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ARN unveils a new era of entertainment in the UAE with seven new radio brands
The Arabian Radio Network is, today, launching seven new digital-radio brands to better serve and grow its audience. Complementing the output from its existing terrestrial services, the new brands will offer content based on mood and be accessible via smartphone apps, including on iPhone and Android.
Virgin Radio is adding two new brands. The first, Virgin Radio Beat, will be the UAE's only brand dedicated to playing club anthems, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Virgin Radio Chill will offer tracks to the UAE straight from the chill-out room at your favourite club, perfect for relaxing at home with friends or on the beach, and remixes of current hits heard on Virgin Radio 104.4. Both these new brands are available via the Virgin Radio UAE smartphone app.
The UAE's most popular radio station, City 1016, is also launching two new digital brand extensions: City Dil Se, which will offer listeners the opportunity to access the biggest Bollywood hits from the last 30 years, with romance being a core focus of content. City Dance will keep the young desi clubbing market entertained with non-stop club anthems and remixes of current Bollywood hits for those that want to party round the clock!
Commenting on the new brands, Mahmoud al Rasheed, General Manager of ARN, said: "ARN serves a wide audience of over 190 nationalities, in the world's most cosmopolitan city, Dubai, on a daily basis. We are proud to launch these digital brands to meet audience and advertiser demand."
The UAE's most popular Malayalam radio station is Hit 96.7, which is also adding a brand extension by launching Hit Classics, playing Malayalam hits from the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s — all the classic songs for Malayalis to sing along with, available via the Hit 96.7 smartphone app.
Dubai 92 is also adding two new services: 92 Smooth, the ultimate antidote to the UAE's bustling lifestyle, playing relaxing classics from the '60s to the present day.
The other addition for Dubai 92's audience is 92 Rock — playing non-stop classic rock from the late '60s to the late '90s, available via the Dubai 92 smartphone app.
Chief Operating Officer of the now 16-station network, Steve Smith, commented: "Radio listening is often mood-based and these new digital brands allow us to build audience loyalty and complement the terrestrial stations. With the mobile phone being at the centre of our world, we want to ensure that we are embracing the latest technology as we continue to lead the media market in the UAE."
This initiative is the first phase of a long-term strategy to continue to dominate the media landscape; ARN has committed to launching more services in order to ensure it is well positioned for growth in the broadcasting industry in the coming years.
The new digital apps follow ARN's commitment to on-going innovation, with its recent launch of a simulcast radio stream, exclusively in partnership with OSN. The tie-up means TV viewers can listen to all of ARN's terrestrial radio brands via their satellite subscription, at no extra cost, and on the best speakers in the house — their TV's surround sound.
The network has also launched the ARN News Centre smartphone app and website, to offer content to consumers 24 hours a day. Updated on average 32 times a day, the service offers bite-size local and international news in Arabic, English and Malayalam, the only tri-language news service in the UAE.
About ARN
The Arabian Radio Network is the largest and most successful radio network in the Middle East, with nine radio stations representing every major community in the UAE.
Radio stations include Tag 91.1, Al Khaleejiya 100.9, Al Arabiya 99, Dubai 92, 92 Smooth, 92 Rock Virgin Radio 104.4, Virgin Radio Chill, Virgin Radio Beat, Dubai Eye 103.8, City 101.6, City Dil Se, City Dance, Hit 96.7, Hit Classics and Radio Shoma 93.4.
Headquartered at Dubai Media City, ARN is part of the Arab Media Group.
For further information visit: www.arn.ae
For interviews and further information, please contact fparekh@arn.ae
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Thank You a lot - it is strange, but I have that way in the first place and didn't work - maybe there was a invalid letter somewhere. Thank You again !
Edit: I was change like this in my second extension - but it still doesn't work. It is possible, that this problem is by using Mac OS and zip using Mac OS packer ?
Anyway, post here the structure of your extension and a sample code how you call the controller(s) inside.
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I bloody s*##* :-) I pack whole catalog not upload and install.xml inside it... Now its work perfectly. Thank You again !


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So just to make sure I understand the change (and this is a theoretical point, because I haven't had a chance to try the change yet)... Right now, the min tab width is 100. This contains the following pieces: 1) 18px of horizontal padding (on the .tab-content). 2) 16px of favicon. 3) 6px of favicon right-margin. 4) 60px of space for the page title. With the new setup, just looking at the patch how to add gmail contacts to huawei If you extract the Tor Browser and change into the tor-browser_LOCALE directory, starting Tor Browser with ./start-tor-browser.desktop --log should give you a tor-browser.log file in the same directory. If you set the Torbutton logging to level 3 as described you should see the circuit isolation at work.
How can I change the favicon / title of my RAP app?
I found a bug in RAP. Where should I report it?
A few thoughts: 1 - In the current icon database code, there's very little unique to any file format (or image format) that prevents any resource data from being saved to the icon database.
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Note that once a bookmark gets a wrong favicon, it'll stay that way permanently -- so to reproduce this we need a way to actually have a bookmark get the wrong favicon (change from no favicon to a wrong one), as opposed to just having the wrong one show up.
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Some New York State Legislature Laws Passed During the Pandemic that Benefit Seniors
The Senate and Assembly Majorities are committed to protecting New Yorkers' rights. Legislation passed this week will continue to protect the rights of New Yorkers during this pandemic. The bills passed by the Senate and Assembly include:
S.8189, Hoylman/ A.10270, Rozic: This legislation will update New York's anti-price gouging law to include medical supplies and services as well as goods and services used to promote public health.
·S.8130D, Myrie / A.10516A, Simotas: This legislation will enable New Yorkers to apply for absentee ballots through an electronic application. This would ensure more New Yorkers are able to vote and participate in the democratic process despite the ongoing pandemic.
S.8397A, Savino/ A.10326A, Reyes: This legislation will prohibit health care employers from retaliating against health care workers speaking out about workplace safety or health violations including to the news media or on social media.
Affordable housing was a priority for the Senate and Assembly Majorities long before the arrival of COVID-19. Now, millions of New Yorkers are struggling to make rent or mortgage payments as a result of the pandemic and economic crisis. Included in this legislative package are bills that would address these concerns and help New Yorkers stay in their homes. The bills passed by the Senate and Assembly include:
S.8419, Kavanagh / A.10522, Cymbrowitz: This legislation will enact the "Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020" to establish an interim residential rent relief program for low-income tenants. The program will issue a subsidy for tenants who were rent burdened prior to the COVID-19 pandemic – or are paying more than 30 percent of their income toward rent – and are now experiencing an even greater rent burden due to a loss of income.
S.8192B, Hoylman / A.10290B, Dinowitz: This legislation will prohibit the eviction for nonpayment of rent of residential tenants who have suffered financial hardship and were in arrears on rent while New York on PAUSE imposed restrictions in their county. The tenant would remain liable for the rent owed, but this legislation will ensure New Yorkers are not made homeless due to these extraordinary circumstances.
S.8243C, Kavanagh / A.10351B, Rozic: This bill will require New York State regulated banking institutions to grant 180 days of mortgage forbearance, with the option for an additional 180 days, on a residential mortgage on their primary residence to any mortgagor who can demonstrate financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
S.8138B, Martinez/ A.10252A, Stern: This legislation will permit municipalities to defer certain property taxes during the COVID-19 State of Emergency and will also permit installment payments to be determined by the local legislative body. No additional interest or penalties will accrue during such deferment.
S.8113A, Parker / A.10521, Mosley: This legislation will prohibit a utility corporation or municipality from terminating or disconnecting services to any residential customer for the nonpayment of an overdue charge for the duration of the COVID-19 State of Emergency. This moratorium will last 180 days from the expiration of the COVID-19 State of Emergency for those residential customers that have experienced a change in financial circumstances, and the utility corporation or municipality must offer such residential customers the right to enter into, or restructure, a deferred payment agreement without the requirement of a down payment, late fees or penalties.
S.8427, Gounardes / A.10528, Abbate: This legislation will establish a COVID-19 pension benefit for families of public employees who die due to their workplace exposure to the disease. Where a member of a public retirement system was required to physically report to work, did in fact physically report to work as of March 1, 2020; contracted COVID-19 within 45 days of reporting to work; and COVID-19 caused or contributed to the member's death, the member's beneficiary will receive accidental death benefits.
Combating COVID-19 and Protecting New Yorkers' Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions and exposed weaknesses in health care systems. This legislative package prioritizes protecting New Yorkers' health during this crisis and will help New York prepare for future pandemics. The bills passed by the Senate and Assembly include:
S.8245A, Parker / A.10517, Aubry: This legislation will require the Department of Health to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York State. This builds on the recent joint legislative hearing held on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities.
S.8182A, Hoylman / A.10508A, Paulin: This legislation will allow licensed pharmacists to administer a vaccine for COVID-19 no sooner than 90 days once a vaccine has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and after the Department of Health and State Education Department certify that having pharmacists administer the vaccine is in the best interest of public health.
S.8416, Metzger / A.10404A, Rosenthal: This legislation will ensure audio-only and video-only telehealth and telemedicine services will be eligible for reimbursement. This will help ensure that individuals will continue to be able to access needed health care services, to the extent such services are deemed appropriate by the Department of Health to provide through audio-only telehealth, while still maintaining proper social distancing to prevent to spread of COVID-19.
S.8289B, Salazar / A.10394A, Lentol: This legislation will require residential health care facilities to prepare and comply with an annual pandemic emergency plan. This will help residential healthcare facilities, including nursing homes, ensure the safety of their staff and residents during pandemics like COVID-19.
Maintaining Quality of Life and Important Services
S.8408, Comrie / A.7652A, Paulin: This legislation will allow cemeteries the option to provide sales of cemetery lots and related services over the internet. This would modernize cemetery operations as the existing Not-for-Profit Corporation Law does not contemplate website sales by cemetery corporations.
S.7996B, Carlucci / A.10189A, Ortiz: This legislation will ensure that school districts do not lose state aid for closing schools in the 2019-2020 school year in response to COVID-19.
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Will Sacksonville Take Down The Iron Curtain?
by Mia Kologranic
in AFC, Divisional Round, Game Previews, Jacksonville Jaguars, NFL, NFL Playoffs, Pittsburgh Steelers
The last time the Jaguars and the Steelers met was during the regular season where Ben Roethlisberger threw five interceptions and the Jaguars were able to steal the game. Tomorrow, both teams meet again and one will advance to the AFC championship game. Will Sacksonville be able to take down The Iron Curtain?
Battles of The Duo's
Speaking of Sacksonville, we have to bring up the ring leaders of the show. The incredible duo of Jalen Ramsey and A.J. Bouye. These two together have the best cornerback coverage in the NFL and have only allowed a combined total of 40.2 passer rating. Ramsey had 61 tackles in the regular season and caught four interceptions. One of four of those being a pass from Big Ben himself. Can he shut down the offense and do it all again?
The Jaguars aren't the only ones with a dynamic duo. The Steelers have two men on their hands as well that could be a major threat to the Jaguars defense. Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster currently have 2,450 combined yards. This is the most combined yards in the NFL for this season. Brown and Smith-Schuster did not score any touchdowns last time they played but I know these two players will be giving it their all in tomorrow's game. It will bring a challenge to Jacksonville's defense, but will it be one they can't handle?
Dorothy, you're not in Kansas anymore
Leonard Fournette was a huge part in the Jaguars win during regular season. He had 28 carries with 181 yards leading him to score three touchdowns against the Steelers defense. Fournette had a fantastic game, but keep in mind they did play in Jacksonville. Fournette has admitted to not liking cold weather and tomorrow's forecast in Pittsburgh is calling for a high of 19 degrees. Will the star rookie running back be able to perform in such cold weather, or will it alter his game play too much? Just remember Fournette, you're not in Jacksonville anymore.
Sacksonville takes on the Iron Curtain one last time this season. Both teams look to advance to the AFC championship which will makes this battle a tough one for each side. There's a million questions you could ask yourself about the game. Will The Iron Curtain fall? Will Sacksonville continue the road to Minnesota? Can Fournette handle the Cold? We will find out tomorrow.
Prediction: Jaguars 21 , Steelers 20
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Wolfgang Knoll (* 4. Juli 1949 in Schwäbisch Hall, Deutschland) ist ein deutscher Biophysiker und Träger der Wilhelm-Exner-Medaille.

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Wolfgang Knoll studierte nach dem Abitur Physik und später Biophysik an der Universität Konstanz, wo er seine Dissertation im Fachbereich Biologie schrieb. 1982 wurde er Leiter einer Nachwuchsgruppe am Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung in Mainz. 1991 folgte ein Ruf am Riken Institut in Tokio sowie von 1993 bis 2008 ein Ruf an der Max Planck Gesellschaft als Direktor. Danach folgten Tätigkeiten als Temasek Professor an der National University of Singapore und am Institute of Materials Research and Engineering. Wolfgang Knoll ist seit 2008 wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer des Austrian Institute of Technology.

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Wolfgang Knoll hat dazu beigetragen, die Biophysik von Membranen als Forschungsthema im Grenzbereich zwischen Physik, Chemie, Biologie und den Material- und den Ingenieurwissenschaften zu etablieren. Darüber hinaus wurden durch seine Arbeiten Voraussetzungen geschaffen, Grenzflächenlicht in einer breiten Palette von optischen Instrumenten, wie etwa für die optische Sensorik, einzusetzen.

Auszeichnungen und Mitgliedschaften (Auswahl)
Knolls wissenschaftliche Leistungen wurden unter anderem mit folgenden Preisen ausgezeichnet:
 2012: Honorary Doctorate University of Twente, Niederlande
 2008: Wilhelm-Exner-Medaille
 2003: Eugen-und-Ilse-Seibold Award of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
 1990: Heinrich-Welker-Award
 1987: Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft

Er ist seit 2017 Mitglied der Academia Europaea und seit 2010 Mitglied der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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Biophysiker
Manager (Österreich)
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Mitglied der Academia Europaea
Mitglied der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Ehrendoktor der Universität Twente
Person (Wien)
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There are a lot of good films on at the flicks at the moment but going to the cinema isn't the cheap date it once was.
Even if you can somehow manage to forego the popcorn, fizzy drink and sweets, a ticket alone will set you back at least a tenner.
If only there was a way we could get our movie fix without the ridiculous cost.
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That works out at a whopping 55 per cent off.
Pre-discount the tickets would have set you back a whopping £33.42.
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Top picks at the cinema at the moment include 'Outstanding British film' Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri which took home a number of awards at this week's BAFTAS, I, Tonya, Ladybird, 50 shades freed, Early Man and Peter Rabbit .
The discounted tickets are only available for Vue cinemas.


The iconic Glass House flagship branch of seafood restaurant chain Fish & Co will be demolished in late September due to redevelopment efforts by Park Mall, and couples who have flocked there over the past 14 years are sad to see it go.
Particularly affected are Mr Jonathan Ng, 31, and his fiancee Ms CC Ouyang, 30, who have been dating for nine years, during which memorable chapters of their love story played out at Glass House.
They hold the place so dear to their hearts that they held their pre-wedding photoshoot on Monday (June 27) at the venue, which is located at Penang Road next to Park Mall and is under the same management as the lifestyle and furnishing centre.
The couple - who are due to tie the knot in September - met in 2007 at Princeton University in the US, where Mr Ng, a Singaporean, was studying for his Master's degree. After a one-year long distance relationship, Ms Ouyang, a US citizen, visited Singapore in early 2008 and one of the first places Mr Ng took her to was the Fish & Co at Glass House.
During the date, he requested the live band on-site to play their "couple song", Hey There Delilah by US pop-punk group Plain White T's, which is about a couple in a long distance relationship. .
Ms Ouyang said that back then, she really enjoyed the experience and could see herself living in Singapore in the future. She moved to Singapore in late 2008 after graduating.
"I love the unique structure and am a huge fan of seafood," she told The New Paper.
In late 2012, Mr Ng, a regional manager at a multi-national company, planned to pull off a public proposal and deciding on Glass House was a no-brainer.
The venue became more special to him because it was special to Ms Ouyang, a vice president in the finance industry.
"She would always bring up the date because she really likes the place," he said.
On the big day, he reached Glass House an hour earlier and alerted the staff about the proposal.
He also told the live band that he would like to join them in performing Hey There Delilah .
"I've never sung on stage before (that) so it was pretty ballsy," he recalled with a laugh.
Halfway through his performance, he jumped off stage and got down on one knee before popping the question to Ms Ouyang, who was shocked into silence for so long that patrons were chanting "Say yes! Say yes!".
When she finally regained her composure and accepted the proposal, a three-generation Turkish family seated next to them were bawling in happiness.
An elderly woman from that table even came over to cradle Ms Ouyang and Mr Ng's heads in her hands while blessing them with a joyous married life ahead.
"At least that's what I hoped she said in Turkish," he joked.
Ms Ouyang said it was the dream proposal since the place had a deep sentimental value for her.
"It's a good tale to tell the kids," Mr Ng said.
When the couple found out about the fate of Glass House and realised their special place could vanish for good in just a few months, they felt incredibly sad as they have "so many memories attached" to it.
Ms Ouyang especially appreciates its family-friendliness, which makes it so wholesome and nostalgic.
Ironically, the couple don't have any photographic mementos of their first date and proposal at Glass House - until now.


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Hoodwinked and Bamboozled: New Research SHATTERS Myths About The Availability Of "GOOD" BLACK MEN!!!
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By Team BLAM
Finally, there's a statistical analysis of relationship dynamics in the black community that offers a ray of hope instead of the persistent "gloom and doom" prophesy about black marriage that we've all become too familiar with. In light of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal suggesting an unconventional approach to marriage woes for black women, a good friend of ours, DeShuna Spencer of Empower Magazine, published an article earlier this week by Dr. Ivory A. Toldson and Dr. Bryant Marks that challenges the media propaganda about black marriage and asserts that there are AVAILABLE and ELIGIBLE black men.
Below you'll find some of the statistical data presented by Dr. Toldson and Dr. Marks in their Empower Magazine piece. Trust and believe you'll be surprised by what was found.
WHY ALL THE FOCUS ON SINGLE BLACK WOMEN
For example, we examine ABC News, Nightline feature article, "Single, Black, Female — and Plenty of Company." Taking this statement literally, we should understand that single white women have more "company" than single black women. In the US, 6.2 million black women have never been married, compared to 16.6 million white women. Therefore, a single white female has 10 million more counterparts with whomto enjoy single life than black women.
WHERE ARE THE "GOOD" AND "SUCCESSFUL" BLACK MEN?
Nationwide, although more than 800,000 more black women than black men have at least a bachelor's degree, almost 200,000 more black men than black women earn more than $75,000 per year. In America,725,922 black men earn more than $75,000 compared to 528,204 black women; 100,000 more black men earn more than $100,000 than black women; and black men are twice as likely to earn more than a quarter million dollars. Therefore, if we define success in terms of education, there will never be enough black men for black women, but if we define success in terms of income, there is still some hope for black love.
Education increases the chances that a black male will earn a higher income but does not completely determine income. Several occupations that do not require a college degree are overrepresented among six figure black men. The top five occupations for black men who make six figures without a college degree are: (1) managers, (2) truck drivers, (3) police officers, (4) construction workers, and (5) bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers. Interestingly, rounding out the top 10 are janitors and building cleaners; a profession that accounts for 1,431 black men who make six figures.
A LOT OF BLACK MEN WHO MIGHT BE MARRIAGE MATERIAL ARE GAY
From our data, we can estimate that578,533 (4.8 percent) black men and 2.5 million (3.4 percent) white men are in cohabitating relationships with other men. When comparing only white and black men who have college degrees the percent who are cohabitating with men is 2.6 percent for both races. We understand that only a small percentage of the total homosexual population cohabitate, however this is evidence against the theory that homosexuality is overrepresented among college educated black men.
SUCCESSFUL BLACK MEN ONLY WANT WHITE WOMEN
Eighty-eight percent of all black men who are married are married to black women. When we use the census to compare household economic status between black and interracial couples, we find that 8 percent of black males who are living at or near poverty have a white wife, and 9 percent of black males who are middle class or better have a white wife. Among married black men with a personal income of more than $100,000, 12 percent have a white wife, 83 percent have a black wife, and 5 percent have a wife who is neither black nor white. Six percent of married black men who are high school dropouts have a white wife and 92 percent have black wives. Among black men with college degrees, 10 percent have a white wife and 85 percent have black wives. Among black male professional athletes, 72.8% are married to black women, 22.2% are married to white women, and 5% are married to women who are neither black nor white.
BLAM Fam what are your thoughts about this data? We at BLAM personally feel that it's refreshing to see some news that's encouraging when it comes to relationship dynamics in our community. YES…WE KNOW WE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. If nothing else, we hope that you take from this study that ..
1.THERE ARE "GOOD" BLACK MEN WHO ARE AVAILABLE.
2. ALL BLACK MEN AREN'T LOSERS.
3. MEDIA PROPAGANDA IS REAL AND SERVES IT'S OWN AGENDA
4. THERE'S HOPE FOR BLACK LOVE AND BLACK MARRIAGE.
To read the entire article visit Empower Magazine.
P.S. Great Piece DeShuna
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Aurie says:
If you allow yourself to be defined by a statistic, you will become one. I understand the point of this post and I am glad that there are folks out there defending the idea of Black love & Black marriage. More importantly, if you are having authentic male/female relationships with your fellow man & woman, the likelihood of great relationships are increased vs. the sentiments that so many echo about the Black relationship.
My recent post Happy New Year 2012 | 2011 in review
Myra Williams says:
An update to my previous comment…Here r some links:
1. "Statistics of incarcerated African-American males" -from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_of_incarc…
2. "Men who have sex with men" -from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_wit…
3.) Interesting vid/discussion by professor R. Richard Banks about his new book, "Is Marriage for White People?" http://youtu.be/1GFZTPKrs5Q
I think we should really start to take heed and come up with ways of vigorously improving our community…
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I actually know a successful hairstylist in a wealthy neighborhood who married a man who she had never met who was in prison…She bought herself a princess-cut diamond engagement ring. This makes me think about the # of women who are actually married to men who are currently incarcerated…hmm…statistics go any way you can bend them!
A lot of this info we already knew, it is just presented in a more positive light. But it's still the same data. It's just the spin u put on it… Still, it is a fact that Black men are more likely to marry outside of their race than any other race. I learned that in college almost 10yrs ago! They were citing the # as 10%, while from reading this article, it would seem that the number is actually about 15% now. Also in college, we were taught that men marry down…so a man is more likely to marry a woman with less education, less income.
As far as the statistics about homosexuality, they're only counting men who identify as homosexual (who are actually on the books as living with other men). This doesn't account for the Men-Seeking-Men (MSM) population identified by the Centers for Disease Control, who don't identify as gay or bi-sexual however admit to having casual sexual encounters with men. This population is estimated to be at 30%.
This article also doesn't address the percentage of black males in prison, which some have estimated to be at about 20%.
I think that is why even textbooks hv been saying that the pickings are slim for professional black women. The media is just choosing to address it now for some reason…and they're doing it in an ugly way too! Chk out this vid: http://youtu.be/Uno4hgL8kgY
There is also another recent article which states that the decline in Black Marriage is due to lack of wealth, not dysfunction. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/marriage…
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@hrwilliams7 says:
Hmph…I maintained hope in spite of the statistics. And although my first attempt ended in failure, I still maintain hope–even moreso now that the stats have been proven false. Thanks for the info!
Malcolm Aaron says:
Some of the arguments presented here don't make sense, but I do know that the American mainstream media has been actively promoting the idea of Black men hooking up with White or lighter women in movies like "Takers" and in most hip-hop music videos I see these days, so criticisms of Black men, specifically aimed at Black women, in terms of there relationship eligibility may be part of this same conspiracy.
Tell me something that I didn't know? It's just that too many women are looking for the same type of Black man. I'd like to suggest a movie to everyone, if you haven't seen it yet. It's called "Dairy of a Tired Black Man." It tell's the real story.
Christine R. Hannah says:
Did black women really believe the statistics about the "lack of" available black men?? Like really??? Who believes statistic taken by a white analysis who surveyed all of who knows how many US states if not all or just a coast and came up with a number most favorable for his discussion..???
I've never brought the lie….there are enough black, African, Caribbean and all other African decent men WORLDWIDE for every black woman who is believing God for on….
Terran Houston says:
Blue collar black men raised white collar black women…
Tarik A Kaintuck says:
Great stats to dispel these untruths. many of us cave in to the power of suggestion: the more lies we here, the more we believe them to be true
Jamedra Luvzhermuzik says:
I. MIGHT. JUST. FRAME.THIS.
Ama Karikari-Yawson says:
Thanks so much for posting this. As the wife of a black man and mom of a little black man, I am really disturbed by all of the negativity surrounding black men. I am even more perturbed by the media's obsession with black women's supposedly meager dating prospects. Black women are beautiful and brilliant and have amazing love prospects from all races and backgrounds. Loveessence.com demonstrates that.
Yanni Brown says:
Thanks for sharing this. I posted this on my Making Love Better TwoGether page.
Milton Nash says:
We are being propagandized for profit … and it doesn't work to our benefit … Great info!
Stacy Palmer says:
Finally, some real numbers. Sick of the hearsay! Thanks! 🙂
Black women read then talk. says:
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How I can print the words on the serve the same as on the local?

A: Can you please try with the recommendation provided here - https://github.com/Webklex/laravel-imap/issues/295
In your case, please try with
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Macdonald Inchyra Hotel and Spa is a magical, elegant setting with a stunning backdrop in the form of the majestic Scottish countryside. This beautiful Scottish manor house, with it's stone facade, is as handsome as a groom and our sculpted gardens are as pretty as a bride - a truly picture -perfect wedding venue. Our luxurious accommodation, excellent food and drink, plush function rooms and lovely photo locations make this Central Scotland's perfect hotel.
Large receptions and conferences can be held in the spacious Inchyra Suite which can hold up to 750 Theatre Style. We also specialise in Self Catered Weddings where everything you need is in one area.
Our award winning chefs specially select only the finest and freshest produce making sure our Steakhouse is always a special restaurant to come to. With large capacity car parking and a fabulous Spa to enjoy, we look forward to welcoming you again soon.
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In 2005 The Stone House was written, and casted.
In 2006, it was produced with a 100% volunteer cast and crew in Delaware.
Enjoy this website as reflection of everyone's efforts, and the film they produced.
© 2006-2019 John Wattenbarger, Chris Kiker.
THIS FILM HAS NOT BEEN RATED BY THE MPAA AND CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ADULT SUBJECT MATTER.


First I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Heather Johnson. I live in Minneapolis and work as a nanny. This is my second time coming to Romania with Global Volunteers. I was last here in 2004.
We just finished lunch. Mihaela introduced herself and talked about the program, expectations, etc... We are heading over to the clinic shortly to meet children and staff.
The hotel we are staying at is on a "main road". There are lots of cars, but also the sounds of dogs barking, roosters crowing, and the clip clop of the horses feet on the pavement.
The landscape is greener than I expected, I thought it would be snow covered like at home in MN. Although, the trees don't have leaves yet.
That's all for now, headed to the clinic!


Most companies make the largest percentage of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but many also struggle with putting the data they collect during this time to work for them. We've asked a digital marketing expert to share his advice.
Kristina: How can marketers begin planning now for the 2018 holiday shopping season?
Chris Birkholm, Senior Manager of Marketing, Digital River: Two programs you can focus on early in the year are paid search and SEO.
Hire local agencies with boots on the ground in your target markets to develop effective paid search campaigns. Paid search planning can begin with a foundation of keyword lists that include highly segmented search terms. You should use data from this holiday season when you likely had a high volume of online store traffic for more statistically valid results. Then, map out user journeys that result in highly granular search terms. Then keep your promise to shoppers by returning search results that precisely match their search terms. Optimize the program so it's ready to go once the 2018 holidays arrive.
Also, you should work early in the year to improve your search engine optimization (SEO) program by moving a small handful of select keywords up the search engine results page (SERP) rather than trying to rank a large quantity of keywords. When a selection of important keywords leap from sixth to third position on the SERP, the differences in click-through rates can be noticeably large and impactful for commerce-focused sites. Keywords need not be ranked in the first position to move the needle.
Kristina: How can marketers use seasonal data to create campaigns that run throughout the year?
Chris: You should analyze your web traffic and sales data around every holiday to find your largest spikes. During those months, do plenty of promotional sales and analyze your competitors to see what they are promoting. This data will keep you updated on important shopping trends on your own site so you are able to optimize your promotions moving forward.
Kristina: What are your top 3 tips for marketers to use 2017 data for the 2018 holiday season?
Chris: 1. Exploit your busy days: We've found that Mondays and Tuesdays are most popular for shopping online, but do the research and see if that is the case for your company as well. Then, time your promotions so that they line up with those days.
2. Reward loyal customers: Start thinking about loyalty programs you can put in place if you don't already have them, then set up a plan to reward those members around the holidays. For example, we worked with a client to offer members of their loyalty program Black Friday deals before anyone else could access them, and achieved significant results.
3. Create evergreen content: Don't feel like you have to reinvent the wheel every time a holiday comes around. Create content both on your site and in promotions that you can tweak and reuse so that you aren't scrambling when Black Friday hits. And, if a content piece or page drove a lot of traffic, definitely consider reusing some of that content.


Forest idyll forms a trio with the Mountain idyll & Water idyll.
This idyll is still in the design stage, the other two are ready to be executed in the park called Lingezegen. This park of 1200 acres is located between two Dutch towns, Arnhem & Nijmegen. The forest idyll design is proposed now on a former castle garden in the village of Ressen, Lingewaard. The location might be changed, not the concept.
Designed in cooperation with landscape architect Astrid Harsveld from DLG.


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Gold is money, everything else is credit
Economy, Gold
From The Gold Telegraph:
People have been obsessed with gold since the beginning of civilization. Both the Egyptians and ancient Greeks valued the precious metal as a status symbol. The more gold you had, the higher you ranked in the natural order of things. In more recent times, gold rushes in Alaska and South Africa have caused major frenzies while changing lives.
People have a natural affinity for shiny things, which makes them desire gold and silver for its beauty. Especially gold, which is a simple, fairly boring metal that can be melted and formed into any desirable form. In many struggling countries, such as India, even the poorest citizens crave gold jewelry.
Prior to paper currency, the actual precious metal was used in trade. A certain amount of gold was assigned a certain value and used in exchange for some other commodity. Since gold and silver were easy to carry, the system worked well, involving the trade of equal commodities.
When governments began to mint currencies, gold and silver became natural choices. Their very rarity, especially gold, gave them an inherent value. People could trust the value of gold and silver. Slowly, however, beginning in the 1930s, world governments were no longer linking their currency to gold. The US dollar stopped being backed by gold in the 1970s. Instead of being backed by true value, word currencies became pieces of paper.
The role of gold changed from a trusted trading currency to a safe investment haven. Investors rely on the fact that while the value of paper currency will fluctuate, gold and silver will hold their value. Precious metals require no guarantees. As currencies lost their gold-backing, global central banks began purchasing and hoarding gold as a reserve currency whose value has been recognized throughout history.
In additional to reserve currency, gold and silver are also used in jewelry, creating another demand for precious metal. While platinum, silver, and copper are also considered precious metals, gold has retained its status as a form of money. It doesn't tarnish, corrode and is indestructible; all the gold that has ever been mined is still in existence. Gold has a permanence few other commodities have.
According to the World Gold Council, the amount of gold mined throughout history totals over 190,000 tons. Approximately two-thirds of this gold has been mined since the mid-20th century.
This additional gold supply, however, does not meet the global demand for gold. Twenty-five percent of gold is sourced from recycling, and most of that is used for jewelry and electronics. Mining new gold is expensive and can take decades, so recycled gold becomes extremely important. It is uncertain how much gold there is left to extract, although the US Geological Survey estimates the amount to be 57,000 tons. The fact that the available amount of gold is extremely finite means that its price will only rise.
With the price of gold being mostly independent of economic forces, investors believe it is an excellent hedge against a fluctuating stock market and volatile paper currency. The more uncertain the political and economic situation, the more attractive gold becomes as it increases in value. Investors want gold as a hedge against inflation and economic turndown. When the U.S. dollar, which is still the global reserve currency, weakens, the price of gold rises. While the price of silver is much lower than gold because of its greater availability, it, too, serves as a hedge against economic turmoil.
In 2018, central banks held 12 percent of all existing gold, around 33,000 tons. Their gold purchases have risen drastically since the 2008 financial crisis. The US Federal Reserve Bank currently holds $310 billion worth of gold.
Although currencies are no longer backed by or linked to gold, the gold held by central banks is referred to as monetary gold. These assets are not owned by the central banks but held in reserve for their respective countries for financial security. Central banks, such as Germany's Deutsche Bundesbank and Austria's Oesterreichische National Bank, value gold's liquidity during economic downtimes. Gold makes excellent collateral, especially in emergencies. Both banks have recently repatriated gold held in foreign countries. Gold can help isolate a country from other countries' financial woes, which is one of the reasons central banks around the world are hoarding as much as possible of the precious metal.
The Bank of England serves as the official agent for HM's Treasury and acts as its gold reserve custodian. It also serves as storage for the gold of many other central banks. The beauty, and ultimate value, of gold, is that it cannot ever be defaulted on or frozen the way currencies can.
Global central banks not only want gold for crisis situations, but the inclusion of gold in their portfolio also provides for stable investment diversification. Gold is highly liquid and can be easily used to raise money. In addition, it is the only asset that holds no counterparty risks.
Gold is golden. Our ancestors knew this thousands of years ago.


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The Richmond by Garman Builders, Inc. is a 2-story townhome with 3 bedrooms and 2½ bathrooms. This open concept townhome includes a kitchen, dining room, and family room. The kitchen features a large island, granite countertops, tile backsplash, and stainless steel appliances. There is also a mud room and powder room on the first floor. There are also trim details including crown molding and ladder transoms. The second floor includes the master suite with two walk-in closets. There are 2 additional bedrooms, each with a walk-in closet. The laundry room and another full bathroom is also located on the second floor.


Get ready for K9 Heroes Day, featuring Pooch Pursuit 5k Run/2k Walk.
Lace up your favorite running shoes and be sure to bring your favorite four-legged running partner.
Register to participate in Pooch Pursuit, our chip-timed 5K (3.1 mile) run or our 2K (1.25) walk.
Throughout the morning, you will see amazing demonstrations in the areas of command, protection and tracking, visit pet-friendly vendors to learn about some of the latest pet-related products and have some fun in our K9 Fun zone with activities and games designed specifically for your K9 hero, including the adorable Puppy Dash and Dog-Gone Egg Hunt.
Hanover Green Veterinary Clinic will be the onsite veterinarian for the event.
Pooch Pursuit - Packet Pickup: Registered runners/walkers may pick up their race number (5K only) and goodie bags from the information tent starting at 8:15AM on the event day. The 5K run is a chip-timed event. The 2K walk is not a timed event. All canine companions that participate in the 5K Run or 2K Walk will be presented with a K9 Heroes Dog Tag.
Pooch Pursuit Dog Notes: All dogs must wear ID tags, be on a leash (no flex leashes permitted), socialize well with other dogs, be current on rabies vaccinations. Dogs one (1) year of age and older will be permitted to participate in the 5K run. One dog per person for the 5K run.
Pooch Pursuit Course Notes: The 5K run course is a trail course consisting of grass, gravel & mulch surfaces. Water stations will be set up around the 1 mile and 2.5 mile marks. The 2K walk course is on a grass surface and will have a water/treat stop along the course.
Recovery Tent: Bottled water, bananas and protein bars will be waiting for you at the finish line as you celebrate completing the Pooch Pursuit, and of course plenty of water and treats will be available for your canine companion.
Dogs are required to remain on a secure leash and have current license and rabies vaccination.
Are you are business/community organization interested in sponsorship opportunities for this event? Click here for more information.


Halian are partnering with a leading technology company to deliver one of the biggest and most ambitious education sector projects in the Gulf region. The Smart Learning Programme – run by the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education and personally sponsored by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum – aims to create a new learning environment in public schools through the launch of 'smart classes'. This visionary undertaking means every student will be equipped with a tablet PC and access the latest e-learning tools via high-speed 4G networks by 2017.
At the core of the five year programme, our customer provides reliable, scalable, virtualized data center services combining cutting-edge server, storage and networking solutions. In total, 123 schools are connected with robust, highly available wireless networksenabling 1,350 teachers and initially more than 12,000 students across the UAE to use the new platform. The high profile programme not only needed to be delivered successfully but also against an aggressive on-boarding and transition timeline. And equally challenging was how to make sure the new e-learning technology was successful embraced by all its users – school administrators, teachers and pupils.
Halian understands that new ideas needs to be embraced by users if they are to deliver real value. To address this familiar "adoption" challenge, Halian's service embedded a technical specialist in almost every school to champion the programme. 115 on-site technical resources support and assist schools in the "Adopt & Adapt" process. Each technical specialist works to deliver the benefits of the e-learning platform and acts as a local point of contact for teachers and pupils to demonstrate the tools, trouble-shoot issues and liaise with a dedicated technical support desk. Clearly, excellent communication and customer support skills – including the ability to speak Arabic – are key service prerequisites.
Halian's service team was rapidly mobilized over a three month period and now works within a stringent Service Delivery Agreement (SLA) framework covering team selection, resource management, on/off boarding processes, project reporting, workload forecasting, and visa compliance. All this within a fixed monthly pricing structure.
Halian's ability to rapidly deliver large-scale service teams, along with our proven service management expertise, provides a scalable, cost-effective service solution for the programme. Halian has been a successful enabling partner for our customer and is set to extend its scope of work on this flagship programme.


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NFL Wild Card Weekend thoughts
I want a Pats/Saints Super Bowl, and I'll root for Brees to take it in a tight game. He deserves another one.
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Back in the way back, the Indy 500 was held to Grand Prix specs. After the debacle at Le Mans in '55, a new sanctioning body was formed in the US...
Were you a TDK, Memorex, or Maxell guy?
XL-IIS and SA-X. I think because those were the ones that went on sale.
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My wife decided to like Star Wars... after years of not liking it.
I was told that Luke kills Dumbledore. There's a fan-created reissue of the original three called the "Despecialized Edition" that I think I...
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Xmas wrapping
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This is how to look like a jerk.
Has concluded what, exactly?
"I love data."
I also have an abnormal like of data. I usually end up with too much, though. Puts a damper on the joy. That's too much data.
Guitar Center and vacuum stores
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Started Watching Portlandia
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Scott Weiland RIP
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Star Wars - Latest New teaser promo
My wife was annoyed that she hasn't seen Mark Hamill in any of the ads yet. I asked if she was sure about that. Now she's terrified.
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Well, it worked the first time...
Bad band name. Bad combination.
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PSA - How to wrap a sound cable so that it does not tangle
Learned that when I was cleaning carpets, coiling hoses. People look at me funny for doing it that way.
At least you can SEE there's an issue with that. I once got a CD that said it was "Eric Clapton and Friends" on the package and on the CD...
Text or vids?
If there's some aspect of a technique that can be conveyed visually, I like a video for it... but if I just want a simple answer to a question, I...
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I paid off my house
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Q: UIStatusBar Transition Animation -- Change Alpha Only I am trying to have the UIStatusBar fade out during a transition, and fade back in on completion. (This is purely stylistic - I have a transition that comes from the top and to me at least, going under the UIStatusBar is jarring looking)
Is there a way to not remove the UIStatusBar but just make the whole view.layer.alpha = 0.0?
iOS9.2 & Swift2

A: don't think its possible Apple seems to be making a push to view controller based status bar control and depreciating all of the api to manually change the status bar state. I really hope in the next WWDC they will introduce replacements for these. I am facing the same problem in my application due to custom transitions that need to change status bar color/style.
@property(nonatomic,getter=isProximitySensingEnabled) BOOL proximitySensingEnabled NS_DEPRECATED_IOS(2_0, 3_0) __TVOS_PROHIBITED; // default is NO. see UIDevice for replacement
- (void)setStatusBarHidden:(BOOL)hidden animated:(BOOL)animated NS_DEPRECATED_IOS(2_0, 3_2) __TVOS_PROHIBITED; // use -setStatusBarHidden:withAnimation:

// Explicit setting of the status bar orientation is more limited in iOS 6.0 and later.
@property(readwrite, nonatomic) UIInterfaceOrientation statusBarOrientation NS_DEPRECATED_IOS(2_0, 9_0, "Explicit setting of the status bar orientation is more limited in iOS 6.0 and later") __TVOS_PROHIBITED;
- (void)setStatusBarOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation animated:(BOOL)animated NS_DEPRECATED_IOS(2_0, 9_0, "Explicit setting of the status bar orientation is more limited in iOS 6.0 and later") __TVOS_PROHIBITED;

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Jamie Adams References Monumental History Painting
by Roxanne GoldbergPosted on October 21, 2015
American artist Jamie Adams paints the human form with the expertise of an European Old Master. His rendering of musculature and gradation of skin tone is exacting and hyperrealistic. However, there is something askew in the way the necks of his figures sometimes turn too far — as if snapped by an unknown force — and stomachs appear to bulge and contract to unnatural degrees. The distortions to which Adam subjects his characters, and their simultaneously alluring and repelling effects, are similar to the ways in which John Currin manipulates his female figures. The uncanny resemblance is likely no accident, as Adams and Currin are contemporaries of one another. Born within one year of each other, Adams and Currin are both BFA graduates of Carnegie Mellon University.
While Currin's most obvious historical reference is the Northern Renaissance, Adams draws more widely from monumental history paintings stretching from the Italian Renaissance to the academic painting tradition of the 19th century. Both artists are noted for their peculiar methods of blending traditional styles with pop aesthetics and cinematic tropes to create distinctly contemporary artworks. Adams' oeuvre includes: Jeannie Big Bed 4, a surrealist tumble of falling women, in which Adams inserts a classic fruit still-life amidst the chaos; Niagara Down, reminiscent of the doom in Delacroix and Gericault's 19th century compositions; and Niagra Preg, in which a very pregnant young woman holds a miniature illuminated Book of Hours, a devotional book typically gifted to virginal women in Medieval Europe. While each of these works includes references to objects specific to distinct places and times, they all share markedly contemporary elements that help heighten the drama of works to cinema(or reality TV)-quality.


But the Defense Department says it does not have the current capabilities to prevent such a large-scale attack.
The Washington Navy Yard shooting that left 12 people dead in September could have been prevented, a Defense Department internal review released on Tuesday reveals.
It took six months to complete the review of a shooting that baffled Washington, when Aaron Alexis, a federal contractor with security clearance, drove into work on Sept. 16 with a shotgun and opened fire on his coworkers. Law-enforcement officers on the scene killed him.
After its investigation, the Defense Department review stated that there were "missed opportunities" that "may have prevented the tragic result at the Washington Navy Yard."
But the review includes one major, disconcerting caveat: "Even if those vulnerabilities had not been present, neither the personnel security process nor the physical security capability is equipped or designed to prevent the kind of violence exhibited by Aaron Alexis."
Following his service in the Navy, Alexis was treated on several occasions for psychological issues. He also had a couple of run-ins with the law for illegally discharging his weapon. While the Pentagon concedes that, individually, these events were not enough to predict this outcome, together they are damning.
These instances, the review says, should have been detected by the background investigation before he received his security clearance. His employer at the time of the shooting, a defense contracting company called the Experts, had no insight into these behaviors, nor did the company report his psychological issues to the Defense Department, the report continues.
There were also gaps in security at the Washington Navy Yard, the report shows, as random inspections for vehicles and bags did not meet Defense Department standards.
"There is no way to know, however, whether more frequent inspections might have given law-enforcement personnel the opportunity to discover the weapon Alexis carried onto the installation and neutralize or minimize the immediate threat," the report says.
Plans to cut security presence at military bases, however, "are likely to leave the department vulnerable to threat."
In light of recent fatal shootings at U.S. military bases, including when Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people in 2009, the Pentagon has looked into ways of preventing this kind of violence long before the shooting begins. The review recommends more evaluations of cleared Defense Department personnel using "automated records checks and reports of behavior of concern and recommend action as appropriate," while also increasing a security presence at military buildings.
A separate independent review also recommends new security installations at military buildings, while also cutting the number of Defense Department employees and contractors with security clearance by 10 percent. The review further notes that there should be "more and better" data for clearance checks, and increased mental health care awareness.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday the department would close the "troubling gaps" with the security of contractors, military, and security personnel.


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China to make monetary policy more targeted, effective: senior official
File photo shows a worker counting Chinese currency RMB banknotes at a bank in Linyi, east China's Shandong Province.
Photo by Zhang Chunlei, Xinhua
China will make its prudent monetary policy more targeted and effective in order to facilitate the overall recovery and improvement of its economy, a senior official said.
In an interview with Xinhua, Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, highlighted expanding effective demand and deepening supply-side reform as focuses of the country's monetary policy in 2023.
"Converting the current total income into consumption and investment to the maximum extent possible is the key to faster economic recovery and high-quality growth, and financial services have a lot to offer in the process," Guo said.
Guo specified the aims and tasks of China's financial policy this year, saying that the commission will work to increase the incomes of low- and middle-income groups -- and of those most affected by the epidemic -- through multiple channels, encourage spending on big-ticket items such as housing and automobiles, and bolster support for service consumption.
China will also continue to ensure investment in and financing of infrastructure projects, and improve financial services for the foreign trade sector, especially when it comes to trade with emerging economies and developing countries, according to Guo.
Guo pledged to tilt monetary policy toward private enterprises, with measures to maintain the effective growth of total credit and lower overall financing costs for them.
Concerning internet platform enterprises, Guo said supervision will be carried out on a regular basis and support will be given to help them play a bigger role in job creation and global competition.
The chairman also stressed the need to promote healthy circulation between the real estate and financial sectors.
China will make efforts to ensure the delivery of pre-sold housing, focus on improving the balance sheets of leading real estate developers, and seek to promote the property industry's transition to new development models, he noted.
In terms of the renminbi exchange rate, Guo expects that it will maintain two-way fluctuations, with overall strengthening momentum in the medium and long-term.
Noting that China's financial opening-up had entered a new phase in recent years, Guo pledged that the country will not stop its opening-up endeavors. China will further simplify the procedures for foreign investors to enter the Chinese market and steadily expand institutional opening-up, Guo said.


Newt Gingrich's continued participation in the Republican presidential contest despite his inability to win is not without its complications. Just yesterday we learned that the former House Speaker's new fundraising strategy includes charging $50 for photos—like a poorly compensated model, or a regularly priced Kinko's.
As of press time, Gingrich is not replacing Callista.


"Be a good steward of your gifts," the poet Jane Kenyon wrote in what remains the finest advice on the creative life I've ever encountered. But what, exactly, are the practicalities of that stewardship?
Incidentally, Kenyon was married to Donald Hall (b. September 20, 1928), another poet of enduring wisdom on writing, who addresses this question in the advice peppered throughout his Essays After Eighty (public library) — the terrific volume that gave us Hall on growing old and our cultural attitude toward the elderly.
The greatest pleasure in writing is rewriting. My early drafts are always wretched.
Revision takes time, a pleasing long process. Some of these essays took more than eighty drafts, some as few as thirty… Because of multiple drafts I have been accused of self-discipline. Really I am self-indulgent, I cherish revising so much.
As I work over clauses and commas, I understand that rhythm and cadence have little connection to import, but they should carry the reader on a pleasurable journey. Sentences can be long, three or more complete clauses dancing together, or two clauses with one leaning on the other, or an added phrase of only a few syllables. Sentences and paragraphs are as various as human beings. I like the effect — see John McPhee — of a paragraph three pages long, glued together by transitions that never sound like transitions.
After a three-page paragraph, maybe a one-line blurt.
Avoid the personal pronoun when you can — but not the personal. My first book of poems said "I," but the word was distant, a stiff and poetic "I." In my best poems and prose I've become steadily more naked, with a nakedness that disguises itself by wearing clothes. A scrupulous passion of style — word choice, syntax, punctuation, order, rhythm, specificity — sets forth not only the writer's rendering of barns and hollyhocks, but the writer's feelings and counterfeelings.
It's okay to be pleased when an audience loves you, or treats you as deathless, but you must not believe it… It is best to believe the praiser and dismiss the praise.
Complement Essays After Eighty with this evolving collection of celebrated writers' advice on the craft, including Virginia Woolf on writing and self-doubt, Susan Sontag's advice to aspiring writers, Ann Patchett on the importance of self-forgiveness, Neil Gaiman's eight rules of writing, and Grace Paley on the value of not understanding everything.


According to Zacks, "KEY TRONIC CORP. and its subsidiaries are principally engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of input devices, primarily keyboards, for personal computers, terminals, and workstations.
The organisation responsible for controlling internet domain names and addresses will be governed by a "multi-stakeholder" model later this year as the current steward, the United States, has lost credibility in the wake of the much-publicised leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The new model, which will take effect sometime between September and late December, will include the participation of governments, businesses and individuals, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers .
EMC Corp. reported a decline in earnings, in line with analysts' estimates, in a slowing market for storage devices, as it cuts jobs and moves forward with a planned $67 billion takeover by Dell Inc. Fourth-quarter profit excluding certain costs slipped 10 percent to $1.27 billion, or 65 cents a share, EMC said in a filing Wednesday. Revenue was little changed from a year earlier at $7 billion.
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Review: I Woke Up Dead at the Mall
I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan
I needed a book to review and quick and remembered the title, I WOKE UP DEAD AT THE MALL, a title that startles you with a laugh. I opened up the sample chapters—and that first page took hold of me. Judy Sheehan's voice is immediate and so funny!
Sixteen-year-old, Sarah, wakes up dead at the Mall of America. It's in Minnesota! Still wearing the mango chiffon bridesmaid gown and murdered with no idea how or who would have killed her. It's not as if she had a trail of enemy's. She kept to herself and didn't make too many waves. It's been this way since her mother died years ago. Things haven't been the same. Now it's just her dad and his new girlfriend, Karen, a godsend, she's helped Sarah and her dad reconnect.
But now, Sarah walks among the living, busy doing living people things. Mixed among the living are the walking dead. The walking dead move silently through the crowds unseen because they haven't moved on. They're still attached to the world. Sarah will be too if she can't let go. Dissolve into ash, and never, ever return to Earth.
While at the mall, which is a sort of wait station, Sarah meets a couple other teens that were murdered and also last lived in New York City. We meet Bertha, the team organizer. Head honcho. She shows the teens the ropes. Each has quite a story of how they came to be there. There's Sassy Lacey, Ancient Alice, Happy Harry (once cancer-stricken), and Nick, whose mind was "so different and intriguing"—and cute! They have some fun running around the mall (reminding me of Dawn of the Dead).
Before they move on, the teens must return to Earth and watch their funerals. This is supposed to help them let go of this world. Sarah uses her funeral to figure out who killed her. But Earth life still haunts Sarah. Her long-dead mother is visiting her dreams (the dead don't dream) and neither knows why. She has unfinished business back on Earth. Will her new friends help?
Such a fun read. That last chapter made me gasp! I had chills and tears. I think teens (12-17) are going to gobble this up. The author has had theater training and you can feel this throughout the book. Very entertaining. Bravo!
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"Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?"
"That's right," Socrates continued, "Before you talk to me about Diogenes let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say.
Is what you are about to tell me about Diogenes something good?


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Friday, August 11. 2017
Late Summer Is When Laziness Finds Respectability
Hi everybody. It's Friday. Light the smoking lamp early. Run the cocktail flag up the mizzen before you're under sail. It's noontime somewhere. Bust out the tonsil polish while the sun rides high. Bunk off. Take a mental health day. Slack. Don't kill the job. Make up your mind to procrastinate. Indole.
Read the links first, though.
Get ready for the 'tech alt-right' to gain power and influence in Silicon Valley
The right calls the kind of people who went after Damore by the derogative term "Social Justice Warriors" (SJWs). SJWs hold progressive views on diversity and identify politics and, supposedly, find virtue in harming those with heretical beliefs. Many on the right fear SJWs.
If you've always wondered what a conservative is, and you work in hi-tech, the nice man will tell you in fourth-grade syntax about this rare but terrifying animal.
What fraction of social programmes don't work?
Education: Of the 90 interventions evaluated in RCTs commissioned by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) since 2002, approximately 90% were found to have weak or no positive effects.
All of them work just fine, thank you -- if you're running them. Duh.
When Beethoven Met Goethe.
[Beethoven's] talent amazed me. However, unfortunately, he is an utterly untamed personality, who is not altogether in the wrong if he finds the world detestable, but he thereby does not make it more enjoyable either for himself or others.
That's the best definition of blogging I've seen.
Why Everyone Is Hating on IBM Watson—Including the People Who Helped Make It
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft are all retooling their businesses around the belief that AI and machine learning are the future of the tech industry. IBM is in a more vulnerable position than all those companies. Even though IBM was an AI pioneer it has let its lead slip and damaged its reputation with overhyped marketing. There's a rising sentiment in from tech and finance experts that, for all the idealism, Watson just can't deliver on its promises.
IBM should get with the times and appoint a female CEO to straighten out this mess. Oh.
A New Way to Tell Your Airline You Hate It
Two airlines have dipped their wings into the waters of two-way texting. Hawaiian Holdings Inc.'s Hawaiian Airlines is adding the feature while JetBlue Airways Corp. took a stake in a software startup that will allow its call center staff to start texting customers in the coming months.
Listen, iPhone drones. There's only one way to tell your airline you hate it. It has a steering wheel.
Pouncing beasts
Bestiary texts offer animal-lore as a source of allegorical lessons for moral spiritual guidance. The earliest bestiary manuscripts date to the beginning of the 12th century. They were made throughout North-Western Europe, but the genre flourished most in England, eventually declining in popularity in the late 13th and 14th centuries.
I and Pangur Ban my cat, 'tis a like task we are at; hunting mice is his delight, hunting words I sit all night...
How Two Brothers Turned Seven Lines of Code Into a $9.2 Billion Startup
Much of the software that processes the transactions is decades old, and the more modern bits are written by banks, credit card companies, and financial middlemen, none of whom are exactly winning hackathons for elegant coding. In 2010, Patrick and John Collison, brothers from rural Ireland, began to debug this process. Their company, Stripe Inc., built software that businesses could plug into websites and apps to instantly connect with credit card and banking systems and receive payments.
An Irishman, late for an appointment, prays, "Lord, if you give me a parking space, I'll give up Guinness and go to Mass every Sunday." A parking space immediately opens up. The Irishman sticks his head out the window, looks up, and says, "Never mind, I found one."
One Quarter Of Basic Industry Firms' Debts Are Near Speculative Grade
Of nearly 230 North American chemical, metals and mining, paper, forest products and packaging companies, nearly a quarter are within two notches of the investment-grade/speculative-grade border as of mid-year, but that doesn't mean it's time to panic. Donovan writes that the sector should remains strong at least through 2018m, and he doesn't expect any "crossings' before 2019.
Debts backed by physical assets are so 20th Century.
Just announced: Applebee's is closing up to 135 restaurants
In May, the expectation was that between 40 to 60 restaurants would be shuttered in fiscal 2017. No list of the affected locations has been released. Applebee's says the expected closures will be based on several criteria, including franchisee profitability, operational results and meeting brand quality standards.
As long as Flinger's and Chotchkie's stay open, I don't care. You want to come over and watch Kung Fu?
Trump declares national emergency on opioid abuse
The declaration could help unlock more support and resources to address the drug overdose epidemic, such as additional funding and expanded access to various forms of treatment, and it gives the government more flexibility in waiving rules and restrictions to expedite action.
Perhaps we should declare war on it. You know, a war on drugs.
Man in his 50s is dead after a fight with his girlfriend prompted an hours-long SWAT team standoff at the $14million Pacific Palisades mansion of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's mother in law
The man - who has not been identified - was found dead around 11am when police finally stormed the home. His death ended an hours long standoff that started late Wednesday, when he showed up drunk at the 9,000-square-foot home where his estranged girlfriend lives and the two got into a fight.
It's unclear to me where Kevin Bacon fits into this.
U.S. producer prices record biggest drop in 11 months
Fed Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers last month that "some special factors" were partly responsible for the low inflation readings. Inflation, which has remained below the U.S. central bank's 2 percent target for five years, is being watched for clues on the timing of the next interest rate increase.
Janet Yellen can't even cause inflation right. Where's Arthur F. Burns when you need him?
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Roger de Hauteville: It's unclear to me where Kevin Bacon fits into this... Public records show that the actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt's mother-in-law Tamme McCauley owns the home
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was in Sundance Skippy with Kevin Bacon.
The only one I've ever heard of is Kevin Bacon, who I could not recognize if I were to see him.
Just as automation brings lower costs even though minimum wage is increased, automation brings lower producer prices even as economy ramps up.
#2 Mac on 2017-08-11 08:14 (Reply)
On inflation I am seeing dramatic prices increases on just about everything. I have seen this trend over the last few years and it seems to be much worse now. That the official inflation stats haven't increased much says more about what they measure and why than it does about actual inflation.
#3 OneGuy on 2017-08-11 09:44 (Reply)
Clothes and shoes have gotten incredibly cheap. Construction lumber is crazy high, as is coffee. Random choices, but it clearly makes a big difference what commodities you track. I hope I may be forgiven for suspecting that the government's choices aren't neutral; their thumb is always on the scale one way or another, for our own good, of course.
"Just announced: Applebee's is closing up to 135 restaurants"
Turns out it's not a good idea to have a sugar addict design all your recipes.
#5 JK Brown on 2017-08-11 12:10 (Reply)
Re: the opiod epidemic. There are somethings that are being ignored in this discussion. According to less hyped news it isn't the prescribed opiods that are killing people but tainted drugs with extremely powerful fentanyl. These are black market drugs not the prescribed oxycodone and hydrocodone based drugs. The second point is that it is implied that innocent patient is being addicted by careless doctors. I believe that if these prescribed pain killing drugs are taken as prescribed that they are not generally addictive. But rather the addict choose to crush up the slow release drugs and/or take multiple dosages at a time to achieve the desired effect.
I am not saying that these drugs are not dangerous, they can be that is why they should be taken as prescribed. I am also not saying that they are not over prescribed because I suspect that they are, especially Vicodin. My point is that it appears the attack is intentionally aimed at the wrong place and coincidently at the deep pockets. I suspect this is more about trail lawyers prepping the potential juries for big money verdicts against the pharmaceuticals and has zippo to do with saving lives.
#6 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-08-11 13:03 (Reply)
The "opioid epidemic" is a symptom. Underlying it is the economic collapse of 2007-8 and the resulting feelings of hopelessness for most of America during the Obama years, with no jobs, no economic activity and no future. Much of the country has seen factories and employers all go out of business, Main Street and Malls abandoned, poverty increase, health care availability, health and life expectancy all decline, and America turn into a third-world country. A lot like what happened in Russia when the Soviet Union and its economy collapsed, although there the drug of choice was vodka.
A group of middle-aged whites in the U.S. is dying at a startling rate
Death rates rose for white men, white women and black men. They stayed essentially even for black women and Hispanic men and women. "It's just confirming this deterioration in survival for certain groups," said Ellen Meara, a professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. She wonders what factors might be protecting Hispanic men and women from the negative trend.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-life-expectancy-declines-for-the-first-time-since-1993/2016/12/07/7dcdc7b4-bc93-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html?utm_term=.f5cbe1eb5c9c
#6.1.1 Jim on 2017-08-11 15:01 (Reply)
From the article: "Experts cautioned against interpreting too much from a single year of data"
I read the article and it seemed a little disjointed, talking about heart disease and cancer then drugs, alcohol and suicide and all of it based on a tiny one year change. I'm not sure there is any "there" there.
#6.1.1.1 IdahoBob on 2017-08-11 19:22 (Reply)
Yep. How often do you hear of failed government programs being shut down rather than their failure being used as an argument that they need more staffing and funding? Compare the number of failed private enterprises - doesn't it seem odd that so many well-intentioned, well-thought out business plans developed by enthusiastic business people given every incentive to succeed and every disincentive to fail still wind up failing and bankrupt and yet government enterprises without all these strictures seem to have about a 100% success rate, i.e., they're all still in business some number of years down the road?
(Now that I think of it, it's no wonder some people think socialism would be great way to go - the government has rarely if ever had a business failure and private enterprise has had tons of huge ones. Heck, some government programs like the wool and mohair subsidy program are so wildly successful they're still in business 50 years after their customer base has disappeared! Let's see private enterprise match that.)
#7 Jerryskids on 2017-08-11 22:13 (Reply)
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