Chromecast is a small device that can turn your HDTV into a smart TV, thus, making it possible to stream videos and other media from services such as Netflix. Unfortunately, American Netflix is limited to the United States of America, and you can't access it outside the US. Thankfully, Virtual Private Network and Smart DNS services both provide a way to circumvent the problem and, therefore, provide Netflix subscribers outside the US with the ability to gain unlimited access to television shows, new films and documentaries in Netflix.
– It enables you to browse the web anonymously by masking your IP address.
– It protects you from spies and hackers by encrypting your internet traffic.
– Most importantly, it enables you to access geoblocked content and channels such as Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Now TV, and etc. It is noteworthy, however, that you can only access channels of just one region at once. If you intend to watch geo-blocked content from another place, you'll need to reconfigure your virtual private network's IP. To make this work, you need to have a VPN enabled router because Chromecast doesn't ordinarily support VPN.
VPNS with an excellent reputation for providing DD-WRT support include ibVPN, ExpressVPN, and TorGuard. Each of these services requires a different setup procedure from the other. Most of them will need the subscriber to log into DD-WRT and manually alter the settings by heading to Services'>'VPN'. Once there, follow the instructions provided by the VPN provider.
The setup might seem a little bit more complicated than DNS, and it may require the installation of specialist client software. However, Virtual Private Network features a big advantage than DNS in that it can unblock Netflix for any subscriber and in whichever region- including subscribers who have ISPs that use DNS hijacking techniques.
This is another popular method of unblocking Netflix outside the US. Smart DNS redirects some of the user's internet connection to a proxy server. Therefore, blocked services like Netflix will be duped into believing that the user is in a location of that server. For instance, if the server is in the US, Netflix will automatically detect an American internet connection and load the American Netflix content library.
It is important to note that Smart DNS only alters a limited number of supported services and websites and that no alterations are made to the user's local IP address- this means that other browsing will remain intact and unchanged.
The advantage of using Smart DNS is its wide range of compatibility and the fact that it doesn't significantly impact internet speeds, thus, making it an ideal choice for streaming media from Netflix when outside America.
Its main disadvantage is that users who have an ISP that uses a DNS hijacking policy won't be able to circumvent the blocking and use the service.
Setting up Smart DNS is a herculean task simply because Google Chromecast is hard-coded with Google's DNS. This means that Chromecast must always communicate with the DNS servers of Google regardless of whether the subscriber has setup his or her router using the DNS settings of his or her Smart DNS provicer.
To circumvent the problem, subscribers need to use a DD-WRT enabled router. Alternatively, they can use a router running Tomato firmware. It is important to note that not all routers have the ability to operate in this manner, and flashing a router requires some level of technical knowhow. Thankfully, some Smart DNS service providers such as Invisible Browsing DNS and TorGuard sell routers that are preconfigured already, thus, easing the setup process.
Once you have purchased or configured a router, you ought to setup the Smart DNS service on it. The steps are different from one service provider to another, and each of them offers their own instructions or tutorials on how to go about it.
Some of the most popular Smart DNS services you can use to unblock Netflix on Chromecast include Unlocator, Smart DNS proxy, and Overplay.


An illustrated poem for today. "Praying Hands" is a sketch by Albrecht Dürer (1508) and is frequently used in religious organizations' marketing efforts.
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More orgasmic intercessions of men?
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With A Growing Short Supply Of Crypto Mining Infrastructure, Can Mawson's Large-Scale Excess Capacity Provide Hope For The Industry?
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A recent avalanche of news reports about major cryptocurrency players filing for bankruptcy could take a toll on the industry, which is already battling price uncertainties. These stories could indicate that the rout in cryptocurrency prices may be weighing heavily on companies.
Bankruptcies In The Industry
The sector has recently received shocking news stories of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) miner Core Scientific Inc. (NASDAQ: CORZ) warning that it won't be able to pay its debt, sending the company's shares plummeting by 76%.
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Core Scientific will not be able to make debt payments due in October and November. The company said it is exploring alternatives to its capital structure and is working with financial and legal advisers, but noted that it might have to file for bankruptcy.
The industry was hit with another such news report when Compute North Holdings Inc., one of the largest operators of crypto-mining data centers, announced on Sept. 22 that it had filed for bankruptcy and CEO Dave Perrill had stepped down.
As if that was not enough, Iris Energy Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) – an owner and operator of institutional-grade, proprietary Bitcoin-mining data centers – highlighted some recourse equipment financing issues in its Nov. 2 Financing and Bitmain Prepayment Update.
"The limited recourse equipment financing arrangements have been a recent focus for us. We remain committed to exploring a way in which we may be able to allow the lender to recover its capital investment," Iris Energy Co-Founder and Co-CEO Daniel Roberts said.
"However, we are also mindful of the current market and that these arrangements were deliberately structured to minimize any potential impact on the broader group during a protracted market downturn."
Bitcoin mining companies such as Core Scientific, Compute North, Riot Blockchain Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) and CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ: CLSK) often take on debt to remain competitive in a business with huge capital expenditures in the form of electricity costs, facilities and mining equipment.
Some companies, like Iris Energy, Compute North and Core Scientific, have become cash-strapped because of rising electricity costs and tumbling cryptocurrency prices. These bankruptcy stories seem to highlight that there may be extreme financial and infrastructure undersupply in the cryptocurrency mining sector.
Any Bright Spots in the Cryptomining Industry?
With a growing undersupply of crypto mining infrastructure, Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ: MIGI) large-scale excess infrastructure capacity could provide some hope for the industry.
Mawson is a digital infrastructure provider with multiple operations throughout the U.S. and Australia. The company's vertically integrated model is based on a long-term strategy to promote the global transition to the new digital economy.
Mawson says it matches sustainable energy infrastructure with next-generation mobile data center (MDC) solutions, enabling low-cost Bitcoin production and on-demand deployment of infrastructure assets.
With a strong focus on shareholder returns and an aligned board and management, Mawson could emerge as a global leader in environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused on Bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure, given its large-scale excess capacity.
While other companies were struggling to stay afloat, Mawson may have recently grabbed the industry's attention when it announced its growth and expansion strategies on Oct. 18.
The company revealed that it was relocating its application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) servers from Georgia to Pennsylvania while continuing the expansion and development of Pennsylvania facilities — Midland, 100 megawatts (MW) and Sharon, 120 MW.
Mawson also said it will secure an additional large-scale site for long-term digital infrastructure capacity, explore opportunities to expand its digital mining business and develop strategic partnerships and relationships with customers and communities.
In June, the company became a 33% shareholder in Tasmania Data Infrastructure Pty Ltd. (TDI). TDI developed a large-scale, 100% renewable energy Bitcoin mining facility at the Que River Mine site in Tasmania, Australia, with up to 35 megawatts of energy infrastructure available for Bitcoin mining.
"The group's residual infrastructure portfolio of 350 MW is capable of accommodating up to 12 EH.2, which ensures Mawson continues to have substantial expansion capacity for 2023. Our focus on facilities with close geographic proximity allows us to ensure maximum operational efficiencies moving forward," CEO James Manning said in a press release.
Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ: MIGI) is a digital infrastructure provider, with multiple operations throughout the USA and Australia. Mawson's vertically integrated model is based on a long-term strategy to promote the global transition to the new digital economy. Mawson matches sustainable energy infrastructure with next-generation Mobile Data Center (MDC) solutions, enabling low-cost Bitcoin production and on-demand deployment of infrastructure assets. With a strong focus on shareholder returns and an aligned board and management, Mawson Infrastructure Group is emerging as a global leader in ESG focused Bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure.
TraDigital IR- Colette Eymontt
colette@tradigitalir.com
https://mawsoninc.com/
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May 15, 2016 January 11, 2017 Kevin HoskinsLeave a Comment on "The optimistic view is that it's still morning in America, and if we fix what's wrong, the best is yet to come"
"The optimistic view is that it's still morning in America, and if we fix what's wrong, the best is yet to come"
Where did our optimism go? This piece by Gregg Easterbrook (emphasis mine) attempts to explain:
Social media and cable news, which highlight scare stories and overstate anger, bear part of the blame. So does the long-running decline in respect for the clergy, the news media, the courts and other institutions. The Republican Party's strange insistence on disparaging the United States doesn't help, either.
But the core reason for the disconnect between the nation's pretty-good condition and the gloomy conventional wisdom is that optimism itself has stopped being respectable. Pessimism is now the mainstream, with optimists viewed as Pollyannas. If you don't think everything is awful, you don't understand the situation!
Objectively, the glass looks significantly more than half full.
Job growth has been strong for five years, with unemployment now below where it was for most of the 1990s, a period some extol as the "good old days." The American economy is No. 1 by a huge margin, larger than Nos. 2 and 3 (China and Japan) combined. Americans are seven times as productive, per capita, as Chinese citizens. The dollar is the currency the world craves — which means other countries perceive America's long-term prospects as very good.
Pollution, discrimination, crime and most diseases are in an extended decline; living standards, longevity and education levels continue to rise. The American military is not only the world's strongest, it is the strongest ever. The United States leads the world in science and engineering, in business innovation, in every aspect of creativity, including the arts. Terrorism is a serious concern, but in the last 15 years, even taking into account Sept. 11, an American is five times more likely to be hit by lightning than to be killed by a terrorist.
Is the middle class in dire straits, as Mr. Sanders contends? Yes, inflation-adjusted middle-class household income peaked in 1998 and has dropped slightly since. But during the same period, federal income taxes on the middle class went down, while benefits went up. Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution has shown that when lower taxes and higher benefits are factored in, middle-class buying power has risen 36 percent in the current generation.
Is American manufacturing in free fall, as Mr. Sanders and Mr. Trump assert? Figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis show industrial output a tad below an all-time record level, while nearly double the output of the Reagan presidency, another supposed golden age. It's just that advancing technology allows more manufacturing with fewer workers — a change unrelated to foreign competition.
Manufacturing jobs described by Mr. Trump and Mr. Sanders as "lost" to China cannot be found there, or anywhere. As Charles Kenny of the nonpartisan Center for Global Development has shown, technology is causing factory-floor employment to diminish worldwide, even as loading docks hum with activity. This transition is jarring to say the least — but it was always inevitable. The evolution of the heavy-manufacturing sector away from workers and toward machines will not stop, even if international trade is cut off completely.
A century ago, most Americans worked in agriculture: Today hardly any do, and we're all better off, including farmers. That manual labor, farm or factory, has given way to 60 percent of Americans employed in white-collar circumstances is the important story in the long term. But nothing is achieved by moaning about the past. The challenge is to create even more white-collar opportunities.
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Tonight we'll be treated to performances by the top 8 contestants. It's getting harder and harder each week to predict who'll be going home. Tonight's theme: songs from the year the contestants were born.
We'll get to see baby photos of the contestants. And now we're seeing the judges.
Kara: Aw. She looked so sad.
Paula: Wow. She really does look the same.
Simon: LOL. He's got a toy gun. Funny.
If Idol posts the photos on its Web site, I'll provide a link. It's only an hourlong show, so we're jumping right into the performances now.
Danny Gokey ("Stand By Me") — Born April 24, 1980. I'm glad he picked a different version. Randy, though, didn't like the arrangement. But he said his vocal talent came through anyway. Simon said the beginning was good, the middle was lazy and the end was terrific.
Kris Allen ("All She Wants To Do Is Dance") — Born June 21, 1985. Not a good performance. I'm so surprised because he's been improving each week and impressing me more and more. I think I've heard better karaoke. Judges didn't like either. Simon called it indulgent, boring and forgettable.
Lil Rounds ("What's Love Got To Do With It") — Born Nov. 14, 1984. Found out tonight her name really is Lil, after a family member named Lily. I don't know what's happened to Lil, but I don't feel like she's hitting the notes like she did in the beginning of the competition. Good, but not great. I'm so disappointed because she's been my No. 1 choice. I hope she gets one more chance to redeem herself, but I'm starting to get worried she might be going home.
Anoop Desai ("True Colors") — Born Dec. 20, 1986. He'll probably make it through another week just because he goes to UNC and they just won the national basketball title. Bold song choice. I liked it. Maybe not the best in the bunch but probably deserves another week based on this performance. Judges really loved it, perhaps even more than I did.
Scott MacIntyre ("The Search Is Over") — Born June 22, 1985. Wow, he had a guitar instead of the piano. Very nice. He can really sing, even though the vocals were a little rough in a few spots. Kara said a few parts were over-ambitious. I agree. Simon suggested he go back to the piano next week.
Allison Iraheta ("I Can't Make You Love Me") — Born April 27, 1992. I love this song. She can sing, but this was a terrible song choice. Of all the songs made in 1992, I'm just not sure a song from Bonnie Raitt is what I would have picked. Judges liked it.
Matt Giraud ("Part Time Lover") — Born May 11, 1985. Welcome back Matt. This was a fun performance. Judges seemed to love it. That's great because I really want him to stay in the competition.
Adam Lambert ("Mad World") — Born Jan. 29, 1982. I look forward to his performance each week. Understated but incredible. A haunting song. He just knocks it out of the park every week. A standing ovation from Simon. WOW!
Here's how I'd rank tonight's performances from best to worst.
What did you think? How would you rank the performances?


Quebec's provincial government announced Wednesday that it will freeze salaries for medical specialists until they negotiate a new contract.
The new Coalition Avenir Québec government is vowing to take a hard line with the province's medical specialists when it comes to their salaries.
Quebec Premier François Legault announced Wednesday that he plans to put future salary increases for medical specialists into a trust until they renegotiate a new contract. The move means those doctors won't see the pay bumps they were promised earlier this year.
"There will be no new salary increases," Legault said.
Should Quebec end medical school quotas and hire more doctors?
In February, the Philippe Couillard government struck a $2-billion deal with medical specialists that is meant to last from 2015 to 2023.
As a result, hundreds of doctors in Quebec signed a petition rejecting the negotiated salary increases. They said the money should be redistributed back into the system.
The controversial agreement was also hotly contested by the opposition at the National Assembly. The CAQ, Parti Québécois and Québec Solidaire all promised to renegotiate the agreement if they were elected to power in October.
READ MORE: Should Quebec end medical school quotas and hire more doctors?
Legault, who regularly lambasted the Quebec Liberals for claiming they overpaid medical specialists, described the current deal as "unfair" when compared to what other health-care professionals earn in Quebec.
As part of Wednesday's announcement, Legault also said Treasury Board president Christian Dubé will be in charge of a comparative study of salaries in Quebec and Ontario. He said he wants to save the public coffers up to $1 billion.


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This bright and modern 2 bedroom villa has a terrace with sea views in Makarska square. Sleeping 4-6, it is perfect for families and friends looking to relax in style close to the beach and town.
The apartment consists of two floors. On the first floor there is a spacious open-plan kitchen/living room / diner, a double bedroom and a shower room. A wooden staircase leads from the lounge to the first floor where there is a shower room and a double bedroom, lounge area and terrace with sea views and space for dining.
Car hire is recommended to explore outside of Makarska. The property is just a 1 minute walk to a wonderful beach where guests can relax. It is also situated within Makarska square, nearby many cafes, restaurants and bars at which to try the Croatian cuisine and taste the local wine. The city of Split is worth a day trip with its Diocletian palace and many shops to peruse. Why not also venture a little further afield to the spectacular waterfalls at Krk National Park?
Frequency of linen/towel change: Every 5-7 days, more often on request.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 12:30pm
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Dear Chair Lowey and Ranking Member Granger:
As the Committee prepares to mark up the Fiscal Year 2021 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges you to consider the following recommendations, which would promote business and economic growth, improve security, and facilitate cross-border trade and travel.
The Chamber supports $172 million for additional customs officers, agricultural specialists, and support personnel that will facilitate the movement of goods and people at the nation's ports of entry. CBP staffing needs are hampering its ability to keep pace with the long-term growth in trade and tourists at our ports of entry and this funding demonstrates the Committee's commitment to supporting cross border economic growth, consumer safety, and security.
Further, the Chamber continues to support funding CBP initiatives that will modernize security and trade processes, including programs like the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and the International Trade Data System (ITDS) single window that will help decrease the transaction cost of trade, open trade to small- and medium-sized businesses, and improve targeting capabilities for government. We urge Congress to continue supporting CBP and to provide appropriate funding to strengthen these programs.
The Chamber also urges the Committee to continue monitoring the funding shortfall due to the drop-in fees collected at ports of entry. We are concerned that this funding shortfall will result in service disruptions at ports of entry, especially as we move into the fall and the holiday season. Ports of entry are critical conduits to trade and tourism and service disruptions at these ports will pose new and unwelcome challenges to a recovering economy, while also increasing security and consumer safety risks. It is very important that Congress act to ensure no service interruptions at our ports of entry.
Travel and tourism are critical to both business and U.S. economic growth. While COVID-19 continues to impact travel and tourism, the Chamber supports providing resources to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) —including additional staffing, overtime flexibility, technology, "PreCheck" marketing support, and canine teams—to appropriately secure and facilitate the legitimate movement of air travelers. It is abundantly clear that wait times at airports are dramatically impacting travel and tourism, and Congress should do all it can in working with the TSA to develop effective staffing models and adopt emerging technology for risk-based security strategies to minimize congestion. The Chamber supports $7.6 billion in funding for TSA.
The Chamber supports the $2.25 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA plays an increasingly critical role in facilitating the development of tools, resources, and best practices to improve the nation's cybersecurity posture and it has provided critical leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic in helping identify critical workers. The Chamber also supports full funding for the following programs: the Automated Indicator Sharing capability, the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAFETY Act) program within the Science and Technology Directorate, and the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program.
The Chamber commends the committee's prior year commitment to begin recapitalization of the U.S. Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaking fleet. Accordingly, the Chamber fully endorses the FY21 budget request for $555 million for acquisition of the second Polar Security Cutter (PSC). Overall, this new ship class will provide assured maritime presence at the highest and lowest latitudes in support of U.S. national and economic security.
The Chamber supports increased funding for the United States Secret Service and their Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF) to enhance their efforts to combat cybercrime, fraud, terrorism, and espionage.
The Chamber also supports full funding for intellectual property enforcement to CBP, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center). Economic analysis of resources invested in IPR enforcement has shown that every dollar spent on federal IPR enforcement efforts generates four dollars in increased tax revenues through increased jobs and economic growth. Counterfeits, and more recently, counterfeits traveling through low-value, small parcel shipments, also pose a health and safety risk. The work of ICE and CBP, individually and through coordination with other agencies engaged at the IPR Center, has been recognized and praised for its energy and effectiveness.
Lastly, small and seasonal businesses across America are concerned about their ability to meet their workforce needs as the economy recovers. The Chamber supports the inclusion of measures that will provide cap relief for the employers of H-2B nonimmigrants that will provide these businesses with the ability to meet their seasonal workforce needs during the economic recovery.
Meeting the challenges of securing our country's borders from all types of threats and facilitating safe travel, tourism and trade with our neighbors are equally important to the Chamber and its members. The Chamber appreciates your consideration of these recommendations as you mark up the Fiscal Year 2021 Homeland Security Appropriations bill.
Neil L. Bradley
cc: Members of the House Committee on Appropriations
Recent Activity on Economic Growth
Letters to CongressJan 15, 2021 - 12:30pm
Coalition Letter on the Nomination of Isabel Guzman to the SBA
This Coalition letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, supporting the nomination of Isabel Guzman to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Press ReleaseJan 14, 2021 - 7:15pm
U.S. Chamber Welcomes President-Elect Biden's American Rescue Plan
"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce welcomes the introduction of President-elect Biden's American Rescue Plan. Specifically, we applaud the President-elect's focus on vaccinations and on economic sectors and families that continue to suffer as the pandemic rages on. We must defeat COVID before we can restore our economy and that requires turbocharging our vaccination efforts. We look forward to working with the new administration and Congress on the details and in ensuring that any additional economic assistance is timely, targeted, and temporary."
U.S. Chamber on the passing of Sheldon Adelson
The U.S. Chamber issued the following statement on the passing of Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO Las Vegas Sands and prominent philanthropist: "Sheldon Adelson was an iconic business leader who exemplified the achievement of the American Dream in his life and work. From the humblest of beginnings, he built an enterprise and fortune that he readily shared with people in need and the causes he cared about.
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The Trash Stache or Pencil Mustache is actually one of the tidier mustaches you can grow. It does a great job of giving the upper lip a little more character, while not drawing away from the rest of your face.
Closely trim or shave your cheeks and chin clean but allow the mustache to grow for a week or two. You need the mustache to extend just beyond the corners of the mouth.
Once hair has reached a light but visible length, use your Wahl® trimmer to create a quarter-inch straight line of hair that tightly hugs the upper lip. The straighter the line you trim, the better.
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Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) is a common early-onset neurodegenerative disorder in adults aged 45 to 64 years. It can be subtyped into behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), clinically defined by changes in personality and behavior, and primary progressive aphasia (PPA), the progressive impairment of language capabilities. The earliest neurodegeneration observed in bvFTD patients is found within the medial frontal and orbitofrontal brain regions. Similarly, in PPA patients, language disturbances are correlated with neurodegeneration of the language-dominant hemisphere. However, brain imaging (MRI) may appear normal in these early stages of disease. Therefore, neuropsychological symptoms represent the earliest indicators of FTD in such patients, and are correlated with neuroanatomical loss.
Two copies of DNA are found within each cell of the body. Upon cell death, DNA may be released within the bloodstream, termed cell-free DNA. Using residues bound to these DNA strands, termed epigenetic modifications, we have recently created a technique capable of distinguishing cell-free DNA that is derived from the brain, as opposed to other bodily tissues. More than that, we are able to distinguish which region of the brain such cell-free DNA has originated from.
The Brain Foundation's research gift will allow us to identify epigenetic modifications that distinguish the DNA from each distinct brain region effected within FTD to provide targets for our cell-free DNA technology. This will give us a new, more robust way of diagnosing FTD beyond the current reliance on behavioral or language changes, from little more than a blood test. We hypothesize that neurodegeneration in FTD will be associated with the presence of DNA derived from brain-cells of regions that are correlated with patient's neuropsychological symptoms. We believe it is an important step towards creating a technique for blood based diagnosis, disease subtyping and disease tracking of FTD patients.


A saboteur plants incendiary bombs at Fort Gray. Can GI Joe stop the fires before they reach the ammunition dump?
Mysterious Explosion (7921) was a 1969 only set. It offered a simplified version of the Crash Crew Uniform along with some medic accessories and a white and red stretcher unique to this set. In the comic, Joe battled a blaze set by a saboteur.
Note the disappearance of pockets on the fireproof suit, the frame and green window on the hood, the loss of paint details on the extinguisher and crutch. These are all examples of simplifications that likely reduced or held the line on production costs.
Overstock of this set was released during the Adventure Team era under the title 'Action Adventure' in an Official Backyard Patrol baggie with a cardboard header stapling it closed. I wish I had been at the store that marked this down from $5.00 to just 95 cents.
Renamed "Fire-Fighter Rescue" in a 1971 Wards catalog, it appears they actually set that model railroad tree on fire for the picture. Look out Joe! Reason for changing the set's name is unclear.


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Are you excited for what could be mainland's most intense idol drama in years?
Imagine Wallace Huo as Sherlock but with an evil alter ego and heterosexual, Ma Sichun as Watson but with less fighting abilities, Zhang Luyi as Hannibal x Moriarty and totally obsessed with freeing his soulmate (Wallace Huo's character's alter ego), and Wang Kai as Lestrade but younger, more handsome, more competent, and with a deep, husky voice.
Long known for their tight-woven plots of espionage interwoven with heartfelt tales of love, Shandong TV is coming out with their first modern idol drama – Love Me If You Dare 他来了,请闭眼 (literally He's Coming, Close Your Eyes) . The drama is scripted by Hai Yan of the Nirvana in Fire and directed by Kong Sheng.
Watch the official trailer released today and be excited for October!
P.S. Is anyone watching Shandong's The Disguiser? If my interests in Nirvana in Fire was 100 % before, it's about 200% now.
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I watched both The Disguiser and Nirvana =D Due to how much I like Wang Kai, I also saw that detective show he was in.
Sigh… I WANTED to watch Disguiser but I understand zilch Mandarin, reaaaalllly wish it will get subbed along with All Quiet in Beijing and Nirvana in Fire. Should I learn Mandarin instead? Is it hard?
Do you know Cantonese? Because most mainland dramas have subtitles. I doubt the Disguiser or All Quiet in Beijing will ever be subbed since the leads are communists.
FINALLY!!! Everything about the trailer looks super good yay! Finally a drama with all the castings done right! Hope they really follow the novel, but by the looks of it they are doing so! So excited to see Jian Yao and Jin Yan come alive!
Oh. Disguiser. I watched the first episode when it came out but I didn't continue. Should I? Did u watch it?
Yes! I've been watching each episode at least three times. Hu Ge's plotline is a bit weak and I skip parts of it, but the two older brothers' plotline is definitely worth every minute. It's brain-consuming at times, but also full of humor and fun. Even the "bad guys" there are human and lovable in their own ways.
I've always liked Jin Dong and Wang Kai, but this drama definitely kicked it up a notch. Both are amazing actors who really brings their character to life, portraying two highly focused and intelligent triple agents while also capturing their frailty and emotions. Watching their characters set the scene and trying to outmaneuver everyone, including Hu Ge's character, is kind of the cutest thing in the world.
Sweet. HG's didn't interest me and the first ep was mostly him so I stopped. I am eagerly waiting for Nirvana though. That I can't wait for it. But gimme some more Wallace please. Hehe.
I just watched today's episode. I think everyone who is not a dieheart Hu Ge fan would now prefer commercial break over his scenes interrupting Wang Kai and Jin Dong's scenes. His character is suppose to be the cute baby-of-the-family, but mostly turned out to be a spoiled brat.
But, Wang Kai and Jin Dong <3 Their acting was sooo good this episode. They have a bunch of scenes today that consists of them just looking at each other, but you can feel all the dialogue that's going between them.
Now I really wish Jin Dong and Wang Kai were the leads in Nirvana in Fire, and am concerned Nirvana in Fire won't live up to The Disguiser because I'm not sure Hu Ge can pull it off.
He looks pretty good in the trailer. I think he should be able to pull this one off, especially since it's really hard to make Meichang Su unlikable.
Yes i like jin dong n wang kai character… Yes ur right ming jia aka hu ge character here is a little bit weak at first but as the story development, i think his character become more lively. I also like yu man li (song yi). I hate why the female lead not her but that nurse girl ( forget her name), coz i think her acting quite bad if you compare with the other actor. I also like ta jie character so big sister that always want to protect ming jia. I also like the relationship between the teacher n ming jia.
I mean ming tai not ming jia hehhe….
Wow!! This is an excellent trailer. Looks really good. Thanks for sharing and can't wait!!
Question, is Wallace's voice dubbed or are they using his real voice?
Real voice! Most of Shandong's drama are all original voices, but some may be dubbed afterwards (by the same actor). In the Disguiser, even the Japanese leads use their original voices for both Chinese and Japanese.
That's awesome. I don't mind it as long as it is with the actor's own voice. WH sounded so man. Loved it. I esp liked the scene where he tells her what she is wearing is not flattering. He didn't do the elevator scan and just continued to stare at her clothing. If he did then it would have been a bit much. So gimme WH in modern day in a suit anytime. Yum.


Adriana is long-time meditator and practitioner of yoga, ayurveda and various healing techniques. She draws on her inspiring journey recovering from emotional and physical trauma.
Natalie is a longtime environmental professional who works with Canopy in Mountain View. Preserving and educating the public about trees and the environment is a passion. And so is sharing the healing benefit of yoga postures. Natalie brings sensitivity and gentleness to the postures, helping you become stronger and more resilient through your practice.
Bhawani is a Hatha Yoga teacher and a certified Meditation Instructor. Inspired by yoga since the age of 18, her creative, playful approach make her classes fun, as well as a relaxing and centering experience. She is passionate about restorative yoga and the healing benefits of deep relaxation.
Kylie is a certified Ananda Restorative Yoga Teacher and medical intuitive energy healer with a full-time practice in Santa Clara. She creates a safe and protective environment in her yoga classes so students can be completely present in the moment.
Susan is a longtime yoga practitioner. In her classes, she uses a joyful, calming teaching style, integrating asana, breath work and meditation to balance mind and body. She has a passion for fitness and sharing the mind-body connection.
Yudhisthira (Doug) Andrews, E-RYT 500, is the founder and director of Ananda Sangha of the Redwoods. He co-directs the Yoga Teacher Training program, Yoga and the 12 Steps, and many other in-depth series. His yoga classes are popular and deep.
Sneha's beautiful voice and calm presence help guide her students deeply into the benefits of postures. She is a busy Silicon Valley manager during the day, and a calming presence in her evening classes. She uses pranayama, affirmations and visualizations to deepen the experience of yoga.
Divya is the founder of Wise Yoga and That Wise Life™, where she blends therapeutic yoga, meditation and life and wellness coaching to support and empower women with chronic illness and health challenges. She has a special affection and affinity for teaching seniors and the disabled.
Marcel is a naturopathic doctor and medical professor by profession. But he shines in the evenings as a thespian and play director. He went to Stanford on full scholarship as a theater major, where he studied with acting greats such as Otto Preminger. He brings deep sensitivity and experience to stage direction, and brings Ananda plays to magical life on our small stage.
Chris is a computer programmer working in the high-tech industry since 1986, and a senior IT executive with the Episcopal Church since 2004. A longtime meditator and kriyaban, he's been been especially drawn to Swamiji's and Yogananda's teachings on the Bhagavad Gita, Sanatan Dharma, and yoga philosophy.
Gary teaches at Living Wisdom School, specializing in the most fun, and perhaps most challenging time: middle school. He is loved and respected by his students, and has a gift for the discipline and support that kids that age crave. He was manager of the Ananda Community for many years. He has a terrific sense of humor and is a calm, unflappable fellow.
Todd is a concert pianist, church organist, and the resident accompanist with Palo Alto High School's choral and musical theater departments. We are fortunate to have him tickling the ivories in our Temple.


Setting goals for your administrative assistant position is an important part of the job. Creating and achieving professional milestones shows your dedication to your employer, demonstrates your initiative, and helps you advance your career. Whether you're taking on this task as part of an annual review or simply trying to better yourself, it's important to understand how to create attainable goals and see them through to the end.
You probably already have personal and professional goals for yourself, but they're not always tangible. It can be difficult to put down on paper what you see in your head.
What skills do you need to develop to stay relevant and in demand in your current position, or to move into a higher position?
Now that you have a goal in mind, put it down on paper! People who put their goals in print accomplish a lot more than those who leave that goal in their head. In addition to your goal, document where you are now, where you want to go next, and the steps you need to take to get there.
Begin creating your goals based on the answers to these questions. Good goals not only give you something to shoot for, they make you stretch yourself at the same time. They need to be realistic and achievable, but they need to keep you motivated to take the actions necessary to accomplish them as well.
Before you finalize your goals, seek input from your executive or manager and share your reason for planning. Seeking input early in the process and explaining your reasoning for creating the specific goals you present can make a big difference in the outcome. You can't expect your executive to be on the same page you are when you don't have a real discussion about this first.
Even if your personal goals aren't exactly what your manager approves for your annual review, that doesn't mean you need to abandon them entirely. Pick one or two to pursue in addition to the official ones you agree to with your manager, and plot your plan of attack.
Set a timeline for the completion of your goal. But be sure to set milestones leading up to the completion, too. Small victories can give you a reason to celebrate and keep you moving forward. For example, if you plan to earn a special certificate, remember to count completing the program registration and any pre-work or study as meaningful milestones to achieving that goal.
To achieve a big goal, break it down into the individual actions that need to occur to achieve it. For example, if you are hoping to apply for a new job, updating your LinkedIn page, and polishing your resume materials is an important step in that process. Add a projected timeline. Then track your progress as you go.
Post your goals in a visible place so you see them daily. Place them in the front of your agenda book or tack them to your bulletin board. Keep your tracking forms handy so you can quickly look at them or note actions you complete.
Become a certified Microsoft Office Specialist in Excel by December 31, 2019.
Establish a consistent monthly training component into my career/skills development via webinars, online courses, onsite training, or conferences and workshops.
Obtain my bachelor's degree in business administration from (school name) by [insert date].
Develop an administrative procedures manual for my position by [insert date].
Setting goals can seem daunting, especially for an already-busy administrative assistant. But when you create specific, attainable goals for yourself that align with existing management and company initiatives and regularly keep track of your progress, you are setting yourself up for success!
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What were the first premium cable channels?
Lucy Bennett
December 16, 2020 2:51 pm UTC
Cable TV has transitioned itself to cope up with the challenges of today. Back in the days, the traditional cable service was sufficient to entertain a family. They had all forms of entertainment from sports, news, music, movies, and comedy. However, over time, traditional TV-based entertainment was taken over by streaming. Slowly and steadily streaming services started to take over the entertainment industry and its rise is still prevalent even today. To cope up with the consumer expectation, cable TV had to change a few things. The live programming of sports, news, national, and local channels was an asset. All it needed was the convenience that streaming offers. Therefore, cable providers started to change the traditional cable service by introducing DVR functionality, advanced cable boxes, on-demand service, and premium channels.
For example, providers like Cox Communications started offering advanced cable boxes. These boxes were offered on promotion with Cox cable deals and were able to record live TV so that you don't miss the action from your favorite sports and TV shows.
Secondly, they provided premium channels on affordable monthly charges. These channels don't rely on TV advertisements so you enjoy non-stop action from any show you like.
Here are some of the first premium channels:
How to choose a Premium channel?
Decide what kind of content you are looking for
This article is incomplete without mentioning the likes of HBO a.k.a Home Box Office Inc. HBO is the leading premium channel in the US for is highly rated original programming and a mix of movies. The company is headquartered in New York City.
The channel's philosophy was to provide a commercial-free and uninterrupted movie experience for cable subscribers at an affordable monthly fee. The channel started in the 70s when it became the first American Network that delivered satellite programming. Therefore, HBO is the first national cable channel. Since then, it has been known to expand its network. It introduced a second channel in the 80s called Cinemax. The channel was launched to compete with Showtime and was a cheaper alternative to HBO. Nevertheless, HBO enjoyed sheer dominance over all the other networks and it is still in the top-ranks even today.
Whenever you talk about the legacy of HBO, it does not go without mentioning the likes of Game of Thrones. GOT was the production of HBO and ran for 8 seasons until it was concluded last year. If we were to say that Game of Thrones was one of the shows to re-define TV entertainment, it will be an understatement. Game of Thrones is a much bigger franchise than expected. The show's storyline, direction, cinematography, characterization, and influence made it one of the most-watched TV shows of all time. Even if we forget Game of Thrones for once, there are countless other shows such as Sopranos, Westworld, Watchmen, The wire, and Veep that are blockbusters and in their own league.
HBO has a streaming service called HBO Now. If you are a blockbuster buff or major TV junkie, HBO Now will be a valuable addition to your home. HBO Now is a brilliant on-demand streaming service that brings together all the classics from the past, compelling original series, and new shows to your streaming device.
There is a huge library of content to stream on this platform. You can get all the originals from HBO such as Silicon Valley, Barry, His Dark Materials, Curb your Enthusiasm, Westworld, and Succession. Moreover, HBO is also producing original miniseries that are both compelling and blockbuster hits. These miniseries include Band of Brothers, Chernobyl, Generation Kill, The Outsider, The Young Pope, and Sharp Objects.
These channels are premium for a reason. Unlike the regular channels, you enjoy commercial-free programming. On top, you get access to newer content way before anyone else. However, there are many things to consider before choosing a premium channel. Here is what to see:
As we discussed earlier, many new premium channels have taken over cable TV. Therefore, it is crucial to do a bit of background research before getting a plan. These channels include HBO, STARZ, CINEMAX, The Movie Channel, SHOWTIME, and EPIX.
There are no comparisons when it comes to HBO, CINEMAX, or any other channels. It all comes to your preference. Some people want to watch sci-fi while others prefer crime thrillers. Some people want to binge-watch movies while others just want to catch up with a random TV show. Therefore, decide on a plan according to your needs.
Most importantly, the premium channel should come under budget. Luckily, many providers offer these channels in a budget-friendly bundle so that you can have them all without even paying much.
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This is the latest from one of my favorite publishers right now, Farewell Books. This title from the Peruvian photographer Trinidad Carillo is a poetic fairy-tale with her daughter Naini as the main subject.
As with most of the Farewell books, this one has very little text, but what there is, thankfully, not a description of the images, but a poem which adds another layer of its own.
This little book, only about 20x20 cm with 30 pages and 24 color images, is already nominated for the Swedish Photobook Award, and rightly so.
You can get them directly through Farewell, but I've seen that Photo-Eye has signed copies. As with all of the titles at Farewell, they are quite limited and destined to become rare.
My 4-year old photo assistant is not included.
Trini, pon una foto de Naini, pero sin libro adelante peee.
¿que ya publicaste tu libro??
Si es así, quiero uno de todas maneras, los vende aqui en Lima???


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In 1943 the Axis powers decide that a show of strength might bully neutral Turkey into joining them. Their target is a command of 2,000 British soldiers marooned on the island of Keros in the Aegean Sea. Rescue by the Royal Navy is impossible because of massive radar-directed guns on the nearby i...
I Aim at the Stars (1960)
I Aim at the Stars is a 1960 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Wernher von Braun. The film covers his life from his early days in Germany, through Peenemünde, up until his work with the U.S. Army, NASA, and the American space program. The film stars Curt Jürgens, Victoria Sha...
The Angry Hills (1959)
Set in 1941, the film follows an American who possesses a list of Greek resistance leaders. After getting the list, he is pursued by all grades of people: resistance fighters, Nazis and collaborators.
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
The crew of an American submarine are on a reconnaissance mission photographing Japanese installations through a periscope camera. When attacked by the Japanese (with similarities to the USS Perch) the submarine is scuttled and the crew is captured. Tortured by the Japanese, with the help of Brit...
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
During his escape, bank robber Joe Maybe (Audie Murphy) sees famous US Marshal Jim Noonan, who is searching for him, stumble and fall off a cliff to his death. He enters a town on the dead man's horse, where he is mistaken for Noonan. Maybe decides to hide behind the badge for a while, but soon r...
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
In Westport, Connecticut, Augie and Isolde Poole celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary by turning in an application to the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. Encouraged by their friends and next-door neighbors, Dick and Alice Pepper, who have three children and another due, Isolde, who has been unsu...
The Garment Jungle (1957)
Alan Mitchell is a returning Korean War veteran who joins his father Walter's garment company, Roxton Fashions. The firm has been paying protection money to gangsters led by Artie Ravidge to keep the union out. Walter's partner, Fred Kenner, sympathizes with the union's goals. After he tells Walt...
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Don't Go Near the Water is a 1957 comedy film about a U.S. Navy public relations unit stationed on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel of the same name by William Brinkley. Glenn Ford and Gia Scala starred. This is the first of several service...
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A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track.
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Court of Appeal to hear Adeleke's appeal May 8
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has fixed May 8 to hear the appeal lodged by Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the nullification of his nomination as a candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), in the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State.
The adjournment was necessitated by the absence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a party in the appeal in court.
Meantime, the appellate court has ordered that hearing notices relating to the appeal be served on all the parties in the matter.
Justice Abubakar Yahaya who led a three- member panel of the court said the separate appeal filed by the PDP would be heard together with the main appeal brought before the court by Osun State governorship candidate of the PDP in the last governorship election held in the state on the next adjourned date.
Justice Oathman Musa of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Bwari, had last month in a judgment, nullified Adeleke's nomination as the candidate of the PDP in the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State, on the grounds that he (Adeleke) offended Section 177 of the 1999 constitution as amended.
The section stipulated that candidates for the position of governor must be educated up to secondary school level.
Adeleke, who represents Osun West senatorial district at the National Assembly faulted the judgment of Justice Musa on the grounds that the judge erred in law by going out of his way to source for evidence to arrive at his "unjust conclusion."
He submitted that the court erred particularly when it ignored WAEC's evidence that Adeleke was educated up to secondary school level as required by law.
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Lawyers have been part of the bedrock of our country since it was founded. Twenty-five of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were lawyers, and 32 of the 55 framers of the Constitution were lawyers. Participation in government, community service and advocacy for those in need of a voice are part of the very fabric of the legal profession.
Moreover, lawyers hold a special position of trust in their communities. It is that trust which gives a lawyer some measure of value. When the chips are down and we have to take a case to trial, we depend on the trust we've earned from the members of our community who are chosen to sit on a jury. As injury lawyers, when we advocate for people who have been hurt or disabled due to the negligence of others, we're fighting not only to right the particular wrongs they have suffered, but also to make our community safer and prevent others from being hurt in the future.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that for the majority of attorneys, reputation and trust are everything. When a lawyer engages in misconduct and dishonesty, it is a betrayal of trust. It is an affront to the legal profession and to our entire community.
That is why we at Bretz & Young were so saddened by the news that Wichita lawyer Bradley Pistotnik was charged in a federal indictment.
According to the Wichita Eagle, Pistotnik and a software engineer, David Dorsett, have been charged with five counts of computer fraud and two counts of conspiracy. Pistotnik has also been charged with three counts of making false statements to the FBI.
We are disheartened by the negativity that the actions of one individual have brought upon the legal community. We work every day to be worthy of our clients' trust and to obtain the compensation our clients need and deserve. We know this to be true of many of our colleagues.
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I've been researching saving habits of the Successful extensively over the last several years in my quest to eliminate debt, increase my savings and increase financial security for my family, and the I think everyone will agree the biggest problem for many of us, is that impulse spending, on eating out, shopping and online purchases, is a big drain on our finances, the absolute biggest budget breaker for many, and a sure way to become mired in dire financial straits. The Successful are able to develop their financial and saving habits through strong focus and clarity of purpose that are critical components of their vision of the goals they have defined and set for their success including some of the following.
strongStop paying interes/strongt. Some people pay thousands of dollars in interest every year and I'm happy to say that I now pay zero in interest, after becoming debt-free several years ago. Remember, the key is to stop getting into new debt, and to pay off your old debt as quickly as possible, paying off your credit cards the priority, paying off car loans and purchase vehicles using cash. Again, this is difficult for many and not for everyone, but I highly recommend it for those who can make the changes and adjustments, and manage it.
strongStop buying unnecessary items/strong. This is a toughie, but if you're really serious about saving, you'll at least consider it, and if you make a list of monthly expenditures for small items and you stopped buying the things you identify as unnecessary, at least for a little while, you'll notice a pretty sizable savings.
strongStop traveling/strong. If you travel several times a year, or even just once a year, you could save thousands by not traveling. Learn to enjoy yourself from where you are, and you can relax and take a break from work without having to leave home, as each trip can cost thousands, depending on how far and long you travel, so this is a huge potential savings for some people.
strongSlash your entertaining and entertainment/strong. Entertainment expenses can really add up, so if you spend a lot of money going out to entertainment including movies, theater, dining out, drinking, clubbing, etc., you can curb this habit and save a lot of money, and the key is that you don't need to spend money to have fun.
strongCut out all subscriptions/strong. Each little subscription you have is a small-ticket item, but together can amount to over $1,000 for many families, and some people that have even more subscriptions and can save thousands.
With less stress worrying about many needless costs and expenses of living, the Successful will then focus their energies on reaching the goals and objectives they have been able to carefully plan for with a clear vision of the accomplishments they will reach.


Melbourne meets Sydney with this little collaboration between The Bamboos and Urthboy on "Broken". Taken from The Bamboos' forthcoming album – their eighth – Night Time People, "Broken" is uplifting and evocative.
Coupling Urthboy's flow with Kylie Auldist's soulful choruses, "Broken" addresses strength in the face of the sometimes constant battles with mental illness that many go through on a daily basis.
The song has seen The Bamboos also connect with two other MCs from different parts of the globe; we've already heard Atlanta's J-Live work his magic and coming up this week, German singer and producer Teesy will debut his version – all three tell different stories, but all rooted in the same direction: uplifting and further opening a dialogue surrounding an important topic.
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To Unlock Job Growth in Egypt, Fix the "Micro-BEE"
By Jennifer Bremer
Political crisis or no, Egypt's government cannot afford to keep ignoring the issues that sparked two popular revolts in as many years. Issue number one for most Egyptians, especially young Egyptians, is employment. To meet the need for jobs, policy makers must do more to improve Egypt's business enabling environment (BEE), not only at the national level, but also in the local administration trenches.
The pro-reform government that ran Egypt from 2004 until Hosni Mubarak's fall in 2011 made substantial progress in improving the BEE, but focused almost entirely at the national level. Its aim was to create conditions that would support growth in the top tier of Egyptian business and attract foreign investors to partner with and buy high-tech services from them. Not coincidentally, this top-tier group included a large number of Mubarak friends and family.
Although some positive steps were taken to improve the BEE for small businesses, such as the creation of a one-stop-shop for start-ups, reform at this level was left primarily to donors and donor-funded organizations. Pilot projects rarely turned into sustained initiatives, leaving small businesses at the mercy of the thoroughly unreformed bureaucracy in thousands of district offices across Egypt. Down at the local level, where small businesses meet local administration, this "micro-BEE" is what really matters.
New research from one of my thesis students at the American University in Cairo (where I chaired the public policy department until this past July) sheds light on what will be needed to fix the "micro-BEE." Ahmed Alaa's survey of small groceries explored how day-to-day interactions with government have changed at the local level since the January 2011 revolution.
He was particularly interested in the prevalence of corruption before and after the revolution, among formal and informal (unregistered) small businesses, and in formal and informal areas. Roughly two-thirds of Cairo's 18 million inhabitants live in informal areas, unofficial subdivisions erected illegally on agricultural or state land. Globally, about one in three city-dwellers in developing countries lives in an informal area, from Bangkok's Klongtoey to Brazil's favelas. These areas are often hives of economic activity, virtually all of it operating without benefit of government oversight. But researchers have only rarely examined this large and growing economic sector.
Ahmed's research found, as he had hoped, that corruption had fallen in the formal areas after the revolution. Unfortunately, it was not an increase in democracy that caused the drop; rather, the regular parade of inspectors with their hands out had stopped after the revolution because the police had disappeared from the streets.
Although it remains unclear just why the police withdrew (as they did all over Egypt), a side-effect of the officers' disappearance was to effectively close down the local administration's extortion racket. Before the revolution, a small grocery could expect a couple of visits a month from inspectors from various ministries, threatening fines for often-imaginary offenses and collecting bribes to overlook them. Without the police to back them up, and facing a newly emboldened population, the inspectors were too scared to come around.
In the informal area that he surveyed, there was no change in corruption. The people in these neighborhoods received no visits from either police or inspectors before the revolution, and none after. Location in an informal area arguably provides small businesses with safety in numbers.
As expected, none of the businesses surveyed in the informal areas was registered (an option unavailable to most of them, in any case). Surprisingly, though, not one of the small groceries in the formal areas was officially registered, either. Many of the older ones had made repeated attempts to register, but in the face of unending demands for additional paperwork and yet more bribes and time wasted, they gave up. Groceries established since the revolution, however, had not even bothered to try. AUC mini-research projects found the same pervasive informality even in high-end malls and chic upper-middle-class neighborhoods. In both locations, entrepreneurs cited an inability to complete the registration process.
It appears that the local officials simply have no intention of allowing these owners to register. By stringing small businessmen along, officials maximize their bribe collection opportunities during the registration process. Even more valuable, the business owners, forced to give up or operate outside the law, are then at the mercy of inspectors and their taxpayer-funded armed backup.
This "bribe-enabling environment" remains in effect not for a few weeks or months, but in some cases literally for generations. As perennially illegal businesses, unregistered shops can be closed down for any offense whatsoever, or no offense at all, and have no recourse to the courts.
No wonder Tunisia's produce vendor Bouazizi burned himself to death in front of that police station.
The corrupt micro-BEE system keeps millions of youth in developing countries, like Bouazizi, locked into a straitjacket of informality. They cannot find formal jobs offering the wages, benefits, and job security that would permit them to marry and start a family. Their employer, if they can find one, is most likely informal, too, although even large firms and the government itself increasingly rely on workers without contracts or benefits. They may well live in an informal area, where access to services—especially educational and social services—is constrained and residents face severe social stigma on top of everything else.
These findings underscore the need to tackle corruption at the local level, where new enterprises and jobs are created, particularly by and for poor people. These systematic, nationwide extortion operations, mistakenly termed petty corruption, suck money and energy out of the base of the pyramid and channel it upward in an ever-widening fountain of cash that deadens competition and stifles innovation at all levels.
Finally, the research points to the need for micro-BEE reform that addresses the security system as an essential element in an inclusive growth strategy. Bouazizi's heirs deserve a future that can deliver not only jobs but lives without official harassment.


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(Sub)mm continuum mapping of NGC 6334 I & I(N)
A cobweb of filaments and protostars
G. Sandell
National Radio Astronomy Observatory *, P.O. Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944, USA (gsandell@nrao.edu)
Received 7 June 1999 / Accepted 16 March 2000
We present high resolution (sub)mm continuum maps obtained with the bolometer UKT14 on the JCMT of the high mass star formation complex NGC 6334 I and I(N), the latter also known as Gezari's cold source (Gezari 1982). The maps at 1.1 mm and 800 µm cover the whole northern part of the NGC 6334 complex ( 5´ 8´), while the coverage is more limited at 450 µm and 350 µm and centered on NGC 6334 I(N).
The strongest dust emission at all wavelengths originates from a compact source near or coincident with the Ultracompact HII - region NGC 6334 F and the FIR-source and hot core region NGC 6334 I. The dust in NGC 6334 I is hot, Td 100 K, and we derive a total mass (gas + dust) of 200 . We resolve Gezari's cold source into a compact (deconvolved FWHM 10 ") dust source, which appears optically thick even at 1.1 mm. I(N) is embedded in a dense cloud core, 2.5´ 1.5 ´, with a mass of 2200 . I(N) is clearly a high-mass Class 0 object . It emits a large fraction of its luminosity in the sub-mm (Lbol 1.7 104 ), it drives a molecular outflow and coincides with a CH3OH maser, suggesting that I(N) has already formed a hot accretion disk. We derive a total mass of 250-400 , corresponding to an average gas density 1.6-2.6 107 cm-3 and a line of sight visual extinction of 2000m, rendering it impossible to detect I(N) even in the thermal or mid-IR.
We also find eight additional compact sub-mm sources. Some of these are probable high-to-intermediate mass protostars, some may be massive cold starless cloud cores that eventually will collapse to form stars. Our sub-mm maps also show a remarkable narrow, lumpy, linear filament, which has no optical or near-IR counterpart. This filament bounds the dust emission to the west and is at least 7´ (3.5 pc) in length with a width of 15 "-20 ". It breaks up into dense condensations with a separation of 3-4 times the width of the filament.
Key words: ISM: dust, extinction ISM: H ii regions ISM: jets and outflows ISM: individual objects: NGC 6334 I
* The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
Online publication: June 26, 2000


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Q: Is there a way to read/write XMP metadata using imagemagick? I would like to read/write XMP metadata in JPEG and PNG files.
I'm able to do this using the exiftool
~ $ exiftool -xmp-dc:description="FooBar" sample.png
    1 image files updated
~ $ exiftool sample.png | grep "Description"
Description                     : FooBar

However, I'm not able to read the XMP Metadata using imagemagick
~ $ identify -verbose sample.png | grep "Description"

My reason to write XMP metadata is that so it can be read by Adobe Products.
Question

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*Is there a way to read/write XMP metadata using imagemagick?

A: What you want to ask is "does ImageMagick support reading or writing XMP (descriptive) metadata?". The answer to that question, from reading the documentation, is no. ImageMagick reads (almost) all metadata from a file, but not descriptive metadata.
If for some reason you must use ImageMagick to extract XMP metadata, you could try to include a filter. Filters can be configured to process image files, but they are not part of ImageMagick itself.

A: convert -ping yourimage.jpg XMP:-

A: Access XMP data can be done as follows:
ImageMagick.XmpProfile xmp = image.GetXmpProfile();

Console.WriteLine("\n\n----> xmp:" + xmp);
if (xmp != null)
{
    you have to process the XML data of the XMPs result.
    ie. use XPATH or some other XML interface.
}

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Le département d'Oussouye est l'un des 46 départements du Sénégal et l'un des 3 départements de la région de Ziguinchor. Il est situé en Basse-Casamance, sur la rive gauche de l'embouchure du fleuve Casamance.

Administration

Son chef-lieu est la ville d'Oussouye, qui est aussi la seule commune du département.

Les deux arrondissements sont :
Arrondissement de Kabrousse
Arrondissement de Loudia Ouoloff

Histoire

Géographie

Physique géologique

Population
Lors du recensement de décembre 2002, la population était de 35 429 habitants. En 2005, elle était estimée à 36 506 personnes.

Économie

Les activités économiques les plus importantes sont l'agriculture (riziculture en zone de mangrove), le tourisme et la pêche.

Le département d'Oussouye est un centre touristique au Sénégal avec des stations balnéaires comme Cap Skirring, Djimbéring etc. Le tourisme balnéaire est associé à l'écotourisme.

Il faut également noter que l'activité de pêche, qui constitue une source de revenu pour la population, doit beaucoup à l'existence d'un écosystème de mangrove qui sert nurserie pour les poissons.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes
Décret n° 2002-166 (ce texte du  fixe le ressort territorial et le chef-lieu des régions et des départements)

Oussouye


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/**
 * @overview Toolbar renderer.
 * @project UI controls.
 * @author Anna Agte
 * @version 2.0
 */

goog.provide('DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar');

goog.require('DD.ui.controls.Group');
goog.require('DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group_Flat');
goog.require('DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group_Expandable');

// ------------------------------
// Constructor
// ------------------------------

/**
 * @constructor
 * @extends DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group_Flat
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DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar = function() {
  DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group_Flat.call(this);
};
goog.inherits(DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar, DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group_Flat);
goog.addSingletonGetter(DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar);

// ------------------------------
// Constants
// ------------------------------

/**
 * @inheritdoc
 */
DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.CSS_CLASS = 'DD-toolbar';

/**
 * @enum {DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group}
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DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.GroupRenderer = {
  FLAT: DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group_Flat.getInstance(),
  EXPANDABLE: DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group_Expandable.getInstance()
  // DROPDOWN: DD.ui.controls.renderer.Group_Dropdown.getInstance()
};

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// Prototype
// ------------------------------

goog.scope(function() {

/** @alias DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.prototype */
var prototype = DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.prototype;
var superClass_ = DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.superClass_;
var FLAT = DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.GroupRenderer.FLAT;
var EXPANDABLE = DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.GroupRenderer.EXPANDABLE;
var DisplayMode = DD.ui.controls.Group.DisplayMode;

// ------------------------------
// Methods
// ------------------------------

/**
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prototype.getCssClass = function() {
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};

/**
 * @inheritdoc
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prototype.createDom = function(component) {

  var element = superClass_.createDom.call(this, component);

  var content = component.getContentElement();
  goog.dom.classes.add(element, DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.CSS_CLASS);
  goog.dom.classes.add(content, DD.ui.controls.renderer.Toolbar.CSS_CLASS + '__content');
  this.setScrollOrientation(component, component.getScrollOrientation());

  return element;
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/**
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Toolbar} component
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Toolbar.ScrollOrientation} orientation
 * @public
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};

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 * @inheritdoc
 */
prototype.onChange = function(component, event) {
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  component.forEach(function(child) {

    var renderer = child.getRenderer();

    if (renderer.POPUP && renderer.setPopupStrategy) {
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    if (renderer.EXPANDABLE && renderer.setExpandStrategy) {
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  }.bind(this));

  this.resize(component);
};

// ------------------------------
// Special methods for smart resizing.
// ------------------------------

/**
 * @inheritdoc
 */
prototype.resize = function(component) {
  var resizeThrottle = component.$cache('resizeThrottle');
  if (!resizeThrottle) {
    resizeThrottle = new goog.Throttle(this.resizeInternal.bind(this, component), 150);
    component.$cache(resizeThrottle);
  }
  resizeThrottle.fire();
};

/**
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Toolbar} component
 * @protected
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prototype.resizeInternal = function(component) {
};

/**
 * @inheritdoc
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prototype.resetStyles = function(component, opt_options) {
  this.resetGroupRenderers(component);
  superClass_.resetStyles.call(this, component, opt_options);
};

/**
 * @inheritdoc
 */
prototype.createSize = function(component, opt_options) {
  var size = superClass_.createSize.call(this, component, opt_options);
  size.getGroup().setPaddings(0);
  return size;
};

/**
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Toolbar} toolbar
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Group} toolbar
 * @protected
 */
prototype.collapseGroup = function(component, group) {

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  var renderer = group.getRenderer();
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    renderer.clearSize(group, true);
    group.changeRenderer(EXPANDABLE);
    group.getRenderer().setExpandStrategy(group, this.expandStrategyNextRow);
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  group.endUpdate(false);
};

/**
 * @param {DD.ui.Component} component
 * @protected
 */
prototype.closeOpenedChildren = function(component) {

  var openedChildren = [];
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    if (!child.isOpened())
      return;
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    child.beginUpdate();
    child.setOpened(false);
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  });
  component.$cache('openedChildren', openedChildren);
};

/**
 * @param {DD.ui.Component} component
 * @protected
 */
prototype.openClosedChildren = function(component) {

  var openedChildren = component.$cache('openedChildren');
  if (!openedChildren || !openedChildren.length)
    return;

  for (i=0; i<openedChildren.length; i++) {
    openedChildren[i].beginUpdate();
    openedChildren[i].setOpened(true);
    openedChildren[i].endUpdate(false);
  }
};

/**
 * @param {DD.ui.Component} component
 * @protected
 */
prototype.resetGroupRenderers = function(component) {

  var element = component.getElement();
  DD.ui.utils.hideForDomChanging(element, function(element) {
    component.forEach(function(item) {

      if (!(item instanceof DD.ui.controls.Group))
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        item.endUpdate(false);
      }
    });
  });
};

/**
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Group} group
 * @param {boolean} open
 * @protected
 */
prototype.expandStrategyNextRow = function(group, open) {
  var element = group.getElement();
  var container = element.parentNode;
  var content = group.getContentElement();
  if (open) {
    if (content.parentNode !== container)
      container.appendChild(content);
  } else {
    if (content.parentNode === container)
      container.removeChild(content);
  }
};

/**
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Group} group
 * @param {boolean} open
 * @protected
 */
prototype.expandStrategyBreakRow = function(group, open) {
  var element = group.getElement();
  var content = group.getContentElement();
  open
    ? goog.dom.insertSiblingAfter(content, element)
    : goog.dom.removeNode(content);
};

/**
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Toolbar} toolbar
 * @param {DD.ui.controls.Component} component
 * @param {boolean} open
 * @protected
 */
prototype.popupStrategyInsideToolbar = function(toolbar, component, open) {

  var element = component.getElement();
  var content = component.getContentElement();
  var popup = component.$cache('popup');

  if (open) {
    toolbar.getElement().appendChild(content);
    content.style.minWidth = element.offsetWidth + 'px';
    if (popup && popup.setVisible)
      popup.setVisible(true);
  } else {
    if (popup && popup.setVisible)
      popup.setVisible(false);
    goog.dom.removeNode(content);
  }
};

}); // goog.scope


Use these sample exit interview questions to identify areas of improvement at your company and end things on a positive note when an employee quits.
Find out how employees perceive company culture and whether they feel valued and respected by peers and managers.
Discover ways to improve performance appraisals and employee relations.
Find out what training and development opportunities employees want.
Learn what would motivate employees to stay with your company.
Boost your employer brand by showing that you care about current and former employees' opinions.
Please describe your general feelings about working here. If possible, please tell us why you are leaving.
If you could change three things, what would they be?
How do you feel you were treated by your supervisor and your coworkers?
How well do you believe your work was recognized and appreciated?
Do you feel you were given adequate training and assistance?
Are there things you wish you had known earlier?
Do you think your work was aligned with your personal goals?
What can we do to make this company a better place to work?
What kind of tools, resources or training would have helped you perform better?
Would you recommend our company to friends of yours who're looking for a job? Why or why not?
Assign a member of your HR team to conduct exit interviews. Employees might feel uncomfortable talking to their former manager about what led them to resign, if for example they felt undervalued.
Prepare well before conducting exit interviews. Think about what kind of feedback would be valuable and plan your questions beforehand. Don't make your discussion feel scripted, though.
Be ready to act on feedback you receive. Conducting an exit interview just for the sake of it is a waste of time for both the employee and you. Use the feedback you collect constructively so that you can improve your company procedures and retain employees in the long run.
Always end things on a positive note. Trying to dissuade employees from leaving or criticizing them for giving you a very short notice, will leave a bad taste in their mouth. Instead, thank them for their work and wish them good luck in their future endeavors.
Employees who don't want to participate in exit interviews. Your soon-to-be former employees might view exit interviews as a waste of time if it's just a formality for your company. Don't wait for employees to quit before you ask for their opinions. Build an open communication culture through regular meetings and informal discussions. This way, employees will be willing to give you feedback once they decide to leave.
Employees who are overly emotional. The decision to quit often comes with strong feelings, either of sadness or anger. So, an employee's last days at work might not be the best time for them to offer objective feedback. If employees feel too uncomfortable having an exit interview, offer alternatives: a phone exit interview some time after they leave or a questionnaire via email. These methods might be less personal, but will still give you some valuable data.
Employees who worry about their privacy. Employees won't open up about the reasons of their resignation, unless you reassure them their interview remains confidential. Explain that the scope of exit interviews is to help your company become a better employer and not place blame on anyone. Maintain a casual, friendly tone during your discussion to make employees feel at ease. If they're still doubting, don't force them into the exit interview; it should be voluntary.