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Distinguished Conclusion of Horse Racing Season 08/04/2018
The final horse race meeting of 2017/2018 was held under the auspices of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Saidi, minister of legal affairs, organized by Royal Horse Racing Club at Al Rahbace horse racecourse at Barka province. The meeting included five races, interspersed by equestrian shows by Royal Cavalry's riders such as displays of mounted music, show horses, Rakdh Al Ardah, equestrian skills and children display on ponies.
After sever competition, the cup of pure Arabians and imported horses, for 2000m, was won by stallion Amaar, owned by Mahboob Hashmani, trained by Sultan Al Hajri and ridden by Issa Al Bulushi. While the cup of thoroughbred horses race, for 2000m, was won by Dubai Iconic, owned by Ramzi Al Falahi, trained by Mohammed Al Siabi and ridden by Anas Al Siabi. The cup of pure Arabians race, for 2000m, was won by Meblsh, owned by Sheikh Sad Bahwan, trained by Bader Al Hajri, and ridden by Mutasim Al Bulushi.
The cup of FEGENTRI was won by Awesome Kudos, ridden by Fatma Al Manji from Oman, owned by Qais Al Zakwani, and trained by Zuhair Al Zakwani. A group of various countries took part in the race which was confined for pure Arabians for 1600m.
The cup for local bred horses, for 1600m, was won by stallion Al Saktoun, owned and trained by Humaid Al Mahrooqi and ridden by Asad Al Siyabi.
His excellency the patron presented the prizes and cups to winners at the conclusion of the meeting which was attended by a number of ministers, undersecretaries and horse fans.


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Dennis Wise joins Sven Longshanks to discuss why Germany under Hitler was called the Third Reich. The Reich was the Holy Roman empire and Hitler was resurrecting it again, complete with himself as Holy Roman Emperor. The centre of the empire was to be at Nuremberg, as the crown jewels were supposed to be held there for eternity. However they were removed to Austria to protect them from Napolean and it was Hitler who returned them.
Along with the imperial crown and spear of destiny that St Longinus used to pierce Christ's side, Hitler collected many other relics such as a piece of wood from the True Cross, cloth from the robe worn by the apostle John, links from a chain that shackled Saint Paul, soil soaked with the blood of Saint Stephen, and a bone relic of Saint Maurice (the patron saint of the Holy Roman Empire).
The Teutonic Knights were the original protectors of the imperial regalia and the SS played the same role in the Third Reich, but the similarities did not stop there. Their uniforms were to the same design, their devotion to honour and chivalry were the same and the SS even had replicas of the spear and crown jewels at Wewelsberg castle. The SS even liberated the same countries in the east from Bolshevism that they had formerly converted to Christianity by crusade in the past and belief in a Lord God was essential for the unit to function.
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With sandy shades on my wrist and under my feet, it's forever in my heart.
E S C A P E has become the theme of our summer here in Hawaii. Even though I grew up here, I'm falling in love with the islands all over again and I have to say, it is the sweetest summer love I've found.


Behavioral Health Specialist Liz Boyno, far left, often talks with patients who are overwhelmed by the cost of medication they need to manage diabetes.
Behavioral Health Specialist Liz Boyno works at St. Luke's Humphreys Diabetes Center, where almost each day includes an encounter with a patient who is reeling from the cost of managing diabetes.
It's not just the cost of insulin, which has nearly tripled in price since 2002. It is also the cost of the test strips, the glucose meter and the nutritious food needed as part of a healthier diet.
It all adds up, and like insulin, the cost of diabetes care is on the rise, increasing by 48 percent in the past five years.
Part of Boyno's role is to offer patients tips on how to incorporate treatment into their lives and how to cope with depression or anxiety. She refers patients to other resources when additional help is needed (such as counseling for depression or anxiety). She frequently talks with patients about the challenges of managing the costs associated with diabetes.
Patients tell Boyno they skip insulin doses to try and stretch the medication further. Or they use credit cards to pay for monthly prescriptions.
Those tactics aren't sustainable, and skipping doses can be deadly. Insulin isn't optional for people with type 1 diabetes. And people with type 2 diabetes who use insulin need to keep taking it as prescribed to prevent worsening symptoms.
Ultimately, patients who fail to take insulin as prescribed often end up in the hospital. From there, they get caught in a vicious cycle: They were hospitalized because of a medical emergency caused because they weren't taking insulin as prescribed, and now they are faced with a hospital bill they cannot afford.
Boyno tries to keep patients out of that cycle by giving them resources for more affordable medication. If they meet certain qualifications they are referred to St. Luke's 340B Assist Program, which connects patients to medication at reduced prices.
And there are other options. Boyno and others at St. Luke's leave no stone unturned when it comes to finding resources for patients who need support to manage diabetes.
For example, if the medication prescribed isn't included in the patient's insurance formulary, Boyno will work with the physician to see if there are other medications that can be considered.
The tools Boyno provides to patients are designed to be sustainable for patients to learn how to manage diabetes on their own.
"As a social worker, I want to solve the problem, not just patch it up," Boyno said.
When patients can't qualify for financial assistance through the options above, St. Luke's helps them find other resources.
Those resources include Walmart, where certain brands of insulin can cost $25 a month.
Traci VanHorn, diabetes care coordinator at St. Luke's Wood River, meets with patients who are newly diagnosed with diabetes or who are about to be discharged from the hospital. Like Boyno, she frequently hears patients explain how they must choose between spending money on insulin or other daily living necessities, such as gas or groceries.
Some patients who have multiple illnesses won't treat all of their conditions because of financial barriers. VanHorn and others try to help patients with multiple conditions by connecting them with coupons or discounts from drug manufacturers, or insulin and diabetes management supplies at reduced prices.
A meter program supported by the St. Luke's Wood River Foundation is available to newly diagnosed patients and provides them with a glucose meter, test strips, a lancing device and lancets.
St. Luke's Treasure Valley Auxiliary funds a program that educates patients and gives them a glucose meter, test strips and other necessary tools that they need as part of ongoing management.
The St. Luke's Magic Valley Foundation has a fund dedicated to supporting people with diabetes by providing supplies and other services.
Diabetes was identified as the top priority in the 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment, a report commissioned by St. Luke's to identify the greatest needs in the communities served by the health system. Improving the prevention and management of obesity and diabetes is a top priority in part because of the cost associated with treating diabetes and the serious health threat it can cause.
To support people living with diabetes throughout Idaho, St. Luke's works with community organizations that serve people who are disadvantaged or have limited income resources. Community health centers and clinics provide another layer of support for people who have diabetes.
The St. Luke's Center for Community Health, with support from the St. Luke's Wood River Foundation, has access to resources that help with the cost of medication and other needed items, such as refrigeration, transport, food and financial assistance.
St. Luke's Magic Valley works with Family Health Services, a community health center with locations in Twin Falls and throughout south-central Idaho. It features a pharmacy that allows people on limited incomes to get medications at a discounted price.
Providers from St. Luke's Magic Valley volunteer their time to treat patients at The Wellness Tree Clinic in Twin Falls. The clinic has received a grant from the St. Luke's Community Health Improvement Fund (CHIF) to support services provided there.
In the Treasure Valley, a CHIF grant was given to Genesis Community Health, which provides health services such as diabetes management and access to insulin.
People who have diabetes can't manage their disease alone. Whether the support comes from family, the community or St. Luke's, it is a critical part of diabetes management.


It's nerd Christmas, and so naturally J.K. Rowling decided to bestow some new Harry Potter-related writing unto the world. And it includes an in-depth profile of the very nasty character Dolores Umbridge, whose prim style and cutesy mannerisms conceal a wizened heart.
Even at seventeen, Dolores was judgemental, prejudiced and sadistic, although her conscientious attitude, her saccharine manner towards her superiors, and the ruthlessness and stealth with which she took credit for other people's work soon gained her advancement.... Whenever she was asked (usually by workmates who did not like her) 'are you related to that Umbridge who used to mop the floors here?' she would smile her sweetest, laugh, and deny any connection whatsoever, claiming that her deceased father had been a distinguished member of the Wizengamot.
While they valued her hard work and ambition, those who got to know her best found it difficult to like her very much. After a glass of sweet sherry, Dolores was always prone to spout very uncharitable views, and even those who were anti-Muggle found themselves shocked by some of Dolores's suggestions, behind closed doors, of the treatment that the non-magical community deserved.
But what inspired this character's combination of sickly sweet and vicious? Apparently, Umbridge was inspired by a real "teacher or instructor" Rowling once knew with "a pronounced taste for twee accessories," whom she "disliked intensely on sight." (The feeling was mutual.) (Though she admits it was an irrational dislike.) Somewhere in the United Kingdom, a fussily dressed woman is furiously polishing a pink porcelain platter covered in cats.
So Dolores, who is one of the characters for whom I feel purest dislike, became an amalgam of traits taken from these, and a variety of sources.
Damn, J.K., tell us how you really feel. Somebody please ask this woman what she makes of Taylor Swift.


Victoria Charles received her Ph.D in art history. She has published extensively on art history and contributed to Art Information, an international guide to contemporary art. She is also a regular contributor to journals and magazines.


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Q: AJAX call to re-render partial I know there are already tons of questions answered on this, but I am doing everything they are saying in those posts and it's still not working.
One thing to note is that it WAS working at one point, but now is no longer working.  I could've swore I didn't change anything, but perhaps I did.
I have a page with a bunch of partials on it (sorry, everything is in haml):

%h4 Query Editor

.row-fluid
    .span9
        = render 'query_editor'

    .span3
        = render 'documentation'

= image_tag "spinnerLarge.gif", size: "20x20", class: 'loading-indicator'
%span{ id: "results" }
    = render 'results'

What I'm looking to do is re-render the results partial.
The form is only in one of them (in haml):

= form_tag 'query', remote: true, class: "form-horizontal" do

  = text_area_tag :query_editor, @current_connector.editor_state, rows: 10, class: 'input-block-level'
  = text_area_tag :selected_query, nil, style: 'display:none'

Now I have some javascript where if you press Cmd+Enter, it runs the query in the text_area:

$(document).ready ->

  $('#query_editor').keydown (event) ->
    if ((event.which == 115 && event.ctrlKey) || (event.which == 13 && event.metaKey))
      $('#selected_query').val($('#query_editor').getSelectedText())
      $('#results').prepend('Getting results...')
      $(this).parent('form').submit()
      event.preventDefault()

In my controller, I have my code to execute the query (which I know works fine b/c I see the results come back when refreshing the page), but the results partial is not refreshed automatically.
query_tool_controller.rb:

def query

    # run the query and get some results and store in @results variable

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { render action: 'view' }
      format.js { render layout: false }
      format.json { render json: @results, status: :success }
    end

  end

Here's my query.js.erb

$('#results').html("<%= j render(partial: 'results').html_safe %>");

I'm using rails 3.2.13 and I have the javascript_include_tag "application" included. I also have the following lines in my application.js:

//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs

Any ideas?

I've also tried replacing my query.js.erb with the following:
alert("hello, world");
The alert is not popping up so it is not calling my query.js.erb file.  I guess the question is what am I doing wrong that is causing it not to run?

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The summer I was 10 years old, I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark over 20 times in the theatre. From that point on, I had this fantasy that when I was an adult, I would react to danger like my hero, Indiana Jones—brave, thinking on my feet, and maybe, just maybe, a self-aware one-liner when all was said and done.
Many years later, when I was an adult living in Chicago, I arrived home at 4 a.m. after being out of town for two weeks. The street was quiet and there wasn't another person anywhere to be seen. As the cabbie drove off, I realized too late that I only had my backdoor keys with me, which meant I had to walk around the building, through the alley, and all the way to the back courtyard.
As I began this long trek, annoyed at myself for bringing the wrong keys, a car approached slowly from the other side of the street. Upon seeing me, it stopped abruptly, right in front of the entrance to the alley.
I stopped walking. This didn't feel right. The car was dark and the windows were tinted, but I would have sworn that whoever was in the car was staring at me. Seconds passed, then the driver gunned it, and whipped the car into the alley ahead of me.
I was in danger; I could feel it. There was no denying it. It felt like they were lions in wait and I was a gazelle carrying too much luggage.
I had one option—I had to beat them to the gate.
If this were a movie, this would be where the John Williams instrumental would begin. I held the key to the gate in my right hand, the suitcase in my left. I took a deep breath, bent my knees, and without giving myself any opportunity to talk myself out of it, I dashed into the alley, sprinting as fast as a man awkwardly carrying a not-very-well-distributed 50 pounds of luggage could run.
I reached the gate, dropped the suitcase, put the key in the lock ... but it wouldn't turn. I didn't look in the direction of the car; I kept my eyes on the lock, which was old and you had to find the exact sweet spot before it would engage.
I jiggled the key ... until ... finally, success! This delay cost me valuable seconds. I heard a car door slam.
I threw all my belongings into the courtyard. I could hear footsteps quickly approaching from my left. Damn, I was right, they were after me. An involuntary shiver shot from my feet to my head. Without looking, I jumped inside, and quickly pulled the gate toward me. As it was about to close, a shoe blocked the path. Then a large man grabbed the gate, flung it open, shoved me into a dark corner, and thrust a gun into my side.
Our transaction began immediately and in the most clichéd way possible. "Gimme your (EXPLETIVE) money!" he demanded.
"Get it," he said, gesturing with his gun-free hand at the backpack.
I nodded and walked slowly to my bag, never taking my eyes off him or the gun. I crouched down to my knees, retrieved my wallet, and pulled out my cash—$34 in ones and fives, mostly ones. He looked satisfied at the amount of bills, and he shoved the wad in his front pocket.
"Lie down on the ground," he demanded.
At this moment, an adrenaline spike gave me a level of bravery/stupidity that I had never experienced before or since.
He either believed my sincerity or that logic made sense to him. Without saying another word, he lowered the gun, turned around, and ran out of the gate.
I made my way to the second floor apartment, feeling invincible, energized, and maybe just a little too cocky. I couldn't believe what just happened, but more importantly, I couldn't believe that I'd gotten away with it. I'd stood my ground to a mugger, exhibited traits of bravery, and even dished out a self-aware one-liner—just like Indiana Jones.
However, the euphoria was short-lived. I walked into my kitchen, and upon feeling the safety and familiarity of the room, the adrenaline quickly lost its effects. I started to replay the last few minutes in my head.
Did I really just talk back to a guy with a gun? That was unbelievably stupid! This isn't some goddamn movie; he could have killed me!
I quickly went from fear of the known to frightened about the unknown, the "what could have happened." My head began to swim. I dropped my bags. My hands and knees began to shake uncontrollably, and for the first (and only) time in my life, I fainted. The last thing I remember before crumbling to the ground was letting out a bloodcurdling scream.
I wonder if this was what it was like for Indiana Jones. Yes, yes, I know, he's fictional. But assuming he wasn't, assuming he was a flesh-and-blood person who existed in the world, how would he deal with the emotional aftermath? Because he must have had that, right? He may have been brave in the moment, but later that night, when he was alone with his thoughts and memories of all those near-death experiences, did he have breakdowns? Did he crumble into a ball, shivering uncontrollably, as he realized just how close he'd come to dying yet again?
If you think of it that way, I really was like Indiana Jones after all; occasionally brave in the moment, and fainting with fear the moment he's back in the safety of his apartment. Or if I'm not and I'm just fooling myself, maybe I'm better off for it. Guys like Indiana Jones have a funny way of getting shot, trampled, or burned alive by Nazis. I love a good one-liner as much as the next guy, but I also want to see old age.
So long, Indiana Jones. It was fun while it lasted.


Book a room at Ramada Bruehl-Koeln near Phantasialand theme park and Cologne Cathedral, where you will experience comfort, convenience and great rates. We are located between Cologne and Bonn. There is a light rail station within walking distance, and Motorway A553 is nearby.
We had a really good night stay here. Its a short 10 mins drive from Phantasialand. We had arrange a late check-in due to the parks late close. Check-in was really easy and we had the keys to our rooms within a minute of getting there.
Due to it being 2100 we decided to go to the bar for a few drinks and snacks. The bar offers Pizza which was rather nice.
Breakfast was rather good too. Lovely range of hot and cold foods to suit all tastes.
Would happily stay here again if visiting Phantasialand.


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21 dead in Albania after 6.4 magnitude earthquake
byBrielle Diskin
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A deadly earthquake struck Albania in the dark, early hours on Tuesday morning at a 6.4 magnitude.
So far, 21 people are reported dead, over 600 people were injured, and many are still missing, officials said. The quake was the strongest to hit Albania in decades, according to a U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was located in Durres, a coastal city outside Albania's capital, Tirana. The survey also notes the economic losses are likely to fall between $100 to $1,000 million (USD).
The quake was felt in neighboring countries like Italy, Bulgaria, Bosnia and others, reported The Associated Press. Authorities wanted locals to evacuate and stay off roads to make way for emergency vehicles. The New York Times noted that everything from heavy equipment to bare hands are being used to rescue civilians from the debris.
The rubble that was once buildings and homes is now the site of rescue teams and volunteers, who are reportedly carrying stretchers as they search for victims. Other nations such as France, Greece, Italy, and Turkey have already offered their help Albania in the struggles that lie ahead, according to NPR.


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Tanzania's ruling party nominates John Magufuli as presidential candidate
By Omar Mohammed July 12, 2015
John Pombe Magufuli, 56, a former math and chemistry teacher, was nominated today (July 12) by Tanzania's ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), to be the country's fifth president. He aims to succeed president Jakaya Kikwete, who leaves office after serving two five-year terms, in October's general election. He made history by selecting a woman, Samia Hassan Suluhu, who hails from Zanzibar, as his running mate.
https://twitter.com/ccm_tanzania/status/620128533751463938
Magufuli, the works minister, defeated two women in the final vote to secure the nomination: justice minister and former UN deputy secretary general Asha-Rose Migiro and African Union ambassador to the US Amina Ali. This is the first time in the history of CCM that a female candidate had made it this far in the nomination contest.
In what was at times a fractious contest, Magufuli emerged victorious from an initial list of 38 candidates who sought the nomination, including former prime minister Edward Lowassa and current foreign minister Bernard Membe. Both considered front-runners going into the nomination campaign, they seemed to have cancelled each other out.
https://twitter.com/Hakingowi/status/620158305944633344
First elected to parliament in 1995, Magufuli, who has a doctorate degree in chemistry, has served in government in various capacities, including as the fisheries and land department's minister.
As nominee, Magufuli will need to unify his party heading into the general election after a divisive nomination fight.
He enters the campaign as a strong favorite to win the presidency in October. Opposition parties, led by Chadema, are looking to field a unified candidate but don't appear to be as strong as in 2010, when as a collective they won close to 40% of the vote.
Should he become president, Magufuli will be faced with the task of alleviating poverty, which voters have indicated is their chief concern, according to a 2014 poll by East African non-profit Twaweza. Despite average yearly economic growth of 7.6% over the last decade, Tanzania, a country of 51 million people, has struggled to reduce poverty (pdf).
Magufuli will also face the challenges of implementing a new constitution and creating a regulatory framework for the emerging oil and gas sector that benefits Tanzania without alienating investors.
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Saint June 20 : St. Silverius : #Pope
St. Silverius
Feast: June 20
Feast Day: June 20
Born: 480 at Frosinone (in modern Italy)
Died: November 537
Patron of: Ponza, Italy
Dates of birth and death unknown. He was the son of Pope Hormisdas who had been married before becoming one of the higher clergy. Silverius entered the service of the Church and was subdeacon at Rome when Pope Agapetus died at Constantinople, 22 April, 536. The Empress Theodora, who favoured the Monophysites sought to bring about the election as pope of the Roman deacon Vigilius who was then at Constantinople and had given her the desired guarantees as to the Monophysites. However, Theodatus, King of the Ostrogoths, who wished to prevent the election of a pope connected with Constantinople, forestalled her, and by his influence the subdeacon Silverius was chosen. The election of a subdeacon as Bishop of Rome was unusual. Consequently, it is easy to understand that, as the author of the first part of the life of Silverius in the "Liber pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, I, 210) relates, a strong opposition to it appeared among the clergy. This, however, was suppressed by Theodatus so that, finally, after Silverius had been consecrated bishop (probably on 8 June, 536) all the Roman presbyters gave their consent in writing to his elevation. The assertion made by the author just mentioned that Silverius secured the intervention of Theodatus by payment of money is unwarranted, and is to be explained by the writer's hostile opinion of the pope and the Goths. The author of the second part of the life in the "Liber pontificalis" is favourably inclined to Silverius. The pontificate of this pope belongs to an unsettled, disorderly period and he himself fell a victim to the intrigues of the Byzantine Court.
After Silverius had become pope the Empress Theodora sought to win him for the Monophysites. She desired especially to have him enter into communion with the Monophysite Patriarch of Constantinople, Anthimus, who had been excommunicated and deposed by Agapetus, and with Severus of Antioch. However, the pope committed himself to nothing and Theodora now resolved to overthrow him and to gain the papal see for Vigilius. Troublous times befell Rome during the struggle that broke out in Italy between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantines after the death of Amalasuntha, daughter of Theodoric the Great. The Ostrogothic king, Vitiges, who ascended the throne in August, 536, besieged the city. The churches over the catacombs outside of the city were devastated, the graves of the martyrs in the catacombs themselves were broken open and desecrated. In December, 536, the Byzantine general Belisarius garrisoned Rome and was received by the pope in a friendly and courteous manner. Theodora sought to use Belisarius for the carrying out of her plan to depose Silverius and to put in his place the Roman deacon Vigilius, formerly apocrisary at Constantinople, who had now gone to Italy. Antonina, wife of Belisarius, influenced her husband to act as Theodora desired. By means of a forged letter the pope was accused of a treasonable agreement with the Gothic king who was besieging Rome. It was asserted that Silverius had offered the king to leave one of the city gates secretly open so as to permit the Goths to enter. Silverius was consequently arrested in March, 537, roughly stripped of his episcopal dress, given the clothing of a monk and carried off to exile in the East. Vigilius was consecrated Bishop of Rome in his stead.
Silverius was taken to Lycia where he was went to reside at Patara. The Bishop of Patara very soon discovered that the exiled pope was innocent. He journeyed to Constantinople and was able to lay before the Emperor Justinian such proofs of the innocence of the exile that the emperor wrote to Belisarius commanding a new investigation of the matter. Should it turn out that the letter concerning the alleged plot in favour of the Goths was forged, Silverius should be placed once more in possession of the papal see. At the same time the emperor allowed Silverius to return to Italy, and the latter soon entered the country, apparently at Naples. However, Vigilius arranged to take charge of his unlawfully deposed predecessor. He evidently acted in agreement with the Empress Theodora and was aided by Antonina, the wife of Belisarius. Silverius was taken to the Island of Palmaria in the Tyrrhenian Sea and kept their in close confinement. Here he died in consequence of the privations and harsh treatment he endured. The year of his death is unknown, but he probably did not live long after reachingPalmaria. He was buried on the island, according to the testimony of the "Liber pontificalis" on 20 June; his remains were never taken from Palmaria. According to the same witness he was invoked after death by the believers who visited his grave. In later times he was venerated as a saint. The earliest proof of this is given by a list of saints of the eleventh century (Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, 1893, 169). The "Martyrologium" of Peter de Natalibus of the fourteenth century also contains his feast, which is recorded in the present Roman Martyrology on 20 June.
[Editor's note: According to the Liber Pontificalis, Pope St. Silverius was exiled not to Palmaria, but rather to the Island of Palmarola, a much smaller and more desolate island near Ponza, Italy, in the Bay of Naples.]
5 Things to SHARE about #PopeFrancis Encyclical #LaudatoSi
1. Laudato Si is Pope Francis' Encyclical on the environment or more formally – On Care for Our Common Home. Laudato Si means "Praise be to you" which is the first line of a canticle by St. Francis that praises God and all of his creation. Read the FULL TEXT here:
http://jceworld.blogspot.ca/2015/06/encyclical-of-pope-francis-laudato-si.html
2. Laudato Si is almost 42,000 words - -- Pope Francis states the goal of the document: "In this Encyclical, I would like to enter into dialogue with all people about our common home" (#3). Papal documents are addressed to the bishops but Pope Francis address his message to all people. The goal of the dialogue: "I urgently appeal, then, for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. We need a conversation that includes everyone, since the environment challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all" (#14).
Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience" (#217)
3. Pope Francis has published two encyclicals: "Lumen Fidei" ("Light of Faith"), released in 2013, and now "Laudato Si'" ("Be Praised"). This is the only social encyclical with a vernacular title (Italian) rather than Latin
4 Table of Contents It consists of six chapters.
CHAPTER ONE – WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COMMON HOME
CHAPTER TWO – THE GOSPEL OF CREATION
CHAPTER THREE – THE HUMAN ROOTS OF THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS
CHAPTER FOUR – INTEGRAL ECOLOGY
CHAPTER FIVE – LINES OF APPROACH AND ACTION
CHAPTER SIX – ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND SPIRITUALITY
5. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches about creation: "The seventh commandment enjoins respect for the integrity of creation. Animals, like plants and inanimate beings, are by nature destined for the common good of past, present, and future humanity. Use of the mineral, vegetable, and animal resources of the universe cannot be divorced from respect for moral imperatives. Man's dominion over inanimate and other living beings granted by the Creator is not absolute; it is limited by concern for the quality of life of his neighbor, including generations to come; it requires a religious respect for the integrity of creation." (CCC 2415) Pope Francis explicitly designates this encyclical as "now added to the body of the Church's social teaching."
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NOVENA PRAYERS 1.COME HOLY GHOST
(Kneel)
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And in our Souls take up Thy rest, Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid To fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created;
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. LET US PRAY
O God , who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people by sending them the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us by the same Spirit, to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort, through Christ Our Lord, Amen 2. AN ACT OF CONTRITION
(Here, O God is my sacrifice, a broken spirit; a heart that is humbled and contrite, thou O God, will never disdain; ps 50:19)
My God, I believe in Thee.* I hope in thee .* I love Thee above all things.* With all my Soul,* With all my heart ,* and with all my strength ; * I love Thee because thou are infinitely good * And worthy of being loved * and because I love Thee,* I repent with all my heart * Of having offended Thee; * have mercy on me a sinner. Amen
3. FOR THE INTENTIONS OF THE HOLY FATHER
THE OUR FATHER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses , as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen THE HAIL MARY
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS , Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen THE GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy spirit.
As it was in the beginning , is now and ever shall be world without end . Amen
4. INVOCATIONS TO OUR LADY
We fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God. Despise not our petitions in our necessities. But ever deliver us from all dangers O glorious and blessed Virgin. Priest : O Mother of Perpetual Succour, thou whose very name inspires confidence.
People : Help me, O loving Mother.
Pr. : That I may love and serve God with all my heart.
Pe. : Help me, O loving mother
Pr. : That I may never neglect prayer
Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother.
Pr. : In temptations against the holy vitue of purity
Pr. : That I may quickly rise again should I have the misfortune to fall into sin.
Pr. : That I may courageously resist the seductions of the world, evil companions, bad books and films Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother.
Pr. : That I may often and devoutly receive the Sacraments and fulfil my Christian duties and the duties of my state.
Pr. : That I may be patient and resigned in all trials and troubles of life
Pr. : In sickness and pain, in poverty and distress
Pr. : That I may not delay my conversion from day to day
Pr. : That I may ever love and serve thee and invoke thy assistance Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother.
Pr. : That I may be able to lead others to love serve and pray to thee
Pr. : When death is near and I am about to pass into eternity.
Pr. : To my last hour, to my last breath do thou watch over me.
Pe. : Help me, O loving Mother. Pr. : Pray for us O Mother of Perpetual Succour
LET US PRAY O Almighty and merciful God * Who in order to assist the human race * Has willed the blessed virgin Mary * To become the Mother of Thy only-begotten Son * Grant we beseech Thee * That by her intercession * We may avoid the contagion of sin * And serve Thee with a pure heart * Through the same Christ Our Lord * Amen 5. SUMMARY OF PETITIONS & THANKSGIVINGS 6. NOVENA PRAYERS O Mother of Perpetual Succour * Behold me a miserable sinner at thy feet * I have recourse to thee and put my trust in thee * O Mother of Mercy, have pity upon me * I hear thee called by all * The refuge and the hope of sinners; * be then my refuge and my hope * Succour me for the love of Jesus Christ *; Stretch forth thy hand to me, * a poor sinner, * who recommend and dedicate myself to thee * As thy perpetual servant * I bless and thank God for having in His Mercy given me this confidence in Thee * the pledge , as I believe of my eternal salvation*
Alas, too often in past times have I miserably fallen * Because I had not recourse to thee * I know that with thy help I shall conquer * I know that thou will help me * If I recommend myself to thee * But I fear lest in the occasion of failing * I should cease to call upon thee * And so should lose my soul * This then is the grace I seek from thee, * and I beg of thee, as far as I know how and can, * to obtain it for me * namely, in the assaults of hell,* always to have recourse to thee and to say to thee; * O mary help me * Mother of Perpetual Succour, * Suffer me not to lose my God * Amen.
Priest : Mother of Perpetual Succour
People : Pray for thy Children.
Hail Mary.......... (Repeat three times)
Holy Mary, * Succour the miserable, help the faint hearted * Cheer those that weep, *Pray for the people ,* be the advocate of the clergy, * Intercede for all devout women, * Let all feel thine aid,* Who implore thy perpetual succour.
Priest : Thou has been made for us O Lady, a Refuge.
People : A helper in need and tribulation.
O Lord Jesus Christ,* Who hast given us Thy Mother Mary, * Whose wondrous image we venerate, * To our Mother ,* Ever ready to succour us,* grant , we beseech Thee,* That we, who earnestly implore her maternal aid, * May deserve to enjoy perpetually the fruit of thy redemption * Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen.
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- The Pope to the Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch: "Yours is a Church of martyrs"
- To the Catholic Biblical Federation: pastoral effort to ensure the centrality of the Word of God in the life of the Church
- May no-one feel excluded from sport, says the Pope to the athletes of the Special Olympics
- Christians and Muslims, together to counter violence perpetrated in the name of religion
The Pope to the Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch: "Yours is a Church of martyrs"
Vatican City, 19 June 2015 (VIS) – Following a tradition established in 1971 by the Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Holiness Ignatius Jacob III and Blessed Paul VI, this morning Pope Francis received in the Vatican His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II, accompanied by a Syriac-Orthodox delegation, recalling that the historic first meeting was the beginning of a "holy pilgrimage" towards full communion between the two Churches.
Francis also mentioned the Joint Declaration on the common profession of faith in the mystery of the Incarnate Word, the true God and the true man, signed in that year by the Patriarch and the Pope, which laid the foundations for a path to unity among disciples. Subsequent meetings between Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas and St. John Paul II, first in Rome and then in Damascus, represented important steps toward the concrete pastoral collaboration for the good of the faithful.
"How much has changed since those first meetings!" exclaimed the bishop of Rome. "Yours, Beatitude, has been a Church of martyrs since the very beginning, and continues to be so to this day in the Middle East, where, along with other Christian communities and other minorities, it suffers greatly as a result of war, violence and persecution. How much pain! How many innocent victims! Faced with all this, it seems that those in power seem unable to find solutions".
"Let us pray together for the victims of this brutal violence and for all the situations of war throughout the world. In particular, let us remember the Metropolitan Gregorios Ibrahim and the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church Griega Paul Yazigi, abducted at the same time two years ago. Let us also remember the priests and the many other people, of different groups, deprived of their freedom. And let us ask of the Lord the grace always to be willing to forgive and to be builders of reconciliation and peace. This is what inspires the witness of the martyrs. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the unity of the Church and the tool for the edification of the kingdom of God, which is the kingdom of peace and justice".
"Beatitude, dear brother, in this moment of tension and pain", concluded the Pope, "let us increasingly strengthen the bonds of friendship and fraternity between the Catholic Church and the Syriac-Orthodox Church. Let us hasten our steps on the common path, looking towards the day in which we will be able to celebrate our common belonging to Christ's single Church around the same altar of the Sacrifice and of worship. Let us exchange the treasures of our traditions as spiritual gifts, as what unites us is far greater than what divides us".
The Holy Father and the Patriarch then prayed together in the Redemptoris Mater chapel.
To the Catholic Biblical Federation: pastoral effort to ensure the centrality of the Word of God in the life of the Church
Vatican City, 19 June 2015 (VIS) – This morning in the Consistory Hall Pope Francis received the members of the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF), which has recently elected Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, metropolitan archbishop of Manila, Philippines, as its new president. The Federation is currently holding its tenth plenary assembly dedicated to the theme "That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you", drawn from the First Epistle of St. John; reflecting on the Sacred Scripture as the source of evangelisation, it commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of the dogmatic Constitution on the Divine Revelation Dei Verbum.
"To be able to proclaim the word of truth, we ourselves must have had the experience of the Word: we must have listened, contemplated, almost touched it with our own hands", writes the Holy Father in the discourse he handed to those present. "Christians, who are the People of God, 'that you may proclaim the excellencies of him', must, as the dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum suggests, first of all venerate, read, listen, proclaim, preach, study and spread the Word of God. The Church, who proclaims the Word every day, receiving nourishment and inspiration from it, makes herself the beneficiary and excellent witness of the efficiency and strength inherent in that same Word of God. Neither we, nor our efforts, but rather the Holy Spirit works through those who dedicate themselves to pastoral ministry, and He does the same for the listeners, preparing them to listen to the Word and to receive its message of life".
Referring to the anniversary of Dei Verbum and the timeliness of dedicating the plenary assembly to the relationship between the Scriptures and evangelisation, Francis mentions that in 1986 St. John Paul II had invited the CBF to undertake a careful rereading of the dogmatic Constitution, applying its principles and implementing its recommendations. The Synod of Bishops on the Word of God in the life and mission of the Church in 2008 offered another important opportunity for reflecting on its application. He adds, "Likewise today I would like to invite you to go ahead with this work, always taking into consideration the value of the treasure of the Conciliar Constitution, as well as the subsequent Magisterium, while you communicate the joy of the Gospel to the furthest confines of the world, obeying the missionary mandate".
"However, there are places where the Word of God has not yet been proclaimed or, although proclaimed, has not been received as the Word of salvation", the Pope remarks. "There are places where the Word of God is emptied of its authority. The lack of the support or vigour of the Word leads to a weakening of the Christian communities of ancient tradition and curbs the spiritual growth and missionary fervour of the young Churches. We are all responsible if 'the message will run the risk of losing its freshness and will cease to have the freshness of the Gospel'. However, it remains valid to encourage a special pastoral effort to emphasise the central position of the Word of God in ecclesial life, promoting the Biblical inspiration of all pastoral ministry. We must ensure that the habitual activities of all Christian communities, in the parishes, associations and movements, truly have at heart the personal encounter with Christ communicated to us in His Word since, as St. Jerome teaches, 'ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ'".
"The mission of the servants of the Word – bishops, priests, men and women religious and laypeople – is that of promoting and favouring this encounter, which inspires faith and transforms life; therefore I pray, in the name of all the Church, that you may fulfil your mandate: ensuring 'that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honoured', until the day of Jesus Christ".
May no-one feel excluded from sport, says the Pope to the athletes of the Special Olympics
Vatican City, 19 June 2015 (VIS) - "The world of sport looks to the Church with trust and attention, as it is aware that together it is possible to work to restore to sporting practice its true meaning: an educational, playful and recreational meaning, and also its cultural and social dignity. You are well aware of this, having chosen sport as an experience of development and growth, in the presence of a condition of fragility and limitation", said the Pope as he received in audience 150 athletes participating in the Italian "Special Olympics", and who will participate in the finals of the World Games in Los Angeles this July. The "Special Olympics" is an international sporting association founded in 1968 in the United States by Eunice Kennedy Shriver to help those with different mental capabilities to develop confidence in themselves and in their social capacities through training and competitive sport.
"It is beautiful and meaningful that young people and adults find in sport and participation in competitions, including at an international level, an incentive to live their life fully. It is a challenge", emphasised Francis, "and you have accepted it and 'taken the field'. I encourage you to continue in your efforts to help each other to discover your potential and to love life, to appreciate it in all its limits and above all, its beautiful sides. Sport is a path that is well-suited to this discovery, to opening oneself up, to coming out of oneself and getting involved. In this way one learns to participate, to outdo oneself, to strive together. All this helps you to become active members of society and also of the Church; and it helps society itself and the Church to overcome all forms of discrimination and exclusion".
"Please", he continued, "be faithful to this ideal of sport. Do not let yourself be contaminated by a false sporting culture, that of economic success, victory at any cost, and individualism. Rather, it is necessary to rediscover amateur sport, the sport of gratuity, sport for sport's sake. We must protect and defend sport as an experience of human values: competition yes, but in loyalty and solidarity. Dignity for every person: always! No-one must feel excluded from sport. And the generous action and harmony between the various institutional and social bodies is necessary to attain this objective".
He concluded by wishing them a joyful and serene experience at the upcoming World Championship, expressing his hope that they would enjoy themselves and form friendships with brothers and sisters throughout the world and reminding them to pray for him.
Christians and Muslims, together to counter violence perpetrated in the name of religion
Vatican City, 19 June 2015 (VIS) – "Christians and Muslims: Together to counter violence perpetrated in the name of religion" is the title of the Message from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue for Ramadan, which began this year on 18 June, and 'Id al-Fitr. The document, signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Fr. Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I., respectively president and secretary of the dicastery, is dated 12 June.
"For some of you and also for others from other religious communities, the joy of the feast is shadowed by the memory of the dear ones who lost their life or goods, or suffered physically, mentally and even spiritually because of violence. Ethnic and religious communities in a number of countries of the world went through various and enormous unjust sufferings: killing of some of their members, destruction of their religious and cultural heritages, forced emigration from their homes and cities, molestation and rape of their women, enslavement of some of their members, trafficking of persons, commerce of organs, and even selling of cadavers!
"We are all aware of the gravity of these crimes in themselves. However, what makes them even more heinous is the tentative of justifying them in the name of religion. It is a clear manifestation of instrumentalising religion for gaining power and richness.
"Needless to say that those who have the responsibility of security and public order have also the duty to protect their people and their properties from the blind violence of the terrorists. Besides, there is also the responsibility of those who have the task of education: families, schools, curricula, religious leaders, religious discourse, media. Violence and terrorism are first conceived in the mind of the deviated persons, thereafter perpetrated on the ground.
"All those are involved in the education of the youth and in the various educational spaces should teach the sacred character of life and the derived dignity of every person, regardless of his or her ethnicity, religion, culture, social position and political choice. There is no life that is more precious than another one because it belongs to a specific race or religion. Therefore, no one can kill. No one can kill in the name of God; this would be a double crime: against God and the very person.
"There cannot be any ambiguity in education. The future of a person, community and of the whole humanity cannot be built on such ambiguity or apparent truth. Christians and Muslims, according to their respective religious tradition, look at God and relate with Him as being the Truth. Our life and behaviour as believers should reflect such conviction.
"According to St. John Paul II, Christians and Muslims have 'the privilege of prayer' (Address to Muslim Religious Leaders, Kaduna, Nigeria, 14 February 1982). Our prayer is much needed: for justice, for peace and security in the world; for those who have deviated from the true path of life and commit violence in the name of religion, so as to return to God and change life; for the poor and the sick.
"Our feasts, among others, nourish in us hope for the present and the future. It is with hope that we look at the future of humanity, especially when we do our best to make our legitimate dreams become a reality.
"With Pope Francis, we wish that the fruits of Ramadan and the joy of 'Id al-Fitr may bring about peace and prosperity, enhancing your human and spiritual growth".
Vatican City, 19 June 2015 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in audience Archbishop Mario Zenari, apostolic nuncio in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Vatican City, 19 June 2015 (VIS) – The Holy Father has appointed Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop emeritus of Cologne, Germany, as his special envoy to the inauguration of the recently-restored "conventual complex" of the Shrine of Maria-Radna at Timisoara, Romania, to be held on 2 August 2015.
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis warns against the corrupting effects of greed and accumulating wealth for ourselves, saying they are at the root of wars and family divisions. His words came during his homily at his morning Mass on Friday (June 19th) at the Santa Marta residence.
Taking his inspiration from the day's gospel reading where Jesus warned his disciples not to accumulate treasures on the earth but instead in heaven, the Pope reflects on the many dangers posed by greed and human ambition. He said these vices end up corrupting and enslaving our hearts and rather than accumulating wealth for ourselves we should be using it for the common good.
Greed corrupts and destroys
"In the end this wealth doesn't give us lasting security. Instead, it tends to reduce your dignity. And this happens in families – so many divided families. And this ambition that destroys and corrupts is also at the root of wars. There are so many wars in our world nowadays because of greed for power and wealth. We can think of the war in our own hearts. As the Lord said, 'Be on your guard against avarice of any kind.' Because greed moves forward, moves forward, moves forward… it's like a flight of steps, the door opens and then vanity comes in --- believing ourselves to be important, believing ourselves to be powerful… and then in the end pride (comes). And all the vices come from that, all of them. They are steps but the first step is avarice, that desire to accumulate wealth."
Pope Francis conceded that it's not easy for an administrator or politician to use resources for the common good and an honest one can be considered a saint.
"There's one thing that is true, when the Lord blesses a person who has wealth, he makes him an administrator of those riches for the common good and for the benefit of everybody, not just for that person. And it's not easy to become an honest administrator because there's always that temptation of greed, of becoming important. Our world teaches you this and it takes us along that road. We must think about others and realise that what I own is for the benefit of others and nothing that I have now can be taken with me. But if I, as an administrator, use what the Lord gives me for the common good, this sanctifies me, it will make me a saint.
Don't play with fire
The Pope said we often hear many excuses from people who spend their lives accumulating wealth but he stressed the only treasures we should be storing up are the ones that have value in 'the handbag of Heaven'.
"It's difficult, it's like playing with fire! So many people calm their consciences by giving alms and they give what they have left over. This is not an administrator: the administrator's job is to take (what is needed) for himself or herself and whatever is left over is given to others, all of it. Administering wealth means a continual stripping away of our own interests and not believing that these riches will save us. It's fine to accumulate riches, it's fine to accumulate treasures but only those who have a value, let's say, in 'the handbag of Heaven.' That's where we should be storing them up!
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Today, Toyota proudly employs 370,000 employees in communities around the world. Together, they build around 10 million vehicles per year in 29 countries, from mainstream cars and premium vehicles to mini-vehicles and commercial trucks, and sell them in more than 170 countries under the brands Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino.
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Welsh National Opera moves Mozart harem to Orient Express
MOZART'S comic opera usually takes place in the veiled harem of Constantinople where two English women and a servant have been kidnapped by the Turkish Pasha.
But this Welsh National Opera production moves the action to a 1920's Orient Express chuffing its way from Turkey to Paris.
In some ways this works brilliantly, adding speed, a sense of urgency and some wonderfully imaginative sets. But it does also throw up some strange misnomers and one can't help but wonder why the women even need to be rescued. They are now in Europe, why don't they simply get off the train and head off to the British Embassy?
The production gets away with it because it is all so slapstick.
VERDICT: ****
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Dwight Yoakam and Ricky Skaggs to be honored by ACM Awards
by Jessica Blankenship · March 21, 2012
Kentucky natives Ricky Skaggs and Dwight Yoakam have been announced as recipients of the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. The announcement came today from the Academy of Country Music. They will be honored during the 6th Annual ACM Honors event in Nashville on September 24, 2012.
Ricky Skaggs is best known for both his country and bluegrass music. During the 1980s, he had over 15 Top 10 Singles, with 11 of those being number one hits. He was named the ACM's 1981 Top New Male Vocalist and received five ACM Awards for Touring Band of the Year.
Dwight Yoakam captured the imagination of traditionalists and new listeners alike by giving hillbilly music a modern twist. Born in Kentucky but based in Los Angeles, Yoakam debuted with a twangy cover of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man," which led him to the ACM's 1986 Top New Male Vocalist trophy. In all, Yoakam landed 14 Top 10 hits – some he wrote ("I Sang Dixie") and others he revived (Elvis Presley's "Little Sister"). Along with acclaimed albums and music videos, Yoakam proudly partnered with Buck Owens on the endearing 1988 duet, "Streets of Bakersfield." He remains active in music and film.
Past recipients of the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award include Alabama, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, The Oak Ridge Boys, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Jerry Reed, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins, Kenny Rogers, Mel Tillis, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, Porter Wagoner, Hank Williams, Sr., Hank Williams Jr. and Bob Wills, among others.
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The two-streams hypothesis is a model of the neural processing of vision as well as hearing. The hypothesis, given its initial characterisation in a paper by David Milner and Melvyn A. Goodale in 1992, argues that humans possess two distinct visual systems. Recently there seems to be evidence of two distinct auditory systems as well. As visual information exits the occipital lobe, and as sound leaves the phonological network, it follows two main pathways, or "streams". The ventral stream (also known as the "what pathway") is involved with object and visual identification and recognition. The dorsal stream (or, "where pathway") is involved with processing the object's spatial location relative to the viewer and with speech repetition.
Several researchers had proposed similar ideas previously. The authors themselves credit the inspiration of work on blindsight by Weiskrantz, and previous neuroscientific vision research. Schneider first proposed the existence of two visual systems for localisation and identification in 1969. Ingle described two independent visual systems in frogs in 1973. Ettlinger reviewed the existing neuropsychological evidence of a distinction in 1990. Moreover, Trevarthen had offered an account of two separate mechanisms of vision in monkeys back in 1968.
In 1982 Ungerleider and Mishkin distinguished the dorsal and ventral streams, as processing spatial and visual features respectively, from their lesion studies of monkeys – proposing the original where vs what distinction. Though this framework was superseded by that of Milner & Goodale, it remains influential.
One hugely influential source of information that has informed the model has been experimental work exploring the extant abilities of visual agnosic patient D.F. The first, and most influential report, came from Goodale and colleagues in 1991 and work is still being published on her two decades later. This has been the focus of some criticism of the model due to the perceived over-reliance on findings from a single case.
Goodale and Milner amassed an array of anatomical, neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and behavioural evidence for their model. According to their data, the ventral 'perceptual' stream computes a detailed map of the world from visual input, which can then be used for cognitive operations, and the dorsal 'action' stream transforms incoming visual information to the requisite egocentric (head-centered) coordinate system for skilled motor planning. The model also posits that visual perception encodes spatial properties of objects, such as size and location, relative to other objects in the visual field; in other words, it utilizes relative metrics and scene-based frames of reference. Visual action planning and coordination, on the other hand, uses absolute metrics determined via egocentric frames of reference, computing the actual properties of objects relative to the observer. Thus, grasping movements directed towards objects embedded in size-contrast-ambiguous scenes have been shown to escape the effects of these illusions, as different frames of references and metrics are involved in the perception of the illusion versus the execution of the grasping act.
Norman proposed a similar dual-process model of vision, and described eight main differences between the two systems consistent with other two-system models.
The dorsal stream is proposed to be involved in the guidance of actions and recognizing where objects are in space. Also known as the parietal stream, the "where" stream, or the "how" stream, this pathway stretches from the primary visual cortex (V1) in the occipital lobe forward into the parietal lobe. It is interconnected with the parallel ventral stream (the "what" stream) which runs downward from V1 into the temporal lobe.
The dorsal stream is involved in spatial awareness and guidance of actions (e.g., reaching). In this it has two distinct functional characteristics—it contains a detailed map of the visual field, and is also good at detecting and analyzing movements.
The dorsal stream commences with purely visual functions in the occipital lobe before gradually transferring to spatial awareness at its termination in the parietal lobe.
The posterior parietal cortex is essential for "the perception and interpretation of spatial relationships, accurate body image, and the learning of tasks involving coordination of the body in space".
It contains individually functioning lobules. The lateral intraparietal sulcus (LIP) contains neurons that produce enhanced activation when attention is moved onto the stimulus or the animal saccades towards a visual stimulus, and the ventral intraparietal sulcus (VIP) where visual and somatosensory information are integrated.
Simultanagnosia: where the patient can only describe single objects without the ability to perceive it as a component of a set of details or objects in a context (as in a scenario, e.g. the forest for the trees).
Optic ataxia: where the patient can't use visuospatial information to guide arm movements.
Hemispatial neglect: where the patient is unaware of the contralesional half of space (that is, they are unaware of things in their left field of view and focus only on objects in the right field of view; or appear unaware of things in one field of view when they perceive them in the other). For example, a person with this disorder may draw a clock, and then label it from 12, 1, 2, ..., 6, but then stop and consider their drawing complete.
Akinetopsia: inability to perceive motion.
Apraxia: inability to produce discretionary or volitional movement in the absence of muscular disorders.
The ventral stream is associated with object recognition and form representation. Also described as the "what" stream, it has strong connections to the medial temporal lobe (which stores long-term memories), the limbic system (which controls emotions), and the dorsal stream (which deals with object locations and motion).
The ventral stream gets its main input from the parvocellular (as opposed to magnocellular) layer of the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus. These neurons project to V1 sublayers 4Cβ, 4A, 3B and 2/3a successively. From there, the ventral pathway goes through V2 and V4 to areas of the inferior temporal lobe: PIT (posterior inferotemporal), CIT (central inferotemporal), and AIT (anterior inferotemporal). Each visual area contains a full representation of visual space. That is, it contains neurons whose receptive fields together represent the entire visual field. Visual information enters the ventral stream through the primary visual cortex and travels through the rest of the areas in sequence.
Moving along the stream from V1 to AIT, receptive fields increase their size, latency, and the complexity of their tuning.
All the areas in the ventral stream are influenced by extraretinal factors in addition to the nature of the stimulus in their receptive field. These factors include attention, working memory, and stimulus salience. Thus the ventral stream does not merely provide a description of the elements in the visual world—it also plays a crucial role in judging the significance of these elements.
Damage to the ventral stream can cause inability to recognize faces or interpret facial expression.
Along with the visual ventral pathway being important for visual processing, there is also a ventral auditory pathway emerging from the primary auditory cortex. In this pathway, phonemes are processed posteriorly to syllables and environmental sounds. The information then joins the visual ventral stream at the middle temporal gyrus and temporal pole. Here the auditory objects are converted into audio-visual concepts.
The function of the auditory dorsal pathway is to map auditory sensory representations onto articulatory motor representations. Hickok & Poeppel claim that the auditory dorsal pathway is necessary because, "learning to speak is essentially a motor learning task. The primary input to this is sensory, speech in particular. So, there must be a neural mechanism that both codes and maintains instances of speech sounds, and can use these sensory traces to guide the tuning of speech gestures so that the sounds are accurately reproduced."
In contrast to the ventral stream's auditory processing, information enters from the primary auditory cortex into the posterior superior temporal gyrus and posterior superior temporal sulcus. From there the information moves to the beginning of the dorsal pathway, which is located at the boundary of the temporal and parietal lobes near the Sylvian fissure. The first step of the dorsal pathway begins in the sensorimotor interface, located in the left Sylvian parietal temporal (Spt) (within the Sylvian fissure at the parietal-temporal boundary). The spt is important for perceiving and reproducing sounds. This is evident because its ability to acquire new vocabulary, be disrupted by lesions and auditory feedback on speech production, articulatory decline in late-onset deafness and the non-phonological residue of Wernicke's aphasia; deficient self-monitoring. It is also important for the basic neuronal mechanisms for phonological short-term memory. Without the Spt, language acquisition is impaired. The information then moves onto the articulatory network, which is divided into two separate parts. The articulatory network 1, which processes motor syllable programs, is located in the left posterior inferior temporal gyrus and Brodmann's area 44 (pIFG-BA44). The articulatory network 2 is for motor phoneme programs and is located in the left M1-vBA6.
Conduction aphasia affects a subject's ability to reproduce speech (typically by repetition), though it has no influence on the subject's ability to comprehend spoken language. This shows that conduction aphasia must reflect not an impairment of the auditory ventral pathway but instead of the auditory dorsal pathway. Buchsbaum et al found that conduction aphasia can be the result of damage, particularly lesions, to the Spt (Sylvian parietal temporal). This is shown by the Spt's involvement in acquiring new vocabulary, for while experiments have shown that most conduction aphasiacs can repeat high-frequency, simple words, their ability to repeat low-frequency, complex words is impaired. The Spt is responsible for connecting the motor and auditory systems by making auditory code accessible to the motor cortex. It appears that the motor cortex recreates high-frequency, simple words (like cup) in order to more quickly and efficiently access them, while low-frequency, complex words (like Sylvian parietal temporal) require more active, online regulation by the Spt. This explains why conduction aphasiacs have particular difficulty with low-frequency words which requires a more hands-on process for speech production. "Functionally, conduction aphasia has been characterized as a deficit in the ability to encode phonological information for production," namely because of a disruption in the motor-auditory interface. Conduction aphasia has been more specifically related to damage of the arcuate fasciculus, which is vital for both speech and language comprehension, as the arcuate fasiculus makes up the connection between Broca and Wernicke's areas.
Goodale & Milner's innovation was to shift the perspective from an emphasis on input distinctions, such as object location versus properties, to an emphasis on the functional relevance of vision to behaviour, for perception or for action. Contemporary perspectives however, informed by empirical work over the past two decades, offer a more complex account than a simple separation of function into two-streams. Recent experimental work for instance has challenged these findings, and has suggested that the apparent dissociation between the effects of illusions on perception and action is due to differences in attention, task demands, and other confounds. There are other empirical findings, however, that cannot be so easily dismissed which provide strong support for the idea that skilled actions such as grasping are not affected by pictorial illusions.
Moreover, recent neuropsychological research has questioned the validity of the dissociation of the two streams that has provided the cornerstone of evidence for the model. The dissociation between visual agnosia and optic ataxia has been challenged by several researchers as not as strong as originally portrayed; Hesse and colleagues demonstrated dorsal stream impairments in patient DF; Himmelbach and colleagues reassessed DF's abilities and applied more rigorous statistical analysis demonstrating that the dissociation wasn't as strong as first thought.
A 2010 review of the accumulated evidence for the model concluded that whilst the spirit of the model has been vindicated the independence of the two streams has been overemphasised. Goodale & Milner themselves have proposed the analogy of tele-assistance, one of the most efficient schemes devised for the remote control of robots working in hostile environments. In this account, the dorsal stream is viewed as a semi-autonomous function that operates under guidance of executive functions which themselves are informed by ventral stream processing.
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In the Okavango Delta. Destination: Botswana.
Extreme in its geography, defined by the arid Kalahari Desert and the fertile delta of the Okavango River, the first impression Botswana offers is a pristine, virginal, explorer's Africa. It is a land where the human footprint is still barely noticeable, dominated by the laughter of hyenas in the distance and terrain marked by footprints of elephants.
Speaking of elephants, Botswana is the country with the largest population of African elephants. Herds dominate the landscape, with their long trunks reaching out to pluck an Amarula, the abundant fruit of the Marula tree, locally known as elephant tree. The amarula is very similar to lychee when the shell is removed, and is quite popular as a liquor, whose taste can be compared to that of coffee cream. Elephants, giraffes, monkeys, meerkats, hippos, and birds, all end up swaying with graceful movements after consuming the fruit.
Undoubtedly the best way to start the morning is to see an elephant walking a few meters away while comfortably eating breakfast outdoors.
In this incredible country we were lucky to stay in &Beyond lodges. Through its 33 camps &Beyond, luxury hotel chain and operator of a wonderful travel company, is not only famous for its beautiful facilities, but also recognized and respected by their philosophy of protection, conservation and sustainability of nature, affecting as little as possible the areas where the lodges are located, in addition to monitoring the care and preservation of the traditions and languages of African tribes. More than sixteen months ago they embarked on an initiative called Rhinos Without Borders. They volunteered to move 100 rhinos from South Africa, where poaching is increasing at an alarming rate, to the relative safety of neighboring Botswana, famous for its initiatives against hunting. Along with Great Plains Conservation, they have shown the impact that can be done by strategic unions for the greater good.
&Beyond Xudum
This amazing hotel, hidden in the jungle, is only reachable by water. It is located in one of the thousand small islands in the Okavango Delta, whose geography changes dramatically from the dry season to the wet season. We arrived after a brief tour in a mokoro, a traditional canoe, on the canals of the Okavango River. Walking through the calm waters, we could see elephants frolicking in the water, while antelope and buffalo rested quietly in the shade of the trees.
The facilities are located at a strategic point that overlooks the waters of the Delta, while this same water flows under bridges and around the cabins. So that when the water level rises, the hotel becomes an island in the middle of a calm sea, where with indescribable grace the only swimming lions in the world roam in search of food. &Beyond is the perfect union of the most incredible adventures and comfort.
&Beyond Sandibe
The next stop is another place whose beauty steals the breath, where is located Sandibe &Beyond, that, possessing the private concession in the Okavango Delta, has reinvented safaris in combining nature with comfort. The design of these twelve cabins was inspired by nature itself and is distinguished by its use of recyclable materials.
The cool night breeze lulls us into sleep, only to stirs us when it's time to receive the new day to the sound of laughing baboons or hippos in the distance.
One of the many surprises that never ceases to amaze is the warm hospitality of &Beyond. People are generous in their dealings, as friendly as if they were dealing with their own family. The local food is delicious, from steaks, soups and desserts, complemented with tea to stay hydrated in style.
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I'll Retire To Daura In 2023, Says Buhari
 Ishola Ademola  March 06, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will retire to Daura after he completes his second term in 2023.
Daura, in Katsina state, is the president's hometown.
He spoke on Tuesday while meeting with traditional rulers at the presidential villa in Abuja.
"This is my second and final term, at the end of which I will, God willing, go to Daura and settle down," he said.
He asked traditional rulers in the country to support the anti-corruption war of his administration, using their vast knowledge and links to families in their communities.
He noted that as monarchs, they knew the families who harboured criminals and those who also had individuals with no tainted records.
"You know all the families who harbour criminals and you know those who produce respectable individuals," he said.
"You know the weaknesses of our society. We need your support to consolidate our achievements",
The rulers came to visit him under the aegis of the National Council of Traditional Rulers.
The council was led to the state house by Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, sultan of Sokoto.
The president seized the opportunity to speak on the efforts by the federal government to address national security challenges and stabilise the polity.
He said, "What we need now is your support. No government can serve creditably without your support. We will always count on your support."
Speaking on their mission earlier, the sultan informed Buhari that they came to congratulate him on his re-election for another term.
He advised Nigerians to "accept the election result as the will of God."
The sultan said the traditional rulers supported Buhari's policies and would help to disseminate information on them to the people.


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The implications of Apple v. Samsung
Jeff Horwich Jul 30, 2012
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Jeff Horwich: After years of legal skirmishes around the world, the smartphone battle royale finally comes home today to Silicon Valley. Jury selection starts in the patent trial of the number one and two smartphone makers: Samsung and Apple, respectively.
Florian Mueller is a technology consultant who blogs about patent law and the tech sector. Welcome to Marketplace.
Florian Mueller: Thanks for having me here.
Horwich: Break it down for us — what does Apple say Samsung has stolen from them?
Mueller: Apple's narrative is that Samsung has copied or, if you will, stolen pretty much everything from packaging design to exterior product design to user interface features and deep-down operating system functionality. Samsung has retaliated, claiming that Apple could never have built a phone without actually infringing on some of Samsung's intellectual property related to wireless communications.
Horwich: And this boils down to what — with the rounded corners and the way that the screen looks — all of it together suggests, Apple says, something fishy.
Mueller: Yes. There is usually a misconception among people watching these cases because there's always a lot of talk about individual elements such as rounded corners or shiny surface or angular shape. And actually, a company can only protect a unique and new combination of multiple characteristics.
Horwich: What happens if Apple wins?
Mueller: If Apple won all the way, no worries about Samsung. They would have to make a number of design and technical changes to a variety of products; they would have to fork over potentially a few billion dollars to Apple, but Samsung is going to survive. However, Apple has many more lawsuits going against Samsung, and vice-versa. So it could yield a breakthrough for Apple that would have implications for a number of other losses.
Horwich: What happens if Samsung wins?
Mueller: Well that actually would be much more of a doomsday scenario because what Samsung asks for is for the court to bar Apple from implementing the third generation cellular telephony standards called UMTS, and in that case, an iPhone would no longer be a phone, and an iPad would no longer be able to dial. However, it's very unlikely to happen because there are considerations on the antitrust law that makes this only a theoretical possibility and not a likely outcome.
Horwich: Florian Mueller blogs about patent law and tech sector at fosspatents.com. Florian, thanks a lot.
Mueller: Thank you, Jeff.
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•Howard Helmer, former American Egg Board representative, is the Omelet King. Helmer holds three Guinness World Records for omelet making – fastest omelet-maker (427 omelets in 30 minutes); fastest single omelet (42 seconds from whole egg to omelet); and omelet flipping (30 flips in 34 seconds).
•The name meringue came from a pastry chef named Gasparini in the Swiss town of Merhrinyghen. In 1720, Gasparini created a small pastry of dried egg foam and sugar from which the simplified meringue evolved. Its fame spread and Marie Antoinette is said to have prepared the sweet with her own hands at the Trianon in France.
•To tell if an egg is raw or hard-boiled, spin it. Because the liquids have set into a solid, a hard-boiled egg will easily spin. The moving liquids in a raw egg will cause it to wobble.
•Double-yolked eggs are often produced by young hens whose egg production cycles are not yet completely synchronized. They're often produced too, by hens which are old enough to produce Extra Large-sized eggs. Genetics is also a factor. Occasionally a hen will produce double-yolked eggs throughout her egg-laying career. It's rare, but not unusual, for a young hen to produce an egg with no yolk at all.
•An egg roll can be any one of three very different things: 1) an Asian specialty, usually served as an appetizer, in which a savory filling is wrapped in an egg-rich dough and then deep-fat fried, 2) an annual Easter event held in many places, including the White House lawn and 3) an elongated hard-boiled egg made for the foodservice industry. When the long egg roll is sliced with a special slicer, every piece is a pretty center cut.
•It is said that an egg will stand on its end during the spring (vernal) equinox (about March 21), one of the two times of the year when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of equal length everywhere. Depending on the shape of the egg, you may be able to stand it on its end other days of the year as well.
•Long before the days of refrigeration, the ancient Chinese stored eggs up to several years by immersing them in a variety of such imaginative mixtures as salt and wet clay; cooked rice, salt and lime; or salt and wood ashes mixed with a tea infusion. The treated eggs bore little similarity to fresh eggs, some exhibiting greenish-gray yolks and albumen resembling brown jelly. Today, eggs preserved in this manner are enjoyed in China as a delicacy.
•You really can have egg on your face. As egg white tends to be drying, it has long been used as a facial. Egg yolks are used in shampoos and conditioners and, sometimes, soaps. Cholesterol, lecithin and some of the egg's fatty acids are used in skin care products, such as revitalizers, make-up foundations and even lipstick.


The trio disapparate from the infiltrated wedding at the Burrow to Tottenham Court Road. To calm down and figure out their next move the trio duck into an all-night-cafe. However, because Hermione said 'Voldemort', enacting the taboo for the first time, 2 undercover death eaters, Rowle and Dolohov, find their location. A fight ensues, the trio barely coming out on top. Instead of killing the death eaters, which would leave a visible trail, Harry tells Hermione to modify their memories.


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Home » Auto News » Shaq's Extra-Roomy Custom Ferrari F355 Is Looking for a New Big and Tall Owner
Shaq's Extra-Roomy Custom Ferrari F355 Is Looking for a New Big and Tall Owner
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Yes, of course it's a convertible. How high would the roof need to be to envelope NBA star Shaquille O'Neal? It'd look like Fred Flintstone's Ferrari.
For sale on Bring a Trailer is a 1998 Ferrari F355 Spyder once owned, or "said to have been owned," by Shaq. The basketball legend is just over seven feet tall, compared to the average male Italian Ferrari driver, who is probably just over five feet unless he's sitting on his wallet.
If Shaq didn't own it, some other seven-footer did. That being said, modifications are simple but would be difficult to reverse.
Its ownership was chronicled, briefly, on MTV's Cribs, apparently in 2003, by Shaq. "Most seven-footers can't fit into a sports car, but I can. Over here you have the 355 convertible Spyder. This is a forever convertible because for me to sit I had to cut the top off, forever." That report took 14.6 seconds on Cribs, barely enough time to press from one end of the basketball court to the other.
He did indeed have the entire top section cut out, and covered with a custom-made hard tonneau cover. He also had the fuel tank removed and replaced with a fuel cell in the trunk space up front in order to free up more seating space, per the ad. Custom Superman-logo seats were the last major modification to make him fit.
The F355 has a 3.5-liter V-8 and in this car, "The F1 transaxle in the F355 is an electro-hydraulically controlled version of the standard six-speed gearbox and was the first of its kind to be offered in a road car," says BaT. It was also, in my experience, terrible. Maybe Shaq could will it into gear. There are "partial service records since 2013," which is not ideal. Mileage is just 7,400.
This is a no-reserve auction, with the virtual gavel falling Wednesday. At this moment, bidding is at $46,000. BaT has sold multiple F355s, with the average being around $70,000 or lower for a middle-of-the-road car that wasn't owned by a legitimate celebrity. The car is located in Illinois.
While the 355 is a cool ride, LeBron James' blacked-out Porsche 918 Spyder is definitely our top pick.
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