#is there any eclipse in 2024 in india

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Chandra Grahan 2024: चंद्र ग्रहण पर भूलकर भी न करें ये काम, नहीं तो पड़ सकते हैं मुसीबत मेंChandra Grahan 2024: हिंदी पंचांग के अनुसार चंद्र ग्रहण फाल्गुन मास के शुक्ल पक्ष की पूर्णिमा तिथि यानी 25 मार्च 2024 सोमवार को लगेगा. यह चंद्र ग्रहण सुबह 10:23 बजे शुरू होगा और दोपहर 03:02 बजे तक रहेगा

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April 8th, 2024 New Moon Total Solar Eclipse Manifestations:

This celestial event is in the sign of Aries, the zodiac’s symbol of release & rebirth, taking action, endings & new beginnings, resistance & revolution. This eclipse is a prime time for humanity to do the work to abolish oppression and manifest universal peace, love, compassion, joy, healing, and liberation for all.

Under the power of this eclipse, We are focusing our thoughts and actions to manifest an end to the oppressive old world during this 21st century to bring in a new world and reality of universal peace, love, compassion, joy, healing, and liberation. We are all awakening to the divinity that lives within each and every one of us, inspiring us to take action to recycle the old oppressive world and transmute its negativity into the new universally liberated world that we all long for.

During this 21st century, We will put an end to the ongoing Palestinian genocide and colonization of Palestine, as well as the Zionist regime, Christian nationalism, Christian supremacy, Christofascism, and more. All individuals, organizations, corporations, and entities that enable Palestinian (and all other) oppression will have their influence, resources, capital, and power banished from them; these enablers will also receive sufficient divine punishment for their numerous crimes.

The Collective will continue to awaken, being enlightened with divine light, wisdom, and spiritual clarity. We are all open to channeling and transmitting the loving, peaceful, and liberating energy of the divine for the highest good of all! We will no longer support any individual, organization, corporation, or entity that enables and supports any form of oppression. The Collective is screaming for Palestine, Hawai’i, Turtle Island, Aotearoa, Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Lebanon, Turkey, India, Iran, Iraq, Australia—DURING THIS 21ST CENTURY, EVERYONE WILL BE FREE TO EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSAL LIBERATION WE HAVE ALL WORKED FOR!

With the renewing power of this eclipse, We the Collective will abolish all forms of oppression that run rampant throughout our universe, including the colonization of Turtle Island, Aotearoa, Palestine, Australia, and other lands; slavery, violence, land theft, war, crusades, genocide, cultural erasure, ecocide, racism, sexism, queerphobia, xenophobia, capitalism, classism, ableism, poverty, mass hunger, homelessness, and more. All these forms of oppression will cease to exist in the new reality of universal liberation thanks to the perseverant efforts of the Collective.

Humanity and all other organisms that We share the earth with (with the help of our ancestors, spirit guides, deities, what have you-) will collectively do the work to manifest us all a reality of universal love, peace, compassion, joy, healing, & liberation; this reality includes ecological restoration, land back, and decolonization; liberation of all indigenous peoples, cultures, lands, and languages; abolishing all forms of religious and spiritual oppression including sexism, queerphobia, xenophobia, racism, colonization, “mission work,” compulsory spiritual conversion, genocide, and more; abolishing capitalism and all other oppressive economic systems; promoting food sovereignty, climate change mitigation, and poverty reduction through local sustainable farming and foraging, native agroecology, agroforestry, and regenerative/indigenous farming; making sure everyone has a healthy home; taking care of ourselves *and* others; ensuring the survival of rural communities; ensuring the survival of all life on our planet.

In the 21st century of this Age of Aquarius, the Collective will ultimately manifest the abolishment of all oppression and the creation of universal peace, love, compassion, joy, healing, and liberation.

And it is so.

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Strange Powers of the Mind by Warren Smith

Strange Powers of the Mind by Warren Smith 1968 Ace Star

Anecdotal feel to a lot of these entries, with names changed, mostly of predictions. A few good entries.

There's the Copenhagen Hypnosis Murders, in which a man made a fellow prisoner a hypnotized slave and supposedly forced him to kill - they both ended up in jail for the murders.

There's the story of Mrs. Sarah A. Hand who believed if she removed her head, both her head and body would continue living. She attempted to decapitate herself, and failing that, laid across a railroad track. She left a note to make sure her head didn't get squished because then it wouldn't work. Her experiment was a failure.

There are several predictions - all of the clairvoyants' previous prophecies have come true, of course, so let's take a look at the future predictions. Some have no date references, so they could still be true in the future, and some are so vague ("important political figures will be replaced") I couldn't point to any and say if and when they came true.

LBJ fails to be re-elected (got this one right, extra points that he didn't lose the election, he didn't run)

President Nassar of Egypt assassinated in 1968 (1970, heart attack)

Russia and China fight an all out nuclear war in 1970

Religious war in India between Buddhists and Muslims at the end of the 20th century

Eclipse in July and August, 1999 (got August right), in which a masculine female becomes ruler of Russia.

An American will lead England by the turn of the century (Boris Johnson was 19 years too late).

NYC and the Eastern Seaboard will be destroyed in the 1990s.

Lemuria will rise in 1968.

The Soviet Union will lose a war against 10 million Middle Eastern Muslims (closest was Afghanistan, in Asia with about 250k fighters)

America wins the Vietnam War in 1967

Armageddon by 2024, still time for this one

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Top 7 Best Places To Visit in Delhi

Located on the vast banks of the Yamuna River, Delhi, the capital of India represents a distinct fusion of ancient and contemporary cultures. Explore the best places to visit in Delhi unraveling its diverse cultural legacy and historical landmarks reflecting the city's dynamic social structure and lifestyle. The city chronicles the history of the various civilizations and dynasties that flourished here for over 3000 years. Their legacy survives in the many ancient monuments left behind by their rulers, each a chronicle of the glory of its times and a reflection of the prevailing cultures. Here are the remnants of seven different capital cities. Here is a pick of the Top 7 Best Places To Visit in Delhi:

1. Qutub Minar, Delhi

Image Courtesy: Pixabay Qutub Minar, one of Delhi’s oldest monuments, stands tall as a testament to history, making it one of the best places to visit in Delhi. A mammoth minaret (238 feet tall) built from the remains of 27 Hindu and Jain temples during the years 1193–1369, commemorating the victory of Qutab-ud-din over the city's last Hindu kingdom, Qutub Minar is one of Delhi’s oldest monuments. Decorated with calligraphy representing verses from the Koran, it tapers from a 50-foot diameter at the base to just 8 feet at the top. The first three floors are built with red sandstone, and the upper two with white marble. In the same complex stands a mysterious Iron Pillar, bearing fourth-century Sanskrit inscriptions from the period of King Chandragupta II, that has intrigued scientists to no end because it has withstood centuries of climatic upheavals and remained rust-free till today. A popular legend says that if you can encircle it with your arms while standing with your back touching it, any wish will be fulfilled.

2. Red Fort, Delhi

Image Courtesy: Pixabay Popularly known as Lal Quila and built by Shah Jahan in the years 1618–1647, Red Fort, with its massive sandstone walls and exquisite architecture, is the ultimate reminder of the sheer wealth, splendor, and power of the Mughal Empire. There are many must-see places within the fort, resplendent with intricate decoration, with separate rooms and balconies for the womenfolk, swimming pools, and natural air conditioning. It also houses an Archaeological Museum.

3. Jantar Mantar, Delhi

Constructed in 1724 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, this observatory is among the best places to visit in Delhi. This esoteric, awe-inspiring salmon-colored stone-and-brick structure is an observatory used by the king for measuring time and calculating the positions of the stars and planets, and for prediction of eclipses. It houses multiple buildings with unique architectural combinations of geometrical forms, each meant for a specialized purpose of astronomical measurement. Also Read: THRILLING PLACES TO VISIT IN NOIDA IN 2024

4. Purana Qila (Old Fort), Delhi

Believed to have been built on the ruins of the ancient original city of Delhi (Indraprastha, founded in the 3rd or 4th century B.C.), by the Afghan ruler Sher Shah during the years 1538–1545, the Old Fort with its massive walls and three imposing gateways gives a fair idea of its lost grandeur. It houses a small octagonal red sandstone tower, used by King Humayun as a library, the Qila-i-Kuhran Mosque, and a small archaeological museum.

5. India Gate, Delhi

Image Courtesy: Pixabay India Gate, one of the best places to visit in Delhi, honors the seventy thousand Indian soldiers who gave their lives in battle against the foreign adversaries in World War I. It was created by Edwin Lutyens and features the immortal Amar Jawan Jyoti, also known as the Flames of the Immortal Soldier, which was incorporated afterward to honor the Indian martyred troops in the Indo-Pak War. Moreover, this exquisite work of art is regarded as one of India's biggest military memorials. The building, which is set atop a stone foundation from Bharatpur, is encircled by verdant gardens and is a well-liked location for picnics in the summer and winter. When the monument is illuminated at night, the surrounding colorful fountains provide a stunning sight.

6. Akshardham Temple, Delhi

India's cultural heritage is eloquently displayed in the Swami Akashar Dham temple, which epitomizes the country's old grandeur and beauty. A trip to the temple offers you an enlightening journey through the eternal spiritual teachings, unique values, and magnificent art of India. Discover the magnificence of India's art and architecture, as well as its culture and spirituality, as you visit the enormous temple structure with its lotus-shaped garden, beautiful green meadows, and exquisite bronze statues. In the evening, take in the magnificent musical fountain performance.

7. Parathe Wali Gali, Delhi

In the heart of Old Delhi's vibrant market district, Chandni Chowk, discover Paranthe Wali Gali—one of the best places to visit in Delhi. This area is well-known for its stores and food stands offering an extensive selection of mouthwatering-filled parathas. These parathas can be filled with potatoes, paneer, lentils, and a variety of other ingredients. With roots in the Mughal Empire, Paranthe Wali Gali boasts a long history. There are numerous paratha options on the street to suit a variety of palates. While some stores focus on classic stuffing, others play around with fusion and contemporary ingredients.

Conclusion

India's capital, Delhi, is a city that combines the best aspects of ancient and modern cultures. It has a rich past. Numerous historic sites and monuments document the city's rich cultural heritage. The top 7 best places to visit in Delhi include Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Jantar Mantar, Purana Qila, India Gate, Akshardham Temple, and Parathe Wali Gali. These attractions offer a glimpse into the city's glorious past, architectural marvels, and culinary delights. FAQ's Q1) What is Delhi best known for?Ans) Delhi is well-known for its cuisine, markets, and tourist attractions. Since it is the nation's capital, you can visit India Gate and Red Fort.Q2) Which places to visit in Delhi are listed on UNESCO?Ans) You can visit Qutub Minar and Red Fort, as these two historical places in Delhi have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.Q3) What are the top spots in Delhi for taking pictures?Ans) The best places in Delhi for taking pictures are Qutub Minar, India Gate, Jantar Mantar, and Akshardham Temple. Read the full article

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Solar Eclipse - Over the Continental United States, Canada, and Mexico

What is a Solar Eclipse?

A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. Every year or two, the orbit lines between the Moon and Sun line up perfectly, and the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun.

Size Comparison

The Sun is 100 times bigger than the Earth and the Earth is 4 times bigger than the Moon. This would make the Moon 400 times bigger than the Sun. Comparatively speaking, let's say that a 10 inch dinner plate is the Sun. On this scale the Earth would be the size of a peppercorn, and the Moon would be the size of a poppy seed. So as you can tell by the comparison, it does not make complete sense on how the eclipse happens. So even though the Sun is 400 times bigger than the Moon, it is also 400 times farther away from the Earth than the Moon. This means that the Sun and Moon, even though the size difference is so large, they appear the same size to us here on Earth.

The Path of Totality

When the Sun and the Moon cross paths, there are 2 types of shadows that occur. The Umbral Shadow and The Penumbral Shadow. The Umbral Shadow crosses the earth during a Solar Eclipse causing the Path of Totality.This happens on 0.3% of the Earth’s surface. The Umbral Shadow is where you can see 100% of the Solar Eclipse. In the Penumbral Shadow is where you can only see a partial Solar Eclipse, and the percent of the Solar Eclipse depends on where you are located in the Penumbral Shadow.

History of Eclipses

Back before we had cameras, astronomers, and internet, people did not understand what was exactly happening. All they knew was that all of a sudden in the middle of the day, the Earth went dark. They did not know if or when the Sun would return. They did not want to live in total darkness, so they started to do different things to make the Sun return. In China, they would light fires or shoot arrows at the Sun trying to make it catch fire again. In Europe, India, and Indonesia, it was thought that a monster, maybe a dragon, was trying to eat the sun. In turn, people would bang on pots, pans, and drums and make noise to try to scare the monster away. Eclipses were also seen as Omens. In 585 B.C. a total eclipse was a sign to set down their weapons and make peace. Once the eclipses were able to be predicted accurately, people started paying more attention to eclipses. By the mid 1800’s astronomers were traveling many miles just to see one. Before cameras were invented, artists would travel along with the scientists to try to capture what they were seeing, in a drawing or painting. By the late 1800’s photographs were developed and those who had never seen a total eclipse could finally believe what they had been told. The total eclipse of 1919 was used to confirm the bending of the starlight by gravity as predicted by Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity.

The reason this Solar Eclipse is so special because the US Mainland has not seen a total Solar Eclipse since 1979. This eclipse swooped across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and then into Canada. In 1970 the Solar Eclipse went across the East Coastline from Florida to Virginia. The last Solar Eclipse that went Coast to Coast was on June 8th, 1918, and came over Oregon, Washington and then into Florida.

If you do miss tomorrow's eclipse, the next total Solar Eclipse in the US will be in 7 years, April 8tth, 2024. It will trace from Texas, through the Midwest, New York, New England, Maine, and Brunswick Canada.

Things You Can Do To Celebrate the Solar Eclipse

-Solar Eclipse Water

Supplies:

•Vessel to store the water in

•Water preferably from natural running water (Crystal Geyser works well since it is from a spring), or you can use tap water.

•Crystals (optional, research which ones will work best for the eclipse and intention you are looking for, or use clear quartz, as it helps magnify any vibrations)

•Sage (optional)

•Salt (optional)

The steps to add everything together are simple. Gather your supplies. You can sage and cleanse your vessel if you prefer. After preparing the vessel, you can pour the water into the vessel. You may add the crystals now if you would like. You can use the salt to make a ring around the vessel, or add it to the water to cleanse it as well. Then just set the vessel out directly under the eclipse, or in your windowsill. Don't worry if the eclipse is not particularly visible due to weather conditions. It will still gather the Solar Eclipse energy. You can leave it out for the entire eclipse. You may also say a blessing or chant as you prefer.

You can use the water in enchantments and spells involving rebirth, transformation, change, renewal, reflection, or release.

- You can charge your magickal tools outside but make sure that they are able to be left out in the Sun.

- Now is a great time to establish connections with the spirit realm.

- It is also a great time for curse work, and binding spells.

- You can use it to increase lunar power in yourself and your magickal objects

- Solar Eclipse Spell

This spell is designed to heal you, re-energize and refresh your soul. To help you break through life’s negativity that has built up on your shoulders and set you free.

Ingredients:

• Black candle

• White candle

• Candle Holder

Steps:

You want to start this before the eclipse starts.

1. Light the black candle and focus on all your struggles, emotional, physical and spiritual pain. Watch the candle burn and imagine it is your pain.

2. Blow out candle once the eclipse starts.

3. Remove black candle and replace with white candle that was nearby.

4. Light White candle and imagine bright and positive energy replacing all the negativity that’s gone.

5. Blow out candle once you feel ready to.

*Credit to green-witch97 on tumblr.

 *Information also obtained from Get Eclipsed: The Complete Guide to the American Eclipse by Pat and Fred Espenak.

 *Remember to safely view the Eclipse with the proper eye protection, and use the proper lenses for your camera, as it can ruin your eyes and lenses.

 Thank you for reading to the end of this long post. I hope that all of you enjoy this!!

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Friday, June 11, 2021

Solar eclipse thrills world's northern tier (AP) The top of the world got a sunrise special Thursday—a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. This so-called annular eclipse began at the Canadian province of Ontario, then swept across Greenland, the North Pole and finally Siberia, as the moon passed directly in front of the sun. An annular eclipse occurs when a new moon is around its farthest point from us and appearing smaller, and so it doesn’t completely blot out the sun when it’s dead center. The upper portions of North America, Europe and Asia enjoyed a partial eclipse, at least where the skies were clear. At those locations, the moon appeared to take a bite out of the sun. It was the first eclipse of the sun visible from North America since August 2017, when a dramatic total solar eclipse crisscrossed the U.S. The next one is coming up in 2024. A total lunar eclipse graced the skies two weeks ago.

Canada takes cautious first step toward lifting border restrictions (Reuters) Canada on Wednesday took a cautious first step toward easing COVID-19 border restrictions, saying it was prepared to relax quarantine protocols for fully vaccinated citizens returning home starting in early July. Canada’s air and land borders have allowed for only essential travel since March of last year, and Canadians coming home are currently required to quarantine for 14 days. If they arrive by air, they also must stay in a designated hotel until they receive a negative COVID-19 test. “The first step ... is to allow fully vaccinated individuals currently permitted to enter Canada to do so without the requirement to stay in government-authorized accommodation,” Health Minister Patty Hajdu told reporters on Wednesday. The easing of restrictions will hinge on COVID-19 case numbers and vaccinations, she said.

Another jump in prices tightens the squeeze on US consumers (AP) American consumers absorbed another surge in prices in May—a 0.6% increase over April and 5% over the past year, the biggest 12-month inflation spike since 2008. The May rise in consumer prices that the Labor Department reported Thursday reflected a range of goods and services now in growing demand as people increasingly shop, travel, dine out and attend entertainment events in a rapidly reopening economy. The increased consumer appetite is bumping up against a shortage of components, from lumber and steel to chemicals and semiconductors, that supply such key products as autos and computer equipment, all of which has forced up prices. And as consumers increasingly venture away from home, demand has spread from manufactured goods to services—airline fares, for example, along with restaurant meals and hotel prices—raising inflation in those areas, too.

US deaths from heart disease and diabetes climbed amid COVID (AP) The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020, and experts believe a big reason may be that many people with dangerous symptoms made the lethal mistake of staying away from the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus. The death rates—posted online this week by federal health authorities—add to the growing body of evidence that the number of lives lost directly or indirectly to the coronavirus in the U.S. is far greater than the officially reported COVID-19 death toll of nearly 600,000 in 2020-21. For months now, researchers have known that 2020 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, primarily because of COVID-19. But the data released this week showed the biggest increases in the death rates for heart disease and diabetes in at least 20 years.

After a Year of Protests, Portland Is Ready to Move On. But Where? (NYT) Defund the police? City leaders in Portland tried it—and then defunded the alternative. Portland, the Oregon city of bridges, bike lanes and left-leaning idealists—beloved, abhorred and caricatured in just about equal measure—is wrestling mightily with the question of what it means to make a city safe. Violent crime, especially homicide, has spiked in most urban areas during the pandemic, and many police departments are facing new scrutiny about training and bias since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis a year ago. But here in the nation’s 25th-largest metropolitan area, with about 2.5 million people, there is an additional factor that ripples through every public policy choice. A hardened core of street activists, many of them professing opposition to authority in general, has dug in and shows no signs of going away. (Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, has asked people to stop calling them protesters, but rather what they call themselves: anarchists.) Their numbers are now down to perhaps 25 to 75 on any given night. But they have shown themselves at times to be violent—one was charged with attempted murder after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the police—destructive of property and highly adaptable, using social media tools and other strategies to divert the police from the targets they select.

Texas becoming a green energy powerhouse (Bloomberg) Forthcoming wind, solar and battery storage projects in the state of Texas are worth an estimated $20 to $25 billion, with the Lone Star State—typically the home turf for oil and gas—emerging as a powerhouse for green energy. Right now, 15 gigawatts of clean power are under construction or in advance development, which is on par with the entire electrical capacity of Finland in 2019. Last year, Texas installed 3.3 gigawatts of utility-scale solar and 3.5 gigawatts of wind, and this year they’re projected to install twice that amount of solar and 4.2 gigawatts of new wind.

Peru’s election (Foreign Policy) Socialist schoolteacher Pedro Castillo appears to have won Peru’s hotly contested presidential election, maintaining a 0.4 percent lead over Keiko Fujimori with 99.8 percent of votes counted. Speaking late on Tuesday night, Castillo implored his supporters to “not react to provocation” after Fujimori baselessly made claims of election fraud. Castillo said he had spoken with business leaders following his apparent victory, a group who had roundly backed Fujimori in the election. “We will form a government that is respectful of democracy, and of the current constitution. We will build a government of financial and economic stability,” Castillo said.

EU lawmakers OK virus pass, boosting summer travel hopes (AP) European Union lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a new travel certificate that will allow people to move between European countries without having to quarantine or undergo extra coronavirus tests, paving the way for the pass to start in time for summer. The widely awaited certificate is aimed at saving Europe’s travel industry and prime tourist sites from another disastrous vacation season. Key travel destinations like Greece have led the drive to have the certificate, which will have both paper and digital forms, rapidly introduced. Several EU countries have already begun using the system, including Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece and Poland. Right now, traveling in the EU’s 27 nations is a trial for tourists and airlines alike. Countries have various COVID-19 traffic-light systems, where those in green are considered safe and those in red to be avoided. But each nation is applying different rules and standards, making travel confusing for all.

Russian court outlaws opposition leader Navalny’s groups (AP) A Moscow court on Wednesday night outlawed the organizations founded by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny by labeling them extremist, the latest move in a campaign by authorities to silence dissent and bar Kremlin critics from running for parliament in September. The Moscow City Court’s ruling, effective immediately, prevents people associated with Navalny’s Foundation for Fighting Corruption and his sprawling network of regional offices across Russia from seeking public office. Many of Navalny’s allies had hoped to run for parliamentary seats in the Sept. 19 election. The extremism label also carries lengthy prison terms for activists who have worked with the organizations, anyone who donated to them, and even those who simply shared the groups’ materials.

Building collapse kills 11 after monsoon flooding in Mumbai (AP) A dilapidated building collapsed following heavy rains in the western Indian city of Mumbai, killing at least 11 people and injuring seven others, police said Thursday. Heavy monsoon rains during the day Wednesday had flooded several parts of the city that is India’s financial and entertainment capital. Mumbai recorded 222 millimeters (8 inches) of rain in 12 hours Wednesday. Tidal waves that reached up to 4. 6 meters (13 feet) prevented the rainfall from being drained, and roads, rail tracks and neighborhoods were left waterlogged.

Young voter anger over housing, jobs threatens Moon’s legacy in South Korea (Reuters) Outside class hours, Kim Kyung-wook delivers meals on foot to apartment blocks near his university in eastern Seoul, while constantly checking his phone to trade stocks, cryptocurrency and used Nike sneakers. That probably won’t help him land a well-paid job when he graduates later this year, but Kim says such side hustles are a “smarter thing to do” in the face of increasingly bleak job opportunities and an expanding income gap under President Moon Jae-In. Kim is one face of a lost generation that many see emerging as the key voting bloc that could swing next year’s presidential election. Already, he and voters like him helped the main opposition party triumph in April by-elections for mayor of Seoul. The pandemic-induced downturn has fallen especially hard on those in their 20s and 30s. South Korea now has the highest proportion of 25-34 year olds with tertiary degrees among OECD countries. Despite being the most highly educated generation in the country’s history, nearly one in every four Koreans in the 15-29 age group was effectively jobless as of May, far higher than the 13.5% for the rest of the working population.

As Iran prepares to vote, its battered economy a major worry (AP) Almost six years ago, Iranians poured into the streets to celebrate Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers. They saw it as a chance for the Islamic Republic to re-enter the world economy and create opportunities like purchasing airplanes and selling its oil on the international market. Today, that dream has faded into a daily grinding nightmare of high inflation, an ever-weakening national currency and high unemployment worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. The West considers Iran’s nuclear program and Mideast tensions as the most important issues facing Tehran, but those living in the Islamic Republic repeatedly point to the economy as the major issue facing it ahead of its June 18 presidential election. “One day they said the nuclear deal was accepted, everyone was happy, the dollar rate went down over one day,” said Mohammad Molaei, a 50-year-old commodities trader. “Then things start to happen. Missiles are fired. The nuclear deal is bust. One tears it apart, the other burns it. Only the people lose.” Perhaps nothing illustrates the crisis gripping Iran’s economy as well as the battering of its currency, the rial. In July 2015 amid those raucous nuclear deal celebrations, $1 bought some 32,000 rials. Today, $1 buys 238,000 rials.

Arrests targeting Palestinians in East Jerusalem and across Israel (Washington Post) When Israeli police detained Muna al-Kurd and issued a summons for her twin brother, Muhammad, their millions of followers on social media raised an alarm. The 23-year-olds are at the center of efforts to stop Israeli settlers from evicting tens of Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood—clashes over which played a role in sparking the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas last month. After less than a day in custody, the two were released Sunday without any charges filed. The sister and brother said the arrests were efforts to silence their activism. They were far from alone. In recent weeks, a campaign of detentions has swept up Palestinians in East Jerusalem and Arab citizens all over Israel, amid an ongoing surge in Palestinian activism and on the heels of the worst communal violence in years. Israeli police have arrested more than 2,100 people and issued 380 indictments against 184 people as part of a campaign that began in May. More than 91 percent of those arrested have been Arab, the Haaretz newspaper reported, citing police sources. Israel’s Arab citizens, many of whom identify as Palestinian, make up about 20 percent of the country’s 9 million citizens. The campaign has added to the grievances of many Arab Israelis, who accuse police of escalating violence against them and resorting to undue force and frequent arrests—while deprioritizing violence by Jewish Israelis.

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Royalty and Rights Management Software Market Size, Share, Development, Growth Outlook and Forecast to 2024

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Whole Photo voltaic Eclipse To Plunge This 11,000 Km Stretch Into Noon Darkness

http://tinyurl.com/y55bs9q5 A complete photo voltaic eclipse shall be seen from small elements of Chile and Argentina on July 2. (AFP PHOTO) The countdown is lastly over. On Tuesday, day will change into night time alongside a stretch of the South Pacific, Chile and Argentina as a uncommon “whole photo voltaic eclipse” plunges the panorama into darkness. Many of the 6,800-mile path is over the open ocean, the place the moon will extinguish daylight for a whopping 4 minutes, 33 seconds. By the point the shadow makes landfall on the Chilean coast, the period of totality shall be trimmed by a full two minutes. The present begins at 3:22 p.m. native time in Chile, when viewers will discover a darkish silhouette nicking the bottom-left nook of the solar. The chunk taken out of the photo voltaic disk will progressively broaden upward as totality looms nearer. By Four p.m., the solar shall be midway extinguished, but it surely’s not till about 4:20 p.m. – when solely a sneaky crescent stays – that noticeable modifications in ambient gentle will happen. The sunshine will tackle a curious, virtually indescribable hue, turning into a tad dimmer and seeming to change into subtly completely different in colour. Shadows will sharpen because the solar shrinks to a sliver, hanging low within the late afternoon sky. At 4:35 p.m., a curtain of violet and deep azure will emerge over the western horizon, then a shroud of darkness will strategy overhead. Weird “shadow bands” – just like the waves of sunshine discovered on the underside of a swimming pool – will whisper throughout the bottom, delicately at first, however turning into extra apparent because the ambient gentle decreases. In Chile and Argentina, the moon’s shadow will sweep in at speeds topping 6,000 mph – a lot sooner than the “Nice American Eclipse” in 2017. Which means the untimely dusk shall be sooner; the transition from day to nighttime might take as little as 30 seconds. After which? Totality. The swiftly shifting shadow will scream throughout South America in simply 4 minutes coast-to-coast, plunging beneath the horizon because the solar units close to Buenos Aires. Whereas the potential for cloudy skies attribute of southern hemisphere winters sparked preliminary issues, Tuesday’s forecast seems to be purely stellar. Fashions initially prognosticated {that a} wave of low stress would throw a deck of cloud cowl over the shoreline. The solar hovering simply above the water might simply be blotted out by cussed coastal overcast. However forecasts favor sunshine in many of the Chilean zone of totality, despite the fact that dropping temperatures instigated by the eclipse might construct clouds close to the water. In any other case, the forecast is nearly best. Dan Satterfield, chief meteorologist at WBOC-TV in Salisbury, Maryland, shall be readily available in La Higuera, Chile, on Tuesday to expertise totality. “I am a bit apprehensive clouds might flirt with the coast in northern stretches of the trail,” Satterfield stated, “however in any other case that is wanting actually good.” The forecast is equally optimistic throughout Argentina, the place the sky guarantees to be largely clear – save for just a few skinny, wispy clouds carried in by the jet stream. In actual fact, a wafer-thin veil would possibly really enhance the eclipse expertise, serving as a refined backdrop upon which the moon’s 90-mile-wide shadow might fall. That will make it simpler to see the umbra sweeping in from the bottom. After totality, partial phases of the eclipse will final from simply earlier than to till sundown throughout most of South America. Partial phases will not be seen north of Guatemala in Central America, leaving the US ready till its flip in 2024. Chileans discover themselves at floor zero for whole eclipses thrice this decade – as soon as in 2010, once more Tuesday and a 3rd time on Dec. 14, 2020. An annular or “ring of fireplace” eclipse additionally occurred in 2017. (Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.) Get Breaking news, reside protection, and Newest News from India and all over the world on NDTV.com. Catch all of the Stay TV motion on NDTV 24×7 and NDTV India. Like us on Facebook or comply with us on Twitter and Instagram for latest news and live news updates. Budget 2019: Discover the newest information on ndtv.com/funds. Use the income tax calculator to find out about your tax legal responsibility (function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=213741912058651";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Source link

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Hypodermic Needles Market Size, Share, Growth and Trend Analysis, 2014 to 2024

29 October 2018, the global Hypodermic Needle Market to reach USD 4,238.9 billion by 2024. Implementation of stringent legislation to reduce needlestick injury and increasing awareness related to safety needles among the healthcare provider is expected to drive the hypodermic needle market over the forecast period. Furthermore, increasing awareness of the regular immunizations coupled with increasing preference for regular health check-ups will further escalate the demand for hypodermic needles over the forecast period.

Moreover, rising geriatric population, increasing prevalence of diabetes, improving healthcare hygienic sample withdrawal practices in emerging economies such India, China, and Brazil is projected to propel the demand for hypodermic needle over the forecast period. However, the high cost of automated safety needles and the introduction of needleless delivery mechanisms might restrain the market growth in the forecast period.

Worldwide, needlestick injuries are the primary concern for healthcare providers. In the U.S., every year, approximately, 8 to 10 lac needlestick injuries occur to healthcare workers, and about 1000 of them get contacted with infectious diseases, and 500 to 600 die each year due to these types of injuries. The cost of needlestick injury follow-up in the U.S. per incident is approximately USD 3,000, and around USD 3 billion is spent annually in the U.S. on needlestick injuries. Hence, the increasing occurrence of these type of injuries results in the development of improved and effective safety needles.

Browse Details of Report @ https://www.hexaresearch.com/research-report/hypodermic-needles-market

Safety engineered devices (SEDs) are categorized into passive and active devices. Passive needles are highly preferred over conventional needles owing to its advantages such as user-friendliness and others. Also, with the implementation of the regulations promoting the use of safety hypodermic needles will further enhance the acceptance of these needles over the forecast period. For instance, World Health Organization (WHO) encourages injection safety worldwide through the Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN).

Exposure to needlestick injuries may cause severe blood-borne diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis. Owing to the increasing occurrence of needlestick injuries, healthcare providers are shifting towards the use of safety hypodermic needles. Furthermore, manufacturers are focusing on developing needles and syringes safety-engineered mechanisms to avoid any injuries. For instance, BD has developed SafetyGlide, Vacutainer Eclipse blood collection needle, and VanishPoint blood collection safety needle. Hence, increasing focus on the development of advanced engineered mechanisms about the needles performance and efficiency will further drive the growth.

Hexa Research has segmented the global hypodermic needle market based on type, end-use and region:

Segmentation by product type, 2014 - 2024 (USD Million)

• Safety Needle

• Non-safety Needle

Segmentation by end-user, 2014 - 2024 (USD Million)

• Hospitals & Clinic

• Diagnostic Lab

• Homecare

Segmentation by region, 2014 - 2024 (USD Million)

• North America

   • U.S.

• Europe

   • Germany

• Asia Pacific

   • Japan

   • China

   • India

• Central & South America

   • Brazil

• Middle East & Africa

Key players analyzed:

• Becton, Dickinson, and Company

• Medtronic

• Retractable Technologies

• Terumo Medical Corporation

• Smiths Medical

Browse Related Category Market Reports @ https://www.hexaresearch.com/research-category/medical-devices-industry

[healthcaremarketresearch]

Global Hypodermic Needles Market Survey, Reviews, Analysis and Forecast to 2024

17 October 2018, The Global Hypodermic Needle Market to reach USD 4,238.9 billion by 2024. Implementation of stringent legislation to reduce needle stick injury and increasing awareness related to safety needles among the healthcare provider is expected to drive the hypodermic needle market over the forecast period.

Furthermore, increasing awareness of the regular immunizations coupled with increasing preference for regular health check-ups will further escalate the demand for hypodermic needles over the forecast period.

Moreover, rising geriatric population, increasing prevalence of diabetes, improving healthcare hygienic sample withdrawal practices in emerging economies such India, China, and Brazil is projected to propel the demand for hypodermic needle over the forecast period. However, the high cost of automated safety needles and the introduction of needleless delivery mechanisms might restrain the market growth in the forecast period.

Worldwide, needlestick injuries are the primary concern for healthcare providers. In the U.S., every year, approximately, 8 to 10 lac needlestick injuries occur to healthcare workers, and about 1000 of them get contacted with infectious diseases, and 500 to 600 die each year due to these type of injuries. The cost of needlestick injury follow-up in the U.S. per incident is approximately USD 3,000, and around USD 3 billion is spent annually in the U.S. on needlestick injuries. Hence, the increasing occurrence of these type of injuries results in the development of improved and effective safety needles.

Safety engineered devices (SEDs) are categorized into passive and active devices. Passive needles are highly preferred over conventional needles owing to its advantages such as user-friendliness and others. Also, with the implementation of the regulations promoting the use of safety hypodermic needles will further enhance the acceptance of these needles over the forecast period. For instance, World Health Organization (WHO) encourages injection safety worldwide through the Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN).

Exposure to needlestick injuries may cause severe blood-borne diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis. Owing to the increasing occurrence of needlestick injuries, healthcare providers are shifting towards the use of safety hypodermic needles. Furthermore, manufacturers are focusing on developing needles and syringes safety-engineered mechanisms to avoid any injuries. For instance, BD has developed SafetyGlide, Vacutainer Eclipse blood collection needle, and VanishPoint blood collection safety needle. Hence, increasing focus on the development of advanced engineered mechanisms about the needles performance and efficiency will further drive the growth.

Browse Details of Report@ https://www.hexaresearch.com/research-report/hypodermic-needles-market

[healthcaremarketreports]

Hypodermic Needle Market Revenue to Reach USD 4,238.9 Billion By 2024

The global Hypodermic Needle Market to reach USD 4,238.9 billion by 2024. Implementation of stringent legislation to reduce needlestick injury and increasing awareness related to safety needles among the healthcare provider is expected to drive the hypodermic needle market over the forecast period. Furthermore, increasing awareness of the regular immunizations coupled with increasing preference for regular health check-ups will further escalate the demand for hypodermic needles over the forecast period.

Moreover, rising geriatric population, increasing prevalence of diabetes, improving healthcare hygienic sample withdrawal practices in emerging economies such India, China, and Brazil is projected to propel the demand for hypodermic needle over the forecast period. However, the high cost of automated safety needles and the introduction of needleless delivery mechanisms might restrain the market growth in the forecast period.

Browse Details of Report @ https://www.hexaresearch.com/research-report/hypodermic-needles-market

Worldwide, needlestick injuries are the primary concern for healthcare providers. In the U.S., every year, approximately, 8 to 10 lac needlestick injuries occur to healthcare workers, and about 1000 of them get contacted with infectious diseases, and 500 to 600 die each year due to these type of injuries. The cost of needlestick injury follow-up in the U.S. per incident is approximately USD 3,000, and around USD 3 billion is spent annually in the U.S. on needlestick injuries. Hence, the increasing occurrence of these type of injuries results in the development of improved and effective safety needles.

Safety engineered devices (SEDs) are categorized into passive and active devices. Passive needles are highly preferred over conventional needles owing to its advantages such as user-friendliness and others. Also, with the implementation of the regulations promoting the use of safety hypodermic needles will further enhance the acceptance of these needles over the forecast period. For instance, World Health Organization (WHO) encourages injection safety worldwide through the Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN).

Exposure to needlestick injuries may cause severe blood-borne diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis. Owing to the increasing occurrence of needlestick injuries, healthcare providers are shifting towards the use of safety hypodermic needles. Furthermore, manufacturers are focusing on developing needles and syringes safety-engineered mechanisms to avoid any injuries. For instance, BD has developed SafetyGlide, Vacutainer Eclipse blood collection needle, and VanishPoint blood collection safety needle. Hence, increasing focus on the development of advanced engineered mechanisms about the needles performance and efficiency will further drive the growth.

Hexa Research has segmented the global hypodermic needle market based on type, end-use and region:

Segmentation by product type, 2014 - 2024 (USD Million) • Safety Needle • Non-safety Needle

Segmentation by end-user, 2014 - 2024 (USD Million) • Hospitals & Clinic • Diagnostic Lab • Homecare

Segmentation by region, 2014 - 2024 (USD Million) • North America     • U.S. • Europe     • Germany • Asia Pacific     • Japan     • China     • India • Central & South America     • Brazil • Middle East & Africa

Key players analyzed: • Becton, Dickinson, and Company • Medtronic • Retractable Technologies • Terumo Medical Corporation • Smiths Medical

Browse Related Category Market Reports @ https://www.hexaresearch.com/research-category/medical-devices-industry

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Hypodermic Needle Market to Reach USD 4,238.9 Billion By 2024

The global hypodermic needle market to reach USD 4,238.9 billion by 2024. Implementation of stringent legislation to reduce needlestick injury and increasing awareness related to safety needles among the healthcare provider is expected to drive the hypodermic needle market over the forecast period. Furthermore, increasing awareness of the regular immunizations coupled with increasing preference for regular health check-ups will further escalate the demand for hypodermic needles over the forecast period.

Moreover, rising geriatric population, increasing prevalence of diabetes, improving healthcare hygienic sample withdrawal practices in emerging economies such India, China, and Brazil is projected to propel the demand for hypodermic needle over the forecast period. However, the high cost of automated safety needles and the introduction of needleless delivery mechanisms might restrain the market growth in the forecast period.

Worldwide, needlestick injuries are the primary concern for healthcare providers. In the U.S., every year, approximately, 8 to 10 lac needlestick injuries occur to healthcare workers, and about 1000 of them get contacted with infectious diseases, and 500 to 600 die each year due to these type of injuries. The cost of needlestick injury follow-up in the U.S. per incident is approximately USD 3,000, and around USD 3 billion is spent annually in the U.S. on needlestick injuries. Hence, the increasing occurrence of these type of injuries results in the development of improved and effective safety needles.

Safety engineered devices (SEDs) are categorized into passive and active devices. Passive needles are highly preferred over conventional needles owing to its advantages such as user-friendliness and others. Also, with the implementation of the regulations promoting the use of safety hypodermic needles will further enhance the acceptance of these needles over the forecast period. For instance, World Health Organization (WHO) encourages injection safety worldwide through the Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN).

Exposure to needlestick injuries may cause severe blood-borne diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis. Owing to the increasing occurrence of needlestick injuries, healthcare providers are shifting towards the use of safety hypodermic needles. Furthermore, manufacturers are focusing on developing needles and syringes safety-engineered mechanisms to avoid any injuries. For instance, BD has developed SafetyGlide, Vacutainer Eclipse blood collection needle, and VanishPoint blood collection safety needle. Hence, increasing focus on the development of advanced engineered mechanisms about the needles performance and efficiency will further drive the growth

[golfwi52]

Round 34 – Eclipsing Par(tial)

Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, Lake Geneva, WI 53147 Par 72, White Tees, 6,654 yards, 71.9 rating / 131 slope, 18 holes riding, $175 charity scramble Monday, August 21st, 2017, noon, 75 degrees, 5 mph winds, partly cloudy, partial solar eclipse

The Fisher House is an organization that provides temporary housing for military veterans and their families as the vets go thru medical treatments in nearby hospitals or other facilities.  This organization hosts a great charity scramble which I’ve been fortunate to participate in over the last 4 years.  This event moved from the River Club in Milwaukee to Grand Geneva in Lake Geneva last year and the event has now grown to over 250 golfers.   Grand Geneva is a gorgeous resort and golf course and in my opinion on par with the Geneva National Golf Course. My brother-in-law Adrian is a retired Navy Captain and I always invite him and other family members to join me in this special event to help out our military vets.   Adrian’s daughter Kelly serves in the Navy at Pearl Harbor and Adrian’s father was a decorated Navy Captain serving on the destroyer USS Evans during the battle for Okinawa. During this conflict for which he earned the Bronze Star, the senior Captain Adrian’s ship shot down 19 kamikazes and was hit by four planes.   Wow.  I had diarrhea for a week straight and lost 10 pounds during a business trip in India a few years back.  Not even close.  Maybe a very small Brown Star.

Adrian, Tom, and Don - major golf scramblers

Joining Adrian and I today were my ex-neighbor Don and his son Tom, who also joined me in round 30 and at an awesome Brewers tailgate outing a few weeks back.  My family only lived in our Fox Lane house for four years, but the friendship and fun with Don’s family will last forever.  I was lucky to snag these three guys as this outing is pricey at $175/golfer and many potential golfing buddies were dedicating this particular Monday to viewing the huge solar eclipse event.   Our foursome was fine with balancing the 85% eclipse viewing with golfing and covering the high donation cost.  Gotta love high roller golfers – it truly is the sport of kings.  And the outing provided each foursome with viewing glasses and a glow-in-the-dark ball so we were all set for a great round and eclipsing say, 9 under par?

The special rule for this scramble was that the worst score per hole would be par.    That sounds great for scoring low but I hate that rule.  Part of the strategy in a scramble is avoiding bogeys and sometimes forgoing a chance at birdie to just save par (see Round 31).   And making a clutch 4 footer second putt to avoid a 3-putt bogey.    This special par rule speeds up the game up but I’d rather have it slow down a bit and be more challenging – especially for $175.   And there weren’t any mulligans in play which also took away from the strategy equation.  Even giving everyone just one mulligan per nine adds a great element of strategy to the mix and just slows thing down by maybe 15 minutes for the whole round.  On one of the par 5’s there was a dice roll where you could shave your yards to whole all the way down to 100 yards.   Anther bad idea!  Where’s the fun in getting a double eagle from just 100 yards out on a par 5?  I’d rather shoot for a “pure” eagle from the 500 yard white tees.  Fortunately our 4 dice rolls sucked and we did hit from the white tees – and pared because we also sucked at 50 yard wedge shots.  But I did pay $175 for the right to suck on my wedge shots.

Beautiful landscaping on The Brute course

So we started off with a goal of 9 under par given the special par is worst score rule.  I had warned the guys that I was still suffering pain in my right chest from round 33 on Saturday a few days ago and they shouldn’t rely on my help too much.  Don wanted his money back when he heard this.  But Don’s a lawyer so I knew the money wasn’t a big thing and I knew he’d enjoy watching me suffer in pain during the round.   What are friends for?  I was hoping my chest had heeled in a few days but I’m an idiot and was wrong.  I could tell with my first iron approach shot that my chest was going to kill me today.  Of course that shot landed within a few yards of the pin on the first green and helped us to a lead-off birdie – so I was going to have to suck it up to help the troops today.  Of course a boatload of BENGAY, a few Advils, a beer, and some stiff whiskey drinks would assist me along the way.  

Spectacular views in space and on the ground today

I was looking forward to the special air cannon hole that this event always provided.  The air cannon each player held on his shoulder would shoot a special finned golf ball around 350 yards to a par 4 green and give you the opportunity for a birdie putt.  The sound the cannon made was awesome - in a military/guy sort of way.    A big whoosh sound.  Boys with guns thing.  And after playing the hole, listening to the next group’s incoming shots whizzing down to the green was also very cool.   The awesomeness of the cannon greatly outweighed any issues I had with it bending the  scramble rules.  But unfortunately the cannon was not part of this year’s event.  Someone probably hurt themselves with it last year.  Argh.  Boys with guns thing.  

Around 5 holes into the front nine we did witness the 85% eclipse with our special sunglasses.  The eclipse would pop in and out of the clouds, but what we could see with our glasses was VERY cool.   At 85% eclipse it didn’t get very dark at all and would have been a non-event if one didn’t have the glasses.  It would have been cool to experience the whole totality thing but I’m not sure driving 6 hours south would have been worth it.  Unless there was a golf outing down there.  Hmmm, maybe in 2024…

Partial eclipse pokes out from the clouds.  Where are those glasses?

So we shot a rather disappointing 6 under par for our round, playing each nine at 3 under.  Don and Tom thought we shot 7 under but they drank much more than Adrian, who was keeping official score, so I have to go with the 6 under.  Fortunately Adrian was driving very well and the rest of us were filling in from the tee whenever he did falter.   None of us had a great approach game so we weren’t giving ourselves many makeable birdie putts.    We were especially bad at 50 yard wedge shots and could never stick those close.  Don chided me on one par 5 for saving us with a long  220 yard second shot, BUT leaving us at the dreaded 50 yard mark.   Don also gave me grief for leaving every putt of mine short on the front nine.   Ok, that criticism was spot on as you should never leave birdie putts short on a scramble, ESPECIALLY where par is the highest score you can take.  Unforgiveable.  But I did get better on the back nine and drained 2 birdie putts.  One of those birdies was the result of finally using my lob wedge on one of those 50 yard approach shots.  Normally I would shank long lob wedge shots but now I have a new safe lob wedge swing method (aka NSLWSM) that I perfected on my Friday driving range outing.  Even at 59 years I can learn something new about golf.  And like playing with severe pain.  Did I mention that I’m still wearing my knee brace from my soccer injury 6 weeks back?  I am a pain train wreck.

Thank you Captain Adrian for your family’s service to our country!

Final Score:  6 under for the team.  2 lost balls.  Playing time 2 hours, 45 minutes.    The Fisher House group provided a very polished and enjoyable outing on this excellent Grand Geneva course.  The lunch and dinner food was great, there were plenty of attractive auction items, and the golfing atmosphere was fantastic.   One of Milwaukee’s biggest sports talk celebrities and now a Fisher House board member, Bill Michaels, did a fine job again of hosting the after-dinner awards and silent auction festivities.  The highlight for me with this event is always listening to a veteran speak on how much the Fisher House has done for his family.   This year did not disappoint as a young man who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan told us of how the Fisher House took care of him and his family during his long recovery from an awful IED explosion.  Even with the IED tearing up part of his leg he was able to become only the second disabled veteran to ever climb Mt. Everest.    Wow, so many real medal worthy heroes out there.  Now where was that pain that I was just whining about…

[nofomoartworld]

Hyperallergic: Required Reading

Designer Phillipe Stark has unveiled his medal design for Paris’s bid for the 2024 Olympic games. Designed to be shared, it’s a rather original concept that reminds us that it takes a village to help any athlete win. (via Dezeen)

This WBUR radio program in Boston discussed the current call by some protesters for ICA Boston to close its Dana Schutz exhibition. Featuring curator Eva Respini, director of the Trotter Institute for the Study of Black History and Culture at UMass Boston Barbara Lewis, and artist and professor Steve Locke. It is required listening.

OK, everyone is talking about the crazy Scaramucci “interview” at The New Yorker, and well … I just can’t:

“Scaramucci also told me that, unlike other senior officials, he had no interest in media attention. “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own cock,” he said, speaking of Trump’s chief strategist.”

  Related:

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— Walter Hickey (@WaltHickey) July 27, 2017

Ethan Pierce reflected on his experience at a failed art start-up and wrote this thoughtful piece, which is a good read:

Those early days were filled with passion. But passion won’t put a roof over your head, even in New York City. To make ends meet, I rented out my bedroom 15–20 nights per month and slept on my roommate’s floor. I became infamous for my ability to live on a diet of coffee and mac and cheese.

I lived and breathed Palette. I had no job and no money. But I had purpose: I was helping to democratize access to art, and I couldn’t have been happier.

By November, we were cooking. We began to get sign-ups from outside of our social network. I hand-delivered artwork to our first customers. Angel investors entrusted us with their money to build our dream. We pitched our product in the Yale Entrepreneurship Institute competition and won capital and resources to build bigger, better, faster.

I thought to myself, maybe I’m meant to be an entrepreneur.

This is FiveThirtyEight’s very useful eclipse map for the continental US and Canada:

India’s national airline, Air India, is in financial trouble, and the government is considering the sale of their multimillion-dollar art collection:

Dubbed “the Maharajah’s collection” — after the airline’s portly, mustachioed mascot — the works have long been a subject of wonder in India’s art world. For several decades beginning soon after India’s independence in 1947, Air India was one of the country’s biggest corporate collectors of contemporary art, sculpture, textiles and artifacts.

Driven by founder J.R.D. Tata’s philosophy that its offices should reflect national culture and achievement, the airline deployed buyers to galleries across the country and acquired early pieces by some of India’s foremost painters — including M.F. Husain and V.S. Gaitonde — sometimes in exchange for plane tickets.

India has few public galleries, so artists and patrons cheered Air India’s announcement two years ago that it would open a museum to showcase its collection in one place for the first time. Those plans are on hold because of the possible sale.

I had no idea there was such a thing as “competitive table setting,” but after reading this article, I find the whole idea fascinating:

Overman spends as much as six months planning her tables. She has accumulated enough materials to fill two storage sheds in her backyard, and has a dummy table that she places over her own dining table in order to lay out her designs.

In addition to creative pressures, tablescapers must also have an encyclopedic knowledge of the lost art of how to set a table. The dishes, glasses and flatware must correspond with the proposed menu, and those items must be laid out perfectly, down to the direction of the knife blade. Mistakes cost competitors points, detracted by anonymous judges whose choices can sometimes feel arbitrary.

A must-read study explains why some people are certain they’re right, even when they see evidence that they’re not. It appears religion plays a role:

In the first study, 209 participants identified as Christian, 153 as nonreligious, nine Jewish, five Buddhist, four Hindu, one Muslim and 24 another religion. Each completed tests assessing dogmatism, empathetic concern, aspects of analytical reasoning, and prosocial intentions.

The results showed religious participants as a whole had a higher level of dogmatism, empathetic concern and prosocial intentions, while the nonreligious performed better on the measure of analytic reasoning. Decreasing empathy among the nonreligious corresponded to increasing dogmatism.

All junkies are not equal, and a report in CJR looks at the different ways black and white drug use is photographed in the US:

What are the larger themes of photo coverage of the opioid crisis, centered on rural and suburban white America, and where do they contrast with coverage of drugs in cities? Photos are almost always shot in color rather than the starker black and white. We typically see daytime or well-lit indoor photos, as opposed to night action on seedy streets or dark alleys. There is minimal engagement with courts, jail, or the police. And there is a stress on domesticity. The photos often are shot at a home, the spaces mostly tidy or pulled together. Bedroom portraits are common.

Opioid stories typically stress the bonds and commitment of family, extended family, and community.

Did you know you couldn’t say “God” on Star Trek? And it’s by design.

And there were transgender soldiers serving in the US Civil War.

Required Reading is published every Sunday morning ET, and is comprised of a short list of art-related links to long-form articles, videos, blog posts, or photo essays worth a second look.

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