Enjoy the best horseback ride of your life, while wandering through the unique and diverse Geobotanical Reserve Pululahua, the collapsed volcano, with a one day Budget trip with Cotopaxi.
Let yourself get 'carried' away by the wonders of Pululahua. Enjoy the ride!
The Geobotanical Reserve Pululahua is located approximately 17 km from the City of Quito, near the Middle of the World, in the villages Calacalí and San Antonio de Pichincha and is an extension of the volcano Pululahua. The name is a Quichua, which stands for "cloud of water". It's a collapsed volcano and is declared as a Geobotanical Reserve due to its great biodiversity and unique geological formations.
The reserve covers about 3383 hectares and has altitudes ranging from 1800-3400 meters. It is one of the few inhabited craters in the world. You will find a broad range of wildlife due to the great biodiversity and the wonderful and many water sources.
The Reserve Pululahua is also an ancient treasure, as from the Catequilla hill , several mountains of Pululahua align with the position of the sun at the equinoxes and solstices.
The climate in the crater is great, though a little chilly in the evenings when it's misty.
Cerro Pondoña is the most representative elevation of the Reserve and contains the remains of a crater formed during an explosion 500 years after the volcano collapsed. From here you can have a spectacular view of the entire landscape of Pululahua. This area is full of different types of butterflies that are especially visible in this area during the hot hours and sunny days.
The reserve counts a number of trails that are excellent for horseback riding. Climb on a horse and let yourself get carried away through this very unique and diverse reserve that will keep on amazing you.


The tasting of virgin olive oil is mandatory before being labeled. This is the determining factor on whether or not it is called extra virgin. This test is completely objetive.
The sensory taste test is regulated by the rules of the IOC (International Olive Oil Council) through an extensive manual with specific technical requirements in the room where it takes place, and also the material used in the evaluation of the oil.
The taste testers that make up the panel are experts and have been prepared to detect if any virgin olive oil deserves the category of extra or not. If the oil is not deemed worthy, it is either categorized as Virgin or Lampant. To be a taste tester, one must have a very developed palette and also be able to recall, with ease, the various positive attributes as well as potential defects. Just how police dogs are trained to smell for drugs and bombs, taste panel members are trained to detect a very specific set of defects. This is a completely OBJECTIVE test, and the only way to be able to test for a possible defect.
The following describes the various categories of olive oil. Oleoestepa exclusivley sells the highest tier of the three grades: extra virgin olive oil.
Fatty Free Acidity less than .8%. Other chemical requirements under the established limits., These are oils with a positive fruitiness and no defect.
Fatty Free Acidity less than 2%.) These are oils with positive fruitiness but also a minor defect in either taste or smell.
These are oils that because of their defective properties, should not be consumed as is. These oils are sent to the refinery to be turned into a tasteless, orderless, colorless fat.
Made up of a mixture of refined olive oils and virgin olive oils. There are various options such as intense or light flavors, depending on the amount of virgin olive oil added.


Hello, I have a TP-LINK WR740N router with AR9331 SOC.
I developed a patch on the file ag71xx_ar7240.c file to add attribute for forcing speed and half/full duplex settings for each port using the swconfig utility. Basically a write_phy function is called to modify the control register on the corresponding PHY.
This being the first time I do this I would like some feedback firstly if that is the correct place where the code belongs and secondly about syntax and general review.
It will be very good if you add stuff like enable or disable port !!!
Where is the patch ?


On August 7th, PlayStation Plus members in North America will get Telltale Games' The Walking Dead Episodes 1& 2 added to their Instant Game Collection. Also, in the next few weeks PlayStation Plus members will also receive significant discounts on the latest and best PSN games a part of PSN PLAY event, beginning today.
The first two episodes of The Walking Dead will be available to download for free, which usually cost $4.99 each. PlayStation Plus members will still have to purchase the remaining episodes as they are released (unless there is another offer at a later date).


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O geral é uma expressão utilizada pelo filósofo Sören Kierkegaard para designar a moral, ou seja, todo comportamento universalizável, toda forma de agir que possui respaldo e concordância em uma determinada sociedade e seus costumes.

O indivíduo do estádio ético é aquele que vive de acordo com o geral, aquele que vive de acordo com as regras morais da sociedade a qual pertence, enquanto que o indivíduo do estádio religioso é aquele cuja existência não se norteia mais pelas regras comuns, mas sim pela relação absoluta com o Absoluto (Deus), é aquele que se tornou exceção.

Os imperativos éticos que formam o geral e que regem a vida coletiva não determinam mais o agir do homem religioso, pois este assumiu a sua individualidade perante o Absoluto, seu agir é um agir perante Deus e não perante a sociedade. Para ele a Lei Civil nada vale perto das Leis de Deus.

O filósofo dinamarquês defendia que Abraão representa a figura máxima do homem religioso, do homem que se opôs ao geral, uma vez que ao aceitar a ordem de Deus para sacrificar seu próprio filho (Isaac) Abraão não estava preocupado em violar uma regra do geral (não cometer assassinato), mas sim em cumprir uma ordem de Deus (sacrificar seu filho, Issac).

Para o indivíduo do estádio ético o que Abraão cometeria seria assassinato, mas para o do estádio religioso Abraão cumpriria a vontade de Deus. No último instante, Deus poupa Abraão de sacrificar seu filho.

Kierkegaard considera que o Paradoxo do Cristianismo consiste neste estado inconciliável entre a vida ética (o geral) e a vida religiosa (a exceção).

Ver também
 Sören Kierkegaard
 Estádios da existência
 Estádio estético
 Estádio ético
 Estádio religioso
 Regina Olsen
 Existencialismo
 Salto da fé

Referências bibliográficas
 FARAGO, France. Compreender Kierkegaard. Petrópolis: Vozes, 2005. ISBN 8574480738
 LE BLANC, Charles. Kierkegaard. São Paulo: Estação Liberdade, 2003. ISBN 8532633811
 MARCONDES, Danilo. Iniciação à História da Filosofia. Rio de Janeiro: Zahar, 1998. ISBN 8571104050
 NICOLA, Ubaldo. Antologia Ilustrada de Filosofia: das origens à idade moderna. São Paulo: Editora Globo, 2005. ISBN 852503899-7

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Last month, somebody alerted me to a thread on Lulu's forum where Lulu authors were in a lather because, while they had purchased their own ISBNs from Lulu, apparently the authors don't really have 100% control over those ISBNs. You can read that discussion HERE.
Apparently, the subject was brought up twice on Lulu's forums and Lulu "locked" both discussions (meaning Lulu won't let anybody else post comments on them). The original discussion appears HERE.
In Lulu's responses to authors, they kept bringing up this term – "bibliographic information." They repeatedly said they need to control the distribution of their authors' bibliographic information to databases.
Little red flags went up in my brain. As a publisher, we've been buying blocks of ISBNs from Bowker for years. We're already in their system. We log every new book in their database. What was going on and why did the email seem to be worded in a tone that implied we were breaking the rules?
standalone's or 'packaged or bundled' with other services you offer." Mmm hmmm. I admit I was a bit perturbed. It reminded me of the time the Better Business Bureau fooled us into thinking somebody had logged a complaint against us just to try to get us to pay their exorbitant membership fees.
If you do plan to buy your own ISBN, you should buy it from Bowker directly, not from a re-seller. That way, unlike the Lulu authors, perhaps you won't get any surprises later on about who really controls your ISBN.
At BookLocker, we automatically assign one of our ISBNs (at no extra charge, of course), if an author doesn't have one of their own. But, if they do have one of their own, they are permitted to use it, of course. The vast majority of POD publishers won't allow authors to use their own ISBNs (because they want more control over your book and sales!).
However, even if you use your own ISBN, if you change publishers, and even if you don't alter one word of the interior or anything on the cover, the new version of your book will still be a new edition and you will need to assign a new ISBN to that edition at that time.
Bookstore systems don't remove an ISBN once a book goes out of print. They simply list it as out of print or unavailable. If another publisher, or even the author, tries to re-use that ISBN under a different publisher's name, the bookstore systems won't accept it. One author we know owned her own ISBN and, unbeknownst to us, re-used it on her BookLocker book. A couple of months later, she wrote asking why her BookLocker book wasn't appearing in any of the online bookstores. It only took me a minute to find her previous edition listed online…under the same ISBN she'd provided to BookLocker. Since she'd used the ISBN previously, with a different publisher, the ISBN was already in the bookstore systems and they wouldn't accept the duplicate entry. While it would be nice if the bookstore systems simply accepted the new listing as a replacement for the old, they just don't work that way.
Even if you use your own ISBN, if your publisher is the one that has the account at Ingram (that distributed your book's information to bookstores via their automated feed), your publisher's name, not you, will show up as the "publisher" in the bookstore systems.
Since you can't re-use that single ISBN if you want to move your book elsewhere in the future, what's the point of spending that $125? Well, one advantage is this – a few bookstores (very few), like Borders, use Bowker to locate a publisher when attempting to make a purchase. If you own your own ISBN, your name and contact information will be available to Borders so they will order directly from you, thus bypassing your publisher (more money in your pocket). But, most bookstores order from Ingram directly because it's easier for them and they may qualify for free shipping by ordering multiple books published by a variety of publishers.
I still haven't figured out how all of this ties into Lulu's recent announcement, per my first paragraph above…but I do have a couple of assumptions. If any of you can figure it out, please let me know.


A 32-year-old man was listed in fair condition at Erie County Medical Center after he was stabbed Sunday night in an apartment on Lafayette Avenue, according to Buffalo police.
The victim, who suffered a punctured spleen and diaphragm, was attacked at about 8:15 p.m. during an argument over money in an apartment on Lafayette, between Delaware Avenue and Main Street, according to a police report.
In addition to being stabbed in the ribs, the victim also was cut on the side of the head, according to the report.
The victim was transported to ECMC by ambulance and rushed into surgery, according to the report. No arrest had been made as of Monday morning, police said.


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Well, everyone with direct ties to the Peoria area has left the building.
Meanwhile, Illinois Wesleyan graduate Josh Tieman is sitting in good shape as the World Series of Poker main event enters Day 3 on Thursday in Las Vegas.
Tieman, a bracelet winner last year, has 177,200 in chips — good for 300th among the 1,866 players remaining. Thursday is the first time all competitors play at the same time.
Also alive is former Chicago Sun-Times prep basketball writer Frank Rusnak, who is in in 894th with 99,100 in chips.
Other players from Illinois remaining in the event, listed from highest chip count to lowest.


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About Robert T. Kiyosaki
Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad - the international runaway bestseller that has held a top spot on the New York Times bestsellers list for over six years - is an investor, entrepreneur and educator whose perspectives on money and investing fly in the face of conventional wisdom. He has, virtually single-handedly, challenged and changed the way tens of millions, around the world, think about money.In communicating his point of view on why 'old' advice - get a good job, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify - is 'bad' (both obsolete and flawed) advice, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage.Rich Dad Poor Dad ranks as the longest-running bestseller on all four of the lists that report to Publisher's Weekly - The New York Times, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today - and was named "USA Today's #1 Money Book" two years in a row. It is the third longest-running 'how-to' best seller of all time.Translated into 51 languages and available in 109 countries, the Rich Dad series has sold over 27 million copies worldwide and has dominated best sellers lists across Asia, Australia, South America, Mexico and Europe. In 2005, Robert was inducted into Amazon.com Hall of Fame as one of that bookseller's Top 25 Authors. There are currently 26 books in the Rich Dad series.In 2006 Robert teamed up with Donald Trump to co-author Why We Want You To Be Rich - Two Men - One Message. It debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestsellers list.Robert writes a bi-weekly column - 'Why the Rich Are Getting Richer' - for Yahoo! Finance and a monthly column titled 'Rich Returns' for Entrepreneur magazine.Prior to writing Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert created the educational board game CASHFLOW 101 to teach individuals the financial and investment strategies that his rich dad spent years teaching him. It was those same strategies that allowed Robert to retire at age 47.Today there are more that 2,100 CASHFLOW Clubs - game groups independent of the Rich Dad Company - in cities throughout the world.Born and raised in Hawaii, Robert Kiyosaki is a fourth-generation Japanese-American. After graduating from college in New York, Robert joined the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam as an officer and helicopter gunship pilot. Following the war, Robert went to work in sales for Xerox Corporation and, in 1977, started a company that brought the first nylon and Velcro 'surfer wallets' to market. He founded an international education company in 1985 that taught business and investing to tens of thousands of students throughout the world. In 1994 Robert sold his business and, through his investments, was able to retire at the age of 47. During his short-lived retirement he wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad.
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I recorded a conversation I had with my colleague Sean Goldsmith about my recent travels to Venezuela. I explain how I exchanged my US dollars on the black market for Bolivar (with a taxi driver I'd never met before)… and how the situation in Venezuela will get worse before it gets better. Plus, I share observations and stories of
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Crazy, right?
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Simon Black – I'm amazed more people aren't doing this. But soon, they will be.
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This is how I felt yesterday while attending an invitation-only "Demo Day" for startup companies based in Chile.
As we've discussed before, Chile is a top-20 Startup ecosystem worldwide. Entrepreneurs from all over the planet come to Chile to start their businesses, grow, and thrive. A
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Jim's first book 'Currency Wars' was a bestseller and is highly recommended reading for any
It's Official: The Chinese Are Selling U.S. Debt… and Buying Gold
The latest news is in…
The Chinese are selling U.S. government debt… and they're buying gold. So let me ask you…
In your opinion, what will the signs be that the U.S. dollar's heyday is ending?
What will the signs be that China is giving up on the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency?
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This was the annual yield promised on a new 5-year bond investment that a private banker colleague had sent to me. I couldn't believe it.
The bond issuance was by a state-owned company in India. And despite the Indian government having a -very- recent history of capital controls, price fixing, and asset confiscation, a
NIA: Proof Gold Stocks Most Undervalued in History
On Sunday when NIA suggested January 2015 GDX $25 call options, we showed you a chart of the HUI/Gold ratio. The HUI index for the most part tracks the same exact stocks owned by GDX. The HUI/Gold ratio shows how undervalued gold stocks are vs. the price of gold. The HUI/Gold ratio has a 17 year average of 0.37 and currently is down to 0.164, the lowest it has been since 2001, at the very beginning of gold's secular bull market.
However, this doesn't tell the complete s
The Fed Can't Print a Brighter Future
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But this isn't your ordinary market. While stock prices portray exuberance, at no time in history have American adults feared more for the futures of their children.
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Simon Black – The easiest place in the world to establish second residency
Recently, we've discussed several different economic citizenship programs around the world. And while these programs are not for everyone due to their higher costs, they have all surfaced at the same time, and I would be derelict in my duties to not to inform you about these options.
Bottom line—it's all good news. The supply of potential second citizenships is increasing. And I'm certain it's going to continue to in crease, even despite the occasional grumblings and misgivings.
Simon Black – This pretty much tells you everything you need to know about money and banking
The other night I played my first game of Monopoly in probably 20 years.
One of my friends gave me the infamous board game for Christmas, and as I've had a lot of guests down here over the last few days, we all thought we'd give it a go.
Guess who won? Nope. Not me. And not any of my friends either. The bank won.
The bank actually wins every game of Monopoly.
Think about it. All of the properties are
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NIA would like to take this opportunity to announce its #1 way to play next year's rally in precious metals. NIA suggests for its members to rese
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Philip Judge on Phase Transition in 2014
The town of Lugano lies on Lake Lugano nestled in the Swiss Alps in Italian-speaking southern Switzerland, arguably one of the most beautiful old towns in all of Europe. Dinning in Lugano one evening last month with Alex Stanczyk and Jim Rickards, the conversation turned to 'Complexity Theory.' Jim spends several pages describing details of the Theory in Chapter 10 of his excellent bestselling book Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis (1).
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In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the melt down in the art market as the filthy rich scramble for safe havens from the taxpayers angry at the billions in free money they've been given. They also discuss financial irrigation, amputated gold and a special mince meat pie and Jamie stew for Christmas. In the second half, Max interviews Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, about central bank vaporware, straws in the dollar wind and about how Janet Yellen
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It's only been a short while since Michael Maloney delivered his keynote speech 'Death Of The Dollar Standard' in Singapore, where he showed the events that add up to
Final Plunge in Gold and Silver is Underway
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Two weeks ago we penned Gold Bear to end with a Bang, and noted the increasing probability that precious metals could be headed for a plunge to new lows ahead of a final major bottom. Two weeks later we continue to hold that view. The forthcoming charts present levels at which the more than two year old cyclical bear market could end. At the least, th
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In George Orwell's seminal work 1984, there's a really great scene early in the book between Winston (the main character) and Syme, a low-level functionary at the Ministry of Truth.
Syme is working on the 11th Edition of the Newspeak Dictionary, and he explains to Winston how the Ministry of Truth is actually removing words from the English vocabulary.
In Newspeak, words like -freedom- have been struck from the dictionary altogeth
Peter Schiff Says Beware of Bitcoin!
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Why can't Germany get its gold back ! Interview with David Morgan
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The Single Biggest Reason Most Investors LOSE Money
It's almost never openly admitted in public, but the reality is that few if any investors actually beat the market in the long-term.
The reason for this is that most of the investment strategies employed by investors (professional or amateur) simply do not make money.
I know this runs counter to the claims of the entire financial services industry. But it is factually correct.
In 2012, the S&P 500 roared up 16% including dividends. During that period, less than 40%
Fiat Money Quantity hits new record
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India's Demand to Buy Silver Doubles on Gold Ban, Price Drop
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Simon Black – This one chart shows you who's really in control
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For example, in 1928, at the peak of the Roaring 20s, US money supply (M2) was $ 46.4 billion. That same year, the US government took in $ 3.9 billion in tax revenue.
So in 1928, tax revenue was 8.4% of the money supply.
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2. Interest rates that are near record lows. Right now, you're lucky if you can make even 1% on your bank savings… And that's before taxes.
Fortunately, you can fix this situation quickly.
You just need to know how to legally "opt o
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In order to answer this question, I thought it would be constructive to re-visit the fundamental d
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China and gold
Xinhua, China's official press agency on Sunday ran an op-ed article which kicked off as follows:
"As U.S. politicians of both political parties are still shuffling back and forth between the White House and the Capitol Hill without striking a viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they brag about, it is perhaps a good time for the befuddled world to start considering building a de-Americanized world."
China does have a broad strategy to prepare for this event. She
Books By Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Apr 11, 2017
April 2017 marks 20 years since Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena.
It has since become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time... translated into dozens of languages and sold around the world.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.
20 Years... 20/20 Hindsight
In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this classic, Robert offers an update on what we've seen over the past 20 years related to money, investing, and the global economy. Sidebars throughout the book will take readers "fast forward" — from 1997 to today — as Robert assesses how the principles taught by his rich dad have stood the test of time.
In many ways, the messages of Rich Dad Poor Dad, messages that were criticized and challenged two decades ago, are more meaningful, relevant and important today than they were 20 years ago.
As always, readers can expect that Robert will be candid, insightful... and continue to rock more than a few boats in his retrospective.
Will there be a few surprises? Count on it.
Rich Dad Poor Dad...
• Explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich
• Challenges the belief that your house is an asset
• Shows parents why they can't rely on the school system to teach their kids about money
• Defines once and for all an asset and a liability
• Teaches you what to teach your kids about money for their future financial success
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Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom Oct 27, 2015
Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant is a guide to financial freedom. It's the second book in the Rich Dad Series and reveals how some people work less, earn more, pay less in taxes, and learn to become financially free.
CASHFLOW Quadrant was written for those who are ready to move beyond job security and enter the world of financial freedom. It's for those who want to make significant changes in their lives and take control of their financial future.
Robert believes that the reason most people struggle financially is because they've been spent years in school but were never been taught about money. Robert's rich dad taught him that this lack of financial education is why so many people work so hard all their lives for money… instead of learning how to make money work for them.
This book will change the way you think about jobs, careers, and owning your own business and inspire you to learn the rules of money that the rich use to build and grow their wealth.
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Padre rico. Padre pobre (Nueva edición actualizada).: Qué les enseñan los ricos a sus hijos acerca del dinero (Spanish Edition) Mar 2, 2012
El libro #1 de finanzas personales
Una nueva edición revisada y actualizada del bestseller que revolucionó la forma de entender las finanzas personales. Las premisas que Robert Kiyosaki estableció en esta obra –primera de una serie de más de 50 títulos– han trascendido hasta hoy. Trece años después de su lanzamiento, sigue siendo el libro de finanzas personales más vendido.
El autor y conferencista Robert Kiyosaki desarrolló una perspectiva económica única a partir de la exposición que tuvo a dos influencias: su propio padre, altamente educado pero muy inestable y el padre multimillonario, sin educación universitaria, de su mejor amigo. Los problemas monetarios que su "Padre pobre" experimentó toda la vida (con cheques mensuales muy respetables pero nunca suficientes) rompían con lo que le comunicaba su "Padre rico": que la clase pobre y la clase media trabajan por dinero pero la clase alta, hace que el dinero trabaje para ellos.
Con ese mensaje clavado en su mente, Kiyosaki logró retirarse a los 47 años. Padre rico Padre pobre presenta la filosofía detrás de esta relación excepcional con el dinero. Este libro aboga de manera convincente por el tipo de "conocimiento financiero" que nunca se enseña en las escuelas. Basado en el principio que los bienes que generan ingreso siempre dan mejores resultados que los mejores trabajos tradicionales, explica cómo pueden adquirirse dichos bienes para, eventualmente, olvidarse de trabajar.
Robert T. Kiyosaki es un inversionista multimillonario, emprendedor, educador, conferencista y autor bestseller de la serie Padre rico Padre pobre. Después de retirarse, a los 47 años, fundó CHASFLOW Technologies y creó la Compañía de Rich Dad, que hoy en día ofrece a millones de personas en el mundo consejos para ser financieramente independientes. Robert ha escrito 16 libros que han vendido más de 27 millones de ejemplares en todo el planeta.
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Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! Sep 18, 2015
Investing means different things to different people… and there is a huge difference between passive investing and becoming an active, engaged investor. Rich Dad's Guide to Investing, one of the three core titles in the Rich Dad Series, covers the basic rules of investing, how to reduce your investment risk, how to convert your earned income into passive income… plus Rich Dad's 10 Investor Controls.
The Rich Dad philosophy makes a key distinction between managing your money and growing it… and understanding key principles of investing is the first step toward creating and growing wealth. This book delivers guidance, not guarantees, to help anyone begin the process of becoming an active investor on the road to financial freedom.
Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens: The Secrets about Money--That You Don't Learn in School! Sep 18, 2015
You're never too young to learn the language of money… and the lessons that rich dad taught Robert. Like it or not, money is a part of our everyday lives and the more we understand it, the better the chance that we can learn to have our money work hard for us—instead of working hard for money all our lives. That starts with learning the language of money.
This book, created from the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad, shares Robert's inspiring person story but teaches how to make smart choices. Packed with straight talk, sidebars, and quizzes, this book will jumpstart a child's personal and financial success by teaching: How to speak the language of money, ways to make money work for you, tips for success (including: "Work to learn, not to earn."), and
why games can help you understand money, investing, and ways to choose your best path to financial freedom.
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Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money Sep 18, 2015
Many of our global economic problems started in 1971...when President Richard Nixon took the U.S. off the gold standard. Throughout history, when a government went off the gold standard, an age of turbulence began.
In 1997, Robert's book Rich Dad Poor Dad stunned readers stating, "Your house is not an asset." As howls of protest went up around the world, the book went on to become an international bestseller and the #1 personal finance book of all time.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is not a book on real estate. It is a book about the importance of financial education. Rich Dad Poor Dad was written to prepare you and your loved ones for the financial turbulence Robert's rich dad saw coming.
In 2007, as homes declined in value or were lost to foreclosure, millions of homeowners painfully discovered the wisdom of words of Robert's rich dad. Today we are all aware that a home can be a liability. Today we know a home can go up or down in value. Today, we all know a person can lose money investing in the stock market. Today we all know our money can go down in value and that even savers can be losers.
This is why financial intelligence is more important today than ever before. In a world of financial turbulence, your best asset is financial IQ.
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Rich Dad's Guide to Becoming Rich Without Cutting Up Your Credit Cards: Turn "Bad Debt" into "Good Debt" Sep 18, 2015
There are "financial experts" who advise people to take out their credits cards and cut them up. And that may be a good plan for someone who is financially irresponsible, it's not great advice for someone who wants to build wealth and become financially free. Cutting up your credit cards won't make you rich; learning to leverage and manage debt will.
If a person has a solid financial education they will know that there are two kinds of debt: good debt and bad debt. A person who understands debt will know how to use good debt to make them richer faster. And when we take control and learn to manage bad debt, seeing it for what it is and understanding the toll it can take if abused, we are on the road to financial freedom.
Learn how to make your money work hard for you… instead of you working hard for money all your life. Understanding debt and how to use and leverage it is an important first step.
El cuadrante del flujo del dinero: Guía del Padre Rico hacia la libertad financiera (Spanish Edition) May 21, 2015
Un libro para todos aquellos que no desean seguir atados a la seguridad laboral; para las personas que están listas para realizar cambios trascendentales en el mundo en el que vivimos, donde la información es indispensable para conquistar la libertad financiera.
De Robert T. Kiyosaki, autor de Padre Rico, Padre Pobre, el libro #1 de finanzas personales.
Este libro te revelará por qué algunas personas trabajan menos, ganan más, pagan menos impuestos y se sienten más seguras financieramente que las demás.
La respuesta es sencilla: se trata de saber en qué sección del cuadrante del flujo de dinero trabajar y cuándo hacerlo.
El cuadrante del flujo de dinero ha sido escrito para todos aquellos que no desean seguir atados a la seguridad laboral; para las personas que están listas para realizar cambios trascendentales en el mundo en el que vivimos, donde la información es indispensable para conquistar la libertad financiera.
"Este libro trata de las buenas opciones, de las nuevas direcciones y del nuevo futuro financiero que están a tu disposición" -Robert T. Kiyosaki-
"Muchas personas no emprenderán el camino hasta que éste parezca libre de riesgos. Por eso jamás van a ninguna parte" -Keith Cunningham, cofundador de Prime Cable-
Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Million-Dollar Business Sep 18, 2015
When Before You Quit Your Job was written and published, it was a guidebook for aspiring entrepreneurs. Today—with the job market in shambles, overseas outsourcing and high unemployment—it can be a path to the salvation so many are looking for: A way take control of their life and use their skills and talents to create their future.
Before You Quit Your Job asks: Do you have a million-dollar idea? Are you afraid of failing? Are you tired of making other people rich? Are you sick of taking order from your boss? Are you tired of working hard and not getting ahead? Are you ready to take a leap of faith and change your life?
Learn about the B-I Triangle and the 8 Integrities of a Business—before you quit your job!
الأب الغني والأب الفقير (Arabic Edition) Jul 11, 2018
by روبرت تي كيوساكي
يعد هذا الكتاب نقطة بداية لكل من يسعى للتحكم في مستقبله المالي، فهو لا غنى عنه لأصحاب الملايين، وقد أثار ضجة في عالم المال! . فهذا الكتاب يقضي على أسطورة الحاجة إلي دخل مرتفع من أجل تحصيل الثروة، ويتحدى المعتقد السائد بأن منزلك يعد من الأصول. كما يبين للوالدين كيف أنهم لا يستطيعان التعويل على النظام المدرسي في تعليم أبنائهما طبيعة المال. كذلك يحدد بوضوح تام ما هي الأصول وما هي الخصوم؟ ويعلمك ما تلقنه لأبنائك عن المال، حتى يحققوا مستقبلاً ماليًا ناجحًا.
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Rich Kid Smart Kid: Giving Your Child a Financial Head Start (Rich Dad's (Paperback)) Sep 18, 2015
Rich Kid Smart Kid is written for parents who value education, want to give their children a financial head start in life, and are willing to take an active role to make that happen.
In the Information Age, a good education is more important than ever. But the current educational system may not be providing all the information a child needs
to thrive in today's fast-paced, ever-changing world. This book was designed to fill in the gaps and to give your child the same inspiring and practical knowledge that Robert's rich dad gave him.
Rich Kid Smart Kid will show you how to awaken your child's love of learning. It will open doors that many never knew existed and give parents the tools and skills and real-world experiences (financial field trips!) that they can share with their child, knowledge he or she can use for the rest of their life.
Are you worried that school isn't preparing your child for the real world? It probably isn't. Rich Kid Smart Kid can bridge that gap.
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Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich and Why Most Don't Sep 18, 2015
by Robert T. Kiyosaki , Donald J. Trump
In this title, two entrepreneurial Icons share experiences and insights into creating and building successful businesses. What makes some business owners wildly successful? What separates the entrepreneurs who build businesses from ones who just seem to create more work for themselves? How, exactly do the world's most prominent business builders seem to hit home run after home run? The answer: They have the Midas Touch. Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki believe the world needs more entrepreneurs. For the first time, two of the world's most successful and influential entrepreneurs will share their own Midas Touch secrets. Secrets that will both inspire you to find and fulfill your passion as well as provide you with the hands-on guidance you need to be successful. Through their real life stories of success, failure, perseverance and purpose, you'll discover how they do it and whether or not you have what it takes to drive your own entrepreneurial success.
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This is a little "getting to know you" exercise that I did with the help of my friend Marshall. He has been a part of my life since the early 80's and the Navy, and he knows me better than anyone.
RP Thanks for doing this.
MP Thanks for allowing me to be a part of it.
MP Let's start with, who are you and where are you from?
RP My friends call me Reg. I grew up in Chicago.
MP Chicago, that's a big food town isn't it?
RP So I've heard. I can't give you anything firsthand, I haven't actually lived there since before I met you, probably 25 years or so. I'm sure it's changed a lot in that respect, all positive of course. I'm sorry I missed it. I'm much more into food and cooking now than I was when I lived there, but I do have some distinct food memories that are kind of unique to the city.
MP Tell me about some of them.
Anyway, the story they tell guests is that the building that now houses the restaurant was a lookout post for that event. They did this thing called an oven grinder. They would take cheese and sauce and meat and vegetables, put them in a bowl, and stretch pizza dough over the top and bake it. When they broght it to the table, they would turn the bowl upside down and work the dough off and all of the gooey cheese and sauce and such would come out and settle into the "crust." They were awesome, and I've never seen them anywhere else.
MP Sounds good, any others?
RP BBQ of course. On the south side there's at least one "joint" in every neighborhood, and they're all good. My uncle was a barber, and his shop on Cottage Grove shared a parking lot with one. They had a broken down box truck in the lot that they stored their wood in. I spent my entire childhood walking past that truck, into the back door of my uncle's shop to get my hair cut, through that fog of hickory smoke. I'll always remember that smell. Also, I would have to include Kosher delis. My first job working with food was at a little place in Hyde Park owned by a man named Sol Tannenbaum. Vienna Beef hot dogs with anti-freeze green relish, Polishes, combos, corned beef, the works, and no ketchup allowed in the building!
MP What's up with ketchup?
RP You never put ketchup on a dog in Chicago. If a deli gives you that option, eat somewhere else!
MP What about "combos?" What's a combo?
RP French bread, split, an Italian sausage link in the bottom, topped with Italian beef. It's another one of those things that's just pure Chicago.
MP How about these days, and where you now live?
RP It's not so much about that kind of experience any more. That's just not how it works. To me now it's more about raw goods and the process. My favorite thing about where I live is the vibrant agricultural industry that gives rise to just unbelievable fresh produce in season, and farmers' markets. Every city around here has one, and they get bigger each year. I love them.
MP What kinds of things do you like to cook and eat?
RP As far as cooking, my roots are in the southern US. I come from proud, God fearing, Mississippi farm folk. I already confessed my penchant for fresh produce. I enjoy dabbling in what I've heard described as Northwest cuisine. Buffalo, elk, fresh salmon and steelhead, and fresh veggies. Out of season I like playing with spices. Ethnic cuisines that use a lot of spice are my favorites, Thai, Korean, Indian, and regional US stuff like Cajun and Southwest. As for eating, by far my favorite is street food, wherever I happen to be.
MP You did some travelling when you were in the military, did you eat street food then?
RP Absolutely, I lived on it. It's the best way to experience a culture, sitting at a sidewalk table or on the curb, people watching, and taking in the sounds and the smells, and the simplest of food, which often says quite a lot about a place and a people, more than you might think.
RP Street food usually comes from basic, local ingredients. It reflects all aspects of the surroundings. it is the physical manifestation of the spot on the earth you happen to be inhabiting at that moment. It is prepared in a way that shows respect to and makes the most of modest ingredients, and it is offered and consumed in an atmosphere of informality and simple enjoyment. There's nothing like grilled beef sticks after a night of drinking in Thailand, or a having a fried rice and egg bowl from a stall on a street in Hong Kong at 7AM, or tacos wrapped in little sheets of newspaper in Mexico, while a local chats you up, trying to impress you with how well they speak english, and turning you on to the perfect stretch of beach or the night club with the best music and drinks.
MP I sense a theme here, lots of fast food, or fast style food.
RP Well we're talking about stuff I did 20 years ago, I was much younger and thinner then. However I feel compelled to point out that fast food and street food are not the same thing. I'm talking about simple, honest food. The mass produced, chemically laden, nutritionally void fast food of today is one of the worst things we've managed to do to ourselves as a culture. Plain, unadorned, humble street food is a completely different thing.
MP Are you that critical of all foods?
RP No. I don't think I'm critical at all. I simply call a thing what it is. I worked for a company that made french fries for America's most successful fast food chain. You know the one. Salt and fat, that's what gives them their flavor. In R&D and marketing they make jokes about it. None of that stuff is made with you in mind. You have to keep fast food in perspective, that's all. It's cheap, it makes you feel full, and the people who sell it have to make margin. What kinds of ingredients do you think lend themselves to those requirements? If you understand it for what it is and you still enjoy it, there's no shame in it. It's a personal choice. Now, as for food outside that category, people tell me all the time that they are intimidated cooking for me and I really don't get that. I eat and ENJOY other peoples' cooking all the time. I know what my food tastes like. This gives me a chance to experience other interpretations and other expressions of the ingredients. I taste constantly throughout the process of putting together a dish or a meal. By the time its done, I'm no longer hungry and the anticipation is gone. Anticipation is a big part of the experience. I enjoy my own food but I enjoy other peoples' food far more.
MP Who have you learned to most from in the kitchen? Who is or were your major influences?
RP My mother and grandmother. I watched them cook for their families for decades. That's where I picked up the fundamentals, that's where I learned about frugality and ingenuity in cooking, and sharing food with loved ones and seeing it as a part of a larger, social construct.
MP What are three things you always have on hand?
RP Coarse Kosher salt, a grinder full of peppercorns, and fresh garlic. I use all three just about every day.
MP Do you have a process or a ritual when you cook?
RP I like to have some background noise. Music or NPR. If it's appropriate I'll have a drink or a glass of wine while I'm working. If I'm cooking with spirits, I always drink what I'm cooking with while I'm cooking. I'm not fond of talking to people while I'm cooking. Only because I don't like having a conversation with a person when I can't give them my full attention. If I'm hosting, I'll do the bulk of the work while I'm alone, and by the time the guests arrive, all I have left is assembly and service. That way I don't have to be rude and carry on apart from everything else that's going on.
MP You mentioned spirits, and you are a brewer and a winemaker. Tell us about that.
RP As for the process, it would take too much time and space to get into it now. But what I drink changes and depends mostly on the season. I drink pale ales year round, bocks and Oktoberfests in the fall, porters, stouts and barleywine through the winter, moving into browns and reds in the spring, and cream ales and hoppy IPA's during the summer. I used to do a batch of hefewiezen and at least one batch of Czech pilsner each summer. The pilsner takes a lot of care and feeding and ties up my equipment for an extended time, but it's worth it. Wheats are not my favorite, I drink them on rare occasion. I used to do them basically because I had friends that requested them. Since college, there aren't as many people in my life that I can call on to come over and power down a keg, so I haven't done one in a while. The same with fruit beers.
MP What about wine and cocktails?
RP With wine, that depends on the season too. I drink more in the cold months and not so much in the summer. I like anything that has character and compliments to food or the company its being served with. I don't have a lot of wine rules, I drink whatever sounds good to me at the time. I like big flavors and tannin and oak, but I also like subtle, light, and refreshing wines too. I like ports and sherries, especially with a cigar. About the only thing I'm not big on is dessert wine. I mean I've tried some sweet wines, and enjoyed them, but I get more out of them in cooking rather than drinking. As far as cocktails go, there's no pattern there. It's all about the day and the occasion.
MP What's the biggest cooking mistake or failure in one of you meals that no one knows about?
RP Come on. Do you think I would tell? If the presentation isn't to my standards it hits the bin and no one ever knows about it. However, I am far more demanding of myself than others are and I see things they don't. So I try to be reasonable in my evaluation and if a dish can be salvaged after something goes wrong, it gets salvaged. It might appear on the plate a bit differently than planned but the diner will still enjoy it. That's part of being a capable cook, making things work in a fluid construct, with things that sometimes behave in unpredictable ways. That's what makes it fun. I do stress though that I will never put anything inedible on a plate. I don't try to trick people with inferior ingredients or a dish that has gone sideways in a big way. I would rather start over.
MP Okay, time to bring this to a close... Any parting advice?
RP I don't give advice, but I will share some insight... Don't underestimate the value of the fundamentals. Knife skills, timing, and being able to read the food as it cooks are things that seperate a good cook from a hack. They are also things you can't be taught. They are tools that have to be developed, over time, fed by patience and a sincere desire to connect with the food. That said; Be fearless, explore, don't be afraid to fail. Don't be discouraged when things go off the tracks, it happens. Pick up, move on, and do it differently the next time. Taste, taste, taste, all along the way. Flavors change during the process. Don't get caught up in other peoples' rules. If you like asparagus or artichokes with white wine, do it! Do what works for you. Share your food with people you care about. Fill all the chairs around the table, eat, drink, and laugh, a lot. Life is short. And lastly, don't ever lose your curiosity. Don't ever stop striving for that next new and unique experience. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there and try something unfamiliar or even a little scary. No one ever fully lived a life by always coloring inside the lines.
MP Its been a pleasure having this conversation with you my friend.
RP The pleasure has been mine, with every added year of knowing you, the pleasure is mine.
RP Fried shrimp from Lawrence's, White Castle burgers, and oven grinders.
MP What's an oven grinder?
RP There was this place on Clark Street, across from where the warehouse used to be, that was the site of the St. Valentine's day massacre. You know, where Al Capone had members of the Moran gang tricked into an ambush assasination by gunmen dressed as cops.
Whose website is this anyway?


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As you walk through the dense woodland of the protected nature reserve, your guides will take you to the caves and grottos full of stalactite formations as well as the mangroves and natural pools that will make truly unique and beautiful holiday snaps.
Along the way Ryan and Toriano will teach you the tricks of the trade and make sure that your photos will be the best you've ever taken.
The tour will start at Tom Moore's Tavern built in 1652 as a private home that now serves as Bermuda's oldest restaurant.


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Q: Contour integral with pure imaginary pole of order two : $\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{x^2}{(x^2+9)^2(x^2+4)}dx$ I am trying to calculate $\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{x^2}{(x^2+9)^2(x^2+4)}dx$. I want to use the upper half-circle as the contour (since the integrand is even), yet the function as poles in $2i , 3i$, but the pole $3i$ is an order $2$ pole, I couldn't find a way to calculate the residue of $3i$ in order to calculate the integral. Is there a way to split the integrand to $\frac{A}{x^2+9}$ + $\frac{B}{x^2+9}$ + $\frac{C}{x^2+4}$? or simple way to calculate the residue to $x=3i$?

A: Note that$$\frac{z^2}{(z^2+9)^2(z^2+4)}=\frac{z^2}{(z-3i)^2(z+3i)^2(z^2+4)}.$$Now, let $g(z)=\frac{z^2}{(z+3i)^2(z^2+4)}$. Then $g(3i)=-\frac1{20}$ and $g'(3i)=-\frac{13i}{300}$. Therefore,\begin{align}\frac{z^2}{(z-3i)^2(z+3i)^2(z^2+4)}&=\frac{-\frac1{20}-\frac{13i}{300}(z-3i)+\cdots}{(z-3i)^2}\\&=-\frac1{20(z-3i)^2}-\frac{13i}{300(z-3i)}+\cdots,\end{align}and so$$\operatorname{res}_{z=3i}\frac{z^2}{(z^2+9)^2(z^2+4)}=-\frac{13i}{300}.$$

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last year I bought this beautiful frame, a VOODOO D-Jab titanium, it seems well finished, I think like another beautiful bike in this forum, but I can not find more information, you can to help?
in which year and where was it produced?
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I used to work in Halfords bikehut and I remember we used to sell the djab in around 2009, they cost around £1500 then if I remember correctly. I had a mate who worked there with me and he bought one new on a massive discount. He always used to tell me djab translates to devil or demon or something like that.


Philadelphia, PA - At the corner of 4th and Popular in Northern Liberties, is a colorful cafe bustling with an early morning coffee crowd and a fair amount of customers who linger throughout the day enjoying delicious Latin cuisine while reading the newspaper or typing away on their laptop computers. We stumbled upon Cafe Chismosa on accident, but boy are we glad we did.
Upon returning to Philly, he DJ'd at venues like The 700 Club, Fluid, The Latest Dish, and Silk City Diner. In 2002, Stevcic began working for Supper owner Mitch Prensky, who was then running only his catering company, Global Dish. In 2009 with the help of his younger brother Gregory, a Boston-based chef, he acquired a modest cafe space and opened Cafe Chismosa in 2012. "Chismosa" is spanish slang for gossipy woman.
The menu at Cafe Chismosa is "Latin, without adhering to any strict rules". The space demanded creativity since it's not zoned for an exhaust hood, there is no grilling possible unless done outdoors. Don't be dsicouraged, the food here is not lacking in flavor. Jugo even has his own line of homemade hot sauces for you to spice up your meal or purchase and take home. Order them online through Philly Foodworks.
Start off your morning with Rival Bros. Coffee, some cappuccino art, or their signature drinks: a Coconut Cubano or Coco Frio (like an Americano with coconut milk). We loved the OJ, Spinach, and Ginger Smoothie which perfectly balanced healthy and sweet.
No matter what time of day you'll also enjoy the homemade Classic Guacamole with Tortilla Chips. Be sure to check out the cafe's daily specials. We loved the Breakfast Tamal with sweet corn tortilla tamal on top of chipotle black beans topped with a fried egg, drizzled with chile de arbol salsa verde, and a sprinkle of cotija cheese. Of course they've also got killer Huevos Rancheros with two eggs sunny side up, served on a corn tortilla with chile de arbol salsa verde and your choice of chipotle black beans or chorizo and white beans.
If you aren't one for eggs, try the Ancho BBQ Braised Beef Short Rib Quesadilla with goat and monterrey jack cheese, truffle crema, and side baby arugula salad. This quesadilla was one of the best we've had in the city! The Chilaquiles is also served with or without fried egg on top of chipotle chicken over crispy tortilla chips, bathed in chile de arbol salsa verde garnished with lettuce, sour cream, pickled onion, and cotija cheese served with a side of black beans.
For lunch time we also recommend the El Gringo Grilled Cheese with queso chihuahua, avocado, tomato, pickled onion. We like to dip it in a variety of their homemade hot sauces. It's not greasy or too heavy, so you don't feel like you have a rock in the bottom of your stomach for the rest of the day. One of their specials was the Sloppy Jose. Just like a Sloppy Joe, this "Mexican Cousin" tasted like taco meat on a roll, and there is absolutely no way we wouldn't love it.
If you get a chance to chat with the owner Jugo, ask him to tell you stories about his days as a DJ. Although he hasn't performed since 2011 he still has special events like happy hours montly with$3 tacos and music.
Cafe Chismosa is BYO and available for private events and catering on site! Call ahead, reservations suggested on weekends for parties of 4-6. Delivery is available via Eat 24, Dining In, and Grubhub.


A portion of the land was previously home to Hotel Cabo San Lucas, the first luxury resort in Los Cabos where moguls and Hollywood superstars like John Wayne flew their planes into the resort's private airstrip. Chileno Bay is located midway between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, approximately thirty minutes from the Los Cabos International Airport.
At the southern tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula, Chileno Bay overlooks the shimmering Sea of Cortez from two-and-a-half miles of pristine coastline and nearly 1,260 acres of richly textured landscape.
From haciendas to estancias, an array of residences will be offered at Chileno Bay. Customary outdoor living and Spanish colonial architecture will capture the essence of casual elegance.
The project, which will break ground in 2006, will feature a private marina and yacht club and hill town inspired by the beauty of Portifino, and one of the only calm swimable bays in Cabo, shielded by a natural reef.
Camp Chileno Activity Center: An entertainment and education center for members of all ages that will boast golf, swimming, and tennis lessons, sailing, fishing, and snorkeling instruction, as well as arts and crafts.


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namespace shogun
{
	namespace io
	{

		class WindowsFileSystem : public FileSystem
		{
		public:
			WindowsFileSystem(): FileSystem() {}

			~WindowsFileSystem() override {}

			std::error_condition new_random_access_file(
				const std::string& filename, std::unique_ptr<RandomAccessFile>* file) const override;

			std::error_condition new_writable_file(
				const std::string& fname, std::unique_ptr<WritableFile>* file) const override;

			std::error_condition new_appendable_file(
				const std::string& fname, std::unique_ptr<WritableFile>* file) const override;

			std::error_condition file_exists(const std::string& fname) const override;

			std::error_condition delete_file(const std::string& fname) const override;

			std::error_condition create_dir(const std::string& name) const override;

			std::error_condition delete_dir(const std::string& name) const override;

			std::error_condition rename_file(const std::string& src, const std::string& target) const override;

			int64_t get_file_size(const std::string& fname) const override;

			std::error_condition is_directory(const std::string& fname) const override;

			std::error_condition get_children(const std::string& dir,
				std::vector<std::string>* result) const override;

			std::error_condition get_paths(const std::string& pattern,
				std::vector<std::string>* results) const override;
		};

		class LocalWindowsFileSystem : public WindowsFileSystem
		{
		public:
			std::string translate_name(const std::string& name) const override
			{
				std::string_view scheme, host, path;
				parse_uri(name, &scheme, &host, &path);
				return std::string(path);
			}
		};
	}

}  // namespace shogun

#endif  // __WINDOWS_FILE_SYSTEM_H__

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Chicago Cultural Center Free events for kids.
When: First and third Friday, 11-11:45 am. Check schedule or call before heading out. Subject to change.
Get your kid's creative "juices" flowing the first and third Friday of the month. Juicebox offers Chicago's best music, dance and theater in a kid-friendly setting. A free series of cutting-edge performances, Juicebox is geared to toddlers but is engaging for the whole family.
Engaging music and dance in a kid-friendly setting, the FREE admission Juicebox programs are geared toward the stroller set and enjoyable for the whole family. Children will experience a diverse range of artistic and educational presentations, with hosts regularly inviting youngsters to move, dance and interact with performers.
Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Lifeway Foods.
The Juicebox series runs on alternating Fridays at the Chicago Cultural Center and Saturdays at the Garfield Park Conservatory, with occasional special events at other venues. Except where noted, performances are 11-11:45am.


A French court ordered on Thursday the extradition to Belgium of an Islamic radical suspected of being behind the fatal Jewish museum shooting in Brussels in May. The suspect Mehdi Nemmouche immediately appealed the court's decision.
A French court ordered on Thursday the extradition to Belgium of a man suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on May 24 that killed four people.
The court in Versailles, west of Paris, said Franco-Algerian Mehdi Nemmouche, 29, who was detained several days after the attack, should be handed over to Belgian authorities for "killings with a terrorist connotation."
The suspect then immediately appealed the decision to extradite him to Belgium. France's highest appeal court the Cour de Cassation will now hear the case.
Nemmouche, was arrested on May 30 in the southern French city of Marseille in possession of a Kalashnikov rifle and a handgun similar to the ones used in the attack on May 24.
He was detained on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise after the shooting in Brussels on May 24th that left four people dead.
On Thursday a court in Versailles ordered Nemmouche to be handed over to Belgian authorities in line with the European arrest warrant that had been issued following the murders.
The shooting by a lone gunman killed three people outright - an Israeli couple and a Frenchwoman, while the fourth victim, a 24-year-old Belgian man, was left clinically dead.


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Cannabis with sex can help men access deeper level of intimacy: study – Insider
by Julia Naftulin | Jun 30, 2020 | Science & Medicine | 0 comments
[Canniseur: This is an important story for all men whether they're gay, bi, trans, cis, hetero, or whatever. Here's information about how cannabis can affect our mental state of intimacy. The subjects in this study were not straight, but still has a lot to teach all men.]
Men who consumed cannabis before sex said they had better orgasms, felt less shame afterwards, and were more emotionally connected.
For a recent study, researchers interviewed 41 non-straight men about their cannabis use during sex and found that many reported the substance improved their experiences.
Some said cannabis helped them physically, like lasting longer in bed, enjoying different sex acts, or having more intense orgasms.
Others said cannabis helped lower their inhibitions, feel less shame, and be more intimate with their partners.
The researchers said cannabis could be a helpful sexual tool, especially in place of more dangerous and addictive drugs like meth.
Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
People who experience anxiety and shame during sex could find benefits in using cannabis in the bedroom, according to a new study.
The small study, which was published May 28 in the journal Culture, Health & Sexuality, involved interviews with 41 men who were between 15 and 30 years old, and who didn't identify as straight. Three of the men were transgender, 36 were cisgender, and the remainder didn't identify with a particular gender.
The researchers interviewed these men for up to two hours about their experiences using cannabis during sex within the past year. They found that the majority of participants said that using cannabis before sex increased sexual pleasure and lowered their inhibitions, and that the substance also helped them to feel less anxious and therefore be more intimate during sex.
According to the researchers, their findings suggest cannabis could be a helpful tool for men of sexual minorities and struggle with sex stigma-related anxiety.
"In other words, the sexualized use of cannabis can help sexual and gender minority men overcome feelings of anxiety and shame resulting from internalized homophobia, biphobia and/or transphobia, so that they can more fully enjoy the sex they want," the researchers wrote for The Conversation.
Cannabis helped some of the men enjoy anal sex more
Others said cannabis helped them to last longer in bed, or that it made typically pleasurable sensations even more pleasurable.
Crystal Cox/Business Insider
In interviewing the 41 men, the researchers found that many liked using cannabis during sex because it increased feelings of physical pleasure and made pleasurable sexual experiences that had previously been unenjoyable.
"I've been having anal sex for, like, probably a decade, but until very, very, very recently while having an edible [i.e. ingesting cannabis], I've never actually liked it… It's never been better than a six out of ten," one study participant told the researchers.
"I'm actually enjoying this for like the first time, solidly, like a nine out of ten [after taking the edible]! And then the next time I had sex without an edible, I was enjoying it as an eight out of ten. I'm like, 'Huh?!' So it changed something in me."
"I remember when I was in high school and I would have a classic routine," another study participant told the researchers. "I would get high, I would jerk off. The best orgasms that I've ever had was while being high."
Others said cannabis allowed them to feel more emotionally intimate with their sex partners
The men in the study said using cannabis also affected their emotions about sex.
For gay, bisexual, and transgender men, sexual stigma can prevent them from letting their guards down during sex, but many said cannabis helped lower their inhibitions and become more intimate with their partners.
One study participant, for example, said he grew up in a conservative town and didn't realize until he went to college in a more liberal area that he was gay.
"And I think that I carry a lot of guilt and shame about that. That is quite unfortunate," he said.
When a researcher asked him if cannabis helped him to let go of those feelings of guilt and shame during sex, he said it did.
"And then [after sex] as well. Like, that's when I would feel ashamed normally. But if you're under some sort of substance then you, you know, even afterwards you feel okay," he said.
Other respondents said using cannabis during sex helped them to be less judgmental towards themselves and other non-straight people, and that it also quelled anxiety around STI transmission.
The small nature of the study, and its focus on non-straight men from one particular region, mean that the results may not be applicable to the entire population. Nonetheless, the researchers believe their findings offer insights into how cannabis can improve people's sex lives.
Cannabis could be a therapeutic sex tool
The researchers concluded the cannabis could be a tool for helping people, especially marginalized groups, overcome sex stigma and improve their sex lives.
They said that cannabis' low risk for addiction and virtually non-existent overdose risk make it a better alternative to other drugs, like meth, that non-straight people may use to lower their inhibitions during sex.
The researchers also said that cannabis could be useful during the pandemic, since people are isolating from others and may be more inclined to try virtual sex.
"Cannabis may prove useful in these times to help cultivate feelings of intimacy and connectedness in virtual settings, and thus facilitate online hookups," the researchers wrote for The Conversation.
Source: Cannabis with sex can help men access deeper level of intimacy: study – Insider


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rates--up to 20 MB/s, the FCC said.
approval process to foster the development of BPL.
not to adopt the technology because of its interference potential.
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officer--is safe and well in Iraq.
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Soyuz TMA-1 that Expedition 6 crew will use to return to Earth.
gear to the ISS this year, however.
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questions about your qualifications to remain a Commission licensee,"
meters. The recorded transmissions were made on March 26, 2003.
written and verbal warnings to not retaliate with similar behavior.
Zardecki against retaliatory interference, slander and name calling.
preemption known as PRB-1 into the laws of each state.
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0365. The House vote was 97-0. The bill now goes to Gov Phil Bredesen.
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volunteer and Elmer Ernie Hudson, KI8O.
making him probably one of the most recognized hams in the country.
of being the W1AW chief operator and that he really liked Amateur Radio."
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relief efforts. Others associated with the BHN team include Ito "Dan"
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categories. Details are on the club's Web site <http://www.gb4imd.co.uk/>.


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How Did Prairie Get Her Scars In 'The OA'? The Markings Serve As Important Symbols
By Dana Getz
The details surrounding The OA are just as mysterious as the Netflix series' arrival. The streaming giant surprise-released the trailer only days before its Dec. 16 debut, lending viewers nothing more than a vague premise and a trio of dark, foreboding questions. Its concept lands somewhere between mind-bending sci-fi and psychological thriller, unraveling the perplexing reappearance of Prairie Johnson, a once-blind 20-something who returns seven years after disappearing, her sight now restored. In the promo, you can see strange markings on Prairie's back. They're seemingly a remnant from her time away, and could help unravel what happened to her while she was gone. So how did Prairie get her scars on The OA ? Major spoilers for The OA ahead.
At first glance, they look like the handiwork of something extraterrestrial. Alien-oriented shows and movies have long made use of post-abduction body markings, and Prairie's wounds appear no different. But The OA doesn't harp on familiar allegories. Instead, it examines the boundaries between life, death, and what lies in the middle. You see, Prairie is an angel — the original angel, in fact — and her scars symbolize two of the five movements necessary to help her travel between separate dimensions.
She discovered the movements while in captivity with four other angels. A man named Dr. Hap has become obsessed with studying near-death experiences, and kidnaps and imprisons those that have had them in his underground lair. He continuously kills them for research, but they always survive. While in the world between life and death, the angels receive various motions from their other-realm guardians. Separately, these movements can help cure diseases and bring back the dead, but together they can open a portal to other dimensions.
The angels view this as their only way to escape Dr. Hap's nefarious hideaway, but using the motions comes with high risk: a side effect of dimensional travel is amnesia, which means they could forget everything they've learned. To sidestep that danger, they invent symbols to record the movements and carve them into their skin."We figure [it's] a map we can never lose," Prairie explains in Episode 6, "Forking Paths."
Whether or not that's really what happened is left up to interpretation, but the scars are certainly real. Fingers crossed The OA gets a second season so Prairie's story can get a more conclusive end.
Images: Jojo Whilden/Netflix (2)


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Law and Innovation in Copyright Industries
Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 61-82, 2009
22 Pages Posted: 21 Jul 2009
See all articles by Matthew J. Baker
Matthew J. Baker
Brendan Michael Cunningham
U.S. Naval Academy; Eastern Connecticut State University
Date Written: July 19, 2009
The impact of copyright law on innovation is a topic of much debate. We use quarterly data on aggregate copyright applications in both the U.S. and Canada to estimate an empirical model of copyright applications. We measure changes in the breadth of copyright protection by tabulating outcomes of important court cases and new statutes pertaining to copyright protection. We find that the flow of applications exhibits a small but significant positive response to court decisions broadening copyright protection. We also find that applications: 1) respond negatively to increases in registration fees 2) move counter-cyclically 3) have a strong seasonal component and 4) may increase as computing technology becomes more widely available.
Baker, Matthew J. and Cunningham, Brendan Michael and Cunningham, Brendan Michael, Law and Innovation in Copyright Industries (July 19, 2009). Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 61-82, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1436160
Brendan Michael Cunningham (Contact Author)
U.S. Naval Academy ( email )
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Eastern Connecticut State University ( email )
Willimantic, CT 06226


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China enveloped in smog, as seen from space. Again.
Heavy smog that paralyzed eastern China is visible from space in this satellite image from NASA.
By David Wogan on October 25, 2013
In what is unfortunately becoming a running series on Plugged In, here is another satellite image of Chinese air pollution from space:
The Suomi NPP satellite captured this image on October 22, 2013. The heavy smog is caused by industrial pollution, coal and agricultural burning, and has been trapped by the mountains to the west and wind patterns.
This image comes after the news that smog was so bad that air traffic in Harbin, China, a city of 11 million people (not shown), was shut down as particulate matter exceeded the index for measuring air quality. Poor air quality is not unique to eastern China. In January 2013 air pollution reached alarming levels in Beijing (see "Beijing's air pollution as seen from space").
Perhaps smog will replace the Great Wall of China as the largest man-made creation seen from space.
David Wogan is an engineer and policy researcher who writes about energy, technology, and policy.
David's academic and professional background includes a unique blend of technology and policy in the field of energy systems. Most recently, David worked at Austin Energy, a Texas municipal utility, implementing a Department of Energy stimulus grant related to energy efficiency. Previously, David was a member of the Energy & Climate Change team at the White House Council on Environmental Quality for the Obama Administration.
David holds two Master's degrees from The University of Texas at Austin in Mechanical Engineering and Public Affairs. While at UT, David was a researcher in the Webber Energy Group, where his research focused on advanced biofuel production to offset petroleum use in the transportation sector. David holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, where he researched nuclear non-proliferation measurement technology.
David is a 2013 Aspen Institute Journalism Scholar, joining a select group of journalists from Slate, ABC News, and The New York Times.
David lives in Austin, Texas. Follow along on Twitter or email him at david.wogan@me.com. Follow David Wogan on Twitter
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Seo Taiji and IU to release collaboration project
Seo Taiji, left, and IU (Yonhap)
Old meets new in one of the most unique musical collaborations to come out of South Korea in recent memory: Seo Taiji and IU.
According to industry sources Monday, the pair are scheduled to reveal an album, "Sogyeokdong," next month online. IU's version will be released on Oct. 2, and Seo's on Oct. 10.
The album is a teaser for Seo's upcoming ninth studio album, "Quiet Night," which is due to be dropped on Oct. 20, Yonhap reported.
Popularly called the "President of Culture," Seo is a 22-year veteran of the K-pop industry. The project marks the first time in his career for which he's had another singer take on one of his self-produced tracks.
The theme is based on a woman and a man's perspective on a sad and beautiful story set in 1980s Sogyeokdong, a region in Seoul, Seo Taiji Company said Monday.
The company said the two songs will be accompanied by separate music videos coming together to solve a puzzle.
Seo chose IU because he felt she would express the song well, the company said.
"IU received Seo's request and was very pleased and willing to participate in the project," LOEN Entertainment, IU's management company, said. "It's an honor for her to be a part of a musically respected senior's music, and 'Sogyeokdong' will be a song with a lot of meaning to her as well."
The album was co-produced in secret by Seo Taiji Company, LOEN Entertainment and CJ E&M, which will distribute Seo's ninth album.
"Sogyeokdong" is Seo's first new release in five years.
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Q: Databinding can't call static function with String.function() I have a function which formats some text
fun String.formatTo(): String {
    if (this.isNotEmpty()) {
        val value = this.toDouble()
        return "%.02f".format(value)
    }
    return ""
}

And I want to apply this fun to my textView, using databinding, so I called in textView android:text="@{viewModel.text.formatTo()}", importing class in data of my layout
<data>
    <import type="com.project.utils.extensions.ExtKt"/>

    <variable
        name="viewModel"
        type="com.project.ViewModel" />
</data>

But I've got an error throw building:
Found data binding errors.
****/ data binding error ****msg:cannot find method formatTo() in class java.lang.String

What is a problem?

A: Create an object named ExtKt (or anything you want) and define your extension function in it and annotate it with @JvmStatic like below
@JvmStatic
fun String.formatTo(): String {
    if (this.isNotEmpty()) {
        val value = this.toDouble()
        return "%.02f".format(value)
    }
    return ""
}

Update
android:text="@{ExtKt.formatTo()}"

A: Databinding is still Java modules, so some features of kotlin like extension functions can't be used there. The only thing you can do here - create specific function in your ViewModel class.
class ViewModel {
    val text: String
    ...
    fun getDisplayText(): String = text.formatTo()
}

May be you want to use calculated properties.
val displayText: String get() = text.formatTo()

Anyway, your xml call will look like following:
android:text="@{viewModel.displayText}"

A: Consider use MediatorLiveData:
class ViewModel(
    val list: MutableLiveData<List<String>> = MutableLiveData<List<String>>()
) {

    val listStr = MediatorLiveData<String>()

    init {
        listStr .addSource(list, Observer {
            listStr .postValue(ViewModel.joinList(it))
        })
    }

    companion object {
        @JvmStatic fun joinList(list: List<String>): String {
            return list.joinToString(separator = ", ")
        }
    }
}

And than in the xml:
<TextView
    android:id="@+id/items"
    android:text="@{viewModel.listStr}"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>


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The Politics of Petroleum Extraction and Royalty Distribution at Lake Kutubu
Bill Sagir
Mining and Indigenous Lifeworlds in Australia and Papua New Guinea
Rumsey, A & Weiner, J.
Hindmarsh, South Australia
Crawford House Publishing
Sagir, B. (2001). The Politics of Petroleum Extraction and Royalty Distribution at Lake Kutubu. In Rumsey, A & Weiner, J. (Ed.), Mining and Indigenous Lifeworlds in Australia and Papua New Guinea (1st ed., pp. 145-156). Crawford House Publishing. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/70121
Sagir, Bill. / The Politics of Petroleum Extraction and Royalty Distribution at Lake Kutubu. Mining and Indigenous Lifeworlds in Australia and Papua New Guinea. editor / Rumsey, A & Weiner, J. 1st. ed. Hindmarsh, South Australia : Crawford House Publishing, 2001. pp. 145-156
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We all remember mom's creamy casseroles—how they slid into the cold places in our stomachs on dark, winter nights. Or, when topped with that crumbly, crunchy, crust, they made the perfect Thanksgiving dish. You may not be fresh out of Le Cordon Bleu, but one thing's for sure: you know that the easiest way to make a cranky family happy is that fine-tuned casserole. And how better to display your culinary creation than in this fair trade casserole basket from Haiti? Pick up your's today.
Mr. Samuel, a master artisan residing in Gonaives, Haiti, designed these casserole baskets. He has partnered with 2nd Story Goods, a partner of Jesus' Economy, to teach 15 young men and women his trade in an impoverished village near Gonaives. These casserole baskets are one of the fruits of his partnership. See more woven treasures by Mr. Samuel in our store.


God is the initiator of Salvation and Jesus is the Saviour. We respond to God's initiative and are saved only by His grace which He made available to us through Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Christ's life, death, resurrection, ascension and sending of the Spirit are the centerpieces of Christian faith. It is through and because of Christ alone that we have become children of God, have been made into a new creation and have an eternal hope for a new heaven and earth.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is alive and active in the sanctification, empowerment, ongoing filling and sending of God's people to fulfill His purposes in the world. We believe all of the gifts of the Holy Spirit are active and working in God's people today. We do not believe, however, that one gift in particular is required to give evidence of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit.
We believe the kingdom of God was inaugurated with the incarnation of Jesus Christ and will be fully realized upon His second coming. We live in a period of time where Christ's rule has begun and we can experience the first fruits of His kingdom while we anxiously await the full realization of a new heaven and new earth upon Christ's return in glory. We acknowledge that there are a variety of views in regards to the scope and reality of the inaugurated kingdom and we embrace and allow for this variety in our church family.
We believe the church is the family of God sent and enabled by the Spirit to make disciples of all nations in the name of Jesus Christ. We have been saved by grace for a purpose to bring God glory and make Jesus known wherever we are. This mission has remained unchanged since Christ sent His first disciples on it, and it will remain unchanged until His return.
We believe that disciples are best called and equipped in the context of diverse community day to day, not just Sunday to Sunday. We are committed to building a diverse community that gathers together regularly under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to engage in the mission of Jesus to make disciples of all nations. Our Go Groups gather throughout the week in various homes and locations to make disciples in part through eating together, serving the community together, praying together and learning about Jesus together.


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