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Congressman Ted Budd, Republican of North Carolina, is not a favorite of Nancy the Ice Cream Lady. He is one of the 120 Republican members of the House who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas' lawsuit against Pennsylvania et al. Nancy is pondering the possibility of a majority vote refusing to seat these people for – what? Misbehavior? Now, that would be a "different thing." The teeth, hair and eyeballs would fly over that attempt.
BUT! Wait for it pilgrims! Congressman Budd, a farmer from out there in the boondocks, has another "different" moment in mind. He and some others in both chambers are going to challenge the legitimacy of some of the state procedures for choosing electors. And – they are going to do it on constitutional grounds. Wow! pl
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Sadly it's a losing battle.
Using a constitutional argument is a non-starter due to the corruption/bias of the courts – more swamp creatures.
The only thing that could "save" our republic from its current downward spiral is mass armed insurrection which ain't gonna happen and if it were to occur might not "save" anything besides it's leaders looting as mass rebellions tend not to turn out as well as the proponents imagine.
Nancy won't seat those duly elected representatives? That'll take more courage than she's got. It would be rather awkward in regards to Congressman Budd as he's already a member of the current Congress. On a related note I'm sure the city that just celebrated Dr. Fauci Day will find a way to hinder any supporters of Trump from peacefully assembling on the Capital grounds or elsewhere. They'll use what happened in Nashville as an excuse.
srw says:
Trump and his supporters "hail Mary" attempt to change the will of the a record number of American voters (81 million, 51+%) by challenging the legitimacy of some of the "selected" state procedures for choosing electors will come to naught. Just Trump and his supporters looking like a sore losers. Trump's approval rating just before the election was 42% and he received 47% of the vote. He should be happy with that. The American electorate have spoken.
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I'm happy the loyal opposition is still alive.
srw
"looking like a sore losers." And what were the Democrats in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019?
GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN says:
Feastday: December 29
Saint Thomas A Becket
Was part of the swamp but did the right thing at the cost of his life when he was saddled with the resposibility.
We certainly need more of that now.
Contra their propaganda, the vanguard for the Bolshevik Party has always been a sore loser until they finally get over.
Then they get even.
It's what sore losers do.
We've been here before even if some of the serfs can't figure it out.
It's absolutely true that what Budd and others will do on 6 January in a joint session of Congress is legal and constitutional. It's equally true that he and others did in signing the amicus brief was legal and constitutional. It would have been just as legal and constitutional to petition the courts, including the SC, for Trump to be declared Czarina of all the Russias… and just as futile. However, Nancy and others are absolutely wrong in calling Budd and others guilty of treason and/or sedition for their actions. On 6 January, Budd and his compadres will have two hours of deliberations to convince both the House and the Senate that Trump should have won reelection. They have do a lot better than Giuliani, Powell and the rest of the elite legal strike team have done in the last seven weeks. It should be a riveting couple hours of C-SPAN either way. Maybe they'll do a split screen of the deliberations in the House and the Senate.
srw, how does the claim there were a "record number of voters" demonstrating the "will of the people" prove there were no invalid ballots counted among those "record numbers.
Quantity is not quality. Not sure why you continue with this shallow line of opposition. You of all people should be fully on board supporting every and all investigation of election fraud instead of pre-emptively dismissiing the reams of sworn testimony and even video proof election fraud and elecion malfeasance took place.
It is sinister when one continues to claim election fraud did not take place this election. It did. We don't get gas-lighted here. You need more substance to back up your statements because "numbers" of voters is meaningless.
Why does an investigation into the legitimacy of those "numbers" bother you? It doesn't bother our side and further investigation from our side is no guarantee of positive Trump results.
So what is your worry? Can't think of a better way to finally shut us up than encouraging ever sworn claims of election fraud is fully investigated. Yet you doth protest. Everything to gain for all sides to clear this matter up.
srw,
Joe Biden, the most popular white man in history. It must really irritate Hilary and Barack. Especially the "record number" of fake and illegal votes he garnered. If only Barack had spied better, and Hilary cheated better, in 2016 none of this would have come to light.
"to convince both the House and the Senate that Trump should have won reelection." I listened to Budd carefully and my impression is that they will argue that the US Constitution was violated in a number of states, not that Trump should have been re-elected.
The goal is the same, to ensure Trump has four more years in the White House. The constitutional argument is far better than the idea of a vast conspiracy of crooked voting machines controlled by the ghost of Hugo Chavez. The Kraken got nowhere with that. However, we'll find out on the 6th if Budd is truly interested in constitutional correctness or keeping Trump in office. The Montana AG said his state did the exact same thing as Michigan yet Texas did not list Montana as a constitutional scofflaw in their SC petition. I doubt Budd will challenge Montana or any state that voted for Trump.
Before the election, the California Supreme Court tossed out ad hoc changes in our state election laws issued by our Governor on his own …. "because of covid".
The Calif Supreme Court ruled there is no "covid exception" to the US Constitution, which expressly grants only the state legislators the power to set the rules for elections; not the governor and certainly not the covid cooties.
Those very same constitutional arguments can be made in all the states that pulled these last minute ad hoc election law switches. And that has nothing to do with either Trump or Biden. It has 100% everything to do with the express ground rules laid out in the US Constitution. The state legislature, operating under the rules of due process, exclusively sets the rules. Period.
Good teaching moment regarding difference between an "activist" who would say – that's oaky, they meant well, and covid just kind of messed up everything this year. Plus the vote came out the way it should have come out so no harm, no foul.
An originalist judge would read the express language in the US Constitution and declare it expressly states only the state legislature may set election procedures
Plus nothing prevented the legislature meeting and instituting any changes they wanted, covid or no covid. Therefore any extracurricular voting process changes are null and void and any votes thus illegally obtained must be discarded.
In fact SCOTUS Justice Alito directed the segregation of any PA votes received due to changed voting procedure for later adjudication, but PA intentionally defied Alito ruling and mixed all the votes received up together.
By PA's intentional actions, they tainted the entire state voting pool. Therefore it would not be unreasonable for SCOTUS to toss out the entire state's election and require a do-over or a concession they will not be participants in the 2020 election by their own actions.
PA created the problem – they alone must deal with the consequences. They were on notice from the US Supreme Court.
They chose their own destiny when they disregarded that SCOTUS mandate to segregate votes in accordance with their state legislatures rules; and those that were accepted by last minute non-legislative election law changes …."due to covid".
Johnb says:
" they will argue that the US Constitution was violated in a number of states."
Yes indeed, the argument has moved away from President Trump to one of Constitutional legitimacy and order. Whichever way Congress/Senate vote will influence the future direction of Politics and Government in the US. Those of us living outside the US will also ultimately be affected by the outcome.
You are obsessed with Trump. TDS? The argument has moved away from him.
Condemned out of their own mouths. The only reason to fight against investigation of fraud is because you know that investigation will prove that fraud did in fact occur. If one is certain that fraud did not occur, one welcomes an in investigation which would prove an absence of fraud.
For Nancy to not seat them, she has to be speaker. There is a vote on January 3rd. It is far from clear she will get 218 votes.
"The Kraken got nowhere with that. "
Remind us all which court reviewed the material presented before it? How about the various media outlets and social media, which ones have reported on the material and which have banned and suppressed all such commentary and placed warnings on all such postings? That's the most trust inducing response I've ever seen. What is the left afraid of?
Those Pennsylvania ballots were segregated. They were segregated and not counted until all other ballots, including provisional ballots, were counted. Their number was so small that they did not change the outcome of the election in Pennsylvania. A similar situation occurred in Wisconsin and Harris County, Texas.
Florida had one of the smoothest and most efficient elections of 2020. Most of this was done by legislative process since the 2000 embarrassment. All ballots were paper. Nine out of 11 million ballots were early voting or mail in. Counting of mail in ballots began weeks before election day. The beginning of the count was extended by executive order rather than by legislative means. Does that mean Florida's 29 electoral college votes are also unconstitutional? Hell no! Florida, rather than being the constant butt of "Florida man" jokes, should be a model for all other states.
Sure Florida Republicans still tried to limit voter roles and drop boxes and Florida Democrats tried to expand both, but the election went very well. That's were the real fight is going to occur nationwide after 20 January. Will state legislatures expand or restrict voter roles, early voting and absentee voting? In my opinion, the Democrats put too much faith in expanded voter participation and Republicans are far too fearful of that expanded voter participation.
TTG, if the unelected deep state runs the elections, counts the votes and makes up election law on the fly in this election, and intentionally defies the US Supreme Court what will they do in the future once they get inside and pass reams of self-protective legislation that locks in their "legal" power base forever.
Case in point: the state of California since the year 2000. But at least our state Supreme Court stepped in and overturned some of the ad hoc unlawful 2020 voting regulations ….before ….. the election, when the consequences were not as extreme.
Letting Pennsylvania defy the US Supreme Court and become a pivotal voting outcome state in this presidential election is corruption of the highest order. Their vote cannot stand.
Link to Sidney Powell's 270 page election fraud document – save it before it is scrubbed from the net: https://wpcdn.zenger.news/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/24190822/2020-12-23-Sidney-Powell-Team-Binder-ZENGER-NEWS.pdf
Required reading before Jan 6, 2021. And at Kamala Harris's Kwanza candlelight dinner table ceremonies.
Srw:
Who is the "American electorate" that has spoken?
Illegal alien voters, graveyard voters, election officials who pushed the same Biden ballots through the machines over and over , nursing home patients whose ballots were "harvested", computer programmers who "fixed" code to determine a Biden outcome, the ever popular early and often voter?
The bigger question is:
If this election could be so blatantly stolen, how many more have been stolen, only less flagrantly?
There were ten thousand sequestered votes. Biden won by 80 thousand votes. If all those sequestered votes were for Biden and they weren't counted, Biden would still win by 70 thousand. That's why Alito's sequestration decision was made moot.
What's past is past with stolen elections.
What matters to me, and I suspect millions of more voters, is that the flagrancy of The Fix, following on the heels of years of open sedition and the illegalities that powered that, is that the Republic as a functioning, credible reality has been discredited. To me, "not my President" as applied to Chou Bai Den, the CCP's plenipotentiary, is a given going forward.
Separation from those who pushed this crap upon us for their nefarious and/or butthurt reasons when We the People spoke in 2016, sick to death of the Borg and the Globalist scum who would deprive us of any voice in our governance seems to me to be the way forward. Their legitimacy as rulers is shot to hell. You know, "after a long chain of abuses", like the man said in 1776.
TTG – Trust but verify.
WaPo and Poltiico claim fewer than 10,000 votes were received after getting the SCOTUS order for PA to segregate out those ballots – which is not officially verified by any other source in a net search.
Any claims to the contrary about that final amount of late arriving ballots, or how many may have already been dumped into the ballot pool, are deemed by the media to be 'without evidence." Yet the only evidence supporting the immateriality of these illegal votes comes from WaPo and Politico? No thanks. You need to provide more evidence than WaPo or Politico for the final word.
Nor is there any information about the ratio of Trump vs Biden votes in that late batch of "late" votes. So at this point it is your word against mine, TTG.
We need an independent election commission, that is not run by SEIU operatives and those who have a direct and immediate interest in election outcomes, like the public sector employees who count the votes and oversee the elections and prevent election observers from doing their duties.
Back to a single election day, in person voting and absentee voting for cause only. Dragging any election out the way they have been going since 2018 – same thing, election night winners became losers two week later after all the "informal" voting exceptions were sorted out and verified by deep state government employees.
This is not a healthy situation and it is only recent. So no, this does not "expand voter participation". It expands distrust in the system and far too many ways to game the system. Follow the EU lead – prohibit any form of electronic voting and vote counting unless the entire operation is transparent and open to full public view, checks and balances. Dominion clearly was not.
"Florida had one of the smoothest and most efficient elections of 2020. Most of this was done by legislative process since the 2000 embarrassment. "
That's incorrect. It was smooth and efficient because 1) DeSantis removed the corrupt Brenda Snipes from office. 2) The state didn't issue fraudulent "Covid" warnings to set the stage for rigging the election like other states did.
Which "voter roles" are you refering to, the role actually voting one time only in the precinct in which you actually live an nowhere else or are you referring to a list of voters, i. e. voter ROLL, which is often outdated? If the later how seldom should they be updated?
"Democrats put too much faith in expanded voter participation…"
Florida Republicans registered more new voters as members of the party (Florida has a closed primary system) than did Democrats, which shows just how badly Democratic principles are playing in the state.
lux says:
C-SPAN either way. Maybe they'll do…
Posted by: The Twisted Genius | 26 December 2020 at 06:51 PM
Considering how much passion and heart's blood has been invested that far, it may be interesting.
To what extend would the world be watching, both 'friends'and foes?
Florida was preparing for the 2020 election for two decades. It wasn't something DeSantis came up with in the last year. Nor did the Covid panic or lack of restrictions in Florida effect the state's performance other than doubling the absentee ballots. That happened everywhere. The reforms began with the Florida Elections Reform Act of 2001 and continued with further modifications in 2004. Gone were the hanging chads and electronic voting. All ballots were voter verifiable paper ballots. Absentee voting eligibility was extended to all with 2.7 million absentee ballots in 2016. They were definitely ready for the 4.7 million absentee ballots in 2020. What impressed me most was how Florida began tabulating the early and absentee ballots weeks before election day. DeSantis even tacked on an earlier week by executive order and neither the legislature nor either political party objected. That eliminated the melodrama of prolonged waits for vote counts. Early voting with enough time and enough polling stations was also a bright spot in both 2016 and 2020. The entire system is something DeSantis should crow about in future governors conferences.
The success enjoyed by the Republican Party in registering more voters is proof that the Republicans' fear of increasing voter turnout is misplaced as is the Democrats' hope that higher voter participation is their ticket to eternal rule. The Florida Republican fear of restoring voting rights to felons is probably also misplaced.
Those election reform laws were not done with 2020 in mind. "Ready for the 4.7 million absentee ballots…" You mean the state did not support mailing ballots to every registered voter on record but followed the absentee ballot process to minimize potential fraud.
"…a week earlier…" is a whole lot different than three days afterwards, when the votes in a state (PA), were already know.
Early voting left many unable to alter an already cast ballot after the suppressed news of Hunter Biden's corrupt deals finally made it into general knowledge.
The Republican party is not afraid of increased voter turnout, they are afraid of fraud.
The removal of Brenda Snipes and her corrupt and incompetent staff helped ensure the repetition of fraud did not happen this year. In addition DeSantis did not impose unconstitutional restrictions using Covid as an excuse, unlike other governors.


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I am a little behind on my blogging, but here it is! Erika and Ryan's amazing yacht wedding! These two gorgeous people chose to celebrate their wedding day aboard the Hornblower yacht "Emerald". They were joined by family and friends in enjoying the breathtaking views of the San Diego skyline from the water. The wedding and reception set sail for a 4 hour cruise which included dinner and dancing and of course CAKE 🙂 They concluded their day with these romantic portraits on the dock. Nothing is more beautiful than a California Sunset on the water. Such a beautiful couple… Best wishes to the Bride and Groom!


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10 anime series with way too much dialogue
Dialogue is one of the most important yet overlooked aspects of anime, as it is often overshadowed by energetic animation and explosive soundtracks. Without good dialogue, the anime simply wouldn't be as entertaining and impactful as it is. After all, the dialogue is what literally tells the story and defines the characters.
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That said, there are times when there can be too much dialogue. Although some anime have a bad habit of having their characters talk too much, too much talking isn't always a bad thing. In some specific cases, the abundance of arguments, debates, soliloquies, etc., is exactly what makes an anime series great.
ten Log Horizon has a ton of explaining to do
Isekai anime, especially those in the game genre, may be known for their thrilling action, but they understandably have to slow down at times to explain the rules and cultures of the world to the characters and the audience. That being said, Log Horizon took this necessity to the extreme since it is more about nation building than fantasy adventures.
Log Horizon follows genius Shiroe and his guild, and they use their combined wits and skills to transform the in-game fantasy version of Akihabara into a formidable city-state. Whereas Log Horizon has a funny action, he probably spends most of his time lecturing on economics and politics, while explaining in detail the scales of magic and power.
9 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Turned Battle Dialogue Into Art and Meme
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is more of a celebration of shonen anime's more over-the-top tropes than anything else, and nowhere is this more pronounced than in the dialogue. Like other fight anime, the Joestars, their allies, and opponents banter and monologue before, during, and after fights, but this is taken to the most manly extreme.
For an anime that apparently only cares about cool fights, JoJo's the dialogue is incredibly wordy and detailed, which is necessary when explaining Stand's power systems and abilities. This is not a bug but a feature of JoJo's experience, so much so that quoting endless reactions, slogans and internalized speeches is now a fandom tradition.
8 Katanagatari's words are mightier than his swords
Conceptually, Katanagatari looks like a simple, action-packed period adventure. Martial artist Shichika Yasuri is chosen by the shogunate to collect twelve mythical swords of an ancient power. Instead of the typical jaunts and stabs, Katanagatari engages in overly poetic dialogues and monologues that seem to go on forever.
KatanagatariThe action of is just an afterthought, as well-written but often endless speeches and conversations are given the spotlight. Additionally, the 50-minute length of each episode can make watching this anime a bit of a chore for some. Without surprise, Katanagatari was written by Nisio Isin, the author of the famous wordy Monogatari.
seven .hack//SIGN would rather talk about Isekai than indulge in escapism
.hack//SIGN is unique among its gamified isekai contemporaries because it's really more character drama set in a video game than a player power fantasy. As such, Tsukasa and his companions are more content to sit down and talk about "The World" MMORPG and their feelings. In fact, some episodes are just heartfelt discussions.
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When it was released in 2002, .hack // SIGN hierarchy of viewers divided into dialogue. Looking back, however, this creative choice has aged surprisingly well. Although some episodes suffered from pacing issues due to the volume of conversations, some viewers saw it as a good take on how players would use chat rooms and forums to communicate.
6 The Legend of Galactic Heroes Is More About War Dialogue Than Actual War
The classic space opera Legend of Galactic Heroes is highly regarded as one of the best, if not the best and most realistic, animated portrayals of war, and that's mostly thanks to its intricate dialogue. Despite the anime's fame as a space opera, the spectacle of epic space combat takes precedence over characters discussing and arguing over logistics, tactics, and politics.
Dialogue-rich anime about mind games like Death threat are not rare, but they live in the shadow of Legend of Galactic Heroes. This cerebral, methodical approach to war along with a gargantuan episode count is what drives the war between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance.intimidating, yet alluring, to fans and newcomers alike.
5 Odd Taxi loves his seemingly unimportant tangents
When it was created, strange taxi was considered a breath of fresh air for many reasons, especially its dialogue. Unlike other anime, strange taxi wasn't afraid to casually change the subject and let Odokawa and the other animals' thoughts get derailed. One minute they're talking about a missing girl, the next they're talking about Bruce Springsteen.
In addition to humanizing the characters, these bizarre conversations actually serve a narrative purpose. Seemingly pointless rants about social media influence, mobile games, and self-defense classes return in a big way, and it's all tied together nicely by the finale. There may be many things to follow in weird taxi, but it is really worth it.
4 Joshiraku pushed Rakugo's verbosity to comic breaking point
The oratorical tradition of rakugo is such an important part of Japanese culture that it's no surprise that it has been depicted in various anime, most notably the critically acclaimed period drama. Descendant Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. However, the amount of dialogue in Descendant stories pales in comparison to its parodic foil, Joshiraku.
Joshiraku multiplies rakugo's love of full-length monologues and individual performances fivefold, especially through its five main characters. All five are rakugoka who never stop launching into rants and sardonic spiels. This excessive verbosity is just the first of many language gags Joshiraku has to offer for those who want to give it a shot.
3 Lucky Star is probably the most talkative Moe anime ever made
The Last Thing You Want From A Sitcom About School Life is long conversations about everyday trivialities, but that's what Good star gave viewers. Although Konata and her friends indulged in the usual shenanigans, they spent most of their time bickering over the more ordinary things, like chocolate cones and dentist appointments.
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While this style of conversation made Good star an acquired taste, it also made it one of the most iconic moe anime of all time. Few anime can boast sharp dialogue filled with otaku references and witty zingers that remind Westerners Seinfeld the path Good star fact, making it stand out for all the right reasons.
2 The Tatami Galaxy is one of the fastest anime ever
The Tatami Galaxy is (in)famously hard to locate and nearly impossible to dub, not because it tells an incomprehensible time-looped story, but because the characters talk ridiculously fast. In fact, it's not uncommon for viewers to have trouble keeping up with the rapidly changing subtitles and the incessant ramblings of the unnamed protagonist.
Whereas The Tatami Galaxy can be hard to follow, he enjoys his overly long dialogue. Besides the fact that it's very much in everyone's character to speak exclusively in pretentious but amusing tirades, the dialogue is filled with the kind of jokes and ideas that only work with The Tatami Galaxyseparate visuals or over several viewings.
1 Monogatari is the closest anime to animated literature
When it comes to anime dialogue, no anime does it like the Monogatari the franchise does. Whether it's the pilot season or later parts like Owarimonogatari, every chapter of Araragi and Senjougahara's romance is awash with innuendo, subtext, and puns so uniquely Japanese that the anime is considered undubbable.
That said, Monogatari is truly known for its visualized dialogue, which randomly flashes across the screen to emphasize a mood. Monogatari's literary approach to dialogue was a turning point, and it inspired spiritual successors and equally ambitious clones.
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The Jazz selected point guard Tyrone Wallace with the 60th and final pick of the 2016 NBA Draft.
Wallace broke his off-hand before the NCAA Tourney and he wasn't able to use this summer to prove to scouts that his offense had improved. He has nice size at 6'6/200 and that gives him some defensive upside, but a point guard that can't shoot and isn't elite is going to fall in the draft. As far as 60th picks go, however, we like what the Jazz did to shoot for the stars here.


Trent Boult was delighted to find a rhythm as he claimed six wickets in 15 balls to hand New Zealand total control of the second Test with Sri Lanka.
Boult tore through the tourists' lower order in Christchurch with a fine spell of swing bowling that saw Sri Lanka slump from 94-4 to 104 all out.
After Roshen Silva had been caught in the slips, Boult removed Niroshan Dickwella, Dilruwan Perera and Suranga Lakmal in the same over.
He was unable to complete a hat-trick but the wickets of Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara soon followed to leave Boult with figures of 6-30 before the Black Caps finished day two 231-2 in their second innings, 305 ahead.
It was a welcome return to form for the 29-year-old after struggling on the slow, low pitches in the United Arab Emirates against Pakistan.
"It's all about rhythm - for me anyway," Boult said. "It's about getting into a groove.
"A couple of wickets gives you a bit of confidence and just lets you go about your thing. Sometimes you're not really thinking about much and it's kind of happening for you.
"The plans were simple this morning. It was about building pressure on the guys and it was nice to exploit a bit of their weaknesses with some swing bowling. I was just trying to pitch the ball up really.
Wow! Just like that Trent Boult has wrapped up the Sri Lankan innings in a furious spell of swing bowling! He took SIX wickets for FOUR runs in just 15 balls!
"It's a funny old game really - it's probably not how I expected it to happen. I suppose it can be easy to get frustrated a little bit, trying to figure out why things aren't happening.
"I suppose with a little bit more experience I'm realising it can be a funny game, and it's probably about turning up with the right attitude, and trying to put the ball in the right areas. I was just lucky enough to get a bit of reward."
Despite his heroics, the seamer was quick to praise the Black Caps' entire bowling unit and the plans put in place by captain Kane Williamson.
"It's one of the strengths of the side, and of the bowling unit, to bowl for each other," Boult added. "It's a strength to stick to that plan and be willing to hang in there and be patient.
"Timmy [Southee] got the rewards last week and I'm sure there's just rewards for the other guys around the corner as well.
"I think that's one of the main reasons we are so successful is the way we bowl from both ends, and bowl in those partnerships."


Many people look at the employment recruiting process as a one-way street, in which applicants need to impress potential employers with their skills and experience so that they can get the job offer. There's a mistaken perception that the employers hold all of the cards when it comes to recruitment, but that's not necessarily the case. Because while job candidates certainly need to put their best foot forward, so do employers. Employers need to sell themselves to candidates as well, to help ensure that employees want to actually work there and it will be a good fit.
The question is, then, how do you sell your company to job seekers? While you can certainly provide clues as to what it's like to work at your company via your website and social media feeds, some pithy posts on Facebook or a Web page devoted to your benefits can only reveal so much. That doesn't mean you shouldn't include those elements as part of your recruiting efforts, but to really attract the best possible candidates you need to incorporate other formats into your strategy as well. And that is where video comes in.
It's no mystery that video is taking over the Internet. More video is viewed online than any other type of content, and video is more likely to spur engagement and action than any other type of content.
And when it comes to recruiting, video is fast becoming a top technique. According to one 2014 study, 75% of companies considered "best in class" for their industry used video in their recruitment process. Whether it was for employee testimonials, a view into the company culture, or just an explanation of why you might want to work there, all of the companies that used videos for recruitment agree on one thing: video helps attract better, more qualified candidates.
The question then becomes not if you should use video, then, but how do you want to incorporate video into your recruiting strategy? While you can easily invest time and money into professional video production – and that may be the right way to go for your company – making videos for employee recruitment doesn't have to be expensive or time-consuming. Using a few free tools and some creativity, you can make your own animation to improve your video, telling prospective job candidates more about your company, while having some fun in the process.
Now, you might be thinking that animation is too lighthearted or even unprofessional for your company. There are certainly cases in which that might be true, but for most companies, animation is a perfectly appropriate format for a recruiting video.
Process videos. What happens when someone applies for an open position at your company? Where does their application go and how is it reviewed? Is there something unique about your process? Share that information through an animation. If you require applicants to follow certain steps to apply, you could animate that process as well; for example, how do they sign up for your recruiting portal and find and apply for jobs?
Timeline videos. One of the hardest parts of applying for any job is waiting for a response. Help applicants know what to expect by adding a video that outlines the hiring timeline, from the moment they submit their application through the job offer.
Tips and tricks videos. Help candidates succeed (and reduce the number of unqualified or inappropriate candidates) by creating a video that offers tips and tricks for success. Animating the do's and don'ts of your company's hiring process can provide a glimpse into the company culture while giving people more tools for success.
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Q: Is there a permutation $\tau\in S_n$ with $\tau(1)^{\tau(2)}+\cdots+\tau(n-1)^{\tau(n)}+\tau(n)^{\tau(1)}$ a square? Let $n>1$ be an integer, and let $S_n$ be the symmetric group of all the permutatins of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$.
I'm curious whether there is a permutation $\tau\in S_n$ such that
$$\tau(1)^{\tau(2)}+\cdots+\tau(n-1)^{\tau(n)}+\tau(n)^{\tau(1)}$$
is a square. (Without loss of generality we may assume that $\tau(n)=n$.)  For $n=2,3$ there is no such a permutation $\tau$. But my computations for $n=4,5,\ldots,11$
lead me to formulate the following conjecture.
Conjecture. For any integer $n>3$, there is a permutation $\tau\in S_n$ such that
$$\tau(1)^{\tau(2)}+\cdots+\tau(n-1)^{\tau(n)}+\tau(n)^{\tau(1)}$$
is a square.
For example,
$$2^1 + 1^3 + 3^4 + 4^2 = 10^2, \ \ 1^5 + 5^2 + 2^4 + 4^3 + 3^6 + 6^1 = 29^2,$$
and
$$1^3 + 3^2 + 2^{10} + 10^5 + 5^7 + 7^8 + 8^6 + 6^9 + 9^4 + 4^{11} + 11^1 = 4526^2.$$
For more examples and related data, one may consult http://oeis.org/A342965.
QUESTION. Is the above conjecture true?
You are welcome to check the conjecture further.

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Would you like this next year to be different? Better? Less self-filled and more Spirit-filled?
I'm with you. And I can't think of a better way to improve the next year than to cultivate new habits so we can love God more with not just our words, but our lives. Scripture exhorts us in First John 3:18 to "not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth." I believe that instruction is not just for how we are to love others, but for how we are to love our Lord and Savior, as well.
Jesus implied there would be those who claim to love Him and follow Him, and those who actually do when He said: "If you love me, you will obey what I command" (John 14:15). Whether you call them spiritual resolutions, goals or new habits, here are 10 ways to say "I love You, Jesus" over the course of this new year.
When something exciting happens in your life, who do you tell? When you get discouraging or stressful news, with whom do you share it first? Your spouse? Your parent? Your best friend? When Jesus is first on the list, it says to Him that He is first in your heart.
Cultivate a closer connection with Jesus by going to Him first with everything on your heart and mind. Of course, He already knows everything you're going to say. But by telling Him first, you are reaffirming to Him—and to yourself –that He is the single most important One in your life.
3. Take Him More Seriously.
Scripture defines faith as "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1). That means we don't have to have the answers in order to trust God. We trust Him for what we do not yet see.
Things will happen this year that you will not understand. To trust God fully is to say "God, I know You are good and while this doesn't look good to me, I trust that You know what You're doing. Help me to grow through this and become all You want me to be through this struggle." Oh, how that touches the heart of God, and shows Him that you love Him. Of course, this is easier said than done. So, put a verse like Jeremiah 29:11 or Romans 8:28-29 in front of you so you will remember it's all about Him, not you, and therefore, it's all a matter of trusting Him more.
Rather than spending the year trying to determine God's specific will for you, be a person of gratitude in everything and you will become His will, glorifying Him among everyone you encounter. What a gift to His heart.
Do you know people who say whatever comes to their minds without thinking about whether or not it's appropriate, helpful or positive? Are youever guilty of that? I know I am. Yet that impulsive behavior is indicative of a child. No filter. Anything goes.
7. Choose Jesus Over the World.
To love the world is to crave its recognition, to seek its approval, to want to fit in and be in the "in crowd" with all that is hip. But to truly love God, you will care only about His opinion, His approval, His pleasure. Fear disappointing God, not people and what they think of you. It's another way to say "I love you, Jesus" with your life.
Jesus said the greatest command was to love Him above anyone else, and the second greatest command was to "love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:39). Jesus knew how very highly we would think of ourselves, and how well we would treat, feed and pamper our bodies. So, Jesus told us to treat others with the standard we had for ourselves. That's convicting. Is anyone else as important as we are?
Pray for eyes to see yourself—and others—as God does. Pray for opportunities to love those you wouldn't ordinarily spend time with. To listen to those outside your social and economic circle. To smile and offer your coat or a helping hand or a lift of those groceries in the name of Jesus. Others will know of your faith by your unconditional love. Do others know you love Jesus simply by how you treat them?
When we fret or worry, we are, by our actions, saying to God that we don't think He can handle what concerns us. 1 John 4:18 says "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." In other words, when we love God perfectly, we will trust Him immensely. And where there is immense trust, there is no room for fear, worry or anxiety.
Philippians 4:6-7 instructs: "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done." When we do this, Scripture says we will experience the peace of God, "which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus"(NLT). So, to pray instead of worry is not only obedience, but it is showing God our love for Him.
10. Love and Forgive That Person Who Has Offended You.
Scripture is clear on our mandate to forgive: "If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen…. the one who loves God should love his brother also (1 John 4:20-21). Furthermore, God's Word tells us: "The one who does not love his brother is not of God" (1 John 3:10).
Get rid of your resentments. You simply cannot live in a love relationship with God and hold bitterness in your heart toward someone else, regardless of what they have or have not done. The point is not whether or not they have asked for your forgiveness. The point is that while wewere sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). God has forgiven you and He loves you. Therefore, He insists that you forgive and love others.
Cindi McMenamin is a pastor's wife, Bible teacher, and national speaker who helps women and couples find strength for the soul. She has authored more than a dozen books including, When Women Walk Alone, (more than 130,000 copies sold), Drama Free, which helps women put Christ in the spotlight instead of themselves, and her newest release, 12 Ways to Experience More with Your Husband, which will help others see Christ in your life and marriage. For more on her ministry and free resources to strengthen your soul, marriage, or parenting, see her website: www.StrengthForTheSoul.com.


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Graphene was transferred to the propagation path of quartz surface acoustic wave devices and the attenuation due to gas loading of air and argon measured at 70 MHz and 210 MHz and compared to devices with no graphene. Under argon loading, there was no significant difference between the graphene and non-graphene device and the values of measured attenuation agree well with those calculated theoretically. Under air loading, at 210 MHz, there was a significant difference between the non-graphene and graphene devices, with the average value of attenuation obtained with the graphene devices being approximately twice that obtained from the bare quartz devices.


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Ireland's draft climate action plan aims to shed country's bad image
by Colm Gorey
19 Dec 2018916 Views
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As part of its agreement with the EU, the Irish Government has published its climate change action plan after being internationally embarrassed.
Following work done by the Citizens' Assembly and an all-party Oireachtas Committee, the Government has put together a draft plan that it hopes will convince the national public and Europe that it's finally starting to take climate change seriously.
Under EU law, Ireland was required to produce a draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) to chart how the country would grow sustainably in the decades to come. Announced by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Richard Bruton, TD today (19 December), the report centres on a number of different initiatives that the Government aims to focus on including renewable energy, agriculture, transport and construction.
Under the rules, a final NECP will have to be submitted a year from now and, from then on, all EU member states will need to outline their energy and climate policies every year between 2021 and 2030.
More specifically, this includes reducing Ireland's carbon emissions by 22m metric tonnes and promising to increase our renewable power generation from 30pc nationally to at least 55pc through means such as solar, wind and biomass energy generation. This will also include the removal of peat and coal for electricity generation.
The Government also expects that within this first period of EU monitoring in the coming decade, electric vehicles will make up 20pc of the country's transport fleet, with between 40pc and 50pc of homes having high energy ratings through new builds and retrofitting.
Draft NECP follows poor climate performance
"Ambition will need to be stepped up in all these areas and many others besides. The analysis in the draft plan demonstrates that policies in place to date will not fully deliver on our emissions commitments, even taking into account flexibilities which have been granted to Ireland which will not be cost free," Bruton said.
"The draft NECP highlights once again the urgency of the work we are doing in developing our all-of-Government plan to make Ireland a leader in responding to climate change. We need to act now, across all sectors of society to step up our response."
The publishing of the draft plan comes just a few days after Ireland was embarrassed at an international level when it was named as the worst performing nation in Europe in the 2019 Climate Change Performance Index.
"Existing climate mitigation efforts will not enable Ireland to achieve either its EU 2020 or 2030 targets domestically," the accompanying report stated. "The long-standing lack of implementation of substantive measures to put the country on a well-below 2 degrees Celsius pathway results in a very low rating for Ireland's national policy performance."
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Mr. Russell N. Hart, 61, of Gaylord died Thursday, March 17, 2005 in Miami, Fla.
Russ was born on Aug. 2, 1943 in Gaylord, the son of Paul and Freda (Wingo) Hart.
He was raised in Gaylord, was a 1961 graduate of Gaylord High School, and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1961 to 1965. He owned and operated Hart Well Drilling in Gaylord.
He loved spending time with his family and treasured his grandchildren.
He loved relaxing in Florida and was an avid hunter. He also enjoyed gardening and tending to his yard.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. from St. Mary Cathedral.
Visitation at the Nelson Funeral Home was held on Tuesday from 1 to 7 p.m. and at the Cathedral on Wednesday beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Russ is survived by his wife, Helen (Koronka); his children Laura (Mike) Skop of Gaylord, Jacki (Brian) Koronka of Gaylord, Ron Hart of Gaylord, Shannon (Jeff) Riling of Gaylord, Sara (Otis) McKinley of Au Gres; grandchildren, Shane, Landen, Rachel Matthew, Kylie, Logan, Katie, Colleen, Kaden, Carsen, and Kara; sisters Arlene Koscielniak of Vanderbilt, Shirley (Dennis) Kopcak of Ft. Myers, Fla., Alice Yeoman of Gaylord; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Russell Hart Memorial Fund, through the Nelson Funeral Home, PO Box 1548, Gaylord, MI 49734.


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Economic tuition that makes a star student out of you is available to help you achieve your total capacity in economics. Plus, you'll be able to answer any questions that are thrown at you. Become a student of our unparalleled online economics instruction right now. TheEconomicsTutor.com provides the best economics tuition in Singapore.
Is Economics in School Necessary?
Most students have never studied economics before. Therefore, there are several new ideas to grasp in only two years, instead of other disciplines where students have built a foundation of knowledge over time. It's an anomaly compared to other fields of study in the humanities and the sciences. The groundwork has already been laid by the time the students achieve pre-university levels in certain areas. It is expected that students will be required to learn at least 200 macroeconomic topics to graduate. As a result, economics tutoring in Singapore is a no-brainer for most students who want to succeed.
Students should already be familiar with terms like demand and supply, often used in English. However, this may be a significant problem. In the demand-and-supply economics model, reasoning like "Price lower, therefore, I demand more" is incorrect and will lead to numerous expensive mistakes in analysis. It is thus imperative that we "unlearn" this layperson's logic and associations with such terminology to appropriately construct the foundations of these economic terminologies. It's going to be a rough start!
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For most students, economics is a brand-new topic with many unfamiliar ideas to grasp in only two years, instead of other courses in which students have built a foundation of knowledge over time. In contrast to other fields of study in the humanities and sciences, this one does not. By the time the students achieve pre-university levels in these topics, they already have a solid framework in place for them. At least 200 economic topics are expected to be mastered by pupils.
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December is an enchanting time to visit Washington DC. Destination DC can help plan a visit © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
(Washington, DC) –- Destination DC (DDC), the official marketing organization for Washington, DC is primed to help travelers plan unforgettable December holidays in the nation's capital. Washington.org is packed with seasonal inspiration on a holiday landing page including hotel packages and deals, festive menus, ice skating rinks, Christmas markets, can't-miss events and more. Scroll instant inspiration on DDC's Instagram and Facebook accounts or speak with a travel concierge (1-800-422-8644), Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm EST.
"Whether your ideal December getaway includes a family photo with the National Christmas tree and A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre or a morning at the MLK Memorial, an afternoon of ice skating at the National Gallery of Art's rink and a Michelin-star dinner, we can help you plan an unforgettable holiday in Washington, DC," said Elliott L. Ferguson II, president and CEO of DDC.
Among special packages and events:
SEASONAL HOTEL PACKAGES
Between Nov. 28-Dec. 20, the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC displays lavish holiday décor from 20 area designers. The luxury Georgetown hotel treats travelers with 30% off suites, Dec. 4-31, 2017.
The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown's Deck the Halls offer includes Santa's milk and cookies at turn-down and an in-suite holiday tree. The Ritz-Carlton Washington, DC welcomes guests to Savor the Season with a 30-foot gingerbread Washington Monument and a $50 food and beverage credit.
Winter packages at the Willard InterContinental include a delicious welcome amenity and the official 2017 White House Christmas ornament thru Dec. 31.
Twirl around the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden's rink thru March 11, 2018. Warm up inside the Pavilion Café and visit Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry in the West Building thru Jan. 21, 2018. FREE
New: The Potomac-side rink at The Wharf in SW DC joins the party of neighborhood rinks in Georgetown and Capitol Riverfront.
New: Glide on iceless"rinks at the Fairmont Washington, D.C. Georgetown and the Watergate Hotel.
HOLIDAY LIGHTS AND TOURS
ZooLights animates the National Zoo with more than 500,000 LED lights, snowless tubing and concerts between 5-9pm until Jan. 1 (closed Dec. 24, 25, 31). FREE
George Washington's Mount Vernon offers character-guided candlelit tours, 18th century dancing and fireside caroling, Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 17.
Holiday in the Park illuminates Six Flags America with lights, rides and s'mores Dec. 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 22-23, 26- Jan. 1.
Tour America's roadside attractions in miniature at Seasons Greenings: National Parks and Historic Parks at the U.S. Botanic Gardens thru Jan. 2. FREE
The National Christmas tree in President's Park on the Ellipse is attended by 56 decorated trees, Santa's Workshop and musical performances thru Dec. 31. FREE
The National Menorah will be lit on the Ellipse throughout Hanukah. On Dec. 12 at 4pm, the American Friends of Lubavitch celebrates with dreidels and donuts. FREE
Find only-in-DC gifts at Made in DC, a new store in Dupont Circle and Steadfast Supply in Capitol Riverfront. Pop-up Christmas markets: Downtown Holiday Market in Penn Quarter and Union Market's Brief Assembly run thru Dec. 23.
CityCenterDC, the Penn Quarter's luxury shopping and restaurant destination, dresses up with a giant reindeer, a sky-high tree for the season. Between Dec. 1-3, a 12-foot-high igloo adds to the Instagram fun.
Georgetown Glow, an outdoor exhibition of light-art installations dots the historic shopping district between 5-10pm, Dec. 8, 2017-Jan. 7, 2018. FREE
PERFORMANCES AND ATTRACTIONS
New: Digital gallery Artechouse welcomes The Imaginary World of the Nutcracker, Dec. 7, 2017-Jan. 7, 2018.
The Kennedy Center hosts seasonal shows including Merry Tubachristmas! (Dec. 11, FREE), Second City's Twist Your Dickens (Dec. 5-31) and the National Symphony Orchestra's Handel's Messiah (Dec. 14-17).
The Washington Ballet's version of The Nutcracker (thru Dec. 24) swaps George Washington for the Nutcracker Prince at Warner Theatre.
A richly dressed A Christmas Carol (thru Dec. 31) takes over Ford's Theatre.
New: Christmas Illuminated is one of many exhibits at the Museum of the Bible.
DINING AND NIGHTLIFE
Toasts the season at Drink Company's Miracle on Seventh Street, a trio of over-the-top pop-up bars thru Dec. 31.
Find lavish holiday teas in the Lounge at the Mandarin Oriental Washington, DC and Tea Cellar at the Park Hyatt Washington DC. The St. Regis Washington D.C. celebrates 12 days of Champagne (Dec. 12-24).
Among the city's New Year's Eve delights, Michelin-starred chef José Andrés offers tasting menus at China Chilcano, Jaleo and Oyamel.
Destination DC, the official destination marketing organization for the nation's capital, is a private, non-profit membership organization of 1,000 businesses committed to marketing the area as a premier global convention, tourism and special events destination with a special emphasis on the arts, cultural and historic communities.
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Boskalis acquires remaining shares in marine survey company Horizon
Papendrecht, 25 November 2019
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired the remaining 37.5% in the Horizon Group (Horizon). Earlier this year, Boskalis already acquired 62.5% of the shares. The 2019 revenue is expected to exceed USD 100 million and the activities will be consolidated as of 2020.
Following this transaction, Boskalis will be able to optimize its successful and expanding position in the marine geophysical and geotechnical survey market. Horizon will continue to focus on its traditionally strong market position in the Middle East and Northwest Europe with opportunities to expand into the emerging offshore wind market in the Far East making it highly complementary to the position already held by Boskalis through Gardline in Northwest Europe and on the East Coast of the United States.
Horizon was established in 2004 and is located in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Its activities are largely based in the Arabian Gulf, the Red Sea and an increasing presence for offshore wind in the Far East. Its clients range from national and international oil companies as well as reputable international EPCI contractors to the oil and gas industry as well as offshore wind farm developers.
Martijn L.D. Schuttevâer
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Arno Schikker
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Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors. The company provides creative and innovative all-round solutions to infrastructural challenges in the maritime, coastal and delta regions of the world. With core activities such as coastal defense, riverbank protection and land reclamation Boskalis is able to provide adaptive and mitigating solutions to combat the effects of climate change, such as extreme weather conditions and rising sea levels, as well as delivering solutions for the increasing need for space in coastal and delta regions across the world. The company facilitates the development of offshore energy infrastructure, including renewable wind energy. Boskalis is furthermore active in the construction and maintenance of ports, waterways, access channels and civil infrastructure, thus helping to facilitate trade flows and regional socio-economic development. In addition, Boskalis is a global marine salvage expert and has a number of strategic partnerships in harbor towage and terminal services (Keppel Smit Towage and Smit Lamnalco). With a versatile fleet of more than 700 vessels and floating equipment and 10,000 employees, including associates, Boskalis is creating new horizons around the world.
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package cloudrunci

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/url"
	"strings"
	"testing"
)

// TestServiceValidateErrors checks for errors in the Service definition.
func TestServiceValidateErrors(t *testing.T) {
	service := Service{Name: "my-serivce"}
	if err := service.validate(); err == nil {
		t.Errorf("service.validate: expected error 'Project ID missing', got success")
	}

	service.ProjectID = "my-project"
	if err := service.validate(); err == nil {
		t.Errorf("service.validate: expected error 'Platform configuration missing', got success")
	}
}

// TestServiceStateErrors checks that a service in the wrong state will be blocked from the requested operation.
func TestServiceStateErrors(t *testing.T) {
	service := NewService("my-service", "my-project")

	want := "Request called before Deploy"
	if _, err := service.Request("GET", "/"); !strings.Contains(err.Error(), want) {
		t.Errorf("service.Request: error expected '%s', got %s", want, err.Error())
	}

	want = "NewRequest called before Deploy"
	if _, err := service.NewRequest("GET", "/"); !strings.Contains(err.Error(), want) {
		t.Errorf("service.NewRequest: error expected '%s', got %s", want, err.Error())
	}

	want = "URL called before Deploy"
	if _, err := service.URL("/"); !strings.Contains(err.Error(), want) {
		t.Errorf("service.URL: error expected '%s', got %s", want, err.Error())
	}

	want = "container image already built"
	service.built = true
	if err := service.Build(); !strings.Contains(err.Error(), want) {
		t.Errorf("service.Build: error expected '%s', got %s", want, err.Error())
	}
}

func TestServiceURL(t *testing.T) {
	want := "https://example.com"
	service := NewService("my-serivce", "my-project")
	mock, err := url.Parse(want)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("url.Parse: %v", err)
	}
	service.url = mock
	service.deployed = true

	u, err := service.ParsedURL()
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("service.ParsedURL: %v", err)
	}
	if u.String() != service.url.String() {
		t.Errorf("service.ParsedURL: got %s, want %s", u, service.url)
	}

	got, err := service.URL("/handler")
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("service.URL: %v", err)
	}
	if want := service.url.String() + "/handler"; got != want {
		t.Errorf("service.URL: got %s, want %s", got, want)
	}

	got, err = service.Host()
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("service.Host: %v", err)
	}
	if want := service.url.Host + ":443"; got != want {
		t.Errorf("service.URL: got %s, want %s", got, want)
	}
}

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		"NAME2": "value2",
	}

	cmd := service.deployCmd()
	for i, v := range service.Env {
		if !contains(cmd.Args, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", i, v)) {
			t.Errorf("Environment variable (%s) missing from deploy command", i)
		}
	}
}

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Microsoft is expanding its audience polling tool Bing Pulse today — Josh Gottheimer, general manager of corporate strategy, told me that it's moving from a model of one-off partnerships to self-service. So basically anyone can now use Bing Pulse at their events and meetings.
While there are a number of polling and visualizing products out there, Gottheimer said this is really the modern version of those research tools where audience members are asked to turn a dial to show how they're feeling. It's not just about conducting a single poll, but rather tracking how people are feeling throughout an event.
For example, Fox News used the tool to follow audience responses during the State of the Union, while the Clinton Global Initiative used it to gauge how attendees felt during two sessions that were part of its conference over the summer.
Gottheimer said people can now do something similar at individual meetings — you point attendees to a URL that they can access on their phone, tablet, or desktop/laptop computer, then they continually update you on how the meeting is going. Or you can send out specific questions, like, "How is Josh doing in his presentation?" You can track that information just for yourself, or display it on a giant screen, whichever you prefer.
Bing Pulse is still in beta testing and will be available for free until January 31, 2015. Gottheimer said the plan is to move to a freemium model, where a basic version is available for free, but customers have to pay for additional usage or features.


The Truth Behind Lemon Water - Does Lemon Water Hurt Your Teeth?
Does Lemon Water Hurt Your Teeth?
Many nutrition focused professionals are known to recommend drinking a large glass of cold lemon water to start off your day. Although this popular drink has become the new norm, it doesn't necessarily mean it's all beneficial. In fact, recent studies have actually released information that could be crucial to people's oral health.
As you may be aware, most citrus foods such as lemons and oranges, have high acids that can actually do more damage than benefit your teeth. This new discovery is critical to the dental sustainability of many people that enjoy a glass of lemon water in the mornings or for lunch. The acid found in the citrus food could weaken your enamel. Once your enamel becomes severely damage, it's difficult, in fact mostly impossible to get it back.
What are the Signs of Enamel Erosion?
Enamel is a sort of substance in the outer layer of your teeth, which helps protect your teeth. When dentists refer to tooth decay, it usually means the patient has experienced enamel erosion, which leaves the teeth unprotected and prone to decay.
Tooth Discoloration – Enamel keeps your teeth's white appearance. Once it wears away, the teeth may turn a yellow tint because of dentin. Dentin is a substance that forms the inside of your teeth, the yellow tint is usually a sign that the substance is showing through.
Transparent Edges – If the edges of your teeth are becoming transparent, this is a sure sign that they enamel has become thin and might not be as strong as it should be.
Tooth Sensitivity – The dentin is exposed to the nerve of your tooth. Therefore, if the enamel is being eroded, the inside of the tooth is exposed to temperatures that make eating or drinking cold things uncomfortable.
But wait, don't abandon lemon water just yet! Although we do not recommend drinking lemon water so often, it does have a lot of other health benefits. Enjoying a glass of cold lemon water once in awhile won't hurt you. In fact, we've gathered a list of tips to follow that will help you diminish the possibilities of experiencing enamel erosion while enjoying a refreshing and flavorful drink.
If you do decide to have a cup of lemon water, we highly suggest it'd be a cold glass of lemon water instead of warm. The reason to this is because it will reduce the amount of available acid that can touch your teeth.
Avoid brushing your teeth immediately after drinking lemon water. This will in fact wear away the enamel even more as the citric acid is still fresh in your teeth. We recommend a quick rinse with water and proceed with brushing your teeth if needed.
We highly encourage that you drink lemon water carefully. If you do decide to have a glass of cold lemon water, consider using a straw. Using a straw will avoid any direct contact from the citric acid on your teeth.
Whether you decide to follow our suggestions and/or decide to drop lemon water altogether, it's totally up to you. If you would like to consult our dentist with your consumption any particular food in fear of experiencing enamel erosion, contact us at (949) 760-0363.


Forward Arrow/Back Arrow - These are used to run and I'll admit sometimes the characters can be a bit slow when running.
Up Arrow - Jump. Pretty basic here. It can also be used to climb poles or ladders when you come across them in the levels.
Down Arrow - Can be used to jump down to a platform below or to climb down a pole or ladder.
Space Bar - This button has the most features in the game being 3. The space bar can be used to hide from guards who you want to avoid.


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Celebrating 50 Years of Cranial Study
In 1973, a single cranial session infinitely expanded my consciousness for 30 days, which began my life-long cranial study that now spans 50 years.
My teacher, osteopath Dr. De Jarnette, was a student of Dr. Sutherland, the father of all cranial work.
I regarded my cranial studies as a spiritual journey and I revered touch as an ancient art of laying on of hands that has been practiced for thousands of years in all spiritual traditions.
When medicine took over the healing arts, it separated touch as a sacred mystery rite, and turned it into a mechanical treatment system. Medicine reduced the body to a machine controlled by the nervous system.
Any "holistic" method that focuses on the nervous system to heal the body, diminishes the mystery that creates and heals the body.
The Limits of the Biodynamic Cranial Approach
Biodynamic cranial approaches that harness the power to heal access the ascending tidal expressions of consciousness that lead to the realization of I AM, the Self.
However, a major pitfall is the clinging to the biodynamic tides which are ascending current expressions of consciousness. If we remain stuck in the ascending tidal domains of consciousness, we cannot realize our second birth. Why?
Because when we are stuck in ascent, the ego engages numerous strategic habits that recoil our consciousness away from the potency to avoid an utter surrender to Dynamic Stillness.
This is known as spiritual bypass, which prevents I AM, which is the consciousness of Dynamic Stillness, from descending into the body to implode into the cells.
It is not until after I AM implodes into the cells that our second birth occurs as the enfleshment of the Sacred Pulse of Pure Breath of Love that is stronger than death.
After enfleshment, the heart's SA Node emanates Pure Breath of Love.
Pure Breath of Love's pulse reveals the body is a sacred vessel of love.
When we touch from this 'seat' of repose, it evokes the sacred qualities of the divine feminine power inside a recipient.
Realizing Divine Feminine power as the Holy Grail re-spiritualizes matter, which restores its original magma-like quality as a super-substance of love that unifies all things.
In contrast, medical touch manipulates the nervous system to increase or decrease the functions of the body, which resembles a mechanic who adjusts the electronics to control an engine.
Any biodynamic cranial approach that remains stuck in the tides bypasses the utter surrender of consciousness to Dynamic Stillness, which prevents our second birth, and we fail to realize an enfleshed union of body, consciousness, and love.
In 1977, I founded a Cranial Study Group while in college. Then in 1981, I began training people from all walks of life in Manhattan. I taught lay self-care classes, spoke at the Whole Life Expos nationwide, and I wrote a regular "Self-Care Column" for the Whole Life Times Magazine. I founded the Whole Life Center with an MD homeopath, one of the first integrative centers in the USA.
I met psychotherapist and author Robert Johnson (trained by Karl Jung) in 1986 and for 12 years, he mentored me one-to-one in Jungian's depth psychology.
In the 1990's, I developed a system of anointing with Hauschka oils that harmonize the fourfold organ system based on Rhythmic Massage developed by Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman. I presented my original work in Seattle at the Anthroposophic Medical Conference (PAAM) in 1995. After 12 years, this impulse evolved into Sacred Body Rites.
In 1995, I began teaching my meditative principles and touch practices at the Pacific School of Homeopathy. I was also spontaneously experiencing the tides as states of consciousness, which subsequently inspired my writing and teaching.
Since 1977, I have certified dozens of teachers, trained thousands of practitioners and lay people worldwide through my two schools Dynamic Stillness and Sacred Body Rites.
Now I teach Stillness Touch Master Classes for professional practitioners, offer lay courses, private intensives, write, and publish.
I live in Puerto Vallarta with my spouse Julia Aquino, who translates and teaches Spanish Stillness Touch courses in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain.
My Immersion Course celebrates my life's work that spans 50 years from 1973 to 2023.
I offered the Immersion in Prague and Puerto Vallarta in 2022, and I will offer my Immersion in Basel August 10-13, 2023
After 50 years, I am approaching my sunset with teaching worldwide.
The bodily toll of international travel is nearly intolerable and I long to return to my original vocation of gardening.
Perhaps you will join me in 2023


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Sonalika Tractors October sales up 38% at 14,760 units
The company registered a growth of 34 percent in the domestic market and 103 percent in the international market, as per the company statement.
New Delhi: Sonalika International Tractors Limited on Friday reported an increase of 38 percent in sales at 14,760 units in October 2018.
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Speaking on the growth trajectory, Raman Mittal, Executive Director, Sonalika Group said, "We are extremely delighted to register highest ever sales of 14760 tractors in October'18 just after achieving the best sales in September one month prior to the festive month. This is a great achievement and moment of pride to have surpassed our record. This ever highest sale has strengthened our confidence to be bullish in the upcoming month as Diwali is around the corner."
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Chops Beef Jerky - Sweet & Spicy
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Chops Beef Jerky is a brand owned by Chops Snacks, Inc. based out of New Haven, CT. The company was started in June 2016 by two recent Yale University undergraduates, Luke Sellers and Aaron Jones, along with food industry veteran Dusty Jaquins.
The company claims their jerky is made from 100% USDA Choice and Select beef brisket, sourced from cattle within the United States. They use no MSG, no nitrites, and no artificial preservatives. Their jerky is labeled as "all natural" and "exceptionally tender", while their website further claims to be gluten-free.
This Sweet & Spicy is described by Chops as, "the perfect balance between sweet pineapple and lemon juice with the kick from chili peppers".
Beef brisket, low sodium gluten-free Tamari Sauce, brown sugar, cayenne pepper sauce, lemon juice, black pepper, granulated garlic, jalapeno powder
The first flavors that hit my tongue is a noticeable sweet, followed by soy sauce. There's a light spiciness building up in the background. Black pepper comes in next. The chewing brings on a more defined soy sauce and increased black pepper.
For being marketed as a Sweet & Spicy beef jerky, it holds up well. There's definitely a good deal of sweet, but also a noticeable spiciness. The level of heat rates as "medium" on our heat scale (level 3 out of 5). I don't identify the pineapple and lemon juice that the company described, but it does have a light tang and faint fruity character.
Otherwise, the primary taste profile is a blend of sweet and salt anchored by a soy-sauce. The black pepper is prominent, while faint notes of fruit and tang linger. The cayenne pepper sauce is not noticeable in terms of flavor, nor is the jalapeno, however the heat is there.
The meat consistency is great for a brisket cut jerky. Compared to other brands boasting brisket cuts, this is very meaty, perhaps offering more meat and less fat and stringiness. It's also quite tender as the package claims. It's very easy to chew, lending itself to greater snackability and the urge to eat more. It takes on a chewing texture much like a filet-mignon cooked medium-rare.
This Sweet & Spicy beef jerky from Chops delivers exactly what it's flavor name promises, a good dose of sweet with a prominent, yet medium-level heat. The soft, moist chewing makes this jerky quite enjoyable, and tends to magnify the flavor. However, the flavor is still rather ordinary. It's largely a seasoned soy sauce spiced with black pepper. I would have liked to taste more of the jalapeno and cayenne, or perhaps get bursts of chopped garlic. There actually is a complexity of flavors in here, but the higher soy sauce and salt makes it difficult to notice anything else during normal gorging. Otherwise, it's the moist, tender meat consistency that steals most of the spotlight.
Rating: Good (4/5)
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Chops Beef Jerky - Original


For the first time, here's a no-holds-barred inside account of life for criminal gang members in cities and towns across Canada.
Mark Totten has slowly gained the confidence of gang members in many Canadian cities and small towns, and he knows enough to get the real goods from these men and women. In this book he tells the life stories -- so far -- of ten gang members drawn from across the country. Murderers, rapists, addicts, drug traffickers, victims of child abuse, abusers themselves -- these are people who many consider the worst of the worst.
But from their life stories, a more nuanced and complex picture emerges. The circumstances and events which lead children and teens into criminal life become clearer.
No one will think the same way about criminal gang members and the circumstances that lead to a life in crime after reading this compelling and revealing book.
"Although there is no shortage of books written by 'experts' on gangs, this book offers a visceral accounting about the lives of ten (former) high profile Canadian gang members. Capitalizing on his twenty-five years of related work with gangs and gang members, Totten offers a refreshing yet provocative insight not only about the 'how' of gang life but more importantly the 'why' of gang involvement."
"Messy, sometimes tender, always brutal, Mark Tottens stories of ten different gang-bangers all inhabit the feral streets of our inner cities. In clear and unsentimental prose he draws a line from early poverty and abuse towards addiction and violence, a line as straight and undeniable as destiny."
"Hidden under the cloak of anonymity these ten criminals are able to tell their tales of their lost worlds with brutal honesty. A triumph in exploring the depths of the drug addicted and how their unrelenting struggle keeps them in a life of crime. While at times it felt as though I was reading a biographical news article, I applaud Mark Totten for being able to bring these peoples stories to life in their own words."
"Anyone who thinks Canada does not have a serious gang-violence problem should take off their rose-coloured glasses and read Mark Totten's chilling book."
"Mark Totten has done a masterful job humanizing the lives of gangsters."
"Dr. Totten's brave new book, Gang Life, provides an extremely rare and remarkably insightful examination of the violent, troubled, and often shortened lives of individual gang members."
"An excellent resource for foster parents, social workers, teachers and many other professionals who work with youth at risk."
"This is a powerful inside look at lives about which we hear a great deal but seldom take the time to really understand. Totten does a wonderful job of giving them voice, making these individuals seem much more human, and more vulnerable, than we might want to believe."
MARK TOTTEN is a professor of criminal justice at Humber College in Toronto whose research focuses on organized crime, corrections, sexual exploitation, human trafficking, mental health, violence, and gender identity. Over the past decade, he has collaborated with groups in Ontario and Western Canada in the development and evaluation of multi-year gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies.


Fr. Basil lectures intensely on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the signs of a vocation as our Lady looks on.
Our Lady watches over Fr. Basil Cole, OP and the novice mistresses.
The following is a report from Sr. Mary Catharine, our novice mistress, who is attending the Novice Mistress Meeting for the Association of the Monasteries of Nuns of the Order of Preachers in the United States of America.
It's hard to believe that I'm in California except for the fact that the weather is beautiful! Now I see why people from the east coast, when they come to California, they want to stay!
I arrived Saturday afternoon after an uneventful flight that even left Newark on time! Our good friends, Mike and Linda met me at the airport and brought me around San Francisco and even over the Golden Gate Bridge! For some odd reason, the bridge is one that I used to want to see when I was a kid. Then it was time for Vespers and we were near their parish of St. Dominic's which is the novitiate for the Friars of the Western Province so they brought me to pray with the Brothers. Unfortunately, since the novices were away on retreat and the friars were scattered about preaching there weren't many present but it was a wonderful gift to be able to pray I Vespers of Corpus Christi with them and to get a quick tour of this beautiful church.
Then we got a quick bit to eat. A nice juicy hamburger with onion rings which was a big treat for me! Meanwhile, my eyelids kept getting heavier and heavier. We then continued on to the monastery in Menlo Park driving over the San Andreas fault. Fortunately, it didn't react to my presence!
I can't explain how wonderful it was to cross the threshold and be "home" again in the monastery. As you know, we are like fish out of water when we travel, even though at the same time we enjoy the different gifts God gives us, like seeing Mike and Linda again and that juicy hamburger! Did I mention the scenery, too?
The next morning, Sunday, Readings and Lauds were at 6:30. I made great efforts to be on time despite feeling quite tired but it was Corpus Christi and I didn't want to miss Office. Well, 6:30 came and no one showed up! Then I realized that I had set my clock two hours, not three hours back and it was only 5:30! My one chance to sleep in and I blew it!
We had a beautiful Corpus Christi Mass and then Benediction. After a festive meal in the community room with the friars and student brothers who attended we had a second Benediction with the nearby parish. This is the monastery's patronal feast so the air was filled with joy!
The sisters from the other monasteries began arriving on Monday and by Tuesday evening most of us where here. Sr. Mary Martin will arrive on Saturday and Sr. Mary Veronica on Sunday. Sr. Mary Assumpta (the prioress and part of my group of "study sisters" when we were newly professed) and I had planned a short orientation and then a quick tour of the monastery. Sr. Mary Sacred Heart didn't think we'd be able to do both before Compline but we proved her wrong. This is a very big monastery with beautiful artwork, religious images, gardens, etc.. The choir and chapel are especially beautiful. Coming from a small monastery I feel a bit dwarfed. The sisters are so welcoming and well, I am with my sisters! So, I feel right at home.
Our lectures with Fr. Basil Cole, OP began Wednesday morning. Fr. Basil's insights mixed in with his humor are a rich treasure for us as we grow in our role as novice mistresses and learn how, with God's grace, we can best help those entrusted to our care as spiritual mothers.
In the afternoon we have group discussions about various topics the sisters have sent in as we were planning the meeting. We have sisters who have many years experience as novice mistress and others who are brand new so it makes for some interesting conversations. Yesterday, we didn't even stop for our break! That says a lot because both the West Springfield and the Langley, BC monasteries sent homemade cookies for our breaks!
Recreation provides time for us to go for walks and to meet with the sisters of the Menlo Community. With our presence the choir sounds quite full! Tomorrow for the feast of the Sacred Heart we will have a picnic supper and another one is planned for Sunday. The schedule is planned so that there is plenty of time for some rest, prayer a conversation with another novice mistress or just enjoying the library. On Saturday we will have a retreat day with Fr. Basil preaching on "The Novice Mistress as Preacher of Grace".
Of course, I miss you all and think of each one of you as you continue the kitchen clean out and the renovations. I won't recognize the place when I get back! I am so grateful to each one of you for making it possible for me to attend this meeting and ask that you continue to pray that it will bear much fruit in all our monastic communities.


I chose to use the Grandpa fishing digi stamp. This grandpa is so fun! I put a heart instead of the fish and colored him with Copic markers. The clouds are a die cut from Mama Elephant and the sentiment is from the Clearly Besotted stamp set called "Say it in Style".
Did you see the discount at Little Miss Muffet?
Love this CAS style of this card.


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