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Scotty Cranmer
BIRTHDAY January 11, 1987
BORN PLACE United States
BIRTH SIGN Capricorn
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Who is Scotty Cranmer
Popular and enthusiastic BMX rider from America who is well known for winning over half a dozen medals at X games.
Born and grew up in Jackson Township,New Jersey.He has a younger brother named Matty.He is graduated from Jackson Memorial High School.
Scotty has an estimated net worth of eight hundred thousand dollar.He has a bike shop and youtube channel named Scotty Cranmer.
Information regarding his personal life is undisclosed.Seems like he is focused on career and doesn't want his personal matter get published.
got more than 12 gold,silver and bronze medals.
Height of Scotty Cranmer
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We're performing System Upgrade from SRM 7.0 NW 7.01 SP15 to SRM 7.0 EHP4 SP 07 with SAP NW 7.5 SPS 08 using SUM tool.
Currently, we're struck with error "Could not find suitable DVDs for product SRM required for the procedure". We provided the correct path for language DVD's in order to update the existing languages and also tried alternatives like exluding the already installled languages in the System by referring the OSS note: 2428168 and also referred the other notes like 2275989. But SUM always navigating to the same Screen "Could not find suitable DVDs for product SRM required for the procedure. List of suitable DVDs: EHP4 FOR SAP SRM 7.0 Language (2 DVDs)" . For more Information please refer the attached screenshot "SUM_Error".
We're running out of our Project timeline. Your ideas are appreciated.
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[Trailer] First Look at Marvel's 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'
by Jason Bennett January 30, 2018
written by Jason Bennett
It's going to be a HUGE year for superhero movies. From just Marvel alone, we have the exciting Black Panther film on Feburary 16th, with the likely top film of the summer in Avengers: Infinity War on May 4th. The third and final film from the studio is the sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp in July. We've see some teaser images and clips, but now we have the first official trailer for the Paul Rudd/Evangeline Lilly team-up flick and it looks like they're putting Dr. Hank Pym's technology to work in the biggest (and smallest) of ways.
Without further ado, here's your look at Ant-Man and the Wasp!
As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
https://youtu.be/XRZ5K2nt5j8
Ant-Man and the Wasp stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Hannah John-Kamen, Walton Goggins, Michael Douglas, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Ant-Man and the Wasp arrives in theaters July 6.
Coca-Cola: Coke Mini – Hulk vs. Ant-Man SuperBowl TV Spot.
by Manny Popoca February 7, 2016
Watch as two mighty Avengers duke it out over a can of new mini Coca-Cola Coke, in the newest hilarious Superbowl TV spot. Bruce Banner is not going to let Scott Lang (the ex-thief) Ant-Man from taking his last refreshing drink.
Two thirsty heroes. Only one Coca-Cola Mini. Witness an epic chase between Marvel's biggest and smallest Super Heroes: the Incredible Hulk and Astonishing Ant-Man. Despite their differences in size, Hulk and Ant-Man both know what it's like to get thirsty. But when there's just one #CokeMini left in the fridge, who will prevail?
https://youtu.be/OlZqBR3yTiw
Japanese Ant-Man Trailer: Dives Deeper Into the Actual Movie Story Line
by Manny Popoca June 30, 2015
(Could contain possible spoilers)
The Japanese trailer for Marvel's Ant-Man explains a lot more of the Scott Lang and Hank Pym dynamic and how it begins in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We get a better understanding of how the Ant-Man suit works and a deeper look at Scott Lang's life and his reasons for becoming a superhero. The Japanese version of the Ant-Man trailer is chalk full of extra goodness not found in its American counterparts.
Japanese Ant-Man poster
If you don't want too much of the story divulged now I would suggest passing watching this trailer…..but really. If you got this far, you know you want to see it!! Enjoy!
Marvel's 'Ant-Man,' hitting theaters July 17: Japanese Trailer
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"Total Crap" – Evangeline Lilly's Response to Ant-Man's Comics
by Jason Bennett June 29, 2015
Slated to hit theaters two and a half weeks from now, the next film in Marvel's "Stage 2" is prime to be a summer blockbuster. But recently, one of the actors described the difficulty in studying their particular character… that person is Evangeline Lilly (Hope Van Dyne).
Evangeline Lilly admits she was not familiar with Ant-Man of her role as Hope Van Dyne (the daughter of Dr. Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne). She had been given some Ant-Man comics to read/study but her response was not very enthusiastic,
"I am still trying to figure out how to get my hands on original 'Ant-Man' comics, where you get them. I've been given a couple recent 'Ant-Man' comics. No offense Marvel, but they are total crap. I really want to read the original ones, because I got through two and I was like, dude, you can't force-feed me another one of these magazines. It was terrible. But Janet's not in them, and neither is Hank and neither is Scott. It's just a completely different fabrication. So if anybody has any old 'Ant-Man' comics they want to lend me…"
I'm kind of thinking these issues may be of help Evangeline:
Tales to Astonish #27 (1962) - 1st appearance of Hank Pym
Tales to Astonish #35 (1962) - 1st appearance of Hank Pym as Ant-Man
The synopsis for the film is as follows…
With the ability to shrink in size but grow in strength, a con man (Paul Rudd) must help his mentor (Michael Douglas) protect the secret of his Ant-Man suit and pull off a heist that will save the world.
"Ant-Man," directed by Peyton Reed, stars Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne and Corey Stoll as Darren Cross/Yellowjacket. Although there will be a screening tonight at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, look for it in theaters on July 17th, 2015. The theatrical trailer can be viewed below.

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In a lonely, dimly-lit coffee house, the lonely writer types word after word, sentences turning into paragraphs and finally, a pile of papers forms that most revered creations of all–a novel. It takes years, we all realize that. First, the writer ponders a plot and character and conflicts. Outlines are written, unless you're a pantser, then you're just off drinking coffee and eating danish and thinking deep thoughts.
Then the writing begins. Hair is yanked out of one's head. Coffee is consumed by the gallons, cigarettes are smashed into ashtrays outside the shop. The whole process labors on, slowly, laboriously, until–at last–the writer types "The End" and is released from the spell the muse had them under.
That's one way to do it. Or you can sign up for National Novel Writing Month and write a book in one month. Yes, I said one month, just thirty days. To do that, the writer needs to produce 1,600 words a day to create the 50,000-word mark by the end of November. Fifty thousand's a good length for a slim but respectable length novel. Sounds so reasonable, doesn't it? Just write every day, 1,600 words a day, every day for a month. Easy peasy, oh so easy.
You can't tell but I'm laughing my pants off on this side of the computer monitor. Writing every day is a challenge itself. I've been a writer for more than thirty years and writing is my passion, forgive the cliche. I'm overstating it a bit because I'm not so passionate that I write every day unless I'm facing a deadline. First books don't have deadlines, unfortunately, so I never seemed to get that first novel written.
When I first learned of NaNoWriMo, it sounded like an excellent way to motivate myself, and so what if I didn't finish 50,000 words by the end of the challenge? Who's gonna know? Well, it turns out everyone would know because I told all my friends and they were encouraging me all month. I never could keep my big mouth shut.
On the days when I hated the very sight of my keyboard, I'd think about how lousy I'd feel if I had to admit I skipped a day of writing. Even worse, if I didn't reach my goal, I'd face that disappointment. So I'd drag myself into my office and plunk around on the keyboard until words formed sentences and before long, my story was coming together.
Around the third week of November, I typed that 50,000th word and shouted, "Hallelujah!" startling my dogs into a frenzy of barking and trying to jump in my lap. Celebration over, I turned back to the computer and typed on. My book isn't finished, so I'm going to keep writing every day until it is. I just realized I told you, so now I have to do it or I will feel terrible. Good motivation!


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Share this Story: From wholesale services to foreign exchange, how the five newest banks are finding their way
From wholesale services to foreign exchange, how the five newest banks are finding their way
The latest entrants to the chartered bank landscape hope to parlay the recognition value of their upgraded status into new customers
Armina Ligaya
Randolph Pinna, chief executive officer Currency Exchange International Corp.
Ed Gettings saw the writing on the wall five years ago.
Back then, Street Capital Financial Corp., a residential mortgage lender he co-founded, concluded that focusing on mortgages alone had both limited growth prospects and increasing risk. As a result, the company decided to apply to become a Schedule I bank, a licence that would allow it to take deposits and help branch out into other financial products.
From wholesale services to foreign exchange, how the five newest banks are finding their way Back to video
Tough new mortgage eligibility rules unveiled by the Canadian government last fall are just the latest evidence that it was a smart move.
"We were prescient, in some way," said Gettings, chief executive of Street Capital Group Inc., parent company of both the new bank and the mortgage lender.
Street Capital Bank of Canada on Feb. 1 launched as a domestic Schedule I bank, also known as a chartered bank, which are allowed to take deposits that may be eligible for insurance from the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation.
It is one of five new domestic banks approved by the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions since the beginning of 2016. The others are Uni Financial Cooperation, Wealth One Bank of Canada Inc., Exchange Bank of Canada and Concentra Bank and they are all trying to carve out a niche in an industry dominated by the Big Six.
Street Capital's long-term goal is to become a "full-suite, multi-channel retail banking offer, enabled by technology," according to its website. It has now started taking deposits, will launch an uninsured mortgage product this spring, and aims to have a credit card offering by 2018.
Uni Financial Cooperation, formerly called Caisse populaire acadienne ltée, became Canada's first federal credit union. Now that it has been given the charter and follows the Bank Act, it has more flexibility to service its customers in other provincial jurisdictions, said its chief executive Robert Moreau.
Meanwhile, Concentra Bank's strategy is to offer investment and lending solutions solely to Canada's roughly 300 credit unions.
Being the first Schedule I bank to offer wholesale banking to this niche "is our competitive advantage against the bigger banks," said Ken Kosolofski, Concentra's chief executive.
The Saskatoon-based firm launched as a chartered bank in January and it's not looking to become a full-service bank, but wanted the licence because of the legal and brand recognition it affords.
Wealth One, on the other hand, is aiming to be the preferred bank for the Chinese Canadian community.
Finally, Exchange Bank of Canada's long-term vision is to be a specialty, wholesale foreign exchange bank and it has "no interest whatsoever" in getting into retail banking, such as chequing accounts or lending money, said its chief executive, Randolph Pinna.
"We absolutely do not have a vision of competing with our customers," he said. "Our customers are those retail banks that provide full service (banking).
Being able to call itself a bank, however, has given it a recognition value from other banks that has led to more customers, Pinna added.
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How to Raise More Money for Your Charter School
When it comes to fundraising, charter schools are in a unique position. Your charter school is unique from private schools because it is state funded and doesn't charge tuition, which can create a barrier to fundraising; however, charter schools are also unique from public schools because parents must seek out and choose your school.
While charter schools traditionally follow the path of public-school fundraising where the focus is on supporting specific activities such as athletic teams and academic outings, the self-selective nature of the school's community offers fundraising opportunities similar to private schools. The following tips will help your school raise more money by unlocking its full fundraising potential.
1. Cast a clear vision.
Your charter school is unique with a unique mission, a unique vision, and a unique brand. That's a story you must tell to attract significant gifts.
Many charter schools cast small fundraising visions, choosing to focus on funding one field trip or special event at a time. These fundraising goals are important, but like an old-money private school, charter schools should also talk about creating a legacy for future generations and about what makes the school unique.
In other words, think big and cast a long-term vision. Donors won't invest in small visions, and your school can and should have an inspiring story to tell!
2. Explain why your school needs the money.
Charter school fundraisers are often plagued by the fact that parents, grandparents, alumni, and the community at large all know the school receives government funding. As a result, they wonder why the school needs additional fundraising revenue. To be successful, you must explain why your school needs to raise money over and above what is provided by the state.
Fear not! You know why your school needs the money, and you know why it is important for the students that you serve. Develop and emphasize a fundraising story that highlights these reasons so donors will want to support your school.
3. Ask through a variety of channels.
Many charter schools rely on "small-ball fundraising" such as candy sales, car washes, small events, etc. These tactics have their place in your fundraising program, but you shouldn't limit your efforts to these high-stress, low-return development strategies.
Instead, create a multi-channel fundraising approach that solicits donors through a variety of strategies, including face-to-face asks, direct mail and annual appeal letters, online giving, recurring giving, fundraising events, crowdfunding, and yearly giving days.
4. Focus on major gifts.
Charter schools can and should seek major gifts instead of relying solely on small donations from current families via transactional giving methods. While not every charter school will receive a $1 million grant from Oprah Winfrey, as Mastery Charter School in Philadelphia did, every school can build a strong major donor program to support its work.
Just because you are representing a charter school that doesn't mean fundraising best practices don't apply. Over 70% of all money available to non-profits (including schools) in the United States comes from individual donors, and most of that money comes from major donors. Your school should put the time, effort, and investment into cultivating and soliciting major donors.
5. Create a development committee.
Finally, every charter school should have a development committee to assist with fundraising. The development committee can be comprised of current parents, parents of alumni, grandparents, aunts, uncles, alumni, faculty members, etc. Development committees generally have 8-25 members, but your participation may vary.
The development committee's goal is simple: help raise money. The best way for them to get involved is by reaching out to their friends, neighbors, colleagues, business partners, and others to introduce them to the school and what makes it unique, to invite those contacts for a campus tour, or to introduce them to your development team.
Your charter school has an amazing mission with a unique strategy for accomplishing that mission. Use these tips, along with the resources already at your disposal, to build a thriving development program that cultivates lifelong supporters.
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The World Had Completely Changed: PW Interviews Kevin Bohacz
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Kevin Bohacz's Immortality received a starred review (coming out on 10/14) from PW Select, with our reviewer saying, "His vision of a humanity that faces the need to evolve profoundly or face certain destruction is as timely as today's news and as chilling a doomsday scenario as any ecological catastrophe can suggest." We caught up with Bohacz recently to chat over e-mail about self-publishing and Immortality's success.
Why did you decide to self-publish Immortality?
My decision-making process was a curious cocktail of one part frustration and one part business sense. My first novel, Dream Dancers, was conventionally published in 1993 in a deal closed by my then agent. By the time Immortality was ready to be published in 2003, the world had completely changed, only I did not know it yet. I went about blithely seeking a new agent and conventional publishing as I had before. I was in for a big surprise and immediately hit my first of many brick walls. I was unable to entice an agent into even reading Immortality. In frustration I started submitting Immortality directly to the few publishers that still ran slush piles and doggedly continued submitting to agents.
Skip forward several years and many hundreds of submissions later. By this point I had amassed quite a pile of rejections from publishers and agents, which if distilled basically said, "Though we are sure this is a wonderful book, we don't have the time to read a long manuscript by an obscure author."
I knew Immortality was a good, marketable novel. Extremely successful literary professionals including a famous writer had read it and told me they loved it. So, here I was, a published author unable to get any of the gatekeepers to read my new book. I tried everything to avoid self-publishing given the stigma of failure that went with it back in 2006, but I had no choice.
So, by the time I decided to self-publish in 2007, it seemed that self-publishing was not necessarily the right choice, but my only choice, my last best chance to get noticed by the gatekeepers. After becoming an indie publisher of my own work, I continued to try for a conventional publishing deal and watched with a smile as the sales of Immortality took off.
Once you decided to self-publish, what was the process like?
Immortality was pretty much 100% percent self-made with my wife, Mazelle, acting as editor and muse in addition to her very full-time job as founder of a successful cheesecake company. I did have one big advantage and squeezed it for everything I could. In 1989, I had founded an e-business consulting and development firm named CPrompt. By 2006 CPrompt had evolved into a very small but successful firm. Translation: I knew how to make, sell, and market stuff online. Additionally, in CPrompt I wore many hats including: graphics artist, professional photographer, Web designer, and programmer. As a result I designed the books, shot the photos, created the cover art myself, and even coded up an e-commerce app to sell the books online. This was a very fortunate thing because in 2006 I found no companies with any real e-book experience or self-pub print experience. In 2006 self-publishing was still called vanity publishing—and the companies in that business were not a good match for me and carried a huge stigma within the publishing community.
For the print edition I did not use POD and instead went with offset printing for both a hard cover and a 6✕9 trade paperback. I used offset printing because I wanted the very best book quality possible to differentiate it from the typical self-published book of that time. I also needed to keep the unit costs as low as possible in order to turn a profit. So my per-book costs were a fraction of that of POD, but I had to invest a small fortune in book inventory, and I needed a place to store the books, which turned out to be our home. I had boxes of books squirrelled away in every free space I could find. UPS and FedeEx delivery men and women became our friends.
What were the biggest challenges with self-publishing?
Marketing,… marketing,…and, did I mention, marketing? What is the single most important thing a big publisher bestows on an author? It's probably not "conventional" marketing; from what I understand they do very little of that for a newbie. It would be nice to have access to a publisher's distribution channels, but every year indie authors are getting more and more access to those channels. In my opinion, one of the priceless things a big publisher gives you is a very visible, well-respected stamp of approval, which is marketing in its most quintessential form. Almost every customer believes if a big publisher has invested its cold hard cash in the book, then it must be good.
So as an indie author, what I needed to do was prove my book was as good as anything the publishers were putting out and to blur the self-pub line as much as possible. I then needed to broadcast this proof as far and wide as possible. I learned the hard way that as an Iindie author you have to do more and try harder than the [traditionally] published author.
With more people self-publishing, do you see the lines between traditional publishing and self-publishing beginning to blur?
Yes, I think the lines are already quite blurred, and a lot of people in the industry are perplexed as a result. I have had agents (not my current agent) tell me in frustration that they feel like they need to reinvent themselves every year. I have also watched as agencies try to get into the self-pub business, which I feel is a risky obstacle course to cross. Once in self-pub, the agency is now in competition with the publishers to whom they are trying to close book deals, and there is also the prickly question of conflict of interest between agency and author. It gets even messier because a certain subset of authors can initially make more by self-publishing than going through a publisher, but is this short-term benefit in their best long-term interest? I also think this chaos hits the publishers who now have publishing competition from their own vendors, the bookstores, as well as their authors. It sometimes seems like the old-fashioned book business that I love just got caught in an Animal House food fight.
As for the stigma placed on a self-published book, I do not think the blurring of the lines has made a significant difference yet. However, I suspect in the future that will change as more of the big writers start publishing directly. I also strongly believe that will change as more of the respected publications start professionally reviewing self-published books without bias. I am not a big believer in crowd-sourcing reviews and hold that professional educated opinions and reviews are far more valuable than that of the anonymous crowd and always will be. As a result, more of these unbiased voices are desperately needed in the self-pub zone.


Ari and I presented at our first bridal expo last month, The Wedding Fair put on by the Twin Cities Bridal Association! A lot of thought and effort went into all of the elements in our booth. We wanted to try to appeal to the creative, offbeat, DIY bride, so we knew that anything we did would have to be handmade. We started with a feature wall; the wall is made of wood salvaged from pallets that we found by dumpsters outside of various warehouses, waiting to be hauled away to the land fill (we asked before taking of course). Ari was the mastermind behind keeping the 200 pound thing from falling over, What would I do with out him? I also teamed up with my dad to build two console tables for the booth. In case you're interested in building your own, we followed this plan by Ana White. It was a great project for a beginner like me, although I still needed lots of advice from my Dad to get it right. It was so much fun to meet such a variety of brides and grooms; from the classic church wedding, to the rustic barn ceremony, to the off beat bowling alley venue, we heard it all! We are so excited to talk more with everyone that we met and shoot some of their amazing wedding days! In case you missed it, here are a few shots of our booth!
A few of our images from Al and Meredith's July 4th wedding day will be appearing in the 2015 summer issue of Minnesota Bride Magazine! The issue just hit the stands, so run out and grab your copy! Here's a link to the full story.
Here it is folks! My photo on display at the Minnesota State Fair! Go check it out, it's in the Eco Experience Building in the Minnesota Climate Change display!


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Dating back to 7000 B.C. China, bitters have been a tremendous complement to many alcoholic beverages, adding complexity to cocktails as they align tastes and emphasize flavor notes. A boozy, flavored extract created by infusing tree barks, roots, fruit peels, and other various parts of plants, bitters nearly disappeared as a result of Prohibition in America, but they have made a roaring comeback in the last few decades. Available in hundreds of flavors, the majority of bitters fall under either aromatic, citrus, herbal, or nut umbrellas. Because the flavors are concentrated, the saying "a little goes a long way" is one to remember, and as such, most recipes call for "dashes" (that typically measures out to be six to eight drops) of bitters and some even require the precision of an eyedropper for measuring.
Here are three great recipes in which bitters star behind the scenes.
The Mexican Firing Squad is a perfect tequila drink for summer, as it is fresh and enlivening with more depth than a margarita—thanks in no small part to the bitters. While we're celebrating the miniscule details that are bitters, let's go ahead and not only talk about the importance of using freshly squeezed lime juice over the store-bought stuff but also the advantages of making your own grenadine. The bottled stuff is super easy and cheap, but it also includes high-fructose corn syrup, preservatives, and dyes. Instead, start boiling down a cup of unsweetened, 100 percent pomegranate juice and stir in a 1/4 cup of sugar. Once it starts to become a syrup, let it cool and add a small squeeze of lemon juice. It'll be the best grenadine you ever had and will take the Mexican Firing Squad to a new level. When adding tequila to a mixed drink, use a good, 100 percent agave offering (as in, no cheap stuff, but also no need to add an expensive brand that is meant to be sipped on its own).
Shake the first four ingredients with ice. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice. Top with soda water and garnish.
This wonderful beverage is best made with a dark rum that gives off slight hints of cherry, vanilla, and dark wood flavors. These are further awakened by the lime bitters and balanced nicely by the ginger beer.
Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add the bitters, the juice of one lime wedge, and the ginger beer in order. Add the rum slowly to create the two-color effect. Garnish with the second lime wedge.
There are a thousand takes on the Old-Fashioned, so one more won't hurt. The drink is most often made with bourbon, but rye whiskey is commonly used as well. Sometimes the cocktail utilizes Angostura traditional bitters, sometimes orange bitters, and sometimes both. (We're going with both and encourage you to play with the ratio to find the balance you like.) Sometimes white sugar cubes are used, sometimes its simple syrup, and other times its demerara sugar. Demerara sugar is the large-grained, partially refined, slightly brownish-colored sugar that adds a hint of caramel as it sweetens. The two bitters heightening the rye, combined with the hint of caramel, make this a great drink to pair with a medium-bodied cigar on a warm summer night.
In a cold shaker, add the demerara sugar and the bitters and begin to muddle. Slowly add just enough hot water for the sugar to begin to turn into a paste. Add the orange peel and muddle slightly more, adding water as needed until the sugar is dissolved. Add ice cubes and the rye, and stir well. Strain the mixture into a rocks glass and serve neat, or, alternatively, serve it over a large ice cube (one that nearly fills the glass), and garnish the cocktail with the second orange peel.
For more great recipes, check out our favorites with little umbrellas, and some with tequila!


China Vanke, mainland China?s second-largest property developer by sales, said on Friday it generated 606.95 billion yuan (US$88.28 billion) in sales last year, a record high for the company.
Vanke said contracted sales in December were up by 8 per cent compared with the previous month, generating 63.01 billion yuan, according to a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange.
This pushed total contract sales at Vanke up by 14.54 per cent for 2018. Its total contract sales for 2017 stand at 529.88 billion yuan.
The company unveiled the slogan ?to survive? during a two-day conference in Shenzhen in September 2018, amid concerns about ?darkening skies over the country?s builders?. According to Vanke?s filing, it developed a further 22 new residential projects in 16 cities in December.
Securities firm China International Capital Corporation said in November sales of new homes could slide by 10 per cent in 2019. S&P Global Ratings, meanwhile, said the same month prices might fall by as much as 5 per cent. Also in November, brokerage CGS-CIMB Securities forecast a 10 per cent decline in prices and sales volumes.
Country Garden Holdings, Vanke?s main competitor, reported 12.14 billion yuan in sales attributed to shareholders for December, a 64.1 per cent drop when compared with November. When calculating the sales attributed to shareholders, the company factors in its share in all jointly developed projects.
This means Country Garden only books a certain percentage of sales in these projects, in line with the stake it owns in them. Sales attributed to shareholders by Country Garden for the whole of 2018 amounted to 501.88 billion yuan.
Data from consultancy China Real Estate Information suggests the total contract sales at Country Garden might stand at 728.69 billion, which will maintain its position as China?s largest property developer by sales.
The country?s property market is starting to soften after a long period of growth, forcing developers to adopt a number of marketing strategies to unload stock as soon as possible since late September.
In July, the Politburo, China?s top decision-making body, issued a stern statement after the housing market showed no signs of cooling.
It said increases in ?home prices should be firmly curbed?. It removed the word ?excessive? from the phrase, used in previous policy stances, showing that it was determined to control rapidly rising home prices.
China Evergrande, the other major developer, has not released its 2018 sales results yet.


It's a hashtag but not just a hashtag. #iCANHELP serves students online and schools on-site. Students "call" for help and solidarity (in supporting peers being targeted by harassment online) by using the hashtag in posts and comments aimed at calling out cruelty by modeling kindness and respect. They'll be joined by peers and the staff behind #iCANHELP. School staff can get help by calling or emailing this helpline. #iCANHELP can also be contacted for on-site digital leadership training for staff and students.


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Rives, Claudius Green (1856 - )
Family of Robert Ryves
Rives, Claudius Green
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Father: George Wyche Rives
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Carter
Birth: 22 July 1856
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives
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Spouse1: Mary Lane Williams, m. 22 Sep 1885
Children of Claudius Green Rives and Mary Lane Williams:
George Tompkies Rives, b. 7 Nov 1886
Claudius Green Rives, b. 26 Jan 1889
Mai Williams Rives, b. 28 Nov 1891
Nathan Lane Rives, b. 22 Feb 1895
Felix McWillie Rives, b. 4 Jan 1897
Glenn Carter Rives, b. 17 June 1899
Lucy Rives, b. 4 Jan 1906
From Reliques of the Rives:
Claudius Green Rives, now residing at 600 Egan St., Shreveport, La., and to whom I am greatly indebted for valued aid and encouragement in the collection of material for this work, was born July 22, 1856. He was brought up by his mother in De Soto Parish, La., removing in 1865 to Shreveport. In 1872 he commenced work as a "cub pilot" and clerk on a steamboat plying between Shreveport and New Orleans, and later was engaged as a bank runner, bookkeeper and clerk. Since 191 5 he has been a public accountant. Mr. C. G. Rives has taken a prominent part in the civic affairs of his community. He was elected a Councilman in 1898, City Auditor in 1900, and City Comptroller in 1902, serving in the lastnamed office until 1910 when, upon a change to a commission form of government by the city of Shreveport, he was made Commissioner of Accounts and Finances. This office he held until 1914 when he was defeated for re-election. From 1900 to 1904 he served as an elective member of the police jury (county commission) of Caddo Parish, La., and during the incumbency of this office introduced the first good-roads ordinance in 1900.
Soon after the War Between the States Mr. Rives, as a young man, joined with the leading men of Caddo Parish in their successful efforts to overthrow the infamous carpet bag government which had been foisted upon the South by a coterie of vengeance-seeking poli ticians of the North. He took part also in the agitation against the Louisiana Lottery, and in the movement to do away with the licensed saloon. Uniting with the Presbyterian Church in 1877, he was made a deacon in 1902 and an elder in 1926.
Mrs. C. G. Rives is a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the D. A. R., U. D. C, and Colonial Dames.
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American Beauty essays and research papers
921 American Beauty Free Papers: 1 - 25
 In American Beauty, 1999, directed by Sam Mendes, we are confronted with the permeating images that have consumed mainstream American life. Mendes exploits these images as constructions that we created around ourselves as a means of hiding our true selves. Mendes is able to implicate us in the construction and make us active viewers by exploiting our voyeuristic nature. In American Beauty Mendes uses the voyeuristic tendencies of the spectator to acknowledge the permeating
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American Beauty tells the story of one man's search for happiness. The film introduces the audience to Lester Burnham, an ordinary- looking married man and father in his forties. Lester is in a loveless marriage. Lester's wife, Carolyn, is so wrapped-up in her real estate career that Lester often claims that Carolyn doesn't even acknowledge him. Furthermore, Lester's daughter, Jane, is completely distant, often claiming how "pathetic" she thinks her father is. Moreover, Lester has
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American Beauty and Virgin Suicides Comparison
Reality. Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary defines reality as "something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily." But what is real by today's standards? Does what appears to be normal equal reality? By looking at two different films it seems that the old cliche stands correct. Things aren't as they appear. American Beauty and The Virgin Suicides give classic examples of how "normal" and "happy" suburban life is anything but. American Beauty, directed by
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American Beauty (1999) tells the story of one man's search for happiness. The film introduces the audience to Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), an ordinary married man and father in his forties. Lester is in a loveless marriage, however, as Lester's wife Carolyn (Annette Benning), is so wrapped-up in her real estate career that Lester often claims that Carolyn doesn't even acknowledge him. Lester's daughter Jane (Thora Birch), is completely distant, often claiming how pathetic she
Submitted: November 1, 2010
American Beauty and Country Husband
Americans Break Hearts and Guitars "American ________! Stay away from ___!" Fill in the blanks. Go ahead, I dare you to. I know, this is an academic paper, but that doesn't have to stop us from a friendly bout of Mad Libs. So what did you pencil in? "Diabetics" and "excessive sugars"? No. Odds are, you filled in "woman" and "me", respectively. Even if you had never before heard "American Woman" by the Guess
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The theme of beauty, and specifically American beauty, emerges through all of the main characters in the movie. The American Beauty could be the sultry teen Angela, the epitome of blonde American sex appeal. Carolyn's obsessive tending her rose garden is a pervasive and double-sided symbol of beauty, as her flowers are a thin cover for the ugliness in her life. Perhaps the greatest messenger of beauty in the film is Ricky Fitts, the eccentric
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American Beauty - Dealing with Age
American Beauty As we get older, we tend to look for ways of making ourselves look and feel younger, whether it is a change in our day to day lives or maybe just making a new purchase. I believe that the film American Beauty is an example of what people may do to achieve this result. The film, American Beauty has won many awards for its magnificence. I have chosen to focus on this
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In chapters fifteen and sixteen we learn about one's decision making, self-identity, moratorium, adolescent egocentrism, invincibility fable, rebellion as well as many others. All can be viewed from the movie, American Beauty. A movie where the main character is middle aged, but I assure he has issues just as any other adolescent would have. Along with the supporting cast one being his wife the other high school students, we see the relation between adolescence. American
In life, everyone must make choices. Choices give an individual the freedom to decide upon the path to which they will follow. Since it's beginnings, the film making industry has focused on showing the direct relationship between the choices that people make and the resulting consequences they must face. In the movie American Beauty, the character of Lester Burnham must make many important choices that could either lead to his ultimate happiness, or draw him
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Loreal and the Globalization of American Beauty
Overview of the Situation and Problems Kiehl's started as a small American beauty company established in 1851 in New York City. It was purchased in 2000 by L'Oreal, the world's largest beauty firm. The acquisition of Kiehl's was a part of L'Oreal's long term globalization strategy, which also included the addition of popular American brands like Maybelline, Redken, Matrix, SoftSheen-Carson, and Ralph Lauren to its international brand portfolio. L'Oreal's approach to acquisitions has historically been
Beauty Is the Beast: Psychological Effects of the Pursuit of the Perfect Female Body
Elayne A. Saltzberg and Joan C. Chrisler Beauty Is the Beast: Psychological Effects of the Pursuit of the Perfect Female Body Women: A Feminist Perspective edited by Jo Freeman. Fifth Edition. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1995. 306-315. Elayne Saltzberg (Daniels) was a postdoctoral clinical psychology fellow at Yale University School of Medicine. Her major interests include body image and eating disorders. She is an eating disorder specialist with a practice in Massachusetts. Joan
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Hispanic American Diversity
Hispanic American Diversity Brandon Gentry ETH/125 6/20/10 Instructor: Demetrick Pennie Hispanic American Diversity The label Hispanic combines a diverse population which shares a common language heritage but otherwise has many significant differences. Another Hispanic commonality is the fact that they defined as a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American, or other Spanish race, regardless of origin (Wikipedia, 2010). Until recently the language barrier in an assimilation-oriented society has made it
Entrepreneurship: Elegence Beauty Sallon
1.0 The Business: Business Description Segment Name of the salon: "Elegance Beauty Salon" ELEGANCE Beauty Salon, we offer a full complement of services from haircuts and color to waxing and nail services, as well as a wide selection of professional products. We provide exceptional hair services that leave you feeling pampered, rejuvenated and renewed. Our expert stylists create timeless, classic looks with an array of hair services including hair color, design and finishes. For your
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The irregular and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in the previous years led to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Most Americans did not originally want to separate from mother England. They wanted to compromise and stay loyal to the crown. England's unwillingness to compromise, mismanagement of the colonies, heavy taxation of the colonists that violated their rights, the distractions of foreign affairs and politics in England and the strict trading policies that
Causes of American Revolution Between 1860 and 1877
There are many ways that constitutional and social developments caused a revolution. There are a few important developments that will be mentioned. The first one is the secession of 1860, which was a constitutional development. Some other constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation, three civil rights bills, and the reconstruction. Some social developments that caused conflict were the Freedmen's Bureau, the Black Codes, and the Ku Klux Klan. One of the social
Characteristics and Impacts of American Reconstruction
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Cause of American Revolutionary War
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Values and Beliefs of an American People
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Q: Texture ASCollectionDataSourceInterop + Swift Trying to use ASCollectionDataSourceInterop to combine UICollectionViewCell and ASCellNode in one data source as it is described here

http://texturegroup.org/docs/uicollectionviewinterop.html

However I run into issue here, because
func collectionView(_ collectionView: ASCollectionView, nodeForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> ASCellNode {
        return nil
}

Doesnt work in swift, maybe there is a way to workaround in swift

A: Found a solution: just make the return type an implicitly unwrapped optional:
func collectionNode(_ collectionNode: ASCollectionNode,
                    nodeBlockForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> ASCellNodeBlock! {
    return optionalNodeBlock
}

The compiler does warn you about the type mismatch, but everything works well

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Behind the naked branches stretching to the edges of the painting, a vast landscape of fields spreads below an icy blue spring sky. Spring Evening, like Spring in Halland from the 1890s, exemplifies what could be called Nils Kreuger's fascination for the graphic qualities of spring. The lines of the ploughed furrows and the sharp silhouettes of the branches starkly accentuate the billowing landscape and correspond to the idea of stylised, decorative design.


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It Looks Like Google Has Shut Down Burger King's Ad
Just a few hours after it was revealed, the Burger King TV ad can no longer successfully hijack Google's voice-activated devices.
By Matthew Zeitlin
Matthew Zeitlin BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on April 13, 2017, at 12:32 a.m. ET
Update (Thursday, 12:20am): Around midnight, Burger King's ad ran on Jimmy Kimmel Live. It worked, prompting Google Home to read a description of the Whopper burger.
For less than three sweet hours, a Burger King ad successfully tricked Google's voice-activated Google Home devices into reading out the ingredients of a Whopper, in a marketing stunt designed to "punch through that fourth wall," according to Burger King's president.
In the ad, a person looked straight into the camera and said "OK Google, what is the Whopper burger?," using the prompt that triggers Google Home devices. In response, any Google Home speaker nearby would rattle off an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry for the sandwich.
While a normal human being can still ask their Google Home about the burger, the audio from the ad itself no longer triggers the devices, BuzzFeed News tests have found.The Verge first reported on the change. It's unclear if Google has disabled the specific audio from the ad from being recognized by its devices — neither Burger King nor Google immediately responded to requests for comment.
The rollout of the Burger King ad hasn't been flawless, although it certainly got the brand plenty of attention. Almost immediately after the ad was first released, Wikipedia users began to alter the site's entry for the Whopper, in an attempt to prank the pranksters and trick Google Home devices into reading out ingredients for the whopper that included "cyanide" and "a medium-sized child."
Burger King's New Ad Will Hijack Your Voice-Activated Speaker
Matthew Zeitlin is a business reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Zeitlin reports on Wall Street and big banks.
Contact Matthew Zeitlin at matt.zeitlin@buzzfeed.com.


Originally named the Bisnovat OKB for its chief designer Matus Ruvimovich Bisnovat, the company now known as Vympel GMKB has long been associated with the design and production of Russian/Soviet aircraft weapons. Nearly all of the notable types of air-to-air missiles have come from this bureau, including the original R-3 "Sidewinderski" all the way up to the modern R-27 and R-73 missiles commonly seen on Fulcrums and Flankers of the present day.
The R-23 and R-24 missiles, all designated AA-7 "Apex" under the NATO code system are a medium range family of missiles entirely dedicated to the MiG-23 family of fighter-interceptors. Roughly analogous to early generation US/NATO AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, the R-23/24 family ranges around 20 km (depending on variant). The missiles are built on 200mm airframes are 4.25 meters in length (again depending on variant) and weigh 200 kg.
The R-23 was designed to serve on the first generation MiG-23 variants – MiG-23M, MF and MS. It comes in two variants R-23R radar guided and R-23T thermal/infrared guided. Wings and rudders are common to both variants. The R-24 took advantage of the lightweight construction of the MiG-23ML family, was lengthened by .34 meters, and the wings/rudders were slightly modified as well. Again produced in R (radar) and T (thermal) variants, the R-24 featured longer range (50 km) and improved performance over its R-23 older brother. The R-24 is also the direct predecessor of the ubiquitous R-27 family of missiles common to nearly every currently active Russian type.
Each kit comes with two missiles. The main body is molded as one piece with the rudders molded in place. The main wings are separate parts, as are the upgraded pylons. A common photo-etch fret is included in all sets, this includes the forward fins for both the R-23 and R-24 (the R-24 forward fins are slightly larger), the fuse covers and umbilical harness. A common decal set is also included, this includes stencils for specific to all four types of the missile as well as the pylon stenciling. In addition to the fuse covers on the photo-etch set, the seeker head covers are also included should the modeler wish to display the missile in a pre-loaded state in a diorama. For the "T" (thermal) variants, a separate clear seeker head is included that will add a degree of realism to the finished product.
It is important to note which missiles are for which variant of the MiG-23 family. Currently Trumpeter has only released the "M" (Soviet) and "MF" (Export) versions of the MiG-23. Based on the tooling in the kit, and on what is available in 1:32 scale, we expect the ML, MLD and P variants before long, however as of this writing no specific release date for these variants has been announced.
The second point of reference for modelers, for the MiG-23M and MF variants, the aircraft could fly with only one type of missile. In other words it would fly with two R-23Rs OR two R-23Ts. Later variants were able to fly with one of each variant should mission parameters require that war load. In any case, outside of test cases/examples only, all MiG-23s flew with two of these medium range missiles only. So one pack of missiles is enough for one model. Unless the modeler is choosing to model a later type with a mixed load of one R-24R and one R-24T.
It is clear that these, like so many of the latest resin accessories, are from computer generated masters. Each missile body is molded in one piece, which minimizes cleanup and assembly issues. Attachment points to the casting blocks are minimal which should facilitate easy clean-up. Casting quality is superb and is on-par with any mainstream resin manufacturer today. Casting is done in the now common gray resin, parts are bubble free, and the missile bodies, in these samples are largely straight with only slight (and very correctable) warpage. Detail is exceptional. The missiles are a MASSIVE improvement over what's in the Trumpeter kit (the missiles in the older ESCI kit aren't even worth calling that). These will make quite an upgrade!
1) The anti-flutter weights on the R-23 missiles are very fine and on the one set that I have available for photography only two out of the eight anti-flutter weights stayed attached. Some of the broken bits are floating in the bottom of the blister pack, others are just gone. Regardless, it would be difficult to re-attach these at best. I would recommend that Plusmodel look at a different casting setup on the missiles in order to protect these fine bits. R-24 missiles DO NOT have the anti-flutter weights, and consequently, this is only meaningful to the R-23 missiles.
2) The aft end of the missiles are molded flat to the casting block, no exhaust section is included. Instructions ask the modeler to drill out the exhaust without any detail as to diameter or depth.
3) No stand of any kind is included. With the inclusion of the seeker and fuse covers, a diorama stand or similar would be a recommended product for Plusmodel to consider.
4) No extras are included for the smaller parts. If you lose a fin, it's gone and your missile will be incomplete.
In my Eduard/Brassin example of the R-23, seven out of eight anti-flutter weights are still attached. The Eduard anti-flutter weights are slightly larger and more out of scale though than the same detail on the Aeroline example.
Eduard provides a photo-etched ring to detail the exhaust area. This is a step better than the Aeroline product.
Eduard's main wings feature rivet detail, where the Aeroline are smooth. Each style will appeal to different modelers.
Eduard's forward fins are resin and feature a cross section and beveling, where the Aeroline are flat and photo-etched.
For the "T" Variants, Aeroline features the clear resin seeker head where Eduard's are molded as part of the body and consequently opaque.
Aeroline currently offers R-24 missiles where Eduard do not.
Aeroline offers the captive/training round where Eduard do not.
With the onslaught of resin weapons upgrades that we have seen over the last three plus years, these missiles are up to the standard of anything else available. Each is a small model unto itself, but also represents a massive upgrade over any kit parts. Due to the smaller parts, and the clean-up required, these are recommended for modelers with experience in resin preparation and comfortable working with small parts.
We would like to see handling equipment made available to take advantage of the seeker and fuse cover options. But due to Eduard's existing coverage of these missiles, perhaps Aeroline should turn their attention to missiles not yet covered by the more mainstream manufacturer – particularly the R-3/13 family and the R-8/98 family both are applicable to a wide variety of presently available models.
Highs: These missiles are a vast improvement over kit parts, dimensionally accurate, and will be easy to assemble with a modicum of clean up. All necessary variants have been covered!
Lows: Competing products are available, two variants suffer from a tendency to have fine details broken. Very slight warpage in this sample (but easy to correct).
Verdict: As noted a huge improvement over the kit parts. If you're building a later MiG-23 especially, these are a MUST for your model. Recommended!


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Tranquilo - Safety in Yucatan
25 November 2006 People & Interviews 54
We're willing to bet that if you've read anything about Mexico in the mainstream media lately, you've read something about either the violence in Oaxaca or murders in Ciudad Juarez or the contested presidential election that left the losing candidate declaring fraud and not recognizing the decision of the election commission. The papers are always happy to print bad news about Mexico.
And if you're like most norteamericanos, these news stories have probably left you feeling uncomfortable about traveling to Mexico and especially about living here. Reading the U.S. State Department's Travel Tips might give you pause for thought, as they warn against crime "in Mexico" and encourage you to register with the embassy whenever you travel to Mexico so they can contact you in an emergency.
But we invite you to imagine that you are a foreigner contemplating a trip to the United States, knowing as much about it as you do about Mexico. You might read headlines about snipers randomly shooting people near the nation's capital, or men locking themselves in classrooms to rape and kill schoolgirls, or drive-by murders between gang members, or mothers drowning their babies. You might read about brutal police tactics using rubber bullets, tear gas and Tasers against peaceful demonstrators. You might read about drug enforcement officers mistakenly breaking into the wrong homes and killing the inhabitants. You would read how business executives become politicians who make laws legalizing corruption and then retire to become lobbyists (or vice-versa). You might also read how a majority of people voted for a presidential candidate who subsequently lost due to questionable election rules and court decisions.
As a U.S. citizen, you might be offended to learn that the country of apple pie and baseball does not seem so wonderful when a foreigner reads about it in the papers. You might want to say, "wait a minute, that's not my country!" As a U.S. citizen you know these incidents - while unfortunate and true - do not affect everyday life for the majority of people. You know that there may be problems, but there is so much more to experience in the U.S. than these stories tell.
We have lived in Mexico for several years, and we know that everyday life here is not affected by the headlines. There is so much more to life in Mexico than the stories told in the newspapers.
We have lived in the heart of a Mexican city, in the Centro Historico, just five blocks from the zocalo, in Merida. This city's population is approaching one million. We live on a busy block that has private homes as well as businesses ranging from dental equipment suppliers to doctor's offices to a printing press. On the corner is a local cantina, La Bar Negrita. On another corner is a tendejon, El Motor Electrico. There is also a bed & breakfast called Hotel Marionetas and a public parking lot.
We have a simple lock on our front door. We leave our interior doors to the patio and back yard open, unless it rains. We park our SUV on the street. We walk to and from our office, the zocalo, Paseo de Montejo, and any other number of places at all times of night and day. When our 16-year old daughter lived here, she would walk to and from a friend's house at night by herself. Now and then, we absent-mindedly forget our purse or wallet in the car. Other times, we have left something valuable in the car, like a camera, while we do our errands around town. We aren't stupid about it... we just aren't paranoid.
We have never been accosted. We have never been robbed. The worst thing that's happened to us is someone "collected" our California license plates. But nobody bothers to take our new Yucatan license plates.
We have been stopped by policemen on occasion for minor traffic "misunderstandings". Most of these were legitimate, while a couple seemed inappropriate, but we were always treated with the utmost respect by those policemen and have never been in a situation here in Yucatan where anyone expected us to pay la mordita (a bribe).
Sure, you can find stories of people who have been robbed. There have been several murders in Merida since we moved here, but these are surprisingly few given Merida's size. There was some violence around one of the local newspaper offices a few months ago involving a home-made bomb. There are often political rallies and demonstrations, almost always peaceful. The most violence we've seen was when the city wanted to change the local bus routes and the workers from the surrounding pueblos arrived at the zocalo armed with stones to protest. A tear gas canister was fired at the crowd, but by midnight the mayor had restored the original routes and the protesters went home. It's not always tidy in Mexico - this isn't Switzerland - but the problems in Mexico that we confront are nothing compared to what U.S. citizens living in big cities accept and live with every day.
Yucatan has something special going on. There's a peaceful co-existence here between people from many different cultures and walks of life that you seldom find in other parts of the world. Yucatecos live and let live. Little has changed and much has changed, producing a culture of tolerance, patience and amable (kindness). Why has Mexico in general and Yucatan in particular developed in this way? Maybe it has to do with the relative isolation this part of the world has endured for many years, but is enjoying now. Maybe it has to do with learning the lessons of their violent history or maybe it's the survival of their indigenous traditions or the ingredients in the food or the dawn of a new Mayan age in the year 2012. Maybe it's because it's really hot here for half the year and nobody can get up the energy to cause trouble. Quien sabe?
Whatever it is, if you are inclined to explore Yucatan, please read those news reports about Mexico with un grano de sal. Remember that Mexico is a very large country and places like Oaxaca and Yucatan are farthar apart than France and England, not just geographically, but culturally as well. Don't take the word of a few journalists wearing gringo-tinted glasses whose job is to write stories that sell papers. Come down to the Yucatan and find out for yourself what life here is really like.
Yucatan and Merida remain as they have been: muy tranquilo.
Want to know more about safety in Mexico? Read this fabulous article by a former television producer who now makes his home in Queretaro.
Health Star Medical Tourism » FAQ 9 years ago
[...] but one of the safest cities in the world. We encourage you to do some research for yourself at YucatanLiving.com or at TheTruthAboutMexico.com, both websites written in English by expatriates living and traveling [...]
Roxanna 9 years ago
Thank you so much for your wonderful information. I have been thinking of moving to Merida and had lots of concerns. I now feel very comfortable in continuing my journey and explorations to this wonderful country. I applaud you and the info you have given. I will be making my plans soon to look for a new home. Can't wait!!
Luis R 10 years ago
Ok so I went to L.A. for a Week and is still Nice as I Love My City but at The same time is still Horrible LOL. I didnt Feel safe one bit and the Muggin Inmigration Custums were the first encounter with Arroganse! on my way back to Merida, In The Cancun International Airport , a Mexican Costums officer told me "Welcome Back Home"
Once i Arrived to Merida by BUS My Headache and Alergies that i got in L.A. due to Very UNCLEAN Air were Gone! Man I Love this City! Viva Mexico!
Lilia 10 years ago
THANK YOU for this article, I loved it and the well thought out comments as well. BTW, all my life I've commented that it is just too hot in Merida for anyone to make the effort to stir up trouble... funny to see I'm not the only one who thinks this a valid theory.
I Just moved to Merida from L.A. California. WOW !
Im Loving the fact that i can walk in the streets worry FREE! No Gangs no Muggings
on the streets and no LAPD! I Love it !!!! People here is friendly you can feel the peace and kindness of the people! (Im From Guatemala BTW)
Good link, thank you!
Readers might also like to check out http://www.thetruthaboutmexico.com
Karin 11 years ago
Here is a link to a much more accurate description of our area's safety, regarding the "drug wars" in Mexico.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2009/03/mexicos-drug--1.html
with the excerpt specific to our areas:
"... blue states listed as zones with the fewest murders...
Two other blue states are Yucatan (0) and Quintana Roo (4), home to Cancun. There are numerous yellow states classified merely as violent zones."
Thanks for that link. We have reviewed it briefly (just not enough hours in the day!!) and we were struck by these facts from the report...
• Despite declining demand, North America remains the world's largest cocaine consumer, with an estimated 7 million users consuming perhaps half of the world's supply.
• The heroin market is largely contained within the hemisphere, with Colombia and Mexico supplying most of the demand of the 1.3 million users in North America.
• Cannabis demand is universal and mostly supplied by domestic sources, but Paraguay,
Colombia, Jamaica, and Canada are significant exporters to other countries in the region.
• Production of methamphetamine to supply domestic demand was initially most acute in the United States. Precursor controls pushed large-scale production southward, into Mexico, and increasing enforcement there may push it further southward still. All
countries of the region have the potential to be used for precursor diversion or
manufacture. Canada has recently emerged as a global source of ecstasy-group drugs.
We think that the consumption of drugs is a universal truth... since the beginning of time, humans have ingested substances to change their consciousness in one form or another. It is the criminalization of these drugs that creates the problems with power, violence and money. Decriminalization and regulation (a la alcohol, a legal and regulated drug) take the violence and excessive amounts of money out of the equation, leaving only the issue of dealing with addiction, which is an issue to deal with for a small section of the population whether it is legal or not.
Those excessive amounts of money find their way into the coffers of some of the largest and most powerful factions governing our planet. We saw a glimpse of that with the Iran Contra scandal when people from our own government were funding an illegal war with gains from illegal drug trade. Did that stop it? Far from it. It continues to this day, with the "little people" the ones who die, are beheaded and who are generally caught in the crossfire.
It behooves those of us who live in Mexico to speak up and say that this isn't a Mexican problem... it's a much bigger problem than that. It doesn't make Mexico wildly unsafe... there is unsafety as well in the streets of Chicago and Houston, in the suburbs of Los Angeles and anywhere that illegal drugs are traded.
We think we must work together to solve this problem... not make Mexico the demon and punish the whole country for something all the countries of the Americas and the world play a hand in perpetuating.
Karin D 11 years ago
I'm afraid that the UN's most current report is less than ideal. See the document at this link:
http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Studies/OAS_Study_2008.pdf
The Impact comments, beginning on page 31, states:
"Taken as a whole, Latin America and the Caribbean are arguably the most violent region of the
world, according to the murder figures collected by the World Health Organisation, the United
Nations Surveys of Crime and Criminal Justice Systems (CTS), and Interpol. By any reckoning,
Venezuela, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Jamaica are among the most dangerous
countries today. Beneath them are a second tier of countries with murder rates nearly as severe,
including Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, and
even small islands such as St Lucia. There appears to be a strong relationship between the high
rates of violence and the drug trade."
The better news is that this report never mentions Quintana Roo or the Yucatan, as far as I could find.
I own property in the Yucatan and hope to rent it out soon, but we cannot ignore the facts. I'm not sure what each of us can do, other than not participate in activity that encourages the problem and take a common sense approach to general safety.
You should review the report for yourselves.
Brad and Family 11 years ago
Hello - we are traveling as a family with two small kids (6 and 7) to the Yucatan, and will be visting Tulum, Chichen Iza, Valoloadid, and Celestun. My wife has become worried because, as you mention, our Media is giving these harsh warnings. Do we need to be worried, or super careful? What sort of precautions should we take, if any?
Thanks much for your help
Yucatan Living - Lots of Good Yucatan News 11 years ago
[...] all safe and happy in Yucatan, no matter what your media fabricates to the contrary. We stand by our article about the Media's penchant for scaring their readers about Mexico that we wrote almost three years ago.We have expressed our frustration with the current escalation [...]
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Villa in El Pilar in Estepona. The property is renovated with a finish of the highest standard. Also a good location in the area of Estepona, close to restaurants, bars, banks and all amenities in Estepona. A very special property, the furniture is negotiable.
The villa consists of a large living room, with beautiful wood-burning fireplace, a part where there is a dining room with a bar, a new kitchen is fully equipped with the latest equipment. Utility room, extra room and four bedrooms, two of them have their own bathrooms. The master bedroom is on the top level of the villa.
From the lobby is the entrance to the rear patio where there is a barbecue, and a pond with a fountain.


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February 1, 2013 by Lindsay Tigar
Falling in Love on Fridays: Loving on a Prayer
This week's Falling in Love on Fridays comes from one of my very best friends in the whole world (and the world wide web). Nikki started as my bubbly intern at the campus newspaper and quickly grew to become a treasured soul in my life: always reminding me to be positive, always giving me a dose of reality and always remaining one of the most thoughtful, generous people I've ever known. Though we haven't lived in the same place in a long time, we stay connected each day via Gchat (I call her my Gchat BFF!). Her story is one that's unique and so sweet — just like her. Check out her awesome blog, Mrs. Healthy Ever After for more great insight into her married life. It's hard not to fall in love with this girl, I promise. (And if you want to submit your own falling in love story, read this!)
Loving on a Prayer
I remember thinking I was in love and when it all changed. I had been in a long relationship with my high school sweetheart who was a couple of years older than me. Everyone thought we were the one's for each other and we were that "it" couple at church. On the outside, it seemed like I was living the dream. He even wanted to marry me. But when he said I had to marry him by my 19th birthday and on top of his porn addiction that led to me having the worst self esteem ever, I knew enough was enough.
It's weird thinking how "first loves" or failed relationships truly play into your happy ever after. But they do. And no matter how bad the hurt is from one relationship, there really is hope for that knock-you-off-your-feet love story you've always wanted.
I was still dating my porn-addicted ex long distance when I met Addison. He had been out of school due to back surgery the first semester I started college and all his friends took me under their wing at the place where we both worked. Every chance they got, it seemed like they were saying that I had to meet Addison because we were so much alike. By alike, they meant super-sheltered, goody-two shoes Christian kid, so I didn't think much of it. Until he finally walked into the game room I was working in, that is. Someone was making fun of me for being a virgin, as usual, and he just waltzed up and said, "Don't feel bad. They make fun of me for that too."
Impressed by a male outspoken virgin, I ran around the desk, gave him a hug and said, "I love you." Yeah, I know. Not the smoothest of moves, but I was a bubbly freshman who said "I love you" to practically everyone. But that day, a friendship was born.Turns out, Addison had a high school sweetheart who absolutely shattered his heart and he thought he was going to marry her too. It's a weird commonality, but it was refreshing to have someone to talk with about such a pain that's hard to express. Eventually I broke up with the wrong guy and Addison continued to be probably one of the best friends I ever had.
One night while we were watching MASH in his room, I turned to look at him during a funny moment and he just planted a kiss on me, completely catching me off guard. It was the most magnificent kiss that has ever happened to me. I asked him what that meant, because it really came out of no where and he said he just wanted to date casually. That was fine with me because I had just gotten out of a longterm relationship and figured it was time to do the "college thing" and date around. But we were inseparable and dating casually didn't last long. What was really funny was that while I was still dating my ex, I had prayed to God to send me a man– any man– even if it was a "Joe-Schmo who couldn't remember my birthday" as long as he wasn't addicted to porn. Imagine my surprise when my first birthday together, he actually forgot to give me a birthday present. At first I was hurt and mad, but then I just had to laugh. Sometimes God has a sense of humor.
But the real defining moment when I first realized that I loved him and knew he was the one was something that still shocks most of my girlfriends when I tell them this story. I'm not proud of this, but dating a porn addicted really really messed with me on multiple fronts. Early on in our relationship, I took the opportunity to search through Addison's computer for EVERYTHING. I wasn't as fast as I thought because when he walked into the room, I just froze. First, it was the expected "What are you doing?" but then to my shock, he replied, "Here are my passwords to emails and Facebook. I have nothing to hide, so if it makes you feel better, go for it."
I was blown away. After being in a relationship full of lies, and let-downs and entire feelings of inadequacies, I found a guy who was upfront with me about everything. And now, almost five years later, I am married to him and he still says its okay to go through his computer if I ever feel the need to snoop around.
Since then, we've been through a lot: long distance, death, failed plans and more. But you know, it always did turn out alright. It just goes to show you that even damaged goods like me, who was overly suspicious of computers after years of hurt, could still find the one who could be what she truly needed all along.
This entry was posted in Falling in Love on Fridays and tagged Dating, faith, god, Hope, Love, Marriage, Men, Relationships, sex, virginity, Women. Bookmark the permalink.
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3 thoughts on "Falling in Love on Fridays: Loving on a Prayer"
chrissantosra says:
I remember a song our CLE teacher taught us in college. It's called "True Love Waits". Sometimes, all we have to do to find true love is just to pray and wait for God to send us the "right one". =)
nikkiroberti says:
Amen sister. Right on. My purity ring actually had the saying on it: "I'm worth the wait."
lucie says:
Really touching almost like a fairy tale


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One afternoon in 2005, I went to eat lunch with a friend at one of my college's cafeterias. That dining hall normally played music over its speaker system, but that day I couldn't hear anything, although I remarked that here and there I thought I heard a faint sound. My friend quipped "They're playing 'Laughing Stock.'"
Now, of course they weren't playing the seminal 1991 album by British rock group Talk Talk. The joke worked, though, because "Laughing Stock" is a famously amorphous album, with loose song structures that alternate between near-silence and raucous blues-influenced jamming. It opens with a solid 15 seconds of guitar amp feedback, meaning that basically any electronic hum, be it from a speaker system or something other source, could conceivably be mistaken for a moment as the intro to "Myrrhman."
Here's a representative selection from the album:
I'm thinking about "Laughing Stock" because Talk Talk's lead singers and guitarist (and multi-instrumentalist), Mark Hollis, recently passed away. He was only 64.
If you're not famliar with Talk Talk, they had a remakrable career arc that saw them go from New Wave popsters to one of the pioneers of a genre now known as post-rock, though it didn't have that name back in the group's late 80s/early 90s peak.
When I was in my late teens/early 20s, Talk Talk's progression capitvated me. I was at the time obsessed with "tortured genius" types and perfectionists, perhaps because I was struggling so mightily with my coursework and felt overwhelmed. I found strange solace in artists who had obviously labored with their art – people like the French novelist Gustav Flaubert, and definitely Hollis et al. in Talk Talk.
Many retrospectives on "Laughing Stock" and its predecessor, "Spirit of Eden," often discuss the process of making them as much as the actual music they contain. The band meticulously created these mystical environments in the studio space, in part to recapture what the thought were the magic conditions under which late 1960s albums like Traffic's "Mr. Fantasy" were produced.
"Laughing Stock" the album was heavily edited down from its session recordings, with tons of discarded material. Even though it was meant to have a "live" feel, like a jazz ensemble playing together, it is in reality the exact opposite, the product of endless post-production tweaking. It was impossible to perform on tour, so the band didn't try.
The perceived difficulty of "Laughing Stock" is key to its legend, but I find it very listenable. Take for example "After the Flood, which I remember spinning on a turntable during the last days in my apartment on Pulaski Road in Chicago, where I had stayed for two years through long stretches of unemployment and part-time work and was, as I listend to that song, finally on the verge of moving out of and starting my first full-time job.
There's a simplicity and a space to it that makes it so listenable.
I still own that vinyl, plus a CD copy I picked up in the early 2000s at the now-defunct Lousiville record store Ear X-Tacy. The album cover, with endangered birds forming shapes of the continents, is iconic.
Years before they produced "Laughing Stock" and "Spirit of Eden," Talk Talk had a similar sound to Duran Duran. They scored a decent hit with "It's My Life," which No Doubt covered in 2002. Their early work holds up well, I think; their story isn't one of going from the "low" art of their synth-pop singles to the "high" art of post-rock, since I'm not sure such distinctions really matter. They created consistently enjoyable work and it's too bad that we never heard much from them after 1991 other than Hollis' self-titled 1998 album, which was so meticulously recorded you can hear him moving in his chair on one song.
RIP Mark Hollis


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Information to assist school districts and charter schools in seeking state facility funding assistance under AB 14 (Chapter 935, statutes of 2002), which defines the manner of funds available.
California Department of Education Charter Schools
A link to the Charter Schools home page, which contains information and legislative references regarding the establishment and operation of charter schools.
School Facility Program Approved Regulations (PDF)
The Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 established a state program to provide funding for new construction and modernization of existing school facilities. The regulations provide guidance for accessing state bond funds (including those specifically allocated for construction of charter schools) approved by the voters.
Division of the State Architect
Information regarding the design of buildings and oversight of school construction, including the codes and standards that affect the industry. A listing of Division of the State Architect certified project inspectors is included.
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Information regarding the legislatively mandated process for evaluating the effects of potential environmental hazards on a prospective school site and overseeing clean-up to ensure a safe and uncontaminated site.
California School Finance Authority
Information on the California School Finance Authority's verification of the financial soundness of charter schools applying for state bond funds, pursuant to Education Code Section 17078.52(d)(4)
Education Code Section 17078.52 et.seq Charter Schools
The Education Code sections that relate to the establishment of a program to allocate funding for the purpose of providing school facilities for charter school pupils.
For a list of currently active charter schools (From the California School Directory Web page , select "Advanced Search". In addition to the default options already available chose "Only Charter Schools" from the "Charter" option box. Then click on "Search". The results show all charter schools currently active and the results are available for export.
Contacts for Assistance
Department of Education Fred Yeager fyeager@cde.ca.gov 916-327-7148
Janna Shaffer janna.shaffer@dgs.ca.gov 916-376-1822
Department of Toxic Substances Control - Northern California Mark Malinowski mmalinowi@dtsc.ca.gov 916-255-3717
Department of Toxic Substances Control - Southern California Shahir Haddad shahir.haddad@dtsc.ca.gov 714-484-5368
Division of State Architect Dan Levernier dan.levernier@dgs.ca.gov 916-445-8100
For additional information contact the California School Finance Authority, Charter School Facilities Program at 213-620-4467.
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On behalf of the 27 undersigned national Jewish organizations and institutions, we write to express our strong opposition to the recently expanded "zero-tolerance" policy that includes separating children from their migrant parents when they cross the border. This policy undermines the values of our nation and jeopardizes the safety and well being of thousands of people.
Our Jewish faith demands of us concern for the stranger in our midst. Our own people's history as "strangers" reminds us of the many struggles faced by immigrants today and compels our commitment to an immigration system in this country that is compassionate and just. We urge you to immediately rescind the "zero tolerance" policy and uphold the values of family unity and justice on which our nation was built.
Central Conference of American Rabbis Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
Who knows better than us what it means to see children taken from the arms of their parents. We can do better. Our Jewish history demands it!


This man has a dream. Through a lot of trouble, his dream comes true.
A baby bear is aftaid of getting a shot. His brother serves as a model so that baby bear is no longer afraid.
A little boy has to visit the doctor. Although he is scared at first, he leaves the doctors office feeling much better.
Jessica convinces her hestiant parents to take her to visit her grandma in the nursing home. She is alarmed and hurt by how much her grandma has changed. The visit helps Jessica begin to accept her grandma's loss of memory and failing health.
Bobby loves to hear his grandfather tell the story of how he taught Bobby to walk. When his grandfather suffers from a stroke, Bobby teaches his grandfather how to walk.
A little boy tells a story of how he watches his Uncle Tim, who he looks up to and likes to spend time with, die of AIDS. He learns about death and funerals and inherits some of his favorite toys of his uncle's.
The two of them | by Aliki.
A little girl spends time with her grandfather. They go shopping for food, share a meal together and grow fruit in the garden. An apple tree becomes a good way for the girl to remember her grandfather forever.