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The projected upper bound is: 1,221.90.
The projected lower bound is: 1,138.35.
The projected closing price is: 1,180.12.
One method of interpreting the Stochastic Oscillator is looking for overbought areas (above 80) and oversold areas (below 20). The Stochastic Oscillator is 70.8962. This is not an overbought or oversold reading. The last signal was a buy 11 period(s) ago.
The RSI shows overbought (above 70) and oversold (below 30) areas. The current value of the RSI is 47.93. This is not a topping or bottoming area. A buy or sell signal is generated when the RSI moves out of an overbought/oversold area. The last signal was a sell 42 period(s) ago.
The CCI shows overbought (above 100) and oversold (below -100) areas. The current value of the CCI is 139.This is an overbought reading. However, a signal isn't generated until the indicator crosses below 100. The last signal was a buy 11 period(s) ago.
ALPHABET INC C closed down -4.160 at 1,180.490. Volume was 1% above average (neutral) and Bollinger Bands were 6% narrower than normal.
ALPHABET INC C is currently 5.2% above its 200-period moving average and is in an downward trend. Volatility is relatively normal as compared to the average volatility over the last 10 periods. Our volume indicators reflect volume flowing into and out of GOOG.O at a relatively equal pace (neutral). Our trend forecasting oscillators are currently bearish on GOOG.O and have had this outlook for the last 24 periods.


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The kitchen of every household in India operates on spices and condiments. Whether it be essentials like turmeric, asafoetida, chilli powder and cumin seeds or saffron, which is used in small amounts to add aroma and colour to a dish. The quality of ingredients and their purity is an important fact that cannot be overlooked.
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In the year 2013, Hathi Masala established India's First and World's Largest Cryogenic Grinding Facility. The company stands as a pioneer for the same. Following their advancement, the importance of a scientific approach to aid quality and consistency has been welcomed by the spices industry.
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NIR is an acronym for Near InfraRed spectroscopy. It refers to the analytical technique of using near-infrared radiation to analyse samples for compositional and characteristic traits. Commercialized starting in the 1970s, NIR has become a popular and widespread analytical technique for the analysis of food, agricultural, pharmaceutical and chemical products.
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Tony Abbott (LIB) since a March 1994 by-election. Liberal Leader since December 2009.
Warringah is an affluent electorate covering 73 sq.km in Sydney's north shore and lower northern beaches, covering suburbs on both sides of Middle Harbour around the Spit Bridge. It includes Middle Head and the Mosman Council area, North Head and the Manly Council area, plus parts of Warringah and North Sydney Councils.
Gains Cremorne and parts of Neutral Bay from North Sydney, but loses some areas west of Middle Harbour to Bradfield and North Sydney. The Liberal margin declines from 9.5% to 8.8%.
Warringah was created in 1922 and has always been a conservative bastion, former members including Sir Percy Spender (1937-51), Edward St John (1966-69) and Michael Mackellar (1969-94). St John embarrassed two Prime Ministers in his only term. First he used his maiden speech to attack the Holt government over its handling of the Voyager disaster. A somewhat proper man, he also attacked John Gorton over his behaviour in public, for which he was suspended from the parliamentary Liberal Party. Tony Abbott was first elected at a 1994 by-election and has retained this seat with ease at elections since, except at the 2001 election when he was challenged by former state Independent MP for Manly Dr Peter Macdonald. Macdonald had a reasonable chance of creating an upset, and reduced Abbott's margin to 5.7%, but his attempt to harness local issues was swamped by the higher prominence of foreign affairs in the aftermath of the Tampa incident and September 11 terrorist attacks.
Drake-Brockman is 33 years old and is currently studying law at the University of New South Wales.
Zochling is a Freshwater resident, university lecturer in economics and finance and a small business owner. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, a Graduate Diploma in Finance, is a qualified valuer, and is a Fellow of FINSIA and an Associate of the Australian Property Institute. He is involved in the Queenscliff Residents and Friends Association campaigning against over-development and is a volunteer surf life saver with the Freshwater SLSC. He contested Warringah at the 2007 Federal election, and the state seat of Manly in 2003.
52 year-old Abbott was first elected at a 1994 by-election to replace Michael Mackellar, on the same day as Bronwyn Bishop was elected for neighbouring Mackellar. A former right-wing student activist, seminarian and journalist, he later worked as John Hewson's press secretary, and then director of Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy. He was appointed to the ministry following the 1998 election as Minister for Employment Services with responsibility for 'work for the dole' and making the privatisation of employment services work. He rose to the Cabinet portfolio of Employment and Workplace Relations in the December 2000 re-shuffle. His background in student politics makes him one of the few Liberals willing to debate Labor on policy issues, though he has a tendency to go over the top at times in attacking Liberal moderates, a problem that arose several times during the Republic debate. Abbott was appointed to the politically charged Health portfolio in the September 2003 cabinet re-shuffle. This was to cause him problems when his strong Catholic views on abortion and reproductive technology came into conflict with his parliamentary colleagues in debates on RU486 and stem-cell research. In both debates, his strong advocacy of deeply held personal opinions probably solidified support for those opposing his position. In the 2007 campaign he famously turned up late for a debate with Labor's Shadow Health spokeswoman Nicola Roxon. After the 2007 election Abbott served in several relatively low profile portfolios before announcing a challenge to Malcolm Turnbull's leadership in late 2009. Abbott was expected to be a stalking horse for Joe Hockey, stating he would pull out of the contest if the proposed deal on the government's CPRS legislation was abandoned. In the end Hockey wouldn't back down on CPRS and Abbott surprisingly went on to win the election by one vote. Abbott immediately abandoned the CPRS deal, allowing him to re-unify the party room and shore up Liberal Party support. By June 2010, the Labor Party was so concerned by the poll turnaround that Kevin Rudd was replaced as Prime Minister by Julia Gillard. A fitness fanatic, Abbott has regularly been photographed in swimming briefs and cycling lycra, too regularly for some people's taste.
Cooke attended a variety of schools in Amsterdam, Sydney and Athens, completing his schooling at the then Manly Boys' High School. Cooke commenced studying for an engineering degree at Sydney University before transferring to Medicine at the University of New South Wales. This was followed by a Master of Biomedical Engineering and then training as a Radiologist at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and The Children's Hospital, Camperdown. He presently works in private medical practice as a specialist Radiologist. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, a member of the AMA, a committee member of the Sydney Outdoor Lighting Improvement Society, Member of the Atheist Foundation of Australia, the Humanist Society of NSW and Australian Skeptics.


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The texts, contexts, and aftertexts of early Christianity
Signals Theorem of the Gospels
Cicero, Somnium Scipionis
July 13, 2020 July 13, 2020 Mark Bilby
Even the antique Humanist and Statesman Cicero could see in his dreams that the heavenly bodies sing with cosmic music. Humans are evolved Big Brains, everyone a potential Humanist-Scientist, born to intuit deep truths of the universe even in our dreams if need be. Homo sapiens scientia.
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10. And, as I gazed on these things with amazement, when I recovered myself: "What," I asked, "what is this sound that fills my ears, so loud and sweet?" "This," he replied, "is that sound, which divided in intervals, unequal, indeed, yet still exactly measured in their fixed proportion, is produced by the impetus and movement of the spheres themselves, and blending sharp tones with grave, therewith makes changing symphonies in unvarying harmony. For not only is it impossible that such vast movements should sweep on in silence; but, by a natural law, the outermost parts on the one side give a grave, and on the other a sharp sound. Wherefore the highest of all, the celestial zone equipped with stars, whose revolution is more swift, moves with a sharp, high note; while this one of the moon, as it is the lowest, with the deepest tone of all. For the earth, which is the ninth, remaining motionless is ever firmly planted in one spot, clinging closely to the centre of the universe. Now the revolutions of those eight spheres, of which two have the same power, produce seven sounds with well-marked intervals; and this number, generally speaking, is the mystic bond of all things in the universe, And learned men by imitating this with stringed instruments and melodies have opened for themselves the way back to this place, even as other men of noble nature, who have followed godlike aims in their life as men.
11. But the ears of men overpowered by the volume of the sound have grown deaf; and you have in you no duller sense than that of hearing; for instance, at the Catadupa as it is called, where the Nile rushes headlong from very high mountains, the tribe which dwells near that spot, owing to the loudness of the noise has lost the sense of hearing. But this sound of the whole universe revolving at the utmost speed is so awful that the ears of men cannot contain it; just as you are unable to look straight: at the sun, and your eyesight and its perceptions are overpowered by his rays."
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Purpose: The FCA says that "the conduct of a community benefit society's business must be entirely for the benefit of the community." There can be no alternative or secondary purposes, including any that may preferentially benefit the members.
Application of profits: Any profit made by a community benefit society must be used for the benefit of the community. Unlike a co-operative society, profits cannot be distributed to members of a community benefit society. Interest on share capital is an operating expense and should be subject to a declared maximum rate (see Section 6 for more details).
Use of assets: Community benefit societies must only use their assets for the benefit of the community. If a community benefit society is sold, converted, or amalgamated with another legal entity, its assets must continue to be used for the benefit of the community and must not be distributed to members. This lock on the assets of a community benefit society can be reinforced by adopting the prescribed wording for a statutory asset lock (see Section 2.4).
The FCA registration guidance acknowledges that a community benefit society might define the community it serves, but this should not inhibit the benefit to the community at large, in other words, community benefit should not be restricted to members only. The FCA does not provide guidance on who can be a member of a community benefit society. In the context of community shares, it is assumed that membership is open to any person who supports the purpose of the society, without the distinction found in co-operative societies between user and non-user members. Normally, the FCA would expect members to be granted democratic control, based on one-member-one-vote, but it may be prepared to register societies where control has been ceded to a parent body, if that parent body can show that it can run the society for the benefit of the community.


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The MTV EMA Nominees Incredible Transformations Since Their First Time At The Awards
Look at those EM-Azing baby faces!
Friday, November 10, 2017 - 17:41
We can barely contain our excitement for the 2017 MTV EMA on Sunday, so we thought we'd take a look back at what some of the nominees wore to their very first EMA Award show!
This year's EMA awards are set to be totally epic with these talented performers taking the stage >>>>
Best Artist nominee Ariana first graced us with her presence at the EMAs in Amsterdam back in 2013 when she took on the role of backstage host. Fast forward four years and we think it's safe to say she's definitely upped her glam game!
A 17-year-old Miley performed at the 2010 MTV EMA in Madrid and walked the red carpet in a modest dress that 'Bangerz'-era Miley wouldn't have been caught dead in. The 'Malibu' singer has now come full circle and took to the stage at the VMAs earlier this year in a country-inspired outfit we're still obsessed with.
Reputation-era Tay might be a total badass, but the 'Look What You Made Me Do' singer was a vision of innocence when she arrived at the Frankfurt EMAs in 2012 in this elegant gown. Will she be making a surprise appearance this year? We'll have to wait and see…
Katy is no stranger to hosting an MTV Award show these days, but she first took on the role in Liverpool in 2008, where she also performed her first ever hit 'I Kissed A Girl'. She resumed hosting duties at the VMAs in August but looked totally different with her blonde pixie crop.
Our amazing host for this year's ceremony - who will also be performing her brand new single 'Anywhere' on the night - first walked the EMAs red carpet in Frankfurt in 2012 in this incredible red gown. We can't wait to see how many outfit changes she has on Sunday!
We still haven't quite recovered from the news that Slim Shady will be making his comeback with a performance at the EMAs on Sunday, and this throwback of him with his award for Best Hip Hop in Dublin in 1999 has just pushed us over the edge.
A baby-faced Justin took home the awards for Best Pop and Best Male at the 2011 MTV EMA in Belfast where his girlfriend at the time - and rumoured current girlfriend - Selena Gomez was hosting. He may have come full circle in his relationship, but his image is definitely a lot different these days!
It's fair to say they've all changed quite a bit, but one thing has stayed the same, they're still making incredible music! Don't forget to vote for your favourite artists right here! Otherwise, see you on Sunday at 8pm on MTV!
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Governor Approves State Public Assistance Payments for Damages from 2019 Floods
RELEASE DATE: Jun 17, 2021
Gov. Pete Ricketts has approved payment of a state share of public assistance projects under DR 4420, the flooding disaster of 2019. This will include assistance for power, irrigation and natural resource districts. While the state normally pays a share of the public assistance cost for other subrecipients, it does not usually pay a share of the non-federal portion of public assistance costs for these districts.
The extent of damage that occurred during DR-4420 (severe winter storm, straight-line winds and flooding from March 9 to July 15, 2019) led Gov. Ricketts to approve the addition of the state share for these districts. His decision follows President Joseph R. Biden's approval to increase the federal cost share from 75% to 90%. Under the president's recent order, the federal share for public assistance payments will increase an estimated $65 million.
""The State of Nebraska has stepped up to pay a percentage of the public assistance costs for power, irrigation, and natural resource districts affected by the historic floods of 2019." Gov. Ricketts said. "The extraordinary damage these entities suffered is one of the reasons the federal government approved increasing its cost share from 75% to 90%. Given the extent of flood damage to infrastructure, extra state and federal assistance will help to meet more critical needs in our communities."."
While this is a bit of a departure from normal, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency Assistant Director Bryan Tuma, said it is within the latitude of the Governor's Emergency Fund that we can pay this cost share.
"The increase of the federal share was triggered by a regulation that authorizes additional federal assistance when a jurisdiction is severely impacted above and beyond normal recovery costs," Tuma said. "The 2019 flood had devasting impact on the state. These changes will significantly defray the cost of the disaster for the state, local governments and public power, irrigation and natural resource districts."
Public assistance costs will likely grow beyond $500 million over time, Tuma said.
"The additional federal assistance benefits will be a significant benefit to the state," Tuma said.
In Nebraska, subrecipients and the state generally pay 12.5% each of the public assistance costs and for DR 4420 it will be reduced to 5% for the subrecipient and 5% for the state.
The legislature's appropriation of $54 million to assist with disaster recovery will assist in paying the state's share of public assistance. The governor has latitude to determine how much the state share will be and how much the subrecipient will pay of the non-federal share.


Only 13 corporations control 19-40% of the largest and most valuable stocks and 11-16 % of the global marine catch, according to new research published in the journal PLOS ONE, authored by researchers at GEDB, the Beijer Institute, and Stockholm Resilience Centre. These "keystone" corporations of the global seafood industry critically shape the future of marine ecosystems.
The new study makes an analogy between the largest companies in seafood industry and keystone species in ecological communities. Keystone species in nature have a profound effect on the structure and function of the ecosystem and disproportionately determine the prevalence and activities of other species.
"The phenomenon of keystone actors is an increasingly important feature of our human-dominated world. Active leadership in sustainability initiatives by these corporations could result in a cascade through the entire seafood industry towards improved management of marine living resources and ecosystems," says lead author Henrik Österblom, Stockholm Resilience Centre.
"Increasing demand for seafood has contributed to a global fisheries crisis, with consequences for marine ecosystems around the world," Österblom adds. Existing analyses of global fisheries operations have, however, so far largely focused on the role of countries, rather than industry corporations.
The study found that the average annual revenues of the 160 largest companies in 2012 exhibit a distinct keystone pattern, where the top 10% account for 38 % of total revenues. Among these, the authors analysed thirteen companies more in detail and found that they shape very large marine ecosystems around the world and are involved in both wild capture fisheries and aquaculture, including whitefish, tuna, salmon, shellfish, fishmeal, fish oil, and aqua feeds. Their combined annual revenues correspond to 18% of the global value of seafood production in 2012 (US$ 252 billion). This handful of corporations, represent only 0.5% of 2250 registered fishing and aquaculture companies worldwide.
Such keystone actors among corporations, the authors say, can be defined by the following characteristics: a) they dominate global production revenues and volumes within a particular sector, b) control globally relevant segments of production, c) connect ecosystems globally through subsidiaries, and d) influence global governance processes and institutions.
"Several of the fishing companies we investigated are larger than most nations in terms of their share of global catches. Our study reframes the responsibility for fishing in terms of transnational corporations, illustrating that they must be included into the equation if we are to solve the global sustainability crisis in marine ecosystems," says co-author Jean-Baptiste Jouffray, Phd-student affiliated to all three institutions.
"...being an aware consumer is not enough. A[other] recent study from the Stockholm Resilience Centre shows that despite fish species being on the brink of extinction, this is still not reflected in the prices consumers pay.
"These companies, some of which have been around for more than a hundred years, have historically developed important innovations in the fishing sector, including techniques that have enabled a global expansion of the fishing enterprise. They continue to do so, for example, by addressing sustainability concerns in the aquaculture sector and by reducing waste in production chains. Several are now developing ambitious sustainability strategies.
Critics will say they are acting to preserve their reputation. However, many of these companies know the research. They know their businesses are threatened if stocks collapse globally.
Finally, for an article by SeaWeb on the matter, see here.


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Q: MySql: Find nearest date for each product subtype within a type I apologize if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find an identical problem in StackOverflow.
I have a table named prices, like this, where type, subtype and date are primary keys:
type subtype      date       price
18  |  DFY  |  2019-06-27  |  230
18  |  DFY  |  2019-06-28  |  241
18  |  RGY  |  2019-06-28  |  234
23  |  NDO  |  2019-06-26  |  227
23  |  NDO  |  2019-06-27  |  241
23  |  SOG  |  2019-06-26  |  235
23  |  SOG  |  2019-06-27  |  239
23  |  SOG  |  2019-06-28  |  292
23  |  SOG  |  2019-06-29  |  238
23  |  SOG  |  2019-07-02  |  236

For a given type, I need to retrieve at most one row for each of its subtypes, where date is the nearest to a given date, being at most 5 days before, but not after, the given date.
For example, for the type 23 and the given date being 2019-06-30, the expected result is these two rows:
23  NDO 2019-06-27  241
23  SOG 2019-06-29  238

I tried this:
select * from
    (select * from
        (select t.*, datediff('2019-06-30', t.date) as difference
            from prices t
            where t.type = 23
            and t.date < '2019-06-30'
            having difference <= 5
        ) temp
    order by temp.difference
    ) temp2
group by temp2.subtype

However, the two returned rows are not the ones with the least difference.
It has to be all in a single statement because of the way I designed my data access code.

A: Schema (MySQL v5.7)
CREATE TABLE my_table (
  `type` INTEGER,
  `subtype` VARCHAR(3),
  `date` date,
  `price` INTEGER,
  PRIMARY KEY(type,subtype,date)
);

INSERT INTO my_table
  (`type`, `subtype`, `date`, `price`)
VALUES
  ('18', 'DFY', '2019-06-27', '230'),
  ('18', 'DFY', '2019-06-28', '241'),
  ('18', 'RGY', '2019-06-28', '234'),
  ('23', 'NDO', '2019-06-26', '227'),
  ('23', 'NDO', '2019-06-27', '241'),
  ('23', 'SOG', '2019-06-26', '235'),
  ('23', 'SOG', '2019-06-27', '239'),
  ('23', 'SOG', '2019-06-28', '292'),
  ('23', 'SOG', '2019-06-29', '238'),
  ('23', 'SOG', '2019-07-02', '236');

Query #1
SELECT a.*
  FROM my_table a
  JOIN
      ( SELECT type
             , subtype
             , MAX(date) date
          FROM my_table
         WHERE date BETWEEN '2019-06-30' - INTERVAL 5 DAY AND '2019-06-30'
         GROUP
            BY type
             , subtype
      ) b
     ON b.type = a.type
    AND b.subtype = a.subtype
    AND b.date = a.date;

| type | subtype | date       | price |
| ---- | ------- | ---------- | ----- |
| 18   | DFY     | 2019-06-28 | 241   |
| 18   | RGY     | 2019-06-28 | 234   |
| 23   | NDO     | 2019-06-27 | 241   |
| 23   | SOG     | 2019-06-29 | 238   |

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A new treatment for certain types of non-infectious uveitis has been approved by the European Medicines Agency. Non-infectious uveitis can lead to reduced vision or sight loss and is the number 3 cause of preventable blindness worldwide.
Uveitis means 'inflammation in the uvea' – the middle part of the eye. It's a group of inflammatory eye conditions that can be caused either by infection or by a malfunction in the body's immune system.
Adalimumab is now authorised in the European Union as a treatment for adults, where the typical treatment with steroids fails to control inflammation well enough or where steroid treatment is starting to cause complications. It's a 'biologic' drug, which means it's an engineered version of a molecule found in the body.
"Uveitis is a devastating and under-recognised condition. People can experience painful flares, deteriorating vision and the fear that they may ultimately go blind. It impacts their life at home and work, as undertaking daily tasks such as reading and driving become increasingly difficult.
The licence was based on data from the VISUAL-I and VISUAL-II clinical trials, which demonstrated that patients with active and controlled non-infectious intermediate, posterior and panuveitis treated with the drug had a significantly lower risk for uveitic flare or decrease in visual acuity, compared to placebo.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently reviewing adalimumab as a treatment for non-infectious uveitis. It will publish guidance for the NHS in England and Wales in July 2017. NICE has already recommended the drug as a treatment for other conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis.


Familiar with Internet references to something "going viral"? Here's hoping it's healthier than it sounds.
All I seem to have figured out for sure about viral-ness is that it happens to other people. People with truly bizarre YouTube videos. Celebrity stuff. But today I decided to play a game to see how viral I can get a video to go. I figure it's like changing the world. You set out to change it a lot, but maybe miss the mark and change it a little. But that's still good, right? Small change is better than no change at all.
The video is the Love in the Present Tense video excerpt. It's a book trailer that was made for me by a nice guy named David Alonzo of Wide Angle Studios. He knew I couldn't afford a professional book trailer, so he just made one for me anyway. Something like Paying It Forward, except...to me! So I want to try it with this one, because it's less self-serving. I want more people to see not only what he can do professionally, but what he's like as a person. It's not just anybody who gives you a thing like this as a gift.
It isn't brand new. He finished it late last year, I put it out on YouTube...and a few hundred people have viewed it. I'm not sure why it hit me today that I can do better.
So...will you play this game with me? I can't do it without you. If you're on Facebook, will you post a link to the video on Facebook? If you Twitter, will you tweet it, and ask others to retweet it? Or send a link to some of your friends who like books? Or, if you have a book blog, will you link from your blog?
And I'm not asking you to do all the work, either. If you do something "big"...for example, if you have a website or book blog, and you're willing to embed the video for a reasonable time (3 months? 6 months?) I'll send you a signed hardcover of the book as a thank-you. If you don't have a web site or a blog, other "big" great ideas to spread the word are also open to reward.


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BATON ROUGE- A man who was shot on Maplewood Drive last month has succumbed to his injuries, authorities say.
The incident took place at House of Styles barbershop at 5500 Maplewood Dr. around 5:30 p.m. on December 16. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Brandon Collins of Prairieville.
Police say Collins was found lying in the parking lot suffering from gunshot wounds.


Not sure how to do that as yet. But as I told Rican before this month's elections I'd like to run as official candidate for AIM PP.
just go to the Party page and candidate yourself.
I think that Astor want to became PP, too.


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There's nothing like a long weekend and big meals to pack on the calories. As promised, here's a 70 calorie recipe that will help you lose weight and increase Speed, Strength, Nutrition, & Longevity. It's a simple, but nutritious soup with no secret ingredients. Click to see Lentil/Barley Vegetable Soup.
The web page will also provide you with additional information, including its complete nutritional profile. This soup helped me to lose 3 pounds last week (not easy, considering my current weight). Not only that, but I had the strength to run a speed workout with ease.
1. Avoiding and/or diluting sugars, as much as possible.
2. Cutting calories without cutting how much you eat.
It's a little more complex than this, but this will get you most of the way there without having to get a PhD.
Starting with sugar, this soup obvious scores well (and what little it contains is diluted in the broth). I can't tell you how bad sugar is for you, especially in the long-term. The scientific community has long known that it causes a reaction called glycation (click for more info).
More recently, glycation has been tied to many age-related maladies ranging from wrinkles to hearing loss to cancer to psychological problems (and of course, diabetes). Just Google glycation and see for yourself. FYI, 60 Minutes did a feature on this last week. Click here to see it.
So, even though sugar can help with in-between workout recovery (eating honey before bed is very popular for this reason), it has very negative long-term implications. Fruit is generally ok as long as you don't overdo it (for example, eating several extra ripe bananas can spike your blood sugar levels, leading to increased glycation). Personally, I cut way back on sugar when I learned all of this. As it turns out, age-reversal can be as advantageous the "No Running" program.
I'm not alone in this thinking. Eric Prince, a Masters World Champion and World Record holder, credits his dominance to age-reversal…and has even made a career of it. Click here to see more.
The way it works is simple. Excess sugar leads to increased glycation. The more glycation, the greater the risk for age-related maladies. Some of the damage goes away with time…but at a much slower rate than new damage is created. The more you cut down on sugar, the more you cut the gap between damage and healing. Thus, the aging process can be slowed…or perhaps even reversed. The result for people like Eric Prince and me has been a return to our teenage fitness levels.
As for "cutting calories without cutting how much you eat", the second half of that sentence is as important as the first. This is where people mess up. Decreasing your intake can lead to a slow metabolism, which can lead to weight gain. For a fast metabolism, give your system frequent workouts, just like your heart and muscles. The easiest way to do this is to eat a lot of veggies (without sauces, butters, oils, or dressings of course!).
My favorite trick is to eat 2-4 stalks of celery before lunch and dinner. The strings can't be digested, so they interfere with the amount of calories that actually enter your system. Based on some studies, a 2,100 calorie diet with celery might act more like a 1,500 calorie diet. The result for most people is instant and sustainable weight loss!
p.s. The No Running Training Program is coming to South Florida soon. Stay tuned!
Like this info. I eat a truckload and wish I ate less sugar and bread, but I guess we all have to have a vice.


How many times have you tried to change a behavior only to find yourself doing the same thing again? Do these phrases sound familiar? "There I go again!" "I've had this struggle for years, and I just can't seem to win." "I do okay for awhile, but then I get caught in the same old sin." It"s easy to be discouraged when we fall into the same old sins, but God, in the Bible, offers hope to repeat offenders.
Timothy S. Lane, a pastor, counselor, father, and husband helps you fight the daily, small battles with temptation by looking at the desires that underlie your behaviors, the different stages of temptation, and how honestly going to Christ in repentance and faith will change your desire life. You will learn that you and your sin are no match for God's goodness, power, and grace.


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Corporate Governance Statement in accordance with §§ 289f and 315d Handelsgesetzbuch (German Commercial Code, HGB) for fiscal year 2018
A. Declaration by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board in accordance with § 161 Aktiengesetz (German Stock Corporation Act, AktG)
In December 2018, the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of Beiersdorf AG issued the Declaration of Compliance with the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code (the Code) for fiscal year 2018 in accordance with § 161 AktG. Beiersdorf AG fulfills all the recommendations made in the Code with one exception, as well as all the suggestions with a small number of exceptions.
The 2018 Declaration of Compliance was also made permanently accessible to the public on the company's website at www.Beiersdorf.com/declaration_of_compliance.
Declaration by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of Beiersdorf Aktiengesellschaft on the Recommendations of the "Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code" in accordance with § 161 of the AktG
In fiscal year 2018, Beiersdorf Aktiengesellschaft complied with, and continues to comply with, all recommendations of the "Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code" in the version dated February 7, 2017, with one exception:
In accordance with section 4.2.3 (2) sentence 6 of the German Corporate Governance Code, the amount of remuneration of Executive Board members should be capped, both overall and with respect to the variable remuneration components.
The remuneration of the Executive Board members is limited by such a cap. The Enterprise Value Component granted to the members of the Executive Board, alongside the regular, variable remuneration, which is based on voluntary personal investment by the Executive Board members concerned (Covered Virtual Units), participates in positive and negative changes in the enterprise value and is not capped in respect of increases in value. The Supervisory Board considers it appropriate that members of the Executive Board who contribute their own money – comparable to an investment – should be allowed to participate in positive changes in enterprise value without restriction. The Supervisory Board and Executive Board have resolved to declare a corresponding deviation from the recommendation of the German Corporate Governance Code.
Hamburg, December 2018
For the Supervisory Board For the Executive Board
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pöllath Stefan F. Heidenreich Dessi Temperley
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Chairman of the Executive Board Member of the Executive Board
B. Corporate governance practices of Beiersdorf AG and the Group
Beiersdorf AG and the Group (Consumer and tesa) pursue the following key corporate governance practices:
For Beiersdorf AG and the Beiersdorf Group, compliance with the law and internal guidelines is an essential prerequisite for successful and sustainable business. The Executive Boards of Beiersdorf AG and tesa SE have issued Compliance Principles, which can be found at www.Beiersdorf.com/investors/corporate-governance/compliance-principles and www.tesa.com/about-tesa/responsibility/strategy-management. Based on our compliance risk analyses, extensive antitrust, anti-corruption, and data-protection compliance programs have been implemented among other measures in order to safeguard compliance. Numerous internal guidelines on how to prevent legal violations in these areas in particular have been issued. Employee and manager awareness of these topics is continuously raised through regular training and a wide variety of advisory offerings.
Indications of potential compliance violations are followed up consistently. Appropriate measures are taken to prevent and sanction wrongdoing, taking into account the principle of proportionality. In order to gather information about potential compliance violations, Beiersdorf provides employees with a number of reporting channels. In most countries, these also include a whistleblowing platform for the Consumer Business Segment, which is operated by an independent provider. tesa has put in place internal reporting channels as well as the option of external reporting through an ombudsperson. The Compliance functions at Beiersdorf and tesa use a range of tools – not least comprehensive reporting – to support the Executive Board and managers in the continuous control, monitoring, and development of the compliance management system and safeguarding of compliance.
The main features and further detailed information on the compliance management system is available in the Beiersdorf Sustainability Report at https://www.beiersdorf.com/sustainability_review and in the tesa Sustainability Report www.tesa.de/company/verantwortung.
The success of Beiersdorf AG and the Beiersdorf Group is based on the trust placed in us by consumers, customers, investors, and employees. That is why high standards are set when it comes to responsibility – both for the company and for each individual. Beiersdorf's Codes of Conduct lay down these standards in a binding set of guidelines that are to be used worldwide. The objectives are to help employees implement the key principles and values of our company in their everyday working life and to show them how to handle potential issues or difficult situations that affect our business practices or our dealings with each other.
The Beiersdorf and tesa Codes of Conduct are available online at www.Beiersdorf.de/Code_of_conduct and www.tesa.de/company/verantwortung/strategie_management/business_conduct.
Sustainability involves managing social and environmental risks and leveraging new market opportunities in such a way that value is generated for the company – not just in the short term, but also and above all in the medium and long term. Beiersdorf recognized at an early stage the importance of taking responsibility and continuously improving on what it has already achieved. Our "We care." sustainability strategy for the Consumer Business Segment focuses on the areas that contribute to the company's success and that are relevant to our stakeholders: "Products," "Planet," and "People." In fiscal year 2018, we again made significant progress in making products and processes more sustainable, in getting our employees actively involved, and in further increasing our corporate social responsibility.
Sustainability is also part and parcel of tesa's business processes. The focus is on four strategic action areas: environment, employees, products, and society. In 2018, tesa again used targeted measures to achieve improvements in the reduction of specific CO2 emissions per tonne of end product. It invested in the professional and personal development, and in the health and safety of its employees, made manufacturing processes and product ranges more sustainable, and made a positive contribution to society with its social engagement.
With the entry into force of the CSR-Richtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz (CSR Directive Implementation Act, CSR-RUG), we are required to supplement our existing financial reporting with information on key non-financial aspects of our business activities in relation to environmental, employment, and social issues, respect for human rights, and combating corruption. We will therefore publish the combined, separate non-financial report of the Beiersdorf Group (Consumer and tesa Business Segments) and of Beiersdorf AG in accordance with § 289b (3) Handelsgesetzbuch (German Commercial Code, HGB) in conjunction with § 315b (1), (3) HGB (CSR Report), which will be contained in our Sustainability Report, on our website at www.beiersdorf.com/sustainability_review on February 27, 2019.
Further information can be found in the "Sustainability" section of the Beiersdorf AG Annual Report and online at www.beiersdorf.com/sustainability and www.tesa.com/about-tesa/responsibility.
Beiersdorf's success hinges to a large extent on the hard work, skills, and commitment of its employees. More than 19,000 people all around the world contribute to this success every day by putting their specialist expertise, commitment, and ideas into practice in their field. In so doing, they act as an important stimulus for improvements and innovations.
At Beiersdorf, viable and robust human resources work with a long-term focus is firstly based on the "Blue Agenda," which highlights people as a critical factor for ensuring the sustained success of the company. In addition, all Beiersdorf's human resources decisions are guided by the Core Values, which are shared by all employees across hierarchies, functions, and countries.
In this context, Beiersdorf aims to promote a working environment where employees can be deployed and continually developed to make the best possible use of their skills and potential. Beiersdorf expects managers to motivate their employees to achieve top performances. Instilling excellent leadership skills in the management team is key to this. This encourages employee commitment and helps Beiersdorf establish itself as one of the most attractive employers in the consumer goods industry.
At tesa, the basis for viable and robust human resources work with a long-term focus is the HR Strategy 2020 in conjunction with the "tesa Corporate Strategy 2020 and beyond," which emphasizes the role of our employees as a decisive factor for the company's sustainable development. All tesa's HR decisions globally are based on these strategies. In this context, tesa aims to promote a working environment where employees can be deployed and continually developed to make the best possible use of their skills and potential. This encourages employee commitment and helps tesa establish itself as one of the most attractive employers.
Detailed information can be found under "People at Beiersdorf" in the Annual Report of Beiersdorf AG.
Risk management at Beiersdorf AG and the Beiersdorf Group is an integral part of central and local planning, management, and control processes, and conforms to consistent standards across the Group. Our open communications policy, the risk inventory carried out at regular intervals, and the planning and management system ensure that our risk situation is presented transparently.
Further information can be found in the "Risk Report" in the Annual Report of Beiersdorf AG and in the Annual Report of tesa SE.
C. Information on Executive and Supervisory Board working practices at Beiersdorf AG, as well as on the composition and working practices of their committees
I. Management Structure
Beiersdorf AG is governed by German stock corporation, capital market, and codetermination law, among other things, as well as by its Articles of Association. The company has a dual management and supervisory structure consisting of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board, as is customary in Germany. The Annual General Meeting acts as the decision-making body for shareholders and is responsible for taking fundamental decisions by the company. These three bodies are all dedicated in equal measure to the good of the company and the interests of the shareholders.
II. Supervisory Board
Beiersdorf AG's Supervisory Board consists of 12 members. Half of these are elected by the Annual General Meeting in accordance with the Aktiengesetz (German Stock Corporation Act) and half by the employees in accordance with the Mitbestimmungsgesetz (German Co-determination Act); all members are elected for a period of five years. Their regular term of office expires at the end of the Annual General Meeting resolving on the approval of their activities for fiscal year 2018.
The Supervisory Board appoints, advises, and supervises the Executive Board as laid down by the law, the Articles of Association, and the bylaws. The Supervisory Board and Executive Board work closely together for the good of the company and to achieve sustainable added value. Certain decisions require the approval of the Supervisory Board.
The Supervisory Board regularly makes decisions at its meetings on the basis of detailed documents. The Supervisory Board meets without the Executive Board when necessary. Meetings are regularly discussed in advance, where necessary and appropriate by the employee and shareholder representatives separately. The Supervisory Board is informed in a regular, timely, and comprehensive manner about all relevant matters. In addition, the Chairman of the Executive Board informs the Chairman of the Supervisory Board regularly and in a timely manner about important transactions, and liaises with him on important decisions.
The Supervisory Board regularly evaluates its work and resolves on measures for improvement (examination of efficiency), most recently in spring 2016 and again at present.
The company has also taken out a D&O insurance policy for the members of the Supervisory Board. The deductible amounts to 10% of any damage incurred, up to one-and-a-half times the fixed annual remuneration of the Supervisory Board member.
The work of the Supervisory Board is performed at, and outside of, the meetings of the full Board as well as in the committees. The Supervisory Board has formed the following six committees:
Presiding Committee
The Presiding Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, two additional shareholder representatives, and one employee representative. The Committee prepares meetings and human resources decisions and resolves – subject to the resolution of the full Board specifying the total remuneration – instead of the full Board on the contracts of service and pension agreements for members of the Executive Board and on other issues involving the Executive Board. It regularly discusses long-term succession planning for the Executive Board. Finally, it can make decisions on transactions requiring Supervisory Board approval in those cases in which the Supervisory Board cannot pass a resolution in time.
The Audit Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, two shareholder representatives, and two additional employee representatives. At least one member of the Audit Committee is an independent member of the Supervisory Board who has expertise in either accounting or auditing. This requirement is met in particular by the Chair of the Audit Committee, Dr. Dr. Christine Martel. The Audit Committee prepares the decisions of the Supervisory Board on the annual and consolidated financial statements, the proposal to the Annual General Meeting on the election of the auditors, and the agreement with the auditors (issuing the audit engagement, stipulating the areas of emphasis of the audit, and agreeing on the fee). Regular discussions with the auditors additionally take place outside the meetings on relevant topics. The Audit Committee also monitors the auditors' independence and looks at the additional services that the auditors provide. It advises and supervises the Executive Board on questions relating to accounting and the effectiveness of the internal control system, the risk management system, and the internal audit system. In addition, it discusses the half-year reports and quarterly statements with the Executive Board before their publication.
The Finance Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, two additional shareholder representatives, and two employee representatives. It monitors corporate policy in the areas of finance, financial control, tax, and insurance. It decides in place of the Supervisory Board on approval for raising and granting loans, on the assumption of liability for third-party liabilities, and on investment transactions. In addition, the Finance Committee advises and supervises the Executive Board on compliance and on all items assigned to it by the full Board in general or in individual cases.
The Personnel Committee comprises a total of four members representing shareholders and employees. It regularly discusses long-term succession planning for the Executive Board (including the remuneration structure). It addresses the diversity policy for the Executive Board's composition along with the manner of its implementation. It also proposes a target for the proportion of women on the Executive Board as well as a deadline for achieving this.
Mediation Committee
The Mediation Committee required under codetermination law consists of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Deputy Chairman, as well as one member elected from among the employee representatives and one member elected from among the shareholder representatives. It makes proposals on the appointment of Executive Board members if the requisite two-thirds majority is not reached during the first ballot.
The Nomination Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and three additional shareholder representatives. It suggests candidates to the Supervisory Board for proposal for election to the Annual General Meeting. The composition of the Supervisory Board and its committees can be found at www.Beiersdorf.com/boards.
III. Executive Board
The Executive Board manages the company on its own responsibility and conducts the company's business. It is obliged to act in the company's best interests and is committed to increasing its sustainable enterprise value. It performs its management duties as a collegiate body with collective responsibility.
The members of the Executive Board are appointed by the Supervisory Board. The duties of the Executive Board are broken down by functions and regions. The allocation of areas of responsibility to the individual Executive Board members is set out in the schedule of responsibilities, which constitutes part of the bylaws for the Executive Board.
The Executive Board develops the corporate goals and the Group's strategy, agrees them with the Supervisory Board, ensures their implementation, and regularly discusses their implementation status with the Supervisory Board. It is responsible for managing and monitoring the Group, for corporate planning including the annual and multi-year planning, and for preparing the quarterly statements, the half-year reports, and the annual and consolidated financial statements. In addition, the Executive Board is responsible for ensuring adequate risk management and risk control, and for ensuring that all statutory provisions and internal corporate guidelines are observed, and works to ensure that Group companies abide by them (compliance), including through an appropriate compliance management system tailored to the risk situation, the principles of which are disclosed in the Sustainability Report. It provides the Supervisory Board with regular, timely, and comprehensive reports on all questions that are of relevance for the company, including explanations for discrepancies between the actual course of business and the planning and targets. Certain Executive Board measures and transactions that are of particular significance for the company require the approval of the Supervisory Board or its committees.
The Executive Board passes resolutions in regular meetings that are chaired by the Chairman of the Executive Board. The members of the Executive Board work together in a collegial manner and inform one another on an ongoing basis about important measures and events in their areas of responsibility.
Executive Board members disclose potential conflicts of interest to the Supervisory Board without delay and inform their colleagues on the Executive Board. Material transactions between the company and members of the Executive Board and their related parties require the approval of the Supervisory Board and must comply with the standards customary in the sector. Sideline activities also require the approval of the Supervisory Board.
The company has taken out a D&O insurance policy for the members of the Executive Board that provides for a deductible in the amount of 10% of any damage incurred, up to one-and-a-half times the fixed annual remuneration of the Executive Board member concerned.
Further information about corporate governance at Beiersdorf is available in the Corporate Governance-Report in the Annual Report.
D. Information on targets for the proportion of women on the Executive Board; diversity policy for the composition of the Executive Board
The Supervisory Board has discussed the diversity of the Executive Board in detail in recent years, both in a general sense and in specific cases. Effective June 30, 2017, the Supervisory Board again set a target of 10% for the proportion of women on the Executive Board in accordance with § 111 (5) AktG, to be achieved by no later than June 30, 2022. With the appointment of Dessi Temperley as an Executive Board member, this target has been fulfilled since July 2018.
The Supervisory Board continues to seek appropriate representation of women on the Executive Board in the course of any membership changes. It is planned to support this aim using various measures, and especially through clearly communicating a commitment to promoting women in leadership positions, providing systematic personal development measures for women in management (e.g. training courses, coaching, mentoring), changing recruitment and appointment processes, and establishing and promoting networking opportunities for women. Additionally, two Supervisory Board members have been appointed as diversity officers in order to advance and promote diversity on the Executive Board: Before the appointment of an Executive Board member, the diversity officers give their view together with the Chairman of the Supervisory Board after consulting the remaining Supervisory Board members. In 2018, the Supervisory Board also established a Personnel Committee. Among other things, this will work on the diversity policy for the Executive Board, including the manner of its implementation.
Another aspect of the diversity policy is that the Executive Board members should collectively have extensive relevant international experience from their years of working abroad or their special expertise in Beiersdorf's key international markets. The bylaws for the Executive Board stipulate that the members of the Executive Board should not normally be aged more than 63 years. All incumbent members of the Executive Board met these criteria in 2018.
The full Supervisory Board and/or the Personnel Committee will consider further diversity-related criteria for the composition of the Executive Board if it regards them as appropriate and expedient.
E. Information on targets for the proportion of women at senior management levels of Beiersdorf AG
In accordance with § 76 (4) AktG, the Executive Board of Beiersdorf AG sets targets for the proportion of women at the first two management levels below the Executive Board. These two management levels are determined based on the existing reporting lines at Beiersdorf AG below the Executive Board. The target for the proportion of women is 35% at the first management level and 50% at the second management level, to be achieved by no later than June 30, 2022. At year-end 2018, the proportion of women was 24% at the first management level and 48% at the second management level. Compared with the previous year, we further increased the proportion of women at the second management level (end of 2017: 46%) and almost maintained the proportion of women at the first management level (end of 2017: 26%).
Our strategy for promoting women at Beiersdorf aims to have a growing number of female candidates for senior management positions and the Executive Board. We develop lasting measures such as the enCOURAGE program to enhance our female employees' potential and leadership skills. Healthy competition for appointment to the small number of senior management positions will enable us to reach our ambitious targets at the two most senior managerial levels.
Above and beyond the statutory requirements that apply to Beiersdorf AG, Beiersdorf has set itself global targets for the share of women internationally in the three highest Management Groups (MG 1–3) in the Consumer Business Segment. By June 30, 2022, at the latest, MG 1–3 should reach a target of 35% women. At the end of the 2018 fiscal year, the share of women there was already increased to 30.4% (previous year: 28.8%).
F. Information on the minimum proportion of women and men on the Supervisory Board of Beiersdorf AG; diversity policy for the composition of the Supervisory Board
As a listed company subject to codetermination on a basis of parity, Beiersdorf AG must have a Supervisory Board comprised in accordance with § 96 (2) AktG of at least 30% women and 30% men. In accordance with § 25 Einführungsgesetz zum Aktiengesetz (Introductory Act to the German Stock Corporation Act, EGAktG), the statutory gender quota is applicable to elections since January 1, 2016. Existing mandates may continue until their scheduled expiry. Since 2014, the Supervisory Board has consisted of three women (25%) and nine men (75%). One of the three women is an employee representative (17% of employee representatives) and the other two are shareholder representatives (33% of shareholder representatives).
The diversity policy for the composition of the Supervisory Board is based on the concrete company-specific objectives for its composition and on the profile of required skills and expertise defined by the Supervisory Board in line with the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code. The objectives reflect the company's international activities, potential conflicts of interest, the number of independent Supervisory Board members, regular limits on age and length of membership for Supervisory Board members, and diversity – especially an appropriate degree of female representation.
The Supervisory Board has also specified in its profile of skills and expertise that it must collectively possess the knowledge, personal skills, and professional expertise required to properly perform its duties. The Supervisory Board and Nomination Committee took these criteria into account in the candidate proposals for the supplementary elections at the 2018 Annual General Meeting and the elections at the 2019 Annual General Meeting. Two Supervisory Board members have been appointed as diversity officers in order to advance and promote diversity on the Supervisory Board.
With the exception of the 30% target it set itself for the proportion of women, and of compliance with the regular age limit in one specific case, the Supervisory Board fulfilled all the objectives for its composition and all the requirements of its profile of skills and expertise in fiscal year 2018.
Further information on the composition objectives and diversity criteria in the Supervisory Board and the results achieved is available in the Corporate Governance-Report in the Annual Report.
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Instead of being another traditional collection of portraits, the Gary Schneider Handprints series captures the individuality and identity of its subjects by only focusing on the marks left behind by their hands.
The shapes and sizes of the hands change with each photo and no two people have the same fingerprints and lines going across their palms, so each image truly represents the uniqueness of the individual. The most intriguing aspect of this series is that none of these photographs were taken using a camera. In fact, they were created by the sweat and heat imprints of the hands on film emulsion.
The Gary Schneider Handprints series captures the essence of the individual, showing expression and diversity through the marks left behind by the subjects.


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Through Media to the Self
Looking out to the west hills from the Penthouse, 2014, Portland.
The Journalist Errant
One of the first books I recall reading to educate myself on multimedia was The Gutenberg Galaxy, by Marshal McLuhan. The author that coined the term "global village" and "hot/cold media" should be every journalist and web programmer's required reading, to build a clear foundation of what the hell they are doing. In this book, he analyzes Don Quixote as a character, and a story, in the early age of print media.
The gist of it is, when Quixote set out to become a "knight errant," he was reaching back to an older time, a time before the printing press when knights ruled the land by unwritten laws, when literacy was wholly uncommon.
Hilariously written by Miguel de Cervantes, published 1605, Don Quixote is contemporary to the author's time, and it is a fictional study on the psychological phenomena that trails the advent of major technological advancements in media. When a new medium is introduced, it changes media, and consciousness is affected.
I am currently reading both The Adventures of Don Quixote and Understanding Media, by McLuhan.
Quixote and Pancho riding together. Original painting 1754, Hulton Archive.
By the extraordinary power of this new form of media (mass-produced books) and its disruptive affect on the senses (oral culture versus literate, auditory versus visual), a regular householder in some village hallucinated himself into a knight and set about for a new life of heroic adventures and chivalry.
The most famous scene in the book is within the first tenth of its volumes. That is when Quixote is fighting the windmills he has mistaken for giants, against the alarms of his squire, Pancho de la Mancha. Quixote is an older man, probably experiencing dementia, but a specific kind influenced by books. He believes in a world that he never lived in, because he's become expert to it through books.
I failed to recognize McLuhan's lesson about Don Quixote when I engaged in the pursuit of starting an internet-based media corporation.
The modern medium shift today is electric technology. The evolution of new forms of media resulting from the new medium has been rapid. From signal transmissions by wire, to radio, to cable television, and now fiber-optic internet, we are living in the equivalent stage today as Don Quixote was then, as the whole structure of society is being rewired, pun intended.
We are changing and we don't see it changing us until it has already taken a grip over our behavior.
I reviewed The Gutenberg Galaxy, and the article is archived with the rest of THRU. To have the trail of my work from seed to flower and back to compost is a study of progress itself. The oldest posts there are mine, and very few have been edited since.
About six years ago, all content original to seanongley.com was transferred, along with my dreams, to a string of sites that would eventually become THRU.media My dreams would be supported, if not complicated, by pursuing the dream of building Thru Media LLC.
Today, I have personal insight into the media industry and the whole ecosystem that McLuhan saw coming is unfolding rapidly within my generation.
I'm watching the Quixote effect take people down every day. I would say that my story with THRU is like my own knight errantry, my adventure where I had no calling outside the fire in my heart, no rules except the abstract principles of justice, driven by the affect of a major advancement in electric technology: The Internet.
My Pancho was Kathleen Dolan. Unlike Quixote, I was in love with my Pancho, and we had a domestic relationship. Rather, she was that and my Dulcinea del Toboso, the subject of Quixote's devotion and chivalry. As such, I both abused Kate by dragging her along into my adventures, and devoted myself to her, as I believed she was destined to be a great writer and that I was there to bridge the gap from bartender to Author.
Kate and Myself covering Bernie Sanders rally, 2015, at Moda Center.
I pulled a special little publication together with some big dreams, worked with other dreamers, and we took it on with a spirited campaign. We held ourselves to a standard that improved the quality of the content over time.
We came very close to launching a successful company, but as I humbly tell my story, I hope to illustrate that I was trying to stand on the shoulders of giants. But they turned out actually to be windmills.
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Published January 28, 2021 By Sean Ongley
Categorized as Memoire, Writing Tagged Entrepreneurship, Estevan Munoz, Forrest Brennan, Ingrid Horton, Jen Scholten, Kathleen Dolan, KBOO, Media, Portland, SXSW, THRU
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Scottish dementia project sets new standard
Design & Build | Mental Health | Cognitive
Crosslet House designed to look like a five-star hotel and reduce anxiety among residents
People with dementia are being given a helping hand dealing with the degenerative nature of the disease simply through the surroundings in which they live in.
Drawing on dementia design best practice from around the world, the new Crosslet House in Dumbarton focuses on removing many of the stresses which make dementia so frightening.
And residents who have recently moved into the £10m development have even likened it to a five-star hotel.
We have drawn ideas from other areas which have implemented good practice and have learnt a lot from what they have done. But there's a lot we have done differently which we think is better
With a modern cinema room, outdoor terrace, internet rooms, gardens, hair salon, and nail bar; the facility provides 84 beds as well as day centre care.
A world apart from stereotypical care homes in converted old buildings; the unit, designed by Cooper Cromar and built by Morgan Sindall, has bright interiors, high-tech features, and adaptable flexible spaces.
Residents are free to walk around, providing a sense of freedom within a secure environment that is often sacrificed when dementia is at a very-advanced stage.
Phil MacDonald, West Dunbartonshire Council's integrated operations manager of care home development, said: "We have drawn ideas from other areas which have implemented good practice and have learnt a lot from what they have done. But there's a lot we have done differently which we think is better.
"We have undertaken a significant amount of research to get this right. For example, we have sought research around the use of space and colour to assist those with dementia.
"Everything has been designed in accordance with light reflectance values, where tonal contrasts in design helps to prevent accidents among those with dementia.
"For example, some people who have dementia may see a stranger looking back at them when they look into a mirror so we sourced mirrors for the en-suite bathrooms which can be easily flipped over."
The building itself is split into three houses – Drumkinnon, Dalquhurn and Denny. Each has four flats designed around primary colours to assist those with dementia to identify their own area.
There are lounges and adaptable communal spaces within each flat, which can be used as recreational rooms for hobbies or allow families to organise special events.
The lounges and bedrooms each have wall-mounted Smart TVs, which transmit films and performances playing in the cinema room.
This is a care home which has been built for the new generation of older people who are tech savvy and want to Skype relatives and check their emails
The en-suite flats can accommodate up to seven residents, with see-through boxes outside each room containing treasured mementoes to aid navigation and memory.
MacDonald said: "Everything from the colour of the flat doors to kitchen appliances and outdoor panelling is designed in accordance with each colour.
"It means residents can identify their home with that colour and feel confident exploring their surroundings, whether it be going for a walk in the gardens or to a hairdressing appointment.
"In-depth consideration has been applied to every area of design.
"This is a care home which has been built for the new generation of older people who are tech savvy and want to Skype relatives and check their emails.
"It moves away from the traditional care home model where residents would have a small room within a building."
Within the building staff must scan into each room, with a computer automatically logging their whereabouts.
There is also CCTV covering the entire building and staff have pagers which sound if certain security doors are opened.
Civil and structural engineering work on the project was undertaken by Stuart McTaggart, while mechanical and electrical work was led by Ramboll, with RLF the quantity surveyor.
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Special report: Designing a new model for children's hospitals
Green light for early designs for new Cambridge Children's Hospital
Early designs unveiled for Cambridge Children's Hospital
Leeds trust announces shortlist for £600m new hospitals project
Social Contact Pod helps vulnerable people stay in touch
Altro products feature at £10m dementia-friendly care home
Proton Partners announces Rutherford diagnostics HQ in Liverpool
Planning consent granted for health village at Queens Hospital, Burton
A care home built for a new generation of older people
Patients move into new ward block at Ulster Hospital
What next for healthcare design? The need to plan for the unknown
Construction of Market Harborough's new hospital development meets key milestone
Morgan Sindall starts work on £8m health centre in Market Harborough
Phase one of £8m project at James Paget Hospital completed


As you may be aware, West Nile virus is now in California. West Nile virus is spread to humans and animals through mosquito bites. So far there have only been four reports of human infection in LA County (those people fully recovered). In 2003 there were nearly 10,000 cases of human infection in the United States. West Nile viral illness in humans is rare and generally mild when it occurs, but you may have heard that some birds in LA County are getting infected with the West Nile virus and dying. Thus far over one hundred zip codes in LA County, including 90032, have reports of birds that have died from West Nile virus infection. If you find a dead bird in your community call the CountyÂ's dead bird reporting hotline at 1-877-747-2243 for reporting and instructions. If you find a dead bird on campus between 8AM to 4PM, Monday thru Friday, then you should leave the bird as is (even though touching a dead bird will not spread infection) and contact Facilities at extension 3340. If you find a dead bird on campus during the weekend or between 4PM and 8AM then contact Public Safety at extension 3700.
(Look for: N, N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) to exposed skin when you go outdoors. Those campus departments where employees routinely are working outdoors are considering stocking such repellent for business use.
Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water. Limit the number of places around your home for mosquitoes to breed by getting rid of items that hold water. Facilities and Environmental Health and Safety staff are monitoring the campus for sources of standing water.
Most people who get infected with the West Nile virus will not experience any illness. It is estimated that about 20% of the people who become infected will develop West Nile fever. The symptoms include fever, headache, tiredness, and body aches, occasionally with a skin rash on the trunk of the body and swollen lymph glands. The symptoms of severe infection (West Nile encephalitis or meningitis) include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, and paralysis. It is estimated that approximately 1 in 150 persons infected with the West Nile virus will develop a more severe form of disease. Most people who develop severe infection are over fifty years of age. Once again, most people who become ill from West Nile virus infection only experience mild flu-like symptoms for a few days. There is no vaccine at present and no specific treatment that destroys the virus.
If you are a student and you believe that you might have West Nile fever then visit the Student Health Center or see your personal physician. If you have symptoms associated with severe infection then you should go to a hospital for evaluation and treatment. If you are a Cal State L.A. employee and you feel that you have West Nile virus infection then you should consult with your health care provider or go to the hospital if you have symptoms of severe infection.
Visit www.calstatela.edu.univ/hlth_ctr/CQI.htm to learn more about the Student Health CenterÂ's Continuous Quality Improvement Program (CQI).


The mission of Brighton High School is to create a dynamic, challenging learning community where all members think with reflection, act with compassion, and perform with honor.
In the 2014-2015 school year, Brighton High School continued to earn accreditation status from the Michigan Department of Education and received District Accreditation from the AdvancED Accreditation Commission.
Parents participate in the education of their children through volunteering and involvement in many after school programs. Parents access our online "Parent Connect" for student progress checks. We also hold an Open House, Curriculum Night, and Parent Teacher conferences to welcome our parents into our school.


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People of the collection history
Abel, Herbert
Herbert Abel published the book "Vom Raritätenkabinett zum Bremer Überseemuseum. Die Geschichte einer hanseatischen Sammlung aus Übersee" ("From the cabinet of rarities to the Überseemuseum of Bremen. The history of a hanseatic collections from oversea", Bremen, Röver, 352 pages), since the museum celebrated its 75th birthday in 1970.
Borcherding, Friedrich
He was born in Groß-Minmelage near Quakenbrück and became a school-teacher in Bremen-Vegesack in 1872. Friedrich Borcherding worked on the molluscan fauna of northwestern Germany and published several dozen papers on this topic. Since 1895 he joined the Städtisches Museum für Natur-, Völker- und Handelskunde (Museum for natural history, ethnology and trading of the city) and focused on terrestrial snails from Hawai, USA.
Böttner, Louis
He was quarry owner in eastern Germany. In 1913 trackways of reptiles as well as bones and ripple marks were purchased.
Brandt, Otto
Otto Brandt originated from Vlotho and collected in the Upper Triassic (German Keuper), Jurassic and in the Upper Cretaceous. Only in 1865 more than 191 specimens from the Campanian of the Stemwede hill came into the collection as a result of activity.
von dem Busch, Dr. Gerhard
Dr. von dem Busch was a medical doctor. He was born in 1791 and studied medicine and natural history from 1811 in Göttingen, where he got his PhD in 1814. Since 1815 he was general practitioner in a poor peoples area within Bremen-Walle. He collected bivalves and gastropods and build up contacts with the conchyologists of that time, like Pfeiffer and Philippi in Kassel, Dunker in Marburg, Prätorius in Vienna and Lea in Philadelphia. The largest part of his collection inclusively the associated catalogues are reserved.
Eylmann, Dr. Erhard
Dr. Eylmann went to Australia between 1896 and 1912 and collected fossils and recent molluscs that he donated to the museum back in Bremen. He is well-known for his research on Australia. Eylmann comes from Krautsand at the river Elbe, and lived in Cairo, Hamburg, Bremen-Farge, and Bremen-Blumenthal.
Finsch, Dr. Otto
Dr. Finsch was conservator since 1864 and in 1874 became head of the Gesellschaft Museum (Association Museum) and director of the museum of the city of Bremen. Colonel Niebour donated an ichthyosaur from the Posidonia shale of the Lower Jurassic of Bad Boll, Swabian Alb in southern Germany, to him. In 1878 he travelled through western Siberia and collected minerals and rock samples for the collection. He also donated the ground and polished rock samples from the Kolywan manufacturer, northwest of Altai.
Förstner
Förstner is a member on an old trader's family in the Hanseatic city of Bremen, however, his biography is unclear. He collected in the Alpine region and in Bavaria, particularly remarkable are his palaeontological collections from the Alpine Triassic of St. Cassian. His collection was donated to the museum in about 1890.
Von Giesecke, Karl Ludwig
Karl Ludwig von Giesecke was born in Augsburg in 1761. He was studying law in Vienna, but his main interest was mineralogy. After he got a nomination as a Prussian adviser for geology (Bergrat) he travelled to the Faroe Islands and to the westcoast of Greenland between 1806 and 1813. After the last trip he became a professor of mineralogy. The catalogue of his collection, with a full account of the fossils and minerals of the Bremen collections, is dated 1802.
Von Gwinner, Arthur
Arthur von Gwinner was born in Frankfurt in 1856. He took a commercial apprenticeship in a bank (Mitteldeutsche Kreditbank) in his home town, between 1876 and 1885 he worked in London and Madrid. Von Gwinner moved to Berlin in 1887 were he founded his own bank and became head of the Deutsche Bank in 1893. He collected minerals, mainly by purchasing specimens. In 1997 his collection was celebratory given to the university as a permanent loan by his grandson Dr. Wolfgang Klingler.
Hartman, William Dell
William Dell Hartman was a private collector in West Chester in the US state of Pennsylvania. He collected marine molluscs as well as freshwater and terrestrial snails. His collection comprises of more than 10000 specimens.
Prof. Dr. Richard Rud. Gustav
Prof. Hermann was born in 1840 in Neudorf near Stolzenau and died in Bremen-Vegesack in 1915. From 1870 he was a teacher/teacher at the Realgymnasium in Vegesack (today Gerhard Rohlfs-Schule). Hermann had immigrated from Poznan in 1870, where his parents had moved to. He was married twice and has lived at different addresses over the years. After his death several fossils were purchased by the Überseemuseum from his widow after his death (February 1, 1916), including remains of cave bears from the Bärenhöhle near Erpfingen/Swabian Alb.
Hülsenbeck-Hoyermann, Dr. Thekla
Dr. Thekla Hülsenbeck-Hoyermann studied palaeontology in Göttingen. She worked together with August Jordan in the Geological Collection and between 1933 and 1944 she took over the full responsibility for the collection.
Jordan, August
August Jordan was born in Almstedt near Brunswick. He moved to Bremen in 1875, but did not work in the Städtisches Museum für Natur-, Völker- und Handelskunde (Museum for natural history, ethnology and trading of the city) before 1894. August Jordan collected in the Mesozoic of the northern rim of the Harz mountains and in the Tertiary of the classical localities Doberg and Brandhorst as well as in the Teutoburger Wald area. Although he did not get an academic education he published about the Miocene of Hassendorf near Rotenburg at the river Wümme.
von Klipstein, Professor August
Professor von Klipstein was born in 1801 and studied geology and mineralogy. He originated from Hohensolm in Hessen and was head of a mining company between 1831 and 1865, thereafter he became a professor at Gießen University. His comprehensive collection from the Triassic of St. Cassian was the base for an intensive scientific debate between 1842 and 1845, including discussions with the famous palaeontologist Hans Bruno Geinitz in Saxony. A part of his collection was probably acquired for Bremen by van dem Busch, other parts are housed in museums in Darmstadt, London, Vienna and Budapest.
Knipper, Dr. Helmut
Dr. Helmut Knipper, born in 1914, was curator for the recent molluscs of the Übersee-Museum in the middle of the 1950s. In 1956 he went to the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe. He died in 1974, and more than 30 years after his death a collection of specimens was discovered that he had relocated from Bremen to Karlsruhe.
von Knoop, Baron Ludwig
Baron von Knoop was born in Bremen in 1821 as the son of a tobacco trader. He moved to Russia and was making his living from owning a spinning mill, however, he did not lose contact with his hometown Bremen. He arranged the donation of a large collection of fossils owned by the Russian prince Wittgenstein between the years 1860 and 1890 that is a part of the collection in recent days.
Krause, Aurel
In 1889 Aurel Krause collected molluscs from Sicily, Tenerife and the Canary Islands. Joined by his brother Arthur he travelled to the northwest of North America in 1821/1822, instructed by the Bremen Geographical Society. The brothers collected fossils from the Quaternary of the Lawrence Bay for the city of Bremen. In 1885 they published a summary of this journey entitled "Results of a journey to the northwest coast of America and the Bering strait" (translated from German) in Jena, eastern Germany.
Kruckow, Dr. Thorwald
Dr. Thorwald Kruckow was born in 1919. He studied in Berlin were he also got his PhD. He changed to the Übersee-Museum in Bremen in 1953 and was curator for geology between 1953 and 1981. During the first years at Bremen his main goal was to rearrange the collections that were damage by the war. Later he travelled to Mexico and collected for example a rich collection of sharks teeth. He published several papers about this material and added data of shark material from Florida and northern Germany. During a second journey to Costa Rica he collected Tertiary rocks from classical localities. Thorwald Kruckow was also very active in motivating amateurs to deal with geology and palaeontology. He educated Herbert Menzel, who later became a frequently requested specialist for tertiary otolithes.
Kükenthal, Willy
Willy Kükenthal was a member of the Greenland expedition of the city of Bremen in 1897. He collected recent molluscs and other material during this journey.
Kuster-Wendenburg, Dr. Elisabeth
Lehmann, Prof. Dr. Jens
Ludwig, Hubert
Dr. Hubert Ludwig was born in Hamburg in 1852. He studied zoology and after working as an unsalaried lecturer in Göttingen he took over the responsibility for the Städtischen Sammlungen für Naturgeschichte und Ethnographie (Collections for natural history and ethnography of the city) in Bremen in 1878. There was only a small number of people working with him in the museum, all of them were non-educated assistants. Within two and a half years after he became the head of the museum he moved to Gießen to gain a professorship in the spring of 1881.
Martens, E.
E. Martens was a citizen of Berlin. He worked with the agate snails of the collection and donated some type material (gastropods from South America) by exchange (after 1884).
Menzel, Herbert
Herbert Menzel from Bremen was born in 1927 and worked until his retirement in 1990 as technical staff in a textile factory. Back in 1968 he started to work on microfossils and in particular otolithes, encouraged by Dr. Thorwald Kruckow. He joined the VfMG (an amateur society for geology in Germany) in 1976 and consequently he published most of his papers in the associated journal, the "Aufschluss". This led to him being honoured with the Wilke award of the society in 1997 and 2000, a prize honouring exclusively amateurs that are publishing in the field of geology. He received the research award of the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Bremen (Natural History Society of Bremen) in 1976 and 1980 for his papers on fossil otolithes and became an honorary member in 1999. His close relation to the Übersee-Museum and since the middle of the 1990s to the university lead to the decision to donate his collection to the Geosciences Collection. His unique collection was transferred in excellent condition, well labelled and already completely accessible in an IT data base.
Meyer, Alfons P.
Alfons P. Meyer collected erratic boulders in Berlin. His collection was purchased in 1955, however, he was active in the field of glacial geology for a long period of time after that, as his papers on erratic boulders in the journal "The Erratic Boulder Collector" ("Der Geschiebesammler") published between the end of the 1960s and the 1970s demonstrate.
Schauinsland, Prof. Dr. Hugo
Prof. Hugo Schauinsland was born in eastern Prussia (nowadays Russia) and studied Natural History. He finished his PhD in zoology in 1883 and became assistant lecturer at the University of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad in Russia) and Munich. Prof. Schauinsland was head of the Museum für Natur-, Völker- und Handelskunde (Museum for natural history, ethnology and trading of the city) between 1896 and 1933.
Schmacker, Philipp Bernhard
Philipp Bernhard Schmacker was born in 1852. He focussed on natural history, however, since he was a member of a trader's family he was sent to Hongkong when he was only 20 years old. He worked in Kanton and Shanghai, but he collected recent molluscs in China and other regions of eastern Asia. Schmacker left his complete mollusc collection and additional 197 Goldtaler to the city of Bremen.
Spengel, J. W.
Dr J. W. Spengel was a zoologist and was born in 1852 in Trier. After Dr. Hubert Ludwig left the museum he took over the leadership between 1881 and 1886 of the Städtischen Sammlungen für Naturgeschichte und Ethnographie in Bremen (Museum for natural history, ethnography of the city). He made a comprehensive revision of specimens in the field of natural history, in particular he took care of the collection of modern bivalves.
von Struve, Heinrich Christoph Gottfried
Heinrich Christoph Gottfried von Struve was born about 1760. He studied political science in Erlangen and became a civil servant in Russia. In 1796 he moved to Hamburg where he worked as a secretary as he did later in other Hanseatic cities. Von Struve was an amateur mineralogist and possessor of a large collection that was purchased by the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in 1820. In 1920 the chemist Georg Ludwig Ulex named the mineral Struvit to honour von Struve.
Wendt, Johann Wilhelm
Captain Johann Wilhelm Wendt was born in 1802 as the son of an old sailors family. He made several global journeys by sailing-boat where he collected sea-shells extensively. Even the famous natural scientist Alexander von Humboldt benefited from his material in 1884. A comprehensive biography about him was published by Dr. Kuster-Wendenburg 2002 ("Entdeckungsfahrten im Auftrag Preussens. Der Bremer Kapitän Wendt 1802 bis 1847", Aschenbeck & Holstein, Delmenhorst).