It's a chilly winter day today here in Virginia. We're still digging out of the 18+ inches of snow we received a few days ago. I was able to get out to the grocery store for Valentine's Day on Friday to buy some nice ripe organic strawberries and some fresh mixed greens. Out of that, my Strawberry Almond Goat Cheese Salad was born. My husband just proclaimed that this is one of his FAVORITE salads!
For this salad, you don't need super ripe strawberries. In fact, you could probably add some blueberries and blackberries if they are available in your area. My Strawberry Basil Balsamic Dressing is a sweeter dressing than the usual balsamic, so your berries don't need to be super sweet.
Trader Joe's has a nice three-pack of plain, black pepper, and herbed goat cheeses. You can use regular goat cheese of your choosing or pick a flavor that you like for this salad.
Start out with a bed of greens. I was able to purchase some nice mache salad greens which I mixed with the more readily available Spring Mix greens. Toss the greens with the strawberry basil balsamic dressing and divide amongst salad plates.
Slice the strawberries and mix them in a small bowl with some of the strawberry basil balsamic dressing. Top the greens with the dressed berries.
Sprinkle on some goat cheese (plain or herbed) crumbles, and a handful of sliced toasted almonds. (Trader Joe's carries some good ones!) Serve!
1. Mix 1/4 cup strawberry basil balsamic dressing with the sliced strawberries in a non-metallic bowl. Set aside.
2. In a large salad bowl, toss the greens with the 1/2 cup strawberry basil balsamic dressing.
3. Divide the dressed salad greens amongst four salad plates.
4. Divide the dressed strawberries over the greens.
5. Sprinkle the goat cheese crumbles and then the almonds over the salads.
Serves 4 as a salad course. Offer with a nice light shortbread cookie on the side as a change from the usual savory breads. This recipe can serve two people as a main course. Offer salt and pepper mills so that guests can season their salads.
Variations: Use whatever greens you have on hand or are available in your area. Add other berries to the berry mixture. Use bleu cheese or feta crumbles instead of goat cheese. Substitute toasted pecans, pine nuts or walnuts for the almonds.


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I don't think I'm alone in seeing Twitter's service deteriorate to the point where euthanasia seems like the only humane option.
Without any obvious intimate knowledge of how the service is architected, these are my three easy steps to hunt and kill the fail whale.
In the current situation I can't for the life of me understand why they are still accepting new people in. It is obvious the system can not handle the strain on peak times (its bad enough throughout the rest of the day).
Also worth noting is that a significant portion of those new registrations are spambots, I've got at least 5 or 6 new ones of those following me each day.
When you're logged in, the first page you see is the "what are you doing" input box and your friends timeline, how many followers, direct messages you have etc.
Many people use Twitter clients like Twitterific, Twhirl etc. and get annoyed about the API limit that gets enforced. There doesn't appear to be anything like that in place when using the Twitter web interface.
These three steps are nothing more than common sense really but should go a long way into making Twitter usable again. Moving forward though they should really start looking at data push strategies to optimize things further.


We have already mentioned Taharah, the Jewish ritual purification of the body in preparation for burial. In this practice, the body is washed, wrapped in a linen garment (in modern times a prayer shawl is also used) and water of purification is poured on the deceased as well as prayers offered up. Thus, we should note not only that the shroud mentioned is part of the practice, but also the significance of the shroud being "pure" in the ritual sense.
There is a great deal of curiosity surrounding this shroud in today's mythology and folklore around Jesus' death and burial. I suppose that my tone gives away that I am a skeptic when it comes to the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. There is no doubt that it is an ancient artifact, but whether it is really Jesus' shroud is a different matter entirely. First, many zealots in the early and medieval church tended to pursue artifacts from Jesus and the Apostles thinking that they would grant supernatural blessings and thus chicken bones were passed off as Peter's finger, and other strange things like that took place. So, to find the actual shroud in which Jesus was buried would have been considered a remarkable find and thus the appeal to counterfeit one would have been great. The second matter has to do with the distinctive blood marks on the Shroud of Turin…in Taharah, the practice is to wash the body clean of any blood — again, it just doesn't seem to line up.
What is more important is the fulfillment once again of prophecy, that the Messiah would be laid in the tomb of a wealthy man (Isaiah 53:9), once again demonstrating God's sovereignty in the timing of this event. In ancient Judaism, tombs would typically be shared by an entire family, with one's body laid out on a shelf in the tomb until it decomposed enough so that the bones could be placed into a box and set to the side. Yet, this tomb was a new one, which raises questions as to why Joseph, a wealthy man of reputation, would have had a new tomb hewn and not been planning on being laid out in his family's tomb. We need to be careful about running away with speculation here, but it seems fairly safe to infer that the family tomb would have been located in Arimathea, so perhaps due to his connection to the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, he was planning to be buried close to the City of Zion. The other option could perhaps be that he had it prepared explicitly for Jesus. We just do not know and it is dangerous to speculate very far on matters like this.
Finally, Joseph disappears from the Scripture account. We simply do not know what was made of him. Legends have him traveling to England with the Gospel, but there is nothing to substantiate that taking place and Bede makes no mention of this in his History of the English Church and People. On one level that may sound distressing, but in reality, we should mention just how many people played important roles in the life and ministry of Christ whose lives are not mentioned much beyond the actual events in which they were involved. We should even make note of how many unnamed people played important roles in Jesus' work. In the end, that is exactly the point. We are not to be about building our church or our reputations, but our calling is to build Christ's church to His glory. How often churches and pastors even get that wrong.


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Portal Finance secures US$200M partnership with BTG Pactual
Portal Finance originally came to Magma Partners in 2017 when the startup won our regional fintech competition. We provided them with US$50K of pre-seed funding when they were just "four guys in a closet," as founder and CEO, Diego Caicedo puts it. Today, Portal Finance employs 70 people across Chile and Colombia and has issued over 700 loans to small businesses in the region. Portal Finance is an invoice-backed finance company that streamlines access to capital for small- and medium-sized businesses in Latin America.
Portal Finance uses electronic invoices to provide information to factoring companies to help them make faster and less-risky decisions about giving loans to small companies. This system means small businesses get loans quicker, and at lower rates than before.
Small businesses in Latin America often struggle to get credit because banks view them as a risky investment. Currently, supply chain financing and factoring are the only alternative financing options that 90% of small- and medium- sized enterprises around the world are able to access, and interest rates are typically 20% – 50% per year. Portal Finance gathers critical data from electronic invoices to evaluate and price a loan within just ten minutes, helping factoring companies, corporations, and their suppliers. It was their unique approach to critical financing that brought us to invest in the company last year.
Magma Partners recently made a follow-on investment in Portal Finance through our Fund II, leading a US$1.6M round that will help the fintech startup reach profitability. Now valued at over US$60M, Portal Finance is one of the fastest-growing and most-dynamic startups in our portfolio.
"We believe that Latin America is a global leader in the factoring industry and the most developed market," said Nathan Lustig, Magma's Managing Partner, "and as the industry matures, new technology like Portal Finance's will be needed in more developed markets, such as the United States."
The partnership with BTG Pactual is a particularly exciting one, as Diego Caicedo notes it is the largest investment to date of a financial services firm in a Latin American fintech startup. Last year, Portal Finance launched a US$5M pilot program with BTG to test the possibility of creating a small business lending program through the investment bank. Today, Portal Finance officially announced a further US$200M partnership with BTG Pactual to continue developing their loan program.
"To build Portal Finance we had to connect a lot of dots and establish trust among many industry players, primarily the alternative assets team at BTG with whom we had a shared vision. By securing this milestone partnership with BTG Pactual, we can scale and execute our vision of transforming how SMEs finance their working capital needs across the region," said Diego Caicedo, CEO of Portal Finance.
This news was also recently covered in TechCrunch and on LatAm List.
Kr Magma Space Events in China
In January we launched the Sin0-Latin America Accelerator with Kr Space, one of the largest coworking spaces in China. We created initiative with Kr Space to help Latin Americans understand how they can leverage the Chinese market and for Chinese entrepreneurs and investors to better understand how they can do business in Latin America.
Since then, we've created monthly events with Kr Space to highlight individual countries and opportunities available to entrepreneurs and investors in each country. We've held events at Kr Space in Shanghai and Beijing, and at Latin American Embassies in Beijing. Here's an overview of the Kr-Magma Space events in China so far this year.

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The house is designed as a series of linked pavilions to connect the house to the nature and to provide the maximum daylight in each room. The center focus of the home is the largest pavilion containing the Living/Dining/Kitchen, with the guest pavilion to the south and the master bedroom and screen porch pavilions to the west. While the roof line appears flat from the exterior, the roofs of each pavilion have a pronounced slope inward and to the north, a sort of funnel shape. This design allows rain water to channel via a scupper to cisterns located on the north side of the house. Steel beams, Douglas fir rafters and purlins are exposed in the Living/Dining/Kitchen pavilion.


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Supervisory boards, financial crisis and bank performance: do board characteristics matter?
(Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Cef.up - Center for Economics and Finance at University of Porto)
Jorge Farinha
(Cef.up - Center for Economics and Finance at University of Porto
University of Porto)
Francisco Vitorino Martins
(University of Porto)
Cesario Mateus
(University of Greenwich)
Failures in governance, especially in regard to boards of directors, have been blamed for the 2007–2008 financial crisis. The increased public scrutiny regarding the actions and role of the board of directors in banks, following the crisis, inspires to examine whether and to what extent the characteristics of banks' boards influence their performance in the crisis. Using a sample of 72 publicly listed European banks, we find that banks with more independent and busy boards experienced worse stock returns during the crisis. Conversely, the better-performing banks had more banking experts serving as supervisory directors. Additionally, we find that gender and age diversity improved banks' performance during the crisis; hence, diversity matters. We also construct a governance quality index on the basis of board characteristics and conclude that governance quality positively affects banks' returns during the crisis. Overall, we find evidence that banks' performance during the financial crisis is a function of their boards' characteristics.
Catarina Fernandes & Jorge Farinha & Francisco Vitorino Martins & Cesario Mateus, 2017. "Supervisory boards, financial crisis and bank performance: do board characteristics matter?," Journal of Banking Regulation, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 18(4), pages 310-337, November.
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Old Maverick Fire Station Development Venture, L.P.
Built in 1911, the Old Maverick Fire House is a two story brick structure located on Billings southside. The 5,500 SF building originally housed Fire Station No. 2 and is the city's oldest remaining fire station building.
Since the building was already listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the intent of the project was to restore the historical elements that had been removed, repair the areas which had started to deteriorate, and create new uses for the facility. The project has rejuvenated a part of Billing's South Side District, and now houses office space on the first floor and two loft style apartments on the upper level.
In 2007, the Old Maverick Fire House received the Best Practices Achievement Award from the Yellowstone Historic Preservation Board.
Early Billings relied on the volunteers of Maverick House Company to fight fires. Their equipment included two-wheeled hose carts, which the fire fighters bulled by hand. In 1894, the company purchased its first team of fire horses and hired its first paid employee. The city soon added more paid men to the crew.
The Mavericks operated out of Billings' combination city hall and firehouse after 1903. In 1910, voters passed a bond issue to build a second firehouse. This two-story brick building reflects the Prairie style with its horizontal emphasis, low-pitched roof, wide overhanging eaves, band of narrow windows; and geometric ornamentation. The modern, forward looking style was an appropriate choice for a firehouse designed specifically to accommodate the weight of the city's new 'triple combination fire automobile." The fire company's horse teams remained at city hall, along with the horse-drawn hood and ladder and hose wagons.
Like most early twentieth-century fire stations, the new Fire House #2 combined several functions. It served as civic symbol, a garage, and a residence. In 1911, the fire department had ten paid employees, assisted by twenty-four hours a day, with only one day off a week. A familiar brass fire pole gave the quick access to the ground floor from their second-floor living quarters. In 1963, the city closed this firehouse, leaving the building to the Salvation Army. Renovations in 2004 have carefully maintained the firehouse's original character while converting the building to office space and apartments.


The manger try to use unreasonable excuses to deduct tenants' security deposit.
The manager always do inspections without residents' permission and try to deduct redidents' bound with unreasonable reasons with the host.
Manager sometimes will go into our house without our permission to do the inspection. While we were about to moving out, Manager frequently bring people to inspect the house without advice notice. The carpet was damaged by previous tenant, but manager deny the fact and ask us to repair the carpet.


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package cn.opencil.oa.core.query;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Project Name:SdutOA
 * File Name:PaperQuery.java
 * Date:2016-5-20下午2:28:54
 * Author : 张树伟
 *
 */
public class PaperQuery extends BaseQuery{

	private String teacher;
	private String schoolYear;
	private String author;
	private String particpants;

	public String getTeacher() {
		return teacher;
	}

	public void setTeacher(String teacher) {
		this.teacher = teacher;
	}

	public String getSchoolYear() {
		return schoolYear;
	}

	public void setSchoolYear(String schoolYear) {
		this.schoolYear = schoolYear;
	}

	public String getAuthor() {
		return author;
	}

	public void setAuthor(String author) {
		this.author = author;
	}

	public String getParticpants() {
		return particpants;
	}

	public void setParticpants(String particpants) {
		this.particpants = particpants;
	}

	@Override
	public Map<String, Object> buildWhere() {

		if(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(this.getTeacher())){
			this.getWhereKV().put("teacher", this.getTeacher());
		}

		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(this.getSchoolYear())) {
			this.getWhereKV().put("schoolYear", this.getSchoolYear());
		}

		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(this.getAuthor())) {
			this.getWhereKV().put("author", author);
		}
		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(this.getParticpants())) {
			this.getWhereKV().put("particpants", particpants);
		}
		return this.getWhereKV();
	}

}


The sun came out to play on this beautiful June day! We've been having a cool, rainy spring around these parts, so seeing our glorious star shining for us was a welcome sign that - maybe, just maybe - summer's on its way! And we are ready for it!! There's so many terrific things on the horizon for us this warm-weather season and I'm excited for it all! I'm also relishing the last few days of school while I still have some quiet time to myself, because that's about to do a 180° on me!! I'm going to try with all my might to get over here and keep up my blogging momentum throughout the summer; it's a goal I'm setting for myself.
For now, summer portrait sessions have officially hit an all time high and I'm super excited for each and every one (I'm looking at you families, a childcare center, high school seniors, and a precious newborn baby photo session). Sweetness! I also have my 2nd year of Busy Bees Summer Camp for Girls beginning the end of June which runs for 5 nonconsecutive weeks throughout the summer. The girls are all bubbling with anticipation for our fun, art-filled days together! I cannot wait to get started with them! But, I still have those lists to check off and supplies to order... It's all coming together nicely.
I am "trying before buying" a 16-35mm Zeiss lens this weekend for a family session. Of course, I was eager to run it through some tests to see how she handles. I was pleased with the results! I'm thinking... yea, this lens is going on my "wish list," and I'm looking forward to using it with some fast action hero kiddos, coming up!!!
This lens also has macro style capabilities -- Wow, Yay!! I had loads of fun testing it out today! I posted more images on my Flickr page. If you get a chance, do stop by: I <3 Flickr!


The Calgary Kart Racing Club was established in the early 1960's. It has survived many generations of karters and raced at many different venues through the years. The one constant has been the great people that have enjoyed the camaraderie of kart racing. It began as a small, dedicated group of individuals racing in Calgary area parking lots, and evolved to what is today a well organized, thriving non-profit organization with its own purpose built track just east of the town of Strathmore. The CKRC organizes approximately ten regular season sprint race events and one Endurance ("Enduro") event from April through October as well as regularly scheduled practice sessions throughout the summer. The CKRC is a member group of the FIA though its Canadian affiliate ASN Canada.
1959-1971 – Parking lots mostly and also included a few enduro race events at Stampede Park, a short term race track in Aylith near the train rail yards and a one off event at the Dewinton airfield.
1984-1999 – Kart Gardens was a dream come true. Most of our club members had only ever driven on temporary parking lot courses lined with pylons to mark the track area. It was built near the Calgary International Airport on the corner of Barlow Trail and Highway 2A and was a 12 turn, 1 km road circuit that was 30 feet wide.
2001-2013 – Varsity Speed Park was the next logical step for the club. Our own facility gave us greater control of our destiny and vastly improved racing.


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There are many definitions of CRM system. Each company needs different functions depending on their speficic needs. Common sign of these systems is management of business relations, discovering of new possibilities and activities management. Many of these features are already implemented in other modules, Helpdesk, Planning which already contains of various CRM parts. Using of CRM module you will gain overview of business opportunities, relations with customers and sales activities of your employees.
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Meaning: Garou who have achieved the rank of Legend, the Rank 6.
Kenosha, WI - USA, Memento Mori R&U: Tell me a story and pull out the stops. From my own experiences, Legends as NPCs can be a great plot tool.
Iowa City, IA - USA, L'Ange Noir R&U: Legend is a level that PC's can obtain, I would rather see them as NPC's than PC's but the option should be open to the ST's.
Chronicle/Position Unknown R&U: See Ill- Met by Moonlight, they hit the nail on the head..
Chronicle/Position Unknown R&U: Ill Met By Moonlight is the Garou Coord, you know. And having a Legend is, LITERALLY, having a character of Justicar-level ability and authority in your game. Did I mention that original-flavor Salubri outnumber them?


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Sugarcane Field Station: Canal Point, FL
ARS Home » Southeast Area » Canal Point, Florida » Sugarcane Field Station » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #279745
Title: Registration of 'CPCL 02-0926' Sugarcane
Glynn, Neil
Zhao, Duli
Comstock, Jack
MILLIGAN, SCOTT - Monsanto Corporation
Glaz, Barry
Edme, Serge
DAVIDSON, R WAYNE - Florida Sugarcane League
GILBERT, ROBERT - University Of Florida
HU, CHEN-JIAN - Us Sugar Corporation
Sood, Sushma
D'HONT, ANGELIQUE - Centro De Cooperation Internationale En Recherche Agronomique Pour Le Development (CIRAD)
Submitted to: Journal of Plant Registrations
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/1/2013
Publication Date: 5/1/2013
Citation: Glynn, N.C., Zhao, D., Comstock, J.C., Milligan, S.B., Glaz, B.S., Edme, S.J., Davidson, R., Gilbert, R.A., Hu, C., Sood, S.G., D'Hont, A. 2013. Registration of 'CPCL 02-0926' Sugarcane. Journal of Plant Registrations. 7:164-171-179;doi: 10.3198/jpr2012.12.0054crc.
Interpretive Summary: Sugarcane is grown on organic (muck) and sand soils in a region near Lake Okeechobee in south Florida. This region contributes about 25% of U.S. domestic sugar production. New cultivars are needed that yield well on both soil types and have acceptable profiles of disease resistance, but only rarely are such cultivars identified. Experimental data of CPCL 02-0926 suggest that it is one of these rare cultivars. On muck and sand soils, the three-crop mean cane yields of CPCL 02-0926, CP 89-2143, and CP 78-1628 were similar. CP 89-2143 was the primary reference cultivar against which yields of CPCL 02-0926 were compared on muck soils and CP 78-1628 was the primary reference cultivar on sand soils. The sucrose contents of CPCL 02-0926 and CP 78-1628 were similar. However, the sucrose content of CP 89-2143 was higher than that of CPCL 02-0926. Its acceptable cane yield and sucrose content resulted in its sucrose per hectare yield and economic index on muck and sand soils being similar to those of CP 78-1628 and CP 89-2143. Cultivar resistance and tolerance are the major sources of sugarcane disease control in Florida, but they are challenging to identify and quantify, because plants are growing and therefore exposed to disease pressures all year. CPCL 02-0926 has shown adequate resistance for commercial production in Florida to brown rust, orange rust, sugarcane mosaic virus, and smut. CPCL 02-0926 is moderately susceptible to leaf scald and ratoon stunt is susceptible to sugarcane yellow leaf virus as are almost all sugarcane cultivars in Florida. The commercial release of CPCL 02-0926 makes available to Florida growers a cultivar that maintains high yields in the presence of diseases, and therefore should help to continue providing the U.S. an affordable and stable sugar supply. Additionally, CPCL 02-0926 may be tested by farmers in Central America, who grow mostly Canal Point (CP) cultivars. CPCL 02-0926 was developed through cooperative research by the USDA-ARS, the University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, and the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc., and was released in September 2011.
Technical Abstract: 'CPCL 02-0926' sugarcane (a complex hybrid of Saccharum spp.) is the product of research initiated by the United States Sugar Corporation (USSC), and completed cooperatively by the USDA-ARS, the University of Florida, and the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. CPCL 02-0926 was released to growers in Florida on 20 Sept. 2011. CPCL 02-0926 was selected from a cross between commercial cultivar CP 80-1743 and the USSC proprietary genotype CL 92-0046 made at Clewiston, FL on 20 Dec. 2001. CP 80-1743 is a high yielding, early maturing cultivar which was widely grown in Florida until the introduction of orange rust (caused by Puccinia kuehnii E.J. Butler) of sugarcane in 2007; CP 80-1743 is highly susceptible to orange rust and as a result it has been substantially reduced in acreage in Florida. The male parent of CPCL 02-0926, CL 92-0046, was advanced through the final stage of testing in the USSC cultivar program but not released for commercial production. CPCL 02-0926 has acceptable resistance to smut (caused by Ustilago scitaminea (Sydow & P. Sydow), orange rust and brown rust (caused by Puccinia melanocephala H. & P. Sydow). However, Bru1, a major gene for resistance to brown rust, was not detected in its DNA. CPCL 02-0926 is moderately resistant to leaf scald (caused by Xanthomonas albilineans Ashby, Dowson), and Sugarcane mosaic virus strain E (mosaic). CPCL 02-0926 is expected to be used on both muck and sand soils in Florida.


How fun to see some of the area you bike. I brought mine up from the basement last week, but haven't taken it out yet due to a lot of rain in the area -- I even awoke to snow twice this week.
Great pics! Love the kitty! And the eye candy!


Is Your Social Media Presence Hurting Your Business?
Don't you just love Facebook, Twitter, YouTube (my fave) and Instagram (my second fave) ?
I love how today we can market our products and services to the world in a much bigger way, in the shortest amount of time and with the least amount of money.
When I had my cleaning business years ago, I was only able to reach people that were within 30 miles of my house. That's because my advertising dollars could only afford to take my message that far. I advertised in a few local papers in my area...and the turnover was great! I had a very successful business but just imagine what can happen in today's world, what being able to reach thousands of people in a very short amount of time can do? But, if we are not using the web in the right way, it can just as powerfully damage our business as help it.
Here are two situations where your social media presence can- hurt, instead of grow, your business.
1. You don't have one.
I am wowed when I meet a small business owner that doesn't have a presence on the internet. You would think it would be a no brainer- but it's not. Now, if you just want to run a nice little hobby or business on- the- side that only caters to people in your area, that's fine. But if you want to reach people all over the world, or even just all over your area code, you are going to need an online presence. I've heard people say, "I don't use social media because I don't want people all up in my business" What?! You should want the exact opposite, you want people all up in your business. Otherwise, you're probably in the wrong business.
2. You are not relevant to your brand.
If you own a marketing firm and most of your posts are about being in line at Wendy's and having to wait way too long to get your food...that's not a good look! If you own a make-up company and most of your posts show your son getting on the bus, running in the playground, sleeping in his bed and playing with the pots and pans on your kitchen floor...while all of that is cute and memorable, what value is it adding to your clients and potential clients? If you own a make-up company, post make-up tips, YouTube videos tutorials or links to blogs that you have written that add value to your clients. I'm not implying that you should only post marketing material, you also want to build relationships with people and I believe that social media is a great way to do it, but balance it out with more valuable content.
"I'm sitting in this restaurant and the lady across from me has pants on that are way too small for her...SMH..."
You would probably think, "What in the world is Oprah talking about," right? Take yourself and your business seriously. God gave you this vision because it's your assignment here on Earth.
What do you need to start or stop doing in terms of your social media interaction?


This short feels like nothing but is ready for anything. Ultralight, quick-drying fabric stays put, and a wide waistband includes pockets for small essentials.
Just because you've earned the sweat doesn't mean you want to run in it. Brooks DriLayer fabric wicks sweat away to keep you comfortable, dry and feeling light on your feet.


CNN describing Bernie Ebbers' downfall as CEO of WorldCom: Ex-WorldCom CEO Ebbers guilty.
Based on what you read in the article, in your initial post, identify which two barriers to effective communication were most prominent within WorldCom and explain how these barriers led to the downfall of the company. Be specific and identify the communication barriers based on the information in Chapter 11 of your text.
In responding to your peers, comment on whether you believe the concept of groupthink may have played a part in the downfall of WorldCom, especially as it pertains to its board. How you would overcome the communication barriers and groupthink to ensure organizational success?


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War Ensign (Fiji)
Last modified: 2013-11-20 by ian macdonald
Keywords: fiji | ensign: white |
1:2 image by Željko Heimer
Flag adopted 10th October 1970, coat-of-arms adopted 4th July 1908
The naval ensign is like the national flag, but white.
Jan Zrzavy, 16 January 1998
The Naval Division of the Royal Fiji Military Forces was formed in 1974, four years after independence. As of about 3 years ago, the Fiji Navy had 6 patrol and coastal craft, 1 training vessel, and a presidential yacht (the Cagidonu). Fiji has traditionally relied heavily on New Zealand for defence arrangements, but since independence most of Fiji's army has been overseas on UN assignments. Apparently this is a major source of revenue for Fiji.
T.F. Mills, 23 May 1999
National Defence: 3600 men (91.7% in Army and 8.3% in Navy). White Ensign. Source: Encyclopaedia Universalis Yearbook, 1998; flag as reported in Album des Pavillons 1990.
Ivan Sache, 24 May 1999


11 Creepy Fun Halloween Treats To Make Now!
Browse my collection of creepy and fun Halloween treats that are just in time for the season. These Halloween treats will take your Halloween celebration to the next level.
There is a mummy cake and mummy cupcakes that will scare up smiles. Creepy eyeballs and witch fingers will perfectly gross out your guests! There are monsters, brains and ghosts galore just as it should be on Halloween!
I also have healthy scary treats as well as savory scary treats, so you can take a break from all the sugar.
To make Halloween extra scary (and fun!) this year, serve these delicious treats. They are sure to get the conversation started at your Halloween bash.


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McCarthy calls Biden's refusal to negotiate public debt ceiling 'irresponsible'
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US's McCarthy calls Biden's refusal to negotiate public debt ceiling 'irresponsible'
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday called President Joe Biden's refusal to discuss the state debt ceiling "irresponsible" and warned that a delay in negotiations would increase the financial risks for the United States.
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According to the White House, Biden is expected to hold a meeting soon with McCarthy to convince the Republican-majority lower house of Congress to approve additional spending despite their calls for budget cuts. The Speaker of the House also called US government debt exceeding $31 trillion or 120% of gross domestic product (GDP) "America's greatest threat" and said he was not not completely against the decision to increase state spending, but that he advocated for a "responsible" debt ceiling. Earlier this month, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the United States would soon reach its outstanding debt limit, with the US national debt now standing at $31.46 trillion. Last week, the Treasury said it had begun taking extraordinary steps to avoid a public debt default by temporarily suspending payments not immediately needed for essential programs.
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday called President Joe Biden's refusal to discuss the state debt ceiling "irresponsible" and warned that a delay in the negotiations would increase the financial risks for the United States.
According to the White House, Biden is expected to hold a meeting soon with McCarthy to convince the Republican-majority lower house of Congress to approve additional spending despite their calls for budget cuts.
"For the president – he said he won't even negotiate – it's irresponsible. We're going to be responsible, we're going to be reasonable and we're going to do it together. So the longer he waits, the more fiscal peril he puts on America… We should sit down and do this and stop playing politics," McCarthy told reporters during a briefing.
The Speaker of the House also called US government debt exceeding $31 trillion or 120% of gross domestic product (GDP) "America's greatest threat" and said he was not not completely against the decision to increase state spending, but that he advocated for a "responsible" debt ceiling.
"But here's the leader of the free world, banging on a table, being irresponsible and saying, 'No, no, no, just raise the limit, make us spend more! No, that's not how adults act. That's not how elected officials … act," McCarthy said.
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Earlier this month, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the United States would soon reach its outstanding debt limit, with the US national debt now standing at $31.46 trillion. Last week, the Treasury said it had begun taking extraordinary steps to avoid a public debt default by temporarily suspending payments not immediately needed for essential programs.
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2015 Hyundai Eon facelift has been caught testing in Korea. The hatchback car market is quite competitive in India with numerous cars equipped with advanced specifications at affordable prices. Having seeing the competition from Maruti Alto k10 and Datsun Go hatchback, Korean manufacturer Hyundai has already started bringing some tweaks in its Eon hatchback. It is expected to be launched in 2015.
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HomeMyths of Sovereignty and British Isolation, IV: Britain the Enlightenment model for a liberal Europe?
Myths of Sovereignty and British Isolation, IV: Britain the Enlightenment model for a liberal Europe?
06/24/2015 06/24/2015 Barry Stocker History, LibertyAnglophilia, Eurosceptism, monarchism, Montesquieu, political theory, republicanism, United Kingdom, Venice
Following on from last post in this series, focused on the violent formation of the nineteenth century British state, a largely political theory post on how far Britain had a special status as a model of liberalism and then democracy in Europe. Despite all the negative aspects discussed in the last post, there was of course some overall progress in Britain in creating a society and political system based on law, tolerance, individual rights, and a commercial society with prosperity spreading to all, sooner or later, though clearly much later for the afflicted groups discussed in the last post. Now it is certainly true that in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and more recently, Britain has been taken as a positive example for those wishing to promote those good things in their own political community.
The trouble with the Eurosceptic-sovereignty view is that these realities are transformed into a belief in a British legal and state community uniquely, and its very essence, prone to liberty under law and all the associated benefits, and recognised such by all Europeans gracious enough to acknowledge British superiority. Let us look at the eighteenth century discussion which is when comparisons of Britain and European states around law, liberty, civil society and so really got started. Strange as it might seem to some, earlier thinkers about liberty like Machiavelli, Grotius, and Pufendorf did not promote the idea of Britain as exemplary. The eighteenth century French Enlightenment certainly did lead to some admiring interest in Britain from that point of view. Maybe the main populariser of Enlightenment, Voltaire, was a great Anglophile. However, the really intellectually important observer in France at that time was Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, author of The Spirit of the Laws, who did visit England (but not the rest of Britain).
Montesquieu could be said to be something of an Anglophile and he has sometimes been taken as the bearer of a British model of liberty throughout Europe, as if he recognised Britain, as superior, of course to France. Though this is a familiar story in terms of the urban myths of history of political thought, it is not really plausible for the more sophisticated reader. Questions of interpretation of Montesquieu of course arise here, but there is proper interpretation of Montesquieu based on a thorough reading which could justify the view of him as possessing a political theory based on Anglophilia.
Montesquieu recognised two kinds of state compatible with liberty and 'moderate government', meaning government restrained by law along with a general respect for customs and moral standards. Those two types of government are monarchy and republic. Montesquieu also regarded a republic as less compatible with commercial spirit – which he strong endorsed – than monarchy, though he recognised exceptions and transitional cases. For Montesquieu, republicanism, at least in any pure form, meant some very small homogenous community with laws adopted by the people as a whole or an aristocracy. In both cases, Montesquieu thought that wealth tended to undermine the possibility of a republic, as such a state rests on putting 'virtue' (largely meaning patriotism and respect for law) above wealth in a very strong way. A monarchy, he thought, rested on 'honour' (largely meaning the search for status through wealth or through high position in the monarchical state). So a commercial society was more likely under monarchy than a republic. Montesquieu had in mind a large modern European state, which showed that to be case, France.
For Montesquieu, Britain was a disguised republic, a quite realistic assessment since political power rested with an aristocratic-oligarchic elite under a crown, which could not raise taxes or go to war without parliamentary approval. Montesquieu recognised that Britain was a great trading and commercial country, but at that time the same could be said for France which had a much larger population and therefore was a more important example of commercial society. Anyway, though Montesquieu had some complimentary things to say about Britain, he regarded it as culturally inferior to France, a view he expressed in his own way partly through complaining that there was less enjoyable social relations between men and women, a sign of backwardness.
Montesquieu was sceptical about the relevance of republics to the modern world except as city states, like Venice, or those German cities which were self-governing, or better for reasons of strength and survival, as federations of city states (or maybe rural communities of similar population), like the Netherlands of the time (known as the United Provinces) and Switzerland. Montesquieu looks at so many perspectives and considers so many examples that there is some difficulty in saying what his model was, but the evidence is for a choice of the French monarchy, emphasising how much power in reality rested in institutions other than the monarchy, such as law courts, town governments, universities, and the church. If he was not arguing for the primacy of the French model, he must have favoured the federated republics of his time. He has more to say in detail about Britain and it had good things about it, but there is no way in which Montesquieu had an Anglophile political theory which legitimates soveriegntist-Eurosceptic assumptions of special, separate, and superior status for Britain in relation to Europe.
Next post some more political theory, but also another broad historical discussion.
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Aoharu x Kikanjuu – 12 [END]
By IreneSharda, posted under ANIME, Aoharu x Kikanjuu
Yuuki says it's time to say, "Sayonara".
So, the game has come to an end, friendships have been patched up and understandings have arisen. Bullets have flown, but they bring healing rather than destruction. There is pain, but it is the pain of growth, the pain of a shattered heart on the mend. And our three friends have all experienced these feelings and hardships and become all the better for it.
Well, the series is over and while it did have its ups and downs, it was a rather solid story throughout. A much better finale than the penultimate episode eluded to, and yet, even still was not without its problems.
Of course, in the end, not much was resolved from the series overall, Team Toy Gun-Gun never won against their archenemies, there's a whole lot of backstory that didn't get to be told, plot threads that never get tied up, and of course we never actually get to see Hotaru ever actually, finally tell them the truth about her femininity. But, sigh…let's talk about one thing at a time.
When Hotaru issued the challenge to Masamune, I had been highly interested in what exactly she had in mind. I knew she was challenging him to a final sabage game, but I was wondering what was going to be different about this one in comparison to the others. She was unjustly thrown of the team and had her heart trampled on by her team leader after everything they've been through together. And worse! To make it feel as if it was her fault that she wasn't a good enough player and because of the loss at the TGC, they were throwing her to the curb and looking for someone new.
Vengeance shall be mine!
Women have written countless ballads on the subject of being jilted and nearly all of them end the same way: with the woman learning to be stronger for it and/or getting vengeance against the man that wronged them. And while Masamune may not still at this point know the sex of the person that he wronged, perhaps he read The Count of Monte Cristo and learned that vengeance isn't mutually exclusive. So, when Hotaru challenges him, and he sees the disturbed demonic look on her face, his mind immediately goes to the idea that she wants revenge. He wonders what new tricks she now has up her sleeve considering the known fact that she can't hit the broadside of a barn unless she's under some kind of bloodlust. But he's quickly both confused and disappointed when she loses quickly and then asks for a rematch, saying that she never stated in the challenge how many round they would do.
Unlike, Mattsun, I wasn't confused, but at the same time, like him, I was disappointed but for different reasons. Right after Hotaru asked for another round I knew exactly what she was trying to do, and while it was the right lesson for Masamune to learn, it was still incredibly repetitive. In the end this episode is just a retread of Episode 9 from a few weeks ago, just with a different setting and this time Hotaru teaching her team leader about not giving up and perseverance.
Episode 9 was one of the most predictable and boring episodes in the series simply because anyone with any kind of knowledge of story beats knew exactly what was going to happen and why. This episode was the same way, and yet, I can't say it was as boring as its predecessor was. A disappointment yes, but not boring.
We got some funny antics with Yuuki and how he plays on that eternally foolish handicap of men that we females simply coin as "male pride", to get Mattsun to not only accept the duel but to continue playing infinite rounds, even though Hotaru is on a constant losing streak. Hotaru herself knows what she's doing and both the friends work together to get the idiot blond to see the truth that's right in front of him.
And it's here that we really get to see for the first time from Masamune's perspective, what our gun-toting playboy has been feeling and going through all this time. At this point, where we see Mattsun's issues with abandonment, starting all the way back from his childhood, you begin to see a heartfelt full picture as to his point of view and now understand why he attempted to push Hotaru away. In a way, he and Yuuki are very similar, and while Yuuki shows his socially-awkwardness and his standoffish nature externally, Masamune hides his fear of making new connections and being hurt again, behind his charming facade.
Him pushing Hotaru away was his first attempt to try to be preemptive and cut things off at the pass, letting go of her before she had a chance to abandon him. This is classic behavior from any individual who has been deeply hurt by having experiences in abuse, betrayal, or abandonment. They wish to not be emotionally hurt like that again, and will do anything to prevent it, even commit the same act to others as a form of prevention. Yuuki actually did the same thing way back in the beginning,by trying to push Hotaru out of the group in an effort to avoid any chance of him ever being betrayed again.
Hurt begets more hurt.
At first glance, you'd think Mattsun and Yuuki were complete opposites, but now it's actually obvious that the two are much more similar than most would realize, and were inexplicably drawn to each other because of their similar issues.
However, also because of their similar emotional issues, for Yuuki to try to help Masamune would be similar to the blind leading the blind. Yuuki has tried, but he can't be the one to help his friend in this case. He requires Masamune's relationship to stay sane, and while he's capable of threatening, I can't see him even leaving his friend's side no matter what he did. And so, it is left up to Hotaru to show him that not everyone will abandon or betray him. And that even though he hurt her and demanded that she leave the group, she will never abandon him or the team. She IS a member of Team Toy Gun-Gun and she will not acquiesce her spot for anybody! She's here to stay and he had better get used to it!
Whatever you do, just don't get her mad.
It's actually exactly what Mattsun needed to hear, and made me get just a little teary eyes and he was struggling futilely to understand why Hotaru continued to persist and why she didn't just abandon him like all the others. Yuuki's stern reminder to him that despite everything, he's been by his side all this time and that Mattsun has taken him for granted was also and nice cap to the end of the last game of the series that turned out to be just the right wake up call for the blond.
Other than that, the episode wraps up okay, though the slapped on last minute indication of a possible romance between Hotaru and Masamune felt as rushed as looked. How is it that only now, despite having had physical contact with her throughout the series that he begins to get flustered in her presence after shaking her hand? Could it be because she's soon going to reveal her secret very soon (but not actually on screen)? *rolleyes*
A sudden romance incoming?
In the end, this finale wasn't bad. It wasn't what it could have been, but it wasn't all that bad either. The beginning was a little tedious, but the end was heartfelt and showed the three as friends and finally getting over that hump of their first TGC loss and exiting the fire scarred but healing together and determined to continue to try their best the next time. There were quite a few story threads that kept getting introduced but were never given any kind of conclusion, including Masamune's past with Midori, the team's rivalry and constant loss against Hoshishiro, the past third team member of Toy Gun-Gun that has shown up more than once in the series as foreshadowing that never comes to pass, and the worst offender is that Hotaru's gender is still kept a secret throughout the series, never even shown in an after credits scene. It's things like that that give a bittersweet aftertaste to this finale, making it less than perfect and casting a bit of a shadow over the show in general.
It's time to go.
As to the series as a whole, it was a good series, with interesting characters, fantastic villains, and some funny and emotional moments sprinkled throughout. There were some awkward scenes, subpar dialogue, and of course those many subplot that didn't go anywhere. However, I'm not sorry that I watched it, and I'm interested in reading the manga to find out what happens to our characters next.
Hotaru definitely still has some more learning to do when it comes to the sport that she's chosen. It's only because of her bloodlust and determination that she's gotten as far as she did with opponents like Midori. If she isn't even anywhere close to being able to beat Mattsun, and he got slaughtered by Midori, then it's obvious that she has a long way to go before even getting to that level. But now as a team it's nice to see that she'll have a chance to do so with the team that she has at her back. Masamune and Yuuki will have to get used to Hotaru being a girl, and when they do learn, will it only be Masamune who begins to develop feelings for Hotaru? We'll only be able to read what happens next as I highly doubt this will end up having any kind of sequel. But maybe that's okay too. I don't mind a series that is only made as an advertisement for the original material, as long as the original material is worth it, and from what I've seen of it, I think that maybe that was just the medium it flourishes in.
Tags: abandonment, aoharu x kikanjuu, aoharu_anime, reverse trap, Series Finale
About IreneSharda
A Chicagoan biochemist, teacher, and an aspiring virologist, with a love for science only rivaled by my love for movies, animation, and anime. Both a lover of action/adventure and romance, I'm a girl who walks the entire spectrum. Mecha, Sci-Fi, Psychological Thriller, Romantic Period Piece, if it's has a good story, I'm there.
8 Responses to "Aoharu x Kikanjuu – 12 [END]"
I see Matrix bullet time.
zztop says:
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I wonder what happens next in the manga. Has anyone read it?
Karakuri says:
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According to what I read online, apparently the anime stops like seconds before Hotaru finally lets them know her gender. …I dunno what comes after that though.
A bittersweet finale to a decent, if a little extravagant series. Good for Hotaru that she was able to help Matsuoka out of his slump, even if it meant breaching her own principals in the process and turning into an egomaniac (Though I doubt she's noticed it herself).
The biggest fail that could be produced was that after all this time, she still hasn't told Matsuoka and Yukimura she's a girl, something I've been waiting to see ever since she got roped into survival games. It's the first time feeling so cheated. Building anticipation to receive no payoff is hard to shake but everything else was or less okay so I can't argue about it all.
Hopefully there'll be a continuation and we'll get our long awaited reaction from the two guys and Hotaru's shame/embarrassment for not saying anything earlier.
Matsuoka: "Seriously? People only dodge shots like that in movies"
By chance, did he mean this?:
IreneSharda says:
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And here I thought I was done. Darn you Aoharu x Kikanjuu!
Aoharu x Machinegun Anime Gets Episode 13 Special
Now if only Gangsta could follow suit…and Arslan with giving me a season 2.
Interesting. Maybe there's still hope yet for the reveal otherwise it will leave a bad taste in the mouth.
Your first sentence totally has me thinking "Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in!" 😛
akagami says:
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I liked it overall, but I was really annoyed that they ended the anime without Hotaru doing the reveal. GAH. That immediately lost points for me.
Midori actually turned out to be a likeable guy, with a serious and crush your opponent's spirit mentality. Once you know what happens, he's not really a villain at all. It's just that Masamune is pretty childish and the history was warped in Masamune's favor. I actually switched from rooting for Toy Gun Gun to rooting for Hoshishiro, once I found out the true history and got to know the Hoshishiro team more.
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Following on from our previous blog about Cardi B's trade mark registration of "okurrr," we now have the results and it's not good for Cardi. The application to trade mark her catchphrase "okurrr" has been turned down by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The benefits of having a catchphrase registered as a trade mark is that it enables the owner to use the saying commercially, and to prohibit others from doing the same. A trade mark owner can sue an alleged infringer and stop them from using it for profit and even recover damages for infringement.
The office stated the term was already widely used as a "commonplace term, message, or expression widely used by a variety of sources that merely conveys an ordinary, familiar, well-recognized concept or sentiment."
Cardi had hoped to use the distinctive catchphrase on a range of merchandise. The application was filed for paper articles and clothing. It's noted that the expression is "commonly used in the drag community and by celebrities as an alternative way of saying OK." Celebrities such as Khloé Kardashian and RuPaul have been cited to use the phrase. Both examples were cited by the USPTO.
The Rapper came out herself as describing the phrase as being like saying OK, "but OK is played out." So she can't really argue with the USPTO comments on rejection of the application. However Cardi has the opportunity to respond to the USPTO and fight to seek registration for her mark but it's looking like quite an uphill battle.
We at Briffa will definitely be keeping an eye on this, especially if Cardi does choose to battle for her trade mark. Whatever the case, I am sure that it will be "okurrr" in the end. Sorry had to get one last pun in!
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Seek out those with similar positive attitudes. This will allow you to stay motivated and keep you away from those that might hinder your personal development.
Your core principles are important, and your actions should reflect them. People have their beliefs that act as the center of themselves. If you stay on top of your morals you will have a boost in self esteem and you will have a good base to defend them. Sticking to your beliefs will also provide your life with greater consistency in every aspect, making life more manageable and you more admirable.
You must know your own values to come up with a personal development plan. Working against these values will lead to frustration and failure. You need to focus your energy on the things that do line up with your values. Positive changes that you make in your life are more likely to stay with you if they coincide with your value system.
In order to get as much as you can out of your efforts with personal development, you need to take care of your body physically. You can keep your energy level up with regular exercise, a healthy diet, and getting a good night's sleep. This will give you the energy you need to be successful at your personal development efforts. It may seem simple, but sometimes the simplest things in life are actually the most difficult.
Exercise even if you are at your ideal weight. There are many different reasons to exercise. It stimulates different areas of your body into producing hormones that make us happier and calmer.
No matter the number of tips you use, you can become more energized towards your personal envelopment path. Improving yourself is a journey, and you'll be on the right track with the above advice.