Monasticism, Systems theory, Sustainable Development… how could these help us to form a vision of intentional communal living for a post-modern, globalized, hyper-technological age? What's been on my mind the past year or so, and more and more pressing the past few months, is how would intentional communities with young working professionals look like. Not full-time monastic experiences, but simply living for those in full-time jobs, or maybe studying.
Neo-monasticism, Systems theory and Sustainable Development, three concepts which I know very little about, but which I think together might help provide a vision for intentional communal living. Sustainability prod us into the question, into considering communal living, it also might help us find the intentionality in what we are doing. Systems theory help provide us with a way of approaching the question that might result in sustainability, and linking into the monastic tradition open an age old tradition of intentional living up to us.
Sustainable development, or sustainable living, concerns the question how we should live, how we should develop, so that this could continue, also in generations coming. The concept usually concerns ecology, but I think also looking at it psychologically and physiologically might help. It was, however, the ecological and economic perspectives of sustainability which first made me think about communal living. The question is simple: Is it sustainable to have everyone living as a nuclear family in a 200 square meter home with a dog and a cat? I think not. Not only Robinson, but also other Sci-fi writers probably helped me ask this question, because in sci-fi living in some form of communal setting is quite common: think about space ships or living underground after some nuclear war for example. But sustainability had more to say for intentional living. In intentional communities we need to rethink how we live, do we live in harmony with the ecology around us? Can we do something to lessen the human footprint on ecology? Can we create a culture that is ecologically friendly? Touching on ecology, psychology and physiology: How does our diet look? In intentional communities we need to intentionally look into this aspect of life. Are the networks we are in sustainable psychologically, would be another important question. This goes both ways, some communal settings can turn sour, which means that we did not have a sustainable way of living in relation to others, but the extreme individualism where we do not link up with those living around us I believe is not sustainable either. In community we need to find this sustainable way of living. Also physiologically, is the way we treat our bodies sustainable. Yes, our bodies will die, but are we killing ourselves unnecessarily?
Within Systems theory you find the well-known concept that the whole is more than the sum of its parts; this needs to be true in communal settings. Especially when working with professionals working while living in community. We need communities which do not drain more energy from people than they give to people. I envision a system of a minimal commitment therefore. This would mean that we have a commitment when living intentionally, and this commitment we need to take seriously, whatever exactly it might be. But it need to be a minimal time commitment, the community shouldn't attempt at taking as much as possible in terms of time from this within the community. Rather, the community should give time, intentionally help those within it to manage their time in a healthy manner. Some of this time would intentionally go into the communal part of the community, but this I think should be mostly around the practice of eating together, a practice which can be considered important from a psychological view, but, for Christians, also follow in the way of Jesus.
Neo-monasticism I understand the least of all, so I'm sure others participating in the synchroblog will give better definitions. I add this because I think intentional living for professionals, centering on a sustainable lifestyle, could learn from the monastic tradition, and might do so more easily by learning from the neo-monastic movements. The community needs to help each other to form positive life patterns, disciplines which will result in a healthy lifestyle. For many these would include spiritual disciplines, and has a lot to learn from the mystic tradition, but could include more, also a strong intellectual emphasis, for example, when working with professionals.
These three things I believe can form part of the foundation for a healthy intentional community for young professionals.
And for interest sake, if you know of any communities like this in the Pretoria-Joburg area, do leave a comment.
YWAM bases are a great resource and can utilize people of every skill set and training, and I believe there is one in joburg, but I'm not sure. I left my career as a corporate attorney to do missions full-time and now live in community in England.
The sustainable living connection is a really important one and something I don't think others of us have picked up on. Living in a shared situation (we have a 3-apartment house in an urban neighborhood) does allow sharing of resources, purchases in bulk, and so on. We have a long way to go ourselves here in being more intentional about that, but it's a great thing to bring up in this context.
For any intentional self sufficient community to work, the EGO must first be exposed and understood…until that time, things will work as longs as all EGOS are attached correctly…a fleeting situation. After that, EGOS will fight to change things so they can survive the death of what they formerly were attached to.


There is nothing like such feeling of several hundred horsepower at and pounds of torque at your feet. That mixture of speed & power provides a rush that your everyday driver just can't match. Even if you have the annual income to pay for the sticker price & insurance and maintenance on these super-cars… there is a waiting list a mile long for many of these extremely sought-after super cars, both new and used. Luckily, for those of us who are not enough rich, high quality rental outlets and striking driving experience corporations exist to bring us nearer to the experience of driving one of these dream-rides. Even though there are quite a few wonderfully crafted vehicles that fall under the supercar name, there are a few that are so extra special that If You Afford, You Must Experience These Super Cars Before You Die. Following are those angles.
Yes of course, this car seen gliding between skyscrapers in Fast and Furious 7 in fact exists. Dubai-based W Motorsports crafted the Hypersport. The company is allocated as the first Arab supercar automaker but the Lykan was in reality from Italy and Germany. Geographic confusion out-of-the-way, the Lykan Hypersport is the essence of supercars, topping out at 245 MPH with a 750-hp turbo-boxer engine.
The objective of the designers was to manufacture a car that combines luxury and sportiness and it succeeds on mutually fronts thanks to apparent supremacy and power and over-the-top touches like gold-stitched interior and diamond-encrusted LED-headlights. Only seven of these angles were made and astonishingly they have all been sold… even with a worth of $3.4 million. Other real angels are given below in pictures.


Volkswagen's new Passat is a step beyond its predecessor, boasting a few technical improvements and turning heads with smoother, more aerodynamic lines.
Most of the Passat's new technology, including its chassis, is from Audi. A four-link front suspension keeps the car disciplined while negotiating potholes and bucolic, but bumpy, cobblestones. The car's body shell is 10% more rigid than the earlier model. The end result is a firm, but not harsh, ride. The power steering, however, is a bit too playful, which can result in oversteering.
Our test drive car's 1.8-liter, 5-cylinder (150 bhp) engine was perky, with decent acceleration both from a standstill and when overtaking Austrian Sunday drivers. A sprint from 0-100 km takes 8.7 seconds. The 2.8-liter (193 bhp) model finishes the deed in 7.6 seconds.
Most of the Passat's new technology, including its chassis, is from Audi. A four-link front suspension keeps the car disciplined while negotiating potholes and bucolic, but bumpy, cobblestones. The car's body shell is 10% more rigid than the earlier model.The end result is a firm, but not harsh, ride. The power steering, however, is a bit too playful, which can result in oversteering.
Our test drive car's 1.8-liter, 5-cylinder (150 bhp) engine was perky, with decent acceleration both from a standstill and when overtaking Austrian Sunday drivers. A sprint from 0-100 km takes 8.7 seconds. The 2.8-liter (193 bhp) model finishes the deed in 7.6 seconds. The new Passat is the first Volkswagen available with an engine featuring five valves per cylinder. All Passat models have 5-speed manual transmission as standard equipment, while 5-speed automatic transmission is available on the upper-end models. The Passat's interior is quietly stylish. The gray cloth ceiling and window struts blend smartly with the soft black dash and door panels.
The combination leather and Alcantara front seats are comfortable and should wear well. For those bitter cold Slovak winter mornings, the internal seat warmers are a welcome feature. On the highest setting, however, being on the hot seat may not be only a metaphor.
Leg room in the front and back seats is adequate. The Passat is not cushy, but it is comfortable.
The Passat's interior buttons and knobs are less than intuitive, especially those on the climate control panel and stereo, so be ready to set the temperature and choose your music before pulling out into traffic.
And although an adjustable steering wheel is standard equipment, this reviewer couldn't locate the magic button. The front seat's unusually high and narrow armrest is not so restful and gets in the way of the parking brake. Fortunately, it is retractable. Although keeping an eye on fellow drivers is fairly easy in the Passat, the blue-tinted, distorted, driver's side-view mirror is unreliable.
Should an accident occur, the Passat offers attractive safety features. Driver and passenger air bags and ABS are standard equipment, and side impact bags are an available option. Passengers are protected from side-swipe impacts by anti-intrusion tubes and foam padding in all the doors.
Well received in western Europe, sales of the new Passat in Slovakia began in December, 1996. There's a "long" waiting list, according to a spokesperson at Porsche Slovakia, the VW/Audi importer. Customers in Slovakia eager to put a Passat in their garage will have to wait 3-5 months for delivery.
Jeffrey Jones is Editor-in-Chief of the Central Europe Automotive Report.


A man is in custody after the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office said he stole a deputy's cruiser in "a knock out, drag out fight" in Sandia Heights on Monday morning.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court, residents in the area said a man, later identified as 34-year-old Kevin Estrada, was arguing with someone in front of the residence. Another caller later said his truck had signs of being broken into and the license plates had been ripped off.
The deputies said Estrada appeared to be nervous and although he initially was cooperative, he quickly became combative and aggressive and fought with deputies. They used their batons and a Taser but nothing slowed him down, according to the complaint.
Mora said he even ripped a badge off the uniform of one of the deputies.
That's when, Mora said, Estrada ran to one of the deputy's vehicles, which had been left idling with the keys in it. Mora said that is common practice to keep the cruisers running so as to keep the computer system on.
Estrada fled the area in the stolen cruiser, with the deputies in pursuit in their other vehicle, leading them to a dead-end dirt driveway near Lowell and Elena NE a couple of miles away, according to the complaint. He lost control and crashed into a retaining wall before climbing out the passenger side window.
The deputies cornered Estrada at gunpoint, and he began to comply with their instructions until they took him into custody.
Estrada's aunt, Irene Perea, said she raised him since he was 14, and he is mentally ill and exhibits signs of paranoia.
Estrada has a lengthy history of misdemeanor battery charges, many of which were dismissed. He is currently awaiting trial for felony aggravated battery after police say he stabbed his neighbor with glass in the arm and neck.
Estrada was booked into the county jail and faces a slew of charges, including battery upon a peace officer and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle.


ADS-B is the name of a radio transponder system used by aircraft to broadcast their position, velocity and other information to other aircraft and to air traffic control. It enhances safety by making aircraft more visible to pilots and ground controllers and can even work in concert with automatic collision avoidance systems (like TCAS, the "traffic collision avoidance system").
You can see ADS-B in action at flightradar24.com, where hundreds of volunteers with special receivers collect data and send it to the site to be mapped in realtime. There are also radarspotting enthusiasts around the world who meticulously log every aircraft picked up by their radios, building databases of registry and location info, occasionally spotting prizes like Air Force 1 or rare military aircraft like the E-6B "Doomsday planes" that would take control of U.S. nuclear forces if ground-based control centers were disabled.
Not every plane uses ADS-B yet. Approximately 70% of passenger planes in Europe and 30% in the U.S. currently use it, but the FAA will require most aircraft to have it by 2020.
There are security concerns regarding ADS-B. You can take a look at the presentations "Hackers + Airplanes" and "Ghost is in the Air (Traffic)" for background, but the basic idea is that ADS-B is unencrypted and trivial to spoof.
In February 2012, a Linux kernel developer discovered that a cheap USB digital TV receiver could be used as a software-defined radio--that is, a radio that could be tuned to any frequency between about 20 MHz and 2 GHz, including the 1090 MHz frequency that ADS-B signals are broadcast on. Blog posts like "Tracking planes for $20 or less" show how easy it is to buy one of these receiver dongles and use it to track aircraft more than 100 miles away.
And now you can track aircraft from your amateur drone.
Start with an AR.Drone (or other ARM-based amateur drone).
Buy a $30 USB dongle. See the rtl-sdr wiki for recommendations.
My guess is that during flight there's a lot of RF interference, and I will have to experiment with antenna placement and receiver gain. Maybe the best configuration will be to trail the antenna below the drone, at the end of its USB cable, like a towed array sonar.


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Crowdfunding on its way to becoming mainstream
Crowdfunding has come a long way and attracted big attention, and it is becoming a mainstream finance option after finding its sea legs.
Destiny Bennett, Staff Writer
It's official, crowdfunding is going mainstream
If something is popular or trending, it's only a matter of time before it gains so much of a following that it starts to become mainstream, and such is the case with crowd funding. Whereas in years past, entrepreneurs would likely go to a bank or credit union for funding, today a larger number of the them are also considering crowd funding options. And although it was first seen as an edgy alternative (well, as edgy as finance can get), for project owners to take things into their own hands and appeal to the masses, corporate players are also looking to get into the mix.
For instance, last month, CNBC premiered Crowd Rules, a reality show in which entrepreneurs compete for audience votes in order to win $50,000, illustrating the huge inflection point that industry is now experiencing, which is a huge advancement from the more standard route of making a Kickstarter. The probability of project owners obtaining investments is still hugely subjective, and depends on how much they are able to persuade investors and peers to back them, but now TV networks and high profile business people are placing the industry in the spotlight. A&E has also partnered with crowd funding site Rocket Hub in order to showcase the unique stories of entrepreneurs who have received funding, and even Donald Trump has started a site open to anyone looking to raise money.
Why are more business people flocking to crowd funding?
Perhaps because we are now in a digital age that is flux with new technologies and innovations. We rarely do things in the same form as generations before, and now more than ever consumers have a need for instant gratification and the desire to control personal and business outcomes. "Everybody likes to have their hands on the green button," says Kevin Berg Kartaszewicz-Grell, the director of research at massolution. Not only does it empower individuals to raise money, it's also attractive to supporters who want to be a part of something larger than themselves."
Although some could say entrepreneurs who turn to crowd funding instead of a financial lender might have issues with relinquishing control, it might just be that they are so passionate about their businesses that they feel no one else can present it to the public quite like they can. One of the beauties of crowd funding is that project owners can go beyond the numbers and estimations and showcase the unique selling points of their business that the investor community can connect to. Crowd funding portals allow for a more social aspect to investing, and if the influx of recent TV network partnerships and celebrity spin offs are any indication, this is apparently the place to be for investors and entrepreneurs alike.
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Written By Destiny Bennett, Staff Writer
Destiny Bennett is a journalist who has earned double communications' degrees in Journalism and Public Relations, as well as a certification in Business from The University of Texas at Austin. She has written stories for AustinWoman Magazine as well as various University of Texas publications and enjoys the art of telling a story. Her interests include finance, technology, social media...and watching HGTV religiously.
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Diana Ross's 75th birthday party in the Warwick Club in L.A was a blast. American stars flocked to the party because they wanted to celebrate the Queen of Motown. And that resulted in special moments, including a sung 'Happy Birthday' by none other than Beyoncé.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Fifth Circuit Mississippi Southern District Held v. Adam et al Filing 10
Held v. Adam et al
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION AND ORDER: Ordered that this civil action is dismissed with prejudice as frivolous; and that this dismissal will count as a strike in accordance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Signed by District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. on 12/6/17. (RLW)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION EDWARD FRANK HELD, IV v. PLAINTIFF CAUSE NO. 1:17-cv-52-LG-RHW SHERIFF RICKY ADAM, WARDEN BRANDON ZERINGUE, and CHIEF DAVID ALLEN DEFENDANTS MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT This matter is before the Court, sua sponte, for consideration of dismissal. Plaintiff Edward Frank Held, IV, an inmate of the Mississippi Department of Corrections,1 brings this pro se Complaint seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. Held is proceeding in forma pauperis. See Order [5]. The named Defendants are Ricky Adam, Sheriff of Hancock County, Mississippi; Brandon Zeringue, Warden of Hancock County Detention Center; and David Allen, Chief of Police for the City of Waveland Police Department. The Court, having liberally construed Held's Complaint and Response [7] in consideration with the applicable law, finds that this case should be dismissed. At the time of filing this action, Held was incarcerated at the Hancock County Detention Center. Held was subsequently moved to the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility and in his latest Notice of Change of Address [9], Held states that he is residing at a halfway house in Jackson, Mississippi. 1 I. Facts and Procedural History On October 28, 2015, when Held was an inmate of the Hancock County Detention Center, he was informed by family members that his home located in the City of Waveland was burglarized and his vehicle was stolen. Held claims that in November of 2015, his brother met a City of Waveland Police Officer at the residence and informed the Officer of the burglary. Held claims the Officer stated that "it would be taken care of" and left the residence. Compl. [1] at 5 (CM/ECF pagination); Resp. [7] at 3. Held claims that he made oral requests to detention officers and completed grievance forms at the detention center requesting that a police report be filed regarding the burglary and stolen vehicle. Held claims that his requests either went unanswered or he was informed that inmates were not allowed to file police reports. However, Held also states that in July of 2016, he met with Warden Zeringue about his desire to file a police report and Warden Zeringue set up a meeting between Held and a Hancock County Investigator. Held states that he met with Hancock County Investigator Allison, within two days of his meeting with Warden Zeringue, and that during this meeting, Allison called the Waveland Police Department and spoke to an Investigator. It appears Held left the meeting under the impression that a Waveland Investigator would be coming to the detention center to speak with him. Held states that Allison instructed that Held be brought 2 back to Allison's office, if "Waveland did not show up . . . to take my report." Compl. [1] at 7 (CM/ECF pagination). Held complains that a Waveland Police Officer did not show up to take his report nor was he taken back to Allison's office. Held also states that "Waveland P.D. Investigators have been contacted via email by Hancock County Safety Complex Administrator Renee Lick numerous times with no response." Resp. [7] at 3. In response to the Court's Order [6] directing Held to state how each Defendant violated his constitutional rights, Held essentially restates the facts of his original Complaint and provides some additional factual information. See Resp. [7]. As relief, Held states that he "would like to be reimbursed for all loss" which he estimates to be about $45,000.00, and he would "like to put an end to Hancock County's poetic justice." Compl. [1] at 4. II. Analysis The Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) (as amended), applies to prisoners proceeding in forma pauperis, and provides that "the court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that . . . (B) the action or appeal – (i) is frivolous or malicious; (ii) fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted; or (iii) seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief." Since Held is proceeding in forma pauperis, his Complaint is subject to the casescreening procedures set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e)(2). 3 In order to have a viable claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a plaintiff Amust allege facts showing that a person, acting under color of state law, deprived the plaintiff of a right, privilege or immunity secured by the United States Constitution or the laws of the United States.@ Bryant v. Military Dep=t of the State of Miss., 597 F.3d 678, 686 (5th Cir. 2010). Section 1983 is not a source of substantive rights; it merely provides an avenue to assert rights already in existence. Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 271 (1994). "The first step in any such claim is to identify the specific constitutional right allegedly infringed." Id. (citations omitted). Held is claiming that alleged inadequacies with the Waveland Police Department's response to the burglary of his home and theft of his vehicle violated his constitutional rights. The Court notes that a "victim of a crime has no constitutionally protected interest in the prosecution or pursuit of a perpetrator" and the "police's decision to pursue a criminal investigation is a discretionary one." Payne v. Jefferson Parish Sherriff's Dep't., No. 14-225, 2014 WL 1154482, *2 (E.D. La. 2014) (citations omitted). It is well-settled that a private citizen does "not have a constitutional right to compel a criminal prosecution." Lewis v. Jindal, 368 F. App'x 613, 614 (5th Cir. 2010) (citations omitted). Therefore, the "decision to file or not file criminal charges" does not give rise to § 1983 liability. Oliver v. Collins, 904 F.2d 278, 281 (5th Cir. 1990). Held is not entitled to relief under § 1983 for the alleged inadequate responses to his request to file a police report or press charges for the burglary of his home and theft of his vehicle. 4 Held also claims his constitutional rights were violated when his jail grievances were ignored, denied, or not responded to in a timely manner. Although Held complains about the handling of his grievances, it is apparent from his pleadings that Warden Zeringue, Investigator Allison, and Administrator Lick, attempted to assist Held with this issue. Held admits that numerous efforts were made on his behalf to contact the Waveland Police Department about this issue. In any event, Held does not have a federally protected liberty interest in having a prison grievance investigated or resolved to his satisfaction. Geiger v. Jowers, 404 F.3d 371, 373-74 (5th Cir. 2005). Therefore, Held did not suffer a constitutional violation when his grievances were ignored, denied, or delayed. Id.; Mahogany v. Miller, 252 F. App'x 593, 595 (5th Cir. 2007) (finding jail's refusal to process inmate's grievances did not violate his constitutional rights). Held's claims related to how his grievances were handled at the Hancock County Detention Center are frivolous. Morris v. Cross, 476 F. App=x 783, 785 (5th Cir. 2012) (finding inmate=s claims regarding grievance process were properly dismissed as frivolous). III. Conclusion The Court has considered the pleadings and applicable law. For the reasons stated, this civil action will be dismissed as frivolous. See id.; Lewis v. Jindal, 368 F. App'x 613, 614-15 (5th Cir. 2010) (affirming frivolous dismissal of § 1983 action seeking pursuit of criminal charges). 5 IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that this civil action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) (2) (B) (i). IT IS, FURTHER, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that this dismissal will count as a "strike" in accordance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (g). SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED this the 6th day of December, 2017. s/ Louis Guirola, Jr. LOUIS GUIROLA, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 6


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Suicide Squad 2: Future Of Joker In Franchise
by Kane Dane May 21, 2020, 12:00 am 0 Votes
Also, we have realized that numerous entertainers have depicted The Joker in real life and live movement throughout the years, and Jared Leto's form of Suicide Squad amid further polarization in Clown Prince of Crime is. The presence of the Joker has been generally scrutinized. Likewise, the symbol of Leto of the greatest enemy of Batman didn't get a lot of time on the screen in the first artistic trip of Task Force X, being he an optional character.
Will Joker Return Or Not
In December 2019, it was represented that a spin-off of Phillips' Joker was being created, with Joaquin Phoenix rehashing his role. This was promptly shut down as various reports created, communicating there were no courses of action nor trades between Warner, Phillips, and Phoenix, with Phillips later saying he hasn't bantered with Phoenix about it. Regardless, Joker 2 is an opportunity.
Source: CinemaBlend
In any case, it likely won't happen when many may need. Joker was a critical fundamental and business success, breaking diverse film industry records and transforming into the most significant procuring R-assessed film ever.
Joker Appearance In DCEU Next
DC's film universe has a couple of endeavors attested until 2022, and out of those, there are only two that could have recalled the Joker for some breaking point. In any case, it's avowed that they won't: The Batman and The Suicide Squad. The Joker's most evident chance to return to the big screen, by then, would be in Joker 2, either with Phoenix continuing with Arthur's way as the Clown Prince of Crime or by introducing the certified one.
Then, in the DCEU, if The Batman does well with swarms and in the artistic world, a spin-off will be pronounced, and it could consolidate another Joker. The proportionate goes for The Suicide Squad, which is starting at now filling in as a free spin-off, so it could recall another adjustment of the Joker for a continuation without an issue, as long it fits the story they have to tell with these new movies.
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Tata Group mulls merging its four airline brands under Air India
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Air India: As the sprawling company seeks to rebuild its faltering aviation empire, Tata Group is considering merging its four airline brands under Air India Ltd., according to people familiar with the situation.
According to the people, who declined to be named because the conversations are private, India's largest conglomerate is also thinking about getting rid of the Vistara name, which represents Singapore Airlines Ltd's local subsidiary in the South Asian country. One of the persons said Singapore Airlines is determining how much of the combined company it should own.
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Multiple attempts to respond to the Tata Group, Air India, Singapore Airlines, and Vistara were not answered.
With Tata as its new owner, Air India is getting ready for a makeover. The full-service carrier is thinking about placing an order for up to 300 narrow-body aircraft, which would be one of the biggest orders in the annals of commercial aviation. Following a "substantial" expansion in both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft, Air India Chief Executive Campbell Wilson announced last month that the airline would quadruple its current fleet of 113 aircraft over the next five years.
In late September, other persons with knowledge of the situation stated that Air India is also in talks to raise at least $1 billion in a capital round that could value the airline at approximately $5 billion. Starting in December, the airline intends to add 25 Airbus SE and five Boeing Co aircraft from lessors.
In October last year, Tata was chosen as the successful bidder for Air India after outbidding competitors with a $2.4 billion offer. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the purchase was the most visible privatisation in the nation and put a stop to decades of attempts to sell the financially struggling, indebted carrier that had relied on state bailouts for years to operate.
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Additionally, it meant that Tata had four airline brands: Air India, Vistara, a full-service airline, as well as the low-cost airlines Air India Express Ltd. and AirAsia India. Earlier this month, Air India announced that it would buy AirAsia's local subsidiary and combine it with Air India Express to form a single low-cost carrier. By the end of 2023, that consolidation will probably take place.
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Sergio Blázquez Sánchez (Molina de Segura, Murcia, 30 de julio de 1990), conocido como Tekio, es un futbolista español que ocupa la posición de defensa en el Mar Menor Fútbol Club de la Segunda Federación.

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Formado en las categorías inferiores del C. D. Molinense para después recalar en las filas del ADM Lorquí y posteriormente en el Murcia Deportivo de División de Honor Juvenil, hizo su debut deportivo como sénior en 2009 fichando con el Costa Cálida C. F. de Tercera División donde permaneció por tres campañas.
En 2011 firmó por el Real Valladolid Promesas pero el primer equipo del Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol contó activamente con él esa misma temporada, en concreto en la primera vuelta del campeonato, haciendo su debut oficial en Segunda División el 3 de septiembre de 2011, siendo titular en la victoria por 2-0 ante el Córdoba Club de Fútbol.

En enero de 2013 rescindió contrato con el club pucelano para fichar por el UCAM Murcia C. F. del Grupo IV de Segunda División B con el que finalmente descendería a Tercera División. La campaña siguiente acabaron como campeones del grupo XIII y regresaron a la categoría de bronce del fútbol español, dando la sorpresa por conseguir el subcampeonato del grupo IV pero cayendo en semifinales del playoff de ascenso a Segunda División ante el Bilbao Athletic.

En la temporada 2015-16 sí consiguió el ascenso a Segunda División con el club universitario tras imponerse al Real Madrid Castilla y proclamándose además campeón de Segunda División B venciendo al C. F. Reus Deportivo en la final. Renovó por una temporada más con el cuadro azuldorado, ya en Segunda División, poniendo fin a su etapa en el club de la capital murciana tras cinco campañas en sus filas.

En julio de 2017 firmó como jugador del Elche Club de Fútbol por tres campañas. En la primera lograron el ascenso a Segunda División. El 23 de agosto de 2020 logró el ascenso a Primera División con el conjunto alicantino al vencer al Girona F. C. Tras estos dos ascensos consecutivos, el club ilicitano no renovó su contrato y este fichó de cara a la temporada 20-21 por el Volos N. F. C. de la Superliga de Grecia.

El 6 de junio de 2021 firmó por la Unión Deportiva Logroñés por dos temporadas. Sin embargo, se marchó a final de año para regresar al UCAM Murcia C. F. Una vez terminó la temporada, el 5 de julio, fichó por el Mar Menor F. C.

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Celebrating Life and Death at Bolivia's FIESTA DE LAS ÑATITAS
Szymon Kochański
Photos: Szymon Kochański
I've said it many times, but fuck it, I'll say it again: we in the West have a very unhealthy relationship with Death. Although it comes to us all, we have been taught to fear it and avoid it at all costs. Just the mention of death, especially one's own, brings a sense of dread and foreboding to most of us. I think I immerse myself in it because I am trying to rid myself of the fear by provoking it, but if I'm going to be honest, it hasn't yet left me. I want to have a different relationship with it, so I am fascinated by celebrations of death that happen in different cultures. Bolivia's Fiesta De Las Ñatitas is the perfect example of how corporal death can be an accepted, and even celebrated, part of life. With its roots in Aymara spirituality – and with a sprinkling of colonial Catholicism of course – Fiesta De Las Ñatitas is a day to honor the dead's continual impact on the living.
Each November 8th, La Paz is overrun with celebrants, with more than to 10,000 people crowding into the chapel of the Cemetery General. Each family brings its ñatitas, or human skulls; these skulls are given places of honor in their homes, and are considered important family members. They house the spirits of the dead – not necessarily the spirit of the person whose skull it is, either. When a person acquires a skull, they are visited in a dream by the spirit who will be their constant companion from that day forward, advising them, bringing them luck and fortune and love. The ñatita is decorated and given offerings and presents of cigarettes, coca leaves, flowers and other gifts in its household shrine. Sometimes, the eye sockets are filled with cotton balls and "lips" are formed around its jaw out of tin foil. And each year, it is paraded in the capital along with thousands of its counterparts as a way of thanking it for its service.
Many of the skulls are bought from grave diggers who work at the Cemetery General. Since the cemetery plots are leased and not sold, if and when a family doesn't pay the lease the bones of their ancestors are exhumed and headed for the incinerator. Enterprising gravediggers recognize the value in the skulls, and will offer them for sale as ñatitas. Later, these skulls will return to their place of burial in full regalia, celebrated instead of feared. Many people believe that the dead remain with us; that only the body dies and the soul of our existence continues. In less than a week, here in the West we'll celebrate the return of the evil dead, while in other regions they will celebrate the kindness and love that is still felt by the spirits that never left.
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More fascinating interviews with members of the Game of Thrones cast continue to come in from the outlet that interviewed stars like Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran), Ellie Kendrick (Meera), Maisie Williams (Arya), and Tom Wlaschiha (Jaqen H'ghar).
The video below is long, informative, and packed with familiar faces, including new stuff from all four of the people mentioned above. We've also got John Bradley-West (Sam), Hannah Murray (Gilly), Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton), Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton), Alfie Allen (Theon), Daniel Portman (Podrick Payne), Jonathan Pryce (the High Sparrow), Dean-Charles Chapman (Tommen), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), and Carice van Houten (Melisandre).
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Rurambira is a government run primary school in the trading centre of Akashenshero with over 500 students enrolled. Over the years MCCDF has helped with donations of sporting and scholarly equipment.
MCCDF initiated a programme to sponsor students to go to secondary school, choosing the highest scoring graduate from the local primary school, who otherwise would not be able to afford the fees. So far MCCDF has successfully seen 3 students to senior 4 level and one even beyond. Currently three students benefit from the scheme.
The latest student to join the scheme is Christine Akankwatsa 14 years old. Motivated to become a lawyer she spends most of her time at school buried in her books and only takes a break to play on the netball team. The oldest of 6 children her parents cannot afford her school fees. Her mother travels to Kampala to find work while her father looks after the few cows they own.
St. Steven is a new nursery and primary school in the area started up by a former employee of Mihingo Lodge. Many of the students who attend the school are orphans whose guardians cannot afford their school fees on top of their own children's. St. Steven waives fees for many of those who cannot afford them or offers discounted fees for those who can put a little aside to education. Currently classrooms are a wooden framework with a tarpaulin roof but thanks to our "Buy a Brick" campaign construction has started on one classroom.
The schools owner Nasasira Steven with students receiving donated books from American based 2-4 Life Project.
Christel & Steven with the first batch of bricks and construction of the first classroom with the old classroom in the background.
In March 2015 the finishing touches were put on the water pump at the fishing village of Ruragara. Clean water for both cooking and drinking was a serious issue in the village with kids often scooping water directly from the lake shore to drink where the boats were docked and livestock went to drink.
The new pump uses purification by sand. The lake water filters through the sand band which surrounds the lake, by the time the water reaches the pumps well it has been cleaned to the point of drinking. This only gives the water a slightly sweet taste but is perfectly safe to drink helping the community eradicate many water borne diseases.
From the central hub that is Akashenshero trading centre to the fishing village of Ruragara and gorgeously situated peninsula village of Nyanga we can take you to meet the places and people we work with. Driving between the villages provides a clear insight to rural life and an understanding of just how close humans and wildlife co-exist. We are happy to show you around any of our projects if you are interested, please contact us to arrange a visit.


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To provide Financial Management and Administrative support to the Program as per WV policies and procedures.
Prepare internal and external disbursement according to World vision operating policies and GAAP and submit them to the cluster office for payment and entering data in to Sunsysteam, ensure that all such payment requests are within budget, adequately supported and in accordance to WV Tanzania approval limits.
Handle petty cash float of the program, ensure all payments are properly approved with the relevant backups, ensure there is timely reimbursements done; all cash collections are recorded and timely deposited in the bank.
Participate in Projects Budget Preparation and Management, monitor spending against budgets for all projects with the Program to ensure no under or overspending takes place.
Reconcile store records, raise purchase requisitions and submit to cluster for processing, follow up purchased items at NO on behalf of the ADP for timely delivery and reconcile with GRN at ADP.
Maintain an updated and complete Fixed Asset Register at program level, Perform assets inventory at Least twice a year, all assets are tagged and coordinate disposal of obsolete assets as per WV Policy.
Also oversee any WV assets that could be transferred to Partners within the ADP to further WV business, post all the financial transactions to the systems.
Participate in Project Visits for review of ongoing constructions, ongoing seminars and verification of delivered items to beneficiaries prior to payment by cluster office; facilitate Sponsor visits and GN processing to RC Families and Community.
Responsible for building capacity of staff and partners within the ADP in Financial Management and WV Financial Policies and procedures. Manage all Travel and business advances issued to staff within the Program by ensuring that they accounted for on time, no advances are issued before retiring previous one and that advance are used for WV business only.
Review of partner's budget, detailed implementation plans and cash flows, sub-grantee monitoring, physical verification of expenditure and submission of partner's retirement or expenses to the cluster for posting.
Support Internal and External Audits at ADP level including partners audits.
Ensure monthly financial reports with complete attachments are filed at the project, share monthly variance reports and expenditure analysis with project management.
Minimum Qualification required: Degree in Accounting or Finance.
Experience: 2 years in Project Accounting or Financial Management.
Preferred: Degree in Accounting with CPA Module E.


Cut thin slice from stem end of peppers. Remove all seeds and membranes. Wash inside and outside. Mix chili beans, corn and ketchup; lightly stuff each pepper. Wrap each pepper securely in double thickness, heavy-duty aluminum foil.
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If you're looking for somewhere to study English in the UK this July or August, why not look a bit further afield than London? England might not be well-known for its beaches, but the country actually boasts some amazing coastal scenery.
Here are 5 English beach towns for studying English in this summer.
St Ives. Image by Chris Downer, licensed under CC 2.2.
Boasting not one but four sandy beaches, the seaside resort of St Ives on the Atlantic Coast of Cornwall draws not only tourists from around the country and English students from around the world, but also surfers, windsurfers and water-skiers, making it ideal for anyone who wants to divide their time between the classroom and the sea.
Set in breathtaking coastal scenery, and enjoying a mild sub-tropical climate, this former fishing village has a packed calendar of events throughout the year, from February Feast Day to the St Ives September Festival. Having been home to many prominent British artists, the town is also the artistic centre of south-western England, and there are lots of galleries and museums showcasing its rich cultural heritage.
Only 45 minutes by train from London, this bustling colourful south coast town has no shortage of English language schools and one of the most famous beaches in the country, where live concerts are often held, as well as such attractions as the Brighton Pavilion, Brighton Pier, and the Lanes, a picturesque maze of cobbled streets and specialist shops and cafes right in the heart of town.
Students from all over the world flock to what could easily be described as London's cooler, younger sibling, making the town one of the most cosmopolitan in the whole UK. There's no end of things to do outside of class, including a thriving nightlife, a lively theatre scene, the Brighton Festival of arts, and the Great Escape music festival. Brighton is also known as the "gay capital of the south", with Brighton Pride being one of the country's best known and most popular LGTB events of the year.
Durdle Door, part of England's Jurassic Coast. Image by midlander1231, licensed under CC 2.2.
One of the most popular destinations for English language students in the UK, Bournemouth is a large, bustling south coast town that boasts 12km of soft sandy beaches stretching along the south coast of England.
The busy town centre is great for shopping and boasts a lively nightlife of bars, pubs and clubs. It's also a great place to learn surfing as well, with a number of schools offering classes for everyone from complete beginner onwards. From Bournemouth you can also make lots of easy day trips, including along the Jurassic Coast or inland to Stonehenge. The town is even served by its own airport.
Birthplace of crime-writer Agatha Christie and home to 'Fawlty Towers', Britain's most famous fictional hotel, this gorgeous seaside town is known as the 'Queen of the English Riviera', a 35-kilometre stretch of stunning coastline in South Devon, full of sandy beaches, rocky coves, secluded beauty spots and pretty harbours. Torquay itself boasts a number of lovely beaches, including Meadfoot Beach and Oddicombe Beach.
Boasting a landmark tower inspired by the Eiffel Tower and three pleasure piers, Blackpool is the UK's most popular seaside resort and, with visitors from all over, a great place to study English, especially given the friendliness that northerners are famous for. Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park is the most visited attraction in the UK, and the dazzling Blackpool Illuminations that light up the 11 km of seafront attract thousands of visitors every summer. Within easy reach are Liverpool and Manchester, both exciting cities in their own right, as well as the Lake District, a stunningly beautiful area of mountains, valleys, lakes and picturesque towns and villages.
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Main site > Forums > Household & Travel > Old Style MoneySaving > How often do you turn over your Pillows?
How often do you turn over your Pillows?
Probably over 10 times a night.
Me too - I like the 'cold' side.
I don't turn my pillow during the night at all!
Then about once a week, and change the case every 2 weeks..
Has to be the cold side! I'm always turning my pillows over!
I too turn my pillow several times a night. I change the cases every time I wash my hair.
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Several times a night, to keep the high side supporting my head. The down gets shoved to the other end over time, so when I turn the pillow, it's back at the front. I fluff and turn my pillows every morning while airing the bed.
I change the pillow cases twice as often as the rest of the linen, so every few days.
I turn them over whenever I wake during the night, I like both the cold side and the high side.
We have those wedge pillows which have a zip on cover so not very often else you find your ear is on the zip. I change the ordinary outside covers on mine every time I wash my hair . The men sort their own pillow cover changing as they wash hair at different times.
Same here. Has to be pure cotton.
Probably every few nights? Turn it over, give it a few punches and then it's good for a while.
Once my little Tempur pillow & I have agreed on how I'm comfortable, I leave it. Even if I get up & return, I tend to leave it as I know once I snuggle back down, I'll be asleep again in seconds.
The pillowcase I change every week.
I have a tempur cloud pillow as well. It's the best pillow I've ever used.


The second-quarter earnings season was stellar, with the fastest earnings per share (EPS) growth and the highest percentage of positive EPS surprises in seven years, according to a research note from Goldman Sachs.
Goldman Sachs analysts have a 2018 yearend target on the S&P 500 of 2,850, basically in line with where the S&P is currently trading, but if trade tensions either ease or ratchet higher – then there could be some significant movement.
The bank's latest note attempted to lay out the "best case" scenario for trade tensions while it also cautioned about the potential downside.
If trade frictions heat up then companies could see lower earnings, which would in turn contract their price-to-earnings ratio and send the S&P 500 down by 17 percent to 2,380, the bank's analysts wrote.
But, if trade tensions ease, the Fed hikes rates only two to three more times and if growth remains strong then the S&P 500 could climb to 3,150, a 10 percent upside.
The bank says that the outlook of the trade frictions remains uncertain, but noted that their Washington, D.C.-based economist assigns a 70 percent probability that the White House will move forward with tariffs on the majority of the next round of $200 billion of China imports.
Goldman also noted that since the release of the second-quarter results, analysts have boosted their 2019 EPS estimates by 0.9 percent.
"At $178, the consensus bottom-up 2019 EPS estimate implies annual growth of 10% versus Goldman Sachs' top-down growth estimate of 7%," the analysts wrote.
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Every lab understands the same story. A lab processes ninety-nine lenses perfectly, make one little mistake and the ECP switches to another lab. Is this fair? Maybe, maybe not? Avoidable — Yes!
Technology exists in almost every lab to calculate the Rx and communicate with lab equipment. The technology also exists to avoid mistakes, communicate quickly and efficiently with ECPs and track problems. Use technology properly, the bottom line is that 99% of all mistakes can be avoided, and the other 1% can be efficiently communicated, tracked, reported and prevented in the future.
Quality assurance requires very little set up and is very effective at eliminating mistakes. Configure your tray tracking technology so that if orders require a tint, an outsourced coating, or a specific series of steps, those trays must be scanned at the appropriate tray tracking station in the correct order and before being shipped. Technology can be configured to abruptly stop an order from being processed incorrectly. Each computer can be a separate tray tracking station or used for multiple purposes. An order with an outsourced anti-reflective coating should be scanned when it goes out and again when it comes back from the coating company, before it can be shipped out to the ECP. Simple to set up and very effective – another annoying mistake that will never happen again.
Tracking employees can give you valuable information. This is not "Big Brother". It is common sense to learn from your mistakes. It is important to understand why mistakes happen and who is making those mistakes. Your technology should allow each employee to have separate logins within your lab management software so that every date, time and employee is logged for every computer entry. Printing different work sheets depending on the type of lens order is another effective method to avoid mistakes. Outsourced lens orders can be configured so that no grinding data is printed on the work sheet. Try processing that order in-house by mistake! Robotic equipment can have unique bar codes printed on the work sheets, which are automatically read by the generator or edger. Your lab management software should provide you with regular data updates to calculate and process lenses. Downloading these updates directly from the Internet is quick and simple. Every time a lens breaks, analyze whether or not the lens data within your lab management software needs to be fine-tuned to meet your requirements. Do not ask employees to remember to over-ride settings for a particular lens or prescription. Do not try to substitute the parameters from an existing lens on your database to process a new lens. Every lens is unique. Teach your system and data to learn from prior mistakes. Every one of these examples can be pre-configured in your lab management software.
Communication resolves most customer service issues. No one gets upset when a limited number of orders are late. This is inevitable. What the customer minds is not knowing what is going on with their work. What drives the ECP crazy is when patients arrive to pick up orders on the promised date and the order is not ready. The following are examples of how technology makes communication faster, trouble-free and more successful. Technology should not replace your personal touch and relationships with your customers, it should compliment it. ECPs still want to hear from you and see you in person to maintain relationships. Technology provides you with the tools to communicate when the personal touch is not required. Electronic messaging by fax or email is very cost effective. Each customer can be pre-configured to receive either a fax or an email. Instead of using the telephone, paying for long distance charges, being left on hold or playing telephone tag, configure your lab management system with pre-configured messages. How often are messages not relayed to your customers due to the hassle involved? Orders are delayed every day due to missing order entry data, out-of-stock lens or breakages.
During order entry, job checking, inventory control or entering spoilage data, simple drop down lists of pre-configured messages should allow you to electronically send a message by fax or email. With three or four keystrokes the message is sent, referencing that specific order and a record is automatically attached to the order. Automatic acknowledgements by fax or email can be set up every time a tray is assigned to an order. This is especially useful for orders received electronically across the Internet via your lab management remote order software, Vision Web and Eyefinity. Keeping ECPs up to date with order progress is equally simple with technology. ECPs should automatically receive end of day WIP reports by fax or email. Even better is providing ECPs with live data via the Internet, displaying the exact status of every one of their orders in the lab. ECPs will then know which orders were shipped last night from the lab, which patients to telephone to pick up orders before the order has even arrived and which orders will be delayed. ECPs can even warn you when they notice orders being stuck at a particular tray tracking station. Another pair of eyes ensuring no mistakes is invaluable. This information has proven to eliminate up to 80% of calls from your ECPs. Electronic messaging by fax or email also provides a fast method to send mass messages to either groups of ECPs or all your customers. Type one message, press one button and send the same message to hundreds of ECPs. Keep your ECPs up to date with news about new lens availability, price changes, product promotions, holiday hours and staff changes.
Knowledge is power. There is nothing worse than repeating the same mistakes over and over. Your lab management software provides you with reporting, production monitoring and spoilage monitoring. Reporting can be customized to meet your needs. Variations and fluctuations in sales, costs, productivity and profitability should raise immediate red flags. Do not wait a month to find out why an ECP's average order volume has dropped. Do not wait several days to discover your edger needs calibrating. Reporting and tracking can be set up with the correct technology to provide instant feedback. Production monitoring can display a variety of reports including daily activity reports with comparisons to prior time periods, average time in lab reports, a job flow monitor displaying the number of orders at each work station, or data entry statistics by employee. It is also possible to customize your own reports. Spoilage and redo reports can instantly flag changes and increases from your normal levels, broken down by time period, customer, and tray tracking station. No lab likes to admit to breakages but they are a fact. Using technology to track and report them will provide the information to avoid them in the future.
The effort required to gain a new account is huge. However with technology, it requires very little set up to seamlessly streamline your production. The time, effort and cost required to track, report, eliminate mistakes and communicate with your customers is very low. The results will astound you and your customers. The word of mouth referrals that result will feed directly to your bottom line. 99% perfection is your goal!


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It is Time To Say Goodbye To Illegal Border Crossers
June 25, 2019 Ron Edwards Immigration 0
By Ron Edwards:
Ron Edwards
President Trump recently announced that illegal border crossers are going to be rounded up and deported out of America and back to whence they came from. From my point of view, it is about darned time. America the beautiful has for too long been brutally soiled by the stains of disrespect, misuse and abuse by illegal border crossers. They come to America for handouts and help the leftist democrats carry out their dastardly deed of fundamentally transforming the United States of America into a hellish socialist dump.
According to the information Reform Law institute (IRLI), FAIR's law and litigation affiliate, uncovered new evidence of how broken our immigration enforcement system is. According to government documents obtained by IRLI, 1.74 million people from Mexico and central America have been boldly defying deportation orders and remain in our republic. As of January 2019, there were 829,806 backlogged deportation cases clogging up our federal judiciary system – a figure that is certain to grow significantly, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) anticipates an influx of at least a million new illegal border crossers this year. But according to the Federation For American Immigration Reform, as the data uncovered by IRLI reveal, even after the system processes that enormous caseload and orders people who have no legal claim to remain in the country to leave, they stick around anyway.
More than twice as many illegals awaiting their day in court have already had their day (often days) in court, and like party crashers who were not invited, they refuse to leave. As far as I am concerned, they need to be invited out of our nation, forcibly if necessary. Of the 1.74 million illegals refusing to voluntarily get out, including 645,000 who have run out of appeals, are 574,170 from Mexico, 446,551 from El Salvador, 380,912 from Guatemala and 339,443 from Honduras. The number of defiant illegals refusing deportation orders from Mexico and central America alone, is larger than the population of our nation's fifth largest city, Philadelphia. Thus, while congressional Democrats continue to deny that the numerous surges of deviant illegal border crossers constitutes a border crisis, the overwhelming evidence confirms we are witnessing a huge crisis reflected throughout our crippled immigration system.
To purposefully make things agonizingly worse, House Democrats are conducting a never ending politically motivated war against the enforcement of our immigration laws. In addition, they are dead set against closing any loopholes that allow illegals to tap their dirty toes on the border and use the asylum claim to obtain taxpayer funded goodies. Republicans share equal blame in the border fiasco that is so acute, it could permanently ruin our exceptional nation. For decades Republicans have allowed leftist democrats to dictate the overall direction of border policies who want open borders. Rino Republicans also favor policies that placate the establishment Chamber of Commerce types, who stupidly think that open borders help employers. But actually, in the long run they do not. Those short sighted political buzzards should be able or willing to figure that out.
I for one am thankful that we now have a president who honestly cares about our national sovereignty. He like every elected official is paid to serve "We the People", but unlike the majority of those in both the House and Senate, the president is actually working on our nation's behalf. That is the real reason he is so hated in the dragon media, academia, and even many so-called Christian churches who condemn him, rather than pray for him. I do not believe the Dream and Promise Act should ever by enacted. I loathe the fact that illegal border crossers are allowed to pass through unchecked at airports by TSA agents. But we Americans must go through hoops and in some cases are groped, in order to fly the not so friendly skies.
As much as I admire the president's overall zeal to protect out borders and stop illegal border crossings, I am concerned about his wrongheaded desire to increase legal immigration. Currently 1.5 million people legally immigrate to our shimmering shores annually. In my opinion, that number is too high. Such great masses pouring in year after year do not have the chance to get used to our republic and assimilate into our way of life and truly become Americans. I think we need a moratorium on legal immigration to facilitate assimilation. Decades ago, when common sense was more common America would temporarily halt immigration to allow for assimilation. For those of you who might whine, sniffle and hurt for illegal border crossers who may soon get deported, before you condemn Trump, check out a bit of history. Both presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman conducted massive deportations. For the good of our republic, may Congress finally earn their pay and join the president in shoring up our borders and stop placing the interests of illegal border crossers above the interests of "We the People". God Bless America and may America bless God.
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It's a Reusable Exchange Weekend again in Peterborough. Put out your items tonight and bring them back in on Sunday if someone hasn't snagged them (but that's not going to happen, right?).
What sorts of items do you plan to put out?


Maybe you didn't know that, but we have been "exiled" to China for six months and tomorrow is our last day. We're moving back home!
Tobias has been talking about what kind of German food he'll be eating during the next weeks...most of it like knuckles of pork is not suitable for a Low Fat Diet. But we found a genuine low fat Bavarian potato salad recipe to share with you.
And we have the intention to do more excercises, more about that under point 3.
Wash and peel the potatoes, boil them for about 25 minutes. Drain, cool and slice them.
Combine vinegar, olive oil, water and chopped onion.
Add salt, pepper and chives to your liking.
Just in time for our intentions to excercise more, my friend Lynn, a professional fitness trainer came up with the perfect solution.
She has written the interactive guide "How To Melt The Fat & Gain A Life" which will help us to boost our fitness and stick to the excercise routine.
It's definitely worth checking out! She's so confident about the value of her book, that she gives you an unconditional refund guarantee if you don't like it.
You can download the eBook Melt the Fat at this location.


New characters instead of beloved old ones like Dan?
There is a Street Fighter Reality show if you want to check it out.
Street Fighter V arcade edition how is it? Is it really feeling like a complete game?
I carry the spirit and soul of the mighty "Blue-Eyes White Dragon"
New Street Fighter merchandise is always being released but they might not be the materials that you are interested in. If you are waiting for the big news then I too can't find any new news too.
Probably getting to the stage where people no longer care for new costumes for SFV since it was released over 2 years ago.
Happy birthday to our Vega!
So Mortal Kombat is getting a sequel for this year but not Street Fighter?


Today, I share with everyone an email message I sent to my apartment management about the level of dissatisfaction I have with the AT&T U-verse service.
It's a bit of a read, but worthwhile I promise.
It was originally sent on March 19, 2018.
After being at the [redacted] Apartments for a week, I wanted to bring to light my dissatisfaction with the Internet service available at this property. I'd appreciate if this was taken into consideration as well as forwarded to the appropriate AT&T employees.
This property exclusively provides AT&T Gigapower for Internet service. I'm extremely unsatisfied with the service provided, specifically because of the egregious level of technical responsibility on AT&T's part. AT&T provided me with a BGW210 gateway device for connectivity which exhibits the problems described further below. The problems I have reminded my brother and I of similar problems that we had while living with our parents using AT&T U-verse in [redacted], Texas.
Please take the mood of my replies below as direct and with reasoned explanations. They are intended to show my frustration.
AT&T field installation technicians personnel relegated technical support to online and phone service support. This seems like a lack of ownership of responsibility to me. Field technicians should be able to handle technical questions.
AT&T online chat services are poorly configured. Consider the difference between http://chatnow.att.com and https://chatnow.att.com, the former displaying a web server setup page instead of the AT&T webpage. As a systems administrator myself, the difference between the data served indicates a lack of thoroughness and professionalism.
AT&T online tech support provided incorrect answers and recommendations; I was able to trivially prove this using simple network diagnostics tools such as ping and traceroute.
AT&T service regularly has latency/ping spikes indicating poor connectivity or service provisioning. This is easily visible using connection monitoring software such as Smokeping or Pingplotter.
AT&T does not provide IPv6 connectivity to residences, thereby contributing to IPv4 address exhaustion. It did not provide IPv6 service to my parents' [Texas] address on AT&T U-verse despite repeated requests while I was living there for several years of service. AT&T still does not provide IPv6 to even [redacted] Apartment Homes' brand new apartment complex; the complex is so new that most online address verification services are unable to verify the address. When tech support was asked about this, they stated that IPv6 was disabled and that I would need to speak to "advanced tech support", then later after the conversation with them was told that the equipment in the area isn't configured for IPv6 yet as they still have IPv4 available. This reeks of corrupt profit-seeking instead of creating and adopting solutions for customers. IPv6 is a technology that has been adopted by many major Internet providers since as far back as the 1990s, it's over 20 years old, it isn't new and should be freely available.
AT&T's BGW210 gateway device is limited to 8,192 NAT table sessions, causing a bottleneck on the number of IPv4 connections that can be open to another device, whether it goes to the Internet or exclusively uses the local network. This bottleneck would otherwise not exist if AT&T permitted the use of customer third-party routers and modems, such as pfSense where NAT table limit can be upwards of 300,000 sessions, or if AT&T permitted IPv6 at this location. Additionally, as an AT&T Gigapower customer with a 1000 Mbps subscription, this bottleneck is effectively a throttle to the Internet, causing connectivity issues with web browsing and online games, as was already experienced in the first two nights at [redacted] Apartment Homes.
Drawing on U-verse experience, the first thing that many technicians would do when encountering a problem would be to replace the modem which was provided and required by AT&T. It was replaced so often that the account had been notated (paraphrase from memory) "do not replace the modem, it is not a problem with the modem" since we had gone through so many replacements without solving the service level problems.
With U-verse we had service issues so often that my brother ended up in a conference call with the field technician manager, local service manager, and regional manager to troubleshoot the problem. If I recall correctly, it turned out to be a configuration issue on AT&T's side.
In all, AT&T does not provide service to the level of competitors. Other providers allow true bridged mode, allows customers to use their own purchased third-party routers and modems, and have full IPv6 connectivity support. I am disappointed that AT&T does not appear to have the level of technical service I hope for even after over a decade of interactions with them. I wish to protest AT&T being the exclusive Internet provider at [redacted] Apartment Homes, and wish for the property management to consider and prioritize adding additional competing providers such as Verizon Fios as soon as possible.
The only update to occur after this email was AT&T provisioning IPv6 to my BGW210 gateway device. All other issues still persist, including the NAT issue; I found out after the IPv6 was provisioned, IPv6 still uses sessions in the BGW210 NAT table.
AT&T is arguably worse than Comcast.


I've written previously about my early career, and how I started off as an Organizational Behavior Management program manager and ended up a very reluctant manager in charge of building and running an HR department in a rapidly growing construction company. Most of the things I learned were either from my mentor (so had a decidedly behavioral slant in the approach) or trial by fire. This is a pretty good way to learn, if a bit stressful. There's no way you can prepare someone for everything they'll encounter in their management journey, which is why I love being a 'mentor on call' for folks starting out, or entering a new industry. One of my more memorable early experiences involved a gigantic mess of interwoven personality conflicts.
The scene was thus: I got a call from the area manager one day, who was completely frustrated that the upstairs admin team and the downstairs admin team were engaging in petty bickering to the extent that the majority of his time was being spent figuring out 'she said/she said' scenarios, hurt feelings, and accusations. He was ready to fire everyone except his lead Billing Manager. Not because she wasn't involved, but because he felt she was integral to his operation.
It's not that I don't like her, but she makes mistakes all the time that make my job harder.
I don't have a problem with anyone here.
She's my co-worker not my friend – I'm getting paid to do my work, not socialize with everyone.
The manager has no idea what a slacker she is.
The manager has no idea what she's saying behind his back.
She doesn't take her job seriously.
I might have said that, but she said this.
There's a LOT going on around here – you have NO IDEA.
I'm not being paid to be her friend.
I'm not rude. Maybe I don't say good morning, but I don't say anything rude.
A lot of this was accompanied by tears. At the end of the interviews I was no clearer about what was going on than I was at the beginning. If some of the employees were to be believed, things were dire indeed. I was inclined to agree with the manager that everyone needed to go, but we were in boom times, and qualified employees were not growing on trees. Fortunately, my behavioral training provided me with the skills to separate emotions and interpretations from behaviors, and this turned out to be one of the most important skills I had as a manager and HR leader.
The truth is, that an action can and will be interpreted in vastly different ways depending on the person doing the interpreting. Something like not saying good morning can be interpreted as somebody is busy, somebody doesn't like you, someone is purposely disrespecting you, or the company is going out of business, depending on who is doing the action and who is doing the interpreting. The first job of a mediator in personality conflicts is to define behaviors and come to collective agreement on interpretation.
For example, in the situation I've been describing, I had to explain to all parties that saying good morning was expected professional conduct, that refraining to say good morning was impolite and discourteous, and that a basic expectation of our employees was to say good morning to one another. You may think this is an exaggeration, but this not by any means the only example of this situation that I've encountered.
Another comment I routinely hear is that the employee is not being paid to be friends with the co-workers. This can sometimes flummox managers, but it needn't. The response is simply that they are being paid to ACT like friends, in that friends are courteous, help one another, exchange pleasantries, and keep commitments. No, I'm not paying you to hang out after work, but you certainly are being paid for professional conduct during work hours.
The other thing I learned that served me well for the next twenty years is not to be baited by 'I know a lot of terrible things but I'm not going to tell you' nonsense. There are different ways to deal with this but my preferred response is to let the person know that if they're aware of illegal or unethical things happening and they don't tell me, they're accomplices and will be fired and that if something's important enough to hint at, it's important enough to be forthright about and if it's not, keep quiet or I will suspect you of purposely sowing seeds of distrust. After that, just use common sense and your own emotional intelligence to determine whether someone has a legitimate problem or is making trouble.
Believe it or not, the case of the personality conflicts ended well. We were able to listen to everyone's concerns, establish boundaries and expectations, and overcome some past grievances to achieve an astonishing about face. We didn't end up letting anyone go, and I think the area manager and I were equally surprised and delighted by the result. Of course it's not always that easy, but it taught me that it's worth taking the time to go through these things and explain behavior that you think should be obvious. At least once.
What was the worst personality conflict you ever dealt with and how did it turn out?


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Q: Android Fragment Transaction custom Animation I'm trying to achieve the animation found here.
Android 3d animation like Google Now Launcher Menu Animation
However, it looks like I can not use the objectAnimator because I'm using the Support Library Fragments.  When I tried using the code at the above link, I got an error stating that Unknown animation: objectAnimator.
How can I accomplish an animation like this when adding/removing fragments while still using the Support Library for Fragments?
UPDATE
As per the answer from DeeV below, I've updated the XML Animations for the rest.
gla_back_come.xml
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:duration="500">

    <alpha
        android:fromAlpha="1.0"
        android:toAlpha="0.0" />

    <scale
        android:fromXScale="1"
        android:toXScale="0"
        android:fromYScale="1"
        android:toYScale="0"
        android:pivotX="50%"
        android:pivotY="50%"
        android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator" />

</set>

gla_back_gone.xml
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:duration="500" >

    <alpha
        android:fromAlpha="0.0"
        android:toAlpha="1.0" />

    <scale
        android:fromXScale="12.0"
        android:toXScale="1.0"
        android:fromYScale="12.0"
        android:toYScale="1.0"
        android:pivotX="50%"
        android:pivotY="50%"
        android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator"/>

</set>

gla_there_come.xml
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:duration="500">

    <alpha
        android:fromAlpha="0.0"
        android:toAlpha="1.0" />

    <scale
        android:fromXScale="0.0"
        android:toXScale="1.0"
        android:fromYScale="0.0"
        android:toYScale="1.0"
        android:pivotX="50%"
        android:pivotY="50%"
        android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator"/>

</set>

gla_there_gone.xml
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:duration="500" >

    <alpha
        android:fromAlpha="1.0"
        android:toAlpha="0.0"/>

    <scale
        android:fromXScale="1.0"
        android:toXScale="12.0"
        android:fromYScale="1.0"
        android:toYScale="12.0"
        android:pivotX="50%"
        android:pivotY="50%"
        android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator"/>

</set>

A: You would replace the ObjectAnimator with the classic Animation.  They can be created in roughly the same fashion.  Instead of putting the xml files in the animator resource directory, you would put them in the anim resource directory.  The Animations themselves in the xml file are more specificly named.  Instead of naming out properties, you name the animation you want to perform:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:interpolator="@[package:]anim/interpolator_resource"
    android:shareInterpolator=["true" | "false"] >
    <alpha
        android:fromAlpha="float"
        android:toAlpha="float" />
    <scale
        android:fromXScale="float"
        android:toXScale="float"
        android:fromYScale="float"
        android:toYScale="float"
        android:pivotX="float"
        android:pivotY="float" />
    <translate
        android:fromXDelta="float"
        android:toXDelta="float"
        android:fromYDelta="float"
        android:toYDelta="float" />
    <rotate
        android:fromDegrees="float"
        android:toDegrees="float"
        android:pivotX="float"
        android:pivotY="float" />
    <set>
        ...
    </set>
</set>

So for example in the answer you posted, the "gla_there_come.xml" would go from this:
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

  <objectAnimator
    android:duration="500"
    android:propertyName="alpha"
    android:valueFrom="0.0"
    android:valueTo="1.0" />
  <objectAnimator
    android:duration="500"
    android:interpolator="@android:interpolator/accelerate_decelerate"
    android:propertyName="scaleY"
    android:valueFrom="0"
    android:valueTo="1" />
  <objectAnimator
    android:duration="500"
    android:interpolator="@android:interpolator/accelerate_decelerate"
    android:propertyName="scaleX"
    android:valueFrom="0"
    android:valueTo="1" />

</set>

to this:
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     duration="500">

  <alpha
    android:fromAlpha="0.0"
    android:toAlpha="1.0" />

  <scale
    android:fromXScale="0.0"
    android:toXScale="1.0"
    android:fromYScale="0.0"
    android:toYScale="1.0"
    android:pivotX="50%"
    android:pivotY="50%"
    android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator"/>

</set>

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Q: Tic Tac Toe project I don't know why the elements in m won't change inside the if statements!
m=[[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]
def board():
for i in m:
    for j in i:
        print(j, end=" ")
    print('\n')

board()
for k in range(0,9):
global m

position= input('choose a position from 1 to 9: ')

if k%2==0:#even,x
    if position==1:
        m[0][0]='x'
    if position==2:
        m[0][1]='x'
    if position==3:
        m[0][2]='x'
elif k%2==1:#odd,o
    if position==1:
        m[0][0]='o'
    if position==2:
        m[0][1]='o'
    if position==3:
        m[0][2]='o'
board()

A: In Python 3, input() function returns a string, which first needs to be cast to an integer before numeric comparison.
Use this line:
posistion= int(input('choose a position from 1 to 9: '))

Also, no need for global m, you can remove that line and will keep the same behavior.