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‘Just let it arrive’: Poet, mentor Bruce Kauffman talks career

Recipient of 2020 Mayor’s Arts Award discusses creative process

Kauffman is a published poet and host of Finding a Voice on CFRC-FM.
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Bruce Kauffman has been opening doors for artists for 12 years.

In 2009, Kauffman started an open mic night at The Artel, an arts venue formerly located on Sydenham Road. A year later, he started a radio show on CFRC called Finding a Voice. With both projects, Kauffman’s goal was to create more opportunities for emerging artists to find an audience.

“I just see doors that could be opened and there’s always people excited and interested—just waiting almost—for doors to open,” he told The Journal.

Despite being a crucial member of the Kingston Arts community, Kauffman was born and raised in Colorado. Over 50 years ago, he attended the University of Colorado in Boulder where he started writing poetry for the first time.

In December 1999, he moved to Ontario and received his citizenship as soon as he became eligible, which was after working in the province for five years.

“I’ve found in Kingston a wealth of talent, a wealth of writers and poets that I’ve always felt needed a bigger audience,” Kauffman said.

When The Artel closed and relocated to Queen Street in 2015, Kauffman’s open mic nights drifted to a Yoga studio and bounced around to different coffeehouses. Now, because of COVID-19, Kauffman hosts the open mic sessions on his radio show.

After hosting 12 years of open mic nights, Kauffman has fond feelings about the project.

“It was a beautiful connection between the university, [student] artists and also Kingston community artists,” he said.

According to Kauffman, he’s seen a nice blend of Queen’s creative writing students and Kingston locals coming to his events.

Kauffman is not just a mentor but a poet in his own right, publishing two chapbooks and three collections. In 2020, the City of Kingston recognized Kauffman’s achievements with the Mayor’s Arts Award.

“I was really honoured and surprised actually to find I’d received the award. I was very humbled by it. I know other people who have won the award and I think very highly of all of them, so it was definitely an honour to be considered.”

Kauffman’s last collection came out in Spring 2019 and was the culmination of three years of work. He said he’s considering releasing another poetry book soon.

“A lot of my work seems to be sort of nature-drive, sort of Zen-like. Where I get inspiration is in a process called intuitive writing […] I find it important to not think. That’s the first step,” he said.

“Walking is very helpful, especially if I can walk in more natural and less populated areas. But just to shut off the mind and simply observe. Two or three words in a line or something come, and then when I do sit down after I’m done walking or whatever I’m doing it seems to just flow on the page. I don’t like to think through my poetry. The word I use is just let it arrive.”

Kauffman departed with some words of encouragement for aspiring writers.

“I encourage people to keep writing, keep reading. And if you’re writing poetry and you’ve been afraid to share it, just share it because not everybody’s gonna like it, not everybody’s gonna like anybody’s poetry. But some people are going to really appreciate [it], and that poem might occasionally make all the difference in the world to someone else.”

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Queen’s medical students assist in Kingston vaccine campaign

More than 200 medical students volunteer in initiative

Primarily first- and second-year medical students are involved in administering vaccines.
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More than 200 Queen’s medical students have answered a call for assistance from the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) as the Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) region ramps up its vaccine rollout.

According to Dr. Jane Philpott, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), medical students have been keen to get involved with aiding relief efforts for COVID-19 since the first vaccines were approved in Canada in January.

When Dr. Elaine Ma, Med ’12, contacted the FHS to offer medical students the opportunity to get involved in vaccine rollout to compensate for a shortage in staff, Philpott reached out to students.

After connecting with Aesculapian Society President Tony Li, Med ’23, medical students responded to the call.

“They jumped at the opportunity,” Philpott said in an interview with The Journal. “They’ve been really active and have been doing a really great job. I’ve heard from people who have gotten their vaccines from students and they said they did a really great job.”

Two hundred Queen’s medical students are currently involved with the vaccine rollout, according to Philpott. There are a total of 400 medical students enrolled in the Queen’s School of Medicine.

Most of the students involved with the vaccine rollout in Kingston have received necessary training for administering vaccines in their curriculums. Students are combining their traditional curriculums with training that is specific to the vaccine centres, Philpott said.

“In first and second years of medical school, [students] get training through a number of opportunities and clinical settings. They learn all their anatomy so they know what part of the body to give the vaccinations. Students are also highly trained in using personal protective equipment (PPE),” Philpott said.

“At the sites students are working, they are supervised and have guidance from the particular site about how the site is run, so it’s a combination of things that would normally be a part of their training with additional training taking place related to how the site is running.”

Li, who has been working in vaccine centres for the last three weeks, said students were learning on-site very quickly.

“We’re trying to be very efficient with an assembly line style. We’re administering several hundred vaccines a day,” Li told The Journal. “As soon as you’re able to learn, and medical students learn rather quickly, they just send us loose.”

Primarily first- and second-year medical students are involved in administering vaccines, according to Li. Whereas most third- and fourth-year medical students are currently working in clinical rotations, first- and second year-students in Kingston are available to respond to the call for assistance.

Medical students work in four hour shifts of six students. Approximately 140 vaccines are given each shift, Li said, with individual medical students administering up to 60 vaccines per shift.

Medical students are involved in all aspects of the vaccination process, ranging from screening patients to taking information, administering the vaccine, and monitoring patients for aftereffects following the vaccine’s administration.

As vaccine supplies increase throughout the summer months, Philpott hopes to see this initiative offer more opportunities for both medical and nursing students to become involved.

“Our nursing students have been involved in different projects surrounding helping out in long-term care facilities,” Philpott said. “Both med students and nursing students have been involved in a northern remote community’s project for vaccinations, so we will continue to let students know when there is an opportunity to volunteer.”

Both Philpott and Li agree the initiative offers a great learning experience to students.

“Hopefully not too many pandemics of this nature will come along in their careers, so it’s kind of a once in a lifetime opportunity to see what a big public mass vaccination campaign looks like,” Philpott said. “To be part of it is very positive. Despite all the awful things that have been part of the pandemic, the vaccination part is the most positive part that’s happened yet, so everyone’s excited to be part of it.”

Li added the initiative provides students with a way to get involved with the community.

“As a whole, especially with all the virtual learning we’re getting right now, Queen’s medical students are really just enjoying the opportunity to get practical experience with patients and work in-person in professional teams,” he said. “Many medical students would never experience a vaccine campaign to the same scale as this, especially not in their first two years of medical skills.”

“This is such a crucial step in navigating the pandemic. It’s really an honour to be a part of it, and med students have very much enjoyed and look forward to continued involvement as the vaccine rollout increases.”

Li said the initiative is also a way for medical students to give back.

“As Queen’s students, we like to think that we are part of the community. As Queen’s medical students, we are in Kingston for quite a few years, we do rotations in the community and we get to know the community,” he said. “It’s really our ability to give back to this community that is our home right now, and hopefully build foundations to stay here for the years beyond our training when we’re in practice.”

Philpott also said the medical students’ involvement with the vaccine rollout gives Kingston residents a better chance to get in touch with students who are passionate about helping their community.

“It’s a chance for the community to meet some of these med students,” she said. “It’s really great for the community to see how the students are contributing positively to helping out.”

“I think [this initiative] is just one more example of the strong perseverance of our students, and I’ve been really proud of the way they’ve stepped up to help at any opportunity.”

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Machinery IndustryAutomationDrive Technology > Use of servo drives in machinery industry

Market survey in the German mechanical engineering industry

The use of servo drives at the machines is growing above average and dynamically to 2020

Machine builders are specifically expanding the use of servo drives at machines to 2020, a result of many interviews with machine-builders from Quest TechnoMarketing.

July 3rd, 2018 - Machine-builders expect their machine production to grow by 5.5% per year until 2020 but the number of electronic drive components at these machines is expected to increase even more during this period, namely by 6.3% per year.

So the electronic drive technology for machines remains a growth market. The average number of electronic drives will increase slightly to 15 per machine to 2020.

Use of servo drives at the machines will grow dynamically to 2020

Servo drives confirm their role as dynamic growth engine. Their use at the machines will increase above average by 8.2% per year to 2020.

This growth exceeds that of machine production and the number of electronic drive components. As a result, the average number of servos at machines will increase to 7.6 servo drives per machine.

Use of servo drives at machines in the German machinery industry to 2020.

Quest TechnoMarketing's market research identifies among others three trends expressed in these figures.

  • The use of servos will remain a dynamic growth market until 2020, a market that is growing faster than the electronic drive technology to which it belongs.

  • The use of servos is growing extensively as primarily servos at more machines are concerned for new applications and less in regard to an increasing number of servos per machine.

  • However, the use of servo drives is also growing intensively. It will increase its use intensity, i.e. the number of servos per machine, which is connected to substitution of current solutions.

This growth structure of the use of servo drives results in high demands on servo manufacturers, since servo users will deal both with new applications and substitution of other electronic drive technology. In this process the experienced servo user is the typical contact for the drive manufacturer. This is because first-time users of servo technology among machine builders will only add 0.9% per year to 2020.

The use of servo drives to 2020 differs in the sectors

The investigated ten automation-relevant sectors show a broad range of growth rates up to 2020.

Regarding the growth of the use of servos in the sectors, growth rates range from 3% to 16% per year to 2020. In terms of the number of servos per machine, the sectors differ from 2 to almost 19 servos on average per machine.

After all, there are servo-intensive sectors that account for 20% or more of the total use of servos in the ten industries and those in which 1% of servo potential will be used.

Specific benefits aimed for the use of servo drives

Machine builders are aiming for specific benefit effects from servo applications, among others there are the higher energy efficiency of servo drives.

  • "Due to the trend towards energy efficiency, we want to switch more and more from frequency converter to servo drives. However, this also depends on the price development, whether we can go still further switch more increasingly from asynchronous technique to servo technology." (Packaging machines)

  • "Switching to servo technology means a better energy balance, better dynamics and better pressure control behavior. The servo will replace the three-phase motor with speed controller and pump." (Rubber and plastics machines)

  • "Finally, we want to replace frequency converters by servo drives to an extent of 5% to 10% because of higher energy efficiency (the check on IE3 motors is omitted then) and higher dynamics. This will concern positioning servos.“ (Wood processing machines)

The replacement of mechanical couplings by virtual ones is always up-to-date.

  • "The increasing number of multi-axis positioning is due to the fact that mechanical couplings will be increasingly replaced by electronic couplings via servos.” (Packaging machines)

  • "More flexibility with regard to product formats and thus faster changeover times, and less mechanics, thus shorter commissioning and assembly times.” (Printing and paper machines)

The use of servo drives also serves to compress the automation structure of the machine.

  • "The PLC is to be replaced and the control system integrated into the converter. The PLC now controls the entire axis network or controls the single axis. Our goal is to dissolve this by integrating it into the converter with a web-based solution." (Conveyor)

  • "It's all about cost savings. Today we have servo converters and PLC and thus two computer capacities in the control cabinet and thus redundant systems. One computer would be enough if the servo could do it. Now there is the PLC with everything it can provide such as protocols and external interfaces. Today's servos with PLCs, on the other hand, are only reduced to reading in and out. That's not enough." (Robotics and Automation)

Partly machine-builders substitute servo-like converters with servo technology.

  • “Higher functionality for cam plates and synchronous operation than vector-controlled frequency converter.” (Textile machines)

Growth expectations regarding the use of servo drives based on market research

Interestingly, the growth expectations of the machine-builders at 5.5% per year are slightly higher than the current growth of the machinery industry’s production at 3.6% per year from 2017 to April 2018.

The Quest study „The future of the servo use until 2020 in the German machinery industry“ provides more details. Quest TechnoMarketing interviewed 21% of the machine-builders in 10 sectors with 100 and more employees mid 2017.

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160 Uplifting Quotes to Help Get Us Through Tough Times

Throughout every person’s life, life isn’t all rainbows and sunshine. There will be hard times where it’s forecasted to be dark and gloomy, with seemingly constant showers. And when it rains, it pours. We experience some potholes, speed bumps, and hard times along the way. Even in the midst of a global pandemic like the current Coronavirus outbreak, each individual and each family has their own set of personal struggles and concerns (related to the virus, or not). But there is courage and hope to be found in every obstacle that we face. However painful they are, setbacks, failures, and tragedies are a part of life. Whether we manage to find joy in the daily struggle of life and achieve success is largely dependent on our ability to persevere through even the toughest adversity without giving up.

We all have bad days, including me. When times are tough, I always look for inspiring quotes to help me get through them. Finding something to give me a little lift can help me remember that life isn’t always bad. These seemingly endless stretches of fear, disappointment, pain, and heartache are just brief moments that will soon pass. During these times, reading quotes of power, inspirational depression quotes, encouragement, or words of wisdom from others who have walked in our shoes before can give us some clarity to fully understand that we will get through this difficult time. So, get yourself a glass of water, sit back, and let these 160 inspirational quotes for hard times refresh your fighting spirit and faith!

160 Uplifting Quotes For Hard Times

Top 10 Hard Times Quotes

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“In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.” – Seneca

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

“You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.” – Joel Osteen

“Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.” – Marta

“Anyone is free to judge me, but they weren’t there in my tough times.” – S. Sreesanth

“Tough times call for tougher decisions.” – Prabhas

“Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.” – Nathan Chen

“You’ve got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.” – Tilman J. Fertitta

“Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. I preach that, and I guess you have to live to it.” – Julian Edelman

“In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.” – Theresa May

Getting Through Hard Times Quotes

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“When the going gets tough – the tough get going!” – John Belushi

“I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person.” – Rita Mero

“Adversity and catastrophe are inevitable in a universe where things fall apart. Small misfortunes allow us to test our own resilience. Trouble will come. We must be ready for it.”

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

“And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It’s all about light and shade. Balance.” – Gabrielle Williams

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” – Paulo Coelho

“Going through challenging things can teach you a lot, and they also make you appreciate the times that aren’t so challenging.” – Carrie Fisher

“Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn’t think we needed to know.” – Amy Poehler

“You don’t build psychological resilience by feeling good all the time. You build psychological resilience by getting better at feeling bad.” – Mark Manson

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

Motivational Hard Times Quotes

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“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve

“All you need to do is a little step forward. It’s the hardest part. The rest is easier.” – Gal Shapira

“Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.” – Dr. Seuss

“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.” – Chris Bradford

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer

“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.” – Ovid

“Character is developed in the tough times, when we’re not getting our way but we keep doing the right thing.” – Joel Osteen

“Courage is what you earn when you’ve been through the tough times and you discover they aren’t so tough after all.” – Malcolm Gladwell

“Hard times are good in their own way, too. The only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well.” – Gabrielle Williams

“I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.” – Dwayne Johnson

“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca

“It takes a lot of courage to push through hard times. Never give up. Good things are coming your way.” – Robert Tew

“It takes time for a fruit to mature and acquire sweetness and become eatable; time is a prime factor for most good fortunes.” – The Vedas

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.” – Albert Schweitzer

“There is tremendous power in acceptance. To fully accept suffering and misfortune frees you from fear. You can appreciate good times because you are not tormented by the knowledge that they will end (they will). Such is the way of things, and we must live in accord with reality.”

“There were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times.” – Steve Jobs

“We have the opportunity, even in difficult times, to let our spirit shine.” – Jack Kornfield

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” – William Ellery Channing

“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“Never give up. Things may be hard, but if you quit trying they’ll never get better. Stop worrying and start trusting God. It will be worth it.” – Germany Kent

“The hard stuff will always be hard. The scary stuff will always be scary. It won’t ever feel easy and you won’t ever feel like doing it. The real way to move forward is knowing that you can push yourself. You can do it anyway. That’s how you succeed.” – Mel Robbins

“The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.” – Criss Jami

“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” – Louisa May Alcott

“It’s important to be kind to yourself, but also be tough. Be real about where you are and where you want to be. Notice when you are not giving 100% and make sure to get rid of excuses.” – Gal Shapira

Gratitude In Hard Times Quotes

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“Hard times always lead to something great.” – Betsey Johnson

“Hard times are purposeful, meant to refine and redirect us. They’re not arbitrary or random, and they’re definitely not cruel.” – Liz Curtis Higgs

“Hard times, when held with open hands and a tender heart, can prepare us for the future.” – Cindee Snider Re

“Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.” – Alice Walker

“Hard times produce your greatest gifts.” – Robin Sharma

“Hard times may have put you down sometimes but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be wise and strong.” – Anurag Prakash Ray

“Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.” – Jewel

“Hard times lifts the seeking souls to higher spiritual realms.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

“Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.” – Mike Tyson

“Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.” – 14th Dalai Lama

“Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.” – Coco Chanel

“Hard times are sometimes blessings in disguise. We do have to suffer but in the end it makes us strong, better and wise.” – Anurag Prakash Ray

“In difficult times, it’s so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for.” – Alice Barrett

“Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made.” – Gabrielle Douglas

“The hardest thing in the world is to continuously fall and stay motivated. But those who can will start to create great separation between them and those who choose the path of least resistance.” – David Goggins

During Hard Times Quotes

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“The people who did the hard, unpopular, disciplined things during the good times are the ones set up to thrive during the bad times.” – Anthony Pompliano

“Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.” – Anton Chekhov

“In my experience, people who don’t stick around during the hard times weren’t worth having around anyway.” – Kimberly Belle

“Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” – Bob Riley

“Accept hardship as a necessary discipline.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

“In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.” – Horace

“People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.” – Emily Dickinson

“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” – Zig Ziglar

“Sometimes the tide is with us, and sometimes against. But we keep swimming either way.” – Charlie Munger

“You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.” – Henry Ward Beecher

Surviving Hard Times Quotes

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“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan

“My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.” – Steve Goodier

“Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.” – Joel Osteen

“I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.” – Frida Kahlo

“Confidence, courage and determined spirit are vital for surviving hard times.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

“It will hurt. It will take time. It will take sacrifice. It will take dedication. It will be worth it.” – Jack Coulson

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hard Times Will Pass Quotes

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“You can’t calm the storm… so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.” – Timber Hawkeye

“Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter than ever.” – Ernest Hemingway

“A true champion has experienced fatigue many times and yet always finds what they still haven’t given.” – David Goggins

“After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.” – William R. Alger

“Breathe deeply and often. This too shall pass.” – Jason Garner

“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” – Nelson Mandela

“Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that all will work out for the best.”

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Nelson Mandela

“When times are hard and you are mentally and physically exhausted and feel like you have nothing left and all you want to do is quit, that’s when you find out who you are! Stay hard!” – David Goggins

“Do not be concerned too much with what will happen. Everything which happens will be good and useful for you.” – Epictetus

“Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

“Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill

Hard Times Love Quotes

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“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

“The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you’ll see there’s a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.” – Deepak Chopra

“Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don’t believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it’s good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.” – Andrew Solomon

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino

“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ’Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” – Thomas Paine

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.” – Arthur Rubinstein

“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.” – Henry David Thoreau

“How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them.” – Confucius

“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” – Stephanie Lahart

“Connecting with those you know love, like and appreciate you restores the spirit and gives you energy to keep moving forward in this life.” – Deborah Day

Hard Times In Life Quotes

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“You were given this life because you were strong enough to live it.”

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” – Michelle Obama

“Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less.” – Steve Goodier

“When life changes itself to harder. Change yourself to stronger.”

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius

“To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.” – Gail Sheehy

“There is no deed in this life so impossible that you cannot do it. Your whole life should be lived as an heroic deed.” – Leo Tolstoy

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

“The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“The perfected future never arrives. Life is full of seemingly endless trouble, and then life ends. Find peace in the imperfect present.”

“The more voluntary suffering you build into your life, the less involuntary suffering will affect your life.” – Tim Ferriss

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually fear that you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard

“The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.” – Bryant McGill

“Taking care of yourself makes you stronger for everyone in your life… including you.” – Kelly Rudolph

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling

“Realists are not afraid to look at the harsh circumstances of life.” – Robert Greene

“Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.” – Winston Churchill

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison

“Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success.” – Abdul Kalam

“Life will always be hard on you, but it doesn’t mean you should give up.” – Anurag Prakash Ray

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene

“Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.” – Kevin Kruse

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” – Drew Barrymore

“Life is given to us not only for pleasures.” – Nikolai Gogol

“Life is a storm that will test you unceasingly. Don’t wait for calm waters that may not arrive. Derive purpose from resilience. Learn to sail the raging sea.”

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli

“It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“It’s not supposed to be easy. Life is designed to test the human soul.” – David Goggins

“It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” – Germany Kent

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.” – Robert Frost

“In life, you may face hard times. But in the face of adversity, always seek to remain positive. What we think, will eventually become our life. And if you think positive, you will have a positive life.” – Sarah Wilson

“In life, we make the best decisions we can with the information we have on hand.” – Agnes Kamara-Umunna

“Give yourself a break. Life isn’t easy, especially now. It’s okay to be human, to feel all the emotions that come with difficult moments like these. Breathe and let go of the judgments and high expectations and just be as you are. You’re good. You’re enough. Just breathe.” – Jason Garner

“For the rest of his life, Oliver Twist remembers a single word of blessing spoken to him by another child because this word stood out so strikingly from the consistent discouragement around him.” – Charles Dickens

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee

“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.” – Zahid Abas

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James

“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me…. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney

“All of life is a test and we all have our challenges to meet.” – Marjory Sheba

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown

“A happy life doesn’t mean an easy life.” – Thibaut

“…I’ve discovered that if you want to reach your true potential, it’s much more effective to ignite a new passion for life than to dwell on past problems.” – Neil A. Fiore

“At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.” – Scott Hahn

“Character is the virtue of hard times.” – Charles de Gaulle

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

Hard Times Relationship Quotes

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“The couples that are meant to be, are the ones who go through everything that is meant to tear them apart, and come out even stronger.”

“It seems a lot of relationships fail, because when tough times come around … People want to give up too easy. The fact of the matter is every relationship is going to experience difficult times sooner or later. Don’t throw away a potential good lasting relationship just because things got a little hard.” – Bryan Burden

“If you have a difficult marriage, it’s the hard times that make it better. If you have a relationship, it’s the hard times that actually make it better, and that goes for life as well.” – Kerry Stokes

“Every relationship has its own problems. But sometimes what makes it perfect is if you still wanna be together, when things go the wrong way.”

True Friends During Hard Times Qutoes

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“I say find one true friend to help you get through the tough times.” – Kelly Osbourne

“There have been some hard times, people around me supported me.” – Laure Manaudou

“We all have battles to fight. And it’s often in those battles that we are most alive: it’s on the frontlines of our lives that we earn wisdom, create joy, forge friendships, discover happiness, find love, and do purposeful work.” – Eric Greitens

“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.” – Ulysses S. Grant

“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.” – Publilius Syrus

“In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is most difficult of all things.” – Epictetus

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon

“I’d rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else. I’d rather be beside you in a storm, than safe and warm by myself. I’d rather have hard times together, than to have it easy apart. I’d rather have the one who holds my heart.”

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Continued urban expansion and the demand for land and people trying to get close with each other to facilitate

various aspects of life, other reasons like the infrastructure requirement, speed of transportation and delivery, finding commercial and service centers, for that was the use of high-rises buildings.

But that situation create a group of problems and with the high density of population and the increase of users in each

city make the number of high building increases as well, so each city get their skyscrapers as the need they want.

The rising up was not enough they get back and expand horizontally which means the need for more lands but that

won’t be a problem unless the lands were used as green lands, and it would be worse if the country suffers from a lack of green lands.
The most important thing in our skyscraper was how to solve the extension of the building without make any effect on the green lands, if we notice any building will be construct needs an area of land and that mean to eliminate the old use of it, so we raise the land up and lat the buildings go down and so we keep the origin lands and create another one above it. And in this way, we decrease the surface runoff of rainwater caused by urbanization.

The other part was to connect any two close parts of separated lands not just by a bridge or ferry but with another

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Another Cross Eyed German Animal

Apparently the folks in Germany can’t stop turning out weird animals. First it was Knut the Polar Teddy Bear, then Paul the psychic octopus, then Heidi the cross-eyed possum, and now a cross-eyed jaguarundi called Frank is making us all wonder what the hell is going on.

Frank is a teenaged wildcat living in the east of the country and his keepers are hoping he will go on to rival Heidi in popularity, perhaps even being invited to guess the candidates for the Presidential elections in 2012. Such a prediction of course, will be nothing to brag about as everyone already knows that all those in the running will be of two stripes – dishonest elephants and lying jackasses.

This proliferation of cross-eyed animals shouldn’t surprise anyone, as it is a well known fact that everyone in Germany is in fact cross-eyed, something the German public conceals with contact lenses. This genetic quirk explains why Germans rarely laugh at my jokes – it’s hard to laugh when you can’t tell what you are reading.


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Taliban forces Swedish Committee for Afghanistan to close 42 health facilities in Wardak
[KhaamaPress] The Talibs have forced the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan to close 42 of 77 health facilities in central Miadan Wardak province.

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan in a statement said Taliban
...Arabic for students...
forced SCA to close 42 out of 77 health facilities in six out of nine districts of Wardak province so far.

The statement further added that the closure of health facilities affects an estimated number of over 5,700 patients on daily basis.

Sonny Mansson, SCA country director said "Forcing SCA to close health facilities hence denying people to receive medical treatment and health services is an obvious violation of human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
and international humanitarian law."

Mansson further added "We demand immediate reopening of all health facilities for the people and we strongly urge all parties involved in conflict to refrain from such actions which deliberately puts civilian lives at risk."

...back at the shattered spaceship, Fffflirgoll the Arcturan slithered stealthily toward the control room, where the humans had barricaded themselves...
the SCA statement added that the Taliban demand was given this weekend directly to SCA and its facilities in the area, following last week’s attack by ANSF forces the night between 8-9 July on a clinic in Tangi Saidan area of Daimirdad district, where four people were confirmed dead and one is still missing; the attack by ANSF was strongly condemned by the SCA*.

Furthermore, the Committee said SCA is in continuous contact with all parties in an attempt to reopen the health facilities in the Wardak province and we specifically urge Taliban leadership to agree on reopening of the health facilities with immediate effect.

According to SCA, the closing of mentioned health facilities affects 3,800 outpatient department, 1,100 children under five years of age, 620 visits to EPI (expanded program on immunization), 220 MCH patients (maternal and child health) and 100 IPD patients (in-patient department) per day.
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Africa North
ISIS Video Calls for Attacks in Tunisia
[AnNahar] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group has called for more attacks in Tunisia in a rare propaganda video purportedly filmed by the jihadists in the North African nation.

It comes three weeks after a twin suicide kaboom against police in the capital Tunis claimed by IS killed two people.

The video, shared on IS social media channels on Tuesday night, shows gunnies in balaclavas who pledge allegiance to the jihadists' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

"Your soldiers and your sons in the land of Kairouan are doing well," said one of those filmed who gave the pseudonym Abou Omar al-Tounsi.

The holy city of Kairouan lies in central Tunisia.

Another jihadist using the name Abou Khaled al-Tounsi called for people to "sow terror" in Tunisia.

The video, which was circulated on messaging app Telegram and could not immediately be verified, was said to have been filmed inside the country.

Following Tunisia's 2011 revolution, the country saw a rise in extremism and deadly attacks hit soldiers, police, civilians and foreign tourists.

While the security situation has improved in recent years, the state of emergency implemented in 2015 is still in place.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/18/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6462 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

Africa Subsaharan
End of a 'secret' German military mission in Cameroon
[DW] The announcement that Germany has ended its military mission in Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
came as a surprise to many who were unaware of the presence of German soldiers in the conflict-torn African country.

Besides Cameroon, Niger and Tunisia are two other African countries where Germany has military and police training missions not mandated by its parliament. Germany's defense ministry confirmed to DW that, according to the law, the government does not have to ask the Bundestag for approval to send military instructors to peaceful countries as long as the German military is not involved in any direct confrontation on the ground. Berlin also has no obligation to inform deputies about the particulars of these missions.
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#1  Rats. Not fostering a Germanophone faction... though I suppose it makes sense that they'd be supporting the Frankophone fight against Anglophone separatists.
Posted by: Elmomp Thud3088 || 07/18/2019 12:36 Comments || Top||

Kuwait’s return of Egyptian dissidents unlawful: HRW
[DAWN] Kuwait’s deportation of eight Egyptian dissidents linked to the Moslem Brüderbund is unlawful and put them at "grave risk" of torture and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

The Gulf state announced on Friday that secret police arrested the men on charges of being members of a "terrorist" cell who had been sentenced to prison in Egypt.

Kuwait’s deputy foreign minister Khaled al-Jarallah told news hounds on Sunday the men were handed over to the Egyptian authorities.

"The deportation of the men appears to violate Kuwait’s obligations under international law," HRW said in a statement.

The New York-based rights group called on Kuwait to end further deportations to Egypt of anyone at risk of mistreatment.

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#1  Kuwait’s deportation of eight Egyptian dissidents linked to the Moslem Brüderbund is unlawful and put them at "grave risk" of torture and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

That's a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 07/18/2019 1:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Weird... These thugs were members of a government that abused human rights, and HRW is objecting to their arrest and trial?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 07/18/2019 8:15 Comments || Top||

#3  Sounds about right Rob, HRW is just another POS organization.
Posted by: chris || 07/18/2019 9:04 Comments || Top||

#4  Let's see... that would be illegal under the "international law" you made up?
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/18/2019 15:34 Comments || Top||

UK knife crime rises by 8 percent to record high as London mayor blames ‘austerity' for sharp increase
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/18/2019 10:52 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6490 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well he wouldn't blame the immigrant themselves who caused it would he?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/18/2019 11:12 Comments || Top||

#2  sharp increase... heheh, I see what you dis thee....
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/18/2019 15:32 Comments || Top||

#3  sorry. did there.

sticky keyboard, senility - pick one
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/18/2019 15:33 Comments || Top||

#4  Sorry Mercutio, my experience leads me to pick both.

plus miss the home keys with your set up.
Posted by: AlanC || 07/18/2019 18:02 Comments || Top||

#5  The police won't do anything except lock their car doors.

Just try defending yourself against a knife attack. Maybe one in a thousand have a chance, and they are still likely to be wounded if an actual fight occurs.

Sam Colt made men equal, but in the UK you are not allowed to defend yourself.
Posted by: KBK || 07/18/2019 22:18 Comments || Top||

#6  Would be interesting to see if stabbings are rising while shootings are going down.
Said another way, I wonder if the incidence of "people wounded by tools" is constant and maybe the choice of implements vs intent doesn't really matter.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/18/2019 22:46 Comments || Top||

French prosecutors omit hate crime charges against burglars said to target Jews
Two vicious crimes downplayed in French courts because the perpetrators are Muslim and the victims are Jewish. Others equally vicious are no doubt equally being downplayed without anybody to fuss about it.
[IsraelTimes] Prosecutors in La Belle France did not include the aggravated element of a hate crime in the indictments of three men who allegedly singled out a Jewish family for a burglary at their home.

In the 2017 incident, the suspects are accused of breaking into the Gay Paree-area home of Roger Pinto, the president of Siona, a group that represents Sephardic Jews.

The attackers, two of whom were wearing masks, beat Pinto’s son and wife in the home in the northeastern suburb of Livry Gargan. One of the burglars said "You Jews have money," according to the family members.

The National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, said Tuesday that it was "astounded and indignant" over the indictment filed this month against five defendants who were arrested in 2017. They are to stand trial for burglary, BNVCA said.

Earlier this month, BNVCA and the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities protested a preliminary ruling by a judge of inquiry who said that a Moslem man who killed his Jewish neighbor in 2017 while shouting about Allah and calling her a "demon" is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked a lot of marijuana before the incident.

BNVCA head Sammy Ghozlan said in a statement these rulings and others that "deny the anti-Semitic character of hate crimes against Jews" will "be a stain" on the French state in the mirror of history.

French judge rules Jewish woman’s killer not responsible because he smoked weed

[IsraelTimes] A Moslem man who killed his Jewish neighbor in Gay Paree while shouting about Allah is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked marijuana beforehand, a French judge ruled.

The preliminary ruling in the trial of Kobili Traore for the 2017 murder of Sarah Halimi came Friday from a judge of inquiry ‐ a magistrate that in the French justice system is tasked with deciding whether indicted defendants should in fact stand trial.

Francis Khalifat, the president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, called the ruling "unsurprising but hardly justifiable." He said his group and others will appeal in hopes of bringing Traore to trial.

He could be hospitalized for treatment of his psychotic lapses or made to attend a drug rehabilitation program, or he could be released.

Khalifat’s op-ed published Monday on the CRIF website follows a series of protests over perceived delays in Traore’s trial and the efforts, including by judges, that CRIF and others have condemned as attempts to prevent a murder trial.

Sammy Ghozlan, a former police commissioner and founder of La Belle France’s Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in May that the handling of the Halimi case has made him "no longer have full confidence that anti-Semitic hate crimes in La Belle France are handled properly."

Traore pummeled Halimi, a physician and kindergarten teacher, for an hour as police stood outside the woman’s door, according to reports. He shouted about Allah and called her a "demon" before throwing her to her death. Traore had called Halimi’s daughter "dirty Jewess" two years before killing the mother, the daughter has said.
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#1  Must never, ever give the Right something to point to. Even if it means sacrificing Jews to do it.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 07/18/2019 0:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Looks like the Vichy is back in charge of France.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 07/18/2019 9:48 Comments || Top||

#3  From Brussels and Paris, good news:
Islam doesn't target the Jews!
It's just a few loonies
Who blew in from Tunis
That hew to these orthodox views.
Posted by: Elmomp Thud3088 || 07/18/2019 12:49 Comments || Top||

#4  *golf clap*
Posted by: Frank G || 07/18/2019 13:55 Comments || Top||

The Grand Turk
Turkey court acquits RSF representative of 'terror propaganda'
[DAWN] An Istanbul court on Wednesday acquitted the The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
representative for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two other campaigners on charges of making "terror propaganda" for Kurdish murderous Moslems, an AFP correspondent said.

Spectators in the courtroom erupted into applause after the acquittals of RSF representative Erol Onderoglu, rights activist Sebnem Korur Fincanci and journalist Ahmet Nesin.

Only Fincanci attended the hearing while Onderoglu and Nesin were abroad.

They were accused of making "terror propaganda" on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after guest-editing pro-Kurdish Ottoman Turkish newspaper Ozgur Gundem.

The three risked 14 years in jail.

The newspaper was raided and permanently shut down in August 2016, accused of links with the PKK which has waged an insurgency against the Ottoman Turkish state since 1984.

The three campaigners were detained for a short period in 2016, and can now apply for financial compensation for time spent in jail.

The case triggered international alarm over press freedom in Turkey with activists claiming the climate for media had deteriorated under President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
RSF said on Twitter it was "deeply relieved" by the acquittals but called for another trial due to begin against Onderoglu later this year to be scrapped.
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Turkey is NOT TO! IT BEGINS!

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#1  No F-35s for you!
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/18/2019 8:34 Comments || Top||

#2  re #2: damn. I always miss the good ones. Slow it down, mods - I need my morning cup of wormwood.
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/18/2019 9:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Guess Yippee decided that the train had gone far enough and decided to get off.
Posted by: AlanC || 07/18/2019 11:14 Comments || Top||

#4  I feel ya, Mercutio. Missed the whole dang Herbocalypse the other day and haven't seen any long-form Omorong in weeks. Imagination runs wild, huh? Have to admit, though, back when I'd get to Hemingway before Pappy did, I usually wound up wishing I hadn't. Pretty discriminating, these mods (assuming I'm scratching away in my own little served-to-order sandbox here).
Posted by: Elmomp Thud3088 || 07/18/2019 13:12 Comments || Top||

#5  I spamcopped Omorong. If he has anything coherent and nonembarrasing/non-potty-mouthed/non-racist thing to post, I'll leave it alone. The fact you don't see it means it wasn't
Posted by: Frank G || 07/18/2019 13:59 Comments || Top||

#6  Parts and support for Turkey's F-16 fleet is Suspended!

Turkey has 239 F-16C/D Block 30/40/50/50+s with only half of them mission capable now.
Posted by: 3dc || 07/18/2019 14:19 Comments || Top||

#7  Well done, Frank G.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/18/2019 15:24 Comments || Top||

#8  If he has anything coherent and nonembarrasing/non-potty-mouthed/non-racist thing to post, I'll leave it alone. The fact you don't see it means it wasn't

Absence of evidence is evidence of absence.
On behalf of me, we thank you!
Posted by: SteveS || 07/18/2019 15:34 Comments || Top||

Israel Aerospace signs $50 mln follow-up deal with Indian navy
[DAWN] State-owned defence contractor Israel Aerospace Industries said on Wednesday it signed a $50 million follow-up contract to provide complementary missile systems to the Indian navy and India's MDL Shipyard.

The agreement involves a range of maintenance and other services for sub-systemsState-owned defence contractor Israel Aerospace Industries said on Wednesday it signed a $50 million follow-up contract to provide complementary missile systems to the Indian navy and India's MDL Shipyard.

The agreement involves a range of maintenance and other services for sub-systems of Israel Aerospace's naval medium range surface-to-air missile.

"This contract is a breakthrough as it advances us from system development and delivery to looking after the operational needs of our customers," said Boaz Levi, general manager of the Systems, Missiles & Space Group at Israel Aerospace. of Israel Aerospace's naval medium range surface-to-air missile.

"This contract is a breakthrough as it advances us from system development and delivery to looking after the operational needs of our customers," said Boaz Levi, general manager of the Systems, Missiles & Space Group at Israel Aerospace.
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#1  "Oh, you DO want fries documentation with that!"
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/18/2019 17:47 Comments || Top||

PTI says critical media coverage may be 'treason'
[DAWN] The ruling party has linking critical coverage by the press to potential "treason" in its latest broadside against the country's beleaguered media.

The official account of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) fired off over two dozen tweets in English and Urdu late Tuesday, lambasting the press for criticism, saying it can be deemed "Anti-State".

"Freedom of Expression is beauty of Democracy. Expressing Enemy's Stance is Not Freedom of speech but treason against its people," read one tweet.

"Media houses & journalists must take care that in their quest for criticism on State, they intentionally or unintentionally do not end up propagating enemy's stance," read another, with the hashtag JournalismNotAgenda.

Pakistain routinely ranks among the world's most dangerous countries for media workers, and news hounds have frequently been detained, beaten and even killed for being critical of the government or military.

In recent years, the space for dissent has shrunk further, with the government announcing a crackdown on social networks and traditional media houses decrying pressure from authorities that they say has resulted in widespread self-censorship.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders recently warned of "disturbing dictatorial tendencies" after three Pak TV stations were briefly taken off air in what it called "brazen censorship".

Posted by: Fred || 07/18/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6464 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

India aims to expel all illegal migrants, interior minister says
[DAWN] India will identify and deport illegal immigrants colonists from across the country, the Indian interior minister said on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign that critics say could stoke religious tension and further alienate minority Moslems.

An exercise to identify alien immigrants colonists from Moslem-majority Bangladesh has been going on in the northeastern state of Assam for years, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist-led government has taken it up in earnest.

The campaign was a key issue in this year's general election, won by Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist party.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament the government would not limit its efforts to Assam, but would come down hard on illegal immigrants colonists anywhere.

"Illegal immigrants colonists living on every inch of this country will be deported according to the law," Shah told the upper house of parliament.

Shah, seen as a Hindu nationalist hardliner and a possible future replacement for Modi in the top job, called illegal migrants colonists "termites" eating into Assam's resources during the election campaign.

Critics accuse Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of a deep-seated bias against minority Moslems and say the campaign against illegal migrants colonists is aimed at Moslems, and threatens to further marginalise the community. The BJP denies the accusation and says it is opposed to the appeasement of any group.

Posted by: Fred || 07/18/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6464 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah is the mastermind of the right-wing party's return to power and continuing spree of electoral victories throughout India. Also the president of the ruling party, he's a formidable majoritarian force for any islamist group or party.

The true face of islamism and leftist diversity propaganda in India wears a mask different from that worn in the west. Here, the words are not 'diversity', 'privilege', 'color' and 'progressive'. Because of a tight leash on institutions, corporations, businesses and academics, they must speak a subdued language. Play the victim constantly. And you have the globally based Indian journos, like those in NY and London constantly demonizing the 'populist' Govt, calling the administration 'Trumpian' and 'unsecular' what would life in America and England be without the cocktail soirees and party invitations by their democrat and tory friends.

'Anti-secular', 'lynching', 'caste', 'hindu terror' and 'oppressed minority' - these are the themes the globalist machine pays the left-wing media and several rich activist celebrities to espouse. The leftists paint Amit Shah as a 'total gangster' and muscle for Modi Putting the Prime in Prime Minister , which again suits him just fine because it provides traction with the masses that resent western 'liberalist' ideas like the faux-feminism supplanted by LGBTQXYZs, acute islamophilia, and empowerment of 'oppressed' classes. Although India has had it's own crippling version of Affirmative Action for decades, it is also being challenged by the right wing govt now. Additionaly, a reversal of fortunes of Pakistan funded separatists and rich legal islamists is taking place, all because of the adamant, brutally corrective policies of this Govt. There will soon be a final showdown in Kashmir, and final consolidation of the region.

Sure, their underlying convictions include casteism, hinduist tomfoolery and absolute authority. And the voter knows it, knew it when electing them. But in a world of leaders that have stepped back from the ramparts to let ravagers in, it's the sanest choice for now.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/18/2019 5:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Good luck with that. India is infested with Bongs (illegals from Bangladesh, AKA East Bengal) to the tune of tens of millions.

And collectively they bribe local politicians for protection. Also, due to the rampant corruption can easily obtain fake documents like ration cards and Aadhaar cards.

Affirmative Action? Their equivalent makes ours look puny. There is something called SC/ST & OBC. Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes & Other Backwards Classes. The Indian government officially recognizes over 100 distinct ethnic groups, every group that isn't on one the schedules agitates bitterly to be included, those already on the schedule agitate bitterly for more set asides.

What is Modi going to do, sweep that aside? I don't think so, the poor and uneducated along with all the beneficiaries would burn the country down. India is a basket case and probably always will be barring a 90% reduction in population.
Posted by: Fat Bob Javish1936 || 07/18/2019 8:26 Comments || Top||

#3  While much of this is unarguably true, it's the fucking mohammads that need to die or be subdued first. Countries don't give up and die because some exalted nihilist decides they're well off dead, just like the Brits decided they're better off without their wealth. They survive. And everybody's survival right now depends on islamic swine learning learning their place.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/18/2019 11:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Oh, I agree completely that the mohammads need to be dealt with, everywhere.
Posted by: Fat Bob Javish1936 || 07/18/2019 12:22 Comments || Top||

PKK confirms death of 5 members including KCK spokesperson Varto
[Rudaw] Serhat Amanos Varto, the spokesperson of the Kurdistan Communities Group (KCK) was confirmed killed in Ottoman Turkish Arclight airstrike
s with four other members nearly four months ago by media close to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Wednesday.

Rojnews, a media outlet close to PKK, announced the death of five guerrilla fighters killed including Varto in a Ottoman Turkish airstrike on March 21. The KCK is an umbrella group of parties close to and including the PKK.

In addition to Varto (Emrullah Dursun), the dear departed include PKK members Sinane Sor (Ali Aktash), Navdar Sinegir (Mikail Ozdemir), Serhat Shafak (Vehip Tekin) and Shiyar Farahinin (Celal Ozturk), ANF News another media outlet close to group detailed on Wednesday, citing the Solidarity Committee of the PKK. Party members often use a nom de guerre to obfuscate personal details.

ANF added that notifying the victims’ families has been underway since July 14. The reported message praised the sacrifices for the "struggle" and "the movement" for the Kurdish people resisting.

Ottoman Turkish jets used precise coordinates supplied by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
’s intelligence community in the March 21 airstrikes, according to state-run Anadolu Agency.

Then Anadolu reported in that Varto was "neutralized" by Ottoman Turkish airstrikes. Ankara uses the word neutralized to refer to those killed, maimed, or otherwise removed from the battlefield.

Varto was born in 1970 in Mus Province, according to ANF. He joined the PKK in 1991 in Cudi, between Sirnak and Silopi. He was arrested by the Baath regime in Syria while trying to go to Qandil to "help comrades" in 1999 and remained in prison for two years.

Following his release, he went to Qandil to fight, but began working in PKK's more diplomatic and political offices, resigning from a fighting role. The PKK hailed Varto as someone who has "struggled with great spirit."

Sor was born in 1959 in the Qosere area of Mardin province in southeastern Turkey. He joined the PKK at a young age. In the statement released by ANF, Sor was hailed as a "handpicked" guerilla of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan who solved issues "with a strong moral force" and represented PKK's bully boy expertise.

He is described as a regional manager for Qandil.
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Sad State of the Iran Economy
[CNBC] Tehran faces rising food prices and food shortages.

Iran’s government is running out of options to help stem the costs.

A local cook estimates prices have increased by 50% to 100% in the last year.

The cost of beef has gone from 380,000 rials a kilo three months ago to nearly 1.2 million rials per kilo, pricing out many families.
As tensions continue to escalate between the U.S. and Iran, options may be running out. The rising prices aren’t letting up, and for average Iranians, it’s becoming harder than ever to provide for their families
no mention of the cost of Iran's Nuclear work or Iran's subsidy of conflict in Syria, Yemen, etc.
Posted by: lord garth || 07/18/2019 09:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6468 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  I understand that pork from c China is especially cheap nowadays.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 07/18/2019 10:20 Comments || Top||

#2  the cost of Iran's Nuclear work or Iran's subsidy of conflict
It's almost like we're re-using the Star Wars strategy that broke the old Soviet Union - 'force' them to spend more than they can afford.
Posted by: Glenmore || 07/18/2019 10:29 Comments || Top||

Lawmakers Demand Trump Admin Nix Loopholes Permitting Iranian Nuke Work
[FREEBEACON] A delegation of 50 members of Congress petitioned the Trump administration on Wednesday to cancel a series of sanctions waivers that have permitted Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
to continue its most contested nuclear research, including at a military site known to have housed the Islamic Theocratic Republic's bomb program, according to a copy of the letter exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

The letter, spearheaded by Rep. Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.), represents the strongest protest to date by politicians who view the waivers as an attempt by some deeply entrenched U.S. officials to keep the landmark nuclear deal on life support against the White House's wishes.

The Free Beacon has reported multiple times in the past months on a protracted inter-agency battle between hardline officials in the administration who seek to nix the nuclear waivers and those who maintain they are necessary to keep Iran appeased. A growing number of politicians have expressed frustration with the Trump administration's decision to continue renewing these sanctions waivers at a time when Iran is openly breaching international restrictions on the amount of enriched uranium it stockpiles inside the country.

The group of politicians are now demanding that the administration make good on its promises to wage a so-called "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran. This would include killing the waivers permitting Iranian nuclear work and also pressuring the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
to invoke a mechanism that would restore the international community's sanctions on Iran, most of which were lifted as part of the nuclear agreement.

"In an effort to continue your extremely successful maximum pressure campaign against Iran, we are writing to urge you to dismantle the last remaining vestiges of the failed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) once and for all," the letter states.

The politicians urge the administration "to respond to Iran's nuclear escalation by ending remaining U.S. ’civil nuclear' waivers."
Posted by: Fred || 07/18/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6464 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  And hey cannot fix it themselves? What are they for anyway?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 07/18/2019 10:18 Comments || Top||

#2  evidently too bitch and whine about anything he does or says
Posted by: chris || 07/18/2019 10:22 Comments || Top||

#3  The current situation says it all. Creeps like Joni Ernest are more worried about their SJW bona-fides than about protecting America.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/18/2019 13:23 Comments || Top||

Home Front: Culture Wars
'I am legally married to one and culturally to another': How Ilhan Omar desperately tried to shut down accusations of bigamy amid claims she was briefly married to her BROTHER to 'commit immigration fraud' while she was still with her current husband
Also from the Daily Mail:
Does this photo prove Trump tormentor's second marriage was a sham? Far-left Ilhan Omar is pictured with her first husband AND her second husband - as Trump accuses him of being her BROTHER and he posts from a beach
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/18/2019 11:42 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6487 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  Yes, yes. Muzzizm is just something "we need to accept." The F we do...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/18/2019 14:28 Comments || Top||

#2  As your Squaid member AOC would say "Chinga tu hermano"
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/18/2019 15:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Send her back!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/18/2019 17:04 Comments || Top||

#4  something tells me we will have too hear about the bitch for many years too come
Posted by: chris || 07/18/2019 17:26 Comments || Top||

#5  'I am legally married to one and culturally to another'

By the way, there is no provision, decree or even brief, qat fueled reverie in the quoran or hadiths that allows for this sort of arrangement.

In fact, if a woman has two husbands, almost all possible eventualities arising herein are supposed to result in some kind of fatality. Like either the second man has to kill the first man, or the first man has to 'sell' her to him willingly, first divorcing her. In one, after the divorce she's got to be raped by the father or brother of the new guy (Nikah e Halala) before assuming married life.

By any islamic standards, she's got to be stoned to death or at least flogged. If she swears by the koran for taking oaths, she must be punished by the koran. If she was in Somalia, she'd be meat.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/18/2019 17:49 Comments || Top||

#6  Send her back!

She can't leave soon enough!
Posted by: gorb || 07/18/2019 18:13 Comments || Top||

#7  She won't
Posted by: Frank G || 07/18/2019 19:33 Comments || Top||

#8  I don't think 'who' you are allowed to marry is very interesting. It's much more interesting to study who you can stay married to. Show me a weird one that lasted 50 years and I'll pay attention. By the way, was he an older brother, or a younger one?
Posted by: Beau || 07/18/2019 20:46 Comments || Top||

#9  'I am legally married to one and culturally illegally to another'

Posted by: gorb || 07/18/2019 20:51 Comments || Top||

#10  'I am legally married to one and culturally to another'

And which of these was her brother? I think that bugs me more than the bigamy.
Posted by: Iblis || 07/18/2019 22:02 Comments || Top||

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An Individual Fit

Generative manufacturing procedures are allowing for a new generation of implants

The trend for individualisation is currently establishing itself in all product areas. In the area of medical technology demand is especially big, and thanks to generative procedures, it can be satisfied more rapidly and to better effect. The latest developments in this area are set to be the focus of the specialist exhibition for rapid technology – Rapid.Tech. On 26th and 27th May 2009, this practically-oriented exhibition will, for the sixth time, bring together constructing engineers, users and designers at the Messe Erfurt (Erfurt Trade Fair centre). The combination of an exhibition, a users’ conference and a meeting of constructing engineers will support a sector-spanning exchange of experience and the rapid entry into a complex technological environment.

Generative manufacturing procedures are currently finding relevance to the world of business and to the future primarily in the area of medical technology. No other manufacturing technique can create better conditions for the production of patient-specific implants. The further refinement of this procedure is being worked on throughout the world, including the Institute of Laser and System Technologies at Hamburg-Harburg Technical University, Germany, where Maximilian Munsch and Prof. Dr. (Eng.) Claus Emmelmann currently work in this field. At Erfurt, they will be presenting porous network structures for use as enossal tooth root implants. These can be optimised through the targeted adaptation of the geometry with regard to mechanical rigidity, in order to attain properties which are similar to bone.
The range of possibilities offered by generative manufacturing procedures in the area of medical technology is both varied and rich in detail. Simon Hoeges and Dr. Wilhelm Meiners will also be highlighting some interesting facts surrounding this topic at the exhibition in Erfurt. At the Fraunhofer Institute for laser technology in Aachen, they are currently realising the rapid manufacturing of individual implants in medical technology using selective laser melting (SLM) for the standard materials of titanium and cobalt-chrome-alloys, and are also contributing to research for the use of SLM in the preparation of bio-absorbable materials. With this procedure, it is possible to manufacture replacement bone implants using the bio-absorbent ceramic material tricalcium phosphate (TCP) and the polymer polyactide (PLA) which are then individually customised to patients. The innovation in this particular area is that the body later breaks these implants down and replaces them with its own bone material. With bio absorbent implants, children, in particular can be spared a repeated operation for the adaptation of the size of the implant.
Implants are also indispensable in the area of dental medicine. Dr. Martin Klare and Dr. Christian Schmidt are currently working intensively on the generative manufacturing of dental models, and at Erfurt they will be presenting the latest findings regarding a manufacturing process based on stereo lithography.
The new generation of designers is also enthusiastic about the use of generative procedures in the area of medical technology. In 2007, Jannis Breuninger developed a reproducible and standardised leg prosthesis in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart. Mr. Breuninger, currently a student at the University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd, was awarded with one of the top prizes in the Student Design Award for Rapid Manufacturing for his efforts. Since 2007, this design competition, organised by the Erfurt Trade Fair AG and the Thuringia Foundation for Technology, Innovation and Research (STIFT) has been providing visionary ideas for the entire generative sector. This year, for the first time ever, the BMW Group GINA Design Award is also set to be awarded as a special prize at Erfurt.