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Q&A: Hēran Soun
Published on July 30, 2018 in Q&As/SF Local Bands by Louis Raphael
How would describe your music?
The reason why I made this music alone was purely due to my failure at being able to describe my music. I failed with the musicians I loved playing with. I failed to articulate how they could get the noises out that would make the music. That's the same way I would fail you now. I'm not saying someone wouldn't be able to, but to answer
your question … "badly."
What does music mean to you?
You could survive on water and potatoes only, but then there's flavors and food you
couldn't live without. Sounds and noises give me a lot but hearing those noises shaped and mixed into music is the most incredible sensation. Music has a sense of controlling chaos; using instruments to try to harness noise and create something far beyond just surviving.
When did you first become interested in playing music?
Sadistically, around the time that it was impossible to. I've never been good at being told I can't do something.
Why do you speak with a British accent when you're not actually British?
My first learned accent was from being around my American family. That went away early when I couldn't hear myself speak and only two people could understand my slurred speech. I had to relearn and the speech therapist who taught me was from Oxford, England.
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How did you become the artist in residence at 25th Street Studios?
The studio manager saw me play at an open mic in Berkeley and offered me time at the studio. But I really became the Artist in Resident at 25th Street when I pulled into the parking lot with my RV. The studio manager is one of those people that musicians just need in the world to be so open and generous. As far as I know, this wasn't a typical
residency as I was offered the nights to record. I thought the best way to do this would be to sleep in the day and as close by as possible, to not be distracted by any other things in life. If I wasn't in the RV I was in the studio, and I far preferred the studio to the parking lot, so I chose that more often than not.
What have you learned most from your residency there?
It tested my limits on being isolated. It became unhealthy at times. No one was awake at the same time as me and so I didn't have many social interactions for weeks on end. I wouldn't change the process but I'm not sure I could do this again. Plus, I learned that you don't need a typical living situation to be happy. Living in the RV and recording
in that studio was the best.
You were born with a hearing disorder that eventually made you deaf. You've since regained your hearing. How did the experience shape you as a musician and as a human being?
The most real way this changed my music is basically the frequencies I don't hear. I had about 15% hearing when I was born, and that went nothing and I had constant problems, but with time, and operations, it was mended. The passion to make music is so strong, it's hard to say if it's because of this experience, as it's the only experience
I've had. The reality is my hearing isn't perfect and it's there in the music and has shaped the sound, for better or worse.
What are some of your favorite neighborhoods in the city and why?
On 25th street in Oakland, there's Bobby (who also lives in his van) and feeds the 200 strong siege of pigeons which terrorize the cars and business owners; the bakery that at
7 p.m. presents its unsold artisan bread on the sidewalk; the art galleries which all open up once a month; the 'don't ask too many questions how' mechanics; the unknown
studio that offers time to so many musicians, and always finds a way to help make things happen. You could walk this street in minutes and not see any of this, but it's all here, sometimes hidden.
What are some of your favorite music venues in the city?
The Swedish American Hall is the most connected I've felt while watching musicians playing there. It just a large room with a stage knocked into the furthest wall. The artist has to walk through the audience to get to their spot and everyone joins them for their time in that hole. I can't wait to play there one day.
The SF Gate came out with a story today about artists fleeing the city. What do you think accounts for that?
I've seen it — the desire to move somewhere cheaper, or with dreams of a bigger music scene which would embrace them more. I understand it. I had to make the Bay work with what I had. I didn't jump at the option to move into the RV but it was the best move for all the same reasons that people leave here. There's always a balance with struggle and artists, and sadly that's where the good scenes often come from.
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Railways in Broadwoodwidger Parish
Western Times, 23/7/1886 at p.7
An account of the opening of the Halwill-Launceston stretch of the railway, which featured the stations of Ashwater and Tower Hill, both in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger.
James Oag of Thorndon House was a Director and leading shareholder in the North Cornwall Railway Company.
Another section dealing with the special train which ran on the opening day.
Tower Hill Station
Diane Orchard recorded her memories of Tower Hill Station in 1985. For extracts from her account, click on image.
Ashwater station (photo : courtesy Margaret May Yates)
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U2 appear unable to grasp the core of the issue regarding their tax status in Ireland ("The Edge: U2, Bono have not evaded taxes," July 13) . Nobody on this island doubts that they are fully in compliance with Irish or European law, or that they have every right to move their tax base to the Netherlands. Indeed, the Irish Exchequer can hardly complain, considering the criticism Ireland has received from many quarters in Europe because of its own low corporate tax rate. Rather, the quibble lies with the double standards applied by Bono and Co. when lecturing us on the rights and wrongs of wealth distribution.
U2 are hardly in a position to scold the people of Europe (and particularly of Ireland) about our perceived unwillingness to contribute more to Africa, or to pressure our governments to do so. Ireland is confined to an economic hospice, overburdened by crippling bank debt, 15 percent unemployment, and the straitjacket of European monetary union. The Irish people feel rightly aggrieved that U2 have chosen to siphon their earnings through the Dutch tax system, thereby availing themselves of lower rates, and denying their own country significant amounts of revenue that would genuinely make a positive difference to the Irish economy and society at a critical time.
They are altogether more outraged by Bono's continued insistence that more needs to be done for the poor, when he and his friends have effectively refused to do so for the poor of Ireland, or at least to speak out on their behalf. At a time when the Irish government is shutting hospitals and schools and facing unbearable pressure from European banking interests, and record numbers of people rely on charity to feed their families, can the tax-avoiding juggernaut of U2 truly feel they are morally justified in their unethical and hypocritical behavior?
As for The Edge, it is amusing to hear him proclaim that Ireland is not bankrupt. I understand that it may be difficult to retain an impartial outlook from one's mansion in Malibu, but perhaps if he were to walk the streets of Dublin or Limerick with the ordinary plebs, he may learn to keep quiet on such matters. Might I suggest he start by visiting the record numbers of soup kitchens in his native city?


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Princeton To Combat Aggressive Masculinity On Campus
Princeton University is seeking to hire a certified clinician to help combat aggressive masculinity and sexual assault by men on its campus in New Jersey.
The Ivy League school is looking for an "Interpersonal Violence Clinician and Men's Engagement Manager," notes The College Fix. The employee will work with SHARE, a campus office that supports survivors of sexual assault, stalking, harassment and dating violence.
A 2016 survey by SHARE found that 1 in 4 undergraduate females were victims of sexual misconduct, while 1 in 6 graduate females were victimized.
The ad says the new hire "recruits, trains, coaches, mentors, and supervises student peers and/or volunteers who will serve as role models for men-identified students related to the development of healthy relationships and healthy masculinity."
According to the ad, the new staff member also "leads and expands a violence prevention initiative, Men's Allied Voices for a Respectful and Inclusive Community (MAVRIC), promoting an environment for healthy male social development by challenging belief systems and social constructs that contribute to violence and offering alternative options."
The MAVRIC Facebook page posted a racially charged statement on July 24: "When we say 'boys will be boys,' do we really mean 'powerful white men are allowed to hurt people in acts of spectacular selfishness?' Do we also imply a different standard for women and non-white men -- who should always 'take responsibility for their actions,' or be 'held accountable?'"
According to The College Fix, MAVRIC has said on Facebook that it opposes "toxic masculinity" and supports the feminist theory of "fragile masculinity."
The new employee will also create programs to challenge "gender stereotypes."
Princeton University's communications office explained the new position to The College Fix in an email:
Princeton's program is similar to programs at other colleges and universities and is consistent with established best practices that encourage both men and women to create and foster a culture in which there is no place for interpersonal violence and where safe and healthy interpersonal relationships are the norm.
The position you reference seeks to strengthen Princeton's efforts to prevent violence among all campus populations, with a focus on how we can best engage men as agents of positive change.
The person hired for this position will support an existing initiative -- Men's Allied Voices for a Respectful and Inclusive Community – and will provide mentoring and guidance to help men serve as effective advocates for the prevention of violence and connect those affected by violence with the services and supports they need.
We have seen increased demand by men on our campus to play a more active role in preventing interpersonal violence, and we are pleased to support this growing interest.
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If the shoe was on the other foot and this was occurring to so many Irish people living abroad, one can imagine the level of justified indignation and high dudgeon there would be both here and elsewhere. It is an extraordinary state of affairs, whereby people are finding, in some cases three, four or five years after they were married in Dublin, that their marriages are invalid. This will have very serious implications for them in terms of the recognition of their marriages in their home countries.
The Prime Time Investigates programme on RTE last night revealed a shocking story of the exploitation of immigrant workers that demands urgent action by the government.
There can be little doubt that a minority of employers are engaging in the shameful exploitation of workers. What was revealed last night was nothing less than a systematic pattern of failure to pay even the minimum wage, provide contracts of employment, honour tax and PRSI regulations and adhere to safety standards.
One of the most disturbing revelations in the programme was the blatant disregard shown by a number of haulage companies for safety regulations which restrict the number of hours and days that a driver can work without a break. Failure to adhere to these regulations involves not simply unfair and unjust abuse of workers, but it also exposes other road users in Ireland and abroad to real danger.
Of course exploitation by some employers is not limited to immigrant workers, as many Irish workers also have to endure similar conditions. We now need far more effective action at government level to stamp these practices out and to ensure that all workers are protected from abuse and exploitation.
There are a number of measures that were promised when the Towards 2016 Agreement was concluded more than three years ago that have still not been implemented. For instance the Employment Law Compliance Bill, which is designed to put the National Employment Rights Authority on a statutory basis was published in March, but nine months later the government has still not started the legislative process. Other promised legislation to regulate the employment agency sector has not even been published and we still do not know when the EU Directive on Agency Workers will be given effect in this country.
While there has been increase in the number of labour inspectors, additional personnel and resources are still required if we are to stamp these sort of practices out and ensure that all workers get fair treatment.


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Sub-micrometre imaging of metal surface corrosion by scanning Kelvin nanoprobe
Larisa-Emilia Cherana and Michael Thompson*a
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The detection of the initial changes in the surface microstructure and local chemical properties connected to the corrosion process is possible using a high-resolution scanning Kelvin nanoprobe. This technique provides the simultaneous imaging of the topographical features and potential distribution across a surface at the sub-micrometer level. Nanoprobe measurements performed on samples of Al, Cu, Fe, Ni, Ag and Pt before and after exposure to different corroding solutions reveal the significant changes that take place during the first stages of the corrosion process. The similarities of the images obtained subsequent to corrosion are reflective of surface fractal behavior.
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Cardano's Project Catalyst Now Supports 100 Start-ups
Project Catalyst, the world's largest decentralized fund for Cardano start-ups, now supports over 100 projects.
According to data on June 23, Project Catalyst, the world's largest decentralized fund for Cardano start-ups, now supports over 100 projects, releasing over $1.7 million in funding.
What is Project Catalyst?
Over 1k Proposals Expected In Fund9
Project Catalyst, an initiative by Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) and the Cardano Foundation, aims to accelerate the growth of the Cardano ecosystem.
By vetting projects and providing requisite funding, ambitious founders can quickly realize their vision and mission statements.
Subsequently, their action empowers the community of developers, directly growing Cardano and the crypto sphere by extension. Besides, Project Catalyst promotes democracy and allows community members to vote on projects.
According to Frederik Gregaard of the Cardano Foundation, Project Catalyst is democratic and led by innovation:
The Cardano Foundation is dedicated to ensuring Catalyst is moving towards becoming a democratic platform for community-led innovation. To do this, we need active participation from our whole community.
All new Project Catalyst ideas can be submitted on the IdeaScale portal for feedback and voting done by the community.
The ninth round of Project Catalyst, Fund9, was launched earlier this month after the successful completion of Fund8 whose winners have already been announced.
Fund9 aims to attract at least 1k proposals with $16 million worth of ADA already designated for grants and ecosystem rewards.
The community is tasked with identifying and mentioning specific challenges on the network.
In turn, ideas of how to solve these problems are voted on, and worthwhile ideas receive funding to implement. Cardano keeps growing with its Project Catalyst initiative that encourages developers looking to fund their innovations around the Cardano network.
And as Harris Warren, Governance Group Product Lead, IO Global, said:
We started Project Catalyst with the ambition to decentralize innovation, and it's incredible what the community has achieved in less than two years. We are now one of the largest decentralized innovation funds in the world.
So far, over 100 project proposals have been placed, indicating that this funding round could attract over 1k applications.
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What Is The Universe Made Of? Active Galaxies And Mystery
By News Staff | September 9th 2011 02:41 PM | Print | E-mail
Every three hours, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope scans the entire sky. Every year, the satellite's scientists reanalyze all of the data it has collected about the high energy universe.
A few months ago, the Fermi team released its second catalog of sources detected by the satellite's Large Area Telescope (LAT), producing an inventory of 1,873 objects shining with the highest-energy form of light. "More than half of these sources are active galaxies, whose massive black holes are responsible for the gamma-ray emissions that the LAT detects," said Gino Tosti, an astrophysicist at the University of Perugia in Italy and currently a visiting scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, Calif. "What is perhaps the most intriguing aspect of our new catalog is the large number of sources not associated with objects detected at any other wavelength."
If Fermi results alone were our recipe for how to make a universe, the two major ingredients would be active galaxies and...well...mystery. Add in some pulsars, some supernova remnants and a few globular star clusters and galaxies like our own Milky Way and there you have it. Clearly that mysterious X is important.
Astronomers delight in the possibility of finding new types of gamma-ray-emitting objects within the "unassociated sources" that constitute roughly a third of the Fermi catalog. But Fermi's LAT is revealing gamma-rays from an increasing -- and sometimes, surprising -- variety of astronomical objects. To highlight the range of LAT discoveries, the Fermi team created the following "top ten" list of five sources within the Milky Way and five beyond our galaxy.
Active galaxies called blazars constitute the single largest source class in the second Fermi LAT catalog, but nearly a third of the sources are unassociated with objects at any other wavelength. Their natures are unknown. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
The top five sources within our galaxy are:
The Crab Nebula. The famous Crab Nebula, located in the constellation Taurus, is the wreckage of an exploded star whose light reached Earth in 1054. Located 6,500 light-years away, the Crab is one of the most studied objects in the sky. At the heart of an expanding gas cloud lies what's left of the original star's core, a superdense neutron star (also called a pulsar) that spins 30 times a second. Until recently, all of the Crab's high-energy emissions were thought to be the result of physical processes near the pulsar that tapped into this rapid spin.
For decades, most astronomers regarded the Crab Nebula as the steadiest beacon at X-ray energies. But data from several orbiting instruments -- including Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor -- now show unexpected variations. Astronomers have shown that since 2008, the nebula has faded by 7 percent at high energies, a reduction likely tied to the environment around its central neutron star.
Since 2007, Fermi and the Italian Space Agency's AGILE satellite have detected several short-lived gamma-ray flares at energies hundreds of times higher than the nebula's observed X-ray variations. In April, the satellites detected two of the most powerful yet recorded.
To account for these "superflares," scientists say that electrons near the pulsar must be accelerated to energies a thousand trillion (1015) times greater than that of visible light -- and far beyond what can be achieved by the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, now the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth.
W44. Another interesting supernova remnant detected by Fermi's LAT is W44. Thought to be about 20,000 years old -- middle-age for a supernova remnant -- W44 is located about 9,800 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. The LAT not only detects this remnant, it actually reveals GeV gamma rays coming from places where the remnant's expanding shock wave is known to be interacting with cold, dense gas clouds.
Such observations are important in solving a long-standing problem in astrophysics: the origin of cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are particles -- mainly protons -- that move through space at nearly the speed of light. Magnetic fields deflect the particles as they race across the galaxy, and this scrambles their paths and masks their origins. Scientists can't say for sure where the highest-energy cosmic rays come from, but they regard supernova remnants as a best bet.
In 1949, the Fermi telescope's namesake, physicist Enrico Fermi, suggested that the highest-energy cosmic rays were accelerated in the magnetic fields of gas clouds. In the decades that followed, astronomers showed that the magnetic fields in the expanding shock wave of a supernova remnant is just about the best location for this process to work.
So far, LAT observations of W44 and several other remnants strongly suggest that the gamma-ray emission arises from accelerated protons as they collide with gas atoms.
V407 Cygni. V407 Cygni is a so-called symbiotic binary system, one that contains a compact white dwarf and a red giant star that has swollen to about 500 times the size of the sun. Lying about 9,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the system occasionally flares up when gas from the red giant accumulates on the dwarf's surface and eventually explodes. The event is sometimes called a nova (after a Latin term meaning "new star").
When the system's most recent eruption occurred in March 2010, Fermi's LAT defied expectations and detected the nova as a brilliant source. Scientists simply didn't expect that this type of outburst had the power to produce high-energy gamma rays.
Pulsar PSR J0101-6422. Pulsars -- rapidly rotating neutron stars -- constitute about six percent of the new catalog. In some cases the LAT can detect gamma-ray pulses directly, but in many cases pulses were first found at radio wavelengths based on suspicions that a faint LAT source might be a pulsar. PSR J0101-6422 is located in the southern constellation of Tucana, its quirky name reflecting its position in the sky.
"This pulsar turns out to be a great example of the cooperation between the Fermi team and radio astronomers -- scientists working in widely separated parts of the electromagnetic spectrum," said David Thompson at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., who co-led the catalog team.
The Fermi team originally took notice of the object as a fairly bright but unidentified gamma-ray source in an earlier LAT catalog. Because the distribution of gamma-ray energies in the source resembled what is normally seen in pulsars, radio astronomers in Australia took a look at it using their Parkes radio telescope.
Pulsars are neutron stars, compact objects packing more mass than the sun's into a sphere roughly the size of Washington, D.C. Lighthouse-like beams of radiation powered by the pulsar's rapid rotation and strong magnetic field sweep across the sky with every spin, and astronomers can detect these beams if they happen to sweep toward Earth.
The Parkes study found radio signals from a pulsar rotating at nearly 400 times a second -- comparable to the spin of a kitchen blender -- at the same position as the unknown Fermi source. With this information, the LAT team was able to discover that PSR J0101-6422 also blinks in gamma rays at the same incredible rate.
2FGL J0359.5+5410. Fermi scientists don't know what to make of this source, located in the constellation Camelopardalis. It resides near the populous midplane of our galaxy, which increases the chance that it's actually an object in the Milky Way. While its gamma-ray spectrum resembles that of a pulsar, pulsations have not been detected and it isn't associated with a known object at other wavelengths.
This all-sky image, constructed from two years of observations by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, shows how the sky appears at energies greater than 1 billion electron volts (1 GeV). Brighter colors indicate brighter gamma-ray sources. For comparison, the energy of visible light is between 2 and 3 electron volts. A diffuse glow fills the sky and is brightest along the plane of our galaxy (middle). Discrete gamma-ray sources include pulsars and supernova remnants within our galaxy as well as distant galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
The top five sources beyond our galaxy are:
Centaurus A. The giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 is located 12 million light-years away in the southern constellation Centaurus. One of the closest active galaxies, it hosts the bright radio source designated Cen A. Much of the radio emission arises from million-light-year-wide lobes of gas hurled out by the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's center.
Fermi's LAT detects high-energy gamma rays from an extended region around the galaxy that corresponds to the radio-emitting lobes. The radio emission comes from fast-moving particles. When a lower-energy photon collides with one of these particles, the photon receives a kick that boosts its energy into the gamma-ray regime. It's a process that sounds more like billiards than astrophysics, but Fermi's LAT shows that it's happening in Cen A.
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). At a distance of 2.5 million light-years, the Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy, one of similar size and structure as our own Milky Way. Easily visible to the naked eye in a dark sky, it's also a favorite target of sky gazers.
The LAT team expected to detect M31 because it's so similar to our own galaxy, where a bright band of diffuse emission creates the most prominent feature in the gamma-ray sky. These gamma rays are mostly produced when high-energy cosmic rays smash into the gas between the stars.
"It took two years of LAT observations to detect M31," said Jürgen Knödlseder at the Research Institute for Astrophysics and Planetology in Toulouse, France. Currently a visiting scientist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, he worked on the M31 study. "We concluded that the Andromeda Galaxy has fewer cosmic rays than our own Milky Way, probably because M31 forms stars -- including those that die as supernovae, which help produce cosmic rays -- more slowly than our galaxy."
The Cigar Galaxy (M82). What works for the Andromeda Galaxy works even better for M82, a so-called starburst galaxy that is also a favorite of amateur astronomers. M82 is located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
M82's central region forms young stars at a rate some 10 times higher than the Milky Way does, activity that also guarantees a high rate of supernovae as the most short-lived stars come to explosive ends. Eventually, M82's superpowered star formation will subside as the gas needed to make new stars is consumed, but that may be tens of millions of years in the future. For now, it's a bright source of gamma rays for Fermi.
Blazar PKS 0537-286. At the core of an active galaxy is a massive black hole that drives jets of particles moving near the speed of light. Astronomers call the galaxy a blazar when one of these jets is pointed our way -- the best view for seeing dramatic flares as conditions change within the jet.
PKS 0537-286 is a variable blazar in the constellation Leo and the second most distant LAT object. Astronomers have determined that the galaxy lies at a redshift of 3.1, more than 11.7 billion light-years away. (Expressed more precisely, the blazar's gamma-ray photons have been traveling for at least 11.7 billion years before being detected by Fermi's LAT).
The blazar is the farthest active galaxy in the Fermi catalog to show variability. Astronomers are witnessing changes in the jet powered by this galaxy's supermassive black hole that occurred when the universe was just 2 billion years old, or 15 percent of its current age.
2FGL J1305.0+1152. The last item is another mystery object, one located in the constellation Virgo and high above our galaxy's midplane. It remains faint even after two years of LAT observations.
One clue to classifying these objects lies in their gamma-ray spectrum -- that is, the relative number of gamma rays seen at different energies. At some energy, the spectra of many objects display what astronomers call a "spectral break," that is, a greater-than-expected drop-off in the number of gamma rays seen at increasing energies.
If this were a pulsar, it would show a fast cutoff at higher energies. Many blazars exhibit much more gradual cutoffs. But 2FGL J1305.0+1152 shows no evidence of a spectral break at all, leaving its nature -- for the time being, anyway -- a true mystery.


A custom bag designer in business since 2010, Porteen Gear has opened its first retail store in the Creston neighborhood. Local customers can come in and design a custom-made bag to suit their style. From messenger-style bags, purses, and camera bags, to travel and bike bags, the shop's motto is "We can make a bag for that!" Company president, Robyn Porteen, began her business venture somewhat by accident.
Over the years, Porteen Gear has been featured in print by Shutterbug Magazine, Professional Photography Magazine, Vogue UK, British GQ, and Conde Nast Traveler, among other publications. Porteen chose the Creston neighborhood because she used to live there and still enjoys shopping there. She felt that Creston was the perfect environment for expanding her business from e-commerce to bricks-and-mortar.
Porteen encourages customers to bring in their cameras, laptops, baby's diapers — whatever they need to tote with them — to determine dimensions for their custom bags. Then, they can choose a style and fabric from a wide variety of canvas, tapestry, and leather samples. In two to three weeks, they have their custom bag in hand. A small bag starts at $120. While Porteen still does the bulk of the work herself, she has hired on local seamstresses to lend a hand, especially with the holiday season coming up.
Complementing the bag design area, Porteen Gear's retail area features sunglasses, candles, camera straps, journals, and wallets from U.S. artisans like Stormy Kromer, WUDN, Soothi, and Rogue Industries. Porteen hopes to showcase more local makers in the near future. She also has plans for offering make-it and take-it classes, for example, making a classic clutch. Located at 1519 Plainfield Ave. NE, Porteen Gear is open 12 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.


The Retail Mutual has expanded its products and services for independent retailers with the introduction of two new health cover offerings.
The company now offers a Health Cash Plan as well as an Access Surgery product.
Health can be an unpredictable thing and for small business owners, suffering an accident or serious illness can have major repercussions for their livelihood, the Retail Mutual says this is why it has teamed up with Westfield Health to provide independent retailers and small business owners with these new health cover solutions.
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This is the latest in a series of new product launches from The Retail Mutual to support independent retailers. In addition to its core business cover product, the Mutual offers home cover and landlord cover for those who rent out additional properties. It also provides access to life insurance and critical illness insurance plus a dedicated mortgage service powered by L&C.


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Dr Marco Roscini's book reviewed in the British Yearbook of International Law
Cyber Operations and the Use of Force in International Law (OUP, 2014) has been reviewed by Dr Russell Buchan (Sheffield University) for the British Yearbook of International Law.
According to the review, 'Marco Roscini's book engages in a detailed, rigorous and well informed doctrinal analysis of the application of this legal framework to cyber operations, which singles it out as a highly significant resource in the field...this book is an exhibition of excellent legal scholarship. In chapter 1 Roscini explains that the book's "overall goal is to provide a systematic and coherent analysis of the international law applicable to military cyber operations that will be of use to anyone who wants or needs to understand the basic issues of the rules of international law on the use of force and the law of armed conflict". Incontrovertibly, this book successfully and impressively achieves this objective.' (British Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 84, pp. 385-389).
Cyber Operations and the Use of Force in International Law is available from Amazon.
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For the Uninitiated and Bored, an Advent to the Global of Gaming
Ahead of You Recreation, Coordinate
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Review of Tymn: The Articulate Dead
Ever since the early days of psychical research, investigators interested in the possibility of life after death have studied mediums, extraordinary individuals who claim the ability to communicate with Spirits. The study of mediumship has also been historically important in psychology for its influence on the development of concepts such as the subconscious, dissociation and anomalous identity experiences (Cardeña, in press). However, in the 20th century interest in mediumship declined somewhat as researchers turned their attentions to other areas. Nevertheless, in recent years there has been a conspicuous resurgence of interest within the parapsychological community with notable publications by David Fontana (2004, 2009) and ongoing research from Tricia Robertson and Archie Roy in the UK and from the Windbridge Institute in the USA led by Julie Beischel (to name just a few). The publication of The Articulate Dead by Michael E. Tymn is a further indication of this revival.
A resident of Kailua, Hawaii, Michael E. Tymn is vice-president of the Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies, a free-lance journalist specialising in paranormal subjects and a regular contributor to the UK Spiritualist newspaper Psychic News.
In The Articulate Dead, he takes a look back through the annals of psychical research and revisits some of the most remarkable cases of mediumship from the glory days of Spiritualism in the period from1850 to 1940. Beginning with a preface written by Donald Morse the book is divided into four parts. The first covers the work of some of the earliest psychical researchers such as Sir William Crookes, Sir William Barrett and F.W.H. Myers and covers the spread of Spiritualism from America into Europe. It outlines the development of Spiritism in France and discusses the work of Victor Hugo and Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail. It even includes samples of messages from The Spirits' book published under the name of Allan Kardec in 1857 and from Stainton Moses' Spirit Teachings published in 1883. The second and third sections of the book move on to examine the work of prominent mediums Leonora Piper and Gladys Osborne Leonard and the fourth discusses some other intriguing cases of otherworldly communication including the Poetaster spirit Patience Worth and the delightful band of monks who gave archaeological assistance to the Glastonbury Abbey excavations via the pen of Frederick Bligh Bond. Next, there is a short Epilogue in which Mr Tymn regrets the fact that they don't make mediums like they used to and places the blame on lack of patience, moral climate and possibly electrical interference. (O tempora! O mores!) Finally, the book wraps up with a useful glossary and a psychical research timeline starting from 31 March 1848 with the onset of the Hydesville rappings and ending in 1940 with the death of Sir Oliver Lodge.
The author is clear from the outset that his purpose in resurrecting these old cases is to provide evidence of a spirit world and with this aim he deliberately avoids controversial cases. As a result he steers away from the escapades of the bold Eusapia Palladino and the controversies of the Mina "Margery" Crandon mediumship. However, I have to confess that I miss them. As the "Margery" case split the American Society for Psychical Research and helped contribute to the career misfortunes of Frederick Bligh Bond, I think it (and other contentious cases) were relevant to some of the stories told. As Oscar Wilde once said "Truth is rarely pure and never simple"! The book is nearly divided up in such as way that each chapter can be read and understood by itself, however this leads to quite a bit of repetition and links between the various chapters are not always made. For example, it might be interesting for the reader to know that the Hester Dowden (Mrs Travers Smith) who appears in a ouija board session in chapter 5 with Sir William Barrett also had a hand in the automatic writing experiments of Frederick Bligh Bond in chapter 19 and that her colleague "Miss C." (of "Pearl Tie Pin Case" fame) was none other than the Irish automatist, Geraldine Cummins, who ended up suing him.
Mrs. Travers Smith also appears in the book's last chapter, "Disaster Survivors Communicate". This gives an account of a famous Dublin séance which began at 8.30 May 7, 1915 when contact was apparently made with the spirit of art aficionado Sir Hugh Lane. Mrs. Travers Smith was sitting at a ouija board with playwright Lennox Robinson (both blindfolded) along with the Rev. Savell Hicks who was taking notes when unexpectedly the board spelled out, "Pray for Hugh Lane" and then the ominous message "I am Hugh Lane, all is dark." (Travers Smith, 1919: p 33-34)
The story continues in The Articulate Dead:
"After several minutes, Hicks told Travers Smith and Robinson that it was Sir Hugh Lane coming through and that he had communicated that he was aboard the Lusitania and had drowned. On her way home that evening, Travers Smith had heard about the sinking of the passenger ship by a German torpedo, but she had not yet read the details, nor did she or the others know that Sir Hugh Lane was a passenger on the ship sailing from New York to England. In her 1919 book, Voices from the Void, Travers Smith states that she knew Lane and had heard that he had gone to New York, but it never occurred to her when she heard of the sinking that he was on board." (Tymn, 2008: p.224)
Mrs Travers Smith may not then have suspected that Hugh Lane was on board the Luisitana, however fears about his safety had first reached Ireland around midday on May 5th. His Aunt, Lady August Gregory, Patron of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, heard a rumour from the postman that the Lusitania had been lost, then a telegram arrived from a New York lawyer to confirm this and inquiring after Hugh Lane's safety. Lady Gregory was entertaining guests at the time, including playwright George Bernard Shaw, but worried for her nephew she quickly enclosed the telegram in a letter to another Abbey Theatre Director, W.B. Yeats, and began to make further inquiries (Gregory, 1921 p 215-216) By the time Mrs Travers Smith sat down at the Ouija board in Dublin, concerns about Hugh Lane's safety had been circulating in Ireland for more than two days, particularly in the theatrical circles of which her séance partner Lennox Robinson (former Manager of the Abbey theatre) and her house guest, Geraldine Cummins (recently produced Abbey playwright) were very much a part. As evidence for a spirit world, this case is much less impressive than would appear at first glance. From the point of view of historical accuracy, a sharp-eyed reader will spot other irregularities, as well as some printers' errors which will hopefully be ironed out in a second edition. Nevertheless, if you are a Spiritualist you will like this book, if you have friends who are Spiritualists they would probably like to receive it as a present, and for hard-core historians and researchers, Alan Gauld's excellent book Mediumship and Survival can still be tracked down on Ebay and Amazon Marketplace.
Wendy Cousins
Wendy E.Cousins is an Irish University lecturer/psychologist and an Associate of The Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology (CERCAP), Lund University.
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John the Apostle (Aramaic: יוחנן שליחא Yohanān Shliḥā; Hebrew: יוחנן בן זבדי Yohanan ben Zavdi; Koine Greek: Ἰωάννης; Coptic: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ or ⲓⲱ̅ⲁ; Latin: Ioannes; c. AD 6 – c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament, which refers to him as Ἰωάννης. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee and Salome or Joanna. His brother was James, who was another of the Twelve Apostles. The Church Fathers identify him as John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, John the Elder and the Beloved Disciple, and testify that he outlived the remaining apostles and that he was the only one to die of natural causes. The traditions of most Christian denominations have held that John the Apostle is the author of several books of the New Testament.
Russian Orthodox icon of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, 18th century (Iconostasis from the Church of the Transfiguration, Kizhi Monastery.
John the Apostle was the son of Zebedee and the younger brother of James, son of Zebedee (James the Greater). According to Church tradition, their mother was Salome.
He was first a disciple of John the Baptist. John is traditionally believed to be one of two disciples (the other being Andrew), as recounted in John 1: 35-39, hearing the Baptist point out Jesus as the "Lamb of God", followed Jesus and spent the day with him.
Zebedee and his sons fished in the Sea of Galilee. Jesus then called Peter, Andrew and these two sons of Zebedee to follow him. James and John are listed among the Twelve Apostles. Jesus referred to the pair as "Boanerges" (translated "sons of thunder"). A gospel story relates how the brothers wanted to call down heavenly fire on an unhospitable Samaritan town, but Jesus rebuked them. [Lk 9:51-6] John lived for more than half a century following the martyrdom of James, who was the first Apostle to die a martyr's death.
Peter, James and John were the only witnesses of the raising of the Daughter of Jairus. All three also witnessed the Transfiguration, and these same three witnessed the Agony in Gethsemane more closely than the other Apostles did. John was the disciple who reported to Jesus that they had 'forbidden' a non-disciple from casting out demons in Jesus' name, prompting Jesus to state that 'he who is not against us is on our side'.
Jesus sent only John and Peter into the city to make the preparation for the final Passover meal (the Last Supper).[Lk 22:8] At the meal itself, the "disciple whom Jesus loved" sat next to Jesus. It was customary to lie along upon couches at meals, and this disciple leaned on Jesus. Tradition identifies this disciple as Saint John[Jn 13:23-25]. After the arrest of Jesus, Peter and the "other disciple" (according to Sacred Tradition), John followed him into the palace of the high-priest.
While he remained in Judea and the surrounding area, the other disciples returned to Jerusalem for the Apostolic Council (about AD 51). Paul, in opposing his enemies in Galatia, recalls that John explicitly, along with Peter and James the Just, were referred to as "pillars of the church" and refers to the recognition that his Apostolic preaching of a gospel free from Jewish Law received from these three, the most prominent men of the messianic community at Jerusalem.
The phrase the disciple whom Jesus loved (Greek: ὁ μαθητὴς ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ho mathētēs hon ēgapā ho Iēsous) or, in John 20:2, the Beloved Disciple (Greek: ὃν ἐφίλει ὁ Ἰησοῦς, hon ephilei ho Iēsous) is used five times in the Gospel of John, but in no other New Testament accounts of Jesus. John 21:24 claims that the Gospel of John is based on the written testimony of this disciple.
None of the other Gospels has anyone in the parallel scenes that could be directly understood as the Beloved Disciple. For example, in Luke 24:12, Peter alone runs to the tomb. Mark, Matthew and Luke do not mention any one of the twelve disciples having witnessed the crucifixion.
There are also two references to an unnamed "other disciple" in John 1:35-40 and John 18:15-16, which may be to the same person based on the wording in John 20:2.
Church tradition has held that John is the author of the Gospel of John and four other books of the New Testament — the three Epistles of John and the Book of Revelation. In the Gospel, authorship is internally credited to the "disciple whom Jesus loved" (ὁ μαθητὴς ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς, o mathētēs on ēgapa o Iēsous) in John 20:2. John 21:24 claims that the Gospel of John is based on the written testimony of the "Beloved Disciple". The authorship of some Johannine literature has been debated since about the year 200.
In his Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius says that the First Epistle of John and the Gospel of John are widely agreed upon as his. However, Eusebius mentions that the consensus is that the second and third epistles of John are not his but were written by some other John. Eusebius also goes to some length to establish with the reader that there is no general consensus regarding the revelation of John. The revelation of John could only be what is now called the Book of Revelation. The Gospel according to John differs considerably from the Synoptic Gospels, which were likely written decades earlier. The bishops of Asia Minor supposedly requested him to write his gospel to deal with the heresy of the Ebionites, who asserted that Christ did not exist before Mary. John probably knew and undoubtedly approved of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but these gospels spoke of Jesus primarily in the year following the imprisonment and death of John the Baptist. Around 600, however, Sophronius of Jerusalem noted that "two epistles bearing his name ... are considered by some to be the work of a certain John the Elder" and, while stating that Revelation was written by John of Patmos, it was "later translated by Justin Martyr and Irenaeus," presumably in an attempt to reconcile tradition with the obvious differences in Greek style.
Until the 19th century, the authorship of the Gospel of John had been attributed to the Apostle John. However, most modern critical scholars have their doubts. Some scholars place the Gospel of John somewhere between AD 65 and 85;[page needed] John Robinson proposes an initial edition by 50–55 and then a final edition by 65 due to narrative similarities with Paul.:pp.284,307 Other scholars are of the opinion that the Gospel of John was composed in two or three stages.:p.43 Most contemporary scholars consider that the Gospel was not written until the latter third of the first century AD, and with an earliest possible date of AD 75-80. "...a date of AD 75-80 as the earliest possible date of composition for this Gospel." Other scholars think that an even later date, perhaps even the last decade of the first century AD right up to the start of the 2nd century (i.e. 90 - 100), is applicable.
The Gospel of John was written by an anonymous author. According to Paul N. Anderson, the gospel "contains more direct claims to eyewitness origins than any of the other Gospel traditions." F. F. Bruce argues that 19:35 contains an "emphatic and explicit claim to eyewitness authority." Bart D. Ehrman, however, does not think the gospel claims to have been written by direct witnesses to the reported events.
The author of the Book of Revelation identifies himself as "Ἰωάννης" ("John" in standard English translation) The early 2nd century writer, Justin Martyr, was the first to equate the author of Revelation with John the Apostle. However, most biblical scholars now contend that these were separate individuals.
John the Presbyter, an obscure figure in the early church, has also been identified with the seer of the Book of Revelation by such authors as Eusebius in his Church History (Book III, 39)  and Jerome.
Byzantine illumination depicting John dictating to his disciple, Prochorus (c. 1100).
Tomb of St. John the Apostle, in St. John's Basilica, Ephesus, near modern-day Selçuk, Turkey.
A messianic community existed at Ephesus before Paul's first labors there (cf. "the brethren"),[Acts 18:27] in addition to Priscilla and Aquila. The original community was under the leadership of Apollos (1 Corinthians 1:12). They were disciples of John the Baptist and were converted by Aquila and Priscilla. According to Church tradition, after the Assumption of Mary, John went to Ephesus. From there he wrote the three epistles attributed to him. John was allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where, according to tradition, he wrote the Book of Revelation. According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. It is said that all in the audience of Colosseum were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this miracle. This event would have occurred in the late 1st century, during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, who was known for his persecution of Christians.
It is traditionally believed that John was the youngest of the apostles and survived them. He is said to have lived to an old age, dying at Ephesus sometime after AD 98.
An alternative account of John's death, ascribed by later Christian writers to the early second-century bishop Papias of Hierapolis, claims that he was slain by the Jews. Most Johannine scholars doubt the reliability of its ascription to Papias, but a minority, including B.W. Bacon, Martin Hengel and Henry Barclay Swete, maintain that these references to Papias are credible. Zahn argues that this reference is actually to John the Baptist. John's traditional tomb is thought to be located at Selçuk, a small town in the vicinity of Ephesus.
John is also associated with the pseudepigraphal apocryphal text of the Acts of John, which is traditionally viewed as written by John himself or his disciple, Leucius Charinus. It was widely circulated by the second century CE but deemed heretical at the Second Council of Nicaea (787 CE). Varying fragments survived in Greek and Latin within monastic libraries. It contains strong docetic themes, but is not considered in modern scholarship to be gnostic.
The feast day of Saint John in the Roman Catholic Church, which calls him "Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist", and in the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Calendars, which call him "Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist", is on 27 December. In the Tridentine Calendar he was commemorated also on each of the following days up to and including 3 January, the Octave of the 27 December feast. This Octave was abolished by Pope Pius XII in 1955. The traditional liturgical color is white.
Until 1960, another feast day which appeared in the General Roman Calendar is that of "Saint John Before the Latin Gate" on 6 May, celebrating a tradition recounted by Jerome that St John was brought to Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and was thrown in a vat of boiling oil, from which he was miraculously preserved unharmed. A church (San Giovanni a Porta Latina) dedicated to him was built near the Latin gate of Rome, the traditional site of this event.
The Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite commemorate the "Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian" on 26 September. On 8 May they celebrate the "Feast of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian", on which date Christians used to draw forth from his grave fine ashes which were believed to be effective for healing the sick.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) teaches that, "John is mentioned frequently in latter-day revelation (1 Ne. 14:18–27; 3 Ne. 28:6; Ether 4:16; D&C 7; 27:12; 61:14; 77; 88:141). These passages confirm the biblical record of John and also provide insight into his greatness and the importance of the work the Lord has given him to do on the earth in New Testament times and in the last days. The latter-day scriptures clarify that John did not die but was allowed to remain on the earth as a ministering servant until the time of the Lord's Second Coming (John 21:20–23; 3 Ne. 28:6–7; D&C 7)" . It also teaches that in 1829, along with the resurrected Peter and the resurrected James, John visited Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and restored the priesthood authority with Apostolic succession to earth. John, along with the Three Nephites, will live to see the Second Coming of Christ as translated beings.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that John the Apostle is the same person as John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple.
The Quran also speaks of Jesus's disciples but does not mention their names, instead referring to them as "helpers to the work of God". Muslim exegesis and Quran commentary, however, names them and includes John among the disciples. An old tradition, which involves the legend of Habib the Carpenter, mentions that John was one of the three disciples sent to Antioch to preach to the people there.
As he was traditionally identified with the beloved apostle, the evangelist, and the author of the Revelation and several Epistles, John played an extremely prominent role in art from the early Christian period onward. He is traditionally depicted in one of two distinct ways: either as an aged man with a white or gray beard, or alternatively as a beardless youth. The first way of depicting him was more common in Byzantine art, where it was possibly influenced by antique depictions of Socrates; the second was more common in the art of Medieval Western Europe, and can be dated back as far as 4th century Rome.
Legends from the Acts of John, an apocryphal text attributed to John, contributed much to Medieval iconography; it is the source of the idea that John became an apostle at a young age. One of John's familiar attributes is the chalice, often with a serpent emerging from it. This symbol is interpreted as a reference to a legend from the Acts of John, in which John was challenged to drink a cup of poison to demonstrate the power of his faith (the poison being symbolized by the serpent). Other common attributes include a book or scroll, in reference to the writings traditionally attributed to him, and an eagle, which is argued to symbolize the high-soaring, inspirational quality of these writings.
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Nor do we have reliable accounts from later times. What we have are legends, about some of the apostles – chiefly Peter, Paul, Thomas, Andrew, and John. But the apocryphal Acts that tell their stories are indeed highly apocryphal.
—  Bart Ehrman, Emerson Green, "Who Would Die for a Lie?"
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^ Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History Book vi. Chapter xxv.
^ The History of the Church by Eusibius. Book three, point 24.
^ Thomas Patrick Halton, On illustrious men, Volume 100 of The Fathers of the Church, CUA Press, 1999. P. 19.
^ Robinson, John A.T. (1977). Redating the New Testament. SCM Press. ISBN 978-0-334-02300-5.
^ Kruse, Colin G.The Gospel According to John: An Introduction and Commentary, Eerdmans, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-2771-3, p. 28.
^ a b Bart D. Ehrman (2005:235) Lost Christianities: the battles for scripture and the faiths we never knew Oxford University Press, New York.
^ Geoffrey W. Bromiley (1995:287) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: K-P MATTHEW, GOSPEL ACCORDING TO. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. Quote: "Matthew, like the other three Gospels is an anonymous document."
^ Ben Witherington (2004:44) The Gospel code: novel claims about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Da Vinci InterVarsity Press.
^ F.F. Bruce (1994:1) The Gospel of John Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.
^ Paul N. Anderson, The Riddles of the Fourth Gospel, p. 48.
^ F. F. Bruce, The Gospel of John, p. 3.
^ Bart D. Ehrman(2006:143) The lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: a new look at betrayer and betrayed. Oxford University Press.
^ "Church History, Book III, Chapter 39". The Fathers of the Church. NewAdvent.org. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
^ saint, Jerome. "De Viris Illustribus (On Illustrious Men) Chapter 9 & 18". newadvent.org. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ Adela Collins. "Patmos." Harper's Bible Dictionary. Paul J. Achtemeier, gen. ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985. p755.
^ Griggs, C. Wilfred. "John the Beloved" in Ludlow, Daniel H., ed. Selections from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism: Scriptures of the Church (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1992) p. 379. Griggs favors the "one John" theory but mentions that some modern scholars have hypothesized that there are multiple Johns.
^ Introduction. Saint Joseph Edition of the New American Bible: Translated from the Original Languages with Critical Use of All the Ancient Sources : including the Revised New Testament and the Revised Psalms. New York: Catholic Book Pub., 1992. 386. Print.
^ "Vailhé, Siméon. "Ephesus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 6 Feb. 2013". Newadvent.org. 1 May 1909. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
^ Irenaeus, Against Heresies, III.3.4.
^ a b "John the Apostle". www.ccel.org.
^ Cheyne, Thomas Kelly (1901). Encyclopaedia Biblica, Volume 2. Adam and Charles Black. pp. 2509–11. Although Papias' works are no longer extant, the fifth century ecclesiastical historian Philip of Side and the ninth-century monk George Hamartolos both stated that Papias had written that John was "slain by the Jews."
^ Rasimus, Tuomas (2010). The Legacy of John: Second-Century Reception of the Fourth Gospel. BRILL. p. 5. ISBN 9789004176331. Rasimus finds corroborating evidence for this tradition in "two martyrologies from Edessa and Carthage" and writes that "Mark 10:35-40//Matt. 20:20-23 can be taken to portray Jesus predicting the martyrdom of both the sons of Zebedee."
^ Culpepper, R. Alan (2000). John, the Son of Zebedee: The Life of A Legend. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 172. ISBN 9780567087423.
^ Swete, Henry Barclay (1911). The Apocalypse of St. John (3 ed.). Macmillan. pp. 179–180.
^ "The Acts of John". gnosis.org. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ "John, Son of Zebedee". www.lds.org.
^ a b c d "Saint John the Apostle". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
^ Richard Dorment (15 February 1997). "The Sacred and the Sensual". The Daily Telegraph.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article John, the Apostle.


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With these Vitamins and my DBS, I feel "normal". I am trying to reverse or slow down the natural degeneration of PDby regenerating my nervous system. My family has noticed a remarkable improvement.
There is a product out there that combines all called nerve renew.
quick update - I got an immediate positive response to 1st dose allithiamine 50mg though lots of symptoms are fluctuating with a general overall feeling of improvement. I think dose is key. So nice to have the support! I will add B2 next to see if I can optimize and finesse this edge a little further.
Are there others here that are using Thiamine and do they see any positive results?
This paper states that Thiamine doses of several grams were used in tests.
PD is the second most common form of neurodegeneration in the elderly population, characterized by resting tremor, rigidity, slowness of movement, and postural imbalance . It affects more than 1% of individuals older than 55 years of age and more than 3% of those older than 75 years of age . The loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra is a major pathophysiological feature of patients with PD . Several lines of evidence have shown that thiamine or thiamine-dependent processes may be involved in the pathogenesis of PD. For example, lower free thiamine levels in the cerebrospinal fluid were found in PD patients in comparison to normal individuals, while levels of thiamine-derivatives, such as thiamine-diphosphate and thiamine-monophosphate, did not differ significantly . Additionally, the immunoreactivity of KGDHC, one of the most important thiamine-dependent enzymes, was decreased in the substantia nigra of patients with PD, and the reduction seemed correlated with the severity of degeneration [67, 68]. In some studies, thiamine supplementation seemed to improve the outcomes for PD patients. For example, administration of parenteral high-dose thiamine was effective in reversing motor and non-motor symptoms in PD patients [28, 30]. These findings suggest that TD may be involved in the pathophysiology of PD.
I am nothing short of astonished at the depth and rapidity this venue of treatment holds agency.
"My initial exposure to learning about B1 led me to try allithiamine - partially because the recommended dose was lower and because it came with cofactors that I hypothesized would address absorption across the blood brain barrier. Also, it was an intuitive call. What I have learned since is that alliithiamine is fat soluble -does that mean it might stay in my system longer than its' water soluble cousin (B1HCL) -or would that be dependent on the individual GI ecosystem? My very first dose I felt my breath ease and drop deeper into my belly! It was wonderful and for the first couple of weeks I felt improvement - more energy, longer sleep, some very light indications of peristalsis awakening deep in my bowel. Another thing I noticed was my craving for sweet lessened. These were so very welcome as have been coping with parkinsons sx for over 25 years fortunately with slow progression (at times). The following weeks I noticed waking in the mornings feeling restless - that would later turn to anxiety and chest pain with a hint of depression-but I also found that my habit for eating sweets and thoughts of worry would make this worse. So, I backed off the allithiamine though I feel even though what started as a feeling of restlessness became an opportunity for me to experience how choices on my thinking and eating and activity habits could feed my problems directlly .I am coonsiidering going to small dose of B1hcl though hesittate because I'm thinking just going lower in dose of the allithiamine may ease the roller coaster ride a bit. Its a bit scary when the ease of breath becomes so easy that not inhaling automatically can cause issues. I respect this stuff. I think I am still feeling benefits of a dose I took over a week ago and what started as restlessness has backed off so as long as I still feel benefits I hesitate to repeat the dose! Am wondering if a barometer for when to repeat dose is tendency to fall......???"
Something this experience has made apparent to me-something I haven't seen discussed even in this forum is respiratory function is a Parkinsons sx!
Makes sense as common cause of death from PD is consumption in the lungs...Our autonomic nervous system must employ some very clever and subtle adaptive strategies that hide this from our general awareness.
for infection, pulmonary emboli, heart failure and anxiety.
function and a chemoreceptor drive to breathing.
is an important non-motor wearing off symptom.
effects of levodopa on pulmonary function tests."
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How to Improve Your Rapport Development
Joel Falconer
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There are plenty of great people in the world—honest, reliable, and considerate—who frequently fail in developing friendships and relationships with the people around them. If you haven't got good social skills and body language or confidence around others, you may fall into this category.
If that's the case, then what you could be missing is the ability to develop rapport. If you don't know what that is, rapport is:
a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
So, if you're terrible at cultivating this strange thing, here are a few tips to get you started.
Smiling bypasses the mental defences of the person you are talking to and allows them to mentally associate you with trusted friends. While that doesn't mean you'll instantly become a trusted friend, it does often take down the first set of defences people have built up towards other people.
A stony-faced, grim look on your face isn't really going to earn you any new buddies.
Praise and compliments appeal to someone's need for recognition and admiration. That recognition is also a pretty rare thing to give and receive in modern society, so tactful and appropriate use of compliments can effectively set you apart from the bulk of unknowns and acquaintances.
Most people can smell a false compliment from the other side of the world, so be careful. Don't dabble in lies and look for, and wait for (as the case may be), something you can genuinely say you are impressed by.
Benefits over Features
You know the guy who brags, and brags, and brags? If you are anything at all like him, you might want to take some old and clichéd copywriter's advice.
Benefits over features means talking about what you can do for others instead of how great you are. In the copywriting context it means focusing the conversation on how the product can help the potential customer's life, whereas a feature list would simply discuss what makes the product so great. For example:
Feature: Our operating system contains a built-in state of the art firewall.
Benefit: The built-in firewall protects you from viruses and malicious intrusions, keeping your computer safe.
See how you can apply this to your daily conversations and watch the results.
Benefits over features. What do they get out of this relationship?
Opposites Don't Attract
Strangely enough, oppositions in body language patterns can cause a dissonance in interpersonal relationships and create an obstacle for the development of rapport.
Matching body language patterns, in moderation and 'invisibly' is a good idea. If they use hand gestures when they speak, use them. If they stare right at you when they're talking, do the same. This idea can even extend to the voice—if you're talking to someone with a low, monotonous voice, without changing the character of your voice in an obvious way, try and match it. If they have an expressive voice, don't speak in monotone. Monotones are usually slightly irked by expressive speakers and vice versa.
This is a psychological thing that bypasses the conscious mind altogether, but subconsciously the guy you're speaking to will think you're quite like him and develop a layer of trust or break down an obstacle in the road of rapport.
Make Use of Coincidences
In a similar vein to the last tip, listen for matching interests, opinions and hobbies throughout the conversation, and reinforce your agreement. The more you have in common with someone and express it the more they're going to perceive you as similar to themselves subconsciously.
Accentuate similarities, and minimise differences. Don't lie about it, though—dishonesty kills rapport. Simply focus the attention on the similarities and away from the differences.
Let Them Talk About Themselves
In a nod to Carnegie, most of the discussion on developing rapport will make it clear that one of the best methods of achieving this is to get the "target" (for lack of a better term) to talk about themselves.
People love themselves. It's a fact they may deny, but it's true. Except, maybe, those people who call themselves "emos" but I think that may be a self-deluding farce.
When the conversation gets onto the "target" and their personal lives, let it stay there and be interested in their spouse and kids and where they went on the weekend. Remember details such as their children's names so you can steer the conversation in that direction at the start of each encounter to set a good tone for the rest of it.
Use Eye Contact
As you probably know, eye contact is important for the development of interpersonal relationships. Use it in conversation, but break it every now and then so as not to make anyone uncomfortable.
If you're an introvert and not very good at making eye contact, practice a few seconds at a time. Hold it for three seconds, then four, and work your way up until you're comfortable making eye contact how and when you please.
Diffuse Tension
While this next tip doesn't necessarily help to build rapport, it does allow you to prevent your hard work from going bust. Learn to diffuse tension and prevent arguments from occurring.
Locate the source of any tension, swallow your pride and diffuse it—whether that involves making a concession of being wrong, or keeping off the topic. Save yourself the headache of an argument before you've even gotten to know someone.
The Test: How to Find Out Whether You've Succeeded
There's a simple but usually effective test to see whether you've made a connection and how well it has worked. If you've been matching body language and voice patterns, make a minor change and see if they follow it. For instance, use an expressive voice instead of a monotone one—gently, don't go to extremes—and see if they follow your lead. If they are 'in rapport,' they probably will.
Test as necessary, but unobtrusively and only for short periods of time so you don't break rapport.
Some people consider these tips to be in some way dishonest or manipulative. Only if you're trying to be dishonest and manipulative, I think. I'm totally against anything that falls in those categories and encourage you to use complete honesty and sincerity at all times.
Editor, content marketer, product manager and writer with 12+ years of experience in the startup, design and tech digital media industries.
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Imunoelektronová mikroskopie je metoda používaná v elektronové mikroskopii pro určení virové infekce.

Metoda využívá schopnost protilátek vázat se na specifické receptory (antigeny) na povrchu buňky. Protilátka způsobuje shlukování virových částic, které jsou jinak rozptýleny. Protilátky jsou menší než viry a mají jiný tvar, takže lze viry identifikovat.

Poprvé byla imunoelektronová mikroskopie použita v roce 1941 při zkoumání viru tabákové mozaiky. V šedesátých letech tuto metodu využívala viroložka June Almeida při výzkumu virů, který vedl k objevu koronavirů.

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Meet The Silver Snipers
It's not often that you meet a 62-year-old woman with the nickname "Teen Slayer." But then Monica Idenfors isn't really interested in acting her age or meeting your expectations of her. She'd rather be racking up kills playing Counter-Strike.
If you introduced me to a cool group of people with nicknames like BirDie, Berra-Bang and Teen Slayer, I would expect to come face to face with some rappers from 1989. Instead, meet the Silver Snipers, a magnificent stereotype-busting gang of geriatric gamers with an average age a shade above 71.
The Lenovo Legion-sponsored team has its eyes set on competing at DreamHack Winter 2017, the massive eSports and gaming convention in Jönköping, Sweden. Getting the Snipers ready for DreamHack meant hiring a serious coach, retired gamer Tommy "Potti" Ingemarsson who—way back in 2000—helped found Sweden's highly-successful Ninjas in Pyjamas team. Ingemarsson also happens to be a 10-time World Champion in Counter-Strike.
"I was surprised by the dedication and motivation the group showed at this age to learn more and improve," says Ingemarsson. He raves about the ways in which gaming can benefit people of a more advanced age. "We have already seen a case where a few of the Silver Snipers got a confidence boost. It's been the best therapy ever, removing anxiety and serving as 'mental gymnastics.'"
Aside from the sheer exhilaration of playing games like Counter-Strike, the Snipers have enjoyed forging deeper connections with younger family members who are avid gamers. "We have more to talk about," says Bertil "Berra-Bang" Englund. "And our kids and grandchildren think that we are pretty cool." Öivind "Windy" Toverud, adds: "My kids think it's so cool that people in the food market recognize us and that we have a fan page on Facebook."
The women on the team—Monica and Wanja "Knitting Knight" Godänge—get extra satisfaction from succeeding in a youth- and male-dominated gaming community. "When we are training," Wanja says, "Monica and I always play on the same team against the men. And we always win."
A bit more on the five people who comprise the Silver Snipers.
Abbe "BirDie" Drakborg, 75, just started teaching his daughter his favorite game Counter-Strike so they can train together. Abbe is a paper artist and always makes the ladies in the team artsy flowers after training sessions.
Wanja "Knitting Knight" Godänge, 63, is a city girl who likes to take out all her anger in Counter-Strike, using the game as therapy. She has been playing day and night so she can deliver at DreamHack. "This is our first time competing in eSports," she says. "The younger crowd has been really supportive."
Öivind "Windy" Toverud, 75, is the team leader. Öivind loves to hang out with the other Snipers and is considered the ultimate team player.
Monica "Teen Slayer" Idenfors, 62, has become close friends with Wanja. The two play constantly together and love slaying their (mostly male) competitors. "Our families think we are crazy to compete at DreamHack, she says, "but we want to show everybody that we can!"
Bertil "Berra-Bang" Englund, 81, is the oldest and wisest in the group. He joined the team to learn gaming and get closer to his grandchildren. He loves to be in the spotlight and, on two occasions, competed in the Swedish version of the famed Eurovision song contest.
Whether the Snipers win or lose at DreamHack, they see nothing but upside in participating. "We really enjoy each other's company," says Abbe. "Sharing this experience together is bringing us closer each day." Bertil: "Our friends of a similar age don't totally understand what we are doing. But they are cheering for us and think that we are really brave."
We wish the Silver Snipers luck (and skill) and hope they slay some unsuspecting teens.
Gavin O'Hara is Lenovo's Global Social Media Publisher.
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Fancy a long grown up drink but you're driving, you're pregnant, or should be on a detox or maybe all of the above. Shown above is one of the first NOhitos encountered and it was made by the staff at the 5* Merchant Hotel in Belfast. It certainly ticked the box and inspired the following sorbet.
The flavours are just so refreshing. Comparable ingredients whizzed in a food processor make a simple and sensational sorbet and you can adjust the recipe according to your taste.
1 thumb sized piece grated fresh ginger juice – finely grate and then squeeze to extract the juice. We grated it directly onto a piece of muslin and firmly squeezed to obtain the raw fresh ginger juice.
Through experimentation we eventually chose to add half the remaining apple and ginger pulp to the sorbet and plan to use it all in the next batch.
To make: whizz or blend all ingredients with the exception of the soda. Taste and adjust the sweet or sour notes to suit your palette. Then stir the soda into the mixture swiftly before placing in your prepared ice cream machine following the manufacturers instructions to make ice cream.
No machine? simply place the mix with half the soda into the mix into an appropriate dish and then into your freezer. After an hour or so stir the sorbet as it starts forming crystals and repeats he process as necessary to break up the ice crystals. Once it's 'crunchy' and starting to solidify then stir in the remaining soda and continue the stir / freeze technique until the sorbet is set.
Frost the rim of your serving glass by rubbing a piece of the lime skin around the rim of the glasses and then coat the edges with caster sugar, add a scoop of the sorbet and garnish with a sprig of fresh mint, a shard of fresh green apple and the remainder or the zest.
sounds so good but where's the buzz?


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