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Please Hold in the Light
During International Days and major international conferences there is a special opportunity to serve in the creation of a more unified and compassionate world.
As meditators we can symbolically stand together with all actively working in the spirit of the Charter of Compassion, and invoke the aid of the Forces of Light in support of these events.
Daily Reminder
Check out a daily reminder of these events to hold in the light. Share this daily reminder with others by including the app on your website.
Sustainable Development Goals & Climate Change
These International Days and events reflect important themes in the mobilization of energies to:
Build right relations in the world by addressing serious problems of poverty, inequality and climate change through practical actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
engaging people of goodwill all over the world in a common movement.
2022 United Nations International Years
International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
International Year of Glass
International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development
International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
Silence at the United Nations
The Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations gathers in the vicinity of UN Headquarters in New York (September - June) on the third Thursday every month for 30 minutes of silence followed by 30 minutes of dialogue, sharing insights and exploring ways to use an inner focus in service of the work of the UN.
Please link in from wherever you are. More information at: http://www.spiritualcaucusun.org/
In September the physical meeting on Thursday, September 15, has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. All are invited to link together in mind and heart on this day from 1.30 - 2.00 pm with a particular focus on supporting the UN during this difficult time.
September Please Hold These Events in the Light
Ecosystem Restoration Design Summit
Charity Day
UN Culture of Peace Forum
UN Clean Air Day
Literacy Day
Full Moon — Virgo
Suicide Prevention Day
11 Days of Global Unity
South-South Cooperation Day
UN General Assembly Opening
Democracy Day
Ozone Preservation Day
Global Goals Week & #Act4SDGs
Clean Up the World Weekend
Peace Week
Equal Pay Day
Sustainable Development Impact Meetings
One Planet Peace Forum
Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Day
World Rivers Day
World Rabies Day
Universal Information Access Day
Food Loss Awareness Day
Translation Day
United Nations Events in UN Blue
September 2 - 10
The UN defines Ecosystem Restoration as assisting in the recovery of ecosystems that have been degraded or destroyed, as well as conserving the ecosystems that are still intact and the period 2021 - 2030 is being observed as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
Since 2017,over 50 Ecosystem Restoration Camps have been organized in 30 countries across 6 continents - using regenerative natural-based practices to increase and build back the ecosystem functionality of degraded landscapes. The 2022 Online Summit, organized by Gaia Education and Ecosystem Restoration Camps will bring together a wide array of restoration experts and activists representing diverse ecosystems and communities from around the world. gaiaeducation.uk
ecosystemrestorationcamps.org
International Day of Charity
Honoring the date of Mother Theresa's death, the United Nations General Assembly has designated September 5th as International Day of Charity.
Affirming the role of charity in furthering the culture of peace the Day seeks to draw attention to the value of charitable organizations. The day is dedicated to commemorate the common desire to help the most disadvantaged members of society and to promote charitable activities around the world. Charity, like the notions of volunteerism and philanthropy, provides real social bonding and contributes to the creation of inclusive and more resilient societies.
www.un.org/
UN High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace, UN Headquarters, New York
Theme 2022: The Culture of Peace: Importance of justice, equality, and inclusion for advancing peacebuilding
Convened by the President of the General Assembly, this eleventh High Level Forum provides an opportunity for UN member states, UN agencies, media and civil society to consider ways and means of implementing the UN Programme of Action on the Culture of Peace with particular focus on justice, equality and inclusion.
www.un.org/pga/
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International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
Theme 2022: The Air We Share
This UN Day seeks to raise awareness of the problem of air pollution and the need for urgent action to improve air quality.
www.cleanairblueskies.org
Theme 2022: Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces
This special UNESCO Day celebrates one of the most basic movements in the education and uplift of consciousness: the movement to promote support and teach adult literacy programs. Large numbers of professionals and volunteers work in every country helping adults in their efforts to learn to read and write.
Literacy contributes to peace as it brings people closer to attaining individual freedoms and better understanding the world, as well as preventing or resolving conflict.
Theme 2022: Creating Hope through Action
Supported by the World Health Organization, this annual Day promotes worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides. One in every 100 deaths worldwide is the result of suicide. It can affect every one of us. Each and every suicide is devastating and has a profound impact on those around them. However, by raising awareness, reducing the stigma around suicide and encouraging well-informed action, we can reduce instances of suicide around the world. World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of suicide and to promote action through proven means that will reduce the number of suicides and suicide attempts globally.
www.iasp.info
Full Moon - Virgo
Since ancient times human beings have honored the full moon as a time when the sacred is most accesible. It is a time of light - the moon reflects the light of the sun onto the face of the earth. In astrology this is a time when the qualities and potentials of the zodiacal sign of the sun are especially available to humanity for use in service.
During the full moon religious and esoteric groups around the world use the opportunities of this time to vizualize light and love and spiritual power flowing into humanity and strengthening all that is being done to help prepare the way for a world of unity, justice and peace; a world in which the Sustainable Development Goals will be achieved.
www.lucistrust.org
During the 11 days leading up to the UN International Day of Peace, this international movement offers as many as 700 associated events in over 30 countries dedicated to addressing problems and building global unity. Programs highlight the WE 11 Campaigns for Change which calls forth the values, spirit and service needed to move us towards a culture of peace and a world that works for all.
We invite you to join us in a movement without which all the other movements for change cannot be successful. The crucial movement we are talking about is the shift from 'I' to 'WE'. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
11daysofglobalunity.org
International Day for South-South Cooperation
South-South cooperation is a manifestation of solidarity among peoples and countries of the South that contributes to their national well-being, their national and collective self-reliance and the attainment of internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
www.unsouthsouth.org
United Nations General Assembly 77th Session opens with a Minute of Silence
Every year the annual session of the General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York opens with a ceremonial only meeting, observing a Minute of Silent Prayer or Meditation. The General Assembly is the one place where representatives of all 193 member states of the UN have the opportunity to take part in deliberation and policy making on global issues. The Minute of Silence is an important symbolic moment in UN affairs, when according to the Rules of Procedure, members are invited to stand to observe one minute of meditation or prayer.
Following the ceremonial opening of the session, the General Debate takes place over a number of days (starting September 20) when Heads of State from many of the member countries address the Assembly.The period surrounding the opening of the General Assembly marks a high point in international affairs every year because heads of state from many of the countries of the world are in New York City and a wide variety of other events are held.
This year marks the first time since COVID that the opening debate will return to a full physical presence in the General Assembly and some virtual participation, and will be broadcast on UN web TV. Explore the function and purpose of the General Assembly at: www.un.org/ga/
Five Things to Know about the Upcoming General Assembly Session
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This United Nations Day highlights the state of democracy in the world.
The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis has resulted in major social, political and legal challenges globally. As states around the world adopt emergency measures to address the crisis, it is critical that they continue to uphold the rule of law, protect and respect international standards and basic principles of legality, and the right to access justice, remedies and due process.
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
2022 theme: Montreal Protocol at 35: global cooperation protecting life on earth
The 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the associated Montreal Protocol is one of the great successes of modern international action to protect the environment. As the treaty turns 35 on Ozone Day, we will remember how the Montreal Protocol ended one of the biggest threats ever to face humanity as a whole: the depletion of the ozone layer. When the world found out that ozone-depleting gases used in aerosols and cooling were creating a hole in the sky, they came together. They showed that multilateralism and effective global cooperation worked and they phased out these gases. Now the ozone layer is healing, allowing it once again to shield humanity from the sun's ultraviolet radiation.
This is a Day to celebrate humanity's ability to work together for a common cause and is a model for climate change agreements.
ozone.unep.org/
www.facebook.com/my.ozone.day
Transforming Education Summit, UN HQ, New York
Convened by the UN Secretary-General, this Education Summit marks one of the key events accompanying the opening of the UN General Assembly session. It builds on the global crisis caused by the interruption of formal education programs by the Covid pandemic and focuses attention on the need to transform both the quality and the scope of education.
Drawing on many of the visionary conclusions of the UNESCO Futures of Education Commission, the Summit features 3 days of gatherings: Mobilization Day on the 16th will feature the recommendations of youth and the importance of mobilizing popular support for the transformation of education; Solutions Day on the 17th will focus on initiatives already contributing to a transformation of education around 5 key themes;and during Leaders Day on the 19th, Heads of State will deliver national commitments and participate in 'Leaders Roundtables'.
World Goodwill will be offering a Cycle of Conferences Visualisation in support of the Summit for those interested in providing subjective support.
Global Goals Week & Act 4 SDGs
Global Goals Week is an annual week of virtual and in-person events involving over 170 partners from civil society, business, academia, and the UN system to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) It is also an opportunity to speak out as one voice, share ideas and transformative solutions in the fight to build back better from global challenges.
Events include: NYC Climate Week; UN Private Sector Forum; and launch of the Climate Action Project when students from classrooms in over 140 countries will connect and collaborate on a range of environmental subjects. On September 19th, at UN General Assembly, the Secretary-General will lead the third annual SDG Moment highlighting work being done to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Global Week to #ACT4SDGS is a global mobilization of actions to show leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly that people all around the world are committed, dedicated, and inspired to take action on the SDGs.
globalgoalsweek.org
act4sdgs.org
www.sdgactioncampaign.org
Clean Up the World
Clean Up the World is one the largest community-based environmental programs in the world when voluntary groups, schools and others join in actions to clean up the local environment.
www.cleanuptheworld.org
Peace Week 2022 marks the culmination of the 99 Days of Peace through Unity which began on June 18th at the opening of World UNITY Week and closes on September 24th, the last day of Peace Week.
Centered around the International Day of Peace on Wednesday, September 21, Peace Week offers a wide range of events and online gatherings co-convened by a growing community of international organizations, grassroots leaders and global networks. This is a time of momentous action, as we unite and rise to give voice to how we are collectively creating the conditions for a global culture of lasting peace.
Included in the Week is a Unity and Peace Convergence where like-minded individuals from around the world are invited to participate in and lead on-line events dedicated to Peace through Unity towards a Thriving World for All of Life.
Peace Week marks the launch of #7coreneeds which draws attention to the urgent need for a new spirit of eco-governance to unify countless regenerative and compassionate solutions to global issues into targetted actions to meet 7 Core Needs.
peaceweek.org
ecogovernance.earth/
www.codes.earth
International Equal Pay Day
International Equal Pay Day, celebrated for the first time [in 2020], represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. It further builds on the United Nations commitment to human rights and against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls.
Organized by the World Economic Forum during the UN General Assembly opening these meetings are attended by communities of purpose that integrate business leaders, policy-makers, international and civil society organizations, innovators and entrepreneurs.
www.weforum.org
2022 theme: End Racism. Build Peace..
UN Peace Day has come to be widely observed around the world with citizens undertaking a huge variety of local actions for peace including interfaith prayers, meditations and minutes of silence.
At UN Headquarters, an annual ceremony is held during which the Secretary General ceremonially rings the Peace Bell and calls on the people of the world to observe a minute of silence at 12 noon. The day is celebrated by the UN as a day of non-violence and cease fire, inviting all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day, and to otherwise commemorate the Day through education and public awareness on issues related to peace.
Events organized around the world on the day include festivals, concerts, a global Peace Wave with moments of silence at noon in every time zone and countless local activities. See the list at: internationaldayofpeace.org.
Meditation Vigils and interfaith events are being organized around the world for Peace Day - more information here. All are invited to participate in a global 24 hour Vigil on Peace Day using the Great Invocation or another universal invocation every 15 minutes - more information at: www.meditationvigil.org.
www.internationaldayofpeace.org
www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/
www.peaceoneday.org
Theme 2022: Bold Visions of a Peaceful Future
This annual online ZOOM event aims to offer a universal platform for people of all spiritual and secular expressions to cocreate solutions to humanity's most challenging issues.
oneplanetpeaceforum.org
Every year since 2005, when the UN Water for Life Decade was launched, millions of people around the world have observed the last Sunday of September as World Rivers Day.
World Rivers Day highlights the many values of our rivers, strives to increase public awareness, and encorages the improved stewardship of all rivers around the world. Activities include stream cleanups, habitat enhancement projects, educational outings, and community riverside celebrations. In previous years several million people across more than 60 countries have participated in the Day.
worldriversday.com
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
The UN has been aiming to achieve nuclear disarmament for much of its history. It was the subject of a General Assembly resolution in 1946. On July 17 2017 the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted. This is the first multilateral legally binding instrument for nuclear disarmament to have been negotiated in 20 years, by 122 countries. The Day will be observed at the United Nations this year with a High Level Event in the General Assembly
Today around 12,705 nuclear weapons remain. Countries possessing such weapons have well-funded, long-term plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals. More than half of the world's population still lives in countries that either have such weapons or are members of nuclear alliances.
www.unfoldzero.org
www.pnnd.org
2022 Theme: Rethinking Tourism
This United Nations Day seeks to foster awareness of the social, cultural and economic importance of tourism and its role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
www.un.org/en/events/
www.unwto.org
2022 theme:One Health, Zero Death
Marking the anniversary of the death of Louis Pasteur who developed the first rabies vaccine, Rabies Day raises awareness about rabies prevention and celebrates progress in defeating the disease. The WHO and FAO have agreed to a goal to achieve zero human deaths from canine rabies by 2030.
WHO promotes mass dog vaccinations and animal birth control programs among street and stray dog populations. Significant progress has been made in pioneering this work at Help in Suffering Animal Shelter in Jaipur India and the two shelters in the Darjeeling District of India administered by Darjeeling Goodwill Animal Shelters Trust.
www.who.int/campaigns/
rabiesalliance.org/
International Day for Universal Access to Information
2022 Theme: Artificial Intelligence, e-Governance and Access to Information
The Day will feature a major global conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This event will be an opportunity to discuss, in several panel discussions, Access to Information and Artificial Intelligence, covering both benefits and risks, against the backdrop of good governance principles.
en.unesco.org
September 28 - October 6
Collective Trauma Summit
We are living in a technological time where we can witness collective trauma events that happen not just in our local communities but also globally. This can help us be more aware of the impact of trauma, but it can also polarize people and populations against one another.
In our upcoming Collective Trauma Summit 2022 we will explore important topics such as trauma-informed journalism and media movements, field work in conflict zones, how spiritual practice resources trauma healing, how to integrate collective trauma into therapy practices, and much more. A free online event from Thomas Hubl and the Pocket Project featuring over 50 speakers on addressing collective trauma in individuals, communities and societies
collectivetraumasummit.com
International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction
In 2019, the 74th United Nations General Assembly designated 29 September as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, recognizing the fundamental role that sustainable food production plays in promoting food security and nutrition. ... One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, which amounts to about 1.3 billion tonnes per year.
International Translation Day
International Translation Day is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security. The day is observed on the Feast Day of St Jerome, bible translator who is considered to be the patron saint of translators. Working in six official languages, the United Nations is one of the world's largest employers of translators.


We recently downsized from a spacious, three-level home, complete with finished basement and attic, to a small, two-bedroom condominium. Shortly after this move, we were blessed with our second child.
Having such a small space into which to bring a second child certainly comes with some challenges, but it also makes keeping an eye upon our child and safety-proofing our home a little easier. Even then, there are items in this smaller space that we must adjust to keep baby from harming herself. Beyond the general outlet covers and cabinet locks, we're taking several other steps to make our home safer for the little one.
No, I'm not going to go around sawing off table edges or changing or taking off all our cabinetry hardware. This doesn't mean though that I don't have a trick or two up my sleeve when it comes to making such items safer. I plan on using tactics that I used in our previous home for these areas. These techniques consist of taping cardboard over certain sharp table edges, and I plan to use fabric from old t-shirts and other clothing as padding to tie around low lying handles that may have sharp edges.
Our five-year-old is very helpful with the new baby and he is pretty good about keeping his toys organized, but in our small space, his toys still have a tendency to creep into spaces they shouldn't from time to time, making those items with small pieces potential choking hazards for baby.
Therefore, as baby number two begins to prepare for crawling, we've discussed boundaries for certain toys with our older child. He now has areas that are specific to his playing with certain smaller toys that could be grabbed by the baby and put in her mouth. He is also charged — as part of his allowance duties — with ensuring that these small toys are placed into certain bins and containers that we have given him and put away regularly to keep the toy encroachment from becoming overbearing.
Some of the easiest baby proofing comes simply by way of rearranging some of our cabinets. Many of those cleaning supplies under the sink…yep, they're going into higher shelves. The same may go for certain dishware or other breakable or dangerous items that are currently reachable to a crawling baby or toddler. This way we won't have to worry about baby pulling things down onto herself or getting into spaces she shouldn't. While I'll likely put baby proof locks on certain cabinets, I can't do that for everything, and sometimes it's just easier to do a little rearranging, and better, since it often forces us to declutter a bit in the process.


Just weeks after Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber's whirlwind engagement whilst in the Bahamas, the couple where only officially together for a few weeks, Baldwin has swapped her engagement ring for a diamond band leaving us to think the couple have already tied the knot.
Baldwin, 21, stepped out with fiancé Beiber on Monday in NYC wearing two rings on her finger, however, neither of which were her custom-made engagement ring from the proposal.
Hailey is seen wearing only a diamond eternity band along with a second thicker gold band. Usually, engagement rings and wedding bands are worn together on the left ring finger, but Baldwin has replaced it with this two ring stack.
Meanwhile, Bieber, does not seem to be wearing any kind of ring on either hand which leaves us wondering if their marriage has already happened in secret.
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Auberlen, Foley Double Up at VIR
Turner Motorsport claims double Pilot Challenge podium, two wins on VIR weekend…
John Dagys
Photo: Rick Dole/IMSA
Bill Auberlen and Robby Foley doubled up with their second win in as many days at Virginia International Raceway, claiming victory in Sunday's Virginia is for Racing Lovers Grand Prix.
In a near mirror image to Saturday's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race, Auberlen took the checkered flag for Turner Motorsport but this time in the team's No. 95 BMW M4 GT4.
The BMW veteran, who became the winningest driver in IMSA history with his 61st career top-level victory on Saturday, took his first Michelin Pilot Challenge victory of the season in a commanding drive.
Auberlen finished 1.899 seconds ahead of the No. 35 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Jim Cox and Dylan Murry, who was amid a fierce three-way fight for the runner-up position in the closing stages of the two-hour race.
Murry got around the No. 22 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 of Seb Priaulx, who was the last car to pit with 19 minutes to go and initially emerged in second.
However, the second-generation driver faded to fourth at the checkered flag.
Foley ended up with a double podium finish with the No. 96 Turner BMW he shared with Vin Barletta coming home third overall and in the GS class.
Foley jumped into the No. 96 BMW just seconds after handing the No. 95 car over to Auberlen during the first round of pit stops, essentially driving the entire race between two cars.
It marked Foley's first career Pilot Challenge win.
The No. 7 Archangel Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport of Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman completed the top-five.
Hyundai Podium Sweep Again in TCR
Mason Filippi and Michael Lewis claimed top class honors in TCR, in another podium sweep for Bryan Herta Autosport and Hyundai.
Filippi took the No. 98 Hyundai Veloster N TCR to a 0.944-second win over the No. 21 car of Mark Wilkins, with Parker Chase finishing third in class in the team's No. 29 car.
It marked the third consecutive podium sweep for the Korean manufacturer and the first of the season for the Filippi and Lewis pairing.
The No. 73 LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type-R TCR of Mike LaMarra and Mat Pombo was the best finishing non-Hyundai in fourth.
RESULTS: Virginia is for Racing Lovers Grand Prix
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John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for FOXSports.com and SPEED Channel and has contributed to numerous other motorsports publications worldwide. Contact John
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2 Video Game Stocks You've Never Heard Of
John Ballard, The Motley Fool
Motley Fool November 26, 2018
The video game industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years thanks to the rise of esports and new players entering the market. Top game makers such as Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) have benefited from an industry that's estimated to be worth $138 billion and is growing 11% per year, according to industry researcher Newzoo. The industry is expected to attract millions of new players over the next three years, which spells opportunity not only for game companies and graphics card suppliers such as NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices, but also for makers of gaming accessories.
Logitech International (NASDAQ: LOGI) and Turtle Beach (NASDAQ: HEAR) are two of the leading makers of gaming essentials, such as mice, keyboards, and headsets, and they have experienced soaring demand this year, as "battle royale" games such as Fortnite have attracted millions of new players to the video game industry.
Here's what you need to know about Logitech and Turtle Beach.
A young woman sitting at a computer, wearing a headset and playing a video game.
Essentials for every gamer
For years, Logitech has been one of the top brands for selling various computer essentials. The company makes products spanning video-conferencing equipment, webcams, general use keyboards and mice, audio speakers, and pointing devices. But the company's largest and fastest-growing category has been gaming.
Under CEO Bracken Darrell, Logitech has set out to be the Nike of esports. It's a fitting description, considering a gamer who purchases Logitech's G Pro wireless gaming mouse for $150 is no different from a marathon runner who buys a pair of Nike Zoom running shoes for about the same price. The right shoes mean everything to a runner, and it's no different for gaming enthusiasts. Logitech is designing high-end mice and keyboards that sell for premium prices but are must-haves for players who want to be at their best competing with other players in online gameplay.
Strong sales of these premium gaming products have led to impressive results lately. In the most recent quarter, the company delivered revenue growth of 9% year over year, while non-GAAP earnings per share grew 26%. Gaming accessories made up only 23% of total revenue, but robust growth of 41% in the segment was enough to power most of Logitech's incremental revenue growth in the quarter.
The top headset maker
Turtle Beach has the No. 1 market share position for gaming headsets, which is most of its business. It makes quality headsets for every price point, from about $60 to the premium end at $250. Turtle Beach has become a major gaming brand, thanks to partnerships with top esports organizations, including its sponsorship of the Houston Outlaws in Activision's Overwatch League.
Shares of the headset maker have shot to the stratosphere, up 700% year to date. The company has grown revenue 154% year over year through the first three quarters of 2018. Analysts expect the company to report $270 million in revenue for the full year, representing 81% growth over 2017.
The bottom line has significantly improved over the last year, with 2018 earnings expected to reach $2.59 per share, compared with a loss of $0.28 in 2017. However, analysts expect earnings to fall next year to $1.65, along with lower revenue of $245 million. This highlights a key concern about the company's ability to generate recurring sales over time.
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While Logitech is diversified across several categories, which lowers its risk profile for investors, Turtle Beach is a small company that's very dependent on growing sales of headsets. How often does a gamer need to upgrade headsets?
As it turns out, more often than you might think. Based on Turtle Beach's own internal research, console gamers upgrade or replace their headset once every 23 months on average. Among the Fortnite player base, Turtle Beach's own survey found that about 30% of first-time headset buyers plan to replace or upgrade within 12 months.
Looking at the big picture, management is planning to use the company's recent spurt in profitability to reinvest in new product categories such as mice and keyboards. Although there is competition with Logitech and others in these categories, Turtle Beach could have success with these products, given its existing relationships with esports organizations and game streaming personalities to spread its brand awareness.
Still, I would be very cautious with Turtle Beach. There are a lot of gamers who buy a quality headset and never feel the need to upgrade. A sudden slowdown in either the upgrade cycle or new players entering the market could dramatically change the company's fortunes.
Also, while Logitech is well diversified and has a market capitalization of $5.3 billion, Turtle Beach is a small-cap stock with a market cap of only $206 million. Small-cap stocks can be quite volatile, especially around quarterly earnings announcements, so keep that in mind.
All that said, if you already own shares of any of the top game makers, such as Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA), or Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), and you're looking for additional ways to invest in the growing video game industry, Logitech and Turtle Beach are worth a look.
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Thomas Hubka | Special to The Oregonian by Thomas Hubka | Special to The Oregonian
on August 29, 2014 at 8:24 AM, updated August 29, 2014 at 8:37 AM
Gable-entry house: Far more common than Victorian mansions, these small vernacular houses with doors in either the gable-end or the long-side, were some of Portland's most numerous single-family houses before 1900. Photo by Thomas Hubka.
(Additional photos are at the end of the article.)
Portland is known for its distinctive neighborhoods and substantial housing but it's not easy to categorize or even name most of the city's 150,000 houses. Loose terms like ranch, Cape and bungalow are broadly used but are highly generalized and are often not very helpful.
While older "historic" homes are often identified by architectural styles such as Queen Anne, Colonial and Italianate, most common houses in a variety of modest stylistic mixtures are not so easily identified.
Yet Portland's common houses can be named and classified. Whatever they are called: popular, common, vernacular, developer-built, everyday homes, they constitute the largest portion of Portland's housing in any period or neighborhood of the city.
Without a means of naming and classifying them, these dwellings tend to be left out of the histories of Portland's architecture, neglected in preservation and historic surveys and politely marginalized when considering their significant contribution to the over quality of our city's quality of life.
In a series of articles on individual neighborhoods, we will focus on a neighborhood's most popular types of houses that consistently give unique character to every district of the city, such as Buckman's creative porch gables, Hilldale's varieties of the split levels, Kerns' working-class doubles and Eastmoreland's brick, corbelled-gable, storybook houses.
Rather than focusing on a neighborhood's oldest or most ornate houses, every Portland neighborhood also has distinctive types of common houses that help to define its dominant residential character. We will examine how and why these common houses were made and the reasons they look the way they do.
Eras/Periods of Portland's Common House Construction
In the late 19th century, most Portlanders did not reside in grand Victorian mansions usually photographed but instead lived in either multi-unit tenement and boarding houses or small, two-and-three room wooden houses and workers cottages. Most of these structures, however, have either been destroyed or remodeled beyond recognition.
In the housing boom that followed the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905, Portland builders produced early modern houses, like the four-square, the four-room "pyramid" and the gable-and-wing that still exist in most neighborhoods. But Portland's most popular house of the first half of the 20th century was the common bungalow produced in many varieties but most popularly in a one-story, asymmetrical, porch and gable-to-the-street style.
Although usually recognized by its craftsman-bungalow style with large eave boards and wooden brackets, it also contained the first modern kitchens, dining rooms and baths for the working classes.
By the late 1920s, the bungalow style was gradually replaced by common houses in more historic styles, often labeled "period revivals." It is a confusing group of styles but there were two dominant influences: American Colonial sources, like the Cape Cod house, and European sources, primarily English, often called "Tudor" and imitating English cottages.
The end of WWII began a housing boom that transformed Portland and the nation. Although the ranch house is the symbol of this era, it is difficult to precisely name Portland's most popular mid-century houses because they typically combine elements of the ranch with more traditional features like shutters and more steeply peaked roofs.
"Minimal-traditional" is a way to describe these most common houses, which combined modern materials (like plywood) and modern aesthetics (like corner windows) with older traditions features.
During the last 20 or 30 years, new types of, as yet unnamed, popular houses have dominated the Portland housing market. We might label them wide-lot and a narrow lot suburban house types.
The houses in the photo gallery represent some of Portland's most popular houses through successive eras. In the following weeks, will be examining Portland most common houses in different neighborhoods where variations on these standard types always provides unique residential character.
— Thomas Hubka
Thomas Hubka is a Portland-based author, architectural historian and Professor Emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who has recently taught architecture courses at the University of Oregon, Portland State University and Portland Community College and offers neighborhood tours for the Architecture Heritage Center.
© 2014 OregonLive.com. All rights reserved.
Four-square: Named for its four major ground-floor rooms in its square plan, the four-square was one of Portland's most popular middle-upper class residences following the Lewis and Clark Expedition housing boom at the turn of the last century. Photo by Thomas Hubka.
Bungalow: Portland's most popular house before WWII, the bungalow was constructed in several distinctive local variations in Portland's neighborhoods. Photo by Thomas Hubka.
Cape (Cod) house: Following the Depression, this popular Cape (Cod) house, associated with the Colonial Revival, supplanted the bungalow as Portland's most popular house type. Photo by Thomas Hubka.
Tudor (English cottage) house: In many local variations, these picturesque houses borrowed from an English and European vernacular, country house tradition and vied with the Cape Cod, Colonial revival houses, like the Cape Cod, in a battle of the styles for Portland popular housing market. Photo by Thomas Hubka.
Ranch house: America's most popular single-family house type, the typical ranch was the first house to fully unite the garage within the structure of the house. Photo by Thomas Hubka.
Minimal-tradition house: There is no name for this most common, post-WWII Portland house that combined modern ranch house features with traditional historical elements of the Cape, such as steeper roofs, shutters, and historical molding and trim. Photo by Thomas Hubka.
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If also you would like to know what is a backlink – keep on reading.
In short – backlink is just like a handshake between one website and another; or a vote that your website is any good.
The more votes (or backlinks) you have the popular your website is on the World Wide Web (internet).
If you want a bit more technical explanation of "what is a backlink".
Backlinks are links to your website from other websites.
A backlink is a term often used in SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). When one website references or adds a URL to another site – it's how backlinks are born.
Also called an Inbound Link (IBL) these links are important in determining the popularity (or importance) of your Web site. Some search engines, including Google, will consider Web sites with more backlinks more relevant in search results pages.
Some search engines, including Google, will consider Web sites with more backlinks more relevant in search results pages.
May also be written as two separate words, back link.
Anchor Tag <a>: Starting of the link is represented by the anchor tag. The anchor tag is to say the search engine; hyperlink is about to follow.
Link Reference: Hyperlink Referral (href) indicates the address to which anchor text is pointing out. The address should be inside the quotation. The address doesn't need to be the web page always it can also be the link to image or a file. Sometimes address can also be "#" which means these are local links which take you to the same page or different section of the same page.
Anchor Text: Anchor Text is a text and only portion of the anchor tag which is seen to the user on the web page. When the user links to the anchor text(Text in which link is given), the link will open. These anchor text is usually formatted to indicate the user, it is clickable. The general indication of anchor text is, text in blue color text or underlined for the user convenience and to differentiate from other text.
Closing Tag </a>: This signals the search engine regarding the end of the link. This is just closure of the hyperlink tag.
How to create a backlink?
All backlinks are not created equally.
Why do you need to create backlinks?
Why your site needs backlinks?
As stated above – backlinks are like votes – thus the more votes your site has, the popular it gets.
Build the popularity online and you will start getting organic traffic, building the community and site's authority.
Why do you to link to pages within your domain?
At the beginning when you are starting out there will be very few sites that would link to your page. So linking to your own pages internally is a good way to get internal backlinks.
So linking to your own pages internally is a good way to get internal backlinks.
That's one way to rank on Google.
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The launch trailer for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger has been released a couple of days before its May 22 release, probably in an attempt to remind everyone that this game even existed in the first place.
Despite my snark, I actually enjoyed the previous entries in the Call of Juarez series and after viewing the trailer (embedded above) the game actually doesn't look half bad.
The trailer follows the character Silas and his adventures against enemies such as Butch Cassidy and Jesse James. It also highlights the numerous abilities you can use to help gain an advantage over the enemy, these include the Sense of Death which helps you dodge bullets and Concentration mode which slows down time allowing you to get off shots with more precision.
The trailer shows off three gameplay modes. True West is a hard setting in which the enemies are much tougher and there is no HUD, Arcade mode gives you all gameplay and no story if that's your thing and finally Duel mode allows you to stand-off against other in a shootout in the Wild West.
Let me know in the comments if this trailer has peaked your interest in the game. It certainly taught me more about it then anything else I'd heard about the game.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger releases May 22 on XBLA, PSN and PC for $14.99.


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'The Night When Ali Screamed'
Posted Jun 13, 2016 by Farhan Naqvi | Personal Injury
Muhammad Ali, who was one of the most influential people of the 20th century, according to some, passed away quietly after a decades-long struggle with a serious brain injury.
Some fans may remember the former champ's 1980 comeback fight against Larry Holmes. Mr. Ali, who could once float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, looked like a completely different fighter that night: he was almost entirely immobile and landed fewer than a dozen punches over ten rounds. Shortly after Mr. Holmes pinned his opponent against the ropes and landed a sharp uppercut to the kidney which triggered a shriek of pain, "the night when Ali screamed," as one sportswriter termed it, came to an end.
Three months earlier, Mayo Clinic physicians had examined Mr. Ali at the Nevada Athletic Commission's request. Doctors noted telltale warning signs; for example, the champ had trouble speaking, touching his finger to his nose, and hopping on one foot. But they found no specific illness, and officials renewed Mr. Ali's boxing license. In later years, the boxer and his family pointed to that fight as the beginning of his Parkinson's disease.
Michael Okun, of the National Parkinson Foundation, believes that Muhammad Ali was genetically predisposed to Parkinson's, because he was diagnosed at such a young age, but that head trauma "unmasked" the condition. One recent study concluded that head injury victims are 57 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease.
Every year, 1.7 million Americans are diagnosed with a TBI. Although about 80 percent of these victims are rushed to emergency rooms, many of them are essentially treated and released. TBIs are difficult to diagnose, because the initial symptoms can be deceiving. For example, instead of "passing out," many victims experience a partial loss of consciousness, and first responders and other professionals often mistake this dazed state as shock from the accident.
In the hours and days that follow, the loss of consciousness and other initial symptoms, like nausea and vomiting, often give way to tinnitus (ringing in the ears), persistent headaches, trouble sleeping, and personality changes. Without aggressive medical treatment and physical therapy, victims will ultimately develop dementia-like symptoms. Though brain injuries are permanent, the symptoms are manageable and most victims can live somewhat normal lives.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy and other sports-related brain injuries garner considerable media attention, but most TBIs occur as a result of:
Motor vehicle crashes,
Sudden loud noises, like explosive blasts,
Falls, and
Victims in these cases are generally entitled to compensation for their economic damages, like lost wages, and noneconomic damages, such as loss of consortium (companionship).
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Economía / Finanzas / Mercado de valores. Bolsa / Opciones, Futuros y otros derivados financieros /
Pricing the future
finance, physics, and the 300-year journey to the black-scholes equation: a story of genius and discovery
Szpiro, George G.
Editorial: Basic Books
Lugar de la edición: New York. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
Economía / Historia económica y del pensamiento económico / Historia económica /
Options have been traded for hundreds of years - at least since the sixteenth century when they were used to buy and sell commodities in Antwerp and Amsterdam - but for centuries nobody knew what their true value really was. They were traded at prices determined by supply and demand, with investors estimating their values according to their gut feelings. Indeed, until fairly recently it was not even known what determines the value of an option. Throughout history, mathematical and financial wizards tirelessly searched for the equation that would precisely establish value and pricing. The problem was finally solved in 1973 and two of the discoverers - Myron Scholes and Robert Merton - received the Nobel Prize in 1997. But, the following year, the multi-billion-dollar hedge fund that Scholes and Merton helped launch - Long Term Capital Management - lost nearly $5 billion and had to shut its doors, proving that even highest academic achievements are no guarantee for financial success. In "The Equation that Changed Wall Street", financial economist George Szpiro retraces the historical and intellectual developments that ultimately led to the breakthrough of an options pricing formula. With narrative verve Szpiro describes the hunt for the elusive equation and the colorful personalities who conducted the spectacular search.
Otros libros de Szpiro, George G.
Numbers rule
La vida secreta de los números
Risk, choice, and uncertainty


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Can someone please help me fix this!
Did this start to happen after some update (e.g. update of the theme) or maybe a switch of the site from non-SSL to SSL?
I'm asking because what seems to be happening is the way those "trigger buttons" are generated. each of these buttons is a HTML "a" tag so it should be a link. Clicking on it triggers some JS that in turn opens the popup.
:void()" - a value of the "href" attribute - doesn't include and is not a protocol prefix, doesn't include and is not a link to any resource in the same or other domain etc. This raises security issue in browser which blocks that call and breaks other JS.
That being said, I'm 95% sure that this is the issue, though I do not rule out other possible causes. But I believe this is the problem.
Could you tell me how they were added to the page? Is it some shortcode form the them or some specific settings? Is there any way/place on site where I could see an example configuration of such button?
Thank you for your update, Philip.
I would like to begin by saying that I have carefully reviewed all the available information on the matter and I can say that I was able to recreate the issue and spot some potential reasons for it.
Note that this restored partial functionality to your buttons as now some of them seem to work upon the initial or secondary click, however as I can see once the popup is displayed it cannot be closed.
With this in mind, I would advise you to contact your website developer and relay this information and ask him to review the browser console for the other errors that are generated by the application itself.
Note that it would be best this case to be further handled by a skilled developer as it now falls into a field which our scope of support does not specialize in.
Still, if any further modifications can be made on our side, do not hesitate to contact us again.
Note that I did not disable any plugins during this investigateion as well.
Wow, Adam, this was an extremely helpful response and insight into this issue. I have very little experience with many of the things you mentioned, however, I am very appreciative that you understand what seems to be going on here because this is one of the crucial elements of my site.
To answer your questions; these buttons are automatically generated by my site's real estate specific WordPress theme, "HomeVillas". There is a custom post type for "properties", and these properties can be assigned to "agents". These buttons will open a contact form that links to those agent's inboxes, which is why they are so important because it is built into the functionality. I believe you would need to look at the theme's code (or the plugin that comes with the theme to power it's functionalities).
I am not sure if this is connected, however, my site has also suddenly started blocking all pop-ups created by the Popup Pro plugin I've been using from your company. It was working fine forever, but then they suddenly stopped appearing.
It was a good move to get in touch with the host and it's great that they applied some additional tweak related to CORS issue.
However, I don't think that solve the case even partially as I've been experiencing exactly the same behavior as described by Konstantin from SiteGround when I was posting my previous response here: the popup did eventually show up after 2nd or 3rd attempt with no way to close it.
I think it's still an issue and still related to the same thing that I explained before - which, as you explained that the buttons are added by the theme, would be strictly a theme code issue.
In case you weren't able to contact theme developers or they were refusing assistance, let me know and I'll see how I could help you solve this.
Where can I see Popup Pro popups on site to check them too?
Let me look into this and provide a response, in the meantime; the pop-up pro plugin is set to show a pop up on every page when scrolled down 25% of the page...currently it does not appear at all (this happened well before the other theme popups stopped working) I greatly appreciate your assistance!
I apologize for the delayed response, it's been a bit more busy here recently than usually.
Would you mind enabling support access to the site so I could check this "25% scrolling" issue? To do so, go to the "WPMU DEV -> Support" page in your site's back-end, click on "Grant support access" button there and let me know here once it's done.
Have you had a chance to look into this issue again?
I had a look at your site but there's not much information in browser console on what could be causing this, and the issue seems to be specific to something on your site because when I recreate the same popup on my test site it works fine.
In order to find what's causing this on your installation, it would be best to perform conflict test by disabling other plugins and switching to default WP theme to see any of these are causing this issue with Popup.
I would, however, suggest that you try switching to Hustle plugin instead, as this is our more modern plugin that's basically Popup on steroids.
It's also compatible with Popup, so if you install Hustle you can just disable Popup Pro and you will see your existing popup in Hustle > Pop-ups panel, it might need some color adjustments (available in plugin settings) but other than that other settings should already be there.
Hustle also comes with MailChimp integration so there would be no need to use an additional plugin for MailChimp subscriptions.
I found out which plugin was causing this issue. The problem is, it is an extremely important specific plugin for my website's functionality. Is there anything we can do to fix this issue now that I have identified the specific plugin?
Can you tell me please what is the plugin that you identified?
Could you also, please, enable support access to the site again so I could check it again knowing about that plugin that's causing the issue? This might give me some ideas what to do to fix it and if necessary I'll also call out our developers to take a look into the case.
Thank you for following up and offering to help fix this issue now that it has been identified.
Thank you for information and for enabling support access.
I checked the site and it seems that there's a conflict related to the way the popups were loaded. The PopUp Pro plugin includes several ways of triggering popups - in the sense of the "scripts that make it show" and the "anonymous script" was apparently not working with that setup.
Once I switched it to the "Page Footer" (on the "PopUp -> Settings" page) it started to work. I've checked it with two browser, in "normal" and "incognito" mode and the Membership popup was showing up after scrolling the page down by around 20%. It also worked for me with uBlock enabled so that should be fine, I think.
I left PopUp Pro enabled on site so please take a look and check it (note please: you might need to clear browser cache) and let me know if it's working fine now.
Thanks, Adam, however, the issue with switching the plugin to display in the "Page Footer" is that it creates an error with my theme. It will distort the property pages created by my theme.
I was able to get a hold of the theme you're using as well as the WP Cost Estimation & Payment Forms Builder plugin, then I created new popup and new page with the form.
However, I still had no issues with the popup showing on my site even with all of that so it seems that there's something specific on your installation that's in addition to theme and plugin causing the issue.
Have you tried running popup only with WP Cost Estimation & Payment Forms Builder and Homevillas theme active while everything else is disabled?
Also, did you check our Hustle plugin as it's more modern and its code is better optimized to work with different themes and plugins.
Hustle will also find your existing popups so most of the settings will be already there when you make the switch so it will be fairly to easy check if that will work on your site.


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The Best Books of 2019—The Complete Reading List
A round up and summary of all of the books I read in 2019.
Every year, I track the books I read and write short summaries of the books all on one page. This page is now my final tallied reading list for 2019—if you're following along in real time, I update this list at the end of each month and then tally up the books at the end of the year.
I've been recording what I read every year for the past several years. Scroll to the end to see my book lists for previous years. Overall, I want to read more books and I want to pay attention to the quality and diversity of what I read. Tracking what I read has improved the quality, breadth and number of books I read, which inspires me to keep doing it. If you're curious, you can read more about why I track the books I read, how to decide what book to read next, and how to finish a book. Or you can read my book summaries, below, for new book ideas and recommendations.
2019 goals: read 36 books, at least half of them by women and half of them by people of color.
This year, my goal is to read at least 36 books, and have half the books I read by by women and half the books be by people of color.
2019 accountability: 43 books finished, with 88% of the books written by women, and 18% of them written by people of color.
Total number of books: 43
Women authors: 38 (88%)
POC authors: 8 (18%)
I was really surprised to notice how much easier it is for me to pick up books by women, but also how many books in the public narrative are continually by white women. I was surprised how low the number of books I read were by people of color—this is something that's continuing to be eye-opening to me and something to really pay attention to and work even more to even out.
The best books of the year go to… Priya Parker, Tara Westover, Julie Zhou, Kelly Corrigan, and more.
This year was a year filled with GOOD BOOKS. There were some duds—I'd definitely skip a few of the books on this list and I share my reviews honestly down below—but overall the number of quality books that I'll return to and recommend was really high.
For all-around wonderful reads, I thoroughly enjoyed Forward: A Memoir, by soccer star Abby Wambach. City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert was an easy and delightful summer read and page-turner, and the surprise hit, for me, was the beauty and complexity of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman. This was a book that caught me off guard, made me laugh out loud at the unexpected observations of everyday life, and then brought me deeply into the world of loneliness and the state of 'being fine' that afflict so many of us all.
For business books this year, I'd recommend The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker for anyone that is building communities (hint: that's everyone. The Making of A Manager, by Julie Zhuo, is quite good for those building and leading teams. Chillpreneur, by Denise Duffield-Thomas, which looks a bit like a lifestyle business book for people who only want to travel was surprisingly relevant and good—honestly, I still have Denise's catchphrases in my head and they are sticky and helpful.
Tell Me More is an all-around wonderful book to read for any human being that wants to connect more deeply with others.
If you're a parent or thinking of becoming one, or you are interested in gender dynamics and the future of our society, then take a look at All The Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership, by Darcy Lockman. It's a thoroughly researched book about domestic labor and the work still left to do on the home front. Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley is a beautiful and heart-wrenching graphic novel about infertility and pregnancy struggles that I think everyone, men and woman and parents and non-parents, should read. Lastly, What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood is a beautiful guide into the emotions and feelings of becoming a parent that I highly recommend.
Read on below for all of my recommendations and reviews.
January? I was returning from maternity leave, figuring out daycare and a nanny, and beginning to set up the plans for launching our Startup Pregnant community mastermind, and I don't think I read a single book.
The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility, by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. In health, we often look to the four vital signs (body temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiration rate) as our key indicators of wellness. Women, however, have a very clear and regular pattern that most health providers do not track, and it's a huge clue and window of opportunity for learning about our own health: our menstrual cycles. Lisa Hendrickson-Jack shares how and why to track our menstrual cycles (and also what to look for if you're not yet cycling or post-menopausal), and why this immense amount of data and information can be so important for our long-term health, our fertility, and our own body awareness.
🎧 Listen to Podcast Episode #108 with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack: Optimizing Fertility →
GuRu, by Ru Paul. I picked up this book in the library because I love the body positivity, self-awareness, and philosophical perspectives by this gender-defying, drag beauty who constantly challenges us to rethink what we think we know and how we think we're supposed to show up in the world. The book was a very quick read, filled with single-page quotes and full-color images and playful stories, I flipped through it while on the subway one week while doing daycare pickups and drop-offs, and very much enjoyed it.
Best Articles: How Long 'Til Black Future Month, I Wore A Continuous Glucose Monitor.
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet And Why It Matters, by Priya Parker. We used Priya's book as the foundation for our yearlong mastermind program, to meet and gather together as a community. We kicked off our time together talking about how to best come together in community. I loved the intentionality of having a purpose, designing the beginning (which comes far before the "start" of an event), and thinking through not just the sequencing of events, but also the closing. Perhaps my biggest takeaway was that intentionality requires edges and boundaries. It's okay to say no in pursuit of a better event. A twelve-person table is very different than a party of 45 people. Decide what it's for, and then design from there.
Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach To Time And Energy Management For Busy Moms, by Kate Northrup. I always feel like Kate is reading my mind, and she and I joke that we're swimming in a similar ocean during this lifetime. Her recognition of the physical and bodily cycles we inhabit and how they relate to our work and 'productivity' has been instrumental in women shifting their work schedules to align with their cycles of energy and creation. It's a magical process. In this book, she has 14 different 'experiments' to tap into a new way of managing your time and reducing your workload, both literally and energetically. Even just doing one experiment could shift things.
🎧 Listen to Podcast Episode #008 with Kate Northrup: Achieve More, Do Less →
Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos, by Lucy Knisley. This stunning graphic comic is a heart opening novel of the trials of getting pregnant and how hard pregnancy can be. Lucy shares her stories around how hard it was to get pregnant, having surgery to help get pregnant, and then suffering through preeclampsia and swelling up during the third trimester. She undergoes a traumatic and intense delivery and has to return to the hospital after the delivery. Ultimately, they decide that the risk is too high to try for another kid, and decide to be a one-child family. The story is beautifully written and illustrated, and full of pause moments that open up a chance to educate the reader about the realities of miscarriage, pregnancy challenges, nausea, and trauma.
🎧 Listen to Podcast Episode #118 with Lucy Knisley: You Can Do Everything… Except Get Pregnant →
Weird Parenting Wins: Bathtub Dining, Family Screams, and Other Hacks from the Parenting Trenches, by Hillary Frank. This book is a collection of advice from parents. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes painful, it's a quick and easy read to skim through parent wins, even the weirdest ones. I liked the narration by the author most—I found myself craving more of Hillary's stories, and being a little disappointed that it was a collection of quotes from other parents. Still, I laughed and by the end I was really enjoying it.
Best Articles: The Open Secret of Mom Bias At Work, I Was A "Lean In" SuperFan But Lean In Failed Me, It's Not Enough To Be Right, You Have To Be Kind, The Rise Of SnowPlow Parenting, Where Are The Mothers?
New Podcast: The Double Shift.
What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood, by Alexandra Sacks, MD, and Catherine Birndorf. MD. How can a book cover all of the emotions and feelings you have about getting pregnant or becoming a parent? This one does a really good job. I felt seen and heard, but also witnessed hundreds of other threads that I've also seen and heard in my friends, and left feeling relieved, because the complex and layered emotions of becoming a parent are just that: complicated, overlapping, intense, and totally normal. It's okay if you feel these things, and it's normal to feel like everything is changing. From your relationships with your partner, your own parents, and your family, to the way that you feel about work, to being unsure about what's next—this book was a guide to feeling a little less alone and a little more aware of all that was going on for me in my inner world and mental landscape. Highly recommend for new and expecting parents.
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool, by Emily Oster. Another winner from Emily, a book that deals with so many of the conflicting parenting choices that can come up when raising young kids. From vaccinations (get them!) to screen time (not as bad as everyone says) to her personal household management tools (asana, #geekalert), to whether or not sleep training is something you choose to do (your choice, and kids are fine either way)—I love the way she presents data and evidence and shows how to make choices within a range of evidence, and why many choices can be the 'right' choice in some cases. I think her Expecting Better book was such a standout; this one repeated the idea of "using that data" a few too many times (in my opinion), but on the whole was a great read and very informative.
🎧 Listen to Podcast Episode #111 with Emily Oster: Data Driven Parenting →
Forward: A Memoir, by Abby Wambach. I LOVED this book. It was easy to read, fluid, and the story just unfolded over the pages. Abby shares her memoir and the inside of her journey as a gay teenager to her soccer playing to her addictions and struggles on and off the field. One of the longest USA champion players and a dominant force on the soccer field, Abby is an incredible leader and powerful voice in our generation.
Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game, by Abby Wambach. Short, sweet, and punchy: this book is the manifesto companion to her memoir. This is a rally call for girls and women everywhere to become a unit, to band together, and to join the wolfpack.
Articles that stood out: The Truth About A World Built For Men
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad, by Austin Kleon. I'm a huge fan of Austin's work and books, and loved this book overall. I keep it on my nightstand because the cover is a mantra to my life right now: Slow down, okay, but don't stop. Just keep going. At times I wished I could hear more of Mr. Kleon's voice—the number of quotes and assembly of characters was well-done, but almost too well done. I wanted to know more of what he thought, too. Still a solid, wonderful book.
All The Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership, by Darcy Lockman. When you become a parent, you add a shitload of work to your plate. In partnerships where heterosexual couples believe they are relatively equal, men add about 30% more work to their daily load, whereas women add about 70% to their workloads. The perception is that both are adding a ton of work, but the reality is that women are still shouldering the majority of the caretaking, invisible, and mental labor required to raise kids. In this detailed and important book, Lockman studies the truth about parenting and partnership and how far we still have to go on the domestic front when it comes to true equality.
🎧 Listen to Podcast Episode #119 with Darcy Lockman: The Myth of Equal Parenting →
Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women's Work, by Jenny Brown. Women's reproductive work is going down—dramatically. Fewer women are having babies, with almost half of all women opting out of having babies entirely. Is there a correlation between the declining birth rates and the urgent political action to make it harder than ever to maintain reproductive freedom? Brown raises an important question about the policies governing women's bodies, and the politics behind prohibiting abortion, contraception, and more. Perhaps our economy is predicated on the free labor of women reproducing, and if birth rates decline, we'll have a big problem.
🎧 Podcast episode with Jenny Brown coming!
Educated: A Memoir, by Tara Westover. Brilliant book, page-turner. The author has captured what it's like to grow a mind from a child-like observational acceptance of the world and the way it is, to an expanded, vast reach of information and knowledge. Her story—growing up in Utah in a home unlike many others—is gripping and dark; her journey to finding herself uplifting and inspiring.
Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel, by Celeste Ng. I listened as an audio book and loved it. A story of everyday suburban life, with the complications and competitions of parenting, motherhood, real estate, and raising teenage children.
The Body Has Its Reasons: Self-Awareness Through Conscious Movement, by Therese Bertherat and Carol Bernstein. This book was first passed on to me through yoga teacher training in 2013, and I read part of it but never finished it (there were stacks of textbooks to get through and I wasn't able to finish this one. It called back to me this year, and I read through and found this book easy to read and absorb and yet the implications of understanding our body and how it really works still seems like such a foreign concept to our modern world. Even now,
The Making of A Manager, by Julie Zhuo. A young twenty-something joins a rapidly growing team—one of the largest in the world, at Facebook, and soon becomes a manager. Julie documents her growth and the steep learning curve of becoming a manager, including the ways she excelled at leading a team, and the hard lessons she had to learn about doing too much herself, how to run efficient operations, what to look for when hiring, and how to become not just a good manager, but a great one. This case study of her experience gave me a ton to learn from, with lessons I'll use on my own teams.
Dare To Lead, by Brené Brown. I struggled through this book. I'm a huge Brené Brown fan, and this book felt sleepy and like it could have used another round of organization. I imagine that the book was on a tight deadline amidst more projects happening than I can fathom, and I aspire to be as prolific as this author. I was probably not the target audience, either; it felt directed at a more corporate crowd and managerial crew that needs the data around vulnerability and shame before being able to make institutional change. Some good nuggets and workflows, but it took me several months to finish.
Brave, by Rose McGowan. McGowan is known for her direct, honest messages and tweets and her tireless work in breaking down the misogyny built into the Hollywood institutions. As such, she's become unabashed about talking about sexism, ageism, and other -ist problems throughout the media and movie industries. At first, I had a hard time listening because she sounded so fed up and angry: but to be clear, the struggle was all mine—not hers—because I've been raised in a world that tells us women shouldn't be angry, loud, or direct. After a few chapters in, I settled in and found I quite enjoyed hearing it, frankly and clearly. Listened via audiobook.
City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert. Who doesn't love an easy summer read about the busiest city in America at the height of the 1940s and 1950s? Gilbert writes about girls and theater and sex and counter-culture, and of women who remain single but not asexual in a time when neither was culturally appropriate. Delicious read.
The Modern Meeting Standard, by Al Pittampalli. I've been writing more about how to organize teams and run clear communications, so I picked up a book I've been meaning to read for a while. This was quick, aimed at a corporate office, about how to simplify and reduce meeting overhead. I wished, at times, it had provided more visibility into the root of the problem of meetings—why ARE they so bad?—(I have a few additional ideas.) Spurned my thinking and reminded me just how bad most meetings and gatherings really are.
Kickass, by Mel Robbins. Robbins is captivating and delightful to listen to. With a no-nonsense directness and a capacity for getting to the root of any problem, Mel takes us into 8 coaching sessions with people who are struggling with everything from lack of motivation, to procrastination, to fear, to bad situations. She unpacks why people do what they do and inspires them to make change. It was especially easy to listen to because it felt like 8 podcast episodes and I could pick it up at any point. Listened via audiobook.
Overcoming Underearning, by Barbara Stanny. Most workbooks drive me nuts, because as a book, I want to read and be transported and absorbed, not given a bunch of homework that stops me from indulging in that reading-philosopher-dreamer space. That said, this was a workbook I expected—and that really helps. Five steps, with journaling exercises and thoughtful prompts to help you unpack your baseline money stories and re-examine how to grow your income—and wealth. I'm definitely going to go back to this book time and time again.
Woman Last Seen In Her Thirties, by Camille Pagan. The book was… fine. I didn't particularly enjoy it. Not a ton of page-turning plot, the scenes felt predictable, and the choice of outcomes—whether she rekindled her marriage to the husband who left her nearing retirement, or she struck it up with a fancy new fling from her new life—both felt too clean and tidy, and unremarkable. "Woman is saved by having a choice of men to marry, because to remain single is too hard." Wait, now that I write this, I think she ended up choosing neither at the end—but perhaps the decision itself, even as a red herring, felt a little too neat. The pros: the book was a quick page-turner, it dealt with agism by reminding us that 50-year olds are independent and intriguing, and women can make choices that aren't about men. Sort of? Listened via audiobook.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman. Amazing. This book caught me off guard, made me laugh out loud at the unexpected observations of everyday life, and then brought me deeply into the world of loneliness and the state of 'being fine' that afflict so many of us all. Brilliant book. Even better as an audio book, when read with British accents by a superb narrator.
Chillpreneur, by Denise Duffield-Thomas. Don't let the title deceive you. This book might be Denise's best book so far, and I loved it—the stories were delightful to read, and she takes big business concepts and distills them into practical, easy-to-follow steps. For example, marketing, in her words, is simply showing up and making offers. Most people forget to do one (or both!) and get afraid of showing up consistently, or, if they do show up, they forget to make offers. If you own a business and you have a product or service that helps people, then tell them about it! Chillpreneur was a great read to regain confidence in business skills and get creative about my next moves as an entrepreneur.
The Ripple Effect, by Greg Wells. This one grew on me. I originally described it to my husband as an "okay pop-science-self-help book," but the more I read, the more I appreciated how comprehensive it is. It also firmly puts me in the tribe of geeks who like to nerd out about intermittent fasting, food and nutrition, health and wellness, and understanding how to maximize the relationships between sleep, nutrition, exercise, and meditation. If you're into this kind of thing and want a broad refresher on the latest science, dig in.
The Power, by Naomi Alderman. An intriguing book with a rich premise: women—mostly young girls, coming of age—awaken to find that they have a new sort of power, a skein, that runs across their collarbones. With it, they can shoot electricity from their bodies and stun, or even kill, other people. Women can electrocute men, and they begin to realize the power that they have, and how everything has shifted. Where men used to have physical strength, women now dominate. Will the world work? This dystopian novel shows how power corrupts, no matter who has it, and how power ultimately does what it wants: power wants to grow.
In Pieces, by Sally Field. I've only loosely followed Sally Field's career, and reading about her body of work took me through the decades someone can use to build a career. From following her instincts to act, to the desperation for work in a line of work that's fickle, to the impact the men around her had on her life, Sally writes a memoir that's hard to put down. Sorrowful, wistful, beautiful, human.
Small Animals, by Kim Brooks. Why are we living in a world of parenting that's so fear-based? Only a few decades ago, Ramona Quimby—the beloved character of the book series—was allowed to walk to school by herself at age 5, and had responsibilities at age eight that would shock us in today's world. Or, worse, get a parent locked up. Today, parents are unable to let their children run to the park alone, and forget about leaving your kid in a carseat (with the windows rolled down!) if you need to pop into a store and get a coffee or a pharmacy pick-up. Today's parents must be constantly attached, monitoring, observant, never losing focus. More sinisterly, they are also always being monitored, as people report others to CPS, the police, and neighborhood watch groups. Rather than support each other in raising our future generations, we've gone bonkers and now live in a police state of our own making. Kim Brooks writes about what happened to her—and the years taken from her life—when she was reported by someone who filmed her leaving her kid unattended for a few minutes. When—and how—will we stop creating havoc by insisting that parents and families live in fear?
The Library Book, by Susan Orlean. Beautiful foray into the world of libraries and the way books move—I didn't know how much we could lose when a library is vandalized or burned, and how important libraries are as a part of our society. Tracing the history of some of the most significant fires in US history, and the way that archives are built and collected, this narrative non-fiction piece was look into the world of books beyond just reading them.
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestions, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. What would you tell your daughter about being a feminist? Here it is. Everyone should read this book.
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, by John E Sarno. This marks the year I've been struggling with back, hip, and pelvic pain since having my babies. Recommended to me by my therapist, I've been looking at books that go beyond physical mechanisms and tap into emotional and mental patterns that can affect the way that we feel about—and in—our bodies.
Where The Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. A novel about a very poor girl who grows up in the swamplands and lives alone after her family leaves or dies—how she survived, what she learns, and who she relates to. I loved so much of this book and the beautiful writing and ease of storytelling, but questioned the stories we keep telling of human triumph over such poverty and cruelty—is that the perpetual story we tell, or can we forge a better life?
Black Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity and Motherhood, by Elif Shafak. The many split personalities of an artist, a writer, and a new mother—from the deeply maternal to the wickedly independent—how do you reconcile motherhood with making work? In this book, writer and mother grapples with the conflict between parenting and writing, leaning on previous texts by child-free authors and authors with children alike, wondering if children prevent our create work, and how to cope and manage.
See You At The Top: 25th Anniversary Edition, by Zig Ziglar. Listened to this on Audiobook. Zig is a pre-eminant sales and marketing figure from past decades, and I heard about him because many of my business icons listened to his audio books on tape until the tapes broke. His messages—about mindset, gumption, and developing a great attitude—are as powerful as ever, but some of the stories (including the nods to wives and sweethearts) are outdated. As I listened, I kept wanting to find someone who was the modern day Zig Ziglar, but female and able to also address the intersectional + systemic undertones that are missing from his work.
Everything Is Figureoutable, by Marie Forleo. I have always been a fan of Marie's work and her ability to focus, grow, and spread a message. She is a powerhouse business owner and damn impressive. When her book came out, I wanted both to read it and support her. Turns out me and fifty thousand or so other people—her book became an instant New York Times Bestseller in it's first week. The book was pretty good; parts of if suffered from a lack of nuance and a bit of white privilege, but by the end I was humming the phrase along to myself and using it when I got into a pickle. So, it worked.
Own Your Self: The Surprising Path beyond Depression, Anxiety, and Fatigue to Reclaiming Your Authenticity, Vitality, and Freedom, by Kelly Brogan. I have so many conflicting thoughts about this book. As a long-time depression navigator and examiner of mental health, I am curious and skeptical of antidepressants. In a world where almost a quarter of women are given antidepressants, I don't think it's women's bodies or minds that are failing—I think structural, systemic failures across work and politics and patriarchy are the root of the problem. Yet how do you deal with depression in a world that is, in short, depressing? Kelly Brogan is an MD who challenges people's desire for medication and asks them to rethink their lives through food, sleep, and wellness efforts. Pain is something to be examined and dealt with—your feelings are not wrong, she enthuses. Yes, I agree, but I am deeply worried over a doctor's book prescribing people to taper off their medications. Maybe for some, but not for everyone—and not alone. This book might be dangerous.
You've Got 00:08 Seconds: Communication Secrets for a Distracted World, by Paul Hellman. This was a short, four-hour audio book and I could not even finish it. I got an hour into it and stuck out my tongue; it felt like be yell-lectured at to make things simpler and easier to understand, but I couldn't keep a single takeaway in my mind long enough to do anything with it.
The Choice: Embrace The Possible, by Dr. Edith Eva Eger. When all has been taken away from you, what do you have left? The choice to decide your reaction and your attitude. Dr. Eger survived the unimaginable—Auschiwtz, as a Jewish child in Poland at the time of the Nazi invasions. She and her sister survived, barely, and her story recounts the horrors of her time there as well as the world after. Because when the war ended, it wasn't the end of hatred or anti-semitism. And for survivors, finding a way back into the world was challenging and fraught. She describes her PTSD, her path to America, and seeking a degree into her fifties. Her work in psychology and understanding the human mind is brilliant, and her book is deeply moving.
Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say, by Kelly Corrigan. "Tell me more" is one of my favorite phrases to use when deep in conversation with someone else, and the title of the book captured me immediately. These lessons about the hardest things she's learning to say were brilliantly demonstrated in narrative detail. From her children growing to teenagers, to the death of loved ones, to her relationships with her parents and grandparents, Kelly shares how important phrases are, from both "Yes," and "No," to the humility of "I was wrong," and the heartbreak of "I don't know." I loved this book and couldn't put it down.
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, by Brittney C. Cooper. We should all be angry. Rage is a natural expression in reaction to the abysmal injustices doled out to people across the country, black women in particular. Professor Cooper writes about the intersections of sexism, racism, and classism and how they conspire against people who aren't white or wealthy. While at times I didn't follow the arguments in each chapter, and got a little mired by the winding path towards the thesis, nevertheless the book on the whole is critically necessary in today's world. Important read.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, by Lori Gottlieb. A therapist talks about therapy and goes to therapy—the book is better than it sounds! Lori is a delightful writer with a knack for telling stories that show the human condition and how we can shift our mindset over time. Despite being a bit too tidy—all the character's plot lines seemed to resolve far too satisfyingly—the book was still a delight to read and was a window into how therapy works, and how we can benefit from self-examination, especially in the presence of kind people outside of our own selves.
Books I want to read next: Birth Strike. Programmed Inequality. How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin. Eloquent Rage, by Brittney Cooper.


Farm Fuels recycles most of Jersey's timber packaging waste, providing a range of solutions, which efficiently manage this segment of Jerseys recycling requirement.
Collected material from municipal, wholesale, retail, construction and domestic customers is sorted for direct reuse or recycled into a range of products. These products in the form of kindling wood, landscaping and animal bedding products are either packed under the customers own label or the Farm Fuels™, Colourbed™ or Timberbed brands.
Complimenting our exports of kindling we are also importers of kiln dried hardwood logs, Heat Logs, wood pellets and firelighters.
From the logs that keep you warm to the pellets that bake the bread we provide………"the best a fire can get".
We ensure that all saleable and repairable pallets are separated and graded providing an efficient pallet supply service to other Jersey exporters as well as directly exporting significant volumes of pallets for reuse.


TAYLOR – Santa's Magic Forest opens for the season during the City of Taylor Winterfest on Saturday, November 24, 2018, at the Heritage Park Activity Building, 12111 Pardee Road.
"Downriver's finest holiday display" welcomes visitors Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through December 23. Friday hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday hours are 3 to 8 p.m. November 24, 1 to 8 p.m. December 1, 15 and 22 and noon to 8 p.m. December 8. Sunday hours are 1 to 7 p.m. November 25 and December 2, 16 and 23 and noon to 7 p.m. December 9.
The Magic Forest is an indoor winter wonderland that features hundreds of animated characters, about two dozen different magical and heart-warming Christmas scenes and many beautiful light displays – plus Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. Some of the scenes were once displayed at the famous J.L. Hudson's Department Store and the Ford Rotunda.
The Christmas kingdom is built and operated by volunteers from the Fish & Loaves Community Food Pantry, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. All proceeds support the pantry's mission of "Ensuring No One Goes Hungry." Fish & Loaves provides food throughout the year to hungry people in Taylor and the surrounding communities of Allen Park, Brownstown Township, Dearborn Heights, Romulus, Southgate and Woodhaven.
General admission to the Magic Forest is only $3 per person (cash only). Children 3 and younger are admitted free. Photos with Santa Claus will be provided by Rosecrans Picture Perfect Photography for only $8.
The City of Taylor created the first Santa's Magic Forest in the late 1980s, supplementing and enhancing the holiday scenes with many additional figures and structures purchased through Bronner's of Frankenmuth and constructed by Parks and Recreation employees and volunteers.
More recently, in cooperation with the city, Fish & Loaves volunteers have taken on the work of annually reassembling and hosting the Magic Forest to benefit the food pantry located at 25670 Northline Road in Taylor.
More than 5,000 visitors of all ages are expected to visit the Magic Forest this holiday season. School groups and community organizations visit during the week.
The Fish & Loaves volunteers – mostly from local churches, schools and civic organizations – are coordinated by Ron and Marion Bolen. The volunteers serve as guides and docents. Board member Sylvia Vella has served as set-up coordinator.
Fish & Loaves appreciates the support of the major sponsor of the Magic Forest, including Masco, the UAW-Ford National Program Center, DTE and the Real Estate One Charitable Foundation.
"Santa's Magic Forest is a joy to behold – a true community treasure," said Rev. Dr. Geoffrey G. Drutchas, president of the Fish & Loaves Board of Directors and pastor of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Taylor. "Seeing the excitement on the faces of visitors, both younger and older, is what the Christmas season is all about."
Fish & Loaves was founded in 2008 and has emerged as the largest client-choice pantry in Michigan. Fish & Loaves assists thousands of households and individuals, including children, distributing more than 1.6 million pounds of free food annually. Visitors can shop six times per year in a setting organized like a grocery store, allowing for a sense of dignity, higher client satisfaction and less waste. Spending more than $25,000 monthly on food, Fish & Loaves relies on food drives sponsorships, donations, volunteers and fundraisers such as Santa's Magic Forest.
"Santa's Magic Forest is a fun tradition of the holiday season, plus an important fundraiser for Fish & Loaves," said Mary Hollens, executive director of the food pantry. "As the cost of food and the number of hungry people increase annually, it's more important than ever to meet those needs. Thank you to our volunteers, our sponsors, the City of Taylor and, of course, everyone who visits Santa's Magic Forest."


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Garee's Random Image Error : No image found! (please check your category)Heebie Jeebies™ is a fast flowing party game that provides hours of fun and laughter. Find out what really makes your friends twitch, shiver and cringe. Be warned, however: it's a two-way street, and they will learn the same things about you!
In this game one player starts as the Subject. The other players analyze and guess which one of four cards gives the Subject the Heebie Jeebies. If the players guess correctly they get a point. Then the next person becomes the Subject and a new round begins.
Laughter, shivers, and faces you didn't realize you could make will be followed by more laughter as you play through the cards and explore your friends' psyches as well as your own.
Heebie Jeebies™… the game that makes the uncomfortable hilarious!


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The HOT (Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé Tiré d'un Tube, or High Subsonic Optical Remote-Guided, Tube-Launched) is a second-generation long-range anti-tank missile system developed originally as an effort to meet a joint German-French Army requirement, by the then German firm Bölkow and the French firm Nord, to replace the older SS.11 wire guided missile which was in service with both nations. A few years later, Bölkow and Nord merged into MBB and Aérospatiale respectively, both of which firms later formed Euromissile to design and produce the MILAN, Roland and HOT.
This firm (now MBDA), is a joint corporation of French and German defense firms. The HOT has become one of the most successful missiles of its class, with tens of thousands of missiles produced, used by no fewer than a dozen countries worldwide, and validated in combat in several wars. The missile system is also commonly mounted on light and medium armored vehicles, and attack helicopters.
The HOT entered limited production in 1976, with mass production of 800 missiles a month reached in 1978. The HOT became initially operational with the German and French armies fitted to specialized armored antitank vehicles. In addition, Euromissile was in the enviable position of having large export orders from Middle East nations at the start of mass production. This was likely due to the situation in the late 1970s where many nations did not want to rely solely on arms purchases from the USSR combined with the US Congress restrictions on the export sales of the TOW antitank missile.
Hot Telecommunication Systems Ltd. (TASE: HOT) is a company that provides cable television, last-mile Internet access, broadband and telecommunication services in Israel. It also provides various data transmission services and network services at different rates, services to the business sector and other ancillary services. In November 2004, Hot Telecom commenced providing domestic fixed line telephone services to residential and business subscribers. The company's shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and is a constitute of the TA-100 Index.
In March 2013, the company employed 3,958 workers.
The company was founded on August 18, 2003 as union of the three national cable companies in Israel – Matav, Tevel, and Golden Channels that can be directly linked to the growing competition of the local satellite television provider Yes. While these companies had pursued a union since the late 1990s in order to save administrative and content purchasing costs, and especially after Yes was founded in order to annihilate it before it could grow, the Israeli government monopoly regulator had denied it until the time when Yes had grown at least a minimum subscriber base. The three original companies had not competed with each other since each had been regulated with specific cities and regions around the country.


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