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The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a mid-size SUV and off road performance reminiscent of the original Toyota FJ40 land cruiser.Toyota Fj Cruiser was Introduced as a concept car at the January 2003 in North American International Auto Show, the FJ Cruiser was approved for manufacturing
The FJ Cruiser features a short wheelbase, stocky frame, and grille headlight arrangement much like the original FJ40 and the interior of the FJ Cruiser features many design elements focused on enhancing off-road practicality. All interior surfaces are covered with washable rubber materials to aid in fast cleanup after heavy outdoor use.
It has 183.9 inches in length, the FJ Cruiser is a mid-size SUV offered by Toyota in North America, slotting between the smaller RAV4 and larger Highlander. Toyota sources many components from other vehicles to produce the FJ including shared engines and transmissions found in the Tacoma, Tundra and 4Runner as well as suspension components used in the Prado, Hilux, Tacoma, and 4Runner.
FJ Cruiser incorporates a body on frame truck style design based on the Prado platform. The FJ Cruiser uses a high-mounted, double wishbone front suspension and stabilizer bar, and a 4-link rear suspension with lateral rod with coil springs and stabilizer bar.
The FJ Cruiser uses the 4.0-liter 1GR-FE DOHC V6. For the 2007 to 2009 model years, the engine came with single variable valve timing (VVT-i) which produces 239 hp (178 kW) at 5200 rpm, and 278 lb·ft (377 N·m) of torque at 3,700 rpm on 91 octane fuel.
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All eight rooms are designed for comfort. There are five types of hot spring baths, including a reservable private bath made of stone, as well as guest rooms with unique, modern-Japanese style open-air baths.
From Hakone-Yumoto Station (Hakone Tozan Railway): There is a hotel shuttle service operating every 30 minutes (until 6:45 p.m. / charges apply).
By car: Travel on the Odawara-Atsugi Road towards Hakone, and take the last exit on to Route 1. About another 20 minutes to Hakone Yumoto.
Why do national cinemas excel in some genres but not in others? Whatever its many sins, Hollywood makes thrillers that for sheer visceral kicks — car chases! explosions! Matt Damon leaping across a chasm through a tiny open window! — are the global standard.
The newer ones may strive for the impact of their Hollywood models, but with an odd, localized blend of ripped-from-the-headlines stories, manga-esque fantasy and rightist wish fulfillment. In the 2005 “Bokoku no Aegis (Aegis),” foreign agents from the “North” (i.e., North Korea), aided by traitorous Japanese mutineers, hijack a Japanese Navy destroyer and threaten to attack Tokyo. The savior of the ship — and the nation — is a plucky NCO, played by Hiroyuki Sanada, who is like a latter-day Tokkotai (Kamikaze Special Attack Force) pilot in his self-sacrificing determination. The treatment was derived from Cold War-era Hollywood spy thrillers, including Sanada’s miraculous ability to run unscathed through hails of close-range gunfire, but the film itself was intended strictly for local consumption.
The new thriller “Midnight Eagle,” however, will be released simultaneously in Japan by Shochiku and the United States by Universal Pictures, one of the film’s investors. This may give the impression that it is the real Hollywood deal, but in story and style, it is closer to “Aegis” than “The Bourne Ultimatum.” One difference is that, unlike Sanada, a trained martial artist with many action-pic credits, “Midnight Eagle” star Takao Osawa is best known for his emoting in romantic dramas. Accordingly, his photographer hero spends much of his screen time making soulful looks and heartfelt talk, and relatively little of it battling bad guys. In Hollywood, that’s called heresy.
Costars Hiroshi Tamaki, as a hot-blooded young photographer, and Eisaku Yoshida, as a big-hearted Self Defense Force commander, take up some of the action slack, but director Izuru Narushima (“Fly, Daddy, Fly”) stages the bang-bang scenes more like a war game than the real, bloody thing. A game whose end moves may be logical to local audiences, steeped in the Japanese tradition of the glorious loser, may well puzzle or annoy outlanders accustomed to the Hollywood convention of the action hero as a hard-bodied superman.
The story begins with the crash of a U.S. stealth bomber in Japan’s Northern Alps in the dead of winter. A former war photographer, Yuji Nishizaki (Osawa), happens to snap the bomber’s fiery descent while shooting nature photos, but doesn’t immediately understand what he’s seen. Meanwhile, back in Tokyo, his sister-in-law Keiko (Yuko Takeuchi) is caring for his kindergarten-aged son Yu (Hiroki Sahara), while pursuing a frantic career as a journo for a weekly magazine. She also resents Nishizaki for not being around when his wife — Keiko’s sister — died two years earlier.
Then Keiko is ordered to investigate an incident at a U.S. Army base, in which two agents from an unnamed “northern” country were wounded after being discovered inside the gates. Meanwhile, the prime minister (Tatsuya Fuji) gets word that more agents from the “North” are heading toward the downed plane, which is carrying a nuclear warhead, and orders the Self Defense Force to head them off. The Americans also send out troops, setting the stage for a three-way international collision.
Meanwhile, a reluctant Nishizaki, together with his gung-ho fellow cameraman Ochiai (Tamaki), slog toward the crash site, even though they are plinked at by white-clad troops from the “Northern” and American sides. Nishizaki is not a coward, but he’s had his fill of war and all it entails, as explained by a flashback to Nishizaki seeing a small boy killed in a war zone.
Nishizaki, we see, is a brother of the heroes in numberless Japanese war movies who proclaim their pacifism, while fighting and dying selflessly for home and loved ones. He doesn’t want to kill anyone — he’s an photographer, not a warrior — but circumstances dictate otherwise. How do Nishizaki, Ochiai and a stray SDF commander they’ve saved turn the tide against the “Northern” hordes?
Sound a shade or two jingoistic? But so are many Hollywood thrillers with apocalyptic story lines like that in “Midnight Eagle.” But instead of revving up the pace and action in its last act, in approved Hollywood style, the pic slows to a crawl as Osawa, Takeuchi and newcomer Sahara wring audience tears in ways reminiscent of the sobfest “reunion” shows on Japanese TV. Me? I was sitting there dry-eyed, waiting for Bruce Willis to show up. The savior of the world in “Armageddon” would know how to handle these “Northerners” — I’d bet my last Hollywood scriptwriter on it. But nothing, I’m afraid, can save the declawed “Midnight Eagle.”
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Guru Maharaja’s breathing is still a matter of concern and his recuperation at this stage depends entirely on how his lungs improve in their function. His kidneys also are taking time to become fully functional for which he is being supported by dialysis.
There is fluid accumulating around Guru Maharaja’s lungs but the doctors have drained it. Also, he is still needing blood transfusions which the doctors believe will stop over time.
Guru Maharaja’s doctors have recommended us to shift him to another hospital to facilitate the specialist doctor -and his team- to dedicate more time for the quicker recovery of Guru Maharaja’s health.
Today being Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees can pray to Lord Ganesh to show the path towards a quicker recovery by removing all obstacles. Since it is a holiday for almost all in India, we hope that many programs would have been organized for the benefit of Guru Maharaja’s health. Kindly post the details of these together with pictures, audio and video on
This will please Guru Maharaja and will also inspire all those around the world who see this. Kindly intensify your prayers.
Lord Ganesh is one of the great devotees of Lord Narasimhadeva. By the blessings of Lord Narasimhadeva, Ganeshji has been empowered to remove obstacles. He is known as Vighnavinasak.
On the occasion of holy appearance of Lord Ganesh we request every one to chant extra rounds to offer to Narasimhadeva for the pleasure of Ganeshji and for quick recovery of Guru Maharaja’s health. |
In the 1900s, it was rare to walk through America's alleys without finding a wayward group of boys playing a game of marbles. From New York's Bowery to Chicago's Canal Street, the locals loved playing Boxcar and Ringer. Today we introduce these two classics, as well as eight other ways, to enjoy an old-fashioned game of marbles. Join the fun and share this classic game with a new generation. |
I'm a wife, a mother of 3 little ones and a small business owner. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as "Mormons",) I value modesty for religious reasons, but I didn't always dress modestly or understand why I should. I struggled with the idea as a Latter-Day Saint teen because I loved fashion and I wanted to look attractive, but fashion and modesty are usually competing ideals. I thought I had to choose one or the other, and I often chose fashion over modesty. As I grew up and got married I finally started to understand why modesty was important. I now have a passion for helping young women discover the value of modesty, and that "modest fashion" doesn't have to be an oxymoron!
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Learn to play piano with both hands based on a single-minded focus on goal-oriented, multi-step tasks. Approaching piano practice in this manner has proven highly effective for me.
For example, choose one hand to work on at a time. Isolate the bass part in the left hand. Then, break down your left hand practice into feasible chunks; work on only playing the correct notes for example.
After you play through the section with full focus on that one goal, stop and evaluate. If successful at playing that particular section with no hesitation, move on to the next goal and repeat the process.
Then add the first two goals together (correct notes and rhythm) and practice that until you are able to play through successfully without any hesitation. Add the third goal, and so on.
Switch to the opposite hand and repeat the process of focusing only on one goal at a time, stopping to evaluate, then repeating until you master each section and goal. Then repeat until you are successfully able to master multiple focus goals with the musical section chosen for that hand.
Finally, choose a small section, one goal (correct notes) and play both hands together. Do not jump to this part of practice until everything prior to this point has been successfully mastered. The same process applies when practicing hands together.
If you make mistakes, stop immediately and evaluate why, then go back and practice until that issue is resolved. For example, if you played through a few measures correctly and then made mistakes, determine what happened. Usually the problem is that mentally you dropped the ball. Were you daydreaming about lunch? Were you distracted by someone walking past your window?
Go back to the trouble spot and refresh your single-minded focus on the practice aspects you’ve chosen. Once you achieve success, play through a larger section, or the entire musical composition. Be sure to apply the exact same practice strategy and address any mistakes immediately. Otherwise, you may make the common mistake of practicing your mistakes repeatedly (This is how many students typically practice and defeat progress!), ingraining them further into your mental memory and making things more difficult to correct.
Practicing with clear goals, one hundred percent mental focus, evaluation and troubleshooting issues is an incredibly effective way to progress as a piano player. However, if you run into difficulty, besides lack of focus on a particular goal, the most common culprit for difficulty in piano practice is practicing too fast! So, if you are having problems with the above-described practice strategy, SLOW DOWN and try again! Most of the time, slowing the tempo resolves the problem.
Our customer service is award-winning. And there’s a reason for that. As Partners, we all understand that only we can make our business a success. So it’s a pleasure to go the extra mile knowing we’re the ones who’ll be rewarded for our efforts. This is why we like to make sure our customers are looked after every step of the way. In-store. Online. Or on the phone at any of our modern contact centres.
When a customer calls there’s a certain level of expectation. And working as an inbound contact-handling representative, it’s up to our Partners to deal with these calls in the most appropriate manner, reaching a swift and satisfactory conclusion for all involved. If you’re able to take on a high volume of queries in a calm and confident manner, this could be the perfect department for you.
We have all sorts of call centre vacancies for those looking to join us. Roles include Customer Service Advisors, Customer Support Advisors, Customer Order Administrators (some of our Partners even take on a dual role between service and orders), Gift List Administrators, Customer Relations Managers and Contact Centre Manager jobs.
We service our customers through the following departments: Customer Orders, Gift List, Customer Service, Customer Support and Customer Relations.
Most of all our customers need to know that we’re there for them, no matter what their query. Whether that’s to order a fridge, get directions to a store, to buy a wedding present from a Gift List, to rearrange a delivery or sometimes to deal with an unhappy customer. It’s our job to ensure that however they felt when they called, they put down the phone feeling positive about us.
If you’re resilient, enjoy variety and suit a fast-paced environment, then you’ll be at home here. As the first point of contact for our customers, you should have a high level of attention to detail and be professional, patient and understanding at all times.
We’re looking for individuals who can rise to every challenge and be resourceful in solving customer queries. By listening, empathising and asking the right questions, you’ll clearly identify the best possible solution for each problem you encounter.
In order to be successful in this role, you should have a passion for customer care and have the ability to view every contact through the eyes of the customer. This role may not be for the faint of heart, as you’ll need to evaluate all of the information provided to you and be able to thrive off making quick but accurate decisions.
What’s important is that whatever level you join, you’re approachable and engaging, articulate and calm, informative and intuitive and can always, always put our customers’ interests first. This means customer service experience is ideal and for the manager’s roles, supervisory experience is a must too. But above all you’re good to talk to, feel comfortable selling through great service and want to help.
We’ll also help you get to where you want to be with our first-class training and development. We believe in nurturing our talent and providing the guidance and support necessary for every Partner to flourish in their career. All we look for in return is enthusiasm, passion and a willingness to learn and grow with us.
There are a whole range of benefits that we offer Partners. You will be eligible for the Partnership Bonus, where you’ll receive a percentage of your annual salary every year. After three months of service, you’ll receive a discount card which entitles you to 25% off goods in John Lewis and 15% off goods in Waitrose.
In addition to this, you’ll have access to a £250 learning and training subsidy every year, which includes any qualifications you wish to take. You’ll also get access to our PartnerChoice – our online hub of exclusive offers, which includes reduced rates at local restaurants and on holidays. Learn more about our benefits. |
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Despite the current political climate where efforts to build walls, ban travel and separate different ethnic groups are increasing, an argument can be made that over time, the forces of globalization are simply too strong and, ultimately, will prevail.
This begs the question: What must our educational institutions do to effectively educate and prepare our children to succeed in this changing global reality?
Increasingly, our schools are being asked to instill in our children not only an awareness and appreciation for changing global circumstances, but also to prepare them to successfully navigate the challenges presented by an increasingly multiethnic and multicultural global community. In other words, proficiency in reading, writing and math is no longer enough.
Today, a quality education must include an understanding of, appreciation for, and the ability to function in a multiethnic, multinational, interrelated world.
If we expect our children and our nation to thrive in the 21st century, our educational policies and programs must take into account these changing challenges and expectations. In particular, this includes priorities and policies relating to the role that music can play in the school curricula.
Music has always been viewed as a powerful tool in breaking barriers and promoting cross-cultural appreciation. That is why, for example, there is a long and strong history of the U.S. State Department using music as a vehicle to promote cultural understanding.
The number of cultural exchange programs that have music groups from countries all over the world travel to America and vice versa are too many to mention. Also consider the radio networks that broadcast American jazz, blues and rock ‘n’ roll to a worldwide audience. Teens are downloading music from around the world on their smartphones.
I was recently reminded of music’s potential in this regard by a fellow musician recounting a visit to Italy. He described two very unexpected highlights. As he and his family entered an open plaza in Rome, they heard, flowing out of a beautiful cathedral, the sound of a choral group in full-throated Latin. Upon further inquiry, they were surprised to discover the group consisted of high school students from all over the United States. They were rehearsing for a performance, one of several they were scheduled to give throughout Europe.
The second occurred at a cafe in Venice, where they noticed a play bill advertising an upcoming appearance by a choral group. Upon closer examination, they saw that the group was a high school chorus from a small town in rural Indiana. Imagine being a high school kid from a country town in middle-America singing in Florence, Italy. How cool is that!
Music is the universal language with an appeal that transcends language, cultural or religious boundaries. The notes played by a musician fall on the ears the same way whether you are American, Muslim, Jewish, African or Mexican. Engaging in musical activities with people of another culture or country can increase cultural understanding and tolerance. It is the ability to build bridges to other cultures and societies that makes music such a valuable educational and cultural tool.
In an increasingly integrated global economy and diverse world community, providing our children access to music education opportunities is critical. Rather than building walls, school and community leaders should be working to leverage the power of music as a universal language to break down barriers and build community.
Between processed deli meats, frozen pizzas, pre-cut pineapples and bagged salads, we don’t even have to interact much with our food before we bite, much less think about where it comes from. How many of today’s kids have ever had to wash and peel a carrot?
With drive-thru speakers and those new-fangled kiosks at the Mickey D’s, we don’t even have to be face to face when we order.
Many would balk at joining in an old-fashioned hog killing, but we sure do enjoy our pulled pork in Northeast Tennessee.
Although they face increasing economic challenges, farmers are still a big part of Northeast Tennessee’s way of life. You don’t have to venture far outside our urban centers to find mile after mile of rolling agricultural land.
But other than going to a local pumpkin patch or a corn maze for Halloween, when was the last time you actually set foot on working farm?
Appalachian Sustainable Development wants to change that and reconnect you with your food. The Abingdon, Virginia-based organization is dedicated to supporting agriculture here in Central Appalachia with the training, tools, and resources for sustainable business.
One way the ASD staff plans to do that is to give people a taste of reality via a series of tours through farms in Northeast Tennessee and neighboring Southwest Virginia. Funded through a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, the Farm Fresh Appalachia Farm Tours are coordinated with Appalachian Research Conservation and Development Council, Jonesborough’s Boone Street Market and the Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association.
As Press Staff Writer Jessica Fuller reported last week, the goal is to acquaint the average shopper with local food sources, resulting in more support for local farmers.
“A huge chunk of our economy in Tennessee is agriculture, and that’s going to shift if we do not — even in the next five years — really start pushing to support our farmers,” event coordinator Rachel Wheeler told Fuller.
The first of these self-guided tours is slated for Saturday to take guests to small farms here in Washington County. Tours kick off at either the Jonesborough or Johnson City farmers markets, where visitors should present their tickets to receive a map indicating which farms to visit, complete with directions. A week later, tours will wind through Washington, Tazewell and Russell counties in Virginia. Tickets are just $15 per car load for one Saturday or $25 for both. They’re available for purchase at arcd.org/registration and the Boone Street Market in downtown Jonesborough.
We encourage any family, especially those with school-age children, to take advantage of the opportunity. You’ll learn about the origins or your food and the hard work behind it, as well as the importance of buying local. |
One of the people I (Jonathan) was privileged to meet at the Onething conference was Phillip. His story amazed me. Last year, he was out on the cold street outside of the convention center and decided to come in to our conference. The Lord powerfully touched him during the worship and Phillip surrendered his life to the Lord. Since that time, his life has completely turned around. He is off the street, married, has a child and has started his own business. We are excited to see many lives changed by the power of God as we pray! Thank you for your partnership making this possible!
My friend, Ben, and I did some major remodeling. We cut out an egress window to make the basement ready for a renter. I learned so much! Thank you for your gifts last year towards our house making this possible!
During the conference, we don’t stop praying 24/7. The “fire on the altar” (see Leviticus 6:13) has not gone out for fifteen years. Me and Theresa’s job during Onething was to help make sure that 24/7 continued during the evening sessions of the conference. Jonathan led worship three different times and Theresa helped administrate making sure people were where they needed to be.
Theresa and I leave Tuesday for Haiti at 6am. We are scheduled to arrive in Port-au-Prince by 3pm. We are planning to meet with our Compassion sponsor child, Fabrice, Wednesday, January 7 in the morning. Please pray that God would touch this six year old boy with His love as we spend time with him and his family.
Our trip will culminate in a pastor’s conference focused on prayer and a solemn prayer assembly on January 12th, the anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake. |
This coming week we mark the yahrzeit of Frank Rosner, Mr. Beth El, who was loved by all and who championed the morning minyan. With that in mind, and with the ongoing challenges that have faced our morning minyan, our ritual committee asks all congregants to rededicate themselves to this important mitzvah. We've even put up a sign at our Roxbury Rd. entrance to act as a constant reminder. And if you happen to be driving by at 7:30 on a weekday morning (to or from Westhill drop off, perhaps), by all means, stop on by.
See a complete guide to the morning minyan here, including explanations of all the prayers and explorations of the terms "minyan" and "daven."
I am writing to ask you to consider attending our morning minyan. As many of you know, Minyan was very important to my father and remains so for me. Kaddish cannot be recited without ten people and this winter it has been a very challenging number to meet. Normally we get there, but on some days, particularly Monday and Thursday (Torah reading days), it's been hard. When people ask for a guaranteed minyan that typically helps, but some are uncomfortable asking for that, so many come without reciting their personal prayer. If you have ever said Kaddish at our minyan, you know how powerful that experience can be, and how wonderful it is to have a supportive community around you. Please know that your presence can be just as powerful for someone else with the similar needs. If you've never been here on a weekday or Sunday morning, know that it can feel so good to help another person, and that performing that mitzvah can really lift your own spirits as you start your day. Please consider doing this mitzvah just a little more frequently so that everyone has a chance to say Kaddish. If every congregant pledged to come here just a couple of times each year (though monthly or weekly would be even better), we would never have to worry!
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A NASA spacecraft headed out of the solar system at a speed that would streak from New York to Los Angeles in less than four minutes could reach the first main feature of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space within three years.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft, the farthest human-made object from Earth, may reach the beginning of his boundary region between early next year and the end of 2003, said Dr. Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist and director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
The feature, called the termination shock, is not quite where the Sun's influence ends. It is where a pressure wave backs up from an even farther-out boundary, the heliopause, where the region of space dominated by particles streaming from the Sun ends and interstellar space begins.
But the termination shock won't stand still. Expected solar activity will likely crank up the solar wind of outbound particles and begin pushing back the heliopause in about three years, Stone said. The shock region could move outward even faster than Voyager 1.
"If we don't encounter it in the next three years, we may not catch up with it for several more years," Stone said. "On the other hand, it would be wonderful if we got out past it, then it overtook us so we could have a second look at it."
Stone estimated the distance to the shock and the heliopause during a Monday session of a five-day conference of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
Voyager 1, built, flown and managed by JPL, left Earth in 1977 and made a string of discoveries while flying past Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980. It is now about twice as far from the Sun as Pluto's orbit. Its twin, Voyager 2, made a grand tour of four outer planets and is currently about 80 percent as distant as Voyager 1. NASA's current mission for both craft is to learn more about the edge of the solar system and what is just outside of it.
As the Sun moves through the galaxy, it hauls with it a surrounding bubble, the heliosphere, filled with particles of the solar wind. The solar wind carries an average of only about a half-dozen ions per cubic centimeter (about 100 per cubic inch) at Earth's orbit and even fewer farther from the Sun, but it exerts an outward pressure and extends the magnetic influence of the Sun.
Somewhere roughly 100 or more times farther from the Sun than Earth is, the pressure of the solar wind is counterbalanced by a pressure outside of the heliosphere. That's the pressure of the interstellar wind, a faint current of particles flowing through the galaxy. The interstellar wind surrounds each star's sphere of influence like a river around rocks whose shapes could change like elastic balloons.
"We're hoping to learn how big a bubble the Sun creates for itself and, for the first time, how much pressure there is in interstellar space," Stone said.
One method of estimating the distance to the bubble's edge makes use of radio emissions that are believed to originate from the boundary between interstellar space and the heliosphere in response to bursts of particle ejections by the Sun. Measuring the time lag between when a solar burst occurs and when the response echoes back to the spacecraft allows a calculation of how far the particles traveled to reach the heliopause.
Another method uses the difference between the rate at which cosmic rays of a certain type are reaching Voyager 1 and the rate at which they are reaching Voyager 2.
Those methods and others suggest the termination shock may be 80 to 90 times as far from the Sun as Earth is, Stone said. That's farther than anticipated earlier in the Voyager mission.
The shock is expected to have particle-density and magnetic- field characteristics that will make its detection unambiguous when Voyager 1 reaches it, providing an accuracy check for the ideas used in predicting its location.
"Once we know where the termination shock is, we'll have a better idea how much farther it is to the heliopause," Stone said.
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Christian Embassy's International feast of tabernacles Jerusalem celebration: What is Israel's central role?
“Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thiof Israel; I will also give you as a light to the gentiles, that you should be My salvation to the ends of the earth’” (Isaiah 49:6).
This verse has been used in many different contexts. For instance, many today allude to it in reference to modern Israel’s many amazing innovations, which are bringing tremendous medical benefits and technological advances to humanity.These are indeed remarkable Jewish contributions to the world, yet the focus of the passage is on God’s “salvation” – the profound spiritual blessings He has delivered to the world through Israel (Romans 15:27).
Yet that is not the end of the story. Jesus did not just arrive out of nowhere, but came according to the promises which God had made to the “fathers,” meaning Abraham, Moses, David and the other “beloved” Hebrew patriarchs (Romans 9:4-5, 11:28, 15:8; Galatians 3). He indeed was the “light of the world” (John 8:12), but he arose out of the light of messianic hope and expectancy already given to Israel. Even Jesus himself said: “Salvation is of the Jews.” That is, the very concept of world redemption came to us through the people of Israel.
Israel: custodian of the light The nation of Israel has gifted the world with many spiritual blessings, the foremost being our Messiah. It was also through Israel that God chose to reveal His nature and character to the world.
Humankind’s highest wisdom in ancient times gave us the Greek pantheon of gods, who were selfish and temperamental, taken up in revelry and carnality. But Israel insisted the Creator is not like that; He is merciful, holy, slow to anger, and ever open to the repentant soul. This, dear saints, was a precious light shining forth into darkness. And it was the Israelites who were made custodians of this light for all peoples, tongues and tribes.
Miri Regev cannot block state funding for nude art, Deputy Attorney-General Dina Zilber told the culture and sport minister on Sunday.
On May 30, Regev had asked the management of the Israel Festival to prevent any funding for performances that included nudity.
She had gone as far as telling the management that it should not even bother submitting funding applications for such performances.
In response, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel appealed, on behalf of those performers whose presentations included nudity, to Zilber to intervene.
Zilber wrote to Regev and rebuked her for threatening to block funding based on the content of the performances when she has no authority to do so.
The letter from Zilber said that only the Finance Ministry can block funding for cultural issues. Even then, she wrote that it can only prevent funding for content that is against Israel’s existence, supports terrorism or contains racist content.
The deputy attorney-general pointed out that Regev has been instructed in the past that she has no power to prevent cultural events from receiving funding due to content that she disagrees with.
Regev has continued to ignore directives from the Attorney-General’s Office, though letters such as Zilber’s free those under Regev from being bound by her requests.
Zilber noted that the nude content in the performances was protected by free speech principles and that attendees who came to see the performances “were exposed voluntarily and are not a captive audience.”
Her letter ended quoting former culture minister Yigal Allon rejecting requests at the time to condition funding for the arts based on content based on the idea that only public debate could prevent the weakening of democracy. |
Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes contain considerable amounts of polyamines, a class of low molecular weight aliphatic polycations. These compounds interact with various biomolecules via electrostatic and covalent interactions, and have diverse effects on cellular functions. The only polyamines synthesized in mammalian cells are spermidine, spermine and putrescine. To date, numerous studies have investigated the biochemistry and physiology of these biogenic polyamines. As a result, it is well known that biogenic polyamines regulate gene expression at the level of transcription and translation (Wallance et al., 2003; Kusano et al., 2008), have anti-inflammatory effects (Soda et al., 2005) via several mechanisms, exemplified by modulating pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (Zhang et al., 1999), and play important roles in regulating ion channels (Pegg, 2009). These discoveries suggest that the homeostasis of biogenic polyamines is essential to mammalian life. Indeed, alterations of physiological polyamine levels have been shown to be associated with carcinogenesis (Minois et al., 2011), cell death (Li et al., 2001) and heritable human diseases, such as Snyder-Robinson syndrome (Pegg, 2009).
On the other hand, animal models have indicated that the biosynthesis and tissue levels of polyamines decline with aging (Nishimura et al., 2006). In addition, increased ingestion of polyamines has been shown to inhibit tumorigenesis induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (Soda et al., 2013) and to stimulate liver maturation in suckling rats (Wery et al., 1996). Taken together, the decrease of polyamine levels may be implicated in some aging-associated pathological conditions, and exogenous polyamines may play an important role in the suppression of such pathogenesis. As such, dietary sources of polyamines have garnered much interest, and the polyamine contents of various foods have been determined (Okamoto et al., 1997; Nishimura et al., 2006; Nishibori et al., 2007). Polyamine-rich foods include green pepper, orange, soybean and Japanese pumpkin as well as some kinds of fermented foods.
Fermented soybean, called natto in Japan, is a traditional food rich in polyamines. Furthermore, the long-term consumption of natto by human volunteers has been reported to increase blood polyamine levels (Soda et al., 2009). Natto is made from soybeans fermented using Bacillus subtilis (natto). Nishibori et al. (2007) measured the polyamine contents of various foods: natto contained 175 nmol/g putrescine, 232 nmol/g spermidine and 19 nmol/g spermine, whereas soybeans contained 194 nmol/g, 728 nmol/g and 181 nmol/g, respectively. These results demonstrate that the individual polyamine contents decrease during the natto fermentation process. However, Otsuka and Hamana (2006) analyzed the polyamine extracts from a glutinous biofilm on the surface of natto, and found that polyamines and their precursor agmatine were produced by B. subtilis (natto). In addition, Kim et al. (2012) reported that B. subtilis isolated from natto produced polyamines. The reason for these discordant results is unclear, but might be attributable to differences in the analytical methods used for the determination of polyamines and/or in the fermentation conditions for natto production.
Overall, these previous findings indicate that there is still considerable room to improve natto production in relation to polyamine enrichment. In Japan, natto is widely recognized as a health-promoting foodstuff because it is a source of iron, calcium, magnesium, protein, dietary fiber and vitamins, including B6, B2 and K (Shimojo, 2013). Therefore, if the polyamine content of natto could be optimized, this foodstuff would be more beneficial, particularly for the elderly. Thus, to obtain fundamental data for reinforcing the polyamine content of natto, we re-examined the variation of polyamine (spermidine, spermine and putrescine) contents during natto fermentation and determined whether inoculum strains of B. subtilis (natto) influence polyamine levels.
Materials Benzoyl chloride was obtained from Wako Pure Chemical Industries (Osaka, Japan). As polyamine standards, spermine tetrahydrochloride, spermidine trihydrochloride and putrescine dihydrochloride were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Co. (MO, U.S.A.), Acros Organics (Geel, Belgium) and Tokyo Chemical Industries (Tokyo, Japan), respectively. Diethylenetriamine trihydrochloride was kindly provided by Dr. M. Nakajima of our research center.
Bacteria Three strains of Bacillus subtilis (natto) sold for natto production were obtained from Miyagino-nattou Co., Ltd. (Miyagi, Japan), Yuzo Takahashi Laboratory Co. (Yamagata, Japan) and Naruse Fermentation Laboratory Co., Ltd (Tokyo, Japan). Before use, spores were heated to inactive residual vegetative cells by suspending them in hot water (104 cells/mL) at ca. 80°C.
Derivatization of polyamines Polyamines were extracted with trichloroacetic acid from 1 g of freeze-dried samples or 1 mL of bacterial cultures, according to the method of Nishimura et al. (2006). Before the extractions, 1000 nmol of diethylenetriamine trihydrochloride was added to the sample as an internal standard. Each extract was combined, and its 0.2-mL aliquot was freeze-dried.
After 300 µL of acetonitrile (containing 240 mM benzoyl chloride and 33 mM triethylamine) was added to the extract, the solution was stirred for 15 min at 40°C, and then the reaction was stopped by the addition of 1 mL of 0.5 M NaCO3. Following the separation of benzoylated products by liquid-liquid extraction with diethyl ether and subsequent evaporation to desolvation, the residue was dissolved in 1 mL of methanol/water (30/70, v/v). The benzoylated polyamines were captured on a Bond Elut-C18 (100 mg-1 mL; Agilent Technologies, CA, U.S.A.), washed with methanol/water (30/70, v/v) and then recovered with methanol/water (90/10, v/v).
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) Benzoylated polyamines were separated and quantified with a QP-8000 system (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) consisting of an autosampler, high-pressure mixing pumps and a single quadrupole mass spectrometer. HPLC conditions were as follows: a Inertsil ODS-3 column (5 µm, 2.0 × 250 mm, GL Sciences, Tokyo, Japan); mobile phase, (A) methanol/water, (10/90, v/v), (B) methanol; flow rate, 0.2 mL/min; temperature, 40°C; and gradient mode, 60% B for 2 min, 60% – 100% B for 8 min, 100% B for 10 min. MS detection was performed under an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization interface as follows: ion mode, positive; source voltage, 1.5 kV; temperatures of curved desolvation line, 230°C; probe temperature, 400°C and flow rate of nebulizer gas, 2.5 L/min. The monitored ions were m/z 297, 458, 619 and 416 for benzoylated derivatives of putrescine, spermidine, spermine and diethylenetriamine, respectively.
Validation of polyamine determination The accuracy of our analytical method was determined by the recovery of each polyamine in 1 g of freeze-dried steamed soybeans spiked with 500 nmol of polyamines. The recovery rate was calculated as follows:
Changes in polyamine content during natto production Natto was produced on a laboratory scale. Five hundred grams of soybeans were washed with tap water three times and then soaked in water for 24 h at 15°C. The soybeans were steamed for 45 min at 0.1 MPa using a gas-autoclave, and after heat-shocked Bacillus spores were inoculated into steamed soybeans (inoculum rate: 104 cells/g), 45 g of the inoculated soybeans were placed in a polystyrene paper pack and transferred to an incubator. These procedures were performed as soon as possible to prevent the steamed soybeans from cooling. Soybeans were incubated for 21 h at 42°C and 95% humidity, and subsequently chilled at 5°C for one day. For the quantification of polyamines, the soybeans were freeze-dried, milled and stored at −40°C until use.
Polyamine production by pure culture of B. subtilis (natto) in a minimal liquid medium We used modified E9 minimal medium, consisting of E9 medium (Birrer et al., 1994) supplemented with biotin (10−4 g/L), which is an essential growth factor for B. subtilis (natto). Biotin was added to the medium after autoclaving.
The heat-shocked B. subtilis (natto) spores were inoculated into 100 mL of Luria-Bertani broth (inoculum rate: 104 cells/mL) and cultivated overnight at 37°C with continuous shaking. A 0.25-mL aliquot of this pre-culture was added to 25 mL of the modified E9 medium in a 200 mL flask and was then cultivated for 48 h at 37°C with continuous shaking. After cultivation, turbidity at 660 nm was measured for evaluating the growth, and the culture was stored at −40°C until the determination of polyamines.
Quantification of polyamines by LC/MS To evaluate the variation in polyamines produced during natto fermentation, polyamine content must be quantified with high accuracy and reliability. Conventionally, polyamines have been determined by HPLC with fluorescence or a UV detector, following derivatization of the amino groups. Recently, in order to improve the sensitivity and specificity of the conventional methods, Ducros et al. (2009) developed a novel method based on the combination of derivatization with dansyl chloride and LC-tandem mass spectrometry. In this study, as a more convenient method, we determined the polyamines with a single mass spectroscopy alternative to MS/MS, following derivatization with the more cost-effective benzoyl chloride. In addition, benzoylation is sufficient for a shorter incubation time compared to dansylation, which requires an overnight incubation in the dark.
The dose-response relationships were examined in the ranges of 0 – 40 nmol/mL for putrescine and spermine, and 0 – 100 nmol/mL for spermidine (Fig. 1). The results exhibited consistent linearity for each polyamine with a correlation coefficient higher than 0.99. Although the sensitivity was lower than for detection with MS/MS, this method could be applied for the polyamine analysis of foods. Next, the food matrix was evaluated for its influence on the determination of polyamines; steamed soybean did not interfere with the separation of the polyamines (Fig. 2). The recoveries of polyamines added to the soybeans were estimated to be 111.0% for putrescine, 96.2% for spermidine and 116.1% for spermine. These results suggest that our methods could quantify the polyamine contents with high reliability, even in the presence of the food matrix, i.e., the steamed soybeans.
Chromatographic separation of polyamines added to steamed soybeans following benzoylation. The chromatogram was obtained from analysis of 1 g of freeze-dried steamed soybeans spiked with 500 nmol of each polyamine. Peaks: 1, putrescine; 2, diethylenetriamine (as the internal standard); 3, spermidine and 4, spermine.
Changes in polyamine contents during natto production The polyamine contents of soybeans were monitored during natto production (Fig. 3). Raw soybeans contained 383 nmol/g putrescine, 1340 nmol/g spermidine and 272 nmol/g spermine, while those of natto were 411 nmol/g, 1759 nmol/g and 178 nmol/g, respectively. The polyamine levels were sustained until the steaming process, whereas subsequent fermentation resulted in changes of polyamine levels. The spermidine content of natto was 41.1% higher than that of steamed soybean. In contrast, the spermine content decreased by 19.4% during fermentation. Additionally, putrescine was relatively unchanged during natto production. In general, because heating with steam induces the elution of water-soluble materials from soybeans (Takenaka et al., 2009), the loss of some of the highly water-soluble polyamines is predicted during natto production. However, our results showed that the polyamine contents of soybeans could be maintained during the steam process except for a slight decline of spermidine levels. This observation was similar to the finding that heat-treatment decreased spermidine and spermine levels (Verciana-Nogués et al., 1997).
The polyamine content of natto has been reported to be lower than that of raw soybeans (Nishibori et al., 2007); therefore, the elevation of spermidine after fermentation is contrary to those results. The reasons for this pattern of results are unclear, but may derive from differences in the analytical conditions. For example, we analyzed fresh samples produced in our laboratory, whereas the previous studies used commercial natto products purchased from local and specialty markets (Okamoto et al., 1997; Nishimura et al., 2006; Nishibori et al., 2007). The polyamines in natto might degrade during storage. Indeed, polyamine-degrading enzymes were identified in B. subtilis (Woolridge et al., 1999; Forouhar et al., 2005). Besides, the increase of spermidine identified by the present study agrees with the findings of Otsuka and Hamana (2006); they demonstrated that polyamines, particularly spermidine and the polyamine precursor agmatine, were produced by B. subtilis (natto) during natto production. Kim et al. (2012) also reported on the bacterial contribution to natto polyamine content.
The effect of starter culture on polyamine contents of natto The potential influence of B. subtilis (natto) starter culture on the polyamine contents of natto was examined using three commercial strains employed in natto production. After the steaming process, the soybeans contained 391 nmol/g putrescine, 1097 nmol/g spermidine and 313 nmol/g spermine. After fermentation, putrescine was relatively unchanged (421 – 453 nmol/g) and spermine decreased (181 – 200 nmol/g), suggesting that the starter culture has little influence. However, the spermidine content increased in accordance with the starter cultures: 1373 nmol/g for strain A, 1361 nmol/g for strain B and 1246 nmol/g for strain C, indicating that the spermidine production of strain C was lower than that of other two strains.
Comparison of spermidine production among starter cultures To examine further the possibility that the spermidine content of natto was affected by the choice of starter culture, polyamine production by B. subtilis (natto) was analyzed in pure culture. Firstly, only spermidine was detected for all three strains. However, the previous study indicated that B. subtilis produced spermidine as well as other polyamines (Kim et al., 2012). Given that distinct cultures were applied to each of the examinations, observational differences might occur due the bacterial production of polyamine. In fact, Kim et al. used culture conditions rich in nutrients and some free amino acids as polyamine precursors, while minimal culture conditions were employed in the present experiment.
Spermidine production was generally higher in shaking cultures compared with static cultures, although bacterial growth was unaffected by shaking conditions except for strain C (Table 1). These results suggest that aerobic conditions are preferable for spermidine production, which may not be directly associated with biomass production. In the pure culture experiments, the spermidine production of strain C was lower than that of the other two strains. Burrell et al. (2010) reported that polyamines are essential for biofilm formation in B. subtilis. Indeed, strains A and B tended to form more substantial biofilms compared with strain C (data not shown). From these observations, it appears that efficient screening for B. subtilis (natto) strains with high spermidine production could be possible via measurement of biofilm formation.
Statistical analysis was performed using the Tukey-Kramer method. *; P < 0.05, **; P < 0.01, n.s.; not significant.
Altogether, our study indicated that the polyamine contents of soybeans are maintained during natto production and could be further augmented by spermidine production of B. subtilis (natto). It was also suggested that the selection of starter cultures with high spermidine production contributes to improved natto polyamine levels, reinforcing the health benefits of this traditional Japanese fermented soy food.
Acknowledgement We thank Dr. S. Ohtsubo for his assistance in the preparation of this manuscript. This work was supported by a grant ‘A-STEP search type AS231Z03549E’ from Japan Science and Technology Agency.
Nishimura, K., Shiina, R., Kashiwagi, K., and Igarashi, K. (2006). Decrease in polyamines with aging and their ingestion from food and drink. J. Biochem., 139, 81-90.
Takenaka, T., Murayama, T., and Takenaka, Y. (2009). Isolation of nicotianamine from soybean broth and changes in its content in the soybean steaming process. Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi, 56, 6-13 (in Japanese).
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Today me and Christoffer drove to Köping to attend the International Dog show judged by Edna Martin, USA.
First out was Kadamo Fire it Up "Arrax" from the Fire-litter who placed VG-2 in the class. After this SEJV-12 Kadamo Rob Roy "Dexter" from the Drinks-litter recieved Excellent in Openclass and was thanked off as 5th dog, just outside placement.
After the boys it was time for me and Mira in intermediateclass. She recieved Excellent and finished nicely 2nd with CQ.
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They did a good job but were not placed today. Moa were picked out for placement and my precious old lady won Best Bitch!
We got to compete once again for Best of Breed, but this time the younger male won and Moa was Best Opposite Sex.
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Like many sex educators, I appreciated the needed attention that John Oliver’s piece on the sad state of sex education in the U.S. school system has brought to the public.
Yet, in setting up his argument about just how important comprehensive sex education is in schools, he quickly dismissed the positive role that parents can - and often do - play as their child’s primary sex educator.
Oliver stated, “No parent wants to talk to their kid about sex and no kid wants to talk about sex with their parents.”
Not true, John. While the writers of this piece did their research when it came to sex ed programs in the U.S., they neglected to read the studies on the importance of parent-child communication related to sex and sexuality. If they had, they would have learned that children do, in fact, want to talk to their parents and that many parents want to be the ones educating their children.
He went on to say, “That is why when you’re watching a movie together and there’s a sex scene, everyone becomes motionless and silently begs for the merciful release of death.”
It’s true that in families where sex has never been discussed, it is likely to be uncomfortable for all if the subject is suddenly raised. This is why starting the conversation early and making it a part of routine family discussion is key. Because whether parents like it or not, they are the primary sex educators for their kids. This education starts from the moment children are born. When parents don’t talk to their kids about sex and sexuality, that silence sends a powerful message, one of secrecy, shame, and uncomfortable feelings.
As with the state of sex education in schools, there are challenges faced by parents who want to talk to their kids about sex and sexuality. However, those challenges don’t include loss of federal funding or the need for pre-approval for their “curriculum.” Parents are pretty much allowed to say whatever they want to their children. This is the good news and the bad news. We know parents can do a lot of damage by sending sex negative messages to their kids or giving their kids misinformation. There's a real opportunity here to give parents the knowledge and confidence they need to do a better job. We could make a lot of healthy progress just by starting a conversation about it in this country.
What I most often hear from parents is that they want to take on the task of providing sex education to their kids, but they are unsure about how or when to start. If their child is still young, they worry about offering information too soon. If their child is older, they worry that the conversation will be unbearably awkward for everyone.
The reality is that if we offer more information than a child is ready for, they will filter out what makes sense to them and the rest will be stored away for when they are ready to integrate it. Education does not jump start one’s sexual curiosity; usually, hormones do that quite nicely on their own. Contrary to what some might believe, studies show that children who talk to their parents about sex and sexuality are more likely to postpone sexual intercourse; and when they do have sex, they are more likely to use protection.
As far as getting a late start on the conversation, it’s true it may be awkward at first. Awkward is not reason enough to keep our children ignorant. It is important that we do not confuse the concept of innocence with ignorance when it comes to talking to our children about sex and sexuality. Children have a lens through which they view the world. As they receive more information, they do not suddenly see things through adult eyes. (Learn more in Why I Decided to Tell My Six-Year-Old About Condoms.)
Educating our children about their bodies and giving them the tools to understand the changes they will go through is their birthright. By not teaching them, we encourage a culture of secrecy which breeds feelings of shame. That shame is what I believe robs a child of their innocence.
I am a strong advocate of quality comprehensive sex education in the schools. I also believe that when done well, it is not just teaching about how to avoid STDs and an unwanted pregnancy. It’s teaching about love, trust, intimacy and affection. These are things that parents are already teaching to their children.
As parents, you are your child’s first experience of love. This early communication is nonverbal and it begins to lay the foundation for your child’s future intimate relationships. When you gaze into your baby’s eyes, when you feed them and bathe them with love and affection, they are learning about trust and about how good it feels to be touched and cared for in a gentle and loving way. Isn’t this what we, as parents, hope they will experience some day with a partner—a gentle and loving touch, feelings of trust and comfort?
So, parents and kids, next time you’re sitting together on the couch watching a movie (not sure if that even ever happens anymore in this age of hand held personal movie screens) and a sex scene comes on, remember that this is a teachable moment. Why not have a discussion about it? What a great opportunity to explore issues of sexual relationships including consent, safety, and pleasure. Were the characters in love? How well did they know each other before they decided to have sex? Did both people want to have sex? Did they use any protection? Did they worry about STDs or pregnancy? Did both people enjoy it? Did having sex change their relationship? Do you think they were ready to have sex? These are just a few examples of potential discussion questions and an opportunity for parents to show their comfort level with the topic and to impart their own personal values to their kids.
So, John, thanks for shining a light on the disturbing state of sex education in U.S. schools. Next time, do it without disregarding the important role that parents play as the primary sex educators for their children. |
With the same thoroughness and sound judgment he devoted to The Reader's Companion to American History (not reviewed), Garraty has edited this marvelous reference book for younger readers. From ""Abortion"" to ""Ziegfeld, Florenz,"" students of history can find articles that are long enough to inform without being daunting and are exceptionally well written. The contributors are professors and writers, including Eric Foner (History/Columbia Univ.) on Reconstruction, Dee Brown on Sitting Bull, and Garraty himself on colonial America, the vice-presidency, and much more. The articles cover politics, science, the arts, and popular culture and are illustrated with clear, well-captioned photographs, maps, and tables. Women and minorities are fairly represented. Garraty has appended the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and additional informative tables, as well as a map of the US (map not seen). A comprehensive and superbly compiled guide to our nation's history.
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Inspired by the work of Scottish designer architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), this sterling silver collection is a contemporary nod to the popular artistic quirks of the time. With echoes of period Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau. |
Televisions have become a staple in many homes, and while these appliances can be highly reliable and entertaining, it is an unfortunate fact that there are problems that can cause extensive damage to these devices. Yet, it is common for individuals to be unsure of the steps that can be taken to protect a television from these threats. As a result, there is a chance that many homeowners will require TV Repair Gainesville FL, and when this is the case there are local professionals that may be able to quickly repair this problem.
A power surge is one of the more common problems that a home is likely to suffer, and this problem can instantly ruin a television that is unprotected. To this end, it is important to make sure that surge suppression devices are in place. These devices can come in a couple of different types. One of the more effective options is a whole-house protector because these devices will stop any power surges from entering the home through the power connection. For homeowners that are unwilling to make the investment in a whole-house protector, it is important to install individual surge suppressors for each television.
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A bowl of hearty, creamy mashed potato is the perfect complement to any meal. Follow these few easy steps to raise your mashed potatoes to a new level.
Mashed potatoes play an important part in many of our classic dishes such as shepherd’s pie and as a side dish for roast dinners. But this great comfort food is also an easily prepared accompaniment to many meats, fish and vegetables. Whether you like them light or creamy, flavoured or plain, buttery or smooth, we’re here to offer some tips on how to prepare mash potatoes just how you like them.
Waxy varieties such as Yukon Gold potatoes are ideal for salads and can be eaten hot and cold. They are not ideal for mashing. To achieve a light, fluffy mash with rich flavour, floury potatoes such as Russet potatoes are recommended.
The best way to know when to stop boiling is to pierce the potato in its thickest part with a skewer. When cooked through, the potato becomes soft in the centre. Once cooked, you should drain the potatoes and then return them to the pan, covering them with a lid and allowing them to steam for at least 5 minutes. This will dry out the potatoes slightly and help them retain a texture that easily soaks up the milk and Becel® Buttery* that you’ll add next.
Adding milk and Becel® Buttery* to the potatoes will make the mash rich and creamy and helps bind everything together. Before adding to the potatoes, you should first heat (but do not boil), the milk and Becel® Buttery* in a saucepan until the Becel® Buttery* has melted. This helps to keep the temperature of the mash warm for serving.
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Seattle’s average temperature in July is 75° F with a low of 54° F. July is the driest month of the year. Days are typically warm with a light breeze. Evenings are pleasant but can be cool.
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This historic, beloved downtown public market has been in business since 1907. It is a year-round farmers market and a visual riot of vegetable, seafood, cheese, and flower stalls, along with handicrafts and tourist-friendly knick knacks. And, of course, the flying fish. Vendors at Pike Place Fish Market gleefully toss salmon to each other and crack jokes, always drawing a crowd at the fish stall by the market’s main entrance.
For less of a crowd, take the stairs to “Down Under,” a wood-floored maze of small shops beneath the main-level market. Mosey through the shops and stalls across the street from the main market, including “the original” Starbucks (the store, which retains its vintage look, was actually moved from down the street about five years after its 1971 opening.)
Info: The main entrance to Pike Place Market is located at First Avenue and Pike Street. The market is open daily. Visit pikeplacemarket.org for more information.
This vertical icon of the city is so kitschy it has become cool, and it gives a great view from the top. Built for the 1962 World’s Fair, it stands 605 feet tall and looks like a spaceship on stilts, towering over Seattle Center. Seattle Center is a cultural complex where you could easily spend hours at the Pacific Science Center, Chihuly glass display, food court, theaters, or simply watching kids frolic in a giant outdoor fountain.
Get there on the Seattle Center Monorail (another kitschy World’s Fair legacy) from Westlake Center in the heart of downtown; it takes just a few minutes.
Info: The Space Needle is open daily, including evenings. Admission starts at $22 (adult) for the elevator ride to the observation deck, 520 feet up. You can also get a meal with a view at Skycity Restaurant. Visit or call 206-905-2100 for more information and to make reservations at SkyCity.
Seattle’s Chinatown is almost as old as the city, emerging in the 1880s. Now also called the International District, it is a cultural hub for Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, and other immigrants. It is packed with Asian restaurants and shops, and home to the Wing Luke Museum, which chronicles the life and times of Pacific and Asian Americans in the area ($14.95 adult admission). Join the locals at bubble-tea shops or for dim sum. Get a big taste of local cultures at Uwajimaya, a bustling supermarket of Asian foods and gifts.
Soon the traffic-roaring Alaskan Way Viaduct, which cuts off downtown Seattle from its waterfront, will come tumbling down and be replaced by a tunnel. For now, there is a broad sidewalk along the harbor front with shops, eateries (fish and chips is always a favorite), and wooden piers jutting out into the bay. Stop at the Seattle Aquarium to see what lives in (and beyond) the local waters (adult admission, $22.95). Ride the Seattle Great Wheel, a 175-foot tall Ferris wheel with enclosed gondola-type cabins, for a view from on high of the city, Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains to the west (adult ticket $13). |
1 decade 1 year 1 month ago Friday, September 21 2007 Sep 21, 2007 Friday, September 21, 2007 11:20:19 PM CDT September 21, 2007 in Sports talking about the Lock family from Holt's Summit.
Drew Lock, an ESPN-rated four-star quarterback from Lee's Summit High School, will follow his grandfather and father in playing football for the University of Missouri.
Drew's excitement for an opportunity to continue the family legacy of playing football for the Missouri Tigers is clear, but he also joked about being glad some things have changed since his father suited up for MU.
"I'm glad that the helmets have evolved from that one," Drew said. "But, no, it definitely means a lot to me to be able to say that I'll be able to play for the team that my dad played for and to walk on the field and my dad walked on it too, which is, you can't get that in very many places and not other many people get to experience that."
While Drew had been verbally committed to Missouri for a while, he made it official signing his letter of intent on National Signing Day. His father, Andy could not hide his pride.
"It kind of put it into perspective for me today, when I sat on the stage with Drew and it started happening and I look down and my wife brought my helmet and sat it on the table in front of us today and I didn't know she was going to do it," Andy said. "And you know, I think about it occasionally, but that kind of put it into perspective for me that it's really come full circle which is just absolutely priceless to a father. It means the world to me."
"It was a blast today, going to the office this morning, 7:33 exactly was the time I signed it. I'm sure I'll remember that for the rest of my life, and that was, just a big deal sitting there, it was kind of, I was a little shaky, to be honest," he said. "Just to finally call it done and be a Missouri Tiger. It's kind of cool to say."
"You know, that was going to be home and then to go on my official visit, being in the town, it didn't seem like it was an official visit to where I'm like 'wow, this is like my first time here'. I just want to get my boundaries on the town, it just felt like I was driving around Lee's Summit again." he said. "It was a cool deal and I'm excited to spend my time at a place like that."
His dad said their family could not be happier with Drew's selection, especially since it will allow them to continue attending his games, given that he plays about a two-hour drive from home.
"Obviously we're pretty supportive, so we'll be there, and his mom kind of jumped into that whole deal, man. It's important for her. Probably in the middle of junior year, we started talking about all the other schools that were in play," Andy said. "You know, the Tennessees and Texas and the Oklahomas and the Ohio States and the proximity to home, as well as being a class organization and a great conference. It was a no-brainer. So yeah, the proximity to home is important, as well."
Andy also said Coach Gary Pinkel signing an extension through 2020 comforts him, hoping the team should remain stable through Drew's tenure. He said the Tigers' recent reaching the SEC Championship game two years in a row was also a plus.
"Success is important. So, sure you value it. Yeah, I value it," he said. "I want him to go to a winning program because when I was there, we were typically about a .500 team or a little less and I never got to go to a bowl game and that's one thing that I want him to experience that I didn't get to experience and I feel really good about the possibility of that happening moving forward, hopefully multiple times."
"Knowing that I can perform and may get to perform in the SEC with the two out of three time SEC East Championship team," he said. "But, to also be able to have the people that I want there, at the games to support me and in a physical state, like actually in the stadium I don't really know how much you could ask for more."
With the team's recent success and Drew's status as a four-star recruit, according to ESPN, the expectations are high for the Lee's Summit High School product, and he knows it.
"I'm really looking forward to actually going down there and putting the words that people have wrote about me into action in Columbia," Drew said. "You know, I want to go in there and prove that I'm the guy that people say I am and I truly believe that I will go in there and do that."
"I might actually be going down to their junior day just to visit. I might even go see my aunt and uncle whenever, you know, it's just kind of an easy deal for me. It's just like I've said this whole time, it's just comfortable."
"I remember how special the first time that I ran out in front of the crowd at Faurot Field was. There's no substitute. You can't explain it," Andy said. "You know, it's so special, so for him to get to experience that and be a big part of that team and eventually see the field, whenever that is, it's going to be very, very special and I can't wait to talk to him after that happens and say 'hey, how'd you feel man? Was it as cool as I'd told you it'd be?'"
Time will eventually give both of them answers. But for now, they'll just have to wait and enjoy the moments as they come.... More >>
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Zero-1 is in essence a single oscillator virtual analog synthesizer (VA) loosely based on the CS01 monosynth which was released in 1982 as an affordable entry into the world of analog synthesis… but with a twist! Rather than simply sample the basic DCO oscillators from the original instrument I thought it might be more interesting to first pass them through a tube overdrive and Watkins Copicat tape delay.
Mangling the raw oscillators in this manner injected a significant amount of character and movement to the original waveforms – even the splice in the tape loop adds something! Five oscillators were multi-sampled in 24-bits in this manner: triangle, sawtooth, 50% square, 25% square and PWM.
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Steve Rocker, one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Kentucky's history, is about to enter into the most difficult season of his career.With expectations at an all-time high, his players have lost their will to win and their passion for the game; none of Coach Rocker's tried-and-true motivational methods are working, and he doesn't know why.As the season continues to spiral downward and his home life begins to mirror the problems he's facing on the court, Coach Rocker stumbles upon a most unlikely mentor--Joe Taylor, the school's janitor--who seems to have answers to all of the Coach's problems."LEAD... for God's Sake" is a powerful and engaging parable that gets at the heart of what true leadership looks like.
Boys and girls will be eager to read these 365-day devotionals created just for them. A variety of themes relevant to today's primary school-aged children will encourage and challenge them to personalise lessons from Scripture. Ages 8-12.
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Until mid-August this year, it was possible for anyone to steal activation keys for any game on Steam. Fortunately for Valve — and every developer on the company's platform — the security researcher who discovered the exploit, Artem Moskowsky, decided to give Valve a heads-up. The problem has since been fixed, but man, was it a doozy.
On August 7, Moskowsky reported the issue to Valve via security bounty site HackerOne. While it's not possible to view the details of the exploit in the report, the following description is provided:
Using the /partnercdkeys/assignkeys/ endpoint on with specific parameters, an authenticated user could download previously-generated CD keys for a game which they would not normally have access.
Audit logs were not bypassed using this method, and an investigation of those audit logs did not show any prior or ongoing exploitation of this bug.
Within four days, Valve had fixed the issue, and awarded Moskowsky a bounty of $US20,000 ($27,682). A few days later, Moskowsky requested the bug be reported publicly, though it took Valve almost two months to agree, with the bug finally made visible on November 1.
"To exploit the vulnerability, it was necessary to make only one request," Moskowsky told El Reg. "I managed to bypass the verification of ownership of the game by changing only one parameter. After that, I could enter any ID into another parameter and get any set of keys."
He goes on to say he was able to snag 36,000 keys for Portal 2 using the exploit. That's a lot of keys.
Valve should be thanking its lucky stars (and Moskowsky) that the bug wasn't taken advantage of en masse.
Wow $20k reward seems pretty paltry, if this guy had done the wrong thing and shared this exploit they'd have sued for millions.
True, still I reckon not a bad rate for some freelance exploit fixing as long as it didn't take him ages to find it. Time is money friend!
It's not the only high bounty he's claimed from Valve this year either. He seems to have had one a few months ago for $25K.
And adding on the responses of @nirvesta and @djbear, on top of a tidy pay packet he convinced them to go public with the story.
(And with distribution shifting to a subscription and streaming model he's smart to get his name out there) |
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Hartig, Matheney have career nights to lead the way for Lancaster Hartig, Matheney have career nights to lead the way for Lancaster Check out this story on
Lancaster seniors Alexis Matheney, Lauren Frick and Allyson Taley were recognized on Senior Night before Tuesday's game against Groveport. The Golden Gales cruised to a 63-25 victory.(Photo: Tom Wilson/Eagle-Gazette)Buy Photo
LANCASTER - Coaches always want their best players to step up and lead the way, and that is exactly what happened for the Lancaster girls’ basketball team Tuesday when they faced visiting Groveport.
Senior Alexis Matheney and junior Anna Hartig both had career nights to help lead the Golden Gales to a 63-25 nonconference victory on Senior Night.
Matheney, a four-year starter, finished with a career-high 25 points, six rebounds and five assists. She also had five 3-pointers. Hartig also finished with a career-high 25 points. She had 10 rebounds, seven assists, made four 3s and was 5-for-5 at the free throw line.
“I really wasn’t thinking too much, I was just shooting and that was the key,” Matheney said. “Confidence is a big thing and we have struggled lately, as a team. We know that opposing defenses are going to focus on me and Anna, but when we just play and not think too much and we are both making shots, it is good for our teammates because it opens things up for them. We both are fortunate enough to have great teammates that set great screens to allow us to get open shots.”
Lancaster coach Dusty Miller added, “They both had great nights and when they are making baskets it takes a lot of pressure off the other girls. I’m really happy for Lexie because she is a great kid. I can’t speak highly enough about her and what she means, not only for this program, but for the school. She is a class act and I will remember more of the things she has done off the court than on the court. She is a great teammate.”
Things didn’t start out well for Lancaster (11-9) as the Gales missed their first five shots and were just 1-of-7 from the field in the first quarter and trailed 7-6. They didn’t score until there was 1:39 left in the first and trailed 7-0 at one point.
“Our emotions were up because it was senior night and everyone was excited,” Miller said. “It is a special night for those group of seniors, especially because they have been such great leaders. All the underclassmen wanted to play hard for them and I think we were just pressing.”
Speaking of pressing, Miller decided to turn the pressure up, defensively, and it paid immediate dividends for the Gales. They outscored the Cruisers (3-17) 22-5 in the second quarter to take a 28-12 halftime lead.
Matheney scored 10 points in the second quarter, including two 3s, Hartig scored eight points and had a pair of 3s, and Brittney Azbell scored four points.
The Gales forced 10 Groveport turnovers in the third quarter, with several of those leading to easy baskets, and enabled them to increase their lead to 52-17 heading into the fourth quarter. Matheney scored 10 more points in the third and Hartig had 11 points. Savannah Dryden scored the other basket in the quarter.
“Our pressure was nice and it was nice to see us execute, defensively,” Miller said. “The last couple of games we have been struggling to score so we wanted to change things up and pressure the ball, and hopefully it would lead to good things and give us some confidence. Defense can lead to some easy baskets and that’s exactly what it did.”
The only thing left to accomplish was to get senior Lauren Frick on the board, and she complied when she nailed a 3 with four minutes left. She finished the game with five assists. Lancaster’s other senior, Allyson Taley, but did not score.
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Told from the perspective of Kilroy, a character based on patriotic iconography from the WWII era, this young American soldier and one-time prize-winning boxer finds himself trapped in the surreal, dead-end town of Camino Real forced to grapple with mortality, the burning desire to connect and the will to live.
Through his journey to bring renewed hope to the town of lost souls, Kilroy meets a cast of unlikely characters from various periods of history and pop culture, such as Casanova, Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Marguerite (The Lady of the Camellias) and Lord Byron, who together struggle to escape their fates.
“I read it once and put it away, not understanding how I might tackle the content,” said Pickett. “A year later, I picked up the play again and found my way into the story: focus on the characters first. Now, it is such a part of my reality, I can’t imagine how I will let go of these characters.”
The whimsical costumes were created by award-winning designer Sandra Woodall -- Pickett has known her since she was a student with San Francisco Ballet. Woodall introduced Pickett to lighting designer David Finn, whose commissions include Cirque du Soleil and numerous major U.S. ballet companies. Finn recommended set designer Emma Kingsbury, who he subsequently worked in tandem with on the scenic design. The rich, textured score, which Pickett describes as a character all its own, is the creation of composer Peter Salem.
The final layer of the creative process ... the choreography, which was a collaboration as well with Atlanta Ballet’s full 23-member company. Pickett began working with the Company in September, devoting full days to rehearsal to ensure this 75-minute ballet would be completed by the scheduled March premiere.
Adding to the theatricality, Pickett challenged several of the dancers to learn lines. Williams’ text – actual excerpts from the play - were spoken by the principal characters throughout the ballet.
After more than 300 rehearsal hours, Camino Real graced the stage with splendor. Salem's score conveyed the jazzy streets and sweaty ennui of Camino Real and Pickett's choreography grafts to it organically.
What Pickett understands is that if a story is to be translated into dance - in this case dance theatre - its structure must be rendered transparent, otherwise there's just too much to assimilate. She has done everything right. She knows that ballet-making is about assembling the right team. And that's exactly what she's done, to a triumphant effect.
I absolute loved everything about Camino Real and hope that a special performance is scheduled soon, because seeing it once was just not enough.
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pply three principles to build and maintain a strong foundation: vision, commitment, self-discipline
“Whatever your circumstance, having a firm foundation will lessen your load.” —Elder Donald L. Hallstrom of the Presidency of the Seventy
In the shadow of the newly renovated Ogden Utah Temple, young adults of the Church gathered in the Ogden Tabernacle to hear the words of Church leaders during a Church Educational System broadcast on November 2. The devotional was translated into many languages and broadcast throughout the world.
During the devotional Elder Paul V. Johnson, commissioner of education for the Church and a member of the Seventy, made two announcements about changes effective in 2015.
Elder Donald L. Hallstrom of the Presidency of the Seventy spoke of the important pursuit of building a firm spiritual foundation.
Using the building of temples as an example, Elder Hallstrom said, “With the design and function of every temple, significant work is expended on what cannot easily be seen when the product is finished—the foundation.”
Using an artist’s rendering of the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple currently under construction, Elder Hallstrom described the process engineers went through to make the temple’s foundation stable amid destructive winds and invasive groundwater—harsh conditions that could damage or even destroy the noble edifice.
“Unlike building a structure, which by any definition is temporary, in building our everlasting and hopefully eternal lives, we sometimes pay woefully little attention to the engineering and construction of our foundations,” he said. “Consequently, we are left highly exposed and are easily buffeted by dangerous forces.”
The choir sings prior to Elder Donald L. Hallstrom 14,Elder Donald L. Hallstrom of the Presidency of the Seventy speaks Sunday, November 2onfusing, it is easy for individuals to forget who they really are, the General Authority taught. That is why a firm foundation is crucial to staying strong.
“Jesus Christ is the rock upon which we must build our foundation,” he said. “The Lord referred to Himself as the ‘stone of Israel’ and emphatically stated, ‘He that buildeth upon this rock shall never fall’ (D&C 50:44). …
“We have been taught it by parents, in Primary, in our Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood classes and quorums, in seminary, in institute, by full-time missionaries, by friends, by local Church leaders, by the scriptures, and by living prophets and apostles.
That concept needs to go from individuals’ minds to their hearts and to their souls, he taught. “It needs to be more than what we sometimes think or even what we sometimes feel—it must become who we are. Our connection with God, our Father, and His eternal plan and with Jesus Christ, His Son and our Rock, needs to be so firmly established that it truly becomes the cornerstone of our foundation. Our identity then becomes first that of an eternal being—a son or daughter of God—and of a grateful receiver of the blessings of Jesus Christ’s Atonement.”
Other righteous identities can then be securely built upon that foundation because individuals will know which are eternal and which are temporary and how to prioritize them.
Drawing from the hymn “How Firm a Foundation,” Elder Hallstrom spoke of the effort it takes to build and maintain a spiritual foundation.
“The construction process is a significant undertaking, and maintenance is a lifetime effort,” he said. “For you who are really trying, we sincerely commend you and want to know what you are doing.”
Elder Hallstrom then asked all listeners to “please use social media to share what you are doing” by using the search term #cesdevo when completing the statement “I am building my spiritual foundation by …”
“The responses will vary as much as individual circumstances do, and that is just fine. … We will be grateful to hear from you and to be taught by you about what is happening in your lives,” he said.
For those who have never had a firm foundation, or have—through neglect—let their foundation crack or crumble, it is not too late to put on a hard hat and go to work, Elder Hallstrom said.
“All the tools you need are available to you,” he said. “These are the same tools used to maintain an established foundation. You know what they are. They include consistent, quality prayer; daily gospel study through the scriptures; actively participating in the meetings of the Church, especially by partaking of the sacrament with real intent; continual selfless service; and diligent covenant keeping.”
Another essential tool is the counsel of living prophets, he taught. “There are 15 men on earth who are sustained as prophets, seers, and revelators. They hold the keys of the priesthood of God. We are taught by them often. We raise our hands to sustain them several times a year. We pray for them every day. However, the extraordinary blessing of accessibility to their message can lead to a lack of appreciation for its importance.”
Elder Hallstrom taught that in order for individuals to build and maintain a foundation they need to remember three principles—vision, commitment, and self-discipline.
1. Vision is the ability to see the eternal perspective, and as Jacob described, it is seeing “things as they really are, and of things as they really will be” (Jacob 4:13).
2. Commitment is the willingness to make promises—covenants with God—through priesthood ordinances. “In addition to God, we should be willing to make commitments to ourselves, to spouses (or to become a spouse), to friends, and to those with whom we serve.”
3. Self-discipline means individuals are able to live consistently with the vision and commitments an individual has made.
“Developing self-discipline is essential to progress because it seamlessly connects learning and doing,” he said. “Ultimately, the strength of our spiritual foundation is shown by how we live our lives, especially in terms of disappointment and challenge.”
Sharing the examples of Caroline Hemenway and Mary Ann Pratt, both pioneer women who suffered trial and heartache, Elder Hallstrom spoke of the need of a strong spiritual foundation, especially in times of disappointment and challenge.
Speaking to the audience, Elder Hallstrom said, “Even as magnificent as you are, within a congregation of this size, there is much joy and much pain. Individually, you may deeply feel the weight of life’s heavy burdens. Perhaps matters in your family are not as you would wish. Maybe you are struggling with your faith. Possibly you are dealing with something in your past—either something you have done or something that has unfairly been done to you. Some of you have physical or mental or emotional challenges that seem too much to endure.
“Whatever your circumstance, having a firm foundation will lessen your load. With the message of the oft-sung hymn ‘I Am a Child of God’ in your heart and soul and not simply on your lips, and with a continual reliance on the Atonement of the Savior, Jesus Christ, there can be peace and comfort even in the most difficult of times.”
The day one decides to take the disciplined efforts to build or reinforce their foundation will be a pivotal, even historic, day in an individual’s life.
“For some of us, it may be by giving up some addictive habit or repugnant practice that is offending God. For others, it may be by reprioritizing our life and making our love for God supreme. It is worth any price. Indeed, it is the essence of our life’s work.” |
While the majority of landlords continue to enjoy an incredibly healthy return on their investment property and are happy to remain in the sector, there will always be circumstances that lead to a small number deciding to sell up.
If your time as a landlord has come to an end, you will already be aware of how important it is to find an estate agent that can help you sell a property quickly and for an amount you are happy with.
While your agent should be able to offer all the support and advice you require, there are still some steps you can take to enjoy a head start when it comes to putting a house on the market.
Here are our top five tips to help you ensure your property is received favourably by prospective buyers and a sale is agreed as quickly as possible.
Whether you like it or not, your property will be judged before a viewer steps inside the front door. It is crucial it looks as attractive as possible and sets a positive first impression.
So concentrate your efforts on the features that catch the eye. Does the front door need a new coat of paint? Could the garden be tidied and shrubs trimmed? Are there any unsightly items you could remove?
It might be tempting to invest thousands in renovating a room. After all, a new bathroom, kitchen or bedroom will look great when you open your door for viewings. But from a financial perspective, the numbers often fail to add up.
Spending a significant sum on your home does not necessarily mean its value will be increased by the same amount or more and with such strong demand from buyers at the moment it should not be necessary.
So make smaller, cheaper touches that will make your home more appealing without breaking the bank. New mirrors, doorknobs and taps are great additions, particularly if yours are dated, and a fresh coat of paint can work wonders if your property has been rented out for a long time and is looking a little tired.
Often, properties for sale are opened to viewers without furniture in place. Of course, there may be a good reason for this, particularly if there is currently no permanent resident. But you should avoid this at all costs, as it implies the purpose of a room is unclear.
Instead, even if there is nobody living in a home, invest in several items of furniture that clearly define the purpose of each room - such as a sofa in the living area, a bed in the bedroom and a desk in the study.
Having the wrong lighting in place can make a property feel dark and drab, as well as horribly out of date. Splashing out on bright, modern lights to help it seem cheerful, stylish and bright is a wise move - and it is sure to impress buyers.
In many cases, you will have a tenant in place when your property is put up for sale. In such scenarios, it is important you get your tenant on side early in the process. This should ensure they are flexible when it comes to allowing viewings to take place and can be trusted to keep the home clean and tidy.
Talking to your tenant before the property enters the market is a must, as the consequences of failing to do so could be difficult. You may also want to consider the option of selling with a tenant in situ, which can be attractive to many buyers.
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Sounds simple, but so many small business owners either forget or are unsure of a process to follow to get their message out into the wider world.
There is a series of steps that I follow each time I create a new blog post. I do this each and every single time I create new content.
When you spend valuable time thinking about and then creating a new blog post, a new video, new Facebook Live, new digital download or whatever your new piece of content is, you need to maximise your reach by sharing this across your social media channels.
Back in the day, people were very concerned about repeating what they posted inside their social channels for fear of people thinking that they posted too much!
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Whilst these tools themselves are not all FREE, the process of using them to secure web traffic is essentially a process of leveraging the automation tools as well as repetition to spread your message for free.
When I create my blog post (or any other shareable content) I create a series of graphics to use across all my channels. My main graphic is the large graphic you see above you - that is my Pinterest worthy item.
(After my post is live, the first step in the process is to pin this to my Pinterest account see below)
I create all of my graphics inside Canva. I also use the key graphic from my Pinterest image and resize it inside Canva for use across my other channels. If I a create a clickable ad image ( ie if I am promoting an event) I will create a dedicated image with some CTA text on it and then use the magic resize feature of Canva to automatically create the correct sizes for any channel I need with one click.
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Autopilot is my email marketing platform - but it is a lot more than that. It is also my marketing automation tool that allows me to track a customer journey.
As part of my weekly web traffic schedule, I set up an email campaign to go out to my regular list with my new blog post information. If I don’t have a new post, I don’t send an email. I always set up these campaigns in advance with the sole purpose being to drive traffic back to my website. If people don’t open the email or click the link in it, I can trigger a follow up email to prompt them to.
Remember people will not read online unless you prompt them to, so don't be shy to send out reminders to do just that.
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It allows you to set up multiple click options for people. Whether it is your newsletter signup, latest blog posts, event sign up, your online store or your sales page. Wherever you want to drive people too - this tool is fantastic to give your Instagram audience the right choices.
As soon as my blog post is live, I pin the main image to the appropriate Pinterest board in my account. I may come back to this each day and pin to other boards depending on the nature of the topic. I also use an automation tool called Board Booster that recycles my pins around on autopilot for me to keep them fresh. This occurs inside my actually Pinterest account.
Pinterest is less of a social media channel ( although it does get grouped in here ) and more of a search engine. So a well designed Pinterest image will have a life long after your blog post is live. This helps to drive people back to your website over and over and over again.
Pinners are constantly being prompted to look at new pins in their feed, once they start browsing you can be there for hours. Hours!
If you are a service based business or a coach and blog very regularly, Pinterest could be your missing channel.
Sendible is my current social media scheduling tool. I am also reviewing and setting up smarter queue, but for the last 2 years I have used Sendible to schedule all of my social media posts (with the exception of Instagram).
Prior to using Sendible, our team used Hootsuite. We no longer use or recommend Hootsuite as it just hasn’t really changed in about 6 years. In my mind it is not a small business friendly platform and is still very heavily weighted towards twitter. If you are a news based business, it may still be worth a look as you can create multiple hashtag streams, but for most small biz owners I recommend looking elsewhere.
Using a social media scheduling tool like Sendible, (or Smarter Queue or Meet Edgar or Coschedule) is an essential tool for any digital marketer particularly if you are scheduling across multiple channels. If you are only scheduling to Facebook I recommend posting natively (ie scheduling your posts inside Facebook itself). Whatever you choose to use, you need to schedule it!
In addition to my Facebook page, I also manage 4 Facebook groups, my Instagram account, LinkedIn Profile, Twitter account plus Pinterest. That is a lot of sharing. It can be a beast - but I find using Sendible makes this so much easier for me to manage without going mental.
Make sure you repost them again ( and again ) in the future especially if they are not date/time sensitive. Sendible allows me to drop my blog posts into queues. These have been set up to post content from the queue at a set time each day or each week. It means that I can recycle my blog posts n the future and give them new life and reach a new audience. I am always seeing people visit my old blog posts months after they went live and this is a very good thing.
I also schedule my current blog posts to be posted multiple times in a week they go live particularly on twitter. Most good social media scheduling apps now include this feature. What it means is that your content gets dropped into a queue for reposting at a future time as the posts cycle around.
This is the key to getting continual traffic to your website. Constantly posting and re-sharing your existing content.
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The importance of shopping locally will once again be championed on Saturday (July 2) as Leighton Buzzard hosts its very own Independents Day event.
During the promotion, which has been organised by LB First to tie in with the national Independents Day campaign, there will be a variety of extra stalls alongside the regular market – providing food, drink, hand made and locally made goods.
Gennaro Borrelli, chairman of LB First, said: “The LB First stall will be selling an exclusive range of Leighton Buzzard merchandise. So show your support for all our local independent shops, market traders and producers this Saturday.”
In addition LB First will be showing of its new beer made locally by the Leighton Buzzard Brewery Company.
Mr Borrelli added: “Given that John from Leighton Buzzard Brewery is one of our members we thought it would be a great way to raise the profile of the town and encouraging people who have recently moved to the town on the new estates as well as people from further afield to come into the town to see what a wonderful array of independent shops, local producers and market traders we have in our historical market town.
“The beer is a great addition to a growing line of exclusive Leighton Buzzard merchandise which gives our town a growing brand to help raise the profile and encourage people to shop locally.
“LB First has always backed things that help our town to be vibrant and thriving and this is the message that we will be sending out to all who visit.” |
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Twelfth graders compare/contrast laws in the U.S. and Singapore. They research a Southeast Asian country's laws, and debate the effectiveness of laws in Southeast Asia vs. U.S. laws.
Learners are introduced to the concept of globalization. In groups, they read primary source documents to view sweatshops from different points of view. They write a paper about the impact of globalization on the garment industry and...
Students discuss the feasibility of intelligent life in the universe and propose methods of communication. Students design a model community for space travelers and describe how the essential needs of the planetary biospherians will be met. |
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Withoanet to finish in American Samoa. With 6 tropical cyclones affecting more than 15 countries in different parts of the world, several countries and many regions had to reschedule their cleanup actions to ensure the safety of people involved. Most of these cleanups have been now carried out.
World Cleanup Day has been propelled by the civic movement Let’s Do It!, which has been initiating cleanup actions across 169 countries throughout the last decade, with now over 36 million volunteers taking part in total.
“Every region and country has its unique challenges regarding waste, but the underlying root causes are the same. Working on them together and sharing best local practices, increases our chances to create a lasting change. Through World Cleanup Day and the Let’s Do It! movement, we have brought forward a new generation of leaders who are eager to ignite a shift in their communities, countries and regions,” said head of the network team of World Cleanup Day, Heidi Solba. She added: “It’s clear that a cleanup is not a solution in itself, but a powerful tool for education and awareness. To create lasting change, we need to think about the next steps.”
A group of renowned researchers and experts, led by Enzo Favoino, has been working under the wing of the movement to prepare a clear set of suggestions, titled the ‘Keep It Clean Plan’, which was released on 16 September. The plan embeds the principles of the ‘Zero Waste’ strategy and concludes with recommended actions for businesses, governments, citizens and NGOs to implement specific steps to deal with the global mismanaged waste crisis.
Let’s Do It! movement is looking to work in cooperation with country and community leaders, as well as with partners, to develop further country-based roadmaps towards better waste management systems and policies, thus engaging public and private srded the action of World Cleanup Day and its Keep It Clean Plan with the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development.
Join Vinny and Walsh as they explore the most important week of your fantasy season...The Semi-finals. Only thing is...they have had a couple drinks.
So why not take your mind off the stress of being in the fantasy playoffs (which you obviously are) and listen to the educated babbling of two of the greatest minds to ever walk the fantasy earth. *Some of that last part may have been embellished*
Listen to us below via SoundCloud, on the go via iTunes or on Stitcher. There's never an excuse to not listen to us talk fantasy football.
Think we dropped the ball, talked too much about Done Moncrief or Derek Anderson? As always we'd love to talk fantasy football. |
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IRSSeptember 6, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2012-60, which addresses the federal income tax treatment of per capita payments made from the proceeds of settlements of certain Indian tribal trust claims. The Notice primarily relates to the more than $1 billion settlement the United States entered into with 41 tribes on April 11, 2012. The IRS's legal analysis in the Notice likely will have broader application, however, especially considering that the United States anticipates entering into similar settlements with other tribes. It also may lay the groundwork for the potential resolution of controversies with tribes over their per capita distribution of funds derived from tribal trust resources, such as timber located on tribal trust land harvested by the tribes.
The April 11, 2012 settlement relates to claims dating back over 100 years in which certain Indian tribes alleged that the Department of Interior and the Treasury Department mismanaged monhe Department of Interior manages more than 50 million acres of trust lands for Indian tribes and more than 100,000 leases on those lands for various uses, including farming, grazing, timber harvesting, oil and gas extraction, housing, business leasing and easements. In addition, the Department of Interior manages approximately 2,500 tribal trust accounts for more than 250 tribes.
Most of the Indian tribes involved in the April 11, 2012 settlement directed the United States to transfer their portion of the settlement proceeds to accounts at private banks or other third-party institutions, where the funds will be invested until used by the tribes for various purposes, including making per capita payments to their members. Other tribes directed that all or a portion of their settlement proceeds be paid into a trust account established or maintained by the Secretary of Interior for the benefit of the tribes until the tribes provide instructions for the disposition of the proceeds, which may include making per capita payments to their members. The tribes requested consultation with the IRS on the federal income tax treatment of per capita payments from the proceeds of the settlement, which resulted in the publication of the Notice.
The IRS first noted that, except as otherwise provided by law, gross income includes "all income from whatever source derived." It then cited the Per Capita Act (25 U.S.C. §§117a-c), which authorizes Indian tribes to make per capita payments to their members from funds held in trust by the Secretary of Interior, and provides that such payments "are subject to" the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. §§1401-1408). The Tribal Judgment Funds Act provides an exclusion from gross income to Indian tribes for certain judgment funds and for all interest and investment income accrued on such funds while held in trust.
The IRS cited Raytheon Production Corp. v. Commissioner, 144 F.2d 110, 113 (1st Cir. 1944), aff'g 1 T.C. 952 (1943) for the proposition that the fact that a suit ends in a settlement does not change the nature of the recovery. Raytheon involved the tax character of the proceeds of a settlement of a suit for damages for violations of antitrust laws. The court examined the nature of the underlying claim to determine the federal tax treatment of the settlement proceeds, stating "[t]he test is not whether the action was one in tort or contract but rather the question to be asked is 'in lieu of what were the damages awarded?'"
Using an "origin of the claim" analysis, the IRS concluded in the Notice that per capita payments made from the settlement proceeds of the tribal trust claims must be viewed the same as per capita payments made from funds held in trust by the Secretary of Interior. Based on the Per Capita Act, such payments are exempt from federal and state income taxes. Consequently, per capita payments made from tribal trust settlement proceeds are excluded from the gross income of the members of the tribe receiving such payment.
The IRS reasoned that, because the settlements resolved claims that the Department of Interior and Department of Treasury mismanaged trust accounts, land and natural resources, the settlement proceeds "must be viewed as being lieu of amounts that would have been held in a trust fund account for the tribe that is maintained by the Secretary of Interior." Consequently, per capita payments that an Indian tribe makes from the tribe's settlement proceeds are treated, for federal income tax purposes, the same as per capita payments from funds held in trust by the Secretary of Interior under the Per Capita Act.
The IRS also concluded that any per capita payments that exceed the amount of a tribe's settlement proceeds are included in the gross income of the recipient if the proceeds come from a private bank or other third-party institution. Per capita distributions in excess of settlement proceeds are not included in gross income if the funds are held in trust by the United States, however. The difference in treatment is due to Section 1407 of the Tribal Judgment Funds Act, which the IRS views as providing a gross income tax exclusion for interest and investment income accrued on judgment funds only while such funds are held in trust.
Although the Notice only applies to the tribes that have entered into settlements with the United States in connection with their tribal trust claims, any future settlements of tribal trust claims likely will be subject to the same guidance. In view of the fact that the government expects to enter into similar settlements with other Indian tribes, the Notice offers valuable insight to tribes that are considering their own trust claims against the United States. The Notice also provides an opportunity for other tribes to structure their settlements in a tax-efficient manner.
For example, a tribe may choose to direct that a portion of its settlement proceeds be paid into a trust maintained by the Secretary of Interior because, unlike settlement proceeds deposited into a private bank, those proceeds can grow tax-free, even if they are later used to make per capita payments to members of the tribe. Another tax savings measure would be to prioritize full distribution of tribal settlement proceeds, perhaps re-directing some gaming revenues to the general fund given that gaming per capita distributions are fully subject to taxation and withholding.
The IRS stated in the Notice that the federal income tax treatment of other per capita payments may be addressed by future guidance. Although the IRS did not indicate what other guidance it may issue, it is possible that the IRS would employ an analysis similar to the one in the Notice in other contexts, such as per capita payments made from other types of tribal claims, other judgment funds or tribal trust accounts in general. It is noteworthy, however, that the IRS did not clearly indicate in the Notice that there is a broad federal income tax exemption for per capita payments made from tribal trust resources or tribal trust accounts.
On Friday, September 14, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing to review the tax treatment of tribal trust resource payments. The Committee members present at the hearing were critical of a letter sent to at least one Indian tribe earlier this year, which signaled the IRS’s intention to tax per capita distributions of certain tribal trust resource payments. The Committee members asked Christie Jacobs, the Director of the IRS’s Office of Indian Tribal Governments, how the IRS planned to reconcile its position in the letter with the guidance issued in Notice 2012-60. Ms. Jacobs stated that the IRS planned to apply the “legal underpinnings” in Notice 2012-60 to a broader context, and indicated that future IRS guidance would clarify that per capita distributions of tribal trust resources are exempt from federal income taxation. |
Established in 1953, the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) is registered as a Lebanese nonprofit institution declared of public utility by D/L n° 10059 dated 17 August 1955, linked to the Ministry of Industry by Lawn° 642/1997, with administrative and financial autonomy for studies, industrial research and scientific testing, calibration, inspection and certification (system, product and personnel).
Our mission is to ensure an adequate service regarding technical and scientific support to the Lebanese industrialists and the national economy, especially in the framework of the partnership’s agreements with the European Community and Lebanon’s integration in the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Similar to Measuring Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation (SjvO2), Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation (SjvO2) is a measurement of the amount of oxygen in the venous blood taken from a catheter inserted into the jugular venous bulb (usually a double or triple lumen catheter). This reflects the amount of oxygen left over after the brain has used what it needs. If SjvO2 falls below normal, it suggests that the brain is having to extract a higher percentage of oxygen than normal to meet its needs. This indicates that the amount of oxygen being delivered to the brain is inadequate. A rise in SjvO2 above normal may indicate that the brain is unable to extract oxygen. In brain death, where no oxygenated blood reaches the brain, the SjvO2 would equal the SaO2 (arterial saturation).
Jugular venous oxygen saturation (SjvO2) is a measurement of the amount of oxygen left in the venous system after the brain has removed the oxygen that it needs. Measured as the percentage bound to hemoglobin, it provides information about the adequacy of the brain's oxygen delivery.
Normal SjvO2 is 55-75%. If the SjvO2 falls below this level, it suggests that the blood flow to the brain is not enough to meet the brain's oxygen requirements, causing the brain to EXTRACT a greater percentage of oxygen from the blood.
When treating patient's with raised intracranial pressure, one goal is to reduce the amount of blood flow to the brain, as a strategy for decreasing the volume in the intracranial compartment. While reducing blood flow (e.g. HOB elevated 30o, hyperventilation), it is important to keep blood flow high enough to perfuse the brain. SjvO2 monitoring can help identify when the brain blood flow is too low, identified by a fall in SjvO2 below normal.
SjvO2 monitoring can assist in determining the most suitable blood pressure for patients with a neurological insult. With neurological injury, it is often difficult to know whether hypertension is harmful (by increasing the blood flow and cerebral blood volume), or life-saving (by maintaining the cerebral perfusion pressure). If the blood pressure is adequately perfusing the brain, the SjvO2should be within normal limits. A fall in SjvO2 could occur if the BP is too high (increasing the ICP and therefore, reducing cerebral perfusion pressure) or too low (decreasing cerebral perfusion pressure). |
We often learn that Manifest Destiny was created by racists and imperialists and there’s truth to that, but the first libertarians were also responsible. |
A quick weight loss diet is NOT the way you want to go. Don't risk your health. You can lose belly fat sensibly and safely.
Fast fat loss is tremendously appealing because none of us likes to deal with a personal situation that requires time and patience.
Raise your hand if you've felt discouraged when you first really noticed in the mirror that you had put on quite a bit of excess weight. Raise your other hand if you wanted it all off three minutes ago.
You cannot allow a sense of immediacy push you into a tenuous situation when it comes to losing fat.
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When you bank with LifebankUSA, we give you the option to add placental tissue banking. Placental tissue contains mesenchymal-like stem cells, which may one day be useful for regenerative medicine therapies.20,21,22, juicy succulent tender mouthfuls of grilled castrato, the meat obviously not the ball-less singer!
I’ve seen quite a few ways outside the traditional fornacella to cook arrosticini over the summer, from a donor kebab like machine which you stick in the skewers horizontally to grill to an electric grill that turns the skewers and blows what seems a fragrance of barbecue coal.
I think for sheer effort the traditional fornacella and a certain Signor at Roccamontepiano’s sagra wins hands down, but for tender tastiness I am actually going to award Terra Vergine, London’s first and only Abruzzese restaurant, meat sourced from Abruzzo, a prize for the most amazing arrosticini. Their new fangled kebab like machine may be far from traditional and it’s often a fact that it’s difficult to improve on classic but I’d say they’ve done it.
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Showcasing Our Investment in Lower School STEAM Professional Development | Lincoln School Green Light Details
Teachers in Lincoln's Lower School travelled far and wide to expand their STEAM knowledge—every faculty member conducted a school visit or attended a conference last year to provide our students with the best possible education—and they've got the footage to show for it!
In order to share their newfound know-how with other members of the Lincoln community and spread the word about our robust Lower School STEAM offerings, teachers flexed their creative muscles and crafted videos to showcase what they learned.
Early adoption for STEAM learning across disciplines is key: the early childhood years are one of the most critical points in brain dvelopment. Through play, exploration, observation, and discovery, our teachers are able to fostr a budding interest in science, technology, engineering, art/architecture, and math, boosting girls' confidence and balancing out the traditional gender inequality in these areas of study.
"When we start STEAM education so young, [the students] are learning essential skills and we're integrating technological language into their daily vocabulary," said Susan Amsler-Akacem, Education Technology department head and tech innovator. "It becomes a part of their DNA."
Faculty spanned the country, traveling to places as far as Orlando, San Francisco, and San Diego, as well as staying closer to home at some outstanding schools in New England.
"Different schools approach teaching these disciplines differently," said Maureen Devlin, director of Lower School. "By learning from unique approaches across the country, we are poised to give our young students a great head start."
All our lives, we are taught how to live and appreciate those that are close to us. However, no one prepares us for the loss of a loved one. When a loved one departs, we are left shuttered, broken and deeply hurt. The void left by the loss of a loved one cannot be measured, filled or explained but we soldier on in the hopes of one day reuniting with them.
Life isn't always what it seems. Although there are painful bits that leave us broken and empty, there always remains a silver lining to the dark clouds. Your loved one might have said goodbye to the physical world but they've become something greater. Their farewell means that you've automatically gained a guardian angel. The pain may linger on for as long as their memory is alive, but an engraved piece of jewelry will always remind you of the bigger picture.
is an online jewelry store that is devoted to walking with those who have lost their loved ones. By designing unique and meaningful pieces of the angel jewelry collection, we are comforted and reminded that we are not alone.
There are certain unique aspects that make the angel jewelry at Linda's stars online shop unique. For starters, all the pieces are engraved and designed in a significant way. The comforting quotes and angel wings will be a constant reminder that your loved one is watching over you at all times. This is especially encouraging when you feel sad, alone and blue. The perfectly shaped angel wings on your silver pendant will instantly remind you that, every day, their angel wings lovingly engulf your life.
All the pieces of jewelry in this personalized online store are made of high-quality material. This gives you value for your money and guarantees durability. You can wear your favorite bracelet, earrings or angel necklace every day for as long as you need to without worrying about the jewelry fading or breaking. This is only an added feature that goes a long way in taking care of our wounded spirits. Linda's stars guarantee that your angel jewelry lasts for an extended period of time.
Another perk that makes this unique jewelry store a favorite among many is the fact that our accessories come in all shapes and sizes. This means that you will find the one that matches your preference, style, preferred quote, size and even skin tone. What's more, these are designed for various uses. If you need the angel wings or meaningful quotes close to your heart, a pendant and chain will suit you best. This way, the soft feel of the pendant will be a constant reminder that your loved one is indeed alive in your heart.
The world is full of possibilities. All that you need is to believe and trust that inner voice that makes everything alright. These meaningful pieces of jewelry are also designed in the form of key holders, bracelets, earrings and rings. This gives you the freedom of choice. If you wish, you can choose to own them in all forms in order to strengthen your connection with your departed loved one who's now a guardian angel.
Enjoy the peace and in the assurance that comes with these sophisticated, casual and semi-casual well-designed pieces of accessories wherever you go. Some are artistically engraved with gems to add that special touch you need in your life. These can even be worn for more sophisticated events. Others are plainer in design and hence suitable for all occasions. If the bohemian look appeals to you, you'd be pleased to know that there are angel accessories and jewelry designed with this in mind.
Goodbyes are not forever. They are only the beginning of a new chapter. Your loved ones may no longer exist in the physical realm but they have gained wings. They now walk beside you as your guardian angel. You can actually feel and hear their gentle whispers if you pay close attention to your surroundings. That profound whistling of the wind, that random raindrop on a sunny day, the fluttering leaves and the inert wave of peace in the middle of a storm. Let the angel jewelry collection soothe your pain. |
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TV presenters Ant and Dec can't wait to start filming their new gameshow 'Push The Button'- where families work together to win a jackpot of £100,000 - live
The presenting duo are preparing for the second series of their ITV 1 programme - where families work together to win a jackpot of £100,000 - and they revealed they were upset by the decision by show bosses to pre-record the first season.
Dec said: "Our new series of 'Push The Button' goes out live and that's really exciting for us. We're able to get much more involved in it this time because last time it felt like it was the families who had all the fun playing the games."
Ant added to Cosmopolitan magazine: "We always try to add some personal stuff into our links which I like doing."
Along with preparing for the launch of 'Push The Button' on February 13, the pair are currently filming the new series of 'Britain's Got Talent' and the presenters now make sure they speak to all contestants after missing an interview with season one winner Paul Potts because they were having lunch.
Dec said: "I was having a tuna baguette. I stopped eating it mid-air! So we missed the winner of the first series."
Ant added: "Ever since then, the producers were like, 'You have to speak to everyone. Even the dog acts.'" |
"Feb 25th Coming at the end of the Roaring Twenties crazily this is one of the most sensual movies I have ever seen. Louise Brookes is irresistible. The only problem is that the director could have cut this movie in half, it's run time was too much for the basic plot. 6.0"
" How is it that the lesser known title in a director's oeuvre gets chosen for a Blu-ray release over their famous one? I don't believe it's a one off thing either. It's happening with a lot of European directors. As good a film as Diary of A Lost Girl is, it's no Pandora's Box. " |
Chosen to act as a sacrificial bride by her coven, Eva journeys into the mystic realm of the In Between in the heart of the Night Forest. As a powerful witch with mastery over healing magic, the body holds no secrets for her. But the heart…that remains a mystery. She has no intention of forging a relationship with Eckhard, her groom and prince of the forest gods. Yet his patience and chivalrous nature compels her to let down her guard.
Just as much a pawn as Eva in the machinations of the gods and witches, Eckhard must overcome Eva’s reluctance to forge a bond—their union is key to restoring the gods’ waning power – even as he struggles against lingering feelings for his own lost beloved. Eva’s gruff kindness and hidden vulnerability arouse feelings that make him believe that they can transform an arranged marriage into a real union.
The Swamp King, the enemy of the forest gods, harbors an unrelenting desire to conquer the Night Forest, and with it, to destroy Eva and Eckhard. Only the witch and the prince stand a chance of defeating the monstrous Swamp King and saving their two worlds from his malevolent influence. Will it cost them their blossoming love and their lives?
If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. [ Bunyan ]
Some of our followers may remember in November last year, Leis was left to tend to x&y on her own as I had to suddenly go away for a family emergency.
My Mum, 46 years young, was rushed to hospital after waking up in excrutiating pain after a shopping trip and within hours was being taken into surgery due to complications from Crohns.
After the surgery was complete and a few hours later she was put into an induced coma, placed on life support and flown by helicopter to an ICU unit at a hospital 2hours away.
As soon as i got the call from Dad i left the kids with a friend, went home to pack, picked the kids up , told my husband to leave work immediatley and we were on our way.
The Doctor obviously saw how shocked i was to see Mum like that, yet the next sentence he would mutter to me would be the one that would stay in my mind for the next few months.
'I'm not going to tell you that this isn't life threatening. Because it is...very,very life threatening. We're doing everything we can'
Mum was swollen, had a machine pumping her heart for her and had so many cords and machines hooked up to her, she was barely recogniseable. She was in 24hour care so her bed was basically against the front desk and she had a nurse with her 24/7.
We would sit with her, talk to her, hold her hands, stroke her hair, rub her feet and then finally after what felt like forever, the Doctors starting reducing the medication that was keeping her in the coma. Seeing her eyes open for the first time was probably one of the best days of my life. She still had a tube down her throat so couldn't talk, but she could write small sentences (mainly giving the nurses attitude about being too rough!) and nod and shake her head.
A while after she was out of the coma completely (dates and times are all a blur), she was moved to another ward, still with a feeding tube, while she started walking again with a walking frame at first and then finally on her own!
She was finally released from hospital after some weeks in the other ward, but she still had to have a nasal feeding tube for another 8 weeks-she was so keen to get home she did the feedings herself through syringe.
Crohns disease runs purely on donations and is a big thing in my family, my 20 year old brother and 3 aunties also have it so it's too close to home for me to not try and do some sort of fundraising.
This coming Tuesday the 7th of May, Little x&y will be hosting an online charity Auction to raise money for the Australian Crohns & Colitis Association.
We have around 15 amazing businesses donating some incredible items. You guys are going to freak when you see what we are donating!
I have set up an Everday Hero account so you can see that all money is going straight to the charity, if you are able to make a donation please do!
The highest bidder on sunday night at 8pm will win the item. Payment will need to be received within 24hours or the item will go to the next bidder.
Over the next few days i will start loading photos of the items up for grabs onto our Facebook page so you have time to prepare :)
Before you can reach 47-storeys, you have to dig deep and be prepared for a lot of hard work. Currently under construction, Chaz.Yorkville. is progressing nicely at its site at 45 Charles St E.. The high-rise has finished building its lowest level and is continuing to move forward with the below-grade work.
Developer 45 Charles. Ltd. and Project Manager Edenshaw Homes are putting together the ambitious project. The building will see a five-storey limestone-clad pavilion rise from the street and a dramatic two-storey cantilevered box at the 31st and 32nd floors become The Chaz Club, a lounge and dining space for residents.
"Taz" is a limited edition giclee on gallery wrapped canvas by Looney Tunes. This piece comes from an edition of 500 and bears an imprint of Looney Tunes' official seal. Includes Certificate of Authenticity. Measures approx. 10" x 10" (image) |
Every Mother’s Day you want to give her something special, something she will love, and something that won’t break the bank. We decided we would find you deals just like that: here’s 5.
You can’t go wrong getting mom a classic bouquet for Mother’s Day, but you definitely can go wrong by overspending on that beautiful bunch! Here’s how to save more while spoiling mom. TopCashback is currently offering $10 cash-back on purchases at 1800-FLOWERS, for new members! But the deal gets even BETTER: Use code: 30MDAY at checkout through 5/11 and you’ll save 30%! Here’s the instructions for new members:
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This spa set comes in a cute basket which can be re-purposed for storage and organization use, and is filled with everything mom needs to feel pampered! Includes Shower gel (7.1 ounces), body lotion (7.1 ounces), body scrub (1.7 ounces), bath fizzer (1.9 ounces), bath crystal, and shower puff. More great news: it’s only $9.95! Click here to get this gift for mom before it’s gone!
If your mom loves wine she will REALLY love this unique gift! Indulge mom with this unbeatable deal from Heartwood and Oak. Mom will enjoy 6 international selections of wine from Spain, France, Italy, and California’s most exciting wine-growing regions. All this is only $5.99 per bottle with FREE shipping! Click here to get it now and start toasting to mom!
Giving mom and Edible Arrangement is a sure way to put a smile on her face. It’s beautiful, delicious, and healthy! Here’s how to save more with Edible Arrangements. TopCashback is currently offering $10 cash-back on purchases at Edible Arrangements, for new members! For a limited time play “Spin to Win” on their site for an even greater discount! Here’s the instructions for new members:
Every mom needs another cute tote, and we found 8 beauties to choose from! Whether it’s a beach trip or everyday use, this tote is sure to provide ample room for carrying all the essentials moms have. The price is just $9.95 — you’ll want to get one for yourself, too! Click here to pick out the one your mom will like the best.
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How to Draw a Teacup is an instruction sheet I have put together containing the things I think about when I sketch a teacup. And “embrace the wonkiness” is one of them. No perfect ellipses in this sheet!
This page shows how my architectural brain wants to understand the form of the teacup and saucer in a VISUAL way. I am not drawing technically using perspective setups but I have studied the geometries of the shapes in front of me. In particular – notice the setout of the saucer. It is normally higher than the foot of the cup – once I had this ah ha moment I found it easier to work out what was going wrong at times.
I know some of you will have your own way of drawing ellipses… I would be delighted if you added these to this post…. this page summarises my personal way that I have developed for the unique application of tea and saucer. I suppose one could say I have had a bit of practice at this subject matter!
I know many people say ‘just draw what you see’ and while I totally agree with that… if you have a little visual understanding it helps you see better. I am not thinking ‘cup’ and ‘saucer’ – which is normally called ‘drawing what you THINK you see’ – I am looking at the geometries of the shapes I SEE.
This is the basis of the way I approach sketching – why I am able to sketch quickly… and it is the way I teach sketching.
I like to teach as visually as possible often using diagrams and notated sketches. And this is the basis for my Sketching Now courses.
I must say that I very much resonate with this way of learning to sketch, not being strictly the traditional "right-brained" person. It's one of the things I really appreciated from your SBS klass!
Thanks for the mini tutorial on tea cups and saucers! You ROCK! Seriously! You have so inspired me I can' t even begin to tell you how! Loved your memories your grandma, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to see you next semester of Sketchbook Skool. Have FUN in Brazil 😀
Liz, thank you very much for this gift in the form of tutorial that you do to us. Is you very, very generous and this unexpected gift does that also I feel very lucky. And, of course, my congratulations to Teresa!
Thanks for the opportunity and congratulations to Teresa. Also, would like to thank you for the extra special gift to the remainder of us. I appreciate your kind generosity.
Thank you so much. I'm still working on my teacup for Sketchbook Skool. Have done three, but still working on it, so this motivates me to make another go at it!
Congratulations to Teresa! I love your grandma's cup and saucer you drew two previous posts. Really beautiful and such a unique shape! I love anything unique. Like your description of your work days too. Here's to hoping the Sketchbook Skool goes on for awhile. Or that the next one doesn't start too soon because we're still worrying the financials. One of these days though!!!
What a great little tutorial on ellipses! I will road test it with some new drawing students tonight, I'm sure they'll love it.
Have a wonderful sketching trip to Brazil. Thank you so much for both of the posters you so generously gifted us. Love the architecture one and this teacup instruction sheet. Can't wait to take your online sketching class – sounds like you will probably have a big group of people wanting to sign up for it.
Thank you for this wonderful gift. I very much enjoyed your part at Sketchbook Skool. best class so far.
Thank you so much for your tutorial! I love the way you diagrammed it out — it really helps my left brain dominated learning! I am anxious for your online classes and looking forward to your lesson in Sketchbook Skool in October! I hope you are enjoying Brazil. Cheers! |
A Llanelli couple, Jan and David Gordon, will be travelling to the top of the world this summer to visit the icy wastes of the North Pole.
They will be following in the footstepsplan to visit
Llanelli has a special relationship to the Franklin expedition in the person of Francis Dunn, R.N., Caulker's Mate, who lived with his father and mother in Heol Fawr, Llanelli.
Our present day travellers would like to take with them a small memento of Llanelli and place it at the North Pole as an act of remembrance. They have contacted us at Llanelli Community Heritage to ask for suggestions as to what would be an appropriate item.
Of course, there are certain constraints, such as size, environmental and local laws applicable at the Pole, but some suggestions are that the token should be an item representing Llanelli in the 1840s, the time in which Francis Dunn lived here and said his final goodbyes to his parents and the town.
The Whitehall Vaults pub which many people will remember as Barnum's in Station Road was owned and run by Seaman Dunn's family. They opened the business with the proceeds of his Naval back- pay from Whitehall when he was officially declared dead in April 1854 |
Probation offices need to have security again, not just a week of recognition - Laredo Morning Times
Several weeks ago, we celebrated Probation Officer Week, where we honored our probation officers, who provide services to those persons convicted of crimes in an effort to rehabilitate them.
The Webb Community Supervision Program supervises over 5,000 criminal defendants, including, but not limited to, sexual offenders, drug offenders, and other violent and aggressive individuals.
These officers deal with all kinds of criminal offenders but do not have any type of security measures at the probation office, located at the Justice Center or at the Southside office.
One location is where they found grenades; however, for some odd reason, they are not afforded any type of security where security is needed the most.
It has been told to me that security was at one time provided by Webb County Sheriff’s Department; however, this has since been removed.
It comes as a great surprise that instead of providing a sheriff’s deputy at the probation offices, our Sheriff Martin Cuellar decides to best spend monies for a message board to be placed outside of his facility, which serves no useful purpose.
I am requesting that the Webb County sheriff protect and serve the probation officers and consumers of the program by assigning deputies to the probation offices before a violent tragedy occurs.
The Fourth of July is nearly here, and that means many throughout Los Angeles and the surrounding ... |
This tee is the ideal choice at an ideal value. Made from soft, lightweight 3.9-ounce, 60% combed ring-spun cotton/40% polyester. And, for additional comfort, it features a set-in collar with 1 X 1 baby rib with front cover stitch and a tear-away label. |
This film is one of the best print film that I ever came across that reproduces the best colors as clear as our eyes can see!
The color reproduction of this film are absolutely vibrant and amazingly detailed to the eyes. It works superbly well during a sunny day and I even tried shooting it for night long exposure and fireworks that definitely works really well with it too!
The grain size of this film is very minimal probably due to the fact that it is an ISO 100 film. Having said that, this film is a very good for to use for travels(sceneries and landscapes) and even serious work such as portraits and still life shots. You’ll also get stunning prints with this film!
If this film meets your requirements, then look no further, this is definitely the best in its league!
Yes, I agree totally, this is a really nice film. Just got my developed film back today and some of the photos are the best I've ever taken; I would definitely recommend this film!
We have lots of outdoor bike parking, and two indoor spaces to the left when you enter the front door.
There is ample street parking available on Clarence Street. Two hours free parking on Saturdays, all day free parking on Sundays.
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In a courtyard below Mönchsberg’s sheer rock wall, Magazin shelters a deli, wine store, cookery school and restaurant. The menus fizz with seasonal flavours – dishes such as fregola risotto with Dijon mustard and lemon oyster mushrooms, and miso-crusted salmon with algae – matched with wines from the 850-bottle cellar, and served alfresco or in the industrial-chic, cave-like interior.
The three-hour, hands-on cookery classes (€150) are followed by a five-course dinner; prebooking is essential.
Pop into this charming main-street shop for locally forged arts, crafts and gifts – nearly everything comes from within 100 miles of Toccoa. A few of our favorite things include ceramics, soaps and cosmetics, hand-turned pens and artisanal knives.
Browse our collection of 46 Pets Flexicase Pfee Mugrl |
Take a look and turn it up a notch for Halloween costume ready makeup. Celebrity makeup artist Sir John creates a supernatural, ethereal look inspired by space aliens with punctuated eyes, bold lips, and a glittery shimmer in this L'Oréal Halloween makeup tutorial.
For this look, Sir John creates a three dimensional look with Infallible® Silkissime Eyeliner in Purple Purple. He uses the three-point eye technique, which is darkest in the corners and lightest in the center, to achieve a rounded look to the eyelid. To create what Sir John calls, “a reverse smoky eye,” completely saturate the lash beds and blend away. Use a Highlighter Silkissime Eyeliner pencil inside the waterline for an added brightness and to give your eyes an angelic, out of this world look.
Apply eyeshadow over the penciled areas with the Colour Riche® Pocket Palette in Violet Amour. Tap the color directly into your lash lines to create a faux eyeliner. Go with a purple eyeshadow if you’re not sure which hue matches your natural complexion best, as it looks great on all complexions. From the same Pocket Palette, tap the iridescent holographic pink eyeshadow on the balls of your eyes.
Use the Butterfly Sculpt Mascara to separate your lashes and maximize their volume potential. Dab True Match™ Lumi Liquid Glow Illuminator on the highest points of the cheekbones and apply highlighter to the center of the lips. Complete the look by pressing glitter into the finished makeup for a starry effect. Keep your friends guessing where you parked your spaceship with this otherworldly space alien makeup at your next Halloween costume party. |
Sony is a world popular brand due to their quality, products performance, efficiency, and reliability. That post will help newbies to check all possible information related to the Sony Xperia XZ3 smartphone. That useful information can be helpful for newbies, they can make an easy decision about buying the Sony Xperia XZ3 from the local market around you. Xperia XZ3 is ready to launch worldwide and their expected date is October 5th, 2018. The Internet has done a marvelous job in recent time, now you can find some authentic information about any tech products which you want to buy from Amazon and many other online networks.
As we know, Nokia 1st curved OLED Xperia has got the positive response from the audience around the world due to their quality, look, and performance as well. They have not used a custom look for their smartphone, their professional team has done a great job. A Snapdragon 845 chipset with 4GB of RAM is perfect for any user. We can say this is a lightning fast smartphone by Sony and it can be the competitor of Samsung A8 smartphone.
That phone has different look & elegant shape with high-quality specifications. If you want to buy a unique smartphone in 2018 then must consider it in your wishlist. Its amazing features and a lightning-fast processor can fulfill your all requests, at Sony Xperia XZ3 you can install all possible Google apps.
3.5mm jack: No, 24-bit/192kHz audio – Dynamic vibration system – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Some customers have shared their experience with Sony mobile and they are not happy with their charging performance. As per their experience, Sony mobile takes too much time to fully charged the battery. A fast charger can be harmful to your smartphone. Try to use their original box charger and handsfree. There are too many other smartphones are going to launch in 2018 as Lenovo K5 Note 2018 which is good but the question is, can Song compete them with their quality, performance? As per Sony Xperia XZ3 Review & Full Specifications, we can say this could be a perfect smartphone by Sony in 2018.
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One single 3.0g refill pan of Kett Fixx Creme foundation. This is a multi-tasking, smooth waterproof makeup that goes on sheer and can be easily built up to full coverage and beautiful skin without looking cakey. Suitable for all skin types, it is available in a range of warm, neutral and cool colors, and can be applied directly from the pan with no need to dilute or thin the consistency of the product. It enhances the complexion by concealing imperfections and improving skin texture through a unique formula enriched with vitamins A, C, and E, Licorice Root extract, and moisturizing Jojoba oil. Olive tones - O Ruby tones - R Neutral (somewhere inbetween) - N
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This new edition of the critically acclaimed The Fame of Gawa-originally published in 1986-makes available for the first time this important work in paperback. The Fame of Gawa is concerned with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring. Integrating various aspects of the study of society and culture--including the sociocultural construction of space and time, self-other relations and the body, and moral and political problems of hierarchy and equality-Nancy D. Munn shows that it is through achieving fame in the wider inter-island world that the Gawan community asserts its own internal viablity.
This is an almost ideal realisation of the twin aims of anthropology and ethnographic writing... This is not just a book about a tiny island, and not just a book for Melanesianists. It coordinates a number of contemporary issues in anthropology. Marilyn Strathern, Man At once both virtuoso ethnography and a brilliant effort at systematic conceptualization in social theory. George Marcus, Choice The Fame of Gawa will sit comfortably on the shelf alongside--or perhaps even replace--Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific as a classic of anthropology... [Munn's book] ... masterfully integrates cultural analysis with detailed ethnography. Miriam Kahn, American Anthropologist |
The Sony Xperia Z1 is one of the more exciting phones to be announced by Sony in the past year and in the first week of October, shelves will be stocked with this 20.7MP monster. We have caught wind from one of our sources that the RRP when it does get released will be in the range of RM2,399 and will include the Magnetic Charging Dock, the DK31.
If you want more details about the Xperia Z1 from the local launch head on over to our coverage below!
You know how sometimes you need to attend a meeting but before that, you need to drop by the office to pick up something and drop them off at another place, and if you’re navigating to these destinations using Google Maps, you would have to set the destinations individually? Google recently announced a new “directions for multiple destinations”, allowing you to set all those destinations in one trip.
To access the new feature, all you need to do is set your starting point. After that, click on + and add stops to your route by typing in the search box or by clicking on the map; the new feature works for driving, walking and biking directions. You can easily reorder your route too, simply drag and drop one destination above or below another, and you’re good to go.
On top of that, Google also announced some pretty cool US-only features that aggregates all your flight, hotel and restaurant reservations into Google Maps. Search for your departing airport or dining destination, and you will instantly see your upcoming plans; Google’s aim is to put everything in one place so you can easily plan your commute, making Maps more tailored to you.
Google did not mention when or whether or not they will bring the latter feature outside of the U.S., meanwhile, the multiple destination feature is already available so head on to now to try it out.
The BenQ B502 is now available for pre-order in Malaysia for RM499. This particular mid-range smartphone may look like any other device in the market, but it boasts several standout features such as a 6.99mm thin body and a 13MP rear camera.
Specification wise, the B502 has what you’d expect out of any mid-range Android smartphone. It has a 5-inch 720p IPS display and is powered by a Mediatek MT6582 quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz with 2GB of RAM. It also has 16GB of internal storage which can be further expanded with a microSD card up to 32GB.
Other specifications include a 13MP rear camera, a 5MP front-facing shooter, BenQ’s own Q Home UI which is based on Android 4.4.2 KitKat, and a rather small 1,800mAh non-removable battery, which is a little disappointing. The B502 is also rather light at only 125 grams.
The BenQ B502 is now available for pre-order at SuperBuy. If you purchase the B502 at SuperBuy from today onwards until the 22nd of March 2015, you can get it for RM499 instead of it’s retail price of RM599. On top of that, you will also get a free Smart Casing, screen protector and earphones that are worth RM128.
Is this smartphone for you? Find out in our upcoming lightning review of this affordable smartphone from BenQ!
Microsoft has been working with Qualcomm to produce ARM chips for Windows 10 PCs. We’re already aware of the upcoming Snapdragon 850, which looks like an overclocked Snapdragon 845. Now, details of a chip named the SDM1000 (which is already being referred to as the Snapdragon 1000) have surfaced.
This new mobile platform looks to be ready to challenge Intel’s low power Core processors. At least that seemot bigger than anything Qualcomm has put out before, measuring 20mm x 15mm.
Interestingly, WinFuture also notes that the test system used a socketed chip instead of a soldered one. Which is unusual for a laptop, seeing that engineers usually do all they can to reduce the size of the components. Still, this is likely due to the nature of the prototype and could be meant to facilitate quick tests by switching out SoCs.
The test system also used 16GB LPDDR4X RAM, two 128GB UFS drives, 802.11ad WiFi, and gigabit LTE. These specifications might not mean much, but they do provide an indication of the kind of hardware that will accompany the final product.
Kingston officially launched two new SSD lineups under its HyperX gaming lineup. The SSD lineups in question are the FURY RGB and SAVAGE EXO.
The HyperX FURY RGB SSD basically uses the industry standard 2.5-inch form factor. Available in capacities of 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB, the FURY RGB is powered by a 3TLC NAND and a MArvell 88SS1074 controller. In terms of performance, the SSD has sequential read and write speeds of up to 550MB/s and 480MB/s, respectively.
Of course, the highlight of this particular SSD is the built-in RGB LEDs, which can be seen in all its glory on the top of the product. Kingston says that not only is it “visually stunning” to look at, but the RGB lighting effects can also be customised and daisy chained to sync with other RGB-equipped components.
On the other end of the spectrum, the HyperX SAVAGE EXO SSD is the brand’s new external SSD. Boasting sequential read and write speeds of up to 500MB/s and 400MB/s, respectively. It comes in capacities of 480GB and 960. Like the FURY RGB, it also uses the same 3D TLC NAND.
The new Kingston HyperX FURY RGB and SAVAGE EVO SSDs are currently available in the US. Pricing for the SSDs start from US$74.99 (~RM310) for the FURY RGB, while the SAVAGE EXO starts from US$219 (~RM906). At the time of writing, there is still no word when and if the new SSDs will be making its way to Malaysia.
This set includes 6 coins issued for Fiji. Each coin displays a character from Captain America; Civil War and is limited to a mintage of 3,000 pieces.which made of .999 fine silver and each weigh 1 Troy oz.
The superhero design of each coin can be found on the reverse side. The characters features Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Black Panther, Winter Soldier, and Falcon.
The coins are packaged in 5 tins including a solid silver certificate of authenticity, 2 posters, and 2 pins. |
Emma Tennant reviews ‘‘Clever Gretchen’ and Other Forgotten Folktales’ by Alison Luire · LRB 17 July 1980
‘Clever Gretchen’ and Other Forgotten Tales sets out to right a balance heavily weighted during the age of the great Victorian collectors of fairy-tales, ballads and lore. In that age, of the vapours and Mrs Beeton’s steam puddings, it was considered unlikely that a young woman, hearing of an attractive young man in some distant part of the world, would go off immediately in search of him – or that a judge’s wife would turn from the suet to the lawsuit and make a better job of it than her husband. Each tale shows a simple truth. This is that girls are as clever and energetic as anyone else, and that this has been the case in places like Russia and Germany and Norway and Aberdeen for as long as can be remembered. It is a truth which has been absent in later times from the stories we have chosen to tell to children.
The intriguing thing about the opening night of the Andy Warhol retrospective in Manhattan was its tameness. MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art) can seldom have looked so respectable while being at the same time, in a faintly macabre way, en fête. I could have got in without a black tie, but would have looked wildly conspicuous in mufti and was glad to have observed the protocol of the invitation. The event had the feel of a fundraiser for the Republicans (or, admittedly, in these days of high-tab politics, the Democrats). Since Warhol had in his time – then just drawn to an end – been sounded out for the post of Jimmy Carter’s official photographer, and gone on to grace the glitz-infested dinner table of Ronnie and Nancy, this didn’t seem inapposite. The pictures on the walls looked as familiar and predictable as the people. Surely that’s Marilyn. And look – there’s Jackie. There, reassuringly, is the Campbell’s soup can. In fact, there it is again – and again. It’s barely even a shock to see the late Andy Warhol himself, holding a small crowd in the angle of the staircase and sporting that unmistakable silver wig. Those who cluster round are careful to betray no sign of excitement, engagement or curiosity. Could this impersonator be the renowned Alan Midgette, who in 1967 ‘stood in’ for Andy at the University of Utah, of all places, and had the students demanding their thousand-dollar fee back? Warhol’s hope had been, ‘Maybe they’ll like him better than me,’ but surely there was some faint private relief on his part that this particular con didn’t work.
It’s a warm evening and MOMA has thrown open her garden. No sweet scent of the exotic cheroot taints the air; there are scarcely even any smokers and no one seems to be employing the men’s room either to take on fuel or to make a brisk exchange of spermatozoa. It was in MOMA’s hitherto demure garden in March I960 that the Swiss ‘happening’ artist Jean Tinguely exposed his Homage to New York. The exhibit consisted of a vast Heath Robinson or Rube Goldberg device, fashioned from old bike parts, player-pianos, fans, balloons and other detritus. In the presence of Governor Nelson Rockefeller and many other big bananas, Tinguely threw a switch and set the heap on course to clanging, twanging self-destruction. All three networks solemnly recorded the event, which for many people inaugurated the period of ‘non-judgmental’ art criticism. Marcel Duchamp, Warhol’s original Pop guru, commented approvingly that there was merit in the movement to ‘destroy art before it’s too late’. Warhol’s biographer Fred Lawrence Guiles[1] remarks elsewhere that his subject’s Pop creations ‘were more Duchampian than anybody’s. If a machine could have created silkscreen paintings of coke bottles, soup cans and dollar bills, Andy would have paid its inventor to set the thing up in his studio.’ But, back where we started 29 years ago in MOMA’s garden, art seems lifeless but by no means dead. On the contrary, it is revered, fetishised, taxonomised – and valued on a scale that Nelson Rockefeller would have gruffly appreciated.
Patricia Beer reviews ‘Hideous Kinky’ by Esther Freud, ‘Eve’s Tattoo’ by Emily Prager and ‘A Dubious Legacy’ by Mary Wesley · LRB 12 March 1992
Esther Freud’s Hideous Kinky started its career with two disadvantages. One was the title: it suggests whimsy, from which the book is in fact bracingly free. The phrase is explained and has real validity within the story itself, but should have been kept in its place. The second was the nature of the advance publicity, which seemed to have the bossy intention of providing the clef to the roman. There have been photographs of the Freud sisters at the launch party; they are the child heroines of the novel, we are told. Their mother is also present and her deportment described; apparently she is in the book too. It has been widely labelled as a semi-autobiographical novel, though in fact there is no such thing. And one reviewer comments approvingly that Esther Freud writes about what she knows; well, let us hope we all do that.
Over these disadvantages Hideous Kinky quickly triumphed. It is an impressive performance and not only as a first novel. As a novel, of course, it must be assessed, no matter what adjectives it may have picked up from the papers. It tells the story, then, of two English girls, aged seven and five, whose mother took them on the hippy trail to Morocco in the Sixties. The woman – ‘Mum’, as she is called with inaccurate cosiness’ – is calmly presented to the reader as a typical middle-class hippy of those years: irresponsible, self-indulgent, dishonest and not very bright; yet at the same time we are not openly invited to shake our fists or hiss.
Compare Dickens’s treatment of Mrs Jelly-by in Bleak House. As high-minded neglecters of their own children the two women resemble each other strongly. Mrs Jellyby’s project for Borrioboola-Gha is Mum’s pilgrimage to Marrakesh. One can hear Mrs Jellyby saying: ‘Forget London, man. Borrioboola-Gha, that’s where it’s at.’ Yet whereas Dickens, his co-narrator, most of his characters, and probably all his readers, thought she was dreadful, readers of Hideous Kinky who cannot help feeling that Mum is absurd and potentially dangerous may well be worrying that they could be small-minded, elderly and overly maternal. That is clever. That is how the Sixties used to make you feel.
We must not allow ourselves to be bullied, however. Somebody is trying to tell us – and fervently wishes us to know – that Mum (it may be part of the irony that as this is the only name we know her by we have to go on using it however unsuitably) is appalling. There is one sequence that chills the blood. Leaving her seven-year-old daughter Bea with some people she has only just met, she goes off with her younger daughter to the Azouia to become a Sufi. Week after week she stays away, not making the slightest attempt to communicate with Bea or enquire after her. The anxiety of the situation makes the narrator wet her bed every night. Mum, good-humouredly washing the sheets each morning, seems quite incapable of making any connection. When at last they get back to Marrakesh the slight acquaintances have long since left the town and Bea has disappeared. Mum is surprised and quite upset. Bea is soon found, however. |
Large lift facilities made of concrete and metal have not yet been allowed into the Lüsen Valley. The inhabitants prefer to live a more natural and authentic lifestyle and only allow modern facilities into the valley which offer an improvement, but don’t disturb the quiet atmosphere. However, there is a children’s ski lift in Rungg at the end of the valley, where parents (or a coach) teach children how to ski. The lift facility also has a type of ‘magic carpet’ (conveyor belt for beginners) at the children’s park. The ski lift in Lüsen is a quaint winter oasis for kids in South Tyrol.
A day ticket for adults costs € 12 and for children € 8. Ski courses are held every day: from 10 a.m. for beginners / from 12 noon for the advanced …and in the afternoon, you can enjoy some private coaching.
Every Tuesday from 7.30 to 10 p.m. you can enjoy some evening ski fun at the ski hire place called ‘rent a sport‘ in Lüsen, near the Bar Verona. For more information, check out
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The New York Law Journal has recognized Kevin McDonough, a partner in Latham’s Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice Group, with its 2017 Attorney of the Year award. McDonough was commended for his tremendous pro bono practice, particularly his role as chief legal counsel to the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice & Incarceration Reform, charged with reimaging New York’s approach to incarceration and retooling its criminal justice system.
In his role as chief counsel to the Rikers Commission, McDonough oversees the largest pro bono matter currently open in Latham’s New York office. He supervises more than 30 lawyers and professional staff, who have collectively donated more than 3,000 hours of pro bono service to the commission. For more over a year, the team has advised on nearly every aspect of the commission’s work, from its formation to negotiations with City Hall and other government agencies for the release of sensitive data to drafting the commission's 148-page report, released in spring 2017.
Judge Jonathan Lippman, Latham of counsel and chair of the Rikers Commission, noted that McDonough’s efforts have been “absolutely integral to the success of the commission. His leadership, intellect, and dedication to pro bono are truly inspiring, and we’re so grateful to count him as a colleague and for his commitment to the values of the firm and the idea that lawyers, above all else, help people and serve others.” |
Join Jess Stratton for an in-depth discussion in this video Chairing a meeting, part of Outlook for Mac 2016 Essential Training.
When you call a meeting to order, you'll want to be prepared with who's coming and who can't make it. You also might want to make changes to the agenda, or even call off the meeting entirely. I'm going to double-click on the meeting that we created. The first thing I need to do is add more information about the meeting. I now have a document that's an agenda, and I want to attach it so that all the recipients can see it. I can add some notes to it, and now, I'm going to click meeting from the top of the screen, and select attachments and add.
From here, I can browse my file system, select my agenda, click the blue choose button, and it's going to get attached to my document so that all attendees can read it. I can cancel the meeting, if necessary, by clicking the cancel button at the top of the screen. I'm not going to do that, but I do want to see who can make it. To see the status updates of all the people that have been invited to the meeting, click scheduling at the top of the screen. It's going to bring up the same scheduling dialogue that we saw earlier, except I can hover my mouse over the buttons on the right-hand side, beside the attendee's names to see if they've been accepted or not.
I can see that Lesley has accepted my meeting invitation, and I don't have a response yet from Jonathan or Chong. I can get back to my appointment by clicking appointment. Now, I can type some more text. In fact, I can change the subject if I want to. From here, I can click send update and all attendees will have gotten this new update. |
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Skunk Studios brings you the hit web game that has entertained people for over six years online into the palm of your hand. The first Mahjongg Solitaire game to bring you daily content now takes relaxation to higher heights. Relax and escape the grind with the beautify and enjoyment of Daily Mah Jong.
The game comes with hundreds of different, imaginative games of varying complexity. You also get three new games each day. There is also a daily fortune telling function which is a bit of fun. The sounds and tile animation are particularily good. I love it when you match tiles depecting the season, directions and flowers because this triggers a flurry of petals, leaves, snow or wind depending on the selection. When you gain confidence and start playing faster the varying confetti of petals and bits you can whip up makes the game more fun. The game keeps track of your times and scores and awards stars accordingly and tells you when you improve on your best. In the options section you can change the backgrounds, tiles and music. The traditional Standard tiles are large and clear and cn be modified in their appearance and colour to your liking. My only gripe about this game is that I did not really like additional tile types that you gain as the gain progresses. These additional tiles are american in style, based around american states, and are smaller than the standard tiles. However the traditional standard tiles are fine so not a problem. All in all best value Mahjong I have found so far, adult difficulty and pretty addictive. The gentle background music is relaxing and can be changed in the options.
It's a good point and click game. Nice creepy atmosphere, but honestly after some point I got sometimes bored and confused where and what to do next. Graphics are good and the story is interesting itself.
Good story, good puzzles, good locations…. i couldnt find a reason not to buy and play this one. I had a lot of fun. Its one of the best HO-Games i have played so far.
I tried to paint a picture with this song. Layering the paint, so to speak, over a simple drawing. In this case, the simple drawing would be a piano statement, followed by the layering of percussion instruments, violins, cellos, acoustic guitar, other embellishments, and eventually an English horn.
This is fine track. Beautiful composition, Excellent performance. It has a pleasing, mesmorizing quality. Man...you're good!
A wonderful example of how to play various sound modules convincingly. The percussion was especially well done. The piano playing is, of course, marvelous.
I like it a lot! It`s moving and relaxing. Once more an excellent tune! I would like to sing on one of your tunes. Let me know what you think about it.
Wow..... I could listen to that piece all day. It just..... flows. You definately succeeded in painting the picture. Reminds me of something I would write, except with more "musical maturity" than I have yet. Beautiful. I am now a fan :D.
You are a master at this - thoughtful music, with something to suggest within an aural canopy......there are some moments a quarter in that don't match the brilliance of the rest of the composition - some of the harmonies aren't lining up, it seems dissonant only because, I don't know, maybe you weren't going there - because I felt your heart from the get-go, and it seemed to get muddled, the idea, the beauty, the concept, somewhere about mid-way, but then the atmosphere picks up, percussively and then it really rises to the fore. All in all, a wonderful piece, orchestrations are incredible, the mood is unmistakable....the middle section, a little work needed - everything else - sweet, sweet, oh, those voices are indeed a nice touch. Yeah! Ya! Yay! Okay, I'll calm down now......well done..
took me so long to find this? I really enjoyed listening to this song--it's so natural and smooth. I used to listen to some new age albums a lot (I'm thinking of Philip Aaberg's "Shape of the Land" soundtrack, for one), and this takes me back to that time (late 80's) and place... though you're using a richer array of instruments. I'm experimenting a lot with Garageband's symphonic instruments, trying to make music out of them--this is a great example of the (probably, for me) unattainable standard of excellence that I'm aiming towards. Great work Patrick!
Maybe it's because the picture reminds me of a beach in Ireland near where they filmed, "Far and Away," or maybe it's because your song reminds me of the film, "The Indian in the Cupboard," but your song reminds me of tranquility. It's a great hook, and it's tough for me to listen to without having words run through my mind. That shows me your song has a broad familiarity to it. It feels comfortable to me. Thank you.
Every flowing note chalked full of emotion. Great cinamatic attributes...musical imagery at it's best.
that piano is beautifully recorded....what a lovely song and structure....I love and appericiate really great instrumental music!!!! Love the stringpad that comes in....very very cool....the drop out when the handrums come in is priceless!!!! great way to establish the groove and I love the Tony Levinesque bass sound!!!! NIce Nice NIce
both from a songwriting/arrangement perspective and from the sheer fullness and beauty of your musical performance. There are so many subtle layers you have woven into this piece that expand and amplify the simple melodic theme (the simple drawing). Each one a positive addition and a furthering of the musician's goal, which is a pleasurable listen.
Futz...you have done it again. Your inner self comes thru once again in this little piece. I could write a thousand years and never come up with this. Very original, plus, the awesome photo is where I would love to be listening to this on an IPOD. The sound of sea birds would be a great addition.
I like the modern tribal aspect to this tune. I even like the keyboard guitar, and I usually abhor those..!
I like the richness of the piano part - I think it gives it a beautiful and important texture voicing the chords so low like that.
Wonderful Piece, really great classical jazzy for the morning, the piano sound really clear and very touchy.
The beats with the drums just perfect. this is the best so far i've heard it from your songs before, such a gem created here. Really great picture and thanks from my heart for the sharing !
Thank you, Yeman, for your kind words. I will get a copy of this song to you as soon as I get your email address.
hear lyrics to this composition because it is so very strongly telling a story about a journey of some kind. I'd say I hear a resolute and undying dedication to completing a difficult task. I wonder what Ingo Michell would write to this? Thanks. |
I'm going to kick things off here with a few thoughts of my own after hearing Erik's interview with Jim Rogers this week.
One of the persistent themes of the interview was the massive amount of debt that we've seen building around the globe, and how the unwinding of these levels of debt tends to play out. Mr. Rogers pointed listeners to the history books, and suggested that whether it occurs by policymaker plot, or simply by the sheer weight and force of the times, debt accumulation of this magnitude has always led to war in the past.
Erik's assertion was that the next President of the United States may be the nation's most important to date, assuming he/she is in office during a time of massive deleveraging and sovereign debt crises around the world. I tend to lean Jim's way, in that I don't put much faith in any of the presidential candidates, and I too am proud to have never cast a vote for an eventual winner, but not everyone is quite so cynical. Looking at polling figures and assuming we will eventually end up with one of the current front-runners, Hillary, Sanders, Trump et al, it is difficult for me to imagine any of them leading the free world during one of the most difficult eras in modern human history.
If Erik is proven correct and we are indeed sitting on the precipice of a seriously tumultuous time for both the U.S., and the world at-large, which of the current candidates on offer is best fit to captain a ship that starts rapidly taking on water? Any of them?
I'll throw in a few thoughts of my own. First of all please rest assured that professional grade microphones will be FedEx'd to Nathan and me before next week's show. Hopefully we offered our listeners enough value in terms of content to make up for the scratchy audio on our first show. We gotta start somewhere, folks!
Our target episode length was an hour, and we came in at 1:09. We spent a fair amount of time at the end telling you what to expect from this new show, and normally we won't be spending so much time on housekeeping. So I think we're running pretty close to target in terms of runtime. I'd welcome feedback from our listeners in terms of what we can do to improve.
As to Nathan's question about which candidate is best, I have a pretty crazy theory to throw out for discussion. Look, I'm no fan of Donald Trump. I think he's an obnoxious, self-important real estate mogul who owes most of his success to knowing how to game bankruptcy laws for his own benefit. But then I stop and think about what the country is going to need in the next 8 years. As Jim Rogers and I discussed, we're going to break the credit card and face a sovereign debt crisis some day. Could it be that knowing how to screw one's creditors and sucker them with the bill for our own largess is exactly the skill America will need most from its next President? I hate to say it folks, but if that's the job skill that's needed, it would be harder to find a guy with more experience than Trump when it comes to leaving his creditors to suffer for his past mistakes. Does this make him the best man for the job? Scary thought, I know...
Excellent point about needing to know how to profit from bankruptcy, but firing up the industrial war complex (economy) by firing Vladimir would probably be the largest and possibly be the last mal-investment in history.
I'm an incompetent energy investor, looking to accumulate stocks or stock ETFs. Erik suggested waiting for oil to bottom because bad corporate news (such as bankruptcies) tends to lag.the oil price. Which oil price indicator should I monitor? Spot prices seem very jittery and noisy.
I'd say that total U.S. inventory levels, reported weekly on Wednesday mornings at 10:30am ET on the EIA website, are the indicator to watch for your purposes. I'd hold off on buying energy-related equities until the trend of weekly incentory builds has clearly reversed into a pattern of weekly draws. You can get the weekly report here .
Here's the latest chart (as of February 5) from page 5 of the full EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report:
At 502.0 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories remain near levels not seen for this time of year in at least the last 80 yearsDuring the Jim Rogers interview, Eric mentions President Bush approximately doubled the national debt from around 5 to 10 trillion, and President Obama will more than doubled it again by the time he leaves office. He then proposed that if the next President served two full terms, the national debt would likely double again by 2024 to 40 trillion. Eric mentioned that the next President may be the most important Presidents in the nation’s history, as the next President may have to preside over the biggest fiscal crisis in the nation’s history, after the bond markets revolt, and revokes Washington’s reckless habits of borrowing and spending beyond our means.
While this point is not lost on me, I am perplexed why most people talk in terms of Presidents doubling the debt. I thought congress was mandated to manage the nation’s money, and they turned it over to the Federal Reserve, who created a debit based monetary system, that by its very nature MUST double, and then some, over time. While this might be viewed as semantics to talk about the President, or Congress, or the Fed, regarding who is to blame for doubling the debit over time, the reality is, it is by design.
On June 5, 1933, FDR took the United States off the gold standard when Congress enacted a joint resolution nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold. Then, Nixon finished the job for the world on August 15, 1971.
How, by design, can the US government, or the Fed, (or the world for that matter), create a monetary system that is not debit based, and put an end to a system that by design, MUST double in debt over time? Gold is nice, but governments throughout history find ways to cheat. They mix other metals, clip coins, and eventually, flat out dismiss the system altogether like FDR, Congress and Nixon. Milton Friedman says, stop printing money. This only works if people have the absolute discipline to do that, and we’re not on a debt based monetary system that MUST grow.
I think this would be an interesting discussion here, and on the show. Perhaps an interview with Dr. Chris Martenson, writer of “The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment.”
The debt-based money system is always continually growing by some percentage; it is an exponential system by its very design implying the amount of debt in the system will always exceed the amount of money.
Congratulations on the premier episode. I will be a regular listener for sure. As far as the technical talk between two pros I'd love it. And credit Grant Williams and Things that make you go Hmmm for me finding you.
You make an excellent point that the Presidents don't increase the debt on their own. I find that this way of describing the growth of the national debt over time is useful because people can easily remember Presidents and their terms. But you're right - it would have been better to say that "The government doubled the National Debt during the time that President G.W. Bush was in office", as opposed to "President Bush doubled the debt", which isn't technically accurate.
Dr. Chris Martenson is a friend and he's already on Nathan's guest recruiting list. We're focusing first on the names that will bring the largest audiences with them, like Jim Rogers and Dr. Marc Faber. After a round of building our own audience ranks, we'll start to branch out and bring you more of the names like Dr. Martenson that not everyone is already familiar with.
Thanks so much for listening and joining us here on the MacroVoices forums! We look forward to serving you and feedback like this is incredibly helpful.
I've noted your preference on the Art Berman episode, and it is great to know that our friend and future interview guest, Grant Williams, is putting in a good word for us. We'll be sure to thank him directly!
So happy you liked the show, and we appreciate you listening despite our "audio growing pains." We expect a much better product from an audio quality perspective when we release episode 2 with Marc Faber this Friday. We hope you enjoy!
Very nicely done first episode. I like the format (comments - interview - comments), it is much an improvement over similar.
As far as th not think he is "The Man", I don't particularly like any of the candidates but he is by far the scariest (maybe next to Kaisich) on the GOP side.
I disagree that his business acumen is anymore than bullish egotism and disagree he has ANY "willingness to negociate".
Just finished. Great first episode. Look forward to more great interviews and the expansion of listener based requests.
As a small, but I hopefully well informed private investor, I have alway been a big fan of Jim Rogers. Like many whom have purchased and read most of his books, his subjects are clear, presentable, and always interesting. As in this interview, he did not disappoint, his comments about timing are so true, identification of a trend/trade is one thing, but capitalising on it, is not always possible due to timing itself and many other factors.
Jim has been consistent for many year about holding PM against currency debasement - recent price moment forecasts are always informative - as I have always personally held the view that holding some physical PMs, relative to your own investment portfolio size is a good hedge against systemic financial currency collapse; and as such its relative price is of minor importance, to at least owing some of it. Mr Rogers' Hot Commodities book highlights this point too.
I would very much enjoy hearing detailed technical interviews between TA and Hedge Fund Managers, as you have suggested for a future interview. Everyday processes, working structures promotes good a knowledge and understanding in this area, but I wonder how much conflict of interest could exist in presenting this information to the public (if data driven); well informed or not.
The energy you bring forward is exactly what we conceived of when we created these forums - a place for private investors to network and share ideas with one another that is polite, grown-up, and sophisticated. Nathan and I will have more to say about our vision for the forums on "tomorrow's" show, which should be up on iTunes before midnight tonight if all goes well with the editing.
Great first episode! As a private investor not involved in the world of finance (thank god) I'm always looking out for new macro podcasts hosted by intelligent and genuine analysts who aren't hawking some product. I believe that mastering any skill is about maximizing one's acquisition of high quality information and podcasts are a technological innovation that are still undervalued in light of their capacity to convey information in a way that is low effort and highly portable. So thanks again, I look forward to future episodes.
Armstrong's site traffic is supposedly up big and I think he is an important voice in the economic darkness (as is Varoufakis). Like Rogers he emphasizes the importance of understanding history, but in addition he looks to patterns present in the past to develop his economic confidence model which attempts to give insight into the future. With his program, Socrates, he is bringing (in my own personal opinion) this next level technical analysis to the masses which I think is critical to getting power out of the hands of Wall Street, Central Banks, and Politicians, and into the hands of the ones capable of possessing it without corruption: We The People. I'm currently using it (along with many other sources of information) and I will try my best to come back in a year or so to give it a full review. Too soon to tell conclusively, but so far I am impressed.
Old timers (I mean that in a good way) like Jim Rogers and Martin Armstrong, who have a natural instinct, proclivity, and passion for economics, have been monitoring the global economy for decades, and possess sufficient humility truly understand that they (along with everyone else) cannot outsmart the "free market." Politicians are nothing but celebrities. The leaders who come and go can do little, if anything to affect it. All they can do is imprison, maim, and murder others. The most glaring example being the War on Drugs. This was instigated based on the same faulty assumptions people use when they try to imagine that one candidate over the other can "turn things around." If politicians could control the free market, then simply making laws banning drugs would stop their sale and consumption. When the making of the law fails to effect change (hence proving the premise incorrect) they then turn to the police (and then the military) to control the free market. Of course, human beings occupy the police and military forces, human beings comprise the free market, and human beings like drugs, and so there is not only negligible impact on the sale and consumption of drugs, but the very people supposedly tasked with controlling the free market (by "stopping" people from selling and consuming "drugs") wind up engaging in the trade itself. Of course, since the only thing those in power can really do is hurt others, we shouldn't be surprised when the only non-negligible impact is how many people get injured in the process and how much. Hence drugs being prevalent even in prisons, one of the supposed mechanisms for controlling the free market (as a supposed deterrent) and theoretically the places on Earth most controlled by the ones who believed they could control the distribution of the substances in the first place!
One can pontificate, or play, at imagining what magical entity could change the world, but it's like playing Dungeons and Dragons or Magic the Gathering. A fun game with no real world consequences. Schumpeter demonstrated (and information theory along with studies of how innovation works have substantiated) that humanity as a whole is a technological innovation machine. It is constantly generating new technologies which at regular intervals combine to create "Big Bangs" of innovation (to use a term from Carlota Perez) like the steam engine, automobile, and microprocessor which spawn a universe of new products and services which bring about an order of magnitude improvement in the flow of information which consequently improves productivity, which consequently increases the wealth and standard of living of the population. However, eventually (after about 30 years) the new innovation that caused the spectacular growth starts producing diminishing returns as profits are competed and regulated away, and the technology has largely saturated the marketplace.
This is interrelated with what Mancur Olson described in The Rise and Decline of Nations. Economic growth (and so technological innovation) occurs in populations whose philosophical frameworks (which are a result of historical coincidence) create a sufficiently stable and free society which enables the humans within it to do what humans do best: innovate and be productive. When those populations possess concepts (or "memes") like freedom, liberty, free markets, free trade, justice, democracy, private property, etc. which have evolved over time, technological innovation can happen faster (e.g. Britain then America) guaranteeing that the specific population is host to the Big Bang, and so gets to profit the most from it. In addition, as Olson explains, competition and free trade serve to curb the accumulation of distributional coalitions (a/k/a cartels, a/k/a special interests) which can promote and prolong the economic growth. However, it is a paradox of stability that special interests WILL accumulate, thus consistently slowing economic growth until the entire system breaks down. No single person has a discernible impact on any of these factors, unless you want to point to people like Adam Smith, though even Smith was merely observing what merchants were already doing of their own volition. It is the population as a whole that determines what kind of society we live in (through what kind of rulers they are willing to tolerate by avoiding revolution) and only deluded egomaniacs (Trump and Clinton being perfect examples, with Sanders probably being more along the lines of a deluded populist) believe they can have any significant impact on what we all believe. This is the mistake people make when they think that silencing Donald Trump would somehow diminish support for his policies. Donald Trump is not popular because through sheer force of will he has forced millions of people to agree with him. This is the way elitists think. Donald Trump is popular ... because he's POPULAR. Because he's saying what a lot of people already feel. The same is true of Bernie Sanders and it's telling that no one talks about silencing Sanders, demonstrating that so-called liberals are the more authoritarian when it comes to free speech nowadays. As studies in crowd sourcing have shown, no one person or group makes better decisions than the crowd, i.e. the population, i.e. the free market. The population is coming to understand everything I have written. The American Empire is in decline. It is no longer sufficiently free, the Information Age is in its descent, and special interests (distributional coalitions) predominate. If the population as a whole were to embrace classical liberal beliefs we could (theoretically) systematically dismantle and rebuild the socio-economic framework of the nation so as to guarantee that we are host to the next technological Big Bang and have the safeguards in place to minimize the accumulation of special interests and maximize individual freedom and consequently economic growth. Like Jim said, we should all just be having beers together. Unfortunately like any computer, The People can only process information at a certain speed, one that sadly works on the time scale of decades and even generations, and one of the most important signals to them is economic collapse. The next President, whomever it is, will likely double down on government control and state socialism (hence Trump's embrace of "universal healthcare") which will only accelerate the decline of the current economic system (what Yanis Varoufakis refers to as "The Global Minotaur"), and then hopefully out of the metaphorical rubble (we can pray that it is only metaphorical) a better system can be rebuilt integrating the vast amount of new information we have accumulated since the inception of this system. But even a President who didn't double down on state socialism could only slightly delay the decline ("extend and pretend") and as another commentator pointed out even they can't do anything on their own. That's why the debt continues to rise consistently and predictably, because it is not a conscious decision made by those in power, but an unavoidable SYMPTOM of the economic realities which have been outlined by the great worldly philosophers on whose shoulders we all stand. The question is, "Who should we look to next for guidance in this uniquely spectacular and petrifying age?" I vote for Martin Armstrong and Yanis Varoufakis
Welcome, and thanks for a very thorough post! Please accept our apologies for being slow to respond in detail; Nathan and I are scrambling this afternoon to produce this week's show with Dr. Marc Faber. I'll reply in more detail after we get today's show out the door...
As others have said, thanks for doing this. A huge fan of Eriks, and I always thought you added the most to the other financial podcast. Their loss.
From a Canadian perspective, Josef Schachter, an oil analyst in Calgary; he can speak to North America and Asia gas/oil reserves and companies. A conversation with Erik would be very interesting.
Jim mentioned that those who study history will see the patterns emerge. I just completed a book by Prof. Eric Cline entitled "1177BC". New archaeology within the past 10-15 years has brought about a much better understanding of what brought the Bronze Age to a close. The amazing conclusion in the book is that 4 great empires of the Bronze Age had a very sophisticated international trade among themselves, and due to some geological and environmental catastrophes, the international system of trade was upset with the result that in less than 50 years, 3 of the 4 empires vanished off the face of the earth. The 4th empire (Egypt) barely survived but was never a great power again. Each of the empires had become so specialized in the trade that the loss of any one of the trading partners set off a series of events (mass migrations, war, etc) that ultimately destroyed them. Reading this book laid down a perfect road map as to how empires fall. The parallels to today are eerily similar. All that said, Jim Rogers and Erik pretty much got it right as to what we can expect when our international system of trade gets whacked beyond repair.
Another interesting conclusion in the book is that the empires broke up into city-states with rather broad freedoms (including freedom from the empire and its system of taxation and serfdom). From those city-states came the Iron Age.
For those Economics-History freaks like me, read the book. It will truly leave you shaking your head and remembering the words of Jim Rogers that history does repeat itself.
Nathan and I spoke about our vision for these forums on tomorrow's show (in the editing booth now, should be up on the site within a few hours). I really like the way things are going - the people we're seeing join us here are exactly the kind of people I envisioned building an online collaboration community with through these forums.
@MCPP - Welcome to the forums. We're so happy to have you tracking our work. We will continue to aim a lot of our focus towards oil and energy, so your suggestions here are very helpful. I've added them to our list.
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Add Your Annotations: You can touch up your screenshots by cropping them and adding changes visible and unnoticeable. I added the big OK stamp, and also eliminated a banner ad in the site’s header.
I found Voila’s region and object captures—the kind I do the most—to be somewhat less convenient than the similar All-in-One capture type in TextSmith’s Snagit ( ). Voila lacks a magnification window near the cursor that allows you to select region edges with more precision; and Snagit’s object selector can find and snap to objects within windows, making it easy to shoot a toolbar or other user interface object.
Surprisingly, Voila’s automatic naming for screenshots is rudimentary. All you can do is add a prefix and the program automatically adds a sequence number. I’d like to see the ability to timestamp shots and use more flexible naming conventions.
Voila lets you choose from two methods of acquiring shots from the Web (besides simply capturing a selection from your browser). You can grab a picture of a whole Web page from your default browser, with automatic scrolling. Or you can open any URL in Voila’s built-in browser. This then allows you to capture any rectangular portion of the page (with scrolling, if needed), or one or more of the DOM elements from the page. For example, you can grab the DIV containing a navigation bar, or just the page footer. For page designers, this is a killer feature. Web capture even grabs the page’s metadata keywords to add tags to the screenshot for use with Voila’s organization features (more on those in a moment).
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The Editor works well for the most part, but I found a bug with the paint tool that kept transparent areas from being correctly filled. The company acknowledged the problem, provided a workaround, and says it is working on a fix. I also ran into a handful of other cosmetic bugs, indicating to me that the program needs a bit more quality assurance polishing. One small drawback to the Editor is that you must use it; you can’t save shots directly to disk. I’d like the option to skip the Editor and have the Save As dialog appear immediately after capture.
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Organize and Edit: After you take a shot like this menu (with its nice transparent background), it ends up in the Voila Editor, which flanks the shot to the left with the Organizer tab and the Information pane on the right, with the current Collection scrolling beneath the screenshot. You can rename and tag the shot in the Information pane.
The Voila Editor provides a unique and very useful Organizer tab that I haven’t seen in competing programs. The Organizer allows you to group your captures into manual and Smart Collections. The program comes with many premade Smart Collections for different kinds of captures and capture destinations. You can create your own Smart Collections, grouping together custom tags you apply to screenshots. This is great for projects that might require you to keep many screenshots in different folders; with Smart Collections and tags, you can still easily review all the screenshots in the project for consistency.
You can share any capture in the editor by dragging and dropping it to the Desktop or other destination, and you can choose the default sharing file format. You can export captures to iPhoto, email, and many online destinations, including FTP/SFTP, Flickr, YouTube, Dropbox, Evernote, and Tumblr, but notably excluding Twitter and Facebook.
Voila is available from the Mac App Store or the Global Delight website for $30. This is $20 less than Snagit, though the Snagit Mac price includes a license to its Windows version, a significant benefit if you have cross-platform needs. But if all you care about is Mac screenshots, Voila is a good value. Once it is a little more polished, eliminating its niggling bugs, it will be an excellent value.
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The computer is one of the most versatile video players ever invented. It can play discs, various files or stream video from the web. There’s little that isn’t available on a PC, and if something is off limits its usually due to DRM and not the hardware.
Yet the PC has always felt strangely isolated from other devices, including those that are designed to display video. Almost all computers have the ability to output video but the connections used can be confusing to the uninitiated.
This article will help you resolve any unfamiliarity by explaining all of the different output options, how they’re used and their advantages. After that we’ll briefly touch on how to resolve a couple common issues that arise when trying to display PC video on a HDTV.
VGA is an old video output that was first introduced back in 1987 and became the standard PC video output during the 1990s. It is a 15-pin connection that that is often colored blue to distinguish it from other ports with pins.
You will still find VGA connections on many desktop PCs and on many HDTVs. Televisions sometimes refer to the VGA connection as a “PC input.” Though developed during a time when resolutions were much lower this connection has the ability to display resolutions up to 2048×1536.
VGA output from your desktop or PC will often require that you enable an additional display connected this way by using Windows display properties. Some laptops include a button or keyboard function key that toggles VGA on or off.
Introduced in 1999, DVI took over for VGA as the PC video output of choice at the turn of the century. It was built to carry digital signals but it also had the ability to handle analog signals.
DVI was and still is incredibly common on desktop computers but it’s not as common on laptops. It’s also not that common on HDTVs, which tend to just offer a single VGA input instead of both VGA and DVI. Still, you can find it on some models. 1080p output is no problem -and-play connection, so all you’ll likely need to do is plug one end of the DVI cable into your PC and the other into your TV.
If you own a modern HDTV you almost certainly have HDMI inputs, and if you own a fairly recent desktop or laptop you probably have an HDMI output. This has become an incredibly popular standard for all sorts of devices capable of video input or output.
HDMI is a digital connection that can handle resolutions up to 1920×1200 (with versions earlier than 1.3) or up to 2560×1600 (with versions 1.3 and later). It is very much a plug-and-play solution. Your PC should be able to automatically detect and configure any display plugged in via HDMI.
Unlike earlier PC compatible outputs, HDMI also bundles in audio. For a few years this was problematic because PCs were built on the assumption that video and audio output would be handled separately by separate chips.
However, Intel’s integrated graphics has supported audio over HDMI since 2006. Nvidia and AMD also support audio over HDMI with current video cards, but cards that are more than a few years old may not offer this support. Some Nvidia cards in the 200 series included audio over HDMI but it would only work if you connected a S/PDIF wire between your internal computer’s internal sound card and an input on the Nvidia video card.
This digital video connection was thought up in 2006 as a replacement for DVI. Unlike HDMI, DisplayPort was built with computers in mind. It can output a resolution of up to 3840×2160 and also has the unusual ability to connect to multiple displays from one output with a daisy-chain connection.
DisplayPort is common on some computers. AMD video cards often include it and Apple MacBooks rely on it entirely. Its not a common input for televisions, however, so you will usually need to acquire a DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter.
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Mini-DisplayPort and Thunderbolt connections are compatible out of the box. That’s a good thing, because not many devices offer Thunderbolt support at this time. No televisions support Thunderbolt at this time.
You’ll find that 99% of the connections between a computer and a TV are basically plug-and-play. The television and computer will automatically communicate (provided the TV has the right input source selected, of course!) and a picture will be display.
Even the optimal resolution will automatically be detected and configured in many cases, and if it’s not, you can fix this easily using Window’s display properties. You may find, however, that the image is either too large or too small even when you properly adjust the resolution.
This issue is called overscan (if the image is too large for your television) or underscan (if the image is too small). You can’t fix it with Windows display properties but you can usually fix it using your computer’s display drivers.
Right-click on an empty portion of your desktop and look for AMD Catalyst Control Center, Nvidia Control Panel or Intel Graphics Properties. Once you’ve opened the driver control panel look for the HDTV settings panel and then find the image scaling options.
You might also be able to fix the issue using your TV’s settings, but since various TVs have very different menus, I can only refer you to your manual.
Though an HDTV should work with a modern computer automatically you may occasionally receive only a black screen or a message that tells you no input was detected.
Such problems are usually the result of an incompatibility between a setting on your computer and a setting on your TV. Refresh rate is a common culprit. Most TVs only support a few specific modes and won’t display an image if the refresh rate is incorrect.
You can fix this by opening your Display Properties, selecting Adjust Resolution and then clicking Advanced Settings. You will find the refresh rate under the “monitors” tab. Most every TV supports 60 Hz.
Resolution can also trip up a TV in some cases. For example, if you have a 720p television but your computer tries to output 1600×900 or 1920×1200 the signal may be rejected. You can usually fix this by opening Display Properties and going to Adjust Resolution and then selecting an appropriate resolution for the second display (your television).
Misuse of video output can also sometimes be a problem. On desktop computers with a video card you will usually have two sets of video outputs, one for the integrated video solution (which is inactive) and one for the video card. If you try to use the outputs connected to integrated video while the video card is installed you will not receive a signal.
This means that a computer that physically offers numerous video outputs may only be able to output to one or two TV displays because the outputs are split between the active video card and the inactive integrated video.
It is not impossible to connect a computer to a standard definition television. Your best bet will be to output via VGA and convert the signal to composite or component. Heck, maybe you’ll even find a fancy standard definition TV with a native VGA input.
That’s not likely, however. And even if you manage it, don’t expect much for your trouble. Computer output is notoriously terrible on standard definition TV. The resolution of older televisions can’t properly handle the fine text used by a computer’s user interface.
I hope that this article will help you better understand PC video output to a television. If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to leave them in the comments.
If i took the screen of a laptop and used a elmo hpl2900dx overhead projector to show a image from the laptop to a projector screen what happens to the picture quality. Explain. Thanks
I am trying to connect an old Sharp analog TV with composite input to a Dell laptop with VGA. I used the VGA to video converter adapter. I connected the audio and the sound works perfectly through the TV. The TV screen is black. I have tried everything. The only time any thing shows on the TV screen is when I push the Fn F8 key. Momentarily the TV and the laptop screen shows blocks made of colored lines than both screens go black. The laptop screen comes right back on but the TV stays black. Do I need an expresscard for the laptop? HELP!!!!!!
I am trying to connect my media player which has HDMI out put to my 42" LED TV (the HDMI ports are not working anymore and hard to get this fixed). will i get 1080p out to TV if i use a HDMI to RCA cable? Please advise me with if you have any other better Idea.
Don't forget the USB/Bluetooth dongle and 3' USB extender and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse in this 50'+ setup. The extender lets you position the dongle for ideal placement of the BT adapter's 270 degree antenna so the BT keyboard and mouse are able to reach the PC wirelessly from across the house so you can stay in your easy chair.
Dell made a combo keyboard&mouse kit that is inexpensive used and quite durable. Works great with XP, 7, and OSX.
A setup like this works great for everything from movies to email to surfing the web. Then if you want to sit in your office just sit down and work on console.
DVI to HDMI then into a HDMI to component converter box is a great option as you can rejoin the PC audio with the video signal at the set with a simple 1/8" stereo plug to RCA plug commonly used with portable CD players and iPods to connect to home stereos.
The box that everyone is using from Amazon to convert xbox one 1080p HDMI to component - mostly so they can play at 1080 on a 1080i TV - does this job nicely.
Big picture, I have a 5 input auto switching HDMI to one output HDMI switcher from computer outlet feeding my HDMI to component converter box through an avermedia. The PC is on a secondary audio input on my stereo and if I want to record audio along with the video I have to use audacity for the audio the rejoin them in my editor but it works well.
A VGA over cat5 setup is a really inexpensive way to go the distance with video. Especially if you add a cheap signal booster. I setup my dad's with a 50 cable I soldered up with VGA ends from radioshack in about an hour. The audio is ran by soldering 1/8" headphone jacks to solid core phone wire to reduce loss over the length. Overall it works great. Xbmc plus playon yields a ton of programming options!
There are inexpensive (yellow rca-jack) plug-adapters and cables available on websites like amazon and e-bay (to find them, just type "s-video to rca jack adapter" into the website's search window); these adapters/cables allow you to view a laptop computer's video output on a regular TV set that's equipped with a yellow RCA-jack video input, or to record the laptop's video output onto a DVD-R or vcr tape (this is handy for recording youtube movies or for adding typed-text titles/comments to a videotape). Just be sure that you get an adapter/cable with a MALE s-video connector, so that it will plug into your laptop's female s-video jack.
What about WIDI? Would that be used? Some laptops have it so you can plug an adapter into the tv, then connect the laptop to the adapter much like WIFI. Wireless display.
thanks for this article i just hope time come i could try this,, but as of now its lack of resources :) but its all good.. atleast im updated
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you sometimes need to use a 'scan converter' to connect your pc (VGA port) to your TV (composite). they are sold under "PC-to-Video" kits on ebay or amazon.
I read your article and I was able to connect my HP Netbook to my Sony HDMI TV by the VGA connection.I am able to get the visuals ok but I am not able to get the Audio.How do i get the voice?
VGA does not do audio so you will need to route a cable from the audio output (headphone jack) on your laptop to the input on your TV or home theater equipment. You are probably going to need an adapter for this, such as:
You are doing everything perfectly so far. The issue you are having is due to the fact that VGA only carries video, not audio. You can easily solve this problem by connecting an audio cable with 3.5mm plugs on each end , exactly like the plugs on most earbuds, to your computer's headphone jack and the other end to an audio input jack on your TV. It may be near the VGA jack and/or labeled "audio in"
There was no mention of codecs. I have a low def / regular TV with VGA input and can see the PC screen on the TV, but keep getting codec issues (i.e. wrong codec) when I try to play movies, Youtube etc. I cannot expand on this as my TV is in France and my PC is in England for the summer (Summer! it has rained almost continually for 3 months - but I digress). Any ideas on how I might address this?
Well codecs shouldn't have anything to do with your television or the connection. You have to install the proper codecs on your PC. Try using VLC - maybe it will play the files.
I've never used that port before but from what I know of it, it's not. Apple sold an adapter for ADC to DVI and it was damn expensive, $149 original retail IIRC.
I want to connect a Mac Mini to the Monitor/TV using the HDMI ports. If both computers are connected to the Monitor/TV, will this work? If both computers are on at the same time, what happens?
I have a HD Set top box connected to it, that a USB stick will plug and play - as long as the movie is in AVI file format.
Otherwise, for laptop to TV - I use a Pico VGA to RCA converter and a 1.5mm audio to RCA converter. Works fine and with VLC Media Player, the formats don't matter.
Cost was only $99 from Dick Smith and it will do me until the old TV breaks down and I have to get a HDTV, as that also means new furniture.
1080p output is no problem unless you are attempting to connection a PC to an I've used it to stream Netflix to an HDMI screen. Looks very good.
For several years I have used an older Macbook Pro with a DVI to RCA output (made by Apple) to display movie and TV files or stream from Netflix and Hulu. It's an older standard def TV but the quality is as good as watching via a DVD player. It doesn't work as a computer, fuzzy text as already mentioned, but great for video, Apple sells a mini-DVI to RCA composite as well.
Does this work with a Mac? I've a desktop that's too heavy to move & in a separate room, purchased Nov. '08.
Does this work with a Mac? I have a desktop, too heavy to move & in a separate room, purchased Nov. of '08.
Mac usually offer video out but only over a single port. Lately it's been DisplayPort. I might be able to help you with more information about your Mac, or you could ask this question on MakeUseOf Answers
A useful article indeed. The first time I used HDMI from the laptop to the TV there was no sound. The sound output had to be switched from speakers to digital audio S/PDIF to get the sound out from the HDMI cable to the TV.
Yes, this is a good point. Often times a video card will support sound over HDMI but Windows will neglect to use that feature automatically when you plug in the HDMI capable.
got my hopes high and read the whole article just to know that, there is no way i can connect my standard definition TV with my Laptop
I have a HDTV. It has no VGA port. I want to connect it to my laptop, but unfortunately my laptop has no HDMI output, but a VGA output. Please help me..
Converting VGA to HDMI requires an expensive adapter, so thats not really feasible. Does your TV have a DVI port? You can get a very chaep adapter for VGA->DVI
I was thinking of any adapter which could convert VGA from my laptop to 3 pin component on my tv. Is there anything like that??
No, VGA is digital, component isn't. Some laptops have component out, some desktop cards too; but if not, then yet another expensive converter (so you might as well as buy the HDMI converter to get HD quality, as opposed to terrible component quality)
Hi, is HDMI only available on HDTV or there is SDTV which support it, though everyone should use HDTV to get a great picture .
Yes, using a nice 32" LG lcd TV on my media/ganes pc. Have had no problems, connected with a hdmi cable. Highly recommended, you become more immersed in whatever you are doing be it games, video or surfing the net.
Anyone who hooks up a large screen will no regret it, you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner...
I picked up the Cable Matters USB 2.0 to HDMI Audio Video 1080P Adapter for Windows and it worked well.
USB to HDMI can work well for static or low-movement images (i.e. a computer desktop). It's not great for moving images at 1080p however. USB doesn't have the bandwidth for that and pixelation/artifacts are a common result.
My laptop has a blue VGA port. I have an HDMI TV. It has been suggested to me that I get a double-ended VGA cable and a USB adaptor, to create a faux-HDMI port on my laptop.
That would mean that I would really be using a USB to HDMI connection and your comment on USB bandwidth says to me that I would not be happy watching YouTube and Netflix on such a connection.
So I'm wondering if there is such a thing as a VGA - HDMI cable.and if that would be the way for me to go.
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Some computers (including my 2006 laptop) have an "S-Video" output. I've used it to connect my machine to a 21" TV (Standard Def). All I can do with it is watch movies. But after watching DVDs on a HDTV, all I can do is wait for the TV to break down and replace it ASAP.
Ah, yes. S-Video. I thought about including it but did not because it's no longer common. It's useful if you have a TV that supports it, but it seems that S-Video is rare these days.
I actually have this on my laptop, and use it everyday, S-Video is the only feature my somewhat old TV has....
I do the same. It is very rare for laptops to have s-video outputs now, I'm lucky that one of mine does.
I have a old tv, it has RCA (Yellow. Red, white) cable i believe, So can i covert VGA to RCA or something..?
Welllll...there are products like this available online but I don't know if it's going to be worth the effort. An older television is going to have a very low resolution.
Connecting from a PC to an older tv is very easy. I have done this on 2 older sets. What is required is a convertor from VGA to RCA. I bought mine on ebay from China, with shipping it was $15. It also will output S-Video. The sound will go direct with a special cable. One end has the 1/8 stereo plug that goes into the headset plug on the pc, the other end has 2 rca plugs that go into the tv sound, they are usually red and white. No it is not HD, but I have been watching regular tv for 50 years and I do not enjoy a program any less in standard def.
Lol i was wondering why u posted thrice :D its ok Doug, but can you hook the ebay link for the converter in comment..?
Yes, not a problem. VGA essentially provides the same composite signals required by the RCA connectors (see if you're interested in more detail). You can easily get adapters between VGA, composite and SCART (which is basically a single-socket version of composite). These adapters are simply a matter of rewiring and have no electronic components.
This article is helpful. Perhaps you could do a follow up piece on how to output video from an iPad to a TV
My hubby did it a few times but it was frustrating to accomplish. I am forwarding him this article as I assume he will find it informative. Thanks MUO
Been their and Done that. I have tricked out my folks LCD Flatscreen TV into a PC/TV. I simply made some modifications and made it worked.
What you haven't mentioned, and you should, is the issue that frequently appears when DVI/HDMI is used between an PC and a TV set. It is the colour conversion. Apparently most TV's opperate at a narrower colour pixel map, 16-235 rather than 0-255 that PCs do.
As a result, colours on a TV will be compressed. From white to grey they all look white and from dark grey to black they all look black. Detail is lost when watching a movie, lapels are flat with suits, hair is all black, and shirt colar has no shape.
Some card drivers allow you to change the pixel colour, but it doesn't always work. As such you need to perfom the "de-compression" by adjusting brightness and contrast.
I can't say I know about this issue or have encountered it myself. I'll make a note to look in to it and if I can discover useful information it could be throw in a follow-up article.
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But some are Linux-specific. These can change depending on which Linux distribution and desktop environment you choose to run.
Below is a list of 20 keyboard shortcuts you may encounter in three of the most popular Linux desktop environments: GNOME, KDE, and Unity. Some of these will be essential to Linux newcomers, while others may even surprise a long-time user or two. Hopefully you walk away with some that become a regular part of your routine.
The launcher is the primary way most users open applications. In GNOME, you can do this by pressing the Super key (which you’ll probably know as the Windows key on most keyboards) and typing in the first few letters of what you want to run followed by Enter. To skip by the overview of open windows and go straight to applications, use Super + A.
Clicking an app icon may seem quick enough, but on Ubuntu, there’s an even faster way to launch software that you use often. The first nine applications in the Unity launcher have numbers assigned to them. You can open any of them by press Super + 1 to 9. To open a new window in an app that may be already open, hold down Shift while entering the shortcut.
GNOME notifications pop up at the top of the screen, but sometimes they disappear before you can read them. To bring them back, enter Super + V. This is also a quick way to get a glance at the calendar.
You can take a screenshot by pressing Prt Scr. To step up your game, you can hold down Alt + Prt Scr to save just the current window or Shift + Prt Scr to capture a specific area. Hold down the Ctrl key at the same time to automatically copy the image to the clipboard where you can easily paste it somewhere else.
Taking screenshots is nothing new. What came as a surprise to me is the ability to record a screencast Linux Screen Recording Just Got Quicker and Easier with ScreenStudio Linux Screen Rn appear beside your status icons. Enter this shortcut again to end the recording. The clip will appear in your Videos folder as a .webm file.
Need to lock your desktop in a hurry? Hey, I’m not here to question what you were doing. Under GNOME, tap Super + L. On KDE, enter Ctrl + Alt + Delete. You or anyone else will need to enter your password before getting back in.
Alternatively, you can tuck away the current window instead. But I can’t minimize with GNOME, you say? Sure you can. GNOME just doesn’t call it that anymore. Now it’s hiding, and you can do it by pressing Super + H.
What, you have multiple windows open? On Unity, you can do this using Ctrl + Super + D. That will minimize all the windows on your desktop. When you’re ready to bring them back, repeat the shortcut, but only if you haven’t opened another window.
Do you like the way GNOME shows all of your open windows when you press the Super key? Under KDE, you can do this using Ctrl + F8. In the bottom right-hand corner, you may also see the option to add virtual desktops, similar to how things work under GNOME.
Not having to reach for your touchpad felt nice, didn’t it? You don’t have to stop with maximizing your window. Try changing the window’s size in another way by resizing it using the keyboard. To do that, tap Alt + F8. Then use the arrow keys.
Keyboard-powered window management doesn’t stop there. You can drag a window around without your mouse. To do that, press Alt + F7. You will know this worked when the arrow turns into a hand. Then you can use the arrow keys to shift around.
It’s handy to work with two windows side by side, but setting them up can be tedious. To make the task completely simple, press Super + Left to make an application consume the left half of the screen. Super + Right does the opposite.
Another way to do half of the tasks mentioned above is to press Alt + Space. This opens up the menu that you can also see by right-clicking on the titlebar. You can click on functions or navigate to them using the arrow keys and pressing Enter.
Virtual desktops are nothing new to Linux desktop environments, but GNOME Shell does knock things on their head, so to speak. Workspaces are aligned virtually instead of horizontally. To swap between them, press Ctrl + Alt + Up or Down. If you want to bring a window with you, hold down the Shift key at the same time.
The command for closing windows will feel familiar to anyone who has made the shift over from Windows. Whether you’re on GNOME, KDE, or Unity, you can avoid clicking the X button by pressing Alt + F4 instead.
On KDE, you can go a step further and kill a window that may be frozen by entering Ctrl + Alt + Esc.
You can hop back and forth between workspaces using arrow keys on KDE, but if you know exactly which one you want to switch to, there’s a faster way. Press Ctrl + F1 to move to the first workspace or any combination up to Ctrl + F4.
From here, you’re limited only by your imagination (or the software that’s installed on your machine). Type in the exact name of a program to launch it without clicking an icon. Try killall followed by a program name to force quit an application that has frozen. This shortcut may take time to master, but you will be happy when you do.
You can bring up the context menu without having to reach for your mouse, which can be especially handy if, for whatever reason, you don’t have one. On GNOME, make it happen using Shift + F10. On KDE, try Ctrl + F10 instead.
When you log in to Ubuntu for the first time, the desktop shows a window filled with Unity keyboard shortcuts. If you ever want to see this list again, you can retrieve the window whenever you like by holding down the Super key.
Keyboard shortcuts can often be the difference between using a few seconds to do something and instantly doing the job.
Okay, put that way, memorizing a bunch of shortcuts doesn’t seem like much of a big deal. But over the course of any given day, you may use some of these combinations dozens of time, eliminating how often you have to reach for the mouse and interrupt your train of thought. This isn’t solely about efficiency. We’re also talking ease of use.
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What are your favorite Linux shortcuts? Do you have a key combination to recommend that isn’t on the list above? Be sure to leave a comment below.
Re the "close-window"-command: I'm not sure if its functionality is exactly the same, but I find "Ctrl+w" way *very* convenient, as one doesn't have to leave the "standard-position" when touch typing. It's also quite useful in many apps, for example in libreoffice it closes a document, but not the window as such. In Firefox it closes the specific tab.
I'm not sure if these count, as they're set by myself via the compiz configurator, but they're extremely useful for me and might give people some ideas:
- Alt + mousewheel -> Zoom in/out of desktop fluently (very useful when opening some document/webpage/whatever and the font is too small. No need to change any preferences in the viewer-app).
- Alt + left mouse-button-down -> move window, meaning that any window can be moved with the combination, regardless of the pointer-position over the window. Saves a lot of time because one doesn't have to look for the area of the window that's usually used for clicking/moving.
Sorry, the first should have been "shift + mousewheel". Just for completeness sake. :) But I guess Alt would work as well.
I don't have a mouse with side buttons, but using those to switch between workspaces sounds pretty awesome.
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The Perinatal Institute has estimated that if every hospital adopts their award winning Growth Assessment Protocol Programme (GAP), and a similar stillbirth reduction was achieved across the UK, 1000 stillbirths could be prevented every year!
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The Growth Assessment Protocol (GAP) is a programme by the Perinatal Institute which improves detection of growth restricted babies through the use of customised charts alongside training, protocols and audits. Between 10-15% of babies born are growth restricted and the majority of these go undetected. By detecting these babies we hugely increase their chance of survival.
Provision of customised growth charts and birthweight centiles via specialised software (as recommended by RCOG guidelines).
Extensive training package and competency document for midwives, obstetricians and ultrasonographers which includes information on: fetal growth restriction and its association with stillbirth, risk assessment, principles of increased and low risk care, standardised measurement of fundal height, use of customised growth charts and much more.
Data collection tool which provides local reports on rates of growth restriction and detection, so that units can monitor their own performance and compare themselves against the national average.
Tool to audit cases where growth restriction has been missed in order that units can learn from these incidents.
And the cost for each trust? Just 50p per pregnancy! Evidence suggests that running GAP is cost neutral and pays for itself. More information about GAP including research around the benefits can be found on The Perinatal Institute website. You can also read how GAP is reducing stillbirth in this BMJ Open article.
Since 2013, GAP has been adopted in two thirds of the UK’s maternity units. Here’s a list of who has already adopted GAP.
If your hospital hasn’t yet introduced GAP, email your Head Of Midwifery a link to this web page and en recommends the GAP programme as part of their “Saving Babies Lives care bundle for the reduction of stillbirths and neonatal deaths”.
“We welcome the launch of the Mama Academy’s Made to Measure campaign. The Perinatal Institute’s Growth Assessment Protocol Programme has achieved encouraging results in those regions where uptake of the programme has been most prevalent. Reducing stillbirth is a key priority for NHS England and we are encouraging uptake of the GAP programme across the NHS in England.”
If your baby was affected by fetal growth restriction, we would love to add ydwife by expressing your gratitude on our very special page! You can then send your midwife this link for them to view your appreciation. Send your messages of thanks to
Midwives if you are on this page it’s because a Mum would like to show their appreciation for the incredible work you do. Be encouraged by reading their message of thanks. You are truly valued and do an amazing job. Thank you for making a difference.
“I would like to thank my midwife Alison Orlopp, Community Midwife (Bury Team) for providing excellent care at all times mixed with her wonderful sense of humour and warm personality. For being supportive of my decision to home birth against medical advice, always respecting my decisions and championing the normality of birth. She gave me the courage and self belief to achieve my dream in February this year and I would like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for being my midwife and looking after me so well.”
“I would like to thank Kath Murphy who was at North Manchester General in 1993 when I gave birth to my first child, Amanda. It was a water birth, the first baby Kath had delivered in a birthing pool. She was fabulous and very sensitive and I have only positive memories of my labour and birth due to her. She even stayed on after her shift ended to be there for the birth which was imminent. She gave me the confidence to go for a home birth for my second, also in a birthing pool. Thank you again, Kath.”
“My midwife Jane Kirby (Braunton North Devon) was an absolute saint. I was so terrified throughout the whole of my pregnancy after losing my first baby but she never got short tempered with me or lost her patience and for that I can never thank her enough xxx”
“The midwife I had with my last little girl was invaluable she recognised something was wrong even before the doctors did her knowledge and 20 years experience kept me and my baby safe and responded quickly when she had to be ressucitated amazing work they do.”
“I had amazing midwives with all 5 of my children, the one I will remember forever was the one who delivered my baby girl, she was so comforting and her quick actions got me into surgery to save my life, I’m eternally grateful to her, the love and comfort she gave to my family and myself was like a mother to her daughter. Midwives should all be recognised as amazing people, after all they are bringing new lives into the world, such an important job.”
“I’ve never felt more vulnerable in my life than during pregnancy, labour and the first hours afterwards. The knowledge, kindness and support of a good midwife can guide you through this terrifying, but amazing experience and make it positive and empowering. Without that support it can very quickly become a very horrible and scary time.” |
Hanover has 4,64 days. And, when you need to get home there are 968 bus and tram stops, and subway and railway stations in Hanover.
Assuming that every kilometer of street in Hanover has an average of 33 street lamps with 50W of power, then Hanover has more than 152,541 street lamps, which use 73.4 square kilometers, public green spaces and parks make up 6.5% of Hanover’s total area, 204 square kilometers. That means each of Hanover’s 525,875 residents has an average of 25.4 square meters – less than most large Zoo animals!
When people in Hanover want to go out, they are spoilt for choice; the city has more than 1,112 cang.
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They are open to businesses of any size and in any sector are a valuable source of information, advice and networking opportunities.
In the Marches, the Shropshire Chamber of Commerce covers the Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin local authorities, with more than 800 members.
The Hereford and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce represents more than 1,400 businesses across the two counties.
Shrewsbury Business Chamber is a non-profit making organisation run by its members, for the benefit and improvement of its members, the town of Shrewsbury and its surrounding environs, and the local community as a whole. Visit
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The national market for cannabis opened on Wednesday at midnight in the midst of waiting inquiries regarding the effect on wellbeing, the law and open security. Data has been sent to around 15m family units about the public awareness drives and new laws. But then, there remain issues, including about the preparation for police to handle drug impairment driving.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks found little reason to be upbeat Monday, as the sector retreated on broader market losses stemming from rising oil prices and weaker economic data.
The Nasdaq Composite Index $COMPQ home to many leading tech stocks, fell almost 16 points to close at 2,257, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, +1.35% shed almost 8 points to end the day at 497.
An increase in oil prices, which pushed the price of crude above $60 a barrel, as well a rise in long-term interest rates were being blamed for selling that spilled into the tech sector. See full story.
Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, -1.10% shed 14 cents to close at $17.50, a day ahead of its analysts' meeting in Santa Clara, Calif.
RSA Security Inc. RSAS slumped $1.94 a share, or almost 15%, to close at $11.25. Before the market opened, the security-software company said that it would cut an undisclosed number of jobs, take a $14 million restructuring charge and buy privately held online-security firm Cyota Inc. for $145 million. The company also said that Chief Financial Officer Jeff Glidden resigned to take a job outside the software industry.
Lexar Media Inc. LEXR fell 81 cents, or more than 9%, to close at $7.94 after Toshiba Corp. obtained a new court date in a legal dispute between the companies over flash-memory chip trade secrets.
In a prior court decision, Toshiba was ordered to pay Lexar $465.4 million after Toshiba was ruled to have stolen trade secrets from Lexar.
SanDisk Corp. SNDK another top maker of flash-memory chips for MP3 players and other consumer electronics, rose $1.70, to $48.59 despite WR Hambrecht lowering its rating on SanDisk to hold from buy.
One of the few bright spots in the tech sector was Dell Inc. DELL which rose 44 cents to $31.26, after Raymond James Associates raised its rating on the No. 1 personal-computer company to strong buy from outperform.
Analyst Robert Anastasi made the move after saying that consensus estimates for Dell have been sufficiently reset.
European stocks closed sharply lower on Thursday, deepening losses for the first quarter, with bank shares under pressure while a rise in the euro weighed on exporters.
The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.26% fell 1.1% to 337.54. No sector gained; oil-and-gas, telecom and utilities struggled the most.
After Thursday’s downbeat action, the pan-European index ended the first quarter of 2016 with a 7.7% decline, its worst since a 8.8% drop in the third quarter of 2015. For the month, it was a better story for the Stoxx 600, logging a 1.1% gain in March, for its first monthly advance since November last year.
Euro watch: Stocks tripped lower on Thursday, in part as the euro EURUSD, +0.1063% was pushing close to trading above $1.14 against the U.S. dollar. A higher value of the shared currency can make products made by European exporters more expensive for holders of other currencies to buy. The euro was up 0.4% at $1.1383.
The export-heavy German DAX 30 DAX, +0.71% lost 0.8% to close at 9,965.51. There, auto makers Daimler AG DAI, +2.66% lost 0.8% and BMW AG BMW, +2.98% fell 1.7%.
Traders “continue to dump the U.S. dollar after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen pulled a dove out of the Fed’s hat earlier this week,” signaling interest rates may stay lower for longer than anticipated, said Fawad Razaqzada, technical analyst at and City Index, in a note.
“Her views will be put to the test given the sheer number of top-tier US macroeconomic data coming up this week, including the March payrolls numbers and average hourly earnings, a measure of inflation, on Friday.”
Bank blues: Italian bank shares SX7R, +0.33% were among the worst performing as well, as UniCredit SpA UCG, -0.11% considered whether it will delay a rights issue by Banca Popolare di Vicenza SpA. There are concerns UniCredit, which pledged to guarantee the sale of 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in new shares that Vicenza plans to sell in April, could be stuck with hefty stake in Vicenza because investors lack appetite for Italian bank stocks.
Those moved yanked Italy’s FTSE MIB index XX:FTSEMIB down by 1.4% to 18,116.88. The index tumbled 15.4% tumble in the first quarter, its worst quarter since the third quarter of 2011, FactSet data showed.
Other movers: Bouygues SA EN, +1.73% fell 3.6% as the French telecommunications company and rival Orange SA ORA, +1.37% extended a deadline to complete merger talks. Orange shares fell 1.3%.
TUI AG TUI, +1.56% shares jumped 5% after the travel services provider said growth in bookings and revenue for this summer are ahead of last year’s pace.
Amelia Renkert-Thomas is joint managing director of the Withers Consulting Group, a New Haven, Conn.-based family business consultancy with offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. She works with families and enterprises of all sizes on business strategies and governance, including effective succession planning and leadership transitions. Before helping to launch Withers Consulting Group, Amelia practiced tax, trusts and estates law for more than 14 years. She also served a 12-year stint as president of Ironrock, a fifth-generation family business founded by her father’s great grandfather in 1866. Find her on Twitter @WCG_Amy and for more about WCG visit
Considering making retirement your New Year's resolution? If you are the founder of a successful business, retirement can feel like failure.
But what if you approached retirement differently — what if you approach it as a startup opportunity? The odds of success with any new venture increase when you do your homework. This series will help you consider the opportunities ahead, and show you how investing time, attention and resources can set you up for a great second act.
Your board will be your partners in looking after your existing business and developing this new venture of yours. Do you have a fiduciary board of directors stocked with members who bring skills, perspective, and empathy? Make sure to go beyond family, employees and close friends to find individuals who can help you and the business succeed. Include at least one director who has retired and is enjoying a successful second — or even third — act.
You and your board of directors face a critical decision: Who will take over as CEO? Is that person in-house already or do you need to begin a search process? Don't handle this process alone — you will benefit greatly from your board's perspective and experience. Once you and your board have identified and vetted the successor, begin giving him — or her — opportunities to lead before any announcement is made. Start with smaller projects, then build to meatier problems. Resist the urge to meddle ... and allow for different decisions than you might have made. You'll set your successor up to succeed and foster trust and recognition for your new leader.
Retirement is a process, not a once-and-done event. You didn't build your business in a day, and you won't retire in a day, either. So earmark some time — at least a year — to prepare. Set aside time each day — and perhaps a day each week in the beginning, increasing to two or three days a week by the end of the year — to step away from the business.
Volunteer work isn't just stuffing envelopes. Organizations need experienced, skilled volunteers. Is there a charitable or political cause that you support? Do you like to teach? Get involved and put yourself forward when leadership opportunities arise.
Perfect a skill. Are you a capable chef with a yen to master Asian frying techniques? Do you ski, sail or sky-dive? Devote some of your time away from the office to getting to the next level. Have you ignored your physical fitness due to the demands of the business? Get yourself a trainer. Run a marathon.
If you are like most controlling owners, you are at the center of every substantial decision that is made in your business. The biggest question you'll have to answer in the retirement process is: Who is going to take over decision-making responsibility for the business? We've already addressed the need to identify a successor CEO, but should all decision-making power be held by one person? If you're passing the reins to the next owner — for example, if one son or daughter is going to own 100% of the shares and serve as CEO, then it may make good sense to perpetuate a CEO-centric decision-making system. But if ownership is going to be held more broadly — by your children and grandchildren, for example — or if a nonfamily CEO will run the company, then perhaps now is the time to build a decision-making team.
A decision-making team can be a more sustainable and far less risky system for managing and governing the business. Allocating decision-making power among owners, board and management can lead to robust discussions, greater consensus and more-informed decision-making. But it takes time to develop new decision-making patterns. If you start early, and practice often, the new skills and practices will be in place when the unexpected happens.
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Aluminum had heads turning Wednesday after J.P. Morgan upgraded shares of the number one producer Alcoa even as another firm sliced its outlook for the group.
Citing potential catalysts such as improving aluminum fundamentals, a weaker U.S. dollar and the company's downstream restructuring and asset divestiture program, J.P. Morgan analyst Michael Gambardella boosted his recommendation on Alcoa AA, +1.78% to "overweight" from "neutral" and added the shares to the firm's "Focus List" with a $29 12-month price target.
"In our view, significant earnings growth at Alcoa will materialize in 2004 as improved aluminum and economic market fundamentals benefit top line growth and the company's efforts to restructure and divest underperforming business units improves return on capital measures and Alcoa's balance sheet position," Gambardella wrote in a research note.
With inventory on the London Metals Exchange recently hitting a 12-month low, Gambardella said the aluminum market appears to be turning the corner.
"While supply growth remains a concern, we expect that aluminum's admirable performance in the face of weak demand trends indicate that prices have likely reached a bottom for the cycle," said Gambardella. "It is becoming more likely, in our view, that as the global economy and demand recovers the aluminum price will respond favorably."
He noted that recently announced capacity curtailments should significantly reduce the global aluminum surplus in 2004 and that China's announcement to restrict aluminum capacity additions was another positive for the industry.
The analyst also believes that the weak dollar is beneficial to both Alcoa and aluminum prices and that because about two-thirds of Alcoa's sales are in the U.S., the company should benefit as domestic clients improve their cost competitiveness.
Given lower costs resulting from management's recent restructuring actions and asset divestiture planes, Gambardella upped his 2004 earnings per share estimate to $1.80 from $1.65 and said he thinks there is even upside to that number because his aluminum price forecast is just a touch above the current spot price.
Canada's BMO Nesbitt Burns cut its rating on the metals & minerals group to "market perform." It also cut a number of base metal producers including Alcoa, citing the impact of the weakening U.S. dollar, among other factors.
The Canadian firm cut Alcoa to "market perform" from "top pick;" Alcan AL, +0.87% Century Aluminum CENX, +2.25% and Inco N, -4.85% to "market perform" from "outperform;" and Freeport McMoRan FCX, +2.89% to "underperform" from "market perform."
Analyst Victor Lazarovici made the changes to correct for prices that have fallen below his expectations and for a softening demand outlook as well as for the rapid drop in the value of the U.S. dollar against most world currencies, which he said has had a generally negative impact on company costs.
He also noted that while the weakening U.S. dollar generally spurs demand in economies with strengthening currencies, it has had no apparent influence on European demand this time because of its very weak economy. Furthermore, he said the picture in Asia has been clouded by factors such as the SARS-related economic slowdown and ongoing uncertainty.
"In the first quarter demand for most metals was in line with our expectations...however, by March, there were definite signs of a demand slowdown," BMO Nesbitt Burns said.
The firm's downgrades covered those companies that are highly leveraged to exchange-traded metals or have high costs, significant exposure to strengthening currencies, weak competitive positions and a great deal of financial leverage but there were also a couple of upgrades.
Cameco CCJ, +0.86% and BHP Billiton BHP, -0.64% were lifted to "outperform" from "market perform" because their near-term performance was expected to benefit since the U.S. was not their primary market.
LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Micron Technologies MU, +1.10% traded $14.85 in small numbers and was offered at $14.90 on Instinet dealers said amid a downgrade from Citigroup Smith Barney overnight to sell. "Recent checks into NAND and DRAM markets suggest that stronger DRAM contract prices and expectations of lower NAND Flash prices are starting to cause some suppliers to reconsider the ongoing shift of DRAM supply to Flash," the broker told clients. "Supply diversion away from DRAM had been a fundamental plank in our 'Buy Micron' platform." ts price target dropped to $12 from $21. The stock closed Tuesday at $15.28.
U.S. companies are awash with cash nowadays, and the question is what corporate managers intend to do with it.
There are a few choices. Management can bank the cash. They can spend it on new equipment and acquisitions in the hope of generating returns above investment costs. Or they might buy back outstanding shares, a move that can boost the company's stock price.
Increasingly, however, companies are enlisting a fourth option: paying a cash dividend, largely due to shareholder demands. But not only are more U.S. companies handing out cash each quarter, many regularly up the ante. Dividend increases were seen at 305 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index SPX, -0.15% in the 12 months through March, versus 267 that did so in the same period a year earlier, according to S&P. And as noted in this week's lead story, "When the Payoff is a Payout," a rising dividend is much more meaningful for shareholders than a hefty yield.
In other stories, read about Fidelity Investments' decision to close one of its most popular funds, and be sure to check out our quarterly review and outlook covering U.S. and international stock funds, bond funds, exchange-traded funds and the natural-resources and precious-metals sectors. Plus, see why a planned ETF could spur a correction in surging silver prices. And columnist Jim Lowell embraces ETFs that dance the rite of spring, on this week's Mutual Funds page.
Companies that pay a dividend can tell shareholders "the check is in the mail" and actually be taken seriously.
Fidelity Investments is closing its biggest stock mutual fund, the $63.8 billion Contrafund, to new investors along with another fund run by William Danoff after the funds attracted billions of dollars in cash over a year. See full story.
Some investors find comfort in the familiar, while others are at home on the range. The managers of Texas Capital Value & Growth Fund belong to that moveable camp, roaming far and wide for growth stocks that look to be trading on the cheap. See The Stockpickers.
When short-term volatility among technology stocks trips up the sector's highest-quality names, savvy investors can score outsized returns. See The Stockpickers.
In a solid first quarter for U.S. mutual funds, the standout sector was one that wasn't even supposed to be on the scoreboard: real estate. Despite widespread expectations the sector would cool in 2006, real-estate mutual funds turned in the best quarterly performance of any U.S. stock-fund category, gaining 14% this year through March 31, according to research firm Lipper Inc. See full story.
Investors showed no sign in the first quarter of ending their love affair with exchange-traded funds, as the fast-growing variety of funds further expanded into commodities and broke through the $300 billion mark in total U.S. assets. See full story.
Higher interest rates sapped most bond mutual funds in the first quarter, with excess supply, solid economic reports, and competition from a strong stock market creating a wave of added pressures. See full story.
International stock mutual-funds rode first class in the past three months, delivering solid results that surpassed their U.S. counterparts and ushering a powerful rally into a fourth year. The best returns could be found from China Region funds, with continued strong performance from Latin America and surprising gains from Europe, according to quarterly data from investment researcher Lipper Inc. See Global Investor.
Political and economic uncertainty worldwide will likely drive commodity prices higher in the second quarter, analysts say, with crude prices potentially topping $70-per-barrel and gold reaching more quarter-century highs. Yet while that's certainly not a sure thing in a market that's been known to trade contrary to fundamental factors, the potential for further gains fueled powerful first-quarter returns for mutual funds dedicated to natural resources and precious metals. See full story.
To help you sow the seeds of growth for your own portfolio's harvest, I'm going deviate a bit from my typical single sector focus in these strategy pieces and present a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. I'm not simply a believer in the principle of diversification, but an active personal and professional proponent of it. See Jim Lowell.
The cover headline on a recent issue of a national magazine blared "100 Mutual Funds to Buy Now!" Yes, we've seen stories like that many times before, but it is the kind of financial journalism we can do without. No one needs 100 funds; in fact, most people can accomplish all of their goals with one-tenth that many funds, or less. See Chuck Jaffe.
The People's Bank of China said Friday that it would crack down on financial crimes like money laundering, tax evasion and terrorist financing. Over the past month, the central bank has stepped up monitoring of several prominent bitcoin exchanges to try and prevent Chinese citizens from using digital currencies to circumvent the country's stringent capital controls.The central bank also warned that it sees asset bubbles forming in certain markets and that it will increasingly monitor the country's financial markets for abnormal moves. Chinese stocks finished lower on Friday, with the Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -0.85% down 0.9% at 3,202 and the Shenzen A Share index fell 0.7% to 24,033.74. The dollar USDCNY, -0.0575% strengthened 0.2% to 6.87 yuan.
Zendesk Inc. ZEN, +1.45% shares rose in the extended session Wednesday after the company beat earnings and revenue estimates. Zendesk shares gained 2.9% to $31.50 after hours. The company reported a third-quarter net loss of $27.69 million, or 28 cents a share, compared to a loss of $25.83 million, or 27 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted losses were two cents a share. Revenue rose to $112.78 million from $80.71 million in the year-ago period. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had estimated adjusted losses of six cents share on revenue of $109 million. For the fourth quarter, analysts model losses of one cent a share on revenue of $119.5 million. Executives said they expect fourth-quarter sales to range between $118 million and $120 million and operating losses to range between $29 million and $31 million. Zendesk stock has gained 44.4% this year, with the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.72% rising 15%. |
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This partnership will bring the power of Functionize’s AI-Powered Testing solutions to Marlabs clients and enable them to speed up go-to-market by radically transforming test creation and maintenance in a CI/CD environment. Functionize is excited to announce patent-pending AI technology that leverages natural language processing (NLP) to turn test plans/user journeys into ready-to-use, durable, functional test automation. Maintenance is automatically triaged by their root cause analysis engine, highlighting all potential causes for test failure and providing a path for one-click updates.
“With the steady increase in software complexity and the pressure to release more frequently, our clients are looking to ramp up on CI/CD and test automation built on reliable and maintenance free platforms,” said Jay Nair, COO of Marlabs. “With Functionize’s AI-driven platform, our clients attain a competitive position that fully exploits AI-powered Continuous Testing, which will translate directly into faster delivery with higher quality products and delighted customers.”
“We are very happy to partner with Marlabs and support their customers on their software testing needs,” added Tamas Cser, Founder & CEO, Functionize. “Leveraging AI, ML, and NLP, Functionize is transforming the test creation and maintenance process. The result is an over 90% reduction in test creation time, over 70% reduction in test maintenance, thereby turning QA testing into an agile process.” The press release has been shared by Functionize and Marlabs on various social media channels. Please find the links below. |
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The G200 Youth Forum 2015, organized by the G200 Association, was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from April 29 to May 3, 2015. As the previous year, I had the privilege of being the Master of Ceremonies for this prestigious event.
Over 200 young leaders, members of parliaments and young parliamentarians, students and academics as well as representatives of the business world, governments, and international organizations gathered to discuss the world’s most pressing issues and come up with recommendations for policy makers around the globe. |
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South Carolina considers marijuana a Schedule I substance – on par with heroin, LSD, and others – and has not been approved for legal medical use. If you are found to be in possession of marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia, you could be arrested and charged for serious drug crimes, many of which constitute a felony violation. Acting quickly may be your best bet for protecting your rights and freedom. With over 30 years of combined legal and trial experience, our Columbia drug crimes lawyers at Masella Law Firm, P.A. have been handling defense cases just like yours with resounding success, as evidenced by our dozens of 5-star client testimonials.
Possessing up to one single ounce of marijuana – or just one-sixteenth of a pound – is considered a misdemeanor crime. Only in rare circumstances does the state consider a marijuana crime an infraction. Otherwise, you could be in jail for 30 days and pay a $200 fine for your first conviction. Subsequent convictions for less than an ounce of marijuana can include a $1,000 fine and up to 12 months in jail.
If you are arrested with more than one ounce of marijuana on your person or in your possession, South Carolina will consider it a felony and label the action as drug trafficking. To put the severity of the legislation into perspective, most counties in California will only issue infraction citations – no jail time, no criminal record, and minimal fees – for illegal possession of the practically the same amount (28.5 grams). Law enforcement often does not need to look for any evidence beyond amount to hit you with a drug trafficking charge, meaning there does not need to be proof of cultivation or distribution.
In addition to being ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fines, you may be shocked to learn that South Carolina can also enact a stamp tax penalty against you. A stamp tax is any sort of federal or state level tax imposed upon a good that is transferred or intended to be sold. The court can assume that you had either purchased or transported the marijuana in your possession at one point or another and then enact a retroactive stamp tax on it, usually about $3.50 for each gram. For example: Possessing one ounce of marijuana would create ~$98 stamp tax. Although a stamp tax collected on small amounts of marijuana may seem minimal, it is just one more way the legal system can take its punishments over the line.
There are often news stories of people who were found to be in possession of marijuana being too harshly penalized by the criminal justice system of South Carolina. Do not let yourself be held under the same heavy hand of the law.
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English Language Instruction Company Pays $160,000 in Restitution and Penalties for Wage Violations | Mass.gov
Press ReleaseMedia Contact forBoston — EF Language Schools, Interstudy, Inc. (EF), an online English language instruction company based in Cambridge, paid $160,000 in restitution and penalties for Wage Act violations against its employees, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.
The AG’s Office issued three citations against the company for non-payment of wages, failure to make timely payment of wages, and misclassification of employees as independent contractors.
The AG’s Fair Labor Division began an investigation after receiving complaints from instructors employed by EF to teach online English courses. The investigation revealed that between March 2014 and May 2017, the company did not pay instructors for trainings or orientations and unlawfully deducted wages as a penalty for tardiness and other infractions.
According to the AG’s investigation, the company misclassified instructors as independent contractors in 2015 and 2016 and failed to contribute its share of FICA and Medicare taxes for these employees. Further, teachers who sought work with the company were required to sign a consulting services agreement that restricted them from seeking employment with other online English-learning services.
In Massachusetts, a worker performing any service for a company is presumed to be an employee and may not be classified as an independent contractor unless the worker is free from the control and direction of the employer; performs a service outside the usual course of business of the employer; and the worker is customarily engaged in an independent trade or business. Employees, unlike independent contractors, have a right to the state minimum wage, overtime wages, and weekly or bi-weekly payments.
As a result of the AG’s investigation, the company has made restitution payments to 160 former and current employees, reclassified its Massachusetts-based teachers as employees, and paid a penalty to the Commonwealth. EF also agreed to revised its pay practices to comply with the law.
This matter was handled Division Chief Cynthia Mark, Assistant Attorney General Karla Zarbo, and Investigator Yolanda Kruczkowski, all of AG Healey’s Fair Labor Division.
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To complement the MASSAGE Magazine article, “Beyond Time Management: Life Management,” by Sue Shekut, in the February 2012 issue. Article summary: Since most massage therapists view massage as a way to help others, our life purpose is often part of our career goals. But the business side of massage and the common practice of juggling multiple workplaces can make additional demands on our energy and time. We must be mindful of our own energy needs. I’d like to share some of my energy-saving and renewing tips with you, my fellow massage therapists.
“I am overwhelmed. I have so much to do. I’m not seeing enough clients to pay the bills, yet I don’t have the time to take on any more clients.” Does this sound familiar?
Improper time management is common among wellness practitioners I work with. I have found they’re often creative thinkers who struggle to create an organized calendar. Learning time-management techniques that work for you can change your business and life for the better. Here are some tips to create a more holistic experience of managing your professional and personal time.
1. Your clients don’t own your calendar, you do. Particularly in a service business, it’s easy to forget this and adopt a take-all-comers whenever it is easiest for them approach. But this can rapidly sap energy from you and the service you share with your clients. It’s vitally important to create healthy boundaries within your calendar.
2. Reclaim your calendar and play with it like a Vision Board. Start by creating what I like to call clustered scheduling: specified days of the week and grouped times of day, chosen by you, where you choose to see your clients. “But I don’t know how many clients I need to see and how much time to block off,” is another common remark I hear. Allow me to show you how easy it is to create this clarity.
Know your bottom line budget. How much do you need to make every month to cover your bills? Don’t be nervous. Knowing this number can be empowering and liberating. Once you total all your bills per month and divide that amount by how much you charge per session, you will discover the minimum clients you need to see each month to pay your bills.
For example, if your monthly bills total $3,000 and you charge each client $100, divide 3,000 by 100 to determine you need to see at least 30 clients a month to pay your bills. Anything beyond 30 clients is cause for celebration.
4. Playfully cluster your schedule. Using this example, now that you know you need to see 30 clients a month, you have options on how you schedule. Maybe you choose to see 10 clients a week for three weeks and have the fourth week for play. And you can even pick the days you love to work most and only schedule on those days. I might cluster five appointments on Wednesdays and five appointments on Thursdays and now I have five other days to have fun and enjoy life or work on my other businesses.
Yes, I know what you are thinking, so please remember—you own your calendar, not your clients. I promise you, clients will begin to adjust their schedules to fit yours. In return, you can now make the implicit promise they will get your best performance because you are working on your favorite days and time of day.
Danielle Haines of BodyMind Birth says, “Learning this has been like blending the ‘Power of Attraction’ with your calendar. I can now better focus my energy on these defined time slots and with minimal effort, they begin to fill up! Oh, make sure you schedule clients back-to-back, so they see each other. This lets them know you are busy and in demand and they tend to respect your schedule even more.”
Done properly, time management can create more freedom in your life while adding prosperity to your business. Respect your time. Treat each of these clusters as sacred. It needs to be protected, nourished and shared wisely.
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Unlike MassChallenge's main accelerator program, which accepts 128 startups every year, startups can only get accepted through a match-making process that will pair them with one or more of the program's 32 "champions," which represent a wide range of organizations, institutions and corporations, including AARP, Boston Children's Hospital, the City of Boston and Pfizer (see full list below).
"Some startups got multiple champions. Some champions made multiple offers. Some champions teamed up with each other in making their offers. Honestly, we couldn't ask for a more startup and ecosystem-friendly outcome," Nick Dougherty, PULSE@MassChallenge's program manager, told me in an email.
The goal of PULSE@MassChallenge, which is located in 8,000 square feet at Hatch Fenway, is to help these startups achieve certain milestones, whether it's a pilot study, research, advisor, customer introductions or investment opportunities. In addition, more than $100,000 in zero-equity awards will be given out once the program concludes.
The 31 startups in the inaugural PULSE@ MassChallenge cohort came from a pool of more than 430 applications, representing 30 states and 20 countries. Some of the accepted startups previously went through MassChallenge's main program. That includes Cake, a Boston-based end-of-life planning service that has already worked with Liberty Mutual, another "champion" that is participating in PULSE@ MassChallenge.
PULSE@ MassChallenge was launched earlier this year as a strategic component of the statewide Digital Health Initiative. The program will be celebrating the new cohort at an event Tuesday night at Hatch Fenway starting at 6 p.m. |
As the ocean of information increases, more and more people and organizations will devote their time to filter, aggregate, select, and compile information packages that can best satisfy the needs of their clients niche interests.
The size and reach of this process is as mind-boggling for those who have seriously explored mentally its possibilities as well as the many who have not yet even realized this is already happening.
That holy grail is the finding of the best sources and content that can help them do their researching and reporting job better.
OPML, is an XML format that has been extensively used in conjunction with RSS applications and tools to allow individuals to easily share lists of RSS feeds/sources. With an OPML file I can subscribe in one-click to all of Dave Winer's reading sources, and have at my end the same news stream of feeds Dave uses to scan the news each morning.
But creating, sharing and maintaining OPML feeds list has not exactly been a task any non-technical users could afford to do that easily.
Blogbridge, the open-source cross-platform RSS reader and aggregator for which I sit on its Advisory Board, has just announced and made available a new facility that brings the power of OPML into the hands of everyone while extending its usefulness and ease of adoption.
With Blogbridge you can now seamlessly create an OPML list from any feed collection, publish it online, maintain dynamically (as you add and remove feeds from your OPML-based feed list) and easily share it with anyone else. On top of this, Blogbridge dynamically shareable OPML-based feed lists work with all other tools and services out there making it a breeze to integrate their usefulness in your specific workflow.
Redubbed for wide-adoption Reading Lists, Blogbridge OPML-based dynamically shareable feed lists seem to offer lots of value to future users. I have gone out to call Blogbridge Pito Salas to find out more about it.
Here the details in a streamable audio interview (just click play to listen) as well as in a full txt transcript of the same right after.
Pito Salas: Very good, thank you. How are you? What time is it over there anyway? What's the time difference?
RG: Here it is a quarter past four and it is, well here it look like a grey day, but if I look up there is some blue skies, there is always a computer screen just in front of me so I kind of forget what kind of weather we have. How about over there? Oh, by the way, I'm in Roma, Italia, where are you?
Pito Salas : I'm in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States and it's 10:15 in the morning and we have a grey sky also.
RG: All right, but we're here today because you told me last week that you have some interesting things inside BlogBridge. And since I'm on the advisory board of this software company I need to be updated on what you guys are doing and while I have no power of censorship I certainly am very curious about new things that are coming up.
So, I thought of calling you up and letting you guide me through the new things, so I can ask you a few things and take advantage of the exchange so that a few hundred more people learn about it.
So, BlogBridge for anyone that is just tuning in right now, is a fantastic grassroots open-source, cross-platform (that is Mac/PC/Linux) RSS reader and aggregator that not only does that, but a lot more.
And today we're going to discover with Pito Salas, who is the chief engineer and technical officer behind it, one of the newest features that make BlogBridge such a uniquely interesting tool. Pito, you ready?
RG: All right. So tell me... I have read about that the newest thing on your BlogBridge site saying that the newest addition is a "Reading List". Now, from what I understand, the Reading List is an ability for me to publish lists of sources that I like to subscribe to and I can have more than one.
Now, the ability to publish and share this may have some interesting values, but I don't want to get too far ahead of myself because I haven't used any of these lists. I only publish a little blogroll on my site. So maybe you can help me understand whether I'm on the correct track on what that Reading List is and what would be the benefits of using it?
Pito Salas: Yeah, you're exactly on the right track. Essentially the idea of the Reading List is that there is one person who has a set of feeds that they want the world to know about because they're interesting, or they're about some topic, or whatever. And then, there's another bunch of people who are interested, in following those feeds. And so, essentially it's a sharing ability, exactly as what you say that lets (and it's analogous to a blogroll except it's directly integrated into your aggregator and is dynamically integrated into your aggregator).
So, simply as an example, let's say that there's the Robin Good recommended feeds on collaboration, and there's five or ten of them. You probably have them somewhere on your website. If you're sophisticated you may have them as an OPML file, or you may just have them as text. But it's just your view on the best feeds on that topic.
A "Reading List" permits me to let others know about this and as well allow the other people to subscribe to this list.
OPML is just another file format, it's nothing very magical. It's a text file that contains a list of feeds. It's called OPML because that stands for "Outline Process Markup Language," and it's just a standardized way to list feeds.
So anybody who has a reason to list a set of feeds that they want to share with others can use OPML.
The most common use and very universal use of OPML today is the import and export of somebody's subscriptions between aggregators. So, it's a typical thing if somebody is currently, for example, a Bloglines user, and they have a whole bunch of feeds that they subscribe to and they want to try a different aggregator, let's say FeedDemon, well how do they get them over? They tell Bloglines, "Export my collection, my feeds as an OPML," and they go to FeedDemon and say "Import."
RG: Absolutely clear, very clear. So, what does BlogBridge add to this equation that makes Reading Lists again so very important and a trendy thing to do?
You know, creating an OPML is something that is a bit of a technical task and it takes a text editor or some kind of an OPML editor. And then, publishing it is again, something, you have to have a website to put it out on.
What BlogBridge does for the author of the Reading List, or the creator of the Reading List, is that with a single gesture they can point at one of their guides in BlogBridge, which is like a folder, it's just to collect feeds to use when you're reading feeds. These guides are things you normally use, even before reading though just as a way to organize your information. You just click a button on that guide and magically your list of feeds that are in that guide now become available to the world as a hyperlink, as a URL that they can point to, to do anything they want with.
So, it's a standard OPML file that we provide, on a hyperlink that we provide on a server that we provide. It can be used for any purpose that an OPML might be used for. Including for instance importing into another product or displaying it with an outline editor or whatever, ...it's a standard OPML file.
So for the author it's a super-easy and convenient way to not only create the OPML, i.e. the Reading List.
End users will think of it as creating a Reading List, publishing it, but also maintaining it because every time they make a change in the normal use of BlogBridge to that particular guide, adding a feed or deleting a feed, automatically, the corresponding Reading List that's published out on the web is modified. So they never have to even look at it. They don't have to go into a text-editor; they don't have to FTP it, nothing.
In fact it's a step you'd take anyway, because typically Robin, probably you have a folder of feeds that are your favorite aggregation of feeds that you follow normally.
And so with that folder you could click a button and it would magically generate a Reading List available to the community-at-large.
RG: Great, I found that very useful, and the first thought that comes to mind is "wouldn't there be quite an interest in bringing together some kind of a directory of these Reading Lists, if created in such an effective easy way, and if they're always updated?" It seems to me that this is something quite useful, for example at least in the world of education.
Pito Salas: Absolutely, in fact it's funny that you say that because I'm actually in conversation with somebody who is an online education expert for whom we will be doing some work and creating some custom Reading Lists for a project that they are undertaking with an organization here in the U.S.
I guess I can't say more in detail because I don't know what's confidential or not, but essentially you are totally correct. The beauty here is three things:
First, we, BlogBridge, will be providing our own directory, like you say, so whenever anybody in BlogBridge says "create a new guide" or "create a new feed," and they get to pick from the recommended or suggested feeds. In there will be if you chose to, will be your Reading List offerings. So, we will put it in the catalogue.
But equally important, because it's a generic OPML file, any other directory can equally point to it. So, we're not being closed about this, we're offering you a catalogue if you want to use it, but if you have a different catalogue or if you want to put it on your website or whatever, all that's totally cool. And the third thing that's interesting about it is that with BlogBridge we have this thing called BlogBridge Topic Experts of which, Robin, you're providing two lists to us: one about presentations and one about collaboration.
We will take the next step to offer anybody who wants to be a topic expert instead of giving us a list through e-mail which they do now, if they choose to, they could give us their Reading List through a BlogBridge Reading List and thereby make it much more dynamic, because if they change their mind or add something or delete something it will take no effort at all and instantly all users will become aware of it.
So there's three, and we're still just talking about the creation side, we haven't even talked about what the readers do, which is also very interesting, but there's three different areas in which the catalogue idea really plays as you suggest.
Pito Salas: Okay, a reader now is somebody who anywhere is reading somewhere from some expert, you know it could be Robin Good, it could be you know, whoever, who's publishing a Reading List because it's their favorites, or it's their recommended or whatever. And they want to start reading those.
Now, what I'm about to describe works with Reading Lists created within BlogBridge, but it works every bit as well with no limitations with Reading Lists created in any other way.
There's two independent components, the author side and the reader side, which work together well, but also work equally well with other systems.
Well, once they have the hyperlink, the URL to the Reading List whether, you know, Robin e-mailed it to Pito, or whether it's up on a website or it's in a catalogue however you got it, you can tell BlogBridge, "I want to subscribe to this Reading List. I want to follow this Reading List."
The effectiveness is that in one step instantly you get a folder, or what we call a Guide, with all the feeds that are currently listed on that other person's Reading List. Currently!
And interestingly, whenever they change their Reading List, so, you know, today I put up my guide with all of Robin's collaboration recommended feeds and I look at it every day, I'm reading the posts, I'm having a good time, there's five or six, let's say there's six feeds on there everything is good. Next week Robin discovers an even better feed that you think is a better, more interesting collaboration related feed and you decide to add it to your list.
Instantly all users who are using BlogBridge to follow this list will get that feed, like magic, added and appear. Similarly if Robin decides to delete one because it's no longer active or he decide it's not so good anymore, instantly, the subscribers or the readers of the Reading List, instantly, that feed disappears.
So it's a direct live connection between one person's recommended set of feeds and another person's interest in those recommendations.
RG: And I bet that the reader can still keep all of her freedom by being able to add and modify that list as he or she does in fact completely own it. So while they are dynamically updated on whatever changes the original author of the original Reading List does, they still maintain total freedom, and I'm guessing, I'm hoping you confirm their ability to add and take away from that list themselves.
What happens is that when the user sets up the Reading List, they can choose whether or not the changes that are made by the author of the Reading List get automatically applied silently, or whether they are asked... "Robin just added this feed to this Reading List, would you like to accept it?"
So at one level they get to accept or decline changes made by Robin or i.e. the author of the Reading List.
Number two, even though the collection of feeds that are in this particular Guide were placed there by virtue of the fact they are in Robin's Reading List, this is not keeping me from adding additional feeds to that same guide. It does not keep me from moving feeds out of this guide into another guide. It does not keep me from deleting feeds from this guide.
So even if Robin recommended such-and-such a feed as his favorite collaboration feed, and I don't like it, I can delete it. Then it doesn't appear anymore because I'm suppressing it and I'm not interested in seeing that particular recommendation.
So, completely right, you have total control. Not only do you have total control but you also have two or three policies that you can set to affect the default behavior.
RG: Well that's fascinating. I'm very intrigued by the opportunities that really would there be not only for authors but anyone interested in furthering this knowledge bases and you're actually creating dynamic knowledge packages that people can adopt, can modify, can improve and refine.
I was even wondering with the fact that we are dealing now with the assembly and compilation of people's sources. Not specifically with their content, though that is included within it, but with the actual sources and the actual compilation of them. Are there any issues relating to copyright or legal changes to this? Is this even something relevant to ask?
I hadn't thought of it but now that you mention it I don't think there are, because all we're doing is telling people, recommending a set of feeds to people. So the fact that you know, you create a Reading List of your favorite collaboration feeds. I mean, you know, you might insult a friend, but it's not a legal problem. Your best friend might have a collaboration feed and ask you, "Why is my feed not on your Reading List?"
RG: My thought sparked from the fact that we have been having, and still have issues relating to the fact that we can syndicate or reuse certain feeds or others unless we use them for our personal needs and personal consumption for which there are no major issues.
But the moment, which I think will for BlogBridge will come soon, where you start to use some of this for creating more content that can be used by others, the problem comes back again.
And this Reading List really seem to be set, to be made available as knowledge objects that can be reused and improved upon, then I was thinking they need to be powered by a motivation to share and to let others work on them and improve them.
So that's when the natural question came: Are there any legal issues or is somebody going to stop or prevent me from doing that or putting up resistance to us doing this type of thing?
Pito Salas: Well one thing to realize is that the Reading List,- while you might be publishing the Reading List, you won't be publishing the content.
BlogBridge or whatever aggregator is going directly back to the source to grab the actual content. So it's more of a recommendation, it's more of a top ten list or, you know, New York Times Best-Seller List kind of an issue.
I suppose you could get into legal issues if I published, you know, the list of the ten worst aggregation products and you put somebody's product on it and they get mad at you because you insulted or you slighted their product. But you know, we'll see. I haven't been concerned about that. It's true that in this world the legal side of things can take interesting and strange turns sometimes.
RG: No, but you really clearly doubt this. I just needed you to make more explicit what was what was happening and you actually did that for me, so I think we're definitely or very much on the safe side, and it's actually one specific use and reuse of content that seems to be quite alien to being affected by such negative issues.
So again, I am fascinated by opportunities to create a "content marketplace" outside of its specific commercial meaning, a marketplace meaning an exchange of valuable assets that can be improved, exchanged, refined, edited by multiple people in different areas of knowledge. That seems to be a wonderful application for Reading Lists and I would see a bright future for it.
Pito Salas: I agree. And the important thing is that this stuff gets available, becomes available to totally non-technical people.
I have users who are PR people who are working on the behalf of clients, and they constantly ask me, "I want to set up a guide for my clients, I don't want them to have to go and figure out what's what."
So even in a closed kind of business setting like that, you know, you'll have somebody who's the expert, who's maybe the curator let's say of the list who's doing it on the behalf of a very closed set of people, but for them it's a very major capability.
And then you have large, societies, societies of common interests, whether they're hobbies or professional or scientific or whatever, where again there's somebody who is acting a little bit like a librarian who wants to make available to that society of people, you know, sets of important information.
And you're very right, I mean, often the people that are enjoying the reading of the content, number one, don't go to find more content, number two, don't have the time or the inclination to go and do so, and it is one of the core objectives of BlogBridge to allow non-technical people who need to follow a lot of information to not only follow it, but to discover important stuff in it. And even find new content that they may not of been aware of that is relevant to them.
RG: The next thing that would come to mind to me is, that if I consider that this is really some form of knowledge bases, because once you give me Reading Lists on specific topics where experts systematically publish lists of valuable resources, the next thing I would want to do is "can you give me the possibility to search through that, but not only to search through the posts that they have made today, but through their extended archive of that conglomerate of news sources that have been publishing for the last three, six months, a year?" That would be wonderful.
Pito Salas: Actually there's an interesting thing that you bring up which we're kicking around, and that is, it touches on a different feed for BlogBridge which we call SmartFeeds. And a SmartFeed is a feed which doesn't exist out in the world, but it's created dynamically through some process, it's a synthetic feed.
As an example, if you get a feed from, I might say within BlogBridge, anytime any blog that I follow mentions, you know, Robin Good, I want to see it. And what a SmartFeed would create is something that looks like a feed, except the articles or the items in it are picked from all the other, different feeds in BlogBridge which happen to mention the name Robin Good. So that's the basic idea of SmartFeeds.
An enhancement to SmartFeeds would be you give it as a parameter, an OPML, okay? A Reading List, and what you see in the smart feed is basically all the posts that have occurred, that are occurring in any of the feeds existing in the Reading List dynamically. So you end up with a magic feed now which basically is I think exactly what you're saying but the only missing element that it doesn't have the archive of all history because, of course, that's not available from the feed. Only as you follow it do you build up the archive but it does have exactly the effect that you are describing.
But for a company like yours, would it be impossible, or financially not viable to start actually collecting forever what comes through the feeds so all this content becomes magically searchable through your end points?
And number two, I mean, we've been careful because of resource constraints, even though we have a service that goes with the product, to make sure that all the actual delivery of content is being done by the blogs themselves and thereby make it so our own service has extremely little load, only plays certain bookkeeping and other kinds of features, it's not actually delivering the content.
Once we are serving up the actual feeds, suddenly you go from being able to run on one or two servers to needing a whole server farm which is a thing that for us at this point is not feasible.
RG: And sorry to keep diving into it, but what about allowing on the end user side, for readers to actually decide I want to keep collecting, in my local database, certain feed content? This collection of feeds or these others. I don't just want to see what is passing through, but I want to actually collect what is coming through so that I can search on the present as well as the past.
Pito Salas: Yeah, that's totally feasible today, I mean. That's just a, you know, a setting where you say how far back to save.
The other thing that occurred to me, and here's where the openness of this Reading List scheme is really interesting is that once you, as the Reading List creator, have created this list, and asked us to publish it for you, now you have a hyperlink to your Reading List and you can go to a system like Bloglines and create an account there based on that list. And they do serve up that content.
In fact, you can go to anybody that can consume OPML files and use it, use the Reading List you created with BlogBridge in that system that, maybe, is creating an archive.
So there are some very interesting capabilities which fall out of this idea of making it totally open so that the reader side and the author side are you know totally independent even though they work together tightly.
RG: Great, well, that's really useful and interesting information and I can't wait to dive and do some of this. Is this available in the latest release of BlogBridge? I have 2.8, is that the last one?
Pito Salas: 2.8 is the last development release, and that's the one you should have and that's the one that has the latest features. This feature will come out in 2.9 which will be out, I expect, this Friday, so in a few days. Not all of it, I mean the first edition of the feature will be out on Friday and then you know, we will continue in the following weeks to keep on augmenting it.
RG: Well, great, thank you Pito for sharing all this. This was a valuable conversation. I can only congratulate you for the good work, no negative comments, no critiques; it's only kudos for now.
So I'll let you keep on thumbing on your keyboard and look forward to receive more great updates and news.
Maybe not everyone knows that BlogBridge is free, and you don't have to pay anything to use all of this beauty. I leave it to you for the final bye-bye's and for any specific URL's or other info you want to leave with our friends. Ciao, Pito!
Pito Salas: Ciao, Robin. Thanks very much. As you know, I always love talking about this stuff, so thanks for the opportunity and we have lots of other things up our sleeve that we're designing, and so this is one of a bunch of really cool innovations that we have in mind, so I will send you an e-mail as soon as this thing is available, and of course it will be up on our website, which is and you'll see the announcements there also.
why does everybody start his own aggregator these days ;) anyway - great marketing piece on a known subject "rebranded" - i like the rebranding from opml to reading lists |
Many people today suffer with chronic pain and have tried many modalities to rid themselves of this suffering. I have noticed more and more clients coming in for massage who have tried “everything else” for pain relief. Many people think of massage as something luxurious or pampering. However, massage can be used to treat a wide range of conditions, including chronic pain from overuse, trauma, fibromyalgia, arthritis and terminal illness.
Massage can reduce pain in a number of different ways. One way includes addressing the pain cycle. This cycle begins with extended muscle contraction due to strain on the muscles. This, in turn, causes a lack of blood flow. The lack of blood flow causes pain and reduces the amount of oxygen available to the muscles. Receiving a massage treatment will stimulate blood flow, reduce the muscle contractions and improve range of motion so that muscles don’t start to contract (spasm) again. Pain reduction can also be achieved by reducing the amount of fibrosis and adhesion in muscle tissue and alleviating trigger points. Trigger points are painful spots located within “tight” muscles that cause a shortening of the affected muscle.
Another cause of pain in the body is fascial restrictions. Fascia is a connective tissue layer between the muscles and the skin that is located throughout the body. In its natural state, it is a thin fluid. However, when extra strain is placed on the body from incorrect posture, the fascia resembles more of a gel consistency, making it more restricted, inflexible and stiff. Having restricted fascia in the shoulder can cause pain in the shoulder, neck and back.
Swedish massage, the traditional massage, increases blood flow, flexibility and length of muscles. Benefits include flushing out toxins, creating more oxygen for the muscle and softening the superficial fascia. A Swedish treatment usually involves some gentle stretching to increase range of motion and create more length within the muscle. Having length in a muscle simply means it does not get as “tight” and pulls less on the places where the muscle attaches. Adhesions are loosened with a pressure based on the client’s pain tolerance and preference. Swedish massage is generally considered a relaxing type of massage, while still delivering a significant amount of treatment for your muscles.
Deep tissue massage involves a variety of different techniques, and each therapist performs it a little differently. Two of the basic techniques involved in this treatment include connective tissue work and trigger point release. Connective tissue work is performed to release the restrictions in both levels of the fascia, superficial and deep. A light amount of lubricant is used, since the fascia is located above the muscles. The pressure is not as much downward as it is side-to-side, smoothing out the fascia. TP release focuses on certain points within muscles that pull on the areas where the muscle attaches. An example is your rhomboid muscles, which are commonly tight, are located on your upper back, and attach from the spine to the shoulder. If you were to have a trigger point in that muscle, it would pull on your shoulder and back, causing much discomfort. In addition, TPs frequently sit on top of nerves, causing even more pain. To release them, pressure is applied for a few seconds at a time while the client breathes deeply.
The modality of massage performed for chronic pain depends on the client, the goal and the cause of the pain. The style of massage can be discussed with your therapist at the time of your visit. You can talk to your massage therapist freely if you have any questions, concerns or interests so that your treatment is tailored to you. |
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clean energy prices fall, Northampton Community College to power two campuses with wind - The Morning Call
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By the end of the year, Northampton Community College will power its Bethlehem Township campus and Fowler Family Southside Center entirely through wind-generated energy.
Instead, NCC is buying 11 million kilowatt hours of electricity — enough to power 1,000 homes for a year — through the power grid from a provider in Texas.
The move comes as colleges and governmental bodies in the Lehigh Valley, including Easton and Bethlehem, have made a commitment to reduce their carbon footprint.
It is being fueled by a drop in prices that has made renewable energy more competitive with traditional sources such as oil, coal, natural gas and nuclear energy.
NCC’s decision will save the college $135,000 per year, according to Mark Culp, director of facilities and public safety.
“We are just coming off a three-year electric contract, and the market has changed in those three years,” Culp said.
College officials looked into renewable energy in the past, but at the time it was more expensive than nonrenewable resources.
“Right now there’s more renewable energy that has been built around the country than places that have contracted for it, so the market when we went out was very inexpensive to buy into it,” Culp said.
He said the school also was able to lower costs by managing its daily and monthly electric peak demands.
According to a recent Forbes article, wind energy has become competitively priced because of improvements in turbine technology, power management systems and the introduction of hybrid systems, among other reasons.
Earlier this year, a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency predicted all types of clean energy will cost about the same as fossil fuels by 2020.
The report said the cost of onshore wind has fallen by 23 percent since 2010 while solar electricity has dropped 73 percent.
Last year, renewable energy sources accounted for about 11 percent of total U.S. energy consumption and about 17 percent of electricity generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Pennsylvania requires that 18 percent of the electricity sold by 2021 comes from renewable sources. Last year, renewable energy accounted for 4.5 percent of the state’s net electricity generation, according to the EIA.
The average homeowner uses about 10,766 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, according to the EIA.
Northampton Community College already has a solar voltaic system and wind turbines at its Monroe County campus. The 2,100 solar panels are installed on a carport in the parking lot and produce 700,000 kilowatt hours per year, enough to power 70 homes, though not the entire Monroe campus.
As part of its environmental and energy conservation plan, college officials were looking for ways to bring renewable energy to their Bethlehem campuses.
Purchasing energy from renewable resources was one way to do that without having to find space for and invest in big capital projects such as solar panels or wind turbines, Culp said.
Next year, they plan on purchasing renewable energy for the Monroe campus to fill in the gap not covered by the campus’s solar panels and wind turbines.
Other schools in the state that have been purchasing renewable energy include the Penn, Drexel and Temple, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership, which keeps track of the top colleges, universities and businesses using renewable energy sources.
By next year, all of the city’s electricity will come from renewable energy. The goal is part of a plan to reduce the city’s carbon footprint 80 percent by 2050. Other goals include converting the city’s streetlights to LEDs and generating renewable energy within city limits.
“We have been at 50 percent wind power since 2014 and City Council already approved going to 100 percent wind energy in 2019. However, it was not cheaper. I think it added about $6,000 to the annual cost for power,” said Dave Hopkins, director of public works in Easton.
By next year, 100 percent of the Bethlehem’s electricity will also come from renewable resources, said Michael Alkhal, director of public works and city engineer.
Allentown’s interim director of public works, Craig Messinger, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Anyone can purchase renewable energy through their electric provider, said PPL Electric Utilities spokesman Joe Nixon.
In 1996, Pennsylvania passed an act allowing customers to purchase their energy from numerous different electricity providers.
Utility companies like PPL and Met-Ed provide the system that delivers electricity, but a customer is free to shop around for where their electric is coming from and how it is generated.
Under state law, at least 15.2 percent of PPL’s default supply (supply for customers who don’t shop) must come from renewables, a percentage that will grow to 18 percent by 2020-21, Nixon said.
“If you don’t shop, then PPL buys the power on your behalf and passes it on to the customer without profit,” Nixon said.
Kate Berti, the science director at Easton’s Nurture Nature Center, is buying wind-generated electricity for her home.
Berti said the cost is slightly higher than what she was paying for regular electricity, but she said it’s worth it for her.
Over the course of their lifetime, renewable energy resources are contributing much less pollution and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, said Berti.
“Regular electricity is usually generated by coal burning or natural gas power plants. If it’s coal, you have to dig up and transport it. If it’s gas, you have to use pipelines and sometimes we’ve been using fracking to get it out,” Berti said.
President Donald Trump decried the use of wind turbines in an August energy speech, saying a single turbine can kill “thousands” of birds and questioning what happens when the wind doesn’t blow.
But Wind Energy Development Programmatic EIS, which describes itself as an online public information and involvement resource, said the overall impact of wind energy on the environment is minimal.
But the group said turbines can be noisy, look unsightly in an otherwise bucolic area, cause the death of birds and bats and leak small amounts of oil and lubricants.
LOS ANGELES-Donald Sterling opened a third legal front Tuesday in his fight to maintain control of the Los Angeles Clippers, claiming in another lawsuit that he remains the team's rightful owner and demanding that his wife's $2-billion sale of the team to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer be blocked.
The new action came on the same day that Dick Parsons, the interim team chief executive appointed by the NBA, reported that he feared that the team could fall into a "death spiral" if fans, sponsors, players and coaches flee should Sterling remain with the team.
Parsons testified in Los Angeles County Superior Court that he was particularly concerned about the possible departure of Clippers coach and president of basketball operations Doc Rivers, who he said has suggested in at least three conversations that he would probably leave if the team wasn't sold.
"If Mr. Sterling continues to own the team, he doesn't think he wants to continue as coach," said Parsons, the former Time Warner chief executive who took over as Clippers boss in early May after former chief executive Andy Roeser went on an indefinite leave.
"Doc is really the guy who leads the effort. He is the coach. He is the grownup," Parsons said. "The team believes in him and admires him and loves him. And if he were to bail because of other circumstances … that is going to accelerate the death spiral."
Shelly Sterling's attorneys called Parsons to bolster their request that Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas not only validate her takeover of the trust that owns the Clippers but also order that her actions remain in force, regardless of appeals.
To win such an unusual order, Donald Sterling's wife of nearly 59 years must prove that the family trust would suffer irreparable harm without the intervention.
Donald Sterling's latest lawsuit suggested, in contrast, that he was the one who had been abused by a whirlwind series of actions triggered in late April, when the web site TMZ broadcast audio of Sterling telling a female companion not to bring blacks to Clippers games.
A few days after the recording of the private conversation went public, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver fined Sterling $2.5 million, banned him for life from the league and asked other owners to oust him as owner of the Clippers. The league dropped the latter action when Shelly Sterling declared herself the sole trustee and agreed to sell the team.
Donald Sterling's filing Tuesday stated that the ongoing probate trial would resolve only issues about the family trust, and that he still had claims based on his ongoing control of LAC Basketball Club Inc., the corporation that owns the team.
"Who has the authority going forward? Our contention is that it's only Donald Sterling," said his attorney, Bobby Samini. "There would also have to be a determination at the corporate level for a sale to be completed."
While Shelly Sterling acted on May 29 to remove her husband from the family trust, after a neurologist and a psychiatrist found him mentally unfit, Donald Sterling in effect responded: I can't be fired, because I quit.
His lawsuit described how he placed the team in the family trust in 1998. On June 9 he served formal notice that he revoked the trust, which restored ownership of the team to him as sole shareholder of the LAC Basketball Club, the lawsuit said.
"As sole shareholder of LAC, Plaintiff has the right to dispose of, sell, or retain the interest in LAC as he sees fit, irrespective of Shelly's community property interest," the lawsuit contended.
Sterling accused his wife, the NBA and Silver of fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and other violations for pushing a sale of the team, despite his continuing ownership.
He also charged that the defendants acted with "complete and utter disregard" for his "psychological, financial, and emotional attachment to a team he owned for 33 years, which resulted in the infliction of severe emotional distress."
Sterling had previously filed an antitrust lawsuit in May in federal court, alleging that the NBA had improperly punished him for his comments. Other owners and NBA employees who misstepped received much less onerous treatment, the lawsuit said.
The testimony from Parsons drew the most attention Tuesday because the interim Clippers boss has kept a low profile - spending only a few days a week in L.A. and declining interviews.
He said he had heard from players concerned about Sterling's possible return, as well as many sponsors who said their advertising with the team was contingent upon Sterling staying away.
"The basic message is we are in, so long as Donald Sterling is out," Parsons said, citing Kia Motors and the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas as among advertisers who wanted no association with Sterling.
Parsons called the $2 billion that Ballmer was willing to pay a "knockout price" that went far above the value of the team based strictly on its balance sheet. It would be difficult to duplicate the record price if Sterling manages to kill the deal, he said.
On cross-examination by Sterling's lawyer, Max Blecher, Parsons acknowledged that some of the purported threats to the Clippers were speculative. The Clippers, for example, are selling just as many season tickets in this off-season as last. And with increased prices, their early ticket revenue is actually up, Parsons conceded.
Parsons also admitted that he couldn't be certain that the Clippers would go for less if they were put up for sale again.
Anwar Zakkour of Bank of America Merrill Lynch described how he helped run Shelly Sterling's sale of the team, saying that the hurried timeline - designed to beat an NBA deadline to seize the Clippers - seemed to help drive up the price.
He said the interested buyers, including Ballmer, had no chance to "play games" by judging other possible bids.
The bidding, known by the code name "Project Claret" inside the bank, produced prices well above the $1 billion to $1.3 billion initially projected. "Whether you wanted to call it a slam dunk or a home run, none of us believed we would get to $2 billion when we started," Zakkour testified.
The courtroom combat took a lighter turn when Blecher asked Zakkour if he thought Ballmer was "nuts" for paying so much for the Clippers. Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, objected that "nuts" was "vague and ambiguous."
Donald Sterling's lawyers followed with their own witness, former sports executive Dean Bonham, who said that the Clippers could be sold for more than $2 billion and that the abbreviated sale process suppressed the offers.
O'Donnell tore into Bonham's credentials, charging the witness with falsely claiming that he had been president of the NBA's Denver Nuggets. In response, the consultant explained he served as the team's president of sales and marketing.
The trial is set to continue Wednesday and Donald Sterling's lawyers plan to call a psychiatrist who evaluated Sterling. They may question Shelly Sterling again.
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The Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) announced they turned a profit of $17,000 for its August 2012 Arts Frosh at a council meeting on February 13. This came as good news; for the past three years Arts Frosh has been a financial burden for AUS.
In 2010, McGill decided to withhold $90,000 from AUS as a result of two missing financial statements, $18,000 of unpaid taxes, and a $35,000 budget deficit resulting from that year’s Frosh.
The AUS VP Events at that time, Nampande Londe, cited under-registration as a reason for Frosh’s deficit. In that year, the participant cap for Frosh was raised from 1,500 to 1,800, and only around 1,400 students had signed up. AUS needed 1,600 to break even.
An anonymous organizer at the time cited Londe’s absence in the planning process of Frosh as one of the essential causes of the budget deficit.
“[Her] absence caused me to be late on food deposits, and [Frosh coordinator Brock Clancy] to be late on deposits for pubs and club night venues. A large Provigo order had to be done in three days because the SSMU and OAP refrigerators were unavailable after [Londe’s] failure to give them advance notice,” the coordinator wrote in an email to The Daily in 2010.
Miscommunication and failure to report unexpected costs were also cited among the reasons behind the deficit.
Consequently, this event resulted in Londe’s resignation from the position, although the AUS executive had said at the time that her resignation was due to an unrelated personal matter.
The following year was marked with the theft of $12,000 of Frosh money from the AUS office. According to the current AUS VP Finance Saad Qazi, Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) gave AUS $8,000 to lighten the burden. The remaining $4,000 has not yet been made up.
Qazi stated that the University and the AUS were two different legal entities and therefore the police report was filed by AUS only.
Last year’s AUS VP Finance Marlene Benavides, reported that Frosh had produced a profit of $6,000, however, according to current accounting information, there was a deficit of $1,700.
According to Qazi, Frosh gets sponsorship from many companies, some of which provide direct goods instead of money. Coca-Cola, for instance, provides crates of Coke, which are not reflected in accounting statements. However, the value of goods and services obtained from sponsors that do not give money does not exceed $4,000.
When asked how AUS managed to make profits this year, Qazi said that costs were lower than anticipated. But that was not simply an issue of luck: they had built up a buffer, and the budget was ready to absorb unexpected costs.
Another issue with the previous years, Qazi claimed, was that the VP Finances before him did not stay in Montreal over the summer to help with the planning of Frosh. “There is a really steep learning curve,” said Qazi. “The incoming VP Finances did not have the experience to be efficient.”
SEATTLE – January 13, 2017 – McKinley Irvin, the Northwest’s largest family law firm, announced four new attorneys joining its practice – Michael Jewitt and James Stensel are joining the Seattle office, Miryana Gerassimova is joining the Tacoma office, and Matthew Kuehnl is joining the Vancouver office.
Michael Jewitt (Seattle) represents clients in a variety of family law matters, including divorce, child custody and support, relocation, military family law, LGBT family law, and legal issues for unmarried couples. Jewitt received his Juris Doctorate at Seattle University School of Law.
James Stensel (Seattle) focuses on divorce and custody cases that involve high net worth, complex finances, and jurisdictional issues. Stensel also assists clients with cases involving child custody and support, relocation, and international family law. Stensel received his Juris Doctorate at Seattle University School of Law.
Miryana Gerassimova (Tacoma) focuses her practice on divorce, child custody, child support modifications and relocations. She is passionate about representing clients affected by domestic violence. Gerassimova received her Juris Doctorate at Seattle University School of Law. She is also fluent in Bulgarian.
Matthew Kuehnl focuses his practice on divorce and separation matters, custody and parenting plans, child support, third party custody, and domestic violence issues. He is passionate about helping children and working through parenting plan issues. Kuehnl received his Juris Doctorate at University of Washington School of Law. He is also fluent in Tagalog.
McKinley Irvin is renowned in the Pacific Northwest for its dedication to practicing at the cutting-edge of family law and providing clients exceptional personal service. McKinley Irvin is a leader in all areas of family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, as well as LGBT, international and military family law. To learn more about McKinley Irvin’s experience in family law, service philosophy, and attorneys, visit
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An indie game making tool went haywire over the weekend after its anti-piracy DRM developed an unusual problem.
Customers who had obtained Game Maker legally suddenly discovered that in-game resources such as sprites were overlaid with an image of skull and crossbones – a safeguard designed to kick in in illegally sourced copies of the software.
Maker YoYo Games has subsequently agreed to remove the skull and crossbones image from its DRM protection, although it has refused to deactivate all of the DRM measures included in the release.
We'd LOVE to be able to remove the protection completely, but we know that vast numbers would simply copy it if it was that easy,” the developer stated, according to Game Politics.
There are many levels to the current protection system, and while many are visible like this, there are also many hidden so that we can always tell when a final game was created with a crack.
We expect an update to go out tomorrow to remove this protection, and will move away from the ‘destructive' protection like this, to more passive methods to help protect innocent users who through no fault of their own, somehow trigger it.”
The only method for users to repair their damaged assets is to uninstall Game Maker, delete all its data and associated registry files and then reinstall the whole lot. |
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a simple way of using ultrasound to release drugs from special nanoparticles delivered into the brain. The technology would allow for targeted drug delivery, making sure the medication is delivered where the ultrasound beam is focused while preventing its from influencing the rest of the body.
The biodegradable plastic nanoparticles are made of a hydrophilic exterior, to travel through the body, and a hydrophobic interior, to contain propofol, a commonly used small molecule anesthetic tried in this study. They are too large to move through the blood-brain barrier, but the propofol inside is. An external traditional focused ultrasound machine is used to resonate the particles, heating up their interiors and expanding them in size. Once they they get large enough, they become porous and release the propofol. If this is done just where you want the drug released, it is able to escape the nanoparticle and quickly penetrate the blood-brain barrier.
So far the researchers tested the technique on laboratory rats, tagging the nanoparticles to see how they move through the brain, as well as detecting how many are trapped by the spleen and liver. They did confirm the particles don’t pass through the blood-brain barrier, but they are well contained by the liver and spleen.
Testing the effectiveness of propofol delivered in such a way, they tested the technique by inducing seizures in mice and then immediately treating them with the ultrasound activated technique. It worked remarkably well, nearly instantaneously taming the seizures.
President Donald Trump’s official Twitter account followed CNN on Monday morning — before quickly unfollowing the account.
A number of Twitter users noticed that the president followed the news outlet that he has used as a foil since his famously media-antagonistic election campaign:
Trump, who has only followed 45 accounts for several months, just followed CNN on Twitter.
Within the hour, however, Trump had unfollowed the news outlet — which has been the subject of his derision a number of times on the social platform. A quick search of the president’s account found nearly 100 tweets slamming the network.
Trump follows only 45 accounts on Twitter, including members of his family and a number of Fox News hosts and personalities, including Jesse Watters and Diamond & Silk.
The follow/unfollow — could it have been a flirtatious tease? — comes the morning after the airing of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper’s interview with Stormy Daniels, the former porn star who is suing the president over an alleged affair. |
Fetal brain development gets compromised due to prenatal stressors in humans as suggested by animal models [1]. And such early insults to the nervous system may lead to neurodevelopmental disorders in the individuals which may include autism, disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia etc.
disorder (ADHD) is the most studied psychiatric disorder in children. ADHD is basically a developmental disorder characterized by the symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity [2] and known to manifest almost always before the age of 7 years [3] having primarily three subtypes; Predominantly inattentive, Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive and Combined hyperactive-impulsive and inattentive [2].
Nomura Y and colleagues have found and association of ADHD with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Low Socioeconomic Status [4]. According to the authors maternal gestational diabetes may heighten the risk for ADHD in offspring when combined with low socio-economic status. Maternal diabetes mellitus alone, is not likely to increase the risk for ADHD significantly but combined with low socio-economic status drive the risk up to 2-fold.
It is well established that children to those mothers who experience gestational diabetes, show attention problems and altered motor functions early in their school life [5].
Although the mechanism explaining the association of ADHD with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Low Socioeconomic Status remains to be ill-established, all the healthcare professionals should be made aware of this possible link for the purpose of parent education.
Since ADHD has high heritable propensity, we should at least make efforts to preclude the involvement of these non-genetic environmental risk factors increasing the likelihood of ADHD.
5. Ornoy A, Ratzon N, Greenbaum C, Wolf A, Dulitzky M. School-age children born to diabetic mothers and to mothers with gestational diabetes exhibit a high rate of inattention and fine and gross motor impairment. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2001;14 Suppl 1:681-9. [PubMed]
It’s often said that a person’s confidence is often reflected by their winning smile, and it’s true enough that a lot of people find someone charming and appealing when they have the brightest smile. Unfortunately, not everyone has the perfect set of teeth, and not everyone has a good idea on how one should proceed when dental and oral health care are being discussed. However, just because you might be stuck in this dental conundrum doesn’t mean you should just give up and jump ship. In this Dentist Tips 101 guide, you’ll know how to maintain good oral health and teeth care for your everyday lifestyle. After all, days can get much brighter if you spend them with that winning smile.
Before one studies ways on how to maintain good oral health and teeth care, perhaps it’s important to first have even the slightest insight towards the state of oral health around the world. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 100-percent of adults and 60 to 90-percent of school children worldwide actually have dental cavities. Meanwhile, around 30-percent of older adults aged 65 to 74 years also have no more natural teeth. The prevalence of oral disease in adults and children are unfortunately much higher among disadvantaged and poor population groups. With this in mind, it’s important to perhaps begin practicing healthier and better oral and dental health habits in order to make sure your teeth are well-taken care of throughout your lifetime. If you feel as though your dental health concerns are becoming unbearable, perhaps a dentist from Farnham Dentistry Jacksonville might be able to help.
Given what you’ve read above, oral health problems plague children, adults, and older adults alike – and it’s important to get ahead in terms of protecting your dental and oral health in order to avoid further complications. Here are some tips for you to follow:
Always brush your teeth at least two times everyday: The best first tip when it comes to proper oral hygiene is to always make sure you brush your teeth at least twice a day, preferably after meals. This ensures there’s no excess food being left in your mouth that doesn’t go to your digestive system, and this avoids the spread and growth of bacteria that can cause bad breath, and bad tooth, gums, cheeks, and tongue. Make sure you brush your teeth for at least two or three minutes.
Choose the right kind of toothpaste and toothbrush: When it comes to toothpaste, use one that uses fluoride. This is because fluoride assists in making sure tooth enamel is hardened and it avoids decay. Meanwhile, in terms of brushes, opt for smaller heads and softer bristles so the toothbrush can access back teeth and better gum care, respectively.
Practice maintaining the quality of your teeth: Aside from brushing your teeth regularly, try to make it a habit of flossing your teeth daily with a gentle and slow sawing motion. Protect your teeth as well especially when doing vigorous activities such as sports by wearing full-face helmets and mouthguards. Try your best to avoid using your teeth for purposes other than food chewing. For instance, avoid using them to rip packages open, removing bottle tops, or even cracking nuts open.
Make sure you avoid food that can risk damaging your teeth: Limit your consumption of sugary foods such as acids and things such as fruit juices, cordials, and soft drinks. This is because acids in food not only soften the material of teeth but also dissolve the minerals found in tooth enamel. This is what causes caries or cavities, or even “eat” teeth whole.
Don’t hesitate to visit your dentist immediately: When you feel as though there’s a pain in your mouth you can’t exactly handle properly, be sure you visit or consult your dentist immediately. Things such as bleeding gums and toothaches shouldn’t be taken lightly.
Dental health is perhaps one of the most essential components of your overall personal health. Aside from taking care of your internal organs and your nutritional intake, your dental health is perhaps extremely important in both maintaining a healthy body and a body that’s appealing in terms of appearance. After all, there’s nothing more charming than a winning and confident smile, right? Unfortunately, not everyone practices good and healthy oral habits in order to sustain proper oral and teeth care. Hopefully, in this Dentist Tips 101 article, you can get some valuable insight on how to maintain good oral health and teeth care for your needs.
Tristan McGee is a health enthusiast that loves writing about everything related to nutrition, dietetics, and medicine. His passion for staying fit and healthy extends to his works, which he believes can help inspire and motivate readers into pursuing a healthier lifestyle given the right combination of entertaining and informative pieces. As a contributor for Farnham Dentistry, Tristan does his best to make sure his pieces always remain relevant to his viewers. He spends his free time with his dog, Butch. |
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