I was in a perpetual slump. I worked out at Versus Strength & Conditioning at least 3 times a week and I had heard about Clean Kitchen program, but lacked confidence in my ability to actually do it. I have done gym challenges where I would lose weight but then sadly, gained it back slowly. I did not realize that I was sabatoging my own progress by not really changing what counts…my habits.
My fast-food ritual of eating made me feel sane in this crazy world. I had become comfortable with my unhealthy eating habits. These eating habits had developed by convenience and stress, which in-turn, caused my excess body fat to go up and my self-confidence dropped. I would rationalize my reasons for overeating. Pigging-out was a way to self-medicate my tension. I felt like I needed these foods and that I deserved to eat these foods even though I knew they were doing to me.
Then Clean Kitchen 12 Week Challenge absolutely changed my life.


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Michael Vega, 59, passed away on January 29, 2019. He was born in Paterson on March 1, 1959 to the late Graciano and Blanche (Conklin) Vega. Michael is survived by his son, William Mirrer, his brother Angelo Vega and his wife RoseMarie, his sister Lanette Romeo and her husband James, Grandson Tristian and other grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and cousins, his special friend Hope Abrams, his step children Anthony, Trisha and Larissa Villanueva and his former wife Anita Rosenkrantz.
All services were private by the request of the family.


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Това е първото тричасово Във вашия дом PPV, а също и първото, което използва лозунга "In Your House" като подзаглавие, а не като основно заглавие.

На събитието се оспорват седем мача. Главното събитие е Шон Майкълс срещу Гробаря. Също така, Брет Харт побеждава Патриотът, за да запази Световната титла в тежка категория на WWF. Хедбенгърс (Мош и Трашър) спечелват вакантните Световни отборни титли на WWF в елиминационен мач, а Брайън Пилман побеждава Златен прах. Поради предварителни уговорки, мениджърът / съпругата на Златен прах (сюжетна линия и реалния живот) Марлена, трябва да стане личен асистент на Пилман за 30 дни.

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Jack Antonoff Launches Publishing Company with First Signee Grimes
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Jack Antonoff of Bleachers and fun. has announced that he is launching a publishing company called Rough Customer as part of a joint venture with Sony/ATV, and that its first signing is none other than Grimes. The two have previously worked together for a song called "Entropy," but now they're taking it to the next level. In a statement, Antonoff said, "I wanted to start a publishing company to work with friends who are making important work."
The statement continues, with him saying, "It really couldn't be more special to start things with Claire. She's one of my all-time favorite artists and a wonderful person. Her work matters on the highest level and I feel deeply proud to know her." The announcement of a publishing company with Antonoff makes a lot of sense what with him writing so many big tracks for different pop artists, especially with names like Taylor Swift and Sia among others on his impressive resume.
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Get the soundtrack to the forthcoming winter – no blues, mind – from a number of musical events around Melbourne and Victoria in June. The Melbourne International Jazz Festival attracts some of the genre's names form past and present and is anticipated by jazz lovers far and wide, and the cabaret festival is guaranteed to convert the masses.
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Bob started a new blog. It's heart-warming to see somebody who is possibly nerdier than me. Though, I wonder if he's truly nerdier than me. Because when I saw the name for his new blog, "Journey through the OED," I confused the acronym for another one I more often see and I was a trifle confused for a smidgen of time.
This comic resonates with me so often. I actually did stuff like this when I was younger. I planned out the ultimate "fort" for me to run away to when I was younger and wanted to be alone. In my mind, it was so awesome, but I never was able to fulfill my dream. Ah, such is life.
I had some answers that I think would rank me very high on the nerd scale, but then I had a few answer that ranked me quite low. I dare you to beat me.
Check out this little flight sim using Google Maps. Don't fly too low!
I sit in a cubicle 8+ hours a day M-F. That's my job. I sit there and work with amazingly cool spreadsheets and interesting emails and fascinating web sites and high-tech cellphones. However, some others aren't so lucky as me. Some others do something so boring as row across the Atlantic Ocean. Think about it, what's a better story to tell your grandkids: the story that starts, "So one Monday I opened this large Excel spreadsheet and used it to track my workload for all of quarter 3 '06" or the story that starts, "So one Monday I started rowing across the whole damn ocean."? Yeah, that's right. I feel sorry for those poor schmucks too.
In an effort to thinly tie myself to somebody famous, I want to let everybody know I had Christmas dinner with Greg Spooner, who is on this team of crazy individuals. I remember him being a real cool dude.
Be sure to check out their blog and track their progress (green line).


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2 large eggs room temp.
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Yonder Media and All Response Media team up for OnePlus
By newsroom on December 14, 2018 Comments Off on Yonder Media and All Response Media team up for OnePlus
Yonder Media and All Response Media (ARM) are working in partnership to deliver media strategy, planning and buying across multiple territories for smartphone manufacturer OnePlus, which last month launched its new flagship smartphone.
Following a competitive three-way pitch, the agencies will be working together to develop and deliver media activity across the UK, EU, Nordics and North America as the brand continues its impressive global growth.
The OnePlus 6T, the new flagship replacing the acclaimed OnePlus 6, was launched on October 29 and one of the global launch campaigns was created by Yonder Media's sister agency in The Beyond Collective, Above+Beyond. The 6T launch is the brand's biggest to date, coinciding with the most widely available OnePlus device ever released.
Ed Cox, Founder at Yonder Media, said: "OnePlus is a dynamic and exciting brand with an incredible connection to its fans. We all believe there's more than one way to build a brand in today's age of audience and we're delighted to be working together."
Nick Cudahy, Director at ARM, said: "We are delighted to be part of the OnePlus journey as they are a truly innovative global brand, we look forward to delivering a fully integrated approach to media planning & execution, pivoted around the ARMalytics platform."
Adam Ferguson, Head of Marketing, Europe at OnePlus, said: "As we continue to grow at speed, and consolidate our position in more markets, it's essential that we have media partners like Yonder and ARM, who understand the OnePlus brand and can harness the power of our incredible community to maximise the potential of the momentum we're experiencing."
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Many options Purposefully create a closed system, which can be tedious to maneuver away from once you get started. However, with a stage named Ecwid, you do not need to worry about this. Actually, the whole aim of the company, which started in 2009, is to quickly and inexpensively create an internet store system on your existing websites.
That increased my Attention, because I understand the struggles that come along with trying to migrate sites, especially in regards to ecommerce. So, I wanted to gather an in-depth review of this Ecwid system to see if it's worth the time.
It's quite Remarkable what Ecwid has done since 2009, with over 1 million retailers getting signed up. What's even more cool is that the Ecwid retailers span over 175 different countries, demonstrating that this isn't only a platform for most people in the US or Europe. Even companies in developing nations have a opportunity to find an internet store going, and you do not have to squander your prior site in case you have one.
The usership Continues to grow, particularly considering Ecwid is currently PCI DSS Level 1 certified. If you are not certain what that is, it is pretty much the gold standard for safety in the ecommerce world. You can rest easy knowing that you and your customers' data is safe and protected.
Along with The total merchant count, over 20,000 active users are utilizing the Ecwid Shopping Cart for WordPress. The gap between that 20,000 along with the 1 million is the fact that you don't require a WordPress site in order to implement Ecwid. So, the 20,000 only identifies WordPress users with the plugin.
Ecwid is a hosted Solution for building an online store. Unlike competing products such as Shopify, Bigcommerce and Volusion, which allow you to build a new website with e-commerce functionality, Ecwid is geared more towards people who already have a website and simply want to add an internet store to it.
Much like other E-commerce programs, Ecwid allows you to install'catalogs' of products, and include photos, pricing, weight etc. for each. You can specify shipping prices, accept credit card payments etc — all of the crucial stuff that you would expect to be able to do using an e-commerce solution.
However it differs Significantly from competing products such as Shopify, Volusion, Squarespace and Bigcommerce since it isn't really designed to allow you to produce a fully-featured, standalone e-commerce website; rather, it is designed to allow you add an online store to an present online existence.
The Product works by giving you a widget which gets placed on other websites — hence the name Ecwid: it is short for'E-commerce Widget'. You get a few lines of HTML code (the widget) to add to an existing site or societal networking profile, and your shop is displayed wherever you have inserted this code.
You can also Mirror the system on various different sites if you anticipate selling elsewhere on the web. Handle all these sites from 1 place rather than switching between multiple dashboards.
Another pleasant Attribute is that the syncing between multiple devices. Sell on-the-go with your smartphone. This usually means you could go to a tradeshow to make a number of sales and all these sales are represented on the backend of your website.
The system is Also made to integrate well with social networks, so that you can sell your items on Facebook if desired. 1 part of Ecwid that we particularly enjoy is the shipping facet. With real-time transport integrations you constantly know what is happening with your orders and where they're being sent to.
Thank you To Ecwid's point-of-sale (POS) performance, you may use your Ecwid shop to sell not only online but in physical places too — in stores, market stalls, at concerts and so forth.
With Ecwid's POS Performance, regardless of if a customer buys a product in shop, online, on their phone or through Facebook, everything stays in sync – i.e., the retailer's catalog, inventory and client / trade information.
There's a few ways you can use this feature: the easiest is likely to use'Paypal Here.' This involves downloading the Ecwid iOS program from the Apple's App store, connecting it to the Paypal Here support, and then taking payments utilizing a mobile card reader (pictured above).
You have two choices when it comes to POS Hardware and Paypal Here: you can buy a processor and swipe reader (for $24.99) or a processor and also tap reader (for $79.99). Both can be arranged straight from Ecwid.
If you are based outside That the US / UK, or need to utilize another mobile device kind, the good news is that Ecwid also works together with the Vend, Clover, NCR Silver and Square POS systems. These all facilitate using a larger range of hardware at a physical retail location (full-sized card readers, receipt printers, cash drawers pill racks etc.) and are usable in more nations.
Although you can avail Of this Paypal Here POS option on all paid-for plans, you'll want to be on the priciest'Unlimited' plan if you want to avail of a Vend, Clover, NCR Silver or Square admin.
Ecwid Storefronts are responsive, meaning they will display correctly across devices — desktop, tablet and mobile. In an era where smartphone web browsing is eclipsing desktop browsing, this is important.
Granted, it is a fairly Standard plan, where attributes such as discount coupons and support are not accessible, and it only lets you sell up to ten products in two classes — but this could really be sufficient for some customers, and using it's a fantastic way to try the system out.
But, A key point to notice about the free plan is the fact that it isn't good from an SEO standpoint — you need to be on a paid plan to make certain that your product pages speak to search engines correctly (more on SEO below).
Ecwid is ahead of the Pack because its storefronts could be mechanically translated into nearly 50 distinct languages — clients can view your shop in their own language, without you having to worry about producing alternate versions of this. Ecwid provides this performance by detecting visitors' language automatically based on their browser preferences / IP address.
Competing products like Shopify And Bigcommerce are nevertheless to provide this type of functionality — that they force you to rely on third party programs, the production of multiple shops or Google Translate to provide different language variations of your store, which can be less than perfect. So a definite win for Ecwid here.
Search engine Optimisation (SEO) in Ecwid is a pretty straightforward affair. You are able to edit the title of your webpage and its own meta description; the applicable fields are pre-populated for you automatically, however you can tweak them to match your search engine optimization objectives.
So Far as I can tell However, you can not manually change the URL of a product — you have to make do with the one which Ecwid generates for you. This is not ideal because keywords in URLs are used by some search engines to categorise content during indexing.
1 area where Ecwid doesn't perform quite so Well on the search engine optimization front entails AMP — accelerated cellular pages. As the name implies, AMP pages load faster on cellular devices. This encourages people to remain longer on your page, thus increasing'live time' –something which is believed by many SEO experts consider to be rewarded by Google with preferential treatment in search results. Furthermore, Google sometimes highlights AMP pages in carousels in search results, providing AMP articles an extra little boost.
The Export option permits you to export merchandise information, orders and customers (in CSV format) and ensures that should you feel the need to migrate your store to a different e-commerce platform, you shouldn't have any significant difficulties doing so.
WordPress does not Supplied any e-commerce functionality from the box, so anybody wishing to market on the stage will require a third-party alternative like Ecwid. There is an Ecwid plugin accessible, so adding an Ecwid store to your WordPress site is quite straightforward — you can get up and running with a couple clicks.
Squarespace includes Increasingly good e-commerce features, but the amount of payment gateway options is very limited — you need to utilize Stripe or Paypal. (And with Stripe only works if you're selling goods from particular countries). Another main problem with the built-in Squarespace selling tools is that they don't facilitate dropshipping, and complete export of merchandise isn't currently possible.
Integrating Ecwid with Squarespace allows you to bypass these limitations, and adding it into some Squarespace site is very simple: it is a simple matter of adding a code block into a webpage and pasting some HTML to it.
As With Squarespace, there's currently no dropshipping option for Wix users, therefore again Ecwid can provide a good workaround. A dedicated program is offered by Ecwid to enable you incorporate the product onto a Wix shop easily.
Much like any e-commerce tool, you'll need to Spend a reasonable amount of time getting your head around producing catalogues and product variants, setting up transport prices and so on…but there is nothing that should represent also a lot of a learning curve.
If You are stuck nonetheless, you can always get in touch with Ecwid's support team — more on that later — or, even if you are on a'Business' or'Unlimited', you are able to take advantage of this included customization service (you get two hours and 12 hours personalization time from Ecwidon these plans).
I am not a Attorney, so please note the below observations shouldn't be interpreted as legal advice, but I'm going to do my best to spell out some of the major GDPR problems facing Ecwid consumers under.
With the introduction of The EU's new GDPR legislation, there are many legal measures that site owners now should take to ensure that they are adequately protecting EU customers' and visitors' privacy. There are severe financial penalties for doing this (to the point where it is typically a great idea to consult a lawyer about what to do); and even if your company isn't located in the EU, you still need to obey the regulations where any site visits in the EU are concerned.
So for Instance, If you Utilize a Facebook Ads cookie in conjunction with your Ecwid store, you will be breaking GDPR laws unless you have a banner set up which does all the above.
Nowout of the box at Least there isn't a way to deal with the cookie consent issue with Ecwid. Nor is there an adequate app available from the Ecwid app shop (the only alternative on this front I can find, the'EU cookie banner', does not appear to supply the essential performance — despite costing $1.99 per month to use).
It Seems to me that the only option available to Ecwid consumers would be to use a professional product like CookiePro, which will provide all the essential functionality to make cookie approval fully GDPR compliant. Despite being a strong product however, Cookiepro does need quite a lot of configuration and you will want to put quite a lot of time apart to set this up.
I really like The simple fact which you're able to run a website without paying anything. This makes the setup process that much simpler, since you just have to punch in your email and make a password to proceed straight to the backend interface.
The system has Wizards for each platform you would like to set your shop on. If you have a WordPress site, just walk through three steps to get up and running. You could even click on options like Facebook and Joomla, based on where you want to sell.
The backend Design is flawless, because it walks you through each site creation and integration measure with a few nice text and photos. As soon as you get your shop implemented on a website or societal page it appears fairly slick.
The layout Depends somewhat on the theme you have on your website, but as you can see below, it displays photos well and appears clean and easy to navigate. I particularly enjoy the Shopping Bag place, which can be outstanding and easy to find for clients when they want to checkout.
Although many Websites will be cellular friendly, its nice understanding that Ecwid includes a native shopping application for both iOS and Android. Merchants now receive a native shopping application for iOS and Android.
The final Design thing that makes sense to mention is your language tool. Since running an internet store generally requires you to attain out to people from throughout the planet, you're bound to stumble upon some clients who'd love to read product pages and other content in their native language. Ecwid supports 45 languages, so when a user would like to translate from English into Spanish, that's no problem at all.
A Few of the programs Will help you out with rating and reviews, rewards programs, automated ad tools, analytics, customized layout themes and much more.
Ecwid is a Third-party remedy to your present website, so you'd normally need to employ additional SEO and advertising tools to really get the word out. That said, Ecwid supplies quality SEO features to help retailers increase their visibility in Google searches.
Moreover, Google now indexes AJAX sites, so all Ecwid stores are indexed by Google with no extra effort. It gets even better with WordPress websites, since you acquire access to additional SEO plugins and the default search engine functionality around the dashboard.
Each step is Concise and clear, so that you may just go in there and type in a product name, price and picture then save the product for later. Of course you could always open up the Powerful Options, however they different these for when you're ready to start ramping up your own store.
Ecwid provides A Chat With Earnings attribute that is always one of my favourite ways to talk with companies. Simply send them a query and you can work on something else until they respond.
It's not necessarily Easy to find an ecommerce platform that doesn't charge transaction fees, but that's exactly what you get with Ecwid. They never control any kind of trade fee with any of the plans they offer, which makes it desirable for any shop that is hoping to keep down costs and also to improve margins.
Keep in mind that Ecwid is not a payment processor, so you have to set up something such as PayPal or Stripe to process all the trades that come through your site. It's pretty easy to employ these systems, since Ecwid integrates with over 40 international payment choices. However, each of those processors have their particular trade fees so you need to get ready for these.
· The'starter site' option is a good stopgap measure for retailers who want a shop fast, but have yet to develop a complete website to add the Ecwid widget to.
Ecwid comes With four strategies, one of which is completely free. They market the free program like mad, and mention that a number of different platforms drag you into a free trial, where you will finally need to pay.
The Free plan Allows you to sell 10 products, while the Venture program ups that count to 100 products and you get items like an iPhone management program. The company program goes up to 2500 merchandise for a wonderful price and you get live chat service. Priority support comes alongside the Unlimited plan and you might also market an unlimited number of merchandise.
Ecwid is one of The cheapest solutions on the marketplace. You may see that it's actually more affordable than many of the other programs we have reviewed previously, so if you're looking for value, this could be the right plugin for you.


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Owenduff river
Localisation Owenduff
The Owenduff drains an area of 52 square miles of wild moorland and mountain into ullaghan Bay, a few miles north of the village of Ballycroy.
This large area of relatively intact blanket bog and mountains incorporates the catchment of the Owenduff River and much of the Nephin Beg Mountain range, and is situated in Co. Mayo. Lough Feeagh, which is located approximately 5 km north-west of Newport Town, lies in the south-east corner of the site.
Within the site, the terrain varies enormously from the peaks of the Nephin Beg Mountains, which reach a maximum altitude of 717 m, to areas where the land slopes westwards to the floodplain of the Owenduff River.
The upper slopes of the mountains in the Owenduff/Nephin complex carry wet heath and cliff vegetation, and patches of upland grassland are frequent. The esence of small corrie lakes and rock basin lakes adds to the habitat diversity of the mountains. Along its southern and eastern limits the site is bounded by coniferous plantations and/or the high mountain slopes of the Nephin Begs. Along its northern and western margins the site is fringed by agricultural land reclaimed from bog or from wet floodplain vegetation.
The site is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) selected for the following habitats and/or species listed on Annex I / II of the E.U. Habitats Directive
The remote upland areas along the eastern and southern fringes of this site contain approximately 15 oligotrophic to mesotrophic akes, many of which lie above an altitude of 200 m. Most of these lakes are fine examples of corrie lakes, backed by precipitous mountain cliffs (for example, Lough Anaffrin, Lough Adanacleeveen and Corryloughnaphuil Lough). The lakes vary greatly in size, ranging from a couple of hectares to approximately 25 ha. Most of these lakes are base-poor, and have little emergent vegetation.
Dystrophic lakes of various sizes are found in areas of low-lying blanket bog. These are extremely base-poor, have a peaty bottom and as a result, the water is often highly coloured by humic acids. A feature of these lakes is that there is usually an abrupt transition from blanket bog to open water, with little in the way of shallow lake margin present. The vegetation of these nutrient-poor lakes is typically limited and sparse. Marginal vegetation may include narrow floating rafts of Bulbous Rush, White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba) and Sphagnum cuspidatum. Small peaty islands in these lakes may support Crowberry and Juniper (Juniperus communis), both species which are generally uncommon in lowland blanket bogs. The Juniper often forms scrub, but this is relatively rare, and is confined to the larger and ungrazed islands.
The Owenduff River system holds an important population of Atlantic Salmon, another species listed on Annex II. Spawning occurs on the Owenduff, the Tarsaghaun River to the east, the Glenadeeghan and the Baunduff/Scardaun, mainly in the upper reaches.
In the past, 30 years ago, the site is heavily stocked with sheep.Cattle graze the riversides, but sheep penetrate into the uninhabited valleys and mountain slopes.Blanket bogs are sensitive to damage from over-grazing -the cover of Sphagnummosses can be depleted and peat erosion can occur. Damage is currently severe on the slopes west of Lough Feeagh, where it has contributed to a recent decline in the numbers of Greenland White-fronted Goose which feed there. Peat erosion also threatens water quality in the rivers, which may in turn affect the fish population.
Currently, fishing (Brown Trout and Atlantic Salmon) is a popular activity on the site and,together with game-shooting, attracts significant numbers of tourists to the region.
Owenduff is an exceptionally attractive and prolific salmon and sea trout fishery. There are abundant stocks of spring salmon, grilse and sea trout. Together with its tributary, the Tarsaghaunmore, All the river is privately owned, except the estuary below the weir at Srahnamanragh Bridge where there is about a mile of free fishing along the left bank. Up river, there are 3 private fisheries and lodges: Lagduff Lodge, Shean Lodge and Rock House near Ballycroy. A limited number of day tickets might be available from the Rock House Fishery.
The Owenduff/Nephin Complex is one of the best and largest examples of intact blanket bog in the country.The range and quality of habitats present here is excellent, and a number of rare and protected plant and animal species occur.The Owenduff River system is the largest in the country which remains virtually free of conifer plantations.
The site is a striking wilderness of bog and mountain, a unique landscape which is of international ecological importance.
Ballycroy National Park was established in November 1998, it is Ireland's sixth National Park and is located on the Western seaboard in northwest Mayo. It comprises of 11,000 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog and mountainous terrain, covering a vast uninhabited and unspoilt wilderness dominated by the Nephin Beg mountain range.
To the west of the mountains is the Owenduff bog. This is one of the last intact active blanket bog systems in Ireland and Western Europe and is an important scientific and scenic feature of the National Park. The Park also protects a variety of other important habitats and species. These include alpine heath, upland grassland, heath and lakes and river catchments. Greenland White-fronted geese, Golden plover, Red Grouse and Otters are just some of the important fauna found within the Park. The National Park is itself part of the Owenduff/Nephin Complex Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Area (SPA). These European designations are part of the Natura 2000 Network, which protect rare and important habitats and species under the EU Habitats and Birds Directive.
Source: SITE SYNOPSIS Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Ballycrroy National Park web site
As a first step, a timetable is foreseen for organize the work programme with all the stakeholders
In 2015 :
May 2015 : First Visit to discover the river, contacts with the owners, definition of the working method
June : produced the first document which explains how we need to build the « wild river site » label. documents are available here.
In 2016 an 2017
Between May and October 2016 : Contacts with stakeholders (Ireland Fisheries, Ballycroy National Park…etc to explain the project organisation, the schedule …etc)
October 2016- May 2017: Report on the technical results of the grid criteria test.
July 2017 : Report on the advantages and benefits of this new European label « Wild Rivers Site » for Owenduff watershed and Mayo county.


Looking for a great vacation rental or second home? This condo could be it! Offering a first floor end unit that is very close to the pool and lazy river. This unit features two double beds with a dresser and storage closet. Featuring all tile floors throughout for easy cleanup from your day spent at the beach. There is a nice kitchen/living area. The kitchen includes appliances such as refrigerator, stove and microwave. The cabinets are a pretty white color and have a good amount of storage. In the living area you will find a couch, chair, table with lamp and coffee table. The bathroom has a tiled shower and a large mirror and vanity. Relax outside on your patio that offers an extra brick area with a nice view of the pool! The Wave Rider Resort offers plenty of family friendly amenities and is located directly across the street from beautiful Myrtle Beach. There are many amenities including outdoor pool, indoor pool, kiddie pool, lazy river, shuffle board deck, kids swing sets, grilling areas, fitness center, convenience store and a media room. Close to all the dining, shopping and entertainment that Myrtle Beach has to offer!
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Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult since a waver must be signed in entering the Hotel. Everyone signs a waiver.
Have you been to Sinister Suites Haunted Hotel? Then share photos of your experience!
Built in 1910, The Griffin Hotel was once THE place to stay when traveling to or through Griffin. The Chamber of Commerce office was in the hotel, and a Tuesday Luncheon Club met in the hotel's dining/ball room. Though the actual hotel closed in the late 1970's, it has not lost its reputation among the locals. It is even rumored to have a tunnel leading from a former brothel to the hotel basement.
There have been numerous unexplained experiences and sightings over the last few decades, including young children on the 4th floor, items that seem to disappear and reappear out of no where, and hearing glasses clinking, laughing, and music coming from the once glorious ballroom.
Groups of paranormal investigators have been invited to the hotel in search of proof, but few have actually made it through the night. The basement, which holds the original water heater, and floods everytime it rains, used to hold underground fights in a large pit. There are even rumors that men would wrestle bears in the pit.
i really loved all of it, but come to find out i have a form of epilepsy towards strobe lights. i truly only remember bits and pieces of single rooms because it felt like i was in a movie and just looking at all the actors i was so confused on what was happening so i just kept following whoever was in front of me! lol! My favorite actor was the pig guy and the mama watching TV.
On the very top floor there is a little hallway with very fast strobing lights the guy in front of me was so scared because we heard a very loud BANG and there was a hole in the wall where a painting once was.But the guy in front of me almost fell out of the little window that was in that hallway.(btw,there are three windows so you don't know which painting it was.
I have been involved in the haunt industry for more than six years under various capacities. As a result, I "know" how these things work. I know about how you find your actors, what it takes to set things up logistically, etc. So I went into this one underneath a more clinical view than a member of the public waiting to see if I could be scared. Big mistake. They "got" me at least six times, twice when I knew it was coming (having been involved in creating such locations, including working as a 'scareactor', I could predict them...). EVEN WHEN I KNEW IT WAS COMING I WAS STILL SCARED. That is a sign of a professional haunt. The actors did not break character and I went through twice. I did not try to take them off of their game, nor did I try to influence anyone within my group the first or second time. The second time we had "Charlie" who was scared the entire time and whom at the end admitted that it was "terrifying". Poor Charlie. Poor me...I was the one who ended up right behind him having him grasp my shirt for support and leading me like a dog on a leash! It was worth the $40 (two times through consecutive, $20 each time, Halloween night 10-31-16). And I loved how several of the actors recognized me from going through the first time and tried to "sic" themselves on me or, better yet, their co-stars onto me, especially within the semi-confined spaces. The wait was a little long but when you have to reset so often and make sure your actors are all doing okay (bathroom breaks, water, etc.) plus only a few guides available, with a 15-20 minute "tour", the wait was worth it. Plus the crowd was strong in number, so that was a factor as well. I hadn't been through in 2015 and remembered some of 2014 when I had last visited. I am already mentally planning to return in 2016, even as our own haunt in the same geographic area prepares for our wrap party and beginning plans for our own location in 2017! Thanks guys! You did it! You scared the hell out of me!
A lot of dead space where nothing happens. Not enough actors for the large space. Some of the actors just stand there and fo nothing.
each room was scary from top to finish. instead of using new school animatronics it uses old school actors rooms that resemble silenthill to rooms that consist of the simple scares its amazing everyone should visit sinister suites haunted hotel!
Loved it. The staff did a great job with the timing and positions of the spooks. Worth the money!!!
At first thought is wasn't going to be good. But wer were scared through out the whole thing . Great scare.


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Living Planet Report 2020: Bending the curve of biodiversity loss
<p>The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows an average 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the
Light pollution may harm amphibians: Study
Artificial sources of light at night time may harm amphibian populations, a study has found. Researchers exposed wood frogs to a control and two anthropogenic light conditions: intensified daytime illuminance
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Frogs, salamanders and toads suffering 'catastrophic population decline', scientists say
Amphibians across the world are experiencing "catastrophic population declines" from a widening range of interacting pathogens, scientists say. Fungal disease chytridiomycosis is thought to have caused
Independent (United Kingdom)
To stop extinctions, start with these 169 islands, new study finds
New research shows that culling invasive, non-native animals on just 169 islands around the world over roughly the next decade could help save almost 10 percent of island-dwelling animals at risk of
Mongabay
Mass amphibian extinctions globally caused by fungal disease
An international study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found a fungal disease has caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 amphibian species, including 90 extinctions, over
New staple-size frog is one of the tiniest ever discovered
How many ways can you say "tiny?" How about miniature, miniscule, and minimum, for starters? These adjectives not only describe three new species of frog from Madagascar, but also serve as their official
National Geographic News
'Almost certain extinction': 1,200 species under severe threat across world
More than 1,200 species globally face threats to their survival in more than 90% of their habitat and "will almost certainly face extinction" without conservation intervention, according to new research.
Scientists release global wildlife map of 'cool-spots' and 'hot-spots'
A new study maps the last vestiges of wild places where the world's threatened species can take refuge from the ravages of unregulated hunting, land clearing, and other industrial activities. But the
New legless amphibian species discovered around mountains of Seychelles' main island
A new legless amphibian known as the caecilian has been discovered on the Seychelles' main island of Mahe by scientists from the UK, according to an article published by the University of Wolverhampton
Seychelles News Agency
Earless African pygmy toad discovered on remote mountain in Angola
Researchers have found a new species of African pygmy toad in Serra da Neve Inselberg, an isolated mountain and Angola's second-highest peak. The new species, formally named Poyntonophrynus pachnodes,


The number of inhabitants on our planet is growing yet production is decreasing. The differences between cultures and the way we consume means we have to respond to different needs across all continents. In France, for example, we love eating pistachios and peanuts as an appetiser while our friends in China snack on crispy chicken feet. This is where the foundations of our business lie, which is to exploit and promote foods that are culturally alien to us.
LeadEx was created in 2007 by Franck Leherpeur after he gained 16 years of experience in international trade at the company Charal, a subsidiary of the Bigard group.
In 2017, Leadex, and its 16-strong team fully dedicated to exports and trading, celebrated its 10th Birthday. The company, located a few kilometers away from Paris, has become the French specialist of trading of frozen meat (pork, chicken, beef, lamb, veal) towards emerging countries.
We are the go-to company for all your commercial activities and operations in relation to exports.
Our expertise and knowledge of the export markets, acknowledged by all our clients , together with our perfect control of the production chain, allows us to accompany you all along the value chain and to offer you a tailor made service.
We purchase our products from production facilities found mainly in France and Spain, handpicked by us and approved for export to Asia (China, Philippines, Korea and Singapore), Russia and also countries in central and western Africa.
Our long-standing partnership and close collaboration with our suppliers are proof of our professionalism and expertise, which allow us to be responsive and adapt to meet all your needs.
We carry out regular checks on goods as well as our suppliers to ensure the highest level of regulatory and sanitary compliance in all export countries.
The goods are stored in refrigerated warehouses or containers with a negative temperature of – 20°C, which we make available to all our suppliers. The goods are then transported to our ports, such as Le Havre or Montoir, and subsequently transferred to our various delivery points.
We also take special care to ensure that the specifications and logistics times for each case are met on a technical and commercial level (ordering, loading, logistics, cost, freight or CIF delivery etc.).
All our logistics services are accompanied by ship brokers.
Our experienced team of specialists ensures you get the best service and high quality products that conform with traceability requirements. We support you at all the key stages of your project, from order placement to the delivery of goods.
LEADEX has a head office in the Paris region and branches located in France as well as abroad to serve the needs of our customers, suppliers and partners. LEADEX is constantly developing new solutions at the heart of every market as well as sourcing.
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Now a picture is worth more than a thousand words! In today's world, many find it worth the cost of cosmetic treatments to look their best on today's numerous social media platforms.
Four out of the five top rated non-surgical procedures are treatments for the face. Hyaluronic Acid fillers, Chemical Peels, Microdermabrasion and Botox are listed as garnering the most patient satisfaction. Botox procedures last year increased 24%, as opposed to the 2.5% rise in more traditional surgical methods.


Established in 1963, Coral sea view hotel is in Paleo Faliro, near Flisvos Marina. It is ideal for families, couples and professionals.
Coral Hotel maintains 86 beautifully appointed rooms and two suites, a casual dining restaurant and bar, an inviting outdoor patio, a mini gym, an indoor whirlpool, a new spa entry and 3 remodeled conference rooms equipped with state-of-the-art facilities which cater to every desire.
This 4 star hotel is located near Flisvos shopping district, café, bars and restaurants at the breath-taking coastline and only 15 minutes away from the city center and the port of Piraeus.
The hotel's prominent seafront location along with its close proximity to the Hellenikon Exhibition Center, the Faliro Tae Kwon Do Pavilion as well as the Karaiskaki and SEF stadiums have made Coral hotel suitable for various athletic teams and everyone that desires relaxation at affordable prices.


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Q: WebView removing spaces from text I'm using a WebView to display a formatted HTML text file with color and font size.
My problem is it keeps removing spaces form the text, like it will combine two words together. I think it is because it is trying to fit the text within the screen width. How do I fix this? Or is there a better way to display formatted text like this? (I need size, color, links, and some centered text
Also, how do I remove the white background underneath the scrollbar?
Thanks!

A: Does the text file have HTML character for a space " "?  If not, that might help.

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This is a fully searchable cache of Western Australian mineral tenements. Tenement details have been downloaded from the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum 'Mineral Titles Online'using the historical XML data extract service. All details are subject to the DMP's Copyright and Disclaimer.
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Grain whisky is very different to malt but I'll refrain from giving a long intro as many people have given many great explanations already.
I bought samples from each distillery still in production, there's only 5. (Not including Loch Lomond, which does Malt and Grain). Let's try 'em!
Nose: Light. Alcohol, vodka, column still spirit, a little toffee, a little biscuit, vanilla. After time- There's a lot of artificial toffee and caramel.
Taste: Light. Light toffee, light fudge, some spice. Then vanilla and toffee with some young lemon. Still very spirity.
Finish: Short length. Burnt toffee, harsh lemon and a little vanilla.
Notes: From Cameronbridge, Diageo owned.
Nose: Naked grain, very clean. Young lemon all over it, cleaning fluid, sterile alcohol wipes, vanilla essence, a little artifical toffee. After a while- Sweet Haribo, Tangfastics, sour sweets, melon. Much more fruity.
Taste: Soft and smooth arrival, young lemon, a little toffee and natural vanilla, fairy cakes, a little engaging spice note. A little liquorice and aniseed note.
Finish: Short length. The spice note takes it away nicely actually.
Notes: Nose lets it down a bit, also super expensive (£45) for what it is. William Grant owned.
Nose: Quite complex for a grain. Floral clean spirit, active barrel, vanilla pod, toffee, coconut, butter, cucumber water, perfume, men's deodorant.
Taste: Soft arrival, quite full flavoured actually. Starts with vanilla and toffee then some spice kicks up with some floral notes and again men's deodorant, clean cherry, a little chalky and dry.
Finish: Short length. Smooth and clean with some lemon and a little sweet cherry.
Notes: Bottled 2012 at 12 years, cask 4314. Joint ownership- Diageo/Edrington.
Nose: Clean as ever. Clean windows specifically, nail polish remover, surface cleaner, natural vanilla, some natural toffee, fudge, icing sugar, iced buns, vanilla ice cream.
Taste: Soft and smooth arrival, clean, vanilla, toffee, a little acetic, lovely spices going on, ginger, white pepper, star anise.
Finish: Medium/Long length. Intense flush of toffee and caramel with a creamy spiciness.
Notes: Whyte & MacKay owned I think.
Nose: Clean, surface cleaner, cleaning fluid, bleach.
Water: The Sherry comes out, raisin, raisin juice, PX Sherry, prune, fig.
Taste: Rich, Sherry, raisin, then the cleaning products, more toffee and sweet fudge after a second, raisin again, creamy rum and raisin ice cream.
Water: Soft and sticky, watery raisin juice and some lemon, some young spirit.
Finish: Medium length. More creamy rum and raisin ice cream.
Notes: Bottled 2014 at 9 years. From Sherry cask 10867. Pernod Ricard owned.
Well, the grains have spoken! Doubt I'll be seeking any of these out again. I'd still like to try some older grains, 30-50 years old maybe.


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Peacock Throne
a) A golden Mughal throne, once used in Persia
b) The former Persian monarchy
come to mind
Peacock Throne — Pea cock Throne A famous throne formerly of the kings of Delhi, India, but since 1739, when it was carried off by Nadir Shah, held by the shahs of Persia; so called from its bearing a fully expanded peacock s tail done in gems. [Webster 1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Peacock Throne — noun The throne of the kings of Delhi, carried off to Persia in 1739 • • • Main Entry: ↑peacock … Useful english dictionary
Peacock Throne — The Peacock Throne, called Takht e Tâvus ( fa. تخت طاووس) in Persian, is the name originally of a Mughal throne of India, later used to describe the thrones of the Persian emperors from Nader Shah Afshari to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. The Mughal … Wikipedia
Peacock Throne — famous golden throne stolen from India by the Persians in 1739. Thereafter lost, it (and its reproductions) remained the symbol of the Persian, or Iranian, monarchy. The original throne, built for the Mughal emperor Shāh Jahān in the… … Universalium
peacock-throne — noun the golden throne of former kings of Delhi; stolen by the Persians in 1739 and subsequently lost; symbol of the former Shah of Iran • Hypernyms: ↑throne … Useful english dictionary
Peacock (disambiguation) — Peacock may be one of the following:Biological*A male Peafowl, or sometimes any peafowl *Peacock (butterfly), several unrelated butterflies with ocelli resembling those of a peacock *Red sandalwood tree sometimes called peacock flower fence… … Wikipedia
Throne — This article is about royal thrones; for other meanings see Throne (disambiguation). The thrones for Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada, and the Duke of Edinburgh (back) in the Canadian Senate, Ottawa are usually occupied by the Queen s… … Wikipedia
throne — throneless, adj. /throhn/, n., v., throned, throning. n. 1. the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy. 2. the office or dignity of a… … Universalium
throne — Synonyms and related words: Peacock throne, aggrandize, anoint, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, bedpan, can, canonize, chair, chamber, chamber pot, chemical closet, chemical toilet, commode, crapper, crown, deify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine,… … Moby Thesaurus
Naderi Throne — The Naderi Throne in Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran The Naderi Throne of Iran is a gemmed and enameled throne made during Qajar era, now kept in the national treasure of the Central Bank of Iran. The throne has no relation to Nader Shah (1688… … Wikipedia


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Q: Invalid NamespaceHandler class [org.spring framework.data.jpa.repository.config.JpaRepositoryNameSpaceHandler] I'm trying to configure Jersey and Spring.  The error I'm getting is the following:
Unexpected exception parsing XML document from class path resource [applicationCo
ntext.xml]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException: Invalid NamespaceHandler class [org.spring
framework.data.jpa.repository.config.JpaRepositoryNameSpaceHandler] for namespace [http://www.springframework.org/schema
/data/jpa]: problem with handler class file or dependent class; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/
springframework/aop/framework/AbstractAdvisingBeanPostProcessor
because of the following dependencies
<dependency>
            <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
            <artifactId>jersey-spring</artifactId>
            <version>1.8</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                    <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                    <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                    <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                    <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                    <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>

My pom also has the following spring dependencies:
<dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <!-- Spring Data -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
        <version>${spring-data.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>

spring.verion = 3.2.0.RELEASE
spring-data.version = 1.2.1.RELEASE
If I remove the jersey-spring artifact then my unit tests for the repository fields passes without any exceptions.  However, when I start up my server jetty complains that it can't find:
"2013-05-03 00:10:43.885:WARN:oejs.Holder:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.jersey.spi.spring.container.servlet.SpringServlet
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy.loadClass(SelfFirstStrategy.java:50)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:244)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm.loadClass(ClassRealm.java:230)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:424)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:377)"
Is the jersey-spring dependency compatible with my version of spring?

A: Jersey has an older version of Spring AOP so I excluded the dependency and the issues were resolved.


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New weekly food truck lot opens in Santa Monica
Posted by The Argonaut | Aug 9, 2012 | News - Features, Santa Monica | 0 |
Food truck fans have been given another place to satisfy their hunger one day a week at a new lot in Santa Monica.
The private lot, which launched Aug. 8, will be open every Wednesday at 1401 Santa Monica Blvd., near 14th Street, offering up to six food trucks at lunch and six trucks at dinner. Lunch hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and trucks will be operating for dinner from 4 to 9 p.m.
Known as the "Hump Day Lot," the food truck area will have on site parkaing for both bicycles and cars as well as security.
A variety of gourmet food trucks from the Los Angeles area are expected to stop by each week. Another Santa Monica food truck lot has been popular on Tuesday evenings at Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard.
In addition, inside seating with a mix of music is being provided by the Central club located across the street from the new food truck location, from noon until 9 p.m. with the purchase of a beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) once inside.
Brian Spire, director of the Hump Day Lot, said the lot has acquired permits from the city of Santa Monica for the weekly program.
"I hope it will be a longtime venue for the best food trucks of the city, bringing the local community a continuum of great eats from diverse ethnicities and a fun place for all to hang out," he said.
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Yup, time just keeps running away. It always does, but it seems like it has sped up yet again. Remember how the months of October, November, and December used to last forever when you were quite young? How the school year was painfully long but summer was super short? Well, how did everything turn into elementary school (kindergarten thru sixth grade, roughly aged 5 thru 12, for those of you not in the United States; though it only goes through fifth grade for some schools) summers?! Seriously. Where is time going?!
I only have two weeks left of school. Well, mostly. I have my geo final on the tenth of December. Now, I have my anthro final on the fifteenth. Originally, the final for anthro was scheduled for the eighth, according to the syllabus; unfortunately, one of my classmates was so desperate not to have two finals on one day she insisted on making sure that my teacher wouldn't move the final to the tenth so badgered until the teacher looked up that the last day of the semester is the fifteenth. Yup. Now I have to drive for 30-45 minutes on the fifteenth to get to campus for one class, then drive home at rush hour. I'm debating about asking to take it early.
Christmas is 25 days away now… what?! How did that happen? Where did the year go? Oh, right, I spent almost all of it very ill… so usually sleeping or trying to. Dan PROMISED me that we would get decorations up early this year! So, he's going to be getting the stuff out of the garage tonight (he doesn't know this yet). I celebrate Christmas, but mostly because I adore traditions. I do not identify myself as Christian, but have more of a nature based spirituality. Christmas is fun, regardless of which religion (it wasn't ever a super religious thing at my house growing up either) it is associated with, and I love the time of year. I love family, and I love traditions, so it's perfect! Christmas lights in the snow have also become one of my all time favorite things, so that's also a major plus!
Dan's birthday is on Friday. I am SO GLAD that I managed to figure out a birthday present early this year! I already have it hiding in my dresser, and I can't wait to give it to him!!! He's turning 27 this year, and we both are having a hard time realizing we're actually that old; we keep each other young, apparently, because it feels like we haven't really gotten older (we have matured more, as Chronics do that). Not feeling like we're any older makes 27 a hard number to adjust to.
I have too much homework and too much studying to do for the semester still. Ugh. It ends soon, but I feel like I need more than two weeks. Off I go.
PS: I have photos from my Cali trip I'll post when I get a chance to edit them!
Elizabeth B. • This entry was posted in Random Life Stuff and tagged holidays, rambling, school, spoonie. Bookmark the permalink.
HAHAHA! It's not old when considering a full life, but it feels old to say when you still think of yourself as no older than 18 sometimes 😛 Dan and I feel very similar to how we did when we started dating. Obviously, there have been changes in us both, but we don't feel like we've gotten any older lol!
I have a feeling I'll be in that corner at that age too 😉 why can't time go slower? I still have so much I want to do!!!


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Brexit: "Since EU Been Gone"
04 April 2017 •
Song titles are popular amongst financial commentators to describe events in markets, and last week was no different. In our attempts to describe the triggering of Article 50 by the UK, we came up with the above title.
Older members of the financial community (like myself) will remember this as a classic 1979 song from Rainbow (with Graham Bonnet on vocals), but the title is actually a nod to Kelly Clarkson, who released "Since U Been Gone" in 2004. It describes a girl who is relieved that her relationship is over. The couple began as friends, and their romance became intense. Now she is free and feels like she can live again for the first time in a long time. Sound familiar?
We could have used Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" ("At first I was afraid, I was petrified, Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side…") or Paul Simon's "50 Ways to leave Your Lover" ("Just slip out the back, Jack, Make a New Plan, Stan…"). The Sun newspaper in the UK took advantage of last week's news to project similar headlines on the white cliffs of the south of England, proclaiming their joy at the prospect of leaving the EU.
Thankfully, UK prime minister Theresa May's official letter to Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, notifying him of the UK's intention to start exit proceedings was less antagonistic. The tone was conciliatory and engaging as opposed to confrontational. However, the divisions between Europe and the UK are apparent from the start. Europe wants to settle the matter of the divorce bill first, before moving on to discuss trade agreements; the UK thinks both should be considered in tandem. May's letter gave an unexpectedly strong commitment to completing the negotiations within the two-year time frame, something that most commentators believe to very ambitious and highly unlikely to be achieved.
Two of the guiding principles of EU negotiations are that "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed" and that "nothing is agreed until the last minute". In addition, with national elections in Germany in September 2017, we believe significant progress is unlikely until a new German government is formed. And remember – agreement really needs to be reached by late 2018, as the deal has to be ratified by the individual parliaments of the EU member states, so the two-year window is really a lot shorter. We suspect Nigel Farage will be whistling Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" quite a lot over the next two years.
Sterling – The battle between technicals and fundamentals
In all the excitement of Article 50 last week, much attention has been focussed on the UK currency and its outlook over the coming months. Since its precipitous fall in the aftermath of the Brexit vote in June 2016, the currency has been well behaved and actually has managed to rally somewhat. The overall tone in markets is mostly bearish on sterling, with only a few brave souls arguing for an appreciation of the pound. It's worthwhile looking at the potential drivers of the currency over coming months:
Uncertainty: as mentioned above, we believe that the next couple of months will be characterised by arguments around the sequencing of negotiations, and little signs of any progress. Remember – this is the first time that a country has left the EU. We simply have no road map for this journey. This uncertainty should be negative for sterling.
Interest rates: forecasts suggest that the UK inflation rate could accelerate to 3% in coming months, which should be negative for the pound. The Bank of England is likely to keep rates unchanged, but some members of the Monetary Policy Committee could be tempted to vote for a rate hike, which might support the pound. However, with the US Federal Reserve likely to continue increasing US rates, and the ECB moving towards a tighter policy stance (tapering of QE bond-buying programme and/or increasing the deposit rate), interest rate differentials may move against the sterling. Overall, the period is likely to be slightly bearish for sterling.
Real bond yields: unambiguously negative for the UK currency. UK real yields are the most negative of any major currency, and with UK inflation likely to accelerate higher, this is only going to get worse.
Current account balance: another significant negative factor for sterling. The UK runs a current account deficit of over 5% of GDP, one of the highest of any major economy. Although its somewhat offset by large-scale repatriation of overseas earnings, the UK is still dependent on overseas investors to fund its deficit. And most investors don't like uncertainty.
Positioning: a clear positive for the UK pound. Most investors are quite bearish on the prospects for the UK currency and have positioned themselves accordingly. Data shows record high net short positions, meaning investors are already positioned for a fall in sterling. Any potential appreciation in the pound could lead to reducing or closing of these positions by investors buying back sterling, and pushing it even higher – the classic "short squeeze".
Taking all the above factors into account, we believe an underweight position in the UK currency is warranted in coming months.
Euro-area March inflation – One number does not make a trend
The release of the euro-area March inflation numbers last week caused quite a stir in markets, not least because the number considerably undershot expectations. Printing at an annualised rate of 1.5%, the headline rate fell from 2.0% last month and was lower than market consensus of 1.7%.
Most of the downside surprise is related to an unwinding of the increase seen earlier in the year in seasonal food prices. From what we can see, this category fell to 5% annualised in March from 9.4% in February. This could be an on-going factor in coming months, so we might see a downward revision or bias to both forecasts and numbers in Q2 2017. The core inflation number also printed much lower than expected at 0.7%, down from 0.9% last month.
The timing of Easter had a significant impact on this number, since Easter fell in March in 2016 but reverts to April in 2017. German package holiday inflation, which is heavily influenced by the timing of Easter, fell nearly 9% between February and March. However, before we get too excited and start thinking these numbers give the European Central Bank (ECB) a "Get Out of Jail" card in relation to tapering their bond-buying programme, we expect to see a recovery in inflation next month. For a start, the Easter effect will be reversed. Secondly, the strong euro-area Purchasing Manager Indices are indicating signs of a pick-up in output price inflation. But "ECB sources" were quoted last week ("off the record", of course) as believing that markets had "over-interpreted" comments made by ECB president Mario Draghi at the last ECB meeting press conference. So lower inflation, together with "over-interpreted" comments, would suggest that the bar is high for a deposit rate hike in 2017.
Cosimo Marasciulo is head of European Fixed Income at Pioneer Investments
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Eva Wolfangel's story on the use of biometrics to identify bank customers was one of the many stories that helped earn her recognition as the European Science Writer of the Year in 2018. Wolfangel is currently a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
Natia Golan watches the hacker with the utmost calmness. The hacker has taken control of the online account of an unsuspecting British bank client making a transfer. As soon as the client is done, the hacker reaches out from a distance, logs in with the client's data and pretends to act from her computer. The password is correct. Even the amount the hacker is transferring, just over a million pounds, is not uncommon for the above-average wealthy clients of this bank. And yet something is different.
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It is the small arcs in which the hacker moves the mouse pointer over the screen. When he moves from one position of the transfer form to the next, in order to enter the sum in one field and the account number in the next field, the pointer stops briefly several times. "He's using the touch pad," recognizes Natia Golan. She does not know where the hacker is. She is watching his movements on a computer in Tel Aviv. And her acumen is helped by software: Small red circles mark the particular movement pattern of the hacker on Golan's screen. For comparison, the typical movements of the client, the victim, are displayed in blue.
"We caught him," Golan triumphs. In fact the hacker was not caught, but he was logged out of the account. "We saved the bank more than a million pounds – and it was so easy!" The enthusiasm is part of the job; Golan is Director of Product Management at Israeli startup BioCatch. Discretion is at least as important for this job; at which bank the betrayed client has her account, she will not reveal. And actually Golan shows such examples only to potential new costumers: other banks that want to dismiss hackers with equal ease. The visit to Tel Aviv had a long lead time, because this is a technique developed for secrecy.
So the client does not know that her account was the target of an attack. And neither does she know that her bank pays a company from Israel to make a profile of her. It says how long her forearm is and how flexible her hand is; whether she has a slight tremor; the breadth of her thumb and the size of the smartphone she uses to visit her bank's website; whether she is skillful in handling the phone with one hand; whether she is left-handed; how strong the muscles of her forearm are and how fast her brain reacts to unexpected challenges. "We calculate all that from the movements and activities," explains Golan. In other words, just by visiting the online banking site, the user has generated the data for the profile she did not suspect. A profile that is very likely to be different from any other person in the world.
The discreet company from Tel Aviv is the pioneer of a new technique and its name symbolizes it: BiocCatch is a compound word derived from biometrics (from the Greek bíon and métron, for life and measure) and catch. Anyone who is not who he claims to be should be caught – on the basis of individual characteristics of the body and behavior. On the one hand, this promises the ultimate password. On the other, it raises questions about privacy.
Six hundred factors have been identified by the Israeli developers, and can be remotely calculated from how a person operates an online banking website. "Twenty to thirty of them define you unequivocally and uniquely," says Avi Turgeman, founder of BioCatch. For the 37-year-old physicist, the British client is simply a distinctive number; one of 40 million active online banking clients around the world on whom his company keeps an eye as soon as they log into their bank accounts. The slim man with trendy glasses with wide temples and short beard stubble looks like many young creatives in Tel Aviv. But his idea has made him the boss of a growing company with branches in Boston, London and New York. It is obvious, he says: "The only effective solution against attacks in the internet is if one continuously authenticates the clients."
Authentication today is usually done by passwords. And everyone knows the recurring advice: You should choose secure passwords consisting of numbers, letters and special characters, not of whole words. But all good passwords have one thing in common: users cannot remember them, certainly not a different one for each service. That's why most people use simple passwords for all their logins. Stealing these is the simplest exercise for hackers. "A password might protect your account from your family," says Turgeman,"but not from professional attackers." He sits in the kitchen of the company headquarters with a large cup of coffee in his hand. On the wall there are colorful sayings such as "Eat, relax, play"; on the table, dozens of muesli dispensers with all sorts of cereals. Turgeman goes ahead into the meeting room, where a note is hanging on the door, just like the ones on the toilet door and the fridge: "Don't forget to lock your screen." Distrust is in their corporate DNA.
The founder explains that his system is constantly learning: whenever the user is online, it analyzes his movements and interactions. Does he check his account balance first or does he make a bank transfer first? Is his right thumb limited in movement? "After about 20 minutes of learning, we can create a fairly accurate profile," says Turgeman. Next time, 40 seconds of activity will suffice to distinguish between the account holder and an attacker. The probability of thieves being detected by this method correlates with the number of legitimate users who are mistakenly rejected. The banks must therefore decide individually, Turgeman explains, whether to accept a higher rate of rejected clients at a higher level of security, or to allow their users as much comfort as possible and accept that some thieves will not be discovered. He points to a poster on the wall that depicts the connection in several graphics. He is more of a scientist than a salesman; it seems important to him to explain this very precisely, along with the fact that the accuracy of his system cannot be expressed in single numbers. Finally, he indicates a point where two lines of a chart meet: "That's a typical combination": 91 percent of all attackers are detected, while 0.5 percent of all legitimate bank clients are mistakenly rejected. "Most banks can live with that."
Behind such percentages are a large number of real people. The Royal Bank of Scotland, Europe's third-largest bank, is one of BioCatch's customers. No other bank has allowed the company to advertise its name. But Turgeman claims that other customers are three of the five largest banks in the UK and the largest in Spain, Italy, Brazil and North America. Not all of them tell the BioCatch boss how many fraud attempts his system is thwarting, but he assumes thousands of cases every week. His algorithms currently monitor two billion transactions per month, says Turgeman, which is around 66 million a day.
The founder of the company had his favorite trick patented. Turgeman speaks cautiously, calmly and deliberately, which makes him seem very modest. But now, when he presents the "invisible challenge", he grins proudly: This trick helps him to make a quick decision in ambiguous situations. To do this, the software will let the mouse pointer disappear briefly or delay the time after which a letter appears on the screen after an input. "The user does not notice that at all, but his brain automatically reacts to it" – and this reaction is highly individual, if measured accurately.
"I know how terrorists and attackers think," says Turgeman. Before becoming a digital entrepreneur, he had hunted hackers for six years in the elite unit 8200 of Israeli intelligence. Turgeman seems to have learnt a lot from the digital espionage force: when he quit his job, he developed firstly a technology that can filter and intercept conversations from noisy environments, and then an app for mobile payments. When he observed the first fraud attempts, he came up with the idea for BioCatch. "After all, I had the knowledge from the secret service how to track and identify attackers online."
Unit 8200 in the military intelligence service Aman is the reason why Israel has become a hotspot for cyber security. There are many like Avi Turgeman. For example, Trusteer, an Israeli start-up company with a computer espionage background purchased by IBM in 2013, has developed a system for behavioral authentication ("Trusteer Pinpoint Detect"), which it presented to the public about half a year ago – after BioCatch. Since then, Turgeman feels like the Biblical David, who was not only faster, but also hunted out the first customers of Goliath IBM.
"We have the more disruptive technology," says product manager Golan. IBM Trusteer relies on fewer detection factors and has no "invisible challenges." They continue to explore sophisticated algorithms, says Yaron Wolfsthal, head of the IBM Cyber Security Center of Excellence in the Negev Desert. He looks like the Turgeman counterpart: large, established, self-confident and accuracy is not as important to him as to Turgeman either: How exact the predictions of the IBM system are, he could not say. "We are constantly working to make our system better and better."
Germany lacks not only such a secret service unit, but also a certain carelessness about privacy. Although there are approaches to such research, they still seldom end up in products. A typical example: more than five years ago, scientists at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (LMU) were already working on a smartphone that would use the data from its sensors and entries in all apps to determine whether it was in the hands of a thief, and if so then lock itself. A shrug of the shoulders is all you get today if you ask the people involved what has become of it. Nothing.
Whereby there is no lack of need. "Security is still an unsolved problem, because many users are undermining it," says Florian Alt from LMU. Therefore, the latest trend is to keep people out of the whole thing, as behavioral biometrics does: the user does not actively identify himself, he is identified. "We can observe extremely well what people are doing today," says Alt, "right up to the doorknob, which in the future may be able to recognize homeowners by the way they walk towards the house and how hard they press the door handle." The door would then only open for the right person, the key a thing of the past. This is how it should work on the Internet, Alt hopes. His team at LMU is one of the strongest university groups in Germany, and is trying to reconcile usability and security. The Center for Digitization of Bavaria funds the Munich researchers with 1.2 million Euro to explore the opportunities of behavioral biometrics. Alt emphasizes: "Part of the research also consists of determining user acceptance." He even wants them to decide how much privacy they are willing to give up for more comfort.
Avi Turgeman experiences the difference in security cultures during negotiations with a (of course unnamed) German bank: "They are worried because our service is in the cloud – and not on their own server. But that can be changed." But perhaps these banks are also afraid of the reaction of their clients. Do they want a former intelligence agent to be able to calculate their arm length and cognitive abilities to produce an unmistakable digital fingerprint? Both Avi Turgeman of BioCatch and Nir Stern of Trusteer emphasize that they have no private information about the bank clients – at least, not their names. Therefore, they insist, they do not need their consent; it was not about personal data.
"It's misleading to say that's not personal information," says Angela Sasse, professor of Human-Centered Security at University College London. "From the point of view of computer science, we know that large data sets can remove anonymity." Those who have enough information can draw conclusions about the individual. In addition, a technology that uniquely identifies people on the Internet without their knowledge and involvement easily arouses desires, warns Sasse. "For targeted advertising, that's an issue." The computer scientist has often observed that companies have set up and trained their systems with seemingly harmless applications in order to offer them to the advertising industry for a lot of money. "Such technologies are introduced through the back door without taking social costs into account." And in the post-Snowden world, one can easily imagine more delicate applications than penetrating advertising.
Security expert Amir Herzberg of Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv knows all about the authentication and tracking scene and has worked with all sorts of methods to identify people on the Internet. "We have more than enough problems with privacy issues," he says. Despite all the assertions about the safety of behavioral biometric profiles, he has seen too many vulnerabilities to believe that. And if they were hacked that would be a particularly serious problem. Herzberg warns: "Unlike a password, a normal citizen can hardly change his biometric data."
IBM researcher Yaron Wolfsthal is visibly annoyed by such reservations. "When will we finally stop worrying?" he asks. "Computer security is a cat-and-mouse game: We always have to be one step ahead of the hackers. We benefit more from this technology than it costs us."
However, this can be seen differently. One could also ask: How much is our freedom worth to us? If security costs us personal freedom, it is expensive to buy. But for many, the decision has already been made. Turgeman's algorithms alone monitor two billion transactions per month. During the approximately ten minutes in which you have read this article, BioCatch has observed, evaluated and learned almost half a million processes. Without the clients noticing – and without being asked.
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We've recently seen considerable media interest in the state of public sectors worker's pensions – this level of interest has been heightened by the Hutton review – Lord Hutton (previous labour minister) has been commissioned by the Coalition Government to make recommendations about the future of public sector workers' pensions. John Hutton unveiled the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission's Interim Report on 7th October 2010.
A significant reason why Lord Hutton's report suggests public services pension reform is needed is that people who are deemed to be high-fliers often gain disproportionate pension rewards compared with other workers.
There are a number of likely options for the future of the public service pensions – all of which will probably see greater contributions (especially for more highly paid workers), or even the phasing out, or cessation of the final salary scheme. Whilst the current economic situation is a contributory factor there are other issues driving the need for change such as: increasing life expectancy, the approach of the baby boomer generation into the age of retirement and growing numbers in the UK population.
The press portrays the cost of pension schemes as a public sector problem. But is it confined to the public sector?
A report by Jamie Dunkley for the Daily Telegraph, 9 October 2010, notes that Asda (the supermarket giant) is to close their final salary pension scheme because the shortfall in the scheme's funds has grown from £210m to £400m in under a year. Some 3,800 Adsa workers are being offered a buy-out of 25% of annual salary to move from a final salary scheme to a defined contribution scheme. Such action is not limited to Asda though and other big-name companies have also recently closed their final salary schemes including: Aviva, Barclays, Dairy Crest, Morrisons and Vodaphone.
It looks like the days of the final scheme – irrespective of sector – are numbered and all schemes face the possibility of being pensioned off.


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continuing to allow U.S. nonprofit hospitals to qualify for tax exemption.
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