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What are the industrial uses of brucite currently being developed?
Brucite is produced by the hydrolysis of soluble magnesium-containing compounds in a strong alkaline solution. It is a secondary change product of an alkaline solution acting on a magnesium silicate. The deposit is mainly related to serpentine; it is also produced in contact with metamorphic magnesite limestone, and it is symbiotic with calcite, tremolite, serpentine, and phlogopite. It is sometimes produced in dolomite chemical limestone and is associated with calcite, hydromagnesite, and periclase. Brucite ore can be divided into three main types: spherical type, block type and fiber type:
Spherical type: hydrated from periclase, producing nodules, with a diameter from several millimeters to more than 20cm. The nodules are cemented by cryptocrystalline brucite and a small amount of calcite and serpentine. The ore is of good quality.
Block type: Hydrothermal alteration products of magnesia-rich rocks. The ore is a crystalline and granular aggregate, coexisting with serpentine, calcite, magnesite, etc., with a brucite content of about 30-40%.
Fibrous type: It is produced in serpentine in veins, and the content of wollastonite is generally 1-9%. The rock minerals are serpentine and magnetite. Wollastonite has high purity.
Brucite is widely used in fire protection coatings, paper industry, magnesium oxide production, magnesium chloride production, brucite powder, environmental protection and other fields.
(1) Fireproof coating
Brucite has a particularly high water content, about 31%. The differential thermal analysis of brucite shows that its thermal decomposition and dehydration temperature is between 420 and 520 ° C, which is close to the burning temperature of general goods, so it can be used as a fireproof coating and flame retardant. Japanese scholars have developed a coating which is a mixture of hydraulic cement, slightly treated brucite and some other substances in an appropriate ratio. This coating has the characteristics of light bulk density, good decoration, strong weathering resistance, good fire resistance, and does not peel off after fire. Can be used for surface coating of ships, high-end houses, etc.
2) Paper industry
Brucite has the characteristics of high whiteness, good exfoliation, strong adhesion, and basically does not absorb water. The former Soviet Union used it with calcite as a filler for papermaking, changing the papermaking method from acid method to alkaline method, and reducing pulp pollution . In the paper industry, brucite replaces lime in the production of magnesium-based sulfite pulp, which can absorb and reuse waste pulp water, which greatly reduces the environmental pollution of waste pulp water. Because brucite does not absorb water in the air, it can also be used as a filler for moisture-proof packaging paper.
(3) Preparation of magnesium oxide
In brucite, the magnesia content is high, and the brucite can be directly calcined to obtain magnesia, and the process is simple, the cost is low, and it is easy to control. Refractory magnesia can be produced by using brucite. Brucite has been greatly developed as a refractory in foreign countries. Abroad, brucite and dolomite are calcined into magnesium and calcium oxides at high temperatures, then ground, mixed with organic binders, pressed into molds, and then fired to produce refractory brick products. High-grade magnesia was obtained. Brucite has been greatly developed abroad as a refractory material. Japan needs to import about 40,000 to 50,000 t of brucite every year to meet the needs of industrial development.
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Kirkuk: court house decides to execute a wife killed her husband with help of two persons
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The court house of Kirkuk makes the decision to execute an 18-year-old wife, who was involved in the murder of her husband with two other persons.
A man was shot dead in his house in Nasr neighborhood on August 8, 2019 and his child one year and a half was injured, as well. On the same day, the police forces arrested his wife and another two persons with the charge of involvement in the murder.
On Monday, May 19, 2020, the court house decided to execute his wife and the other two persons, who premediated the killing.
A source, who is familiar with the trial, told KirkukNow that, "the court made decision to execute Rahab Khalid Ibrahim, the wife of the man, Abdul-Mahdi Rahim Khzir, and Ahmad Mahmood Ramazan, who had confessed that the they planned the murder and killed Mustafa Ahmad, the husband of Rahab."
They have confessed that they shot Ahmad and later hung his dead body to misled the investigation, aiming to show he committed suicide. Rahab and the other two men later started torturing her child.
"They confessed that they have also barbarically tortured the child and burned her body with cigarette fire. Later they cut the burned skin of the child with knife," the source added.
The child is a girl and was only a year and a half when she was tortured.
How was the murder revealed?
After the murder, the woman took the child to hospital and said that broken glass cut her leg, but the doctor doubted the claim and informed the security forces of the hospital. That led to the arrest of the suspects and later the case was revealed.
The woman confessed under investigation that she committed the crime with the help of two other persons, even though they initially concealed and later were arrested and confessed to the crime.
The decision to execute them was made base on article 406 of the Iraqi Penal Code, which states that willful killing is punishable by death "if such killing is premediated."
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Much of the tenor of daily life at Kings Point, the Pass Christian and San Mateo schools was defined by the Regiment, which was created under the charismatic second Superintendent of Kings Point, Giles C. Stedman. Stedman and his first Cadet Regimental Commander, George Agee, put in place many of the rules and traditions that came to define the Kings Point experience.
Agee is best remembered for his invention of a local version of West Point's demerit system, which many decades later, in a much-modified form, still sets limits on the Regiment and imposes sanctions on wayward Cadet-Midshipmen. (Graduates from that era can still recite samples of Agee's terse prose: Word, failure to get…6 demerits.) Although cadets had participated in regular drills since the inception of the Academy, it was not until the interventions of Stedman and Agee that the regimental system became expanded and codified.
As the training program gathered momentum, Cadet-Midshipmen were accepted in sections of 25 students. The sections completed basic training together, shipped out on merchant ships in small groups and if possible later reunited at the Academy for their advanced training. Though this system created major administrative headaches, as many subjects had to be taught continuously, it allowed Kings Point to graduate groups of Cadet-Midshipmen every two weeks, thereby providing a steady flow of new officers to the merchant marine and U.S. Navy.
The section quickly became the new cadet's family. Sections ate together, attended classes together, got their vaccinations together, worked together and came to grips with the hair-raising stories of wartime life at sea that were beginning to make their way back to the Academy. This bonding began on Day One. The following account details the experience of the members of a typical section, in this case, section 074, as they arrived at Kings Point and were immersed in the life of a Cadet-Midshipman:
"Friday and Saturday: Ten men arrived by train or plane. Three find they have traveled 3,000 miles in the same airliner without knowing of their common destination. Others believe denim-clad cadets to be laborers; all anxious to change into whites, demand, "When do we eat?"
Sunday: The section receives two more members, both from California, gets church leave, attend Catholic or Episcopalian services. Later, baseball at Grace Estate; is served iced tea and cakes.
Monday: Cadets become oriented to barracks discipline; some swim in Schenck pool; others spend day reading Sunday's funnies, investigating Academy's environs. All are given physical fitness tests by Mr. Cohen.
Tuesday: Men begin week of work detail, break scrap iron until noon—lessen heterogeneity of dress by purchasing dungarees and shirts at canteen—are moved from separate, scattered quarters to the "Bonita" barracks.
Wednesday, Thursday: New Cadets continue work detail—are given jobs for which they are best fitted—groan over aptitude tests and prospect of Kings Point duty for next week. Are measured for blues; told uniforms will be ready in two weeks.
Friday and Saturday: Last of preliminary sections, still incomplete, undergoes barracks inspection. Dust flies Friday night, and no white cotton gloves are dirtied Saturday morning as officers investigate high beams, shelf recesses, immaculate bunks, closets. Sprained ankle, injured shoulder, and stomach ache send three men to sick bay."
As the Cadet Corps grew, the rhythms of the first week solidified and became the core of what would later become a formal indoctrination ("indoc") period. Even before the end of the war, the first week of training exerted a profound impact that cadets would later recall with some nostalgia. One cadet's account of the experiences gives a strong sense of the new world into which these Cadet-Midshipman were thrust
"Memories of our first week will remain with us forever. Some of the events are written indelibly on our souls—that short haircut, all those clothes to be stenciled, that huge armful of books, making the first bunk, folding so neatly the first blanket, learning how to brace, memorizing the Plebe Pledge, and falling in for our first muster."
Another ritual of the first week was the lecture given to incoming plebes by the Executive Officer of the Cadet Corps, Lieutenant Commander John F. ("Jackie") Wilson. The Corps had no room for candidates who couldn't handle the pace, workload or demands of war. Wilson's lecture gave the new recruits a clear picture of what would be required of them:
"[You] must spend every waking moment with the exception of recreation period in study. The instruction which you will receive in small-boat work must be taken seriously, and during your period of outdoor instruction you must refrain from any conversation whatever. Listen intently, bearing in mind that the instruction may aid you in saving your life or that of a shipmate. You must also remember that absolute silence must be maintained during group study….
When you return to the Academy, your advanced course of instruction will be stiff and you must prepare yourself well in advance of your reporting here. You must choose your shipmates carefully; protect your personal property and the books and uniforms which have been entrusted to you. Your attention is called to the fact that should you resign, be requested to resign, or be dismissed, you will be required to turn in all government property which you have in your possession."
Wilson wasn't exaggerating; he was simply stating the facts. Many men did not make it through the first few weeks of their Kings Point experience, (even though faced with the certainty of the draft if they left), and many of those who did had to struggle to survive. Cadets soon learned that the best way to make it through, indeed, the only way to make it through, was through teamwork. Upperclassmen refer to the fourth class program as an accelerated course – that is the acme of understatement. It is a super-accelerated maelstrom of physical and mental activities, and God help the bottom man on the totem pole.
The 28 men in one section occupied one large room on the third deck of Furuseth Barracks. Here they lived the axiom that barracks life is the intro to military discipline. Limited quarters were a source of great confusion the first few days, but the disorder gradually diminished and eventually disappeared. They learned almost immediately that intelligent cooperation was of paramount importance. Four months ago they were total strangers and they became a veteran section, intimately associated and closely allied in thought, word, and deed, working and studying in harmony for the mutual benefit of all hands.
In spite of the busy schedule and cramped conditions, and the grim tidings of war beginning to filter back to the Academy, the cadets managed to create a vibrant and optimistic community at each school. As the first two sections of cadets who had begun their training at Kings Point graduated, the editors of Polaris took a moment to acknowledge the achievements of these trailblazers:
"18 deck Cadets and 16 engine Cadets have completed their prescribed course of training at the USMMA. They comprise the first group to have this distinction. They have had the honor of watching the Academy grow. Despite the many fond memories of comradeship and pleasant days of work and study, these Cadets are anxious to return to their careers at sea."
"They, the Cadets of 1-H-1, 1-H-2 realize their country is in greater need of their services now than at any period in her history. They, too, realize that they were instrumental in building the Academy to its present status. This group formed the first class organization and held its first meeting June 2, 1942. Its aims were: 1) to build an organization with honorable traditions, 2) to provide the Upper-classmen with the necessary social functions, and 3) to indoctrinate the Lower-classmen."
"On July 18, 1942, the first dance sponsored by this class was held at the Academy. The plan to publish the Cadet Corps' own publication, The Polaris, was instituted by Cadets of this class… The tradition of tossing coins at Amphitrite's pool was born of this group. They carried out the suggestion that this money be placed in a fund to acquire a memorial for Cadets lost at sea."
The first classes of cadets had laid an admirable foundation. Along with faculty, local administrators, and the Maritime Commission, they had helped put their Academy on a special course. Generations to come would benefit from their persistence, patience, and inventiveness.
Who were the members of the Cadet Corps?
They were young men from all across the country from all walks of life who answered their country's call and enrolled in the Cadet Corps. Some came from seafaring traditions; others had never seen the ocean, but couldn't wait to escape the confines of the small towns in which they had grown up. Some chose the merchant marine because the path to officer rank was speedier than in the corresponding Army and Navy programs. Others were drawn by the romance of the sea.
Their backgrounds were as diverse as their motivations. One Cadet-Midshipman, writing in Polaris, described in detail the diverse origins of his section mates:
"Our section represents an excellent cross section of American youth… One lad is the son of a bank president who left Harvard to join the Cadet Corps. Another owned and operated a truck farm in Idaho; his locker is filled with seed catalogs. Another is a former Yale swimming star. One lad was an assistant buyer for Sears Roebuck. They hail from all walks of life and are truly a heterogeneous conglomeration. The clown of the section is a former bell-hop from a Chicago hotel… He has been on extra duty squad working off demerits ever since his second week."
Another Polaris article provided a tally of the pre-war occupations of many cadets, showcasing the variety of experiences (and the sometimes dry sense of humor) that students brought to their alma mater.
Cadet-Midshipman Allan Gibson: "Before entering the Cadet Corps, I was employed as a fire underwriter, which is one of the many branches of the insurance game." Cadet-Midshipman R. A. Perlatti: "I operated a surface grinder for the Eaton Manufacturing Co. in the aircraft division." Cadet-Midshipman Alva Andrus: "I got through junior college by doing watch repair work, as well as being a clerk in a small jewelry firm in Salinas, CA. During the summer months, I was first trumpet with the Monterey County Symphony Orchestra."
All too often war turns individuals into statistics, grim statistics. When reading accounts of the terrible trials of the merchant marine in World War II, it is worth remembering that the service was no more or less than a fleet of individual ships, and those ships were manned, in large part, by young people who had only begun to live their lives and pursue their dreams. They were from Iowa farms and small coastal cities in Massachusetts. They were clerks, trumpeters, machine-tool operators and salesmen. As they embarked upon dangerous waters, they left behind anxious parents, fiancés, and friends.
On balance, they were probably no braver than any other random assortment of young Americans, but they were soon called upon to be so.
Cadet Section E-7, San Mateo, CA August 25, 1943
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Robert Gulcher on January 17, 2013 at 2:13 pm said:
I went to Pass Christian on the first day of 1944 at age 18, fresh from one quarter of college. Joined the SS Autosse (spelling?), an aviation fuel tanker the first of April of same year. Made 6 crossings of the Atlantic in convoys. We heard of sinkings in the convoy and saw one very first hand probably in June or July of '44. The line of tankers were split off and heading for Scotland, Greenock, as I recall. I was on the fan tail waiting to go on the 1600 watch in the engine room. I was watching the tanker behind us and saw the flash of a torpedo stiking the ship. Mommets later a second torpedo. It was a large fire ball fueled by the aviaition fuel. You could see crew members jumping in the blazing water.There were probably cadets on board. All perished, we were told. I then went on watch shaking all the way.


JFK, Jr., took the bar exam three times.
Believe it or not, both statements are from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. She included them in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece on her support for more rigorous teacher certification processes.
Call me skeptical, but I have a hard time reconciling complaining about "America's testing fixation" with a call for testing new teachers at a bar exam level. I have an even harder time imagining that the head of a teachers union is truly advocating this kind of teacher testing regimen, despite her use of the word "rigorous" to describe her idea.
Is she really supporting a teacher certification process that might result in 50 percent fail rates for prospective teachers? That kind of fail rate isn't that unusual for the bar exam. According to the National Conference of Bar Examiners, pass rates for state bar exams nationally are around 60 percent, with some states having pass rates as low as 42 percent (California) last year. Even the well-educated late John F. Kennedy, Jr. had to take the New York bar three times before passing.
So, if Ms. Weingarten is advocating that kind of rigorous testing, hear, hear! I agree. Let's raise standards for teacher certification. Let's absolutely ensure teachers know their content area before stepping into a classroom to teach it. Let's make sure they know good pedagogical technique, as well.
But it's hard to believe that someone who whines about our "testing fixation" is serious about making teacher testing harder. Although she doesn't specify, the "testing fixation" Ms. Weingarten refers to most likely concerns the state student tests mandated by No Child Left Behind that determine whether a school is making "annual yearly progress." AFT has not been enthusiastically supportive of this kind of testing, to say the least. Maybe their lack of support for these tests has to do with the fact that NCLB's testing provisions are designed to draw attention to schools and teachers who might need help—who might not be up to those "rigorous" standards Ms. Weingarten believes in. NCLB's provisions are designed to ensure some kind of accountability—to make sure that schools are accountable to their taxpayers and students.
If AFT has been resistant to that kind of accountability, why would anyone believe they want to introduce even more rigorous testing? I have a hard time believing it. And, if I were really suspicious, I might wonder if a call for a bar exam-like standard for teacher testing would result in tests that are not rigorous but do provide cover for calling for higher and higher pay scales for teachers, since they'd be sitting for professional exams just like lawyers do! Don't get me wrong. I'm all for good compensation…for good teachers. I just have a hard time believing that someone who thinks NCLB testing is bad would want an even tougher standard applied to prospective teachers.


The mobile apps killed the doodle. No one does it anymore. It was so much fun filling pages with those flights of fancy like writing your signature with different flourishes on the programme card while the chief guest droned on. Little sunflowers on stems all over the pages. And if the exam paper was tough or the lesson just so boring out came the pen and you drew stick figures and hearts of different shapes, eyes with sweeping brows and little trees or a flock of birds flying into the sky and several dozen 3D boxes where you joined the two squares with straight lines and presto it appeared. And you preened with pride at your artistic ability. Now, you can scarcely find a pen. My favourites were little trains with smoke billowing out of the engine and trailing thickly across the page, a house with a path with a belching chimney and side portraits of no one in particular with masses of hair and thick lips.
Arrows in various directions with feathers and sharp tips were on top of the list and often we would make circles, dozens of utterly pointless Os often oval like eggs just round and round and round all over the page. Musical notes were very common as were rabbits and mice with big ears. Let the chief guest ramble endlessly, Picasso was on a roll.
Thing about doodling was it stayed private. It was yours and you never showed it to anyone. Not that anyone wanted to see them but they were not yesterday's WhatsApp. No sharing, period. Only you knew what you wanted to draw. Daggers and guns and spears when you were annoyed and had a target. Planes and a galaxy of stars when you were inspired. Though the mood and the sketch really had nothing in common. The sun rising with rays indicated by little lines … we have all done that. These efforts got us through so many dull and dreary moments and sharpened our creativity.
Then someone figured out that this happily harmless self-indulgence was actually a psychological study and every time you drew you were expressing your character. Overnight, in the seventies, books came out telling us what the doodle said about us and it turned into a potent weapon. Ah, you are drawing a house without windows, you are frustrated and cooped up. Trees mean you feel stunted. My smoke meant i was confused. Arrows indicated a conflict of interest. For a while a whole generation fell for this cleverly marketed profundity but an arrow is an arrow and the only reason i drew arrows and bows was because the chief guest would not stop talking. No conflict there.


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Ad Campaign – Lightfair 2005 – NYC
As a part of an ongoing campaign to promote the improved and newly patented Contour projector, Phantom Lighting has recently released a series of ads with LD &A, Lighting Design and Application, the leading publication for architectural lighting design news and trends. The ads, currently slated to run in the April and May issues of the magazine, will coincide with Light Fair International 2005 which will be held April 12-14 in New York City. Phantom Lighting will be exhibiting its latest product innovations, technological advancements and design solutions at the world renowned conference, booth 1940.
Among the Contour's innovative features are:
A precision optical system that includes a low voltage MR16 lamp and a series of highly specialized condensing and focal lenses. These lenses create a flexible field of focus, rather than fixed as with most other projectors, allowing the projector to be placed wherever is most convenient for the designer, including off to the side of the subject.Three different options for screening the aperture. Phantom offers a series of twelve precisely contoured shutters to add flexibility of focus and combat any "keystoning" effect of the light. As a second aperture option, Phantom offers a custom cut brass slide, allowing one projector to frame multiple objects. As a third option, Phantom is proud to be the only projector on the market to offer a custom glass gobo option, which allows the projector to mask out floating objects or perfectly frame letters without stencil-like standoffs.
An innovative harness mounting system that allows for the only remodeler housing on the market.
In honor of these new proprietary features and the newly received patent, Phantom Lighting has developed a new catalog and a new look to its literature. The updated literature will not only reflect the forward-thinking philosophy of the company but will be more accessible and user-friendly for the specifier community. This new look, signaling a new age and product offering at Phantom, will be launched with the ad campaign featured in LD&A.
LD&A Magazine has a circulation base of approximately 9000 readers, which is comprised entirely of the IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America) members, and offers an optimal readership for this campaign. The regular readers, who are actively shaping lighting decisions around the country, include Lighting Consultants, Lighting Engineers, Architects, Sales Representatives and Design Firm Owners.
For more information please contact Ashley Luberger at 713.867.6806 or visit us online at www.phantomlighting.com or contact one of our fine lighting reps.


I'm not a huge fan of Nutella. Are you? Did you sub something else or make them as is? New favorite?
I LOVE Nutella! I know it's not super-healthy, but…it's just so tasty! I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone made these though. Such a creative group of foodies!
I used Nutella in half of the batch, and then Biscoff spread in the other half. I also increased the 1/2 tsp to something like 3/4 – 1 tsp for the middle, which balanced out the strength of the ganache on top. Yum!
Also not Nutella fans here. We subbed strawberry-balsamic jam and were both happier that way.
I would eat a car if you put nutella on it. It would have to be a lot of nutella but I would do it.
I liked them, but probably won't make them again. I'm not a huge fan of white cupcakes.
I might use the nutella as filling for chocolate cupcakes at some point.


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Upperclassmen Lead the Way at MountainView Collegiate
Tigers continue season at LSU Tiger Invite
Columbia, Mo. – Senior Alina Rogers and redshirt junior Michelle Butler earned top-25 finishes on Saturday at the MountainView Collegiate Invitation as the two shot 2-over par through three rounds of play. As team the Tigers took 14th overall, scoring 303-284-301—888 (+24) on the tournament. Ohio State won the tournament with a score 8-under par while FIU placed second at 3-under. Both Kansas State and Iowa State tied for third at even par.
Rogers had a strong showing on the third day, as she shot 1-over par after staying even through most of the round. Freshman Clara Young also had a strong comeback in the round. She earned her best score of the tournament (+1) as she tallied two third-round birdies.
Sophomore Jess Meek finished in a tie for 79th overall, shooting 13-over par through the tournament. Senior Laura Kraft finished just three strokes behind Meek for a 16-over par final tally.
Competing as an individual, Haelena Schwemmer earned an 83rd place finish with a final score 14-over par.
The Tigers welcomed a field of 20 teams to the course at MountainView Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz. which boasts a 6,227-yard, Par 72 course. Arkansas State, BYU, Cal State Fullerton, Colorado State, Florida International, Fresno State, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, Nebraska, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, North Texas, Old Dominion, Ohio State, Purdue, Texas State, UNC Greensboro and Wyoming all made the spring break trip to Tucson for the tournament.
Stay tuned to MUTigers.com for more information on Mizzou Women's Golf, and follow the team on Twitter for live tournament updates (@MUWomensGolf).
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Wisdom Of Age Blog Jeff Rubin Advocate Against Ageism.
Those in the marketing, advertising and PR businesses are spending an inordinate amount of time worrying about how to market to the rapidly growing millennial market. The fact that this younger population responds less to advertising than any previous generation has marketers scurrying for alternative solutions. But while devoting energy to capturing millennial spending money, those marketers may be forgetting about what is still an even bigger market — baby boomers and senior citizens.
Don't imagine the senior market to be represented by a scowling old man who speaks in grunts and cold stares, pointing a rifle and growling, "Get off my lawn!" Those of us who have reached senior status may prefer to identify more with senior citizen Mick Jagger than quintessential angry old man Clint Eastwood.
Sanjay Chadha, CEO and founder of Safety Labs, a company that caters to the senior market with an innovative medical alert device that can be used both in and out of the home, notes that while seniors tend to have practical concerns and a no-nonsense approach to buying, they are increasingly just as tech-savvy as millennials.
"Marketing to the senior market requires an acknowledgement that they are leading active lives, and just as likely as millennials to be spending lots of time out and about," said Chadha.
1. Seniors really do like to shop online.
The predominant stereotype of seniors is that they are technology-illiterate and rely on their grandchildren to run their electronics, but nothing could be further from the truth. Baby Boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — actually spend more time online than do millennials, according to Limelight Networks' The State of the User Experience annual survey, which noted that while 41 percent of millennials spend more than 15 hours a day online, 51 percent of boomers are doing so. Boomers represent about a third of all social media users, and those aged 50 and older spend about $7 billion a year online, with boomers using the Internet as their primary means of comparison shopping.
2. Why market to the senior segment?
Selling to millennials is fun. They buy quirky hats and retro clothing, love craft beer and if they like what you have to offer, they are quick to spread the word to their social network. But while earlier generations assumed that their children would be better off than they were, millennials missed the boat and are the first generation to have less money and fewer jobs compared to their parents' generation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, young adults earn $2,000 less today than young adults did in 1980 — and if you're looking for buyers with disposable income, it's no longer the young.
Nearly 70 percent of disposable income will come from senior citizens in the next five years, and seniors are spending more every year on hobbies, which has grown 5.2 percent annually since 1990; and entertainment, which has grown 9.8 percent annually since 1990. Also, marketing to millennials requires a dramatic departure from traditional advertising, as these demographics are less likely to respond to an advertisement than they are direct engagement and social media.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by 2050, there will be 83.7 million people aged 65 and older. And while the current cohort of seniors carries more debt than previous generations of seniors, they spend more on hobbies and non-essentials than they did in 1990, and in terms of net worth, are doing quite well compared to other age groups. On average, seniors are the most affluent demographic of American society, with seniors having five times the net worth of the average American.
3. Best practices for marketing to seniors.
While seniors do respond to traditional advertisements, they are tech-savvy, and online and social media marketing should be included in the mix.
When creating products and services for seniors, keep in mind that they are more active than ever, and spending money on hobbies and entertainment.
The senior market is not one-size-fits-all. Marketing to 90 year olds will be different than marketing to 65 year old Baby Boomer — adjust your messaging to fit each sub-group.
Avoid superfluous "cute" marketing messages in favor of more straightforward marketing. "Reasons why" explanations, realistic messaging, and product endorsements from trusted individuals will work well.
Pay attention to the customer experience. Superior customer support and responsiveness is especially important — and don't forget to stay in touch after a purchase has been made.
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Ottlik Géza
[English] [Hungarian] [German] [Dutch]
Born May 9, 1912 in Budapest. Novelist, short-story writer, translator. Completed upper grades of schooling at military gymnasium. Obtained certificate in mathematics and physics from University of Budapest in 1935. Writings first appeared in 1931 in Napkelet. Tried a journalistic career for a time. Beginning in 1939 his stories and book and drama reviews appeared regularly in Nyugat, Tükör, Ezüstkor, and Magyar Csillag, and from 1945, in Magyarok, Válasz, Új Idők, and other periodicals. Dramaturge for Rádió 1945-1946. Secretary of PEN Club 1945-1957. Invited to London for study tour in fall 1960 by the British government in recognition of his English translations.
A member of so-called Fourth Generation, along with János Pilinszky, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Iván Mándy, (qq.v.), and Miklós Mészöly. First known for his translations of novels, then gained reputation with his own short stories and novels. His genuine style emerged in 1940's. Themes are derived from problems in world of chaos. Among authors he has translated are G.Keller, Dickens, Shaw, E. Waugh, A. Zweig, J.Giraudoux, Hemingway, Osborne, and O'Neill. English translations are of special importance.
Iskola a határon has been translated into English, French, and German.


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Fortnum & Mason Standing Out In A Crowd
Luxury department store Fortnum & Mason stole the show in this year's Lord Mayor's Show. Their float was wrapped in iconic Eau De Nil light green and featured huge 5m LED screens displaying digital content to the crowd of on-lookers lining the streets of London during the procession.
The fully wrapped vehicle was a cut above the rest and it even carried the new Lord Mayor of London on board (William Russell recently became the 692nd Lord Mayor of London if you're interested). Their float also featured the iconic F&M dancing cats atop their parade vehicle.
The event was planned through the lovely people at 22×43 Creative in London.
Fortnum & Mason has twice-marched in the Lord Mayor's show: first in 2007 as part of its tercentenary celebrations, and later in 2012 during the Diamond Jubilee. This year, Fortnum's joined the procession once again to mark the opening of its new store and restaurant in The Royal Exchange, with a megawatt tea party compered by a herd of dancing cats. Fortnum's famous felines representing the retailer's esteemed Red Coat staff; a recurrent motif that were first introduced by illustrator Edward Bawden in the 1950s, and have been making themselves comfortable in 181 Piccadilly ever since.
Ewan Venters, CEO said: 'As we prepare to celebrate our first birthday at The Royal Exchange we are thrilled to once again take part in the Lord Mayor's Show, one of London's most longstanding traditions. No strangers to pomp and ceremony ourselves, this year we'll be marking the occasion in true Fortnum's style: with tea, cake and cats.'
Fortnum's Doing It With Style As Always
About The Fortum & Mason Parade Float
The float is 11.5m long and has integrated LED screens on both sides of the vehicle. The screens are 5m long x 1.5m high and are powered by the vehicle's on board generator. In additional to the lower deck that holds the screens there is also a drop down ladder that comes from the ceiling of the vehicle to allow passengers to access the top deck.
The upper deck of the vehicle is licenced to carry up to 60 passengers on board and passengers are kept safe with the hydraulic handrails which are deployed with the push of a button. The vehicle was due to be used by Chelsea FC for their Premier League trophy parade around the streets of the Chelsea borough in May 2017. Unfortunately, the event coincided with the tragic events in Manchester at the Ariana Grande concert and it was deemed too dangerous to continue with the planned trophy tour and it was cancelled the day before the schedule event.
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Kindest regards, Harvey"
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Investments of Rs 4 lakh crore for urban development cleared in 3 years: Venkaiah Naidu
Naidu said 500 cities under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and 98 smart cities had approved five-year action plans for improving urban infrastructurePTI | May 27, 2017, 07:55 IST
NEW DELHI: Investments worth over Rs 4 lakh crore have been approved for improving urban infrastructure in the three years of the Modi government, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday.
"Three years of urban transformation infused new vigour in city and state governments for building a resurgent urban India...Cities competing with each other holds promise for better living," he said on Twitter as the Modi government completed three years in office.
Naidu said 500 cities under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and 98 smart cities had approved five-year action plans for improving urban infrastructure.
Naidu, who holds the portfolios of information and broadcasting and urban development, said the Modi government had "unified the people more than ever before" in nation building.
By empowering different sections of society, he said that a strong foundation had been laid for making a "new India of the hopes and aspirations of all the people".
"People have been brought out of despair and the country is racing towards new horizons. 2014 mandate is taking shape steadily," he said.
The three years of "decisive, honest, caring, considerate, innovative, accountable and empowering governance" have "made every citizen proud of being Indian", he said, adding that with the belief in self and leadership restored, India set to scale new heights.
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01/01/2016 - "Here, we describe safety results of extended denosumab therapy in patients with bone metastases from the open-label extension phase of two phase 3 trials. "
09/01/2014 - "This paper summarizes the treatment possibilities of bone metastasis and presents the results of phase III trials of denosumab and Ra-223-chloride. "
12/01/2011 - "Denosumab offers a highly effective and safe parenteral therapy for osteoporosis and is being studied long term with the extension of the FREEDOM trial, and in other osteoporotic states - in men and glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis."
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08/15/2012 - "Denosumab treatment of patients with GCTB significantly reduced or eliminated RANK-positive tumor giant cells. "
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01/01/2013 - "In breast and prostate cancer, denosumab was effective in reducing skeletal morbidity rate compared with placebo. "
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The vocal legend of all times started as a singer in the most popular time of the Big Band Era – which was a dream come true for Frank Sinatra. He was at center stage during one of the most exciting times in modern music: the glory days of swing.
He started his nationally known singing career with a short stint in 1939 with Harry James & His Orchestra. But, by early 1940 he was on his way touring the nation and singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
From the moment he appeared on stage at the New York's Paramount Theatre, he walked into the annals of show business. The sounds that he was greeted with, he recalls, "was absolutely deafening, a tremendous roar from 5000 bobby-soxers." They packed the Theatre yelling, screaming, applauding – even fainting in ecstasy – for Frank Sinatra who had become a super-star.
American music would never be the same after April 1940 as Sinatra recorded with the Pied Pipers and Dorsey, their first big hit I'll Never Smile Again which became the first Dorsey/ Sinatra/ Pied Pipers record to reach number one on the charts. By August, I'll Never Smile Again had sold 500,000 records and was listed on Billboards charts as a number one hit for 15 consecutive weeks and continued as a top 10 hit for 25 weeks. Billboard Magazine quoted, "the success of this song is due to the plaintive delivery by Sinatra and the elegant harmony by the Pied Pipers." Many hits followed within that year, This Love Of Mine, Oh, Look At Me Now, There Are Such Things just to name a few.
The success of I'll Never Smile Again catapulted Frank to stardom and gave him top billing with the Pied Pipers in the October 1940 Paramount movie " Las Vegas Nights" which was released nationally. Within a few months another movie called "Ships Ahoy" featuring Frank and the Pipers was hitting the movie theaters.
Frank was also recording as a soloist, featuring his poetic renditions of Night And Day, Without A Song and The Song Is You. But in 1942, after listening to what he had recorded, he said, "I've got to go out on my own!"
Though he loved and admired Dorsey, it was time to move on. To Dorsey's dismay – Sinatra broke his contract by saying, "I'll make you an offer you can't refuse…………!" The crooner never looked back as he continued to make movies, was the featured vocalist on the hit radio show "Your Hit Parade" and signed a recording contract with Columbia Records. After a cameo part singing Night And Day in the movie, Reveille With Beverly – the timing couldn't have been more perfect to spread the word from coast to coast about America's teenage idol.
His voice continued to touch us for decades as he recorded numerous hit records, had his own television shows and guest appearances on many others, sixty movies to his credit, many legendary shows in Las Vegas and historic performances that traveled the world.
Sinatra, through the early years made musical history and changed American Music forever. Frank Sinatra, the man with the voice will live infinitely.
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John, [the telephone repairman] that prognosticator of weather extraordinar, said that by Saturday, the ice would be cleared. And it is so. Yesterday afternoon, I bravely took my life in my hands and crossed the uneven front yard to the car. The new gravel was melted clear and not packed yet, but serviceably sound.
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Newmarket is a beautiful market town that is situated in the county of Suffolk in the South Of England. The area is predominantly centred around the world famous Newmarket Racecourse and other racing attractions. However, the area also has a lot more to offer visitors with its spacious parks, vast open spaces and historical buildings.
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Elicina, a company known for its premium skincare products that use the secretion of the Helix Aspersa Muller snail as its main active ingredient, enjoyed its time meeting with major American retail buyers at Vitamin, Sports Nutrition and Weight Management Efficient Program Planning Session (EPPS) in Chandler, Arizona.
"It was a thrill to show off our amazing products for major retail buyers at EPPS," said Paula Bascunan, Elicina's General Manager.
This ECRM event took place at the Sheraton Grand Hotel at Wild Horse Pass from June 25 to 28. The trade show presented an opportunity for businesses from all over the nutritional products and cosmeceutical industries a chance to meet with major retail buyers. Buyers and sellers discussed the benefits of the seller's products, along with marketing strategies and future goals.
This natural, skin-soothing product is almost entirely derived from the Helix Aspersa Muller snail. This snail secretes a slime that contains naturally concentrated doses of important substances like elastin, collagen, allantoin and glycolic acid.
The fact is that all these substances have shown benefits to prevent signs of aging and keep skin supple and beautiful. All the company's creams feature at least 80 percent snail secretion to ensure that customers are getting a pure product. These products are ideal to treat common skin problems from wrinkles to spots, from acne to stretch marks. The snail's secretion's properties allow for a quicker skin regeneration and a healthier, more youthful appearance. All the Elicina products are safe for use by anyone, from children to the elderly.
"It was a thrill to show off our amazing products for major retail buyers at EPPS," said Paula Bascunan, Elicina's General Manager. "We'll continue to expand our presence in the American market and educate consumers about the power of this natural skincare solution.
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On Monday April 16th, we explained to our 1st of primary students what The Innovation Project is. They were very excited to participate and gave some really good answers to the question "What is innovation?"
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Giants WRs to honor 9/11 anniversary with patriotic cleats
By Jordan Raanan
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Victor Cruz are preparing to kick off the season in patriotic style.
Beckham and Cruz plan to wear special 9/11 cleats before and during Sunday's season opener against the Dallas Cowboysat AT&T Stadium. They each have a pair for pregame and during the game that serve as a tribute to the 15-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy.
The cleats by Kickasso like Picasso will include American flag versions for the game. Beckham will wear a special 9/11 cleat during warmups, while Cruz will have a fire truck cleat with his late father's engine number on them. Cruz's dad was a fireman in Paterson, New Jersey.
"It's a special cleat for a couple reasons. I mean opening day is on 9/11," said Troy Cole, Kickasso's owner. "And Odell wanted to pay tribute to the heroes of 9/11, and not toward the tragedy aspect, with the falling building and the heroes all around kind of helping and saving people. That is why it's kind of special and going to be pretty cool."
Before every game Sunday, fans will see a taped video message from President Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Former President Bush will participate in the ceremonial coin toss with his wife, Laura, and two NYPD officers who responded to the attacks at Ground Zero 15 years ago.
The Giants' coaches and staff also plan to wear special 9/11 pins to honor the fallen and as a reminder of the tragedy that cost thousands of lives. Some players may be wearing special 9/11 gloves.
Sunday also marks Cruz's return -- his first game in 700 days. He's missed most of the past two seasons with knee and calf injuries.
His return will be his first time wearing a pair of custom cleats by Kickasso in a game. But it won't be Beckham's, as the receiver hooked up with Cole by reaching out to him via Instagram after entering the league. The two have worked together since.
Beckham has 20 to 30 pairs of custom cleats by Kickasso. Some of the most memorable are the Jokers that he wore before the Giants played cornerback Josh Norman and the Panthers last year and a light-up "Back to the Future" version from the Pro Bowl.
Beckham and Kickasso have other designs in the pipeline for this season. The themes include custom military, breast cancer awareness, special cartoons and, of course, a new Joker edition.
"That should be interesting," Cole said.
The custom cleat industry is spreading. Already Kickasso has worked or will work with Giants Olivier Vernon, Justin Pugh, Brad Wing and Josh Brown, to name a few. Pittsburgh Steelers star receiver Antonio Brown and the New York Jets' Brandon Marshall are also on his client list.
Kickasso's work will be on display on NFL fields across the country this week. The Jets' Buster Skrine will be wearing a flaming $100 bill version Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. On the other side of the ball Sunday against the Giants, Cowboys wide receiver Terrance Williams will be wearing a pair that serve as a nod to Michael Myers and "Halloween."
The way Kickasso operates is that players provide themes or ideas and give him the freedom to produce the final product. He often teams with Beckham the week before a game, hashes out the general concept and has the cleats done and ready for the following week's contest.
Kickasso gets the cleats from the player or his team's equipment manager to make sure the style, size and fit are correct. He prefers it to be white so there is a blank canvas to navigate. From there, he makes the original designs happen.
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GENE SIMMONS Once Again Slams ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Over Rap Inductions
Gene Simmons has once again made negative comments about the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inducting rap artists, saying that hip-hop acts do not belong in the institution. Asked about KISS's own 2014 induction into the Rock Hall, the bassist/vocalist told CantonRep.com: "It's appreciated, but I never thought much about it. Like most entities, they're political. Some people in a back room decide who gets in and who does not.
"There are people from different genres that I don't believe belong in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame," he continued. "There's disco and rap and all kinds of stuff. And I highly respect rap, but on the day LED ZEPPELIN gets put into the Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame, is the day I will personally accept rap artists as being brought into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. It just ain't the same thing. You go to Apple Music, and you go to different genres and you type in 'rock,' you're not gonna find a single rap band in that category. Likewise, if you look at hip hop or rap, you're not gonna see AC/DC or KISS in the list in there."
Simmons originally took issue with hip-hop acts — and other non-rock artists — being inducted into the Rock Hall Of Fame during a 2014 interview with Radio.com. He stated at the time: "It's really back-room politics, like Boss Tweed. A few people decide what's in and what's not. And the masses just scratch their heads. You've got Grandmaster Flash in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? RUN-D.M.C. in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? You're killing me! That doesn't mean those aren't good artists. But they don't play guitar. They sample and they talk. Not even sing!"
He continued: "If you asked Donna [Summer], 'What kind of artist are you?', do you think she would say 'rock?' If you asked Madonna, 'What kind of artist are you?' do you think she would say, 'Oh, rock!' So what they hell are they doing in the Hall Of Fame? They can run their organization any way they'd like, but it ain't rock! It just isn't! If you don't play guitar and you don't write your own songs, you don't belong there."
In a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone, Simmons predicted that rap would soon die out, and he said he would be the first one to dance on its grave.
"Rap will die. Next year, ten years from now, at some point, and then something else will come along," he told the magazine. "And all that is good and healthy. I am looking forward to the death of rap. I'm looking forward to music coming back to lyrics and melody, instead of just talking. A song, as far as I'm concerned, is by definition lyric and melody, or just melody."
N.W.A.'s MC Ren responded to Simmons during his Rock Hall acceptance speech. He said: "Mr.Gene Simmons, hip-hop is here forever! Get used to it!"
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I have always been good at managing a crisis – in fact, someone recently advised me to market myself as the best crisis communications expert in the world.
While that seems a little ambitious, it is certainly true that working for one of the country's largest unitary councils for nearly 30 years has given me plenty of experience in managing potential crises.
So what kind of reputational issues might require the help of the best crisis communications expert in the world?
For a start, I think even the best in the world might have needed a little time to think if they had been contacted by a member of the Ukrainian government for advice on managing the fallout from the fake assassination of journalist Arkady Babchenko.
While the Ukranian secret service may have thought producing the supposedly deceased Arkady at a press conference was a stroke of genius, I would certainly have warned of the potential dangers of playing into the hands of those who want to accuse the media being fake and further undermining the public's trust in journalism. While it is great that Arkady is alive and well, the operation has certainly damaged the credibility of the Ukraine and could cast doubt on the truth of future attacks on journalists both inside and outside Russia.
Luckily, these are not the kind of issues which routinely face PR professionals in Cornwall – although some of the issues which have crossed my desk in the past 28 years have certainly required some careful consideration.
Some of the biggest issues have been man-made problems, such as political feuds, negative Ofsted reports or the infamous Daily Telegraph 'Cardgate' story. Others have been natural disasters caused by flooding, ice and snow, or outbreaks of diseases such as bird flu and foot and mouth. And sometimes they've been huge, county-wide events such as the eclipse, the Olympic Torch relay and the Tall Ships race. But each of them has helped me learn the importance of keeping a cool head.
Dealing with natural disasters has usually involved spending many hours in the emergency centre deep in the basement of New County Hall, surrounded by a team of dedicated colleagues. While the individuals have changed over the years, the dedication of the whole team to providing an effective response has not, and I will certainly miss the sense of camaraderie created by taking part in conference calls at 3am.
Cornwall has rightly received national praise for the way in which it keeps services going and local residents informed during severe weather incidents – witness the Coverack floods – and I am proud to have been involved.
In contrast, dealing with man-made disasters has usually involved attending meetings with long discussions taking place to agree on the right approach. It is probably fair to say that, while I am equally proud of having played a part in protecting the council's reputation on these occasions, I will not miss the lengthy debates.
Although I am not likely to be called into emergency centre in the middle of the night in the future, I am hoping to use my skills and experience to help other organisations deal with potential crises.
Every organisation is vulnerable. The days of playing ostrich – burying your head in the sand and hoping the problem goes away – are long gone, and if you don't prepare for the worst, it takes far longer to resolve the crisis, with greater potential damage to your reputations.
It is far better to consider all the potential crises that could occur and develop possible responses before something happens. Think about your spokespeople, and make sure they are trained in how to speak to the media. Identify how you will keep your key stakeholders informed and have a range of holding statements prepared to give you some breathing space.
If the worst does happen, make sure you find out the facts before you react – "shoot first and ask questions later" is never a good approach. Make sure you have simple, clear messages – and above all, don't panic.


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Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for Northampton South, has been sacked from his Home Office aide job - Image Source: Andrew Lewer MP
CONSERVATIVE MP Andrew Lewer has been sacked from his role as a ministerial aide following an investigation into a leaked letter that warned Westminster workers against leaking.
Using a "Canary Trap" technique, Chief Whip Mark Spencer and other investigators sent the same letter with subtle differences to several MPs. As a result, Andrew Lewer was sacked from his job as an aide to Policing Minister Kit Malthouse when it was concluded that he had leaked the letter to the Guido Fawkes political website.
The Northampton South MP, who was previously a member of the European parliament until 2017, denies the allegations of leaking and told Politico that "in nearly 20 years of elected office I have never leaked to the press".
The leaked letter carried a warning against leaking, saying that the codes of conduct for MPs "strictly prohibits" the practice. It comes amidst a crackdown on leaking in Boris Johnson's government following the scandal that led to newspapers learning of the UK's second lockdown before the Prime Minister had announced it.
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A man who claimed to be a Louisiana State Police trooper was arrested by officers that he claimed were colleagues. He has since been charged with impersonating an officer, which could require a vigorous criminal defense plan to minimize the impact on his future. He is also charged with public intimidation.
A police officer was apparently suspicious of two vehicles without trailers or boats that were parked in the lot of an area boat club. The vehicles were parked alongside one another, and the attending officer approached the one that had occupants — a man and woman. The other vehicle was apparently empty.
Upon approach, the 37-year-old man quickly showed the officer a badge for a Louisiana State Police trooper and claimed that he himself was one. The officer contacted the LSP to confirm, after which an actual trooper apparently reported to the scene. The trooper is said to have determined that the man in the vehicle was not an LSP trooper and never had been, although he had once worked in the state's Department of Safety Radio Maintenance Division as a civilian. However, he had not been employed there for some time.
The badge was confiscated during the man's arrest for public intimidation and falsely impersonating a police officer. Officials are still not sure how he obtained the badge and, as they continue their investigation, are trying to figure out how long the alleged impersonation had been going on. Louisiana law enforcement tends to take police officer impersonations quite seriously. Defendants facing such charges are usually well advised to take swift and vigorous action when it comes to their criminal defense planning in order to achieve the best possible outcome.
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I been slackin' a bit lately, but you know how it is during the holidays. Anyway, if you didn't already get this joint from another blog, I suggest you download it now. Term hooks up with Sheek, Ortiz, Bun-B, Sai' & Freeway for another dope track off his upcoming J. Dilla Tribute Mixtape. If Heaven Was A Mile Away drops tomorrow on Term's official social network, be sure to cop that immediately.
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Mars is a great planet to live on, but sometimes it gets boring. I needed to distract myself last night and I so I headed to the cinema. I was faced with this choice: re-watch The Force Awakens or watch a movie about the story of a mop.
Yeah guess which one I went for.
So today I'm going to tell you about a biographical movie about the inventor of the mop.
How could you not want to talk about a woman who became a billionaire by inventing a wet rotating broom? Amazing product design right there.
Anyway, I want to quickly win back the cherry points I may have lost by blogging about a mop by saying that the cast included Robert de Niro, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence won the Golden Globe for best actress. So all serious stuff.
But basically it's the story of the life of Joe Mangano who invented the Miracle Mop back in the nineties, and laboriously brought fame and success to her invention thanks to television sales on American channels such as QVC.
On the 20th Century Fox page you can find the trailer a plot far more official and detailed than mine.


Hail Pearl Thusi!!! Comedy Central's first female roastmaster on the continent!
Who else but the radiant "Black Pearl" has the guts and sass to crack the whip and mediate the "Bonfire of the Vanities" when famous rapper AKA will get roasted by ten of South Africa's biggest names? "Mama Pantha" has done it again, breaking yet another social boundary by being the first woman in Africa to host what promises to be the Roast of the century. The Comedy Central Roast of AKA in partnership with Showmax is coming to The Teatro at Montecasino on Thursday, 21 February 2019.
With her grand reputation for sophisticated wit and oozing charisma, she will step into the pit with 6-inch heels to throw shade on this spectacular bout. Sharper than a scalpel, she has chased her dreams faster than a "pantha" could catch a mouse, rising from strength to strength in her local and international career. As presenter on both MTV's Lip Sync Battle Africa and the highlight rated MTV Base's Behind The Story, she is the hottest candidate for knowing how to fuel the fire or calm the storm in this role as Comedy Central Roast Master.
This is the woman every woman wants to be; tall, graceful, smart and the only one who can walk through fire and come out "pearl-fectly" groomed!
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For some golfers, it's not time to call it quits until the golf course closes for the winter.
Frost prevented golfers from going out on the links until 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the Westfield Golf and Country Club, outside the town of Grand Bay-Westfield. But once the pro shop opened, hardy golfers came out in droves for the final day of the season.
"We have about 20 golfers out here today" said Stephen Leblanc, the club's head pro.
The demand was a little surprising, he said, since the temperature was minus five when he on his way to work in the morning.
"Golfers are crazy and it's a long winter of no golf," said Leblanc. "I've seen them play in every type of condition." No matter how wet or cold it may be, once the flags are in the ground, people will be on the course, he said.
The frost may have disappeared by morning's end, but that didn't mean it would be an easy game.
"The ground's frozen, we had a hard time getting the tees in the ground," said golfer Richard Baker, adding all he needed was the sun to convince him to get out on the links.
Especially since it could be worse. "I'm from Calgary, I left minus 20, this is good" said fellow golfer Bill Walker.
With the ground frozen, most were noticing the course was running extremely fast, making for an unpredictable round. Some chose to leave their score cards out of it.
"We're just here to have fun, to get our last round in and maybe improve our game," Chris Albinati said.
Leblanc said many who grumbled about the slow start to the season got their fill this fall. Poor weather conditions delayed the course opening until May 19, almost a full month later than the year before.
As good as the fall weather may have been, Judy London and Donna Holland found their final day on the course both challenging and cold. "You hit it straight and it will roll and roll and roll" said London.
London said she hits her cutoff point each season when her hands get too cold to grip a club.
But as long as Holland has her layers and long johns, she said someone else is going to have to tell her when it's time to stop.


I arrived at full-time, faith-based service along a route different from most of my colleagues. Most of my fellow volunteers were right out of college, where they had earned undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts. I, however, came out of graduate school having earned my Master's degree in business administration. With such a background, I faced quizzical responses from family, classmates, community members, even people in casual conversation when I mentioned interest in faith-based service.
Given my Catholic background—in upbringing and education—I wanted it to be a Catholic program. Fortunately, I found the Claretian Volunteers, which worked to find a position to match each volunteer's talents with its service communities' needs. I told the director that I wanted to work in administration. He found a cooperative of parishes in north St. Louis that welcomed my ministry and our community. I was privileged to serve in the Claretian Volunteers program from August 1985 to August 1988, working as a parish business manager for a cooperative of four inner-city parishes in St. Louis, Missouri.
People thought this career path was strange. My family, while loving and accepting, commented on how this career path differed so markedly from my older siblings'. "You're taking all of this good Catholic education to go off, live in the inner city, and earn $75 a month (along with room and board)?" Yup, they taught me well, didn't they? I was placing my talents—along with my time and life—at the service of God and God's people. A strong and recurring impetus in my discernment process about volunteer service has been: I do not want regrets. I did not want to look back 50 years from now and ask, "What would my life have been like if….?" I did not want to regret not serving in that way.
My classmates were supportive, but also bewildered. We joked that I would bring down the statistics for the average starting salary for graduates. Given the widely-perceived view that business students cared only about money, and how to earn more of it, my stated ambition of joining a volunteer corps caused others to shake their heads in disbelief, but also in admiration.
Do what you love. Do not do it just for the money. Within the first two months of my volunteer time, I was offered a job at the local chancery office—a real job, a paying job. That would have meant leaving the community, reneging on my commitment of a year of service. But it was a job! What was I going to do? I felt both happy and anxious. After talking to community members, trying to get some perspective, I realized that I was more enamored of the job offer than I was of the job itself. This was my first real job offer. Wow: someone was willing to pay me money. My work was valuable. Once I saw that, I was able to express my gratitude to the chancery office, but decline their offer. I would be true to my commitment, and to my desires. Even with a newly-minted M.B.A., it was not all about the money.
As I also learned later, during further graduate work in religious studies, "administration" and "ministry" come from the same root word, ministrare, meaning "to serve." My administrative work in the parish office—budgets, databases, facilities maintenance—was not just supportive of their ministries; it was in and of itself a ministry. Administrative ministry (I Cor. 12) serves the church, just as educational ministry, pastoral ministry, and liturgical ministry do too.
In addition to our ministry, we in the Claretian Volunteers also live in community, and that was an important element in volunteer life. I lived in community for three years. Others came and went, so there were multiple formations of community: female and male, older and younger, single and divorced, each with unique life experiences. Somehow we had to form community, not just people who lived together as roommates. We were not just people who happened to check into the "hotel" (in our case, a parish rectory) at the same time.
One key was communication; another was the assumption of goodness and good will. When the door slams, do not assume it was because someone was mad. Maybe the wind blew it closed. If someone does not speak in the morning, it could be because she or he is not a morning person. Talk about it, but always work from a foundation of love and care, from an assumption of the other's good will. Community members should be able to assume of the others: Remember that the person who is telling you this loves you very much.
Community members also need to remember appropriate relationships. There is a difference between family members, community members, friends, and roommates. Each has a particular claim on a member's time. That commitment differs with respect to length, depth, and intensity. These people are your community members. They may or may not be or become your friends. I have been fortunate enough to see one of my community members many times, even though we left the Claretian Volunteers almost 25 years ago. I have hosted her in my home many times, and we enjoy a deepening and blessed friendship. Fortunately, our professional paths continue to cross too, so we have frequent opportunities to see each other, even though we live two time zones apart. With other community members, though, you may never see them again once your volunteer service ends.
Looking back over 25 years, I see how some of my reactions were not as developed or mature as I would have hoped them to be. That is all part of the growing process, I hope. Volunteer life gave me the opportunity to see a new city, new culture, and new living arrangement, all while meeting some people who are still my dear friends, and developing my professional skills. It also gave me the opportunity to realize that I enjoy administrative ministry—working on the business side of church—a calling I am still fortunate enough to pursue.


An extensive piece of research recently carried out by the Ford Motor Company has found that the UK public's appetite for more efficient, 'greener' cars is still on the increase, despite the country's continued economic difficulties.
The results revealed that a surprisingly high proportion of drivers throughout Britain and the rest of Europe - roughly one in three - are even prepared to spend more than they usually would like to on a car if its environmentally friendly credentials were proven to be substantial enough. This news comes despite the belief that as many as 71 per cent of motorists are actively cutting back on their expenditure.
The findings of the research will, of course, be strongly welcomed by new Ford car dealers across the country, with the historic manufacturer now producing a higher number of electric, hybrid and otherwise fuel efficient vehicles than ever before, with several other models currently still in the planning stages.
The detailed survey, which questioned a total of 6,000 motorists around the continent, brought with it a number of striking results, including the revelation that over half (53 per cent) are in agreement that climate change is the biggest issue currently facing the global population. An even higher number, 57 per cent, also stated that they want to start behaving in a more environmentally conscious way.
Discussing the findings, Ford of Europe's vice president of Product Development, Barb Samardzich, confirmed that her company would continue to work at improving their reputation as a top green carmaker, saying that they are 'extremely focused' on rolling out vehicles which are low in both emissions and running costs.
Whilst new and used Ford car dealers alike feature a wide range of extraordinarily good value and highly efficient models, there is also a great deal of excitement building around the groundbreaking examples yet to be released, such as the forthcoming fully electric Focus, along with its hybrid and plug-in alternatives.


WEC featherweight Javier "Showtime" Vazquez feels he still has to prove something to himself even after completing 20 fights and 12 years in MMA.
Vazquez experienced a bad start when he first joined the WEC but redeemed himself since then and trained more.
"Even though I lost my first WEC two fights, I feel I fought extremely well," he said. "I've definitely picked up some new things (since then), especially my conditioning.
Aside from finding ways to guard his Achilles heel, Vazquez strive to discover other aspects of his game.
"I brought in a boxing coach for the first time, and the learning curve with Eric Paulson… he has so much stuff, and I'm just trying to pick up as much as I can," said Vazquez in the interview.
On Wednesday in Las Vegas, Vazquez will be fighting against Mackens Semerzier for the WEC 50. The latter is looking to gain his self-esteem after losing at WEC 46.