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{"text": "Reflection Essay on Brand Awareness\nSouth Asian Journal of Management Sciences Vol.5, No.1, (Spring 2011) 11-23 A Study on the Association between Brand Awareness and Consumer/Brand Loyalty for the Packaged Milk Industry in Pakistan M.\nfor $13,9/Page.\nI. Subhani and Amber Osman.\nKey Words: brand awareness; consumer/brand loyalty; brand equity; brand perception JEL Classification: M31; M39 Corresponding authors email: [email protected] co. uk and amber. [email protected] com * The material presented by the author does not necessarily portray the view point of the editors and the management of Iqra University, Karachi. SAJMS 2011, Published by Iqra University Defence View, Shaheed-e-Millat Road (Ext. ), Karachi, Pakistan.\nM. I. Subhani and Amber Osman INTRODUCTION The area of research for this paper focuses on empirically studying the relationship of brand awareness on brand/consumer loyalty, which constitutes the success of a brand. This relationship between brand awareness and consumer/brand loyalty has been studied in Pakistan focusing on the geographical region of Karachi in the context of fast moving consumer products such as packaged milk brands.\nBrand Equity and its interrelationships with brand awareness has been an important area of study in extant literature (Keller, 2003, 2006; Aaker,1991,2002; Yoo & Donthu, 2001, 2000; Moore,2002; Srivastava & Shocker,1991;Ailawadi, Lehmann & Neslin, 2003; Srinvasan, Park & Chang, 2005). Brand Equity, as the focus of this study is defined as comprehensive set of values attached by the consumers creating differential effects to the brand which creates revenue in the competitive market (Aaker, 1991). In this connection ‘Brand Awareness’ is the primary dimension of brand equity and is vital for the purpose.\nBrand equity is initially built by laying a foundation of brand awareness – eventually forming positive brand images – and is ultimately maximized by high levels of brand loyalty (Strategic Marketing and Research Techniques, 2008). In other words, by understanding the locus of brand loyalty the practicing managers can redirect their efforts towards factors that contribute to brand loyalty. The present research, uses packaged milk-brands because, firstly milk is an everyday commodity and secondly, it is heavily advertised by packagers of milk.\nAlso to substantiate the low involvement decision settings helping creating the level of brand awareness for the particular product choice, even in the absence of a well-formed attitude (Betteman & Park 1980; Hoyer & Brown 1990; Park & Lessig, 1981). It is, therefore, pertinent to address the issue of consumer/brand loyalty in packaged milk industry and thus develop an informed opinion of the heavy advertising expenditures witnessed in the industry. Therefore, this paper aims to study “The association between Brand Awareness and consumer/brand loyalty: A Study of Packaged Milk Brands”.\nThe overall relationships of the brand awareness construct on consumer/brand loyalty of packaged milk brands in the industry has been empirically analyzed and resulted. Literature Review Concept of Branding The concept of Branding holds tremendous importance since many years; it is the key to distinguish the goods and services from one to another. Customer’s simple understanding of brand is to associate and reckon with easy information processing about products purchasing and being certain about the brand to build their trust with time (Logo Design works, 2007).\nThis reflects the greater need from the organization’s point of view to have strong brands build through proper brand management resulting from effective marketing programs to create brand equity. The modern concept of branding grew out of the consumer packaged goods industry and the process of branding has come to include much more than just creating a way to 12 South Asian Journal of Management Sciences A Study on the Association Between Brand Awareness and Consumer/Brand Loyalty for the Packaged Milk Industry in Pakistan dentify a product or company. Branding today is used to create emotional attachments to products and companies (Dolak, 2003; Kotler & Armstrong, 2004). Branding efforts create a feeling of involvement, a sense of higher quality and an aura of intangible qualities that surround the brand name, mark or symbol (Aaker, 1991;Dolak, 2003). Brands basically create perceptions in the mind of the consumer that it is unique and there is no other similar product or service in the market.\nTherefore, a brand is to say to be strong entity if it is consistent over a long period of time in providing the product or service which consumers and prospective purchasers can rely and trust, which will lead to a Brand promise (Srinvasan, Park & Chang, 2005). Brand Equity (Aaker, 1991; Neal & Strauss, 2008). Brand Equity Brand Loyalty Brand Preference Brand Position Brand Image Brand Personality Brand Identity Brand Attitudes Brand Familiarity Brand Association Brand Awareness Source: Strategic Marketing and Research Techniques, 1992-2008.\nThe Brand Loyalty is the result of the success of the Brand Equity which is built as shown in the pyramid of the various variables, which makes the brand more stronger and satisfying to be consumed more often thus expanding its value in the longer run through generating profits. The importance of brand equity consists of numerous benefits for companies that own brands. Brand equity has positive association with brand loyalty. More precisely, brand equity increases the probability of brand selection, leading to customer loyalty to a specific brand (Pitta & Katsanis, 1995).\nFactors that Influences Brand Equity The following are the five major factors said by Aaker (2002, p. 7) to influence the Brand Equity as ‘Brand Equity (like company equity) is the set of brand assets and liabilities linked to a brand that adds or subtract from the brand value. Aaker (1991) originally outlined five Vol. 5, No. 1, (Spring 2011) 13 M. I. Subhani and Amber Osman components of brand equity: 1. Name Awareness: o Share of mind 2. Perceived Quality: o Seen as better / best fit for me (functionality, trust, long lasting) 3.\nBrand Loyalty: o Enduring preference 4. Positive Associations: o Sponsorships, admired people using the product, corporate citizenship. 5. Other Assets: o Trade marks, exclusive channels, merchandising systems (Paul, 2005). Brand Awareness “Brand awareness refers to the strength of a brand’s presence in the consumer’s mind” (Aaker, 1996, p. 10). It is a measure of the percentage of the target market that is aware of a brand name (Bovee, 1995). Marketers can create awareness among their target audience through repetitive advertising and publicity (Stryfom, 1995).\nBrand awareness can provide a host of competitive advantages for the marketer. These include the following (Aaker, 1996): -Brand awareness renders the brand with a sense of familiarity. -Name awareness can be a sign of presence, commitment and substance. -The salience of a brand will decide if it is recalled at a key time in the purchasing process. -Brand awareness is an asset that can be inordinately durable and thus sustainable. It may be extremely difficult to dislodge a brand that had achieved a dominant awareness level (Aaker, 1996).\nBrand awareness is vitally important for all brands but high brand awareness without an understanding of what sets one apart from the competition does one virtually no good (Aaker, 1996, p. 174). Brand Awareness study by Aaker Organizations can generate brand awareness by, firstly having a broad sales base, and secondly becoming skilled at operating outside the normal media channels (Aaker, 1996). Brand awareness is measured according to the different ways in which consumers remember a brand, which may include brand recognition, brand recall, top of the mind brand and dominant brand (Aaker, 1996). Brand recognition: It? s related to consumers’ ability to confirm prior exposure to that brand when given the brand a cue. It requires that consumers can correctly discriminate 14 South Asian Journal of Management Sciences A Study on the Association Between Brand Awareness and Consumer/Brand Loyalty for the Packaged Milk Industry in Pakistan the brand as having been previously seen or heard. * Brand recall: Brand recall relates to consumers’ aptitude to retrieve the brand from memory given the product category, the needs fulfilled by the category or a purchase or usage situation as a cue.\nIt requires consumers to correctly generate the brand from memory when given a relevant cue. * Top-of-mind brand: This is the brand name that first comes to mind when a consumer is presented with the name of a product classification. * Dominant Brand: The ultimate awareness level is brand name dominance, where in a recall task most consumers can only provide the name of a single brand. Therefore the challenge facing the marketers is to build awareness and presence both economically and efficiently (Aaker, 1996).\nBrand Awareness and the Customer perspective Aaker & Joachimsthaler (2000) define brand equity as brand assets linked to a brand’s name and symbol that add to, or subtract from, a product or service. According to them, these assets, shown in Figure, can be grouped into four dimensions: brand awareness, perceived quality, brand associations, and brand loyalty. Brand Equity Brand Awareness Perceived Quality Brand Association Brand Loyalty Aaker & Joachimsthaler, 2000 Figure 2: Francisco Guzman, 2004\nThese dimensions have been commonly used and accepted by many researchers (Keller 1993; Motameni & Shahrokhi 1998; Yoo & Donthu 2001; Bendixen, Bukasa, & Abratt 2003; Kim, Kim, & An 2003). Brand awareness affects perceptions and taste, People like the familiar and are prepared to ascribe all sorts of good attitudes to items those are familiar to them. (Aaker & Joachimsthaler 2000). The Importance of brand awareness in brand choice Taking Aaker’s (1991) study on brand awareness that enlightens the theory of brand equity’s integral part that is brand awareness.\nAaker (1991) covered petite aspects of this topic to clarify its purpose of being there and why it has been so important and in fact gaining more insights by the organizations which are investing a lot in the brand share and its value which is caused from the initiation point of bringing awareness to the consumers about the brands in the market until its trial, adoption and re-purchase to the loyalty aspect which has been covered thoroughly. Brand awareness as into further elaboration is the capacity of consumers to recognize or remember a brand and there is a linkage between the brand and the product class, but the Vol. , No. 1, (Spring 2011) 15 M. I. Subhani and Amber Osman link does not have to be strong. Brand awareness is a process from where the brand is just known to a level when the consumers have put the brand on a higher rank; the brand has become the “top of mind” (Aaker, 1991). Familiarity aLinking Anchor to which other associations can be attached Signals of substance/commitment Brand be considered BRAND AWARENESS Source: Aaker, 1991 Mark, Goransson & Svensson, 2005 Consumer/Brand Loyalty Figure 3\nAs expressed earlier regarding brand equity, brand loyalty is the part of it. Brand loyalty affects the consumers? choice of brand to a high extent. In simple words, when consumers are loyal to a certain brand they buy it at regular basis. Being Loyal translates saying no to other brands in the same product-category whether they are better than the chosen brand. Loyalty gives an advantage to the firms, as they can handle competition in lower price and improve products much better when having loyal consumers (Usiner, 2000).\nIt means : low brand equity high brand equity a a if buyers don? t care about the brand. consumers are focused on the brand and other elements of the brand (logo, jingle etc) Also having lesser respect of other brand offerings (Aaker, 1991). Aaker (1991) further explains that loyalty is basically a measured capacity of how much a purchaser can be emotionally involved in a brand. It shows how much a consumer is willing to change to another brand, when other brands are offering more than the brand being in use.\nBy time, the loyalty gets higher, the consumers’ platform and the competition against competitors gets stronger. Brand Loyalty indicates the sale which is the future profit of brand equity. The types of loyalties are: -Passive loyal: Buying the brand out of habit. -Fence sitters: indifferent between two or more brands. -Committed: Truly loyal to the brand. Aaker (1991) tells that brand awareness, perceived quality and clear effective brand identity can contribute to higher loyalty (Aaker, 2002 ; Mark, Goransson & Sevensson, 2005).\nBrand awareness and brand image to be ascendant to brand satisfaction and brand trust. That is, both brand satisfaction and brand trust require brand knowledge; unless a consumer has a representation of the brand in memory including awareness and a positive image he 16 South Asian Journal of Management Sciences A Study on the Association Between Brand Awareness and Consumer/Brand Loyalty for the Packaged Milk Industry in Pakistan or she cannot be satisfied by the brand or trust the brand (Chaudhuri, & Holbrook, 2001).\nAt this point in the literature review it is appropriate to suggest that in all the theories and models discussed so far, brand awareness assumes paramount significance. More or less all material point to the fact that brand awareness is the foremost step in creating brand equity as reflected in consumer/brand loyalty. Brand Awareness and Consumer/Brand Loyalty Finally, brand awareness affects consumer loyalty and decision-making by influencing the formation and strength of brand associations in the brand image created through the different information attached to the brand in memory.\nBased on these and other opinions of different authors on brand awareness and its importance to the company in turns of gaining market share through brand loyalty by consumers strong perceptions and associations which is caused by the awareness of brand through different forms signifies its research essential study on the brands in competition. In practice companies use aided and unaided awareness, image and branding marketing research studies to determine the extent to which consumers are familiar and positive opinions about their products or services.\nIn many industries, companies with the highest awareness levels also control the largest market share. Keeping in mind the importance accorded to the concept of “Brand Awareness” by various authors and practitioners, its research implications are well established (Market Research Worldwide, 2009). Awareness levels, measures whether consumers know about and are familiar with a company, organization, product, or service. Unaided awareness is the degree to which consumers think of a company or product on a top-of-mind basis. For example, When you think of companies that provide these categories of products, which first come to mind? Market Street Research, 2004). Aided awareness on the other hand is the degree to which consumers who know about a company or product are familiar with that company or product. For example a question asked could be, How familiar are you with this product? Would you say you are very familiar, somewhat familiar, or not familiar? (Market Street Research, 2004). Focusing on the relevance of brand awareness that is related to the strength of the brand node or trace in memory, as reflected by consumers’ ability to identify the brand under different conditions (Rossiter and Percy 1987).\nIn other words, how well does the brand identities serve their function. In particular, brand name awareness related to the likelihood that a brand name will come to mind and the ease with which it does so. Brand awareness consists of brand recognition and recall performance. Brand recognition is related to consumers’ ability to confirm prior exposure to the brand when given the name as a cue. Brand recall relates to consumers’ ability to retrieve the brand when given the product category, the needs fulfilled by the category, or some other type of probe or a cue (Dolak, 2003).\nThe reason for studying brand awareness the important role it plays in consumer decision making/perceived value/ consumer loyalty for three major reasons: Vol. 5, No. 1, (Spring 2011) 17 M. I. Subhani and Amber Osman First, it is important that consumers think of the brand when they think about the product category. Raising brand awareness increases the likelihood that the brand will be a member of the consideration set (Baker,1986; Nedungadi, 1990), which are the handful of brands that receive serious consideration for purchase.\nSecond, brand awareness can affect perceived value and decisions about brands in the consideration set, even if there are essentially no other brand associations. For instance, consumers responsd strongly and decide to buy only familiar, well-established brands (Jacoby, Syzabillo, & Schach, 1977; Roselius, 1971). In low involvement decision settings, a minimum level of brand awareness may be sufficient for product choice, even in the absence of a well-formed attitude (Betteman & Park 1980; Hoyer & Brown 1990; Park & Lessig, 1981).\nUsing elaboration likelihood model (Petty & Cacioppo, 1986) suggest that consumers may base choices on brand awareness considerations when they have low involvement, which could result from either a lack of consumer motivation or lack of consumer ability. A brand with high awareness and with positively distinguishing associations will have a high added value for consumers (Riezebos, 2003). Research Hypotheses After reading the literature, it noticeably seems that ‘brand awareness’ is the major factor in forming the purchase decision/behavior and choice of the brand.\nIn the research model, a selection was made from factors that according to the theories influencing the consumers for purchasing everyday commodity i. e. for packaged milk brands the research model would be tested with the developed hypotheses. Image (Association/ Perceptions) Consumer/ Brand Loyalty Choice of Brand (Purchase) Recall Brand Awareness Recognition Figure 4: The model on ? Brand Awareness? can be developed as above This model has a purview of commonality of ‘Brand Awareness’, which shows a relationship impact on consumers’ responses and benefiting both the consumers and the firm.\nThe objective is to test brand awareness and its importance against the consumer/brand loyalty factor found in the literature. Aaker’s model (1991) is focalizing on brand equity five factors, which are Name Awareness, Perceived quality, Brand loyalty, Brand Image and other brand assets. As the model explains the implication of the awareness, which can be seen by the selection the consumers make regarding a known and an unknown brand, the reason being is the reliability and being savvy to the recognized brand.\nThe marketing programs (forms of advertising) are made keeping in point, the concept of brand awareness in the mind of the consumers by 18 South Asian Journal of Management Sciences A Study on the Association Between Brand Awareness and Consumer/Brand Loyalty for the Packaged Milk Industry in Pakistan drawing perceptions. As mentioned in the literature review above, Brand awareness has the two core variables, ‘Recognition’ and ‘Recall’ for hypothetical purposes.\nAs discussed in the literature and primarily from Aaker’s (2002) clear study on Brand equity and brand awareness construct, the research model has been outlined. It clearly points out the major factors of brand awareness – Brand recall and recognition, last but not least they help the consumers in choosing the brand amongst the competition through other variables Image (associations/perceptions) and Consumer/Brand Loyalty. For this study (image) perceptions was tested as the mediating variable/other factor to impact brand awareness on consumer/brand loyalty.\nHence, the prime purpose of the study is to analyze ‘Brand Awareness’ and ‘Consumer/Brand Loyalty’, according to Michael, Mothersbaugh & Beatty (2002) the constructs of consumer/brand loyalty has four variables: 1- Intention to probably buy 2- Intention to definitely buy 3- Repeat Purchase of a regular milk brand & 4- Repeat Purchase of a favorite milk brand, which are tested and resulted for the purpose. The variables have two-way linkages to the purchase of the brand, which can be seen by the dotted arrow and plain arrows.\nThe plain-arrows illustrate the influence of all these variables cause the consumer to purchase the brand. The dotted-arrows shows that once the consumer is aware of the brand, one wants to know more about these factors for the brand to be purchased in future buyingdecision due to which prices vary, quality of the brand is monitored, promotional campaigns are brought in for consumers to remember the brand in such a huge clutter of the particular product-category. One can depict the stated summary of hypotheses for testing purposes for the study of brand awareness? relationship with consumer/brand loyalty & also the mediating role of perception variable between brand awareness and consumer/brand loyalty. Relationship between Brand Awareness and Consumer/brand loyalty Table 1: H1-A: H2-A: H3-A: H4-A: Brand awareness as defined by brand recall, is significantly related to “Intention to buy” Brand awareness as defined by brand recognition, is significantly related to “Intention to buy” Brand awareness as defined by brand recall, is significantly related to “Repeat Purchase” Brand awareness as defined by brand recognition, is significantly related to “Repeat Purchase”\nMethodology The nature of research is inferential. The aim is to determine the relationship and analyze the associations between variable (brand awareness) on the other variable (consumer/brand loyalty). To conduct this research, primary data was collected in the form of ‘questionnairessurvey’ as the research tool from users knowing and using packaged milk brands in Karachi. The total of 280 questionnaires with cover letters having handy instructions attached was Vol. 5, No. 1, (Spring 2011) 19 M. I. Subhani and Amber Osman hand delivered to the respondents.\nPearson Chi-square (test of independence) is used to test the relationship between brand awareness dimensions & consumer/brand loyalty dimension. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS To find the association between the two variables the Pearson chi-square test were used. The equation of Pearson chi-square is: X2 = (N-1) SD2 2 Where, X2 = Chi-square value N = Total no. of observations SD = Standard deviation = Variance As shown in Table 2, the Pearson Chi-square tests (H1-A through H-4A) suggest that there is no significant relationship at 5% significance level between brand awareness and its consumer/brand loyalty.\nKeeping the objective of this paper in mind the aim was to check direct relationship between the two variables: brand awareness and loyalty. Result of all four hypotheses mentioned above suggest that the relationship between these variables (brand recall with Intention to buy/repeat purchase) and (brand recognition with intention to buy/Repeat purchase) are statistically not significant except in the case H1A in relation to one milk brand (Haleeb).\nFor this one packaged milk brand the hypothesis seems to hold and shows that a significant relationship does exist between variables (recall) and (intention to buy). As the majority of the brands did not demonstrate any relationship between the variables (brand recall with Intention to buy/repeat purchase) and (brand recognition with intention to buy/Repeat purchase), the result is not in line with the proposition put forward by Aaker (2002), where brand awareness is directly linked to consumer behavior as defined by intention to buy and repeat purchase.\nHaving said this, the present result indicates that at least in the case of packaged milk in the context of Pakistani consumers there is no significant relation except in case of brand 1 (Haleeb). However, the present study does suggest that there is a minimum recall ability requirement of the consumers viz a viz the consumption of the packaged milk brands. In the opinion of this paper, this could result from the rationale that those consumers who buy packaged milk brands make their choice randomly where exposure and giving a cue (recognition & recall respectively) in a buying situation, may not be ecessary. The other way of explaining this result is that consumers while making purchase intention are not highly involved in the brand itself and are more concerned with the products usage, while only brand Haleeb in this case, which proves an exception to this rule may result from longevity of its advertising. Therefore, the paper cannot draw a generalizable conclusion from this conception and can only suggest that in brands where the product is low involvement 20 South Asian Journal of Management Sciences\nA Study on the Association Between Brand Awareness and Consumer/Brand Loyalty for the Packaged Milk Industry in Pakistan and considered a commodity; awareness of a brand may not constitute a significant factor for purchase behavior. Further, such purchases are normally made by servants and as such milk is brought and not a brand. This is similar to the production concept in the marketing literature where consumers are more interested in the product than its features.\nTABLE 2: Chi-square analyses Summary Assessment of Research Hypotheses Pearson Chi-square Pearson Chi-square Pearson R Value Empirical Pearson value Significance R Value Significance Conclusion p 0. 05 p 0. 05 10. 60 3. 807 7. 304 3. 893 4. 679 3. 909 6. 291 1. 981 4. 712 4. 656 7. 322 2. 028 4. 762 3. 794 6. 285 4. 526 3. 606 2. 641 1. 792 7. 149 1. 549 6. 662 2. 433 5. 810 0. 03 0. 43 0. 12 0. 42 0. 32 0. 42 0. 18 0. 74 0. 32 0. 32 0. 12 0. 98 0. 35 0. 57 0. 26 0. 68 0. 48 0. 61 0. 79 0. 24 0. 85 0. 19 0. 64 0. 72 -0. 197 -0. 34 -0. 075 4. -0. 09 -0. 032 -0. 095 0. 108 0. 033 -0. 086 -0. 163 -0. 065 0. 11875 0. 1575 0. 11275 0. 06425 0. 151 -0. 017 0. 0285 -0. 0088 -0. 0275 -0. 0625 0. 06375 0. 07725 0. 08 0. 77 0. 51 0. 70 0. 43 0. 78 0. 40 0. 34 0. 77 0. 45 0. 15 0. 57 0. 31 0. 27 0. 41 0. 57 0. 23 0. 56 0. 56 0. 57 0. 59 0. 27 0. 57 0. 52 Accepted Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Rejected Hypotheses Milk Brands\nRelationship between Brand Awareness & Consumer Loyalty H1-A: Brand awareness as defined by brand recall, is significantly related to “Intention to buy” H2-A: Brand awareness as defined by brand recognition, is significantly related to “Intention to buy” H3-A: Brand awareness as defined by brand recall, is significantly related to “Repeat Purchase” H4-A: Brand awareness as defined by brand recognition, is significantly related to “Repeat Purchase” B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 Definitions of Variables\nB1: Haleeb B2: Nestle MilkPak B3: Nurpur B4: Olpers B5: Goodmilk B6: Pakola milk Aaker & Blanco (1999) have also indicated that brand awareness indirectly affects purchase behavior, as it has a positive influence on perceptions and attitudes towards the brand recall and retrievability to impact to the purchase of the brand i. e. repeated purchase behavior which creates consumer/brand loyalty. Vol. 5, No. 1, (Spring 2011) 21 M. I. Subhani and Amber Osman Implication for managers is that they need to strengthen the distribution system rather than try and build brand loyalty.\nOn the other hand advertising should be focused at creating strong brand awareness through favorable, unique associations (perceptions) in the mind of consumers so that they can remember and differentiate the milk brands as mentioned by Aaker (1991), thus giving the brand a unique identity by making it i) memorable ii) symbolic exposure iii) promotional tools such as use of jingles, sponsorship, publicity iv) repetition can be another implication for managers and marketers to adopt.\nOn the contrary, the rejected hypotheses in terms of having no relationship between the two main constructs that are brand awareness and consumer/brand loyalty shows that in the milk packaged industry brand awareness is not playing a significant role to impact a commodity product such as milk to make a repeated purchase, due to random switching purchase behavior and low involvement in buying a convenience product which offers no differentiation amongst the brand. 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{"text": "Post Politics: Sotomayor, Gay Pride, More\nTuesday, June 30, 2009; 11:00 AM\nFederal Eye blogger Ed O'Keefe took your questions about who is up and who is down in the world of politics and the latest news out of Washington.\n____________________\nEd O'Keefe: Hello again Post Politics chatters, Ed O'Keefe here, in the midst of a quiet week in Washington where it seems people are digesting yesterday's SCOTUS decisions and still trying to figure out what exactly was in last week's Energy bill passed by the House. The president heads overseas next week, so the White House is laying low in preparation and Congress is out of town. Now on to your questions...\n_______________________\nBoston: From The Fix today quoting a Republican former ad man for Romney's campaign on Republican's strategy going forward: .\"\nSo on the day that the US military transferred responsibility to Iraqi's my question is when will the blame for problems created under the Bush administration be transferred to blame under the Obama administration? Has it already happened or will there be some ceremony to let us know?\nwashingtonpost.com: The Fix - Morning Fix: The Fight That Wasn't\nEd O'Keefe: Well you're more than welcome to throw that ceremony, but.\nHe's tackling several big issues at once: a SCOTUS nomination, health care reform, energy and climate legislation, an economic stimulus and maybe immigration reform (unlikely I think). As the results of those big efforts take shape, he'll certainly start to get the blame. And yes -- if violence flares in Iraq and Afghanistan, it will certainly become Obama's issue. Remember that The Post and other news organizations have already labeled military efforts in Afghanistan as \"Obama's War.\"\n_______________________\nSt. Paul, Minn.: Hi Ed -- Thanks for taking questions today. How well do you think the president's GLBT event at the White House yesterday went? The atmospherics looked great as usual, but did it quell any of the frustration GLBT supporters have been feeling?\nEd O'Keefe: Most of the primary frustrations from GLBT activists and leaders will not be quelled until Obama confronts the \"don't ask don't tell\" military policy and extends full benefits to the homosexual partners of federal employees. The latter requires Congressional legislation that the president says he supports. Let's see how much political capital he spends on the issue however.\nRemember that last night's event was the first time a president has hosted such a gathering in the White House. It's only one step, but it's certainly a step forward.\n_______________________\nHampton Cove, Ala.: The democrats passed an Energy Bill that everyone admitted NO ONE READ. Yet, the media portrayal of it is \"green jobs\" creator and solve our dependence on foreign oil. Has any journalist read the Cap-and-Trade Bill? If not, why parrot the Democrat talking points and not give the public the specifics of the Bill? Is skepticism dead?\nEd O'Keefe: Colleagues have closely followed the commmittee hearings and other negotiations leading up to last week's vote, and the measure still has to go before the Senate, which may greatly alter the bill's current form.\nRemember also that the House Energy & Commerce Committee briefly hired a speedreader in case Republicans ordered a full reading of big portions of the bill. That threat never materialized, but it would certainly take a fast reader to get through it.\nI encourage YOU to read it, and then find a way to share your thoughts about it.\n_______________________\nPhilosophy of reporting: In thinking about Sanford, Ensign, Spitzer, et. al., does the human condition ever suprise you as a reporter?\nEd O'Keefe: Nothing about politicians really surprises me anymore, no.\nI was however genuinely surprised by the death of Michael Jackson. That came out of left field in an already busy news week.\n_______________________\nArlington, Va.: Why does the Post's headline today inaccurately describe the supreme court decision as a victory for \"White\" firefighters, when the effect of the decision - as explained in the story - will be to enable promotions of a mixed race group of fire fighters, including two Hispanics? Does The Post's style guide use the term \"white\" to include \"hispanics\"?\nEd O'Keefe: Read our headline closely: \"Justices Rule in Favor of White Firefighters in Racial-Bias Case\"\nThose white New Haven firefighters brought the case to SCOTUS, so yes, it was literally a victory for those white firefighters.\nIt was also, as you note, a victory for other groups.\n_______________________\nBaltimore MD: The firefighters ruling and the nomination: Interesting that the Supreme Court divided entirely on ideological lines in its 5-4 ruling, whereas the Circuit Court opinion rejecting the firefighters' claim was unanimous. It is proof, once again, that much of the Constitution is little more than an ink blot test. The idea that the result somehow calls Sotomayor's nomination into question is simply one more ink blot reading by conservative Republicans.\nEd O'Keefe: One person's opinion...\n_______________________\nAnonymous: So a decision by Judge Sotomayor is overturned by the Supreme Court. Just being overruled by the SC can't be that significant, since even members of the SC get outvoted by their colleagues and they stay on the bench. Is the logic of some opponents of Sotomayor that her deicison was so flawed it had to be overturned, thus showing she's a flawed judge? Was hers different than hundreds of other decisions overturned by the SC?\nEd O'Keefe: Yes, opponents have suggested that hers was a flawed judgment, thus reflecting on a flawed judicial career. But that's the opinion of only some.\nNote that Republicans have all-but taken a pass on openly criticizing her and her decision.\n_______________________\nConcord, NH: In response to the question from Alabama, I have read large chunks of earlier drafts of Waxman-Markey, the versions that were debated in and then passed out of Waxman's committee. I haven't yet seen what was added to or changed in the bill on the floor in the days before the House voted. Point being, most close observers in the media and otherwise have a pretty good handle on what is in the bill.\nEd O'Keefe: Yes, thank you Concord.\n_______________________\nSalinas, CA: Hi Ed. I noticed in the Federal Eye yesterday note of the frustration of gay rights activists over the slow progress on issues such as same-sex marriage and DADT mingled with pride at the White House reception for the Stonewall celebration. After scanning the guest list of government officials from DOJ and DOD, among others, do you see a measured attempt on Pres. Obama's part to build a critical mass of undeniable consensus before issuing executive orders and/or proposing legislation to level the playing field for gays and lesbians? I see his reasons for continued delay twofold: 1. not wanting these issues to derail important economic/health care initiatives currently in play; and 2. not making the same mistake that Bill Clinton made by having to settle for the disastrous DADT. Your thoughts?\nwashingtonpost.com: Gay Pride at the White House: The Guest List\nEd O'Keefe: I think you're spot on: Obama and OPM Director John Berry have made it clear that they're going to work on these issues, but Obama has said he wants to do it in a measured way, and in a fashion that includes legislation, which means it'll take the slow, deliberative process that Congress requires.\nObama said something to the effect last night that \"when the Obama administration is over, I think you'll be very happy.\" It's only been about 160 days folks, I'm confident he's going to address these issues, especially because you have an outspoken advocate/leader like Berry running things at OPM.\n_______________________\nBoston: The notion that the New Haven case reflects poorly on Sotomayor I find sort of ludicrous. First, it wasn't her opinion, she was part of a three judge panel that affirmed a lower court's ruling. And she didn't even write the opinion. Anyone who understands this decision will tell you that it's a major shift in Title VII litigation.\nThe five members in the majority have set new precedent. Sotomayor and the other two judges on the panel simply followed literally decades of precedent on disparate impact claims. And four Supreme Court judges, including Souter, who she is replacing, agreed with the panel's decision. This whole thing is just silly. Alito had more decisions overturned than any of the justices currently on the Supreme Court, and no one even mentions that. I genuinely do not understand how anyone can make an argument that this somehow tarnishes Sotomayor.\nEd O'Keefe: One person's opinion...\n_______________________\nWe should do cap and trade: I'll give you a Mets cap, you give me a Nationals.\nEd O'Keefe: Well that's not a fair trade. Have you seen the Nationals' record?\n_______________________\nWriting/Reading Bills: I was chatting the other day with a friend and it suddenly came to me - the legislature should work on bills in a publicly viewable wiki (editable only by Congress members). We could see who put in and took out various phrasing and amendments. And it would be harder to sneak in little things that later blow up. We'd see exactly how the sausage is made - which maybe would lead to better behavior. What do you think?\nEd O'Keefe: I've actually written about this. It's called \"open source\" and was suggested earlier this year as a way of tracking the economic stimulus dollars.\nUnlikely congress would ever take this step, at least not in the near term, but certainly something that would keep the good government, \"sunshine\" folks drooling about in anticipation for some time.\n_______________________\nDallas: \"GM has gone bankrupt, unemployment is pushing historic highs, trillions have been wasted and more soldiers are at war today than a year ago.\"\nAll true. And it's just as true that the buck stops in the Oval Office. But some of these problems took 8 years to make. Do you really think the public is so dumb we expect easy answers or fast solutions -- of ANY leader, Obama, Gingrich, Palin or Paul -- in just six months?\nHonestly, sometimes I think all newspeople do is sit around stoking fires. You guys are addicted to the quick news cycle, as if News in and of itself signified anything.\nEd O'Keefe: One person's opinion...\n_______________________\nFor Concord: But you can't be too careful. Remember Phil Gramm's Commodities Modernization Act was added in a footnote to the conference report. It was never debated anywhere. It gave rise to the Enron Loophole, oil speculation and the Credit Default Swap mess.\nEd O'Keefe: Good point...\n_______________________\nAbingdon, Md.: \"Obama said something to the effect last night that 'when the Obama administration is over, I think you'll be very happy.' \"\nWow--I hope he really didn't say that! (I supported him), but I can imagine that a lot of Republicans will respond in the affirmative on that line--just as I was \"happy\" that the Bush administration was over!\nEd O'Keefe: Let me clarify, having now found the exact quote. \"Happy\" does not appear in it:\n.\"\n_______________________\nPrescott, Ariz.: Chris Cilizza is hyping Sen. Lindsey Graham as some sort of Republican savior. How come he doesn't get mentioned in the Presidential chatter? Is it because he has acted like like McCain and Lieberman's \"mini-me\" all these years?\nEd O'Keefe: I wouldn't put it in those terms, but Graham has played the second fiddle/supporting character role for some time. I think what Chris was suggesting yesterday is that Graham very explicitly suggested he's ready to step out of that role and take to the national stage on his own. Remember however that he's had his battles with Palmetto State Republicans, who don't like his vocal support for immigration reform. He'll have to temper any potential national ambitions with his need to keep the homestate folks happy.\n_______________________\nSalinas, Calif.: \"Note that Republicans have all-but taken a pass on openly criticizing her and her decision.\"\nMy guess is that at this juncture, Senate Republicans are feeling that if they attempt to hammer Judge Sotomayor at her confirmation hearing without derailing her nomination (currently very remote), they'll end up proving her point regarding her \"wise Latina\" comments.\nEd O'Keefe: One person's opinion...\n_______________________\nwashingtonpost.com: At White House, Obama Aims to Reassure Gays\n_______________________\nObamatopia, Iowa: Greetings from Obamatopia,\nWhile we certainly still have \"hope,\" some of us in Obamatopia remember the moral certainty present Obama's campaign rhetoric. Bush was bad and Obama was gonna open a big can of competence on the world. Unemployment is up, the deficit is up by a truly frightening degree, the Obama foreign policy is more or less an approximation of second-term Bush (Didn't we all agree that Bush's detention policy was un-American?). France and Germany still won't send troops to actually fight in Afghanistan, the scary foreign leaders who \"loved America, but hated Bush,\" are still \"hating America.\"\nI'm glad Bush is gone and I voted for Obama, but don't you think we should be ashamed for the mass-naivete during the last election.\nEd O'Keefe: I generally believe that roughly 160 days in office is not enough time to evaluate the success or failure of anyone. That's all I'll say.\n_______________________\nBurke, Va.: Most of the opposition I have heard to repealing DADT from those in the military is a fear that large numbers of skilled service members would leave, and recruiting would become difficult - all while we have large numbers of troops overseas in harms way. Have there been any surveys or studies on the effect on retention and enlistment of repealing DADT?\nEd O'Keefe: I have not seen anything reliable, no. Hard to take polls of military members, because you'd have to get military permission in order to do a reliable survey, something they're unlikely to do.\n_______________________\nEd O'Keefe: Folks, I've gotta run. Lots of developments brewing that I'll post soon in my blog, The Federal Eye. Talk to you again real soon, take care.\n_______________________\nEditor's Note: washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions. washingtonpost.com is not responsible for any content posted by third parties."}
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{"text": "Despite the wonders of jigs and templates and CNC machines and whatever automation magic you can dream up, somewhere in the chain is a human with a brain of squishy meat and the potential to drop a spanner.\nSometimes things are misaligned in the world of guitars. It's rare to fit an after-market pickguard without having to plug and re-drill at least one screw hole. New tuners? Get the drill. Fit a Floyd? Ah, crap.\nMisplaced and misaligned bridges happen too. They can cause some serious hassle for the player. That trem in the image above is not going to be the most reliable for returning to tune for instance.\nTun-o-matic bridges can sometimes be found loitering in completely the wrong position too. And not just on Gibsons. This mahogany-body Tele on the right is a cool little Gibson-like Squier. It'd be cooler if the bridge was in the right place, though. Cue the cutting of wooden plugs, the plugging of holes and the re-drilling of correctly-placed mountings.\nWherever possible, it's best to plug holes with the same wood as the material you're plugging. If the plugged repair will be visible, it's nice to match the grain of the surrounding wood as much as possible to minimise signs of repair.\nPlugging with hardware-store dowels isn't generally the best route. These are typically made of soft wood and you'll usually end up with end-grain showing in the plug. This tends to stick out like a sore thumb in a repaired surface and is best avoided, if possible.\nIf you're doing your own plugging, cut your plugs from matching wood when you can. It's possible to increase the size of the hole to be plugged to match the size of your plug. If you go this route, be very careful—drill bits can wander and guitar finish can chip.\nTake it slow and easy. Good advice in guitar repair and in life. ;-)\nA better plan—if you've got a hole that's a different size to your plug-cutter tools—is to do things the old-fashioned way. Good, honest, whittling.\nCut a long, square-section of hardwood, just bigger than the hole to be plugged and get carving. Knock off the corners over and over until your four-sided section becomes eight, becomes sixteen, etc. A good, sharp chisel will give you better control than a knife. When you're almost round, switch to sandpaper. A good fit is important, so don't be tempted to go with something too small.\nGo, my friends. Go and plug with confidence."}
{"text": "It's a medium apartment in Kembangan Lodge. It's quite unlike the studio apartment at River Valley we rented back in 2010.\nSo this is the entrance. I have two more pairs of shoes not shown here :p The mirror is where I do my makeup...\nAnd this was taken from the door - the kitchen area. Took me a while to figure out how to use the induction cooker - it is easy but the first time I tried it, I used a wrong pot . The table serves as bag storage and food counter.\nThis is across from the table above - a washing machine! Very useful. The dryer is just outside at the staircase.\nAnd this little doorway leads to the desk, TV and bed. I can't watch the TV from the desk due to the angle... I figure that I can get used to watching TV in bed... (I can imagine Sito telling me - again - that we should have a TV in our bedroom...)\nThe bed, obviously. After sleeping in a king bed for almost two years in Evanston, this feels rather small... Well, we'll have to get used to it.. Our bedroom cannot take a king bed for sure!\nAnd the pathetic wardrobe. Oh well, I don't have a lot of clothes anyway. I'm just wearing whatever I've brought back from Evanston. The rest of my barang are still in storage.. Can't wait for end June/early July!\nI met SP and AO for lunch after pilates today. So good to catch up after so long! :) Also went to visit Kinderland next to the office. No vacancy for infant care, sighs.. Will see how...\nLooks good. Is it generally safe to stay there? My folks is going at river valley any time this Jully.\nregards"}
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{"text": "“Would you like to go to a garage sale with me?”\nTezuka glanced over at Fuji. “What?”\n“Well,” said Fuji. “A garage sale is where a family, or sometimes more than one, decides that it has some things to sell. They clear out their garage and mark everything at low prices so that-”\n“Fuji,” said Tezuka. “I know what a garage sale is.”\n“I know.” Fuji’s eyes sparkled with the mischief he’d been repressing while he’d spoken. “So would you like to come with me?”\nTezuka hesitated. He needed a new pair of shoes before the next day’s practice; the day before his own had been demolished by an unfortunate incident involving Kaidoh, Echizen’s cat, and Inui juice. He’d worn them to this afternoon’s practice, but he would have been better off wearing no shoes for all the good they did him.\n“You’d be amazed by what people sell at garage sales,” said Fuji persuasively.\nTezuka was relatively certain that they didn’t sell brand-new Pumas of the kind he wanted. Still, he’d been given the choice between a bland afternoon of shoe-shopping by himself, or an afternoon of searching through people’s old things (junk, he would have thought, if he’d been less polite) with Fuji.\n“I’ll come with you,” said Tezuka.\n*\n“Oh, look at this!” Fuji roamed among the tables, exclaiming delightedly over each new bauble or trinket he found. He’d come upon a box of tools this time, old tools that probably weren’t used anymore even by the most traditional of workmen. Fuji showed him something that could have been a wrench, if it had been shaped a little differently.\n“Hm.” Tezuka couldn’t imagine what use the thing would have in this day and age. He didn’t comment.\nFuji set the wrench-thing down and picked up something else, a huge metal thing that looked most like a pair of gardening shears, except that the blades were smaller. This tool was longer than Fuji’s forearm, and Tezuka could see the effort Fuji had to put into lifting it. “This has to be at least seventy-five years old, just look,” said Fuji happily. He manipulated the shears, which creaked hideously and made everyone else in the garage wince, and turn to look pointedly at them.\n“Fuji,” said Tezuka. “What are those?”\n“I don’t really know, but I’m sure there are plenty of things I could do with them. Don’t you think?”\nKnowing Fuji, the answer was probably yes, so Tezuka nodded slowly. Fuji had his hands full, carrying the enormous shears, a pair of geode bookends, a moth-eaten stuffed bird, and an ancient-looking book that sprinkled a shower of dust to the ground with each step Fuji took. “That will be one thousand, five hundred and eighty-two yen,” said the old lady who was minding the cash register. She was chewing something, either gum or tobacco, and seemed spry for her age. She didn’t even blink at Fuji’s choice of purchases. She squinted at Tezuka, though, and then nodded at Fuji. “Hold onto that one. She’s pretty, and she looks like she’ll keep her looks.”\n“He isn’t-” Tezuka began carefully, not wanting to cause offense to anyone involved.\n“Oh,” said the old lady wisely. “Well, the advice holds either way. He’ll still be pretty when he’s past my age, you just watch him.”\nTezuka gave it up as a lost cause. “I’m sure he will be.” The old lady grinned, and Fuji beamed.\n“Those are too heavy,” said Tezuka, as they walked out of the garage and into the bright sunlight.\n“Hm?” Fuji looked over and up at him.\n“Let me carry something for you.”\nFuji’s smile nearly outshone the sun. “Thank you, Tezuka.” He would have given Tezuka the lighter things, but Tezuka silently refused them and took the bookends and the shears instead. Fuji hummed a merry dancing tune to himself as they turned onto the sidewalk.\n\nAs it turned out, going to a garage sale really meant going to all of the garage sales, at least all of the ones in the area. Fuji pulled Tezuka along, saying something about another sale on the next block over\nIt was during this walk that Tezuka noticed that they had company. Predictably, Inui was following them, wearing that cap that he really thought disguised him enough that he wouldn’t be noticeable. Tezuka would have advised him to take off his glasses next time he tried sneaking around, but it wasn’t his place to interfere with Inui’s stalking habits. To ignore them, yes, and to hang up when Inui tried to call him about them, but anything else, no.\nTezuka saw Inui step behind a bush that wasn’t nearly full enough to hide him completely. A second later, Tezuka’s phone rang. Tezuka stopped and shifted the bookends so that he could pull his phone out of his pocket. Fuji held out his hand as if to take one of the geodes, but Tezuka shook his head and flipped his cell phone open. “Yes.”\n“Tezuka, I have observed that Fuji seems to be on a date with- oh.” Tezuka heard the rustle from behind the bushes as Inui shook his head. “Never mind.”\nSo he was still first on Inui’s speed dial.\nInui coughed. Tezuka heard it from behind the bushes, and then heard it an instant later, delayed because it had to go through a tower and come back to the phone. “As long as I have you on the line, what is the purpose of this-”\n“Goodbye, Inui,” said Tezuka firmly, and hung up. He knew better than to hope that Inui would give up and go away.\nJust then, Fuji’s cell phone rang. Fuji didn’t even glance over at the bushes before answering the phone. “Hello?” He listened for a moment, and then he hung up. “Wrong number,” he told Tezuka cheerfully.\nThey headed on for the next garage sale, their tall, bespectacled stalker following them with all the stealth of a ninja dressed in a bright pink jumpsuit.\n\n“Do you like this one, or this one better?” Fuji held first one beaded necklace, then the other up so that they caught the light. The beads on one were round and shimmering, the beads on the other were faceted and almost transparent.\nTezuka would never ordinarily have cared much about necklaces. Tezuka Ayana didn’t wear much jewelry, and what she did wear had been purchased long ago, probably before Tezuka had been born. “That one,” he said, touching the faceted beads with his free hand. Those beads were pale blue, so pale that no one would have noticed that they weren’t plain and clear if they hadn’t been looking closely.\n“Oh, good. I like that one too.” Fuji draped the strand of beads around his neck and set the other one back in the jewelry box. At this sale he’d found a signet ring, a tiny lampshade, and of course the necklace that complimented his eyes. Not that Tezuka knew much about jewelry that complimented the eyes, but he knew enough to see that they did compliment Fuji’s, or possibly Fuji’s eyes complimented them. He wasn’t sure.\n“Inui, move over, I can’t see!”\n“I must have the best vantage point in order to collect the most accurate data, Kikumaru.”\n“But I can’t see!”\n“Eiji-senpai, Inui-senpai, you’re squishing me!”\n“Sorry, Momo.”\nSometime during their perusal of this sale, Fuji and Tezuka had acquired a wider range of stalkers. After all, they were the first two on Inui’s speed dial, but there were seven other number buttons on a phone. Tezuka paid no attention to them, as was proper. Fuji paid no attention to them either, except to remark, “I think Eiji would like this,” when he picked up the signet ring.\nEiji poked his head around the corner of the garage, much to the surprise of the homeowner working the cash register. “I would, Fuji, nya!” He was promptly dragged back around the corner and shushed loudly.\nFuji bought two thousand yen worth of merchandise at this sale, because the lampshade, of all things, was a little more expensive.\n“You two look so young to be married,” said this seller, a middle-aged mother with a little boy running around her chair with a toy airplane. “But you look happy.”\n“Thank you,” said Fuji. He smiled and waved at the little boy, who gave him a gap-toothed grin.\n“We look happy, Tezuka. Isn’t that nice?” Fuji said, as they walked to the next sale, their gaggle of followers as inconspicuous as a group of ninjas in pink jumpsuits riding elephants and go-go dancing.\n“Fuji…”\n“Hm?”\n“Yes,” said Tezuka, instead of telling Fuji that they weren’t married, that they weren’t dating, that Fuji wasn’t even a girl, for goodness’ sake. “It is nice.”\n\n“What do you think?” Fuji studied an axe that looked as though it would be very good for chopping wood, though it was a bit rusty.\nTezuka thought that his arms were already full of heavy things, and that the afternoon was hot and didn’t make carrying all those things any easier. “What will you use it for?”\n“Well, it goes nicely with the ice pick,” said Fuji, and laughed. “I’m not really buying the axe, Tezuka.”\nTezuka almost smiled. “I know.” Of course, Fuji held onto the ice pick, even if he wasn’t going to acquire the matching axe, if an ice pick and an axe could be said to match.\nThere was a muffled crash from the other side of the garage, from behind a table with a conveniently draping tablecloth. “Stop running into things, you idiot!”\n“I’m not an idiot!”\n“He’s right, Momo-senpai.”\n“Echizen!”\n“Moron.”\n“Shut up, stupid mamushi!”\n“Now, both of you, just calm down…”\n“Momo, Kaidoh, you’re going to knock something else down…”\n“They’re not listening, Oishi-senpai, Kawamura-senpai.”\nAnother crash. Tezuka sighed inaudibly. Fuji heard him anyway. “Maybe it would be nice to have some time to ourselves,” he suggested.\n“Yes,” said Tezuka, and meant it. “It would be.” He walked over to the other side of the garage.\n“Hey, where’d buchou go?”\n“D’you think he left, Inui?”\n“Data suggests only a three point five percent chance that Tezuka would simply abandon Fuji in the middle of a-”\n“Laps. All of you.” Tezuka couldn’t cross his arms, not with bookends, shears, a large tome on the proper way to can pears, and an ice pick in them.\nThey stared up at him in dismay. “They dragged me out here, buchou,” said Echizen. “Do I have to run laps?”\nTezuka shook his head. “No. You can go.” Oishi, Kawamura, and Kaidoh probably weren’t particularly guilty, either, but none of them complained, just looked faintly sheepish.\nMomo let out a pained wail. “Echizen, you traitor!” Echizen didn’t seem too bothered by this, and left the garage, jogging in the direction of his house. Momo managed a weak smile. “So, buchou. Um. Laps around where? The, the garage?” he asked, waving hopefully around the tiny room.\n“I think the neighborhood would be better,” said Fuji, who had come up behind Tezuka.\n“Fuji!” Eiji protested.\nBut Tezuka had already nodded his approval. “Ten laps around the neighborhood,” he said sternly. “Now.”\n“Yes, buchou,” they all muttered, and set to it. Inui was still mumbling and scribbling in his notebook as he disappeared around the corner.\n“That’s better,” said Fuji, and it was.\n\n“Oh, this is lovely!” Fuji’s eyes lit up, and he put down his book, his camera, and his lampshade in order to pick up a delicate set of windchimes. They looked to be made of glass or something equally breakable, and they reflected tiny rainbows onto the table, and onto Fuji’s face when he held them up and turned them.\nTezuka didn’t know exactly why, but the sight made the entire garage sale experience worthwhile. “You’re buying them?”\nFuji was looking at the expression on Tezuka’s face, and he smiled a little. “I think I am.” He hooked the windchimes carefully onto his finger, the one that had the signet ring for Eiji on it.\nHe put the things he was carrying down beside Fuji’s other items and started perusing the shoebox next to the one Fuji was sifting through. Tezuka picked up what looked like a kaleidoscope, but when he looked through it he found that it split the world into an insect’s eye view, splitting the pieces and copying them over and over again.\nFuji noticed, of course. “What have you found?”\n“This. Look through it.” Tezuka handed the fly’s-eye-view kaleidoscope over. Fuji looked through it, turning it around to see a different piece of the garage sale reflected through it. Then he looked at Tezuka and chuckled. Tezuka raised an eyebrow.\n“Fifty of you at once,” Fuji explained. “It would be terrifying to hear so many of you assigning laps.”\nTezuka couldn’t resist, because it was Fuji, and because they were at a garage sale anyway, and so doing something else he might never have done didn’t seem so bad. “Forty laps!” he commanded, and Fuji started laughing. “Terrifying?” Tezuka asked wryly.\n“Not to me, Tezuka,” said Fuji, still laughing. “But just imagine what Momo and Eiji would think.”\nTezuka came very close to chuckling himself at that.\nFuji picked up his other purchases, and then curled his fingers around the kaleidoscope. “I’ll buy it for you.”\n“You don’t have to-”\n“But I want to,” said Fuji, and that was good enough.\n\nThey were at their fifth garage sale of the day. Tezuka was carrying two books, the ice pick, the geodes, an old newspaper, the kaleidoscope (in his pocket), and the windchimes, since Fuji had found a small porcelain frog statue that he also liked, and it was only safe to carry one extremely breakable thing at a time. Fuji had the porcelain statue, three rings (all of them enormous and gaudy), two necklaces around his throat (though one of them was so long that Tezuka had had to help him fold it four times before it would hang above Fuji’s waist), the pinhole camera, and a long, slim blacklight that had worked perfectly when Fuji had plugged it in, though the bemused previous owner claimed it had broken a long time ago.\nStrangely enough, Tezuka never once felt the urge to call a halt to their little expedition.\nAt this sale, Fuji was searching for something in particular. He hadn’t proclaimed his attentions straight out, but Tezuka saw it, the way he saw it when Fuji was setting an opponent up for one of his counters. Finally, as always, Fuji was successful. “Tezuka, look what I’ve found!” He held up his prize: a shoebox containing a pair of new Pumas. They were in Tezuka’s size, and were just the type he’d wanted. “Only forty-five hundred yen.”\nTezuka’s jaw did not exactly drop, because Tezuka’s jaw didn’t do things like that. He did, however, fix the shoes with a level gaze that bordered on disbelieving. “Fuji…”\n“Hm?”\nHe could have said that it was incredible, Fuji finding shoes that generally cost fifteen thousand yen at the store for only forty-five hundred, a pittance in comparison. He could have expressed surprise at the fact that the shoes were in the style he wanted, and the size he needed. He could have wondered aloud if Fuji had known that these shoes would be here, at this garage sale, on this day, and more to the point, how Fuji had known.\nBut Tezuka didn’t say any of those things. He stepped forward and leaned over and around his armful of garage sale purchases and Fuji’s shoebox and he kissed Fuji, making very sure that he didn’t break the windchimes in the process. “Thank you,” he said gravely, pulling away.\n“You’re always welcome,” said Fuji, a slow smile spreading across his face.\n**\nWhen Tezuka’s phone rang late that night, he answered it, as he always did. “Yes.”\n“Tezuka, on one of my circuits around the neighborhood I happened to note that you and Fuji were kissing in some anonymous person’s garage. Does this indicate that today’s events did indeed qualify as a da-”\nTezuka hung up."}
{"text": "The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) will contest the Pudukottai by-election, party leader Vijayakant said on Friday.\n“We have decided to contest in the by-poll. But I need some time to finalise the party candidate as several persons have applied,” he told The Hindu.\nMr. Vijayakant said his party would have supported the CPI candidate if the party, which had won the seat in the 2011 Assembly elections, had entered the fray.\nThe actor-turned-politician said his party took the plunge in the Sankarankoil Assembly by-election because Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had challenged him to face the election in the constituency.\n“I am not afraid of a challenge. It was the AIADMK that boycotted by-polls to five Assembly constituencies in 2009. You should also keep in mind that the AIADMK could not retain its deposit in the Pennagaram by-election.”\nHe argued that in all by-elections, his party had managed to retain its vote share.\nKeywords: Pudukottai by-election, DMDK\nIt is a good decision that the DMDK is decided to contest the Pudukotai by-election in Tamil Nadu.Mr,Vijaykanth should approach the DMK,CPI[M],CPI and other like minded parties to support his party candidate in the by-poll so that the DMDK can give a good fight to the AIADMK the ruling party.\nPlease Email the Editor"}
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{"text": "Virtuoso's scale out capability has been signiﬁcantly upgraded during LOD2. The advances are as follows:\nElastic partitions. The data is sharded in a large number of self-contained partitions. These partitions are divided among a number of database server processes and can migrate between them. Usually each process should have one partition per hardware thread. Queries are parallelized to have at most one thread per partition. Partitions may split when growing a cluster. Statistics are kept per partition for detecting hot spots.\nFree-form recursion between partitions. One can write stored procedures that execute inside a partition and recursively call themselves in another partition, ad inﬁnitum. This is scheduled without deadlocking or running out of threads. If a procedure waits for its descendant and the descendant needs to execute something in the waiting procedure's partition, the thread of the waiting procedure is taken over. In this way a distributed call graph never runs out of threads but still can execute at full platform parallelism. Such procedures can be transparently called from queries as any SQL procedures, the engine does the partitioning and function shipping transparently.\nBetter vectoring and faster partitioning. Even the non-vectored Virtuoso cluster combined data for several tuples in messages, thus implementing a sort of vectoring at the level of interconnect while running scalar inside the nodes. Now that everything is vectored, the architecture is simpler and more eﬃcient.\nMore parallel control ﬂows. The basic query execution unit in cluster is a series of cross partition joins, called DFG (distributed fragment). Each set of co-located joins forms a stage of the DFG pipeline. Each stage runs one thread per partition if there is work to do in the partition. The results are partitioned again and sent onwards. The DFG ends by returning vectors of query variable bindings to the query coordinator or by feeding them in an aggregation. An aggregation itself will be partitioned on the highest cardinality grouping key if the cardinality is high enough. A subsequent DFG can pick the results of a previous partitioned aggregation and process these through more joins again with full platform utilization.\nDiﬀerent parallel hash joins. Tables are usually partitioned and in the case of RDF always partitioned. However, if a hash join build side is small, it is practical to replicate this into every server process. In this way, what would be a non-collocated join from foreign key to primary key becomes collocated because the hash table goes to its user. However, if the probe key is also the partitioning key of the probe, there is never a need to replicate because the hash table can be partitioned to be collocated with the probe without replicating. If the hash table would be large but the probe key is not the partitioning key of the probing operator, the hash table can still be partitioned. This will require a message exchange (a DFG stage). However, this is scalable since each server will only host a fraction of the whole hash table. Selective hash joins have Bloom ﬁlters. Since the Bloom ﬁlter is much smaller than the hash table itself, it can be replicated on all nodes even if the hash table is not. This allows most of the selectivity to take place before the inter-partition message exchange (DFG stage).\nWith SSB, the cluster shows linear throughput gains: 10x the data takes 5x longer on twice the hardware (see Table 1). This is the case for either RDF or SQL. The RDF tax is the same for cluster as for single server, as one would expect.\nRunning complex queries such as the BSBM BI workload makes high use of cross partition joins (DFG) and of nested subqueries. This is a DFG inside a DFG, where the innermost DFG must run to completion before the invoking stage of the calling DFG can proceed. An existence test containing a non-collocated set of joins is an example of such pattern.\nWe ﬁnd that message scheduling that must keep track of distributed dependencies between computations becomes a performance bottleneck. Messages can be relatively fragmented and numerous. Scheduling a message involves a critical section that can become a bottleneck. In subsequent work this critical section has been further split. The scheduling itself is complex since it needs to know which threads are waiting for which operations and whether a descendant operation ought to take over the parent's thread or get its own.\nAll the techniques and observed dynamics apply identically to RDF and SQL but are worse in RDF because of more joins. Use of hash joins and ﬂattening of subqueries alleviates many of these problems. Hash joins can save messages by replicating the hash table, so there are messages only when building the hash table. In a good query plan this is done on far less data than probing the hash table.\nVirtuoso is at present an excellent SQL column store. This is the prerequisite for giving RDF performance that is comparable with the best in relational data warehousing.\nThe next major step is storing RDF in tables when regular structure is present. This will be based on the CWI research, described in the next section. Query plans can be made as for triples but many self-joins can be consolidated at run time in into a table lookup when the situation allows. Cost model reliability will also be enhanced since this will know about tables and can treat them as such."}
{"text": "NELMA has just released its “Video Guide to the 5 Grades of Eastern White Pine” as an educational and reference tool for potential buyers, primarily for overseas marketing. The 7-minute video will allow viewers to see the range of product appearance permitted within the grading rules. A 6-piece layer of 1”x8” boards scroll down from the top of the screen, then pause for examination by the viewer where “pop-up” callouts will zero in on a particular characteristic and give the limitation criteria for that particular grade. Up to 8 layers of boards per grade are provided in the video to give the full scope of appearance expectations. The video includes user-friendly, stop-start capabilities.\n“This is a very exciting addition to our online educational series via NELMAtv,” according to Jeff Easterling, NELMA President. “The video is an extension of our printed Grade Swatch that provides our members with a much-needed reference for showing potential customers the various nuances within each grade.”\nIn addition to the full 5-grade video, a shorter video for each individual grade will be available online in the near future. The video’s callouts have been translated into Latin America Spanish, French, and Chinese, plus the English version.\nAccess the video on NELMA’s YouTube Channel, NELMAtv here."}
{"text": "Amma naama in Mandakini\n“Hariyuva nadiya kalaravadalli kelutaliruvudu ammanaama!”\nI heard a brahmachari singing to himself the above lines as we some of us Amma children were trekking along the Mandakini River in deeper Himalayas. When Amma is available in Amritapuri, all would throng there; but Her children posted in Himalayas have to complete as much of Her work as possible of building houses before the rains start. So they hear Amma Name in the sound of the river Mandakini!\nWith Amma’s blessings I happened to join them here last week.\nOn 3rd April, our first day here, early in the morning there was a small puja at the construction site of the 14th house on Batawari sonar village slope by Chandrapuri, where lies Ashram’s base camp. That was our first taste of the steep climbs. It’s no joke to walk up, still less to carry building material, we understood it firsthand!\nWe did puja and chanted archana in which local people participated. The recipients did puja to the digging instrument and reverentially did the first dig. Then they offered kumkum, chandan and rice grain smears to the forehead of each one present; and distributed Prasad sweets.\nThe day kept us occupied with the Ammachi lab work at centers. The evening was a treat. Here in the northern belt people celebrate four navaratris a year, one per season. The Vasanta navaratri had begun from the day after Kannada Yugadi, namely April 1st onwards.\nAfter hot roti and sabji, we walked up an uphill road, walked about a mile to reach the peepal tree. Even before we reached we had heard women singing to loud musical instruments. There were more than a dozen women that evening who gathered to sing almost up to midnight.\nJai ho mata durga bhavani\nHaath jodu puja karulaa\nThe women have a strong stentorious voice that can be heard on the opposite hill; their songs pour out with less melody yet with more enthusiasm. Bhajans being their own compositions, they stress on the meaningful words and render the songs. They play on their instruments themselves. Song after song follows but the women do not compete in any way. Old and young, all of them open out their innocent voice and, clapping to the rhythm, sing the lines ‘in full throated ease’ ( as Keats’s birds.)\nAfter each song, they do jaikar to the deity of the song and to Pipaleshwar Mahadev, the Shiva under that peepal tree; then, much to our surprise and joy, they add, Mata Amritanandamay Devi ki Jai!\nAnd as the bhajans reach a peak mood, women slowly come to the central space and begin to dance! As the dancing goes on, it is not rare to see some going into trance and out of the everyday realm.\nAmma the mother of all has easily entered the hearts of these simple rustics. This village has several beneficiaries of Amma’s houses, as well as the educational programs at anganvadi both for children and adults, and the tuition classes for school going children. And more to come.\n– Sandhya\nThank you for sharing. So much to learn from the simple way of life.\nThe simple rustic folk seem an innocent lot, and their devotion to God is evident from their eloquent singing and dancing. They are able to commune with that higher power in a spirit of gay abandon, that the so-called sophisticated people of the civilized society find difficult to do. In spirituality, one must forsake shyness, fear and shame…. it is a holy communion between the devotee and the target of devotion! All else fades into oblivion."}
{"text": "This is probably my favorite picture. It captures one of my “pamper me” days. I wash my hair, indulge in several Lily Rose skin treatments and rituals and walk around naked (if my son isn’t home). This picture reflects everything that I love about myself.\nFreedom.\nVulnerability.\nComfort.\nSecure.\nSoftness.\nBoldness.\nIt also highlights this natural curly, wavy, something kinda hair that I am discovering. My beautiful daughter is natural. And as I was encouraging her to stay natural a couple of years ago, I had a “moment”.\nIn good faith and consciousness, I could not encourage my daughter to be something or do something that I was not doing. I am many things but a hypocrite is not one of them.\nSo, that day; I stood in the mirror and started to cut the perm out of my hair. Very slowly. Every time I washed it, I would cut it a little shorter and shorter. As my hair was growing, I could clearly see the processed strings that I was calling strands.\nHalf of my head was in its natural state and the lower half was this permed mess and I kept cutting until one day, I only had about an inch of string left. And I decided, I am not holding on to this processed, imitation hair any longer. It has to go. Today.\nAnd it was gone. I looked at those strands in the sink and held them in my hands. The hair was fine, and split and thin. Compared to this thick beautiful mane I now had.\nI felt good.\nI was getting one step closer to my authentic freedom and my authentic beauty. I am not on an anti wig or weave campaign. Those have a place. I love a cute ponytail or a bold wig.\nBut now, its an accessory and not an identity.\nGirl, you preaching.\nLoving who I am cannot be a feigned process. It has to be authentic. From a real and genuine place.\nA place from where I make all decisions.\nAnything that hurts me has to go.\nPerm is a chemical. Its dangerous. It ruins what is natural and authentic. It alters original state.\nIt is not good.\nIt had to go.\nIn exchange for letting go of the bad, I got a head full of good. Beautiful. Different. Authentic. Messy.\nBut ALL GOOD.\nI can rub my scalp and actually feel my scalp. Something a ton of women cannot do.\nI also got another surprise.\nMore adoration from my little girl. The one being who is second to God (along with my son) in importance in my life. She looks at me with those eyes, looking for herself. Watching what I do. What I say. What I allow.\nShe is learning who she is through my journey.\nWhat she should allow. What she should never. Shaping her “becoming”.\nHer opinion of me reigns supreme. It carries such significance. It is how I measure almost everything I decide to do or not do because I am acutely aware of how significant I am.\nIn her life.\nThe life of a girl child. The life of a life carrier. The life of the womb of mankind. She is will be a Mother of the Earth.\nA Mother of the freaking earth.\nIt’s that serious. Its always that serious when destiny is looking at you. When greatness is staring you in the face expecting you to show the way.\nBe the way.\nA heavy load for a Mommy.\nBut it is what is required. What I gladly give. I am better. She is making me better.\nThe power of Daughter.\nThe amazing Power of Daughter.\nD.L.P.\nAll About Auspicious Living\nThe most gorgeous all natural woman. So glad you covered the rest of you. We can’t handle all of that girl.\nThank you.\nYou are stunning!!!!! The prettiest skin I have ever seen and your hair is lovely. As is. No make up needed."}
{"text": "February 09, 2016 \| By: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)\nTopics: News, What's New from the Charities Directorate of CRA, Canadian Charity Law\nCRA recently released a letter which discusses whether a school chaplain employed by a Catholic school board can claim the clergy residence deduction as per section 8(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act (Canada). CRA had the following comments:\nGenerally, to be eligible for the clergy residence deduction provided under paragraph 8(1)(c) of the Act, an individual must be a member of the clergy, a member of a religious order, or a regular minister of a religious denomination (the status test). When one of these conditions is met, the individual must also be in charge of, or ministering to, a diocese, parish or congregation, or engaged exclusively in full-time administrative service by appointment of a religious order or religious denomination (the function test). In order to qualify for the clergy residence deduction, a person must satisfy both the status and the function tests.\nThe information you provided indicates that the individual holding the position of school chaplain is neither a member of the clergy, nor a member of a religious order. Thus, the individual would only satisfy the status test if he or she is a regular minister of the Roman Catholic Church.\nAccording to paragraph 5 of Interpretation Bulletin IT-141R (Consolidated), Clergy Residence Deduction, a “regular minister” is a person who:\nis authorized or empowered to perform spiritual duties, conduct religious services, administer sacraments and carry out similar religious functions. Religious functions may include participation in the conduct of religious services, the administration of some of the rituals, ordinances or sacraments, and pastoral responsibilities to specific segments of the religious organization;\nis appointed or recognized by a body or person with the legitimate authority to appoint or ordain ministers on behalf of or within the religious denomination; and\n*is in a position or appointment of some permanence.\nHowever, as noted in paragraph 3 of IT-141R, the determination as to whether a particular individual is a “regular minister” of a particular religious denomination generally depends on the structure and practices of the particular church or religious denomination.\nBased on an examination of several court cases which have considered whether non-ordained members of the Roman Catholic Church are 'regular ministers' of that religion, CRA determined that a non-ordained individual appointed to the position of school chaplain by the Roman Catholic Church would not satisfy the status test as a 'regular minister' of that religious denomination. Accordingly, the function test was not considered."}
{"text": ".\nHi all - I'm seeing this from a recent graph I built:\ngremlin> :> g.V(4162).valueMap()\n==>{source=[DS_106], sourceName=[GDELTRecord3]}\ngremlin> :> g.V(4146).valueMap()\n==>{source=[DS_106], sourceName=[GDELTRecord3]}\ngremlin> :> g.V(4226).valueMap()\n==>{source=[DS_106], sourceName=[GDELTRecord3]}\ngremlin> :> g.V(4250).valueMap()\n==>{source=[DS_106], sourceName=[GDELTRecord3]}\ngremlin>\ngremlin>\ngremlin> :> g.V().has(\"source\",\"DS_106\")\n==>v[4226]\nThe graph has an index on source like this:\nPropertyKey sourceProperty =\nmgmt.makePropertyKey(\"source\").dataType(String.class).cardinality(Cardinality.SINGLE).make();\nJanusGraphIndex sourceIndex = mgmt.buildIndex(\"bySourceComposite\",\nVertex.class).addKey(sourceProperty).unique().buildCompositeIndex();\nmgmt.setConsistency(sourceProperty, ConsistencyModifier.LOCK);\nmgmt.setConsistency(sourceIndex, ConsistencyModifier.LOCK);\nHow could the graph end up with several vertices with the same source\nstring? Still learning graphs...\nThank you!\n-Joe\n--\nThis email has been checked for viruses by AVG.\nThe new topic will begin with this message. Subject of the new topic:\n© 2022 Groups.io"}
{"text": "Top\n10\nDoctor insights on:\nHypercholesterolemia Liver\n1\nWhy doesn't everyone with familial hypercholesterolemia have fatty liver?\nMost Do: Familial hypercholesterolemia is the most common genetic disorder involving choleterol levels . If a patient has an LDL cholesterol level above 200 he/she has familial hypercholesterolemia. It is transmitted in a way that each child has a 50/50 chance of inheriting this. On a microscopic level there is increased liver fat in all of these patients, it just may not show up on blood tests. .. continuous treatment of hypercholesterolemia with statins create any bad effect on your liver?\n.jpeg?1386669274)\nUsually not: Increased elevations in liver tests may be seen with statin use, but if you're being monitored by your md the. I would not worry about any liver damage. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer\n3\nWhat trigger the liver to produce the excess cholesterol otherwise there should be no high cholesterol at all ?\nInflammation: Cholesterol is needed in the body to make cell walls, hormones, etc. It should not be seen as the villain it has been made out to be. It is a sign of inflammation in the body as it is a repair mechanism - it goes up in times of stress and illness to help produce hormones to endure stress, to build new cells, etc. The ideal \"fix\" is to eat minimal sugar and carbs which cause inflammation, not meds! ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer\n4\nCould my high cholesterol be elevating my liver enzymes?\nLipids: It's a chicken before the egg question, it can go both ways. High cholesterol can damage the liver, abnormal liver can have high cholesterol...Liver enzymes go along with abnormal liver. ...Read more\n5\nCan amitriptylin 10mg a day cause a high cholesterol level and harm the liver?\nDepends --: Probably not raising cholesterol but you need to check your liver enzymes (blood test). ...Read more\n6\nCan OTC 500mg non flush niacin taken for high cholesterol be bad for my liver?\nRarely: That dose is small. Most liver toxicity occurs with > 2, 000 mg. To be safe, get an alt (blood sample) next time you check your cholesterol. ...Read more\n7\nI am 1 year post liver transplant...What would be some factors in me developing high cholesterol?\nNew liver: The new liver handles your cholesterol differently than your old liver- so you may need some more tests and possible use of some medications to lower it. ...Read more\n8\nIf I have acid reflux , low liver functions, pain under left rib cage and high cholesterol what could that mean?\nUnclear: Low liver functions are normal. There's no lower limit to liver function blood tests regardless of what the lab lists. Acid reflux should be treated by usual means. Pain under the left rib cage could be gastritis, splenomegaly, colitis, or a muscular cause. You shoud see your doctor for an accurate diagnosis. ...Read more\n9\nI am a male my old 51 my ALT gtp level is 55 with high cholesterol and fatty liver , negative abc virus . Why ALT is a high level?\nDon't ignore: Fatty liver is disease means the liver is swollen and enlarged due to fatty change. The disorder is associated with metabolic changes including diabetes, high triglycerides and obesity. When the fat causes inflammation in the liver (detectable on liver biopsy) there is a greater risk of cirrhosis (scarring and hardening of the liver). If you are overweight, then weight loss is recommended. ...Read more\n10\nI have chorosis of liver.I was wondering if plant sterols would hurt my liver in anyway?I have a family history of high cholesterol. I was on statins\nNo: Plant sterols are present in the foods you eat every day like fruits and vegetables , legumes, lentils and nuts as well as oat cereal. ..\nHypercholesterolemia (Definition)\nHypercholesterolemia is the condition of having a high cholesterol ...Read more\n- Talk to a doctor live online for free\n- Hypercholesterolemia and fatty liver\n- Hypercholesterolemia bodybuilding\n- What is hypercholesterolemia?\n- Ask a doctor a question free online\n- Pathophysiology of hypercholesterolemia\n- Hypercholesterolemia medications\n- Familial hypercholesterolemia types\n- Familial hypercholesterolemia type 2a\n- Talk to a cardiologist online"}
{"text": "No Sign Of Stimulus, Or Global Growth, China’s Economy Sunk By (Euro)Dollar\nNajib Tun Razak was elected as Malaysia’s Prime Minister in early 2009. Taking office that April amid global turmoil and chaos, Najib’s first official visit was to Beijing in early June. His father, also Malaysia’s Prime Minister, had been the first among Asian nations to open formal diplomatic relations with China thirty-five years before. Celebrating the milestone might’ve been the proposed purpose behind the state call, but that’s not what anyone was talking about.\nThe invitation was extended at the behest of the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao. At the top of their agenda, besides the official festivities, was a bilateral trade agreement. China and Malaysia were going to conduct trade bypassing the US dollar. The Wall Street Journal reported:\nChina has been promoting the idea of replacing the dollar as the global currency, suggesting that a basket of currencies less linked to the fate of one economy would make more sense. It also has been talking about using the yuan for trade settlements, starting gradually in the region and then expanding farther abroad.\nMalaysia was equally as eager, small wonder given the nature of the times. Should we be surprised that a worldwide dollar shortage, which is all that the Great Financial Crisis had been, provokes a search for alternates? Given how the US and Europe had been the epicenter of the monetary earthquake, Asia only experiencing what seemed collateral damage, hitching fortunes to the unbreakable Chinese growth engine appeared downright prudent.\nIt was Wen who laid out China’s first rationale for this line of thinking during the absolute depths of the panic. In March 2009, the country’s number two said they were concerned about US stimulus. Seriously. “We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S., Of course, we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.”\nThe US was going to be printing money to get out of the monetary event and that wasn’t the action of a good partner, let alone the central pillar of the global dynamic. If."}
{"text": "Feb. 10, 2000\nKALAMAZOO -- Since the mid-1960s, the U.S. government and institutions like Western Michigan University have been teaming up to provide educational opportunity programs that help students succeed in college.\nThose programs, collectively known as TRIO programs, will be spotlighted Feb. 21 at WMU during a TRIO Day 2000 celebration called \"TRIO--Making a Difference in Southwestern Michigan.\" The University is sponsoring the event in collaboration with Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, Mich., and Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac, Mich.\nWMU launched TRIO Day in 1999 and will invite nearly 100 students and community members this year. The event will feature a luncheon, a keynote address and an awards presentation starting at 11:30 a.m. in the Bernhard Center. This portion of the celebration is expected to draw several political officials from Michigan, including Sen. Carl Levin and Rep. Fred Upton or their representatives.\nThe keynote speaker will be Dr. Roger Pulliam, assistant vice chancellor at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. Pulliam received a bachelor of science degree in social science from WMU in 1966, a master of arts degree in teaching the culturally deprived from WMU in 1968 and a doctor of philosophy degree in education administration from the University of Michigan in 1973.\nThe WMU-affiliated TRIO students who will be honored are:\nElizabeth Aslakson of Muskegon, Mich., a WMU senior majoring in computer science. She'll be honored as the Student Support Program Student of the Year. Aslason has worked with the Student Support Program for three years as a mentor.\nSusan Leversee of Portage, Mich., a WMU junior majoring in business management. She's the Student Support Program Essay Contest Winner for 2000. Leversee has been an active member of the Student Support Program for three years.\nFloyd Reed, a junior at Loy Norrix High School in Kalamazoo. He's won the Upward Bound TRIO Essay Contest for 2000. Reed is in his first year with Upward Bound.\nMarquita Taylor, a junior at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo. She's the Upward Bound Student of the Year. Taylor has participated in Upward Bound for the past three years and maintains a 3.0 grade point average in addition to being an active community volunteer.\nJennifer Zordan, a 1997 WMU graduate who received a bachelor of science degree in community health education. She's the Student Support Program 1999-2000 Alumni of the Year. Zordan is a health educator with the Berrien County (Mich.) Health Department and for two years served as the Student Support Program's administrative assistant.\n\"TRIO dates back to 1965 when Congress funded Upward Bound and two other educational opportunity programs as a way of helping students overcome class, social, academic and cultural barriers to higher education,\" says Gregory Moorehead, associate director of WMU's Division of Minority Affairs and coordinator of the division's TRIO programs.\nFour more programs were added over the years, Moorehead explains, but all seven are still known by their original name--TRIO. The federal government funds various colleges and universities to provide the programs in their respective areas.\n\"These aren't raced-based programs,\" Moorhead says. \"The only requirement is that more than two-thirds of the students in these programs come from low-income families, where neither parent graduated from college.\n\"These programs have helped literally hundreds of thousands of students. That's why we'll be celebrating TRIO Day with high schools, public agencies and universities across the country.\"\nWMU's Division of Minority Affairs offers three TRIO programs, Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math/Science, which support ninth through 12th grade high school students, and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Scholars Program, which supports undergraduate students at WMU who want to pursue graduate degrees.\nIn addition, the University's Academic Skills Center offers the Student Support Program, which also is for WMU undergraduates.\n\"Our TRIO offerings amount to a three-tier series of programs,\" Moorehead says. \"First, we help high school students prepare for college. Then we support them while they're in college to make sure they graduate. Finally,\" he says, \"we provide the McNair program for successful undergraduates who want to go on to graduate school at WMU or another U.S. institution.\n\"I guess you could say that three's a charm when it comes to TRIO programs at WMU.\"\nThe remaining three TRIO programs are Veterans Upward Bound; Educational Talent Search, which provides early intervention services for sixth through 12th grade students and is offered by Southwestern Michigan College; and Educational Opportunities Centers, which helps displaced or underemployed workers choose a college and suitable financial aid program and is offered by Lake Michigan College. Both colleges also offer Upward Bound and the Student Support Program.\nThe Upward Bound program prepares high school students for higher education and is funded at more than 700 institutions. WMU's program, founded in 1966, is one of the oldest in the nation. The University currently has agreements to provide it at Benton Harbor, Comstock, Covert, Kalamazoo Central, Loy Norrix and Muskegon Heights high schools.\nThe Upward Bound Math/Science program was established by Congress in 1990 to strengthen high school students' math and science skills. WMU began offering the program in 1999, joining only about 80 other institutions. This educational opportunity is designed for promising math and/or science students. WMU has agreements to provide the program at Benton Harbor, Covert and Kalamazoo Central high schools; Grand Rapids Creston and Grand Rapids Union high schools; Muskegon Heights High School; and Pontiac, Inkster and Oak Park high schools in the Detroit area.\nBoth Upward Bound programs provide services throughout the academic year directly to high school students in their home districts. These services include tutoring; academic advising; and workshops on financial aid, college admissions, and preparing for the MEAP, ACT or SAT.\nIn addition, both programs offer a six-week living/learning experience at WMU in the summer, where participants can attend classes and seminars on topics ranging from test-taking strategies, computer usage and career exploration for Upward Bound students to biomedical technology, computer-aided engineering, and probability and statistics for Upward Bound Math/Science students. Those in the latter program also have the chance to work on a research project with a faculty mentor from WMU.\nMedia contact: Jeanne Baron, 616 387-8400, jeanne.baron@wmich.edu\nMedia Advisory: To arrange an interview with a student attending TRIO Day 2000 or the day's keynote speaker, contact Gregory Moorehead in the Division of Minority Affairs at (616) 387-4405.\nOffice of University Relations\nWestern Michigan University\n1903 W Michigan Ave\nKalamazoo MI 49008-5433 USA\n616 387-8400\nuniv-rel@wmich.edu"}
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{"text": "Choosing The Right Style for a Body Type\nPlease note: “Choosing The Right Style For Your Body Type” is a sales pitch!\nDo you like to look great but just don’t know how? Does it seem like you’ve tried everything in your power to figure it out, and yet, despite your best intentions, you’re still plagued with these?:\n- Not knowing how to even get started\n- Not understanding even where to start with your body type\n- Not knowing how to identify the right styles\nIf this describes you, then, you are NOT alone! It may seem like it sometimes, but not knowing how to get started with choosing the right styles is far more common than you’d think.\nWhat You Need to Understand. It of fashion style basics. It covers a broad scope and it would be a helpful advantage as a fashionista to be aware of the fundamentals of fashion, style, and designs.\nAnd the worst part? The more you don’t know the less you will succeed!\nMake no mistake about it!\nThe Costs.\nThink about all of the money you’re wasting by continuing to try things that don’t work. The times you’re losing due to going around in circles is also time-consuming. And that’s not to mention the toll it’s taking on your personal life, like the way the failed attempts over and over can impact personal life and relationships.\nThe Fix\nThis book below will show you exactly what you need to do to finally be a success with fashion!\nThe basics of fashion consist of building a suitable and well-balanced wardrobe, and fundamentals of styles and designs. This also includes the do’s and don’ts in fashion, the mistakes that you need to avoid, especially in terms of dressing and styling yourself, and certain fashion rules to follow.\nAnd all of this up till now is just the beginning!\nThe Right Fashion Guide\nThis powerful tool will provide you with everything you need to know to be a success and achieve your goal of looking great to a successful place. With this product, and it’s great information on fashion, it will walk you step by step through the exact process to be a success.\nWho Can Use This Book?\n- Entrepreneurs\n- Internet marketers\n- Network marketers\n- Life Coaches\n- Personal Development Enthusiasts\n- Self Improvement Bloggers\n- Web Publishers\n- Writers and Content Creators\n- And Many More!\nWhat Will You Learn in this Book?\n- Style Basics\n- Determine Your Body Type\n- Best Styles For Straight Body Shapes\n- Best Styles For Apple Body Shapes\n- Best Styles For Pear Body Shapes\n- And so much more!\nWhy is it important to invest in this book? wardrobe under control.\nYou see, how much longer are must people learn the HARD WAY before investing in themselves and their success?\nThink about how much you could change your life if you really applied the strategies in this book. You could be a success with fashion in a short period of time. I cannot even begin to imagine someone who would not take advantage of this – it’s just silly and could cause you so many issues if you don’t have all the info you need!\nDon’t think twice. Don’t wonder. Just try and be knowledgeable in choosing the right style for a particular body type.\nCheers to your success! Til!"}
{"text": "Some of the restaurants and lounges of the Mayflower Hotel Washington DC are named below: The Mayflower Hotel Washington DC has as many as 660 luxurious rooms, which offer excellent comfort.The hotel is also one of the largest in the whole city of Washington DC. The Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC also offers a large array of amenities to the boarders to make their stay in the city really enjoyable. Some of the amenities offered by the hotel are listed below:\n- Refrigerator\n- Voice mail\n- Access to high speed internet\n- Satellite and cable television\n- Minibar\n- Climate control\n- Video game console\nRenaissance Mayflower Hotel\n1127 Connecticut Ave. NW,\nWashington DC"}
{"text": "When you apply for a home loan in Singapore, you can either go for a fixed rate home loan or a floating rate home loan. As an applicant, making this choice will be quite a tedious task if you are unaware of how each of these loan types work. Let’s do a quick comparison between a fixed rate package and floating rate package.\nFor a specific period of time, your rate of interest will be fixed. The term for your fixed home loan can range from 1 to 5 years. During this lock-in period, your rate of interest will not change irrespective of market conditions. In case you want to refinance your housing loan in between the lock-in period, you will face heavy penalties.\nYour rate of interest will change on a daily basis depending on how the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) or Singapore Swap Offer Rate (SOR) rates vary. You can opt for a floating rate package with or without a lock-in period.\nA few scenarios mentioned below are favourable when you want to opt for a fixed rate loan:\nChoosing floating rate package is favourable during scenarios such as:\nIt is always better to do your research on interest rates before you finalise on a housing loan. When interest rates are at its peak, it is better you go for a fixed rate housing loan. When the rates are declining, you can opt for a floating rate mortgage loan."}
{"text": " yer alan Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City yakınında Northside Parkı, Fenwick Adası Deniz Feneri ile DiscoverSea Gemi Enkazı Müzesi bulunur. Ayrıca yakınında Fenwick Adası Eyalet Parkı yer alır.\nOtel Özellikleri.\nHoliday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City:\nHoliday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City tesisindeki klimalı 122.\n\"Must stay!\"\nGreat service and slept amazing!\n\"OC Weekend Getaway\"\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\n12601 Coastal Hwy: Came for weekend bike tour pleasantly surprised with location. Staff very friendly, room clean & comfortable. Hot food included with continental breakfast. Two good restaurants just yards from hotel. Subway and a bagel shop not far away. Beach is 1 block down and a park for walking or running is behind the hotel. Enjoyed stay at this […] hotel more than previous stay at hotel not too far away. Plan to stay here again. Devamı\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\n\"Holiday inn ocean city\"\nThe front desk staff was as courteous as you can imagine. They always greeted us, acknowledged, and answered any questions that we had. We did leave a note for h.k. To change our sheets and they only made the beds. They didn't even pull the sheet up, it was only on a fourth of the bed. Also, the beds were uncomfortable and a bit concave. Overall the […] hotel was excellent. Devamı\n\"HIEOcean City 126th St North\"\nThe hotel was close to everything and in a good location. Has a restaurant/bar (Blue Ox) next to it. Short walk to beach but you have to cross highway. Clean and in great condition. Nice staff except breakfast lady. Only negatives is that breakfast ends at 9:30 AM SHARP! A woman put a rope up and don't dare cross it. 9:30 AM is too early to end breakfast. […] She would not even allow us to get coffee. Which is another negative, the hotel doesn't have coffee available all the time. Devamı\n\"A Great Stay\"\nI took my family to Ocean City for St.Patty's Day and stayed over night at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City. Great front desk staff, clean rooms, swift check in, large kids pool, great location, and nice bayside view of parks and walking trails. I would definitely take my family back to this hotel for sure.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\n\"Fenwick-Ocean City convenience\"\nIt was just an in-out overnight, but hotels.com guided me to this excellent choice. Staff was super friendly.\n\"GREAT PLACE!\"\nClean, friendly service, great shower, good sleeping, excellent breakfast, reasonable rates.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\n\"a big disappointment\"\nwhen i pulled up the hotel it said it had all types of diffrernt things in the hotel such as a lounge hot tub in bathroom and ocean front .I printed out the info went over everything with my husband and for $80.00 we thought because of it being off season it wasn't to good of a deal but we reserved the room online,Watch out when they say NO REFUNDS […] if you pay online or over the phone. when we arrived we were on the bay side and very disappointed the manager said none of his people would have told me they had the lounge or hot tub in the room i printed out the info and it was the right place it had the address on it where the hotel was located..as i said don't reserve on line go look at the hotels before you book your vacation.!!! Devamı\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\nThe beds were not comfy at all, I tossed and turned all night. If there was one thing they should improve on its the beds, other then that the rooms were clean, the workers were pleasant , the free breakfast was good, the hot tub was hot.\n\"Perfect Hotel for Winterfest of Lights!!\"\nAbsolutely loved this hotel!! Staff was extremely friendly and outgoing and hotel was beautifully decorated for Christmas! We had 4 adults and a baby and our room was spacious and comfortable, plus we had a great view of the lights! Definitely would recommend!\n\"nice inexpensive place\"\nWe stayed here overnight on our way to Virginia Beach and were pleasantly surprised. Clean, friendly staff, above average breakfast. Nice park with walking path behind hotel.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\ntHE STAFF WAS SO PLEASENT AND RESPONSIVE TO ALL OUR NEEDS. THE ROOMS WERE VERY CLEAN AND BEAUTIFULY APPOINTED. WE WOULD DEFINITELY RETURN\n\"Holiday Inn Express\"\nMy husband and I recently stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in OC, MD for two nights. The hotel was very clean, and the staff was soooo nice! They gave us a room with a view of the Winterfest that was happening behind the hotel. It was so awesome! It was very quiet (but keep in mind, it was off-season). I would definitely stay at this hotel again if […] planning a stay in OC. Devamı\nOnly one night but the stay was great, beds were comfy, and the breakfast was way more then we expected.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\n\"Holiday Inn Express, Ocean City\"\nThe hotel is clean, comfortable, and accessable. The staff are friendly and professional. I recommend it highly.\nStaff was very nice and helpful\n\"Good Value\"\nI stayed 3 nights at this hotel, and found service and amenities to be quite nice. Only drawback is that it is not on the beach. I was there for work - no time for beach anyway - and it is only a block away for those who can take time to enjoy!\nVery nice staff and very clean rooms made a very nice week long stay for us.......thanks.......\n\"Great Hotel!\"\nHad a great stay here! Stayed at the Courtyard Marriott a couples days before this and was equally nice but half the price and a free breakfast!! Within walking distance to several restaurants, bars, liquor store and Northside park. Perfect location with bay views. Can't go wrong with the price, amenities, staff and location!\n\"The Hotel In Ocean City Maryland\"\nThe hot tub was not working and they did not even offer a discount, nor move to another room, very dissapointed.\nThe front desk staff was helpful, polite and good-humored. Rooms are clean and pretty large - with a small fridge and microwave. Kids LOVED the indoor and outdoor pools and ran back and forth between the two. Overall, great value.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\n\"The Holiday Inn Express\"\nThis hotel was great!!! It was close to the beach and surrounding restaurants were awesome!\n\"Great Hotel, little off the beaten path\"\nI really enjoyed my stay here. Stayed in one of the King rooms. We arrived around noon, and they let us check in early. Great place, very close to the beach and wonderful restaurants within a 5 minute walk. About 90 streets away from the boardwalk, but the public transit makes it very easy to get around without having to get into your car. Staff was […] friendly and helpful. Breakfast was warm and always well stocked. I would definitely stay here again. Devamı\ngreat\n\"Good location\"\nThe location is very convenient for the beach and surrounding activities, lots for the kids to do. The hotel staff was nice enough but had to go to the front desk to ask for toilet paper and a box of tissues because the cleaning staff did not refill them for three days. Free breakfast was good, many choices, but same thing every day a little change […] up would have been good. Overall enjoyable stay Devamı\n\"Great Stay - will stay again\"\nThe Hotel Staff were great - we loved the breakfast - the buffet was ideal for our family - our 3 daughters had fun as well.\n\"Holiday Inn and Suites\"\nThe stay was great. The environment was exciting to the kids and the indoor and out door pools was great. I highly recommend this particular hotel.\n\"Not Satisfied\"\nWe woke up to a leaking ceiling that dripped water onto our bed. They promised to move us to a \"better room\", and that did not happen. The room they moved us to had an odor and the shower curtain was defective. One of the doors on the side of the building was never locked and anyone could enter it. The supervisor never came out to talk to us when we […] had concerns. The breakfast was horrible. We would never stay there again. The money we paid to stay there was not worth it at all. Devamı\n\"Excellent Hotel Stay\"\nThis is the third time I have stayed at this particular Holiday Inn Express. I am extremely satisfied every time. I injured myself the first day I was there and each day thereafter the hotel staff checked on me to see how I was doing. They were all extremely nice and caring. The breakfast is delicious and so much more than just a continental breakfast. […] Definitely a plus. Devamı\n\"Holiday Inn Express Ocean City\"\nThe hotel staff was friendly and helpful. The room was large and clean. The pool was great. The only drawback in my opinion was that they did not have a workout room.\n\"Pretty Nice Bang For The Buck\"\nThe free hot breakfast every morning (not a continental breakfast) and the free high speed wireless internet connection in the room were all big pluses. The indoor and outdoor pools were convenient for those days when we did not feel like hitting the beach. Subway and Ledo pizza right next door were cheap eats w/o the need to take the car (or bus) to […] one of the buffets. Standard Holiday Inn room that meets the needs of most travelers! Devamı\n\"Amazing!!\"\nEverytime I stay at this hotel they always provide us with amazing service. Check-in time is 4pm but they are always able to get us into our room much earlier than 4pm. They are close to the beach. Their breakfast is amazing!! Room service always does a great job making sure our room is properly stocked with new things. I would reccommend this hotel […] to anyone that is staying in Ocean City, MD! Devamı\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\n\"Weekend Getaway\"\nMy family and I want to thank the very personable staff of the Holiday Inn Express on 127th Street in Ocean City, Maryland. Our weekend stay couldn't have been any more perfect. We enjoyed both the indoor and outdoor pools. The complimentary breakfasts were fabulous. The hotel's location was very convenient not only to the beach but restaurants and […] the boardwalk. After playing all day on the beach and the boardwalk at night, it was wonderful to come back to a clean and comfortable room. Thank you again for letting us get in some quality family time. We will be looking forward to our next stay at the Holiday Inn Express. Devamı\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\nBu konuk bir yorum yazmadı.\n\"Holiday Inn Express N. Ocean City, MD\"\nIt was a great experience, very nice location, friendly staff, etc. The only disappointment was that the indoor pool and hot tub were closed for"}
{"text": "The.\nIn the 1950s, the Uyghur and other local populations welcomed the entrance of the People's Liberation Army in what was recognized as a ``peaceful liberation'' of both Xinjiang and Tibet. In Xinjiang, the locals willingly participated in the political redistribution of land and wealth and looked forward to the end of a three-way civil war that had trapped the region between competing Russian, Chinese Communist, and Chinese Nationalist interests. Simultaneously, continuing ethnic tensions between Uyghur, Kazakh, Hui, and Han Chinese threatened to tear the region apart along local and tribal lines.\nLife changed dramatically in Xinjiang when it, like Tibet, was swept up in the nation-wide leftist and Maoist struggle-campaigns that culminated in the 10-year Cultural Revolution and from 1966-76 wreaked havoc on the entire country. During this period, domestic migration to Xinjiang was encouraged to ``open the West'' (kaifa xibu), and ``local nationalism'' (difang minzu zhuyi) was repressed. By 1982, the Han Chinese population stood at 38 percent, while the Uyghurs held a slim majority of 42 percent in their own ``autonomous'' region.\nThe mid-1980s and late 1990s saw an increased local response to the shifting dynamics of Chinese rule. Ethnic intellectuals expressed support for Deng Xiaoping's repudiation of radical Maoist politics and the Cultural Revolution. The media regularly championed Deng's ``market Leninism,'' which sought to loosen state control over economic reform while preserving central power over all political matters.\nThe relaxation of restrictions on religious and ethnic expression resulted in an explosion of Islamic rituals, mosque building, pilgrimages to Mecca and religious education, and ``ethnic'' festivals spread throughout the social landscape. In 1991, swelling Uyghur pride in their history and distinct ethno-religious traditions led to ill-founded hopes that with the end of the Soviet Union, the independence of the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia would be extended to China, establishing if not an independent ``Uyghuristan,'' at least perhaps a unified ``Eastern Turkestan,'' that would stand alongside Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan as independent Turkic republics.\nHowever, the Uyghur desire for independence met with stiff Chinese resistance. Compounded by the deepening integration of the region through Chinese migration and extractive development policies, Uyghur protests erupted throughout the late 1990s, eventually leading to isolated bombings, attacks on Uyghur sympathizers to Chinese rule, and violent responses to Chinese police actions against illegal social gatherings and activities. Such expressions of rebellion were met with swift and severe Chinese crackdowns, culminating in the ``strike hard'' campaign of 1998.\nPresently, diminishing Uyghur activism and decreasing political protests suggest a shift toward withdrawal. Uyghur membership in the Chinese Communist Party has declined, despite a nationwide increase in membership due to CCP placement of supporters in universities and lucrative jobs in the state and semi-private sectors. Government officials and local newspapers complain of a 20% return rate of Xinjiang students who seek training in other parts of China, amounting to domestic ``brain drain.'' Reports from recent immigrants carried on Uyghur websites around the globe suggest an increasing disenchantment and desire to emigrate.\nAs the Chinese government seeks international backing for its crackdown on terrorism, local Uyghurs seem less inclined to voice their frustrations than ever before. This will mean fewer sources of information for a government that hopes to build support for its development goals in the region.\nIn a ``market Leninist'' system, only economic development can resolve ethnic and class-based tensions. Yet, withdrawal from participation in that development program may result in ethnic tension and even radicalization of certain dispossessed young Uyghur males. This pool of frustrated talent may prove fertile ground to international terrorist organizations seeking support for their extremist agendas. China's ``strike hard'' campaign has done little but alienate its local ethnic populations. Its war against terrorism must be combined with a policy that gives them."}
{"text": "Pearl Jam/\nLike all forms of art, music has an innate ability to achieve moments of transcendence. It can bring people together to experience an event that moves thousands and celebrates truly wonderful things. In my humble opinion, nothing has a greater capacity to achieve this effect more so than a live concert.\nAnd with that in mind, it’s fitting to paint this context before speaking about Pearl Jam’s epic return to Detroit for the first time since 2006.\nIt was transcendent. It was an event.\nTheir debut performance at the soon to be a thing of history Joe Louis Arena, the legendary rockers couldn’t have picked a more ideal location for the ‘Rock City’ stop on their Lightning Bolt tour.\nThere’s so much to be said for setting and the visual element when it comes to a live performance. Instead of employing a large, gaudy backdrop or elaborate stage props, Pearl Jam went with a completely level, uncluttered stage show. Their lone decoration was about two dozen hanging spherical bulbs that basked the stage in a more vibrant, yet intimate lighting. Combined with the booming, noisy acoustics that prove why hockey games sound like a vicious riot, and the setting lent itself to a once in a life time arena gig.\nOpening their performance with a trio of slower, deeply stirring tunes like ‘Release’, ‘Oceans’, and ‘Nothingman,’ Pearl Jam worked virtuously to build the crowd up, rather than burn them out early.\nWith emotions at such a prevalent high, Eddie Vedder then changed the vibe on a dime; engaging the audience before leading the group in a incredibly gnarly rendition of ‘Go’. The PJ frontman let the crowd know that he was ‘drinking the good stuff tonight’ as he frequently drank straight from a bottle of red wine. Riding this wild, energetic wave led into huge fan pleasers ‘Mind Your Manners’, ‘Corduroy’ and ‘Lightning Bolt’. It also led to some wine being showered upon fans at the front of the stage by Vedder himself.\nAnd for those lucky few, I would imagine that will make for one hell of a story.\nStorytelling was a very big element of Pearl Jam’s performance. Throughout the night, there was a very distinct aroma that would flow through various spots in the arena, and before playing ‘Get Some’, Vedder elaborated that the song was in fact about smoking weed.\nHe also took the opportunity to give some cheeky praise to the band’s drummer, Matt Cameron. After holding up a sign from the crowd that read ‘Matt F–king Cameron’, Eddie claimed that he was very grateful that Matt’s dad f–ked his mom. Paying homage to the Detroit fans, the band even broke out a rare performance of ‘Black, Red, Yellow’, which featured a ‘Stranglehold’ interlude.\nClosing out the first leg of their performance, Pearl Jam delivered a frenzy with their hit ‘Rearviewmirror’. And speaking of hits; remember those hanging light bulb decorations? Well I guess that a moderately drunk Eddie Vedder didn’t take a liking to one of them; deciding to violently bash at it until shattering to pieces as he inadvertently stumbled to the floor.\nWhen it comes to rock n’ roll, if the crew has to come on stage in between songs to clean up pieces of shattered glass, there’s a good chance you are doing something right.\nAlso, let’s go back to that open, absent of any backdrop stage design. A rare occasion, seats facing the back of the stage were also packed by the audience; and Pearl Jam took full advantage by regularly facing them directly during the show. Even going so far as to set up a second drum kit at the back of the stage.\nThroughout the evening there were a handful of powerful moments which would move even the most hardened of men. Vedder and company took the time to pay tribute to fallen contemporaries and worthy causes.\nOnce again paying mind to the Detroit fan base, Eddie reflected on the recent passing of long time Jack White keyboardist Isaiah ‘Ikey’ Owens, to whom the band would dedicate their song ‘Light Years’.\nAfter returning for their first encore, Vedder acknowledged the anniversary of John Lennon’s passing, which was last week, for which Pearl Jam performed a soulful cover of the song ‘Imagine’. Bit by bit, song by song, Pearl Jam was endearing themselves to this crowd in a way I’ve never seen a band accomplish on an arena tour in my many years of concert going. The amount of singing, shouting, and undeniable love that echoed through the building was well worth the price of admission alone.\nIn an interesting twist, the first encore concluded with all the stage lighting turning off and the stadium lights switching on as the group played their beloved tunes ‘Black’ and ‘Better Man’.\nSo let it be known throughout the land that Pearl Jam stand as an act that delivers nothing short of sheer elation on this tour. With their second and final encore the group performed a mix of their most cherished classics, such as ‘Alive’ and ‘Life Wasted’ as well as MC5’s ‘Kick Out The Jams’ and The Who’s ‘Baba O’Riley’.\nThe Detroit fans were even appeased by a ceremonial Red Wings jersey and a humorous story from Vedder about a small urinal backstage that he concluded was so low to the ground because…well, hockey players have huge d–ks. A loud, obscene, spirited, and outright beautiful evening that will leave fans talking for years to come\nPhotos:Jacob Giampa\nReview: David McDonald"}
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{"text": "(NW)\nA tabloid cover story suggesting that Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth are having a “divorce crisis” is completely misleading and false. Gossip Cop can debunk the claim. The report is a bait-and-switch designed to dupe readers and sell magazines.\nThe latest cover of NW dramatically states, “Divorce Crisis: Reese’s Husband Walks Out!” Based on the magazine’s cover, one would believe the spouses have split, but the article inside the magazine tells a different story. The report doesn’t actually say the couple has broken up, but instead claims they got into a big argument after returning home from a vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, last month.\nAn alleged insider tells the outlet the two got into a heated exchange over the actress supposedly being more focused on her career than their marriage. Peculiarly, however, the “source” doesn’t really know the details of the alleged altercation. In regards to the spat, the questionable tipster says, “Reese would have been totally shocked, especially after they ironed out their differences during their holiday. Reese loves Jim and would have been very quick to apologize for making him feel like he was coming in second to her friends and work.” But if this “source” knows so much about the situation, then why are they only speculating about what Witherspoon “would have” done during a fight?\nThe unreliable tabloid goes on to say that Witherspoon and Toth eventually made up, and her friends believe they’ll be able to work out their issues. The supposed insider concludes, “No one thinks Reese and Jim will split. They’re absolutely perfect for each other. If anything, this will only make them stronger.” In that case, what exactly happened to the so-called “divorce crisis” announced on the tabloid’s cover? The content inside the magazine simply doesn’t represent what’s being advertised on newsstands.\nGossip Cop has reached out to a rep for Witherspoon to find out if she even got into a fight with her husband, but even if there were some sort of argument between the two, the tabloid’s cover is deceptive. Irrespective of any disagreement that may or may not have occurred, and there’s no proof that it did, the actress isn’t in the midst of a “divorce crisis.” The magazine itself acknowledges this inside the issue, but first attempts to fool consumers with a bait-and-switch headline on the cover.\nAdditionally, Witherspoon’s own Instagram page proves that her marriage is going strong. On Sunday, the actress paid tribute to her husband for Father’s Day, writing, “Happy #FathersDay to the greatest dad, who always makes time to give big bear hugs, supportive pep talks, and a few golf tips! We love you JT!” The couple has also been spotted out and about together a lot in recent weeks.\nIt’s worth noting, this isn’t the first time Gossip Cop has had to bust NW for wrongly reporting that Witherspoon and Toth were having marriage problems. In February, the outlet falsely claimed it was “only a matter of time” before the two called it quits. Hopefully it’s “only a matter of time” before the magazine publishes an accurate story about the spouses.\nOur Verdict\nGossip Cop has determined this story is totally false."}
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{"text": "Thinking of running for office? Know where you stand/where you start\nThinking of running for office? Know where you stand/where you start\nThis time of year is often the time when candidates begin mulling over the thought of running for office. Leadership from various state and national house and senate groups along with local and city groups have been in the process of contacting prospects who might be good candidates for office. Those who have been approached and sometimes those who are considering running on their own must begin evaluating how they might do as a candidate. Additionally, groups running initiative campaigns or considering referrals of votes must consider and take stock of the possibilities prior to launching efforts.\nKnowing where you start and where you stand with the public becomes critical in evaluating the next step you take. If you imagined yourself attempting to drive while blindfolded, it would not be a stretch to say that mistakes would be made. And rather quickly. The same idea applies to campaigns or organizations that spend time and resources on issues or messaging without having an idea of the general public’s view on the particular issue or the impact of the message campaign.\nResources are limited and every organization is on a budget. With that being the case, understanding how your efforts are going to be viewed or how difficult the challenge you’re facing in attempting to change public opinion is critical. It’s critical because public opinion can change the type of messaging that should be used. I’m not saying you need to change your views based off the results, just that different approaches need to be taken depending on the audience.\nFor example, if a large majority of the public agrees with you on an issue, you need to promote your views and ensure that they know you agree with them. On the other hand, if the public is skeptical of your position or outright disagrees with you, then your messaging needs to focus on persuasion as opposed to confirmation. If you move forward without understanding where the public stands, you could end up alienating the population instead of persuading them. You would be banging your head against a wall instead of climbing over it, so to speak.\nHere are a couple tools available to assist you in “taking off your blindfold”, and different tools can be more effective than others depending on your situation.\nScientific Poll\nThese can be used to accurately ascertain the views of the public on various issues. Scientific polls can form the foundation in developing your strategy; what issues to bring up initially that the public generally agrees with, which issues will take more persuasion, etc. Action Solutions can do very affordable surveys using it’s automated technology! We also do live collection of responses, too!\nPush-Poll\nWhile often used in a pejorative context, push-polls can provide valuable information. If there’s an issue you want to address, but the public is skeptical of your position, a push-poll could help you determine which messaging would be most effective and which wording would be detrimental to your efforts.\nVoter ID Survey\nThis is slightly different, but a voter ID survey’s value lies in its ability to identify individuals and their personal views on the issues as opposed to the views of a group. These can help if you are seeking to mobilize the segment of the population that agrees with you, or if you’re attempting to target those that are skeptical with persuasive literature or messaging. Action Solutions’ experience has been that VOTER ID SURVEYS are the ball game!! These can help take you from the usual Republican methods of “SPRAY and PRAY” advertising to the methods the Democrats use that we call “DIRECT VOTER CONTACT”! There is no more important thing that any group or party should be doing than identifying it’s potential supporters! And automated methods are the least expensive.\nIf you have any questions or would like additional information concerning polling or voter ID surveys, contact Jeff Kubler, at jeff@actionsolutions.net or at 503-914-1082. You can also visit the website at."}
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{"text": "The Best Spices & Herbs to Relieve Joint Pain and How to Use Them\nJoint pain is very common and affects many people, especially when they get older. It can be a. Conventional medicine offers various non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) that can provide relief, and severe cases require stronger medications. But in this article I would like to share with you what nature has to offer in this case, and concentrate on the top herbs to relieve joint pain.\nUsing herbs – Important precautions.\nSome physicians advise their patients to take turmeric in a supplement form which is usually combined with a compound called piperine (found in black pepper), which aids absorption..\nDandelion\nIn my e-book the Herbal Remedies Guide dandelion appears as an herbal remedy in several cases, and indeed Wikipedia mentions that historically dandelion was prized for a variety of medicinal properties, and it contains a wide number of pharmacological active compounds..\nDandelion Oil Recipe to Relieve Joint Pain\nIngredients\nDandelion flowers, freshly picked\nBase oil, such as grapeseed oil, almond oil or olive oil\nPreparation. If you put it in the refrigerator, it should last indefinitely.\nHow to use it? when your therapeutic massage oil is ready, massage it into achy joints or muscles as needed.\nFlaxseed\nI’ve already written in a previous article about the anti-inflammatory properties of omega 3. Flaxseed is one of the best vegan sources of ALA, one form of omega-3 fatty acids (although ALA isn’t as powerful as the other omega 3 fatty acids, DHA and EPA), so it is important to incorporate flaxseed into your daily nutrition, especially if you don’t consume omega 3 from other sources such as fish. Try to include two tablespoons of ground flaxseeds or flaxseed oil in your daily diet. You can add ground flaxseed to smoothies, yogurt, cereals and sauces. It is a true superfood that is also featured in my e-book about superfoods which is part of the Natural Health Revolution Program, a program that will help you to achieve your health, nutrition or weight loss goals.\nGinger\nGinger has anti-inflammatory properties as well as other health benefits. If you suffer from joint pain, consuming ginger on a daily basis can definitely help..\nGinger is so concentrated with active ingredients that you don’t need to use much of it to enjoy its health benefits. Add it to your daily diet or prepare a tea with 1-2 inches of fresh ginger in hot water (don’t boil), or use ready-made ginger tea bags.\nYou can also apply a ginger compress to the affected area. Grate the root, wrap the ginger in cheesecloth, place it in hot water for few minutes and place on the affected area for 20 minutes. Wrap with a towel to retain the heat. Or use ginger essential oil which has warming properties that ease muscle strains, backache, arthritis and rheumatism. Dilute 1-2 drops in a tablespoon of carrier oil and apply to the affected area. Since essential oils are very concentrated, do a patch test first to see if there are any reactions. If you are interested to learn more about essential oils you can find useful information in my e-book Magical Aromatherapy. This book will help you to discover the power of essential oils and the most effective ways to use them.\nCayenne pepper\nCayenne pepper is known for its spicy-hot taste and has been used as a medicine for centuries. Repeated topical applications of cayenne pepper can reduce muscle and joint pain.\nCayenne Warming Oil for Joint, Muscle and Arthritis Pain Relief\nApart from cayenne pepper and ginger root, this recipe also contains mustard seeds that act as an irritant, encouraging blood to flow towards the surface of the skin. This is very helpful in treating certain cases of rheumatism, as well as for various other muscle aches and pains including back pain. The mustard seeds will warm the body when rubbed on sore joints and muscles, thus providing pain relief and loosening stiff muscles.\nIngredients\n1 tbsp cayenne pepper\n2 tbsp crushed mustard seeds\n2 tsp grated ginger root\n250 ml (8 fl oz) sunflower oil\nMix all the ingredients in a glass jar, and leave to infuse for 1 week. Strain the oil and massage it into the affected area to treat muscle and joint pain.\nStinging nettle\nThis treatments is for brave people only – nettle leaves are covered in tiny hairs and when the leaf touches your skin, the tiny hairs enter your skin causing irritation. The chemicals released into the skin, including histamine and serotonin, can help to reduce and override the pain. So if you are really brave, apply freshly cut nettle leaves on the affected area.\nStinging nettle comes in many forms such as dried leaf, extract, tincture, capsules, tablets and tea. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center website, a few other studies show that taking an oral extract of stinging nettle, along with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), allowed people to reduce their NSAID dose.\nYou can also drink nettle tea: steep 1 tbsp. dried nettle leaves (or 3 tbsp. fresh leaves) in 1 cup of hot water for 10 to 15 minutes, and drink 3 to 4 cups per day to soothe the symptoms of inflammatory rheumatism. You can also soak the affected joint in this tea to relieve joint pain by preparing a nettle compress. Soak a clean, cotton cloth in the hot tea and then apply directly to the painful area. Remove after the cloth cools and repeat as necessary.\nJuniper Berry\nWith their warming, stimulating, and anti-inflammatory properties, juniper berries have many medicinal uses including joint, muscle and arthritis pain relief. These joint related ailments, such as arthritis and gout, occur because of the fluid retention around these joints, and the juniper berry with its diuretic action relieves this pressure considerably.\nJuniper seems to be safe for most adults when taken short-term, but don’t use it for longer than four weeks. Long-term use can cause kidney problems. Juniper also seems to be safe when applied to the skin in small areas. It also shouldn’t be used by pregnant women because it can stimulate the uterus. Use juniper only for a month or so; then have a break for at least a week before using the herb again.\nBelow you can find a recipe for juniper berry ointments for joint, muscle and arthritis pain relief. If making the juniper berry ointment is too much of a hassle for you, use juniper essential oil by diluting 2-3 drops in a tablespoon of carrier oil and apply to the affected area. Since essential oils are very concentrated, do a patch test first to see if there are any reactions.\nJuniper berries come also as a tincture or you can make your own tea. When making juniper tea, short, hot infusions of just 5-8 minutes are best to preserve the volatile oils. Steep about 20 lightly crushed berries per cup of hot water. Steep in a covered container to preserve the oils. Limit consumption to 1 or 2 cups in a day, and don’t use longer than two months.\nJuniper Berry Ointment Recipe\n1 cup ripe juniper berries (if you cannot find them in your area, you can buy dried ones online or in health food stores)\ndistilled water\n2 cups oil (such as olive oil, sweet almond oil, avocado oil)\n2 – 3 Tbsp. beeswax\nPreparation.\nYou don’t have to refrigerate the mixture, although refrigerating extends the life shelf. If you make a larger batch of it, keep only the jar you are using out, and store the rest in the fridge.\nIf you have allergy to beeswax, you can replace it with cocoa butter or shea butter. You can even omit the beeswax from the recipe and then the consistency will be of an oil rather than an ointment/salve.\nBurdock Root\nBurdock root is the primary source of many herbal preparations and contains chemicals that are anti-inflammatory. Burdock root has been used historically both internally and externally to treat painful joints. You can make a burdock root decoction: use 1 tablespoon of dried burdock (or 3 tablespoons of chopped fresh root). Add 3 cups of filtered or spring water. Bring to a boil, then lower heat to simmer for 30 minutes. Allow to steep for another 20 minutes. Strain and drink while still warm, 3 cups a day.\nExtracts and tinctures of burdock root are found in a variety of herbal preparations as well as homeopathic remedies, and they are also available in capsule form. Pregnant or nursing women should avoid burdock as it may cause damage to the fetus, as well as patients taking insulin or other hypoglycemic medication.\nLicorice\nLicorice root has anti-inflammatory properties that can ease the pain of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. There are powdered and finely cut root preparations made for teas, tablets, and capsules, as well as liquid extracts, however licorice is not safe for everyone so always ask your doctor before consuming it.\nFor more ideas on how to treat sore muscles, read my article about the best home treatments for muscle soreness.\nIf you are interested in herbs and herbal remedies, you can find more useful information in my e-book the Herbal Remedies Guide. This guide will teach you how to treat common ailments using herbs: Herbal Remedies Guide\nI like your health tips\nVery interesting, Im suffering from this chronic joint pains.\nI have found that taking Joint Support(Herbalife Product) has really helped myself and so many others that I have recommended to. I’m sure it will help you too. 🙂\nI have inflammatory issues and turmeric doesn’t work for me. I changed diet and take gelatin and fish oil and still not enough. I used an anti-inflammatory med for over a year, until i discovered that swallowing cloves is actually more effective of an anti-inflammatory than turmeric. i have cut back on my med since.\nGood remedy for pain\nGood tips\nAnti inflammatory and detox- crushed fenugreek seeds in boiled water,\nHow much water and fenugreek seeds?\nFantastic,& inexpensive healthy tips. Should be like Trudeau & help put pharmaceutical conglomerates out of business. Maybe you could work together & one of you become our health minister.\nI like this very much.This is v.v.useful and intetesting sight for masses.\nIve had gout at least six Times. .I had to get crutches it was so bad..and every so often have joint pain…after reading from this website I bought burdock root in liquid form, dandelion and red clover tea..I eat alot of fresh cherries and blueberries along with varying the above teas…a month later I have no joint pain at all..also make detox water and drink every day also..slowly losing water weight now have to try get rid of fat..I hate taking meds for anything and thanks to this site I feel better\nhow u get rid of joints pain.i m only 33 but suffering with this disease. i also had doctor treatment but all useless\nI like this kind of health tips\ni have also a problem about my clogged arteries or also they call it vain now is very painful and as i consulted to my doctor he told me if you don’t like gabapentin 100 mg capsule i’m not sure if you take herbal way can heal you. but when i consulted to herbal expert here in manila she advice me to take vitamin B1, B6 & B12 these were all organics mega dose 10 tablets (100 mg) after meal 3X/day for 1 week and reduce the dosing if you feel the pain is lowering.\nRed Palm Oil will help with your clogged arteries.\nHello new to your wonderful site..\nI have had a constant chronic sore throat for 5 months now. I’ve gone to medical doctor she thinks two ideas???????\nLol\nI. Esophageal\n2. Thyroid\nWell. Pain is to much to bare, ive done chloraseptic. . Motrin.. doesn’t do anything.\nIve read possibly CAYENNE?\ncould help?\nCan you helps. Please Please please\nHi Tricia, capsaicin is the key ingredient in cayenne pepper and responsible for its pain relief and anti-inflammatory properties. It reduces the amount of a certain chemical that carries pain messages to the brain. When there is less of this substance, the pain messages no longer reach the brain, and you feel relief. This is why there are topical applications containing capsaicin to reduce muscle and joint pain, nerve damage or other painful skin conditions, and this is why adding cayenne pepper to a glass of water can help get instant relief of migraine headache. Cayenne may also relieve sore throat, and you can drink cayenne pepper tea (about one quarter to half teaspoon of cayenne pepper steeped in a cup of hot water with a little bit of honey). Capsaicin isn’t destroyed by heat and you can add it to food, or stir it into juice, tea or milk. However you must remember that I’m not a doctor and I don’t know if cayenne pepper is suitable for your specific condition and other medications you take, as cayenne pepper can interact with certain medications (such as aspirin and blood thinners), so a proper medical consultation is still required. Cayenne also treats the symptom (sore throat) but not the underlying reason itself.\nI’ve use turmeric,and it alway helps me to feel better.i love this website\nSuch useful information,thank you for sharing. Love this website"}
{"text": "The Effect of Static Stretch Versus Retrowalking on the Flexibiliy of the Hamstring Muscle\nSubscribe/Renew Journal\nStudy Design: Pre test Post test Study Design\nObjectives : To study the effect of Static Stretching and Retrowalking on the flexibility of the hamstring muscle and To compare the effect of Static Stretching and Retrowalking on the flexibility of the hamstring muscle.\nBackground: Previous trials have investigated the effects of Static stretching and Retrowalking on Hamstring muscle flexibility and concluded that both increase Hamstring muscle flexibility. No clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of Static stretching and Retrowalking in improving Hamstring muscle flexibility has been reported in the literature.\nMethod:.\nResults:%.\nConclusion: Static stretching is better than retrowalking in improving hamstring flexibility.\nKeywords\nAbstract Views: 420\nPDF Views: 0"}
{"text": "Italy,. But there are rules: only milk in the morning, a caffe latte, latte macchiato or any other milky form of coffee, and never after a meal.\nThe other variants include ristretto (a short shot of concentrated espresso coffee), lungo (a larger and more diluted espresso), corretto (espresso shot but this was not the case earlier.\nDuring Fascist rule, frothy infallible technique for that jackpot ticket: It is \"smorfia\" or tick whether you want the \"smorfia\" option, as per agriculture union Coldiretti."}
{"text": "0\nSome of you may remember i got ratted....yea well it really bit me in the ass\nSomebody added a line to our verizon plan than tried to change the login info.\nI got a text telling me the password and email change was completed, my mom is currently on the phone with sometye of fraud place.\npissed off because i don't know what else the person got\nWhat did you use the computer for?\nHoeshit man, one of my rigs recently got ratted too. I got wireshark and found the IPs that was being used and logged into my router on a separate machine and blocked the IP addresses because I'm too lazy to reformat.\nDamn that just sucks man hope you guys get everything straight soon enough.\nI have never supported ddosing or whatevver it is you skids do but holy shit hit the jackpot.\nThe asswhipe used his email when reseeting our shit. Is there anyway you guys could use his email to get his Ip or another accounts associated with him. or maybe use a botnet to down him im not going to claim to know how this shit works because i dont.\nhis email is [email protected]\nBut the real question is, is do you have his IP?\nBookmarks"}
{"text": "This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #ThePitchesatWMT\nThis past Friday, I had a girls night in movie night with my sister. We ordered pizza for dinner and planned on watching Pitch Perfect 2. Neither one of us had seen it, but we both thought the first movie was aca-awesome! So I purchased the exclusive Blu-ray combo pack from Walmart. It includes the DVD and soundtrack so you can keep singing along after you watch the movie!\nI decided to make a fun, themed snack to go along with Pitch Perfect 2. First, we needed a beverage to wash down our pizza and refill our cups during the movie. So I stirred up a simple “Pitch Perfect Punch” made with three ingredients. Essentially, it’s just a sparkling grape lemonade, but that doesn’t sound as fun!\nPitch Perfect Punch\n- – Plain seltzer\n- – Grape juice\n- – Lemonade\n- – 1 small lemon\n- Combine equal parts seltzer, grape juice, and lemonade in a pitcher.\n- Stir to combine.\n- Slice a small lemon and add slices to the punch.\nI don’t know about you, but I love a good cheese plate during a party, a gathering, or just a Friday night in! So to go along with the musical theme of the movie, I cut up Monterey Jack cheese and black olives to make a piano styled cheese plate.\nPiano Cheese Plate\n- – 8oz. Monterey Cheese block\n- – Black olives\n- Using about half a block of cheese, cut cheese into slices and arrange flat on a plate.\n- Cut an olive in half. Then, cut slices out of the olive halves.\n- Arrange olives in between cheese slices.\n- Garnish with extra halved olives. Enjoy!\nPitch Perfect 2 definitely didn’t disappoint! It was full of laughs right from the beginning! The performances were great and there were a ton of star-studded cameos including Pentatonix, Snoop Dogg, the Obamas, and so many more!\nHead to Walmart to grab the exclusive Pitch Perfect 2 Blu-Ray/Soundtrack combo pack. The soundtrack includes some of your favorite songs from Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2! This exclusive combo pack is super limited, so get it fast while supplies last and have an aca-amazing movie night in!\nHave you seen Pitch Perfect 2?\n34 Comments"}
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{"text": "For prints, shipping in Texas is $9.95 for one or more, $12.95 for shipping outside of Texas. No shipping outside of the United States is available.\nAll sales are final. If there is a problem with your purchase such as damage, special exchange exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis. For questions or concerns, please contact Chris at 817-907-2097 or westernhistoryart@sbcglobal.net."}
{"text": "NICEVILLE — The Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball team’s season-opening winning streak has finally come to an end, losing a tough game in the final minutes on the road to the Florida State Seminoles, 60-57, in the Emerald Coast Classic.\nThe Vols were led by Lamonte Turner, who scored 20 points, but only shot 4-14 from the field and did most of his damage at the charity stripe, going 11-14; he also gave away 8 turnovers. Yves Pons brought the double-double trouble scoring 13 points, grabbing 10 boards and swatting three shots, representing the Vols’ best performance on the evening. Jordan Bowden was the only other UT player to reach double digit points, adding 11 of his own to go along with five rebounds.\nDespite the close finish, Tennessee never led in this game. It was a furious comeback in the last two minutes that produced the final margin of defeat, with the Vols falling short in the end. Their largest deficit of 13 came at 10:42 in the second half, and the Volunteers just were not able to dig themselves out of that hole. FSU made three of four free throw attempts in the final seconds to seal the loss despite a last-second trey by Turner.\nOverall, the Vols only shot 33 percent from the field and a putrid 23 percent from behind the arc. Their 89 percent mark from the free throw line on 29 attempts is very encouraging, as was their team total of seven blocks, but it is hard to win games against quality opponents when you cough up the ball 21 times.\nThe match was the first between the two teams in three decades, with the all-time record in the series now standing at 5-4 in favor of Tennessee. The loss ended a five-game winning streak to open the year for the Vols, though there remain plenty more games to be played.\nThe Volunteers next face either Purdue or VCU on Saturday at 4 or 7 p.m. ET, depending on game results, and will be broadcasted on the CBS Sports Network."}
{"text": "Europe’s first hi-tech health food and beverage company Natur is set to revolutionize the natural juice and snack market\nAmsterdam, The Netherlands, Nov. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Future Healthcare of America, (OTC: FUTU) (the “Company”) today announced the consummation of its share exchange transaction with Natur Holding B.V., a Netherlands-based company (“Natur”). (read more)"}
{"text": "Rothstein has an interesting \"Catching Up with\" article at annarbor.com titled \"Even in Norway, former Michigan tight end Jack Clancy heard about Roy Rountree breaking his record.\"\nEvidently, Clancy since 1980 has lived in Norway, where he works for Halliburton. He hadn't been aware that he still held a Michigan record until he began receiving e-mails on Saturday. He had this to say about Roundtree breaking it:\n\"It’s kind of interesting for a record like that to lay around for so many years,\" Clancy said. \"And then have it blasted out of the record books pretty decisively, I would say.\"\nThe article is worth a read and is accompanied by a video narrated by Bill Flemming with highlights from Michigan's 1966 season. Clancy made some pretty impressive catches that year."}
{"text": "Commissioner Kroes wants the digital agenda to shake up the world of electronic publishing, making e-books more avaliable and affordable.\nSpeaking at the Paris Book Fair, Kroes told her audience of bibliophiles that the \"digital revolution\" offers many benefits and urged the industry not to be too cautious, as the music industry was, before it saw the benefits.\nKroes said that \"we are not sufficiently taking advantage\" of the possibilities of electronic publishing, noting that e-books are 25% of the US sales but only one nation in Europe had more than 2%. To remedy this, the commissioner made three suggestions, \"First, we need the right digital content, so readers can enjoy ever more tailored and interesting material.\" She noted that Europeana, an online collection of European culture, had more than 26 million exhibits.\nShe said that the Orphan Works Directive would make it easier to publish works not commercially avaliable with no clear rights owners and she saluted France, who aim to put 500,000 such works, from the 20th Century alone, online.\n\"We need to think European to compete globally,\" she said, suggesting,.\"\nCross border solutions were needed and Kroes pointed out \"I and my services are open to ideas.\"\nHer third idea was about tax. \",\" she said.\nHowever, she added, \"The EU Commission is obliged to enforce EU law. But that does not mean we all agree with it, or think it needs to stay as it is.\"\nFrom 2015 VAT would be payable, based on the destination country. \"Even more importantly, the intention is for the subsequent system to align VAT rates applied to print books and eBooks. But – as with all tax decisions – member states will need agree, unanimously,\" she explained."}
{"text": "Press Releases\nAqua Metals Announces Closing of $6 Million Convertible Note Offering\nOAKLAND, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 11/10/14 -- Aqua Metals, Inc. (\"AquaMetals\" or the \"Company\"), a developer of our value proposition to investors.\"aMetals has engineering offices in Oakland, California and is in the process of establishing commercial lead production AquaRefining facilities..\nDr Stephen R Clarke\nChairman and CEO\nAqua Metals Inc.\n501 23rd Avenue\nOakland, CA 94606\nOffice: 510 239 0025\nSource: Aqua Metals Inc.\nReleased November 10, 2014"}
{"text": "Oh, delicious \"SOMETIMES\" treats! Key word: SOMETIMES.\nApple and Pumpkin do not have to be mutually exclusive Fall flavors. Combined, they pack a huge Autumnal punch!\nI love pumpkin as much as the next person. I also love apples. Growing up, I remember fondly school and family trips to the apple orchard to pick apples, enjoy cider and yes, even chow down on those caramel apples! Apples say \"Fall\" to me just as much as pumpkin. I wanted to combine the two flavors, but didn't see any sweet Paleo recipes that did that, so I set out to make my own!\nThree trials later, I think I have finally nailed the recipe for this bread. It is the moistest Paleo bread I have ever eaten. And the caramel sauce is the first I've had to rival that of the refined sugar world. The bread is delicious on it's own--but CARAMEL! I mean, why not?\nI will be the first to say that the caramel sauce will take time and patience. There are quicker recipes out there, but the flavor and texture will not be as authentic. Keep in mind, it is difficult to get a Paleo caramel sauce that gets as thick as traditional while keeping true to the flavor, so this is a sauce and will be a bit runnier--especially when heated. But, my goal here was authentic flavor.\nApple Pumpkin Spice Bread\nIngredients:\n5 eggs separated\n2 Granny Smith apples peeled and grated\n1 c pumpkin puree (canned or homemade)\n1/2 c pure maple syrup\n3/4 c coconut flour\n1 tsp baking powder\n1/2 tsp baking soda\n1/4 tsp sea salt (fine)\n1 & 1/2 heaping tsp pumpkin pie spice\nDirections:\nPreheat oven to 350F. Separate eggs putting whites into a bowl in the refrigerator (I find they whip up better if cold--especially in warmer climates). To the yolks add apple, pumpkin, & maple syrup. Mix well. Sift together & add remaining dry ingredients. Mix well. I prefer using a wooden spoon or spatula to mix as this portion of the batter is thick.\nRemove egg whites from the fridge and with an electric mixer on high whip until stiff peaks form. Add thick batter to the egg whites and gently fold together until whites & batter are completely blended. It is important that you take your time with this.\nOil & flour a bread pan (I use coconut oil & coconut flour). Pour in batter & spread evenly in the pan. Place in the oven and cook for 45-55 minutes. Mine cooks for 45 minutes exactly. Remove and allow to cool in the pan before removing. This bread is moist, so you must let it cool quite a bit before removing. Or, if you get impatient like me, just eat it right out of the bread pan!\nTo remove, gently run a butter knife around the edges between the bread & the pan to make sure it separates easily. Gently tip the pan over allowing bread to rest in your hand.\nCaramel Sauce\nIngredients:\n1 c coconut sugar\n3/4 c water\n1 can full fat coconut milk\n1 Tbs ghee (or grass fed butter, I prefer OMGhee's brand)\nNote: Ghee/butter is optional if you are dairy sensitive or choose not to consume dairy, however the sauce may be a bit runnier when at room temp or cold.\nDirections:\nIn a medium non-stick sauce pan over med-low heat stir together water and coconut sugar. Stir continually until mixture begins to bubble. Stop stirring and allow the mixture to bubble for 15 minutes. RESIST THE URGE TO STIR! The mixture will thicken which is what you want.\nAfter the water/sugar mixture has bubbled for 15 minutes add the hot coconut milk while stirring. The sugar/water mixture might clump a bit, but that is ok. As it continues to heat up & as you stir, any clumps will melt down. Continue stirring until caramel reaches a bubble. Stop stirring and allow the caramel to bubble for 10 minutes. Again, RESIST THE URGE TO STIR! After it has bubbled for 10 minutes, remove from the heat and stir well. Add ghee and stir until melted and well blended.\nAt this point, I like to transfer the caramel into a separate bowl/jar (I re-used this stunning OMGhee jar for mine). Caramel can burn easily, so removing it from the hot pan helps prevent that.\nSlice up the bread, drizzle (or completely drown it) in caramel sauce & ENJOY!\nHoly moly that looks sensational! I saw a link to your Facebook page via That Primal Guy, who's another Sunshine Coast primal guy like myself, then saw your page and links to your blog. And here I am and wow you have some awesome recipes! Can't wait to try some :)\nClint\nThank you so much for stopping by!! If you ever make any of the recipes, let me know! Also, follow me on Instagram if you're there--I share a lot of food on there that doesn't end up on the blog or Facebook :)\nAre You Having Trouble STICKING with the Paleo Diet?\nWant to munch on healthy tasty recipes TONIGHT?\nDownload your awesome Paleo Hacks Cookbook.\n3 Researches SHOW How Coconut Oil Kills Waist Fat.\nThe meaning of this is that you actually get rid of fat by eating Coconut Fat (in addition to coconut milk, coconut cream and coconut oil).\nThese 3 researches from big medicinal magazines are sure to turn the conventional nutrition world upside down!"}
{"text": "The Duke's 100th Birthday\nWe're two days late, but let's raise a glass to John Wayne on his 100th birthday. The biggest movie star of all-time made some of the greatest films of all time, including Rio Bravo (1959), where he co-starred with the above Dean Martin, and which has just been released on a crisp new DVD by Warner Bros."}
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{"text": "Music wasn’t the only thing that got me through 2020. My wife, who makes my home life perpetually exciting and meaningful and new, had me guiltily enjoying quarantine. My job allowed me to work from home, out of harm’s way. My coffee maker never broke down.\nBut this is a music column, and I did spend many precious hours of this past year playing old records and streaming new masterpieces while “trapped” inside my humble Maine bungalow. So if you’ll humor me, here are a few of the ways that music was there for me in 2020:\nMusic kept me engaged. As the Black Lives Matter protests spread across the world this summer, new albums from several artists on the list below channeled righteous, motivating anger at America’s deeply rooted, white supremacist systems. And many classics felt even more urgent and alive – when I played my vinyl copy of Marvin Gaye’s 1971 triumph What’s Going On and heard him so effortlessly croon, “Brother, brother, brother / There’s far too many of you dying,” the realization of how little has changed brought tears to my eyes. A few weeks later, my wife and I were on the streets of Portland, chanting George Floyd’s name.\nMusic made me appreciate my age. I’m firmly in my 40s now, which means I’ve been obsessing over certain albums for decades. So when I decided to play several of my long-time favorites back to back on a long summer day, I was floored at how deeply they were ingrained in my psyche. I hadn’t properly listened to Randy Newman’s Sail Away or Joni Mitchell’s Blue or Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life in years, but the lyrics came flooding back to me in a wave. As I puttered around the house, unashamedly singing along, it truly felt like some old friends had come to visit. I wouldn’t trade that connection to be 20 years younger if you paid me.\nMusic helped me relax. As a teen, I’d fall asleep to music all the time. I’d put five CDs in my beloved stereo, set them on shuffle, and let them take me away. In 2020, for the first time in ages, this happened again. I didn’t plan on napping when I put Kraftwerk’s Trans Europe Express on the turntable, but its cold, soothing bleeps made the book in my hand feel as heavy as my eyelids, and I drifted off. Waking up to the sound of the needle gently bumping against the label was like being told, “You’re coming back to reality now. And that’s okay.”\nHere are 20 more examples of how music got me through this bizarre and challenging year. Each of these albums reminded me that the world was still turning out there, and that while creativity can be shaped by current events, it cannot be stopped by them. Thanks for reading, and happy holidays!\n20. Carly Rae Jepsen – Dedicated Side B\nWhen Carly Rae Jepsen named her 2019 LP Dedicated, she wasn’t kidding. The feel-good pop juggernaut wrote close to 200 songs during those sessions, in search of that perfect embodiment of love’s effervescent, organic swell. She pulled it off – and then some. Because for the third release cycle in a row, CRJ has followed up an LP with a “Side B” companion album, and this collection of Dedicated outtakes is just as effortlessly catchy and casually profound as Side A. Jepsen’s brand of ‘80s-inspired synth pop is as low-stakes-joyful as ever, combining the disco-ball sparkle of Kylie Minogue with Cyndi Lauper’s subtly emotional delivery. When she sings, “This is what they say / Falling in love’s supposed to feel like,” it’s with real wonder in her voice. And the synths and drums and backing vocals help her translate that feeling into the kind of starry-eyed, idealized pop music we especially needed this year.\n19. Nnamdi – Brat\nIn the three years since his breakout LP Drool allowed him to quit his day job at a law firm, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya has been wrestling with career-based survivor’s guilt. On his emotionally and sonically kaleidoscopic follow-up Brat, the Chicago multi-instrumentalist wonders if he’d be more valuable to the world as a farmer or astronaut, confessing that “I mostly live in silence.” Ironically, the way he confronts these feelings of self-doubt is proof that he’s in the right line of work. Brat jumps from acoustic folk to rubbery hip-hop to synth-chilled art-pop with a boldness that belies its themes. It’s a world where the materialistic banger “Gimme Gimme” and the vulnerable ballad “It’s OK” feel of a piece, because they’ve grown from the same soil of self-awareness and melodic ambition.\n18. War On Women – Wonderful Hell\n“We’ve gotta stop this fascist creeeeeeep!” screams Shawna Potter on “Wonderful Hell,” the fist-pumping thrash-punk centerpiece of her band War On Women’s uncompromising, anthemic third LP. While it’s no mystery who Potter is referring to, this riot-grrrl-inspired Baltimore quintet is more concerned with the petrie dish of systemic racism and misogyny from which our soon-to-be-former president is just the latest mutation. Whether the subject is domestic violence, mass incarceration, or do-nothing “thoughts and prayers” politicians, the message is delivered with the clarity of a punch to a Nazi’s face, and paired with melodic riffs that are wired directly to our adrenal glands. This is righteous indignation, distilled into one irresistible call to action after another. The louder it gets, the more hopeful it feels.\n17.Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure?\nAt its best, dance music has a transcendent effect, its rhythms triggering something in our subconscious that shelves our worries so we can focus on the present moment. Jessie Ware’s fourth LP is dance music at its best. Over simmering, synth-driven R&B arrangements that hearken back to the ’80s post-disco reveries of Grace Jones, the London vocalist tells her glitter-flecked stories of dance-floor infatuations with leisurely confidence. Instead of just belting out these bangers, she adds to their nostalgic spell by tenderly crooning them, the reassuring warmth of her voice as welcome as a happy memory. To complete the effect, Ware closes with “Remember Where You Are,” a towering morning-after ballad written in reaction to the election of Boris Johnson and designed to help us cope with the world outside: “When life is hard, that’s how it goes / As your destiny unfolds, hold on.”\n16. Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi\nOn April 17, when it was starting to really sink in that we wouldn’t be going anywhere for a while, the Finnish psychedelic black metal sorcerers Oranssi Pazuzu took us on a journey of the mind, in the form of its brain-flambéing fifth album, Mestarin Kynsi. By layering synthesizer patches and guitar effects to create uniquely unsettling atmospheres, and then vaporizing them in the cleansing fire of drums and distortion, the band expresses no interest in soothing our jangled nerves. When singer Juho ”Jun-His” Vanhanen enters the fray, croaking like a disturbed cryptkeeper, the spell is completed, resulting in extended suites that stick in our heads like lucid nightmares. “Uusi Teknokratia” is perhaps the boldest display of disregard for genre norms, shifting from new age synth flutes to chaotic thrash to avant-garde horror-score classical without ever losing sight of its hellish destination.\n15. Thundercat – It Is What It Is\nThe polarizing rock iconoclast Frank Zappa is back in the news these days, thanks to an acclaimed documentary, which I’m not rushing to see. After all, with Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner in my record collection, I have even less incentive to try and “get” Zappa’s intentionally difficult catalog. An astoundingly gifted bassist, Thundercat could probably build a loyal following by just showing off. But on his third LP, he continues to do what I always wished Zappa would – value hooks as much as chops. It Is What It Is has its share of jazz-fusion fireworks, but they’re leavened by sensual R&B grooves and synthetic yacht rock melodies. His lyrics, delivered in a crystal falsetto, are often funny, but in a sweet, self-effacing way. “I may be covered in cat hair / But I still smell good,” he belts with a wink on the adorably non-threatening pick-up song “Dragonball Durag.” This is ambitious music, exquisitely played, that also wants everyone to sing along.\n14. Polo G – The GOAT\nThis summer, America was forced to think about how dangerous it is to be a Black person within its borders. As complicit white assholes like me played catch-up, long-released books like The New Jim Crow re-entered the best-seller lists. And there were few albums better suited to soundtrack this overdue racial reckoning than The GOAT, the unflinchingly honest, sneakily melodic second album from the 21-year-old Chicago drill rapper Polo G. Released two weeks before the murder of George Floyd, The GOAT pairs heartbreaking descriptions of life in a racial caste system with minor-key piano and guitar loops that ring out like bad omens. He has no time to mince words when discussing the stark reality of this rigged game: “You gon either die or see the system / Ain’t no slippin’ up.” Yet, through the ease of his singing voice and the deftness of his pen, Polo G is somehow able to stuff these songs with hooks, turning would-be dirges into profoundly emotional pop music.\n13. Megan Thee Stallion – Good Times\nIn 1964, Sam Cooke released a single called “Good Times,” an homage to the power of music to “soothe our souls” amidst the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. 56 years later, Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion gave a similar gift of irrepressible joy to beleaguered Americans. Good Times declares independence from holier-than-thou body policers, patriarchal gender roles, bad lovers, Instagram haters, racist cops, and the misogynistic victim blaming the artist had to endure after being shot in the foot by rapper Torey Lanez this past July. Over thunderously catchy beats that hearken back to classic tracks from Naughty By Nature, Biggie Smalls and Eazy-E, Meg raps like a force of nature, melding the past and present into something exhilaratingly new. “They tried to knock me off, but a bitch still grindin’,” she proclaims with a smirk, creating a space for anyone who feels beaten down by 2020 to take a break, crank the bass, and let the good times roll.\n12. Porridge Radio – Every Bad\nDana Margolin embraces contradictions. As the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the Brighton, UK, post-punk quartet Porridge Radio, she’s drawn to themes that explore the faultlines between adolescence and adulthood, when we know just enough about ourselves to be dangerous. “Oh I don’t know what I want / But I know what I want,” she sings in her deep tenor on “Don’t Ask Me Twice.” “I am okay all of the time / I am okay some of the time,” she shares on “Circles.” “Baby, I was born confused,” she repeats on the opening “Born Confused.” The band soundtracks these cripplingly uncertain narratives with the care of a supportive parent, going silent when Margolin needs to whisper, bashing wildly when she needs to scream, lending structure and shading to every bittersweet melody. Resulting in one more glorious contradiction: Every Bad is very good.\n11. Fireboy DML – Apollo\n“Time doesn’t exist / When you’re listening to your favourite song,” observes Nigerian pop sensation Fireboy DML in the middle of his unselfconscious-grin-inducing second album, Apollo. The track, “Favourite Song,” stands as proof of its own hypothesis, its dopamine-summoning groove marked by bouncy “Sussudio” horns and an honest-to-god “Macarena” sample. The artist has a knack for taking us out of time, especially on tracks that fuse the fiery syncopations of his native Afrobeat with the pillowy sounds of ’80s adult contemporary. And despite the god-complex album title and delightfully confident opening track “Champion,” this is far from an ego fest. Apollo gives us plenty of time with Fireboy on his own, sifting through his regrets, searching for answers. “I just want to be alone / I don’t wanna see no message on my phone,” he admits over the gentle “In Your Eyes” synths of “Airplane Mode.” Press play, and set your soul to vibrate.\n10. Sault – Untitled (Rise)\nPerhaps there were some PR considerations behind the decision to completely conceal the identities of this mysterious UK outfit – it worked for Daft Punk, after all. But it makes for a more meaningful, holistic listening experience as well. Sault’s second “Untitled” LP of 2020 sounds like it could be a lost R&B masterpiece from the late-’70s, discovered in an auction of Prince’s record collection. Sweaty funk, rippling Afrobeat, catchy Motown, soothing spoken word, and achingly pretty jazz – it’s all here. Couple that with its restorative, motivational themes of inner peace and racial justice, and we have a record that felt like a gift from a benevolent entity. With nowhere else to look in the liner notes, we have no choice but to examine the song titles. The first three are all we need to know: “Strong.” “Fearless.” “Rise.”\n9. Charli XCX – How I’m Feeling Now\nOne of the silver linings of quarantine has been how it stripped away life’s extraneous bits and forced us to inspect the foundation. The experimental pop cosmonaut Charli XCX spent the first few months of lockdown putting her own self-assessment on tape. What she discovered will be recognizable to any of us lucky enough to be hunkered down with someone we love. Over the malfunctioning robot glitches of producer A. G. Cook, she sings indelible hooks, evoking the bliss and terror of realizing someone else has the keys to your heart. “So I made my house a home with you / I’m right here and it feels brand new,” she swoons. A few tracks later, she confronts the power that her partner now wields: “Maybe you’re my enemy / You’re the only one who knows what I really feel.” Charli XCX may have been trapped inside, but her feelings were free as a bird.\n8. Ka – Descendants of Cain\n“When age speaks, youth listens sometimes,” states a crackling, uncredited voice at the outset of Ka’s fifth solo album, the gently haunting biblical allegory Descendants of Cain. And while Gen Z may not go wild for the Brooklyn rapper’s low-lit, open-hearted, hungover Wu-Tang vibes, he continues to set an incredible example, one gorgeous track at a time. “Got to be in grace first, to fall from it,” he murmurs over the ringing minor-key guitar licks of “Solitude of Enoch,” speaking to the inherent value of every American Cain driven to violence by forces beyond their control. Ka delivers every line, no matter how sad or outraged, in the same quiet, level-headed tone, like a Zen master telling stories anchored in universal truths, their life lessons burrowing deep into our consciousness.\n7. Caribou – Suddenly\nThe title of Dan Snaith’s fifth LP under his Caribou moniker might have you expecting a bunch of sonic jump scares. But the eclectic electronic artist reportedly chose Suddenly because his daughter was “obsessed with the word.” She’s not the only Snaith who is fixated on the way things sound. Every track on Suddenly is its own carefully curated sonic universe, with constellations of pillowy synthesizers and modified soul samples that ensure Snaith’s angelic falsetto points heavenward. The overarching mood is soothing and supportive, the soundtrack to an afterparty that makes it feel less scary to come down and reenter that stark, sunlit world. When Snaith sings, “She picks up all the pieces / She’s going home,” over a touching Gloria Barnes sample, it feels like we’ve arrived at a warm, graceful place, where nothing sudden can happen.\n6. Laura Marling – Songs for Our Daughter\nIn 2001, Leonard Cohen released a ballad called “Alexandra Leaving,” where he lies on satin sheets while using ancient Greek metaphors to brood about getting dumped. 19 years later, Laura Marling asked a question that never seemed to cross Cohen’s mind: “Where did Alexandra go?” On the UK folksinger’s impeccably crafted concept album Songs for Our Daughter, she writes about the interior lives of women who have been often cast as villains in her genre, her voice a guiding light of warmth and understanding. Marling doesn’t have a literal daughter; she’s singing to her younger self, her friends, and her future hypothetical charges. “I love you my strange girl / My lonely girl / My angry girl / My brave,” she sings, her confident acoustic strumming a reminder of how it feels to be the protagonist, walking away from pain, having chosen a better life.\n5. Andy Shauf – The Neon Skyline\nWhen Andy Shauf’s sixth album dropped in late January 2020, its easygoing, low-stakes, clarinet-flecked folk felt as comforting as a cup of hot tea. But less than a year later, the story told here might as well be science fiction – while hanging out at a bar called The Neon Skyline with friends, the narrator’s ex-girlfriend unexpectedly shows up, after which the group heads off to a different bar. “Oh I’m just fine / I’m wasting time / Sometimes there’s no better feeling than that,” Shauf sighs on the title track, his laid-back Paul Simon phrasing making it feel even more like a reassuring relic from a simpler, mask-free time. After his ex, Judy, shows up, it sparks all kinds of memories in our narrator, including a fight after a car crash where his selfishness gets the best of him. As the night goes on, his untreated ache grows, and we feel a different kind of social distance in the room. But Shauf ends things on a hopeful note, making it clear he believes that this guy, and all of us, can change. “I make a silent toast to the things I do and don’t miss,” the narrator proclaims toward the end, much like we all have done this year, figuring out how to make the absolute best of a challenging situation.\n4. Moses Sumney – Grae\nIn most creative endeavors, it’s usually good advice to “kill your darlings” – cutting ideas that aren’t essential, no matter how profound you think they are. But on his sprawling double LP Grae, North Carolina auteur Moses Sumney threw this advice in the trash, writing about some of life’s most frustrating obstacles while dipping his brush in whatever genre he damn well pleased. Heavenly R&B, orchestral art rock, profound spoken word, dreamy jazz – it all works, because its connective tissue is Sumney’s voice, an impossibly elastic instrument that welcomes us in like a surprisingly friendly celebrity. Over the course of 20 tracks, he sings about the variety of boxes that society tries to trap us in: its self-destructive definition of masculinity; its cruelly efficient social media self-esteem compactor; its insistence that love is one very specific thing. “Honesty is the most moral way,” he sings in a Minnie Riperton falsetto, refusing to check any boxes in this backwards binary world, or listen to any tired old advice about how to make an album. His darlings are legion here. And we all get to listen to them, defiantly running free.\n3. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud\nThis summer, my wife and I saw new potential in our long-ignored backyard. I made a fire pit from stray bricks; we bought a projector and a big screen; and spent many unforgettable nights watching old movies under the stars. Fate had pushed us to reassess a familiar thing, and it felt good. Singer/songwriter Katie Crutchfield didn’t need quarantine to shift her focus inward. Her fifth LP as Waxahatchee is the result of years of introspection, a document of an artist’s shift from cynicism to optimism, from self-loathing to self-love. “I’m a bird in the trees / I can learn to see with a partial view,” she sings on “Fire,” accepting she’ll never have all the answers and that actually, life is pretty damn good perched on this particular branch. Musically, the album is one shimmering moment of clarity, its richly hued country arrangements directing steady sunshine on Crutchfield, who lets her voice soar like never before. And as she assembles the stray bricks of her psyche into something whole, she’s free to write honest, vulnerable, built-to-endure love songs. “And if my bones are made of delicate sugar / I won’t end up anywhere good without you,” she confesses, discovering that incandescent truth is within arm’s reach.\n2. Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways\nBob Dylan spent the majority of his 70s singing the songs of his childhood, releasing a trilogy of Great American Songbook cover albums and pretty much exclusively playing those live, I imagine to the chagrin of many an entitled boomer. But this was more than just a weird rock star flex. This year, we realized that all that time dwelling in the past was preparing this grizzled poet to look clear-eyed into his future. “Today and tomorrow and yesterday too / The flowers are dyin’ like all things do,” the 79-year-old softly sings at the beginning of his 39th album, Rough and Rowdy Ways. The song, “I Contain Multitudes,” is a quiet autumn wood of ringing guitars, a breathtakingly simple backdrop for a Whitman-biting summation of the artist’s many contradictions. Everything on this album, even the full-bore blues stomps, bears the mark of this restrained, spacious approach – on the deeply catchy “Goodbye Jimmy Reed,” drummer Matt Chamberlain doesn’t hit his crash cymbal once. This commitment to openness, both sonically and emotionally, comes to a head on “Key West (Philosopher Pirate),” a 9-minute ballad about a Florida island famous for drawing legendary storytellers to its shores. With each sun-kissed note, with every creak in this septuagenarian’s voice, it sinks in deeper – this is about an ideal death. “Key West is the place to be / If you’re looking for immortality,” goes the final chorus. While others rage at the dying of the light, Bob Dylan croons at it like a weary Sinatra, convincing me definitively that the best is yet to come.\n1. Run the Jewels – RTJ4\n“Black child in America / The fact that I made it’s magic,” marvels the Atlanta rap inferno Killer Mike on the final verse of the fourth Run the Jewels LP. In a just world, that line would be hyperbolic. But in a year where violent, institutionalized American racism ran amok on the world stage, the continued existence of this brilliant, outspoken, 45-year-old Black man really did feel like a miracle. After a four-year hiatus, Mike and producer/rapper El-P returned at the perfect time to throw us all a cathartic party, summoning our deepest reserves of adrenaline to spew righteous anger at a system built to destroy Black lives. Whether the duo is exposing the “slave masters posing on your dollar,” eviscerating people who are only outraged on Twitter, or proving that shit talk is an art form (“You’re a common cold and my flows are cancerous”), their voices are crackling with purpose, like pissed-off preachers with something to prove. El-P’s production is as fluid and supercharged as ever, his bass lines and drum breaks guiding us through bursts of static like a getaway driver with ice in his veins. And Killer Mike has never been better. Over the twisted, reverb-drenched synth funk of “Walking in the Snow,” he breaks down our country’s ugly legacy on a verse written before George Floyd’s murder:”\nIt would be enough if this album just featured this kind of raw, urgent, necessary poetry. It would be enough if it featured music that made you feel invincible. The fact that it contains both, and that it came out when it did? That, my friends, is magic.\nHonorable Mentions: Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin – Stygian Bough, Vol. 1; Boldy James – The Price of Tea in China; Bully – Sugaregg; Bill Callahan – Gold Record; The Chicks – Gaslighter; Neil Cicierega – Mouth Dreams; Fat Tony – Exotica; Haim – Women In Music Pt. III; Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo; Kamaiyah – Got It Made; Kylie Minogue – Disco; The Mountain Goats – Getting Into Knives; Napalm Death – Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism; Oceanator – Things I Never Said; Pallbearer – Forgotten Days; R.A.P. Ferreira – Purple Moonlight Pages; Jeff Rosenstock – No Dream; Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1; Tops – I Feel Alive; Thy Catafalque – Naiv; William Tyler – New Vanitas"}
{"text": "Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.\nPellegrini's Holy Grail: Only Euro glory will satisfy City's owners despite derby drubbing\nMANUEL PELLEGRINI passed his first major test with flying colours as manager of Manchester City with a stylish victory last weekend against neighbours and deadliest rivals Manchester United.\nPelle-grinning: The Manchester City manager has passed his first test [EPA]\nAnd after yesterday’s second Premier League defeat of the season at Aston Villa, the next crucial examination comes in midweek with the visit of European champions Bayern Munich to the Etihad Stadium. It may only be a group game in the Champions League, but this is the kind of fixture Pellegrini was hired to win.\nWhile for most City fans nothing surpasses the euphoria of a crushing win over United, it is glory in Europe that has become the obsession of the club’s billionaire owners from Abu Dhabi.\nFormer manager Roberto Mancini lost his job primarily due to bitter failure in the Champions League at the hands of Borussia Dortmund last season and Bayern the year before.\nNow it is Bayern again – acknowledged as the best club team in the world right now, and trying to improve still further by hiring Pep Guardiola as manager.\n“We know exactly what a game against Bayern means,” said Pellegrini, “so I hope we see the same kind of performance we had against United.\n“The spirit was very good then, and that is what we are trying to do – to create the spirit of the team so that everyone feels important and we work together to reach our targets.”\nThe observation from Pellegrini came in response to a question about the delight on the faces of Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri celebrating one of the superb goals against United.\nIt was also, surely, a reminder to his players of the dangers of previous discord within the City ranks, seen most famously when Carlos Tevez refused to come on as a substitute in a Champions League match away to Bayern two years ago.\nPellegrini knows it is vital, too, that City are not overawed by the reputation of their outstanding opponents on Wednesday night.\nWhen asked about the threat provided by Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, recently voted European player of the year ahead of Lionel Messi, the response from the veteran City manager was instructive.\n“I know Pep Guardiola and I am sure he is worrying about the Manchester City team,” said Pellegrini. “He will do that in exactly the same way I am worrying about Bayern. They have important players, who make the difference, but we also have the same kind of players.\n“Germany had the two teams in the Champions League final last year, but their football is not a long way ahead of the rest. A few seasons ago the final was Chelsea and Manchester United. Last time was a German year but we’ll see what happens in future.\n“Our team cannot make a mark in just one match against Bayern. You do that over the course of a season by winning important things and beating big teams. We’ll try to beat Bayern.”\nThere will be a huge interest in seeing what kind of Bayern team faces City. They are unbeaten at the top of the Bundesliga but are still adjusting to the tiki-taka style Guardiola prefers.\nGerman national team captain and full-back Philipp Lahm has been switched to a midfield role, with Guardiola saying: “He is the most complete player I have ever seen.”\nPellegrini has pitted his wits against Guardiola many times, including the season he was in charge of Real Madrid and lost two El Clasico showdowns narrowly. He is clearly relishing another opportunity, saying: “It will be very difficult for him to improve with Bayern because they won all three competitions last season – but he will find a way because he is a very good manager.\nSamir Nasri's look of delight on scoring the fourth goal against United [PA]\nI know Guardiola. I'm sure he is worrying about the City team\n“He knows the way we play, so he will try different things. But we know things about Guardiola, too. I have a lot of information. We must have the same intensity, mentality and spirit we had against Manchester United. But that’s not easy.”\nPellegrini is a realist and always looks at the bigger picture. The same is true of David Moyes as he finds his feet at Old Trafford. After beating Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 in their Champions League opener, United face a tricky trip to Shakhtar Donetsk.\n“It looks as if it might be our toughest match of the group,” said Moyes. “We will try to continue our good start but I think sometimes the best teams grow into the competition.\n“It’s becoming harder to win because of the spending power of clubs throughout Europe. It has become more open. Look at Malaga last season (managed by Pellegrini) and how close they were to reaching the semi-final.\n“There are no guarantees for any clubs, not for Manchester United or Manchester City. To win the Champions League you need five or six world-class players. If you look at Bayern Munich, they have five or six nearly world-class players.\n“Look at Barcelona, who had it in the past, and Real Madrid maybe have it now. That’s the level you need. We haven’t got that yet, but we have experience and several players who are in that category or close to it.”\nThe conversation of Pellegrini and Moyes as they steer their new clubs is fascinating. They blend high ambition with considered realism as they aim to deliver glory to Manchester. It is an intriguing cocktail."}
{"text": "I got going it was well past noon. With half the day gone already (since many places close from 2-5) I thought I would go to a couple of cemeteries instead, the one in Vilafranca del Penedès, and then go to Stiges from there. But in the end I only saw the former, as I didn’t have enough time to get to Stiges before the cemetery closed.\nNow you, probably like me, have never heard of Vilafranca del Penedès before. But it’s cemetery is listed on the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe’ website (a great resource) so I thought I would chance it. The town itself is famous for it’s wine culture, and there are a few minor sites in town worth visiting (although I didn’t). Instead, I headed straight to the cemetery, which is about a 15-minute walk from the station.\nThe cemetery itself is laid out like a grid, and is very well-maintained, which makes it easy to get around. The main entrance opens to the older part of the cemetery, and this is the part that has the beautiful statues and monuments. The newer part of the cemetery mostly consists of wall niches, but there are a few larger monuments and some statues there too. And of course, like many cemeteries, there were a few resident cats as well.\nFor such a small cemetery (compared to its siblings in Barcelona) it did have some interesting statues and monumental tombs. If you are ever out in this area, it is well worth a visit.\n______________________________\nMonuments: There are quite a number of interesting graves and statues here. The grounds are not overcrowded, so it’s easy to get a good view from all angles on most of them. Some well-known architects, such as Santiago Güell, August Font and Antoni Pons designed some of the larger monuments here.\nGrounds: Flat, well-maintained paths make it easy to get around. There are a few stairs that go into the newer sections.\nVisitors: There was one mourner cleaning a grave in the newer section when I was here, but otherwise I had the place to myself.\nNotes: None really\nDETAILS\nCemetery: Cemetiri de Vilafranca del Penedès\nEstablished: 1839\nNotable Internments: Miguel Torres, Margaret von Hase, Ramon Marimon\nLocation: Carrer de Guardiola 1, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain\nHours: 09:00-18:00"}
{"text": ".\nIn a recent robbery, one adult and four juveniles were arrested in a suspected armed robbery in Beaumont. The adult under arrest is a 19 year-old male. Three young teenagers wearing gloves, hoodies and masks robbed a convenience store at gunpoint at about 1:00 p.m. on a recent afternoon.\nTwo of the teenagers allegedly carried guns as they reportedly robbed the store. They are alleged to have gotten away with cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of cash. Witnesses said the suspects were last seen in an older Chevy Tahoe. The four juveniles and one adult were apprehended shortly after the robbery. According to the police report, evidence from the robbery was discovered in the truck and in the suspects' possession.\nYoung people can be steered towards a life of crime by promises of easy money and a way out of what they may see as a hopeless situation. A young person in Texas who is facing criminal charges could benefit from talking to a lawyer experienced in juvenile defense. An attorney will work to keep the charges within the juvenile defense system and will work to get the young person support and help in order to achieve the best possible outcome."}
{"text": "2010 Press Releases\n- 11.11.2010:Geomagic Algorithms Evaluated by NIST\n- 10.20.2010:Geomagic Announces Update of Flagship 3D Reverse Engineering and Inspection Software\n- 10.13.2010:Geomagic Points Beyond Tour Announces Keynote Speakers and Sponsors\n- 09.15.2010:Geomagic Points Beyond Tour to explore new territories in 3D design and engineering\n- 09.13.2010:Power3 Suite combines best-in-class software from Geomagic and New River Kinematics\n- 08.12.2010:Geomagic names Rachael Dalton-Taggart as director of marketing communications\n- 06.16.2010:Ping Fu of Geomagic selected by Fast Company as one of 100 most creative people in business\n- 06.09.2010:Geomagic Studio 12 offers fastest way to convert 3D scans of physical objects into parametric models for direct exchange with PTC® Pro/ENGINEER®\n- 06.09.2010:Autodesk-certified Geomagic Studio 12 offers fastest way to convert 3D scans of physical objects into parametric models for direct exchange with Autodesk Inventor\n- 06.09.2010:Geomagic releases Studio and Qualify 12: simple, integrated and powerful 3D software\n- 05.18.2010:SculptCAD Rapid Artists use Geomagic Studio to explore new creative and commercial vistas\n- 05.11.2010:Simple, integrated, powerful Geomagic software to make U.S. debut at RAPID 2010 in Anaheim\n- 04.14.2010:New software from Geomagic: simpler, more powerful and integrated\n- 01.15.2010:Ping Fu of Geomagic shares knowledge at White House"}
{"text": "Nan, a teen, wakes up alone in a motel bed, walks shakily down a corridor, looks in a room, and sees a youthful boy kissing one of her friends. She flees for the MTA, and as she travels home, she thinks back over the past night. She went out with friends, in part to escape her arguing parents. With friends she takes the train to a motel where they party. She ends up with Bill, but not for long. Back at home, is there solace from the way of the world? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>\nThis is quite truly an amazing film and the fact that it's a student film is all the more reason. It has some of the best cinematography I've ever seen in a movie, that includes all Hollywood features. Its use of cold blues and whites add such texture to the film. The story itself is so extremely sad and powerful, ending with an epiphany of hope. Truly an experience, it has more depth at 11 minutes than most Hollywood films. The last scene is heartbreaking and unforgettable. All those involved should be proud, this is one of the best short films I've ever seen. It is because of works like this that I retain hope and respect for the power of the cinema.\nSeen at the AIM film festival at USC."}
{"text": "Port St. Lucie, Jensen Beach claim Pop Warner Super Bowl titles\nTwo Treasure Coast Pop Warner Football teams won national championships Dec. 9 at the Pop Warner Super Bowl in Orlando. The Port St. Lucie Pirates Jr. Pee Wee team defeated the Marsh Creek (Pa.) Eagles 12-8, and the Jensen Beach Falcons Pee Wee team beat the Kapolei (HI) Titans 24-8 at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex.\nThe Pirates’ Nicholas Celidonio scored the winning touchdown on a 1-yard run with 30 seconds remaining in the game. Port St. Lucie scored its other touchdown on a 9-yard pass from Celidonio to Dan Vaughan Jr. in the fourth quarter.\nThe Falcons scored their touchdowns on Liam Martin’s 23-yard pass to Will Field, Martin’s 4-yard pass to Anthony Cannata and Martin’s 37-yard pass to Robbie Piekarskie.\nView Comments 2"}
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{"text": "Holy Uncontrollio!!!\nEditorial Reviews\nHoly Uncontrollio!!!\nFuture Music\n\"Dark and very scary...\"\nRockpile\n\"Twisted shit. Just when one thinks Obomatic is gonna zig, it zags. Damn this is pretty cool.\"\nAlbum Description\nThe debut CD from OBOMATIC, Holy Uncontrollio!!!, is a high energy, danceable, tour-de-force.\nHoly Uncontrollio!!!\nTracks:\nAlbum DescriptionThe debut CD from OBOMATIC, Holy Uncontrollio!!!, is a high energy, danceable, tour-de-force.\nCustomer Reviews:\nEdgy with a side of cool!.......2002-10-08\nObomatic is certainly in a class all by themselves, but if one had to classify them one could say they are post-punk, industrial techno.\nMusic:\nMusic\nmusic\nMusic\nEarth & Sky [Original recording remastered] [Import]\nMaurice Ravel: Orchestral Music\nMirages\nRight On The Money - Country Male & Female ]\nJe Pense a Toi: Best Of\nMatrixfillmoreone\nClassical Indian Sitar & Surbahar Ragas\nMosaic Select: Carmell Jones"}
{"text": "Whether your virtual office is in the heart of New York City or the shores of Belize, taking a vacation is critical to keeping a work-life balance and staying refreshed for your entire team -- no matter where your office is located.\nThat said, getting away from the day-to-day routine is often easier said than done for the workaholic entrepreneurs.\nHere are five steps to ensure your vacation time will be one of relaxation, not stress.\nRelated: Take a Break From Your Business\n1. Communicate your schedule in advance.\nMake sure the dates you will be away are shared with your direct reports as soon as you know them. It will give everyone a time frame to get projects buttoned up or deliverables ready for approval before your absence -- and maybe even light a fire under procrastinators. It will also help you focus on what you need to focus your time on now, what items can be delegated and handled while you are away, and what will need your immediate attention upon your return.\n2. Communicate the decision-making process.\nNot only should you clearly identify who should contact you for important matters but also the ways they should do it. Limit your communication to only one or two people at your company to ensure you actually get a break. Then those select few need to know how you would like them to reach you -- and what types of situations warrant immediate communication.\nFor example, if a new client is signed that would be welcome news on your vacation, but it certainly can wait until you return. However, if an important client has decided that you are the only one to solve their problem and insists on speaking with you, then that information should be sent as quickly as possible. But how? Create communication systems for urgent news requiring action (text, cell, personal email or even hotel room phone).\n3. Make sure every project has a proxy.\nWhile you are away, every project should have a designated leader who is responsible for ensuring deadlines are met, deliverables are on-target and quality is high. That being said, if you know you’ll be out of town, don’t launch a project that you’ll know you want to input on heavily. Obviously, projects will be ongoing and everything can’t (and shouldn’t) be put on hold -- but save the biggies for when you get back.\nRelated: Set These 3 Boundaries For a Sane Balance of Work and Life\n4. Know yourself.\nYou may be completely comfortable with the team running all the normal day-to-day operations while you are out, but where do you draw the line with big decisions? Don’t hand over the reins without clearing explaining what your team members can -- and cannot -- do.\nAt Greenback, we have SOPs (standard operating procedures) that include a specific escalation process outlining when something should be shared with us for a decision and when the team member is authorized to make the decision themselves. This is a great tool to have in place for when you are on holiday.\n5. Build an excellent team.\nThis probably goes without saying, but if you don't have an outstanding team you can trust, none of our other tips will matter. We recently took a 2-week vacation and felt such a sense of peace leaving our team to steer the ship in our absence. Without such a dynamic and dedicated group, we wouldn’t have been able to fully relax and recharge our batteries. So we can’t emphasize enough the importance of this tip.\nEven though you run the company, that doesn’t mean the company can’t run without you. Virtual entrepreneurs need vacations just like everybody else and most often come back refreshed, with a renewed energy for their business. Plan carefully, put the right systems in place, trust your team and then…enjoy your vacation.\nRelated: 3 Reasons Every Entrepreneur Needs to Take Vacation Time"}
{"text": "Chapter 1\nA/N: Emmett’s arm is healed in this story. AU\nIt had all started so innocently.\nMichelle and Emmett would each sit on their respective sides of the wall on the lower floor of the bunker, swapping stories late into the night. When Howard didn’t invite Michelle to watch a movie, Emmett would entertain her with tales of his life back home.\nHaving grown up in the city, Michelle enjoyed hearing about rural life. She took comfort in hearing about his younger sister Nadine, his mother and his long-held dreams of becoming a professional athlete.\nMichelle eventually learned that even Nadine had encouraged him to attend Louisiana Tech and when he had skipped out at the last moment, she had all but stopped speaking to him. The last Emmett had heard before the attack, his sister was about to take the SATs and apply to school herself. She had her eye set on Tulane. In turn, Michelle indulged in her trek from New York down south to Georgia to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design - where she eventually met Ben.\nBen - a fellow artist complete with the token sensitivity. Unfortunately, it soon became apparent that his collected demeanor could change at the drop of a hat when questioned. All it had taken were several concerned calls from Michelle as to where he was so late for several nights in a row before he arrived home one evening and shouted in her face, backing her into the wall and warning her not to accuse him of anything...even though she hadn’t. Michelle hated that forward step he took, the fire in his eyes just like the fury she’d seen so often in her father’s gaze. Only there was no Colin to protect her from Ben. Once he had left their apartment for work at the local gallery the following morning, Michelle had then made the snap decision to leave. It pained her to think that the men in her life kept turning out to have such tempers. Were they all so unpredictable? So volatile? Perhaps that’s what she admired about Emmett the most. He had never once been short with her. After Colin, she was gradually coming to trust Emmett more than any male she had ever met.\nEmmett and Michelle both tried to remember the first time they sat on the same side of the wall. Michelle recalled that first Emmett had come in and sat beside her on her mattress, followed by her waking up in the middle of the night about a week later, and knocking on the wall to see if he was up for a nightly chat.\nHowever, it was after one evening on the couch watching a film – An Indecent Proposal – for which Howard had not allowed Emmett’s presence that the former naval officer was sitting just an inch too close for comfort and the arm resting on the back of the couch was close enough to her flesh to make the hairs on the nape of her neck come to attention. It was in that moment that Michelle realized if he ever wanted anything further with her, she really had no choice. He had the gun, he made the rules. Even snagging his keys had proved futile in the end. She was truly trapped and entirely at his mercy.\nThat night was when the trouble began. Michelle had no idea if Howard had suspected or was upset by her nightly chats with Emmett. Tonight though, she could care less. She was staring at the door with the dead bolt directly across from her makeshift bed - the light from the top of the stairs just visible enough so her room wasn’t entirely inky black - when she decided enough was enough. She might not be able to do anything about Howard’s power over her, but she refused to suffer alone.\nAs silently as possible, she tiptoed into Emmett’s ‘room’ in the back storage area. As luck would have it, he was playing a game on his mobile phone whose light he used to see her. The shadows were thick but Michelle could still make out his green eyes staring up at her inquisitively as she approached his small sleeping hole between two large shelves.\n“Hey. Everything okay?” Emmett asked quietly, placing the phone to the side face-up so they weren’t in complete darkness. His brown hair was tousled, his hat nowhere in sight.\n“Can’t sleep either?”\nMichelle decided to be bold for once in her life and simply took a seat beside him, Emmett quickly sliding over as much as the small mattress allowed to give her some space. “I don’t want to be alone.” She stated in a monotone voice.\nBeside her, Emmett drew a steady breath. “Bad dreams?”\nMichelle didn’t reply. She was truly exhausted, nights of light sleep and constant jolting awake finally taking their toll. She was tired of always running away but even more, she was fed up with the urge to escape long after she realized she couldn’t. She had to adapt. She had to build her own comfort. How long would she torture herself with the fear of Howard descending those stairs, entering her room and laying his bulk upon her?\nWithout another thought, Michelle instinctively shut off her brain as well as her conscience and curled up in a sitting fetal position, drawing her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around her legs.\n“Are you cold?” Emmett’s voice was gentle in the now pitch black of the storage space, the light from his phone screen having gone out.\n“Just hold me.” In any other scenario, Michelle would have kicked herself the moment these words were uttered. Not now though. Now she was acting on pure self-preservation. No one was around to ridicule her or judge her. She was taking what she needed and right now, she needed a human companion near her who wasn’t the large man upstairs with the weapon. The murderer.\nEmmett swallowed audibly and didn’t move for several long seconds. “Is the suit safe?”\nFor a split second, Michelle’s inhibitions threatened to return as her thoughts raced to the nearly finished hazmat suit beneath her mattress. No matter, she soon decided. No one would see it there.\n“The suit’s fine. Just hold me. I’m cold,” Michelle finished, reminding Emmett of his earlier question.\nEmmett’s heart was racing so fast he thought Howard might be able to sense something from upstairs. Still though, he cast his hesitation aside. Michelle needed him right now, and he would never have wanted to imagine Nadine in such a frightened state. Ever so slowly, he entwined his arms around Michelle’s shoulders and brought her head to rest gently on his shoulder. Soon he began absentmindedly playing with her hair. How glad he was that his arm had healed and the sling was now gone, both limbs free to hold her close to him.\nEmmett quickly decided that in any other circumstance, he would have been more bold and, most likely, more than a little turned on. Michelle was gorgeous – a unique beauty with wholesome brown eyes, savory hips and a low yet feminine voice. But who was he kidding? Circumstances to hell, he was still very turned on.\nWhere to begin? His mind was a flurry of aroused observations and sensory intake. He took in everything at once – the way her chest moved with each breath beneath his one arm. The way the natural scent of her skin and hair filled his nose – a combination of rosewater and salt. He didn’t need any light to tell that her lips were mere centimeters from his own mouth, judging from her shallow exhales which lightly caressed his skin.\nBreaking slightly from his reverie, Emmett had the good grace to shift his waist to the right so that she leaned more into his side than his lap. Couldn’t have her worrying that she had avoided the arms of one pervert only to stumble into the embrace of another.\nAnd feeling the physical evidence of his current mind state would certainly put her off.\nMichelle sighed a little with Emmett’s movement. By now she was nearly delirious with fatigue, somewhat similar to being tipsy. Consequently, she felt the need to break the silence. “Was it weird when I touched you? That night at the dinner table?”\n“...Nah. Of course not. It was clever of ya. You got the keys....”\nThe brunette nearly chuckled at his hesitation. His drawl was pretty cute.\n“Yeah...I really thought we could get out of here.” Michelle had to fall silent again or risk letting her thought train return to Leslie screaming at her through the small window, begging to be let inside.\n“Well, who knows. That suit’s gotta be worth something.”\n“It could be you, you know,” Michelle pointed out, “It doesn’t have to be me. You could go.”\n“No,” Emmett replied quietly yet curtly, “it’ll be you who gets out of here and that’s final. I don’t want to leave you alone with him.”\nThey both had to make it out, she was determined. Whether from exhaustion or emotions, Michelle’s tears fell all the same. Her cheeks hadn’t even dried entirely before she was already fast asleep.\nThe nights drew on exactly the same. Michelle kept returning to Emmett’s sleep space more and more frequently until eventually, she slept there every night. And then everything progressed further. The embraces came to include modest nuzzling and caresses. Never anywhere besides the hair and shoulders and never any kisses to the lips. Michelle began to idly notice the subtle differences between Ben’s touch and Emmett’s. Emmett was always more halting, even softer. Whenever she felt the pang of guilt over her ex-fiancé, the young woman simply chalked up these trysts to the current situation. It wasn’t entirely her decision...\nPerhaps what made them the boldest in the end was the fact that it was something they could hide from Howard. There were several afternoons when Emmett even risked joining Michelle on her mattress during daytime hours. He was determined to try a French braid after all, and light was necessary for that.\nMost of their time together without Howard took place at night however, and in only a couple weeks, Emmett was driven up the wall. Every night he looked forward more than anything to his tentative escapades with Michelle. Every light feather brush of lips against the soft flesh of the neck or subtle tug of hair – it was the most teasing he had ever experienced and his entire body was on fire.\nOn that fateful night, Emmett was already beginning to lose control. It began when her hand brushed over his lap and instead of moving to hide his arousal, he simply shifted to climb half over her body, gently pushing her against the wall and nipping at the supple skin of her neck. The next move was beyond anything he had ventured before, and yet he couldn’t care less at this point. Ever so smoothly, Emmett began to grind his hips against Michelle’s. Both in their sleeping shorts, the contact was painfully enticing and Michelle hesitantly yet with a husky giggle began to undulate her own waist in response. Naughty teenagers sneaking around behind closed doors all over again. How interesting the apocalypse was turning out to be...\nIn fact, the two were so engrossed in heat, perspiration, heavy breathing and soft sighing that the not so distant clump of footsteps approaching first from the stairs and then across the adjacent room and into the storage area were all but lost on them.\nThat was, until the light snapped on and Howard’s voice bellowed like a cannon.\n\"What the hell is going on?”\nMichelle and Emmett flew apart so fast that both narrowly dodged falling off the mattress and colliding head with paint can, respectively.\n“Howard – we, I mean I...”\n“Shut your mouth, you half-wit idiot!” Howard snapped with a step toward Emmett that made both he and Michelle cringe. “This is my fucking home! I built it for you to keep us safe and you go behind my back fornicating down here in the dark like rats.”\n“Howard, we were not—\" Michelle began only to be cut off.\n“You think I’m stupid? You think I didn’t see what you were just doing? I thought that little stunt with the keys was the end of it. What could you possibly see in this piece of trash?”\n“Oh, come on,” Michelle began, this time determined to finish her thoughts. She was too equal parts ashamed and angry to care at this point. “I was cold and he was keeping me warm. That’s all that was happening. The real question you’re asking is why didn’t I ask you for help getting warm?”\nAll right. Now that Michelle definitely regretted the instant it left her mouth. The ensuing silence was thick enough to slice with a chainsaw. Then suddenly, Howard backed off and when he spoke again, his voice was more level.\n“You know-I went through this same situation with Megan. When she became interested in boys, I told her that if I ever caught her with anyone in my house, I’d see to it personally she’d be so humiliated she would never think of touching anyone again. Unfortunately, she’s no longer with us. But the lesson is still there to be learned.”\nDrawing the gun from his belt, Howard sighed heavily. Michelle and Emmett just stared. The burly man before them continued, “Get upstairs, both of you.”\nWhen Emmett went to open his mouth again, Howard abruptly silenced him with a point of the gun in the younger man’s direction. “I said upstairs, now.”\nHoward followed them slowly up the stairs, the ascent feeling like an eternity. Emmett made sure to let Michelle go first so Howard couldn’t make any sudden attacks on her from behind. Languidly, he followed them with the raised pistol until they reached the area with the shower and Howard’s queen bed.\nWhen Michelle glanced cautiously back at Howard, he simply holstered the hand gun and sauntered over to the nightstand. What he took out next had the other two utterly confused. It was a camera – a video camera, to be exact.\n“Um, Howard...” started Emmett.\n“Did I say you could speak?” Howard spat. “Michelle. I’m going to do you a personal favor. Since you clearly crave contact with Emmett so dearly, I’m going to let you play out your little fantasy. Now be a good girl and listen carefully. You’re going to undress...”\n\"What?” the young woman before him all but choked out. A few strides away by the shower, Emmett inhaled sharply.\n“No interruptions,” Howard continued calmly, taking a seat in the chair by the nightstand. “You are going to take off your clothes. Now...”\nSubtly, he removed the camera from its case and the soft click of the record button sounded in the silent room. “Action.”\nEverything after that passed as somewhat of a blur. Michelle numbly fished her way out of her shorts and top, leaving only her bra and panties.\n“All of it.” Howard stated without her even looking at him. His face plus the eye of the camera and the tiny red recording light were too much.\nGritting her teeth, Michelle tried to control her breathing. The room was chilly and she distantly realized she had a full bladder. Slower than ever, she stepped out of her white cotton undergarment, pulled her tank over her head and unclasped her bra, holding both items in front of her breasts and lower regions. It now seemed unbearably cold and she was aware of Emmett’s gaze on her rear side that was totally bare to him. As long as it wasn’t yet visible to Howard and his camera.\nYet Howard was hardly satisfied with the sight of her trembling, struggling to conceal herself.\n“All of you, let us see...” Howard murmured and absentmindedly fingered the gun at his hip, never taking his eyes off her. Strangely, he seemed to be eyeing her face rather than her body. Whether it was a dare to get her to look at him or simply because her intimate parts were still covered Michelle had no idea. Over by the now curtainless shower, Emmett’s breathing was quickening as Michelle shut her eyes, bit her lower lip and let the bra and tank top fall to the floor.\nNow covered with only her hands, Michelle took a deep breath and looked Howard directly in the eyes. “I get it. Look, I’m sorry. Please, just turn it off. I’ll go back to bed and never talk to...”\n“Show’s far from over,” Howard put in simply. “You can liven it up by dropping your hands. Or on second thought, touch yourself.”\nMichelle’s next reaction was to retch, then she caught herself just in time. “Your chest,” Howard requested.\nMichelle glanced down at the floor and began to stroke circles around her breasts, avoiding the nipples entirely.\n“Good girl,” praised Howard, “Emmett, isn’t she performing well?”\n“Y-yes, sir,” Emmett muttered. That was the first time Michelle had heard Emmett call Howard ‘sir’. It was also the first time she had stripped in front of two men. Oh, the power of guns.\n“Happy to hear it, Emmett,” replied Howard, shifting to include the younger man in the camera view for a split second, “Because you’re going to help her out.”\nMichelle couldn’t believe what she was hearing. At this point, she wanted nothing more than to burst through the door of the bunker and risk burning in whatever toxins the outside world now held.\n“Michelle, undress him.”\nSwallowing hard, Michelle didn’t miss how Howard nonchalantly took the gun from its holster again and placed it on the nightstand, as if reminding them of the consequences should they refuse to comply.\nSluggishly as ever, Michelle crossed the several paces to Emmett and gripped the hem of his shirt. His abdomen was so tense beneath her fingers. Then came the shorts...fortunately, the current situation had rendered any physical signs of arousal non-existent.\n“Now Michelle, you’re going to take him.” The two naked individuals whirled to face him in disbelief. “Oh come on. Had you really expected any different? It’s what you two obviously wanted so badly. Why not make a spectacle of it? Now – action.”\nNow the tears that had somehow been shy until now decided to flow forth. Michelle choked back a sob and masked the sound at the last moment with a sigh. Emmett felt a lump forming in his own throat at the sight of wet trails streaming down her cheeks. The woman before him was undoubtedly beautiful, even in distress. He had never been so against anything in his life as he was at the thought of taking this girl in her current shame and sorrow. More than Howard watching the two of them, her grief before his eyes was almost too much to handle.\nAt some point, they both decided that they would have to re-imagine their earlier nights down in the basement of the bunker. Fortunately, Howard chose to show mercy enough to remain silent from then on, so they could indulge in this task however they saw fit.\nTheir first kiss was gentle yet fleeting. Then Michelle led Emmett to the bed and sat him down, careful to avoid his gaze as much as possible and adamantly determined to keep from even turning her head in Howard’s direction.\n“You’re great- really beautiful,” Emmett uttered softly, his own eyes glistening. Only now he was realizing that if Howard felt like it, he could kill them both during the act. Why in the hell hadn’t he gotten on that damned bus?\nMichelle pursed her lips at Emmett’s attempt at a compliment. Normally, she would have been flattered but right now, any voice seemed like the ocean rumbling deafeningly in her ears. From there, Emmett closed his eyes and forced himself to block out the presence of Howard and the camera. Reaching into his mind, he pulled forth every fantasy he’d ever had about Michelle, from the feel of her lips on his, to his tongue inside her mouth, to his hands on her hips – until he eventually realized that all of those things were now actually happening.\nSuddenly, there was no one else in the room with them. They were alone, the beating of their hearts the only sound. It wasn’t until Emmett felt Michelle’s hand on him that he realized the fantasies had worked. He bit back a moan as she softly stroked him, quickly moving her hand to trail upward along his abdomen and chest. He tangled his fingers in her hair as she gripped his dark locks in both her hands and tugged first gently and then harder. Her tears streamed down onto his neck, but he was too far-gone in her touch to care. Right now, her pulling his hair was driving him crazy and he had to stifle a shout as he felt her warmth slide gently over him, teasing. It was moist and smooth and somewhere in the back of his mind, Emmett regretted not having shaved his beard for a while.\nGently, Michelle buried her face in the crook of his neck and inhaled shakily as she slowly sheathed him. Emmett was engulfed in so much emotion and sensation all at once he felt like he was exploding. The precarious and highly disturbing environment coupled with the surreal experience of this sexy woman on top of him had him on overload. Not only had it been a while, the voyeurism almost aroused him even further. It was him - not Howard, the man with the gun, but he, Emmett, who had the sole ability to provide her comfort amidst all the horrors of this predicament. Ever so slowly, the young brunette man grasped her hips and began moving her back and forth over him, just letting her lie there and allow her mind to wander wherever it needed. He would take care of her.\nBut she wouldn’t have any of it. In one barely thought-out move, Michelle placed all her anguish and frustration in the next bite she dealt Emmett’s neck. The soft flesh gave and she was sure she tasted the rust of blood as Emmett groaned but not loud enough for Howard to notice from across the room. It was fine, he’d take it. Anything Michelle needed to get through this Emmett would go along with.\nShe was even warmer inside and silky and with every gentle thrust upward, Emmett had to struggle not to finish right there. Surely not even a minute had passed yet though, when Michelle’s intermittent clenching around him became too much and Emmett’s control started to fade, his breathing picking up. Hearing what may have been the only possible buzz kill in any other type of situation, Emmett was too far along now for Howard’s voice to deter his arousal.\n“Be smart now,” came that voice, thick with something neither Michelle nor Emmett could identify, “Withdraw, please. We can’t afford any accidents.”\nRight, no babies during the apocalypse. Damn it. And it was then with a comparable amount of effort to finishing one of his track meets years ago, that Emmett pulled out of that heat and turned his back to Howard’s camera as he caught his climax in his cupped hand.\n“Don’t get that filth on my comforter,” was the first utterance Michelle could make out as she hastily rolled off the man beneath her. Emmett still panted quietly beside her, caught somewhere between an afterglow and reluctance to glance back in Howard’s direction.\nWhat Michelle said next shocked Emmett out of his reverie. “Seriously, Emmett? You’ve got to be kidding me. Is that how you country boys screw? Howard – I think I’m gonna need you to finish me off.”\nStanding up as naked as the day she was born, Michelle strode steadily across the wooden floor to where Howard sat. Dumbfounded with his mouth agape, Howard stared up at her as she stopped, her breasts mere inches from his face. Slowly, she encircled her arms about Howard’s neck as Emmett watched horrified from the corner of the bed, not caring what kind of mess he made of the blanket beneath him anymore. Trying to move as little as possible, he snatched his shorts and shirt from the floor to cover his skin that was now covered in goosebumps. Finally, Howard clumsily set the camera on the table beside them, still filming.\nThen Michelle slowly leaned over and began to murmur in Howard’s ear, lowering herself onto his lap. “It was never him, Howard. It was always you. The soldier, the sexy older man – what girl wouldn’t want you?”\nEmmett didn’t miss it yet somehow had the good sense in the moment not to cast a glance at her next actions, but instead followed the slight movement of her hand with his peripheral vision. Ever so carefully, her right arm slunk off his shoulder to the nightstand, her fingers circling swiftly yet silently around the pistol.\n“Megan would have been proud.”\nMichelle’s sweet voice contrasted almost painfully with the thundering shot that rang out half a second later."}
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{"text": "1988 Singerly Rd Elkton, MD 21921Single Family Residence\n-- Beds, 5 Baths, 2,200 sqft\n- Est. Refinance:\n- $940/mo\n1988 Singerly Rd is a single family residence located in Elkton, MD 21921. Built in 1984, this property features 5 bathrooms, 13,087 sq ft lot, and 2,200 sq ft of living space. The estimated market value for 1988 Singerly Rd is $207,000.\nFor the surrounding community of Elkton, MD 21921, the average sale price for similar homes to 1988 Singerly Rd is $248,848.: 1988 Singerly Rd\n- Single Family Residence\n- Home Size: 2,200 sqft\n- Lot Size: 13,087 sqft\n- Built in: 1984\n- Parcel Number: 03079856\n- County: Cecil\n- Subdivision: CHERRY HILL\n- Census: 2\n- Tract: 30501\n- Lot: 4\n- Zoning: V Singerly Rd is $248,848 ($117/sq.ft.)\nComparable Listings\n-\n- 907 Old Elk Neck Rd\n- $199,900\n- 4 Bd 3 Ba\n- 2,385 SqFt\n- 43 Jesse Boyd Cir\n- $228,900\n- 4 Bd 2 Ba\n- 2,030 SqFt"}
{"text": "With a new year among us there are many resolutions flowing and being shared amongst those of us who are on social media outlets. Whatever your resolution/wish/goal is for 2014 I wish you happiness, success and a beautiful & cherished 2014.\nWhat is my resolution? Well … I don’t make resolutions because in my mind a resolution is a rule and rules are made to be broken. So I make promises to myself. I also make goals for myself to aim at conquering.\n2013 had me at a very long standstill for a while (having surgery, ending up in physical therapy and on doctor ordered restrictions from doing really anything). That 6-month roller coaster aside, I ended 2013 on a high note – I’ve been back at the gym, going to my beloved zumba class at least 2 times a week, usually 3. I eased into it slowly, doing what I could. I’ve been working out with some weight machines and last week I did my first total body workout class before zumba. I was so sore and could barely move for a few days, but I’m feeling better and can’t wait to smash another total body class on Saturday morning.\nOne high-note that I ended 2013 on was I went shopping at Kohl’s because I had some Kohl’s Cash to spend. I found a pair of jeans and decided to try them on. I find shopping for jeans can be a pain because my waist is one size, but my behind is another. I’ve been wearing 12’s for over 4-months now, so I pulled on a pair of size 10 jeans and THEY FIT! I was elated! They FIT PERFECTLY! I’ve been doing a tango with the scale for weeks – for a while my weight was continuing to go up and up and up due to a medication I was taking. This just showed that regardless of whatever the scale says, hard work will pay off and show in other ways. Obviously, I’m losing inches thanks to my work at the gym … so I’ll take a non-scale victory any day! Speaking of losing inches ... I should start measuring myself.\nNow as for 2014 …I want to make 2014 the healthiest year for me!\nI am aiming at hitting my goal weight this year. It’s been a long time coming, I deserve it and I’m going to give it my all to get there. Now that I can use the gym as a tool to help me get there, I’m going to use that to my best advantage. There isn’t a secret to losing weight – it’s just a lot of hard work and dedication. I also realize that sometimes the scale will not be my “friend” so I’m going to focus more on how I feel (physically), how I felt my week went and if everything I did/ate was accounted for. If I’ve been dotting my I’s and crossing my T’s, I’m going to hope for the best but I’m also going to realize that sometimes the scale doesn’t reflect a good week and I will not let that get me sidetracked or down. I also need to realize that I'm technically paying to look like this (meaning my monthly Weight Watchers membership, my ActiveLink and my gym membership) so eliminating one of those monthly payments in itself can help be a driving force to hit my goal weight.\nAnother goal of mine is to try to watch and perhaps even limit my snacking. I love snacks, always have, but I want to have only 1 or 2 healthier/low point snacks on hand at a time. Over the past 2 months I’ve slowly been depleting the snack stock by putting stuff out with company comes over, offering it out, giving it away, etc. I realize I live with others who eat what they want, but since I do primarily most of the grocery shopping I want to only purchase what’s requested not any “oh I think he’d like these” type of items. Truthfully I’d like to make my snacks healthier alternatives – onion & chive cottage cheese with crackers/pita chips, hummus with vegetables or pita chips, greek yogurt with fruit, deli ham rolled up with pieces of pickle, and I think it’s time to reintroduce sugar free jello back into my life.\nI’m also looking into giving Weight Watchers Simple Start (Simply Filling) program a shot. To hold myself accountable, I think I’m going to follow the program BUT I’m going to track/weigh/measure everything out. There was 1 week in 2013 where I was house sitting and followed a relatively simply filling sort of lifestyle. I didn’t have snacks on deck; I only had fruits, vegetables, lean meats and grains on hand. I was satisfied and lost a good amount of weight that week. The program would also kick my adoration for sugar and carbs.\nAs always I'm focused on maintaining positivity this year. Trying new things and pushing myself to branch out of my comfort zone more and more.\nAs always I'm focused on maintaining positivity this year. Trying new things and pushing myself to branch out of my comfort zone more and more.\nHere’s to making 2014 one of the best years of our lives!\nHAPPY NEW YEAR!"}
{"text": "Settle down, everyone! Despite several rounds of layoffs, a complete rejiggering of its executive ranks and being one pivot away from morphing into the dollar section of a Target, Fab is doing fine, CEO Jason Goldberg insists.\nThe saga of Fab has been pretty depressing. Since its founding in 2011, the company has changed course three times while burning through hundreds of millions in funding while it found itself. At its peak, Fab employed 700 workers, with half of them eventually being axed. It faces another round of layoffs come Feb. 14 when another 350 positions will be eliminated.\nBut all those cuts were necessary, according to the company brass that BI spoke with. Since Fab’s business model of being a flash sale site wasn’t working, Mr. Goldberg had to shift gears from its impending “death spiral” and go through massive layoffs in both its US and European offices. One of its board members told BI that they were “impressed that [Mr.] Goldberg had the humility and quick-wittedness to admit that his original plan was failing.”\nAnd people close to Goldberg and Co. lambasted the media (hi!) for Fab’s drab appearance in the press. Original board member Allen Morgan said that Fab’s reputation has been besmirched because the press tends to chase people who’ve been laid off, rather than talking to current employees of the tight lipped company. “It’s easy to get access to people who are pissed off because they just got fired,” he said.\n(We guess promising a $100 Fab gift card in exchange for a confession about who left a mess in the company’s model apartment is quick-witted.) Mr. Morgan added:\n“When the history of Fab is written, the picture of him will be pretty laudatory, for how he behaved in the last six or nine months. Most companies would not have made those decisive changes in such a compressed timeframe,” Mr. Morgan said.\nAnd in case you forgot this was a tech startup, Fab employs a “Chief People Officer” that also defended Mr. Goldberg’s honor. “He’ll never get a fair break in the media. He’s got courage, guts. I give him tons of credit.”\nWith an inner circle like this, they’re probably already planning the company’s IPO launch party."}
{"text": "Καὶ γὰρ εἰκὸς τοὺς θεοὺς τὰ πολλὰ δι’ αἰνιγμάτων λέγειν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ σοφώτεροι ὄντες ἡμῶν αὐτῶν οὐδὲν ἡμᾶς ἀβασανίστως βούλονται λαμβάνειν. οἷον ἔδοξέ τις λέγειν αὐτῷ τὸν Πᾶνα ‘ἡ γυνή σοι φάρμακον δώσει διὰ τοῦ δεῖνος ὄντος γνωρίμου καὶ συνήθους’. τούτου ἡ γυνὴ φάρμακον μὲν οὐκ ἔδωκεν, ἐμοιχεύθη δὲ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκείνου δι’ οὗ ἐλέγετο φάρμακον δώσειν· καὶ γὰρ ἡ μοιχεία καὶ φαρμακεία λάθρᾳ γίνονται καὶ ἀμφότεραι ἐπιβουλαὶ λέγονται, καὶ οὔτε ἡ μοιχευομένη οὔτε ἡ φάρμακον παρέχουσα φιλεῖ τὸν ἄνδρα. καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν ἡ γυνὴ ἀπηλλάγη αὐτοῦ· πάντων μὲν γὰρ ὁ θάνατός ἐστι λυτικός, τὸ δὲ φάρμακον τὸν αὐτὸν τῷ θανάτῳ λόγον ἔχει.\n(Artemidorus, Oneirocritica 4.71)\nFor in fact it is fitting that the gods should speak many things through riddles, since in fact they, being wiser than us, do not want us to receive anything without due examination. For example, a certain person imagined that Pan said to him: ‘Your wife will administer poison to you by means of a certain so-and-so who is an acquaintace and familiar to you.’ The wife of this man did not poison him, but had an affair with that man through whom it was said that she would administer the poison. For in fact adultery and poisoning both arise through stealth and both are said to be plots, and the adulteress and the woman administering poison both do not love thei rhusband. And, in addition to these things, not long afterwards his wife received a divorce. For death releases all things, and poison has the same logic as death. (tr. Daniel E. Harris-McCoy)"}
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{"text": "New Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte has put Lukaku at the top of his wanted list as he looks to build a side capable of challenging Juventus for the Scudetto, but he needs to offload Icardi first.\nIt was suggested that Conte would have to wait for a rival club to snap up the controversial Argentinean before make a move, but could now attempt to kill two birds with one stone.\nUnited are demanding £75million for Lukaku, a figure the Nerazzurri are unable to match, and they hope by including Icardi, a deal could be reached.\nInter's big fear is United will say no and demand the £75million so Reds boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could bring in his own transfer targets this summer.\nConte will not want to move on to other targets just yet and the Serie A side look set to persist with the Lukaku talks for now.\nInter winger Ivan Perisic is another player to be linked with United in the past and the Reds may request he be thrown in as part of the deal as well."}
{"text": "Mahwah, NJ – SwiftReach Networks, a leading provider of emergency notification and incident management solutions, today announced the launch of its new corporate website at swiftreach.com. This redesigned website offers quick and easy access to important product information and resources for potential prospects and existing customers.\nOffering improved navigation and functionality throughout, SwiftReach provides visitors with a more streamlined user experience to make research and communication with expert staff members as easy as possible. The fully responsive site automatically formats to any device size, offering visitors 24/7 access while on-the-go.\nA new Resource Center provides a centralized place to find and download all of SwiftReach’s whitepapers, customer success stories and product documentation. The Resource Center offers extensive information on emergency management, crisis communication strategies and industry trends, as well as best practices on business continuity and emergency response planning.\n“SwiftReach is a reliable and trusted authority in emergency management and we’re proud to have a new website that reflects that,” said Kevin Alward, CEO. “Visitors will be able to easily engage with our product information, connect with experts in the field and stay up-to-date on the latest industry news.”\nExperiencing tremendous growth in the past several years through the acquisition of Alert Solutions, International Telcom LTD, and Los Angeles-based telecommunications company Dial800, SwiftReach currently supports more than 30,000 customers worldwide including a proud portfolio of Fortune 500 clients."}
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{"text": "Distant Reiki Healing Sessions are Temporarily Closed\nBut hope is not lost! If you are interested, I'd like to offer you my recommendation to a fellow Reiki practitioner, and friend of mine, Melissa. She is available for distant Reiki healing sessions that you can book through her Facebook page here - Soulful Reconnection\nDistant Reiki Healing\nI am so happy that you're interested in exploring distant Reiki. These sessions are just as effective as in-person Reiki (energy work - it's Infinite), allowing you to receive healing from afar. Distant Reiki follows the belief that we are all connected; we are all made of energy and part of a larger whole. I will connect with your energetic essence during your distant Reiki session. Your essence is your spiritual being, your subtle bodies, your energetic vibration. You may sense the Reiki energy as warmth or a gentle tingling within your body. Feelings of joy, peace, relaxation, and a sense of release (possibly accompanied by tears) may occur. Various thoughts and memories may arise. Sometimes all of these things and more can occur. But it is not necessary for you to sense the energy and experience all of these things in order for the healing to take place. As long as you remain open, you will benefit from the session. You may choose to go about your regular routine during a distant Reiki session, but I do truly believe you will benefit most if you schedule it for a time when you can be alone and in a quiet, comfortable space. Sitting quietly with your breath and taking the time to go within has numerous benefits for your health and well-being. The addition of Reiki healing energy makes it all the more powerful.\n$30 for a 30 minute session + all correspondences\n$60 for a 60 minute session + all correspondences\nWe'll go about setting up for your session in the same sense as we would in person, except we will communicate through email, phone call, or video chat. During this time you can share with me as much as you are feeling called to, as well as the intentions you'd like to set for your Reiki session. I will then offer my suggestions for an affirmation, as well as a personalized self-guided meditation/visualization for you to focus on as your session begins. When your scheduled session time arrives, you will be in your space and I will be in mine. This is when I will call upon and connect to your energetic essence and send you Reiki healing energy. After your session, I encourage you to write down anything that may come up for you - feelings, thoughts, images, sensations - even if it seems random, its significance may reveal itself later. I will do the same, and we will reconnect a few days afterward. This gives us both time to reflect on what was experienced during your session, and it gives you time to notice anything that may come up for you during the following days. We can then discuss how everything went, share our experiences, and I will offer any clarity or guidance that I have available for you."}
{"text": "As with any treatment there can be expected and unexpected side effects. With CPAP patients may complain that the mask doesn’t fit right or they can’t sleep with the device on all night long. Others have issues with mask leakage and air blowing in their eyes and some patients complain that they constantly have a dry mouth.\nWith an oral appliance there are several potential side effects that can result. Most if not all are simply reversible. Patients may experience a change in their bite, TMJ pain and clicking, Facial and temporal discomfort, Headaches, Dry mouth or excessive salivation. All of these potential issues and their remedies will be discussed with you prior to the delivery of the appliance."}
{"text": "Really? April 14th... and we have another.......\nSnow day!!!\nWoke up and we already have about 4-6 inches. Just received a phone call from school. It's cancelled again!! Is anyone else SICK of winter!!!??\nUpdate-\nUgh!! This morning is a brisk -9 below..and we are expecting another huge winter storm!! Where is our Spring!!!! >?????\nJust another reason I am glad I live in the south. lol\nIt is going to be close to be in the mid 70s here today and possibly raining...it was in the 80s yesterday. We're finished with winter down here.\nClaire\n\" I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\" Philippians 4:13\nI don't know where you live but I'll just say wherever it is, I'm glad I'm not there. I am absolutely sick of this winter. Today is going to be warm, tomorrow a little cooler and the rest of the week in the 40s. We're expecting rain most of this week and into next (of course we are, next week is our spring break) but I am thankful its not snow.\nYES! I was wearing capris and sandals yesterday and woke up to snow showers today. School is not cancelled but it is April 14th and SNOWING!!\non Apr. 14, 2014 at 6:18 AM\n- ali_1107"}
{"text": "If you think your Sith was a little drab in that black and red gear, or that your Jedi had way too much brown in his bathrob…ahem…clothes, you’ll be happy to hear that the Customization update has finally gone live on Star Wars: The Old Republic.\nThe update brings Star Wars‘ version of a catgirl/catdude race (the Cathar), Appearance Designer Kiosks for those that weren’t happy about their character customization choices, and new options like new long hairstyles (people always ask for long hair in MMORPGs), tattoos and more.\nTo show some of the features included in the patch BioWare released a new trailer, that you can enjoy below."}
{"text": "US reports 100,000 Covid-19 hospitalisations and over 200,000 new cases\nThe United States reported over 200,000 new Covid-19 cases nationwide on Wednesday and logged its highest daily death count with 3,157 fatalities. The number of people admitted to the hospital has surpassed 100,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic."}
{"text": "All Worship Services, Words From The Pastors and Music Meditation videos can be found on YouTube Click Here for Covenant’s YouTube Channel\nThe Chimes Newsletter\nThis bible study will be hosted through Google Meet, by Pastor Adele and Pastor Rob,…\n“Traveling Mercies” by Anne Lamott is the book selection for our Zoom conference book study…\nYouth will gather through Google Meet for a faith issue discussion and to offer each…\nA conference call bible study will be held on Thursdays at 4:30 PM. Pastor Rob…\nAbout Our Church\nTestimonials\nMary WelchMaryKris & Vanessa Hall\nWe love coming to this church.\n\"It is such a warm and loving place, and we feel such peace after we have been here.\"\nBryan & Kelly Miott, and their children, Lauren and DonovanBryan & Kelly Miott, and their children, Lauren and Donovan\nCovenant has everything we were looking for.\n\"After visiting over 20 churches in Long Beach, we chose Covenant because of the diverse congregation, the Christian discipleship, and the biblical theology.\""}
{"text": "Learn details about Itzel Ruiz Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Wiki. Also discover famous YouTube Star Itzel Ruiz's Birthday, Measurements, Physical Stats, Favorite Things, Dating, Partner, Wiki and Facts\nItzel Ruiz Biography\nItzel Ruiz was born in United States on October 8, 2000. Makeup and beauty vlogger best recognized as the mind behind the YouTube channel Niaaa. She has earned over 50,000 subscribers creating tutorials, routines, and occasionally challenges. she has not shared much information about she's family; Makeup and beauty vlogger best recognized as the mind behind the YouTube channel Niaaa. She has earned over 50,000 subscribers creating tutorials, routines, and occasionally challenges.. Our team currently working, we will update Family, Sibling, Spouse and Children's information. Right now, we don't have much information about Education Life.\nshe is one of the successful YouTube Star. Both she and Lizeth Ramirez gained popularity on YouTube as fashion and lifestyle vloggers. she has ranked on the list of those famous people who were born on October 8. she is one of the Richest YouTube Star who was born in United States. she also has a position among the list of Most popular YouTube Star. Itzel Ruiz is 1 of the famous people in our database with the age of 19 years old.\nItzel Ruiz Net Worth\nItzel Ruiz's Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below. Let's check, How Rich is Itzel Ruiz in 2020-2021?\nItzel Ruiz Net Worth: Under Review\nFamous YouTube Star Itzel Ruiz's net worth is $1 Million - $5 Million at the age of 19 years old. she earned the money being a professional YouTube Star. she is from United States. Long before launching her YouTube channel, she began her social media career by creating her Twitter in 2013 and posting the debut tweet “‘A girl doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her’ -Marilyn Monroe.”\nItzel Ruiz Height, Weight & Measurements\nItzel Ruiz current age 19 years old. Itzel Ruiz's height 7 Feet 3 Inches & weight 137 lbs (62.1 kg). Full body measurements, dress & shoe size will be updated soon.\nItzel Ruiz Lesser Known Facts\n- Itzel Ruiz is one of the most successful YouTube Star.\n- she is ranked in the list of 21969 most popular YouTube Star.\n- Itzel Ruiz was born on 2000, October.)\n- Itzel Ruiz is well-known YouTube Star.\n- Another 21969 YouTube Star biography founds in All Famous Trend!\n- she was born on October 8. In the same day another 562 famous people born around the world!\n- 3813 famous celebrity was born on the same year!"}
{"text": "Finding Valentine's Day flowers in a hurry\nValentine's Day can sneak up on the best of us. Time seems to fly by as soon as the festive season is over and, before we know it, the stores are filled with all sorts of romantic décor. Even if you are faced with such décor everywhere you might put off shopping due to work and other personal commitments. If this happens to you and Valentine's Day arrives sooner than expected, you will be happy to know that you still have time to place your gift order. Valentine's Day flowers can be ordered online in a matter of minutes and you can have the florist deliver them to you or directly to your loved one if you prefer.\nYou might already know about the various flower shops in your area but, let's face it, shopping around and going from florist to florist is particularly time-consuming. Online florists, however, make it that much easier to browse and shop without even leaving your home! You can compare products, prices, and everything in between within just a few clicks.\nOnce you visit an online florist's website, you will need to make sure that they are able to offer flower delivery in your area. Some florists are only able to offer delivery in certain countries and areas. Which is why it is so important to check their delivery areas before spending any time searching through their products.\nOnce you have found a florist that offers delivery in the area you need, you can check the site menu for their Valentine's Day flowers. Online florists help make shopping easy by organising their flowers according to occasion. Their Valentine's Day flowers section means that you don't have to do too much hunting to find the perfect romantic flowers.\nWhen you have narrowed down your search to a few options, you can compare prices as well as value for money. Take into account flower delivery fees and any extras that are included with the flowers. For example, your florist might offer greater value for money by including a vase, luxury chocolates, or another gift for free.\nOrdering Valentine's Day flowers online not only saves you time, but it can also help you save money. Many people agree that the best part about shopping online is that you can shop according to your budget and without feeling pressured by any sales people."}
{"text": "You're probably glancing at the rest of the plot analysis thinking that maybe Kafka's skipped ahead a couple of stages. Being a disgusting insect could very well qualify for the \"Frustration,\" \"Nightmare,\" or even \"Destruction or Death Wish Stage,\" depending on how much you hate bugs. But no, Kafka's story begins with the main character suffering a horrendously tragic fate. Let the hijinks begin.\nDespite Gregor's intolerable situation, he actually seems to enjoy exploring his new body's capabilities sometimes. Who wouldn't enjoy defying gravity and clambering all around the room? He even feels a light euphoria as he hangs upside down from the ceiling.\nEven though Gregor can find some positive aspects to his transformation, his family can't accept any of it – they barely tolerate him. Grete, for example, no longer takes care of his room with the same considerate attention that she did in the beginning. Gregor grows increasingly shabby and famished, and his room more cluttered with refuse, as the story goes on.\nGregor's situation is v aggravated by the fact that his family refuses to believe that he can understand them or that he's attempting to communicate with them through non-verbal ways. His attempt to reach out to his sister during her violin recital only confirms the family's worst fears about what he's become – a despicable vermin.\nFor Gregor, his family's rejection of him is so absolute that it arguably takes away his will to live. Grete's assertion that Gregor is no longer Gregor, but just a nameless bug that must be eliminated just like any other bug, is a denial of Gregor's existence that Gregor finds so compelling that he agrees with her and literally ceases to exist."}
{"text": "We pride ourselves on customer service, and our #1 goal is to make sure each customer leaves satisfied and without worry.\nOur Aurora Oil & Lube technicians go through a rigorous training program, and with our Pennzoil certified technicians we’re the right choice when it comes to servicing your automotive needs.\nA car is most likely your 2nd biggest investment; make sure to do everything you can to keep it running for years to come!"}
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{"text": "Good intentions and negative transfer effects: The California swordfish fishery\nGuest Writer • Conservation, fisheries, marine science, Natural Science, Science • March 13, 2012\nA press release circulating on Twitter, which claims that a “deadly expansion” of a California fishery will negatively affect critically endangered leatherback sea turtles, has been making waves in the marine conservation and fisheries communities, inspiring a series of interesting discussions. Is it better to buy US-caught seafood with some bycatch than foreign-caught seafood from fleets with […]"}
{"text": "The weekend after New Ways Ministry’s Eighth National Symposium, “Justice and Mercy Shall Kiss: LGBT Catholics in the Age of Pope Francis,” I was reading an op-ed essay in the New York Times, and my mind reeled back to that meeting held in Chicago on the last weekend of April.\nI was surprised that the essay would conjure up a memory of the symposium, since, on the surface, the text had nothing to do with Catholic or LGBT issues. Yet, on another level, I saw the essay was, in fact, speaking to the core of the Catholic LGBT conversation–or, perhaps, I should say lack of conversation.\nThe op-ed essay in question was entitled “How Censorship Works,” and it was written by a Ai Weiwei, a Chinese artist, whose name had recently been removed from several of his works by government officials at exhibitions in Beijing and Shanghai. The essay is an insightful analysis of the ways that censorship operates in a contemporary culture which seems to prize and valorize free expression.\nSource: The Open Closet and Self-Censorship – Bondings 2.0"}
{"text": "Last time we visited Texas, my son was 18 months old:\nMy son and my dad. June 2011.\nThis time, he's two years and 2.5 months. (Eight months make a big difference at this age.) I'm looking forward to once again reintroducing him to my hometown, and to his extended Texas clan.\nI'm not sure he understands when I say we're going on a plane to see his grandparents, though he repeats the words: \"onna plane! See Na, see Pop!\"\nAnd while we're there, we get to celebrate the wedding of one of my cousins. A joy all around.\nBlogging will be minimal (or nonexistent) while we're on the road. So will my ability to respond to email and comments. Thanks for understanding. See y'all on the flipside."}
{"text": "HVAC CONTRACTOR LUBBOCK \| AC REPAIR \| HEATER REPAIR \| INSTALLS\nHVAC is an acronym for Heat Ventilation and Air Conditioning. It is a system of maintaining the temperature of your home, office, or other building by circulating air for heating and cooling through registers and ducts. It is a mechanical system that maintains a constant temperature by mixing indoor air with outdoor air.\nAn HVAC system consists of a number of components, such as heating and cooling ducts, air handlers, motors, ductwork, fans, humidity control equipment, and registers, that are all controlled by a central HVAC control system. Machines like these are needed in a place like West Texas where temperatures can skyrocket or drop and thus, you need a trusted local HVAC contractor in Lubbock.\nIf you need AC repair or heater repair, maintenance, or installation in Lubbock, or beyond, Lubbock Electrician Co. will get the job done right, the first time. Our team provides a wide range of HVAC services that will cater to all of your needs to make sure you and your family won’t have any problems.\n806-450-1465\nThe Comfort An HVAC System Offers\nHVAC systems provide homeowners with a lot of comforts and not just physical ones. A properly installed and well-functioning HVAC system will also offer emotional and financial comfort to the homeowners who don’t have to worry about high utility bills, the air quality inside the home, and if their heating system will kick in in the middle of a harsh winter in Lubbock, West Texas.\nHere is a list of all the benefits an HVAC system can have for you and your loved ones:\nLower Utility Bills\nImproving energy efficiency to reduce power bills is one of the most important trends in the home technology sector. New thermostats and comfort-monitoring systems enable automated scheduling based on your expected home time. This means that your system isn’t wasting resources while you’re away.\nFurthermore, by closely and accurately tracking the inside temperature of your home, your system will know exactly when to turn on and off in order to manage cycle times effectively. This results in less wear and tear on your system and more consistent results.\nHave Our Team Call You\n806-450-1465\nImproved Air Quality.\nLonger Lifespan.\n806-450-1465\nDiscover Our Wide Range Of Services\nBeing a local HVAC contractor, Lubbock Electricians Co. comes highly recommended because of the wide range of services that we offer. The professionals on our team are skilled and knowledgeable and you can depend on us to install, repair, and maintain the HVAC system in your home.\nHVAC Installation\nAs one of the leading HVAC service providers, Lubbock Electricians Co. will make sure that your HVAC system installation is done right. If your HVAC system is not properly installed, it may result in an increase in your energy costs of up to 30%. It is critical to ensure that your ducts are not obstructed and that the seals are leak-proof. Here is the process that our professionals follow during the installation process:\n- Assessment. The first step should always be assessing the needs of the client through setting up a meeting. Our HVAC technician will consider the climate, your home, and your family’s needs. Summers in Lubbock can be oppressively hot. We might recommend installing a dehumidifier to help reduce moisture in the air. Allergies and other medical conditions will also be taken into account so the best air quality can be provided.\n- Calculate the size of the system. Determining the appropriate size unit for the property is a critical step in installing a new HVAC system. Bigger doesn’t always mean better. An oversized unit reduces system efficiency, causes premature wear and tear, and shortens the system’s lifespan. To determine the proper size unit for your home, your HVAC technician should perform a load calculation.\n- Ductwork Inspection. Another critical step is to inspect the ductwork. If the ductwork has been damaged, our technician should first repair the damage and seal the ductwork. Then our technician should clean the ducts if debris or dust buildup is obstructing airflow. Even if you buy the most expensive HVAC unit, air leaking from the ducts wastes money because it reduces the system’s efficiency. Tightly sealed ducts, as well as proper home insulation, greatly improve HVAC system performance and reduce energy costs.\n- Location Selection. The next step in installing a new heating and cooling system is determining where the indoor and outdoor units will be installed. Our technicians conduct a thorough site inspection. For efficient operation, the outdoor unit requires a flat concrete pad with at least three feet of clearance. Once the location of the equipment is determined, the units are connected to the ducts or conduit and wired to the thermostat. Connecting the condensate drain, charging the refrigerant, and installing the air filter are the final steps.\nAir conditioning Repair\nAir conditioning contractors ensure that your air conditioner is trouble-free and functioning properly. Air conditioning repair service can assist with issues such as water leakage from the AC unit, AC noise, and much more.\n- Cleaning and Checkup. The first step is for our technicians to check if there are any leaks from tubes or pipes while also removing all the dirt and debris that have built up over time to enhance the performance of the air conditioner.\n- Filter Cleaning. Over time the AC system will collect a huge amount of dust, debris, and mold. The filter that prevents all of this from flowing into your home needs to be cleaned regularly.\n- Cleaning Evaporate and Condenser Fans. To avoid overheating, mold and dust are removed from the AC condenser and evaporator fan during the air conditioning repair service.\nAir Conditioning Replacement\nAir Conditioning units need to be replaced after their normal life expectancy of 10-15 years or the need to be replaced may arise from high energy bills, loud noises, or foul smells. Here are the things you need to consider when replacing your AC units:\n- Rebates. If you are considering a full replacement, many HVAC companies offer incentives and promotions for purchasing more energy-efficient units. When purchasing a new air conditioner, you may be able to save a significant amount of money.\n- Needs. Choosing the size of the AC replacement will also depend on the needs of you and those in your home.\n- Energy Efficiency.\nHeater Repair\nOur heater repairs specialist can deal with common heater issues like noisy systems, thermostat trouble, decreased airflow, etc.\n- Inspection for leaks. This is a common problem that goes unnoticed by most homeowners. Our heater repairs specialist will check the ductwork to see if there are any parts that feel like the air is blowing from it then they will seal it to ensure the system’s efficiency.\n- Thermostat Check. Thermostats tend to glitch once in a while that can be caused by low batteries, misused settings, or just faulty wirings, our technicians will check on all of that and make sure they are in working order.\n- Filter cleaning. Dirty filters will restrict airflow and cause your heating system to be inefficient. Cleaning them is will also allow for better air quality.\nHeater Replacement\nReplacing or installing a new heating system in your home is a significant undertaking that necessitates careful planning and consideration before the project begins. Before replacing or repairing your heating system, our team will let you consider the following factors.\n- SEER ratings. The system’s efficiency is rated using the SEER (seasonal energy efficiency ratio). A higher SEER rating indicates a more efficient system that uses less energy and saves you money.\n- Sizing. Most of the time, replacing your old system with a newer one of the same size is sufficient. However, several circumstances, such as additional doors or windows, home additions, and insulation, can prompt change. Our technicians will thoroughly inspect your home for any changes and measure the square footage to determine the size and type of equipment to install.\n- What you pay for is what you get. Sometimes the cheapest option is not the best option. On the surface, it may appear to be a good deal, but a lower price often translates into inferior equipment and/or workmanship. By lowering energy costs, high-efficiency equipment can actually pay for itself over time.\n- Keep your new system running smoothly. Consider a yearly maintenance contract for your new system. Annual maintenance and check-ups will keep your system running at peak performance and efficiency. This will not only extend the life of your system, but it may also eliminate costly and avoidable repairs in the future.\nHave Our Team Call You\nHours\nM-F: 8am - 7pm\nS: 9am - 5pm\n806-450-1465"}
{"text": "OOPS! That Isn’t a Hen\nRemember these sweet little ladies?\nSure you do! From left to right, you’re looking at Misty Coopland, Mallory Archer, Ruth Layer Ginsburg, Lucky, Agnes Featherduster Junior (A.J.), and Ellen DeHeneres. Can you believe that these chipper chickens are now four months old and just about grown? Here are a few recent pics:\nMallory, looking smart and sassy.\nLucky and Ellen, picking bugs off my tomatoes. (Thanks, ladies! That’s a big help.)\nAnd Ruth Layer Gins…Well, looks like this bird will now be known as Johnny Cockran.\nHow does such a thing happen? We purchased “sorted chicks, female” from our local farm co-op, afterall. True, there are different ways of analyzing the feathers and cloaca on a hatchling to make an educated guess about the chick’s gender. However, even the very best sex sorters are only 80-90% accurate. Thus, we have a rooster we didn’t plan on.\nOn the positive side, Johnny is doing a good job breaking up fights between the older hens and the young ladies. He even keeps everyone together while they patrol the yard for ticks, making it a little easier for Mr. Food It Yourself to guide them all back into their run.\nThe negative side of this situation is that we now know when daybreak is, and so do all of our neighbors. So far, we have not had any direct complaints related to our birds. The topic of backyard animal keeping is currently under scrutiny in our town, though.\nOn August 14th, 74 of my neighbors and I squeezed into the large conference room at our town hall (which seats a maximum of 75 people) to offer input to the Board of Health regarding proposed regulations on the keeping of farm-type animals by those of us who are not farmers. As of today, as long as Commonwealth law is followed, residents can keep whatever animals they like within town lines. This creates friction, of course, when folk on one side of a fence have a noisy bird and those on the other side like to sleep in. There have also been issues with manure management and animal trespass. The BOH was very receptive to input both from animal owners and those who live adjacent to animal owners. I dare say, it was the most civil, focused, and intelligent public hearing I have ever attended. The ultimate changes to town regulations, if any, are still pending. You had better believe I am keeping my eyes and ears open for updates.\nSo what shall we do about our rooster? There is a collar for that. There are several versions of crow-quelling bands that roosters can wear to cut the volume of their crow. They do not hurt or shock him, they just prevent him from expanding his syrinx (big air sack in the chest) to produce a full volume crow. Here is the one we opted for.\nLast Saturday (not even 6 hours after the collar showed up in the mail) Mr. Food It Yourself slipped Johnny out of the coop after the flock went in for the night. We managed to get the collar on and under his ruff (neck feathers). You can hardly tell he’s wearing it! He managed to get it off the next day, so we repeated to process the next night. He has now stopped trying to pull the collar off each night, and we are gradually adjusting it to prevent his wake up call from resounding through the neighborhood. He needs another tweak tonight.\nI like the fact that I live in a town where keeping farmy-type animals is permitted, and for the most part well accepted, and I really enjoy keeping my little flock. That said, I have to be a good neighbor as well as a good chicken tender. We may have to find alternate lodgings for Mr. Cockran, but I am confident we can get that collar adjusted and keep the peace in the ‘hood.\nSo, how’s your summer going? Share in the comments!"}
{"text": ".\nInside âe\" defined âe\" the process..\nIn a chapter written especially for this revised edition of his modern classic, Carter recounts the latest turns in the case. Included are the surprising story of the last surviving Scottsboro defendant and the vivid description of Victoria Prices' libel suit against the network that televised the drama and the subsequent trial -- presumably the last of the Scottsboro trials. Along with this new material Carter provides fresh personal and historical insights into the case and reflects on the way the South has changed since Scottsboro first claimed the nation's attention.\nAs late as 1967, men outnumbered women twenty to one in American law schools. With the loss of deferments from Vietnam, superiors.\" Against the odds, women fought to reshape the law. Fred Strebeigh has interviewed litigators, plaintiffs, and judges, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Catharine MacKinnon, and has done research in their private archives as well as those of other attorneys who took cases to the Supreme Court to make the law equal and just for all.\nEffective your and your staff’s performance, this book is your practical,\ngo-to guide.\nStarting with a seven-step, 38-item Supervisor Readiness Assessment, The Insider’s Guide\nhelps you determine your readiness to supervise and identify areas you\nwould like to learn more about. You can select a single topic that\naddresses a particular opportunity you are considering or you can read\nthe book cover to cover to get a fuller view of what it means to be an\neffective supervisor.\nAs a government supervisor, you have the most important job in all of government. Make the most of it!\nContents The Opportunity to Supervise • Looking Inside, Understanding Yourself •The Power of Ten Supervisor Roles • Getting the Best Work from Others • Making Good Things Happen • Supervising in a Changing Work Landscape."}
{"text": "September 15, 2016\nWylie Mfg. introduces the Spray Loop system to manage 2,4-D and Dicamba.Wylie Spray Loop System Article\nWith the advance of glyphosate (Round-Up) resistant weeds, producers are looking for innovative alternatives to control the weeds without the residue problems of 2,4-D in cotton or Dicamba in soybeans. The Wylie Spray Loop system manages 2,4-D and Dicamba for maximum weed control and minimum residual chemical contamination.\nCheck out the link for an article that explains the Spray Loop system and how it works in one Texas producer's operation."}
{"text": "Editor:\nWendy Zimmerman\nSubmission Policy:Materials for inclusion in The Weekly Beaker should be emailed to Wendy by noon on Tuesday of the week you would like the item to appear.\nWelcome from the faculty, staff, and chemistry majors of the classes of 2012 and 2013 to the 26 new chemistry majors in the class of 2014! Please feel free to join us for our weekly seminars, Journal Club meetings, Periodic Table, and the spring picnic in May. You will now receive the “Weekly Beaker” in your email box informing you of these events, career and summer opportunities, and more. You will be assigned a major advisor soon. We look forward to the “quality time” we will spend with you over the next two years in courses and labs!\nThe new majors are:\nFriday, April 13, 2012\n3:30 p.m.\nOlin 04\nPaul J. Chirik\nPrinceton University\nModern Alchemy: The Chemistry of Base Metal Catalysis.\nJournal Club meets this Thursday at noon in Mudd 171 to have lunch and discuss a paper relating to this week’s seminar. Go to the following for information about what to read beforehand:.\nExploding Bacteria using Gold Nanorods\nOwen Demke, Chelsea Modlin, James Morrissey, Puja Patel, Alison Smyth, Diane Walters, and Alfred Yeung\nMonday, April 16, 2012\n7:30 p.m.\nOlin 149\nTreatment of diseases tied to multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria presents a major challenge in public health care and requires novel therapeutics. Cathy Murphy’s research group (U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) has shown how to combat MDR bacteria using the unique optical, physical, and chemical properties of gold nanorods. We will discuss the origin of the optical properties, Murphy’s revolutionary synthesis techniques, and the surface reactivity of gold nanorods in the context of this problem. An understanding of these key features of gold nanorods will highlight their versatility in not only attacking MDR bacteria, but in other applications such as biological imaging and drug delivery.\nStudents majoring in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) disciplines may be eligible to receive $2,500 scholarships under the new Great Lakes National Scholarship Program. Up to 750 scholarships totaling $1.875 million will be awarded to new and continuing students who qualify. To be eligible, a student must:\nScholarship applications will be accepted through May 11, 2012, or until 20,000 applications have been received. Finalists will be notified by June 1, 2012. For more information, visit.\nGlobal energy needs are a major concern for our future. World-renowned MIT Professor Mildred Dresselhaus offers hope for the world energy outlook in her lecture “The Promise of Nanomaterials for Thermoelectric Applications” at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the University of Minnesota Tate Laboratory of Physics, Room 150, 116 Church Street SE, Minneapolis. The lecture is hosted by the School of Physics and Astronomy in the University’s College of Science and Engineering as part of the annual Van Vleck Lecture Series..\nThe lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture will also be streamed live at. You may view the abstract here:.\nSmith Engineering is looking for a Technical Sales Associate. This is a full-time position for an energetic, self-directed, scientifically inclined candidate with an interest in solving problems for others. The Technical Sales Associate must be able to articulate technology and product positioning. Smith Engineering is a Chaska, MN, based water treatment equipment manufacturer that supplies a long list of Fortune 500 companies with their purified water needs. They are looking for the right candidate to add to the Distribution and Customer Support Sales Team. This is a direct sales position.\nResponsibilities: Responsible for ongoing sales and service support. Responsible for development of relationships with new and existing customers. Able to convey customer requirements to product development teams. Qualifications: A background in microbiology would be ideal. Biology, life sciences, and/or engineering backgrounds are also attractive. The perfect candidate has an understanding of the laboratory environment, but desires the freedom, challenges and earnings potential offered by direct sales of a technical nature. Must be able to communicate professionally verbally and in written responses.\nSmith will offer a competitive starting salary with commission/bonus plan. Business expenses will be paid. Their benefits package is exceptional. If interested, review their website at. If still interested, forward a resume to sales@smithengineeringinc.com with “posting” in the subject line.\nVolume 16 Number 23\nVolume 16 Number 25"}
{"text": "Bathmate Trim USB Rechargeable Grooming Kit\nAverage customer review 5 out of 5 stars4 reviews.\n€38.45\nProduct Description.\nAlthough aimed at guys who want to trim before they pump for better suction, this set can be used by anyone who fancies a little less hair on their body.\nCharge your hair clippers anywhere in the world using the included USB cable: 2 hours of charge gives you 90 minutes of cordless use. Plenty of time to shave from head-to-toe, if you wish!\nThe included cutting heads set the length of the cut. In traditional barber terminology, this set comes with a number 1, 2, 3 and 4. See below for length in millimetres,\nWhat it does\n- What's it for?: Grooming\nCustomer Reviews\nBathmate Trim USB Rechargeable Grooming Kit 4 5 out of 5 stars\nSee all 4 customer reviewsOrder by:Write your own review\n- 5 star\n- 4\n- 4 star\n- 0\n- 3 star\n- 0\n- 2 star\n- 0\n- 1 star\n- 0\n- Newest\n- Most helpful\n- Rating\nBathmate Trim USB Rechargeable Grooming Kit\n€38.45\nGreat for a gift or personal grooming\nReviewed: 29 May 2018 by hornymeuk79, a Straight Married Male\nIt's really a great product that does what it says, easy to recharge, easy to use and easy to clean.\nWould recommend this product to anyone, as a gift for your other half or for yourself to trim or clean up that unwanted hair in those private areas. Definitely a good buy.\n- Pros\n- It's ease of use and recharge time.\n- Cons\n- Not applicable.\n- Bottom line\n- Great product, worth the price and easy to use.\n- Was this review helpful to you? Yes\nAwesome\nReviewed: 18 February 2018 by Fun60, a Straight Single Male\nI use this to keep my beard trimmed. The different attachments are easy to change.\nIt does a great a great job. The small head attachments are great for shaping and sharp lines on side burns.\nIt is also great for trimming body hair. My girlfriend loves using it to shave my neckline.\n- Pros\n- Easy use and the carrying case is great for travel.\n- Cons\n- No negatives.\n- Bottom line\n- Great tool for the money.\n- Was this review helpful to you? Yes\nOrder by:\nTrimmed delights\nReviewed: 10 June 2018 by K&c30's, a Straight Married Male\nAfter a few years using a beard trimmer by a well known shaving brand I thought enough was enough as it was taking half an hour to do my face, torso, underarms and my manly parts.\nSo I thought I would give this a go. Being rechargeable was one of the main reasons for buying this particular model. When it arrived it was well packaged and looked pretty professional.\nInside the box you get your storage bag, which is a hard case. Perfect for travels. Inside the storage bag and you find the full-size trimmer with 4 different sized guide combs, a precision trimmer with one guide comb but adjustable to 4 different lengths, and the usb charging cable (micro USB).\nThe Bathmate trimmer is lightweight but not lightweight that it feels cheap. It all looks and feels really well made. Charging it up I was a bit frustrated. The micro USB connector doesn't fully go into the socket. This is because of the plastic coating is so thick it hits the trimmers body and won't go in any further. This causes a fairly loose connection and if knocked will stop charging.\nIn use I prefer a really close trim. As close as I can get without shaving. As the precision head looked liked it would give the closest trim, this is what I used. Clicking it into place was really easy, and there is an instruction booklet with diagrams of how to attach and remove. Starting off on my face it is fantastic and really quick, but it didn't give as close a trim as I am used to.\nThe rest of the body was the same. It took less than half the time it would normally take.\nDown to the man parts and it was great for the surrounding area. However, on the penis and testicles it caught a couple of times on the skin. I attached the guard but this allows about half a centimetre of hair to go untouched. Not really as smooth as I would of liked unfortunately, so I am going to have master using it without the guard.\nAll in all I think this is a fantasic set, but I would have liked to see the inclusion of a very fine trimmer guard and also a little brush to help clean up those unwanted hairs that get stuck in the cutters. If these were in the box it would be absolutely perfect.\n- Pros\n- Well made, great price, a good quick trim.\n- Cons\n- Needs a very fine guard comb for a closer trim in sensitive areas.\n- Bottom line\n- Almost perfect.\n- Was this review helpful to you? Yes\n- Newest\n- Most helpful\n- Rating\nSee all 4 Bathmate Trim USB Rechargeable Grooming Kit reviews…"}
{"text": "America the Beautiful II – February 24, 2012\nTime:6:45-9:00pm\nLocation:MIT Buidling 10, Room 250, Cambridge, MA\nJoin Active Minds, Eating for Life Alliance and Timberline Knolls with award-winning filmmaker Darryl Roberts for a screening of \"America the Beautiful 2:\nThe Thin Commandments.\" 6:00-6:56 check-in and reception with complementary refreshments 6:45-7:00 Welcome and Introductions 7:00-9:00 film presentation followed by Q&A Reserve your seat by visiting:\nContact: Diane Carugati 215-882-3739"}
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{"text": "Presentation\nSurgeon Modified Fenestrated EVAR 2.0\nClinical case video describing urgent correction of a proximal type I endoleak, in previous standard EVAR procedure, which caused a rapid growth of the residual aneurysmal sac. The patient was unfit for open surgery due to multiple severe comorbidities. Considering the urgency setting, the use of a market available custom-made device was not reasonable. For this reason, the patient underwent endovascular correction using a “surgeon modified” endograft (Medtronic Valiant Navion Thoracic Endograft) designed with four custom fenestrations for visceral and renal vessels.\n0\nCongratulations on the great video… I benefited a lot. I have a question regarding the alignment of the surgeon modified endograft inside the aorta. How do you make sure that graft rotation is correct according to ostiums of visceral arteries? Do you use any overlapping markers that the graft is in the exact position? Do you align after partial deployment? How do you figure out that ostiums are front or rear?\nThank you very much in advance\nBest.\nDr. Ugursay Kiziltepe\nAnkara Turkey\nThank you very much for your feedback and questions. We marked the fenestrations with the radiopaque tip of a 0.014” wire stitched all around the graft holes, in that way is possible to check the position of the fenestrations and align the graft to the vessel ostia (the same we usually do with market available custom devices). A great aid is given by the use of the “fusion” technology. No overlapping markers were fixed to the graft. However, when re-constraining the graft, we marked the “zero” position on the delivery system to help with the correct orientation. We aligned the graft after partial deployment (given by the prolene constriction sutures) and when al target vessels have been cannulated the graft was completely deployed and constriction sutures were broken by ballooning. Regarding the last question, when the graft was still constrained into the delivery system we checked the correct orientation of the fenestrations for the CT and the SMA simply rotating the c-arm in the lateral position. Please take note that is crucial to deploy the graft step by step and according to the anatomical references, adjust the position of any fenestration.\nI just saw the video. It is really impressive the way how the MD’s modified the graft. Really nice work!!\nThank you very much for the feedback!\nThank you very much for sharing your experience, nice case! I would like to ask some questions…which stitch did you use to fixate the marker? Which kind of stich is appropriate?\nWhat is the specification of the cautery that you used?\nHappy new year!"}

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