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[The American almanac for 1736., By John Jerman], (electronic resource)
The Pennsylvania almanack, for the year of Christian account 1736. : Fitted to the latitude of 40 degrees, and a meridian of 5 hours west from London., By T. Godfrey, (electronic resource)
The Psalms of David. In meeter., Newly translated, and diligently compared with the original text, and former translations. More plain, smooth, and agreeable to the text, than any heretofore. ; Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, & appointed to be sung in congregations and families, (electronic resource)
The character and duty of minister and people, : represented in a sermon on I Thess: V, 12, 13. Delivered March 24, 1736. at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Osgood, to the pastoral charge of the Congregational Church at Dorchester. : Now published at the request and charge of the people in general,, by J. Smith, V.D.M, (electronic resource)
The character of a righteous ruler. : A sermon upon the death of the Honorable Patrick Gordon, Esq; lieutenant-governor of the province of Pennsylvania, &c. Preach'd at Christ's Church in Philadelphia, Aug. 8. 1736., By Archibald Cummings, M.A. Rector of the said church, and commissary to the Bishop of London. ; Published at the request of several gentlemen in this city, (electronic resource)
The duty and interest of a people, among whom religion has been planted, to continue stedfast and sincere in the profession and practice of it. From generation to generation. : With directions for such as are concerned to obtain a true repentance and conversion to God.--Preach'd at a time of general awakenings., By William Williams, M.A. Pastor of the church in Hatfield. ; To which is added, part of a large letter from the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Edwards of Northampton. Giving an account of the late wonderful work of God in those parts. ; Psalm 145. 4. Isa. 38. 19, (electronic resource)
The peaceful end of a perfect and upright life, : remark'd and contemplated in a sermon after the death of the universally esteemed Thomas Steel, Esq; merchant in Boston, who departed this life on Thursday, January 8th. 1735,6. aetat. 71., By Benjamin Colman, D.D. ; [Four lines from Isaiah], (electronic resource)
The usefulness and expedience of souldiers as discovered by reason and experience, and countenanced and supported by the Gospel. : A sermon preached to an artillery-company at Guilford, May 25. 1736, on the day of their first choosing their officers. And now made publick at their earnest desire and charge., By Thomas Ruggles, A.M. Pastor of the First Church there, (electronic resource)
The vanity of human institutions in the worship of God. : A sermon preached at Newark, June 2. 1736. : To which are added, some little enlargements., By Jonathan Dickinson, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Elizabeth Town, in New-Jersey. ; [Three lines from Galatians], (electronic resource)
The work of a Christian. An important case of practical religion: or, Directions how to make religion one's business., Found in the hand-writing of the truely religious Mr. Thomas Crosby, educated at Harvard College in Cambridge. Sometime a preacher of God's word, and afterward a merchant in Harwich in N.E. Who died suddenly at Boston, June 27. 1702. ; Accompanied with another discourse on preparation for sudden death; which also bears this company in the present publication, (electronic resource)
The work of ministers represented under the figure of sowers. : In a sermon preach'd at Springfield, January 26. 1736. At the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Robert Breck to the pastoral office in the First Church there., By William Cooper, M.A. ; Published at the urgent and repeated request of the ministers and people that heard it, (electronic resource)
Two sermons, on occasion of the fatal distemper which prevail'd in sundry towns within the province of New-Hampshire., By Jabez Fitch, Minister of the Gospel at Portsmouth. ; [Three lines from Hosea], (electronic resource)
A caution to sinners against abusing the patience of God, by a progress in sin. : A sermon preach'd to the scholars in the College Hall February 8th. 1735,6: and published at the desire of many of them., By Henry Flynt. Fellow of Harvard College in Cambridge. ; [Four lines from Matthew], (electronic resource)
An Awakening call to the children of New-England; : occasioned by the grievous and mortal sickness that prevails in many parts of this land, whereby great numbers of children and young people have been carried away to their long home, (electronic resource)
An astronomical diary, or, An almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1736. : ... Calculated with great care for the meridian of Boston, New-England, whose latitude is 42 deg. 25 min. north., By Nathaniel Ames, Jun. Student in physick and astronomy. ; [Eight lines of verse], (electronic resource)
Christ abolishing death and bringing life and immortality to light in the Gospel. : A sermon occasioned by the death of the Honourable Mary Belcher late consort of His Excellency our present governour. Delivered at Boston, N.E. October 17. 1736, being the Lord's-Day after her funeral., By Thomas Prince, M.A. and one of the Pastors of the South Church. ; [Three lines from I Corinthians], (electronic resource)
Christ expects that his ministers should keep what he commits to them. : A discourse delivered at East-Haddam, at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Timothy Symmes, Pastor of the society at Millington, December 2d, 1736. : And now made publick at the desire and expence of a considerable number of the audience., By Stephen Hosmer, V.D.M. ; [Two lines from II Timothy], (electronic resource)
Christian bravery. : A sermon preached before the Honourable Artillery Company in Boston, June 7th, 1736. Being the day of their election of officers. : And now published at their request, with the enlargements, that, for brevity, were omitted in the delivery of the sermon., By Peter Clark, A.M. Pastor of the church in Salem-Village. ; [Five lines of Scripture quotations], (electronic resource)
God's fatherly care of his covenant children; : shewed and improved, in a sermon preached before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, on the day of their election at Hartford, May 13. 1736., By Jonathan Marsh, A.M. Teacher of a church in Windsor. ; Printed by order of the General Assembly, (electronic resource)
Integrity and religion to be principally regarded, by such as design others to stations of publick trust. : A sermon preach'd before His Excellency, Jonathan Belcher, Esq; His Majesty's Council, and the Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, on the anniversary for the election of counsellors for said province, May 26. 1736., By Edward Holyoke, M.A. Pastor of a Church in Marblehead. ; [Eleven lines of quotations], (electronic resource)
Martyrology, or, A brief account of the lives, sufferings and deaths of those two holy martyrs, viz. Mr. John Rogers, and Mr. John Bradford, : who suffered for the Gospel, by the bloody tyranny, rage and persecution of the Church of Rome, in the kingdom of England, under the reign of Queen Mary, and were burnt at Smithfield, the former on the 14th of February 1554, the latter July 1st 1555. : [Three lines from Matthew], (electronic resource)
Mysterious nothing, : a poem; with an Allegory of life and futurity., By the author of Contempt on revenge. ; [One line in Latin from Perseus], (electronic resource)
Poems on several occasions. : [Four lines in Latin from Cicero], By a gentleman of Virginia, (electronic resource)
Poor Richard, 1736. An almanack for the year of Christ 1736 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of five hours west from London, but may without sensible error, serve all the adjacent places, even from Newfoundland to South-Carolina., By Richard Saunders, philom, (electronic resource)
Superiour skill and wisdom necessary for winning souls, which is the grand design of the ministerial office, : illustrated in a sermon preached at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Sparhawk, to the pastoral office over a church of Christ in Salem; on the eighth day of December, 1736., By Nathanael Appleton, M.A. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Cambridge. ; Together with the charge given by the Reverend Mr. Holyoke; and the right hand of fellowship, by the Reverend Mr. Prescott. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts], (electronic resource)
That ministers are to seperate [sic] men to the work of the ministry, by laying on their hands; and what care they are to take herein: : shewn in a sermon preachd [sic] at Brimfield, June 9th. 1736. When the Reverend Mr. James Bridgham was solemnly seperated to the work of the Gospel ministry, and ordained an overseer of the Church of Christ there, by fasting, prayer, and laying on of hands., By Oliver Peabody, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Natick. ; [Three lines from II. Timothy], (electronic resource)
The American almanack for the year of Christian account, 1736. : ... Fitted to the latitude of 40 degrees, and a meridian of 5 hours west from London, but may, without sensible error, serve all the adjacent places from Newfoundland to South-Carolina., By Titan Leeds, philomat, (electronic resource)
The Christian glorying in tribulation, from a sense of its happy fruits. : A discourse occasion'd by the death of that pious and afflicted gentlewoman Mrs. Martha Gerrish (wife of Mr. Benjamin Gerrish, and daughter of the late Col. Foxcroft) who rested from all her pains and sorrows, April 14. 1736. Having newly compleated the 48th year of her age., By Nathanael Appleton, M.A. Pastor of the church in Cambridge. ; To which are annexed some of Mrs. Gerrish's letters. ; [Four lines from Luke], (electronic resource)
The New-England diary: or, Almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1736. : ... Fitted to the horizon of Boston in N.E. whose lat. is 42 deg 25 min. north, and about 71 grs. west of London, but may without sensible error (tides excepted) serve all the adjacent places from Newfoundland to Carolina., By a native of New-England. [Seven lines of verse], (electronic resource)
Artillery election sermons -- 1736

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Angels & Airwaves
Biography (current section)
2005 – present (17 years)
San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States
Atom (2005 – 2011)
David Kennedy (2005 – present)
Eddie Breckenridge (2014 – 2014)
Ilan Rubin (2011 – present)
Matt Wachter (2007 – present)
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Ryan Sinn (2005 – 2007)
Tom DeLonge (2005 – present)
Angels & Airwaves (also known as AvA) is an alternative rock band from San Diego, California, created by former blink-182 and Box Car Racer guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge. The current line-up consists of Tom DeLonge and drummer Ilan Rubin.
Tom DeLonge began working new material during the blink-182's final tour in 2004 and shortly after they began their hiatus in February 2005. For half a year he worked alone in his home studio before gathering musicians to form the band. Upon fiddling randomly for several weeks with the band's logo, Tom suddenly realized that if he were to invert the middle "A" of the band 's acronym into what appeared to be a "V", he would have the name of his daughter, Ava. As rumors were floating around about the band's "break-up", DeLonge chose to abstain for half a year from any interviews surrounding the issue and his future plans; instead he concentrated on writing and recording in his home-based studio. In September 2005, he finally spoke publicly in Kerrang! magazine, where he unveiled the name of his new band, "Angels & Airwaves". The band included former Hazen Street guitarist and high-school friend David Kennedy, former Rocket from the Crypt drummer Adam Willard and former The Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn.
The band released their first single, "The Adventure" on May 18, 2006 and their debut album, "We Don't Need to Whisper", on May 23, 2006. Recorded and produced at DeLonge's Never Pants Ranch, the album is a mix of huge production values and anthemic songwriting sounding nothing like the pop-punk sound that earned DeLonge huge amounts of credit for his work with Blink-182
The band released new album "I-Empire" On 5th November, 2007 which gained fast popularity, climbing to the number one spot on iTunes almost overnight. The first single from the new album, "Everything's Magic", was leaked onto the internet, and on August 25, 2007 it was the most requested song on California radio station KROQ. Angels & Airwaves began streaming the song on their myspace profile on August 28, 2007. I-Empire debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No.9 with sales of 66,000 in its first week. On November 16, 2007, Tom announced on Modlife.com that "Breathe" will be the next single/music video off of the I-Empire album. A documentary by the band entitled Start The Machine has also been released.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Tom Delonge tradmarked the name "Angels and Airwaves" on June 24, 2005. The name apparently occured to him whilst driving in his car. Realizing this would be frequently abbreviated to "AAA", he decided to move the middle letter upside down for a more unique and personally meaningful "AVA" as his daughter is named Ava. This was amongst the lingering confusion of Blink-182's "indefinite hiatus" which later led to a confirmed split and the beginning of the band.
In an interview with British magazine Kerrang!, DeLonge commented about the band's beginning:
"Just before all the blink-182 stuff happened when we were in Europe, I had a really weird epiphany. My heart was beating about a hundred miles a minute for three weeks straight and it had never happened to me before in my life. I really felt like I'd been touched by something and I felt I was meant to do something massive."
Originally, "Valkyrie Missile" was stated for release via iTunes on December 13, 2005, DeLonge's 30th birthday. However, due to discussions with their record label, Geffen, the band decided to push the release date back to a later date. Instead, the Angels & Airwaves website produced the first ever glimpse at the movie currently in production, a 1-and-a-half minute long trailer featuring portions of the delayed song.
Angels and Airwaves released both a music video and a short film for their first single, "The Adventure"; the band also released a short film for "It Hurts" via the band's official website. Both are short sci-fi films and together form the first part of a proposed ten-part series, following the cast's struggle through an unfamiliar world. On October 3, 2006, the band released the third installment in the series, "The Gift".
"Do It for Me Now" was released in the US as the second single and "It Hurts" was released in the UK as the second single at the same time. The music video for "It Hurts" is in fact the short-film released on April 18th and was available to select on the UK music television channel Kerrang!.
In 2006, the band embarked on their first full-length tour, which was headlined by Taking Back Sunday and supported by Head Automatica and The Subways. Numerous one-stop dates at the Give It A Name 2006 festival were played with the likes of My Chemical Romance, Lostprophets, We Are Scientists, Hundred Reasons, Panic! at the Disco, The Bled, Thrice, Billy Talent, Goldfinger, Underoath, Paramore, The Ataris, Aiden and Atreyu. The band also played on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 15, 2006. The band headlined a tour in the US, supported by The Sounds, which ended with a stop in Mexico City, Mexico. After that tour, the band went to perform in Japan and Australia.
They also performed at two shows at London's Hyde Park and in Manchester supporting the Foo Fighters on their successful In Your Honor tour. Over 100,000 people over both days. Other bands they played with over the two days included The Strokes, Eagles of Death Metal, Motorhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Juliette and the Licks, and Brian May and Roger Meddows-Taylor from Queen.
Among the plans for a big future, AVA have announced they are planning on releasing a film involving their music. The World War II-based movie is being created primarily through the use of CGI. This "story" is apparently based upon Tom's life and will give viewers insight into the hiatus of blink-182. Currently, the only known cast member is Michael Ostman.
Tom DeLonge stated in his PR Editorial Review:
"So preachy, I know. And I don't mean for it to be. I wanted it to be the recording of an emotional event in my life. I love the idea of an album doing that, because I knew that if I could get 150,000 people in an arena to have the same feeling at the exact same moment, it would end up feeling like a religious event. I really want the room to be dark, with black light or a candle. People should have headphones on, and they should be really comfortable, maybe sitting on the floor, leaning against the bed. I spent a year and a half working on this record, trying my hardest to give people a moment of escapism. All I ask is 50 minutes of a lowered heart rate."
On 16 July 2007, the Angels & Airwaves website was updated to feature a teaser trailer in the startup. The trailer features the song Star Of Bethlehem playing over concert footage, quotes from critics about "We Don't Need To Whisper", and members of the band riding on motorcycles and riding in a truck.
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Water management decisions typically need inputs from many different disciplines, stakeholders, roleplayers and need to be made in an integrated way. The challenge is that at the beginning of a water related decision making process, it is not yet known whose piece of wisdom is most needed. AquaLinks offers the following services. Small projects can have great relevance (and can make procurement easier).
A workshop with a fixed budget reserved for the participation of experts (through knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense) in many disciplines and from different walks of life. Workshop facilitation and workshop reporting are included. This can also help to assist an already appointed team.
A desktop study that uses sources of many different disciplines, through interviews or reading and sets you on the right track to find who next to consult or what the critical decisions are to make.
Leading a team or task in a water management project. AquaLinks can be part of your team from the proposal stage onwards.
Urban Rivers – Linking to lost opportunities – Together with FourthElement and EcoPulse, AquaLinks formed an alliance to tackle challenges on Urban Rivers. Marieke would help in creating Baobab-wisdom here, by facilitating the processes to bring the inputs of different stakeholders and different experts together. See joint leaflet.
Peer review / peer assistance. Sometimes the Client needs a second opinion or sometimes as a Consultant you wish you could get some advice. There are different ways of doing this: a review of a product in hydrology / hydraulics / water management, a talk to generate some ideas or to get the right questions asked to find out for yourself, an 'intervision' session.
The Baobab tree is storing water in its trunk to survive harsh drought conditions. To become as Southern Africa water sensitive, we need good climate and river basin information and we can make use of smart tools to manage water (save, store, transport, clean). Marieke is currently in discussion with different parties, to consider introduction or roll out of software and hardware products in water management in the Southern African market.
See page representing the Trans-African HydroMeteorological Observatory.


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About Russ Edmonds
Russ is a professional animator turned storyteller. He is presently working as a story artist but is well recognized for his work as a supervising character animator on many of the Disney classic films. His career spans almost three decades and has animated on thirteen feature films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Tarzan. Russ was nominated for an Annie Award for animation of the character Phoebus in the feature The Hunch Back of Notre Dame. He also owned and operated his own animation studio, Edmonds Studio, where he directed commercials and collaborated with other studios on various smaller projects. He has instructed animation at some of the leading film schools such as CalArts and UCLA, passing on his own knowledge and the knowledge from Disney's Nine Old Men. One of Russ' passions is animals. He owned a horse and cattle ranch where he studied locomotion and behavior in wild and domestic animals.
Russ is focusing his energy toward pre-production work in story. He is storyboarding for studios as well as writing, designing, and boarding for shorts and feature length animated projects.
Russ is also writing a book on animal animation, locomotion, and behavior. This book is intended to help the production and pre-production artists create believable animal characters filled with personality. In his spare time, Russ and his wife Angela are writing and illustrating a series of children's picture books.


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Q: Network connection lost while switching from wifi to 3g I have run into the strange problem, both, Reachability and NSURLConnection showing error (No internet connection/Network connection lost) after switching from wifi to 3g. Although all apps are running fine after switching to 3g.
I double check if mobile data is on for an app and for the device as well. Reinstalling apps it works fine, please help.
Here is some reachability code:
-(BOOL)toCheckNetworkStatus
{
internetReachable = [Reachability reachabilityForInternetConnection];
[internetReachable startNotifier];

NetworkStatus internetStatus = [internetReachable currentReachabilityStatus];

if(internetStatus == NotReachable ){
    [self displayToastWithMessage:@"Connection lost!" AndSubtitle:@"Please check your network connection." delay:3.2];
    return  NO;
}
else{
    return YES;
}
}

Code fo NSURLConnection:
    NSError *error;
    NSData *postData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject:dictionary
                                                       options:0
                                                         error:&error];
    if (error)
        NSLog(@"Failure to serialize JSON object %@", error);

    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:palURL];
    NSMutableURLRequest* request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url
                                                           cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                       timeoutInterval:TIMEOUTINTERVAL];

    [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    [request setValue:@"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept"];

    [request setHTTPBody:postData];
    [NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request
                                       queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
                           completionHandler:
     ^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *connectionError)
     {
         if (data)
         {
             NSMutableDictionary *responseDict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
             NSLog(@"UPLOADED LOCATION RESPONSE = %@",responseDict);
         }
         else
         {
             NSLog(@"connectionError===%@",connectionError);
         }
     }];

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Lorimer Street è una fermata della metropolitana di New York situata sulla linea BMT Jamaica. Nel 2019 è stata utilizzata da  passeggeri. È servita dalla linea M sempre tranne di notte e dalla linea Z sempre tranne nei giorni ferali tra le 7:00 e le 13:00 in direzione Manhattan e tra le 13:30 e le 20:00 in direzione Queens.

Storia
La stazione fu aperta il 25 giugno 1888.

Strutture e impianti
La stazione è posta su un viadotto al di sopra di Broadway, ha due banchine laterali e tre binari, i due esterni per i treni locali e quello centrale per i treni espressi. Sotto il piano binari sono posizionati due mezzanini separati, ognuno dei quali ospita un gruppo di tornelli e due scale per il piano stradale, quelle del mezzanino orientale portano all'incrocio con Wallabout Street, quelle del mezzanino occidentale all'incrocio con Throop Avenue e Lorimer Street.

Interscambi
La stazione è servita da alcune autolinee gestite da NYCT Bus.
  Fermata autobus

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Stazioni della metropolitana di New York
Linea BMT Jamaica

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Today's post was supposed to be about photographing the World Women's Team Squash Championships at Niagara on the Lake, about 130k from Toronto. I had gone there specifically to see the all glass show court which is the same one that will be used in next years PanAm Games in Toronto and also made a side trip to the Welland Canoe course where the canoe sprints would take place.
So this evening I popped a brand new 32GB Sandisk Extreme Pro card into my also brand new Sandisk Imagemate USB3 card reader. The card reader flashed for a few seconds but no card appeared on the computer desktop. Tried again – same result. Tried my Lexard card reader, nothing, not even a flicker of life from the card. I put the card back in the camera – it's unreadable. After a quick Google Search I discovered a potential problem, bent pins in the Sandisk Imagemate reader and there it was, one of the end pins bent in.
This is a common problem with this reader as evidenced by the number of pages dedicated to this on the internet. The design of this card reader is, quite frankly, appalling. The card only goes into the slot a very short way, therefore it encounters the pins almost immediately and it is almost impossible to insert the card squarely, result, bent pins. What's worse is that the bent pins corrupt the card rendering it totally useless. It now won't mount onto the desktop so I can't even run any data recovery software to try and save the images. What a wasted day!
If you need a new card reader I highly recommend the Lexar Professional USB 3.0 dual slot reader, a much better reader all around.


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Bei der Suzuki GZ 125 Marauder handelt es sich um ein Leichtkraftrad der Marke Suzuki. Es wurde von der zweizylindrigen Maschine Suzuki Intruder 125 LC abgelöst und wird nicht mehr produziert. Es kann leicht auf 80 km/h gedrosselt werden und eignet sich somit als Anfängermotorrad. Gebaut wurde es von 1998 bis 2004, fand aber keine größere Verbreitung.

Motorradmodell
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GZ 0125 Marauder
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Wearing your hair sleek and silky will never go out of style, but there are times when an effortlessly chic and messy updo is the way to go. Think 8 a.m. English class, midday brunch after an…eventful evening, or weekend errand running. Even the office or a casual party lends itself to messy hair.
The key to a successful messy bun, though, is to somehow make your hair look perfect without overcomplicating anything. And make no mistake: messy hair does require some effort. After all, there's a difference between actual bed head and perfected messy hair. One makes you look disheveled in an, "I'm not sure she's right in the head" kind of way while the other takes on a dreamy, in vogue sort of vibe.
The below hair bloggers have all perfected the art of messy hair, so let them guide you in your quest to achieve a brilliantly tousled coiffure.
I'm head over heels for this "whimsical, swept updo" that Phoenix-based blogger Promise Tangeman-Wurzell created. Her go-to hair is always some version of messy-chic and this 'do — which she refers to as her "signature messy bun" — is downright fab. That volume!
Amber over at Forever Amber (whose pictures and style sense will make you drool, so prepare to get sucked in for at least an hour of browsing), shows you how to create this sort of '80s birds nest hairdo that's wispy and light. She urges you to "go forth and create giant messy bunheads of your own" and band together to create a giant messy bunhead army.
Similar to Amber's bird nest bun is Jenesqua's "messy milkmaid" bun. Essentially, you form a ponytail at the front and slightly-off-center of your head. Then, separate the pony into two sections and braid each. The next step takes some finessing, but you basically drape hair across the front of your head and loosen/adjust for a deconstructed finish.
The messy bun by Erika at the Asuyeta blog is like a distant cousin to Promise's super tousled bun above. It's less teased than Promise's super tall version and the bun is slightly more pronounced as well. It's perfect for day two or day three hair when you want your locks off your face, but aren't quite ready to wash yet. All you need are a few bobby pins, a clear elastic, comb and hairspray. Most of the teasing takes place before you even put your hair into a ponytail, giving you full volume on the bottom with a tiny top knot.
So we have the messy milkmaid bun — what about the Rancher's Daughter? This version of the messy bun was created by Emily at Egoswick and has an airy, country-meets-urban feel to it that I adore. The face-framing fringe and messy underside makes this 'do a definite do. Tip: Emily says that squeaky clean hair isn't good messy bun material. If you desperately want to rock a messy bun and your mane is freshly washed, use a texturizer.
So you love a beautiful mess when it comes to hair, do ya? Then you'll love our Messy Hair is Marvelous Hair board on Pinterest.


Originally released for the Travel Retail market, the Master Distiller's Reserve Small Batch from Glenlivet is made with specially selected casks, including first-fill ex-Sherry casks, first-fill American oak casks and traditional oak casks.
Nose: Chocolate and sultana from the Sherry casks, surrounded by layers of Seville orange marmalade and Custard Creams.
Palate: Fresh oak spice, more raisin and orange, oily barley.
Finish: Long and packed with orchard blossom and apricot.


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Product Management - Metrics
Nitin Prasad, Passionate about product | Product coach
1. Intro & Setting
2. Vanity Metrics 2
3. Success Metrics
4. SAAS Metrics 2
5. Summary & Project details
In this class, you'll learn the difference between vanity (useless), success (insightful), and SAAS metrics. I'll be using real products that I've launched in the past so you'll get an idea from two different industries and products.
Class structure:
Intro & setting - I'll be using two products I launched as examples [~3 mins]
Vanity Metrics - Learn the definition and real examples [~6 mins]
Success Metrics - Learn how to set up great success metrics with real examples [~8 mins]
SAAS Metrics - Learn three key SAAS metrics with their calculations and real examples [~8 mins]
Summary & Project details - Have a go at setting up metrics with a real product [~4 mins]
Become an expert on how to set up success metrics for your own products in no time at all. The class project also provides an opportunity to learn to exercise the skills you learn from the class.
Nitin Prasad
Passionate about product | Product coach
I'm Nitin from Auckland, New Zealand. My goal is to help at least 100,000 aspiring people to get into product management. With over 13 years of working in the IT sector here and several years with SAAS companies in NZ, I've learned a lot and I'm looking to learn even more with you all! - Please review and connect if you watch a class. - Ever grateful.
12+ Years in SAAS
Shipped products in:
- Fintech (Banking, P2P lending & Expense management)
- Retail (POS)
- Transport (Hardware and SAAS)
- Masters in Commercialisation & Entrepreneurship (University of Auckland - Business School)
- Launched 2 apps (iOS & web app)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner
- Scrum.org... See full profile
Technology Economics Sass Big Data Product Management Tech Metrics
Project: For the following medical app, your task is to complete the following:
What would the vanity metrics look like? Can you give at least 3 examples?
What would success metrics look like? Can you give at least 3 examples?
Can you calculate at least one example from a SAAS metric?
Product: Medical app for doctors
A web app that allows doctors to record patients, their visits, medicines administered & schedule appointments. Doctors can sign up for a free account with limited features or pay for a premium account to access all the features.
A way for doctors to record patients personal details like (Basic personal details, blood group & other useful medical information)
A way for doctors to schedule appointments and to keep a record of visits, notes & outcomes
A way for doctors to record medicines administered to patients
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1. Intro & Setting: Hello, everyone. Welcome to another class of minutes and percent today begin to about product metrics. I'm really excited because I'm gonna be covering four main topics. Three simple 1st 1 is vanity metrics. So these are highly biometrics that you want to avoid. Will spend a few minutes on that success metrics Main focus of this class, which is no insightful metrics that you want to focus on sas metric. So generic metrics that you will often hear with any cess product. You know, like the example being link clicks Amazon, etcetera There's summary and I've got a project for you all to do It's on the right You're seeing couple screenshots Cesaire, my own personal products that I've launched in the past and I'm gonna be using he's in my class is an example. So the 1st 1 book it's, uh this is an app that we built quite a few years ago. It's for anyone to keep track the books, quotes and ticks. Now, the goals, Really, You wanna understand useful metrics out of these and understand men at vanity was a success metrics and understand SAS metrics with a specific example. The product itself is, um allows users to add books. Why scanning the barcode Pretty easy. Open up the camera, scan the barcode and 11 before the altar in the book. And then you can add courts, vocabulary and text easily as well. So just keep. So leave your records of your books in one place. So great app on. Then we can, you know, identify. Metrics are listed. Some here on will be going through these later on in the class. But you know, things like active users paying users crashes will explore what are vanity metrics and what are real metrics actually go into detail. Second product is attend. So this is a Web that I launched So but the Friends years ago. Basically, it's an app where you can create events, book tickets, people, book tickets to events and but, like meet up dot com. So again, goals here simple when I didn't buy on understand useful metrics, as well as understanding that bandy success and SAS metrics. So the solution is product is one click booking system, even booking system on line of in booking system. You can network with speakers and you, um, can get slides and you get notes succeed error. So we're just product. We know we tried. Identify What are the real metrics? What? Vanity metrics And what assassin metric. So is that ribbon you prevent that we want to look at and what are the customer outcomes that we want to achieve And, you know, things like, percentage of seats filled per event. So, yeah, we're gonna die really into detail. Looking at this product is an example. So stick around and you learn a lot about all these on differ, metrics, looking at real examples. 2. Vanity Metrics 2: Okay. Hello, everyone. Okay, let's have a look at humanity metrics and what they mean Definition. So the's on mitt tricks that, you know, you often hear about here a lot of numbers being thrown at you from whatever product that you're looking at, and it feels like it has a really a few good factor. And but you really don't be relying on these metrics. And that's a key word. They're not really useful. And they're gonna assist you in, you know, and the growth of your product. So you really just want to avoid them and you want to avoid relying on them. Funny for anything, really. So let's have a look at an example. So you might be beginning of the game. You know, a new game on the APP store and it might have, you know, 1000 downloads. You know, you might realize that you might find out that it has 500 stores and then, you know, my fanatical that says I have had 50% Montel Month growth, but what does that really mean? It'll high level doesn't really make much sense. It's not solving the objective or goal. Just we know numbers for face value, Um, could have a real BAP. You know, it could have a lot of visits, just great, and it could also also have a lot of users, which is also great. People could be talking about it on Twitter, and it could have thousands of suit treats. But no, you can't rely on these metrics to make any meaningful decisions, or they're not really that insightful. So it's essentially the definition of vanity metrics, and in essence, you want avoid relying on them. So let's look at it for the examples that we have in the class, which is 1st 1 Facebook bits. Now I haven't really introduced you to book bits. So hits and get into that. So these air screenshots from the app and you can see here in the first screen Children left literally scan ah, barcode, and it will get the altar in the book where you can interrupt manually, right? That's a feature of that. You can also see here the books are listed and reach work. You can add a court third screenshot there, and you can save us. Save the, um quote. You can also scan it using that camera and I recognize the text so pointed towards at the book, and we'll get the text so easy. Way to keep track of your books, quotes, etcetera. It's a good actor. What? Ah, Vanity metrics. So again, um, I could say I have 200 installs where I could say there were 2000 books of people of, you know, scan, um, hundreds of quotes. 50% growth in users. But these RL really vanity metrics. It doesn't really matter that there are 2000 books people have scanned or, you know, hundreds of quartz. It's great. It's identifying usage, but it's not really helping me in any way or as many rate to understand what's going on productive. Uh, yeah. Uh, so we'll get into the success metrics later on. But I just wanted ish kind of highlights and vanity metrics for this product and then a 10 . So again, I haven't introduced you to the product. So it was a simple way for people to log in and create events and shared and get people to attend and take bookings and kind of and then also share the speakers and distribute content etcetera. Yeah. So what? A vanity metrics here again. I could say they were, you know, 10,000 users on the platform, 200 events loaded, 2000 ticket sales, you know, And I could say Frederick seen growth and ticket sales, but it's not really something that's gonna help us understand what's going on. These orders kind of summarized numbers, high level numbers, said nothing that I can rely on it. Yes, they could. It might be ableto might be able to use some of these somewhere, but they're not gonna meet anything. And I'm not gonna be able to rely on And, uh, you know, for the growth of product. So, yes, so that these are vanity metrics and used to example, that's it's really simple, Andi, you can probably think of other examples right on. I'll let you guess, uh, for the examples of the heavier so summary collecting. Top level metrics are not going to relieve the true and sites that you want to see in your platform. Um, so you got to make decisions using these numbers, and they're dangerous over time because, you know, the more you repeat them, the more you think you're validated yourself. But really, you haven't And that could be mistreating, um, and then talking to help using the cell spit so you know it be able to sell something just by these summarized numbers. Right? Um, and yet in him inhibits product innovation. So I can't really use these numbers. Well, I could get Really? Ah, I guess you know, complacent and say that I have 10,000 users, but, you know, that's not really going to help us kind of innovate new products or sub problems in the product. Um, yeah, well, and I want to make a final note to say that, you know, they are mildly useful, baby in your conversations with friends, but really Ah, but only as best as a cost effective reporting. Really? Because you can get them cheaply but can't really using it anyway, So these are vanity metrics, and, uh, next we'll talk about success metrics and the next flat. So yeah, I'll see you there. 3. Success Metrics: Okay, so now it's time to talk about success metrics, and this is a fun part. So let's get in tow definition. So it's specific metrics that yet provide insight, so that's pretty much it. Also, gold actual metrics are, Yeah, let's get straightened his examples because that will make sense. So again we'll look at a new game application. So maybe the success metrics you know that we wanna track for this game is presented of active users who perform specific action, right? There might be multiple actions in the game. But you wanna no active users who may be in the last 30 days who had performed specific action, and that might lead you to understand why they are performing that action and, you know, and if so, what does that lead to next? Etcetera? Or maybe the most active character used to see what's popular and what's not, and help you make decisions with design or understand user behavior, right? Any more insightful now and then for a rib app. Maybe you want to understand decision to account so you know, vanity metric being number of visitors, and that's great. Not really tell you much, but in this example The success metric you want to look at? OK, 10,000 people visited, but only 20 of them converted to an account. Why? You know, what experience have you giving their what could be improved, Andi active users that can work. So, you know, maybe you would look at active users that convert to a specific thing. Right? So maybe you got 1000 visits. And then out of those 20 uses credit account out of those only maybe too active uses every day, Right? It's a small portion out of those you want to see what could worked to a specific behaviour in your way back, whatever that is. And when we go to book butts, an attendant make more sense. Oh, maybe it's a conversion percentage for a specific campaign, right? So you have a specific activity and you want to know what the conversion percent it is. So I hope that gives you a better uh, you know, I guess comparison between vanity vs Success Metrics were actually looking for a goal. Trying to achieve a goal. So let's get into an example. It's a book bits. So the screens we have here again is scanning a book. Bosco came in the back of gen it by the book. Right. So maybe the goal is to increase usage of the scan feature right over adding manually. So in the app that I've got here, users can at the book manually, but we don't want them to, because the whole point is saves them time, right? There's one of we just want o use camera functionality so we won't understand the pain points. So uses who had manually. Right. So what would you measure while you want to measure the clicks on successful scan and mentally added, And then you also wanna look at all active users with at least one book. So you want to see Maybe, you know, the first book was added by scanning and in the wrist added many Maybe the experiences horrible. Maybe they're crashes, you know, don't know what's going on. Um, conclusion, right? So you could see an increase of decrease. You might wanna track or have a goal to have, um, number of uses scanning Bacho to increase over time. You might want to look at the coded by device to see which devices are performing better. Um, versus others, you might also want to look it. And in five many reasons and conductor survey. So contact all those people that are using manual in Austin. Why, what's making them? And manually, do we want to get rid of that functionality? But only a small number. Small percentage? Um, look, a crash rates for uses, adding manually. Or why the barcode, right? And yeah, So I hope that gives you a really good example, because I can start digging into, and it's it's really fun in school because you really trying to understand that behavior. Let's look at another one. So let's say you want to build a visual for users using meaningful data from quotes, right? What does that mean? So in the example here, we're looking at quartz where they can scan using camera and they can scan a page, and courts automatically added, and then you're getting all these courts right? And the vanity metric was is 2000 quotes. Okay, that's great. But maybe we want to use this data and actually build a visual for all uses in the act. And sure, the most favorite court, maybe. I don't know, uh, you know, maybe It's a bit of product innovation. And so yeah, maybe wanna measure most popular authors quotes captured or on. Then you know we also wanna see by active users with at least one book and conclusion could be council Walters and quotes counts of books by author counts of uses by quotes added. And maybe you want to build a dashboard and you want to start looking at looking into a little bit more and it's you know, it. It gives you a little bit more insight. Had to see you know who are the most popular authors, what genres of people reading. And it gives you really good inside. And then you get your uses of really good insight to um, yes. So those are two examples for book bets now for attend. Let's look at this example. Maybe with attend. We want to understand that event activity off active users. So we actually want to understand what active uses a doing in the app. So we want to measure all events created over time. We wanna measure total it in these Purvin we want toe also look at the median ticket price as well, so we just really want understand it from all angles. Right? Um and again, we're gonna target electric uses with at least one completed event. So in event that's finished have loaded it finished. It's done that way. We have all the data that we need from these types of users. Maybe the conclusion we can come to is find out what the median revenue per active user there's. Maybe that's what we're trying toe achieve, um, most active users by number of events and maybe want to contact them and understand, You know, why is that that the platform is behaving? Noor is really, uh, useful Fulham on day. Maybe you want to see revenue generation by industry type, right? Then you can start. That might help you to do your marking in a certain industry, if the main active uses a role in marketing or i t or financial or accounting and then you want to focus on those kind of events more so with a real goal, you can you know, you can start to do some really cool stuff, and it really become really inside for an actionable. So I hope that gives a really good example of, you know, examples of book bits and attend so summary again we But the examples that we looked at, we had specific goals in mind. Right? Outcomes really more to investigate. That's important. And then you also want to track it over time. So, yeah, kind of undignified trains. And yes, so things like ribbing you by industry. You know, that's interesting on you can put them in the sales pitch. Or you can you can say it could hear the most common alters that, uh, you know, that people are reading on the genres that people are reading. And it really goes into detail on the tops of demography, of your customers off caps, right? And then, yeah, it allows you to product innovation. You can use data to boot solutions right on. The one I gave you was a simple one, but it can be a lot more complicated. And you can get a lot of complex data. Teoh build out your products as well. Um simple. Just keep refining us questions and sickles. That's all it is. That's pretty much it and flew to Ruutel. But you could see how insightful it waas over simple vanity metrics. We really were after some goals in there, so yeah, in the next one will look, assess metric. So see that 4. SAAS Metrics 2: Okay. Hello, everyone. So now look at SAS metrics. It's important. Metric probably, um, definitions of a matter the most because they help you're product or your company's scale and grow and get customers and get cash. You can't miss these metrics because they're really important. Success metrics are really important. But these are the ones that are gonna help you Products and that company grow could be split up into three categories. So sales being the financial metrics of accounting metrics, you could say, uh, marketing metrics that these air about in attracting new customers and converting them through the funnel well, through your journey or through your floor, then customer metrics of these ones that are gonna help you retain customers the reduced turn, as well as measuring the health of your customers and the health of your business from your customer point of view. So let's give him toe with some examples. Um, so what? But to be quite familiar in our product, ours. But what a SAS metrics. I want to cover three. So the 1st 1 is a salesman. Trick monthly recurring revenue. So what is a monthly revenue that book bits is bringing in every month. Which measure could have faster your company really growing? And there is a quite a complicated, no so complicated. It's pretty simple, Um, but you need to know your numbers really well. So there are two aspects is that is a positive aspect, which is your existing revenue. So look, what's that say we're getting ad revenue and we there's a premium version that that's $10 bill use that have 100 uses its sights that's $1000 per month and plus a mad raving, you say thousands of $2000. I'm the new business we got in the mountain. We got $200 new business and maybe some reactivation customers, um, that were no longer. But they came back and they know subscribed again and plus some expansion. So they say that comes up to $2005 then you've got some negatives. So let's say 50 customers dropped off when they left. Um, yeah, any contraction in the month Say that 2000. So you lived through it in $1500 so that's pretty much your monthly recurring revenue, and you keep measuring that of a month a month and that kind of help you understand how fast the company's growing. There's also Imara Grote Beest into just ball. But to keep it simple, your imara cells metric is really, really important. Um, for 10 will look at the, um, marketing metric, which is a product qualified league, which is really important as well, from a marketing point of view. So, yeah, what is the likelihood of becoming a paying customer? So let's say we've got about 1000 free users, right? Um, but that's great there on the say they're on the free plan, but you don't know how many of them are actually using it. And having evil can work to be a paying customer. And, um, how can you calculate them? So how many? We can only do that when the uses, you know, success we created and running event on day. Also say completely free trial unused Uppal the features So we know that they're actually using it, and they come to the end of the free trial, and then it means most likely they're gonna become a paying customer. It's not straightforward. It's not a it's not a strict port metric. It's kind of is gray on how to calculate a bet. Um, yeah, you've got a follow users in the journey. What it's not. Eso uses a signing up to free trial. That's that doesn't calculate as a product called widely. Also, not someone who have operated the plan as well, say, from Frida, Premium or premium to Premium. Me, too. Um, yeah, It's basically people that have come in and the Museo A product to a certain extent, and they likely to be a paying customer, and that's pretty much it. So that's really important as well, Then the 3rd 1 which is a customer retention, right? So with book bits, it's got 20,000 customers, right? But one of the passengers customers that, you know, we were able to return from Stop. So start off the launch of the APP. Maybe, you know, did that customers will be able to retain the customer for the whole year that the APP was it or did they drop off? It's basically the opposite of turn. So yeah, the calculations again, Not too difficult. Just using, you know, the numbers are number of customers at the end of the period, minus duration. Quiet your during the period, and then you divide that by the total customers side of the period, and then yet and you get the retention right. So, yeah, if they were 100 customers at the end right now. And, you know, customers acquired during periods 20 and then, um, customers of the side of period 104. Yeah, that's a 96% retention, right? That's getting this from mixed mental. The's calculations are available everywhere, but yeah, it's ah, um, really important to understand the customer retention rate. That's just a graph that I have the units downloaded by per week. So yeah, I just want to throw that in there to show you will be able to keep that customer who you don't want to start with a drop off those of three metrics that I wanted to cover. Um, there are way most asked me tricks in that, but those that three key ones for me in each of those categories I feel, um, cells Metrics. Yes. So, as we said, yeah, with that in Amara here, your business will have recurring catch. So But if you don't track imara, your success metrics, why it makes sense because you really need a viable business. Yeah, without a peak role you want, you lack paying customers. You may understand you the quote of your customers. You may understand the problems, but you really are unsure. Ensure that you know you're building a product that people will love and the pay to love. Well, love to pay for it. You put it that way and then custom metrics. So without retention, you lose customers of time. So you don't want to lead customers, right? That's the last thing you want to do. So how do you retain them? What do you need to do? So a lot of these will drive your success metrics because you might have a goal to have a retention, you might have a gold to improve new product call. If I lead, you might have a goal to increase in my rock. And then, you know that will kind of flow backwards into your success metrics to set the right goals . Um, yeah. There are plenty obsess metrics like customer acquisition cost turn left on value net promoter score, which you know, ah is also somewhat important. There different ways to look at it that results of feedback And on that I mean PS. But, you know, these are all really important. So I would urge you to kind of have a look through some articles and, um, an understandable other metrics if we really want to. But yet that's the end of assess metrics. So your next will look at the summary of the course. And also I've got a really good project for you actually work of the rule example and tried out into five Envy, success and SAS metrics. And I think you know what that really get a feel for. How will these played together? 5. Summary & Project details: higher run, you've made it to the end of the class. Thank you for watching my class. And so, yeah, let's look at what we've learned and the project. So we looked at product book bits and we looked at the manatee matrix, and we learned that knowing the number of users number of books added generic growth presented isn't not gonna tell us much. I'm gonna avoid relying on them. And then we looked at success metrics. So we looked at, you know, the rule metrics like books added scan verses, menu understanding the difference there and deacon increases and decreases of time and understanding behavior. And we looked at a number of active customers. Also uses performing an action specific action and setting out goals, which was fun. And then we looked at the lifeline of the product for the company monthly Recurring revenue , um, product qualifying, lead and customer attention, right? So, yeah, that was that was interesting. And then we looked attend and we looked at why Landry metrics, like number abuses or number of events and general growth presented is a really again not going to give us much. We can't really rely on it. and it's going to inhibit, you know, product innovation. And then we looked at success metrics of Rio. Metrics like percentage of seats filled, prevent or understand me revenue, Purvin and by industry type, or what collective uses were doing etcetera. And then we looked at says metrics, the same three metrics Imara, pick Ural and the retention rate, so yeah, well, what about? So now that you've learned Elice, how about, you know, uh, I set out a simple project where you have a nap. Amends for doctors, right? And it's a way about that. Allows doctors to record patients and their visits and medicines administered and schedule appointments, Right. Pretty cool. That for doctors. And you can have a go it out in flying Benoni metrics. Um, and identifying some success metrics as well. What goals? That on that you would have the sap and what it goes. What a success metrics that you'd really dig into. What would your get out of having some really good insightful in actual metrics? And then what would the Aymara pick your role and the CR examples would look like so really gets you to understand, get you to understand you know the difference between the three and how they interact and how they play. And now the good in the real metrics misses the no metrics of energy matrix that just don't make sense. Um, final Final summary has simple, avoid high level metrics. You want to sit goals, meaningful goals and objectives. We're gonna dig deep into the data and even asked as many questions. And you just want to keep repeating the three. Andi just want to avoid high level metrics. It's actually a simple is that, But knowing your goals take some time and I'm digging deep also takes a lot of if that asking questions also takes some time in. If it so yeah, that's it. And look at my aim is really to get a t least 1000 people. Teoh Inter prolactin Inter product on a ship in product management. So I've got some other classes, one of the miss free called product owner core fundamentals, And if you are interested in getting into product on a roll, I would I recommend that you watch that because it's it's free and, yeah, there's a lot of good content of their views, even used a banking example. So I really wanted to thank your time. And if you have any questions at all, just let me know and be happy toe help out any time.


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U.S. congratulates Costa Rica on bicentennial
Alejandro Zúñiga - September 16, 2021
Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, on Wednesday issued the following remarks as Costa Rica celebrated its bicentennial: **** On behalf of the Government...
U.S. Embassy donates $1 million in cars to Costa Rica's Justice Ministry
Sixteen new vehicles were donated to the Ministry of Justice by the United States Embassy.
China donates motorcycles, security equipment to Costa Rica
Alejandro Zúñiga - February 22, 2021
The Chinese government on Monday donated motorcycles and other security equipment to Costa Rica during a ceremony with local leaders.
U.S. Coast Guard to fight illegal fishing in Central America
The U.S. Coast Guard will increase efforts to fight illegal fishing in Central and South America, the State Department announced.
U.S. donates new Coast Guard boats, finances new facilities
The Public Security Ministry (MSP) on Thursday commemorated the delivery of two new boats that were donated to the Coast Guard by the United States.c
Costa Rica honors U.S. Ambassador as term ends
The Foreign Ministry of Costa Rica this week awarded United States Ambassador Sharon Day at the conclusion of her diplomatic mission.
Central America hopes to resume climate agenda with Biden, Costa Rica's Foreign Minister says
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Central American countries hope to resume environmental talks in their relations with the United States when Joe Biden takes office, says Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano.
With U.S. support, Costa Rica adds new plane to police fleet
Alejandro Zúñiga - December 15, 2020
The Air Surveillance Service (SVA) of Costa Rica's Public Security Ministry on Monday unveiled a new airplane meant to assist in anti-drug operations.
U.S. Southern Command delivers hygiene supplies to Costa Rica's Education Ministry
Alejandro Zúñiga - October 24, 2020
The United States Southern Command delivered a significant donation of hygiene supplies to Costa Rica's Education Ministry (MEP) in a ceremony on Friday.
U.S. Secretary of State to visit Costa Rica next week
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will arrive in San José, where he will meet President Carlos Alvarado,
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Robin Robinson is a fine artist based in Peachtree City, Georgia, that specializes in abstract acrylic expressionism but finds joy in the sheer act of creating. As a self-taught artist, she enjoys experimenting with different media and challenges her imagination to consistently try new styles and subjects.
After moving to PTC in 2011, Robin made a life-changing decision to pursue her dream of becoming an artist and decided to embark on this journey by painting something every day for a year. She took inspiration from traveling to many of the small towns throughout Georgia, meeting fascinating people and taking in the local charm, landscapes, parks and flora. These studies, travels and the sheer commitment to paint daily captivated her creative side and officially launched her into the art scene in 2015.
Robin's work is celebrated through this range as she creates contemporary acrylics and large modern landscapes one day, and whimsical pencil sketches and off-beat abstracts the next.
There is an originality to Robin's style that can also be found through her I Found Random Acts of Art movement (IFRAoA), created in 2014 to share the joy of art and inspiration around her Peachtree City community. Robin started the RAoA by leaving behind small, almost unfinished pieces of art on paper, cardboard or any other vehicle that she could ink on various community boards, trees, ledges, coffee shops and other public places around PTC. She then launched social media so those that discovered the pieces could report the findings and leave a note. She became enchanted with the comments and found encouragement in how these small tokens could help bring joy to people in her beloved community. Now, her IFRAoA have made it across the US and the globe and she continues to make this free art movement part of her daily life.
In addition to extensive private commissions, Robin's work has been exhibited throughout northern Georgia and in the Dogwood Gallery, where she is currently represented.
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Robin will demonstrate how she creates small scale productions before committing to large canvas pieces. These 'test runs' are a great way for all creators and aspiring artists to experiment.
Participants will be asked to create a Random Act of Art – a movement Robin started two years ago that has become a national inspiration.


Turns out my understanding of evangelization was off. Way off. Well kind of off.
Let's start with a better understanding of evangelization; a definition which honors the intention, style, and practice of the apostles. Evangelization is about kindling the burning desire for God in our hearts.
From the beginning, evangelization meant bringing the Good News of the Gospel to every corner of the earth. The call to do this is in Scripture (at the very end of the Gospel of Matthew), and we call it The Great Commission.
Historically, we have limited our understanding of evangelization to the missionary work of bringing the Good News to people who have never before heard it. Which, in itself, is fine (if the ones sharing the message are, in fact, sharing what Jesus taught, how he taught it: with love; without force).
However, evangelization was never meant to be equated with the forceful, negative, judgmental practice of proselytizing. Because, as you may know, that's not how Jesus did things.
Evangelization is about kindling the burning desire for God in our hearts. Proselytizing is focused on the surface experience of getting someone to agree with you that your religion, belief, or opinion is the right one. We are not called to proselytize. We are called to evangelize.
ONCE MORE – those who are regular, committed faithful who are in need of rekindling their passion for God. For many, the fire is there, but it wanes. For others, it's less of a fire and more of a flame.
THIS TIME WITH FEELING – those who (for whatever reason) have left the Church and are "searching" for something… are considering coming back… are unsure… and are in need of kindling that passion, as well as direction, education, healing, etc.
Each of us falls somewhere in here. Chances are, if you're reading this, you're somewhere between #2 and #3. Think about that: Where on this continuum would you place yourself?
What I love most about this renewed understanding of evangelization is that there are many, many legitimate ways to evangelize.
Spend time being intentionally present to your friends, family, children, siblings, and parents. Nurture relationships.
Because the funny thing about evangelization is that it's contagious. When you tend to the fire within your own heart, your passion for God spills out into the hearts of others.
So what will you to today to kindle the fire of your passion for God?


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Camron Justice made 5 of 7 from 3-point range and scored 26 points to help IUPUI knock off league-leading Northern Kentucky.
IUPUI 83, Northern Kentucky 77: Camron Justice made 5 of 7 from 3-point range and scored 26 points to help IUPUI knock off league-leading Northern Kentucky.
Indiana State 76, Evansville 69: Ty Battle scored a career-high 19 points and hit two crucial free throws with 15 seconds left as Indiana State withstood a furious rally to hold on to a 76-69 win at Evansville at Meeks Family Fieldhouse Friday evening.
Evansville (2-18, 0-9 Missouri Valley) had cut a 20-point Sycamore lead down to three before sending Battle to the line. A 57 percent free throw shooter this year, Battle sank both free throws to put the game out of reach for the host Purple Aces.
The junior forward finished the game 8 of 13 from the field and 3-for-4 from the line while grabbing six rebounds.
Indiana State (10-10, 4-5) notched its seventh road win of the season while extending misery to Evansville, handing them a conference-record 26th consecutive loss in league play.
Butler 73, St. John's 68, OT: Tori Schickel scored 4 of her 23 points in overtime, lifting Butler to victory over St. John's.
St. John's Curteeona Brelove sank a post basketball with one second left forcing the extra period.
Butler's Michelle Weaver drained a layup with 3:11 left in OT, putting the Bulldogs (17-4, 7-3) up 67-65. Schickel added two free throws, but Tiana England answered with a three, cutting Butler's lead to one with 1:44 remaining.
The team's traded missed 3-pointers, before Schickel's layup sealed the win with 33 seconds left.
Butler's Whitney Jennings led all scorers with 29 points.
Qadashah Hoppie led St. John's (10-11, 3-7) with 24 points.


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Priya Kumar teams up with Tarun Katial, Puneet Johar to launch Genius Inside
The platform will leverage advancements in AI intervention and machine learning.
11 Mar, 2021 - 03:30 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
NEW DELHI: Priya Kuma has joined hands with industry titans Tarun Katial and Puneet Johar to corporatise and scale-up her Priya Kumar's Training System (PKTS) to reach a worldwide audience through an AI-powered platform — Genius Inside.
The trio aim to take forward PKTS's 25-year-old legacy and enhance it for the digital space through Genius Inside, which they say would be 10X more engaged and effective and 70 per cent cheaper compared to what is currently available. It will leverage advancements in AI intervention and machine learning for the recommendation engine, combined with phy-gital mentoring to help audiences benefit from continued learning and personalised transformation, on-demand.
"Genius Inside presents the most personalised and customisable version of our services," said Genius Inside founder Priya Kumar. "These are created by our deep understanding of success and its drivers, an evidence-based approach and workability which adds value to bright young minds. Lending their passion and expertise to this project, my partners — Tarun Katial, Puneet Johar, and I aim to reach a global audience and play an instrumental role in their development by not only upskilling them but also by bringing about a real-time transformation in their lives."
According to co-founder Tarun Katial, Genius Inside is a giant leap from earlier generation legacy learning platforms. "We need to understand that AI and machine learning are the new frontiers for human interaction with technology. Now, more than ever, kids need to learn how AI and ML works, and how these tools can help the productivity of the workforce," he added.
The self-help industry is growing at a rapid pace, currently at $30 billion and projected to grow to $60 billion in the next five years. About $4 billion is spent on MICE and training programs annually but 78 per cent of people experience minimal training impact. Instead of spending disproportionately to build learning capabilities, Genius Inside aims to help audiences live through their transformation to reinvent themselves, without breaking the bank.
"Genius Inside as a platform offers immense opportunities in digital including personalised learning, interactive sessions with coaches, progress charts and assessments. There is no better way to give back than reaching out and impacting young leaders with this proven model of self-development aided by technology," said co-founder Puneet Johar.
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This year is the centenary of the end of World War 1, the founding of the RAF and Votes for Women! Also, the 70th anniversary of the NHS and even the 50th of Dad's Army!!
We're bringing together memorabilia, and making a film/audio/paper record of YOUR memories of these life-changing events. Please dig out photos, uniforms and family or village/county research to put All Cannings' experiences on the map. Exhibition, refreshments and more.
"The Big Tea Time Anniversary Sing" – join our pop-up choir or just come to join in Emmy's singalong (Saturday 4pm).


This first week of August 1st with only four days to the opening ceremony, Team Palau is excited and looking forward to an exciting opening ceremony on 5th of August and to participate in this games.
So far the Team is settled at the Olympic Village and continuing their practices this week and attending various Team Ceremonies. [restrict] Our Palau K1 paddler Ms. Marina Toribiong finally joined the Team on early Monday morning from a two week training camp and a 23 and under competition in Minks, Belarus. Marina received a scholarship from the International Canoe Federation to the training camp and compete in Belarus. She reduced her time in the 200m K1 race by 3 seconds and also did her best time in the 500m K1 race. At this Olympic Games, Marina will be competing with top K1 paddlers as the only Oceania paddler in Canoe K1 event from Oceania country, besides Australia and New Zealand.
August 1st – Team Palau had a welcome ceremony to raise Palau flag at the Olympic Village along with The Team Estonia and Team Egypt. Palau Team presented a gift (story board) to the Mayor of the Village, a Brazilian Basketball Player and medalist, Ms. Janeth Arcain.
On August 4th, Palau will join the rest of the Teams from Oceania region at a special Oceania Welcoming Ceremony outside of the Olympic Village at the Oceania House in Urca RIO, a village close to the beach. On August 5th our Team Palau will join all the teams at the Opening Ceremony of the Games starting at 8pm RIO Time, which will be Palau 8am August 6th.
During this first week, the team chef de mission Ms. Frida Delmau had been attending meetings at 730am to ensure that our Team is settled and every athlete need is met at the village and their schedule on track. Our NOC staff Kenny Reklai is joining the Oceania Team in coordinating and setting up the Oceania House for the ceremony on the 4th and assisting with our Team daily needs; while Jayvan Emesiochel, Palau Press Attaché' is involved with the Oceania press in preparation for the various ceremonies and the events.


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Editorial: For many on both sides, the president has crossed the line
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07/21/2018 6:00 AM |
When historians look back at the period we're living in, they will write that the president of the United States groveled before Vladimir Putin at the summit in Helsinki, Finland.
We don't use the word "groveled" lightly: retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Peters, a former Fox News commentator, used it in describing the news conference President Donald Trump and Mr. Putin held Monday.
He also used the word "despicable" to describe Mr. Trump's trashing of the American intelligence community for concluding that the Russians hacked American emails in a bid to help Mr. Trump get elected. And he went even further, saying Mr. Trump was "licking" Mr. Putin's boots by saying the Russian president had assured him his country had done no such thing.
Sen. John McCain, one of the few prominent Republicans to sharply criticize Mr. Trump's comments, said his conduct was "the most despicable thing" he could imagine an American president doing. Former CIA director John Brennan called his behavior "treasonous."
One reason our president's fawning praise of Mr. Putin has continued since he was elected may be that the Russians have something on him — a point several commentators made this week. How, they asked, can you explain Mr. Trump's criticism of the European Union and NATO, his denunciation of Britain's prime minister and his sitting on Mr. Putin's lap unless something is being held over his head?
What could that something be? After leaving the White House, former aide Steve Bannon hinted that the scandal-in-waiting involved money laundering by Mr. Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
To Mr. Trump, of course, all of this is "fake news." And the special prosecutor's investigation of Russia's involvement in the election is a "witch hunt." His labeling of the American press corps as the country's true enemies is music to the ears of Mr. Putin, whose government has murdered journalists and poisoned critics. The Russians have participated in the slaughter of thousands in Syria and pro-Putin militia shot down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine with a Russian-made missile, killing 298 passengers.
Clearly, Mr. Trump doesn't have a problem with any of this. Nor does he have a problem labeling NATO and the EU as outdated and treating Great Britain as an enemy power — again, music to Mr. Putin's ears.
The president's America First banner has taken on the sheen of something anti-American and pro-Russian — and we, as Americans, need to fully understand why. The Mueller probe into Russia's role in the 2016 election could not be more vital to our democracy.
In his recent New York Times column, Bret Stephens began: "Some near-forgotten anniversaries are worth commemorating. One hundred years ago — Bastille Day, 1918 — Theodore Roosevelt's youngest son, Quentin, was killed in aerial combat at the Second Battle of the Marne. Twenty-six years later, Quentin's oldest brother, Ted, also died in France, after landing at Utah Beach on D-Day."
Mr. Stephens wrote that the brothers fought and died for the "possibility and preservation of a free world, anchored and inspired by America but not subservient to it." He wrote that Mr. Trump had "undisguised contempt" for European democracy, and characterized his presidency as "a historical disaster" for America.
The now-infamous press conference — with Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin standing side by side, exchanging pleasantries and a soccer ball — may one day be seen as the watershed moment in this presidency. There was Mr. Trump before Monday, and Mr. Trump after Monday. What comes next will likely be a product of the Mueller probe. And at this point, there's no turning back.
While Democrats are united in their contempt for Mr. Trump, all but a handful of Republicans seem unable to find their voices. They need to begin standing up for our country and put aside obsequious loyalty to their president.
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Rivendell - TOR Supplement
Review Rivendell TOR Supplement
The One Ring (TOR) is a roleplaying game set in Middle-earth. Unlike previous roleplaying incarnations of setting, this in my opinion strives to capture the look and feel of the setting to degree magnitudes greater than anything that has gone before. This is a game of low magic and well developed characters with significant individuality and no classes per se. While the system has its issues, largely around highly experienced characters and perceived imbalance in the combat system, both of these aspects do little to pull down the otherwise impressive product.
Our weekly gaming group has been systematically playing through the scenarios featured in the earlier supplement Tales from Wilderland though we are about to come to the end of them - just a dragon to face, oh, and the ancient spirit of the torturer of Dol Guldor whose agenda has just about been revealed. This supplement could not arrive at a better time, well, possibly a couple of scenarios ago would have been handy. The main reason for this is that as well as the expected maps of Rivendell and background information on its various residents this supplement contains quite a few goodies aimed at powerful adventuring groups.
The supplement will be hardback not that uncommon nowadays as I suspect most people buying these products are 30+ years old and therefore do not bat an eyelid at the extra cost. Lets face it, a nicely bound hardback looks pretty damn good on the shelf, where nowadays it tends to stay as you flick through to the relevant pages of the PDF on your ipad.
Will be hardback?
I am effectively reviewing the PDF with an aside glance to the hardbound Darkening of Mirkwood supplement which though ordered in February has just arrived at the start of August. As I am assured the same printers and binders will be used for Rivendell, I can honestly say that the quality is top-notch.
Why the wait of six months between order and delivery?
Cubicle 7 (the producers) are following the trend of selling the product before it has gone to print. As the product includes the PDF for instant download, it gives them around 4 months pre-sales, presumably used in the paying of agents, staff and print-run. This makes sense as I suspect that they are unlikely to pre-sell more than around a thousand units worldwide. Even accounting for no VAT on books, paying the author, artists and editors quickly amounts to very little if any profit. Even with a projected print-run of say 3,000, I suspect that budgets are very tight with an audible sigh of relief when the breakeven point has been reached. TOR is very much a niche genre in a niche market. Expecting print runs for supplements in the tens of thousands is simply not realistic which means that the labour costs per unit are high. Basically, even if they went for PDF sales only, they would still need to charge around £20 based on estimated unit sales just to break even. Spending a couple of quid on good binding allows them up the price by £15. As such it makes sense to ensure that they deliver a premium product as customers will be less disgruntled. Personally speaking I dont begrudge them this as a night in the pub nowadays costs significantly more (especially if the wife is out as well).
Anyway, that aside the PDF, which is what I am effectively reviewing here is very nice. Cubicle 7's reputation for quality in terms of layout, style and favoured artists is well deserved. The supplement, very unlike that of ICE (from years ago) is fitting with the themes evoked by Middle-earth. Their use of water colours, favouring muted earthy tones and preference for images of moors, mountains and rivers is reminiscent of the England's Lake District and Yorkshire Moors and even closer to home, the region around Bowland an area Tolkien himself was familiar with due to his association with Stonyhurst College.
While there is of course more than a dozen pages assigned to details about Rivendell and a reasonable synopsis of the region (Eriador), there is little point in reviewing them here suffice to say that the former is sufficiently detailed to keep the readers interest and the latter, though largely garnered from freely available material such as the appendices from The Return of the King have been refined and made into a flowing narrative. I suspect that most Loremasters are sufficiently familiar with the history to chuck in some vague references about the region, though this is still an excellent source of quick-reference material.
From a Loremaster perspective this is much more useful as it gives quite a few made-up locations that can be focus points for an ongoing campaign. The flavour of the settings is sufficiently subtle that they do not grate against the larger setting, in fact integrating seamlessly. I suspect that some of these will also feature in the upcoming supplement Ruins of the North, though it never hurts to drop references to them in the meantime or even use them if appropriate.
There are details about Elrond, his sons and a few other famous people and even some stats. Personally I prefer the fluffy mechanics for NPC's used by TOR. I can't see any reason for listing his skill at skiing (which is apparently 95 for those that used the Rolemaster system). There are no tailored abilities, list of magic items or even combat stats. This is not somebody that will be involved in combat. To add the information would in my mind be extraneous. That said, they haven't even given Glorfindel endurance points, which may have been a bit more useful if he was coming to the rescue, though I suppose his arrival pretty much means that the battle is over, so in retrospect they are also unnecessary. The detail on the characters is aimed at using them as go-to people, with each sufficiently fleshed out to make them individuals. This plays to the strength of the system which has a detailed interaction system for dealing with NPC's unlike other systems I have used over that past three decades.
Minions and Monsters
Despite or possibly because Eriador is described as the empty land, quite a lot of effort has spent on the look and feel of the foul denizens of the region. I especially like Ettins as trolls so old they are little more than ugly weathered rocks that may come to life. Suddenly using battered cairns as guide along a hazardous mountain trail no longer seems like a wise choice. Wights and various other solitary beasts are detailed though the crème de la crème has to be the Witchking himself. I am still not convinced the corruption test targets are particularly high and that possibly there needs to be more mechanics for worsening the situation if the GM wants to go harder on really powerful characters.
The Eye of Mordor
Whats this? Ah, seems like the grumble at the end of the last section has been answered. This mechanic explains why the most powerful wizard wondering the wilds restricts himself to setting fire to pine cones and chucking them at wolves rather than summoning a hurricane of fire to turn them all to toast. Essentially each time a character blunders or does something magical the hunt track of the Eye increases. When it hits the target, bad things can happen or more likely, bad things already happening get worse. This is not direct intervention of Sauron, the Witchking or any of his minions but rather pre-disposition of the pervasive ill-will in Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age thwarting the plans of those catching its attention.
I remember years ago hearing Middle-earth being described as a place of high magic. I suppose compared to mundania it is, but when standing next to a typical D&D adventure with magic-users casting fire balls and fighters with a list of magical items the size of an Argos catalogue, it is really rather tame. This is something that has never been properly handled in previous incarnations of the setting. That they are only now, a few supplements in actually dealing with magical treasure is therefore quite reaffirming that they have an understanding of the setting. This is further enhanced by mechanics that require the Loremaster to actually create items tailored to the character and only allow them to find them. Further, that there is a finite list of magical weapons and armour that can potentially be found by each character. I am not sure how looting dead bodies is handled, though I suspect it is down to the Loremaster to ensure that personal treasure is either destroyed or becomes heirlooms and out of the game shortly after the characters demise. All in all a novel approach to dealing with proliferation of treasure.
New Backgrounds
Time to have your character die in some grand gesture of defiance against the Enemy before reaching for a fresh character sheet, yep, this is your opportunity to create either a Ranger of the North or a Noldor Elf character. Having read the backgrounds and even looked at the starting stats and points to spend, I am not convinced that these are significantly more powerful - though this may be because the current campaign characters are veterans of nearly two years of gaming. If any join the party, they are likely to be the baby of the group to be handheld across blighted places. Still, with Ruins of the North adventures soon to be released, by the end of it they should be just as impervious as our current coterie of Bardings.
The unique mechanics introduced for these backgrounds make for very interesting reading and like so much already commented on, sit nicely with the ethos of Middle-earth. If I wasn't Loremaster for the game, I would definitely go with playing a stern and serious ranger - at least till I had drunk a few pints, at which point I would revert to my normal haphazard gaming style fluctuating between over-thinking a situation and dashing straight in.
Negative Points
On the negative side (because even the best products have flaws) there are a few items I picked up on. To a large degree these are more personal feelings because I prefer my supplements to be free of what I consider extraneous material.
First of all, in the run-up to the launch one of the comments by the Cubicle 7 team was that there was a lot squeezed into the supplement but due to size constraints a few things had to be left out. This would indicate to me that every page was valuable and that we would not expect to find padding of any sort. Indeed this is fairly true. Even the treasure examples are possibly sufficiently useful to overlook accounting for 5% of the book, though of course I would be happier is this supplementary information was downloadable. I would also be even happier if the same was true of the four pages used for sample characters created from the new backgrounds for Noldor Elves and Rangers.
I am still in two minds over the inclusion of maps regarding Rivendell and the surrounding valley. On the one hand, unless you intend to run some sort of Easter egg hunt or have it overrun with baddies (in your wildly diverging version of the LotR), it is effectively a few pages of wasted material. Who really cares where the stairs up to Elronds personal quarters are or that Glorfindel has his own house down the lane? In a system that is based around many esoteric concepts this seems unusually well defined.
Conversely, I would also have been surprised if they had been missing. Maybe a less detailed map corresponding to the main picture would have sufficed, leaving more room for other stuff.
Maybe the maps are relevant to an upcoming scenario in which a character gets the opportunity to nick something from Elronds private boudoir?
The same (wasted space) could be said of the artwork in which quite a few images were duplicated. While I understand that this was generally done where the same creature was detailed in two locations (its narrative in the wilderness section and in the stats section), surely having its picture in one or the other location would have sufficed, again leaving space for other things.
All in all I suspect that the supplement could have been pruned by five or six pages, maybe even ten without significant loss of information allowing for things that didn't make the cut. I would have liked to have seen a lot more fellowship phase options for Rivendell and the surrounding region along with a few more curses and magical effects. Some more suggestions or options for the Eye of Mordor would have been nice, such as dealing with the party accompanied with a handful of NPC's. Stating that NPC's don't count towards being hunted by the Eye seems very odd indeed.
This is a very good supplement, giving options to the Loremaster who may have become a little jaded by characters cutting swathes through the ranks of his minions and fed up with characters seemingly utterly impossible to injure while at the same time complaining how unfair it is that they can only kill one orc each per round. It is clear though that this supplement will also serve as the foundation for future products. Anyone running adventures in Middle-earth using the TOR system should invest in this supplement.


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