Je Tsongkhapa inseparable from our root Spiritual Guide, Buddha Shakyamuni, and Buddha Heruka.
Je Tsongkhapa inseparable from our root Spiritual Guide, Buddha Shakyamuni, and Buddha Heruka. The name implies that our root Guru, Je Tsongkhapa (or Sumati Kirti, Sanskrit for Je Tsongkhapa's ordained name), Buddha Shakyamuni, and Heruka are one person but have different aspects. This painting also includes images of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, above right, and his root Guru, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, above left, and Je Tsongkhapa's spiritual sons, Gyaltsabje and Khedrupje, below left and right respectively.


So something that was doing the rounds on certain groups of Twitter was the YouGov Profiler. This tool uses YouGov data (which is collected from the public, and is pretty legitimate source of data) to generate a profile for the average user.
The average user is female, live in the Midlands, and is between the ages of 25 and 39.
They are left leaning politically, and thus read the Guardian.
They work in the media & publishing industry (duh), enjoy buying & selling online (duh, again) and are likely to own a bird and enjoy Rugby Union.
They're most likely to be drinking a Smirnoff Vodka at the WordCamp after parties.
They are curious in nature, but also withdrawn and can be "difficult to deal with" (I'm assuming this is when you're approaching deadlines).
Ironically, their most visited website was that beacon of all that is new and hip in the web world – AOL.com (though not actually the .co.uk version).
Wonder if that is a homage to the former default theme in WordPress?
Anyway, whilst being a bit of fun, it could be useful for those working on the mobile team, as well as those targeting UK users for a mobile experience.
It is a quite small sample set (only 27 users), but if you want to explore more about the survey, check it out here.
Do you think this is accurate? How does that correlate with you? Have you found any other interesting titbits from the survey? Let me know in the comments!
That's scarily accurate in my case.


Now that it is summer, the windows stay open and the lawn needs mowing. Summer means the end of spring cleaning, which is when you discover you own way too much stuff. After a winter of being closed up and hunkered down, you might literally feel like your house is bursting at the seams. Now you're looking for a good way to get rid of unnecessary possessions, and holding a summer yard sale is the perfection option.
On those perfect summer weekends, everyone wants to be out and about. They also want a great bargain on those items you need to squeeze out the door. If you decide to have a yard sale, you could end up making a small fortune this summer. A tip: price things to sell and be mentally prepared to let it all go. An old rule of thumb suggests that if you haven't used it in six months (except for seasonal items and tools), you can probably let it go.
Don't forget to advertise, especially on days when you know many people will be busy driving around town. Make your prices reasonable, but be prepared to deal with hagglers. While some haggling is normal, you may need to stand firm on a price if it's truly a valuable item that is priced as it should be. While you do want to get rid of your extra possessions that are stuck in your home, you also want to earn some cash.
Decide beforehand what to put your earnings toward. As your possessions leave the premises, your collection will get fatter and fatter. Whether it goes toward savings, a travel ticket for the family, or the vacation jar, after a yard sale you are closer to your goal.


McLean, VA and San Francisco, CA — Management and technology consulting and engineering services firm Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK), provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, today announced a strategic alliance to strengthen cybersecurity by delivering joint solutions for public sector and commercial organizations. The combination of Splunk solutions and Booz Allen's technical and operational expertise will accelerate detection and mitigation of emerging cyber threats; create extended offerings around security; and generate enhanced predictive cyber analytics and richer data sets for responding more quickly to key business questions. This alliance provides advances for joint customers in the areas of incident response, threat defense operations and threat intelligence.
Among the focus areas for development is the integration of threat intelligence with existing cyber operations to provide actionable insights that accelerate detection and mitigation of cybersecurity threats. The first specific joint offering is an incident response flyaway kit (IRFK) that will enable teams to rapidly conduct post-cyber-breach analyses to pinpoint weaknesses. A second area of focus is addressing the security challenges from the Internet of Things (IoT). Booz Allen will continue to evolve additional solutions using the Splunk platform. These solutions will address the new threats and vulnerability challenges associated with the broad, diverse and increasing number of IoT devices, sensors and data expected to come online over the next few years.
The alliance builds upon Splunk and Booz Allen's track record of success in collaborating to deliver high impact results to the two companies' joint clients. In support of major commercial clients, including U.S. financial and retail institutions, Booz Allen's cyber threat intelligence managed security service, Cyber4Sight, relies on an open source intelligence collection engine and utilizes Splunk® Enterprise to make the data actionable through security analytics. The intelligence collection engine is built around an ecosystem of custom-developed Splunk applications and also leverages various open source technologies as extensions of the Splunk platform.
Booz Allen and Splunk will also develop and host events to help business leaders understand how to prepare and respond to cyber incidents and threats. The first of these events was held at Splunk's annual users' conference, .conf2015, in the form of a table-top exercise that put business leaders from different industries and job responsibilities in a simulated incident response exercise where they utilized data and analytics to respond to and mitigate the threat. Further, the alliance will lead to Booz Allen's deep bench of cyber experts receiving training for the highest level of Splunk certifications, from Knowledge Managers to Certified Splunk Architects.
"As we all become more connected, leaders need to understand how the Internet of Things increases their exposure to risk, and then how they can mitigate those risks. This is an exciting alliance that will blend data and expertise like never before," said Angie Messer, Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President and leader of the firm's Predictive Intelligence business.
Booz Allen Hamilton will join other government IT, security, program, and management professionals on Oct. 22, 2015 at Splunk's GovSummit, a one-day event to learn how government is using data today to make a difference in the future. Register and see conference highlights here.
To learn more about Booz Allen's expertise in cybersecurity, security analytics and the Internet of Things, as well as more about the nature of the Booz Allen-Splunk strategic alliance, please visit: www.boozallen.com.
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Blockchain Brings Monetary and Financial Freedom
Official Team Aug 13, 2019 16:00 4 Min Read
If we want to understand why blockchain will disrupt and uproot our current monetary and financial system, we need to understand the following: the history of currency; what is a currency; why currency exists; and the relationship between currency and wealth. Then we look at three key aspects (money form, money issuance, and the flow of money as Influence Observation Factors, IOF for short) of our monetary and financial system where the blockchain technology may have a significant impact. We believe blockchain will eventually bring about the best form of "freedom" that is most desirable of any monetary and financial system.
Currency and money form
Historically, humans needed to exchange commodities. The earliest form of exchange was barter. Barter trade is completed if only the two sides have complementary needs, or both parties need to trade the third commodity. As the frequency of exchange increased rapidly, that the third commodity, being a medium of exchange, which everyone wanted to possess became crucial. This "general purpose" commodity which is particularly handy for exchange activities then became what we now call the "currency". In theory, if the commodity is treated as a medium of exchange, it can function as a currency. The commodity with attributes like scarcity, limited supply, and physical stability eventually turned up as the winner. There were once shell, silver, gold, stone, bronze, among others. As time passed and through what we may call natural selection of currency form, gold then became the most accepted form of currency around the world. It is extremely important that the currency as a form of wealth be kept stable for wealth inheritance. Historically, it was very difficult to refine aluminum, and so its price exceeded that of gold soon after its discovery. So aluminum was once a form of wealth. However, after the mass adoption of electrolytic production, the price of aluminum declined drastically. So, as a generally adopted currency and as a form of wealth, the currency form is of uppermost importance.
Money issuance
Using heavy metal as a form of currency, for example, gold had led to several important considerations in practice.
(1) Standardization. The authority normalized and unified the weight and measurement of gold, which was required for money flow, thus the exchange of commodity. Naturally, the power of supervision was vested in the authority.
(2) Non-equivalent exchange. The authority used less gold than what is needed in a fair deal or even other heavy metals in lieu of the gold. This way, by using less valuable currency in exchange for commodities, the authority stole value from us and gained their benefit stealthily. The authority could do that, perhaps illegally, because they control the currency issuance to a certain extent.
(3) Gold standard. For easy circulation, a handier form of currency such as paper was introduced, which is backed by fixed amounts of gold. Since the paper was much easier for exchange and to carry, it accelerated trade. This was a very drastic change. We needed to trust the institutions issuing the paper currency in terms of their worth as measured in gold.
With the development of international trade, gold became the most recognized heavy metal currency around the world. Also needed was a method to measure money and wealth that would be accepted by all. In 1867, the first monetary conference was held in Paris where participating countries agreed to a single gold standard, for the very first time [2]. Currency systems built around that gold standard prevailed. After WWII (or in 1944 to be exact), a world monetary system was built based on US dollars, which in turn was, as claimed, backed by the gold standard under Bretton Woods Agreements. Many countries then fixed their exchange rate relative to the US dollar, thus making all currencies pegged to gold at a fixed rate indirectly. This was the so-called Bretton Woods System. In 1971 with "Nixon shock", US President Richard Nixon abolished the international convertibility of the US dollar to gold [1]. In March 1973, the fixed exchange rate system was abandoned. "By 1973, the Bretton Woods system was replaced de facto by the current regime based on freely floating fiat currencies", which let the free market determine the US dollar exchange rates for other countries' currencies. This marked the beginning of the collapse of the Bretton Woods System. Gradually, the whole world converged to the "national credit standard" where currency issuance was backed by national credit.
Flow of money
Traditionally, exchanging gold for the commodity is completed simultaneously in terms of ownership. Over time, we added more concepts to financialize our service: credit, mortgage, mismatch, leverage, futures, etc. Then the concepts of "payment, settlement, clearance" were introduced to describe the whole cycle of transacting. With more financial derivatives, we added substantially to the complexity of our financial system logic and its implementation. Consider any of today's banking systems, it is virtually impossible to rebuild it with so many legacy data and subsystems. For cross border service among financial institutions, we are still using the arguably low-efficiency SWIFT protocol, which was first adopted in Brussels in 1973 as "a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions in a secure, standardized and reliable environment." [3] Because of all these complex systems and protocols, the bank charges us when we make payments, exchange foreign currency, and when we do remittance of any kind. They charge us for even the pettiest flow of money, and by that, they reap huge profits for their inherent low-efficiency services. Moreover, the poor suffered the most from these charges, who became slaves of the currency financial system. In the new blockchain system, both sides trade directly without a third party involved, and thus the trade could finish spontaneously. The concept of payment-settlement-clearance becomes redundant in the blockchain system, leading to a much-simplified money flow cycle. The cost of payment, trade, remittance, and even foreign exchange is nearly 0.
Blockchain and cryptocurrency
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto invented bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system [4] and described blockchain the underpinning technology. Since then, bitcoin and blockchain have taken the world by storm and is hailed to be the answer for a perfect currency and financial system in the future. The issuance of bitcoins is by POW, a proof of work algorithm first proposed in 1993. By the algorithm, the issuance is reduced to the task of mining. This is an entirely new way of currency issuance. Gold mining is measured by human labor, whereas bitcoin mining is measured by computation power. The emergence of bitcoin and blockchain thus marked the beginning of the transition from a carbon-based civilization to a silicon-based civilization. A person tries to maximize their profit and wealth that is generally proportional to human labor. With currency being the main carrier of wealth can lead to different perceptions of money and wealth by the method of issuance of currency. Adopting the bitcoin method shifts our focus to computation power, for which there is still plenty of room for further advancement and innovation. The big open question here is that can we create a new world currency that can benefit (in terms of much-improved features and services) human as a whole in the long run? What currency issue rules should we adopt? Besides the traditional gold standard and then the current national credit standard, bitcoin and blockchain represent the third generation of currency issuance. Bitcoin is a kind of cryptocurrency, of which the ownership depends on a private key. Without the correct private key, there is no way to move bitcoins around, even if it is by means of law. This brings to us the notion of "absolutely private property", for the first time in human history! Bitcoin is innovative in all IOF factors. Use IOF, For Facebook's Libra, it is creative in money form and flow of money, leaving money issuance unchanged. Blockchain has the potential to provide us with much better solution in terms of IOF.
With blockchain, we put an end to the monopoly of government-issued currency as suggested by the title of Hayek's book – "denationalization of money". Blockchain will simplify the set of concepts revolving around financial services and the complexity of the IT system. With blockchain, we have cryptocurrency that is more stable and safer than any currency that has ever existed before. This is "monetary and financial freedom"!
To learn what else Bitcoin and blockchain can bring to humanity, stay tuned for the next article in the "Blockchain in Human History" series.
Kun Hu
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Professor Francis Lau
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[1] Nixon's Economic Policies Return to Haunt the G. O. P., New York Times
[2] HKEX museum
[3] SWIFT
[4] Bitcoin Whitepaper
[5] Dwork, Cynthia; Naor, Moni (1993). "Pricing via Processing, Or, Combatting Junk Mail Advances in Cryptology"
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Qntra (S.QNTR) December 2016 Statement on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu.
As directed by its charter and on the basis of the report of the editor in chief, 11`598 S.QNTR shares issued this period. This brings the total shares issued to 538`162 (+2.20%).
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1)Which financial statement is used to determine cash generated from operations?
2) In terms of sequence, in what order must the four basic financial statements be prepared?
3) In classifying transactions, which of the following is true in regard to assets?
What are the four basic financial statements? What is the primary purpose of each of the four basic financial statements? In your opinion, which financial statement is the most important?
What are debits and credits? How are debits and credits used to record business transactions? Why do accountants debit asset accounts to increase them but credit liability accounts to increase them?


Carole Matthews' bestselling romantic comedy is reissued with a stunning new cover design.
Happily married with three children, Ali Kingston can't believe that a quick cappuccino in a Covent Garden cafe will turn her life upside down. But then it isn't every day that a gorgeous street artist, fifteen years her junior, falls at her feet. When Ali's husband, Ed, finds out that she's spent time with another man, he's sure there's more to it than meets the eye. And what started as a minor indiscretion soon turns into something major. . .
Carole Matthews is the Sunday Times bestselling author of over thirty novels, including the top ten bestsellers The Cake Shop in the Garden, A Cottage by the Sea, Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses, The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas and Calling Mrs Christmas. In 2015, Carole was awarded the RNA Outstanding Achievement Award. Her novels dazzle and delight readers all over the world and she is published in more than thirty countries.
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Musically the focus was rather on homelistening as most of the clubs were closed. The occasions for loud beats and big baselines were rare, but more subtle and comforting music was in high demand.
So it was the perfect timing that the amazing singer and artist Joanne Robertson released her beautiful album Painting Stupid Girls in March 2020. Initially she drew our attention through her collaborative work with musician and prankster Dean Blunt. A close friend of hers, she worked with him on his acclaimed albums like The Redeemer, Black Metal, Stone Island and Skin Fade.
These collaborations were that fruitful that it resulted in a joint album called Wahalla, which was released in 2017. Often her fragile voice stands in contrast to Dean Blunt's production and she states that he helped her find her style and avoid cliches. But she already made music before and released her first album The Lighter in 2008.
She also regularly works with her husband Jasper Baydala known as KOOL MUSIC. Next to music, she also paints, which stands in contrast to the sensitivity of her music, as it is for her rather a physical act, but she states that those two feed of each other and open new spaces.
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Q: RSA Public Key Exponents of 16 bytes I am writing a software that is using a public key that has 16 bytes in the Exponents
I have the following code
string longKey = @"-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
MIGWAoGBAMqfGO9sPz+kxaRh/qVKsZQGul7NdG1gonSS3KPXTjtcHTFfexA4MkGA
mwKeu9XeTRFgMMxX99WmyaFvNzuxSlCFI/foCkx0TZCFZjpKFHLXryxWrkG1Bl9+
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-----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----";

using (var reader = new StringReader(longKey))
{
    var pem = new PemReader(reader);
    var o = (RsaKeyParameters)pem.ReadObject();
    using (var rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
    {
        var parameters = new RSAParameters
        {
            Modulus = o.Modulus.ToByteArray(),
            Exponent = o.Exponent.ToByteArray()
        };
        rsa.ImportParameters(parameters);

    //other code is here that uses the rsa

    }
}

The key is used with certain barcodes and was provided to me, but is also available online on different other sites
The problem I am facing is ImportParameters is giving an exception that only says 'Bad Data' after research I found that RSACryptoServiceProvider only use 4 bytes in the Exponents but this public key have 16 bytes in the exponents. If I make Exponent to a static byte array 1,0,1 then ImportParameters works but obviously the rest of my code fails
Is there another way I can use this key, like C++ or can this be done in C#. I am not an expert in RSA Encryption

A: If you are on .NET 4.6 or higher, you can use RSACng as a drop-in replacement for RSACryptoServiceProvider.
It has a bit of an unfortunate support matrix:

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*4.6: RSACng works great, pretty much so long as you only use it in your own code.

*4.6.1: Some, but not all of the framework libraries understand RSACng objects (RSACryptoServiceProvider was special-cased)

*4.6.2: Almost all of the framework libraries understand RSACng

RSACng doesn't have a 4-byte restriction on the size of the Exponent value.

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Quotas have been used in international environmental agreements for at least a century and will, with incentive approaches, continue to be crucial to realising a sustainable environment. This book is a timely critical examination of quotas as regulatory tools and as products of negotiation.
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I knew The Lottery was going to end. I was probably one of 10 people that watched the show.
Most of the cancelled shows I've never heard of. I stopped watching Wilfred after the first season.
I didn't watch most of the canceled shows either.
I really enjoy Hemlock Grove though.
[quote="BishopTuTu"]I didn't watch most of the canceled shows either.
Gang Related was good. I'm surprised it didn't make it.
Mack, why do you have an avatar pic and no one else does?
I can see Mack's avatar. It's the bug eye girl from Orange Is The New Black tv show. QT is the one who doesn't have an avatar.
I also enjoyed Gang Related. Sorry it was cancelled.
Jennifer Lopez is single now, and for good reason. On Tuesday, the 45-year-old superstar sat down with Arianna Huffington to discuss her new book, "True Love," during an interview on HuffPost Live. In the book, J.Lo gets honest about the biggest romances in her life, including her engagement to Ben Affleck and seven-year marriage to Marc Anthony. Today, she realizes the greatest love someone can have is self-love.
In "True Love," Lopez discusses ending her engagement to Affleck in 2004. She admits turning to Anthony, whom she wed later that year, to heal the heartbreak: When Ben and I split up at the moment when I thought we were committing to each other forever it was my first real heartbreak, it felt like my heart had been torn out of my chest. People do lots of things to anesthetize themselves in moments like these. Some people do drugs, some drink and some go out and party. I sought out comfort in another person, tried to find someone who could make me feel loved and wanted in my loneliest hours. And that was the moment when Marc reappeared in my life.
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Stephanie Bailey is a fifth year student at the University of California, San Diego. She is pursing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Development with minors in Global Health and Language Studies with an emphasis in Spanish. Her interests include sexual and women's health and she is committed to student's health and well-being. She currently volunteers at the Sexual Health Info Sessions and is the Outreach Coordinator for the Student Health Advocates, a peer health education group on campus. Additionally, she serves as Co-Chair of the Well-Being Cluster Student Advisory Board which aims to bring staff and students together to ensure that the school is identifying and meeting the health and well-being needs of students. In this position, she also serves as the UCSD Student Health Insurance Plan Undergraduate Representative which has given her the unique opportunity to work with the UC Office of the President on the system-wide insurance plan for students. After graduation, Stephanie hopes to pursue a Master's of Public Health with an emphasis in Health Promotion and Education.
Idris Brewster is a sophomore cognitive science major with a computer science minor at Occidental from Brooklyn, New York. He is ecstatic to be working with the Office of Community Engagement. Community engagement is a passion of his. He is currently working on an engagement campaign regarding black male achievement. He will be working on a project to build a student advisory council for community engagement on campus.
Janeth Herrera Bucio is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Gender Ethnic & Multi-cultural studies with an emphases in Chicana/o studies at Cal Poly Pomona. She is a student activist for women rights and Immigration Reform. She is currently working with the California Dream Network, a student organization throughout California that advocates for higher education, The Federal Dream Act, and Comprehension Immigration Reform. They do this by networking with college campuses all over Northern and Southern California by organizing high school reach outs, workshops, and retreats to educate student activist on current policies that relate to immigration. Additionally, she is very active in her campus by participating in Diversity Ambassadors, an organization on campus that focuses on social justice, particularly in the civil rights movement. Serves as secretary in the CEIS council, and is part of the GEMS club. After Graduation, Janeth hopes to attain both a Masters and Doctorate in Ethnic Studies, where she hopes to work in community outreach with non-profits around the L.A. area.
Emily M. Cohen is a fourth year student at the University of California, San Diego. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Development. She has a passion for helping and educating others and is interested in topics of health promotion and education, leadership development, and volunteer opportunities. Currently, Emily is a member of the Student Health Advocate program and serves as Coordinator of General Health Outreach Programs. Through numerous campus wide events, she educates other students about general health issues and concerns, how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and develop leadership skills and improve communication abilities.
Elizabeth Creech is a sophomore at the University of San Diego. She is double-majoring in International Relations and Sociology with a minor in Asian Studies. She most recently lived in Singapore, but is happy to now call San Diego her home. As an active member of USD's campus, Elizabeth is the site coordinator for the Linda Vista Teen Center, the local branch of the Boys and Girls Club of America. She also coordinates a service program called "Cool Club," an after-school program for college students with intellectual disabilities. In addition, she is the Service and Philanthropy Director of Kappa Alpha Theta and a member of Founders Chapel Choir. In her spare time, she loves being outdoors hiking, swimming, camping, and biking.
Kate Curtis is from Eugene, Oregon and is currently a sophomore at the University of Redlands, majoring in Psychology and working towards obtaining a multiple subject teaching credential. She has been working with children in various settings for over seven years. Although she is unsure what she will do after graduation, she would like to make a positive impact on the lives on children. Teaching or counseling are among her top career choices. She is involved on the Redlands campus, not only tutoring with Jasper's Corner, but also working with a weekly mentoring program for elementary through middle school students, called Big Buddies. Both programs have been a great experience for her and helped to shape her lifelong goals. She is excited to continue working with children in her next two years at Redlands, as well as her future career.
Marisela Esparza is a senior at the University of San Francisco, studying International Studies with an emphasis in Global Politics and Societies. Marisela has worked for the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good as an Advocate for Community Engagement (ACE) for two years now and has participated in a majority of the programs that the Center offers, including spending a summer in a Sacramento working at the Capitol and living and interning in Washington D.C. Marisela's commitment to service-learning began since she took a service learning course her sophomore year. That class exposed different social issues that she did not know she cared about and helped her move from passion to action in working against these social issues. Once she graduates she hopes to continue the work of service, especially in the field of immigration.
Soumya Kandukuri is a first-year student at Occidental College majoring in Diplomacy and World Affairs who is committed to increasing accessibility to and awareness of the power of political engagement for marginalized peoples. Her experiences in competitive public speaking in high school exposed her to researching and analyzing international and domestic political, economic, and cultural issues. From this grew a passion for working on issues of inequity within existing political and societal structures, and empowering those who are ignored in these structures to find and use their political voice. She capitalized on this passion by being part of the American Youth Leadership Program, a fully sponsored U.S. State Department delegation to Cambodia, empowering her fellow high school students through sharing her excitement for current events and public speaking, and leading multiple student organizations and political events on her campus. Hailing from the Bay Area, Soumya is trained in the Indian classical dance form of Bharathanatyam, loves watching the news, and hopes to go into the field of international human rights law. Through her Campus Compact fellowship, she plans to work with the Eagle Rock community, in which Occidental is located, to create multilingual Town Hall meetings engaging people of color in discussing hot-button issues.
Robin Willis is a first year student at Cal Poly Pomona in pursuit of a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management and Human Resources. Her career goals are Not-for-Profit Management. She has done extensive work with the Girl Scouts involving the completion of her Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award. Through this work, Robin has developed a deep understanding of the true impact that community service offers. Her strengths are in serving as a community liaison, fundraising, and event planning for a cause. This appreciation and love of volunteer work has influenced her choice of major and future career goals. Beginning her entrance to college she has become her building's council secretary as well as a Foal Watch Member at the infamous W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center, where she cares for a mare.
Lochan Shah is a Public Health major and premedical student at UC Berkeley interested in bridging the gap between medicine and public health. She believes that health correlates with economic and community wellbeing, and is passionate about eliminating health disparity to achieve social justice. As a Bonner Leader, she hopes to work on a mentor program at De Anza High School to foster a safe atmosphere for urban disadvantaged students to grow and learn. She hopes to help close the achievement gap by connecting youth with resources, leadership training, and a support space. Her goal to affect equality on all aspects of health has also led her to teach sexual education through Peer Health Exchange and to cofound Project Nutrition, which hopes to make healthy diets more accessible to low income communities.


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Населённые пункты
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 Подъельники — село в Кемеровской области;
 Подъельники — деревня и санаторий, в Узденском районе Минской области.

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A year ago there were hopeful signs that after the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Somalia and the resignation of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia factions would rally around their new leader, President Sheikh Sharif, and start the process of reconciliation.
The Somali problem has been around for two decades now and it is apparent that no quick fix will put the those fanning their proxy wars in the country at bay to allow for an environment that will end the political and clan antagonism.
Notably, 2006 was a clear turning point for the Somalia conflict.
It was then that the Union of Islamic Courts, which was supported by citizens tired of warlords pillaging their businesses, was formed following a merger of several local courts that became prominent in 2000 when they stepped forward to fill the vacuum left by the 1991 ouster of dictator Siad Barre.
Besides offering school and health services to the local population, the courts had been dealing with petty crimes but gradually graduated to handling bigger disputes and felonies.
After the powerful alliance, warlords who had dominated the conflict since 1991 were bitterly defeated in a 'Somali revolution' that never lasted.
Public opinion was against warlords, who were rightly said to have been bolstered by the CIA to counter militias across the country.
At the time, former Clinton administration official John Prendergast clarified to Reuters that there was clear evidence that the CIA pumped $150,000 monthly to the warlords while Ethiopia is said to have supplied truckloads of ammunition.
With the ICU in Mogadishu, relative calm was restored and southern Somalia towns such as Mogadishu, Kismayu, Baidoa, Bandradley and Beledwyene came under the firm control of the ICU.
In that brief lull, business performed and security improved. Schools and hospitals opened in Mogadishu.
But in a crusade of conspiracy by western media and intelligence, this turnaround was depicted as softening ground for al-Qaeda.
This line was wrongly swallowed by governments and intelligence in the West.
Analysts have often noted that the US frenzy on terrorism in the Horn is sometimes unfounded.
When Osama bin Laden lived in Khartoum, he naively thought that lack of central government in Somalia was a fertile ground for him to set base.
His men were later humiliated in Somalia due to several unfavourable factors among them the hold by the moderate strand of Islam, Sufism, among Somalis and a clan structure that refused sponsorship of his campaign.
Fears of a Taliban-style establishment when ICU was installed were exaggerated.
The ICU communicated to the world they were not interested in holding power; but only creating conditions for self-determination of Somalis.
With Ethiopia's occupation of Somalia, public opinion continued to turn against the US, TFG and later AMISOM who were all seen as anti-Islam crusaders.
While the Ethiopian forces routed ICU from Somalia, disagreements that ensued led to a break up of the ICU and with that more radical elements within the ranks of ICU were born. Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam emerged while moderates escaped to Djibouti to form the Alliance for Re-liberation of Somalia.
The reign of Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu has been the single most important factor that has catapulted al-Shabaab to fame and power.
Ethiopia, a Christian country has had a long history of hostility with Somalia-largely Muslim- and they have fought several wars over territory.
The decision to invade was not well thought out and the crimes committed by Ethiopian soldiers on local population are yet to be accounted for.
Even so, Ethiopia continues to defile Somalia's territory at will and this brings in Eritrea.
In December 23, 2009 the UN Security Council imposed sanctions against Eritrea for her destabilising role in the Horn of Africa.
Eritrea was also directed to withdraw her forces from a contested border area with Djibouti--a country where 1200 US marines and a contingent of French soldiers are stationed in line with UNSC resolution 1862 of January 2009.
Continued Eritrea-Ethiopia enmity emanates from the rulings by International Boundary Commission that has not been adhered to by the parties.
Hence in their primitive dash for influence, Ethiopia and Eritrea with their respective allies have been struggling to outdo each other in Somalia.
A set of simple measures could nudge opinion in Somalia for conducive environment for talks.
The AU and UN must insist on international community to enforce the rulings by International Boundary Commission to end Ethiopia-Eritrea proxy wars in Somalia.
This would reduce the opposing frictions and clear the ground of invisible forces fanning the conflict.
Efforts should be directed at sponsoring local projects with the help of religious and clan leaders perhaps fronted by the Arab League.
At the risk of sounding unfashionable, the US must consider clearing Sheikh Dahir Aweys and other amenable elements in al-Shabaab from the terrorists list.
This will take wind out of the sails and mobilise moderates to rally behind the government.
Notably, Al-Shabaab, is not a trans-national threat for the US and they are widely frowned upon by locals at home who dislike their strict interpretation of Islam.
On the coast, Western ships must be stopped from dumping their industrial waste and overfishing the Somalia waters.
To topple over anti-Westernism, reparations must be made to Somalia and driven towards rejuvenating agriculture.


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What do you think about former US President Trump's prosecution of Twitter, Facebook, and Google?
According to a US media report on the 7th local time, former US President Donald Trump filed a class action lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook and Google over the banned account. Trump held a press conference on the 7th local time, demanding that the court impose punitive damages on these social media giants and stop censorship of the American people. According to reports, Twitter permanently blocked Trump's account, while Facebook only temporarily suspended his account. When the account no longer poses a public safety risk, it may be restored in 2023. At the same time, Trump was also suspended indefinitely from using YouTube, Snapchat and other platform accounts. A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (China News Network)
Although it is ridiculous, it is normal for Trump. A talk show actor cannot lose his stage. Its importance is like that of Biden being president without Harris. After Trump lost his Twitter account, he is currently mainly sending his views to supporters through mass emails, and there is still no progress in building his own social media as he claims. So I really need to get these accounts back! The main basis for Trump's lawsuit is still freedom of speech. "Congress shall not enact laws on the following matters: establishing a religion or prohibiting freedom of religion, depriving freedom of speech or freedom of the press, or depriving the people of the right to peaceful assembly and petition to the government." And Trump is seeking to expand the lawsuit. Class action status, which also means that he will represent the interests of other users of Twitter, Facebook and Google-these users claim that they have been unfairly silenced. In addition to initiating a lawsuit against the company, he also filed three individual lawsuits-against Facebook CEO Zuckerberg; against Twitter CEO Dorsey, against Google CEO Pichai. It can be seen that Trump has worked hard to get his social account back. Although Trump has a huge momentum this time, his probability of winning is still very small. Because despite Trump's sacrifice of the First Amendment to the Constitution, his post-election remarks ("great patriots" will make a "great voice" and they will not "be disrespected or disrespectful in any form". Fair treatment"), and the subsequent congressional riots, are really indifferent to the word "peace", and it is difficult to make a strong argument. Moreover, the First Amendment protects people from government actions, and technology companies are not government actors. Twitter is not a government, but a private company. Its decision to allow or prohibit speech is not subject to any restrictions by the First Amendment. Instead, Twitter's decision is protected by the First Amendment. The three major platforms have already issued statements stating that Trump is banned out of public safety considerations. After all, Trump repeatedly alleged that the results of the U.S. election were "distorted" without evidence. In their view, the matter has long been concluded, so they did not comment on the lawsuit initiated by Trump. But this does not prevent Trump from being confident. "We will achieve a historic victory for American freedom and freedom of speech," Trump said at a press conference held at the Bedminster Golf Course in New Jersey. Although the probability of Trump winning is very small, I still hope that a miracle will happen. Not everyone has the ability to bring down the United States, and since he stepped down, I haven't written a paragraph for a long time.
How do you think that a 13-year-old girl was taken to a deserted island by her parents to survive. Two days later, she collapsed and asked the fishermen for help. Her parents called her too rebellious? Is this kind of education right?
The United States has messed up Afghanistan, and now pats its butt and leaves. What will happen to Afghanistan in the future?
You have to admit that, compared to Biden, whose autonomous control ability is questionable, Trump does know how to effectively grasp the focus. For example, do you think this passage made by him makes sense to China today? In terms of nature, the degree of intimacy between "capital" such as Didi and the "capital" owned by American technology giants may be beyond imagination. Therefore, Trump knows how to stimulate the "softness" of the people's hearts and cause them to scream. Besides, Ah Chuan also said to punish these giants, is it similar in the same way? (Replace the United States with China) So I have always said that if Trump didn't control his mouth in the too unexpected incident of the new crown, but instead played like the United Kingdom and other European countries, he might be re-elected. . At the same time, it is believed that Trump's words can also resonate with everyone who often mixes with the major elite platforms (dog head). Of course, A Chuan's move is more hype, attracting people's attention. After all, even if the opportunity to hit Capitol Hill is so good, even Yeltsin is not as good as Yeltsin, and there is no way he can expect anything in the short term. But if he really wants to make a comeback in 2024, he can still take a look.
Understand that Wang's freedom of speech is "not established" on American social platforms, so whether social platforms are "outside the law" in the United States, or the silent principle of "freedom of speech" can essentially be bargained to change prices. This matter is funny. When the concept of "freedom of speech" as a weapon of the U.S. government in official terms has become a bargaining concept, whether it is a win or a winner, it will essentially only prove that "freedom of speech" is in the United States. The social practice level of, is just a flexible vocabulary, rather than an exact and real truth. Because truth does not need to be bargained, the principle of silence in practice is the prerequisite and cornerstone of the way of action and social psychology in a society. If the premise can be evaluated to be bargaining, do you think that this concept is only a theoretical truth, a practical elasticity, and it can even be used as a means by the king and the opponents to attack each other to obtain greater political capital And the support of public opinion? So can the concepts, judgments, and theories that have emerged from the American "freedom of speech" as the cornerstone stand the test? If the US President's freedom of speech cannot be guaranteed, then the freedom of speech of ordinary Americans will naturally be even more impossible to achieve. From a realistic perspective, this is the dissolution of American ideology. When the cornerstone of an ideological mansion built and decorated by European Confucian scholars is destroyed by American politics daily. Then the collapse has become the inevitable expected. As the antithesis of the "million-soldier" establishment in Washington, D.C.—Understanding Wang, every time he doubts, whether he wins or loses, he will further dispel the American ideological concept. Because his existence is the opposite of American ideology. The American ideology was originally a piece of inability to work after the pastoralist establishment. Now an old man who understands Wang insists that these concepts that are essentially nihilistic in form are accurate. This is what has never been on the scale, forcibly forced on the scale. If you understand that the king wins, and the latecomers seem to deny that the political and public opinion resources brought by the establishment have considerable benefits, then the number of followers will inevitably increase. If the understanding of the king loses, the substantive problems and contradictions have not been resolved. As long as the understanding of the king still exists, it is inevitable to further attack the notion shaped by the establishment. The public opinion of opposition is still brewing, and the problem of opposition still exists or even continues to expand, and the effect that will erupt in the end will only be beyond imagination. Even showing dramatic performances, emotions, and dramatic tensions, and finally, after the internal contradictions suddenly change qualitatively, they break through the shackles of form and become a new political entity.
The live broadcast of the press conference that I watched more than 11 o'clock last night is really Trump-like. The whole press conference revolves around two themes: 1. Trump thinks what he said on social media is correct, "You Look at me saying that the virus came from the Wuhan laboratory? Did the people who said that I spread the rumors at that time have been beaten by the facts?" You are "blocking the truth" if you continue to block. 2. There are many people who have published opinions that support Trump's views or conservative conspiracy theories, and their accounts have also been blocked. This is wrong. It is a violation of freedom of speech by large technology companies. For example, he found a girl, and the girl questioned "Does the child have to wear a mask to prevent the new crown" and was banned, and then tearfully said that fortunately, there is also the help of the king and these "patriots". . As for the direct reason for blocking Trump's account: the incident that hit Capitol Hill on January 6th, he did not mention it, it was assumed that it had never happened. So, I really feel that the current liberal white-left media are really digging holes for themselves: 1. Desperately spreading the new crown virus is a conspiracy theory leaked by the Wuhan laboratory, led by the Washington Post, and even directly revised last year's news report. , The result is counterproductive: Many Americans think, eh? Isn't this what Trump said first? He is a prophet! In last year's report, "theories that have been falsified" were changed to "still controversial." 2. Not only Trump's account was blocked, but Trump's team, relatives, supporters, and even people with similar views were blocked. Accounts completely ignore the so-called "freedom of speech." The result is to intensify, making conservativeness and freedom even more torn apart. It just so happens that Trump continues to lead in major polls, and I am very optimistic that three years later, he shouted: I, Te Hansan, is back again!
This prosecution is not important, it is just a political show on which Trump reiterated his claims. However, if the United States succeeds in antitrust, the first credit goes to Trump. You must know that since the antitrust case against Microsoft at the end of the last century, the United States has struggled with antitrust against high-tech companies. The important reason is that Republicans who are superstitious about small governments and free markets continue to obstruct the advancement of antitrust. It wasn't until the debut of the king that there was a fundamental change in the situation. As a populist leader, Trump's opposition to globalization puts him in a natural opposition to multinational giants. More importantly, Wang Wang's four years in power has given him unprecedented prestige in the Republican Party. After he was targeted by high-tech companies at the end of his administration, he began to fight back against the technology giants. He used his prestige among Republican voters and their dissatisfaction with globalization and the rich to begin calling for antitrust. This proposition did not disappear with his step down. In fact, in the 2020 general election, many Republican lawmakers have begun to accept antitrust Trumpism in order to be elected. For example, in April of this year, Senator Josh Hawley promoted a new legislation. Essentially, Hawley's legislation will pass amendments to the Sherman Act, which makes monopoly illegal, and to expand the scope of illegal anti-competitive behavior. Leiden Act to cut some red tape related to anti-monopoly enforcement. This leads to a very interesting situation. At present, the two parties that are cooperating in the drafting of the new antitrust bill in the House of Representatives are actually the two parties that do not share the same ideas-the radical Democrats and the Trumpist Republicans. The two factions of political views are irrelevant, but they have reached an amazing agreement on this matter. This is also Trump's only contribution to bridge the political division.
Normally, Trump's basic board is white red necks (low-level whites who lost their jobs with the rust belt), traditional Anza Protestants, and their current population still accounts for a large proportion. The leaders of Twitter, Facebook and Google are basically all international Jews (a group of the most exquisite egoists) who believe in the "Talmud" and advocate wolfishness. Although the number is relatively small, they are more united and controlled. Finance and media. Trump's white red neck is relatively right-wing, and he has plenty of military virtues (many heads who buy guns). The basic Democratic Party is urban white-collar workers, LBGTQ, of course, the black card has been played badly, and they are ready to support Latin Americans. The white red neck pursues white supremacy, and other minorities follow in the footsteps of whites. But what the Khazarian Turkic International Jews pursue is money and security, and they pursue diversification. The more pluralistic the society is, the more the bottom line cannot work together to make a revolution, the safer the Jewish capital will be. The so-called biggest enemy of a big country is always within the big country. On the surface, it is diversified, but it actually planted the seeds of division. Trump's basic card is called a patriot. Of course, he will not let go of the International Jews who betray the national interests of the United States (International Jews are a group of people who put their capital interests in the national interests). There is such a group of people in China.
Trump is welcome to open accounts on Sina Weibo, Station B, Zhihu, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Kuaishou, etc. Trump said in June that he would return to the White House in August. At present, July is about halfway through and there is not much time left for Biden. I personally look forward to Trump driving Biden out of the White House and sitting on the presidency again. If it is impossible to drive Biden away, it is recommended that Trump summon Cangzhou to form a new government and divide and rule with Biden. If Trump is determined to do so, and live broadcast the process of returning to the White House on Chinese social media. I believe that Trump's fans will soon surpass the first-line internet celebrities, and even people from all over the world will sign up for Weibo, Station B, Zhihu, Douyin, Kuaishou… Therefore, I also suggest that Zhihu can seize this opportunity. Send someone to contact Trump and invite him to register Zhihu and open a column. Every day I update an article about my experience of returning to the White House, and I can also gain guidance from professionals in various fields, and Wolongfengyou can make suggestions in the message. I believe that even no matter how hard his fate is, Biden will not be able to withstand the curious plans of the vast number of Chinese netizens. Some toss may really send Trump back to the White House. I do not leave you here, I have already left you. I hope that the omnipotent netizens can pass my answer to Trump and tell him that there is a group of justices in the far east to support his return to the White House!
You don't have to think about it, knowing that Wang can't win. Those big companies are the real ruling class in the United States, and their will is the will of the United States. The United States' administrative, legislative, and judicial systems have been completely castrated and domesticated by large companies in the long-term game. Those who cannot resist the rule of large companies cannot even collect individual taxes. Do you know the cyberpunk world, why are the ultimate villains a group of companies that cover the sky with only one hand? Because everyone in Europe and the United States with a little knowledge knows that the actual ruler of the Western world is not a weak and incompetent Western government at all, but a large capital group.
After so many years, I have understood Trump's routines. In short, the way this buddy does things is 1. dare to brag about anything! Smooth out the fiscal deficit, fix China, fix Iran, fix North Korea, create good and cheap medical insurance, fix illegal immigration, fix the new crown virus… 2. How to fix the fiscal deficit by stealing the concept? How do tax cuts fix China? How to fix Iran with tariffs? How can North Korea be dealt with when the Iran nuclear agreement is launched? How did Kim Jong-un get medical insurance? How to abolish Obamacare and get an illegal immigrant to me? How to fix the new crown virus when repairing the wall? The big flu dances. Therefore, there is a legend that Trump is the president who has fulfilled the most promises, but when you look closely, the promises that have been fulfilled are secretly exchanged concepts. 3. To shirk responsibility for the fiscal deficit? It's all Obama, the Democrats have a trade deficit? New museum virus? China, China, China, Iran, North Korea? They have medical insurance problems in their minds? The Democratic Party does not cooperate with the immigration issue? The Democratic Party, the deep-seated government is doing tricks this way, basically this is the routine! Recently, the cowhide of Trump's return in August has been blown out again, regardless of whether he said it or not, the news spread anyway. Next is the time to steal the concept, litigation is only the first step, and there will definitely be sorrows in the future. After secretly changing the concept, it's time to scold others. At this time, we are suing Twitter, Facebook, and Google. Actually, they are all ready to dump the pot. Anyway, my old special can't return in August, it's all the fault of the court and the Internet company! I have worked hard! You continue to support me and continue to make money! A similar routine was used when it hit Capitol Hill, boasting: I won the election! Swap the concept: Put pressure on Pence to prevent him from declaring Biden as president. Gathered to hit Capitol Hill. To shirk responsibility: the thugs will be wrong about my intentions, I didn't say they would attack Capitol Hill! Pence is disobedient, the Democratic Party is persecuted… It is bad luck to be sold once, and to be sold twice is a bad brain.
Regardless of political stance, I think Lao Te's prosecution is actually very positive. The freedom of speech in the United States actually has very important and far-reaching significance for this country of the United States. Needless to say, newspapers, radio, and television have or gradually lost their communication power and control. The role of social apps is very important. Deleting Old Te's account obviously violated his freedom of speech, especially as a former president, he received this treatment for his huge wealth and political resources. Then don't ordinary Americans want to delete them, how can freedom of speech be guaranteed? Is it possible that the CEOs or major shareholders of these social apps can be above the law? The focus of the debate is obviously that social apps need to prove that the deletion of Laote's account is justified. At present, there is no obvious evidence to prove that Lao Te is inciting the people to conduct behaviors that seriously endanger public order. It is estimated that Lao Te will win the case. It is hoped that this case will finally enter the Supreme Court of the United States.
It should be viewed from two aspects, meaning to Trump personally and meaning to the world. Judging from the significance of Trump's personal compensation, it is actually not very meaningful. Almost everyone knows that the US judicial system favors the rich. The more money, the more powerful it is, the less likely it is to be punished. Do several big companies seem to be short of money? In the end, there is a high probability that it will be ignored, and at most a point of painless punishment. For Lao Chuan, the greater significance is actually advertising, which is equivalent to telling his red-necked supporters that he is dissatisfied and that he will come to elect the president four years later, asking his supporters to continue waiting for him. Chaos, nothing more. But this lawsuit is actually a free publicity for other countries in the world, especially developing countries or vulnerable countries (especially countries where the three views are inconsistent with the US allies). This actually tells the world in disguise that the American media is controlled. Western media insists on not really freedom and democracy, but the interests of their chaebol families and other controlling groups. As long as they contradict their interests, they will be controlled. It was judged as "three wrong views", "violation of human rights", etc. From another perspective, it can weaken the authority and objectivity of the American media (you have become a group that speaks for capitalists, how can you care about the fairness and justice of other people's homes? It is nothing more than disputes over interests), which points out the right of the American media to speak. The truth will further accelerate the collapse of the three views of the American people and cause more chaos.
This shows that there is a big problem with freedom of speech in the United States. Even if it is to maintain the "security regulations and management methods", it is necessary to find ways to ensure that Trump has the opportunity to tweet. If a society cannot tolerate a small number of speeches, how can it be called freedom of speech? It. It also shows that the US law only serves the kind of power of the former president. On the surface of the US Constitution, all citizens are equal, but in fact it is full of inequality. People who cannot afford attorney fees in the US cannot protect their rights. Of course, I also wish Trump success in defending his rights and hope that the court will make a fair judgment. Don't be afraid of Trump because he has served in a public office in the United States, and don't favor companies like Google and Facebook because of their wealth. 555 I really want to sue the scum, why do they mute me for no reason. It's a pity that I dare not. I didn't have the courage to think and do as the Bengali 3 players, I was really too weak.


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Personal loss raises thousands for motor neurone disease charity
Turning personal loss into a fundraising challenge to help others has helped a local man to cope with the sudden death of his mother.
Gennaro Barbato, (27), one of our health and fitness instructors, set out to raise funds for MND Scotland following the loss of his mother Cheryl Barbato (54) of Kirkcaldy, following her own struggle with motor neurone disease.
A busy and active person, Cheryl was married to Franco Barbato and had two children, Genaro and Daniella. Cheryl loved spending time with her family and was a doting grandmother to Daniella's children, Amelia and Alexander.
Cheryl was diagnosed with MND in August 2018 and died soon after in December 2018, Genaro was determined her loss would not be in vain and that others could benefit from research and support offered by MND Scotland.
He said: "My mother had benefited from MND Scotland following her diagnosis, and we as a family, have had tremendous support from the organisation.
"I decided to take on a fundraising challenge by signing up for a London to Paris cycle this July and was hoping to raise £1,600. But, within 24 hours I had achieved my target thanks to so many generous supporters. With months to go before the cycle challenge, I decided to increase my target to £10,000 and organised a fundraising night in the Gunners Club in Kirkcaldy and raised over £5,000.
"So far I have raised over £9,000 and am confident I can reach my target so that others affected by this devastating disease can get the support they need. I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who has helped me – I know my mum would have been so grateful for everyone's generosity."
In support, we will be holding a fundraising taster fitness class event at Michael Woods Leisure Centre, Glenrothes on 25th May from 1pm with all proceeds going to Gennaro's total for MND Scotland. Click link for details Fitness Tapas - Michael Woods Sports & Leisure Centre
Iain McWhirter, Head of Fundraising at MND Scotland, said: "I'd like to thank Genaro for taking on this challenge in aid of MND Scotland. £9,000 is an incredible amount to have raised, and will go towards helping us provide support to people affected by MND across Scotland, and fund vital research into a cure. We wouldn't be able to do any of this if it wasn't for people like Genaro raising awareness and funds."
Gennaro's JustGiving page can be found at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/gennaro-barbato


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The power of music and it's influence on mood states, must not be ignored. Bob Marley once said "one good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain." This appears to be a true statement when we listen to our favourite song or to a new song by our favourite artist for the first time.
However, music can play a part in all mood states.
Research suggests that listening to music can have a profound impact on our mood, whether it be an upbeat, happy song or a melancholy, doom laden tune. Evidence suggests that listening to upbeat, positive music can lead to a 9% increase in dopamine levels, the mood enhancing chemicals in our brain. When dopamine is released, we can potentially experience the same internal response as that of having food or being in love.
Conversely, music has been found to compound or maintain depression, anxiety and neurosis in people listening to deep, dark and melancholy songs and studies suggest that people listening to this type of music do so as an expression of negative feelings rather than in an attempt to improve their mood state.
It is well documented that sportsmen and women alike are able to enhance their competitive focus by listening to music that gets them 'pumped' or 'fired-up'. Equally, putting on chilled tunes at the end of a hard day can result in a more relaxed, reflective state and provide us with an increased sense of wellbeing.
We all have our own personal taste in music, however it is worth exploring the following songs identified by neuroscientists as having the ability to reduce anxiety by up to 65%!
1. "Weightless" by Marconi Union
2. "Electra" by Airstream
3. "Mellomaniac (Chill Out Mix)" by DJ Shah
4. "Watermark" by Enya
5. "Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay
6. "Please Don't Go" by Barcelona
7. "Pure Shores" by All Saints
8. "Someone Like You" by Adele
9. "Canzonetta Sull'aria" by Mozart
10."We Can Fly" by Rue du Soleil
Sit back and enjoy!
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Vater unser im Himmelreich ist ein Kirchenlied von Martin Luther. Es entstand 1538 oder 1539. Ein Autograph enthält die einzige erhaltene Notenschrift des Reformators. Im Evangelischen Gesangbuch ist es Lied 344, im Mennonitischen Gesangbuch das Lied 95.

Entstehung

Das Lied schrieb Luther 1538 oder 1539 als Nachdichtung seiner Erklärungen zum Vaterunser im Kleinen Katechismus, um den evangelischen Christen das Gebet des Herrn in behaltbarer und singbarer Form nahezubringen.

1539 erschien eine erste gedruckte Fassung als Einblattdruck. Im selben Jahr wurde das Lied im Gesangbuch von Valentin Schumann senior abgedruckt.

Textfassung des Evangelischen Gesangbuchs

Der Text wurde von Martin Luther mehrfach korrigiert und umgearbeitet, wie das Autograph zeigt.
Das Lied besteht aus neun Strophen, in denen die Anrede, die sieben Bitten und das Amen paraphrasiert und erklärt werden. Nicht berücksichtigt ist die Doxologie.

1
Vater unser im Himmelreich,
der du uns alle heißest gleich
Brüder sein und dich rufen an
und willst das Beten von uns han:
gib, dass nicht bet allein der Mund,
hilf, dass es geh von Herzensgrund.
2
Geheiligt werd der Name dein,
dein Wort bei uns hilf halten rein,
dass wir auch leben heiliglich,
nach deinem Namen würdiglich.
Behüt uns, Herr, vor falscher Lehr,
das arm verführet Volk bekehr.
3
Es komm dein Reich zu dieser Zeit
und dort hernach in Ewigkeit.
Der Heilig Geist uns wohne bei
mit seinen Gaben mancherlei;
des Satans Zorn und groß Gewalt
zerbrich, vor ihm dein Kirch erhalt.
4
Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich
auf Erden wie im Himmelreich.
Gib uns Geduld in Leidenszeit,
gehorsam sein in Lieb und Leid;
wehr und steu'r allem Fleisch und Blut,
das wider deinen Willen tut.
5
Gib uns heut unser täglich Brot
und was man b'darf zur Leibesnot;
behüt uns, Herr, vor Unfried, Streit,
vor Seuchen und vor teurer Zeit,
dass wir in gutem Frieden stehn,
der Sorg und Geizens müßig gehn.
6
All unsre Schuld vergib uns, Herr,
dass sie uns nicht betrübe mehr,
wie wir auch unsern Schuldigern
ihr Schuld und Fehl vergeben gern.
Zu dienen mach uns all bereit
in rechter Lieb und Einigkeit.
7
Führ uns, Herr, in Versuchung nicht,
wenn uns der böse Geist anficht;
zur linken und zur rechten Hand
hilf uns tun starken Widerstand
im Glauben fest und wohlgerüst'
und durch des Heilgen Geistes Trost.
8
Von allem Übel uns erlös;
es sind die Zeit und Tage bös.
Erlös uns vom ewigen Tod
und tröst uns in der letzten Not.
Bescher uns auch ein seligs End,
nimm unsre Seel in deine Händ.
9
Amen, das ist: es werde wahr.
Stärk unsern Glauben immerdar,
auf dass wir ja nicht zweifeln dran,
was wir hiermit gebeten han
auf dein Wort in dem Namen dein.
So sprechen wir das Amen fein.

Choralmelodie aus Valentin Schumanns Gesangbuch von 1539:

Musik

Die Melodie wurde von Luther nach dem Tischsegen des Mönchs von Salzburg und einer Weise aus dem Gesangbuch der Böhmischen Brüder von 1531 geschaffen.

Verschiedene Komponisten schufen Choralbearbeitungen. Michael Praetorius, Jacob Praetorius der Jüngere, Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Scheidemann und Johann Pachelbel vertonten das Lied in Choralvorspielen. Jacob van Eyck beginnt seine Sammlung für Blockflöte Der Fluyten Lust-hof mit Variationen über Onse Vader in Hemelryck.  Von Dieterich Buxtehude gibt es zwei Choralvorspiele, ebenfalls von Georg Böhm, die fälschlicherweise Bach als BWV 760 und 761 zugeschrieben wurden. Johann Sebastian Bach vertonte die Hymne im Orgelbüchlein (BWV 636) und komponierte zwei Fassungen im Teil III seiner Clavierübung. Die Melodie erscheint auch in seinen Kantaten Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende, Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, und die Strophe Dein Will gescheh erklingt in der Johannespassion. Schließlich gibt es Bearbeitungen von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (6. Orgelsonate) und Max Reger (52 Choralvorspiele für Orgel, Op. 67). David Maslanka verarbeitete den Choral in seinem Werk Give Us This Day, das sich auch im Titel auf das Vaterunser bezieht.

Weblinks
Über das Autograph des Liedes Staatsbibliothek Berlin

Einzelnachweise

Kirchenlied (protestantisch)
Werk von Martin Luther
Lied 1539
Religion 1539
Vaterunser


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Long-lost Kafka works could emerge after messy legal battle
FILE – In this file photo taken on Oct. 5, 2014, a library official shows celebrated author Franz Kafka's Hebrew vocabulary notebook at Israel's National Library in Jerusalem. A long-hidden trove of unpublished works by Franz Kafka could soon be revealed following a decade-long battle over his literary estate that has drawn comparisons to some of his surreal tales. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
JERUSALEM (AP) — A long-hidden trove of unpublished works by Franz Kafka could soon be revealed following a decade-long battle over his literary estate that has drawn comparisons to some of his surreal tales.
A district court in Zurich upheld Israeli verdicts in the case last week, ruling that several safe deposit boxes in the Swiss city could be opened and their contents shipped to Israel's National Library.
At stake are untouched papers that could shed new light on one of literature's darkest figures, a German-speaking Bohemian Jew from Prague whose cultural legacy has been hotly contested between Israel and Germany.
Though the exact content of the vaults remains unknown, experts have speculated the cache could include endings to some of Kafka's major works, many of which were unfinished when they were published after his death.
Israel's Supreme Court has already stripped an Israeli family of its collection of Kafka's manuscripts, which were hidden in Israeli bank vaults and in a squalid, cat-filled Tel Aviv apartment. But the Swiss ruling would complete the acquisition of nearly all his known works, after years of lengthy legal battles over their rightful owners.
The saga could have been penned by Kafka himself, whose name has become known as an adjective to describe absurd situations involving inscrutable legal processes. Kafka was known for his tales of everyman protagonists crushed by mysterious authorities or twisted by unknown shames. In "The Trial," for example, a bank clerk is put through excruciating court proceedings without ever being told the charges against him.
"The absurdity of the trials is that it was over an estate that nobody knew what it contained. This will hopefully finally resolve these questions," said Benjamin Balint, a research fellow at Jerusalem's Van Leer Institute and the author of "Kafka's Last Trial," which chronicles the affair. "The legal process may be ending, but the questions of his cultural belonging and inheritance will remain with us for a very long time."
Kafka bequeathed his writings to Max Brod, his longtime friend, editor and publisher, shortly before his death from tuberculosis in 1924 at the age of 40. He instructed his protege to burn it all unread.
Brod ignored his wishes and published most of what was in his possession — including the novels "The Trial," "The Castle" and "Amerika." Those works made the previously little-known Kafka posthumously one of the most celebrated and influential writers of the 20th century.
But Brod, who smuggled some of the manuscripts to pre-state Israel when he fled the Nazis in 1938, didn't publish everything. Upon his death in 1968, Brod left his personal secretary, Esther Hoffe, in charge of his literary estate and instructed her to transfer the Kafka papers to an academic institution.
Instead, for the next four decades, Hoffe kept the papers stashed away and sold some of the items for hefty sums. In 1988, for instance, Hoffe auctioned off the original manuscript of "The Trial" at Sotheby's in London. It went for $1.8 million to the German Literature Archive in Marbach, north of Stuttgart.
When Hoffe died in 2008 at age 101, she left the collection to her two daughters, Eva Hoffe and Ruth Wiesler, both Holocaust survivors like herself, who considered Brod a father figure and his archive their rightful inheritance. Both have since also passed away, leaving Wiesler's daughters to continue fighting for the remainder of the collection.
Jeshayah Etgar, a lawyer for the daughters, downplayed the significance of the potential findings in Zurich, saying they were likely replicas of manuscripts Hoffe had already sold. Regardless, he said the ruling was the continuation of a process in which "individual property rights were trampled without any legal justification." He said his clients legitimately inherited the works and called the state seizure of their property "disgraceful" and "first degree robbery."
Israel's National Library claims Kafka's papers as "cultural assets" that belong to the Jewish people. Toward the end of his life, Kafka considered leaving Prague and moving to pre-state Israel. He took Hebrew lessons with a Jerusalem native who eventually donated her pupil's vocabulary notebook to the library. In recent years, the library also took possession of several other manuscripts the courts had ordered Hoffe's descendants to turn over.
Meir Heller, an attorney for the library who has accompanied the decade-long case, said the new material is expected in Israel within a month.
"We welcome the judgment of the court in Switzerland, which matched all the judgments entered previously by the Israeli courts," said David Blumberg, chairman of the Israel National Library, a nonprofit and non-governmental body. "The judgment of the Swiss court completes the preparation of the National Library of Israel to accept to entire literary estate of Max Brod, which will be properly handled and will be made available to the wider public in Israel and the world."
Other scholars question Israel's adoption of Kafka, noting that he was conflicted about his own Judaism. The German Literature Archive, for instance, has sided with Hoffe's heirs and aimed to purchase the collection itself, arguing the German-language writings belong in Germany. Dietmar Jaegle, an archive official, said he would not comment on the Zurich verdict as he had not yet seen it.
Balint cautioned that the contents of the hidden archive may not live up to everyone's expectations.
"It is very unlikely we are going to discover an unknown Kafka masterpiece in there, but these are things of value," Balint said, noting the fierce competition over any original Kafka material. "There is something about the uncanny aura of Kafka that is attracted to all this."
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