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by Charlie Roberts on October 19th, 2020
USD/SEK Down 0.49% After a Few Days of Uptrend
Recent movements on the market show that the prices of the USD/SEK currency pair are down 0.49%. This comes after a few days of an uptrend and the currency pair going up. There are several reasons for the current situation, one of them being the Covid-19 situation around the world.
Recently, the number of Covid-19 cases has increased significantly around the world, causing a lot of challenges for many countries around the world. Also, as the 2020 Presidential Election of the United States is coming up, the price of USD is very much unstable. Because of the changes in the market, many investors are having a hard time deciding what to do on the market, and not for the wrong reason.
Recently, Forex trading has become increasingly popular over the last few months. As the leading FX brokers in Sweden have reported, the number of people using their platforms have started increasing a lot, claiming that one of the major reasons for it is the Covid-19 pandemic, as a result of which, many people have decided to stay home.
Over the pandemic, Sweden was known to be not that harsh when it came to the regulations and restrictions, most of the country remained open during the pandemic, however, recent changes in the country indicate that there is a need for some restrictions. The representatives of the health sector of the country announced that because the situation in the country is getting worse, people will have to wear masks while using public transport, and there might be other regulations coming along the way.
The changing epidemiological situation in the country has become a reason for the leadership of Sweden to work on new plans to overcome the challenges that were created by the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, the situation is much worse in the United States, where the number of Covid-19 cases is increasing every moment. The USA remains to be the number one country with the number of Covid-19 cases.
Changing prices of USD/SEK
The chart above shows the changing prices of the currency pair over the last few months, starting in March, the beginning of the pandemic. As can be seen from the table, although the currency pair was going down in the middle of March, it has managed to recover very quickly and at the end of the month was doing very well. After this, however, the currency pair went down significantly over time, and until August, it continued its freefall. After this, it had some good days, bu tin general is very much lower than it was in early 2020.
At the end of October, the price of the currency pair went up significantly, and many experts were saying that the uptrend would continue in the future as well, but as the chart shows, the price went down once again. As of now, the experts are claiming that the price of the currency pair will remain unstable because of several factors, one of them being the upcoming presidential elections of 2020, which will have a huge impact on the prices of many currency pairs around the world.
Recently, when the first presidential debate of this year was held between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, it has proved to have a huge impact on the USD. Because of the shocking outcome of the debate, the price of USD went down significantly, also, quickly after the debate, President Trump tested positive for Covid-19, which lead to further complications.
Covid-19 Situation Around the World
The virus is spreading once again at a very fast pace, and the second wave of the virus is already in full force. Many countries around the world are announcing new restrictions to fight against the spread of the virus, while others are saying that the economies of their countries will not be able to survive another lockdown.
In France, in just 24 hours, more than 30,000 cases were reported, which has led the country to adopt further restrictions in big cities of the country. Sweden, which was very much against restrictions, is now thinking about adopting some restrictions to fight against the spread of the virus. As of now, the situation around the world is getting worse, and the number of Covid-19 cases around the world has surpassed 40 million.
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January is upon us. The quietest month of all, a natural respite from the cacophony of holiday festivities, the days ahead stretch out like a lazy yawn. Mercifully unhurried and undemanding, it's back to work as usual, but without the same frantic pace as before. Some unspoken understanding allows us to resume our activities with a greater margin for error. Retreating back into the warmth of our homes, insulated under the padding of thick sweaters and blankets, I used to see this as a very isolating time of year. Now I've come to realize that it's just a matter of how we choose to find comfort. We're actually all in this together, experiencing the very same nesting instinct; whether we choose to share our nests with one another makes all the difference.
Inevitably, much will be said about comfort food in the coming days, despite of the incessant push to "eat clean" or observe a "New Year, new you." Join me in rejecting these silly slogans, once and for all. Changing your diet or exercise regime won't change who you are. No matter how far you run, no matter how many green smoothies you chug, your essential core remains the same, and you know what? I think that's pretty amazing.
Pardon the terrible segue here, but I just wanted to take that brief opportunity to wear my heart on my sleeve, inspired by the deeply soul-satisfying dish known as manicotti to us Americans, or "little shirt sleeves" to Italians. Such a labor-intensive pasta preparation could only be made with love and patience, both of which I'd like to believe are in ample supply as we stride boldly forward into 2017. Fitting the definition of comfort food to a T, the combination of noodles, cheese, and red sauce is one that can't be beat… But perhaps, with just a bit of innovation, improved upon.
Chef Barry Horton of Sanctuary Bistro replaces the wheat-based pasta with savory sheets of yuba, naturally savory, toothsome, and somewhat lighter on the fork. Lithe and flexible, the tofu skins are wrapped up around dairy-free ricotta filling like crepes. There's less danger of tearing apart hot pasta while fruitlessly burning your fingers during preparation, so even the cook can take it easy during this meal.
A perennial favorite on the menu, it strikes me as an especially appealing dinner now as we steep ourselves in the depths of winter. Soothing and familiar, yet exciting enough to pull us out of hibernation, it's the kind of meal that makes it a little bit easier to share openly- of food, thoughts, and comfort.
Begin by preparing the marinara. In a sauce pot, sauté the onions in olive oil until translucent. Add in the garlic and cook until aromatic and very lightly browned. Pour in the wine, reduce the heat to medium-low, and let simmer until reduced by half. Stir in the tomatoes and continue to simmer for an additional 10 – 15 minutes. Add the seasonings and yeast, along with salt and pepper to taste, before transferring to a blender. Blend until as smooth or as chunky as you'd prefer.
While the sauce is simmering, make the most of your time and get started on the tofu ricotta. Add all of the ingredients into your food processor and pulse to combine. Pause as needed to scrape down the sides of the container, ensuring that everything is well incorporated. Continue blending until smooth.
To assemble, spoon about 3 tablespoons of tofu ricotta across the short width of each yuba rectangle. Gently roll the strips of yuba up like a little wrap. Sauté 3 or 4 at a time in a generous amount of olive oil, cooking until crisp and lightly golden brown. Serve on a pool of sauce and garnish with freshly chopped chives, if desired.
Beautiful Hannah… Yes the essence of who we are remains the same despite what we eat… Wishing you a Peaceful January and sending you and Your Family Lots of Love and Blessings for a year filled with Harmony, and Abundance in both Love and Joy..
I always look forward to what you're going to make next. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful post and this looks amazing. I have not worked with yuba strips in too long and need to track them down. I used to look at January as long and depressing, but now embrace the indoor less hurried time which is very true with all the rain this week.
What a beautiful essay…and a delicious recipe! Happy new year, and here's to continued awesomeness.
Looks delicious on a morning where the wind brings the perceived temperature down to -11, Hannah. Keep warm, enjoy your food, and happy 2017!
-11?! I can't even imagine such a temperature… I'm sending you the warmest wishes possible for this new year!
Thanks, Hannah, and right back at you.
Loved your words of wisdom before the recipe I hope you have a very successful 2017 :) I will also be sure to try out this delicious dish!
I must admit, I don't have as much experience with dried yuba- Ironically, it seems to be harder to find around here. That said, as long as it can be rehydrated to become flexible enough to wrap around the filling without breaking or cracking, it should do the trick! I'd love to hear how it goes, if you give it a shot.
Oh, if only you could bottle those winters for me… Sounds like a dream right about now!
Happy New Year, Hannah! This dish is pure comfort. My mom used to make manicotti when I was a kid and I haven't thought about it until now. Looking forward to trying this!
Happy 2017 to you, dear Hannah! If you like it, In december, I wrote my first ever E-Book! It is called Healthy vegan Christmas! It all has 10 new unpublished vegan recipes & 8/10 are also gluten=free! You can get it if you subscribe by email to my blog! Enjoy! I have 2 versions! One for iPad, iMac or Iphone & one in pdf!


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ROBBIE RIVERA SET TO RELEASE 'DO YOU WANT MORE,' ON ULTRA RECORDS AUGUST 24
Posted on July 7, 2004 by MSOPR
Press Release Date:
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ROBBIE RIVERA SET TO RELEASE 'DO YOU WANT MORE,'
HIS DEBUT ARTIST ALBUM ON ULTRA RECORDS AUGUST 24
For his debut artist album due out August 24 on Ultra Records, Miami-based producer/remixer/DJ/label owner ROBBIE RIVERA bears a knowing prediction with the title DO YOU WANT MORE. Recorded over the past year in Barcelona, Spain, while listening to heavy doses of Basement Jaxx, Underworld and Faithless, Robbie Rivera fed off these artists to create a multi-faceted, vocal-heavy album that brings together house, pop, reggae, rock and electro.
It all started to come together in early 2003 when Robbie Rivera hooked up with lyricist Ned Bigham who's written for DB Boulevard, Jean-Jacques Smoothie and Timo Maas. The first completed song which will serve as the first US single (with remixes by Wally Lopez) is "Which Way You're Going," inspired by Coldplay's hit "Clocks." "I wanted to do something like Coldplay, but with a very U2 vibe," says Rivera. "I also wanted the lyrics to be very British, because I love Morrissey and the Underworld-type voice." The result is a dance/pop masterpiece with a killer melody and uplifting vocals from new singer Elliott John.
Other collaborators on Do You Want More include writer/producer Rob Davis (Kylie Minogue), first time vocalists Lizzie Patterson ("All About You") and Kate Hodges ("Degenerate," "Games People Play," "Blah Blah Blah"), ragga master Karli Owli ("Do You Want More," "Uptown Girls") and Justine Suissa–the voice on Armin van Buuren's smash "Burned With Desire"–on the bonus track "Girlfriend" by Robbie Rivera featuring Keylime.
Robbie Rivera's big break came in the year 2000 with the release of the single "Bang" which hit #1 on every U.K. dance chart and was supported by taste-making radio DJs including Judge Jules and Pete Tong. The track also made it on to every respected dance compilation, was used frequently during the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was so popular that it even gave Rivera some face time on Top Of The Pops and MTV.
Now a bona fide dance-floor star, Rivera has remixed a who's who of international artists including Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham, Brandy, Faithless, Felix Da Housecat, Funky Green Dogs, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Sinead O'Connor, Pink, Puretone, RES, Harry Romero, Santana and Sonique. His DJ diary marks destinations all around the world including New York, Miami, Ibiza, Barcelona, London, France, Italy, Moscow, Budapest, Berlin, Dublin and Amsterdam as frequent spots; and he also recently became the first International DJ to play in Albania. In 2003, Robbie Rivera was voted 'Best Breakthrough DJ' and 'Best House Music Remixer' by Remix magazine. This year, Robbie was nominated for a 'Best Producer' award by DanceStar USA.
So what's next for Robbie Rivera? He's currently spending his summer in Barcelona, Spain and will DJ in Ibiza and around the Mediterranean in support of Do You Want More.
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Thursday 16 February 1664/65
Up, and with Mr. Andrews to White Hall, where a Committee of Tangier, and there I did our victuallers' business for some more money, out of which I hope to get a little, of which I was glad; but, Lord! to see to what a degree of contempt, nay, scorn, Mr. Povy, through his prodigious folly, hath brought himself in his accounts, that if he be not a man of a great interest, he will be kicked out of his employment for a foole, is very strange, and that most deservedly that ever man was, for never any man, that understands accounts so little, ever went through so much, and yet goes through it with the greatest shame and yet with confidence that ever I saw man in my life. God deliver me in my owne business of my bill out of his hands, and if ever I foul my fingers with him again let me suffer for it!
Back to the 'Change, and thence home to dinner, where Mrs. Hunt dined with me, and poor Mrs. Batters; who brought her little daughter with her, and a letter from her husband, wherein, as a token, the foole presents me very seriously with his daughter for me to take the charge of bringing up for him, and to make my owne. But I took no notice to her at all of the substance of the letter, but fell to discourse, and so went away to the office, where all the afternoon till almost one in the morning, and then home to bed.
Wed 15 Feb 1664/65
Fri 17 Feb 1664/65
Terry Foreman on 16 Feb 2008 • Link
Pepys's agency is implicated in today's letters to Sandwich
William Coventry to Sandwich
Written from: [St James']
Communicates further particulars as to the Convoy required for Lord Bellasis and his Retinue on their voyage to Tangier.
John Cubitt, of Great Yarmouth (Bailiff of the Port-town) to Sandwich
Written from: Yarmouth [Norfolk]
Notifies the arrest of certain impressed seamen who had come from Harwich. Requests the discharge of Thomas Dudgeon, Master of a vessel belonging to Yarmouth.
Encloses:
Certificate of Thomas Pupplett & John Cubitt, esquires, that the bearer, Thomas Dudgeon, is Master of a Pink, called 'The Rose of Yarmouth'
Written from: Yarmouth
Thomas Wilde to Sandwich
In extenuation of the offence of the impressed seamen, mentions that they were instigated to mutinous conduct, "by a person of quality, which I shall forbear to name". Submits offers of service.
Pedro on 16 Feb 2008 • Link
Sandwich on the 16th February (for Jeannine)
The wind NW, fresh gale, blowing weather, snow and sleet. Towards evening milder and sea something down, when the Fairfax sent her boat aboard me with letters from Mr. Coventry of the 8th and 11th instant, with the one of the 11th inclosed from the Duke. It seems the Fairfax and the Newcastle came out of the Downs to seek me and saw our fleet on Tuesday in the evening and came in and anchored amongst us, which by reason of stormy weather I discerned not until now.
(Journal of Edward Montagu edited by Anderson)
The letters for the 11th mentioned by Terry…
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1665/02/11/
Robert Gertz on 17 Feb 2008 • Link
Strange thing with Batters and his daughter...One feels Sam has left out a great deal concerning this business.
Of course, as a man in a dangerous profession=gunner, captain of fireships, perhaps Batters was an open-hearted type who simply believed Sam when our hero was spouting off sometime about his regard for the brave men of the Navy under his authority and how he considered them and their families all part of one big Navy family. You know, the usual crap CEOs and politicos hand to the "little people" to keep them from throttling them ("die you little bug-eyed...") or dragging them to the battlefield to leave to the enemy ("Batters, where are you going? And what do you mean, 'good luck, you little...'?") as they ought.
"There's nothing I wouldn't do for you, my brave lads. See Batters here, with his little daughter. Batters, brave man...Always feel free to call upon Pepys for anything, man. And know that your child is to me as my own...As are all of yours, lads."
Seriously, it's sad if Batters, expecting the worst, thought Pepys was a man he could count on to take care of his family should he be killed. I almost don't want to know more...I want to hope Batters was being ridiculous and that Sam made no promises or fancy pledges to men serving his authority like this. After all, philandering is one thing...Grabbing a little off the top with the others while doing the job well another, but a two-faced sob who tells brave men they can count on him and betrays them while supplying them with inferior equipment and victuals in order to line his pockets. Very cute.
Robert, there is indeed a long history with Batters, but perhaps not too intimate: cf. 8 March 1659/60
"To Whitehall to bespeak some firing for my father at Short's, and likewise to speak to Mr. Blackburne about Batters being gunner in the 'Wexford.'" http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/03/08/
JWB on 17 Feb 2008 • Link
Suspect letter a MacGuffin, women in cahoots; and for the better, I should add.
CGS on 17 Feb 2008 • Link
Today there be a Mr Pepis counting the naes at the House of.
Interesting One says Peeps, the other says Peepee? or ?
Does not spelling represent the sounding of the word.
In the house minutes, there be a Sir Vincent Churchill most times recorded as Sir Winston Churchill, a name made famous, 16/18 generations removed from the one with the cigar, of course in Latin that be Winson ?, I dothe think.
Kevin Peter on 25 Sep 2008 • Link
"...and came in and anchored amongst us, which by reason of stormy weather I discerned not until now."
It's good that those two were English ships and not Dutch ships. It could have been very bad if two Dutch ships had been able to slip into the fleet unnoticed.
Marquess on 9 Jan 2018 • Link
No comments on Pepys ignoring the letter and its entreaties, for shame! Was it cruel to ignore it and the child?
Robert Harneis on 15 Feb 2018 • Link
'God deliver me in my owne business of my bill out of his hands, and if ever I foul my fingers with him again let me suffer for it!' Just as well he continued to put up with the 'foole' Povey. Long after the diary it was Povey who saved his bacon after an attempt to frame him during the Popish plot which caused hime to spend six weeks in the Tower of London.
From Pages 91 & 93, The Letters and the Second Diary of Samuel Pepys F.R.S. J.M.Dent and sons London 1932
S.PEPYS to THOMAS POVEY
Ash Wednesday night, February 25, 1679-80
An occasion offers itself wherein you may exercise that kindness which you have sometimes exchanged with me; and it is this. You may, I doubt not, have heard that one James, who had sometimes been my servant, has been made use of as my accuser. He is now upon his sickbed, and, as I am told, near the point of death, and has declared himself inclined to ease his conscience of something wherein I may be nearly concerned, with a particular willingness to open himself to you, whom he says he has known and observed during his serving the Duke of Buckingham and me. You may please, therefore in charity to me as well as to the dying man, to give him a visit tomorrow morning, when I shall appoint one to conduct you to his lodging. It may be you may hesitate herein, because of the friendship which I no less know you to have with Mister Harbord than you know him to have of ill will against me, and of the effects of it under which I still remain, of being held obnoxious to others, to whom you bear great reverence. But that makes me rather to importune you to the taking this trouble upon you, because your candour is such, that, with a fair and equal indifferency, you will hear and represent what that dying man shall relate to you, who, it is likely, will reveal nothing at this hour but truth; and it is truth only, and the God thereof, to which I appeal, and which will, I hope, vindicate my reputation, and free me from the misunderstandings which I find many ingenuous and worthy persons have had of me, from their being seduced by the false testimonies which have engained and improved to my disadvantage, even to the hazard of my life and estate, and no less to the disturbing of the government, than to the raising injurious reflections upon those public trust in which I have (much to your knowledge) carried myself diligently, and (I am sure) faithfully. And in this I the rather take the liberty of opening myself thus freely and amply to you upon this occasion, because I would move you the more strongly, to take upon you this just and charitable office, so much importing others, as well as
Your most humble servant
S.Pepys
James died March 20, 1680
This is a the letter he sent to his father after James died letting him know how it all turned out - and indirectly how he was back in favour with the King.
S.PEPYS to JOHN PEPYS (Sam's father) March 27th 1680, York Buildings
it is long since I have expressed my duty to you, and truly everyday has followed one another with some new occasion of care, so as that, though I have been in a great measure restored to the liberty of my person, my mind has continued still in thralldom, till now that it has pleased God, in a miraculous manner, to begin the work of my vindication by laying his hand upon James my butler, by a sickness whereof he is some days since dead, which led him to consider and repent the wrongs he had done me in accusing me in Parliament, which he has solemnly and publicly confessed upon the holy Sacrament to the justifying of me and my family to all the world in that part of my accusation which relates to religion; and I question not but God Almighty will be no less just to me in what concerns the rest of my charge, which he knows to be no less false than this. In the meantime his holy name be praised for what he has done in this particular.
What I have to add is the letting you know that I am commanded to attend the King the next week at Newmarket, and, by the grace of God, will go and wait on you one day in my going or return, which I presume will be either Tuesday or Saturday next, I designing to set forth hence on Monday and shall rather choose to call upon you in my going (which will be on Tuesday), for fear lest I should be commanded to accompany the court to London, where the King designs to be this day seven nights. In the meantime trusting in God to find you in good health, and with my most humble duty presented to yourself, and my kind love to my brother and sister, and their family,
Sir, your ever obedient son,
S. P.
Sasha Clarkson on 16 Feb 2018 • Link
Thank you very much Robert H :)
It might be useful to post Pepys' letter to Povey in to Poevy's Encyclopaedia page?
StanB on 17 Feb 2018 • Link
"Thralldom"
Great word I've never come across before, I echo Sasha thank you Robert 2 great entries
I'm hoping the little Batters girl found some kind of security and safety in her growing up, Yes our Sam can be very callous and uncaring I think it's what makes his Diary all the more compulsive wart's and all
RSGII on 17 Feb 2018 • Link
I fail to see why a Naval official should be expected to take in and raise the child of another man, seaman or not. He is not running an orphanage, although (spoiler), he supported John Evelyn in establishing Chelsea Hospital for veterans after the diary period (Willes book).
@ Sasha Clarkson - mission accomplished.
Thank you Robert :)
San Diego Sarah on 18 Feb 2018 • Link
"I fail to see why a Naval official should be expected to take in and raise the child of another man, seaman or not. He is not running an orphanage, ..."
Well, RSGII, I don't think Mr. Batters asked "a Naval official" to take in his daughter -- the Batters were friendly with Elizabeth and Sam, so I think he asked a wealthier friend. Obviously Pepys saw it more as you do.
"But I took no notice to her at all of the substance of the letter, but fell to discourse ..." Since the Batters were still friends with the Pepys in 1666, this discourse must have been helpful and more friendly than it sounds here.
It seems like such an extraordinary request to modern eyes- for a former neighbor to show up for dinner with a daughter in tow and a letter requesting you take her as your own. Was this accepted behavior in the 17th century? I gather from his reaction that it was not. One can only imagine what Elizabeth's reaction might have been.
Chris Squire UK on 11 Mar 2018 • Link
Re: 'thralldom' as in 'my mind has continued still in thralldom' (Robert Harneis on 15 Feb 2018):
= 'thrall < Old English . . 2. The condition of a thrall; thraldom, bondage, servitude; captivity.
. . 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. D4 You free your Countrie from base spanish thrall . . '
Re: the Batters child: I don't find it extraordinary: presumable Elisabeth and Mrs B cooked this up between then them, E agreeing that it was worth a try to see which way S would jump. However I don't think Mrs B appreciated the width of the social gulf that now lay between the two families, whereas S must be acutely aware at all times of the rank of everyone he encounters.
So S must have bridled at the mere idea of the guardianship/adoption, which brought him nothing by way of status: it would cost him money to bring up the girl as a gentlewoman and then to provide a dowry to get her married. And we've encountered examples already of the harm done to a woman's prospects by educating her to be a lady beyond her income.
All diary entries from February 1665


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His job involved disbursing money to low-income families in need of financial assistance.
But a Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) employee allegedly diverted the funds to his own bank accounts, and then used the money to pay off his debts and lead an extravagant lifestyle.
Over three years from 2011 to 2014, he allegedly pocketed $343,480 and splurged part of his ill-gotten gains on fine dining, airline tickets and high-end boutiques.
He also repaid his debts, amounting to about $13,000, to several licensed moneylenders and an individual, and used nearly $14,000 to pay for the redemption of gold.
In a press statement yesterday, MSF said Chia Kwang Hwee, 33, has been charged with misappropriation of funds.
He faces a total of 126 charges under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act and the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act.
When he was caught, Chia was a team leader at a Social Service Office (SSO) at Geylang Serai.
His duties included assessing applications for financial assistance and putting them up to his supervisor for approval, approving assistance for cases handled by other officers in his team, and case-managing families with multiple needs.
Chia's alleged crime came to light after a ComCare beneficiary alerted MSF on Aug 14, 2014, that he had not received his financial assistance payments.
The management of the SSO at Geylang Serai detected suspicious transactions of social assistance involving Chia, where the Giro payments for 26 clients were disbursed into two bank accounts.
The next day, the ministry made a police report against Chia for alleged fraud after confirming that one of the bank accounts was Chia's payroll account. He was arrested on Aug 18 and suspended the next day.
It was later found that a total of 42 MSF clients had been affected.
The ministry contacted the affected families immediately to ensure their financial assistance was not affected by the case.
MSF started rolling out its network of SSOs island-wide in July 2013.
They are staffed by MSF officers who had previously undertaken the disbursement of social assistance before the SSOs were set up.
Chia's first offence allegedly happened before the SSOs were set up.
He reportedly started small - by encashing cheques worth $2,400 issued by the South East Community Development Council in 2011 - but got increasingly bolder.
In 2012, he allegedly misappropriated cheques worth almost $60,000, and in 2013, he misappropriated cheques worth nearly $140,000.
He also faces 65 charges of using the Social Assistance Network System accounts of his colleagues to misappropriate more than $140,000 in 2013 and 2014.
MSF said its internal auditor has conducted checks on all SSO payment records, and confirmed that there were no other occurrences of a similar nature.
Commenting on the incident, Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin wrote on his Facebook yesterday that his ministry had co-operated fully with the police.
"I am proud that many of our officers serve with passion and dedication.
"But the ministry will not condone or tolerate any conduct that undermines the integrity of our social assistance system and interest of our beneficiaries."
Chia is out on $100,000 bail, and has surrendered his passport.
His case will be mentioned again on Sept 7.
After the incident, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) convened an independent review panel comprising senior officials from other government agencies to look into the checks and control mechanisms for financial assistance payments in all Social Service Offices (SSO).


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How to Run the World
Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
By Parag Khanna
How to Run the World (2011) is a guide to diplomacy in today's chaotic world. These blinks paint a picture of how a new kind of diplomacy can make the world a better place, exploring the potential for new and meaningful partnerships across borders and sectors.
Students of public policy and geopolitics
Anyone interested in history and politics
People worried about the state of international diplomacy
Parag Khanna is a global strategist, theorist and the best-selling author of Connectography (2016) and Technocracy in America (2017). He's an expert on future geopolitics, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
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The world is a chaotic whirlwind and changing this requires rethinking diplomacy.
Wouldn't it be great if every element of society just worked in perfect harmony all the time?
For the vast majority of us, the answer is an obvious "yes," but thanks to self-interest, the world currently functions more like a mosh pit at a rock concert than a well-oiled machine.
Just consider all the different actors at play, all pursuing their own interests. There's the Global North, the Global South, politicians, academics, multinational corporations and religious groups, just to name a few. Nobody's totally innocent in this chaotic hodgepodge, and everyone may seem suspect
Each of the actors is so ambitious that their interactions invariably result in massive power struggles. That's why a mosh pit is such a good comparison: all these different forces are wildly, sometimes even violently, moving around, colliding into each other.
Obviously, that's no way to run the world. To change the situation, we need a new diplomatic system, a Mega-Diplomacy that makes every influential force negotiate and work together with every other.
But before we get there, let's first talk about diplomacy in general.
The concept of diplomacy has existed for millennia. In fact, the ancient Mesopotamians, who lived in what is now Iraq, used diplomacy to convey important messages from the divine from one city-state to another.
Later, the ancient Greeks turned diplomacy into a tool for engaging in trade and politics. And much later, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, diplomacy became a secretive process of negotiation, carried out by the ultra-powerful in dark, smoke-filled rooms.
It's important to know this history because, of course, that's not the type of diplomacy being called for here. In the modern world, especially with emergent technologies, diplomacy is far more than a means of negotiation and a defense against war.
For diplomacy to be mega is for it to be a complex web that connects a vast array of actors who work together to create a better future. But who are these mega diplomats? That's what we'll cover next.
Being a diplomat means being influential, proactive and collaborative.
Global stability depends on regional stability and new approaches to diplomacy.
Colonialism has left weak, fractured states in its wake, but a new kind of colonialist can fix that.
Poor countries should aim for realistic goals, focus their energy and invest in public-private cooperation.
Helping impoverished countries implies focusing on their immediate needs and building their independence.
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Note: before you read this, look at time (watch, phone, whatever). stare at it, without any interruption for one full minute. listen to your breathing. be mindful of the noises you hear. remember that as you read this.
i am hyper aware to almost every minute of the day. these days it all seems to move in slow motion and it all blends just to make it feel as if i am looking from the outside at myself. i can literally feel my skin. i can feel the hairs in my arms when the wind blows. i feel my heart in my chest.
anytime my phone rings, my heart sinks. i look at the number. a knot plays twister on my throat. my vocal chords utter a dry hello and i listen, "This is Dr. so-and-so… the babies are okay…" as he went on to tell me about medical students who will be observing today and he was requesting permission for them to see the babies. the exhale my body releases in that precise moment comes from a depth i have never known.
i think about them constantly. i find myself looking at the ten billion pictures i've taken already or recalling how i've changed their diapers and saline-gauze-cleaned my babies. i've taken their temperatures, i've weighed their bodies, all while my hands are inside this incubator that's perfectly warm and humid. i shake my hands briskly to warm them up. today, the humidity setting went down. now we're counting down the days whem we can both hold them to our bodies.
i wash my hands every time i walk onto the unit. at the bedside, i hand sanitize like i wanna' kill even my own flora just to keep my kids well. no germs on my babies, i think to myself. i have been sitting by their incubator-side for eight days now. i write to each of them. i tell them about any slight setbacks and all the small victories they've achieved so far. i update them on each other. i tell them about my day. then my Wife and i go together to each of them. we read and sing, we pray, we chant… ellos piden la bendicion y nosotras se la damos.
our babies are magical miracles. a micro perfection of fragility and strength.
for the most part, we get our updates from the nurses. unless there's a new finding or change that warrants a conversation with the provider. as much as we like them, we would prefer not to have to speak with them.
the nurses tell us that the babies communicate with each other. "when one's alarms go off, the brother likes to show him up," they say smiling. i smile and think that my babies are experts in energy shifts already. that is the essence of their Light, a radiant energy that when combined with ours, forms a perfect balance in our lives. we love being with them. and they Love us. when we're together, their measured markers improve. come to think of it… it's probably the time during the day when i am taking the most breaths and feeling the most at ease.
i find myself with a heightened emotions. my senses are on high alert and the seconds seem eternal between minutes. i cannot hold an hour in a glass when my hands shake.
i am relearning how to breathe. i breathe in their gentle ease. my babies do it so much better than i do. i stare at them long enough to count the rise and fall of their chests: forty-three times in a minute.
cuarenta-y-tres respiraciones en un minuto. and i'm just trying to exhale after saying hello.


I have a windowsill in my house with a few rock piles on it. I never really set out to create this. I just like small, ovular rocks. And so, when I am at the beach or by a river and I find a particularly alluring one, I slip it in my pocket. Eventually I had all these rocks and wasn't sure what to do with them.
So I made them into piles. It turned out that I had just the right amount of varying sizes to make them into rock stacks. They frequently get knocked over by the pounding of little feet up and down the stairs, but I have come to enjoy re-balancing them. It is a focused practice that feels internal at the same time as external.
The other morning I was doing just that when something occurred to me. The rocks don't balance in their centers. It is not a symmetrical pile. Some rocks have to jut out on one side to keep steady. And I realized this is what balance looks like. It doesn't look perfect or symmetrical.
We all come in different shapes and sizes, our 'issues' too. And finding balance within ourselves is a true act of effort – learning which parts of ourselves require more attention, which parts we can let 'hang out' all in order to achieve a sense of 'centeredness.' Some of us need to write in a journal, be physically active, paint a picture, cry into a pillow, or be held by a friend. It is important for us to learn ways to stay in tune with what we need so that others don't become the unfortunate recipients of our foul moods. Of course it happens sometimes, because none of us are perfect and I'm not suggesting otherwise – just that when it does happen we need to recognize our part and take responsibility by working on those feelings and their root.
There are few things in life that so easily throw you off balance and find all your trigger points than our children. They come by it honestly and the issues are all our own, they've only been here for a small portion of our lives – but they find them nonetheless and unwittingly come into the cross hairs of our own discomfort and personal suffering. So sometimes we yell, get frustrated, snap, cry, tell them to go take a time out, or some other ineffective action. The perhaps ironic lesson here is that one should be 'punished' for making someone else (us) feel uncomfortable by coming face to face with themselves. We pass down the aversion to the mirror.
In reality, these moments when we make snap reactions from deep down – these are gifts, because they are messages from the deep. They are telling us, "Hey, there's something down here and you should probably look at it." When we are able to take that moment and turn it into self-knowledge, not only are we doing ourselves a favor – we are leading the way for our children to do the same. We are teaching them that in discomfort there is growth. We are teaching them to be bigger than their anger and fear.
Knowing thyself is a life long endeavor. Learning to accept both the things we dislike about ourselves, as well as the things we like (which can be equally difficult), allows us some providence towards becoming the person we want to be. When we mess up and acknowledge it, we can say "Geez, that is really NOT how I wanted to handle that situation..what went wrong?" It brings a beautiful humbleness to life.
When knowing and understand ourselves becomes important to us, we can work to not foist off the same things that have held us back on our children. We can acknowledge that we each achieve balance in our own beautiful ways. Our rock piles are not symmetrical, but they are balanced. We are not so easily tipped over. We can see that our children are they own people. They are not us. They are trying to make sense of the world – and sometimes, when our feelings make them feel scared – they push us just to see if they can.
Parenthood is raw. It is real. It is beautiful and traumatizing at times. And we get things wrong all. the. time. The beauty is in the effort – in the coming back together, in the sharing of ourselves and our personal journeys. We must dive into the discomfort to become bigger, more balanced people, always propelled by the small ones who are looking up to us as the examples of how to live a life.


On our latest adventure, we went camping. The weather was great the first day, and lousy for the rest of the time. I caught this fish while Sam was busy untangling his line from where his rod and reel had been stored. I think there is a lesson in there somewhere about being prepared. But I won't rub it in. I think the picture does enough of that.


You've completed the Get started. You've rolled out Teams with chat, teams, channels, & apps across your organization. Maybe you've deployed Meetings & conferencing. Now you're ready to add cloud voice workloads, and you've decided to use Microsoft Phone System with Calling Plan to connect to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
This article describes core deployment decisions for Calling Plans as well as additional considerations you may want to configure, based on your organization's needs. You should also read Cloud Voice in Microsoft Teams for more information about Microsoft's cloud voice offerings.
To use Microsoft as your telephony carrier, you need to obtain Calling Plan licenses and assign them to your Phone System users.
Are Calling Plans available in my area? Which user locations will have Calling Plan service? For more information, see Country and region availability for Audio Conferencing and Calling Plans.
Do my users need international calling? For more information, see Calling Plans for Office 365.
Do my users have Calling Plans licenses? To buy and assign licenses, see Step 2: Buy and assign licenses.
Do my users each have a direct inward dial (DID) phone number? To get phone numbers, see Step 3: Get phone numbers.
It's easy to transfer your phone numbers from your current service provider to Teams. After you port your phone numbers to Teams, Microsoft will become your service provider and will bill you for those phone numbers. For more information, see Transfer phone numbers to Office 365.
With Calling Plans in Office 365, every user in your organization needs to have a unique direct inward dial (DID) phone number and a corresponding validated emergency address. You can also specify an emergency location within the emergency address (for example, an office number or floor number).
How detailed do I want the emergency address and location information to be? For more information, see What are emergency locations, addresses, and call routing?.
By default, all outbound calls use the assigned phone number as calling identity (caller ID). The recipient of the call can quickly identify the caller and decide whether to accept or reject the call.
Do I want to mask or disable caller ID? To change or block the caller ID, see Set the caller ID for a user.


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Tort Liability Theories Emerge After Lufthansa Flight Tragedy
Jeffrey A. Mega Apr 14, 2015
On March 24, 2015, Germanwings' pilot Andreas Lubitz locked himself into the cockpit of Flight 4U9525 and deliberately crashed the plane into a French Alpine hillside, according to authorities. As part of his suicide plan, Mr. Lubitz murdered 149 innocent people including three Americans. It appears that Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germanwings' parent company, may be legally responsible to the 149 victims' families.
At least two tort liability theories are already emerging.
First, did Lufthansa know about Mr. Lubitz's mental health issues, and what could it have done to prevent this tragedy? Lufthansa has already acknowledged that it knew Mr. Lubitz suffered from depression during his 2009 pilot training, and that his depression was severe enough to require a medical leave of absence. It is less clear if Lufthansa knew about Mr. Lubitz's more recent psychiatric treatment. If lawsuits proceed, a key issue will be whether Lufthansa adequately monitored its pilots' mental health.
Second, why didn't Lufthansa implement the so-called "rule of two" for aircraft cockpits earlier? In the United States, Federal Aviation Administration regulations require that two people must be in the cockpit at all times to prevent this very type of incident on flights which travel within the United States. On March 27, 2015, Lufthansa issued a press release stating that under the new procedure, "two authorized persons must be present in the cockpit at all times during a flight." Lufthansa's explanation for its delay in implementing the rule of two will also be a key issue if tort liability lawsuits proceed.
It is sad to think that this tragedy might have been averted if Lufthansa changed its policies earlier. This is not the first time that a pilot crashed a plane and killed passengers in circumstances suspicious for suicide. In 1999, Egypt Air Flight 990 crashed in the waters near Nantucket, Massachusetts killing 217 people. Hopefully, Lufthansa and its insurers will accept responsibility for Lufthansa's systems failures and properly compensate the victims of this tragedy.
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This training is a pre-requisite for anyone who wants to advance to large tree and aerial tree work.
Training is in preparation for NPTC Level 2 Award in ground based chainsaw operations (CS30 CS31). and typically testing is arranged 1-2 weeks following training.
If trainees do not wish to proceed through to testing, a LANTRA certificate of attendance is issued following the completion of the weeks training.
Who should attend? This course is typically for people who are seeking contractual work in professional forestry, amenity or utility arboriculture.
This course is typically for people who are seeking contractual work in professional forestry, amenity or utility arboriculture.
This training is in preparation for NPTC Level 2 Award in tree climbing and rescue (CS38) and typically testing is arranged 1-2 weeks following training.
If trainees do not wish to proceed through to testing, a LANTRA certificate of attendance is issued following the completion of the training.


Last spring we spent two weeks in Connecticut and NYC with the whole family. I´ve been to NYC before, but never made it out to Connecticut. This time we took the opportunity to visit friends now living in Connecticut. Since it´s 4th of July I thought I´d show some photos from our trip to the beautiful Connecticut.
I´m totally in love with this area and all the beautiful houses and pittoresque cities . I can´t wait to go back.
I just love the beauty of Connecticut. All of New England is simply picturesque. Have a lovely day.
I also love Connecticut and lived there for a few years when I was young. I fell in love with the area and now try to visit every fall. There is nothing like a New England autumn! Thanks for these lovely photos which took me there!
Vilka bilder, så fint! Kan förstå att du längtar tillbaka.


I've aquired a Panasonic GS400 now, a step up from the lower end mini dv cam I was using before. The GS400 has the ability to show zebra patterns and colour bars and manually adjust exposure and shutter speed etc.
I'm wondering about the steps of lighting a scene and adjusting the exposure? Should i be setting up my lighting so it looks good to the eye, and then adjusting the exposure on the camcorder according to the zebra pattern keep adjusting it until no zebra patterns are shown?
Or is it acceptable to blast the scene with light, and then decrease the exposure to compensate, what is better for getting quality video results? Is it better to just get a decent well lit image and then darken and play around with contrast in post production? i understand there asthetic choices that depend on the type of project and story etc, but I'm just wondering about getting the best quality of image i can.
Also I've heard the use of ND filters will allow me to use more film style type lighting, because i find camcorders can very quickly get into over exposed areas even with lights far away. Should I always be using ND filters, my cam has internal ones. What about grey cards, I've heard people white balancing to those before they set up a scene? Also i have a circular polarizer, i know it decreases the light coming into the cam a bit.
ND filters aren't selective about what they block. Everything gets darkened evenly, so the highlights aren't reduced while shadows are left visible. It is almost the same effect as closing down the iris. Polarizers reduce light, but they cut down polarized reflected light more than non-polarized light. They will cut down reflections from water and glass and the surface of plants. It helps bring out the blue in water, the green in plants, and can allow you to see through the glare on glass.
What you should concentrate on with exposure is to ensure that people's faces are exposed properly. Everything else is relatively unimportant. Assuming your zebra bars are 100ire, you should see them on the highlight side (direction light is emanating) of white or shiny objects. A white shirt will have some zebras on the shoulder facing the light. Silverware will have zebras in their highlights. Where you should not see zebra bars is on the shadow side of anything. It is no big deal to lose detail on the bright side of a white object, but overexposure so that detail is being lost on a large area will not look good. The only exception is backlight. People standing in shade with the bright sky in their background may very well be surrounded by zebra bars. Try to avoid camera angles that cause this effect.
White balance is done after the lighting is in place. White balance to a white card. Grey might work, but that is used more for exposure. A grey card can be used as an anchor reference point to keep the light levels relative between your shots.
Hey is there any websites you'd recomend to learn how do all of this properly. Using a grey card, and keeping the light levels relative between shots? So for exposing you should zoom into the area you want properly exposed, like someones face, and then zoom back and out and if the sky is full of zebra patterns put an appropriate nd filter on there? How do you know what to put on?
There really isn't too much of a correct exposure technically, since you will either get clipping + noise in dark areas, or clipping in highlights. Any detail that gets clipped can't be brought back in post... i.e. anything that is zebra-ing.
A good rule of thumb is to have a little bit of zebras in your shots on specular reflections (i.e. a glint of light off a shiny surface) or any little highlights in the shot. Do expose so that you can see faces well.
Or is it acceptable to blast the scene with light, and then decrease the exposure to compensate, what is better for getting quality video results?
Quantity of light usually isn't important. Too little light would be a low light situation where everything becomes noisy and grainy. Too much light forces the iris down, which means you get deeper depth of field (not necessarily a bad thing, although some people like a shallower depth of field for aethetics or to selectively focus on things). Higher than that, things will overexpose or you have to use shutter. Even higher, the CCDs get damaged (this would be really extreme however).
Quality of light is usually what you're concerned about. This is mostly aesthetic.
Good books on this would be ross lowell's matters of light and depth, and jackman's lighting for digital video (this last book is much more pragmatic and is less focused on art).


Games keep slipping away from the Santa Cruz Warriors. Sliding with them is their standing in the NBA G League's Pacific Division and their chances of making the playoffs.
The Warriors most recently fell victim to the Texas Legends, 105-99, on Friday night at Kaiser Permanente Arena. The loss is Santa Cruz's seventh in nine games and hurts in particular because Santa Cruz is battling for the third and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Entering the game, the Warriors (18-17) were a half-game out of the postseason. After the game, they trailed by a game and a half. The Legends (22-15) are currently positioned as the top wild-card team out of the Western Conference.
Santa Cruz next faces Pacific leader South Bay (22-13) at 6 p.m. Sunday at KP Arena.
Patrick McCaw, who started three playoff games for the Golden State Warriors last season, was in Santa Cruz on assignment Friday. He had a team-high 22 points as well as eight rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Still, his estimation of his 2018 G League debut wasn't kind.
Terrance Jones added 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists and two-way guard Quinn Cook had 19 points and seven assists. Damian Jones and forward Chris Boucher, the Warriors' other two-way player, had six and four blocks, respectively.
Texas' Donald Sloan burned Santa Cruz for 34 points, including four 3-pointers, and Jameel Warney added 27 points and 12 rebounds.
The Legends, the second-place team in the Southwest Division, led by four at the half.
Santa Cruz made it a game to watch in the final two minutes, tying the score at 95. But the Legends leapt ahead again on a couple of jumpers and made their free throws down the stretch to put the game away. Texas made 18 of 24 free throws, while Santa Cruz was just nine of 15.
• On Thursday, Jones, a 6-9 forward out of Kentucky, was one of 13 players named to NBA G League USA roster. The team compete against the Mexico National Team in the NBA G League International Challenge at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. Members of NBA G League USA will go on to play for USA Basketball in FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Americas Qualifiers against Cuba on Feb. 23 and Puerto Rico on Feb. 26 in Santa Cruz.


Hosted by the Chicago Park District, the 2016 event will take place August 23-24 and is open to any individual with a disability rating from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs including amputation, spinal cord injuries, visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, permanent orthopedic injuries, and those with post-traumatic stress disorder. The Valor Games Midwest will only be open to residents from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Registration will be available soon. For more information, visit the Chicago Park District veterans program information page or email Maribel Mejia at maribel.mejia@chicagoparkdistrict.com.


Selections from the American poets.
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McDowell, John C. "National Treasures. Joss Whedon's Assembling of Exceptional Avengers." In: Joss Whedon and Religion. Essays on an Angry Atheist's Explorations of the Sacred. Hrsg. v. Anthony R. Mills, John W. Morehead und J. Ryan Parker. Jefferson, London: McFarland, 2013, S. 183–195.


American Lutherans became a full part of American Protestantism just in time to participate in its decline. From its high of more than 9 million members in 1965, the total number of American Lutherans declined to just over 7 million in 2013, representing about 2 percent of the American population. Though Lutheran numbers generally plateaued through the 1970s and 1980s, both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod have declined markedly over the past 25 years. The ELCA went from 5.2 million members in 1988 to 3.9 million in 2013; the LCMS declined less severely, from 2.7 million members in 1988 to 2.3 million in 2013. The decline in giving to the national programs and offices of these two denominations is also fairly dramatic, though more pronounced in the ELCA.
Besides suffering from the same negative demographic trends facing other mainline Protestant denominations in this period—aging membership and an inability to retain younger members—the ELCA since 2000 has witnessed the departure of nearly 500,000 members who have coalesced into two new and distinct centrist Lutheran denominations: the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (2001) and the North American Lutheran Church (2010). Though the scale of these departures is noteworthy in itself, this development is all the more interesting for the new patterns and new directions that these denominations are attempting to develop. Their rejection of the ELCA (and implicitly the LCMS) has forced them to experiment with new ways of being Lutheran Christians in the American context, and they are actively exploring these possibilities.
The older and larger of these two new denominations is the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ, which had its beginnings in 2001 and now numbers more than 350,000 members in over 700 congregations in the United States. This group has its roots in the Lutherans who were troubled by the ecumenical agreement between the ELCA and the Episcopal Church in 1999, "Called to Common Mission." Already disaffected within the ELCA, these Lutheran dissidents resisted the adoption of the agreement because they believed that it took the ELCA further in a centralized and clericalized direction. Losing this fight was the proverbial "last straw" for them, and many began the difficult and complicated process of formally leaving the ELCA.
As its name suggests, the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ is a Lutheran experiment in congregational polity, historically something that Lutherans have rarely attempted to implement. The LCMC vests power solely in the local congregations and understands itself as advisory to them. This is more than problematic for many American Lutherans, who, though they often complain about "synod," have come to rely on the support of a denominational body in times of need. Weaning pastors and congregations from this pattern and encouraging them to take their own responsibility has proven to be challenging. The leadership of the LCMC has been adamant about (sometimes even fixated on) not becoming just another Lutheran denomination, but rather continuing this experiment.
The congregations within the LCMC are not unified by a single theology or form of Lutheran practice, and many of them were already anomalies within the ELCA before they departed. There are a number of different wings or emphases within the LCMC—congregations whose ethos tends toward evangelical, charismatic, or low-church pietist expressions of Lutheranism—so the annual gatherings of the LCMC tend to be rather eclectic. This is mostly celebrated, but can cause frictions. Within the LCMC congregations are allowed (but not required) to join various Mission Districts; some of these groups represent geographical regions (as has been common in Lutheranism), but others are affiliation groups of congregations that share a common ethos, such as those listed above. An interesting example of such an affiliation grouping is one found in the upper Midwest, the Augustana District, which represents a creative move back toward some elements of the more typical synodical structure of mutual accountability between congregations. Though some others in the LCMC grumble about "creeping synodicalism," the ethos of the LCMC itself allows congregations and districts their own autonomy, even to explore such directions.
The second new denomination, the North American Lutheran Church, was formed after the 2009 decision by the ELCA to allow the ordination of noncelibate homosexual pastors. Formally organized in 2010, this denomination has grown in just a few years to represent more than 125,000 members and 335 congregations in the United States and Canada. Although these dissident congregations could have joined the LCMC, those who eventually formed the NALC did not appreciate the congregational polity of the LCMC and sought to replicate a more traditional American Lutheran synodical polity. The NALC is strongest in the belt of Lutherans that runs from Pennsylvania through the lower Middle West to Iowa, down the East Coast to the Carolinas, and in Texas. Like the LCMC, the NALC has its own internal groupings, including a sizable number of Evangelical Catholic Lutherans with a liturgical and high-church orientation.
On its surface the NALC does not look like much of a radical departure from the ELCA; indeed, some of its critics call it "the ELCA without gays." But this misses the point of the NALC itself, which seems actually to be a reappropriation of older American Lutheran patterns that had been wiped out in the waves of merger that led to the ELCA. A number of its innovations seem minor, but in reality are reversing 20th-century trends. The NALC has a different leadership pattern, with a single bishop in charge of the spiritual and pastoral aspects of the denomination, while a general secretary handles the day-to-day administration. Traditionally synodical in its polity, the NALC nevertheless revives an older Lutheran tradition wherein major decisions for the denomination are subject to congregational ratification (something the ELCA abandoned in its 1988 formation).
Both of these new Lutheran denominations face similar problems. They certainly face the potential of internal factionalism and external isolation. Both were born out of prolonged and difficult schism, and many of their congregations and pastors bear traumatic scars from taking leave of the ELCA. This makes internal bonds of trust more difficult to achieve, and critical points within the history of these two groups have been colored by such stress. They have grown, but mainly by drawing congregations and members out of the ELCA, which is not a long-term strategy for growth. It is difficult to determine whether the congregations of either denomination are successful in reaching the unchurched. Both denominations are underrepresented in growing suburban and exurban areas of the country. Only time will tell if these two new denominations will be able to embody this ethos of evangelism and outreach that they know they must achieve.
Nevertheless, these two denominations are interesting experiments in how American Protestantism might reinvent itself for the challenges of the 21st century. The two groups have structured themselves, almost instinctively, by drawing from successful historical patterns in American Lutheranism. What seems most striking about both of them is that they have been able to engender in their pastors and lay leaders a sense of identity, spirit, and common mission. They have flattened and minimized levels of structure and administration, decentralized authority, empowered their members, and allowed for experimentation and change. These changes seem to have developed a level of trust and identity within the denominations that has allowed them to move forward.
It is hardly fair to compare the experiences of large, established denominations such as the ELCA or the LCMS with those of much smaller, start-up denominations. Like many other older American Protestant denominations, the ELCA and LCMS have already undergone extensive changes in the past 20 years. But these changes have been, for the most part, incremental and involuntary—hundreds of small, reactive reductions that have attempted to "stop the bleeding" without really addressing the underlying problems. These reactive strategies are of limited use, and to suggest that such decline is inevitable is unacceptable. Imaginative reinvention of the kind undertaken by the LCMC and NALC could be the key to a better future for the ELCA and LCMS and might, in the long run, be well worth the struggle.


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Man sentenced to prison for video with soldier's girlfriend while he was in boot camp and other videos he produced
Selena Green Vargas of Rochester, NY, is infamous for making at least two adult films while she was dating a U.S. Army soldier in 2014.
"He went away to the army and his girlfriend ended up doing an adult film for the money of course. He came back and found out and they broke up," said a friend of his who played hockey with him in New York.
"I suppose they were still on good terms because when he went away for a second time he lent her his car," he said. "During this time she also did a second porn."
A photo of the couple went viral after somebody claiming to be the soldier posted it to 4chan -an image board website where users generally post anonymously.
It did not take long for 4chan users to identify the girl as a adult film actress. The users would have likely found her no matter what, but it was easier for them as she did not use a stage name and wore the same clothes to her boyfriend's graduation as she wore in her films.
While it is not uncommon for infidelity to occur while soldiers are away, this story in unique because of the power of social media and the internet keeping the story of her infidelity alive forever.
Vargas's film was produced by a now defunct company but the video still exists on the internet despite her allegedly being told by an employer it was necessary for her to have them removed.
The owners of the website were found guilty of intimidating and coercing 22 women into having sex on camera in 2019. Ruben Andre Garcia and "the other producers bullied the women and lied about how widely they'd distribute the videos," Vice News reports.
Garcia, who was the male performer in the majority of the videos, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal court in California last month.
The producers told the women that the videos would only be distributed abroad and to private collectors, but appeared on their adult film website. The videos also reached millions of viewers after being uploaded and eventually being mirrored on other adult sites.
According to Vice, the women were doxed on the sites and it led to the women being harassed at their jobs and schools.
Vargas apparently tried to have the videos removed after her employer, Toddler's Workshop, in Webster, NY, told her to have them taken down.
"Multiple women said the harassment was so vicious, they've contemplated suicide."
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LeBron James Decides Where He'll Play for the Next Three Years
LeBron James has signed a new contract to remain with his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers for the next three seasons.
Thursday's announcement, less than two months after James led the Cavaliers to their first NBA championship, had been widely expected.
"I'm re-signing back with the Cleveland Cavaliers, my hometown team," James said in a video posted on sports news website Uninterrupted.
"I can't be more excited than this opportunity once again, man, to defend our crown, defend our title.
"We all know last year as a magical, inspiring, all the words you can come up with, it was an unbelievable season. I just can't wait to get the group back together."
Agent Rich Paul told ESPN the new $100 million contract is for three years, with James earning $31 million next season, which would make him the highest paid player in the league.
His salary would rise to $33 million in the 2017-18 season.
The 31-year-old James, a four-time NBA most valuable player, won two championships for the Miami Heat before returning to the Cavaliers in 2014, leading them to the NBA finals where they lost to the Golden State Warriors.
The Cavaliers reversed that result this season, bringing the first professional sports championship to the Ohio city since 1964.
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Facundo Daniel Monteseirín (Cutral Có, 12 de março de 1995) é um futebolista profissional argentino que atua como defensor.

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Facundo Monteseirín se profissionalizou no Club Atlético Lanús, em 2013. Facundo Monteseirín integrou o Club Atlético Lanús na campanha vitoriosa da Copa Sul-Americana de 2013|.

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CD Review: Adalberto Álvarez y su son: Casino…el baile popular
This album of non-stop quality Cuban Casino dance music is a treasure for any lover of Cuban popular music or keen dancer.
Consisting of the best dance tunes by the internationally renowned Adalberto Álvarez y Su son, the 14 tracks come from his last six albums and include such dance classics as 'Mi Linda Habanera' which joyfully quotes from a host of iconic Cuban songs, the beautifully arranged 'Gozando en La Habana' and the 2018 masterpiece, 'Los Buenos y Los Malos,' all showing that Adalberto's music, whilst complex and contemporary, is like the casino dance itself, steeped in tradition and respect for the styles of the past.
These songs, full of dance energy, are the work of one of the great figures in the last 40 years of Cuba's illustrious musical history. Alvarez formed this band in 1984 after his huge success with the group Son 14, who were pioneers of modernising son using traditional instruments with electronic keyboards, timbales and brass. His songs have changed the face of Salsa in Latin America as well as of Son in Cuba.
In this collection, tracks were singled out to please and inspire the Casino or Salsa dancer – Casino being the popular mix of older dance forms such as Danzón, jive and traditional Son, which developed in the private clubs of 1950's Havana, that has since been revived and spiced up to form an irresistible contemporary mix.
Álvarez himself was a key creator of the 2003 Cuban TV programme 'Para Bailar Casino' (with live bands and dance contests) which became so popular amongst young people it sparked a national movement. The effect also was that Adalberto's band now attracted fresh new musicians and voices. Casino is often danced in a 'rueda' (wheel) where couples switch partners in complex and thrilling moves, all in sync. Alvarez' frequent chorus changes throughout the numbers reinvent and energise each song several times over and are perfect for this style as well as providing a constant delight to dancers.
The musicianship of Álvarez's band is impeccable throughout. Coping effortlessly with these – often challenging – arrangements, they show an understanding of when to fill space or leave it empty that comes only with living and breathing a culture.
This album is perfect for any Cuban dance party and a fitting tribute to one of Cuba's all-time musical giants.
By Dave Willetts for CubaSi magazine Autumn 2018
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[Find Out] The Reason Behind The Success Of Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek film series is one of the most loved film franchises across the globe. First, we saw the original film series consisting of six films, and then we saw the next generation films of the Star Trek series consisting of four films, and then we saw the reboot series consisting of three films as of now.
The very first film in the reboot series, Star Trek, was released in the year 2009. The second film, Star Trek Into Darkness, was released in the year 2013. Both these films were directed by J.J. Abrams and received overwhelmingly positive reviews from both the critics and normal viewers. Everyone praised J.J. Abram's brilliant work to the core. But when he was roped into direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens (the movie also received excellent reviews and was a huge box-office success), the studio handed over the responsibility to Justin Lin (Fast & Furious fame) to direct Star Trek Beyond. Most of the people doubted Justin's caliber to direct a well-established franchise like Star Trek. But he proved them wrong by delivering a movie which kept up the standards of the previous two films.
Justin Lin recently revealed that he took the key advice given by J.J. Abrams by heart and it was the main reason behind his successful completion of the film. He said: "I remember my initial conversation with J.J. — he was kind of handing over the keys, and saying, 'Just be bold, make it yours.' I tried to take that to heart and I feel like every frame of this film, whether it's a big action sequence or some small decision, I go back to that initial conversation of being bold. And I think that will show for everybody that watches the film."
Star Trek Beyond was unique and Justin Lin didn't borrow much from the old school. It would have been much easier for him if he did so. But he took J.J. Abram's advice seriously (by heart to be more precise) and delivered something fresh and unique compared to the previous flicks. The movie got excellent reviews from the critics and normal viewers and was a box-office success. The fourth film in the series was confirmed by J.J. Abrams, but we should wait and see whether Justin Linn would return to direct the film.
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30/07/2014 · Reminder Date (probably a few days before Due Date) Ultimately, I want the information to be sent to several recipients, and their email addresses would be included in the spreadsheet. Alternatively, myself and my team all use Outlook.... For getting back to important emails, you can set reminders in Ms Outlook. If you thought that MS Outlook only provides you with the facility to add on reminders for important events as a separate feature, then you need to rethink about it.
The new Outlook.com has removed the ability to have an email reminder of the entry sent. This feature needs to be returned, otherwise, I will be forced to find another calendar program. This feature needs to be returned, otherwise, I will be forced to find another calendar program.
I am not a big user of keyboard shortcuts but I do use this when I want to add a flag or reminder to an email. Select the email. Press CTRL-SHIFT-G to display the Custom Flagging screen.
Whenever Outlook fires a reminder, this Outlook VBA code sample sends information from that reminder and its parent item to the e-mail address you specify. Place this code in the ThisOutlookSession module.
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This does NOT work for Outlook 2010. There is no option under the Tags>Follow Up> Add Reminder. This is a stupid "MS needs to fix their stupid changes" problem with Outlook 2010.


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After a 4-2 loss in the first half of the season, Galatasaray was hungry for revenge at home, but they got their asses handed to them by a very well set up and clinical Bordeaux side as the game ended in a 1-5 defeat.
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@Kaupp has been running away with it up until now.
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Demonetisation of currency is a radical monetary step in which a currency unit's status as a legal tender is declared invalid. This is usually done whenever there is a change of national currency, replacing the old unit with a new one. Such step, for example, was taken when the European Monetary Union nations decided to adopt Euro as their currency. However, the old currencies were allowed to convert into Euros for a period of time in order to ensure a smooth transition though demonetization. Zimbabwe, Fiji, Singapore and Philippines were other countries to have opted for currency demonetization.
India's currency notes are printed in Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited at Mysuru and Salboni (near Mednapore in West Bengal), and Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited's Currency Note Press at Nashik and Bank Note Press at Dewas.
India Security Press, Nashik, and Security Printing Press, Hyderabad, print non-currency material such as passport, visa, IT refund orders, identify cards for higher officials, and warrants, among other things.
In India's case, the move has been taken to curb the menace of black money and fake notes by reducing the amount of cash available in the system. It is also interesting to note that this was not the first time the Government of India has gone for the demonetization of high-value currency. It was first implemented in 1946 when the Reserve Bank of India demonetized the then circulated ₹1,000 and ₹10,000 notes. The government then introduced higher denomination banknotes in ₹1,000, ₹5,000 and ₹10,000 in a fresh avatar eight years later in 1954 before the Morar Ji Desai government demonetized these notes in 1978. The government's move to demonetize, even then, was to tackle the issue of black money economy, which was quite substantial at that point of time. The move was enacted under the High Denomination Bank Note (Demonetisation) Act, 1978. Under the law all 'high denomination bank notes' ceased to be legal tender after January 16, 1978. People who possessed these notes were given till January 24 the same year a week's time to exchange and high denomination bank notes.
In a recent move Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit hard on corrupt bureaucrats, politicians, and business class, terrorists' group, smugglers, drug traffickers, hawala traders, black marketers and many others engaged in unlawful activities by announcing on November 8, 2016 that ₹500 and ₹1,000 currency notes would no longer be legal tender money. The people were given chance either to exchange the old currency with new through banks/post officers or deposit the same in their accounts up to December 30, 2016 with a rider that any deposit of more than ₹2.50 lakh would be scrutinized by the income tax authorities. All notes in lower denomination of ₹100, ₹50, ₹20, ₹10, ₹5, ₹2, and ₹1 and all coins continued to be valid, and new notes of ₹2,000 and ₹500 were introduced. There was no change in any other form of currency exchange be it cheque, DD, payment via credit or debit cards etc. The step was aimed at curbing the 'disease' of corruption and black money which had taken deep roots.
The main difference between previous drivers of demonetization previous drives of demonetization and the current one is that currency of higher denomination was barely in circulation in 1948 or 1978, unlike the ₹500 and ₹1000 note in 2016. There is a world of difference, however, between the demonetization of 1978 and now. The middle class in 1978 was not only sparse but also lived mostly with in the modest income bracket. A large section of this class had no access to high denomination currency notes, that began with ₹1,000 and went up to 10,000. Much of the currency notes. Even the common people with meager income possess ₹500/1000 notes.
According to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) annual report, 2016, the total value of currency in circulation is ₹16.4 lakh crore. Of this, 38.6 percent or ₹6.3 lakh crore is in the form of ₹1,000 notes. Another 47.8 percent or ₹7.8 lakh crore is in the form of ₹500 notes. This means that over 86 percent of Indian currency will be withdrawn and needs to be exchanged before it can be used.
Looking ahead, the best course of action would be to consolidate on the benefits of demonetization. On the currency management front, regular upgrades of currency notes along with a complete withdrawal of the old series may have been good practice in the past. But this may not be required now thanks to the high-tech features built into the new notes. Still, periodic disruption will help fight counterfeiting and hoarding.
Which citizen will be inconvenienced in the short term, this is a big medium-term positive in the government's effort to crack down on black money and corruption.
In the short – run GDP growth rate may decline by 0.1-0.2 percentage points, but in the long run the net impact of demonetization will be positive.
As the old currency notes are deposits with banks, bank deposit growth will witness a pickup and currency in circulation will moderate a positive for banking sector liquidity.
As rural house-holds open new bank accounts to deposit accounts to deposit old note, this may also end up giving a boost to the government's financial inclusion thrust.
Since black money played a role in real estate transactions, this crackdown is very likely to hurt the real estate market, which is already reeling under high inventory in top tier cities such as Mumbai and Delhi.
As some of the black money is brought under legitimate channels, the government's tax revenue collection will get a boost.
There could be an immediate increase in bank deposits if some of the holders of these old notes decide to deposit them rather than exchanging them for new notes. Currency in circulation might decline substantially if heightened security forces people with unaccounted for cash to not exchange/deposit. The base money goes down in that case but the increase in money multiplier (because of a higher deposit to currency ratio) might mitigate the impact on overall money supply.
If money supply declines temporarily because of these measures, then assuming no immediate change in velocity of circulation, we could either see some deflationary tendencies or lowering of real demand (economic activity). The impacts could be different depending upon sectors – deflationary in some while contractionary in other. This is a short-term risk for the economy.
The move generally bodes well for the inflation outlook since black money was associated with higher inflation. However, it is likely to hurt near-term consumption demand.
Dr. Bibek Debroy, member NITI Aayog, categorized the black money as 'single black' and 'double black'. The 'Single black' is when the activity is not illegal but the persons using this type of money have not paid taxes, while the 'double black' is that type of money which is used to generate income through illegal activities crimes, trafficking, extortions etc.
According to Dr. Debroy, out of ₹14 lakh crore, currency in the form of ₹500 and ₹1000, probably something like ₹4 lakh crore, may be black money. He explains," Let's assume that out of ₹4 lakh crores, ₹2.5 lakh crore is single black and ₹1.5 lakh crore is double black. So, ₹1.5 lakh crore is roughly 10 percent of ₹14 lakh crores. This is completely destroyed. On Single black - ₹2.5 lakh crore – I think a large part of it will come back into the system. Of the remaining ₹10 lakh crore, ₹8 lakh crore is just probably transaction-related. This cash temporarily goes out of the system, but it eventually comes back into the system. The remaining ₹2 lakh crore is what the people were sitting on. This is not illegal. This ₹2 lakh crore is unproductive for the people holding on to it and for the system. This comes into the system. In the short-term of course there is impact – macro and sectoral impact. But, in the slightly medium-term, several things happen through RBI and outside RBI. The government and the banking system have more resources. The government can spend this extra money on various public goods and services including infrastructure, and the lenders can lend more. So, wealth is transferred from relatively rich to relatively poor in the process".


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More than 250 people attended a concert by members of the superb Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at St Nicholas' Church, North Walsham, on Sunday, July 1.
There was huge acclaim for the world-class musicians, including soprano Julia Doyle, who took the lead role in the world premiere of the pocket oratorio Agnes, based on the letters of Agnes Paston. She was assisted ably by the boys, girls and men of the church choir, and the piece received a standing ovation. The oratorio was composed by Sarah Rodgers, who lives near Swaffham and was present at the concert – receiving warm applause.
Other music featured was by Purcell, Handel, Holborne, Warlock and Mozart - plus a traditional Basque carol, The Angel Gabriel, performed by the choir.
The orchestra's musical director, Robert Howarth – originally from Coltishall – introduced each item in a witty and entertaining way and added to the enjoyment of the evening.
The programme notes generously centred on the importance of the Footprints Project, and this was underlined in a discussion PHS chair Rob Knee had with the chairman of North Norfolk District Council, which partnered with Orchestras Live to put on the concert. He and Peter Stibbons had a meeting with the council last year to ask for their help. Dr Knee said: "They have responded superbly: it was the finest concert this town has seen for many a year.
"Matt (Champion, Footprints project manager) and I supported the very good range of outreach events that accompanied the visit of the orchestra, and pupils from the local High School were involved in the organisation of the concert."
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Rafael Olarra est un joueur de football professionnel chilien né le  à Santiago. Il évolue au poste de défenseur à l'Audax Italiano.

Biographie

Rafael Olarra connaît sa première sélection en équipe de Chili lors du match Chili - Iran le .

Entre 1998 et 2006, il totalise 33 sélections et 2 buts pour l'équipe du Chili.

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Naissance à Santiago
Naissance en mai 1978
Footballeur international chilien
Joueur de l'Audax Italiano
Joueur de l'Universidad Católica
Joueur de l'Universidad de Chile
Joueur du CA Osasuna
Joueur du Club Atlético Independiente
Joueur du Maccabi Haïfa
Joueur de l'Unión Española
Footballeur aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2000
Médaillé de bronze olympique chilien


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