1/9 My response to the announcement today that @10DowningStreet has appointed 16 new peers to the @UKHouseofLords:

My fundamental concern is about the number of new peers that have been appointed by the Prime Minister in his first 12 months in Office.

2/9 Mr Johnson has added 16 to his list of appointments bringing the total for the year up to 52 new peers over two lists. This list will bring the total in the House of Lords to over 830 - almost 200 more than the House of Commons.

3/9 I will not comment on the personalities involved, although perhaps I could personally welcome @JohnSentamu. But my concern remains that the central defect is the present system of appointments.

4/9 Unlike other senates in democratic countries, there is no limit on the number of members there can be. Any Prime Minister can appoint as many as he or she likes. To her great credit the previous Prime Minister, @theresa_may , committed her govt to a policy of ‘moderation.'

5/9 In a massive U-turn, those words seem to have been forgotten. It may also now be the time to review the role and the powers of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC.)

20,000 friends in 2020.

20 lessons to do better.

1) Be part of a like-minded group. Applaud different views. Welcome different skills. Build a team mission.

2) Debate. Don’t argue. Share views, opinions. Eliminate heated environments. Agree to disagree, move on.

3) Numbers can’t change you. Cash. Follower count. Assets. Keep your feet on the ground. It can all disappear quickly.

4) If you can’t help for free, you don’t deserve paid work. Help, without expectations. Every action is experience. It somehow pays off.

Marvels of Medical Science in Ancient India

ACHARYA SUSHRUTA and SUSHRUTA SAMHITA

Ancient Indians were pioneers in diverse fields of study and their genius was centuries ahead of their times. Feel the glory, basking in pride of their unparalleled achievements.

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Sushruta (circa 7th or 6th century BC) was a surgeon who in present times is known as the “father of Indian medicine” and “father of plastic surgery” for inventing and developing surgical procedures. He lived in Kashi on the banks of river Ganga.(1)

His work documented in the Sushruta Samhita (compendium) is one of the oldest texts in the world on plastic surgery and regarded as one of the trilogies of Ayurveda. The other 2 being the Charaka Samhita and Astanga Hridaya.(2)

Sushruta compiled the Sushruta Samhita as an instruction manual for physicians to treat patients.(3)

The Samhita caters to surgical techniques listing over 300 surgical procedures and 120 surgical instruments. Additionally to 1,120 diseases, injuries and their treatments with over 700 medicinal herbs and their application.(4)

#LAKA

1. Beloved Friends!

'Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled, Neither Let It Be Afraid.' As The Darkness Ramps Up, The Light Overtakes! This Planet Is In Chaos, But You Are More Than Prepared!  The Reason For This Is Your Sacred Soul!

2. All That You See And Hear Will Be Gone In A Flash, But YOU, Beloved One, Are Infinite!

The Arrival Into Paradise Is Not Achieved By Death, For There Is No Death!  There Is Only Change In Frequency  And Expanded Consciousness!

3. In One Moment, You Will Remember All, As The Matrix Of Lies Falls Away! You Are Free Now, But The Unseen Workers Of Iniquity Are Busy In Clone Production And Puppets! Remember That All Puppets Have A Master. If A Clone Is Manufactured, The Master Is A Handler!

4. Indeed, These Moments Are Strange To A Human With Identity, But Your Soul Knows All That Is Transpiring. Live As Much As Possible As The Awareness Of It All. Be Your Soul. Nothing Can Harm Your Soul!

5. Allow Emotions To Flow When Needed, To Avoid Blockage Or Illness. Breathe In Deeply Through Your Nose, Hold For A Few Seconds, Exhale Slowly With Pursed Lips. Repeat Throughout Moments Of Anxiety.  This Too Shall Pass!

So I just watched @Polygon ‘s new video on using videogames and VR as a form of therapy, but this scene in particular seemed a bit off.

specifically, what got me thinking was this bit

As someone who has been diagnosed with ADHD and ASD, these kinds of backhand comments about "treating" me are things I’ve had to put up with all my life.

But this time, instead of dismissing it out of hand, I started to think. This sounded kind of suspicious. There’s no way that scientists could possibly think that creating a ~VR classroom~ is a suitable method for treating children with ADHD/ASD?

Was that even a thing? Well, I wasn’t sure. So I set to finding out.

Those trained as physicists strive to see the world in terms of symmetries and processes that break symmetries. It's a meta-principle that guides their questioning.

This is very different from how many are taught physics (I guess in high school). We come to know of physics as consisting of laws that describe the behavior of inanimate (or is it indifferent) objects? These laws are described as expressions of equalities (i.e. equations).

But laws like Newton's f=ma or Einstein's e=mc^2 are derived from a higher meta principal. These principles are known as conservation laws. Energy, momentum, angular momentum are all conserved.

Conservation laws however are also derived from a higher principle. A conservation law implies that something remains the same as the situation of study change. Energy conservation implies that it is that something that does not change in time. In short, a symmetry.

This idea that laws are derived from conservation principles that is derived from symmetries is at the core of the study of physics. The laws of physics are only authoritative as long as they don't violate a higher principle. Ultimately, that principle is all about symmetry.

Q: Why do we use a stethoscope?
A: For many reasons, and here’s one of them that I will argue is undervalued. And is still at the heart (hint hint) of some ongoing research…

First described by Potain in 1880, the gallop rhythm refers to the presence and cadence of abnormal diastolic cardiac sounds, namely S3 and S4.

In 1989, Stevenson and Perloff described the previously unestablished relationship between physical exam signs, increased ventricular filling pressures, and decreased cardiac output in chronic HF patients. Stevenson et al. JAMA. 1989.

An excellent point is made in this paper: “While the relationship between physical signs and hemodynamic profile has a firm basis for acute congestive heart failure, the chronic state is characterized by a host of compensatory mechanisms that may cause disparities, …”

“…such as the absence of rales and peripheral edema despite symptomatic elevation of ventricular filling pressures.”

This cohort had quite the notable med regimen: digoxin (84%), furosemide (84%), vasodilators (56%), and milrinone (4%); 39/50 were being evaluated for transplant

The 8-step quick-start guide to learn Machine Learning.

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1⃣ Start with Python 🐍

Yes, you can do other languages, but Python is by far the most straightforward option.

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2⃣ Get familiar with numpy, pandas, and matplotlib

These three libraries are probably the most common Python libraries you'll have to use every day.

(Even if you don't end up doing machine learning, these libraries are awesome and useful.)

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3⃣ Start using notebooks

Look into Jupyter or Google Colab.

Notebooks are essential for data scientists and machine learning practitioners. Most of the code you'll read and write will be in notebooks.

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4⃣ Find a problem (already solved)

In my opinion, the best way to start is by working through a problem —especially when you can learn from its solution.

Start with something simple. I usually recommend "Titanic" from Kaggle.

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PC of farm union leaders is about to begin.
I will live tweet PC.

Kulwant Singh Sandhu speaks: Farm leaders will decide tomorrow whether they want to meet the Govt or not. Meeting of unions of entire country will be held.

Farm unions will organize events on occasion of Shaheedi Divas of Bade Sahibzade and Chotte Sahibzade.
For non-Punjabis, Farm unions will hold events on 23 Dec and 26,27 to remember sacrifice of Guru Govind Singh’s sons.

Farmer leader told British MPs to pressurize UK PM Boris Johnson not to attend India’s Republic day event.

Farmer leader appealed to British MPs to pressurize UK PM Boris Johnson not to attend India’s Republic day event.

IMPORTANCE OF PADMAPURAN AND ITS BENEFITS.

Next Brahmaji describes Padmapuraan. Just as five senses adorn our body similarly this Puraan is divided into five parts. This Puraan has fifty five thousand shlokas. In this book Rishi Pulastya describes the principles of nature

in chronological order and discusses dharma with Bhishma. The subjects include the importance of Pushkar tirth, the Brahmyagya, types of vrat, marriage of Parvati, death of Tarkasur, importance of cow and Kalkeya vadh. It also mentions grah puja and types of daan.

This is the part of Shrishtikhand.

The Bhumikhand part discusses about the story of Shivsharma based on respect to parents, stories about Suvrat, Ven, Pruthu, Sunitha, Dharma, Nahush, Yayati, Guritirth, Jaimini, Ashok Sundari,

Demon Huund, Kamoda, demon Vihuund, dialogue between Rishi Chyavan and Kunjal.

The next part is Swarg khand which starts with a dialogue between Muni Sauti and other Maharishi's about the evolution of earth and also refers to the placing of different loks and tirtha's.

It also describes the origin of river Narmada and its tirtha's, story of Kalindi, Kashi, Gaya and Prayag, dialogue between rishi Vyas and Jaimini, Samudra manthan and Bhishma Panchak.

Pataal khand is about Shri Ram, Pulastya vansh, glory of Jagannath, Vrindavan, Shri Hari leela,

1. Mon. 21 Dec. Message from Anon to Patriots: Note: This Anon claims to have daily briefings with POTUS, but there is no way to confirm.

“What I'm about to disclose is the most important post you'll read before the inauguration. Q will not post here again, at least not...

2. ... for a while. The operation is ongoing but must run silent at this point. What happens this week will change history. We are asking you for now to stay in your homes and do not under any circumstances interfere with the operation. You'll soon see things unfold that many...

3. ... would think impossible. POTUS is insulated and 100% safe. Our plan is almost complete. The DS has already lost. Everything you're seeing in the MSM and on Twitter is a last ditch attempt. Why has Kamala not yet left the senate? Where is Joe? Where is Joe really? Hunter...

4. ... has turned himself in.”

The Restored Republic: The Global Currency Reset has bankrupted Globalists by allowing countries to have their own individual monetary systems. Now the Fed. was dead, with US taxpayer dollars going directly into the US Treasury in Reno and...

5. ... no longer funneled through US Inc, Queen’s City of London, Vatican Bank to the Cabal’s Central Banks across the globe.

As such, leaders of the Cabal including Democrats and other political elites, no longer made millions off their constituents. Evidently they then...

The face and back of #jihad in #Europe and the world. Muslim Brotherhood, violent and civilizational jihad. The case study of #Bosnia, the #SDA political party and its MFA Bisera Turković. Who is she indeed?

Want to understand how pervasive media bias works? Read on.

Check out this awful headline from @AP. A gun was found on the scene, there are bullet casings and bullet holes on nearby walls.

This isn't simply an allegation. This was clearly was a gunman.

It would be bad enough if the Associated Press alone published this headline. But because @AP is a wire service, many other leading news outlets have republished this content, often verbatim.

Here's the article on the @WashingtonPost, for example.

And here's the same article, and same headline, on @YahooNews.

The article was republished in plenty more well-known media outlets. Here it is on the @ABC website.

Moving forward, the content of the article is deeply problematic. This is how an article about an attempted shooting attack begins: by focusing on the *response* of the security forces to being attacked.

1 “Amazing Juan O'Savin Video: America's New Day Dawning, the Rebirth of America" 12.21

When Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated on June 6, 1968, Jacqueline Kennedy cried out, “If they’re killing Kennedys, then my children are targets. I want to get out of this country.”

2. Mrs. Kennedy had a heartbreaking reason and a compelling reason to say that.

President Kennedy’s family are either incredibly accident prone or possibly, and this is just my supposition, there was an underlying plot by the de*ep state to remove every Kennedy that they...

3. ... believed posed a threat to their envisaged defeat.

How can I make that claim?

Because both the de*ep state and the Alliance are in possession of Looking Glass technology. This advanced off-world tech enables one to see into everything: Akashic records, future, past,...

4. ... present, timelines, dimensions, 2020 U.S. elections, anything.

Gene Decode reported that POTUS was in a SCIF Election Night watching the Election fraud take place on Quantum Computers and that this was the second time the Alliance had watched the fraud. They’d already...

5. ... seen Election Night 2020 before Trump even became POTUS thanks to Looking Glass.

This technology could also explain why Q’s posts are so eerily accurate.

It is my theory that, perhaps, when the ca_bal looked into future timelines they could see that an essential...

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DECEMBER 22, 1944: NUTS!

As a practical matter, the fight was over.

2 of 23:

When describing the 101st Airborne Division and the remnants of the 60th and 28th Divisions in Bastogne, many historians will tell you that the Americans were surrounded.

3 of 23:

That is accurate but it is insufficiently descriptive. "Surrounded" does not really come close to representing the odds stacked up against our Paratroopers by mid-day on Friday.

4 of 23:

A group of 18,000 Paratroopers, including approximately 2,000 untrained replacement troops who had never seen combat, were facing 45,000 fighters from the Fifth Panzer Army’s XLVII Panzer Corps with the newest Tiger tanks.

5 of 23:

The Paratroopers were led by an acting commander.

They were low on ammunition, and their medical detachment was destroyed earlier that morning.

The Tiger tanks severed the last open road south out of Bastogne, completing a full encirclement of our boys.

1/ My first @threadapalooza. I've been managing people for 18+ yrs and tweeting about it for 10. Here's 100 tweets on what I've learned and try to implement in my work @PermanentEquity :

2/ If a company's highest paid people had jobs they'd only observed, had never trained for, and had no actual experience doing, you'd think it was crazy. Yet this describes people managers in most orgs.

3/ Managing people is not a promotion in your current line of work. It is an entirely new career that uses a different set of skills. Train. Your. People Managers.

4/ If your employees feel like they have to manage people to make more money, that's a fail. Management jobs are for people who are passionate about helping others optimize their gifts, not just for people looking for more compensation.

5/ Provide non-management career options that offer better compensation for specializing in a certain area and documenting/communicating what you know. This helps keep bad managers out of management.

1/ Lockdowns are painful. Even Ontario's version will cause suffering for a lot of people. Compliance is high when people see results that are working and can see tangible proof that the tumult in their lives is contributing to the greater good.

2/ Most people's measure will be daily case counts. By delaying our mockdown 5 days Ford has basically endorsed family gatherings for Christmas day.
So that leaves us with our already record case counts about to be added to from a Christmas surge.

3/ People, who are already sacrificing so much, will see an increase of cases by the middle of January rather than a drop. At that point, they will have been "hunkered" down for 3 weeks and instead of a decrease, they'll be seeing similar or higher numbers.

4/ This is why these 5 days, at this time of year are so important. Modelling from yesterday showed a SIX-week lockdown started *immediately* would take current case counts down from 2300ish to around 500.

5/ The current mockdown is 28 days which even without the Christmas surge would not be enough to have a meaningful impact. Here's the issue, by delaying 5 days, even after all the sacrifices people have made, the numbers will still be high when we add the Xmas surge.