 Scout rank and elective requirements are easily done outside versus sitting inside a den leader’s home or in a school gym.
As we constantly review and look for opportunities to improve the Cub Scout program, our focus is to get Cub Scout families outside. In fact, it is a win if we can get Cub Scouts and their family outside! Getting outside looks different in each community and neighborhood; lets help Cub Scouts and their families have a purposeful, welcoming outdoor adventure.Red Bull will not stop Sergio Perez from charging for the 2022 world championship. It comes after world champion and championship leader Max Verstappen’s father and co-manager Jos criticised Red Bull for not favouring the Dutch driver with race strategy at Monaco. Team boss Christian Horner told Bloomberg that Red Bull, having just renewed Mexican 32-year-old Perez’s contract for two more years after his Monaco win, does not have a number 1 driver policy. “We are not talking about Sergio Perez Racing or Max Verstappen Racing here,” he said. Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher said Perez was “better all weekend” than Verstappen at Monaco.
Codat, the universal API for small business data that enables software providers and financial institutions to build integrated products for their small business customers, today announced an integration partnership with the global technology platform Intuit.
This partnership will bring about a new wave of Open Finance for SMBs and speed app development for QuickBooks.
The Tale of Joseph and Zulaykha on the Volga Frontier: The Struggle for Gender, Religious, and National Identity in Imperial and Postrevolutionary Russia

The ancient tale of Joseph, son of Jacob, and Zulaykha was a "best seller" on the Silk Road from Russia to China. Before the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, the Tatars, a Turkic-speaking people living in the middle Volga, used this tale to propagate Islam among the animistic and Eastern Orthodox Finno-Ugric and Turkic peoples. Tatars drew upon this famous tale to address the internal communal fractures caused by Russian colonization, which opened the doors to Eastern Christianity, a far stronger competitor than the local indigenous religions. While scholars have shown interest in the tale's literary value and linguistic history, there has been no effort to investigate its readership. Yet the story of Joseph and Zulaykha as presented in popular poems and religious books empowered both men and women on the Volga frontier to refashion their religious and national identities. Today proponents of national revival call for the reappropriation of such tales to restore boundaries between Tatars and Russians.ABSTRACT: Over the past decades, ocean temperatures have been steadily increasing and are projected to continue to do so, stressing many temperate marine organisms. Changing temperatures do not affect ecosystems in isolation, but interact with many other factors in shaping ecological communities. We investigated the changes over 2 decades in subtidal temperate seaweed communities over a wave exposure gradient in Western Australia, a global warming hotspot. We found a higher diversity of the seaweed community and a higher proportion of biomass of species with a warm affinity (expressed as tropicalization index: TI) over time. There was no decline of the dominant habitat-forming kelp Ecklonia radiata on low wave exposure reefs while it was patchier and comprised a lower proportion of the total seaweed biomass on the medium and high wave exposure reefs. Furthermore, the presence of E. radiata was disproportionally associated with low abundances of seaweeds with warm affinity. The increasing patchiness of E. radiata likely provided a competitive release for other seaweeds, and the increase in abundance of Scytothalia dorycarpa likely provided a compensatory effect which resulted in a lower than expected TI. We found no indication of an ameliorating effect by wave exposure and conclude that the patch dynamics driven by wave exposure is more likely exacerbated by increasing ocean temperatures on subtidal temperate reefs. If this continues, the reduction in E. radiata and increase in warm affiliated seaweeds will result in a more diverse seaweed community, but one with a lower standing biomass.Bone marrow transplant = stem cell transplant, at least for the most part. Think of it as 2 different ways to harvest the stem cells needed from a donor.

I was given a 10% chance of survival from ALL without a transplant, so it was more of a Hobson’s choice for me! The transplant itself is pretty uneventful; it’s just a blood transfusion-like event. Recovery is tough for sure, and everyone is different. The best advice I can give is to just take each day at a time, and be prepared for challenges ahead!Models and extreme sport are not mutually exclusive. And living proof of this is Patricia Gebauer. Born in Munich, she loves motorcycling with a passion and keeps herself in shape with the Thai martial art Muay Thai. Risking broken bones and bruises in the toughest martial art in the world in no way impinges on her passion.
Beauty in the ring.
An empty factory. Photo lights and studio flashes are set up in a small corner which is lost in the big hall. The photographer aims his camera at the model. Behind her is the S 1000 XR – photo shoot for BMW Motorrad. Ten clicks of the camera and that was it. Off she goes to the next photo location. For Patricia Gebauer, this is not stressful. After all, she is a pro.
A model with long blonde hair, blue eyes and toned body. What differentiates her from many other models is her passion for extreme sport. She often spends her free time in the ring. Gebauer practises the Thai national sport Muay Thai, also known as Thai boxing. A traditional martial art, which was used during wartime by the Thai army.
Gym? No way.
In order to keep her body in shape, Gebauer originally wanted to train in the gym. But she found it too boring and impersonal. She attended several boxing clubs in Munich and encountered the legendary Muay Thai pro Günter Scheller. He showed her the martial art and Gebauer realised that this was the right type of sport for her. Ten months later, she had her first competition. "I was very nervous before my first fight, because I knew that I would come up against a tough opponent after this short training period. But I wanted to face this challenge", she says looking back.
From beginner to fierce opponent.
Gebauer lost her first fight. But she realised that she had to face this challenge again. "I started off training twice a week. This soon became twice a day", she says. In no time at all, she had become a pro – and a fierce opponent. Because behind that pretty face hides an irrepressible iron will. So great that Gebauer even accepts the risk of injury that is part and parcel with this type of sport. "I am working on myself to ensure that I don't get injured. Because I have to pick up the tab for this", she says referring to her modelling career.
Knockout with the elbow.
Broken bones and impacts are a regular occurrence in Muay Thai, primarily because full use of physical strength is permitted. During the fight, you can bring your entire body into play", Gebauer explains.
"It's not just about hitting like it is with boxing. Muay Thai also has combative elements, which are reminiscent of the ring". Gebauer often uses her elbow in Thai boxing. "The elbow is the hardest bone in the body, which makes it a good K.O. weapon".
I love feeling the power on the motorcycle.
Feeling of liberty on the motorcycle.
Injuries or not – Gebauer wants to keep practising Thai boxing for at least another five years. In order to keep updated with the martial art sport, she travels to Thailand every year, where she learns the latest fighting techniques.
In south east Asia, she discovered motorcycling for herself. On the little travelled streets of the Thai backlands, she experienced the feeling of absolute freedom. "I love being so free and feeling the power on the motorcycle. It feels as if I could master anything!"
Muay Thai, also known as Thai boxing, is the national sport in Thailand. It evolved from traditional martial arts and originated from ancient battlefields. The fight usually takes place in the ring with boxing gloves. During the fight, the use of feet, shins, fists, elbows and knees is permitted. Another feature is clinching. Due to the risk of injury, Muay Thai is among the toughest fighting sports in the world.Scroll to information on: DCYF Core Academy Matrix | Core Self-Guided Trainings | Specialized Trainings | Online Trainings | Other Training Oppurtunities
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