text:
An Imaginary Conversation Between Oscar López Rivera & Edward Snowden
May 29, 2014 May 30, 2014 by emorales7
Today, Oscar López Rivera, a Puerto Rican nationalist who has been in prison for 33 years after being convicted of seditious conspiracy, released a moving statement about his homeland's continuing colonial status, the ways he finds to celebrate his life, and the continual struggle for independence. Last night, Edward Snowden, a former NSA employee who has been forced into exile in Russia because he decided to blow the whistle on American intelligence's unlawful spying on innocent citizens, was interviewed by the father of one of the stars of the hit HBO series Girls.
In some ways it's a little awkward comparing these two, and in some ways it's easy. López Rivera is not particularly loyal to the United States, and has dedicated his life to separate his people from it to form a new nation. Snowden sees himself as a loyal American who wants to come home, but feels his constitutional rights to privacy are being undermined by a dangerously misguided government policy. López Rivera has spent half of his life in prison, while Snowden has been in exile for a little over a year. But both have made the ultimate sacrifice–losing their freedom, albeit in different ways, to defend strongly held principles.
Unfortunately, while millions of American television viewers saw the interview with Edward Snowden, there was, as usual, nary a word about the plight of Oscar López Rivera. It's not incorrect to feel Snowden's case is privileged, and the colonial status of Puerto Rico is one of the most under-reported stories in the history of the US news media. But in this historical moment, they are somehow linked. When I read their words, I found a few parallels in their respective messages that made it seem as if they had been engaged in an imaginary dialog.
Oscar López Rivera: To love the homeland costs nothing, what would be costly is if we lose it. For any Puerto Rican who has doubts about how costly it would be if we lose our homeland I suggest the person should visit the Navajos' or the Lakotas' reservations. Because there the person can see what happens to people who lose their homeland. We must face the truth and deal with it. As Puerto Ricans we have to accept the fact Puerto Rico is a colony and that colonialism is unacceptable to most Puerto Ricans and most nations in the world.
Edward Snowden: If we want to be free, we can't become subjects to a surveillance state…Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries.
Oscar López Rivera: For people who have said that I don't want to come out of prison I would like to suggest they pay attention to what I have said during all the years I have been in the gulags and some of the history of our political prisoners. The fact that I'm the Puerto Rican political prisoner who has spent more time in prison doesn't erase the fact that other Puerto Ricans political prisoners have spent almost as many years as I have.
Edward Snowden: If you're volunteering yourself to be used as a negative example, if you're volunteering to spend a lifetime in prison rather than to spend a time in prison, a short period where you'll come out, you'll advocate, you'll emerge stronger and be able to inspire other people to resist these policies, are you doing good or are you doing bad?"
Oscar López Rivera: Before coming to prison i had a life full of great experiences. I enjoyed and celebrated that life. And while in prison, in spite of it been the most dehumanizing, toxic and hostile environment any human being can experience, I still feel I have had a life and that i can celebrate all my life for all the great things it has given me. I don't have hatred or fear in my heart and I do want to leave prison with my honor, my dignity and my spirit intact, safe and sound.
Edward Snowden: I may have lost my ability to travel, but I've gained the ability to go to sleep at night and to put my head on the pillow and feel comfortable that I've done the right thing even when it was the hard thing. And I'm comfortable with that.
Oscar López Rivera: I believe the truth will survive and prevail just like our just and noble cause has been able to do for centuries. I'm a Puerto Rican and i don't want to be anything else. But i consider myself also a citizen of this universe we live in. I believe a better and more just world is possible and that's one of the main reasons I chose to struggle for the independence of my homeland.
Edward Snowden: I think the most important idea is to remember that there have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law.
Tags: colonialism Edward Snowden NSA Oscar López Rivera political prisoners privacy rights Puerto Rican political prisoners Surveillance state
2 thoughts on "An Imaginary Conversation Between Oscar López Rivera & Edward Snowden"
sky7 says:
Great idea having this imaginary conversation. Snowden has enormous name recognition and Lopez-Rivera has none (from the dominant culture) This benefits all parties, and exposes us to the revolutionaries in the culture, reminding us to notice others in our midst. If a book of essays is in the works – a fleshed out version of this conversation should be included. Bravo!
Efrain says:
Reblogged this on Efrain Ortiz Jr. and commented:
If ever there were an interview that was to be had then this is it. Ed Morales does an exceptional job at with an imaginary conversation between nationalism, patriotism and remaining true to self beliefs in the face of political might…
Previous Post Honorary Whites and the Collective Black
Next Post Charles Rangel and El Nuevo New York Politics


text:
← Cheap Replica Audemars Piguet Video. Royal Oak Concept SuperSonnerie
Replica Watches – Ferdinand Berthoud Video. Designing Chronometer FB 1 →
Cheap Replica TAG Heuer and football Planetary reach
Posted on 14th October 2016 by admin
Replica Watches UK — In just over a year TAG Heuer Replica Watches has built up a portfolio of sports sponsorships that give it a potential audience that is bigger than the world's population.
Add up the potential TV audience of the football leagues and competitions that TAG Heuer has partnered with over the past twelve months and you get a figure of around 8.4 billion, which is a billion more than the world's population! This is because the figures are potential audiences, of course, and there are overlaps. Even with Jean-Claude Biver's marketing genius, TAG Heuer will only ever be able to expose itself to a maximum of 7.4 billion people on Earth. Although if ever we discovered signs of extraterrestrial life, I'm sure that Mr. Biver would make sure that the first watch brand they heard of would be TAG Heuer.
It all started on 1st August 2015 when the La Chaux-de-Fonds based brand became the official timekeeper of the German Bundesliga, which has the largest global TV audience of any football league, estimated at around 4.7 billion. For most watch brands, that alone would be quite a coup, but for TAG Heuer it was just the start of an all-out offensive to capture the TV screens of football fans across most of the major continents (see the infographic below). In February the brand became a partner of Major League Soccer in the United States, which has a potential audience of over 100 million in the country on just one channel. Just over a week later came the announcement that TAG Heuer was the new official timekeeper of China's Super League (potential audience: 400 million). Before the month was out, the brand had also become the partner of the "Socceroos", the Australian national football team. In April, TAG Heuer secured another continent's worth of viewers as the official timekeeper of the Copa America (potential audience: 100 million) and, less than a week later, announced that it had become the first ever official timekeeper of England's Premier League, which is broadcast to an audience of over 3 billion people worldwide.
TAG Heuer, official timekeeper of the German Bundesliga. © Cheap Replica TAG Heuer
Over the summer, TAG Heuer added another 180 million potential customers when it became the official timekeeper of Spain's La Liga on 13th July. Less than two weeks later it was gracing the premium advertising space at Old Trafford as the new official timekeeper of Manchester United, one of the world's most marketable football properties with a huge worldwide following. I was lucky enough to attend the Manchester Derby earlier this season (Manchester United versus Manchester City at Old Trafford) and saw first-hand fans flying in from Geneva and back out to Amsterdam and on to destinations around Europe. In early September, TAG Heuer announced that it was the official timekeeper of the Asian Cup 2019 and the Asian Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup (one of the few football tournaments not sponsored by TAG Heuer but by sister brand Hublot).
Manchester United's players from left to right: Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young, Marcus Rashford & Henrikh Mkhitaryan. © TAG Heuer Fake Watches
With three months left in the year there is still time for TAG Heuer to announce a partnership in Africa to reach the continent's 1.2 billion people and make its football partnerships truly global.
This entry was posted in Replica Watches ATR, TAG Heuer. Bookmark the permalink.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace IndiegameGarden.Base
{
    /**
     * a base skeleton implementation of a Task, implementing ITask
     */
    public abstract class Task: ITask
    {
        protected ITaskStatus status = ITaskStatus.CREATED;
        protected string statusMsg = "";
        protected bool doAbort = false;

        public virtual ITaskStatus Status()
        {
            return status;
        }

        public string StatusMsg()
        {
            return statusMsg;
        }

        public virtual bool IsStarted()
        {
            return status != ITaskStatus.CREATED;
        }

        public virtual bool IsRunning()
        {
            return status == ITaskStatus.RUNNING;
        }

        public virtual bool IsFinished()
        {
            return (status == ITaskStatus.SUCCESS) || (status == ITaskStatus.FAIL);
        }

        public virtual bool IsSuccess()
        {
            return (status == ITaskStatus.SUCCESS);
        }

        // default implementation for Tasks that don't support live progress tracking
        public virtual double Progress()
        {
            if (IsFinished())
                return 1;
            else
                return 0;
        }

        public void Start()
        {
            if (IsStarted())
                return;
            else
            {
                status = ITaskStatus.RUNNING;
                try
                {
                    StartInternal();
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    status = ITaskStatus.FAIL;
                    statusMsg = ex.ToString();
                }
            }
        }

        protected abstract void StartInternal();

        public void Abort()
        {
            if (!IsFinished())
            {
                status = ITaskStatus.FAIL;
                doAbort = true;
                AbortInternal();
                statusMsg = "task aborted";
            }
        }

        protected abstract void AbortInternal();

        public void CopyStatusFrom(ITask otherTask)
        {
            this.status = otherTask.Status();
            this.statusMsg = otherTask.StatusMsg();
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Why is it when meeting someone for the first time, a Yorkshireman (or woman) will often tell you that they are from Yorkshire within the first few minutes of your acquaintance? This doesn't happen so much with people from other counties.
In a recent survey (The Yorkshire Moreno Question), the majority of Yorkshire people defined themselves as more Yorkshire than English, or equally Yorkshire and English…and I can identify with that myself, having traced more than 6000 ancestors and extended family of ancestors to a small number of West Yorkshire townships…and one of those townships was where I was born and raised. Perhaps even more importantly, I define myself as "West Yorkshire" and my "West-Yorkshireness" seems to be a major part of my identity. I believe that it must be written into my DNA. Conversely, my husband, who was born in Lancashire, does not think of himself as Lancastrian at all but thinks of himself foremost as English, then British.
My own ancestors can be traced back in the West Yorkshire region for about 500 years, in particular the towns and villages of Huddersfield, Heckmondwyke, Batley, Mirfield, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton, Meltham, Thornhill, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Earlsheaton, Chickenley and Ossett (Ossett used to be part of Dewsbury parish, but is now administered from the City of Wakefield). Those families who were not originally from "Kirklees" had come into the area from nearby Wakefield and Calderdale. Beyond 500 years ago, in the distant past, who knows where these families came from? Fortunately, we have some DNA studies that give us clues.
Yorkshire DNA
The DNA test results from more than 2 million saliva DNA tests, submitted through Ancestry's DNA test facility, have now been analysed. The tests identified the genetic make-up of the "average" person and to what countries or regions they can trace their ancestry back.
Yorkshire is now known to be the most Anglo-Saxon region in the UK and West Yorkshire DNA is different to all other – it's official!
Yorkshire is dominated by the ancestry that has it roots across the North Sea. Groups we have called Germanic, Teutonic, Saxon, Alpine, Scandinavian and Norse Viking make up 52 per cent of Yorkshire's Y chromosome, compared to 28 per cent across the whole of the rest of Britain.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/it-s-official-dna-tests-show-yorkshire-people-really-are-a-different-breed-1-5076485
The average DNA in Yorkshire is 41.17% Anglo-Saxon (British), 10.10% Scandinavian (Norse), 19.28% Irish (Celtic), 9.65% Western European (French/German), 2.66% Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), 1.80% Eastern Europe, 1.68% Italy/Greece…whilst the average UK resident overall is 36.94% Anglo-Saxon, 21.59% Irish and 19.91% Western European.
West Yorkshire DNA
The People of the British Isles Study (POTBI) is a study, based at the University of Oxford and including other universities, whose results created the first detailed genetic map of the UK. It analysed the DNA of 4,500 people from rural areas of the UK, whose four grandparents were all born within 50 miles of each other. After over a decade of sample collection and data analysis, the first findings were published on the 19th March 2015.Geneticist Professor Sir Walter Bodmer of Oxford University said:
"What it shows is the extraordinary stability of the British population. Britain hasn't changed much since 600AD".
Professor Sir Walter Bodmer
One distinct genetic group can only be seen in what is now West Yorkshire. The POTBI DNA study found that the genetic group in the West Riding of Yorkshire is distinctly different from genetic groups in any other part of the UK, forming what is known as a "genetic cluster". The cluster identifies the similarity of genetic data between a group of individuals and allows hypothesis about ancestral groups. A number of clusters were found across the UK, corresponding to tribal areas of the dark ages.
See the Genetic Map of the UK
Professor Donnelly of the POTBI study compared genetic clusters with the map of Britain in about 600 AD and said:
Many of the genetic clusters we see in the west and north are similar to the tribal groupings and kingdoms around and just after the time of the Saxon Invasion, suggesting these kingdoms maintained a regional identity.
A map of different genetic groupings reveals subtle but distinct differences between those sampled in West Yorkshire and the rest of the county.
Professor Donnelly POTBI study
West Yorkshire genetic cluster map
Historical maps and clusters
It turned out that the West Riding DNA of today showed little change from that of the Celtic tribe who inhabited the area two thousand years ago.
After the decline of the Roman Empire, in the early 400s, large parts of Britannia were taken over by "barbarian" tribes of Germanic descent, Jutes, Angles and Saxons, later to be called "Anglo-Saxons". However, when the Romans left in 410 AD, Celts again took possession of some parts of the north, where Celtic tribal cultures, which had stretched back to the Iron Age, now began to re-assert themselves.
The Roman capital of the North was Eboracum (modern York), which had formerly been under the control of the Celtic Brigantes tribe. After the Romans left, most of what was to become Yorkshire fell under the rule of the Brigantian kingdom of Ebrauc but there was also an independent Britonnic Kingdom of Elmet that came into being about 410 AD in the west and the short lived kingdom of Dunoting in the north around Craven.
The Celtic Kingdom of Elmet lay in the area that is now West Yorkshire and probably had a distinct tribal identity before the Romans came, which allowed it to re-emerge after Roman rule collapsed. The population here had evolved in isolation, while other tribes had occupied land in surrounding regions. The recent DNA results indicate a striking correlation between the inhabitants of Elmet, in the "Dark Ages", and genetic characteristics in West Yorkshire today, where Britons are "still living in the same 'tribes' that they lived in during the 7th Century".
Elmet was centred around Loidis (Leeds) and was to become one of the last strongholds of the ancient Celtic Britons in the north. 'Elmet sætna', the Elmet dwellers, would have spoken a language akin to Welsh. In fact, Elmet appears to have had some ties with Wales…an early inscription found in Gwynedd reads "ALIOTVS ELMETIACOS HIC IACET", or "Aliotus the Elmetian lies here".
The Elmet territory extended…
…from modern Ilkley and Tadcaster in the north, from the headwaters of the Humber (near Goole), across to the Pennine foothills in the west, with its southern border reaching to the banks of the River Sheaf (Sheaf meaning boundary and from which Sheffield derives its name) and the River Don.
In the sixth century, Anglo-Saxons occupying territory to the east of Elmet formed the kingdom of Deira, those to the north, Bernicia, whilst the Angles of Mercia lay in the south and Midlands. Elmet was then, for some time, at the forefront of British territory, forming a bridgehead separating the Angles of the Midlands from those occupying the Plain of York.
From: The History Files historyfiles.co.uk
Celtic dogs
For more than 200 years, Elmet was sufficiently powerful to withstand invasion from the Anglo-Saxons. Meirchion Gul succeeded to the throne of the neighbouring territory of Rheged in the north west of Britain in c470 and his younger brother Mascuid was granted the Kingdom of Elmet, linking and strengthening the Celts of Rheged and Elmet. But, towards the end of the 6th century AD, the Celtic territories came under increasing threat from the expanding Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, which threatened to drive a wedge between them. In 580, Ebruac had already fallen to the Deirans, leaving Elmet's north-eastern border exposed to attack.
In 590, in order to better resist Anglo-Saxon attacks, Elmet, Dunoting and Rheged formed a confederation of British Kingdoms in the north, though it was not to last long – and its failure, due to fighting between its own kingdoms of Dunoting (led by Dynod Fawr) and Rheged, fatally weakened the alliance. Consequently, in 595, Dunoting fell to Bernicia and in 597, Rheged was attacked, and Catreath (thought to be the stronghold of Catterick in North Yorkshire) was lost to the invading forces.
The Old North, via Wikimedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
Around 598 AD, in a major last-ditch attempt to keep the tribes of the Celtic Old North connected in the face of the expansion of the Anglo-Saxons, a force under the Goddodin (a Celtic people situated in the north) was formed under their King, Mynyddawg Mwynfawr. Their plan was to defend the remaining Celtic territories from the encroaching Angles of Bernicia and Deira and attempt to take back their lost territories.
King Mynyddawg summoned other Celtic tribes to help him to mount an attack to re-capture Catraeth (believed to be Roman Cataractonium, present day Catterick). The Celts, who subsequently mustered at Edinburgh, arrived from various tribes of the north, including some from North Wales. "Mynyddawg feasted them royally for a year, as was the custom". In return, they were expected to fight with him.
The Gododdin and their allies now marched to Catraeth and attacked at dawn. The attacking force included the army of the "Elmet sætna" (the Elmet dwellers), their nobles and warriors, plus foot soldiers, under the leadership of Modog of Elmet.
"Y Gododdin", a medieval Welsh poem written about 600 AD, tells the story of the Brittonic kingdom of Gododdin and its allies who died fighting the Angles of Deira and Bernicia at Catraeth.
The Celtic armies were disastrously defeated and most of their warriors slaughtered when they encountered the much stronger enemy at Catraeth. Y Goddodin tells that "only one man in a hundred came back."
British Elmet (History Files)
Map of Elmet
Kings of the Dark Ages
Kingdom of Northumbria
Hel-hama [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
Now the Angles of Deira and Bernicia brought the Goddodin under their rule and united to form the powerful Kingdom of Northumbria under King Ethelfrith.
Ethelfrith was killed in battle in 616 and was succeeded by King Edwin. Edwin of Northumbria finally invaded Elmet in 617 and successfully incorporated Elmet into Northumbria, bringing it under Anglo-Saxon Rule. Rheged also succumbed within a generation.
Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria (Bernicia and Deira) from Britannia Saxonica
Christianity comes to Elmet
King Edwin of Northumbia was baptised by Paulinus (an emissary from Rome) at York, on Easter Day in AD 627, and became the first Christian King of Northumbria, allowing Christianity to be brought to the North.
Edwin's conversion to Christianity resulted from his marriage to the Christian princess Aethelburh of Kent. She brought to Northumbria the Roman missionary Paulinus, who converted Edwin and many of his subjects in 627.
britannica.com/Edwin
Paulinus now became the first Bishop of York and historical sources record that he preached in the heart of Elmet, at Dewsbury, my home-town, 8 miles from Leeds. Dewsbury still has a church of St Paulinus.
That place (Dewsbury) is remarkable as having been one of the earliest settlements of Christianity in England.
"Ancient Tombs" – in The Gentleman's Magazine Vol VI July-Dec 1836
One theory about Dewsbury's name is that is was originally named "Deus-burgh" or "God's town". Partial demolition of Dewsbury Parish Church in 1766 uncovered two stones dating probably to the time of Paulinus, carved in basso relief with a variety of figures showing Christ with fingers uplifted in the act of blessing. This carving, from an illustration in "The Early History of Dewsbury" is shown here.
Stones dating probably to the time of Paulinus, carved in basso relief with a variety of figures showing Christ with fingers uplifted in the act of blessing.
Elmet remained under Anglo-Saxon rule but the Elmet sætna continued to reside in West Yorkshire, remaining as a distinct genetic group throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, until Deira became part of the Danelaw under the Vikings. Even now, more than a thousand years after the Vikings left, Elmet's genetic footprint has survived in the people of West Yorkshire, to the present day.
Anglo-Saxon costume 500-1000 AD
Women's and Men's separate DNA lineage
Apparently we women of Yorkshire can claim our extra special place in the county's ancestry:
Most women have been here for much longer than the men. Women pass on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to their children, but only their daughters can, in turn, pass it to their children. Men have it but it dies with them. What that means is that everyone so far tested in the Yorkshire's DNA project has mtDNA and it can tell us a great deal about ancient ancestry. A staggering 62% of mtDNA lineages began to arrive in Yorkshire very early, as soon as the last ice age ended, some time around 9,600BC. And it seems that they came from the same direction, from the Iberian Peninsula and south-western France.
It seems, therefore, that the earliest settlers in Yorkshire were from the Caucasoid population of Europe, who became the first farmers in the region. Dominant male lineages came later, with various invading armies, mostly from Roman, Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon origins, but how much did their men-folk affect the DNA of the indigenous population?
We have already seen that Yorkshire DNA studies show a strong Anglo-Saxon lineage (up to 52% of DNA). A recent Yorkshire based DNA study, of males only, found a surprisingly low percentage (7%-10%) of Viking DNA in the Y chromosome and confirmed a much stronger Celtic influence in the West of Yorkshire than in other parts of Yorkshire. In West Yorkshire, the classic Celtic Y chromosome appears in about 19% of men, compared with 13.5% across the east and north of Yorkshire. This 19% is believed to be a genetic memory of the ancient British kingdom of Elmet, whose rulers reigned until the early decades of the 7th century, when their lands were overrun by Germanic and (later) Scandinavian incomers.
I feel sure that I, a woman of strong West Yorkshire ancestry, am also descended from the Elmet sætna. Maybe that is why, as soon as I get within hailing distance of my place of birth, I feel a comforting sense of coming home, reaffirming and reinforcing my West-Yorkshireness.
Christine Widdall ©2019


Expert Voice has launched the premium services of VoIP to its client with lowest A-Z rates in the market.
If You want to compare various VoIP providers, our project will help you to search information, cheap call rates, VoIP minutes termination and origination, DID's numbers. you can choose the best of VoIP Phone Providers, VoIP Provider Solutions and Broadband Phone Reviews. Only here you can find this kind of useful tools for comparison residential and business VoIP services and find the best solution for You. Free calls, cheap calls, voip review. VoIP calls from UAE.


text:
HomeReMixesEarthBound "Funky Bookas"
ReMix: EarthBound "Funky Bookas" 3:28
By Shadow
Arranging the music of one song...
"Bazaar"
Primary Game: EarthBound (Nintendo, 1994, SNES), music by Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, Keiichi Suzuki, Toshiyuki Ueno
Posted 2003-12-24, evaluated by djpretzel
I've been waiting for Shadow's next mix, as I really felt his initial Earthbound arrangement was both original and very well done. This sophomore submission, also from Earthbound (or, as the Japanese like to say, "Mother 2") is also quite original and like its predecessor uses guitar timbres and a rock vibe, but whilst Bus! was more in a retro/surf 60's bent, this arrangement of the Scaraba music has a less aggressive beat, arabic underpinnings, and strong, conspicuous processing on the lead guitar that make it seem somewhat otherworldly. This might be the only OC ReMix to feature quadruplets, at least so extensively, so our plentiful triplet-laden arrangements have some company. Shadow's got a great ear for putting together mixes that fill up their space, sound very alive and immediate but also controlled and precise, and which achieve the acoustic/electric feel very viscerally. There's a strong slap bass, bright B3 organ on full vibe, offbeat guitar chords, and the afforementioned lead, which takes up a lot of sonic space with its processing. Everything blends perfectly, there's good variety, drums follow the arrangement and are a living presence, and there's a general energy to each and every element that gives it a certain life. Plus, you got them quadruplets, and with a mix title like "Funky Bookas", I don't really think any sane man or woman could pass this up. Recommended.
― djpretzel
Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
MechaFone
I can honestly say I was not a fan of the main electric guitar melody. Other than that,I give this remix a positive, well done vote.
samples are pretty lofi, but treated in a way to really work. I was enjoying the triplet feel on this, and though i am not incredibly well-versed in the earthbound soundtrack, I enjoyed this mix.
Audity
Kind of repeats too much at the end, along with having too little stuff going on at that time.
Other than that, at the 9 second mark it sounds so fucking pro it's not even funny. The main gist one can get out of this is great, though the ending kinda leaves it non-memorable. Kick it up for this one sticking on the hard drive, with basically 20% of all OCRs, of a random person you've never met (me)!
The guitar sound could end up being too grating on the ears, but the first half of the song is where it's at.
DJ Riott
I can't believe I haven't reviewed this track yet! It has always been on my playlists and CDs. The guitar is thrashy yet tasteful. I love it when the chord progression changes to major; it makes me uber happy.
A thumbs up from me
Another Word Awaits
Excellent remix. The intro actually put me in mind of an ancient fisticuffs match (even though it is supposed to be a bazaar. The tune is catchy, and the piece flows well (I like the percussion at 2:39).
Also, it may be a little late, but...
Bad and did not truely getting away from "Dalamm." I can really hear it played mostly thru the whole "remix." Having an empty "Songs:" tells me that they did not want people to know which song they dressed up...
3/10 from ME
I'm not sure exactly what you're saying, but if you're trying to say that this is a remix of the music in Dalaam, it isn't. I'm not sure how you could mistake it for that when the original is on this very site. In the .rsn file, it's Scaraba.spc and not Dalaam.spc. The official title is "Bazaar" though. You hear the song when in the town area of Scaraba.
SHADOWNED!
You know, almost every single Earhtbound remix has been excellent? I want to thank all the artists for taking theie time with the soundtrack and giving it the attention it rightly deserves. As for this piece... wow.
First of all, great title. Thanks for that. The hearts of the fans go out to you. And, more importantly, great music! You've taken the original far from its roots, but kept something similar enough that it's instantly recognizable for what it is. I love at 1:20, when you go into a short riff, with the change in pace coming afterwards, introduced by heavy drums. Great way to end the piece as well. No suggestions here, just praise.
Txai
Wow, that is beautiful! Nice guitar, and Organ. Cool beats. Great melody. My ears are grateful to listening this piece. One thumb up.
thealexfish
THis is the song that made me like OCReMix.
Corporal Eschebone
Hmm... Interesting.
I think I've had this from the WiP forums well over a year ago, and for some reason didn't like it then. Then it came on OCR a few months later, and I thought it was okay up until around the time that I started playing it again a few months ago - and liking it.
It may be because it's such a unique song, but just from rarely ever listening to it over about a year I realized what the mix was really like and fell in love with it. It's just awesome.
Apologies for being so first-impressionistic about this mix. Very good if you have the ear for this kind of stuff.
Ffish
Shadow has more than earned my respect as an artist with this one. Despite the fact that 'Booka' means 'butt' in Romanian, despite the fact that I got killed in the Scaraba Desert time and again, I can say without doubt that this my favorite of all the OC Remixes I've heard.
As I've said time and again, I'm obsessed with Arabian or Egyptian sounding music. From PharoTeknical to Deep Damp Sandcastle, from Five Iron Frenzy's Fistful of Sand, to the band Ra, I'm simply in love with music that has that mysterious desert feel to it. This is a prime example of, as Lionaje calls it, the 'Pharo' subgenre.
NessTheHero
The opening is absolutely awesome. I love the lead guitar, and I jam along air guitar to it, even though I haven't a clue as to how to play the guitar.
At most points in the song, it does sound scarabian, but at most times it's just happy and jumpy. I don't think alot about deserts when listening to this song. I sometimes imagine an arena when listening to the beginning, but it dissolves later into the song.
Very well done! The name kicks ass too! Funky Bookas!!!!
jessthemullet
Good remix of the scaraba theme. I like the guitar. Good stuff.
Different from my usual favorites (full of synths).
This one's filled with guitars sounds.
The two parts (starting at 0:30) match very well together.
The layers are arranged to make the very simple chords not too repetive.
(please excuse my too bad english writing)
DoomZero
Sources Arranged (1 Song)
Primary Game:
EarthBound (Nintendo, 1994, SNES)
Music by Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, Keiichi Suzuki, Toshiyuki Ueno
EarthBound_Funky_Bookas_OC_ReMix.mp3
5,069,482 bytes
8ef8e5c7241872ede6bcddce32b7de7f
Latest ReMixes
MD5 Checksum: 8ef8e5c7241872ede6bcddce32b7de7f
Download from BlueBlue.fr
Download from Aplus
Download from ocrmirror.org
Trouble downloading?
Right-click one of the mirror links above and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As"!!
Help us save bandwidth - using our torrents saves us bandwidth and lets you download multiple mixes as a single download. Use the tracker below and scroll for more information, or visit http://bt.ocremix.org directly, and please don't forget to help us seed!!
Follow OC ReMix on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube! Don't miss the latest ReMixes, albums and news!
Follow @ocremix
Page generated Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:11:28 +0000 in 0.0233 seconds


text:
International Course on Intervention in Architectural Heritage
The XLIII International Course on Intervention in Architectural Heritage, organized by the Association of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage(AADIPA), has been held from last December 2020, in Barcelona, Spain, as a group of architects and other professionals whose aim is to uphold, protect, research and disseminate information on architectural heritage
This year's edition, directed by the architect Olga Correa Sala, was entitled "Industrial Landscapes". As a novelty, the conference was in virtual format and could be followed live through the Microsoft Teams platform.
The industrial heritage arouses the interest of preserving it as a historical witness, as a collective memory and as a set of buildings and spaces of its own, as long as it is given an architectural, urban, landscape and social value. The interest comes from the associative fabric, the academic bodies and the Administration, as it means a cultural heritage that links us to our ancestors, and gives us identity and roots.
The aim of the conference was to establish different tools for the knowledge, dissemination, protection, rehabilitation, use, conservation and maintenance of the industrial landscape and its architectural heritage, as well as to propose uses and activities in accordance with their function and initial use, such as technology, research, creation, business incubators …
Author: Montserrat Bosch (UPC)


text:
Portrait of the high-ranking dignitary, Cho Man-Yong
You are here: Home / Anglais / Collections / Korea / Portrait of the high-ranking dignitary, Cho Man-Yong
03/01/2012 /in Korea /by Super User
This work is a masterpiece of restraint, skillfully blending naturalism and psychological realism. The three-quarter-length portrait is set against a plain, deliberately abstract background. The sitter's forceful presence is heightened by the intensity of his gaze, his hieratic bearing and his dignified features, marked by age and experience. Contours and shading have been applied with extreme precision, creating a depiction that is as detailed and lifelike as a photographic image. He is wearing the traditional costume of the late Choson period: a light colored, full robe, fastened at the waist with a sky blue belt, and a winged, horsehair cap. The form and symbolic character both come from the Chinese Tang dynasty (618-907 ) and are representative of the class of scholarly civil servants under the Yi dynasty who had adopted Neo-Confucian philosophy. The calligraphy at the top right hand corner of the composition presents the seventy-year old senior official under his pseudonym "P'ung eun".
Yi Han-Chol (1812-1902, 1812-1910 or 1808-1910), a professional painter and member of the Academy, has painted a highly intense portrait that radiates a striking tranquility and humanism. With sensitivity and virtuosity, the artist has succeeded in capturing the lifelike image of a mature man, and in conveying the sense of sheer moral discipline that prevailed among the contemporary class of intellectuals in this "Hermit Kingdom", voluntarily cut off from the outside world.
The portrait, dated 1845, is a work of maturity. Already in full possession of his art, the painter launched on a court career, painting the portraits of the last sovereigns of the Yi dynasty. This extremely important work epitomizes the harmonious blend of the psychological portrait peculiar to scholarly circles and the illusionism of Western art introduced into Korea via China.
https://www.guimet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/images_musee-guimet_collections_coree_cho-man-yong.jpg 514 400 Super User http://guimet.blacko/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/logo-1.png Super User2012-01-03 15:21:022012-01-03 15:21:02Portrait of the high-ranking dignitary, Cho Man-Yong
Afghanistan-Pakistan
Arts of Himalaya
Sound archives
© Copyright - Guimet - powered by Enfold WordPress Theme
Buddha head Head of Buddha


Which 400 words would you delete?
Writer's Digest is holding their annual competition, and a friend forwarded me the info for it.
I always have mixed feelings about contests; they're hailed as a great way for new talent to break into a market, but that's only true if you win. And I cannot imagine that contests with cash prizes get fewer submissions than the magazines I submit to. Then there's the entry fee to consider; submitting work for publication to a magazine only costs me postage. The WD contest charges $20 for the first entry and $15 for each additional entry. That's quite a chunk of change just to have someone look at your story, and then (in all likelihood) discard it.
I haven't yet decided to enter, but the contest rules create an interesting dilemma. The word limit for genre short stories (like science fiction) is 4,000. According to the rules, stories that are 4,001 words will be disqualified.
Perfect Justice in its most recent draft is over 4,400 words. And already I have feared that it didn't provide quite enough character development, that the plot wasn't intricate enough, etc. But leaving aside the question of possible improvements, which 400 words are non-essential to the story? Do I go find 400 adjectives and conjuctions I can cut? Or whole scentences? Or a whole scene?


text:
Q: Destroy a tkinter interface in a loop? I have a tkinter script, with an easy goal :
propose 3 solutions in checkbutton, click "ok" after choice the option, and get this option.
The code work great when I call it one time.
But I need to do it in a loop on many possibilities, and here the probleme appear, after clicking the first "ok", I get the value, but the windows doesn't destroy completly and I cannot click on "ok" in the next option during the loop, and my program fail.
class Interface(Frame):

    def __init__(self, fenetre, name, choice, **kwargs):
        Frame.__init__(self, fenetre, width=768, height=576, **kwargs)
        self.choice = choice
        self.index = np.nan
        self.pack(fill=BOTH)
        self.message = Label(self, text="Current Name : " + name)
        self.message.pack()

        self.var_case1 = IntVar()
        self.choice1 = Checkbutton(fenetre, text=choice[0], variable=self.var_case1, command=self.choice1_action)
        self.choice1.pack(side="left", anchor=W)
        self.var_case2 = IntVar()
        self.choice2 = Checkbutton(fenetre, text=choice[1], variable=self.var_case2, command=self.choice2_action)
        self.choice2.pack(side="left", anchor=W)
        self.var_case3 = IntVar()
        self.choice3 = Checkbutton(fenetre, text=choice[2], variable=self.var_case3, command=self.choice3_action)
        self.choice3.pack(side="left", anchor=W)
        self.var_case4 = IntVar()
        self.choice4 = Checkbutton(fenetre, text="None of solution", variable=self.var_case4, command=self.choice4_action)
        self.choice4.pack(side="left", anchor=W)

        self.bouton_quitter = Button(self, text="Ok", command=self.ok)
        self.bouton_quitter.pack(side="right", anchor=W)

    def ok(self):
        if self.var_case1.get() == 1:
            self.index = (self.choice[0])
            self.quit()
        if self.var_case2.get() == 1:
            self.index = (self.choice[1])
            self.quit()
        if self.var_case3.get() == 1:
            self.index = (self.choice[2])
            self.quit()
        if self.var_case4.get() == 1:
            self.quit()

    def choice1_action(self):

        self.choice2.deselect()
        self.choice3.deselect()
        self.choice4.deselect()

def main(name, list_name):
    fenetre = Tk()
    interface = Interface(fenetre, name, list_name)
    interface.mainloop()
    i = interface.index
    interface.destroy()
    return i

in the interface, choice2_action etc.. do the same as choice1 action for there button
when I try this :
value = main("Avenger", ['Thor', 'Hulk', 'Captain'])
if value != np.nan:
    print(value)

it works
but when I try this:
for i in range(5):
    value = main("Avenger", ['Thor', 'Hulk', 'Captain'])
    if value != np.nan:
        print(value)

it fail
If you can help me to understand why, it can be greatful
Edit :
I need to do in a loop because the goal of my script is a string correction.
I have a list of correct word, and a list of wrong words.
I do a loop among my wrong word, and difflib propose the 3 closest words of the correct list words. I want the user to choose manually among these 3 words, so I did this little interface, the user can check the correction or "none of them" if it is not satisfy
that's why I iterate

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


From Monogram. These 3D Foam Collectible Key Rings from Godzilla: King of the Monsters features Godzilla, King Ghidorah (x2), Rodan, Mothra (Imago, Pupa and Egg), Monard Soldier, Rodan, plus two exclusive Atomic Godzilla keyrings. Blind bag packaging.
Ozeki maker of One Cup Sake is releasing limited edition Godzilla: King Of The Monsters One Cup Sake cups. Each cup has one of the four character posters on it with a mystery fifth cup included in the set. Each cup is 180ml size with sake. It is not clear on the release date or cost of the set yet but they will most likely be up on the Ozeki website here (we will update with the info once available).


We love to get feedback from our patients about their experiences with us. These comments are from actual patients who recently completed our Patient Satisfaction Survey.
I'm an RN here in Las Vegas, and I've been an RN for 39 years… I would not choose anywhere else. I've lived here for many years and I would only choose Steinberg.
…WOW What wonderful customer service and at the time I was interviewing for a position and I thought then and there I really want to work for this organization.
They made me feel good. They made me feel important. They made me feel like I'm part of this family. They made me feel like I'm a real person.
Juanita in the Collections Department was WONDERFUL in helping me figure out a manageable solution. She was concerned, caring, helpful, an overall sweet, personable woman. Truly an angel in disguise. Juanita, Thank you for being on the other end of the phone call that day.
Edmee was exceptional!! She took her time, was extremely pleasant and seemed to love her job. I would love to have her for all of my mammograms!
Had an MRI done today. I have stage 4 lung cancer and was in extreme pain and experiencing severe weakness. The tech was fabulous and wheeled me to my car and helped my friend get me in the car. Susan was so kind and thoughtful. Thank you Susan, you are a star employee. Wish everywhere I went there were employees like you.
I had a good experience at SDMI for my MRI. I think the name of my technician was Jerome. I was nervous, however, he was very calm and did not seem to be in a rush. Jerome was organized, professional, and sensitive to all my concerns. Thank you so much! Awesome job!
I had a good experience at SDMI for my yearly mammogram. I had been delaying this appointment because of [other health concerns], but my doctor said it was ok to have the mammogram.
The technician was wonderful! She was so understanding and she made sure I was comfortable.
It was because she was careful, kind, and attentive that it went so well. Thank you very much!


This recipe is inspired by the kulfi sticks the children (and I) love on our occasional trips to Tayaabs, but I'm certainly not going to make it at home the proper and lengthy way. While I love being in the kitchen, the thought of cooking milk down for a whole morning is not high on my list of things to do. So, like any sensible person, I've bought a tin of dulce de leche to use instead which is also great for banoffee pies, if you need to whip one up in a hurry. It gives it the same caramelly milky thickness in a high-speed fashion.
When we were in Argentina 12 years ago on honeymoon, dulce de leche appeared everywhere you looked, closely followed by an assado every thirty paces. We were constantly being offered both, even when just using the bathroom. I've not had much use or taste for it since, but unlike blancmange at school, it's not something I've felt sick at the thought of and gladly embrace it here. This ice cream takes about ten minutes to put together and then the freezer does the rest. And tinned mangoes in syrup are a quick short-cut too. There's no need to churn it (although if you want it quicker and have an ice cream machine, go ahead) yet the result is incredibly smooth and you can also fill ice lolly moulds with it to perhaps dip in chilli chocolate sauce if you fancy.
Blend the mangoes and syrup together until smooth.
Whip the cream until it forms soft peaks then gently stir in the mangoes and dulce de leche.
Add a pinch of salt and the lime juice if using and taste. A pinch of chilli powder is a good addition too, if you fancy. Adjust if necessary.
Whisk again to mix everything properly then pour into a freezer-proof container.
Freeze for about six hours, until set then serve.


Twice a year, I board a plane in Toronto to make the journey home to northern Alberta. As a frequent flyer, I've long defended Air Canada whenever friends make complaints. Over the last seven years, Westjet and Air Canada have been interchangable for me as my air service provider of choice--until today.
1) I called Air Canada Cargo three times prior to my flight; once to make an inquiry, once to make my booking and a third time to confirm it. During these phone conversations, it was not indicated at any point that there was a drop-off location separate from the airport.
2) Nowhere on the Air Canada Cargo website does it clearly or explicitly state that shipments (including pets) need to be dropped off at a separate building that is a 20-minute drive from the airport. Apart from the name difference, it's not at all clear that the two businesses are separate.
a) Upon arrival at the airport, I immediately notified the kiosk attendant that I needed to check my dog with Air Canada Cargo. The attendant directed me to go to counter "C" and said this is where they would help me.
b) Upon arrival at counter "C," we stood in line only to be informed that we should be at counter "D." Again, we confirmed with the second attendant that this is where we should drop off our dog that we had booked with Air Canada Cargo.
c) While standing in line for counter D, a third attendant passed by and asked if we had already paid to ship our animal. Again, I told him that I had a booking with Air Canada Cargo. He confirmed that we were standing in the correct line.
4) Once we reached the front of the line, the counter agents let us know that we were in the wrong building to drop off our dog. However, they did not know the address or location of Air Canada Cargo, or even its distance from the terminal.
5) The counter agents told us that an embargo was in effect and that I would not be able to travel with my pet--despite my booking number and two confirmations phone calls with Air Canada Cargo. When I insisted that I could travel with Brock, they were helpful enough to call Air Canada Cargo to confirm this information. The only problem was they didn't know the phone number for Air Canada Cargo, which took two agents 10 minutes to find.
As a result of Air Canada's inability to adequately train their staff I nearly missed my flight, Brock nearly missed his flight and my partner was late for work. Being misinformed by three employees is unacceptable service.
Upon arrival at the Air Canada Cargo building, we were greeted by the most friendly and helpful staff we had encountered all morning. Their first comment? "Yah, it's a little confusing." Clearly our complaint is a common one. So why isn't anything being done to resolve this issue?
This is part of a a possible new blog series called "Hate Mail." If you have any complaints about Air Canada, leave them in the comments below and I'll be happy to pass them on when I actually mail this letter.
After 3 very troubled flights out of 5 within 2 years, on Air Canada, I declared I was Done! with them. That was 2005. Fortunately I have never had to get on one of their flights again since.
I had a flight on Air Canada from Indianapolis to Montreal via Toronto. I arrived over two hours in advance. Plane was delayed for maintenance. After 4 hours (with little or no announcements) they pull the airplane up to the gate. Then no boarding. Another hour goes by. Turns out besides the first mechanical issue, no one noticed the FLAT TIRE! Two more hours go by. Eventually the tire gets replaced. Then we wait another couple of hours. Meanwhile another AC flight comes and goes, but it's completely full. Finally after 12 hours the manager comes out and says the flight's been canceled because the tire doesn't conform to to some standard.
You should fly West Jet next time when traveling with Brock . . . . they let small dogs inside the plane as your carry on, if they are in an airline approved soft animal carrier.
Air Canada also lets pets on the flight inside the plane, but Brock is a little too large.
My cat is flying with Air Canada cargo tomorrow and I have no idea where they are located at Pearson.
Can you please post where they are located and how we check in?
Did you end up filing a formal complaint? I'm trying to figure out where I can go to complain, because the service I received from the Air Canada Cargo booking agents over the phone was horrendous. Apparently nothing has improved since your ordeal 2 years ago.


text:
Le mot élection vien du latin .

Administration et politique
 Une élection est le choix, par le vote d'électeurs, de personnes destinées à occuper une fonction politique, économique ou sociale.
 Une élection est une subdivision financière de la France de l'Ancien Régime.

Religion
 L'élection est une doctrine biblique.
 L'élection conditionnelle est une doctrine arminienne.
 L'élection inconditionnelle est une doctrine calviniste.

Cinéma
 Election est un film hongkongais réalisé par Johnnie To en 2005.
 Election 2 est un film hongkongais réalisé par Johnnie To en 2006.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


ICAR' AIEEA UG 2017 entrance exam result is expected to be declared on June 30, 2017.
All India Entrance Examination for admission to Undergraduate programs (AIEEA 2017) has been conducted today by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). ICAR's AIEEA UG 2017 has been conducted across 52 regional centers wherein over 50,000 candidates appeared. There is no provision for official answer key release, however, some coaching centers many provide the same to help the students assess their performance in the entrance exam. Such updates on ICAR AIEEE 2017 answer key will be provided here.
ICAR notified the 22nd All India Entrance Examination for admission to Bachelor (AIEEA-UG 2017) degree programmes in Agriculture and allied Sciences at Agricultural Universities in April. The online applications for the entrance exam were submitted from April 20 to May 6. The entrance exam was initially scheduled for May 13, but the exam date was shifted to June 10.
The entrance exam was conducted as an offline exam and the candidates were provided with OMR answer sheets to mark the answers. The question booklets were provided as two series – Series 1 & 2. While ICAR is unlikely to release the answer keys of the entrance exam, some unofficial sources (including coaching institutes) may release their versions of AIEEA answer key.
Overall, the entrance exam was set as a single question paper consisting 300 questions. The questions were equally distributed among five subjects, namely, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and Agriculture. The candidates had to attempt only three out of five subjects, based on the their qualification and eligibility.
Each subject had 60 multiple choice questions. The candidates will be awarded 4 marks for each correct answer, while 1 mark will be deducted from total score for each wrong response. The maximum marks in the entrance exam will remain 720.
ICAR has been conducting the national-level entrance exam for admissions to 15% seats available in the Agricultural Universities across the Country. The test also includes 100 percent seats in NDRI Karnal, RLB CAU, Jhansi, and Dr. RP CAU, Pusa, Bihar.
There are total 1,799 seats on offer through the ICAR AIEEA 2017. The break-up of seats available in the academic session 2017-18 comes out as 1,021 seats in Agriculture, 211 in Horticulture, 55 in Forestry, 83 in Fisheries, 104 in Community Science, 7 in Sericulture, 177 in Agricultural Engineering, 72 in Dairy Technology, 29 in Food Technolgoy, and 40 seats in Biotechnology.
The results of the entrance exam will be announced on June 30 (tentative date), while the admissions will be made through online counselling. The online counselling is scheduled to be held in three rounds, commencing from July 7. ICAR will prepare an overall merit-rank list on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in the entrance exam and will use it for admission purpose.
This entry was posted in B. Tech Agriculture, B.Tech (Food Technology), BSc. Agriculture, ICAR UG Entrance. Bookmark the permalink.
Wait for the II counselling. Chances are there.
Sir I got 9365 rank in icar 2018 is there any chance to get any college all over india I belongs to general category.
Are there any seats in icar delhi campus for students who clear icar aieea?if any plz tell and how many marks are required to get admission in that?


text:
It's Hard Meeting Mom's Boyfriend
Vicki Gunvalson introduces Brooks to Briana and her new husband.
Preview It's Hard Meeting Mom's Boyfriend
Show Highlight What is Briana Thinking?
Michael Meets Brooks
Show Highlight No Apology, No Friendship
Exclusive Is Vicki Engaged or Pregnant?
Exclusive Slade's the Boss
Preview Married and Unmarried
Preview Debt, Child Support, and Slade
@alexisbellino
Having joined the cast during Season 5, Alexis Bellino is a stay-at-home Christian mom who unabashedly lives life on her own terms. Originally from the small town of Hannibal, Missouri, Alexis recently purchased a new home with her husband, Jim. Alexis and Jim have three young children -- 7-year-old James and 5-year-old twins, Melania and Mackenna. While Alexis is still trying to successfully run her dress line business, she has quit her news correspondent job to focus her attention on her family and marriage, as well as to support her husband's burgeoning trampoline park empire.
@gretchenrossi
Gretchen Rossi joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County in Season 4. The budding entrepreneur grew up in La Crescenta, California, and attended Baylor University in Dallas, Texas, where she studied Psychology. After struggling with their relationship last year, Gretchen and her long-time boyfriend, Slade, are stronger than ever. With her signature Gretchen Christine line taking off, Slade has started to veer into a new profession, hosting a local radio show. Simultaneously, he and Gretchen are focused on the well-being of his son, while also contemplating the future of starting their own family together.
@HeatherDubrow
Working actress and stay-at-home mother Heather Dubrow joined the cast in Season 7. Married to prominent Newport Beach plastic surgeon, Terry Dubrow, they have four children, 12-year-old twins Nicholas and Maximillia, 9-year-old Katarina, and 5-year-old, Collette. With the couple's mega mansion way behind schedule, Heather finds herself in single mom territory as Terry works more than ever on his practice and Botched.


albeit : "Reality is merely an illusion,albeit a very persistent one!"
Charles's letter was indeed published, albeit in a somewhat abbreviated form.
George is home and dry! Le hardeux de boulevard Barcelone Toulouse Matabiau _in facts!
Cyber investigation is electronic method conducted through electronic system to search and discover the online facts or information.


What is a no-cost mortgage ?
Let me be the first to say that many lenders quote rates and programs to get you to apply with them. That being said there are several distinctions we should make when understanding what a no-cost mortgage is. Let's first talk about all the rest. A zero points mortgage is exactly that, zero points, however you must pay the fees that the lender charges and title and escrow fees as well as an appraisal to determine the value of the property. A zero title fees mortgage means you're paying just lender fees and no title and escrow fees. A mortgage company might try to make the deal sound sweeter by saying that they will take care of the title fees, but then you are on the hook for their fees as well as the cost of an appraisal.
A true no-cost mortgage is exactly that. This means that the loan officer you are dealing with pays all of the lender fees and the title and escrow fees as well as the appraisal.
The only way you can receive a no cost mortgage is to take a slightly higher interest rate than you would receive if you chose to pay closing costs because lender needs to generate enough overage on the loan to pay all of your non-reocurring and closing costs. Nonrecurring closing costs are things that you pay which are not reoccurring, these include processing fees, title fees, lender/broker fees, and of course the appraisal. The typical minimum loan to secure a no-cost mortgage is 175k and up. Give me a call me a call today to get a Sonoma County refinance loan at today's historic low rates. Call (707) 217 4000.


text:
Academic Literacy I
The Other Wes Moore
Academic Literacy I: The Other Wes Moore
Technology Issues
Myth of the Modern Family
Myth of Individual Opportunity
Myth of the Melting Pot
Research BasicsToggle Dropdown
MLA 8
Wes Moore
Wes Moore for Governor
Wes Moore's Ted Talk
Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore For fans of The Wire and Unbroken comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Moore. One is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. The other is a Rhodes Scholar, an army veteran, and an author whose book is being turned into a movie produced by Oprah Winfrey.   The story of "the other Wes Moore" is one that the author couldn't get out of his mind, not since he learned that another boy with his name--just two years his senior--grew up in the same Baltimore neighborhood. He wrote that boy--now a man--a letter, not expecting to receive a reply. But a reply came, and a friendship grew, as letters turned into visits and the two men got to know each other. Eventually, that friendship became the inspiration for Discovering Wes Moore, a moving and cautionary tale examining the factors that contribute to success and failure--and the choices that make all the difference.   Two men. One overcame adversity. The other suffered the indignities of poverty. Their stories are chronicled in Discovering Wes Moore, a book for young people based on Wes Moore's bestselling adult memoir, The Other Wes Moore.   Includes an 8-page photo insert. Praise for Discovering Wes Moore   "Moore wisely opens the door for teens to contemplate their own answers and beliefs, while laying out his own experiences honestly and openly."--Publishers Weekly   "He argues earnestly and convincingly that young people can overcome the obstacles in their lives when they make the right choices and accept the support of caring adults."--Kirkus Reviews
Call Number: F189.B153 M65 2013
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore Two kids with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.   In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a series of articles about four young men who had allegedly killed a police officer in a spectacularly botched armed robbery. The police were still hunting for two of the suspects who had gone on the lam, a pair of brothers. One was named Wes Moore.  Wes just couldn't shake off the unsettling coincidence, or the inkling that the two shared much more than space in the same newspaper. After following the story of the robbery, the manhunt, and the trial to its conclusion, he wrote a letter to the other Wes, now a convicted murderer serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. His letter tentatively asked the questions that had been haunting him: Who are you? How did this happen? That letter led to a correspondence and relationship that have lasted for several years. Over dozens of letters and prison visits, Wes discovered that the other Wes had had a life not unlike his own: Both had grown up in similar neighborhoods and had had difficult childhoods, both were fatherless; they'd hung out on similar corners with similar crews, and both had run into trouble with the police. At each stage of their young lives they had come across similar moments of decision, yet their choices would lead them to astonishingly different destinies. Told in alternating dramatic narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world.
The Work by Wes Moore The acclaimed author of The Other Wes Moore continues his inspirational quest for a meaningful life and shares the powerful lessons--about self-discovery, service, and risk-taking--that led him to a new definition of success for our times.   The Work is the story of how one young man traced a path through the world to find his life's purpose. Wes Moore graduated from a difficult childhood in the Bronx and Baltimore to an adult life that would find him at some of the most critical moments in our recent history: as a combat officer in Afghanistan; a White House fellow in a time of wars abroad and disasters at home; and a Wall Street banker during the financial crisis. In this insightful book, Moore shares the lessons he learned from people he met along the way--from the brave Afghan translator who taught him to find his fight, to the resilient young students in Katrina-ravaged Mississippi who showed him the true meaning of grit, to his late grandfather, who taught him to find grace in service.   Moore also tells the stories of other twenty-first-century change-makers who've inspired him in his search, from Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND, to Esther Benjamin, a Sri Lankan immigrant who rose to help lead the Peace Corps. What their lives--and his own misadventures and moments of illumination--reveal is that our truest work happens when we serve others, at the intersection between our gifts and our broken world. That's where we find the work that lasts.   An intimate narrative about finding meaning in a volatile age, The Work will inspire readers to see how we can each find our own path to purpose and help create a better world.   Praise for The Work   "Powerful and moving . . . Wes Moore's story and the stories of those who have inspired him, from family members to entrepreneurs, provide a model for how we can each weave together valuable lessons from all different types of people to forge an individual path to triumph. I've known and deeply admired Wes for a long time. Reading The Work, I better understand why."--Chelsea Clinton "Wes Moore proves once again that he is one of the most effective storytellers and leaders of his generation. His gripping personal story, set against the dramatic events of the past decade, goes straight to the heart of an ancient question that is as relevant as ever: not just how to live a good life, but how to make that life matter. Above all, this book teaches us how to make our journey about more than mere surviving or even succeeding; it teaches us how to truly come alive."--Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive "How we define success for ourselves is one of life's essential questions. Wes Moore shows us the way--by sharing his incredible journey and the inspiring stories of others who make the world a better place through the choices they've made about how they want to live. We come away from this important book with a new understanding of what it truly means to succeed in life."--Suze Orman   "An intriguing follow-up to his bestselling The Other Wes Moore . . . Moore makes a convincing case that work has the most value if it's built on a foundation of service, selflessness, courage, and risk-taking."--Publishers Weekly   "A beautifully philosophical look at the expectation that work should bring meaning to our lives."--Booklist   "The Work will resonate with people seeking their own purpose."--BookPage
The Cultural Matrix by Orlando Patterson; Joseph C. Krupnick The Cultural Matrix seeks to unravel a uniquely American paradox: the socioeconomic crisis, segregation, and social isolation of disadvantaged black youth, on the one hand, and their extraordinary integration and prominence in popular culture on the other. Despite school dropout rates over 40 percent, a third spending time in prison, chronic unemployment, and endemic violence, black youth are among the most vibrant creators of popular culture in the world. They also espouse several deeply-held American values. To understand this conundrum, the authors bring culture back to the forefront of explanation, while avoiding the theoretical errors of earlier culture-of-poverty approaches and the causal timidity and special pleading of more recent ones. There is no single black youth culture, but a complex matrix of cultures--adapted mainstream, African-American vernacular, street culture, and hip-hop--that support and undermine, enrich and impoverish young lives. Hip-hop, for example, has had an enormous influence, not always to the advantage of its creators. However, its muscular message of primal honor and sensual indulgence is not motivated by a desire for separatism but by an insistence on sharing in the mainstream culture of consumption, power, and wealth. This interdisciplinary work draws on all the social sciences, as well as social philosophy and ethnomusicology, in a concerted effort to explain how culture, interacting with structural and environmental forces, influences the performance and control of violence, aesthetic productions, educational and work outcomes, familial, gender, and sexual relations, and the complex moral life of black youth.
We Speak for Ourselves by D. Watkins From the row houses of Baltimore to the stoops of Brooklyn, the New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up lays bare the voices of the most vulnerable and allows their stories to uncover the systematic injustice threaded within our society. Honest and eye-opening, the pages of We Speak for Ourselves "are abundant with wisdom and wit; integrity and love, not to mention enough laughs for a stand-up comedy routine" (Mitchell S. Jackson, author of Survival Math). Watkins introduces you to Down Bottom, the storied community of East Baltimore that holds a mirror to America's poor black neighborhoods--"hoods" that could just as easily be in Chicago, Detroit, Oakland, or Atlanta. As Watkins sees it, the perspective of people who live in economically disadvantaged black communities is largely absent from the commentary of many top intellectuals who speak and write about race. Unapologetic and sharp-witted, D. Watkins is here to tell the truth as he has seen it. We Speak for Ourselves offers an in-depth analysis of inner-city hurdles and honors the stories therein. We sit in underfunded schools, walk the blocks burdened with police corruption, stand within an audience of Make America Great Again hats, journey from trap house to university lecture, and rally in neglected streets. And we listen. "Watkins has come to remind us, everyone deserves the opportunity to speak for themselves" (Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author) and serves hope to fellow Americans who are too often ignored and calling on others to examine what it means to be a model activist in today's world. We Speak for Ourselves is a must-read for all who are committed to social change.
Call Number: E185.86 .W378 2019
Police-Community Relations
Police Brutality by Greenhaven Press Staff; Michael Ruth (Editor) Four intriguing questions are asked across four chapters: Are the police using excessive force? Is police brutality a widespread problem in the United States? How can police brutality be stopped? What is the U.S. government's response to police brutality? Essays assembled under each question debate the related topics, allowing readers access to more than one intelligent viewpoint. Essayists include Linn Washington Jr., Jazz Shaw, Colin Ochs, Nicole Flatow, and Michael S. Rozeff.
Call Number: HV8141 .P57 2016
Race, Riots, and the Police by Howard Rahtz Reflected almost daily in headlines, the enormous rift between the police and the communities they serve¿especially African American communities¿remains one of the major challenges facing the United States. And race-related riots continue to be a violent manifestation of that rift. Can this dismal state of affairs be changed? Can the distrust between black citizens and the police ever be transformed into mutual respect? Howard Rahtz addresses this issue, first tracing the history of race riots in the US and then drawing on both the lessons of that history and his own first-hand experience to offer a realistic approach for developing and maintaining a police force that is a true community partner. Howard Rahtz served for nearly two decades with the Cincinnati Police Department, retiring in 2007 as commander of the Vice Control Unit. He currently teaches at police academies in the area and speaks nationally on police reform. He is the author of Community Policing: A Handbook and Understanding Police Use of Force.
Call Number: HV6477 .R34 2016
Policing Black Bodies by Angela J. Hattery; Earl Smith From Trayvon Martin to Freddie Gray, the stories of police violence against Black people are too often in the news. In Policing Black Bodies Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith make a compelling case that the policing of Black bodies goes far beyond these individual stories of brutality. They connect the regulation of African American people in many settings, including the public education system and the criminal justice system, into a powerful narrative about the myriad ways Black bodies are policed. Policing Black Bodies goes beyond chronicling isolated incidents of injustice to look at the broader systems of inequality in our society--how they're structured, how they harm Black people, and how we can work for positive change. The book discusses the school-to-prison pipeline, mass incarceration and the prison boom, the unique ways Black women and trans people are treated, wrongful convictions and the challenges of exoneration, and more. Each chapter of the book opens with a true story, explains the history and current state of the issue, and looks toward how we can work for change. The book calls attention to the ways class, race, and gender contribute to injustice, as well as the perils of colorblind racism--that by pretending not to see race we actually strengthen, rather than dismantle, racist social structures. Policing Black Bodies is a powerful call to acknowledge injustice and work for change.
Touch the Sky: Part 4
Gates celebrates how far African Americans have come toward equality and raises hard questions about the obstacles that remain.
The Streets of Baltimore
The Beast Side by D. Watkins; David Talbot (Foreword by) A New York Times Best Seller! Searing Dispatches from the Urban Zones Where African American Men Have Become an Endangered Species To many in the age of Obama, America had succeeded in "going beyond race," putting the divisions of the past behind us. And then seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot by a wannabe cop in Florida; and then eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; and then Baltimore blew up; and then gunfire shattered a prayer meeting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. Suddenly the entire country awakened to a stark fact: African Americans--particularly young black men--are an endangered species. Now the country's urban war zone is brought powerfully to life by a rising young literary talent, D. Watkins. The author fought his way up on the east side (the "beast side") of Baltimore, Maryland--or "Bodymore, Murderland," as his friends call it--surviving murderous business rivals in the drug trade and equally predatory lawmen. Throughout it all, he pursued his education, earning a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University, while staying rooted in his community. When black residents of Baltimore finally decided they had had enough--after the brutal killing of twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody--Watkins was on the streets when the city erupted. He writes about his bleeding hometown with the razor-sharp insights of someone who bleeds along with it. Here are true dispatches from the other side of America.
Call Number: F189.B19 N4 2015
The Cook Up by D. Watkins Reminiscent of the classic Random Family and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, but told by the man who lived it, The Cook Up is a riveting look inside the Baltimore drug trade portrayed in The Wire and an incredible story of redemption. The smartest kid on his block in East Baltimore, D. was certain he would escape the life of drugs, decadence, and violence that had surrounded him since birth. But when his brother Devin is shot-only days after D. receives notice that he's been accepted into Georgetown University-the plans for his life are exploded, and he takes up the mantel of his brother's crack empire. D. succeeds in cultivating the family business, but when he meets a woman unlike any he's known before, his priorities are once more put into question. Equally terrifying and hilarious, inspiring and heartbreaking, D.'s story offers a rare glimpse into the mentality of a person who has escaped many hells.
Call Number: HV5805.W38 A3 2016
Cop in the Hood by Peter Moskos Cop in the Hood is an explosive insider's story of what it is really like to be a police officer on the front lines of the war on drugs. Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos became a cop in Baltimore's roughest neighborhood--the Eastern District, also the location for the first season of the critically acclaimed HBO drama The Wire--where he experienced real-life poverty and violent crime firsthand. This revised and corrected edition of Cop in the Hood provides an unforgettable window into the world that outsiders never see--the thriving drug corners, the nerve-rattling patrols, and the heartbreaking failure of 911. Moskos reveals the truth about the drug war and why it is engineered to fail--a truth he learned on the midnight shift. He describes police academy graduates fully unprepared for the realities of the street. He tells of a criminal justice system that incarcerates poor black men on a mass scale--a self-defeating system that measures success by arrest quotas and fosters a street code at odds with the rest of society--and argues for drug legalization as the only realistic way to end drug violence and let cops once again protect and serve. Moskos shows how officers in the ghetto are less concerned with those policed than with self-preservation and maximizing overtime pay--yet how any one of them would give their life for a fellow officer. Cop in the Hood ventures deep behind the Thin Blue Line to disclose the inner workings of law enforcement in America's inner cities. Those who read it will never view the badge the same way again.
Call Number: HV7911.M644 A3 2008
The Hero's Fight by Patricia Fernández-Kelly; Patricia Fernández-Kelly A richly textured account of what it means to be poor in America Baltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the 1970s, it is home to some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in America. The Hero's Fight provides an intimate look at the effects of deindustrialization on the lives of Baltimore's urban poor, and sheds critical light on the unintended consequences of welfare policy on our most vulnerable communities. Drawing on her own uniquely immersive brand of fieldwork, conducted over the course of a decade in the neighborhoods of West Baltimore, Patricia Fernández-Kelly tells the stories of people like D. B. Wilson, Big Floyd, Towanda, and others whom the American welfare state treats with a mixture of contempt and pity--what Fernández-Kelly calls "ambivalent benevolence." She shows how growing up poor in the richest nation in the world involves daily interactions with agents of the state, an experience that differs significantly from that of more affluent populations. While ordinary Americans are treated as citizens and consumers, deprived and racially segregated populations are seen as objects of surveillance, containment, and punishment. Fernández-Kelly provides new insights into such topics as globalization and its effects on industrial decline and employment, the changing meanings of masculinity and femininity among the poor, social and cultural capital in poor neighborhoods, and the unique roles played by religion and entrepreneurship in destitute communities. Blending compelling portraits with in-depth scholarly analysis, The Hero's Fight explores how the welfare state contributes to the perpetuation of urban poverty in America.
Call Number: HV4046.B35 F47 2015
Teen Pregnancy and Education
African Americans at Risk by Glenn L. Starks; Ph.D., FErik Brooks (Editor) With all of the progress African Americans have made, they still face many risks that threaten the entire race or place segments in jeopardy of survival. This work examines the widespread problem and suggests solutions. This two-volume set examines the issues and policies that put African Americans at risk in our culture today, utilizing the most recent research from scholars in the field to provide not only objective, encyclopedic information, but also varying viewpoints to encourage critical thinking. The entries comprehensively document how African Americans are treated differently, have more negative outcomes in the same situations than other races, and face risks due to issues inherent in their past or current social and economic conditions. Care is taken to note distinctions between subgroups and not further a "blanket approach" to the diverse members of this minority population. Intended for members of the African American community; societal scholars; students in the fields of health, social studies, and public policy; as well as general readers, this work will provide readers with a deeper understanding of key components affecting the lives of African Americans today. Examines up-to-date statistical data on the primary issues negatively impacting African Americans Provides extensive literary and data analysis of the issues addressed Discusses what can be done to improve the condition of African Americans Supplies concise background and investigates the implications of each key issue Includes an extensive bibliographic list of references for all issues discussed
Do Abstinence Programs Work? by Christina Fisanick (Editor) Should schools be responsible for providing sex educations programs for all students? Or should parents talk to their teens about sex? Does an abstinence-only education violate a student's rights? Furthermore, are abstinence-only programs an effective source of pregnancy prevention? Readers will debate the pros and cons of modern sex education as they learn about the varying perspectives surrounding this hot topic from legislators, educators, and medical professionals.
Call Number: HQ27 .D69 2010
Growing up in America by Information Plus (Editor) Focuses on the social and moral issues surrounding America's youth.
How Can Teen Pregnancy Be Reduced? by Barbara Sheen The In Controversy series examines the complex, controversial issues of the day by breaking them into smaller pieces. By studying a specific issue, for example the ethics of embryonic stem cell research, rather than the entire stem cell research debate, students gain a more solid and focused understanding of a topic as a whole. Each book in the series provides a clear, insightful discussion of the issues, integrating facts and a variety of contrasting opinions for a solid, balanced perspective. Personal accounts and direct quotes from academic and professional experts, advocacy groups, politicians, and other enhance the narrative. Sidebars add depth to the discussion by expanding on important ideas and events. For quick reference, a list of key facts concludes every chapter. Source notes, an annotated organizations list, bibliography, and index provide student researchers with additional tools for papers and class discussion. Book jacket.
Call Number: HQ759.4 .S525 2014
Teen Pregnancy and Parenting by Lisa Frohnapfel-Krueger; Gale Editors (Editor); Lisa Krueger (Editor) Editor Lisa Krueger has assembled a number of essays that debate the topic of teen pregnancy and parenthood. Topics include whether parental communication helps reduce the incidence, whether abstinence education is helpful, the role of the media, and whether teenage parents encounter numerous challenges.
Databases for Social Issues
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Videos on many subjects from PBS, HBO, BBC, History Channel, and others.
Articles on arts like visual arts, architecture, design, music, literature, and theatre,
and humanities like history, philosophy, and cultural studies.
Baltimore Sun This link opens in a new window
Baltimore's newspaper, which is good for local news and issues from 1990 - today.
For articles published 1837-1992, see ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun.
Criminal Justice This link opens in a new window
Articles on criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Videos on many topics .
With login, you can create a custom clip of the video.
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
Articles on any subject. Use to find easy-to-read content.
Includes Lexile scores.
Newspaper articles from the New York Times from 06/01/1980 - today.
Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Viewpoint essays, topic essays, and news and magazine articles on controversial issues. Browse for topics or search.
SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new window
Works best with Firefox, Edge, Safari browsers.
Articles on social science topics like communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
Articles on sociology topics including criminal justice, gender studies, racial studies, social services, and social work.
Sociology Database This link opens in a new window
Other Research Guides that Are Helpful
<< Previous: Education Issues
Next: Technology Issues >>
URL: https://libraryguides.ccbcmd.edu/academicliteracy
Subjects: Education, Student Success
Tags: education issues, individual opportunity, melting pot, Modern Family, Other Wes Moore, research basics, Technology Issues


text:
NewsLocal NewsAkron Canton News
Army veteran killed in hit-and-run crash in Akron, family pleads for driver to come forward
$2,000 reward offered in the case
An Akron family hopes justice is eventually served to an unknown driver who hit and killed a grandfather who served our country.
By: Bob Jones
AKRON, Ohio — An Akron family hopes justice is eventually served to an unknown driver who hit and killed a grandfather who served our country.
Army veteran George Fry, 64, died after he was hit by a dark-colored SUV last Friday night on South Arlington Street near Exchange Street. The driver took off and police do not have any suspects.
"He was loving. He was kind, never messed with a soul," said his wife, Charlotte Fry. "He's gonna be missed. He's gonna be missed by a lot of people."
According to police, Mr. Fry was attempting to cross the street from west to east around 8:15 p.m. A vehicle traveling southbound struck him. He died at the scene.
His family believes Fry was trying to make it to Circle K gas station to make a purchase before catching a bus to his West Akron home, but he barely made it onto the road when the tragedy happened.
Based on witness accounts, the SUV appeared to be speeding when it hit Fry, police said.
His daughter, D'Waan Jefferson, can't understand how a driver could leave after running over a person.
"I can't run over a human being and just keep going. I can't do it to a deer, let alone a human being," Jefferson said.
Jefferson said Fry was funny, loved to play a guitar and was in a band "back in the day."
"When my babies were small, he used to play the guitar until they went to sleep, so he was a good guitar player," she said.
Lt. Michael Miller said the SUV should have front-end damage. No further description of the vehicle has been given. Police are still investigating and looking for other possible witnesses.
Charlotte Fry understand that accidents happen, but at the same time, she's urging the driver to turn himself or herself in.
"By all means, don't hit and run. I feel that they should come forward," she said. "That's all we want them to do. Come forward."
Every night since the crash, Jefferson has returned to the scene. She brings balloons and small white candles. Some of the candles spell out the word "Fry" on nearby church steps.
Jefferson also continues to talk with people in the neighborhood hoping to uncover clues in her quest to figure who is responsible for the hit-skip.
"I stand there and I talk and ask God to send me an angel just to tell me what happened," Jefferson said.
Summit County Crimestoppers is offering a reward up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. Tipsters are encouraged to call 330-434-COPS or text TIPSCO with tips to 274637.


Started bleeding at 1000. Steady drip from left nostril. No previous episodes. Has tried stopping the bleeding by holding his nose, initially it stopped, but it is now bleeding whenever he takes his hand away.
Difficult to estimate blood loss.


The rapidly developing region of Malaysia, in Southeast Asia, has long been considered a great place to do business. In fact, just a few years ago, it was ranked within the top ten easiest places to start a company. Not only does this warm, friendly country serve as a gateway to the rest of the continent, but its government is also keen to welcome foreign investors.
There are tax breaks for business owners and several funding schemes designed to help start-up companies get off the ground. Currently, there are no limits on the repatriation of dividends, profits, capital, or royalties. So, if you are looking for a home which is built for success, consider one of the big cities like Kuala Lumpur.
As the capital, Kuala Lumpur is the ideal place for entrepreneurs to experiment with new products and ideas. It is also pretty easy to find office real estate, especially if you keep your options open and consider flexible solutions.
The aim should be to find an office space which is compatible with your brand and the image you want to convey to the market. It should represent your values and let customers know what to expect. When operating in an unfamiliar culture, clarity is more important than ever.
People will equate your base (and its address) with your level of value. With a high-end serviced workspace, you can put your mark on the office. Choose a Servcorp office space for rent, for example, and you have the option to move into a furnished or unfurnished suite.
Networking in a new country can be tough at first because it takes time to get used to different ways of speaking, negotiating, and recruiting. The good news is that most people (certainly graduates) in Malaysia already speak English.
If you pick an office location which is central, you will put your business in a good spot for networking and connecting with customers. Serviced offices provide the perfect balance between prestige and functionality. Malaysian investors are less wowed by lavishness than those in others parts of the world, but they do look for a solid foundation.
Serviced office solutions are a valuable asset because they take much of the pressure off the need to find a perfect home immediately. If you do move into one of these suites and it is not quite right – you need a bigger office or different resources – you can tweak your package. It costs nothing, and there are no hidden fees associated with up or downgrading.
Most serviced providers operate on a rolling, month to month basis. It means that tenants can make the changes that matter when they are really needed. The basics are provided in every corporate package (utility, cleaning, maintenance, and broadband costs). Extras like access to boardrooms, IT support, secretaries, receptionists, and more can be tailored to fit you.
The best places to search for serviced office solutions is in the central areas of the major cities like Kuala Lumpur. There are facilities in the NU Tower 2, the Ilham Tower, and the Menara Citibank. If you need assistance with mail sorting or answering calls, most providers can hook you up with high-end administrative resources.
They are available part time, or you can arrange to take on a full-time secretary. Check out the little details when browsing for a new office. Think about how many parking spaces are nearby, how close it is to transport links, and whether or not visitors will be able to find it quickly. All of these seemingly minor details can make a big impression on customers and investors.


And here is my chance to touch my Photoshop!
The description will be posted on "My Headers" page soon.
This entry was posted on March 24, 2009 at 7:55 am and is filed under Uncategorized.	You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Thanks, Kairu! Actually, It's now finished yet, I'm still worried if this header is going to fit ^^ But, I'm still glad you liked it.


text:
Linkedin-in Instagram Facebook
Become an Employment Partner
Visit Ground+Co
Small Business Owners Not Impressed
Perth small business owners say they are so far underwhelmed by the Federal election campaign, arguing neither major party is targeting their sector. Perth-based Katie Liew founded not-for-profit social enterprise The Underground Collaborative with the aim to help break the cycles of homelessness for women and young people.
"Not only as a small business but also as an organisation which exists to tackle social issues, I haven't seen nearly enough focus and resourcing to address these wicked problems," Ms Liew said.
She said the next elected government would need to prioritise looking at current regulatory and legislative frameworks to further address issues such as homelessness and mental health.
PrevPreviousPerth Entrepreneurs PEP Talk Podcast
NextGround Zero For Cost of Living SqueezeNext
The Underground Collaborative acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present and are committed to a positive future for the Aboriginal community.
Copyright 2023 · The Underground Collaborative


text:
<Record>
<Term>Fuzeon</Term>
<SemanticType>Pharmacologic Substance</SemanticType>
<SemanticType>Organic Chemical</SemanticType>
<PrimarySemanticType>Pharmacologic Substance</PrimarySemanticType>
<Synonym>Enfuvirtide</Synonym>
<Source>FDA Registry</Source>
</Record>


Pirate FM has learnt around one in three parking tickets in Cornwall gets written off.
Stats show more than 5,000 appeals to the council were successful last year.
It is after Pirate FM revealed some drivers who have paid for parking are still being slapped with tickets because of a glitch in the system.
It is because handheld units used by traffic wardens are not always updating quickly enough when motorists pay over the phone or using a mobile app.
Pirate FM asked the council how many times that has happened - but officials admitted they have no idea.
Some of the appeals included in today's figures will include drivers who have been caught by the problem with the system.
Two people are employed by the council specifically to deal with appeals against fines.
In a statement the council said: "The council currently have 2 Representations and Appeals officers directly dealing with what is a statutory function. They are supported by various other personnel and systems to carry out this function and unfortunately the costs of running this aspect of Parking Operations is not separated out within the accounts."
Last year officials received 13,028 appeals and upheld 5,188 of them. So far in 2014/5 there have been 6071 appeals with 2,457 upheld.
Joyce got her fine overturned in Bodmin when she was accused of not displaying a ticket properly. She said: "I was absolutely certain I had not done that because I always check when I get out of the car that it hasn't blown away.
"My first thought was if I didn't pay it it would cost me even more. I was quite frightened by the thought because £100 is enough to pay.
"I think if I was an older person they would probably have thought, 'I must do it' even if they were as sure as I was.
"I had a letter saying that, as the photographic evidence was inconclusive, as a gesture of goodwill they were going to ignore it."
Leader of the council, John Pollard, said: "We need to be fair to people. Clearly it is the responsibility of everyone who uses a car park to pay for the car park and to display the ticket. But there are human errors involved and, if that happens, then I feel they need to have the opportunity to appeal.
"I would be more interested in the number of appeals that are dismissed or the number of appeals that are deemed to be pointless. We all make mistakes and if we make mistakes then I think we have the right to question it - if there is some validity in that question."
National News: A UK ticket holder has scooped Tuesday's £38m EuroMillions jackpot.
National News: Donald Trump will make a three-day state visit to the UK from 3 June, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.


This week one iconic character is returning to the Jurassic Park/World franchose! Also, a couple of directors are getting franchise jobs, updates on premiere dates, and Guardians of the Galaxy is out in some parts of the world and thus we have the last batch of related news!
This week has been full of news, including the D23 expo at the end of the week, cast info from The Expendables 3, Thor: The Dark World's new trailerand of course, we finally meet our new Doctor.
The music video for Mon Pote was directed by Francis Cutter, who put Flynt and Orelsan in contemporary (classic) movies like La Haine, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction and Fight Club.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is way more enjoyable than G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra. That's not to say it's perfect, not at all.