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Can you imagine telling your boss is stupid? Or asking your girlfriend to Fertilize your Garden? Some things just go on Facebook and you never dare to do outside of the network. While everyone is free to act as he pleases, here are 10 things that may be considered to be "normal" in the context of Facebook, but, it is best to avoid in real life.
I understand, though, dictionary meaning is same but Friend on Facebook doesn't really mean the same in Real life. Still, if you have added someone it means there is minimal friendship and you should at least greet them if you happen to see them on street in person. You really are people who want to "socialize", or just want to increase your number of friends?
Facebook is often used to share photographs; I agree that it is a nice tool to share with friends but also a dangerous weapon. Something you uploaded could also go against you.
Can you imagine your parents/relatives seeing awkward photographs of your action that night? It should go on Facebook only and Fortunately, Facebook has privacy feature to share with specific people.
Surely, you cannot beg your friend to lend carrots for your rabbit. Unless you have a farm of your own in real world, explaining it to the world that your crop is going wrong is a bit weird.
At sometime, you may have to ask your friend to help cleaning out dishes or take out cake out of oven but they are your friends and not slaves in real life.
It is normal to think that and sometime inevitable but telling it your friend in private is recommended. In real life, however, you won't go screaming and writing on walls about it. What if? In any case, criticizing others will only bring problems, whether you do it in the relative privacy of social networking, as in real life.
On Facebook, there are pages for anything you can imagine and it is completely acceptable to LIKE it there itself. However, in real life, saying you are fan of some non sense thing then it just doesn't suits.
There are people I know, friends, colleagues, family… and then there are Facebook friends. You should wish close friends on their Birthday in real life as well as on Facebook. But, Imagine, if you called by phone to a friend of a friend you've never spoken and greet him on his birthday. At the very least, there would be an awkward silence.
Facebook is designed so that it is almost fun to fill it with tons of personal information. Interests, hobbies, age, personal photos, work, address, phone number, etc.
Would you give all this information to a complete stranger? So why share on Facebook, where anyone can see them?
Among Facebook Updates, What I find in excessive prominence is expressions like: Life is sad and dark, everything is wonderful, I hate the universe, I love this person dearly and attached 300 pictures to prove it. In real life, you should not be so eloquent because it would be unbearable for people around you.
You may lie outside of Facebook, but on networks is always much easier. If it is not ethical to do so in person, hiding behind the distance is even less desirable. Of course, to believing a liar is another possible risk. Check out the most usual lies on Facebook.
Friend uploads picture of his holidays and you LIKE to express! He continues to upload more and more of it and you continue to hit Like. But saying "I Like" on each and everything your friends says or show in real life; Would you Feel Normal?
To say that something you like is as easy as clicking a button, and lacks much significance.�In the network, I like is often synonymous with "I've read but I can not think of anything to write home about". In real life, however, it has rather more literal meaning.
I have compiled 10 things, but the list goes on. Facebook and other social networks serve to socialize, but the equivalence is not exact as you would in real life. Being behind a computer and not face to face changes the way we communicate. Are you really smiling every time you put a smiley face? So you laugh aloud when you type LOL or lol in a chat? Most likely not. Each medium has its own language, in another context, is meaningless.
Funny pieces, greatly combined together. I have seen many trying out point 10 in real.
WHAT! People do say "Like" while talking real World? Reply on SMS is okay but wouldn't really feel normal in conversation.
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Yeah I read an SMS recently matching this article which highlights another irnoy on this social networking sites.
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But the point here is not girl and boy it is about you judge people in real and social life with 1st or 2nd Priority.
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A fun article, thank you! Facebook was voted the most annoying social media tool. No surprise there. I think people often forget themselves behind their internet identity; it's like an extension of yourself where you have to perfect your image. When you forget yourself (such as posting something when inebriated) you face the consequences in a different way.
Going off on one is a common thing I've seen on Facebook, both from my account and online. Having an online argument between a girlfriend/boyfriend when normally it would be carried out in the "comfort" of a home. Usually, anyway, unless you've watched Friends too much. I've seen female friends of mine make a verbal assault on other members for posting too many pictures, although it has been clear they are annoyed their messages aren't getting any attention. Facebook caters for the narcissism which, to a certain extent, is inherent in us all. However, those who are very arrogant Facebook must be a tremendous form of frustration and fulfillment.
"Saying LIKE on Every Stupid Thing"… Ha Ha, nice read Rohit.
Well Shankar, I have experienced this personally in offline world. Friend saying LIKE with Thumbs up on my statement.


ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After Rays owner Stu Sternberg's team was bounced from the postseason again by the Rangers yesterday, he was a most disappointed man. Not about the way his team played, but about the present and future of baseball here in the Tampa Bay area.
The Rays did not even sell out this game, the first non-sellout in Rays postseason history.
The financial future is so bleak that Sternberg called the situation "untenable" and told The Post and another reporter, "At some point this team is going to vaporize.
There has been talk of the Rays moving to Connecticut to feed off the AL East rivalry with the Red Sox and Yankees.
Even if the Rays, who had the second-lowest payroll in baseball at the start of the season at $42 million, went out and mortgaged their future and made a trade for a big hitter, Sternberg did not think it would provide a major boost in revenue.
"[We] get $9.82 extra at the gate, so what's the sense?" he asked. "Other teams, the Pirates, could say, 'Hey, we could win if we spend another 15 to 20 million bucks, we can sell season tickets, we'll see improvements at the gate,' " he noted. "Our ticket base has gone down, so I don't know.
Johnny Damon most likely played his last game as a Ray. He was 0-for-4 and hit .235 for the series. The Rays probably will sign a different DH next season. . . . In their two home games, the Rays' 2-3-4 hitters went a combined 1-for-20 against the Rangers' pitchers, who were in attack mode the final three games of series.
Neftali Feliz collected three saves for the Rangers. Only three other pitchers had done that in the ALDS: the Yankees' Goose Gossage in 1981, Cleveland's Mike Jackson in 1998 and Mariano Rivera in 2000.


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Review: Multimac Superclub three-seater childseat
reviewed 29 Jun 2017 by Katie Smith
Allows you to fit three or four children in the back of your car
Can be used from birth up to 36kg
A very sturdy, and secure unit
The Multimac allows you to fit three or four children in the back of your car. While most family cars can seat three in the back, they can't often accommodate three child seats – which is where the problems start.
So the Mulitmac is great if you're expanding the family but don't want to swap your car for a van with seats. It even has its own rear facing baby seat – called the Minimac, which is good until your child is about three years old.
The unit can be used from birth up to 36kg, which is about 11-12 years old. Prices range from £1299 to £1499. We tested the three-seater SuperClub which at £1499 is quite expensive. But there is no other system to rival it and it might work out cheaper than replacing your car.
Installation takes about an hour and costs £99. A variety of fixings are available – from straps that wrap around tubular chassis to replacement fixing bolts for the seatbelt anchor point. All are incredibly secure, but beware – it won't fit onto Isofix points. We opted for an engineer fit and didn't have to worry about what kind of fittings we needed, as the engineer had all the relevant parts to hand.
Multimac secures safely on top of your existing seat.
Although you'll need to remove (and store) your car's existing headrests, the unit sits securely on top of the rear bench seats – no matter how sculpted they are. While you won't be able to fold the seats down, the unit can be quickly removed if required.
Once fitted, the unit is secure and doesn't float about so there are no safety issues to be concerned about. Children are secured via a five-point harness, the straps of which can be tightened or made looser as required.
While my two girls, aged four and seven, could easily 'clunk, click' regular seatbelts – they found it difficult to strap themselves into the Multimac. And so did we - at first. Getting the two halves of the metal clip to line up can be fiddly, but it can take some real determination to fasten it to the bottom half of the belt. This became easier as towards the end of the test as the items bedded in, though. But you will need to loosen and tighten the straps each time.
One good thing is that as your kids grow, the unit grows with them. So the outside seats can be adapted for use with an adult seatbelt. Three days a week, we take a friend's daughter to school and it's not a squeeze - there's easily room for all three.
On our Kuga, the unit's legs protrude - but on other models it's a flusher fit.
Another aspect to be mindful of is the protruding legs that help secure the unit. On some models, these can fit flush against the seat, but on our 2016 model year Ford Kuga they stick out. This has resulted in a few bumps. Thankfully, protective rubber covers any sharp edges.
During the two weeks on test, we were never able to successfully remove the unit. I'm sure that this was down to operator error, but we either felt like we were about to snap clips or wouldn't be able to get it back in securely enough.
Weighing 39kg for the main unit, it's not the easiest thing to lug about - it's heavy. It's sizeable, too – so if you're removing it out you'll need somewhere to store it. And we're talking about storing something that's practically the same width as your car here.
Another thing to be aware of is the noise. When the Multimac is loaded up with children it's fine – but if you've just dropped them off at school then you'll spend the rest of your journey to work listening to the rattles and clunks from the unit. Not the end of the world, but something to be mindful of.
Children are secured with a five-point harness.
There is no doubt that the Multimac is a very sturdy, and secure unit – especially when compared to a traditional seatbelt-fixed booster seat. And while it does fit most cars, each model has to be individually approved - so you'll need to get in contact to check before buying.
The Multimac has been developed and stringently tested. That bench structure makes the unit strong and the way it is fixed means it's basically attached to the chassis of the car. There are side-bolsters and head rests for occupant protection, too. And the unit is put through its paces in Sweden, as well as being developed with input from UK safety bodies, such as the Transport Research Laboratory.
There is nothing else like it on the market, so if you want to get three or four kids across the back but don't want to change your car, this could be the solution you've been looking for – albeit a costly one.
3 seats : 3 x SuperClub seats (400mm)
Overall width: 1230 mm
Fits in a range of cars, from a Volkswagen Polo, Ford Fiesta, and Hyundai i20 upwards
Each seat berth will take children from 0-36kg in the adjustable harness.
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Progress. Performance. Priorities. Regions Financial Issues Annual Review and ESG Report
Consistent, Sustainable, Long-Term Performance – Made Simple
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 - 11:45am
NEWSROOM: Regions Bank
CONTENT: Press Release
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., August 25, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE:RF) on Thursday announced the release of its latest Annual Review and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. The document, linked here, gives Regions' customers, investors, associates, community partners, and other stakeholders a comprehensive overview of not only the company's financial performance – but also progress made in addressing a range of environmental and social issues while maintaining strong governance principles.
Specifically, the in-depth report spans the year 2020 – when communities worldwide began to be confronted by a global health crisis the likes of which our society had never experienced. In addition, a series of racial injustices illustrated the need for greater equity and the importance of companies stepping up to serve as part of the solution to systemic racism and biases. Further, the need for more innovation in banking was met by quickly adapting to, and anticipating, evolving customer needs.
Regions and its associates tackled these issues and others head-on – guided by the company's mission to make life better.
"Despite these unprecedented events, there were specific things that did not change. Our mission and purpose, underscored by our values, remained steadfast," said John Turner, President and CEO of Regions Financial Corp. "We were there when it mattered in 2020, whether big moments or small touchpoints. And that's what it's all about – developing relationships with our stakeholders and delivering on our purpose to create shared value for all of them."
Regions' 2020 Annual Review and ESG Report is titled "Consistent, Sustainable, Long-Term Performance – Made Simple." It stays true to its title with an easy-to-digest, interactive format, and it complements Regions' existing disclosures on ESG matters and related topics.
Highlights from this latest report include:
Responding to the Health Crisis and Economic Disruption: Regions Bank operated from a position of strength in addressing the financial challenges people and businesses experienced as the pandemic's impacts grew. At the same time, the company took several steps to protect the health and safety of customers and associates alike. As the pandemic unfolded, Regions quickly:
Transitioned to a remote-work environment for non-branch associates, while also keeping more than 90 percent of Regions' branches open, maintaining essential financial services while observing the latest health guidelines.
Regions also supported customers with a significant number of loan payment deferrals and forbearance requests.
Further, the bank provided vital capital to small businesses by reassigning more than 2,100 associates to help with funding needs related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was set up by the U.S. Small Business Administration to help keep businesses afloat.
Elevating Our Commitment to Racial Equity and Economic Empowerment: The nation, and the world, were rocked by a series of racial injustices that served as painful reminders of the progress that has yet to be made in terms of eliminating racism and removing systemic biases. As a financial institution, Regions recognizes it has a key role to serve in creating greater equity and elevating communities. The bank must use its resources and experience in ways that foster more inclusion and unity. Among examples of Regions' response in 2020:
On June 30, Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation, a nonprofit funded primarily by Regions Bank, announced a combined two-year, $12 million commitment to advance programs and initiatives that promote racial equity and economic empowerment for communities of color.
Within less than six months of the 24-month commitment, Regions Bank, the Regions Foundation, and the Regions Community Development Corporation had allocated more than $5.2 million to positively impact communities of color, providing more equitable opportunities for success and prosperity.
Accelerating the Cadence of Innovation: Customers' needs changed dramatically – and quickly – in 2020. Already investing more in digital services, Regions Bank was able to respond in rapid time by meeting changing expectations. Regions is focused on providing an omni-channel banking experience, where customers receive superior service through any number of options. Among highlights in 2020:
Mobile transactions were up significantly, and Regions launched a reimagined mobile banking app that earned a 4.8-star rating on the Apple app store.
Approximately 1.1 billion logins were recorded in 2020 as Regions reached 2.9 million active digital customers.
The bank launched Regions Greenprint™ – a system that helps customers work with a banker to create, track and meet their financial goals. Since Greenprint was launched, Regions bankers have completed over 800,000 custom financial plans for customers.
Generating Solid Financial Performance in a Challenging Year: Regions finished 2020 delivering top total shareholder returns among peers and strong financial results, despite the challenges endured throughout the year. Highlights included:
Reporting net income available to common shareholders of $991 million and earnings per diluted share of $1.03.
Revenue grew 7% percent; with 6% growth on an adjusted basis.
Record pre-tax, pre-provision income was up 11% over the prior year, while adjusted pre-tax pre-provision income increased 9% to its highest level in more than a decade.
A steady focus on continuous improvement helped generate positive operating leverage of 2.7% on a reported basis and 2.6% on an adjusted basis.
Overall credit results were better than originally expected, especially given the challenging operating environment.
While interest rates fell to all-time lows, net interest income grew 4% from the prior year, attributable in large part to Regions' comprehensive interest rate hedging program.
Achieving Key Environmental Objectives: The banking industry can serve a key role in helping businesses and industries transition to a lower-carbon economy. Regions is focused on this every day – while also finding ways to reduce the bank's own emissions. Among examples:
Regions' consistent focus on energy use reduction includes building automation systems, energy-efficient equipment, and developing more sustainable branches.
Examples of sustainability in new-branch construction and renovations include:
Light-colored thermoplastic roofing materials
Recycled-content ceiling tiles, ceiling grids, and wall bases
Carbon-neutral carpet tiles
ENERGY STAR®-compliant window glazing
Ultra-high efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems with demand-control ventilation
100% LED light fixtures
In 2020, Regions generated 119 megawatts of electricity across 20 rooftop solar installations on branch facilities.
The company has realized $91 million in cumulative energy cost savings since 2008.
Regions is also focused on increasing lending and other financial services in support of a healthier environment. 2020 sustainable finance highlights include:
Providing more than $575 million in renewable energy financing
Sustainably managing over one million acres of timber land
Facilitating 97% growth year-over-year in client assets allocated to ESG-focused investment products
Fostering Financial Inclusion: Year-round, Regions and its associates share insights and guidance to help people manage and grow their finances. Regions is dedicated to helping not only existing customers, but also the unbanked and underbanked. One example of helping increase wealth generation in communities served by Regions is a clear focus on supporting homeownership. Among steps taken in 2020:
Regions created and implemented the Regions FirstHome Assist down payment assistance grant program, offering up to $4,000 toward down payments to low- and moderate-income borrowers in designated markets.
The bank adjusted credit criteria on certain products, enabling more low- and moderate-income borrowers to qualify for homeownership.
Regions expanded its team of community loan officers to focus on the lending and service needs of our communities.
Company-wide, the Regions Next Step® financial wellness program supported 130,000 financial wellness workshops covering a variety of topics.
Approximately 1.8 million people received financial education from Regions.
There were 2.7 million page views of Regions' digital financial education resources.
The 2020 Annual Review and ESG Report also includes in-depth information about Regions' governance structure and processes, including a renewed emphasis on ESG practices, performance, and disclosures. Though the report is detailed and thorough, Chief Governance Officer Andrew Nix said it is just a snapshot of the good work accomplished in 2020.
"At Regions, making life better is not just our mission – it's our promise; it's what we're doing every day for the people and places we serve," Nix said. "The Annual Review and ESG Report provides meaningful updates on a wide range of issues that matter to us and to our stakeholders. And it demonstrates that our work is not over. A culture of continuous improvement is ingrained in our thinking, and we will build on our progress in the years to come."
About Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $156 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation's largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates more than 1,300 banking offices and approximately 2,000 ATMs. Regions Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.
About Regions Foundation
Regions Foundation supports community investments that positively impact the communities served by Regions Bank. The Foundation engages in a grantmaking program focused on priorities including economic and community development; education and workforce readiness; and financial wellness. The Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation funded primarily through contributions from Regions Bank.
About Regions Community Development Corporation
The Regions Community Development Corporation (RCDC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Regions Bank and serves as a catalyst to help revitalize communities and improve the lives of economically disadvantaged families in the Regions footprint. RCDC helps fulfill Regions' mission to make life better by providing debt and/or equity financing for projects and entities with a community-development purpose.
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Lifetime Achievement: ShunGu By Phillip Mlynar · May 30, 2019
"I wouldn't be making music if it wasn't for J Dilla," says ShunGu, a hip-hop producer based in Brussels whose music hooks post-Dilla beats around the head-nodding combination of woozy, melodic synths and thumping drum patterns. "For me, in hip-hop, Dilla's like what John Coltrane is to jazz. Dilla's choice of samples, his choice of drums—it all comes from Dilla for me."
ShunGu isn't shy about the way he's been influenced by the late Detroit producer. Over the course of a 30-plus-album discography—which kicked off in 2014 with a series of zodiac-themed beat tapes—ShunGu's become adept at taking the building blocks of Dilla's music and adding his own stamp. "Dilla really gave me the basics of MPC drums," ShunGu says (he used to work with an MPC 2000 before switching up to an MPC 3000). On top of this spacey boom-bap foundation, his melodies nod to a wide—but always cohesive—range of styles. ShunGu's latest project, A Black Market Album, was inspired by a trip to Oakland, and appropriately incorporates deep P-Funk-style cosmic basslines. The producer's remixes pitch-shift and warp a cappella vocals to bring new textures to the tracks. His more intimate compositions have a moody, low-key neo-soul ambience.
ShunGu's deft layering of influences is something regular collaborator Chester Watson appreciates. They first met via a mutual connection at the Hot Record Societe collective; since then, the Florida-based MC Watson has provided cover art for a number of ShunGu's releases. "I really like how bouncy his instrumentals have always been," says Watson. "A lot of people within the genre have extremely dull, almost lifeless instrumentals. But ShunGu has always had a colorful palette of sounds that I, in a way, grew up on. Whether he's sampling or rocking it off the skill, he knows how and when to layer."
Spote Breeze, an MC from Oakland who guest stars on A Black Market Album, describes ShunGu's beats as being like "a multilayered, groovy canvas." He adds, "ShunGu forces and inspires me to want to explore pockets and push my pen. His choice of drums and complementary sounds never fail for me. Whether it's flow, bars, or content, I just feel more inclined to creatively flex without worrying about who gets it or catches on. ShunGu's production just makes me want to rap-rap, man." The New York City-based Pink Siifu, who also guest stars on A Black Market Album, talks in equally enthusiastic terms about the producer's style. "The thing I like most about rapping on his beats is the jazz and feeling of his actual genuine self in the beat," he says. "It feels like he puts himself in the beat, bleeding his personality and smile."
Delving into a discography that takes in bass-heavy rap albums, astrological-themed beat tapes, and psychedelic-enhanced soundscapes, here's your guide to the essential releases from ShunGu's discography.
The Capricorn Tape
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The Capricorn Tape ShunGu .
In 2014, ShunGu launched an ambitious zodiac-themed series of beat tapes, releasing an album inspired by each star sign every month for a year. "It sounds cliché, but I found out about Sun Ra and I was reading all these poems and wanted to do something with an astral theme," he recalls.
The expansive project kicked off with The Capricorn Tape, in homage to ShunGu's own star sign. "Weirdly, I hang around a lot of Capricorns," he says. "We all share an energy that seems to elevate each other." There's an overt Dilla influence right from the opening track, "Capricorn," which is fueled by gritty snares and thudding kicks. "Dilla really gave me the love of MPC drums," says ShunGu. Fittingly, the album ends with a flip of Slum Village's "Get Dis Money," which ShunGu takes in a muted, dusky direction with snatches of celestial synths and shuffling hi-hats. (A collection of key cuts from all 12 albums was also released as An Astrological Series in 2015.)
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mylost_rmx Vol.1 ShunGu .
Dropped towards the end of 2014, mylost_rmx Vol. 1 collects ShunGu's remixes of rap songs by artists including Danny Brown, Inspectah Deck, and Kool Keith's former rhyme protege, Sir Menelik. The producer began retooling a track by hunting down the a cappella of a song he wasn't wild about the beat on. "When you cross an a cappella with a beat, it can be just magic, like you don't know what's gonna happen," he says. "You could throw a thousand beats on it and it can all feel different, but I want the one where matching it can give warmth to it."
Under ShunGu's watch, Danny Brown's "Blunt After Blunt" transforms from a menacing track powered by prowling pianos into a smoothed-out jazz-fusion outing fueled by a slinky guitar loop. Brown's voice, usually an endearingly high-strung caterwaul, is warped into a grainy drawl and becomes a tonal counterpoint to the beat. ShunGu's talent at switching up the original vibe of a song also comes through on his flip of Sir Menelik's "7XL," which co-stars Brand Nubian MCs Grand Puba and Sadat X, and first appeared on Rawkus's Soundbombing II compilation: The original space age backdrop, which was produced by DJ Spinna, is given a gritty gravitas by introducing a classic syncopated James Brown breakbeat. "I mostly make these remixes for myself," explains ShunGu. "Sometimes, I just want to hear a good rapper on my tracks."
Cosmic Compositions
All I Do Cosmic Compositions .
Released on Berlin's progressive Cosmic Compositions label in 2014, All I Do opens with "Erykah," a song that drives home the neo-soul element of ShunGu's beats. "I remember my aunt was actually the manager for Zap Mama and they did stuff with Erykah Badu, so I remember that track from my aunt bumpin' it," recalls ShunGu, who also credits D'Angelo as an inspiration. There's an alluring moodiness about "Erykah," with the deep bass also bringing to mind the sultry groove of '80s U.K. R&B troupe Loose Ends. The song's complemented by "Ndambi," which appears towards the end of the album and showcases a seductive effect that brings the vocals in and out of the mix, almost as if they're shimmering.
Keen to develop the soulful musicality of his beats, ShunGu says he's "trying to practice more and more keys, and also getting more into jazz now, plus gospel. I'm actually listening to a lot of gospel these days 'cause I'm thinking in a way all the music comes from that."
24 Hours ShunGu .
ShunGu admits that 2015's six-song 24 Hours EP was originally meant to be a full album. "I was trying to do a big project with a lot of rappers," he says, "but I found out it was so hard to do that alone in my room! So finally we got to six tracks and I was like, 'OK, yeah, I'm gonna stop now 'cause I'm tired of trying to build something bigger—maybe I wasn't ready yet—so I'll just release this stuff spontaneously.'" This was back when ShunGu's beat-making habits were so impulsive he'd often record a tape during the day and release it the same evening.
The svelte 24 Hours might have fallen short of its intended scale, but it's a punchy demonstration of how ShunGu's beats enhance an MC's verbals. The project sparks into life with "What We Do Best," which layers savvy lyrics from Brooklyn spitter Fresh Daily over a backdrop that shares a soulful sample source with Mobb Deep's '90s classic "Give Up The Goods (Just Step)." Elsewhere, the slinky, static-crusted "Get Some" beds the words of Iowa's Strangers Of Necessity with funky Hammond organ; the hazy, piano-powered "Sum Style" features Stanley Ipkuss taking it back to the days of "spray cans and tape cassettes"; and closing cut "Moon1120" skews experimental as Chester Watson relays a rhyme that references "Socrates and boom-bap" over slurred drums and disorienting piano arpeggios.
All Stars Vol. 1
All Stars. Vol.1 ShunGu .
Debuting in 2015, the four installments of All Stars came to fruition after ShunGu realized he was stockpiling a hefty cache of beats he felt bad about not sharing with the world. "They all mean something to me but it's really personal," he says. "I see each one like a project in my head."
Digging into the collections is like sneaking a glimpse into the array of influences that shape ShunGu's beat-making instincts. A standout from the first volume, "Fall In Love," is an emotive dig into the DNA of the Slum Village song of the same name. Also notable from the inaugural album, "drmthtbass" toys with jungle tempos and rhythms but creatively sets them to '70s jazz-funk aesthetics, while "Antolog" incorporates blasts of sax and rolling double bass to conjure a meditative atmosphere.
Exile Dreams
Exile Dreams ShunGu .
Formats: Cassette, Digital
Exile Dreams was the start of ShunGu's Oakland adventures. Released in 2018, the album was inspired by a trip to the Bay Area, where the producer was welcomed into a local hip-hop scene. "[It was] like I was suddenly in a different place, like in the way they'd built an environment that's really impressive and really community-minded and there's solidarity," he says. While in Oakland, ShunGu hung out at local studios, began to learn to play the drums, and "just made beats, and took LSD, and smoked spliffs every day, and tried mushrooms."
The fruits of these sessions became Exile Dreams. It's a project that fuses West Coast '70s soul vibes with psychedelic touches: "Extended Metaphor" swaggers along with a breezy soul guitar riff; "Wonderawful World" is coated with a warm layer of hiss and includes what sounds like background studio chatter to usher an intimate feel; closing cut "Brand New" combines a sweet soul vocal loop with wavering organ lines and occasional backwards tape effects. "That trip to Oakland was very important for my music," reflects ShunGu, adding that the collaborative spirit he experienced helped broaden his musical palette.
A Black Market Album
A Black Market Album ShunGu .
Formats: Vinyl LP, T-Shirt/Apparel, Digital
"This album wasn't based on samples, which is the main difference from my other projects," says ShunGu. The 10 tracks are still anchored by drum patterns tapped out on the producer's beloved MPC, but on top of the punchy snares and clobbering kicks, cosmic swirls of synths were added by ShunGu, and the musician Gabriel Govea Ramos was called on to add bass and guitar lines. This live musicality imbues the album with what ShunGu calls a "pretty chill vibe," adding that the music reflects his own personality.
In common with Exile Dreams, there's a buoyant West Coast influence bubbling through A Black Market Album. Bay Area spitter Spote Breeze unravels a tricksy rhyme pattern on "Drop Knowledge," a track the MC describes as "laid-back but stern, a fun, G-funky, boasty, and bouncy onslaught of bar-heavy lingo expressed in a stream of consciousness style. The beat sounds and feels like confidence and sureness."
Joining Spote Breeze on the guest list is Pink Siifu, who brings his snug flow to the lilting relationship rap "Pick Up The Phone," a track he describes as sounding "like an arcade or like neon nostalgia, it reminded me of just learning how to skate and starting to crush on someone and you just wanna talk to 'em." Both collaborations came about during ShunGu's trip to Oakland, where all three artists wound up playing the same Smart Bomb party.
"Time Moves Slower Here"
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Bookended by tracks from Quelle Chris and Blu, "Time Moves Slower Here" is a Chester Watson song ShunGu produced for the Gangster Music Vol. 1 album, which was curated by illustrator Marlon Sassy. ShunGu says the song was originally ear-marked for Watson's upcoming solo album, A Japanese Horror Film, but when given the opportunity to get involved in Gangster Music, they decided to place the track there. (ShunGu says he'll be working on a second Gangster Music compilation.)
"Chester is really one of my favorite rappers and I'm always excited about producing for him," explains ShunGu. "But the music I make for him is a different side to my usual music. Like I can make thousands of beats a month but sometimes none of them beats will fit for Chester Watson." In the case of "Time Moves Slower Here," ShunGu's sample-free backdrop consists of a growling bassline and hazy hi-hats that radiate trip-hop vibes. "The production is mellow but it also has an underlying energy that pushes you to move," says Watson. "In my mind that movement was skateboarding, but it could be background music for anything. I feel like you could shred or cruise to this track and it would not feel out of place."
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Widad Haroun or Widad al-Azhari () was a Syrian lawyer and politician. In 1960, she and Jihan al-Mosli were appointed to the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic, becoming the first Syrian women to enter parliament.

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Originally from Latakia, in July 1960 Haroun was appointed to the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic alongside al-Mosli. They left the Assembly when Syria seceded from the United Arab Republic in September the following year.

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Dao De Ching
Dao De Ching by Lao-tzu. New Wording by Peter Fritz Walter.
The Dao De Ching by Lao-tzu is one of the most translated books of world literature. It is here presented in a translation that deliberately avoids any philosophical commentary and renders the text in English in its most simple and straightforward composure.
Lao-tzu's writing style shines by its utter simplicity, in its will to be 'ordinary language' and to say what he thinks in the most economical and straightforward manner. Therefore all what is purely ornamental in the diction of the book must be ruthlessly cut away so that as it were the skeleton of the thoughts shines through; while many other translations contain way too much obfuscating complexity in syntax and vocabulary.
Even if one follows the newer idea the Dao De Ching was written by a group of Daoist sages, and not by Lao-tzu, it was not the way of the Daoists to render eloquent speeches and to write academic works. Contrary to hellenistic philosophy, Daoism was in no way dialectic-speculative in its overall expression. Also those ancient sages would have firmly refused to call the book 'holy,' although the spirit that shines through it is an elevated, noble and religious spirit.
Despite the probability that the book has been written by a number of authors, it is today considered as a homogenous philosophical treatise. For this view speaks the thematic consistency, which spans all domains of daily life, and which looks at all human expression with compassion and understanding.
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ØB celebrated 20th year of practice in 2016. When the two partners started in 1996 they had a strong desire of designing public spaces on various levels, and this desire is still strong. Østengen & Bergo has during the last 20 years worked with landscape architecture and local development in every scale – from pocket parks to regional plans – always with high ambitions regarding giving every project a green profile to enhance public health and wellbeing. By having the users contribute with their knowledge and wishes, with the human scale in mind, the firm have completed several complex school, transportation, and public space projects from the early sketching phases to completion. In all our projects, we aim to be environmentally conscious – thinking about all the aspects ranging from biodiversity, rainwater management, materials to recycled materials.
Skjervsfossen, ©Østengen & Bergo
"We always seek sustainable and functional solutions that inspire and invite to recreation and activity. Looking back over the past 20 years the ambitions behind each project and what we seek to accomplish is the same – we still want to enhance green space in our public environment. The difference is the public's awareness, through changed regulations. Rainwater management has particularly in the bigger cities become a strict requirement, not only an environmentally conscious contribution to our design. So has design for everyone, "universal design" that grants equal access for everyone."
Milestones and awards
During the last 20 years, there has been a large range in our projects. In the years from 1997-2005 small, degraded, private courtyards in central areas where rehabilitated through a state program. The program was a pioneer in developing ecological system in landscape design – with rainwater management and user involvement. These thoughts where implemented in Meyerløkka (2004) focusing on assembling several small yards into one large, private park within the city block.
Meyerløkka, © Østengen & Bergo
In the same period, another interesting program was set forth by the government – Environmental road upgrading – turning heavily trafficked, noisy roads into slower village streets for everyone. In the project Vollen, the existing road was moved both horizontally and vertically so that it would fit the landscape better, and new walkway along the seafront was enabled. This measure gave the village its old center back, and it was awarded with the national "Beautiful roads award" in 2008.
Vollen, © Østengen & Bergo
The first school was Bakkeløkka middle school in 2004. A school in the forest with no drains, handling all the rainwater on site. It was awarded the national School buildings price 2002.
Bakkeløkka, © Østengen & Bergo
Kastellet school (2004), won 1st prize in "school of the future" in Oslo. Rommen school and cultural center (2009) was built with green roofs, and a varied specter of activities to engage youngsters living nearby. Hokksund (2012) is centrally located in the town of Hokksund and the school was designed, as many of our schools are – as a neighborhood park with activities for the youngsters both during and after school hours. In the later years, several public space projects have been implemented.
The National Library park, © Østengen & Bergo
The National Library park (2005) was a competition we won by merging an old existing park around an existing library with a modern park around the extension thus creating a new park in the urban neighborhood.
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Schandorffsplass, © Østengen & Bergo
Schandorffs plass (2009) is a pocket park that used to be a parking lot. A pathway surrounded by perennials provide a green experience as one passes through. It is designed with access for everyone in mind which resulted in the Award for innovative universal design. Lørenskog square (2011) was designed as a cultural meeting place where the site should be as flexible as possible. By adding water as a feature, the space is active when it is not filled with people. Our latest public space is the new National museum of art in Oslo, centrally located by the harbor. When it is done in 2020, it will be an important cultural square in Oslo.
Skjervsfossen, © Paal Hoff
From 2008 and on we have worked on a few projects in the National tourist routes program, the most important one being Skjervsfossen (2015), where we with humble and careful interventions in nature facilitate for hiking and discovery in a beautiful landscape. A project that gave us the opportunity to do Dalsnibba (2016). A private project set at 1500 meters above sea level providing landscape architecture for spectacular experiences.
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During the past 20years we have designed 38 school projects where 22 of the projects are built and two under construction. One of the challenges in Norway is excessive wear and low maintenance budget. School yards must withstand heavy use. Our aim is to make the children proud of their school yard so that they take special care of it. Experience has shown that schoolyards are a very important neighborhood park. In all our other projects, we analyze the site to find its distinctiveness to give each school its own expression. For new schools, we insist on working with the architect in the early phases to prevent the most valuable areas – nature and vegetation – from being built down. If the site has any existing nature, we often build our concept around that. The most successful schools are often those where we have had an extensive period of user participation during the planning. The various locations in Norway have various traditions, games, interests and activities and we always seek into that. When working with student with special needs we try to integrate their needs silently into the projects with no special attention, so that all children play naturally at the same area. We also work to establishing educational opportunities, providing the schools with outdoor classrooms, and integrating educational information about plants, nature, as well as other subjects like science in our design. It is important for us to get an attractive and exciting landscaping that engage kids and youth of all genders and take the focus away from mobile phones and activate them. Our attitude is that there must be space for various activities with multifunctional use, especially for the oldest ones as the real struggle is providing space for youth as they tend to get bored or not challenged enough.
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11 city nicknames from around the world, illustrated
Maps + Infographics
Ana Bulnes
Many cities around the world have a nickname, an alternative way of referring to them. Sometimes, it's clear how they got their nicknames, as they're quite transparent. In other cases, however, those nicknames are just weird and apparently unjustified. Fortunately, the guys at Expedia.ca did the research for us and found out why these 11 cities are called like that. They also created these cool illustrations to make it easier to picture and remember.
1. The Rose City – Camrose, Canada
Camrose's surrounding parklands are rife with wild roses.
2. The City Of Wrestlers – Kolhapur, India
Kolhapur is the spiritual center of Kushti Wrestling, an ancient discipline that combines martial arts, music, and spirituality. If you visit the city, you can view the action at the one-hundred-year-old national wrestling stadium or at one of the 40 training institutes ('Talim') that are dotted around the city.
3. The City Of Goldfish – Yatomi, Japan
Yatomi is the center of the goldfish industry — in 1975, they produced 71.57 million goldfish. The numbers have declined since, but the nickname remains. You can visit specialized goldfish farms and even experience the bustle of a goldfish auction.
4. The Windy City – Chicago, USA
The origin of the nickname might not be as literal and clear as it seems — while Chicago is subject to its fair share of wind, many experts say the nickname was first used by The New York Sun, a newspaper that said Chicago was windy because its politicians were full of hot air.
5. Cottonopolis – Manchester, UK
A newspaper is once again behind this nickname — in the early 1850s, The Manchester Times referred to Manchester as "this blessed Cottonopolis of ours." The reason? The city was the home of the Industrial Revolution and the home of the cotton industry.
6. The Gong – Wollongong, Australia
This one's easy. The nickname is only a shortened version of the city's name, Wollongong. This name, by the way, is believed to mean "Seas of the South" in the local Aboriginal language.
7. The City Of Lilies – Florence, Italy
The lily has been Florence's symbol since the 11th century, but no one really knows the reason why. One popular theory suggests it's connected to the celebration of the goddess Flora back when the Romans founded the city.
8. The City Of Light – Paris, France
We all know this nickname, but why is Paris known as the City of Light? There are, again, many different theories, but it probably has to do with the fact that in the 1860s the city was illuminated by 56,000 gas lamps, installed to end a crimewave of nighttime thefts and murders.
9. The City Of Eternal Fog – Curitiba, Brazil
Curitiba is indeed rainy and foggy, but that also means its parks and green spaces are always lush and happy. You should definitely visit, because it's a cultural center, with the Wire Opera House and Oscar Niemeyer Museum amongst the top attractions.
10. The End Of The World – Ushuaia, Argentina
If a place deserves this nickname, it's Ushuaia — it's the southernmost city in the world.
11. The Tavern Of The Seas – Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town has always been a popular city for sailors to stop, rest, and refresh themselves, so that's why it's referred to as The Tavern of the Seas.
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This video gives a quick demonstration of the SQL/JSON functionality for generating JSON from SQL, introduced in Oracle database 12.2. For more information see: SQL/JSON Generation Functions in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/sql-json-functions-12cr2 JSON Support in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2) https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/json-support-in-oracle-database-12cr1 JSON Support Enhancements in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/json-support-in-oracle-database-12cr2 JSON Support Enhancements in Oracle Database 18c https://oracle-base.com/articles/18c/json-support-in-oracle-database-18c JSON Support Enhancements in Oracle Database 19c https://oracle-base.com/articles/19c/json-support-in-oracle-database-19c JSON : All Articles https://oracle-base.com/articles/misc/articles-misc#json Website: https://oracle-base.com Blog: https://oracle-base.com/blog Twitter: https://twitter.com/oraclebase Cameo by Roel Hartman : Blog: https://roelhartman.blogspot.com/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/RoelH Cameo appearances are for fun, not an endorsement of the content of this video. All trademarks, product names and logos are the property of their respective owners.
This video gives a quick demonstration of the Oracle Data Guard Broker. I've used standby databases since Oracle 8i and Data Guard since Oracle 9i, but I've always done the manual configuration. Since 10g the Data Guard Broker has been available to make life easier. For more information see: https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/data-guard-setup-using-broker-12cr1 PS. I know I kept exiting to reconnect when I could have used CONNECT. I'm new to using the broker. :) Website: https://oracle-base.com Blog: https://oracle-base.com/blog Twitter: https://twitter.com/oraclebase Cameo by Liron Amitzi : Blog: https://amitzil.wordpress.com/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/amitzil Cameo appearances are for fun, not an endorsement of the content of this video. All trademarks, product names and logos are the property of their respective owners.
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It's a couple hours after lunch. You (and your kids) feel tired, peckish, and ready to nibble. In an effort to snap out of it, many of us turn to something salty. This might be why savory snacks are a part of the Salty Six for Kids—the foods that contribute the most sodium to our children's diets. You might be surprised to know that salty snacks don't make the list for the Salty Six for Adults.
There are some snacks, however, that will help you stay alert and healthy during snack time. What am I talking about? Fruits and veggies, of course! Fruits and vegetables are a key part of an overall healthy eating plan. They're also delicious, colorful, versatile, convenient, affordable and fun.
Fruits and vegetables provide lots of nutrients without too many calories. They contain water and fiber, which can help you feel full. Most fruits and vegetables also have no or little sodium, and lots of potassium. Potassium is a mineral that we need to keep our bodies healthy. Eating foods with potassium is important in controlling blood pressure because potassium reduces the effects of sodium. The more potassium we eat, the more sodium we pass out of the body. Potassium also helps relax blood vessel walls, which helps lower blood pressure.
Snacks that feature fruits and vegetables are flavorful, colorful and offer a variety of tastes and textures. The AHA recommends 4-5 servings of fruits and 4-5 servings of vegetables per day (a total of about 4½ cups). Even if you don't reach that goal, there are still benefits to eating fruits and vegetables. Just 2½ cups per day could reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Most dental care is delivered in response to something that has happened. It may be a toothache, the breaking of a tooth, an infection, or something with the bite. Over time, the mouth begins to look like a painting done by different painters, almost like a house that is remodeled one wall at a time over 25 years by different contractors who never had a plan.
After 27 years of observing how mouths tend to deteriorate over time, it has become abundantly clear for the need to, from time to time, step back and reassess the status quo. We do that via a Complete Comprehensive Examination. This is how it works. The exam consists of three distinct parts: the Interview, the Co-Discovery exam, and the Review of Findings visit.
From the interview, we move into the treatment room where a thorough examination of the soft tissues, the gums, the teeth, and the chewing system is performed. The exam is done in such a manner that the patient learns about their condition at the same time the dentist and team do. It is called a Co-Discovery Exam. Clinical notes, a cancer exam, blood pressure, and photos are also performed. With the patient's permission, the least amount of x-rays is taken. Finally, at the end of the visit, the patient will be given an overview of what was found. Over the days that follow, the dentist will sit alone in a quiet room and review the dental and health questionnaires, the clinical notes, the x-rays, and the photos. The state of the patient's oral health will be determined. Areas of risk will be identified, specifically things that threaten the patient getting what they want in the long run. Strategies will be identified and a unique, ideal path will be outlined for this particular patient, a path that will lead to first, stopping all deterioration of the mouth and creating health and wellness and then, if necessary, restoring this particular mouth to long-term stability.
The final step in this exam process is the Review of Findings visit. It is where the patient gets to truly see and understand where they are relative to optimum dental health and the achievement of their goals. They get enough information so that they can make decisions that are in their best interests. If the path laid out by the dentist is not totally acceptable, the patient and the dentist can "create" one that is acceptable to both. Fees are discussed and treatment is sequenced. The patient determines how fast things go and the dentist and team control the quality. The bottom line in this whole process is that the patient is always in control of what is happening and what will happen over time. This empowerment of the patient is the centerpiece of the Health Focused, Patient-Centered practice of dentistry and is manifested best within the process of the Comprehensive Exam. It is constructed this way to support the undeniable premise that each of us is responsible for our health.


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Thinking in Old English
Irina Dumitrescu, interviewed by Willa Glickman
"I use my essays for the public to think through my research questions. I cannot imagine ever writing a monograph in a traditional scholarly style again."
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In the December 16, 2021 issue of the magazine, Irina Dumitrescu reviews Matrix, Lauren Groff's new historical novel about a medieval abbess, loosely based on the life of the poet Marie de France. The subject was a fitting one for Dumitrescu, a professor of medieval English literature at the University of Bonn who is also an essayist and critic of contemporary literature, as comfortable discussing Marie de France's oeuvre as Lauren Groff's. "I'm a generalist at heart," she wrote to me in an e-mail this week.
Dumitrescu came to medieval literature by happenstance. When enrolling for classes as an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, she realized she couldn't bear to select the physics class she needed for her human biology major—"my duty as a good immigrant was pre-med," she said—and signed up for an English seminar on a whim. She was hooked: "As it happened, I hated every other one of my classes and did poorly in them. Had it not been for English I probably would have dropped out of university altogether."
After switching majors she decided to learn Old English, attracted by the fact that it was only a year-long course of study. "I liked the idea of such a low commitment," she wrote, "only one year to learn a language and then be done with it! That didn't turn out quite as I expected." Soon she was studying Latin, Old Icelandic, "then more, stranger varieties of Latin." She was mesmerized by medieval literature, in which she found "a distant world with occasional flashes of familiarity. It's that tension between ways of being, thinking, and believing that are fundamentally inconceivable to me, and experiences that feel shockingly intimate and fresh, that I find so riveting."
She offered the example of the fifteenth-century woman Margery Kempe, who recorded her frequent divine visions and experience of participating in a mystical marriage with God, but also her difficulties with her mortal husband, who suffered from dementia. "In particular, she complains about how much laundry she had to wash because of his incontinence, and how this kept her from spiritual contemplation," said Dumitrescu. "How often do we find portrayals in literature of women being exhausted from doing elder care, or of their frustration with the way it keeps them from pursuing their calling?"
This closeness and distance also came up in Dumitrescu's 2018 scholarly book on the relationship between teacher and student depicted in early medieval writing, The Experience of Education in Anglo-Saxon Literature. "Premodern teachers did not shy away from incorporating difficult elements into their instruction," she said. For example, boys were taught Latin dialogues in which an older monk would ask a student for a kiss, or to drink alcohol, and the boy would refuse. "The real-life pupils who practiced these conversations were learning to protect themselves in a variety of situations that might occur in the monastery," she explained:
The texts I studied for my book showed that both teachers and students could be dangerous to one another, either through hatred or through desire. But the fact that a teaching relationship was antagonistic did not mean it had to be a failure. This is where I think medieval ideas of education part with our own: they considered dialogue, debate, even outright conflict to be essential parts of learning.
This dynamic is not far from Dumitrescu's own complicated experience with a valued but at times possessive and predatory academic mentor, which she detailed in a recent essay for Longreads.
Dumitrescu began publishing essays and memoir "on the sly" while in her early thirties, on dance, food, immigration, and language. (As a child, her family emigrated from Romania to Israel, then Canada, and today she is fluent in English, Romanian, and German; proficient in French and Spanish; has a working knowledge of Old and Middle English, Latin, Old Icelandic, Middle High German, and Old French, and has been relearning Hebrew and studying Yiddish as pandemic projects—a number of languages that she rounds down to "ten, give or take.")
"I was conscious of the fact that those pieces might be taken as a sign that I was not serious about my academic career. At first, I kept them off my CV and only mentioned them to my more trusted colleagues. Later, I stopped hiding them, but I still kept my so-called 'public' writing wholly separate from my academic work." Ten years later, she has begun to merge the two forms. "I now use my essays for the public to think through my research questions. At the same time, I cannot imagine ever writing a monograph in a traditional scholarly style again."
Currently, Dumitrescu is working on an academic book about the medieval roots of celebrity that she hopes to call Medieval Divas—"I wonder if any press will let me get away with it"—as well as a book for a general audience about "how medieval people struggled with the strict, impossible ideals of their time," unlike the saintly figure at the center of Groff's novel. "The project is letting me connect to medieval writers in a way I rarely get to as a scholar: as flawed human beings trying their best to hold on to a sense of self in a chaotic world. After the past two years of living through a pandemic, I feel closer to them than ever."
Irina Dumitrescu is Professor of English Medieval Studies at the University of Bonn. Her book The Experience of Education in Anglo-Saxon Literature was published in paperback last year. (December 2021)
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Willa Glickman is on the editorial staff of the New York Review. (November 2021)
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The Independent reports on OFCOM sanctions against a Christian TV channel for showing programmes where pastors have claimed to heal diseases such as cancer with the likes of olive oil and Ribena (i.e., blackcurrant squash), which was supposed to represent the blood of Christ.
For someone like me who does believe in the healing ministry, this is particularly sickening, because this irresponsible behaviour masks the quiet, humble and gentle ministry of many.
I did a quick investigation online into one of the pastors named, a certain Paul Lewis. Was it just bad English that said he had not a BA or an MA but an MBA in Theology? (If you doubt me, read it here.) I guess ministry is big business.
Oh, funnily enough it is: you can buy his Anointed Prosperity Kit, which includes the 'miracle olive oil soap', by the way, along with the 'divine prosperity cross necklace' (because that is what the Cross is all about). It would be hilarious were it not so horrific.
Only once in a life- time does some-one come along with such a gifting yet humble and caring spirit to share on missions, orphanages, crisis care intervention and more to the brothers and sisters in the World.
So nothing to worry about there, then, after all. I must have it all wrong.
The trouble is, how does the Christian Church guard against these situations? We can't do anything to stop individuals setting themselves up like this. Does anyone have any bright ideas?
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Maybe we're a bit too " quiet, humble and gentle" in our ministry of many? That, or more who have been healed should speak up about it? Trouble is, in this day of modern technology, medical advances and cure all medicines etc non-Christians and even many Christians don't seem to believe in the concept of miracles anymore, even when they hear or see it for themselves. Sadly, the same often goes for prayer! I heard a debate about miracles on Jeremy Vine the other week where a teenage girl had been in a coma for quite a while. When the parents decide she should be baptised, as the priest sprinkled the water on her she came out of the coma! To me that was God and even the parents agreed it was a miracle, but the doctor on the programme said often coma patients do 'just come round' suddenly and that it was a coincidence! Unfortunately people seem to trust Doctors (fallible humans) more than God! Our job is to keep spreading the Good News and if people reject it that, as Pam points, out will be their undoing!
Getting the right balaqnce between discernment and not quenching the Spirit can be very difficult.
Reflecting on Mary's example, my mind is drawn to two Gospel miracles I used in a sermon on miracles generally. Peter's mother in law had a fever. It left her. Well fevers do go away on their own, amd Aspirin may help. However in the Gospel example it happened in the instant of the command of the Creator. Similarly, and this was the gospel passage I was preaxching through, sotrms on Galilee come and go very suddenly. Again this one stopped at the creator's command. Not so much a co-incidence as a Godincidence. Co-incidences do tend to happen when we pray. Sadly some doctors, and even more sadly some Christians, have trouble recognising that.


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Can our imagination enter into the experience of being fifteen at a time and place that knows no "teen culture," allows for no bewildered interval between childhood and adulthood? Can we conceive this transition, including young love and family crisis, happening at the traumatic center of events that will shape the course of history?
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With so much negativity continually hitting our world, I'd like to share this feel-good story: While recently working on the deck at Washington Park, a woman (or was it a man?) came up to the bar with a 4-year-
Transgender identity not claimed for trivial reasons With so much negativity continually hitting our world, I'd like to share this feel-good story: While recently working on the deck at Washington Park, a woman (or was it a man?) came up to the bar with a 4-year- Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/2dDSndU
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The Enquirer has brought us another sarcastic Walter Williams column trashing transgender folks' issues ("Transgenderism can be helpful" Oct. 2).
As a thought exercise, it's plausible to ponder, as Williams does, that a basketball player, born male, would claim transgender status to play in a women's league against physically, less-strong competition.
Or that a soldier, born male, would claim transgender to face less-rigorous fitness requirements.
But in the real world, such incidents would be so few as to amount to a statistical zero.
Transgender identity is not claimed for such trivial reasons.
It is owned up to by people whose very nature and sense of self allow no other path, despite the real threat of cultural and physical violence the world offers.
Transgender-supportive laws, then, are about offering dignity and comfort to these hundreds of thousands or even millions of individuals.
These laws do real good and harm no one.
Fears of men posing as women for the purpose of committing offenses inside female restrooms are not backed up by any reputable statistics.
But Williams does not care about these brothers and sisters of ours.
He's too busy playing repressive mind games.
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Avg rainfall for January in Leonardo da Vinci/Fiumicino
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Montgomery (MGM)
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Leonardo da Vinci/Fiumicino (FCO)
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