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William Le Lacheur
The transformation of Costa Rica
After its independence in 1821 Costa Rica was a poor nation with very little outside trade but one man, from a small island halfway around the world, would change that. This episode we tell his remarkable story.
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William Le Lacheur, born 1802, was a merchant and sea captain who is widely credited with transforming Costa Rica's economy through the coffee trade.
Commanding a fine fleet of ships he would not only bring trade to a nation but also education helping pull them from poverty and even support the fight against American filibusters.
Costa Rican Coffee Trade
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Guernsey never gave birth to a man of whom the island had more cause to be proud or who has deserved to be more lamented than him whose decease we record. By his industry and intelligence and his Christian virtues he entitled himself to the highest esteem which society can confer.
Obituary from The Star newspaper
William Le Lachuer
William had a fleet of fantastic ships including the Costa Rica Packet which set the record sailing time between London to San Francisco of 131 days in 1868. The ship was built in his native Guernsey. A San Francisco newspaper reported: 'She is the best built ship to ever enter this port.'
They recommended that merchants and ship builders go and see the vessel calling it a 'noble specimen of marine architecture'.
His ships have appeared on Costa Rican money and stamps.
Costa Rica Packet
The Iron Chruch
Pictured is the modern replacement built on the site of the original 'iron church'. William Le Lacheur was key in introducing Protestant worship to Costa Rica.
If you listen to the episode the background music and effects are from a real service in the modern church.
The Iron Church
[William Le Lacheur was responsible for] raising Costa Rica from the lowest position culturally, socially and economically in all of the Latin America states to the highest.
Costa Rican historian
Occupied!
We were very lucky to be given a copy of the book Occupied! by Blue Ormer Publishing. It's tells the amazing story of the occupation of Guernsey during WW2. Aimed at kids it features fascinating facts and beautiful illustrations. You can order a copy on their website.
Saviour of a nation
In March 1856 American filibuster William Walker (pictured - Anton and I may of drawn on him!) invaded Costa Rica with a mercenary army. William Le Lacheur made his ships available to transport the Costa Rican army up the coast to meet this threat.
Battle of Santa Rosa
Football comes to Costa Rica
Costa Rican Independence at Britannica.com
History of Coffee in Costa Rica and Captain Le Lacheur
Blog: Costa Rica Days 2014 5 and 6
Photo of one of his ships
The Costa Rican Connection
Costa Rica Gourmet Coffee Heritage
Le Lacheur family page
The Poor Man's Goldmine?
Sacramento Daily Union 23 January 1868
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Welcome to the curiosity of a child episode 25. Unfortunately, hear in Guernsey we back in lockdown After many, many months of being nearly COVID free and able to walk around. we're in lockdown.
So it's back to home schooling.
Which isn't too too bad.
Yeah, we kind of get on with it lately, but I hope all our listeners are keeping safe so we get on with the show.
Yep, under the show.
Today we're going to talk about a man who helped change the course of a nation. He lifted it from poverty, transforming it from one of the poorest countries in Central America to one of the richest.
He did this sailing from the most dangerous waters, including those of Cape Horn, which claimed over 800 ships.
This is to transport coffee halfway around the world.
The country is Costa Rica and the man is William Molossia.
There's no problem, I'm not.
I know I'm the man is William Latasha yes.
William Molossia is probably better remembered in Costa Rica than here in his native Guernsey, so they really remember ever doing anything about him at school or having a mentioned. But at school you been doing I'm having one.
We were meant to be. It's probably just that we just started the topic and before you went into lockdown.
That's true, yeah yeah.
Now William, he was born on the 15th of October, 1880.
And his first name was really GM, which is French or Norman French for William.
I didn't know if he anglicized his name as at the time, had a tendency of fighting the French.
So yeah, it's pretty way he went by the name of William.
Yeah, does sound better than GM jam jam jam.
I had a brother and a sister, but here's the middle child. There is a history of seeing his family and one of his grandfathers was actually a privateer and it's also called William Lasher, but his parents are farmers and there's little else known about his early life, but he would have worked the land with his father and probably received some kind of sort of basic formal education and.
I'm pretty sure he was born in the parish parish of Forest.
Yes, right yes.
However, the call of the sea was strong and he followed in this grandfathers footsteps and decided that he wanted to go to see.
That sounds a little bit like Moana Moana it. There's nothing like that, OK?
I'm releasing is much better Moana.
And he must have worked and studied hard beats. In 1827. He was a captain on an 811 ton Brig called the Saint George.
That's heavy, nice name though.
And even though he had spent years of his life at sea, he still found time to have seven children with his wife, who Rachel he married in 1830. But sadly, two of those both called William died when they were young.
For William William Williams, yes.
When he was captured, the Saint George, he was probably only about 2425 years old.
I have like a theory about that William, once it has to be the Gran dad for the next child to be called William, not the Dad Casino.
Skips a generation. Yes it's bad luck. Yeah, yeah. So he was 2425 when his captain. So I was thinking that seems quite young to be a captain. Yeah, so I tried to do some research on the average age and I couldn't find it exact dates or places, but in the 1700s.
The average age of a row Navy Sea captain was about 32, then the second half of the 19th century sailors aboard Scandinavian merchant vessels has an average age of 25. When they first went to see to to be a captain at his age, that's rare. Yes, it seems like he was probably pretty good at sea.
So maybe just a natural, and it seemed that this would serve him well in the future, and in 1830 he became captain of another ship, a 55 ton Carter called the Riviera.
No, the Minerva.
And this is most likely carrying fresh fruit from the Mediterranean, Spain, Madeira, and these ores back to England. It's really important that they shipped out quickly, so we don't want it to rocks whilst IT support.
And you definitely don't want bananas with extra with the other stuff will start rotting.
That's right, yeah.
There must be like specific banana boats and what they would be called, but then bananas do kind of like.
About yeah, maybe they just sell their bananas themselves.
Or you can make a banana raft and then just push it in the direction that you want.
Having gained experience, and I daresay reputation as a fine Captain, William founded, the Lation came in 1836 with another captain.
Captain Grace, with another captain, called Captain Grace.
Grace, he had expensive carrying sugar and goods from the West Indies in South America, so he had been sailing across the Atlantic already. That's good. Well, what do you need if you want to own a shipping company?
Ships with three exclamation marks.
Yes, ships you're not gonna read the answer when I pluck that from your brain.
Now, do you know what the difference between a ship innovators?
Ships are bigger and boats are smaller than ships.
OK, I think.
Yeah, well there seems to be lots of different spelling spelling. There simply is. There seems to be lots of different definitions and I'm not sure there's a strict exact one, but I found a couple here. Then among sailing vessels, the distinction between ships and boats is that a ship is a square rigged craft with at least three masts and a boat isn't.
With regard to mate Wizcraft, a ship is a large vessel intended for Asian going, or at least deep water transport and debate is anything else.
But I prefer this one.
One answer to that is a ships Captain gets annoyed if you refer to his best was a boat, but the boat's captain does not get annoyed if you refer to his vessel as a ship.
So what's the submarine?
Um, it's like.
Is it battleship?
It needs oh, it's a boat because it's anything other than a ship. Yes about yeah.
Anyway, as fortune would have it, another guarantee man, James Sabir, had recently came into the shipyard in 1839.
And he produced very fine vessels, and we've got a little bit about them here, haven't you, Yep.
James should build 8 vessels in total for William between 1840, one 1861. The first ship he constructed was the Lady Munselle, which survived until 1885 when it was wrecked, said the shipwrecked.
The last ship that was built, the Costa Rica packet set the London to San Francisco speed record of 131 days. Yeah, a San Francisco newspaper reported she is the best built ship to ever enter this port. That's pretty impressive trees, yeah, and they recommended that merchants and shipbuilders go and see the vessel and Noble specimen of marine architecture.
Yes, that's pretty amazing so.
A really fine shipbuilder from this tiny island. Andy. Yeah they ship the Costa Rica packet. It's actually got a very fascinating history after it was sold.
The captain who bought it, he caused little incident, which we might do a special episode on.
The first of his own ships that William would captain, which caused the monarch, which is a park which he would sail to Brazil, now got two conflicting sources here about the exact order of events of what happened.
So it might be over one or two voyages, but the basic story in fact seem correct.
At the time there was a global recession going on, so that means that the economy and businesses were struggling.
So when Williams it off, he decided to actually sell around the South tip of America Cape Horn. Just like really dangerous and difficult.
Season, as you said earlier, 800 shipwrecks.
Exactly, yeah, so you can see that how rough the seas are so he woulda selves from say going to London, the UK I think via Liverpool. Actually on the strips. Obviously a major port and they sailed down so the case of Europe then to the Azores. Then they cut straight across the Atlantic to Brazil. Then they sell down the case and then round Cape Horn button here cut it quite wide.
See I want to place to Rockstar, then up the West coast of Chile.
South America, Chile, Peru and then passed Ecuador.
That's right now and into Central America.
So a really long voyage. So could you imagine sailing that in a wooden boat? I mean you have to trust it's well made here.
The first voyage lost from February 1841 to September 1842, and he returned to London.
So you not see for so long guarantee.
But um, I saw there was another boat which was also built in 1841, so that must be a little bit later. Or maybe he went out on that 1841 boat to return to another way to be like or like this poop.
Yes, it's long term to be at sea. It's really important to understand this so.
The length of time it actually took to ship goods.
Back then, really added to their value. Yeah, it's so hard to get hold of. I mean not anybody could go and do this and then sailing around the southern tip of America added.
Several months to the journey time.
Yeah, but could have just like cut through or just guns.
Straight now did you have to go with?
Where my, well, he's kind of looking for opportunities. Then he'd heard when he was in Mexico of the Costa Rican coffee trade. But that was all in the Pacific coast, not the Lantic coast, and there was no easy way, even though it's quite a narrow country. There is no easy way for them to transport their goods to the Atlantic coast at the time.
And covered with that later, actually. So we have to go all the way around to get it. And yeah, traveling by C was easy until you had good roads or aircraft or railways ready.
That's why if you look at the Roman Empire, it's around the middle training which it was easier for the ramen, say today from Italy to Carthage, North Africa. Then it would be from, say, rain to Paris in France, even though today and think different right where where we.
So during his voyage he stopped at the port of Matt Salon on the Pacific coast of Mexico asset, and there he learned about the Costa Rican coffee growers and they were struggling to find buyers with whom to export their product. So he decided to investigate.
And then again, the sources have very on. If this is the first or second voyage to America.
Not everything was so clear.
And then when we were researching.
Yeah, actually managed to get hold of an old kind of book from the library that go into the secret archive to get this for me. And actually I've also got hold of another St. We don't have time to cover today about some of these actual time aboard one of these ships that's so may recover in the future, so it's a good story that, well, this is a sad story.
But I think we covered that. Next time has maybe little kind of short feature. Yeah, so there's no direct shipping of coffee from Costa Rica to London.
Everything had gone through European merchants up until now, but not particularly successfully. And London was when the centers of the coffee trade, then Costa Rica, the Pacific side of the country, they produced some of the best coffee there was in the world at the time. So the enterprising William decided that this was a nice he could exploit. Yes, after his first voyage, where heads pretty amazing. Contacts with coffee growers.
Turn time to London and then about a month later he left again on the 30th of October, heading back to South America, then by March 1840, three had reached the Pacific side of Costa Rica.
And after another year of kind of being at sea and sailing and trading, it returned to London for the first direct shipment of coffee from Costa Rica. So he had begun his trade proper.
During his time in Costa Rica, made lots of important connections with local coffee growers in San Jose is the capital and he would have written probably in horseback.
Costa Rica cowboy.
From Port Punta Arenas to capital in land now. Interestingly, the son of one of the families here we chat AT and actually studied in England under George Stephenson. And you know what he's famous for.
No, he was the inventor of the rocket.
You know the.
Market, yes it was a steam train.
Yeah, it's not the first train. Yeah, and railways they have a big effect on shipping in the future as kind of you hinted at before. Actually when we were talking and you could also speak English which is really helpful as it allowed William to speak with the local says he didn't know any Spanish himself so negotiations were made with support from the British Council and William was prepared to actually risk is a money on the venture as well so that kind of the locals more confidence to deal with him.
But then when he was kind of retiring, this first shipment of coffee was actually delayed by bad weather.
And it took him two months longer than he thought it would, and that caused a bit of concern with the local Costa Rican's because they thought they'd be wrong to trust him. He's not actually paid all of them yet to go from Seoul.
The coffee and then if you bring it.
Back and obviously they wouldn't know that it's too late.
Yeah, you can't just transfer it with the Internet.
This type of trade is difficult. I mean, these delays could have a big effect.
The monarch strip that he was captain carried over half a million kilograms of coffee.
That's a lot of coffee.
Yes, I think it must have been something really low in the water.
Would be not to smell it as well.
Yeah, I mean I guess I would get rid of like the seasonal fever tonight that.
If people die if people don't like it, yeah, sorry.
But as I said, he did return on the locals. They were right to trust him, and there's a article by Luis Fernandez who raped for one of the Costa Rican newspapers in 1933, telling the story of one family here.
I think it might be the same family, same surname.
There are many who believed that the Fernandez family were taking two greater risk, but the risk was worthwhile.
SMS declared that it was a crazy adventure. Only the word of an English sea captain and when he doubted that Captain Latter would keep to his word and return.
When there was a delay, many and bitter weather commentaries, but Captain Alasha returned with many money and goods. The price received by Fernandez was a revelation. The feature richness of the country was established.
In 1849 Gudino Fernandez died, but his wife succeeded him and continued, in spite of having a large family to bring up and educate.
To deal with Captain Alasha ensured the family of prosperity and when she died in 1890, the family fortunes were firmly established. Mademoiselle Rodale Fernandez is a neighbor example of a Costa Rican wife.
Yeah, and I notice in there it mentioned about how like about the richness of Costa Rica becoming make it one of the poorest to one of the richest countries.
And it's actually Costa Rica in Spanish. I think it means Rich Coast.
And Louis, he even raped the last family in London saying be Costa Rican's, we always have a fund memory of your Gran father. I myself remember the family tradition.
That's in 1933, so it's quite long time after shipping, isn't it? Yeah, but you still remembered so the impact he had amazing.
There was like at school, there was a visitor who came in and.
It was an evacuee from Guernsey, and they went to England, and they met someone the same age as them, and they kept in touch for like the next 70 years or something.
That's amazing. It's friendships that were made.
Yes, as you've just said. Actually Costa Rica, it was when the poorest countries in Central America and at any gained its independence from Spain from 20 years earlier. So this new trade had the potential to revolutionize their economy and they didn't have any regular route or coffee trade with Europe since becoming independent, so they were struggling to survive early, yeah?
But the Costa Rican independence. It's actually a little bit more complicated than that. But Mexico declared independence from Spain in 1821. Costa Rica became part of the Mexican Empire, but that didn't last very long, and in 1823 at how it creates the United provinces of Central America. But instability with the other Member States cause them to leave in 1838.
Lots of things happening.
Yeah, so turbulent times for the people. Yeah, but William, he wasn't just taking coffee from Costa Rica to London. The Costa Rican government that actually used the profits that they made from selling the coffee to buy machinery and equipment and goods and all sorts of things and then import those back into the country which improved the coffee production and also the Avril kind of.
See just well being you keep.
Looping that too until you get like more and more money so you can make more coffee so that they will buy more exactly just keeps going up that.
Yep, Yep, they really improve the quality of life of people and it's actually good to see such wise investing from a government which we don't always get.
But it wasn't only coffee and machinery and things that he carried was it?
No, he carried school kids. That sounds really well.
So funny so tell me more.
He took the boys of prominent Costa Rican families to England, and so that they could study and get like a proper education, OK?
There were 16 in total and he made sure that they are well looked after his equipped over to you.
He took young Costa Rican's to England and installed them in professional schools, fretting over them like a parent and taking him back to Costa Rica prepared to fill important roles as professionals.
The education they received helped to make Costa Rica stronger as they were able to use their skills and knowledge to help improve their country. When in England they also fell in love with the game.
Between what games that?
Football.
Yeah, yeah, it's a good game.
When the boys returned to Costa Rica, they took football with him and it soon spread.
And in 1990 they qualified for the World Cup for the first time. So that's like the Costa Rican national team.
Their chances of winning.
1000 to one.
Anyway, they didn't win the World Cup, but they did beat Scotland. Sorry, Liam.
And Sweden, yeah, I like Sweden anyway. Here's the first ever World Cup goal and it's with Spanish commentary as it's much better.
Oh Backhill and nice finish I was.
Go oh it's IRA. They do go on forever and look how dejected the Scottish keeper looks the same.
Yeah, so massive moment for them in their footballing history here. Let's watch again. I'll be back. Here is a great backheel chip to the goal is he done really funny?
Oh, that one just looks beautiful, nasty.
For the finish.
Right, William Lasher is.
Sort of indirectly.
Responsible for.
Bringing beating Scotland being introducing football to Costa Rica. Yeah, I wouldn't. Actually with the other South American countries how spread their wonder how if they were already planning it or not, yeah.
But back to our story. So for some.
People football is a.
Religion isn't it? Yeah, but for William it was a bit different and upon first arriving he described Costa Rica as poverty.
Stricken and superstitious.
Now use a Spanish rule. Had meant that much of the population had adopted, so Catholic worship have a William, he decided.
In 1844, to take Protestant Bibles on his next voyage, yeah.
And a letter of recommendation was.
Sent to the British Foreign Bible Society recommending William on this course of action, and it says.
Counting the Lasher is a member of my church. He is about to return to Costa Rica. I know of no man in this Kingdom of Great Britain, to whom you may have more confidence to Intrust Spanish Bibles.
Are pretty high praise, yeah?
In the first Bibles they arrived in January 1845 and a small community seem built up around them, and within spent 4000 pesos buying a house in San Jose, which was probably used by the Protestant worshippers. That's kind of their first sort of based off their congregations. Yeah, yeah.
And the actual the opposite cost price making no money for himself, but with Costa Rica being a Catholic country, the religion that was actually protected by the government itself. So we needed to get permission from them to hold this president congregations. But such as his weight for the Costa Rican government after.
Kind of all he had.
Done more than that of any other foreign aid, permission was given. There is also thought that this may have led to the considerable religious Liberty that's.
Allowed by Costa Rica's 1848 constitution.
Which is good.
Yeah, so that's important if you don't want persecution for peoples beliefs. I mean whatever you believe is just accept that other people have their own beliefs as well.
Yeah, and William even sent a viable 2 presidents Jose Maria Costa Costa. I guess what that's I think I typed his name wrong. I guess that's where San Jose is. I think since he was already named.
I need that.
Yeah, so you sent letter in 1849 and he received a letter. Great appreciation in reply, but there wasn't actually a Protestant church built in Costa Rica until after Williams death and his son John John Lascia. John took over the trade.
And in 18.
64 he carried a prefabricated church made of iron on board with this ships Costa Rica and Iron Church. Yeah, and then so much so heavy, that is yeah, and it was taken to Costa Rica. And then it was assembled and put together.
Would have had some wood.
Boards and things in there probably. But the.
Mainframe was iron and this is the Church of the Good Shepherd. But it was nicknamed for obvious reasons. The Iron church.
And that lasted pretty well, but in 1819, eighteen but in 1937, and is replaced with a new kind of more traditionally built church and includes a plaque that memory it's William. Yeah, here's a photo of the church. Yeah, it looks a little bit like the Castle. It's not, it doesn't have a steeple or anything.
That's the Iron church there.
It doesn't look like it's made out of iron really, but it is not perfect. Perfect photo. Yeah, it's hard to tell from that.
But in our story, Williams not dead yet, no? So the William we're talking about my sons, right?
Cool man yeah so with his growing success William Commissions Jeans appear to build more ships, allowing him to transport not anymore goods but transport them faster. And we know we made far ships with this. He helped further raise the quality of life of many Costa Rican's and raise the wealth of the of the country as a whole.
And his ships, their features and pasted stamps, and even banknotes shows how important is the country.
Remember, you show me a picture of one of the banknotes actually put them in here, but you see them over the. They haven't you, but it's time for a quick advert.
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We are very generously been sent a book from Blue Ormer Publishing and they are a local publisher with lots of really cool books about.
History and guns in the bailiwick.
And what do we have here?
It could occupy it, and it's a book about the occupation of Guernsey Giron MoD.
Or two and the.
Germans came over for five years and it Scott from the beginning when it ordered, the evacuees were sent.
Away until we were liberated in 1945.
Yeah, it covers lots of cool things like commando raids evacuation. We were using secret radios, the building fortifications, and all sorts.
And it's written by a local tour guide and illustrated.
By them T called.
Victoria Robinson, yeah, it's really cool.
Illustrations this makes it's aimed at kids your age so highly recommended, and if you want to get hold of this book or any of the other blue or more books then go to blueormy.co.uk.
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When I started this site, I told myself that I was going to be active. I want to meet and interact with other authors. And I want to get advice for my own stuff. I was going to be so good about it. It was going to be great.
It's the end of the school year for my students. In fact, they start their final tomorrow. In an ordinary year, this would be hectic anyway, what with final grades and students needing to study and the fact that our school has NO AC (humidity and I are NOT friends).
BUT. I am about to lose this job. My position is victim to the many budget cuts that teachers face. Because of this, I am about to lose my health insurance, which is a VERY scary thought.
On top of that, I have gotten a zillion job interviews. This is a good thing. I KNOW it is. I know that the more interviews I go on, the more chance I have of landing a job. Unfortunately, interviews take a lot out of someone. Selling yourself, being your best, dealing with the nerves, is taxing. Especially when they make you teach in front of a group of real live students.
I have had 8 interviews in 2 weeks. And more before that. I am tired. I have a perpetual stomach ache. I keep losing my train of thought. Worst of all, I burst into tears in front of one of my classes today. For no reason. It's been so hard.
I just want a job. I want this to be over. I want the anxiety to go away. I want to focus on other things.
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Jeffrey Wernick Joins Qtum's Advisory Board
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Press Release – updated: Oct 26, 2017 13:45 EDT
SINGAPORE, October 26, 2017 (PRESS RELEASE JET) – Qtum is excited to announce the addition of veteran investor Jeffrey Wernick to our advisory board. Jeffrey's 40 years of experience include investments in Uber and Airbnb, after which he turned his focus to bank transactions, lending platforms, and the blockchain industry. His advisory role will help guide Qtum's international growth and development strategies.
"I meet with many people in the blockchain and cryptocurrency community, and what impressed me about Qtum is the people and their pursuit of intellectual integrity," said Jeffrey Wernick. "Qtum is committed to decentralization, and their approach to blockchain is more constructive and adaptive than anything else I've seen. Qtum is committed to open source where greater privacy is preserved, and greater benefits accrue to everyone participating in the ecosystem."
Jeffrey began his career trading options and futures while studying at the University of Chicago. He later worked at Salomon Brothers, then became the youngest Senior Officer at the National Bank of Detroit. Jeffrey then launched a technology-focused venture capital firm and created a hedge fund to invest in distressed and bankrupt companies, helping to restructure their balance sheets. As an angel investor, his focus expanded to the sharing economy, biomedical, and blockchain technologies.
Qtum is committed to decentralization, and their approach to blockchain is more constructive and adaptive than anything else I've seen. Qtum is committed to open source where greater privacy is preserved, and greater benefits accrue to everyone participating in the ecosystem.
Jeffrey Wernick, Advisor of the Qtum Foundation
"I have always kept myself anonymous, extremely private, and avoided any recognition of my name. However, now I think the work being done in the blockchain ecosystem and, specifically with Qtum, it is vitally important to be building platforms that are decentralized and trust reinforcing; so, I am going all in," Wernick remarked.
Qtum recently announced our network launch, Ignition, our groundbreaking blockchain platform which provides the first decentralized governance protocol and proof-of-stake consensus mechanism for smart contracts. Blockchain industry leaders are increasingly looking to Qtum to solve complex issues of scalability and deliverability for their projects, and Qtum delivers a smart contract platform running on a proof-of-stake consensus for the first time.
"We're committed to growing Qtum with guidance from the most experienced minds in technology and finance, and we welcome Jeffrey Wernick as part of this mission," said Patrick Dai, co-founder at Qtum. "His background in trading, quantitative research, and venture investment gives him unmatched insights."
About Qtum: Qtum is a blockchain application platform. At its core, Qtum combines the advantages of the Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) model, an Account Abstraction Layer allowing for multiple virtual machines, and a proof-of-stake consensus protocol aimed at tackling industry use cases. The Qtum Foundation, headquartered in Singapore, is the decision-making body that drives the project's development. Learn more at qtum.org.
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In January 2014 I was approached about the possibility of creating a series of paintings of the Stations of the Cross for St Joseph's Cathedral, Abu - Dhabi.
St. Joseph's Cathedral is located near the intersection of Airport Road (Street 2) and Seventeenth Street.
In October 1963 work began for the first Church in Abu Dhabi and the foundation stone was blessed in February 1964, on a plot of land along the present Corniche, donated by H.H. Sheikh Shakbut, the ruler of Abu Dhabi at that time. Fr. Barnabas Madii undertook the task of constructing the Church and a residence for the priests and on February 19, 1965 the first Church was inaugurated.
On 19 March 1981, the foundation for the present Church was laid, following the Ruler's decision that the Church and its associated schools be moved to a different location. The inauguration of the new complex took place on 25 February 1983, in the presence of Sheikh Shakbut.
The parish today has over 100,000 expatriate Catholics from all over the world. With the growing economy within the region, the Church has also witnessed a steady increase in the number of faithful. Masses are celebrated in several different languages and the Church is generally seen packed to full capacity at most services.
A major section of the parish complex was demolished at the beginning of 2013 to give way for the construction of new halls/catechetical rooms/offices/residence for priest's and staff.
Initially I was commissioned to create Station 8: Christ speaks to the women of Jeruselem. Father Muthu was keen that the whole congregation would have the opportunity to decide if the artwork would work for the Cathedral.
I was delighted that Father Muthu and the congregation decided that I was the artist for the commission and 13 further painting s were completed in August 2014.
This has been an exceptional commission on many fronts - I spent 10 years living in Abu Dhabi from the age of 10 till I was 20. We attended the original St Joseph's church on many occasions so it was particularly significant that, despite Father Muthu being unaware of my past - my past had come full circle.
When you set out to create such an important series of work - it becomes a spiritual creative journey, and it has been a very moving experience to spend time contemplating this extraordinary narrative - and particularly at a time of such destruction and current religious turmoil in our World.
Thank you Father Muthu and the congregation of St Joseph's Cathedral for allowing me to undertake this breath taking commission - I am deeply grateful and I shall look forward to visiting St Joseph's Catherdral some time soon to see the artworks in their final home.
Paul Doherty (Bahrain): Beautiful, emotive work. A superb collection.
Paul Treacy (London): Wow! Your work never fails to impress me Rachel! Incredible, absolutely stunning!
Rene Landry (USA) Rachel, you have been blessed with a very special talent that reaches beyond the painting.....namaste.
Jennifer Paterson Jonas (Canada): Extraordinary - very moving paintings.
Corinne Badcoe (Surrey): As a mum I find 'your' Jesus very moving . His whole pain, destiny , sorrow are painted but also a sorry to his mum to be not like anyone else... Which is hard to take for her... It's very beautifully expressed Rachel.
Serena Morton (Bournemouth): Just awesome and truly amazing work! You are unbelievably gifted, Rachel Gadsden! Brings tears to my eyes!
Christine Farquhar (Scotland): You take us straight to the heart of his conflicts, what it is doing to his very soul, what is etched so painfully on his face, deep in his eyes and in his very cheek bones. It is a very long time since I helped my father try to explain the stations of the cross to the different age groups of his Sunday school. He died just over two years ago and your beautiful inspiring work brings some strange joy to the sad but more importantly wonderful memories of such times.
Elly Wright (Surrey): Very rich. Love the way you work them.
Michele Taylor (Nottingham): "Love Rachel Gadsden's work, and these are simply wonderful"


There are plenty of on-line movie sites that claim to give you totally free movies, but a great deal of these are fakes. They are full of advertisements and MFA. As soon as you enter a certain keyword they will pop up everywhere. These aren't the type of web sites you want and you won't be able to locate films to watch on them. So it just wastes your time.
A lot of us love to delve into watching movies and when we will feel like seeing a good movie, waiting for hours in order to get it and consume it, will just not do. You will be able to go to the cinema, like anyone out there, but most of the times, this will imply a lot of efforts from your side and there are quite many disadvantages that come along with it.


Pennsylvania – Research shows that people who live near fracking areas, the oil and gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, are more susceptible to suffer severe health issues. According to the study published in the PLOS ONE journal from researchers of the University of Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania, those who live near these sites are more prone to suffer from heart conditions, neurological illnesses and cancer.
The study analyzed 198,000 hospitalizations records over a four year period, from 2007 to 2011 in Northern Pennsylvania counties. Researchers managed to categorized 25 medical scenarios, and then proceeded to associate each case with its proximity to a fracking area. Results showed that there was indeed a larger number of hospitalization cases in those areas where fracking takes place. The study also states that there are 18 zip code areas with a well density higher than 0.79 wells per square kilometer, which means that a person who lives in one of those zip code areas has a 27% higher risk of suffering from one of the medical conditions previously mentioned.
Hydraulic Fracturing commonly known as "Fracking" extracts natural gas and oil from rock formations.
However, the study concluded that the numbers exposed are just observations, and that any suspicion of negative consequences directly caused by fracking technique, should be exhaustively investigated.
Hydraulic fracturing is a rising but controversial oil and gas drilling technique, very popular in oil extracting companies. It uses a chemical mixture made out of water, sand and numerous chemicals to break underground rocks. The technique intends to remove much of the need for explosives or very powerful drilling machines, representing a financial relief for many corporations.
Nevertheless, fracking has been highly criticized by environmental activists because of the pollution and health issues it causes. The chemicals used in this technique can easily disperse into the atmosphere and groundwater, making it an ecological and possible health hazard for populations nearby. Many communities have worked together in order to fight the growth of fracking use. For example, in 2014 residents of Denton, Texas, chose to ban fracking due to health concerns. Later, New York and California banned it after a series of health reports. In Oklahoma, residents have called to make fracking banned as well. Finally, numerous reports from the European Union Directorate-General or the U.K. Department of Health, have also expressed their concerns towards the dangers that hydraulic fracturing represent.


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'Siberia' Pilot Recap: "We Don't Want a 'Lord of the Flies' Situation on Our Hands"
As if so-called "Reality" shows weren't already staged and scripted enough, we now have a burgeoning genre of outright fake, totally fictional Reality programs. ABC tried this gambit last year with the "found footage" mystery 'The River', and despite the failure of that show, NBC takes things a step even further with its new summer series, 'Siberia'.
'Siberia' is presented as a Reality Competition show, and commits so fully to the premise that an unsuspecting viewer would be forgiven for mistaking it for a lame 'Survivor' clone. Everything about the pilot episode looks like a genuine Reality show, from the way it's shot and edited, to the cheesy Australian host and the many confessional cutaway interviews. The episode opens with a perfect parody of the 'Survivor' credits, and takes at least 45 minutes before dropping any serious clues that something might be amiss on the set.
The gimmick is this: A large cast contestants from a diverse assortment of backgrounds (among them a model, a nerdy computer programmer, a bartender, a fashion designer, a DJ, a veterinary assistant and a super-hot Icelandic journalist) are dropped off in the middle of the Siberian wilderness and directed toward a pair of cabins said to be the location of a fur-trading settlement that was inexplicably abandoned in 1908. They're left with only basic tools that the original settlers would have had, and told that they must work together in this "real life social experiment" to survive the coming winter. Occasionally, a mystery cabinet called "The Revealer" will sound an alarm and provide them with clues to help them overcome challenges. (The first clue is to look for mushrooms to eat.) Beyond that, the show has only one rule: If a contestant wants to give up, he or she should go to a designated Safe Zone and push a red button, which means that they've officially forfeited the game and will be taken home. However many contestants make it to the end of winter without quitting will divide up a $500,000 cash prize.
Right off the bat, two contestants are eliminated for getting lost and being last to arrive at the camp. They're told that they'll be sent home. (But will they??) Over the course of the episode, we're introduced to the rest of the contestants and learn a little about their personalities. The rugby player quickly takes a leadership role, while an arrogant rodeo rider named Johnny sets himself up as the "I'm not here to make friends" villain who won't help anyone do anything and will take any opportunity to stab the others in the back.
Typical Reality Competition contrivances generate some expected conflict. The producers have intentionally not provided enough beds to fit everyone, which leads to bickering about who will sleep on the floor. While the others struggle to build a fire by rubbing sticks together, Johnny reveals in his confessional that he stashed a lighter in his boot but has no intention of telling anyone.
But then, slowly, things start getting strange. One of the contestants finds a mutant three-legged frog. Two others locate a locked shed deep in the woods and decide not to tell the rest of the group. Weird, scary noises emanate from the woods at night. After one player, an environmental activist hippie named Tommy, goes missing while searching for mushrooms, the cameraman who'd been following him runs back to camp with a bloody head wound, muttering "I saw them" in Russian. He's quickly rushed away by the rest of the crew, who start acting secretive and won't tell the cast what happened. Later, the host arrives to inform them that an accident has occurred and Tommy has died. He leaves it to them to decide if they want to continue on with the show or scuttle the whole thing.
In the final scene, we in the audience (but not the contestants) are shown the cameraman's footage, which suggests that they were attacked by someone or something. Could it be a Smoke Monster, perhaps? Some of the comparisons to 'Lost' are less than subtle.
For all that, how is the show? I haven't decided. I think the 'Pilot' episode tries so hard and goes so far to establish its fake Reality program conceit that it almost loses track of the fact that it's supposed to have a deeper story buried in there. It's too convincing and takes too long to finally break the fourth wall. On the other hand, at least so far, the characters aren't anywhere near as annoying or stupid as those in 'The River', and the mystery aspect has me a little bit intrigued. The scenes from upcoming episodes look promising. I'll give this at least one more episode to see if it hooks me.
TagsFound Footage NBC Premiere Reality TV Recap Siberia
Eric Hulen
July 3, 2013 at 11:34 am - Reply
Ha! I totally thought this was really a reality show from the promos and skipped it. I might have to watch it now.
njscorpio
July 3, 2013 at 3:56 pm - Reply
Hey! I REALLY liked 'The River'. Sure, the characters weren't all that great, but I dug the premise and the setting. I do have a particular fondness for the "found footage" genre, which for some reason makes creatures and such more startling to me than they would be filmed normally. I'm still irritated it wasn't renewed.
Now 'Siberia'…that premise turned me off, as I don't enjoy the normal reality shows it's mimicking. But, I'm a sucker for Russian settings (child of the 80's), and I took the comparison to The River favorably, so I might check this out.


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Republicans have dominated state races for years. A new liberal Super PAC wants to change that.
Published Fri, Mar 9 20184:29 PM EST Updated Fri, Mar 9 20188:08 PM EST
Ella Nilsen
A liberal Super PAC, Forward Majority, is digging up dirt on hundreds of incumbent Republicans running in local races across the country, deploying opposition research to try to improve Democrats' dismal numbers in state legislatures in 2018.
Co-founded by David Cohen, a top Obama 2008 official, Forward Majority entered the political field last year during the Virginia elections, running ad campaigns in 16 state legislative races (Democratic candidates won 12 of those).
"What we found in Virginia is that these state legislators, many who have been in office for years, are some of the most unvetted people in American politics," Cohen told Vox. "In that sense, oppo has an important role to play in helping voters understand who represents them."
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Forward Majority is taking its strategy to other key states in the 2018 midterms, focusing on districts where Hillary Clinton performed well and incumbent Republicans are running. They want to help Democrats pick up as many seats as they can in states that will be crucial to redrawing congressional voting maps in 2021, including Florida, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, and Kentucky. That's because state legislatures play an outsize role in redrawing district maps for the US House.
"The imperative of flipping these state legislative chambers ahead of the next redistricting round is so crucial for the future of the Democratic Party," said Ben Wexler-Waite, communications director for the PAC.
The national Democratic Party is bad at state politics
Many liberals argue that the national Democratic Party has made a big mistake in overlooking state legislative races for years.
Cohen, a veteran of presidential politics who got his start in state races, recognizes firsthand the issue of drawing operatives away from local politics to bigger, flashier campaigns.
"What you want to do is you want to graduate to the federal races and work for a presidential [campaign] because that's the holy grail," he said. "But the reality is what that creates is a dearth of experience at the state legislative level."
While Democrats focused most of their energy on national races, Republicans have dominated in states. Looking at maps of governors mansions and state legislatures across the country is like staring at a sea of red; Republicans control more than two-thirds of state legislatures in America, as well as 33 governors mansions. They have total control of both the legislature and the governor's seat in 25 states.
"For too long, the national team has just focused on Washington, DC," Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, told Vox earlier this year. "The Democratic team has finally realized we have to build infrastructure in state and local communities."
Other progressive groups such as Bernie Sanders's Our Revolution, Run for Something, the Working Families Party, and Sister District were also active in Virginia state races, endorsing or assisting local candidates.
In Virginia, many outside progressive groups either complemented or filled in for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the arm of the Democratic Party that focuses on state legislative races. Wexler-Waite and Cohen say Forward Majority is communicating with the DLCC and many of these other groups in 2018 to make sure they're not duplicating efforts.
State politics matter — and have national implications
State politics may not be glamorous in comparison to national campaigns, but they're hugely important.
First, state policies affect lives directly.
Conservatives have been hugely effective in enacting state and local policies on issues ranging from women's health to gun laws, plus many attempts to pass right-to-work lawstargeting unions and bathroom bills barring transgender individuals from using the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.
For instance, on abortion access, 31 states now require waiting periods, restrict insurance coverage for abortion, ban abortion after 20 weeks, require clinics to meet ambulatory surgical center standards (causing many to close), and require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at hospitals.
Second, many state legislatures draw US congressional maps every 10 years, and Republican legislatures are the root cause of gerrymandered districts in some states.
The US Supreme Court recently ruled North Carolina's congressional maps unconstitutional and is currently considering maps in Wisconsin, Texas, and Maryland (a Democratic gerrymander). The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that the state's maps were a Republican gerrymander and ordered new ones to be drawn.
But Democrats recognize this fight extends beyond the courts, and many say they need to elect state lawmakers to have a fair shot before the next redistricting after the 2020 census.
"We're worried about a level playing field for our elections," Cohen "Guess what? Gerrymandering, voter suppression ... these are all state concerns."
Conservative groups are still playing hard at the state level
Groups like Americans for Prosperity, backed by the billionaire Koch brothers, have focused on state lobbying for years, getting active in state races and policy alike.
Koch-backed groups plan to spend $300 million to $400 million on policy and campaigns in 2018, spread across groups including AFP, Freedom Partners Action Fund, Concerned Veterans for America, the Libre Initiative, and Generation Opportunity, according to the Washington Post.
In some states, AFP is an integral part of the political landscape. For instance, in New Hampshire, (which has a huge state legislature), the state AFP branch "has grown into a de facto third party in state politics," according to a report from New Hampshire Public Radio's Casey McDermott. They don't just go after Democrats; AFP also uses its influence to target moderate Republicans who don't support their policy priorities.
There's also the fact that (just like in Congress), many of these conservative state politicians are old, white, and male — even in places where their constituencies are rapidly diversifying.
"They seem to have slipped more and more to the right, even as their districts have diversified," Cohen said, adding that it "boggle[s] the mind how out of step with reality that these guys are. That's largely because we haven't challenged them in a decade."
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There's not just the challenge of getting seasoned operatives to focus on state policy; Forward Majority also needs to pitch donors on state and local issues in order to get money (it hopes to fundraise $100 million over the next few years in its campaign effort).
But one argument Cohen and others have been making to donors is that they get more bang for their buck in state legislative races, where the average statehouse district is 67,000 constituents, versus about 710,000 in the average US congressional district.
"Your dollar is obviously vastly more impactful in a race where your overall budget is significantly smaller," Cohen said. "You're making a much bigger difference."
Television ads and political mailers can also have much more of a ripple effect in smaller districts, as Forward Majority found in Virginia's state races.
As much as the group is hoping opposition research can boost state Democrats' chances, there's also an ideological conflict: Many Democrats are running on the message of overturning the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and getting unlimited money out of politics, while Super PACs like Forward Majority are courting donors and funneling money into even the most local races.
But Cohen and Wexler-Waite say that for now, they need to play by the same rules as Republicans if there's any hope of making campaign finance reform a reality.
"If anyone wants to see campaign finance reform, the first thing we need to do is elect Democratic state legislators," Cohen said. "We've been fighting with both hands tied behind our back for years. We're going to bring the fight to them."
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As much as we all share the air we breathe – we all share the ocean. Climate change and ocean health both need international frameworks and joint efforts by all stakeholders. We are in this together! We need to cooperate. We need multilateralism. The Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda are vital and the Swedish Government remains firmly committed to these agreements, and encourage others to do the same.
Together with Fiji, Sweden is a proud initiator of this conference. We expect it to show how important our ocean is for the success of the entire 2030 Agenda.
Already back in 1972, at the Stockholm Conference, the first UN Conference on the Human Environment, pollution of the seas was recognised as a threat to human development. It's easy, and sad, to see that 45 years later, we haven't done our homework.
As with climate change, the deterioration of marine environments hits the poorest and most vulnerable the hardest, particularly in LDCs and SIDS. Saving our ocean is a matter of justice. It has existential consequences for entire nations and threatens the security of millions of people.
Therefore, one of Sweden's voluntary commitments is that we will significantly strengthen our development cooperation in support of SDG 14. Our next global strategy on the environment, climate, oceans and natural resources will be implemented for the period 2018–2022. The funds – up to USD 750 million over the 5-year period – mean significantly raised ambitions for the oceans.
The Ocean Conference provides a unique opportunity to change the path and ensure a living ocean for future generations. Sweden is making more than 20 voluntary commitments this week to safeguard the marine environment, achieve sustainable fisheries and strengthen resilience to climate change.
Our commitments focus on three critical areas.
The ocean has for too long been too absent in the international climate discussions. Yet we know, the ocean is fundamentally changing because of CO2-emissions. It has become 30 per cent more acidic.
More than 90 per cent of all the heat humanity has added to the planet since the 1950s has been absorbed by the oceans. And we are just beginning to understand the seriousness of ocean acidification, warming and deoxygenation.
To put it in simple words: To save our oceans we must live up to the Paris Agreement and cut emissions. Our goal is make Sweden the first fossil-free welfare nation with zero net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2045. To this end, the Swedish parliament will next week adopt a new climate policy framework with a historic climate act that is binding for future governments.
We must cut emissions, but we also must strengthen the ocean's resilience. Mangroves, seagrass beds and other coastal habitats are crucial for CO2 storage as so called blue carbon. Sweden will support the IUCN, the Ocean Foundation and the International Coral Reef Initiative with USD 1.6 million to strengthen developing countries' knowledge and capacity to handle ocean effects of climate change. Sweden will also contribute financially to Germany's new Blue Action Fund with approx. USD 5.5 million.
Litter and microplastics in oceans and marine food chains are spreading at a catastrophic pace. We urgently need to identify the pathways of pollution, from land to sea, and take necessary action.
Sweden is committing to strengthening our support by more than USD 1.7 million to UN Environment's Global Program of Action for Land-based Pollution and the Clean Sea Campaign, and to the Action Platform on Source-to-Sea Management.
At home in Sweden, we will implement a national programme on sound plastic management. Together with our neighbours in the Baltic and North Sea region we are working for a ban on microplastics in cosmetics. Sweden will also co-lead the Arctic Marine Debris project. The sensitive and vulnerable Arctic environment and biodiversity need our particular attention.
Sweden has a long coastline. A healthy sea is important for our people and our economy.
We recently achieved SDG 14's target on marine protected area after doubling the level of protected areas within Swedish territory, which is now above 13 per cent.
In 2015, the Government also presented an Integrated Maritime Strategy based on sustainable use of marine and coastal resources. This was a landmark for our sustainable blue economy. Measures to protect biodiversity and decisions to cut harmful emissions from shipping to a fraction at global level are being implemented. HELCOM, OSPAR and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region are important frameworks to this end.
Sweden warmly welcomes the entry into force of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. We commit to a contribution of USD 5.5 million to the FAO to support the implementation of this important agreement in developing countries also supporting the Global Record of Fishing Vessels. We are also pushing for multilateral efforts within the WTO to fight harmful fisheries subsidies and meet target 6 of SDG 14.
Sweden joins others in calling for the Secretary-General to build on the momentum of the Ocean conference for the implementation of SDG 14. We should ensure concrete ways to apply the outcomes across the UN system.
For the sake of all creatures that live below water – as well as all women and men, boys and girls who depend on them and for the sake of our children and grandchildren, for the sake of this blue planet ocean – the time to act is now. This conference is just the starting point!


Today Lisa and I talk about how to deal with sanitation issues in a SHTF situation. This was originally going to be a Thursday episode, but because we have had the S.P.T.V. episode and Ken from the prepper podcast on and we recorded this 2 weeks ago I decided to add it to the Surviving Mondays episodes.


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Trained as a facilitator for the Five Love Languages (improving your marriage).
I enjoy Coaching Couples who want to improve their marriages, over the years couples need to connect in different ways to show their love for each other. I have taught The Five Love Languages in several seminars and have had great results in strengthening marriages and promote better communication and understanding. If you work with couples that want you to coach them to have better marriages, then one on one with Dr. Mike can help improve your marriage!
Are you and your spouse speaking the same Language? People express and receive love in different ways. Dr. Mike identifies these as the five Languages of love: Quality Time, Words Of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts Of Service, and Physical Touch.
If you express love in a way that your spouse doesn't understand, he or she won't realize you've expressed your love at all. The problem is that you're speaking two different languages.
Perhaps your husband needs to hear encouraging words, but you feel cooking a nice dinner will cheer him up. When he still feels down, you're puzzled. Or, maybe your wife craves time with you, time away from the kids and television. The flowers you gave her just don't communicate that you care.
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Most attorneys are not trained to act as Counselors or Divorce Coaches and cannot provide the proper emotional support to their clients. As a result, the attorney and client spend hours discussing the emotional aspects of divorce and the client ends up paying a large bill and receives little more than a shoulder to cry on.
Many of my clients come to me with little or no energy left to accomplish what they want out of life (life's battles). They say that there always seems to be a mountain to climb (major problem), and for others, a wall (major disaster) to run into. Does this sound familiar?
Divorce Coaching offers structure and holds clients responsible for assuming a pro-active role. A Coach may recommend material for clients to read, work on, or refer to for future use. Clients can benefit by working with a Coach in setting realistic expectations for the process and receiving education about the options available for divorce. Being informed and prepared helps clients make important decisions with confidence. Guiding clients in clarifying their thoughts, needs, and concerns, in order to communicate more effectively, is another important function of the Coach. Clear, purposeful and rational communication helps to ease tension and foster understanding between spouses, as well as parents and children.
Much like any crisis or trauma , the early emotions of a pending divorce include shock, disbelief, denial, anger, and the pain associated with the loss. Once the early emotions have been experienced, there is a need for people going through a divorce to make sure they continue to take the necessary steps in moving toward recovery. As with any significant loss that involves a meaningful relationship, divorce can lead someone to a place of anger, bitterness, and lonely despair. Dr. Mike will walk you through the critical role of forgivness in divorce recovery. Especially when it comes to wrestling with issues, like trying to prove who's right or wanting to get even.
In addition, many divorcing couples wind up in the traditional litigation route because they are reacting to fear, anger and a desire for getting even and are not thinking about what will happen once the divorce battle has ended.
After the grief process has run its course, divorced men and women must begin to consider their next steps in getting back to a healthy level of functioning. While this may not necessarily mean starting a new romance there is a need to take stock and evaluate relationships with family members and friends.
Part of building a new life is the acceptance of having been divorced. There are key issues in starting over, these include the need to avoid a victim mindset, having a balanced self-esteem and considering the future in terms of jobs, and finances.
Americans divorce more than any country in the history of the world.
The divorce rate has increased in the U.S. every decade since 1890.
Delayed and later life marriages are the norm for society today.
Divorce is often a lengthy process that can last for years.
The person who often seeks divorce coaching is the one who did not initiate the divorce proceedings.
Divorce coaches help repair and rebuild life.
How the biological parents dealt with divorce literally determined the future of their sons and daughters.
Help you manage the early emotions.
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Do's and dont's in your divorce.
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A certified Life Coach helps you find focus, identify your goals, track your progress, and stay motivated along the way. A Life Coach helps keep you on track, not just with your long-range, but with your monthly, weekly, and daily goals.
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Q: How do you install mod_wsgi? I ran the following commands
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi
sudo a2enmod mod-wsgi

I keep getting this extremely frustrating message
ERROR: Module mod-wsgi does not exist!

Please help.

A: Step 1: The following command will install wgsi module
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi

Step 2: To enable the wsgi module run the following command
sudo a2enmod wsgi

Step 3: Restart your apache server by running
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4: Check whether the module is loaded
sudo apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_MODULES

P.S: I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

A: Using sudo a2enmod wsgi should enable the module for you once you reload apache, as most modules don't need the mod_ prefix when enabling them.

A: sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/wsgi.load

add the next string to the file
LoadModule wsgi_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_wsgi.so

save, then
sudo a2enmod wsgi
sudo service apache2 restart

A: Try adding the wsgi.load and wsgi.conf from mods-available to mods-enabled manually and then restart Apache.

A: WSGI Warning
Official WSGI documentation says:

When using a Python virtual environment with mod_wsgi, it is very important that it has been created using the same Python installation that mod_wsgi was originally compiled for.

And then:

It is not possible to use a Python virtual environment to force mod_wsgi to use a different Python version,
   or even a different Python installation. In other words, Python interpreter is embedded within the mod_wsgi.

So I would not recommend any of precompiled mod_wsgi binaries from apt but instead you can compile it following the official installation docs.
The other way
Use https://gunicorn.org/ and an Apache's
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8000/

directive in your virtualhost config.

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The newer SAT II: Subject Tests, formerly the College Board Achievement Tests, are intended to measure a student's knowledge of a particular subject, such as English (writing or literature), history and social sciences, mathematics (various levels), sciences, and languages (Chinese, French, German, modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, English). Some colleges require one or more SAT II tests, but even if they aren't required, SAT II tests scores can help you present a more personalized portfolio that illustrates how well you would fit at a particular school. Most colleges use SAT II scores not for admission purposes but for program placement and counseling. SAT II tests are given on a slightly different schedule from the SAT I (here's the complete SAT schedule for 2000-2001). Generally, SAT II tests are one hour long and consist of multiple choice questions. There are exceptions. For example, the Writing Test has 40 minutes of multiple-choice questions and a 20-minute writing sample.
How Do I Know Which Subject Test to Take?
First, make a list of all the colleges you're considering. Then review their catalogs or Web sites to find out if they require Subject Test scores for admission and, if so, which ones. Use your list of colleges and their admission requirements to help plan your high school course schedule. For example, a college to which you plan to apply may require a language Subject Test score or might exempt you from a first-year course requirement if you do well on a language Subject Test.
Generally, the latest you can take your SATs and be eligible for admission in the next academic year is in the fall of your senior year of high school. You'll want to check application deadlines at schools in which you're interested to be sure your scores will make it in on time. (You can also take advantage of the College Board's new phone-for-results service. You'll be charged a fee but you'll get your scores about 10 days earlier.) Increasingly, students are taking the SAT in the summer before their senior years, in the 11th grade and even as early as the 10th grade.
It's very important to register early for the SAT to avoid the deadline rush, since testing sites can fill up quickly and force you to go to one farther away. (Deadlines are usually about a month or six weeks before the actual test). You can register online now -- but once you've registered, you can't cancel. However, you can change your test date for a fee.
Regarding the SAT II tests, if possible, take tests like American history, biology, chemistry and physics right after your course ends at school, while the information is still fresh in your mind. On the other hand, you'll probably do better taking writing and language tests after several years of study. Most students take Subject Tests toward the end of their junior year or at the beginning of their senior year.
Before you take the SAT, you'll take the PSAT/NMSQT (it's co-sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corp., which, along with other scholarship funds, uses the scores to select scholarship recipients). The PSAT is similar to the SAT I except that it is a half-hour shorter and includes a grammar section that's absent from the SAT I. The PSAT is offered twice each year, usually in the fall. PSATs are typically taken in the 10th or 11th grade, and you can contact your school's counseling office for registration information. (PSATs, unlike SATs, are administered through your high school.) To help you keep up with all this information, use this SAT Planner!


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hugejp wrote: From my experience the pics above are for steelies (the plain nut "L0A") & grx mags (the washered & collared nut "J0A").
From what I understand, the L0A is not for the alloy mag, but for the steel rim.
My car came from the factory with the nuts in question. When I bought spare nuts I sent the dealer my car's manufacturing certificate. so it was ordered against the VIN. Seems to me like there's no possibility that I now have the wrong nuts. And my car is a GRX with mags. Nou toe nou. There's one for you.
My wheel nuts (the collared / washered variety) are factory spec for pre-facelift GRX mags - not GQ. So, the only thing I can assume is that there was a change with Mags from pre-facelift and post-facelift. I know they look pretty different.
Clem wrote: My car came from the factory with the nuts in question. When I bought spare nuts I sent the dealer my car's manufacturing certificate. so it was ordered against the VIN. Seems to me like there's no possibility that I now have the wrong nuts. And my car is a GRX with mags. Nou toe nou. There's one for you.
And mine is also GRX - albeit older. There's one for you.
In all honesty, whilst I don't have a post-face-lift GRX, and can probably not really comment in that regard (as we've seen), I've seen some serious crap when people run mags with nuts designed for other wheels - most recently, some guy I know with newer Hilux rims on an older Hilux attached with "steel rim" nuts. He lost a wheel. Nobody was hurt, but it wasn't pretty.
In short: I was just making an honest "word of warning". Anyways, getting back to work.
Incompatible rims and nuts can be a real safety risk - happens quite a lot with trailers and the like. But in this particular case I'll stick with what the factory specced for my rims. But it does raise a question mark around whether GRX rims from one year to another are identical, even if they look identical to the eye.
Clem wrote: Incompatible rims and nuts can be a real safety risk - happens quite a lot with trailers and the like. But in this particular case I'll stick with what the factory specced for my rims. But it does raise a question mark around whether GRX rims from one year to another are identical, even if they look identical to the eye.
Clem - I reckon for pre-facelift rims (ala 4.5 GRX rims) the collared and washered nuts would need to be used. For post-lift rims, the part number you mentioned. Scary, though, as I am not sure if there are other differences in terms of the newer rims, and do not have a clue for the GQ. Alternatively, try and buy rims that (hopefully) come along with a set of wheel nuts ?
I am not intending changing rims anytime soon, so I am hopefully sorted for a bit. Maarnouwat. Interesting thread.
My 2001 4.5 had the big nuts with the washer and the 2004 4.8 uses the small nuts.
Here is a photo showing the different rims.
So it looks like it is not model specific, but rather mag wheel specific.
But beware that if you use the wrong nuts on that specific mag that requires those larger washered units trouble will follow.


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Q: Configure VS 2010 Help for a specific subject Using VS2008, you could set Document Explorer to limit your search to specific subjects using the Technology dropdown, which made for finding info on a specific subject very easy, as it was limited to a subset of available subject. How is the accomplished in the new VS2010 help?
The VS2010 help at the moment, is very hazy. When I search for Task, or task, or c# task.  re the new Task library in .net, it returns a whole bundle of irrelevancy...
Any ideas.

A: Apparently the Document Explorer is not compatible with VS 2010.  There is an extension called H3Viewer developed by a third party which apparently provides similar functionality.
Info stolen from here:
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3449925/Re-VS2010-documentation-in.aspx