If we were to hold a popularity contest for the contents of our makeup bag, certain products, like mascara and concealer, would land at the top of the hierarchy—the popular kids, if you will. Cream blush, on the other hand, would fall somewhere between lip stain and individual falsies—nice in theory (we do envy that lit-from-within flush, after all), but usually avoided for fear of resembling Bozo the clown.
But it may be time to re-evaluate. Cream blush, when applied correctly, can give you a glowy, slightly dewy flush that traditional powder blush can't. Plus, the texture makes it ideal for people with dry or mature skin (read: no more cake-y finish!). We recruited our resident makeup expert, Lauren Andersen (responsible for the gorgeously-flushed cheeks of celebs like Jessica Alba and Chrissy Teigen), to show us the ropes.
Keep flipping to find out how to apply cream blush like a pro, then shop our favorite cream blush picks at the end!
Andersen says to be smart when it comes to layering products. "I wouldn't recommend putting cream blush over powder, because the two formulas will grab each other, making a clump-y, splotchy finish," she says. "You want to work with wet-on-wet textures." In other words, choose a creamy foundation, tinted moisturizer, or BB cream, instead of a powder formula, to create a smooth base for your blush.
Not all cream blushes are created equal, so know your products before getting too smudge-happy. For daytime, we like formulas that dry to a silky, powdery finish, like Chanel's Le Blush Crème de Chanel ($38). At night, you can add a bit of sparkle—try Nars' The Multiple ($39). Andersen uses Tory Burch's Cat's Meow Lip & Cheek Tint ($38) in our tutorial.
Andersen suggests applying your powder blush mentality to your cream blush. "Start at the apples of your cheeks and move upwards and outwards," she says. We recommend using a soft, slightly angled blush brush and moving your brush strokes in a slight C shape towards your temples.
Depending on your cream blush formula, you can also apply it with your fingers first—just tap the blush onto the apples of your cheeks, then use a blush brush to blend it up and out.
You are now officially a cream blush master! Just add a swipe of highlighter on your cheekbones to complete your glow.
Keep flipping for our favorite cream blush picks!


When elderly parents refuse help, what can family caregivers do to provide their loved ones with the personal mobility assistance they need?
Helping your elderly parent agree to use a power wheelchair may be a daunting task. But, when you consider the result will be your parent's continued safety and well-being, it will be well worth the effort.
Below are tips on how to help elderly parents explore the possibilities of power chair use, even if they refuse help initially.
It may be obvious to you that your parent has trouble walking without assistance. You may have noticed incidents of stumbling and/or an occasional loss of balance. You want to help, but how?
Suggesting the use of an assistive device, such as a walker or power chair might be met with your parent's stubborn refusal. They may completely deny their need for any type of help at all.
Here's what you might do to counteract a parent's resistance to the idea of using a power wheel chair.
Be sure everyone agrees that power mobility could benefit your loved one.
Detail for your elderly parent how a power chair enables freedom and independence.
Focus on the positives (increased comfort; more self-reliance; safer from falls, etc).
Don't demand they use a power chair. Let your parent make their own decision.
Contact Hoveround. Let our mobility specialists help you help your loved ones.
Rather than viewing an assistive device as a sign of surrender and defeat, help your elderly parents understand that a power wheelchair from Hoveround could keep them empowered and in control of their own lives.
Hoveround is here to assist caregivers and their loved ones with information and tools to regain freedom and mobility. Call 800-542-7236 or get started online today.
1A trained and licensed geriatric care manager may be able to provide professional insight and assistance to caregivers who experience difficulty with their care giving responsibilities. Contact the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers for available resources in your area.
*Certain restrictions apply. Not available in all locations. Medicare and insurance customers must pre-qualify. Call for details.
This article is for informational purposes only. Reference to any external resource or website should not be interpreted as an endorsement or guarantee of service.


The content of this Answer to Question 18 set forth below which describes the plans for the Applicant's registry constitutes the "purpose" of the registry as that term is used in Paragraph 1.b. of Specification 9 of the Draft New gTLD Registry Agreement found in Module 5 of the Applicant Guidebook dated January 11, 2012 (the "Purpose"). This .SAFETY gTLD will be brought to market by Safety Registry Services, LLC ("Safety Registryʺ) a wholly owned subsidiary of W.W. Grainger, Inc. ("Grainger").
The intended mission and purpose of .SAFETY is to serve as a trusted, hierarchical, intuitive namespace for a network of customers, potential customers, corporations, first responders, experts, and other service organizations to interact with peers, and have access to authoritative content, and generally needed and valuable safety information. In furtherance of this goal, Safety Registry aims to publish a Charter and all associated policies, guidelines, and other supporting documentation related to the implementation of the registry consistent with the Purpose, all prior to launch. All second-level domain names registered by Safety Registry on behalf of itself or a parent⁄affiliate will be registered through an ICANN-accredited registrar and will be consistent with the Purpose.
As the largest distributor of safety products in North America, Grainger understands the safety needs of companies and organizations operating facilities safely and helping keep employees safe. Grainger helps them achieve their facility and people-related safety goals by providing products⁄solutions that help to maintain regulatory compliance and reduce the of fines; improve facility safety and reduce accident⁄injury rates; and decrease operating costs such as worker compensation, litigation, and lost productivity. Grainger does this through its 50,000+ safety SKUs in many different safety categories like PPE, First Aid, and Workplace⁄Environmental⁄Public Safety as well as its services capabilities that include safety program management, safety training, customizing of safety products, and managing of safety inventory.
There are a number of Grainger resources that companies and organizations are able to utilize to support their safety efforts such as the online Safety catalog; Strategic Alliances with Safety Product Manufacturers; On the Job Webinar Series; Safety Specialists to answer safety questions; and Quick Tips on key safety topics and issues. Grainger is also a member of some of the leading associations in safety, such as NSC and ASSE, and regularly participates in their tradeshows and conferences.
Grainger has a long history of supporting and serving community organizations through its philanthropy. It has been recognized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its leadership in partnering with the American Red Cross to recruit and train volunteers from the business community to respond to disasters. Grainger is the national founding sponsor of the Ready When the Time Comes disaster volunteer program in the U.S. and Canada. Graingerʹs strong commitment to community safety is evident in its ongoing service and partnership in emergency preparedness with a spectrum of corporate, not-for-profit, and government organizations.
Safety Registry does not intend to apply for a community designation under ICANN's Applicant Guidebook criteria, however, it is committed to operating .SAFETY with a relatively narrow Charter and focus.
This initial stage will likely involve Safety Registry reserving ICANN and GAC required reserved domain names along with a limited number of second-level domain names for future registry use. In addition, Safety Registry would register a limited number of generic second-level domain names to develop information portals to begin to seed the registry with relevant content in order to attract traffic.
During this initial phase, Safety Registry, with support from Grainger's IT personnel, plans to run a number of tests to ensure seamless and more secure access to .SAFETY websites, and interoperability with various software and Web-based applications. The registration and use of these domain names are intended to be within the scope of Section 1B of Specification 9, regarding the maintenance, operation, and purpose of the gTLD.
Once all testing has been successfully completed, select partners meeting the Charter⁄ membership requirements mentioned above will likely be eligible to register .SAFETY domain names. This may include, but is not limited to, government agencies, NGOs, and other service organizations with a dedicated mission and leading presence in the safety industry, such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), The Red Cross, and International Organization for Standardization (ISO), key universities in the safety arena, and other national and international organizations of similar stature.
Depending upon the reception of .SAFETY within the safety community, Safety Registry will begin evaluating the creation of the independent Safety Network discussed above. In undertaking this analysis, Safety Registry endeavors to enlist the support of Grainger and the current registrants within the gTLD.
Based on experiences gained through the first stages of operation and the analysis undertaken in Stage 2, Safety Registry intends to either retain its role as a trustee of the .SAFETY Charter, or it will transition this governance aspect of the registryʹs operation to the Safety Network. Either way, Safety Registry is presently committed to the future expansion of the namespace for the benefit of the safety community. It is currently anticipated that any creation or transition of rights to the Safety Network would not take place until after the third year of operation.
Depending upon the decision following the analysis referenced above, there are a number of potential funding options to ensure the continued secure and stable operation of the .SAFETY registry including, but not limited to: dues from the Safety Network to fund the registry on a cost recovery basis; an additional funding from Grainger, or a combination of both. Notwithstanding any potential expanded use of .SAFETY, Safety Registry currently anticipates implementing a throttle mechanism to ensure that any expansion is controlled and responsible. This mechanism is explained in more detail in the response to Questions 46.


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A Visit from Hermosa Beach City Manager Tom Bakaly
Published by USC Bedrosian Center on November 11, 2013 November 11, 2013
by Jeremy Loudenback
In recent weeks, the Bedrosian Center has hosted an impressive slate of state and national leaders, and on Wednesday, November 13, the conversation about effective governance shifts to the local level.
Tom Bakaly, the newly appointed city manager for Hermosa Beach, returns to USC as part of the Bedrosian Center's Lunch with a Leader series. A graduate of USC's master of public administration program, Bakaly will discuss the challenges implementing policy on a city-wide scale and the lessons of good governance he's learned during his lengthy tenure as a public administrator in California and Utah.
Tom Bakaly discussing the role of city managers in our round table Leading from the West discussion in April 2013.
Before heading to the South Bay, Bakaly worked as city manager in Park City, Utah, where he earned a reputation as a smooth and professional administrator with a knack for garnering community engagement. Despite the distance between the two cities, Park City and Hermosa Beach share many similarities. Both are suburban cities within close range of larger metropolitan areas, and the two also boast reputations as recreational destinations with easy access to natural attractions—in Park City's case, mountains and skiing, while Hermosa Beach draws multitudes of beach goers almost year-round to its popular stretch of sparkling public beaches. Aside from strong seasonal tourist crowds, the two cities are both well-known for the hallmark events and celebrations that drive large parts of their local economies; Park City is synonymous with the yearly Sundance Film Festival, and Hermosa Beach hosts large gatherings through its Fourth of July festivities on the Strand boardwalk and for beachside sporting competitions and celebrations. Prior to his time in Utah, Bakaly also worked for the city of Pasadena, where he grew up. During his time there, he helped the city manage several high-profile entertainment events, including matches for the 1994 World Cup held at the Rose Bowl.
During his first year on the job, Bakaly has already tackled some high profile city issues, including hiring a police chief, public safety concerns, and dealing with a proposal to drill for oil off Hermosa Beach's coastline. Bakaly has made attempts to increase participation the city's strategic planning process, creating the Hermosa 2020 & Beyond initiative to involve community residents and business owners in the decision making process for the future direction of the city. Going back to his time in Utah, Bakaly brings a strong background in sustainability and environmental issues, and as Hermosa Beach charts its course moving forward, Bakaly is expected to share his expertise on the ways in which the city can fashion a plan to minimize its carbon footprint, preserve its connection to the coastal ecosystem, and provide residents and businesses with a solid economic foundation moving forward.
Seats for Wednesday's intimate Lunch with a Leader event are extremely limited. Register soon!
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by Olivia Olson
Falling is the number one cause of injury and seventh leading cause of death in adults ages 65 and older. Over a quarter of that population falls annually, with approximately a third of those falls resulting in medical treatment or lifestyle changes. Unfortunately, however, today's elderly are the most indebted in history and frequently lack the resources to invest in the non-urgent measures?"devices to call for help, grab bars, ramps, shower seats, and other modifications for wheelchair accessibility"?that would allow them to safely age in place and minimize the severity of falls.

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Browse through a collection of the most famous paintings from this Art Nouveau master, listed through this section and categorised by their original titles.
All the feminine portraits here made use of Mucha's exceptional illustrative skills, allowing him to add fine details and charming flourishes in and around the attractive models who adorned each artwork.
Some of those featured here were as part of a series, with Mucha covering themes such as seasons and times of the day. Moon and Stars also brings together four separate paintings which the artist planned to display together.
There was a commercial purpose for many of these paintings too, with Job being used as a cigarette advertisement. Another was used for a biscuit tin cover, and many more as commissioned exhibition posters and so on.
The Art Nouveau movement established itself as one of the more significant influences in the 20th century and Mucha is seen as the biggest contributor to it, alongside other masters like Gustav Klimt, Aubrey Beardsley and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
The popularity of these artists has led to a huge demand for access to their work, be it exhibitions of their work or purchases for private collections. The paintings featured in this section are amongst the best of those, and there are now several high profile collectors of Alphonse Mucha original paintings, illustrations and pictures.


I started working behind the bar in Jakarta in 1997 in one of the best fine-dining restaurants with a 1950s American bar design. Some areas in Jakarta were very good with classic cocktails in hotel bars. Where I worked it was crowded with wealthy families and country ambassadors.
Then came Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood with style cafes and super-duper cocktails whose ingredients could include 12-20 kinds of spirits and liqueurs mixed into one in a Hurricane Glass. Flairing became the trend of the Jakarta bar until 2003.
From 2005 to 2008 concepts changed from American style pubs to super-club designs and wine lounges. Cocktails also changed to Martinis, Tutti Fruttis and Caipiroska, or fruit muddled with sugar and mixed with vodka or other spirits.
From 2008 until now there has been a move towards the development of cocktails such as has occurred in America and Europe – clarified and sous vide –and those methods are used in Jakarta bars today.
Usually the rules of courtesy mean that it is not polite to enjoy cocktails at an older age, but at the moment these rules are almost gone in the circle of Indonesian society.
Pletok is a traditional Jakarta drink that is owned by the Betawi community and has a cocktail version created by Hamami Mamiek, one of Indonesia's first bartenders in the 1960s, Wherever a bar opens in Indonesia there is always a Pletok cocktail both on the menu and at the cashier POS system bar.
How advanced is cocktail culture in Jakarta?
Jakarta has transformed in the past 10 years and there are now classic Japanese cocktail bars, private bars, speakeasies and some bars have rotary evaporators.
Clarified, sous vide and re-distilled spirits are already familiar to us bartenders in Jakarta and this is supported by our frequent gathering and supporting the community of fellow bartenders.
Support for each other is there and there are guest shift bartenders from outside helping it become a learning place for other bartenders.
The Union Group Jakarta was the pioneer of the change in cocktail culture in Jakarta. After that Potato Head Family. When Dre Masso joined the group 10 years ago the cocktails in Jakarta were only Long Island, Illusion, Flaming and Lychee Martini but now Negroni, Bloody Mary, Manhattan, Old Fashioned and Sazerac cocktails can be found in almost all the top bars. Usually the top level bars are in the central and southern areas of Jakarta.
Economic problems are not too bad for the Jakarta market because they do not really affect the income of the workers.
Cocktail sales were still good until the last two years when they decreased due to political problems and a lack of clarity of spirit alcohol export/import regulations.
The problem now is the unclear export/import alcohol rules because of political problems, too high taxes, uncertain stock and the expired alcohol tax.
Hotels are only able to sell officially registered alcohol, while independent bars prefer items that arenot listed on custom because they are cheaper and varied. This is the main problem for the bar owner and bartenders in Jakarta and Indonesia.
Who made you the best cocktail you've had in Jakarta?
Hmm... Aditya Ananda from Arrack & Spiced, Yutaka San from The Classic Jakarta, and my staff.


Living within the London Borough of Sutton, there are over 900 families with a child or young person who has a disability or additional need.
The children of these families have a number of different difficulties including physical and learning disabilities, behavioural, sensory or rare disorders, as well as severe health conditions causing additional care needs.
The Sutton Parents Forum is run by these parents for these parents, primarily to make sure that our collective difficulties are recognised by the London Borough of Sutton, and that we have a voice within the Local Authority to effectively inform decisions about resources, services and policies which will directly affect our children.
If you are a parent of a disabled child living in Sutton, you are already a part of the forum – there are no forms to complete or hoops to jump through – you're one of us already!
You can choose whether to get more involved or not – but we really do welcome your involvement and input – your unique experiences, frustrations, insights and successes are part of the wider picture of how life really is for our families.
Together, our collective voice can achieve real change and improvement.
Sutton Parent's Forum is now a Community Interest Group and is led by an 8-strong panel of parents on the Steering Committee. 6 parents from this Committee attend and take an active role in all the Disability Partnership Board meetings at the Civic Offices, where decisions are taken on how to best support families like ours.
Our parents are often asked to sit on Sutton Council recruitment interview panels to help select new staff in key positions; take an active role in Sutton staff training sessions; attend national disability conferences as Sutton Representatives and to speak at Conferences and Seminars.
In 2007 the Government published a report entitiled "Aiming High for Disabled Children, better support for families" (AHDC).
It outlines a programme to transform services for disabled children, with substantial new funding and measures designed to make systems work better. It is closely linked to the Every Child Matters programme, and it's long-term goal is to radically improve the life chances of every disabled child.
A fundamental part of this new approach is to encourage, and provide funding for Parent Forums in every area, to give parents of disabled children a voice in local decision-making, allowing parents to contribute their expertise to help shape services.
In Sutton, our Parent's Forum was formed in 2002, five years ahead of the AHDC initiative!
Our successes are already many and varied, but one of the best things about working together with Sutton Council over many years is that relationships between parents and service providers are generally very strong in Sutton.
By being visible and having a voice, we are seeing parent participation really working well here, and helping to break down the old-style attitudes of "them and us" caused by mutual mistrust and lack of understanding.
Sutton Parent's Forum is doing well at making a difference, but with you and your experiences on board we'll do even better!
The Sutton Parents Forum holds regular coffee mornings, training seminars and workshops, and we would love to see you at one of these events soon.
Take a look at our Events Calendar for further details.


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Brocton's season ends in State Final with loss to Whitehall, 12-1
Bulldogs fall one win short
BRADEN CARMEN
bcarmen@observertoday.com
OBSERVER Photo by Braden Carmen Brocton's Jordan Krystofiak delivers a pitch during Saturday's New York State Class D Championship baseball game, in Binghamton against Whitehall.
OBSERVER Photo by Braden Carmen The Bulldogs' Derrick Burns swings at a pitch during Saturday's NY State Championship game.
OBSERVER Photo by Braden Carmen Brocton's Riley Rivera leads off during the State Championship game.
BINGHAMTON — The Brocton Bulldogs made it to the New York State Class D baseball title game for the first time in school history this season. Sadly for Brocton, the season ended with a sour taste, after Whitehall defeated the Bulldogs on Saturday, 12-1 in five innings, in the State Final at Union-Endicott High School, in Endicott, on Saturday afternoon.
Ronald "Bubba" Brown, Jordan Krystofiak, Riley Rivera, Derrick Burns and Darien Booker played their final game for the Bulldogs on Saturday.
"What a group of kids. Since I started (at Brocton) five years ago, these young men have done everything I've asked," said Brocton coach Rob Fetterick. "These kids have worked so hard to get to this point, and I feel bad that it just didn't come out the way they wanted, but they've got to hold their heads high."
Brocton (11-8) fell behind immediately in the top of the first inning on Saturday. After the first batter of the game reached on a walk, he then stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error. An RBI single in the next at-bat put Whitehall (17-2) ahead 1-0 just two batters into the contest. The next batter tripled, then a pair of RBI singles later in the frame made the score 3-0 before Brocton got a chance to hit.
While the Bulldogs responded with an RBI single by Burns in the bottom of the first inning to score Krystofiak, a pair of Brocton runners were left on base to end the first inning.
From that point on, Brocton only had one hit and three walks offensively. All four runners were left stranded on base.
Whitehall scored three runs in the second inning to extend the lead to 6-1, aided by a pair of Brocton errors.
In the next inning, Brocton caught a baserunner in a rundown for the potential third out of the top of the third frame, but the Bulldogs did not make the throw to third base to retire the runner, holding the ball instead as the runner scampered back to third base. Whitehall tacked on two more runs on a two-out single in the next at-bat to make the score 8-1. From that point on, Brocton did not threaten the Whitehall advantage.
"They were a consistent hitting team. All the way through the lineup, those kids hit the ball hard," said Fetterick of Whitehall.
Whitehall added four runs in the top of the fifth to put the mercy rule in play, then Brocton could not answer and the game was called after five innings of play.
Whitehall finished with 12 runs on 10 hits off Krystofiak, who was tasked with pitching the final game of the season with Brown unavailable due to pitch count restrictions after Friday's contest. Krystofiak registered two strikeouts in the fifth inning, but did not receive calls in his favor throughout the contest. Brocton finished with one run on three hits offensively, with five errors in the field.
"We grew, and it even showed today in the dugout when they got together. They held their heads high and they lost with dignity," said Fetterick. "It's not all about the wins, it's how you handle things like this. I can't be more proud of these kids and the way they took this loss, it only shows that we're growing and we're ready to keep succeeding."
While Brocton's storybook ending fell one win short of coming true, the journey itself is what stands out in the minds of the Bulldogs, even immediately after the loss.
"It's been a very monumental trip for everybody," said Krystofiak. "It just didn't work out our way, but I think we'll be back soon."
Though Krystofiak is one of five seniors to graduate this year, the Brocton community is far from finished with their support of the Bulldogs.
"It's been amazing. The last two years, the community has been amazingly supportive," said Brown. "Down games, up games, they're still cheering no matter what. Even in this championship game, we're down 12-1 and they're still cheering if someone gets on base. It's amazing."
Fetterick, like Brown, was in awe of the support of the Brocton community throughout the trip.
"I'd like to say thank you to all the parents, the fans, everybody that traveled this trip to come support us," said Fetterick. "It's great for the town, the community, the school. I can't be more thankful to be the coach of this team."
Brown, a co-captain who will undoubtedly go down as one of the best pitchers to ever play for Brocton, thanked his senior teammates for having his back throughout his career.
"I just want to thank the rest of the seniors, especially the ones not playing baseball after their senior year. It was amazing playing this last game with you, and I want to wish you the best of luck in the future," said Brown, a Fredonia Blue Devils baseball commit.
Fetterick, who returned as coach this season after spending a year away from the dugout, was emotional when speaking of his feelings of the Brocton senior class, who played its final game for the Bulldogs on Saturday.
"I almost feel like a father to these kids. … I wish them all the best in their endeavors in life," Fetterick said. "You've got to be so proud of these kids."
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North Miami police Officer Jonathan Aledda avoids prison sentence
Empty beer cans found in car of man who caused fatal crash in Hialeah, police say
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7-year-old Georgia boy saves sister from drowning in pool
She started having seizure, fell into water
By Allen Kim, CNN
Posted: 12:58 PM, July 03, 2019 Updated: 12:58 PM, July 03, 2019
(CNN) - Morgan Smith, 20, was on the bottom step of the pool in her family's backyard in Brantley County, Georgia when she said black spots started to take over her vision.
After that, Smith has no memory of what happened next.
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Luckily for Smith, her 7-year-old brother, Aiden McCullough, was nearby when she had a seizure and fell backwards into the pool.
When he saw his sister fall into the pool, McCullough told CNN affiliate WJAX, "I was thinking, like, 'Oh, my god. Oh, my God. She's going to die.'"
McCullough quickly sprung into action, and he said that his instincts kicked in as he grabbed Smith by her hair and held her above the water while he screamed until help came.
"He has never been taught how to help me," Smith told CNN. "He just knew I needed to be helped and did it."
Smith said that she would have drowned if not for her brother.
"I know that there are real life angels because I'm lucky enough to call him mine," Smith said of McCullough. "I have an everyday superhero in my life."
Smith said she was having seizures two to three times a day, but she recently started taking an anticonvulsant medication and has not had any seizures since.
This was the first swimming incident in which she suffered a seizure, she said and now she plans to always have an adult with her when she goes swimming.
"I love you and I'm so thankful for you every day," Smith said to McCullough. "You are forever my hero and every day I'm only more thankful that I get to call you my little brother. Sissy always loves you."
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Brian D. Barger 1973 - 2010 Tonganoxie
Services for Brian D. Barger, 37, Tonganoxie, will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, at Westside Family Church, 8500 Woodsonia Drive, Lenexa, KS 66227. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Kan.
Mr. Barger died Saturday Sept. 18, 2010, at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo.
He was born June 6, 1973, in Merriam, the son of Lloyd and Norma (Bohanon) Barger. He was a 1991 graduate of Turner High School, and was a laborer for SM&P Locating, Topeka.
Survivors include; his father, Lloyd Barger, Disney, Okla.; mother, Norma Barger, Tonganoxie; two brothers, Travis Barger, Kansas City, Kan., and Jeff Barger, Bonner Springs; two sisters, Leanna Shriner, Tonganoxie, and Nicki Syring, Kansas.
The family will receive friends from noon until service time Tuesday at the church.
The family suggests memorials to the Brian D. Barger burial fund sent in care of First State Bank and Trust, P.O. Box 219, Tonganoxie, KS 66086.
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"The starry hosts of heaven abide there forever. The hosts of men upon this earth pass away into oblivion. A song of lament, an expression of heartfelt mourning for you Pāpa Erima. An authority of Māori language, a repository of history and traditions, rest in eternal peace. Go, depart, farewell," says Human Rights Commissioner for Maori and indigenous rights, Karen Johansen.
The Human Rights Commission joined the country in paying tribute to Maori Language Commissioner Erima Henare who passed away suddenly last month aged 62 years.
"The Ngati Hine proverb 'Kokiri te manu i te ata, kokiri te manu i te po' speaks of leaders who work tirelessly and is a perfect metaphor to describe Erima. Moe mai ra e te rangatira," said Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy.
"Erima was a tireless leader whose many life achievements include safeguarding New Zealand's indigenous language, we mourn the sad and sudden loss of a great son of Ngati Hine."
"Last year he called for Maori Language Week to be extended and called on us all to make it happen by speaking more te reo, more often and in more places. We should honour him by making this happen."
Among other public, advisory and educational sector posts, Erima was executive director of Mâori at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, a member of the Waitangi National Trust Board and a Maori cultural adviser to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. He also served as an advisor to King Tuheitia Paki.
Erima had also been a member of Creative New Zealand, New Zealand Arts Council, Northland District Health Board member, and other regional and national boards and committees. An expert on the history, reo and tikanga of the peoples of Te Tai Tokerau as well as a respected leader: Erima's name was derived from his whakapapa links to the far north "No nga iwi e Rima o te raki".
Labour MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Kelvin Davis said his knowledge, language and humour would be impossible to replace. "A star from the constellation of Matariki has faded," Mr Davis said. "E Takitaki ana ngâ whetû o te kâhui o Matariki."
"All of Ngâti Hine, all of Ngâpuhi will be mourning", Mr Davis said.
Dame Tariana Turia reflected on Erima's father, Ngapuhi rangatira and Maori Battalion commander Sir James Henare.
"Sir James would say, 'We've gone too far forward to ever go back and that's what we have to hold fast to, and that is what Erima personified," she said.
After lying briefly in state at Te Puea Marae in Mangere, Erima Henare
lay in state at Moerewa's Otiria Marae where thousands attended his tangihana including King Tuheitia Paki, the Head of State of Samoa Tupua Tamasese and other dignitaries. He was laid to rest amongst his ancestors at Takapuna Urupa at Motatau.
Radio New Zealand reporter Lois Williams has been reporting up North for 25 years and has provided Turangawaewae with these photographs. She says it was difficult for her to cover the reporting of Erima's tangi and to also be saying farewell to a man that she had known well and respected greatly.
"I now realise that following his heart attack last November and now, rereading his speech receiving the outcome from the sovereignty claim, that he was indeed unwell. His last speech was, I feel, his greatest," she said.
Karen Johansen
Erima Henare
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One week during the SARUS School and offers guest artists an opportunity to collaborate with local artists and to network. Works created will be presented at SARUS Festival. Housing provided. Time for guest artists to create works for Wilmington on site.
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I was born in Osijek in 1954, where I graduated in Economics. Since 1994, I live and work in Rijeka.
I paint in oil and acrylic on canvas, pastel and watercolor. The motives of my paintings are abstract paintings ,landscapes,and still lifes. My participated was is in several art colonies, a few joint exhibitions in Osijek,Rijeka,Volosko,Piran,Grožnjan,Vodnjan Rovinj, and few solo exhibitions in Osijek and Rijeka.
I learned about art and explored it by visiting the world's galleries, reading academic literature, and art magazines.I have developed my own style, which is not dictated by trends.
Sometime,I use in my work various mixed techniques and collages and enjoy experimenting with media and techniques, often using mixed media.. I selective when describing detail, portraying only essence of the subject and created to reflect the abstract structure of the subject.


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South Korea August exports plunge by most since 2009
South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy, is the seventh-largest trading partner of the US
South Korea's exports in August suffered their biggest fall in six years, hit by weak global demand and falling prices, the trade ministry said on Tuesday. Exports plunged 14.7 percent on-year to $39.33 billion, the largest percentage fall since August 2009 when the comparable figure dipped 20.9 percent on-year. It also represented the eighth consecutive month of decrease in exports. The trade ministry said exports would likely continue shrinking this month before seeing a slow recovery in the fourth quarter. "Overall exports will likely continue dropping for the remainder of the third quarter while shipments of semiconductors, mobile communication devices and other new products, such as OLED display panels and cosmetics, are expected to continue a positive growth," it said in a press statement. "Exports are expected to improve from the start of the fourth quarter on an increase in deliveries of ships and launches of new cars," it added. Low crude oil prices resulted in falls in the prices of the country's petrochemical products while shipments of offshore oil drilling plants were also affected, the ministry said. Exports to China, South Korea's largest trade partner, dropped 8.8 percent on-year, compared with a 6.4 percent fall in the previous month, amid slowing demand in China which was aggravated by the giant explosions in the port of Tianjin. Exports to Japan slumped 24.4 percent and to the EU by 20.8 percent, while exports to the United States fell 4.4 percent. The performance of main export items from the fourth-largest economy in Asia was mixed. Exports of IT and telecom products surged 19 percent and semiconductors were up 4.7 percent but ships plunged 51.4 percent, cars were down 9.1 percent, steel was down 17.4 percent and textiles were down 21.4 percent, the trade ministry said. South Korea, whose economy relies heavily on trade, saw its exports fall 10.9 percent on-year in May. The percentage decrease eased in the following two months, with a 1.8 percent decline in June and 3.3 percent in July. Imports in August dived at an even greater rate of 18.3 percent on-year to $34.98 billion, leaving a $4.35 billion trade surplus. The trade balance has been in the black since February 2012.


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Das Zentrum Geschichte des Wissens (ZGW) war eine wissenschaftliche Einrichtung der ETH Zürich und der Universität Zürich für Forschung und Lehre auf dem Gebiet moderne Wissenssysteme und Wissensgesellschaften. Es wurde Anfang 2022 abgewickelt.

Organisation
Das Zentrum Geschichte des Wissens wurde mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar 2005 gegründet. Zu den Gründungsmitgliedern zählten David Gugerli, Michael Hagner, Philipp Sarasin und Jakob Tanner. Das ZGW förderte und koordinierte eine kulturwissenschaftlich, historisch und philosophisch ausgerichtete Forschung und Lehre über moderne Wissenssysteme und Wissensgesellschaften. Getragen wird das Zentrum von Wissenschaftlern aus unterschiedlichen geisteswissenschaftlichen Disziplinen.

Im Jahr 2018 gehörten dem Zentrum folgende Mitglieder permanent an:

 Flurin Condrau, Medizinhistoriker
 Monika Dommann, Historikerin
 Martin Dusinberre, Historiker
 Harald Fischer-Tiné, Historiker
 Mareile Flitsch, Ethnologin
 Svenja Goltermann, Historikerin
 David Gugerli, Historiker
 Michael Hagner, Mediziner und Wissenschaftshistoriker
 Andreas Kilcher, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaftler
 Johannes Quack, Ethnologe
 Katia Saporiti, Philosophin
 Philipp Sarasin, Historiker
 Sylvia Sasse, Literaturwissenschaftlerin
 Jakob Tanner, Historiker
 Philipp Theisohn, Literaturwissenschaftler
 Bernhard Tschofen, Kulturwissenschaftler
 Philip Ursprung, Kunsthistoriker
 Roy Wagner, Mathematiker und Wissenschaftshistoriker
 Lutz Wingert, Philosoph
 Sandro Zanetti, Literaturwissenschaftler

Weitere Wissenschaftler sind mit dem Zentrum zeitweise assoziiert.

Mit dem ZGW verbunden war auch ein Doktoratsprogramm mit 26 Promovierenden (Stand 2018).

Das Kolleg wurde vom Schweizerischen Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (SNF) unterstützt.

Veröffentlichungen
Das Zentrum Geschichte des Wissens unterstützte die Herausgabe der Zeitschrift Nach Feierabend. Zürcher Jahrbuch für Wissensgeschichte im Verlag Diaphanes.

Weblinks
 Homepage des ZGW (2005–2022)

Fußnoten

Geschichtswissenschaftliches Forschungsinstitut
Universität Zürich
ETH Zürich
Gegründet 2005
Aufgelöst 2022

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Visa, MasterCard, and AmEx Stocks Rose on Wednesday but Are Down Nearly 1-2% Today
Apr 30 2020 · 14:27 UTC | Updated Apr 30 2020 · 14:28
by Steve Muchoki · 3 min read
Credit card stocks, Visa (V), MasterCard (MA) and American Express (AXP) rose 5.4%, 6.6% and 6.3% respectively on Wednesday, April 29. MasterCard Q1 earnings report beat analysts' expectations.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, was a good Wall Street day as most stocks skyrocketed, led by MasterCard Inc (NYSE: MA), Visa Inc (NYSE: V) and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP). The rise is being attributed to several factors that played put before the marker closed.
Visa (V), MasterCard (MA) and American Express (AXP) rose 5.4%, 6.6% and 6.3% respectively on Wednesday. But today they are in red. Visa stock is 0.87% down, at $180.21. MasterCard stock is at $278.25 (-1.92%). American Express stock is trading at $93.72 (-2.62%).
One, Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: GILD) revamped our hopes on returning to our normal lives after preliminary results showed promising and potential treatment for the coronavirus, which has infected over 3 million people globally and killed over 200K victims at the time of reporting.
The other possible result of the rise especially for MasterCard was due to the positive Q1 report which beat analyst expectations. With the coronavirus spreading due to human contact, most people have resulted in using credit cards and other e-money services like PayPal Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL), and some cryptocurrencies.
As more people used credit cards, some card issuers led by American Express waived interest and also late payment fees. Many other top issuers gave directives on their websites dedicated to assisting customers to relieve coronavirus financial pressures.
The rise in these stocks is expected to continue rising as long as the coronavirus remains an immediate threat to humanity. However, consumer spending, which is significantly reduced, will affect most of these stocks until people feel safe to go out and spend without fear.
The Motley Fool noted that transaction volume and cross-border payments volume increased during the week of April 21 in regards to the prior week. Most investors are gaining confidence that the worst part of the coronavirus is behind us, and the economic impact may be on its way to regaining in full.
MasterCard Q1 Earnings and Visa Performance
The company reported earnings per share of $1.83 on revenue of $4 billion. The gross dollar volume jumped by 8% on a local currency basis to $1.6 trillion. In addition, switched transactions increased by 13%, however, its cross-border volume dropped by 1% on a local currency basis.
The company also reported that for the week that ended on April 21, its cross-border volume sank 49%, as switched transactions and switched volume dropped 20% each. The MA shares closed yesterday at $283.69 after adding 19.09.
The result was in contrary to the set expectations, whereby Wall Street expected MasterCard earnings per share to drop by 2%, at $1.74. The expectations were not outrageous since the company had given revenue warnings for the first quarter.
Analysts are expecting Visa earnings for the first quarter, which will be released later today to rise 3% to $1.35. It was derived from the swelling revenue that rose by 5% to $5.77 billion.
Author Steve Muchoki
A financial analyst who sees positive income in both directions of the market (bulls & bears). Bitcoin is my crypto safe haven, free from government conspiracies. Mythology is my mystery! "You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself."
Altcoin News, Bitcoin News, Blockchain News, Cryptocurrency news, Ethereum News Ethereum as well as Bitcoin Witnessing Rise in Institutional Investors
Institutional investors are beginning to take more interest in Ethereum. This is very similar to the way they adopted Bitcoin enmasse in 2020.
By Ibukun Ogundare January 22nd, 2021
Altcoin News, Bitcoin News, Cryptocurrency news, News JPMorgan Strategists Say Bitcoin Mainstream Adoption Is Reducing 'Diversification Benefits'
The surge in Bitcoin price over the past months has triggered Wall Street analysts to increase their price target. At the beginning of the year, JPMorgan analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said BTC could reach $146,000.


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Home News Samsung Galaxy Fold Launch Officially Delayed Due to Breaking Screens
Samsung Galaxy Fold Launch Officially Delayed Due to Breaking Screens
Yes, the reports about Samsung delaying the launch of the Galaxy Fold were indeed true. The Korean giant has officially confirmed that it's pushing back the release of its foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, to investigate the issue that may have led to the screen on the review units sent out by them to break or stop working.
Samsung originally planned to make Galaxy Fold available for sale on April 26th (Friday) later this week, however, it has now been delayed indefinitely. Samsung says that it will announce a new release date in the coming weeks.
In an e-mail statement sent out to customers who pre-ordered the $1,980 Galaxy Fold, Samsung asserts that "To fully evaluate this feedback and run further internal tests, we have decided to delay the release of the Galaxy Fold." The company already postponed Galaxy Fold's launch in China earlier this week.
The company addresses the 'foldable screen breaking issue' on units sent out to media reviewers head-on, revealing what fault may have caused the damage in the first place. Samsung says that "Initial findings from the inspection of reported issues on the display showed that they could be associated with [an] impact on the top and bottom exposed areas of the hinge."
Apart from the hinge, Samsung adds that certain substances found inside their foldable smartphone could have affected the performance. Well, I don't really want to see Galaxy Fold fail since it's certainly a cool piece of technology and start of a new device category, but this observation only further confirms our fear of moving mechanical parts and how even specks of dust could affect their use.
Samsung further says that it's taking "measures to strengthen the display protection" & has also talked about the protective layer atop the foldable screen – which a number of reviewers thought to be a screen guard and peeled it off, thus, damaging the screen. I'd have removed it as well, to be honest, if I saw the layer peeling off even a bit. Samsung says that it "will also enhance the guidance on care and use of the display including the protective layer so that our customers get the most out of their Galaxy Fold."
The electronic letter sent out to customers informing them about the delay sure tells us that Samsung is back to the drawing board to figure out a solution for breaking screens. There's no word on the Galaxy Fold's delayed launch date, which the WSJ expects to be sometime in May, but Samsung is giving itself time enough to make its foldable phone a viable and reliable product for buyers.
Featured Image Credits: Mark Gurman/Bloomberg
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Marvel's Avengers Game is Delayed Until September, Here's Why
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The following is a list of spears in Tales of Destiny (PSX), sorted alphabetically. Stahn Aileron, Mary Argent, and Garr Kelvin can equip spears.
Weapons Tales of Destiny Shrine (2001-03-25) Retrieved on 2016-08-01.


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Женская юниорская сборная Казахстана по хоккею с шайбой — женская хоккейная сборная, которая представляет Казахстан на ежегодном чемпионате мира среди юниорских команд, а также на международных турнирах среди женских юниорских сборных для игроков не старше 18 лет. Команда состоит из молодых игроков — гражданок Республики Казахстан, которым в год проведения чемпионата мира исполняется 18 или менее лет. Находится под эгидой Казахстанской федерации  хоккея с шайбой.

Выступления на чемпионатах Мира
 2007 — 4-е место в группе B в Пригласительном турнире ИИХФ по хоккею с шайбой среди женских юниорских команд
 2008—2009 гг. — не участвовала
 2010 — I дивизион (6 место)
 2011 — I дивизион (6 место)
 2012 — 6 место в квалификационном турнире дивизиона I
 2013 — 6 место в квалификационном турнире дивизиона I
 2014 — 5 место в квалификационном турнире дивизиона I
 2015 — 4 место в квалификационном турнире дивизиона I
 2016 — 3 место в квалификационном турнире дивизиона I
 2017 — I-B дивизион (6 место)
 2018 — 4 место в квалификационном турнире дивизиона I-В
 2019 - 2 место в квалификационном турнире дивизиона I-В
 2020 — I-A дивизион (4 место)

Текущий состав
Состав игроков для участия на ЖЮЧМ-2019, согласно официальному сайту ФХК.

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Harold W. Peterson
Born: N/A
Primarily active in: United States of America
Harold W. Peterson, 35, Engineering Corporation, member of AHS, died. Prior to going with Piasecki, Mr. Peterson had been a Night Fighter pilot in the Southwest Pacific during World War II and on his re-assignment to the States in 1947, became an experimental test pilot at AR&D Flight Test Division, Wright Field. He was a graduate of the US Air Force Test Pilot School and had a total of 5250 hrs. of flying time, 1000 hrs. of which were in rotating wing aircraft. He had checked out on 14 different helicopter types.
Obituary (pg-18) : AHS Newsletter January 1956


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package org.zalando.stups.tokens.fs;

import static java.util.Objects.nonNull;
import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
import static org.zalando.stups.tokens.fs.FileUtils.readContent;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.function.Consumer;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
import java.util.function.Supplier;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.zalando.stups.tokens.ClientCredentials;
import org.zalando.stups.tokens.EndsWithFilenameFilter;
import org.zalando.stups.tokens.SimpleClientCredentials;

class ClientCredentialsHandler implements Consumer<SimpleClientCredentials>, Function<File, SimpleClientCredentials>,
        Predicate<SimpleClientCredentials>, Supplier<FilenameFilter> {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ClientCredentialsHandler.class);

    private static final String CLIENT_SECRET = "-client-secret";

    private static final String TEMPLATE_SUFFIX = "-client-id";

    private final Map<String, ClientCredentials> target;

    ClientCredentialsHandler(Map<String, ClientCredentials> target) {
        this.target = requireNonNull(target, "'target' should not be null");
    }

    @Override
    public FilenameFilter get() {
        return EndsWithFilenameFilter.forSuffix(TEMPLATE_SUFFIX);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean test(SimpleClientCredentials t) {
        return nonNull(t);
    }

    @Override
    public SimpleClientCredentials apply(File t) {
        final String name = t.getName().replace(TEMPLATE_SUFFIX, "");

        try {
            String id = readContent(t.getAbsolutePath());
            String secret = readContent(t.toPath().resolveSibling(name + CLIENT_SECRET).toString());
            return new SimpleClientCredentials(name, id, secret);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOG.error(e.getMessage(), e);
            return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void accept(SimpleClientCredentials t) {
        this.target.put(t.getName(), t);
    }

    public FilesystemReader<?> getFilesystemReader() {
        return new FilesystemReader<>(this, this, this, get());
    }

}

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Andy spent much of his early career in IT sales before moving into building businesses around web and mobile development. After a successful exit from the sector, Andy moved back into traditional IT and joined the company as Commercial Director in 2004. His role is to develop and grow the business through new client acquisition, strategic partnerships and M&A activities.
Craig founded the business in 2000 to address the issue of poor IT practices often found in businesses where the IT function had grown organically rather than through careful and considered planning. Very much 'hands on', Craig has worked in a number of high profile IT technical roles in major businesses before setting up Simplex. His role is to manage and support the technical team, oversee the management of the services the business supplies, and help existing clients to continually improve and optimise their IT function.
"Simplex is unique in that we can offer enterprise grade IT services and solutions to all sizes of SMEs using our wide range of skills and expertise. It makes a real-world difference to our clients and is very satisfying to see".


On October 18, 2017, Alan Holdorf, LSE Math & Computer Programming Teacher, was the recipient of the Teacher of the Month Award for the month of September from the Lincoln East Rotary Club. Alan has been teaching Mathematics and Computer Programming for 6 years. Congratulations Alan!


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Boxing News, Featured Stories, WBA Female
Mrdjenovich Retains Titles via Split Decision
by	Robert Ecksel
Mrdjenovich lands a right hand Saturday night in France. (Photo: Anthony Dibon/Icon Sport)
Saturday night at the Gymnase des Maradas in Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France, WBA/WBC World female featherweight champion Jelena Mrdjenovich (37-10-1, 19 KOs), from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, retained her titles via split decision over previously undefeated Gaëlle Amand (14-1, 1 KO), from Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France, after 10 rounds.
The final scores were 97-93 twice (Robert Verwijs and Stefano Carozza) and 95-96 (Erkki Meronen).
Going into the fight, Mrdjenovich said, "She (Amand) has not faced someone of my caliber or my power. But it will certainly be an interesting challenge for me. I have no seen footage of her fight, but I am confident."
That confidence paid off. Fighting out of the blue corner in purple and black, Mrdjenovich used her size, reach and experience to good advantage.
Amand, fighting out of the blue corner and wearing white, proved to be a tougher challenge than expected for the long reigning featherweight champion.
Mrdjenovich took the victory in her stride. It was a close-fought fight, but it was a fight she won.
Amand was disappointed having lost, but vowed to return.
"I had the impression of never quite getting started," she said. "The challenge was beautiful. I wanted to win and am disappointed. But I'll come back stronger."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqD9IOzAGTQ
This article was penned by the author who is not related to the WBA and the statements, expressions or opinions referenced herein are that of the author alone and not the WBA.
Burns Outpoints Relikh to Retain WBA Title


Earlier than starting to market your membership, you will need to understand what advertising is. When you're making a digital marketing plan, it's vital that you just perceive the difference between advertising goals, advertising and marketing strategy and tactics. Direct advertising entails sending out sales letters, capability brochures, flyers, or particular presents on an everyday, repeated basis to the same group of prospects.
Plan your efforts by first identifying your market and then letting it determine how you can proceed. If you're trying to use paid traffic as a content advertising technique, then it may be a good suggestion to use PPC intelligence tools to figure out what method it is advisable to take to hit those advertising and marketing goals.
Advertising strategies are devised from a marketer's periodic table of parts that I name the 7 building blocks. Some marketing channels are better suited to quick-term objectives, and others are better for lengthy-time period buyer retention. On this lesson, we are going to study what a advertising plan is and why it is so important for a business to have one.
When a technique fails, view it as a part of trial-and-error you could be taught from, and as a natural a part of the process. Our research reveals that many businesses don't have a structured digital marketing plan, yet they are doing digital advertising.
To make sure ongoing enchancment it is important to check and measure the results of your advertising activities. For those who plan to participate in any commerce reveals, your travel prices, booth fees, setup costs plus another explicit expenses must be accounted for.


The Voice of Asia series brings to life the challenges and opportunities facing the Asia Pacific region now and in the future.
March 2019 - Playing to win. Will political tensions derail economic gains in Asia Pacific?
Will politicians damage economic prosperity in the Asia Pacific region this year? They certainly could.
Trade tensions present a clear and current danger, accelerating a slowdown that is already underway both globally and across the region. It is a key reason why financial markets have sent up some distress flares in recent months.
Yet Deloitte believes it would be a mistake to overstate the dangers.
Although financial markets in our region lost ground in recent months, they did so from a position of strength.
Much the same could be said of the Asia Pacific economies. Having performed well through 2017 and 2018, they have only slowed a little of late, and they have the potential to remain resilient through 2019 as well.
The economies of Asia Pacific are enormously dependent on trade, so there is potential for Tokyo and Beijing to take the political lead in fostering trade integration in general, and in smoothing current global trade tensions in particular.
However even if trade breakthroughs do prove intractable, it's not all bad news, with some potential for a positive economic performance during 2019 in the Asia Pacific region remaining.
We hope common sense prevails on the trade front. If not, the best defence is a good offence: the smart way to navigate 2019 and beyond in the face of challenging geopolitics and tightening liquidity is for regional policymakers to get their own houses in order via further economic reforms.
The Asian century is shaping, cultivating, and driving a dynamic future for business and society. Powered by almost 60 percent of the world's population, the region has become a hub of diversity and innovation.
Our Voice of Asia series brings to life the challenges and opportunities facing the region today and tomorrow. The potential has never been greater to create a cohesive narrative that reflects the interdependence of the region and provides a glimpse of what's possible across Asia, shaping a more positive outlook overall.
The publication focuses on key unifying themes—from growth to trade, culture to commerce, digital to demographics—that underpin Asia's current and future prosperity.
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Butterfly Rebellion
Reubalachd Dealan-dè Albann
An Dealan-Dè
Author: loxiascotica
November 7, 2014 November 7, 2014 / loxiascotica	/ 1 Comment
This Sunday, the great and the good of British politics will stand together in Horseguards Parade in London, laying wreaths of remembrance at the Cenotaph. Each of the three main party leaders will be there, the next more determined than the last to seem as sombre and as grave and as proud as can be.
A little over ten minute walk away, the Unknown Warrior will continue to decompose in splendour at Westminster Abbey, as he has done for 94 years, in grand marble-inlaid contrast to those other unknown warriors, even now being found and exhumed and brought to rest from a hole in a field.
We don't know anything about him, so it's impossible to know what the living man who became the honoured corpse would make of it all. A conscript? A volunteer? One of the Pals Battalions, who's mowing-down in the mud annihilated an entire generation of working-class men in some towns and neighbourhoods? One of the almost-one-in-three of Oxford students who died, in pain and frightened, violently and prematurely, in one of the four years between 1914 and 1918? 300,000 British and Empire soldiers that we can now say with certainty died in the war were still – optimistically, gloomily – "missing" when he was laid to rest in 1920. Informed speculation tells us that all the candidates to be the Unknown Warrior (for there was a grim selection process) were killed in 1914, but how true this is… it's as unknown as the identity of the Warrior himself.
It's difficult to imagine that he sleeps easily with such warmongers paying lip-service to him and his comrades. It's easy to visualise his bitter disappointment that the war to end all wars never did such a thing. His horror that young British men in the 21st century are still being killed and maimed, but to defend American foreign interests, and to promote a UK which pretends to be the British Empire, is a dead cert.
Cameron, Brown, Blair, Major, Thatcher – you have to go back to James Callaghan in the 1970's to find a UK PM who hasn't been involved in a war with another country. Each – including the Falklands – was desired, planned for, embraced, and foisted on the British people as just another one of those "good" wars that Britain does. The truth is the UK has only ever fought two "good" wars, and they were both finished before 1946.
Everything that's good eventually turns to shit, and out of bad shit grows beautiful flowers. The UK turned its "good" to shit the day it decided that just siding with America no-matter-what, calling yourself the Allies and stuffing World-War-II-in-Colour onto the TV endlessly was enough to satisfy public morality, without checking if the war in question was legal in British law. Out of that shit, the poppies continue to grow and breed; now, they cover the moat of Windsor Castle. Each one is not enough to understand the waste of life, the ruin of limb, the bringer of nightmares so real, they infest the daytime.
Poppies were chosen because they covered Flanders fields. They're a metaphor. A life, blooming quickly, all red, cut short, spread all over Belgium and France, literally. That symbolism seems to have been forgotten. The fashion now is to have a poppy adorned, as if a soldier's dead body intertwined with little spiky leaves is somehow less obscene.
You can understand poppies growing in Belgium and France. The kinds of poppies the UK has intentionally planted in Afghanistan and the Middle East – are they as wholesome? Everyone knows what poppies sown in Afghanistan yield.
David Cameron likes poppies. He likes the way he can pretend that they cover a facade across the Broken Britain he rules over. He likes the way nobody can say anything in the least controversial about the UK during poppy season for fear of being shot to pieces by the Daily Mail. He likes the way they let him believe he's superior to Angela Merkel. Most of all, he likes that they do all that, and they cost him almost nothing.
Can anyone explain why ex-soldiers need charity, if full government support is so full and supportive? Why it's necessary for the public to pay for the care of those men the government ordered into battle and now treat like they've done something wrong? Ex-servicemen are among the most shabbily-treated people in society. The public has unimaginable levels of support for them and will raise any amount of money for them. How can those two facts be squared?
Why is Erskine Hospital a good cause, rather than a sub-department of a government ministry?
Westminster's mentality can best be summed up in two words. Waterloo teeth. Teeth – actual teeth – which were raked for years from the mouths of those British soldiers who died defeating Napoleon, in Belgium; soldiers who's memory was defiled by anyone who did not participate and get their false teeth made from the mouths of soldiers slain at Waterloo. Poppies? Much more sustainable.
Or, if you prefer – why pay them what they warrant when we can get them to do what we want at the cost of their lives and then make money selling souvenirs of their sacrifice?
Our Remembrance Poppy is helping the UK government avoid the responsibility of caring for the distress they themselves have created for too many years.
Our 16 and 17 year olds – ha! naïveté! Our 12 and 13 and 14 and 15 year olds – are being targeted for military service by a government which sees national service as a cure for a whole catalogue of their own sins.
We're being made to take part in a national exercise in Daily Mail hysteria for the brave men of the trenches – all long-dead now – who's most sincere collective wish was that wars would stop; Westminster politicians will put wreaths on their graves, but they won't stop committing war, they won't stop the dying of our soldiers, and they don't want to provide for those who managed to survive whatever hellhole Westminster ordered them into. Why should they? None of David Cameron's children will ever be in the front-line.
Years ago, there was a white poppy. It's near-forgotten now, but it recognised the bravery, the sacrifice, the death, of all those young men, and expressed the same gratitude toward them. It also said "Enough is enough". You almost never see it now.
We aren't supposed to expect a war end to all wars anymore. We just routinely fight those wars which, we're told, prevent 'real' wars coming close or blowing our houses down. Don't ask why we fight them, or why those wars keep getting closer. That's not important. Don't ask what happens to our sons. For them, for everyone, there's charity. As optimistic and as gloomy as "missing".
What price a "love all UK servicemen, hate all UK wars" Saltire poppy? At the very least, next year, Nigel Farage won't be standing in Horseguards Parade, wearing one.
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Q: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual memory I receive this error when i attempt to run my app i think my menubutton is causing this error but dont really know how to fix the issue
mainactivity
package com.example.vitoriano_vaz.eastbayvapes;

import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

import java.util.List;

/*
This app is for a local Vape Shop
 it's purpose is to increase customer flow, and provide a menu for Android users

 the array is going to be called = da_menu
 */
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private static Intent java;

    //used this to get rid of red line under intent on line 38 if it causes more problems remove and resolve issue
    private Intent intent;

    /*
    called when the user clicks the send Button
     */

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        /*
        attempting to send user to each individual app with the URI Intent method
         */
        PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
        List activites = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent,
                PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
        boolean isIntentSafe = activites.size() > 0;

        Uri number = Uri.parse("tel:9259619029");
        Intent callIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, number);

        Uri webpage = Uri.parse("http://www.facebook.com/eastbayvapes");
        Intent webIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, webpage);

        /*this is to send the user to facebook application

        try {

            context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
            return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://page/eastbay"));

        } catch (Exception e) {

            return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://www.facebook.com/eastbay"));

        }
        */

        // intent to send user to instagram

        Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/_u/eastbayvapes");
        Intent likeIng = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);

        likeIng.setPackage("com.instagram.android");

        try {
            startActivity(likeIng);
        } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
            startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                    Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/eastbayvapes")));
        }

        //Intent to send user to email app

        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        intent.setType("plain/text");
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"eastbayvapes@gmail.com"});
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject");
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "");
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, ""));

        /*Intent to send user to google maps

        String uri = "https://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=" + 1549 N Vasco Rd, Livermore, Ca 94551;
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(uri));
        context.startActivity(intent);
        */

        /*
        sends user to about us xml via AboutActivity.class
         */
        Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
        button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, AboutActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
            }
        });

    }

}

SecondActivity
Here i believe i am getting the cause of my error when i declared the menubutton but dont know what i did wrong
package com.example.vitoriano_vaz.eastbayvapes;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ListView;

/**
 * Created by vitoriano-vaz on 5/11/16.
 */
public class SecondActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.menuscreen);

        /*
        this is the button call that sends user to the menuscreen.xml
         */
        Button mbutton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.menubutton);
        mbutton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                populateListView();
            }
        });

        populateListView();

    }
    private void populateListView() {
        // Create the list of items

        String[] juiceMenu= {
                "#1 BLUEBERRY BOMBSHELL \nThis blueberry dessert will keep your taste buds begging for more",
                "#2 RICHIE RICH\nShout out to Rich! This was his all day vape. Strawberry cream with a bunch of deliciousness",
                "#3 CHIQUITA\nCreamy Banana with a bready after taste",
                "#4 AFTERNOON DELIGHT\nGot that 3 o'clock feeling? Try a little Afternoon delight. Kiwi Strawberry Dessert",
                "#5 POPPIN OTTERS\nMelt an otterpop put it in your tank and vape it",
                "#6 VIVA LA SANGRIA\nFruit, with a little bit of fruit,  add a teaspoon of fruit mixed with white win and top it off with fruit",
                "#7 OKOLE MALUNA\nPineapple fruit blend. Bottom up!",
                "#8 CARMEN MIRANDA\nVanilla custard with a crisp",
                "#9 POMALADE\nIt's Bombalade! Yuour mother will love it",
                "#10 IZUAL\nWhirlwind of icy Fruits",
                "#11 BUTTER STOTCH\nProfessor Chaos will surely get grounded for this one!",
                "#12 BLUE BULLS\nGrab the bull by the horns",
                "#13 GRAPE APE\nA grapple a day will keep the doctor away",
                "#14 BRUCE JUICE\nPerfectly blended old fashioned. This one is for you Bruce",
                "#15 DOC HOLIDAY\nN.E.T. Tabacco flavor. Limited release",
                "#16 PEACHY KEEN\nPeach cobbler. Better than what your mama used to make",
                "#17 HULA\nStrawberry coconut? What in the hula?",
                "#18 NEW YORK\nPeppermint paddy dipped in chocolate...Amazing really",
                "#19 AL GORE\nIm super duper cereal right now!",
                "#20 LUX CHARMS\nHearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers & blue moons, pots of gold % rainbows & me red balloons",
                "#21 SAILOR JACK\nCant go to the ball game without some cracker jacks",
                "#22 GET HIM TO THE GREEK\n...Yogurt, peach, delightful",
                "#23 KEY WE LIE CHI\nFruit lovers will enjoy this lychee vape",
                "#24 SPRING FLING\nA menage a trois of honeydew and cream on your tongue",
                "#25 GUMBY\nWatermelon sour gummy",
                "#26 CHAI\nMILK and Chai Tea",
                "#27 MR. BBEAN\nCappuccino with cream to start the day off right",
                "#28 50 SHADES OF ORANGE\nA delightful blend of orange and cream",
                "#29 BLUE WAFFLES\nBreakfast for dinner with this Blueberry Waffle",
                "#30 ENIGMA\nEnigma conundrum of mango raspberry with a hint of mystery can you solve the puzzle?",
                "#31 MR. FREEZE\nPut down the tank and STEP AWAY hardcore mint lovers ONLY! This juice is too coll for most",
                "#32 CUP OF JOE\nThe best part of waking up is coffee in your vape",
                "#33 BON JOVI\nVanilla Bourbon ",
        };
        // Build adapter
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                this,               // context for the activity
                R.layout.da_menu,   // Layout to create
                juiceMenu);         // Items to be displayed

        //configure list view
        ListView list = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listViewMain);
        list.setAdapter(adapter);
    }

}

AndroidManifest

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".AboutActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>
        <activity android:name=".SecondActivity"/>
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

activity_main
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:src="@drawable/ebvbottle"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.example.vitoriano_vaz.eastbayvapes.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="East Bay Vapes"
        android:textAllCaps="true"
        android:textColor="#FEFEFF"
        android:textSize="28sp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:onClick="onClick"
        android:text="About Us"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Menu"
        android:id="@+id/menubutton"
        android:layout_alignTop="@+id/button"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:onClick="menubutton" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="We are dedicated to helping people get off tabacco! We carry everything from beginner setups, to advanced personalized vaporizers. We pride ourselves in our premuim juices made in shop!"
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:textSize="22dp"
        android:typeface="serif" />

</RelativeLayout>

menuscreen
Here is where i want to send my populated array
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:scrollIndicators="right">

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listViewMain"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

Here is my error
05-18 16:00:44.619 11983-11983/com.example.vitoriano_vaz.eastbayvapes E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                                Process: com.example.vitoriano_vaz.eastbayvapes, PID: 11983
                                                                                java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.vitoriano_vaz.eastbayvapes/com.example.vitoriano_vaz.eastbayvapes.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Intent.resolveTypeIfNeeded(android.content.ContentResolver)' on a null object reference
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2622)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2683)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1440)
                                                                                at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                                at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6066)
                                                                                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:770)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:660)
                                                                                Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.content.Intent.resolveTypeIfNeeded(android.content.ContentResolver)' on a null object reference
                                                                                at android.app.ApplicationPackageManager.queryIntentActivitiesAsUser(ApplicationPackageManager.java:808)
                                                                                at android.app.ApplicationPackageManager.queryIntentActivities(ApplicationPackageManager.java:797)
                                                                                at com.example.vitoriano_vaz.eastbayvapes.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:39)
                                                                                at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6584)
                                                                                at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1118)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2575)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2683)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1440)
                                                                                at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                                at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
                                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6066)
                                                                                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:770)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:660)

A: Initialize your intent to make it not Null.
 List activites = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent,
                PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);

EDIT
Remove the following part from your code as it has no use in the rest of your code. And never use them until you realize the reason why you need them.
    PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
    List activites = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent,
            PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
    boolean isIntentSafe = activites.size() > 0;

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