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Teacher fired from 'patriotic' school over democracy anthem 'Glory to Hong Kong'
Published: 7:32am, 10 Jun, 2020
Joanne Ma
A conflicting political stance may have led to music teacher Novem Lee Kwan-pui's contract not being renewed
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Joanne joined the Post in 2018. She majored in English Literature for her first degree and has a master's degree in Journalism.
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Heung To Middle School refused to renew a music teacher's contract after her students sang 'Glory to Hong Kong' in an exam.
A secondary school teacher's contract has not been renewed, allegedly due to her having a different political stance to the school.
In an email sent to Heung To Middle School's teachers, students and principal Wong Chung-leung on Monday, music teacher Novem Lee Kwan-pui expressed her frustration of the termination of her contract.
She said Wong told her via WhatsApp on May 11 that the school would not renew her contract for the coming academic year .
The email from Novem Lee expressed her frustration at her termination."I have time and again asked principal Wong to give me an explanation, and requested a formal certificate that showed the reasons for the discontinuation of my contract … yet, until this day, principal Wong still hasn't provided a reason, nor the formal letter," the email read.
Lee's email says that, in late January, Wong told her that the School Management Committee believed she didn't share the school's political beliefs, and that she was discussing her own political views in a very high-profile manner.
The email also said the committee based their accusation on a rumour that during the school's music exam, Lee did not forbid students from performing what the school regarded as an "inappropriate song".
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A student at the Kowloon Tong school who wished to remain anonymous told Young Post that between 15 and 20 groups of students sang the popular protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong for their music mid-term exams December 2019 and January this year. The students were from Forms One to Three; music is a compulsory subject for junior form students at the school.
"I was one of them … and we performed the song despite Ms Lee's reminders that we should be careful about our song choices and try not to pick anything that's related to the ongoing social events," the Form Two student said.
In response to the school's accusation, Lee continued in her email that she had not revealed her political views on campus, and that she had been impartial, and abided by the Education Bureau's requirements for teachers.
However, she said, the principal believed teachers should share the school's political views, not be impartial.
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The school's website states that one of its main principles is to "provide patriotic and progressive education".
Lee, who has been a teacher at Heung To Middle School for 12 years, also said in the email that students had always been given the freedom to choose their own songs in the music exam's self-selection part.
"I reminded my students to avoid any songs related to social issues, but they were still free to choose what they performed. What's more, the school had not explicitly forbidden students from playing any particular songs, nor did they publish a set of regulations for teachers and students," the email read.
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It went on to say: "Principal Wong has not directly responded to my explanation, nor provided any concrete evidence [to support their accusation] ... I was not given any advice or warnings beforehand … the way this matter has been dealt with has created unprecedented white terror," she said.
In 2015, Lee appeared on an annual list of commended teachers, an award established by the Committee on Respect Our Teachers Campaign, a group formed by eight teachers' unions. Teachers, students and parents can nominate two teachers from each school every year to receive the honour .
Heung To Middle School's student pro-democracy group, Heung To Middle School Hong Kong Indigenous Concern Group, said that Lee was not the only teacher whose contract had not been renewed for apparent political reasons.
The group released a statement on Instagram on Monday, saying that the students were disappointed by and indignant about the teachers being dismissed due to political considerations. They viewed this action as political suppression.
The statement read: "I hope our school can understand the indignation of the concern group and the public's views on the matter, and seriously reflect on its wrong decisions. We also hope to communicate with the school."
Young Post also spoke to the Education Bureau, and asked whether schools should be impartial or pro-Beijing, whether the department had looked at the Heung To Middle School case, and whether singing Glory to Hong Kong on campus was problematic. The bureau replied, saying it was not aware of the incident and had not received any complaints.
"As the employer of each school, the Incorporated Management Committee can handle appointments and disciplinary matters in accordance with the employment contract, the Employment Ordinance and its related regulations," it added.
Heung To Middle School released a statement on e-class saying that the school was a traditional, patriotic school, and they had been teaching students to love the country and identify themselves as Chinese.
"For 70 years we have been flying the Five-starred Red Flag on our campus. Our philosophy and vision have always been evident to everyone," it said.
It also said the School Management Committee would continue to handle teachers' renewal of contract according to established procedures. "One of the factors we consider is whether teachers are able to abide by the school's education vision," it added.
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EUR/USD trades steadily after Yellen's testimony, consumer inflation report ahead
The euro traded little changed against the US dollar on Friday, as Janet Yellens dovish remarks at a testimony yesterday, provided a boost to riskier assets, but however, euros upside movement seemed to remain restrained, because of the GDP reports, released out of several Euro zone countries on Thursday.
EUR/USD slipped to a session low at 1.3446 at 8:10 GMT, after which consolidation followed at 1.3457, dipping a mere 0.01% for the day. Support was likely to be received at November 14th low, 1.3418, while resistance was to be seen at November 14th high, 1.3495.
Yesterday's testimony by Federal Reserve Bank governor-nominee Janet Yellen indicated that a scale back of central bank's stimulus may not occur in December, as was expected, especially after the most recent upbeat non-farm payrolls report, released out of the United States.
"We have made good progress, but we have farther to go to regain the ground lost in the crisis and the recession", Yellen said in a testimony on Thursday. "Unemployment is down from a peak of 10 percent, but at 7.3 percent in October, it is still too high, reflecting a labor market and economy performing far short of their potential. At the same time, inflation has been running below the Federal Reserve's goal of 2 percent and is expected to continue to do so for some time."
According to the median estimate of 32 economists in a survey, the Federal Reserve Bank will pare back the monthly pace of its asset purchases to 70 billion USD at the policy meeting on March 18th-19th from the current 85 billion USD per month.
Meanwhile, demand for the euro was pressured, after preliminary data published on Thursday showed, that the Gross Domestic Product of the Euro zone increased merely 0.1% during the third quarter compared to the second, when economy expanded 0.3%, following six consecutive quarters of recession due to the debt crisis.
Germany's preliminary Gross Domestic Product rose 0.3% in the third quarter, compared to the second three months, meeting expectations but decelerating in comparison with Q2, when economy grew 0.7%.
French economy, on the other hand, contracted 0.1% during the third quarter of the year compared to the second quarter, following a 0.5% gain in Q2.
The upside movement of the euro may remain limited as a report is forecast to confirm that annual consumer inflation in the Euro region decelerated to 0.7% in October, which would be the lowest level since 2009, as the corresponding index stood at 1.1% in September. The harmonized index of consumer prices probably dropped 0.1% on a monthly basis, official data may show, according to the median estimate of economists in a Bloomberg poll.
Elsewhere, the euro was steady against the pound, with EUR/GBP cross dipping 0.01% on a daily basis to trade at 0.8378 at 9:04 GMT. EUR/JPY pair, on the other hand, was gaining 0.29% to trade at 135.02 at 9:05 GMT.
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This is a list of the Austrian Singles Chart number-one hits of 1994.

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Lists of number-one songs in Austria

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Prospective car buyers will at some point be exposed to radio or television commercials persuading them to consider a Honda verses Toyota or a Toyota verses Honda as their next purchase.
Considering that the Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry have been the best-selling sedans in the United States since the mid-1990s, drivers cannot go wrong with either model; nonetheless, the question about which automaker will deliver the best value still remains.
If you think that the Honda verses Toyota discussion among U.S. drivers is lively, you should see the passion that this debate stirs up in Japan. There the topic can be compared to the endless discussion about Michael Jordan vs. Lebron James, Dan Marino vs. Joe Montana, or Dodgers vs. Yankees.
Auto service technicians are used to being queried about their opinions in this popular debate. At Ray Weatherspoon Automotive, our staff will always be happy to see drivers bringing their Honda and Toyota vehicles for various reasons.
First of all, many of our technicians have completed the certification courses administered by these two automakers; second, the repair and parts network available to Honda and Toyota vehicles is extensive and supportive.
Mechanics like to work on these two brands because they both feature smart engineering that is not likely to present unpleasant surprises; for example, when the check engine light of a Honda Accord or Toyota Corolla comes on, the diagnostic codes will be on point; this is something that cannot be said about all automakers.
A few years ago, a couple of automotive industry researchers began evaluating data available since 1992 to develop a quality index rating based on cars returned to dealership lots as trade-ins.
The aforementioned index looks at issues such as engine malfunction, defective transmissions, mileage, and the car's overall condition determined by mechanics who would issue pre-owned certifications for future sales.
* Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, has the highest quality rating index of all vehicles sold in the U.S. The second place goes to Toyota while the fourth spot is occupied by Scion, another Toyota division.
* Honda rates eighth on the list, higher than Saab and Chevrolet and lower than Infiniti and Mercedes Benz.
* An impressive number of Toyota Camry and Honda Accord models are traded with odometer readings higher than 200,000 miles. In many cases, vehicle owners hold on to their Accord and Camry models for more than 15 years.
* American drivers do not mind spending more for Toyota and Honda models, which dominate across many categories. Some entry-level European models cost almost the same as a new Camry or Accord. Many believe they are more fun to drive in terms of performance. Yet overall, they score lower on the quality rating index.
Not all Honda and Toyota models are built the same. The Accord, for example, rates lower than the Civic, CR-V and the Element. If you want maximum Honda reliability, you should consider the pricey Ridgeline. In the case of Toyota, the Camry is not the best reliable performer; that would be the Avalon, the 4-Runner and the Prius.
* Honda manual transmissions are legendary for their durability and tight performance, but the same cannot be said about the clutch. It has been known to fail in older Accord and Element models from 2003 to 2007. In terms of automatic transmissions, Honda delivers within the extended warranty period. However, owners should not be surprised if repairs are needed after a few years.
* Once the timing belt on Camry models from 2002 to 2006 starts making noise, the replacement should include the pulley and the tensioner. These components tend to thoroughly wear out after about 40,000 miles; however, this is an affordable repair.
* If you own a current generation Accord, meaning that it rolled out of the assembly line after 2012, you have very little to worry about. The transmission issues have been rectified, and this is a model that wants to be known as being more reliable than the Element, CR-V and Fit. If you stick to the recommended maintenance schedule and look after the anti-lock braking system, you will have thousands of miles of worry-free driving ahead of you.
* In the early 1970s, the Toyota Land Cruiser was one of the favorite vehicles competing in the grueling and legendary Baja 1000 off-road race in Mexico. There was an important reason for this: if the racer broke down near Cabo San Lucas, mechanics could raid the local junkyard and quickly modify parts from just about any vehicle to get the Land Cruiser back on the dusty road. The current Toyota generation is not like this; you have to stick to parts made by original equipment manufacturers if you want to keep driving around Chatham County.
To settle the Honda verses Toyota debate, the bottom line is in the statistics: both automakers deliver lots of value, but the numbers as of 2018 favor the Avalon, Prius, Civic and Ridgeline over the Camry and Accord. Nonetheless, and as previously stated, you cannot go wrong with the cars manufactured by these renowned Japanese brands.


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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"

	"net/http"

	"github.com/labstack/echo"
	"github.com/labstack/echo/engine/standard"
	"github.com/labstack/echo/middleware"
)

func upload(c echo.Context) error {
	// Read form fields
	name := c.FormValue("name")
	email := c.FormValue("email")

	//-----------
	// Read file
	//-----------

	// Source
	file, err := c.FormFile("file")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	src, err := file.Open()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer src.Close()

	// Destination
	dst, err := os.Create(file.Filename)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer dst.Close()

	// Copy
	if _, err = io.Copy(dst, src); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	return c.HTML(http.StatusOK, fmt.Sprintf("
File %s uploaded successfully with fields name=%s and email=%s.
", file.Filename, name, email))
}

func main() {
	e := echo.New()

	e.Use(middleware.Logger())
	e.Use(middleware.Recover())
	e.Use(middleware.Static("public"))

	e.POST("/upload", upload)

	e.Run(standard.New(":1323"))
}

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Braxton Stuntz Foundation continues monthly tradition of serving homeless community
Updated: 12:40 PM PDT Aug 16, 2020
Alani Letang
THIS MORNING..... THE BRAXTON STUNTZ FOUNDATION HANDED OUT SUPPLIES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS. THE STUNTZ FOUNDATION WAS STARTED LAST YEAR...FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF 18 YEAR OLD BRAXTON STUNTZ IN 2019. THE FAMILY SAY BRAXTON WAS A SELFLESS, GIVING PERSON .. THEY STARTED THIS FOUNDATION TO HEAL. THE FOUNDATION HANDS OUT DONATED CLOTHES, SHOES AND TOILETRIES. EVERY MONTH THE FOUNDATION SERVES 50 TO 100 PEOPLE ...WHO ALSO GET A MEAL THROUGH THE "PASS THE WORD MINISTRY." THE FOUNDATION IS ECOURAGING...EVERYON E TO HELP OUT WHERE YOU CAN...## RUTH BALTES-MOTHER OF BRAXTON STUNTZ CLIP#3617 05:24:44 "A LOT OF US HAVE TOO MCUH, WE ARE USED TO HAVING EVERTHING. ANYBODY CAN GIVE A SAMLL AMOUNT A PAIR OF GYMSHOES THAT DON'T FIT ANYMORE, MAYBE A T-SHIRT THAT YOU ARE TIRED OFF. MOST OF US HAVE SOME LIKE THAT. BUTT TO 05:23:10 "IT MAGICALLY BRINGS US MOMENTS OF JOY FOR U AND LONG TERM JOY FOR MANY PEOPLE WE ARE HELPING IN THE COMMUNITY." IF YOU'RE INTERSTE IN DONATING ITEMS TO THE BRAXTON STUNTZ FOUNDATION... VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT K-S-B-W DOT COM...####
They're helping the homeless every month. The Braxton Stuntz Foundation handed out supplies to people who are experiencing homelessness. The Stuntz Foundation was started in 2019 following the death of 18-year-old Braxton Stuntz. The family said Braxton was a selfless, giving person. The family started the foundation to heal and give back to the community. The foundation gets dozens of donated clothes, shoes and toiletries to hand out.Every month, the foundation serves 50-100 people who also get a meal through the "Pass The Word" ministry. The foundation is encouraging everyone to help out where they can. "A lot of us have too much. We are used to having everything. Anybody can give a small amount, a pair of gym shoes that don't fit anymore, maybe a t-shirt that you are tired off. Most of us have some like that," Braxton's mother, Ruth Baltes, said. "It magically brings us moments of joy for us. And long-term joy for many people we are helping in the community."If you're interested in donating items to the Braxton Stuntz foundation, click here to visit the website.
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They're helping the homeless every month. The Braxton Stuntz Foundation handed out supplies to people who are experiencing homelessness.
The Stuntz Foundation was started in 2019 following the death of 18-year-old Braxton Stuntz. The family said Braxton was a selfless, giving person. The family started the foundation to heal and give back to the community. The foundation gets dozens of donated clothes, shoes and toiletries to hand out.
Every month, the foundation serves 50-100 people who also get a meal through the "Pass The Word" ministry. The foundation is encouraging everyone to help out where they can.
"A lot of us have too much. We are used to having everything. Anybody can give a small amount, a pair of gym shoes that don't fit anymore, maybe a t-shirt that you are tired off. Most of us have some like that," Braxton's mother, Ruth Baltes, said. "It magically brings us moments of joy for us. And long-term joy for many people we are helping in the community."
If you're interested in donating items to the Braxton Stuntz foundation, click here to visit the website.


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Located in a lifeguard tower on Frishman beach in Tel Aviv, this unusual hotel suite has been developed as part of a promotional campaign initiated by the Ministry of Tourism and the city's municipality.
Facing the sea, in a lifeguard tour on Frishman Beach in Tel Aviv, this suite welcomes the winners of a contest implemented by the Ministry of Tourism and the municipality via the social networks. Winners were offered four days of vacation in Tel Aviv, including one night in this upscale hotel room; this accommodation includes a bedroom, a shower, room service, breakfast and a personal butler. The decoration of the facade was done by the graffiti artist Edgar Rafael.
This original hotel was inaugurated by the Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo Ron Huldai and the General Director of the Tourism Ministry, Amir Halevi, who wish through this promotional campaign to attract foreign tourists to the city.


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Erasing the straight lines of hip-hop
24.06.13 Words by: Steph Kretowicz
Ojay Morgan sends me a Youtube link marked "Quote from Staceyann Chin", and it's inspiring. Featuring the Jamaican-born spoken word poet delivering an invective against stereotyping, at 2:54 she spits, "I want to go down in history in a chapter marked 'miscellaneous' because the writers could find no way to categorise me in this world, where classification is key." To be honest, I can't even remember talking about her. In a conversation with Morgan (better known as his hip hop alter-ego, Zebra Katz) that went well over the usual hour in London's Soho house – spilling over to a nearby bar and a spot of late night shopping in Tesco – I couldn't remember the specifics of a lot of the topics we covered, but going on what was recorded, I know that it was heated.
"Why wouldn't Zebra Katz fit in to that mould?" It's a loaded question from the hip hop performer, referring to my reaction to the provocative machismo of his character who says "bitch" no less than 32 times in his career-making Ima Read. I mention that I'm reminded about how debasing and aggressive the term is when Zebra Katz says it, and Morgan is calling me out on my assumptions about what a rapper – one that is equally inspired by vogue and public literacy, Diddy and the Mouseketeers – should represent.
"The more I talk about people that are bothering me, the more people use it as ammo to bother me, so I'd rather just let them know that I don't give a fuck." – Kitty
An invention of his senior thesis at the New School, and reared on the stages and freestyling events Morgan organised across New York, Zebra Katz is a rebel who takes coke, swears likes a sailor and fucks like an animal – and Morgan is nothing like him. "He's a supervillain, if anything. Just because he's rebelling against all the set morals that people are putting on him." One of a wave of young artists working in hip hop, Zebra Katz was plucked from obscurity and thrust into the generalised hype of rappers coming from beyond the norm. Le1f, Kitty (nee Pryde), Lakutis and Das Racist. Brooke Candy, Action Bronson and Mykki Blanco. House of Ladosha, Nicky Da B and Riff Raff; all artists based across the US, from wildly different backgrounds and linked by little more than that they don't fit the hip hop archetype. Action Bronson is a half Albanian ex-Chef who raps about tapas, Lakutis is a Russian Jew from Harlem and Kitty is a ginger haired university student from Florida who started out on her Tumblr in her teens.
"Most of them were kind of confused at first," says Pryde, aka Kathryn Beckwith, now 20 years old, about the audience response to her during a recent tour with Danny Brown, "Nobody was openly mean, except for New York and Indianapolis, those were the two cities where people were straight-up assholes. The rest were all cool." The smart and sometimes self-deprecating artist sums up her adolescent experience in D.R.E.A.M., from her recent 'Daisy Rage' EP: "I grew up on the shy side, the free WiFi side, the OCD side".
D.A.I.S.Y. rage by ♡kitty♡
Talking to me over the phone from a stopover between tours in Florida, Beckwith is understandably wary when it comes to answering questions about the antagonisms she provokes for nothing more than what she represents. "In hip hop, it's not as much about my age as it is… it's about my age, in general, but I'm more discriminated against for being a girl and being white." A compelling writer and critic herself, Beckwith already has a direct link to her audience through her blog and her Twitter account, and press is dangerous territory in an industry where journalists have their agendas and the public is quick to pass judgement. "The more I talk about people that are bothering me, the more people use it as ammo to bother me, so I'd rather just let them know that I don't give a fuck."
"You have to work with what scares you, so what terrifies me? I could be a rapper." – Zebra Katz
That's a sentiment that Morgan echoes. Conscious of how he's perceived and frustrated by the responsibilities thrust upon him for what he's come to represent as "queer or black or whatever", the performer and interdisciplinary artist, who recently dropped his 'DRKLING' mixtape, has found his candour to be a burden in the face of the vulnerability that comes with exposure. "I don't want to publicly put myself out there to be a target of ignorance because I know that is available, just because of how small-minded some people are. If I could avoid that, obviously I would. But I'm also not afraid of what a lot of people think or say just because I've been exposed to it. I've been called a faggot, I've been called nigger, I've been called a bitch. Those words, I'm desensitised to it. Not that I want to use it because I don't want to fuckin' hear it all the time. I may use it here and there but it's definitely to prove a point. Only to prove a point."
It's astonishing just how provocative it can be to be yourself; the courage it takes to be honest in a rigidly structured society that still alienates people who don't fit the expectations imposed on them. "Having the body that I have. I could be a football player, a basketball player, a rapper; there are so many bright, shiny ways I could live out our great American dream," says Morgan facetiously; for the record, he's pretty tall and has a size 13 shoe. "I did volleyball and chose to do step team."
Needless to say, there's certainly an element of defiance and a lot of playfulness to what Morgan is doing as Zebra Katz. Sprung from a performance art piece titled 'Moor Contradictions', his inspiration came from studying Shakespeare in London, learning the craft while playing all of the Moor characters. "I didn't want to play Caliban in The Tempest. I wanted to play these characters that I wouldn't necessarily get a chance to."
Moor Contradictions – Part
5: Go-Robics Instructor Oden James from Ojay Morgan on Vimeo.
Hence, Morgan's messing with expectation, simultaneously submitting to and resisting classification. "I've always tried to play with that. I've always done things just to see if I can do it, to challenge myself and try things that are unconventional for me." And as an artist with his roots in theatre and visual art, what could be more challenging and unconventional than rap? "You have to work with what scares you, so what terrifies me? I could be a rapper." It's an attitude that Beckwith shares in choosing a medium that, for many people, she's not welcome to use. "I kind of like invading, I like making people feel weird," she laughs, as I remember her brilliant indictment of popular culture in Thx Kathryn Obvious – "nobody likes my music, they just kinda wanna fuck me".
Both Morgan and Beckwith are aware of the allowances and limitations available to them based on what other people perceive them to be, while pushing those limits simply by being themselves. "I don't know, I just say what I feel," says Beckwith dismissively about the lyrical content of her songs, which include her asking rapper Antwon to hide his drugs and convictions from her mum in Scout Finch Bitch, rejection in love in Ay Shawty 3.0, featuring Lakutis, and taking ownership of her own actions in Hittin Lixxx ("I'll take the blame if we can misbehave"). As Morgan says "I'm not here to cause trouble," but it so happens that the trouble will come, merely for his apparent audacity to express himself within hip hop; essentially subverting the status quo of a medium, once revolutionary, now become dogmatic.
"If anything, it makes more sense that there would be gay, black rappers because they have it twice as hard as black rappers. It's like, 'why did it take so long?'" – Heems
Hip hop's creed of intolerance found expression no more troublingly than in rapper Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian's diss track Lift Up Your Skirt in February, where he labels Kanye West "half a fag" and "pioneer of this queer shit" for wearing a skirt on stage at last year's 12-12-12 Cyclone Sandy benefit in New York. In a video interview with VladTV he states his position unambiguously. "That's not hip hop to me. That really has no place in hip hop. The only reason why an individual would do something like that is purely out of ego, arrogance and lack of knowledge of themselves." One can only imagine Lord Jamar's opinion on someone like Zebra Katz or Mykki Blanco – even Lil B's 'I'm Gay' album title – and it's a resistance that Morgan is more than aware of: "you're opening yourself up to a world of people who are insecure and naïve. That's vulnerability."
Heems – Deepak Choppa
"They call it 'struggle rap' now but in the 90s, it was just rap", Himanshu K Suri, originally of Das Racist, and head of Brooklyn's Greedhead label says, his mouth full of food at a one-off show in London. The Indian-American rapper from Queens, now exploring issues of diaspora and identity under the moniker Heems, is one of the more explicitly political of the current crop of "alternative" rappers, while also looking after the likes of Lakutis and Le1f with Greedhead. "People shouldn't be alarmed that there are gay rappers. Rap is supposed to speak out against an authoritative figure and rap is supposed to come from a struggle. If anything, it makes more sense that there would be gay, black rappers because they have it twice as hard as black rappers. My thing isn't, 'oh no, there's a gay rapper?' It's like, 'why did it take so long?'"
"I was a big Britney fan. She could dance and sing and act, do all of these things and I got to see her grow, it was great." – Zebra Katz
In light of the prejudices that still exist globally, both within and outside of hip hop, it's not hard to see why. What's more intriguing is exploring how it has come to pass that there are openly queer rappers at all. Because, in identifying the shifts and movements in its short history, the universality of rap as an approach and its versatility as a medium becomes most apparent. From its birth in the 70s block parties of the blighted borough of the Bronx in New York, to the emergence of Cypress Hill, with its combined Cuban, Mexican, Italian and Norwegian descent, in the late 80s, through women rappers Lil Kim and Foxy Brown in the 90s and UK-born Sri Lankan M.I.A., so many voices have been instrumental in bringing unique perspectives to the pop consciousness, casting the net of rap representation ever wider.
"I think a Grammy nomination is a huge thing for alternative rap," Le1f (aka Khalif Diouf) says about M.I.A.'s influence in a hotel lobby during a promotional tour of the UK last year. "Getting to that level is pretty impressive. Being able to work with Missy Elliot and Jay Z is pretty impressive and having not been a musician six, seven years ago that's pretty cool," he adds while dismissing the charge of hypocrisy the fiercely political artist provoked for her relationship with billionaire Benjamin Bronfman. "People, I guess, got tired of her talking about politics while she was living this privileged life but it was still her experience to talk about."
Le1f live in London 19/06/13, photographed by Dmitry Serostanov.
That experience and so many others are being shared and expressed by a new generation of artists, raised on TV and educated by the internet. Now, Kathryn Beckwith can grow up listening to Chingy and Petey Pablo, in tandem with her active involvement in the punk scene ("there's not so much hip hop going on in my part of Florida"), while Ojay Morgan can be inspired by Britney Spears and Diddy at exactly the same time: "I was a big Britney fan. She could dance and sing and act, do all of these things and I got to see her grow, it was great. I got to see Diddy have five shows on MTV and say that he's a mogul and I'm like, 'oh, I wanna be a fuckin' mogul. I want to produce; I want to have all these shows'. He did all that and that was what I was looking up to at the time."
Rap is probably one of the most adaptable forms in music today. Its roots in spoken word have come to signify more than just the African American experience but an anti-authoritarian outlook expressed through a medium that has infiltrated the global cultural lexicon. There's B.U.G. Mafia in Romania, WSZ i CNE in Poland, Uffie in France, Zedbazi in Iran. Heems can be seen performing to a London crowd with young men in patkas and women in hijabs as he spits, "I ain't black, I ain't white, I can't rap, I can't write," from Deepak Choppa, while Kitty pays homage to her Riot Grrrl leanings, sharing the teen girl experience they promoted while wearing a Yeastie Girlz t-shirt in Okay Cupid. There's even a cheeky affront to inevitable criticism on her Tumblr with the pink bubble-type "click 4 real hip hop" button linking to her bandcamp page. Because "real hip hop" isn't about standardised pop formulas that necessitate a rap insert to fill them out, but giving voice to experiences that are typically given very little airtime.
To think, Salt N Pepa, one of the first all-women rap crews, emerged almost 30 years ago – yet even now, gender still surfaces as a significant talking point in hip hop. Thankfully, despite the continued under-representation of anyone other than hetero males in mainstream rap, there's a growing swell of self-made performers who are inheriting the style and utilising it as the significant social force it can be. Now you have gay rappers, bi rappers, ones that are poets, artists, cheerleaders and gogo dancers. Ones that are black, white, Indian and part Filipino, ones with ginger hair, ones with revolutionary ideals and questionable politics. There are even some that don't consider themselves rappers at all. They come from all backgrounds, with their own social experience and their own stories of how they cope within it, while giving their audience a perspective they might not otherwise encounter. They lambast their stereotypes at the same time as embracing them, playing with and presenting them through a format that is as much spoken word performance as it is music.
These are those very people that Staceyann Chin marks "miscellaneous"; the ones aspiring to evade classification and push those boundaries, already pushed, even farther. It's rappers like these that are keeping hip hop relevant, while giving fresh meaning to Chin's final words as she howls, "I want to erase the straight lines, so I can be free."
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Title: Yocto Build System
Note: This is not a detailed background. You are encouraged to read up on the Ycoto Project by using the following link: http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.0/yocto-quick-start/yocto-project-qs.html
The Yocto Project provides a build system which can be used to provide, as an example, a file system/kernel/boot loader image that can be downloaded onto a device and executed. When Yocto builds a package the package source can come from various sources such as source code control system like GIT, a tarball, patches and so forth. Entities providng a Yocto build for their hardware may also be providing pacthes for the package.Whenever a build is executed, it is possible that the files in a package are updated (added, modified, removed, etc).
Primary Actors:
Yocto User: Receives a Yocto build for a device. Executes the build.
Package Maintainer: These are upstream projects that a Yocto based build consumes. This upstream project could be a company that provides a package as well. A Package Maintainer could be viewed as having a secondary interest in this use case as their package may be consumed by a Yocto build even though they as packages maintainers have no vested interest in Yocto.
the Yocto Project: Provides the Yocto build system.
Build System Provider: They provide a Yocto based build, for example for their product. They may also provide patches to Packages that the recipes pull or may even add their own packages.
Goal in Context: To execute a Yocto based build and generate an image for a hardware device or simulator and to have SPDX documents that describe the licensing for all copyrightable artifacts used to generate that image and for the build system as well.
3. the Yocto Project:
A. To communicate the license information for their build system and the licensing of each package
(currently via the license field in a recipe).
A yocoto build is created.
Packages used in the Yocoto build have SPDX documents describing the copyrigthable elements of the package.
A patch for a package used in the build is created.
Note: I forgot a point around RPMs when doing this and need to follow up again with the Yocto Project.


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chiendog wrote: My wife and I really took a shining Arthur. What a NICE dog! He hunted hard, handled kindly and looked like a million bucks in those beautiful French hills. What is the term for his coat color in English "Fawn"?
The man I got EMY from hunts with Arthur all the time, he has Arthurs sister AXA, and yes the color is fawn - Term's the French use for that color is "Thigh of nymph" or "Peach dredge". Your pictures of him are fantastic - I have many picture of him that Franck has sent me, but none that compair with yours.
The Bourbonnais folks have some great names for the unique coloring of the breed. When I asked Michel Compte what "lilas passé" (faded lilac) looked like he said "imagine a cup of yogurt with a few blueberries stirred in...that's what it looks like!"
What a wonderful surprise! I got on just to see if I could find any updates on your book! Will be ordering two copies this evening! CONGRATS!
Thanks for all the hard work...ordering tonight.
8 pages of Spinoni. I must have it!
Yup 8 pages of Spins and lots of photos of them in action as well as lots info on their history, development, form, function, clubs, trials, tests, health, name etc. etc.
Each breed gets an entire chapter and just about all the info on them all is based on what I gathered from hunters!
Wow, Canada Post actually seems to be on the ball lately. Packages are arriving all over the place today. Now, if they don't go on strike this week, I may actually get even more books out the door!
Big Bird, enjoy the read and post your thoughts about the book (warts and all ) when you can.
Thanks! ...and just wait for Volume 2!
The whole next book is on the pointing breeds from the British Isles. I've already started on it and will be adding to my photo collection of Pointers this summer when I visit Colvin's training camp up here in Manitoba and get more images of setters when we go to the US later on. We will also be traveling to the UK next spring to photograph Pointers and Setters in their native lands and then to the continent where the Italians breed more setters in a week than the English do in an entire year!
I just got my copy all I can say is WOW what a great book.. I love it!!
If I were a Spinone, I'd be drooling in delight! Great job Craig!!!
Have at it orhunter! Glad to hear it got all the way to the wilds of Oregon safe and sound.


Yesterday I wrote about our attention, where we place it and how this affects us. There are many different ways we can observe this in our lives. We can start by increasing our awareness. When we're mindful of our thoughts and actions, we see what is truly going on inside. When we stop to observe our behaviour rather than just act impulsively, we can start to place more attention on the positivity and less on the negativity. The answer is to tie your attention to the solution, not the problem.
One of the best ways to shift our attention is through yoga. When we first begin a yoga practice, we spend most of our time dealing with the physical aspects of the postures. Over time, the postures become more familiar to us and we can use our practice to witness our habitual thoughts, fears and desires. We can view our yoga practice as a tedious obligation that we dread all day. Or, we can shift our focus and see it as an opportunity to tap into our potential. This is why it is important to practice every day, even if only for a few minutes. If you are new to yoga, simply move your body, breathe deeply and focus inwards. Each time that we practice is an opportunity to observe this process of attention. Yoga is so powerful because we're continuously bringing our attention to our body, our breath and our mind, with each present moment. We allow our bodies to reach their full potential with such an incredible use of attention.
We are wherever our attention is. Our awareness breathes life into wherever it lies.


Charmeuse Satin brings elegant richness to a classic A-line Abaya Hasna detailed with floral lace sleeves.Sheer floral lace at sleeves enhances the romance factor of this abaya. Don this Abaya during Raya or to any special occasions for a glam romance.
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Crow Wing Power's EnergyWise All Electric Home Energy program is a way you can save money on your power costs. In exchange for allowing us to manage some of your energy load, you pay a lower electric rate.
Your primary source of heat must be from an all electric heating system. The water heater will be on a controlled circuit receiving electricity for approximately eight (8) hours a day, normally from 11:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. And if the home has central air, it must be on a controlled circuit. Usage with this program will be metered with one meter.


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11/24/15 We've Met The Enemy
Published Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Many have been asking an important question in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. How do we stop a similar attack here at home?
The first step is to clearly identify the enemy.
That's not something this administration appears willing to do.
In condemning the attacks, the president refused to identify the attackers as Muslim, Islamic or as jihadists.
Secretary of State John Kerry likewise refused to identify the perpetrators.
Last year, President Obama called ISIS the "jayvee team"€€ just weeks before it began slaughtering thousands to include beheading American hostages. And only hours before the murderous rampage in Paris, Obama announced we've nothing to fear because ISIS had been "contained."€
There's more. The FBI'€™s National Threat Assessment for Domestic Extremism makes no mention of Muslim terrorists, Islamic extremists or jihadists. But it does warn against Puerto Rican nationalists. Animal rights supporters. And even environmentalists.
It appears the FBI never heard of Nidal Hasan, the Muslim who killed 13 at Fort Hood, Texas [here, here, here]. Or the Tsarnaev brothers. The Muslim extremists behind the Boston Marathon bombing.
[Apparently, the FBI has no knowledge of Iyman Faris, the Pakistan-born American citizen who collaborated with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to collapse the Brooklyn Bridge.]
The Department of Homeland Security has a threat document similar to the FBI's. It also excludes Islamic terrorism. Instead it warns of a terror threat posed by supporters of the Second Amendment.
[Other progressives likewise have treated ISIS with kid gloves. Only hours before the Islamic terror attacks in Paris, Facebook shut-down and then banned an independent group that was publicly identifying ISIS recruiters.]
So ask yourself. How can we stop a specific threat if we pretend it doesn'™t exist?


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Timofei Mikhailovich Shishkanov (; born June 10, 1983) is a Russian former ice hockey forward. He played 24 games in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues between 2003 and 2006. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1999 to 2019, was mainly spent in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Playing career
Shishkanov played in the 1997 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the HC Spartak Moscow youth team.

Shishkanov was drafted by the Nashville Predators as their second-round pick, 33rd overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He played two games for the Predators before on January 29, 2006, Shishkanov was traded to the St. Louis Blues for Mike Sillinger.

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Breakthrough in multiple sclerosis research
manouli
for our friends with multiple sclerosis
Scientists detect protein that may be key to the disease
Kavita Mishra, Chronicle Staff Writer
Stanford researchers reported new findings Wednesday that they say bring them closer to understanding what causes multiple sclerosis.
In the report published in the online version of the journal Nature, the researchers implicated a protein that they believe normally regulates the human immune system, but doesn't do so in people with the lifelong illness.
The researchers, led by Stanford neurologist Lawrence Steinman, said they are optimistic their discovery will lead to new treatments for patients and possibly a way to stop the disease's progression.
For Joyce Bruno, one of the 400,000 people in United States with multiple sclerosis, the report was good news.
"Even if it isn't the answer for me, I have a feeling it's going to be an answer for someone," the Walnut Creek resident said.
In 1990, Bruno started to drag her left leg and felt intense muscle cramps in both legs. An MRI of her brain revealed she had signs of multiple sclerosis, and her doctor told her the haunting word "incurable."
She was forced to retire from managing funds at a mortgage company four years later, at the age of 44, and now uses a cane to walk.
Most people with multiple sclerosis experience a range of symptoms -- from daily fatigue and weakness to blindness and paralysis. They are diagnosed early in adulthood and experience symptoms, as the immune system attacks nerve cells, intermittently throughout life. To avoid a whirlwind progression of these symptoms, they take steroids and other drugs to suppress the immune system and control the disease.
Siblings and close relatives have a higher risk of the disease. Doctors currently tell patients that the disease is caused by a mixture of bad genes and environmental factors. But the work by Steinman and his team is putting new focus on a protein in the body called alphaB-crystallin.
The researchers found that people with multiple sclerosis had more alphaB-crystallin in their bodies than people without the disease. They looked at the protein, usually found in high levels in the lens of the eye and in muscle, in both humans and mice.
In mice that were designed to lack the protein and had a multiple sclerosis-type illness, the disease worsened. When the protein was given back to the diseased mice, the illness improved, showing that the protein could help check the hallmark inflammation of the disease.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...TL&type=health
Stem cells & MS: what the investigators see
Stem cells & MS: what the investigators see
nside MS, Feb-March, 2007 by Martha King
Last month, the National MS Society hosted an international meeting in San Francisco, which allowed 30 cutting-edge investigators to present new findings, share insights, and debate some issues emerging from this frontier in MS research. After lengthy discussions, they forged preliminary agreements about the best ways for the MS research community to move ahead. They grappled with these questions:
* What are the prospects for stem-cell-based treatments for people with MS?
* What are the prospects for stem cell systems to speed drug development by identifying promising compounds?
* How can stem cells help scientists understand the cause of MS?
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...5/ai_n19189248
wheels4one
manouli,
Thanks for posting these articles. I have had MS now for 28 years and been in w/c for 12 years.
Originally posted by wheels4one
You are welcome wheels4one, check this site, you might like it because it has all the latest breakthrough for MS:
http://ms-toolkit.blogspot.com/
Promising prescription: $5.5B market waiting as Pipex tests 2 drugs
By Andrew Dietderich
An Ann Arbor-based company that's moving to the American Stock Exchange today plans to tap at least two drug markets that could be worth a total of $5.5 billion annually, using drugs licensed from the University of Michigan and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Two weeks ago, Pipex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Amex: PP) received $5 million from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the largest grant ever given by the organization.
Pipex has six drugs in its pipeline, but two are closest to going to market: Trimesta and Coprexa.
Trimesta is used to treat multiple sclerosis; and Coprexa is used to treat Wilson's disease, which destroys the lungs.
Pipex was founded in Miami in 2001 by Steve Kanzer, the company's chairman and CEO. A biotech investor, Kanzer moved Pipex to Michigan in 2004 to be nearer to the talent pool in Ann Arbor.
Avigen Initiates European Multi-Center AV650 Phase II Spasticity Trial in Patients wi
I saw this today, hope is a good news.
Avigen Initiates European Multi-Center AV650 Phase II Spasticity Trial in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Wednesday September 5, 8:00 am ET
Twenty-Five Center Trial Will be Conducted in Five Countries in Europe
ALAMEDA, Calif., Sept. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Avigen, Inc. (NasdaqGM:AVGN - News) a biopharmaceutical company innovating therapeutics for the treatment of neurological conditions, today announced the initiation of a Phase II trial for AV650 (tolperisone HCl) in the treatment of spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). This Phase II spasticity trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of AV650 in MS patients at doses up to 900mg for one month followed by an open-label safety extension. The trial will be conducted in top MS centers in Germany and several other European countries.
``Our development plans for AV650 in North America have been strategically designed to leverage the clinical experience of tolperisone in many of the European countries where the drug is currently approved,'' said Kenneth Chahine, Ph.D., J.D., Avigen President and Chief Executive Officer. ``This trial reinforces Avigen's U.S. AV650 development program by allowing us to accumulate long-term safety and efficacy data needed for commercialization.''
Avigen is developing AV650 for commercialization in the North American market for the treatment of disabling neuromuscular spasticity and spasm under a license and supply agreement with Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG. AV650 is considered a New Chemical Entity (NCE) in the United States.
Tolperisone is an orally administered, centrally acting small molecule marketed for the treatment of neuromuscular spasticity and spasm in Europe and Asia. Avigen's U.S. development program is designed to build on the extensive ex-U.S. safety and efficacy experience with this compound. Versions of tolperisone have been approved for marketing in Germany for over 10 years. Sanochemia and its European marketing partner, Orion Pharma, have recently received approval for marketing a proprietary 150mg tablet formulation of tolperisone in Germany under the brand name Viveo(r) which is expected to be launched later in 2007.
http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/070905/126089.html
6 Sep 2007, 9:43 AM
Pipex Pharmaceuticals Announces Broadly Issued European Patent Covering Uses of Oral TRIMESTA for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases, Including Multiple Sclerosis
Claims Covering Use of Estrogens Including TRIMESTA, in Combination With Popular Immunotherapies to Treat Multiple Sclerosis
September 06, 2007: 07:00 AM EST
Pipex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: PP), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative late-stage drug candidates for the treatment of neurologic and fibrotic diseases, announced today that it has received a broadly issued European patent which covers the use of estrogens in combination with other FDA-approved multiple sclerosis therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/...re/0298519.htm
Stem cells trial for MS patients
A new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) is being pioneered near Bristol.
Six patients at Frenchay Hospital are being injected with their own stem cells in the hope that they will repair damage to the brain.
Approximately 60,000 people in the UK suffer from MS, an incurable disease of the nervous system.
Prof Neil Scolding, of the Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, said: "We know stem cells are attracted into the brain, into these areas of damage."
He added that he hoped the stem cells would "help those areas to stop getting worse" and "repair damage".
'Lot of hope'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...et/7014813.stm
Stem cell trials raise multiple sclerosis hopes
By Martin Beckford
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 28/09/2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/ma...x/nstem128.xml
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Originally posted by manouli
Thanks Manouli. It seems there is a break through every other week in MS. Now if we can see it in all types of the disease and those sick for many years as this last group is.
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
Disclaimer: Answers, suggestions, and/or comments do not constitute medical advice expressed or implied and are based solely on my experiences as a SCI patient. Please consult your attending physician for medical advise and treatment. In the event of a medical emergency please call 911.
Multiple Sclerosis Nerve Damage Repaired By Scientists
Main Category: Multiple Sclerosis News
Article Date: 10 Oct 2007 - 0:00 PDT
Nerve damage which was caused by multiple sclerosis (MS) was repaired by scientists from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, who were working with mice. The scientists said it is hoped this may lead the way to new treatments for humans.
The immune system of a MS patient attacks the fatty myelin sheath which covers the nerves, gradually destroying them. The patient's nerves do no work properly; he/she experiences loss of balance, blurred vision, and sometimes paralysis. The symptoms can be treated/managed to some extent; however, there is no modern way to repair damaged myelin.
In this latest experiment, the scientists re-grew myelin in mice with MS by using a human antibody. At the American Neurological Association meeting they explained that they would be starting human trials after further tests are carried out on animals.
The scientists said that although this technique of using natural human antibodies to treat MS has never been tested in humans, they believe their findings are very promising.
The human body generally is able to repair myelin as and when required - unfortunately, this is not the case with the MS patient; for them the myelin repair process occurs very slowly or fails altogether. In this experiment, the researchers used an antibody that was genetically engineered from a single cell and managed to get the repair underway in mice with MS. The antibody continued working even while the mice were undergoing steroid treatment with methylprednisolone. Humans with MS frequently have to take steroid treatment.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/85087.php
Immune Ablation and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Aggressive Multiple Scle
Immune Ablation and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis: Presented at ECTRIMS
By Chris Berrie
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC -- October 22, 2007 -- Immunoablative therapy plus autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) completely abrogates relapses and MRI events related to ongoing inflammation for up to 5 years, researchers reported here at the 23rd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS).
Mark S. Freedman, MD, Steering Committee Member and Professor of Neurology, University of Ottawa, and Director, Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit, Ottawa Hospital-General Campus, Ottawa, Canada, presented the 5-year interim analysis from a 3-year phase 2 study.
"If we completely remove the diseased immune system, we should halt ongoing immune-mediated damage, because we would have removed the mistake," Dr. Freedman said during his presentation on October 13. Furthermore, the purified stem cells should be capable of restoring a functional immune system, and might even be capable of stimulating repair.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content...25737C0071AAAB
In the Clinic - Dr. Harold Atkins, MD, on Marrow Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
(November 7, 2007 - Insidermedicine) Welcome to Insidermedicine In the Clinic, where we bring you advice on clinical skills from some of the world's best doctors, giving you the inside track on knowledge gleaned from years of medical experience.
In this video, Dr. Harold Atkins, MD, a clinician-scientist with the Ottawa Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and the Ottawa Health Research Institute, discusses bone marrow stem cells and regenerative medicine in the context of Multiple Sclerosis.
see it:
http://www.insidermedicine.ca/archiv...cine_1817.aspx
i SAW THIS TODAY, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE IT.
Stem Cells- Dr. Omar Gonzalez' Therapy for all Ills!
Biological solutions for degenerative diseases, bringing in hope where
there is none!
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sister Nancy Boushey, Rio Grande
City, TX, resigned to a life of pain with Rheumatoid Arthritis is healthy
and normal today thanks to Dr Omar Gonzalez. She hails him as a savior" my
Good Shepherd, Jesus and His own good shepherd, Dr. Omar, have rescued me
from a valley of darkness."
Cathy Zuker, Mt. Pleasant, MI, patient of multiple sclerosis for years
was unable to walk unaided. She dragged her left leg and had to LIFT her
legs manually when she got into the car. After her implants she can't stop
smiling and the sparkle in her eye says it all" I have stopped taking one
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...04710427&EDATE
Glaucoma Assessment Tool can Help to Track Multiple Sclerosis Progression
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain is the gold standard for monitoring the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), but it is expensive and comes with limitations, one of which is the inability to assess fully the extent of loss of neurons.
New research by neurologists at the University at Buffalo has shown that a technique called optical coherence tomography, or OCT, a simple and inexpensive measure employed currently to assess glaucoma, also could be used as a surrogate marker of disease status in MS and to assess the effectiveness of new and current MS treatments. Results of the study appear online in the "in press" section of the Journal of the Neurological Sciences.
http://www.medindia.net/news/Glaucom...on-30901-1.htm
MS: Stem Cell Transplant
Stem cell transplants for people with MS: What does the research show?
Currently, stem cell transplants are an experimental treatment for MS. We know that they have the potential to help treat MS, but that the procedure can have a number of health risks. Research is ongoing to determine whether stem cell transplants are safe and effective.
Scientists first realized that stem cell transplants may work for MS when they discovered that MS patients, who underwent stem cell transplants as part of their cancer treatment, had a noticeable improvement in their MS. This, plus promising animal studies, led to more interest in studying stem cell transplants for people with MS.
http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_...article_id=468


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The religion of Voodoo
First and foremost Voodoo is a religion. It is the dominant religion of Haiti. Voodoo is a religion that originated in Africa and was brought to Haiti by slaves, where it is still widely practiced by most inhabitants. Many of the practices and descriptions of Voodoo belief may sound to us like superstition, but then, imagine the beliefs of Christianity to people who know nothing about it. Most aspects of this religion are positive and it affects all aspects of the people's lives, such as morality, economics, safety, relationships and health.
In Voodoo there is one God, Bondye. The three important categories of other spiritual beings are: Loa, The twins, and the dead. Loa are the various spirits of family members. The spirits of the major forces of the universe are: good, evil, reproduction, health, and all aspects of daily life. Loa interacts with the people of the earth. They mount people now and again during religious ceremonies and they give messages, and even cause various good and bad things to happen to people. The twins are a curious and rather mysterious set of forces of contradictions, good and evil. If honored now and again in religious services they will tend to help you have the better side of life. The dead is mainly the souls of one's own family members who have died but have not yet been reclaimed by the family. Ignored family dead are dangerous. Honored and cared for family dead are helpful. The central and key aspect of Voodoo is healing people from illness. Such healing activities probably constitute sixty percent of all Voodoo activity. Healers heal with herbs, faith healing with the help of Loa and other spirits and, today, even with western medicine.
The priesthood of Voodoo contains both men (houngan) and women (mambo). Their functions are: healing, performing religious ceremonies to call or pacify the spirits, holding initiations for new priests (tesses) (kanzo service and taking the ason), telling the future and reading dreams, casting spells and creating protections, creating potions for various purposes (from love spells to death spells).
Another central feature of Voodoo is the service, the religious rites of the religion. These are usually held outside, under a rough roof and around the poto mitan, the center pole. A houngan or mambo almost always directs these. Drums are used extensively to provide music and dancing is absolutely essential to the whole service. Services are fully participatory. Not only the houngan and mambo participate, but nearly everyone present. A master of ceremonies (La Place) is often present. A hounganikon directs the music and motion. Hounsi (women only) are serving ladies, usually dressed in white. Those in attendance are nearly all participants and most can be mounted by Loa. In most services the Loa mount people. That is, they come and take over a person's body for a time. When the Loa come the person is gone. It is not clear where the person goes. The body is the body of the person, but it is really the Loa. If a Loa mounts a female person, he is referred to as he, not she, during the mounting. Nearly every Voodoo service has animal sacrifice. By killing the animal one releases life. The Loa are exhausted by the taxing task of running the universe. Thus they can receive this life sacrificed to them and are re-juvenated. They are usually quite happy about this.
There are two primary sorts of Voodoo and they are: Rada and Petro. The Rada is a family spirit Voodoo of the relatively peaceful and happy Loa. Petro is a black magic Voodoo and the Voodoo of angry, mean and nasty Loa. Dangerous things happen in Petro including death curses, the making of zombi and wild sexual orgies.
Humans have two spirits and a body. Ti-bon-ange (little good angel) is similar to the conscience in the Western understanding of people. Gros-bon-ange (big good angel) is similar to the soul in Western theories of person, except the soul is much more separate from the person than is a western soul. For example, when the person goes before God for judgment it is the gros-bon-ange which presents the person to God and makes the person's case.
The black magic aspects of this religion play a very minor role and are not typical of Voodoo. In the early to mid-nineteen hundreds, there were exaggerated claims about Voodoo and movies portrayed followers as ignorant people who were obsessed with evil. Werewolves, zombies, the casting of spells and the use of Voodoo dolls were sensationalized as the common practices of these people. In actuality the use of black magic is rare but this stereotype remains with us even today.
The use of Voodoo dolls is unheard of in Haiti and most places where the religion is practiced. The only recorded serious use of the dolls, among Voodoo worshippers, was in the New Orleans area in the early nineteen hundreds. Hexes were cast to bring either good or bad luck to another person. The doll was used to symbolize that person. The sticking of pins into the doll was to reinforce and direct the spells that were cast.
Within the Voodoo society, there are no accidents. Practitioners believe that nothing and no event has a life of its own. That is why "vous deux", you two, you too. The universe is all one. Each thing affects something else. Scientists know that. Nature knows it. Many spiritualists agree that we are not separate, we all serve as parts of one. So, in essence, what you do unto another, you do unto you, because you ARE the other. Voo doo. .............


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These days, it seems that virtually all of the news coming from the Royal Family is related to either Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's marriage or Prince William and Duchess Kate's adorable, real-life princes and princess. Every once in a while, we might hear a story about the Queen being a total boss, but other than that, specifics from the U.K. palaces remain focused on the newest generations of royals.
It's an interesting phenomenon, if you think about it, especially considering these young royal stars aren't set to take the throne any time soon. In fact, there's one man who is going to be heading up the monarchy much sooner than the others.
Can you guess who we're talking about?!
That's right— we're speaking of the often-forgotten Prince Charles, a man who just hasn't been able to rally the public support that his sons have over the years.
Of course, there are various reasons for the public's apathy— his cheating scandal, divorce from Princess Diana, and general lack of warmth have made him fodder for British tabloids for decades now.
But, taste aside, the public will have a King Charles when his mother, Queen Elizabeth, passes. For the masses, this creates quite the quizzical situation in regards to his second wife and longtime lover, Camilla Parker Bowles.
Though Parker-Bowles has been part of the Royal Family since she and Prince Charles married in 2005, there has been quite a bit of confusion as to what her official title might be once her husband takes the throne.
You see, when the couple first married, the Queen bestowed on her a "Duchess" title, something that most new royal brides get. Most recently, Meghan Markle became a duchess, and before that, Kate Middleton did, too.
What makes her really stand out, however, is the fact that she has two other royal titles: "Her Royal Highness" and, believe it or not, "Princess of Wales." Apparently, she likes to keep the last one under wraps out of respect for her husband's late first wife, Princess Di.
This lesser-title will apparently be used because, as we mentioned, Parker Bowles is Prince Charles' second wife. Recently, there was some confusion about where the Duchess of Cornwall stood because information about her became mysteriously erased from a royal website, but Buckingham Palace officials told the Telegraph that the detail wasn't taken off the FAQ's on purpose; the question just hadn't been asked in a long time.
So, there you have it, the Duchess of Cornwall/Her Royal Highness/The Princess of Wales will be a princess consort when Prince Charles becomes King. To learn even more about the title, and to get the scoop on what Duchess Kate's title will be when her husband becomes the king, be sure to watch the video below!
We'd love to hear your take on these royal naming procedures. Do you think Parker-Bowles should be known as Princess Camilla? Are you a fan of the Duchess? Will Prince Charles be a good king?


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Subject: New Glass-Steagall Act Key to Ending Too Big to Fail
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New Glass-Steagall Act Key to Ending Too Big to Fail
By Garrett Baldwin, Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning • July 19, 2013
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Last week, four senators that include Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced a bill to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.
The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act, as it's called, would bring back many of the provisions of the former law and strengthen language to limit financial speculation by the big banks, reduce risk, and attempt to end "Too Big to Fail" once and for all.
The original legislation, called The Banking Act of 1933 but commonly referred to as Glass-Steagall, was partly repealed by Congress in 1999 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. But by the time Glass-Steagall was repealed, the law had already been watered down and full of loopholes that left the U.S. economy highly vulnerable to a financial crisis.
Many economists believe that the partial repeal of this law was responsible for the recent financial crisis.
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don larson | July 19, 2013
Just tell me where a Poor Man can send the biggest check ever donated to any One, or, Organization – – on GS. It should have never been repealed. The brighter and more education one has; the TIGHTER the REGULATIONS must be Written. ALL Members of the Wall Street Crowd work in a Culture of Criminality. They Produce Nothing! Rent Seekers and Sleight of Hand, Robber Barons – – they are. Most disgusting human beings on the Planet.
PAM | July 19, 2013
SO TRUE!! WHEN WILL THE REST OF AMERICA WAKE UP???
Elizabeth Warren, Shelia Bair, Meredith Whitney, David Walker, David Stockman; and Commenter – – Shah, make up my, "Dream Team," of Regulators; whose Political Stars are Rising. Word to the Wise; don't f . . . with Elizabeth Warren; she has a huge following; after Karl Rowe under minded her for the Consumer Protection Division. These people are the only one's capable of reining in the Predators on Wall Street. They KNOW the Business better than the Pin-stripes; and, they know where the Bodies are Buried. They are also above, reproach.
YEAH FOR THE HONEST AND TRUE!