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Infernal Affairs Trilogy (Region 3)
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on November 1st, 2006
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Hot on the heels of the success of the Martin Scorsese film The Departed, I figured why not take a look back at the Hong Kong crime film that inspired it. Better yet, why not explore the trilogy that is the Infernal Affairs crime films, and how they hold up now. And I'll try to minimize on the redundant stuff.
Written and directed by Siu Fai Mak, the first Infernal Affairs film is where The Departed finds its roots, as Yan (Tony Leung, Hero) is the Leona…do DiCaprio equivalent, while Lau (Andy Lau, House of Flying Daggers) is the Matt Damon equivalent. You might even recognize Anthony Wong from Black Mask as the Martin Sheen version, and Eric Tsang (Double Dragon) plays a shorter, toned down version of the gangster that Jack Nicholson enhabits.
The main differences between this film and the current US hit written by William Monahan (Kingdom of Heaven) is that some of the intricacies are flushed out more in the American version, while they're left to the imagination in the Hong Kong version, as the film focuses more on the action and the chase than the duality of the main characters. The Hong Kong version is a of tenser pace than the American one (largely because it's almost an hour shorter), and the crime boss Sam, while bold in this film, is clearly no match for some of the over the top antics Nicholson employs. On its own, it's a very tense, action packed film, and The Departed does it some justice.
Then things break off a little bit, as Mak decided to do a followup to the film that served more as a prequel to the first one. And the prequel is the exception to the rule about a second film sucking worse than the first one, because you enjoy watching the exposition and depth behind the characters in this film, even though you know how most will meet their maker. The focus is less on Yan and Lau, for the reasons that they would have been virtual kids during this time, and focuses more on the relationship between Sam (Tsang) and Inspector Wong (Wong), as there's a bit of a friendly working relationship among them while they try to topple a gangster named Wing-Hau Ngai (Francis Ng, Vampire Hunter D), who has taken over the family business following the death of his father. The calm, cool and collected Hau works among his brothers and sisters, who are aware of his work but stay out of it.
That's not to say than Yan and Lau are completed exorcised from the film, each comes into their own in the organizations they've infiltrated, but for different reasons. And among the other surprising things in this prequel, is that Sam is married to Mary (Carina Lau, 2046), whom Lau is rather fond of as well. There's a slight change in what people see once the murderer of Hau's father is revealed, as it sets a course where some people are resigned to die while others make choices that seal their fates before they know it. Set against the backdrop of the Hong Kong handover in 1997 with an underlying theme of "new beginnings", the main characters in the Infernal Affairs films have a completely different perspective shone on them that may be better than what we're first used to seeing.
The final part of the trilogy wraps up the whole bloody affair, as ten months after Yan is killed, Lau becomes very guilt-ridden about what he's done and the life he's led, and he encounters an inspector named Yeung (Leon Lai, Moonlight in Tokyo) whom Lau suspects is another of Sam's moles that is placed in the department, and Lau wants to bring him to justice. And during the film, we also discover that Lau's wife has left him, and Lau encounters Mary (Sammi Cheng) who was Yan's psychiatrist in the first film, and develops a friendship with her, along with a tendency to open up about his life.
It's clear what the film intends to do, aside from jumping around and presenting a very nonlinear timeline, is to effectively portray how haunted Lau is about what he's done, and there are more than a couple shots that present the duality of each character, and blurring the line between right and wrong quite well. After a handful of screen time in Part I, Mary gets more of a chance to reveal her emotional attachment to Yan, and Cheng is quite striking to look at. What ties things into Lau is his attachment or crush to Sam's then-wife Mary, who was killed in an "automobile accident". There's a little bit of dramatic over-indulgence in parts of the film, but it ties things up in a neat and tidy package.
Now, it's quite easy to be a Monday morning quarterback and talk about the pros and cons of the trilogy, but as a whole, the trilogy was quite engrossing to follow, and the performances of the two main characters are excellent. It's kind of sad that the filmmakers almost had to shoot their wad in the first film in order to wow everyone, because it did hamper the storytelling to some extent (the Sam and Wong characters were almost exclusive to the second film so as to provide even more character exposition for them, as they only survive in flashbacks in the third film). Overall though, Infernal Affairs is the modern action trilogy that other non-adapted films should try to pattern themselves after.
All three Infernal Affairs films come with 2.35:1 anamorphic transfers. The pictures are of excellent quality, even though most of the film occurs in darker environments. I wasn't able (read: lazy) to hook up an HDMI cable to my upconverting DVD player, but the component video at 480p works for me. Of the three films, the second one probably employs the most color of them all, but there's a lot of blacks and greys in the film and all are reproduced with little complaint.
All three films come with DTS-ES soundtracks. Surprisingly, the film is mostly quiet, but during some of the more action packed scenes, the soundtrack shows off. The songs in the movies sound clear, and bullets and explosions have subwoofer quality put behind them as well, as the surrounds have a chance to stretch their legs, particularly in the second film, where there's just more action and activity than the first one. And there's some crystal-clear sounding music to accompany some of the more emotional scenes in the film, and they come out sounding great. The third one is a little bit muted in terms of score, but there's more bass/subwoofer activity because of the gunshots and explosions.
Sometimes when you reach for the stars, you get a little bit of sunburn, so while the extras appear to be OK, they are without English subtitles. And since I don't speak Mandarin or Cantonese, I'm left wanting a bit, since there are commentaries on all three films. Each film has a separate disc devoted to special features, the first film has a text section for the story, along with some of the characters. From there, there's a music video, along with a brief making-of look at the film, and some trailers to boot. Some cast filmographies follow, along with a stills gallery. There's also some interview footage and a storyboard to film comparison for some of the key scenes, along with approximately 10 minutes of deleted scenes. For the second film, there are similar looks at the story and the cast and characters, along with some more stills galleries and trailers, and a quick making of look at part II. On the third film, there are more videos, more stills galleries and trailers, and a making of look at the film.
Like all trilogies set on a grand scale, the three Infernal Affairs films could closely be associated with the Godfather set of films, with characters created on a grand scale over a long period of time, with a minimal amount of extraneous storytelling in each film. Each part is tense and tightly paced, each performance is excellent, and the stories are full of twists and turns than you are surprised to see transpire. If you like The Departed, then Infernal Affairs is one worth checking out. And if you've got a region-free DVD, then this is one to add in your library.
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PRETORIA, December 7 (Reuters) – South Africa's economy contracted 1.5% in the third quarter from the previous three months as some of the worst unrest of the post-apartheid era in July hit sectors like agriculture, manufacturing and trade.
Data released by Statistics South Africa on Tuesday was worse than forecasts by economists polled by Reuters for a 1.2% contraction over the July-September period in seasonally adjusted but not annualized terms.
Figures from Stats SA showed agriculture sector shrinking 13.6% qoq, trade 5.5%, manufacturing 4.2%, mining 0.9% and construction 0.5%. The finance sector advanced 1.2% and personal services increased 0.5%.
The July riots began as sporadic protests by supporters of former President Jacob Zuma after his arrest for defying an order to testify during a corruption probe.
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Horsemeat Scandal Expands to Nestle
Nestle has become the latest big name to be drawn into the horse meat scandal after traces of horse DNA were found in two of its pasta products.
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February 19/London/Farmers Guardian -- Nestle has become the latest big name to be drawn into the horse meat scandal after traces of horse DNA were found in two of its pasta products.
The Swiss food giant has voluntarily removed two chilled pasta products, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini from sale in Italy and Spain.
Nestle said its own tests found traces of horse DNA in the two products made from beef supplied by a German firm, HJ Schypke, a subcontractor of one of its suppliers, JBS Toledo. It said the levels found were above the 1% threshold used by the Food Standards Agency to indicate "likely adulteration or gross negligence."
The company has suspended deliveries of all its finished products made with beef supplied by HJ Schypke. It has also withdrawn a frozen lasagne produced by Nestlé Professional in France for catering businesses.
Nestle said it would replace the removed items with products confirmed by DNA testing to be "made from 100% beef."
In a statement the company stressed there were no food safety issues, but said the mislabelling of products means they "fail to meet the very high standards consumers expect from us."
Nestle, which had initially said it was not affected by the scandal, said it was introducing new tests on beef for horse DNA prior to production in Europe.
"Assuring the quality and safety of our products has always been a top priority for Nestlé. We want to apologise to consumers and reassure them that the actions being taken to deal with this issue will result in higher standards and enhanced traceablity," the statement said.
Nestle becomes the latest company to be drawn into the crisis that initially centred on value frozen burgers sold by Tesco but has since grown to draw in other major retailers and food giants like Findus, Compass and the Whitbread chain.
Numerous local councils across the U.K. have withdrawn beef products from school and hospital menus amid concerns about contamination.
Defra Secretary Owen Paterson met representatives of retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and trade associations on Monday to discuss the response to the crisis.
After the FSA published the first wave of DNA test results on beef products last Friday, the food businesses agreed to report back as many testing results as possible to the FSA by Friday, February 22. There will be a further update to be published on Friday, March1, and, after that, updates every three months
Paterson said the businesses had assured him they will not rest until they have established the full picture.
"This was a most constructive meeting, with a real sense of commitment from everyone that all food businesses, from throughout the industry, are determined to work together to rebuild the certainty and trust consumers deserve," he said.
"There is still much to be done to find out exactly how this happened and how it can be prevented from happening again, and to do everything possible to reassure consumers about the food on our shelves."
British Retail Consortium director general Helen Dickinson stressed that retailers were taking their responsibilities very seriously and were doing "everything they can to maintain consumer confidence and increase surveillance."
She acknowledged it was clear "things will need to change for the future as a result of these incidents."
She said, "Retailers are scrutinising their systems and processes, alongside intelligence gathering and sharing to identify practical improvements that will turn the lessons learned into action."
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Media|Publisher and Top Editors Ousted at Los Angeles Times in Leadership Shake-Up
Publisher and Top Editors Ousted at Los Angeles Times in Leadership Shake-Up
Ross Levinsohn in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2013.CreditCreditPatrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
By Sydney Ember
Tronc, the parent company of The Los Angeles Times, abruptly replaced the newspaper's top leadership on Monday in a shake-up that stunned many in the newsroom.
Ross Levinsohn, a longtime media executive who held a senior position at Fox's digital group and was once considered a top candidate to lead Yahoo, was named publisher and chief executive of The Times. Jim Kirk, who until this month was editor and publisher of The Chicago Sun-Times, will be the interim executive editor and will run the newsroom's day-to-day operations.
Mr. Levinsohn and Mr. Kirk, who joined Tronc less than two weeks ago after the sale of The Sun-Times, will replace Davan Maharaj, who has been The Times's publisher and editor since March 2016, when Tronc combined the two roles across its newspapers. Several other leaders at the paper, including Marc Duvoisin, a managing editor; Megan Garvey, the deputy managing editor for digital; and Matt Doig, the assistant managing editor for investigations, were also fired. Lawrence Ingrassia, another managing editor and a former editor at The New York Times, recently said he was retiring.
"We're frankly not where we need to be from a digital perspective," Justin C. Dearborn, the chief executive of Tronc, said in a telephone interview on Monday. "We also think The L.A. Times over all just needs a little refresh and a little personality back."
Jim Kirk at The Chicago Sun-Times in 2017. Justin C. Dearborn, the chief executive of Tronc, called Mr. Kirk a "talented news veteran" in the announcement of his hiring as editor in chief at The Los Angeles Times.CreditLyndon French for The New York Times
The shake-up at one of the country's most storied newspapers occurred roughly a year and a half after Tronc's new leadership team, led by the Chicago entrepreneur Michael W. Ferro Jr., gained control and began shifting the company's focus to digital and pushing a technology-driven approach to journalism. The company, formerly called Tribune Publishing, which also owns The Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun, rebuffed a takeover bid from Gannett last year after a bitter public process.
Mr. Dearborn said that The Times was not transforming itself fast enough on the digital side under its current leadership and that Mr. Levinsohn was hired to expedite that change.
Mr. Levinsohn, who has advised Tronc for roughly 14 months, said in an interview that he would focus on expanding The Times's presence "on all platforms."
"They do a great job of putting the newspaper out there day in and day out," said Mr. Levinsohn, who was interim chief executive officer at Yahoo. "I think it's important to be fast, to be accurate, to have opinions and to get that out into the world in a more aggressive fashion."
Though Monday's purge surprised some in the newsroom, internal grumbling about the newsroom's leadership had surfaced recently and some of the paper's journalists had sent letters of complaint to Tronc executives, according to several people familiar with the complaints, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. Tension arose between Tronc's leadership and Mr. Maharaj over proposed budget cuts, which Mr. Maharaj was resisting, one of the people said.
Mr. Maharaj was not available for comment.
This is not the first leadership overhaul at The Times in recent years. In 2015, the paper's publisher, Austin Beutner, was fired after only a year in the job, a move that sharpened divisions between The Times and its Chicago-based parent company.
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Can you slightly imagine how a rustic bathroom decor will look like? The rustic bathroom can remind you of the old house in the village, whether it is the house of your grandma or anyone. The rustic bathroom is the kind of bathroom that familiar with the wooden element. You can imagine that the door, floor, anything there has a vintage design.
Yet, actually, the rustic bathroom is not only about the wooden element. The rustic bathroom can combine other natural elements like stone, brick, and others. The good thing of making a decoration that relates to the old time is, you can feel a different atmosphere. Such a unique feeling can be brought only by the vintage type decor like rustic.
The rustic bathroom can come out very beautiful if you concern several things. The first is the furniture. Since the bathroom consists of simpler furniture, you need to make sure that they tell what the theme is. So, make sure that you will employ the rustic bathroom vanity and bathtub.
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Although the ultimate prize of the Great Game played out between Great Britain and Imperial Russia in the 19th century was India, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet. Maps, and knowledge of the enemy were crucial elements in Britain's struggle to defend the 'jewel in the crown'. The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India had been founded in the 18th century, with the aim of creating a detailed map of the country.
While most people today are readily able to identify the world's highest mountain few know of the man, George Everest, whom it was named after, or the accomplishment that earned him this singular honour. Under his leadership, the Survey of India mapped the Great Arc, which was then lauded as 'one of the greatest works in the whole history of science', though it cost more in monetary terms and human lives than many contemporary Indian wars?Much of the work of the Survey was undertaken by native Indians, known as Pundits, who were trained to explore, spy out and map Central Asia and Tibet. They did this at great personal risk and with meagre resources, while travelling entirely on foot.
They would be the first to reveal the mysteries of the forbidden city of Lhasa; and discover the true course of Tibet's mighty Tsangpo River. They were the greatest group of explorers the world has seen in recent history - yet they remain the classic unsung heroes of the British Raj. The story of these extraordinary pioneers who explored much of Asia during the 19th century to fill in large portions of its map, and spy out the region for military reasons is often forgotten, but Riaz Dean's vivid account of their exploits, their adventurous spirit and their tenacity in the face of great adversity, all set within the context of the Great Game and the Survey of India, will finally bring them the attention they deserve.
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'Spiritual-but-not-Religious' Have Higher Risk of Mental Problems
January 3, 2013 By Fr. John Peck
by Al Stefanelli
As many spindoctors try to assess 'what's wrong' with our country, I continue to insist that it is spiritual and moral at its core. And what do you know, the largest growing self-identifying 'religious/spiritual' category is the most prone to mental illness, anxiety, phobias and drug abuse. No, I'm not surprised. – Fr. John.
The British Journal of Psychiatry featured research by University College Professor Michael King and other scientists that suggest those who claim to be 'spiritual,' but not religious are more apt to have problems coping over those who adhere to mainstream religions and those who hold no religious beliefs, at all.
The report stated that the spiritual/not religious demographic is more prone to phobias, neuroses and anxiety/eating disorders, as well as problems with drugs. The report also reveals that this group is more likely to be on medication for mental health problems.
Professor King wrote,
"Our main finding is that people who had a spiritual understanding of life had worse mental health than those with an understanding that was neither religious nor spiritual."
The study revealed that 35% said they were religious and attended a house of worship regularly. The percentage of those who stated they weren't religious or spiritual came in at 46%. Nineteen percent identified as spiritual, but not religious.
Out of the group of spiritual/non-religious, more than three quarters of them were more apt to be on mental health medications, and slightly less were apt to have a phobia. Half were more likely to suffer from some sort of anxiety. Other figures include approximately forty percent using psychotropic drugs, and slightly less presenting an increased risk of neuroses.
The report concludes with:
"We conclude that there is increasing evidence that people who profess spiritual beliefs in the absence of a religious framework are more vulnerable to mental disorder.
"The nature of this association needs greater examination in qualitative and in prospective quantitative research."
The study included 7,403 randomly selected people in the United Kingdom. These subjects were questioned about their religious beliefs and the condition of their mental health.
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Q: JSOM Get List Item Property Bag How to access List Item's Property Bag?
I am trying to replace all properties from one item to another.
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var newItems = newList.getItems(query);
context.load(oldItems);
context.load(newItems);

context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.successGetListItemId), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));

...
oldDoc = oldItems.getById(10);
newDoc = newItems.getById(4);
context.load(oldDoc);
context.load(newDoc);

context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.successGetListItemId), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));

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var mi = newDoc.get_item('MetaInfo');
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A: This clones an Item (By id) to a new Item in the same List:
So needs some refactoring to set the get_fields() in an existing Item in the getEnumerator loop
sorry for the short notations, this came from code stuck into a Calculated Column Formula, so had to be minified (because every item added the same code to the page)
function cloneItem(id) {
    var c = new SP.ClientContext.get_current(),
        l = c.get_web().get_lists().getById(SP.ListOperation.Selection.getSelectedList()),
        i = l.getItemById(id),
        f = l.get_fields(),
        n, e, d, m, v,
        url = _spPageContextInfo.serverRequestPath;
    c.load(i);
    c.load(f);
    c.executeQueryAsync(
        function () {
            n = l.addItem(new SP.ListItemCreationInformation());
            e = f.getEnumerator();
            while (e.moveNext()) {
                d = e.get_current();
                m = d.get_internalName();
                if (!(d.get_readOnlyField()
                       || d.get_hidden()
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                   ) {
                    v = i.get_item(m);
                    if (v) n.set_item(m, v);
                }
            }
            n.update();
            c.load(n);
            c.executeQueryAsync(function () {
                document.location = url.substr(0, url.lastIndexOf('/'))
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A: You should just replace following string of the code
var mi = newDoc.get_item('MetaInfo');

with this
var mi = newDoc.get_fieldValues().MetaInfo;

And your solution will be work.

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Ingredients: Almonds 57%, lavender honey 21%, sugar, matzo (potato starch and water).


AAC support was broken due to ffmpeg deprecating the currently-used libfaac transcoder. Reworked to test for the new one.
Review Request #130142 - Created May 26, 2017 and submitted Feb. 4, 2018, 10:26 p.m.
I patched Amarok 2.8.4 and then compiled Amarok. I then tested to see if AAC transcoding worked. The option appeared and it did indeed transcode to AAC format. I also updated the patch to work with the latest version from Git here at KDE (however the patch had been created, it was not in git format).
May 30, 2017, 8:39 a.m.
Hm, what is Amarok 2.8.4? That is not a release version number I am familar with.
Are you the same person who comments on the bug? Did you test this patch, e.g. does Amarok build and does it pass all the unit tests?
Russell Andres May 31, 2017, 10:35 p.m.
Yes, I am. I installed the patch on the Ubuntu package source. I was having trouble getting Amarok to build (specifically, utter failure), with or without the patch. Since the main part of the change is in the test for AAC transcoding capability, I decided to test it on the Ubuntu version, which is closely based on this one, but which had build instructions and an easy installation method built-in (since I could then just use the package manager to get dependencies and install).
The tests seem to have worked, and Amarok certainly transcoded to AAC format. I am afraid that I can't probably help test further on the latest version until I can figure out what I need to install as build dependencies and what options I need to give it to compile, though.
Feb. 4, 2018, 10:19 p.m.
I tested it and integrated it.
Feb. 4, 2018, 10:26 p.m.
Submitted with commit 83c7357f0712aeeccbf083bc9462865f6acecf9e by Stefano Pettini to branch master.


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Over the course of the last year, there have been several Zelda music albums making their way out into the world, both official and fan made alike. This trend can be largely attributed to the greatness of the music, but it is also very likely that the events surrounding the 25th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda have sparked the imaginations of hundreds of game music fans all around the world. The insurgence of all of these new albums and singles has made for a very exciting year for fans of Zelda music, and so far there are no signs of things slowing down.
I recently had the opportunity to chat with a Portuguese fan currently working on Majora, an opera based on the music and story of Majora's Mask. Miguel Bulteau is a musician with a perspective of Zelda and its music that few dare to approach. The complete three-and-a-half hour opera is being designed to be a fully-fledged production complete with actors on the stage and an orchestra in the pit, rather than as a video or CD album. He was nice enough to share some of the finer details and philosophies behind his project.
Radio Hyrule: Would you like to tell us about where you're from and how you got started with video game music?
Miguel Bulteau: I'm from (and still stuck in) Portugal! Video game music has been with me ever since my first console, the Sega Mega Drive (which Americans know as Sega Genesis), at four years of age with Sonic the Hedgehog.
RH: Nice! I used to have one of those.. lots of fond memories.
MB: It still works too! I'm twenty-three now, so... it's going to be twenty years old next year. As years went by, I had more games, more consoles including NES, Gameboys, and stopped at the N64.
RH: Lots of great video game tunes from that era!
MB: Yes, as the years went by I always noticed I listened to video game music intently, and liked it as much as other music, and I noticed everyone around me didn't pay it any sort of interest. When I got Sonic 3, I used an old kids tape recorder to record the music, especially of Ice Cap Zone, because I loved it so much! It's my earliest memory of "tingles" from video game music, although today that theme still makes me feel good, it's a rather bland and uneventful theme.
RH: Haha, I'm sure there were a lot of kids who have done that at some point in their lives!
MB: When I was little I wanted to be the first to make video game music generally known, instrumented, because I could hear it in real instruments in my head. But you know, kids think only what's around them is the real world and plenty of people already beat me to the punch! Luckily, that became a secondary, if ever important, goal for me. I have my original work as well, and this opera actually started as an exercise in getting attention on the internet.
RH: Is Sonic your favorite video game series then?
MB: Not my favorite, no, but one of my favorites definitely. I sincerely lost interest in it after the Genesis games! I don't really like 3D Sonic games.
RH: Was the Nintendo 64 your last console?
MB: Owned by me, yes. I have recently (some years ago) borrowed a Gamecube from a friend so I could play Twilight Princess and Wind Waker. It was around that time that my girlfriend became addicted to Zelda! She wanted to play all of those I had already played with me. Her notion of "playing" is "watch me play," but I didn't mind. We played Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask together.
RH: I'm assuming Majora's Mask left a pretty big impression on you.
MB: Yes, it did. I first played it when I was eleven. I got up at three in the morning to play because I couldn't stand the anxiety! The replay of Majora's Mask with my girlfriend was what got the opera's idea into my head. It's a very old idea actually, that came out of nowhere during a productive phase, but I thought there wasn't really any decent basis for it and it was essentially forgotten.
RH: What made you recently decide to start working on it?
MB: What got me thinking was the Zelda Symphony for Zelda's 25th birthday. If that could happen, why couldn't this? I never liked medleys and wanted to make a bigger and more "flowing" work. Something with a beginning and an end, and context for the music.
RH: You have a very interesting approach of arranging different melodies that most other video game arrangers don't use, music theory devices like melodic inversions and augmentation.
RH: I think that's brilliant.
MB: Well I do hope it brings more interest from more people! That's why the opera isn't targeted only at Zelda fans. It works as a self-contained story.
RH: It also gives the listeners something more to do while listening.
MB: Yes, it's something that also tires me a lot in the official Zelda Symphony medleys--the orchestration is beautiful, but their development consists almost always of bridges. But there's something I must say: Koji Kondo is a discreet genius. This is first and foremost a tribute to Mr. Kondo. I am forced to analyze his music before using it, obviously, so I can write it. You would be surprised at what he does! For example, do you remember "Clock Town's" bassline?
MB: D, C#, B, C#, repeat ad infinitum. What if I told you that can be a perfect parallel to the fact that you go back and forth between three days? The place that is named after time ("Clock Town") holds that bassline. Three notes back and forth.. back and forth.
RH: Koji Kondo is a genius! I had never thought about it like that before.
MB: The man is absolutely brilliant!
RH: I'm sure there are all kinds of other things he's hidden in all over the place.
MB: Yes, I noticed he hides Majora's theme in that "cursed place" theme you hear in every part of the world you go to where you haven't killed the boss yet when I had to use it for Kafei's incursion into the swamp.
RH: So far you have posted a handful of previews on to your YouTube channel. The scenes that accompany the music are really fun to watch! Can you tell us more about how you put those together?
MB: Okay well, I am at a music academy. So, you are automatically surrounded by musicians. It's actually a relatively recent environment for me, as I am mostly self-taught in composition. I have had piano classes and that's it. I noticed musicians, at least here, are very helpful with each other, because at this stage they want experience. So any gig, any recording, or concert--they like to do it.
The first demo, the "Mayor's Council Room" fugue, (which wasn't supposed to be the first demo, but the first experiments with the "Clock Town" choir were disastrous), was recorded with people I already knew for a while and who I knew could read well, because that fugue is not easy. There were two students and a teacher, none operatically trained as you can probably hear. That fugue is actually the best demo in terms of what we pulled off, because all of that is one simultaneous take.
RH: Oh wow, that's amazing!
MB: We hadn't gotten to the stage of recording people individually yet; that's why you have volume issues in that demo. I wanted a good balance, and it simply didn't work. We did, like seven takes of the whole thing I think. The singing was good, but after finding the perfect take you can't possibly whine about volume issues.
RH: When did the idea for a video come along?
MB: I never originally intended to post videos--it was a last minute thing. I had the sound and I was like, "huh, I can clearly see these guys arguing behind a curtain, lighted from the inside." And I thought, "how hard can it be to get three people to argue in front of a sheet?" Well, it was hard, because my initial thought implied people who were not the singers. I still have the footage, and the fail level is over 9000! Telling people who aren't used to singling out a voice from three, in a fugue, to follow that voice is suicide. So I got the singers to do it. The tenor who was the mayor couldn't come, so I did it. I wrote the bloody thing, and I rehearsed them--I better know it by heart!
RH: Is that what you ended up doing for the rest of the videos?
MB: Yes, all demos follow this method. Audio first, video later. It doesn't matter who's on the video, people don't know the singers personally. Sakon's video is actually played by the guy who shoots the videos, who loves the character. He has awesome body language, might I add. "Deku Palace" was the exception, because I could not possibly get all those things behind a sheet. I had already gotten an animator for another demo that is long and will come in August, the "Giant's Aria", so I asked if he could stop a bit and do the "Deku Palace" animation. He said sure! Mr. Aaron Kline, talented animator. I met him when I called for animators at the blog. I sent all those who applied a snippet of the demo to animate. He fared better!
RH: He did a wonderful job! I'm really looking forward to the next demo.
MB: It's going well, he's been sending me previews. The next demo won't be animated though, it'll be another sheet thing. It's a trio between Anju, her mother, and the postman. Basically, the trio is gradual. First Anju, then the postman, then the mother and it gets frantic in a light way. This is the first day, so the mood is still rather sunny. The music will get less and less comfortable as the days go by. By day three you'll be praying for a resolution of decent strength!
RH: My favorite demo so far has been "Pamela's Arietta". I was genuinely frightened by a YouTube video for the first time in a long while!
MB: Haha! That skeletal figure is me! No visual effects.
RH: You did a damn good job!
MB: I'm too damn skinny, that's what. Wet hair caught behind my head with a band, naked from the waist up and in tights--ridiculous in real life, scary in shadows. I had to face forward all the time, or else you'd see my massive nose, or my hair caught in a bunch! Poor girl, had to witness that. Thankfully she's known me for a while!
RH: Well, it could have been worse.. like an actual ReDead..
MB: Nomnomnom.. That would have been his next move!
RH: You've stated a number of times that Majora isn't being created for Zelda fans alone. Furthermore, operas aren't exactly known for having mass appeal to large audiences. Have you received a lot of negative feedback from the Zelda community for choosing to create an opera versus something more popularly accepted?
MB: Actually, I have never gotten negative feedback about it being an opera, specifically. I have gotten people, one or two, I think, who said they would have preferred if the voices were light as those in the demos, but who didn't shun the idea of an opera.
RH: Awesome! I'm glad that silly Americans are (possibly!) becoming more sensible towards different forms of art.
MB: I think the only negative feedback I got was from one Facebook commenter who kept comparing this to Spider-Man the musical, and that it would ruin the good name of the game. He insisted it for a while, but I haven't heard anything since. I also remember it being compared to a poor man's Troilus and Cressida at one of the Zelda forums I advertised the idea and searched for opinions in, before releasing the first demo and opening the Facebook page and the blog. So, that counts two, but one of them didn't care about it being an opera specifically.
RH: Your work certainly deserves the full support of the community; it's a masterpiece that will definitely appeal to a large audience.
MB: Thank you! I think it can, because firstly the story keeps moving, so you don't really stay too long in the same thing. By too long I mean twenty minutes, and I do invoke some unoperatic elements, sometimes, but that's not new. The point is that the story is self-contained, especially because Link is absent. The Happy Mask Salesman has a prologue before Act I, and he lays out the details for those who don't know the story while bemoaning his lost mask.
RH: That's really cool! I'm definitely excited to hearing how things progress, and I'm sure our readers are too! Thank you for spending some time for us.
MB: You're more than welcome!
If you're interested in keeping up-to-date on Majora's progress, you can like the Facebook page, follow @MBulteau on Twitter, and bookmark the official website. More information can also be found on Miguel's personal website. We look forward to posting updates on Radio Hyrule! Thanks for reading!
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What Needs to Be Done in the Face of Slanders | Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendi'nin sohbetleri.
Question: As the Qur'an states, the Pharaoh tried to make Prophet Moses, peace be upon him, seem like a scheming person with a secret agenda. Those in power said, "(Moses) seeks to drive you out of your land" (al-A'raf 7:110). Today, some circles fabricate slanders about those doing charitable deeds. What are the duties that fall to believers in this situation?
Answer: Above all, considering their essential values, believers should not change attitude in accordance with conditions. Their manner is their honor, even in the face of the most relentless and unfair attacks. They must remain steadfast on their righteous course. People who wish to understand and read them should never face a contradictory fact that might raise doubts in their minds. Otherwise, believers cannot be convincing and cannot make headway in letting others feel the inspirations of their spirit.
A believer must never be like leaves drifting in wind due to the events they face. On the contrary, they must always present a perfectly upright stance, like trees with deep roots. Botanists know well that in some countries, since the roots of trees are not so sound, they come down when they meet a fierce wind or an excessive snowfall. They sometimes even fall merely due to the softening of the soil. On the other hand, in some countries—for the sake of finding water—trees let their roots grow a few meters down into the ground and thus keep standing in spite of the severe storms they meet. This must be the case with a believer.
Otherwise, people who change their stance in accordance with favorable or adverse conditions, and who always adopt a different attitude to suit their interest in the face of every new development, will lose their credibility after some time. For lasting credibility, one must know to stand perfectly upright all the time, and present a resolved attitude at keeping an unwavering course. Those who took your pulse twenty years ago should find the same harmonious rhythm deep in your heart today, in spite of all that you went through in those twenty years.
Does this mean we will not have any feelings of indignation and anger? Such feelings may surely occur to us, since we are human. However, given that God endowed humans with willpower, then we should know how to take these emotions under control, and always remain within the lawful sphere.
Let me clarify what I have told with a particular example. As you know, fresh graduates went to four corners of the world as soon as they received their university degrees. Incidentally, let me state that it is not correct to speak about others as if they are absolutely innocent, for if the person we are talking about is not in an ideal state, God Almighty may throw these statements back into our face on the Day of Judgment. Therefore, it is always necessary to keep the balance while voicing positive thoughts about someone. On the other hand, just as we are guilty if we ignore self-sacrifices, seeking some negative intentions behind good acts denotes an imbalance and is a false assumption.
Getting back to our real subject, the devoted souls have opened up to different parts of the world for more than twenty years in order to let others feel the inspirations of their heart, and they continue to do so. Although certain problems were faced in a few countries, the volunteers have gone to more than 170 countries. If you have problems in just a few out of 170, that isn't so bad. Even during the time of the Ottomans, there was no large scale flourishing. Today, Turkey is a country below the average in terms of its economy, and many people are adverse to us. In addition, there are animosities, libels, envies, and feelings of rivalry against us. By considering these, the importance of being able to open up to 170 countries will be understood better. Those who look at the issue with fairness already understand and appreciate this.
Actually, 170 different countries means 170 different cultural environments. The devoted souls who went had no opportunity to have any education or seminar about the peculiarities of the cultural environment they were entering. However, they possessed such an immense conscience that they were able to embrace the whole of humanity. Namely, they were following a sublime feeling possessed by persons like Rumi, Yunus Emre, Ahmad Yasawi, and Bediüzzaman.
So what was this feeling? It was the feeling of being a means of deliverance for the whole of humanity. Since they possessed such a feeling and at the same time managed all of their affairs in accordance with human values, they were welcomed, by God's permission, in the places they went, and were able to win hearts.
The memories of the process of opening up to the world are being broadcast in documentaries and different programs today. The stories are being told. However, none of these can reflect the same things as experienced. They cannot reflect people's original feelings and thoughts with their true depth and immensity. The devoted souls hit the road with such sincerity and selfless concern that some of them were not paid for months, as the volunteers who supported them from Turkey were in serious financial difficulty. They only got by with a minimum payment that met their essential needs. When the time came, they made a living in those distant lands through the sweat of their brows, working as simple laborers. As such, the people they addressed saw their genuine attitudes and believed the light in their hearts.
Today, I wish that God makes the volunteers as steadfast in faith, sincerity, and loyalty. This movement began with serious devotion, serious sincerity, and serious faith; being able to walk to the future depends on keeping up their desirable state. Sometimes, success and accomplishments might evoke pride in people and cause them to indulge in a life of ease and comfort. Considering the good things that emerged as result of their attitude and behaviors in terms of apparent causality, individuals might sometimes ascribe these to their own abilities, wisdom-oriented thoughts, and their excellent perspicacity. Such beliefs are like deadly viruses that make their way into a body. Unless the due precautions are taken, they can bring the body down.
It is necessary to try to keep up the desirable spiritual state. It is necessary to supplicate to God with expressions like, "O God, Turner of hearts! Bind our hearts to Your religion!' and, "O God, Disposer of hearts! Direct our hearts to Your obedience!" This way we will not fall, deviate, or stray to wrong alleys.
The coming of Prophets ended with the noble Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, who was the seal of the Prophets. It is unthinkable for anybody else to be a Prophet after him. One must walk on his path in a Prophetic way with an extraordinary loyalty, innocence, moral purity, wisdom, and perspicacity. They must seek to adopt the Prophetic horizons in his footsteps. In addition, attaining such a state will also serve as a barrier against possible misinterpretations about us.
We should both frequently state at every opportunity that we do not have any expectations but God's good pleasure, and also express this fact with our attitudes and actions. If people who devoted themselves to the service of faith and the Qur'an make the services they carry out conditional to certain worldly returns, then they will remain under obligation and personally narrow their ability to move. Every expectation of worldly returns takes away some things from a person's freedom.
In this respect, the devoted souls should know to keep away from all expectations that might restrain their freedom, and also be resolute not to make any such trifling engagements. They can naturally make a political choice in which they see goodness for the country and people. This does not mean unconditional adherence to a party. While making a political choice for the good of the country, they must never surrender their freewill to a political organization and never give up their freedom. The most mysterious key to protecting freedom lies with servanthood to God. Becoming fully oriented to serving God means gaining perfect freedom, and deliverance from serving servants. Those who cherish other considerations will have damaged their freedom.
Heroes of noble ideals should not even expect Paradise as a return, but ask for that as a grace of God. As Bediüzzaman pointed out, worship of God is not an act through which to demand a Divine reward in the future, but it is the due requirement for the Divine blessings already enjoyed. In this respect, one must only wish for God and see all other wishes like asking for a zero as opposed to infinity.
As a result of this mood, they do not want to see any virtuous people around them. They may even grow uncomfortable in the presence of good people. During their wheeling and dealing, or while forming their circles, they always prefer people with the same mentality. In such instances, their dishonest dealings will not be revealed. For this reason, they cannot stand people who see evils as evil to be among them. Like the noble Prophet also stated, as decent people come together around their decency, corrupt ones come together around their corruption.
Even in the face of such wrongdoing and transgressions, the devoted souls should not give up the Straight Path, and always stay balanced in feeling and thought. They should not only be balanced in their faculties of reasoning, anger, and desire, but also on the way of struggle they will adopt when faced with envy, greed, grudge, and hatred.
What really matters is keeping our balance against those without balance. For example, some might take malicious action against you out of envy and intolerance. They might be raging against you with a fear of losing certain opportunities in the future. Even in such a situation, it is very important not to react in the same way. We must not give them a space in our minds, and dismiss them as soon as we think of them. It is not a merit to respect others when they love and applaud you. Even concerning people who do not accept you and are disturbed by your existence, the true merit is being able to say, "O God, let those who wish misfortune for me find deliverance; let those who wish my failure attain bliss!" In today's world, where we have so much imbalance, being balanced is even more important.
The Qur'an decrees: "By no means let your detestation for a people (or their detestation for you) move you to (commit the sin of) deviating from justice" (al-Maedah 5:8). This verse was revealed in the period of Mecca, when unimaginable tortures were inflicted on the blessed Prophet and Muslims. Thus, believers were commanded to meet all that happens with patience and magnanimity, without reacting to them in the same way. Therefore, some others' nasty attitude and behaviors should not make believers give up their feeling of decency and justice. Others acting unjustly can never be a justification for our acting unjustly. As believers, we always have to be just.
If some defamation campaign is initiated, it is possible to refute or correct such claims. Even while doing this however, we must present what our own character requires, and in a way that becomes us. "Every one acts according to his own character" (al-Isra 17:84). What falls to us is act as our character requires, against all odds.
 Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Qadar, 7; Sunan Ibn Majah, Dua, 2.
 Sahih Muslim, Qadar, 17; Abd ibn Humayd, Al-Musnad, 137.


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Growing food in space
Сообщение Глея » Сб янв 02, 2021 10:05 pm
Did you know that food is grown in space and a hermetic biosphere is launched into space, in which green plants grow independently, even without human intervention. Let's go back a little to the past times.
In 1946, for the first time, people raised plant seeds several hundred meters above Earth to see how the seeds behave in unusual conditions. And gradually, when space technologies began to develop: people flew to the moon and plan a flight to Mars - one of the most important tasks of mankind was growing food in space and on other planets. Then people sent about 500 tree seeds to the moon, and after return restored these seeds on Earth. It turned out that the seeds grew up beautifully. There was a feeling that, in principle, something could be grown in space, and that this was not a completely stupid idea. The seeds can adapt to space conditions in special greenhouses.
In 1982, the first microgreenhouse Fiton-3 flew into space with the participation of Russian scientists. All this was the beginning of large-scale research in the field of space crop production. Then they launched a second greenhouse into space called SVET. A large number of different species were tested, the seeds germinated, the experiments were carried out. And by the end of the 90s, there was a clear feeling that it was possible to grow plants in space, but a problem arose, since the process of growing plants itself was difficult and not automated.
How can we optimize energy costs, simplify and automate plant cultivation? Taking into account the planned long-term flights to neighboring planets, growing plants in space acquires not only the function of producing food, but also the function of rest and recreation for the crew members of the spacecraft. Here is such a plantation - a space green farm is planned to be made on Mars, the plants will be grown in a semi-automatic mode in it, people will eat fresh vegetables and herbs.
In 2015, the world's first space semi-automatic greenhouse appeared - the Veggie vegetable production system.
Inside the space station, astronauts have already been able to grow crops on Veggie. In this greenhouse, layers are installed that simulate soil and make it possible to water with syringes.
2017 marked a new milestone in the development of agriculture in space - the first automated greenhouses, Advanced Plant Habitat, appeared. It is a fully enclosed, closed-loop plant life support system with an environmentally controlled growth chamber. This is essentially like precision farming, where robots check the moisture level and the well-being of the plants in order to act on the field in a targeted manner for a larger crop. The International Space Station has managed to grow a lot of greenery. Delicious vegetable salad! These greens were grown not only for dinner, but as an experiment. At the final stage, flowers were grown - zinnias. These flowers are the prototypes of more complex crops that go through the flowering stage when grow.
In 2019, scientists dared to test a new idea! Hermetic biosphere. Will it be able to exist and develop in space? Imagine a sealed aquarium that maintains the specified conditions and creates its own atmosphere for living organisms. This idea was tested on the example of the Chinese biosphere-box - the cillaboration of 27 universities created and sent a capsule ecosystem to the moon, consisting of cotton seeds, potatoes, rapeseed, also the added yeast and eggs of flies there. When the temperature was brought to 24 degrees Celsius, the ecosystem had to start living and developing. Each element of the system interacts with the rest - a cycle of oxygen, carbon dioxide, etc. is created. The experiment was supposed to last 100 days, but it had to be stopped after 10 days, as the moonlit night came and it was not possible to maintain the required temperature. Despite the fact that the experiment could not be extended, even in 10 days it was possible to collect valuable data, which showed that the seeds of all crops germinated and the development of the ecosystem corresponded to the model concepts.
This is now the cutting edge of agrarian space science, it is planned to continue to create automated agro-space complexes and test hermetic agro-ecosystems. There is every reason to believe that when Elon Musk provide a Mars mission, then the crew members will have their own space garden both in flight and upon arrival on new planets.
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Pietra Fitness is a stretching and strengthening class that features Christian prayer and meditation in the Catholic Tradition. He presents the reasons some Christians practice yoga, as well as objections to practicing yoga. Fr. Ezra has done his research, and he finishes his talk with clear conclusions based on Catholic teachings. While.
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The word yoga conjures up many different images for many different people. Some think yoga is simply a form of exercise. Others associate it with religious.
It does not belong to any religion, but rather enhances any belief system by bringing the practitioner closer to his or her beliefs," she says. Crigger, who teaches a variety of yoga exercises.
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First, yoga is not a religion, it is a discipline, not unlike martial arts in a way. Yoga is essentially a form of active meditation (you might call it exercise) and many.
Is it okay for Christians to practice Pilates? Pilates is a form of exercise developed by Joseph Pilates in the early 1900s. Weak as a child, Joseph studied body-building, yoga, qigong, and gymnastics, combining the different practices into one system based on breathing in relation to physical exertion.
Mar 1, 2013. Amy Feldman reviews a current lawsuit involving yoga and religious. and guarantees that "free exercise and enjoyment of religion without.
Sep 5, 2017. Many Christians feel yoga's Hindu roots make it incompatible with their Christian faith. as spiritually benign, a harmless exercise to improve flexibility and strength. Christianity is a monotheistic religion, whereas Hinduism is.
. to any particular religion or belief system. Lindell said the sun salutation, a common sequence of positions in yoga, is meant to worship Surya, the Hindu sun god. "To say the positions of yoga.
She never participated in the exercise before and thought the best way to learn. "A lot of people think that yoga is a religion. There are a lot of myths, and that is something that I address with.
Religious Freedom and Tolerance. The concepts of religious freedom and tolerance – allowing individuals to believe in, practice, and promote their religion of choice without repercussions – are legitimate and worthwhile.
Apr 27, 2018. It is cultural appropriation to take the practice of yoga, minimize it into a trendy exercise routine, and slap on a religious prayer at the end that.
"I said, 'We don't do this in our religion,'" recalls Clarke, who followed up with an email suggesting yoga be replaced in her son's class with "alternative exercises which do not have religious.
Yoga makes me a better Catholic. It's true that for many — including those doing the "tree pose" with 6-year-olds in gym class — yoga is merely a physical exercise. That may also be the case for many adults who flock to yoga classes at gyms, seeing the stretching as a rotation in their running or weightlifting schedules.
Examples include the 3rd-to-4th-century Buddhist yogacara, or "yoga practice" school, and the 6th-century Jain thinker Virahanka Haribhadra and his text, the "Yoga Bindu," or "seeds of yoga." Modern.
Is Yoga okay for Christians? We got an email from a reader:. We think an individual's search for Truth in another religion is honoured by God if they don't know who Christ is, What about just doing Yoga exercises and ignoring the philosophy? The purpose of an Asana (position) is to open up emotionally and spiritually as the body relaxes.
Jun 07, 2013 · At that time, I did not associate yoga with religion but with exercise. A little further down the road, later, but still early 80s I moved to a big city and would take yoga classes at a yoga studio. These classes were exercise classes, but focused more on yoga breathing, and they were more focused on yoga practice, and therefore more religious.
Yoga, Pilates, and tai chi are examples of "mind-body" fitness, because they emphasize both physical and mental strength. "The movements [also referred to as poses or postures] strengthen your body and improve your flexibility by teaching you how to move your body and focus your mind," says Kevin W.
that the school was promoting a "Far East mystical religion with crystals and chants to be practiced under the guise of stress release meditation." In reality, school-based yoga typically focuses on.
Is yoga a part of Hindu religion Or Indian culture? Update Cancel. Yoga is not an offshoot of anything. Also, Hindu is not a religion. What Is Yoga? – Sadhguru – Part 1. Why Hinduism isn't an "ism" but a Way of Life. Idiots restrict Yog to physical exercise and control over breathing.
. on lengthening the spine through stretching and breathing exercises, has become mainstream. "A lot of people, when they thought about yoga, they thought about the Hindu religion, but yoga itself.
Another survey, from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. and have largely gotten past the misunderstanding that teaching yoga involves teaching religion. Yoga originated in India at least.
. to any particular religion or belief system. Lindell said the sun salutation, a common sequence of positions in yoga, is meant to worship Surya, the Hindu sun god. "To say the positions of yoga.
Women in the "Yoga of Awareness" class participated for eight weeks in a program of instruction and exercise. Classes included 40 minutes. acceptance of their condition, the use of religion as a.
(ashtanga yoga) and were collected around 400 B.C. Definition: Meaning "yoking" or "union" in Sanskrit, yoga is both a school of Hindu spirituality and physical exercise. Spiritually practiced yoga is intended to further progress toward spiritual liberation (enlightenment) in an Eastern religious sense.
Yoga: Yoga, (Sanskrit: "Yoking" or "Union") one of the six systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy. of time (a common exercise is fixing the mind on an object of meditation, such as the tip of the nose or. history of new religious movements.
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(AP) — Public school yoga instructor Katie Campbell proudly looks out. Parents opposed to the program say the classes will indoctrinate their children in Eastern religion and are not just for.
The revenue department has clarified that residential programmes meant for advancement of religion, spirituality or yoga will be exempt from GST. However, activities like holding of fitness camps or.
How yoga went from an ancient spiritual practice to a big business, complete with. be traced back roughly 5,000 years—in a world of exercise trends and diet fads , Religion aside, some have argued that yoga has become an elitist practice.
1 Cat-Cow Stretch. This sequence is made up of poses that will improve your core strength and help flatten your abs. While doing yoga is not the best way to get a six-pack, you can expect to significantly tone and strengthen your belly. Strengthening your core can.
yoga and the use of physical exercise, he said. Even stretching, walking and sitting can be a spiritual expression. After getting his high school education, he attended a Buddhist university where he.
Part of that comes from the mainstream acceptance of practices such as yoga, meditation, and holistic healing. Another part comes from a greater visibility and understanding of other religions as well as more personal connections between Catholics and adherents of other religious traditions.
Yoga: the trendy practice that your hippie, hipster, or fitness friends rave about. Garbed in yoga pants and carrying colorful mats bought off Amazon, the modern-day "yogi" attends one-hour classes that focus on physical stretching, movement, and detoxing from their busy modern lives.
Despite EUSD officials' claim to have removed even the appearance of religion. out yoga, regardless of whether the context is "secular" or "religious." Suppose that someone claims that making the.
Sep 19, 2011. Regardless of which religion or culture wants to claim yoga, it seems. true practices that nurture, discipline, exercise and harmonize the body,
What Religion Are The Japanese Apr 23, 2017. Japan Religion – What do Japanese people believe? They believe in the power of harmony and adopt different ideas mainly from Shinto and. How tragic! How sad! The predominant religions in Japan today are Shintoism and Buddhism, although most Japanese who are religious don't subscribe to any one religion. Most Japanese who
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The American Yoga Association says yoga is built on three main structures: exercise, breathing and meditation. then aren't you in the realm of religion? And if so, which religion?" Mr. Woodrow, a.
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Yoga In Schools | Yoga For Kids | Religion Or Cult | Practice Yoga – The practice. meditation and contemplation are joined with physical exercises, allegedly to.
Several types of yoga exist. Jnana yoga refers both to the path of discrimination and wisdom, whereas bhakti yoga refers to the path of love and devotion to a personal god. Kama yoga refers to the path of selfless action, whereas hatha yoga, which is popular in.
. is nothing wrong in taking yoga as an exercise but it is not a way to get salvation or spiritual experience". The Indian Catholic Church argues that even Hindus believe that yoga and the Hindu.
Silent moments, meditation, yoga, and wellness exercises can help us to turn our listening inward, to raise the voices within us. I am not a serious spiritual dabbler, nor am I of strict religion.
You can still work on increasing your fitness level. There are in fact numerous ways of going about this, but today I would like to emphasize the overall conditioning benefits of yoga, and there many.
What Yoga is and is not. Yoga is bound up in Eastern religious metaphysics and is not an innocent form of relaxing the body and the mind. The goal of yoga is the same as that of Hinduism, which is realizing that one is Brahman, the underlying impersonal God of the Universe in Hinduism.


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"Samudrala" is Krish's family name and it roughly translates to people of the ocean. Habakuk 2:14 says," For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." This is verse absolutely thrills us because we desire to take the knowledge of the saving, healing, and delivering knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ to the world.
Krish was born and raised a devout Brahman Hindu in India. The death of his parents in 1979 and personal disasters that followed left him with a life without joy, peace, and happiness. He desperately sought divine help in restoring peace in his life. He searched for God in Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, and other religions through fasting, pilgrimages, and rituals. His search for true living God led from one dead end to another.
After working for airlines in Mumbai for several years, he was offered a consulting opportunity in Ohio. Another consultant scheduled to go to Tulsa had broken his leg and was unable to go. Krish was asked to take his place. Krish wanted to return to India and migrate to Australia, but God was moving behind the scenes to keep Krish in Tulsa, right where he needed to be.
In Tulsa many people witnessed to him about Jesus, but no one was quite able to answer the probing questions he asked. Desperate, he cried out to God and told God that if He was indeed the true and living God, He would have to prove Himself to Krish. Immediately, Jesus proved Himself to Krish by granting the one thing his heart yearned for all those agonizing years… PEACE. Krish questioned Jesus how he could keep hat peace for ever and Jesus told Krish to declare Him as Lord of his life. Since that day in August 11, 1991, Krish life has never been the same.
Our hearts are set on the lost. We travel as the Lord leads. We have been to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Netherlands, Ireland, Middle East, and other countries. Our deepest desire is to preach the uncompromised Gospel and deliverance to the captive. Our emphasis is to reach the lost, equip the saints by helping them understand their covenant rights and authority, and build up the body of Christ through Holy Spirit lead teaching.


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Northern Trust Corporation, a 129-year-old Chicago based investment management, asset, and administration company plans to enter into the fast-evolving crypto business, according to a Bloomberg report on July 31, 2018. The aim is to provide custodial services to safeguard crypto assets in the digital space at comparatively lower fees.
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The company has begun to develop its methods to secure the digital assets/cryptocurrencies in a faster, cheaper and secure way. Given the experience Northern Trust Corp has, it's a significant opportunity for them to enter into the crypto space and compete in the market. According to Head of Corporate and Institutional Business and President of Northern Trust's Corporate and Institutional Services, Pete Cherecwich:
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The company has expanded its scope in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies across many fields. The company has $10.7 trillion in assets under the custodian service and administration. It has grown its fund administration services considerably to cover hedge funds.
The new project which Northern Trust has been working on was unreported previously due to a non-disclosure agreement. The project involves three "mainstream hedge funds." Cherecwich explained that this mainstream hedge fund was a diversified portfolio which pooled investments in the form of cryptocurrency.
In an exclusive interview with the Forbes, Pete Cherecwich said that for the time being he couldn't disclose the name of his clients. But he described the service which the company intends to provide.
From the beginning of this year, Northern Trust has been providing services to several hedge funds in ascertaining the difference in the actual amount and the amount recorded under customers cryptocurrency custodian. As a part of fund administrative functions, it helps to value the investment and file the same for its' clients.
Cherecwich said that for now, Northern Trust is not undertaking the direct custody of cryptocurrencies, and doesn't expect to do so anytime soon either. But he added that his company would be concentrating to help customers in their cryptocurrency investment. He added that:
"I do believe that governments will ultimately look at digitizing their currencies, and having them trade kind of like a digital token — a token of the U.S. dollar — but the U.S. dollar [would still be] in a vault somewhere, or backed by the government, How are they going to do that? I don't know. But I do believe they are going to get there."
Previously, Cherecwich worked at State Street for about 20 years before becoming a part of Northern Trust.
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Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism.
In the 16th century, Pietro Bembo created the model for the modern Italian language based on Petrarch's works, as well as those of Giovanni Boccaccio, and, to a lesser extent, Dante Alighieri. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch's sonnets were admired and imitated throughout Europe during the Renaissance and became a model for lyrical poetry. He is also known for being the first to develop the concept of the "Dark Ages." This standing back from his time was possible because he straddled two worlds—the classical and his own modern day....
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