We all know that being an commercial truck driver leads to the potential of having one of today's most unhealthy lifestyles. Sitting for long hours, eating quick and fast food that is generally high in fat and calories, and an irregular sleep pattern all attribute to the unhealthy lifestyle.
However, the industry is taking notice of the issues with driver health and providing more options and suggestions for ways for drivers to improve their physical and mental health while out on the road.
Healthy eating – Many truckstops are offering more healthy options in their convenience stores and restaurants. Grocery shopping is also easy and many parking lots are equipped to accommodate tractor-trailers. The popularity of pre-washed bags of salad and precut and washed veggies and fruit means they are available virtually anywhere these days. Look for times when these are on ad and can be bought for the same price as a fast food meal.
Exercise – there are many types of equipment available for use in small spaces. Folding bicycles have become quite popular and will be easy to store in a truck. Small hand weights are also a great option (make sure they are properly secured and stored away when not in use). And nothing beats a pair of running shoes along with a good mobile app to track your progress. A great one is RunKeeper (it's free!); you can track your progress, set goals, and see personal bests all from your phone! It's a great motivator and there are many areas to run while on the road (around truck stops, by your hotel, in rest areas, etc.).
Sleep – there are many ways to now make your sleep on the road more comfortable. Portable fans or heaters will help optimize sleep comfort in the sleeper berth. And download some soothing music on to your smartphone to help you relax.
Staying connected – again here, technology has made great strides. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are all great ways to connect with friends, family, and colleagues. Photo sharing is a great way to show your family the places you go that may be quite different from home. There are many other great apps for smartphones that can give you info on unfamiliar cities (nearest truckstops, diesel prices, closest hotels by price, the possibilities are endless!).
Healthy living is much more than just healthy eating. Taking into account the areas above and how they can be accommodated while out on the road will do a lot for a drivers physical, mental and emotional well-being.
What is your top tip for healthy living while out on the road?


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Q: Is Catalyst Control Center necessary? Is the Catalyst Control Center (CCC) that comes with AMD graphic driver necessary?
I have tried using the driver alone without installing CCC and there has been no problem so far, so is it necessary?
(I'm using a small laoptop mainly for office work, so no gaming required)

A: The control center is an optional feature that is required only if you are unable to set up the desired options through the default "display settings" interface on Windows.
In the past, I have used the control center to configure the relative positioning of monitors, but the native support for managing monitor positions have improved (it is fully usable in XP) in Windows, thus making the software entirely unnecessary for my use.
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Factsheet on A(H5N1)
Questions and answers on avian influenza
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A(H5N1)
Avian influenza viruses can cause infection in birds and humans. By definition, 'highly pathogenic' avian influenza viruses cause high mortality in poultry, while 'low pathogenic' viruses result in mild disease. The classification of avian influenza viruses as 'low pathogenic' or 'highly pathogenic' is defined either by the composition of the cleavage site in the haemagglutinin (HA) gene or by the intravenous pathogenicity index in six-week old chickens in accordance with the criteria listed in Council Directive 2005/94/EC and the OIE International Health Standards.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus A(H5N1) is highly infectious for a number of bird species, including most species of domestic poultry [1]. Unlike most other avian influenza viruses, this virus has also infected mammals, including cats, pigs and tigers, and is potentially infectious for humans. However, the virus remains poorly adapted to humans, and transmission from birds to humans is infrequent [2]. Since the first detection of zoonotic transmission of HPAI A(H5N1), limited clusters of human cases have been observed but showed no sustained human-to-human transmission. Zoonotic transmission to humans from infected birds occurs either directly or through environmental contamination. Hence, almost all human infections have been related to close contact with infected or sick birds or their faecal products in domestic settings, e.g. in 'wet markets' in Asia or in backyard farming [3]. The circulation of HPAI A(H5N1) in bird populations in different regions of the world has contributed to the emergence of different virus clades [4].
All novel influenza strains are notifiable diseases in the EU under EU legislation and the International Health Regulations (IHR) through the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) and IHR, respectively. Human infections with A(H5N1) are notifiable according to EU Decisions 2012/506/EU and 1082/2013/EU.
EU legislation for surveillance and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in birds and poultry is detailed in2005/94/EC and 2010/367/EU. Official notifications have to be reported by the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Case definition: Avian influenza A(H5) OR A(H5N1) in humans
Clinical criteria
Any person with one of the following two:
— Fever AND signs and symptoms of acute respiratory infection
— Death from an unexplained acute respiratory illness
Laboratory criteria
At least one of the following three:
— Isolation of influenza A(H5N1) from a clinical specimen
— Detection of influenza A(H5) nucleic acid in a clinical specimen
— Influenza A(H5) specific antibody response (fourfold or greater rise or single high titre)
Epidemiological criteria
At least one of the following four:
— Human-to-human transmission by having been in close contact (within one metre) to a person reported as probable or confirmed case
— Laboratory exposure: where there is a potential exposure to influenza A(H5N1)
— Close contact (within one metre) with an animal with confirmed A(H5N1) infection other than poultry or wild birds
(e.g. cat or pig)
— Reside in or have visited an area where influenza A(H5N1) is currently suspected or confirmed* AND at least one of the following two:
-- Having been in close contact (within one metre) with sick or dead domestic poultry or wild birds** in the affected area
-- Having been in a home or a farm where sick or dead domestic poultry have been reported in the previous month in the affected area
Case classification
A. Possible case
Any person meeting the clinical and the epidemiological criteria
B. Probable case
Any person with a positive test for influenza A(H5) or A(H5N1) performed by a laboratory which is not a National Reference Laboratory participating in the EU Community Network of Reference Laboratories for human influenza (CNRL)
C. Nationally confirmed case
Any person with a positive test for influenza A(H5) or A(H5N1) performed by a National Reference Laboratory participating in the EU Community Network of Reference Laboratories for human influenza (CNRL)
D. WHO confirmed case
Any person with a laboratory confirmation by a WHO Collaborating Centre for A(H5)
* See World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the European Commission's Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS), available from: http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm and http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/index_en.htm
** This does not include seemingly well birds that have been killed, for example by hunting.
Since 1996, when HPAI A(H5N1) virus was first observed in China, detections in wild birds and poultry have been reported world-wide and recorded in a WHO timeline. The Global Animal Disease Information System (EMPRES-i) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) also maintains a list of avian influenza outbreaks. Since the first detection, HPAI A(H5N1) has evolved, resulting in multiple genetic lineages (clades) across the world [4]. For example, viruses currently circulating in Egypt have diversified from the strains found in Asia and described in the November 2015 WHO document Antigenic and genetic characteristics of zoonotic influenza viruses and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness.
Various influenza A(H5) subtypes, such as influenza A(H5N1), A(H5N2), A(H5N3), A(H5N6) and A(H5N8) have been detected in birds in Europe, North America and Asia, according to reports received by OIE. Although these influenza A(H5) viruses might have the potential to cause disease in humans, so far no human cases of infection have been reported by WHO, with the exception of the human infections with influenza A(H5N1) and A(H5N6) viruses.
Detections of HPAI A(H5N1) in poultry and wild birds have been reported initially in the Far East and later in parts of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the United States (as listed by WHO).
In 1997, Hong Kong identified the first human infections. In 2003, the first confirmed human cases were notified by WHO, and since then more human cases and fatalities have been reported by WHO (see detailed timeline).
Between 2005 and 2008, Indonesia reported the highest number of cases each year, but since 2009, Egypt has been the country most-affected by A(H5N1) (Table 1). In 2015, Egypt reported the highest number of human cases and became the country with the overall highest number of cases. No human cases have been reported in Europe, where cats and mustelids were the only mammals found to be infected.
Globally, the population groups that are most affected by A(H5N1) are children and housewives due to their frequent direct contact with infected poultry.
Table 1. Distribution of A(H5N1) cases by reporting country and year, February 2003 to 13 November 2015
Reporting country
Source: WHO/GIP * 2015 data incomplete
The clinical course of human cases of A(H5N1) is characterised by initial fever and cough, with rapid progression to lower respiratory disease. Upper respiratory tract symptoms of rhinorrhoea and sore throat might not be common in all patients, but the disease can progress to respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multi-organ failure [5].
The overall case–fatality ratio (CFR) is 55%, although this appears to differ from country to country. The CFR has been lower in Egypt, which may be due to a lower virulence of the virus clade and the early detection as well as better treatment of human cases. Indonesia has reported the highest number of fatal cases overall, with a CFR of 84%.
The incubation period for A(H5N1) infection has been estimated to be up to seven days, although it is usually 2–5 days after the last known exposure to sick or dead poultry. Longer periods have, however, been suggested [5].
A subset of avian influenza viruses may infect humans; whenever such viruses are circulating in poultry, sporadic infections or small clusters of human cases are possible in people exposed to infected poultry or contaminated environments, especially in households. Human infections remain rare, and influenza A(H5N1) viruses do not appear to transmit easily between people. WHO reports that the risk of community-level spread of these viruses remains low.
Small clusters with the same exposure prior to disease onset have been observed often, yet no sustained human-to-human transmission has been identified. Human cases have reported direct exposure to apparently healthy looking or sick poultry, mostly backyard poultry before onset of disease. The most commonly identified risk factors associated with A(H5N1) virus infection include contact with infected blood/organs or bodily fluids of infected poultry through food preparation practices; touching and caring for infected poultry; exposure to A(H5N1) by swimming or bathing in potentially virus-laden ponds, exposure to A(H5N1) at live bird markets in Asia and via backyard poultry in Egypt [3].
EU legislation for surveillance and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses is in place in Directive 2005/94/EC and Commission Decision 2010/367/EU. This legislation specifies in detail the detection and diagnosis of H5 viruses in birds.
No EU legislation for human cases in Europe exists. Risk management is managed under the authority of the Member States.
WHO published recommendations and laboratory procedures for the detection of A(H5N1) in 2007.
Case management and treatment
WHO has published guidance on the clinical management of human infection with A(H5N1) as well as rapid advice guidelines on pharmacological management of humans infected with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, which contains a chapter on 'chemoprophylaxis of H5N1 infection'.
Four licensed influenza antiviral agents are available in the EU/EEA: amantadine, rimantadine, zanamivir and oseltamivir. However, current circulating seasonal influenza A viruses are resistant (>99%) to the adamantanes (amantadine and rimantadine). Isolates of influenza A(H5) strains are also widely resistant to the adamantanes [6]. Zanamivir and oseltamivir are included in a class of drugs known as influenza neuraminidase inhibitors and are active against both influenza A and B viruses.
The oral inhalation powder zanamivir ('Relenza') has been authorised since 1999 through the mutual recognition procedure in all EU/EEA Member States except Cyprus. Zanamivir is an intravenous infusion formulation and has been approved under an early access to medicines scheme ('compassionate use') in the EU since 2010 [7].
Oral oseltamivir ('Tamiflu') has been centrally authorised by the European Commission since 2002 and is available in all EU Member States. The first generic oseltamivir ('Ebilfumin') was approved in 2014 via the centralised EU procedure.
HPAI A(H5N1) viruses have so far been reported to be sensitive to neuraminidase inhibitors, even though a few viruses of the Egyptian clade showed resistance.
Public health control measures
Given the potential zoonotic risk, contingency plans for the control of avian influenza in poultry and birds should be considered. Public health and occupational health authorities need to make sure that persons at risk are sufficiently protected from infection.
In Europe, persons directly exposed to the virus or close contacts of confirmed cases returning from affected regions should be considered for follow-up by the local health service to identify human-to-human transmission events.
Evidence of the effectiveness of contact tracing of airplane passengers in reducing the spread of the infection is limited and should only be considered after conducting a risk assessment on a case-by-case basis as outlined in the ECDC publication Risk assessment guidelines for infectious diseases transmitted on aircraft.
The risk that migratory birds introduce HPAI A(H5N1) to Europe was assessed as low. However, the increase in the number of outbreaks and the higher level of virus circulation in the poultry population in Asian and African countries might increase the likelihood of HPAI A(H5N1) introduction through migratory birds or contaminated goods. Migratory waterfowl in particular are known to be potential vectors for the introduction of A(H5N1) to virus-free areas. The veterinary sector should remain vigilant and continue to rely on established surveillance systems for early disease detection to monitor for new introductions.
The animal health control mechanisms to control outbreaks of HPAI are laid down in Directive 2005/94/EC and Commission Decision 2010/367/EU. Main measures are the culling of birds in the affected holdings and the establishment of control and monitoring areas.
Infection control, personal protection and prevention
Appropriate personal protective equipment, including respiratory protection, should be made available and used during outbreaks. All protective equipment should meet national guidelines and regulations.
People exposed to infected birds should be monitored for ten days in order to document possible related symptoms. Local health authorities may consider ways to actively monitor these groups and administer antiviral prophylaxis dependent on the local risk assessment (i.e. intensity of exposure).
Unvaccinated persons who were exposed to avian influenza viruses as a result of their occupation should be offered vaccination against seasonal influenza in accordance with national guidelines.
On 26 February 2015, WHO published a proposal for Antigenic and genetic characteristics of zoonotic influenza viruses and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness.
There are three influenza A(H5N1)-containing vaccines which are centrally authorised and produced by vaccine producers in the EU/EEA: a) Adjupanrix, produced by GSK, containing 3.75 μg of the influenza A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (H5N1)-like strain (NIBRG-14) [8]; b) prepandemic influenza vaccine (H5N1), produced by GSK Vaccines and Diagnostics, containing 7.5 μg of the influenza A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (H5N1)-like strain (NIBRG-14) [9]; and c) pandemic influenza vaccine A(H5N1) by Baxter, containing influenza A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (H5N1) [10]. In addition, the Hungarian vaccine producer Omninvest has authorised an influenza A(H5N1)-containing vaccine in Hungary. These vaccines are only intended for pandemic situations and are currently not available for use during avian influenza outbreaks.
The public health impact of A(H5) vaccination programmes in poultry has been limited, because the vaccination fails to prevent shedding and human exposure to the virus. It does, however, decrease the severity of clinical signs and reduces mortality of the vaccinated poultry.
Advice to travellers
The risk for travellers from the EU of becoming infected with A(H5N1) is extremely low, given the fact that poultry transmission mostly occurs in rural areas and that visitors from the EU overwhelmingly stay in tourist areas. In 2014, one travel-associated case was detected in Canada, but no cases of A(H5N1) among EU travellers have been reported. Travellers should be advised to avoid direct contact with poultry or poultry products in affected countries.
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2. Malik Peiris JS. Avian influenza viruses in humans. Rev Sci Tech. 2009 Apr;28(1):161-73.
3. Van Kerkhove MD, Mumford E, Mounts AW, Bresee J, Ly S, Bridges CB, et al. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1): pathways of exposure at the animal-human interface, a systematic review. PLoS One. 2011;6(1):e14582.
4. World Health Organization/World Organisation for Animal HF, Agriculture Organization HNEWG. Revised and updated nomenclature for highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2014 May;8(3):384-8.
5. Uyeki TM. Human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus: review of clinical issues. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2009 Jul 15;49(2):279-90.
6. Dong G, Peng C, Luo J, Wang C, Han L, Wu B, et al. Adamantane-resistant influenza a viruses in the world (1902-2013): frequency and distribution of M2 gene mutations. PLoS One. 2015;10(3):e0119115.
7. European Medicines Agency. CHMP scientific opinion 2010. London: EMA; 2010.
8. European Medicines Agency. Adjupanrix (previously Pandemic influenza vaccine (H5N1) (split virion, inactivated, adjuvanted) GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals) 2013 [cited 2015 26 August]. Available from: http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/medicines/human/medicines/001206/human_med_001214.jsp&murl=menus/medicines/medicines.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058001d124.
9. European Medicines Agency. Prepandemic influenza vaccine (H5N1) (surface antigen, inactivated, adjuvanted) Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics 2011 [cited 2015 26 August]. Available from: http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/medicines/human/medicines/002269/human_med_001397.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058001d124.
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What is 'Belsat' and how many Belarusians watch it?
"Belsat" in 5 minutes
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Who are we? "Belsat" is not only a TV station, it is also an Internet portal and an extensive social network that helps us communicate with our audience and readers.
WHAT IS "BELSAT"?
"Belsat" emerged as a result of an agreement between the Polish Television and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. It began broadcasting in 2007. From the outset it has been made by journalists in Poland and Belarus, with Belarusian as its main language. The mission and the amount of 'Belsat' financing (partially provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) are yearly approved by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the basis of recommendations of the Program Advisory Board, which includes representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and TVP.
"Belsat" has trained dozens of Belarusian journalists; it collaborates with writers, directors, Belarusian experts. They are the authors of programs and films. In this sense, the channel is Belarusian and serves primarily Belarusian audience.
HOW IS IT FUNDED?
The budget of "Belsat" includes yearly grants for development assistance and democratization, provided by the Polish Foreign Ministry. "Belsat" also operates with financial support and infrastructure of the Polish television. It also receives foreign grants. The budget of "Belsat" has always been bigger than the subsidy of the Polish Foreign Ministry, which in the last two years has amounted to 17 million zlotys. The total TV budget is about 26 million zlotys. Stable funding from the Polish state has ensured continuous operation of the television channel, regardless of political changes.
HOW MUCH DOES "BELSAT" COST COMPARED WITH "RUSSIA TODAY"?
The budget of "Belsat" in 2016 amounted to about PLN 26 million, which is about EUR 5.8 million. For comparison, in 2016 the budget of the international Russian TV RT (Russia Today) amounted to EUR 307 million.
"BELSAT TV" TV COVERAGE
"Belsat" broadcasts for 19.5 hours daily in the Belarusian language for the whole Europe via the Astra 4A satellite.
You can also watch it live via YouTube, and all its programs are available online. "Belsat" website is available in four languages: Polish, Belarusian, Russian, and English.
PRODUCT FOR BELARUSIANS AND NOT ONLY THEM
"Belsat" covers multiple topics. It produces news and current affairs programs, as well as educational, cultural and satirical products. The channel gives a voice to those who do not have it on other channels: independent experts, democratic politicians, regular people in distress.
Programs and historical films focus on the restoration of historical justice with respect to Belarus, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as well as the complex history of Belarusians and Poles in the XIX-XX century.
International journalism, which presents and explains the foreign affairs relative to Belarus, occupies an important place in the channel.
In our documentaries and stories we focus on the problems of ordinary people that are hushed up by the state TV. Foreign reports cover, above all, events in Ukraine and its wars for democracy.
Our films and reports have been repeatedly broadcast on other channels of Polish television. The films have won 45 awards at various festivals.
"Belsat" produces programs about Poles living in Belarus: "Above the Niemen" and "Travels in Hrodna region".
Some comments and videos are in Russian, and a significant number of films is available in Polish and English. Currently, "Belsat" is preparing two programs in Russian — an international and an entertainment one. This is the next stage of channel's development.
"BELSAT" MISSION
Our channel's primary mission is to show the real picture of Belarus, as well as to convey the truth about what is happening in Poland, Europe and the world.
WHO MAKES "BELSAT"?
"Belsat" employs around 170 people in Poland and Belarus.
It cooperates with more than 300 trained journalists.
In 2016 only, journalists have been prosecuted 33 times and fined 35,000 PLN for their work in the territory of Belarus.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCH "BELSAT"?
Four point seven percent of adult Belarusian audience watch "Belsat". Two point seven percent do it regularly, which means more than once a week. (* Studies conducted by Belarusian SATIO group companies in April-May 2014, a group of 1,502 respondents aged over 18 years. The statistical error does not exceed 2.5%)
Twenty-two percent of the adult audience have access to satellite television. Of these, 53% of satellite dish owners claim that they watch "Belsat". (** Research conducted in May 2012 by the "Zerkalo-Info" Centre of Sociological Research in a representative group of 2,999 people aged over 18. The statistical error does not exceed 0.6%).
It should be noted that the "Belsat" audience research involves indicative personal data. The exact results of telemetric studies are not available.
Results of the Polish television audience study, based on another type of research – telemetry, are presented here for general guidance, not for comparison. It is a channel rating, which shows how many people watch it at the moment. There is almost no questionnaire research of TV audience conducted in Poland. Note also that Polish TV channels, as opposed to "Belsat", are available to viewers via cable network, while TVP INFO is also available via terrestrial television.
TVPINFO – 3,1% of viewers
TVN24 is not available for terrestrial broadcasting, but it is present in cable networks: 3,5% of the audience
TVP Polonia – 0,18%
TVP3 – 0,93% (***based on the telemetry data from Nielsen Polska company)
YOUTUBE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
Our programs, news, and videos are available "on demand" on the Youtube channel. Videos from our channel have around 19.6 million views. That's a lot, because it is the most popular channel in Belarus, presenting its own media products. The channel also has available individual playlists with videos in Russian, Polish, and English.
The main Facebook profile of "Belsat" is in Belarusian. It has almost 23,000 followers. This is a good result, fourth among independent Belarusian media, and the number is constantly growing. Source: socialbakers.com
Last month, 1,546,425 people read "Belsat" posts on Facebook, they were liked, shared or commented on 247,000 times. "Belsat" Facebook videos were watched 284,000 times.
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"Belsat" also has Facebook profiles in Russian and Polish, with a total of nearly 10,000 followers.
On the popular social portal "Odnoklassniki" certain "Belsat" videos have been viewed 700,000-800,000 times.
In "Odnoklassniki" "Belsat" materials are viewed hundreds of thousands times
Over the last month, our Belarusian profile on Twitter was viewed 367,000 times. About 17,000 people are following our profile in this network. The English-language profile on Twitter is viewed by 3,900 people, and the Polish profile of "Belsat" has nearly 3,000 followers.
CABLE NETWORKS
"Belsat" is not available via cable networks in Belarus (government ban). In Poland and in Ukraine, where the owners themselves decide whether to add "Belsat" to the package, it is available in almost all cable networks. Ukrainian language is very close to Belarusian, and Ukrainians easily understand "Belsat". In Poland, mainly in Podlasie, lives quite a big Belarusian minority, which has access to "Belsat" through cable TV. A program cycle "Belarusians in Poland" was dedicated to them.
There is no doubt that in the 9 years of broadcast "Belsat" has become a center, a place that brings together writers and journalists. The best example of its contribution to the Belarusian culture was this year's "People's Album" performance on the stage of Podlaskie Opera. It is a cult musical performance, banned in Belarus. "Belsat" has an increasing impact on the formation of civil society and opposition to Russian propaganda.
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Not only does Paul suffer at the hands of the Gentiles, he is persecuted by the Jews. Nevertheless, he has freely and enthusiastically preaches the Gospel, "the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute" at the hands of unbelievers.
But at the ends of his recollections, his focus shifts; he hints that he suffers at the hands of those who have accepted the Gospel. Paul even suffers at the hands of other Christians. It is his fellow apostles and evangelists, not the Gentile and Jewish authorities, that treat Paul as an imposter, as someone unknown to Christ.
And yet, in spite of all this, he remains faithful to Christ and committed to "making many rich" even though he himself is "poor." Because of his heroic fidelity to Christ and the work to which he is called, Paul who has "nothing" in the eyes of men, "possess[es] everything" in Christ.
Turning from the epistle to the Gospel, we see the example unfaithful servant who is the anti-type or moral opposite of Paul. This man allowed fear of his master to overwhelm him. Ironically, this results in his fears being realized. He is punished by his master, cast "into the outer darkness" there to weep and gnash his teeth.
On closer examination, though, we see that the unworthy servant was motivated not simply by fear of "a hard man." No, the servant was gripped by despair; he had no confidence, no trust, no hope in the future. And all this because he simply had no confidence in his master and the gift his master gave him. He also he had no trust in himself because he had no faith in his master.
Yes, the master was "a hard man" who reaped where he didn't sew and who gathered where he didn't winnow. But this hard man had confidence in his servants. To be sure varying degrees of confidence signified by the greater or lesser amount of money entrusted to them. Nevertheless, the master was confident in his servants and their abilities to be profitable for him. The servant's self-doubt and despair are the bitter fruit of his lack of faith in his own master.
On this difference hinges the difference between my being like Paul or being like the wicked and slothful servant. We usually think of sloth as laziness. While there is some overlap between them, sloth is less a matter of not doing what's right and more of not taking joy in doing it. The slothful person is indifferent or even opposed to the joy that comes from being faithful and obedient to God.
At its foundation sloth is a refusal to accept with gratitude and joy my life as it has come to me from the hands of a loving God. Small and few though they seem to me, the gifts God has given me are able to bear fruit if only I am faithful to God. Joy, to say nothing of progress in the spiritual life, are the fruit of fidelity to our personal vocations.
This is why St Paul takes pains to say again and again that he puts "no obstacle" in the way anyone coming to Christ. Having experienced the joy of discipleship in his own life, he can't but desire that for others. Having experienced the love of God for him, Paul wants others to come to know God's love for them. This is why even though he was persecuted by the civil and religious of his time, even though he was criticized and rejected by some in the Church, Paul preached Christ and Him crucified (see 1 Corinthians 2:2), in season and out (see 2 Timothy 4:2). His life was rooted in faithful, hopeful ad loving obedience to Jesus Christ and not the passing approval of men.
When I look at my own spiritual life, do I see a life characterized by gratitude and joy? Reflecting on this morning's epistle and Gospel makes me ask why do I lack the confidence of St Paul? Might I be more like the unfaithful steward and fear of my master, the Lord Jesus Christ?
How do I know if I am faithful? How do I know if my self-confidence is healthy and wholesome?
We find our answer again in the person of the Apostle Paul. The sign of vocational fidelity and Christ-like self-confidence is joy. Specifically, our ability, like Paul, to rejoice in gifts God has given others and to work to foster their fidelity to what God asks of them. We do this because we know that "if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it" (2 Corinthians 12:26. NKJV). Joy in the honor God bestows on others is the sign of our own fidelity to the will of God. To live otherwise is to fall into the divisions that plagued the Church in Corinth. Such joy is balm for a world battered and broken by sin and death and is certain and trustworthy evidence "for the hope that lies within" us (see 1 Peter 3:15).
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Tiered link building is known to be a method mostly utilized by black hat SEOs. It can however be used by white hats in a more effective way. What I'll discuss in this post is mainly what tiered link building is, how it's mainly used right now, and how you can use it in a white hat way.
Tiered link building has been loved by black hat SEOs since ages. It's basically the process of building multiple tiers of links to a target site. How does that work?
Suppose, you're a black hat SEO who's just trying to grow a churn and burn site. So, you'd build relatively high-quality links as the first tier. Like, hand-written articles on 10-20 sites which'd give you nice contextual backlinks to your own site.
So, to make those posts on your tier 1 more powerful, you point a few hundred tier 2 links at the tier 1's. Then you point a few thousand links at your tier 2's and it can go on, but I don't see a need to using tier 4 and up in most cases.
So, in short, all of these links make your tier 1's powerful. So, effectively, your own site will get a much better boost from those tier 1 links.
A good thing about this technique is that when you receive a warning (if you spammed) or get penalized, you can always cut-off the supply by removing those tier 1 links.
Anyway, this post isn't much about the black hat side of things. Now that you know about tiered link building, let's see how you can use it for pure white hat purposes.
Let's say, I'm really proud of this post, InMotion Hosting review, and I want to boost its Page Authority by using tiered link building.
Now, tiered link building can be implemented in a completely white hat SEO campaign. Basically, the tier 1's in this case would be your guest posts on other sites, and other important sites linking to your site.
No, the next tiers won't be made up of spammy sites. This is an interesting part of the process. For your tier 2's, you should actually look for sites with lots of Domain Authority (better) or PageRank (inaccurate reflection of authority in many cases) sites.
You can either approach them to try to get a link, try broken link building (by suggesting them something from your own site to replace a broken link) or try to get a guest post published. They shouldn't be that strict about accepting guest posts. Why? Probably because they're badly in need of content or their overall performances are declining. You don't care about that.
The next step would be to link to your tier 1's. If it's just a single link, you can directly link to a related guest post of yours. If it's a guest post, you can utilize the much-dreaded author bio area to link to your other posts or even your author profiles in other sites.
Suppose, you wrote a pretty awesome post for a top notch blog in your niche. Now, you write 4-5 posts to build some tier 2 links to either that post or your profile in that site. What this'll do is dramatically boost the Page Authority of that great post of yours.
You're not doing anyone any harm. You aren't wasting electricity for something useless like spamming either.
Your tier 2 posts are helping the owners of those sites.
By building contextual links to your high-quality tier 1 guest posts, you'll please the site's in which you posted those posts, as you'll not be the only person benefiting from that as those links will help drive the overall Domain Authority of those domains higher.
Your content helps three parties in total: you, your tier 1 sites, your tier 2 sites.
I'll show you how you can implement the strategy, while sticking to just guest posting.
I recommend going out on a tier 2 campaign only after you have published quite a few posts on a few of the Industry's most well-known blogs. If you are able to write epic posts in under 2 hours like Neil Patel, however, I'd recommend you to do both tier 1's and tier 2's simultaneously.
Finding your tier 1 targets is one of the easier things to do in the list. If you're even thinking of a strategy like this, you should already be aware of the most popular blogs in your industry.
Hat tip to Gareth Bull for this, but the strategy described below involving Technorati's public blog directory does not work any more, since Technorati has shut down its blog directory. Other mentioned methods still work very well though.
Even if you aren't, you can browse through Technorati and know about some of the most authoritative sites in your niche.
Another way to go around this thing is to find influencers individually through social networks. You can easily find tons of influencers using a tool like Followerwonk. All you have to do is to enter keyword(s) to search within people's Twitter bios.
You can sort the results based on the number of followers, Followerwonk authority and a lot of other things. You can refine your searches by specifying a minimum or maximum amount of followers or followings a person must have to be included in the list.
The general rule of thumb for deciding on 1st tier sites is asking yourself: would I publish my post here even if the links to my site were nofollow'ed? If the answer is a big yes then you've just found yourself your next tier 1 target site.
You generally don't have to worry about the SEO benefits of posting a guest post on such a high-quality site. If you do, you can always run a check in Open Site Explorer for its domain-level link authority.
Let's go with the first site listed on Technorati under the 'small business' category for now.
You don't always have to target super high Domain Authority sites. I prefer to keep the bar at a minimum Domain Authority of 30. As long as the site is popular and gets tons of visits, you should be fine.
Ideally, when you are spending time and resources producing an excellent piece of content, you want the love of both SEO and traffic. So, when you have options, make the choice according to your main priority. Let me give you a couple of examples.
The site SearchEngineGuide.com has a DA of 77 and an Alexa rank of around 50K. While Alexa ranks can be very much inaccurate, they still give you an idea about a site's traffic. To prove it, most of their blog posts get only a few comments.
On the other hand, the site SocialMouths.com has a DA of 57 but an Alexa rank of around 20K (20K and 50K – huge difference). Most of its posts get over 30 comments, which indicates a fairly active and connected community.
So, if you were to choose one between those two, which one would you choose? Well, it totally depends on what's more important to you, SEO juice, or a high amount of quality traffic.
Your message should be personalized.
You should be careful about the grammar and spelling of your message.
Be clear about what you're going to write.
If you've written quality guest posts before, include a few links to a few of them.
Initially, never try make them interested by offering something in exchange, like money (worst).
I'm not a big fan of email templates when it comes to reaching out to tier 1 sites, but if you do use one, make sure you keep the five points I listed above in mind.
So, as you already know from reading the introduction part, tier 2 target sites are mostly websites that you know won't drive much traffic to your site or help your brand grow significantly, but with awesome SEO powers, thanks to their backlink profiles.
I mainly find tier 2 targets from other people that I am either following (on social media, for example) or directly from people in my target niche sharing such guest posts they've written on tier 2 sites.
He posts super high-quality articles on the leading sites of the industry he's in (SEO/internet marketing). These are the sites responsible for majority of his own site's high Domain Authority, traffic, and his personal brand (you can show off: "featured on Moz, Search Engine Journal, Business Insider etc. etc.").
He posts unique, but generally shorter articles on sites that are still powerful in terms of SEO. They might not be as much powerful as Moz or Search Engine Journal, but they're not very far behind either.
He links to his other author profiles on higher quality sites from those 2nd tier posts instead of his social media profiles and sometimes even his own website (it varies a lot, and you want it to vary).
So let's get a bit deep into it. Everyone links to their social media profiles from almost every guest post, no matter which site it's posted on. If you're posting on a low-traffic site that won't refer much traffic anyway, you might swap your social media links for links to your 1st tier author profiles.
If you really manage to impress someone very well through your tier 2 posts, you can be sure that in most cases they'll Google your name and find your social networking profiles themselves.
Now, we're taking Brian just as an example of a person found to be utilizing the technique. Once you find someone in your own niche, you can very easily discover tons of their other guest posts using a fairly recent Google feature.
With Google image search, if you're using Chrome, you can right click on a picture and click on "search Google for this image". Alternatively, you can simply download the author avatar and upload it to Google image search or simply search by image URL. Both will return same kind of results as Google Chrome's built-in image search feature.
The SERP will look like this once you've chosen to browse normal pages containing the image.
You'll more or less get lots of the author's other posts or author profiles on different blogs. After taking a look at some of his/her posts, you can identify the tier 2 posts yourself.
I've personally found a few quality sites through this method which aren't that strict about the content length, writing style, and a thousand other things of their guest posts as long as their valuable and unique. I've directly published posts on them without linking out to my other profiles.
Another fairly easy way to find both tier 1 and tier 2 sites is looking at the 'contributor to' section of people's Google+ profiles.
Some lists can be longer than you thought!
Yet another way of finding second tier guest posting targets by using someone already involved in tiered white hat link building is using custom search queries. You can input "inpostauthor:brian dean" (replace 'brian dean' with any other name) in the Google search query box to find pretty much all posts ever posted by Brian.
Now you can use ScrapeBox to scrape all the results and sort them by PR, DA etc. or use a handy little free Google Chrome extension called – Scrape Similar Plugin.
You can add additional filters to refine the search results. For example, you don't want to see results from his own site, so we'd modify the query and it'll look like: "inpostauthor:brian dean -backlinko.com" (you have to replace 'backlinko.com' with the own site of the person you've targeted).
You might have expertise in more than one topic. If you happen to be an expert in a topic related to the primary topic of your site, you can leverage that by posting guest posts on that topic.
Actually, that's how I find the InkThemes blog, where I've posted this piece comparing the features of two popular SEO plugins available for WordPress. The blog itself is PR6 and the domain boasts a Domain Authority of 90.
What's more interesting is that apart from obvious SEO benefits, that post ranks pretty well on Google for all related keywords because it's on a good site, and hence drives quite a bit of traffic to TechTage and RohitPalit.com.
What's even more interesting is that the blog editor was impressed by the performance of that post in terms of attracting quality traffic. So, he recently requested me to write a few more posts for them — remember, a DA 90 site with a PR7 homepage.
So, write quality content even if you wish to use it for tier 2 stuff, because it'll build something arguably more valuable than a couple of backlinks — a good relationship.
Subject: Looking for a guest post?
I'm Rohit Palit ([Personal Site URL], Optional), an SEO and a WordPress enthusiast. I just want to know if you accept guest posts on your blog.
They have also been shared by SEO experts and social media influencers like [Name], [Name] and [Name], and WordPress experts like [Name].
I can write something about WordPress SEO or Speed Optimization if you wish.
A good thing about templates like this one is that you don't have to additionally prove your authenticity, your past works will do that for you. So, don't even bother with "I can give you a copyscape-protected article".
Your conversion rate won't be that bad, because you'll realise that most of these blogs are in need of content anyway. Once you get a reply, though, you have to prove your worth through your post. If it's a crappy piece, it won't get published, no matter if your earlier posts were liked and shared by industry peers or street dogs.
Contextual links tend to drive a lot more traffic to the target URLs than links contained in the 'author bio' area.
They are often considered more natural by Google because they don't tend to be that spammy even in guest posts.
Clearly, "online marketing consulting" is a rich anchor-text.
You should leverage this opportunity and drop a couple of links to your tier 1 site profiles or posts. If I assume that those tier 1 sites are more reputable than the tier 2 site you're posting a guest post on, it's highly unlikely that you'll get any objections from the tier 2 site's editor.
Remember, you can only link to your author profiles on related sites and where it makes sense. If I'm posting on Moz, I wouldn't link to my BlackHatWorld profile, and vice versa (you could give it a try 😛 ).
I wasn't talking about black hat link building here. Please go through the entire post before you start building spammy links to your tier 2's. Seriously, don't harm the sites of the people who decided to be kind and offered you an opportunity to post on their sites.
This white hat method of building tiered links helps all three types of people involved, the poster, the tier 1 sites and the tier 2 sites in one way or another.
Tier 1 sites get awesome content plus additional links as a bonus.
Tier 2 sites get high-quality content that they wanted badly.
The person who starts the campaign gets increased visibility, quality traffic, leads, and a huge SEO boost for his/her site.
Don't just focus on links, build relationships with the site owners that you've come across during the whole process.
White hat tiered link building is about linking out from some of your guest posts to your other guest posts or author profiles on other sites.
You generally link to the author profiles on best sites you've posted in (tier 1's) from smaller sites (tier 2's). This is usually done from the author bio area.
Use Technorati to browse the most authoritative blogs in your niche. Use FollowerWonk to discover the twitter profiles of some of the most popular people in your niche.
Target the best sites in your niche for your tier 1 posts. Write epic content for tier 1's.
Target medium-to-small websites for your tier 2 posts. The reason is they're much easier to get your posts published on (since they don't have many options). You should still post quality content in tier 2 sites. Tier 2 guest posting takes less time, so you can post in many places in a short time.
Enjoy the traffic, leads, conversions, exposure, increased brand visibility and a huge boost in your site's SEO from this!
Like many things, you can do tiered link building in both a black hat way, as well as a white hat way. Unlike the black hat way, the white hat way of building tiered links doesn't harm anyone, while helping all the parties involved.
So, what do you think about White Hat Tiered Link Building?


When it pertains to the human body there are lots of features and components that are important to healthiness and feature and testosterone is without an uncertainty high on the selection; particularly regarding males.
Although testosterone is important for appropriate physical feature in both males and females, in males it is a huge part of just what makes us who we are.
Testosterone concerns the androgenic group of hormones yet is extremely anabolic and is responsible for a host of different foods but it is in its muscle building qualities that are of particular interest to many.
Numerous males in Kufstein Austria desire a larger more powerful physical body and there are several vital factors that need to enter play in order to reach this target; and all though some elements may definitely be of equal value, absolutely nothing rankings above ample degrees of testosterone.
The majority of understand protein being important to muscle growth and upkeep however testosterone is of equivalent relevance. In order for this protein to be manufactured in the physical body we have to have appropriate quantities of testosterone to attain this purpose; the more testosterone we have the higher the success.
Because of this truth numerous people prefer to supplement their natural order with various forms of exogenous testosterone. Keep in mind, we use the term "supplement" quite loosely considering that exogenous usage of testosterone will certainly shut down your natural testosterone manufacturing; additional aptly we could claim we change our all-natural testosterone with plenty of the man-made testosterone available in Kufstein Austria.
There are many people in Kufstein Austria who desire a better physique in regards to mass and or toughness that supplement with various other types of anabolic steroids other than testosterone. Yes, outcomes can be accomplished but by in large this isn't the best approach.
Testosterone is the alpha and omega when it pertains to anabolic steroids; all anabolic steroids are derived from testosterone; other anabolic steroids are simply changed types of the testosterone bodily hormone.
Fairly simply, there isn't really an anabolic steroid around that brings the comprehensive attributes such as that of testosterone; for creating a lean figure ripped with muscle nothing beats testosterone.
The affects testosterone could carry your body are not simply exceptional but greater than we have time to listing. Here is an excellent sample of the many results yet not restricted to:.
Enhance Red Blood Cell Count: the greater your red blood cell count the much more oxygen in the blood, consequently elevating your levels of stamina allowing you to do more work, i.e. train harder and construct additional muscle.
Catabolic Security: testosterone can shield the body from catabolic hormones; bodily hormones that destroy muscle cells and market fat deposits storage.
Boosted Protein Shops: with enhanced degrees of testosterone and it makes no difference which of the varioustestosteronesyou're supplementing with, our muscular tissues manage to hold and store additional protein as a result of a higher level of nitrogen created in the muscular tissues by means of increased testosterone degrees.
Faster-Recovery: when we train we position heavy stress on our muscles; think about it like tiny fibrous rips that should be mended. Testosterone plays an active component in this repair work that must happen and it is in the repair work procedure that creates our muscular tissues to grow. With added testosterone we improve our repair work capacities, along with accelerate the procedure dramatically. Basically, we become much more reliable, we are able to do even more operate in a much shorter period of time.
To be frank, there is no cut and completely dry response right here; it is largely independently based and this basis exists within the topic's needs, goals and the level of risk they want to embark on.
Make no mistake, testosterone is an impressive bodily hormone and there are numerous sorts of testosterone we could make use of and they all job and work well. Nevertheless, as with many points in life, even more is a lot better in terms of outcomes; the much more you take the higher the producing results will be.
However, the even more you take, the a lot more in danger you end up being to unfavorable side-effects. It is a trade-off and you and only you could determine exactly how far you want to push it.
With all these side-effects there are 2 keywords we must bear in mind and these words are true despite which testosterones we make use of; "Possible" and "Reversible.".
From the seven detailed side-effects just one is generally guaranteed with testosterone use and that is testicular atrophy; when you supplement with exogenous testosterone our organic testosterone stops therefore causing our testicles to temporarily diminish.
Our testicles diminish because we are no more generating sperm at the rate we were before we started exogenous testosterone usage. The moment we discontinue exogenous testosterone usage our all-natural testosterone manufacturing starts once again and our testicles complete to their normal size.
As for the several other side-effects noted, every person is preventable, reversible and or non-existent depending upon the person. Bear in mind, when we supplement with numerous testosterone the higher the amount the better the threat; likewise keep in mind danger is simply that, it's danger, it does not suggest it is assured by any means.
When utilizing exogenous testosterone, with an audio healthy and balanced diet regimen the first three side-effects could always be removed; you may need to supplement with fatty acids and foods similar to this to keep things in check and if you can not afford a $6 container of fish-oil you shouldn't be acquiring testosterone.
As it pertains to pimples, this threat is highly overrated. If you feel it is possible however the largest reason for dreadful pimples while on testosterone is utilizing unclean equipment; acquire human grade equipment and you'll save yourself a great deal of pain.
Now we come to Gynecomastia this can occur with practically any of the different types of testosterones and numerous various other anabolic steroids; there is absolutely no way to anticipate if you'll be one to fall target but there are steps to take.
A good aromatase inhibitor such as Femara might undoubtedly keep you safeguarded; most of the times it will. If you do find yourself in a place where even this will not cut it, I'm afraid surgery is the only alternative. Once again, as always, keep in mind, the greater dose of the testosterone you run the better the threat.
As mentioned prior to there is no cut and completely dry answer in terms of particular dosage yet there is a location of common ground. As an example, initial time testosterone users, despite which of the various testosterones they select will make use of approximately 400mg-500mg each week when on cycle.
Keep in mind, we're discussing performance boosting purposes, not testosterone substitute treatment. 400mg-500mg per week is a great beginning factor and in lots of, lots of situations no matter exactly how sophisticated of a sportsmen you could be, 400mg-500mg of testosterone each week while on pattern could undoubtedly be all you ever before need; this a good specification dosage.
Past the regular dosage, numerous athletes that require an extreme amount of muscle tissue will inevitably increase the amount a fair bit higher; 750-mg-1,000 mg each week is not uncommon in any way.
To answer your next inquiry; yes, absolutely, some indeed increase the dose rather more than even 1,000 mg every week however the danger is additionally multiplied a great deal.
Are these greater dosages needed and worth the danger? For most people it's not and eventually it's typically a waste but for those needing a harsh look it's the only method they're visiting manage to preserve it; it is however not suggested whatsoever when speaking of your basic health and wellness.
Testosterone is a highly effective bodily hormone, quite effective and deserves your regard. If you determine testosterone supplements is right for you consistently consult your medical professional and see to it you are in appropriate wellness for testosterone use.
When you have set up a good understanding of just how testosterone works, developed your degree of total health and wellness and comprehend the risk; once you comprehend the legislation in your country and reach a factor where you as well would like to make use of testosterone, you will certainly not discover a better tool to reach your goals.
If you're trying to find a reliable and well-tolerated anabolic steroid, if you're a healthy man it might be time to acquire testosterone. Testosterone is the main anabolic androgenic steroid by-which all other anabolic steroids are measured.
Additionally, as a normally created hormone, the primary androgen our physical body generates it is vital to our physical feature and wellness. As you can see testosterone is not a foreign substance, nevertheless, our physical body produces it whether we like it or not. For these factors together with being one powerful anabolic steroid, more performance boosting athletes purchase testosterone than anything else.
Obviously when you acquire testosterone you'll locate it is available in numerous kinds. You'll also locate the rate and top quality will certainly both vary relying on that you get it from and the brand name the item brings.
Even so, you'll additionally find this to be among the most inexpensive anabolic steroids of all, as while its need is higher the readily available supply is through the roofing system. With all this in thoughts, just before you acquire testosterone allow's take a look at some of the things you'll should know.


Comcast's peering in Miami seems to be pretty lousy in general (seems invariably anything in-state I traceroute to goes via Atlanta or VA or Dallas, etc), and I see there are several other topics on Comcast peering in other locations, so I get the sense this will not happen anytime soon. But, count me as another person wishing this could happen. Or maybe peering with GBLX at Terramark would help, if you don't now?
Ashburn performs significantly better for me (45ms vs 70ms avg RTT), and even Toronto(!) is slightly better than Miami for me. Atlanta (if you had a tunnel server there... I just simulated by guessing at hostnames and trying 10gigabitethernet1-1.core1.atl1.he.net) still ends up going via Ashburn anyway and is slower, so I guess Ashburn is my best bet for the foreseeable future.


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Mariah Carey to jump on Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' remix?
On Friday, the 20-year-old artist tweeted "Ok Mariah Carey lets get this remix in (sic)" which was also endorsed by fans.
'We Belong Together' hitmaker Mariah Carey. Picture: @mariahcarey/Instagram
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Old Town road Remix
Eyewitness News | 4 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - US hip-hop and country sensation Lil Nas X has hinted that he might be collaborating with Mariah Carey for a remix for his Billboard Hot 100 number one single Old Town Road.
ok mariah carey lets get this remix in
— nope (@LilNasX) July 12, 2019
Carey responded to the tweet by saying "On sweet town road," with a picture of her wearing a cowboy hat.
One Sweet Town Road! https://t.co/Y30tSz2Fhw pic.twitter.com/viPrYNAnfM
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) July 13, 2019
Lil Nas X has been occupying the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 100 singles for 14 weeks and could break Billboard's 16-week reign.
Only two songs have outlasted 14 weeks atop the Hot 100, and both topping the charts for exactly 16 weeks. The first one being Carey's and Boyz II Men's mega-ballad collab One Sweet Day (1995-96), and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's Justin Bieber-featuring crossover Latin pop jam, Despacito, in 2017.
With more than 200 million views on Youtube, the song initially stirred controversy after the Billboard removed it from the country charts when it took the number one spot. Billboard said the song was rather more "hip-hop" than country.
WATCH: Old Town Road Official Music Video
Mariah Carey sues former executive assistant
Mariah Carey settles lawsuit
Ariana Grande named Billboard's Woman of the Year
Paul McCartney scores US No 1 after nearly 4 decades
'Tell Zuma we are going to kill him': commission hears Zuma was threatened
Batchelor was once close to Kebble killer Mikey Schultz, says author
Trump under fire for attacks on Democratic congresswomen


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International modersmålsdag er en dag indstiftet af UNESCO's generalforsamling. Modersmålsdagen højtideligholdes årligt den 21. februar.

Den Internationale modersmålsdag blev indstiftet den 17. november 1999 med det formål at fremme sproglig mangfoldighed og flersprogethed i hele verden. Datoen er valgt efter den dag i 1952, hvor studenter i Dhaka blev skudt og dræbt af pakistansk politi under demonstrationer for anerkendelse af Bengali som et officielt sprog i det daværende Pakistan, som dengang omfattede det nuværende Bangladesh.

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The federal Coalition government – backed by conservative states – has taken the extraordinary step of voting down a push to have climate change considered as part of the framing of the country's energy policy agenda.
The ACT government proposed at the COAG energy ministers meeting in Sydney on Friday working to develop a suitable greenhouse gas emissions reduction mechanism for the electricity sector.
It follows the decision by the federal government to dump the emissions component of the proposed National Energy Guarantee, and to abandon plans to have the current Paris target – a 26-28 per cent cut in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 – written into the legislation.
But it was knocked back along party lines. The ACT won support from labor states – Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia – but NSW, South Australia and Tasmania supported the federal Coalition's decision to keep climate out of energy policy.
"It is very disappointing. All we were doing is asking for options to be put on the table," ACT minister Shane Rattenbury told reporters after the meeting.
Rattenbury said in a statement that reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector must be core work of the energy council if Australia is to genuinely address climate change, and to ensure electricity reliability and reduce power prices.
The ACT's request echoes the call this week from a wide range of Australian stakeholders for the COAG Energy Council to address emissions as an essential part of achieving cost reductions. These included doctors, a coalition of business, energy and consumer groups, and also a recognition by company directors that climate change should be a major focus for boards.
Asked about the vote at the conclusion of the COAG meeting, held at a hotel near Sydney Airport, federal energy minister Angus Taylor cited the success of the renewable energy target, a policy mechanism he tried for years to kill.
"That is why we will meet … the Paris climate targets … in a canter." It should be noted, what that actually means is that the electricity sector will meet its share, but not the whole economy. Official data shows economy-wide emissions heading in the opposite direction.
Senator KENEALLY: Would it be correct to say that a large reason for this fall is the expected impact of investment in renewable energy that we've seen under the Renewable Energy Target?
Rob Heferen (deputy secretary, energy): Yes, clearly. The extra supply coming online reduces the wholesale price. It isn't necessarily a linear approach as we've seen in the past, where the new investment comes in and the wholesale price goes down, and then we saw the situation where both the Northern Power Station and Hazelwood closed, and then the wholesale price went back up again. It seems now that the wholesale price is back on its way down.
Senator KENEALLY: The government does point out that the electricity sector will meet its 26 per cent emissions reduction target on 2005 levels by 2030 and most of that will, in fact, be met in the early 2020s. What contribution has the RET made to meeting this target?
Heferen: The minister's been very clear that the 26 per cent below 2005 level will be met in the National Electricity Market, not the electricity sector more broadly. So, when he speaks, he will be talking about the NEM.
The ACT proposal made to COAG was simple enough, if a little provocative to a government that does not want to know about emissions, despite the latest by-election result in Wentworth and the loss by Liberals of two seats in the last two months to independents championing action on climate.
To underline this point, Rattenbury posted the drink coasters placed by the hotel in the COAG meeting room on his Instagram account.
One of the first acts of the new prime minister, Scott Morrison, was to split the environment and energy portfolios, and task Taylor with bringing down prices.


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A novel way to synthesize antioxidant substances
Tags: Science Tomsk Polytechnic University green chemistry Mekhman yusubov aryne intermediate
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University have proposed a novel way to address the most important and fundamental challenge of organic chemistry, i.e. breaking a bond between carbon and hydrogen atoms to form new organic substances. They were the first to carry out "breaking" in water thanks to especially synthesized substances called arylbenzoiodoboroxols. As a result, the scientists synthesized a number of novel phenolic substances that possess high biological and antioxidant activity. In the future, they can be used for drug creation.
The outcomes of the study were published in Chemistry – A European Journal (IF 5.317).
Director of the School of Chemistry & Applied Biomedical Sciences Mekhman Yusubov says:
'Our study dates back to 2009 when we synthesized iodoboroxol with two reaction centers with iodine and boron atoms at a time. By the way, Nobel Prizes were once awarded for the research of each of the reaction centers and we managed to combine them in one substance. Iodoboroxol is a precursor that presents a chemical building block that is used to create other substances. Recently, we have found conditions in which iodoboroxol exhibits amazing properties.
We carried out the reaction in water at room temperature and obtained a highly reactive intermediate aryne (an aromatic ring with a triple bond), resulting in novel phenolic substances to be further obtained. They possess a high biological and antioxidant activity.'
According to the scientists, ordinary water as a 'green' solvent is a highly interesting medium for conducting chemical reactions that allows substances to manifest new properties. In addition, it is available and easily regenerated. It is noteworthy, that such aryne intermediates are usually obtained either with hard irradiation or using organic solvents.
'These two elements, namely, the precursor of aryne intermediate and ordinary water enabled a new way to solve a fundamental problem which challenges organic chemists around the world.
These elements helped to carry out CH-activation, i.e. to break the bond between carbon and hydrogen in molecules and to create a new carbon-carbon bond and thereby obtain new promising substances. For this purpose expensive metal-containing catalysts are usually used. After all, why are there more organic compounds than inorganic? Just due to the formation of carbon-carbon bond when carbon molecules stand side by side. In this case, most of the organic compounds have carbon-carbon bonds that is the most inactive. In order to obtain new compounds, it is necessary to break the bond of carbon and hydrogen to form carbon-carbon bond,' explains the researcher.
The study aligns with the concept of Green Chemistry focused on the reduction of the negative impact of chemical industry on the environment.
Mekhman Yusubov summarizes: 'At present, chemists around the world are trying to find ways to use substances more efficiently, to minimize losses of active substances during reactions, to find less toxic ways for obtaining compounds. All this requires the improvement of reactivity of compounds. In this field Tomsk Polytechnic University takes a significant place in the world scientific community. We have accumulated large amounts of knowledge and technologies. Thus, in this publication we reveal three important outcomes: the synthesis of new precursors enabling extremely interesting novel compounds, a new way of CH-activation and the reaction conducted in water.'
The research is conducted in the framework of the Future Chemistry International Network Center based at Tomsk Polytechnic University. The Center unites experts from Russia, USA, Great Britain, Belgium, and France.
The Russian Science Foundation supported the study with the grant No. 16-13-10081.
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Portishead (Group)
Компания звукозаписи : Go! Discs, (ru)
Музыкальный стиль : Alternative Pop/Rock, Trip-Hop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Electronica
CD, стоящие на полке рядом : Rock (Hard)
Portishead's debut album, Dummy, popularized trip-hop, making its slow, narcotic rhythms, hypnotic samples, and film-noir production commonplace among sophisticated, self-consciously "mature" pop fans. The group recoiled from such widespread acclaim and influence, taking three years to deliver their eponymous second album. On the surface, Portishead isn't all that dissimilar from Dummy, but its haunting, foreboding sonic textures make it clear that the group isn't interested in the crossover success of such fellow travelers as Sneaker Pimps. Upon repeated plays, the subtle differences between the two albums become clear. Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley recorded original music that they later sampled for the backing tracks on the album, giving the record a hazy, dreamlike quality that shares many of the same signatures of Dummy, but is darker and more adventurous. Beth Gibbons has taken the opportunity to play up her tortured diva role to the hilt, emoting wildly over the tracks. Her voice is electronically phased on most of the tracks, adding layers to the claustrophobic menace of the music. The sonics on Portishead would make it an impressive follow-up, but what seals its success is the remarkable songwriting. Throughout the album, the group crafts impeccable modern-day torch songs, from the frightening, repetitive "Cowboys" to the horn-punctuated "All Mine," which justify the detailed, engrossing production. The end result is an album that reveals more with each listen and becomes more captivating and haunting each time it's played.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine (All Music Guide)
Adrian Utley (Bass, Guitar, Piano)
Clive Deamer (Drums)
Geoff Barrow (Drums)
John Baggot (Organ, Piano)
John Cornick (Trombone, Horn)
Nick Ingman (Conductor)
Steve Cooper (Violin)
1 Cowboys T 0:04:42 Barrow / Gibbons
2 All Mine T 0:04:02 Barrow / Gibbons / Utley
3 Undenied T 0:04:25 Barrow / Gibbons
4 Half Day Closing T 0:03:48 Barrow / Gibbons / Utley
5 Over T 0:04:01 -"-
6 Humming T 0:06:04 -"-
7 Mourning Air T 0:04:16 -"-
8 Seven Months T 0:04:19 -"-
9 Only You T 0:05:02 Barrow / Gibbons / Hardson / Stewart / Thorne / Utley
10 Elysium T 0:05:57 Barrow / Gibbons / Utley
11 Western Eyes T 0:03:59 -"-


Beacon's location in the heart of downtown Evanston provides our students with unique proximity and access to an incredible array of cultural and educational institutions, restaurants, and public transportation. The Evanston Public Library is 1 block north, the McGaw YMCA is 1 block west, and there are 30 restaurants within a .3 mile radius. Beacon has an open campus, so students are able to visit these and many other locations during the course of the school day.
Our newly renovated space is encased in glass walls creating an open floor plan that supports our interdisciplinary academic program. Our furniture is ergonomically designed and much of it is on wheels, helping us to create a range of different configurations depending on the classroom activity. Students and teachers can regularly be found collaborating in the same space, both in and out of the classroom. Each classroom has one entire wall devoted to a whiteboard which creates a dynamic learning environment where students can express their creativity. Our innovative layout serves as an important tool for learning and thinking.
Guide students through their own self-discovery and personal passions, allowing for reflection and social emotional health. Promote diversity of experiences and interactions, integrate subjects meaningfully, practice life skills, and work on real challenges. Empower students as change makers that have ownership over service learning experiences, entrepreneurial activities, student-led clubs, and advocacy. Look outward. Connect to the world through transportation, tools, technology, and creative local and global partnerships of all sizes.


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What Justice Brett Kavanaugh Means For Women
by Jody Rabhan
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh organizes his desk before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy on the court left by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.
In his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Brett Kavanaugh spent a considerable amount of time noting the women in his life: his mother, Mary Kavanaugh, who served as a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge; his wife, Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, a former White House aid; Justice Elena Kagan, who hired him at Harvard Law School; and the female law clerks he has hired as a DC Circuit Judge (noting with pride that the "majority" of his clerks have been women). He also named each of the student athletes he coaches on his daughter's basketball team, drawing smiles as he applauded Title IX for helping to "make girls' and women's sports equal."
That is all well and good. But the Supreme Court nominee did not demonstrate a commitment to women's equality when he attempted to deny an undocumented teen an abortion in Garza v. Hargan or when he wrote that contraception coverage is a "substantial burden" to businesses' religious exercise in Priests for Life v. HHS. This week's Senate Judiciary hearing will not determine the outcome of a basketball tournament. It will shape the future of reproductive rights and access for generations to come.
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Kavanaugh Will Stand For Religious Freedom — And That's Good For The Jews
Avi ShafranJuly 10, 2018
As a Jewish feminist, I'm alarmed by the ways that Kavanaugh, if confirmed, could use religious freedom as a justification to deny women control over their own bodies, and what that would mean for millions of women and families across the country. But whether or not the Supreme Court revisits Roe v. Wade (the subject of endless speculation), I'm just as concerned about the battles that the religious right is currently waging against women's reproductive rights and access, state by state.
Religious freedom doesn't always mean what we think it does. In her August 7 piece, The Women Who 'Don't Have a Choice' About Abortion, and the Man Who Is Stopping Them, Jane Eisner [recounts the story of a woman who received an Orthodox rabbi's blessing to undergo an abortion after he consulted with medical specialists and halakhic experts. According to Jewish law, she could have the procedure. But according to her state's law, she could not. So she and her husband flew to a clinic in Colorado, one of the few states where a late term abortion could be performed. They spent more than $10,000 on the procedure.
Women shouldn't have to go to such lengths — and most can't afford to. Legislation like the Reproductive Health Act, which Eisner references, can help safeguard women's reproductive rights. Unfortunately, that act has been stuck in the New York Senate for six months. In New York and states across the country, lawmakers are not only failing to protect women's health, but also actively placing new restrictions on abortion. Currently, 45 states around the country restrict abortion in some way, violating a woman's right to bodily autonomy. Some states have laws more egregious than others, like Iowa, where the governor signed the country's most restrictive abortion bill, banning abortion at six weeks, into law this past May. In Mississippi, abortion is banned after 15 weeks — in a state that has only one health center that provides abortions.
'My Dark Secret': Orthodox Women Reveal Their Abortion Stories
Avital Chizhik-GoldschmidtAugust 1, 2018
We're witnessing a nationwide attack on women's reproductive rights and access to health care in the name of religious freedom. Kavanaugh's confirmation would only be one part of that story. The Conscience and Religious Freedom Division launched by the Department of Health and Human Services in January, which would allow individuals or organizations to refuse abortion and contraception services based on their "deepest moral or religious convictions," is another. Just as alarming are the anti-abortion extremists who have been packed onto the federal bench by this administration and whose work is clearly motivated by their own ideologies. They include Wendy Vitter, who has made the false claim that abortion is linked to breast cancer; Michael Truncale, who claims we are in the midst of a "culture war" due to decline in religion; and Andrew Oldham, who led Texas's efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act.
But thousands of Jewish feminists nationwide — including NCJW activists and our partners — are organizing against anti-choice judicial nominees and anti-choice legislation to ensure the rights we've long fought for. We are determined to speak out against laws that deny reproductive freedoms in the name of religious freedom. We know that reproductive freedom is inextricably bound to religious freedom. We believe that every woman, no matter where she lives, deserves the right to make her own faith-informed decisions about her body, and when and if to have a family.
So, bring it on. We are geared up and ready to fight for the future of abortion and health care rights in this country, in addition to our most fundamental right: individual freedom. We will not go back.
Kavanaugh Calls Roe v. Wade 'Important Precedent' During Supreme Court Hearing
Ben FractenbergSeptember 5, 2018
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There's not a whole lot of controversy over the fact that our esteemed Governor, Andrew Cuomo, is pretty much a loathsome reptile. After all, he's maintained a Gap Elimination Adjustment over public schools while concurrently imposing a tax cap that's made it almost impossible to compensate for lost funds. He's called himself a student lobbyist, but supports giving no votes to school budgets more weight than yes votes. And he circumvented NYC mayoral control when it appeared the mayor was no longer going to kowtow to Eva Moskowitz.
Perhaps it should be no surprise that on Twitter I see a few working teachers flocking to Cuomo's GOP opponent, Rob Astorino, because they think he's an improvement. Granted, Astorino opposes Common Core. I watched him speak to a group in Comsewogue about that. But Tea Party stalwarts, like Scott Walker, also oppose it. So if you're going to support Astorino, you have to look a little more deeply before you assume he's supportive of public schools. I mean, if that were the case, why would teacher union public enemy number one (or at least close, as there are so many nowadays) Scott Walker be raising money for him?
For one thing, Astorino opposes the Triborough Amendment. This is very important to NYC teachers, who just went 6 years without a contract, not to mention Buffalo teachers, who are still without one after a decade. The Triborough Amendment mandates that existing contracts remain in force until and unless they are renegotiated. In Astorino's NY Post op-ed, he suggests this gives us no motivation to negotiate. Its repeal or "reform" would certainly cripple our ability to bargain collectively, and this places Astorino sqaurely in Scott Walker territory. And for those who complain the Post piece is from 2012, here's Astorino challenging Triborough in April 2014. He also supports changing work rules and reducing pension benefits, according to that piece. Could he be alluding to eliminating collective bargaining, like his BFF Scott Walker did in Wisconsin?
It's pretty well-known that Astorino supports charters. I haven't heard quite as much about his support for vouchers and tax incentives for contributions to private schools. This is clearly a man who supports privatization rather than public schools. I'm seeing a right-wing GOP Tea Party guy here. And as for Cuomo's tax cap, Astorino not only supports it, but in fact does not think it goes far enough. And he's "cautiously supportive" of anti-tenure lawsuits.
Several people have commented to me both here and on Twitter that Astorino's wife is a teacher. They say he's a great guy. I watched the documentary Journeys with George and went away persuaded that GW Bush was a great guy too. I'm afraid that did not mitigate his positions. There are teachers who support Astorino, and I don't doubt that his wife is one of them. But Astorino as governor will hurt most of us, as well as those we teach. As far as I'm concerned, this real Republican not only represents no improvement over faux-Democrat Andrew Cuomo, but is potentially much, much worse.
I'm seeing November's election as largely a lose-lose. I don't vote for anti-public ed. candidates anymore. Cuomo was the first Democrat for whom I declined to vote, and this November I'll likely support Green Candidate Howie Hawkins once again.
It's a disgrace that neither major party offers a candidate who supports public education or working people.


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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (Kr. e. 210 k. – Kr. e. 154 után) római politikus és hadvezér, az előkelő plebejus Sempronia gens tagja, a néptribunusokként ismert Tiberius és Caius Gracchus apja volt.

Karrierjének kezdetei

Apját Publiusnak hívták, és valószínűleg elesett a második pun háborúban, de egyebet nem tudunk róla. Kr. e. 190-ben elkísérte Lucius Cornelius Scipiót III. Antiokhosz Megasz elleni hadjáratára, és kitűnt kortársai közül bátorságával. Scipio őt küldte Amphisszából Pellába, a makedóniai V. Philipposz udvarába, hogy elérje nála a rómaiak szabad átvonulásának engedélyezését; Philipposz pedig nagy tisztelettel fogadta. Kr. e. 187-ben már Rómában volt, ahol néptribunusszá választották, amilyen minőségben megvédte Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanust kollégái támadásaitól. Ezzel kiérdemelte az arisztokratikus párt háláját, és rövidesen feleségül vehette Scipio lányát, Corneliát. Később korábbi parancsnokát, Lucius Scipiót is védelmébe vette, amikor a III. Antikohosztól kapott pénzek kapcsán vádolták meg korrupcióval. A triumphusra igényt tartó Marcus Fulvius Nobiliort is támogatta tribunustársai ellenében. Kr. e. 183-ban a Saturnia colonia betelepítéséért felelős triumvirek egyike lett, és feltehetően a következő évben aedilis curulisi hivatalt viselt.

Hispaniai sikerek

Kr. e. 181-ben praetor lett, és Quintus Fulvius Flaccust Hispania Citerior élén. Miután serege felkészült, elindult az Ibériai-félszigetre, ahol gyorsan elfoglalta Mundát, ahova helyőrséget telepített, majd dúlva-pusztítva számos más erősséget elragadott a keltibérektől. Közeledtére az erős Certima lakói is kapituláltak. Negyven előkelőségüket túszul kellett adniuk Gracchusnak, aki nagy összeget is beszedett tőlük. Innen az Alce mellett táborozó keltibérek ellen vonult, ahol kisebb összecsapások után végül egy táborán belül színlelt összecsapással sikerült előcsalogatnia az ellenfelet a táborából, amit így gyorsan elfoglalhatott. Ez alkalommal állítólag 9000 keltibért sikerült lekaszabolnia a rómaiaknak. Gracchus ezután folytatta pusztító hadjáratát, ami nagy sikerének hírével együtt számos (Titus Livius szerint 103) várost megadásra késztetett. A hatalmas zsákmányt szerző hadvezér végül visszatért Alce alá, amit ostromolni kezdett, és végül szintén elfoglalt. Ergavica jelentős városa harc nélkül adta meg magát Gracchusnak. Úgy tűnik azonban, hogy a hadvezér sikerei nem voltak tartósak: ahogy eltávozott a római sereg, a keltibérek fellázadtak az új uralom ellen, és le kellett őket verni. Ezen nem segített Gracchus legendás lovagiassága és alapvető jóindulata sem, noha több hispánt meg tudott nyerni társául.

Kr. e. 180-ban és Kr. e. 179-ben propraetorként a tartományában maradhatott, és újabb sikereket aratott: felmentette a keltibérek által ostromlott Carabist, majd Complegánál megsemmisített egy másik sereget, ami őt próbálta csapdába csalni. Ezután békés eszközökkel folytathatta a kormányzást, ami elődei kegyetlenségével ellentétben szép eredményeket ért el, és nagy tekintélyt szerzett neki a tartományi lakosság körében. Szabályozta a helyiek és a római adminisztráció viszonyát, a szegényeknek pedig földet és lakhelyet osztott, és nem törekedett a tartomány teljes kizsigerelésére. Érdemeire emlékezve a hispánok majd fél évszázad múltán fiának fejezték ki hálájukat. Hispaniai tevékenységére emlékeztetendő Illurcis városát Gracchurisra nevezte át.

Életpályájának csúcsa

Kr. e. 178-ban tért haza, és pompás triumphust tartott a keltibérek felett aratott diadaláért; év végén pedig Caius Claudius Pulcher kollégájaként consullá választották a következő évre. Kr. e. 177-es hivatali évében a szardíniai lakosság lázadásával volt elfoglalva, és nagy győzelmet aratott felettük. Kr. e. 176-ban a telelést követően további sikeres hadműveletekkel végleg megadásra kényszerítette a szárdokat, akik túszokat adtak neki. Ekkor üzent a senatusnak, kérelmezve, hogy engedélyezzék serege hazatérését és egy újabb diadalmenet számára, ám egyelőre csak supplicatiót szavaztak meg neki, és Kr. e. 175-ben is a tartományban kellett maradnia. Ez év végén tért csak vissza, és újabb triumphust tarthatott győzelméért. Állítólag olyan sok foglyot hozott magával, hogy rendkívül kis összegekért lehetett rabszolgákként megvásárolni őket. Szardíniai hadjáratát egy táblán is megörökítették, amit Mater Matuta Forum Boariumon levő templomában helyeztek el.

Kr. e. 169-ben volt consultársával együtt lett censor. Rendkívüli szigorral jártak el, és olyan sok embert zártak ki a senatusból és a lovagrendből, hogy a néptribunusok vádat emeltek ellenük, ám végül felmentették mindkettejüket. A közmunkákra kiutalt pénzösszegből megvásárolta rég elhunyt apósa házát, és a helyére felépíttette a Basilica Sempronia nevű csarnokot. Pulcherrel több vita után végül úgy egyezett meg a libertinusok (felszabadított rabszolgák) tribusokba sorolásáról, hogy csak a négy városi tribusba oszthatták be őket, a vidékiekbe nem (Cicero nagyra értékelte ezt a döntést, mivel megakadályozta, hogy manipulatív célú felszabadításokkal a teljes népgyűlést befolyásolni lehessen).

Utolsó évei

Kr. e. 164-ben Kis-Ázsiába ment követségbe, hogy megvizsgálja a római szövetséges államok (Rhodosz, Pergamon, Bithünia) helyzetét; egy rhodosziakhoz intézett, görög nyelvű szónoklatát még Cicero is ismerte. Polübiosz szerint számos más alkalommal is közvetített Róma és idegen hatalmak között, és több más követjárásban is részt vett. Kr. e. 163-ban ismét consulságot viselt, ezúttal Marcus Iuventius Thalna kollégájaként. Halálának pontos időpontja nem ismert, de mivel kisebbik fiáról tudjuk, hogy Kr. e. 154-ben született, nem sokkal korábban hunyhatott el.

Családja, emlékezete

Tiberiusnak a források szerint tizenkét gyermeke született Cornelia nevű feleségétől, de közülük, úgy tűnik, csak hárman érték meg a felnőttkort: a Kr. e. 163-ban született Tiberius, a Kr. e. 154-ben világra jött Caius, illetve Sempronia, akit az ifjabb Scipióhoz adtak feleségül. Állítólag magánemberként is csupa pozitív tulajdonsággal rendelkezett. Az utókor, különösen Cicero, rendkívül nagyra tartotta Gracchust.

Jegyzetek

Források

Római hadvezérek, katonák
Többszörös római consulok


Yes indeed! This would be very helpful in making a decision to do UDS yourself or let the customer wait a couple of months (if the can..).
The link posted by DebbieU returns a "Not Found" error message. Can someone point me to the proper post?


Hot franchise concepts for 2007: Pick the right trend and get ahead.
In the United States, franchising spans 75 different industries, provides 18 million US jobs and generates an overall economic output of $US1.53 trillion, according to a study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the International Franchise Association.
Research by FranData recently found that all US industries, with the exception of travel, are experiencing an increase in the number of franchise concepts, ranging from 4% in personnel services to 67% in retail food. New concepts are being added with increasing frequency. Over the past three years, almost 900 concepts began franchising.
US trends in franchising often signal what will happen here. Here are five hot franchise concepts from the US for 2007, according to franchise website Blue maumau.
1. Coffee houses: According to the Specialty Coffee Association of America, specialty coffee was an $US11 billion industry in 2005, up from $US9.6 billion in 2004. The cafe segment of the coffee industry continues to grow.
Coffee is already big franchise business in Australia, where every second new franchise sells coffee. The market leader Gloria Jean's Coffees, with 343 stores, turned over $183.5 million in 2005-06. BRW's fastest growing franchise in 2005-06 was a café chain, Caffe Primo. It grew 139.06% on average each year over the past three years.
2. Staffing and business services: According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, staffing services will be one of the fastest-growing industries over the next five to 10 years.
Businesses that provide these services are in high demand, especially as the pool of talented workers shrinks. Other business services franchises offering everything from signage to IT will also be hot in 2007.
Australia is doing franchised labour hire, but it is in its infancy. Workforce Extensions is one of the fastest growing franchises in the country, with 56.13% annual revenue growth on average over the past three years.
3. Niche gyms: Fitness centres specialising in kids, teens, seniors and even 24 hour gyms for the all-round busybody are big. People are investing more time and money into organisations that specialise in accommodating them. These gyms focus on one group and build their facilities and services around that demographic.
There are some of these in Australia already; the most well-known is Fernwood Women's Health Clubs, which turned over $90.3 million in 2005-06. But one chain that is younger and faster growing is Beach House Health & Fitness Centres, which offers segregated fitness training for men and women.
4. Non-medical healthcare: According to the US Census Bureau, 13% of the population will be over the age of 65 by 2010. That figure jumps to almost 20% in 2030.
There are franchises working on helping older people who want to remain in their home as long as they can. For the aging baby-boomers, in-home personal care is becoming more popular.
Services are now available that can provide not only in-home care, but also provide other home needs such as yard care, general cleaning, and all-around handy work.
This US trend is just starting to take hold here. In Brisbane, for example, there is a local chapter of US franchise Home Instead Senior Care that offers home services to older people. This would not be the sole example of these type of services, and the trend is sure to consolidate here.
5. Education and tutoring: Another concept that grows exponentially as schools become more competitive. Whether it's online tutoring, subject-specific, or even for the youngest bunch of pre-schoolers, parents are willing to throw down big bucks to ensure their child has the extra edge.
Australian tutoring franchise Kip McGrath Education Centres and childhood performing arts franchise Helen O'Grady Children's Drama Acadamy have been developing their models in Australia for many years and both are expanding overseas.
What do you think? If these are not the hot areas for franchising in Australia in 2007, what are they? Send your ideas to SmartCompany.