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Q: Class ' Form' not found in view-file.blade.php I'm trying to render a text input field in my view file.
I keep getting this error: "Class 'form' not found in view-file.blade.php"
Template:
@extends('layouts.app')

@section('content')

New

    {{ Form::open() }}
        {{ Form::text('my-name') }}
    {{ Form::close() }}
@endsection

Composer.json
"require": {
    "php": ">=7.0.0",
    "fideloper/proxy": "~3.3",
    "laravel/framework": "5.5.*",
    "laravel/tinker": "~1.0",
    "laravelcollective/html": "^5.5.0"
},

app.php (config)
'providers' => [
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    Illuminate\Auth\AuthServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Broadcasting\BroadcastServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Bus\BusServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Cache\CacheServiceProvider::class,

    Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\ConsoleSupportServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Cookie\CookieServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Database\DatabaseServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Encryption\EncryptionServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Filesystem\FilesystemServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\FoundationServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Hashing\HashServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Mail\MailServiceProvider::class,
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    Illuminate\Pagination\PaginationServiceProvider::class,
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    Illuminate\Redis\RedisServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\PasswordResetServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Session\SessionServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Validation\ValidationServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider::class,

    /*
     * Package Service Providers...
     */
    Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,

    /*
     * Application Service Providers...
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    App\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class,
    App\Providers\AuthServiceProvider::class,
    // App\Providers\BroadcastServiceProvider::class,
    App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
    App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
],

'aliases' => [
    /*
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    'App' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\App::class,
    'Artisan' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan::class,
    'Auth' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth::class,
    'Blade' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade::class,
    'Broadcast' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Broadcast::class,
    'Bus' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus::class,
    'Cache' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache::class,
    'Config' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config::class,
    'Cookie' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie::class,
    'Crypt' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt::class,
    'DB' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB::class,
    'Eloquent' => Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::class,
    'Event' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event::class,
    'File' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\File::class,
    'Gate' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate::class,
    'Hash' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash::class,
    'Lang' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Lang::class,
    'Log' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log::class,
    'Mail' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail::class,
    'Notification' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Notification::class,
    'Password' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password::class,
    'Queue' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue::class,
    'Redirect' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect::class,
    'Redis' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis::class,
    'Request' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request::class,
    'Response' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response::class,
    'Route' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route::class,
    'Schema' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema::class,
    'Session' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session::class,
    'Storage' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::class,
    'URL' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL::class,
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    'View' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\View::class,

    /*
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    'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
    'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
],

'Composer show' lists the following:
laravel/framework v5.5.19 The Laravel Framework
laravelcollective/html v5.5.1  HTML and Form Builders for the Laravel Framework

I've already tried some things that were suggested in other SO questions like:

*

*composer dump-auto

*php artisan cache:clear

*php artisan config:clear

Still not working.
Thanks in advance!

A: Install laravelcollective/html
composer require "laravelcollective/html":"^5.5"

Update Composer
composer update

Add Provider and Static Facade in config/app.php
<?php

'providers' => [

    Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,

  ],

'aliases' => [

      'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,

      'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,

  ],

A: This may be due to adding it into config/app before Composer was done installing it.
Try using php artisan config:cache

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Posted on June 1, 2012 August 28, 2017 by jerseykids
Review: Spy Exhibition with Kids – Discovery Times Square
We were recently at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. There are more spies in DC than anywhere else. But apparently there are a fair amount in the NYC area as well (not that that's a surprise). We weren't sure how it would compare to the recently opened Spy: the Secret World of Espionage at Discovery Times Square.
What is spying? Basically it's trying to gain the upper hand and know what your adversary is going to do before they do it. It's attaining information you're not supposed to have, to ensure your security. And it's widespread. It doesn't have to be obtained illegally – spies get their information from internet sites and blogs (my kids laughed at that one), as well as classified documents.
While spying may be bigger in the nation's capital, New York has its fair share too. Remember Anna Chapman, the beautiful Russian spy that was caught two years ago? The exhibit has undercover information and recently declassified surveillance videos of these Russian spies in the Big Apple, along with their personal belongings and tools.
In the exhibit we saw exploding pencils, exploding coal paint kits, codes hidden in walnut shells, codes hidden in makeup compacts, assassination umbrellas, a poison pellet cane, a cigarette concealing film, a fake soap case concealing film, and a suicide poison pin (and more).
Interactive Elements: The exhibit had a fair number of interactive elements, such as the touch screen videos of spies, called "Myth or Reality" where spies debunked myths. There was a computer cryptic messaging program where you had to come up with passwords for security systems. Did you know that 290,000 people use 123456 as their password? If that's you, you should change it! Two of the kids' favorites stations were about creating disguises and altering your voice. At one, you photographed yourself before and after creating disguises, and the other one let you record a message which was then altered several different ways.
Can you tell it's really me????Our favorite interactive element was the laser maze. While spies need to learn to detect invisible lasers (you can spray some kind of gas to see them), this maze had visible laser lines. You have 20 seconds to make your way through the laser lines without cutting them off. We did this maze several times each. I am proud to say that by the third time, I made it through without setting off the alarm. Of course wearing a dress was not helpful, since I had to jump over some of the lines. But it was dark in there, and no one, except the female guard, could really get a view of me hitching it up.
Still interesting but less titillating were reconnaissance images taken from the Corona satellite in 1960 (like Egyptian pyramid photos). The first spy satellites had film cameras, and they'd drop the film in a drum-like container into orbit, via parachute. An Air Force plane would get the bucket mid-air. Aircraft enthusiasts will love seeing models and descriptions of the various spy aircraft and flight suits developed through the years.
The kids loved looking for which surveillance camera was working at this particular time.
each of these items holds a surveillance camera
The exhibit has a big section on the Ghost Stories operation, the Russian spy ring cracked in 2010 involving 10 people (mostly couples) living regular American lives. While the Anna Chapman drew a lot of attention, the exhibit noted that the couples posed more serious threats. The couples posed as families, even having children to blend in. They showed videos of the spies swapping bags in the train station and coffee shop, and doing a "brush pass" of information on a stair case. They were not arrested for spying, but rather for money laundering and for conspiring to act as unregistered agents of a foreign government.
In addition to seeing personal items like their fake U.S. passports and real Costco cards, there was a video of one of them leaving money and another picking it up from a dead drop spot. The money was in a bottle, wrapped in condoms and duct tape to keep it waterproof. Glamorous!
Like at the Spy Museum, the exhibit had sections on American traitors Robert Hannsen and Aldrich Ames. They had footage of Hannsen's FBI arrest, as well as his original apology letter and handcuffs used on both men. Both were spared the death penalty because of a plea bargain/cooperation.
One display showed how spying was used to find out the identity of the 1988 Pan Am bombers. The investigation ran 11 years, with investigators combing over debris from 845 square miles.
And they had some translation sheets that soldiers use in Arab countries.
Some fun facts:
-17 intelligence agencies contribute to the "presidential daily brief" each morning.
-George Washington's use of spy John Honeyman to cross the Delaware to get information from troops in Delaware and to spread misinformation. This helped Washington's troops attack an unprepared foe.
-the American pilot Gary Powers, who flew the U-2 spy aircraft, had an optional CIA suicide pin, coated with shellfish poison (saxitoxin) that he could use after getting captured for flying over the Soviet Union. The pin was placed in a hollow silver dollar. He didn't use it, and fortunately was released after the U.S. traded him for Soviet spy Rudolph Abel.
-Pigeons were used starting in the early 1900s , to photograph enemy territory. They were used as message couriers even earlier, 1870, by the French.
-this dead drop mouse was used to hold money and film. Hot pepper sauce sprayed on it kept the cats away, and the mouse could be thrown from the window to its drop location.
-Soviet-produced maps were deliberately inaccurate, so the CIA had to make their own starting in 1953.
-the U.S. developed a SCUBA type apparatus that did not release bubbles, so the spies cold swim up to 90 minutes under water without detection.
-93% of spies are caught are men. Often women are working with them.
-Spies are more likely to be caught passing information (covert communication) than collecting it.
WHAT THE KIDS THOUGHT: They really liked the exhibit, though my 8 year old got a little bored at times. The interactive elements helped a lot, and they liked the James Bond type displays showing where hidden items were kept. My 11 year old daughter liked it more that the International Spy Museum. I'm not sure I agree, however I was impressed with the quality and quantity of items on display, and the historical perspective of spying using planes. The exhibit put spying in an understandable context, balancing the sensational with the practical.
AUDIO: We got the audio (extra fee) and it did give additional information. I'm not sure it's a must-buy item, but it did enhance the experience. That said, with kids I'm always conscious that they could get bored and make my life miserable at any minute, so the limited time I have in an exhibit isn't always worth the extra information to be gained from audio.
Exhibit dates: May 18, 2012 –March 31, 2013
Where: Discovery Times Square (226 West 44th Street)
When: Open Sunday through Thursday (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.), Friday and Saturday (10 a.m. to 9 p.m.). Last allowed entry is 45 minutes prior to closing.
Tickets: $27/adult, $23.50/senior, $19.50/kids (ages 4-12). Same prices for Terracotta Warriors individual tickets. Get a combination ticket with the Terracotta Warriors and it costs $42/adult, $39.50/senior, $33.50/kid (ages 4-12). Buy by phone at (866) 987-9692, or at the box office. Buy online here – $1 facility fee.
Discount Tickets/Specials:
–Groupon has a deal through 1/27/13 where you can get tickets for the Spy Exhibition for $16-19 each, or $27 for a combo ticket with the Harry Potter Exhibition.
-Use code BBOXSPY or MANIASPY, for the same savings. Purchase at the same website/phone/box office.
-Groups of 10 or more can get discounted tickets ($20.50/adult, $17.50/senior, $15/student (ages 5-21).
–American Express card holders can get a free audio tour per order if using the card to purchase tickets. Higher level AmEx holders can access reserved tickets for weekend peak times.
Tagsday trip, indoors, museum, new york city, Times Square
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Up until this part of the book we have talked about porting HTML5 games over to Windows 8 in theory, so I thought I would show off how I took an open-source game called Heroine Dusk and got it running on Windows 8 in only a few minutes. Here is how I did it.
Heroine Dusk was created by Clint Bellanger. The game is a retro-style dungeon crawler that was designed to work on the Web and on mobile browsers (see Figure 9-1 and Figure 9-2).
Figure 9-1. The Heroine Dusk start screen.
Figure 9-2. Starting a new game in Heroine Dusk.
What makes this game a perfect candidate is that it offers up simple controls that work great with a mouse or on a touchscreen (Figure 9-3).
Figure 9-3. Combat is turn based.
Also, the game offers minimal animations but has a uniquely retro-graphic style that is easily identified by anyone who is a fan of this style of game (Figure 9-4).
Figure 9-4. When you pause the game you get a world map, stats, and can see your character.


Hans Ulrich Freise is Head of Logistics for Central Europe at Hilti, based in Kaufering, Germany. He is a member of the global logistics management team at Hilti, as well as the executive management team in the region Central Europe. In his role, he is responsible for all internal and customer facing supply chain processes, including materials management, transport and warehouse management as well as logistic services and projects. Before taking his current position, Mr. Freise held various management positions at Hilti in Project Management and Supply Chain Functions at Hilti Headquarters in Schaan, Liechtenstein, as well as in Logistics Management in Manchester, UK. Mr. Freise holds a degree in Business Administration from the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Prior to joining Hilti, he worked for several years as a management consultant and project manager at Bain & Company.


Writer, journalist, activist, teacher, and Pulitzer Prize-winner are some of the titles that can be appropriately affixed to the name Chris Hedges. The Vermont native and well-known public intellectual was in Winnipeg last Saturday, delivering a lecture to a packed house at the West End Cultural Centre.
The event was sponsored by the University of Winnipeg students' newspaper, the Uniter, and also by Winnipeg-based leftist magazine Canadian Dimension. Chris Hannah of local band Propagandhi (who have referenced Hedges in their lyrics and liner notes) began the evening with a short introduction.
Hedges, a Harvard graduate and author of 11 books including War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, spoke to the crowd about his personal experiences and revelations on American culture, politics, and economics while conducting research for his newest book, entitled Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.
The 2012 book explores the plights of American labourers and their families in some of the country's poorest regions, what Hedges refers to as "sacrifice zones," following the stock market malaise of 2008.
"I think that when we talk about American culture at this point, what we're really talking about is corporate culture. We're talking about corporate values that were manufactured assiduously by the public relations industry," said Hedges to the crowd, detailing a perceived shift in American values away from "thrift and self-effacement," and towards "the cult of the self [ . . . ] the consumer society," at the end of World War II.
Accounting for the general absence of resistance movements against "unfettered corporate capitalism" is a major preoccupation of Hedges' written work, a theme that also wove its way through his talk at the Ellice Ave. theatre.
Aside from the auto-injection of corporate culture and values into the working population, Hedges also referenced the failure of liberalism to challenge the customs of what he sees as a de facto ruling corporate oligarchy.
"The liberal class, in a capitalist democracy, as Karl Popper writes [ . . . ] is to serve as a safety valve," said Hedges.
Highlights of Hedges' talk included his reading of a passage from Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt wherein he and Princeton University professor Cornel West hold a "people's hearing" of Goldman Sachs. Hedges also made a reference to University of Manitoba alumnus Marshall McLuhan.
"[Dwight Macdonald] argues that one of the failures of the left is that they tried to dumb themselves down to reach a wide audience [ . . . ] Marshall McLuhan gets it many years later, when he says you can't let the medium dictate what your message is," remarked Hedges.
Following his formal presentation, Hedges responded to a question from the Manitoban on whether or not student unions in Canada and the United States could play a role in revitalizing radical leftism.
According to Hedges, it is unlikely that students at elite universities will organize against capitalism, though smaller universities and community colleges could become significant.
"I've noticed that in the United States the schools are split [ . . . ] you have places like Princeton, where they are not only probably part of the one per cent, but want to remain part of the per cent [ . . . ] the radical student movement is not going to come out of the elite schools," said Hedges.
"I don't hold out hope for students in the elite institutions. It is those students who didn't have the kind of financial resources to go to those institutions that I believe are going to start asking the right questions," he concluded.
Hedges also responded to questions on the Second Amendment and the NRA lobby, Idle No More, and his favourite poetry during a question period moderated by the Winnipeg Free Press's Mary Agnes Welch. Hedges received a standing ovation prior to his leaving the stage at 9:30 p.m.


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Horowitz Law > Who We Sue > Catholic Church & Other Religious Organizations > Pennsylvania > Diocese of Greensburg
Sexually abused by a priest in the Diocese of Greensburg? Talk to a lawyer about your options today.
Our law firm is offering free, confidential evaluations of clergy sexual abuse claims involving priests of the Diocese of Greensburg. We have been handling clergy abuse cases for many years and have the experience you need to seek justice for what happened to you. Contact us today at (954) 641-2100 or send an e-mail to adam@adamhorowitzlaw.com to find out your legal options.
The facts are clear: the Diocese of Greensburg engaged in the coverup of the sexual abuse of children for decades.
The Diocese of Greensburg has been home to some of the most notorious priests alleged to have committed child sexual abuse. Thanks to a recent scathing grand jury report, the facts are now coming to light about how the Diocese officials, including its bishops, protected predator priests before the innocent children in its flock. Victims of abuse by priests in the Diocese of Greensburg may be able to seek justice in a court of law or through a voluntary settlement fund for what occurred.
The Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report reveals mountains of evidence of sexual abuse of minors committed by priests in the Diocese of Greensburg. This sexual abuse included grooming and fondling of genitals and/or intimate body parts, as well as penetration of the vagina, mouth, or anus. According to the 2018 Grand Jury Report,
"The Grand Jury uncovered evidence of child sexual abuse committed by a number of priests of the Diocese of Greensburg. The forms of abuse discovered included grooming and the fondling of genitals and/or intimate body parts, as well as penetration of the vagina, mouth, and/or anus. The evidence also showed that Diocesan administrators, including bishops, had knowledge of this conduct and regularly permitted priests to continue in ministry after becoming aware that a complaint of child sexual abuse had been made against them. This conduct enabled the offenders and endangered the welfare of children.
Finally, the Grand Jury received evidence that several Diocesan administrators, including bishops, often dissuaded victims from reporting to law enforcement. Meanwhile, the Diocese regularly failed to independently investigate allegations of child sexual abuse in order to avoid scandal and possible civil or criminal liability on behalf of the Diocese, accused priests, and Diocesan leadership. To the extent an investigation was conducted by the Diocese, it was too often deficient or biased and did not result in reporting credible allegations of crimes against children to the proper authorities or otherwise faithfully respond to the abuse which was uncovered."
The civil lawsuits that have been filed against the Diocese of Greensburg and the extensive Grand Jury Report into the practices of the Diocese of Greensburg have exposed a culture of sexual abuse and cover-up, and efforts by church to protect the reputation of the Diocese of Greensburg even if it meant putting children in harm's way. The Grand Jury report identified 20 priests accused of sexual misconduct with minors in the Diocese of Greensburg in the last several decades. Under pressure from the general public and fellow bishops to release the identities of all priests accused of sexually abusing children, the Diocese of Greensburg recently released the names of 23 priests with "credible and substantiated allegations" of sexual abuse.
The Diocese of Greensburg has established a voluntary compensation fund for survivors of sexual abuse in Greensburg, but you must act soon.
Recently, the Bishop of Greensburg, Edward Malesic, announced that the Diocese of Greensburg has formed a confidential, voluntary compensation settlement fund for victims of sexual abuse by clergy of the Diocese of Greensburg. The fund, which is modeled after similar funds in New York, will compensate victims in a shorter, more cursory process than full-blown litigation. Respected fund administrators Paul Finn and Brian Mone of Commonwealth Mediation and Conciliation, Inc. will review each claim as a neutral third party and award compensation. We have extensive experience handling similar fund claims and are very familiar with the process and expectations of the fund administrators in the process.
There will be a deadline by which all claims must be filed with the Diocese of Greensburg, so it is important that you act today to protect your rights under the fund. Contact us today.
We have identified 24 priests publicly accused of sexually abusing children in the Diocese of Greensburg.
Through our own research, we have identified 24 priests assigned to the Diocese of Greensburg who have been accused of or who have admitted to abusing kids. The list of priests below includes many habitual re-offenders and other priests who allegedly committed abuse. In some cases, priests were alleged to have abused kids at multiple parishes:
Fr. Michael Biena
Fr. James W. Clark
Fr. Dennis Dellamalva
Fr. Gregory Flohr
Fr. Mark F. Gruber (Benedictine)
Fr. Charles B. Guth
Fr. Andrew Kawecki
Fr. Francis M. Lesniak
Fr. Raymond Lukac
Fr. Henry J. Marcinek
Msgr. Michael W. Matusak
Fr. Robert Moslener
Fr. Fabian G. Oris
Fr. Edmond Parrakow
Fr. George R. Pierce
Fr. Gregory F. Premoshis
Fr. Thomas Rogers
Fr. Leonard Sanesi
Fr. Roger Sinclair
Fr. Joseph Sredzinski
Fr. John Thomas Sweeney
Fr. Joseph A. Tamilowski
Fr. Roger Trott
Fr. Charles Weber (Benedictine)
Horowitz Law is a law firm representing victims and survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and other clergy in the Diocese of Greensburg. If you need a lawyer because you were sexually abused by a priest in Pennsylvania, contact our office today. Although many years have passed, those abused by Catholic clergy in the Diocese of Greensburg may have legal options, but filing deadlines will apply so do not delay in reaching out to us.


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A. E. Waite, the creator of the world's most influential Tarot deck, was a spiritual seeker and mystic who supported himself with freelance translation and writing. In 1889, under the pseudonym Grand Orient, he published A Handbook of Cartomancy, Fortune-Telling and Occult Divination, one of the first books in English on how to read tarot. His fascination with the occult scene drew him into membership in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, but his spirituality gradually evolved away from ceremonial magic and toward Christian mysticism. When the Golden Dawn splintered into factions, he created his own order, the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. In 1909, he created the Rider Waite Tarot in collaboration with Pamela Colman Smith, and wrote the accompanying book, The Pictorial Key to Tarot (PKT).
Pamela Colman Smith was born in London to American parents and spent part of her childhood in Jamaica. She studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York then toured with an English theater company as a costume and set designer. In 1901 she acquired a London studio where she entertained her artistic and literary friends by dressing up in costume and telling Jamaican folk tales with an ethnic accent while using a miniature cardboard theater as a prop. During the high point of her career, from 1890 to 1910, she collaborated with W. B Yeats and his brother on various literary and theatrical projects; illustrated sheet music, advertisements, and children's books; and published illustrated literary magazines. She was also known for going into a trance and channeling drawings while listening to music, many years before the surrealists experimented with automatism in art.
In 1909, Waite paid Smith a flat fee for illustrating his Tarot deck. He chose her for the job because of her talent, their common membership in the Golden Dawn, and because he believed her clairvoyant abilities would help her perceive the higher mystical truths he was attempting to convey with his deck. She not only didn't benefit financially from the deck, but the publisher's name was put on the deck instead of hers. Recently, the tarot community has been correcting this injustice by referring to the deck as the Rider Waite Smith (RWS) or Waite Smith deck (WS).
We know that Smith did research in the British Museum, because she lifted some images directly from the 15th century Sola Busca deck in the museum's collection (notably the 3 of Swords and 10 of Wands). The deck contains many echoes of Smith's illustration style, which shows she had a good deal of autonomy in creating the Minor Arcana images.
Although both Waite and Smith had been members of the Golden Dawn, they did not create a Golden Dawn deck. Waite based his Major Arcana imagery on Eliphas Levi's and Paul Christian's Egyptianized descriptions of the trumps, as well as Christian symbolism and Golden Dawn astrological attributions. His divinatory meanings draw heavily on Etteilla. The minor Arcana images illustrate a hodge-podge of influences from Etteilla, The Golden Dawn's Book T, The 15th century Sola Busca deck in the British Museum, and Smith's own imagination.
The Major Arcana are based on the Tarot de Marseilles with flourishes from Eliphas Levi's descriptions and Waite's personal symbolism. The card meanings are drawn partly from the Golden Dawn and partly from Etteilla. Most importantly, Waite does not associate the Hebrew alphabet with the cards, which is the essence of occult Tarot. The lack of overt occult attributions and the Christian symbolism set this deck apart from other occult decks of the time such as the Egyptian decks or Oswald Wirth's deck.
The deck must have been instantly popular since the book and deck were pirated by American publisher DeLaurence in 1916. U.S. Games, Inc. acquired exclusive rights to the Rider Waite name in 1971. The original plates were destroyed during WWII, and Smith's original drawings have disappeared, so the U.S. Games 1971 printing is probably the closest to the original that's available now. Before 1971, University Press was the biggest tarot publisher in the U.S, producing an easily identifiable Rider-Waite deck with an ankh on the card backs. The Albano Waite and Universal Waite are re-colored versions of the 1971 U.S. Games deck. In 2009, to commemorate Smith's 100th birthday, U.S. Games issued a commemorative book and deck set based on a 1909 deck in a private collection.
The Rider-Waite-Smith deck has inspired hundreds of imaginative spin-offs like the Morgan Greer, Robin Wood, Hanson Roberts, Hudes, and Aquarian decks. It has permeated Anglo-American tarot and become the paradigm and touchstone through which we think about Tarot. Deck creators feel compelled to pay homage to this deck by modeling their designs on it. Most LWBs (little white books that accompany decks) use RWS card meanings, even when they don't correspond to the accompanying cards. Decks with scenes illustrated on all 78 cards facilitate a psychological, free-association approach to card reading which was Tarot's next major transformation.
On the next page, Tarot jumps the Atlantic to the United States.


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Tag: southern rap
March 23, 2018 by neimerdreamer	♥ 1 Comment
Fact: Mannie Fresh is one of the best hip-hop producers of all time. He may be too humble to claim that, so I'll say it.
That distinct New Orleans signature sound that got the world's attention would not have been the same without him. As a producer, the sonic architect gave us epic and memorable tracks like "The Block Is Hot", "Go DJ", "Number One Stunna", "Back That Thang Up", "Set It Off", "Get Your Roll On" and many more. As a hitmaker, not only did he reinvent southern hip-hop, but he helped create the rise of (what appeared to be) an unstoppable dynasty.
The block was hot in the mid 90's thanks to his Cash Money crew – Juvenile, Baby, Turk, B.G and this young teen who would become a G.O.A.T. It's hard to believe Lil' Wayne was just 16 years old when he graced the hook on "Bling Bling." The song would foreshadow what was ahead – a lifestyle the group craved. The type of success that can take you from Holly Grove to Hollywood.
Before I go any further, let me just say New Orleans as a music scene was popping for several other reasons. Master P was making a name for himself after his success with 'bout it, bout it' as he crafted his own label with a down south gritty sound.
But now let's go back to that "fly as a son of a gun, son of a stunna…"
With the success of Wayne and Cash Money, we got to see the undeniable creativity of Fresh. Because of him, New Orleans had its own identity as a Southern hip-hop scene. A city that in the 90's competed for notoriety against the future mecca of hip-hop: Atlanta. The Southern region was demanding respect. And Mannie Fresh helped the region gain that. Same way Organized Noize and the Dungeon Family brought the spotlight to the A.
Mannie Fresh often times said the mid 90's was a defining moment for the music business industry. Artists got to see how much money they could make as entrepreneurs and businessmen. They only got in it to get out of the projects. They learned that putting 'the pain' of their life experiences in the music could help connect them with people all over the country.
But one thing Mannie Fresh regrets is doing "homeboy business." This is when artists and producers (who work alongside lifelong friends) don't properly document business deals, songwriter and producer credits, royalties, publishing rights, etc. As soon as the friendship goes south, millions of dollars are on the line.
In his latest album, Rick Ross touched on this topic in the song "Idols Become Rivals." In the track, Rozay said Birdman's allegedly questionable business practices ripped apart the Cash Money dynasty. As a hip-hop fan watching it all unfold from the sidelines, Ross says he prays Mannie Fresh will bounce back from the legal issues with Cash Money once he left the label.
The entire industry realizes Mannie Fresh is one of the greatest. But he had nothing to compare his come-up to. He had to learn from his own mistakes on how to make the right kind of business moves. When you treat the beginning of your rap career like a hobby, there are opportunities you can miss out on that can be critical down the road. Like not having the rights to your instrumentals, lyrics or brand.
Learn from Mannie Fresh. Yes, trust your circle but make the right moves for the longevity. So when you get hit with that "It's not personal, it's business", you know the business is taken care of. Twenty years after making "Back That Thang Up", the song continues to bring in revenue and get radio play. Something they might not have thought of as young moguls in the making.
I've listened to several interviews recently where Fresh tells aspiring artists to avoid "homeboy business." Do it the right way. Loyalty is royalty. But at some point in your career, you'll have to be able to separate loyalty from royalty.
As a hip-hop fan, I look forward to the day when a Cash Money reunion tour will be a reality. Puff's Bad Boy has been able to do that. And Cash Money was the Bad Boy of the South so here's to hoping that will happen someday.
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BLUE MARTINI SOFTWARE NAMES ROBERT CELL NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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BRACKNELL, UK, (January 23, 2002) - Blue Martini Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE) today announced Robert Cell as chief financial officer. Most recently Cell served on Blue Martini Software's executive management team as vice president of corporate development since joining the company in 2000.
As vice president of corporate development, Cell drove strategy for the manufacturing vertical, established the company's presence in Asia Pacific, and managed the company's corporate development activities.
"We are delighted to have someone of Bob's considerable financial, technical and customer skills to lead Blue Martin Software's general administration organisation," said Monte Zweben, chairman and chief executive officer of Blue Martini Software. "Bob's range of finance and leadership experience and company knowledge makes him an ideal person to lead our financial organisation and enable us to achieve our financial goals."
Prior to joining Blue Martini Software, Cell was an executive at Kellogg Company, serving as vice president of corporate development and general manager of the Lender's Division of Kellogg. Cell also brings accounting experience from Deloitte and Touche, where he was managing director and co-founder of the Great Lakes investment banking practice, and from Coopers & Lybrand as an audit manager. Bob is a certified public accountant, and has a bachelor's degree of science in industrial and operations engineering, and a master's degree in business administration with High Distinction from the University of Michigan.
Cell assumes the duties of CFO from John Calonico, who left the company earlier this month.
About Blue Martini Software
Blue Martini Software provides eCRM applications for marketing and selling profitably across all channels, including websites, wireless devices, email and stores. Blue Martini applications help customers lower costs and increase revenues by automating content and catalogue management, direct marketing, interactive selling, channel-enablement and customer service. Blue Martini Software serves customer-focused global leaders in retail, manufacturing and consumer goods. Blue Martini Software can be reached at +44 (0) 1344 742 825 or http://www.bluemartini.com .
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I don't know about you, but I'm terribly indecisive. Recently I read an article about unlikely things that make you feel unhappy. On the list were things like excessive social media use, not feeling in control and eating too many burgers. Unsurprising to me and high on the list was also 'having too much choice'. While it sounds like the ultimate 'first world problem', I have to agree that being given too many choices is something that often brings me down.
I'm not talking about what ice-cream flavour to gorge on, or what pair of shoes to buy. These inconsequential things aren't likely to impact the way I live my life or how I view myself. Instead, I'm talking about the choices that our generation have that our parents didn't. Should I go to university or head out into full-time employment? Should I rent a house or save up and buy? Should I travel? Should I settle down? Should I focus on my career? Should I have a baby before I'm 35? Decisions that, when I think about them deeply, make me want to break into a sweat and delve into the Cadbury Dairy Milk like there's no tomorrow.
Recently, I found myself having a long chat with one of my friends about the freedom of choice. She is single, successful in her career and thinking about whether to work abroad. I've currently got a full time job within driving distance of my home, a long-term relationship and a part-time side hustle in copywriting. In many ways, we are similar, but our current situations are quite different. Although I'm completely content in the way I'm living my life, there's a small part of me wondering whether I should be doing this at all – but only because there is so much more I could be doing.
While it's easy to blame the accessibility of other people's lives through social media, I happen to think that most of our anxiety comes through endless choice. Rewind a few decades and we'd be hooking up with someone from our hometown we'd met in the local pub and looking forward to our retirement and Golden wedding anniversary. Working on the other side of the world was something reserved for the overly adventurous and even buying your own home wasn't as widespread as it is today.
In 2016, there is a whole spectrum of activities and ambitions to enjoy. Whether you fancy travelling the world, creating a fulfilling freelance career or living in a tipi with your offspring, nothing is impossible. Everything is changeable and there are numerous paths we can follow. While that is a frightening prospect, it's also pretty liberating. It has become very easy to think that our generation has become short-changed instead of realising just how much potential we've got at our fingertips. Here's to choice – and the freedom to embrace it!
I found this really interesting Bex. I have definitely felt like this before, particularly when I first left uni and was making choices about what to do next. But you're right, it is liberating and we should be happy about the freedoms we have!


I love corn. Native New Hampshire homegrown corn. On the cob, grilled or boiled. In chowder. Creamed. Baked into corn bread or corn fritters. Doesn't matter how it's prepared, I love corn. In fact, I'm eating popcorn as I type this.
Recently, though, it seems more and more of my precious New Hampshire native corn is being used for entertainment, or agritainment, (I'm told that's a real word), in the form of corn mazes.
If you haven't visited one of the state's many corn mazes, allow me to describe the experience. It's an intricate labyrinth laid out over acres of farmland, designed to challenge your sense of direction as you navigate through a life-size puzzle made of corn stalks.
We must really be doing well, corn-wise, when we have enough left over to play games.
How's the crop this year?
We have enough corn for food?
Corn for the cattle to eat?
OK, then. Fire up the John Deere. Let's make a maze!
I'm not sure the origin of the first corn maze, but my guess is it was designed by a drunken farmer, somewhere in Ohio, after another Cleveland Browns loss. And the first person to solve a corn maze was his wife in the morning, when she found him and the tractor.
The mazes in New Hampshire take all different shapes and forms. This year in the state, you could walk around corn mazes shaped like turkeys, moose and beehives.
To our south, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the hottest corn maze of the season was shaped in the image of our lord and savior, Tom Brady.
We should do that in New Hampshire. We should honor our natives with mazes in their image. Who wouldn't want to walk around inside a corn Adam Sandler? Or spend a good evening in the Al Kaprielian corn puzzle?
We could corncreate The Old Man of the Mountain. Or other crumbled New Hampshire landmarks, like the Seabrook nuclear power plant or the DMV in Epping.
Or a corn Route 101. With little flattened-out corn squirrels.
How about adding a corn maze to some of our already-popular New Hampshire attractions?
A corn maze with the Clark's Trading Post bears roaming around? That would up the difficulty level.
Or a corn maze/NASCAR race at Loudon. Those cars don't have wipers.
Yes, I realize that I'm being a bit absurd. How dare I ridicule the simple, traditional, family fun of the corn maze?
Well, I'm a corn purist. I like it on the cob, slathered in butter and lightly over-salted.
But if you want to waste our state's precious crop playing games, that's your business.
It's not the first plant to be widely used for recreational entertainment in our state, and I'm sure it won't be the last. And when they legalize the use of that other plant, these corn mazes will get a lot more interesting — and difficult.
Jimmy Dunn wants you to know he is a stand-up comedian who lives in NH and would love to perform at your holiday party. He does them all the time!


They'd stopped by then, your half-filled crosswords with their fey surmises — inspired leaps from the backs of routine clues ... I glimpsed alcoves of dusty treasure: kris — 'Malayan dagger'; obi — 'a Japanese sash'; écus — 'old French coins'. You summoned bird names from the air: rhea, erne; had the secrets of ponds and streams at your fingertips: eft, orfe, elver ... 'open', 'small seeds'; six letters. You would have got that.
Our local council has announced the end of hard rubbish. As an adult, my enthusiasm for what the council calls 'scavenging' has become the source of many beautiful and useful items. But my objections are philosophical as well as practical. Ugliness has its place, and at clean out time, we literally bring to our doorsteps what we would rather put of sight and mind. Hard rubbish symbolises the costs of our throw-away consumer society while going a small way towards recouping some of them.


Many travellers are searching for Cheap Activities To Do In Bangkok,Bangkok can well be described as a city of humble beginnings. In fact around 200 years ago, it was simply a small trading center and port community. Despite the fact that the city had grown rapidly and become renowned for being a modern and vibrant place, it has impressively retained its splendid and enchanting glory. That's why a visit to Bangkok should be on everyone's bucket list. You can find Cheap Activities To Do In Bangkok travel information.
Also known as Wat Chetuphon, this really is a temple that was developed for King Rama in Bangkok hundreds of in the past. It really is believed to be a spot where people can receive feelings, and was considered one of the primary pharmacies in all of the of Bangkok. It is also the location of the first university that was started by way of a descendent of King Rama, an area where you may now get not merely traditional medicine but a foot massage at highly affordable prices. It can be known mostly for that Temple of the Reclining Buddha which is actually a Buddha that is certainly lying down perched on his arm. It can be enormous, roughly 15 m high by 45 m long, and might just be viewed in sections due to the size. There are lots of beautiful precious stones which were in lead in the soles from the feet, a total variety of 108 stones total. It is a number related to procession, the wobble from the earth, an issue that is created into a lot of the temples throughout Thailand.
It becomes an absolutely beautiful structure that has a large amount of history, and is the home of exactly what is called Wat Phra Kaeo. It is actually here that this emerald or jade Buddha are available, in this palace internal 1782, the residence of the royalty which were in control of the nation back then. This palace includes 2 hours of not only the palace itself but the Wat Phra Kaew Tour. Our recommendation is that you start early each day to take advantage of everything that you will be capable of seeing, or just execute a half day sightseeing tour to discover either one.
You will notice a wonderful representation from the ancient battles that employed to occur between Burma and Siam. This is actually a variety of Royal Palace and Chapel, and if you can to climb to the top level prior to sunset, you will see the sun setting in the Chao Praya River, a lovely sight to behold.
In front of exactly what is called Wat Suthat is what the locals call the giant swing. This is a 27 m high structure, use for religious ceremonies, and its particular purpose is to endure a ritual that requires teams of three people going to the top and walking across for the narrow board. There were a substantial amount of fatal accidents back into the 1930s which make them not use this as a ritual again. However, it is a beautiful sight to view, especially in front of Wat Suthat.
This is literally something out from the movies, an actual floating market which is about one hour outside Bangkok. It really is considered by some to become the Venice of the East, much like just how the people in that element of Italy achieve this numerous things about the water. It is additionally a tourist trap due to how folks are planning to check this out market that is completely floating on boats manned by people selling their goods. However, whenever you do go, you will be treated to probably the most delicious food that is certainly absolutely fresh, served within an authentic way.
If you have time, you may visit Lumpini Park that is a literal oasis in the middle of the architecture and buildings of Bangkok. There are numerous lawns that you could spend time at, Chinese pagodas, and there exists a small lake that you can have a boat on. Is ideal for relaxing because the park is very tranquil, despite every one of the skyscrapers which are surrounding it in all directions. The park is a place where antigovernment protests have occurred, so just be certain that once you decide to look there, it's just people chilling out to rest.


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VTV Classics (r3): Jim Drain: I Would Gnaw on My Hand / Greene Naftali Gallery, New York (2007)
By Enrico on 1. March 2021
I Would Gnaw on My Hand was the title of American artist Jim Drain's second New York solo exhibition at Greene Naftali Gallery. The show featured four new large-scale sculptures, furniture works, collages, photographs, stained glass, wallpaper, and a curtain dividing the space. All the elements create a brightly colored environment.
Greene Naftali Gallery presents the second New York solo exhibition by Jim Drain. On display are four new large-scale sculptures, furniture works, collages, photographs, stained glass, wallpaper, and a curtain dividing the space.
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Greene Naftali Gallery is pleased to present the second New York solo exhibition by Jim Drain. Drain continues his merger of psychedelic formalism with a celebration of pop culture at its basest levels: amusement parks, tourist shops, 99-cent stores. By pushing these styles to their extremes, he invokes the hallucinogenic character of the international consumer world while addressing its populist affect on our shared cultural experiences.
The current exhibition presents four new large-scale sculptures, furniture works, collages, photographs, wallpaper, stained glass, and an artist-made net dividing the space. One sculpture subtly references rock icon Iggy Pop; his animalistic energy, pop clichés, and his body with its violent, angular, and grotesquely extreme movements, serve as the formal and conceptual basis for this gender-bent amalgamism of bent tube steel and metal covered in a stylish frenzy of patterned fabrics—part Frank Stella and part parade float, part corporate sculpture and part strip club decoration. Iggy appears too in a few of the collages, and a series of photographs present cut-out images of his old clothes, further elaborating Drain's investigation of the possibilities for meaning amidst the tawdry realm of discarded fashion and personal adornment.
The cross-dressed formalism in the works unites personal histories with a longer generic one as Drain continues a collaborative process in which he sources vintage fabrics, cheap child-like textiles and even throws in objects of his own—old sneakers and a Levi's handkerchief from the 1984 Olympics in the sculpture "Vagabond," a shirt in "Scribble." An aluminum cutout is made from his childhood shadow silhouette in which his teacher had written, "Jim should feel good about himself because he's a hard-working student, big and a good runner, nice to everyone and a super artist." Drain continues to create his own textile patterns and works with a group of local artists from Miami and Providence, along with family members, to create his over-the-top craft-inflected sculptures.
The sculptures themselves are highly anthropomorphic, covered in plush cloth rings and hanging fabric appendages, and overloaded with brightly colored competing prints and flamboyant patterns. These "bodies" appear decorated in every way imaginable, far beyond the "sensible" and thus short-circuiting the inherent cultural style that each fabric element would individually convey, instead coalescing into a monstrous whole.
The gallery entrance, flanked in opposing tie-dye and leopard-skin wallpaper prints, distills two polar opposites—between the novelty of social idealism and its dissolution into gaudy cultural consumption. Like the science-fiction cults that were invoked by Drain's previous art collective, Forcefield, ideas become sculptures through a hypnotic physicality. The rituals of cultural idolatry inscribe and shape the work, from the single-word mantras of the sculptures' titles to their dopey posturing and a "guaranteed o.d." (to reference Iggy one last time) of personal and cultural reflection.
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This section covers news relevant to tertiary education organisations. It includes TEC, government and TEO initiatives, changes to our funding or reporting, and sector trends and research. You will also find information on any open consultations, including those we are running on behalf of the Minister of Education.
Kei konei ngā kawepūrongo e hāngai ana ki ngā kura mātauranga matua. Ka whakawhāiti mai ngā kaupapa kei te kōkiritia e te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua (TEC), te kāwanatanga me ngā kura mātauranga matua, te panonitanga ā-pūtea tautoko, ā-pūrongo hoki, ngā ahunga hou a te rāngai me ngā mahi rangahau. Ka kitea hoki ngā pārongo mō ngā whakawhitinga kōrero tuwhera, tae atu ki ērā kei te whakahaeretia e mātou mō te taha ki te Minita Mātauranga Matua, Pūkenga me te Whai Mahi.
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Manu Kōkiri think piece aspires to greater Māori success
Manu Kōkiri – Māori Success and Tertiary Education: Towards a Comprehensive Vision is a think piece by Taumata Aronui on the future of tertiary education.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/manu-kokiri-maori-success-and-tertiary-education-towards-a-comprehensive-vision-is-a-think-piece-by-taumata-aronui-on-the-future-of-tertiary-education/
$230m Apprenticeship Boost extension to benefit around 38,000 apprentices
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/230m-apprenticeship-boost-extension-to-benefit-around-38000-apprentices/
PBRF Sector Reference Group - Consultation now open on Individual Researcher Circumstances and Staff Identification
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/pbrf-sector-reference-group-consultation-now-open-on-individual-researcher-circumstances-and-staff-identification/
PBRF Sector Reference Group - Consultation now open on roles and person specifications for the Moderation Team
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/pbrf-srg-open-on-roles-and-person-specification-for-moderation-team/
Investment Briefs for Investment in 2023 have now been released
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/investment-briefs-for-investment-in-2023-now-released/
PBRF Sector Reference Group - Third consultation open
The third public consultation paper of the PBRF Sector Reference Group (SRG) is now open for feedback. You can access the paper on the TEC website.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/pbrf-srg-third-consultation-open/
Plan guidance released for tertiary education organisations (TEOs) submitting Investment Plans for funding from 1 January 2023
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has released its Plan Guidance for TEOs submitting Plans for funding from 1 January 2023.
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/plan-guidance-released-for-teos/
Updated Performance-Based Research Fund User Manual now available
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/updated-pbrf-user-manual-now-available/
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/tec-board-approves-skills-and-primary-titos-transition-plans/
PBRF Sector Reference Group - Second consultation period closes 14 February
https://www.tec.govt.nz/news-and-consultations/pbrf-sector-reference-group-second-consultation-period-closes-14-february/


One of the things about which we all seem to agree is that it is better to have an economy that is growing at 4% to 5% rather than one growing at 1% or 2%. The reason for this is that when our growth is slower than, say Australia's, our standard of living falls behind and we become less wealthy than the average Australian.
Since the 1970s this has been happening to us very slowly so we don't notice much difference from one year to the next. But for the last 30 years, slower growth in New Zealand has now put us in the position where the average Australian earns 33% more each week and the person on the unemployment benefit gets 25% more each week. This is not because we are not working as hard as the average Australian; it is just that our efforts are being misdirected.
This problem is exacerbated because Kiwis are driven by normal incentives to chase a higher standard of living, to earn more and have a better life style. So the obvious solution for the average enterprising kiwi is to go to Australia and "get stuck in". This boosts the Australian economy and diminishes ours. This effect makes our problems of slow growth even worse. New Zealand is becoming a nursery for Australia which can attract the brightest and the best New Zealand has to offer. Australian Universities are now poaching our brightest school achievers! Contrary to what Muldoon famously quipped this raises the IQ of Australia and it also lowers the IQ of New Zealand.
This is why it is most important to get our growth rate up to a steady state that is higher than Australia so that we can compete on a more even footing. Everyone seems to agree with this rather simple analysis and this Labour Government has as its stated aim to get New Zealand's standard of living up to the "top half of the OECD". In world rankings we are now (2004) number 35 and Australia is at number 19.
Unfortunately, actions speak louder than words. Lack of action and wrong actions are taking our growth rate of 3.5% or so in recent years down to around 2%. We will continue the downward spiral and lose ground even faster to Australia.
There is no doubt that economic leadership must come from our politicians and their advisors in Treasury. Business is the economy – no business means no economy (think of New Zealand 300 years ago) – but how do politicians get businesses to generate more business? If politicians make it more difficult to run a business with labour laws and resource management restraining laws and increased taxes then people opt to follow the greatest incentives. How can I make the most money with the least work? Or, how can I work in such a way to keep most of it for me rather than the taxman? All people go where the incentives point the way. Make business more difficult and people adjust their actions to suit, and the result is that less business is transacted and the economic growth rate goes down another notch.
But this means of course that we are once again starting to fall off the pace and Australia looks to be the better option to many smart young hard-working people who want the good life – and why shouldn't they?
If we look at the difference between average earnings in New Zealand and those in Australia in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) we are getting $NZ44,000 and Aussies are getting $NZ57,000. If the Aussies continue to grow at 1% faster then we do then in 10 years they will be 44% better off and in twenty years they will be 59% better off.
The interesting thing is that governments all around the world have been asking this question very seriously over the last 20 or 30 years and are starting to develop a consensus of opinion. In fact it is even better than that because governments have been trying out their ideas and are starting to learn which policies increase growth rates and which policies slow growth down. We do not need to argue in a political furore or an academic hot house – we can look at what other countries have done, what they are trying to do and we can see what the results are. Remember that it may take 5 or 10 years for high level government policies to work their way through an economy and show results. We will be looking at what other countries are doing in more detail in other essays but in the meantime we can list some successful policies that are tried and true.
10.	Reform the Resource Management Act. It has become a monster of inaction to such an extent that our government is considering legislating its way around it. What about the rest of the community?
11.	Pursue free trade and phase out tariffs.
Write to your local politician and ask for their growth plan!


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Анатомија животиња се бави проучавањем облика тела животиња, њихове грађе и изгледа, боје и различитостима у грађи тела између јединки исте или различите врсте. У царству животиња класификујемо вишећелијске еукариотске организме који се одликују хетеротрофним начином исхране, односно ови организми су у обезбеђивању органских молекула неопходних за раст и репродукцију зависни од других организама. Врло често се за вишећелијске животињске еукариотске облике употребљава термин Меатоза. Теоријски може се сматрати да меатозе могу имати монофилетско порекло и да су све групе животиња еволуирале од једног заједничког порекла. У зависности од царства животиња зоолози разликују 36 филума. Филум представља широку скупину међусобно сродних организама који имају заједничког претка и карактеришу се поседовањем сличних морфолошких структура. Карактеристике којима се при дефинисању ових најширих системских даје посебан значај, то су: број ћелија, целијска диференција, број клициних листова, тип симетрије, итд.

Системи кичмењака
Органски систем кичмењака дели се на:
 Кожни систем кичмењака
 Скелетни систем кичмењака
 Мишићни систем кичмењака
 Чулни систем
 Нервни систем кичмењака
 Дигестивни систем
 Ендокрини систем
 Респираторни систем
 Репродуктивни систем

Кожни систем кичмењака

Кожа представља омотач тела који је у непосредном додиру са спољашњом средином. Код кичмањака кожа је изграђена од више слојева. Основне улоге коже су:

 заштитна – штити тело од механичких повреда, патогених организама (кожа је непропустљива за вирусе и бактерије кад је неоштећена), од штетних УВ Сунчевих зрака. Кожда дакле представља прву линију одбране организма од бактерија, вируса и других микроорганизама.

 одржавање сталног састава унутрашње телесне средине тако што код копнених спречава губитак воде и соли, а код водених кичмењака превелики улазак воде у тело.

 учествује у размени материја – размена гасова, што је од посебног значаја за дисање водених организама

 учествује у процесима излучивања који се врше кожним жлездама

 примање спољашњих надражаја помоћу бројних чулних органа који су у њој смештени. У њој се налазе рецептори за топлото и хладно, додир, притисак и бол.

 учествује у терморегулацији код хомеотермних организама (то су организми који имају сталну телесну температуру и припадају им птице и сисари) тако што регулише одавање топлоте из тела (знојење).

Кожу кичмењака чини вишеслојни епидермис. Испод епидермиса се налази снажано сложен грађен слој везивног ткива мезодермалног порекла у виду дебелог слоја крзна, као специфичне одлике кичмењака. Испод крзна постоји још један слој у виду поткожног везивног ткива.

Кожни систем кичмењака се састоји од:
 Епидермис или покожица површински је слој коже изграђен од неколико делова. Сви слојеви потичу од базалног слоја цилиндричних ћелија које се стално деле ()
 Дермис (крзно)-налази се испод епидермиса. То је снажно развијен слој, у коме доминирају колагена влакна. У овом слоју су сместени и завршеци крвних судова и лимфитних судова, као и нервна влакна, чулни органи, мишићна влакна.
 Хиподермис -је слој поткожног везивног ткива, а веома често и масног ткива.

Кожни органи су:
 кожне жлезде (служне, знојне, лојне)
 рожни деривати коже (рожне крљушти, перје, длаке, нокти, папци, копита, рогови)

Скелетни систем

Скелет кичмењака је и по положају и по пореклу унутрашњи. Скелетни систем кичмењака је диференциран на:
 Кожни скелет -налази се испод епидермиса. Јавља се у виду мањих или више добро развијених коштаних плочица или коштаних крљушти.
 Осовински скелет -чине га кичменица (), главени скелет, ребра () И грудница ().
 Скелет екстремитета

Мишићни систем
Све покрете тела, од трептаја ока до скока у висину, омогућују мишићи. Од мишића зависи, чак, и варење хране као и прток крви кроз организам. Мишићна маса нашег тела састоји се од три групе мишића.
 У прву групу спадају попречно - пругасти мишићи којима управља мозак. Ова група заједно са скелетом и тетивама одговорна је за све врсте покрета, почевши од осмеха до трчања уз степенице.
 У другу групу спадају глатки мишићи - зову се тако због њиховог изгледа под микроскопом - а њихову функцију представљају покрети унутрашњих органа којих нисмо свесни, као што су утроба или бешика.
 Трећу групу представља кардијални мишић који чини главни део срца.
Мишићни систем кичмењака састоји се од више типова мишића, међу којима доминирају скелетни мишићи, који су причвршћени за скелет помоћу тетива.

Мускулатура кичмењака се дели на:
 Висцеларну
 Кожну
 Соматичку
 Чулни систем

Очи кичмењака су парни органи смештени у орбитама. Разликујемо неколико слојева очне јабучице:

Беоњача ()-то је слој беле боје, делимично хрскавичав. Предњи део беоњаче диференциран је у провидну рожњачу ()
Судовњачу() се налази испиод беоњаче. Овај слој је богат крвним судовима.
Пигментски ) належе на судовњачу, тамне је боје и као такав апсорбује светлосне зраке.
Мрежњача() је унутрашњи најфинији слој. Нервна влакна која излазе из мрежњаче сакупљају се у малом удубљењу, како на овом месту нема чулних ћелија, оно је означено као слепа мрљa.

На предњој страни ока испод рожњаче налази се две судовњаче:
 Dužica ()-која даје боју оку. Она носи отвор који се зове zenica или пупилла, променом величине зенице регулише се количина светлости која доспева у око.
 cilijalno telo()

Унутрашњост очне јабучице испуњена је стакленим телом ()

Нервни систем кичмењака

Нервни систем кичмењака је ЦЕВАСТ. Овакав нервни систем се одликује присуством шупљине испуњене цереброспинал-ном течношћу.
Централни нервни систем кичмењака је диференциран два дела:

 МОЗАК-који се састоји од пет делова:
-предњи мозак ту су смештени мирисни органи.
-(међумозак)
-(средњи мозак)
-(задњи мозак)
-(завршни мозак)
Нерви који полазе са мозга су главени, мождани или кранијални нерви, има их 11 пари:
 Nervus terminalis
 Nervus olfactorius
 Nervus opticus
 Nervus oculomotorius
 Nervus trochlearis
 Nervus trigeminus
 Nervus abducens
 Nervus facialis
 Nervus acusticus
 Nervus glossopharyngeus
 Nervus vagus
 Кичмена мождина - нерви који полазе са кичмене мождине су мождински или спинални нерви и има их 10 пари:
 први пар () - Инервише мускулатуру врата и подјезичну мускулатуру.
 други пар спиналних нерава - инервише мишиће предњих екстремитета.
 трећи пар спиналних нерава - инервише мускулатуру и кожу телесног зида у нивоу предњих екстремитета.
 четврти, пети и шести пар спиналних нерава - инервише мускулатуру и кожу бочног телесног зида трупне области.
 седми, осми и девети пар спиналних нерава - инервише мускулатуру задњих екстремиета
 десети парспиналних нерава - инервише мокраћни мехур.

Дигестивни систем

Дигестивни систем кичмењака диференциран је на већи број делова у којима се одвијају одређене фазе луларног варења.

Дигестивни систем кичмењака почиње усненом дупљом, иза које следи жрело. На ждрело се наставља једњак, који затим прелази у желудац. Ови делови чине предњи део црева. На желудац се надовезује део црева означен као црево, коме припада главна улога у процесу варења и асорпције хране. Предњи део црева је знатно тањи, танко црево, док је задњи део ширег обима-дебело црево. Ова два дела разликују се и по функцији коју обављају: у танком цреву се обављају процеси разлагања и лапсорпције хране, док се у дебелом цреву врши ресорпција воде.

Ендокрини систем

Ендокрини органи (жлезде) кичмењака могу бити различитог порекла, а известан број жлезда, осим ендокрине, има и егзокрину секрецију. То значи да оне, осим хормона које излучују директно у крв, могу синтетисати и друге продукте које излучују преко посебних изводних канала (панкреас, полне злезде, итд)

Штитна жлезда
Постоји код свих кичмењака. Настаје на рачун епитела вентралног зида ждрела, па се филогенетски веѕује за нижих хордата. Ова жлезда лучи хормоне тироксин и тријодтиронин, који регулишу раст младих јединки и базални метаболизам.

Грудна жлезда
Такође се јавља код свих кичмењака. Добро је развијен код младих оргаизма. Док се након достизања полне зрелости знатно редукује.
То је орган беле боје и режњевите грађе, који код пацова лежи на вентралној страни тела, у близини груднице, по чему је и добио назив.

Надбубрежна жлезда су парне творевине које се срећу само код тетраподних кичмењака: леже у непосредној близини бубрега, отуда и њихов назив.

Респираторни систем
Кисеоник је најважнија материја од које живот зависи. Он се уноси у тело удисањем, а његов нуспроизвод, угљен-диоксид, се избацује издисањем. Ова витална размена гасова је позната под назовом дисање.

Свим живим бићима је потребан константан извор енергије да би преживели, а та енергија се добија сагоревањем угљених хидрата, масноћа или протеина. Након што кисеоник сагори (оксидише), добијају се три крајња производа: енергија, вода и угљен-диоксид. За избацивање угљен-диоксида, који телу није потребан, потребна је размена. Угљен-диоксид се крвљу преноси до плућа, где се он избацује, а узима се кисеоник. Дисање је веома ефикасно регулисано, тако да концентрација гаса у крви остаје приближно иста да бисмо остали здрави.
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Унутрашње шкрге настају као парне евагинације ендодермског зида ждрела, које ступају у везу са одговарајућим увратима (инвагинацијама) ектодерма. На месту додира ендо- и екто- дермских зачетака формирају се парни низови бочних шкржних кеса (комора), раздвојених шкржним преградама. На зидовимна шкржних преграда развија се респираторна површина, у виду листоликих набора служокоже (шкржни листићи). У основи шкржних преграда налазе се скелетни елементи, шкржни лукови, који имају потпорну улогу, као и доводни и одводни крвни судови. Низови шкржних листића који се налазе са једне стране шкржне преграде чине полушкргу(hemibranchia). Две полушкрге које леже на предњој и задњој срани исте преграде, заједно са шкржном преградом, шкржним луком, доводним и одводним судовима, нервима, мишићима и везивним ткивом чине целу шкргу.

Репродуктивни систем

Скоро сви кичмењаци имају гнохористички полни систем. Код неких од ових организама зрели полни продукти се избацују директно у телесну дупљу, док код неких постаје посебни полни одводи. Веома честокод мушког пола исти канали служе и за одвод сперме и за одвод мокраће, па се једним именом називају мокросемеводи.

Примарни полни карактери мужјака жабе
Мушки полни систем жабе се састоји од пара малих, овалних семеника (тестиса) жуте боје. Испред сваког семеника налази се прстолико наранџасто обојено масно тело које има улогу у исхрани гонада.

Примарни полни карактери женки жабе:

Женски полни систем жабе чине парни јајници, за чији предњи део су причвршћена масна тела, органи који имају улогу у исхрани гонада. Јајници су крупни и ражњевити, за телесни зид су причвршћени помоћу финог перитонеалног епитела. Кроз њихове танке зидове виде се јаја различите старости.

Примарни полни карактери мужјака пацова:
Мушки полни систем пацова је сложене грађе. Парни семеници (тестид) су овалног облика; у њима се продукује велики број мушких полних ћелија-сперматозоида. На сваки тестис присно належе парасеменик. Он представља остатак предњег дела бубрега, чији су каналићи потпуно изгубили улогу провођења екскрета и служе за спровођење сперме.

Примарни полни карактери женки пацова:
Женски полни систем пацова има два мала овална јајника тамноцрвене боје. На површини јајника полно зрелих женки могу се видети графови, у којима се налазе јајне ћелије. Јајоводи су танке цевчице беле боје, изувијане у виду клупка. Почињу левкастим проширењем, које директно належе на јајник. Сваки јајовод се у дистралном делу шири у материцу. Женски копулаторни орган се зове вагина.

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Литература
 Др Ивица Радовић, Др. Бригита Петров "Разноврсност животња 1, структура и функција" Биолошки факултет Универзитета у Београду
 Др. Бригита Петковић, Др. Драгана Миличић, Др. Соња Ђорђевић "Зоологија кичмењака" Биолошки факултет Универзитета у Београду

Спољашње везе
 Анатомија животиња
 Анатомија животиња-кичмењаци

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It was nice to have some downtime over the holidays to catch up on reading. One book I enjoyed was The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, by Michael Bungay Stanier.
Stanier is founder and creator of Box of Crayons, a coaching organization that works with executive teams at top companies around the world. He specializes in what he calls "10-minute coaching." I like his to-the-point style and in this book, he offers up seven basic questions leaders can use to help those they manage find solutions within themselves. As a coach, I believe that there are basic techniques we use that can be useful to anyone in a mentoring relationship. These questions can even work for parents.
Too often, when we are working with our teams, partners, or families, our tendency is to jump straight to problem-solving. Hey, we're busy. We need to fix things. We know what's right. Let's cut to the chase. And, surely, if someone is coming to us with a problem they want us to fix it for them. Right?
Believe it or not, asking questions and holding space for those we are partnering with in either business or personal life can be the most efficient way to solve a problem. Stanier's basic questions enable you to hold that space for the person coming to you. Quite often, telling someone how to do something isn't going to get them out of a rut; in addition, telling them what to do may create resentment and other issues.
Asking questions and having them look inward helps creates a relationship based on trust. Plus, there's a double bonus: by asking the right questions, not only do you help the person coming to you figure the problem out in their own way, but you also develop your own leadership skills.
I really like Stanier's direct and lighthearted style. It made this book very easy to read and understand. And my favorite question of the seven is what he calls the Focus Question: "What is the real challenge here for you?" I often ask this question in another way, but I like the simplicity of his phrasing and will start posing it in my coaching conversations.
The takeaway from this book is a basic toolkit of questions to ask when you are presented with a problem. If you put these into practice, it will enable you to hold space for the person coming to you. While these may not be the entire set of questions you'd need, it's a start toward forging a healthy partnership with your direct reports and colleagues, and deepening your own skills as a mentor and a leader.


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DON'T LOOK UP – Review by Martha K Baker
December 9, 2021 December 12, 2021 Martha K. Baker	adam mckay, cate blanchett, Don't Look Up, jennifer lawrence, jonah hill, leonardo di caprio, Mark Rylance, meryl streep, tyler perry
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was cursed. Yes, she could predict the future, but, no, she was not believed. As a consequence, Troy fell, and she was captured and killed. Surely, Adam McKay had Cassandra in mind when he wrote Don't Look Up, "based on truly possible events."
The title is ironic. The idea is to look up. Up there, a comet is coming this way, and it will destroy the Earth and its denizens. That's the prediction of two astronomers, Dr. Randall Mindy and his colleague, Kate Dibiasky, still earning her doctorate (an academic point made clear in every introduction). They are Spartans at Michigan State University. Read: low-level. Read: Midwest. Which is why the President herself decrees: "Let's get some Ivy Leaguers in here."
Dr. Randy (the name is, of course, suggestive) is played by Leonardo di Caprio, who trades his leading-man looks for a dad-bod. Almost-doctor Katie is enveloped by Jennifer Lawrence. Carl Sagan is played by a figurine.
After Dibiasky discovers the planet-killing comet, aimed for a direct hit on the earth in six months and 14 days, Dr. Mindy heads out to alert the press, the folks at home, and the ships at sea. "Don't Look Up" is one long presser with two scientists trying to convince the government and the media that lives are in danger.
The government is represented by President Janie Orlean, played by Meryl Streep, her hair a synecdoche of curls and her manner shadowing Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Veep. The President's snotty son is played by Jonah Hill, a graduate of Sychophancy 101. The media are represented brilliantly by Cate Blanchett, her eye-make-up courtesy of Ringling Brothers, and Tyler Perry as a co-anchor who understands the art of the idiot interruption on air.
The cast is appreciably enhanced by the work of award-winning actor Mark Rylance as a visionary who talks funny.
Mckay, who also directed Vice and The Big Short, ranged his cameras from answers to rhetorical questions placed as if the Silver Screen were a lap-top screen to a gorgeous drone shot of the earth at sunset. His writing is sharp, including the ironic valediction, "I wish you a very pleasant end of times." However, McKay needed more than the usual reins, for Don't Look Up is too long. So take a nap. But wake up for the coda in the credits.
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Martha K. Baker
I first taught film at Lakeland College in Wisconsin in 1969 and became a professional film reviewer in 1976 in St. Louis, Mo. Through the years, I have reviewed films for the St. Louis Business Journal, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Episcopal Life, and KWMU (NPR), among other outlets. I've reviewed at KDHX radio, my current outlet, for nearly 20 years.


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Ashkan Fattahi on How Mastery of Your Craft Paves Way for Success
It is one of the great ironies of life that success can be both substantial and elusive. Success is generous, familiar, tangible, and a constant companion capable of revealing the world in a different and transformative light for those who have sought and achieved it. Yet, it can appear as fragile as a whisper in the wind or sunlight playing on the water for those who chase it endlessly and whom it constantly evades.
It is an undisputed truth that success is sought by many but achieved by a few. The reason is quite simple, according to successful entrepreneur and professional poker player Ashkan Fattahi.
"It's a question of passion," reveals Ashkan Fattahi from his Dubai base, who elaborates, "We live in a world where everybody wants something. Yet their desire for success is not matched by their passion for the vehicle that will take them there, which is their talent, skillset, or craft. As a rule of thumb, success is the reward you enjoy because you have excelled in a certain field. For example, great footballers such as Ronaldo and Messi didn't become rich and famous simply because they wanted to be rich and famous. They got where they are in life because they were passionate about football and poured every ounce of their being into becoming the best at what they do. That to me is the true recipe for success."
As someone who started his first business as a teenager and has traveled the world competing in poker tournaments, Ashkan Fattahi has spent a long time perfecting his craft and refining his talent. All the hard work has paid off financially and allows Ashka Fattahi to live the life he always dreamt of, but he insists the real reward that success bestows is the opportunity to be recognized for the passion that took him there.
Ashkan Fattahi explains, "Anyone who's achieved success will tell you it's a long and hard road full of obstacles. You need to believe fully in what you're doing and always focus on what is important to you. If you stay true to your calling and remain passionate about your craft, success will become as familiar as an old friend."
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