth.
A request will be sent off and a ticket will be created. The key is to be patient as they will probably reject your request at first by giving you the opportunity to appeal this and state your case. Usually, Facebook requires some sort of proof that it is a legitimate request and the two brands are linked. The simplest way to do this is to place proof of the rebrand on each site and send this to them.
If you want this to happen on a specific date, add this to your brief from the beginning as they might ignore this if it's added to the request later. Once this is approved, edit your username with your new vanity URL to match your brand, update your page information and you're good to go.
If it's available, save and it's yours.
Update your details and you're golden!
Magic, we are done. Moving on.
Changing a group name on LinkedIn it's pretty easy and can be done by group owners. On the groups' page, select settings or group information. Edit what you need to and save. LinkedIn does not allow changes in the group's identity too frequently. So limit to this to a max of 5times to be safe (if you really need to change it that often).
Company pages are not that easy to change. If it's a minor change (described by LinkedIn as "less than five contiguous characters" it's easy enough. If it's a huge change they suggest creating a new company page, you can contact them to migrate followers though. For more details consult LinkedIn's help article on rebranding.
Until recently, Google Plus only allowed users to rebrand page name but not but not the custom URL or vanity URL. Google now allows you to change this but it can be a bit of a pain (Although I will take the pain over no change all). Google my business accounts and Google plus profiles now run as one unit. So if you have a link profile, edit the profile name via Google My business account.
If you have a standalone brand account, edit the profile name straight via the Google Plus brand page. Changing the URL is a rather tedious process, please follow Google's instructions for more details.
Great news! Rebranding on Insta is just as easy as Twitter!


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package androidx.camera.camera2.internal;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
import androidx.camera.camera2.internal.compat.CameraAccessExceptionCompat;
import androidx.camera.core.CameraUnavailableException;

/**
 * Helper class to create a {@link CameraUnavailableException}.
 */
@RequiresApi(21) // TODO(b/200306659): Remove and replace with annotation on package-info.java
public final class CameraUnavailableExceptionHelper {

    private CameraUnavailableExceptionHelper() {}

    /**
     * Create {@link CameraUnavailableException} from {@link CameraAccessExceptionCompat}.
     *
     * @param e the {@link CameraAccessExceptionCompat}.
     * @return the {@link CameraUnavailableException}.
     */
    @NonNull
    public static CameraUnavailableException createFrom(@NonNull CameraAccessExceptionCompat e) {
        int errorCode;
        switch (e.getReason()) {
            case CameraAccessExceptionCompat.CAMERA_DISABLED:
                errorCode = CameraUnavailableException.CAMERA_DISABLED;
                break;
            case CameraAccessExceptionCompat.CAMERA_DISCONNECTED:
                errorCode = CameraUnavailableException.CAMERA_DISCONNECTED;
                break;
            case CameraAccessExceptionCompat.CAMERA_ERROR:
                errorCode = CameraUnavailableException.CAMERA_ERROR;
                break;
            case CameraAccessExceptionCompat.CAMERA_IN_USE:
                errorCode = CameraUnavailableException.CAMERA_IN_USE;
                break;
            case CameraAccessExceptionCompat.MAX_CAMERAS_IN_USE:
                errorCode = CameraUnavailableException.CAMERA_MAX_IN_USE;
                break;
            case CameraAccessExceptionCompat.CAMERA_UNAVAILABLE_DO_NOT_DISTURB:
                errorCode = CameraUnavailableException.CAMERA_UNAVAILABLE_DO_NOT_DISTURB;
                break;
            default:
                errorCode = CameraUnavailableException.CAMERA_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
        }
        return new CameraUnavailableException(errorCode, e);
    }
}

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A few weeks ago, I was amazed as I watched the premier of this #NoPlaceLeft Documentary during the missions banquet at one of our partnering churches, Sugar Creek Baptist Church (Houston). A huge thank you to Pastors Dave Grumme (Creative Communication) & Don Waybright (Mission) who had the vision and hard work to create this amazing video. Our #NoPlaceLeft Florida Team is thankful to be part of the Sugar Creek's USA missions strategy and humbled to be featured in the documentary (8:18) alongside men & women we look up to and learn from regulary. This video is a powerful vision cast as it captures examples of what God is doing to radically multiply His Kingdom in Houston, the USA and around the world.
We praise the Lord for churches on mission like Sugar Creek Baptist and celebrate that there are more and more emerging. We encourage you to watch the documetary and share it with others. Most importantly, will you choose to obey Jesus' great commission in Matthew 28:18-20 and make disciples until there is #NoPlaceLeft?


Italy's most famous musician Zucchero, is currently on tour in Europe and has been since May, where he started in Zurich in Switzerland. He is playing songs from his latest album Chocabeck and the tour is called Chocabeck Tour 2011….
Are Guidebooks Really Necessary ?


I recently caught up with Chris Ward and Andrew Thiboldeaux of Philadelphia's own "Pattern is Movement". They were the 2008 January issue of Philly Weekly's "biggest indie bands" (and in 2013 are Philthy Mag's biggest indie band to watch). If you look them up online they are likened to Dirty Projectors, Beirut and Grizzly Bear. I dont really lump them into that category as Pattern is Movement is their own unique sound that they have been cultivating for the past decade. I don't normally say this but: Chris and Andrew are seriously two of the nicest people I have ever met in my life. They are going to be headlining at the Union Transfer in Philadephia tomorrow night (10/24). You can purchase tickets here. You seriously need to go see this show. Their music changed my life and it will most likely change yours for the better after this experience. You can pick up their new 12″ entitled "Suckling/Untitled" at the UT show to boot!
Chris and Andrew are ad-mist a tour right now but took a moment to speak to my publication.
PT:What does your band name mean / where was it derived from?
CW: We took the name from t.s eliot's "burnt norton." Not exactly sure what it means, but when we saw it spelled it out – we all loved it!
PT:How did you and Andrew meet?
CW: Andrew and I met when we were teenagers at youth group. We both loved Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and we both decided to start a rap group, but not just any ole rap group – a christian rap group! We have been making music ever since.
PT:Andrew's voice is pretty amazing. It almost seems as if he was classicly trained. Can you elaborate on this?
CW: He is not classically trained — its all natural.
PT: I first met you and Andrew (i think it was 2005) in Newark Delaware at a U of D show. What i loved the most of your set was the use of analog instruments. What are your most notable analog instruments used in your albums and live performances?
AT: My favorite has probably been the 150 year old celeste we used on our latest album. You could feel the peoples' bones who made the thing in every note you played.
PT:What is Pattern is Movement trying to achieve musically?
AT: On previous releases we tended toward the functional when it came to performances to tape, and a big part of the focus was on real-time production. For this latest album our goal was to really capture some instinctual performances, and hit the production side of things harder during mixing. I think the result is our truest album, emotionally.
AT: I was inspired by a lot of modern gospel and r&b players on this album. The album wound up sounding more like 'rhythm and beard', but I definitely let that part of me take the reigns for a good chunk of this album. CW: I was very inspired by James Blake, Thundercat and Drake for this album.
PT: How has it been working with Home Tapes? I have heard nothing but great things about this label.
CW: Hometapes are an amazing label and more amazing people. They have been such a wonderful support to both Andrew and I during this whole record. We love them like family.
PT:If you could pinpoint it, what was your favorite show that you have performed and why?
AT: I'd say LA with St. Vincent a few years back. We were still getting our sea legs at the beginning of that tour, but by that LA show a few days in, we felt like sea captains, but for a little while. CW: I'd say it would be when we played with the Roots at Brooklyn Bowl. I remember distinctly looking behind me and seeing Questlove and feeling a rush of excitement I've never had before on stage.
PT: I have heard your band cover Radiohead and Beyonce, where can your fans get recordings of these amazing covers? Were they ever released?
CW: Radiohead was never recorded, however, you can hear the Beyonce cover on Daytrotter and its on a tour only EP. Also – we just covered D'angelo and its available on our new 12″ single.
PT: Chris, you have really soft hands (seriously you do). Can you tell us your skincare regimen and how you keep them so soft?
CW: HA! Its just all natural man!
PT: "Suckling"is a very "mystical" release. It appears if magic may or may not have been involved. If you agree with this statement: could you elaborate?
CW: No magic – just lots of dim lighting in the studio.
PT: Who is the artist and what is the meaning behind the album art of "Suckling"?
CW: Adam Heathcott from Hometapes created the art and I have no clue of the meaning, but I do know its rad!
Paul runs PHILTHY MAG. He is a artist that resides in Philadelphia PA. Philthy has been a publication dedicated to the documentation and support of musicians and artists world-wide since 2007.


Shelby has been in an adoptive home for years. She was originally placed by a group in Michigan but moved down here with her family. The place the family moved to here didn't allow pets over 25lbs though so Shelby is looking for a new home. She is a very sweet, friendly girl. She already has good house manners and is good with cats, small dogs and kids. Her family said that she doesn't use the crate anymore and doesn't get into anything when she is out all day. She is a quiet, laid back girl but she still loves to run and play in the yard. Shelby only has 11 races listed at the now closed Dairyland Race Track in 2006 and 2007. Her sire is the famous Dodgem By Design and her dam is Cals Undefined. Her foster family says she is very sweet and easy. Very well behaved and is a fun girl that acts much younger than she is. Because of her age Shelby qualifies for a reduced adoption fee of $200.
Shelby had a great life with her family and passed away due to a nasal tumor in early 2017.


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Q: Django Error NoReverseMatch at /invest/(?P1\d+)/
*

*So I am trying to update a value in django. But when clicking on submit it is throwing me a error.

NoReverseMatch at /invest/(?P1\d+)/
Reverse for 'invest' with keyword arguments '{'pk': ''}' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['invest/\\(\\?P(?P<pk>[^/]+)\\\\d\\+\\)/$']
Request Method: POST
Request URL:    http://127.0.0.1:8000/invest/(%3FP1%5Cd+)/
Django Version: 3.1.7
Exception Type: NoReverseMatch
Exception Value:
Reverse for 'invest' with keyword arguments '{'pk': ''}' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['invest/\\(\\?P(?P<pk>[^/]+)\\\\d\\+\\)/$']
Exception Location: C:\Users\Harsh-PC\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py, line 685, in _reverse_with_prefix
Python Executable:  C:\Program Files\Python37\python.exe
Python Version: 3.7.9
Python Path:
['E:\\Colosseum 2021\\django_colo',
 'C:\\Program Files\\Python37\\python37.zip',
 'C:\\Program Files\\Python37\\DLLs',
 'C:\\Program Files\\Python37\\lib',
 'C:\\Program Files\\Python37',
 'C:\\Users\\Harsh-PC\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python37\\site-packages',
 'C:\\Users\\Harsh-PC\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python37\\site-packages\\win32',
 'C:\\Users\\Harsh-PC\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python37\\site-packages\\win32\\lib',
 'C:\\Users\\Harsh-PC\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python37\\site-packages\\Pythonwin',
 'C:\\Program Files\\Python37\\lib\\site-packages']
Server time:    Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:21:50 +0000

*

*I am calling invest page from brand.html page in this manner

        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-toggle="modal" >Invest</button>

*

*I am passing the value properly in my html code

*

*urls.py
path('invest/(?P<pk>\d+)/', views.invest, name='invest'),

*

*views.py
def invest(request, pk):
    # fetching the current event details
    event_data = MarketingMaestro.objects.get(pk = pk)
    context = {
            'id' : event_data.id,
            'product_title' : event_data.product_title,
            'total_value' : event_data.total_value,
            'total_votes' : event_data.total_votes,
            }

    # fetching user details
    user_data = MarketingInvesment.objects.get(emailID = request.user.email)
    user_details = {
        'name' : user_data.name,
        'emailID' : user_data.emailID,
        'remaining_amount' : user_data.remaining_amount
    }

    total_value_db = event_data.total_value

    # updating the user amount
    # try:
        # checking if the user exist in UserProfile through the logged in email id
    if request.POST.get('action') == 'post':
        response_data = {}
        name = request.user.username
        emailID = request.user.email
        # remaining amount from db
        remaining_amount = user_data.remaining_amount
        product_title = request.POST.get('product_title')
        # getting user amount
        user_amount = request.POST.get('amount')
        user_amount_final = int(user_amount)

        user_amount_db = total_value_db + user_amount_final
        final_amount = remaining_amount - user_amount_final

        response_data['name'] = name
        response_data['emailID'] = emailID
        response_data['remaining_amount'] = remaining_amount
        response_data['product_title'] = product_title
            # updating the current logged in user values
        user_data = MarketingInvesment.objects.get(emailID = request.user.email)
        if(user_data.emailID == request.user.email):
            MarketingInvesment.objects.filter(emailID = request.user.email).update(
                name = name,
                emailID = emailID,
                remaining_amount = final_amount,
                product_title = product_title,
                total_investment = user_amount_db
            )
        return render(request, 'invest.html')
    return render(request, 'invest.html', {'context' : context, 'user_details' : user_details})

A: I think you should use url when working with URL regex, because path doesn't support regex here is the docs for path(). you can use regex in url like this:
from django.conf.urls import url

url(r'^invest/(?P<pk>[\w-]+)/', views.invest, name='invest'),
...

and I think you didn't add marking object in your context

A: SOLUTION

*

*urls.py
path('investing/<int:pk>/', views.investing, name='investing'),
path('invest/<int:pk>/', views.invest, name='invest'),

*

*views.py Just had to include JsonResponse as I was returning render which is wrong.

return JsonResponse(
            {
                'message': "success"
            }

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Public Act 0678 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HB5902 Enrolled LRB099 20463 MLM 44969 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Speech
Rights of Student Journalists Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"School official" means a school's principal or his or her
designee."
"School-sponsored media" means any material that is
prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a
student journalist at a public school, distributed or generally
made available to members of the student body, and prepared
under the direction of a student media adviser.
School-sponsored media does not include media intended for
distribution or transmission solely in the classroom in which
the media is produced.
"Student journalist" means a public high school student who
gathers, compiles, writes, edits, photographs, records, or
prepares information for dissemination in school-sponsored
media.
"Student media adviser" means an individual employed,
appointed, or designated by a school district to supervise or
provide instruction relating to school-sponsored media.
Section 10. Free speech. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 15 of this Act, a student journalist has the right to
exercise freedom of speech and of the press in school-sponsored
media, regardless of whether the media is supported financially
by the school district or by use of school facilities or
produced in conjunction with a class in which the student is
enrolled. Subject to Section 15 of this Act,  the appropriate
student journalist is responsible for determining the news,
opinion, feature, and advertising content of school-sponsored
media. This Section shall not be construed to prevent a student
media adviser from teaching professional standards of English
and journalism to student journalists. There shall be no prior
restraint of material prepared for official school
publications except insofar as it violates Section 15 of this
Act. School officials shall have the burden of showing
justification without undue delay prior to a limitation of
student expression under this Act.
Section 15. Exceptions. This Act does not authorize or
protect expression by a student journalist that:
(1) is libelous, slanderous, or obscene;
(2) constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy;
(3) violates federal or State law; or
(4) incites students to commit an unlawful act, to
violate policies of the school district, or to materially
and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the
Section 20. Liability. No expression made by students in
the exercise of freedom of speech or freedom of the press shall
be deemed to be an expression of school policy, and no school
district or employee or parent, legal guardian, or official of
the school district shall be held liable in any civil or
criminal action for any expression made or published by
students, except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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Kong Hee's Church Clarifies Pastor's 'Apology From God'.
Kong Hee is senior pastor of Singapore's City Harvest Church. (Facebook)
Pastor Kong Hee of City Harvest Church in Singapore sparked outrage online with a YouTube video in which he seemed to be saying God was apologizing for his struggles. But his church says it is just a misunderstanding.
"As anyone with a basic education in the English language ought to be able to tell that the use of 'I'm so sorry' here is not in the context of an apology, but a word of comfort, for example, 'I'm so sorry about your mother's suffering,' or 'I'm so sorry you need to go through chemotherapy,'" say Pastor Kong's spokesperson, whose statement was emailed via City Harvest Church's corporate communications department.
"It is in no way an apology or admission of guilt as has been suggested. The message God gave Pastor Kong was that it is necessary for Pastor to journey through this painful experience because it is a refiner's fire, meant to prepare him for the work God has in store for him and the church for the future," the statement continues.
Yahoo! News reports the sermon is most likely from the 2012 C3 Presence conference, held in Sydney last April. This would have been before the news broke last June that Kong and five other church leaders were being investigated for embezzlement. Kong is accused of criminal breach of trust and misappropriating church building funds.
"Father, Father, why, my God, my God, why have You forsaken me and thrown me to the dogs?" Hee asked in the YouTube video after talking about the experience Jesus Christ went through on the cross at His crucifixion and saying he identified with that kind of suffering.
"For the first time in eight months, God—I heard Him cry, and He said, 'My son, Kong, thank you. Thank you for going through this. I need you to go through this alone so that you and City Harvest Church can be the man and the ministry I call it to be. I'm so sorry, but you need to go through this by yourself to bring a change to your generation,'" Kong continued.
Applause was heard from the audience, and he continued: "I hear God saying, for the first time in eight months, 'I love you, I love you, I love you.' Waves upon waves of God's love—the love of the Father just saturated me. … And I knew everything was going to be all right. Everything is going to be all right."
The video has received widely negative reactions. Since its posting on Friday, it was thumbed down more than 3,300 times, compared to less than 200 thumbs up. It has also gotten more than 1,700 comments, many of them scathing.
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Pastor Kong Hee Ignites Outrage After Saying God Apologized for Legal Struggles.
Kong Hee is senior pastor of Singapore's City Harvest Church. (Facebook)
Pastor Kong Hee of City Harvest Church in Singapore has caused controversy again, this time because of comments he made in a sermon.
Kong, who is accused of criminal breach of trust and misappropriating church building funds, claimed in aYouTube video that God apologized to him for his struggles.
"Father, Father, why, my God, my God, why have You forsaken me and thrown me to the dogs?" Hee asked after talking about the experience Jesus Christ went through on the cross at His crucifixion and saying he identified with that kind of suffering.
Yahoo! News reports the sermon is most likely from the 2012 C3 Presence conference, held in Sydney last April. This would have been before the news broke last June that Kong and five other church leaders were being investigated for embezzlement.
"The congregation is being blinded by this pastor who perverted the bible," Tukang Bubur wrote.
The user nothingbutahound wrote, "Actually what God told Kong was 'I'm sorry that out of so many people in the world I had to go choose you to pastor CHC. Now you have to go to prison alone so that I can bring a change to this generation with you out of the way. And if you hear anyone talking to you in prison, it's not me.'"
Kong Hee Faces Accusers in Singapore Trial.
(Reuters/Edgar Su)
City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee arrives for his trial at the Subordinate Courts in Singapore Tuesday. Prosecutors for the trial said they had evidence of a "deliberately planned" scheme by church leaders to channel part of the church's building fund to fund the music career of Kong's wife, singer Sun Ho, according to local media.
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Singapore's City Harvest Church May Have to Remove Pastor Kong Hee.
Kong Hee is the senior pastor at Singapore's City Harvest Church. (Facebook)
The commissioner of charities (COC) in Singapore is proposing to remove eight individuals from their positions at City Harvest Church (CHC), including founder Kong Hee. The leaders have until Monday to challenge the decision.
If the leaders are removed from their positions, their executive memberships at CHC will be terminated, and they will not be allowed to resume their memberships for at least two years.
"This is a very challenging time for our eight church leaders and members, their families and our church," CHC Executive Pastor Aries Zulkarnain said in a statement. "Please continue to pray ceaselessly for them and for the church. Let us remember what our Advisory Chairman Dr AR Bernard has exhorted us to do: Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer (Rom. 12:12, ESV)."
In addition to Hee, the leaders being threatened with removal include Pastor Tan Ye Peng, Serina Wee, Sharon Tan, John Lam, Chew Eng Han, Teo Meng How and Jacqueline Tan.
The COC instituted an inquiry under Section 8 of the Charities Act into the church in May 2010 and named nine individuals following the inquiry—the eight mentioned above plus Sun Ho, Hee's wife.
In addition to the COC's investigation, six church officials—Hee, Lam, Peng, Sharon Tan, Han and Wee—were charged in June with misappropriating S$23 million (U.S. $18.6 million) from the church and falsifying accounts to cover it up.
"In December the COC requested that the suspended individuals voluntarily extend their suspension until six months after the conclusion of the criminal proceedings involving six of the eight affected individuals," said Zulkarnain, who is also a chairman of CHC's management board.
"Under section 29 of the Act," he explained, "before the COC makes an order to remove without his consent a governing board member of a charity or trustee for a charity, or an officer, agent or employee of a charity, the COC shall give him not less than one month's notice of the COC proposal, inviting representations to be made to the COC within a time specified in the notice. The eight have until 13 May 2013 to make their representations to COC on why they should not be removed."
In the meantime, pastors Hee and Peng will continue to perform pastoral duties.
"I understand that the Commissioner of Charities has assured the CHC Board that I will not be prevented from preaching at CHC's services," Hee said in his own statement. "This is only fair as there is no basis for the COC to encroach on the services of the church."
He continued, "I look forward to being in church to worship God with my friends and family. I hope that you continue to keep me, my family and the church in your thoughts and prayers."
Hee also says he is confident "that there is no basis for the COC's actions and [he] will in due course make the appropriate representations to the COC."
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Singapore Megachurch Ordered Not to Pay Pastor Kong Hee's Legal Fees.
Kong Hee (City Harvest Church)
Just two months after Singapore megachurch pastorKong Hee was arrested for misappropriating church building funds, the Commissioner of Charities (COC) has warned the 23,000-member City Harvest Church congregants against raising money to support the pastor's legal fees.
At the center of the issue was a letter sent to members on Aug. 6 seeking donations to be deposited in to two City Harvest pastors bank accounts. Church officials say the correspondence, which had been sent as recently as last week, was no longer being circulated. The Straits Times reports that the COC had previously ordered the church's board to stop fundraising on the pastors' behalf.
Hee and four other senior church officials were arrested in late June for funneling at least S$23 million ($18 million) to help finance Hee's wife, Ho Yeow Sun's, music career.
The pastor denies the allegations on the church's website.
"I do maintain my integrity, and will rigorously defend that integrity against these charges," Hee said in a press statement. "I have and will continue to place my faith and trust in our judicial system. I will explain the facts and circumstances to the court, and am confident that I will be vindicated."
By FELICIA ABRAHAM
Singapore Megachurch Pastor Kong Hee Arrested on Fraud Charges.
(City Harvest Church)
Kong Hee, founder of City Harvest Church, was arrested for allegedly using millions of dollars of church funds to help his pop star wife, Ho Yeow Sun, advance her career.
Singapore police plan to charge the founder of one of Singapore's largest evangelical churches with conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust on Wednesday.
According to a police statement, four other church leaders in the 23,000-member congregation will also be charged with breach of trust and conspiracy to commit falsification of accounts.
"Financial irregularities of at least S$23 million ($18 million) from the charity's funds have been discovered," the commissioner of charities said in a statement on its website. "These funds were used with the purported intention to finance Ho Yeow Sun's secular music career to connect with people.
City Harvest Church issued a statement on Tuesday.
"This morning, Pastor Kong Hee, Pastor Tan Ye Peng, John Lam, Chew Eng Han and Sharon Tan were informed to attend court tomorrow. There is no case that is being brought against the church," wrote Aries Zulkarnain, executive pastor of City Harvest Church.
"The CHC Advisory Committee, comprising of Dr. Phil Pringle, founder and senior minister of Christian City Church in Sydney, and Dr. A R Bernard, founder and CEO of Christian Cultural Centre in New York, will continue to provide spiritual leadership. Both pastors were appointed advisory senior pastors over CHC," Zulkarnain wrote.
"The church management board continues to provide guidance on running the church. Church operations and cell group meetings will continue as usual, including all weekend services at Singapore Expo and Jurong West. In the meantime, do keep the church, our pastors, leaders and their families in prayer."
By Jennifer LeClaire
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Description Address: 439 Roselane, Louisville, Kentucky. Four firemen are on a fire truck in front of a station with a sign noting "Engine No. 9." The truck also has a number 9 painted on its side and sits on brick pavement. Behind the truck is a sign for the Louisville Safety Council with a white cross painted at the top. Another sign on the building announces, "Chas. D. Meyer. Architect."
Source 8 x 10 in. b&w nitrate negative. Item number ULPA CS 063077 in the Caufield & Shook Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
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HomeSportsBasketballTemple's underclassmen being tested during losing season
Temple's underclassmen being tested during losing season
Temple allows the most points per game in the American Athletic Conference.
13 February 2018 Austin Ampeloquio Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
Senior guard Khadijah Berger dribbles during the Owls' 64-57 loss to Central Florida on Saturday at McGonigle Hall. | SYDNEY SCHAEFER / THE TEMPLE NEWS
Temple has won just one of its past 10 games. The season wasn't projected to be like this.
The Owls were expected to have a talented recruiting class to help back up three returning seniors. Last season, Temple finished second in the American Athletic Conference with a 24-8 overall record and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011.
Temple was picked to finish third in the American Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll. After losing last season's second-leading scorer — senior guard Alliya Butts — to a torn ACL in October, the Owls (10-14, 2-9 The American) sit in second-to-last place in the conference.
Though senior guard Khadijah Berger isn't having the season she and her teammates envisioned, she said there's still meaning in the games.
"It's all about relationships at this point," Berger said. "We can't let what's happened in the past determine our future. It is a little disappointing that people are saying we're not going to make postseason, but we're just trying to finish hard and prepare the young guys for next year."
"I've just been telling them, 'Keep pushing,'" senior guard Tanaya Atkinson said. "We got to learn how to fight. While they're young, this will be a really good test for when they get older because they should have that fight in them for what they're going through this year. I feel like it's going to make them grow into something really good and really big."
Berger said being one of the leaders on a team that has six freshmen has been a "journey" of watching the underclassmen have mental lapses. Overall, she said they have become more comfortable at the Division I level.
Freshman guard Desiree Oliver said taking a possession-by-possession approach helps her stay confident even during the current slump.
In the past five games, Oliver has cut down on her turnovers. She hasn't committed more than two turnovers since the Owls played Penn on Jan. 21. In her previous 10 games, Oliver averaged 2.6 turnovers per game.
Freshman forward Breanna Perry dribbles near the sideline during Temple's 64-57 loss to Central Florida on Saturday at McGonigle Hall. | SYDNEY SCHAEFER / THE TEMPLE NEWS
She calls improvements like this "small victories" that will eventually help the team in the future. Oliver credited Berger and Atkinson with helping her progress through this season.
"I think in my position as a point guard, just being able to handle the pace of the game I have improved on that a little bit," Oliver said. "It means a lot coming from [Berger and Atkinson], considering the season that they had last year."
Freshman forward Breanna Perry said the biggest thing she is learning is the mentality needed to compete at the college level. Perry, like Oliver, said having seniors like Berger and Atkinson makes the transition easier.
Perry is one of two freshmen who has played every game. She is third on the team with 71 rebounds. Perry is also third on the team with nine blocks but hasn't recorded one in the past six games.
"It's rough, but I'm not the only one that's going through this," Perry said. "The whole team is. Just like how I need my teammates to keep their heads up and keep pushing through it, they need me to keep my head up and keep pushing through it. Everybody needs each other, and you can't just be in your own head and give up."
Despite the recent struggles of the team, Perry sees it as beneficial for the coming years.
"It'll get better because we can only go up from here," she said. "Having [Berger and Atkinson] here in their last year I feel is very helpful. … They've helped me get through it, so next year I think I'll have the building blocks to get through it myself."
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$3,000 subsidy on new electric vehicles
To support the uptake of electric vehicles the government has introduced an electric vehicle subsidy package. The subsidy package includes a $3,000 purchase subsidy and a 3-year registration exemption for the purchase of eligible new battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
The $3,000 purchase subsidy is available for the first 7,000 eligible new battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles registered in South Australia from 28 October 2021. Individuals are eligible for one new EV subsidy and businesses for two, with the vehicles registered in South Australia and valued below $68,750 (including GST).
A three year registration exemption is also available for new battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles first registered from 28 October 2021 until 30 June 2025. Unlike the upfront purchase subsidy, there is no limit on the number of new EVs that can receive the registration exemption during the eligible time period, subject to the eligibility criteria being met.
Applications are now open. Further information on how to apply for the subsidy is available at Incentives for electric vehicles | Department of Treasury and Finance or email dtfelectricvehicles@sa.gov.au
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Electric Vehicles Purchase Subsidy - frequently asked questions
What is the amount of the subsidy?
A $3,000 purchase subsidy is available for the first 7,000 new battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles registered in South Australia, below a price cap of $68,750 (inclusive of GST), from 28 October 2021.
When does the vehicle need to be purchased to be eligible?
To be eligible for the $3,000 subsidy a vehicle must be first registered on or after 28 October 2021. Any vehicle registered before 28 October 2021 will not be eligible for a subsidy.
There is no restriction on when a vehicle was purchased to be eligible for a subsidy. Vehicles purchased before 28 October 2021 and registered for the first time after 28 October 2021 will be eligible for a subsidy.
Can I receive the subsidy for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle?
No. The subsidies are only available for eligible battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.
Can I receive the subsidy on a used electric vehicle?
No. The subsidy is only available for new vehicles that have not been previously registered.
Can a local government council receive the subsidy?
What is included in the price cap?
The $68,750 (including GST) price cap is based on the value of the vehicle for stamp duty purposes.
The value of a new motor vehicle for stamp duty purposes is the recommended retail price or manufacturer's list price (including GST and luxury car tax, where applicable) issued by the manufacturer.
The value of any additional equipment or features not included by the manufacturer in the list price of a new motor vehicle may or may not need to be added to the list price for calculating stamp duty.
The Stamp Duties Act 1923 specifically identifies 2 items of optional equipment as being dutiable - "power steering" and "a particular type of transmission (for example, automatic transmission)".
Where additional equipment or features are part of the vehicle as it is released to the public, the list price includes these items. Therefore, stamp duty is payable on the "price fixed" by the manufacturer as defined in the Stamp Duties Act 1923.
For further information and examples see: https://www.revenuesa.sa.gov.au/stamp-duty-vehicles
I've received a rebate in another state or territory, can I receive the SA subsidy?
No. If you have accessed an electric vehicle rebate in another state or territory on the vehicle, then you are not eligible to claim a $3,000 subsidy in South Australia.
Is there a limit on the number of claims I can make for the subsidy?
An individual can claim the subsidy for one (1) eligible vehicle that is registered in South Australia.
A business can claim the subsidy for two (2) eligible vehicles that are registered in South Australia.
When will the subsidy finish?
The subsidy is available until the 7,000 subsidies have been fully committed.
Are motor bikes eligible for the subsidy?
No. Motor bikes, heavy vehicles and special purpose vehicles are not eligible for the subsidy.
How do I apply for the subsidy?
Applications are now open. Further information on how to apply for the subsidy is available at Incentives for electric vehicles | Department of Treasury and Finance
Can I apply for both the upfront subsidy and 3-year registration exemption?
Yes, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria.
How much is the motor registration fee exemption?
The 2021-22 registration fee exemption for an eligible battery electric vehicle is $138.
Other registration related charges including compulsory third-party insurance, emergency services levy (ESL), stamp duty will still be payable when a vehicle is registered.
How do I apply for the registration exemption?
More information on how to access the registration exemption will be available shortly.
https://www.energymining.sa.gov.au/consumers/electric-vehicle-subsidy/electric-vehicles-purchase-subsidy


Rigidbody MovePosition based on the direction facing, but with x and z values calculated separately?
The vector.x and vector.y are the components of the coordinate which gets from the touch pad. They contain values ranged from -1 to 1, and they are used to control the direction and speed of the character's movement. However, I don't know how to add something like transform.forward in the formula to make the character's movement based on the direction it faced. So is it possible to add transform.forward or other direction to the formula like this? If yes, how can I change the formula?
You can either use Vector3.Scale() on your transform.forward (see example below), or you could try converting the touch vector into the world space direction defined by transform using Transform.TransformDirection(). Both approaches will require some tweaking (e.g. normalizing vectors).
And it is okay? And what do you mean by requiring some tweaking?
Yes, that should work, but I would just use body.MovePosition(body.position + displacementDirection * 3 * Time.deltaTime);. The y component should stay 0, but you can use Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(displacementDirection, Vector3.up) to make sure.
By tweaking I mean for example what I wrote above, that you might need to project the displacement vector to not have y component, possibly even normalize it. Basically take into consideration small issues that can occur.
Btw, I would not use the constant 3 in the move, instead declare a float moveSpeed variable and use that. It will make the code more flexible and less prone to errors.
I see. It's working now! Thank you very much!


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Q: Should I use Invoke or SynchronizationContext to update form controls from another thread? Trying to wrap my head around updating UI controls from other threads.
Currently using BeginInvoke and honestly it's working fine but I keep hearing about how you can use SynchronizationContext as well to do the same thing.
Which is preferred?
Also, is it bad practice to update the UI from a thread? Would it be better to raise an event and have the main form handle it instead or are there other preferable ways to do that as well?
Sorry for the somewhat subjective question but there are so many options in the world of threading and I'm trying to grasp their differences and where each of them are applicable, along with best practices for writing readable and extendable code for the future.
Edit: Also now I see there is the TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext route as well.. So many choices x_x

A: I prefer SynchronizationContext over Control.Invoke.  The danger of Control.Invoke is that there is a lifetime issue with the owning Control.  If the Control is disposed while you are trying to Invoke on it then it compromises the ability of the call to succeed.  This happens when dialogs are closed, views shifted, etc ...
SynchronizationContext.Current though generally lives as long as the thread it's associated with.  It does have a finite lifetime and hence ultimately the same problems but it's a bit more predictable than a Control.

A: Have you looked into using a Background Worker component? For long running tasks that shouldn't tie up the UI it is a clean and easy way to get multithreading capabilites. For instance you can perform updates to the UI using the ProgressChanged Event and the background worker and the background worker class will ensure that the thread that created the BW is the one that executes the ProcessChanged and WorkComplete event. So if you made the BW from the UI and set it off to work then you can update the UI safely from there.
Here's a quick article from MS
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc221403%28v=vs.95%29.aspx
Another really good link
http://www.albahari.com/threading/part3.aspx#_BackgroundWorker


When Julie Christopoulos, a Senior Advisor in Independent Schools Victoria's School Improvement team, visited East Preston Islamic College, she saw a need.
Many of the school's students come from non-English speaking backgrounds. Some are refugees.
Given the backgrounds of the parents and the students, Julie saw that the school needed extra support, particularly in the areas of numeracy and literacy. Working with the school, she proposed an after-hours learning support program.
It started in 2011 with just one student. Now it's operating two days a week, open to every student at the school, free of charge.
As well as numeracy and literacy, the program offers Arabic coaching and religious studies. It provides extra coaching and tutoring for VCE and VCAL students. It conducts master classes and co-curricular activities to enhance students' academic skills, their interests and talents.
Now the success of the program has been recognised in the 2015 MY Education Awards run by the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) and presented last month by the Victorian Minister for Education, James Merlino.
CMY commended the program for enhancing students' 'physical, social and emotional wellbeing and prepares them to become informed citizens who understand, connect and contribute to community relations'.
Presenting the awards, Minister Merlino spoke of the additional challenges facing the children of newly arrived families. He said he was inspired by the success of students involved in all of CMY's education programs, including the one run by East Preston Islamic College.
The challenges that the minister referred to are familiar to Julie Christopoulos.
Some of the students have experienced long periods of disruption to their education. Some have suffered trauma in their parent's homelands and as refugees. Sometimes their parents are unable to provide the education support that other young Australians take for granted. There are language barriers, the challenge of adapting to a new society and culture, and the legacy of trauma. They have to work hard to create a new life in a new country.
The program involves parents, school staff, pre-service teachers and volunteers.
With the Australian Government agreeing to settle an additional 12,000 refugees this year, with priority going to families and children, there's an enduring need for programs like this. I'm proud of ISV's role in making it a success.
Image © Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) 2015.


Business schools play an instrumental role in laying the foundations for ethical behavior and socially responsible actions in the business community. Drawing on social learning and identity theories and using data collected from undergraduate business students (n = 318), we found that ethical climate was a significant predictor of unethical behavior, such that students with positive perceptions about their business school's ethical climate were more likely to refrain from unethical behaviors. Moreover, we found that high moral and institutional identities strengthened the effect of ethical climate on unethical behavior. In addition to novel theoretical contributions to the business ethics and socio-psychology literature, this study offers practical pathways through which business schools can nurture and instill the values and behaviors that ultimately help shape positive organizational ethics. Directions for future research are provided. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.