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All addictions are cyclical, with no clear beginning or end and one stage leading to the next—and then the next, and the next, and the next—leaving the addict stuck in an endless, downwardly spiraling loop. With sexual addiction, various models of the addictive cycle have been proposed. Here, we prefer and utilize a six-stage model, described below.
Stage One, Triggers: Triggers are catalysts that create a need/desire to act out sexually. Most often triggers are some sort of "pain agent." Pain agents include both emotional/psychological and physical discomfort, either short-term or long-term. Depression, anxiety, loneliness, boredom, stress, shame, anger, and any other uncomfortable feeling can easily trigger a sex addict's desire to escape, avoid, and dissociate. Positive agents can also serve as triggers. So, if a sex addict gets fired from his or her job, he or she will want to act out sexually; and if that same addict gets a great new job, he or she will want to act out sexually. Triggers can also be visual (seeing a sexy image on a billboard), auditory (hearing a noise that reminds the addict of sexual activity), olfactory (smelling the perfume or cologne of a past sexual partner), and even touch or taste related. If triggers are not dealt with in a healthy way (dissipated via a healthy, non-addictive coping mechanism like talking to supportive friends, family members, or a therapist), the cycle inevitably slides forward into stage two.
Stage Two, Fantasy: After being triggered and therefore needing/wanting to escape and dissociate, sex addicts automatically turn to their primary coping mechanism—sexual fantasy. They start thinking about how much they enjoyed past sexual encounters and how much they would enjoy a sexual encounter either right now or in the near future. At this point, the addict becomes preoccupied to the point of obsession with his or her sexual fantasies. Every person encountered by the addict (both in-person and online) is viewed as a sexual object. The addict's fantasies do not involve memories of bad experiences or unwanted consequences. Once the addict is mired in sexual fantasies, it is very difficult to stop the addictive cycle without some sort of outside intervention.
Stage Three, Ritualization: Ritualization is where fantasy moves toward reality. This stage adds excitement, intensity, and arousal. For example, the addict logs on to the computer and goes to his or her favorite porn site, or hops in the car and drives to a place where sex workers congregate, or begins the process of booking an out-of-town business trip on which he or she can act out sexually without restraint, or whatever. This stage of the cycle is also known as the bubble or the trance because the addict gets lost in it. Real world issues and concerns disappear as the addict focuses more and more intently on his or her sexual fantasies and potential behaviors. This stage of the addiction (rather than actually having sex) provides the escapist neurochemical high that sex addicts seek. As such, sex addicts typically stretch this stage for as long as possible—looking at porn, cruising for casual sex, chatting via webcams and the like for many hours (or even days) before moving to the next stage.
Stage Four, Acting Out: Most non-sex addicts think that this stage, rather than stage three, is the ultimate goal of sexual addiction because this is where actual sex and orgasm takes place (either solo or with another person or people). However, as stated above, the fantasy-fueled escape and dissociation of stage three is the real objective. In fact, most sex addicts try to put off actual sex and orgasm for as long as they possibly can because orgasm ends the escapist high and tosses the addict back into the real world with all its issues and problems. Stated another way, sex addicts are looking to escape emotional discomfort, not to experience the pleasure of orgasm. Orgasm brings their escapist high to an abrupt, screeching halt.
Stage Five, Numbing: After acting out, sex addicts attempt to distance themselves from what they've just done. They justify their behaviors, telling themselves, "If my spouse was nicer to me, I wouldn't need to do this." They minimize their behaviors, telling themselves, "Nobody knows that I just spent six hours looking at and masturbating to pornography, and nobody got hurt by what I did, so it's no big deal." They rationalize their behaviors, telling themselves, "Hooking up with people online for mutual masturbation isn't really cheating because I don't actually touch the other person and I don't even give that person my real name." Etc. In this stage of the cycle the addict's denial kicks in full force to temporarily protect the addict from the next stage.
Stage Six, Despair: Eventually, numbing will dissipate. And when it does, sex addicts start to feel guilty, ashamed, and remorseful. Exacerbating these unwanted emotions is the fact that they also feel powerless to stop the cycle of their addiction. Plus, whatever reality it was that they were trying to escape in the first-place returns, bringing with it the self-loathing, anxiety, and depression they were already experiencing. When this happens, stage six automatically spins the self-perpetuating cycle of sex addiction back to stage one.
Repeating the Cycle Builds Tolerance
The cycle of sexual addiction typically intensifies with each repetition, requiring more of the same sexual fantasies and behaviors or more intense sexual fantasies and behaviors to reach or maintain the same neurochemical high. This transforms the cycle from a repetitive loop into a downward spiral, leading to relationship, work, health, financial, legal, and other crises. And all these crises can qualify as triggers, setting the cycle in motion yet again.
Can the Cycle Be Stopped?
The cycle of sexual addiction is best interrupted in the early portion of stage one when the addict's pain agents first arise. If the addict learns to recognize his or her triggers (emotional discomfort, certain types of imagery, certain areas of town, etc.), he or she can engage in contrary actions designed to:
Stop the onset of sexual thoughts before they escalate to fantasy, ritualization, and acting out.
Deal with the unwanted uncomfortable feelings or triggers in an emotionally healthy way.
It may be possible for a sex addict to stop his or her addictive cycle if it has progressed into stage two (fantasy) or even into the early ritualistic behaviors of stage three, but doing so becomes progressively more difficult. And when the addict enters the bubble/trance portion of stage three, the game is up. At that point, the cycle gathers momentum like a boulder rolling down a hill, and without external intervention sexual acting out is almost inevitable.
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Els wuffingas, uffingas o wuffings fou la dinastia governant a Ànglia de l'Est, el regne anglosaxó que avui correspon als comtats anglesos de Norfolk i Suffolk. Els Wuffingas van agafar el seu nom de Wuffa, un dels primers reis. Res és sabut dels membres de la dinastia abans de Rædwald, qui governà aproximadament del 599 al 624. Les invasions vikings del  van destruir els monestirs del regne i amb ells molts documents relacionats amb el govern dels Wuffingas.

El darrer dels wuffingas fou el rei Ælfwald, qui va morir el 749 i que va ser succeït per reis de llinatge desconegut.

Arbre familiar
El regne d'Ànglia va ser fundat i poblat per gent d'Europa del nord durant els segles V i VI. Les fonts històriques que relacionen la genealogia dels seus reis inclouen la Crònica anglosaxona i Beda (Historia ecclesiastica), ambdós compilats molts anys després de la formació del regne. També existeixen llistes creades per historiadors medievals, com el  Textus Roffensis, qui potser va tenir accés a altres fonts que més tard es van perdre. La majoria dels reis Wuffingas es troben inclosos en un pedigrí d'Ælfwald, on el mateix Ælfwald és proclama descendent del déu Wōden.

Notes

Bibliografia

 Palgrave, Francis (1832). The Rise and Rrogress of the English Commonwealth: Anglo-Saxon period. Containing the Anglo-Saxon policy, and the institutions arising out of laws and usages which prevailed before the Conquest. J. Murray.

Dinasties
Ànglia Oriental

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Golden oldie from 2005. André's class mate Camille Oostwegel, who became in the meantime entrepreneur and owner of a few renowned castle hotels and restaurants like Chateau Neercanne, Kruisheren Hotel, and Chateau St.Gerlach, talks about their schooltime. The construction works on the place where their school was, is now the shopping center Entre Deux, between the Helmstreet and the Dominicaner bookstore.
Below you can see part of a talkshow by Catherine Keyl, broadcast on Dutch TV in 2005, which was posted on André's personal Facebook account in February 2019. Translation by Ineke, assisted by John. Ruud added the subtitles.


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Das Haus Kapitän Lahman befindet sich in Bremen, Stadtteil Mitte im  Schnoorviertel, Marterburg 28. Es entstand 1629/1729.

Das Gebäude steht seit 1973 unter Bremer Denkmalschutz.

Geschichte

Die ursprüngliche Bevölkerung des Schnoors bestand überwiegend aus Flussfischern und Schiffern. In der Epoche des Klassizismus und des Historismus entstanden von um 1800 bis 1890 die meisten oft kleinen Gebäude. Im weiteren Verlauf wurde es zum Arme-Leute-Viertel, das in weiten Bereichen verfiel – vor allem nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.

1959 wurde von der Stadt ein Ortsstatut zum Schutz der erhaltenswerten Bausubstanz beschlossen. Die Häuser wurden dokumentiert und viele seit den 1970er Jahren unter Denkmalschutz gestellt. Ab den 1960er Jahren fanden mit Unterstützung der Stadt Sanierungen, Lückenschließungen und Umbauten im Schnoor statt.

Das dreigeschossige, geputzte Giebelhaus mit einem Satteldach wurde 1629 gebaut und 1729 in der Epoche des Barocks umgebaut. Die Ausfachung des Fachwerks an der Rückseite zeigt heute sichtbare Backsteine. Über dem Portal von 1729 sind ein Wappen und eine Inschrift. Hier wohnte u. a. 1904 ein Schlosser und ein Arbeiter.
Heute (2018) wird das Haus zum Wohnen genutzt. Das Nachbarhaus Marterburg 27 – ebenso von 1629 – ist auch denkmalgeschützt.

Der niederdeutsche Straßenname Marterburg kommt von der Mattenburg, der Ablieferungs- und Lagerstelle für die Matte, der Korn- und Mehlabgabe. Dort lagerten die Müller ihr Mehl in den sogenannten Matten. Der Name Schnoor (Snoor) bedeutet Schnur. Er kam durch das Schiffshandwerk und der Herstellung von Seilen und Tauen (= Schnur).

Literatur
 Karl Dillschneider: Der Schnoor, Bremen 1978.
 Dieter Brand-Kruth: Der Schnoor – ein märchenhaftes Viertel. Bremer Drucksachen Service Klaus Stute, 3. Auflage Bremen, 2003.
 Karl Dillschneider, Wolfgang Loose: Der Schnoor Alt + Neu. Eine Gegenüberstellung in Bildern. Schnoor-Verein Heini Holtenbeen, Bremen 1981.
 Karl Dillschneider: Der Schnoor. Pulsierendes Leben in Bremens ältestem Stadtteil. Bremen 1992.

Einzelnachweise

Wohn- und Geschäftshaus in Bremen
Baudenkmal in Bremen
Umgenutztes Bauwerk in Bremen
Barockbauwerk in Bremen
Erbaut in den 1620er Jahren
Mitte (Bremen)
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Greece's Ratification Procedure of the Final Settlement Agreement Between Greece and FYROM
Dimitrios Dimitrakos
On June 17, 2018, the foreign ministers of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) signed the "Final Agreement for the settlement of differences as described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993)[1] and 845 (1993),[2] the Termination of the Interim Accord of 1995,[3] and the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership between the Parties" (Agreement).[4] In so doing, they resolved a long-running dispute by agreeing that FYROM's formal name shall be "Republic of North Macedonia" for all purposes and uses.[5] The Agreement, while hailed by the two governments as a landmark in the relations of their states, has already stirred a great deal of controversy among their citizens, who largely believe that this compromise is tantamount to a waiver, to the benefit of and potential abuse by the other side, of legal and historic exclusive rights to the use of the term "Macedonia" and its derivatives.
As one of the constituent republics of former Yugoslavia, FYROM was formally named "Republic of Macedonia." Greece never strongly protested, given that it did not feel threatened by Yugoslavia. The name dispute arose in 1991, following FYROM's independence and attempt to join international organizations under the name used in its Constitution, "Republic of Macedonia." Since that time, Greece has opposed FYROM's name, fearing that it could give rise to irredentist claims by FYROM against Greece's territorial sovereignty and that it would facilitate bad-faith efforts to distort ancient Greek history, given that the term "Macedonia" historically identifies the geographical region of ancient Greek Macedonia, most of which nowadays is situated within Greek territory. Despite Greece's objections, FYROM has been recognized in the majority of its bilateral relations under its constitutional name, but has been unable to use it before the UN or to join other international organizations, such as NATO and the EU, where Greece has the ability to block its membership. "FYROM" is the acronym of the provisional name under which the new state was admitted to the United Nations in 1993.
The 2018 Agreement attempts to end this decades-long dispute. However, there are numerous concerns regarding how several of its provisions will be interpreted or implemented once the Agreement enters into force upon completion of a complex ratification procedure described in Article 1(4). For example, there seems to be considerable disharmony in the terminology used to refer, on the one hand, to the name Republic of North Macedonia[6] and, on the other hand, to the nationality of its citizens, the name of its official language, and the adjectival descriptors of various expressions of its sovereignty, such as with regards to license plate and other country-related codes.[7] The potential for conflict, therefore, seems to remain, despite the Agreement's attempt to denote the parameters within which the terms "Macedonia" and "Macedonian" shall have distinctively different meaning, depending on whether they refer to Greece or to FYROM.[8]
The focus of this Insight, starting with a brief reference to certain relevant provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969 (VCLT),[9] is on the potentially problematic verbiage of Articles 1(4)(f) and 20(2) on the manner in which Greece is expected to express its consent to be bound by the Agreement, leading to uncertainty surrounding the treaty's eventual entry into force under international law.
"Ratification" Under International Law and Domestic Law
The term "ratification" can indicate processes on either the international or domestic level. The interchangeable use of this term in the domestic and international contexts can cause confusion.[10]
In international law, ratification is one of the methods "whereby a State establishes on the international plane its consent to be bound by a treaty."[11] Should the negotiating states intend to subject a treaty to international ratification, the treaty will likely so provide. International ratification of bilateral treaties is accomplished simply by the exchange, between the contracting states, of "instruments of ratification,"[12] which are executed by the head of state, the head of government, the foreign minister, or other duly authorized person of the respective state.[13] Unless of high political significance, the exchange itself is usually non-ceremonial. However, the parties may agree to express consent through any other means, including ones of domestic nature.[14]
The VCLT makes no reference to any domestic procedure when defining "ratification." However, such domestic procedures, typically of constitutional stature and most important in the domestic order of states, are frequently also referred to as "ratification" (domestic ratification for purposes of this commentary). Domestic ratification is an entirely internal procedure typically by the legislature which ultimately serves to incorporate a treaty into domestic law. Primarily, it acts as an authorization (not as a mandate) to the executive to bind his state internationally. Domestic ratification can evidence a state's consent to be bound by a treaty internationally, if so agreed,[15] and thus serve as an alternative to international ratification. This effect is obvious here for FYROM and may also be true for Greece if the latter expresses consent, or "ratifies," via domestic processes.[16]
The Agreement's Ratification Process
A state may choose not to express, within the four corners of a treaty, its consent to be bound by that treaty. Here, Article 1(4) of the Agreement states that "Upon signature . . . the Parties shall take the following steps . . . ." This does not create a treaty obligation to ratify per se; rather, it simply makes the described procedure the manner of choice for each state to ultimately express its consent to be bound. That is, it sets out the prerequisites for entry into force (ratification process).
Article 20(2) states that the Agreement is "subject to ratification[17] according to the sequencing described in article 1(4)." Article 1(4)(a) through (e) describe FYROM's ratification process, including submitting the Agreement to its parliament.[18] It may hold a referendum.[19] It must then amend its constitution by the end of 2018.[20]
Article 1(4)(f) describes Greece's ratification process in curiously general verbiage: "Upon notification by the Second Party [FYROM] of the completion of the above-mentioned constitutional amendments and of all its internal legal procedures for the entry into force of this Agreement, the First Party [Greece] shall promptly ratify this Agreement." Unlike FYROM's ratification process, involving clearly described steps of domestic procedures, such clarity is absent with regards to the ratification expected of Greece. Is Greece to ratify internationally or domestically? And if domestic ratification is expected, what state organ is to be involved? The term "ratification" as used in Greek treaty conclusion practice typically refers to the international act of ratification. Similarly, when, in treaty text, reference is made to Greece's domestic procedures, this refers to completion of the prerequisites for expression of consent internationally, separate and apart from the domestic ratification process. Domestic procedures, in and of themselves, have not served as a means of expressing consent in previous Greek practice.[21]
According to declarations by the Greek government, Greece intends to submit the Agreement to its parliament for domestic ratification, which could have the effect of expressing consent to be bound internationally, as may have been contemplated in Article 20(2).[22]
However, if Greece clearly intended to render parliamentary approval a prerequisite to the expression of its consent, it is unclear why it would not have indicated this in the text of the Agreement in unequivocal verbiage, particularly in light of the explicit description of FYROM's required process. Interestingly, Greece's lack of specificity in the Agreement could serve to force its hand to express its consent through any means possible. One could question whether this may have been intentional in light of the international pressure to reach an agreement.
If the Greek parliament votes against the Agreement (not an unlikely scenario given the fragile majority of the Greek governmental coalition), Greece would still be expected to act in a manner consistent with the object and purpose of the Agreement until it "shall have made its intention clear not to become a party" to the Agreement.[23] The general verbiage of Article 1(4)(f) that Greece "shall ratify," without specifying the type and manner of ratification, could be read as requiring Greece to exhaust, in good faith, all available means of ratification under both international and domestic law before expressing, if at all, its intention not to become a party to the Agreement. Failing parliamentary ratification, pressure might be exercised on Greece, by those in the international community who are eager to see the dispute between these two states resolved once and for all, to ratify—whether internationally or domestically—through some other means. Notably, only certain types of treaties must be submitted to the Greek parliament.[24] In the past, Greek governments have used presidential decrees, or even ministerial resolutions, to incorporate treaties into domestic law,[25] thereby bypassing parliamentary involvement.
The Agreement is one of the most controversial agreements ever signed by Greece. Most political parties have pledged to vote against it if and when it is submitted to the parliament. Considerable portions of the peoples in the two states are strongly opposed to the Agreement. The two governments, however, consider it a major step towards building stronger ties.
Greece's choice for vagueness in the Agreement may have been intentional for reasons of expediency or flexibility; however, this could backfire, especially if the Greek government finds itself diplomatically pressured to express consent to be bound by any means possible, notwithstanding a likely "no" vote of its legislature. This could lead to domestic political instability, repeated elections, and increased distrust in the government, which could affect the recovering but still fragile Greek economy. Internationally, however, the ramifications could be even worse if it results in a reputation that Greece does not honor either its electorate's desires (if it decides to express consent to be bound by the Agreement against a vote of its parliament to the contrary), or its signature (if it backs out of the "ratification" procedure, honoring a parliamentary "no" vote). Failure to follow through on the Agreement will likely disappoint powerful allies, on whose continued support Greece still relies financially or otherwise.
About the Author: Dimitrios Dimitrakos is a JSD Candidate in International Water Resources Law at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. He earned his LLB from the University of Athens, and his LLM (merit) in Public International Law from the University of London. He practices law in California.
[1] S.C. Res. 817 (Apr. 7, 1993).
[2] S.C. Res. 845 (June 18, 1993).
[3] Interim Accord between the Hellenic Republic and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Sept. 13, 1995, 1891 U.N.T.S. 3., available at https://www.mfa.gr/images/docs/fyrom/interim_accord_1995.pdf.
[4] Final Agreement for the settlement of differences as described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the Termination of the Interim Accord of 1995, and the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership between the Parties, June 17, 2018, available at http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/article-files/aggliko-1.pdf [hereinafter Agreement].
[5] Id. art. 1(3)(a).
[7] Id. art. 1(3)(b), (c), (e), (f).
[8] See id. art. 7 (attempting to clarify, inter alia, that the meaning of these terms when used in reference to FYROM has no relation to ancient Greek civilization, language, culture and history).
[9] Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, May 23, 1969, 1155 U.N.T.S. 331, 8 I.L.M. 679 [hereinafter VCLT].
[10] Anthony Aust, Modern Treaty Law and Practice 103 (3d ed. 2013).
[11] VCLT, supra note 9, art. 2(1)(b).
[12] Aust, supra note 10, at 503 (showing an example of an instrument of ratification).
[13] Instruments of ratification of multilateral treaties are deposited with a "depositary" such as the U.N. Secretary-General.
[14] VCLT, supra note 9, arts. 11, 14. See also Aust, supra note 9, at 103, 113.
[15] VCLT, supra note 9, art. 11 (providing that consent of a state to be bound may be expressed by "any other agreed means," which could include entirely domestic procedures).
[16] Id. arts. 20(2), 1(4)(a)–(f).
[17] It would have been more accurate for Article 20(2) to state that "consent to be bound shall be expressed as described in article 1(4)," rather than to use the term "subject to ratification." According to VCLT Article 2(1)(b), "ratification," being just one method of expressing consent to be bound, should not be used to generally mean the entire concept of consent to be bound. This choice of wording also introduces the uncertainty discussed herein regarding whether domestic or international ratification is intended.
[18] FYROM's parliament voted twice in favor of the Agreement.
[19] FYROM held a referendum on 9/30/18, the outcome of which was in favor of the ratification of the Agreement; however, only a small minority of the electorate cast their vote, a fact that may compromise the validity of the outcome under FYROM's constitution.
[20] On 10/19/18, FYROM's parliament approved by a 2/3 majority the initiation of its constitutional amendment, a multi-step process. It is not certain that the government will secure the increased majority required in the remaining steps of the amendment process.
[21] See e.g., Agreement between the Government of the Hellenic Republic and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments art. 14, May 6, 2014, available at https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/No%20Volume/55012/Part/I-55012-08000002804f6713.pdf. The exchange of written notifications through diplomatic channels, not the completion of the domestic processes, is clearly the means for expressing consent therein.
[22] Agreement, supra 4, art. 20(2).
[23] VCLT, supra note 9, art. 18(a).
[24] Greek Const. art. 36(2), available at https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/f3c70a23-7696-49db-9148-f24dce6a27c8/001-156%20aggliko.pdf.
[25] This practice has been more typical in the case of treaties in simplified form.
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BRANDY: THE FIRST BATCH
The first batch of Brandy is distilled! I've been hard at work distilling almost around the clock to get our brandy ready for barrel aging. It's a ton of work, and it's slow ... slow .. slow. But that's one of the big factors in what makes a particular spirit better than another: when it comes to making rich, flavorful spirits, slower is always better. Going slow allows for making cleaner cuts - that is, separating the hearts (think "clean, smooth"), the heads (think "hangover"), and the tails (think "rough, burn").
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I've gone through about 400 gallons of wine, which I divided into 5 batches in our 100 gallon still, followed by a 6th batch where I re-distilling everything I collected from the first 5 batches. In the first distillation (the first 5 batches), the focus was to "strip" the alcohol from the wine, only getting rid of the "worst of the worst" bits - the super nasty. Then on the second distillation - the 6th batch where I re-distilled the "stripped" alcohol - the focus was on making very precise, careful "cuts" (separations). This act of dividing the alcohol coming from the still into individual portions allows me to isolate the various components and blend them together to achieve the best spirit possible - aromatic, smooth, and rich.
See, the very first stuff to boil off the still and collect (the "fores" or "heads") are mostly higher-alcohols (in short, a bunch of stuff you don't want to drink such as acetaldehyde, acetone, methanol, ethyl acetate and ethyl formate). Since they boil off at lower temperatures than most everything else, they come at a rush in the beginning. The tricky part? Most of the good aromas are boiling off with them. So, how to get rid of the nasty stuff and keep the yummy smells? This is where this second distillation comes into play - the first distillation (again, those first 5 small batches) is just to get everything together so we can manage it, and in doing so, ditch a very small percentage which is entirely "bad" ... leaving the final cut between "nasty" and "good aromas" for the second distillation. Think of it like this: the first run through the wine is "surgery by chainsaw", and in the second run, we're using a scalpel.
The hearts
So now we're into the second run (the 6th batch AKA second distillation). This time, we make a really precise cut after the "heads", ditching the nasty stuff and keeping the aromas at the end. That's where we get to the middle portion ("hearts"), and its here where the majority of alcohol for our spirit is coming from. But these hearts aren't much more than ethanol - straight booze - and it's pretty much odorless and tasteless. On its own, not too interesting. But with the aromas that we captured earlier, and some of the goodies from the next section, we find magic! So here in the hearts, we're basically collecting a smooth, fairly neutral, clean bulk of our spirit. Then we rely on the slim cut from before the hearts for aromas, and a similarly slim cut from after the hearts for flavors.
The tails
Finally, the last bit - the tails. The tails ...oh the tails. 1-Propanol, Butyl alcohol, Amyl alcohol, Fusel alcohols/oils, Acetic Acid, Furfural, and more. Lovely, yes? But as I mentioned, this portion is where a ton of the flavor is found. If you want a rich spirit, you need to collect a fine sliver from here. Otherwise, you're left with a spirit that smells great and tastes thin (not enough tails), or something that burns like...well. It burns a lot (too much tails). Now again, we're dealing with specific boiling points and temperatures here: "pure" ethanol (the good stuff in the hearts) boils at a lower temperature than some of these rougher-nasties in the tails. But it's not that easy. Have you ever added salt to water to slow down the boil? That's right - same thing; you change the mixture, and you change the boiling point. And at this stage in the process, we've pulled off so much of the ethanol that we're left with a very different mixture than we started with - which means that to keep getting ethanol to boil out, we're going to have to raise the temperature...and that means raising it to a point where these fusel oils start to boil off with it. What to do? Ah. That's the secret.
A bit of Art. A bit of science. A bit of tasting. A bit of smelling. And more tasting.
Find the "sweet spots" where you've collected clean aromas in the beginning, smooth booze in the middle, and rich flavors near the end: then make the cuts. Do it right, and you've got an aromatic, smooth, rich spirit ready for barrel. Mmm.
Next up? Vodka. Stay tuned!
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Q: Add a friend with iOS SDK I'm working hard to find out a way to send a friendship request
to a Facebook user using the iOS Facebook SDK (v.3.2). But it seems
the SDK does not provide the API to do that.
Anyone could tell me why Facebook decided this strategy with iOS and
not with Blackberry since I'm able to send friendship request with my
Blackberry phone ?
Or maybe I'm not able to find out a solution with the iOS SDK. Could
anyone help me ?

A: I do not know why Facebook decided on this strategy. But one can reasonably assume it stems from the fact that Friend Requests are an incredibly sensitive feature. Programmatically sending friend requests could create some PR nightmares. Not sure, just my 2 cents.
And what app on Blackberry allows you to send friend requests? The official Facebook App, of course. But to my knowledge it's not possible in 3rd party apps. This isn't an iOS isolated strategy, its across the board.
Only work-around I can see is have them login in a WebView. Hide that webview, but when they want to add someone as a friend, open that WebView and point it to the url of the person they want to add.

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Manfred Eigen passed away on February 6, 2019 at the age of 91.
Manfred Eigen, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1967 and the outstanding pioneer in many fields of the complex processes of life and its evolution, passed away on February 6, 2019 at the age of 91.
His contributions to proton transfer reactions in aqueous solutions formed the basis of the research in the SFB 1078.
The SFB1078 mourns for one of the most eminent scientists in biophysical chemistry. The official obituary of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry may be found here.


Did you know that video content can significantly improve the click-through-rate to your landing page? These days, it's important for local San Francisco Bay Area businesses to cement their presence online with content that is attention-grabbing and relevant to local customers within a certain geographical area. The area is full of innovative marketers so it's important to be on your game when it comes to digital content. Reaching more local people is great, but being able to engage more local people is even better. Because the more local people interact with your content, the better chances of you converting a sale.
This is where video production and video marketing come in. With powerful video content for your brand, local businesses have a better chance of attracting potential customers. In fact, research has shown that video content is able to provide an increase of over 150% in site traffic from search engine results.
Not sure how to use video marketing for your local business? Read on to get tips and tricks on how to make the most of your video content.
1. Introduce your business to potential customers.
A constant struggle of local businesses is getting the word out on the product or service that they offer. Because of their limited marketing funds relative to much bigger companies, it's hard to compete for a sizable enough share of voice in the market.
Engaging video content can help reduce this disadvantage. With the right creative concept and a strategic and efficient media plan, local Bay Area businesses can communicate with the right local customers and potentially drive sales.
In this regard, one of the first types of video content a local business should make is one that introduces the product or service that they offer. Having a great introductory content video is the online equivalent of having a really good salesman for your product or brand at the doorstep of every household in the neighborhood.
There's no need to make the video lengthy and chock-full of information – something short, sweet and snappy will work better, in fact. Aim for impact – your video needs to stand out and grab the attention of potential local customers. It should also be professionally produced by a San Francisco Video Production company.
Remember that for a lot of people, this video is most likely the first type of content they'll see with regard to your product or service, so make sure it leaves a good impression.
2. Become a local expert.
Whatever your business is about, there's obviously a demand for it in the San Francisco Bay Area – otherwise you wouldn't have chosen to put up that kind of business in the first place.
You can use video marketing to highlight your expertise in your industry. Aim to be the local expert in your field. Show off the depth of your knowledge of your local area in videos shot in well-known spots in San Francisco or nearby, but don't forget to throw in a few "secret" spots to show your own style.
The goal is to become the go-to guy in the local area for the field or industry your business participates in. For instance, if you own a bakeshop in downtown San Francisco, create a series of video content where you visit the local Bay Area sources of your ingredients and interview their proprietors. You can also document the local events such as festivals and weekend markets that you participate in.
The key with these videos is that you don't just talk about your company, product, or service. Instead, provide an insight into the local scene. Think of yourself as the trusty shop owner everyone who's new in town goes to in order to learn about the area.
Need some inspiration? Check out videos of your favorite travel vloggers or your favorite local guides like 7×7.com or the travel vlogs of your favorite YouTubers to get a sense of what these local guides should feel like.
3. Highlight the benefits of your product or service.
Every business owner takes pride in his product or service. Why don't you leverage on that pride by creating video content about how great your product or service is? Of course, you can't just throw praises at what you're offering. Instead, highlight the benefits a potential customer will gain from using your product or service.
For instance, if your company is selling security systems in your local area, make a video that lists all the reasons why a potential customer should set up a security system at his or her home. You can then use the benefits as the reasons – for peace of mind, for a more efficient way to alert the authorities in case something is wrong at home, etc. Rank the reasons or benefits in order of importance and be sure to tackle the top reasons or benefits first.
Remember to be authentic and truthful about your claims. Don't exaggerate, but don't downplay the real benefits of your product or service either.
If you don't feel comfortable making the video yourself, hire a talent, or better yet, a local influencer or celebrity, to work on the video for you. While you're at it, get a San Francisco Video production agency to help execute the plan for you. With a proper briefing from your end, making a video on this shouldn't be a problem.
Have you ever bought something on impulse at the mall after seeing a sales representative give a demonstration of it? How can you replicate that experience online? The answer is through video content. Create a video where you or a talent demonstrates how your product or service works. As usual, simplicity is key. The goal of this video is to show how easy it is to use your product or service. This is especially critical for businesses that dabble in very complicated industries, like perhaps a certain software.
A product demonstration video is able to bring to life what is in your product page, because these days, photos and text just aren't enough.
This type of video is particularly critical for local businesses who are bringing an entirely new concept to a specific locality. For example, if you are the first restaurant to offer Filipino food in your town or city, why not create a demonstration of how to eat sisig, a popular Filipino dish? Locals will appreciate the new information and get excited about the opening of your restaurant at the same time.
While it's great to make video content about the benefits your product or service delivers on, it's equally important to demonstrate why your product or service is able to deliver these benefits. The answer to this why is your product's RTB or Reason to Believe.
Essentially, it is the reason why a potential customer should believe that a product can deliver on a specific benefit.
Let's use an acne-clearing facial wash as an example. Such a product would probably claim that its benefit is to help prevent acne breakouts. But why would your customers believe you? This is where you can highlight a special ingredient in your facial wash that has been clinically proven to prevent acne breakouts. Additionally, you can also use research-based claims for your product as RTBs, such as things like "9 out of 10 pimple breakouts prevented", etc.
As with any video content, make sure you are sharing information that is accurate and not misleading or deceiving in any way. Get the proper clearances or certifications before you claim anything on your video content. Remember that video marketing, as with any marketing, is done not to deceive potential customers into buying products, but by giving them all the information needed so they can make an informed decision about your product and eventually purchase it.
There are so many different ways that video content can help in the success of local businesses. But whatever type of video content you use, the key is to be authentic about what you're selling, be simple about what you're selling, and create impact. And most importantly don't skimp on the quality – entrust your video content with a professional San Francisco Video production company.


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Week 15 Dynasty Risers and Fallers: Eagles' Jalen Hurts is the real deal
Dec 13, 2020; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (2) receives a snapped ball against the New Orleans Saints during the fourth quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
By Kyle Dvorchak
Dynasty fantasy football players often view the regular season as a time for their hard work in the offseason to finally pay off. The 16 weeks of meaningful football from September to December are simply the proving grounds for their trades of aging veterans, draft pick swaps and sneaky additions of training camp standouts. There are still plenty of edges to exploit in the regular season, though.
Here are the biggest dynasty risers and fallers ahead of Week 15 and whether you should buy or sell the changing values.
Riser: QB Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles
Quarterback is largely a replaceable position in leagues that don't allow you to start multiple of them or don't change their scoring output. And even then, their importance is often overstated. However, that doesn't mean there isn't value in finding a long-term answer at quarterback in dynasty leagues. Hurts is that answer.
The Eagles' rookie signal-caller didn't throw the ball particularly well in his first start but that hardly matters from a fantasy angle. What was most important was his rushing ability and volume, as he notched 18 carries for 104 yards. It was the fifth-most rushing attempts for a quarterback since 2000 and one of just 42 games that saw a passer top the century mark on the ground in that time span.
He managed those feats in his first start. It's a small sample, but his college data suggests he should be one of the best running quarterbacks in the league. Removing yards lost on sacks, Hurts ran for 1,444 yards in his final season at Oklahoma. That ranked first among quarterbacks after removing Lynn Bowden Jr., who did not exclusively play quarterback in his senior season. There was over a 250-yard gap between Hurts and the next highest rushing total from a passer.
He affirmed his athletic prowess with a 4.59-second 40-yard dash at the combine. The only pitfall to lasting value from Hurts will be if he bottoms out as a passer. His passing grade was the second-worst among quarterbacks in Week 14. However, that was just one game, and his college tape showed a player who wasn't prone to making back-breaking mistakes.
He logged just one turnover-worthy play on 36 dropbacks last week. Hurts essentially needs to hold onto the starting job to be locked into QB1 numbers because of his rushing ability alone. Potential improvements as a passer give him a sky-high upside.
Faller: WR Chris Godwin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Godwin has played in five games with Antonio Brown, and the results have been less than stunning. He has averaged 5.2 receptions for 61.6 receiving yards in those contests, and the opportunity split between Tampa Bay's receivers is concerning for Godwin.
Player Air Share Target Share
Mike Evans 29% 21%
Antonio Brown 20% 19%
Chris Godwin 19% 19%
Targets plus air yards are the bread and butter of any fantasy player's output, and Godwin has been quietly passed or matched in those metrics by Brown. The linchpin for Godwin returning to some semblance of his 2019 glory will be what his team looks like in 2021 and whether he sticks in Tampa Bay.
Tom Brady is under contract next year and is currently PFF's fifth-highest graded passer. If he wants to keep playing for what looks to be a perenially playoff team, he still has the skills and the monetary incentive. All signs point to him sticking around for at least another year. Brown is not under contract next year, but Brady lobbied for him to join the Bucs this season and other teams reportedly had little interest in him.
Tampa Bay is in the middle of the pack in terms of projected cap space for next year and has the least dead money tied down. Given that the market was initially barren for Brown, it seems more likely than not that he also returns. The last puzzle piece will be what Godwin does. He is also a free agent at the end of this year and will command significantly more money than Brown. If the Bucs choose to keep him over Brown, Godwin would get a massive bump in dynasty value. If they don't, Godwin backers run the risk of him finding an even worse situation than he's currently in.
The range of outcomes is wide, including a bevy of negative outcomes for his dynasty stock.
Riser: RB Jonathan Taylor, Indianapolis Colts
It took him the majority of his rookie season, but Taylor is finally breaking out in the way that most dynasty players thought he would from Week 1 when they took him with the first or second overall pick in rookie drafts.
He's averaging 18.3 carries for 110.3 yards to go along with three receptions for 27.7 yards. Jordan Wilkins has all but vanished in recent weeks, leaving Taylor to dominate the rushing volume for Indianapolis. He topped 2,000 yards from scrimmage in all three of his seasons at Wisconsin and came into the NFL with second-round draft capital.
Now, he's beginning to dominate to close out the season. Despite the slow start, Taylor should be viewed as a top-five dynasty running back if he closes out the year hot.
Faller: Denver Broncos Pass-Catchers
The Broncos are teetering dangerously on the edge of having Drew Lock as their starting quarterback to open the 2021 season. Denver is not technically eliminated from the playoffs yet, but the team has been functionally eliminated for some time. That means the Broncos' current No. 13 draft slot is likely close enough to accurate to make educated guesses on what they will do.
There have been 14 quarterbacks taken in the Nos. 10-20 range since 2000. That's fewer than one per season, but with the Broncos potentially seeing a need at the position, they're one of the best bets to be a slight outlier in that area of the draft this year. Even if they do get a quarterback, only two of those 14 passers started at least 15 games as rookies. Lock ranks 24th in yards per attempt and passing yards per game this season. His 60.4 passing grade is 34th among quarterbacks (min. 100 dropbacks).
Being stuck with him for another season on a team that will already have a spread-out target share is a massive indictment on the dynasty value of all Broncos pass-catchers.
Riser: TE David Njoku, Cleveland Browns
Njoku hardly holds any value in leagues that don't prop up tight ends, but he did record his highest snap -total and snap share of the season last week with Austin Hooper out. He earned four targets and ran 30 routes, only three fewer than rookie Harrison Bryant. Tight end is a position that requires an infamous length of time for players to break out, and Njoku was once an exciting first-round prospect.
In David Njoku, the @Browns added one of the most productive tight ends in this draft class pic.twitter.com/XVdAwYhUT5
— PFF (@PFF) June 7, 2017
After requesting a trade this season, he'll certainly land somewhere other than Cleveland in free agency. He's worth throwing into trades as a small piece who could produce in the right spot next year.
Faller: WR John Brown, Buffalo Bills
Brown has now missed three consecutive games with an ankle injury and is expected to be out for Week 15. In his most recent string of absences, Gabriel Davis has scored three times and is posting 55.3 yards per game. The Bills can save over $8 million by releasing Brown after this season, and his 68.8 receiving grade ranks 64th among wideouts (min. 30 targets). He runs a modest risk of not being attached to Josh Allen next year.
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When I am making videos for my online classes I strive to create 30 second video clips. 3 minutes is my upper limit, but I really try not to get anywhere close to that length for a video. Rather than one long video I record for 30 seconds at a time and put the collection of videos into a YouTube playlist. This allows me to name each segment of the video very specifically to allow students to find that one piece of the video that they were looking for. I use Snagit to do screen captures. For recording my face I upload directly to YouTube using the webcam.
On the left hand side of the video manager is an option for "Playlists." Choose this option to view the playlists.
If you click on the video playlists it will take you to the videos themselves. If you want to move the videos around, edit the start and end points or other settings you want to click on the blue links to the right of the videos.
If you hold down your mouse on the left hand side of the listed videos you can drag the order of the videos around. At the top you can add a description of the playlist so students will know what the overall theme is. Notice on the right hand side the run time of each video.
At the ends of the video timeline are blue bars. Grab the blue bar with your mouse and drag it in from each end. This allows you to set what segment the student is directed to. This does NOT edit the video. It simply starts the playhead of the video at the time you direct and pauses it at where you set the 2nd blue bar.
At the top is a share button. Click on this to obtain a link to the videos. There is also an option for copying the embed code if you want to embed the playlist on your website.


At the turn of the century, a woman with great vision and courage became Chairman of the very first Edinburgh School Board. Flora Stevenson, championing the cause for the participation of women in education with her sister Louisa, initiated many ventures across the City which were to give women an equal opportunity for life. Our school is proud to take her name and today Flora Stevenson Primary School provides education for over 500 children.
Set in the heart of Stockbridge where Edinburgh's artists, writers and musicians gather, is Broughton, a modern secondary school with extensive playing fields. Serving six primary schools on the north-west side of the City, Broughton is a true comprehensive school to which young people of different backgrounds, interests and abilities are equally welcome and important.


If you have a car, friends with the same drive and urge/thirst for adventure, then Batangas is the right province to explore! There are places worth visiting and activities worth doing.
You can hike the mountain tops of Batulao in Nasugbu, traverse the boundaries of Cavite and Batangas via Mt. Palay Palay a.k.a Mt. Pico De Loro or take the scenic route to the mini Grasslands of Mt. Daguldul in Laiya. If you love the beach, then you can head over to Laiya beach and Burot beach. These are the places I have explored while in Batangas in the past two years. Now, I add more things to do and growing list of "What to do in Batangas".
Dumayaka Falls formerly called "Badong falls" is located in the vast of agricultural land in Brgy Coliat I, Ibaan, Batangas.
It is called Dumayaka falls due to the abundance of coconut-tree like Dumayaka trees surrounding the falls. Dumayaka leaves with its sturdy strings are used as broom sticks which gives alternative source of income to the community.
Dumayaka falls water comes from number of water springs that convene in one path, thus, creating a stream of waterfalls. It is not connected with any other rivers, making it real, pure and clean source of life.
Rapunzel! Let down your hair?
This original location where the Statue of Lady Caysasay was found. It is now 11 feet and 6 feet deep well of water. Devotees believed the water coming from the ruins can cure illnesses.
Our Lady of Caysasay (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Caysasay) is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Caysasay in Taal, Batangas in the Philippines. The image, which depicts the Immaculate Conception, is believed to be one of the oldest in the country, having been found in 1603 by a man fishing in the Pansipit River.
Taal boast heritage houses on every street. Old houses dated 100 years ago still stands today.
This for me highlights the Taal Experience: visiting the Largest Church in Asia, Minor Basilica of St. Martin de Tours.
The Taal Basilica canonically known as the Minor Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours (Filipino: Basilika ni San Martin ng Tours; Spanish: Basílica Menor de San Martín de Tours) is a Minor Basilica in the town of Taal, Batangas in the Philippines, within the Archdiocese of Lipa. It is considered to be the largest church in the Philippines and in Asia, standing 88.6 metres (291 ft) long and 48 metres (157 ft) wide. St. Martin of Tours is the patron saint of Taal, whose fiesta is celebrated every November 11.
We stayed at Mr and Mrs. Julian/Celia Camo's House for Rent in Masaguisit Lobo, Batangas.
P 1000 for the whole house facing the Lobo Beach with the usage of Water and Electricity.
You wont regret staying there and wait for the sun to set.
This is a Scenic place for a Sunset. Just see the Image above from A far!
DON'T Forget to taste Batangas' famous Lomi!
And this trip wouldn't be possible without Rigel, Thanks Buddy!


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:: Couldn't be prouder to announce we've been picked up for our 2nd season today! Grateful for the support from our friends at The CW, our crew, cast & most especially y'all for the tremendous support. Ready to saddle up for this ride & give you all I've got. Big love from Texas
''Walker'' officially wrapped its 1st season of filming on June 19th 2021. The 2nd season of Walker is set to premiere on the CW on Thursday October 28th at 8:00pm.[https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-cw-fall-premiere-dates-riverdale-the-flash-batwoman-all-american-walker-nancy-drew-1234775610/]
''Walker'' officially wrapped its 1st season of filming on June 19th 2021. The 2nd season of ''Walker'' is set to premiere on the CW on Thursday October 28th at 8:00pm.[https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-cw-fall-premiere-dates-riverdale-the-flash-batwoman-all-american-walker-nancy-drew-1234775610/ The CW Fall Premiere Dates: 'Riverdale', 'The Flash', 'Batwoman', 'All American', 'Walker', 'Nancy Drew' & More]
SUPER WALKER WIKI
Welcome to the Super Walker Wiki - which will cover Jared Padalecki's new series for the CW "Walker".
Check out the entries below for all the details about each episode including the music, trivia, interviews and a detailed synopsis, as well as entries on each of the main characters..
Walker News
Walker got off to a great start with the premiere attracting an audience that makes it the highest rated show on the CW for the time slot in four years. The CW has shown its faith in the series by extending its Season 1 order from 13 to 18 episodes, and already locking it in for Season 2. This is such a testament to the work of Jared, showrunner Anna Fricke and all the cast and crew.
In response to the renewal Jared tweeted:
Couldn't be prouder to announce we've been picked up for our 2nd season today! Grateful for the support from our friends at The CW, our crew, cast & most especially y'all for the tremendous support. Ready to saddle up for this ride & give you all I've got. Big love from Texas
Walker officially wrapped its 1st season of filming on June 19th 2021. The 2nd season of Walker is set to premiere on the CW on Thursday October 28th at 8:00pm.The CW Fall Premiere Dates: 'Riverdale', 'The Flash', 'Batwoman', 'All American', 'Walker', 'Nancy Drew' & More
Pages in category "Walker"
1.01 Walker Pilot
1.02 Back in the Saddle
1.03 Bobble Head
1.04 Don't Fence Me In
1.05 Duke
1.06 Bar None
1.07 Tracks
1.08 Fine Is a Four Letter Word
1.09 Rule No. 17
1.10 Encore
1.11 Freedom
1.12 A Tale of Two Families
1.13 Defend the Ranch
1.14 Mehar's Jacket
1.15 Four Stones in Hand
1.16 Bad Apples
1.17 Dig
1.18 Drive
2.01 They Started It
2.02 The One Who Got Away
2.03 Barn Burner
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Rihanna Launches "The Dollar Campaign" As A Fundraiser For Education
Rihanna's efforts to overtake global education continue to find new ways to ensure schooling for those who aren't granted the opportunity. Under the guidance of her Clara Lionel Foundation…
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Rihanna's efforts to overtake global education continue to find new ways to ensure schooling for those who aren't granted the opportunity. Under the guidance of her Clara Lionel Foundation, the "Diamonds" singer launched "The Dollar Campaign," which will benefit aspiring students in Malawi and those who donate to help send children to school.
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According to a press release, the initiative will give those who donate a chance to win a ticket to the third annual Diamond Ball, set to take place in NYC on Sept. 14. Throughout the course of the fundraiser (Aug. 23-Sept. 5), one person will be selected as the winner and attend the Diamond Ball with a friend. The press release shares that "round-trip airfare to and from New York City, and one night hotel accommodations" will also be given.
During her acceptance speech for the Humanitarian of the Year accolade at Harvard University, Rihanna called her supporters to assist with giving back. "I want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person, one organization, one situation that touches your heart," she said. "My grandmother always used to say, 'If you have a dollar, there's plenty to share.'"
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CLF also breaks down what each donation will provide for children in Malawi.
– Every $1 donated will provide one brick to a school in Malawi
– Every $5 will provide five bricks to a school in Malawi
– Every $10 will provide ten books
– Every $15 will provide a girl with essential school supplies
– Every $20 will provide a month of schooling for a girl
You can donate here.


Just before the two-minute warning Saturday night, the conditions were ripe for another dramatic comeback performance by the New Orleans Saints.
In winning their first 13 games, the Saints rolled with one rally after another.
They overcame a 21-point deficit at Miami in Week 7, a 14-point hole against Carolina in Week 9. They survived in overtime at Washington in Week 13, aided by an improbable missed field goal late in the fourth quarter.
So one more comeback almost seemed expected at the Louisiana Superdome— especially after struggling Dallas Cowboys kicker Nick Folk had a chip-shot, 24-yard field goal attempt clang off the right upright with 2:16 on the clock.
Said Saints quarterback Drew Brees, "We felt like there was no doubt … it was going to OT."
But a different type of destiny, dressed as DeMarcus Ware, caught up with the Saints.
Ware's hit on Brees forced the fumble, recovered by Jay Ratliff with six seconds left, that sealed a 24-17 Cowboys victory that ruined the Saints' hope for a perfect season.
"You don't know how many chances you're going to get at that," Brees said. "We've fought so hard to get where we're at. You just feel like we deserved it, and the city deserved it, and the organization deserved it. We wanted to make it happen for all of them."
While the Saints no longer threaten to surpass the ultimate mark of perfect established by Don Shula's 1972 Miami Dolphins (17-0) as the NFL's only undefeated champion, they see the big picture.
A Super Bowl crown remains in range. And the Saints (13-1) can still clinch a No. 1 seed that would allow them to host the NFC title game.
"We still have that first seed in sight," Brees said. "We want to be playing our best football going into the playoffs."
Saturday night's setback might have underscored a bigger concern than losing a perfect record. The Cowboys (9-5) rushed for 145 yards against an injury-challenged Saints defense that has the look of a unit wearing down as the season progresses. Dallas' rushing game — which included Marion Barber's first two scoring runs in seven weeks — helped amass 36 minutes, 26 seconds of possession that kept the Saints offense on the sidelines.
But there was another crucial element behind the huge clock advantage: Defense.
Led by Ware, whose playing status was a game time decision just six days after he was carted off the field with a neck injury suffered during a loss to San Diego, the Cowboys allowed the Saints to covert just one of seven third downs.
Third down. That was pretty much the only situation when Dallas deployed Ware, who could barely move his neck on Monday and didn't practice all week.
With fresh legs, he consistently beat left tackle Jermon Bushrod to apply heat on Brees. Ware collected two of Dallas' four sacks (fellow linebacker Anthony Spencer had the other sacks) and forced two fumbles.
"DeMarcus made a big difference," said Cowboys coach Wade Phillips, whose squad maintained control of its playoff destiny by snapping a two-game losing streak.
The Cowboys, whose NFL-longest streak of 12 consecutive non-winning Decembers left them desperate and disparaged, set a tone with early urgency.
While the defense forced three-and-outs on the Saints' first two possessions, the Cowboys offense quickly found its rhythm. Tony Romo's 49-yard touchdown pass to Miles Austin (7 catches, 139 yards) capped Dallas' first possession, and Barber's 3-yard TD dive finished a 60-yard drive for a 14-0 jumpstart.
"As great as they are, we really feel good about our offense," said Romo, who completed 22 of 34 passes for 312 yards and notched his fourth consecutive game without an interception. "Everybody was talking about them, and nobody was talking about us. And I think, as a team, that motivated us a lot."
New Orleans can lament blown chances. In the third quarter, a wide open Devery Henderson had a 36-yard strike bounce off his knee in the end zone. The drive ended with a punt. Before halftime, Brees' underthrown pass for Henderson from the Dallas 41 was intercepted by Mike Jenkins. And the next drive provided an omen: On a Ware hit, Brees fumbled, with Spencer's recovery setting up a field goal.
"We definitely didn't play our best game," said Saints receiver Marques Colston. "Just like any win, you get a day to digest it, make corrections and move on."


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Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang campaigns in Columbus for Ossoff, Warnock
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang made a stop in Columbus Sunday.(Source: WTVM)
By Alex Jones, WTVM
Published: Dec. 7, 2020 at 9:38 AM CST
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang made a stop in Columbus Sunday.
The entrepreneur spoke at the Columbus Civic Center about the importance of voting, especially in next month's pair of U.S. Senate runoffs.
Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock are facing off in those elections against Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively. The results of those two runoffs could determine which party takes the majority of the Senate, so both parties are fighting hard.
"My message for people who came out here today is that your vote matters, and here in Georgia your votes on January 5th are of historic weight and so the country has its eyes on you, so please get out and vote. If you vote and make your voices heard, you can help push our country in a better direction," said Yang.
Others who attended the event include former Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and House Representative Carolyn Hugley, who also spoke at the event.
After Yang spoke, he went door-to-door through Columbus to make sure people come out to vote on Jan. 5.
Copyright 2020 WTVM. All rights reserved.
Original Story: https://www.wtvm.com/2020/12/06/former-presidential-candidate-andrew-yang-campaigns-columbus-ossoff-warnock/


Pier B Resort is currently being built in Duluth, Minnesota, and is certain to be the best lodging experience in Duluth. Located within feet of Lake Superior and in the Duluth Bay, guests will be able to watch the shipping traffic as well as the iconic Duluth draw-bridge from the comfort of their rooms.
Leisure has been involved with Pier B since early on in its conception, and has assisted with development, branding, marketing pre-opening, and opening. When the property opens in 2016 Leisure will be managing the property, food & beverage, and marketing.


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Partners make industrial IoT factories more capable than ever at Hannover Messe 2018
Apr 18, 2018 | Sam George - Corporate Vice President of Azure IoT
Next Monday, Microsoft will once again have a major presence at the Digital Factory Hall at Hannover Messe, the world's largest annual manufacturing exhibition in Hannover, Germany. As we started planning, it struck me that the reason our booth is one of the largest in the Digital Factory Hall is because our most important manufacturing partners will join us and our customers to showcase innovations that are transforming decades-old businesses and opening doors to revenue streams, new business models and service offerings that didn't exist five years ago.
Partners are not only an important part of a complex Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem, they are critical to how we do business. More than 90 percent of our revenues come through our trusted partners. Every major IIoT provider, including ABB, Accenture/Avanade, COPA-DATA, EY, GE, ICONICS, Kapsch, OSIsoft, PTC, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric and Siemens are joining forces with Microsoft to integrate and offer their manufacturing services and solutions on top of our global Azure cloud. Among the reasons partners choose to run IIoT services on Microsoft's cloud are its scale — more than 42 regions across the globe — and the investments we've made in supporting open-source software and compatibility, which take our support of OPC UA standards to the next level, as well as our commitment to security and trust. Our cloud meets a broad set of international standards, compliance and IP requirements so partners don't have to build their own cloud infrastructure.
For example, ABB has placed a tremendous bet on our Azure cloud. Its intelligent factory in Heidelberg, Germany, has integrated artificial intelligence (AI) and IIoT technology into its robots to self-learn and self-correct. For instance, the various stations in the factory can autonomously adjust their actions as the cameras visually compare each component. If something is off, it will trigger a response and self-correct the process. As a result, ABB can produce three times as many products and handle more than 8,000 variants of product components.
Outlined below are three key IIoT priorities we will drive with partners over the coming months.
Helping partners secure the factory of the future
By 2021, edge computing is expected to be an $80 billion market, presenting tremendous opportunities for partners to build innovative solutions for intelligent transportation networks, integrated energy systems and, on display this week: even smarter factories. The importance of building holistic security solutions that can handle the complexity of IoT systems — from cloud to edge — cannot be understated. Earlier this week at the RSA security conference, we announced a preview of Azure Sphere, the first holistic platform to provide industrial-grade security for connected microcontroller (MCU) devices, 9 billion of which will ship this year in devices ranging from home appliances to industrial equipment in factories.
We've made strong progress as an industry securing IoT devices, but as an industry we can do more as they only represent a small fraction of the 20 billion devices expected to be connected by 2020.
Investing in partners
Earlier this month, Microsoft committed to investing $5 billion in IoT over the next four years. While the investments will be used for IoT and edge computing research and development, they will also be used to expand our partners' efforts. With our IoT platform spanning cloud, OS and devices, we are uniquely positioned to simplify the IoT journey so any customer regardless of size, technical expertise, budget, industry or other factors can create trusted, connected solutions.
Driving down IIoT costs for partners
Manufacturers already rely on the Azure IoT Hub for connecting billions of IoT devices and powering production IoT solutions across factories and industrial plants. Our goal is to drive down the cost of IIoT for the entire industry as partners continue to build and develop IIoT solutions. With Azure IoT Edge as the foundation between cloud and edge, partners can build higher up the value chain. Eventually, partners will develop an entire ecosystem of edge offerings ranging from simple services to sophisticated solutions for customers around the globe.
Leading in the intelligent edge for partners
Manufacturers want the freedom to deploy their Industrial IoT solutions where they want, whether in the cloud, on-premesis or a hybrid of both. Microsoft is leading the industry by providing the most comprehensive and open on-premesis and hybrid support for Industrial IoT solutions. We have introduced the most open edge platform in the industry with Azure IoT Edge. It enables any customer workload to be deployed, activated and monitored using Docker containers, which creates open portability not present in other edge platforms. We're thrilled to announce that Azure IoT Edge will be open source as well. Finally, we are taking on-premesis Industrial IoT solutions to a new level by bringing Azure IoT Hub to Azure Stack. This is currently in development, and we will have future announcements on preview and general availability timing.
Come see our partners if you're in Germany
Check back on Monday, April 23, when I share our Azure IoT announcements that we'll demonstrate with 20 partners in the Microsoft booth in the Digital Factory, Hall 7, booth C40. Innovations spanning AI, IoT, machine learning and mixed reality will all be on display, showcasing how cloud technology has become mainstream in factories and industrial equipment has become predictive, self-adjusting and self-healing.
Tags: Hannover Messe 2018, Internet of things, partner


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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a draft decision that will give the go-ahead to a revised deal between NBN Co and Optus relating to the telco's hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) network.
Defence extends Optus satellite contract until 2020
The Department of Defence has extended until 2020 its managed satellite services agreement with Optus.
Telstra wins big from mobile blackspot program
Telstra has emerged as the big winner from the government's $100 million mobile blackspot program. The telco will build the lion's share of new and upgraded mobile base stations under the program, while rival Optus will build none.
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iPhone 4S Australian buying guide
Technology giant Apple recently unveiled the company's latest iPhone -- the iPhone 4S. Featuring an identical physical design to the previous iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S (like the iPhone 3GS before it) is betting on faster performance, a better camera and a new voice recognition service to win over consumers.


Does a Female Writer Need to Get Laid to Understand Art? Loris Gréaud Thinks So.
Saturday morning I woke up to a lovely, little Facebook message from an artist by the name of Loris Gréaud. The week prior he'd given the media a tour of his exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary. Much of the art he'd shown us that afternoon was destroyed during a performance the following evening at a members-only reception. I didn't much care for the work in the exhibition in the first place, which is what I wrote on this blog Friday. And he didn't much care for my opinions. Which is what he wrote to me Saturday morning. That, and a recipe for my future success, including the recommendation that I get "a boyfriend with at least 400 mg Anadrol a day." That drug he prescribes? It's a testosterone steroid for that boyfriend I so desperately need (note: he tells me this twice).
Because if you're a woman and you have an opinion about work made by this omnipotent French artist (whose Facebook profile picture is him in blackface) and he disagrees with you, you're obviously just in need of a good lay.
Maybe I slept through that lecture in my art history classes. Wait, no. Ride your mutated horse out of this fucked up fairytale.


What is the difference between a Therapist and a Psychiatrist?
A Therapists' goal is to help patients make decisions and clarify their feelings in order to solve problems without any medication. A Psychiatrist, on the other hand, helps diagnose mental health issues, and prescribes medicines if needed. However, Therapists often works in tandem with a Psychiatrist to provide comprehensive care as needed by any user.


Proposed: A national monument to Iva Ikuko Toguri, in the form of a tableau in the style of Norman Rockwell. On one side, a scene in Studio #3 at NHK, circa 1944. Iva Toguri sits on the right side of the table, a turntable behind and to the right of her, reading into a microphone. Normando Reyes sits opposite her at a microphone, waiting for his cue. Charles Cousens stands beside and behind her, following along in his script. Ted Ince is visible through the control room window in the background, a Japanese officer listening in on headphones beside him. Armed guards bracket the scene.
To the loyalty and courage of Iva Ikuko Toguri [d'Aquino] AKA "Orphan Ann"—she never changed her stripes!
Near the National Japanese American Memorial in Washington DC (honoring the 800 Japanese American heroes and 120,000 internees of World War II).
Onizuka Plaza in Los Angeles CA (near her birthplace).
The corner of 7th and Mission in San Francisco CA (site of the courthouse where she was wrongfully convicted).
The corner of North Clark Street and West Belmont Avenue in Chicago IL (her home since 1958).