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THE Phoenicians, who were the neighbours of the Jews, were a Semitic tribe which at a very early age had settled along the shores of the Mediterranean. They had built themselves two well-fortified towns, Tyre and Sidon, and within a short time they had gained a monopoly of the trade of the western seas. Their ships went regularly to Greece and Italy and Spain and they even ventured beyond the straits of Gibraltar to visit the Scilly islands where they could buy tin. Wherever they went, they built themselves small trading stations, which they called colonies. Many of these were the origin of modern cities, such as Cadiz and Marseilles.
They bought and sold whatever promised to bring them a good profit. They were not troubled by a conscience. If we are to believe all their neighbours they did not know what the words honesty or integrity meant. They regarded a well-filled treasure chest the highest ideal of all good citizens. Indeed they were very unpleasant people and did not have a single friend. Nevertheless they have rendered all coming generations one service of the greatest possible value. They gave us our alphabet.
The Phoenicians had been familiar with the art of writing, invented by the Sumerians. But they regarded these pothooks as a clumsy waste of time. They were practical business men and could not spend hours engraving two or three letters. They set to work and invented a new system of writing which was greatly superior to the old one. They borrowed a few pictures from the Egyptians and they simplified a number of the wedge-shaped figures of the Sumerians. They sacrificed the pretty looks of the older system for the advantage of speed and they reduced the thousands of different images to a short and handy alphabet of twenty-two letters.
In due course of time, this alphabet travelled across the AEgean Sea and entered Greece. The Greeks added a few letters of their own and carried the improved system to Italy. The Romans modified the figures somewhat and in turn taught them to the wild barbarians of western Europe. Those wild barbarians were our own ancestors, and that is the reason why this book is written in characters that are of Phoenician origin and not in the hieroglyphics of the Egyptians or in the nail- script of the Sumerians.


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Printed lottery scratch off tickets are still doing well and are popular, and well-played around the world.
On the right picture: The fever of scratching off at local shop picture.
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There are over 200+ various theme games available and we are sure that you will find some games that bring you excitement and joy of playing, for hours (if not longer).
On the left picture: Playing Sea & Sun online scratch card game on laptop.
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Please think seriously about the possibility to enjoy this generous (one-time) promotional bonus. Please do not forget to read the terms and conditions of this bonus offer. Thank you.
Please take some time to review various games and choose the ones that bring a lot of pleasure and joy for you.
Scratch card games providers offer over 200+ different theme games and new ones are added frequently, every two months or so.
There is a great variety to choose from, like fantasy theme games, sports, classic casino games (in scratch mode), mystical games, bingo theme, domino theme, slots, and many more. We are sure, you are going to find (at least) few games that you are going to love.
Playing scratch tickets online offer a very good odds of winning, for you. The majority of providers offer scratch card games online that offer 1 in every 3 cards is a winner!
That's good news for players, who want to play just for pleasure. If you do not want to wager big sums of money and choose to wager low stakes (like $0.25), you will get hours of fun and pleasure of playing great interactive games.
If this is more convenient for you, please use the so-called "autoplay", to help you avoid any mistakes, while playing your favourite game.
Please do some cash management decisions, if possible. If you play for real money, please try to play in sessions. Please avoid to wager all your amount available on your gaming account, at once (in one playing session). This will ensure that your playing bankroll (account) lasts longer and you are going to enjoy more hours of joy, of playing amazing scratch card games online.
We think, it could be wise, to set yourself a loss limit, which is simply setting out the fixed amount of cash, which you can comfortably drop to regress (loss), in a fixed period of time (week, month, or so).
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For example, if you win $200 on a scratch off ticket and only invested $20, take that $180 in winnings and either put the money in the saving piggy or buy something that is necessary for your kids, your home, or yourself.
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Play scratchies when you feel it's lucky day!
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One beer or glass of favourite red wine, are also helpful, while playing.


If you are interested in trying out for the men's soccer team this year and are not in the soccer class, please come to a short meeting in Coach Keel's room, R-202, at 7 AM on Thursday November 1st or Friday November 2nd.
PLEASE COME CHECK THE LOST & FOUND AT THE FRONT DESK FOR ANY LOST LUNCH BOXES, JACKETS, BINDERS OR CUPS.
MISD College and Career Night will be held on Monday, Oct. 29 at the Center for the Performing Arts (1110 W Debbie Lane, Mansfield, Texas 76063) from 6 - 8 p.m. High school students and their parents are encouraged to attend. College, technical school and military representatives will be available to answer questions about their respective programs and campuses. Financial Aid and ACT/SAT Exam Prep Seminars will also be held. Please pre-register for this event by following the instructions posted on the Legacy HS website located under "District News" or scan the QR code from the posters that are located throughout the building. We hope to see you there!!
Attention Seniors: Jostens will be on campus taking your announcement and cap and gown orders on Tuesday & Wednesday October 30 & 31st. they will be set up inside the cafeteria during all lunches. You will need to bring your first payment of $100.00 to place your order. You can pick up an extra packet at the front desk if you need one. Also, it's not too late to order a class ring if you haven't done so. Go to www.jostens.com print your order form and bring it with your other forms to the representatives during lunch.
Any student that knocks or bangs on the AC classroom door just for a joke or fun and games will be assigned AC for the remainder of the day of the occurrence AND will be assigned a full day of AC the next day. The entrance to the classroom is constantly being monitored via camera and you will be caught.
THIS IS RED Ribbon Week and RED OUT IS ON FRIDAY – Red Out shirts will go on sale tomorrow!
Seniors – Monday is your last day to order your Senior shirts. You can order on line or in the Stuco store.
Legacy is Setting a Table for Thanksgiving. Throughout October 29th to November 14th, a can food drive will be taking place.
~The boxes for donation will be located next to the student council store.
~All cans collected at the end of the two week period will be donated to Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Each class will have a corresponding colored box for the type of good donated.
The winning class with the most cans donated will receive FREE HOT CHOCOLATE redeemable at the student council store November 27th.
~The class will also receive points towards BOTC.
VETERANS DAY LUNCH- We will be honoring faculty, family members, and friends who served our Nation with a Veteran's Day Luncheon on Monday, November 12th from 10:55 am- 1:20pm. All Veterans are invited to attend this free Veterans Day Luncheon hosted by Legacy High School. If you have a family member that is a veteran or is currently serving we would like you to attend with your family member our luncheon. Please sign up at the Stuco store – there will be qr codes to scan and sign up.
Red Out shirts are available now in the Stuco store. Stop by at lunch to pick up or buy your shirt.
Would you like to earn college credit in high school or take specialty courses that can enhance your career?
Come join us Monday, November 5th at the MISD Center for performing arts as we explore the multiple dual credit opportunities and two new specialty courses we offer in Mansfield ISD! We will discuss the programs offered, the registration process, and equip you with the information needed to successfully enroll in the program that's right for you.
We will have a general session starting at 6:30 followed by a break out session geared to special interests.


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Ryan White-Nobles @sourceryan October 2, 2016 / 11:22 PM October 2, 2016 10
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This week's Soap Reaction covers a few General Hospital storylines for episodes airing the week of September 26-30, 2016. I touch on Jason and Sam's storyline (or lack thereof depending on who you ask), Carly's aversion to mob violence, Paul as a serial killer and more.
GH: 'No Story' for Jason and Sam
It's interesting hearing complaints from some fans about General Hospital's Jason (Billy Miller) and Sam's (Kelly Monaco) lack of a storyline. There's this perception that because they're not featured solely interacting with one another and being romantic, that there's no story in place for them. It's quite the contrary. You're seeing a happily reunited couple existing in a world that isn't isolated for a change. Life is happenings for them jointly and as individuals, and they're balancing supporting their loved ones while also making time for each other. There's also the realization of how their loved ones are affecting their lives, and how their life decisions are impacting others.
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Jason's decision to not return to the mob as Sonny's enforcer has had a direct impact on the way Sonny conducts business and in turn Sonny's relationship with Carly. Sonny doesn't have his trusted hand, the man who would handle his enemies with ease and leave no trail tying back to him. For Carly, seeing Jason choose his family over the business is something she's subtly envious of, and I believe, wishes Sonny would do the same for her and their children. I found it telling that Sam chose to express Carly's feelings about the violence to Jason while they were discussing the Julian situation. It spoke to the growth in Carly and Sam's relationship and also brought Jason in on how his best friend is actually feeling.
As for Sam, she can't help but feel a little guilty over the happiness she's feeling given the mess her mother's life has become. It's refreshing to see how involved Sam is with Alexis and the other Davis girls since reuniting with Jason. I was a little apprehensive towards the idea of a JaSam reunion because I feared Sam would once again be isolated and return to being simply an extension of Jason. Thankfully the creative team has made an effort to keep her ties to others presented.
This Jason and Sam aren't the danger junkies that were scaling rooftops and jumping out of exploding buildings 10 years ago. They're parents now, and they're trying to find their way in a world that appears to haven't changed much over the years even though they have. Their choices are driven by their children and family. It's an evolution. Drama can come from that. It already has…and there's more to come.
Oh, and don't believe every spoiler you read. It's amazing how much some "know" about what will happen in five months, even though GH is only one month ahead of filming.
GH: The Voice of Reason
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Head writers Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman stated they're using Carly has a vehicle of opposition to the violence that comes from Sonny's business. The botched gun deal last winter that resulted in Kiki being shot is being used as the trigger for Carly's aversion to the violence. While the issue of violence has been brought up in the past, it's never been used to this level for Carly. She's actively working to convince Sonny to find alternative means – convincing him to let the police handle Julian; urging him not to escalate the increasing tension. And while she stands by Sonny, in private she tries to use their family's safety as the reason Sonny should think differently. Unfortunately for Sonny, the safety of his children has never been enough to force a change in profession.
It's easy to criticize the creative team for Carly having this stance now, but they shouldn't be faulted for what should have been her stance this whole time. This is their own way of correcting that by using a situation that hit close to home to be the incident that sparks her fear.
GH: "The System Failed"
In the September 30 episode, Sonny tells Jason: "And I'm not the only target. We're talking about Carly and the kids. Now, look. You're out of the business — I get that — but if somebody was c-coming after your wife and your kids, you would do exactly the same thing that I'm doing. I tried to go to the cops, to fix it. The courts, the law. I told Carly, 'Hey, I'll watch, I won't do anything.' But it failed. Now I'm doing it my way."
Hilarity. Sonny murders AJ Quartermaine in cold blood, lies about it, goes to jail only when exposed and gets out a few months later because he "saved" the Governor's daughter? So the system didn't fail that time? Look, I understand that GH takes place in a world in which Sonny is the moral compass. I'm not happy with it, but I've accepted that it's something that won't change and probably never will. But there needs to be a counter-point to his reality and it would be nice if it was a character who didn't sacrifice their integrity to work with him for the "greater good".
GH: Murder for Cause
So Paul Hornsby went on a serial killing spree to get revenge on the people who hurt his daughter Susan. Of course all of their transgressions against her took place off-screen, with no flashbacks filmed to accompany Paul as he retold the horror his daughter went through, and how the system truly failed her. Richard Burgi's performance in the scenes with Susan and Jane Elliot were stellar, but the execution of the story through this reveal has been messy and uneventful.
Extras murdered with no explanation, escalating the emotional resonance by murdering Sabrina, then to reveal Paul's motive? On paper that sounds interesting. Unfortunately, when you have an overloaded canvas, things get lost in translation and that's what happened.
Last summer Paul shot Sonny and framed Julian as the culprit, kidnapped TJ, blackmailed Ava and forced her into being his ally, murdered Kyle Sloane and passed off his body as Carlos'. Then he spent months forcing Ava to do his mob bidding with talks about being the true mob power in town, only to spin his hold as some kind of anti-gun task force. Paul's return to the canvas has been riddled with inconsistent rewrites and that blame lies firm at the pen of the creative team.
Had this story been crafted meticulously, I imagine it would have played out similar to the way primetime dramas How to Get Away with Murder and Quantico executive their storylines through a series of revealing flashbacks. The difference is the meat of their storytelling takes place on-screen, whereas GH's takes place on this parallel series known as Off-screen GH. I hear it's a great show.
GH: Holding Out for Freedom
Is no one going to get Shawn out of jail? I know Sean Blakemore's off the show, but Shawn's sitting in jail for an attempted murder he didn't commit.
Share your thoughts in the comments below. I mentioned before, I want to use my reaction columns as a way to directly engage readers. It's hard to reduce all my thoughts to 140 characters, which has been my way of commenting as of late. You can ask me my thoughts on pairings, stories, developments, etc. I'll answer for all soaps. I may even do one for primetime.
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ezra jones says:
RYAN YOU IMPOVERISHED APE FROM ATRL SHOW URSELF !!
WaterlilySan says:
I could not agree more with this. One only needs to look as far as the dull as dust Nathan, Claudette, Griffin situation. Maxie being wasted in a storyline with a character created for Frank's friend Bree WIlliamson plus two newbies is ridiculous and shows just how far out of control Frank Valentini (aided by Nathan Varni) is.
Before you know it GH will join OLTL in the scrap heap.
mrtgirl says:
I disagree that the fault lies solely with this writers in this case. I believe GH has become the object of Frank Valentini's hubris and ego and he's doing a piss poor job of making over the show into what his distorted vision of what it should be is. He's forced actors in characters that they don't belong in, hired so many new actors that the core cast of fan favorites aren't getting the screen time they should, and let's not forget running off veteran actors that have been with the show for decades!!!
Shelly Altman and Jean Passanante have been successful daytime writers for decades and have written for GH in the past…I find it unlikely that they've suddenly become incompetent. What I find way more likely is that they're bwing micromanaged by a man who has already run two shows into the ground and manages to keep network execs happy by operating the show on a shoe string budget but allocates the money to all the WRONG places!!!
Why not tell a handful of stories very well using a smaller cast as opposed to trying to keep a bloated cast busy by cutting corners with their storylines??? It's not rocket science. Employee salaries ALWAYS take up a large percentage of an operating budget. Cut the number of employees you have and you can reallocate those funds and put them to better use!!!
Ann Marie Blon says:
When will the show fix the writing for the cops. I would love see other characters please. Why don't Jordan and Valerie have their own storylines. When will we get any Carly and Valerie scenes.
LALiberty32 says:
Can someone please tell me what happened to Alexis being pregnant? Did they just act like it never happened? I never saw this ever explained.
Sherri Shultz says:
One of my problems with the hospital killer story line is Monica. Are we to believe that Monica saw the name Susan Hornsby and didn't know who she was?
ctshar says:
Jason and sam were boring DURING the island story, so I disagree, that's more an actor and character chemistry problem. VERY pretty actors who look great together, but they lack chemistry EXCEPT in sex scenes together. So, write to their strengths. Sam is fun with her family, Jason's interesting with the Q's, write them in stories that work for them.
Happy couples are NOT always boring. I loved ATWT in the mid 200's and they had constant adventures with my fave OTP couple carly and jack. Of course they didn't write the happy couple hanging out and chatting all the time like the BORING sam/jason scenes, but that's why you hire imaginative HW's who write creative stories.
GH CLEARLY has a head writing problem, and blaming any couple for those failures isn't fair.
LoveSam1122 says:
I loved the take you have on Jasam & Carson. The story of Paul has always seemed like an excuse to have him onscreen. My biggest problem with the show is there are too many characters & they are not able to tell deep emotional stories for more than 1 onscreen. They concentrate on a couple of people & then just throw the others on to meet their requirement of them being onscreen. I would rather watch the offscreen version as some of us refer to on twitter. It is where all the drama, emotion seems to take place. Julexis had a lot of time on air but during the time it was such a fail to not have either family really involved during the whole story. Sam sat through the trial but on the day of the verdict she was nowhere to be seen. These are the things that matter in good storytelling.
Matty H. says:
Such a waste of Paul and Richard B.. They could have done so much more with him. So many possibilities. Serial killer made absolutely no sense.
I want a payoff from this….More Tracy, Dillon and Quatermains.
They should make Jason a Q again and be done with it.
scoma60 says:
I agree with you regarding the Hospital Killer reveal.They should never do a murder mystery without having it meticulously plotted out step by step.This reeked of throwing crap & the walls & seeing what stuck.The timelines made no sense & the plot holes were like Swiss Cheese.
Jasam bore me to tears.I see very little acting on Billy's part.He sleepwalks through every scene no matter who he's with.You mentioned Jason's BFF.All the connections Jason once had ring false with Billy. I see no BFF connection with Laura & anti-chem with Mo. Kelly carries every scene with Billy. Jason needs a job & fast. Give the man a purpose/direction.Sam at least has her hands full with Alexis' drama.Have Jason return to ELQ, open a bar, just something! The character is stagnant.
The Carson story is eye rolling. Sonny's choices got Michael shot in the head & spent years in a coma. That should have caused Sonny to get out.That should have been the final straw for Carly but nope! Now they expect us to think Carly has her knickers in a twist? That ship sailed.Plus, Morgan's such a loathsome character I don't really care if he's collateral damage. All I'm really hoping for is for someone ANYONE to kill off Julian. His ass should be in prison for 3 murders (one being Duke!) and attempting to slice Alexis from ear to ear.
He's an abusive murdering POS! End him!.
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City takes out loan for cemetery, drainage project
Published 2:30 pm Friday, May 27, 2016
The City of Greenville will take out a loan to help finance a project that will increase the number of plots at Magnolia Cemetery.
On Monday, the Greenville City Council approved a short-term construction loan agreement with Trustmark Bank for up to $500,000 at an interest rate of 1.5 percent.
The money will be used to upgrade the drainage system along South Street and Hwy. 10 West.
A drainage problem along those routes has often left a portion of Magnolia Cemetery flooded, which has meant the city has been unable to utilize the space for burial plots.
"On South Street we had a road cave in," he said. "It's been blocked off for months. The problem is when you fix it, it's going to be more water to come through there because you've got to put a bigger pipe in there.
"There's a big pipe underneath the highway that the state has, and it's big enough. But the problem is when the water gets underneath that pipe and gets into the pipe over at the cemetery. It's all fallen in. It's been that way for 15 years. That's the reason we have a portion of the cemetery that we can't sell lots in. It floods."
McLendon said once a large pipe is installed along South Street, the flooding will stop, which will also make traveling on Highway 10 safer during heavy rains.
The improvements will allow for the creation of 499 new plots.
Greenville Mayor McLendon said the city will pay back the loan with funds generated from the selling of those plots.
The council also approved the following expenditures:
$2,730 to PT Armor Inc. for two ballistic resistant vests for the Greenville Police Department
$7,119.12 to Clark's Paint and Body Shop for repairs to four police cruisers
$3,010.39 to AllComm Wireless for sirens, lights and hardware package for police cruisers
$2,986.75 to Haynes Emergency Lighting for police truck sirens, lights and hardware package
$4,090 to Gulf State Distributors for 10 Glock 17 pistols for the Greenville Police Department
$3,140 to Southern Sand and Gravel for four loads of riprap for ditches
$1,051.52 to McKinley Tire for four tires for a Sanitation Department truck
$1,500 to T&H Contracting to change out ceiling tiles in the Ritz Theatre auditorium
$1,365.30 to Coca-Cola Bottling Company for concessions for all fields
$2,607.86 to Lee Electric for swage lift station repairs at Dunbar Park
$1,786 to Azar's Uniforms for 47 pair of uniform pants for the Greenville Fire Department
The next Greenville City Council meeting will be held June 13 at 5:30 p.m. at Greenville's City Hall.


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Into The Dark now available on Smashwords!
The paperback version of Into The Dark will be going live in the next day or so, but the Smashwords version of it has been posted already! And at the low, low cost of just $2.99, it is a great deal for all you e-book fans out there.
As mentioned in the prior post on this blog, there will not be a kindle version of book 2 or 3 by themselves, but due to the unedited version of the entire trilogy being on the kindle for the past few months, we will be re-releasing the entire trilogy on Kindle in March, along with another book-sized volume of short stories related to the world of the Dark Trilogy.
Check it out, and feel free to drop a review on Smashwords or Amazon, your blog, your website, or where ever you like. I hope you all enjoy the second installment in my trilogy!
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Rachel Riccobono
Just like travel is good for the soul, so is good conversation. Consider getting to know another human being a form of exploration. Similar to wandering through the wilderness, exploring another soul is full of unknowns. You really don't know what you might uncover, or what surprises may lie ahead.
This is not something that can be sufficiently accomplished in minutes, it takes time to fully explore someone's depths and peel back their many layers. All human beings are complex, some more so than others, holding more baggage, trauma, secrets, and stories. But, make no mistake, we do all have baggage.
So be kind and gracious before you make judgments about someone else. The task of uncovering someone's truth, learning their mysteries, their stories, and hidden treasures, is anything but an easy effort. It's one that requires patience and care. Not everyone is open.
Most of us have built up high, sturdy walls to protect ourselves from getting hurt by others. Therefore, it isn't easy to then break them down and there truly is no such thing as an open book. Even the most open people have things they don't like to share or things that are difficult to talk about. One has to take the time, effort, and care to open the cover, turn the pages, and discover the mysteries carefully embedded within them. Keep this in mind before you take off on your journey. Word to the wise, I hope you packed lots of water and a snack because there's a long journey ahead of you!
Whether talking to a complete stranger, a new friend, someone you're interested in dating, your current partner, or someone else special in your life, here are 50 questions and conversation starters to spark deeper and more meaningful conversations. You might just be surprised at what you find!
Would you consider yourself more of an introvert or an extrovert?
Do you believe humans are inherently good or bad?
What was your childhood like? Do you have a favorite childhood memory?
Do you believe in luck, miracles, or fate? Why or why not?
How did you meet your best friend? What are they like and how long have you been friends?
What would you say is your best quality and why?
Name one weakness and one strength of yours.
What is your biggest challenge on a daily basis?
What is something most people don't know about you?
What is something that can always put a smile on your face? What makes you happy?
Do you consider yourself an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist? Explain.
What is one of the best compliments you've ever received?
When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
What is your dream job? Are you finding it or creating it?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? How about in 10 years?
How often do you set goals for yourself? Would you consider yourself driven and/or goal-oriented?
What role does family play in your life? What does family mean to you?
What does an average day in your life look like? Walk me through it.
What are five things you couldn't possibly live without?
After a bad day, how do you like to be comforted? What is your go-to comfort food?
Would you live in another country? If so, which one?
What is your biggest pet peeve?
What is something you are proud of?
Do you believe people can change?
What are your thoughts on love and marriage?
Do you want a family of your own someday? If so, what does this look like?
Describe your dream vacation.
Describe a role model in your life. Who is this person and what do they mean to you?
What is your favorite holiday? How do you like to celebrate it? Do you have a favorite tradition?
In your opinion, what are the key components to a happy life?
What is one thing you would change about our society?
At this moment, what are three things you are grateful for?
Is there a quote or saying that you live by?
Tell me something that's happened in your life that's made you a stronger, better person. Has there been a time where something has truly tested you?
What is one lesson in life that you've had to learn the hard way?
What is your biggest fear?
What are your guilty pleasures or favorite pastimes?
If your life was a novel, what would the title be?
Describe yourself in just five words. If your friends and family had to describe you in one word, what would it be?
What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Explain.
Where do you want to travel? What places do you desire to see?
Name three things on your bucket list.
What is the wildest thing you've ever done?
Where do you go when you feel like escaping, need to be alone with your thoughts, or find peace?
Where is one place you feel most like yourself?
Would you rather time travel to the future or the past?
In your opinion, what is the true meaning of life? For what purpose were we put on this Earth for?
When you leave this life, how do you want to be remembered?
Be curious, explore people, see how far the connections in your life can go, as well as what meaning they hold. I hope this was helpful for you... from wherever you may be reading this.
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Global Language Project (GLP) is an innovative educational movement that seeks to equip disadvantaged public-school students with the skills to compete in a globalized world and work force. GLP provides a free language training program that offers Mandarin Chinese to elementary school students in Harlem so that these kids can have an opportunity to achieve proficiency in a language other than English.
For this event, the Taiwanese American Professionals – New York (TAP-NY) will be introducing Chinese culture to the kids through Chinese calligraphy, yo-yo and dance. We are looking for volunteers who are proficient in Chinese and have some familiarity with the activities for this event or other arts and crafts.


A new study ranks the best and worst states for women's equality, but not every female agrees with the rankings.
The study from WalletHub was published ahead of this year's observance of Women's Equality Day (Wednesday, August 26). To find the most "gender-egalitarian states," WalletHub compared the 50 states across 11 key metrics. The data set ranges from the gap between female and male executives to the disparity between male and female unemployment rates.
Whatever the rankings, Charlotte Hays, director of cultural programs at the Independent Women's Forum, says these are meaningless figures.
"For example, you have Texas – which has a booming economy – in the worst states for women's equality; and you have Wyoming on that list," she observes. "It's probably because these two states have a lot of energy concerns and you're more likely to have a man out drilling oil. That's just the simple thing."
Hays tells OneNewsNow: "You probably don't have a lot of people in New York and Hawaii and Wisconsin [#8] who are doing these kinds of energy jobs.
"So basically, Texas probably has a better economy than most of the states that are listed as best states for women; and because it has a better economy, it's a better state for women. They have more opportunity. They can get more jobs."
Other metrics reported by the study include states with smallest/largest pay gap, smallest/largest executive positions gap, and smallest/largest work hours gap.


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Is New Zealand Really the Third Freest Country in the World?
by John M. Cobin
John Cobin jcobin@policyofliberty.net is a Visiting Professor at Universidad Francisco Marroqu�n, Guatemala and is currently a Policy Consultant in Rapid City, South Dakota.
B>Quest welcomes other points of view in regard to the subject matter of this article. Click here to read an earlier version of this article in Spanish.
The Washington, D.C. based Heritage Foundation's 2000 Index of Economic Freedom, compiled by famed Austrian economist Gerald P. O'Driscoll, along with Kim R. Holmes and Melanie Kirkpatrick, provides the following list of the top 15 "freest" places on Earth.
1. Hong Kong
3. NEW ZEALAND
4. Bahrain
4. Luxembourg
7. Ireland
8. UK
11. CHILE
11. El Salvador
11. Taiwan
15. Austria
15. Netherlands
Of special interest to me are the rankings that are emphasized above: primarily third place New Zealand, but also fourth place USA, and eleventh place Chile. Each of these nations have had a reputation among classically liberal circles for years as being freer places, although each has recently elected a center left (socialist) government. New Zealand has less than 4 million people and Chile has about 15 million people, each of which are dwarfed by the USA's nearly 280 million people.
Bay of Islands, New Zealand (northern end of the North Island)
The USA's high rank has always been inflated in my view, perhaps reflecting the wishful thinking of the report's authors. (Ditto for Canada for sure, and likely for some top ten nations like the UK, Australia, and Switzerland too.) At any rate, I would like to add some informed commentary.
I recently (Spring 2000) completed a 15-day tour of New Zealand during which I was able to see the countryside, driving about 3,500 kilometers, and spending considerable time in the largest cities (five days in Auckland, four days in Wellington, and a day in Christchurch). I met with people in business, government, universities, and think tanks. Based on the Heritage Foundation ranking, I expected to find a very free society. What I found instead was quite surprising. The following is a summary of my observations New Zealand. In n some cases I contrast what I saw there with conditions in the USA and Chile.
New Zealand is a nation of spectacular natural beauty which at points rivals southern Chile and the best places of the USA. Everything is clean and "tidy" with no pollution evident except a tad in downtown areas. The crime rate seems low. People seem nice and are always helpful too. There is freedom of religion. Property rights are relatively "secure", probably on par with rights in Chile, and they are ahead of the USA on account of the takings, environmentalist, and drug war crazes.
Overview of Auckland, New Zealand's harbor and downtown from the Skytower (northern part of the North Island)
Lake Taupo, New Zealand
(North Island)
New Zealand's infrastructure is adequate, and the pavement on its roads is good, although rural roads are all narrow, usually winding, and just one lane in each direction, with dozens of one lane bridges that are surely quaint only to tourists. They have excellent harbors.
Economically, New Zealand has some laudable features. There is no visible poverty, with an enormous middle class. Tariffs are very low, perhaps 3% on average (they are 9% in Chile). There is little regulation of business. One could build houses or sell securities in New Zealand without a license. An insurance sales permit costs US$75 but does not require passing a test. The post office, airport, and many public facilities are "private," meaning that the state owns 50% of the stock and hence a "crown company" operates it. Monetary policy is "stable", insofar as central banks go. Inflation should be around 3% this year. A lot of market friendly people staff the Treasury Ministry, if that makes sense.
There are no poisonous snakes, other than political actors of course (which are more venomous).
The Grim Side
New Zealand is hardly paradise in terms of economic freedom. Income taxes are high. The tax is 19.5% on income up to NZ$38,000 (US$19,000), then 33% up to NZ$60,000 (US$30,000), and then 39% thereafter, with virtually no deductions. Some taxes for self-employed business people can be avoided by the clever use of trusts. In Chile, by contrast, graduated rates go up to 45% but the tax can be reduced to a flat 15% by simply creating a consultancy or other business (and much of that offset by expenses), which most of the richer folks do. There is a general sales tax of 12.5% on everything except financial services (the VAT is 18% in Chile by comparison).
Huka Falls, New Zealand
(central North Island)
Although I did not inquire too much into the details of the system, New Zealand also has real property, auto and other taxes. However, in making comparisons, one must consider that only the USA has a separate social security tax, while it is simply included in the New Zealand income tax rate (In Chile you are forced to pay into your own quasi-mutual fund, but you can also take it out so the only true cost is the opportunity cost of capital). The USA also has state income and/or sales taxes in addition to federal taxes, unlike either new Zealand or Chile. Thus, unless one happens to live in the Nevada desert on the Oregon border or Wyoming on the Montana border (paying low property taxes in one state and no sales tax in the other), one pays very high taxes in the USA all tolled. Real property taxes in many urban areas of the USA are outrageous (perhaps 1,000 or more per month). They are not nearly as bad in Chile and only affect the relatively wealthy. In New Zealand, a CEO told me that property taxes were pretty low, and a local retiree complained that they were outrageously high. So I a guessing that New Zealand is similar to the USA in that each has a lot of variance. In general, all three countries seem to have pretty much the same system of ad valorem auto registration taxes. There are exceptions of course. Chile has a couple of freeports in remote cities. Oregon has a flat tax of $15 per year charge on autos, and California has a flat 1% rate on real property purchase price. Yet Oregon has astoundingly high property tax rates in Portland and heavy income taxes (no sales tax), while California has both hefty sales and income taxes. It does go to show that taxation in the USA is not homogeneous, and that low taxes in one area are often offset by high taxes in another. My sense is that Americans pay higher taxes overall than folks in New Zealand and Chile pay, especially when adding into the picture the high tariffs that Americans pay on many imports. Nevertheless, that fact does not make New Zealand a tax haven by any means.
There is a strong anti-rich culture in New Zealand. The new Prime Minister recently made headlines by calling an executive's multi-million dollar salary "revolting". She recently went to the inauguration of Chile's socialist President Ricardo Lagos to try to encourage trade ties between these two countries and to shore up ecology and Antarctica protection policies. Gun ownership, although apparently possible, is severely restricted. Chileans have less freedom in this regard than do people in the USA, but guns are available.
Welfare and unemployment doles persist. I heard of one New Zealand woman who makes US$2,400 per month on the dole and will likely do so perpetually. The dole in New Zealand might even be more lucrative than in the USA. In Chile, if you don't work, you don't eat.
Sheep Cossing, 20km north of Wanganui, New Zealand
(southwestern part of the North Island)
(southern tip of the North Island)
Medicine is socialized in New Zealand. I was told (by smiling people) not to worry if we had an accident while in New Zealand, since we would be treated for "free". I heard of one doctor who left medical practice for higher wages and more freedom working for an insurance company. Included under the social net: all vaccinations and medical care are "free" up to age 5, and dental care is "free" up to age 18. Social security is still public and basically broke. They are thinking of copying the Chilean system. I talked to one recipient who was happy to receive his monthly amount of about US$325.
Indigenous peoples (Maori) seem to get preferential treatment. The government forces the nation to be bilingual (the second language being the local indigenous one). New Zealand is "nuclear free". There are equally egregious employment acts (akin to affirmative action in the USA), although union power has apparently been decimated. Bu comparison, unions have little power in Chile. The state provides lots of housing: uniform, dull, and subject to all the pitfalls of local communism.
Downtown Nelson, New Zealand
(northern South Island)
Half of the parliament in New Zealand is appointed by party bosses via a strange system which recently exalted five "green" members (including a Rostifarian I was told) to power. Some biased opinions I got suggested that the court system was as unjust as I believe it to be in the USA. That still might be better than the vastly inefficient and "guilty until proven innocent" system in Chile.
There is a Ministry of Women's Affairs where money is wasted gathering silly statistics. It exemplifies the state intrusions present in New Zealand. One of the ministry's staffers was interviewed during the prime time TV news in Auckland. I thought my wife was joking when she first told me it was being aired on the evening news. Many Americans probably savor the thought of getting such a department, but I suspect that few Chileans would.
From what I heard, public schools suffer from the same inefficiencies and low standards as they do in the USA (Children all wear uniforms in New Zealand, as they do in Chile). There are eight Universities in New Zealand � all public, bureaucratic, and politically correct. Assistant professors make US$25,000 to US$35,000 net annually. Not surprisingly, universities have had a hard time attracting and retaining junior faculty, who learn quickly that they must consult on the side to survive � unless the salary is a second income. Most economics and policy research is produced by the larger Universities at Auckland, Christchurch (Canterbury), and Wellington. Students pay small fees to attend the universities, which they complain about. I was told that government leaders are pushing to lower standards because Kiwis are having a tough time making it through the university, but I think standards are still higher than they are in Chile. Like Chile, they have an undergraduate curriculum virtually without liberal arts requirements. But at least most universities in Chile are private and not regulated (although regulation is high on the new socialist president's agenda).
Timber stands and harvesting between Nelson
and Murchison, New Zealand (northern South Island)
Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
(central west coast South Island)
The Social Side
In New Zealand homosexuality is widely accepted and is likely ahead of the USA in being a respected social form. The idea of marriage seems to have been displaced by the idea of "partners". By comparison, homosexuality is widely despised and derided in Chile. Abortion is rampant in New Zealand, but I do not think they have graduated to the USA level yet. Abortion is illegal (although still practiced clandestinely) in Chile. In New Zealand one would have no problem finding a prostitute via the yellow pages, newspaper, or just by visiting one of the plethora of downtown shops and shows.
The streets of New Zealand cities are full of trendy folks with tattooed bodies, pierced everything, odd colors of hair, etc. Ecology, extreme environmentalism, recycling, political correctness, multiculturalism, etc. are in the air everywhere. Church attendance is very low in general, with most churches reflecting the aforementioned "liberal" social trends. However, large families are not hated insofar as I could tell. I felt that spanking kids was frowned upon, but saw nothing to confirm any policy. My wife saw a TV ad against "smacking" however. While household maids are common in Chile, they are not in New Zealand.
New Zealand producers are mad at the USA for putting a huge tariff on lamb; mad at the UK for accepting Europe's lamb quota; and mad at Chile and other places for stealing "their" kiwi fruit and producing it more cheaply.
A lot of people are still (really) loyalists � to the British crown. Unlike in the USA, where government is often held in contempt or suspect, New Zealanders seem to have confidence in the state � much more than Chileans do. Libertarianism is a bad word, and the party only gets something like 0.1% of the vote. Anarchy (political, not social) is a held in even lower esteem.
Ecology is a "good" word. Forest product industries probably fare no better in New Zealand than in Oregon. Chile is regulated too, but there you can pay off the right bureaucrat. Major local brands boast that their products are "GM" free (i.e., contain nothing genetically manipulated).
'Blue Pools' of the Makarora River in the mountains near
Haast Pass, New Zealand (south central South Island)
New Zealanders like sailing (They won the America's Cup 2000 and like to let you know it.), rugby, and cricket.
Other Interesting Aspects of New Zealand
Gasoline is about 50 US cents per liter (It is 60 US cents per liter in Chile and about 40 US cents in the USA.). Food prices are about the same or a little more than Chile, which is considerably more than prices in the USA. Housing prices (to buy) were probably on par with prices in a cross section of the USA, and nicer parts of Chile, and they were probably lower in terms of rentals than the USA (Like Chile, one might rent a nice big home for about US$1,200.).
Visiting New Zealand is a bargain. Car rentals, restaurants, and fine hotels are very cheap for Americans, Brits, Chileans, and Argentineans right now. A five star hotel in Auckland is US$71, a good dinner for two is US$26, and a mid-size car is US$28 per day (if you shop the local companies). Government dogs sniff your bags in the airport. One man near us was found carrying an undeclared apple.
Endless plains of south central New Zealand (South Island),
near Twizel, with the Southern Alps and Mt. Cook in the distance
Except in the rare case of finding a coin operated public phone, all local calls cost about 25 US cents per minute with the card one must buy! Long distance rates are relatively cheap, on par with Chile and as good as some deep discount rates in the USA too.
Homeschoolers are paid US$350 per year to homeschool their kids (the amount received evidently declines for additional kids evidently.), but they are thus subject to greater state regulation � like making a sworn statement before a Justice of the Peace (who is more or less a glorified notary public) each year that the parents are doing just as good a job as the state would do.
The national museum and all roadways are "free".
If New Zealand was really the 3rd freest place on earth, then, in my opinion, we would be in truly sad shape. It is interesting that the Heritage index is now used in part to decide who gets USA aid, which makes one wonder how objective results can remain. In my opinion, the Heritage Fountation has the rankings quite wrong. Even the New Zealand Business Roundtable (the leading classically liberal think tank in New Zealand) thinks that New Zealand should be dropped several notches. Furthermore, it is clear to me that Chile is a freer place than New Zealand, despite the fact that it has slid backwards lately. Note that I am not saying that Chile is free, just that it is freer than New Zealand. Nevertheless, given the outcomes of recent elections, both Chile and New Zealand are moving the wrong way, just as the USA has been doing for years.
Due to its hard left social climate, I am sure that New Zealand poses some attraction for left-leaning libertarians. However, right-leaning free marketers will find many aspects of social life in New Zealand to be repulsive and even less free because government sponsors leftist cultural programs with its oppressive taxes.
New Zealand is pretty, usually friendly, and holds some nice economic features which place it ahead of the USA in my book, and surely in the top ten somewhere. But 3rd place is certainly not deserved. Perhaps Chile should be 4th or 5th and New Zealand, followed by the USA, should be a notch or two below Chile.
Judging from its Economic Freedom of the World 2000 report (which uses 1997 data) by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, with Dexter Samida (which uses 1997 data), Canada's Fraser Institute has done no better in ranking the degree of freedom in a country than Heritage has. This report indicates that the authors of Fraser's index suffer from some of the same delusions that Heritage's does in regard to New Zealand, the USA and Chile, which are ranked 3rd, 4th, and 18th, respectively (Chile may also be found ranked 24th in another place in the same report.). In my opinion, each of these nations likely deserves being in the top ten, but the USA and New Zealand surely have inflated scores, while Chile's is too low. In the Fraser report El Salvador, Panama, Denmark, and Japan are listed as being freer than 18th ranked Chile � quite an insult to Chile to say the least!
In reviewing Fraser's methodology section, it appears that it does not weight certain evils as heavily as I think it should. Therefore, I for one contend that the rankings of both Fraser and Heritage are seriously flawed � at least insofar as New Zealand, Chile, and the USA are concerned.


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In almost 30 years of handling Maritime cases, I have seen an increased number of reported rapes, sexual assaults, disappearance and other crimes aboard cruise ships which sail in and out of the United States. After several Congressional hearings, mainly prompted after the disappearance of George Smith during his honeymoon cruise, President Obama signed into law the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010.
Brett Rivkind was an invited Maritime legal expert during Congressional hearings, being questioned about security measures and safety aboard passenger cruise ships. During the Congressional hearings one aspect of concern that was addressed was the lack of mandatory reporting requirements in the cruise ship industry when a crime does occur onboard the ship. The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 addresses this problem, and now requires cruise ship companies to maintain logs which records: (i) all complaints of crimes… (ii) all complaints of theft of property in excess of $1,000 and (iii) all complaints of other crimes.
Cruise ship owners also must make these log books available upon request of any agent of the FBI. The shipowners have to report to the FBI any incident involving a homicide, suspicious death, a missing United States National, kidnapping, assault with serious bodily injury or theft of monies or property in excess of $1,000.
Although following short of all that is required to address cruise ship safety, we applaud the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 as a positive movement towards increased safety legislation applicable to the cruise ship industry. The organization International Cruise Victims Association, with its President, Kendall Carver, should be applauded for their efforts in pursuing the passage of this safety legislation.


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247: What Is This Thing?
We hear Billie Holliday, Keely Smith and Leo Reisman (with Anita Boyer) asking the musical question, "What Is This Thing Called Love?" And, reporter Sean Cole talks about love with Joe and Helen Garland, who fell in love during World War II, but married other people. Thirty years later they met again, felt the same love they felt when they were young, divorced their respective spouses, and finally married each other.
246: My Pen Pal
Act Two: Pen Pal Husband
When Janice Powell's husband went to prison, he wrote her a letter every day for eight years. When he was at home, he'd drink and get violent, but Janice said that the years in prison were the best of their relationship.
244: MacGyver
Act One: Bolt Of Lightning, Pro And Con
Chuck Klosterman talks about the time he MacGyvered his way out of one of the worst situations a boyfriend can find himself in.
242: Enemy Camp
Act Three: And I Love Her
A short story, "Fatso," by Etgar Keret. A woman reveals to her boyfriend that she's not always what she seems.
237: Regime Change
Act Three: The Heart Is A Lonely Junta
Jeffrey Brown wrote a comic novel called Clumsy, a beautiful and intimate account of his relationship with his ex-girlfriend. He talks with Ira about the relationship and why he chose to draw cartoons about it after it ended.


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Beatrice Faumuinā appointed to Sport and Recreation Board
Press Release – Sport and Recreation New Zealand
Beatrice Faumuinā is newly appointed to the Sports and Recreation New Zealand board (Sport NZ), Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage confirmed today.
An Aucklander of Samoan descent Beatrice Faumuinā ONZM represented New Zealand in discus at four Olympic Games and five Commonwealth Games. After winning a World Track and Field title in 1997, she took back to back gold medals at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games and was the New Zealand Team Captain and flag bearer at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
After retiring as a track and field athlete in 2010, Beatrice Faumuinā became the inaugural CEO of the Best Pasifika Leadership Academy and Charitable Foundation, and ASB's Head of Department for Talent and People Strategy while supporting health and wellbeing initiatives locally. In 2005 she was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to athletics.
From 2015–2018, Beatrice Faumuinā was a New Zealand diplomat in New York and took the Trade Commissioner and Consul General role to support New Zealand businesses and keep the New Zealand-New York community safe through outreach and consular duties.
She received the Sir Peter Blake Leader Award in 2013, the World Class New Zealand Award in 2015 and was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in February 2019.
Her appointment is for a three-year term until 30 November 2022.
Established by the Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act 2002, Sport NZ's role is to develop and implement initiatives for physical recreation and sport, as well as promote and advocate the importance of participation in physical activity by all New Zealanders for their health and well-being. With the addition of Beatrice Faumuinā, the Sport NZ board now has nine members.


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Dogs could be source of novel human influenza strains, 10-year study suggests
Reviewed by Alina Shrourou, B.Sc. (Editor)Mar 28 2019
Results from a 10-year study suggest two strains of influenza that could mix and form a dangerous new strain of influenza spread by dogs.
Dr Daesub Song, Associate Professor (Korea University, Republic of Korea) has called for closer monitoring of dogs and other companion animals as they could be a source of novel human influenza strains. He said, "Until now, dogs were considered neglected hosts in the field of flu research. However, after the first report of interspecies transmission, surveillance of flu viruses from companion animals should be further strengthened."
In the 2000s, several cases of viruses crossing the host barrier were recorded. Most notably, H3N2 bird flu crossed over to dogs and developed into Canine Influenza virus (CIV). Dr Song's research has found that this H3N2 CIV could combine with H1N1/2009 and form a new influenza virus, called CIVmv.
The emergence of new species of influenza such as this is concerning. Those infected will have not come into contact with a virus like this before, meaning they would not have immunity to the disease. If the virus could be carried and spread to humans from companion animals, it could have the potential to spread throughout the population extremely quickly.
H1N1/2009 is known for causing the 2009-2010 global 'swine flu' pandemic. When this strain of influenza combines with CIV in dogs, some of the viruses recombine to form CIVmv. Although CIVmv is very similar to CIV, researchers have calculated there is a much higher risk of the disease spreading to humans due to its high infection rates in ferrets.
Viruses bind to host cells and cause infection via sialic acid (SA) receptors, which differ between species. Ferrets have very similar SA receptors to humans. Because of this, ferrets are considered themost reliable experimental model for predicting and evaluating the risk of novel human influenza viruses.
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During their studies of the new CIVmv strain, Dr Song noted that infected dogs and ferrets displayed typical symptoms of respiratory disease, including congestion, breathing difficulties, coughing, runny eyes, sneezing, lethargy, and appetite loss. As well as these symptoms, Dr Song reported the new strain spread between ferrets more quickly than other influenza viruses and replicated quickly.
Researchers are trying to develop a vaccine for the virus. However, due to the high level of mutations, vaccines are very difficult to develop.
Despite being named Canine Influenza Virus, it is not just dogs that can be infected by CIV. During the ten-year study, researchers found that cats were also susceptible to the virus. Dr Song investigated an outbreak of CIV in an animal shelter, during which 100% of the cats were infected and 40% died.
The development of susceptibility in cats is worrying as it shows that CIV can spread amongst different animal species. Researchers have raised concerns as there is a potential for the virus to become endemic in companion animals. As both dogs and cats are in frequent contact with humans, much more frequently than pigs or chickens, the potential risk for a new strain to develop and infect humans is even higher.
Since being first identified in South Korea, CIV has spread to China, Thailand and USA. A case of CIVmv infection was identified in a dog in 2012 following an epidemic of H1N1. Dr Song used this strain in ferrets to determine whether it had the potential to spread from canines to humans. From there, a novel human influenza strain could emerge. Dr Song said, "Pre-existing CIV may recombine or reassort with human influenza viruses and give rise to novel viruses that could in turn lead to unique pandemics."
https://microbiologysociety.org/news/press-releases/could-dogs-be-the-source-of-a-new-flu.html
Posted in: Medical Research News | Disease/Infection News
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{
	protected $CI;

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	{
		$this->CI=& get_instance();
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	}

	public function smtp_googlemail($destn = array(), $mparams = array(), $params = array(), $config = array())
	{
		// Set Default Account & Mail Template
		$params = array(
			'username' => 'at.klone.app@gmail.com',
			'password' => 'electronicmind',
			'from' => 'noreply@kloneapp.com',
			'name' => 'Klone App',
			'subject' => 'Account Verification',
			'body' => 'views/templates/verification_mail.html',
			'altbody' => 'Alternative Body Mail',
			);

		// Set Default Configuration for Server
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			'smtpauth' => true,
			'smtpsecure' => 'ssl',
			'host' => 'smtp.gmail.com',
			'port' => 465
			);

		$message = file_get_contents(APPPATH.$params['body']);
		if(isset($mparams['user']))
		{
			$message = str_replace('%user%', $mparams['user'], $message);
			$message = str_replace('%link%', $mparams['link'], $message);
		}

		$mail = new PHPMailer();
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        // $mail->SMTPDebug = 0; // view Debug
        $mail->SMTPAuth = $config['smtpauth']; // enabled SMTP authentication
        $mail->SMTPSecure = $config['smtpsecure']; // prefix for secure protocol to connect to the server
        $mail->Host = $config['host']; // setting GMail as our SMTP server
        $mail->Port = $config['port']; // SMTP port to connect to GMail

        $mail->Username = $params['username']; // user email address
        $mail->Password = $params['password']; // password in GMail
        $mail->SetFrom($params['from'], $params['name']);  //Who is sending the email
        // $mail->AddReplyTo($params['username'], $params['name']);  //email address that receives the response
        $mail->Subject = $params['subject'];
        $mail->msgHTML($message);
        $mail->AltBody = strip_tags($message);

        $mail->AddAddress($destn['email'], $destn['name']);

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        // $mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // as many as you want
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        if(!$sending) {
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One entire wall from floor to ceiling in my writing room is covered in bookshelves. When I'm writing, all I have to do is scoot my chair across the floor and at my fingertips are incredible books like The Blind Assassin, timeless books like Jane Eyre, helpful books like Roget's Thesaurus, childhood books like The Wizard of Oz, secrets-from-my-past books like a whole series of Dorothy Dunnett's historical romances and you-just-never-know-when-you-might-need-it second hand book stall purchases like World Furniture.
I don't organise my books by colour, author, title - it's a rather haphazard arrangement and because I take books from the shelf so often for one reason or another, haphazardness suits me fine. I don't have to be particular about whereabouts on the shelf the book goes back - wherever it fits works best for me.
I do have two shelves though, which are organised and specific. One of these shelves is the My Favourite Books shelf and it has to be a very special book to make it into this hallowed space, alongside the likes of Margaret Atwood, Joan Didion, AS Byatt, Hilary Mantel and Ian McEwan. (You might be able to see in the picture that I've snuck my own book onto that shelf because I think you have to love your own books the best, flaws and all, to be able to send so many years writing them).
My other organised shelf is the Research Shelf. This shelf changes from book to book. When I was writing If I Should Lose You, it held memoirs from female heart transplant surgeons, memoirs from an intern about her experience dissecting bodies in an anatomy lab, book about the beliefs and ethics of organ donation procedures in different parts of the world. It currently holds a lot of material about New York because that's where the book I'm currently writing is set, as well as books about having babies, which you'd think I would know something about, having managed to do it three times myself. Just not in the 1920s though, which is when my new book is set.
Books do migrate off the shelf and onto my desk from time to time. When I'm writing a book, I always have a couple of books on my desk that are like touchstones - something about those books connects me to the world I'm trying to create in my own writing. Currently on my desk as I tap away on my New York novel are Amor Towles' Rules of Civility and Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, two very different books which are oddly evocative of the themes and characters I am writing into being.
So that's a sneak peek into the hundreds of books on my shelves - I'd better stop now before I launch into pictures of my French shelf, my I'm-never-going-to-read-these-books-again shelf and all the other shelves organised in peculiar ways that I hadn't realised I'd done until I started writing this post!
This blog appears as part of a series of guest posts by authors kind enough to take an interest in the journey of an emerging artist. You can read previous posts in the collection by clicking here.
My 'books I'll never read again shelf' is better known as ... the Opp shop! I'm interested in why you keep a book if not for re-reading.


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DOE/NREL/MASSCEC Develop New Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility
In addition to financially supporting this CRADA, DOE provided American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds of $25 million for the creation of the Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC), which will run tests on wind turbine blades longer than 50 meters and up to 90m.
Officials broke ground on December 1 for the WTTC, which is located in Boston, Massachusetts. The center will test blades for structural integrity and durability. Blade testing methodologies, based on the experience of NWTC, will enable the new center to help the wind industry develop the next generation of wind turbine technologies.
"NREL functions as an expert partner providing 30 years of blade testing experience and leveraging our knowledge to make the new facility a success," explained NREL's Derek Berry, Director of Engineering at the new site.
NWTC researchers assisted MASSCEC with specifications for the new facility and provided NREL staff to assist in the design and operation of the facility. In addition,the NWTC is in the process of designing and procuring the static and fatigue blade test systems for WTTC based on designs developed for blade testing at the NWTC.
Static tests pull a blade in one direction to find its breaking point while fatigue tests simulate wear and tear on the blade, similar to repeatedly bending a paperclip back and forth. The length of turbine blades has grown to capture more energy — four times more energy is captured with each doubling of blade length. Current turbine blades in production have grown to 62m long.
The NWTC is limited to 50m blade tests. By the end of 2010, completion of the long industrial type building at WTTC will provide the nation's wind turbine manufacturers with commercial blade certification and reliability testing.
The facility will be capable of testing several blades simultaneously. WTTC's location at an existing deep water port facilitates blade transport. WTTC will provide a critical component in the nation's wind energy program.
www.nrel.gov
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Back in April I posted a summary of my travels over January, February and March 2013, as seen through the eyes of my Instagram account (you can find me at vstuarttaylor). If you're on Instagram then please let me know where I can find you, as I love discovering new gems!
Here's a (belated) round up of my travels abroad over April, May and June, as seen through Instagram.
1. I arrived in Milan and was immediately greeted by this lovely rose! 2. The weather wasn't great that weekend and the Duomo di Milano is looking particularly grey, but as majestic as ever. 3. In the stunning Brera district is the Galleria di Brera, full of august statues. 4. Behind the Castello Sforzesco is a beautiful verdant park, with Napoleon's Arco della Pace at the end. 5. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II sits in the centre of Milan housing designer shops and restaurants. 6. A trip to Italy wouldn't be complete without aperitivi! This time with a cocktail in hand, rather than my usual Aperol Spritz.
1. Placa Reial is one of my favourite spots in Barcelona and here's one of its palm trees. 2. The ever-packed Las Ramblas, Barcelona's famous street complete with human statues and La Boqueria food market. 3. Outside one of Gaudi's imprints on the city – La Pedrera. 4. Strolling along the Passeig de Gracia in the sun. 5. I took this photos of the palm trees on the beach on a morning run. 6. Locals playing volleyball on the beach near the Olympic Port.
I'm sad to say that that I didn't travel abroad anywhere in June! I stayed in London the entire month, indulging in Wimbledon and the beginning of the British summer. I'll write a post on my travels & trips within the UK, to show you what there's to see in this lovely country of mine.


Anyone can see it: We're captivated by the idea of eternity. No generation or culture can resist its draw. And some part of you already knows this, doesn't it? It's the reason you're thinking about buying this book.
God created us with eternity in our hearts because this life is merely a glimpse of what's to come. But what do we know about eternity? Is there more to it than pitchforks and harps? And if so, is any of it relevant to the life we're living now?
In Driven by Eternity, best-selling author John Bevere uses an eye-opening allegory and extensive Scripture to paint a vivid picture of the way our lives on earth shape our eternal existence.
The truth is, our response to the cross doesn't just determine where we'll spend eternity. It also determines how we'll spend it. Life beyond that final breath isn't just about heaven or hell - it's much more wonderful than that.


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I'm a mom. I get it.
When I see my kids struggling, I want to jump in and save them. I want – on some primal level – to shield them from any amount of pain or discomfort the world might throw at them. I want to build a wall that will repel any of the painful, embarrassing, or depressing experiences I had to endure as a kid. I want them to look back at their childhood and remember only happiness.
And that's how many of our students' parents feel. They love their child so much that when they see a "D" on Infinite Campus or find a detention slip to sign or hear from their child that their paper wasn't one of the ones chosen for the bulletin board, their mama and papa bear instincts come into play.
As a teacher, this is incredibly frustrating. We already have so much on our plates. The idea of trying to explain to a parent how the grading scale or make-up work policies function, telling them all the steps we took before a detention was assigned, explaining that there's only so much room on a bulletin board and over 120 students – this all takes precious time and energy that many of us simply do not have.
So last year, I stopped. I stopped explaining everything over and over again. I stopped trying to appease parents and make them understand. I stopped worrying that I would make them angry. I stopped justifying school procedures or grading scales. I simply stopped.
Instead, I decided to talk to parents about the value of failure.
She'll write it on the board, and the class will evaluate it and decide that she's not joining two independent clauses, therefore a semicolon doesn't work. Their remarks will be kind and helpful, and she won't feel ridiculed. Then she'll rewrite part of it and fix it.
Mistakes, even outright failure, are part of the process – not something to hide. And the student has learned to be tenacious, not discouraged, to keep trying to find the right answer or solution. Creating a classroom culture where students are not ashamed of failing, where failure is not merely tolerated but celebrated – this takes time and effort and practice. Something I'll explore and explain in a future entry, for sure (but you can check out the resources at the end if you'd like to get a jump start).
I believe that this theory should apply to other areas of school life, too. If a student leaves his lunch at home, he can eat school lunch that day. Will he be disappointed that he can't have that slice of leftover cake he was looking forward to? Yes, and maybe it will help him remember to check for his lunch the next morning.
When a student makes a bad decision, gets a warning, then continues to make bad decisions until the detention has been assigned, serving the detention will help them develop self-control and self-regulation.
When a student doesn't put a lot of effort into an assignment and consequently doesn't see their work displayed, they'll learn to give their best effort next time.
If a student forgets to do homework and consequently gets a zero, they will learn to make their homework a priority.
So, assuming your policies are fair and transparent, and you've built in room for students to fail, not just academically but also behaviorally, there is quite a lot of value in the logical consequences that students will endure.
As I explain to my students' parents (and to myself as a parent when my own offspring struggle in school), our job as educators is not just to prepare students for the academic knowledge they must acquire. Our job is to prepare them for the slings and arrows of the real world, to learn how to handle disappointment and keep trying. Just as incorrectly using a semicolon the first time shouldn't stop a student from ever trying to use a semicolon again, seeing a dip in grades due to poor/missing work should teach a child – on a minor scale – how to be the kind of adult who can accept responsibility and remain steadfast when things get rocky in their lives. Because, as we all know, those days will come.
So, rather than reiterate the homework policy for the 100th time or rationalize how I gave a student the required 5 agenda warning marks before assigning a detention, I'll talk to the parents about goals for their child.
Every parent wants their kid to grow up and be happy and successful. Every parent wants their kid to be independent and capable. How will they get there if we don't teach them how to handle disappointment, how to accept responsibility, and live with the consequences of their actions on a small scale?
It's hard to watch your kid cry their eyes out because they forgot to do their homework one night and their grade instantly fell from an A to a C. But letting them sit in that sadness, to learn how to cope with that emotion, and then formulate a plan to make things right – isn't that expertly teaching them how to navigate the workforce one day when they miss a deadline and their boss is peeved at them?
I found that the parents I spoke to really responded well to this. It was no longer "parent vs. teacher," it was us on the same team with the same goal of lovingly but firmly preparing their kid for the world ahead.
And, best of all, I began to witness students become more responsible, more capable, and more confident. They went from being the crying 6th grader who said they had no idea I assigned homework to the calm 6th grader apologizing for not doing it and getting a makeup copy to, finally, the 6th grader who turned their homework in regularly. They had faith that they could handle whatever the day had in store for them, ready to learn from their failures and keep on trying.


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Christie's figures show boom
SALES figures for the first half of 2000 were up by more than a fifth at Christie's.
Christie's International recorded total sales of £761m ($1.172bn) for January-June – a rise of 22 per cent (16 per cent in dollars, due to fluctuations in the exchange rate) on the previous year.
This puts them slightly ahead of Sotheby's, whose total sales of $1.040bn represent a rise of less than one per cent on the same period last year.
The figures included 124 lots that broke the $1m barrier, including Picasso's Nature Morte aux Tulipes which sold for $26m at the May sale of 20th century art at the Rockefeller Center, Christie's New York Headquarters.
And despite a major shift in the art market to New York, Christie's chief executive officer, Ed Dolman, praised the "most notable" contribution of the London sales to the "magnificent results".
European sales topped £319m ($492m), with £186m ($287m) from Christie's London HQ in King Street alone. US sales totalled £385m ($593m) and Asian/Australian sales nearly doubled at £57m ($88m).
Almost all areas recorded rises, with strongest areas being Contemporary Art, up 88 per cent in sterling (79 per cent in dollars), Asian Art up 64 (56) per cent, and Books and Manuscripts – boosted by a record $8m (£5m) for Audubon's Birds of America – up 59 (51) per cent at £26.2m ($40.6m). The booming Irish economy – and the attraction of John William Waterhouse – saw British and Irish Art more than double last year's figures at £43m ($66m).
Profits were not announced, but Mr Dolman said the company was looking forward to expansion in Asia, the inaugural sales in France and Internet developments at christies.com.
Auctioneers Figures


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Wild Bird Movements and Avian Influenza Risk Mapping in Southern Africa
Graeme S. Cumming, Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
Philip A. R. Hockey, Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
Leo W. Bruinzeel, Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
Morne A. Du Plessis, Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Center of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
Global analyses of the potential for avian influenza transmission by wild birds have ignored key characteristics of the southern African avifauna. Although southern Africa hosts a variety of migratory, Holarctic-breeding wading birds and shorebirds, the documented prevalence of avian influenza in these species is low. The primary natural carriers of influenza viruses in the northern hemisphere are the anatids, i.e., ducks. In contrast to Palearctic-breeding species, most southern African anatids do not undertake predictable annual migrations and do not follow migratory flyways. Here we present a simple, spatially explicit risk analysis for avian influenza transmission by wild ducks in southern Africa. We developed a risk value for each of 16 southern African anatid species and summed risk estimates at a quarter-degree cell resolution for the entire subregion using data from the Southern African Bird Atlas. We then quantified environmental risks for South Africa at the same resolution. Combining these two risk values produced a simple risk map for avian influenza in South Africa, based on the best currently available data. The areas with the highest risk values were those near the two largest cities, Johannesburg and Cape Town, although parts of Kwazulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape also had high-risk scores. Our approach is simple, but has the virtue that it could be readily applied in other relatively low-data areas in which similar assessments are needed; and it provides a first quantitative assessment for decision makers in the subregion.
anatidae; avian influenza; Botswana; ducks; influenza; landscape ecology; Namibia; pathogen; South Africa; virus; waterfowl; Zimbabwe.


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accounts-dropbox
================

Dropbox OAuth2 login service for use with Meteor Auth.

Exposes the `Meteor.loginWithDropbox` method on the client.
Works seamlessly with the Meteor Accounts system. See the
[Meteor accounts documentation](http://docs.meteor.com/#/basic/accounts)
for information about Meteor Accounts (including the usage of Atmosphere packages like this one).

### Usage

1. Add the package: ```meteor add nitrolabs:accounts-dropbox```
2. Read the 'Meteor.loginWith<ExternalService>' section of [Meteor auth documentation](http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/meteor_loginwithexternalservice) and make sure you set up your config and secret correctly.
3. Call ```Meteor.loginWithDropbox();```

The redirect URI must be set to '${yoursiteurl}/_oauth/dropbox?close=true'
Note the close=true url parameter.

### Package Dependencies

* accounts-base
* accounts-oauth
* dropbox-oauth

### Credits

Developed by @gcampax and @mathieudutour.

Maintained by [Nitrolabs](https://www.nitrolabs.com)

### Licence
MIT