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SCOLIONOWC
Has curvature of the spine, now (Condition)
Group: Conditions from Condition Records — PERSON
SCOLIONOWC indicates whether the person now has chronic scoliosis. This variable is created with supplemental programming by the IPUMS NHIS staff from the pre-1997 condition records. For general information about IHIS variables (such as SCOLIONOWC) created from the pre-1997 condition records, see the User Note on Condition Records and Condition Variables.
Defining Scoliosis Records and Identifying Persons with Scoliosis
For all available years, persons who were asked a direct question about scoliosis and who have a chronic scoliosis condition record are given a "Yes" code for SCOLIONOWC. Persons who were asked a direct question about scoliosis but do not have a chronic scoliosis record are given a code of "No." Persons who were not asked a direct question about scoliosis, or for whom it is unknown whether they were asked such a question, are given a code of "NIU" (not in universe), regardless of whether they have a chronic scoliosis record.
For 1971 and 1977-1978, scoliosis records were defined as those condition records with a code of "X80" ("Curvature of the spine") in the variable DIAGR1 in the original NHIS public use files. This condition code value comes from NCHS's Diagnostic Recode #1: Diseases, Injuries, and Impairments. Additionally, to be considered "chronic," scoliosis condition records must have a code of "1" ("Chronic") in the variable CACODE in the original NHIS public use files.
For 1979-1981, scoliosis records were defined as those condition records with a code of "X70" ("Curvature and other structural deformities of spine or back, except spina bifida") in the variable DIAGR1 in the original NHIS public use files. This condition code value comes from NCHS's Diagnostic Recode #1: Diseases, Injuries, and Impairments. As with earlier years, to be considered "chronic," scoliosis condition records must have a code of "1" ("Chronic") in the variable CACODE in the original NHIS public use files.
For 1982-1996, chronic scoliosis records were defined as those condition records with a code of "228" ("Curvature or other deformity of back or spine") in the variable C1CONDRC in the original NHIS public use files. This condition code value comes from NCHS's Diagnostic Recode C: Chronic Conditions and Impairments.
As with all of the person-level condition variables created by IHIS from condition records prior to 1997, the universe for SCOLIONOWC is substantially different for 1978 forward than it is for years prior to 1978. Beginning in 1978, only persons living in 1/6 of households, rather than all persons, were asked a direct question about now having scoliosis. There is also a minor universe change between the sets of years 1978-1981 and 1982-1996. These changes require that different weight variables be used depending on which years of data are analyzed. See the "Weights" tab for details.
Additionally, there is a change in the way "Yes" responses are coded over time. See the User Note on Condition Records and Condition Variables for details about the composite coding scheme employed by IHIS.
1971; 1977: All persons.
1978-1981: Persons living in 1/6 of households (who received Condition List 4).
1971, 1977 : PERWEIGHT
1982-1996 : CONDWT2


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While some locations have changed, the 2023 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour season matches the 2022 season with 12 title events scheduled in eight cities. These include eight standard singles title events, three major title events, and one mixed doubles event. Final rounds of the season's three majors (USBC Queens, U.S. Women's Open and PWBA Tour Championship) will all be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network, while all other tournaments will be broadcast on BowlTV, the USBC's YouTube channel. The USBC Queens major will be held at Sam's Town Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Tour's first stop at this venue since the 2000 season. Another 2023 highlight will be the season-opening Stockton Open, which marks the PWBA Tour's 100th event since its 2015 relaunch.

There are two Classic Series tour stops in 2023: the PWBA Great Lakes Classic Series in Wyoming, Michigan and the PWBA Waterloo Classic Series in Waterloo, Iowa.  Classic Series stops feature three title events in the same location. The first two tournaments have fully open fields, while the third tournament starts with only the top 24 players in pinfall from the qualifying rounds of the first two tournaments.

Tournament summary

Below is a list of events for the 2023 PWBA Tour season. Major tournaments are in bold. Career PWBA titles for winners are in parenthesis. All winnings are shown in US dollars ($).

References

External links
 PWBA.com, home of the Professional Women' Bowling Association

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Q: Nginx virtual host error duplicate location "/" in /etc/nginx/vhosts/ After I added add this Wordpress W3 Total configuration to my Apache + Nginx VPS vhosts (which is located at /etc/nginx/vhosts/mysite.com), it gives me following error. (In Nginx Admin when the server rebooting)

2014/01/25 17:08:03 [emerg] 640#0: duplicate location "/" in
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*my nginx main configuration file:- http://pastebin.com/jHtG1Hax

*my vhost default configuration file :- http://pastebin.com/pQMZutL0
W3 total configuration:- http://pastebin.com/xB8DnPAN
How do I fix this issue? Any help really appreciated.

A: The problem is that you have the same location defined twice, just like the error says, you need to remove this block
location / {
            try_files /wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/${host}${cache_uri}_index.html $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args ;
}

and then delete this in the other file
try_files $uri @backend;

and put this instead
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here's the @backend location
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Any other location should just use this same proxy location, and for the ~\.php I think it can be replaced with something like this
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The 1910 Valuation Office Survey of Brent, released online with annotated maps
13th September, 2018 Family History, Latest News, National Archives Family History Research , IR121 , IR58 Field Books , The Lloyd George Domesday Survey , TheGenealogist , Valuation Office Survey
TheGenealogist is releasing the third part of its unique online record set, The Lloyd George Domesday Survey. This major resource based on records created for the Valuation Office survey can now be used to find where an ancestor lived in 1910 in the area around Brent. This useful combination of maps and residential data from The National Archives is being digitised by TheGenealogist to bring it online for the first time. These records precisely locate an ancestor's house on a large scale and extraordinarily detailed hand annotated map so pinpointing the exact property.
An IR121 map shows Dollis Hill House in a rural Brent in 1910 and surrounded by suburban development in 1936
Family historians are often confused by modern maps when looking for where ancestors lived as the road names may have changed over time or been rerouted or extinguished. Wartime bombing saw areas razed to the ground. In the 1960s and onwards, developers changed areas of the country out of all resemblance from what our ancestors would have been used to. The passing of time means that searching for where an ancestor lived using websites linked to modern maps can be discouraging when they fail to identify where the old properties had once been. The area released today was still the location of farms and countryside at the time of the Lloyd George Domesday survey - but with the ever encroaching urbanisation of Brent the council moved to buy land to create a park for the future suburb of London.
TheGenealogist's Lloyd George Domesday Survey provides links to individual properties on particularly detailed ordnance survey maps used in 1910
Linked to digitised pages from the original Field book often giving a detailed description of the property
Allows users to find an address discovered in a census or street directory down to a specific house on the map
Fully searchable by name, parish and street.
Maps will zoom down to show the individual properties as they existed in 1910
Image of an IR58 Field Book
Augmenting the street maps on TheGenealogist are images of the pages from the accompanying Field Books. These can give the researcher detailed information about the property, including the valuation assessment number, map reference, owner, occupier, situation, description and extent.
TheGenealogist's digitisation of the Lloyd George Domesday Survey is a huge ongoing project with over 94,500 Field Books, each having hundreds of pages to scan with their associated large scale IR121 annotated OS maps. This latest release from TheGenealogist includes these detailed IR58 Field Books that contains a great deal of information about the properties that had been surveyed.
The release this month, covers Brent and joins Barnet, Edgware, Finchley, Friern Barnet, Hendon and Totteridge, plus the City of London and Paddington Index and maps that have previously been released by the company. More areas will be released soon for other London Boroughs and the county of Buckinghamshire.
Find out more at: TheGenealogist.co.uk/1910Survey/
You can also read their article about how the Lloyd George Domesday Survey reveals a rural idyll that disappeared into suburbia here:
https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2018/lloyd-george-domesday-survey-reveals-brent-as-a-rural-idyll-in-1900s-952/
About TheGenealogist
TheGenealogist is an award-winning online family history website, who put a wealth of information at the fingertips of family historians. Their approach is to bring hard to use physical records to life online with easy to use interfaces such as their Tithe and newly released Lloyd George Domesday collections.
TheGenealogist's innovative SmartSearch technology links records together to help you find your ancestors more easily. TheGenealogist is one of the leading providers of online family history records. Along with the standard Birth, Marriage, Death and Census records, they also have significant collections of Parish and Nonconformist records, PCC Will Records, Irish Records, Military records, Occupations, Newspaper record collections amongst many others.
TheGenealogist uses the latest technology to help you bring your family history to life. Use TheGenealogist to find your ancestors today!
The National Archives is one of the world's most valuable resources for research and an independent research organisation in its own right. As the official archive and publisher for the UK government, and England and Wales they are the guardians of some of the UK's most iconic national documents, dating back over 1,000 years. Their role is to collect and secure the future of the government record, both digital and physical, to preserve it for generations to come, and to make it as accessible and available as possible. The National Archives brings together the skills and specialisms needed to conserve some of the oldest historic documents as well as leading digital archive practices to manage and preserve government information past, present and future.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
For the latest stories, follow the Media Team on Twitter @TNAmediaofficer
The Family History Show - London Saturday 22nd September
10th September, 2018 Events, Family History, Latest News DNA Talks , Family History Fairs , Family History Research , Genealogy Fairs , The National Archives , TheGenealogist , TNA
Headline sponsor: TheGenealogist
The UK's Biggest Family History Show of 2018 is almost upon us. After last year's hugely successful event we are back and twice the size! With even more free talks, societies and exhibitors. Come along to discover ways to delve deeper into your family tree and add more detail to your research. Dick Eastman will be giving the keynote speech on 'The Future of Genealogy' and there is a full programme of free talks to help you on your way back to the past. With free car parking and a free minibus from the train station, you won't want to miss this!
Saturday 22nd September 2018 10am to 4.30pm
Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher
You will find plenty to explore on the day:
Double the talks - Two Large Lecture Theatres with Free Talks all day
New This Year - Free Ask the Experts Area
Announcing The National Archives as a new exhibitor this year
Local Archives and Ministry of Defence stands
Gain knowledge from the societies and organisations attending
Advanced tickets are just 2 for £7.50
Announcing our DNA Sponsor - MyHeritage DNA
We're pleased that MyHeritage will be joining us as our DNA sponsor! They will be available throughout the day and will also be giving a talk in one of our free lecture theatres.
Free Talks throughout the day
There will be free talks throughout the day in our two large lecture theatres.
Keynote - The Future of Genealogy with Dick Eastman
Breaking down brick walls in your family history research with Mark Bayley, Online Expert
Mark describes how to resolve stumbling blocks in your family history research using innovative search strategies and unique record sets to find those missing relatives.
Tips & Tricks for Online Research with Keith Gregson, Professional Researcher & Social Historian
Keith shares top tips & techniques for finding elusive ancestors, illustrated by some fascinating case studies.
Tracing Your Military Ancestors with Chris Baker, Military Expert & Professional Researcher
Chris draws on his experience from researching thousands of soldiers to explore what can be found when looking for a military ancestor.
Photo Dating with Jayne Shrimpton, Photo Expert and Fashion Historian
Using DNA to Trace Your Ancestry with MyHeritage
5 Killer Apps for Mobile Genealogy with Graham Walter
Many of us have a smart phone with us when we are out doing our genealogy research. What are the apps that will best aid us in our pursuit?
New this year will be the Free 'Ask the Experts' section, with Jayne Shrimpton on hand to date photographs, Chris Baker to answer questions regarding Medals and Military Research and Social and Sporting Historian Keith Gregson to help break down your brick walls.
Bring along copies of your photographs and have them dated by our expert
Have those military queries answered
Learn more about the social history of your family
Two Tickets for £7.50!
Buy One Get One Half Price on Tickets! Buy your tickets in advance for £5 a person or buy two for £7.50 (Price on the door will be £7 each). HURRY, this offer ends Midday 19th September!
https://thefamilyhistoryshow.com/london/tickets/
New Digital Archive from International Bomber Command Centre
10th September, 2018 Family History, Latest News, New Records Digital Records For Family History , RAF Bomber Command , RAF Forebears , RAF Records , Second World War Records
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) has announced a new digital archive that reports stories from those who had been involved in RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War.
The archive was launched at a service at the University of Lincoln on 6 September when Frances Zagni, the daughter of Bomber Command veteran and prisoner of war John Valentine, presented them with a unique collection of her parents' wartime letters.
The IBCC website already offers researchers the chance to gain free access to more than 1,000 interviews with those affected by the bombing, including Bomber Command and Women's Auxiliary Air Force veterans as well as people from the bombed countries.
There is also 2,000 photographs and 1,500 documents, including letters, diaries and log books digitised on the site.
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/
Not long now to The Family History Show - London!
06th September, 2018 Events, Family History, Latest News Discover Your Ancestors , Family History Fairs , Family History Research , Genealogy Fairs , Sandown Park Family History Show , The Discover Your Ancestors Family History Show
Not long to go until Saturday 22 September and the Family History Show, London.
With all the interest raised in tracing family trees generated by the recent Who Do You Think You Are? TV programmes, many more people than ever are wondering where their own forbears came from. The good news for those who would like to find out more about tracing their past family is that the Discover Your Ancestors Family History Show is coming to the Surrey Hall on Saturday 22nd September at Sandown Park Racecourse.
Visitors to the show will be able to benefit from the on-hand expert help, talks, family history society stands, genealogical suppliers and more. With all this under one roof there is a chance to learn how to trace ancestors like the celebrities Jonnie Peacock, Boy George, Robert Rinder, Marvin Hughes, Shirley Ballas, Lee Mack, Michelle Keegan and Olivia Colman did in the recent Who Do You Think You Are? TV series.
After a very successful first show last September The Discover Your Ancestors Family History Show will be returning to Esher's Sandown Park Racecourse. It will be a packed day with the Keynote speech being given by the International Genealogy Blogger Dick Eastman on 'The Future of Genealogy'.
Other speakers include Jane Shrimpton (Dating Photographs), Graham Walter, Chris Baker (Military Ancestors), Keith Gregson (Social History), Mark Bayley (Research Techniques).
Along with many archives and societies attending the event this year there will also be the new 'Ask the Experts' panel. The 'Census Detectives' and Ministry of Defence will be on hand to help with research, date photographs and identify medals.
The event is sponsored by the award winning data website, TheGenealogist and organised by Discover Your Ancestors Magazine so that this promises to be the highlight of the genealogical year for the London and Surrey area.
Special Offer on tickets!
Early Bird Offer: Buy your tickest in advance for £5 a person or buy two for £7.50 (Price on the door will be £7 each)
See this link: https://thefamilyhistoryshow.com/london/

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EY announces Sassa And Jan Akervall of Akervall Technologies Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award Finalists in Michigan and Northwest Ohio
Akervall Technologies
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EY today announced that founders, Sassa and Jan Akervall of Akervall Technologies are finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award in the Michigan and Northwest Ohio region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. The Akervalls were selected as finalists by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 21 at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA).
"What was once just an embryo of an idea, has become a multi-faceted operation where we are not only able to create jobs here in Michigan, but also have global distribution of our products! The proof in the pudding that we are doing something right with this fantastic and humbling honor from E & Y," said Sassa Akervall.
Now in its 31st year, the program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 145 cities and more than 60 countries throughout the world.
Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National competition. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced at the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 18, 2017. The awards are the culminating event of the Strategic Growth ForumTM, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
About Akervall Technologies, Inc.
Named one of Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies in the US, Akervall Technologies Inc (ATI) manufacturers ultra thin, no impressions, custom fit, remoldable mouthguards. SISU™ guard, SOVA® Nightguard and Intuguard allow users to talk and drink for sports, dentistry, military and hospital markets. Committed to cutting-edge technology of dental protection, ATI mouthguards are made of a non-compressible thermoplastic polymer that is 30% stronger than conventional mouthguards. All Guards are FDA approved, BPA, phthalate, PVC and latex free. Learn more: www.sisuguard.com & www.sovanightguard.com
About Entrepreneur Of The Year®
Entrepreneur Of The Year®, founded by EY, is the world's most prestigious business awards program for entrepreneurs, chosen from an independent panel of judges including entrepreneurs and prominent leaders from business, finance, and the local community. The program makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global awards program of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in over 145 cities and more than 60 countries. ey.com/eoy
CONTACT: Sierra Soleimani, 1-734-681-9994, [email protected]
SOURCE Akervall Technologies
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K2's Excel Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Accountants
Total Credits: 8 including 4 Accounting - Technical, 4 Computer Software & Applications - Non-technical
ACPEN Industry Institute | Industry | Accounting and Auditing | Technology
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$225.00 - Member $275.00 - Non-Member
Excel is the accountant's tool of choice for analyzing and reporting financial data, yet many use time-consuming and error-prone processes to complete everyday tasks. Regardless of your level of experience, if you use Excel, you need this course to learn more efficient and effective ways to work with Excel. In this course, you will learn countless tips, tricks, and techniques to improve your general level of productivity, reduce the amount of time you spend on mundane tasks, such as formatting, and customize Excel for greater accuracy and efficiency. You will also learn valuable formula-building skills, best practices for linking Excel data from other worksheets and workbooks, and how to streamline report generation and printing processes.
Throughout the program, your K2 instructor will reinforce key learning points with practical, real-world examples that will improve your understanding and comprehension of the topics presented. This highly acclaimed course draws on over twenty-five years of experience in delivering spreadsheet training to accounting and financial professionals, which assures you of the relevance and usefulness of the information and guidance provided during the program.
Upon completing this course, you should be able to:
Identify situations in which various Excel features can increase productivity and apply each of these techniques in context, such as Freeze Panes, Split Windows, selecting cells with special characteristics, AutoCorrect, the Office Clipboard, and Paste Special
Implement tools and techniques for formatting data in Excel, including multiline column headings, the Accounting Format, custom date and number formats, and Conditional Formatting
Customize Excel's user environment, including the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar, adjust Excel's Options to improve efficiency, and create and use Templates to increase efficiency and productivity
Utilize various formula building tools to create formulas more efficiently and create various types of formulas, including formulas, to manipulate text and dates, formulas containing VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP functions, formulas that contain conditional calculations, and formulas that contain circular references
Link data across multiple Excel worksheets and workbooks, update and manage links, and create sum-through formulas and rolling reports
Implement procedures for producing Excel-based reports, including adjusting print settings, using the Camera feature to create report forms, and working with Custom Views to automate print settings
Excel Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Handout (6.1 MB) Available after Purchase
K2 Enterprises Related seminars and products: 23
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Thu, Mar 18, 2021 - 10:00am to 05:44pm EDT
Mon, Apr 05, 2021 - 10:00am to 05:44pm EDT
Thu, Apr 29, 2021 - 10:00am to 05:44pm EDT
Wed, May 05, 2021 - 10:00am to 05:44pm EDT
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Tue, Jun 29, 2021 - 10:00am to 05:44pm EDT
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Original Recording Date 2020
Date Added to Catalog 8/19/2020
Prerequisites Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or newer
Designed For Accounting and financial professionals who want to learn how to use Excel more efficiently and effectively


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We are looking for one Native English Speaker to work in our Tianhe kindergarten, which is near Wushan and South China Normal University Station. It is easy to travel to all places in Guangzhou. If you are qualified with this job and can start ASAP, we welcome to see your application.


What with the intriguing Machu Picchu ruins – an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains – and other historic locations, Peru is one of the most fascinating and exciting travel destinations. However, it is important to bear in mind that the country does offer certain challenges when visiting on holiday.
With poverty among the people, petty crime is an ongoing problem, but with the correct travel insurance policy, your camera, laptop and other valuables are covered. In the unfortunate event of a theft, travellers can then easily replace what is lost.
Medical care is another aspect that should be borne in mind. While the Government run hospitals in this South American country, they are not always the best option. A good travel insurance policy allows travellers access to private medical facilities in Peru, offering peace of mind.
There are various different policies to choose from, including a Short Stay Single Trip Policy for that quick visit to Peru or an Annual Multi Trip Policy for those who get away on a regular basis. If travelling with friends or family, group travel insurance policies are the most affordable option.
If you have any questions as to the right travel insurance policy for you, please do not hesitate to get in touch, as we at Navigator are always available to help.


Mars ended an 11 week retrograde cycle on May 19. Ceres ends her 13 week retrograde cycle on June 1. Outside of a dip into Scorpio (Feb 4 to Mar 21) Both have been travelling through the sign of Libra, Mars since last December, Ceres since last November. (Ceres in Scorpio: Feb 4 to Mar 21) It has been a critical time for matters to do with all Libra themes – diplomacy, justice, equality, politics at the national and personal levels, social rights, trends, etc.
No doubt you have been working your way through a significant relationship issue, whether that's with another or yourself. Perhaps the karmic implication or recall has not been lost on you. Ceres is a regenerative influence that is quite similar to Pluto. She requires a journey to the dark side in order to be reborn into the light. Ceres confronts and resurrects in order to reclaim. This Ceres transit is one of the reasons that you may have felt so triggered or done-in by experiences that you might otherwise have gone with less notice, less reaction; that you might have taken in better stride.
The benefit of both Mars and Ceres in retrograde in the same sign at the same time has served to drive the point home in undeniable fashion. The next part is to take action on the knowledge and experience that has been gained. Travelling together in retrograde, Mars and Ceres have aimed to make the issues and the opportunities starkly obvious so that you can't miss seeing what you are supposed to see. All retrograde cycles serve to create a wider degree of separation from the immediacy of the moment, this in order to shift the viewfinder so that we have an ability to observe from a changed vantage point, with a new lens or perspective. The main thrust aims to stimulate a new listening and a new dialogue. Mars continues in Libra through July 25, Ceres continues in Libra through Aug 6. From this point forward, Mars and Ceres will switch the program from reconciliation with the past to reconciliation with the present.
Freshly into Taurus at the start of June, Venus, the current ruler of the transiting north node, is also a major contributor to the forward march. Venus gives us more to work with, makes whatever you have or whatever you face more substantial and valuable.
Mercury has just dipped into Cancer. It won't travel too far into the sign, but it is likely to hit deep water right off the bat. Mercury in Cancer begins retrograde on June 7; Neptune in Pisces begins retrograde on June 9. Watch for something unforeseen to open up or to open you up. To the plus, it could make you or them more receptive. On the flipside, you could find yourself more vulnerable or susceptible. Let me repeat the Mercury retrograde advice: guard your health, keep safety and safeguards to the forefront, don't bank on the potential, try not to get overly lost in the moment, don't spill all the beans, leave yourself room to change your mind, to return it, or to back out if you want to. Double check everything. Revise, revisit, redo.
Mercury in Cancer puts added emphasis on matters to do home, family, real estate, security, safety, food, nurturance and nourishment. As of June 17, Mercury will back into Gemini. This sign switch puts added focus on all matters to do with communication, transportation, education, social trends, friends, siblings, neighbourhoods, citizenship, trading and commerce. Here in Vancouver a rotating teacher's strike has just begun. Strikes, labour issues and work shortages are also typical of Mercury retrograde.
Mercury will complete retrograde on July 1 and finish its tour of Gemini by July 12. I am praying for the safe return of the Nigerian school girls. I also pray that the USA smartens up about gun legislation and that the killing sprees stop rather than spread.
Venus in Taurus opposes Saturn on the Sagittarius full moon June 12. A goal post, finish line, ending, or achievement of significance is likely to be reached. Venus/Saturn can also bring a money matter or contract to completion.
Jupiter in Cancer is now moving away from engagement in both the cardinal cross configuration and a water grand trine involving Saturn and Chiron. Mars continues to exert its dynamic force, forming a square with Pluto on June 14 and an opposition to Uranus on June 25. Mars in Libra will now naturally spark a new evaluation of what it means to be in relationship, to another, to the world around you, and the world inside you too. It's all about the balancing act. Make sure to put equal emphasis on the balance and the act.
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With Mars and Ceres retrograde out of the way, you should find you can make better use of your time and resources; that you do less skirting around and more getting around. Through July, Mars and Ceres in Libra should keep social involvements, contracts, partnership and legal matters on the upswing.
Still, there's Mercury retrograde to contend with. From June 7 to June 17, Mercury retrograde tours Cancer. You may find that you aren't quite finished off with the past, that there's something more to sort out. The transit offers an appropriate time to review security, safeguards, and material bottom lines; also to review and revise as necessary regarding renovations, real estate investments, home, or family plans. A particular family member or someone from the past can tug on the heart strings. One thing leads to another. Keep the lines of communication going, and know that there are several layers to get through. Mercury retrograde in Cancer can see you revisit places and faces, even if it is only through your memories.
As of June 17 when Mercury backs into Gemini, you should find your social life picks up a pace. As is common of the retrograde, you are likely to hear from or bump into folks you haven't interfaced with for awhile. You'll run around more, perhaps spin your wheels more too. If it gets too complicated, put it on chill and allow for circumstances to dictate the play. The full moon on June 12 or the days following can bring a financial or relationship matter to a conclusion, or it could get the ball rolling in some major way. Mars in opposition to Uranus on June 25 can bring you to a cut-off, break-through, or line in the sand point. Do what you can as you can, stay observant, keep open-mined, and where possible, keep open-ended too.
You should see better progress in work and health related matters now that both Mars and Ceres in Libra are on the move ahead. Still it's a delicate, perhaps even a precarious balance. Yes, there's still more working it out to do, but so good, so far.
Venus in Taurus makes you especially sensitive to those around you and also to your body's needs and signals. Listen up and heed the advice. Your body will tell you what it likes and what it does not. For that matter, your heart, mind, and soul will speak up more insistently too.
You may be able to enlist more help and support, or find yourself giving more of it out. Don't get too comfy though, a relationship can flip around, especially once Mercury turns retrograde. The full moon on June 12 can be a particularly tough push come to shove/make it or break it time for relationships or financial matters. It could even be a time to say goodbye to one who is nearing transition. June 14 can bring matters to a fix or a finalization. Watch for sudden progress, insight, an unexpected opportunity, or for a kink to work itself out.
Once Mercury backs into Gemini (as of June 17) options or complications can multiply, communication wires can get crossed. You could second guess yourself or do more back peddling. Something you have said or done could come back at you, so to avoid the potential pitfalls, keep it straight earlier in the month.
To July, you'll gain the best that Mars in Libra has to offer. Along with Ceres which is also travelling through Libra (to August) you should find that those "create it" ambitions generate well. Good communication, same page accord is on a ready tap, earnings, social and love life receive benefit from these two planetary influences.
Venus in Taurus reaches an opposition with Saturn on the full moon of June 12. June 7 to 14 is sure to be an action packed, one thing after another week. Watch for the domino effect and take it moment to moment. The full moon can bring a contract, bid, project, trip, or relationship track to completion or major threshold crossing. Everything changes – and fast tracks from here.
Through June 17, Mercury retrograde in Cancer puts the spotlight on finances, investments, resources, banking; on tightening up, plugging the holes; on family and home matters.
There's more places to go, people to see, more to discuss, consider, and tackle once Mercury retrograde revisits Gemini (June 17 to July 1). Expect to run around and get around even more. Even though the full moon can bring matters to a definitive end, as is typical of Mercury retrograde, you can find yourself on a rethink, revisit, or revision.
You'll see better progress on home and family matters thanks to Mars and Ceres now out of retrograde. Too, both planets help you to reconcile with yourself. While Mercury tours Cancer, and especially while in retrograde from June 7 to 17, your instincts and radar are likely to pick up a stronger signal. Aim to unplug from the outer world distractions as best you can. You need time to sort yourself out. There's an active inner dialogue happening inside of you. Allow it to go where it will, to explore all the nooks and crannies. The process will help you to flush out, to flesh out, and to eventually regain your footing.
The full moon on June 12 can see you make a health, work or personal break-through. Watch for important and/or perhaps surprise news, a chance to upgrade, or a fresh work opportunity.
Mars opposes Uranus on June 25. This transit coincides with the end of school and the start of summer vacation. In addition this planetary pairing could thrust you into something unexpected to do with home, family, or career. Mars/Uranus could suddenly uproot or redirect you.
You can have better stick to it while Venus is in Taurus through June 23. This influence can increase your organization, efficiency and productivity. Then again, even though that's the way it should go, don't assume you can phone it in. It's easy to slip up or to lose ground while Mercury is retrograde from June 7 to July 1st. To the plus, Mercury retrograde offers an appropriate time to review, revise or to go back over it and pick up what you missed the first time around. There's always room for improvement. That's the true aim of the retrograde.
Mercury's backtrack through Gemini, beginning June 17, can shift your thinking, goal, priority, or plan. As is typical of the cycle, expect to bump into folks unexpectedly. It is an opportune transit for checking back in with clients. Take another scout around your community or social network.
The full moon on June 12 or the days following can produce something major, significant, or official. It could be an event, a milestone, a contract, a launch, arrival, or departure. What occurs could be momentous enough to redirect your future.
Cancer month, starting June 21, and Venus in Gemini, starting June 23, puts recreation and play on the front burner. Mars/Uranus in opposition on June 25 can be a great for get away or a shake-it-up, but noting that Mercury is still retrograde, added safety is advised.
The full moon on June 12 and the days that follow bring you to a significant checkpoint, goal post, deadline, or finish line. Too, you could receive important or official news. There can be paperwork to sign, terms to discuss, or fees to pay.
Beginning in Cancer, Mercury retrograde can see you have a change of heart about someone or something. As of June 17 when Mercury revisits Gemini, it will be time to reassess goals and priorities, and to bring yourself up to speed with your changing world. People can say one thing and do another. Don't bank on it unless you have it in writing. Mercury retrograde is always an appropriate time to renegotiate terms, a lease, or bank loan, but it is not the ideal time to lock in. By all means, continue the negotiations, but where possible, make sure you have ample choice, extra options, or an easy out just in case. While Mercury is retrograde, it is always wise to leave room for the unexpected. If you have to make a commitment, aim for short term, trial run, or temporary. June 25 or the days around it could dish up something out of the blue re expenses, finances, or a key relationship.
Mars has been firing it up for you since last December. Although this long transit may have pushed you into a confrontation with yourself or your reality, to a large extent it is a natural development, something that you will agree has been timely for you, like it or not. Mars is the warrior planet, and its purpose in your sign is to empower and embolden you, to help you to express your individuality and uniqueness more freely, to create greater independence. Yes, it is time to claim more for yourself, to let your wants and needs sit at the front of the bus.
Now that Mars retrograde is out of the way, you are sufficiently refuelled and ready to get on with this feistier new you program. From now through the end of July, you'll draw from the best Mars in Libra has to offer. As of June 1, Ceres is also out of retrograde. Touring your sign since last November, Ceres will continue to seed you and to refresh you through August. Both transits aim support you with the courage and initiative to see you way through this major personal growth spurt.
Through June 17, Mercury retrograde in Cancer can see you revisit the past in some significant way. It's a good time to renegotiate with the bank, revise your family plans, parenting strategy or personal rules, to reassess your career goals. June 17 to July 1, Mercury retrograde in Gemini can put you back in touch with folks who live a distance away. The second half of the month brings an appropriate time to revisit a place you've been to previously, to welcome visitors or to be one yourself, to review education options or plans for the fall semester. Get back to writing; upgrade your website, resume, or social profile.
June 12, the Sagittarius full moon is accompanied by Venus in opposition to Saturn. Although Mercury retrograde is not an ideal time to lock it in, this full moon is likely to cement, finalize, or launch something that paves your future. You could face a major expense, investment, or decision regarding real estate, home, family, career, health, or a relationship matter.
Both Mercury retrograde in Gemini, starting June 17, and Venus in Gemini, starting June 23, is sure to keep life active. Expect the phone to ring more. There's more options and opportunity out there for you. It's a great time to go exploring, to get out and enjoy. Stay alert, observant and ready for anything goes on June 25, give or take a day or so either side. Mars opposition Uranus can take you by surprise. This transit could produce can be a great opportunity, a sudden spark, or a shake up. Be careful when driving.
It's called getting your act together. The bonus is that you are gaining something to show for it. Saturn in Scorpio has been working well for you, especially over this past month or so. This transit helps you to put resourcefulness to good use, to take full advantage of good timing and the opportunities at hand. It loans you added conviction, and helps you to rely more readily on your insight and instincts. Saturn will continue to be on your side through the end of the year.
Even so, this first week or so can keep you challenged or under added pressure as Venus in Taurus builds to an opposition with Saturn. June 12 – 14 pushes you past the block, hold-up or wait. The full moon can bring news, an official word, a result, a significant opportunity or investment potential. Once the full moon thrusts the switch or seals the deal, it should domino from there.
Once Mercury retrograde backs into Gemini on June 17, and Venus advances into Gemini on June 23 something new or additional can spring up. There can be another option or route to take; more to discuss, negotiate, revise, or to consider. Where possible, keep open-ended, hands-off, or non committal and watch for things to play out on their own. Mars opposite Uranus on or around June 25 can stir it up or rev it up unexpectedly. It's a great transit for a get away or for a special event. On the other hand, it can be abrupt, inconveniencing, jarring or expensive. Be especially careful at work and at play, when handling sharp instruments or dangerous goods, on the road, with exercise, diet or health. A gamble could be tempting or warranted, but don't tempt fate with a foolish risk.
While the sun in Gemini and Mars direct can increase your social life action, Mercury's temporary dip into Cancer craves more meaningful connection. You'll want to stay attached or to stick close to those who are nearest and dearest to your heart. Extra care-taking is in order while Mercury retrograde tours Cancer, June 7 to 17. This transit can find you more emotionally sensitive, responsive, and nostalgic; perhaps more needy too. Memories can flood in through your thoughts, dreams, or through actual reconnections. Mercury retrograde can also take you on financial or health backtrack. If you find yourself struggling, don't push what isn't coming naturally. June 12 to 14 the brakes come off and you are cleared for travel. The full moon can jettison you over a major hurdle or block to do. From this point forward, you should find you can make better progress, that you have more to work with, or more reason to keep going.
The summer solstice and Cancer month is a good time to cozying up for love and to soak up summer's pleasures. Keeping you and your social life upbeat, both Mercury retrograde and Venus finish out the second half of the month in the sign of Gemini. June 25 to 27 is also a very active, on the go time. This can be a good time to start a vacation or to head off on a new adventure. Keep open ended, watch for opportunity, and seize the moment.
Now that Mars and Ceres have ended retrograde, you'll regain surer footing. You'll also find more justification to back you up and to encourage you to keep going. Venus in Taurus adds to your confidence, creativity, and sense of deserving. It loans you more stamina and perseverance too.
Mercury retrograde in Cancer, June 7 to 17, puts the spotlight on a particular relationship or personal need. You could face a struggle with food or consumption issues too. We all slip up some time. If this is the case, forgive yourself for being human, and try again. You could feel stuck, stymied or stalled to June 11, but you won't be once this full moon comes and goes. Then again, the full moon could bring your high hopes or big plans to fruition.
If you find that you have lost your way, look to Mercury retrograde in Gemini, starting June 17, to help you get back on the bike or back on the wagon again. While Mercury retrograde in Gemini can derail plans or put you on a communication backtrack, it is a useful influence for correcting, fixing, or fine-tuning. Get a second opinion or quote, revisit the conversation, and check back in with folks to make sure everyone is on the same page.
Just when you think you have it all worked out, the opposition of Mars/Uranus on June 25 can throw something unexpected at you. While this can be an exciting transit for sudden discovery, to set yourself free, or dive into something fresh and new, it is often jarring transit. Something could erupt, explode, burst, or hit suddenly or out of the blue. Watch your temper, allergies, and your driving speed, and watch the actions and emotions of others more closely too.
You'll gain the best from Mars and Ceres now both are out of retrograde. Mars continues in Libra through July 25, Ceres continues in Libra through August 6. Both increase your intuition and confidence, your social life prospects and popularity, and your ability to make larger, broader connections with world in general. Although Mercury is travelling in retrograde, Gemini month is always your time to shine.
Through June 17, Mercury in Cancer can keep you focused on the work, your health or on a particular circumstance or relationship matter. Mercury retrograde in Gemini, starting June 17, and Venus in Gemini, starting June 23 will see life lighten up on you. These are good transits for pleasure, play, and the romantic hunt. Be reminded that when you get something started during Mercury retrograde it is likely to be short lived. Aim/plan for temporary and enjoy today for what it is.
The full moon on June 12 can bring you to a major deadline or finish line. This can be a time of culmination, fruition, of official undertakings, contract beginnings or endings. Venus opposition Saturn can bring reward, award, or result. It is an appropriate transit for such matters as earning your diploma or citizenship status. Venus/Saturn can make a relationship official; it can also mark a milestone or special anniversary. This transit also offers an appropriate time to undertake, complete or revise a loan or mortgage or contract agreement.
Watch June 25 to28 for something unexpected to fire up. It's a good transit for the start of a vacation.
Jupiter in Cancer will continue to keep you, love, creativity, home, and family matters on a good growth curve through July. Jupiter is moving on, but Chiron in Pisces will continue to trine Saturn for the summer. Chiron/Saturn helps you to reconcile with your reality in a grounded way, to keep to your own wise counsel, to navigate your way through your challenges or disappointments with added grace, to resource strength, stamina, talent, or ambition you didn't know you had, to cope with the less than ideal, to heal from the past, to take what's on the inside and to give it legitimacy. Chiron/Saturn can also put added emphasis on an aging or wounded parent or elder, a mentor, or authority figure.
Mercury's dip into Cancer puts an even more attention on personal development, a key home, family or career matter, a creative project, or a health matter. Mercury retrograde can put you on a back-track or sidetrack. Too, you could change your mind about something or someone, or conversely, someone could pull the plug on you. It may not go according to plan or intention, but there's a reason for everything. June 7, 12 and 25 takes you through critical check-points or breakthrough thresholds. Take it one step at a time. You could be challenged off and on throughout the month, but if you get stuck, you certainly won't stay there for long. Look to Mercury retrograde in Gemini, starting June 17, Cancer month starting June 21, and Venus into Gemini starting June 23 to keep you and life well mobilized.


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Good book about 20th C. European history?
stokebailey
We watched a good film about Ceaucescu's Romania the other night, had to admit how little we know about the past hundred years of European history, even the big chunk when we were on the other side of the water.
Does anyone have a favorite book for an overview of that period? Something not too deeply academic would be great, like along the general lines of M. Carter's "George, Nicholas and Wilhelm." Or maybe two or three such books for a fuller picture?
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sandralist
Could start with this:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...arbara-tuchman
If you've never done it, also watch Charlie Chaplain's The Great Dictator
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flanneruk
Europe: the struggle for supremacy from 1453 to the present, by Brendan Simms.
You might think it covers 450 years more than you're interested in. But his point is you really can't understand, for example, the alleged fall of communism in 1989 without understanding the previous 500 years of Russian neurosis continually giving it what its dictators (it has no experience of anything else) claim to be an excuse for grotesque interference with its neighbours.
Nor can you understand the economic illiteracy that led to the Euro (or to the past decade's equally insane collapse in border security throughout much of western Continental Europe) without understanding how Germany, like its predecessor states, spent the 500 years before its 1945 collapse paranoid about being hemmed in by its neighbours - and invading them every few decades to stop that perceived hemming. To its immediate neighbours, almost no price is too high to stop that ever recurring.
By today's count, there are over 50 independent countries in Europe, so summarising their last 550 years is complicated. But Simms manages it in a masterful way.
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nytraveler
Agree that there are many significant themes that will make no sense unless you understand the past - including religious intolerance - which is again/still raising it's hideously ugly head in some places.
And realizing that there are huge differences in the various areas (and what those areas are). This is one of the things that makes me nuts when people call Hungary and czech republic "eastern europe". They have never been part of eastern europe, have a very different history with strong ties to the west in terms of religion, political philosophy, historical perspective etc - and are totally unlike the real eastern europe - which until very recently was operating in an almost medieval manner.
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Sep 27th, 2014, 01:56 PM
sparkchaser
Agree that there are many significant themes that will make no sense unless you understand the past
I started a reading project focused on World War One and I quickly realized that I could not hope to understand the reasons for the war until I understood the Balkans War, The Russo-Japanese War, and the Franco-Prussian War. But it didn't stop there -- I needed to know about German Unification which requires going back even further. Suffice to say, if you want to really understand Central Europe, you're going to have to go all the way back to the Romans and read forward.
Ain't history fun?
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Dickie_Gr
Not a direct answer but map to provoke more thought.
PartickLondon introduced me to this : not sure how accurate it is but an interesting watch anyway.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u1sjHGODFHg
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Sandralist, flanner, and Dickie, thank you. I'll check those out.
sparkchaser, I'm shooting for the understanding level of a fairly bright high school senior who must also budget time for escapist novels.
Dickie, that video is not available in the US, but maybe similar to this fun one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiGdFnlzBdo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l53bmKYXliA
Sad when the Ptelomies just vanish around 20 BC. We rise and we fall, don't we.
You should read Jacques Barzun's "From Dawn To Decadence" a cultural history of the last 500 years. A great masterpiece.
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Thanks SB
This well outside the OP but I am currently reading the history of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie. Gives a hugely interesting insight as the what happens when the State fails and "others" move in. The book has many echoes of modern day Iraq with similar outcomes.
Thanks, RJD.
Dickie: I like digressions, especially friendly ones.
bvlenci
Age of Extremes:The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991, by Eric Hobsbawm is on my reading list, although I haven't got there yet. It's written from a left-wing perspective.
Also, Dark Continent:Europe's Twentieth Century, by Mark Mazower, which I also haven't read yet.
I'm working my way through World War I books right now.
I have read, and really appreciated Churchill's series about World War I and World War II. You have to keep in mind that he isn't much interested in self-criticism, and glosses over his many errors. But he's a great writer and was a principle actor in the first half of the century.
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"Age of Extremes:The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991"...is written from the perspective of a committed, uncritical and entirely gullible Marxist.
In fairness, most of this book recounts most facts almost objectively. But it simply ignores the misbehaviour of Russia since 1917 (absolutely crucial to understanding the past 30 years' history of those states damaged by Russian thuggery) and gives next to no account of the real political debates in WW1 Russia that Hobsbawm's heroes brutally repressed (equally crucial to understanding why Russia still behaves like the leader of a street gang).
For a similar review from a left-leaning scholar who doesn't let his political delusions interfere with historical facts: Tony Judt's Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945.
PatrickLondon
If you don't mind a doorstep of a book, but one offering what my mother used to call "full measure, pressed down and running over", with lots of interesting "sidebar" nuggets about particular themes and topics, try Norman Davies's "Europe" (one to borrow from a library, perhaps).
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Winston Churchill's books on WWI and WWII, while focusing on the conflicts, are excellent sources of European history and the backgrounds and causes. Besides, he's such an excellent writer that the reading is easy.
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I think Churchill is one of the last great writers in the English language. You do have to take some of what he says with a grain of salt. He was still convinced after its tragic end that the Dardenelles invasion would have worked if only it had been executed as he planned it. I've read several historians on the topic, and all of them think the basic plan was fatally flawed. That wasn't his only flawed plan by any means.
By the way, William Manchester's biography of Churchill is another great work on 20th century Europe. The final volume, written by a collaborator (whose name I don't remember) from Manchester's notes, when the latter was not able to finish it, is weaker than the first two. I believe he used every note he found, whereas Manchester would have picked and chosen to create a more coherent narrative.
"The Arms of Krupp" is also excellent, on the relationship between German power and one of its great armaments factories.
"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", by William Shirer, is also good, although written before a lot of more recent knowledge has become available. A much shorter book, written in the heat of events, is Shirer's "Berlin Diary". This is a fascinating book. Shirer was a journalist stationed in Berlin in the days before WWII broke out. Because of censorship (before the days of the internet) he could only guess what was happening.
I would highly recommend "Spy Counterspy", by Dusko Popov, if it were not out of print and very expensive if you can find it used. I've unfortunately lost my copy in one of my transatlantic moves. I did read a good biography of Popov, though, that tells much of the story.
I can second the recommendation of "The Guns of August", about the opening days of World War I, by Barbara Tuchman. I would also recommend "The Proud Tower", about the pre-WWI years in the countries that later were engaged in the war.
Tuchman is a classic and Shirer is a great summer beach read (my degree is in history - specializing in europe post renaissance) and yes - IMHO it is fascinating. Especially when one takes the learning and applies to current events (the US history for the past 50 years would have been significantly different if anyone in power had done that).
Pegontheroad
Good question. Unfortunately I can't answer it. Every time I find a worthwhile book (like Tony Judt's "Postwar,") it invariably sends me off in a new direction--like to the Russian take-over of the more eastern European countries and their fates thereafter. This led me to reading about East Germany and the lives of the people who lived under the Communist rule. So I did that for a while.
I found Shirer's "Berlin Diary" to be fascinating as a sort of day-by-day account of his life in Germany during the Nazi time. I also liked "The Rise and Fall...."
I also found "Dreadnought," with its portraits of the various important figures involved in the international politics of the time leading up to WWI to give by far the best explanation (for me, anyway) of the causes of the war. Max Hastings "Catastrophe 1914" painted a vivid picture of an awful war.
What I'm stuck on now is the last part of the war. I want to know how the ending came about. I understand that the American entry brought about the defeat of Germany and its allies, but I'd like more details. The books that have been suggested to me seem to be about individual doughboys, rather than about strategy.
I want to know how Hitler could have blamed Germany's defeat in WWI on the "November criminals." I want to get a better idea of how the situation stood in order for him to be able to utilize the "stab-in-the-back" accusation.
That will have to wait, though. I became interested in Lincoln and read Carl Sandburg's three volumes and another by a guy named Henderson (I think) and have almost finished T.H. Williams' "Lincoln and His Generals." "Team of Rivals is in the queue.
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The simplistic version is that the both sides were exhausted from fighting for so long and the the U.S. came in all bright-eyed and bushy tailed and the failed German offensives of 1918 tipped the scales in the allies favor.
The more complicated version is, well, more complicated.
The First World War by John Keegan does a decent job explaining this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037...MS7LASREXIMX3B
I have it but have not read it yet, but With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson is highly regarded: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067...SFU5DV6UX62NGM
After my WWI reading project draws to a close, I plan on doing a bit of reading into the Weimar Republic before diving into the rise of the Third Reich.


I coordinated and choreographed a flash mob this summer ya'll! It was hard. It was scary. But most of all, it was awesome.
The best description of being "Sold Out" are the lyrics themselves, which say: I'm stepping out without hesitation, because the battle's already been won. Each aspect of the event required embracing the unknown, venturing into unmarked territory, and taking risks. I had to step out believing that God had equipped me and would see me through. The instructors had to trust that the flash mob was possible and that they were able to teach. The participants had to believe that they could learn the choreography and perform it in public "spontaneously." If any of us hesitated for a fraction of a second the flash mob may not have happened.
As I was praying with my team of instructors it hit me that God is "Sold Out." Starting in the Garden of Eden, to a stable in Bethlehem, up the Hill of Golgotha, and faithfully calling us His own, God was "Sold Out." He dared to create us in His image – us who He knew would turn against Him. Then He sent His son to become a human and be raised by humans. Finally, He watched His one and only Son be crucified to pay the penalty for our sins – sins He NEVER committed or ever would. And today, He calls us His children. If that's not "Sold Out" I don't know what is.
Our verse for the week was Galatians 2:20. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. Daily I had to choose to step without hesitation by faith, trusting that God would finish what He started. I didn't know it was possbile to cram three minutes and forty-five seconds of choreography into less than eight hours. I didn't know what we would do if it stormed at 4pm on Saturday (our scheduled performance time) and the tornado warning turned out not to be a warning after all. But I did know that I couldn't go wrong "selling out" to a "Sold Out" God. And I was right.
Because I knew that Jesus Christ had fought and won the battle for me life I could take risks for His glory. I could be "Sold Out" because there was nothing to loose. Looking back I realize that the beautiful and powerful moments that I experienced would never have happened if I had not "Sold Out." Banking on who I knew God to be and daring to do what hadn't been done allowed God to use me in beautiful and powerful ways. We have to be "Sold Out" to see the beauty and power of God in our lives.
It's hard. It's scary. But most of all it's awesome.
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Did Harper Collins rip off Brazilian illustrator Nathália Suellen?
"The story starts with Harper Collins inviting me to create a cover to 'Bewitching," Rio de Janeiro-based artist Nathália Suellen writes on her blog.
"They wanted something similar with 'City of Angels,' and I remember I had refused it because this artwork had been already sold to another book and also because of my personal opinion about the theme," she continues. "However it looks like they got angry with me and decided to copy my artwork."
via blog.ladysymphonia.com: Rip Off, Harper Collins Publisher.
LK Rigel, the author of the book Suellen sold the use of her artwork to, has blogged about this, too.
Here is the LK Rigel book cover which uses Suellen's art with Suellen's consent. Here is the forthcoming Harper Collins title (due out Feb. 2012) with which Suellen takes issue. Goodreads.com shows the book cover.
Given the fact that the book in question isn't due out for another 6 months, odds are good that the matter could be resolved so the "new" author isn't harmed by this kerfuffle.


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Q: CodeName One IOS CaptureAudio I called captureAudio method from Capture class.
It opens an empty dialog box on IOS 7, with save/cancel buttons.
No audio bar shown to user understands recording.
It's ok on android.

A: Since iOS doesn't have a capture UI like Androids this is implemented entirely in Java. You can write your own implementation of this rather easily e.g. this is from the Codename One IOSImplementation.java file that does exactly that:
public void captureAudio(ActionListener response) {
    String p = FileSystemStorage.getInstance().getAppHomePath();
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From saving to spending: What's next for 401(k)s
April 23, 2014 | Allison Linn, CNBC.com
It's been hard enough teaching people how to save for their retirement. It could be even more difficult to teach them how to spend that nest egg.
As the multi-trillion dollar 401(k) industry becomes the predominant way that many Americans finance their golden years, millions of retirees are going to have to make big, complex decisions about what to do with that wad of cash they've accumulated. That's particularly difficult since most people don't know how long they're going to live, or what kind of health expenses they might encounter later in life.
"(When) we look at sort of the big open questions about how well 401(k) plans are going to do, first there's a question of, 'Can we get people to save enough?'" said Richard Johnson, director of the program on retirement policy at the Urban Institute think tank. "Then the other big question that is just now starting to get more attention is, 'How are people going to withdraw their funds?'"
The prospect of managing a pile of accumulated cash requires a lot more savvy than just receiving a monthly pension payment or Social Security check, and experts say it's not clear how many people will have those skills.
When David Blanchett, head of retirement research for Morningstar Investment Management, hears the informal estimate that 10,000 people are expected to retire every day over the next 20 years, he can't help but think of how ill-prepared many of those people are to handle their retirement savings.
"I hate the thought of 10,000 new portfolio managers every day," he said.
Blanchett said many of those people won't have enough money to afford a financial advisor who could help come up with individualized plans to stretch their retirement dollars. Instead, he expects that the financial services industry will see another opportunity to grow their business by coming up with managed products that offer people a more generalized plan for drawing down their retirement funds.
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Retirees will have to take some initiative to figure out whether these plans are worthwhile and cost-effective, though. And Blanchett expects that retirees will have to spend some time fending off bad apples who try to persuade them to make risky choices with those big bank balances.
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"If I had to pick a growing industry in this country, it's going to be con artists that target the elderly," he said.
Another concern is that people will be paralyzed by fear. When Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, started studying 401(k)s, her concern was that retirees would spend their nest egg too quickly, burning through it by splurging on something like a cruise around the world.
Now, she thinks people may go the other way, holding on to their money too tightly because they don't want to outlive their savings or be unable to pay for pricey, end-of-life health care.
"I think people are going to be scared," she said.
Johnson said that so far, researchers are finding that people are perhaps too skittish about running out of money, and aren't spending enough of their nest egg.
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"They really don't spend down much, and what that means is they're not living as well in retirement as they should," Johnson said.
They may have good reason to be worried about running out of money. Experts say that in the short term, the biggest worry is that people are going to retire without enough money to manage.
"We're going to have a retirement crisis when we have the first cohorts that are really totally dependent on 401(k)s," Munnell said. "The balances are just not going to be enough."
Munnell's analysis of government data from 2010 found that the median 401(k) and IRA account balance for households ages 55 to 64 years old was $120,000. That sounds like a lot, until you consider how long you hope to live—and what kind of lifestyle you'd like to have.
Munnell is hopeful that the next cohort of retirees will be in better shape, because those with access to 401(k) plans will have a better understanding of how much they need to save and how early they need to start saving. They also might be working longer.
Experts say there will continue to be some people who are left out of the retirement system altogether, because they don't work for employers that offer a retirement plan or they just don't opt into them.
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Retirement experts expect the 401(k) industry to be around for decades to come, although some predict that the industry will change substantially as more people become reliant on it. That's because few employers will want to go back to the old pension system—which didn't work well for all retirees, either—and, for now at least, there aren't many other options.
"Anyone who says (401(k) plans) aren't working—well, what's the better solution?" Blanchett asked.
—By CNBC's Allison Linn
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We all must vote to help those who cannot
September 28, 2016 October 19, 2016 Coachella Unincorporated 0 Comments
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Republished from The Desert Sun on September 28, 2016
By Olivia Rodriguez
I'm the proud daughter of farmworkers in Thermal. I live in a rural, low-income community consisting of migrant families who live and work in unhealthy conditions, lack access to affordable quality health care, and are experiencing a shortage of physicians.
This is far from the only barrier my community faces. We're also experiencing a lack of transportation and quality education, unjust wages, support and representation for our youth, LGBTQ and undocumented people. It's upsetting that we live under these conditions, yet knowing my community's history and our ongoing injustices is what propels me to be civically engaged.
Through voting, I will lend my voice to amplify the issues in my community and collaborate with others to transform our realities. As a Latina, it has been vital for me to embrace my voice that has been historically silenced. Our ancestors fought for our fundamental human rights, it is our privilege and responsibility to exercise our power by being an engaged voter.
As I learn about the battles that have been fought by those who came before me, I realize my voice and my worth and how I can contribute to these ongoing movements that strive for health justice for all.
I've heard from people discouraged to vote, saying they don't think their vote will make a difference. I used to share this sentiment. Perhaps there is some truth here, but I am not expecting nor waiting on a single individual's vote to make global changes. Throughout time, our community's victories have shown us that greater changes are made in unity. Cesar Chavez alone did not fight for farmworker rights; one doctor alone cannot solve the physician shortage in my hometown; but our collective efforts can continue to make a difference. It was each individual's contribution in the Chicano movement that helped bring greater liberation for workers and we must continue to recognize that collective strength.
Through such collective efforts our marginalized populations will, one day, have access to affordable and quality health care. It can be done. Just this year full-scope Medi-Cal coverage was expanded to include undocumented individuals! Californians must continue to educate themselves, unify and demand equity, if we are to continue what progress has been made. The voting process comes with a responsibility of being aware of our community's issues so that collectively our voices are heard at all levels.
It takes a community to create real change. Although undocumented community members cannot vote, their voices are not suppressed. Many have come out of the shadows to march for immigration reform or are dreamers who continue to demand a right to an education. If our most vulnerable community members are willing to risk being separated from their lives and families to allow future immigrants to have a better life, I can at least do my part by exercising my right to vote. I will not remain voiceless.
After I go to the polls in November, my "I voted" sticker will represent a declaration for a better life for my parents, my neighbors, and many in our nation whose voices have yet to be acknowledged in our democratic system.
Olivia Rodriguez is from Thermal, Calif. She graduated from Desert Mirage High School in 2011 and earned her bachelor's degree in Integrative Biology from UC Berkeley in 2015. Olivia joined Coachella Uninc. in 2015 and one day she hopes to be a health leader and work alongside other community leaders in the eastern Coachella Valley to address health Inequalities in her community.
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If you paint fine paintings, sculpt, write poetry or novels or compose music, you've probably already considered financing your new overseas life by selling your creative products. And the process probably isn't very different from doing it in your home country.
As a side benefit,the move will probably stir your creative juices and give you more subject matter to draw on!
But have you considered making a living in your new country using handicraft and artisanal skills that may be just hobbies for you at home? Fine craftsmanship is often more highly respected and more saleable outside the US.
Andrea Jensen, a former Oregonian, moved to Puerto Rico and became a licensed artesan. (I know, Puerto Rico is not officially another country for a US resident, but that's a political reality, not a cultural one. Culturally, PR is a Caribbean island nation.) She tells her story in Escape from America magazine.
Andrea melded the traditional island higuera gourd art with tole painting techniques. She applied for her license and began attending craft shows all over the island, successfully selling her artwork.
The takeaway here isn't specifically what Andrea did or where she did it. It is that learning something about her new home — the way local calabash gourds were used as art — inspired her to reinvent something she already knew how to do, and to generate income with it.
What skills do you have that you could reinvent in your new country to earn a living with? Share your ideas by clicking the comment link below.
That is an awesome Mexican Huichol jaguar mask! I agree with your concept. Travel and relocation have a way of opening us up to new experiences and jarring our comfort zone, so you are definitely on to something with this suggestion — Why not channel that vulnerability into art? I love Mexico. While not able myself to make art in Mexico, (at least not right now) … in my business I support and encourage the work of Mexican artisans. Incredibly sweet and satisfying. Oh, and I think I've got to meet Andrea Janssen: I was born in Puerto Rico, love artesanos, lived over 10 years in Oregon and have always had an affinity for the higuera as a semi-sacred natural object. Thanks for a great post!


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How to Develop an ROI-Focused Social Media Strategy
Social media strategies that can drive online sales and in-store traffic
In an increasingly digital world, having a social media presence is essential for beverage alcohol retailers — particularly for those who want to build a strong e-commerce business. But there's a big difference between maintaining social media accounts and developing a social media strategy that will drive sales and foot traffic. "Social can be a retailer's best growth catalyst when used properly," says Scott Braun, Drizly's chief marketing officer.
"It's a shift in mindset, going from 'I'm going to wait until people walk into my store,' to 'I'm going to help people walk into my store,'" adds Mike Provance, the CEO of 3×3, a marketing technology company that works with wine, beer, and spirits retailers. Through a combination of organic social media content, paid advertising, audience targeting, and community engagement, beverage alcohol retailers can develop a social media strategy that delivers a real return on investment.
Retailers should approach social media strategy by setting their desired outcomes first. "Think about the social media objectives you want," says Provance. "How you would measure the ROI of awareness is a lot different than the ROI of an ad that has a 'buy now' button on it." Whether it's fan growth, follower engagement, click-through rate to a website, incremental sales on a specific product, or overall profit improvement of the shop, the goals of a social media program will inform the strategy.
Integrate E-Commerce Site with Social Media
If retailers want to use social media to drive online sales, they should work to integrate their e-commerce website or a partner site like Drizly into their social media account. By making those purchasing pathways smoother, consumers are more likely to buy. "The less clicks, the better," says Aleksandra Trochimiuk, the strategy and creative director at marketing and PR agency Colangelo & Partners. Facebook and Instagram allow business accounts to integrate e-commerce websites hosted on certain platforms — particularly Shopify — so that retailers can simply link to specific products.
Integrating a shop's e-commerce site directly also allows retailers to track the ROI of specific social media posts. "We utilize unique tracking links that show where our users came from so we can attribute sales directly to certain platforms," says Mollie Cook, director of marketing for Molly's Spirits in Denver, who notes that whenever the team posts about a specific product or new offering, they see a spike in that SKU's sales.
Engage With the Community
Unlike traditional advertising or even promotional newsletters, social media facilitates two-way communication between a retailer and its potential customers. "It's a direct line of communication with your customers," says Braun, "but it's also a tool to better understand who a retailer is reaching and what they respond to." By better understanding its audience, a retailer can then use this information to decide what to post.
"I always say the best way to see a return on your social media investment is by truly spending time in community management," says Katie Melchior, a social media and digital strategist and the founder of @FrenchWineTutor. Rather than just posting content, engage with those who like and comment on the shop's posts, and respond to DMs, direct messages, readily. Retailers should also spend time following and engaging with others key figures in the beverage alcohol social media space, from sommeliers to drinks influencers.
"It's great to offer promotions and share the latest and greatest products that just hit the shelves," says Cook. "But the magic happens when you're able to build a community online."
Diversify Social Media Content
While it might be tempting to constantly promote specific bottles or deals, it's important to diversify social media content in order to keep customers interested. "If we're constantly selling, our messages become just another post to scroll past or another email to delete," says Cook, who has found success with sharing memes and other humorous posts.
"The most sought-after social media content in 2020 is educational," says Melchior. "Knowledge about the shop and its products is equally as important to consumers." Rather than posting bottles or empty storefront photos, she suggests creating fun, short content that showcases in-house somms or staff members. Not only does this engage followers by teaching them something new, but it builds brand loyalty by helping followers get to know the people behind the shop.
But don't get so fixated on strategy that posting on social media becomes overwhelming. What matters most is that a retailer is posting consistently and authentically. "This signals to your audience that you're alive and well and doing cool things," says Melchior. Because this can require a big time investment, Melchior recommends that an option stores can consider is working with a social media consultant. Depending on whether an individual or company is used, and the services desired, costs may range from $2,000 to $5,000 per month.
Use Ads to Highlight Your Niche
While organic social media content can drive sales while building brand awareness, voice, and engagement, paid social media ads often convert more directly to sales. "Social ads drive customers towards the purchase funnel more effectively than other digital ads," says Trochimiuk.
Though Facebook and Instagram both make it easy to "boost" organic social posts, it's more worthwhile to create a separate, targeted ad (sometimes referred to as a "dark post" because it does not appear in a retailer's social media feed). "Look at which parts of your business drive the highest value," says Provance, "and focus the message directly to the people who are likely to buy into that part of the business."
For instance, if a store has a strong back-vintage Bordeaux selection or a wide range of Scotch whiskies, run ads that highlight the shop's specialty and use language that resonates with that specialty's audience. Even if the specialty represents a small portion of the shop's business, it is worth highlighting if it drives a higher margin and differentiates the store.
Get Specific with Ad Targeting
The ability to target specific audiences is the greatest value that social media ads offer over traditional ones. "It's not like placing an ad in a circular," says Provance. "Unlike traditional media, social media drops the right ad onto the right desktop or phone," and to the intended audience.
Therefore, it's important to identify the customer targets for each ad and limit the audience only to those targets. The team at 3×3 has found that purchasing behavior is more correlated to behavior and lifestyle than it is to demographics like age or gender, so the company uses psychographics to target the right audiences.
The other advantage of social media ads is that they don't necessarily require a huge budget. A retailer can start with a less than a few hundred dollars per month and monitor the results of that ad campaign. As the shop develops more specific goals and targets, they can increase that budget.
Use Geo-Targeting to Reach New Customers
While it's important to engage with existing customers, retailers have a limited ROI if they cannot expand that customer base. Social media ads allow businesses to use geo-targeting to deliver ads to users in specific locations.
When John Wolf, the owner of Chicago Lake Liquors in Minneapolis, first partnered with Drizly, he decided to create Facebook ads around that partnership and target them to customers within the store's delivery radius who like wine, beer, and food. "For the store, Facebook has proven to be the most interactive with my customers," he says. He spent between $5,000 and $10,000 per month, but saw a return with results that were "tremendous," measured through engagement rate and click-through rate.
To target new customers, Melchior recommends a "reach" campaign on either Facebook or Instagram. "This will cast a wide net and show your ad to the largest number of potential customers," she says.
Use Traditional and Creative Tools to Track ROI
Tracking the ROI of a social media strategy can be tricky, depending on the tactics used and the goals desired. For instance, it's nearly impossible to track how much foot traffic stems from social media ads, and while tracking sales velocity of products that have been promoted through organic social content can point to conversions, it's not a perfect measure of success.
However, campaigns that drive traffic to digital storefronts can be measured. "For a digital storefront or website," says Melchior, "you can run advertisements that drive traffic to your website [through a 'clicks' campaign] and you would be able to more accurately track the success of such a campaign."
Before launching its e-commerce site, sales conversions were "a little bit more difficult to track," says Cook of Molly's Spirits, "but the new site has offered incredible insight into the shopping behaviors of our followers-turned-customers and our customers-turned-followers."
While digital and social media metrics can measure some aspects of a strategy's ROI, extending a store's promotions across channels can help too. Both Wolf and Cook have offered discount codes through social media — and made those codes redeemable both in-store and online. When customers have walked in to redeem those codes in person, the tactic has proven to the operators that a shop's social media followers and its in-store customers are, indeed, one and the same. Such willingness to experiment and engage across channels — online and offline — is a key strategy all retailers can use as they look to grow their customer bases.
BevAlc Insights Team


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Woman found with hatchet 'protruding from her head,' deputies say
by: Rachel Tucker, Niko Clemmons, Nexstar Media Wire
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Family members are preparing to say their final goodbyes to Lisa Rogers Eaton after detectives in Florida say a man attacked her with a hatchet Tuesday morning.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, deputies found 56-year-old Eaton with a hatchet "protruding from her head" at the Silver Lake Mobile Home Park.
Detectives said the suspect — later identified as 40-year-old Michael Dougherty — left the area before they arrived. His vehicle was spotted near Gainesville later that day.
The sheriff's office said Alachua County deputies arrested Dougherty during a traffic stop just before 3 a.m. on Thursday. He was booked into the Alachua County Jail on a warrant for attempted second-degree murder and is awaiting extradition to Pinellas County.
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Eaton's family is heartbroken.
Donna Voye, Eaton's older sister, described Eaton as a caring person who thinks the best of everyone.
"She'll help anybody," Voye said. "She'll give you anything you want."
That is what Voye said Eaton was doing for Dougherty. According to Voye, Eaton was letting him stay with her and her husband after he lost his job.
"We don't understand it," Voye said. "We can't understand it because she wouldn't hurt anybody."
The sheriff's office said Eaton was being monitored closely at a nearby hospital due to the seriousness of the injury. Eaton's family is expected to take her off of life support on Saturday, after gathering in the hospital and saying a prayer.
The family is also raising money for a funeral, and gave Nexstar's WFLA information for those who want to donate.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident.
"No family should ever get a call like we got, telling … them that their family member [was] brutally attacked as our little sister was," Voye said.