(Reuters) - Papa John's International Inc (PZZA.O), the world's third-largest pizza delivery company, has reached out to potential acquirers to ask them to submit offers, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Papa John's has come under pressure by founder John Schnatter, who owns about 30 percent of the company. He resigned as chairman in July following reports that he had used a racial slur on a media training conference call. Since then, Schnatter has been seeking ways to regain control.
Papa John's sent out information this week about an auction to sell itself to other companies and private equity firms, and expects to receive first-round bids by the end of October, the sources said. There is no certainty of a sale, and Papa John's could also explore an alternative deal, such as receiving an investment, one of the sources added.
The sources asked not to be identified because the matter was confidential. Papa John's declined to comment. Reuters first reported last month that the company had hired Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and Lazard Ltd (LAZ.N) to prepare the ground for a sale.
Papa John's shares ended trading on Wednesday up 8.5 percent at $50.14, giving the company a market value of close to $1.6 billion.
Separately, Schnatter on Wednesday denied a CNBC report that said he had reached out to private equity firms about making an offer for Papa John's.
"Any such report about a potential transaction involving Mr Schnatter is totally and completely false. It is unfortunate that CNBC published this false story without first contacting Mr Schnatter to obtain the true facts," a spokesman for Schnatter said in an emailed statement.
A CNBC spokesman said that the business news TV channel stood by its reporting.
Papa John's has adopted a so-called poison pill defense to discourage a hostile takeover.
Schnatter sued the pizza chain's board and chief executive at the end of August to stop what he described as "the irreparable harm" they are causing the company, according to a court filing.
Last month, Papa John's posted a second-quarter comparable sales decline of 6.1 percent and cut its sales forecast, citing fallout from the company's split with Schnatter.
Negative publicity surrounding Schnatter depressed July traffic in North America, the company said at the time, noting it was hard to predict how long and how badly that would affect sales. Papa John's has more than 5,000 locations worldwide, mostly franchised restaurants.
Papa John's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ritchie has vowed to move beyond the fight with Schnatter with a new advertising and marketing campaign, while also removing Schnatter's image from company promotions. Two franchisee associations working with the company have expressed support for its strategy.
Ritchie, previously Papa John's president, took over as CEO in January. Schnatter came under fire in November for criticizing the National Football League's leadership over national anthem protests by players.
Dealmaking in the restaurant sector is heating up. Arby's-owner Inspire Brands Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Sonic Corp SONC.O for about $1.57 billion in cash, adding more than 3,600 drive-in restaurants to its portfolio that includes brands such as Buffalo Wild Wings and Rusty Taco.


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Q: Real time output showing in RichTextbox Is there anyone who can help me to read from console output before the process terminate.
I have a third party console application and his application probably not flushing the data after every line and I'm unable to read from.
Is there any other way rather than using Process like Shell or Using Any Windows API to read data from console on run-time?
Here is my code:
Private Sub StartMiner()

        MinerProcess = New Process

        MinerProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = False
        MinerProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "abc.exe"
        MinerProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
        MinerProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
        MinerProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
        MinerProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = True
        MinerProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = True
        MinerProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "--server abc"

        MinerProcess.BeginOutputReadLine()
        MinerProcess.BeginErrorReadLine()

        MinerProcess.Start()
        MinerProcess.WaitForExit()

End Sub

Private Sub MinerProcess_OutputDataReceived(sender As Object, e As DataReceivedEventArgs) Handles MinerProcess.OutputDataReceived

        If Me.InvokeRequired Then
            Me.BeginInvoke(CType(Sub()
                                     RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & e.Data & Environment.NewLine
                                 End Sub, MethodInvoker))
        Else
            RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text & e.Data & Environment.NewLine
        End If

End Sub

Also I have tried using Read , BeginRead , Readline , ReadtoEnd but nothing working as I need. All methods works, but show output when I terminate the process and console file is long running process so can't close and reopen again for getting output.

A: you can try to make a fileStream set to the process stdOutput
example:
Dim myStreamReader As StreamReader = myProcess.StandardOutput

and you can read myStreamReader over and over...

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IIF/SAS grants to support research on forecasting
By Mike Gilliland on The Business Forecasting Deal July 15, 2014 Topics | Advanced Analytics Analytics
Again this year (for the 12th time), SAS Research & Development has funded two $5,000 research grants, to be awarded by the International Institute of Forecasters.
Criteria for award of the grant will include likely impact on forecasting methods and business applications.
Consideration will be given to new researchers in the field and whether supplementary funding is possible.
The application must include: Project description, letter of support, C.V., and budget for the project.
Applications should be submitted to the IIF office by September 30, 2014 in electronic format to:
Pamela Stroud, Business Director, forecasters@forecasters.org
For more information: forecasters.org/grants-and-research-awards
See Pamela's IIF blog for information on 2013 grant winners Jeffrey Stonebraker (North Carolina State University, USA) and Yongchen (Herbert) Zhao (University at Albany, USA). The more information link also provides details on past grant recipients, including such forecasting royalty as Robert Fildes, Dave Dickey, Sven Crone, Paul Goodwin (who delivered the inaugural Foresight/SAS Webinar last year), and Stavros Asimakopoulous, who is delivering the July 24 (10am ET) Foresight/SAS Webinar on the topic of forecasting with mobile devices.
Stavros Asimakopoulos
In addition to his recent article in Foresight, Stavros has also posted "Forecasting in the Pocket" on the SAS Insights Center.
Tags Dave Dickey forecasting research Foresight Foresight/SAS Webinar IIF Pamela Stroud Paul Goodwin Robert Fildes SAS SAS/Foresight Webinar Stavros Asimakopoulos Sven Crone
Mike Gilliland
Michael Gilliland is author of The Business Forecasting Deal (the book), editor of Business Forecasting: Practical Problems and Solutions, and Associate Editor of Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. He is a longtime business forecasting practitioner, and currently Product Marketing Manager for SAS Forecasting software. Mike serves on the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Forecasters, and received the 2017 Lifetime Achievement award from the Institute of Business Forecasting. He initiated The Business Forecasting Deal (the blog) to help expose the seamy underbelly of forecasting practice, and to provide practical solutions to its most vexing problems.

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The fluctuating nature of output from wind farms in relation to wind speed conditions at each wind turbine causes a severe burden on conventional generators, and such wind power variations have a considerable impact on grid frequency and voltage stability. In addition, such fluctuations in output create economic problems, as most of system operators apply financial penalties on wind farms owners when generation levels deviate from forecasted schedules by certain ratios. This thesis focuses on the negative impacts of moderate and high levels of wind power contribution to grid generation capacities on the frequency response. Particularly, integrated wind farms replace certain ratios from conventional generation capacity. Retired conventional capacity is decided according to estimated annual energy production of installed wind farms.


You are here: Home / Blog / Benefits of Plants / Stay Happy and Healthy by Gardening!
When it comes to hobbies that promote healthy, happy people, there are very few that can compete with gardening. People who garden have lower stress levels, more physical fitness, and are overall more healthy than their non-gardening counterparts. The added bonus of surrounding yourself with beautiful plants and delicious vegetables isn't bad, but the true benefits of gardening are far greater than what grows out of the ground.
We all live stressful lives. Between work, kids, and other obligations, we're running around as busy as the bees in our garden for most of the week. Gardening provides that crucial down time that we all so desperately need.
"For many the peacefulness associated with gardening comes not from its social aspect however, but the opposite. It enables us to escape from other people. Tending to plants allows us to tap into the carefree part of ourselves with no deadlines, mortgage or annoying colleagues to worry about," says Psychology Today.
Humans are nurturers at heart, and gardening provides an opportunity for us to be responsible for the lives of hundreds of living creatures. It's this sense of being connected with nature and, in some small way, being responsible for it flourishing, that gives us a boost to our happiness day in and day out.
If you garden, there's a good chance that you grow your own fruits and vegetables. It's hard to get more local than your own backyard, so in this obvious way, gardening is good for your overall health. But it's way more than that. In fact, gardening is a great way to get the moderate daily exercise that doctors recommend.
Think about all the gardening-related activities that give you a solid workout – squatting up and down, weeding, raking, digging, carrying heavy objects, hauling off debris, and the list goes on and on. Spending a few hours in the sun moving dirt around will help you work up a nice sweat.
Speaking of sun, there's another wonderful health benefit of gardening – Vitamin D. Being out in the sun and soaking up those Vitamin D-filled rays is a good way to boost your mental health.
"Research has shown that vitamin D might play an important role in regulating mood and warding off depression. In one study, scientists found that people with depression who received vitamin D supplements noticed an improvement in their symptoms," notes Healthline.com.
Vitamin D also helps boost your immune system and is vital to the development and maintenance of strong bones and teeth. Be sure to use the proper protection and don't spend too long uncovered in the sun. Skin cancer is a real risk, but it shouldn't make you wary of gardening. Wearing long sleeves, applying sunscreen every hour, and wearing sunglasses and a hat is enough to reduce your risk.
Gardening can be just as much of a mental workout as a physical one.
"While gardening requires working with our hands, it also gives our brains a workout. Planning the layout of the garden, researching different plants that thrive in various climates and soils, and learning gardening techniques encourage us to think through problems, devise solutions, and be creative," says Alive.com.
This sort of brain activity can help to prevent cognitive decline in the elderly and help mitigate the effects of ADHD in kids.
If you think that gardening is just a hobby to make your backyard look good for entertaining – think again. Gardening is one of the best ways for people of all ages to stay happy, healthy, and mentally engaged.
Written by Maria Cannon at Hobby Jr.


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Winona community remembers senior Logan Monk
ROCHESTER — Andrea Gierok described her son, Winona senior Logan Monk, as goofy — in all caps.
Monk was a lot of other things, too: Kind, respectful, always hungry, in tune with others' emotions, focused, goal-oriented, shy and quiet, according to his mom and Oscar Uribe, the Winona soccer coach who coached Monk since he was 11.
"He was coachable. He was willing to listen and work hard to improve," Uribe said. "Every time he had an opportunity to go into the game, he gave 100%. He came back to soccer this year at the high school level. It was very nice to see him back, just because of his quiet leadership."
Gierok and Uribe remembered Monk, who died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, after an early morning crash Tuesday, Jan. 17. The Winona County Sheriff's Office said the 17-year-old was driving south on Winona County Road 20 just after 6 a.m. when his car slid into the northbound lane and collided with a school bus head-on.
He was taken to Gundersen Health System-La Crosse, where he passed away on Thursday. Monk chose to be an organ donor when he got his driver's license.
"His organs were donated to six other people on Saturday," Gierok said. "That is his legacy."
In addition to playing soccer, Monk was also a swimmer. The Winona swim and dive team wrote on Facebook that he was "an incredibly hard worker, as dedicated as they come (he even turned down being a Captain because he wanted to focus instead on his performances), and a fiercely loyal friend."
Monk was a Miami Dolphins fan for life, Gierok said, and loved tennis equally. He loved to travel to places like the Boundary Waters and Alaska — anywhere he could be by the water with sea animals.
Gierok said her son was an outdoorsman who loved fishing and the weather. When Monk was a toddler, he had a Fisher Price scooter he took everywhere.
"Instead of sitting on it like you're supposed to, he would stand up and push it," she said. "We couldn't go anywhere without it."
After graduation in the spring, Monk was set to attend St. Cloud State University for meteorology.
"In December, Andrea came to my house to pick up his senior (soccer) banner because she was planning to have it for his graduation party," Uribe said. "All those moments we no longer are going to be able to experience with him … those are the things that are on my mind often."
Uribe and the Winona community are feeling the weight of Monk's loss because of the person he was: "He loved to make people laugh. He loved his dogs," Gierok said, "and he fiercely loved his family and friends."
Gierok said she wants people to remember Monk as the "goofy, witty kid with a big smile, but mostly his genuine kindness towards others."
Monk's passing provided Uribe a lesson in spreading the kindness and love Monk showed others.
"I went every night to the hospital when he was there. You see him, and then you come back home and it's like, 'I need to live my life better,'" he said. "I need to hug my kids. I need to care for others. You forget about those things day to day."
A celebration of life for Monk will be held at noon Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Winona Senior High School gym. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 at the Hoff Celebration of Life Center in Goodview and an hour before the celebration of life at 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday. His family encourages attendees to wear Winona Winhawk gear, Miami Dolphins colors or your favorite sports team's gear.
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I was trying to figure out why my code using QGraphicsScene was slow for scrolling and the chip example was so fast.  My example has 75,000 pixmap graphics items and to scroll is very laggy but the chip example is very smooth.  I added a pixmap graphics item on top of each chip and it was still fast.  Then I changed those pixmaps to have ItemIgnoresTransform set and suddenly I got the same laggy performance when scrolling.
Is it expected that performance takes such a hit by setting this?  Any ideas on how to get the same result without using this flag?  The pixmaps are all symbols that need to be the same size no matter what the zoom level is on the view and ItemIgnoresTransform gives this effect nicely but at a huge cost in performance!


Over 17.6 David Willey bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, gets forward and flat-batted heave into the deep square leg and bring up his 100.
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - At least one other American is being held hostage in the Middle East, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Tuesday following confirmation of the death of US aid worker Kayla Mueller.
"We have avoided discussing the individual cases of Americans who have been held hostage, but we are aware of other American hostages being held in the region," Earnest said at a briefing, in response to a question about whether Islamic State in Iraq and Syria militants were holding any other Americans hostage.
"I'm not going to get into the specific discussions of the cases of individuals who are being held hostage, principally because we don't believe that it's in their best interests for me to discuss them publicly," Earnest said.
"But there have been public reports of at least one other American hostage being held in Syria," he added.
The family of Austin Tice, a journalist who disappeared in Damascus in August 2012, held a news conference in Washington last week about his case.


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Margin debt: The most recent numbers show a decline, which is bearish.
Gold is starting to get noticed again by investors.
The latest data shows that money managers increased net-long positions for a fourth straight week through July 1 and holdings in exchange-traded products are climbing at the fastest pace since 2012. Holdings are rebounding after six straight quarterly declines that began before gold entered a bear market in April 2013.
Several months back due growing money supply from the Federal Reserve creating an artificial boom in stocks I plunged a lot of cash into oil and agriculture. I have not been disappointed. For example, The Bloomberg Commodity Index, for example, rose 7.1 per cent in the first half of the year.
Detroit, MI is broke but not a lot of people want to accept it publicly. People are leaving in droves and the city is deteriorating physically. Personally, it is amazing passing through the city then crossing over into Windsor, Canada and seeing the stark difference of economic situations. Two different worlds separated by one body of water. From a satire point of view, watching the Presidential 2012 Election, our current President touting "Detroit is Back" was a flat out lie but the masses accepted his message.
Detroit's emergency manager says the city is bleeding much more red ink than originally thought. That's what Kevyn Orr told WWJ City Beat Reporter Vickie Thomas in an exclusive one-on-one interview. "The situation is severe," Orr said. "It's worse that we originally thought. It ain't good." With just 39 days under his belt, Orr is already putting the final touches on a draft of his 40-plus page financial report, which must be submitted to the state on Monday.
They have accumulated about $15 Billion in long term debt. Operating debts are now pinging at $18-$20 Million/year.
Bottomline, Detroit is going to go bankrupt and the news will wave it off as "No big deal". Cities are facing enormous pressure due to geographical population shifts and long term financial promises that are very generous.
Chinese gold imports in March exploded to an all time record high of 223.5 tons. This follows 97.1 tons in February, and brings the total imports for the first quarter of 2013, to 372 tons, on par with what China imported in the entire first half in 2012. It also means that since January 2012, China has imported an absolutely stunning 1,206 tons of gold. Putting this number in context, this is 20% more than the entire report of official gold holdings of 1054 tons of the PBOC, and represents roughly half of the total 2500 tons of gold mined every year.
One more interesting financial aspect of gold….
US bullion dealers have characterized the demand for the physical form of gold as the strongest since the immediate aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008 and, in some cases, the strongest on record. The spike in demand caused a shortage among American Eagle gold bullion coins at the U.S. Mint in April. The U.S. Mint told authorized purchasers on April 22 that it was temporarily suspending sales of the one-tenth-ounce gold bullion coins "while inventories can be replenished," as year-to-date demand for those coins was up 118% from the same time last year.
Gold could be very spectacular in price movement in the next six months. It maybe wise to accumulate some now to enjoy the plus side in the long run.


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Jasmine Justice was born in 1972 in West Virginia. As a child she moved to Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington State and has also lived in Helsinki and Istanbul. At age 13 she became involved with the thriving punk scene of Spokane, WA and its visual arts subculture. She then moved to Seattle, WA where she received a BFA in printmaking, from the University of Washington in 1997. Two years later she moved to New York and worked as a printmaker before attending Rutgers University, NJ where she received an MFA in 2003. She now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She participated in residencies at Painting's Edge, Idyllwild, CA (2003 and 2006) and at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA), in New Smyrna Beach, FL (2006), and has recently been included in group exhibitions at HIGH ENERGY CONSTRUCTS in Los Angeles, CA; Domo Gallery in Summit, NJ; The Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, CA, and ZieherSmith Inc. in New York, NY. Her 2007 show at CUE Foundation marks her first solo exhibition.
David Reed is a painter. Born in California, he moved to Lower Manhattan in 1971, where he continues to live and work. Since 1976, he has been represented in New York by Max Protetch Gallery. His first show in Europe was with Galerie Ricke in Cologne in 1989, and he has also been showing in Europe with Galerie Xippas in Paris; Galerie Bob van Orsouw in Zürich; and Galerie Schmidt Maczollek in Cologne. In 1998, David Reed Paintings: Motion Pictures, a traveling exhibition and publication was organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA. Leave Yourself Behind: Paintings and Special Projects 1967-2005, another traveling exhibition and publication was organized by the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS in 2005.
I don't ever want to know what a piece will look like until it's finished. I make art to develop new mental avenues and experience them in the physical realm, exploring and meditating upon unknowns, thinking and making as simultaneously as possible.
I'll get a strong feeling about a very particular shade of green and a compulsion to put it into play. As the piece progresses I hold loosely to green's role, its dominance fluctuating. If it escapes I might not notice immediately. It might lead to recognizable imagery, or not. Incidents are allowed to remain at the brink of clarity or finish. The early stages of mental emergence are worth appreciating. I have a fondness for these blunt yet malleable syntactical units, which conversely arouse my appetite for lavish, painterly activity.
I first saw Jasmine Justice's work when I was a visiting artist at Rutgers (Fancy). I liked the rough physicality and materiality of her paintings (Plus or Minus). I especially remember seeing a green painting that had been worked over many times (Chloro-fill) and a sheet of glass leaning against the wall with clotted, dripping yellow paint (Grape Crush)-a piece that was hard to call a painting (Grit). We spoke during that first meeting about '70s experimental abstraction (Seventies Secretion).
I like the way the physicality of her paintings can turn into an image (Urban Orbs), a doubling that never seems possible, even as one sees it (Hovercrop). Looking at the paintings for this show, this doubling reminds me of Gilles Deleuze's description of crystal-form as a kind of form in which the actual and virtual images are so united one can no longer distinguish which is which (Recycled (Kiss)). In Jasmine's paintings this crystal-form is complicated again by being both figurative and abstract (Calamity Jane).
Her paintings are very theatrical (Skirt). As proof, she is very good with titles (Busypark). I wish that I could think of such excellent titles for my paintings (Headlights).
Her paintings seem to have a story behind them (Savior (Isis Painting)). What stories do they make with their doublings and combinations (Blushing Bride)? Why do we want to follow these stories (Painter's Tears)?


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Q: CFWheels - Record not being inserted I'm new to CFWheels and frameworks in general.
I'm following the screencasts on the Wheels website:
http://cfwheels.org/screencasts/
I was following the tutorial exactly as is...the only difference is, where his table is named "people", mine is named "users". I made the changes accordingly, but kept everything else the same.
His singular is "person" and mine is "user".
Here's the insert code in my "User.cfc" controller:
<cfcomponent extends="Controller" output="true">

    <cffunction name="register">

        <cfset user = model("user").new() />

    </cffunction>

    <cffunction name="create">

        <cfset params.user['userUUID'] = createUUID() />
        <cfset params.user['userCreated'] = createODBCDateTime(now()) />
        <cfset params.user['userModified'] = createODBCDateTime(now()) />

        <cfset user = model("user").new(params.user) />
        <cfset user.save() />

    </cffunction>

</cfcomponent>

Now, I'm also using the form helpers etc in my view like so:
<cfparam name="user" />

<cfoutput>

#startFormTag( action="create" )#

<fieldset>

    <legend>Register</legend>

    #textField( label="User Name http://#cgi.server_name#/user/", objectName="user", property="userName" )#
    #textField( label="Email Address", objectName="user", property="userEmail" )#
    #textField( label="Password", objectName="user", property="userPassword" )#
    #submitTag( value="Register" )#

</fieldset>

#endFormTag()#

</cfoutput>

Pretty simple right? So I can't understand why it isn't inserting. Does it have something to do with naming my CFC "user" and also having a table called "users" with my singular name set as "user"?
When I submit the form there are no errors. It executes just fine but then if I look in the DB, there's nothing.
One thing I thought...is...exactly HOW does wheels even know what Table to look for? There doesn't seem to be any explanation for this. Perhaps it just locates the wrong table?
Many thanks,
Michael

SOLVED!
Hi everyone, just an update for anyone else who might come across this. The reason nothing was happening was because my database table REQUIRED certain fields not to be null. CFWheels wasn't throwing any errors. Once I passed values to these fields it was fine; so just be sure to check that one out!
Hope that helps.

A: Michael, first I might suggest you rename your controller to Users.cfc (plural).
In Wheels (and Rails and other similar convention over configuration frameworks), models are singular (User.cfc) while controllers and tables are plural (Users.cfc). Your code all looks solid and the only thing that jumped out at me was that your controller was noted as being "User.cfc".
One thing I might do in my create/update controller methods is something like this:
if (user.save()){
    flashInsert(success="The user was created successfully.");
    redirectTo(action="index");
} else {
    flashInsert(error="There was an error creating the user.");
    renderPage(action="new");
}

user.save() will return a boolean value and this conditional allows you to do some actual error handling/investigations if something were to go wrong and the save failed.
In terms of the question on how Wheels knows what table to look for, Wheels does this by convention. [paraphrasing how it works here] It checks your models and, for each model, it will check to see if a pluralized version exists in your DB. So, if there is a model called "User" then Wheels will expect there to be a table called "Users".

A: Michael,
My first step in troubleshooting model object functions is normally to dump a the results allErrors() method.  Try adding this line right after you attempt the save.
<cfdump var=user.allErrors() label="User Save Errors" abort />

MC


Davos 2012 opens against the backdrop of some pretty ominous numbers. European debt figures are high, and projections for growth in the mature economies are low. Income equality is declining in emerging markets like China and in the home of the 99 percent, the United States. 2011 was yet another year of record-setting warmth, with more summer melting in the Arctic. And this year's Edelman Trust Barometer reports poor levels of trust, with faith in government tumbling to all-time lows in the West.
It is no surprise, then, that this year's Davos theme calls for a "Great Transformation." What may actually be surprising is that there are reasons to think that a transformation may be achievable. The urgent need in the West is to restore growth. Without that, social conflict could persist or grow even stronger.
Restoring—and redefining—growth can happen. The pathways to achieving it include some decisions that are easy, and some that are hard.
First, the easy part. Amid economic stagnation, the imperative to declare a war on waste grows even stronger. In the United States and Europe, we waste as much as one third of the energy and food that is generated for our use. This is the very definition of unsustainable.
The good news is that there is something all of us can do to turn this around. As consumers, we all have the power to make changes that reduce our footprint—and save money. Businesses can create new opportunities for themselves by helping customers achieve this goal. Marks and Spencer and Unilever are doing this by establishing product take-back programs and encouraging consumers to use their products differently. And there are untapped opportunities for companies to innovate through shared consumption models (car-share, anyone?) or new technologies that help us manage our home energy use more effectively.
These are win-win solutions that create new opportunities; they need to be expanded and taken to scale as fast as possible.
There is another set of actions needed to make a Great Transformation, and these require more trade-offs.
Short-termism and uncertainty about climate and energy policies remain two of the big barriers to a growth model that can sustain us—both in economic and environmental terms—in the 21st century. Without broader business leadership, it is hard to see the tyranny of short-termism in public markets broken, or a framework that effectively pivots to a low-carbon growth model. Even in today's bottom-up world, formal systems matter greatly, and our economic system presents a classic case of prizing the urgent over the important. A handful of business leaders have made their voices heard on these crucial questions, but the organized business community, acting through trade associations, is often either missing in action or stuck in lowest-common-denominator solutions.
Changing the way public markets define shareholder value, and developing more systemic policy responses to climate change don't necessarily present win-win options. They will result in winners and losers. But failing to act on these crucial questions will also result in winners and losers. Isn't it better to make some choices about what we want to reward?
So as Davos 2012 gets underway, there is room for optimism that the dynamic pace of change from the bottom up will generate new models that will redefine economic vitality and well-being, and help us jump-start a sustainable growth model. Equally so, top-down answers will almost certainly remain elusive. If Davos can marry the 21st century innovation models to the 20th century institutions that remain crucial to our well-being, it will prove to be a great success.
Note: This was originally published on the Guardian Sustainable Business Blog.


UniSA Business School | How competitive is Australia as a tourism destination?
University of South Australia > UniSA Business School > unisabusiness > Issue 5 > How competitive is Australia as a tourism destination?
Worldwide growth in tourism demand has resulted in unprecedented levels of competition among destinations as they try to capture their share of the tourism pie.
Despite the recent downturn in the global economy, international tourism remains resilient and is one of the largest and fastest growing economic sectors in the world. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, international tourist arrivals have increased from 278 million in 1980 to 1.35 billion in 2012. By 2030, this should reach 1.8 billion.
Tourism is a key driver of economic growth. It generates export revenues, creates employment, and stimulates investment in business and infrastructure. In Australia, tourism activities generated over 908,000 jobs and contributed A$87.3 billion to GDP during the 2011-2012 period. Tourism is Australia's largest services export industry and has a Total Output Multiplier of 1.9—which means that for every dollar it earns, it generates an extra 90 cents to other parts of the Australian economy. This, according to Tourism Research Australia, is higher than retail trade (1.7), mining (1.6), and healthcare and social assistance (1.5).
Although Australia's number of overseas visitors has increased by 21% over the past ten years (from 2001 to 2011), its share of global travel over this period has actually decreased. This is not particularly surprising given that competition will increase in line with an increasing demand for tourism worldwide. In addition, each new destination will generate new investments in products and services like hotels and resorts, as well as infrastructure such as rail and airports. Understanding what drives the 'competitiveness' of a destination in an increasingly dynamic global environment, remains a key challenge for governments and policy makers.
Examining the key determinants of destination competitiveness across 154 countries worldwide, new UniSA research* has found that three factors play a key role in influencing the competitiveness of a destination (as measured by International Tourist Arrivals and International Tourist Receipts for each country): 1) economics, 2) the environment, and 3) infrastructure.
The level of infrastructure in a country, measured by a number of indices (such as number of vehicles, road index, computers index, internet host index, sanitation facilities, and so on), has a direct effect on a country's destination competitiveness. Naturally, the level of infrastructure is largely affected by economic factors. The state of the environment at a destination—measured through indices such as electricity production index, CO2 emissions index and Signed Environmental Treaties—has a modest effect on destination competitiveness.
An interesting finding is that the economic indicators of Industry Value Added (IVA), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) do not influence destination competitiveness directly, but can indirectly affect competitiveness by strengthening the infrastructure at the destination. High levels of PPP and IVA create a positive economic environment and lead to positive social improvements and developmental progress. Consequently, these have a positive effect on a country's destination competitiveness. FDI, however, was found to have a negative impact on social development because of the difficulties associated with directing it to areas that would be most beneficial to the economy and the locals. Evidence suggests that countries aiming to build tourism competitiveness (increased tourist arrivals and revenues) need to invest in their social and physical infrastructure.
The Internet and other wireless communication technologies are also important drivers of tourism, facilitating access for tourists to a destination.
The same research also assigned rankings to 154 countries using a tourism destination competitiveness score for each country. The results found that the US, France and China had the highest rankings for destination competitiveness. Australia, however, was ranked 21 out of the 154 nations.
While this still highlights Australia's strength as a tourism destination, neighbouring countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand all achieved higher ranks of competitiveness. Clearly, if Australia wishes to remain competitive in a dynamic, global market it must capitalise on recent economic successes and invest in its infrastructure.
Dr Guy Assaker is an expert in quantitative methods using multivariate statistics to examine the relationships between tourism variables. He is also an Adjunct Research Fellow with UniSA'sCentre for Tourism and Leisure Management.
Dr Rob Hallak has a wealth of experience in hospitality and event management, both in Australia and overseas. He is also a researcher with UniSA's Centre for Tourism and Leisure Management.
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> Further reading: An Empirical Operationalization of Countries' Destination Competitiveness Using Partial Least Squares Modeling, by Guy Assaker, Rob Hallak, Vincenzo Esposito and Peter O'Connor, published 2013 in the Journal of Travel Research.


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Q: Tell Javascript code whether the App is running in remote host or localhost I have a host name in javascript function and use Ajax to send JSON to server, I test it in localhost and I upload to remote host to test again.
Everytime I upload my web app to remote host and I need to manually change the host name to remote host name to test it,
localhost => mydomain.com
I have to change it back if I test it in my local machine.
mydomain.com => localhost
BTW, the font end is Javascript Html CSS, The backend is not Node.js and Not javascript. (It is Haskell)
I'm wondering how to tell my javascript code I'm running my App. in remote host or I'm running my App. in localhost so that my javascript can use different hostname in the code.
My current solution is I get the OS name in the backend code, and create

OS_Name

and hide in my html page, and my javascript function read the 'id=myid' to get the OS_Name so my javascript code can distinct localhost or remote host.
I'm sure there better solution for this problem.
Can anyone have any suggestions?

A: You can use process.env.PUBLIC_URL to get the base url of where you app is running in node.  So instead of constantly changing localhost to mydomain.com and back again, you can use process.env.PUBLIC_URL.


Reference: Saldanha LA, Thompson PW. Exploring Connections between Sampling Distributions and Statistical Inference: an Analysis of Students' Engagement and Thinking in the Context of Instruction Involving Repeated Sampling. Int Elect J Math Ed. 2007;2(3), 270-297.
Reference: Saldanha, L. A., & Thompson, P. W. (2007). Exploring Connections between Sampling Distributions and Statistical Inference: an Analysis of Students' Engagement and Thinking in the Context of Instruction Involving Repeated Sampling. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2(3), 270-297.
Reference: Saldanha, Luis A., and Patrick W. Thompson. "Exploring Connections between Sampling Distributions and Statistical Inference: an Analysis of Students' Engagement and Thinking in the Context of Instruction Involving Repeated Sampling". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2007 2 no. 3 (2007): 270-297.
Reference: Saldanha, L. A., and Thompson, P. W. (2007). Exploring Connections between Sampling Distributions and Statistical Inference: an Analysis of Students' Engagement and Thinking in the Context of Instruction Involving Repeated Sampling. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2(3), pp. 270-297.
Reference: Saldanha, Luis A. et al. "Exploring Connections between Sampling Distributions and Statistical Inference: an Analysis of Students' Engagement and Thinking in the Context of Instruction Involving Repeated Sampling". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 2, no. 3, 2007, pp. 270-297.
Reference: Saldanha LA, Thompson PW. Exploring Connections between Sampling Distributions and Statistical Inference: an Analysis of Students' Engagement and Thinking in the Context of Instruction Involving Repeated Sampling. Int Elect J Math Ed. 2007;2(3):270-97.
Construing a collection of values of a sample statistic as a distribution is central to developing a coherent understanding of statistical inference. This paper discusses key developments that unfolded over three consecutive lessons in a classroom teaching experiment designed to support a group of high school students in developing such a construal. Instruction began by engaging students in activities that focused their attention on the variability among values of a common sample statistic. There occurred a critical shift in students' attention and discourse away from individual values of the statistic and toward a collection of such values as a basis for inferring the value of a population parameter. This was followed by their comparisons of such collections and by the emergence and application of a rule for deciding whether two such collections were similar. In the repeated application of their decision rule students structured these collections as distributions. We characterize aspects of these developments in relation to students' classroom engagement, and we explore evidence in students' written work that points to how instruction shaped their conceptions.


A lot of planning goes into developing an ad for a product. Use the organizer to explain your plan for an ad. In this graphic organizer, determine what your product or service is, decide where your ad appear (labels, billboards, posters?) Determine what kind of information will go on to your ad and convey who your audience is. Remember, business pays a lot of money for ad campaigns.


Malfunction of one or both of the TM joints can be caused by trauma, malocclusion, poor posture, teeth grinding, stress, head and muscle imbalance, chronic mouth breathing, arthritis or skeletal malformation. According to American Dental Association, 34% of population has at least one sign or symptom of TMD.
While medical profession is knowledgeable in treating all other joints in the body, it is the responsibility of the dental profession to treat the temporomandibular joint (jaw joint or TMJ). After many years of study, doctors have found that problems associated with TM joints are usually progressive. Each person's TMD problems are unique and not the same as what someone else may experience. An accurate diagnosis by a TMD dentist is imperative and the key to receiving successful treatment.
To help understand how the jaw joint works, gently place your little fingers in each ear canal while you open and close your mouth. You will be able to feel the motion created. Is it a smooth movement you feel or is there a popping, grating or cracking feeling? Another test is how wide you can open without pain. If there is no structural problem within the TMJ, you should be able to open approximately 50 mm, which means you should be able to fit three fingers in between the upper and lower front teeth without hurting. If you hear a clicking or pooping sound when you perform this exercise, it's a warning that you have TMD. A normal TMJ is noiseless and painless.
Internal Derangement of TMJ (Intracapsular).
The clinical signs would be clicking or popping noise when you open or close. The cause is an anteriorly displaced disc. When you open, the condyle moves forward on to the anteriorly displaced disc causing the clicking noise. The cause of the problem is that the lower jaw is located too far back when you bite on the back teeth. The solution is to use a lower repositioning indexed splint to be worn during the daytime to move the lower jaw forward.
Extracapsular problems can be caused by occlusal interferences or parafunctional habits such as clenching or bruxing. The solution is to wear an upper appliance called an anterior deprogrammer at night to help to eliminate the parafunctional habits. Anterior deprogrammer prevents posterior teeth from occluding. This helps prevent the clenching and grinding at night as well as the headaches upon awakening.
Unfortunately, TM dysfunction isn't a disorder that can be ignored. Without treatment, you may begin to notice more grinding/ clenching of your teeth, more headaches, neck problems and facial or ear pain. For your own good, please don't delay. The sooner you get help; the least expensive treatment will be for you – not to mention how your health will improve. Forty million people in North America suffer from symptoms of TMD. That's why the goal of treatment is to alleviate symptoms and make you more functional at this same time!


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Power begets power — not necessarily ambition.
Hillary Clinton is an ambivalent member of a political dynasty — at least when she's talking to reporters.
SPIEGEL: For the past 25 years, there were two families that were very prominent in politics, your family and the Bush family. First George Bush was president for four years, then your husband led the country for eight years, and then George W. Bush was president for eight years. If either you or Jeb Bush were to win the election in 2016, once again a member of these two families would become president. Will the American democracy turn into a monarchy?
Clinton: We had two Roosevelts. We had two Adams. It may be that certain families just have a sense of commitment or even a predisposition to want to be in politics. I ran for president, as you remember. I lost to somebody named Barack Obama, so I don't think there is any guarantee in American politics. My last name did not help me in the end. Our system is open to everyone. It is not a monarchy in which I wake up in the morning and abdicate in favor of my son.
Clinton's right — we do not live in a monarchy. But it might seem like it, surveying the field of popular Democrats who want to run in 2016 whose initials are not HRC (cue crickets).
Which raises the question: Do dynastic families have more of a genetic commitment to public service, as Clinton suggests, or is it just the family business? Blake Carrington would never claim to "just have a sense of commitment or even a predisposition to being an oil tycoon."
Still, one recent study found that inherited political power is more about nurture than nature.
Researchers at Brown University found that political power in Congress is self-perpetuating, and that the longer a politician holds office, the more likely he or she is to see relatives become politicians. They found that, from 1789 to 1996, 8.7 percent of members had relatives who previously served in Congress.
We find that dynastic politicians are less likely to start their career in the House, suggesting they have the ability or means to enter directly through the Senate, a much smaller and more prestigious body. This difference cannot be attributed to a later entry into Congress: dynastic legislators enter Congress at about 44 years of age, just like non-dynastic legislators. Dynastic legislators are not more likely to come from a state different than the one they represent and are significantly less likely to have previous public experience, although they are more likely to have a college degree.
Americans generally have a love-hate relationship with political dynasties — we say we don't want the same families to continue holding office, but as soon as names are named, we flock to their corner. In a recent survey on dynasties, a majority of respondents said they hope the Bushes and the Clintons of the world don't dominate the 2016 presidential race. Ironically, most respondents also reported favorable views of the Clinton and Bush families.
Liking a political family is, of course, different from voting one's members into office cycle after cycle. But data presents a startling disconnect between how voters want democracy to work in theory and in practice.
Whether or not having a household name helps your election chances, belonging to a political dynasty certainly conveys some privileges that no-name candidates don't have. Practically, it's easier to raise money and organize supporters as a candidate when you are (or your family is) a known commodity, potentially with a ready-made support network already at your service. And psychologically, the power of incumbency cannot be underestimated, as political reputations trickle down from patriarch or matriarch to family members.
Of course, this effect could also backfire for politicians whose names bear negative associations. Jeb Bush publicly acknowledged earlier this year that his name was "an issue." Then again, it appears that time can heal many wounds — George W. Bush is more popular today than he was during his last three years in office.
Are political dynasties different from other types of dynasties? In U.S. culture, the first family takes on de facto royalty status in a way that other family empires rarely do — unless your last name happens to be Kardashian. But unlike in a monarchy, what America's royalty does with the power conferred upon them is completely up to them.


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Posted at 4:00 pm on May 31, 2018 by Tom Knighton
When YouTube announced its new policy regarding firearm videos, a lot of people were concerned. While it certainly looked pretty straightforward, it wasn't. Not for many gun channel owners, at least.
Over time, however, it appears that the subject hasn't gotten much clearer.
YouTube is the land of people doing stupid stuff, cats, and, for firearms enthusiasts, guns — lots and lots of guns. From tutorials and reviews to footage of shooters just doing their thing, it's all on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. For now.
That's because when a new YouTube gun video policy went into effect in April, just what is and isn't taboo is far from settled. Instead of thousands of educational and informative videos on virtually any kind of weapon imaginable, YouTube could instead be home to more cats.
The idea that firearms content, seen by many as both a First and Second Amendment issue, could be tossed by someone who knows nothing about gun culture has video producers entering digital survivalist mode.
They aren't playing a game of wait and see. They're bracing for impact.
"The entire industry uses YouTube as a repository of information. It's huge," said Jon Patton, whose channel and brand The Gun Collective has almost 130,000 YouTube subscribers and about 12.5 million views. "The same way Facebook could change elections, YouTube could silence an entire industry."
Unlike the majority of video producers with small to midsize followings, Tim Harmsen's almost 700,000 YouTube subscribers on his Military Arms Channel grants him something others don't have: access. He has a direct line to YouTube through a YouTube representative with insider intel.
What he's learned by questioning that contact since the announcement is, well, not much. So far, he said, his requests for clarification haven't really been answered. If YouTube officials understand the nuances of their own gun policy, they haven't told Harmsen.
The whole thing is a pretty interesting read, and something we as gun owners and uses of sites like YouTube should make a note of.
YouTube, as a private company, has a right to host and not host whatever content they want. However, it also owes it to its content creators to be clear. Does a video on how to change the stock of your rifle constitute a "conversion" of the weapon? Are videos on assembly and disassembly of your weapon going to be considered videos on building a gun? Is a review considered an attempt to sell the weapon?
There's a lot of gray area in there, and people have a right to want answers.
YouTube, because it is not clear about its policy, is hurting itself in the long run. While its basically the only game in town for most gun channels–trust me, as someone who has toyed with the idea of a gun-related channel myself, I've looked–it'll only take time before someone opens up and starts a site that will allow all that kind of content without the baggage of some alternatives (InRange TV has gone to PornHub, for example).
In the meantime, I suppose it's better to ask forgiveness than permission. My advice, though? Don't count on YouTube for your revenue. It's entirely likely that it'll at least demonetize everything you create if it relates to guns for the foreseeable future.
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Tonight we wish to tell you of many things, of life of love and of many occurrences within the nations of men.
There have been many this evening who have asked for focus upon the world of spirit and they do so with a more remarkable regularity. We grant them peace and love as we hear their voices resound within heaven above.
Remarkable as it is that so many of your world represent the light, yet there are many who also represent negative, sometimes there is a combination of the two and it is a battle of will upon which the individual must choose his path.
We have frequently mentioned the continuation of the light and how it will once more bring purpose to many within your world. Allow us your indulgence this evening and permit us to speak in a manner familiar to you and to those who operate within the light of the Lord.
Today is the Sabbath, the day of rest and peace, a day of reflection within your world religions. Not all celebrate this day, for there are many different aspects of religion within your world and each individual aspect has a delicate balance to acquire. For the many parishes of your country there are few or little of interest to many. Their reflections are felt and they seldom visit the places of worship, but in their hearts, there is good, and an aspect of evil in some. But we will reflect upon those who think of these things of good and not of evil, as you would call it. The negative aspect is a reflection of a change in mind and the positive will drive out these unwanted thoughts.
Many have thought about these things and about their lives and they have brought about change in a positive way. Yet they still undergo many challenges within their lives that may reflect upon their nature and their very being, and we remain obedient to them knowing that their paths of light are there to be followed and the choices they made will have been given guidance by those of the light.
Tremendous amounts of beings will encounter the many aspects of life and they will ask for guidance and surely this will be given to them. Their lives were of course preordained prior to their birth as men upon earth. And you ask, "How can this be, is this future set already or are we freelancing within our lives?" And we have to tell you that it is true that you 'freelance' and that you have positive reflection upon your decisions. Your paths may change, it is up to you to take easiest passage, that which is the light and the love. For there is much reward within this path. But if you are tempted by the meagre things of life and you succumb to the ways and bitter means of men who would deceive you, then your path will full of turbulence and not of gain. Yet there is always hope, always release from this passage, it does not mean to say that you are free to take it, for it will encumber you throughout your life.
Services are given this evening and many worship within the walls and recreation areas of your cities, towns and villages. We are grateful for their reflection upon the love of the Lord, upon this day. Their paths will be lightened, as will many, to help them on their way. We will give them peace within their lives, but this cannot be guaranteed, for there are many twists and turns of life that you must face as individual spiritual souls.
We spoke of teaching and how it is part of your being, perhaps a natural way of thinking will be to indulge or participate in the activities of furthering the natural world and its creatures. For a moonlit walk could bring focus to those who have many negative aspects in their lives. The light that is reflected through the dark brings them joy to see this beautiful sight. It is like a light at the end of the tunnel and their focus will be drawn to it, as will all of your souls within your termination of life. Do not ignore this light, walk with a stride towards it, to bring yourselves the peace and knowledge that will be given so you may find your way once more as your being returns from whence it came.
Hopefully we have answered your questions and we bring you peace.
A spark of life, a riot of colour will transform a dull day into a glorious spectacle of light. Truly this has not been seen yet. In the month of May you may see or experience these things, but do not be saddened when these colours fade or die down for they are ever present around your world and within your world.
Your beings are capable of many things, foresight is one of them, but you must learn obedience to become an apprentice of spirit. Truth will be told to all who enquire as to their lives path, and many will say that their life is a chain of errors or mishaps, but this need not be. Count yourselves lucky with the freedom that you have, for there are many in your world that carry a heavy burden at this time.
The East will see a moderate storm of protest shortly, a backlash will occur within the towns and cities of many countries as they begin to realise that obedience to their superiors is wasted. Yes we do speak of revolution, and as minds become free and hearts open to other possibilities, then the structure and chain of command may falter. People within your own country have been alerted to the ridicule that they are subjected to from their 'higher beings', they laugh in their face, and people assume that because they have the power and they are elected, that they are privileged to do this, but it is not so.
Can you not see the restrictions upon which you are kept under? We do not ask you to cause chaos, nor do we ask you to resemble the hooligan element within your conservative civilisation. Be cautious, do not obstruct your masters laws, becoming so demonstrative as to cause chaos. But reflect upon your thoughts, give them answers in the way that they may understand, for within chaos a calm may be brought.
Totally unacceptable, some cases will be reflected on this, have you not seen enough turmoil within your lives? But not of positive thought, then you (had) better (find more) peaceful ways of living.
The countless many who walk your earth, do so in limbo at this time. There is a cascade of thought tumbling down, that perhaps the chaos will right itself within the near future. Perhaps a thought of love may correct these things, these many terrible things that have happened? The many injustices of your world are countless at this time, and we cannot decide what it is that would stem this tide of thought. Perhaps an appearance might soften the blow, or perhaps the 'mysterious ones' should stay aloof and out of sight?
Today we have seen many who have escalated in their wisdom of the light. That spark of energy has been ignited within their souls as they look for answers to the turmoil of their lives, never truly understanding the purpose by which they were born, nor the paths upon which they should lead. The moral injustices of your world are great and hamper their efforts to forward their being upon this path of light. And many will look to you and say "Why does this guy continue speaking of things that cannot be seen or heard, why does he insist upon a pattern of morals? Perhaps his own are questionable?" But he has found a pattern, the true path of light to walk, and you must also adhere to that which is spoken of.
Do not shut your ears to the words, but find the truth within your own hearts that your own path may be enlightened once more. Truly many will not see these words and those that do will scoff in ridicule. But their knowledge will become desperate in a short time, and they will turn to these pages and look for the answers of life that are not given by your authorities, but are well hidden from you. For their knowledge is great of many things of what you would call religion. Many would say their circumstances should not be adhered to, or taken notice of even, but the truth lies within and the answers to all your questions are there to be given should you have an opportunity to raise questions.
A Message for Valerie and her Sister (This section will not be relevant to other readers, but remains in the transcript as evidence of things that Michael did not know of previously) Don't Miss out the end of the transcript though!
We would ask one tonight who opens her mind to her being at this time, and she asks the question "Who am I and what am I really about? Is my practice of love flawed in a way that I'm not able to accept the Light of the Lord?" We tell you now dear, that all are welcome within the light, it is your negative thoughts and those that will obstruct that block your way.
Valerie, your mother, she knows of these things and her purpose was brought to give you love and for all who bear witness to their mother's love, they should look to this as the comfort and love of spirit.
The one who asks these questions this evening, and we would speak of your mother at this time, she is well and guided by the light. Your fears for her circumstances by which she lived and her moral practices and misjudgements are forgiven. Perhaps the name given would reflect her own within your love, violets are blue and so are you.
"Be of comfort my dear, I am fine, I am within the light of heaven and at this time I am permitted a communication with you.
Valerie forgive me, for your creations of life were of wondrous things and I rejected them not understanding the spirit that laid within you, and I would say to you now, if only I had opened my mind to those many aspects that you spoke of in your younger years, then maybe I would have been a better mother. Your father asks to be remembered and although you may find it strange to think of us as being together, there are no antagonisms, no arguments or grief, but just harmony and peace within this world of spirit. Your course is set my dear, and I'll cherish those days? Your bear would be close by your side. I could not have been a mother to you in those times, for they were bitter times, and some memories will linger within your mind. I ask only this to bring yourselves peace in the knowledge that I loved you, always will, I now extend the hand of love to you at this time through the medium of this world.
Tony is one of many who wonder within the realm of spirit knowing of the offences that they committed, and we have told you once before that the punishments you are told of, is not literally the meaning by which you would translate 'punishment'. You arrive with the many burdens carried upon you, and you would think that at the end of your life, at the end of your days, that these would be wiped away clean, but know that they stay with you, and though you may carry love with you, you also carry the burdens by which you led your life. Do we judge you? To a degree, to say we do. To burn within what you deem as hell is not true, but certainly you will be within the light that you created in your life. This is why we tell you that what you do now is most important, because it will reflect upon you once you pass from the realm of life. You can look upon life as a training ground if you like for spirit and soul and progression is given to those who look beyond their negative thoughts and seek the truth of the light.
We do not ask for you to get upon your bended knees, but to have an open mind and heart and accept that the truth of the Lord and the higher beings are with you and that you are an aspect of energy as much as they are. But growth is needed and trust and the truth given. We ask not of you to dedicate your lives in servitude, to live your lives in a better way with a positive outlook and attitude towards those of your brothers and sisters, for ultimately you are one within the sphere of energy that exists beyond your world.
What would you know of this energy? Would you like to know of its existence and truth? Many have questions regarding this thought of spirit, and they have frequently asked "How do we determine this realm of light and love? How is it made up and what aspects are there within it?" Your lives are intermingled and yet entwined with one another, and your reflections of light are seen by others. Many do not understand how they see one person or the other, and your senses play a great role in this. We don't talk of your sense of touch or taste, or sight. But the senses that exist within your spiritual soul. Many would have experienced a time when they have come across someone and thought, yes I like this person, this man, this woman, they have a positive outlook, and you don't know how you sense this, but you do know. There have been other times when you have met someone and suddenly you are withdrawn from them and you feel there is something about them that does not quite ring true. And these senses are given to you, that you may recognise when the negative wish to interfere or be part of your lives. For the most part people avoid them and do not interact with them, but some become involved shall we say, and their light is dimmed as they are tempted by these beings. Not all in spirit who are in the lesser realms are destructive or disruptive, for they seek forgiveness and the light such as Tony, but some become embittered, embroiled within their own bitterness and they extend this bitterness in ways that you cannot understand.
But we will attempt to tell you of energies this evening, energies that are transmitted from the spiritual realm to the world of living, and not just in your world, but in many other worlds that exist around you and within you even. And they transmit these disruptive energies in the hope of disrupting your lives, for why should you lead a better life and not suffer as they did? And yet they do not understand that suffering is of their own creation, of their own making, and this is what we say about your lives, that what you do is what you are, you make what you are. If you reflect upon things and in a negative way, then surely you will attract these negative energies, but if positive light shines and shines bright, or even if your thoughts are questioning and asking of the light, then these are recognised by the light and will attract like-for-like, and positive affirmations will be given to you.
So be careful what you wish for my children, because you may get what you ask for!
As we said before, and we reiterate once more, that there is always a change of path, a change of direction. Your roads are not one long narrow road, there are many branches such as the tree and you may take one of these branches to divert from that path which you are on, how you decide upon this path is reflected by your own thought pattern, by your own senses and your judgement. So your senses once more play a vital role in your life's path.
Some branches of the tree come to an abrupt end, whilst others reach out and growth is achieved, for the more they reach towards the light, the more they will grow and extend and you can look upon this philosophy as being of your lives, the more you look to the light, to reach out, then the growth will occur naturally and you will grow.
And as you grow towards the light, so your strength will also grow and the bark and limb upon which you exist gains in strength and stature, whilst those branches that turn down towards the dark and away from the light will wither and decay, because there is nothing for them, they do not have an end purpose.
Some will endeavour to grow new shoots and these will shoot away reaching upwards towards the light of the sky, and some will just fall away from the tree, and we tell you these things because they reflect your lives and you can compare your life with that of the tree of life.
Reach to the light, feed upon its energy as you feel the sunshine upon your earth and the plants consume this energy and grow, so we ask you to look to the light and consume the energy and knowledge within, that you too may grow as the branches of the tree and become strong oak of life.
So gather your strength, and if you cannot bring yourself to believe that such things exist within your lives, then open your mind to the possibilities, give them a chance, do not slam the door upon the possibilities of the realms of spirit and of life. Be not narrow in your thinking, but like the wise man who encompasses all to feed upon the knowledge given. We thank you this evening and give you blessings that you may understand these words.
Valerie may bring hope to many through her teaching and healing and there are many like her. And we would speak of them and those who have interacted with Michael's life. They play a vital role to feed those beings who reach to the light, who seek the knowledge. We would name but a few, would we say it would be wrong not to mention those of the light who have helped this individual upon his path. He would like to mention Jean, Irene and even to the one who relates to Tony, she also helped upon his path and give him direction.
The meaning of life is clear to all who would see. The resurrection of Christ will be celebrated shortly. Many will ignore this day and see it as a holiday, an opportunity to feast and celebrate, but not in a way that they would reflect upon the spiritual being, and although this is sad, we would give them hope that perhaps one day they might think about the true meaning of this time and this is within the Christian community of course, and there are many other religions and dialects within your world that celebrate in many different ways, but equally, they must reflect upon their being.
Many teachers are brought to your world, many come and go in obscurity and some standout, the prophets of life are many. Some will ignore their senses for they fear what they do not understand, and some will become curious such as this being, and look for the answers that are within, the ability for all to find and your trust and faith is needed and we ask of nothing else but your love. Open your hearts and minds to all possibilities of life and all the forms that it may take.
To those who ask the questions we will give fruitful answers to your many queries of man.
Tonight we gather around this man (the channel), to bring you messages of wisdom and hope that you may ascertain a life full of purpose, and (understand) once that dream of life is passed, then your eyes will be opened to a world of splendour.
Not all will see this world, for in their eyes it does not exist and in their hearts dwell much sadness and darkness. But we will issue them with love nonetheless, and bring them hope that their spirit may find wisdom in the truth spoken this evening.
We have much knowledge to impart upon you and it is the wise man who would look to see the words and the meanings within those words, for they are quite straightforward to those with their eyes open.
Harbour no fears my son, for this evening we have come with messages of love and hope, for the multitude who wish to seek out the purpose of the Lord and light. For spirits surround you in an everlasting circle of love.
Compliment your ways by denying yourselves the pleasure of life and focusing upon the light that dwells within, for there are many who are blind to this light and they do not see their path within the life given.
Have a care this evening, perform your duties in a way unknown to most.
Once more we bring messages across the cosmos and from the far distant galaxies beyond your world of men.
Tonight we will assume that the many of your world are in want and need of much wisdom and caring. We need not tell you that our thoughts of wisdom are given often to the world of men in many ways that you don't see and don't hear of. Yet our influence is primarily focused upon those with wisdom of knowledge of the light.


Not a lot of people had such zest for life as the legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. She welcomed each day with love and passion. She inspired people around her to look at life from different angles.
Her passion for life was an inspiration for bar restaurant Cantina de Frida.
and to share their meal, in praise of life..