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"Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" is a song written by Hugh Prestwood, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis.  It was released in January 1990 as the second single from the album No Holdin' Back.  "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" features a rare and very distinct rhythm harmonica beat in the final 40 seconds of the song.

Chart history
In March 1990, the song spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. In doing so, it became the first song to stay as long atop the chart in 12 years; the last to accomplish the feat was the 1978 song, "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.

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Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.

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Tag Archives: Gillian Triggs
Losing privilege is now a crime against humanity.
It's becoming rather tiring, listening to privileged people with large platforms complain that their freedom of speech is being denied, and we have to get rid of anti discrimination laws that allegedly silence them.
As far as I can tell such people are incapable of dealing with criticism of their speech, and are unable to distinguish between that criticism, and the oppression of silencing. Criticism is not denial of free speech. It's criticism. I don't think they know this, which is surprising.
Neither are you being "silenced" if you don't have the guts to speak. That's not denial of free speech, it's lack of courage. The "I can't say anything because of political correctness" whine is an admission of cowardice.
"Stop political correctness" actually means, "make the world absolutely safe for me to say whatever I like without fear of criticism" which is in itself interesting, because the "stop political correctness" cohort also seems to oppose the idea of safe spaces for people who might actually need them.
The complaint of denial of freedom of speech currently emanates overwhelmingly from those incapable of tolerating a challenge: they wish to engage in bigotry without anyone calling them on it. Somewhere, in one of their developmental stages, somebody hurt them by giving them critical feedback for bad work and they never got over it.
Apart from all that, it is rather ludicrous when someone with a platform regularly provided and paid for by Newscorpse et al (not to mention those privileged by their presence in parliament) complains they have no freedom to speak. Cowards, every one.
There were mixed reactions when the Human Rights Commission dropped its inquiry into the Australian's cartoonist, Bill Leak, after complaints were lodged against him under the now infamous Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
I found the cartoon under scrutiny (you can see it in the first link) obnoxious, an expression of white paternalism, privilege and assumed supremacy. I also believed the complaint would fail under the exemptions permitted by Section 18D, and I can't see how that potential failure could do anything to further the cause of those racially humiliated by Leak in his cartoon, not for the first time or the last, I might add.
Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right, without which many other rights collapse. We also live in a country in which it is regrettably necessary to have a Racial Discrimination Act, because we are racist, and because the concept of freedom of speech is frequently abused to justify racially motivated attacks.
The two are not always compatible. Section 18C is perceived by some as a threat to free speech or, as Attorney-General George Brandis so memorably put it, the freedom to be a bigot. However, nobody is prevented or can be prevented from being a bigot: they just need to be aware that there may be consequences, just as there are consequences, positive and negative, for every other choice we make.
I'd prefer to see the words "offend and insult" in 18C changed to "vilify." I think it's extremely difficult to make laws about offending and insulting: vilification is far more specific and contains within it the notions of offence and insult. Human Rights Commission President Gillian Triggs is not opposed to rewording the Section.
The concept of freedom of speech is in danger of becoming grotesquely distorted by those who have no need at all to be protected from the loss of it. But this is the neo liberal way: co-opt the safeguards put in place to protect people from vilification and exploitation, and frame yourself as the victim. Losing privilege is now a crime against humanity in the new world order. Oh, yeah.
Tags: 18D, Bill Leak, Gillian Triggs, Racial Discrimination Act, Section 18C
No, we are not "better than this." We are worse.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton seems to be of the opinion that because people fleeing their home countries pay "people smugglers" for passage to Australia, it is perfectly acceptable for them to be subjected to every imaginable kind of suffering. He includes children in this belief.
Dutton's world view is mirrored by politicians such as Adam Giles in the Northern Territory, who share the narcissistic sense of entitlement that regards any perceived offence against them and their laws however mundane, however explicable, as a crime deserving of extreme punishment guaranteed to destroy the spirit.
In short, if you offend me I'll destroy you. The crime here is offending these men, and both Giles and Dutton are profoundly offended by recalcitrant indigenous youth in the first, and waterborne asylum seekers in the second. You can see their indignation seeping out of every shining pore. They are incapable of seeing context: they can only perceive offence.
This overblown sense of offence and indignation, coupled with a sociopathic inability to imagine the conditions of lives other than their own, is the breeding ground for an extreme cruelty that ought never to be coupled with power, but unfortunately all too frequently is.
The manner in which successive immigration ministers, including those from the ALP, have treated waterborne asylum seekers beggars belief. They have been able to do this because enough Australians share the same narcissistic sense of entitlement and belief that being offended, personally, collectively and nationalistically, is a crime for which, unlike real crimes, punishment must be unrestrained and infinite. So kids in Don Dale don't ever deserve a chance at life. So waterborne asylum seekers and refugees don't ever deserve a chance at life. They've both offended white Australia in a variety of ways, and so they must die, metaphorically and sometimes literally.
It isn't even so much what they've done. It's the fact that they had the bloody gall to do it in the first place.
When outrages such as Don Dale and the Nauru files erupt, a lot of people get on social media to claim: "We're better than this."
Well, here's the thing. We are not better than this. We've been torturing indigenous people since invasion day and we're still doing it. We've been torturing waterborne asylum seekers for almost two decades, and we're still doing it. We're still voting in politicians who'll continue the barbaric practices we don't really want to know about as long as we feel we're "being kept safe" from boats, or thieving black kids.
There are no innocent bystanders in these situations. We all know what's happening. We've always known about our off-shore concentration camps. Keeping your mouth shut is enabling torture. These crimes are perpetrated by the powerful on the powerless because "good" people keep their mouths shut. Well, here's another thing. You aren't a "good"person if you keep your mouth shut. You're an enabler of torment and torture.
As Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs pointed out yesterday, the only way anything will change in our treatment of asylum seekers is through public pressure. The government knows this as well, which is why they don't allow anyone to see the camps and the suffering people in them. This is what every government intent on the torment and torture of a particular group do: they herd them into facilities where no one can hear their screams.
And when we do finally hear their screams, as we have since the Don Dale revelations, Adam Giles blames those who bring their screams to our ears, and Peter Dutton blames the victims for screaming.
Think about that. I mean, really, really think about the mind sets of Giles and Dutton and those who support them, who shoot the messengers, and blame the victims for the suffering they inflict upon them.
Then get on social media and say "we're better than this." We aren't. We could be, but we aren't.
Tags: Adam Giles, Don Dale, Gillian Triggs, Nauru Files, Peter Dutton
How to avoid the democratic process within your own party
In December 2014, then Immigration Minister Scott Morrison made this alarming lunge for sole power over citizenship decisions without recourse to judicial review:
The DIBP submission to a Senate committee argues that an elected member of parliament and minister of the Crown has gained a particular insight into the community's standards and values. This particular insight therefore qualifies Morrison to overrule AAT decisions. It is the bill's intention to grant a minister, in this case Morrison, the power to determine an individual's "good character" or otherwise, regardless of any ruling made by the AAT. Morrison's decision will be unchallengeable.
Peter Dutton has now replaced Morrison as Minister for Immigration and is in the process of attempting a similar grab for sole power over the stripping of citizenship from those he alone deems unsuitable to retain it.
No citizen can have confidence in a government or an opposition that supports one politician being granted absolute power over such decisions. It is absolutely contrary to all democratic instincts and practices. The question we must ask is why is it thought necessary to invest one politician with this much power? The answer is obviously that the government cannot risk internal debate, and is determined to avoid that democratic process. The Minister is answerable to no one within his party, let alone outside of it. It is only a matter of time before more Ministers are granted similar authority over who knows what circumstances, and anyone who believes or trusts otherwise has their head in a sack. The government has no mandate to invest a Minister with absolute power, not even within its own ranks.
There are currently so many disturbing events initiated by the Abbott government it's difficult to triage, however, surely one of the more alarming is the decision to imprison for up to two years doctors, nurses and teachers who disclose adverse conditions at asylum seeker detention centres on Manus and Nauru.
In spite of the border protection rhetoric that surrounds this decision, it's apparent to anyone with a brain that the only interests served by imposing these draconian restrictions on professionals who, in Australia, are mandated to report abuses they become aware of in the course of their work, are the interests of the Abbott government, supported by the Labor opposition.
Neither major party wants us or the rest of the world to know what goes on in the off-shore detention centres. Knowledge of abuses inflicted upon the detained cannot possibly be a threat to our national security, and if that is what the major parties continue to insist, they need to explain exactly how they justify that claim.
Indeed, if there was any logic to the government's argument the ill-treatment of asylum seekers ought to be trumpeted from the rooftops as a deterrence to anyone else attempting to come here by boat. Not only will you never be resettled in Australia, you and your children will be subjected to inhumane treatment and conditions in tropical hell holes as well.
As head of the Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs so eloquently pointed out, we are currently being subjected to an erosion of rights that ought to have us taking to the streets in protest at the over-reach of executive power by the Abbott government. It is not far-fetched to imagine that a government prepared to imprison professionals for doing their jobs in off-shore detention centres will extend that threat to professionals doing their jobs in the homeland, should it serve their interests. There's certainly no future in entreating the ALP to take a stand, indeed, the ALP seems more than happy for Abbott to do this dirty work.
Tags: asylum seekers, Citizenship, Executive Power, Gillian Triggs, Human rights, Manus, Nauru, Peter Dutton, Scott Morrison
Categories Abbott, Tony. FORMER Australian Prime Minister, Politics, Society
Truth, employment and freedom of speech.
President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, yesterday proffered this analysis of the sacking of SBS sports presenter Scott McIntyre, after he posted a series of tweets that suggested, among other things, an alternative and previously unspoken view of the actions of the ANZACS.
In her piece Professor Triggs refers to the case of Banerji v Bowles (2013) in which Department of Immigration former employee Michaela Banerji was sacked after tweeting criticisms of detention centres, the Prime Minister, and the Minister for Immigration. Ms Banerji used a pseudonym for her Twitter account, and argued that her comments are "constitutionally protected by her right to freedom of political communication as an indispensable incident of representative government." The Federal Court rejected this view.
Ms Banerji has now replied to Professor Triggs' observations on her case here.
I know there are readers of Sheep who are as intrigued by legal forensics as am I, and the arguments made by both parties are of significant import to anyone who is employed and uses social media. I won't add my comparatively ignorant voice to those of Professor Triggs and Ms Banerji, rather I'm interested in Trigg's observations on the use of social media and Truth.
Triggs begins her piece with a quote from John Milton's Areopagitica in which the poet passionately opposes censorship, arguing for freedom of speech. "Whoever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?" he asks.
Triggs argues that "today's near universal access to social media challenges the idea that freedom of expression ensures truth will be victorious over falsehood." The poet Milton could not have envisaged the extent of free and open encounters awaiting society in its future, and made his observation at a time when only the privileged had access to a public platform.
There are a couple of assumptions in Triggs' argument that ought to be noted. In claiming that universal access to social media dilutes the possibility of Truth triumphing over falsehood, Triggs, inadvertently I'm sure, is claiming not only that Truth is, as it was in Milton's time, defined and controlled by a particular demographic who enjoy freedom of expression due to their privilege, but that this is still a legitimate manner in which to determine what is Truth. Now the masses have unprecedented access to public platforms that democratise freedom of expression, Truth will inevitably be vanquished by the freely expressed opinions of these masses. Whatever is publicly expressed by those other than the privileged and entitled will inevitably be falsehood, is what her argument implies.
Truth is a tricky concept, fluid in the extreme, determined by the orthodoxy, enforced by the state and its agents, and religion and its agents. Social media offers the most expansive and democratic opportunity for the contestation of what Foucault calls "regimes of truth" that has ever existed in human history.
Truth, argues Foucault, does not exist outside of power:
on the contrary, truth "is produced by virtue of multiple constraints [a]nd it induces regulated effects of power". This is to say that "each society has its regime of truth", and by this expression Foucault means: (1) "the types of discourse [society] harbours and causes to function as true"; (2) "the mechanisms and instances which enable one to distinguish true from false statements" and (3) "the way in which each is sanctioned"; (4) "the techniques and procedures which are valorised for obtaining truth"; (5) "the status of those who are charged with saying what counts as true" (Foucault 1976, p. 112; 13).
Therefore, "truth" is "a system of ordered procedures for the production, regulation, distribution, circulation and functioning of statements"; it is linked "by a circular relation to systems of power which produce it and sustain it, and to effects of power which it induces and which redirect it".
It is the function of social media, exemplified most recently by the tweets of Scott McIntyre, to contest truth regimes produced by systems of power that control and sustain what comes to be normalised as "Truth." Scott McIntyre, Michaela Banerji and countless others have used social media to contest the constructed regimes of truth, to their cost. Whether these challenges to the orthodoxy are accurate or not, the point is they must be made and in a liberal democracy the people who make them ought not to be punished.
There is absolutely no correlation between freedom of expression and what we might, at any given time, consider to be Truth. The very best we can do is, as Foucault recommends, constantly question the origins of our current regimes of truth, by whom are they determined, whose ends do they serve, what techniques and procedures are valorised for obtaining truth and by whom. Our most powerful weapon for contesting regimes of truth is social media. Professor Triggs is quite wrong: today's near universal access to social media ensures an unprecedented freedom of expression that in turn ensures an unrelenting contestation of truth claims, and herein lies its power, and its threat to authority.
Freedom of expression has never ensured Truth, not in Milton's time and not in ours. Social media is a powerful tool for the examination of regimes of truth established by the privileged and entitled, regimes that all too often have little to do with what is true, and far more to do with what is advantageous to those who declare it to be true.
Tags: Banerji V Bowles, Department of Immigration, Foucault, Freedom of Expression, Gillian Triggs, Human rights, John Milton, Scott McIntyre, Truth
Categories Media, Politics, Society
Censured: The problem is Brandis not Triggs.
Yesterday's Senate censure of Attorney-General George Brandis for his treatment of Human Rights Commission President Gillian Triggs, has no direct constitutional or legal consequences. It is important, however, that the censure motion is on record as an example of attempts to bully into silence the head of a statutory authority the Attorney-General is obliged, in his job description, to defend against malicious attack.
If the government of the day is dissatisfied with the performance of the head of a statutory body there are presumably procedures in place to deal with that situation. I doubt very much that one of them is instigating personal public attacks. At the very least, the Attorney-General should be aware of the proper way to go about addressing perceived performance failures, and follow those guidelines.
Professor Triggs was entitled to natural justice. Instead she was subjected to an appalling attack by the very person who is obliged to ensure her right to natural justice is honoured. This alone is just cause for censuring the Attorney-General, who could not have more blatantly failed to carry out his duties.
An Attorney-General who behaves in such a manner has gone rogue. He is not upholding the principles and duties of his office. He is making up the rules as he goes along. He is supported absolutely in his feral abrogation by his Prime Minister, Tony Abbott.
This is our problem. It isn't Gillian Triggs. It's a government that has scant regard for any statutory body, any procedure, any law that doesn't suit their ideological ambitions. The HRC is an anathema to the Abbott government, not least because one of the Commission's responsibilities is to monitor and report on the actions of that government. What better way to demoralise and disempower the HRC than to publicly and ferociously go after its head?
Tags: Attorney-General, Australian government, Australian Senate, Censure Motion, George Brandis, Gillian Triggs, Human Rights Commission, Tony Abbott
Categories Abbott, Tony. FORMER Australian Prime Minister, Politics
Labor is the despicable winner in the Triggs affair.
The Abbott government's attacks on President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, have served the ALP's interests more than any other.
They certainly have done nothing to ease the ongoing plight of the 1,129 children successive Australian governments have kept in mandatory detention in appalling circumstances. Many of the children suffer long-term damage from the experience of being treated as criminals for no reason other than that they exist. The conditions under which the children have and continue to be incarcerated would likely make Charles Dickens flinch and look away, yet since the release of the AHRC report, nobody in the major parties has bothered so much as to mention their suffering.
Abbott's attacks on Triggs have done nothing for the
233 assaults involving children
33 reported sexual assaults
128 incidences of self-harm
34% who require psychiatric support
documented in the recent AHRC report.
However, what the government's latest lunacy has done is to hand the ALP on a silver platter access to a high moral ground which they do not for one moment deserve, having been as despicably callous towards asylum seekers for their own political gain as has the LNP. There is not a bee's dick of difference between the two major parties in terms of their ill-treatment of those they consider less worthy than the rest of us, and therefore infinitely exploitable in their mutual pursuit of power.
The ALP is now bellowing self-righteously about the government's treatment of Professor Triggs, but not, of course, about the contents of Professor Triggs' report. About that they cannot bellow, as the report condemns equally ALP asylum seeker policies implemented under the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd incumbencies.
Labor has now referred Attoney-General George Brandis to the AFP for allegedly inducing Triggs to leave her position at the HRC for something less disturbing to him. Carefully worded denials have ensued, reminding us that language can be used for ill, and in politics, invariably will be. In case we forget what was said about the Triggs "inducement" at the estimates hearing:
As opposed to Sky's "multiple sources" on a two person meeting, here's a single source: Moraitis, Hansard, Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/ZaVsDtUvsS
— Mark Colvin (@Colvinius) February 26, 2015
If this disgraceful fracas surrounding Professor Triggs tells us anything, it's that the majority of our elected members on both sides of the house care nothing for the lives and fates of asylum seekers, and logically, it is only a matter of time before they care nothing for the lives and fates of many of their own citizens. Once a government makes scapegoats of one group for political expediency, they'll have no qualms scapegoating any other for the same motive. Indeed, there are those who could put up a good argument that this is already the case.
We do not, in this country, have a good record for the treatment of children by authorities. The history of child abuse unfolding before us in the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, for example, demonstrates as nothing else ever has the prevalence and consistency of the savage mistreatment of children across all demographics, from institutions that house the most underprivileged child, to institutions that house the children of the wealthiest and most influential citizens in the country. It is inevitable that our cruelty seamlessly extends itself to children of asylum seekers.
We are in dire need of politicians of calibre, who are capable of and willing to refuse the lure of political gamesmanship and instead do what they are elected to do, and represent the interests of those who gave them their trust. The ALP has no high moral ground on which to pitch its tents on the matter of the Triggs report and the ensuing unseemly brawls. Given its own foul record, the ALP has no choice but to either admit its failures and undertake reform, or make whatever miserable and poisoned political capital it can from the government's sickening attacks on Gillian Triggs.
All in all, we are one of the most fortunate nations in the world, cast adrift in a tumultuous sea aboard a ship commanded by fools.
Tags: ALP, asylum seekers, Bill Shorten, children in detention, Gillian Triggs, LNP, Tony Abbott
A PM who only knows aggression is a threat to the country
The Abbott government's attempted defenestration of President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs has, like so many of this government's ventures into domination through aggression and bullying, badly backfired.
This latest debacle is yet another example of the Abbott government's pugilistic default position, and follows hot on the heels of the Prime Minister's combative approach to Indonesia in the matter of the looming execution of Australian drug smugglers Chan and Sukumaran.
Attorney-General George Brandis, chief instigator, along with Abbott, of an extraordinarily vitriolic personal attack on the head of a statutory authority, was yesterday asked what next in their campaign to publicly eviscerate Triggs, presumably to force her resignation which does not seem to be forthcoming, and why should it?
I can't unscramble the egg, Brandis replied, in a rare admission of stupendous failure.
The egg certainly is all over the faces of Brandis and Abbott. In a move of unfathomable stupidity, Abbott decided to focus personally on Professor Triggs, rather than the report on children in detention the HRC published last week. Seemingly bereft of all politically savvy, Abbott made this choice despite the fact that the report fully covered the previous government's abysmal record on this matter, and despite the fact that more children have been released from detention by the Abbott government than were by the previous Labor incumbents.
The down side is that this government keeps fewer children in detention for much longer. However, in spite of this reality there was much political capital to be made had Abbott chosen to take that path. Instead, he embarked upon a vicious campaign to force Professor Triggs out of her job, to be replaced, rumour has it, by the Brandis/Abbott protegé "Freedom Boy" Tim Wilson, who, as you may recall, was parachuted by Brandis into his position at the HRC without so much as an interview.
This latest in the Abbott government's expressions of contempt for the HRC has caused the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights to write to the government protesting its attacks on Professor Triggs.
As Wayne Janssen explains, the ICC co-ordinates relationships with the UN human rights systems. Its accreditation system is based on compliance with the 1991 Paris Principles and grants access to UN committees. Australia currently enjoys "A" status which allows us speaking and seating rights at such committees.
Abbott's attacks on Triggs imply state interference with the independence of the AHRC that may be a transgression of the Paris Principles. If this is the case, Australia stands to lose our A status, and the access to speaking and seating rights this status confers.
Add to this the suggestion that Brandis attempted illegal inducement by offering Triggs another job to get her out of the HRC, an allegation now referred to the AFP, and it's difficult to see how this move has brought the government anything other than ongoing grief.
Abbott's aggressive, combative, high conflict personality dominates his thinking and his decision-making. He has proved repeatedly that he is not capable of controlling his pugilistic instincts. He is entirely unable to overcome his primitive need to shirtfront somebody, anybody, even his own back benchers, by instead employing mature, considered thinking and mental clarity. This is a personality defect that has catastrophic potential for a country led by him. It has equally catastrophic implications for the party he leads, as many of its MPs surely know.
Like an abusive partner in an intimate relationship, Abbott is in the process of isolating this country from the rest of the world, and from international bodies such as the United Nations that offer what little opportunity there is for cohesion and communication between nations. He is an isolationist, as the violent always are. He seeks to sow seeds of discord and disharmony within our own communities, in his efforts to assert the superiority and domination of white, middle-class alpha masculinity, to the exclusion of all other groups.
He's a threat to this country. He may be the biggest threat this country faces. He needs to go.
Tags: AHRC, Australian government, George Brandis, Gillian Triggs, ICC, Tim Wilson, Tony Abbott, UN
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"""Iteration over tf.data.Datasets when eager execution is enabled."""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

from tensorflow.python.data.experimental.ops import prefetching_ops
from tensorflow.python.data.ops import iterator_ops
from tensorflow.python.eager import context
from tensorflow.python.framework import ops

class Iterator(iterator_ops.EagerIterator):
  """An iterator producing tf.Tensor objects from a tf.data.Dataset.

  NOTE: Unlike the iterator created by the
  `tf.data.Dataset.make_one_shot_iterator` method, this class enables
  additional experimental functionality, such as prefetching to the GPU.
  """

  def __init__(self, dataset):
    """Creates a new iterator over the given dataset.

    For example:
    ```python
    dataset = tf.data.Dataset.range(4)
    for x in Iterator(dataset):
      print(x)
    ```

    Tensors produced will be placed on the device on which this iterator object
    was created.

    Args:
      dataset: A `tf.data.Dataset` object.

    Raises:
      TypeError: If `dataset` is an unsupported type.
      RuntimeError: When invoked without eager execution enabled.
    """
    if not context.context().device_spec.device_type:
      is_remote_device = False
    else:
      is_remote_device = context.context().device_spec.device_type != "CPU"
    if is_remote_device:
      with ops.device(None):
        # Let the placer figure out where to place the various functions etc.
        # created by the CopyToDeviceDataset.
        dataset = dataset.apply(prefetching_ops.copy_to_device(
            context.context().device_name))
        dataset = dataset.prefetch(1)
    super(Iterator, self).__init__(dataset)

  def _next_internal(self):
    """Returns a nested structure of `tf.Tensor`s containing the next element.
    """
    # This runs in sync mode as iterators use an error status to communicate
    # that there is no more data to iterate over.
    # TODO(b/77291417): Fix
    with context.execution_mode(context.SYNC):
      return super(Iterator, self)._next_internal()

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Flu Fighter: Peter Shult
Meet influenza (flu) fighter Dr. Peter Shult, associate director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and director of its Communicable Disease Division and Emergency Response. The state public health lab, located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of the country's three National Influenza Reference Centers, or NIRCs, which serve as extensions of the Virus Surveillance and Diagnosis Branch in CDC's Influenza Division and as critical components of the nation's flu surveillance and pandemic readiness systems.
As a NIRC, the Wisconsin lab receives thousands of flu specimens each year from labs around the country for more advanced testing and monitoring. Laboratory staff characterize viruses circulating during each season, test viruses for antiviral resistance, and collect data to inform the next season's flu vaccine composition. Their work — along with the work of NIRCs in California and New York — greatly expands CDC's and the country's ability to rapidly detect novel or pandemic flu viruses as well as signs of growing drug resistance.
For example, the Wisconsin lab characterizes flu surveillance specimens using next generation sequencing, a powerful technology that many public health labs aren't yet equipped to do. The genetic data produced by next generation sequencing provides a clearer picture of how flu viruses are evolving, including acquiring resistance to antiviral drugs and timely detection of flu viruses with pandemic potential. That data, in turn, gives the CDC and fellow public health responders a critical advantage in staying ahead of this infectious disease threat that's constantly changing.
For his part, Dr. Shult, who's been at the Wisconsin lab since 1989, has always been interested in respiratory diseases, particularly flu viruses. And despite his nearly 30 years in the public health lab, he said flu viruses continue to surprise him.
"Just when you think you can predict what flu will do, it completely fools you," Dr. Shult says, noting the particularly bad 2017-2018 flu season that took many by surprise. "As a public health practitioner, you have to go into every flu season expecting the worst, but it's a challenge that we appreciate taking on."
Name: Peter Shult, PhD
Title: Associate Director and Director of the Communicable Disease Division and Emergency Response, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
What role do you play in fighting flu?
My major function is overseeing the Communicable Disease Division at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, but it's the people working in the lab who are the ones doing the work.My role is keeping myself and the staff informed on the public health threat that flu poses, keeping abreast of technologies that will improve our laboratory diagnostics, and advancing improvements in virologic surveillance at the state and national levels. I also spend a lot of time fostering relationships with clinical labs — they're critical to our surveillance efforts not just for flu, but for a spectrum of public health threats — and facilitating partnerships that expand our funding and research opportunities and, ultimately, improve our capacities inside the lab.
What is the most rewarding part of your work?
The most rewarding part of my work is carrying out the public health duties we work and train so hard to do. When the A(H1N1) pandemic occurred in 2009, we were the lead testing lab holding down the fort until commercial testing kits became available and fellow public health labs were able to bring their A(H1N1)pdm09 testing abilities online. We helped lead national diagnostic efforts and we were able to do that, in part, because of a close relationship with CDC and with public health partners like the Association of Public Health Laboratories. Being chosen as a NIRC speaks volumes about the skills of our staff and about the capacity we've built. When the next pandemic occurs or a novel virus emerges — and it will — we'll be on the front lines ready to respond and that's very rewarding to know.
What is the most difficult part of your work?
Fighting the complacency that I know what's going to happen. I would like to think that we're always in a good position and we're able to respond to anything, but the fact is that flu is so changeable and unpredictable. While it's disconcerting to think that if there is an emergence of a novel virus, we could be behind the eight ball from the get-go, you can't fall into the trap of believing that you know what's going to happen next.
Of course, it would also be much easier if all we had to worry about was flu. The fact is our lab has to be ready to respond to all kinds of emerging threats, from the next SARS coronavirus to the next vaccine-preventable disease outbreak. Keeping up with all those developments and still giving just due to flu can be a challenge, though I think that's a challenge that's encountered by many, if not all, public health laboratories. There are so many other threats that we can't always anticipate, and we have to be able to turn on a dime and address those without ignoring flu.
How serious is flu? What should people know about the risk of flu?
I've always recognized and strongly felt that flu is a very serious illness. In light of being 100 years out from the 1918 flu pandemic (which killed an estimated 675,000 Americans and at least 50 million worldwide), there are relatively few — if any other diseases — that have the potential to scale up to that kind of public health threat in such a condensed time frame.The possibility of another 1918 — even if it was significantly less severe than that pandemic — there just isn't another threat like it. And beyond the morbidity and mortality associated with a pandemic, think of the social disruption it could cause, the impacts on families and the economy. There aren't many threats with that kind of potential impact.
What would you say to those who are hesitant to get a flu vaccine?
Getting the flu is as sick as many people have gotten in their lifetimes. When I had the flu, that's as miserable as I had ever felt for five or four days straight, period. Period. So get a flu vaccine; when your kids are sick, keep them home; if you get sick, take yourself out of circulation for a reasonable period of time. Do the things we were taught to do in kindergarten — cover your cough and wash your hands. Those are things we can control and they improve the chances that we won't get sick and we won't transmit flu or another respiratory disease to somebody else. Flu vaccines aren't always as effective as we want them to be, but getting vaccinated still decreases your chances of getting the illness and can prevent the potentially serious outcomes that flu can bring. Any time you can lower your risk of getting a disease, that's better than going unprotected.
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Title: Victimisation to Violence in Finland: Results from 1980-2003 National Surveys
Editor(s): Reino Siren; Paivi Honkatukia
Sponsoring Agency: National Research Institute of Legal Policy
Helsinki , FI-00531
Publication Number: ISBN 951-704-314-7
Sale Source: National Research Institute of Legal Policy
Pitkansillanranta 3 A
Publisher: http://www.om.fi/optula/2664.htm
Format: Book (Softbound)
Annotation: This book presents results from five national victimization surveys on violence exposure in Finland.
Abstract: The introductory chapter analyzes the patterns of violence exposure in Finland between 1980 and 2003. While the number of persons who had been threatened with violence increased between 1988 and 2003, the number of persons who actually experienced violence remained stable from 1988 through 2003. Exposure to violence during the study period was related primarily to age and gender, with the prevalence of violence being highest among males between the ages of 15 to 24 years. The second chapter focuses on comparing violence exposure in urban versus rural areas, illustrating how violence and threats of violence occur more commonly in urban areas. Chapter 3 focuses on violence exposure at work, which is uncommon yet has increased significantly over the past 20 years, especially for women. Males were perpetrators in 90 percent of work-related violence while 80 percent of victims were females. Chapter 4 compares the violence exposure of immigrants to that of the original population. The 2002 victim survey indicated that immigrants were victims of violence twice as often as the original population. Chapter 5 analyzes exposure to violence by household income category. The main finding indicated that victimization exposure between 1988 and 2003 was more likely among the low-income and among the highest income categories. Chapter 6 analyzes the reduction in family violence victimization among women during the study period, arguing that the drop in family violence victimization was due to reductions in the opportunity to commit acts of family violence. Chapter 7 focuses on the prevalent role of alcohol in violent victimization in Finland while chapter 8 examines the association between crime, the media, and fear of violence among citizens. The main finding indicated that exposure to crime news increased fear of crime. The last chapter focuses on the usefulness of victimization surveys. Tables, figures, footnotes, references
Main Term(s): Trend analysis; Victims of violent crime
Index Term(s): Finland; National crime surveys; Victimization surveys
Note: English summary.


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Kim Yun-sik (김윤식, 金允植, 1903-1950) est un écrivain coréen originaire du district de Gangjin dans la province de Jeolla du Sud de l'actuelle Corée du Sud. Il est plus connu sous son nom de plume, Kim Yeong-nang (영랑, 永郞). Adolescent, il participe au mouvement d'indépendance coréen et est emprisonné pendant 6 mois à Daegu, et vit au Japon de 1920 à 1923. Il meurt le  à Séoul, des conséquences d'une blessure par balle reçue dans l'estomac au cours de la guerre de Corée.

Sous le nom de plume « Yeongnang », il est particulièrement actif au cours des années 1930 et 1940. Il est surtout connu pour avoir écrit dans le .

Son lieu de naissance, où il passa une partie importante de sa vie, se situe dans l'actuel district de Gangjin.

Bibliographie
 Kim Yeong-nang, "Until Peonies Bloom: The Complete Poems of Kim Yeong-nang", traduit en anglais par Brother Anthony of Taize.

Liens externes

  Informations, liste des œuvres principales et lieu de naissance de Yeongrang
  Poèmes de Kim Yeong-nang

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Écrivain coréen du XXe siècle
Poète coréen du XXe siècle
Naissance en janvier 1903
Décès en septembre 1950
Décès à 47 ans


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Israel Israeli Politics News Report
Israeli Knesset considers bill to end 'democratic' element of Israeli state
A new law currently under consideration by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) recognizes the inherent contradiction in Israel's self-definition as both a 'democratic' and Jewish state, and calls on the government to favor Jewish law and traditions over democracy.Forty legislators have sponsored the bill, including the majority of Knesset members from the Kadima party, and Knesset members from the right-wing Yisrael Beitenu party, the Labor party, Atzamaut and National Union parties.
It calls on Israeli courts to use Jewish law to make decisions 'in situations in which the Jewish character of the state clashes with its democratic character', and calls for Arabic to be removed as one of Israel's national languages (20% of the population of Israel are indigenous Palestinians who remained after the state of Israel was created on their land in 1948).
The bill also calls for the state to take action 'to ingather the exiles of Israel and [further] Jewish settlement within it, and allocate resources to this end.' Israel already has laws in place to encourage immigration of Jews from around the world into Israel, including housing incentives, free language classes and job assistance.
The Institute for Zionist Strategies helped draft the bill. Among the Institute's stated goals are stopping Palestinians from constructing new homes and stopping the 'demographic threat' posed by Palestinians — a term used by right-wing Zionists to refer to the fact that the 20% of the Israeli population that is Palestinian has a higher birth rate than the majority Jewish population.
Knesset members Zeev Elkin and David Rotem, who introduced the bill, also introduced the controversial law which passed last month banning Israelis from supporting the boycott of Israeli products and practices.
Two Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza City
Aya Al-Baradiya's Murder Changes Palestinian Law
By Saed Bannoura


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I am rahul from India. I will be moving to canada in a couple of months.
Where in Canada do you intend to settle?
Accommodation and jobs vary in different provinces.
I am sorry to respond to this lately. I will be landing in Toronto. If I can get a job near by is also ok.
Laeeque Ahmed is famous for selling at asking price, if not for all the other scams. Maybe next do some research on people before you deal with them. Thank god for forums and blogs.
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Gadolinium(III) chloride solution
NMR reference standard, 0.1 mg/mL in D2O (99.9 atom % D), DSS 0.1 %, water 1 %, NMR tube size 3 mm × 8 in.
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core: gadolinium
0.1 mg/mL in D2O (99.9 atom % D)
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Cl[Gd](Cl)Cl
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Postoperative hyperoxia (60%) worsens hepatic injury in mice.
Quirin Zangl et al.
Anesthesiology, 121(6), 1217-1225 (2014-09-17)
Liver damage by ischemia and reperfusion injury is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality after liver surgery. Postoperative oxygen treatment is routinely applied in the postanesthesia and intensive care unit after liver surgery. The risks of aggravating the injury
Basophil activation through ASGM1 stimulation triggers PAF release and anaphylaxis-like shock in mice.
Yan Yang et al.
European journal of immunology, 44(8), 2468-2477 (2014-04-30)
Basophils have been shown to contribute to anaphylaxis through either an IgE-FcεRI-dependent pathway or an IgG-FcγR pathway. However, it remains largely unclear whether basophils can be activated to promote anaphylaxis via a non-FcR pathway as well. The glycolipid receptor ASGM1
Regulation of store-operated Ca2+ entry activity by cell cycle dependent up-regulation of Orai2 in brain capillary endothelial cells.
Hiroaki Kito et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 459(3), 457-462 (2015-03-10)
Store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) via Orai1 and STIM1 complex is supposed to have obligatory roles in the regulation of cellular functions of vascular endothelial cells, while little is known about the contribution of Orai2. Quantitative PCR and Western blot analyses
Peripheral blood monocyte-derived chemokine blockade prevents murine transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI).
Christopher G J McKenzie et al.
Blood, 123(22), 3496-3503 (2014-03-19)
Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is the leading cause of transfusion-related mortality and can occur with any type of transfusion. TRALI is thought to be primarily mediated by donor antibodies activating recipient neutrophils resulting in pulmonary endothelial damage. Nonetheless, details
Age-dependent changes in diastolic Ca(2+) and Na(+) concentrations in dystrophic cardiomyopathy: Role of Ca(2+) entry and IP3.
Alfredo Mijares et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 452(4), 1054-1059 (2014-09-23)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal X-inherited disease caused by dystrophin deficiency. Besides the relatively well characterized skeletal muscle degenerative processes, DMD is also associated with a dilated cardiomyopathy that leads to progressive heart failure at the end of


Amritsari Dal is packed with nutrition from the split urad dal /urad dal chilka and chana dal flavored with authentic spices and ghee. This dal is the most popular dal from the state of Punjab. This is creamy and comfort Punjabi dal recipe.
This is also called Langarwali dal (it is regularly served in the Gurudwaras) and Maa Choleyan di Dal also. You can check different version of the same dal, by click on it. Some people will called this dhabe wali dal also.
This is a punjabi dish made with a combination of two dals. The dals mainly used are split black urad dal and Chana dal (yellow gram).
It's one of the comforting dal recipe which is a must-have on our meal planner once in every week.
Very easy to cook and uses no fancy ingredients – yet so delicious and flavorful.
In Gurudwaras they put the lentils with water and whole spices to cook on slow flame in the evening and keep stirring it to become thick and creamy.
By morning it's ready to be served to the devotees after tempering it. Serve it with simple wheat flour chapati, the full meal taste divine.
I have learnt this dal from my cook mentor "My Mom" , who has been making this way from many years. We called this dal " Family Wali Dal". This is our staple food in my father side family.
This is our family favorite dish because it's a smooth dal with a creamy texture from the black gram and a subtle nutty sweetness from the chana dal.
You can serve dal with plain roti or an accompanying with white rice...it's really scrumptious !!
2. Remove the cooker from heat and let the pressure release.
3. Mash the dal using the back of the ladle. Not fully just little bit, it gives you creamy consistency.
4. Heat ghee in a pan, add cinnamon and cumin seeds and let them crackle for a few seconds.
5. Add ginger, garlic and onion and fry until onions are slightly browned.
6. Add green chilies and tomato and fry for 2-3 minutes.
8. Add red chilli powder, dry mango powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and garam masala powder and fry for a few seconds.
9. Add the tempering in the dal and mix well.
11. Serve hot with Plain roti or laccha paratha or Naan.
Can have bowlful of this dal anytime such a hearty and flavourful recipe, thanks for sharing.
Welcome Soma :) Thanks for liking it !!
I love Punjabi food. And this dal looks super tempting Jolly. Its my son's favourite Dal. Loved the look.
I love such hearty and tasty dals. I would definitely have a bowl or two as a snack than with roti!
I simply love the dal that is served at the Gurudwara here. Your dal looks so delicious. I usually make it with only urad dal but next time will add chana dal too.
In the South, we do not use Urad to make dal so I am always fascinated by recipes that use it. Your dal is so hearty that I could eat it as a stew by itself.
Such a delicious n yummy dal. Will love to have just the dal for my breakfast.
I love this dal, it's one of the favourite dishes at home. Yours looks delish.
Punjab has so many dal varieties, and this one looks really delicious... love how thick it is... can we use normal urad dal instead of the skinned one?
One of my favourite dal. Sounds easy yet delicious and healthy !
Such a comforting food, i can sit and have this protein rich dal without any fuss with some rotis anytime, simply irresistible and delicious.
I am a great fan of Gurudwara food, such divine and flavourful food one can have. I always wanted to try this daal at home and I asked one of the member in Gurudwara here in London and they actually invited me in their kitchen while they were making it. Since then I make at home. Such a delicious and aromatic daal.
very comfort and hearty feeling curry.. Spices and dhal mix shows the taste of your amritsari dhal..
What a delicious comfort food! Can I substitute the mango powder with something else?


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If you're unsuccessful in being offered an in year school place for your child at a Southwark community school and want to appeal, read our in year admissions appeals information sheet (pdf, 40kb) and complete a in year appeal form (pdf, 18kb).
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Using a case study approach, this study examines Turkish and Armenian attempts at constructing a more positive relationship. It argues that the two countries need to look at what binds them in a web of mutual responsibility towards each other as states first. The only legal link between the two countries is the Treaty of Kars which updated an earlier treaty. Given that the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission and the Turkish-Armenian Accords were both failures, this paper argues that Armenia and Turkey need to litigate their differences on the basis of their only binding agreement.
The process of reconciliation between Armenians and Turks is regarded by many as an exercise in futility. While there are clear positive incentives for the two states and the two peoples to move forward with the project of reconciliation, it is also clear that the obstacles facing such as a project are extensive. This paper argues that the two attempts to move the process forward failed because they were not owned by Turks and Armenians. They were created mainly at the initiative of the United States for the sake of its own interests in Transcaucasia. And while there is nothing particularly sinister in the United States' pursuit of its energy and strategic interests in the region, the United States proceeded without due consideration of the depth of the problems between Turks and Armenians, and failed to lay the groundwork, in both positive and negative incentives for both sides, required to achieve the breakthrough it sought. The foci of this paper are the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC) and the 2009 Turkish-Armenian accords. Each of these events/agreements is treated as a case for the purposes of this study. The paper consists of seven parts. In the first part, we discuss the text of the Kars Treaty and the obligations it brings to both Turkey and Armenia. In the second part we present the normative parameters of this work, including its limitations. In the third part, we provide the framework of analysis used for this paper. The fourth part consists of the TARC case, while the fifth part examines the accords. The sixth section examines the lessons learned from each episode and looks at where the process fell short. The final part provides some reflections and policy recommendations that are, in our view, more realistic than those that were made by some of the principal participants in the process.
Education: B.S., Political Science, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; M.A. and Ph.D., International Studies, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.


The graphic above illustrates a point that will resonate with most of us – that education of dispossessed, disadvantaged or distressed children is a high priority. Not to overuse a cliche, they are indeed our collective future, and if not given the opportunity to be educated, they could be our collective burden.
One of these children could become a pioneer in discovering a valuable cure, breaking the limits in space exploration, or diving deep into nanotechnology to change the world of the future. We don't know who that child will be. We do know, however, that that child could not do any one of these things if we hold back from him or her the opportunity to grow and blossom by withholding the means to grow and blossom.
Never mind the children represented by this graphic are Palestinians. Intelligence, creativity, ambition, passion, and the drive to do better are not confined by borders or boundaries, nor by race or religion. Let's think of them as our own hopes for the future, our own dreams to be fulfilled.
By now you know that the graphic above represents the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). You also know that the United States government under the current leadership is withholding over half of its sizable financial contribution to UNRWA, with consequences detrimental to the promise of education for disadvantaged Palestinian children. Over half of UNRWA's funding is dedicated to children's education.
Why is it even thinkable that the US will withhold about $65m out of a $125m aid package – a small piece of all the financial aid that the U.S. gives out. Leaving politics aside, this happens because the American public is not fully aware of what UNRWA does and, in a wider sense, why the UN's work is crucial for America's well being.
We can help to change that.
The United Nations Association of the United States and its oldest and largest chapter, the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) have made it their mission to educate the American public about the work of the United Nations and what we as citizens can do to help achieve United Nations' goals, as well as the crucial work that UN agencies such as UNRWA do.
Please visit www.unanca.org. Read about issues that matter and how you can become involved in helping renew the strength of America's commitment to United Nation and all its agencies, including UNRWA, You will be inspired to join and help – and I hope you will join UNA-NCA with family and friends. How about persuading at least five persons to become UNA-NCA members with its reasonable membership fee, and also at least five students under 25 years of age whose fees are waived, in the next two weeks?
I thank you for your understanding and your support.
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Gordon Hayward out as Al Horford returns to Celtics lineup vs. Mavs
Quenton S. Albertie
November 24, 2018 3:30 pm ET
Per MassLive's Tom Westerholm, Boston Celtics big man Al Horford will return to the C's lineup after missing Friday's game against the Atlanta Hawks with knee soreness. However, Celtics forward Gordon Hayward will be out due to soreness in his left ankle and point guard Terry Rozier is listed as questionable with knee soreness.
Lengthy injury list for the Celtics tonight, which includes Gordon Hayward (out with ankle soreness) and Terry Rozier (questionable with knee soreness).
Looks like Al Horford is good to go.
— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) November 24, 2018
With Horford's return to the starting lineup, it's likely that Celtics forward Marcus Morris will return to the bench after starting the last game in place of the five-time All-Star.
Though Celtics head coach Brad Stevens has says he isn't done tinkering with Boston's rotations as they look for a spark to their underwhelming offense, Morris has been one of Boston's most effective players all season, averaging 13.9 points per game on 48.6 percent shooting from the field and 44.9 percent shooting from three-point range heading into Friday's contest.
However, Morris only scored eight points against the Atlanta Hawks, shooting just 3-10 from the field 2-7 from three-point range. Off games are to be expected, of course. Nonetheless, it makes more sense to keep Morris in the role he feels comfortable with. Especially after being unable to find his rhythm in the starting lineup.
With Morris out of the starting lineup, Horford, Kyrie Irving, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Aron Baynes will take the floor against the Dallas Mavericks, giving the team their complete starting lineup from the two games (both losses) prior to Friday's game against the Hawks. That obviously bodes well for the Celtics and truthfully, though Rozier and Hayward are talented perimeter players, neither's absence should put Boston at a significant disadvantage against the Mavericks.
Semi Ojeleye, a versatile and defensive-minded forward will likely get minutes in place of Hayward.
He won't be nearly a dynamic a scoring threat as Hayward, though Hayward has only averaged 10.3 points per game on 40.0 percent shooting from the field and 28.6 percent shooting from three-point range so far this season. However, his ability to guard players from Harrison Barnes to Dwight Powell will come in handy for Boston.
If Rozier is out, minutes could go to Brad Wanamaker, who has only appeared in five games this season. The 29-year-old point guard is in his first season after spending the last seven years in the EuroLeague.
*All stats gathered from Basketball Reference
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Butter – the healthy fat!
That's right – whipped butter! An incredible little staple at your next dinner party- or when you want to indulge in something delicious. If you are fond of baking breads this is a perfect way to enjoy freshly baked breads still warm from the oven. Or if you fancy a good ol' steak- top it off with this amazing whipped herb butter. You won't be sorry!
In a stand mixer, add butter and vinegar.
Add herbs, salt and pepper and mix until blended.
Serve at once or keep in the fridge.
You can use all sorts of herbs and spices!


- Jina head, Guarantee card, Head Case.
I am very, very interested in the new faceup for Jina and plan to purchase the head sculpt this coming December sale.
I was wondering if you might be able to take a picture of the head with a black wig on? I just want to see how the light brown/red eyebrows look matched with a black wig, so I know if I should purchase with the new faceup or blank.
I really hope that's not too much trouble and I appreciate your taking the time to read this!
Ok~ we will soon send the picture of head with a black wig to your e-mail.
>I am very, very interested in the new faceup for Jina and plan to purchase the head sculpt this coming December sale.
>I was wondering if you might be able to take a picture of the head with a black wig on? I just want to see how the light brown/red eyebrows look matched with a black wig, so I know if I should purchase with the new faceup or blank.
>I really hope that's not too much trouble and I appreciate your taking the time to read this!
Hey, was just wondering when u will be getting more re stock for the Jina head?
Jina will be sold later this month at random(as Luck bag).
About next sale, Jina has not yet been determined sales schedule.
It will be sold in the this year sometime around April.
>Hey, was just wondering when u will be getting more re stock for the Jina head?
do you know if Angel of dream's resin matches the resin color of the jina head?
We are sorry but we don't know the "Angel of dream". So We can't respond. TT.
>do you know if Angel of dream's resin matches the resin color of the jina head?
I was wondering if the B-Type white skin will match with LUTS white skin?
Our B type skin is similar to Volks. We have heard that the A type is close to Luts.
We cannot say how much those colors are similar, because we are different company.
Hope you can understand that we cannot answer exactly.
>I was wondering if the B-Type white skin will match with LUTS white skin?
Do you know which Normal Skin Jina head would match for a FDOLL Body?
>Do you know which Normal Skin Jina head would match for a FDOLL Body?


If she doesn't want to date, it means that she doesn't want a stalker either. Perhaps she stops singing, or dancing, or talking. The stereotypical icons of romance roses, candles, chocolate and teddy bears can only go so far. If she talks to you online but shies away when she sees you, then the odds are she likes you a lot but is having a hard time showing it in person. See if she touches you or tries to get closer, if she blushes around you, or if she holds eye contact.
Be receptive to her signals. My one last suggestion for now is to resist the temptation to overload her with your presence. Being too preoccupied with her, using every single opportunity to touch her, showering her with too many compliments, and cracking enough jokes to rival a stand up comedian can all ruin your chances with a girl. Every time you call, she seems excited to talk. We've had some good laughs and chats, as well as tennis games. One of the most difficult things to determine is whether a woman you want to date, wants anything more than a friendship. Some girls find the smell of cigarette smoke or strong cologne offensive.
Start being friendly to her in a non-invasive way. She may also tease you lightly or find excuses to touch your arm or back. This likely means that you were the subject of the recently ended conversation. Perhaps she likes you but can't tell you with words. How Many Signs Should You Look for to Be Sure She Likes You? A good relationship starts with a strong mutual connection.
While you're working up your courage, try to spend time with her and flirt. You know, make a joke of it so you don't get creeped out and stop being her friend. This way she'll remember you as the funny and pleasant person she had a nice chat with, not as the guy who she had long awkward silences with. To create this article, 171 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. It can be a welcoming hug when you cross paths in the street or at the mall.
Let her know you as who you truly are. If she's eager to help you and shows other signs of liking you, then she very well might. Ypu haven't asked her out so she doesn't know how you actually feel. Always keep your texts with women playful and lighthearted. So make it clear you're fit, but not thick. Or maybe she likes you just as a friend.
In this Article: She glances your way, laughs at your jokes, and acts nervously around you. She's great in every way, personality, looks and brains. You might be wondering: How can I tell if a girl is sincerely flirting with me? Or try again later after a while. If you like her, tell her. When a girl likes you, she will want to know whether you are single or not so that she can decide if she should flirt with you. That's when I went wrong.
We two walked back to the classroom. Regular texting is a sign of friendship and interest. In fact, these conversations can turn personal very quickly. In next group activity with 2 others and blonde, I noticed the brunette looking at me at least 3 or 4 times; even when I first sat next to blonde. I've seen you helping with other people down below, so here goes! Moreover, there are plenty of other girls who will be right for you.
When you take care of yourself, it makes you more appealing to others and it will thus have a positive impact on your level of confidence. Give her time to get confident. She may be imagining you caressing or playing with her hair. Read on for another quiz question. What do her friends do when you are around? If she doesn't like you, then give her reasons to. But remember, she might actually express interest so be prepared for that as well! The system is kinda confusing and I'm forced to work 'backwards' through questions from a bunch of different articles. This is a list to give clues about whether or not a girl likes a guy.
She is not comfortable being caught looking at you. She was smiling and seemed interested. I tried to cut my feeling by avoiding him during my last week there. Some much more then others, one talked to a friend, one laughed at my jokes and commented, one baby was not interested, and one showed pretty much all the signs they like me. Cardi B also gets a solo performance in the video, rapping alone in the room in a bright yellow ensemble. The more she laughs, the more she wants - and she will want more.


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Q: Is Minimum Spanning Tree afraid of negative weights? This is a follow-up question of Why most graph algorithms do not adapt so easily to negative numbers?.
I think Shortest Path (SP) has problem with negative weights, because it adds up all weights along the paths and tries to find the minimum one.
But I don't think Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) has problems with negative weights, because it just takes the single minimum weight edge without caring about the overall total weights.
Am I right?

A: Yes, you are right. The concept of MST allows weights of an arbitrary sign. The two most popular algorithms for finding MST (Kruskal's and Prim's) work fine with negative edges.
Actually, you can just add a big positive constant to all the edges of your graph, making all the edges positive. The MST (as a subset of edges) will remain the same.

A: Yes, you are right because if you see the algorithm for shortest path like dijkstera it will check if the present distance of vertex v is greater than sum of present value + edge weight then it will change the value of distance of vertex v from s by the sum value and if the edge weight is negative  then it will give some problems.
But in the MST problem there are algorithms like prims,kruskal which take only the minimum weight edge so that make the negative edge qualify for MST.

A: Yes,you are right
Prim's algorithm works like dijkstra's algorithm but in prim's algorithm it should not compute shortest path from i to j having negative edges . So, their is an another algorithm is their i.e Bellman-Ford algorithm for compute shortest path from i to j with negative edge.
Therefore prim's and Kruskal's algorithm is not fear for negative edges.

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Pitching a baseball is a very strenuous task, not only on the pitcher's throwing arm, but on his entire body, particularly the legs, back and both shoulders. The same applies to fastball softball hurlers, even though the underhand delivery isn't as stressful on the pitcher's arm. Whether it's baseball or fastpitch softball, if it's your day to pitch, stretch before you do any throwing. Focus on your shoulders and throwing arm, but include some stretches for your whole body.
To begin warming up and get more blood flowing into your muscles, perform about five to 10 minutes of cardiovascular exercise before you stretch. Light jogging, brisk walking or riding an exercise bicycle are among the ways you can get your heart pumping and prepare yourself to start stretching.
Because you must stretch your whole body, you may wish to start at your feet and work your way up, or vice versa. For example, begin with calf stretches, then work on your thighs -- both quads and hamstrings -- your hips, torso and shoulders, then work down to your elbows, forearms and wrists.
Hold your pitching arm horizontally at shoulder level. Grasp your arm at the elbow with your non-pitching hand and press your pitching arm toward your chest as far as you can, comfortably. To stretch both shoulders, sit down with your knees bent, lean back and position your hands palms-down on the floor or the field behind you. Extend your arms and spread your fingers. Push your hips forward until you feel the stretch in your shoulders. Hold both shoulder stretches for 15 to 30 seconds.
While standing next to a wall, extend your pitching arm straight to your side at shoulder level. Place your palm against the wall with your fingers pointed down. Tilt your head a bit toward your non-throwing shoulder and hold the position for three seconds to stretch the muscles attached to your elbow. To stretch your wrist, extend your pitching arm straight in front of you with your palm facing down. Grasp your fingers with your non-throwing hand and pull them down and toward you, keeping your pitching arm straight and bending your palm toward your body. Perform the same stretch, but pull your wrist in the opposite direction, so the back of your hand faces your body. The first exercise stretches the flexor muscles in your wrist and forearm while the latter works the extensors. Hold each wrist stretch for 15 to 30 seconds.
After you're finished stretching you can start throwing. Begin slowly by playing catch or long toss, gradually increasing the distance of your throws. Go to the practice mound and warm up by throwing all of your pitches, again working up to harder throws toward the end of your warm-up session.


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Spectacular panoramas capture Hong Kong's disappearing architecture
Updated 25th April 2018
Credit: © Stefan Irvine & Jörg Dietrich
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN
Composed of shops, businesses and apartments, Hong Kong's old tenement buildings -- or "tong lau" -- are microcosms of life in the city. Similar to the so-called shophouses of Southeast Asia, these historic structures are characterized by a row of shops on the ground floor with housing on the floors above.
Tong lau were built from the end of the 19th century until the 1960s, though many have since been demolished to make way for high-rise tower blocks.
However, they remain hives of social and commercial activity, home to densely-packed communities and small businesses like restaurants and pawn shops.
Hoping to document this disappearing way of life, British photographer Stefan Irvine spent almost four years capturing tong lau and the communities around them. But with so much to depict on each block, the 42-year-old knew that one-off shots might not suffice.
"To Kwa Wan Road" (2014) by Stefan Irvine and Jörg Dietrich. Tong lau were built from the end of the 19th century until the 1960s, though many have since been demolished to make way for high-rise tower blocks. Credit: © Stefan Irvine & Jörg Dietrich
Instead, Irvine took multiple pictures of each building, working with photographer and digital editor Jörg Dietrich to stitch composite images (up to 25 photos together) into single, striking panoramas.
The resulting series, titled "Hong Kong's Disappearing Tong Lau," offers an unusually complete glimpse of a distinct architectural form.
"I'd be walking around various parts of Hong Kong looking for interesting architecture, and I kept getting drawn toward these tong lau buildings because they have such special character," Irvine said in a phone interview, pointing to the arcaded walkways, balconies and rounded corners commonly found in the city's mid-century buildings.
Close-crop of a tong lau on To Kwa Wan Road. Credit: © Stefan Irvine & Jörg Dietrich
"They have these quite distinctive features that are unique to this area, and southern China in general. I see (this photography project) as documenting the situation, and a kind of celebration of heritage.
A meticulous process
Tong lau buildings are often located in densely populated parts of the city, posing a challenging for Irvine, whose digital stitching method requires multiple photographs to be taken from the same height and perspective.
"It's key for me to be able to find enough space opposite a building so I can walk along in a straight line with my tripod taking shots that I need," said Irvine, who moved to Hong Kong in 2002. "It's actually much harder to find than you might think.
"Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei" (2017) by Stefan Irvine and Jörg Dietrich. Today, tong lau remain hives of social and commercial activity, home to densely-packed communities and small businesses like restaurants and pawn shops. Credit: © Stefan Irvine & Jörg Dietrich
"I need to have the camera in almost exactly the same position and angle as I go along the whole length of the block. I'll take a picture almost every two meters, with lots of overlapping shots."
Shooting from sidewalks, balconies or the walkways of parallel buildings, Irvine often needed to make multiple trips to a site to produce a single final panorama.
Each trip required meticulous planning, as changes in condition -- such as the amount of sunlight or cloud cover -- could make it more difficult for Dietrich to create seamless pictures during the post-production process.
"They have these quite distinctive features that are unique to this area, and southern China in general. I see (this photography project) as documenting the situation, and a kind of celebration of heritage," photographer Stefan Irvine told CNN. Credit: © Stefan Irvine & Jörg Dietrich
The movement of people and vehicles also presented challenges when shooting, Irvine said, especially if it occurred at the point where two photographs join.
"Sometimes, just where you want the seam to be, you might have a leg missing," said Irvine.
"Like in all kinds of photography, it just requires a lot of patience. In most cases, if you have the time to wait, it usually seems to work out."
Heritage conservation efforts
Once seen as a solution to inward migration and rapid population growth in Hong Kong, tong lau had fallen out of favor with property developers and city planners by the 1960s. Many have since been demolished to make way for high-rise tower blocks.
"Ki Lung Street" (2014) by Stefan Irvine and Jörg Dietrich. Tong lau buildings are often located in densely populated parts of the city, posing a challenging for Irvine, whose digital stitching method requires multiple photographs to be taken from the same height and perspective. Credit: © Stefan Irvine & Jörg Dietrich
"It's a shame that developers have such influence that they can remove interesting and valuable heritage of the Hong Kong people -- just to make a buck and to build bigger," Irvine said, before adding: "I guess there's less appreciation for this kind of (architecture)."
Hong Kong authorities have stepped up efforts to survey and protect historic buildings in recent decades. The city's Urban Renewal Authority is currently preserving and renovating one of the tenement blocks featured in Irvine's photo collection.
"It's key for me to be able to find enough space opposite a building so I can walk along in a straight line with my tripod taking shots that I need," said Irvine, who moved to Hong Kong in 2002. "It's actually much harder to find than you might think. Credit: © Stefan Irvine & Jörg Dietrich
Expressing his concern that restoration projects can force up prices and push residents out of their neighborhoods, Irvine points to the renovation of the Blue House tong lau block as an example to follow. The project -- commended by UNESCO last year -- was, in Irvine's words, a "sensitive" restoration that kept rent "manageable" for the block's original occupants.
And while critical of the city's conservation policies, the photographer recognizes the pressures facing planners and developers in the world's most expensive housing market.
"But interestingly, young Hong Kong people seem to be much more aware and interested in preserving all sorts of architecture," he added, "even the more recent buildings."
Panoramas from Stefan Irvine's project "Hong Kong's Disappearing Tong Lau," will be on display through Blue Lotus Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair in Hong Kong, May 18-20, 2018.


Nadal won two matches although the second was a walkover as Nalbandian looked at Rafa and a possible three hour match on the dirt which he wouldn't win anyway and said "I'm out of here!" He also had some hip problem.
The Worm beat Wawrinka, Ferrer won, Davy won, Robredo won, Gonzo won and Verdasco won.
Ana Ivanovic says Ajde! a lot.
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The Ecuadorian Railways' newest route returns to its first journeys, by linking the regions to the south of the capital. The trip lasts two days, the rails faithfully following along the "Avenue of the Volcanoes", in the footsteps of the great explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.
It's the ideal way to get under the skin of the fascinating natural and cultural world that lies mere kilometers from the urban hum of Quito.
Descending down from Quito, the landscape unfurls southwards on either side of the rails, fields of green grasses hemmed by emerald hedges, herds of cows lowing quietly between trees, houses and country roads. This is cowboy country, the land of the Ecuadorian chagra.
Pushing southwards, we begin to climb and the vegetation changes as come closer to the snowy peak of mighty Cotopaxi, the world's highest active volcano. We cross a large plain before reaching El Boliche, the station on the National Park's western edge, huddled within a pine forest planted decades ago. Here, there's time for a coffee and to savour the fresh cheese and treats on sale, as well as discover some fine local handicrafts, before being guided through the forest on a short walk. There'll be more time to explore on our return journey.
Down to Lasso we go, back to lower, more cultivated lands, and on to Latacunga, the provincial capital, where we're treated to a jolly performance of cholas latacungueñas dancing, before continuing onwards again. On arrival in Ambato, a strange sight awaits: Devils! A banda de pueblo town band thumps out favorite tunes from the region, while six dancers, representatives of the nearby town of Píllaro, faithfully share with us the devil dances they perform at their annual fiesta every January.
Following our night in Ambato, the train carries us back towards Quito, where there's more time to explore El Boliche over lunch and enjoy an enlightening visit to the animal farm in Machachi.
Whether this is the first time or the hundredth time you've traveled through this part of the country, the new route offers something for everyone, old and young, couples or families. No-one will come away with any doubt that travelling by train in Ecuador is much more than a means of getting from A to B. It's an experience, from A to Z.
Born in Prussia in 1769, Humboldt was the archetypal naturalist-explorer, the inspiration for a generation of scientists, including Charles Darwin.
Indefatigable, energetic, polymath, polyglot, brilliant, dogged and downright deranged at times, Humboldt made several journeys during his long life, before publishing his great opus, Cosmos, in 1845.
His first great voyage was to South America, accompanied by the Belgian Aimée Bonpland. During this journey, which began in 1799, he made innumerable studies and calculations, observations and studies, bringing the 'new world' to the 'old' like no-one before him.
While in Ecuador, he climbed any peak he could and met with everyone who was anyone. On his travels through the Andes, he described them as an "Avenue of Volcanoes". Although he failed to conquer the summit of Chimborazo, his observations of its vegetation at different altitudes, made into a remarkable illustration, revolutionized the way science considered the inter-relationship of species.
His name has been given to many things, including towns, animals (the Humboldt penguin) and, most relevant to Ecuador and South America, the Humboldt current – the cold-water current that travels north from Antartica along the Pacific, bringing with it the nutrients which make the waters of Chile, Peru and Ecuador so biodiverse and so rich for fishing.
His fame was as great as Napoleon's at one stage, although, strangely, his beautiful, all-encompassing and captivating vision of Nature fell out of fashion in scientific circles in the 20th century. We believe it's time his reputation was rehabilitated!


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FTSE 100 ends at fresh record as Wm. Morrison leads grocers
Published: Jan. 9, 2018 at 12:14 p.m. ET
Carla Mozee
Grocer 'broke the Debenhams-then-Mothercare double whammy of truly terrible post-Christmas updates'
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U.K. stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the blue-chip index setting another record as Wm. Morrison Supermarkets PLC helped lead gains in retail shares following its upbeat Christmas sales update.
What the market is doing: The FTSE 100 index UKX, -1.17% rose 0.5% to end at 7,731.02, topping a prior all-time closing high notched last week and erasing Monday's drop of 0.4%.
The pound GBPUSD, +0.19% traded at $1.3516, down from $1.3568 late Monday in New York.
Read:These 5 charts are all 'flashing green' for more U.K. stock records
What's driving the market: The retail sector was in the spotlight, as Morrison said comparable sales during the Christmas season rose 2.8%.
"Helping the FTSE out was a giddy Morrison, which broke the Debenhams-then-Mothercare double whammy of truly terrible post-Christmas updates with a rather impressive statement of its own," said Connor Campbell, financial analyst at Spreadex, in a note.
Meanwhile, Kantar Worldpanel said British consumers spent £1 billion more during this year's Christmas period than last year's, and that the Friday before Christmas in 2017 was the busiest shopping day ever recorded even as stores offered the lowest level of promotions since 2009.
Separately, the British Retail Consortium said U.K. retail sales in December rose by 0.6% on a like-for-like basis from December 2016, when they had increased 1%. But comparable sales for nonfood items fell 1.9% over the three months to December, the lowest since March 2009.
Corporates: Wm. Morrison Supermarkets PLC shares UK:MRW climbed 2.4% as the company said like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, rose 2.8% during the Christmas period. The company, the first U.K. supermarket operator to report its performance after the Christmas season, also backed its fiscal 2018 guidance.
Morrison was one of the FTSE 100's big winners, with rival Marks & Spencer Group PLC MKS, -1.22% also gaining 2.4%. J Sainsbury PLC SBRY, +1.05% picked up 3.1%.
But Tesco PLC TSCO, +1.13% was roughly flat even as Kantar said Tesco was the fastest-growing of the big four supermarkets during the 12 weeks to Dec. 31, as sales rose 3.1%. Tesco's third-quarter and Christmas update is due Thursday.
British American Tobacco PLC shares BATS, -0.49% closed up 0.7% after the company said it expects a 6% increase in 2018 per-share earnings, stemming from U.S. tax cuts.
Home-builder Persimmon PLC PSN, +0.43% said revenue rose 9% in 2017 to 3.42 billion pounds ($4.64 billion), and that it expects pretax profit for the year to be modestly ahead of market consensus. But its shares were down 1.2%.
Barron's: The White House Is Ignoring Tesla. Elon Musk Pushes Back on Twitter With a Spelling Lesson.
Tesla is the world's largest maker of electric vehicles, but doesn't seem to be getting recognition from President Joe Biden. CEO Elon Musk continues to make noise about it on Twitter.
What's old is new again — the Dogs of the Dow are outperforming the stock market
Stock-market index that led the pandemic-fueled tumble just entered a bear-market for the first time in 2 years
Carla Mozée is a reporter for MarketWatch, based in London. Follow her on Twitter @MWMozee.


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With the evolution of the internet, the majority of customers and clients are putting down that lofty phone book and hopping online to search what he/she is looking for. In fact, it is very rare that somebody will resort to the yellow pages over using Google to find something or someone. It is this very reason that if you are a small business looking to compete in today's market, building a website to sell your product or advertise your services is merely a necessity. Once you decide that a website is a major part of your marketing strategy, the next step would be to determine how to properly use your website to it's advantage and how to get that edge over your competition.
Before the internet, we all had clients and although we provided services and products, the ease of communication vastly differed from today's "e-world." Instead of using email to communicate, we were bound to 2 different options, 1. Snail Mail, and 2. Telephone correspondence. Both of these methods are obviously still widely used today, though when information can be transferred so quickly through the internet, time is money, and efficiency is key.
The internet and arena for business websites blew up somewhere in the late 90′s, early 2000′s. Now you flash-forward to present-day 2011, a lot has changed and the competition has also increased ten-fold. Some of the search engines around 10 years ago like Ask.com, or Metacrawler.com, are simply a thing of the past. Instead, search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing make up the majority of all searches. Knowing these small things are actually big steps in to deciding how and where you're going to maximize your online exposure. Since Google literally owns the large majority (2/3 share) of all online searches, they will be the target for your marketing efforts.
After deciding that it's time now to build a website or to have one built by a web design professional, the first step always recommended is to look around and see what your competitors are doing. Look at their websites, the content they have on their sites. Are they using certain words that target that specific industry? Do they make a good point in directing the customer/visitor in the right direction and help persuade them to contact them or find more information? When a visitor contacts your site, you'll want them to do something. Most of the time, it is getting the visitor to click on "contact us" or have them call you. It is your job to present to them what is known as the "call to action" which defines the objective you want them to achieve.
In conclusion, if you are a business who has years of experience in the market but has no website, or if you're a start-up looking to capitalize and compete fairly and effectively in your given market, using a website to market your business is vital. With as fast as the market changes on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis, it will be essential for you to keep up with the ever-changing scenery.
Internet Marketing Website – Sky Rocket Your Network Marketing Business!
Internet Marketing Website! One of the tools available to the network marketers today is a website. Most network marketers do not use the internet for marketing. They use the same old marketing strategies that networker markets have used forever. Does a website really help your network marketing business or is a website and internet marketing a way to scam network marketers?
I have been fortunate enough to be involved in internet marketing for over 10 years. I have a successful real estate business and a growing network marketing business all because of internet marketing websites. So I have some background with internet marketing websites.
There are several key factors that make internet marketing work for the network marketer. The most important one is their website. There are some key points that make up a successful internet marketing website.
Fact #1: A website must be easy to set-up and maintain. The easiest type of website for the average person to set-up is a blog. Most web hosting companies have a way in the control panel to set-up a blog. You can go to the control panel, find the free blog software, click on the set-up, and the software will set it up automatically for you. As a network market you will be the one setting up the website, writing articles, and as the administrator be maintaining your blog.
Fact #2: Your website must provide valuable content that keeps you visitor's interest. Your content should be more of an educational variety instead of trying to sell your opportunity. You need to write for the search engines as well as your visitors. You content needs to be unique so the search engines see it as new and valuable. You content needs to build trust to help build a relationship with your visitors.
Fact #3: I am sure the main reason you are building a website is for marketing! Your marketing must be subtle. Your articles should be more about different subjects that would help your visitors with a problem they might be having. Your articles should show you are the go to guy for solutions. The marketing goes off to the side like an opt in form for some special training. Your marketing should show more about what training and solutions you have to offer to your prospects.
I have watched plenty of websites built and never produce much traffic or many leads, regardless of their products or network marketing opportunity. The main reason is because they simply do not KNOW how to market, or build their businesses FIRST. Your job as a business owner is to EDUCATE yourself first and foremost, to develop yourself, and to ALWAYS be learning and growing.
This is the true formula for success, and leads to the most good in the long run. If you follow this formula, and really SEEK knowledge to market your business like a professional… then you will have major advantages over most online businesses.