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S. Bakhirathan from Tamil Nadu won Rubaru Mr South India 2019
S. Bakhirathan, Rubaru Mr South India 2019 from Tamil Nadu.
by Gagan Singh May 5, 2019, 4:31 am 9.2k Views
S. Bakhirathan hailing from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu was elected the new Rubaru Mr South India at the annual Rubaru Mr India 2019 pageant concluded on April 30, 2019 at Hotel Sea Princess in the city of dreams, Mumbai. This was the sixteenth edition of the Rubaru Mr India pageant. The event was organized by Rubaru Group. He was also a Rubaru Mr South India International 2019 top 5 finalist prior to winning the Rubaru Mr South India 2019 title.
S. Bakhirathan belongs to the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He holds a degree in dental surgery from SRM University and is a certified dentist. Apart from being a dentist, he is also a freelance model, fitness consultant and athlete. He is the second candidate from medical background to win Rubaru title, first being, Dr Pankaj Ahlawat, Rubaru Mr India 2017. He stands 5 ft and 11 inches tall and has black hair and brown-black eyes. South India has always produced some of the best Mr India titleholders and now this 24 year-old very good-looking Indian gentleman has his name in that golden list. At the pageant, he got attention for his very confident and dynamic personality and remarkable intellect. His on-stage presentation was one of the best at this year's Mr India pageant. His areas of interest include hiking, music, exploring new places and weight lifting.
S. Bakhirathan belongs to the capital of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He holds a degree in dental surgery from SRM University and is a certified dentist.
This year 38 candidates competed for the title of Rubaru Mr India 2019. At the pageant, the candidates were judged on various parameters like confidence, personality, looks, fitness, nature, communication skills, on and off stage presentation, on and off camera presentation, runway skills and many more. The candidates took part in different segments of the pageant that included individual interviews, formal wear round, ethnic wear round and health and fitness round. The final judgement was made taking under consideration the performances of the candidates during all these preliminary events and the overall performance of each candidate during and prior to the finale.
He is also a freelance model and fitness coach. He loves to travel and explore new places.
Rubaru Mr India pageant is regarded is India's biggest and longest running annual pageant for men. The pageant was established by Sandeep Kumar, the founder and president of Rubaru Group in the year 2004.Pankaj Kharbanda from Mumbai is the current vice president of the pageant. Rubaru Mr India pageant holds the record of being associated with maximum of international modelling organizations and pageants in India. Since the pageant's inception in the year 2004, it has sent India's representatives to more than 15 different international modelling competitions for men across the globe.
Prior to winning the Rubaru Mr South India 2019 title, he was a top 5 finalist at Rubaru Mr South India International 2019 pageant.
Rubaru Group, the parent organization of Rubaru Mr India pageant is one of the most well-established pageant organizations in Asia. It is the producer five (5) beauty pageants and modelling competitions. They are Rubaru Mister India pageant, one of the oldest and most celebrated pageants for men in Asia; Miss Supermodel Worldwide, the very first international modelling competition for women headquartered in South Asia; Mister Model Worldwide, the first ever international modelling competition for men headquartered in South Asia; Rubaru Mr and Miss Junior India, a talent and fashion event for kids and the Rubaru Miss India Elite pageant. Over the years, Rubaru Mr India pageant has produced several notable titleholders who have brought laurels and pride to the world's largest democracy, India.
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Der Husumer Wasserturm ist ein ehemaliger Wasserturm in Husum. Er steht nicht auf dem höchsten Punkt des Stadtgebietes, sondern nahe dem Zentrum der Stadt an der Nordwestecke des Schlossgartens. Neben seinem technischen Nutzwert hatte er von Anfang an eine ästhetische Bedeutung, denn Turmbauten, die Husum eine charakteristische Silhouette gaben, fehlten in der Stadt.

Bauwerk

Architektur
Der 1891/1892 errichtete runde Ziegelbau ist mit roten Rathenower Handstrich-Backsteinen verblendet; er steht auf einem achteckigen Granitsockel. Darüber schließt sich ein kreisrunder, konisch zulaufender Schaft an. Dieser ist mit Putzblenden gegliedert und hat drei Geschossebenen. Das mit Schiefer verkleidete vorkragende Tankgeschoss wird von einem spitzen zwölfeckigen Turmhelm mit Schieferdeckung abgeschlossen.

Der 33 m hohe Turm entstand nach Plänen des Architekten Von Gerlach unter Mitwirkung von K. Mühlke. (Der 1912 nach Husumer Vorbild gebaute Wasserturm von Pinneberg sieht dem Husumer Bauwerk zum Verwechseln ähnlich.)

Über dem Eingang zum Turm befindet sich eine Bildhauerarbeit der Berliner Werkstatt von Boswan und Knauer, die das Wappen der Stadt Husum sowie eine Mauerkrone auf goldenem Blattornament zeigt. Der Bauschmuck entstand nach Vorgaben des Architekten.

Technische Details
Der heute nur noch teilweise erhaltene eiserne Wasserbehälter mit einem Durchmesser von neun Metern war ein Intze-1-Behälter mit 350 m³ Fassungsvermögen. Der Behälter diente auch als Tragelement für den Dachstuhl. Der Boden des Wassertanks lag rund 33 m über dem Wasserspiegel der Nordsee, zugleich rund 22 m über dem Erdboden.

Geschichte der Husumer Wasserversorgung
In der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts nahm die Bevölkerung Husums sprunghaft zu. Mit dem Anschluss an das Eisenbahnnetz entwickelte sich die Stadt zu einem Zentrum des Viehhandels in Norddeutschland. So reifte bald der Beschluss, für Husum eine zentrale Wasserversorgung einzurichten. Neben der Trinkwasserversorgung versprach man sich auch bessere Möglichkeiten zur Brandbekämpfung. Die Wasserversorgung war bis dahin über dezentrale Brunnen in der Nähe der Häuser erfolgt.

Im Juni 1901 begann der Bau eines Wasserwerks in der Nachbargemeinde Rosendahl (heute Ortsteil von Mildstedt) durch die Firma Windschild & Langelott. Das Wasser wurde mittels gasbetriebener Pumpen aus 50 m Tiefe gewonnen. 1903 war die leicht erneuerte Anlage fertiggestellt, einschließlich des zum Druckausgleich benötigten Wasserturms am Husumer Schlossgarten, dessen Bau 63.000 Mark gekostet hatte.

Stilllegung und weitere Nutzung

1961 wurde der Turm aus dem Netz genommen. Eine Hydrophoranlage diente fortan zur Aufrechterhaltung eines konstanten Wasserdrucks, was einen Wasserturm überflüssig machte.

Eine Umnutzung ließ lange auf sich warten. Erst 1983 pachtete ein Kaufmann das Bauwerk von der Stadt für 99 Jahre, richtete ein Versicherungsbüro darin ein und gestaltete den Behälterbereich zur Aussichtsetage. Folgende Veränderungen wurden dazu vorgenommen:
 Für die Aussichtsplattform wurde ein Boden eingezogen, auf den man durch eine zentrale Öffnung über eine Treppe gelangt.
 Der Innenzylinder des Behälters ist nicht mehr erhalten.
 In die Behälterwandungen wurden Aussparungen eingeschnitten. Daran anschließend hat man größere Fenster eingesetzt, um einen freieren Ausblick zu erhalten.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Wassertürme in Schleswig-Holstein

Literatur
 Jens U. Schmidt: Wassertürme in Schleswig-Holstein. Geschichte und Geschichten um die Wasserversorgung im Norden und ihre auffälligsten Bauten. Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2008, ISBN 978-3-939656-71-5.
 Broschüre der Stadtwerke Husum: Vor hundert Jahren – Zentrale Wasserversorgung für Husum.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Husum
Aussichtsturm in Schleswig-Holstein
Erbaut in den 1900er Jahren
Bauwerk in Husum
Umgenutztes Bauwerk in Schleswig-Holstein
Turm in Europa
Rundturm
Backsteinbauwerk des Historismus
Nachgebautes Bauwerk

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The best way for Nancy Salzman to help people and repudiate Keith Raniere.
Reader asks my view of Nancy Salzman
Questions for you on Nancy
A reader:
Frank, I believe you were part of Nexium at one time, is that correct? If so I would really like to know your experience of Nancy during that time.
I would also like to understand how you got drawn into their organization, what about it felt helpful to you, and how you were able to ignore the fact that it was a cult.
I'm a psychologist and struggling to understand some of this. I do appreciate you sharing some information back. Thank you,
Dr. S.
Dear Dr. S.
I was never a member of NXIVM. I was a paid consultant. My experience with Nancy was that she was charming and lovely – and was much admired by Nxians.
This was 2007. Sara Bronfman seemed to adore her. While Clare seemed more enamored by Keith Raniere. Clare had not yet taken over as an authority over Nancy.
Nancy and I had dinner once together at the Cheesecake Factory in Albany. She was a vegetarian. We were attempting to get better press and I met with a newspaper reporter after dinner.
During dinner, Nancy told me how the technology of the Keith Raniere had shrunk a tumor in her the size of a volleyball.
She touched my hand, as I recall, and said she would love to teach me.
I returned the touch and said, that's funny I would love to teach you too.
Over time, I am not sure how much we taught each other. Although I think I taught her master a lesson or two.
There was nothing particularly attractive about NXIVM – except a lot of the women and the love bombing that went on. The pay was also attractive.
I liked Nancy. I did not know then that she was told she was once Adolf Hitler. I remember seeing on her computer that her screen saver picture was a large photo of Keith Raniere.
On her desk at her office at New Karner, she had a picture of herself surrounded by male students wearing togas.
Once and only once did she snipe at me – saying I didn't understand the genius that is Keith Raniere.
I sniped right back saying you don't understand that the amount of money he is losing of the Bronfmans could possibly land him in prison.
That shut her up. She became quite friendly again.
Overall, we had an amicable relationship. I well understood that she had no personal power in NXIVM. Everybody followed Raniere's rules. Period.
She made it clear to me and everyone that he was her guru.
He had all the answers.
Yet, to the students of Nxivm she was exalted and I think she enjoyed being a kind of demi-god – right below Raniere in status.
Publicly, she did everything she could to edify Raniere as this superhuman creature. At the time, they were putting it out that Raniere was like a hermit. Living largely in seclusion, seeing almost no one, concerned only about the welfare of the world and far above the need for sex or money.
He lived above the clouds in a sense looking down on humanity as a beneficent father – a god in a mortal body.
The reality was different. Raniere was not only not a celibate, but he was sleeping with many women – including both Nancy and her daughter, Lauren.
From what I later heard, Keith was enjoying Nancy far more than he and she let on. Many thought that they had infrequent sex, but according to what he told others, he was having sex with her regularly.
At the same time, he was promising an avatar baby to Nancy's daughter, Lauren.
I recall also that Michelle seemed less enthused about having an avatar baby, preferring the regular kind with a father that might also be a husband as well. She wound up marrying Ben Meyers – on the rebound. Ben is the computer hacker who did much of Raniere's foul bidding.
On the surface – you might not see any of this dark and zany side.
I saw attractive and seemingly intelligent women doing the work they loved.
But I never attended any NXIVM classes. From the onset, I made it clear I would not be taking intensives or any NXIVM class. The reason for this is I was too busy working for them.
And I did not need the classes I said.
It was proposed to me that I could write modules for the classes. I never got around to doing so.
As for Nancy – she had charisma and a charming smile. She could make people feel that she truly cared about them. Perhaps on some level, she truly did care.
Was she hypnotized by Raniere? Partly, I guess. Was he her teacher and guru. Yes. Did she fall in love with him? Maybe.
Did she think he had supernatural powers? Yes.
Did she enjoy the glamour and glory of being adored by hundreds? Absolutely.
Did she enjoy the money? Yes.
Did she think she was helping people? I think she did.
It was a curious admixture of good and evil I found in Nancy Salzman.
When I was there, it seemed she was mostly good. Over the years, this view of mine has been tempered with my shifting opinion that she had a fair dose of evil in her and above all – her being played [and playing] the fool.
Could she restore to dignity and sanity what's left of her life?
It would seem to me that she would have to admit Raniere was a crud. A guy who cheated her and everyone he came across. That would be, in essence, her admitting she is one of the biggest fools around.
This would cut against the grain of what she has postured herself to be for decades – this wise woman who knows secrets of the mind and the soul.
If she really were wise, she would have rejected Raniere early – unless, of course, she is wicked like him.
For me, the jury is still out on that.
Daddies come and go but Vanguard is forever. Michelle, Nancy and Lauren Salzman shunned their father to please Kieth Raniere.
Nancy did not seem to know or care very much about Keith's vendettas. She believed in his divinity and that was enough. She did not concern herself with the cruelty or ethics of it. She merely believed that what Keith did was right.
Yet, she and the others had this sense that one day they would be arrested – or that the authorities would try to arrest them. They seemed to think Keith could escape by fleeing to another country.
They miscalculated on that one.
What does this mean? "I returned the touch and said, that's funny I would love to teach you too."
I think it means Frank was hitting on her…please tell us it isn't so Frank.
For a psychologist, "Dr. S" doesn't know much about how cults work. Dr. S, I would like to teach you about how cults work. Are you interested in learning?
You draw a portrait of someone who is beautiful but flawed.
One could say being flawed " is like many people" except that she allowed Nx to harm many others deeply while doing nothing to stop it. That's a tragedy.
I wonder if she's aware of the horror Nx created and her role in enabling it? Or, is she is denial?
It's very difficult for anyone to come to honest terms with themselves. Unfortunately, it is not possible to interview her and assess her willingness to come to terms with positives and negatives of her life. Her story could be a compelling one and I can see it as a future project.
Her story will only be written from behind steel bars. Nancy Salzman manipulated and warped so many young minds, including her own daughters. Sounds like she proferred herself to Frank, relied on her wiles to dazzle and entrap and passed that trait onto Lauren, Michelle — all her trainees.
Men in Toga's? Sounds like a society of eunuchs — are they the infamous society of protectors? Wonder Nancy didn't have them carrying around their gonads in a box.
Nancy played Frank, Double Anon, all y'all, just as hard as Keith did. Camelot's not only over, it never was!
niceguy34 says:
Uhhh. It's impossible to know if a WordPress website is working. Apologies if I have sent you duplicate messages.
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It appears in the bottom picture (which we've seen before), she is almost sticking her tongue out – between her teeth. I hope not, for that appears to be a code sexual message to Keith. I wonder if by this time she had turned over both daughters to him? The jury is still out for me, too. NX seems to have been largely about greed and preoccupation with self and prestige. I think she bought into all of it.
It's nice to get to talk about NX in the past tense. I hope Keith is having a nice Christmas. F***er.
Frankly, I find the fact that both mother and daughter were schtupping Keith disgusting. More so because Nancy knew.
Someone of that ilk is beyond redemption.
They can be redeemed, but probably only in their afterlife.
Frank excellent article. I still can't fathom how a mother and daughter can share the same man sexually and I doubt I ever will.
No ethical breach there (sarcasm).
I can only hope for Christmas you will write an article like this on Keith the evil hobbit.
Hi Heidi,
I did not realize the broad cast of characters that Frank allows on his site. I will refrain from making wisecracks or using sarcasm to make a point in the future. My comment was well intended I was under the impression that everyone was on the same team. Also I had been posting wisecracks on Art site as well.
After finding out some additional information about what Frank went through, as well as you, I am ashamed I ever made any flippant comments. Your real people and deserve better.
Heidi you should ignore the negative posters. Leave them where they reside in oblivion.
In defense of Jeff Peterson – Burke behind 'Laura D. Esq.' post?
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Vertical abundance profiles of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere at 15 degrees S and 80 degrees N retrieved from Cassini/CIRS spectra
Sandrine Vinatier
Bruno Bezard
Thierry Fouchet
Nick A. Teanby http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3108-5775
Remco de Kok
Patrick G. J. Irwin
Barney J. Conrath
Conor A. Nixon
Paul N. Romani
E. Michael Flasar
Athena Coustenis
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2006.10.031
Limb spectra recorded by the Composite InfraRed Spectrometer (CIRS) on Cassini provide information on abundance vertical profiles of C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, CH3C2H, C3H8, C4H2, C6H6 and HCN, along with the temperature profiles in Titan's atmosphere. We analyzed two sets of spectra, one at 15 degrees S (Tb flyby) and the other one at 80 degrees N (T3 flyby). The spectral range 600-1400 cm(-1), recorded at a resolution of 0.5 cm(-1), was used to determine molecular abundances and temperatures in the stratosphere in the altitude range 100-460 km for Tb and 170-495 km for T3. Both temperature profiles show a well defined stratopause, at around 310 km (0.07 mbar) and 183 K at 13 degrees S, and 380 km (0.01 mbar) with 207 K at 80 degrees N. Near the north pole, stratospheric temperatures are colder and mesospheric temperatures are warmer than near the equator. C2H2, C2H6, C3H8 and HCN display vertical mixing ratio profiles that increase with height at 15 degrees S and 80 degrees N, consistent with their formation in the upper atmosphere, diffusion downwards and condensation in the lower stratosphere, as expected from photochemical models. The CH3C2H and C4H2 mixing ratios also increase with height at 15 degrees S. But near the north pole, their profiles present an unexpected minimum around 300 km, observed for the first time thanks to the high vertical resolution of the CIRS limb data. C2H4 is the only molecule having a vertical abundance profile that decreases with height at 15 degrees S. At 800 N, it also displays a minimum of its mixing ratio around the 0.1-mbar level. For C6H6, an upper limit of 1.1 ppb (in the 0.3-10 mbar range) is derived at 15 degrees S, whereas a constant mixing ratio profile of 3(-1.5)(+3) pole. 1 5 ppb is inferred near the north At 15 degrees S, the vertical profile of HCN exhibits a steeper gradient than other molecules, which suggests that a sink for this molecule exists in the stratosphere, possibly due to haze formation. All molecules display a more or less pronounced enrichment towards the north pole, probably due, in part, to subsidence of air at the north (winter) pole that brings air enriched in photochemical compounds from the upper atmosphere to lower levels. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE, HCN, abundances, infrared observations, atmosphere, PAIRS, ROTOTRANSLATIONAL ABSORPTION-SPECTRA, SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE, MILLIMETER, LATITUDINAL VARIATIONS, HAZE, titan, VOYAGER INFRARED OBSERVATIONS, HETERODYNE OBSERVATIONS
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Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) Observations of Titan 2004–2017
Detection of Propadiene on Titan
Assessing the detectability of Europa's eutectic zone using radar sounding
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Discovering the Autochthonous Grapes of Piedmont's Monferrato
By Wine Enthusiast
From wine, food, to striking landscapes, Italy endlessly delights. Traversing the boot of Europe evokes visiting a dozen different countries as inhabitants of each province seek to preserve their singular heritage, including indigenous grapes. However, some regions, notably Monferrato in Piedmont, boast high numbers of autochthonous grapes which persist beyond mere novelty. In other words, Monferrato's native grapes are commercially viable, delicious and worth seeking out. Here's a look at how and why the region's fascinating array of wines survived obscurity to become hidden gems.
In 1946, wine producers in Monferrato joined with their counterparts in Barbera d'Asti to create a consortium. Today, the organization known as Consorzio Barbera d'Asti e Vini del Monferrato or Consortium of Barbera d'Asti and Monferrato Wines, boasts 354 participating wineries, covering 13 different appellations. The consortium has myriad objectives, one being to support and promote heritage grapes. Though Barbera is a flagship variety of the region, many other grapes, some cultivated since the Middle Ages, remain critical to maintaining Monferrato's fascinating biodiversity. Dedication to the preservation of those grapes is testified to by the high number of appellations protected by the consortium. Of course, Barbera d'Asti DOCG leads the pack, followed by denominations covering specific varieties such as red grapes Dolcetto, Ruché, Grignolino, Freisa and Albarossa plus white grape Cortese.
Barbera, the most widely planted grape in Piedmont, produces rich, concentrated wines. Fruit-forward flavors are redolent of black and red berries, licorice, and spice with a frame of velvety tannins. The appellation of Barbera d'Asti was upgraded to a DOCG in 2008 since the hills around Asti have proven fertile and favorable ground for Barbera. The reputation of Barbera d'Asti DOCG, plus the accessibility of its taste, quality and price point, make it popular amongst locals. The Superiore designation calls for 12 months ageing with at least six months in barrel. D'Asti has great maturation potential, often evolving favorably for 6-10 years in the cellar.
Officially recognized in 2014, the Nizza DOCG is a newer appellation devoted exclusively to Barbera. Wines are deep ruby red, dry and full-bodied, much like their counterparts in d'Asti, the appellation in which Nizza was formerly a sub-region.
Another signature variety of Monferrato is Dolcetto. In fact, this red grape known as the "little sweet one" is Piedmont's third significant variety with 11 appellations of origin and a long history of production. Wines from Dolcetto d'Asti DOC and Monferrato DOC offer an appealing fruitiness, moderate to low acidity, deep color, and affordable price point, making it a consumer favorite. Dolcetto is usually bottled alone (no blending) and consumed while youthful in order to enjoy its cherry flavors and almond finish.
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Those with an adventurous palate should consider Ruché. This rare grape grows around Castagnole Monferrato in the appellation of Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG. Thought to originate from a grape variety imported by monks from Burgundy, the wine earned recognition as a DOC in 1987, later elevated to a DOCG in 2010. Younger wines bottled without oak best express the grape's propensity for perfume. The pale ruby-hued wine brims with aromatics suggestive of sun-ripened strawberries and black cherries, flowers, cinnamon stick, and white pepper.
Though harder to find in the U.S. market, the dry red wines of Grignolino deserve discovering. A good place to look for Grignolinio: wine bars and restaurants governed by thoughtful sommeliers. Though transparent and relatively light in hue, Grignolino d'Asti DOC offers firm tannins and bright acidity with aromatics ranging from Moroccan rose, African violet to forest berries. Production of Grignolino has been well-documented over centuries, making it one of the area's legacy grapes. It can be difficult to cultivate, a likely factor in declining production numbers, yet when crafted with deft and finesse, results prove fantastic.
Freisa, found in the Freisa d'Asti DOC of Monferrato, delivers fragrant rose and red raspberry aromas and flavors. Typically bottled alone, this red grape is one of the area's oldest varieties and a relative to Nebbiolo. Freisa's versatility allows it to be produced in a range of styles. Look for lightly sparkling aperitif expressions, dry still table wines, to traditional farmer-favorite sweet styles for sipping alongside fruit-based desserts.
Another uncommon red variety is Albarossa. The grape was created in the late 1930s by a professor who crossed Barbera with Chatus. Though unrelated to Nebbiolo, Albarossa can fool the nose with its rose and violet aromatics, though on the palate it tends towards soft tannins, fresh acidity and a medium to full body. In 2001, the Monferrato Rosso DOC welcomed its use in blends and as a varietal wine.
Though Monferrato excels at red grapes, producers make beautiful white wines, too. Consider Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato DOC. Cultivated mainly in the province of Asti and in the northeast around Casale, wines from Cortese are typically dry, crisp and bright with aromas and flavors of white flowers, stone fruit, and citrus finishing with a touch of bitterness. Better bottlings showing structure and the possibility of aging.
Of course, the best way to discover Monferrato's hidden gems is to visit. However, if such circumstances don't align, pick up a few of these wines and take a virtual tour of the Monferrato hills using your glass at home.


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MORRIS, CARL ORIGINAL MOUNTED ANTIQUE PHOTO
Carl E. Morris (February 23, 1887 – July 11, 1951) was a professional boxer who was known as the Oklahoma White Hope. He was a heavyweight, fighting at 225–240 pounds. He was 6 feet 4 inches tall. He was born on February 23, 1887 in Fulton, Kentucky. On December 16, 1918 he lost a fight to Jack Dempsey at the Louisiana Auditorium in New Orleans. Morris fought from 1910 to 1922 amassing a record of 52-15-2. In his career he fought many notables including Fred Fulton, Fireman Jim Flynn, Battling Levinsky, Jack Dempsey, Gunboat Smith, Billy Miske, Frank Moran and Jess Willard. In later life he worked as a steam shovel operator. He died on July 11, 1951 in Pasadena, California of cancer. Offered here is a rare, original, first generation, mounted, antique photo of Carl Morris in 1915 at the height of his career.
This is an original, first generation, mounted, antique photo of Morris in full fight pose. Photographer raised stamp for Bert of Kansas City at lower right. Bold, clear image. Clean front and back. Not creased or torn. Minor corner wear. 8" x 10."
Size: 8 x 10


I am now getting the same issue with failed login. Can someone confim for me where I need to make this change that should resolve it?
And if that isn't enough information for you to do it yourself i suggest you wait till we push a fix.
The screen stays at the playlist menu and I am unable to view items in the playlist.
Looks like the error is around line 790.
TobiasTheCommie Wrote: In the YouTubeLogin.py file.
I thought it would be but wanted to double check before I went down the wrong route. All sorted and able to log in fine now. Many thanks.
Anyone had success with the 4oD youtube stream on ATV2?
I have subscribed to the channel via youtube (and am a UK user) and am able to open some streams by going to \My Subscriptions\4oD, but most fail (e.g. Father Ted, Fresh Meat).
If I go through \Explore Youtube\Youtube Shows\Comedy I can find some 4oD shows but cannot open any of them.
Anyone have any joy with a full 4oD experience via Youtube?
Kalakuta Wrote: Anyone had success with the 4oD youtube stream on ATV2?
Why does this add-on sets everything to container.content(movies)?
This has been discussed earlier, its a remnant of some earlier testing. We will be pushing out updates to disable this.
Do I need to replace the entire code in step B with the one you provided or just some of it?
Pednick Wrote: Do I need to replace the entire code in step B with the one you provided or just some of it?
Please just wait for us to push the next 2.7 beta. It is really close.
- Fixed problem with playback caused by bad regex.
YouTube have changed a lot of their site, and the old stable code has become unmanagable by now. So we have removed the scrapers(explore youtube) that didn't work.
The new version will be far easier to manage, and errors should be fixed faster with our new setup.


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We're often asked about the "ROI" of Innovation Games®, as in "What kind of ROI should I expect from using collaboration frameworks?"At times the question seems absurd, for reasons that I'll explain later. Most of time, though,we're quite sympathetic to those asking the question. Most of us see too many new products fail, experience painfully ineffective meetings, watch our companies waste precious resources on projects that are just plain bad ideas, and use bloated products with unnecessary features. People who have had these experiences seek assurance that investing in using Innovation Games® collaboration frameworks to create better products, improve meetings, eliminate unnecessary projects and prioritize feature backlogs (and project portfolios) will produce an appropriate return.
In this post, I will start a conversation on how you can develop an ROI model suitable for your use of the games/frameworks. Over the next few months, we'll supplement this post with additional tools that you can use to calculate the value of the games. Be forewarned, though, that I will challenging simplistic notions of ROI, and when and why you think you need to calculate it.
Customer Smiles: "This was fun, thanks." "That was a fun exercise." "It was hard. But lots of fun." These are actual copies from the chat logs of customers playing our games. Playing games with customers brings a smile. Put another way, when was the last time your customers thanked you for asking them to take a survey?
Sharing Tacit Knowledge/Experience: Games provide a natural way for the players to transmit tacit knowledge. Within a company, this tacit knowledge can help employees learn from others why a certain proposal is not optimal. When customers are playing games, we see them routinely sharing best best practices ("You really don't want to buy the flibblebopper feature, because if you configure your system this way you can work-around the problem. What you need is the geeble, because it solves a problem for which there is no work-around").
Because Innovation Games are used to solve specific problems, it is important to select the ROI Factors that are relevant to the games chosen and the surrounding context. And while there are many ways to organize the frameworks (a subject for both a future post that is also part of a pending new website design), let's consider three types of games based on our Ideas to Action Process, which follows well-known innovation and meeting processes. As you can see in this table, there are several ROI factors that you can use to help you frame your use of the games.
Customer Smiles: "This was fun, thanks." "That was a fun exercise." "It was hard but lots of fun." These are actual copies from the chat logs of customers playing our games. Playing games with customers brings a smile. Put another way, when was the last time your customers thanked you for asking them to take a survey?
Sharing Tacit Knowledge/Experience: Games provide a natural way for the players to transmit tacit knowledge. Within a company, this tacit knowledge can help employees learn from others why a certain proposal is not optimal. When customers are playing games, we see them routinely sharing best best practices ("You really don't want to buy the flibblebopper feature because if you configure your system this way you can work around the problem. What you need is the geeble because it solves a problem for which there is no work-around").
I know. ROI Factors such as "Idea Quality" is a completely subjective concept. It depends on how you define quality. When you're dealing with ROI factors, especially in areas like ideation, your best approach is to be completely candid with about what you and your company are willing to pay for an idea. This can be challenging, especially since no one can accurately predict apriori how many ideas will be generated in an ideation event or the quality of these generated ideas. But, it is helpful to try.
In one client project, we were working with a group of about 140 executives. The client felt that if they got 500 total and 50 "high quality" ideas from the 1/2 day session they would be happy. The definition of "high quality" was that these ideas would pass the first gate in their Stage-Gate New Product Development Process. This means that each executive would need to contribute 4-6 ideas and that each group of 8 executives would need produce between 3 and 4 high quality ideas. This seemed entirely reasonable to us, but… what would this cost? And would the costs be worth it?
To put numbers behind this, let's say that the fully loaded costs of an executive are $200,000. Let's further assume that executives work 50 weeks/year, or 250 days, or 2,000 hours, for an effective "executive rate" of $100/hr. The 1/2 meeting therefore cost them $100/hr/executive * 4 hr * 140 execs = $56,000. Let's add in travel costs, meeting room costs, facilitator costs, and say that the 1/2 day meeting cost an even $100,000. That means that this team was valuing an "idea" at $200 and a "high quality idea" at $2,000. Based on on their New Product Development metrics, this client felt that these numbers would be very good. (And yes, the math here is simple, but trust me… all ROI is simple math. If your ROI ends up looking like a Collateralized Debt Obligation, chances are pretty good that you don't have any ROI and you should avoid the investment).
Product Managers and Product Owners in Agile Software Development teams use our games to prioritize their features. In Agile terms, an "Epic" is a really big chunk of work — something that you'd probably include in a press release! Epics are typically decomposed into smaller, more digestible chunks of work called "stories". A story has the quality that it can be completed within a specified time box referred to as a "Sprint". To see why Agile Teams work so hard on prioritization, let's look at the hard costs associated with delivering a new epic into the market. This is an interactive spreadsheet, and I encourage you to enter your own values. As you can see, the point is that sometimes it can be quite easy to calculate the ROI of playing our games.
There are times when a potential customers' insistence for "guaranteed ROI" borders on the absurd: It is actually quite rare that business can generate ROI from collaborative activities without some degree of work and/or changes to their existing process. And these kinds of ROI come with risk. Unfortunately, not all people want to acknowledge risk, especially when it comes to investments. To see what I mean, consider a supermarket that needs to choose between repairing a broken rooftop compressor or replacing it with a new one. The comparison can be done quite straightforwardly, and depending on the payback period of the new compressor the supermarket manager can generally make a clear choice. This clear choice is not so clear when it comes to the kind of ideation and collaboration infrastructure created by the games.
Fear of the word games: After all, aren't games supposed to be fun? We're a serious business. We do serious stuff. We don't have time for games or fun.
Fear of delayed ROI: Suppose you acquire an annual enterprise license for Innovation Games® online. What if you don't get the "ROI" in the first 6 months? Indeed, how will you know which game your company played produced the ROI, as any single game could provide the requisite ROI.
Fear of looking bad: What happens if we try a game and our customers or employees don't like it? Will I look bad? Will my boss fire me? Better not try this until it is "guaranteed".
There are times when ROI is used to compare different ways of achieving the same goal. In these cases, your first step is to determine the full set of costs associated with the project before considering the potential gain. In many situations, our clients find that the costs associated with using the games are the same or lower than costs of other techniques. But watch out! You'll find that these kinds of ROI analysis can't really be done as easily as you'd like, because choosing a different way to achieve the goal actually changes the goal you're trying to achieve.
Preparing the questionnaire. Preparing the features for the game. Most of our customers report that preparing the features for our games improves communication between product management, product marketing, and product development because features are described in terms of benefits and projected costs. Note also that you can't easily design a single questionnaire to get the same data that you get in a Buy a Feature game, because a Buy a Feature game produces three kinds of results: the priorities of the customers, the reasons behind these priorities, and critical requirements that shape features.
Administering the questionnaire. Playing the game. Surveys don't include facilitators, so it is easy to assume that the costs of playing a game with a facilitator must be higher. However, make sure that you're comparing the right numbers. A single game played with 7 people is equivalent to 7 completed questionnaires.
Analyzing results. Analyzing results. The costs associated with analyzing results varies with the design of the survey. For example, while surveys that don't include any free-form text input are easier/cheaper to analyze, they lack the ability to generate deep insights into the motivations behind survey choices. Our games, on the other hand, include rich chat logs that provide deep insights.
People hate surveys. People love games. This is the kicker, isn't it? How do you calculate the ROI of customers who were happy to give you their feedback vs. customers who reluctantly took a survey? Since it has inherent value, you can put a number against it and include it in your calculations. But keep in mind that "taking a survey" needs to factor into the "cost" factors of ROI (since people don't like to do it) while "playing games" needs to factor into the "gain" of the method (since people like to do it).[separator type='transparent' color=" thickness='1′ up=" down="]We have had a mixed set of experiences with customers who calculate comparative ROIs. In some cases customers were expecting certain categories of costs to simply disappear (e.g., "What? You mean we still have to develop a screener? Uh, yeah, if you want to get the right people playing your games."). When these costs didn't disappear, they decided to go with their tried and true method. While this is disappointing, a far greater disappointment occurs when the ROI for the games is better than traditional approaches but the customer still decides to go with a traditional approach. This isn't a rejection of the ROI, but a fear of the method (see previous section).
[separator type='transparent' color=" thickness='1′ up=" down="]Fortunately, most of the time a comparative ROI calculation opens up more meaningful conversations about the merits of games vs. traditional approaches, which inevitably leads to discussions of "Business Value" vs. ROI. There are a large number of actions that we take in business where the individual ROI of any one action is either unknown, impractical to calculate, or negative, and yet we continue to do them because the accumulation of these actions produces sustainable business value. For example, every month I wrote this blog and Tami Carter publishes our newsletter. These are the actions of a company who is committed to the long term success of its customers and has a similar commitment to success of a new industry. However, I'd never ask Tami to calculate the ROI of single newsletter. It just doesn't make sense.
Many years ago, I was hired by Qualcomm to help them create an ROI tool for their FleetAdvisor System. As I was developing this tool, one of the Qualcomm executives I interviewed said "I never believe the ROI shown in these ROI tools. They all demonstrate absurdly large ROI after the second year. Our customers aren't stupid, and telling them to expect an unrealistic ROI from our systems insults them." He was right, so we worked on several ways to present a realistic ROI.
This, then, is my own concern with calculating the ROI of Innovation Games. It can be absurd. We've seen teams playing Product Box generate the seed idea for a multi-million dollar revenue software product platform. What portion of the ROI should we claim when the idea is clearly shown to be an outcome from playing the game? While some companies might try claim the complete ROI, we can't, because we know that good ideas are not enough. Smart Product Development, Effective Marketing, Efficient Sales… the list goes on. All contribute to the total ROI.
We've seen globally distributed teams playing Buy a Feature online eliminate more than $10M of unnecessary projects from the project portfolio. Amazing, stupendous, and yes, a bit absurd, ROI. But if that helps you make the case to your management team, go ahead and use it.
What's the value of a new idea? What's the value of avoiding unnecessary work? Tell us your numbers for these and we'll show you how Innovation Games can exceed your ROI requirements. Without being absurd.


News flash: the criteria used by Golf Digest architecture editor Ron Whitten to rank the top 100 courses has changed. The standard language used to assess fairway quality is no longer "lush and green," it is now "firm and fast." This simple change in semantics may prove to have a profound impact on fairway management tactics.
One such tactic to progress toward "firm and fast" fairways is sand topdressing. Sand topdressing was once a luxury that only high-end courses could afford. However, as the demands for excellent playability have increased, it has become a common practice at clubs throughout the southwest region. Sand topdressing improves surface smoothness and decreases plugged lies that can occur in areas with excessive organic matter and surface moisture. Eventually, routine sand topdressing improves the fairway rootzone, increasing the soil's ability to leach salts and reducing thatch.
High quality sands are not necessary for improving fairway conditions, but it is important that the topdressing be free of gravel which can be unsightly and damaging to mowers. In addition, the sand should contain very little clay (<3%) and silt (<5%).
When considering fairway topdressing, be sure to communicate with your club officials the level of commitment a program such as this entails. Abandoning the topdressing program 3 years after its initiation would be a mistake and a waste of club resources. Moreover, it is important to communicate that visual benefits of such programs will not likely be seen until two to three inches of sand have been applied, which may take 3-4 years, depending on how aggressive the program.
As always, the Green Section staff is here for you and your golf course to provide the best possible playing conditions.
Source: Brian Whitlark ( bwhitlark@usga.org ) is an agronomist with the Southwest Region of the USGA Green Section located in Phoenix, Arizona.


There's no perfect way to tell your children you're getting divorced, but one thing is for sure: You'll have to break the news sooner rather than later.
"This is a conversation that children will remember for the rest of their lives," says Helping Your Kids Cope With Divorce author M. Gary Neuman. You have to be careful about the way you present it—and according to psychologists, it's best to do it together, as a team.
"This is not the time for accusations or bitterness. This isn't about you; it's about your children's emotional well-being," says Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D. You and your soon-to-be ex should come together to tell your children to inspire their confidence that you'll both work together as a team when it comes to parenting.
You'll also need to plan out what you're going to say, because this isn't something you can just "wing" and hope for the best. You and your spouse can cover a lot of ground together, but you must make sure that you reassure your kids you'll love them no matter what.
Your kids will probably have plenty of questions, including how the divorce will affect them—so be prepared to answer them as best (and as honestly, without sharing the gory details) as you can.
If you're thinking about divorce, it may be in your best interest to talk to a Milwaukee divorce lawyer who understands what you're going through and who can help you get the best possible outcome.
Call us at 414-383-6700 or 262-650-6700 for a free divorce consultation. We'll evaluate your situation and begin developing a strategy that gets you the best possible outcome.
If you're a parent who's getting divorced in Milwaukee, Waukesha, or any of the surrounding communities, you've probably already thought about breaking the news to your children.


Robert Jones is a Senior Associate Solicitor at CFG Law. Robert has over 15 years' experience in personal injury compensation and has specialist knowledge and experience in dealing with many serious injury cases, including serious orthopaedic injuries, injuries involving chronic pain symptoms and serious head and brain injury claims.
Robert's experiences means he truly understands the importance of getting his clients onto the correct treatment plan quickly in order for them to make the best recovery possible. He arranges bespoke treatment and therapies for clients, to ensure they make a better and quicker recovery. His focus is on improving his clients' quality of life. He strives to find the best possible care for their injuries, as well as guidance to improve their recovery and regain as much normality as possible.
Robert approaches all cases with empathy and humility; he endeavours to treat every client and every case on an individual basis. At the outset of the case and throughout, he identifies what his client's priorities are and what they seek to acheive from their serious injury claim. Both inside and outside of work, Robert instinctively supports the underdog and fights relentlessly to seek justice for his clients.
Robert completed his training contract and worked for several years at a Defendant firm of Solicitors. This training and experience taught Robert the strategy and methods used by Defendants and means he can formualte the best possible approach to employ in each case to ensure a successful outcome. He helps to secure the best possible settlement for clients by early issuing of claims and applying pressure thoughout every stage of the litigation progress.
Robert has also raised funds for The Children's Trust by participating in the Great Manchester 10K Run as part of the CFG Law Team.


Eyes are definitely the mirror of our soul and the skin around them is a vivid indicator of our lifestyle and health. In this article, you can find useful info on how to remove eye bags and reduce wrinkles.
The eye area usually reacts to the slightest changes in your body sending SOS signals in the form of dark circles, puffy eyes and wrinkles.
The skin here is like a tissue paper about 0.5 mm thick while the rest of face skin is four times thicker.
It has no natural buffers such as muscles and fat cells. The number of elastic and collagen fibers is also very limited. Therefore, it is highly important to understand the causes of such problems.
Eye bags are mostly caused by fluid retention and it means that your body is unable to cope with the timely fluid excretion. Thus, it is advisable to take some absorbents in the morning to help quickly eliminate toxins.
Workaholism can also be the culprit of puffy eyes. Do not stare at the PC monitor all the daylong and give your eyes some rest.
Special exercises relieving eyestrain will help you a lot.
Repeat such exercise ten times.
The work of muscles stimulates lymph flow and relieves tension.
Eye bags oftentimes can be caused by liver or kidney problems, respiratory infections and inflammation of sinuses. In this case, you have the only way out – to visit your GP.
When it comes to daily beauty care, you should always spread a cosmetic product over the skin in a proper way.
The cream is applied with delicate movements avoiding its contact with eye mucous membranes. It is also not recommended to apply a thick cream layer.
Dark circles appear as the result of aging. As the years go by your skin inevitably becomes thinner making the network of capillaries more visible. Lack of iron can cause the bluish color of eyelids as well.
Chronic diseases of kidneys, cardiovascular system and thyroid gland, as well as venous circulation problems are also the reasons of dark circles. One of the symptoms of such diseases is a bluish skin color in the eye area.
Only your GP can provide medical advice and type of treatment and then prescribe an appropriate plan of health checkup.
One more problem is brown "shadows" which can be caused by excessive sun tanning and improper use of sunscreens.
Every morning you should apply a cream with SPF 30 at least.
Before going to bed, use creams with hyaluronic acid, vitamins E, K and C in combination with vitamin A derivatives, amino acids and peptide complexes.
Creams with prolonged action of vitamin C can eliminate such dark skin color and the duo of vitamins A and E has a great antioxidant effect.
Cobweb of wrinkles in the eye area usually starts developing after you have turned 25 years old. At a younger age, such wrinkles are almost invisible, but when you are around 30 years old, their formation is already completed and wrinkle contours become clearly seen.
Approaching the age of 35 the body gradually slows down production of collagen, which is the basis of skin elasticity.
To prevent the appearance of crow's feet there are special gymnastics for the eyes. One of the options you can find in this article.
What is an ideal cosmetic product for eye contours?
First, it should not be too greasy, so as not to cause the effect of puffy eyes.
Second, it should be non-sticky, so as not to stretch eye skin when applying it.
Besides, it is strictly not recommended to scrub eye area and apply purifying facemasks to it.


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We are introducing a new approach to supporting and managing events in the City of Yarra, where we can support you with planning a major event.
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Q: Select relevant marco from VF page and Execute In Console, I'm having a custom component where I have to show all relevant Macro based on the primary tab record (Case(Sobject)) Subject (Sobject field).
For example : When I select a Case, I should show the relevant Macro for that particular Case - Subject.
If the Case - Subject is Personal Loan Query, I have to Query Macro object based on the Case - Subject and I have to show in Custom Console Component.
From Custom Console Component, the selected macro has to be executed, going and executing in Macro widget instead.
Here is my code :
for (var i = 0; i < records.length; i++) {
        var mc = records[i];
        if(mc.Name.includes(sub)){

            //alert(mc.name + mc.Id);
            var p2 = ""+mc.Name+"
";
            //alert('dfs '+ p2);
            document.getElementById("output").insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', p2);
        }
      }

    //render the generated html string
    source.output.innerHTML = output;
    }
  }

  function openInWidget(id){
    sforce.console.selectMacro(id);
    executeInWidget();
  }

  function executeInWidget() {
      sforce.console.runSelectedMacro();
  }

It is selecting the Macro but not executed.

A: I have to call the "executeInWidget" function as like I have given below Then the selected macro is executed.
function openInWidget(id){
    sforce.console.selectMacro(id, executeInWidget);
  }

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Corporate Finance & Accounting Debt
Liquidation Preference
Alexandra Twin
Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies.
Corporate Finance & Accounting
Guide to Accounting
What Is a Liquidation Preference?
A liquidation preference is a clause in a contract that dictates the payout order in case of a corporate liquidation. Typically, the company's investors or preferred stockholders get their money back first, ahead of other kinds of stockholders or debtholders, in the event that the company must be liquidated. Liquidation preferences are frequently used in venture capital contracts, hybrid debt instruments, promissory notes and other structured private capital transactions, to clarify what investors get paid and in which order during a liquidation event, such as the sale of the company."
The liquidation preference determines who gets paid first and how much they get paid when a company must be liquidated, such as the sale of the company.
Investors or preferred shareholders are usually paid back first, ahead of holders of common stock and debt.
The liquidation preference is frequently used in venture capital contracts.
Understanding Liquidation Preference
Liquidation preference, in its broadest sense, determines who gets how much when a company is liquidated, sold, or goes bankrupt. To come to this conclusion, the company's liquidator must analyze the company's secured and unsecured loan agreements, as well as the definition of the share capital (both preferred and common stock) in the company's articles of association. As a result of this process, the liquidator is then able to rank all creditors and shareholders and distribute funds accordingly.
The liquidation preference determines who gets their money first when a company is sold, and how much money they are entitled to get.
How Liquidation Preferences Work
The use of specific liquidation preference dispositions is popular when venture capital firms invest in startup companies. The investors often make it a condition for their investment that they receive liquidation preference over other shareholders. This protects venture capitalists from losing money by making sure they get their initial investments back before other parties.
In these cases, there does not need to be an actual liquidation or bankruptcy of a company. In venture capital contracts, a sale of the company is often deemed to be a liquidation event. As such, if the company is sold at a profit, liquidation preference can also help venture capitalists be first in line to claim part of the profits. Venture capitalists are usually repaid before holders of common stock and before the company's original owners and employees. In many cases, the venture capital firm is also a common shareholder.
Liquidation Preference Examples
For example, assume a venture capital company invests $1 million in a startup in exchange for 50% of the common stock and $500,000 of preferred stock with liquidation preference. Assume also that the founders of the company invest $500,000 for the other 50% of the common stock. If the company is then sold for $3 million, the venture capital investors receive $2 million, being their preferred $1M and 50% of the remainder, while the founders receive $1 million.
Conversely, if the company sells for $1 million, the venture capital firm receives $1 million and the founders receive nothing.
More generally, liquidation preference can also refer to the repayment of creditors (such as bondholders) before shareholders if a company goes bankrupt. In such a case, the liquidator sells its assets, then uses that money to repay senior creditors first, then junior creditors, then shareholders. In the same way, creditors holding liens on specific assets, such as a mortgage on a building, have a liquidation preference over other creditors in terms of the proceeds of sale from the building.
Equity Definition
Equity typically refers to shareholders' equity, which represents the residual value to shareholders after debts and liabilities have been settled.
What Is a Stock?
A stock is a form of security that indicates the holder has proportionate ownership in the issuing corporation.
Deferred Share
A deferred share does not have any rights to the assets of a company undergoing bankruptcy until all common and preferred shareholders are paid.
Senior Security
A senior security refers to a debt instrument that ranks highest in the order of repayment and typically has a lower interest rate than junior debt.
Understanding Liquidators
A liquidator is a person or entity that liquidates something, often to wind up the affairs of a company that is closing.
Senior Debt
Senior debt is borrowed money that a company must repay first if it goes out of business.
What's the Difference Between the Equity Market and the Stock Market?
Corporate bankruptcy: An Overview
Preferred Stocks vs. Bonds: What's the Difference?
A Breakdown on How the Stock Market Works
Stock Trading Strategy & Education
What Happens to the Stock of a Company That Goes Bankrupt?
Trading Basic Education
Know Your Shareholder Rights


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https://www.barrons.com/articles/be-reasonable-dow-jump-150-points-breaks-25-000-because-greed-is-good-1515107247
Be Reasonable! Dow Jumps 150 Points, Breaks 25,000 Because Greed Is Good
Jan. 4, 2018 6:07 pm ET
Stocks surged to new highs again today because, suddenly, everyone loves the market ahead of tomorrow's payrolls data.
The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to 2723.99, a new all-time high, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 152.45 points, or 0.6%, to 25075.13, also a record. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.2% to 7077.91, enough for a record of its own. And did we mention that it was the Dow's first close above 25,000 EVER!!! OMG!
Why are stocks rallying? Some would have you believe that it's because of the strong ADP employment report, to which we say: Ridiculous! The ADP is good for trying to play payroll guessing games, but isn't generally thought to be a market-moving piece of data. And while ADP was better-than-expected, more Americans filed for weekly jobless claims insurance than economists had predicted. No, we're not willing to give this mixed data credit for the rally, especially with the Labor Department's non-farm payrolls report due tomorrow morning.
About that number. NatAlliance Securities' Andrew Brenner calls it "meaningless." Not only did U.S. indexes close higher, Japan soared, Europe rallied, and even Greek bonds were being bought, he says. Never mind that there is now an 88% chance that the Fed will raise rates again in March and a 51% chance of a second hike in June. "At some point the risk markets, and even the treasury markets, will have to wake up that this Fed is serious about removing the punch bowl," Brenner says. "For now greed continues to win out, which is why the employment numbers tomorrow are meaningless."
S&P Dow Jones Indicies' Howard Silverblatt compares today to 1964:
For those of you who celebrated New Year's like it was 1999, the celebration continued on, like it was 1964. If you were not around (or full invested) back then, the S&P 500 closed 1963 at a new closing high, [and] it opened 1964 with six consecutive days of new closing highs, for seven days in paradise (as compared to Seven Days in May); the Dow missed a new high for the 1963 close and the 1964 open, but posted five straight new closing highs after that.
History doesn't necessarily repeat, but it certainly rhymes.


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Casey Sanborn
Designer, Storyboard Artist, Illustrator, 3D Modeler.
Casey Sanborn is an experienced Illustrator, Art Director, and Designer with multiple published titles in print.
Past clients include: Disney Enterprises, Inc., DreamWorks, Marvel Entertainment, Sesame Street Workshop, Sony, the National Dairy Council, HIT Entertainment, and the National Football League.
Prior to working as a freelance illustrator, Casey worked for over five years at an international publishing company as an Art Director and Illustrator for children's electronic books and multi-media.
He holds a B.F.A. in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Currently, Casey is earning a degree in 3D Animation and Visual Effects from Vancouver Film School. His primary focus of study is 3D Modeling and Animation.
You can contact Casey at:
e-mail: caseysanborn@gmail.com
To view Casey's portfolio online, please visit either of the following links:
http://www.behance.net/caseysanborn
http://www.coroflot.com/caseysanborndesign
Specialties: Proficiency In a wide variety of traditional and digital media. Extensive knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Autodesk Maya, and Zbrush. Ability to render in many styles. Strong eye for layout, color, and typography. A good communicator who is comfortable taking direction and critique. Self-managing and able to meet deadlines. Ability to learn new tools quickly.
Diploma in 3D Animation and Visual Effects 3D Modeling Stream
Vancouver Film School
B.F.A. Illustration
Related coursework: Illustration I-III, Painting I-III, Children's Book Illustration, Picture and Word, Introduction to Animation, Character Animation, Storyboarding, Comic Book Stroytelling, The Comic Book Narrative, Computers for Illustrators I & II, Layout and Art Direction, Advanced Projects, various art history coursework, various liberal arts courses.
Casey Sanborn Illustration Studio
Nov 2007 - Present (14 years 2 months)
• Experienced illustrator with multiple published titles in print.
• Approved illustrator for several licensed character groups including: Disney Princess, Sesame Street, DreamWork's Shrek, The Smurfs, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Marvel Spider-Man & Friends, and Rainbow Magic.
• Closely follows client direction and communication.
• Creates vibrant, lush illustration in various design styles.
• Self-manager with ability to successfully meet deadlines.
• Follows diverse licensor style guides to keep characters and illustrations on model.
• Conceptualizes original characters, environments, props and worlds.
Publications International, Ltd.
• Designed children's electronic books and multi-media products from initial concept through final product.
• Composed full-sized layouts and art direction for freelance illustrators.
• Made art corrections based on licensor comments and bluelines.
• Worked closely with production through the proofing process and color correction to final product.
• Specialized as the company's in-house illustrator.
• Designed pop-ups, plush toys, interactive games, and animations.
• Worked with outside manufacturers and licensors.
Approved illustrator for the following licensed character groups: Disney Princess, Sesame Street, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Shrek, The Smurfs, Rainbow Magic, Marvel: Spider-Man & Friends.
Vancouver Film School, Rhode Island School of Design Alumni, Chicago Spirit Brigade, Sesame Street Workshop, Marvel, DreamWorks
@caseysanborndesign, member since 2008
Jake and the Never Land Pirates from Casey Sanborn
These are illustrations for the 'First Look and Find' book featuring the characters of Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates. The 24-page, hardcover book will measure approximately 10" x 12 1/8" and will include eight extra-busy scenes.
In each full-spread scene, a panel on the left-hand side of the spread will display 6 to 8 "findems" contained in the illustration. The 9th spread of the book will present extra findems for each of the eight scenes. Hidden throughout the scenes in the book will also be a total of 25 doubloons, which will serve as extra findems.
©2012 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
The Hideout - This is an illustration for a First Look and Find book featuring the characters of Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
In each full-spread scene, a panel on the left-hand side of the spread will display 6 to 8 "findems" contained in the illustration. The 9th spread of the book will present extra findems for each of the eight scenes. Hidden throughout the scenes in the book will also be a total of 25 doubloons, which will serve as extra findems.
©2012 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Havabanana Grove - This is an illustration for a First Look and Find book featuring the characters of Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
The Jolly Roger - This is an illustration for a First Look and Find book featuring the characters of Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
Tiptoe Pass - This is an illustration for a First Look and Find book featuring the characters of Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
Bucky - This is an illustration for a First Look and Find book featuring the characters of Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
Captain Hook's Hidden Treasure Cave - This is an illustration for a First Look and Find book featuring the characters of Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
Pirate Island Beach - This is an illustration for a First Look and Find book featuring the characters of Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
Designer, Storyboard Artist, Illustrator, 3D Modeler. Vancouver, Canada


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RFID is an electronic car license, is a technology with characteristics of R FID high precision recognition, high accurate acquisition, high sensitivity, RFID electronic license plate as the vehicle of information carrier, the electronic tag in thecorresponding region of vehicles such as storage models attribute information, and by the motor vehicle through the fitted with RFID authorized reader section, for eachvehicle electronic license plate on the data collected or written, to all kinds ofcomprehensive traffic management purposes. According to introduction, the use of FRFID electronic vehicle license, the traffic police can quickly identify the vehicle hasforged documents, false deck and other illegal behavior.
The traffic police department said, electronic license plate is not currently in place of the traditional license plate, but in the future or will become a vehicle the only "identity card".
Reportedly, Shenzhen will be the first to promote the RFID electronic vehicle licensepilot project, the first phase of the first batch of pilot models is a trial installation bus,bus, taxi and other special class 8 cars, is expected to cover 150000 -20 million vehicles.


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The Young And The Restless Spoilers: Judith Chapman Says Gloria Will Be Back, Here's What's Ahead for Gloworm
By Chrissie Marie	 Last updated Feb 7, 2019
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The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers tease that Gloria Bardwell (Judith Chapman) has not been seen for quite some time in Genoa City. Some assumed Gloria wouldn't be back ever again. Chapman spoke to CBS Soaps In Depth and said that Gloworm will be back—eventually.
Judith Is Busy On Days Of Our Lives
At the moment, Judith is busy on DOOL. She is playing the mother of the con man, Leo (Greg Rikaart). They are thrilled to be working together and, reportedly, Chapman will be tied up with NBC for a few months at least. However, when she is done, she hopes that Josh Griffith will find a hot storyline for Gloria to come back.
Christian LeBlanc Spoke Out About Judith
While Judith is busy working with Greg, her other TV son spoke out about her and the possibility of her return to the Young and the Restless. Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) said that he hopes that she returns as soon as she can because her presence and energy is greatly missed on the set.
.@real_jchapman Dishes On: #YR Gloria & Jack's Drunken Romp, Her Return To Daytime & Those Baldwin/Fisher Boys! https://t.co/fcpwtKgj8W pic.twitter.com/CJb7gLRI8O
— MIchael Fairman (@MichaelFairman) February 1, 2017
"Judith Chapman, my mother, is a powerhouse wherever she goes. I want her back on Y&R and I miss her greatly. DAYS is amazing though. All those people are friends of mine. I know Judith loves working. I only wish her the best but like I said I miss her so much. Michael needs is mommy back!" Christian said of Chapman.
Judith's bio on social media still reads that she is currently playing Gloria Bardwell on Y&R, so there is hope that she will one day return to where, most fans, believe that she belongs.
The Young And The Restless Spoilers: Kristoff St. John's Final Air Date, Tribute Episode To Air Friday
Would you like to see Gloria return to Y&R? Don't forget to come back later for more The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers, news, and casting news!


Thanks gg, so the scam had been recorded and not answered live. I clicked on 1 so no problem?
You were only responding to the 1571 service (click 1 to hear the message, 2 to save or 3 to delete) - nothing will apply to the actual context of the scam message.
Apologies to drag this one out.
I called 1571 and clicked on 1 to listen to the message. The scammer gave his warning message and asked me to click on 1 to continue my Broadband and landline or 2 to terminate the services.
I fell hook line and sinker by clicking on 1. That's when the BT automated voice came back with her initial directions, press 1 to listen, 2 to save etc.
That really through me Guru because I thought I had missed my chance to stay on line. I was tired just having arrived back from a long journey. I could have messed up BIG TIME if I had heard the message live. Cheers.
Yet another one (obviously they have my number and keep trying). 01789633629 - reported and blocked.
Third one of these calls for me. Different number 01705 568536. Now reported and blocked.
Has anyone been scammed yet after following instructions by the scam call. What is the scam? What is the aim of the scam?
Sometimes these callers use non-existent area codes. You would think that BT could add an option to their Call Protect service to automatically block such "impossible" calls!


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Where my vegans at? *insert Happy and you know it tune* If you love eating veggies and want new recipes, clap your hands! CLAP CLAP.
A friend of mine published a book called A Vegans Guide to Plant Homicide. Her name is Brett and she is also a blogger. Her blog is called Wine and Misadventures. I believe she also runs a podcast which you can find on her website.
Her book was published in August and has an assortment of vegan recipes that look delicious. I am not vegan myself but I love tofu and find I don't eat that much meat as is. Trying new recipes is fun for me and this cookbook gives you recipes with an entertainment aspect to it. You feel like she is there with you, cooking and having a great time when you follow the recipes in this book.
My personal favorite recipe in this book is the Mixed Berry Bliss Smoothie. Whenever I open a recipe book, I always flip through to the smoothies and milkshakes page. Sweet liquid treats are a true desire of mine. If you don't believe me, just wait outside of a Booster Juice and I'm sure we will run into each other.
And there are are fun quotes to inspire you as you go through the book trying out all the healthy, flavourful recipes. I would strongly recommend buying this book if you are vegan and want some help planning some delicious meals. Even if you aren't vegan, give it a whirl. You will not be disappointed.
You can buy the book at this link: Www.blurb.ca/user/brettlarabie.
Disclaimer: This book was sent to us in e-book format to read, try the recipes, and give an honest review.
Thanks to Callisto Media Inc. for sending me copies of The Easy 5-Ingredient Ketogenic Diet Cookbook by Jen Fisch of ketointhecity.com and The Complete Convection Oven Cookbook by Robin Donovan for review.
These cookbooks are fantastic! I made so many of the recipes from them and they were all delicious and really easy to make. My favorite is the Almond Butter Smoothie. I tried it because I had never even heard of almond butter and it was sooo good. The best part is that is is very healthy for you too!
My second favorite recipe would have to be the Garlic Parmesan Salmon. I cooked dinner for my friend Elizabeth (she is a pescatarian) and we had this with garlic bread. It was so tasty!
All the recipes are very straightforward. No difficult tasks, they speak to you in human terms that everyone will understand and they are quick preparation meals. These cookbooks are perfect for anyone on a busy schedule that has little time to cook. You get the best of both worlds because you don't spend that much time cooking and you still get a delicious dinner.
You can find these books on Amazon!
Disclaimer: I was sent these books by Callisto Media Inc. to read, use and give an honest review.


"Wadala Station?" I asked as a taxi approached me while I was returning home from a trip to the Siddhivinayak Temple here in Mumbai today.
"Come, sit," the driver said, as I thanked my stars because a few drivers had turned my request down.
I was surprised to hear this from a taxi driver, whose peer group is otherwise cursed for looting money from passengers. Before I could've said anything, he continued.
I was utterly surprised at this man's thoughts about saving money. So I enquired about his family and work.
I was astonished on these wise words on saving and investment from a poor, uneducated taxi driver.
"Amazing," I said to myself as the taxi stopped in front of Wadala Station.
I was surprised again, this time on his business ethics.
"Goodbye Kantilal ji. Take care," I said while getting down from the taxi.
"Goodbye sir, it was nice meting you," he said.
On my journey from Wadala Station to home, I continued to think about the discussion I had with Kantilal, and the amazing insights he shared with me on life and the need to save money and let it grow.
I sometimes wonder if more and more educated people think and act like Kantilal.
Over the past eight years, I've met many people who were highly educated but had lost their way while managing their hard-earned savings.
They had speculated on bad investments, led by 'hot tips' from their financial advisors, friends, or neighbours.
After years of hard work in their education and career-building, just one or two bad investment decisions had cost them heavy.
Kantilal, I owe this post to you. And I wish you continue to spread your wisdom on life and money with all your passengers.
Great, very good , was glad to read it.
Great lessons of life. Wish everyone understand the importance of saving and investing.
You are quite lucky to have met such a guy in your life time.
Indeed Ajay! I was so happy to meet that man. Sadly, I could not take his contact details. You don't find such simple, straight thinking people these days. Regards.
" power of simplicity"………nice post.
This is been amazing. The so called educated guys earn more and they spent more on credit cards. Most of them end up in CIBIL. Nice thought I thanks a lot for posting it.
Indeed Dileep. Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for the great post, Vishal.
But it is not surprising. Some of the best lessons I have learned in life is from the so-called uneducated people. The clarity of their thoughts can sometimes be astounding. We learn through books and through a system, but they learn through life and that's often more valuable.
Very true, Eswar. Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for your feedback Abhishek!
Thanks Bhavesh! It's hard to find such people these days, so I was pleasantly surprised to have met Kantilal.
Nice one, Vishal. I hope Kantilal's sons soon become entrepreneurs, since with their kind of thinking, they can build an umbrella for many other people rather than just for themselves through a job….
Very inspirational story. When we look back at India story, i feel most of the indians were either self employed in agriculture or professionals in thier own smalll way. Instead nurturing this with addition of education and knowledge of finance management, our successive government policy killed the enterprising spirit of people and trained them to be " salried" only. I am sorry, i am also a salaried man! At least post 1991, crisis revived this spirit to some extent.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Vishy!
I believe it is repost….
Since not many tribesmen had read this then, I re-posted it.
Excellent article. Hats Off to Kantilal. We rarely see people like him these days. It's a must read – with eyes and ears wide open.
Thanks Upendra! Indeed, Kantilal is an inspiration.
Nice story Vishal. Thanks for sharing it.
These stories make me think that the future of India is going to be much better. I have a maid servant at my home. She is illiterate, but her 10 year old daughter goes to an English medium school which is a reasonably good school in our neighborhood.
The moral of the story is that many people in lower strata of society have understood what a good education means. This brings hope that our future as a nation will be better.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Raj!
Kantilal has his goals clear. His thinking is a source of inspiration for me. Nice article.
Indeed Rajiv. Thanks for your comment!
Thanks Vishal. good article. Many a time, its the simplicity of things and thoughts that make it difficult to follow and implement .
Indeed Calisto. Thanks for your comment!
Culmination of education is character otherwise education is meaningless… This man has achieved the character. But we have many educated illiterates.
The common impression is that everybody is running after money in India but I have met many Kantilals in recent years…so I don't let negative experience (here and there) spoil the party.
Wonderful article Vishal ji on art of living.
one Dilemma i used to have and i think many of you must have surely experienced the same.
once you started following the above said principles ( which i sincerely do)….first of all you would feel..you are left behind the mass…….then….after sometime..your immediate frnds start passing comments on you saying..you have turned to some saint / the monk ……!
under these pressure sometime..i felt that there were right…and thought of re-joining the rat race……but then…..i felt…..that these people who are already..running..the rat race……i don't need to mind their opinion…..and secondly….i am answerable to myself when i go to bed….and not all these people….!
Very true, Kishorji. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Regards.
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.".
i totally agree….! I think…we are at the laughter stage..!
I had also met this Sikh person once. He was very courteous and offered me a lift while I was walking. I was pleased and humbled by his nature!


Sometime in the very near future, Detroit is a warzone. The worst section of town has been dubbed 'Brick Mansions,' and after an incursion by law enforcement to regain control ends in tragedy, officials take the drastic step of walling off the neighborhood from the rest of the city leaving everyone inside to fend for themselves.
Lino (David Belle) is the neighborhood vigilante, obsessed with making sure drug dealers, like the all-powerful Tremaine (RZA), lose as much money and influence as possible, considering he's just one man working on his own. Damien (Paul Walker) is a seasoned undercover cop from the city, whose father was slain trying to bring law and order back to Brick Mansions, and he's looking for a reason to infiltrate so he can see those who pulled the trigger pay.
The combination of Lino's ex-girlfriend Lola's (Catalina Denis) kidnapping and a small nuclear device being smuggled into Brick Mansions, both evils engineered by Tremaine, is what brings the neighborhood's Robin Hood and the big city's most driven cop together, the duo forging an uneasy alliance in a quest to bring this kingpin down. But nothing is what it seems and not every enemy is a foe and every ally a friend, and before Lino and Damien know it, they're suddenly faced with the realization the only people they can fully trust is one another.
Brick Mansions is a remake of the 2004 international French sensation District B13. Co-written and produced by action maestro Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita), District B13 was the initial introduction of the martial arts phenomenon known as Parkour (the art of efficiently moving through environments with only the human body as the tool), movement co-founder Belle featured in a primary role, making him an almost instant star. It was a fun, fast and incredibly loose bit of frenetic dystopian action silliness, countless movies of all shapes, sizes and stripes (including Casino Royale and Live Free or Die Hard) borrowing ideas hatched within it, presenting them in most cases as if they were their very own.
With that in mind, it does feel a little odd that it's taken a decade for a Hollywood remake to finally make its way into theatres. Also co-written and produced by Besson and directed by one of his B-movie action disciples Camille Delamarre (he edited Taken 2, Lockout, Colombiana and Transporter 3), the movie doesn't stray particularly far from the source material. If you've seen the French original, then you'll know exactly where this one is headed long before the characters themselves do, the lapses in logic more or less par for the course.
For everyone else, it's likely newcomers are buying tickets to either witness sequences of spectacular action or to see star Walker in what is tragically one of his final roles. If so, I doubt those who've entered the theatre for those reasons are likely to be disappointed. On the first front Delamarre stages sequences of adrenaline-fueled pyrotechnics with energetic glee, an eye-popping initial rooftop chase as glorious as it is giddily absurd. As for the second, while Walker doesn't do anything new or unexpected, he's still charismatically strong as the intractable and forthright Damien, understanding the mechanics of both the film and what is required of him down to the marrow.
Not that we're talking some B-grade action classic. The script was pretty silly the first time around and it is highly possible it's even more so in regards to the remake. On top of that, RZA might just be the most unimposing villain I've seen in ages, the music star and cultural icon not exactly the greatest actor of his generation, mumbling through his lines as if he's speaking with a mouth full of marbles. Delamarre has a bear of a time trying to maintain a minimal sense of continuity, keeping track of just how much time has passed between the start of the film and the explosive climax next to impossible.
Who am I kidding? As dumb as it all is - and, believe me, it's really, really stupid - the movie is a heck of a lot of fun. There are a flurry of exceptional scenes, not the least of which is a flat-out incredible bit of acrobatic derring-do involving Lino and Damien having a heck of a time trying to take down Tremaine's most imposing henchman, naturally nicknamed 'Yeti' (Robert Maillet). Belle is a natural star born from the Jackie Chan school of anything-goes lithe physical pyrotechnics, and much like the two French films in the series (District 13: Ultimatum was released in 2009) he steals the show the moment he steps into the frame.
This isn't a great movie. I'm not even sure it's a good one. But I can't say I wasn't entertained, and as inane as this remake might be, the fact it's an action effort that returns to basics and eschews computer-augmented bits of trickery for old school rock 'em-sock 'em, fists-a-flying fireworks is a major plus as far as I'm concerned. As one of Walker's final efforts, it's nothing to be ashamed of, and for those looking to have some mindless fun, but don't want to be treated as if they're brainless (even if the movie itself might be) Brick Mansions is a neighborhood worth visiting.


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Two Wounded in Separate Shootings Friday Afternoon, Early Saturday Morning
Bayview shootings Tenderloin by Bay City News | November 8, 2014 2:55 pm | in Crime | 0
Two people were wounded in separate shootings that happened in San Francisco between Friday afternoon and early this morning, a police spokeswoman said.
On Friday, officers responded to a report of a shooting at Third Street and Quesada Avenue in the city's Bayview District around 3:40 p.m., police Sgt. Monica MacDonald said.
A male victim was grazed by a bullet and took himself to San Francisco General Hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening, she said.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 100 block of Turk Street in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood shortly before 3 a.m. today, according to MacDonald.
Arriving officers found a victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg, MacDonald said.
It appears the victim was involved in argument over money with another person before being shot, she said.
The victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening, according to MacDonald.
No arrests were made and no suspect information was available for both shootings.
Jamey Padojino, Bay City News