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I'm sitting in a Tim Horton's working on a paper while my kid has an art lesson.

I'm cold, and I'd rather be home, but at least it's been productive. This class is only 5 weeks long, today is the start if week 4 and I've got 2 papers to write in the next two weeks. I'm on top of it, but if I think about it too much it feels overwhelming.

5 years ago I struggled to leave the house on a regular basis. Now I've got a job and I'm working on a degree that will change my career. It's only been a year since I started working and i managed not to run myself into the ground. I couldn't manage full time, but being a counsellor will allow me flexibility in my schedule.

I never imagined this is where I would be.

[townpostin]

Teachers Plan Hunger Strike Over Unfulfilled Demands

Jharkhand Educators to Fast on August 5 for Career Progression and Workload Relief All Jharkhand Primary Teachers’ Organization escalates protest, citing multiple unaddressed issues affecting education quality and teacher welfare. SERAIKELA – The All Jharkhand Primary Teachers’ Organization has announced a hunger strike at the state headquarters on August 5, intensifying their campaign for…

[engquimicasantossp]

O que é terraplanagem?

Terraplanagem é o processo de preparação do solo para a construção de obras civis, como estradas, edifícios, barragens, etc. A terraplanagem consiste em remover a camada superficial do solo, que contém matéria orgânica e impurezas, e nivelar o terreno de acordo com o projeto. O objetivo da terraplanagem é garantir a estabilidade e a resistência do solo, evitando problemas como erosão, deslizamentos, rachaduras e infiltrações.

A terraplanagem envolve diversas etapas, como topografia, sondagem, escavação, transporte, compactação e drenagem do solo. Cada etapa requer equipamentos específicos, como tratores, retroescavadeiras, caminhões basculantes, rolos compactadores, etc. A terraplanagem também deve seguir normas técnicas e ambientais, respeitando os limites de inclinação, aterro e corte do solo.

A terraplanagem é uma atividade essencial para o desenvolvimento de qualquer obra civil, pois garante a segurança e a qualidade da construção. Por isso, é importante contratar uma empresa especializada em terraplanagem, que tenha experiência e qualificação para executar o serviço com eficiência e responsabilidade.

Mais informações:

https://www.engquimicasantossp.com.br/2023/10/o-que-e-terraplanagem-como-funciona.html

[pandemic-info]

Can You Get 'Too Many' COVID-19 Boosters?

Is It Bad to Have Too Many Boosters?

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Cavaleri suggested that receiving too many booster shots could exhaust T cells, which play a central role in fighting COVID-19, or the immune system could come to tolerate the antigen, instead of acting against it.

There “isn’t a shred of evidence” to support these ideas, said Aaron Eli Glatt, MD, MACP, clinical professor of medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

“Every day that you walk out and touch things, your immune system is constantly being stimulated. Nobody ever suggested you should go hide in a bubble and not let your immune system get provoked,” Glatt said. “You don’t want to give unnecessary vaccinations but they don’t ruin your immune system.”

...

Immune exhaustion can occur in certain diseases where a pathogen or foreign object is causing constant exposure, such as cancer and HIV.1

There is no evidence yet that this is true for COVID-19. In fact, recent evidence suggests that repeated vaccinations and natural infections broadens the immune response to COVID-19.

[joyousscamperer]

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hey man are you doing alright youre like convulsfing on the floor and foaming at the mouth i literally just almost typed out marc instead of mouth foaming at the marc what the fuck is happening what's happening to me what's gping on oh my god oh my god help help me

[trash-monkey]

Isekai; My life as a wagon

Chapter 2

I watch intensely as the flickering light slowly approaches to here I see l am resting by the dirt road but I hear the unfamiliar language before seeing the strange sight coming into view, I recognize what animals they are from my world but these are large and walking on their hind legs like humans.

"Re'ew er'a oggin? Er'a ew oslt aagin? Si isth aord veen no eht amp?" A strident female voice falls from the mouth of a green frog wearing a large straw hat hanging loose on the back of her neck and carrying a old spear with care, I can see a thin tan clothed dress that stops at her knees which she have a lather vest top of it acting like a corset and she also has a metal chest piece loosely on top of it all while I can see skin tight short shorts underneath the dress to hide her modesty.

"Anc ti, Armosg! Woh ma I sppusoed ot gifuer uot erewh ew re'a fi ouy on'wt tel em Uoscf!" Another female voice answered back from the rat as her voice almost sounds dead but I can hear the warmth in it so she isn't totally emotionless and I can see she's wearing skin tight leggings underneath the long lime green tunic that have slits on the sides for easier movements which she uses a utility belt around her waist as a belt to keep the tunic a certain length to give her full movement while also give the tunic another modification of a hood, her feet are completely free expect for the soles I see on the bottom of her sharp claws free for fighting and climbing as her nails are sharp to which is why she's holding the map in her hands carful, all types of nick nacks she had skillfully made into a long string to decorate her tail, long dyed white hair starts between her nicked ears which goes down her back before stopping in a small braid to keep her hair together at the middle of her back, and can see a nose ring glimmer in the torch light in her pink nose like a bull ring while there's a simple quiver on her back filled with arrow as her simple bow sits on a hook that is on the quiver.

"Armosg, Iencepat aseple." A male throaty voice comes from a moose standing at 6'4 in height and although he looks thin underneath his clothes I can see the hidden muscles which I suspect the clothes are the standard clothes for beginner adventures what I gathered from what they're wearing and carrying, two massive antlers sit on his head which a small mohawk of brown hair sits as he has a large pack on his back with a massive old metal shield on top which seems to already have seen battle before from the dents and scratches but I can tell it's been maintain greatly.

"I t'anc ese eht amp ni isth ghtil os ew htmig sa ilhew ets macp ereh tilun normnig." The female rat sighs as she rolls the map up carefully.

"Heret's a gonaw! Tel's macp heret!" I watch as the female frog become surprisingly fast in her excitement when seeing me by the road and ran over to where I'm resting, immediately jumping into my back only to tip me over as I can't support her weight although it doesn't feel much but her movement didn't help much.

'Hey! Watch it! I may not feel it but I'm not unbreakable!'

"Hatw od ouy inkth, Tunro?" I hear the female rat asked not caring about what happened to their frog friend probably knowing she isn't hurt or they're use to her hyper energy antics.

"Meess oogd ot em dna ew anc seu eht gonaw ot ieldsh su ormf eht aord." I can hear the two strolling over as the female frog shots up off the ground.

"M'i ko!" She said before propping me back up onto my one wheel as I'm not that heavy for my size even though I'm wood and she begin to look at it when noticing it was the reason we had fallen over, I'm very tempted to move my one wheel to let them know I'm sentient but I'm also afraid they'll use me for kindling if I do.

'I really really wish I can understand them!!'

I yelled and cried through my mind as the three continues to talk as the female frog fools with me seems on trying to figure out how to get my wheel back on which is keeping her entertained and mostly quiet so the other two leaves her alone to do so.

'THIS IS A FANTASY WORLD, RIGHT? THEN LET ME UNDERSTAND, PPLLEEEASE!!!!!'

I once again pleaded but only to freeze when a screen pops up in my vision like a system that video games have, skill tree and all the stuff.

Translation

On Off

'Why is translation off?'

I give a deadpan expression to myself at the foolishness of it being off the whole time because who would have it off in the first place in a unknown world, I switched it on with a thought as I've read and seen Isekai's before so I know the jist of it when coming to the system but one thing is for sure each system is different so I don't know what mine can really do. For now I just very happy at having a higher chance of living in this world although I'm a small wooden wagon so I shrub my imaginary shoulders.

"Gamora, what are you doing?" The male moose asked as he stroll over to us when the female rat went to get for wood in the near by forest which the frog is using her webbed bear feet on my side as she takes a close look at the naked bearing of where the wheel is supposed to go, I can feel her webbed feet and hands are slightly wet against my wooden surface.

'Identify!'

I yelled after taking a deep breath hoping to have the appraisal skill I have seen and I'll even be happy with the bear minimum information, I do a quirky dance when a small screen popped up.

Gamora Yoth, female, 20, and is a Ain'eads (Hylidae Tree frog)

"Seeing if I can fix this wagon as it's in perfect condition despite the wheel is off!" Sh gets up from her sitting position to roll the wheel over to my naked barring and let the moose prop the wheel back onto the barring.

"We don't need a wagon." He trys to reason with her as he sticks the torch into the ground so he doesn't have to hold it any longer which I appraised him.

'Identify'

Ortun Xoxxaw, male, 18, and is a Nodian (Moose)

"So? We can take it and get some money for it! We can get a silver coin!" She tilts her head making Ortun sigh and although she's right it makes fear grab my heart along with excitement of seeing the rest of the world instead of being left to rot by the road, the female rat returns from the forest with a arm full of fire wood.

'Identify'

Tiza, female, 22 and is a Ghuk (Bandicota Rats)

"What has Gamora roped you into now?" She asked after dropping the fire wood onto the ground and crossed her arms.

"Selling the wagon once we find a town!" Gamora immediately defended herself playfully from Tiza poke at her which she goes back at getting my wheel to stay on properly once Ortun moves from it, Tiza just goes about making the fire with a playful eye roll.

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[bikanerlive]

लंबित तृतीय श्रेणी के शिक्षकों के स्थाईकरण राजस्थान शिक्षक संघ (प्रगतिशील ) बीकानेर

बीकानेर 2 जुलाई 2024, राजस्थान शिक्षक संघ (प्रगतिशील ) बीकानेर का एक शि��्टमंडल यतीश वर्मा प्रदेश महामंत्री के नेतृत्व में जिला शिक्षा अधिकारी प्रारंभिक शिक्षा श्रीमती पदमा तिलवानी से मिला और ज्ञापन प्रस्तुत किया । जिलाध्यक्ष आनंद पारीक ने बताया कि काफी समय से लंबित तृतीय श्रेणी के शिक्षकों के स्थाईकरण नही हो दे है वह कार्य शीघ्र करने ,ACP,MACP और नोशनल लाभ के आदेश दूसरे जिलों की तरह तुरंत प्रभाव…

[daveg65]

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[iplaywithstring]

Tonight I have an online counselling skills assessment.

I've been working over a year as a residential counsellor. I took a counselling skills class 2 years ago. I should not be as nervous as I am.

[randomrainman]

why jiu-jitsu will never be mainstream

I will preface this by saying that I absolutely love jiu-jitsu. Aside from debilitating and potentially permanent injuries from zigging instead of zagging, a perpetually bruised ego, and constant gasps for life from training partners using you as a sentient, pyjama-clad Bosu ball, it can be a beneficial fixture in one's life: it can allow for a (relatively) healthy form of stress relief, foster a cult environment in which people can learn from each other, and pressure-test difficult scenarios to achieve optimal results. Jiu-jitsu will also let you know, often in the most miserable ways possible, just how much you don't know.

In a sense, it is its very own Petri dish, complete with its own set of infections.

My Beginnings

The last-known picture of myself (with my 1SG) while I was still in the Army. Notice how perfectly our uniforms blend with the grass.

My jiu-jitsu journey could be classified as an accident, much like me. After I returned from Iraq in 2009, I was scheduled to attend Level 1 of the Modern Army Combatives Program, or MACP. Mandated by Army for NCO development, the week-long course purports to familiarise participants with the bare essentials of hand-to-hand combat, to include strikes and grappling. Though I had a few conflicts in earlier times in my life, I could hardly consider myself a "fighter", and, despite having an above-average PT score, my thorough unfamiliarity with combat techniques sapped my energy like a hungry mosquito in the middle of a blistering Philippine summer.

During live training on one of the final days of the course, I was partnered with someone who was much smaller than my 225-pound self; he could not have been much heavier than 170. This shouldn't be so bad, I thought nervously. What's the worst that could happen? The timer rang.

From the go, I deferred to the tried-and-true, time-tested, culture-spanning methodology utilised by many an untrained individual: the classic hnnngh. I huffed, heaved, and hnnnghed around this dude's short legs for 30 desperate seconds trying to get past them, and just as soon as I thought I was getting somewhere, the last thing I saw was a crotch fly toward my face.

My left arm and my head were suddenly incapacitated and trapped in a vise made entirely of human limbs. I saw every constellation in the known universe in those three long seconds, and it was then that I pulled out my trusty ace in the hole, a technique I had learned earlier to escape any position, no matter how dangerous -- furious and repeated taps. I stared at him with incredulity as he released me from the impending throes of unconsciousness. "What in the hell was that?" I asked laboriously, still struggling to regain my faculties. "A triangle," he responded. "I do jiu-jitsu." Neat.

A few months before my ETS in 2010, a friend and fellow Soldier I originally met in Korea, Larry, told me about a Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym near our home base of Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), and proposed that we both go. Why not, I thought, reflecting on my dismal MACP experience. I clearly have a lot to learn.

So I made my choice.

Myself (as a purple belt) and some new friends I had the privilege of training while in Afghanistan.

American Fight Company. Hardcore, I thought. But makes sense. A large, hand-painted mural of Royce Gracie's logo loomed over the gym's white mats, which teemed with students in equally white robes conducting warm-ups. I would apparently require one of those silly garments to train; to that end, I purchased my first "gi", as I learned they were called, and an accompanying crispy white belt. Ripping the plastic packaging open, I examined my new training apparel: the pants' stitching appeared to be quite tough, especially in the crotch area, and the collar on the jacket was extremely thick, especially when compared to my ACUs, which were made of one-ply toilet paper. Flowery embroidery enveloped the upper left of the gi top, whose black threads elegantly trailed down to a bold monochromatic patch on the lower lapel. "BREAKPOINT", it read. Gnarly.

Jarrod, a rugged Texan and veteran with a grizzled, grey-speckled beard, demonstrated a technique on a student. The tattered brown sash which encircled his waist danced through the air like ribbons in the wind as he floated from position to position, methodically settling into an armlock submission at the sequence's conclusion. Now it was our turns to try, and it went about as well as expected for me: I flopped all over my training partner, a much more experienced white belt, with all the grace and finesse of a disoriented three-legged deer, narrowly avoiding clobbering him in the dome with errant knees or heels as I practiced getting to the submission.

Then we had to go live.

To say that I learnt valuable lessons that day was an understatement: while I proved tough and indubitably capable of sustaining a lot of pain, it also made clear that I knew absolutely nothing about grappling, even if I was already pretty sure of that fact before. The trifecta of sheer top pressure, staving off innumerable submission attempts, and overall physical exertion filled my muscles with lactic acid and caused my lungs to burn with the intensity of a thousand thermonuclear explosions.

Despite my exhaustion and ineptitude, I was lauded for my perseverance, and that alone was enough to keep me returning to American Fight Company for more knowledge (and, of course, punishment). I received my first stripe on my white belt from Jarrod before accepting a contract in Korea, where I continued on the pathway of martial arts development in the realms of muaythai, jiu-jitsu, and eventually, mixed martial arts. Jarrod earned his black belt shortly after I departed.

Before my fight in Korea, during which I expertly tore nearly every ligament in my left knee (photographer unknown).

As of this post, I am a three-stripe brown belt, and by all measurable metrics, the world's most awful: I have two herniated cervical discs, including one fusion; my knees are shredded beef, and, in addition to being deconditioned, I experience a myriad of inexplicable, and often sharp, pains throughout my body. Nevertheless, my time around jiu-jitsu, both as a participant and a photographer, has afforded me the opportunity to make a variety of observations and criticisms about my beloved sport, which brings me to my point:

Jiu-jitsu will never be a mainstream spectator sport.

I can hear it already. "Hold your horses, buddy! It's more popular than ever!" Well, actually, you would be 100% correct. It is more popular and practiced than it ever was at any point in history, if only due to the fact that, as a standalone martial art, it is only a century old. An ever-growing list of celebrities, including Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and actors Tom Hardy and Mario Lopez, have embraced the grappling art and have even competed in it.

If your martial art can make it into a popular show that is definitely not about your martial art, then something is working, even if no one has a clue what's happening. And yes, even if you're black, I will not call you "master".

The appeal to training it is in its relative ease of access: there is no real bar for entry for anyone regardless of sex, age, or previous martial arts experience, and it is possible for a practitioner to train indefinitely and (mostly) without injury so long as you are doing so safely and intelligently (which I did not, hence my injuries). While competition is encouraged as a test of skill and willpower, it is not a requirement, and a practitioner can advance up the ranks if deemed appropriate by a "professor", as we call sometimes call black belt instructors in BJJ. That said, there is an obvious distinction between popularity as an activity and ubiquity and appeal as a spectator sport, hence this article.

Jiu-jitsu is cursed. No, as far as I know, there aren't any warlocks hidden deep in the forest conjuring hexes specifically to sabotage the community, but it suffers from the same inherently self-limiting handicap as its ancient, much more established, and slightly more naked and action-packed grappling counterpart, wrestling. For all the cartwheels, blast doubles, and the plethora of exciting techniques at a grappler's disposal, its appeal to an audience pales in comparison to striking arts, whose concussive forces produce emphatic impacts and easily discernible and *ahem* striking results. When a precisely placed punch slips through an opponent's guard and leaves them splayed lifelessly on the canvas, relieved of consciousness, there is very little doubt as to what happened and how: somebody just got knocked the fuck out.

The aftermath of Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II, as captured by Neil Leifer, a sport photojournalist, in 1965. It is likely the most famous shot in all of sporting.

Rulesets such as those of the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) and UFC Fight Pass Invitational, itself a derivative of ADCC rules, encourage excitement by penalising grapplers for inaction, but, while these parameters effectively force activity, it must be noted that such constant movement is not necessarily endemic to and can even run contrary to the essence of jiu-jitsu, which emphasises control. Scrambles and chaos do indeed ensue when neither player has control over the other, but what happens when a person has passed their opponent's guard and is working toward a submission? I recall a particular scenario during the 99kg finals 2022 ADCC Worlds in Las Vegas.

With no lack of effort, Kaynan Duarte, the 2019 ADCC's +99kg champion, had just passed fan favourite and 2019 ADCC silver medallist Craig Jones' nearly impenetrable guard, securing the mounted position as the exhausted Mexican Ground Karate grandmaster attempted one of his infamous bottom-side Ezekiel chokes on the powerful Brazilian. The ten-thousand-strong crowd in attendance at the Thomas & Mack Arena erupted in what sounded like a peculiar mix of awe and disappointment. Craig spammed his usual array of unorthodox submission attempts from bottom as Kaynan sought to secure a finish of his own without undoing any of his previous endeavours.

Only one person I can think of will attempt to submit you while you have double unders in mount. Also, if you flip this image, Craig is mercilessly strangling Kaynan from inside his guard, and also in thin air. Photo by Clayton Jones Images (me).

Then something strange happened.

Unsurprisingly, there were warnings for inactivity, but as more time passed without a submission from Kaynan, the penalty points started racking up -- and very quickly. At one time, the negatives were so high that they were equal to the positive points Duarte accumulated from successful passes, which would mean that, had the match ended at that time, the score would have been tied, and it would go into overtime; had he not relented and maintained the position, Craig would have actually gone on to win the match by negatives. Kaynan did go on to score additional points to win and cement himself as the 2022 99kg ADCC champion, but it was nonetheless one of the most bizarre things I have ever witnessed in combat sports.

While absolutely no one wants to see two heavily perspiring people lying motionlessly atop each other for 15 entire minutes like the world's worst attempt at coitus, it is patently absurd that someone who is being controlled can become the victor in a contest primarily dictated by superior control -- that is, unless the dominant player is deliberately stalling and making zero attempts at finishing. The onus should ostensibly lie on the controlled player to facilitate their own escapes and counterattacks.

Furthermore, while strength and conditioning are quintessential elements of any combat athlete's regimen, gratuitous stalling calls put the "art" in "artificial"; they distill the essence of what makes jiu-jitsu formidable in self-defence by overly emphasising physicality and athleticism over technical prowess and forcing competitors to take unnecessary risks, often costing them matches (and however many pennies are being offered) in the process. Of course, competitors are free to go absolutely bananas at their own discretion (and spectators' delight), but that should not be mandatory.

Even after many years of training, I simply cannot fathom how Floyd can so deftly dodge a flurry of lightning-fast punches and fire off perfect counters all in one motion.

Let's take an example from boxing's Floyd Mayweather. Widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time and known largely for his finely tuned defensive acumen, his style has been decried for being "boring" and too conservative. He was derided for "running" during fights due to what people perceived as fear or an attempt to avoid action, when, in actuality, neither were true: he had incredible ability to avoid punishment in the pocket and proved to be a very effective counter-puncher. More importantly, he embodied what it means to be a boxer: to hit and not be hit. He understood that being consistently clobbered in the noggin for brownie points is stupid, and developed a method which allowed him to remain both relatively unscathed and undefeated as a professional. And winners get paid.

You know who usually doesn't get paid? Losers, and especially jiu-jitsu people who lose. There are certainly outliers in that regard, to be sure, but ultimately, if you are not running a major YouTube platform and/or creating entertaining monetised content, doing seminars, selling loads of instructionals, heading an association or major gym, or competing and winning a lot (or a combination of some or all of these), you really aren't making much, which, when considering that top competitors are professional-level athletes who, more often than not, dedicate their livelihoods to jiu-jitsu, is rather pathetic.

One of the very few people who have managed to make it using only jiu-jitsu, which says a lot. Photo by CJI (me).

The sport is plagued by a glass ceiling and is largely a closed circuit in which, generally, the only people who generate income for jiu-jitsu people are other jiu-jitsu people or combat sports entities and enthusiasts. Almost no one, perhaps aside from ultra-hardcore BJJ enthusiasts, would care to purchase a pay-per-view of IBJJF Pans or Who's Number One like they would a UFC event, and the attendees of the most prestigious events, such as the ADCC World Championships, are almost entirely composed of jiu-jitsu people, many of whom possess only a rudimentary understanding of the rules of the contests they watch.

...and the rules are always changing. Is back control worth three points? Four points? Will I get an advantage for this near-takedown? Is this EBI overtime or sudden death? Nearly every organisation has its own individual ruleset, typically geared toward action, some sort of decisive conclusion, or an amalgam of the two. For example, some submission-only rulesets will call a draw if no finishes occur, and other sub-only entities such as the Eddie Bravo Invitational have three overtime shootout rounds in which competitors start in common finishing positions. The International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, or IBJJF, utilises a position-based point system, and the ADCC ruleset emphasises wrestling and rewards action by strongly penalising inactivity or deliberate stalling, and features overtime rounds in the event of an even score or no submission.

Emma Reusing executes a head-and-arm throw at the 2021 IBJJF Worlds. Photo by CJI (me).

While there are certainly merits to facets of these rules, such as the need to keep score and to encourage finishes, the fact remains that, for as much as grappling has grown, there is no real cohesion, regulation, or sanctioning entity in jiu-jitsu. The oft-criticised IBJJF long sat atop the heap as the governing body of all matters jiu-jitsu, but as the sport evolved and outgrew its competitive and regulatory confines, its influence has weakened, although it maintains an iron grip on yes-gi matters. While uncertainty regarding rules can be a recurring theme throughout sports, the lack of parity between the various jiu-jitsu rulesets in addition to the relative absence of a central administrative entity for athlete matters sows confusion amongst viewers and even causes doubts about its legitimacy as a sport to be taken seriously.

The Silver Lining

A select few individuals' attempts at pouring money into grappling may have bolstered the sport's profile, yet few entities have provided a decent payout for participants or winners, even if backed by nearly unlimited resources, and, in some cases, the vast majority of the resources spent have largely gone to every aspect of the grappling event except the athletes, which are the entire reason your event exists.

We don't have the broad appeal of team sports like basketball and soccer or the visceral impact of striking arts, and dorks who wear profanity-laden, dubiously labelled, or flamboyantly coloured clothing articles (or lack thereof) and hug each other aggressively for up to hours at a time in a niche sport that no one understands can hardly afford to take themselves seriously, so it stands to reason that someone has to get top-level competitors a decent chunk of change in lieu of spectatorship.

Some second thoughts, if you will.

Enter Craig Jones, the knight in silver armour, wielding duffle bags full of duckets and plans to upend the status quo via an eponymously named invitational, commonly referred to as CJI (like me, but with more value), and frequently mispronounced "CGI". The Craig Jones Invitational, which occurs concurrently with ADCC 2024, boasts a $3 million budget, most of which goes to athletes, and promises $1 million for winners of each division. Hosted in the Thomas & Mack Arena, CJI competitors will battle it out in a Karate Combat-inspired depression dubbed "The Alley", and will debut MMA-influenced rounds and an open scoring system. High-profile legends are also rumoured to be participating.

Marcelo Garcia explains a technique at the ADCC "Super Seminar" prior to the 2022 ADCC world championships. Photo by CJI (me).

And it's all streaming on YouTube.

Craig makes several valid points, namely, regarding venues and production. Ultimately, while marketing is certainly paramount in terms of fostering interest, if the sport as a whole is to grow, it must be organic in nature. Grandiloquent displays of pomp and circumstance alone don't bolster the profile of a sport -- people must also be curious about the sport itself. Being "the best" of a thing is useless if no one cares about the thing, and you cannot artificially fill shoes you are not currently capable of wearing.

However, an increased payout will inevitably attract more competition and competitors, which has a net benefit for the sport.

Except by some miracle, jiu-jitsu will indefinitely drift along down the river of obscurity, discovered and embraced by a select few, but never truly understood or even recognised by the general public, who still think judo people kick and that we do some form of weird extraterrestrial taekwondo. I would love nothing more than to be proven wrong regarding the future of this art we have come to hold dear, but at the very least, the professionals who have become the face of this game through years of steroids hard work and sacrifice should be able to afford to make a decent living from their passions.

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Pension Adalat

The Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai will be holding the 51st Postal Pension Adalat for pensioners/family pensioners of Postal Department on 19th September 2022 at 11.00 Hrs, in the Office of Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai -400 001.

Grievances regarding pensionary benefits pertaining to those who retired/died while in service from Department of Posts, Pensioners of Postal Department, Maharashtra and Goa States, which have not been settled within 3 months, will only be entertained in the Postal Pension Adalat.

Cases involving purely legal points i.e. succession, Notional pension, TBOP/MACP Promotion, stepping up of pay and disciplinary cases involving policy matters, and cases pending for review of DPC will not be considered in Pension Adalat. Pensioner should forward their grievance individually (not in bulk or on behalf of others) in triplicate in the proforma attached to Accounts Officer/ Secretary, Pension Adalat, O/o Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai GPO Bldg., 2nd Floor, Mumbai -400 001 on or before 22 August 2022. The applications received after 22 August 2022 will not be considered in the Pension Adalat.

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

APPLICATION FORM OF POSTAL PENSION ADALAT

SR.No.

SUBJECT

DETAILS TO BE FILLED IN BY THE INDIVIDUAL/PENSIONER

1.

Name of the pensioner /Family pensioner with Designation at the time of retirement/death

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Name of Post Office from where retired etc. and date of retirement

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PPO No.

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Name of the Post Office from where Pension is being drawn

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Postal address of the pensioner

with phone no.

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Complaint in brief (Attach application containing details if required)

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Date & signature of the Individual/Pensioner.

प्रेस नोट

पेंशन अदालत

मुख्य पोस्टमास्तर जनरल, महाराष्ट्र सर्कल, मुंबई द��वारेटपाल विभागाच्या निवृत्तिवेतनधारकांसाठी / कुटुंबनिवृत्तवेतनधारकांसाठी 51 वी पेंशन अदालत दिनांक 19-09-2022 11.00 वाजता मुख्य पोस्टमास्तर जनरल, महाराष्ट्र सर्कल, मुंबई -400 001 येथे आयोजित केली आहे.

निवृत्तिवेतनधारकांच्या लाभाशी संबंधित तक्रारी, जे टपाल विभागातून निवृत्त झाले आहेत / ज्यांचा सेवेत असताना मृत्यु झालेला आहे, टपाल विभाग, महाराष्ट्र आणि गोवा राज्यांचे निवृत्तिवेतनधारक ज्यांचे 3 महिन्यांच्या आत पूर्तता झालेली नाही अशा प्रकरणांचा डाक पेंशन अदालत मध्ये विचार केला जाईल.

पेंशन अदालतमध्ये पूर्णपणे कायदेशीर मुद्द्यांसह प्रकरणे,ई. वारसा प्रमाणपत्र, कल्पित पेन्शन, टीबीओपी / एमएसीपी पदोन्नती, वेतनश्रेणी वाढविणे आणि धोरणात्मक बाबींसह शिस्तभंगाच्याआणि डी.पी.सी. च्या पुनरावलोकनासाठी प्रलंबित प्रकरणांचा विचार केला जाणार नाही. निवृत्तिवेतनधारक खाली दिलेल्या प्रपत्रामध्ये आपले अर्जाचे तिप्पट प्रति, लेखा अधिकारी / सचिव, पेंशन अदालत, मुख्य पोस्टमास्तर जनरल कार्यालय, महाराष्ट्र सर्कल, मुंबई जीपीओ भवन, दूसरा मजला, मुंबई – 400 001 ला 22-08-2022 रोजी किंवा यापूर्वी वैयक्तिक रुप ने (तक्रारींची मोठया प्रमणात /इतरंच्या वतीने नाही ) पाठवू शकता. 22-08-2022 च्या नंतर मिळालेल्या अर्जांवर पेंशन अदालतमध्ये विचार करण्यात येणार नाही.

भारतीय डाक विभाग

डाक पेंशन अदालतच्या अर्जाचा फॉर्म

क्र.

विषय

वैयक्तिक / निवृत्तिवेतनधारक अन्वये भरण्यात येणारे तपशील

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निवृत्ती / मृत्युच्यावेळी पदनामसह निवृत्तिधारकाचे / कुटुंब निवृत्तिधारकाचे नाव

2.

कार्यालयाचे नाव जिथून निवृत्त झाले आहेत आणि निवृत्तीची तारीख

3

पीपीओ क्रमांक

4

पोस्टऑफिसचे नाव जिथे पेंशन घेतली जात आहे.

5

निवृत्तिवेतनधारकाचा पोस्टाचा पत्ता

दूरध्वनी सोबत.

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थोडक्यात तक्रार

(जर आवश्यकता असेल तर तपशीलासह अर्ज जोडा.)

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व्यक्ती / निवृत्तिवेतनधारकांची सही आणि दिनांक

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