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Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI) Director Sells 680000 Shares of Stock
Activision Blizzard, Inc. has a consensus outperform rating from 28 Wall Street analysts, and the number of shares now sold short amount to at least 0.98% of shares outstanding. The stock increased 1.70% or $1.31 during the last trading session, reaching $78.5. Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) has risen 4.70% since February 23, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 24.43% the S&P500.
Activision Blizzard, Inc is a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment content and services. Bank Hapoalim Bm sold 8,688 shares as the company's stock declined 3.98% while stock markets rallied. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.02. Skytop Capital Management Llc who had been investing in Activision Blizzard Inc for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $54.49 billion market cap company. (ATVI) traded up $2.58 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $72.07. About 412,042 shares traded. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) has risen 47.83% since February 22, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 40.53% the S&P500.
Since February 16, 2018, it had 0 buys, and 2 sales for $7.55 million activity. Its segments include Activision Publishing, Inc (Activision), Blizzard Entertainment, Inc (Blizzard), King Digital Entertainment (King) and Other. $6.15M worth of stock was sold by CORTI ROBERT J on Friday, February 16.
Alexandria Capital LLC increased its position in Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) to report earnings on May, 3. They expect $0.12 EPS, up 700.00% or $0.14 from last year's $-0.02 per share. ATVI's profit will be $234.39M for 58.12 P/E if the $0.31 EPS becomes a reality. Mutual Of America Capital Mngmt Ltd Limited Liability Company holds 0.13% of its portfolio in Activision Blizzard, Inc.
Based on 15 analyst ratings, the analyst consensus is Strong Buy with an average price target of $76.93, reflecting a -9.7% downside. Therefore 71% are positive.
TRADEMARK VIOLATION WARNING: "Activision Blizzard, Inc". As per Friday, August 5, the company rating was maintained by Wedbush. Barclays Capital maintained PTC Inc. About 2.67M shares traded. The rating was maintained by Jefferies on Thursday, July 27 with "Hold". The company was maintained on Monday, November 13 by BMO Capital Markets.
On 2/7/2013 Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced a quarterly dividend of $0.19 with an ex dividend date of which will be payable on 5/15/2013. On Friday, August 5 the stock rating was maintained by UBS with "Buy". UBS maintained the shares of ATVI in report on Friday, August 5 with "Buy" rating. Piper Jaffray has "Buy" rating and $69.0 target.
Investors sentiment increased to 1.38 in Q3 2017. Its down 0.08, from 1.14 in 2017Q2.
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Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. 42 funds opened positions while 107 raised stakes. 639.82 million shares or 0.01% less from 639.89 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Menora Mivtachim Limited stated it has 283,850 shares or 0.74% of all its holdings. Scotia Cap owns 7,643 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. Moreover, Patten And Patten Tn has 0.04% invested in Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI). Jane Street Group Ltd reported 0.01% stake. Over the last five days, shares have faced -0.23% losses and now is up 10.23% since hitting its 200-day moving average of $64.89. As per Monday, May 9, the company rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus. Conning Inc has invested 0.03% in Activision Blizzard, Inc. Institutional investors own 85.09% of the company's stock. Finally, James Hambro & Partners bought a new stake in shares of Activision Blizzard in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $184,000. (NASDAQ:PTC). Palisade Cap Limited Liability Corp Nj has 0.67% invested in PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) for 5,182 shares. Oppenheimer And holds 66,349 shares. More interesting news about Activision Blizzard, Inc. Parametric Port Assocs Ltd Liability Corp has 74,258 shares. (NASDAQ:ATVI) for 7,512 shares.
Investors sentiment increased to 0.95 in Q3 2017. It worsened, as 39 investors sold PTC shares while 101 reduced holdings. Neuberger Berman Grp Limited Liability Company owns 947,429 shares. Exane Derivatives now owns 3,040 shares of the company's stock valued at $192,000 after acquiring an additional 3,021 shares in the last quarter.
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Since February 8, 2018, it had 0 insider buys, and 1 insider sale for $12.17 million activity.
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Entrata Chairman David Bateman Resigns Hours After Sending Anti-Semitic Vaccine Conspiracy Email
by kamalgood | Posted on January 4, 2022 January 6, 2022
Dave Bateman (in glasses) is out of the company he cofounded following an inflammatory and offensive email.
Utah-based startup Entrata, valued in 2021 at more than $1 billion, has abruptly cut ties with its cofounder and former CEO Dave Bateman.
Startup Entrata abruptly cut ties with its cofounder and former CEO hours after he sent an inflammatory email sharing an anti-Semitic vaccine conspiracy theory with a group of Utah tech and political leaders.
David "Dave" Bateman, who cofounded the Utah-based property management software company in 2003 and stepped down as CEO last year as the company raised more than $500 million from private investors, had emailed a group including some of Utah's leading tech CEOs, investors and other public figures—including its governor, Spencer Cox, calling upon them to "stop the vaccination drive" due to an unfounded conspiracy theory blaming the Jews for "a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people."
The email, which was reviewed by Forbes, was sent at 4.59 AM by Bateman, who has lived in Puerto Rico for the past several years. By late morning in Utah, it had received several responses denouncing its contents to the 50-plus other recipients on the thread. Entrata's CEO issued a statement denouncing the remarks late in the afternoon; just after 6 p.m. EST (4 p.m. MST in Utah), the company announced it had severed ties with Bateman.
"Entrata's board of directors today asked Dave Bateman to resign from the company's board of directors, including his position as chairman. Dave agreed and is no longer a member of the Entrata board, effective immediately," CEO Adam Edmonds tweeted in a statement.
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"I write this email knowing that many of you will think I'm crazy after reading it," Bateman wrote in the email's first sentence. From there, the entrepreneur claimed, without any basis, that "for 300 years the Jews have been trying to infiltrate the Catholic Church and place a Jew covertly at the top," and that such an effort had succeeded with the inauguration of Pope Francis. The email also made unfounded claims that both Covid and its vaccines would deliberately destroy people's immune systems. "I believe the pandemic and systemic extermination of billions of people will lead to an effort to consolidate all the countries in the world under a single flag with totalitarian rule," Bateman wrote. The email shared other unfounded conspiracy theories about the vaccine's effects, adding that "everything is being expertly censored," even as the email contained links to websites making similar claims.
Bateman did not respond to a request for comment. But in text messages sent to Salt Lake City's local Fox affiliate, he doubled down on the email's claims, while adding he "had no intention of raising a big stir"—despite sending the email to recipients such as billionaire Utah Jazz owner and Qualtrics cofounder Ryan Smith, Vivint founder Todd Pedersen, an associate of Senator Mitt Romney's and Utah's sitting governor.
The email drew aghast responses from some recipients, as observed by Forbes, including Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson, who told Forbes in a separate email that he wanted "nothing to do with [Bateman's] conspiracy theories" and that "his email does not represent my views in any way." "Overstock has encouraged its employees to be vaccinated, including giving paid time off to do so; I sent an email to the company each time I received a vaccination, with a picture," Johnson said. "We have put employee health and safety as our first priority during the pandemic."
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Bateman, who largely bootstrapped Entrata for 18 years before raising $507 million at a $1 billion-plus valuation in July 2021, cited health issues at the time for his move to Puerto Rico. But according to several sources, Bateman was already somewhat of a pariah with Utah's tech luminaries prior to his email implosion. In February 2019, while still Entrata's CEO, Bateman apologized after making sexist remarks onstage at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit. In 2020, a series of tweets making allegations about Nikola founder Trevor Milton led to lawsuits. Bateman, who has also attempted to exert influence in Utah's Republican Party politics in recent years, was later suspended from Twitter.
Now Bateman, already a part-time influence at Entrata before Tuesday, has put his company's future more in doubt, even as revenue was expected to exceed $200 million for 2021 on growth of about 30% and EBITDA margins of 15%, per July 2021 projections—numbers that should have had the company thinking about a potential IPO, not a public relations crisis.
While Bateman is no longer active with Entrata, he remains its largest shareholder barring a private sale. New investor Silver Lake said in a statement: "His email does not reflect our views in any way. We resoundingly condemn anti-Semitism and hate in all its forms." Smith, a personal investor in the business, tweeted Tuesday that "that email crossed lines that should never be crossed. There is no room for discrimination of any kind, anywhere, ever."
At the Anti-Defamation League, CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that the group appreciated Entrata's swift action to remove its cofounder. "Now the hard work begins for Bateman," he tweeted. "We hope he is prepared to engage in a process of self-reflection and learning."
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Star Wars: Rogue One – Blu-ray review
By Kob Monney 07 April 2017
Rogue One is the Star Wars' series first standalone film and it's an enjoyable, if flawed, entry.
Following on from the success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the much anticipated Rogue One, directed by Gareth Edwards and the first of a number of anthology films that focus on events and characters from the Star Wars canon.
Based on an idea by John Knoll (a visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic), it's an expansion of a line in the opening crawl of A New Hope that mentions a daring raid by the Rebel Alliance to steal the Death Star plans.
With reports of massive reshoots that reportedly altered the tone and ending of the film, Rogue One isn't without its flaws but it is, for the most part, an entertaining effort.
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The plot follows Felicity Jones's Jyn Erso who became estranged from her father Galen (Mads Mikkelsen) after he was kidnapped to create the Death Star.
When she's found by the Rebel Alliance, Jyn is sent on a mission with Rebel spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and his robot K-2SO (Alan Tudyk) to retrieve Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed), a pilot who defected from the Empire and was captured by Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker) on the planet of Jedha.
Bohdi has a message from Galen that indicates a fatal flaw in the Death Star's design, leaving the Rebels no choice but to steal the plans in order to destroy this super weapon.
The idea for Rogue One is fascinating, though arguably the film comes across as a bit confused and convoluted in its execution.
Instead of a film that's centred around capturing the plans, it begins 15 years earlier to introduce a father/daughter dynamic that's rather underdeveloped. The middle act is flabby, which curbs the film's momentum and is followed by a huge battle that's exciting enough but overstays its welcome.
Events feel slightly fortuitous and there's an inconsistency to characters, tone and pacing that's probably down to the extensive reshoots.
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Despite that, Rogue One is fun. The section on Jedha engages the most, introducing likeable characters such as Donnie Yen's Chirrut Imwe (who gets a fantastic action scene) and Wen Jiang's Baze Malbus, as well as allowing Tudyk's K-2SO – a reprogrammed Empire droid with an attitude problem – some amusing comic relief. These three give the film a core of interesting, funny and engaging characters that you can't help rooting for.
Though there's no opening crawl, trademark editing wipes or wordless coda, there's no doubting this is a Star Wars film, with references peppered throughout.
In some ways it's too indulgent. The appearance of Darth Vader is well done (apart from a groan-inducing pun) and in one brilliant scene he's let loose on some "Rebel scum". However the presence of Vader is not crucial to this story. He does not need to be there.
Felicity Jones as Jyn puts in a commendable performance. Her story is the bedrock of the film though it feels affected by the reshoots. She's initially cold to the Rebel cause, but finds a purpose and a resilience that brings out her more noble virtues.
Diego Luna's Cassian has shades of darkness. His willingness to compromise his morals for the Rebel Alliance is interesting, though it's not wrapped up in a satisfying way.
Both could use more in-depth characterisation - as could Ben Mendelsohn's Orson Krennic. Considering Krennic is the film's main antagonist, he's behind Vader and Tarkin (Guy Henry) in importance and apart from his introductory scene, has no real impact or control over the narrative.
One more point is Rogue One's unflattering portrayal of the Alliance. Quite frankly it doesn't work tonally or match up with the Rebel Alliance we see in A New Hope. It's another sign of a film that's a little confused about its identity.
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There's no confusion about the Blu-ray, which is another beautiful presentation from Disney.
While Rogue One is aesthetically similar to the original trilogy, we'd wager it's a dirtier, grittier and earthier film (Rogue One was mastered in 4K, making this a great choice if/when Disney embraces the format).
Considering it's aping a film made in the 1970s (making it some sort of period fantasy), the attention to detail is excellent and the Blu-ray brings out the various tones and textures that make this world feel unmistakably 'Star Wars'.
The costumes look fantastically retro and the locations are distinct and diverse, with the bright, sun-drenched colours of Eadu popping off the screen. Blacks are very deep and well defined.
If there is an issue (and it's not to do with the presentation per se), it's with the two motion-captured characters. The recreation of Peter Cushing's Tarkin and Carrie Fisher's Leia is ambitious, but the former is hampered by the lighting which reveals how artifiicial he looks. Tarkin's skin has an unreal grey, veiny pallor that nixes the effect.
Leia's appearance is brief, but her one line is delivered with a stiffness that makes it look fake. It's not terrible, but it is noticeable.
The soundtrack can be pretty thunderous and it is another victory for attention to detail as the Star Wars universe is faithfully recreated.
Even in busy scenes, such as the space battle that closes the film, the clarity and positioning of effects is terrific. Nothing gets lost in any kind of audio soup. The audio presentation immerses you in this richly conceived world.
Michael Giacchino's score has a great presence, aping John Williams' work (The Imperial Suite is a riff on The Imperial March). It's a score that easily settles in this universe, with a few great themes like Guardians of the Whills.
It's not quite the match of Williams' scores, but then few are.
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Rogue One has a great central idea but doesn't quite follow through on its potential. From its diverse cast, its female-led story and shady/morally compromised characters that add a semblance of complexity, there are interesting elements here that don't always mesh into a whole.
Like The Force Awakens, the story could be more robust but otherwise the production design, music, cinematography and (most of) the CGI effects are very well done.
From an AV point of view you can't argue with the presentation Disney has produced here. There are plenty of bonus features on the disc which are revealing if a bit short.
It's another entertaining entry in the Star Wars canon and in audio-visual terms is a belter.
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A Rogue Idea
Jyn: The Rebel
Cassian: The Spy
K-2SO: The Droid
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Bohdi & Saw: The Pilot & The Revolutionary
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The Princess & The Governor
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If you're visiting this historic city a Kyoto geisha experience might be one of the things you'd love to do. For most foreign visitors an intimate evening with a geisha, or geiko and maiko as they are called in Kyoto is unlikely but we have seen them surprisingly often in the city and there are ways to improve the odds.
We do love the spring dance and have written before about our experience at the Miyako Odori and tea ceremony held at the theatre. We've also seen them in the streets of Gion and other parts of Kyoto but this article is about seeing them as a local might, at an annual festival celebrating the coming spring.
It's not your average day in the peaceful surrounds of Yasaka Shrine but it does happen every year and it's a fantastic day to be in Kyoto. When else can you have a traditional Kyoto geisha experience for free or see people happy to be hit in the head with soybeans thrown by a Shinto Priest for that matter.
On the 2nd February at Yasaka Shrine, the main shrine in Gion, it is the eve of Setsubun, and a very special celebration is getting underway. It's the start of Setsubun-sai.
These crowds, made up predominantly of locals, are assembled to celebrate the lunar spring under the old calendar. With the move to the Gregorian calendar in 1873 Setsubun is now celebrated earlier when winter is still making its chilly presence felt. Although it's a popular event, Setsubun isn't a national holiday so when the date falls during the week the celebrations will not be quite so crowded as they would be on a weekend.
Shinto priests known as Kannushi and Shrine maidens called Miko are dressed in ceremonial outfits as the procession moves onto the stage. The eyes of the crowd follow them then quickly flick back in the direction they came from as two immaculately dressed Maiko (apprentice Gesiha) of the Ponto-cho region move gracefully towards the stage. They seem peaceful and unaware of the crowds and commotion around them. They are about to perform a dance rarely seen by average Japanese people, let alone foreigners like us. The shamisen, a 3 stringed traditional Japanese instrument begins to play and a hush falls over the gathered crowd.
Geisha perform mostly at intimate private parties, frequented by the most wealthy and well connected businessmen. There are few opportunities throughout the year for people to witness a geisha performance in a public setting.
The spring dance at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theatre is one option which takes place in the month of April. Then on the 25th February at Baika-sai, geisha of the Kamishichiken district perform a tea ceremony amongst the plum blossom at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. Some visitors will attend the demonstrations at Gion Corner or hotel organised dinner functions where they will have the opportunity to see a geisha but we've chosen to avoid these. We much prefer to catch a quick glimpse as they head out to their evening functions or at one of the infrequent but long established community events like Setsubun-sai.
Our attention, everyones' attention, is then locked on the stage as the two Maiko perform their slow and deliberate dance routine. Its beautiful to watch and I can only imagine how many hours of training and practice have gone into memorising and perfecting each tiny movement. It truly is magical.
It soon becomes clear that we have picked our slightly elevated position at the back rather than the front of the stage. Not that it matters too much as shrine stages are open on all 4 sides and we have a reasonable view. The Geisha dance choreography is designed to address the VIP guests though so the better views are from the side of the shrine buildings. If you ever need to tell the difference the steps are at the back of the stage, having said that we have used this to our advantage at other times getting excellent views of the participants entering and exiting the stage at both weddings and another ceremonies.
After the performance priests, shrine attendants and Maiko take up wooden containers holding little packets of fortune beans (fuku mame), they contain dried soybeans which the crowds wait eagerly and enthusiastically to catch. In typical Japanese fashion it's a fairly gentle battle to catch a packet, no one of course would shove anyone else but there were definitely a few Grandmas elbows finding their mark as they made their way to the front and enthusiastically escaped with their loot.
If you're not lucky enough to catch, or be caught as one man was, with the lucky beans you can purchase them within the Shrine grounds. They taste OK but for a legume snack I'd much prefer wasabi peas or spiced chickpeas. The reason they are sought after though isn't so much about taste but that they are lucky to consume during Setsubun, it's customary to eat one for each year of your age plus one for good blessings in the year to come. You can also buy them locally in the traditional sweet shops of the Gion area in these cute little packages adorned with ogre masks.
As the crowd starts to disperse there are a few other activities taking place around the Shrine grounds. The first is people getting their fortunes by shaking little sticks from containers and retrieving the fortune of the same number. The good thing about shrine fortunes is that if you get a bad one you simply tie it to the appointed tree or frame and it doesn't follow you home.
Another activity was what appears to be a local form of festival lottery. Making our way towards the tents on the far side we handed over the ticket that came with our lucky beans and were corralled in the direction of a queue forming in front of one of the tents. We traded our first ticket and drew a second slip of paper which had something we couldn't read written on it. This was then taken to another row of tents to collect your prize. Everyone gets something, no major prize for us though, like most people we received a snack or drink. All a bit of fun.
Finally there's ame-sake service taking place which is a sweet sake offered to visitors. We didn't participate at Yasaka as we had a few other spots in mind to visit in the later part of the afternoon but we did try it at Gangoji in Nara the next day. As usual when you find yourself in a predominantly local event everyone was super friendly and you're made to really feel part of the celebration.
Interested to know more about the Setsubun traditions and festivities? You'll find more in this article where I reflect on the 10 things I love about Setsubun. We always try to build a few festivals, events and celebrations into our visit to Japan as it's a chance to see something quite different and explore the culture and traditions a bit more deeply. Setsubun could be described as a fun twist on the western routine of spring cleaning, as winter comes to an end and we all want to approach the new season with a fresh home and positive outlook. I particularly like that the Japanese tradition has managed to combine that with the consumption of delicious giant sushi rolls!
If you've participated in Setsubun-sai celebrations around Japan please let us know in the comments how they differ in other regions, temples or shrines.
Sounds like such an interesting experience- if I enjoyed reading about it so much I can only imagine how great it would be to see this in person.
Thanks Natasha. We love anything to do with Japanese culture and history so we'd highly recommend this shrines Setsubun activities.
Such an interesting account of Setsubun. I love how you start it out. So funny! Your photos that went along with this story were absolutely amazing. I've only been to Kyoto in the summer and winter so never for this festival. I was in Tokyo during this time and don't really remember it, so thanks for teaching me something new about Japan!
WOW, that was quite a show you saw. I wonder if you even tried on one of those beautiful kimonos? I know they can be rented to walk around town. I would surely not miss the opportunity!
Quite an interesting headline. However, after reading your post I do understand. I have had sake a couple of times, which I really enjoyed. I have seen a Geisha performance in the movie Memoirs of Geisha and I found it was really amazing. They are really skilled and I assume a lot of practice is needed. I really enjoyed your account of the celebrations.
I've always seen geisha dresses on tv and pictures but it must be a real treat to see them in person. Looks like a beautiful celebration.
The serene look on the one geisha's face is stunning. Enjoyed your post–I would love to be able to tie some of my bad fortunes to a tree or frame!
wow, that sounds like an amazing and such an unique event! I've never heard of it before but I'm hoping to make it to Japan in 2016 so hopefully I will be able to experience something similar!
What a fascinating insight, thanks for sharing. I hope you managed to get a fortune bean!
That is all so cool! 2nd of February is my birthday so perhaps i have a new activity…and so you know to wish me happy birthday Toni! Great post and must get to Japan to see these porcelain skin beauties!
What an unique experience, thanks for sharing it with your readers. I love the first photo. It looks like from some movie.
Wow, what an amazing experience! Japan seems like a culturally fascinating country. must get there!
what a fabulous experience. And your first photo looks like a china doll.
I haven't been to Japan – and every time I read your features I wish I had plans to do so!
Didn't know you would ever be able to see something like this in a public setting. Would be pretty neat to see as I've always found geisha fascinating!
What a great opportunity to experience a celebration with the locals! Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing!


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May the Fifth be With Your Ears: Pure Pop Radio's Four-Day New Music Songfest is Full of Stars!
We totally spaced on yesterday's universe-wide Star Wars holiday, but Yoda's cool with that brain freeze…as long as we carry on (see at left) with our Four-Day New Music Songfest. And so we will by bringing you our reviews of three outstanding platters now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio.
And now, to get our program off and running…
David Brookings and the Average Lookings | David Brookings and the Average Lookings Sixteen years on from his first solo release in 2000, Richmond, Virginia native, and current California resident David Brookings is set to release his new album, a typically infectious collection of songs centered around his pleasing, catchy melodies and his smooth, inviting voice. Songs like the mid-tempo pacer "Hearts" work around sumptuous melodies and clever chord progressions. The very America vibe of "Don't Stop to Doubt Yourself" is a clear winner, as is "The Optimist," a song about riding a wave of positivity.
David exhibits a healthy sense of humor too, in the title of the record, the cover photo, which depicts him as the only one facing the camera, and in the shuffling, country-tinged rocker "I'm in Love With Your Wife," in which a shameful, overly confident, loose-lipped narrator confesses his empty love for women, singing "I can have any girl I know/Cause I was in Derek and the Dominos" and "If you think you're living the dream/I played lead guitar in Cream."
We're playing seven of these hardly average sounding songs in rotation: "Hearts," "The Optimist," "Don't Stop to Doubt Yourself," "The Basement Room," "I'm in Love With Your Wife," "Place We Can Go," and "Come Back Home." David Brookings and the Average Lookings, produced by David, Isaac Fischer and Don Budd at Tone Freq Studio in San Jose, California, is the best album yet in a catalog full of solid releases. Top shelf all the way.
Erik Voeks | "Tired of Feelin' Alone" and "Mondrian" Longtime Pure Pop Radio favorite Erik Voeks returns with his latest single release, pairing an exciting guitar-driven, horn-accented Rolling Stones-ish pop-rocker, "Tired of Feelin' Alone," with the short and sweet ballad "Mondrian." As we said back in April when we added his last single, "She Loved Her Jangle Pop" b/w "Blue Water," "New Erik Voeks is always a good thing. A great thing, actually." And we stand by those words here in the merry month of May.
The Redhill Valleys | The Redhill Valleys This ostensibly Americana band from up north in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada got in touch and charmed us with their melodic, multi-genre approach to their music, which turns out to be perfect for Pure Pop Radio's eclectic mix. Guitarist Danielle Beaudin, drummer Tim Allard, and bassist Chelsea McWilliams (all three sing) know their way around a good tune, as they prove with the four-on-the-floor, uptempo "Waiting," the pretty, acoustic picking, harmony-rich "Either Or," and "Wrong Way Turns Out Right," a dreamy, melodic wonder. These songs, plus "Can't Be Alone" and "Lay Me Down" are now playing in rotation. Welcome.
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We're Groovin' to the Tunes on a Wednesday! It's Day Two of Pure Pop Radio's Four-Day New Music Songfest!
It's a good day–a very good day–that fills your heart with lovely melodic sounds from today's top melodic pop artists. That day–that very good day– is today…day two of Pure Pop Radio's Four-Day New Music Songfest.
What do we have on tap for you today? Which new songs and artists are we tapping our feet to? Following on from yesterday's mix of the Monkees, Mark Lindsay and Susan Cowsill, the Posies, McPherson/Grant, Joe Giddings, Sundown, Hector and the Leaves, and Matt Duncan, we're posied…uh, poised to serve up another rundown of great music we're now playing in rotation on the air.
Here we go. We lead off with a couple of releases that will be hogging our air time and nestling comfortably in your CD players and on your turntables…
The Explorers Club | Together Aspiring harmony singers, here is your virtual textbook, a collection of songs imbued with the spirit of the best of the Beach Boys, the Four Freshman, the Association and other time-honored practitioners of the art. Here are songs that are beautiful and beautifully sung, lovely and lovelier still.
Jason Brewer, Wyatt Funderburk, Paul Runyon, Kyle Polk and Mike Williamson are the right people in the right place at just the right time, serving up delicious melodic constructs that are as soulful as they are true. From the southern California harmony- and sun-soaked sound of "California's Callin' Ya" to the Four Freshmen-meets-"Graduation Day"-by-way-of-Les Paul ballad "Perfect Day," Together invites listeners to bathe in the beauty of harmony-filled dreams.
We're playing all of the following songs in rotation: ""California's Callin' Ya," "Once in a While," "Be Around," "Gold Winds," "Perfect Day," "Quietly," "My Friend," "No Strings Attached," "Don't Waster Her Time," and "Before I'm Gone," the album's penultimate number that sings a sweet a cappella close. Delicious.
Winterpills | Love Songs We've been playing this Massachusetts band's seventh album over and over for days on end, living with the songs' emotions and sensibilities as if they were our own. These songs get under your skin; they become you in some celestial kind of way. You are frankly powerless to regress from their charms.
These songs function on many different levels, even as they share a single attribute that defines them as part of a whole: the vocals of songwriter Philip Price and his wife, guitarist and keyboard player Flora Reed, are the glue that holds these proceedings together–the glue that gives them life. Consider "Wanderer White," a rolling, rhythmic song about a fall from grace, in which Philip takes the lower notes and Flora the higher ones. Or "Freeze Your Light," which starts off as if in church with a slight, ghostly choral singsong and becomes a folk-into-pop number with a delectable chorus buoyed by the same low-and-high vocals.
The poppy bopper and should-be-hit-bound "Celia Johnson" turns the tables with Philip initially taking the high vocal part and Flora following closely. A trumpet and coronet serenade add to the song's beauty; a lovely, echoed piano part comes in for a beautiful coda. The album closer, the gospel-tinged ballad "It Will All Come Back to You, with appropriate harmony vocal stacks and a tender trumpet solo, is all manner of charm and emotion–even when it amps up the pace and volume towards the end.
The album package is a marvel of grace and intelligent design, with its highly striking cover and Edward Gorey-styled illustration in the foldout of the digipak. And in these days of streaming and downloads overtaking physical media as the music delivery method of choice for so many, a striking package is something to behold and treasure.
Winterpills' Love Songs is so good, we've added six songs to our playlist: "A New England Deluge," "Bringing Down the Body Count," "Freeze Your Light," "It Will All Come Back to You," "Wanderer White," and the catchy and hit worthy "Celia Johnson." This album is a keeper and will be for years to come.
Peter Lacey | "Jonny and the Aspirations" This lively, horn-shaded, Stax-ian rumination on the price of success, or lack thereof, in the music business marks a new chapter in the evolution of Peter Lacey the recording artist. With nary a Beach Boys or folk nod within earshot, "Jonny and the Aspirations" wouldn't have sounded out of place following Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Peter's new album, New Way Lane, is only days away; we can't wait to hear what that album has in store for our, and your, ears. Now playing in rotation, naturally.
Gretchen's Wheel | Behind the Curtain Nashville-based Lindsay Murray's second project as Gretchen's Wheel is a meaty, inspired collection of songs imbued with powerful emotion. Sounding like a musical cousin to Aimee Mann, Lindsay sings with conviction and spirit on songs like the poppy, mid-tempo ballad "The Good Things" and the waiting-to-be-a-hit-single smash, "Try to Make It." Catchy melodies and intelligent songwriting abound. We're playing six songs in rotation: "Invisible Thief," "Younger Every Year," "The Good Things," "Live Through You," "Vapors," and "Try to Make It." Good going, Lindsay.
Nerf Herder | Rockingham Geek rockers Parry Gripp, Steve Sherlock, Linus of Hollywood and Ben Pringle take no prisoners with their fifth album, full of in-your-face pop-punk, most of which is not aimed squarely at our rather less-than-punky playlist. Nevertheless, we've added three groovy songs punctuated with pop culture references and a whole lot of fun: "The Girl Who Listened to Rush," "Allie Goertz," and "We Opened for Weezer."
Tin Toy Cars | Falling, Rust and Bones And now for something sorta, kinda totally different from the usual Pure Pop Radio fare: a mandolin-fronted, pop-washed Americana band from Las Vegas. The band's website makes its brief clear: "With mandolin, violin, banjo, guitar and upright bass, one might expect bluegrass or something with an old time slant, but add the compositional drumming of Aaron Guidry (Cirque du Soleil), and a songwriting approach more in line with Paul Simon than Bill Monroe, and a new image begins to emerge." Indeed. The songs we're playing in rotation–"Not for Nothing," "Addicted to You," "Desert Dogs," and "Down on the Bowery" (a gypsy-folk bopper sounding like an otherworldly Roches)–are your entree to this band's enticing, inviting sound. We dig it.
Torbjorn Petersson and Keith Klingensmith | "Open Up Your Eyes" Indie pop stalwarts Torbjorn Petersson and Keith Klingensmith, the latter a member of the much-loved Legal Matters, turn in a delicious cover of a song by Stereo Tiger. If you look up the word "catchy" in the dictionary, this song will undoubtedly play. Harmonies, melody, and top-flight vocals propel this one into your hearts. Now playing in rotation.
Laurie Biagini | "Stranger in the Mirror" This welcome return to recording finds this Vancouver, British Columbia popster in top form, delivering an infectious shuffle of a tune centered around a strong, catchy melody. Business as usual, as it turns out. Glorious.
Strangely Alright | "Shake It" Regan Lane and crew shake the floorboards with this propulsive, beat-driven pop-rocker. Electric guitars blaze and strong, committed vocals carry the melody along. There is enough energy in this recording to power Las Vegas on a really hot day. Nice.
The Recreations | "Swing Together" Thanks to Pop 4's Scott McPherson for hipping us to this inventive slice of pure pop from Tokyo's the Recreations. Fronted by pop visionary Yohei, this is a vital mix of soft pop, Burt Bacharach, Jellyfish, swing and jazz that comes together as a wholly unique creation you will never forget. More to come, but for now this one's in rotation. Enjoy.
Adam Walsh | "Calico Skies" Here we go again: another fantastic cover from the immensely talented Adam Walsh, whose taste in music is eclipsed only by his own prowess. In Adam's capable hands, Paul McCartney's lovely "Calico Skies" gets a slightly sped-up reading, no less emotional than the original. Keep 'em coming, Adam.
Preoccupied Pipers |"Mayday" We've said, many times, that KC Bowman, he of Pop 4, Agony Aunts, and the Corner Laughers, is the hardest working man in show business, because he's also got this Preoccupied Pipers project through which he every-so-often releases such catchy nuggets as this uptempo pop-rocker, which clocks in at 1:47 (that's minutes, not hours), which is Roger Miller territory, but this is not "King of the Road" or "England Swings," so make of that what you will. In any case, you'll love this kicker of a tune. Whew.
You might think we've run out of gas for today, but we haven't. We've got to stop somewhere and leave some nuggets for tomorrow. So, tomorrow, we will have another run of reviews of the latest songs added to our playlist. See you then!
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Pure Pop Radio's Four-Day New Music Songfest Is On!
We've rolled up our collective sleeves and we're digging the sounds. All you need to do to join in on the excitement of our Four-Day New Music Songfest is tune into Pure Pop Radio by clicking on one of the listen links below, and, of course, see what we've just added to the playlist by reading the reviews that follow below.
As in the past, we've added hundreds of new songs and artists to our playlist. There's a lot to talk about, so let's get going. Here comes day one! We lead off with a song that's making a lot of music fans sit up and take notice…
The Monkees | "She Makes Me Laugh" You'd have to be living well under a rock–somewhere so deep that even Pizza Hut won't deliver there–to have missed the biggest news of the century: The Monkees are back with a new album in mere weeks from now with songs written by such talents as XTC's Andy Partridge and Paul Weller. Produced by Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger. Did we say the Monkees are back? Good Times is the album, and the first single is "She Makes Me Laugh," written by Weezer's Rivers Cuomo. That it's inordinately catchy and very Monkees-ish goes without saying. That we're playing this song in heavy rotation…well, that goes without saying, too. Welcome back, boys.
The Posies | Solid States We continue with this week's festivities with this new, long-awaited album from power pop heroes the Posies–an album that is poised to be a massive hit with fans, and for very good reason. Solid States finds Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, in large part, in pure, melodic pop mode throughout. Lovers of gorgeous, catchy melodies will swoon to such terrific songs as the should-be-hit-bound "Unlikely Places," with its seductive verse melody and knockout chorus; the dramatic, powerful "Squirrel vs Snake" (the album's title is part of the lyric); and "Rollercoaster Zen," sounding like it could have been on a late-period Steely Dan album (a good thing). Do Auer and Stringfellow hit the ubiquitous "it" out of the park? You know we like a good baseball metaphor, so…yes they do. Essential listening. We're playing six songs in rotation: "Unlikely Places," "Scattered," "Titanic," "Squirrel vs Snake," "The Definition," and "Rollercoaster Zen."
Lindsay Cowsill | Love is Strange A shot of joy like you haven't felt in seemingly forever will hit you squarely in the melodic pleasure zone upon listening to the bright and lovely sounds on this mighty terrific EP from Mark Lindsay and Susan Cowsill.
You will so dig the five covers of classic songs from the '50s and '60s and one incredibly great original from Mark (that wouldn't be out of place on a Prefab Sprout album); all of these recordings will have you jumping for…well, you know. Mark and Susan sound as good as they ever have–even better, if that's possible (and it is). The duo delivers top-flight performances throughout. Susan's vocal on the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'," in particular, is a complete, yes, joy.
This is not only one of the best melodic pop releases of the year, it's one of the best in many years. We're playing, in rotation, the aforementioned Righteous Brothers hit, plus Mickey and Sylvia's "Love is Strange," Sonny and Cher's "Baby Don't Go," the Dave Clark Five's "Because," the Mark Lindsay original "Love Will Make You Smile," and Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover."
Love is Strange, which was produced by Mark Lindsay, was recorded, mixed and mastered in slambang fashion by Kurt Reil at the House Of Vibes. The Grip Weeds do a smashing job backing Mark and Susan on "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'"; other guest musicians include the Doughboys' Mike Caruso, and Mike Fornatale from the Left Banke reunion. Another essential release. You'll love it.
McPherson Grant | "Cheese" and "My Favorite Thing" Pop 4's Scott McPherson and his partner-in-musical mayhem, Jamie Grant, return to Pure Pop Radio with another two massively entertaining tunes–a double a-sided single, no less–that will have you desiring so much more.
"Cheese" is a lively, jumpy, tasty, funky hunk of, well, musical cheese that bemoans the state of, well, just about everything from TV network news to the quality of current music and contains this rather choice bit of verbiage: "I need a mighty mouse to get all this cheese outta my house." Mighty Mouse costume not included. "My Favorite Thing," a lovely, lyrical tip of the hat to Harry Nilsson that features one Zak Nilsson on drums and percussion, is a waltzy bemoaning of the loss of the narrator's favorite part of a treasured relationship. McPherson Grant: Your new melodic pop obsession, now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio!
Joe Giddings | Better from Here Joe Giddings, forever a Pure Pop Radio star for his work with Star Collector and the JTG Implosion, returns with a knockout collection of one-man-band tracks that sparkle and explode out of your speakers. Joe serves up everything from pure, melodic pop nuggets ("If I Don't Have Love," with just a hint of the Partridge Family sound in the background vocals, "Gone So Far" and "Always Raining Somewhere") to power poppers ("Brand New Day," with a slight country-campfire element, and "Irrelevant") and even a heartfelt ballad, inexplicably titled "Final Track." It's a veritable feast of Joe, and we're popping and rocking with seven tracks, including those just mentioned, and "Better from Here."
Sundown | Sundown From Paris, France (not Texas) comes this pop trio with varying degrees of power in its sound. Sundown's self-titled EP announces itself with catchy songs performed with gusto. We're playing all four songs: "Solutions and Remedies,""All Woman Like," "After Some Time," and the amazing, saxophone-charged "It's Very Strange." Good stuff.
Hector and the Leaves | Little Bee London, England's pure pop explosion Hector and the Leaves, aka Tom Hector, delights with a four-song EP that covers all the catchy, melodic bases we love. Two songs strike a Beach Boys chord: "Loved by You" is a love letter to harmony singing and, in particular, Beach Boys vocal arrangements, and "I Ride My Bicycle" charms with the kind of instrumental flight of fancy the Boys of Summer might have indulged in circa Smiley Smile. "Good Times" is a gorgeous ballad with a lovely melody, and "Little Bee" is a concise, mid-tempo melodic wonder. A home run (there goes another baseball metaphor).
Matt Duncan | Free Music This little wonder from up New York way (well, up from where we are) is a fine melodic pop specimen ground in a soulful '70s, sorta-Bee Gees pop groove (and you can dance to it). "Chutes and Ladders" is a catchy mid-tempo number; "Waking Up" sports beautiful harmonies; and "Night Job" is a pretty ballad, soulful and swinging, with more delicious harmonies. We're playing these songs, and "Somewhere in Between," "Tell You What I Know" and "Light Bright." Lovely.
This seems like a good place to take a rest. We're coming back tomorrow for day two of our Four-Day New Music Songfest. We've got a ton of top releases to chronicle and play on the air for you. Don't miss a second!
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Our beachfront accommodation is a family owned and operated holiday resort and is run by three generations of our family who live on the property in our extended family home - Bess and Gordon, our daughter Emily and her husband Johnny and our grandchildren Coco and Eli.
Bess is Canadian born and Gordon hails from the north of England. We met and married in Canada and set off in 1980, with babe in arms, to live in New Zealand, sight unseen. Our first two years were spent in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island where Gordon was teaching science, computing, and maths at a high school. It was here that we heard of a job being offered in Nelson - he applied and was accepted and that set in motion where we are today.
After searching unsuccessfully for land for two years in the Nelson area, we discovered this 10 acre block of undeveloped beachfront property in Golden Bay in the spring of 1984, and "knew" that we had "arrived home".
In 2001, we built an addition to our home as a guest wing for Bess' father for when he would come to visit from Canada, but sadly he passed away before he saw it fully completed. We now had a "room with a view" that needed someone to appreciate it. So on Boxing Day of 2002 we opened our Beachfront B&B and launched ourselves into the wonderful world of hospitality.
When our daughter Emily and her husband John and baby Coco arrived to live and work in 2003, it soon became apparent that we would need more than the lily business and the B&B to sustain us all. So after receiving very encouraging feedback and realizing the popularity of our accommodation, we decided to sell the lily business and over the next two years proceeded to build five self-contained, luxury cottages.
2014 brought big changes and development to the property during the winter while we were closed for 6 months. Up to this point Emily and Johnny and their family had been living off-site and we wanted them to be closer, so we built an extension onto our home in order to provide them with a managers residence. This in turn precipitated the need for some major landscaping renovations. Our son Jordan had just graduated in Landscape Architecture so this was the perfect opportunity to give him his first big project! He came up with a stunning design and together with Emily and Johnny, worked hard over the winter months to implement it.
It has been an ongoing adventure as we continue to dream and develop the property and business. We're always looking for ways to enhance the natural beauty that surrounds us and to make Adrift a 'home away from home' for our guests.
We have met so many amazing people over the years who have encouraged us and spurred us on. We feel very privileged to have been able to share what we've been blessed with and our hope is that you will come and enjoy it too!


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The Hillary Clinton campaign opened up their first office in Kentucky this week, in preparation for the state's upcoming Democratic Primary, May 17. But the state's junior Senator Rand Paul, does not have a warm welcome planned for Clinton or her campaign.
Paul, who is currently defending his Senate seat, is calling for Clinton to apologize to Kentuckians for her anti-coal comments she made at a Democratic town hall in Ohio in March.
Paul's ad replays the portion of Clinton's town hall presentation where she said, "We are going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business" – a remark that did not strike well in coal country.
What is left out of Paul's ad is that Clinton went on to say that these coal jobs – which have been disappearing since the early 1980s – can be replaced with clean energy jobs relatively easily. But for those living in a state that produces the third largest amount of coal in the country, that's a subtle nuance that can easily be swept under the rug.
The Clinton campaign chose not to run any cable advertising in Indiana or West Virginia – two states she lost to Bernie Sanders. And while Clinton's loss in Indiana was relatively narrow, many are attributing her 16% loss in West Virginia to her unfortunate remarks about the coal industry.
But in an effort to patch things up with King Coal, the Clinton campaign has already bought roughly $175,000 of airtime in Kentucky, leading up to the state's primary May 17.
Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook as we bring you the latest from the Kentucky Primary.


The location of the bank is very attractive to its customers due to the mountainous terrain with plenty of cultural attractions. Greenville, South Carolina is the home to many attraction sites. Museums such as the Greenville County Museum and Children's Museum of the Upstate are situated in this area. Falls Park on the Reedy is also an attraction site in this area that enables both locals and visitors to enjoy the city in a green urban space.
Greenville, South Carolina is a historic area because of the many things that have happened here. It was once used as a hunting ground by the Cherokee. It has developed over the years and between 2015 and 2016 it was ranked as the 4th fastest growing city in the United States. Currently, Greenville is in a zone of foreign trade. It is the home of more than 250 international firms, including BMW and Michelin represented by 26 countries.
The company is a local community bank hence its culture is very important and is highly valued, commonly referred to as the DNA of the company. The belief of the associates is that getting the culture right makes other things to fall into place. As part of its culture, the bank has seven core values that guide their daily activities. These values are Trustworthiness, Customers First, Commitment to Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Teamwork, Positive Attitude, and Results.
The bank offers customers an incredible customer experience where, for twelve years, it has been selected among the Best Places to Work in South Carolina. The commitment of its associates to the company's objectives is very high which drives them to provide exceptional services. The bank's associates have continually delivered on their customers' promise to make their lives better when it comes to banking services.
Community commitment of the bank is significant and has had a positive impact on the people of Greenville, South Carolina. It helps the community through making economic contributions such as donating up to 1.5% of their net income to charity annually. Furthermore, the bank has extensive community voluntary programs where they donate more than 800 hours of service every year.


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Damis (en grec antic Δᾶμις, o Δάμις) va ser un pretendent al tron de Messènia a la mort d'Eufes (Euphaës), però fou elegit Aristodem (vers 729 aC). A la mort d'Aristodem cap al 723 aC fou finalment elegit com a comandant suprem si bé sense el títol de rei, però ja no va poder evitar la caiguda del seu país en mans d'Esparta, que es va produir just a la seva mort.

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    end
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Q: How to export MDF to Excel or CSV using Python asammdf I have one sample sql server DB mdf file .I need to convert the file to excel or csv.i searched but not get correct solution.Finally I found one package from python asammdf
I don't know how to do this .i am  really new with python and sql server.
My try
  from asammdf import MDF, Signal
    import numpy as np

    with MDF(r'sample.mdf') as mdf_file:
        # do something
    export('csv', mdf_file, oned_as)

And i got Error
File "test.py", line 6
    export('csv', mdf_file, oned_as)
         ^
IndentationError: expected an indented block

If any one give me correction.Or else please guide me how to convert mdf to excel or csv some other with windows related.basically i m in  Linux platform

A: asammdf deals with automotive Measurement Data Format (see https://www.asam.net/standards/detail/mdf)
You need to look for another package that implements sql mdf files

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What happens if your lawyer passes away or is suspended or disappears?
We've been receiving more calls about attorneys disappearing after a case has started. Here's some help on how to deal with that if you or someone you know is dealing with a missing attorney.


The Emax Avan Flow propeller 5x4.3x3 was designed to maximize control while remaining efficient. A true constant 4.3" pitch throughout the blade gives a linear control feeling across the throttle band while still achieving high speeds. With a special PC blend the Avan Flow weighs 4.3 grams. Most of the weight is centralized near the hub creating a low moment of inertia of 13.4 grams*square centimeter which in turn makes a very responsive prop. Best match for 2206-2207-2306 motors around 2400kv.
The Avan Flow was designed from the ground up starting from design constraints such as RPM, air speed, and required thrust. From these constraints aerodynamic models were built to predict performance and to design the blade shape. Highly cambered airfoils were used to achieve high lift coefficients at high angles of attack prolonging stall. This allows for a higher blade angle while still remaining efficient. The cambered airfoils also allow a greater flight envelope making for great low end responsiveness while still being able to achieve high speeds.
A special Polycarbonate blend is used to achieve high durability. This material is incredibly tough and ductile to resist fracture in high impact crashes. A thick blade root was designed to further increase this durability. Our injection mold process is optimized to reduce bubbles in the plastic to increase the strength of the propeller.


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This is an excerpt from my new book! Sacred Ground Sticky Floors released on October 2, 2018!!!! Check out the GIVEAWAY BELOW!!! AND SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!
I sat across from the broken couple and listened to their apprehensions. I didn't know them well, but I was honored to answer their questions about the adoption process. The woman held a worried-worn piece of paper that was covered, front and back, in questions. Her voice cracked with the ache of an empty womb. Infertility is not an issue I have dealt with. I can only imagine the depths of this hurt. And this woman was in pain. Finally, she broke.
"I just wanted so much to experience the natural aspects of becoming a mother," she said.
This precious woman has the heart of a mother.
Her desire to nurture and care for another human being was a passionate expression of how well she loves. I told her I was sorry. As a biological and adoptive mother, I wanted her to know two things. First, the most unnatural thing that has ever happened to my body is pregnancy and childbirth. Second, the most beautiful, birthing experience of my life had been adoption.
She was comparing herself to the other women she saw, and felt that if she couldn't give birth the same way they did, she was somehow less than. Thoughts such as Why can't I do things this way? Everyone else is doing it! leave us broken and depleted. Our journeys, unique as each of us, have to be trusted to a God who fully loves.
At the heart of so many women's grief and struggle is the enemy of comparison.
She can have children. I can't.
She can breastfeed. I can't get my son to latch on.
She gave birth naturally. I had to have a C-section.
These are words that leave us depleted and feeling less than loved by the Father who adores us. The pain caused by these harmful words—even the words that don't travel any farther than our minds—is real, and their power continues to amaze me. Here, before we've barely become mothers, we start looking around and finding ourselves wanting.
Worse, we look around and find others wanting. While feeling "less than" in some areas, we're happy to stand in judgment of people in others. Take the birthing process, for instance. If you want to experience the wrath of the internet, try telling it what you think about the best way to deliver a baby.
I've given birth "naturally," I didn't like anything about it. On a scale of one to ten, my pain threshold is a negative nine. I gauge a paper cut at an eight. And what part of "positive strep throat culture" doesn't warrant a morphine drip? Childbirth? It hurts. That pain is real. Epidural? Sign me up!
But my opinions are about what worked for me. So even though I think the idea of birthing children into an inflatable swimming pool in your living room is unnatural—and I can say that because inflatable swimming pools do not occur in nature—it's not up to me.
We were created as individual daughters, and my preference does not have to be yours. Birth that baby where you want to. Do what you will with your placenta—freeze-dry it, make it into a hat, whatever. That is your prerogative. But let us allow others to live out their calling and the plans the Lord has for them.
P.S. Since the completion of the book, the couple above has finalized the adoption of a newborn baby boy. Never lose hope. God hears you, friend. He is near.
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Q: find the domain of this function ( [ ] is symbol of floor) Find the domain of the function $f(x)=\frac{\log(3x-2x^2)}{\left \lfloor 2x-1 \right \rfloor^2 - 1}$ where $\lfloor \cdot \rfloor$ is the floor function.

A: The domain is$$D=\{x\in\Bbb R\quad,\quad 3x-2x^2>0,[(2x-1)^2]\ne1\}=\{x\in\Bbb R\quad,\quad 0<x<\dfrac{3}{2},[(2x-1)^2]\ne1\}=(0,1)\cup[\dfrac{1+\sqrt 2}{2},\dfrac{3}{2})$$


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KEC International wins railways contracts worth $118m in India
Indian infrastructure firm KEC International has secured two contracts worth approximately Rs8.45bn ($118) in the railway infrastructure sector.
The contracts consist of Rs5.8bn from the RRTS and Rs2.65bn from the metro segment. Credit: Fabio Campo
These are the company's first contracts in the regional rapid transit system (RRTS) and metro sectors in India.
As per the Rs5.8bn contract from National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), KEC International will construct stations and an elevated viaduct on the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor.
The second contract from Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) requires the company to construct a viaduct and new stations for the Phase 1 extension of the Kochi metro rail project.
The extension will see Kochi metro rail extended from SN junction to Tripunithura.
KEC International MD and CEO Vimal Kejriwal said: "We are delighted with the order wins in the RRTS and metro sectors, which are in line with our strategy for expanding our railway presence.
"These orders mark our entry into the urban transport sector and further expands our client portfolio. This foray will also help us in building a robust executable order book, thus enabling us to scale up the business and achieve the desired growth plans."
Part of the $3.7bn RPG Group, KEC International is engaged in EPC works for power transmission, distribution, railways, cables, solar, civil and smart infrastructure.
Headquartered in Mumbai, it has operations in SAARC, EAP, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. Currently, it is executing infrastructure projects in 30 countries and has a footprint in more than 100 countries.
Last month, the Indian Government allocated $9.62bn for railways in the union budget.
In her maiden budget speech, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a capital expenditure outlay of Rs1.6tn ($23.4bn) for railways, the highest ever for the sector.
Late last month, reports emerged that Indian Railways has sought government approval to build three dedicated freight corridor networks with a total investment of Rs3tn ($43.53bn).
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