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Our team has decided to pursue this as one of the projects for our Education Channel.
If we're in a tech bubble, how come investors in Internet companies are getting cleaned out?
As this chart from Statista shows, most of the big Internet companies lost at least 25% of their value between April 30th and September 30th. The losers include Snapchat, which is still privately held, but which big investor Fidelity marked down 25% during that period.
The big exceptions are the two most dominant Internet companies, Google (now Alphabet) and Facebook, both of which gained about 14%.
This suggests that tech investors Sam Altman and Marc Andreessen may be right — we're actually in the middle of a long tech bust. The only tech companies that are overvalued are a handful of late-stage, privately held companies that are taking their sweet time in going public, and are raising rounds that look like equity but are really structured more like debt.
With the changes at HP, Dell/EMC Merger, the struggles at Yahoo, the mark down by Fidelity, The Cisco/Ericsson "Near Merger" and the emergence of the Chinese Giants, it is bound to be quite a challenging 2016 as we look to that year. We found this especially poignant that Marc Andressen has been selling Facebook shares, Media Companies are trying to be interent companies and now T-Mobile officially being a Cable Company.


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Proper measurement is essential for the balance of your trailer and its cargo. Park both the truck and the trailer on level ground. Measure the distance from the ground to the top of the hitch mounting point on the bumper. Make a note of the result so you can reference it later.
Measure the distance from the ground to the top of the trailer coupler and make a note of that as well. When you're dealing with a lifted truck, this measurement should be less than the measurement to the bumper's hitch mounting point. Subtract the trailer height measurement from the bumper hitch measurement to find out how much drop you'll need in your trailer hitch.
The drop refers to how far down the hitch will have to reach to secure to the trailer. It's an important measurement, because you won't be able to adjust the hitch. That means getting the right size the first time.
When you choose the hitch ball for your truck, it needs to be the proper rating for your truck and trailer. Look at the owner's manual for your truck to find out what the maximum weight rating is for your truck's towing capacity. You'll need a hitch that can handle at least that much.
Balancing the truck's towing capacity and the hitch rating is key. Even if your tow hitch is rated for more than your truck's towing capacity, you still won't be able to tow more. Likewise, if your tow hitch isn't rated for as high a weight capacity as your truck, you won't be able to tow as much as your truck is capable of. You're limited by the lowest capacity rating between the two, so try to select a hitch that's rated equally to your truck.
Use the diameter of the trailer coupler to determine the diameter of the hitch ball. The ball needs to fit with the coupler, so this is essential. In addition, the shank length on the hitch should be enough that you can still see a couple of threads when the hitch ball is in place and tightened. This ensures that the towing assembly is secure.
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June 25, 2010 June 28, 2010 by Edward Champion
What Characters Read Books on Television?
Reading, Television
The above screenshot is from a Three's Company episode called "The Lifesaver," in which even the dimwitted Chrissy Snow could be seen reading a book. The novel is Concerto of Love (fictional, of course) and Chrissy had only reached Page 4. But it does have me wondering. In 1979, even sitcom characters who were more than a few cards short of a full deck were still committed to reading in some form. Can we say the same thing in 2010? What television reading moments have you seen lately?
UPDATE: Here are some observations from Twitter.
Ron Charles: "Isn't that odd. There are rarely any books in their homes…"
eBookNewser: "There is an episode of the Rockford Files where Jim is reading some kind of detective novel. Tom Select is in the episode."
Mark Athitakis: "Best-read character on a show currently on the air: Brian Griffin" and "'Mad About You' may be the exception that proves the rule."
James Othmer: "Draper: Meditations in an Emergency; other Mad Men selecs: Lady Chatterly, The Best of Everything, The Sound & the Fury."
John Williams: "I imagine Lisa Simpson is pretty well read for her age."
Mike Cane: "Well, duh, CASTLE. But he also writes them."
Colleen Mondor: "Has anyone mentioned Rory on THE GILMORE GIRLS yet? It was a hallmark of her character."
Levi Asher: "hmmm … the youngest kid in "Good Times" was often seen carrying or quoting from a book … Dale Cooper … Lucy Ricardo."
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JON JORDAN June 25, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Bunk on THE WIRE was reading Laura Lippman.
Brian Lindenmuth June 25, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Lost. Sawyer was reading all the time. Here is a list of the books read/mentioned on the show.
http://lost.wikia.com/wiki/Literature
There were some other Wire reading moments. Wasn't one of Omar's boyfriends reading Drama City?
Keith Morgan June 26, 2010 at 5:44 pm
There is much reading on the hilarious UK series Black Books. Black owns a bookstore and he would much prefer that the customers piss off and leave him alone to read (and drink) in peace. He is reluctant to even sell his books.
Ah, one more – Mad Men – books actually play a role in a number of episodes – titles include Lady Chatterley's Lover, Rona Jaffe's The Best of Everything and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
Rake June 27, 2010 at 6:08 pm
See The John Larroquette Show:
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_film_tv.html
JL is a (rare) book collector in Real Life, I believe.

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Electric cars – South Africa's shocking truth
Bymike	 December 7, 2021
Proponents of a wholesale switch to electric cars haven't considered how this might punish consumers in lower- to middle-income countries (LMIC) where they are mostly out of reach, not to mention left powerless by Eskom-type utilities and a lack of government-provided support infrastructure. John Kane-Berman of the Institute for Race Relations has a pragmatic look at the likely global situation in a few decades, despite the immense hype being generated by a strong segment of car manufacturers and climate change activists. He concludes that tax breaks favour the rich, punishing poorer taxpayers with a highly questionable net carbon emission reduction. In South Africa, Toyota's CEO Andrew Kirby hasn't minced words. Wholly electric cars won't be mainstream here anytime soon. Think about the cost to government in providing infrastructure and load shedding. Think pro-poor government policy. This article was first published on the Daily Friend. – Chris Bateman
Cheap talk about expensive cars
Several weeks ago Tesla Inc, the electric car manufacturer founded and run by Elon Musk, reached a stock market capitalisation of more than a trillion dollars. The share price leapt to put the company at this level on news that Hertz would buy 100 000 of the company's electric cars for its rental fleet.
Nobody, said The Wall Street Journal in an editorial, should begrudge Mr Musk his commercial success. But, the paper asked, with reference to various incentives for the manufacture and purchase of electric cars: "Why does Tesla still need subsidies to make, and consumers to buy, electric cars?" A tax write-off of $7 500 in operation in the United States (US) for some time will now be increased. The Europeans also provide incentives: France, for example, offers private buyers the equivalent of €6 000, and Germany €9 000, while the British subsidy is £3 500.
Tesla is not the only beneficiary of taxpayer largesse. The Journal noted that General Motors had been among the companies "aggressively" seeking to tax other Americans to stimulate its electric vehicle business. That company had now issued a statement applauding Joe Biden's lavish green energy spending plans, which, the company said, would "accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles". General Motors was accordingly one of the companies that signed an accord in Glasgow recently to get rid of cars with internal combustion engines.
Transport sector
According to The Economist, the transport sector accounts for 17% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, most of this coming from motor cars. The Glasgow accord seeks to make all new cars and vans zero-emission by 2040 globally, and by no later than 2035 in leading markets. The United Kingdom signed, but America, China, India, France, Germany, and South Africa did not. Nor did Toyota, Volkswagen, Nissan, or BMW. The countries which signed represent a fifth of the global car market, while the manufacturers which signed produce about 30% of the cars sold worldwide.
One reason why some manufacturers failed to join the accord is that there was no commitment from governments to ensure that the necessary charging and grid infrastructure would be built to keep electric cars on the road, although President Biden's new infrastructure bill includes $7.5 billion for more charging stations.
In South Africa, Toyota is looking to government support for fully electric cars. Andrew Kirby, its president and CEO, recently said that their cost would not be viable for many customers without government support packages of the kind available elsewhere to establish a strong demand. He also said, however, that all-electric vehicles, as opposed to hybrids, were unlikely to be mainstream in this country any time soon. This was because the primary charging location would be in people's homes, which were subject to load-shedding.
Mr Kirby spoke of the support packages available elsewhere. These include not only direct subsidies and tax credits, but plenty of other things, not least the enormous costs to taxpayers of rolling out charging stations and related infrastructure across the country.
These packages amount to subsidies to purchasers of luxury cars financed by taxpayers, among whom would be millions of people in South Africa and elsewhere who cannot afford the cheapest entry-level vehicle, or even a second-hand car. Many of them can barely afford train, bus, or taxi fares, while a stolen bicycle can be an economic disaster.
Net zer0
A recent review of the policy of "net zero" by the British treasury thus stated that "policies to support the adoption of electric vehicles may disproportionately benefit higher-income groups, and the costs of any policies that affect the remaining drivers may fall disproportionately on low-income groups".
Boris Johnson plans to outlaw the manufacture of internal combustion engines, and wants all cars sold in Britain to be electric by 2030. Although the US did not sign the Glasgow accord, Joe Biden has previously decreed that half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 must be electric.
Western leaders aiming to rid their countries of internal combustion engines and replace them with electric cars have embarked upon a formidable undertaking. According to McKinsey, "non-electric" cars constitute 99% of the global fleet. According to The Economist, battery-powered electric vehicles accounted for 5% of total car sales in the first half of this year, and hybrids for another 2%. The magazine said that if global warming was to be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the share of light-duty electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids) would have to grow to 75% by 2030.
Taxpayers will have to fork out vast amounts for charging stations. The manufacture of batteries will require enormous investments in mining and manufacture. Storage technology will have to grow by leaps and bounds. Economies of scale may in due course reduce the price of electric cars, but until that happens taxpayers will have to bear the cost of subsidising the changeover from one kind of vehicle to another.
And then there is the question of electricity. Internal combustion engines rely on fossil fuels. Now these will have to be replaced by electricity for hundreds of millions of electric car owners to charge their batteries at home and at work. A recent British parliamentary report warned that the national grid may not be able to cope with the wholesale switch to electric cars, raising the possibility that charging hours may need to be regulated. Since coal is supposedly on the way out, while green lobbies are hostile to oil, gas, and nuclear, the Western world's cars will have to rely on electricity generated by wind turbines and solar panels, themselves of course also subsidised and able to supply electricity only intermittently.
Unfairly subsidised
In South Africa, even if they are unfairly subsidised, the electric cars about which Cyril Ramaphosa enthuses will be sensible purchases only for people able to generate all their own electricity to charge their car batteries. Other owners of electric cars would be surrendering their motoring freedom – to get in their cars and drive when and where they choose – to years of load-shedding by Eskom, which would be a crazy thing to do.
Globally, the whole electric car story is bizarre. Taxes are redistributed to the upper middle class. Inequality in motor car ownership is enhanced. Motoring freedom is diminished.
And the goal of "net zero" will remain elusive. Instead of burning petrol or diesel in their engines, motorists will be compelled to use electricity to drive their vehicles. If not directly generated using fossil fuels, this electricity will have been manufactured by solar panels and wind turbines produced and transported across the oceans using machinery and engines driven by fossil fuels. The batteries used to store electricity will themselves have been manufactured and transported by processes using fossil fuels. The pollution generated by internal combustion engines would simply have been exported by owners of expensive eco-cars to poor countries.
Air in cities will be cleaner. But at the end of the day it is still unclear how much less carbon intensive – if at all – the entire global process will turn out to be than simply continuing to put fossil fuels straight into motor engines.
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The recent looting and civil unrest in parts of South Africa has raised a number of concerns. Listen in on this excerpt from a BizNews webinar, featuring Brenthurst Wealth Management's Magnus Heystek and Claude Baissac of Eunomix. Together with Alec Hogg, the group concentrate on what to do with your money – and where to…
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Regulation 28: South African savers are being shafted – Magnus Heystek
Bymike	 November 25, 2021
The hard-hitting Magnus Heystek pulled no punches on his return from Mauritius, where he says economic growth is booming led by a surge in infrastructure and development. South Africa's economy paints a different picture, one that's been at a standstill for the better part of a decade. As a result of amendments to Regulation 28…
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Best of 2021: South Africans have a constitutional right to take Ivermectin to treat Covid-19, says FMF health expert
Bymike	 January 4, 2022
The article was published on 19 January 2021 Ivermectin, an FDA-approved anti-parasitic agent, has been found, in the laboratory, to inhibit the replication of the virus that causes Covid-19. In South Africa, it is not registered for human use and there are reports of people resorting to the veterinary version. A black market has developed.…
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South Africans are losing their citizenship – and don't even know it. DA fights little-known rule
Bymike	 May 31, 2021
Many South Africans who move elsewhere to work lose their South African citizenship without even knowing it. This is because there is an obscure law that requires you to report in to the Department of Home Affairs very early in the process of obtaining another passport. Dr Rory Jubber, leader of the Democratic Alliance Abroad,…
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How vulnerable is South Africa to cyber attacks?
Bymike	 September 3, 2021
In July, state-owned ports company Transnet fell victim to hackers. The cyber attack essentially paralysed the SOE, with the ports operator having to declare a force majeure. Container terminals and cargo control had to be switched over to manual processing, creating obvious delays. The company, according to Bloomberg, had been targeted with "a strain of…
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South Africa's UK red list status – Lord Peter Hain pleads directly with Boris for removal
South Africa was placed on the UK's red list in December – a status which has been severely destructive to the South African economy. South Africa's UK red list placement requires tourists from the UK to quarantine for ten days at their own expense in government-selected hotels when they return. The exorbitant costs related to…
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Opinion: Demon Slayer movie proves movie theaters aren't going away
Tony Ramos, Staff Reporter|May 13, 2021
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Much like many others, I've been stuck with watching all my movies at home. The coronavirus pandemic paved the way for online streaming services, which have become the new normal when distributing and screening new releases.
Movies would make millions in box office sales on opening weekends, and theaters were unrivaled. That is until the pandemic swept through the United States and forced governments to shut down businesses and implement social distancing guidelines.
Regal Cinemas chose to close down all 536 of their U.S. theaters in October of 2020, and AMC announced that they were on the verge of running out of money as a company. Recently the ArcLight Cinemas in Los Angeles announced their permanent closure which was taken as a blow to the film community and the Cinerama Dome, considered a landmark in Los Angeles.
Many productions were forced to push back their big blockbuster films scheduled to be released in 2020 to make money spent making the films. This prompted a complete meltdown in the world of Cinema as many studios were potentially thinking about shifting over to the premium video on demand (PVOD) and avoid theater releases altogether.
California has now opened up a lot more since the beginning of the pandemic and has allowed people to attend movie theaters with COVID-19 guidelines. Movie theaters are still struggling to have as many people through the door as more and more films have started to release in theaters rather than streaming service and PVOD, premium videos on demand.
A few weeks ago, I watched "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train" the movie was expected to come out in 2020, but rather than taking the normal approach of 2020 and going straight to streaming, it kept its premiere exclusively for theatres. Its highly anticipated release as well as the low supply of screenings in the United States helped position the movie to be one of the best selling films upon its wide release.
Before its North American release, "Demon Slayer: had only played once in Florida in order to qualify for a nomination to the Academy Awards. Before that, it was only screening in Asian countries that left fans only able to wait and read the overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics worldwide
"Demon Slayer" opened to $21 million in North America, by far the biggest domestic debut of all time for a foreign-language film. In 2020 it earned the top spot of the top-grossing film of all time in Japan and has since gone to make close to $400 million dollars in ticket sales alone.
Needless to say, this movie had a high demand of people wanting to see this movie. This was so apparent that I took an extra safety precaution and rented out an entire theater to watch the movie privately at the Mary Pickford in Cathedral City.
For just about $370 between 20 of my closest friends and family, we were able to get a private showing of the movie as well as concessions included. When everything was said and done, we each paid about $18 to watch the most anticipated movie of the year as well as peace of mind.
We felt safe, and the experience made me realize why movie theaters are still so important. We have been waiting for this movie for almost a year after it was supposed to be released, and the anticipation and excitement were felt throughout the room. What would normally bother people in a normal screening was welcomed in ours. People were making jokes from across the theater. It almost encouraged us to look at each other and freak out about what we had just seen when something exciting would happen.
The only way I can equate this is being with the crowd on the opening night of a Star Wars film but even better. This experience made me realize the importance of Cinemas in the experience it provides. It's a sense of community that cannot be replicated despite the convenience of streaming services and video-on-demand.
The movie theater experience is no longer an experience to be afraid of. Many theaters want patrons back and have been doing their best to feel comfortable within the isolated walls of their screening rooms. For example, many theaters have Adopted the CinemaSafe program which is the set of guidelines for movie theaters to operate under the CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19. All movie theaters in the Coachella Valley are part of the cinema safe program that instruct theaters to reduce the capacity for theaters, disinfect between screenings, and retrofit their buildings to have sanitation stations for patrons.
The movie theater industry has gone through turbulent changes in the past century, and this is like no other. I don't see movie theaters going anywhere anytime soon, but I think they will be looked at differently, especially after this past year.
Whether that be in The form of more direct streaming films or an emphasis on the movie theater experience right, the show is definitely far from over.
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DIR: Noah Baumbach • WRI: Noah Baumbach, Jennifer Jason Leigh • PRO: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Rudin • DOP: Harris Savides • ED: Tim Streeto • DES: Ford Wheeler • CAST: Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Messina, Brie Larson, Juno Temple
After the incisive The Squid and the Whale and the less warmly received but equally brilliant Margot at the Wedding, it seemed that Noah Baumbach was on something of a roll this past decade. Unfortunately Greenberg grinds him to a complete halt – it's a film as low-key and lifeless as its central character – a failed musician and middle-aged slacker, recently discharged from a psychiatric ward, whose sole purpose in life now is to do nothing – hardly the stuff of cinematic gold.
Roger Greenberg, played by an almost inanimate Ben Stiller, is house-sitting for his brother for six weeks in LA, spending his days building a house for their dog and writing letters of complaint to big corporations. During this time he catches up with old friends and also meets his brother's eager personal assistant – a young woman named Florence, played by fresh-faced Greta Gerwig in a wonderfully natural turn. She counters all of Greenberg's jaded cynicism with ditzy charm and a slight lack of self-esteem evidenced by how easily she falls for him. Why a young woman as attractive and seemingly intelligent as Florence would be drawn to this loser is a mystery never questioned in the film – the audience is expected to watch this queasy sort of reluctant romance unfold, very slowly and without much consequence.
The film's story was devised by Baumbach and his wife, Jennifer Jason Leigh, who also plays a brief role as Greenberg's ex-girlfriend in the film. Unfortunately, there's not much to it – nothing to really to drive the film forward – neither the inexplicable central relationship nor the irrelevant illness of Greenberg's brother's dog. Perhaps this is intentional, to underline Greenberg's inertia; the majority of the shots in the film are static and observational – but without much action to observe it starts to feel very lethargic.
There are some highlights. In a droll exchange with his former bandmate Ivan Schrank, played by Rhys Ifans, Schrank recalls the old adage 'Youth is wasted on the young', to which Greenberg replies, 'I'd go further, I'd go life is wasted on…people' – one of the few really funny lines in the film, basically summing up the message of the movie. When Greenberg's niece returns home and throws a house party, it lands Greenberg in a room full of 20-something scenesters – he clashes with the modern generation of youth, cementing his belief that he's completely out of touch with the world.
Ultimately this is a film about the disappointments in life, the regrets this rather reprehensible character has. There's not much offered in terms of a resolution, or even a series of events leading up to one. Full of bitter exchanges and misunderstandings, it ultimately feels like a waste of time – Gerwig's performance being one of the few bright spots. Perhaps it's a cautionary tale to anyone whose life is lacking in direction, but hardly a satisfying way to kill two hours in the cinema.
Eoghan McQuinn
Rated 16 (see IFCO website for details)
Greenberg is released on 11th June 2010
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About five years ago, Steve Young, a reporter who in 2011 received Harvard's Nieman Foundation Taylor Family award for a series the Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD, called "Growing up Indian," described to me a moment that influenced tremendously his development as a journalist. Why? Steve empathized with an individual whose culture he was only beginning to understand and took a giant leap in the evolution of his personal humanity. Here's an excerpt from what Steve said: I did this series on Indian education, and it was well received, and I think Dick Thien [then publisher of the Argus Leader] told me after that series ran in 83 or 84 that he wanted me to go out and do another one. And at the time there were a number of things that he was interested in and that I was interested in. The Bill Bradley Bill was going on. He said, "Why don't you go out and interview people at all the reservations and see how they feel about the Black Hills/do they want the money back? Do they want the land back? What do they want. Let's do a big series on that. Again, because of some of the doors that Tim [Giago] had opened for me, I'd gotten to the point where I felt fairly comfortable out on the reservations with the people I'd met; so I did a big series on the Black Hills claims issue. You know, I remember Tim introduced me to a gentleman named Pete Swift Bird, and Pete was a heyoka, and it means clown, I think, in Lakota. And the heyoka was supposed to kind of be a buffer or an intermediary between the spirits and the people, you know. If there was a big thunder storm coming, lots of lightning, then he went out to try to make the thunder gods laugh so they would quit that—or the wind or the rain or things like that. Tim told me I should go down and interview this guy—and told me he was a heyoka—and so I contacted him and asked him if I could stop by, and he said yes. When I got there, Pete had a friend from Chicago, an African American man that was visiting him, and they were just getting ready to sweat. And he said, 'You know before we do this interview, we're getting ready to sweat, we're going to say some prayers, we'd like you to pray with us.'" So we're sitting in Tim Swift Bird's basement or living room, and he turns to me, and he says, "Why don't you start?" And you know, I'm a raised Methodist, I'm converted to Catholicism. I've been married about 4 years, 5 years, at this point, and to be honest, I wasn't entirely sure what he wanted me to [do]. He's a Native American, he's Lakota culture, he's a very spiritual man. I'm a Catholic kid, who was at that time about 25-26 years old, and I sat there in silence for a long time.
He turned to his friend and said, "Well, why don't you go ahead and pray?" And the guy from Chicago said some prayers, and Pete said some prayers, and they turned to me, and, you know, I kind of bowed my head and folded my hands, and I asked that God bless this conversation and open our hearts to hearing each other, and something along those lines. You know, Pete nodded his head and said, "You know, that's good, that's very good." And then we talked about the Black Hills claims, and to be honest I don't remember at this point in time whether he thought they should get the land back or they should take the money. The experience really kind of cemented in me this idea that when we go into all these different cultures, whether it's the Hutterite culture or the Native American culture or the African American culture, whatever it is. On the reservations, in the tribal communities, we're really walking into their land, and we shouldn't expect them to adhere to our way of doing things. We should be willing to participate in their culture, and be observant and be respectful. And not just come in as the hard-core journalist—"I'm asking the questions, you answer type of thing." And really respect the environment you're in. That was probably one of the most impactful moments in my early journalism career—was praying in his living room.


Yes, you've been doing it all your life—or having someone do it for you—but there's a right way and a wrong way to cut your nails.
When you go to a nail salon, do they cut or push back your cuticles? While many professional nail groomers do this, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, it's one of the biggest no-no's in nail care. Trimming cuticles can make it easier for bad bacteria to work its way into the nail root, and that could lead to an infection. And that's not the only mistake people make when trimming their nails.
Another simple error people make all the time is not taking the time to clean their nail care supplies. The AAD advises that the tools you use on your nails should be sterilized monthly with a mixture of water and rubbing alcohol.
When filing your nails, make sure you file in one direction only—don't go back-and-forth. This makes the ends of your nails even and smooth. This seems like a small, nitpicky detail, but it actually affects the strength of your nails. When you're all finished, moisturize your hands and nails to keep them strong.
Next, learn about the "healthy" hygiene habits that are actually bad for you.


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Churches and Government likely to…
Churches and Government likely to abuse trust?
President Jacob Zuma kneels as a pastor prays for him. Reuters/Rogan Ward
The Global Values Survey shows that religious organisations remain among the most trusted institutions in South African society. They enjoy higher levels of public trust than either the state or the private sector. Dion Forster* contends: This trust should not be abused or manipulated.
This is a challenge in most societies in the world. South Africa's particular circumstances are complicated by a difficult historical relationship between the church and the state.
The state has often abused the church to garner votes and misinform, or to silence, its population. The church, on the other hand, has at times given moral and religious sanction that allowed the state to perpetrate significant injustices.
The issue of church and state relationships remains important for a number of reasons. First, South Africa is a deeply religious society. About 85% of its citizens are Christian, while a further 3% belong to other faiths.
Second, it has a clear precedent where an inappropriate relationship between the church and the state led to wide scale human-rights abuses in the country's apartheid past.
There appears to be a reemergence of the abuse of the trust that South Africans place in religions. This is a dangerous situation. An example is the governing ANC's courting of the largest mainline denomination – the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.
When it does not find favour there, it reaches out to independent churches, which are the fastest growing religious groupings in the country.
The church and apartheid
The rise of apartheid politics in South Africa was inextricably linked to apartheid theology. It was the heretical theological views about how society should be structured, and whom God favoured, that gave the moral and religious sanction for a so-called "Christian" nation to perpetrate unimaginable human rights abuses.
At the turn of the 1900s the fledgling `Afrikaners´ [Boer] nation (Volk) developed a theology in which they viewed themselves as chosen by God for a particular task.
When the National Party came to power in 1948 they had the firm backing of the white Afrikaans-speaking churches. The churches – on the Nationalists' behalf – used the bible and covenantal theology to construct a view that white Afrikaners had special rights at the expense of black South Africans, who according to the policy of apartheid, had none. Particular moral and religious values practised in the church and the home, became the laws of the nation.
Given the close relationship between the church and state, the moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church was jokingly referred to as the "second most powerful man in the country", while the Dutch Reformed Church was referred to as the "National Party at prayer".
This dangerous relationship detracted from the role of the state to protect the rights of all of its citizens, regardless of their faith. It also eroded the ministry of the church, which should hold the state accountable for its service to the people. The church also needs to be free to exercise its religious and moral mandate without political interference.
These religious and moral convictions separated people according to race and privileged a minority at the expense of the majority. We are still facing the consequences of those actions and choices.
Abusing public trust in religious institutions
Many gave a sigh of relief when the state and the church were disentangled at the end of the apartheid era. Sadly, that form of separation was short lived. Once again a governing party, in this ANC, is crossing that line.
Recently, Reverend Vukile Mehana, the ANC's former chaplain-general, defended President Jacob Zuma's claim that people who voted for the ANC would go to heaven, while those who voted for other parties would go to hell.
Just before the 2014 elections Mehana, who is a very senior Methodist minister, encouraged pastors in Cape Town to solicit votes for the ANC, saying:
You cannot have church leaders that speak as if they are in opposition to government … God will liberate the people through this (ANC) government.
He would have done well to heed former Methodist Bishop, Peter Storey's warning that:
the years since 1994 have surely persuaded us that democracy is not to be equated with the arrival of the reign of God.
So, how did this happen again? Of course there are many complex reasons that lead political parties to want the trust, and moral sanction, of large constituencies such as churches.
On the other hand, there are many church ministers and members who seek the power and opportunity that comes from being connected with political parties and party officials.
Mandela, the Methodists and unintended consequences
My 2014 research, showed that the path for the current abuses of church and state relationships came from former President Nelson Mandela's relationship with his church.
It was not Mandela's intention to co-opt the church, or abuse the trust that society places in religious institutions. But in a period in South African history when the narratives of reconciliation, forgiveness, hope and reconstruction were so central, he found a natural partner in the church for the project of rebuilding South Africa. He said:
Religious communities have a vital role to play in this regard [nation building]. Just as you took leading roles in the struggle against apartheid, so too you should be at the forefront of helping to deliver a better life to all our people. Among other things you are well placed to assist in building capacity within communities for effective delivery of a better life.
Mandela worked with faith leaders and church communities, and because he was viewed as a "good person" and a trusted leader, he won their confidence. Senior church leaders, such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, worked alongside President Mandela in nation building initiatives.
The state also became accustomed to working with faith-based organisations, which in many poor and rural communities are important, and necessary, sources of support, development aid, and social identity.
But, as successive political leaders, and their political parties, came to power, their intentions seemed less honourable. Many outspoken activists and church-leaders had been co-opted into senior government and party-political posts. And formerly trusted allies, such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, started facing a backlash whenever they challenged political corruption or ineptitude.
And so, South Africa once again finds itself in a precarious position where a powerful and important social institution is being co-opted by political power. Political leaders are losing their religious and moral impartiality to serve the interests of particular churches and denominations at the expense of others. Political independence and religious freedom are once again under threat.
Of course there are many honourable religious politicians, independent and prophetic religious leaders. But, South Africans would be wise to heed the caution of motivational speaker Rob Bell:
A Christian should get very nervous when the flag and the Bible start holding hands. This is not a romance we want to encourage.
*Dion Forster, Head of Department, Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Public Theology, Director of the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, Stellenbosch University.
Source: THE CONVERSATION 16.10.2016 [edited for this publication by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken].
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The Journey and the Labyrinth is a live music album performed by Sting and Edin Karamazov. It was released in 2007 by Deutsche Grammophon.

Background
The record consists of an audio CD recorded at St. Luke's church, London, as well as a DVD documentary, which includes rehearsal footage and live performance from St. Luke's.

Sting and Karamazov also collaborated on the 2006 studio album Songs from the Labyrinth. The latter record features similar material, mainly compositions by John Dowland. However, unlike the live album, the studio album does not include any twentieth-century compositions.

Track listing

DVD
 "Come Again"
 "Project Origin"
 "Can She Excuse My Wrongs"
 "The Lute and the Labyrinth"
 "The Lowest Trees Have Tops"
 "Flow My Tears"
 "Dowland's Exile"
 "Clear and Cloudy"
 "Political Intrigue"
 "Have You Seen the Bright Lily Grow"
 "Weep You No More, Sad Fountains"
 "Le Rossignol"
 "Religion"
 "Sting and the Lute"
 "Come, Heavy Sleep"
 "In Darkness Let Me Dwell"
 "Choir Rehearsal"
 "Fine Knacks for Ladies"
 "Can She Excuse My Wrongs"

CD
 "Flow My Tears (Lachrimae)" – 4.41
 "The Lowest Trees Have Tops" – 2.25
 "Fantasy" – 2.46
 "Come Again" – 2.53
 "Have You Seen the Bright Lily Grow" (lyrics by Ben Johnson) – 2.38
 "In Darkness Let Me Dwell" – 4.05
 "Hellhound on My Trail" (Robert Johnson) – 3.15
 "Message in a Bottle" – 5.58

References

Sting (musician) live albums
2007 live albums
2007 video albums
Deutsche Grammophon albums
Live video albums
Sting (musician) video albums

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Psychic Vision On: What Has The Future Prepared for Testers?
It is in fact amazing how some of the craziest predictions from books and/or movies are entering our lives. Robots, space crafts, Wi-Fi. Can you even imagine people believing in tech like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while reading about it (well, not quite it, but something similar) in books published in the forties? And nowadays tech predictions are even wilder. But we'll get to that later.
How come writers are guessing what will come next? They look at trends. Trends do serve as messages on what to prepare to. Like now testers need to do more coding, that is a trend. Where will it lead? That is not too hard to follow. The same with further future. Imagine what you think would be cool for people to do. If enough men will support your idea mankind will be moving towards that direction. The same as the auto-pilot car from the Total Recall movie. We all remember it and now we have Google's smart car. Nice, right?
But what does it give us, the tester community? More responsibility, that's what. The new tech will get more advanced and human-involved. Software will require the best of quality because the lives of users will rely on it. What may go wrong if testing of a mobile applications goes wrong? Some users will be frustrated. And if the software of a machine operated car glitches actual people may get hurt. Lots of them.
Analyze as much as you can. Mostly psychic vision is nothing more than mere analysis of trends, a bit of intuition as well as luck. Read more things that are related to your work and the circle of interest. If you are testing mobile applications then stay in the flow of events. Be interested in new methodologies. Gather as much as you can all together. Go through them, find the most promising and follow your instinct. Be the next Jules Verne.


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Raúl Castro Discusses Cuba-U.S. Relations in Report to Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba
The major event of the first day (April 16) of the four-day Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba was the two-hour, live televised address by Raúl Castro, the First Secretary of its Central Committee (and also President and General of the Army).[1] Most of this address concerned the country's internal socio-economic and other issues, which will be covered in a subsequent post, while a prior post provided an overview of the Congress. This post will focus on his discussion of Cuba-U.S. relations. Here is what he had to say on that subject near the end of the speech along with this blogger's reactions.
Castro's Remarks
"Fifteen months have transpired since we announced, simultaneously with President Barack Obama, the decision to reestablish diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States, on the basis of sovereign equality, non-interference in domestic affairs, and absolute respect for our independence. Hours before this speech, Fidel's promise to the Cuban people was kept, with the completion of the return to the homeland of the Cuban Five."
"We have reached this point thanks to the heroic resistance and sacrifice of the Cuban people, and their loyalty to the Revolution's ideals and principles, supported by decisive international solidarity, made clear in multiple events and international organizations, in particular the overwhelming votes in the United Nations General Assembly against the blockade."
"The political map of Our America had changed, given the advance of political forces on the left and popular movements, which contributed to progress in regional integration, symbolized by the constituting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in December of 2011."
"All of this placed the [U.S.] in an untenable situation of isolation within the hemisphere, and put the so-called inter-American system in crisis, as was made evident by the demand to end the blockade and opposition to the exclusion of Cuba from the 6th Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, in 2012."
"On the other hand, changes have been occurring in U.S. society, and in the Cuban émigré community, in favor of the modification of the [U.S.'] policy toward Cuba."
"In April of last year, we attended the 7th Summit of the Americas in Panama, with our heads held high. . . ."
"Throughout the period . . . since December of 2014, concrete results have been achieved in the dialogue and in cooperation between Cuba and the [U.S.] Nevertheless, the economic, commercial and financial blockade, imposed more than half a century ago, remains in force, with unquestionably intimidating, extraterritorial effects, although we recognize the position taken by President Obama and high-ranking administration officials against the blockade, and their repeated appeals to Congress in the interest of eliminating it."
"The measures announced prior to [President Obama's] visit to Havana, to introduce some modifications in the blockade's implementation, on the basis of his executive powers, are positive but insufficient."
"As we expressed in the meeting between the two Presidents with the press, to advance toward normalization of relations, it is imperative to eliminate the blockade, which causes our population hardship and constitutes the principal obstacle to economic development of the country; and return the territory illegally occupied by the Guantánamo Naval Base against the will of the Cuban government and people."
"Likewise, [U.S.] programs directed toward changing the political, economic and social system, which we have chosen sovereignly, must be ended, along with other damaging policies still in effect."
U.S. immigration "policy continues to be used as a weapon against the Revolution. The Cuban Adjustment Law, the "wet foot-dry foot" policy, and the Parole program for Cuban medical professionals remain in effect, to encourage illegal and unsafe emigration, and seeking to deprive us of qualified personnel."[2]
"These practices do not reflect the stated change of policy toward Cuba, and generate difficulties for third countries."
"There are more than a few U.S. government officials who upon recognizing the failure of their policy toward Cuba, make no attempt to disguise their affirmations that the goals remain the same, only the means are being modified."
"We are willing to carry out a respectful dialogue and construct a new type of relationship with the [U.S.], one which has never existed between the two countries, because we are convinced that this alone could produce mutual benefits."
"However, it is imperative to reiterate that no one should assume that to achieve this Cuba must renounce the Revolution's principles, or make concessions to the detriment of its sovereignty and independence, or forego the defense of its ideals or the exercise of its foreign policy – committed to just causes, the defense of self-determination, and our traditional support to sister countries."
"As the Constitution of the Republic stipulates, 'Economic, diplomatic or political relations with any other state can never be negotiated under aggression, threats, or coercion by a foreign power.'"
"The road to normalization of bilateral ties is long and complex, and we will advance to the extent we are capable of putting into practice the art of civilized coexistence, or in other words, accept and respect our differences which are, and will be, profound; not making them the center of our relations, but rather concentrating on what brings us closer and not what separates us, promoting what is beneficial to both countries."
"Relations with the [U.S.] have historically represented a challenge for Cuba, given their permanent pretension of exercising domination over our nation, and the determination of Cubans to be free and independent, regardless of the dangers to be faced, or the price we would have to pay."
"The people's unity with the Party, its profound patriotism and political culture, which have allowed us to confront the policy of aggression and hostility, will serve as a shield to defeat any attempt to undermine the revolutionary spirit of Cubans. This will be a challenge, especially for the youngest, who the Party recognizes as the continuators of the Revolution's work and of the patriotic convictions of their grandparents and parents."
Castro then launched into a defense of its Latin American allies against an unnamed foe (the U.S.):
"Latin America and the Caribbean find themselves experiencing the effects of a strong, articulated counteroffensive, on the part of imperialism and oligarchies, against revolutionary and progressive governments, in a difficult context marked by the deceleration of the economy, which has negatively impacted the continuity of policies directed toward development and social inclusion, and the conquests won by popular sectors."
"This reactionary attack uses methods and technologies specific to the new doctrine of unconventional war, especially in the area of communications and culture, without ruling out attempts at destabilization and coups."
"This policy is principally directed toward the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and has been intensified in recent months in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Brazil, as well as Nicaragua and El Salvador."
"Recent setbacks for governments of the left in the hemisphere are being used to announce the end of a progressive historical cycle, opening the way for the return of neoliberalism and demoralization of political forces and parties, social movements and working classes, which we must confront with more unity and increased articulation of revolutionary action."
"We hold the firm conviction that the Venezuelan people will defend the legacy of our beloved compañero Hugo Chávez Frías, and prevent the dismantling of the accomplishments achieved. To the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution, to President Maduro and his government, and to the civic-military union of the Venezuelan people, we reiterate our solidarity, our commitment, and energetic rejection of efforts to isolate Venezuela while dialoging with Cuba."
"We demand that the sovereignty and independence of states be respected, and that interference in domestic affairs cease. At the same time, we reaffirm our firm support to all revolutionary and progressive governments, headed by prestigious leaders, whose economic and social policies have led to justice, dignity, sovereignty, and tangible benefits for the great majority, in the world's most unequal region."
"Also being renewed are efforts by the [U.S.] and their allies to undermine unity and the process of regional integration, frustrate the advance of CELAC, ALBA, UNASUR, and others, through a supposed reform of the inter-American system, in particular the OAS, attempting to promote the leading role of other schemes more compatible with their hegemonic interests."
"We will never forget that the OAS – the Organization of American States – founded by the [U.S.]during the second half of the past century, at the beginning of the Cold War, has only served interests which contradict those of Our America. This organization, rightly described as the "Ministry of colonies" of the [U.S.] by the Foreign Minister of Dignity, compañero Raúl Roa García, was the one that sanctioned Cuba, and was ready to offer support and recognition to a puppet government, if the mercenary invasion at Playa Girón [Bay of Pigs] had been successful. The list of actions it took against the nascent Cuban Revolution, and other revolutionary and progressive governments, is interminable."
Cuba's diatribe against the U.S. was broadened to include the rest of the world with this statement by Castro: "Increasingly more serious are threats to international peace and security, as a result of U.S. imperialism's attempts to impose its hegemonic position in the face of changes in the world's equilibrium, and of the philosophy of usurpation and control of strategic natural resources, made evident by the increasingly offensive and aggressive military doctrine of NATO; the proliferation of non-conventional wars under the pretext of fighting "international terrorism;" the sharpening of differences with Russia and China; and the danger of a war in the Middle East of incalculable dimensions."
Earlier in the address, Castro sought to rebut U.S. complaints about Cuban human rights with these words: Cuba is a party to 44 international treaties on human rights while the U.S. is only party to 18.[3] Moreover, "equal pay for equal work, whether for a man or woman, is a human right [in Cuba]. In other countries, including the [U.S., it is not, women earn less and thus dozens of supposed human rights can be cited. Free medical care in Cuba is a human right. In many other countries, this is not a human right, it is a business. In our country, education is free, in how many countries of the world is education free? It's a business, too. That is, we will discuss this issue of human rights with anyone and anywhere whatsoever, and we will recognize those who are in the right."
Raúl then made a joke about political rights. "When they say to me that in Cuba there is only one party. And I answer them, 'Yes, like you, you have a single party,' and the North Americans answer me: "No, we have two." And as if I did not know, they tell me their names, 'Democratic and Republican.' 'Correct, that's right, it's the same as if we were to have two parties in Cuba, Fidel would head one and I the other.'"
Given the prior public positions of the Cuban government, Castro did not say anything new on the subject of Cuba-U.S. relations. As expressed in many earlier posts, I agree that the U.S. should end its embargo of Cuba, its special immigration policies regarding Cubans and its covert or "discreet" programs purportedly promoting democracy in Cuba.
I also recognize that Cuba repeatedly has alleged that the U.S. occupation of Guantanamo Bay is illegal, but saying so does not make it so, and this blog has suggested that the dispute on this issue is unlikely to be resolved in discussions and negotiations, but instead should be submitted for resolution to an independent court like the International Court of Arbitration at the Hague along with any damage claims asserted by Cuba with respect to the embargo.
Another point of disagreement with Castro is his assertion that the U.S. goal of Cuban regime change is the same, but that the means have changed. Yes, the U.S. vigorously advocates for the right of Cubans to elect their leaders by popular vote, for the right of Cubans to protest and demonstrate against the government and to express their opinions without arrest and arbitrary detention and for the empowerment of Cubans to engage in self-employment and business. If they had such rights, that might lead to changes in the Cuban economy and government, but those changes would be chosen by the Cuban people, not imposed upon them by the U.S.
[1] Congress documents will be submitted to a broad discussion, Granma (April 16, 2016); 7th Party Congress underway, Granma (April 16, 2016); Raúl Castro, Central Report to 7th Congress of Communist Party of Cuba, Granma (April 16, 2016) (text in original Spanish); Raúl Castro, Central Report to 7th Congress of Communist Party of Cuba, Granma (April 17, 2016) (text in English translation); Burnett, Raúl Castro Urges Cubans to Remain Alert to U.S. Efforts to Alter Communist System, N.Y. Times (April 16, 2016); Reuters, Castro Hardens Rhetoric, Warns Cubans to Be Alert to U.S. Intentions, N.Y. Times (April 16, 2016); Assoc. Press, Raul Castro Presents Grim Picture of Cuban Reforms, N.Y. Times (April 16, 2016); Torres, Raúl Castro proposes age limits on key jobs in CCP, Miami Herald (April 16, 2016);Raúl Castro derides US democracy in speech to Cuban Communist Party, Guardian (April 16, 2016); Editorial, Rhetoric and reality in Cuba, El Pais (April 17, 2016).
[2] Earlier in the speech Castro said, "Illegal and disorderly emigration of youth and specialists from various sectors is encouraged under the Cuban Adjustment Act, the "wet foot-dry foot" policy and the Parole Program, that is, permission to reside in the United States, granted with absolute speed, for our doctors, who provide services abroad."
[3] Castro did not list the human rights treaties in question, and this blogger has not attempted to verify the assertion that Cuba was a party to 44 such treaties. Prior posts have pointed out that the U.S. is a party to 16 major such treaties while signing, but not ratifying 9 others and not signing and ratifying 7 others: Multilateral Human Rights Treaties Ratified by the U.S. (Feb. 9, 2013); Multilateral Treaties Signed, But Not Ratified by the U.S. (Feb. 12, 2013); Multilateral Human Rights Treaties That Have Not Been Signed and Ratified by the U.S. (Feb. 16, 2013)
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ALBA Emergency Meeting's Action Regarding President Obama's Executive Order Imposing Sanctions on Seven Venezuelans
As discussed in a prior post, Venezuela has been organizing Latin American opposition to President Obama's March 9th executive order imposing sanctions on seven Venezuelans. The latest venue for such opposition was the March 17th ALBA emergency meeting in Caracas, Venezuela.
This post will discuss that ALBA resolution and Cuban President Rául Castro's passionate speech at the meeting against the U.S. and the executive order. We will conclude with some observations.
ALBA's Resolution Regarding the U.S. Executive Order [1]
After speeches and discussion, ALBA adopted a resolution that:
Demanded "the U.S. government and its president, [to] repeal Executive Order adopted on March 9, 2015, against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which constitutes a threat to their sovereignty and interference in the internal affairs of this sister nation."
Expressed "their strong support for the process of dialogue for the restoration of relations between Cuba and the [U.S.], urging President Obama to adopt with determination the measures within their executive powers to amend the implementation of the economic, commercial and financial [embargo or blockade], and to stop the illegal occupation of the territory occupied by the Guantanamo Naval Base."
Urged "Panama, as host of the VII Summit of the Americas to ensure through a transparent process the widest, legitimate and representative participation in the Forum of Civil Society, popular movements and country NGOs that advocate for nuclear disarmament, environmentalists, against neoliberalism, the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy region, university and secondary students, farmers, unions, indigenous communities, organizations that oppose the contamination of shale, advocates for the rights of immigrants, denouncing torture, extrajudicial killings, police brutality, racist practices, claiming for women equal pay for equal work, which require compensation for damage to the transnational companies."
President Rául Castro's Speech [2]
President Rául Castro
"ALBA brings us together today to reaffirm our firmest support for the Bolivarian people and government in the face of the latest interventionist measures and threats from the U.S. government against Venezuela." (In the photograph to the left Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla is seated behind President Castro at the ALBA meeting.)
"The facts demonstrate that history cannot be ignored. The relations between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean have been marked by the "Monroe Doctrine" and the objective of exercising domination and hegemony over our nations."
"Simon Bolívar had anticipated that the [U.S.] 'seems destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of Liberty,' and [Jose] Martí fell in combat before concluding the letter in which he explained the "duty of preventing the [U.S.] from spreading throughout the Antilles as Cuba gains its independence, and from overpowering with that additional strength our lands of America.'"
"Later came the military interventions, the coup d'états, the maneuvers to overthrow nationalist or progressive governments, the backing of bloody military dictatorships, the undercover operations, the support for terrorism and subversion, as well as the appropriation and plundering of our resources to perpetuate dependence and underdevelopment."
Cuba's "triumphant audacity to carry out a socialist revolution just 90 miles from the [U.S.] has meant immense sacrifices, suffering, loss of life and material deprivation for the Cuban people, subject to . . . every kind of hostility, including the support and organization of armed bands in the mountains from . . . [late]1959, the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 and the formalization of the blockade in 1962, all with the stated intention of defeating the Revolution and changing the political, economic and social order we freely chose and subsequently confirmed in a constitutional referendum."
"The result has been a resounding failure [for the U.S.], the harming of our people and the complete isolation of the [U.S.] . . . , as recently recognized by President Barack Obama on announcing a new policy [on December 17, 2014] and resolving to open another chapter. However, his government spokespeople insist on clarifying that the objectives persist and only the methods change."
"The triumph of the Bolivarian Revolution was an extraordinary milestone in the history of Venezuela and the whole region, which had begun to awaken from the long neoliberal slumber. An era of change commenced in the continent and other nations decided to embark on the path towards full independence and integration and again take up the flags of our national heroes."
"ALBA, UNASUR [and] CELAC were created, which united, in their diversity, previous groupings and initiatives of genuine Latin Americanist and Caribbean calling, founded on principles of solidarity, cooperation, social justice and defense of sovereignty."
"PetroCaribe was an extraordinary, generous and humanistic contribution of President Hugo Chávez Frías. Now [the U.S.] wants to destroy PetroCaribe, to threaten its member states, to submit them to the oil multinationals and separate them from Venezuela. They do not realize that our peoples have decided, irrevocably, to continue our unstoppable advance and fight for a multipolar and just world, where those who were historically excluded have a voice, hope and dignity."
"U.S. imperialism has attempted, without success, practically all possible formulas to destabilize and subvert the Bolivarian Chavista revolution, to recover its control of the largest oil reserves on the planet, and to deliver a blow to the integrationist, emancipation process underway in Our America."
"The arbitrary, aggressive, unjustified executive order issued by the [U.S.] President regarding the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's government, describing it as a threat to its national security, shows that the [U.S.] is able to sacrifice the peace and the direction of hemispheric and regional relations, for reasons of domination and domestic politics."
"The idea is untenable that a country like Venezuela — which has shown so much solidarity, never invaded or harmed any other, and contributes in a significant and altruistic manner to the energy security and economic stability of a considerable number of nations of the continent — could represent a threat to the security of the greatest super-power in history."
"We support the honorable, valiant, constructive position taken by President Nicolás Maduro, who, despite the seriousness of this threat, has extended his hand to the [U.S.] President to initiate a dialogue based on international law and mutual respect, which could lead to the unconditional revocation of President Obama's executive order and the normalization of relations. ALBA and CELAC should join in this proposal."
"Today Venezuela is not alone, nor is our region the one it was 20 years ago. We will not tolerate the violation of sovereignty or allow peace in the region to be broken with impunity."
"Threats to the peace and stability of Venezuela represent threats to regional stability and peace, as well."
"The peace, which Venezuela today demands and which we all need, [is] a "peace with justice, with equality; the peace on our feet, not on our knees; peace with dignity and development," as Maduro said. It is the peace to which we committed ourselves in the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, adopted by the II CELAC Summit in Havana."
Cuba's "position under these circumstances remains unchanged. I reiterate the firm solidarity of the Cuban Revolution with the Bolivarian Revolution, with constitutional President Nicolás Maduro and with the civic-military union which he heads. I reiterate our absolute loyalty to the memory of Comandante Hugo Chávez Frías, the Cuban Revolution's best friend."
"We reaffirm once again, "The Cuban collaborators present in [our] sister country [Venezuela], will continue to fulfill their duties under any circumstances whatsoever, to the benefit of the fraternal, noble, generous people of Venezuela."
"The [U.S.] must understand once and for all that it is impossible to seduce or buy Cuba, or intimidate Venezuela. Our unity is indestructible."
"Nor will we concede one iota in the defense of sovereignty and independence, or tolerate any type of interference or conditions on our internal affairs."
"Nor will we cease to defend just causes in Our America and the world, nor will we ever abandon our brothers in the struggle. We have come to close ranks with Venezuela and ALBA, and reaffirm that principles are not negotiable."
"To defend these convictions, we will attend the 7th Summit of the Americas. We will present our positions with firmness, clarity and respect. We will reject with determination any attempt to isolate or threaten Venezuela, and demand a definitive end to the blockade of Cuba. Cuban civil society will be the voice of those without a voice, and we will expose the mercenaries who will appear there [posing] as Cuba's civil society."
"We must call upon all peoples and governments of Our America to mobilize and remain alert in the defense of Venezuela. Solidarity is the foundation of unity and regional integration."
As mentioned in a prior post, I have not been a close observer of events in Venezuela and U.S. relations with that country and thus have no grounds for siding with Venezuela's version of those events and relations or with the U.S. version. Therefore, I will try to set out these different versions in future posts [3] and invite respectful comments agreeing or disagreeing with these conflicting versions and hopefully containing citations to sources.
As an advocate for U.S.-Cuba reconciliation, I am troubled by the prospect that what I have called the "squabble" over President Obama's March 9th executive order will adversely affect or derail that reconciliation, a concern heightened by the previously mentioned speech by President Castro.
[1] Declaration of the Special Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), Granma (Mar. 17, 2015); Hernández, Cuba and Alba in solidarity with Venezuela, Granma (Mar. 18, 2015).
[2] Rául Castro, We must call upon all the peoples and governments of Our America to mobilize and be alert in defense of Venezuela, Granma (Mar. 18, 2015). The day before this speech the President's brother, Fidel Castro, in a long letter to Venezuelan President Maduro condemned "the outrageous policy of the United States government toward Venezuela and Alba." Fidel concluded by saying, "Whatever U.S. imperialism may do, it will never be able to count on them [the Bolivarian National Armed Forces] to do what they did for so many years. Today Venezuela can count on the best-equipped soldiers and officers in Latin America. When you [Maduro] met with officers recently, it was evident that they were ready to give their last drop of blood for the homeland." (Fidel sends message to President Nicolás Maduro, Granma (Mar. 17, 2015).)
[3] Venezuela's version of events was set forth in this post and in "Venezuela's Open Letter to People of the United States." Both sides' versions were discussed in "U.S. and Cuba Squabble Over U.S. Sanctions Against Certain Venezuelans" (Mar. 16, 2015),
Posted on March 19, 2015 Categories History, Law, Other countries, PoliticsTags Bay of Pigs, Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Free Trade Agreement of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP), CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), civil society, Cuba, executive order, Fidel Castro, Guantanamo Naval Base, Hugo Chávez Frías, Jose Marti, Monroe Doctrine, Nicolas Maduro, Panama, PetroCaribe, President Barack Obama, President Raul Castro, sanctions, Simón Bolívar, Summit of the Americas, U.S. embargo of Cuba, Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), United States of America (USA), Venezuela5 Comments on ALBA Emergency Meeting's Action Regarding President Obama's Executive Order Imposing Sanctions on Seven Venezuelans


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Archaeologists travelling with a documentary crew have discovered a nearly 1,000-year-old hunting artefact, half exposed in a remote patch of ice near Carcross, Yukon, North-West Canada.
Archaeologists discovered stone tools along Route 8 near Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, which date to 12700 years in the past.
Archaeologists discovered a settlement dated back 14000 years on on Triquet Island, British Columbia's Central Coast. The site was known in local native traditions as a place which did not freeze during the last Ice Age.
Researchers explored underwater shipwrecks of four ore carriers sunk off coast of Bell Island, Newfoundland, by German U-boats in 1942.
Scientists examined tartar from 1.2-million-year-old teeth, one of the oldest hominin remains discovered in Europe. Food remains from tartar revealed the palaeodiet of the individual.
The flood in 2013 that occurred in southern Alberta, Canada, caused the local government to conduct a program to preserve artefacts in affected areas. As a result, archaeologists studied sites unearthing items such as tools and bison bones at the banks of the Bow River, East of Calgary.
After six years of work, Norwegian researchers lifted The Maud, the ship of Arctic Explorer Roald Amundsen. The ship trapped in ice in Nunavut, North Canada, since 1930, is now prepared for a trip home to Norway.
Excavations of the remote site of Qaiqsut, north of Baffin Island, in north-eastern Canada's Nunavut region revealed numerous artefacts that belonged to the proto-Inuit Thule culture. The site consists of a a sod house located in Sirmilik National Park at an area that slowly erodes into the Atlantic Ocean.
Canadian archaeologists conducting research in Egypt discovered numerous tattoos on a mummified body of a woman who lived more than 3300 years ago. The tattoos include lotus blossoms on the mummy's hips, a cobra, and cows on her arm.
Excavations at the the Copper Age settlement near the village Pazardzhik, southern Bulgaria, dated back to the circa 4500-4600 BC revealed a golden bead.
Researchers in China found first evidence for the legendary catastrophic Great Flood that occurred on the Yellow River, an event that resulted in emergence of the first ruling Xia dynasty of China.


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Listen to Sweet Spirit's 'Touch' from Hawkeye, Season 1, Episode 3
Austin, Texas-based indie rock band Sweet Spirit's 'Touch' was played on the new superhero series Hawkeye last night — Hawkeye, Season 1, Episode 3, "Echoes".
The catchy track was heard in the scene where it is obvious Maya has some stellar skills. Especially as she can so easily copy other people's movements.
Sweet Spirit's 'Touch' was released as a single in 2018 via Nine Mile Records, and then re-released by the indie band in 2019 on their self-titled four-track EP.
The song arrived with a very cool 'dance' video featuring six former presidents dancing to the banging track — well, six dancers wearing presidential masks à la Pointe Break.
It's no wonder then that the indie band grabbed the attention of the Hawkeye music supervisor, as that video is genius.
The six-episode Hawkeye is based on Marvel Comics characters, and is currently airing on Disney+.
Learn more about the band on their official website and, of course, listen to Sweet Spirit's 'Touch' as heard on last night's Hawkeye in that the song's awesome music video, and on the band's EP.
You can also hear more of Sweet Spirit's songs on the soundtracks of show's like Dickinson, Good Trouble and Catfish: The TV Show.
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Are you Struggling to keep your New Year's resolutions ?
Do you always struggle to keep your New Year's resolutions??
Do you have to drag yourself to work every Monday?
Do you not feel any enthusiasm and zeal towards life?
If "YES" than you MUST… MUST… MUST… answer these 3 Questions and believe me, you won't remain the same... If you want to be happy but not sure… how? These 3 questions will clarify your mind .
1. What do you want to experience?
2. How do you want to grow?
3. How do you want to contribute?
Vishen Lakhiani, the founder of MindValley, did an awesome job by introducing these life changing questions. These 3 Questions will make you wonder how you can move forward and work towards a brighter future.
Making list of experiences you want in life will clarify what you want to achieve. It can be experiencing best vacation or experiencing best relationship. When you know exactly what you want its first step in right direction. This exercise helped me manifest my subconscious thoughts making it real and doable.
Growth is in-evitable "We are more fulfilled when we grow ". So plan your growth. It can be growing spiritually or emotionally or physically.
Giving creates an inner joy and peace, which cannot be described in words. Giving can be in the form of money, time or knowledge.
My personal favorite part of the whole video is how the questions require the viewer to reflect and imagine how they can inspire themselves to be their very best. When you have answered these questions, you have set goals for life.
You know what experiences you want, how you wish to grow and how you can contribute. Everyday you wake up with new passion and zeal . I have tried it and it had always given me huge motivation.
I urge you to try it and let me know how it worked for you.


Assortment of estoppel letter template that will perfectly match your needs. When composing a formal or service letter, presentation style and format is vital making a good initial impression. These themes supply excellent instances of how you can structure such a letter, as well as include example web content to act as an overview of layout.
Do you obtain rigid and also annoyingly official in your composed closing statements, or do you like to maintain them super light-hearted to the factor where it s almost funny? There has to be a best method to end up strong, specifically when it comes to signing off a cover letter.
Luckily, there has been some current analysis on the art of the created closing declaration. In a new research, email software application firm Boomerang looked at sign-offs from even more than 350,000 email threads to see which are most regularly made use of. There were eight preferred closings, all ones you ve possibly utilized at some factor in time: Thanks, concerns, cheers, best regards, many thanks beforehand, thanks, ideal as well as kind concerns.
Using these closers in emails is one point, however the factor of a cover letter is for you to attract attention and also obtain a feedback back. That s why Boomerang dived additionally into these emails to uncover which of these preferred closings had the very best feedback rate.
To our shock, thanks beforehand was deemed one of the most efficient in the research. From a work candidate s point of view, at the very least, something concerning that expression just doesn t rest well with us.
That s why we asked Beast job specialist Vicki Salemi, who has actually checked out many cover letters in her 15 years in business recruiting, to inform us just what your sign-off claims concerning you from an employer s viewpoint.
While the research study determined thanks beforehand was most reliable when it came to getting a response, Salemi is telling you in development that it may not be best to shut out your cover letter with that said certain phrase.
It seems like a fist pump as opposed to company handshake, she claims. Nobody I ever thought about as a prospect obtained evaluated for being too official and respectful in their correspondence; nonetheless, the other being as well laid-back constantly made me stop briefly.
When doubtful, Salemi claims to go for the basic gold salutation: Thank you. She also suches as best, kind pertains to and also ideal pertains to. And although not stated in the study, Salemi states sincerely as well as all the finest come throughout as formal and elegant.
When it comes to a cover letter, there is definitely an upside-down to compose your indication off. Specifically, if you go as well casual, your cover letter is possibly going right into the trash.
Even if you re putting on a job at a startup with a laid back society, stay clear of closings like adios and also ciao, Salemi claims. (Of course, disregard this regulation if you re relating to a job in which you ll require to talk Spanish or Italian.).
Oh as well as perhaps conserve the cheers for later on when you re out at bench you re your close friends commemorating your new work.
Cheers is extremely casual as well as great for when you wish to buddy up with somebody, Salemi claims. As for a potential company when you re supposed to offer your most beautiful, refined self? Ineffective.
Never thought this would certainly be so complicated, did you? Now, you are most likely taking into consideration simply finishing your cover letter with your name, contact number and email address as well as calling it a day.
It s like working out without a cool, she claims. You have to come complete circle as well as shut it out.
The important point to bear in mind regarding a closer, Salemi says, is that you shouldn t overthink it. Something like, Thanks, Thanks for your factor to consider or Expecting learning through you soon ought to be just great.


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safe-deposit (adj.)
"providing safe storage for valuables of any kind," by 1864; see safe (adj.) + deposit (n.).
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safe (adj.)
c. 1300, sauf, "unscathed, unhurt, uninjured; free from danger or molestation, in safety, secure; saved spiritually, redeemed, not damned;" from Old French sauf "protected, watched-over; assured of salvation," from Latin salvus "uninjured, in good health, safe," which is related to salus "good health," saluber "healthful" (all from PIE *solwos from root *sol- "whole, well-kept"). For the phonological development of safe from sauf, OED compares gage from Old North French gauge.
From late 14c. as "rescued, delivered; protected; left alive, unkilled." The meaning "not exposed to danger" (of places, later of valuables) is attested from late 14c.; in reference to actions, etc., the meaning "free from risk," is recorded by 1580s. The sense of "sure, reliable, not a danger" is from c. 1600. The sense of "conservative, cautious" is from 1823. It has been paired alliteratively with sound (adj.) from c. 1300. In Middle English it also meant "in good health," also "delivered from sin or damnation." Related: Safeness.
deposit (n.)
1620s, "state of being placed in safe-keeping," from Latin depositum, from deponere (see deposit (v.)). From 1660s as "that which is laid or thrown down." Geological sense is from 1781; financial sense "money lodged in a bank for safety or convenience" is from 1737. Middle English had depost "thing entrusted for safe-keeping" (late 14c.).
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In a medium saucepan warm 1 Tbsp. of the olive oil over medium heat. Stir in onion and saute until translucent, about 8 minutes. Stir in tomato puree, tomato paste, Madeira, garlic, basil, oregano, and pepper. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to very low, and cook for 25 minutes, stirring often.
While sauce is cooking, prepare the chicken. Sprinkle the chicken with pepper. In a shallow bowl, mix the bread crumbs and parmesan. Beat the eggs in another shallow bowl. Dip the chicken pieces into the egg, and then dredge them into the crumb-cheese mixture, coating them evenly.
Warm the remaining oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and fry until golden on all sides. Reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook the chicken, turning regularly, until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Arrange the chicken on a serving platter. Pour some sauce over the chicken and pass the remaining.


Bush's communications staff and some of his finance team have already moved into the newly leased Miami headquarters. Team Jeb has only leased a small portion of the building. But it seems ready to house a large operation: It has ample parking and an atrium cafeteria. A large American flag hangs over the fifth-floor balcony.
The 600,000-square-foot building, constructed in 1974, was known until recently as the FP&L Center for its main tenant, Florida Power & Light. While more than half the offices remain under FPL control, other tenants have been moving in since the building was sold last year and began undergoing renovations, said Gordon Messinger, the building's Cushman & Wakefield leasing agent. Messinger said that he leased about 30,000 square feet to Bush's PAC, though that is likely to grow as needed.
Offices in the building have been listed for rent at $26 per square foot, but Messinger wouldn't say whether that's the rate being charged to Right to Rise. Commercial property in ritzier neighborhoods — along Brickell Avenue or in Coral Gables, where Bush lives — goes for significantly higher, sometimes more than $40 a square foot, Messinger said.
The building has been advertised as having a helipad and a gym — and, this being home to FPL, it has backup power generators, an asset during hurricane season.
Bush's headquarters will be closer to the home of the only declared local presidential candidate so far, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. Rubio lives in West Miami, about four miles away. Bush is about seven miles away — a 20-minute drive going against rush-hour traffic. Rubio's team is running his campaign, for now, from Washington, D.C.
Bush previously had a mile-long, five-minute commute to his private office at the Biltmore Hotel. His staff has been relocating to the Miami area — chiefly the Gables — over the past few weeks in preparation for a campaign launch.
At the more budget-friendly location, Bush's staff won't be part of the shiny downtown Miami skyline, or anywhere near the beach. Instead, they'll be close to the city of Sweetwater — which was founded by Russian circus midgets and later became known as Little Managua after its sizable Nicaraguan immigrant population — and south of the city of Doral, Miami-Dade's industrial center and a Venezuelan- and Colombian-American stronghold.
The building belongs to a corporate entity, Hoffman Flagler LLC, that purchased it for $57.5 million last September. Public corporation records show Hoffman Flagler is jointly owned by Jacob and Abraham Hoffman.
South Florida hasn't housed a presidential campaign since Bob Graham ran in 2003, out of the northwest suburb of Miami Lakes.