Are you wondering if it's still worth investing in email? There's so much going on in the world of business these days. Everyone's focusing on social media, working on search engine optimization, producing videos, and making a solid mobile marketing strategy to reach new prospects, gain better visibility, and improve sales. It's not surprising if you question the relevance of email marketing in this new era of business.
So, is email marketing dead?
Below you will find five reasons why you should continue or start an email marketing campaign.
Email marketing provides a fast and more convenient way of reaching prospects and retaining existing clients. You have full control over who sees which marketing material. You can reach consumers based on their age, what they do, where they are in the buyer's journey, or where they live. By targeting audiences, you get to provide them with what they need at the most opportune time. Doing so should lead to higher conversion rates.
Aside from that, emails sound more personal. You get to address clients and prospects by their names. In a way, it's like speaking directly to them. Through these emails, you can add a human touch to the brand and even encourage consumers to understand why they should care why you do what you do.
Email campaigns can work well with other marketing channels. For starters, the content you use in your emails can be repurposed and turned into social media posts. This way, you can multiply your reach without having to go through all the trouble to create new material. The videos and other visual content you produce can also be used to spice up your email marketing campaign.
Several of your marketing channels won't be able to draw relevant and accurate metrics as your email campaigns. As you know, analytics is crucial to the success of any campaign. What you measure determines what you're doing right and what needs to be changed or improved.
These metrics will produce not only numbers but insights into your audience's behaviors and interests. The email marketing campaign itself serves as your best tool in understanding what type of content your prospects or clients are most responsive to. That enables you to further improve your strategies and achieve better results.
Compared to the rest of your marketing efforts, running an email marketing campaign won't be as expensive. You don't have to print materials. There aren't any postage fees or advertising rates. Email is the most affordable tool you have at your disposal. Not only is it budget-friendly, it is also effective. Research shows that email marketing brings in an average of $44 for every dollar spent.
If you automate your campaigns, you might even see better results. Automated emails can produce conversion rates that are 180% higher than batch emails. Not only that, automation can drive 320% more revenue than non-automated emails.
To improve your email campaign's performance, you should verify your consumer's postal addresses using international address validation software. You need to check if their phone number is valid. Above all else, you must verify their email addresses to reduce bouncebacks.
Email marketing isn't new, but it is by no means an outdated strategy for business. If you've thought about ditching your email marketing campaign, don't. This practice provides endless opportunities for you to show off your expertise and brand voice and with little to no cost. In this ever-evolving digital landscape, email remains a fundamental tool for business.


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Professor Joughin is a well-known Shakespearean scholar and a member of the International Shakespeare Conference (2000-2015). He has published extensively in the areas of Shakespeare, philosophy and literature, and literary and cultural theory, and was the founding Chair of the British Shakespeare Association (BSA) from 2002 to 2008. He is an Honorary Fellow of the BSA as well as being one of the founding editors of the internationally respected journal Shakespeare.
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"BJP is putting the blame on Congress and Congress on BJP. But the truth is that all scams during Congress' time are still going on. Earlier, Congress used to make money, now from all those scams BJP makes money. This is the reason why BJP has till today not sent any Congress member to jail," tweeted Kejriwal.
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that earlier, the Congress used to benefit from scams and now it is the BJP that benefits from them, and added that this is the reason why the BJP never sends a Congress member to the jail.
In a tweet, the Chief Minister said that the Punjab National Bank "scam" started in 2011 and was going on till now.


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This artifact is part of a PECE essay on Kim Fortun, who is the current 4S President.
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Golbriak Space OÜ - is an aerospace company located in Tallinn, Estonia. Since the beginning of 2018 we are also a resident of ESA BIC Estonia. Our mission is to develop and implement the services and the enabling technologies for distributed and federated satellite missions. We believe that these novel paradigms can bring several advantages for the space industry not only by optimization of data distribution, but also by increasing overall missions performance and reducing operational costs. As a first step, we want to enhance the communication capabilities of small and micro satellites by offering affordable optical communications terminals with datarates in the order of hundreds of megabits.
Golbriak Space has proposed a concept of Cloud Computing on the ISS using Bartolomeo platform. The "Bartolomeo cloud" could be realized through a compact high-performance computing data center installed on the ISS, interfaced to customer spacecraft through an optical and RF terminal installed on the ISS. Potential ISS cloud services could reduce the time between data acquisition and availability in order to introduce new capabilities such as automated feature detector for Earth observing spacecraft, enhanced spacecraft autonomy (cognitive satellites) or real-time machine learning on space data.
FSSCat project was officially announced winner of Copernicus Masters Award at European Space Week 2017. Golbriak Space is part of FSSCat consortium, alongside with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC). We are moving towards demonstrating our optical communication technology between two 6U cubesats.
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(WASHINGTON) — The House Rules Committee is set to hold the first congressional hearing on Medicare-for-all legislation on Tuesday, as the progressive pitch to reshape American health care dominates policy discussions in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.Specifically, the hearing will focus on legislation from Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., which has been co-sponsored by more than 100 Democrats and builds on ideas promoted most prominently by presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders."We want a full debate. This will be a full hearing, a full debate, televised, and [will] bring momentum," Jayapal told ABC News on Monday.The House Democrats' proposal would not require patients to pay for any expenses and would include primary, hospital, dental, vision and maternity care. It would cover prescription drug costs and allow the government to negotiate drug prices directly with manufacturers.The bill, which does not include a funding mechanism, also would preserve health care and medical benefits from the Veterans Administration and Indian Health Service, and give consumers two years to phase in to the program.Sanders' latest proposal for a single, national health insurance program would give Americans four years to join, instead of two, and handles some long-term care differently. It would also allow for co-pays for prescription drugs capped at $200 annually.Democrats and Republicans have invited a handful of health care experts and academics to testify this week.On Friday, Democrats added Ady Barkan, a prominent progressive activist and single-payer advocate who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Because of the disease, Barkan, who is wheelchair bound, will deliver his testimony using a system that converts his eye movements into speech.After Democrats' successful midterm campaigns zeroed in on preexisting conditions coverage, Republicans on Capitol Hill have seized on the other party's health care debate ahead of 2020, using procedural votes and committee meetings to highlight questions about Medicare for all's cost and potential impact on private health insurance."Patients and families want more choice and control over their doctors, treatments and coverage. They want lower costs and greater access to care. But government run, one-size-fits-all health care is not the answer," Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a statement to ABC News. "The Democrat plan is socialism. Under their plan, Americans will have fewer choices, taxes would skyrocket, and access to care would slow to a crawl."In February, Walden requested a Medicare-for-All hearing in the Energy and Commerce Committee, in an effort to highlight questions about the cost of the proposal.The Mercatus Center at George Mason University estimated last year that Sanders' plan would cost more than $32 trillion over 10 years. Sanders has argued that the federal government is already spending significant sums on health care and could redirect some current spending to the new program, in addition to raising taxes on "extreme wealth."Democratic leaders said Tuesday's hearing will be the first of several in the House on Medicare-for-all legislation. The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing in May on a forthcoming analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office of single-payer health care, according to a spokesperson.The tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, along with the Energy and Commerce Committee, with its jurisdiction over health policy, could also take up the topic later this year."The fact that it's not in the ultimate, top committee that you might have to go to, is just one piece of it," said Jayapal, who pointed out that she negotiated to hold the first hearing in the Rules Committee. "We want to talk about this and get the ideas out, and have people understand what's really in the bill.""Anything we do to move the debate forward is positive," Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., a leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and co-sponsor of the Medicare-for-All Act of 2019, told ABC News.The hearing has also energized activists: More than 400 nurses stormed the nation's capital Monday ahead of the hearings in support of the legislation.National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses with more than 150,000 members nationwide, has been an avid promoter and supporter of the legislation for years. The group also campaigned heavily for Sanders during 2016.On Monday, the nurses protested in front of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America headquarters and lobbied at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.The group has grassroots organizing, canvassing and phone-banking events planned around the country in the coming months and, according to the union, its leaders plan to attend the hearings Tuesday to share stories about "patients suffering because of difficulties of the current health care system.""My concern is that more incremental solutions may be advanced and may sound attractive, but if implemented wouldn't solve the fundamental dysfunctions and injustices of the American health care system," Dr. Adam Gaffney, the secretary of Physicians for a National Health Program, a 20,000 member single-payer advocacy group, told ABC News.Gaffney, a critical care doctor and instructor at Harvard Medical School, said he's worried Democrats could "veer away from policy towards political expediency.""This," he added, "is obviously the beginning of a process, not the end. I'm less concerned with where we start then where we finish up."Copyright © 2019, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.
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Alcatel-Lucent Announces New Optical Transmission Records at ECOC 2007, Paving the Way for the Future Introduction of 100 Gigabit/s Ethernet
Achievements Include a Transmission at 12.8 Terabit/s Over a Record Distance of 2,550 km
ECOC 2007, BERLIN, September 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today confirmed its technical and scientific leadership in optical communications research with three post-deadline papers accepted at the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Berlin. These papers are part of a total 38 papers presented at the conference by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and Research & Innovation researchers, successfully demonstrating new advances in optical transmission and paving the way for the future introduction of 100 Gbit/s Ethernet optical networks.
The major breakthroughs are: the transmission of 12.8 Terabit/s of data through a single optical fiber over a record distance of 2,550 km, a precursor for long-haul transmission at 100 Gbit/s per wavelength; a pioneering 8 Terabit/s data transmission using a simple and cost effective 100 Gbit/s channel modulation; and the first hybrid DWDM transmission of 100 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s channels in the same system, demonstrating migration and coexistence capabilities of both.
"Positive results in these advanced tests further demonstrates our commitment to design the most efficient, highest bandwidth systems possible for the benefit of our customers," said Romano Valussi, President of Alcatel-Lucent's optics activities. "The 100 Gbit/s achievement further confirms our technology leadership in optical networking as a critical enabler of the IP network transformation."
The first experiment was achieved by Alcatel-Lucent's researchers in Villarceaux, France. They demonstrated a 12.8 Terabit/s transmission on a single optical fiber, over the record distance of 2,550 km. As no previously reported experiment had achieved more than 10 Terabit/s were beyond 300 km, these results represent an improvement by a factor of more than 8. In this experiment 160 wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) channels were modulated at 80 Gbit/s each. The system involved several innovations, namely polarization division multiplexing, multi-level optical modulation, coherent detection and powerful electrical signal processing.
The second result was achieved by Alcatel-Lucent's researchers from Stuttgart and Villarceaux. They realized a 8 Terabit/s Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) transmission with 80 channels, each modulated at 100 Gbit/s, transmitted over 520 km. Such a density represents a breakthrough, as the channels were very densely packed, separated by no more than 100 GHz from each other. This modulation is a simple, robust and cost-effective way to generate and transmit a 100 Gbit/s bandwidth by channel.
In the third experiment Bell Labs researchers in New Jersey demonstrated the first hybrid DWDM transmission of 100-Gbit/s and 40-Gbit/s channels in the same system, achieving a record overall spectral efficiency of 1.4 bits/s/Hz. This experiment is significant in that it demonstrates a feasible upgrade path for DWDM transport equipment to support 100-Gbit/s Ethernet channels using existing 50-GHz channel plans. These results are an extension of Alcatel-Lucent's recent successful demonstration of a similar capacity upgrade - where researchers replaced 10-Gbit/s OOK channels with 40-Gbit/s DQPSK channels, co-existing with 40-Gbit/s DBPSK channels, in the same system (post-deadline paper at OFC/NFOEC 2007).
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Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. (All figures exclude impact of activities transferred to Thales). For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
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Part 2 of InvestComics at the Orlando MegaCon 2012. Simple task, ask several creators some simple questions and come back with some fun results. This Episode: What Celebrity/Person would you like to meet? And tell us a Joke! Again, check out answers from Jimmy Palmiotti, Billy Tucci, Tony Bedard, Frank Tieri, Jeff Balke, Sebastian Piccione, Jason Metcalf, Mike Wagganer, Brian Wolf, Karl Moline, and James Whynot. Special thanks again to Michael Frick Weber for the Inspiration.


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Due to the fame of its prominent citizen, telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, the City is known as The Telephone City. The first long distance telephone call was made on August 10, 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell from the family homestead in Brantford, to his assistant located in Paris, Ontario.
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Why some homeowners are turning down free money
Borrowers who are still smarting from the mortgage crisis are passing up some real deals and missing out on real cash.
By Becky Quick
FORTUNE — American homeowners are in the midst of a hot and heavy love affair with low interest rates. But not every courtship has a happy ending.
As the final days of 2012 slipped away, Lisa Price made her client an offer she thought he couldn't refuse. Her client — we'll call him John Doe — was paying a rate of 6.616% on his $435,000 mortgage, with 25 years left to go. Price, a mortgage banker for Quicken Loans, offered to refinance his loan at 4.125%, keeping the 25-year payout time. The deal would have knocked his monthly payments down to $3,383, a savings of $630 a month. Closing costs were minimal and would have been recouped through the savings within four months of signing. And with the streamlined process she proposed, it would have required very little paperwork and wasn't contingent on any appraisal valuation. It seemed like a no-brainer. But John Doe said no thanks.
"It didn't make any sense," says a stunned Price, reflecting on the rejection. "Usually when I call someone with a deal like that they're really excited."
It's typically pretty easy for mortgage brokers to give away money, and indeed, refinancing activity has skyrocketed as interest rates plummeted in recent years. The one group of homeowners who didn't participate in the refi boom — those whose home prices tanked, leaving them without enough equity in their home to qualify for refinancing — are now eligible to restructure their loans thanks to a new government program. But as Quicken Loans and other mortgage originators have learned, it can be surprisingly difficult to persuade some of these people to take sweet deals like the one above, even when the government is greasing the skids.
The first government assistance programs after the housing bubble burst offered to help homeowners only after they stopped paying their mortgages. But a later program — the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) — was designed specifically to help out those underwater homeowners still paying their mortgages on time by giving them access to the low rates so many others are enjoying. HARP has been refined several times since its inception in 2010, and every version of the plan has made it easier for homeowners to qualify. But getting the word out hasn't been easy.
Quicken and other mortgage originators have aggressively tried to let homeowners who qualify know about the program. "We get their home number, the business number, their e-mail, we express-mail packages to their house so it looks serious," says Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of Quicken. "We leave messages; we tell them, 'Go look up HARP on Google and you'll see it's real.' We don't quit." And yet almost half of these homeowners don't respond. "If you would have told me all the facts about how this works before, I would have predicted we'd get 80% to 85%," Gilbert marvels.
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Ultimately, Quicken says, only about 25% of the homeowners who qualify for HARP actually end up refinancing. And that's the shame of it all. HARP is a smart program. It rewards good behavior — those who have continued to pay their mortgages — while lending a helping hand to those who could really use it. And it attempts to even the playing field by giving more Americans fair access to the low interest rates enjoyed by big businesses and the wealthy. This program is also good for the economy, as consumers spend much of the money they save on their mortgage payments.
So how do the government and mortgage originators convince the public to take advantage of a program that can truly help many who need it? It's the classic lesson of once bitten, twice shy. Wounds from all those no-money-down loans and balloon payments have yet to heal for the homeowners bitten when the housing bubble burst. Others still feel the sting of paying hundreds for appraisals in an attempt to refinance, only to be spurned when their homes were valued at less than they owed on the mortgage. It may be hard for those consumers to trust again anytime soon. But for those with the courage to give it another go, love might actually be better the second time around.
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Could 'Creed' Earn Sylvester Stallone a Spot in the Oscars' Supporting Actor Race?
The Oscars may not be until February, but the race is heating up with each passing weekend of new releases. Every week ScreenCrush will analyze the Oscar race using predictions, critical reactions, and box office numbers to gauge which titles will be the most remembered come awards season.
When it comes to the Oscars, boxing movies usually fare pretty well. Out of all sports films, ones about fighting for a dream within the perilous ropes of a ring tend to get the most love from the Academy. From classics like The Champ and Raging Bull, to Million Dollar Baby and The Fighter, the great boxing movies often go home with a gold statue or two. But what about the seventh installment in the most famous boxing franchise in movie history?
Creed, the latest film in the Rocky series, opens next week just in time to rake in some Thanksgiving box office dollars. A fantastic addition to the Rocky films, Creed proves spinoffs can breathe new life into a 40-year-old franchise. The film follows Adonis "Donnie" Creed, the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed, Rocky Balboa's former opponent and friend. No one knows that though, since Michael B. Jordan's Donnie goes by the surname Johnson. The Fruitvale Station star gives a fantastic performance as the insatiable fighter everyone believes belongs at a good job instead of getting bloodied in the ring. Though the lead actor race is stuffed to the gills this year with Eddie Redmayne, Michael Fassbender and Leonardo DiCaprio practically guaranteed nominations, followed by Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Michael Caine and Will Smith, it'll be unlikely to see Jordan make the cut. However, a familiar face might be able to break into the ranks of Best Supporting Actor.
Sylvester Stallone reprises his role as Rocky Balboa for the seventh time in Creed, a role that could easily become as worn down as the character has himself. Creed could have easily been the perfect opportunity for Stallone to fall flat, but the strength in the film comes from putting the series' star on the sidelines to give the newcomer proper support. Stallone is a great co-star, never overshadowing the young actor but instead, like Rocky does for Donnie, helping emphasize his talents. In Matt Singer's review of the film here at ScreenCrush he wrote, "there is a beautiful sort of symmetry in seeing the former champ now passing on the knowledge that was imparted to him; not just about boxing but about life as well."
Director and writer Ryan Coogler also brings a fierce and fresh energy to the film, with the right amount of nostalgia for the past and hunger for the future. At multiple points Donnie says he wants to build his own legacy without coasting on the fame of his father. Creed works so well for just that reason, using the Rocky series as a jumping-off point to explore a new character's journey. Now that Rocky older, Stallone focuses his talents beyond mere muscle and handles the film's most emotional moments with great care.
Back in 1977, Stallone was nominated for Best Actor and Best Screenplay for the original Rocky. He lost both to Network and was never nominated for an Oscar again. With this performance Stallone could have a chance at making a comeback, especially since the Academy loves handing out first-time wins to actors late in their careers. Just think of Christopher Plummer, Judi Dench, Jeff Bridges and Helen Mirren, to name a few. Though Stallone would be a Rocky-esque long shot for a win, a nomination would be a nice nod to his career playing the Italian Stallion. And honoring an actor for a famed role could turn into a bit of a theme at this year's awards. Last week, I wrote about Star Wars: The Force Awakens' chances at the Oscars and chatter surrounding Harrison Ford's shot at a nomination. Both Rocky and Han Solo are some of film's most iconic characters and both returning to the big screen this year may charm voters.
That's not to say there aren't a surplus of other worthy actors. Both Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo are strong bets for Spotlight, with Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies, Benicio del Toro in Sicario, Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation and the 10-year-old Jacob Tremblay from Room all getting plenty of buzz as well. There's also the entire male casts of The Big Short, Joy, and The Hateful Eight. It's definitely a competitive bunch this year, but so far there's no immediate frontrunner.
Warner Bros. might end up pushing Joel Edgerton in Black Mass over Stallone, and they also have the supporting male cast of In the Heart of the Sea and Billy Bob Thornton in Our Brand Is Crisis. But Stallone may be Creed's best shot at an Oscar nomination. It's far from likely Creed will get nods for Best Picture, Director, or Adapted Screenplay with those categories overflowing with stronger contenders. Warner Bros. would do best to play the nostalgia card with Stallone to give Rocky a proper send-off.
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One of the most thought-provoking articles I've read lately is Tom Vanderbilt's Why Futurism Has a Cultural Blindspot in Nautilus. In it, he discusses how our technological visions of the future seem to do much better on predicting the technology of that future than they do the culture in which they will be used. As he says, "But when it comes to culture we tend to believe not that the future will be very different than the present day, but that it will be roughly the same. Try to imagine yourself at some future date.... Chances are, that person resembles you now."


The family of William (Bill) Tarasoff from Thrums is sad to announce his passing on November 9, 2017, at 81 years of age.
Bill passed away peacefully at Jubilee Manor in Nelson with family by his side.
Bill is survived by his wife Polly, children Joe, Linda, Patsy, Bill and Peter and their families, brother Steve, sister Sharon and their families and several nieces and nephews.
Bill was predeceased by his parents Peter and Helen Tarasoff, sister Pauline Conkin and grandson Brian Tarasoff.
The family would like to thank Dr. Janz, the nurses and staff at Jubilee Manor for their professional and compassionate care given over the last 5 years.
Funeral services will be held on November 16, 2017 at 10:00 am at the Tarry's Community Hall with interment at Shoreacres Cemetery.


We all have heard of and admire the emergence of the unique culinary scene developed in Copenhagen under the inspiration of chef Rene Redzepi of Noma restaurant fame. This concept has been extended to his newer 108 and the many other restaurants opened by his disciples using quality local products. This "going green" focus on vegan and vegetables also is spreading to a more international style with several new popular hot spots in the developing meatpacking district with the very informal friendly Mother & even the upscale pizza being served at Baest.
However the Nordic food movement is alive and thriving with less world recognition also in Stockholm. On a previous trip your scribe was delighted by the tasting menu at now closed Fredman F12 and especially the talents shown by chef Mathias Dahlgren who back in 1997 won the Bocuse d'Or championship using natural produce to great effect at the Grand Hotel. Found this month that the culinary scene at the top end has expanded considerably with 3 newly discovered gems that indeed are very impressive though all are quite expensive.
1. The Champagne Bar By Richard Juhlin. The respected Champagne expert tasted and rated 8,000 of them in his 2013 tome A Scent of Champagne so he is ably qualified to find and serve you a glass or more of chosen choice bubbles. It has been relocated to Hotel Kungstradgarden at Kocksgrand 1 reopening after the Summer break on August 19.
2. Oaxen Krog. Blown away by 8 tasty hors d'oeuvre followed by a 10 course dinner prepared by Chef Magnus Ek and brigade. This place was honoured by a second Michelin star in 2015 and richly deserves it. The courses are well conceived with flavours that deliver far more deliciousness than many similar foraging style restaurants. They also serve their interpretation of Scandinavian bistro food at Oaxen Slip. Special kudos to Fredrik Horn the Sommelier/Manager who provides knowledgeable wine pairings and is developing an expanding wine list of special offering including well chosen Champagnes (Roger Pouillon Solera 1997-2011). Enjoyed a sublime bottle of 1998 Clos de la Coulee de Serrant suitably decanted and structured 2010 Nuits. St. Georges Aux Lavieres Domaine Jean Grivot. Serenely situated in Djurgarden at Beckholmsvagen 26 in Stockholm.
3. Gastrologik. Another tour de force effort of many courses by Chef Jacob Holmstrom (who worked with Mathias Dahlgren) and others where logical gastronomy of the future is shown on their no pre-defined set menu but the use of daily seasonal fresh ingredients that really do shine. The culinary works of art on the plate were highlighted by a tart of dried cepe mushrooms with pointed cabbage & field rose petals sitting on a bowl of rosehip buds that was a brilliant artistic masterpiece. New crop green peas with Mollosund oyster & pickled onions sitting on the empty peapods with iced granite melting on top was memorable. Some fair value wines assembled and served by Hans and the crew including a classy 2014 Bourgogne Blanc from Domaine Roulot. Located in the Ostermalm district at Artillerigatan 14 in Stockholm.
Have you ever dined in Stockholm?


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Loeffler, who spoke out publicly against the league's social justice plans and sent a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert objecting to the initiatives to honor the Black Lives Matter movement once the season began last month, is facing opposition from Raphael Warnock.
He is a Black pastor in Atlanta. Players from the Atlanta team, as well as players from the Seattle Storm, Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury, wore "Vote Warnock" on T-shirts before games on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is on the verge of becoming the first president to be impeached twice, as lawmakers move quickly to punish him over last week's deadly U.S. Capitol attack. Trump's fiery speech at a rally just before the Jan. 6 riot is at the center of the impeachment charge against him, even as the falsehoods he spread for months about election fraud are still being championed by some Republicans.
EXPLAINER: Why National Guard's role was limited during riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the aftermath of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, questions are being raised about why the District of Columbia National Guard played such a limited role as civilian law enforcement officers were outnumbered and overrun.
The questions also highlight concern about the potential for violence to erupt again next week when President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated at the Capitol, and whether the Guard should play a bigger or different role.


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Q: Reverting multiple commits and merges back to a specific commit without force pushing The Problem:

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*Remote Repository with ~50 commits that should be reverted back to 1 specific commit (like a git reset --hard "my specific commit")

*commits AND merges in remote

*no force pushing at all

I know I could do git revert -n "my specific commit"..HEAD the problem with that is that it stops at the first merge. passing -m 1 would fix that, but then it stops at non merges.
git reset --hard and force pushing is NOT an option. I can't force push on this git host.
The Situation: (why would I need this)

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*Bad changes in master, so we checkout a new branch and want to build a new build from an old state (from "specific commit") so we can then deploy that build to prod.

*Individual commits are easy to revert but bulk reverting is time consuming, at best I would want to revert lots of commits at once

I know there are lot's of issues around this on here, but I haven't found one with this exact problem and a reasonable solution without force pushing.

A: TL;DR
Use git read-tree -u <hash>, followed by making a new commit.
Long
Remember that a Git repository is essentially a collection of commits.  Each commit holds a full and complete snapshot of all files—well, all the files that are in that commit, but expressed this way it sounds tautological—plus some metadata: the name and email address of the person who made the commit, a timestamp of when they made it, a log message where they explain why they made it, and so on.  (One of the crucial pieces of metadata is this commit's parent commit's hash ID, but for once we don't have to concern ourselves with this part at all!)
The true name of any given commit is its hash ID.  You can temporarily stick this commit into your work-tree by doing:
git checkout <hash-id>

but of course that just gets you a "detached HEAD", and when you re-attach your HEAD by doing git checkout master, you're back to the broken source code snapshot.
So, each commit represents a snapshot of all files.  You had a snapshot, at some point, that you like, and you want to go back to it—but without actually going directly to it with git checkout <hash>.  This means that what you want is to make a new commit whose snapshot is the same as an existing commit.  There's some good commit with some existing hash ID, and git checkout <hash> is ... OK, but you want a new commit with a new hash ID, that otherwise matches the good one, at the (new) tip of the current branch.  This new commit should have, as its parent, the current commit, just like any new commit has the current commit as its parent.
The method outlined in joanis' answer will work: it compares what's in the selected commit to what's in the current work-tree, and asks you if you'd like to adjust the work-tree to match the selected commit, for each diff-hunk in each file.  Answering "a" says "take all for this file", but that leaves you with the job of putting in a lot of answers, one for each different file.
It's simpler—but flawed—to use a different mode of git checkout:
git checkout <good-commit-hash> -- .

This mode tells git checkout: Don't switch to another commit.  Don't change HEAD itself in any way!  But do go ferret through the Git database to find the file(s) that match the path-specifier . that are in the good commit.  For each matching file, take it out of that commit, copy it to my current index, and copy it to my current work-tree.
If you do this in the top level of your work-tree, all files in the good commit will match the path-specifier ..  So if you have files README and main.py in commit <hash>, those will replace the README and main.py in your index, and the README and main.py in your work-tree.  You'll be ready to commit.
The flaw here is this: What if you now have a third file, say, bug.txt, that isn't in the good commit you're trying to switch back to?  To fix that, you must explicitly remove any file that is in your current index and work-tree that is not in the good commit.
You could manually remove any such files.  Or there may not be any such files, in which case the problem is merely theoretical.  But there is a guaranteed cure, which is harmless if there's no problem.  You can just start with:
git rm -r .

to remove everything.  That removes bug.txt and main.py and README.  A subsequent git checkout <good-commit-hash> -- . puts back the good main.py and README, and bug.txt remains removed, so that you are ready to git commit the result.
There's a lower-level Git command that does this for you, though, and that's git read-tree.  This command isn't really for everyday use,1 but this is not an everyday problem either.  In this particular case, using:
git read-tree -u <good-commit-hash>

tells the plumbing command: Wipe out my current index.  Get the files from the given hash ID and put those into my index instead.  Wherever you removed a file entirely, remove if from my work-tree too.  Wherever you replaced a file, replace it in my work-tree too.  That is exactly the same result, in terms of files and their contents, that you get with git rm -r .; git checkout <good-commit-hash> -- ., except that it is more efficient.
In either case, you are now ready to make a new commit, using the current index contents, which now match the current work-tree contents (except for untracked files, which remain untracked as usual).

1The git read-tree command is really a plumbing command, meant for making new fancy front-end commands that do something, well, fancy.  For instance, someone might, someday, write a git revert-to command, which just consists of a few status checks followed by git read-tree -u <hash> and git commit.

A: git reset --hard good_commit_hash
git reset --soft current_commit_hash
git commit

will do what you want.
(You can simply use "@{u}" as "current_commit_hash" if the upstream (remote) branch is the place where you want to commit on.)
Short: if you want to do any kind of cleanup in your repository, use git reset. It's kind of swiss army knife.

A: You can use git checkout -p <sha1> to revert the working tree to a given sha1 without changing where your current branch is.
git checkout -p "my specific commit"

Answer "a" to each question - I did not find how to force it into a non-interactive variant, although you could use Linux command yes - it just types "y" forever:
yes | git checkout -p "my specific commit"

Then commit and push
git commit -m'Reverting to my specific commit'
git push

The result is a single commit that undoes the bad history in one fell swoop.
EDIT: Warning: If files were removed from my specific commit to the current HEAD, this command will not restore them. The solutions proposed by @torek and @Marcus are therefore preferable to this one.

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It's Gonna Be Bay: The Rock
April 25, 2022 Brent Leuthold
They say that no man is an island but Michael Bay seems to stand alone in the realm of action movies. Not only is he one of the most well-known directors of the genre but his explosion-heavy style of filmmaking is so recognizable, it's colloquially known as "Bayhem", as to convey the controlled chaos exhibited in his films. Even before his Transformers pentalogy, the one-two punch of Armageddon and Pearl Harbor codified Bay's penchant for star-spangled pyrotechnics and chest-puffed melodramatics in indiscreet fashion. If these two films sum up Bayhem, then 1996's The Rock could fittingly be seen as "proto-Bayhem", where the director was still figuring out how he wanted to commit action to celluloid without having the same tricks on which to fall back. Most consider it his finest achievement and I'd be hard pressed to disagree.
After a title card with emblazoned letters shooting towards the screen, the movie opens on Ed Harris's Brigadier General Francis Hummel as he suits up in full military garb to set flowers on his wife's headstone. As he walks among the tombstones, an American flag is being carefully folded in slow-motion as the rain beats down on a soldier's casket. The color grading is so blue in this opening sequence, it makes both Ozark and Tobias Fünke envious. It turns out Hummel has a dangerous plan in place: to steal a cadre of missiles loaded with a deadly nerve gas known as "VX" and threaten to launch them on American soil unless the US government pays reparations to the families of fallen Marines with whom he served. Along with a band of new recruits, he plans to set up shop on Alcatraz Island (whose nickname gives the film its title) and take tourists hostage as a contingency.
Amid a $100 million demand and tight timeframe to complete the deal, the Department of Defense calls forth an unlikely pair of foils for Hummel. The first is Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage), a self-described "chemical superfreak" who helps the FBI defuse "care packages" loaded with goodies like C4 explosives and sarin gas. The second is John Mason (Sean Connery), an off-the-books inmate who is allegedly the only person to ever escape The Rock during its days as a prison. Their combined knowledge of how to neutralize the VX-loaded missiles and how to move about the island undetected by Hummel's men, backed by a Navy SEAL team, represents the US government's best shot at stopping Hummel before time runs out.
The Rock succeeds where other Bay endeavors fail because he properly sets up the characters, the scenario and the stakes before the inevitable action setpieces kick into gear. The fundamentals of an action classic are set up beautifully in the first act: an empathetic villain, a credible threat, a ticking clock, a pair of underdogs and men desperate to one-up each other in the machismo department whenever possible. Pushing the urgency is an iconic musical score from Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer, which has moments of reverence with snare taps and mournful trumpet but also pulsates with intense strings and crashing cymbals. It's the kind of soundtrack that's difficult to listen to and not feel like whatever mundane activity you're doing is the most important task the American people have ever asked you to carry out.
There are plenty of stock military characters in The Rock, from the no-nonsense commander of the Navy SEAL team to the no-nonsense Major who plays sidekick to Hummel on the island. What allows the movie to distinguish itself among scores of actioners is in the unique characters that it sets up outside the standard tough guys. Cage's Goodspeed is such a wimp, he chooses "friggin'" and "a-hole" over traditional curse words, even in situations when it makes no sense to censor oneself. He's a Beatlemaniac who we first see wasting time on a mildly incendiary Rube Goldberg contraption before being called to investigate a suspicious package. Bay even throws in a pregnant fiancee who has literally no agency in the movie but makes Goodspeed's survival to the very end even more of a priority than it would have been already.
Then we have Mason, a charming and ruthlessly intelligent codger whose agreement with the FBI feels tenuous and secondary to his desire to become reacquainted with his estranged daughter. We get the sense early on that he's been a pawn between governments for decades and would probably be a free man if he wasn't so important for political gamesmanship. Since he's played by Sean Connery, it's also fun to hear him say things like "successfully" and "San Francisco" in his quintessential Scottish accent. At one point, Mason requests "a suite, a shower, a shave and a suit" and I can only assume uncredited screenwriter Quentin Tarantino won a bet against the three credited screenwriters about how long an alliteration he could sneak into the script.
Of course it comes down to Goodspeed and Mason defeating these highly-trained Marines on their own and Goodspeed would be thrilled with the chemistry that Cage and Connery have together. It's a classic pairing of opposites: an eccentric wuss who revels in a life of beige-tinted boredom and a hardened Army man who's looking for action after toiling away in prison for most of his life. Goodspeed schools Mason in exactly how VX can waste any living organism in 90 seconds while Mason shows Goodspeed how to prep scuba gear without fumbling around with it. Cage gets the talkier role and we're all the better for it: at one point, he invokes "Zeus's butthole" while lamenting their imprisoned state as Mason quietly works to spring them from their jail cells. Nevertheless, Connery ends up with the film's most memorable line about the difference between winners and losers. If you don't know it, that's reason enough to see the movie right away.
But at the end of the day, this is an action movie and it delivers the goods time and time again with brutally effective setpieces that make excellent use of their geography. A lengthy car chase through the hills of San Francisco is the most recognizable as a Michael Bay speciality, with rapid-pace editing, demolished cars and explosions whenever even remotely possible. There's more than a little Indiana Jones influence on two specific sequences on the island, one in which Mason deftly navigates a barrage of timed flame bursts and another that involves a cart chase through a mine shaft. It's odd to think of this movie as modest in any regard but the excesses of Bay's mega-blockbuster output after it almost make this seem like an indie by comparison. If Bay on a budget means that we get more gems like The Rock, then I say tighten up the purse strings and let it rip.
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Richard Ojeda stands in his campaign headquarters in Logan County on Election Day last week. Ojeda, who lost his race for the U.S. House of Representatives to Republican Carol Miller, will announce his run for the presidency on Monday, a spokeswoman said.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Less than a week after he lost a West Virginia congressional race by nearly 13 points, Democratic state senator Richard Ojeda announced Monday his plans to run for the presidency of the United States.
On Sunday night, the "Ojeda for President" committee was formed under the Federal Election Commission. Standing before the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Monday afternoon, Ojeda formally announced his candidacy.
"We got a long ways to go, this is going to be a long fight, but we're going to do this together," Ojeda said in a live statement broadcast online. "I'm Richard Ojeda, and I'm running for the president of the United States of America."
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THANKS in large part to a huge and highly acclaimed discography (including all the Rachmaninov concerti) pianist and conductor Howard Shelley is a household name around the world. His fans are legion, and many of them have the opportunity now of hearing him (again) in person. He will be here to conduct and play an all-Mozart programme in the Friends of Orchestral Music's annual fundraiser for the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. This takes place at the Cape Town City Hall on November 3, at 8 pm.
It has been many years since Shelley was in Cape Town. "I have long looked forward to performing again in the city because I remember it so vividly from concert tours I undertook. My teacher, Lamar Crowson, who was one of the strongest musical influences in my life, and a good friend, moved on from London to Cape Town and taught at UCT, as well as giving many concerts around the country. Sadly he is no longer alive, but his spirit lives on in this city which he loved.
"I also have very good friends from my student days at the Royal College of Music, whom we have remained very close to, and who live in Cape Town and have told me about the re-birth and the current fine state of the orchestra," he says.
Music was always part of his life, he says, and he was broadcast by the BBC when he was 10 when he played Bach and Chopin. The year he graduated from the Royal College of Music in London was also the year he made his Wigmore Hall debut.
The next generation has inherited the genes! "It is no surprise then that our son, Alexander, is also a musician and at 36, is currently Principal Conductor of both the National Orchestra of Canada in Ottawa, and of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany and Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. One of our favourite photos of him as a youngster, incidentally, is taken on Table Mountain where he was enthralled by a couple of 'dassies'.
Shelley began as a pianist, but always had the urge to conduct.
He began conducting in 1985, and eventually developed a relationship with the London Mozart players, becoming its associate conductor in 1990, then its principal guest conductor two years later.
He will conduct Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Haffner, along with Piano Concerti No. 18 in B-flat, K. 456, Paradis, and No. 20 in D minor, K. 466.


Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: Matthew 27:2 And when they had bound him, they led [him] away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Matthew 27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Matthew 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that]. Matthew 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. Matthew 27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. Matthew 27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Matthew 27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Matthew 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; Matthew 27:10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. Matthew 27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. Matthew 27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Matthew 27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? Matthew 27:14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. Matthew 27:15 Now at [that] feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. Matthew 27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Matthew 27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? Matthew 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
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Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it]. Matthew 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
Matthew 27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified. Matthew 27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of soldiers]. Matthew 27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Matthew 27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink. Matthew 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. Matthew 27:36 And sitting down they watched him there; Matthew 27:37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Matthew 27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
Matthew 27:40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Matthew 27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, Matthew 27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. Matthew 27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. Matthew 27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Matthew 27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias. Matthew 27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink. Matthew 27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Matthew 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Matthew 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; Matthew 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, Matthew 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matthew 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. Matthew 27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: Matthew 27:56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. Matthew 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: Matthew 27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. Matthew 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, Matthew 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. Matthew 27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Matthew 27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Matthew 27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Matthew 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. Matthew 27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can.


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I haven't had the chance to post a Couch Chronicles photo in a long time.
Anthony fell asleep and the Kenparazzi was on the case!
Hangin' with a couple of lovely ladies while hosting Cosmic Bingo!
Here are more Stockton vacation photos!
Little Brandon eats and sleeps at the same time.
Brandon, Lilly, Gabe and I out on the town in Stockton.
Brandon loved this faucet in the men's room at Santiago's. I took a picture. The end.
On my way back from Stockton I had a layover at LAX in Los Angeles. So did some birds in the Southwest Airlines terminal.
I'm on vacation in Stockton, California. Here are some photos.
Gabe and Brandon are my chauffers.
Cows along I-5 between Sacramento and Stockton.
Isabel gave me a pretty sign.
Leslie gets to play 'Put the ring on the dolphin' at Cosmic Bingo.


Gaming chair, believe you not, is an important piece of furniture that should be installed for the sake of your own comfort, especially if you are a big time gamer. If you typically spend your gaming time tucked in a couch, it is time for you to make a switch to a proper chair intended for the right purpose. If you are using a usual office chair, it is time for you to realize that prolonged use of such a chair brings you nothing but bad adverse effects. Gaming chairs are designed for both comfort and luxury. But its role exceeds what's obvious.
Gaming chair comes in distinct type. Use your own preferences in choosing a chair from the available types: Bean Bag for gaming, racer gaming chair, PC gaming chair, pedestal gaming chair, or rocker gaming chair. The chair's material should also be taken into account. Chairs that are cheap typically don't last long so you would have to buy another. Lastly, make sure that the chair you choose promotes comfort and has a great level of ergonomics. Avoid clunky chairs as they tend to cause you to feel sore on your back.


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In this letter to Kansas State Historical Society Secretary Geroge W. Martin, A.M. Coville relates his knowledge of the Kaw Indian White Plume. Coville explains that when he first met White Plume in 1875 he "claimed to be over 90 years old, and he certainly looked to be 100. His hair was white his face wrinkled and features shrunken." Coville also mentions that White Plume had survived an attack with the "Plains Indians" in which he had been scalped, surviving only by being rescued by his tribesmen.
This is an advertisement for Bert Grauel Chevrolet in Council Grove, Kansas.
This is a newspaper advertisement for The Leader, a men's clothing store in Council Grove, Kansas. The store was owned by G. S. Peterson and Henry A. White.
This is a campaign poster for Alf M. Landon running for Kansas governor. Landon served as the 26th Governor of Kansas, from January 9, 1933 to January 11, 1937.
View of the Alta Vista band arriving at Delavan, Kansas, sometime in the 1920s. Also visible are men, women, and children, automobiles, businesses, and buildings.
In this letter, Andrew Atchison updates Kansas governor St. John on the condition of the Exoduster settlement near Dunlap, Kansas. Benjamin Singleton had established this colony in May, 1878, and according to Atchison, the black refugees (numbering around 200 families) were thriving. Another goal of Atchison's letter was to investigate the "practicability" of establishing a Business and Literary Academy in addition to their free public school. Atchison and some other white residents of the area had formed the Dunlap Aid Association to assist the Exodusters' efforts to obtain land and employment.
In this photograph, a dog sits in front of several rows of animal pelts, which have been hung on an exterior barn wall.
A photograph of one of the original trees of Council Grove, Kansas. At the time the photograph was taken, it was estimated to be 250 years old. The adjacent stone building was a small brewery.
Shown are five views of cleaned and reconstructed artifacts from the excavations at the Baker house in Morris County. Shown are a tablesetting, smoking pipes, a tintype frame, a bowl and pitcher, and a grouping of scissors, needle, thimble, and lens from a pair of spectacles. The slides were processed in 1972. The artifact collection, along with these photographs, was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1993. The excavation was undertaken by Emporia State Teacher's College (now Emporia State University) in 1972. The house was burned in 1862 by "Bloody Bill" Anderson and his cohorts.
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Burdick, Kansas. The depot was built in 1887.
This photograph shows an automobile stranded in mud in Morris County.


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We apply a great deal of love, experience and responsibility to the creation of toys for young adventurers. If they are to help develop and foster a child's imagination and creativity, toys must have a high play value. We seek to promote the child's perception and to engage with children through a contemporary design. We regard the total safety of toys as important, as children approach new things without any preconceptions and cannot assess the possible risks.
Because the safety of children is so important to us, we make our toys safe. This already begins at the toy development stage and continues through the process of carefully selecting the materials to be used and in determining tried and tested suppliers.
Before any toy leaves our warehouse, it is subjected to intensive testing which goes beyond the requirements of the statutory regulations. For this purpose we maintain our own in-house test lab equipped with state-ofthe-art technology. Employees receive special training for the process of testing toy safety. All paints are also tested here for the presence of any residues of elements which might present a threat to health. Using an X-ray fluorescence analyser we are able to establish the presence of any heavy metals in the paints in a matter of seconds.
Chemical studies are carried out by independent, accredited institutes. For the classification of toys we cooperate closely with the staff of the responsible ministry, working on a basis of mutual trust.
With our 30 years of experience in the production of toys, the strong sense of responsibility we feel to ensure the safety of children and our highly-developed quality management system, we can say with certainty that Gollnest & Kiesel toys are safe! We document compliance with all safety regulations by applying the CE mark to each toy.
In the first months and years of their lives, babies' and toddlers' perception develops at an astounding speed. Everything within their reach has to be instantly touched, smelt and put in their mouths. Obviously, HEIMESS baby toys are subjected to a great deal of wear and tear during this phase. To meet the growing safety concerns of parents we are now, with immediate effect, documenting the safety of HEIMESS toys with the GS mark ("Geprüfte Sicherheit" = tested safety).
We have a responsibility for our environment and for humane working conditions, and this includes the world's less developed countries and regions. Gollnest & Kiesel has always stood by this responsibility and is now also documenting its actions with products which carry the Fairtrade mark of responsible trading.
Nevertheless, even if we all work together in this direction, we will never achieve one hundred percent safety with toys. Risks are part of life and we all have a duty to educate children, to protect them from dangers and to teach them how to handle risks. There is no way round this.
As children develop differently, show a variety of characteristics in their natures and display differing preferences and skills, the age recommendations we issue for a toy can be no more than a point of reference for parents and teachers. It is they who play the crucial role in the development of the child and no-one can take this role away from them.
The GS mark for "Tested Safety" is an internationally recognised seal of product safety which is issued exclusively by recognised, independent test institutes following exhaustive product testing. The mark provides the consumer with clear orientation – at the same time, it is the best known of all the test marks.
The "German Design Award" honours innovative products, as well as their manufacturers and designers. A high-calibre, international expert jury presents the groundbreaking design award annually.
The award is presented by the German Design Council, the German brand and design authority. It was established in 1953 on the initiative of the German Bundestag as a foundation and has since developed into one of the world's leading competence centres for communication and brand management in the field of design.
Many toys of our brands goki, Heimess, Holztiger or Anker have been honoured by the working committee Kinderspiel + Spielzeug e.V. with the "spiel gut" seal. The association is non-profitmaking and independent of the toy industry and the trade.
This award is trusted by responsible parents. The toys are first tested extensively and approved by children. Then the independent jurors assess the toys according to their own criteria for play value, quality and safety.
The working committee Kinderspiel + Spielzeug consists of parents who come from different specialist areas. They are psychologists, teachers, social workers, educators, special educators, doctors and architects. They share a special interest in children's games and toys, and in educational play.
The working committee has been testing and assessing recommendable toys since 1954 and is independent of the toy industry.
Fairtrade is a strategy for poverty alleviation. Its purpose is to improve the situation of disadvantaged producer families in Africa, Asia and South America, to strengthen the local economies and, in the long term, to remove unjust global economic structures by means of fairer trade relations.


KT&C offers products that are simple to use but offer extensive features and operating systems that are always working behind the scenes. KT&C is not responsible for any issues that result with upgrading firmware. Always make sure any sensitive video footage has been properly backed up prior to installing any updates. KT&C recommends working with one of S&P Dealers to install and upgrade your firmware. To find a local S&P Dealer in your area please contact us by phone or click here to submit an Info Request form.
With this firmware update, the NVRs will recognize BOTH IPCAM and IPCAM-K protocols in the cameras, configure and connect to the cameras, and begin to stream video. Mix/match IPCAM and IPCAM-K; add one or the other or both at any time. IP cameras from KT&C that include IPCAM-K protocol are the KNC-HDi47 and KNC-HDBi230 miniatures (running V1.1.7 or higher firmware). It's Plug-and-Play!


Do you know someone who loves to play video games? Is that someone yourself? Well, I'm sure you'd like to know more about the hobby so that it can be more enjoyable, right? Whether you're looking for help with your game play, overall strategy or some other tip, you'll find it here.
If click to read are having trouble seeing important details in your video game, adjust the brightness. Video game designers often want to set a mood in their games, but that mood comes with the price that important puzzle pieces may be missed in the dimness. Take back the control a bit by boosting that brightness in the setting's area.
Sell your used games to buy new or new to you games. Video games are not cheap and some of them you have no use for after you beat. Do your research and find stores that buy used games. These stores will either pay you in cash or in store credit. more resources allows you to get games you want without spending a lot of money.
You may want to consider letting your children play video games on a console instead of on a PC. This is because you can set restriction more easily on consoles. https://www.diigo.com/profile/cheatautomations will be safer when using a console.
Online multiplayer games offer you the opportunity to interact, play, and team up with people all around the world. Keep this in mind when you're getting to know other players. Don't assume that they're in the same time zone, country, or age bracket as yourself. If they're not, don't snub them; you can learn some interesting things about other cultures by playing games with strangers.
You'll sleep when you die! Many online video-game websites claim that you should enjoy playing video games all you want. This is nonsense! Sleep keeps you on point so you can win more than you lose.
Video games can be just a great way to unwind, or you can use them to improve grade, and even your performance capacity on a real battle field. Basically, there isn't anything a video game cannot teach! Whether you are using them for fun, fitness, learning or just socializing–use these tips and maximize your experience!


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[MUSIC] The Ford Edge was redone for model year 2015. Find an address. But redone again in many ways that are CNET style for 2016. [INAUDIBLE] Ready. Pow! That's what I'm talking about. That's quick. It's got a novel new active steering approach like no other. We have Sync 3 now in the dash, we didn't have that last time we saw this car. The 2.7 liter EcoBoost twin turbo V6 we also didn't have last time and all the sports are all wheel drive We've got a lot to digest. Now the Edge is not just another car in Ford's line up, you've gotta get this one right because this is such a red hot sector in the US car market, mid-size crossover SUV. You gotta get the styling right. That's up to you to decide. The cabin technology we'll look at. The powertrain's got to be potent, but efficient. And you gotta have something more to set you aside. We'll see if this new steering technology they've got goes that direction. The main thing going on in the cabin is we have SYNC 3. I've shown you this in the lab before from Ford Silicon Valley office but to have it actually in the vehicle and see how crisp and fast it works. I mean they're fast. This is Hyundai Kia fast. And they've been my Benchmark in the past for how quickly a touchscreen can respond. I'm also pleased to find out that, while it is still an automotive nav system and not a freeform search, it responds to voice nav really well. CVS. Please say a line number or say, none of those. Four. When ready press the voice button and Going to work. Transmission is a garden variety six speed automatic, nothing to write home about here and as we're going to see on the road it behaves like an automatic. It's classic Not horrible, not notable. Now once we get on the road we're going to get a handle on a whole new steering system inside this wheel behind the airbag is an adaptive steering system that changes ratio as you drive, not just assist of force as you drive. Not many cars do that and none Do it up here, in the wheel. Two cabin options you've got to get on the top of electronics which will check out only price this thing. The panoramic roof is great. Really big and it's worth the 15, 16 hundred bucks. The other one I wish we had would be in here. It's could have been this hole in the console you can put a safe put in there. Like a real steel safe I don't know what I would do with it, but I just want it. All-wheel drive is your standard drive train layout on any Edge Sport. And it always go out through a six-speed automatic, no other choice. And they all have the 2.7 litre V6 V6 Turbo, not the hoary old 3.5L V6. You're gonna get 315 horse and 350 lovely pound feet of torque. Zero to 60? Well under six seconds. MPG does suffer with a bigger engine and all-wheel drive. 17/24 compare that to the the two litre front wheel drive car at 20/28, noticeable difference. Right off the bat before I'm even doing any driving. I notice the difference Once with this active steering, just backing out and turning out of a parking spot is like effortless and doesn't require all that sawing back and forth at the wheel. Once you are under way at low speed you really do notice kind of. Kind of almost a subconscious amazement at how few turns it takes to drive. It's kind of fun. For Ford, the big win on this steering system was not just conquering variable ratio but doing so in a unit that is really compact, affordable enough to keep a Ford priced like a Ford, and can virtually bolt onto any Ford with minor mods. Car companies love innovations that spread across the line without a lot of custom R&D. At higher speeds it largely goes away, at least to my perception, and just becomes a well weighted steering system. It's a real joy to drive, it does have kind of a, little bit of a grinding note too under throttle. Not the best sounding engine but What isn't very exciting is the transmission, this 6-speed automatic, [SOUND] kinda defines the word garden variety. It's a garden variety automatic. It's not crappy, but it's not sharp and razor-like, as you would like to see with this engines lack of lag, and this Steering's intuitive sharpness. Handling's good by the way. There's not a lot of wallow in this car with the sport suspension. All and all, roll all that up with the high quality interior. It's a pleasant car to spend time with. You feel like you got more than you paid for. Although, we'll see how much you pay for it in just a moment. Now, of course the 16 Edge can be optioned up with all the usual level one driver assists, like now adaptive cruse with lane departure warning and lane departure prevention. And the adaptive cruise also has braking intervention. And, of course, you have blind spot and cross traffic check, two sides of the same coin. 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Dualism is defined as "being double: two principle views which are separate, independent, unreturnable, that are alongside or opposite each other" or "philosophical views that claim that there are two different realities that are independent and separate."
The basic areas of study interested in duality are theology and philosophy. There are some differences between ancient philosophy and modern philosophy in their approaches to duality. In philosophy duality is interpreted as a branch that discusses the nature and source of information (for example, epistemologically). Egyptian Hermes (Erdogan, 2003, pp 59-74), who is controversially accepted as the father of philosophy by philosophers, emphasises the "duality" named "the Creator" and "the Created". The Creator cannot exist without the work s/he creates (Emir, 2006, p 73). The dismissal of Adam and Even from heaven includes "evil-/devil-good/God" and "God-its manifestation human" dualities as well as masculine-feminine duality. Anaxagoras (500-428 B.C.) has separated spirit and substance and stated that they would be separated until the end of time. Based on this main thought, later the thoughts of Bergson (1859-1941) will emerge. According to Heraclitus of Ephesus (end of 6th century BC) the war of opposites is the obligatory and only condition of existence. If there was not a war between the opposites, there would not be anything). According to him, the universe consists of contrary elements. According to Leucippus (around 450 BC) everything comes into existence due to a reason compulsorily. Just as there is existence, there is also non-existence. Non-existence is the indispensible condition of existence. These two thoughts will develop and shape the thoughts of Hegel (1770-1831) and Marx. In the 5th century, Protagoras (485-411 BC), Socrates (468-400 BC) and Plato (427-347 BC) try to tell good and bad, goodness.
The philosophy of Plotinus (205-270 AD) has been a source of inspiration for Jewish, Christian, Gnostic and Islamic philosophers and mystics. A contrast of dualist eternal god and eternal substance takes place on the basis of Numenius's thought in the 2nd century AD. It is presumed that the views of Numenius affected the development of New Platonism in the 3rd century AD, the main representative of which is Platinus. Dualist philosophers and theologists limit the spiritual life with mind-body or spirit-nature dualities. (Robinson, 1935, p 42) Contrary to dualism, monism denies that the mind and body are different substances. Monists claim that all substances are one. In Iran, dualism set up on the contrast of goodness and badness forms the basis of Zoroastrianism. A badness of Angra Mainyu replies each goodness created by Ahura Mazda. It is believed, however, that there is monotheism deep in this duality, because God has a place and degree above the demon. (Sayim, 2004, pp 98-101). In Iran, according to Manichaeism, the main rule of religion also relies on the contrast of goodness and badness. Goodness is light and spirit, badness is darkness and body.


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