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Patients and visitors Visiting Edward Hospital During your stay Wings of Hope Angel Garden Share
Wings of Hope Angel Garden
Edward Hospital's Wings of Hope Angel Garden is a special place where parents who have lost a baby can honor their child's life.
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Inspiration for the garden, which opened in 2010, came from four SHARE moms, in partnership with the Edward Foundation. SHARE is a national support network for anyone whose life has been touched by the tragic loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death. Find a SHARE support group.
The four moms, Carrie Wrona of Plainfield, Laura Morgan of Naperville, Stephanie Fiore of Lisle and Amanda Albaugh of Oswego, had all participated in SHARE groups following their own losses in 2004 and 2005. They promoted the idea of the new garden, offered input into the design, and provided funds raised through A Walk to Remember, an annual event since 2005.
"It's important that grieving parents have a place to go to seek peace and comfort," says Wrona. "I lost my son, Jacob, in 2004. You never completely get over this kind of loss, but helping make the new garden a reality has let us put our grief into something positive that can help other families."
The Wings of Hope Angel Garden is located close to Edward Hospital's South entrance. Visitors to the garden will find a soothing and serene environment, featuring brick walls (including a butterfly wall where parents can memorialize their baby), benches, a fountain and lovely plants that attract butterflies.
"The wings of the angel and of the butterflies gave us the idea for the name of the garden," says Wrona. "The wings of hope for a better tomorrow help carry us through the difficult times."
Parents can use the garden to start a family tradition of visiting their baby's memorial, especially if there wasn't a formal funeral service or a gravesite. Many families attend the Wings of Hope Angel Garden Annual Blessing, which includes a butterfly release, held in the garden in June.
Families are invited to purchase a memorial feature for the garden, such as an etched brick paver, etched butterfly or garden element. For more information, contact 630-527-3263.
Edward SHARE is grateful to the donors who helped make this garden possible, including a number of medical staff members and Edward employees, and DuPage Valley Anesthesiologists for donating the fountain. The following companies also donated a portion of their services in order to make this Garden a reality: Clarence David and Company, Hitchcock Design, and Power Construction.
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Developing Northside Library Seeks Financial Support
Cynthia Cheng Posted on POSTED 12:00 AM, April 3, 2013
Weekday visitors to the Rivermark Plaza might notice a busy construction site and a sign attached to the fence asking pedestrians to pardon the dust. Behind the fence is the future Northside Branch Library. The construction has progressed significantly since the groundbreaking in July 2012.
During a "hardhat" tour, Ken Young, a board member of the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends, pointed out different areas of the library.
"This area would be filled with books someday," Young says. "On that side is the program room. Outside here would be the patio for outdoor reading."
"The construction of the facility will be done by the middle of the summer," says Maria Daane, executive director of the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends. "The shelving, the books, and the furniture will be added this fall. They're looking at opening the library at the end of this year."
According to Daane, the Northside Library will be a pedestrian library. This means that local high-tech employees can swing by after having lunch in the plaza. Children can walk here after school. Stroller parents, grandparents, and nannies living nearby can come here without transportation.
"This library will be exceptionally busy and heavily used, with thousands of books checked out every month," Daane predicts.
Daane credits community volunteers for their efforts to raise money for programming and future collection needs of the library.
"The community volunteers have raised over $50,000 so far," Daane says. "Our goal is to raise $250,000. We are asking corporations and community groups to partner with us."
"The $250,000 will be used for special programming, like summer reading, parenting classes, computer training programs, and author visits," says Kathy Watanabe. Watanabe is a board member of the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends and a community volunteer working on the fundraising effort.
Watanabe and her fundraising team will host an informational event at Mezbaan Bar and Indian Cuisine later in the spring. At Don Callejon School's Spring Fling in May, the group will also be tabling at a booth.
Any donation over $100 made in support of the Northside Library will be acknowledged on a donor tree in the library. A donation of $500 puts the donor's name on a small leaf. A donation of $1,000 gets the donor's name on a large leaf. Other parts of the library can also be named for a donor. For example, a $5,000 donation will honor the donor in the periodicals area, and a $50,000 donation honors the donor in the community room. Donations are tax-deductible.
Watanabe adds that donors who give $500 or more to support the Northside Library receive a "hardhat" tour of the construction site by appointment later in the spring.
There will be plenty to see on such an exclusive tour.
"Right now, there are 45 men doing 18 different trades, such as the tile setters, computer floor installers, drywall installers, electricians, and iron workers," says Diego Rocamora, the construction project superintendent. "I grew up in East Oakland. If you want kids to stay out of trouble, you have to give them someplace safe and positive to go to, like the library."
Visit www.lovethelibrary.org for more information about donating to the Northside Library. Volunteers who wish to be part of the community group to help fundraise for the Northside Library can contact Maria Daane at (408) 615-2987.
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Teacher introduction
By the end of this unit, students will have explored what it means to be a leader. They will have developed an awareness of leaders in our world, and the qualities they possess to be just leaders – which is one way of standing in solidarity with our one human family. Students will also have an understanding of true discipleship, and Jesus' call to servant leadership.
Teachers, before you start:
Watch the CST 'Solidarity' film and familiarise yourself with the pause point and other stopping points listed in this lesson suggestion.
Download the various resources referenced (worksheets, slides, etc.) and have them ready to go on your computer/interactive whiteboard.
Familiarise and decide on the use of online or app technologies.
Leadership values mapping.
Watch Caritas Australia's 'Solidarity' film, which focuses on how being leaders for justice is one way of standing in solidarity with our one human family.
Teacher's note: Church's teaching on Solidarity
Solidarity is an essential stance of faith and a feature of moral consciousness recognizing that we belong to one human family. One demand of such membership is the responsibility to participate in the building up of community and the fostering of unity. Solidarity invites such participation and awareness at all levels and across all borders. We have mutual obligations to promote the rights and development of all people across communities, nations, and the world, irrespective of national boundaries. Solidarity is a way of "being with" our sisters and our brothers around the globe. (Education for Justice)
Years 7-8: Role models
Students reflect on who they turn to for advice and who their role models are by completing the Caritas role models worksheet. Encourage them to think of people whose values they admire and who they would most like to emulate.
Students pair up or form small groups and choose one role model between them. They decide on a good way to share their response with the class:
make an illustrated poster (to make this interactive, students could use Glogster) and give an oral presentation;
prepare a role play where they 'interview' one or more of the role models about their lives;
write a story about a role model for a school magazine or blog.
Extension activity: Students complete the chart in the Caritas worksheet with themselves listed as the 'role model'. They must list their own qualities and how they can use them to help others.
Adapted from: Australian Catholics/Jesuit Social Services.
Years 9-10: Just leaders
Either stop the film at the pause point or watch the film to the end and then display slide 1. In small groups, students discuss the pause point question and name at least one leader in each category (company, country and their community). Would they say that these are 'leaders for justice'? Why/why not?
Optional: Students watch the Archbishop of Perth's video address (45mins) "Youth Lead for Justice: Catholic Leadership for the 21st Century", which illustrates the qualities of a good leader. In this speech, the Archbishop gives and expands on eight leadership quotes. He then reflects on Jesus' leadership qualities and gives four lessons that we can learn from His example.
Students use the Caritas Be More Bios and the summary of the Archbishop's speech to research 'just leaders' and assess what values and qualities these just leaders demonstrate; students complete the Caritas Leadership Values worksheet accordingly.
Teacher's note: For additional examples of just leadership by First Australians, take a look at the NAIDOC Week Award Winners profiles.
In the same groups, students discuss:
How are these 'just leaders' similar/different to the three leaders they named at the pause point?
How did reading the various biographies make you feel?
What made the most impact on you? Why?
What do these people inspire you to do?
Extension activities:
Students summarise 'just leadership' in one sentence and create a class video montage. Watch this example, featuring six students from Perth commenting on the qualities of a good leader.
Students take the four leadership lessons from Jesus as outlined in the Archbishop's speech and research current day examples of these lessons in practice. For instance, when Pope Francis washed the feet of young offenders, including Muslims and girls.
Conduct a gifts/talents inventory. On a big sheet of paper, invite students to write down all their gifts and talents. Look at the quantity and quality of the gifts within your classroom! What can be done with these gifts for others?
Introduce the inquiry: Display the poster and explain that as a class you are going to explore the CST principle of Solidarity, through the specific lens of being leaders for justice. The 'big question' of "What is authentic power?" is linked to this through the question of true discipleship and authentic power being about service leadership (cf. Pope Francis's quote on the poster – "Let us never forget that authentic power is service."
What is true discipleship?
Pope John Paul II called all young people to live as Christ's disciples. Being a leader for justice is the same as being a true disciple: it is a response to our understanding of the call to love as Jesus loved. The Greek term for disciple, μαθητής (mathētēs), refers generally to any "student," "pupil," "apprentice," or "adherent." Discipleship means much more than just the transfer of information, however. It refers to imitating the teacher's life, inculcating his values, and reproducing his teachings.
Years 7-8: Jesus' call to discipleship
Students are explicitly taught about the call to discipleship. Students conduct Scripture hunts using the Scripture references given.
Early in his earthly ministry Jesus called a certain twelve men to be with him and to follow him; we call them the twelve disciples or apostles. Many other men and women were also followers of Jesus, but these twelve are the people who went everywhere with Jesus throughout his three years of earthly ministry. We too are called to be disciples of Jesus. What does that mean?
First and foremost, discipleship is about being with Jesus – about coming to know him and walk with him. (Matt 4:19; Mark 3:14; Luke 14:25-35; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Philippians 3:10).
In turn, this leads us to be like him. Think about it – the more you spend time with certain people, the more you become like them. How many times have you caught yourself using the same phrase a good friend uses? Or perhaps you watch a certain TV show or read a magazine because a friend has recommended it? It follows that the more time we spend meditating on who Jesus is, what his teachings are and how he wants us to live our lives, we will begin to live and act more like Jesus. (2 Cor 3:18; 1 Cor 1:9; Philippians 3:10-11; Luke 6:40; John 13:14-17; 1 Corinthians 11:1).
Display slides 2-6 slides and/or the Oscar Romero PPT, which explore the concept that we, as Christ's disciples, are his hands and feet in the world today. Create a class mural: students draw their hands and feet onto coloured card and put into their own words what it means to be a disciple of Christ, explain what is most important to them about discipleship, as well as what they are most reluctant to do/what they are most afraid of.
Years 9-10: Servant leadership
In his inauguration speech in March, Pope Francis spoke of the kind of leader that he hoped to be in the Church, following the example that Jesus himself set for Christians:
'Today, together with the feast of Saint Joseph, we are celebrating the beginning of the ministry of the new Bishop of Rome, the Successor of Peter, which also involves a certain power. Certainly, Jesus Christ conferred power upon Peter, but what sort of power was it? Jesus' three questions to Peter about love are followed by these commands: feed my lambs, feed my sheep. Let us never forget that authentic power is service, and that the Pope too, when exercising power, must enter ever more fully into that service which has its radiant culmination on the Cross. He must be inspired by the lowly, concrete and faithful service which marked Saint Joseph and, like him, he must open his arms to protect all of God's people and embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important, those whom Matthew lists in the final judgment on love: the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick and those in prison.'
Questions for reflection: How would our world be different if leaders followed Pope Francis' advice about authentic power being service? How might politicians and businesses act differently? What does it mean for how we should act in our everyday lives?
Extension: View the Works of Mercy PowerPoint.
Discuss: How is mercy related to justice? How does/can this affect our decisions as 'just' leaders?
The notion of servant leadership is clearly revealed in, and central to, Jesus' life and ministry, in the Gospels and in Catholic tradition. We are called not to experience feeling good for doing good – but instead to respond actively to the call to "build a civilization of love" (Pamela Reihy (2001), To Build a Civilization of Love. p 41-43). We do this not out of the goodness of our hearts, but as a matter of justice.
Caritas means love and compassion. If we are to "build a civilization of love" we must work towards a world in balance, at peace and free from poverty. Students create a story that illustrates servant leadership in the world today.
Students research examples of servant leadership from their local and global community. Scriptural examples could also be taken.
Students creatively present their chosen example through (digital) storytelling, highlighting the service values demonstrated.
Students present their stories to small groups or the class.
Solidarity through just leadership.
Watch Caritas Australia's 'Common Good' film from 00:44-01:00.
Introduction: We have all read stories of courage in which people have applied extraordinary effort to save a life or to assist others in times of crisis. We all know people who are prepared to sacrifice their own desires in order to be present to someone in need. Maristely is a normal 18 year old girl – she likes spending time with her family and friends and having fun; yet she has committed herself to working with the most disadvantaged people in her society, which often means spending time in meetings, workshops and with those people in her community, rather than using her spare time for herself.
Questions for reflection: What is it that makes some people so willing to reach out to others? What qualities do some people have that enable them to be hopeful about the world and to see good in others? Could it be grace, religion, a spiritual outlook, faith or is it just a matter of temperament or personality? Could it be all of these?
These people have an instinct for caring, a feeling for others, an awareness that in some mysterious way we are all connected and therefore responsible for each other. They truly put into practice the words of Jesus: 'Love your neighbour'. And yet it seems these people have another quality. They recognise their talents and are committed to using them for the good of others. They hone their skills, develop their abilities and then find ways to effectively use them to improve our world.
Adapted from Australian Catholics
Students complete the Caritas 'Maristely – Young Leader Awards' worksheet, which asks them to identify Maristely's leadership qualities.
Teacher's note: This requires students to work in groups and as individuals.
Maristely talks about being committed to helping the most disadvantaged people in her community. On a large poster, or by creating an interactive e-poster, students creatively present the needs of people living on the margins of our community. Students may wish to use words, quotations, drawings, symbols, photos and captions, lists or poetry.
Teacher's note: Encourage students to think of both their local and global community – of all our neighbours. The Caritas photo gallery and global issues pages are good places to start when considering our global neighbours.
Years 9-10
For solidarity to be a Christian practice it must be permeated by love (caritas). The life, death and resurrection of Jesus connect solidarity and charity (caritas). In fact solidarity is the expression of caritas, or to put it another way, love is the verb of solidarity. Solidarity is the virtue and the practice underlying the commandment to love one's neighbour – our brothers and sisters around the world – as oneself. (Matthew 10:40-42, 20:25; Mark 10:42-45; Luke 22:25-27)
One of the main characteristics of Christian living is the demonstration of solidarity with and action for those who suffer. Caritas focuses on doing this for those who face poverty and injustice.
Display the editorial cartoon and then go through slides 7-10, which looks at our 'fast clothing' culture and what we can do to be counter-cultural, in order for all people involved in the clothing industry to have fair and just working conditions. Explain that Christ asked several of the disciples to "be with" Him in Gethsemane in His pain and suffering. What are different ways we can "be with" others in their pain and suffering, that is, in solidarity? Remind students that the editorial cartoon is just one example of how many of our brothers and sisters around the world are experiencing injustice, and that taking the actions outlined in the slides are one example of ways we can stand in solidarity to end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.
Students bring in an old cotton t-shirt and use it to creatively present ways they can "be with" others.
Being a true disciple by being a just leader.
We have all been blessed with various talents. We are all capable of contributing to our world in a unique and special way.
Questions for reflection: What skills do you have to reach out to others in a Christian way? What are your special talents? Are you a good listener, do you have a sense of humour, can you teach or explain things well? Perhaps you have practical or trade skils. You might be a great cook, or artistic. There are many ways to reach out to your neighbour.
Students list their skills and human qualities.
In groups, students brainstorm ways they can be a true disciple by helping cater for these needs and being a leader for justice.
Students review the Caritas "Two feet of love in action" worksheet to understand the difference between 'charity' (meeting an immediate need) and 'justice' (addressing an underlying cause).
Students draw their own two feet and write what actions they will take to meet the needs identified, including using their skills and qualities.
Students complete the Caritas 'Maristely – Young Leader Solidarity Rings' worksheet, which asks them to reflect on Maristely's leadership qualities, and identify and explain how they could earn a 'solidarity ring' for being just leaders themselves, by standing in solidarity with our one human family.
Taking up God's invitation to show his love to others – to love and care for myself and others.
Students complete pages 17-19 of the Caritas CST Reflection Journal.
As a class or in assembly, use the Oscar Romero 'Be More' prayer. You can make the link between Romero's words on 'sowing seeds of hope' ("We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise.") and Maristely's quote about doing the same in the favelas ("We sow the seeds of hope and, even though the seed that we plant is small, the seed grows slowly. I believe it is possible that the situation will change.")
To respond, students write reflectively about aspects of their own lives, culture and the world that need to be transformed, and how they can sow seeds of hope.
Prayer Flag Activity
Show students pictures of Buddhist prayer flags in Nepal. Explain that they are a colourful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas, and are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Traditional prayer flags include woodblock-printed text and images. Relate the use of prayer flags in Buddhism to the use of icons and holy pictures in Catholic practice.
Students create their own stamp symbol for justice using soap or a potato.
Fabric paint and pens
Calico pieces or paper (size of A4 paper sheets)
Potato or soap if doing stamp activity.
Using the statement 'Justice, it starts with me…' students create their prayer flag by constructing one of the sheets. Include some of the following: an image (their stamp), some statements that express their understanding of justice, a quote, their values, and how they will be a leader for justice.
After all of the flags are finished, string them together. Display at a school assembly/liturgy, and/or in the class area.
Lower primary learning experience
Middle primary learning experience
Upper primary learning experience
Related downloads:
Solidarity - Secondary Learning Experience (PDF, 825KB)
Poster (PDF, 8.7MB)
Slides (PPT, 9.38MB)
Oscar Romero – example of just leader PPT (PPT, 4.22MB)
Role models (PDF, 385KB)
Leadership values (PDF, 425KB)
Archbishop of Perth Leadership Address - worksheet (PDF, 614KB)
Young Leader/solidarity rings (Yrs 9-10) (PDF, 476KB)
Young Leader JL award (Yrs 7-8) (PDF, 429KB)
All Secondary 'Solidarity' Resources (ZIP, 23.0MB)
CST Prayer (PPT, 5.59MB)
'Be More' Bios (PDF, 1.18MB)
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A: Насколько я понимаю, проблема не в том, что head не грузится и title получается пустой строкой. Скорее всего так кажется, потому что вы не даёте браузеру времени отрисовать изменения на странице: браузер не может этого делать, пока исполняет непрерывный синхронный код. Как только вы добавите паузу даже в 1 миллисекунду, всё изменится. Правда, тогда стоит уменьшить число, потому что время «загрузки» существенно увеличится.
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Но с этим подходом вы не получите возможность «остановить» загрузку, потому что ваша функция по условиям запускается уже после загрузки.

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John Cooper's Story Is A Classic Case Of David Versus Goliath [Videos]
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The MINI is one of the most recognisable cars on the road, and the brand brings with it an awesome backstory.
It's a classic story that saw a small, seemingly insignificant little car successfully leave behind a whole pack of far more powerful Goliaths.
When John Cooper first entered the iconic classic Mini (later rebranded MINI) into competitive racing, it wowed the motor racing world, using its nimble handling and revolutionary engine and wheel layout to take on the field.
You can see the little car in action here:
The John Cooper Works story actually begins in 1946. Charles Cooper and his son John founded the Cooper Car Company, and built their first racing cars in a garage in Surbiton, England.
The Cooper Car Company first built single-seat Formula Three racing cars. These were hugely successful in the 500cc class due to their revolutionary rear engine. This stroke of genius soon made the Cooper Car Company the choice for aspiring young drivers. John Cooper went on to win both the Formula One World Championship and Constructors Championship.
John Cooper became fascinated by the classic Mini, which was initially intended solely for everyday road use. John Cooper envisioned it as a champion racer. With the addition of a more powerful engine, new brakes and sharper steering, he had soon transformed this everyday family car into a giant slaying racing car.
In 1961, the first Mini Cooper was born.
By 1964, Mini Cooper was a globally renowned marque. It won almost every competition imaginable – including historic wins at the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964, 1965 and 1967. Mini and John Cooper had developed the classic Mini into a winner that was vastly superior to its competitors.
The Sky documentary about John Cooper Works captures the MINI's journey through time is a great look back in time, and offers a more in-depth backstory:
In 2001, 'Mini' joined the BMW group and was rebranded as MINI.
In 2007, BMW acquired the John Cooper Works brand name, engineering and development resources. And one year later, the first two new MINI John Cooper Works models were launched: a totally updated version of the John Cooper Works Hatch and the John Cooper Works Clubman.
These powerhouses were equipped with a 1.6 litre four-cylinder engine with Twin Scroll turbocharger and an output of 211 hp (155 kW). A testament to John Cooper's pioneering spirit and commitment to driving performance.
Five years later, in 2013, the limited edition MINI John Cooper Works GP was released, boasting a 218 hp turbo-charged, four-cylinder engine. Once again, just 2,000 of these highly sought-after models were produced.
The racing spirit at the heart of MINI's history and John Cooper's legacy lives on in the models that have just hit the streets.
They all share the same high-performance DNA and racing-grade tuning to deliver a potent combination of precise handling and acceleration. Furthermore, our MINI John Cooper Works Racing Team is conquering the competition, too. It recently took the chequered flag at Daytona – beating some of the world's premier sports cars. And after winning the Dakar Rally four years in succession with MINI ALL4 Racing, the X-raid MINI John Cooper Works Rally team had a successful start to the Dakar Rally.
Keen to become part of the legend? Visit MINI and have a look around their showroom.
See you on the road.
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The Golden Compass (published as The Northern Lights in the UK) is the first volume of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The series is marketed as young adult fiction and has the corresponding young heroine and lack of sexual content, but it has a sophistication and dark edge that's uncommon in the genre. That same sophistication makes it even more enjoyable for adults than the average well-written young adult series.
Pullman is famously not a fan of some of the classics of children's fantasy literature, expressing disgust with The Chronicles of Narnia in particular. His own series is therefore somewhat unconvential for the genre. He avoids the standard trappings of mentors, trustworthy adults, praise of virtues such as honesty, and respect for authority of any kind (even supposedly benign authority). That variation from the standard tropes can put the reader on edge, calling into question some of the foundations that one normally takes for granted when reading children's fantasy and making apparent truth feel disturbingly unreliable. It's an edge that's occasionally disconcerting, but it makes for a more engrossing reading experience. For example, I enjoyed reading a book where adults, even well-meaning adults, regularly lie to children, and not even with narrator warning.
Lyra is a half-wild tomboy, living in Oxford in an alternate world with many changes from our own. Technology tends to be a hundred years older than that of our world, with air transport via zeppelin and electric and oil lights intermixed. The world is controlled almost completely by a united church that seems a mix of Catholicism and Calvinism, with much of the elements of Catholic central control kept in a modified form. Physics and religion are linked in a medieval way; the study of physics is called experimental theology. Every human's soul or conscience is manifest as a daemon: a creature of animal form they are never parted with and that can speak and that interacts with the world like they do. Children's daemons can take any animal form, but as a person becomes an adult, their daemon takes one fixed form indicative of their personality. The world also features some magic and a wider variety of creatures than ours (including some wonderful armored, intelligent bears).
At the beginning of the story, Lyra overhears a meeting of her uncle and powerful scholars of Oxford, and from that discovers that her uncle is investigating a phenomenon called Dust. The nature of Dust is very unclear, but it scares people, the church particularly, and her uncle's investigation is secret. At the same time, mysterious Gobblers are kidnapping children who are never seen again. Lyra shortly thereafter is sent away to live with a beautiful and mysterious woman, is given an artifact called an alethiometer, and gets involved in an adventure across the frozen north to free the kidnapped children, investigate what is being done to them, and find her father.
Lyra is an excellent protagonist. Most of the book is told from a tight third-person perspective focused on her, and she does a great job at being the reader's stand-in while still developing a forceful personality of her own. Lyra doesn't suddenly change personalities when she begins to learn about the world, nor does she rely on authority figures or mentors to guide her through the world. She either loses mentor-like figures along the way, is betrayed by them, or ends up guiding them. She also doesn't exhibit the typical virtues of a young adult hero: she lies inventively and routinely to adults who don't deserve truth, she doesn't respect people until they earn her respect, and she's canny in the way of a child with little adult attention who spent much of her young life in running mock battles between gangs of street kids. I found her one of the most refreshing protagonists I've read, not limited to young adult novels.
Pullman builds a deep, complex world that's a thrill to explore, but two ideas in particular stand out. First, the idea of the daemons, the animal-form embodiment of one's soul, is wonderful. It's explored at great depth and one begins to believe in the idea, agreeing with Lyra when she considers how horribly lonely it must be to have no daemon. Pullman does an excellent job writing her daemon, Pantalaimon, who is much like but not quite the same as Lyra. Just like one's innermost gut feelings, Lyra sometimes follows his advice and sometimes doesn't, and he isn't always right. The daemons are also skillfully used to give hints (sometimes misleading) on other people's emotions, natures, and reactions. I'd want to read the rest of the trilogy for no other reason than to see more of the daemons.
Second, the alethiometer (the golden compass of the title) is a skillful way of giving Lyra a power that no one else has without following the traditional path of hidden royalty or burgeoning magical powers. Lyra has a knack for understanding and reading its symbols, something that others do with long labor through extensive code books. From that she can get invaluable information about what's truly going on, but it only does one thing and Lyra otherwise has no special powers. She has to rely on her wits and her friends to get through the trouble she finds herself in, but the alethiometer and her skill with it still provides that sense of wonder that usually comes from the protagonist's growing magical abilities.
This is only the first book of a trilogy and has no definite ending. In fact, the ending provided is rather mystifying and confusing. This is a good series to read back to back, and I recommend having The Subtle Knife on-hand to start after finishing The Golden Compass . This is an engrossing adventure with excellent characters, and you'll be anxious to find out what happens next.
Followed by The Subtle Knife .


The U.S consumer confidence index changed direction and fell during August, after this index had risen during July. .
According to the recent U.S. consumer confidence survey, the consumer confidence index fell in August compared with July's index: The index reached in August 60.6 (1985=100) a decrease of 4.8 percent points from 65.4 in July. Further, American consumers' short term outlook in U.S. business conditions also deteriorated in August than a month earlier. Finally, the consumers' assessment of current business and labor conditions didn't change much during the month.
Note, this report was based on a survey conducted up to August 16th. In the last couple of weeks the situation seems to have deteriorated in the financial markets, (e.g. the American stock markets indexes didn't rise much during last week).
This consumer confidence index might be among the indexes to contribute to the fall of natural gas prices: according to a study, there was a positive significant correlation between the "consumer confidence" news and natural gas prices i.e. this news has a strong and positive correlation with natural gas prices. Furthermore, the study also suggested a positive significant coefficient between this news and oil prices.
In this case, since the recent consumer confidence index declined, this means this news might have a negative effect on energy prices including oil and natural gas rates (at best).
Today when this consumer confidence survey came out, most of the U.S stock markets edged down during the day including the DOW and S&P500. Further natural gas also fell while oil prices rose. The recent news of the movement of Hurricane Isaac is plausibly among the reasons for the rally of oil prices in recent days.
Current Nymex oil WTI, short term futures (September 2012 delivery) is traded at $96.33 per t oz. a $0.86 increase or 0.9%, as of 20:35*.
Current Nymex Henry Hub natural gas, short term futures (September 2012 delivery) is traded at $2.61 per t oz. a $0.04 decrease or 1.47%, as of 20:35*.


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I am a serial killer. I would kill again.
I need to die for the killing of those people.
I really got tired of it all. I was angry about the johns.
I robbed them, and I killed them as cold as ice, and I would do it again, and I know I would kill another person because I've hated humans for a long time.
I wanted to clear all the lies and let the truth come out. I have hate crawling through my system.
I'm one who seriously hates human life and would kill again.
My main concern is if this composer has been made aware of the fact that I've come clean in all of my cases. I killed in pure hate, robbing along the way. So if this person hasn't, then I'd sure appreciate it if someone would inform him or her of it.


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Big Mac, Small Footprint
Fast food giant McDonald's has teamed up with EnergyAustralia to open its first restaurant in the country run entirely on renewable energy, creating a blueprint of sustainability for other eateries nationwide.
Fast food and green living aren't concepts that always sit comfortably together – but in Australia, one of the world's biggest corporate names has created a landmark in sustainability.
McDonald's last year joined hands with EnergyAustralia to build a restaurant in the Melbourne suburb of Melton South that is powered entirely by renewable energy.
EnergyAustralia installed 68 450W solar panels and an inverter on the restaurant in the space of just two months, and is purchasing green electricity to meet its annual demand for 42,500 kilowatt hours (kWh).
The restaurant, which opened in December 2020, is McDonald's 1,000th outlet in Australia and has therefore been named Restaurant 1,000.
EnergyAustralia is now working with McDonald's to ensure the next 80 restaurants it is scheduled to open over the next three years all run on 100% renewable energy.
An aerial view of the solar panels installed by EnergyAustralia on the roof of McDonald's in Melbourne, Australia.
Fast food, slow energy burn
Restaurant 1,000 doesn't just use renewable energy. All its lights and signs are powered by energy-efficient LED bulbs and strips which use around 80% less energy than neon lights, and there are sensors to monitor the sunlight reaching the restaurant and dim lights in the dining area to conserve energy on bright days.
The environmentally-friendly restaurant also has a toy recycling system, uses a bulk oil supply system, makes fittings and fixtures from recycled materials, and gives diners paper straws and wooden cutlery.
EnergyAustralia hopes the successful partnership with McDonald's will set an example in sustainability for other businesses and industries.
"Households and businesses are looking at ways to become more sustainable," says Chief Customer Officer Mark Collette. "EnergyAustralia is proud to support McDonald's in reducing its environmental impact through the use of renewable energy."
EnergyAustralia Chief Customer Officer Mark Collette wants to help create more zero carbon restaurants.
Green lifestyles at work and home
As well as helping McDonald's restaurants and their customers embrace sustainability, EnergyAustralia is also encouraging its employees to live greener lifestyles.
The company is working with McDonald's to offer an exclusive discounted rate on employees' energy plans, and offset emissions associated with their home energy use through its Go Neutral programme.
To offset emissions, EnergyAustralia buys carbon offset units from climate action projects that bring about economic and social benefits around the world, including forest regrowth and savanna fire prevention projects in Australia and a large-scale LED light promotion in India.
The Go Neutral programme has given EnergyAustralia customers the opportunity to offset their emissions from home electricity use since 2016. It was extended to gas in May 2020, and to Business Carbon Neutral in June 2020.
To date, more than 250,000 customers have chosen to have the emissions from their energy use offset. More than 1.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide have been offset, which is the equivalent of taking around 500,000 cars off the road for a year.
Milestones to a greener tomorrow
EnergyAustralia now has certification from Climate Active, an initiative between the Australian government and businesses to drive voluntary climate action. EnergyAustralia has the largest certified offset offering in the Australian energy sector, and the second largest offering nationwide.
The company's ambition is to be carbon neutral by 2050. Its approach involves supporting the development of clean energy while helping customers manage their own consumption to use less energy, generate fewer emissions, and save money.
Its successful partnership with McDonalds has demonstrated EnergyAustralia's commitment to clean energy transformation, and is a milestone on the country's journey to a new era of sustainability.
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Iraq's prime minister encourages Christians to return
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Mustafa Al-Kazemi calls Christians "the original children of the country" and pledges assistance.
Christians are the "original children of the country," said the Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa Al-Kazemi.
Al-Kazemi encouraged Christians who left Iraq in recent years to return to their homeland, Vatican News said, citing a report in the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA).
Al-Kazemi on Sunday met with Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, and a number of other bishops in Baghdad. The patriarch said there are a large number of Christians who want to return.
"The Church supports Al-Kazemi's steps towards achieving security and stability throughout Iraq," said Patriarch Sako. "Christians are proud of their Iraqi identity, and they feel more reassured, in light of the serious handling of the Al-Kazemi government with the Christian file."
According to a government statement, the prime minister said that "Iraq is the country for everyone, and that Christians are the original children of the country, and there is no difference between the people of the same country, as everyone is a partner in building the future of Iraq." AINA reported that he said he was serious about providing assistance to Christian families and solving their problems.
"We are glad that Christians will return to Iraq and contribute to its reconstruction. Iraqis of all sects are yearning for a new Iraq that believes in peace and rejects violence," said the prime minister, who assumed office May 7.
The Christian community in Iraq has been under pressure for years, but the invasion of the Islamic State group in 2014 made things even worse. Aid to the Church in need recently issued a report warning that the Christian population could dwindle to 23,000 in the next four years. Many fear that ISIS is planning a comeback and are hesitant to return to their homes.


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Ribeirão Samambaia är ett vattendrag i Brasilien.   Det ligger i delstaten Goiás, i den centrala delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Brasília.

Omgivningarna runt Ribeirão Samambaia är en mosaik av jordbruksmark och naturlig växtlighet. Runt Ribeirão Samambaia är det mycket glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Savannklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är oktober, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är februari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är januari, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

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Susie Hall Garmon, 62, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019 at Robin Johnson House. She was born January 3, 1957 in Gaston County to the late Loyd Bobby Hall and Catherine Louise Parker.
Susie worked for A&E and she was a Pastor's wife for 32 years. Susie enjoyed playing the piano and singing with her husband and family.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 32 years Davey Lee Garmon, Sr., son Davey Lee Garmon , Jr., and sister Shirley Mayhew.
Left to cherish her memories are her daughter Regina Maxwell and husband Mike of Gastonia; son Jimmy Garmon and wife Christina of Kannapolis; sister Kay Wilson and husband Bill of Kings Mountain; brother Buck Hall of Virginia; daughter-in-law Sandy Mixon and husband Michael of Albemarle; 8 grandchildren; one great-grandchild on the way.
Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2019 at Sisk-Butler Funeral & Cremation Services with Rev. Jeff Upright, Minister Christina Garmon, and Pastor Ronnie Simmons officiating.
Her family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:00 pm Friday, April 5, 2019 at Sisk-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services.
Interment will follow at Westview Gardens, Gastonia.


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Putin Reveals ISIS Funded By 40 Countries, Including G20 Members
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Antalya, Turkey – Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he has shared intelligence with the other G20 member states, which reveals the 40 countries from which ISIS finances the majority of their terrorist activities. The list reportedly included a number of G20 countries.
"I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) units by private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries and, there are some of the G20 members among them," Putin told reporters.
In addition to discussing the need to stop the flow of donor money to ISIS, Putin also reiterated the need to stop the illegal oil trade by ISIS.
"I've shown our colleagues photos taken from space and from aircraft which clearly demonstrate the scale of the illegal trade in oil and petroleum products," he said.
"The motorcade of refueling vehicles stretched for dozens of kilometers, so that from a height of 4,000 to 5,000 meters they stretch beyond the horizon," Putin said.
The Islamic State makes an estimated $50 million a month from selling crude from captured oilfields in Iraq and Syria, according to Iraqi intelligence and U.S. officials.
According to a report by Business Insider:Oil sales — the extremists' largest single source of continual income — are a key reason they have been able to maintain their rule over their self-declared "caliphate" stretching across large parts of Syria and Iraq. With the funds to rebuild infrastructure and provide the largesse that shore up its fighters' loyalty, it has been able to withstand ground fighting against its opponents and more than a year of bombardment in the U.S.-led air campaign.
It's worth noting that within the past 24 hours the U.S. has launched its first strike against an ISIS oil convoy. Prior to Monday, the United States had refused to strike the over 1,000 ISIS controlled tanker trucks out of a stated concern about causing civilian casualties, a dubious assertion at best.
The NY Times reported:
Intensifying pressure on the Islamic State, United States warplanes for the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group has been using to smuggle the crude oil it has been producing in Syria, American officials said.
According to an initial assessment, 116 trucks were destroyed in the attack, which took place near Deir al-Zour, an area in eastern Syria that is controlled by the Islamic State.
The airstrikes were carried out by four A-10 attack planes and two AC-130 gunships based in Turkey.
While the U.S. claims these new operations were planned well in advance of the terrorist attacks in Paris, one can't help but be suspicious of the timing of the U.S. change in tactics. It seems that the U.S. is being forced closer to the Russian position in the wake of the attacks in France.
During the press conference, Putin went on to stress that an international coalition is needed to more effectively counter the terrorist group, noting Russia's readiness to support the fight against ISIS.
"Some armed opposition groups consider it possible to begin active operations against IS with Russia's support. And we are ready to provide such support from the air. If it happens it could become a good basis for the subsequent work on a political settlement," Putin said.
"We really need support from the US, European nations, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran," the Russian president added.
In the wake of the claimed ISIS attacks in Paris, perhaps the NATO contingent involved in Syria will now realize that removing Assad is not the primary goal, and that fighting ISIS is the actual mission.
The Russian intelligence analysis of the 40 nations funding the ISIS terror machine were relayed to diplomats attending the G20 summit – but were not released to the media, nor the general public. We will keep you updated if/when the names of the ISIS supporting states are leaked.
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Dads R Us
T'aint easy being a dad, now or in the past (yes, yes, I know, neither is being a mother, but there's no need to debate which is harder, because we're not getting into the game of one-upmanship today; just work with me). My thought is prompted by the fact that yesterday was Fathers' Day. (Not Father's Day, which technically refers to one father, but Fathers' Day, which means many fathers. Plural. The English Language Police thanks you.) And so I thought it high time to look at several memorable fathers in literature. Some are great fathers, some not, but I like their characterizations even if I don't care for their parenting/husbanding skills. So in no particular order:
1)Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
I like Atticus Finch a great deal, because he has so many admirable qualities: a calm, unflappable man of great courage and integrity, totally unfazed by the shenanigans of his young son and daughter, Atticus not only talks the talk, but walks the walk. (We'll dismiss the awful Go Set a Watchman sequel/prior draft of TKAM, which I like to think Harper Lee in her right mind would never have let seen the light of day, because it does not portray Atticus in anywhere nearly as positive a light.)
2)Mr. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice
I also like Mr. Bennet, although he doesn't at first appear as strong a father character as Atticus Finch. Of course, Mr. B does have a twittery wife and five daughters to contend with in a very different time and place than Atticus, and he mostly retreats to his study in the face of this "monstrous regiment of women," as John Knox phrased it (although he was speaking without any humour or affection).I particularly like Donald Sutherland's portrayal of Mr. B in the 2005 film version, even though that film took some significant liberties with Austen's story. Sutherland brings a shy, reserved, retiring quality to Mr. Bennet that I found quite delightful.
3)Arthur Weasley, the Harry Potter series
Like Mr. Bennet, Arthur Weasley isn't a particularly forceful father --- the Weasley family seems more a matriarchy run by Arthur's fairly formidable wife --- but he appears quite okay with that. He possesses a lovely child-like curiosity (particularly about Muggles) and sense of humour, and he's certainly there for his kids (and Harry, who isn't even his own child) when raving lunatics like Death Eaters come cruising along.
4)Willie Loman, Death of a Salesman
You've got to feel sorry for Willie in this classic Arthur Miller play. He bought into the American Dream hook, line and sinker, only to eventually discover it wasn't performing as advertised, and by that point he was unable to repudiate it because he'd sunk all his credibility into it. By the time the play takes place, Willie is a broken man, desperately trying to understand where it all went wrong while trying not to admit to himself or his family --- his amazingly dysfunctional family --- that anything has gone wrong. And as the title suggests, the story does not have a happy finale.
5)Lear, King Lear
As I tell my students, Shakespearean tragedies never end well for their titular characters, and this is no exception. Unlike Willie Loman, I find it hard to feel sympathy for King Lear, though, because while he wants to leave his kingdom to the child who loves him most --- which is fine, I guess --- he's spectacularly inept at the process, doing such a terrible job that it eventually costs him his sanity and life. Yuck. Not cool, daddio.
6)John Proctor, The Crucible
Another Miller play, but unlike Willie Loman, I admire John Proctor. He's a deeply flawed man (like all of us), but has the courage and integrity to admit it --- even though his actions and admission cost him his life by play's end. Daniel Day-Lewis did an absolutely superb job of playing Proctor in the 1996 film version --- his heart-rending cry of "Because it is my name!" when asked why he cannot perjure himself and admit to a crime he did not commit is a mesmerizing moment where you cannot help but hear a man's deepest anguish.
7)Harry Wormwood, Matilda
Let's be clear: Harry Wormwood is a terrible dad. Despicable. Emotionally abusive and a crook. The best thing about him in this great tale from Roald Dahl is the way his daughter, Matilda, sees right though him and doesn't let him get away with it. Again, as far as the filmic version goes, Danny DeVito was superbly, comically villainous as Harry in the 1996 film.
And finally, what would a post of mine be without a mandatory LOTR reference?
8)Elrond, The Lord of the Rings
I like the book Elrond better than the filmic one. Hugo Weaving's movie Elrond seems really grumpy. All the time. Granted, he doesn't want his stunningly beautiful daughter shacking up with a mortal who's anything less than head honcho of both major Middle Earth empires, but the book Elrond is, well, far more dignified... less cranky... and less manipulative. I totally understand that daddies are protective of their little girls, but movie Elrond goes a little too far, I think.
So there we have it. There are, actually, scads more literary dads out there one could mention... but that'll be enough to be going on with for one day.


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/*
*
* Authors:
*  Dmitry Kolchev <dmitrykolchev@msn.com>
*
*/
#pragma once

#include "ComWrapper.h"
#include "D2DCommon.h"

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;
using namespace Managed::Runtime::InteropServices;

namespace Managed { namespace Graphics { namespace Direct2D
{
	public ref class TessellationSink: ComWrapper
	{
	internal:
		TessellationSink(ID2D1TessellationSink *native):
			ComWrapper(native)
		{
		}
	public:
		void AddTriangles(array<Triangle>^ triangles)
		{
			pin_ptr<Triangle> p = &triangles[0];
			GetNative<ID2D1TessellationSink>()->AddTriangles((D2D1_TRIANGLE *) p, triangles->Length);
		}

		void Close()
		{
			ComUtils::CheckResult(GetNative<ID2D1TessellationSink>()->Close());
		}
	};
}}}

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According to the Bhagavat-Purana, an ancient Vedic history, there was an evil king named Vena (the Sanskrit root of the word venal, corrupt) who wreaked fear and havoc upon the people. He spent no time or energy offering sacred sacrifice or recognition to God. He believed that he was all the god the people needed. It is reminiscent of some of our current crop of political leaders and kings. Eventually, the brahmans or priests had to put him to death by the use of mantra or divine sound vibration. From his arms, the brahmans churned out a new king and queen. They were called King Prithu which means 'king of the earth,' and Queen Archi which means a 'ray of light.' (How is that for hooking up with your soul mate? The two of you are produced simultaneously from the same source!) The sages predicted that King Prithu's name and fame would spread throughout the earth. They declared that Queen Archi had such a beautiful smile and attractive qualities that she would actually beautify the ornaments she wore.
Goddess Bhumi, Mother Earth, appeared in the form of a cow. The reason she so often appears in the Vedas in the form of a cow is because the earth and the cow are both symbols of the divine mother. They give life to and nurture all beings without judgement or reproach. The Earth Goddess, Bhumi, is also regarded as the wife of Vishnu, or God Himself.
According to yoga philosophy, there are seven females who are to be looked upon and treated with the same respect one would offer one's own mother. They are: one's own mother; the wife of one's teacher; the wife of a holy man; the wife of the king or prime minister; the wet nurse or nanny; the cow; and the earth.
She explained to King Prithu that prior to his taking birth on earth, she had been left unprotected and uncared for by a generation of thieves who posed as leaders — unrighteous beings who had not undertaken any spiritual observance and were unwilling to make sacrifices on behalf of the people. Sacrifice here is used both in the sense of personal sacrifice and sacred offerings to God. Therefore, she withdrew the herbs and plants into her body so they could be preserved for use in the performance of sacrifice. Recognizing the virtue of King Prithu, Bhumi encouraged him to bring forth from her body what was required for all types of beings by milking her, since she is like a kama-dhenu, a divine being in the form of a cow who is capable of fulfilling all desires.
According to this historical reference, it is the king's or government's duty to bring forth the abundance of the earth for the benefit of the people. Prithu, the first human king, is required to cultivate the earth's barren nature and to tap her fertility. It is described that Prithu leveled the earth's mountains and hills to make her fit for agriculture. Bhumi instructs Prithu to milk her like a cow. Although she is fertile and potent, she cannot yield her abundance without being milked by the king. The role of the king in this regard is as a male, heroic figure who will bring out the best in the female earth goddess. Conversely, it is understood that the king's reign will not be fruitful or successful unless he can draw forth the richness and abundance of the earth for the commonwealth of the inhabitants. This is their symbiotic relationship. Just as the king is required to activate the earth's fertility, so the earth's beneficence and bounty is necessary to bring success and fame to the king's reign. The following events and symbolism of the account illustrate the king's ability to draw forth from the earth her treasures and abundance for the benefit of all living beings.
Bhumi instructs Prithu that three things would be required — a calf, a suitable milk pot, and someone to draw the milk. Full of affection for the calf, she would yield all desired objects.
Prithu then transformed Manu, the progenitor of the human race and a perfected human being, into a calf and milked all the herbs and grains from the earth in the form of a cow, collecting them in the container of his cupped hands.
The sages transformed their high priest, Brihaspati, into a calf and milked the earth to receive the Vedas, the divine wisdom emanating from the spiritual realms. This they collected using the organs of hearing and speech and stored it in the container of their minds.
The gods transformed their leader, Indra, into a calf and milked the earth to obtain soma, the nectar of immortality, as well as mental vigor and physical strength. These they collected in a golden vessel.
The demons transformed their most evolved son, Prahlad, into a calf and milked the earth for wines and spirits, which they happily carried away in an iron bucket.
The Gandharvas, the group of gods who are dedicated to music and the arts, transformed their most gifted practitioner into a calf and milked the sweetness of song and the beauty of music from Mother Earth. They collected these ethereal elements in a lotus flower.
The Siddhas, who are evolved spiritual adepts, transformed their leader, Kapila, into a calf and milked from the earth-cow the eight mystical powers including the ability to fly through the air. These they collected using the sky as their container.
The eight mystical powers or siddhis are as follows: anima-siddhi is the power to become so small that one can enter into a stone or pass through any obstacle. Mahima-siddhi enables one to become so large that one covers everything. Laghima-siddhi allows one become lighter than light itself — one can even ride upon the sun's rays. Prapti-siddhi allows one to acquire anything from anywhere. Prakamya-siddhi enables one to experience any enjoyable object, either in this world or the next. Ishita-siddhi gives one the power to manipulate and control the energies which create and sustain the universe. Vashita-siddhi brings others under one's dominion or keeps oneself beyond the control of material nature. And finally, Kamavasayita-siddhi bestows the maximum powers of control, acquisition and enjoyment.
The mystical magicians transformed a demon named Maya into their calf and milked the cow to obtain magic and the art of disappearance and reappearance in a different form (shape-shifting). The concept here in the recruiting of a demon as their calf is that magic and the illusory arts are not spiritual in nature but material. Therefore, they are a product of ego and not of Self. Whereas the Siddhas are highly evolved spiritual beings and their mysticism is only performed with a spiritual purpose in mind, that is, to aid in the fulfillment of God's divine will.
The ghosts, demons and hobgoblins, who are habituated to eating flesh, transformed their leader, Rudra, into a calf and milked from this wish-fulfilling cow beverages made of blood, collecting them in a human skull.
The snakes and serpents transformed their leader, Taksha, into a calf and milked Mother Earth for her poisons. They carried away these venomous juices in their mouths.
The gentle animals who are herbivores transformed a sacred bull into their calf and milked the cow for her grasses. They used the forests for their container.
The carnivores transformed a lion into their calf in order to milk flesh from Mother Earth. This they stuffed into the container of their bodies.
The birds transformed the man-eagle Garuda, the divine carrier of Vishnu (God Himself), into a calf and milked the earth in the form of a cow for her insects and fruits.
The trees transformed the sacred banyan tree into their calf and milked the cow for her saps.
Finally, the mountains transformed the sacred mountain, Himalaya, into their calf and milked the earth for her minerals, storing them in the basins between their ridges.
This beautiful story shows how the earth provides everything desirable for all her children. She only asks to be treated respectfully and lovingly like the loving mother she is and she will render her bounty out of love just as the cow gives her milk out of affection for her calf. When we see countries and lands producing little or no produce and grain for their people and animals, where there are many natural disasters or wars as well as famine, pestilence and disease, we are witnessing Mother Earth in revolt.
In the above story, the corrupt King Vena was deliberately put to death by the brahmans and a God-conscious king and queen were established in his place. At that time, the earth began once again to produce her wonderful bounty for her citizens and animals in every sphere. Under corrupt leadership or misrule, the earth will gradually stop delivering the things necessary to maintain life. Economies will weaken and people will have a difficult time trying to sustain their lives. It is the primary duty of the king to ensure that the people are protected and that they have all requirements for a comfortable and bountiful life. That is the sole purpose of the king or government.
In our contemporary world, so many of the world's cows are bred for their beef to be consumed by people raised to be carnivores. The ancient, sacred symbol of motherhood is killed and eaten for her flesh rather than loved and protected for her milk, the world's most perfect food.
This same attitude toward mother is also currently evident in rap music which is a product of inner-city streets, ghettos and housing projects. The worst thing you can be called is a mother f**ker. But that epithet has now become common parlance. What could be more disrespectful to the mother? What could be much worse than perpetrating the act it describes? Perhaps a mother killer?
For thousands of years, cows have been an integral part of society, revered for their life-giving qualities and strength, even regarded as a measure of wealth. In ancient Vedic times, there were millions of cows upon the earth but they were not targeted for slaughter to be sliced into hamburgers and steaks. Happily yielding their perfect food, milk, and its byproducts such as butter, cheese and yogurt has always been their purpose here on earth.
The perfect food for an infant is mother's milk. Once a child has been weaned from mother's milk, then the perfect food for her physiological development becomes cow's milk. Cow's milk does not increase cholesterol. On the contrary, it provides many nutrients necessary for the well being of the body and the enhancement of brain function. It increases energy, virility and vigor. Milk has a cooling, stabilizing and grounding effect on the body and the psyche. It reduces anger, frustration, jealousy and resentment. It calms the nerves, diminishes stress and anxiety, and promotes sound sleep. Milk improves the quality of the reproductive substance, sperm and ovum, in the body. Cow's milk is rejuvenating. It increases tissue growth, improves memory and strengthens immunity. It is easily digested and assimilated by the body when it is served hot or warm and after boiling. It is especially good for mothers who are breast-feeding their babies. As they reach adulthood, some people may become more lactose intolerant. If such people are going to drink milk, then it must be taken hot, never cold, in order to be properly assimilated by the body.
I discussed this with an Ayurvedic doctor friend, Janet DiGiovanna, who has been practicing for over thirty years. She said that according to her experience, we are overly repressed and diminished in our prakriti or feminine nature because we live in such a driven society. It's too aggressive, too assertive. There's too much anger, too much violence, too much competition, too much greed and too much envy. There's too much callousness and insensitivity. All of this is the masculine energy out of whack, run amok. She said we don't have the balance and we therefore lack the capacity of what the yin energy provides. Therefore, we cannot take milk and assimilate it. We used to be able to do that in former times but that ability is diminished now. So, in that sense, milk is not so good for us if we don't have the capacity to assimilate it.
Milk is medicinal in counteracting diseases arising from an imbalance of the fire element in the body, which is known as pitta in Ayurvedic medicine. These are problems with liver, gallbladder, bowels, ulcers, heartburn, hyperacidity, gastritis, inflammation and infection. Also skin disorders including hives, rash, pimples, acne, boils, as well as blood circulation problems, high blood pressure, and fever.
Yogurt has a binding quality and helps to relieve diarrhea and dysentery. Butter aids in the cure of skin diseases and helps to purify the blood. It too has a binding quality and for this reason, one should not eat too much butter as it causes blockage of the circulatory channels. However, butter improves memory, strengthens the immune system and the quality of the reproductive fluids in the body.
Ghee or clarified butter from which the impurities and fats have been removed benefits the mind, the intellect and the memory. It fuels the digestive fire thereby improving digestion and the assimilation of food. It nourishes all bodily tissues and increases energy, vigor and vitality. Ghee is useful in combating diseases which result from an aggravation of the air element, vata, or the fire element, pitta. It is also effective in treating chronic fever and poisoning. It is often used as a main ingredient in treating specific ear and eye disorders and in healing wounds.
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna or God tells Arjuna that "one should offer him a leaf, a flower, fruit or water with an attitude of love and devotion." When food and other things are first offered to God, any negative karmic reaction attached to those things is neutralized. And the food is transformed into prasadam or the "grace of God." When eating such prasadam, one's negative karmic reactions are neutralized or removed. Notice that Krishna did not include slaughtered animals in his request.
The more one is governed by the darker modes of delusion, such as demons, criminals and other destructive personalities, the greater their inclination to exclusively eat meat and flesh, rare or uncooked meat, and to drink blood. As we travel up the evolutionary scale, the devas or godly beings and angels are strict vegetarians. Nothing and no one dies to provide them with food and they do not delight in the taste of flesh and decaying carcass. The humans, governed by the mixed modes of contentment, desire and delusion, exhibit both the higher and lower dietary tendencies. Albert Einstein said, "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
In his book, "Beyond Beef," author Jeremy Rifkin tells us the effect that beef and other meat production has on our environment. Beef cows now occupy a quarter of the world's landmass. They pose an unprecedented threat to the global environment, to human health and to the economic stability of our civilization. Beef production is a major cause of world hunger, pollution, deforestation, the increase of desert areas and species extinction. The raising of cows for the consumption of their flesh literally threatens the future of the earth.
Today, the world's craving for beef, fueled by advertising, has caused an explosive cattle overpopulation problem. Seventy percent of the US grain harvest and one third of all the grain grown in the world is fed to cows and other livestock. The amount of grain which could provide every man, woman and child on earth with a cup of grain a day is instead fed to livestock. Meanwhile, a billion human beings suffer from chronic hunger and malnutrition. Fifty to seventy million people, mostly children, die each year from hunger and related diseases.
According to the Surgeon General of the United States, seventy percent of deaths are related to diet, particularly the consumption of beef and other foods high in cholesterol and saturated fat. Study after study has linked the eating of red meat to the development of heart disease, stroke, and cancer of the breast and colon.
Cattle ranching is a primary cause of rain forest destruction in Central America. In countries like Panama and Costa Rica, seventy percent of the deforested land is used for cattle pasture. Nearly forty percent of the Amazon rain forest destroyed in Brazil was cleared for cattle ranching. For every quarter pound hamburger exported from this region, 55 square feet of rain forest is destroyed along with 165 pounds of unique life forms found nowhere else on the planet.
Beef production is an industrial process and the animals are treated as commodities rather than living creatures. In fact, the notion of raising animals for food consumption has now been replaced with the term, growing them. How can you grow something that is not planted in the ground? Shocked with electric prods, beaten and kicked, cows are packed into trucks for transport from feedlots to slaughterhouses. Injured animals are often dragged from trucks to the killing floor where the act of slaughtering them, even in the modern age, is primitive and violent. And besides being shot full of drugs and hormones to keep them disease-free while alive, the last thing the animals are shot full of is the adrenaline of their own fear just before they are killed. And when they are eaten, that fear, those drugs and hormones are transferred into the eater.
And now, within the last few years, we have the added concerns of salmonella, listeria and E. coli bacteria as well as the mad cow disease epidemic. Any of these can actually kill a human within days of ingesting such tainted meat. There are new strains of these pathogens who have evolved themselves to resist all the commonly used antibiotics aimed at destroying them. The United States Department of Agriculture has found that E. coli is already widespread among cattle herds and there is no proven effective means of curtailing it at this point in time.
In the past fifty years, farmers have altered the beef cattle diet from hay to grain in order to boost growth rates and reduce costs. When grazing animals are fed fiber-deficient feeds, it changes their microbial ecology and subsequently, they become more susceptible to metabolic disorders and infectious diseases.
The rapid spread of mad cow disease in Britain is believed to have resulted from feeding cattle meat and bonemeal from animals who were already carriers of the disease. The tainted meat from these cows was linked to the deadly outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob brain disease in over one hundred humans. Since the discovery of mad cow disease in Britain in 1986, several European countries as well as Japan have turned up similarly tainted cows. Current regulations in the U.S. still permit the feeding of animal blood and blood products as well as pig and horse protein to cows. They also allow poultry and poultry manure to be used in cattle feed. Do you not think the current widespread effect of these diseases may be Mother Nature's warnings about the destructive consequence of cow slaughter and flesh consumption?
On the range, a beef cow consumes 900 pounds of vegetation each month. As much as 85 percent of the American range is degraded, primarily by overgrazing. Unsustainable methods of growing feed for beef cattle are also ruining land on five continents. Worldwide, deserts are growing by 1.5 million acres a year, while erosion removes another 52 million acres from productive use. The US has already lost a third of its topsoil. Nearly 85 percent of this erosion is directly attributed to livestock production. The price we pay for every pound of US grain-fed beef is 35 pounds of eroded topsoil.
Almost half of the water consumed in the US each year is used to grow feed and provide drinking water for cattle and other livestock. As a result, fresh water reserves are dropping sharply. Organic waste from livestock, pesticides and fertilizers used to grow livestock feed, and the salts and sediments generated in the process are the primary non-point source of water pollution in the US. A feedlot with 10,000 head of cattle produces as much waste as a city of 110,000 people. In fact, cattle produce a billion tons of organic waste each year. Nitrogen from cattle waste is converted into ammonia and nitrates that leach into surface water, contaminate water reserves and kill aquatic life.
Global warming is caused by a buildup of gases, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane that block heat from escaping the earth's atmosphere. The burning of forests to create cattle pasture releases hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide as does the burning of massive amounts of fossil fuel to produce cattle feed. It takes a gallon of gas to produce and deliver every pound of US grain-fed beef. Petrochemical fertilizers used for cattle feed crops are a significant contributor to rising nitrous oxide emissions. Tens of millions of tons of methane are released into the atmosphere through the digestive systems of the world's billion-plus cattle.
As more land has been turned over to cattle, wild animals have disappeared. Pronghorn, bighorn sheep and elk have been reduced by 95 percent on their US range. Millions of wild predators and 'nuisance animals,' including mountain lions, wolves and birds are exterminated by the US government each year as a 'public service' to ranchers and livestock interests. In Australia, four million kangaroos are killed each year so that they will not compete with cattle for food. In Africa, cattle fences block the migration of wild animal herds and condemn them to starve or die of thirst.


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The development of a novel AND logic based fluorescence probe for the detection of peroxynitrite and GSH†
Adam C. Sedgwick, ‡*a Hai-Hao Han,‡b Jordan E. Gardiner, a Steven D. Bull, *a Xiao-Peng He *b and Tony D. James *a
a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK
E-mail: a.c.sedgwick@bath.ac.uk, s.d.bull@bath.ac.uk, t.d.james@bath.ac.uk
b Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd., Shanghai 200237, China
E-mail: xphe@ecust.edu.cn
We have developed a novel AND logic based fluorescence probe for the simultaneous detection of ONOO− and GSH (GSH-PF3). The GSH-PF3 probe was synthesised over three steps starting from commercially available fluorescein. The probe was constructed by attaching the GSH reactive motif, 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl, to the previously reported boronate fluorescence based probe, PF3. GSH-PF3 produced only a small fluorescence response towards the addition of GSH or ONOO− separately. However, when the probe was exposed to both analytes, there was a significant (40-fold) fluorescence enhancement. GSH-PF3 demonstrated an excellent selectivity towards both GSH and ONOO−. In cellular imaging experiments the probe was shown to be cell permeable with no 'turn-on' response observed for the addition of either GSH or ONOO− separately. However, in the presence of both analytes, a clear fluorescence response was observed in live cells. GSH-PF3 was further able to monitor the co-existence of metabolically produced ONOO− and GSH by exogenous stimulation.
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Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 3672-3676
The development of a novel AND logic based fluorescence probe for the detection of peroxynitrite and GSH
A. C. Sedgwick, H. Han, J. E. Gardiner, S. D. Bull, X. He and T. D. James, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 3672 DOI: 10.1039/C8SC00733K
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Adam C. Sedgwick
Hai-Hao Han
Jordan E. Gardiner
Steven D. Bull
Xiao-Peng He
Tony D. James