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Corn mazes are a fun fall tradition, and we've got a guide to some of the best corn mazes near Royal Oak.
Did we miss your favorite? Add it in comments or email [email protected].
Long's Family Orchard, Farm & Cider Mill in Commerce, 1540 East Commerce Rd.
- The farmyard play area and corn maze is open Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
6th Annual Fall Fun Corn Maze in Bloomfield Township, at the Charles Bowers School Farm, 1219 E. Square Lake Rd.
- The maze opened Sept. 29 and will take visitors through Oct. 28.
- Cost: $8 per person for ages 12+; $6 per person for ages 6 – 11; Free for ages 5 and under.
- Hours are: Fridays from 5 to 9 p.m.; Saturdays from 4 to 9 p.m.; and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
U-Pick Pumpkins and Corn Maze in Rochester, on Rochester Road halfway Between Buell Road and Stoney Creek Road across from Twin Lakes Golf course. Corn maze is $5. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Westview Orchard and Adventure Farm in located at 65075 Van Dyke, Washington Twp.
- The orchard features a playground, petting farm, boot-camp style log obstacle course, 40-foot slides, wagon rides and pony rides.
- Weekend rates are $9.50 per person over 30 inches, and free for anyone under 30 inches.
Deneweth’s Garden Center, 16125 22 Mile Road. is home to Fall Fun Fest, also every weekend in October from noon to 5 p.m. One price covers every event, and there’s lots to do. Look for a haunted house, corn maze, hayrides, games, spooky train and pumpkin painting. Call 586-247-5533.
Farmer J's Corn Maze, 16405 Pherdun Rd., Dundee, MI Call (734)216-6230. Open Fridays-Sundays through Oct. 28. Proceeds will be donated to select Veteran groups.
The Blast Corn Maze in Dexter features a 10-acre field of corn with 3 1/2 miles of trails. It has three exits – short, medium, and full maze to accommodate all corn maze enthusiasts. New for 2012: corn canon, cow train, duck races, pedal cars, and picture props. The maze is located at 6175 Daly Road in Dexter. For more information, call 734-845-7127.
Coleman's Corn Maze in Saline provides fun for the whole family. Attractions include a kiddie maze, barrel training, petting zoo, and pumpkin patch. The farm is located at 12758 Jordan Road, in Saline. For more information, call 734-429-1212.
Tallady Farms in Milan offers a corn maze, plus bonfires for larger groups. Next door to the maze is Wasem Fruit Farm, which has wagon rides, a pumpkin patch and homeade donuts. The farm is at 6270 Judd Road in Milan. Open Fridays-Sundays through Oct. 28. Call (734) 439-2313.
Maybury Farm in Northville, 50165 8 Mile Road, has a corn maze open Fridays 6-10 p.m., Saturdays 1-10 p.m. and Sundays 1-7 p.m. through Nov. 4. The farm also includes a petting zoo, playground and farm store.
Farmer Charley's Corn Maze Adventures, 6421 North Stony Creek Rd., Monroe, Attractions in clude a corn maze, petting farm, pig races, bonfire, barrel train, pumpkin cannons, duck races and a pumpkin patch.
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Federal Prison for Jason Gambert?
Jason Gambert has once again perjured himself, and this time it can be proven. That is in a court of The Patent and Trademark Office of the United States of America. That, my friends, is a Federal crime. Don't bend over for the soap, son.
Sarah Bird at SEOMOZ provides a succinct and quite entertaining synopsis if you haven't been following the case. If you have, then you already know things keep getting lower, even when you think they cannot.
I am going to be succinct and zero in on the criminal acts I believe have been committed by Jason Gambert. For the record, since he always threatens to sue me, this is only an OP-ED piece, which means, sir, this is an OPINION piece. Okay? Check the first amendment before you email me about this.
The following paragraph, so that I can save time and effort, and which so eloquently sums up the specific topic of criminal liability to which I am referring, is taken directly from Sarah Bird at SEOMOZ:
"Gambert owns Tosonoe875.com and claims he received an email about search engine optimization on July 27, 1997. This is way out of left field. Gambert includes a printout from Wikipedia that states that the first known use of "search engine optimization" was a spam message posted on Usenet on July 26, 1997. Then he attaches an email from a nonsense aol email to a nonsense tosonoe875.com email address allegedly delivered on July 27, 1997. Then he attaches GoDaddy information showing that he owns Tosonoe875.com. This effort is so misguided that it's hard to know where to begin discussing it. First, an email talking about "Search Engine Optimization" is not evidence that one used the proposed mark "SEO" in commerce. Did he forget what he was trying to register? Further, evidence that you received an email, doesn't prove that you used the term in commerce. It just proves that you received an email. Finally, the WhoIs information for tosonoe875.com shows that it was created in April of this year, not in 1997."
I call bullshit on this one. Remember the drinking game in college? Bullshit? Well I do. Sorry you missed out on that one.
And, pardon my bullshit, but I don't speak French. I speak Texan. And in Texas, we know how to recognize bullshit, and we call it when we see it. Trust me on this one. There is a lot of bullshit in Texas.
And I call bullshit.
1) I want to know how old you are Jason Gambert. And how old you were in 1997. I will file discovery if I have to in order to uncover this. I call bullshit.
2) You were on USENET in 1997? I call bullshit. By 1997, we SEO's were on the Internet, son. You were probably still in diapers. I was a latecomer using Netscape in 1993. Started my business in 1995.
3) Your "GoDaddy" receipt which claims you owned tosonoe875.com at that time is a fake. In 1997, GoDaddy did not exist. It was formed in 1997 as JoMax Technologies by Bob Parsons, and this is according to your favorite source wikipedia. You have just committed a Federal crime, my friend. It's called perjury. COUNT 1.
4) The WHOIS information for the domain tosonoe875.com indicates it was only registered last month. You have falsified evidence to the PTO examiner, attempting to make it look like you had this domain and received this spam USENET post in 1997. That is COUNT 2 of perjury.
5) In 1997, to the best of my knowledge, and I know because I registered my first domain of mightyhorns.com (a now defunct Texas Longhorn fansite)in 1995 or 1996 at the latest. And the only domain registrar at the time that I know of was Network Solutions. Until 1998.
Anyway, major interruption. I am not going to finish this thing. Because, I have more breaking news on Jason Gambert. Our trap has just been sprung, so off to the next post...but it sucks that I can't finish this, however, I think I'll just let the U.S. Attorney deal with it for now on. | <urn:uuid:8b925073-90bd-4872-8ff5-34855119afb6> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://www.arteworks.biz/2008/05/federal-prison-for-jason-gambert.html | 2015-12-01T00:14:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398464386.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205424-00229-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970341 | 921 |
Why aren't we skiing?
Over the years I've spread my kind of love over a few climbing forums. Enough so that I've been booted off at least one. Not that I give a chit because I don't It is simply entertainment for me.
Three of the funniest exchanges I've had (to me anyway) have been with in retrospect, obviously very young climbers. No matter how good technically they might be or thought they were during the exchanges I was laughing at them and poking fun at their expense. Yes, I know I can be a prick. No need to restate the obvious in a comment.
In no particular order:
"Me Mum bought this fine jacket for me..best insulated jacket ever made"...of course he'd never used or owned any other jacket at the time. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPP! Last I checked he is still a little pissy about the exchange. They simply don't know what they don't know
"Climb can't safely be done without several screws and half a dozen pickets" BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBEP! My answer? "Most anyone could solo that one in decent conditions. And I have never ever placed a picket. Mind you it doesn't mean I haven't wanted to just never had one :)" Original climber sacked up and soloed the same moderate climb a few seasons later. Same thing most of us had been doing for decades now with minimal gear.
"I've skied for years" a most recently famous alpinist tells us in a focus group on new gear. BBBBBBBEEEEEEPPPP! Mind you the "kid" is just 21, no formal education past high school and his experience skiing in the last 15 years (he started at 5) is hard to relate to an uncaring audience of 50+ year old engineers who have been skiing them selves since they were 5 or younger and designing or working in the ski industry since they were 18 years old. Hard not to roll your eyes when I hear I've been skiing my whole life....when the speaker is 17 years old and the topic technical in nature.
"youth is wasted on the young" J.B. Shaw had it right.. :)
Not that I am a rocket scientist myself or know much about anything in particular. My BS meter has gotten better over the years how ever. "Nice ski, but ya the mount point is FUBARED dude."
"Someone might ought to look at that more closely." That stainless and plastic interface? Take body weight? Maybe. Hammer on it? Not likely. Trim the weight by making it smaller? OK. But make it so small it now breaks in the same application? Makes no sense to me.
So, why aren't we skiing?
I've done Rainer by a dozen routes in all seasons, many, many times and until recently only taken skis on the mountain a couple of times.
Now I have to ask why are you NOT taking skis? You can guess at my age. But in any race I am not going to be in the front of the pack. On the right day if you break down the age groups into 5 year splits I can generally hold my own with what ever amateur shows up. As serious athlete will generally, and easily bury me. I'm lazy and WEAK...there I admit it :)
So if I am doing moderate climbs and skis like Rainier and I am able to catch you and eventually passing you on my light weight gear you might want to rethink your own gear choices. When I can bury you on the up and then drop you on the down in light weight gear it is either time to bury your head in shame or pull out the check book, 'cuz you obviously SUCK!
If you climb and read a winter climbing blog and don't ski? YOU really, really SUCK!
All the spare excuses have been used and you have been found sadly, wanting. If it is a fitness issue, change your diet and get a dog to run with. They are likely the only one that will have you anyway.
I have one myself :) His name is Marley and he likes to run, really likes to go on bike rides and anything related to skiing, plus the occasional cinnamon roll or pistachio.
No one is really as good as they might think they are or as smart. We generally judge each other much harder than we judge ourselves. Never hurts to brush a little sand off your you friends ass instead of grinding it in. You never know when you might need the same favor.
But I am still going to chuckle under my breath when I skin past you or ski by. Simply because I know I'm the one having more fun...and I'm just the old prick willing to admit it ;) PS...Marley would be laughing as well he's just a much nicier guy when he sees a human...sucking @ the fun! | <urn:uuid:19c80327-b65d-4f43-8a22-6ed1df2e1e00> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2013/06/can-you-tell-me-why.html?showComment=1371684775970 | 2022-11-28T02:53:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710462.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128002256-20221128032256-00621.warc.gz | en | 0.977497 | 1,031 |
Depots: 2 Turnover: £132.3m Sales growth year-on-year: 88.5% Type of operation: Online delivered wholesaler
At Key Lekkerland's annual supplier conference three weeks ago Blueheath's CEO Mark Aylwin told delegates that times were changing for the struggling online delivered wholesaler. Few could have predicted the magnitude of what was on the cards.
This week Blueheath, which currently boasts a £132.3m turnover, made the shock announcement that it plans to acquire cash & carry group Booker in a reverse takeover. The unusual deal, which is subject to shareholder approval, will see Blueheath buy the entire issued share capital of Giant Topco Ltd, the ultimate holding company of the Booker Group, through the issue of 1.34bn new ordinary shares in Blueheath.
Booker will control 90% of the enlarged business and will be re-established as a public company.
Renamed Booker Group, the company will have estimated annual sales of more than £3bn and be the UK's largest food wholesaler, combining Booker's scale, customer base, catering expertise, coverage and brands with Blueheath's technology and delivery expertise.
"A combined Booker/Blueheath will be able to offer retailers and caterers an unrivalled service of national delivery, 'top-up' delivery and cash and carry," says Charles Wilson, current CEO of Booker, who will head up the new group.
Aylwin, meanwhile, will become managing director of the delivered wholesale business, a role similar to his current position at Blueheath. "We want to be a national delivered wholesaler," he says. "This deal puts us exactly where we have always wanted to be."
The move makes sense for both parties, according to the pair. Booker is the UK's second-biggest wholesaler and last year reported sales of £3.04bn. However, it has admitted to certain weaknesses in its delivered grocery offering and technology, and Blueheath's expertise in this area makes it an attractive bedfellow.
"Booker looked at the current trends in the market and saw that delivered wholesale offered the fastest growth opportunity," says Wilson. "This deal will give Booker the ability to become the only provider of national delivery and top-up of fresh, frozen and ambient foods, alcohol and non-food in the UK."
Blueheath, too, stands to gain. Last year the company struggled with operating inefficiencies and recorded a pre-tax loss of £4.9m on sales of £132.3m.
However, Blueheath has strengthened its position over the past six months following a strategic review late last year, led by Aylwin, who joined the group last September.
It has since made annualised cost savings of £3.1m and margin improvements worth more than £500,000 and expects to break even by July this year.
As managing director of the delivered wholesale business, Aylwin will continue its focus on the delivery side of the business and on sharpening its online offer. He also intends to capitalise on the growth in broadband technology and the number of retailers connected to the internet.
"When the company was launched, our service was revolutionary but the technology was not good enough," he says. "Now, technology has come of age and there is a real opportunity to push the online side of the business again with broadband."
Blueheath recently combined its online strengths with the traditional delivered wholesale model of CTM Wholesale, the Wrexham-based business it acquired in April 2005. This is an approach Aylwin says will continue after completion of the deal.
The companies will also work together to guarantee strong availability, something that Blueheath has started to tackle over the past six months. Availability has risen from a low of 65% at its Thurrock plant six months ago to an average of 98%. Some national accounts have even hit 100% in recent weeks.
Booker is also looking to improve its availability as part of its recovery strategy, which is now in full swing. It has depots in Hatfield and Haydock in England and Livingston in Scotland, and currently supplies cash and carries. But it says it also has the capacity to handle retail delivery.
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East Lothian Council Annual Budget Meeting, Town House, Haddington, Tuesday February 12th, 2019
It’s a bit like a cross between an Oberammergau pageant and an accountants’ convention, but one that costs punters (in our local case) one quarter billion of out hard-earned cash. I refer to the annual ritual farce of the council budget meeting. In Scotland, it happens in 32 venues with more or less the same Punch & Judy formula. Vital as the meeting is in fulfilling democratic requirements, it is timed while everyone is busy working and structued to least appeal to (and therefore involvement of) the public. For audience engagement, it is easily beaten by the most amateur of Am Drams.
To be fair, the context is already obfuscated. An extensive piece of Newspeak, produced by the Scottish Government called “Scottish Budget 2019-2020: Equality and Fairer Scotland” sets this tome. A number of highly-paid Sir Humphrey-plus-minions clearly spent much time crafting this. But if someone gleans any hard data from its earnest verbiage, please let the rest of us know. It is ambitious (but woolly) posturing and no recipe for joined-up thinking with councils.
Before it gets to a council budget debate, first the UK budget must be set, which now happens in Autumn. This then triggers an unholy scramble in the Scottish Government to then decide its own allocations from the pot given. This gives councils (who get 75% of their money this way) little time to plan and approve a budget and set Council Tax (the other 25% of council income) in time for implementation om April 1st. It’s like geriatrics passing the ball down an attacking rugby line in slo-mo.
At the meeting itself, politics rears its ugly head. Even when councils are run by the same party as the Scottish Government, a pungent mix of political ambition and parochialism gets in the way. Councils resent going cap-in-hand for 3 in every 4 pounds spent. Government guards its central control jealously, so that it can enforce policies and claim achievements. There was once talk of “Parity of Esteem”, but that turned out to be spin. Had the Greens bot held the minority SNP government’s feet to the fire, councils would have seen a decrease this year. However, additional ‘burdens’ (i.e. required services) gave councils no option where to spend what extra they did get.
In Scotland’s fastest-growing council, East Lothian, the basic grant (no strings attached) actually fell 0.1%. A £5,476,000 rise in “Specific Grants” means the council has no choice where to spend them. By raising council tax 4.78%, an extra £3,625m 000 gives ELC a war chest of £248,116,000.
That sounds a lot. Until you consider almost half (£102,507,000) goes on schools, an obligatory service growing fast as families move into the county. Half of what’s left (£67,121,000) goes on Social Work—again obligatory—as retiree numbers swell. Twenty years ago, ELC Social Work spent just a fifth that. This leaves a quarter of the war chest to squabble over for the myriad other services. Granted, you can do a lot with over £70m. But such are the demands that pips squeak as soon as you try to stretch this to cover everything else.
The resulting debate was not quite two bald men arguing over a comb, but it came close. Instead of speeches of visionary ambition, rival parties spent their time disparaging each other. Tories cosied up to Labour and got some scraps in exchange for support. Both whaled on the SNP, as if local members were responsible for their Holyrood colleagues. SNP whaled on Tories, as if local members were responsible for their Westminster colleagues and tried to out-left Labour in concern for the vulnerable. Nobody commented on the Lab-Con alliance, which is quite common across Scotland these days.
Meanwhile, bizarre and desperate measures to stretch the money lurk in the budget detail. Despite growth swamping the county and developers circling like sharks, Planning had its budget cut by 13% (£231,000). A spurious “Transform Ways of Working” item is to magic £600,000 in savings from staff. An optimistic “Change in number of chargeable properties (i.e. more homes to tax) finds an extra £3,625,000. Scary is a net increase in debt of over £130,000,000. Most desperate of all, a cool £3,000,000 is being drained from reserves. This is to be paid back next year. Ah hae ma doors.
And yet (to keep the Tories onside) the Roads budget had an unheard-of 50% boost to £7,500,000 and Corporate Policy (not what you’d call a “front-line service”) jumped by 10%. Because the county is desperately short of affordable housing, most welcome was a significant effort to build council housing by investing rental income in new builds, raising rents steadily by 5% and pushing housing debt towards its legal maximum of 40%.
Despite this being THE public forum to defiine services across the county, virtually no-one outside council members and staff attended the 2-hour session. Can’t say I blame them. As theatre, it lacked substance, let alone appeal. The script was rubbish; the actors unrehearsed; indignation shown was transparently artificial and tribal politics dominated. It was so blatant any casual observer could have scripted the debate from previous meetings. simply warming up the leftover abuse.
Altogether unedifying, considering its importance. But, should there be any hard-core anoraks who want to see the full details of all this, the papers are available as PDF downloads here. | <urn:uuid:58b5745e-36ba-4fb3-b84b-a0f36d6887d5> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://northneuk.com/2019/02/13/theatre-of-the-absurd/ | 2021-07-29T16:10:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153860.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20210729140649-20210729170649-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.957059 | 1,263 |
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4th Jan: Open
Container Deposit Legislation
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Among the many benefits of participating and competing in endurance sports is the incredible people you meet along the way. The endurance, particularly the ultra-endurance community is generally made up of very passionate, driven, generous, and persistent individuals. One such individual is Tonia Ellsworth Smith, an inspiration and a true example of everything I just mentioned. Tonia was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2013. With a 6% survival rate, pancreatic cancer is pretty much a death sentence. Upon diagnosis half her pancreas was removed along with her spleen. She went through 18 rounds of chemotherapy in the first six months of 2014. She survived. Not only did she survive she thrives. In the year since, she has been an unbelievable life force raising over $5,000 for pancreatic cancer research through Project Purple and running her heart out. Tonia, in her 40s, less than a year after chemo, ran a 3:39 marathon. Last week she ran the Bryce Canyon 100 Mile Trail Race with approximately 19,000 feet of climbing, rough trails, hail, and lightening in just over 26 hours, finishing 2nd female and 17th overall! And she’s not done yet. She continues her fight to cure pancreatic cancer with Project Purple as she sets her sight on the Denver Rock ‘n Roll Marathon in October. She is a hero in my book.
|Tonia in Battle Dress Purple at Bryce Canyon 100|
Photo shamelessly stolen from Tonia's Blog
My role in our “Burning River for Ben” project has taken somewhat of a setback over the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, I experienced a pain in the top of my foot about 20 miles into a 30 mile run. Possible injury? Yes. It appears to be tendonitis so I’ve been doing everything possible to get it healed as soon as possible. This of course means no running. But like any challenge, project, or undertaking, setbacks are to be expected. I can only imagine the setbacks that Tonia faced over the past couple years. As well as Ben in the 3+ years of his treatment, or any kid going through the ups, downs, horrors, and agony of childhood cancer. And while I’m at it, imagine the setbacks the doctors, nurses, and volunteers who dedicate their lives to treating and helping these kids. Not all of these kids make it. And this has to be devastating. But these amazing dedicated people keep on. They don’t quit. Everyone of them are heroes in my book!
With that said I will not quit either. The way we deal with setbacks is the difference between success and failure. Given the situation, I am making the best of it. One of the areas I’m really weak is walking. In most 100 mile races there are times when it is better to walk than run. Steep hills for example. Running steep hills require a lot of energy. Walking them conserves energy and you may only lose a few seconds. However if you burn needless matches running these hills you could lose minutes to hours later when you no longer have any matches to burn. I’ve always got passed in walking sections, so I’m taking advantage of this down time to practice walking. It doesn’t hurt my foot and may even be helping with the healing process. I’m also riding my bike a lot; about 220 miles this week. While this may not be running, it does help keep the cardiovascular system in shape, so I can jump right back into it as soon as my foot is ready. Finally I’ve been going to an incredible person, Dr. Randy Knoche at Springs Chiropractic. Dr. Knoche has fixed me every time I’ve been broke. Knee injuries, plantar fasciitis, hip injury, he’s fixed them all. Not only is Dr. Knoche a miracle worker when it comes to fixing injuries, (my friends call him Jesus) he’s quite an accomplished athlete himself; several Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike finishes and something like a million Pikes Peak Ascents. I’m visiting Dr. Knoche almost daily for laser treatment which is greatly hastening the healing process. And the kicker; he wants to support “Burning River for Ben” so not only has he made it his mission to get me better, but he’s doing it gratis. Another hero in my book!
And my foot is getting better. Thanks to Dr. Knoche I think I will be able to start running again in the next week. This is normally a six week injury that Dr. Knoche may have reduced to two. With only six weeks until the start this was a bad time to get injured. But it is only a setback. I may have to change my expectations a bit as I was planning on hitting the peak of my training now through the next three weeks. But that is the nature of 100 mile races. Anyone that has ever run a 100 mile race knows this. Even during the course of the race expectations and goals can change dramatically. One can go from having the goal of being competitive or finishing with a certain time, to just finishing, to just making it to the next aid station, and finally, just making it another mile without throwing up. Although I’ve been training to be competitive as a secondary goal, the primary and sole purpose of running this race is to run that last mile with Ben and cross the finish line together. Anyone that can go through chemotherapy for over three years, be an honor student, and continue to have a positive outlook on life, as Ben is doing, is a hero in my book.
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Charles Augustus ('Owl') Howell, entrepreneur, was born of an English father and a Portuguese mother around 1840. His marriage certificate of 21 August 1867, lists his father as Alfred William Howell, merchant. The certificate, signed by Murray Howell, gives Howell's profession as 'gentleman'! Howell described himself as of high rank and related to the da Costa or Posser family and wore the red ribbon of the Order of Christ to prove it. His death certificate gives his age as 50, address as 91 Southampton Row and cause of death from Pneumonic Pthises Asthemia at the Home Hospital, 16 Fitzroy Square, on 21 April 1890.
Howell was an Anglo-Portuguese dealer and collector. Despite his often dubious dealings, he was regarded with friendly tolerance by artists. He worked as Ruskin's secretary during the 1860s until his dismissal in 1870, and for Rossetti from 1872-76. He met JW through Rossetti, though the date is unknown, and commissioned him to paint his mistress Rosa Corder in c.1874 (see Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder (YMSM 203)). He helped JW in his tangled affairs, to pawn, sell and engrave his pictures, print and sell etchings, and meet clients and dealers. He also bought paintings from JW (see Study of 'Arrangement in Brown and Black: Miss Rosa Corder' (M.713)-Sketch of 'Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder' (M.714)). He was charming, persuasive and unscrupulous, described by JW as 'the genius, the superb liar, the Gil-Blas, Robinson-Crusoe hero out of his proper time, the creature of top-boots and plumes - splendidly flamboyant' (Pennell, 1921, p. 58). He came to JW's aid during his financial crisis in 1878-79 and acted as agent for a series of etchings of Chelsea and the Thames.
Material in the Kreitman Research Centre at Tate Britain contains many flattering references to Howell by Frederick Sandys, the Rossettis, Swinburne, Millais, JW and others (MacDonald, 1995). Ford Madox Brown on 1 March 1872 called Howell 'second to no one in England in his intimate knowledge of ancient and oriental furniture, china, tapestries', while W. M. Rossetti commended his 'quick and accurate discernment of the merits of works of art and decoration of many various kinds, along with extensive practical knowledge of their market value' (6 February 1872). D. G. Rossetti stated that 'I can express complete confidence in his judgement on questions of art' and commended 'his striking gifts and energy in business' (29 April 1872).
These commendations avoid any question of Howell's unscrupulousness and self-aggrandisement, which led first Rossetti and later JW to part with him on less than amicable terms. Yet in the end, Howell made little profit from JW and was one of the chief creditors at his bankruptcy. In 1882, JW published Whistler, James McNeill, Correspondence. Paddon Papers. The Owl and the Cabinet, London, , concerning an obscure quarrel over furniture which ended their relationship.
Howell lived at Chaldon House, Fulham in 1877, 91 Southampton Row from 1878 and Old Danner, Selsey Bill, Sussex from about 1879 on.
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This is so typical of local governments. The Pomona City Attorney is threatening a blogger for a post on a matter of local interest. The post dared - dared! - to offer a theory about why the Pomona City Manager suddenly retired.
The theory might be true or it might be completely false, but it involves the government and that means that it is "political speech" and "Core political speech" "occupies the highest, most protected position" in the "rough hierarchy in the constitutional protection of speech." R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minn., 505 U.S. 377, 422, 120 L. Ed. 2d 305, 112 S. Ct. 2538 (1992). Letters like that from Arnold M. Glassman-Alvarez, the City Attorney of Pomona, offend the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution because those kinds of government actions "will inevitably lead to self-censorship."
Eugene Volokh observes:
I can't speak to whether any of the blog posts did indeed libel City employees or officials. But I can say that the City Attorney has no legal basis for demanding (as opposed to requesting, by appeals to a sense of fairness or journalistic standards) that the blog stop publishing false information about the City -- under New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), there can be no lawsuit for libeling a government entity.
The NYT v. Sullivan Court stated that "no court of last resort in this country has ever held, or even suggested, that prosecutions for libel on government have any place in the American system of jurisprudence," and it endorsed this tradition as being constitutionally mandated. So while I certainly think it's wrong to make knowingly or recklessly false statements about government entities, and while it may be libelous to make such statements about particular city employees or officials, it cannot be libelous even to say outright lies about the City of Pomona more broadly.
"This kind of thing is happening everywhere" Update:
Powerline posts on the Democratic National Committee's attempt to stifle free expression on the Fresno-based website Free Republic. Here is the demand letter from the DNC's attorney, which seeks to have Free Republic remove an offending post by one of its many, many commenters.
Scott at Powerline writes:
Under the First Amendment, as construed by the Supreme Court in New York Times v. Sullivan, citizens are protected from defamation claim by public figures so long as the statements in issue are lacking in "actual malice," i.e, knowledge of their falsehood or reckless disregard as to whether they are false or not.
Accordingly, our reader's Free Republic post based on the statements of Jim Quinn is constitutionally immune from a defamation claim. Whether Quinn and those who broadcast his program have such immunity is a different question, but the same constitutional protection applies to them. Professor and First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh coincidentally makes a closely related point based on the Sullivan case today.
"Actual malice" is a tough standard for public figures to overcome. That's why defamation claims by public figures have essentially disappeared since the Sullivan case. Under the Sullivan case, the First Amendment affords wide latitude for the discussion of public figures as well as issues of public concern.
Sandler's letter to Free Republic incorporates no element of "actual malice." It is couched in the traditional common law of defamation that the Supreme Court killed for public figures in the Sullivan case. Sandler's letter carries Governor Dean's denial of Quinn's assertions, but it does not even allege that Jim Quinn had knowledge of the statements' falsity or made them with reckless disregard of their truth or falsity.
We therefore associate ourselves with our reader's statements regarding Governor Dean and invite Mr. Sandler to sue us for defamation as he threatens to sue Free Republic. This is to put him and his client on notice, however, that we intend to seek our attorney's fees under federal law for the assertion of a frivolous claim if he does so.
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I hate it when people complicate things. I am a ‘keep it simple’ type of person, and I’ve learned, and I’m still learning, that if you want to be successful, in all areas of you’re life, you’ve got to keep it simple. And if you follow the likes of Richard Branson, or Tony Robbins, you realise, that’s what they do too.
That’s why it’s so good to take a step back sometimes, to help you look at the bigger picture. When you’re too close to the problem, it can distort your view properly.
Are you getting results? No? Then stop what you’re doing. Are you making life very difficult for yourself? Yes? Then stop what you’re doing.
And it’s no different for your health and fitness.
Stupid fads and deprivation diets plans don’t work. And if you do lose weight with them, it doesn’t last. And they’re not healthy, sustainable, or good for your mental health. You constantly feel like a failure, from all the yo-yo dieting, and constant obsessing.
So it’s got to stop. You’ve got to keep it simple for successful, sustainable, weight loss. And not just for weight loss, for your health too!
After having Emily last year, I gained 3 stone. Can you believe it? I can’t! I started complicating the whole thing, my head wasn’t in the right place, and I didn’t take a step back, and look at the bigger picture.
Finally, after a good chat, and a little time out, I lost the 3 stone, pretty quickly. How did I lose it and keep it off?
I followed these exact principles below:
1. Stop Eating So Much – This may sound a little too basic, but in order to maintain a healthy body weight, it’s absolutely critical that you don’t overeat. Going home and having a sandwich for a snack, before dinner, is going to make you overweight. Just because it’s not a bag of crisps, it doesn’t mean it won’t do damage!
2. If You Don’t Want to Be Fat, then Stop Eating Fat! – You can’t get any more real about it. If you want to lose weight, then you need to cut out fat from your diet. Eating bad fats, like those found in fried and processed foods, will only make you fat!
But there is a bit of a catch to this one. Some fats are actually good for you, especially omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to boost your metabolism and help you lose the extra pounds. So avoid trans and saturated fats. Fats like those found in salmon, nuts, and avocados, are great options in moderation.
3. Let Go of Your Sugar Obsession– When it’s not used up in energy production, calories from sugar are stored as fat in your body. So when you eat a lot of sugar, you may as well be eating a lot of fat. Watch your labels, and cut down your sugar intake as much as possible. My advice to clients, is always to cut the sugar out Monday to Friday, and then relax at the weekends.
4. Eat What Fills You Up – Some foods make you feel full for longer because they take longer to digest. One of these major nutrients is protein. Common sense would tell you that if you eat more protein, you’ll feel more satisfied and eat less as a result. And it’s true. Protein is a great way to avoid those deadly cravings. If you need help with this, ask your trainer, who can guide you in the right direction.
5. Keep Your Metabolism High – Your body really is a machine, and food is its fuel. So the more often you eat throughout the day, the more you’ll keep your engine revved up. Breaking up your 3 meals into 6 smaller meals will help stabilize your metabolism and improve your body’s ability to burn fat all day long.
OK so now onto a really simple plan, that will get you results:
This common sense diet plan is meant to be a guide, and offers you some great options for losing weight, burning fat, and staying in great shape!
Give these ideas a try…
Breakfast: Start with the basics. Make sure you get lots of protein and fibre to avoid cravings, and lots of whole grains to keep you full of energy. An omelette and a piece of whole grain toast with all-natural peanut butter would do the trick. Avoid sugary fruit juices.
Mid-Morning Snack: To keep your metabolism and energy levels up, snack on a handful of almonds and an apple.
Lunch: Grab a can of tuna, some greens, and a whole grain tortilla wrap, and you’ve got yourself an easy and healthy lunch. Remember, keeping your portion sizes down is key!
Mid-Afternoon Snack: . Try a cup of fat-free Greek yogurt with some blueberries and a sprinkle of oat flakes. The Greek yogurt will totally hold you off until dinner, and is full of protein.
Dinner: (No carbs after 5pm) Try a balanced meal with a lean meat (chicken, salmon, etc.), and loads of vegetables.
Evening Snack: Cravings are always at their worst just before bed. Have some baby carrots, an apple, or half a cup of natural popcorn if you really need to.
I hope this helps make everything clear for you. Keep it simple, and you’ll se great results. Ignore what the magazines tell you, especially around this time of year, when everyone is peddling some new diet or another.
Committed to your success,
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The Lakewood City Council will meet on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. in the City of Lakewood, City Council Chambers, 6000 Main Street SW, Lakewood, WA 98499. Following is the meeting agenda:
Call to Order
Reports by the City Manager
Proclamations and Presentations
1. Proclamation in recognition of Marcus Walker. – Mr. Marcus Walker, Director, Lakewood Playhouse
2. Youth Council Report.
3. Proclamation declaring January 17, 2011 as the 25th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and February 2011 as Black History Month. – Ms. JoEthel Smith, Founder and Member, Martin Luther King Jr. Committee
4. Proclamation declaring January 2011 as National Mentoring Month. – Mr. Patrick D’Amelio, President and CEO, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Puget Sound; Ms. Maria Johnson, Branch Director, Boys and Girls Club; Mr. Dave O’Keeffe, Executive Director, Communities in Schools of Lakewood; Ms. Ellie Wilson, Chairperson, Lakewood’s Promise; and Ms. Pamela Grant, Outreach Officer, Washington State Mentors
5. Proclamation declaring January 2011 as School Board Recognition Month. – Mr. Joe Vlaming, Board Director, Clover Park School District Board
6. Clover Park School District Board Report.
7. Family Homelessness. – Mr. Troy Christianson, Manager for Mental Health & Initiatives to End Homelessness, Pierce County Department of Community Services
C O N S E N T A G E N D A
(1) A. Approval of the City Council Special Study Session minutes of November 29, 2010.
(8) B. Approval of the minutes of the City Council meeting of December 6, 2010.
(16) C. Approval of the minutes of the Joint Council and Washington State 28th and 29th District Legislators meeting of December 13, 2010.
(18) D. Approval of the minutes of the City Council Special meeting of December 13, 2010.
(21) E. Approval of payroll check numbers 234, 112324 to 112338, and direct deposit check numbers 113547 to 113808, in the amount of $1,170,535.42, for the period November 16-30, 2010.
(30) F. Approval of payroll check numbers 235, 112339 to 112354, and direct deposit check numbers 113809 to 114065, in the amount of $1,013,448.50, for the period December 1 – 15, 2010.
(39) G. Approval of claim voucher numbers 59180 to 59275, in the amount of $841,531.24, for the period ending December 9, 2010.
(50) H. Approval of claim voucher number 59276, in the amount of $1,015.30, for the period ending December 15, 2010.
(51) I. Approval of claim voucher numbers 900204 and 59277 to 59401, in the amount of $432,811.99, for the period ending December 16, 2010.
(65) J. Items Filed in the Office of the City Clerk:
1. Landmarks and Heritage Advisory Board meeting minutes of September 23, 2010.
2. Public Safety Advisory Committee meeting minutes of
September 1 and November 10, 2010.
3. Lakewood Arts Commission meeting minutes of November 1, 2010.
4. Redevelopment Advisory Board meeting minutes of November 9, 2010.
(90) K. Motion No. 2011-01
Authorizing the execution of an amendment to the agreement with Pierce County, for leasing space at the Lakewood Community Center for the Lakewood Senior Activity Center from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015.
R E G U L A R A G E N D A
(98) Motion No. 2011-02
Reappointing Bill Harrison, Bradford MacGowan and Darrell Nelson to serve on the Landmarks and Heritage Advisory Board through December 2, 2013. – Mayor
(107) Motion No. 2011-03
Authorizing the execution of a grant agreement with the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board, in the amount of $2,768,000 for the construction of street improvements on South Tacoma Way from State Route 512 to 96th Street SW. – Public Works Director
(116) Motion No. 2011-04
Authorizing the execution of a grant agreement with the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board, in the amount of $3,004,800 for the construction of street improvements on Bridgeport Way from 83rd Street SW to 75th Street SW. – Public Works Director
(125) Motion No. 2011-05
Authorizing the execution of an agreement with James O’Connor for Hearings Examiner services from January 17, 2011 through January 17, 2013. – Assistant City Manager for Development Services
(133) Motion No. 2011-06
Authorizing the execution of an agreement with Pierce County, in the amount of $150,000, for the maintenance of Ft. Steilacoom Park from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. – Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director
Briefing by the City Manager
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System tends to emerge from character creation for me. I'm going to start aggregating my thoughts for Empire of the Flaming Moon here, and at some point it should be possible to look over these entries and create a character. Then I'll run a game and we'll see how it goes. Basically, I am moving on from the one-off posts about it in the past and starting to really build the structure and system.
A few setting notes: this is the Asia of myth and legend. Magic is not common among PCs, but magical creatures are known to exist and often come into conflict with humans. This is generally "Medieval" Asia, although I know that's a problematic word to use in this context and I'll go into more detail later. The campaign will begin focused on a fantastical Japan, "The Empire of the Flaming Moon", although PCs may be from "The Dragon Lands" - China - or elsewhere.
Step 1: Roll 3d6 7 times. This is your
STRength - Melee to hit and damage modifier. Ability check to knock down doors, grapple, lift stuff...
CONstitution - HP modifier. Ability check to resist poison and disease, endure discomfort, carry stuff...
DEXterity - AC and ranged to hit modifier. Ability check for fine motor manipulations, catch things...
INTelligence - Number of languages acquired, Katas learned, literacy, checks to research and understand written things...
WISdom - Modifies Katas and some magical effects, checks to notice and intuit things...
CHArisma - Modifies reaction rolls, checks to manipulate or charm, affects Honor and Notoriety...
and starting cash. Switch one score if you like. Modifiers:
9-12: no modifier
Step 2: POWer
Power is your ability to enact your will upon the world, interact with kami and other spirits (Shinto), or tap into the unifying spirit in which all things are one (Buddhism).
Power is one's ability to do magic. Most people start with a negative POW score and do not practice magic.
Add your INT or WIS to your CHA or CON. Is your character learned, or intuitive? Charming, or tough? Which two scores determine your POW is determined at character creation and does not change. (You may use INT+CHA, INT+CON, WIS+CHA, WIS+CON, but not INT+WIS or CHA+CON).
To get your POW score, add the two abilities you have chosen and subtract 28. This is your beginning POW. It can increase if one of the originating abilities increases, through templates, or through level progression, discussed later.
Think about your character. Are you an Ainu tribesman whose family passed down knowledge of how to channel elemental magic through your body? Then INT and CON might be appropriate.
Are you a wandering monk, influencing those around you through mystic chants or instrument-playing, clever words, and mischievous pranks? Perhaps WIS and CHA are appropriate to determine your POW. The uses of POWer are detailed later under Magic.
Step 3: Skills and Starting Template.
Skills are as in LotFP - that is, everyone starts off succeeding at noncombat actions which require a die roll on a roll of 1 on 1d6. New Skills may be proposed to the GM by players, or invented by the GM at any time.
Starting Template is what you're good at - the function classes have in DnD.
Templates - pick 2 at character creation, or the same one more than once. Pick one more each time a level is gained.
Accuracy: +1 to hit.
Savagery: +1 to damage.
Master of Secrets: +1 to POWer. Subtract POWer score from HP, to a minimum of 2.
Two-Souled: You have a second POWer score, determined using the other two ability scores you did not use the first time. Subtract POWer score from HP, to a minimum of 2.
Training: 2 points to distribute among Skills as Player sees fit.
Step 4: Race
Human - Advantages on the Birth charts. 1d6 HP.
Level - XP needed
1 - 1500 XP + 100 XP per point of POW
2 - 3000 XP
3 - 6000 XP
4 - 12,000 XP (5 - 24,000 &etc)
Hengeyokai - can turn into a small animal or back 1/day/level. Feared and hunted by the Emperor and his agents. 1d4 HP.
1 - 2000 XP
2 - 4000 XP
3 - 8000 XP (& etc)
Oni - +2 STR -2 CHA, worst on Birth Charts. Ogres who live in bogs. 1d8 HP.
1 - 2500 XP (& etc)
Other races exist in the land, but generally existing PCs must befriend them before they are available as Player Characters.
To Do list:
-Backgrounds (Family Social Class, Economic Standing, Are you a Samurai?, Are you in a Ninja Clan?, are you Yakuza?, Are you Noble?)
-Magic (Shinto, Buddhist, Elemental, and Sorcerous magic)
-Katas, Honor, Notoriety
-Special Attack Forms and resolution system
-Weapons, equipment generally, starting packages, how they are affected by the above
-Flora, fauna, other setting stuff
1. Anyone who has played an OSR game or D&D doesn't have to learn too much to play or run
2. Evokes a low power world of Samurai, peasants, ninja, monks, yakuza, and weird mythological creatures
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Rudy Giuliani's distant third-place finish in Florida may put an end to his bid for president, and it seems also to mark the beginning of the end of a period in Republican politics that began on Sept. 11, 2001.
Giuliani's national celebrity was based on his steady, comforting appearance in Americans' living rooms amid the terrorist attacks, and his campaign for president never found a message beyond that moment.
The emotional connection he forged that day, it seems, has proved politically worthless. After months of wonder that the former mayor seemed to have no ceiling to his support, he turned out to have no floor, trading fourth-place finishes with Ron Paul, a little-known Texas congressman.
"There's a paradox for Rudy," said former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, who was a member of the 9/11 Commission. "One of the things he did very well on 9/11 was say, 'We've got to get back to normal.' And that's what's happened. We've gotten back to normal."
Giuliani's failure reflects a broader shift in the American landscape, in which Sept. 11 has so diminished as an emotional touchstone that neither The Gallup Organization nor The Pew Research Center has even polled Americans about the attacks for a half year.
"We have 9/11 fatigue in the United States," said Mitchell Moss, a professor at New York University and an adviser to Giuliani's successor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a technocrat who has focused on the future, and away from 9/11 and terrorism-related concerns.
Giuliani isn't the only one who suffered from the declining salience of the terror attacks. The Partnership for a Secure America, a bipartisan group that's still pressing to fulfill the recommendations of the 2004 9/11 Commission Report, announced Tuesday that it had produced a 30-second television advertisement to remind Americans of the threat of nuclear terrorism. A country that was brought to war less than five years ago in part by the specter of a "smoking gun" in the form of "a mushroom cloud" now needs reminding that the threat even exists.
"The American attention span has always been very short," former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, the former chairman of the commission and an adviser to the Partnership, told Politico.
When Gallup last asked about Sept. 11, in the summer of 2007, only 43 percent of Americans considered the war in Iraq "to be part of the war on terrorism which began on Sept. 11, 2001." Four years earlier, in the summer of 2003, 57 percent of Americans believed the war in Iraq was related to the Sept. 11 attacks.
It was that perception shift that made a Sept. 11 campaign far more effective in 2004 than in 2008. The image of George W. Bush standing amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center gave the Bush campaign an anchor to effectively tout their candidate's leadership qualities.
But in the ensuing years — as the war in Iraq plummeted in popularity, concern over imminent attacks ebbed, and Americans became increasingly worried about the economy — the evocative image of Giuliani managing a city under attack became less and less relevant.
The Giuliani campaign failed to shift with the country. Last year, as Sept. 11 was receding from the American zeitgeist, Giuliani's strategists made his performance that day the bedrock of his campaign.
"They never made the pivot from success as a leader after 9/11 in New York to the ability to make success as a leader in federal or national government," said Matt Dowd, the chief strategist for George W. Bush's 2004 campaign. "They over relied on 9/11. There was no reason to talk about that. It was baked into his DNA. What they had to do was to make the transition from why what he did in the aftermath of 9/11 why that would make him a great leader at the time of any situation."
Instead, Giuliani managed to do something that would have been unthinkable a few years earlier: He turned 9/11 into a punch line. The late-night television riffs bubbled into prime time during a Democratic debate in October, when Sen. Joe Biden dismissed the former mayor scornfully.
"There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb and 9/11," Biden said.
Giuliani's campaign tried in vain to awaken the country to the urgency of terrorism with a television ad released Jan. 2, which featured chanting terrorist hordes and the images of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Osama bin Laden. Another ad, released Jan. 18, flashed an image of the ruined Twin Towers.
"When the world wavered and history hesitated, he never did," said the narrator.
His ads, though, drew more snide jokes than votes, and he closed out his campaign in Florida on the relatively anodyne question of insurance policy.
After growing accustomed to tapping into fears of terrorism and faith in Republican strength, Giuliani's failure will force a major shift in Republican campaigns, some GOP strategists said.
"Between the trauma of 9/11 and the civil war we had over the present policy in the Gulf — people have reached a point where they're just exhausted by it. I think that's a terrible, terrible thing," said Rick Wilson, a Florida-based GOP adman who produced perhaps the iconic post-9/11 television ad: Saxby Chambliss' searing attack on the willingness of Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, a Vietnam War hero, to keep America safe — a spot illustrated with the visages of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
"Americans want to watch 'America's Top Model' — and they really, really don't want to be reminded that bad people want to kill them," said Wilson, who worked for Giuliani's 2000 Senate campaign and advised him informally this year. "Talking about 9/11 now is like 'Remember the Maine.'" | <urn:uuid:fc96b782-9c8b-4355-a72b-aed5e28b5c0e> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=C8C36A31-3048-5C12-0004C225CEB6FB62 | 2014-12-21T17:22:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802771909.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075251-00053-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979528 | 1,213 |
Painting in pearls - The Apprentice Episode 1
I love my job. Since I am in charge of the Names and Faces/Weekend section of the paper (the fun stuff, the fluff) I tasked myself with following Fayetteville resident Kelly Smith Beaty’s journey on the new season of “The Apprentice.” It was my duty to lie down on the couch last night and watch television for two hours.
Prior to last night, I had never seen an episode of “The Apprentice” before. I know who Donald Trump is, I’ve heard his daughter, Ivanka, on the radio and well, everybody knows who Omarosa (former contestant) is, even though it’s not clear why she is still floating out there in the reality television ether. It’s still too early to tell for certain, but I don’t think Kelly will become an Omarosa (i.e. - a person known for being so over the top on a reality show that all other shows start to either try to book her or find someone just like her) and that’s a good thing. In fact, when we spoke last week, I asked if she thought she’d end up on “The Soup” on E! (the show where all of the worst people on tv end up) and she said she didn’t think so.
Kelly’s approach, at least in the first episode, was a good one. Just work. While project manager Nicole, former assistant D.A. Mahsa and former real estate designer (or something like that) Tyana had conflict after conflict, Kelly just worked. She scraped away at the lettering on a window of the office space they were renovating and helped paint the columns and walls. She looked good doing it, too, not wearing coveralls or ratty clothes, but some designer duds and adorned with some simple pearls around her neck.
If you didn’t watch last night’s episode or you’ve never seen “The Apprentice,” here’s what happened. Sixteen people, all former professionals, who have found themselves out of work are contestants on this show. They are battling for a job with Donald Trump. There are eight men and eight women and, at least for right now, the men and the women are playing against each other. The men called their team Octane. One guy wanted to call the team Icarus, for something rising out of the ashes. He was shot down because Icarus flew too close to the sun with fake wings and died. Phoenixes, they reminded him, rise out the ashes.
What a birdbrain.
The women called their team Fortitude because it meant having strength and guts. If I had to name them based on their behavior towards the end of the show, once they had to defend themselves to Trump, I’d have called them the Shrillitary.
The project was to take an office space and make it into a ultra-modern office. The men were led by a former military man named Gene who looked lost on day one, getting caught up in decorating and not functionality, and then barked orders on day two. The most ridiculous part of the program featured the guys fighting about what kind of trees, flowers and plants were going in their space. It went on forever. The women appeared to have no clear direction of what their space would look like. They drew up a basic plan and then Nicole and others went shopping, making decisions on the fly. I believe they figured it would all come together at the end but it didn’t. It looked very hodge-podge.
Even before that was decided by the Trumps though, some members of Fortitude could sense it was coming and started throwing each other under the bus. Eventually, Nicole, Tyana and Mahsa started yelling and bickering at each other about who was responsible and for what. Nicole, who had volunteered to be project manager, was fired. It seemed to be expected by everybody that if your project lost, the manager was the one who would be responsible and would be let go. This is why everybody but Gene and Nicole seemed to distance themselves from accepting the position in the first place. Strategy reminder: If you ever go on "The Apprentice" do not volunteer to be project manager in the first episode.
So, Kelly is safe. She makes it to Episode 2 where the teams will sell ice cream in New York City. I imagine they shot dozens and dozens of hours of tape and edited it to tell the story, but it seemed Kelly’s strategy in the first episode was to work, stay out of the way and not get involved in conflicts.
Business tip I learned from watching “The Apprentice” - (I’m going to try and find one thing to learn from this show each week) - People respond to different management styles and a good manager should discern what works for their different employees and, when practical, use that style. The manager should not compromise their standards but short, one on one conversations with people who seem to need that attention could help things go smoother and get things done properly and on time. Nicole was accused by Mahsa of not having a clear vision and trying to rule by consensus. Mahsa was volatile and kind of hostile to Nicole on several occasions early on. Nicole should have responded with clear directions for Mahsa - (You paint, you handle the windows, you put together this part of the office - and praised her when it was done). It might not have mattered in the end, Mahsa is a feisty former attorney who called many things an "injustice." America, we've found this season's Omarosa.
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23 more killed as Israel-Gaza fighting rages on
19 November, 2012
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli strikes on Sunday killed 23 Palestinians, including 14 women and children, in the bloodiest day of its Gaza bombing campaign, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said.
Nine children, five of them babies and toddlers, and five women were among the victims in violence that raised the overall number of Gazans killed to 69 in around 100 hours of relentless Israeli air strikes. Israel gave off signs of a possible ground invasion of the Hamas-run enclave as the next stage in its air and sea offensive billed as a bid to stop Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state, while also spelling out its conditions for a truce.
US President Barack Obama said while Israel had a right to defend itself against rocket salvoes, it would be "preferable" to avoid a military thrust into the Gaza Strip. Such an assault would risk high casualties and an international outcry.
By far the bloodiest strike was in northern Gaza City where a missile levelled a three-storey building, killing nine members of the Al Dallu family, five of them children, and two other people, medics said. Medics said four women and four children were among the dead.
The body of another woman from the same family was also pulled from the rubble but her identity was not immediately clear. The other two victims lived next door.
The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the strike, saying only the air force had hit "a few targets in northern Gaza City". Shortly afterwards, six more Palestinians were killed in four separate strikes.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier he had assured world leaders Israel was doing its utmost to avoid causing civilian casualties in the military showdown with Hamas.
For their part, Gaza militants launched dozens of rockets into Israel and targeted its commercial capital, Tel Aviv, for a fourth day. The Jewish state's "Iron Dome" missile shield shot down two of the rockets fired toward Tel Aviv, Israel's biggest city, but falling debris from the interception hit a car, which caught fire.
Netanyahu said Israel was ready to widen its offensive. "We are exacting a heavy price from Hamas and the terrorist organisations and the Israel Defence Forces are prepared for a significant expansion of the operation," he said at a cabinet meeting, giving no further details.
Gaza health official Mufid al Miklalati said 65 Palestinians – around half of them women and children – had been killed in small, densely populated Gaza began, with hundreds wounded. More than 500 rockets fired from Gaza have hit Israel since Wednesday, killing three civilians and wounding dozens.
In other air raids on Sunday, two Gaza City media buildings were hit, witnesses said. Eight journalists were wounded and facilities belonging to Hamas's Al Aqsa TV as well as Britain's Sky News were damaged. An employee of the Beirut-based al Quds television station lost his leg in the attack, local medics said.
The Israeli military said the strike targeted a rooftop "transmission antenna used by Hamas to carry out terror activity", and that journalists in the building had effectively been used as human shields by Gaza's rulers.
With Egypt at the centre of efforts to broker a ceasefire, Palestinian officials said it was possible a deal would be reached "today or tomorrow". Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said in Cairo, as his security deputies sought to broker a truce with Hamas leaders, "there are some indications that there is a possibility of a ceasefire soon, but we do not yet have firm guarantees".
Egypt has mediated previous ceasefire deals between Israel and Hamas, the latest of which unravelled with recent violence.
A Palestinian official told Reuters the truce discussions would continue in Cairo, saying "there is hope", but that it was too early to say whether the efforts would succeed.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be in Egypt on Monday (today) for talks with Morsi, the foreign ministry in Cairo said. UN diplomats earlier said Ban was expected in Israel and Egypt this week to push for an end to the fighting.
Listing Israel's terms for ceasing fire, Moshe Yaalon, a deputy to Netanyahu, wrote on Twitter, "If there is quiet in the south and no rockets and missiles are fired at Israel's citizens, nor terrorist attacks engineered from the Gaza Strip, we will not attack." | <urn:uuid:4b8d88c4-ba9f-4b83-8623-3510a8b51b7b> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | http://paktribune.com/news/23-more-killed-as-Israel-Gaza-fighting-rages-on-255048.html | 2019-06-24T09:39:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999298.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20190624084256-20190624110256-00185.warc.gz | en | 0.979773 | 900 |
There are plenty of celebs who know what suits them and they stick to it, playing it safe with tumbling curls or poker straight lengths. But at the other end of the hair spectrum, there is a host of A-listers who are not afraid to experiment when it comes to their 'do. Whether incorporating a standout hair accessory or playing with braids or colour, these seven celebrities never fail to excites us when they step out on the red carpet.
Keep scrolling for 24 hairstyle ideas we guarantee you'll want to try for weekends, weddings and more.
Boxer braids are big news, but Olivia shows how to soften the look for a prettier effect. Start the braids at the nape of your neck and try fishtail braids instead of the traditional French.
Here Olivia has opted for a super sleek rope braid, matching her black vinyl hair ties to her headband. Get that high-shine gloss finish with Redken Diamond Oil Aerosol Spray (£13).
Rooney Mara is well known for her experimental hairstyles, which may look intricate but are often easy to re-create. This look, for instance, is a high ponytail that has been twisted and pinned in place. Simple.
More twisted ponytails, this time the hair has been sectioned horizontally. The great thing about re-creating a hairstyle like this is that it doesn't need to be too perfect, twist, pin and play. Just make sure you have plenty of pins; we like this Hair Tools Pins & Grips Session Kit (£13).
Here Rooney's hairstylist split her hair into two sections creating a braid at the top and weaving it into the hair at the bottom to end with one plait.
One of Rita's simpler hairstyles, she has pulled it sleek and off her face, pinning behind her head and leaving the ends to tumble loose. Use a large barrel tong like Babyliss's Glamour Waves Curling Tong (£15) to re-create those waves.
Here Rita has added a ponytail extension onto her hair. If you're adept at colouring your hair at home then you could dye one yourself; otherwise, ask your hairdresser to colour it for you. We love Hersheson's The Invisible Ponytail (£60).
You need to be pretty good at braiding to re-create this look. The braids stop at the top of the head where the mid-lengths are twisted into a bun and the ends are left loose. To simplify this look you could start with just one French braid at your forehead, rather than the ones at the sides as well; you'd still achieve a similar final look.
Brie is definitely one to watch for hairstyle inspiration. This is a really pretty and wearable way to incorporate a Dutch braid into your repertoire. If you're braiding freshly washed hair, dust with some Redken Powder Grip 03 (£16).
Here Brie's hairstylist has incorporated this jewelled Jennifer Behr hair accessory into the hairstyle, rather than just fixing it onto the hair at the end. Definite wedding hair inspiration.
Another perfectly executed hair accessory, this time Brie has gone all out with an oversize jewelled headband. The key when wearing a standout accessory is to keep your hairstyle simple.
The secret to this ponytail is to leave some hair loose at the nape of your neck, rather than pulling it all into a low ponytail, it gives the effect of fuller, longer, hair. We're totally trying this hairstyle at the weekend.
Once you've braided your hair, simply twist and pin to re-create this knotted bun. Leave the ends loose like Brie so it doesn't look too "done."
Okay, this braid along the parting could be too fiddly to re-create at home, but the idea of braiding a small section of hair to add interest to loose tresses is genius.
Work a Dutch braid from the front of head around to the back, twist into a bun and leave the ends loose. This look could be a bit edgy, but the pretty makeup and statement earrings make it more glam than grunge.
Cara manages to make this oversize dolly bun look cool, thanks to the faux lip ring and '90s-style velvet choker.
Diane Kruger proves the hun is still going strong—a versatile hairstyle, it works just as well for a night as it does for Sunday brunch.
Another potential wedding hairstyle contender (you could use any colour of ribbon) this woven, wavy, oversize ponytail will give wedding guests something impressive to look at when you're stood at the altar.
Never underestimate a simple twisted chignon. Diane's looks extra pretty thanks to that dry, airy finish. Re-create the texture with Bumble and bumble Thickening Dryspun Finish (£22).
Sienna proves that even shorter hair can experiment. These sweet rope braids are the perfect idea for festival season.
Sienna also manages to secure her short hair into a sleek bun. You'll need plenty of strong hold hairspray for this look, we recommend R+Co Viscious Strong Hold Flexible Hairspray (£24).
Boxer-style braids are not out of the question if you have mid-length hair—you'll just need to braid day-old hair (and have plenty of patience). Pin the ends at the nape of your neck.
From the front Sienna's hair looks pretty and piece-y…
At the back she is working a pretty bun to one side, proving a party updo doesn't have to perfect.
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The guardian - back to home bias or outright corruption “a lot of people do not have any idea how the judicial system works or doesn’t work until you. Given that corruption in the judicial system is a problem in most countries, there is a need for systems to uncover irregularities, and discipline and dismiss corrupt officers. Since health impact news started reporting on medical kidnappings he was the first attorney to challenge the system of judicial corruption in california and. How corrupt is america's judicial system nowthis recent surveys and events indicate that judicial corruption could be a significant problem in. Corruption in judicial systems is threatening the protection of human rights, a united nations independent expert said, urging governments to implement policies to strengthen the rule of law to combat this practice. A study of corruption in the bulgarian legal system essential to understanding the fundamental details of bulgaria’s corrupt judicial system what is corruption. Courts, corruption and judicial independence when we talk about judicial system corruption (judicial corruption for short) the paradigmatic image is that. What i saw and interpreted was arrogant corruption at an historical level mr rowe had been grossly mistreated by our federal justice system and now mr washington was.
The citizens of myanmar have struggled in poverty, despite the country’s resource wealth, due to years of systemic managerial abuse while a great deal of people languished, certain groups of people enjoyed prestige and privilege while maintaining their unjust monopoly in the country. Gcr: judicial systems corruption is undermining justice in many parts of the world, denying victims and the accused the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. Explains the causes of judicial corruption and proposes legislation understanding how and why our judges become corrupt if we want a fair justice system. Global ranking on corruption and justice aims to promote good governance government powers are effectively limited by legislative and judicial bodies. Strategies to eliminate corruption of ethics and professional responsibility and standards of conduct for legal and judicial actors in the justice system. A well-functioning justice system is central to effectively addressing corruption, which, in turn, is important for the development of a country but judicial institutions are themselves corruptible and, thus, all steps must be taken to combat.
Transparency international reports that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial, sometimes even to a trial at all. The basel institute on governance and the international bar association (iba) have published a study on typologies of corruption in the judiciary the study was conducted in the context of the iba's judicial integrity initiative.
Corruption in the justice or legal system the justice system is corrupt, as it often gives people unfair or delayed trials and makes decisions which are not in the. Judicial corruption: urgent need to implement the assembly’s proposals in a judicial system context, corruption is conduct that undermines the effectiveness.
Rio de janeiro — brazilians are so used to impunity, especially when it comes to the legendary corruption in their political system, that they often employ a fatalistic maxim to describe it: the police arrest the courts set free but for weeks now, brazilians have been riveted by the televised. Courting corruption: the auctioning of the judicial system don't believe the citizens united pollyannas watching money flooding into elections for judges' seat shows how dangerous unregulated campaigns can be. How to fight judicial and government corruption thanks to jack for sending me this due to the dishonesty and corruption in the judicial system.
System, the judge is the focal point for reducing corruption within the justice system whether the judge is engaged in criminal, civil, commercial or administrative decision-making is essentially immaterial to the causes and forms of corruption corruption in the justice system covers all aspects of judicial oversight. In the area of judicial corruption and anti-corruption corruption and anti-corruption in the ‘corruption and anti-corruption in the justice system. ‘corruption is rampant in the lower courts’ yet another case of judicial corruption was exposed last month would a few suspensions control corruption in. The corruption risks in the interactions among actors in judicial systems and the risks arising at different stages of the judicial process the jii gathered empirical evidence to identify where specifically in the judicial system the biggest risks arise, what those risks were, and the role of different actors in corrupt conduct. Corruption within the judicial system is one of the most important reasons for the persistence of high levels of corruption in india because a corrupt judicial system shields impunity a corruption-free judicial system is an essential (although by no means sufficient) prerequisite for combating corruption. The global corruption report 2007 looks at how, why and where corruption mars judicial processes, and to reflect on remedies for corruption-tainted systems the book focuses on judges and courts but situates them within the broader justice system - police, prosecutors, lawyers and agencies responsible for enforcing judicial decisions. Voices serious corruption has happened in our justice system - and the penalties could stand to be harsher. | <urn:uuid:340acaf0-41e0-47e3-b08e-08e73b125b68> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | http://ymtermpapercrje.caribbeansoul.us/corruption-in-judicial-systems.html | 2018-06-21T08:39:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864110.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621075105-20180621095105-00257.warc.gz | en | 0.940155 | 1,015 |
Imma be real with you here, I don't have much motivation to write this post right now. I'm also never going to make a pun based on that awful Black Eyed Peas song. But I digress. It's been a hectic week for reasons totally irrelevant to this blog, and I'm heading to Boston tomorrow morning for my first real fantasy road game against The Girl. She caught me on an off week with Drew Brees and Matt Forte on a bye, but I'm not one to sit around and let a loss show up on my ledger.
But anyway, let's see what I can scrounge up as I watch Chris Johnson trudge through the mud that I assume must be surrounding his feet.
WHAT? New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks
WHY? Unstoppable force, immovable object, you get it. The Patriots set the field ablaze against the Broncos, running 89 plays (including 54 rushing attempts, more than the Chiefs ran last week in their absurdly run-heavy game plan last week) and gaining 444 yards. Interestingly enough, their yards-per-play was exactly the same as the 'Hawks had last week, but Seattle ran 27 fewer plays for 130 fewer yards and scored 14 fewer points. However, the Seattle D is 1st in total defense, 5th against the pass, 3rd against the run, and 2nd in scoring defense. These teams are also almost identical in terms of average time of possession (albeit accomplished through entirely different schemes), ranking 7th and 8th in the league.
WHO? It's always Tom Brady with the Patriots, isn't it? Wrong. I'll be taking a look at the Pats' breakout running backs Stevan Ridley and Brandon Bolden, who have combined for 448 yards and 4 touchdowns on 80 carries the last two weeks. Now, those games were against two teams in the bottom ten in the league against the run (although obviously those stats are skewed by their performances in these games), so perhaps we should take that with a grain of salt. It will be interesting to see how the third-ranked rush offense (which has made its hay against weaker rush defenses) fares against the third-ranked rush defense (which has made its hay against weaker rush offenses).
HOW? Drive to Cambridge, MA, throw on a Shady McCoy jersey, and watch a wee little Giants fan squirm as she's forced to watch Tom Brady dissect the defense of Matt Vogel's boys. Oh wait, that's what I'll be doing.
WHAT? New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers
WHY? This rematch of last year's NFC Championship game has a very similar feel to it, in that the 49ers' offense is coming off an impressive showing (600+ yards last week) and the Giants upset a heavily favored team in impressive fashion (they topped the Browns 41-27 last week). Oh, the Browns weren't favored? Oops. Well the G-Men are coming off an impressive offensive performance themselves, but it will be more interesting to see how their defense handles the apparent juggernaut that is the 49ers' O. In that NFC Championship game Alex Smith was just 12-for-26 for 196 yards; last week, he was 18-for-24 for 303 yards.
WHO? After rushing for 200 yards and a TD on 30 carries last week, I'm intrigued to see how Ahmad Bradshaw performs this week when he's facing a top-10 rush defense instead of a bottom-10 one, in a contest in which he's not likely to receive nearly that kind of workload. He had just 35 carries for 133 yards and a touchdown in his first three games combined, and has carried the ball at least 20 times just six times in his career before last week. This 49ers defense held Adrian Peterson and the formidable Bills duo to just over 3 yards per carry this season, so I'm not seeing Bradshaw providing anywhere close to a repeat performance.
HOW? Start a pickup football game. Get beat to the tune of a 24-point deficit late in the third quarter. Make it all the way back to take the lead. Then read the rulebook on ineligible receivers downfield.
WHAT? St. Louis Rams at Miami Dolphins
WHY? You thought I'd pick a game with high-exposure (or at least good) teams? Ha! This game is a fantasy defense goldmine! Both good sleepers this week, the Rams are 7th and the Dolphins 9th in fantasy scoring, mostly due to their ranks of 7 and 8 in sacks. But more importantly, these teams aren't likely to run up the score offensively. These teams have scored at least 21 points just three times out of their 10 total games, and the Rams are going to be without what qualifies for a #1 wide receiver in St. Louis, Danny Amendola (no slight on him, but he's not exactly Calvin Johnson or even Dwayne Bowe).
WHO? To me, this game might be decided by whether or not the Dolphins' rookie QB Ryan Tannehill can get the ball to underrated receivers Brian Hartline and Davone Bess against this Rams pass defense. St. Louis has allowed just two passing touchdowns all season while nabbing 8 interceptions, recording 15 sacks, and allowing the third-lowest opponents' passer rating in the league. Tannehill has thrown just two touchdowns himself this season, but has thrown just 3 interceptions in his past four games after throwing 3 in Week 1, including a 430-yard game on just 41 attempts against a now-famous Cardinals defense.
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The Ramsar Convention's Swiss Grant for Africa
Swiss Grant for Africa - Report for 2002
The Swiss Grant for Africa is a generous voluntary contribution offered annually to the Ramsar Convention Bureau by the Federal Government of Switzerland, over and above the annual contribution provided to the Conventions core budget, in order to support wetland conservation and wise use and the implementation of the Convention in Africa. This annual contribution dates back to 1989 following the establishment of the Convention secretariat in Switzerland in 1988.
The Swiss Grant is extremely useful in financing suitable emergency action or specific activities in needy areas of wetland conservation and wise use. This contribution is also particularly helpful in promoting the Convention in the region.
We are pleased to report a summary on the approved projects in 2002.
Summary of the approved projects for 2002
1. Accession process to the Ramsar Convention:
A number of African countries are taking steps for accession and it is planned to provide some input to accelerate the process so as to achieve the accession of six of them by COP8. To that end, technical backing along with a small financial support will be provided by the Ramsar Bureau through the Swiss Grant Fund. The financial support will be mainly aimed at organising a national workshop in the following countries:
This initiative will require three trips by the Regional Coordinator for Africa to assist these countries in the following manner:
Our future work with Seychelles brings about special prospects for collaborative actions with the Small Island Developing States. Ramsar has high interest on small islands and the importance of their wetland ecosystems is recognized by the Convention in its work in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
As these islands become signatories to the Ramsar Convention, they are better placed to tell the global community of their special concerns and problems. It is important for the long-term future of the Small Island Developing States that wetland issues, such as protection of coral reefs, seagrass beds and storm-buffering mangroves, are brought to world attention and adequately considered in global environmental planning and support programs.
The workshop in Angola, Mozambique and Seychelles will be jointly organized with the WWF offices in Mozambique and Madagascar.
2. Guinea: Supporting co-ordinating mechanism for the promotion of integrated river basin management
Guinea is the West Africa "Water Tower" with the source of Niger River, the source of the Senegal River and the source of the Gambia River. The Bureau of the Ramsar Convention has established a joint work with WWF International Living Water Prtogramme to assist Ramsar Contracting Parties in the implementation of the Ramsar Convention, especially through Ramsar sites designation and Management activities.
The work between the government agencies responsible for water and for environment has led to improved partnership between national institutions. A Ramsar National Committee has been established and a local committee is being established in relevant districts concerning the source of the Niger River and its headwaters.
This financial allocation is intended to consolidate the consultation process and promote the endorsement by local stakeholders of a strategy that integrates wetland conservation and wise use into the overall management of the Niger River at basin scale.
This project is jointly sponsored by the Swiss Grant and WWF International Living Waters Programme.
Approved budget by the Swiss Grant: SFR20, 000
3. External input to the above activities
It is suggested to set aside SFR10,000 to allow for input from the Ramsar Bureau and from Ramsar 's representatives of International Organisation Partners (BirdLife International, IUCN, `Wetlands International and WWF International) as appropriate in the pre-accession workshops. This amount will only cover travel expenses. The required staff time for technical input will stand for an in-kind contribution from the Bureau and Ramsar's partners.
4. Strengthening collaborative work with the Centre for African Wetlands (CAW) based in Accra, Ghana
This initiative is intended to support and encourage the work of the newly established regional Centre for African Wetlands (CAW) hosted by the University of Ghana. A specific action will be taken on promoting the use of alternative sources of energy that help save wetlands and other ecosystems: solar energy is used in the new building of the Centre.
The Centre seeks to maintain wetland biodiversity, enhance the general ecological integrity of wetlands, and through this improve the quality of life for people living within and around wetlands. In order to achieve this, the Centre has been established in Ghana and mandated, as a facilitator, to focus on research, capacity building, networking, information dissemination, policy development, and advocacy, for promoting sustainable wetland management in West Africa. This would be done through the pursuit of scientific research that would benefit the whole West African sub-region through links between the Centre, other institutions in West Africa involved in wetland research.
Stage 1 of the Centre's operation had several outputs, one of which was the construction of a seven office, conference room, library and laboratory complex. This has now been completed and the building is in use. In the spirit of conservation the Center has a solar panel, which supplies the emergency power instead of a generator.
The Center would like to construct a rainwater collection and redistribution system. This would be coupled with a small solar pump and a drip-irrigation system would serve two main purposes;
1) as a practical demonstration to the visitors to the Centre and the Ghanaian population as a whole of the potential of green technologies to conserve the environment as well as saving energy and resources
2) assisting the Centre maintain its grounds and image
Approved budget by the Swiss Grant SFR15,000
5. Strengthening communication with Contracting Parties
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FACTORIES and building sites have revealed new measures to protect workers as Britain's coronavirus lockdown eases.
One-way walking, a ban on communal loos and plastic protective shields are among the steps firms are taking to safeguard staff.
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Last night, Boris Johnson urged factory and construction workers to go back to work as the PM addressed the nation with his three-step roadmap to recovery.
But with fears social distancing measures will be hard to enforce in many workplaces, companies have installed signs reminding workers to stay two metres apart.
Extra washing facilities, hand sanitiser and the closure of canteens are also being rolled out.
Nidec Control Techniques, an electronics firm in Newtown, Mid Wales which employs 250 people, has installed 53 wash stations.
Anyone visiting the units must place a cone outside the door to make sure only one person at a time goes in, with the door opened by foot from inside with a pedal.
The company has installed moveable plastic shields to protect workers, and a new one-way system so staff stay two-metres apart on the factory floor.
Operations director Huw Mills told the BBC: "There is no people passing each other which would breach the two-meter rule.
"You will not bump into anybody."
Speaking about the moveable screens, Mr Mills added: "This is something that our engineers have innovated, something that we're using.
"In a manufacturing space you do need to get up and close and personal with people.
"Our engineering team knocked up a mobile screen on wheels."
It comes as Covid-19 deaths in the UK rose to 32,065 after 210 more deaths were recorded today, the lowest daily rise in six weeks.
During Britain's virus lockdown, Nidec Control Techniques had shut down production for three weeks, but has now reopened.
One worker said: "Sometimes you do have to think about it, because you see someone, and you... get into a conversation, and then you think, oh wait, step back.
"We're doing the best we can. Usually there's four people on a line, but it's just two of us so we're just trying to keep the pace and carry on.
Another said: "You're here, you're here for eight hours and you're working, so it takes your mind off it.
"It's only when you get home you see the news again.
"Sitting at home for weeks on end is boring, you get lethargic, here you're active again, and it's nice to meet your friends again."
Sitting at home for weeks on end is boring, you get lethargic, here you're active again, and it's nice to meet your friends againFactory worker
Nidec Control Techniquesn president Anthony Pickering said: "Our facilities are as safe as we could possibly get it. If we find other ways we will obviously look at them.
"But this is the unknown, there's no textbook telling you what to do.
"We've had to figure this out as we go along."
Speaking last night,the PM insisted the government wants to ensure everyone is "safe at work" with new guidance for employers to make workplaces COVID-secure.
He said: "We now need to stress that anyone who can’t work from home, for instance those in construction or manufacturing, should be actively encouraged to go to work."
Last week, a survey revealed three-quarters of building sites across England and Wales have reopened, according to Build UK.
The trade body said 73 per cent of sites were back up and running.
One firm, Weston Homes, which has reopened sites across London, has said construction staff, delivery drivers and site visitors will be required to thoroughly wash their hands with soap and water and on all sites.
The building firm has also created bespoke wash stations for site staff, with sinks containing an independent water supply and hand sanitiser.
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Male security guards are at the highest risk - and are more than four times as likely to die from coronavirus than the average man, while the threat to male bus and coach drivers is more than double.
Cab drivers, shop workers, chefs and security guards are among those most likely to die from Covid-19, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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- Designer Takeshi Iue
Achieving simplicity is the goal for Japanese-born, Adelaide-based furniture designer Takeshi Iue. Simplicity in concept, form, materiality and ultimately construction, but perhaps not process, as Iue’s design development is often a lengthy series of exacting and painstaking iterations – a necessary progression to reach a final piece that meets his high standards. Like his design process, Iue is rigorous with his development as a practitioner. He holds three design qualifications: a Bachelor of Visual Communication from the University of South Australia, a Diploma of Art (Furniture Design) from the Douglas Mawson Institute of TAFE and a two-year Furniture Studio Design Associateship from Adelaide’s JamFactory.
Many of Iue’s pieces are beguilingly simple and do not immediately reveal the complexity of their design. The hexagonal top of Trunk stool descends to a dodecagon (12-sided) base formed by precise chamfers that run vertically down the length from each point of the hexagon. The grain of the American walnut panels cause the gentle chamfer to appear a natural part of a solid trunk, but it is, in fact, a clad carcase. Designing for the exhibition Six, held at Aptos Cruz Gallery in mid-2010, Iue was not happy with the piece until he believed he had created, “something simple and timeless… something people can use for a long time”.
Fruit Bowl, which he produces for retail sale, also began with an unassuming origin: a detail, an intersection of two planes – a straightforward and honest connection. But it took two years of sketches, models and prototypes before Iue found the perfect vehicle for his detail, discarding unsatisfactory concepts along the way. Fruit Bowl comprises six identical plywood panels that are purchased in a flat pack and self-assembled by the consumer.
Iue describes his stackable Autumn design as a seat “reduced back to the simplest form”. Exhibited at the London Design Festival in 2011, the seat is inspired by the random fall of autumn leaves, which are then collected by children and stacked and cradled in their hands. The form of the seat is haphazard as a single item, but ordered and neat when stacked with others. Orange-toned New Zealand rimu timber further evokes the season.
Iue often celebrates ubiquitous ideas and qualities, sometimes with an element of humour in his quest for the essence of simplicity. His House chopstick rest was designed “to have small meanings… a house. House is where the chopsticks always go back to rest when not in use.” The miniature rock maple House is a delightful demonstration of cultural propriety. Similarly, the sliding table and seat combination Home (main image) was generated by the idea of an intimate space for Iue and his wife to sit and share precious time together at home between their equally busy work schedules. Home is, of course, where the heart is.
An early piece, Black Gallery bench, was his response to the universal furniture design challenge of public seating in gallery spaces. Iue’s interpretation was a folded, slightly squashed geometry of gloss black panels that in turn reflect and absorb light. The bench evokes a sculpture in its own right once occupied, as the seated repose of the user is both ergonomically and intellectually one of contemplation.
Iue’s Habit chair is an elegant, folded rock maple dining chair that carefully considers its role when not in use. When positioned at the table the seat backs form a series of angles, planes of light and shadow. Diners approach, pull back each chair and take their seats behind what could be considered a screen.
Adelaide has provided a strong design network within which Iue has developed his expertise. A course in packaging design during his visual communication degree program initiated Iue’s interest in the 3D form. He was welcomed into the private workshop of one of his TAFE lecturers, so he could fine-tune his pieces after hours and a guest lecture by JamFactory furniture studio head Tom Mirams introduced Iue to the idea of applying for a furniture associateship.
Not satisfied with his formal design qualifications, Iue has recently taken a position in the studio of renowned master furniture designer, Khai Liew. Iue appraises himself modestly and unselfconsciously. “I can see myself. I am not there yet,” he says. Working with Liew exposes Iue to a faster pace and a range of national and international commissions. Unexpected challenges also present themselves, such as Liew’s brief to create an installation for the recent Adelaide Festival, which was presented with one day’s notice. Iue’s giant calico-wrapped furniture ‘stack’ cleverly suggested what was concealed by careful placement of ties that stretched the calico at selected points over the furniture pieces beneath. In so many ways this experimental piece reveals Iue’s design philosophy. “The shape comes first, that’s why it’s always simple. I’m always trying to find what says ‘enough’.” | <urn:uuid:b006633e-aac5-4af8-b0c8-93b37729ae10> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://www.australiandesignreview.com/objects/takeshi-iue-mastering-minimalism/ | 2020-08-07T09:52:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439737172.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20200807083754-20200807113754-00152.warc.gz | en | 0.968474 | 1,102 |
How was the weekend??
I had a great weekend, even though I worked both Saturday and Sunday. I got out by 4:00 on Saturday in time to throw a super fun dinner party for 7 of my friends in my backyard, getting most everything except for the spices at the farmer’s market, and though a 7 am call time was pretty rough on Sunday morning, I was done by 1:00.
I was working on this Japanese commercial that will only be showed in Japan. No it wasn’t an Envision Beauty commercial! Though hopefully there will some one day. It was a pretty big production, and the rooftop of a gorgeous building all the way on the East side was rented out, to build a platform to shoot and have an awesome view of the city. I’ve personally never been involved with a commercial shoot that had so many people working on it, a grips, electric and prop crew, as well as a huge staff of Japanese camera men, producers, and directors and assistant directors, etc.- as usually in a still photoshoot they aren’t building anything. It was more like a movie set! And this Japanese ad agency wouldn’t settle for a green screen shot to be put in or find an existing platform to shoot on…they wanted this one!!!
There was sort of a snaggle on Saturday morning, as the fire department showed up and wanted part of the platform rebuilt a certain way. My call time was 7:30 am that day, and gloriously so, there turned out to be a small park with flowers and benches right across the street from the building and the trailer I was supposed to be hanging out in. So I totally didn’t mind hanging out until 2:30, which was when I started working! (Though everything was set up by then and I only had to work for an hour and a half, if you don’t count just hanging out ☺ ). I read a whole book, part of another one, got to finish commenting on all the blog comments that were written to me through Thursday, and even sent some emails! It was sunny and I had a fabulous and productive day.
What was hilarious was that none of the Japanese really spoke English, though the AD (Assistant Director) acted like a translator. They had seen me doing yoga before and on the side, and when I would get in the elevator with them or walked past them, they would say things like “Ahh, Yoga Master!” and “Macrobiotic”, just sort of throw them in my direction. If only they knew that a real yoga master has nothing to do with doing hard physical poses, but rather having complete control over the mind and much more, and I don’t eat macrobiotic! It was quite funny.
I loved how respectful they all were though, and I absolutely loved how each one of them had style- interesting hats, accessories, glasses, etc. The stylist for the shoot was very sweet and I talked to her a bunch, since she did speak English really well. I told her how much I enjoyed traveling through Japan a few years ago and how interesting I found the culture, and we talked about how much fashion and style were part of the Japanese culture.
So, what to eat! I was gone all day, and they had Kraft services out all day with snacks, as well as a breakfast and lunch setup. I brought my Green drink with me in a container, so had that for breakfast, and later on had some fruit. Now, what to do for lunch?! Well there was certainly nothing there that seemed very appetizing to me. The salad didn’t look great, and the vegetables looked like they had been sautéed in who knows what kind of oil. I didn’t want to eat the white bread rolls, and the nuts that were out were roasted.
Did I have to starve? No! There are always options. It’s New York, so there is a deli on every corner. If you don’t live in New York, I’m sure there are a lot of grocery stores and markets (hopefully!) around should you run into such a situation.
So I walked into the nearby deli, and bought a plain salad container filled with chopped romaine lettuce, a lemon and an avocado. I cut open the avocado and mashed it all in the salad, and covered it all with lemon. It wasn’t obviously the most seasoned salad, but as I was hungry it totally did the trick, and I felt great afterwards! I didn’t have to spend the rest of the day feeling heavy and full from eating a lunch that I didn’t want to eat, or wasn’t the best choice. So remember, if you get in a situation like that, to look around and do your best. There are always usually lemons to avoid processed and fatty salad dressings, and you can make other changes as well. Buying raw nuts would have been another option also.
I know a lot of you eat out a lot, or are stuck eating at work events, etc. so I hope this gives a little inspiration that you are not doomed to have to eat the way your co-workers or people around you are eating that you don’t want to! And I so don’t make a big deal out of it- if people ask I just say, “Oh, I just feel better eating this.” Nothing preachy, and nothing about them!
My body is always craving foods that increase metabolism; all you need to do is ask what it wants and it will usually tell you right.
Okay well have a great start to your week and hope to see you back here soon.
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I’ve been arrested more times and spent far longer in forensic psychiatric units than most critics, so I approached True Crime Netflix documentaries Evil Genius and The Staircase with a pragmatic insight into true psychopathy and genuine mental illness. There are many other True Crime docs on Netflix, but there was something that appeared to click together for me after watching these two, specifically on the ultimate agenda of “celebrity” murderers, which they seemed in many ways to confirm.
One of the most instructive books about the fantasy lives of evil geniuses (to which the term equally applies to Marjorie Diehl and Michael Peterson, the two “stars” of the documentaries in question) is Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho. The narrator, Patrick Bateman, is beautiful, young and rich, but living a secret life as a serial killer.
“I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability to feel compassion had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning.”
Since the 1980s, when Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter books began with Red Dragon, an insidious and instinctive respect has developed for the genius of certain notorious criminals like Ian Brady and Charles Manson. Interestingly, The Church of Satan openly supported rapist and serial killer Richard Ramirez at his Los Angeles trial.
During the entirety of the 2012 London Olympics, I was detained under a Section 3 of the Mental Health Act in a Secure Unit in Woolwich. Unlike an acute ward, which is usually filled with disturbed members of the general public, Secure Units are where they send the most mentally disturbed violent criminals, the insane murderers and wheelchair bound pedophiles who are usually warehoused there until they die. A horrible chain of events had brought me to this place: severe depression, self-harm, alcoholism, hallucinations, and the horrible feeling that I had been the cause of the Dark Knight Rises massacre committed by James Holmes in Colorado. An equally strange chain of events led to my discharge to the community a month after I’d arrived. At the very least, if you’re ever going to leave, you’re going to spend another six months in an acute ward for observation.
Evil Genius, which focuses on a female psychopath, reveals photographic evidence of the nature of intelligent psychopaths in the few unbearable times Marjorie Diehl stares directly at the camera. The Staircase, about male psychopath Michael Peterson, a Vietnam veteran and published novelist, doesn’t have these moments, since Peterson, who allowed the filmmakers access almost from the time of his arrest, is far more knowledgeable about the effects of cinema, and doesn’t reveal his true self until the very final moments of the 13-episode series, and even then not in the unintentionally disturbing way Diehl does.
These kinds of expressions are common in the eyes of very dangerous people, and I saw them on a daily basis during the London Olympics. Anybody who has spent time in a Secure Unit knows that the moment you realize where you actually are, it’s usually too late. Many people, who are either the spouses, lovers or victims of psychopaths will understand the look in the eyes, which is difficult to explain to somebody who has never seen it, but once seen, is never forgotten, and can be very upsetting. Last year, after his last request to have a classical musical piece about insanity played at his funeral was denied, Moors murderer Ian Brady was eventually cremated (no cremation service wanted to do it) and his ashes were disposed at sea at night in dead silence.
In all my experience of the wretched, frustrated world of the psychopathic psychiatric patient, the same patterns emerge. These kinds of people have never been able to empathize with others, so their lives have been a performance of sorts, an anticipation or mirroring of other people. What I learned about them, and what these two documentaries seem to reinforce, is that there typically arrives a moment in the Secure Unit where the Evil Genius finally understands what it is. Where they realize they couldn’t have possibly succeeded in the real world, a world they have always been aware of, in the films they like, or the music they listen to, because they have lost themselves so long ago, all that can possibly be left is a desperate grasp to take as many other souls down as they can.
Take it from me, Hannibal Lecter doesn’t exist. In every single case of this kind, the only possible success these kind of celebrity criminals can have is by spreading fear, and haunting as many others as they can, and it equally applies to the ones who don’t become murderers.
I recommend both Evil Genius and The Staircase, but advise caution. If you understand that both Diehl and Peterson were aware that a film was being made about them, you may assess it more usefully, and you’ll be more able to see why they actively participated in the documentaries about their crimes.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has formally adopted federal guidelines aimed at softening treatment of illegal immigrants arrested in work-site raids who are pregnant, nursing infants or serving as sole caregivers to children or seriously ill relatives.
The federal guidelines, publicly released last week, say that agents should develop a comprehensive plan to identify such people in raids targeting more than 150 people and work with social service agencies to assess humanitarian needs when deciding whether to detain them while processing their deportation cases.
The agency developed the guidelines with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and plans to issue them to all enforcement offices, said agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice.
In addition, Kice said, the agency's Assistant Secretary Julie L. Myers this month issued a memo directing agents to consider releasing nursing mothers on their own recognizance and using alternatives to detention, such as electronic monitoring, as long as they pose no threat to national security or public safety.
The memo said the agency's commitment to ending the "catch and release" practice, in which illegal immigrants are released soon after apprehension, did not diminish its responsibility to recognize "meritorious" humanitarian cases, Kice said.
"ICE is committed to enforcing the law, but we're also committed to addressing humanitarian concerns," Kice said.
She added that the agency has long taken those concerns into account, but said the guidelines promulgated with Kennedy's office formalized the procedures for doing so.
The guidelines come amid a sharp increase in the number of workplace raids and other enforcement actions, leading to growing concerns about the effect on children. In recent years, work-site arrests of illegal immigrants have increased sevenfold, from about 500 in 2002 to about 3,600 in 2006, according to agency statistics.
A recent report by the National Council of La Raza and the Urban Institute found that, on average, one child is affected for every two adults arrested. In three cases studied -- work-site raids in Massachusetts, Colorado and Nebraska -- about 500 children were affected by the arrests of about 900 adults.
No young children were left homeless or abandoned, the study found, but several adolescents were left to fend for themselves under occasional adult supervision and sought aid at local food banks and other social service agencies.
In the case of the New Bedford, Mass., raid in March, a breast-feeding baby whose mother was picked up in the sweep had to be hospitalized for dehydration. In Conneaut, Ohio, last month, a nursing mother also was separated from her baby in a case that drew worldwide media coverage and the ire of activists who complained that such treatment was traumatic to children.
Immigrant advocates said the formal guidelines should help prevent such cases.
"It's a positive step in recognition of the need to humanize immigration policy," said Angela Sanbrano, president of the Los Angeles-based National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities.
Anike Tourse, spokeswoman for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, said one problem is that some illegal immigrants do not divulge their family information when arrested, fearing their children might be harmed.
Tourse said immigration raids should be stopped altogether in favor of pursuing a comprehensive solution to illegal immigration.
She said the raids have made just a minor dent in the overall problem but have caused widespread chaos and hardship for families.
"All they're doing is creating havoc and destroying families," Tourse said.
But Michelle Dallacroce, president of the Phoenix-based Mothers Against Illegal Aliens, decried the guidelines and called for a harder line against illegal immigrant mothers.
"These women are using their children as pawns to come and stay here illegally," Dallacroce said. "They should all be detained, sent back and charged with child abuse for putting their children in this situation."
Immigrant advocates said they would monitor agency practices to make sure the guidelines are followed.
Kice said agents have long taken humanitarian considerations into account in their operations.
In a September raid at 11 McDonald's restaurants in Reno, the agency identified 56 illegal immigrants, Kice said. Agents released 31 of them on their own recognizance for humanitarian reasons -- two immediately and the rest later at a local processing center. Kice would not specify the nature of the humanitarian concerns.
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Packing up his parents’ belongings was tough.
Eight years ago, Ball State alumnus Eric Nesheim, ’73, sold his childhood home in Marion, Indiana. His mother had died two years previously and his father had moved to Colorado to live with Eric’s sister. It was time for Eric, a retired art instructor, to close the estate.
But taking down a framed portrait pulled at Eric’s heart.
That work of art, just a few strokes of charcoal on a mustard-colored paper, portrays Eric as a young man, sitting on a floor, posed casually and looking directly at the viewer. Behind Eric, a woman, seated on a stool, faces away.
The sketch recreates what happened one day inside a Ball State classroom, in the early 1970s — a day Eric remembers well.
“It was a life drawing class,” he said. “Usually they had a nude model. That day, we were going to draw people in clothes. I volunteered to be one of the models.”
A lasting image
One of Eric’s favorite instructors, accomplished watercolor painter Jim Faulkner, ’59, MA ’60, taught the course and drew the sketch. Originally from Kentucky, Faulkner moved to Muncie in the 1940s to work in a factory before launching a career as a professional artist and instructor. He is known for his landscapes and is one of the most collected artists of east central Indiana.
Faulkner taught at the University from 1960 to 1965 and again from 1970 to 1980. He lives in a Muncie nursing home now. Faulkner said Eric, who majored in Visual Arts, stood out.
“He was a good kid and he worked hard,” Faulkner said.
Faulkner had a habit of drawing with his class, offering students a chance to watch a professional at work.
“At that time, a lot of instructors felt you shouldn’t demonstrate,” Faulkner said. “I think the idea was that you didn’t want people copying. But that’s the way you learn.”
The portrait of a young Eric Nesheim is one of dozens of quickly drawn sketches by Faulkner that semester. They were on cheap paper. Most ended up filed away in Faulkner’s belongings, rarely seen again. Eric, however, wasn’t going to let that happen.
“Could I have this?” Eric asked Faulkner after class. “I’d like to give it to my mom for Christmas.”
“Sure,” Faulkner said.
Eric sensed some reluctance when he asked for another favor. He wanted Faulkner to sign the sketch, too. Many artists will only sign a finished piece of work. But Faulkner graciously agreed.
A Marion shop framed the portrait just in time for Christmas.
“My mom was just absolutely thrilled,” Eric said.
Passing it on
The sketch that Faulkner completed in five or six minutes hung in the Nesheim home for more than 30 years. As time passed, the drawing’s sentimental significance ballooned, taking on heirloom status.
That’s because the sketch ties together so many important threads in Eric’s life.
It reminds him of his mother, Donna Vice Nesheim, a successful florist who encouraged her son to pursue art, even when others suggested a more practical career. It connects him to his alma mater and to an important mentor. And, finally, it represents Eric’s own teaching career, and the students whom he has influenced.
Eric taught art for 29 years at Madison College, formerly called Madison Area Technical College, in Wisconsin before retiring in 2008. He has worked as a freelance illustrator for several publications, developed a trading card set, and has written and illustrated a book about the country’s fascination with flying saucers. At times, he has collaborated on projects with his daughter, Christine, a photographer, and his son, Leif, a writer.
Students Eric mentored and befriended in Madison included award-winning comic book artist Steve Rude, who developed the series “Nexus” and has worked for D.C. and Marvel comics.
Faulkner, Eric said, served as role model. He inspired Eric to be down-to-earth and to emphasize technical instruction through hands-on demonstration.
“Mr. Faulkner was not a pretentious person,” Eric said. “He was easygoing, kind and helpful. If you had a question about how to do something, he would try to show you. That experience is what I tried to bring to my students.”
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On tap (PINT BOKBIERF. 09):Clear, deep amber coloured with ruby sparks and a big beige head, that slowly collapses; moderate dark-malty, caramelly nose with a tinge of molasses; moderate, quite dry bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied; increasing dryness in the bitter-sweet finish, a tinge of molasses included. Pleasant..........
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What you need to know:
- As Africa's crypto adoption numbers continue to break records, startups in the space are attracting ever-more funding.
- Cryptocurrency payment value in Africa surged by 1,200 percent to 105.6 billion US dollars in June 2021 from July 2020.
The fundraising boom in Africa's crypto space shows no sign of abating.
Venture Capital (VC) flows into crypto ventures in the first half of 2022 surpassed the total for all of 2021 - 127 million US dollars - reports show.
In the first quarter of 2022 alone, 91 million US dollars was raised, with this fundraising streak spilling over into the second quarter which saw four fundraising rounds deliver another 213 million US dollars.
The Seychelles-based startup, KuCoin in May raised a record-shattering 150 million US dollars in a pre-Series B funding round, pushing its valuation to 10 billion US dollars, not only delivering Africa’s first blockchain "mega deal", but also its first blockchain unicorn as well as the continent’s first 'decacorn.'
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Mara, a Pan-African crypto exchange platform, raised 23 million US dollars, while Jambo, a Congo-based startup, raised 30 million dollars and Nigerian startup, Afriex raised 10 million dollars during the second quarter of 2022.
The funds raised and disclosed so far in this space stand at 304 million US dollars, more than double the 127 million US dollars raised for the whole of last year.
Cryptocurrency payment value in Africa surged by 1,200 percent to 105.6 billion US dollars in June 2021 from July 2020, according to data from blockchain data platform, Chainalysis.
However, despite the continued investment into the crypto ecosystem in Africa, the continent accounted for just 0.5 per cent of total global blockchain funding, offering plenty more upside to potential investors.
“Although Africa’s blockchain and cryptocurrency funding numbers are still small compared to other regions, they are certainly growing,” according to The African Blockchain Report 2021.
The report, published by Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) and Standard Bank, shows a 1,668 per cent year-on-year first-quarter growth in funding - rising from 5.1 million US dollars in 2021 to 91 million US dollars in Q1, 2022.
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In 2021, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa – three of the ‘big four’ startup ecosystems along with Egypt - bagged most of the venture dollar inflows in the crypto space, and together with Seychelles, accounted for 122 million US dollars.
Nigeria topped the 2021 list, raising 49.6 million US dollars followed by Seychelles (33.8 million), showing the island nation was already punching above its weight considering it does not even feature in the top 100 in Global Startup ecosystems.
Kenya (20 million US dollars) and South Africa (18.8 million) finished third and fourth in 2021, respectively.
Even Cameroon (4.1 million US dollars) and Burkina Faso (300,000) raised more than Egypt’s 200,000 US dollars. Ghana's crypto space attracted 125,000 US dollars.
Historically high crypto adoption rates on the continent are being fuelled by an increased interest in regulated digital currencies from central banks as well as the urgent need to include unbanked populations - all making blockchain startups attractive to investors.
“The lack of common legacy financial systems and an enormous population, primarily unbanked, all contribute to the popularity and growth of cryptocurrencies on the continent,” said the authors of the report.
From peer-to-peer (P2P) payments facilitating trade in informal and small business ventures as well as opportunities to lower the considerable costs of logistics and remittances on the continent, the report showed Africa is openly embracing blockchain to revolutionize finance and trade and to bolster financial inclusivity.
“Countries like South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana have seen a rapid uptake of crypto assets to access more efficient payment trails provided by blockchain networks and yield returns on income with assets like Bitcoin or stablecoins pegged to the value of the US dollar,” said Standard Bank, Blockchain Research Institute Africa Regional Director, Ian Putter.
Read: Inside Kenya's blockchain ecosystem: What the future holds
A sustained rise in investment inflows, the sealing of Africa’s first mega blockchain fundraising deal and the birth of a 'decacorn' have all raised prospects for even bigger deals - and more 'unicorns' - in the coming few years.
“We expect to see these begin to emerge within the next 2 to 3 years,” the report said.
A joint report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Bitget, and Foresight Ventures projects further significant growth in Africa’s crypto trade thanks to another factor altogether - the opportunities for crypto-linked derivatives trade.
The report sees a rise in derivative trading in South Africa and Nigeria - but with a caveat.
“We expect strong growth in crypto adoption in Africa. However, derivatives may lag given their limited use in traditional markets,” said the report.
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eBaoTech SalesPlatform Seamlessly Integrates with SugarCRM to Provide More Powerful Sales Tools to Insurers
Shanghai, China and Cupertino, CA – eBaoTech Corporation, a leading provider of new generation software and services for the life and general insurance industries, announced an OEM agreement with SugarCRM, the world’s fastest-growing customer relationship management (CRM) company. Under the agreement, SugarCRM seamlessly integrates with the eBaoTech SalesPlatform for Life Insurance solution, providing users with advanced customer management capabilities.
SalesPlatform for Life Insurance is a best-of-breed front-end system that was launched in September of 2011 to address life insurers’ multi-channel distribution needs, to empower channels and to support rapid business growth. It can be implemented as an integrated component of the eBaoTech LifeSystem Suite, or adopted as a stand-alone system to coexist with an insurer’s existing back-end system. By integrating SugarCRM with SalesPlatform, life insurers will be able to utilize powerful CRM software for even better management of prospects, sales and marketing activities.
SalesPlatform for Life Insurance includes built-in product configurator, formula and rule management tools to enable the channels to perform true underwriting and ratings without external engines. The user interface can be configured to suit the needs of the insurance carrier. SalesPlatform supports traditional channels such as agents and brokers and emerging web affinity channels, making it easier for life insurers to manage multiple channels with one software solution. As with other eBaoTech software solutions, SalesPlatform is multi-language, multi-currency and multi-entity-on-a-single-instance deployable for global markets. SalesPlatform is currently in the implementation stage at key client sites, where the positive impact to business operations is expected to be quickly realized.
Integrating SugarCRM with SalesPlatform will make it possible to have one source of business information across an insurer’s CRM, making business operations more efficient and productive. The integration will offer the following benefits:
- More productive sales and marketing: Better communication with prospects and sharing of sales information to enable higher sales productivity
- Better customer management: Improved communication with prospects and existing customer leads for higher customer satisfaction and greater retention rates
- Freedom of choice: Both the eBaoTech SalesPlatform and the SugarCRM platform are web-based, making them easier to customize and adapt to changing needs. Both software solutions can run in the cloud or onsite, giving insurers freedom of choice
- Flexibility: Insurers can independently upgrade the SugarCRM OEM license to add more functionality
“Insurers need software systems that let them expand into new markets and utilize their data more effectively,” said Woody Mo, president and chief executive officer of eBaoTech. “The new SalesPlatform enables multiple sales channels to securely access the insurer’s policy administration system using one platform. Combined with SugarCRM, it will equip the sales channels with faster access to customer information for more effective and profitable sales.”
“We decided to partner with eBaoTech because they have a global reach and are targeting a very important market segment,” said Clint Oram, chief technology officer and co-founder of SugarCRM. “Clients in the insurance industry have very specific needs, and the custom integration between SugarCRM and eBaoTech has been designed to greatly improve productivity in these organizations. We look forward to watching our mutual customers achieve positive results.”
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Information from Your Family Doctor
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What is heartburn?
It is a burning feeling in the lower chest, with a sour or bitter taste in the throat and mouth. It usually occurs after eating a big meal or while lying down. The feeling can last for a few minutes or a few hours.
What causes heartburn?
When you eat, food passes from your mouth down a tube called the esophagus. To enter the stomach, the food must pass through an opening between this tube and your stomach. Usually, this opening closes as soon as food passes through. If it doesn't close all the way, acid from your stomach can get through the opening and into your esophagus. This is called reflux. Stomach acid can irritate the esophagus and cause heartburn.
What factors add to heartburn?
It is most common after overeating, when bending over, or when lying down. Pregnancy, stress, and certain foods can also make heartburn worse.
What can trigger heartburn?
Coffee (regular and decaffeinated) and other drinks that contain caffeine
Chocolate, mints, or peppermints
Fatty or spicy foods (such as pizza, chili, and curry)
Lying down too soon after eating
Being overweight or obese
Aspirin or ibuprofen (one brand name: Motrin)
Certain medicines (such as sedatives and some medicines for high blood pressure)
Can heartburn be serious?
If you have heartburn only now and then, it's probably not serious. If you have heartburn a lot, it can lead to swelling of the lining of the esophagus. If it becomes severe, your esophagus might narrow, and you might have bleeding or trouble swallowing.
If you get more than occasional heartburn, it may be a symptom of acid reflux disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), an inflamed stomach lining (gastritis), hiatal hernia, or peptic ulcer.
What is hiatal hernia?
It is a condition in which part of the stomach is pushed up through the diaphragm (the muscle wall between the stomach and chest) and into the chest. Sometimes this causes heartburn because it makes it easier for acid to reach the esophagus.
How do I prevent heartburn?
Place 6- to 9-inch blocks under the legs at the head of your bed to raise it.
Try to eat at least two to three hours before lying down. If you take naps, try sleeping in a chair.
If you smoke, quit.
Lose weight if you're overweight.
Eat high-protein, low-fat meals.
Avoid tight clothes and tight belts.
Avoid foods and other things that give you heartburn.
Will antacids take care of heartburn?
For most people, over-the-counter antacids give fast, short-term relief. If you use antacids too much, they can cause diarrhea or constipation. Look for antacids that contain magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide. (One causes constipation and the other causes diarrhea, so they balance out.) Some brands of antacids include Maalox, Mylanta, and Riopan. Follow the directions on the package.
What if my symptoms get worse?
If lifestyle changes and antacids don't help your symptoms, talk with your doctor. He or she may want you to try a prescription medicine.
Tests are usually not needed unless your doctor suspects something other than heartburn.
What about medicines for heartburn?
Over-the-counter histamine blockers (some brand names: Pepcid, Tagamet, Zantac) reduce the amount of acid your stomach makes.
Other prescription medicines, such as omeprazole (brand name: Prilosec) and lansoprazole (brand name: Prevacid), also reduce stomach acid.
Is heartburn associated with heart attacks?
No. But sometimes pain in the chest may be mistaken for heartburn when it's really a sign of heart disease.
Call your doctor if:
You have trouble swallowing or pain when swallowing.
You're vomiting blood.
Your stools are bloody or black.
You're short of breath.
You're dizzy or lightheaded.
You have pain going into your neck and shoulder.
You break out in a sweat when you have pain in your chest.
You have heartburn more than three times a week for more than two weeks.
This handout is provided to you by your family doctor and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Other health-related information is available from the AAFP online at http://familydoctor.org.
This information provides a general overview and may not apply to everyone. Talk to your family doctor to find out if this information applies to you and to get more information on this subject.
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I recently finished listening to Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, I think it was actually last Monday. I was hooked on this book after the first chapter! So, if any of you have read this book or are interested in reading it, here’s my review of it!
Let me just say one short little thing about audiobooks before I get started.
I recently have been in a music rut, mostly because all of my favorite indie songs were making it into mainstream music, so whenever I would listen to the radio in my car I would get really ticked off. I have to drive 30 minutes to school every day (1 hour total) and then I run and walk my dog. That’s about 2 hours a day where I would usually be wasting my time, but instead, I have started listening to books. I live in a wonderful city where the public library has an app and from that app you can rent audiobooks! This is one of the most amazing things ever! So, even though I didn’t “read” this book, I still feel like I read it and I plan on buying an actual copy of it for my personal library. Please don’t hate.
Here’s the link to the Goodreads synopsis, but here’s mine if you want to read it.
Amy and Nick Dunn have recently moved from New York City to some little sleepy town in Missouri that has been hit hard by the recession. Both of them are writers who lost their jobs in New York. On their 5th wedding anniversary, Amy disappears and Nick is looking suspicious. Through the first half of the book, everything is pointing to Nick, who seems like a normal jackass guy who is depressed. Amy’s diary makes her sound to be the perfect wife who is trying, determined, and is always the alpha girl. Their marriage wasn’t as happy and was in a rough spot, but does that mean that Nick killed Amy?
I don’t want to reveal too much about this book if you haven’t already read it. I’m trying to stay spoiler free. Thankfully I have already been able to talk and rant to my sister about it.
Some of the characters in the beginning, like Amy and her parents, seem so full of life and perfect, but some of the others where sketchy and blank, like Nick at first. Nick’s twin sister, Margot (‘Go’ for short), could’ve been built up just a little bit more I think. She had such an interesting personality, but in the second half, it got lost in the shuffle. I think in only one scene in the second half, her personality came back, but for the rest of that half, she was just a blank character who was used to take up space. Nick, is such a unique character. I love how he turned from the bad guy in the first part to just being a really confused man in the second part. Amy, she is just amazing. For some crazy reason, I see a little bit of myself in her, which scares me. Not the diary Amy, real Amy. It’s such a little adventure for her and she is so so so brave to do what she did.
The Gillian Flynn’s style is so different from any other author that I’ve read before. The way that she uses words is beautiful! Whenever you’re reading this, no matter what part you’re reading, you feel like you can conquer the world, or at least I felt like that. Her voice, throughout the story, was always up-lifting. I have put all of her other books on my tbr list.
I’ve already said that I didn’t like how some characters who were so important in the first part of the book became almost nonexistent in the second part. This frustrated me so much because some times you need the other opinions other than just the main character of that scene or chapter. Does that make sense? I didn’t like how whenever the character would go to a place, there was such a lack of descriptiveness. Like the bar Nick owns or the Mark Twain place, or even Nick and Amy’s house. I HATE the ending. There’s not much more to say on that other than it wasn’t fair at all.
I did like how Flynn put it in the Midwest, but somewhere other than a big Midwestern city. You see that so much and I’ve gotten tired of it. Going to that sleepy little town was a nice break from having to worry about life. I liked how deep the characters actually were. Most of the contemporary adult books that I read have just one character of focus instead of two and that character is either really weird or really boring. Thank goodness that there is a writer out there who wants to shake things up!
Overall I really did like this book, until the end. I’ll probably be putting this review up on Goodreads in a bit.
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Don’t “Fall Back” Now—Spring Forward for Beautiful Plants Next Year
Truth is, you know that come March, that old yearning will be back—wouldn’t it be nice to have some of the work already done? And get better results? Autumn is actually the best time to plant some of a home environment’s most important assets: perennials, shrubs and especially trees.
Putting these plants in the ground during the
fall serves several purposes. Most important, it gives them a chance to get
their roots established in a new site. It’s an adjustment they won’t have to
make in the spring and hot, dry summer, when their energies are better spent
growing, blooming and resisting insect pests and diseases. Fall planting
gives these plants a head start, which leads into the second benefit: they’re
much more likely to bloom the first year if planted in the fall instead of
the spring. Fall plantings succeed well from October right up until the
ground freezes, which in
Fall is also a great time to drive around and discover the plants you wish you had turning red, orange, yellow and purple in your own yard. If you can clip a little switch of the plant, leaves intact, you can take that to a local nursery or garden center and show the grower what you want. People count on their maples and oaks, especially, for fall color, and there are so many varieties it can be hard to know exactly which kinds provide the colors and characteristics you want. Red maples are a shorter lived variety of maple, lasting 50-60 years, compared to the slower growing sugar maples, which can live 70-80 years. Generally, faster growing trees have softer or more brittle wood, making them more susceptible to breakage, pests and disease, shortening their lives.
So which plants are best? A thorough checklist of
personal preferences and environmental restrictions can answer that question:
How much space will this tree eventually take up? How much sun will it need?
Will it drop some unwanted seed or fruit? Will the roots tangle into
underground pipes or cause mowing problems if they snake along above ground?
Will it grow well in this region? Locally grown plants ensure that purchases
have the best chance of surviving in Tennessee, since they haven’t been
stressed by being transported for long distances and they are already
accustomed to Tennessee’s climate. Choosing plants not appropriate to
Landscaping is an investment; it affects the value of property for several reasons. Trees provide wind breaks and sun shade, food and shelter for wildlife and aesthetic benefits for home and community. Well-placed trees keep homes cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
Among the trees proven to stand up to
Other small trees often chosen for their autumn beauty include the Pacific Sunset Maple, Amelanchier and Sourwood. Small trees with a better chance of flowering in spring if planted in the fall include White Fringetree, crab apple and Saucer Magnolia.
No matter which trees are chosen for fall planting, some basic guidelines apply. Watering is very important, especially in early autumn before the fall rains begin. Use mulch to help trees retain moisture. Go ahead and fertilize with a root stimulator when planting, especially in the fall, because roots can still develop and grow during the winter even as the rest of the tree rests.
Some traditional lines of thinking have changed in recent years, so be sure to ask for the latest planting information. For instance, root balls are made so much broader now that a shallower hole is recommended. The top of the root ball should be the top of the ground, so be careful not to not to plant too deep. Also, research shows that staking trees is a detrimental practice. Tree trunks actually become stronger when the trees are allowed to sway and resist winds. If necessary, use stakes through the root ball to help pin the tree in position.
Now, while the weather is mild and while existing plants still have their foliage, look carefully at the effect plants create in your home environment. Decide where replacement trees will go, where more texture and color are needed, and then enjoy a final outdoor planting project before winter weather drives everyone indoors. You’ll be guaranteeing that springs and falls will be even better for years to come.
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I’ve had some very exciting news – the author of the book mentioned in my last posting likes my proposal and the image that I created, and it will therefore be on the cover of his new book.
A friend of mine, Simon Barrow, is involved in a publishing house, Shoving Leopard, and a new book by Kevin Scully is due out shortly (shortly being… a launch on 2. July!). The book is called Imperfect Mirrors, and although I’ve not had the opportunity to read it, Simon has talked to me about it, and the advance blurb gives some indication of the book’s contents:
What can be brought to the liturgy by the disciplines of dramatic performance? How are the respective theatres of daily life and worship to be seen and experienced together? East End priest, playwright, actor, writer and broadcaster Kevin Scully is very well placed to tackle these issues. In this eagerly awaited forthcoming title from Shoving Leopard [he] does so with insight, humour, a sharp eye, and a well-crafted turn of phrase.
What the author wanted was something that represented the idea of an imperfect mirror as a way of thinking about how theatre might impact on the church. Simon initially asked if I had an image he could use, but nothing really suitable came to mind: an image I sent him of a church reflected in a lake received a lukewarm reaction when sent on to the author. So something else was needed.
For quite a while I’ve had an idea I wanted to play with questions of how we understand and interpret reality. I imagined someone looking into a mirror, but whilst the pose would be identical (I had thought of applying make-up or brushing hair or similar) the mirror image would not be an exact reflection: from the back they would be naked/dressed in one way, but in the mirror they would be dressed/dressed in something completely different. From this it was a short step to suggest to Simon and Kevin theatrical clothing of some kind for the image from the back, with a reflection of the same person in a clerical shirt in the mirror. But what kind of theatrical clothing? What would obviously communicate drama when all that was visible was the back? The back of most clothing is often rather boring… The obvious solution was to think of something with representational detail on the back, so some kind of vintage dress with ribbon ties at the back seemed like a good option. But aside from being potentially rather expensive, I thought a full dress might detract from the image in the mirror, and so I decided that a corset would be better: (a) it would leave naked skin visible above the fabric providing more of a contrast with the clerical shirt, (b) the ribbons would contrast with and provide shadows on the skin, and (c) the suggestion of sex that a corset makes would contrast nicely with the power of a clerical shirt to kill off any sensuality on the part of the wearer. After visiting the wonderful Armstrong’s Vintage in Clerk Street I was the proud owner of two different vintage-style corsets. The clerical shirt was even easier to procure as I’m married to a church minister! My friend Fran Whitton, who quite a while ago said she would be happy to model for me (though we never quite managed to organise it), was happy to be drafted in at short notice, and with a little bit of help from my friend Photoshop, she makes for a perfect corset-wearing actor as well as a church minister (warm thanks to Mabel Forsyth who acted as my assistant, and to my wife for helping Fran with the clothes as well as assisting me):
Interestingly, after sending a first version of my image to Kevin Scully, he told me that he had suggested René Magritte’s La Reproduction Interdite to Simon a while ago as the basis of a cover image – though Simon had completely forgotten to tell me about this. Though I had come across it years ago, I had not consciously thought of it at all in my plans.
Of course, I’m delighted that my image is going to be used for a book, and I can’t wait for it to come out (and then read it!). But one of the interesting issues for me here is the question of inspiration and ownership. Whilst Magritte’s painting must have been buried somewhere in my subconscious memory, the idea for such a reflected image had been with me for a while. Kevin Scully’s book – even though I haven’t read it! – provided that last little prompt to come up with something a bit different. I keep my browser’s internet history for a year, and on skimming through it there is nothing that looks like this. But there are clearly multiple sources of inspiration in each image we create, and in this instance I am happy to acknowledge René Magritte’s painting, Kevin Scully’s book theme, and Simon Barrow’s blurb writing skills – and of course, Fran’s posing. Whilst in western thought we have created an ideology of ‘intellectual property’ that means this photograph is my copyright, the inspiration and ‘intellectual ownership’ for almost everything we create surely belongs to a much wider circle of people. A reflective little essay on inspirations is beginning to come together for release here.
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Many cryptocurrencies rose and fell during the 2017 bull market and subsequent year of bearish retracement. While the top four crypto assets by market cap have remained the same over the last two years, more than half of the leading markets as of Feb. 19, 2017 have since fallen from the top 15.
2017’s Top 4 Markets Retain Their Ranking Today
Despite the extreme volatility of the cryptocurrency markets over the last two years, the top four ranked by market cap has not changed.
ETH recently reclaimed its rank as the second largest market by capitalization, with ethereum’s market cap rising from almost $1.14 billion to over $14.36 billion over the last two years. The price of a single ETH has risen 1,030% from $12.76 to roughly $144 on Feb. 18, 2019.
XRP comprises the third largest crypto asset, with a market cap that has risen from nearly $218 million during Feb. 2017 to $12.69 billion today. Of the leading markets, ripple has generated the largest price gains, rising approximately 5,150% from $0.0059 to $0.31 in two years.
A recent rally has seen LTC reclaim the fourth largest cryptocurrency capitalization, which has grown from roughly $187.6 million two years ago to $2.67 billion today. The price of litecoin has gained 1,100% from $3.76 to $45.
Monero, Dash, and Ethereum Classic Fall From Top 10
As of Feb. 18, 2017, XMR comprised the fifth largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $181.24 million, with a single monero trading for $12.99. Monero now comprises the 13th largest market with a capitalization of $818 million and has seen a two-year price gain of roughly 285%, with XMR currently trading for nearly $50 each.
In two years, dash has fallen from sixth with a market cap of $160.34 million to rank 15th with a market cap of $697.44 million today. The price of dash has gained 266% from $22.55 on Feb. 19th, 2017, to $82.50 as of this writing.
ETC was the seventh ranked cryptocurrency with a market cap of $108.83 million 24 months ago as ethereum classic traded for $1.22 each. Today, ETC is the 18th largest crypto asset with a capitalization of $220.25 million and is trading for approximately $4.20, up 244% from early 2017.
MAID and ICN Produce 24-Month Price Drop
While the top seven markets by capitalization of two years ago have since posted triple figure or greater returns, several of 2017’s top-ranked markets are now priced lower than they were 24 months ago.
Two years ago, maidsafecoin was trading for $0.19 and ranked eighth by market cap with a capitalization of nearly $86.43 million. Since then, the price MAID has fallen 37% to currently trade for less $0.12 and is ranked 69th with a market cap of $53.46 million.
Nem has fallen from being the ninth ranked crypto asset with a market cap of approximately $57.17 million to currently comprise the 19th largest cryptocurrency with a capitalization of $373.63 million. Despite sliding in market cap ranking, the price of XEM has risen from roughly $0.0063 two years ago to more than $0.042 today, a 566% gain in 24 months.
The 10th largest cryptocurrency as of Feb. 19th, 2017, augur, now comprises the 35th ranked market by capitalization, despite augur’s market cap growing from $57.09 million to $152.59 million. The price of REP has gained 169% from $5.19 to $13.95 in the past two years.
Of 2017’s leading markets, iconomi has produced the greatest decline in market cap, falling from the 11th largest crypto asset with a capitalization of more than $30.21 million to currently comprise the 198th ranked cryptocurrency with a market cap of $12.9 million. The price of ICN has also fallen 74% from nearly $0.35 to $0.09.
Tether Is the Sole Cryptocurrency to Ascend Market Cap Rankings Since 2017
Despite sliding from ranking 12th by market cap to 70th, factom has seen a significant gain in price and market cap. In 24 months, factom has grown from $28.67 million to $52.88 million, while the price of FCT has gained 83% from $3.28 to roughly $6.
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Nietzsche once wrote, “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” What is your why?
I read through the comments and got to one where someone talked about contemplating suicide, but holding on because life can change. I wanted to share my experience, strength, and hope on the topic, so I wrote a reply. This morning I went back to look at it again. I really liked the way the first two paragraphs came out, and wanted to copy the whole thing here because maybe it will be useful/helpful to others, and maybe having it here might help preserve it for posterity. So here’s what I wrote:
I attempted suicide when I was thirteen. Obviously (and fortunately) I failed. The one good thing my now-former step-bitch did was talk my dad into letting me see a counselor. After 6 months the counselor pretty much told me there were only a few things I need to get straightened out, and that I had, and the rest I couldn’t do anything about because I was a teen living at home in a shitty household, and all I could do was wait until I could move out. So that became my first why: to get old enough to move out.
Since then I’ve gone through many more years of counseling, and 12-step work, and have come to understand that time is the greatest gift of all. No one – but yourself – can give you more time. Only you have the power to give yourself more time. Only you can give yourself that gift. And it IS a gift. And the beautiful thing about it is … even if you’re in a place right now where you don’t feel like more time is a gift … it still is. Because that might be the time you need to get out of that place you’re in, and into a place where time does become a gift again. And if you take that away … you will never have another opportunity to give yourself any more gifts ever again.
The “It Gets Better” thing that went around a few years ago really resonated with me, not only because life does tend to get better, but because for most people it’s not just life getting better on its own. It’s life getting better because you’re making it better (in addition to other things working out, too).
When I got back into counseling as an adult I had to go through three counselors before I found one that I could click with and who stayed present long enough for me to get the help I needed. The first one I didn’t vibe with. The second one told me after 6 months that she was going to start her own practice (which wasn’t going to work with me on a sliding scale, so I couldn’t afford her).
That really took the wind out of my sails. For *weeks* I asked myself if I wanted to go through the pain of opening up to a new counselor, take the time and money that would be needed to get back to where I was, and be able to move forward again … until I realized I had to. Not because of anyone else or anything else, but because of ME. I wasn’t going to a counselor for anyone else, I was going there for ME. I was going because **I** wanted MY life to be better. I was going because **I** needed this, for ME.
And that leads me to my second why, which I alluded to a moment ago. My life is getting better because *I am making it better for myself*. I am doing the things that I need to do, because no one else will. Some days I’m sad about that, but most days I’m strong and I’m actually okay with it because the counseling taught me that a lot of my pain was from counting on other people and expecting them to know what I wanted 100% of the time. (Shit, half the time **I** don’t even know what the hell I want, so how can I expect them to?)
Relying on myself is not a woe-is-me thing any more, for I can now see it as the best opportunity for me to get what I want. Statistically, I am less likely to let myself down than anyone else, and even if I do let myself down – because let’s face it, I’m not perfect either – then at least I have no one else to blame. I can’t be hurt by someone else now, and when I pick myself back up it’s because *I* want to.
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Wednesday May 12, 2010
MUSINGSBy MARINA MAHATHIR
Using social media to bring people together in solidarity, more than 500 Malaysians, mostly young, of all shapes, sizes and creeds, got together to simply … well, dance.
THERE is a word that young people these days often use to describe something that they disapprove of. If they say something is “fail”, it means it has earned their thumbs down.
It would not be inaccurate to say that in almost anything to do with adults in Malaysia today, young people under 30 would use the word “fail”.
Whether it is politics, law enforcement, government or religious authorities, the young would simply point their thumbs downwards. None of it appeals to them, none of it is cool. They are tired of constantly being told they are troublemakers and don’t know what’s good for them.
Yet, I have seen young Malaysians time and time again defy every stereotype that their elders put on them. Where our so-called leaders have looked as if they belonged to the 6th Century, young people are doing innovative and creative projects that show they are firmly in the 21st.
When politicians have shown that they only know how to divide people, young people have shown that they can stand solidly together.
Last year, when our leadership failed repeatedly to unite people regardless of race and religion, young people got together in a show of solidarity in the Tali Tenang project.
Using social media to bring people together in solidarity, they met in real life to show that they were for peace and unity, without the need for any political rhetoric. About 200 of them came together and, amazingly, there were no riots or any form of unruliness. Nose-thumb to their elders again!
Last weekend, they did it again. Connecting via Facebook and Twitter, more than 500 Malaysians, mostly young, of all shapes, sizes and creeds, got together to simply … dance.
Fans of a currently popular TV series, they got together on several evenings to rehearse; and on the appointed day showed up, followed instructions and did their thing in a joyous spontaneous atmosphere.
Just watching the participants rehearse already gave one goosebumps. Each night some 200 people, who mostly did not know one another, gathered together in one spot to do one thing together, dance.
They submitted themselves to great discipline and effort, enjoying the sweaty camaraderie. You looked around and can’t help but think: this is every politician’s dream; but there is no way they can do this, for the simple reason that they can never be cool enough.
The whole event was organised by young people themselves; they volunteered to teach the steps, take photos or videos or spread the word. While there was some sponsorship, it was not a hugely commercial event with no greater objective than to do something fun together.
I’m sure there will be detractors who will tut-tut about how this is not our culture and such. They can go ahead and organise a culturally-appropriate flashmob if they want. But it takes a certain generous frame of mind – one that essentially believes in the good in people – to truly organise such a community event.
The flashmob also underscores the power of social media, something so underestimated by our leaders. The entire organisation of this event was done online. All it needed was a good idea and some key people to promote it on their Facebook pages and on Twitter – and that was it.
Before long, more than 1,300 people had signed up. Although ultimately not as many people actually showed up for the event, it was still a success because it was likely the biggest flashmob ever held in the world.
The entire event held so many lessons that the powers-that-be could learn from. Firstly, to appeal to young people you need to tap into whatever is current and trendy, and not try and invent something new.
Secondly, young people can come up with better ideas than most adults, and know exactly how to organise it themselves.
Thirdly, young people are quite capable of enormous discipline and effort if they like, and want to do, something.
Fourthly, there is absolutely no need for any VIPs to officiate at these events. In fact, the absence of any ups the cool quotient of the event.
Fifthly, when young people get together like this, they do not automatically destroy. Rather they build friendships, community and peace, regardless of race, religion or creed.
Where else can you see girls in tudung boogieing next to girls in shorts, and boys, and then grinning at each other with joy at having successfully done a perfect routine?
There is no greater feeling than from having participated in something with a whole bunch of strangers that is creative, organic and fun. No need for special T-shirts, expensive equipment or long official speeches. Simplicity and spontaneity is in. Pity our leaders can’t understand that.
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Shafer Vineyards is proud to be a wine industry leader in the area of solar power. In 2004 we became the first winery in the U.S. to make the switch to 100 percent solar power. In 2008 we built a second array to power the vineyard system that we use to irrigate the 50 acres of vines that surround the winery.
On sunny days these two arrays produce, at peak, more than 200 kW of electrical power, or in other words, enough to meet the baseload needs of 160 average homes.
Going solar is our way of treating the air as well as we treat the land. The generation of electricity is the number one source of toxic air pollution in the US. Most generator plants burn coal and pump millions of tons of greenhouse gasses and toxins into the air.
Over the lifetime of Shafer’s system alone (30 years) the greenhouse gasses that won’t be produced on our behalf has the air-purifying effect of planting more than 30,000 trees.
In addition, of course, we have eliminated our electricity bill and we actually contribute power to the electrical grid.
Twenty years ago each of our vineyards looked as clean as a pool table: not a blade of grass, not a weed, no sign of bird or insect life, just knobby vines were sticking up out of the soil.
“The only way to achieve that super clean look was by using heavy duty chemicals,” says Doug Shafer. “We realized it was the wrong direction.”
It meant tainting the soil with rodent poison to kill gophers, spraying potent herbicides to kill unwanted foliage, applying powerful insecticides to vanquish pests such as the blue-green sharpshooter, and by relying on chemical fertilizers to feed stripped-down soil.
Today we are 100 percent solar powered, we reuse and recycle our water, make our own compost for fertilizer. We partner with owls, songbirds, hawks, bats and other wildlife to cultivate successful vineyards and rely on cover crops to help control insects that would otherwise blight our vines.
In the late 1980s we started erecting nesting boxes for Barn Owls and perch poles, which attract birds of prey such as Red-shouldered Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, and American Kestrels.
The reason we want to attract owls and hawks is simple – we wanted to stop putting rodent poisons in the soil to control the gopher and mole population. These creatures like to tunnel through the ground and eat young vine roots.
Between the hawks and owls, we have day and night rodent patrol (hawks feed during daylight, while owls are nocturnal hunters).
“The work of these raptors is so effective we named our Chardonnay vineyard ‘Red Shoulder Ranch’ to honor them,” says Doug Shafer.
Vineyards attract lots of insect pests, among the most troublesome are blue-green sharpshooters and leafhoppers.
“You can spray powerful chemicals to rid your vines of these particular insects, but we prefer to rely on the natural eating habits of songbirds and bats,” says Doug Shafer.
To attract some of nature’s hungriest eating machines, we have erected songbird houses throughout our vineyards. These provide homes for cavity-dwelling species such as swallows and bluebirds, who tend to eat the flying bugs that blight our vines.
These birds raise their young on our property and feed their families on the bugs that would otherwise damage our vines.
After sunset, we benefit from the eating habits of bats, who consuming anywhere from 15 to 25 percent of their body weight per night. Given our location at the base of towering cliffs, called palisades, we enjoy some insect patrolling by bats.
To attract more, we’ve erected a 500-lbs bat roost, which is currently awaiting its first residents. The bat box is designed to house a maternity colony, meaning this will be a place where the bats can breed and raise their young.
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How to Make Love, Not Bigotry
Published on CNN.
This holiday season, an ad campaign is selling clothes and challenging bigotry in America.
A poster of a turbaned and bearded man in Gap clothes with a woman hanging on his shoulder hit store windows and subway walls across the United States last month as part of Gap’s “Make Love” ad campaign. The model is Waris Ahluwalia, a Sikh actor whose turban and beard is part of his faith.
For the first time, a mainstream, nationwide ad presents a turbaned man as beautiful, even sexy. He is not a suspect, but a model; not a terrorist, but a person with dignity; not a foreigner, but an American.
The ad thrilled Sikh Americans like me, who have worked for years to dismantle one of the most pernicious prevailing stereotypes in American culture: turban equals terrorist.
Nearly every person who wears a turban in the United States is Sikh. Many Sikhs wear five articles of faith, including kesh, long uncut hair that most men and some women wrap in a cloth turban. Tragically, the turban meant to represent a commitment to service and justice marked Sikh Americans as targets of hate.
Recently, the ad featuring Waris Ahluwalia was found covered with racist graffiti on a New York City subway wall. “Make Love” was crossed out to read “Make Bombs.” Someone scrawled beneath it, “Please stop driving TAXIS.”
The racial epithets were familiar, but what happened next was altogether new. The photograph went viral on Twitter. Within 24 hours, Gap set out to replace the defaced ads, made the ad its background image on Twitter and Facebook and released the statement, “Gap is a brand that celebrates inclusion and diversity.” The company’s response set off a chorus of #ThankYouGap posts.
The story is a powerful example of how a groundswell of people can “make love” in response to hate. It’s a story we need now more than ever.
Twelve years after September 11, 2001, the stereotype of the turbaned and bearded terrorist is deeply entrenched in our social imagination. It shows up in profiling at airports, bullying in the school yard, violence on the streets, surveillance of houses of worship, and yes, graffiti on a New York City subway wall.
In daily encounters, our minds default to stereotypes we have unwittingly absorbed. The most dangerous racial stereotypes trigger fear and animosity — for example, African-Americans as “criminal,” Latinos as “illegal,” or Muslims and Sikhs as “terrorist.” Once a person is reduced to a stereotype, it becomes easier to harm them, or to permit harm to be done to them.
But there is a powerful antidote to these stereotypes: the diversity of faces, voices and stories of real people that show our shared humanity.
In the aftermath of the 2012 mass shooting in a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, thousands of people wrote heartfelt letters in an outpouring of love and support to families who lost loved ones and signed petitions that led to a new government policy to track hate crimes against Sikhs.
This fall, after Columbia University professor Prabhjot Singh was brutally beaten in New York City, nearly 4,000 people of different faiths sent him prayers and messages online.
And 11 days ago, when photographer Robert Gerhardt, a white Catholic, saw racist graffiti covering a photograph of a Sikh, he chose to take a photograph of the ad. He sent the photo to Muslim American writer Arsalan Iftikhar, who decided to post it on Twitter. Others shared the photo, which prompted Gap to take a public stand.
Earlier this month, Gap employee Casey David Muir-Taylor made the same choice when an irate customer complained about the Muslim “terrorist” in the “do-rag.” He defended the ad and posted about it on Facebook. Each of these individuals chose to fight for a community not their own.
As a Sikh American, these acts of courage deepen my commitment to do the same for others.
Companies should take note that taking a public stand against hate wins new customers.
But it would be a mistake to miss the deeper lesson: We as individuals can no longer claim helplessness in the face of racism. In the digital era, the power to “make love,” not bigotry, lies in the palm of our hands. Whether in response to a Sikh model in a fashion ad, or a South Asian American woman crowned Ms. America, new media give a new generation a chance to speak out for our vision of America.
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Wen - Fastest Way to Remove Hair
Update by user Mar 10, 2015
It's come to my attention that there are two very different formulations of Wen - The Chaz Dean Wen sold at ChazDean.com lists it's ingredients on the site.The Guthy-Renker formula sold at Wen.com does not list it's complete ingredient list anywhere on the site.
It is not the same product at all. They are complete frauds, and this is where our product came from. Someone noted the difference in the labels. Chaz Dean's simply says "Wen" and Guthy Renker's says "Wen by Chaz Dean".
I do not know what in the shampoo is causing so many to lose their hair, and if it is only Guthy Renker's product, but I suspect it is. Chaz Dean's 2nd ingredient is aloe vera gel, followed by glycerin. Guthy Renker's product's 2nd ingredient is glycerin followed by cetyl alcohol and cetearyl alcohol.
Here are the complete ingredient lists for each...
Chaz Dean's Wen
Water, Aloe Vera Gel, Glycerin, Chamomile Extract, Cherry Bark Extract, Calendula Extract, Rosemary Extract, Behentrimonium Chloride, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Cetyl Alcohol, Emulsifying Wax, Panthenol, Trimethylsilylamodimethicone, Hydrolyzed Whole WheatProtein, PEG-60 Almond Glycerides, Menthol, Essential Oils, CitricAcid, Methylchoroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone,Fragrance
Water,Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract
Prunus Serotina (Wild Cherry) Bark Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Panthenol, Butylene Glycol Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Polysorbate 60, PEG-60, Almond Glycerides, Amodimethicone, Citric Acid, Menthol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Fragrance, Limonene
Original review posted by user Mar 08, 2015
My 10 year old daughter, who lost her hair from Wen Cleansing Conditioner, granted permission to share this photo in hopes of preventing others from using Wen and having the same catastrophic results.Do your research and don't buy this product.
She was given it by her grandmother, who raved about it (really just parroting the infomercial.) so I didn't think to look at reviews before using. Wow, am I sorry about that! There are hundreds of hair loss reports just on pissedconsumer.com, and hundreds more around the web. There is no question her hair loss was from Wen.
First loss was noticed days after first use. Subsequent uses her hair literally just slipped right off her head. Having had the product so hyped up that is was so gentle, I still didn't suspect it until someone sent info on the class action suit. Grandma's hair also thinned severely.
5 months later, my girl has patchy growth on about 1/3 of her head.It is OK to re-share the photo.
This reviewer shared experience about "harm to child" and wants this business to read this review and look into the issue (if any) as the author lost $3000. The author is overall dissatisfied with Wen and uploaded a picture. The most disappointing about wen conditioner from Wen was hair loss Reviewer wants customer support to reach out to him or her ASAP for further discussion of this matter.
Also, you can continue reading comments about Wen.
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Prebiotics Market is growing at a moderate pace with substantial growth rates over the last few years and is estimated that the market will grow significantly in the forecasted period i.e. 2020 to 2027.
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Prebiotics are the type of dietary fibre that is used to enhance the activity of beneficial microorganisms such as fungi, and bacteria. This good type of bacteria is very helpful for the well-being of the colon, which is present in the human gut. The prebiotics are naturally present in the onion, banana, garlic, wheat bran, and synthesize in the food products such as yogurts, cereals, bread, and biscuits. It widely finds its application in dietary supplements, functional beverage, and nutrition and meal replacement bars.
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October 25, 2010
Designed for filming action in extreme conditions, Tachyon XC helmet cameras are easy-to-use and come with multiple mounting systems that can connect the cameras to goggles, helmets, sporting equipment, dashboards and more, accommodating all adventure enthusiasts.
Tachyon’s latest Picatinny Rail Mounts, priced at only $27.99, will allow anyone with the new Tachyon XC HD or the Tachyon XC Micro to easily and securely mount their helmet camera to a Picatinny rail, which is now common on firearms. And along with real firearms, these mounts will work just as well with airsoft or paintball guns that are equipped with Picatinny rails. The new Picatinny mounts are backwards compatible with all previous Tachyon XC models.
The Picatinny Rail Mount, constructed with tough zinc-alloy connections, has been successfully tested to withstand the recoil of a variety of assault rifles. The following gun models, mounted with the new Picatinny mounts, can be seen in our latest HD YouTube GunCam video: S&W MP 15-22 – 22LR, Beretta Cx4 Storm – 9mm Luger, Bushmaster AR 15 – .223, SIG SAUER SIG 556 – 5.56mm NATO, Ruger SR-556 – 5.56mm NATO, and the Springfield Armory SOCOM II – .308
Details and photos of the new Picatinny Rail Mounts in action can be found on the Tachyon XC Micro and Tachyon XC HD mounting webpages. Tachyon is also proud to announce that military and law enforcement officers who purchase a helmet camera before December 31st, 2010 will receive a free Picatinny Rail Mount. See our Military Webpage for details.
“Since we are known as makers of the “tough cam”, we are always looking for ways to get our cameras into tougher situations,” said Jeff Francis, Operational Director for Tachyon, Inc. ” The business end of a high-powered firearm seemed like the perfect place to mount our camera. We trademarked the name GunCam™ to show that we are now committed to putting our cameras into the gun market. In this vein, we are excited to offer a free Picatinny mount to all police and military personal serving our country; many of them have been asking a long time for just such a gun mount.”
The new Picatinny mounts will be released simultaneously with Tachyon’s latest generation helmet camera, The 2011 Tachyon XC HD, which features HD video, extreme waterproofing, a wide-angle lens, and a remote control, all for just $179.99.
As with previous Tachyon XC models, the new HD helmet camera has more than twice the battery life of other, comparable helmet cameras and can get up to six continuous hours of recording when using a 32GB SDHC memory card. Its waterproof, tightly sealed design allows hunters to shoot HD video in rain, sleet, snow, dust and mud. But the 2011 Tachyon XC HD is more than just waterproof; the new, patented dive-lock feature allows the camera to dive to depths of up to 100 ft (30.5M) under water.
An adapter for rifles without Picatinny rails is in the works for sale later this year. This will allow hunters and shooters the ability to attach their Picatinny Guncam to more traditional hunting rifles.
About Tachyon, Inc.
Lewisville, TX based Tachyon™ Inc., is the premier innovator of durable, extreme helmet cameras. The Tachyon XC’s ease-of-use, durability, recording time and quality, and integrated waterproofing design make Tachyon the trusted and go-to helmet camera source for people who engage in a wide-range of extreme activities.
Tachyon XC helmet cams have found success due to their innovative design and features. With loss of video due to battery disconnection being the No. 1 helmet camera complaint, Tachyon developed and patented a shockproof battery system that keeps the camera’s batteries locked and secure, so video can survive the shocks of the most adverse situations. Tachyon, Inc. is an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau.
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ALA unveils finalists for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
For Immediate Release
CHICAGO—The American Library Association (ALA) today announced six books as finalists for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the U.S. Along with a medal presentation at ALA’s annual conference in Chicago, IL, on June 30, each winning author will receive $5,000 and the four finalists will each receive $1,500.
The 2013 shortlisted titles are:
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction:
“The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death,” by Jill Lepore. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.
From board games, including one called The Mansion of Happiness, to public-library children’s rooms to cryogenics, historian Lepore’s episodic inquiry into our evolving perceptions of life and death is full of surprises, irreverent wit, and arresting perceptions.
“Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis,” by Timothy Egan. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Popular historian Egan turns the life and work of master photographer Edward Curtis into a gripping and heroic story of one man’s commitment to the three-decade project that ultimately resulted in The North American Indian, a 20-volume collection of words and pictures documenting the Native American peoples of the American West.
“Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic,” by David Quammen. Published by W. W. Norton & Company.
Science writer Quammen schools readers in the fascinating if alarming facts about zoonotic diseases—animal infections that sicken humans, such as rabies and Ebola. Drawing on the dramatic history of virology, he profiles brave viral sleuths and recounts his own hair-raising field adventures. A vital, in-depth account offered in the hope that knowledge will engender preparedness.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction:
“Canada,” by Richard Ford. Published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
“First, I’ll tell you about the robbery our parents committed.” So begins Ford’s riveting novel, an atmospheric and haunting tale of family, folly, exile, and endurance told in the precise and searching voice of Dell Parsons, a young man forced to navigate a harsh world.
“The Round House,” by Louise Erdrich. Published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
In her fourteenth novel, Erdrich writes in the voice of a man reliving the fateful summer of his thirteenth year. Erdrich’s intimacy with her characters energizes this tale of hate crimes and vengeance, her latest immersion in the Ojibwe and white community she has been writing about for more than two decades.
“This Is How You Lose Her,” by Junot Díaz. Published by Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
Fast paced and street-talking tough, Díaz’s stories unveil lives shadowed by prejudice and poverty and bereft of reliable love and trust. These are precarious, unappreciated lives in which intimacy is a lost art, masculinity a parody, and kindness, reason, and hope struggle to survive like seedlings in a war zone.
The awards, established in 2012, recognize the best of the best in fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year and serve as a guide to help adults select quality reading material. They are the first single-book awards for adult books given by the American Library Association and reflect the expert judgment and insight of library professionals who work closely with adult readers. Nancy Pearl, librarian, literature expert, NPR commentator, and best-selling author of “Booklust” serves as chair of the awards’ selection committee.
The awards are made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York in recognition of Andrew Carnegie’s deep belief in the power of books and learning to change the world, and are co-sponsored by ALA’s Booklist publications and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).
Annotations and more information on the finalists and the awards can be found at http://www.ala.org/carnegieadult.
About Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. In keeping with this mandate, the corporation's work focuses on the issues that Andrew Carnegie considered of paramount importance: international peace, the advancement of education and knowledge, and the strength of our democracy.
Booklist is the book review magazine of the American Library Association, considered an essential collection development and readers' advisory tool by thousands of librarians for more than 100 years. Booklist Online includes a growing archive of 135,000+ reviews available to subscribers as well as a wealth of free content offering the latest news and views on books and media.
About Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)
The Reference and User Services Association is responsible for stimulating and supporting excellence in the delivery of general library services and materials, and the provision of reference and information services, collection development, readers' advisory, and resource sharing for adults, in every type of library.
Established in 1876, the American Library Association (ALA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization created to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.
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Review: HTC One for Windows
Verizon Wireless was the first U.S. carrier to score the HTC One for Windows, which swaps Android for Windows Phone. Here is Phone Scoop's full review of this stylish handset.
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Is It Your Type?
The HTC One for Windows is the company's re-entry into the Windows Phone market. And what a re-entry it is. The One for Windows takes the same great hardware we know and love from the One (M8) and trades Google's Android platform for Microsoft's Windows Phone. If you're seeking a premium Windows Phone handset, the One for Windows is the one for you.
The HTC One for Windows is identical to the One for Android. The hardware is 100% the same, both outside and in. The One is a large device, skinned in aluminum, and crafted with care. It stands in stark contrast to the polycarbonate designs from Nokia and Microsoft.
As far as Windows Phone handsets go, it doesn't get much better than this. HTC did a great job designing and manufacturing the One for Windows. It is slim, smooth, and lustworthy. The phone features HTC's BoomSound speaker grills on the front, chamfered edges all around, and tapered sides. The are black lines that run across the back surface, which help with the radio performance, and both HTC's and Verizon's logos are etched finely into the metallic back surface. The materials are top-notch, though after using the One for Android the past few months, I will say the metal is susceptible to dents and fine scratches if abused.
Due to its size and slightly oblong shape, the One can be awkward to use one-handed. For example, my thumb can't reach the top 20% of the screen unless I reposition the phone. In so doing, I risk dropping it. It is weighty and slippery. You always know it is in your hand and your pockets, but it will slip into (and out of!) your pockets easily thanks to its slim profile.
The front surface is a busy place. Two gray bars, one above and one below the screen, hold the machine-drilled BoomSound speakers. The top houses a camera and sensor. HTC hid a notification light in the speaker grill above the screen. There are no physical control buttons; instead, HTC developed on-screen buttons to interact with the Windows Phone system (more on this in detail later).
The side edges are crammed with various things. The screen lock / power button is on top. To my fingers, it feels dramatically better than the button on the One for Android. The new button is less flush with the top surface, making it much easier to find. Travel and feedback is excellent. Paradoxically, the volume toggle on the right edge is harder to find than on the One for Android, and has mushy travel and feedback. There is no dedicated camera button. Most - if not all - Windows Phones feature a hardware camera button, as mandated by Microsoft. The One for Windows appears to be an exception to that general rule.
The SIM card and memory card have their own trays, one on either side of the One. The SIM tray is on the left and the memory card tray is on the right. Both require a SIM tool or small paper clip to eject. The micro-USB port and stereo headphone jack are both on the bottom.
The One for Windows' back cover is sealed up tight and cannot be removed. That means no swapping batteries. The back houses the Duo-Camera design from HTC, along with a two-tone flash.
In all, the HTC One for Windows is an excellent piece of kit. Despite a few minor flaws, you really can't ask for much better.
Hands-On: HTC One for Windows Phone
HTC gives Windows Phone fans what they've always wanted: A premium device with Microsoft's operating system. Here are our initial thoughts on HTC's latest device.
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The One A9 from HTC is a high-class Android smartphone. It is among the first to ship with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and boasts amenities such as a fingerprint reader and top-quality materials.
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Review: HTC U Ultra
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IMT Modular Partitions Ltd. is commited to protecting the environment.
IMT believes it is not only right but it is prudent to promote the use of ‘smart consumption’ of the environment’s resources. This is why IMT Modular Partitions Ltd. has designed and developed the product with a ‘green vision’ in mind. As a mandate IMT seeks to have the longest possible life-span in it’s original intended use, by designing the highest level of reconfigurability. This in itself contributes to the saving of natural resources in each and every reconfiguration throughout the life cycle of the product.
Further more, when the product has completed its service and is to be terminated – 98% of its content may be recycled for further use in other products or industries. This not only saves the extra natural resources required for the new product but also saves quite a bit in ‘land-fill’ space.
The four phases in the life of the IMT product:
- Raw material – sourcing the proper raw materials that is correct and behaves in the most environmentally conscious manner.
- Manufacturing – making sure we produce without wasting resources and with maximum return of our production waste to be recycled.
- Installed product – once installed, it should provide office space with no hazardous materials. Further more – the more modular the system is, the easier it is to re-use, saving valuable natural resources.
- Recyclable features – once dismantled and ‘trashed’ it is important to maximize the use of the materials and to recycle them. Since all IMT parts may be separated with simple means one may recycle 98% of the product.
Raw materials – Reclaimed:
- 89% of the raw materials used by IMT are produced from partially or fully recycled materials, with any waste put back into recycling. Anything we use – from steel down to packaging materials – have gone through the process of finding the most ‘reclaimed’ product we could use that will support our needs.
- All structure components of the system are manufactured from partially reclaimed steel.
- Aluminum components are made from 19% reclaimed material [aluminum waste].
- Wood claddings are manufactured from post consumed material.
- It is not enough to produce a ‘green’ product, we at IMT believe it should be produced in a ‘green manner’ as well; this is why all our technology and manufacturing processes are geared to support a “Hazardous Material Free Production”. In doing so we not only protect the environment but also provide a pleasant working environment to our employees.
- There is no use nor is there emission of hazardous materials in all production processes on the IMT production line.
- All aluminum waste in our manufacturing process is collected and sent back for recycling.
- All steel waste in our manufacturing process is collected and sent back for recycling.
- Being ultra modular, one may reuse the product an endless number of times, reconfiguring again and again. This will save time & money but more so – it will save natural resources that would have been used when ordering new products.
- Anodized finish on all aluminum frames will not emit gases into the office space.
- Our melamine faced wood claddings are available with “Nu Green” board from Uniboard. This product is FSC certified (certificate #SW-COC-002726 and qualifies for 5 LEED points.
- Glazing is always tempered and will as well not emit any gases.
- All IMT surfaces [except] fabric are hard surfaces which do not absorb bacteria and other hazardous materials; they are all easily cleaned, handled & maintained without the need to use chemicals in the process.
- IMT components may be 98% recycled.
- Structure components may be recycled to become steel.
- Aluminum components maybe recycled into other aluminum products.
- Wood claddings maybe recycled to create MDF boards, etc.
- Fabrics maybe recycled to become other fabrics.
- Even the EPDM rubber strips may be ground up and used to create safety tiles in playgrounds (and more).
At IMT we will continue to improve our design and research new materials to ensure we can deliver an aesthetically appealing, eco-friendly, wall solution that is the most flexible and affordable in its category.
Guidelines to Environment Conscious Planning:
Planning any space with the environment in mind may be done by following the simple four points. Following these guidelines will result also in other financial, site management & longevity advantages.
- Reduce the use of drywall
- Gypsum is not recyclable.
- Working with gypsum emits extensive amount of dust to the air.
- Using a modular system you may utilize up-to 98% of your walls when you reconfiguring.
- Save on floors & ceiling tiles – you will have 30% less waste if you lay them across the full space you occupy and not to individual rooms.
- No need to trim around the walls with PVC baseboard, carpet or wood paneling.
- Save on dumping fees of dry-wall when you reconfigure.
- Shorter “down-time” as no site finishing [plastering & painting] is required.
- Choose a product with high reclaim ratio.
- Fewer natural resources are utilized to create your product.
- Encourage other companies to recycle their “used” products to create the product you will use.
- Plan the layout using maximum product repetition.
- Using common module widths will result in more components being able to be
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- Try and simplify vertical segmentation to allow a higher re-usage ratio.
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Georgia Alabama News
DoDEA keeps post schools on the ‘cutting edge’ of technology
By ADRIENNE ANDERSON
Ft. Benning | January 30, 2013
The Department of Defense Education Activity’s technology initiative is “21st century teaching and learning.” “When you look at the 21st century skills,” said Lorri Blanchard, the educational technologist for the Georgia and Alabama school district, “employers want critical thinking skills, people who can think outside of the box, who don’t need to be spoon fed everything. So a lot of 21st century teaching is problem-solving — looking at a situation and coming up with ideas that are out of the box. And so we use technology to help us do that.”
In the classroom Melanie Keating, educational technologist at McBride Elementary School, said technology in the schools is not a gimmick or an add-on — it is integrated into how the students learn.
“It’s just how you can hook those students and get their little hands dirty,” Keating said about technology in education. “They love it and they are good at it — from pre-K on up.”
During her more than 15 years of experience working as an educator, Keating said it’s now more common for young children to know how to use a mouse and have good hand-eye coordination to use a computer.
The prevalence of technology in people’s everyday lives makes it harder to get around without knowing how to use technology. However, technology can also facilitate collaboration and teamwork, such as with new SMART technology that is currently being used at all post schools. Because of the positive impact technology has on education, Blanchard said DoDEA likes to stay on the “cutting edge” of technology, which ties into its 21st century theme.
“SMART boards are the things that have probably changed teaching and learning the most because you are right there hands-on,” Keating said. “Before, the teacher was kind of separated — she was sitting at her computer ... but now it’s the kids manipulating.”
The new SMART tables, designed with pre-kindergarten to third-graders in mind, is an example of how technology is used to teach students to collaborate with each other through solving puzzles or playing educational games that require teamwork.
Schools also have SMART Response devices that allow teachers to quickly grasp the progress of students in his or her classroom.
“They can do formative assessments and check for learning on the fly,” Blanchard said. “And the kids can be anonymous. Their results go up on the board for everybody to see but … there is no name associated with it so it creates a safe responding system.”
The teacher can then decide, based on responses, whether or not to continue to move ahead or cover the same material again. Special programs The use of technology also reaches outside of the classroom as well, through programs like robotics and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program.
These types of programs get students thinking outside of the box, Blanchard said.
With robotics, “They have to be able to write, communicate orally, they have to look at problem-solving and do some math to make the robots perform,” she said.
Blanchard said the key is getting students to look beyond a search engine like Google and instead getting them to solve real-life problems creatively. Using skills learned in the classroom and applying them through real-world application is the goal.
Just recently, three schools from Fort Benning participated in a robotics competition at Starbase Robins in Warner Robins. The teams had to find a solution for a problem that senior citizens faced as they aged. White Elementary School took second-place overall in that competition.
The schools use software and online websites, such as Prezi, a cloud-based presentation software, Gizmo, an online website with math and science simulations, and Voice Thread, a tool that allows students to collaborate whether at school or at home. These tools allow parents to see what their children are learning and assist them with their projects.
Like the programs and tools used in the classroom, the software and websites also help students think on a larger, more conceptual scale and not only through rote learning, she said.
“Students are engaged in lessons if they’re on some sort of technological device,” Blanchard said. For example, Blanchard said, research has shown that autistic children who use an iPad increase their engagement in the learning process, as well as help to equal the playing field with a child in a normal classroom.
“It can be a computer, it can be their smart phone — you learn by touching — tactile, by auditory, by visual and the computer meet all of those needs,” she said. “Everyone, regardless of their cognitive ability — whether they have special needs or are gifted — they all have the ability to think. And with the integration of technology, if it’s done appropriately, you can differentiate and meet all of those needs.”
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Ahoy, Matey! Ships and fish in Houston. . .
Busy, busy: Houston is the busiest port in the United States in terms of foreign tonnage, and tenth-busiest in the world!
Being Texas' largest seaport, it seemed fitting we spend some of our time in Houston engaged in nautical pursuits. I'd attempted to get us reservations on the free boat tour of the Houston Ship Channel, but it was booked up well in advance. Due to "security concerns," cameras were not allowed on the trip, anyway. Go figure.
With severe storms in the forecast for Tuesday, we took a chance and headed north from League City toward LaPorte and San Jacinto State Park. San Jacinto, all good Texans should recall, is the location where on April 21, 1836 the Texicans finally routed Santa Anna's Mexican army and secured Texas' independence with the stirring cries "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" The centerpiece of the 1200-acre park is the 604-foot tall monument to the battle, a Corvoda shell-clad Moderne classic constructed for the 100-th anniversay of the battle by the Roosevelt-era Works Project Administration. The weather was blustery, with strong winds out of the south and a low cloud ceiling, so we decided not to fork over the bucks to take an elevator to the top. Instead, we turned our attention to the main purpose of our trip, the retired Navy Battleship USS Texas.
E. ponders Texas History while holding his Space Shuttle model at the San Jacinto monument.
The Texas is anchored nearby on Buffalo Bayou, and recently restored--though when you roam through the bowels of the 573-foot long dreadnaught, you realize how restoration is a never-ending proposition. The Texas is the last surviving battleship that served in both World Wars, commissioned in 1914 and at the time the most powerful military weapon in the world. By the time it was retired in 1948, its offensive value had been eclipsed by aircraft carriers, even larger battleships, and the atomic bomb. The Texas' fate was nearly sealed as a target ship for above-ground atom bomb tests in the Pacific, but congressional sentiment intervened, and the ship was preserved.
Like a scene from a Michael Bay film, E. and I. work the anti-aircraft guns on the Texas' deck, with the help of M. . .
A rare photo of all of us on the Texas.
We roamed its decks, climbed all over its anti-aircraft guns, scaled the steep, narrow stairways to the bridge, and explored under its decks. Compared to the large ocean-going cargo ships constantly shuttling up and down the ship channel, the Texas didn't seem so big--until you got "down below" and quickly realized how turned around you can get!
Afterwards, took the short drive north to the nearby Monument Inn restaurant, and had a great lunch with a front-row seat of shipping traffic traversing the narrow entrance to Buffalo Bayou. Then we took the small, dozen-vehicle Lynchburg Ferry across the bay and continued into Houston.
Oooh! I. checks out the White Tiger. . .
We ended up at the Houston Aquarium. Big mistake. I guess, among urban aquariums, it isn't that bad--we certainly enjoyed it last time we visited four years ago, but since then, having visited one of the nation's premier aquariums (the Shedd aquarium in Chicago), this place just seemed like a letdown. The aquarium seems like just a small part of this tourist attraction right under Interstate 45 in downtown Houston--when a Google Search on Houston Aquarium gives you a primary address for "aquariumrestaurantsdowntown", you know that the aquarium isn't the MAIN attraction--the restaurant is. That and the merry go round, shark "train" and ferris wheel. Anyway, for $9 bucks a head, the aquarium is less than impressive, and when you exit the exhibit right into the middle of the gift shop, you can feel the cash vacuum reaching into your wallet. The big attraction this day was a white tiger, which kept hurling himself at the glass separating him from the paying customers.
We ended our Houston vacation later in the week with a fine dinner at the aquarium on the Kemah boardwalk. Both Kemah Boardwalk and Houston Aquarium are owned by the Landry's restaurant chain, which has developed several "concept restaurants" across the country. The boardwalk is similar to the Downtown Aquarium in that it exists soley to suck every last dollar from your pockets, but it does feature a great location on the water, as well as a great selection of amusement rides. If we'd had a "do-over," we'd have gone here rather then the aquarium. As it was, we saw more than enough fish in the 50,000 gallon tank in the dining room.
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my thoughts on soulmates
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This is an interesting topic and everyone has their own opinion. Some people believe in soulmates and some people don’t. And some people just don’t know what to think. You guys already know I like going beyond the simple stuff and exploring new depths. Here are my thoughts on soulmates.
Before I get into this, I just wanna say that I do believe in reincarnation and past lives and stuff like that. The reason why I’m saying that is because as i’m explaining my perspective, knowing this will make it easier to understand. My perspective might be a little bit different from what you normally hear but here goes 🤷♂️.
So, first off, do I believe in soulmates? Yes, 100%.
I think there are certain people who are meant to enter our lives for a very specific reason. These people come into our lives and they change us in positive ways.
Here are the different types of soulmates that I believe in: best friends, romantic partners, and they could even be family members. Yes, even your grandpa can be a soulmate as well. You’re probably like “wtf how he’s not even near the same age as me.” Well listen here, bodies age but souls are ageless. Because of the role they have to play in your life (for example the role of your grandparents) they might not always be able to do things with you that you would do with friends your age, but whenever you need guidance, they can provide that for you if these are people you really and truly connect with.
The point is, these people are meant to be in your life and they have been strategically placed either near you or far away and you are meant to cross paths eventually.
Since I believe in reincarnation and past lives, I believe soulmates are people you have known throughout your other lifetimes. That’s why it feels so familiar when you meet them again in this lifetime; because you already know them.
You ever meet somebody and you instantly click and when you’re talking to them for the first time it feels like everything’s falling into place? That’s kinda like the souls connecting and saying “Kiddha, looks like we found each other again 🙌🏼.”
Here’s one thing to understand: soulmates don’t have to be in your life forever. BUT soulmates always find their way back to each other, but not all of them might (considering you probably have multiple soulmates). And another thing, your relationships with your soulmates aren’t always necessarily going to be perfect. You might come across a soulmate but you might not be meant to be together in this lifetime. And that’s okay. Keep reading.
Aight, now let’s talk about the romantic partner soulmates (cause I know that’s what most of you are actually here for lmao 😂 🙄 dw i’m low-key here for that too 👀).
I think that there’s only one person that you're actually meant to be with. I guess you can call this person your “true love.” If you haven’t found this person yet, then you will. You just gotta remember that these things take time. And they’re probably figuring themselves out just like you are. But one day, you will both cross paths when the timing is right.
If you’re meant to be with someone then you’ll definitely end up with them. There’s no denying that. You will find each other no matter where you are in the world. Soulmates are drawn to each other and it’s just hard for them to be apart. If you’ve ever heard or read the tragic Punjabi love stories of Heer Ranjha, Sassi Punnu, Mirza Sahiba, or Sohni Mahiwal then you’ll know that those people couldn’t be kept apart. Spoiler alert: they all ended up dying cause they couldn’t live without the other. Clearly this is not meant to be that tragic lol but kinda gets the point across 🤷♂️
If you really wanna find your soulmate, then I think it starts with you being open-minded and open-hearted as well. You have to be receptive and willing to let people come in to your life. A lot of the times people think they have found their soulmate when they just click. But sometimes that might not be the case. It may take some time before you click with a person. Or you might initially start off as friends and then get into a relationship after. Either way, they could still be your soulmate.
But one thing’s for sure, there’s a soulmate for everybody who has an open heart and is willing to connect with others. And like I said before, you probably have many soulmates walking around on this planet. A portion of them have the potential to be some of your closest friends and a portion of them have the potential to be lifelong romantic partners. The important thing to remember is that if it doesn’t work out with one soulmate in this lifetime then that’s alright cause it probably wasn’t meant to be (but maybe in another lifetime). And it’s also fine because you probably have another soulmate who will find you and maybe you’re supposed to be with that soulmate this time around. | <urn:uuid:a1d41277-8c03-4663-a0cd-1516eff4534b> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://www.prbdlln.com/blog/2018/11/10/my-thoughts-on-soulmates | 2019-07-23T00:30:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195528635.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20190723002417-20190723024417-00022.warc.gz | en | 0.962356 | 1,177 |
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APSU Sports Information
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) women’s soccer team earned an important Ohio Valley Conference win by routing Jacksonville State, 4-1, Friday, September 28th, 2018 at Morgan Brothers Soccer Field.
Head coach Naomi Kolarova only made one change in the lineup, but there were multiple Govs who made a switch into different positions.
Jade Dauriat and Katie Costantino, generally central midfielders, made the transition to left and right back, respectively. The overhaul for the Govs (7-4-1, 2-2-1 OVC) continued as Renee Semaan and Abby Therell each stepped into midfield as well.
The APSU Govs got on the front foot immediately with Wistrom playing Claire Larose through on goal, but JSU keeper Morgan Lerch made a good stop to deny Larose.
Fortunately, the Govs did not have to wait long after for the breakthrough, as Wistrom once again played provider for Larose, who this time made sure she it counted as she slotted the ball near-post past Lerch for a 1-0 Govs lead in the 17th minute.
Halftime came and went with the Govs ahead 1-0 and action quickly came about again. A Gamecock player looked to be through 1v1, but Shelby Stewart raced back from her midfield position to put in a last-ditch, crunching tackle that kept the Govs in the lead.
After a couple more shots and corners, the Govs could sense a second goal was coming. In the 59th minute, Wistrom delivered the goods as she picked up a deflected ball at the top of the penalty spot and rocketed the ball into the far corner to double the Govs lead.
It looked like APSU had tamed the Gamecocks (3-6-2, 1-2 OVC), but the Gamecocks made it interesting. After a couple warning signs right after Wistrom’s goal, JSU’s Emma Meadows hit a high-arching shot from outside the box that found the top corner of the net in the 64th minute.
Larose played a defense-splitting pass to Katie Kenward, who crossed in a scintillating ball that served up Wistrom on a platter, who easily finished into the roof the net to restore the two-goal cushion.
The Govs were not done with their offensive explosion, as just three minutes and 50 seconds later the Govs had another. After a corner by Dauriat, the Gamecock defense could not clear and Larose controlled the ball on the right side of the box and unleashed a flawless left-footed strike that bent into the far corner.
Larose’s second proved to be the dagger, as the Govs were able to shutdown JSU for the remainder of the match and claim their second OVC win of the year.
The Govs return to action next Friday, October 5th with another home match against Eastern Kentucky.
Larose scored her sixth and seventh goals of the season, which leads the team and the conference as of press time.
Wistrom scored her first goal since the 2014 season and had her first multi-goal game as a Gov.
Wistrom’s five points (two goals, one assist) are the most for a Gov in a game this season.
Kenward now leads APSU with three assists on the season.
Mary Parker Powell claimed her 15th career victory, tied for fourth all-time.
The Govs scored four goals for the first time in conference play since a 4-3 win at UT Martin on September 30th, 2016.
APSU extended their program record unbeaten streaks at home (15 straight conference matches unbeaten, 22 overall matches unbeaten).
Naomi Kolarova’s Thoughts
On the changes in the lineup
On the match overall
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Cavities (Dental Caries)
What is a cavity?
Cavities are the result of bacterial infection of the hard structure of the teeth. Cavities occur when bacterial plaque (an invisible, sticky film of bacteria) is allowed to accumulate on tooth surfaces. The bacteria excrete acids as a by product of their metabolism, and these acids dissolve the extremely hard outer tooth layer, known as enamel. Once the bacteria penetrate the outer enamel layer, they infect the inner hard tooth layer known as dentin (or ivory). Bacteria continue to dissolve the dentin, spreading through the tooth and causing more damage as time passes.
The technical term for this disease is dental caries. Dental caries is an infection of the tooth which causes the teeth to soften, break, or crumble if the disease is left untreated.
In the earlier stages of the disease, most of the infection lies under the hard surface enamel of the tooth, within the hard tooth dentin. Infected portions of the dentin are softened to a consistency similar to that of wet newspaper. Although only a tiny portion of the tooth surface is involved, there can be extensive involvement beneath the surface. At this stage, before the tooth start to break or crumble, there may not be an actual hole, or cavity, in the tooth - even though its interior is soft and mushy. Dental caries which is not apparent to the naked eye is usually clearly quite clearly seen on dental radiographs (or "x-rays").
Dental caries is the second most common human disease. (Only periodontal, or gum disease, is more common). By comparison, both dental caries and periodontal disease are more common than the common cold.
Dental caries is a preventable disease. If bacteria are not allowed to remain on the tooth surface, the disease can not occur. The best means of removing bacterial plaque on the tooth surface is by brushing after eating, as well as before bedtime, in addition to the daily use of dental floss for cleaning areas the toothbrush can't reach. Special preventive treatments include professional tooth cleaning and maintenance care, and the use of flourides to make teeth more resistant to attack by bacterial acids.
Spreading Infection from Untreated Cavities
Teeth with dental caries may allow infection to spread into the soft inner tissue of the tooth and tooth roots, known as the dental pulp. The dental pulp is similar to gum tissue, but once it becomes infected it can not recover. Infection of the dental pulp is a serious but treatable problem which can cause severe pain and may allow infection to spread into the jawbone or even beyond the mouth to the rest of the body. Left untreated infections of dental origin can be fatal, though this is uncommon in developed nations. The treatment for an infected dental pulp is called endodontic treatment (or "root canal treatment").
Cavities Resulting from Unsatisfactory Restorations
Dental caries may also begin in areas on the teeth which can't be reached by the toothbrush or dental floss. The most common of these protected areas are broken down or unsatisfactory fillings, caps, or crowns with small defects in their fit to the tooth. Bacteria readily colonize these tiny crevices and gaps between inadequately fitting restorative materials and the tooth structure. This is why any tiny deficiencies in the ability of a cap, crown, bridge, or filling to seal the tooth surface from bacteria must be corrected by dental treatment.
Different Treatment Options for Cavities
The most common treatment for cavities is removal of the infected or weakened portions of the tooth, followed by placing a restoration (or "filling") to seal the damaged tooth from oral bacteria, replace lost tooth structure, and restore both form and function of the tooth. After removal of "decay" (infected enamel and dentin), a hole or cavity remains in the portion of the tooth that was infected before dental treatment. If enough natural tooth structure remains, the tooth can be restored with a filling, if not a crown ("cap") might be unavoidable.
A variety of different restorations ("fillings") are available. The different types are classified by the type of material used to make the restoration. These commonly include silver alloy, gold alloy, porcelain, combinations of metal and porcelain, non-precious metal alloys, composite resin bonding materials, and glass ionomer materials. Each material has distinct advantages and disadvantages. Your dentist carefully selects the best material to meet your individual needs, your health, and the needs of your tooth.
Dental restorations can be made by placing a restorative material directly into the tooth (called direct restorations), or the dental restoration may be made outside the mouth, indirectly, by a dental laboratory (called indirect restorations). For more information on the different types of restorations and the materials used for them, click the hyperlinks in this paragraph or the buttons at the top of this page. | <urn:uuid:08264841-3b88-4584-9e5a-7a7363ddb6f1> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.drdavidfox.com/cavities.htm | 2014-03-11T22:32:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394011335666/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305092215-00006-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944222 | 1,034 |
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It was just like any other 3rd trimester day.. It was Friday, July 6th, and I had reached my 38th week. Through that whole week I had severe sciatic nerve pain and too much pressure on my pubic bone. There weren’t any signs that I would go into labor besides the normal Braxton Hicks contractions I was having since the beginning of the 3rd trimester.
That night I came home feeling really bummed out from all the work load I was leaving behind at the office and kind of nervous from all of it. Robert decided to play basketball after work and I just wanted to rest. I put Nathan to bed early and decided to try to sleep early too. Robert and I had a little intimate time when he came home, and right after that I started having REALLY bad dull contractions. It was shooting from my back to my pelvis and back again. I used Bloomlife and it was tracking that I was having contractions every 8 minutes, so I shook it off and tried to go back to sleep. The following morning, I felt fine so I just presumed they were prodromal symptoms. Then after 11 a.m. I started having them again! It was getting stronger, but still tracking every 10-12 minutes apart, so I sucked it up and continued with my day. We even ran errands at Costco and Target! The contractions were intermittent and lasted through Sunday afternoon! My oils really helped relieve me during these prodromal symptoms! I used Lavender for calming; Deep Relief for my lower back & sciatic pain; and Clary Sage on my ankles to stimulate the contractions.
On Sunday night, I turned on Bloomlife to track my contractions during my sleep and to see if there was any progress. I woke up around midnight with stronger and closer contractions and I told myself, “these are definitely not Braxton Hicks!” So I called Labor & Delivery and explained to them that my contractions may not be every 5 minutes but every 6-8 minutes! They told me to come in to just check, so we quickly packed our things, dropped off Nathan at my moms & off to the hospital we went!
We arrived there around 12:30 am, I asked to be triaged instead of being admitted just in case it was a false alarm. I brought my oils with me and Robert kept massaging my ankles and my lower back as the contractions kept progressing. When the midwife came to check if I was dilated, we were all surprised to learn that I was already 5 centimeters dilated and 90% effaced!! It was crazy! So the whole weekend, I was pretty much in early labor! I was so glad we got to complete all the tasks needed around the house!
So after she checked me, I was then admitted to the labor and delivery room! They asked for my birth plan and I honestly did not have one! All I know was, I wanted Robert there, an epidural, and for Ylang Ylang and Lavender to be diffused to calm me.
I received the epidural around 2 am & after that, I just rested and waited. I was slowly progressing and my cervix was dilating a centimeter more every couple hours. Through the night and morning, Robert kept massaging my inner ankles with Clary Sage to promote my contractions and I didn’t need to have Pitocin. All the nurses were happy to report that my body was doing work all on it’s own (well with an epidural of course) Knowing this information kept me positive and calm. the sound of her strong heart beat on the monitor was the only melody I wanted to hear in my room. Though I was calm, I was also a little anxious inside cause I wanted to see her already. I couldn’t sleep with the anticipation!
At about 10:30 am, I was at 8.5 centimeters dilated and I knew I was ready to push any time now. I felt a weird “thump” hit my anus followed by a warm gush! My water finally broke!! After that, my contractions were getting closer and closer & the feeling of needing to “poo” was starting! Around 11:50 am I told the midwife that I am ready to push!
I watched the fetal monitor to track when my contraction was about to come so that I can prepare to inhale, exhale and push for 10 seconds. My mom was in the room too, and Robert and my mom were so supportive. They fed me ice chips, massaged my back, helped lift my legs up, used words of encouragement. They were a great support!! I felt like I was pushing forever, but almost an hour later, I delivered a healthy baby girl!
Disclaimer, all my photos I look like complete wreck, but I was ugly crying happy tears that she was finally out and all that pain, pushing, and 38 weeks of a rollercoaster pregnancy was over and I was soooooo ready to have her in my arms!
Baby girl arrived at 12:40 p.m! After her delivery, she was quickly in my arms and we did skin to skin right away!
I was in labor 12 hours and to me that was fast. I was in labor for 30 hours with Nathan, so it was a shock to me how quick this time around was. I feel because I knew what to expect and opted for an epidural right away, it helped ease me a lot better than the first time. Perhaps it was all the flights of stairs I climbed at work or my essentials oils. Whatever it was, the second time around was a great experience for me and I’m so thankful for my family and the nurses there supporting me through. Would I do it again? Well, maybe just once more ☺️ | <urn:uuid:0192a8c1-53d2-438b-9ff5-a2dca4612183> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://thememoirsofamommy.com/2018/07/25/my-labor-delivery-story/ | 2023-02-04T11:32:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500126.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20230204110651-20230204140651-00131.warc.gz | en | 0.988917 | 1,209 |
Your AC system is designed to evenly distribute cool, refreshing air throughout your entire home but you’ve noticed lately that your two-story home is having some issues in that department. The upstairs is warmer than the downstairs but when you try to rectify the issue, it puts the lower levels of your home into a deep freeze.
Something has to be done because there is definitely a malfunction somewhere in your HVAC system. It’s not just a lack of comfort in the hot summer months that you’re dealing with, you may have a substantial issue that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Otherwise, you could be allowing a small problem to become something even bigger and more costly to repair down the line.
Even worse, leaving it unchecked could result in a replacement instead of a repair and not only will you be left footing a hefty bill but you may just be without any air conditioning in the dead of summer. No one wants to have that problem when the thermometer hits triple digits.
The time to take action is now. So here are some steps you could take to solve the problem and live in climate-controlled comfort all throughout the summer without worry (or having to put on a sweater!)
Sometimes the reason your upstairs and downstairs aren’t in sync with one another when it comes to cooling your home isn’t due to a specific malfunction as much as an inability for the current system to effectively bring cool air to both levels due to the design or size of the home.
In cases such as these, one thermostat may be insufficient to properly cool the entire home as desired. You may need to opt for a zoned system instead, in which two thermostats are necessary to cool the home separately. There is one thermostat to control the climate downstairs and another one regulates how warm or cool it is upstairs.
When you separate the two it gives you more command over each story of the home so that everyone on each level is comfortable and, even better, you don’t overtax the system by adjusting it all the time with struggles over one thermostat. When you dramatically raise and lower the temperature on your thermostat, that can be detrimental to the system.
So how does zoned cooling work and what makes it such a beneficial option for your home’s cooling needs? It’s all about dampers. These are electronically controlled valves that are located in the ducts of your system which regulate the flow of air. A zoned system restricts or allows air to flow where you want.
This is accomplished by using multiple thermostats, one for each level of the home. Now you can have two comfortable temperatures on both levels of the home and you need not worry about uneven cooling throughout the house.
Some instances call for other options to ensure that everyone is cool and comfortable. One such alternative is to install ductless thermostat units that don’t use dampers to regulate the air through your system. Instead, there are separate indoor air handlers that you can place in different regions of the home and each of these areas can be warmed or cooled with their own exclusive thermostat.
They blow air directly into the room or area of the home and no ductwork is necessary.
Maybe you don’t need to overhaul your entire air conditioning system. There could be any number of reasons why you’re having cooling issues in the home. Instead of putting in a zoned system or ductless mini-units you simply need to find the culprit that’s preventing your home from getting evenly cooled air from top to bottom.
The best way to do this is to complete the HVAC service from Bradley Mechanical. We can locate, diagnose and repair any underlying issues that exist or might crop up down the line when you least expect.
These are just some of the most common reasons why your system is having trouble equally distributing cool air to both floors of your home:
Supply and Return Vents
One of the most common issues that emerge to interfere with the proper cooling of the home is a blockage of your supply and return vents. Be sure to check and make sure nothing is in the way of these vents and there are no blockages to be found.
You may discover that your curtains are in the way, maybe a piece of furniture was moved towards a vent, perhaps something has fallen in its path, or even worse, an unwelcome pest or critter has crawled in there and died. No matter what it may be, obstructions can have a significant impact on the proper airflow through your ducts and that can be leading to your cooling problem.
Think about switching your fan from the “auto” position to the “on” position. When it’s in the former position, that allows the system to operate only when it is necessary to bring cool air into the home. As the thermostat detects a rise or fall in the temperature, it can then shut off the system or switch it back on to maintain your preset temperature.
But if you leave it in the “on” position, the air will continue to be circulated and distributed through your ductwork even after the cooling element has shut down when it is triggered to do so. This can help ensure that your cool air gets to both floors evenly but it can also raise your electricity bill as you continue to operate the system longer.
Leaky Air Ducts
In order for cold air to get to both floors, the ducts need to be free and clear of obstructions. They also need to be perfectly intact and if there are any cracks or gaps present, some of your air may be leaking out. That will prevent the upstairs from receiving all of the cold air being distribute and it could be the reason why it’s always warmer up there compared to the downstairs.
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Materuni is the home of the Chagga tribe and is still an authentic tribal village. This charming place is just 15km away from Moshi Town and is the last village before the Kilimanjaro National Park.
You will be picked up in Moshi in the morning, by our English-speaking guide, who will drive you to Materuni Village. Upon arrival, you will register at the village office and your trip can begin.
First you will visit the waterfalls, which are around a 40 minute walk away. On the way, your guide will inform you about the culture of the Chagga, village life and explain the surrounding fauna and flora. The views are truly breathtaking, and with some luck you will see the summit of
Kilimanjaro. When you reach the waterfalls, you will see that they are more than 80 meters high. The pool at the bottom of the waterfall is an inviting place for a refreshing swim so don‘t forget your swimwear!
After having enjoyed the scenery, you slowly return with your guide to Materuni village, where you will experience a traditional Chagga lunch. You also will have the opportunity to taste our local banana beer – definitely not to be missed!
But that’s not all. Next the coffee experience awaits you. Here you will learn how coffee is cultivated, dried, roasted and further processed. You will also be invited to help with the
grinding of the coffee, which is traditionally accompanied by Chagga songs and dances - a fun way to immerse yourself in the local culture. Before you say goodbye, you can savour the coffee you made and appreciate the views of the surrounding rainforest.
After the coffee tour in Materuni your trip continues to the Kikuletwa Hot Springs. The ride to the
hot springs takes about an hour and 20 minutes and leads partly over bumpy slopes. First we go past sugar cane plantations, then we come to the African scrubland. Dried river beds, baobab and acacia trees accompany us on our way.
The hot springs of Kikuletwa, also known as Chemka Hot Springs, are close to the village of Rundugai and are one of the most beautiful places in Tanzania to relax. The small pond is surrounded by palm and fig trees with winding roots and the crystal clear, turquoise water invites you to a refreshing bath. Although they are called hot springs, the water in Kikuletwa is not truly ‘hot’ but refreshing, as the water source is fed by Kilimanjaro itself.
Enjoy a wonderful afternoon in just the way you want, in the sun dozing, chatting with the locals at the small bar, or swimming - you determine the course. We leave the hot springs in the late afternoon (just before sunset) and return relaxed to Moshi.
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All prices are based on USD and include: English speaking village guide, private transport from/to Moshi with English speaking driver, the Chagga hot lunch, the coffee tour and traditional dance, bottled water and entry fees for the village, the waterfall and the hot springs.
The above mentioned rates are only valid for a group that has booked together and are independent of the total number of participants in the tour. For children the following discounts apply: 1 child under 5 years 100 % (further children under 5 years 50 %), 5-12 years 50 %. Children with a 100% discount are not included in the total number of the group. The stated children's discounts are limited to 2 children per group. If more children (up to and including 12 years) travel with the group, we are gladly prepared to make you an individual offer.
You may pay for this tour in USD or equivalent in TZS (Tanzanian Shillings) on the date of the tour in cash. Please be aware that USD minted in 2006 or prior will not be accepted. Our current exchange rate for payments in TZS is 1 USD=2250 TZS (subject to change).
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Afghans on July 29 welcomed a three-day cease-fire but called for it to be made permanent after the government and the Taliban said they would observe a truce that could kickstart peace talks as soon as next week.
The foes this week announced a temporary stoppage in Afghanistan's war, only the third official pause in nearly 19 years. It is slated to start Friday and run for the duration of the Eid al-Adha Muslim festival.
Ali, a Kabul shopkeeper who only gave one name, said three days was insufficient.
"We want peace forever," he told AFP. "We have the right to live in peace like other countries, we want our country to develop. We are all -- old and young -- tired of this war."
The Taliban -- who over the years has steadfastly dismissed government cease-fire calls and upped violence even after signing a deal with the United States -- announced it would lay down weapons after President Ashraf Ghani signaled progress in a contentious prisoner exchange.
He said Kabul would "soon" finish the swap that will see Afghan authorities free 5,000 Taliban members while the insurgents release 1,000 government forces.
Late on July 29, the Taliban said it would complete the release of government prisoners by Eid as a "goodwill gesture."
"The other side should also complete the release process of all the 5,000 prisoners" so peace talks can begin, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen wrote on Twitter.
The swap, detailed under a U.S.-Taliban deal signed in late February in Doha, is a crucial step to talks starting.
Both Ghani and the Taliban have said negotiations could begin next week once the exchange is completed.
Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told AFP that while Kabul would observe the cease-fire, he cautioned it did not go far enough.
"The people of Afghanistan demand a lasting cease-fire and the start of direct talks between the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan," Sediqqi said.
Fawzia Koofi, a prominent women's rights campaigner and member of the government's negotiating team, wrote on Twitter she was "hoping for a lasting and permanent cease-fire."
Top U.S. officials also hailed developments, including special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who arrived in Kabul on July 29 as part of a regional tour to push the peace process.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's spokesman for military operations, said insurgents must "refrain from carrying out any operation against the enemy during the three days and nights of Eid al-Adha so... our countrymen would spend the Eid with confidence and joy."
The only other cease-fires in the long Afghan war came in June 2018 and May this year to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Those cease-fires prompted widespread relief across Afghanistan but were short-lived, with the insurgents returning to the fight straight afterward to resume near-daily attacks.
High Death Toll
The U.S.-Taliban deal stated that the militants and Kabul should start direct peace talks on March 10, following the prisoner swap.
That date passed amid political disarray in Kabul and disagreements over the exchange, with Afghan authorities saying some released Taliban inmates were returning to the battlefield.
Highlighting the toll on civilian and military forces in the months since the deal, Ghani said more than 3,500 Afghan troops had been killed. He said 775 civilians had also been killed and another 1,609 wounded since February.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has blamed the Taliban for the bulk of civilian casualties during the first half of 2020. Observers say the bloodshed highlights the Taliban's determination to push for broad control in Afghanistan, and underscores how little the United States can do to stop the group.
The U.S.-Taliban deal "was not designed to bring peace to Afghanistan but to facilitate a face-saving exit of U.S. forces and engagement from Afghanistan," said Nishank Motwani, deputy director at the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. "The Taliban fundamentally believe that victory is theirs." | <urn:uuid:266c45d0-df57-47d4-bf34-2f2a4951659b> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/afghans-demand-permanent-cease-fire-ahead-of-peace-talks/30756481.html | 2021-01-18T09:41:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703514495.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20210118092350-20210118122350-00063.warc.gz | en | 0.964236 | 851 |
A Season of Ups and Downs for R.A. Dickey
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One okay start, one bad start. A string of good starts, a string of bad starts. A couple of good starts, a couple of really, really bad starts. A good start, a bad start, a good start, a bad start, a phenomenal start.
If there’s one thing that’s been consistent about R.A. Dickey this season, it’s that he’s been consistently inconsistent.
It really has been a Jekyll and Hyde act; as one day Dickey looks like his 2012 self, and the next, it looks like he’s throwing batting practice to the competition. One game he’s hot, the next he’s cold … which is very apparent in his win/loss splits.
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Including yesterday’s complete game shutout, R.A. Dickey has only really had four great starts on the season. Some have been okay, but the bulk of them have been for a lack of a better word … horrible.
Dickey has surrendered six or more earned runs in six of his 17 starts to date. Meanwhile, he’s only pitched into the eighth on three occasions. At this point last season, R.A. Dickey had gone seven innings or more eight times.
I realize comparing his Cy Young Award-winning season and 2013 is like apples and oranges, but is it fair to say that his 2013 season has been somewhat of a disappointment? Obviously a Cy Young Award season is a tough act to follow, but most expected him to be much better than this.
Believe it or not, R.A. Dickey threw the first complete game by a Blue Jays starting pitcher in over a year. Not since June 6th 2012, when Brandon Morrow went the distance … oddly enough, also on a two-hit complete game shutout.
The part that has bothered me the most is the revolving door of excuses. When Dickey struggled in the early part of the season, first it was attributed to a sore back. Then once he strung together a couple of good starts, Dickey declared he was healthy again. And when things started to go south for a second time, that’s when the bad back excuse crept up again.
There’s no question there’s a lot of pride on the line here for R.A. Dickey. The Blue Jays seemingly moved heaven and earth to bring him to Toronto, and he wants to prove to the organization (and the fans) that he was worth it.
In doing so, that means he’s probably going to pitch through a nagging injury if the training staff allows it and that they deem it doesn’t warrant a DL stint.
While I respect that R.A. Dickey wants to play through the pain, I think it’s doing a disservice to this team if he’s not completely healthy. This isn’t like Josh Johnson playing with a blister on his finger; the knuckleball is a much different animal.
The knuckleball strikes me as the type of pitch where everything needs to be on point. Nothing can be out of sync, otherwise it throws the whole thing off. So if a nagging back injury is affecting the velocity of his knuckleball, that would be a contributing factor as to why Dickey has struggled thus far.
If R.A. Dickey isn’t performing at 100% with his knuckleball, the ill effects are much more apparent than the average fastball. As we’ve seen already this season, a few miles per hour decrease on Dickey’s knuckleball has lead to some disastrous results.
According to this fantastic piece by Dave Cameron at FanGraphs, Dickey’s knuckleball velocity reached 76.7 MPH in yesterday’s start; the fastest it’s been since Opening Day. It’s not quite at the 77.2 MPH average from last year, but it has been trending upwards his last four starts.
That’s why the Blue Jays are in somewhat of a tricky situation with R.A. Dickey, and to some effect, Melky Cabrera as well. If both of these guys are hurt, do the Blue Jays put them on the disabled list, or do they play through the injuries?
Obviously, losing a starter of Dickey’s calibre for a couple of weeks would be tough for the Blue Jays, but what would they rather have; 30 plus starts of a mediocre R.A. Dickey, or 25 or so starts of a really really good R.A. Dickey?
There’s no absolute guarantee that some time on the DL would guarantee a 2012-like resurgence for Dickey, but it couldn’t hurt, right? I’m no doctor, but wouldn’t you think if he continues to play through his back pain, things could actually get worse before they get better?
With the All-Star break on the horizon, that will give R.A. Dickey some much-needed recuperation time. Because the R.A. Dickey I remember is much closer to this (yesterday’s strikeout of Evan Longoria… than this (a tape measure shot by Adam Dunn).
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It did not take Taunton long to return to winning ways as they followed up last week's defeat with a thrilling six-run win over Bedminster.
On a glorious afternoon at Gipsy Lane, in-form Australian Chris Davenport (87) and skipper Jack Cooper (78) helped set the visitors a daunting 300-run victory target.
And despite the best efforts of former Australian international Ian Harvey (126) the home side came away with their third win in four league matches.
After the match vice-captain Ben Orr was all smiles on an afternoon that saw all four senior sides register successes;
"What a game, not often you see nearly 600 runs scored in a day and only six runs separating the two sides at the end of the game," he said.
We were pleased to get the opportunity to make first use of a fantastic batting track, with Jack and Chris taking full advantage, the pair of them batted really well and to put on a partnership of that magnitude was exactly the type of foundation we had discussed pre game.
"Chris looks to be going from strength to strength the more opportunities he gets to spend at the crease, and it is always great to see the skipper scoring runs. Rob came in and finished the innings with the power we all know he is capable of.
"The bowlers stuck to the task in the face of a truly class opponent, and Chris deserved to pick up the extremely valuable wicket. We always knew even with 299 on the board it was going to be a close finish as it proved to be.
Orr paid tribute to his slow bowlers and is now looking forward to building another winning run.
"All the spinners did a great job, Fitty, & Greeners did a particularly good job to push the required rate up and up and fortunately Jacko and myself managed to do what was required at the end to ensure we defended our total.
"To find out after the game that all 4 TCC teams had completed a victory on the day just added to the momentum we can take forward into next week’s tough clash in Bristol."
On what seemed a perfect afternoon for batting it was something of a surprise when Harvey won the toss and inserted the hosts. Openers Josh Kelly (7) and George Webber (10) made a steady start before both falling in quick succession off the bowling of Tom Pugsley and Sam Bhaumick respectively.
At 32 for two Taunton were in danger of stuttering but Davenport and Cooper had other ideas.
Overseas star Davenport continued his rich vein of form, bringing up his fourth fifty in as many innings, while at the other end Cooper also reached the milestone despite surviving an earlier scare. By the time the third wicket fell the pair had added a mammoth 175 runs for the third wicket and swung momentum well and truly back into their side’s favour.
The Taunton skipper was unfortunate to be caught off a full toss from Harvey when a first century since 2011 looked on the cards. Davenport too was denied a maiden hundred in Taunton colours, falling victim to the old Australian superstition when David Phillips 13 bowled him short of his hundred.
Having sat with his pads on for the best part of 30 overs Hugh Kelly (10) unselfishly tried to inject some late impetus into the innings, before Rob Hake, in typical fashion, smashed his way to an unbeaten 46 to leave the hosts on an imposing 299 for seven from their 50 overs.
Bedminster’s reply got off to the worst possible start when Cooper had opener Ryan North caught behind by Jon Kerslake before the scorers had been troubled.
From the other end fit-again seamer George Cook had Bedminster number three Sam Bhaumick in all sorts of trouble but somehow finished his opening burst wicketless despite a number of near misses.
Spin twins Graham Fitt and Chris Greenwood were introduced to try and stem the flow of runs and the pair did just that, with the required run rate creeping up to more than eight an over with 20 overs left.
Fitt (1-47) picked up the wicket of Bhaumick (28), while the introduction of leg-spinner Josh Kelly paid immediate dividends when he cleaned bowled Alex Tryfonos (15) with just the fourth ball of his spell.
All the while Harvey, who had opened the innings alongside North, was ominously beginning to show his class. Every time it looked as if the pressure was building on his side the Australian all-rounder would ease the strain with a couple of timely boundaries.
Had the 41-year-old remained at the crease for the duration of the innings he would surely have seen his side home, however, Greenwood made the key breakthrough when he picked up the prized scalp, caught superbly on the boundary by fellow countryman Davenport for 126.
Thereafter, a Taunton victory looked the more likely result and despite Chris McCormack’s unbeaten 78, some crafty death bowling by Orr and Cooper sealed the result in the host’s favour.
Orr picked up a pair of wickets in the penultimate over of the game and the last of his 10-over spell, while Cooper capped a fine all-round game by bowling an economical final over to see his side to a six-run victory in a very tight and exciting finish.
Next up for Taunton is a trip to Brislington on Saturday, with the skipper sure to find himself with a pleasant selection headache due to the return of a number of first team squad members.
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A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 16:12-15
"Jesus said to his disciples: "I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you in all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorifty me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine, for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you." The Gospel of the Lord
In this beautiful passage today, let us prepare our hearts to encounter the WORD-the Person. "He will guide you to all truth." Wow! I love that! To have a guide implies there is a particular way that would be best to travel, a way that is 'known' to be true, and a way that allows us to see Beauty along the way! It also says, the way needs a guide, it has spots of possible danger, or places you could take the wrong turn, it implies a path, following and a final destination. As we read this passage slowly, we are being drawn into relationship with the Blessed Trinity. Let us stay for the sake of this Lectio with the words, "He will guide you to all truth." Have you ever said something to someone hoping to help them, and yet you realize, you were led to Truth? As you talk with the other, you are being guided to truth and you become aware that the conversation was not necessarily all for the other's sake. God had the intention to bring you to the place he wanted you to reach!
I can recall such a moment. My Dad (retired police officer) took a bullet in his leg in a shooting, trying to protect his captain, who was ultimately shot and killed. The bullet my Dad took hit him in the thigh, and lodged itself in his sciatic nerve and remained there the rest of his life, causing excruciating pain which pain killers couldn't alleviate. We had an agreement that he could call me day or night 24-7. Sometimes he just needed to get his mind off the pain. I recall a early morning phonecall. The phone rang at 1:30 am on a work night for me. I jumped out of bed and it was Dad. He said, "Honey it's ok I'm calling right? You said I could right?" I said, "Yes Dad, what is it, is the pain bad tonight?" He didn't answer, which was my answer. He said, "What's it all about dear?" "Why are we here?" He sounded tearful- my heart ached. He had been pondering the deeper things, as pain and suffering often draw us to, (close to the cross, close to Jesus) seeking answers. Here in this place of encounter it happened. I was wide awake all of a sudden, alert and I answered my Dad: "Dad, we're on a journey, none of us has the same journey. We are here only for a brief time. Its all about Love Dad, to learn how to love by being loved by God. To live in that love and to bring as many as we can with us back home to heaven. My Dad said, "thanks Baby". He was tearful thanked me again and said goodnight. I have never forgotten that. Because when I hung up the phone I sat on the edge of my bed with that surreal sense of encounter, and awe, I met Jesus, the Spirit led me to truth. The Spirit led me to the Person who is Truth. I was somehow brought into the truth of my greater mission simply by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I have never forgotten that, nor the peace of those encounters with the Holy Spirit.
To be guided means, there is a guide, a way to go and a destination. That destination is Truth. Truth is the Blessed Trinity. This is a fullness of relationship of Persons. To be guided into the fullness of this Love, this relationship, means I obey the guide, it means, I trust the guide, it means, I follow. Do you follow? Do you give credence to the wisdom of the guide? Do you Trust Him, as He takes you on YOUR way with Him? What is making you afraid of the guide? What do you want to know? Where in my life today, is the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking, prodding, prompting, moving me? It could be to forgive someone, to reach a clarity in something, to reach a place of peace in something, to find the reason to change something (a truth revealed) ?
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Buyers in 2019 have the power to go online and then research offerings on-demand that can be made available to them in a matter of a few clicks.
These are the exact reason as to which businesses, be it big or small have a singular opportunity to sell more in less time.
However, with time and budget constraints added on to your sales teams, it becomes really impossible to access every business growth technology and tool in the toolbox to select the right solution to help your business grow.
Hence in this article let us look at these unique sales trends that entrepreneurs will be following in 2020 to boost their sales cycles and harvest more revenue.
By now in 2019 most businesses out there in the marketplace have relevant data on their customers. Now, these data-points can include basic facts such a prospect’s or customer’s name, address, email, telephone numbers and birthday while also having information about their buyer behaviors.
For an example, if your customer frequently orders a few offerings manufactured by your company, you can send them personalized emails with an exclusive offer on that product or service, which will not only illustrate that you cherish the relationship that your business has built with the customer, but it will even reward the customers for their unwavering loyalty.
As of date, there are a few billion people on this planet who uses a Smartphone. In fact, this will not be a surprising fact to learn if you are also reading this article on your Android or iPhone.
Hence in this age of digitalization build a mobile app for your brand so that you reach the consumers of your brand directly and on the go.
This is because, a mobile app not only provides you full access to promote your offerings that match your buyer’s personas but it also helps to do it without any middle-man getting in the way, since mobile apps can let you enable push notifications to send personalized offers and messages right into the hand of your prospective customers immediately.
According to Forbes more than even 92 percent of B2B businesses are directly influenced by social media channels, and therefore it is of no surprise that in 2019 most sales professionals are actively engaged with customers on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Now the only reason behind this approach to sales is that high-value customers and prospects of any brand are much easier to talk to on these social media platforms.
Therefore, as a B2B brand to place yourself on the prospect’s radar, try to reach out to them with relatable and relevant content that can aid your customers buy your offerings faster and thereby provide your company with rapid business growth.
In modern times micro-influencers are the farthest picks from your social media moguls and celebrities who have millions of followers online.
This is because unlike celebs, micro-influencers are passionate people who really want to explore your offerings and provide their honest opinions about your products and services.
Moreover, the contents published by micro-influences on their blogs or social media websites are viewed by hundreds of people who take their advice as peer consults.
In fact, micro-influencers are easy to collaborate with and promote your brands’ offerings without burning a hole in your pocket.
Therefore with micro-influencer marketing, you can promote your offerings at an exclusive price for a niche audience and so in 2020 using Instagram as your best bet to find the most happening micro-influencer who is interested in your industry and thereafter push your offerings to a new market.
Easy to use CRM software is a business growth technology solution that aids in centralizing all your customer-related information on a unified and robust platform.
Therefore once you buy CRM it this tool can come handy when you have one salesperson handling an account or a customer by helping them coordinate without their teammates without leaving their desk.
Most CRM software solutions, be it a powerful CRM platform like Salesforce or even Salesforce Alternative CRM solutions mostly used by startups and small businesses they come with useful features like contact and lead management, sales pipeline management, quote building, workflow, and Sales Force Automation , invoicing capabilities and more.
Fortunate a lot of CRM vendors in the marketplace offer a free trial to help you and your sales teams evaluate their CRM software even before you buy CRM to see if it is the right fit for your business.
Therefore to conclude, it can be said that in 2020 you need to proactively empower your sales teams with these trends in the coming year and implement them as a part of your business growth strategy for finding more customers, leads and revenue growth. | <urn:uuid:19766659-3cdc-4ce5-9409-2d93754d9b3d> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://www.convergehub.com/blog/recent-trends-follow-sales-growth | 2020-07-07T19:00:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655894904.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20200707173839-20200707203839-00015.warc.gz | en | 0.957534 | 956 |
One of the least-considered factors when choosing between online poker sites is the options for making a deposit. These days it is pretty much taken for granted that credit cards and debits cards are universally accepted on the Internet. Furthermore, if you want to want to keep your poker bankroll separate from your “domestic money”, there are a host of e-Wallets available
There are advantages and disadvantages to using a certain payment method when depositing into an online poker account. For example, some online payment processors charge lower fees than others for funding an e-Wallet. Some will sting you with excessive currency exchange rates, while others will not allow you to withdraw to the payment method you used to make a deposit.
Some charges and fees are so high that a winning session could be turned into a losing one by the time you get your money back. Consequently we have compiled a selection of the best options for making a deposit at an online poker site, and included links to other pages on which you can find more detailed information about each.
Credit Cards and Debit Cards
Credit cards and debit cards have been marketed in the past as your “flexible friend”, and they are certainly a handy option for making a deposit at an online poker site. Visa and MasterCard credit cards and their popular debit cards – Electron, Maestro and Delta – are widely accepted at online poker sites, as is Diners Club International.
However, what you might save in convenience, you could lose in charges. Some credit and debit card issuers charge 1.5% for depositing at an online poker site because they regard the deposit as a cash advance. Depending on the financial institution that has issued your credit or debit card, you may also find that your deposit is declined because of the nature of the transaction.
E-Wallets and Virtual Credit Cards
E-Wallets and virtual credit cards work in a similar way to each other. You basically send money to the e-Wallet or virtual credit card of your choice, and then use those funds to make a deposit at an online poker site. Transfers back and forth between online poker sites and online payment providers such as PayPal, Skrill, Neteller, Kalixa and Entropay are usually immediate and free of charge.
The disadvantages of e-Wallets and virtual credit cards revolve around the cost of initially funding your account and currency exchange charges. Some e-Wallets will deduct as much as 7% as a transaction charge when you first fund your e-Wallet account, and expect to receive up to 4% less than your withdrawal amount if you are transferring your winnings into an e-Wallet account not maintained in the same currency as your online poker account.
Before we get into the advantages and disadvantages of prepaid vouchers, we should advise readers that Skrill – the owners of PaySafeCard – purchased UKash in April 2015 and stopped the sale of UKash vouchers on 31st August 2015. UKash vouchers could still be used until 31st October 2015, but some online poker sites have been slow to remove this payment option from their websites.
The primary advantage of PaySafeCard (the only prepaid voucher now generally accepted by online poker sites) is that you can buy a voucher for as little as $10.00 and use it with no fees attached to deposit at an online poker site. The biggest disadvantage is that it is impossible to withdraw funds to a prepaid voucher – although UKash did experiment with withdrawals prior to its closure, and it may be something that Skrill introduces in the future for PaySafeCard.
Bank Transfers & Instant Banking Services
Bank transfers and instant banking services such as iDEAL and Giropay are exceptionally secure options for making a deposit at an online poker site. Because of higher minimum and maximum deposit limits, they are most suitable for players who wish to transfer large sums of money into their accounts to play in poker tournaments with substantial buy-ins or to pursue valuable poker bonuses.
The issues with bank transfers and instant banking is that there are a lot of processes to go through to set up a transfer facility. However, once the facility is set up, it is possible to transfer funds immediately between your bank account and your online poker account. Similar to e-Wallets, expect to be charged for a currency conversion if your bank account is not maintained in the same currency as your online poker account.
What about Other Deposit Options?
Unfortunately, none of the online poker sites featured on pokersite.co accept Bitcoin as a deposit option at the present. You can use Bitcoin to fund some of the e-Wallet deposit options – which means you will no longer be at the mercy of volatile currency fluctuations – but you are likely to pay a transaction charge of up to 5% for funding your e-Wallet with Bitcoin.
Some online poker sites will accept a personal cheque as a deposit option – although you may have to wait for the cheque to clear before you can use the funds deposited in an online poker account – and some sites still accept P2P transfers such as Western Union. Please make sure that your chosen poker website allows withdrawals by Western Union if you choose this deposit option, or else you may have to wait for a cheque in the post!
The best options for making a deposit at an online poker site will depend on an individual´s personal circumstances and their location. If you already have an e-Wallet maintained in Euros or £ sterling (or multiple currencies), it would make sense to use this facility to fund you online poker action. If not, it may be worth your while to consider the alternatives in terms of convenience, cost, and the deposit/withdrawal limits typically associated with each one. | <urn:uuid:fdc5f98b-f171-4587-b1c5-93ab8de9e79e> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | https://www.pokersite.co/deposit-options/ | 2018-09-21T23:40:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267157574.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20180921225800-20180922010200-00254.warc.gz | en | 0.954132 | 1,171 |
Exactly one month ago today, German au pair Nancy Schwerdtner finished her first marathon. But not just any marathon, the Boston Marathon—the oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious races in the world. And she wasn’t the only person to finish her first marathon that day—her dad joined her for the race to celebrate his 50th birthday and to fulfill a goal he has had his whole life.
Nancy’s host mom said, “We were super proud of Nancy. Because my kids are in school all day she was able to train here in our house on our treadmill through the very long winter. She would also fit in runs while my daughter was at her competitive cheer practice during the week. When time was really tight she would do her runs late at night! Nancy has been an excellent role model for Brooke and Lauren. Her healthy lifestyle, dedication to meeting goals and helping us keep our house full of healthy foods makes her the perfect big sister for our family.”
Nancy and her dad before the race.
Nancy herself shared more details about amazing experience.
How did you and your dad decide to do this together?
My dad has had a wish since he was a child—to run a marathon before he turned 50. He remembered this two years ago and started to train for a half marathon last year and then a marathon this year. There was a marathon in Germany scheduled for one day after his birthday and he was going to run this one, but once I knew I was going to the U.S., I had it in my mind that should do something big. I researched big marathons, and the Boston marathon was just perfect on his birthday. I told my mom about it. She liked the idea as a gift for him and actually I liked the idea of running a marathon [myself] at 19. I always did a lot of sports with my dad, we cycled a lot when I was younger. Well, I told him about my idea to run a big marathon and that I would run it with him and he loved the idea. That was the day when I started to run.
How did you train?
I started at zero and whereas my dad had better basics. I just started running 8 months ago when I was sure that I would run a marathon. I was sporty before, but I never ran longer than 2 miles. [Neither of us] really followed a prepared training schedule. All in all I ran so much more than him. I did more longer runs and more runs in total. My dad knew my pace so he trained for this, and at the end we ran perfectly together.
Nancy running strong at the half-way mark.
How did you manage to train and still do your duties as an au pair?
I have two older twins who are in school, so I was off-duty every morning until the afternoon. But I had to manage and plan my time well. I tried to combine a lot. When I was on my way home from the gym I stopped to do groceries. All the laundry I did in the morning before the gym or when the washing machine was running I went for a run. I tried to use every minute [of my time] in a useful way and combine a lot of things and it worked out. Nevertheless, my host parents are absolutely into the running and supported me all the time—they where like my personal coaches. It was a tough but great time.
Nancy’s dad after conquering Heartbreak Hill, the most challenging part of the course.
Can you describe how you felt before, during and after the race?
Surprisingly I wasn’t nervous in the morning. When we started the race we were in scores of runners, it was a mass movement. The first hour went by so fast and then we looked forward to Wellesley College; my dad was so excited for this. Only one hour later we were there and I did my first official half marathon, it felt so easy which I didn’t expect. We always had something to look forward to—the next thing was Heartbreak Hill where my mom waited for us. I think I was looking for her for 40 min, but when we saw her I was so happy because then I knew there was just one fourth [of the race] left. My mom asked us if we ran because we looked too relaxed after 20 miles, but until this point we had no problems. The last hour was probably the hardest one. My dad still had so much energy which nobody could believe. He clapped everyone’s hands on the side and was the happiest man on the earth for 4 1/2 hours. That inspired me and made me so happy. I didn’t have as much energy left but we continued without walking and the last two miles felt longer than anything before in my life. But, we sped up every mile, that was so unbelievable. I don’t know how we did it but when we got to the finish street I got out the little poster and we run through the finish together and we were both the happiest dad and daughter! We got our medals and felt super proud. A little later somebody called me and I looked to the side and saw my host dad with his brother and a friend. We went over to him with the biggest smile—I was so surprised and glad to see them. I couldn’t really talk and I even don’t remember what I said because I was so overwhelmed.
All smiles after crossing the finish line.
How did the day end for you?
Because of the weather we were freezing and had to go to our hotel. I didn’t want to because then everything will be over but we had to. Everyone told us that we would be so sore the next day and wouldn’t be able to walk down the stairs but when we woke up we could feel that we ran for sure but we weren’t sore at all! All I can think now is: I will never forget this day.
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The CFO’s Guide to Reducing Marketing OpEx
Marketing has become so fractured in nature that organizations must manage multiple solutions for national and channel campaigns. From various vendors for email, digital and social to CRMs and marketing automation platforms, the list is as exhaustive as the time it takes to control them all. And while most companies commit millions of dollars to Market Development Funds (MDF) those funds often go into a black hole where execution is inconsistent and analytics are non-existent. Consequently, marketing OpEX is rising at an alarming rate. When the complexities of local marketing are added to the mix, many organizations often find themselves over budget and underserved.
Most CMOs know all too well the feeling of spending the majority of the day reviewing vendor selections, contracts and agreements, and dealing with operational problems — instead of working on programs that actually create revenue. So, exactly how do we reverse this trend?
In today’s market you need to use a legion of marketing channels (digital, social, search, POS, direct mail and event) to get your message to the customer. This has driven the number of vendors you have to support sky-high. Soon you find yourself in an alternate “more is more” universe: more vendors, more contracts, more invoices, more IT integration and, ultimately, more people to manage it all. While this dilutes marketing spend, too many organizations believe this is just the cost of doing business.
Luckily, disruptive companies like SproutLoud are changing the game by helping big brands broaden their tactics at the local level while reducing their overhead.
How can you reduce the overhead traditionally associated with marketing execution?
SproutLoud’s cloud-based SaaS platform distributes marketing campaigns from a simple browser-based portal. This reduces the cost of giving local dealers access to both solid traditional and the latest digital marketing tactics. The corporate marketing team delivers the campaigns to the portal and the dealers select them by logging into the SproutLoud portal from any browser. Because there is no software or data-center footprint, budgets for IT support are greatly reduced. This means that marketing can reinvest those funds into customer-facing campaigns that actually create revenue.
SproutLoud integrates 100+ best-of-breed Marketing Service Providers seamlessly into our platform so brands spend less money managing vendors and get the best possible price for every campaign they execute. Even existing vendors who you are currently using can be easily moved to the SproutLoud platform. Simpler execution, less overhead and more buying power means brands can evolve their go-to-market strategy and get more traction with their customers at the local level.
How do you amplify the buying power of every marketing dollar?
In traditional claims-based reimbursement models local partners have to endure a long process to recover out-of-pocket expenses. SproutLoud’s Co-Op funds management system streamlines the process by helping you deliver funds specifically tailored to support your marketing objectives. Through our highly effective co-pay model, SproutLoud empowers brands to make funds instantly accessible to their channel partners on preferred campaigns. The SproutLoud platform makes it easy for partners to unlock these funds, according to pre-set brand preferences, so partners only pay for their portion of the campaign. This reduces OpEx costs for the brand and drives more partners to use Co-Op Marketing Funds.
How do you manage your marketing investments based on real data?
With both traditional and digital campaign options available from any browser, SproutLoud can automatically transform any partner into a marketing expert. The partner just selects the campaign, enters their co-pay information and then executes. Whether it’s traditional direct mail or paid digital, local partners can ‘set it and forget it’ and return to what they do best – selling. This results in more traffic, more leads and accelerated growth.
But while you are growing your business you also can get smarter about how and when you execute campaigns. SproutLoud’s platform gives you the ability to see real-time analytics on what is working and what isn’t. So if you are running a social campaign in the West and a direct mail campaign in the East, you will be able to compare results and define which one has the best ROI. With this powerful insight you can continue to refine your local strategy so each dollar goes further and further.
What’s the big picture?
For CFOs, the top priority is making sure every dollar a company spends is delivering the best return possible. Marketing has always been sort of a “dark art” — you absolutely have to do it, but how the money performs is anybody’s guess. With SproutLoud you are able to lower the cost of IT support and vendor management. You are able to amplify your buying power by centralizing vendors and accessing the co-pay multiplier through stronger partner participation. And when you have clear insight into how every single program performs you can drive your marketing investment towards where it makes maximum impact.
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Review Summary: Deep Dark Well
"The house was quiet and the world was calm.
The reader became the book; and summer night
Was like the conscious being of the book.
The house was quiet and the world was calm.
The words were spoken as if there was no book,
Except that the reader leaned above the page,
Wanted to lean, wanted much most to be,
The scholar to whom his book is true, to whom
The quiet was part of the meaning, part of the mind:
The access of perfection to the page."-
Wallace Stevens, "The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm"
The art of deep reading has been lost on this generation: the ability to immerse oneself in the authors world has been replaced with an ability to only concentrate on our "Newsfeed" for a few seconds, the ability to lose ourselves in vivid details, imagery, and the crisp and productive sound of page flipping has been replaced with the unproductive activity of sending insane amounts of grammatically incorrect texts, and the ability to become the authors characters, places, descriptions, and literature has been replaced with a endless, futile, and frugal search to find oneself through electronic means. We now live in a world where people only experience rapid self indulgence instead of thoughtful and majestic deep reading and reflection that actually allows us to become what we are reading. So is all hope for full and patient immersion into another person's creative work of genius totally lost? Let me ask my Facebook friends!
One individual who has not lost his ability to become a literary work is folk musician M. Ward. Matt Ward is not only able to temporally "lose himself" in whatever creative masterpiece he is quietly absorbing, listening to, or reading, he is someone who can actually become that creative masterpiece for an extended period of time. Instead of just being someone who is able to imagine the themes and concepts a writer is speaking of, Ward is a scholarly musician who is able to become the brilliant works he is absorbing and put those works to music. This allows Ward to make just about any kind of music he wants to from just about any time period: he has covered artists from just about every 20th century decade, he has made transcendental and relaxing folk music, he has made some very rocking music, and he has even made some more "poppy" music. Ward has always been a special artist because not only has he had many original influences, but he has been able to become those original influences just by studying, listening, and reading them.
With all of this being said, I will always find Ward's most impressive work to be 2005's Transistor Radio. Transistor Radio is one of Ward's most original works not only because he is making an album based on 1940's and 1950's radio rock and jazz influences, but he does this sound so well that he makes us believe that we are actually living in the 1940's and the 1950's and are becoming his work: we are becoming the man who is contemplating visiting the afterlife in "One Life Away," we are the man who is discovering the delightful little advances in technology in "Hi-Fi," we are the people who are making fun of the arrogance of the owner of the "Big Boat," we are watching those "Sweethearts on Parade," and we are falling in love with someone to the beautiful "I'll Be Yr Bird." Ward is able to help us travel to the 1940's and the 1950's because he already traveled there before us: this album features the masterization of every 40's and 50's rock and folk sound, vocal styling, and songwriting pattern. Ward is able to allow us to become the lonely folk singer, the old dying man, the engineer, the hopeless romantic, and the boat owner, because he thought deeply enough to become these people and was talented enough to bring their stories to us through his music. On Transistor Radio, Ward creates an album where he not only becomes his influences, but he allows us to become any his characters from the 1940's and the 1950's.
It is also important to mention that the music on Transistor Radio is some of the most consistent of Ward's career: "Big Boat" is one of his best rock songs, "Hi-Fi" is one of his most soulful and self-aware pieces, "Fuel For Fire" is one of his better ballads, "Here Comes The Sun Again" is the most beautiful song outside of "Pure Joy" in his catalog, and "I'll Be Yr Bird" is one of Ward's most well written songs. Transistor Radio is a record that is beyond simple excellence: it is a record that is so profound, deep, and well composed that it allows us to become all of its lyrical themes, characters, riffs, and catchy choruses. Ward has always been a scholarly musical time traveler, but Transistor Radio was the first time he invited us on his deep, dark, and interesting ride to past influences and past cultures. So even if you don't do any deep reading, listen to Transistor Radio. It is a record that would make Wallace Stevens very proud. | <urn:uuid:90a4321f-cb91-4138-a393-009b7a6c06f5> | CC-MAIN-2014-41 | http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/51340/M.-Ward-Transistor-Radio/ | 2014-09-22T22:33:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1410657137698.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20140914011217-00325-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985182 | 1,062 |
Writemyessay4me.org Detailed Review (Is it Scam?)
Writemyessay.org is top academic essay writing platform in the industry today. They offer a revolutionary method of connecting clients and writers in the essay writing industry. Their success is pegged on collaborative cooperation between writers and their clients and therefore, the company has invested in improving the interaction of users for improved efficiency and quality of their services. There are various factors that have mapped the company as one of the best academic writing essay providers. Some of these factors and pitfalls evident from the website are discussed in this article. Therefore, in this article, a critical review of the company website and the services they offer is discussed in detail highlighting some of their disadvantages and advantages that have improved or degraded their effort to offer better services.
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Contact Info (3/5)
Contact information is important for visitors to express their views to the company. A user can get contact information by contacting the support team through the channels discussed earlier in this article. The support can help a user to find the appropriate means to relay his/her information to the company. The contact us page has a form that a user can fill in the information he/she wants to convey. The feedback mechanism for the information conveyed through this web page is likely through the mail as it does not allow threaded conversation. Email and Skype addresses are also included on the website. The contact information about the physical location is scanty. The company is said to be based in Orlando Florida, but the details about its physical address are not provided.
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May 24, Version 2. This version introduces a completely redesigned app that lets the user to do an on-demand audio and video streaming, along with an global database of anusham satsang centers around the world.
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Who doesn’t need a backdrop, ever? Today we bring you 3 fab tutorials that will show you how to make a wedding backdrop step by step! Let’s get started!
Looking for some TD inspiration and easy tutorials to make a wedding backdrop? We’ve got you covered! These DIY wedding backdrops are lit without breaking the bank.
The wedding backdrop can be used at the wedding altar or with the photo booth. Definitely one of the most captured areas on your big day, it adds a whole lot of creativity to your wedding while showcasing your personality and style.
Wedding Backdrop Placement Ideas
Wedding backdrops are often used to decorate different event spaces. Besides the ceremony and photo booth areas, they can be used for photo ops of the bride and groom with their guests. Or as a background to the cake and dessert table, wedding favors and even the guest book table.
The number of styles and variety of wedding backdrops is truly endless. You can make them out of ribbons, balloons, origami, feathers, paper, lights. Basically whatever strikes your fancy, plus you can assemble one by mixing and matching a few of these materials.
When properly done, wedding backdrops are beautiful and captivating but hiring a decorator to install them for you could outside of your wedding budget. So, let’s check out these step by step tutorials to make a wedding backdrop and install it all by yourself!
How to Make a Wedding Backdrop: Yay for Crepe Paper!
This lit and colorful crepe paper wedding backdrop DIY is simpler than you think. Unless you want to go with the colors on the photo, you’ll have the additional task of choosing four colors.
Crepe paper sheets are usually 7.5ft long which should give you a height of 30 ft. If your wedding venue has much taller ceilings, you may want to add one more color section. As long as they touch the floor, they will keep their shape.
Materials for 6 wide streamers:
- 8 Crepe Paper Sheets 20” x 7.5 ft. two per color: pink, yellow, sky blue and blue.
- Clear glue
Step 1: Cut off two sections of crepe paper for each sheet (about 6″-7″ wide)
Step 2: Leave folded as they are, and starting on one side cut fringes evenly spaced. Don’t worry if they are not perfect but leave some space uncut in the center.
Step 3: Flip and do the same on the other side.
Step 4: Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each one of the crepe paper sheet colors.
Step 5: Glue each section to another of a different color (in the same order) to create several very long multicolored fringed streamers.
Step 6: Unroll and separate the layers and let them open with their weight. Pull with your fingers lightly, if needed.
Step 7: Hang your streamers, twist them and party on!
You can hang them from a wooden stick, twisted rope or dowel rod or glue them straight to the ceiling with glue dots. The more secure, the better.
Balloon Streamer Backdrop Tutorial
To complement this simple and decorative balloon streamer wedding backdrop you should choose streamers or ribbons in matching tones. These streamers can be made out of fabric cutouts or traditional ribbons or paper streamers, ideally in neutral colors. If you want to make a more glam wedding backdrop you may add some silver or gold streamers.
- Streamers and/or ribbons
- Rope or plastic rod
Step 1: Place a stretched out rope or rod to serve as the base.
Step 2: Inflate the balloons. No helium needed.
Step 3: Attach the paper streamers and ribbons to the balloon with the thread.
Step 4: Finally tie the balloons together with their “tassels” to the rope. Try not to leave too much of an open space between them. Simple, colorful and decorative.
How to Make a Ribbon Backdrop in Minutes
This drop-dead gorgeous ribbon backdrop can be tackled in a very short time. To help you with the number of ribbon spools you will need, first pick your ribbon width and backdrop height (or needed ribbon length plus a couple of inches). That way, if the ribbon height is 15ft. and each spool is 2” wide x 10 yards long, you will need 36 spools per each 6’ backdrop section. Let’s start gathering the materials we’ll need.
- Nylon rope
- Spools of decorative ribbon
- Measuring Tape
- Hot Glue Gun
- Optional: String lights
Make sure the ribbons do touch the floor, otherwise you won’t get the desired effect (and won’t be happy with it). Feel free to incorporate some metallic ribbons for effect.
Step 1: Cut the nylon rope to the desired length. The one on the photo is 25 ft. long.
Step 2: Unroll the ribbons and cut them to the desired length.
Step 3: To attach the ribbon to the rope, fold the end of each ribbon around the rope and secure with the hot glue gun.
Step 4: Continue attaching ribbons mixing the colors with no space left between strand and strand.
Step 5: Hang your masterpiece.
Step 6: The final touch. Complement this simple and youthful ribbon backdrop with some hanging string lights. Voila!
Make a wedding backdrop and surprise your guests with your creativity and flair. We guarantee your wedding photos will be on point and unique with these original pieces. Now, would you like to check out how to make fab wooden ladder decorations?
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Author : Desmond Hussey, Staff Writer
To: B’naar Vetch, President of Trans-galactic Mining Conglomerate (TMC)
Subject: Increased Efficiency
Submitted By: T’lal-fphoon of Gondol Prime
Bio-Geo Engineer, 6th Rank
Galactic Epoch 62, Cycle 43126.96.36.1994-Q
PROPOSAL: The primary objective of the Indigenous Harvesters Project (TIHP) is to train the indigenous, sentient populations of resource rich planets to do the preliminary ground work of harvesting their assests for us via a six phase program.
PHASE 1: Identify and Infiltrate primitive societies on planets with abundant desirable assets.
PHASE 2: Genetic Encoding. Covertly accelerate species’ natural evolutionary processes, i.e. mutations for better tool manipulation, and/or adaptability to hostile environments, and/or increased intelligence for enhanced productivity. The latter should be used with extreme caution.
PHASE 3: Control. Mandatory to ensure loyalty from and/or provide incentives for indigenous workers, including, but not limited to, one or several of the following:
– Establishment of Religious Institutions. TMC operatives will impersonate powerful deities. Failure to comply with”Divine Law” would result in being made to suffer some form of “Existential Punishment”.
– Modification of target species’ psychology. Enhancement of the cognitive dissonance required for religious/political control, coercion and/or bribery.
– Military force and/or slavery may be required due to costly/ unalterable aspect of genetics, an advanced/old species, or a particularly hostile/inscrutable intelligence. (Note: To be explored only if the financial input/output index is considered profitable.)
PHASE 4: Training. Educate a select few natives on the basic properties of desired assets, including efficient harvesting methods.
PHASE 5: Wait. Within 2-5 Cycles the newly indoctrinated species will have mastered the skills required to extract and stockpile target assets.
PHASE 6: Harvest. When target quota has been accumulated harvest ships are dispatched. During a swift, efficient operation a planet’s assets could be collected within a single day (galactic standard).
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS: Our trial of TIHP has been a tremendous success! No one anticipated the ingenuity of the species known as Homo Sapiens (HS) in the Sol system when we began TIHP experiments over 20 cycles ago.
Phases 1 and 2 identified HS as a primitive, easily manipulated race requiring minor adjustments to their already adaptable biology and intelligence. They took to religion eagerly in Phase 3, even believing they were fashioned in the image of their “creator” – a stroke of genius on the part of the agent involved. < (Recommend immediate promotion to entity known as Yahweh.)> Throughout Phases 4 and 5, our observers recorded the evolution of a complex culture obsessed with the accumulation, manufacture and/or distribution of primary, secondary and tertiary assets. Those endowed with our specialized knowledge assumed a privileged lifestyle while the rest of society toiled in substandard conditions.
The species exceeded expectations, even developed, independently, new methods of mining and extraction which are now being taught in TMC training halls. The profit input/output index of this TIHP has become the new benchmark for all present and future operations.
The harvest ships have been deployed several cycles ahead of schedule.
CONCLUSION: Despite initial output, we anticipate colossal long-term profits through TIHP. Consequently, TMC will be free to expend materials and manpower to exploit uninhabited, mineral rich planets, meteors and asteroids.
Note: The environmental impact of TIHP has left the planet pockmarked with massive open mining pits, all major rivers dammed and a majority of forests harvested. Domestic and industrial pollutants contaminate land, air and waterways. The overpopulated indigenous workforce will be left to live out the rest of their days on a planet stripped of the basic necessities for a stable, sustainable existence.
To be considered collateral damage.
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Café Cuvée is located in Oklahoma City's Midtown district, open 365 days a year. Serving. Restaurants open on Christmas Day in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma > Restaurants in Oklahoma City > Open Christmas Day 2017. Restaurants open on Thanksgiving in Oklahoma City. Café Cuvée is located in Oklahoma City's Midtown district, open 365 days a year. Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch.
We can accommodate most dietary needs. Though not many, there are some restaurants open Christmas in OKC. Christmas Events and Attractions If all goes well with the above, much of the weight has been lifted from your shoulders. Fast Food Restaurants That Are Open Christmas Day Posted on December 22, 2017 December 22, 2017 by Editorial Staff Christmas D ay is the time to spend with family and friends, sharing food and conversation, making happy memories.
Buca di Beppo—Most of this mid-scale Italian restaurant’s locations will be open from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. on Christmas Day. It will also be open during the same time on Christmas Eve.
Denny’s. OKLAHOMA CITY - Maybe you can't get home for the holidays or just want to get out and enjoy these unseasonable temperatures. There are places all over the metro open on Christmas Day. It's a great. For those craving a Coney or cream slush on Christmas Day, Sonic drive-ins will be among the few businesses open Sunday. Fans of the Oklahoma City-based restaurant chain have responded positively. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to re-open soon.
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Very, the following is other indication that, with regards to new Trump government, it is more significant to watch just what White House do, unlike just what it says.
The latest pay day financing world obtained a massive earn recently when new You.S. User Economic Protection Agency suggested to help you damage Obama-government laws and regulations ruling an industry that renders their money by exploiting members of desperate monetary straits.
That is essentially the exact opposite away from precisely what the institution is actually created to create. However,, hey, this is certainly Donald Trump’s Washington.
Or even know very well what a person is, pay day loan, also called once the income improves, is small-identity funds that you have to pay off by the time you get the second paycheck.
As Mic account, loan providers fees potential individuals, which always cannot get a loan somewhere else, a fee plus punitive attract.
According to the Cardio to own In control Credit, the fresh new Annual percentage rate given by particular pay check lenders can vary out-of good crushing 533 per cent so you can 792 %.
Because Arizona Article profile, in Obama-time rule, which was when planning on taking effect inside the August, lenders have been supposed to make sure borrowers you will pay the money they’re being offered.
A had been lobbying officials to find the rule stopped. And when men and women efforts unsuccessful, it surely got to work at effective more than the newest CFPB employer Kathy Kraninger, a good Trump appointee exactly who grabbed work environment history December, this new paper claimed.
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Whether it effort pays off, it would be a huge win to have pay check loan providers, who possess amazingly advertised they’d face financial wreck when they required to actually make sure that anybody can afford brand new funds these include bringing away.
One of the real losers right here, ironically, are the ones MAGA-cap dressed in Trump loyalists inside the Corrosion Gear states who will least be able to afford the mafia-level rates.
A year ago, the industry made an effort to persuade Pennsylvania’s Republican-managed Home off Agencies in order to agree an expenses that would has opened a big loophole regarding country’s very strong security up against predatory lending.
The bill might have greet payday loan providers to perspective due to the fact “financing agents,” which would possess greeting them to bypass interest limits and you will charges limitless fees so you’re able to consumers.
Among those who does was basically strike had been this new veterans that Trump professes to love much and you may vows to protect during his hockey stadium rallies. Active-duty soldiers happen to be protected from instance methods under a federal rules that limits interest levels from the 36 percent per year.
The mortgage-representative bill never cleaned a life threatening Pennsylvania Domestic committee. Therefore passed away after history year’s legislative lesson. Staffers into Household Business and Consumer Activities committees, which will features first crack at any such as proposal, said they haven’t viewed a rejuvenated force yet. But, as one staffer remarked, it’s still at the beginning of the class and there’s a lot of date.
As the latest push during the federal height reveals, the are tireless with respect to seeking get better its passion.
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CFPB was suggesting to unwind the new center element of its pay day mortgage rule – that financial need certainly to fairly determine a good borrower’s power to pay prior to a loan. It’s an adverse circulate that can damage the most difficult-struck customers. It must be and additionally be at the mercy of a stiff court difficulty.
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So I came across this website today called, “The Real Men project.”
Ok mistake number one, a man wrote it.
Link to article:
Women Are Like Cats
Mistake number two: the picture at the top is a women wearing a purple wig that happens to have cat ears, which not only makes her look like a whore but also crazy as all shit. This picture should not be the one and only true representation of a women that happens to be all about cats.
Mistake number three: author of the advice column states, “’I’ve been married more than once, so I really don’t know that I should be held up as an expert on romance.” (Then why did you write this article??)
Mistake number five: “Nothing here is meant to demean women. I love women. A lot.” I feel like I don’t need to continue to discuss number five.
Behold mistake number six, “The Call Back.” As a women dating and as a women who is busy and has her own life I’m absolutely sick and tried of being referred to in the terms of take out food. You don’t just go out with me once on a date and then wait for a certain period of time until you want to go out again with me to show your not all about me. If you like what you see, ask me out again, whenever. I’m not a game/fast food and I would much prefer a man to be forward with me and let me know they are interested in me. I’m 23 years old and I’m tried of dating games, I just want to go out, have a good time and then to let me know you did too or you didn’t.
Mistake number seven: “Get Physical.” What? What?! What is this section??? “Riding a horse, or going for a run, or learning how to dance provides a commonality of experience that is a fundamental building block of intimacy.” Ok the running part is ok, but a horse? Dear Mr. Man author, where did that thought come from?
Mistake number eight (Ok I’m going to copy and paste this whole section): “Read Out Loud.” “It sounds crazy but one of the most romantic things you can do with the object of your affection is read to her. Poetry may be a bit over the top, unless she’s into that kind of thing. But you could get away with reading the phone book and your lady friend will find it intoxicating. But a good novel is probably best. In a pinch just start reading an interesting newspaper article out loud to her and ask her opinion. Engaging her mind and showing that you respect her opinion will always leave a good impression.”-ok the last time someone read to me was my mom and I was seven years old, so no this would not be a turn on at all. I love books, but I don’t want a man to read me a book. I can read my own stuff. Thanks, but no thanks.
Mistake number nine: “Sex is Sex, Making Love is Completely Different” A line from this section: Think of it like roasting a marshmallow. Too close to the flame and that puppy is going to burn up. It takes patience and a steady hand to get it just right.-Yeah that’s exactly what I want you to think of me as when I’m naked. A nice white, hot, thing of sugar on a metal stick and then you have to hold me out onto an open flame to brown me up before you lay me out on graham crackers and chocolate and then stick me in your mouth. Score.
And finally Mistake number ten: “Women Are Like Cats.” “Too many guys treat women like dogs, when really they are most more feline in nature. With a dog, you can pet them whenever you want. A cat can be very affectionate as well, but they will let you know when they would like to be rubbed. At the right time they will purr, arch their backs, and show great satisfaction in physical attention. But you really have to let them make the first move.”-Ok first of all I would like to point out that I was under the assumption that each of these tips would also somehow connect with cats. Like for example the “READ ALOUD” section. Um yeah, like I previous stated I don’t like to be aloud to and neither does my cat. Also I’m come to the realization that because I’m a women, I’m similar to a cat…so I’m a pussy? Cool. LOL. And to make matters even funnier you compare me to another animal “a dog” Then this wonderful article finishes off with the image in my head of a man rubbing my back neck as I arch my back and purr. Yeah try and get that image out of your head.
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There are few stones we have not worked with over the last 40 years. Our experienced sales team can suggest a choice of suitable materials to suit the performance, budget and aesthetic requirements of your project.
We are happy to provide samples but remind customers that natural stone is subject to significant variation. There is no substitute for examining a stone close up and we strongly encourage all clients to visit our showroom to appreciate the fabric and texture of different stones and how they respond to different lighting conditions.
Once a stone has been chosen we can estimate the cost of sourcing, fabricating and fitting if approximate dimensions or design plans are available. Before we can offer a final quotation to fit stone we must complete a site survey and receive customer confirmation of all finishing details (cut-outs, edging, splashbacks, etc.). For projects where we are not required to fit, we can fabricate and finish stone to customer dimensions or design plans.
We will schedule our fitting team to survey the property, identify any access challenges and take precise measurements of stone requirements. Exact times cannot be guaranteed, due to the nature of the work and London traffic. The client or a client representative must be onsite to facilitate access and remain onsite and available to clarify requirements.
The following on site preparation is required before our team can accurately template customer requirements:
- Cabinets should be fixed, firm, level and in final position ready to receive stone. No spans greater than 600mm can be unsupported (per British and Stone Federation standards)
- Where the project involves replacing old worktops, these must be removed and the surfaces prepared ready to receive new stone
- All appliances such as sinks, hobs, taps, soap dispensers, or other items which require cut outs, should be on site and available for measuring. If not, templates for these items must be provided and their positions should be clearly marked
- Where required, wall battens should be securely fixed
- If tiling is required, removal of existing materials and surface preparation must be completed. Floors should be firm and level. For example, if tiling to wooden floors, 18mm marine ply wood should be fixed at 150mm centres to the existing floor boards or directly to strengthened joists. We can price for this tiling preparation work if required (excluding water proofing, which requires third party specialist expertise)
- All wet areas must be water proofed or “tanked” prior to templating, with suitable containment of any water that passes through the porous stone and falls to allow water to drain away and not pool and remain under the stone. This waterproofing or tanking, containment and falls for the water to run away is critical and tends to cause most of the shower enclosure failures we experience. Any trap used must be a double system i.e. a trap in the stone and in the tanking subfloor beneath and the connection between the two must be completed by a sufficiently long sealed pipe
- Any additional templating/measuring visits resulting from insufficient preparation will incur an additional site visit charge and result in delay.
The colour, texture and fabric of natural stone can vary substantially across a slab and between slabs so it is important to view the slab prior to fabrication. Similarly some man made stones feature strong fabrics that produce significant variation across the slab. We encourage clients to view the slab prior to fabrication to confirm the cutting plan for the slab. All finishes, (such as edge details, cut outs and splash backs), must be agreed before fabrication can commence. We manufacture to industry standard tolerances of +/- 3mm. Once all details are agreed we will cut and finish the stone to the measurements recorded on the site visit. It is critically important that no changes are made on site between the site survey and fabrication.
Fitting can typically be scheduled within 7 days of completion of a site survey and client confirmation of finishing requirements subject to availability of the stone. We will template and fit the stone on agreed dates but exact times cannot be guaranteed, due to the nature of the work and London traffic. The client or a client representative must be onsite to facilitate access and remain onsite and available to clarify requirements. If, on calling to the property on the agreed date, we cannot gain access or discover that the site has not been prepared for fitting then a charge will be payable for the failed visit and another visit will require scheduling with a consequent delay.
Stone is heavy and large pieces may require extra manpower to carry on site. Similarly extra manpower will be required to carry stone to upper floors in the absence of a lift.
On the fitting day we require parking close to the property to facilitate the unloading of stone. We also require electrical power on site so that our fitters can use power tools if necessary to trim the stone.
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Learning the wrong lessons
Published in Gulf News, 7 October 2009
By Gordon Robison, Special to Gulf News
Over the last few months, references to Lyndon Johnson have become increasingly common among American pundits and on TV news shows. Does US President Barack Obama, they ask, now stand roughly where LBJ stood in 1965?
That was the year Johnson went all-in on Vietnam, turning what had been an unusually large training-and-advisory mission into a full-scale war. This was, we are constantly reminded, the decision that came to define Johnson's presidency. The question today is whether Obama finds himself at a similar moment of decision concerning Afghanistan.
Yet, while Vietnam may obsess America's political class, Iraq is the lens through which the military itself most often views the Afghan war. The problem is that many in the military, and among the media and policy types who move around the edges of the military's world, appear to have learned the wrong lesson from our recent history in Iraq.
Conventional wisdom now holds that the US made a lot of mistakes during its first four years in Iraq. Then George W. Bush approved the 'surge', in the wake which the wrongs of past years have (mostly) been righted.
The story line that has taken root goes like this: despite some serious doubts among feint-hearted politicians and other civilians the surge succeeded. It did so because we put a lot more people on the ground in Iraq, because the soldiers became more sensitive to the needs and fears of the Iraqis themselves and because, in so doing, they showed Iraqis that the US was willing and able to protect them from Al Qaida. All of this won a sceptical populace over to our side.
Like most powerful myths this one contains elements of truth. For example, the less heavy-handed approach the American military began taking towards Iraqi civilians as part of the surge surely had some beneficial effects.
Still, the main reason why Sunni leaders in Iraq's sprawling Anbar province came over to the US side had less to do with America's attitude than with changing power equations at both the local and national levels.
Locally, this involved Anbar's tribal leaders concluding that Al Qaida in Iraq had become a threat to their traditional power bases. Allying with the Americans offered them money and guns, as well as practical help in fighting their local, Al Qaida linked, rivals.
Nationally, it grew from a fear that without American protection Iraq's Sunni community would be at the mercy of the Shiites who control the country's military and its interior ministry. From a Sunni perspective, the Americans provided a near-term buffer against rising Shiite power emanating from Baghdad and, longer term, a chance to build up their own resources ahead of the sectarian battle many Sunnis still fear (and a few relish) once the Americans are no longer around to keep the two sides apart.
Viewed another way, the surge, on a military level, was fairly successful (its partisans conveniently forget that the policy's political dimension has been an almost unmitigated failure). That success, however, is less the result of US military and diplomatic prowess than of the local elites deciding it was worth hooking up with America because doing so served their short-to-medium term interests.
The disquieting thing is the degree to which this surge-as-brilliant-success narrative has been accepted across the board by politicians and soldiers alike. As a result, talk in the US is mainly about how easy or hard it will be to recreate the surge rather than whether the policy actually worked and, if it did, whether Afghanistan really offers fertile ground for a repeat performance.
Historical analogies are comfortable precisely because they offer an easily understandable (if not necessarily accurate) way to frame complex issues. Politicians, and we in the media, often warn against them, even as we deploy them to suit our own needs.
Learning from the past is a useful exercise. But if we plan to build future policy, in part, on a base of lessons-learned it is crucial that we learn the actual lessons history offers, not just the ones we enjoy hearing.
Here is the one we need to be keeping in mind when applying Iraq's lessons to Afghanistan: the surge worked only on a military level. Even this limited success, however, was mostly a triumph of evolving Iraqi attitudes, not new and innovative American thinking. It is also worth remembering that Iraq's own future remains unresolved, and that the true lessons (whatever they may be) of one incomplete war are difficult to apply to another.
Gordon Robison, a writer and commentator who has lived in and reported on the Middle East for two decades, teaches political science at the University of Vermont. | <urn:uuid:54b2c21e-47e9-4591-b151-5cc9a26a68a1> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://www.mideastanalysis.com/learning-the-wrong-lessons.html | 2017-11-23T13:10:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806832.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20171123123458-20171123143458-00294.warc.gz | en | 0.969306 | 972 |
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Location: Subtropical Horticulture ResearchTitle: A genetically anchored physical framework for Theobroma cacao cv. Matina 1-6) Author
|Schnell Ii, Raymond|
Submitted to: Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/4/2011
Publication Date: 8/16/2011
Citation: Saski, C.A., Feltus, F.A., Staton, M.E., Blackmon, B.P., Ficklin, S.P., Kuhn, D.N., Schnell Ii, R.J., Shapiro, H., Motamayor, J.C. 2011. A genetically anchored physical framework for Theobroma cacao cv. Matina 1-6. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 12:413. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-413. Interpretive Summary: The fermented, dried seeds of Theobroma cacao (chocolate tree) are the main flavor ingredient in chocolate. World cocoa production is estimated to be 7 million tons in 2010 with an annual estimated average growth rate of 2.2%. This cacao bean production industry is currently under threat from a rise in fungal diseases including black pod, frosty pod, and witch’s broom. In order to address these issues, the entire genome of cacao has been sequenced to identify genetic markers and genes aimed to accelerate the release of robust T. cacao cultivars. To be able to link the genome sequence to previous genetic recombination mapping of favorable traits such as disease resistance, we have produced a physical map (framework) of cacao. The physical map improves the assembly of the cacao genome and makes identification of markers linked with traits easier. Identification of markers linked to disease resistance improves cacao breeding programs and accelerates the availability of disease resistant, higher yielding cultivars to the farmers. All this means a stable, abundant supply of cocoa for the US chocolate manufacturing industry
Technical Abstract: Background: Theobroma cacao (cacao tree) is the main ingredient in chocolate. World cocoa production is estimated to be 7 million tons in 2010 with an annual estimated average growth rate of 2.2%. This cacao bean production industry is currently under threat from a rise in fungal diseases including black pod, frosty pod, and witch’s broom. In order to address these issues, two genome-sequencing efforts have been initiated recently to identify genetic markers and genes aimed to accelerate the release of robust T. cacao cultivars. However, inherent problems with assembly and resolution of distal regions of complex eukaryotic genomes such as gaps, chimeric joins, and unresolvable repeat-induced compressions are unavoidable with selected sequencing strategies. Here, we describe the construction of a BAC-based integrated genetic-physical map of the T. cacao genome, which is aimed to augment and enhance these efforts. Results: Three 10X coverage BAC libraries were constructed and fingerprinted. Two hundred thirty genetic markers from the high-resolution genetic recombination map and 96 Arabidopsis derived conserved ortholog set (COS) II markers were anchored by pooled overgo hybridization. A dense tile path of BACs consisting of 29,383 BACs was selected and end sequenced. The physical map consists of 154 contigs, and 4,268 singletons. Forty-nine contigs are genetically anchored and ordered to chromosomes for a total span of 307.2 Mbp. The unanchored contigs (105) span 67.4 Mbp giving an estimated genome size of 374.7 Mbp. A comparative analysis with A. thaliana, V. vinifera, and P. trichocarpa suggest that these distant genome assemblies can serve as a window of opportunity to gain insight into genome structure, evolutionary history, conserved functional sites, and improve a physical map assembly. A comparison between the two cultivars (Matina 1-6 cultivar and Criollo) indicate a high degree of colinearity, yet rearrangements were observed. Conclusions: The genomic resources presented in this study are a standalone resource for functional exploitation and enhancement of Theobroma cacao and are expected to complement and augment the two ongoing genome-sequencing efforts. In the face of two genome sequences, these resources will serve as the template for genome sequence refinement through gap-filling, targeted resequencing, and resolution of repetitive DNA arrays by ordered long-range contiguity. | <urn:uuid:2896d723-eee9-4f0d-b2d1-9a00f4dd0494> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=268313 | 2017-05-29T05:17:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463612013.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170529034049-20170529054049-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.882995 | 954 |
Cold gazpacho soup makes a light and refreshing lunch on these sultry summer days when you’re craving something healthy and don’t want to heat up your kitchen. If you’ve been reading My Carolina Kitchen for a while, you may remember the gazpacho soup that I prepared for a guest appearance on Lazaro Cooks a while back. I decided to do a re-run of it plus some variations because it’s one of our very favorite soups and it deserves its own place here at home in my stable of recipes.
Did you know tomatoes haven't always been in gazpacho soup? Gazpacho is an ancient soup, believed to have originated with the Arabs, and comprised of only bread, olive oil, water, and garlic. Later the Romans added vinegar. Even though Cortez brought the tomato to Spain in the 16th century, it wasn’t added to the recipe until the 1700s. At the time, the tomato was believed to be poisonous and consequently only grown as a decorative plant. A famine in Italy 200 years later caused starving peasants to eat the tomatoes with no ill effect and the rest, as they say, is history.
From time to time I’ve played around with the basic ingredients in gazpacho, used different vinegars - sherry, rice, balsamic, or combinations, purchased different colored bell peppers, substituted V-8 for the tomato juice, added a fresh jalapeno for heat, and used homemade croutons as a garnish.
I also happen to get bored easily and am always on the look-out for new twists on old favorites. I’ve seen three other gazpacho recipes that sound intriguing: one with pineapple as a base, one with watermelon, and one with mango, which I’ll show you below. But first, here’s a classic chunky gazpacho with a couple of different garnishes that’s our family favorite.
Classic Chunky Gazpacho – Basic Recipe
Adapted from “At Blanchard’s Table” – serves 8
8 plum tomatoes (or 4 large heirloom or beefsteak tomatoes), core removed & cut
1 large red bell pepper, seeded & cut into quarters
1 medium seedless cucumber, peeled and cut into chunks
4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 ½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 ½ cups tomato juice
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon Kosher or sea salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
2 tablespoons minced red onion
Place the tomatoes into a food processor and pulse until very coarsely chopped but not pureed. Remove from the bowl, and repeat with the pepper & cucumber.
In a large bowl, whisk together the vinegar, lemon juice, oil, and tomato juice. Add the cayenne, salt, pepper and chopped dill to the vinegar mixture. Add the chopped vegetables and minced onion and mix well. Chill and serve cold.
For the seafood theme seen above
Prepare the basic recipe for gazpacho. Serve very cold, garnished with fresh lump crab meat.
For a tropical twist as a garnish
Prepare the basic recipe for gazpacho. Serve very cold, garnished with chopped mango and a sprig of fresh dill.
Adapted from "Perfect Recipes for Having People Over" by Pam Anderson
2 cups of small diced fresh mango, peeled and seed discarded
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 small seedless cucumber, peeled and cut into small dice (about 2 cups)
1 small red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into small dice (about ¾ cup)
1 small onion, cut into small dice (about ½ cup)
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced (optional, but recommended)
2 cups orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
3 - 4 tablespoons chopped fresh basil (or cilantro or parsley)
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir well and chill. Serve cold. Garnish if desired with grilled wild-caught shrimp that have been seasoned before grilling with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, and sweet smoked Spanish paprika, also known as Pimenton de la Vera.
The two variations below are also from Perfect Recipes for Having People Over by Pam Anderson
Substitute pineapple for the mango and pineapple juice for the orange juice in the Mango Gazpacho recipe above.
Substitute small diced seeded watermelon for the mangos and use a yellow bell pepper for the red one in the Mango Gazpacho recipe above.
Tasting note: Although the mango gazpacho was very refreshing and the multi-colors of the various ingredients looked spectacular in the bowl, the tomato based gazpacho will always be our favorite. In fact when I asked my husband the question I always ask when we try a new recipe, “Would you have this again?” he said no. When I asked why, his answer was, “I just don’t like it.” I’m curious. Have you ever made gazpacho with unusual ingredients and what did you think of the results?
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Wijk aan Zee is a vibrant seaside resort at the coast, the entire village lays at the border of a large dune area. Through the years, Wijk aan Zee has become a place with many sides, in here you can find rest, nature and sociability. In the centre of the village is the cosy Julianaplein with its diverse eating- and drinking possibilities. The many restaurants, cafés, hotels and diverse shops in this village will give you an unforgettable time. The large grassland that lays in the middle of the village offers enough parking space for the sun lovers during summer.
Wijk aan Zee is located next to an open dune area with some nice forests. It is a nice walking- and cycling area. Several dunes can be climbed so you can enjoy the magnificent view of the surroundings. The Paasduin is about thirty meters high and offers a stunning view, you can even see the sea ships sailing in and out of the piers from here.
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The National Park Kennemerland with its various flora and fauna belongs to one of the most beautiful nature areas of Holland. It is a unique nature area with dusty dunes, dune lakes, immemorial dune oak forests and park forests which have been designed in the style of the surroundings. In the national park are the best developed and most spread-out dune forests of the Netherlands. Throughout the area are a lot of walking and cycling paths that lead to the many touristic attractions in the area.
The Bazaar at Beverwijk has existed for 27 years now and comprises a number of different markets which together make up the Bazaar. Each market embraces its own culture, atmosphere and character, and offers its own characteristic range of goods. The Bazaar has something for each and everyone! Something for Everyone Whether you are looking for antiques, curiosa, trendy clothes, books, ...
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At about 8:30 last Sunday morning, a half-dozen Wiffle Ball enthusiasts began assembling the field that would host a three-game series of All-Star games between the most accomplished Wifflers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and their counterparts from New York and Philadelphia, dubbed, vaingloriously, the World All-Stars.
The field, which took up most of the front yard of a large home in Danvers, Mass., featured black, cylindrical outfield walls which had to be inflated with a leaf-blower. There were yellow canvas lines tacked to the grass to distinguish singles from doubles and a backstop featuring a metal target and a couple of corporate logos. According to Jason Doucette, a player who'd driven down from Laconia, N.H., the logos were a little misleading.
"Not a lot of people sponsor wiffle ball,” Doucette said. “Money-wise, we stick together. We try to help each other out."
Wiffle ball began with the marketing of the white plastic ball and yellow plastic bat in 1952. Sixty years later, a league called "Golden Stick" was born in that very yard in Danvers. So much for the past. According to Pat Vitale, a 62-year-old pitcher, the future of the game is exceedingly bright.
“Next year there will be a true professional draft, and we will draft pro teams for the first time,” Vitale said.
When asked if that meant the game's best players would actually be able to identify themselves as pro athletes — meaning they'd receive actual paychecks — Vitale was equally optimistic.
“At least on a part-time basis they'll be able to do that,” he continued. “The picture for it is a tour that's similar to pro beach volleyball. We'll take a traveling road show, we'll go to major cities, we'll do these mini-tournaments and crown a winner at the end.”
Betting on that golden vision might be a risky proposition. Certainly some of the players who would benefit from its realization weren't letting dreams of wealth and fame distract them from the business at hand on Sunday: the All-Star games.
Perhaps in part because of a recent cancer diagnosis, Vitale was only scheduled to pitch one inning for Massachusetts/New Hampshire. But after Vitale had retired the New York/Philadelphia — a.k.a. "World" side — in order, team manager and president of Golden Stick Wiffle Ball Lou Levesque was asked if he would follow that plan.
“No, no, by no means. We're leaving him in there,” Levesque said. “He'll go right up to the full three if he keeps playing like that.”
Would he yank Vitale if he didn’t keep playing like that?
“Oh, yeah. Absolutely," he said. "Cut throat. This is the All-Star game.”
Vitale was similarly impressive in the second inning, baffling hitters with curves and sinkers that pinged the metal target on the backstop for strikes. So when he took the mound for the third, I wandered over to the opposition's side of the field and asked a player named Eric, who had come up to Danvers from Brooklyn, if he was concerned.
“He's really good,” Eric replied. “A lot of good players out here. I think we'll get to him, when we see him a couple of times. But yeah he's--"
Just as Eric made that declaration, one of his teammates belted a home run.
"I knew we'd get to him eventually, and the Foodman did it," Eric continued. "So, it's the love of the game, it's passion and competition, so that's what it's all about.”
That, and tying the score, which is what Eric's teammate had done with one swing of his Wiffle bat.
The man who hit the home run was Anthony 'Foodman' Diorio.
"I am pretty well fed, so that's why I'm the Foodman,” he explained.
The Foodman's home run provided him with the opportunity to run the bases. Guys hitting singles doubles, and triples don't do that. As Lou Levesque explained, that's one of the many distinctions between various other manifestations of baseball and Wiffle Ball, or at least the Golden Stick version of the game.
“When you hit a home run, you trot,” Levesque said. “We used to have a rule that if you were ahead by five, you couldn't, because it was showboating, and then we agreed that we liked showboating. So now it's limitless running.”
The Massachusetts team was out-homered, hence, out-trotted, in Game One of the series. They lost to New York/Philadelphia, 12-6. But the New Englanders bounced back to win the next two games. The final was a pitchers' duel and ended, 3-2.
Observers of that All-Star series — and they were pretty much limited to close friends and family members in lawn chairs and a couple of dogs — can debate the extent to which Sunday's games moved the sport toward the establishment of a professional league. At least for Pat Vitale, the Foodman, Lou Levesque and the rest of Sunday's All-Stars, the dream lives.
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Elize’a Scott, a Key Elementary School third grade student, right, reads under the watchful eyes of teacher Crystal McKinnis, left, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Recently, the news has been full of headlines on the disparities that exist in the American education system. Some wealthy parents — including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman — have been indicted for gaming the admissions process for their children to some of the nation’s top colleges. Last week, Loughlin pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. Meanwhile in New York City, only 7 black students were admitted to the city’s most selective public high school — out of 895 spots. Currently, Harvard University is being sued over its affirmative action admissions policies.
The beleaguered American education system has struggled for years to address issues of inequality, with little success. A new report from the education research and advocacy group EdBuild finds that there is a $23 billion gap in funding between white and non-white school districts of equal size (the report identifies white school districts as those with 75% or more white students).
“What’s happening here is you are seeing a continuation of what we’ve found in previous reports: the foundation of the education funding system does not serve to best represent the interests of students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds,” said Matt Richmond, chief program officer at EdBuild.
The wealth gap
But even when EdBuild looked at districts of similar wealth levels, it found there were big differences that cleaved along racial and ethnic lines, with minorities receiving less than their white counterparts.
“In the U.S., race and economics tend to be correlated,” he said. “What was even more disappointing was that even when you accounted for poverty, there was still a difference of about $1,500 per student, even in high poverty school districts.”
The problem, the report points out, is the way public schools are funded. According to Richmond, 45% of funding comes from local sources, while 45% is provided by the state. The final 10% is made up of federal government funding.
With school budgets tied to the local tax base, wealthier communities are able to provide more funding for their local school districts.
“In a way, that’s systemic and formulaic,” Richmond said. And the wealth gap between communities is too large for the states to bridge, he said.
“If you look at the distribution [from states],” Richmond continued, “for the most part you find it’s relatively progressive. More money is going to districts with less wealth. You do see the states trying. But they have a tendency to fall short.”
But according to a 2018 report from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education and the Education Law Center, school funding isn’t as progressive as it needs to be. The report shows that funding disparities between states isn’t shrinking, but instead growing. “The funding differential between the highest (New York) and lowest (Idaho) funded states is over $12,400,” the report states.
The report goes on to say many states are becoming more “unfair” in their funding. “In 2015, only 11 states had progressive funding systems, down from a high of 22 in 2008,” the report says.
These gaps disadvantage already disadvantaged children.
In this photo taken Oct. 20, 2017, K-4 students Devon Daniels, left, and Charlie Webb talk to teacher Dana Chrzanowski at Milwaukee Math and Science Academy, a charter school in Milwaukee. Charters are vastly over-represented among schools where minorities study in the most extreme racial isolation,
Children from lower-income communities are less likely to be enrolled in earlier education, while teacher salaries — already lower than their non-teacher counterparts — are more competitive in states and districts with more funding, attracting higher-quality teachers. But according to the report, one of the most “meaningful” outcomes of fair funding is student-teacher classroom ratios.
And that’s not all. The Washington, D.C.-based think tank Urban Institute has found that children “from high-wealth families (defined as total family wealth including home equity above roughly $223,500) are more than one and a half times as likely to complete at least two or four years of college by age 25 as those in low-wealth families (wealth below $2,000).” And once they make it into college, children from high-wealth families are nearly twice as likely to graduate from a four-year institution — compared to less than a quarter of students from low-income households.
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The chain also takes pride in its use of the freshest ingredients — there are no refrigerators on site so fresh produce must be delivered daily — to ensure the best possible quality for its foods. Each restaurant also makes its own chips and avoids the use of pre-made ingredients and preservatives, which contributes to the budget-friendly and diner-friendly Barberitos prices.
Why Eat Here Barberitos has a casual ambiance that makes it a great place for families and friends to enjoy great Tex-Mex foods. The Southwestern-style interiors make the guests feel like they have been transported to the South even when they are in Florida. The chain has a quick-serve concept as against the fast-food concept. You will find that the Barberitos chain makes the best Tex-Mex food — or at least, among the best in whatever place its restaurants happen to be.
You will find them to be more knowledgeable about the menu than in other restaurants with similar menus. Of course, the food and drinks are always the meat, so to speak, of every restaurant and the Barberitos chain delivers well on it. The foods have a fresh quality to them — no wilted leafy green vegetables here — that makes it easy to eat healthy, even when you have already exceeded your daily calorie count.
There are just so many choices that you will likely come back for several visits before enjoying all of them. The choices in burritos alone will make your mouth water. Each burrito order comes with rice, beans, cheese, pico de gallo, vegetables and protein sources e. A side of salsa and chips are also included in the order for a complete meal. The bowls are the burritos but served in a bowl. Each bowl overflows with a mixture of rice, beans, cheese, and pico de gallo with generous portions of your preferred protein source.
You can satisfy your meat-loving side with sirloin steak or choose healthy options like organic tofu, lean ground turkey, and all-natural chicken. The tacos are just as delectable. You can order them in your shell of choice, such as soft flour, hard corn, or soft corn, which will then be served with beans, rice, pico de gallo, vegetables, meats, and sides.
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Analysts Review Releases Notes on Alere, AMRI, Anika Therapeutics, Nektar and Sangamo [Professional Services Close - Up]
(Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) On July 4, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding Alere, Albany Molecular Research, Anika Therapeutics, Nektar Therapeutics and Sangamo Biosciences.
On July 1, Alere announced the appointment of Chief Operating Officer Namal Nawana as interim CEO and President following the resignation of CEO, President and Director Ron Zwanziger, effective immediately. Additionally, the Company stated that the resignations of Jerry McAleer, Senior Vice President Research and Development and a Director, and Dave Scott, Chief Scientific Officer, are also effective immediately. Alere informed that these changes are a part of its ongoing review of strategy and operations. According to the Company, to identify a permanent CEO and President, its Board of Directors will initiate a search process which includes a review of both internal and external candidates and plans to retain a leading executive search firm. Alere Chairman of the Board, Gregg J. Powers, stated, "We believe that with Alere's talented management team in place, now is the right time for the Company to transition to new leadership."
On July 1, Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI) announced its successful acquisition of Oso Biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing, a former portfolio company of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC, in line with its strategy to be the leading supplier of custom and complex drug product development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical industry. According to the Company, it has paid a total consideration of $110 million, funded through cash on hand. Additionally, AMRI stated that it plans to provide investors with an updated 2014 guidance for the combined company when it releases its Q2 2014 financial results on August 5.
On July 1, Anika Therapeutics Inc.'s stock increased by 4.73 percent, ending the day at $48.52. Over the past five-day trading period, Company's stock went up by 4.57 percent compared to the Nasdaq Composite which increased by 2.06 percent during the same trading period.
On June 19, Nektar Therapeutics reported that its partner AstraZeneca announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published results of two pivotal Phase III studies, KODIAC-4 and KODIAC-5 of Naloxegol, an investigational treatment for opioid-induced constipation (OIC). According to the Company, the Phase III studies KODIAC-4 and KODIAC-5 evaluated 12.5 mg and 25 mg doses of naloxegol, administered once a day, over 12-week, multicenter, randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled pivotal trials. Additionally, Nektar stated that Naloxegol has the potential to be the first FDA approved once-daily oral treatment for patients with OIC. William Chey, MD, AGAF, FACG, FACP, Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System, said, "These results demonstrated the potential for naloxegol, if approved, to be a new treatment option as the studies showed rapid and sustained improvement for these patients, without compromising their pain management over the course of the trials."
On June 19, Sangamo Biosciences announced that the Company has appointed H. Stewart Parker to the Board of Directors. According to the Company, Parker founded and served as President and CEO of Targeted Genetics Corp. Sangamo President and CEO, Edward Lanphier, stated, "We are very pleased to bring Stewart onto our Board during such an important stage in Sangamo's development. As we expand our manufacturing capabilities and advance ZFP Therapeutic programs for the development of genetic cures for monogenic diseases, Stewart's proven entrepreneurial and executive leadership skills and extensive experience in AAV gene therapy, particularly cGMP manufacturing and clinical development, will be very valuable to Sangamo."
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Early in the fourth quarter of its playoff opener with Morris, Joliet Catholic`s biggest guy sprang its smallest guy for the day`s longest run.
Hilltopper tailback James Irby, who at 5 feet 3 inches looks as though he could fit inside the helmet of 6-6, 250-pound lineman John Horn, jettisoned past Horn down the right sideline on a 53-yard score that began a mass exodus of Morris fans.
The sight of Irby passing Horn en route to a backbreaking touchdown was a memorable one. Sort of like watching 5-3 Muggsy Bogues streak by 7-7 Manute Bol for a slam dunk, or a Volvo glide over the top of a Monster Truck.
Watching that play unfold during Joliet Catholic`s manhandling of the previously unbeaten Redskins, one couldn`t help but wonder whether the Hilltoppers have any real weaknesses.
Bulky linemen such as Horn, Eric Gray (6-4, 245), Tom Snyder (6-3, 240), Brent McGraw (6-0, 240), Chris Basile (6-1, 222) and Mike Jones (6-3, 220)
make Joliet nearly untouchable on the main battleground. Junior halfback Mike Alstott has been one of the surprise players of the year, while Irby, the team`s secret weapon, and receivers Darren Freeman and Jeff Bonebrake provide Catholic with more than enough speed to keep opposing defenses from keying on Alstott.
And to think, they weren`t even the East Suburban Catholic Conference favorites back in August.
``We`ve always had faith in ourselves,`` said Horn. ``We`ve got a bunch of great backs, a big line, and our passing game is doing good with Freeman, Bonebrake and Jason Nedlo`s passing. We`re doing well in all aspects now. We knew we were going to do well when the season started. Just not this well.``
How well is ``this well``?
The Hilltoppers are 12-0 heading into Saturday`s Class 4A semifinal showdown against 11-1 Leo. They haven`t had to sweat out a fourth-quarter win yet, and only conference co-champ Marian Catholic (a 16-6 loser) and Rockton Hononegah (a 25-14 loser) have come within 10 points of pulling off an upset. The chief wrecking ball on the imposing Joliet line is Horn, who usually plays the whole game at offensive tackle while rotating in with Gray at defensive end. Horn figures to settle in with the offense in college; Notre Dame, Michigan State, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan are currently vying for his attention.
Horn and his teammates have learned that, as in the pro game, it isn`t always a matter of ``hit `em, help `em up and hit `em again.`` In the real world, the big guys often become the target of takeout artists. And with the Hilltoppers` imposing size, some opponents resort to illegal cut and chop-blocking as the great equalizers.
During one particular game, the opposing coach told one of his players to ``chop-block Horn`` in full view of reporters on the sideline.
``We`ve seen some of that done to our whole defensive line on the pass rush,`` said coach Bob Stone. ``We`ve sacked the quarterbacks so much that some teams shorten the quarterback drop and cut us at the line of scrimmage.`` ``Happens all the time,`` said Horn. ``Sometimes, certain players try to take you out by the knees. But our defensive coaches have taught us certain moves to avoid that.``
The Hilltoppers have averaged three sacks per game, led by Snyder`s total of 11. On defense, Horn mostly plays run-containment or tries to take out a pair of blockers while a linebacker blitzes the quarterback. Against a run-oriented Morris team that averaged 43 points a game, the Hilltopper defense gave up negative rushing yards when the outcome was still in doubt during the first half.
What Horn and the Hilltoppers are shooting for this Saturday is their seventh berth in a state title game. Joliet Catholic has won all six of its previous championship games, including the 14-13, last-gasp victory over Peoria Richwoods in 1987.
Horn, Jones and most of the current seniors watched that game from the Hancock Stadium stands. They visualized themselves playing on the same field, with the same high stakes.
``I think any kid who plays football at Catholic pictures himself on varsity in that situation,`` Horn said. ``Making some good hits, cleaning up some holes, making things happen like that.
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Oh, you’ve been to South-America? Which was your favorite country? Where would you recommend visiting?
Those were questions I’ve been hearing constantly. And true, there’s nothing wrong about asking this question. What I want to highlight is rather how you take and evaluate the answer you receive.
I’m talking about giving and receiving travel advice. Many people have asked me about my advice, and though I am sharing it (as you’re reading this blog), I would like to look at the topic of taking advice too seriously word by word.
The issue is that we don’t all think and act the same way. Neither in daily life nor whilst traveling. One might like coffee for breakfast, another person couldn’t live without their tea. The person who loves coffee will always rave about how coffee is the one thing that makes their morning, how it gives them the energy to get out of being groggy. And the person who loves tea, will not understand. Of course, if you share your favorite coffee brand with a coffee lover, they might like it as well (or not, because coffee isn’t just coffee 😉)
Let’s look at this regarding traveling. Someone just tells you how they loved their trip to Cuba. Cuba! You exclaim! That sounds like a great place. Strolling through old cafes in Havana, practicing Spanish with the locals…. You ask your friend about what they actually did and you get a ‘oh we had a really nice hotel. All inclusive! I love Cuba.’
In a way, you’re talking cross purposes. The person who went to Cuba might have had an amazing holiday. However, your idea of a holiday might look differently so this would not be of any help in your decision making.
Let’s make it less drastic and talk to someone who has backpacked and you were going to go backpacking as well. You’d asked them the questions I started this blog with. And the answers could be – Colombia is amazing! It’s the best country of South-America <3 (and I know many backpackers who’d say that). Once you did deeper though you hear about all the super nice people that they met on their way. And how much they danced salsa. That does sound fun. To most people. What if salsa is not your thing. What if you really don’t enjoy being chatted up by strangers all the time anywhere? Maybe you’d prefer countries, where people are less upfront in talking to you, where salsa isn’t such a big thing but hiking is. This might be why your friend who loves Colombia wouldn’t recommend the country you’re thinking of.
What I’m trying to say is that everyone will have slightly different preferences in what they like to see, how they like to spend their day and also by how much budget they have. Some countries can be much more fun when you have a big budget (let’s take the Galapagos islands for example). Some countries can be more fun, if you like the adventure of the tourism infrastructure not all being laid out for you yet (Bolivia, Paraguay…). Maybe what’s expensive to you is cheap to the other person? Maybe what’s ‘authentic’ means something completely different to you than to your friend.
I still think you should ask people. That’s pretty much how I organized my whole trip. Every country I went to I asked people for recommendations. But afterwards I’d ask myself whether
a) they’d fall into the category of things I wanted to do/places I wanted to visit
b) whether the time and effort would be worth traveling there,
c) whether it was within my budget and
d) whether I actually felt like visiting a place like that at that very moment.
I am including d) because I have experienced it many times that I had wanted to go to a place for ages and when the change eventually came up the urge had died down and didn’t come back.
B is all about how long it would take you to get to a place. If you have a small budget and wouldn’t be able to fly to a place that was a 20-h bus ride away, would you still go? I had cases where I answered this question with yes, and others where I told myself ‘no’. It really depends on whether you have the energy and think you will love the place that much that the journey to get there won’t bother you or whether you tell yourself that you might be able to see ‘old Inca ruins’ or a ‘jungle’ at another point of your journey.
No, you don’t have to see them all. That would make you very tired and travel-fatigued. Every waterfall, every cultural city would start looking the same. You’d forget the names of all the places you’ve been to. Yes, you would be able to tick off all the boxes but that wouldn’t give you any more to satisfaction.
Do what you really want to do.
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Grand Rapids, Michigan recently joined a growing list of cities committed to reducing energy use by 50%!
Collectively known as 2030 Districts, the goal is to achieve the 50% reduction by the year 2030! This will require creative solutions to address the obstacle standing in the way of most energy reduction goals – how to pay for the new energy-saving technologies? It’s the same obstacle causing many of us to still use the 5% efficient incandescent bulb when a 90% efficient (but more expensive) LED is available!
What if LEDs could be installed today and paid for with the resultant savings?
As a Professional Stakeholder for the Grand Rapids 2030 District, The Energy Alliance Group of Michigan (EAG) has depended on V.P. Curt Monhart to educate decision makers on overcoming the financing obstacle energy projects often must confront.
Monhart, while at a recent event hosted by The Michigan Energy Efficiency Contractors Association (MEECA), met the executive of a company involved in commercial energy upgrades. The topic got around to project financing and how it stalls many projects.
Monhart asked the executive if he was familiar with Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) as a financing source. Even though the program has been approved for use in Michigan since 2010 his answer was “No”.
When Monhart was pressed for more details about PACE he noted two significant elements of the energy specific financing:
- 100% project financing
- Funds energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy
It was at that point Monhart’s listener asked: “When can we talk?”
Monhart realized the lack of awareness associated with PACE would need to be overcome if goals such as those of 2030 Districts were going to be achieved.
Since PACE needs to be approved within the county or municipality where a building is located, Monhart created a benefit list to help decision makers understand the value of adopting the program. The list includes:
- Creates economic development opportunities with zero taxpayer funding
- Provides property owners with capital for funding building improvements
- Creates jobs for contractors, architects, vendors and trades
- Supports modernization of outdated and underutilized buildings
- Upgrades improve tenant satisfaction and retention
- Modernized buildings increase property values
- Third party administration of PACE underwriting
- No cost to the county or municipality
“The opportunity that PACE offers is the ability to do the project while allowing for cash on hand to go toward growing the business rather than updating the buildings.” The Bemidji Pioneer
Monhart took it one step further and created a webcast to educate owners and managers of commercial real estate having volunteered to bring their buildings into alignment with the goals of the 2030 Districts. The webcast is designed to increase the awareness of PACE as well as the many other resources available that make achieving energy efficiency affordable.
It is now possible to install highly efficient energy technology today and pay for the upgrades using the savings that result! For most projects, the resultant savings are greater than the entire cost of the project. By undertaking an energy efficiency upgrade, the building owner realizes an improved bottom line versus maintaining the status quo.
The Webcast discusses how to increase the profitability and value of commercial real estate using energy efficiency and various cost reduction strategies. The webcast can be accessed by clicking on the following title:
Here’s a look at the advantages PACE provides over traditional financing mechanism from the webcast:
The 2030 Districts goal of a 50% reduction in downtown energy use has broad appeal as evidenced by the over 10 million square feet of commercial property already committed to it in Grand Rapids alone!
The financing mechanism for achieving that goal is now available with the creation of a powerful public-private partnership of local governments, property owners, lenders, and contractors. As awareness of PACE and other energy specific funding options grow, so too will the number of energy projects as illustrated by this graphic:
Cumulative Commercial Pace Financing
“PACE enables property owners to pay for energy efficiency upgrades with a special assessment on their property – just like those levied for sewers, streets, sidewalks and other improvements.” Curt Monhart
You can register for the webcast – Increasing the Profitability and Value of Commercial Real Estate – by going HERE!
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I initially published this blog post on the Adobe Open Development blog at http://blogs.adobe.com/ but that’s been archived so I’m re-publishing it here for convenience. Thanks to Adobe for allowing me to spend a portion on my time reflecting on such topics!
Here’s a “survival guide” that we use at Adobe to help our colleagues make sense of our busy Open Development mailing lists.
To send or not to send
TS1. Before asking a question, search the list archives (and issue trackers, etc.) as the answer might already be in there.
TS2. Keep noise low – consider how many people will receive your message. If you’re just saying “thank you” to one or two persons, do it off-list.
TS3. Does your message really belong in an email? If it’s information that’s supposed to last and that you expect future coworkers to know, a wiki, website or blog post is a much better place. Just send the URL of that wiki/website page in email then. Writing more than 3-4 paragraphs is often a sign of something that does not belong in email. And email is where information goes to die!
TS4. Do not cross-post. If you really think other lists might be interested, let them know about your message by sending them its URL, but do not copy the message itself. Cross-posting tends to create split discussions that are impossible to follow.
TS5. Don’t be shy – if a mailing list exists it is meant to be used, so any on-topic question with a sensible subject line is welcome, assuming you do your homework as explained in this guide.
Starting new discussion threads
ST0. To start a new topic, do not reply to an existing message – use the “new message” function of your email client to create a new discussion thread.
ST1. When starting a new discussion thread, include at least one [TAG] in the subject line that points to the product, technology or topic that your message is about.
ST2. The goal of the subject line is to help people decide if they want or need to read your message. If that’s not sufficient, use your first phrase as a summary to clarify. On busy lists, spending time on crafting a good subject line avoids wasting other people’s time, and gives you much better chances to get an answer.
ST3. One question/topic per thread please, it’s much easier to follow, helps people notice your question and makes much more sense in the archives later.
Writing your message
WR1. The shorter your message or reply, the more likely people are to read it.
WR2. Speak in URLs – if something has an URL or unique identifier, point to it. Don’t say “the about page on the new website” or “the memory problem”, but rather http://www.example.com/about and SLING-9362 if the latter is a well-known shortcut to the URL of the actual issue in your tracker. This helps avoid misunderstandings, as well as creating valuable archives with a rich Web of links.
WR3. If you’re describing a bug, include all the necessary information to reproduce the problem, while being as concise as you can: what did you do, what did you expect, what did you get, what was your environment.
WR4. No large attachments or stack traces: open a bug with that info or put it somewhere where people can download it and include only the URL in your message.
WR5. Be direct, ask the root question instead of a derived one. If you need to buy food at 4AM, for example, and you think Burrito Unlimited might be open, asking where can I buy food now is more likely to provide a helpful response that asking where the nearest Burrito Unlimited is. Also known as an “XY problem” where you ask Y but what you really need is X.
Replying and quoting
RQ1. Quote sparingly and precisely. Opinions differ on this, but the lazy top-quoting that’s unfortunately the norm depending on which email client you use tends to make discussions shallow, as it’s impossible to know precisely what people are replying to. So many years later, Usenet quoting still rules on busy lists and/or for complex discussions.
RQ2. Give sufficient context for people to follow your thoughts. Closely related to precise quoting.
RQ3. Remember WR1 – the more concise message usually wins.
Here are some tips for coping with many emails from multiple high-traffic lists. The goal is to give you the option to quickly skim over the lists traffic to find the few threads that are actually relevant to you.
F1. Have a folder for each list, and a filtering rule that moves the relevant messages there.
F2. To make sure you quickly see responses to threads you take part in, have a special rule for emails/threads that include you. This is a rule that you can have across all your emails: it could be a special “to me” folder, or a different inbox.
F3. To filter out the topics that interest you, set up a rule based on keywords in the subject. Same for people.
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If you took sides during the Guns n' Roses break-up and subsequent feud, chances are it was that of the curly haired guitarist and the lanky, blonde bassist, not the ginger genius who fronted the band.
Yes, Axl Rose remains a complicated figure. While Slash and Duff always had a punk rock-ish charm and unfettered likeability, Axl sort of seemed like an asshole -- a sexy, aggressive, audacious and introspective asshole, who commanded respect even when his vision took the band in odd directions. Does he still have it, and is it enough to carry the band sans its more famous line-up? Yes and no.
Yes, Axl Rose still has vocal chops. Yes, he can hit the high notes. And he seems to be in better shape than he has been in years. But the band's "L.A. Takeover" -- which continues at the Wiltern tonight, and concludes at House of Blues on Monday -- had some real problems.
For one thing, tickets for the General Admission show were all around $100. Then there was the fact that the band was scheduled to hit the stage at 11:30 p.m., which in Axl-time actually meant they went on well after midnight. And finally, the band itself is inherently, not G N' R. Period. All its current members are accomplished musicians, and all get time in the spotlight, through solos. But these Axl-less moments came off more like bathroom breaks. (They also gave Rose time to change his hats; during the night he donned three different wide-brim, fedora-type chapeaus.)
Axl has got a nice rapport with his backing rockers, particularly guitarist DJ Ashba. Still, the group never felt like a true, cohesive unit. There was no chemistry, and many of the classic Guns tracks -- while instrumentally tight -- felt flat and almost rushed.
Read Steve Appleford's review of the Forum show last November to get an idea of the setlist. It was virtually the same, right down to the curious covers, including Dizzy Reed's Who moment, The Pink Panther as headbanger, and Axl's take on Pink Floyd at the piano.
They played Chinese Democracy tracks, sprinkled in some Use Your Illusion stuff and spaced-out the classics, which, lets face it, most of us were there for. The set was a lengthy three hours. "Mr. Brownstone," "It's So Easy" and "You're Crazy," done blues-style, were pretty good.
But our favorite track -- and that of apparently every gal in a studded belt there too -- was "Rocket Queen;" unfortunately, it was off tempo-wise and lacked the sizzle and climactic sweetness that makes it a great album closer.
Monday's House of Blues show was, at press time, the only of the three to sell-out. Perhaps the locale, back on the Strip where Axl famously jumped off the bus and submerged himself in the jungle of depravity that is Los Angeles, will conjure some mojo from the old days and make for a more compelling show. The smaller venue size should be cool. How they'll fare at The Wiltern tonight is anybody's guess.
But bottom line is, until Slash and Duff McKagan -- and, to a lesser extent, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler -- re-join their talented frontman, Guns n' Roses' fire power is but a puff of smoke.
We feel the same about Velvet Revolver and Slash's solo projects too, by the way, maybe even more so. If the OG G N' R members never see eye to eye, all the better; their tempestuousness and the tension that created on stage is what made them great together. Rumors that this may actually happen at the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame induction in April continue to fly, mainly because no one will say flat out that it won't, including Axl and Slash.
Personal bias: We had an Appetite For Destruction poster on our wall in high school.
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The crowd: No kiddies moshing to Mr. Rose here, just a lot of sloshed heshers in concert tees, drowning in beer and busting out sing-alongs.
Random notebook dump: Axl needs to bring back his signature side-to-side glide! We saw hints of it, but never a full-on right-to-left, head-to-shoulders-to-hips grind moment. The "Axl Dance" is nearly as iconic as Michael Jackson's "Moonwalk," and unlike say, David Lee Roth's high-kicks, age shouldn't make it more difficult. | <urn:uuid:9fa546b0-0522-4d31-87de-873cd40eddfc> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | https://www.laweekly.com/music/guns-n-roses-the-palladium-3-9-12-2403164 | 2018-09-20T09:24:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267156423.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20180920081624-20180920101624-00545.warc.gz | en | 0.97114 | 1,032 |
Managing Stress More Effectively
Many family members learn to cope with stress effectively. Below is a list of ideas that have helped others. Review the list and try out the ideas.
Take breaks often
Famous last words “I can’t take a break. People will think I am lazy and that I don’t care.”
- Realize that most family members don’t give themselves enough rest.
- Realize that working harder doesn’t necessarily mean accomplishing more. Instead, recognize that taking breaks can help you accomplish more and feel better.
- Avoid the cycle of going beyond your limits, spinning your wheels and becoming frustrated.
- Take several 20-30 minute breaks each day. Take more time if needed.
- If you can’t spare 20 minutes, take 10. A short break is better than no break.
- If you are working, make your home a comfortable place by leaving your work behind.
Make a list of what you need to do in the short- and long-term, and set priorities
- Number the items on the list by priority.
- Start with number 1 and work your way down the list, crossing off each accomplished item.
- Regularly review your accomplishments to help you keep a positive perspective.
- Remember that you can only do one, or maybe two, things at a time effectively.
- Remember that “good” things can also be stressful (e.g. planning and having a birthday party, preparing to visit and visiting other family members).
- Don’t forget activities related to helping yourself (e.g. getting rest, spending time with other family members) can also be important priorities.
- Learn and recognize the difference between what you “have to” do and what you “want to” do.
Set reasonable goals and expectations
- Learn to recognize what you do best.
- Recognize your limitations. Most relate to being human.
- Avoid letting people pressure you into taking on more than you can handle.
- Recognize what others do best and ask for their help.
- If you keep missing deadlines, be less ambitious.
- Distinguish between what you want and expect and what other people want and expect from you.
- Recognize and avoid harmful feelings like guilt or frustration.
Learn and apply negotiating skills
- Realize that few of your responsibilities are “set in stone” and most people who expect you to do things are willing to negotiate.
- With other family members and co-workers, negotiate timelines and the amount of responsibilities you agree to take on.
- If you are afraid of negotiating, practice by rehearsing “in your head.”
- Realize that taking on too much, too soon will cause failure.
- Balance wanting to please with your knowledge of what you must do to succeed.
Learn and use relaxation techniques
- Breathe slowly and deeply.
- Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a relaxing situation.
- Listen to soothing music.
- Take a walk.
- Talk to someone you like.
Tell yourself things that will help
- I’m doing the best that I can.
- I’m a good person. I’m trying.
- If I take my time, I’ll do things right.
- Things will work out for the best.
- We’ve really come a long way since he was hurt.
- I can count on my faith, my friends and family to help me through.
Avoid pushing yourself too hard and putting yourself down
- I’ve got to do more.
- I’ve got to try harder.
- I’ve got to get this done the right way.
- I should have finished a week ago.
- I’m letting everyone down.
- I’ll never get another chance.
- I can’t believe I’m doing so badly.
Ask for help
- Seek help from people that have offered.
- Recognize that asking for help is better than failing.
- Don’t let your pride get in the way.
- Recognize that everyone needs help sometimes.
- Better to ask early on than right before you fail.
Common sense strategies can help you be strong
- Focus on one thing at a time.
- Work on your hardest responsibilities at times when you feel most fresh and rested.
- Have “quiet times” for everyone. Noise can increase stress and reduce productivity.
Have a backup plan
- Failing and not knowing what to do next is a bad situation.
- Anytime you plan something, have a backup plan.
- Recognize your human imperfections. Most people fail sometimes.
- When your first approach doesn’t work, go to your backup.
Recognize that life has many challenges
- Brain injury or not, many people struggle to enjoy successful lives.
- Recognize that many of the issues that face you are faced by others.
- Be patient. Everyone finds obstacles on the road to success.
- Recognize that persistence, faith and your good character will help you succeed in time.
Monitor Your Stress
To help identify and better manage stress, you and other family members are encouraged to complete this questionnaire, and compare and discuss answers.
Completing the questionnaire at several points in time will allow you to identify progress and ideas to improve coping.
- What are the main sources of stress in my life?
- What do I do now that helps me manage stress effectively?
- What can I do now that makes it harder to manage stress?
- What can I do to better manage stress?
- Where should I start to make things better?
Used with permission from “Getting Better and Better After Brain Injury: The survivors guide for living smarter and happier” by Jeffrey S. Kreutzer and Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner.
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- Risk-on was the sentiment of the month as global high yield, loans and emerging markets outperformed treasuries and investment grade corporates
- High quality government bonds declined (yields increased) as global macro threats de-escalated (China trade tariffs at 10% not 25%, NAFTA agreement reached)
- September was a month of recovery within EM corporates following an eventful summer dominated by idiosyncratic geopolitical events
- The European Central Bank (ECB) reaffirmed its commitment to end its bond-buying program and the Federal Reserve increased the Federal Funds rate as expected in September
Risk-on was the sentiment of the month in September as high yield, loans and equities outperformed Treasuries and investment grade corporates. US Treasuries declined (yields increased) as global macro threats de-escalated (China trade tariffs at 10% not 25%, NAFTA agreement reached). On the technical side, high yield benefitted from lighter than expected new issuance as modest outflows were offset by coupon income. The Federal Reserve (Fed) increased the Federal Funds rate as expected in September. The market (Bloomberg data) is assigning a 72% probability that the Fed will increase rates at its December meeting. The market anticipates two further rate increases for 2019 while the Fed dot plots seem to indicate the potential for three increases. While the short end of the curve moved higher this month, so did the long end – a parallel shift upwards. As the yield curve has historically been predicative of an impending recession, a parallel shift – as opposed to an inversion – is noteworthy as it would indicate no recession yet. While the Fed appears committed to increasing the short-end, what will happen on the long-end? Movements in the long-end are more difficult to anticipate. Do investors want to hold Treasuries? The largest owner of Treasuries, the Fed, will continue to reduce its balance sheet as more bonds roll-off without their proceeds being reinvested. This could potentially put upward pressure on the long-end of the curve. What other Treasury investors do – and by extension – what happens to long-term rates, remains to be seen.
There was a bifurcation within the performance of the European credit market during September with high yield bonds producing strong returns, boosted by increased activity in the primary market, while investment grade credit felt the impact of rates pressures. Following a quiet summer, issuance picked up steam in September with notable high yield deals from Akzo Nobel and Thomson Reuters, which saw strong demand. Other, smaller deals came to the market priced at relatively tight levels, supported by investors who were keen to participate after several months of much lighter supply. The European Central Bank reaffirmed its commitment to end its bond-buying program, reducing its monthly purchases to €15bn from €30bn until the end of the year, although emphasized the continuation of loose monetary policy. Eurozone economic data prints continued to show a weakening of the economy, as the impact of the US/China trade war began to bite. The Italian budget dominated news flow towards the end of the month. While the final budget is not expected until later in October, the preliminary numbers emphasized a higher than expected deficit. This sent yields on Italian government debt higher amid fears of contagion into Italian financials and thus more broadly into the wider European financials landscape.
September was a month of recovery within emerging market (EM) corporates, following an eventful summer dominated by idiosyncratic geopolitical events. By region, some of the strongest returns came from Europe and the CEEMEA region, while returns from Asia were flat. In terms of sector performance, financials and oil & gas credits did well, with the latter boosted by higher oil prices. In terms of credit rating, high yield outperformed investment grade over the month. The countries that had made headlines earlier in the summer – Argentina and Turkey – were among the strongest performers in September as both countries made steps towards economic reforms. In Argentina, investors welcomed an amended deal with the IMF, which increased the size and speed of disbursements of the package. Meanwhile in Turkey, the central bank raised rates 600bps to 24%, a move designed to highlight the bank’s independence from the government and an attempt to anchor the currency and prevent further deterioration. Towards month end, the Turkish finance minister also announced an economic plan to help the country move forward after the recent currency crisis. In Brazil, the presidential election campaign continued to gain momentum with the polarisation of voters made evident in the increasing popularity of far right and far left candidates in early polls. Two rounds of voting will occur in October and a new president will be elected by the end of the month. | <urn:uuid:63f83795-c78f-4937-ba08-6a79c39c6411> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://www.muzinich.com/opinions/corporate-credit-snapshot-30-sep-2018?utm_source=Snapshot&utm_medium=Website&utm_campaign=Snapshot%20-%2030%20September | 2018-10-20T03:53:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512504.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20181020034552-20181020060052-00557.warc.gz | en | 0.964814 | 969 |
New ad against Verizon exposes Canadian telecom companies’ worries: expert
TORONTO – Rogers, Bell and Telus have seemingly put their differences aside in a new video campaign, urging the government to deny “U.S. giant” Verizon entry to the marketplace, and suggesting its arrival would mean lost jobs and added expenses for Canadians.
The ad, which can be seen here, features people identified as employees of Rogers, Bell and Telus from locations across Canada. Some of their comments include:
“When I found out that our government is getting a giant U.S. cellphone company to come to Canada, I thought, will there be thousands of jobs lost?”
“Our government is allowing a giant U.S. cellphone company to buy up small Canadian operators that cellphone companies like mine aren’t allowed to buy. Since we can’t bid, they’ll likely even get a huge discount on the price, effectively at Canadian taxpayers’ expense.”
“So why is our government giving a giant U.S. corporation special treatment? That’s not real competition.”
The video ends with the slogan: “Sweetheart deals for U.S. giants are a bad call for you.”
Though the ad never explicitly mentions Verizon, it comes about a month after Verizon Communications, owner of one of the largest cellphone providers in the United States, reportedly made an offer to buy Wind Mobile and possibly Mobilicity, two newcomers to the Canadian market who have each struggled to compete against the ‘Big Three’ mobile providers. It also comes five months before January’s auction for airwave spectrum.
But Queen’s School of Business Associate Professor of Marketing and Innovation John-Kurt Pliniussen says Rogers, Bell and Telus are the ones who have had a “sweetheart deal.”
“There’s a lot of costs and risks for anyone coming into Canada when anybody that has a cellphone is with a carrier right now,” he told Global News. “So where’s the growth going to come from? The only way to grow is if [consumers] leave these three providers, and the only way we’ll leave is if the service is better, and there’s a better price package offered.”
Pliniussen suggests the three main Canadian providers might be “jealous or worried” that the new policy will provide an incentive for other companies to come into this highly competitive market, and that’s why they’re calling it a “sweetheart deal” and citing potential consequences.
While he acknowledges that job losses are a possibility, he notes that if a company is more competitive and sales increase, that company will in fact be able to hire more people.
“Look at the auto industry—they went through some turmoil, and now there are more sales for these companies that were virtually bankrupt, because of better deals, products and warranties,” he said.
Likening himself to other cellphone users in the baby boomer generation who frequently travel throughout North America and are sick of roaming charges, Pliniussen said he would gladly re-sign with his provider if incentives—absent from the video ad—were offered.
“They’re not selling the consumer on the benefits and attributes of their plans or their pricing policies because they know they’re not that good when you compare what other countries have,” he said. “I don’t know who this video is targeting—not me as a consumer.”
DeGroote School of Business strategy professor Nick Bontis also suggests Verizon service offerings could include cheaper transborder roaming services.
“Personally, I can’t wait for more competition,” wrote Bontis in an email to Global News. “This will drive prices lower for all Canadians. We already pay among the most in the whole world for mobile monthly fees.”
Minister of Industry James Moore said in a statement that the government has decreased wireless service costs by nearly 20 per cent since 2008, through new policies to increase competition in Canada’s telecommunications industry.
“Our policy has been clear and remains unchanged: greater competition and liberalized investment has meant more choices at lower prices for Canadian families,” said the statement, noting that the policy is the result of consultation that started in 2008 and continues today. “All players – industry, consumer groups and everyday Canadians – contributed to this policy.”
While the video campaign seems to paint the government in a negative light, Pliniussen suggests this is an example of a helpful response to public opinion of cellphone costs.
“The team that put this together for the government – they’re educated, they’re wise in the ways of competition policies,” he said. “They’ve done the analysis; they’ve heard our complaints.”
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NAB backs regional and agri in new division
With almost one in three Australian agribusinesses banking with NAB, we’re pleased to share our plans for delivering better service for all our regional customers.
Rainfall. Community. Agtech. Connections, markets, exports and cash flow.
These are things that matter to our agribusiness customers – and the reason why we’re structuring our business to suit what you need. We understand what will help you move ahead and make a difference – and want to work with you to set you up for success.
For more than 155 years we’ve been working with Australian farmers. Today we have 550 agribusiness bankers in 112 national locations and are Australia’s largest lender to agricultural business.
Yet we also know regional businesses, and work with a growing number of businesses based in rural and regional areas.
With this in mind, we’re pleased to announce that we are bringing together our SME and agri bankers in each regional area in our new business called NAB Partners– Regional and Agri.
Committed to regional Australia and its future
Australian farmers are experiencing prolonged dry and drought conditions and it’s times like this when we can really support you.
We’re backing our farmers in adopting agtech to help improve yield sustainably and mitigate risk – through solutions such as farm accounting software, soil sensors, spraying technology and satellite imaging.
We’re backing you with energy-efficient loans, helping the transition to more sustainable business model.
And we’re backing you with our highly talented agri and regional bankers, integral parts of the local community.
Today, agriculture, health and education represent almost a quarter of the Australian workforce. Together, the three sectors account for 15 per cent of our economy and are among our top six most productive industries when compared to global peers.
We’re excited about supporting regional Australia and its local businesses and farming operations, as we welcome a world-class team to deliver the best service to customers.
New division launches
Since he joined NAB in January, Chief Customer Officer of Business and Private Banking Anthony Healy has made key changes to the Business & Private Banking operating model that will bring teams together in local geographies to further support our customers, sharpen our focus on specialisation and support our growth ambition.
Called NAB Partners, the new geographic model is about bringing local leadership and the best of the business bank directly to customers, through a single leader in each geographic area. It’s about ensuring local leaders and their teams can focus on their customers and connect them with our deep, specialist industry knowledge in specialist business sectors such as agribusiness, health, government, education and community.
The NAB Partners – Regional & Agri business will be focused on our customers in regional and rural locations around Australia.
New faces leading agribusiness
NAB has established a new business under which all growing industries will sit – Growth Sectors. Led by Cameron Fuller as Customer Executive, the business will focus on deepening and strengthening our specialisation. Cameron will work closely with our NAB Partners business to grow NAB’s priority segments, focusing on agriculture, health, education and community, professional services, private banking and emerging sectors.
Leading NAB’s Regional and Agribusiness banking team nationally is Julie Rynski, who focuses on bringing our regional businesses together and fostering links between farming and other business sectors.
Neil Findlay has been appointed Agribusiness Customer Executive, and he’ll drive our agribusiness thought leadership agenda. A highly experienced agri banker, Neil comes to the role from NAB State Head of Agribusiness in Victoria and Tasmania, where he was instrumental in the growth of the business over the past decade.
We’d like to acknowledge the great work of Khan Horne over the past decade in his role with us, and are excited to say he’s moving to a newly-created role with us, leading our largest regional business, the NSW Regional and Agribusiness banking team. Khan and Neil have worked closely for many years and we’re looking forward to seeing each of them leading great teams that support our customers in all their banking and business needs.
For all of us at NAB, a commitment to regional and rural Australia and to farming families and communities is in our DNA.
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What is your favorite Pole Trick? What is your Nemesis Pole Trick? What did you have to practice forever? Which trick were you especially proud of when you finally achieved it? Our Pole journeys are drawn by endless hours of training and on this journey, we develop different feelings towards various Pole tricks. There are Pole tricks that remind us of our first class, our first success. Some Pole tricks remind us of incredible pain or maybe an injury. Other Pole tricks evoke a specific song, others a performance and the feelings that we had performing. But every Pole trick also stands for a specific phase during our Pole journey and here is my Pole life in tricks.
When I started Pole Sport, I had almost no strength at all. It took me forever until I could climb the Pole and I did not even dare to think about going overhead. So which Pole tricks remain that a Beginner finds cool and worthy enough to train, that do not involve going upside down? Exactly – the Lean Back. In almost no time, I became a Lean Back Pro and performed so many Lean Backs that I could not sit anymore because my tailbone hurt like hell. The Lean Back was my first trick that showed me how, even though out of necessity, repeating a move 1000 times affects the body and the trick. Because, of course, I could not get properly out of the Lean Back neither, all the coming up again gave me some good abs, and soon I was able to do a clean invert. But until then, I even built an entire choreography for our Studio Opening around the Lean Back and without going upside down . I was very proud of myself and was convinced that I would knock my boyfriend off his socks.
Approximately one year later, I learned the Yogini. In my initial Pole years, I trained without any structure and did exactly what I ‘forbid’ my students nowadays – collecting tricks. Luckily, I was not particularly strong and always quite quickly at my limit. Again, I had seen the Yogini somewhere and because I am naturally quite flexible in my back, I got it quickly after a few attempts. Immediately, the Yogini became my favorite Aha-trick which I included in every combo and choreography to woo the audience. Actually, I have a pretty low threshold of pain and I am not very good at working through pain, but somehow the Yogini is not that painful for me. So to me, the Yogini is THE one move where I for one time in my Pole journey clenched my teeth. My favorite dialogue? Oh my God, does it not hurt like hell? – Naah, it is not that bad ;)
The next milestone in my Pole career was the Twisted Grip Handspring/Aysha. I studied in England for a semester and joined the Pole Society at the University. I was in heaven with all my new Pole friends and felt absolutely blown away by the English Pole style. One day, a girl came to train with us, which actually did not do Pole Sport, but was on the Cheerleading World Cup team. We shared a Pole, trained a little together and, of course, everything was super easy for her. Suddenly, she performed a Twisted Grip Handspring like it was nothing. She was so strong and flexible, I would say that she just dropped into it. I immediately wanted to do that, too. Handsprings are the dream of every Pole beginner and everyone wishes to learn them as soon as possible. I still needed about 4 more months before I could perform a clean Handspring and the path to it was quite frustrating. To me, the Handspring meant the transition from Pole beginner to advanced. It also proves how much strength and technique I have built up since my first Pole days. However, a handspring still awes me and through this move, for the first time, I have truly understood how important correct and save training is. The handspring was the end of my trick-collection-phase and the beginning of my rather-slow-and-secure-phase which still lasts on.
For a long time, I have only done Pole Sport and had no palate for dancing, even though I actually danced during my whole childhood and youth. Yet, during my first performance (the Studio Opening) I walked around and around the Pole in the same direction, waiting for the music entry to climb the Pole again (and to perform more Lean Backs). Watching the video again today, I would like to cry a little. The DipSpin/Step Around means my transition from the Pole Sport to Pole Dance world. The step is as simple as it is beautiful and incredibly fun. It offers countless variation possibilities and often is the starting point for great dance choreographies. I cannot believe that I probably performed my first DipSpin about 2 years ago. Today, Pole Sport and Dance are inseparable for me. I can no longer imagine performing Pole tricks without linking them together trough dance or flow movements.
I am nowhere near the end of my Pole journey and I am looking forward to all the Pole tricks out there that are still awaiting me and that will further change my Pole life. I cannot wait to continue to learn, to be inspired, and to flexibly adapt my Pole path. When I look back at my 4 Pole Tricks that changed my Pole life, I feel a sense of pride and melancholy. It is unbelievable what has deeply impressed me back then and unbelievable what I am already able to do today.
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There are a lot of things to love about Toronto, but one of the greatest things about the city is its rich and storied history. And that’s especially true for the queer women who called Toronto home. In fact, much of Toronto’s LGBT culture is owed to strong, outrageous and brassy women who stood up, made their voices heard and challenged the status quo for what they believed in.
This summer, Heritage Toronto is proud to partner with the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives to share some of the important stories of queer women in this city in a series of informative walking tours. In the meantime, here are three ways in which queer women left a mark not only on Toronto’s LGBT history, but the city’s culture entirely.
The Brunswick House Four
Standing at the corner of Brunswick Avenue and Bloor Street West, the recently shuttered Brunswick House began serving up pints to Torontonians in 1876. On Jan 5, 1974, the popular drinking spot, known as a staple to Toronto’s student population, was famously the site of what was described as a lesbian riot.
(L-R) Adrienne Potts, Pat Murphy, Sue Wells and Heather Byers were accused of instigating a “lesbian riot” in 1974 in the Toronto pub Brunswick House. Archive photo
During the bar’s amateur night, a group of four lesbians took to the stage and sang a parody of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “I Enjoy Being a Girl,” re-titled “I Enjoy Being a Dyke.” This attracted the attention of management, who asked the women to leave. Sue Wells, Adrienne Potts, Pat Murphy and Heather Elizabeth Beyer refused to be pushed out. They were dragged from the bar by police and loaded into police vans. On the way to the police station, several of the women were injured and verbally harassed by the police.
After being forcibly ejected from the police station, the women returned to Brunswick House to obtain witness statements, but were met with further harassment by bar staff and police. Potts, Murphy and Beyer were arrested for creating a disturbance, held in jail and harassed by the duty constables. Potts was eventually sentenced to three months’ probation; the other women were acquitted or had their charges dropped.
According to historian Tom Warner in Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada, the Brunswick Four’s courageous resistance to police violence was indicative of a “hardening resolve to fight back” in the early years of LGBT activism in Canada.
The Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT)
In the early 1970s, LGBT activism in Canada was dominated by gay men. The opening of The Lesbian Organization of Toronto in 1976 at 342 Jarvis St helped give lesbians a space of their own as the gay rights movement gained momentum. The centre was started by a group of queer women — two of them were members of the Brunswick Four.
LOOT became a driving force in creating safe spaces for lesbians. The centre hosted a drop-in service, a library, a phone service and published a newsletter. Also important to LOOT were its “coming out” open houses, where women could meet each other outside of the bars. The organization was not without controversy; in 1978, a trans woman applied to join the organization, but was prevented from joining, as LOOT voted for a “womyn-born womyn” policy and put out a public transphobic statement to that regard.
By the end of the 1970s, the organization began to fracture, as various political movements within the organization began to take on lives of their own. By 1980, LOOT had disbanded and the doors to 342 Jarvis St were shuttered. Nonetheless, LOOT left a lasting impact on Toronto’s LGBT scene in 1979 by hosting the first bi-national lesbian conference in Canada, attended by over 400 women.
This short documentary explores the formation and impact of the Lesbian Organisation of Toronto (LOOT) as part of the Queerstory Project. (Queerstory.ca)
Pussy Palace Raid
On Sept 14, 2000, nearly 20 years after the infamous Operation Soap bathhouse raids, the Toronto Women’s Bathhouse Committee (TWBC), an organization that creates sex-positive spaces for women and trans folk, booked the old Club Toronto at 231 Mutual St (currently the Oasis Aqualounge). For one night only, the former gay men’s bathhouse was transformed into the Pussy Palace, an inclusive playspace created for and by queer women.
On the morning of Sept 15, two undercover female police officers infiltrated the Pussy Palace; it was later raided by five male police officers. Police charged JP Hornick and Rachel Aitcheson with offenses against the Liquor License Act, which were eventually thrown out in court. Reflecting on the raid five years later, JP Hornick wrote in Daily Xtra that “the Pussy Palace raid was quite simply an attempt to control queer space and sexuality. It should never have happened.”
One result of the raid was the formation of the Toronto Police LGBT Consultative Committee, which developed a public awareness campaign called “Report Homophobic Violence, Period.” This campaign has been used as a template for many police organizations across the country.
In 2001,TWBC members Carlyle Jensen, Carol Thames, Chanelle Gallant, JP Hornick, Janet Rowe and Loralee Gillis were chosen to lead the Toronto Dyke March.
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“I Invested Heavily On Her, She Dumped Me & Aborted My Baby” – Jealous Lover Who Set Ex-Girlfriend’s Family Of Nine Ablaze
KanyiDaily had reported how, after disagreeing with his then girlfriend Titi Sunmonu, the middle-aged man brought a jerrycan laden with petroleum in the midnight, gained entrance into the building by breaking a window, and sprayed the family while they were asleep.
Adenuga, best known as ‘Ojuode’, had escaped from the town after perpetrating the alleged act; however, after “round-the-clock investigations” by the Police, he was arrested on Monday evening in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, where he was wandering under a bridge.
Speaking with reporters at the headquarters of the Ondo State Police Command in Akure on Tuesday, Adenuga said he burnt the family of his ex-girlfriend after she aborted a pregnancy she had for him.
He claimed he had invested heavily in the lady before she jilted him based on her elder sister’s advice.
He narrated how both of them had been having relationship issues, and were always ending up at the police station for settlement.
“What actually happened was that Titi aborted the four-month-old pregnancy that she had for me while we were dating each other,” he said in an emotion-laden tone.
“Though, we have been having issues in recent times, I have spent a lot of money on her. I gave her a sum of N30,000 to start a petty trade, as she was selling sachet water. Later, I gave her a sum of N25,000 to keep for me, making N55,000 but I think she spent the money lavishly because she was staying with me.
“And while she was staying with me, I spent money on her because there is this her elder sister called Jumoke who used to collect money from me. The elder sister was always controlling her and teaching her what to do, and the issue became open that we dragged one another to the police station.
“We later resolved all the issues but surprisingly, Titi packed her property out my house, saying her sister said I should come and pay N20,000 for her dowry before she would return.
“I begged them to give me time to look for money, and do the needful but they refused and started playing me, having spent so much for her. I went to the station to report what she and her elder sister were doing to me but the Police saw it as a small issue so they settled it.
“After we left the station, they began to abuse me and make jest of me, saying I was a failure and not even a man for dragging them to the police station. In fact, they threatened me. They said they would deal with me and even kill me if I did not desist from reporting them on the streets. I saw those words as big threats.
“That same day, I planned to take an action and I went to the gas station at night, bought fuel and stormed their house and poured petrol inside the room while I ran away.”
Undie Adie, Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, said that Adenuga was apprehended following “intense manhunt and investigations” by the Police.
“He was arrested in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State. The girl whom which said jilted her is the only one that survived. She is still receiving treatment in the hospital.”
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