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Firefighter killed near Yosemite as blazes roar through California
Karen de Sá July 30, 2018 Updated: July 30, 2018 8:42 a.m.
Firefighter killed near Yosemite as blazes roar through...
1of31U.S. Forest Service Ranger Jason Engle (left) and Forest Service Fire Behavior Analyst Robert Scott evaluate the Ferguson Fire near Lushmeadows, Mariposa County, on Thursday.Photo: Kurtis Alexander / The Chronicle
2of31Captain Brian Hughes of the Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots was working the Ferguson Fire when he was struck and killed by a tree.Photo: Courtesy Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks / Brad Torchia
3of31A padlock and chain wrap around the doors at the main entrance to the Majestic Hotel in Yosemite National Park on Thursday.Photo: Jim Wilson / New York Times
4of31Law enforcement and park service vehicles drive through California�s Yosemite National Park, July 26, 2018. Thousands of tourists were evacuated a day earlier, as one of the country�s most iconic natural preserves was blanketed with thick smoke from a 38,000-acre fire. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)Photo: JIM WILSON;Jim Wilson / New York Times
5of31Thick smoke blankets Yosemite Valley in California's Yosemite National Park, July 26, 2018. Thousands of tourists were evacuated a day earlier, as one of the country's most iconic natural preserves was blanketed with thick smoke from a 38,000-acre fire. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)Photo: JIM WILSON / NYT
6of31Smoke shrouds the trees and valleys of Yosemite National Park on Thursday.Photo: Jim Wilson / New York Times
7of31An empty fire pit and campground in Yosemite National Park on Thursday.Photo: Jim Wilson / New York Times
8of31Smoke shrouds the Merced River in Yosemite National Park on Thursday.Photo: Jim Wilson / New York Times
9of31San Bernardino County Fire Department firefighters assess the damage to a neighborhood in the aftermath of a wildfire, Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Keswick, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez, Associated Press
10of31A Cal Fire crew member from San Diego puts out hot spots amongst destroyed houses on Menlo Way in the aftermath of the Carr Fire in Redding, Calif. on Sunday, July 29, 2018.Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
11of31Anna Noland, Kailyn Nash, 16, and James Nash at 16925 Cape Cod Drive in the Lake Keswick Estates neighborhood on Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Redding, Calif. As of Sunday morning, more than 5,000 structures were destroyed and five people died in the Carr Fire. The fire has burned 90,000 acres and 5% has been contained.Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle
12of31From left: James Nash, daughter Kailyn Nash, 16, and Anna Noland check out the damage to Anna's home at 16925 Cape Cod Drive in the Lake Keswick Estates neighborhood on Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Redding, Calif. As of Sunday morning, more than 5,000 structures were destroyed and five people died in the Carr Fire. The fire has burned 90,000 acres and 5% has been contained.Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle
13of31Thor Johnson watches firefighters do clean up work on destroyed houses across Sunkist Court from his intact house in the aftermath of the Carr Fire in Redding, Calif. on Sunday, July 29, 2018.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
14of31A firefighter does clean up on a home on Sunflower Drive in the aftermath of the Carr Fire in Redding, Calif. on Sunday, July 29, 2018.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
15of31The remains of a destroyed house on Sunkist Court in the aftermath of the Carr Fire in Redding, Calif. on Sunday, July 29, 2018.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
16of31A burnt fence on Puffin Way in the aftermath of the Carr Fire in Redding, Calif. on Sunday, July 29, 2018.Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
17of31A burnt tree stands in the backyard of a destroyed house along Sunflower Drive in the aftermath of the Carr Fire in Redding, Calif. on Sunday, July 29, 2018.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
18of31(left to right) Redding residents Julie Reaves, Aiden Bunas, 11, and Naomi Yamamoto put up homemade signs along Eureka Way in the aftermath of the Carr Fire in Redding, Calif. on Sunday, July 29, 2018.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
19of31Orthodox faithful attend a memorial service for the victims of a forest fire, inside a church at Mati village, east of Athens, Sunday, July 29, 2018. Hundreds of worshippers attended a memorial service in Mati for the dozens who perished in a wildfire that devastated the seaside resort. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)Photo: Yorgos Karahalis, Associated Press
20of31REDDING, CA - JULY 28: A deer stands on a road covered with fire retardant as the Carr Fire burns in the area on July 28, 2018 near Redding, California. A Redding firefighter and bulldozer operator were killed battling the fast moving Carr Fire that has burned over 80,000 acres and destroyed hundreds of homes. The fire is 5 percent contained. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***Photo: Justin Sullivan
21of31Smoke covers CA 299 during the Carr Fire in Redding, California, on Saturday, July 28, 2018.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
22of31The half-ruined, brick buildings at the Shasta State Historic Park, Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Shasta, Calif. The structure survived the Carr Fire.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
23of31Shorty's Eatery, Bakery and General Merchandise at the Shasta State Historic Park, Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Shasta, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
24of31The Courthouse Museum on Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Shasta, Calif. The structure survived the Carr Fire.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
25of31From left: Carla Bledsoe embraces her sister Sherry Bledsoe outside the Shasta County Sheriff's Department, Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Redding, Calif. Sherry's two children Emily Roberts, 5, James Roberts, 4, and her grandmother Melody Bledsoe, 70, died as they attempted to escape the Carr Fire along Quartz Hill Road.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
26of31From left: Redding Police Department investigator Rusty Bishop searches the destroyed home along the 11000 block of Quartz Hill Road as they investigate missing person reports during the Carr Fire on Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Redding, Calif. The Carr Fire that burned into Redding grew to 80,900 acres � around 125 square miles � and was only 5 percent contained as of Saturday morning, according to Cal Fire. Two firefighters have died in the blaze.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
27of31A police officer investigates a home on Quartz Hill Road after the Carr Fire destroyed the area in Redding, California, on Saturday, July 28, 2018Photo: Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
28of31A destroyed property at Lake Keswick Estates is seen after the Carr Fire in Redding, California, on Saturday, July 28, 2018.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
29of31Firefighters convene on Menlo Way and Keswick Dam road after the Carr Fire destroyed the area in Redding, California, on Saturday, July 28, 2018.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
30of31Destroyed properties are seen on Menlo Way and Keswick Dam Road after the Carr Fire destroyed the area in Redding, California, on Saturday, July 28, 2018.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
31of31Capt. Brian Hughes died after being hit by a falling tree.Photo: Brad Torchia / Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks
Deadly wildfires continued to rip through California from the northern border to mountain ranges in the south of the state as furious flames burned unchecked and tens of thousands of people continued to flee their homes.
Capt. Brian Hughes, a 33-year-old firefighter from Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, died after being hit by a falling tree Sunday. Hughes was a member of a tactical operation fighting the Ferguson Fire in Mariposa County. He was the eighth person killed in the recent spate of blazes.
Seventeen large wildfires in California continued to upend summer for residents and visitors alike, as closure of Yosemite National Park had to be extended through Friday, and 50,000 people were ordered evacuated from Riverside County to the Oregon border.
Statewide tallies released Sunday show that the wildfires have burned more than 200,000 acres, and that they destroyed 874 structures in the Redding area alone. Almost 20,000 homes remain under threat as fire evacuees are being sent to safety in Red Cross shelters, colleges and public schools. More than 12,000 firefighters are working to contain the dozen and a half fires authorities describe as "significant."
"We are well ahead of the fire activity we saw last year," said Lynne Tolmachoff, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. "This is just July, so we're not even into the worst part of fire season."
Continued hot and dry weather conditions, along with gusty winds in some affected areas, posed little promise for a quick quelling of the fires. They continue to rage from Riverside County's San Jacinto Mountains in the south to Mendocino, Lake and Napa counties, and as far north as the California-Oregon border.
The recent fires have injured more than a half-dozen firefighters injured and have caused the deaths of Jeremy Stoke, a fire inspector for the Redding Fire Department; Don Ray Smith, 81, a private bulldozer operator; and in the Ferguson Fire, 36-year-old Braden Varney, Cal Fire heavy fire equipment operator, and the unidentified firefighter. Other victims were a great-grandmother and siblings ages 4 and 5 in Redding, plus another Redding-area person whose name has not been released.
The largest wildfire to date remains the Carr Fire in Shasta County, which was just 17 percent contained after consuming 95,368 acres.
Since Wednesday, all visitors have been barred from one of California's greatest natural wonders, the Yosemite Valley. Officials have extended closure of the valley through Friday because of the Ferguson Fire, burning in the Sierra National Forest. The Ferguson Fire broke out 25 miles west of the park on July 13.
As fires blaze across Northern California with varying degrees of containment and dry and windy weather conditions, Cal Fire Information Officer Heather Williams explains fire containment over the phone on July 2, 2018.
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In what is increasingly becoming a grim routine, residents of Mariposa County faced a similar wildfire threat a year ago this month, when thousands fled the devastating Detwiler Fire.
Troublesome air quality has affected the areas surrounding the fires and even farther afield, with unhealthy conditions reported as far as northwestern Nevada. The spread of fine particulates there prompted Washoe County health officials to issue warnings about the smoky air to people with lung disease, the elderly and children.
North of the Bay Area in Lake County, a chalky haze nestled into the Lakeport area Sunday, and visibility became more difficult into the afternoon. Every so often the wind would carry a loose ember into Kelseyville, and some of the evacuees there chatted while wearing surgical masks.
The Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport evacuated 13 patients from all departments aside from the emergency room and family birth center Saturday evening. On Sunday, the hospital was forced to evacuate the seven new patients who had arrived Sunday afternoon.
So far, air quality in the Bay Area has not been impacted too significantly from the fires, said Ralph Borrmann, a spokesman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. After consulting monitors Sunday afternoon, Borrmann said Bay Area counties remained in the "good" range, including Napa and Sonoma counties, where the impact would be most likely.
"The smoke from the fires up in Redding has been high aloft for the last couple of days, so it hasn't been impacting what we breathe down at ground level," Borrmann said. Despite some haze early on, "it hasn't reached down to the breathing zone."
Chronicle staff writers Megan Cassidy and Dominic Fracassa and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Karen de Sá is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kdesa@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @KarendeSa1
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The Chameleon State
Global Culture and Policy Shifts in Britain and Germany, 1914-1933
Tien-Lung Liu
192 pages, 7 tables, 7 figs, bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-57181-174-5 $135.00/£99.00 / Hb / Published (March 1999)
"A truly fine and carefully researched work of historical sociology that contributes significantly to comparative history and also to our understanding of the two leading European industrial nations in the interwar period." · Gerald D. Feldman, University of California, Berkeley
The role of the state in capitalist societies has been a bone of considerable contention among scholars. The two founding fathers of sociology held radically opposing views on this subject which were reflected in the numerous debates over subsequent decades to this day. Yet, no answer has been found to the vexing question: on whose side is the state in capitalist societies? The author examines current theories and, comparing Britain and Germany, shows that they are unable to explain the contradictory social and industrial policies in these two countries during the twentieth century. Based on in-depth archival and secondary sources the author offers an alternative theoretical framework, one that focuses on the interactions among historical contingencies, the global cultural context, and political processes.
Tien-Lung Liu is Assistant Professor in Sociology at Emory University. He specializes in historical comparative sociology and is currently focussing on the comparative study of political economies of China and other Asian countries.
Subject: History: 20th Century to Present
Area: GermanyEurope
LC: HD8390 .L49 1999
BL: YC.1999.a.6294
HIS037070 HISTORY/Modern/20th Century;
HIS010000 HISTORY/Europe/General;
POL000000 POLITICAL SCIENCE/General
HBJD European history;
JP Politics & government
Chapter 1. Contingencies, Global Culture, and Policy Shifts
Chapter 2. The British and German Labor Ministries: Similarities and Differences
Chapter 3. Veering away from British Pluralism: Class Interests and Statist Pursuits
Chapter 4. Bending German Statism: Pluralist Compromises and Class Interests
Chapter 5. Predicting Policy Shifts
Futurism and Politics
Between Anarchist Rebellion and Fascist Reaction, 1909-1944
Osthandel and Ostpolitik
German Foreign Trade Policies in Eastern Europe from Bismarck to Adenauer
The Road to War
France and Vietnam 1944-1947
Re-reading German literature since 1945
I would like to recommend The Chameleon State Global Culture and Policy Shifts in Britain and Germany, 1914-1933 for the library. Please include it in your next purchasing review with my strong recommendation. The RRP is: $135.00

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[ARCHIVED] City Council honored longstanding Hampton businesses
Jan. 29, 2018 - City Council recently honored eight longstanding Hampton businesses who celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2017. The businesses total 455 years of continued success in Hampton. The awards were part of the Council Spotlight Awards that recognize people, organizations, and businesses in Hampton working to keep the city successful.
Many of the establishments have celebrated more than 20 years of business and continue to evolve and make Hampton unique. A wide-range of businesses were honored and included places like Phoebus Auction Gallery that offers a variety of antiques, decorative arts and and Science Systems and Applications, Inc. that works closely with NASA and uses state-of-art computational techniques to create predictive weather models.
The recognized establishments are as follow: Phoebus Auction Galley (25 years), The Virginia Store (25), The Grey Goose (35), Science Systems and Applications (40), Robert Brown & Associates (40), Hampton Stationery (85), Hop's Place (95), and Morgan-Marrow (110).
See the business owners who attended the Wednesday, Jan. 24 ceremony here.
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If the transfer of funds between projects is necessary, it will be done through a process approved by the Board of Selectman and the Board of Finance. Our goal is to complete all projects within or less than the appropriated funds. Having said that, there are occasions when unforeseen problems occur which need to be addressed. No projects will be added to this list if there are unexpended funds.
The Project Summary Sheet list all ten projects for which funding is being requested. It also includes a future appropriations request that will be presented in several different packages over the next year depending upon project scheduling. The summary sheet accounts for all know projects at this time. The Town will need to continue to invest in its infrastructure in the future.
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Environmentalists and EBMUD push for more disclosure
Sacramento -- Saying consumers should know what they''re drinking, environmentalists and the East Bay Municipal Utility District want bottled water to follow the same disclosure rules as tap water.
Makers of bottled water, which include Pepsi and Coca-Cola, say there is already plenty of disclosure about their water''s contents. Advocates of two bills introduced in the Legislature say there isn''t nearly enough.
"People tout bottled water as this pure substance that''s trickling from clear mountain springs when, in fact, that may not be the case," said Assemblywoman Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, author of one of the bills. "When I pick up bottled water, I want to know it truly is something that''s good for me and better for me than drinking something else," Corbett said.
Nearly 70 percent of Californians drink bottled water, which nationwide is a $6 billion industry. And by the end of this year, bottled water will have moved past milk, coffee and beer to become the second most popular beverage behind soft drinks, according to the Beverage Marketing Corp. Bottled water''s popularity is fueled in part by suspicions over the quality of tap water. But Corbett and the backers of her bill say drink no way of knowing whether bottled water is better or worse.
Unlike tap water, bottled water is considered a food product and is subject to the same sanitation and preparation requirements as other food stuffs. Although often advertising themselves as superior to tap water, bottlers are required in most cases only to meet the same quality standards as tap water. Of the hundreds of contaminants state and federal regulators measure, bottled water is subject to a higher standard for only two, according to Randy Kanouse, EBMUD''s Sacramento lobbyist. Bottlers don''t have to create a "consumer confidence" report each year like water agencies do. The reports tell customers what''s in their water. It details levels of contaminants, if any, like lead, aluminium, arsenic and salt.
Corbett''s bill, AB83, and a companion bill, SB50, by Sen. Byron Sher, D- Palo Alto, would impose the same reporting requirement on bottlers. Bottling plants and water vending machines would be subject to annual inspections. Bottlers, vending machine owners and water haulers would pay an $86 fee to cover the costs of the inspections.
Bottlers say the bills aren''t needed. "There are already comprehensive, stringent regulations in place at the federal level for quality labeling," said Stephen Kay, a spokesman for the International Bottled Water Association. "These two proposed bills are proscriptive and redundant." Kay also cited a bill signed last year that requires bottlers to include an 800 number, Web site or address on their labels so consumers can get more information.
But Adrianna Quintero, a lobbyist for the Natural Resources Defense Council, says knowing the nutritional facts about water is not enough. "It''s pointless to tell me water has zero calories and zero carbohydrates," Quintero said. "Is there arsenic, nitrates, microbiologic contaminants, perchlorate? If these bottlers are doing the right thing, they shouldn''t have a problem telling me about it." The Food and Drug Administration needs to tightened its regulations on bottled water after a four-year study by the NRDC found that of 103 brands surveyed, one- third contained levels of contamination.
The NRDC found the contents of one bottle, labeled "Spring Water," actually came from an industrial parking lot next to a hazardous waste site. The FDA now insists that bottled water actually come from a spring if the bottler claims it does.
Bottled water sales have been growing at roughly 10 percent each year through the 1990s. California is by far the biggest guzzler of bottled water, representing about 24 percent of the national market -- twice the consumption level of any other state. It''s attracted the interest of some of the country''s biggest beverage sellers like Pepsi, which created Aquafina bottled water. Coca-Cola created Dasani. Nestle Waters of North America owns Arrowhead, Calistoga, Poland Spring, Perrier, S. Pellegrino and Vittel.
But water districts like EBMUD aren''t worried. "Bottled water doesn''t cut into our market share," said Kanouse. "It''s kind of like conservation -- it relieves a small amount of the demand we have." Written by Greg Lucas, Sacramento Bureau Chief.


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First soloing on his fourteenth birthday, earning his Silver Badge in a 1-26 that same summer and then flying his first competition in the 1-26 Championships at sixteen, the hook was set young. With over 1,000 hours in sailplanes, Mike is a Kolstad Scholarship recipient and currently holds several state records in Texas and the US National Multiplace record for Free Triangle Distance with his father, Mick Westbrook. Flying a Standard Cirrus for the last five years to qualify for the Club Class Team, Mike is now a partner in a Discus 2b. Mike's previous experience at the international level includes the 2005 Junior Worlds in Hus Bos, England and the 2007 Junior Worlds in Rieti Italy. Mitch Hudson will be crewing for Mike and the Standard Cirrus he will be flying in Lithuania.


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Michelle Obama surprises people making "thank you" videos for her
This is really neat. Michelle Obama was on Jimmy Fallon's show, and they had a segment where people were filming "thank you" videos for Michelle Obama, while speaking to a portrait of the First Lady.
But then, a surprise. Michelle walked on to the stage and greeted them personally.
I got to meet Michelle Obama, very briefly, on three visits to the White House. Even in a brief hello, the woman exudes charm, wit, beauty, charisma. She has that gift that only certain politicians have — that personality bubble that pushes out ten feet from them. Her husband doesn't have it, she does.
This video is pure Michelle. Watch, smile, enjoy.
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Customs updates in Costa Rica
By BLP Legal|2020-07-15T01:00:00-06:0015 de July de 2020|Blog, News|0 Comments
Elimination of the restriction on the export and re-export of products for surgical use
The Costa Rica´s General Directorate of Customs issued the statement DGA-028-2020, by which it reports that the products indicated in article 1 of Executive Decree No. 42291-MEIC-S-COMEX, may be exported without the prior requirement of the export license, issued by The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce, until that Ministry, communicates to this Directorate, about a national shortage alert for said products, which will be communicated in due time to Customs.
The products to which this requirement is eliminated are:
Mono-glasses: Mono-glasses with indirect ventilation, transparent lens, foam covered frame and adjustable headband. Ergonomic and panoramic design. HSC: 9004.90.10.00.90
Mask: N95 masks. HSC: 6307.90.20.00.90.
Gloves: Nitrile gloves. HSC: 4015.19.00.00.00
Robes: Disposable robes. HSC: 6210.10.90.00.00.
Mask: Disposable surgical masks. HSC: 6307.90.20.00.90
Friction alcohol: Alcoholic formulations with concentrations higher than 60% for hygiene and external use. HSC: 3004.90.91.00.90.
Multipurpose alcohol: Alcoholic formulations with concentrations higher than 60% for hygiene and external use. HSC: 3808.94.90.00.99.
Antiseptic solution for hygiene: Alcoholic formulations with concentrations higher than 60% for hygiene and external use. HSC: 3004.90.91.00.90.
Gel alcohol: Alcoholic formulations with concentrations higher than 60% for hygiene and external use. HSC: 3808.94.90.00.99.
Ethyl alcohol: Undenatured ethyl alcohol with an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% or more. HSC: 2207.10
Authorization of Extensions of Temporary Import Certificates Tourist Category, by Emergency of COVID-19
By resolution RES-DGA-345-2020 of July 3, 2020, published in Scope No. 171 to La Gaceta No. 168 dated July 11, 2020, the Costa Rica´s General Directorate of Customs authorized until August 18, 2020 , without the express request of the beneficiary, the extension of the term of stay in the country of land, air or water vehicles, which have a tourist category temporary import certificate, issued to foreigners and Costa Ricans residing abroad who entered the country , after December 17, 2019, and which were issued by the National Customs Service, due to the emergency by COVID-19.
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Once the national emergency is over, the Directorate of Inspection of the General Directorate of Customs can make a subsequent review and proceed with the respective verification.
Disabling of TICA collection service through the SINPE platform
By communication DGA-027-2020 of July 8, 2020, the Costa Rica´s General Directorate of Customs reports that the Directorate of Information and Communication Technologies will execute an adjustment required by the Central Bank, which consists of the migration of SINPE services to technologies WCF; the adjustment will take place on Tuesday, July 28 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. For this reason, the TICA collection service will not be enabled through the SINPE platform, so that the Administrates take the forecasts of the case.
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Will Mecklenburg pass LGBTQ+ protections? Some say resolution is first step.
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By Devna Bose | The Charlotte Observer
Updated: Feb. 1, 2021 at 5:06 PM EST
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (The Charlotte Observer) - Mecklenburg commissioners are expected to vote Tuesday on an LGBTQ+ non-discrimination resolution, which some officials hope is the first step toward a local law.
The action is the first locally since the Charlotte City Council amended its non-discrimination ordinance to include LGBTQ+ protections in 2016 — and North Carolina lawmakers responded with House Bill 2, which nullified the Charlotte law.
Document: Non-discrimination resolution
A resolution drafted by Mecklenburg Board of Commissioners Chairman George Dunlap and Commissioners Mark Jerrell and Susan Rodriguez-McDowell calls for nondiscriminatory employment practices and equal treatment of all residents in public settings, and also includes non-discrimination protections for natural hair.
Paving the way for local measures is a sunset clause in the controversial House Bill 142 which replaced HB2. Part of the law expired in December, granting counties and municipalities across the state the power to pass LGBTQ+ non-discrimination protections.
Several localities, including Orange County and Durham, have already taken steps to protect their LGBTQ+ residents, with the help of statewide advocacy organization Equality North Carolina. Members of the organization met with county commissioners last week.
First, the board will consider a resolution. If it's approved by a majority of members, county leaders then may discuss a local ordinance, which is comparably more binding and legally enforceable.
Rodriguez-McDowell said she wants an ordinance but others on the board might not feel the same.
"I certainly hope it will be approved tomorrow," Commissioner Leigh Altman said. "I've not spoken to every board member, but I've spoken to quite a few, and I feel like there's a lot of support. I'm encouraged and hopeful."
Assuming the resolution passes, Altman said she is planning to make a motion to direct the county attorney to analyze what the board's legal authority is. Altman said then, the board can have a debate and decide how to move forward.
It's still not clear who would be governed by a prospective resolution or ordinance from the county, according to current representatives.
Following examples from the cities of Durham and Greensboro, the current draft language in Mecklenburg includes protections for natural hair, which would prohibit discrimination against Black people who wear their hair in protective or natural styles, such as cornrows, braids, and afros.
A draft of the resolution can be found on the county commissioners' website under meetings and agendas.
"I hope that we're able to show how we value all people and the inherent dignity that they all possess," Rodriguez-McDowell said. "No one should be discriminated against in our county. I hope that's what shines through."
Mayor Vi Lyles, in a statement last week, said the city of Charlotte is working on expanding their non-discrimination ordinance to include LGBTQ+ protections.
"We will be meeting with LGBTQ+ community leaders and others in our community to discuss our specific ordinance language to ensure that everyone is protected and welcomed in our city," she said. "We recognize this is an important issue and one City Council will be taking up in the coming months."
Charlotte City Council expanded its existing non-discrimination ordinance to include LGBTQ+ protections in 2016, prompting backlash from the state legislature. Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly then introduced House Bill 2, which discriminated against transgender people, preventing them from using the bathrooms in government buildings that correspond with the gender they identify with. It also prohibited local non-discrimination policies.
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A few hours or more, your visit will be a most pleasant experience.
Come with us on a half-day tour around the city which will reveal not only the city's history throughout the centuries but also its contemporary face, before ending for a drink by Pharos, the reconstructed lighthouse that has been built using stones from the lighthouse demolished in 1972, which was the sign of Patras standing at the peer of St. Nikolaou Str. since 1858.
A little more time is required for the next option. A visit to the mycenaean settlement at Voundeni, in a spot so cleverly chosen by our ancestors just 5 km away from the city, is our strong suggestion both due to the captivating views over the gulf of Patras, as well as the impressive archaeological findings. The new archaeological museum will fascinate you with its most interesting exhibits from copper age up to late roman times brought to daylight through persistent long time excavations. Our tour will end up with a taste of local specialities in a taverna far removed from the usual touristic places.
Are you interested in byzantine, post-byzantine and contemporary churches of the city? We will be happy to accompany you or just provide directions to routes.
Come with us on a journey to the mycenaean historical places of the area such as the recently discovered settlements at Voudeni and Chalandritsa. The mountaineous areas at the fringe of the city where our ancestors opted to dwell, combine impressive archaeological findings together with captivating views.
The city at roman times! Magnificent mosaics and other exhibits in the new arcaelogical museum of the city and monuments revealed by persistent archaeologists among busy streets and squares. And if you are lucky enough you will share with us the magic of a performance in the roman odeon.
We will take you for a walk around the city of the last century when the trade boom and the harbour activity produced the magnificent neo-classical monuments of the city and ending up tasting local specialities in one of the neo-classical buildings.
A visit to the new arcaeological museum of Patras followed by a visit to the museum of the nearby city of Aigio will provide an insight of the history of the area followed by a relaxing seaside stroll and a traditional ouzo drink at the time of our eye-catching sunsets.


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Pastured goats should have access to a supplemental mineral mix designed for goats. If goats are not being fed in a way that insures that each goat gets the correct amount of mineral supplement, they should have free access to a mineral supplement that contains enough salt to prevent overeating of the supplement.
Minerals that are meant to be mixed with or added to a feed ration should not be fed free choice. Some goats may eat too much and end up with selenium toxicity. Symptoms occur suddenly when the selenium level gets too high and it is usually fatal.
Mineral mixes for sheep do not contain copper that goats require. Mixes designed for cattle can be fed to goats if a goat mix is unavailable. Goat mixes are more concentrated and more likely to be consumed in the amounts needed to maintain nutritional balance. Goats are not likely to get sufficient mineral from blocks or licks.
Much of North America, including western Oregon, does not have sufficient selenium in the soil for goats to naturally maintain a sufficient level to be healthy. Selenium toxicity from getting too much selenium can occur if they get too much, either by over-eating supplements or from the pasture itself in areas where the soil level is too high. Local extension agents or veterinarians can tell you about selenium levels in your area. Some parts of the country have variation in local soils that may be low, high, or even toxic.
When purchasing mineral supplements for pastured goats, the best choice would be a granular mix that is intended to be fed free choice and contains selenium in an appropriate amount for your locale. Sweetlix Meat Maker in 25 lb. bags is a commonly available mix that is meant to be fed free choice. Beaver Brand Goat Mineral, made in McMinnville Oregon, comes in 50 lb. bags. It is carried by some of our local feed stores and works well for us.
This type of supplement should always be available to pastured goats in a covered feeder to keep it dry. They will usually eat it if it gets caked on top from moisture in the air, but goats will eat mineral supplements more regularly if they are fresh and dry. Goats will not eat enough mineral if it gets contaminated with urine or feces from goats or other animals. If this happens, or you think it may have, the mineral should be dumped and replaced with fresh. The amounts consumed can vary a great deal, depending on pasture conditions or other factors. Sometimes hardly any may be used for weeks, then the feeder may be emptied daily for a while. Smaller amounts can be put out during slow periods, and increased when consumption goes up. Water should be available nearby, especially in the dry season, but at least several feet away from the mineral feeder.
Where soils are low in selenium, goats may not eat enough mineral supplement, and become deficient or marginally low even if the mineral is consistently offered. If selenium deficiency is suspected or found by testing, a veterinarian may prescribe injectable Bo-Se, selenium with vitamin E. It is not labeled for goats, but is widely used.


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Scott Carthy talks about his hugely successful NYC subway dancers film
Rob Alderson
Scott Carthy only graduated from Kingston University's Graphic Design course last summer, but the 22-year-old Irish creative looks like he has a very big 2015 in front of him if the first week is anything to go by. Uploaded just seven days ago, Scott's new film Litefeet has racked up thousands of views and been featured on many of the leading creative blogs around. The film – which follows New York subway dancers against the backdrop of a city-wide crackdown on their activities – is the follow-up to 1050.6© Scott's first look at the same issue which we featured back in May.
"I had originally seen the dancers in a YouTube clip, at the start of the final year of uni. I thought it would be great to make some sort of film with these guys but obviously never thought anything would come of it. It was only while out in the city working on another project in March that I came across them on the subway, and started discovering that a new crackdown had been implemented against them. I decided to commit some time to it while out there and just see where it went.
"I had no intention of developing it any further until I saw the reaction to the first film and how this could be a subject I revisit."
Scott Carthy: Litefeet (still)
At 17 minutes the new film is more than twice as long as the first, which reflects the time and effort that went into its production.
"I spent months just looking into the history of Litefeet and subway dancing, its online presence, and tried to see the potential in another film that way. I made contact with the dancers as well so it allowed me to develop the film from London; what type of scenes to shoot to explore different aspects of the dance, what characters or groups should I focus on, what kit would be best suited for this etc." He spent eight days with different dance groups "which gave me a much better understanding of what was what, what made the styles different. After a while I think my presence just became normal and it was all very chilled."
Scott says the dancers were happy to welcome him into their groups, convinced that this was a good way to get their message across. But interestingly in the new film Scott also gives a voice to the other side of the argument, centred on the Broken Window theory of policing which suggests that even seemingly small or insignificant improvements can have wide-ranging effects on the city as a whole. "It was really important to give this subject some grounding historically," he says. "If people are watching it in other cities and countries they need some context as to why this is developing the way it is, and it makes the subject much more interesting to have that knowledge to form your own opinion with."
He admits he's been hugely surprised by the reaction to Litefeet ("It's all really blown up over the past few days") but he's pleased he's brought this very local issue to a much wider audience. For now though he thinks he's done telling this particular story.
"I've another piece coming out in the next few months covering a different area of New York's street dance culture, but after that I want to see what's going on in the rest of the world, what other crazy shit is happening that people need to see. I've just planted a money tree so hopefully that will start producing fresh notes to fund it all with. That's how it works right?"
Netflix acquires rights to Studio Ghibli back catalogue
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Rob joined It's Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It's Nice That in June 2015.


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Clintons committed the same crime as the Rosenbergs
Written by: Del Meyer
Dr. Rosen: We've come to the final stretch of trying to save our professional freedom, our religious freedom, and the freedom of speech established in our country after our revolutionary war. We have published some very important columns from well-respected people in the past month. Where will we be in another week?
Dr. Edwards: I still have hope that our citizens will awaken before the elections. I would feel very badly is such a criminal as Hillary becomes our commander-in-chief. She has such a dismal record in international affairs. Some of the high ranking officers in my practice state that all of the Muslims in our Embassy were anal raping Christopher until he looked near dead and then shot him out of sympathy!?! Can you imagine letting four Americans be anal raped to death in Benghazi while Mrs. Clinton stood watch? Destroyed evidence indicates that she was aware of this in real time?
Dr. Milton: Since more of Mrs Clinton's emails from her time as Secretary of State are being published, it now appears that some "Top Secret" email was hacked by our enemies. This would be on the same order of breeching national security for which Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were prosecuted. The only difference is that Bill and Hillary did essentially the same thing in a digital world which is still clandestine. The Rosenbergs were found guilty in 1951 and executed in 1953. Since this has now been confirmed that Mrs Clinton's email contained "Top Secret" information, it is critical that Bill and Hillary Clinton, who worked in collusion just as the Rosenbergs, stand trial for the same offense and if found guilty also be executed.
Dr. Ruth: To think that clear thinking intelligent Americans would trust our country to such a treasonous person of the order of the Rosenbergs is unbelievable. Anyone that would vote for Mrs Clinton could not be a true American.
Dr. Michelle: It would be a catastrophe if the first woman president were a traitor to our country. That would set women's issues back by decades.
Dr. Yancy: I consider Hillary the enemy of private physicians and if she gets elected, I'm closing my office. The bureaucracy of the current administration has double the cost of my office. My surgical fees have been cut by two-thirds. It would only get worse if Hillary becomes president.
Dr. Sam: I was unable to double my staff to keep up with the bureaucratic paperwork to justify every prescription or test that I ordered, so as my income dropped, I obtained a part time job.
Dr. Dave: I did the same. I have the option of going full time salary if my practice loses money like last year.
Dr. Kaleb: I used to think American doctors were crazy trying to avoid government medicine. In the ten years I've been here, I can understand how your government conscripts physicians worse than most dictators in the world. And to think your country was founded on all those freedoms you have in the Bill Of Rights, your leaders have been negligent in teaching the present generation on the value of those freedoms.
Dr. Milton: If Mrs Clinton becomes president, there is no hope for appropriate justice in her espionage crime. The only way she can possibly be prosecuted and tried, is if Donald J Trump is elected President and is able to name his own Attorney General and Supreme Court Justices that will uphold our Constitution and our Bill of Rights.
Dr. Edwards: I can't even imagine how anyone who loves America could take the risk of voting for someone so careless about our Military Secrets. But in fact, she was not careless but a very knowledgeable attorney and formed a dubious tax free Foundation to support her espionage. She did not take the risk of monetary exchange with a tyrannical government for payment which tripped the Rosenbergs in handing over the Atomic Bomb designs. If she wins the Presidency, she would feel very comfortable in sitting at the same table with Russia, N Korea, China, and Iran. It wouldn't be the Round Table of Sir Lancelot, but the Crescent table of the Rogue Nations.
Dr. Rosen: It would also signal the end of the 240 year experiment in personal freedom begun in 1776 and killed in 2016. Will it take another 100 generations to read about the ancient history of 1776 to 2016 and understand how freedom flourished for a brief time? It takes a lot of effort to teach our children the value of Democratic Freedom when it is constantly tainted with Democratic Socialism, Democratic Despotism as our enemies understand the value of having Democratic in their name with opposite meanings to hoodwink the unknowledgeable. We have failed enormously as we allowed our government to change our schools to Socialism Training Camps.
Dr. Ruth: If we win this election next month, I think our first priority is to defund all public education that doesn't teach the Freedom of Democracy and restore private and parochial education. I think that Mr. Trump is the first candidate we've had since Reagan that understands this.
Dr. Rosen: That brings up another extremely important challenge. It has only been 35 years since the Reagan revolution. But do we seriously understand what that means? No one under age 45 remembers what he did?
Dr. Ruth: And that in turn tells us our schools have not been teaching American History, the Bill of Rights, our Constitution, and Civics in general for a long time. Since our public education, which at one time was free but now is nearly as expensive as Private Education, we should be able to make the transition just by defunding all public colleges and university. That transition should now become nearly painless. It would also eliminate the exorbitant inflation in education costs of the past five decades. Making education affordable may be more important than making health care more affordable.
Dr. Rosen: Actually healthcare is affordable if we took the government out of it. The government constantly justifies their involvement by saying they improve the quality of health care when-in-fact, government, whether Medicare, Medicaid, or Obamacare, have all reduced not only the quality of health care, but also made it less affordable. All three have made healthcare nearly unaffordable. Just witness the increase this year alone.
Dr. Kaleb: That means there will be more uninsured after eight years of Obama than when he got elected. Does he understand that he took us backwards? How could that have happen during just one administration? Is the U.S. getting to be a third world country?
Dr Rosen: Well, we should be able to answer that next month.
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Minister's 'consumer choice' decision praised
Published on September 6, 2012 September 20, 2016 Media Releases, Organics
Soil & Health – Organic NZ is praising Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson for making a strong stand on behalf of consumers.
The Minister explained last week why the fortification of bread with folic acid is to be voluntary and not mandatory. "Consumer choice is more important than science when it comes to deciding on folic acid in bread" she said.
"It is inspiring that she has set this precedent and made a strong stand for the consumer" says says Debbie Swanwick, Spokesperson for Soil & Health – Organic NZ. "The same stand has been made for organics" she says. NZ legislation currently prohibits GE crops to be commercially grown here."
If GE crops where to be grown in New Zealand they would cross-contaminate organic and conventionalalternatives (as they have in Australia) giving big Agri tech companies, such as Monsanto, a monopoly on our food supply and removing consumer choice" says Swanwick.
Swanwick's comments come after a GE Free New Zealand demonstration in Rotorua in the weekend attended by over a hundred people. The demonstration was held in response to the opening of the XII international Agricultural Biotech Conference, being held from 2-6 September, which has reignited debate on GE crops being grown in NZ.
The catch cry of GE advocates is that increased yields from GE crops will feed the world, control soaring food prices and produce economic benefit to New Zealand famers.
"But all of these promises are hot air" says Swanwick. "The world currently wastes a third of its food. Food delivery is an economics issue not a production issue and to date no farmer (or consumer) has ever benefited from GE crops. Research that suggests otherwise or invalidates the benefits of organics has in the past been commissioned and/or funded by these big Agri tech companies" says Swanwick. "A food monopoly will drive food prices up even more as these food giants will have free reign to set the price of food and tell us what to eat."
Rising costs in GE production including increasing use of herbicides with a failure to yield as identified in the The Union of Concerned Scientists' 2009 report Failure to Yield―the definitive study to date on GM crops and yield, explains why farmers aren't benefiting. Between 1996 and 2008, US farmers sprayed an extra 383 million pounds of herbicide to combat pests who had built up a resistance to GE crops.
"The recent failure of BT corn crops in the US is a further testament to this" says Swanwick. The rootworm which has developed a resistance to the insecticide, now free to attack, puts more than half of the corn grown in North America, and much of the rest of the world, at risk.
"NZ'ers aren't luddites as suggested by Graeme Peters Chief EXecutive of AgCarm in the media this week. Our government, farmers and the general public are very well researched on the topic and prudent. They recognize genetic terrorists masquerading as Prince Charming professing that we will all live happily ever after with GE crops. GE is nothing but a bad fairytale, especially should crops fail and we are left with no other choices and an agricultural dead end". says Swanwick.
Soil & Health – Organic NZ promote GE free, organic, fresh and healthy food.Oranga Nuku, Oranga Kai Oranga Tangata.
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Law change can support organic dairy and revitalise waterways
February 8, 2019 May 3, 2019
Soil & Health want Fonterra to collect all certified and in transition to organic Fonterra milk and to pay a premium for it, irrespective of locality. "We want to see the Government better commit to organic dairy production and therefore more sustainable farming practices," says Soil & Health National Council member and former Green Party…
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Save the bees – Ban neonics
2 May 2018 The Soil & Health Association welcomes the Environmental Protection Authority's announcement to review the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in New Zealand but wants them to act now and ban their use immediately. The EPA's announcement, made yesterday, is in response to the European Union member states' decision last week to…
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A win for clean, green, GE-free New Zealand
The Soil & Health Association is celebrating the decision by Federated Farmers to abandon its appeal against the right of councils to control the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territories. Federated Farmers filed its latest appeal earlier this year in the Court of Appeal, after its appeals to the Environment Court and…
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Kiwis exposed to health risks from weedkiller
The Soil & Health Association has welcomed Bayer's announcement of US$10 billion in payouts to tens of thousands of claimants in the US who allege exposure to Roundup herbicide caused their cancer. "But here in New Zealand, we have an untenable situation where glyphosate-based herbicides are sprayed broadly in urban environments, and on human food…
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Community Support for a GE free Waikato – submissions needed by Monday 22nd January 2018
The Soil & Health Association is encouraging the Waikato District Council to adopt precautionary provisions in the Waikato District Plan for any genetically engineered organisms that may be trialled or commercially produced. The plan as currently drafted fails to regulate, or make any mention at all of GMOs. "We want to ensure that the Council…
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GE-free Tasmania a shining example for NZ
09 August 2019 The Soil & Health Association congratulates the Tasmanian government for extending its ban on genetically engineered organisms for another 10 years, until 2029. "Tasmanian producers see clear benefits of being GE-free, enjoying a good reputation and access to markets," said Jodie Bruning, Councillor for Soil & Health. "We urge the New Zealand government to…
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De Golf van Arta of Ambracische Golf (Grieks: Αμβρακικός κόλπος, Amvrakikós kólpos) (Golf van Ambracia) is een baai in de Ionische Zee in het noordwesten van Griekenland, gelegen tussen de periferieën Epirus en West-Griekenland.

De Ambracische Golf ontleent haar naam aan de antieke stad Ambracia, op welke plaats, ongeveer 13 km stroomopwaarts aan de Arachthos gelegen, zich tegenwoordig de stad Arta bevindt. Een andere naam voor de baai is daarom ook wel Golf van Arta. Sinds 2008 wordt het landschap in en rond de Golf beschermd door het Nationaal park Amvrakikos.

Geografie
De Golf is haast helemaal door land omsloten en slechts door een eng kanaal naar het westen toen naar de zee geopend. Ten noorden van het kanaal ligt een schiereiland met de stad Preveza. De Golf strekt zich in oostelijke richting ongeveer 38 km uit in het binnenland, de grootste omvang in noordzuid-richting bedraagt ongeveer 25 km. Het omsluit een watervlakte van ongeveer 500 km².

Vanuit het noorden stromen twee rivieren, de Louros en de Arachthos, in de relatief vlakke Golf. In hun mondingsgebied bevindt zich een groter marsland, die een estuarium vormt, en lagunes. In de buurt van de kust zijn daar nu dammen opgetrokken. Ongeveer in het midden van de Golf ligt Koronisia als enige bewoond eiland.

Geschiedenis
De Golf van Arta was het schouwtoneel van verscheidene zeeslagen, waaronder de Slag bij Actium in 31 v.Chr., de Slag bij Olpai in 426 v.Chr. tijdens de Peloponnesische Oorlog, en de zeeslag bij Prevesa in 1538 tussen een Ottomaanse en een christelijke vloot. Zes kilometer ten noorden van Prevesa lag de antieke Romeinse stad Nicopolis.

Infrastructuur
Sinds 2002 bestaat er een onderzeese verbinding van de noordelijke en zuidelijke periferieën van de Golf van Arta door de Preveza-Aktio-tunnel. Deze verbindt via een directe weg de plaatsen Preveza en Nieuw-Aktion. Een oversteek was voordien slechts door een veerdienst mogelijk, welke ook nog steeds bestaat.

Referentie
 , art. Ἀμβρακικὸς κόλπος, in RE I.2 (1894), coll. 1807-1808.

Externe link
officiële website nationaal park
beschrijving nationaal park
steekkaart protected planet
 Rodia Wetland Center, bezoekerscentrum aan de Golf van Arta(Engels, Frans, Grieks)

Baai in Griekenland
Geografie van West-Griekenland
Geografie van Epirus

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Das Erste Kabinett Kok bildete vom 22. August 1994 bis 3. August 1998 die Regierung der Niederlande.
Bei der Wahl der Tweede Kamer am 3. Mai 1994 hatten PvdA und CDA deutlich weniger Stimmen erhalten als bei der Wahl 1989.
Die Regierungsbildung dauerte dreieinhalb Monate; dann bildete sich eine Koalition aus der sozialdemokratischen PvdA und den liberalen Parteien VVD und D66, ein sogenanntes "lila Kabinett" (paars kabinet).

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Das Kabinett bestand aus 14 Ministern und 12 Staatssekretären.

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Jnana yoga (), also known as the jnana marga (), is one of the three classical paths (margas) for moksha (liberation) in Hinduism, which emphasizes the "path of knowledge", also known as the "path of self-realization". The other two are karma yoga (path of action, karma-mārga) and bhakti yoga (path of loving devotion to a personal god, bhakti-mārga). Modern interpretations of Hindu texts have yielded systems, techniques and formulations such as raja yoga and kriya yoga.

The jñāna yoga is a spiritual practice that pursues knowledge with questions such as "who am I, what am I" among others. The practitioner studies usually with the aid of a guru, meditates, reflects, and reaches liberating insights on the nature of one's own Self (Atman, soul) and its relationship to the metaphysical concept called Brahman in Hinduism. The jñāna-mārga ideas are discussed in ancient and medieval era Hindu scriptures and texts such as the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.

Etymology
Jñāna, sometimes transcribed as gyaan, means "knowledge" in Sanskrit. The root jñā- is cognate to English know, as well as to the Greek γνώ- (as in γνῶσις gnosis). Its antonym is ajñāna "ignorance".

Definition

Jnana is knowledge, which refers to any cognitive event that is correct and true over time. It particularly refers to knowledge inseparable from the total experience of its object, especially about reality (non-theistic schools) or supreme being (theistic schools). In Hinduism, it is knowledge which gives Moksha, or spiritual liberation while alive (jivanmukti) or after death (videhamukti). According to Bimal Matilal, jnana yoga in Advaita Vedanta connotes both primary and secondary sense of its meaning, that is "self-consciousness, awareness" in the absolute sense and relative "intellectual understanding" respectively.

According to Jones and Ryan, jnana in jnana yoga context is better understood as "realization or gnosis", referring to a "path of study" wherein one knows the unity between self and ultimate reality called Brahman in Hinduism. This explanation is found in the ancient Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.

Jñāna yoga is the path towards attaining jnana. It is one of the three classical types of yoga mentioned in Hindu philosophies, the other two being karma yoga and bhakti. In modern classifications, classical yoga, being called Raja yoga, is mentioned as a fourth one, an extension introduced by Swami Vivekananda.

Of the three different paths to liberation, jnana marga and karma marga are the more ancient, traceable to Vedic era literature. All three paths are available to any seeker, chosen based on inclination, aptitude and personal preference, and typically elements of all three to varying degrees are practiced by many Hindus.

Classical yoga emphasizes the practice of dhyana (meditation), and this is a part of all three classical paths in Hinduism, including jñāna yoga. The path of knowledge is intended for those who prefer philosophical reflection and it requires study and meditation.

Jnana yoga encourages its adepts to think and speak of themselves in the third person as a way to distance themselves from the Ego and detach their eternal self (atman) from the body related one (maya).

Upanishads
In the Upanishads, 'jnana yoga aims at the realization of the oneness of the individual self (Atman) and the ultimate Self (Brahman). These teachings are found in the early Upanishads. According to Chambliss, the mystical teachings within these Upanishads discuss "the way of knowledge of the Self", a union, the realization that the Self (Atman) and the Brahman are logical.

The teachings in the Upanishads have been interpreted in a number of ways, ranging from non-theistic monism to theistic dualism. In former, rituals are not necessary and a path of introspection and meditation is emphasized for the correct knowledge (jnana) of self. In latter, it is the full and correct knowledge of a Vishnu avatar or Shiva or Shakti (Goddess) that is emphasized. In all its various interpretations, the paths are not necessarily mutually exclusive. A Jnana yogi may also practice Karma yoga or Bhakti yoga or both, and differing levels of emphasis.

According to Robert Roeser, the precepts of Jnana yoga in Hinduism were likely systematized by about 500 BCE, earlier than Karma yoga and Bhakti yoga.

Bhagavad Gita
In the Bhagavad Gita, jnana yoga is also referred to as buddhi yoga and its goal is self-realization. The text considers jnana marga as the most difficult, slow, confusing for those who prefer it because it deals with "formless reality", the avyakta. It is the path that intellectually oriented people tend to prefer.

The chapter 4 of the Bhagavad Gita is dedicated to the general exposition of jnana yoga, while chapters 7 and 16 discuss its theological and axiological aspects. Krishna says that jñāna is the purest, and a discovery of one's Atman:

Traditions
The Advaita philosopher Adi Shankara gave primary importance to jñāna yoga for the "knowledge of the absolute" (Brahman), while the Vishishtadvaita commentator Ramanujar regarded knowledge only as a condition of devotion.

Classical Advaita Vedanta

Behaviors
Classical Advaita Vedanta emphasises the path of Jnana Yoga to attain moksha. It consists of fourfold attitudes, or behavioral qualifications:
 Discrimination ( (नित्यानित्य वस्तु विवेकम्), or simply viveka) — The ability to correctly discriminate (viveka) between the unchanging, permanent, eternal (nitya) and the changing, transitory, temporary (anitya).
 Dispassion of fruits ( (इहाऽमुत्रार्थ फल भोगविरागम्), or simply viraga) — The dispassionate indifference (virāga) to the fruits, to enjoyments of objects (artha phala bhoga) or to the other worlds (amutra) after rebirth.
 Six virtues ( (शमादि षट्क सम्पत्ति), or simply satsampat) —
 Śama, temperance of mind
 Dama, temperance of sense organs (voluntary self restraints)
 Uparati, withdrawal of mind from sensory objects
 Titikṣa, forbearance
 Śraddhā, faith
 Samādhāna, concentration of mind
 Drive, longing ( (मुमुक्षुत्वम्)) — intense yearning for moksha from the state of ignorance

Practices
Jnanayoga for Advaitins consists of three practices: sravana (hearing), manana (thinking) and nididhyasana (meditation). This three-step methodology is rooted in the teachings of chapter 4 of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:
Sravana literally means hearing, and broadly refers to perception and observations typically aided by a counsellor or teacher (guru), wherein the Advaitin listens and discusses the ideas, concepts, questions and answers.
Manana refers to thinking on these discussions and contemplating over the various ideas based on svadhyaya and sravana.
Nididhyāsana refers to meditation, realization and consequent conviction of the truths, non-duality and a state where there is a fusion of thought and action, knowing and being.

These practices, with the help of a guru are believed to lead to correct knowledge, which destroys avidya, psychological and perceptual errors related to Atman and Brahman.

Shaivism
Both the theistic and monistic streams of Shaivism include jnana yoga ideas, along with those related to karma yoga, and in the case of Saiva Siddhanta ideas related to bhakti yoga. The Shaivism traditions do not consider renunciation necessary for practicing jnana yoga, leaving ascetic yogi lifestyle optional. Spirituality can be pursued along with active life (karma), according to Shaiva traditions, and it believes that this does not hinder ones ability to journey towards self (Shiva within) realization. The traditions dwell into this integration of karma yoga with jnana yoga, such as by ranking daily behavior and activity that is done by choice and when not necessary as higher in spiritual terms than activity that is impulsive or forced.

The methodology of sravana, manana and nididhyasana similar to Advaita Vedanta are also found in various traditions of Shaivism. However, nistha or samadhi is sometimes added in Shaiva methodology. The meditational aspects of Shaivism focus on the nirguna form of Supreme Reality (Shiva).

Vaishnavism
The Pancharatra (agama) texts of Vaishnavism, along with its Bhagavata (Krishna, Rama, Vishnu) tradition, are strongly influenced by jnana yoga ideas of the Upanishads. However, Vaishnavism also incorporates Bhakti yoga concepts of loving devotion to the divine Supreme personally selected by the devotee, in saguna form, both in silent meditational and musical expressive styles.

The aim of jnana yoga in Vaishnavism differs from that in other schools. Advaita, for example, considers jnana yoga as the path to nondual self-knowledge and moksha. Vaishnavism, in contrast, considers it a condition of devotion.

Shaktism
The Shaktism literature on goddess such as Kularnava Tantra highlight jnana marga as important to liberation. It differentiates between two kinds of jnana: one it calls knowledge that comes from Agama texts, and another it calls viveka (insight). The Shaktism literature then adds that both lead to the knowledge of Brahman, but the first one is in the form of sound (shabdabrahman), while the insight from within is the ultimate truth (parabrahman).

Some Shakta texts, such as the Sita Upanishad, combine yoga of action and knowledge as a path to liberation. The Devi Gita, a classic text of Shaktism, dedicates chapter 4 to Jnana yoga, stating that a Jnana yogi understands and realizes that there is no difference between the individual soul and herself as the supreme Self. The discussion of Jnana yoga continues through the later chapters of the Devi Gita.

See also

 Bhakti yoga
 Diamond Sutra Perfection of Wisdom
 Kevala Jnana
 Ramana Maharshi
 Vedanta
 Yoga Vasistha
 Vivekachudamani
 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

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  (Unabridged, New Format Edition).

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Yoga paths


Poison Ivy – Leaves of Three, Let Them Be – Leaves of Five, Let Them Thrive!!
Leaves of three, let them be… Leaves of five, let them thrive!
Although us horticulturist know better.. they are really leaflets, as it is a compound leaf. I don't want to mess with the original poetry, so whatever keeps you away from this itchy stuff, I'll continue to chant!
Many of you may not have heard the last part of this saying, but it is to prevent the beautiful, native vine, Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) from being lumped in with poison ivy. They both also have beautiful red, fall coloring.
I'll discuss some of the look alikes and general areas it can be found. This guide will hopefully help you avoid this itchy plant!
Poor Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema atrorubens)… He likes to grow in all the same areas poison ivy grows. Later on after he blooms, he doesn't resemble it as much. Trillium does have three leaves and blooms about the same time as poison ivy, although most seasoned hikers can distinguish it. This one only fools the newbies!
The winning doppelganger comes in the form of a box elder (Acer negundo). This weed tree is very prolific and seedlings sprout up very easily. When they are seedlings, they have a striking resemblance to the poison ivy leaf, without the red stem tho, that's the tell. As they grow, they develop another set of leaves (leaflets) which would bring the total to 5 leaflets, thus lighting the way to pull this weed. Ok, maybe we do need to work on that poem….
Poison ivy is found in our Midwestern forests & natural areas. It can be a small shrub, ground cover, but mostly seen here as a vine, in shadier areas, growing on the north side of trees. It likes wetter areas, but can tolerate drier soils.
Poison ivy's main component that causes the skin irritation is Urushiol. It is an oily resin that is found on the stems and leaves of poison ivy and several other related species. It causes contact dermatitis — an immune-mediated skin inflammation. This oily ingredient can even cause irritation during the winter!
Ironically, animals are immune to the oils, deer feed on the leaves and birds use the vine as living spaces along with eating the berries in fall. They do not have any reactions to the oily resin, contrary to humans. However, the oils can be transferred from your dog to your hands if you pet them.
Eh Gads, I'm Up To My Elbows! Now What?
As soon as you notice your mistake… TAKE ACTION! Speed is of the essence. The less oils you can have soak into your skin, the better.
Many washes are available. These should be brought with you hiking. Zanfel has worked great for our crews. The wash works by surrounding urushiol and bonding with it, enabling it to be rinsed away with water.
Another folk remedy is to smash the stems of Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) and apply to skin. Luckily, they tend to grow near each other!
Oral antihistamines such as Atarax (hydroxyzine), Benadryl or prescription strength.
Oral steroids, such as Orapred or Prednisone.
Growing up a tree trunk.
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A major water temple in Bali, it is located on the shores of lake Bratan surrounded by mountains. Situated at 4000 feet above sea level, the weather is generally cool. Normally the temple is surrounded by lake water. But during our visit, it was the last days of summer in Bali and the lake water had receded exposing the temple in full.
The image of this temple is printed on 50,000 Rp Indonesian currency!!
Wow! I have heard a lot about Bali's beaches and natural beauty from my friends and colleagues. this is a new thing which I learned after reading this article. this water temple looks so divine, natural water and mountains around enhances the spectacular view. I would love to capture Pura Ulun danu Bratan on my lenses.
Thanks for your comments. Yes, Bali is famous for temples and as it is widely known for beaches and natural beauty.


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Feature: A Perfect Storm on the US-Mexican Border as Drug and Immigration and Terror Wars Converge 4/28/06
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/433/perfectstorm.shtml
This week, the US Senate voted to divert nearly $2 billion dollars from the Iraq war effort and instead use the money to beef up enforcement efforts along the US-Mexican border. Driven by the explosive emergence of the immigration issue as immigrants and their supporters took to the streets in massive numbers to block a House bill that many have criticized as draconian, the move is only the latest in a long line of efforts to secure the borders.
Mexican anti-drug patrols
The border is a symbolic security blanket for Americans, the place where they can draw a line in the sand, where they can mark boundaries to protect them from their fears and desires. Yes, desires. Drugs may be illegal, but they come across the border because Americans want them. Similarly, people sneaking into the country to provide cheap labor may be illegal, but they come across the border because Americans want them. In millions of individual decisions every day, Americans vote for more drugs and more undocumented workers, while at the same time screaming for more border security.
Now, a perfect storm of bogeymen -- Drugs! Terrorists! Mexicans! -- is threatening to unleash a new wave of increased law enforcement on the border. According to border rights activists, academics, and drug reformers, increased law enforcement on the border may put a slight crimp in undocumented immigration, but won't stop the drug traffic -- and it will lead to more abuses, more violence in the desert, and a strengthening of the trend toward increased surveillance of all of us.
Despite -- or because -- it consists of more than 1,700 miles of rough, remote, hostile terrain separating the First World and the Third World, the US-Mexico border is a very busy place. There a lively local cross-border traffic in "the Borderlands," that frontier area roughly 100 miles wide that encompasses both sides of the line, with Mexicans crossing daily to work and Americans to shop, dine, and get medical care, in places like San Diego-Tijuana, El Paso-Juarez, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley conurbation of Brownsville-McAllen-Matamoros-Reynosa. And the Department of Homeland Security reports detaining about one million people a year trying to get into the US without papers.
The border is also a very busy place for drugs. According to the National Drug Intelligence Center, each year since 2001, US agents have seized more than 2 million pounds of Mexican marijuana (compared to the record 25,000 pounds of pot seized at the Canadian border in 2003). They also seize significant amounts of methamphetamine produced in Mexico -- more than 4,000 pounds worth in 2004. Controlled by Mexican drug trafficking organizations that emerged in the 1980s to work with Colombian traffickers but which then took over from them, heroin and cocaine also flow across the border in an unceasing torrent.
Heightened border security will not stop undocumented workers from coming across, but it will ensure they pay a high price, said Pedro Rios, Project Voice coordinator for the AFSC in San Diego and a member of the Border Alliance for Human Rights. "Every time they have increased security at the border, more people end up dying as they try to cross. When people come to the US, they have no idea what the desert is like, and they are unprepared for the extreme elements," said Rios. "When they began putting up fences in the 1980s, people thought the harsh landscape would act as a natural barrier, but it hasn't stopped people from coming."
Instead, they die in the desert. For the last few years, the death doll has averaged more than 300 a year, with the number exceeding 400 in 2005.
border fence
Sometimes, border crossers die at the hands of the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "We've had at least five officer-involved shootings here in recent months," said Rios. "In one case in December, a migrant climbed the fence and was shot. He made it to a hospital in Tijuana, where he died. The Border Patrol said he was trying to throw a rock at the agent, but the autopsy showed he was shot in the back."
The abuses are on the increase, Rios said. "As we have seen an increase in border enforcement personnel, we have also seen an increase in human rights abuses, including those directed at US citizens and legal permanent residents. We are receiving more complaints that they are being verbally and physically maltreated. In one case, a woman with a new-born child complained that a Customs agent forced her to express milk from her breasts to prove the infant was hers. That's the kind of thing we deal with on a regular basis," Rios said. "It's getting worse."
"Attempting to secure the border is ultimately futile, certainly when it comes to keeping drugs out, said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and coauthor of the forthcoming book "Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations." "You can build a fence to keep people from walking over, but you can't stop them from throwing a bag full of drugs over the top. The compactness and ease of smuggling of illicit drugs is extraordinary, and if they don't come through Mexico, they will come over the water."
In fact, according to the National Drug Intelligence Center, about half of all cocaine smuggled into the US comes by maritime routes, either through the Caribbean or through the Pacific off the Mexican coast.
Some advocates see the immigration and drug trafficking issues as analogous. "It is just a demonstration of people's ignorance about what's behind migration and what's behind the drug trade.
"Every year, there is another crackdown, another cry for more enforcement, another hunk of money for militarizing the border, but nothing seems to change much," said Caroline Isaacs, director of the American Friends Service Committee Arizona Sector. People don't talk about these issues in a helpful or realistic way, because we have a low tolerance for complexity in our national political dialog. Instead, you get fear mongering and hysteria around drugs and terrorism and border security," she told DRCNet.
Unease about frontiers is nothing new, said Isaacs, but the immigration issue is taking it to a new level. "On the border, the situation is, almost by definition, one of tension, but now, there has been a mainstreaming of extremism on the immigration issue. Last year and this year, we've had the press fawning over armed vigilantes like the Minutemen taking the law into their own hands, and hard-line anti-immigration folks in Washington took that as a mandate that people are fed up and immigration is a crisis. They have upped the tension, but on the other hand, there has always been vigilante violence and abusive, excessive enforcement of the laws on the border. They think they're leading a revolution on Capitol Hill, but it's really just more of the same. The same failed policies, whether its drug policy, criminal justice policy, or border policy. In the cases of both drugs and immigration, they are going up against market forces."
In the past decade, the number of Border Patrol agents has doubled and doubled again to nearly 12,000 in an effort to control the border. Similarly, state and local law enforcement agencies are taking on an increased role. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), for example, has shifted federal grants that formerly went to drug task forces to new border task forces. And the US military looms in the background.
During the 1980s and 1990s, the US military began becoming involved in a patrolling the borders, but after an unfortunate incident in Texas, it pulled back. Chastened by the 1997 shooting death of Texas shepherd Esequiel Hernandez by a US Marine patrol looking for drug traffickers, the US military retreated, said Tim Dunn, sociology professor at Salisbury College in Maryland and author of "The Militarization of the US-Mexico Border."
"The military suspended its border operations for 15 months and did an interim review, and the Department of Defense finally said it would allow ground troops, but only if an Assistant Secretary of Defense signed off on the deployment. This had the effect of really limiting the use of armed ground troops," Dunn told DRCNet. "The military was still there behind the scenes, offering assistance and training, and still quite militaristic, and of course, the National Guard, which is under the control of the states, never went away."
border truck inspections
Similarly, the military Joint Task Force 6, whose mission was the drug war, has now morphed into Joint Task Force North, and its mission has morphed into fighting transnational threats of all sorts, including the movement of undocumented immigrants "because they could hypothetically be terrorists," Dunn said.
As for the terrorist threat, that is a canard, Dunn said. "They have never caught anyone terrorist-related coming across the Mexican border," he said. "The Border Patrol says it sees maybe a thousand people a year coming across the border from Muslim countries, and those are largely labor migrants. All of this talk about Al Qaeda learning Spanish or linking Mara Salvatrucha with Al Qaeda is utter bullshit. To call a street gang terrorism is simply absurd." Which for all intents and purposes leaves US border agencies again focused on non-military matters like the drug trade.
Still, the military is back on the border. "JTF North is really busy internationally, and they don't generally have the troops to rotate down to the border," said Dunn. "But the relationship on the ground is still there, and now we are seeing troops on the ground again. Last year in southern New Mexico, they brought in a Stryker brigade with 400 soldiers and 40 light armor vehicles. They're not as heavy as tanks, but they have .50 caliber machine guns and they can hold eight or 12 troops. I never thought I would see things like this on the border," he said.
The situation is increasingly tense, Dunn said. "You have the army, you have the Border Patrol, you have covert surveillance and heavily armed undercover agents, and you have these private militia groups wandering around. This is a recipe for disaster, an incident waiting to happen," he warned.
Confrontations could -- and have -- taken place not only with immigrants and drug traffickers, but with elements of the Mexican military, which is under increasing pressure from the US to step up its fight against cross-border drug trafficking. "There have been shooting incidents between the Mexican Army and US agents, said Dunn, "but those are likely cases of mistaken identity. Still, these incidents add to the mix of tension and instability," he said.
While Mexican President Vicente Fox has aggressively posted soldiers on and near the border, it is largely kabuki theater, said Dunn. "They post those soldiers to placate us, but they send them out in the desert without any support and they're not finding drugs because most of the drugs go through ports of entry. But no one wants to deal with that, because serious enforcement at the ports would interfere with trade."
There are more workable solutions than simply trying to crack down on the border, said Dunn, also drawing an analogy between the issues. "With immigration, you have to legalize the people who are here and let them work toward legal permanent residency, and then you need a reasonable guest worker program." And trying to stop Americans from doing drugs by locking down the border is equally absurd, Dunn said. "If you want to reduce drug use, throw your money into drug education and treatment programs, and look at what other countries are doing in terms of harm reduction. We should also decriminalize marijuana, which would take a lot of pressure off Mexico and give them a real chance to do something about drug flows. Right now, the corruption there has an awful effect, and it is our demand for drugs that is responsible. We can't be any less effective than we are now, but if we take a public health approach, the border issue will become much smaller."
Given the massive amount of free trade between Mexico and the US, trying to stop drugs at the border is a fool's errand, Dunn said. "As long as we have this huge volume of traffic, mixing in illegal commerce with the legal commerce cannot be avoided."
The impulse toward more law enforcement on the border is ever-present and driven by the scary issue of the day. "It used to be justified by the effort to fight drugs," said Nadelmann, "then it was terrorists and national security, and now it's immigration. Cracking down on the border will make it tougher and tougher on people trying to cross, but the impact on drugs coming across will be minimal, and the porousness of the border will continue to feed increasing pressure for more internal surveillance in this country," he predicted.
Nadelmann sketched a frightening Orwellian vision of a future where the totalitarian impulse toward total security moves beyond a line in the desert and into the bodies of American citizens. "As the war on drugs morphs with the war on terror and the war on illegal immigration, we will see a greater and greater push for domestic surveillance of Americans, both internal and external. We are already moving toward a national ID card, and more and more, we are relying on GPS devices, so why not have everybody wear a bracelet or a chip or a card with a biometrics and a GPS tracking device?" Nadelmann asked. "External surveillance is about tracking where you are; internal surveillance is about drug testing -- tracking what you ingest."
The process is already underway, Nadelmann said. "We are already drug testing people in the criminal justice system and people who are seeking jobs. We could very easily move to having tracking devices on people, beginning with the seven million under the jurisdiction of the criminal justice system. And there would be voluntary participation, for instance, from parents afraid their children will be kidnapped or people whose loved ones suffer from Alzheimer's. Then you require it for people who want certain jobs, and eventually everyone essentially has to have an ID device with biometric drug monitoring and GPS tracking."
All it would take is another dramatic attack, Nadelmann suggested. "What happens after the next major terrorist episode and the majority decides it can no longer afford to have anonymous individuals walking around free on our soil? We'll slide into this slowly, and future generations will regard constant surveillance as normal. The only obstacle to this happening is Americans' collective sense of civil liberties and freedom, but as we've seen with drug testing and now in the post-911 world, we are becoming more and more accustomed to the loss of these basic rights. The border issues will get bigger and bigger, and we will create more bureaucracies, but they will have no impact on drugs or terrorism, and the result will be intensive domestic surveillance."
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Queen: The eYe är ett actionäventyr-datorspel som gavs ut av Electronic Arts 1998. Spelet innehåller musik av det brittiska rockbandet Queen, som remixats av Joshua J. Macrae vid Queen-trummisen Roger Taylors studio i Surrey, Storbritannien.

Låtlista

Disc 1 - The Arena Domain
 "Data track" (includes "Arboria") - 22:22
 "Made in Heaven" (loop) - 1:08
 "I Want It All" (instrumental, remix) - 4:43
 "Dragon Attack" (instrumental, remix) - 4:23
 "Fight From The Inside" (instrumental) - 3:03
 "Hang On In There" (intro) - 0:57
 "In The Lap of the Gods...Revisited" (edit, vocals) - 0:32
 "Modern Times Rock'n'Roll" (instrumental) - 1:44
 "More Of That Jazz" (instrumental) - 4:30
 "We Will Rock You" (commentary mix) - 0:58
 "Liar" (intro) - 1:26
 "The Night Comes Down" (intro) - 0:48
 "Party" (instrumental) - 2:26 (not on the English version of the game)
 "Chinese Torture" (usual version) - 1:44
 "I Want It All" (instrumental, remix) - 4:53

Disc 2 - The Works Domain
 "Data track" - 25:45
 "Mustapha" (intro, vocals) - 0:26
 "Mother Love" (instrumental) - 4:16
 "You Take My Breath Away" (instrumental) - 3:15
 "One Vision" (intro) - 0:32
 "Sweet Lady" (edit, vocals) - 1:03
 "Was It All Worth It" (instrumental, edit) - 1:57
 "Get Down, Make Love" (instrumental, remix) - 3:49
 "Heaven For Everyone" (instrumental) - 5:36
 "Hammer To Fall" (instrumental) - 4:22
 "Tie Your Mother Down" (intro) - 0:39
 "One Vision" (instrumental, remix) - 2:27
 "It's Late" (edit, vocals) - 1:08
 "Procession" (usual version) - 1:14
 "Made in Heaven" (instrumental, remix) - 5:24

Disc 3 - The Theatre Domain
 "Data track" - 21:53
 "It's A Beautiful Day" (remix) - 1:38
 "Don't Lose Your Head" (instrumental) - 1:59
 "Princes Of The Universe" (instrumental, remix) - 1:08
 "A Kind Of Magic" (instrumental) - 4:25
 "Gimme The Prize" (remix, vocals) - 4:03
 "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" (edit, vocals) - 0:27
 "Ha Ha Ha, It's Magic!" (vocal sample) - 0:06
 "You Don't Fool Me" (instrumental) - 5:58
 "Let Me Entertain You" (instrumental, intro) - 0:49
 "Khashoggi's Ship" (instrumental) - 1:37
 "Forever" (usual version) - 3:21
 "Don't Try So Hard" (edit, vocals) - 1:35
 "Was It All Worth It" (intro) - 0:37

Disc 4 - The Innuendo Domain
 "Data track" - 25:40
 "Brighton Rock" (intro) - 0:13
 "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (instrumental) - 2:40
 "Bijou" (instrumental, edit) - 1:27
 "Khashoggi's Ship" (instrumental) - 1:37
 "The Show Must Go On" (instrumental, remix) - 4:26
 "The Hitman" (instrumental, edit) - 1:07
 "Too Much Love Will Kill You" (edit, vocals) - 1:50
 "I Can't Live With You" (instrumental, remix) - 4:40
 "Love Of My Life" (harp intro only) - 0:04

Disc 5 - The Final Domain
 "Data track" - 21:48
 "Death On Two Legs" (intro) - 0:40
 "Death On Two Legs" (instrumental) - 3:07
 "Ride The Wild Wind" (instrumental, remix) - 4:45
 "Headlong" (instrumental) - 4:53
 "Breakthru" (instrumental) - 2:07
 "Hammer To Fall" (instrumental) - 4:32
 "Gimme The Prize" (instrumental, remix) - 4:12
 "The Hitman" (instrumental, remix) - 2:40
 "Don't Lose Your Head" (usual version) - 4:40
 "Gimme The Prize" (vocals, remix) - 4:11

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Datorspel 1998


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