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Another interesting twist to the Ringing Bells saga
The devices, which were showcased resembled that of Adcom's Ikon 4, which is already available in the Indian market at Rs 3,999.
In another twist, IT products firm Adcom on Friday said that it sold mobile handsets to Ringing Bells for Rs 3,600 a unit and was unaware of its plans to resell the device at Rs 251.
Adcom also warned of legal action against Noida-based Ringing Bells in case the latter's activities adversely impact its brand name or cause any other kind of losses.
Ringing Bells had unveiled what is being touted as the world's cheapest smartphone.
"Yes, it is true that although we sold the handsets to Ringing Bells earlier, like we sell Adcom mobiles to lakhs of users, we were absolutely unaware of the reselling plans of the company in question.
"Further, we still haven't been able to evaluate their pricing policy, as we sold the handsets at Rs 3,600 per unit," Advantage Computers Founder and Chairman Sanjeev Bhatia said in a media statement.
"We are deeply grieved by this incident where our mobile phone has been presented to masses for Rs 251, and therefore, would not hesitate from taking any legal actions against the company," Bhatia said.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had already said the government was monitoring Ringing Bells and would take action if it fails to deliver the Rs 251 handset.
Bhatia said he would like to assert that Adcom is in no way connected or linked to Ringing Bells or Freedom 251 and bears no responsibility whatsoever, in the whole swindle and regret the inconvenience caused to its customers.
A new entrant in the flourishing Indian mobile handset market, Ringing Bells had unveiled what is being touted as the world's cheapest smartphone.
However, concerns have been raised by the industry on feasibility of a 3G smartphone at such a low price.
Ringing Bells has said the manufacturing cost of the phone is about Rs 2,500, which will be recovered through a series of measures like economies of scale, innovative marketing, reduction in duties and creating an e-commerce marketplace.
The I-T Department is also looking into the financial structure of the company and has obtained documents, including those from the Registrar of Companies, in this regard.
A series of complaints were made to the Telecom Ministry against the company.
Apart from Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Kirit Somaiya, the Indian Cellular Association (representative of mobile handset manufacturers) had also approached the Ministry asking it to get into depth of the issue.
They said the price of the device with the said specifications could not be below Rs 3,500 even after a subsidised sale.
Despite controversies, Ringing Bells managed to received over 6 crore (60 million) registrations in two days.
Image: Mohit Goel Director of Ringing Bells, with CEO Dhaarna Goel during the launch of Smartphone-Ringing Bells Freedom 251, in New Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI
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Thanks for that, I thought to myself as I was also rounding the same corner within the year.
Then last week it happened. I turned 60.
Sixty! When did this happen??
Wasn't I just rockin' out to an Aerosmith concert a few years ago?
Weren't big hair and leg warmers popular what – 15 years ago?
Aren't my parents in their 60s??
Turns out: no, no and nope.
That was many moons ago, turns out. It only feels like yesterday.
That's what happens as time goes by. Time doesn't only feel as if it goes by faster as we age, but science even proves it, according to several articles on the topic like this one.
Several things happen to make time seem to pass more quickly, but one major issue is that we measure time by memorable events.
Graduation, prom, first car, first time the neighbors called the police on your house party, etc., create "speed bumps" that slow down our time perception when we're younger.
As we age, we pay less attention to time increments as we did when we were in school and doing memorable things.
And when we do become aware of it ("What? Wasn't Christmas just a month ago???"), it feels like we lost a lot of time.
So apparently time doesn't fly when we're having fun, it slows the heck down and speeds up like an illegal street race later in life.
If you don't start taking care of yourself until you're older, each year will get harder.
Never. If you can fog a mirror you can make improvements in your fitness and, subsequently, your health.
Many people view exercising as a luxury, something you do when everything else is done.
You work out when you "have time." Or only when it's a blood red moon. Or when you're done taking care of everyone else.
Then what happens? You get hurt and can't take care of everyone else.
That's when the importance of being strong, fit and flexible comes up and smacks you in the head.
"Why didn't I take better care of myself?" you lament, promising yourself to start exercising as soon as the cast comes off.
After 50+ it's not about having six-pack abs, lifting more than some gym bully, or even running faster than the guy on the treadmill next to you who doesn't know you're racing him.
It's about taking care of your body so you can get through life more easily.
Walking up a flight of stairs without getting breathless is your marathon.
Hoisting your granddaughter out of her crib is your Olympic deadlift.
Getting up from the floor quickly without pulling a hammy is your Gold Medal move.
Getting started can be tough. I get it. But you must get going TODAY, not next New Year's when you've wasted another 365 days.
It's a matter of mindset. Do NOT say to yourself, "I'll try this and see if it works." Giving yourself a way out means you're not really ready to make a change. Keep it small, as I said in #1, and incorporate these other following steps.
It you participated in last week's B.L.A.S.T. OFF challenge this one's familiar. Get your diet in order. Most of any weight loss you experience will be due to cutting calories, if you're striving to manage your weight. Exercise ensures you keep the muscle and lose the fat, but it's far easier to cut out a donut than it is to walk for two hours to burn it all off.
I love all of your suggestions, ALL are very "doable"! I'm going to shoot to complete all, but most importantly for me I am going to add to my daily habits #1, #3 & #5…salad with every dinner meal!
Thank you for the great suggestions for baby-steps to change habits!
Great ideas!!! So easy to incorporate into a daily habit. I will work this week on making them part of my daily routine.
Thank you for easy to do ideas to help get moving and healthy!
Great ideas Linda, for this week I will raid my pantry again, put up sticky notes of encouragement/reminders, set out my workout clothes in the bathroom to get that done early, keep my tennis shoes by the front door and I'm going to give myself a gold star for each day I complete all my assignments.
Starting with pantry raid, again. Sticky notes of encouragement/reminders. Setting out exercise clothes in bathroom, tennis shoes by the front door and giving myself a gold star for each day I have completed by tasks.
Sounds good! Glad you found the tips helpful :).
These are all wonderful suggestions, Linda! My goals are drinking 16 oz. of water before I leave for work, adding LoseIt app to count calories and keeping a calendar for planning out my exercises for the week… and I'm going to buy those stars :)!
Great ideas! Like the water drinking one… unless you have a long commute :).
I love the salad suggestion and the band next to the couch! Going to get my band now, and add more salad fixings to my grocery list.
I really liked your quote: "If you can fog a mirror you can make improvements in your fitness and, subsequently, your health." Very funny, but also very true!
I'm 62 and can't believe it, either.


2017 BMW 7 Series Rose Quartz Edition - Keep in mind when the United States utilized to get a great variety of scandal sheet lorries from car manufacturers all over the world? It still occurs to a specific degree, however it appears that a great deal of BMW's preferable restricted edition automobiles are headed somewhere else, most significantly to our pals over in Japan. Therefore, after gazing longingly at this brand-new scandal sheet from Bimmer, I provide to you the 7 Series Rose Quartz Edition.
The 7 Series Rose Quartz will make its launching on November 2, 2016 at the Ritz-Carlton Osaka. There's no reference yet on the number of systems of the scandal sheet 7 Series will be provided to the general public. Exactly what I do understand is that unless someone discovers a method to import these systems to the United States, the only method to obtain them is if you remain in Japan and you have 20.19 million yen to extra, or the equivalent of $193,900 based upon present currency exchange rate.
As the majority of you can anticipate, this is not a "basic" 7 Series, despite the fact that I'm completely familiar with the paradox that features discussing the words "basic" and "7 Series" in one sentence. It's likewise real due to the fact that the 7 Series Rose Quartz has a menu of great functions that are special to it.
Even much better, BMW has actually based the scandal sheet 7er on the 750Li, which indicates that in addition to its distinct add-ons, it likewise brings a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 engine that pumps out 445 horse power and 480 pound-feet of torque, enough to move it from 0 to 60 miles per hour in simply 4.3 seconds.
Settling the exclusivity of the 7 Series Rose Quartz are other considerable additions from BMW Person. From the door sill plates to the rear convenience bundle, Sky Lounge panorama glass sunroof, massage rear seats, and heat convenience plan, each and everybody of these functions come as basic to the scandal sheet 7 Series. That partially describes why the high-end limo costs simply shy of $200,000; it's been dressed to look the part of a $200,000 flight.
The distinct name of this unique edition 7 Series provides away one of its most popular functions. It's special enough that it'll capture your attention, however it's likewise classically controlled, which fits into the glamorous character of the 7 Series limo.
The interior upgrades to its interior are simply as remarkable, possibly even more so if you're a fan of Smoke White Merino leather. The majority of the cabin's area has actually been decorated in this product and we have BMW Person to thank for that. The leather surface areas are matched with an Ash Grain black wood trim with matching red highlights and a multifunction wheel that gets its own wood trim.


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Q: Windows batch: get substring of variable length in loop I would like to retrieve a substring of variable length in a for loop as follows:
@ECHO off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
CALL :strlen orglength %cd%
FOR /F "DELIMS==" %%d in ('DIR /AD /B /S') DO (
SET a=%%d
CALL :strlen curpatlen !a! ::sets curpatlen the length of string a
SET /a l=%orglength%-!curpatlen!

::crucial part: get the last l characters of a
CALL SET curpat=%!a:~!l!!% ::doesnt work

ECHO !curpat!
)

:strlen <resultVar> <stringVar>
(
set "s=!%~2!#"
set "len=0"
for %%P in (4096 2048 1024 512 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1) do (
    if "!s:~%%P,1!" NEQ "" (
        set /a "len+=%%P"
        set "s=!s:~%%P!"
    )
)
)
(
set "%~1=%len%"
exit /b
)

The main idea:
Starting in the directory X of the batch file, I create a folder named X-svg (not part of the code I posted on purpose). Then, I go through all subdirectories of X looking for .pdf files which I want to convert to .svg files(future work). For all subdirectories of X which contain a .pdf I want to create a corresponding folder in X-svg that contains only the converted .svg file. In order to create the corresponding folders in X-svg, my idea was to keep the string length of the directory of X-svg in orglength, compute the length of the current path X/Y and the difference between both in order to be able to create the folder X-svg/Y, into which I would then convert the available .pdf.
What I would like to do in the code above: given a length orglength of a path string org, I want to get the difference string between org and the current path, %%d, which avries witch each loop. An example with static substring length of 4 would be:
REM FOR loop over %%d
set str=%%d
set str=!str:~-4!

In my case, instead of 4, I need a variable length which is calculated during the for loop.
Thank You in Advance
Edit: This code works for me:
@ECHO off
CALL :changefolder %cd% "svg"
xcopy "%cd%\*.pdf" "%Result%\" /T /S
for /f "delims=" %%A in ('cd') do (
     set foldername=%%~nxA
)
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
FOR /F "DELIMS==" %%f in ('DIR "*.pdf" /B') DO (
        set varpdf=%%f
        set var=!varpdf:~0,-3!
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\inkscape.exe" -f !varpdf! -l %Result%\!var!svg
    )
FOR /F "DELIMS==" %%d in ('DIR /AD /B /S') DO (
    set PassedString=%%d
    call set tempstring=%%PassedString:\%foldername%\=\%foldername%-svg\%%
    FOR /F "DELIMS==" %%f in ('DIR "%%d\*.pdf" /B') DO (
        set varpdf=%%f
        set var=!varpdf:~0,-3!
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\inkscape.exe" -f %%d\!varpdf! -l !tempstring!\!var!svg
    )
)
endlocal
goto :eof

:changefolder
set Path1=%~1
set Path2=%~2
if {%Path1:~-1%}=={\} (set Result=%Path1:~-1%%Path2%) else (set Result=%Path1%-%Path2%)
goto :eof

May not be best but works

A: Test this to see if it creates the folders that you need:
xcopy "x:\main\folder\*.pdf" "c:\x-org\" /T /S

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His oldest son was the main reason that he pursued his Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering. He already had an Associate Degree in Electronics but he didn't want to spend his life fixing other people's problems, he wanted to create his own. So the Bachelor's Degree would allow him to become the Mad Scientist that he longed to be. Because family was one of his core values, being a husband and a father was in line with the future that he wanted. His oldest son was the main reason that he pursued his Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering. He already had an Associate Degree in Electronics but he didn't want to spend his life fixing other people's problems, he wanted to create his own. So the Bachelor's Degree would allow him to become the Mad Scientist that he longed to be. Because the family was one of his core values, being a husband and a father was in line with the future that he wanted. One of the best lessons that he learns came from the Saturday morning cartoon Spiderman, "With great power, comes great responsibility." The quote is just a paraphrase of Luke 12:48b For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. So Cicone recognizes that he has been given much, and that much comes with a responsibility that goes far beyond any hurtle or roadblock that might be in his way. Whether internal or external.
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So, because you're not really thinking about your actions as you pass through your routine day, this allows your mind to drift from the current moment into the realm of worry, concern, future plans that might hold failure and fear. Travel takes you outside of this because you have to find the gate to the flight that you're not having to find on a daily basis. So you have to think about this moment now. It's funny how the peace we always seem to be seeking is simply just in the current moment we're living in and IGNORING. Travel is a nice way to pull your attention into the moment. The very nature of travel pulls your mind into a less cluttered state. But it's good to remind yourself that being open and excited about this coming adventure is ok. It's ok to not worry about every single solitary aspect of your existence and let yourself drift into a daydream that you'll meet Oprah and she'll put your books and blogs on the map. So, travel light. Mentally light. And finally, traveling brings a wonderful lightness to your soul. Travel light. There is light found within the travel and it's fed directly to your soul. The newness and freshness of experiences brought only by travel are simply good for your soul. You'll find yourself filled with spirit, joy, and energy when you give in to that desire to pack a very light bag, jump on a flight, and book the hotel or Airbnb or couch of the person you just became good friends with that you're mostly sure isn't a serial killer, and GO! Oh, and if you do book a hotel wait until you're already there. Maybe even have dinner and then find a place to stay for the night. An agenda or itinerary is the cousin of routine. *Travel tip* Most hotels cut the prices down significantly when they're trying to fill their rooms up for the night. That's why I'm suggesting to book a place the same day. It's like playing a game of chicken, but you usually always win. Travel light. Few clothes, few thoughts, plenty of openness to allow the light of the travel experience to fill you. The best experiences that I've had traveling were when I had only a single backpack that had a few pairs of shorts and shirts, a good book, and my laptop. Nothing more though. And I always booked my hotels the day of. Or slept on someone's couch that wasn't a serial killer. Travel my friends! But TRAVEL LIGHT!
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Obstacle #2: Dealing with the Truth The truth of the matter is I was not satisfied with my "Good Government Job." I had all the trappings of what people considered "success", but I just was not happy. Can anyone of you relate to that feeling? While I enjoyed all of the benefits of the job, deep down inside I was yearning for more. The passion for the job was gone and a burning desire for something more had taken its place. I dreamed of a lifestyle that gave me time and flexibility to make my own hours. I wanted to be available for my family. I wanted to travel at a moment's notice without asking permission. There was a popular lyric back in the day by the O'Jays that said, "Your body's here with me, but your mind is on the other side of town." That is exactly how I felt. The truth of the matter is that I was doing just enough to "hold on" to this job while I figured out my next move. I had become bored with 10 years of doing the same job and I was no longer challenged. According to a 2013 article posted on www.glassdoor.com/blog, boredom is one of the "Top 10 reasons to breakup with your job". I had a desire to move, but fear made me stay. My "Defining Moment" forced me to face the truth!" Each one of you will have a "defining moment" in your life. How you act and react to that moment will determine how that moment defines you. Your "Defining Moment" can lead to an "UnStopABLE Decision" if you follow some of the tips in this article. Being fired encouraged me to pursue my dreams. Once I made my decision to make something out of my defining moment, I was set on a path towards being Unstoppable! There were four principles I learned throughout this journey that I will share with you in hopes you can be Unstoppable too! Here is the first decision you have to make and it is rather simple. TIP #1: Start You can never hope to achieve anything unless you start something. For me, I had to begin making big changes. I had to decide to start a new career. So for the next 6 months after my termination, I invested my time and money in pursuing my dream of really helping people in a more personal, intimate way than what I did now. I started a life coach-certification program and became certified within 8 weeks. Starting something rejuvenated my spirit and took away my feelings of depression and despair. I felt like I was worthy again and saw a future filled with helping others achieve their dreams as well. Your Defining moment has the POWER to force you to START living the rest of your life! The key is to TAKE ACTION and don't be afraid to fail. TIP #2: Fail: Don't be afraid to FAIL Nothing beats a failure like a try, but if you never try, you have already failed by default. "Failure is part of the process". If you never fail, you will never learn to succeed. Once upon a time, a company wanted to create a new product to help cut grease on stoves and countertops. They came up with a formula and they tested it. The 1st one failed to work. They modified and tested the formula again. They tested it 5 times, 10 times, 50 times with no success! They tweaked the formula and refused to give up on the idea. They tested the formula 100 times, 200 times, 300 times and 400 times. It still failed. The company surely would not have been blamed for stopping the tests at this point, but they did not stop. Test numbers 401 thru 408 also failed. One more tweak and one more test took place. Finally, a formula was found that worked for the company! What is that product? FORMULA 409: the most popular degreaser on the market used by millions of customers around the world. Imagine if that company has given up. Imagine if they had allowed fear of failure to get the best of them. If you are honest with yourself, can you say you have tried over 409 times to build your business, improve your personal development or create that next Unstoppable idea? Probably not. I couldn't let the possibility of "failure" stop me from following thru on my Unstoppable decision. The same will hold true for you and your decisions. Keep trying. Keep following the process and see what you can learn from each failed attempt.
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(continued from page 19) TIP #3: LEARN I've started a lot of things in my life and I have failed at a lot of things in life. In the process of failing at those things, I've learned some things that have led to my ultimate success. With each lesson, I'm continuing to write my success story. Once you recognize that learning is part of the process, you will be on your way to having your Unstoppable decision become an ultimate success. So what are the lessons that you need to learn from your past failures? What is it that you can do differently now that would lead to your ultimate success down the line? For me, I had to learn to step out on faith and pursue the career I wanted for myself. It has not been an easy decision, but it has been worth it. I also learned that I didn't have to do it alone. I learned that there were people I could ask for help, for guidance and for coaching. Because I was willing to ask for that help, I was able to move faster and farther than I've ever been on my own. I am not where I want to be as of yet, but I am learning to be who I was created to be each day. Moreover, because of that, I feel like more of a success each day. TIP #4: SUCCEED Many famous celebrities and have followed the process of Start, Fail, Learn, Succeed to reach the pinnacles of their status. Walt Disney in 1919 was fired from the Kansas City Star newspaper stating he lacked imagination and no good ideas. He failed at that, but didn't stop. Disney owned a company called "Laugh-O-Gram" and drove it into bankruptcy. He failed again, but didn't give up. He learned from his failures, tweaked his ideas and later created a dynasty based around a mouse, Mickey Mouse. Now the Disney Company celebrates 50 years of success in entertainment, theme parks and cinema. Oprah Winfrey was fired from one of her early jobs in the news industry. Now she owns a media conglomerate called the OWN Network. These are just a few examples of people who have started and failed, but learned to succeed. They are and were ordinary people like you and me. Success is possible for anyone. If they can do it, you can too! "I am not where I want to be, but thank GOD I am not where I used to be!" I say these words to myself frequently when I face a failure in my life. I use this phrase as a way to reflect on the journey of my life after I made my Unstoppable Decision. My goal is to be the best life accountability coach, speaker, emcee and media host I can be. And while my coaching clients have increased, my emcee business had blossomed and my media shows have gained traction, I still have room to grow. I have had success in my new career and I use that as the fuel needed to pursue future success. I believe the same is in store for you if you just follow the process. That's my message for you right now. Whatever you are going thru now and whatever you have failed at recently, recognize that Failure is not Fatal. It is not the end of the book; it is just the beginning of your new chapter. Once you recognize that you must START, FAIL and LEARN in order to SUCCEED, nothing will be able to STOP you. You have the ABILITY to Define Your Moment with an Unstoppable Decision. You have the ABILITY to make a difference in your life and the lives of your family, friends and community. You will not only have the ABILITY to live the life you were created to live, you will NOT BE ABLE to be STOPPED by the obstacles of Life. You will be UnStopABLE!!! Why would you ever settle for less when you can Be UnStopABLE? If you need some additional help and coaching to help you Define Your Moment instead of having it Define You, then consider contacting me for a complimentary conversation with Unstoppable Coaching Services. We aim to help you Create your Vision, Implement your Vision and hold you Accountable to living the life you were created to live! Sign up on the contact page at www.unstoppablecoaching.com. While you're there, you can check out my upcoming events, listen to past episodes of my "UnStopABLE Stories" podcast and purchase your own "I Am Unstopable" apparel. Wherever you are in the World today, don't just make it a great day. Make it an UnStopABLE" Day!
What Are You Doing Different This Year Than You Did Last Year? We just celebrated New Years. It's a New Year with New Mountains and New Possibilities! If this year is really going to be different from last year, what are you going to do this year to make it better? What steps are you going to take get closer to your goals and your dreams? Or are you going to sit and make the same old excuses? The thing about excuses is that you can't deposit them! If you could I know a lot of people that would be filthy rich because all they have is excuses! But in order to make this year different from last year, there are some things you are going to have to do. 1. Make a Commitment A commitment to yourself. A commitment that goes beyond the feeling of the moment. You are going to have to make a commitment to your dreams to your goals for your future and making your life better. 2. Invest in Yourself Put your money where your mouth is. You said that you were committed, you said you wanted to do something, you said you wanted to get something accomplished. But what are you doing? What programs are you attending? What classes are you taking? What books are you reading? That's going to get you closer to your dreams. What research are you doing to get better at what you said you want to do? 3. You need to get a Coach I know that you have heard that time and time again but it's true. Anyone who has done anything worthwhile has had someone to mentor them. Somebody to help them see things they could not see. Someone to hold them accountable. And getting a Coach is one of the quickest ways for you to get closer to your goals because they see stuff you don't see. They hold you accountable and they give you that extra added push that you need in order to accomplish your goals. So don't let this year be like last year, let it be better than last year by Making a Commitment, Investing in Yourself and Getting a Coach. Doing so will put your closer to your dreams.
Mistakes are a part of life. There is no way around them. If you live for any length of time and seek to do anything worthwhile one thing I can guarantee you is that you will make some mistakes. With that being said, how can we stop making the same mistakes? Well here are three steps to help you. 1. Make An Informed Decision This may seem like a no brainer but the reality is that we often make mistakes because we don't have all of the information. Now, this can come one of two ways. Number one, the information is purposefully withheld from us because the outcome benefits someone else greater than it does us. Number two, we don't do our due diligence to make sure we have all of the pieces we need to make our decision. This can be increasingly hard given the quick pace of the life that we live today but it's needed to keep from making the same mistakes. 2. Take Your Time Going back to what I just mentioned, we are living life at breakneck speed. Things never seem to slow down. But when it comes making decisions about the life we have to have a 'Crock Pot" approach. Almost every time I have made a snap decision, they have cost me more than I wanted to pay. Thinking things through has never brought anyone regrets. Now, on the other hand, talking too long to answer can work against you as well but not taking your time is a sure way to get burned. (Don't ask me how I know… LOL… :-D ) 3. Learn From Other People's Mistakes This should be taught in every school in the world. By watching other we learn what not to do. Someone once said that you learn more from failure than you do success. They also say that experience is the best teacher. But what if you could learn the lesson without taking the loss? What if you could get wiser from watching other people mistake? If you made that practice then you could be light years ahead of your competition and your peers. If you put into practice these 3 steps, you will reduce an eventually eliminate making the same mistakes over and over again.
Mistakes are a part of life. There is no way around them. If you live for any length of time and seek to do anything worthwhile one thing I can guarantee you is that you will make some mistakes. With that being said, how can we stop making the same mistakes? Well here are three steps to help you.
We just celebrated New Years. It's a New Year with New Mountains and New Possibilities! If this year is really going to be different from last year, what are you going to do this year to make it better? What steps are you going to take get closer to your goals and your dreams? Or are you going to sit and make the same old excuses?
I think that's a really great phrase. There's a lot of wisdom within those two words. Isn't the existence that we live in, well, incredible? Two words, just two words can hold such weight. And such a beautiful weight. When most people think of travel light, they tend to think that it holds only a single meaning, which is to bring fewer clothes. I agree with this piece of the phrase's multifaceted meaning.
From the way you dress to the way that you talk, people think they know you. They think they know what makes you tick. They think they know what motivates you. Most of the time they are wrong. Most of the time they have no clue.


Pushing through FEAR, are you strong enough?
Do you have the commitment to see your vision all the way through?
Many do not know how to overcome or have the strength to push through some of the greatest fears. Fear most of the time is created by what we put within our minds.
My old head coach of the Buffalo Bills Mr. Mike Mularkey has a saying "The greatest fear we have to overcome, is the fear we put into our minds!"Entrepreneurs and Leaders are known for being risk takers and overcoming their fears. We create a vision of knowing we could fail and fail fast. When we do fail, it does not keep us down it makes us want to get up and try again in full force. There is no fear of failure with leaders and Entrepreneurs. Failure means we try something, and it did not go as planned, and we learned from it, learning how not to repeat the same mistake continually.
Do you have a fear of success because of the number of lives you could change, or because you have that power inside of you?
So, what if you are successful, what if you do accomplish your vision?
The world, your workplace, and your family might be a better off. There are other's out there who are doing what they are passionate about doing while supporting themselves and making a positive impact on others.
The concern is something you should use to empower you and not shame yourself. Fear should never paralyze the actions you need to take; instead, you need to use it as fuel to propel your actions towards accomplishing your vision.
The moment you push through fear and experience success is one of the greatest feelings you will experience in life. This will be the driving force for you to want to create more life successes. When you accomplish life successes, it puts you in a much better state, to live a long, happy, fulfilling life.
3. Set daily goals that you can track and achieve to build confidence in yourself.
I challenge you to put yourself in a spot where you feared achieving success the most and pushed through it to achieve your goals and vision.
Now that you identified that moment of fear you overcame share the experience to help others overcome their fears.


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Credit risk arises from a situation in which the debtors or counterparties fail to repay or fulfill their agreed obligations. This might be contributed by the fact that the debtor's financial position is under distress due to volatilities of economic conditions that pose adverse impact on businesses or the debtors' mismanagemnet, which as a result, may adversely affect the Company and its subsidiaries' earnings and capital. The credit risk may arise from ordinary financial transactions such as credit lending, financial obligations in the form of avals or guarantees, other transactions related to credit lending, as well as investment in debt instruments issued by state agencies or state enterprises with neither guarantee from government nor the BOT and private debt instruments such as debentures.
The overall credit data revealed that as of 31 December 2016, the Company and its subsidiaries' lending concentration on hire purchase business declined from 51.07 percent in 2015 to 49.90 percent. Most of the hire purchase loans were provided to retail customers whose credit line was relatively small and with a large number of customers, such risk therefore was well diversified.
Non-performing loans are loans classified as substandard, doubtful, and doubtful of loss. They have been the major concerns of each financial institution. They have adverse effect on earnings and capital of the Company and its subsidiaries. At this juncture, the Company and its subsidiaries have focused efforts on controlling credit quality through appropriate policies and procedures to regularly monitor the quality of the loans.
As of 31 December 2016, non-performing loans of the Company and its subsidiaries that are financial institutions amounted to 15,738 million baht, a decrease from 21,049 million baht at the end of the previous year. From credit overview, non-performing loans accounted for 2.27 percent of total loans, a decrease from 2.95 percent as of 31 December 2015.
The risk on debt restructuring arises from re-entry of the substandard debtors, i.e. after the debt restructuring, the debtors again default on their repayments, and hence re-enter the non-performing status. The problem poses adverse effects on performance of the Company and its subsidiaries. As of 31 December 2016, the outstanding principal and the accrued interest receivables of the restructured debt amounted to 14,829 million baht or 2.14 percent of total loans and accrued interest receivables. The net restructured debt (less collateral) or loan not fully covered by collateral amounted to 5,917 million baht.
For collateralized loans, the Company and its subsidiaries carefully assess and classify quality of each type of collateral by taking into account the liquidity and overall risk from that collateral. The assessment result is one of the important factors applied in the classification of each credit exposure. In this regard, the collateral, both in the form of immovable and movable whose value could be appraised, is subject to appraisal or valuation complying with the BOT's regulation. The Company and its subsidiaries significant types of collaterals are deposits and bills of exchange, marketable equity securities, non-listed equity securities, commercial immovable property, immovable property from housing, vehicles, machinery, etc. The Company and its subsidiaries have determined guidelines, standards, and frequency of appraisal and valuation of each type of collateral. Furthermore, a report of the appraisal and valuation is made which includes clear and sufficient data and analysis to determine the price. In case that it cannot be specified whether the collateral price has decreased or declined over time, the impairment of the asset must be consisdered by an official.
Hire purchase loans are the Company and its subsidiaries' main business. The ownership of collateralized car belongs to the Company, and in case of default, the Company is eligible to immediately repossess the collateral for the purpose of reselling in the used car market. As a result, the Company might be exposed to risk from the inability to repossess the car or from recovering the incurred loss by reselling the assets. Such conditions risk factors, for instance, the conditions or the used car market and the repossessed car itself. TBANK used statistic information to calculate the possible incurred loss that may happen when default called Loss Given Default ("LGD"). The LGD rate used is 44 percent and TBANK provides higher than the LGD to cover possible loan loss.
As of 31 December 2016, the Company and its subsidiaries had 4,992 million baht in property foreclosed according to the book value net allowance for impairment, equivalent to 0.52 percent of total assets. Impairment totaled 1,568 million baht, equivalent to 23.90 percent of book value.
The Company and its subsidiaries are also obligated in forms of avals, letter of credits, loan guarantees, and other obligations which the Company and its subsidaries are held responsible for, if the customers are unable to fulfill their obligations. In managing such risk, the Company and its subsidiaries carefully scrutinizes supporting information and applies strict approval procedures to these obligations. A close monitoring on these transactions is undertaken based on the same guideline used for its regular lending procedure of the Company and its subsdiaries.
As of 31 December 2016, the Company and its subsidiaries' obligations in the form of avals, guarantees for loans, and other obligations amounted to 28,956 million baht or 2.99 percent of total assets.
The market risk arises from movements in interest rates, exchange rates, and prices of instruments in money market and capital market, which may adveresely affect earnings and capital of the Company and its subsidiaries. Market risk can be segmented into three categories including price risk, interest rate risk, and exchange rate risk. At this juncture, the Company and its subsidiaries' policies are to control and manage these risks to remian at an appropriate level and in line with the Company and its subsdiaries' policies on risk management.
The Company and its subsidiaries have developed risk measurement tools based on the Value-at-Risk (VaR) model to estimate the maximum loss amount at a certain confidence level and over a given asset holding period. The Company and its subsidiaries also determine the various limits of transaction in order to control risk to remain in an acceptable level, for example, Position Limit and Loss Limit. The Risk Control Unit separated from the front office and back office, has the duty of risk control and reporting on the status of the limits to the Board of Directors and departments and executives associated to the risk management in order to respond to the risk in a timely manner. The Company and its subsidiaries assigns Investment Committee to control and monitor this type of risk. In order to ensure the efficiency and accuracy of its tools for risk measurement, the Company and its subsidiaries require that the tools are subject to back-testing in accordance with the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) standards. Moreover, the Company and its subsdiaries have conducted stress testing by formulating stress scenarios which can create extraordinary reduction in stock prices. The test result could therefore shed light on how much the impact to earnings and capital of the Company and its subsidiaries could be.
It is a goal of the Company and its subsidiaries to run their business operatings under a long-term effective interest rate risk management system, in other words, to maintain an appropriate structure of assets and liabilities which are rate-sensitive at different time intervals. To ensure maximum benefits of the Company and its shareholders, the Company and its subsidiaries have developed the Repricing Gap Analysis Model as a tool for measuring interest rate risk by assessing the impact that may arise from the mismatch of the repricing periods of assets, liabilities, and obligations at different time intervals, which is used for risk measurement every month. In order to ensure that the risk of the Company and its subsidiaries business operation is within an acceptable limit, they have also established an acceptable risk ceiling and an early warning risk level, taking into consideration the structure of assets, liabilities, and obligations as well as interest rate repricing which are expected to take place in each period of the Company and its subsidiaries' business plan. The Asset and Liabilitiy Management Committee (ALCO) is responsible for monitoring and controlling such risk very closely. To effectively design appropriate measures to accommodate the risks, the committee has to monitor economic conditions, development in the money market and capital market, and the interest rate trend which could become important interest rate risk factors.
The exchange rate risk is a risk that the earnings and capital of the Company and its subsidiaries can be adversely affected by exchange rate fluctuations from transactions in foreign currencies, exchange rate exposures in their possession of assets or liabilities in foreign currencies. There are two types of exhcange rate risk - risk from transactions in foreign currencies (Transaction Risk) and risk from exchanging foreign currency to local currency (Translation Risk).
Most transactions relation to exchange controls are due to the service of TBANK which is one of the Company's subsidiaries. The ALCO is responsible for monitoring and controlling this type of risk through the consideration in the proper matching between the structure and the maturity of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies. TBANK's policy is to determine the risk ceiling in order to control the impact of exchange rate movements on earnings and capital. Nevertheless, in order to avoid the exhcange rate risk, TBANK has also relied on hedging instruments such as forward contracts.
As of 31 December 2016, the Company and its subsidiaries faced with relatively low exchange rate risk as most of the assets in foreign currencies have been hedged by forward contracts.
Liquidity risk arises from the inability of the Company and its subsidiaries to repay their debts or obligations upon the delivery date due to the lack of ability to convert assets into cash or to mobilize adequate funds or to mobilize funds at an acceptable cost. This could adversely affect the current and future earnigs and capital of the Company and its subsidiaries. The liquidity risk management mechanism starts with the assessment of the cash flows and liquidity position over particular time horizons of the Company and its subsidiaries when the different levels of funds may be required to accommodate borrowings upon maturities, to reduce other types of liabilities, or to acquire of assets by using Liquidity Gap Analysis, various liquidity ratios, and "What If" scenarios to evaluate the sufficiency of the cash flow liquidity depending on customer behavior in extending contracts upon maturity and estimate the need of liquidity in various "What If" scenarios depending on the economic climate and extraordinary situations that may happen to the Company and its subsidiaries, and the financial institution system.
Meanwhile, the Company and its subsidiaries developed an emergency plan in the case of a liquidity problem and there will be a revision of the significant occurences that affect working operations. In this regard, the Company and its subsidiaries have assign ALCO in controlling and managing the liquidity risk every two weeks to monitor and manage risk.
As of 31 December 2016, deposits and debts issued and borrowings of the Company and its subsidiaries were 803,861 million baht, where sources of funds were mostly from public deposits with maturity less than 1 year. This is considered a common structure of the financial institutions. Nevertheless, the Company and its subsidiaries also offered various products such as Negotiable Certificates of Deposit (NCD) and debentures in order to increase the saving alternatives for the customers.
The operational risk is the risk that arises from the damage that occurs from lack of good corporate governance within the organization. Risk may arise from the inadequate efficiency of the internal audit and internal control sytems which could be relating to internal operation process, personnel systems or external events and adversely affect the Company and its subsidiaries' operating income and capital. This also includes legal risks such as litigations, exploitation by the government, and also damage from settlements outside the courtroom. Such risk can pose adverse impact on other risks, especially strategic risk and reputation risk.
The Company and its subsidiaries also employ the services of the third party to operate some group activities as per the direction of the work operations of financial institutions as present and in the future. The Company and its subsidiaries determine policies in order to manage the risk that may occur from outsourcing. These policies have to also be subject to regulations of BOT and must be beneficial to the internal control of the Company and its subsidiaries as well.
In the measurement and assessment of operational risk, the Company and its subsidiaries determine a principle, form or condition of the process used in the measurement and assessment of risk in the Company and its subsidiaries. In the determination of this process, the Company and its subsidiaries consider the circumstantial factors such as supervising guidelines of the government units associated with the Company, state and complexity of the busienss, the capability of the Company in accepting risk, probability, likelihood or frequency as well as the impact or severity of risk that has happened or may happen. As per BOT specification for Thanachart Group to maintain the capital funds to risk-weighted assets in credit, market, and operation according to Basel III guidelines, the Company and its subsidiaries adopted the Basic Indicator Approach to calculate operational risks.
In addition, to monitor operational risk, the Company and its subsidiaries determined a policy for executives of each department to have the responsibility of monitoring the risk and consider a part of their regular duties. This will help promptly inform all of the risk and problems that occur and to respond to the changes in each time period in an appropriate and timely manner, not damaging to the Company and its subsidiaries. Nevertheless, to inform of the result of business operations and problems that occur, as well as trends and changes in information of risk factors, the Company and its subsidiaries organized a filing and reporting of the information associated with operational risk management such as information on data loss, key risk indicators, and important risk points to be continually and regularly reported to Company's Board of Directors, the Risk Management Committee, and high level executives to use in the determination of policies, to develop a sufficient risk management system, and to be a tool in aiding the Company and its subsidiaries to evaluate the capability and efficiency of the internal control system.
This type of risk arises from the inappropriate formulation of strategies, business planning, and implementation which are not compatible with internal setups and external environment, resultling in an adverse impact on earnings, capital or the existence of the Company and its subsidiaries. In managing the strategic risk, the formulation of strategies of the Company and its subsidiaries will be considered over the three years ahead, with the review required annually or in the case of an external event that may impact the achievement of the Company's business goals. The Executive Committee is responsible for regular monitoring and evaluating the performance of the work units upon the established targets stated in the annual operation plan.
The regulatory risk arises from incompliance to laws, regulation, requirements, standards, and guidelines in the Company transactions which can lead to financial loss, reputation damage, and interference by state entities. Also, there are risks from the amendments or changes in regulations, laws or requirements of the authorities especially the BOT, the SEC, the Stock Exchange of Thailand ("SET"), the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC), Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO), and etc. Such changes may affect the strategies and business operations of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Thanachart Group has a Compliance Department under TBANK. It reports directly to the Audit Committee of TBANK. The department ensures that the Company and companies in Thanachart financial conglomerate are incompliance with regulations and requirements from related various state agencies and the Code of Business Conduct. The department also provides advices and information to executives and employees. Furthermore, it helps high-level executives to effectively manage risk of regulatory violation. The role and responsibilities do not overlap with the Internal Audit Department. As well, its specific responsibilities include operations in anti-money laundering measure, coordination with official supervisory or agencies, and etc. It parallelly reports to the highest executives of the Company and TBANK together with the Audit Committee of the Company and TBANK.
The Compliance Department assesses incompliance risks in various transactions by evaluating internal and external factors for both the Company and its subsidiaries. These include regulatory climate and outlook of the authorities, auditing assessment by the officials, business policies, debates and complaints, internal audit, and internal work procedures. The consideration is placed on the magnitudes of possible impact and likelihood of occurrence in each aspect of incompliance risks using the guideline of Risk Based Approach ("RBA"). Random review is executed to comply with Control and Monitor standard, and a recommendation is proposed to correct errors and improve performance.


Bent Fest 2008 kicks of in Los Angeles tonight and will run from Thursday April 17th to Saturday April 19th. I got a sneaking feeling that this year will be a sensory overload like no other. Pete from CasperElectronics will be present at the LA and NYC events raffling off his newly modded Speak and Spell units! What a wonderful idea. Unfortunately I will not be a the LA event, however look for GetLoFi gear in form of Waldeck Interrupters officially blessed by Patrick McCarthy of Roth Mobot and New Talking Computron /Potar Split CDs at the NYC and MN events, possibly LA if Potar brings them. Help support the Arts by purchasing some awesome swag at all the events!
In this workshop we'll examine the topology of pre-transistor technology and how it informs modern DIY. The increasing miniaturization and diminishing cost of electronic parts has made circuit hacking and building more accessible and affordable to most. However, are 1 cent parts and integrated circuits causing us to lose touch with the art of homemade coils, wooden breadboards and sheet metal and glass capacitors? If imprecise and unreliable components brewed up from mu metal and copper wire truly impeded electronic progress in the 20s and 30s, how can one explain the emergence of the Theremin, The Ondes Martinot, The Trautonium and arguably the greatest of radio receivers? Why are these instruments, simple in their initial concept, so hard to reproduce faithfully today? We'll begin by looking at tube circuits and the use of commonly available vacuum tubes. How the hell does one get started with tubes? Why can't I fit them in a breadboard? Am I going to kill myself making a 300V instrument? We'll cover all of this. We'll take a look at the original patents and figures of Theremin, Martenot and Trautwein. We'll also examine the socialogical spirit of invention in Post-War Europe and Depression America which led almost everyone with a screwdriver to take up hacking (Grinding meat with a modified car, turning a vacuum into a lawnmower, etc…) Finally, we'll rethink the issue of control by rolling our own components to "feel" rather than specification. We'll examine homemade coils, inductors, transformers, capacitors and resistors. Workshop participants will work collaboratively, modding and hacking on the aforementioned circuits. However, the amount of time required to construct these circuits is prohibitive of building tube instruments from scratch. However, tube based kits and instructions can be made available for sale, to be completed after the workshop.


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Image label prediction is a critical issue in computer vision and machine learning. In this paper, we propose and develop sparse label-indicator optimization methods for image classification problems. Sparsity is introduced in the label-indicator such that relevant and irrelevant images with respect to a given class can be distinguished. Also, when we deal with multi-class image classification problems, the number of possible classes of a given image can also be constrained to be small in which it is valid for natural images. The resulting sparsity model can be formulated as a convex optimization problem, and it can be solved very efficiently. Experimental results are reported to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed model, and demonstrate that the classification performance of the proposed method is better than the other testing methods in this paper. © 2014 IEEE.


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NAACP applauds restoration of voting rights to Virginia ex-felons
Gov. McDonnell announces move for those with nonviolent felony convictions
by OW Staff Writer May 30, 2013 October 19, 2021
RICHMOND, Va.—Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has announced that he will automatically grant, on an individualized basis, voting rights to people with nonviolent felony offenses upon completion of all the terms of their sentence.
"As Americans we believe in second chances and we believe in the right to vote," stated Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP. "We commend Gov. McDonnell for his courageous leadership to restore the right to vote for hundreds of thousands of Virginians. This is a great step for Virginia and we look forward to working with the Commonwealth and our state conference on expanding the vote. Anyone who has made a mistake, done their time and paid their debt to society should be able to join their neighbors at the voting booth."
"This year our elected officials are bringing the issue of felony disenfranchisement to the forefront and Gov. McDonnell has taken the lead," Rev. Nathaniel Young, president of the NAACP Virginia State Conference. "Today's changes are a testament to the years of hard work the NAACP and other leading advocacy groups have put into ridding the state of a century-old policy that has disenfranchised too many of our citizens. This is a step in the right direction for Virginia."
"Restoring the votes of citizens who made a mistake and paid their debt to society is the right thing to do," stated Jotaka Eaddy, senior director for Voting Rights at the NAACP. "This is a major step in the right direction for Virginia. Moving forward, we will continue to ensure that all citizens returning to society in the Commonwealth and across the country can exercise their right to vote."
NAACP applauds Attorney General for speaking out against felony disenfranchisement
NAACP and NEA unite to overcome voter suppression laws

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Technocracy critic won't finger true culprits behind it
Apparently Kremlin state media RT decided anti technocrat Patrick Wood was so little a threat that they decided to give him a voice. And why shouldn't they? For, Wood blames technocracy and the New World Order on the West and shadowy vague groups. Russia and Israel must be innocent, according to Wood.
Dec. 17, 2018 Anno Domini
Members of the shadowy Trilateral Commission are solely responsible for terrorizing the world with their green-washed sustainable development, transhumanist, technocratic utopian pipe dream.
That's what author Patrick Wood, one of the most outspoken critics of technocracy, claims in his 2015 book Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation.
"Technocracy is being sponsored and orchestrated by a global elite led by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski's Trilateral Commission," Wood says. (pg. xiii.)
While Wood does a fairly good job illustrating the effects of this globalist agenda in his 274-page book, he fails to provide the key element of motive for the Trilaterals' multi-generational push for global technocratic communitarianism. What motivates this group? Around which force do they rally? The same could be asked about the other two groups oft targeted by vague conspiracy researchers—Bilderberg and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Wood attempts to provide some motive by using Senator Barry Goldwater's explanation of Trilateral objectives.
"The Trilateral Commission is international and is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control of the political government of the United States. The Trilateral Commission represents a skillful, co-ordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centres of power—political, monetary, intellectual, and ecclesiastical."
Wood fails to identify the one group that has sought these very objectives for over 2,000 years, the one group with more motive and technological know-how than the Trilateral Commission. Crypto-Soviet Russia and China, their progeny Israel, and international usurers are the Jewish revolutionary group lurking behind it all, with the freemasons at their side.
Of course, Jews are overrepresented on the membership lists of all three organizations: Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg, and the CFR. It is, however, more difficult to assess the number of freemasons comprising membership; although, one can be certain that their numbers are also overrepresented. Wood employs inconsistent logic when he points out the overrepresentation of Trilateral members among the technocracy movement but then ignores the Jewish overrepresentation on the Trilateral Commission (and Bilderberg and CFR). On page 58, Wood makes the point that Trilaterals dominate the U.S. Federal Reserve—an absurd observation given that the Fed is an undeniable Jewish scheme.
Wood sources the foundation of technocracy—the driving "scientific" ideology behind the New World Order and its vision for world government—in the Enlightenment's positivism movement, scientism, progressivism, Darwinism, fascism, socialism, and, finally, Technocracy Inc., through men like Henry Saint-Simon, Auguste Comte, Thorstein Veblen, and Howard Scott. Even though Judeo-masonic kabbalism lurks behind all of these movements, Wood can't seem to make the obvious connection.
Astonishingly, Technocracy Inc.'s 1934 study course foresaw back then what came to be realized in the last decade as the "smart grid" and "internet of things", complete with "continuous 24 hour-per-day total net conversion of energy" thanks to such devices as harmful microwave-emitting "smart meters", which are now on almost every home and business in the developed world. The plan would also involve a complete transformation of the monetary system—away from being pegged to gold or oil and, instead, towards energy proxies such as carbon.
This has all been made possible by the United Nations and its Agenda for the 21st century (Agenda 21).
An alliance of Israeli, Russian, and Chinese tech firms are entrenched in the worldwide smart grid system, thanks in large part to stealing much of the technology from the West, and are setting up their new Silk Road to global governance.
The strength of Wood's Technocracy Rising lies in his knowledge of the total-surveillance smart grid and the greenwashing that must accompany it. And while it is good that Woods is bringing awareness to this extremely important subject, he does a disservice to the world by omitting the true culprits behind it and their dark objective for mankind.
The real goal of technocracy is the "olam ha ba" or "world to come", in which Jews, finally, will be recognized globally as the master race, tasked with the enlightenment (enslavement) of gentiles and lordship over all the universe through techno-based communism, similar to that established in the fictional yet prescient 1984 work by Orwell. Collectively, they will act as the messiah figure, using the merging of man and machine to achieve, they believe, what Christ did when He defeated death at the Holy Cross—immortality.
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lindesymonds says:
A very good précis that cuts through all the misdirects of the judas goat pathways of the 'truther movement'. Professor Antony C Sutton gave up his academic career to publish on this verboten topic. His works document the American and European construction of the Communist military industrial complex in both USSR and China – these are imperative studies for anyone who would cut through the controlled opposition and the Great Deception of which Anatoliy Golitsyn warned. It was looted Western Technology that built the infrastructure of Israel's 'post' communist states.
Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development (1968)
National Suicide 1973 – US military aid to the USSR
The Best Enemy Money Can Buy. 1986.
The conduit for this wholesale looting of American technology was of course Israeli dual nationals who passed it onto to Israel – which was building its Communist Bases in the East.
Jim Traficant – 7 years prison for warning about this – explains: 'Israel has used us like a whore'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nAtIZqCMeA
Gabriele says:
The world is in deep, deep trouble. Our world is run by very different personalities then the public can imagine. Gabriele
What Judicial Watch is calling the 'Fourth Branch of Government' and litigating against is actually an agency of a foreign power – namely Israel. What they have uncovered in their litigations and disclosures of evidence in going after Deep State corruption is wall-to-wall Jews and citizens of Israel. https://www.judicialwatch.org/latest-videos/
Lothar Martek says:
If this history of this particular topic interests you, I would strongly suggest the book:
The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship: An Examination of Epistemic Autocracy, From the 19th to the 21st Century (9781419639326)
The Collins brothers lay down the whole conspiracy and name all the names we can indentify.
Timothy Fitzpatrick says:
Yep. I've read this. The Collins boys correctly call out the fake collapse of communism, but they are Protestants and appear to be Philo-Semitic, unfortunately.
Johnny Walker Read says:
Communism, Judaism for the Goy..
daouda says:
I prefer for the 'Minim'.
About Sephardic Jews "Sofer Zohar" and Ashkenazi Jews "Sofer Hasidim" , you see how Sephardic Zevi and Ashkenazi Frank give you sionism.
We all knows that Jews hate Christ and this is the background of evil. But you have also paganism in it. Bad stuff.
Solla says:
Timothy. A man I know, one greater than salomon by all accounting of the last 3000 years I can figure, names the Aspen Institute as the enemy. Be careful not to oppose but to understand


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Dal Lee - a male celebrity - born on Saturday December 7th 1895, in New York, NY, USA,.
Dal Lee holds great compassion and seeks to be of service to others. He is a healer, and capable of giving comfort to those in need - he will frequently offer a shoulder for others to cry on. But actually, Dal's mission in life is to develop the tools that allow him to be truly helpful to others rather than just a sympathetic ear. Dal Lee must find the balance between help and interference, and the delicate art of the counselor who knows when to leave the struggle to others and when to avoid taking away the necessary experiences and lessons of life.
It is in Lee's nature to take on responsibility, to fill the void left by others, and to not turn away from personal sacrifice, albeit at times, he may feel overburdened by the travails of others. However, the love others bestow upon him is his well deserved reward.
Dal seeks marriage and is often a wonderful parent, offering warmth, protection, and understanding to children. However, he must be careful not to choose partners for the wrong reasons, and to not let sentimentality influence his decision, especially those involving the choice of a spouse. Dal Lee needs to be needed, but must learn to discriminate between those he can help and others who are made weaker by his care. After all, it is in Dal's nature to be attracted to the weaker brothers and sisters among us. The temptation for Lee is to think of himself as the savior of the world, carrying the burdens of others on his shoulders.
Dal Lee is full of energy, always on the go, fidgety, and quite hyperactive. Life is in a constant motion for him and he devours it powerfully.
He has great ability to put thoughts into action, and there is no wait once he sets his mind on something. Where others tend to think or dream, Dal already takes action while radiating energy, enthusiasm, and livelihood around.
His physical stamina is strong, and he loves mental and physical exercise. Dal Lee keep himself physically or mentally busy at all times, and he feels better spending time outdoors and eating natural foods.
Limited space is a major challenge for Dal, while exercise, proper diet, and rest are critical for his health. A good walk in the fresh air serves as an intellectual vehicle for him.
Entrepreneurial and progressive, Dal Lee is ever-striving, heading for the top, and enjoying an enterprising, ambitious and determined personality to do things well, and an unyielding dedication to his plan until the goals are achieved.
There is danger, however that his trait of determination and dedication will shift to stubbornness, making Dal cling to ideas and projects well past their fruitious season. It is a good idea for him to keep fresh pipeline of ideas to make it easier to replace outdated plans by new and better ones.
Patient as he is towards his goals, Dal's flying, ravaging temper endangers his relationships with the very same people that will help him to accomplish those goals. He should use his strength of will to study and practice anger management.
Dal Lee makes a good performer, but at the same time he can be quite intense and serious.
Dal can easily gain high respect in the community, being understanding of the views of others, and he often tends to achieve his goals.
When balanced, he is compassionate and emotionally secure. Lee is also a natural healer, with leadership qualities and the ability to genuinely empathize. He also radiates love and spiritual happiness to those around him.
When unbalanced, drama queen is not an unfamiliar term to Dal, and he often likes to give advice to others even when his own life is a mess.
Tour Dal's menu and gain more insight into his personality traits, relationships, strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, compatibility with you and with others, and much more.
April 25th 2019 is a day for Dal Lee to invest in resolving family matters that need to be taken care of.
Loyalty is a key word today; also, Dal must guard against interfering in someone else's life.
A friend or relative brings Lee good news.


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Japan Cherry Blossom Festival 2019
The 2019 Japan Cherry Blossom Festival – Hanoi will take place at the Ly Thai To Park in the heart of Hanoi, with a display of Japanese cherry blossoms and some special Vietnamese and Hanoi flowers.
Visitors to the festival will have a chance to experience Japanese culture, Yosakoi – Japanese traditional flashmob dance, along with Vietnamese arts like ca tru and hat xam, will also be introduced during the festival. There will also be investment and tourism promotion conferences, and exchange programs on education and health care.
In addition, a goodwill ambassador will be selected for the first time during the Festival. Accordingly, the chosen one must have a passion for enhancing the Vietnam – Japan friendship as well as knowledge of and interest in Japan and have N4-level Japanese speaking ability.
Unmarried Vietnamese women who are above 18 years old and live in Hanoi are eligible to apply for the selection, which will last from January till March 2019. The winner will be introduced to the public at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Japan Cherry Blossom Festival – Hanoi, which takes place on March 29 evening.
Time: Friday, Saturday and Sunday from March 29 to 31
Venue: Ly Thai To Park
Cinema at L'Espace
"Comme un avion" (Memories) (France, 2015, 104')
Director: Bruno Podalydès
Casts: Bruno Podalydès, Sandrine Kiberlain, Agnès Jaoui, Vimala Pons
A fifty-something graphics artist has always dreamed of flying an airmail plane. One day he assembles a kayak which he thinks looks like fuselage, and set off on a trip to unexpected encounters.
"Belle et Sébastien" (France, 2013, 104')
Director: Nicolas Vanier
Casts: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Margaux Châtelier
"Belle and Sebastian" is directly adapted from the television series "Belle et Sébastien" 1965. "Belle and Sebastian" film is not the first adaptation of the story told by the creator of the television series, Cécile Aubry. Indeed, in parallel with the series, Aubry wrote a series of novels about its own universe in six volumes and a few years later, in 1981, the Japanese NHK has recovered the account in order to make an animated series 52 episodes: "Belle and Sebastian". Set in France in 1943, the plot tells about a six-year-old boy and his dog looking to foil a Nazi effort to capture French Resistance fighters. The movie is directed by Nicolas Vanier – who is obsessed with the theme of snow and canine dogs. In this movie, the romance and poetic shots are meticulously made by the director fascinate audience, besides a moving friendship story.
Time: Sunday March 31 from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Venue: L'Espace, 24 Trang Tien street, Hanoi
An Anonymous Exhibition Tour
Heritage Space is hosting the Anonymous Tour, the special art tour giving a walk-through to the "Is it necessary to have a name?..' – an unnamed exhibition. The Tour, led by organiser and artists, will be an opportunity for viewers to understand the works more clearly through verbal introduction, stories behind them as well the original creative ideas as the works are analysed layer by layer underneath their façade.
Time: Sunday March 31 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Venue: Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza, 6 Nguyen Hoang / 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh 2, Hanoi
FILMstoryteller: "Like someone in Love" #2
Due to having received feedback from the audiences with the desire to watch "Like someone in love", we opened another screening for those who missed this movie screening.
The follow-up discussion will have the contribution of Ngo Thanh – an Abbas Kiarostami's film lover and an independent researcher.
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
Time: Sunday March 31 at 7:00 pm
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Sisi attends celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Monday، 24 December 2018 - 12:00 AM
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended Monday 24/12/2018 a celebration held marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The celebration is organized by the Egyptian Sports Federation for Mental Disabilities in cooperation with the Ministries of Youth and Sports and Social Solidarity.
The event started with the screening of a documentary about the achievements of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the federation and the great abilities of the mentally disabled in creating hope in life with their determination and willpower.
The documentary reflected appreciation of the mentally disabled and the support offered by the state for them, referring to the Egyptian Paralympic Committee.
Mariam and Michael sang a Christmas song during the celebration.
Head of the Egyptian Sports Federation for Mental Disabilities Amal Mobdi thanked President Sisi on behalf of the mentally disabled citizens for his constant support to them.
Addressing the celebration, Mobid said Egypt is the first country in the world to empower people with disabilities, referring to a papyrus stating "do not make fun of a blind, do not belittle a dwarf, do not stand in the way of persons with limpness, do not frown in the face of others and do not shout when they make mistakes."
She noted that the sanctioning of the law on disabilities four years ago has changed the face of life. Even Parliament members from the disabled were elected and the first mentally disabled TV presenter in the world is one of the federation's champions.
The federation, in cooperation with the ministry, are trying to offer all the needs of the champions including sports, social, artistic and medical activities, she added.
A number of federation champions sang a patriotic song during the celebration.
Minister of Youth and Sport Dr Ashraf Sobhi said he feels very happy to participate in the celebration which represents a breakthrough in new efforts and initiatives over the coming years.
The minister praised the care offered by the president and the efforts exerted by Egypt's youths in this respect.
He pointed out to announcing 2016 as the year of people with disabilities during the 3rd national conference for youth, held in Ismailia.
Sobhi said the ministry draws up plans and carries out programs and projects for people with disabilities to hone their skills and merge them into the society through giving them the opportunity to practice all cultural, artistic and sports activities across the country in cooperation with the state institutions concerned.
The ministry, upon directives by the presidency, exerts all efforts in including the disabled in the society, he said, referring to the participation of Egypt's champions in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.


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it's too long of a story, but it's not called Slow Poke in 12. Insignificant is the name of the label, and it's their 12th release. "IN 12" is the catalog number (laughs). Anyway, you get UFO Doctor, you get a video on there called "Wrestle Time" (laughs). Basically we built a giant wrestling ring (laugh) in a club, guys wore masks and wrestled (laughs), and there's a bunch of noise (all laugh).
I: This would be another Princess Dragon Mom product.
it's really horrible, called "The Whale That Became A Star" (laughs). It all sounds unbelievable, but it's true, it's true (laughs). And basically I found a movie, you know, 8mm, Super 8 movie called "The Whale Became A Star" (laughs) and added a bunch of footage that I had shot (laughs). It comes with a thing that describes what the film is about, in case you're watching of course and you have no idea, it's about a whale that gets captured, taken to Sea World, and dreams of escaping back home to Michigan (all laugh).
W: Yeah, (laughs) and that's seen through the Whale's eyes (all laugh).
I: Is it all on one tape or a bunch of different tapes?
W: No that's one tape.
one of the things that's an unpopular item is butter incense (all laugh). It's incense, and you burn it, it smells like butter (all laugh some more).
I: Do you actually make this?
I: Do you like it?
you know you burn it, and it reminds you of breakfast. And um, they've got the toast down, but the coffee they don't, so we're thinking maybe two separate ones.
W: Or maybe mixed in, 'cause you get, you know, a bunch in a pack.
W: Or at work, you know, when you get to work.(all laugh) Or sometimes you get home really late from a show, so you're like "I gotta eat something" but you're like "If I eat something right now it's too late and blah blah blah, I'll just burn some breakfast incense before I go to bed".
W: Yeah without actually you know getting the caffeine and the sugar and all that (all laugh). I know this sounds unbelievable but it's all true.