Spieth's 54-hole mark of 16-under 200 is the lowest in Masters history, beating the previous best of 201 that was achieved by Raymond Floyd and Tiger Woods.
The 21-year-old was impressive throughout his opening 36 holes, and continued that trend on Saturday, although he was forced to negotiate a few shaky moments.
Justin Rose is next best on 12-under, with Phil Mickelson one back on 11-under while Charley Hoffman sits on 10-under. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy head the remainder of the chasing pack on six-under.
Having made just one bogey in his first two rounds, Spieth notched up two more in his opening seven holes. But, birdies at the second, sixth and ninth saw Spieth take the turn in 35.
Birdies at the 12th and 13th allowed the Texan to take further control of proceedings, with Spieth at times looking untouchable. Back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th would quickly erase thoughts of a bogey at the 14th. However, it was at the 17th that Spieth faced his greatest challenge thus far.
Having sliced his tee shot left, he was forced to play out from behind a tree. A great iron shot followed to leave Spieth 20 yards from the green and seemingly out of trouble. An uncharacteristic error followed, with Spieth leaving his chip short and then three-putting for a double bogey.
With the world waiting for another mistake, Spieth found the gallery next to the 18th green, but he would produce a super chip shot and save par to calm some of the nerves that may have been developing.
A quality back nine from Rose saw him leap into second spot on 12-under. The Englishman birdied five of the last six holes to book his spot in the final pairing on Sunday.
Mickelson looked to be building momentum for a serious charge, but his progress was stymied by a bogey at the 17th. Regardless, 'Lefty' tied the low round of the day with a 67.
Woods is lurking on six-under, but the former world number one will feel that he could have posted a better score than his 68, having taken the turn in 32.
Three birdies on the trot from the second to the fourth saw Woods gain some early momentum, with a further shot picked up at the eighth. However, birdies at the the 13th and 15th were sandwiched either side of a bogey, with Woods dropping another shot on 18.
Perhaps the highlight of the 39-year-old's round was the birdie at the 13th after finding the trees off the tee. This would little matter though, as Woods played a great shot off the pine needles and found the green in three before holing a tricky downhill putt.
Woods is joined on six-under by McIlroy who was left to rue two late bogeys. An eagle three at the second saw the Ulsteman get off to the perfect start, with birdies at the eighth and ninth seeing McIlroy head to the back nine on four-under for the day.
Further birdies followed on the 13th and 15th, but bogeys at the 16th and 18th saw the world number one stumble into the clubhouse at six-under.


I am 41 years, born on April Fool's Day (lots of fun there let me tell ya), I have 2 brothers, one older one younger, I just celebrated my 17th wedding anniversary, and I have 3 kids, 22, 21, and 19. We are expecting our first grandchild around Christmastime this year. SO excited about that! Um, Uh, I am 5′ 10″ tall, dark blonde hair, sometimes blue, sometimes green eyes…Geez I hate talking about myself…OH, last thing, I have a really bad habit of proofreading billboards and road signs. LOL, I seriously do this. Grammatical errors, particularly in signs for the public at large drive me nuts! Funny as all get out driving with me in the car though I am told.
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San Juan del Sur, a small and picturesque fishing town that has a beautiful bay, with many restaurants and bars. It's an arrival site for fishing boats, Yates and cruise ships. Its abundant blue waters are home to a variety of sword fish and other species. Next to San Juan del Sur is La Flor and Chacococente beach. These are two refuges of fauna and one of the few places around the world where sea turtles lay their eggs. Majahualt and Maderas beach are also near a perfect surfing spot.
San Juan Del Sur; Roundtrip Airport Transfer to San Juan Del Sur; 4 nights' accommodation at the hotel Azul Pithaya at the bay of San Juan del Sur; Daily breakfast; Insurance and local tax.
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3,000 killed in Syria in deadliest month of 2017
Displaced Iraqis, who fled the northern city of Hawija due to the government forces military operation to capture the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters, arrive in al-Dibis, some 44 kilometres northwest of Kirkuk on September 30, 2017. Iraqi forces launched an assault on the northern town of Hawija, one of the last bastions in the country still held by the Islamic State group, which is also under attack in neighbouring Syria.Marwan IBRAHIM / AFP
Syria's war killed at least 3,000 people including 955 civilians in September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Sunday, in the deadliest month of the conflict this year.
Read Also: 11 Turkish troops killed in deadliest day of Kurdish offensive
"More than 70 percent of the civilians were killed in regime and Russian air strikes, or in air raids of the international coalition" fighting the Islamic State group, the Britain-based monitor's head Rami Abdel Rahman said.
Backed by Russian air strikes, the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are pressing a battle to retake IS-controlled areas in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.
A US-led international coalition has been providing air support to a Kurdish-Arab alliance, the Syrian Democratic Forces, also fighting the jihadists in its former northern bastion of Raqa city and Deir Ezzor.
The number of people killed in September was higher due to increased fighting and "intensified air raids of the international coalition and Russia against jihadist bastions in the north and east of Syria, but also due to increased Russian and regime strikes on rebel-held areas," Abdel Rahman said.
Russian and regime warplanes have in the past two weeks increased their strikes on the northwestern province of Idlib, which is largely controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group led by Al-Qaeda's former Syria affiliate.
The 955 civilians killed in September included 207 children, said the Observatory, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria for its information.
It said the toll also included 790 regime troops and loyalists, 738 jihadists from IS and HTS, and 550 rebels and SDF members.
Syria's conflict has killed more than 330,000 people and displaced millions since it broke out in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests before evolving into a complex war drawing in world powers.
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DAGR Women's Caucus • SUFFRAGETTE MOVIE NIGHT AND SURVEY RESULTS
posted by Charity Moschopoulos | At-Large Rep , GOTV Chair
Global Presidential Primary Continues Around the World
posted by Julia Bryan | International Chair
Over 10,000 Americans have cast their ballots | Voting at local sites, and remote voting, continues until March 8
Over 10,000 Americans have already voted in Democrats Abroad's Global Presidential Primary, with many more ballots to be cast between now and March 8.
Unlike voters in the United States, Americans living abroad have the opportunity to vote in the Democrats Abroad primary until March 8th at local polling stations, or by emailing, posting or faxing their ballot.
The final results of the Global Presidential Primary, including delegate allocations, will not be announced until all ballots are counted on March 21.
The primary, which kicked off at Midnight on Tuesday, March 1 in Wellington, New Zealand, has been the subject of unprecedented interest by the public and the media.
Voting centers report large numbers of Americans joining at their local voting center, showing proof of identity to volunteers, and casting a ballot. From Prague, Julia Bryan, Chair of Democrats Abroad Czech Republic, reports that their membership numbers have doubled in just a few weeks.
"We're seeing a lot of interest all around the country. Voters are telling their friends, who are telling their friends - it's a big chain reaction that's exciting to be a part of."
U.S. Democrats in 111 cities, in 39 countries, will take part in the Global Presidential Primary before it runs its course. A full list of voting sites and times can be found at democratsabroad.org/gpp.
For more details about the Global Primary, including our delegate allocation, local media contacts and a list of our 'super delegates' and their candidate commitments, visit democratsabroad.org/press.
Photo by Lukas Biba, all rights reserved, Reportér Magazín
First Super Tuesday results: Americans in New Zealand make their voice heard
First Super Tuesday results:
Sanders 21 - Clinton 6
Americans in New Zealand first to vote in what could be the turning point of the U.S. Primary elections
U.S. Democrats living in the capital of New Zealand have made their voice heard in the first Super Tuesday primary voting to take place around the world.
Kat Allikian, Chair of Democrats Abroad New Zealand, said, "Tonight's opportunity for U.S. Democrats living in New Zealand to cast the first votes on Super Tuesday was a great success. Our turnout was small, but like our fellow Americans in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, we've made our voices heard about the issues that matter to us."
New Zealand is the first of 39 countries where Democrats Abroad will host in-person voting between March 1-8; voting sites will be open in 22 countries on Super Tuesday alone, and in 104 cities throughout the week.
The Campaigns Speak to Democrats Abroad
Democrats Abroad hosted a Global Town Hall on Sunday February 21 at which the two presidential campaigns spoke directly to our members. More than 2000 people in 65 countries signed up to host the event either as individuals or for house parties, making it the single biggest event ever in DA's history. Joining us from the Hillary Clinton campaign was Madeleine Albright, and from the Bernie Sanders campaign we are grateful that Senator Sanders himself was able to join us. In case you missed it, you can find both parts of the Global Town Hall on our Democrats Abroad channel on Vimeo. Or you can just click below! Our thanks to Secretary Albright and Senator Sanders for joining us.
Extraordinary Global Event Not To Be Missed!
posted by Marc Berube |
THE CAMPAIGNS TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO DEMOCRATS ABROAD!
Democrats around the world will participate in a Global Town Hall this Sunday, February 21, at Noon eastern time (that's 6pm in Europe). The Clinton and Sanders campaigns will be speaking directly to us via a webex video connection, and responding to our questions. This will be a historic event--the first time ever that DA has been addressed directly by presidential campaigns during a primary--and you will not want to miss it. Joining us to answer our questions will be Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton's top Foreign Policy Advisor, and Senator Bernie Sanders, candidate.
YOU CAN JOIN THE TOWN HALL IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME!
Joining us from the Clinton campaign is Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton's top Foreign Policy Advisor. Mr. Sullivan served as Secretary Clinton's Director of Policy Planning at the State Department. He also served as Vice President Joe Biden's National Security Advisor and was a principal architect of the Iranian nuclear talks. He could be the National Security Advisor in a future Clinton Administration.
The person joining us from the Sanders campaign needs no introduction: Senator Bernie Sanders himself! No, you didn't read that wrong - the Senator informed us on Thursday night that he would connect to the call. So this is truly a historic event for Democrats Abroad.
YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS EXCEPTIONAL EVENT. RSVP NOW!
You can connect to the event with your computer. Instructions to connect will be provided when you RSVP, and we ask that contribute 25 euros to participate in this landmark event. And even though it is on a closed network, the number of connections are limited, so you'll want to ACT NOW.
It's short notice to be sure, and there's just not enough time for most DA chapters to organize any "official" event for this. But YOU can! Why not invite some friends over and have a House Party? EMAIL US, and we'll provide you with information to get set up.
On the RSVP page, scroll down and click on the RSVP button, and you'll be taken to the donation page. Information to connect to the event will be sent to you later, as will a form by which you can submit your questions for consideration. Rest assured, both candidates are going to be asked about FATCA, CBT, and taxation!
THIS WILL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY TOWN HALL THAT EVERY AMERICAN ABROAD WILL WANT TO ATTEND!
Extraordinary Global Event Not To Be Missed! UPDATED !
posted by Bob Vallier | DA Italy Vice Chair, Global LGBT Caucus Co-Chair, DAItaly Florence Secretary
Democrats around the world will participate in a Global Town Hall this Sunday, February 21, at Noon eastern time (that's 6pm in Europe). The Clinton and Sanders campaigns will be speaking directly to us via a webex video connection, and responding to our questions. This will be a historic event--the first time ever that DA has been addressed directly by presidential campaigns during a primary--and you will not want to miss it. Joining us to answer our questions will be Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, and Senator Bernie Sanders, candidate.
Seven Reasons Every American Abroad Should Vote in the Global Presidential Primary
The Democrats Abroad Global Presidential Primary is going on NOW and until March 8. You have the opportunity to cast your vote for one of our outstanding candidates and, we think, to select the next President of the United States. We think EVERY American abroad should vote, regardless of how politically active they may be. No one should be indifferent. Here are SEVEN reasons why.
The Democratic Primary Goes Global ! VOTE NOW !
Iowa has voted ... New Hampshire has had its say ...
Now it's YOUR turn to decide!
Vote in the Democrats Abroad Global Primary!
Special Information for NEVADA Voters Abroad: You can vote in the NV Tele-Caucus or the DA Global Presidential Primary
For the first time ever, Nevadan Military and Overseas Voters will have a choice of voting in either Democrats Abroad's Global Presidential Primary or remotely participating in Nevada Democratic Caucus.
Global Presidential Primary: Now - March 8
Nevada Democratic Tele-Caucus: Feb 20
Global Presidential Primary FAQ
VOTING IN THE GLOBAL PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Q: Am I eligible to vote in the Democrats Abroad Global Primary?
A: Any American living abroad, who will be at least 18 years old on Election Day 2016, and who is a member of Democrats Abroad is eligible to participate, on the condition of not having voted (or intending to vote) for a presidential candidate in any other state primary in 2016.


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Vickie Willis, who is 1/2 of the 365 Buddha's project, has created The Leap Year Photo Challenge for 2016 with her friend Debbi and they want you to participate!
She's explains, "I've written prompts for the entire year, and they're a little weird. Lots of photo challenge prompts seem to read like scavenger hunts, so I tried to make this one a little more evocative by including quotes or Japanese words that people can Google. There are no "wrong" photos, of course. Each prompt is just meant as a jumping off point to take/make a photo."
The first 4 month's of prompts are already available so you can print them out and carry them with you!
Follow along on their blog or on Facebook. And if you take the challenge be sure to share the results!
Why did I decide to do this project? The idea of a project 365 was given to me by the magazine Flow and I've never heard about this before. It was at the beginning of 2015 and, at this time, I knew I couldn't keep up a project like this. But I was really tempted… I spent a lot of time the last two years for work and, beyond becoming a very stressed person, I was frustrated to put aside my creativity.
I started this project in September, one week after beginning a new job. New start, new goals. Why mind maps? I'm an academic librarian in Paris and I discover mind mapping last year when I was preparing a training about active learning for PhD students. This way of thinking is amazing and I found it perfect for a daily project!
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected my life? I wrote two assessments (the first after one month, the second after one hundred days) to show how this project leaves a mark on my life. I find myself at the same time more rigorous and less stressed.
But the biggest change is that I'm a lot more positive, mind mapping acting on me as a way of meditation every day. It allows me to put things into perspective and, at the end, I always prefer to write something positive down. Even when the times are frightening as there were in November in Paris. And I love mind mapping so much that I asked for a training about "visual mapping techniques" for Christmas!
See all of Magalie's mind maps HERE.
Why did you decide to do this project? At first, I was challenged by my husband to see how long I could keep coming up with ideas for cartoons. Once I got started, it was fun to continue challenging myself.
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? For one thing, a publisher who was familiar with my Six of One Facebook page gave me a book deal.
I also think the act of coming up with a cartoon every day is a great form of mental and creative exercise—good for the mind, the same way physical exercise is good for the body. It's also helped me in my other creative work ( I am also a writer and printmaker). I used to go with whatever I thought of first, but now I tend to look for multiple ways to approach my ideas.
See all of Foust's cartoons HERE.
She explains, "Regenerative landscapes heal nature. They build soil, habitat and human engagement. I am using a map of my property to draft a conceptual regenerative landscape design every day. There are some guidelines laid out on the blog page for the project.
Irrigation can be discontinued after the first few years of establishment, except for supplemental irrigation during periods of drought.
Hardscape materials must be sourced within 150 miles of the site.
Maintenance must be minimal after the first few years of establishment.
Space must provide habitat for native pollinators.
Why did you decide to do this project? I wanted to take this on for a few reasons. 1. I wanted to reignite my passion for regenerative landscapes. 2. There is a misconception that regenerative landscapes are wild and unkempt. I wanted to show that they can be anything you make them. 3. I am transitioning to design-only work, so this seemed like a great way to make people aware and interested.
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? Even this early into it I have learned a ton from this project. As a business owner I was having a hard time jumping into my "design brain" because I was so bogged down by other more executive tasks all the time. I really feel like this has changed my brain. I can jump in and out of "design brain" quite seamlessly now. It's been great.
See all of Khalana's designs HERE.
Angie Safford in Toledo, Ohio is creating My Creative Year.
Why did you decide to do this project? I wanted to do this project for a couple of reasons, I have a tendency to start things and not finish them, I'm hoping this gives me a chance to start something and finish it. I'm a huge procrastinator I'm hoping this helps that too and I wanted to find my creativity again in my life.
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? I look forward to the projects everyday and the discipline it gives me. I get a lot of people at work asking me about it. It takes me out of my comfort zone and helps me with my shyness.
See all of Angie's projects HERE.
Martin AKA Jig5aw in London, UK created 365 Days of Art.
Why did you decide to do this project? Art and photography have always been two of my main interests, but with a growing family and ever challenging work commitments I found myself spending less and less time on these activities which I love. The decision to start a 365 days or art project with a new piece of art produced each day was potentially a drunken one, but now that I am 316 days into the project it was one of my better decisions whilst under the influence of alcohol.
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? The regularity of producing a new idea each day has forced me into testing really how much I love art and the processes that come with it and I've been pleasantly surprised. Some family holidays, serious hangovers, technology issues two young children and unplanned work scenarios have all tested me to the limit, but somewhat surprisingly I have managed to stick to it. I wouldn't say the project has affected my life other than through the generation of 316 days worth of materials and clutter in our home, but it feels like it has enhanced it. I have built up a pretty impressive ability to survive on a limited amount of sleep, but as the days have passed I have learnt to be more focused and efficient in my art creation so the hours I spend in bed are increasing when the kids allow it!
See all of Martin's days HERE.


Aug. 17, 2016 2:26 p.m.
A fundraiser called 'Be Seen, Be Heard, Get Out Alive' is set for this weekend in support of mental health awareness, with proceeds supporting the Smiles Thru Lindsey campaign.
A night of community, local artists for mental health awareness runs Aug. 21st at Bo's, starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased by email at info@universoullifestyle.com.
Erin Sommers, who is organizing the event, said there will be live performances by local musicians, a silent auction for local art, a raffle for items donated from the local business community, food and special speakers including some who will detail their direct or indirect experiences with mental health issues.
"There will probably be an open mic to give an opportunity for any of the guests to come up and speak about their experiences," she said. "It's really about trying to get the community together to tackle the stigma with mental illness, and to show that we can work together.
"My goal is to start doing more in the community for mental health and to start creating some changes in the mental health system." Sommers has also formed Universoul Lifestyle, which she describes as a lifestyle that promotes self-discovery, authenticity and consciousness with music, art and community and the exploration of various ways to heal.
The Smiles Thru Lindsey Foundation was formed last year after local resident Lindsey More took her life in September of 2015. Her parents, Rick and Cindy More, formed the organization to help raise awareness of mental health issues and to reach those who need help and support.
Together with help from community members, they have developed the Smiles Thru Lindsey Foundation via the Red Deer and District Community Foundation – which is geared towards providing financial help to young adults, teens and children dealing with depression. For more information about the Smiles Thru Lindsey Foundation, check out their facebook page.
For more about the coming fundraiser, find 'Universoul Lifestyle' on facebook as well.


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Nigerian Tax › Mtn vs Agf firs has no quarrel with our assessments over 2bn tax arrears Mtn ceo
March 14th, 2019 | Nigerian Tax
As the battle over unpaid $2billion tax arrears between MTN Nigeria and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami persist, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Group, Rob Shuter, has said that the nation's tax authorities have no particular quarrel with the firm various tax assessments. The telecommunication company boss also, said that the AGF is "playing games" over the federal government's demand of $2 billion tax arrears from the company. Speaking at a conference call where MTN's 2018 annual results were presented to executives and stakeholders of the company, Shuter said, "Now, of course, what's odd about the Nigeria-situation is it's not the Commissioner for Inland Revenue that we have the dispute with. It's the Attorney General, who is really not mandated to collect the tax. "So the legal process is basically saying you're playing a game that you're not meant to be playing. And when we talk to the tax authorities they have no particular quarrel with where we are with our various assessments. "So either we get the thing chucked out early on and the issue is finished, or it is just one of these lingering things that roll around in the system for a while. And personally, I don't know which way it's going to play out. "I'm just absolutely adamant that we're a responsible company, we have paid the taxes we had to pay, and the tax authorities themselves aren't saying that we owe them anything. So I think we've just got to stare this one down." Although, the hearing of the suit against the AGF first scheduled for November 8, 2018, has been adjourned to March 26. It would be recalled that in September 2018, Malami had written to MTN Nigeria, demanding a payment of $2 billion in tax arrears. He broke the amount down to a 10-year period for import duties, Value Added Tax (VAT) and withholding taxes on foreign imports/payments. MTN Nigeria had denied any wrongdoing, saying it had fully settled all outstanding taxes. The telco also sued the AGF.
Source: Dailytimes


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Every summer from mid-July to mid-August a stretch of the canal Willebroek is transformed into to a waterside tropical beach scene with the help of lots of sand and palms trees. The holiday atmosphere of Bruxelles les Bains is guaranteed with the multitude of small themed bars and restaurants serving specialty foods and drinks from (among other places) Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Congo, India, Spain, Vietnam and Morocco.
Visitors can attend daily free concerts or play various sports such as: Rugby, Football, Volleyball, Pétanque, climbing, Frisbee,etc. Special attractions for kids are also featured.
What about a little game of Pétanque?
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One year a fellow pilot died and we all attended his funeral. Coming in to the service, we were given the usual small memento printed with the deceased's birth and death dates and some comforting or inspirational verse. It's intended as a keepsake, but after holding mine politely through the service I must have dropped it without a thought when I got in my car to leave.
That car was a sandblasted junker given me by an appreciative student who'd been reassigned at work and had to move away. I used it in ways never intended by the manufacturer, ramming it around the desert like a dune buggy, even hauling firewood in its seats.
A couple years later time came for another sad memorial when my father passed away. After roaring along the interstate for hours at 80 with all the windows down, traffic began to slow for the first time as we entered the outskirts of Phoenix. From some hidey hole in back, under the rusty tools, bark chips and trash, a small piece of paper shot up in the wind, zoomed around the cabin and fell like a wounded bird into my lap. It was that keepsake from the pilot's funeral twenty months before – perfectly clean and uncreased.
After a long double take, the first thing that came to mind was, Dad never understood why soaring is so important to me and thought my career in it a silly waste of time. I believed that when he finally saw the point he'd have to approve, and always hoped for that day. But it never came. Now I had this image of him perched up there at the Pearly Gates, having met the pilot we buried earlier and who knows how many other disembodied aviators. Maybe they've explained things in a way I was unable to and Dad finally understood. Was this piece of paper, so pristine after long neglect, a kind of sign?
Easy to poo-poo such an idea, but as traffic wound through the city I could not stop thinking about it. Half an hour later, just before my exit, rush hour ground to a complete halt. I'd been listening to an Al Stewart album, sentimental vignettes of history and travel that somehow fit the mood, and the song right then was Lord Grenville, a wistful ballad about the early days of ocean sailing.
Tell the ones we left home not to wait, we won't be back again.
At that point, directly across the road ninety degrees out my window stood the hospital where Dad passed! Sitting in gridlock staring there and at the car ahead, I had time to ponder this.
When eventually traffic moved, that car ahead left the freeway at my exit. Entering the street grid it turned where I was going to, then did so again, and again. I began to wonder if whomever it was thought they were being tailed. Then they pulled over and parked exactly where I intended to, in front of my parents' house.
It was a cousin I'd not seen in more than thirty years, far and away Dad's favorite nephew. I drove four hundred miles, he came twice as far, and we arrived simultaneously — meeting up right where Dad left us.
You can dismiss all this as a goofy coincidence, but not me. We may never comprehend the unifying principle in this funhouse of a world, but that don't mean there ain't one.
Our time is just a point along a line that runs forever with no end.


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Android Messages is finally catching up with iMessages, as Google rolls out the ability to send and receive text messages via the web, along with a few other fun features.
Google has been working on integrating RCS (rich Communications Services) into its messaging services, which requires carriers to upgrade their networks in order to implement new features. In other words, it's a 2.0 version of SMS, where features seen inside messaging apps will be available via text, such as the ability to create rich group chats, see typing indicators and read receipts, share high-res photos and videos and more.
While it's not quite there yet, Google is heading in the right direction and updating features for Android Messages, now introducing five new abilities.
Messages for web
A highly anticipated and top-requested feature, 'Messages for web' will be rolled out starting Tuesday, allowing Android users to sync their smartphone's text messages with a desktop. This is something that iOS, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger and others already provide their users with, but as the saying goes, better late than never. To get started, users must open 'Messages for web' in Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge (not available on Internet Explorer) and, using their smartphone, scan the QR code.
Writing LOL may not cut it while a clip of someone spitting their coffee out in laughter is exactly what is needed, which is why GIFs are so popular. Now on the left hand side of the Android Messages compose bar is a + button that will open up a search for that perfect representation.
Smart Reply
You're on the go when somebody texts you "where are you?" and instead of wasting time typing up a response, there will now be the option to tap potentially fitting replies like 'Be there soon' or 'On my way!'. For the moment, Smart Replies will only be available in English with more languages to come over time.
Link Previews
The name says it all. Links that are received will now appear much like they do in the Facebook or Twitter news feed, with a picture, headline and first sentence. This way users can have an idea as to what they'll possibly be clicking on.
Copy one-time passwords
Users may find that when an app — such as the bank's — wants to send a code, they need to jump between the two windows confirming they've remembered it correctly. This feature now allows that password to be copied and pasted directly.
Apart from´Messages for web,' which rolls out Tuesday, the rest will be available over the next week. And for those particularly keen to see if they've received the features, they can watch out for the update.
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Shelton Gunaratne is professor of mass communications emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He is indebted to the participants who discussed his presentation on Buddhist journalism at a staff seminar at the University of Queensland on March 7, 2006. This is a condensed version of a much larger paper.
Abstract / This essay is intended as a valid introduction to a Buddhist approach to journalism. While journalism teachers continue to work hard on traditional models and push them into civic/social responsibility/and peace transformations, it is mandatory that totally new perspectives from across the globe be taken seriously too.
(November 22, Washington DC, Sri Lanka Guardian) A journalism grounded in Buddhist morals is most likely to produce (1) a journalism of healing because the goal of Buddhism is achieving the end of "suffering," which connotes many facets of existence, and (2) a journalism of timely, truthful, and helpful speech based on the Noble Eightfold Path. This assertion comes from American journalist Doug McGill (2008), who claims that in Buddhism he "finally found ... explicit and practical morals of human communication.
Journalism based on original Buddhist philosophical principles—whose ethical-conduct component is similar to that of the Decalogue common to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—could be a potent therapy tool for treating the communicative pathologies of the modern lifeworld (Habermas, 1984). Because Buddhism follows the middle path between capitalism and socialism, a comparison and contrast of Buddhist goals with traits of the contemporary mainstream news paradigm seems quite appropriate. Such juxtaposition might provoke objections considering that goals are normative while traits reflect performance with warts and all. Yet, analyzing the gap between traits/performance and goals/aspirations is necessary because the society at large possesses underlying but transformative beliefs and values, which engender normative journalistic goals.
* Concede that everything is subject to ongoing change (anicca), the first of the three characteristic of existence (ti-lakkhana), and assume the role of constructive change agent rather than that of the defender of the status quo.
* Concede that no-selfness (anattā) is the reality of existence, and refrain from over-emphasizing individualism, which has a causal link with egocentrism (e.g., celebrity pitfalls). Focus more on cooperative efforts highlighting mutual interdependence at different levels— international/global, national, or local.
* Understand the reasons for the existence of dukkha (sorrow/suffering), and desist from using journalism to knowingly promote attachment to desire.
Buddhist texts also explain dependent co-arising in terms of an interdependent chain of 12 conditional factors known as nidānas, upathis, or paccayas. These factors are referred to as this and that in the four-part formula.
Buddha has repeatedly asserted that an absolute first beginning of existence is something unthinkable. Many metaphors and analogies in the early scriptures clearly convey the interrelatedness of all causes. Textual evidence abounds that the relationship of the nidānas is one of mutual dependence. For example, nāmarūpa (name and form) arises conditioned by viññāna (consciousness) while viññāna, in turn, is conditioned by nāmarūpa. Thus the cybernetic feedback loops attached to the notion of mutual causality makes dependent co-arising an "interdeterminative" process.
The doctrine of impermanence (anicca) is integral to apprehend the meaning of dependent co-arising. Existence is suffering as it is associated with the mutual causality of the 12 conditional factors, which represent attachment to desire. Furthermore, the appearance of continuity ("order") occurs within the reality of change ("chaos"). This contrasts with the linear view of causality that order requires permanence (equilibrium conditions).
* Understand the significance of mutual causality for journalistic interpretation and analysis. Refrain from extensive use of linear cause-effect reasoning. Keep in mind that feedback loops condition both "causes" and "effects" and blur the conventional distinction between the two. Therefore, analyze problems and solutions within "articulated integration" (Macy, 1991, p. 185)—the middle path between atomism and holism.
* Advocate the need for humanity to work in harmony with Nature, including all its flora and fauna, because everything is functionally interrelated, and nothing is entirely independent. "There is no aspect of 'I'… that is not conditioned or not interconnected with at least something else" (Kasulis, 2005, pp. 398-400).
* Discourage conspicuous consumption "since consumption is merely a means to human well-being" and our "aim should be to obtain the maximum of well-being with the minimum of consumption" (Schumacher, 1973, pp. 47-48).
* Follow the path of right understanding/view (samma ditthi): the knowledge of the Four Noble Truths (that is, the understanding of oneself as one really is). "Buddhist's intimacy orientation says I am moral when I am most truly myself" (Kasulis, 2005: 301).
* Follow the path of right thoughts/conceptions (samma sankappa) in its threefold form: thoughts of renunciation as opposed to those of sense pleasures; kind thoughts as opposed to those of ill-will; and thoughts of harmlessness as opposed to those of cruelty. This involves a commitment to ethical and mental self-improvement.
* Follow the path of right action (samma kammanta): abstinence from taking life (e.g., harming sentient beings intentionally), stealing (including robbery, fraud, deceitfulness, and dishonesty), and sexual misconduct. [Some Mahayana texts, e.g., Upāya-kausalya Sūtra, justify killing a human being on the grounds of compassion in dire circumstances" (Harvey 2000, p. 135). Similarly, a Bodhisattva may break the precepts of stealing and celibacy on compassionate grounds].
* Follow the path of right livelihood (samma ajiva) by personally avoiding and discouraging others from activities that may harm others (e.g., trade in deadly weapons, trade in animals for slaughter, trade in slavery, and trade in intoxicants and poisons). Some may include public relations and advertising also as harmful to the extent that they are seen "as encouraging greed, hatred and delusion, or perverting the truth" (Harvey, 2000, p. 188).
* Follow the path of right effort (samma vayama), which has four steps: the effort to (a) discard evil that has already arisen, (b) prevent the arising of unrisen evil, (c) develop the good that has already arisen, and (d) promote the good that has not already arisen.
The perfection of all eight paths means reaching enlightenment. The characteristics of existence—anicca (impermanence), anattā (no-selfness), and dukkha (suffering/sorrow)—imply that a perfect journalism is not attainable. However, the Middle Path points out the multiple pathways available to practitioners to aim at reaching the ever-elusive equifinality. One should note that the Buddhist approach requires the journalists to improve (or purify) their minds through the paths of pañña (wisdom) and samādhi (mental development).1 The presumption here is that journalists with "impure" minds would produce "impure" journalism that would increase dukkha (suffering/sorrow) no matter what awards they receive.
Now, we will draw the principal traits of mainstream journalism implicit in the dominant Anglo-American news paradigm and examine how they differ from those of the normative Buddhist framework.
Hoyer (2005) analyzed the mainstream news paradigm in terms of five elements: the event, news value factors, the news interview, the inverted pyramid, and journalistic objectivity. For analytical convenience, we will sequentially examine each of these elements in relation to Buddhist goals.
The event: The mainstream paradigm thrives on "newsworthy" events, which must fit the 24-hour news cycle (gradually adopted by the wire services). News is ephemeral because an event is not a fixed entity.
* The news paradigm and the Buddhist perspective both recognize that news is anicca because the elements of a "newsworthy" event change every moment. The two approaches differ to the extent that the news paradigm treats the event as a fixed entity whereas the Buddhist approach sees it as a continuing process, which becomes increasingly complex as it reciprocally interacts with other factors.
News value factors: These are the criteria that journalists apply to determine "newsworthiness" of events and processes. Mencher (2006) lists eight news values: impact or importance (the predominant factor), timeliness, prominence (of the people involved), proximity (to the audience), conflict, the unusual, currency (or the sudden interest people have on an ongoing situation), and necessity (a situation the journalist feels compelled to reveal).
The first factor, impact, relates to events that are likely to affect many people. (Galtung and Rouge call it threshold while Masterton calls it consequence.) Mencher (2006) says, "The more people that are affected by the event, the bigger the story" (p. 59). Although this criterion per se does not contradict Buddhist goals, the doctrine of dependent co-arising requires placing it in context with the other co-arising factors. An event by itself is a news "atom" that does not explain the ongoing interaction and interdependence of relevant factors behind the event.
The second factor, timeliness, relates to events that are immediate or recent. (This is similar to Galtung and Ruge's frequency.) Mencher (2006) says that timeliness is important in a democracy because the public has to react quickly to the activities of their officials. Mencher adds that timeliness is also important because "media are commercial enterprises that sell space and time on the basis if their ability to reach people quickly with a perishable commodity" (p. 58). The Buddhist perspective sees news as a social good, not as a commodity serving the profit-maximizing desire of businesses. The Buddhist approach, which is more concerned with process, does not see the need for immediacy at the expense of accuracy and analysis of the functional interaction of co-arising factors.
The fourth factor, proximity, relates to events that are geographically or emotionally close to people. (Galtung and Ruge call this meaningfulness.) Emotional closeness may arise from ties to religion, ethnicity or race. Buddhadasa Bhikku's view (cited in Sivaraksa, 2002, p. 58) that the entire cosmos is a cooperative is clearly antithetical to proximity as a news value.
The fifth value, conflict, pertains to stories about "ordinary people confronting the challenges of daily lives," "conflicts that divide people and groups," or strife, antagonisms, and warfare (Mencher, 2006, pp. 60-61). (Galtung and Ruge's negativity partly reflects this value.) Journalists have applied this news value to write narrative-style features incorporating the three elements of drama: man vs. man, man vs. self, and man vs. nature. The Buddhist view on applying this criterion depends on the purpose of the story. Event-oriented stories on violence, war, and crime—news "atoms" based on conflict—are not an essential part of Buddhist-oriented journalism. Buddhism holds that an interdependent society should bear equal responsibility for the social deviance of an individual whose existence has no self (anattā). Therefore, reporting conflict-based stories highlighting individuals is inappropriate. However, process stories analyzing the co-arisng factors for increase or decrease in crime and violence may be appropriate for society to take steps to rehabilitate wrong-doers.
The sixth value, the unusual, concerns events "that deviate sharply from the expected," or "that depart considerably from the experiences of everyday life" (Mencher, 2006, p. 61). (Galtung and Ruge call it unexpectedness while Masterton calls it novelty) These include the bizarre, strange and wondrous. Journalists have applied this news value to write brights, sidebars, and features. The Buddhist perspective does not approve the use of this value to project any person, group, nation, or race in a negative light by deviating from the path of right speech and resorting to idle chatter. Too much emphasis on the unusual may mean a higher priority for event reporting (news as a commodity) than for process reporting (news as a social good).
The last two, currency and necessity, are more recent additions to the repertoire of news values. When a long-simmering situation will "suddenly emerge as the subject of discussion" (Mencher, 2006, p.61), the journalist applies the currency news value to report that situation. (Galtung and Ruge refer to it as continuity.) The necessity news value is applied when "the journalist feels it is necessary to disclose something that s/he has discovered," which is essentially a "journalism of conscience" (Mencher, p. 62-63). (Galtung and Ruge's consonance factor, media's readiness to report an item, may be stretched out to resemble necessity.) These two factors are compatible with the Buddhist perspective when journalists write process-oriented news as a social good without the intention (cetana) of deviating from the eight paths subsumed under sila (virtue), samādhi (mental development), and pañña (wisdom).
* Buddhist goals and mainstream news values/traits do not see eye to eye in relation to three factors—prominence, proximity, and the unusual; are ambiguous in relation to three other factors—timeliness, impact, and conflict; and are potentially compatible with the last two factors—currency, and necessity.
The news interview: Schudson (2005) contends that the journalistic interview was all but unknown in 1865, had become a common reportorial activity in the 1870s and 1880s, was widely practiced by 1900, and had turned into a mainstay of American journalism by World War I. Other scholars claim that the interview was introduced into tabloids by the 1830s along with police reports. Today, the interview is used to update news, as well as to provide multiple views on issues. Mainstream journalism also uses the interview to create human interest stories and to give the hard copy a sense of timeliness.
* Buddhist goals emphasize process reporting to explain the mutual interaction of multiple factors. By revealing the essence of the story first, the inverted pyramid structure encourages people to consume news very superficially and not read any further thereby nullifying the purpose of process reporting.
Journalistic objectivity: Stensaas (2005) says that the notion of objectivity is at the core of the mainstream news paradigm. Objectivity became the shared professional norm of American journalism in the 1920s (Schudson, 2005). Journalism tried to achieve objectivity, inter alia, by using the interview to present all sides of an issue; by conducting scientific opinion polls on significant issues; by discouraging reporters from injecting their opinion into their stories; and by using computer assisted reporting to analyze and interpret data related to numerous matters of public interest. How does objectivity fit into a journalism based on Buddhist values?
* Because Buddhist epistemology asserts that the knower (observer) and the known (observed) are interdependent, "this causal interplay renders it impossible to claim or prove an ultimate truth… Data gathering and interpretation are not value free, but freighted with emotional predispositions and cognitive preconceptions" (Macy, 1991, p. 196).
Jayatilleke (1963) points out that in Buddhism "verifiability is a test of truth but does not itself constitute the truth." Many truths in Buddhism "are considered to lie midway between two extreme points of view" (p. 359). The Buddhist theory of truth, as Jayatilleke explains, makes it clear that truth and therefore knowledge is "objective," as telling us the nature of "things as they are," which consists of knowing "what exists as 'existing' and what does not exist as 'not existing'" (p. 428). This is the highest knowledge. Claiming that beliefs based on authority and reason may turn out to be true or false, Buddha said that one should accept a proposition as true only when one has "personal knowledge" of it, taking into account the views of the wise (p. 416). Thus, Buddha claimed himself to be neither a traditionalist nor a rationalist, but an experientialist. What the Buddha meant by objective knowledge was experiential knowledge that one could acquire through concentration and mental development (samādhi) and wisdom (pañña). This interpretation is far different from the notions of objectivity and truth in the news paradigm.
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By Mark Brown
If personalised and ongoing care makes so much sense for chronic conditions, what's the problem with mental health being seen the same way? Why are those asking for it seen as being at odds with what's considered 'best' for them? What makes it so hard to accept that severe mental ill-health or distress can be an ongoing experience that requires ongoing care and support?
When people think about long-term care and support for the kinds of mental health difficulties that don't go away, they are mainly thinking about the kind of support that might fall under social care. This is less about treatment and more about ongoing support: both to address ongoing needs that don't go away, and to find ways to work around them or through them. This is mainly informed, whether people realise it or not, by thinking similar to the social model of disability.
The social model of disability rests in part on a Marxist analysis of capitalist society, which holds that because disabled people have been seen as contributing no labour, they are seen as a surplus of needs to be managed, and not as contributors. Society being arranged around money and labour, disabled people have been excluded: from the means of making money and through the structuring of society around the needs of those contributing, but also from the means to find ways of supporting themselves. The social model of disability rests on the idea that societies have a duty to all of their citizens, not just those who are economically active.
The social model of disability grew from a desire to escape from institutionalisation and limited opportunities. Without personalised support, care and adjustment backed up by law and taxation, the logic of 'care' for Disabled people was one of maintenance and cost minimisation.
To be Disabled, politically, is to be excluded from the rights and entitlements others take for granted because you are different from others. The answer is that society has a duty to remove as many of the barriers to Disabled people as possible so that they can take up all of the social goods and civic responsibilities that others would expect. In practice this means the provision of care, adjustment and support that, as much as possible, level the playing field. In this understanding, care and support are provided not as a benevolent act of charity but as a fundamental recognition of rights. It's hard to extricate the idea of the rights of Disabled people from the notion of a State being able to provide or to intervene in the ways that social and economic processes happen, especially where the idea of adaptation and adjustment of existing circumstances is required. Someone must pay somewhere for the support, care and adjustment that disabled people require to benefit from the opportunities and rights others take for granted.
The wider world of mental health has not always been on great terms with the social model of Disability, leading to conflict around whether long-term mental health difficulty is truly comparable to physical or intellectual disability. The Equalities Act 2010 which rolled together a number of previous equalities laws states that:
"A person (P) has a disability if—
(a) P has a physical or mental impairment, and
(b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on P's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities"
It also defines discrimination arising from disability as:
"A person (A) discriminates against a disabled person (B) if—
(a) A treats B unfavourably because of something arising in consequence of B's disability, and
(b) A cannot show that the treatment is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim."
UK law is currently aligned with EU law, which itself is still struggling to produce a clear and unambiguous definition of Disability, leaning toward Disability being recognised by its effects rather than its causes but still relying upon case law rather than watertight definitions. One such can of worms was opened in 2014 when a European Court of Justice ruling suggested that the work limitations experienced by an obese man who worked as a childminder should be covered by disability legislation. When looked at dispassionately, this should be an obvious case. However, questions about culture, self-responsibility, the example it set and whether it was 'right' to endorse obesity made the case a focus of fervent debate. Making changes would be 'too expensive'. It would send the 'wrong message'. It would make a mockery of those with disabilities who were 'born with them'. Through their own actions people could choose to 'make themselves disabled'. For some this was seen as an affront to 'honest British common sense' and an example of EU ridiculousness in line with straight bananas. In many ways the idea of long-term mental health difficulty as disability requiring long-term care falls into a similar pattern of kneejerk, gut feeling responses.
People with long-term severe mental health needs are not missing out on what they need to lead their lives because nothing is happening. Something is happening. There isn't a void, there's a mismatch. Mental health treatment and support is being provided; it just isn't being provided to enough people in a way that recognises mental distress and mental ill-health as a chronic condition or disability.
Long term mental health need has always been viewed with suspicion. We like neat categories. Long term mental health need, in common with other invisible or variable disabilities, confuses our desire to be able to make definitive judgements. Long term mental health need is not consistent. It fluctuates over time. Sometimes it is more disabling than others. Sometimes, with the right support or treatment in place or in the right conditions or situations it is not disabling at all. Long term mental health need may not be apparent to others; especially where people avoid circumstances and situations where their mental health difficulties are most obvious or most likely to be seen.
Historically in mental health there has been a competency paradox: have insight and competency in managing your particular problems and you will be seen as not being in need of help and support. Lack such skill and experience in knowing yourself and what ails you and you will not be considered competent to express your preference. Make demands for what you need, on the basis you know yourself best, and you might be unlucky enough to find yourself perceived as someone who is just about coping. And just about coping is seen as stability, and stability is seen as re-admittance to the world of people who do not require ongoing care.
Further than this is the idea, contrary to a social model of Disability view, that to rely upon others for support would somehow take away individual agency and make people unable to 'look after themselves'. If we just gave people with long-term needs what they want, the argument goes, then they would never learn how to do things for themselves. Within a social model of disability, the claiming of resources and the political admission that needing them is not a personal failing means that the demand for resources is key. Empowerment is advocating for and claiming those resources because your needs are different to others but your entitlement to life is the same. In long-term mental health the inverse is true: the logic we have arrived at suggests empowerment is found in needing the least amount of support and resources. Literally, once you have found your empowerment, you will not need assistance. Change is a matter of personal motivation and encouragement, not of control over resources.
The idea that empowerment might be a benevolent gift results from the idea that being in the position of marginalisation or being on the receiving end of inequalities is a psychological state rather than a material one. Lack of access to resources is a cumulative experience: the longer that lack persists, the greater the effect on your life. Not having food enough for one day feels awful; but never having enough food eventually leads to death. The experience of missing opportunities for education or for building a safe home life aren't just felt through a snapshot comparison with others at any given point across your life. The effect of past inequalities are felt as a growing deviation in opportunities and personal competencies that piles one loss upon another upon another. Inequality is the systemic failure to distribute any form of resource or social good in ways where the outcome is equal between all.
Empowerment in mental health often mashes up the idea of self-determination; where people have power over their own lives; with self-reliance; where people draw upon their own skills and abilities. The spectre that hangs over the idea of empowerment is, in this cosmology, its evil twin: dependency. In this view, an empowered individual or community does not rely upon others to do things for them. Give a man a fish, the worn-out slogan goes, and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat forever. Recovery in mental health is seen as synonymous with competency and competency is a learned quality; not a functional one.
When we tell a community that 'it's not what's wrong; it's what's strong' without acknowledging inequality it can feel like what is being said is 'what are you going to do to sort your own problems out?' The measure of empowerment in this view is not the degree of command over resources that an individual or community has, but the lack of reliance on the resources of others. Considering power is the literal extent to which it is possible to command or induce others to do things, it is odd that empowerment for those regarded to be marginalised, as many who live with long-term distress and mental ill-health are, should be so at odds. No one suggests that a Prime Minister is dependent because they don't put the bins out themselves, or don't rig up their own telephone lines or plan their own travel. When we are talking about men and fishes we could equally argue: rich men never catch their own fish and get to decide to have something other than fish for dinner.
When we tell a community that 'it's not what's wrong; it's what's strong' without acknowledging inequality it can feel like what is being said is 'what are you going to do to sort your own problems out?'
Rich, privileged communities might look like 'they stand on their own two feet', but that's easy to do when you have the power to demand and receive everything you need. For people with long-term mental health needs, it's only a mixture of large and small, political and practical, professional and personal, that will get us where we want or need to be.
Recovery in mental health was once the rallying cry for mental health activists but is viewed by some with suspicion. To be 'recovered' in the understanding of activist groups like Recovery in the Bin is to no longer be entitled to support; even when it was support in the first place that made living a viable life possible.
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Hahah, well played Jonathan! Read this with my morning coffee and almost fell out of my chair! I'd be thrilled if anyone pulled off a range extension/photo vouchered report for Zonata in OR/WA. I would buy you a steak dinner!
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Hey Porter, thanks man! I got a kick out of reading that the music stayed with you on the way to work!
The WDFW outdoor video contest is over, and to my surprise I won! This made my week!
Great photos and critters dude!
Cheers to my herping brothers and sisters in the field!
I just published this video and thought I'd share a link with the FHF! Enjoy!
I like those Redbacks and you had no problems finding blue garter snakes quickly -- you had better luck with blue garters than I did when we joined up! That is a decent haul of native herps in western Washington.
Well done! I was blown away by that carpet python and the red bellied black snakes. Also cool that you got to see a proper Huntsman spider. A lot of variety in wildlife in habitat. What a trip! You'll just have to get down there again to find that death adder eh?
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Choosing creatures called freshwater sharks may seem strangely fascinating to a fish-keeping beginner. Many people who are beginners in keeping aquariums choose tropical freshwater fish for the occupants of their first aquarium. When a beginner isn't familiar with many of the species available, certain names have appeal. "Freshwater sharks" has an attraction for many. These fish are also distinctive looking and a wonderful addition to any aquarium.
Learning the scientific names of fish may be part of setting up freshwater aquariums. The fish that are popularly called "freshwater sharks" are actually of the family Cyprinidae, and are totally unrelated to ocean sharks. The popular name was given these fish because the shape of their bodies resembles that of the marine predators. Among the types of fish that belong to this group are Bala Shark, Tricolor Shark, Silver Shark, Labeos, Roseline Shark, and the Rainbow Shark.
Owners of custom aquariums like to have interesting looking fish inhabiting the tank. The rainbow shark is a popular choice for aquariums. It is also called the red-fin shark, the rainbow sharkminnow, the ruby shark or the whitefin shark. These fish tend to dwell at the bottom of the tank, where they eat up leftover fish food. They also clean surfaces, eating the algae that might grow on various surfaces. This quality makes them a useful addition to the population of the aquarium.
The trick about selecting aquarium fish for your tank is choosing animals that will live well together. Although a solitary rainbow shark may live mildly with other types of fish in the aquarium, it is not a wise idea to have two in the same tank. Although they get along well with their own kind out in the wild, they tend to be aggressive if they share the same tank. They exhibit fighting behavior which can include threat displays and head-and-tail butting and biting. A larger rainbow shark would also chase a smaller one all around the aquarium. So if the novice fish-keeper wants to include a rainbow shark in their tank population, they should stick to only one at a time.
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India's Bajaj Auto Ltd - which has been facing copycat issues with Chinese rivals - has now been charged with plagiarism.
NEW DELHI: India's largest two and three-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto Ltd - which has been facing copycat issues with Chinese rivals - has now been charged with plagiarism.
Warner Brothers Studios has charged the firm of copyright violation for using a Harry Potter lookalike model in the advertisements for its bike Discover.
Sources told The Times of India that Warner Brothers has issued a legal notice to Bajaj Auto for using its Harry Potter franchise without permission. The company, however, termed it a misinterpretation saying its character - Jadoo - is independent of the popular wizard boy from the West.
"The West feels that anyone in a red bikini is Baywatch and any flying boy is Harry Potter. Our concept of Jadoo is unique and we don't believe it's copied from Harry Potter,"a company official said. "We feel the claim is exaggerated."
Though the Harry Potter lookalike has been pulled off the screens, company officials said it is not related to the Warner Brothers'legal notice. "We are shooting the third part of the Jadoo series now and the Jadoo ad will be aired next week,"the official said.
The Jadoo advertisement, featuring the wizard boy, was first aired recently to promote Discover.
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Theater Review: Brandy Norwood stars as Roxie Hart in 'Chicago'
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12,000 Years of Mongolian Rock Art
By	Tusker Trail	on	May 1, 2010	in	Asia Category, Culture Category, History Category, Mongolia Category
Chance Encounter
The trans-Pacific flight one takes to get from the United States to Mongolia can be a long haul. Tusker Trail's Eddie and Amy Frank know this journey well, having repeated it many times in order to lead their clients on their unparalleled adventures trekking the Mongolian Altai Mountains.
But on one particular flight, it was a chance encounter that opened up a new door to the hidden and infinite treasures of Mongolia, as well as a new friendship with one of the leading experts on the country's archaeology and landscape. Sitting in front of Amy, Esther Jacobson-Tepfer was reading a book on Mongolian birdlife. Amy struck up a conversation about birds with Esther. A University of Oregon professor of Indian Art, Nomadic Art of Eurasia, and North Asian Rock Art, Esther has spent the last twenty years in Mongolia studying the fascinating cultural ecology of the Altai region.
Esther may have been hesitant at first to reveal some of the secrets of the region, such as its ancient rock art that could be easily destroyed if it ended up in the path of mass tourism. But when she realized Eddie and Amy were remote travelers and as passionate about preservation of land, culture and artifacts as she was, she gave them the "keys to castle". Providing them with tantalizing details of rock art hidden throughout the Altai region, as well as maps on how to get there, Esther told Eddie and Amy that she wanted them to find and share these cultural treasures with their travel clients while at the same time educating them not to touch or destroy them.
Today, embarking on a journey with Tusker to Mongolia not only provides travelers the opportunity to see some of the most dramatic landscape the world has to offer, but it's also an extremely rare opportunity to experience rarely seen rock art, as old as 12,000 years, that is extremely hard to locate.
Magnificent Rock Art
It's pretty safe to say that most of the world is not well acquainted with Mongolian rock art. The remote regions of the country where many of the best examples of rock art can be found are not highly trafficked by tourists or even researchers. There have been some archaeologists who have studied the imagery carved and painted on rocks and boulders, including a few publications by Russian scholars, but it certainly seems that Esther's research has taken the study to a new level. She has helped to bring to our attention regions that include some of the finest examples of rock art in all of North Asia.
Rock art in Mongolia dates back to the late Pleistocene period about 10,000 years ago and continues through the Bronze Age (c.3500-1200 BC), Early Iron Age (c.1000-550 BC) and Turkic period (c.900-1500 CE). The Altai Mountains, extending from the northwest of the country to the Gobi desert is a prime area to witness examples of rock art. There are other sites as well, though they are found scattered across the steppe of the southern and eastern portions of the country. In Bayan Olgiy, the starting point of Tusker's Mongolian Trek, rock art is not hidden in caves like many other places, but out in the open. Any painted rock art has long since vanished, but there is a surviving art that has been chipped away on rock using stones or metals. The Oigor drainage and areas within the Tsagaan Gol river basin, are also home to a plethora of examples of well preserved rock art. Typical rock art imagery in Mongolia includes depictions of hunters and animals, riders on horses, carts and caravans, women birthing children and Shamanic symbols.
The artists of ancient Mongolia chose their materials and surfaces well, preferring hardened and smooth sandstone that can only be found in a few high valleys. The life of ancient Mongolians is represented in a stark and realistic way through rock art. The images are often archaic, indicated by the static depictions of animals with their large bodies and cone-shaped, tapering legs. The images also suggest their age, displaying rhinos that disappeared with the Ice Age 20,000 years ago and ostriches that roamed the steppe until the Early Holocene period 12,000 years ago. Most images stand alone and do not suggest they are using other images to tell a story or qualify them. The images do an excellent job of depicting the spiritual worldview of Mongolians of the time, and display an outstanding universal value.
It cannot be stressed enough that there is an ongoing need to document the ancient rock art tradition of Mongolia. Raising awareness of the tradition and promoting it in a sustainable way is the only way to protect it as a resource for cultural tourism. A better understanding of Mongolian rock art will help to provide a deeper understanding of Central Asian culture as a whole.
Opportunity of a Lifetime
Eddie and Amy Frank have been leading treks to Mongolia for six years now. They are highly experienced, professional trek operators who do everything in their power to ensure that their clients have life-changing experiences while traveling — and they have yet to disappoint. The awe-inspiring trek they offer through the rarely visited Altai Tavn Bogd National Park, on foot and horseback, is the adventure opportunity of a lifetime and not to be missed. Only 120 people travel through this region each year, so it remains pristine and untouched. And you can count on Eddie and Amy taking you to see the spectacular Mongolian rock art that few modern day people have encountered.
To get better acquainted with the Mongolian Altai before you go, Eddie & Amy recommend that you pick up a copy of the latest book published by Esther, her photographer husband Gary Tepfer and her colleague James E. Meacham. Titled "Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai: An Atlas", it is a fascinating, superbly researched and picturesque account of Mongolia history, seen through the eyes of the experts. It is truly unparalleled reading. The book documents the archaeological treasures of Mongolia in a way that has never been done before.
And once you've read the book, join Tusker's exciting trek.
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Interview to Sense Of Fear
By Valeria Campagnale
Hello, thank you for your time guys!!!
"As the ages passing by.." is your latest release where many heavy influences can be heard! Which bands are the ones that inspired you most?
Well, each member has his own influences/inspiration. However, being metal fans ourselves, we find common ground within Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Nevermore and Iced Earth… and last but not least, Rotting Christ. These bands are just to name a few of course.
What is the hardest challenge of being a band in your particular genre?
Playing metal has a lot of challenges, for all bands. Financial insecurity, a plethora of bands to choose from (from the audience perspective), writer's block and many others. However, we always strive to do our best and compose good music, which is what lasts after all.
Are you pleased by the way that the music industry expands and evolves through the years?
I don't think anyone is pleased, not even top tier bands. But you know, metal was always off-mainstream… there was a window for some bands to become huge and live the "rock-star" dream" in the past, but this has changed once and for all.
Are there any specific meaning that you look to promote through your music and lyrical themes?
I don't think there is ONE meaning. There are a lot of meanings, each song is trying to convey its own message. People are complicated creatures, you can almost never have one thought or one feeling… it's the mixture and the complexity that makes us human.
If I could say two lines for our album "As the ages passing by", it mainly talks about how humanity has fought itself over the centuries, how people always fought other people (and themselves) and how SENSE OF FEAR perceive the world as of today.
That is the general concept of the album.
- In what ways has the band grown or matured over time?
That is a hard question to answer, being the front-man of the band for almost 7 years now. I would have to say that there is definitely some maturity but I am glad that we also keep our energy and a "young" mindset if I may say so. Musicwise, you can listen to "Lord of the world", the band's very first song back in 1998-1999 (the guys were 12-13 year olds then!) and "Angel of Steel", which is one of the "latest" tracks, written in 2013 I think. I think you can spot some growth for sure, haha!
- What's your strongest memory as a band till now?
If I could pick one, I would say our show with Queensryche in November in Thessaloniki, Greece. A packed venue and a great show overall.
Do you have a favorite lyric from your album or a lyric that passes a really strong message that describe you as humans and musicians as well?
I will pick the chorus from "As the Ages Passing by" title track:
"Feeling like a stranger
Who lost his purpose and his dream
Time spent so worthless,
The empire's falling - you can see
Victims of reality
A space within our gravity
Times stills runs beyond madness and Insanity"
What should we expect from Sense of Fear at 2020 that is right around the corner?
We are currently working on our new material, so let's see… maybe next year will be the time for our new release! That doesn't mean that we will not perform live of course! We can't live without a good live show (pun intended, haha)… Stay tuned for more Sense of Fear!
Is there something that you would like to share with your fans?
We really appreciate your love and support over these years. Thank you very much and expect a killer new album sooner rather than later! And thank YOU for this great interview my friend… Cheers and metal lives on! \m/
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Driver jailed after causing this multi-vehicle A17 crash that left two women seriously injured
Warning: distressing dashcam footage has been released
Ashley Franklin
A man has been jailed after his carelessness caused a horrendous crash on the A17.
Lorry driver David Price, of Chapel Lane, Manby, failed to react in time to queuing traffic ahead while travelling along the busy single carriageway at Newark on June 8 2018.
The 65-year-old's HGV ploughed into the back of a Renault Clio causing a chain reaction, which sent the Clio into an Audi A1, which was catapulted into the back of another lorry.
The collision caused a number of injuries.
Live updates after roads closed as Lincolnshire remains at risk of flooding
The driver of the Clio, a Leeds University student who was travelling from Norwich to Leeds, suffered serious life-changing injuries including a bleed on her brain, a broken back, broken neck, broken arm, broken ribs and a broken nose.
She needed a number of operations for her injuries and had to withdraw from university due to her injuries.
The driver of the Audi, who was travelling to Leeds to visit her daughter, also suffered significant injuries which resulted in her having time off work.
In a victim personal statement she said she 'believed she was going to die that day' and felt 'lucky to have survived'.
Price was subsequently charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
David Price from Manby has been jailed after this crash on the A17 in Newark (Image: Nottinghamshire Police)
The case heard at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday, November 7, heard that prior to the crash, as he approached the queuing traffic, Price was driving at about 55mph, colliding with the back of the Clio at 49mph.
Tests showed that Price applied emergency braking when he was approximately 15 metres away from the Clio.
At 55mph it would have taken approximately 50 metres for the lorry to apply emergency braking and stop.
He pleaded guilty and given an 18-month prison sentence as well as a 29-month driving ban.
With the backing of the victims, police have now released dashcam footage of the crash to remind motorists what can happen if you don't pay full attention when behind the wheel.
Inspector Heather Sutton, Neighbourhood Policing Inspector for the Newark and Sherwood area, said: "We have issued the dashcam footage, with the agreement of the victims, as a warning to drivers to pay attention when behind the wheel.
"Price's dangerous driving caused catastrophic life-changing injuries within the space of a few seconds.
"It could all have been avoided if he had paid attention when behind the wheel. Now he has time to reflect on the consequences of his actions in prison."
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