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Ex-CIA techie Edward Snowden: I am the NSA PRISM deepthroat
US gov's super-web snoop system whistleblower flees to Hong Kong
A former CIA technician has broken cover to reveal himself as the mole who leaked information about PRISM - the US government's massive web surveillance programme.
Edward Snowden, 29, outed himself as the source of revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) has tapped up American internet giants for data on foreigners' online activities. He made the claims during interviews with the Guardian.
Snowden told the newspaper: "The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.
"I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things … I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under."
The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act forces internet giants, such as Google and Facebook, to share their users' data with government agents and forbids those companies from talking about it. Both aforementioned cloud-powered companies denied over the weekend that they allow US spooks direct access to their systems. It was further alleged over the weekend that the NSA PRISM project shared some of its gathered data with Britain's eavesdropping nerve centre, GCHQ, although the British government denies any suggestion that data was obtained unlawfully.
Snowden maintained network security for the CIA and, until he leaked files detailing the NSA programme, was employed by “strategy and technology consulting” firm Booz Allen Hamilton, which is understood to serve as a contractor for the US National Security Agency (NSA). Snowden is now on the run and hiding out at a hotel in Hong Kong, where he hopes to apply for asylum in Iceland in a bid to avoid the wrath of the American government.
"I don't want public attention because I don't want the story to be about me. I want it to be about what the US government is doing," he said.
"I really want the focus to be on these documents and the debate which I hope this will trigger among citizens around the globe about what kind of world we want to live in."
He added: "My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them."
He now fears for his life, warning: "If they want to get you, over time they will."
The extent of the NSA's surveillance was revealed last Wednesday, when it emerged that a secret US court issued an order requiring mobile network Verizon to hand over metadata on millions of US citizens' phone calls, although no actual phone recordings were obtained.
This was followed by the exposure of PRISM, a scheme which allowed spies to request access to information on non-Americans from the servers of nine of the world's biggest internet companies.
Although the companies named in the leaked documents, including Microsoft, Facebook and Google, deny giving NSA agents automatic access to their data, the Guardian reported that PRISM allows spies to intercept email and instant messaging conversations, tap audio and video on Skype calls, and to snoop on various other forms of web-based communication. Such surveillance is entirely possible, with or without the internet giants' help, at the network level by tapping into the US's internet backbone.
Booz Allen Hamilton, issued the following statement:
Booz Allen can confirm that Edward Snowden, 29, has been an employee of our firm for less than 3 months, assigned to a team in Hawaii. News reports that this individual has claimed to have leaked classified information are shocking, and if accurate, this action represents a grave violation of the code of conduct and core values of our firm. We will work closely with our clients and authorities in their investigation of this matter.
James Clapper, the US director of national intelligence, said the leaks were "literally gut-wrenching". He added: "I hope we're able to track down whoever's doing this, because it is extremely damaging to, and it affects the safety and security of this country."
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The Dumb Thing We Do That Blows Up in Our Face
Using OOH to Spread the Message About Texting and Driving
Posted: June 2nd 2016 By: Eddy Herty, National Creative Director
It pretty much goes without saying, no one likes to be called dumb… for that matter, ignorant, foolish or stupid. On the flip side, we all do dumb things. Not once or twice… at times we habitually do dumb things. Who doesn’t call someone the wrong name, perhaps you’ve butt dialed “David M.” ten times in two days. Or maybe you picked up the wrong key to the wrong hotel room on the first night of your honeymoon… okay, the last one I’m probably alone on. The point is, we all do somewhat “dumb things” throughout our life. For the most part, these are all things that impact us in a way that may be miserable or awkward at first, but over time become laughable situations.
Then there’s the “dumb things” we do that have no excuse other than being, for lack of a better word, selfish. The things we do that put others in compromising situations, at times literally changing their lives forever. The scariest thing is, we’ve all done “it”. Not once, not twice… some of us do it habitually. In fact *16,141 deaths have been attributed to doing one particular “dumb thing”. AND, **the insurance industry spends $43 billion every year in damage costs for that exact same “dumb thing”.
When it comes to putting other peoples’ lives in danger, is there really any room to be polite about it… aren’t we all done with people saying “please don’t” with such serious matters? How about we call it out for what it is… Dummies Text & Drive… sometimes, those “dummies”… (which again, at times include all of us & the ones we love)… text and die. Just to be perfectly clear on this… we’re not talking about car accidents. Accidents aren’t intentional. We are talking about car crashes… something that could be avoided. There are some of us that choose to intentionally roll the dice with our lives, and the lives of those around us in the name of instant gratification and selfishness. For what? To share a picture or LMAO? Are we seriously okay with possibly ending someone else’s life for that? That’s not just dumb, that’s straight up murder. Sorry if that’s a bit intense or hard to hear, but so is finding out you’ve lost a loved one for… well, because someone was doing a “dumb thing”.
To communicate the above OUTFRONT Media will be posting the nation's first, all-in-one 3D inflatable
billboard in Tampa, Florida. It serves as a visual reminder of the seriousness of our actions. Using a 3D dummy head, physically breaking the plane (in this case, windshield) of the billboard, there is little room to misinterpret the seriousness of this message. Thanks to the partnership with Circle Graphics (Leith El-Hassan) and Soft Signs (Eddy Carolan) and
OUTFRONT Studios, the insurance, auto and phone industries will have a new, more engaging and literally out front way to communicate the dangers of this one particularly “dumb thing” that we, as a country do. Hopefully, the more people are confronted with a direct message that potentially could impact their lives, and or the lives of their loved ones, the less likely we’ll be to do a “dumb thing”. | <urn:uuid:00ef9820-7973-4f64-8ed5-693c3bd385c4> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.outfrontmedia.com/blog/pages/ooh-spreads-the-message.aspx | 2017-10-20T01:18:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823605.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020010834-20171020030834-00337.warc.gz | en | 0.922426 | 804 |
Online betting has been an industry of massive development over the past couple of years, and today there are more organizations than at any time in recent memory trying to attract customers to bet with them. In such heavy industry, online bookmakers need to bring to the table the crucial incentives to have the ability to attract these new prospects, and the standard way this is done is with free bets.
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First and foremost, make sure you choose a trusted internet betting company. There are many organizations out there, and most of them are entirely oriented and safe to use. However, that does not mean that some from which it is best to maintain a strategic distance.
A general and straightforward guideline to trust is what compares to a highway betting office in your area that would be nice. Likewise, if you see advertisements early at night on TV, that will also be the case at this point. Anyway, if you come across a mysterious online bookie, you must ask yourself if you trust them entirely with your money? In this case, a quick way to check is to ensure that the correct playing pass is obtained in the right position. Online betting is handled by the Gambling Commission, and you will waive this permission. Note, however, that different specialists control bookmakers in the direction of the sea, and the models are the Gibraltar and Isle of Man gambling committees. You will have the opportunity to discover this data on the online betting site.
Once you have chosen a legitimate online betting organization, the next step is to select a free betting offer. As mentioned above, due to the profound insight into this industry, free betting offers are continually changing. Hence, it should make sure that you do some research before choosing one.
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This beautiful and durable fire pit table can meet all your needs. Made with a stainless-steel burner and natural stonework, it is rustproof and weather-resistant. This fire pit table also provides decorative lava rocks to fill around the burner. More, the waterproof cover provided is convenient for outdoor storage when not in use. Most importantly, you don't need to worry about generating any ash or smoke to harm your health or the environment. The fire pit table uses clean propane gas to support green burning. With the help of a rotary knob, you can easily adjust the flame intensity according to your different needs. The natural simulated rock appearance can add a unique charm to your outside space. It is a good choice to talk with family and friends around this round fire pit table in the backyard, balcony, garden, or other places.
- Easy Operation: This gas fire pit has a one-step spark-ignition button with a flame control adjustment knob, which can create up to 40,000BTU of heat to create a warm environment.
- Premium & Sturdy Material: The fire stove is mainly simulated rock made of flame-retardant magnesium oxide, which is strong and durable enough to serve as a heating fire pit. And the inner part is made of the best 304 stainless steel to prevent rusting during outdoor use.
- Humanized Design: The gas pit is equipped with two handles, which can be easily carried anywhere. Furthermore, it comes with a waterproof PVC cloth cover to keep it clean and dry when not in use.
- Clean & Perfect Campfire: This fire pit table is ETL certified, which can ensure safety in use. And different from a traditional fire pit, it does not produce too much mess. It can create a warm environment that keeps the environment clean.
- No Assemble Need: This fire pit comes with a battery, so you do not need to buy an additional battery. Do not need too much time to assemble, which is convenient to use in backyards, parks, or any outdoor place.
- Color: Brown, Gray
- Material: Magnesium Oxide (MGO), fiberglass, stone, stainless steel
- Overall dimensions: 28'' x 9.5'' (D x H)
- Propane hose dimensions: 118" (L)
- Maximum output: 40,000BTU
- Net weight: 52lbs
- 1 x Stone gas fire pit
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Vote for Your Favourite Calgary Neighbourhood
Do you love your neighbourhood? Nominations for Avenue Calgary’s Annual Best Neighbourhoods Survey are drawing to a close this Friday, and your community needs your votes.
The survey ranks neighbourhoods by helping Calgarians answer the question: what is most valuable in a neighbourhood? Criteria like crime statistics, property value, amenities, etc. are compiled in addition to the survey results. Some of the questions asked are looking for rankings on qualities of the neighbourhood such as: walkability, parkland, proximity to stores and cafes, etc.
Last year’s top spots were held by the communities of: Arbour Lake, Acadia, Varsity, Brentwood and Hillhurst. Deadline to take the survey (which takes less than 10 minutes to complete) is Friday, February 28th. You can complete the survey online here.
And find out more about the Calgary communities we currently build in: EvansRidge, Sage Meadows, Sherwood and Saddlestone. | <urn:uuid:b3b52e84-a7f4-43c9-a1a5-e55b232d0c09> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://www.genesisland.com/vote-for-your-favourite-calgary-neighbourhood/ | 2021-04-20T08:27:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618039379601.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20210420060507-20210420090507-00283.warc.gz | en | 0.946201 | 212 |
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VH1 has assembled one of the greatest casts of all time for its new reality show venture Scared Famous, which looks to be a mix between Celebrity Big Brother and The Amityville Horror, with a little dash of Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil sprinkled on top.
Here are the show deets from the network’s press release:
VH1 today announced the new spine-chilling competition series “Scared Famous” will premiere on Monday, October 23rd at 9PM ET/PT. Legendary rapper Redman is named the Master of Scare-a-Monies for 10 of the biggest reality stars as they try to endure gruesome challenges and terrifying scares that pay homage to recent horror hits. Over 2 weeks, these celebrities will move into an eerie estate in Savannah, Georgia, one of America’s most haunted cities, and test their limits for a chance to donate $100,000 to his or her favorite charity. They must rely on alliances, strategy and friendships, but supernatural forces beyond their control may be their true undoing.
And just in case you needed a Scared Famous cast guide, we created one for you:
Safaree from Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood
Sky from Black Ink Crew: New York
Don Benjamin from America’s Next Top Model
Drita D’Avanzo from Mob Wives
Erica Mena from Love & Hip Hop: New York
Eva Marcille from America’s Next Top Model
Yung Joc from Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
Miss Nikki Baby from Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood
Tiffany “New York” Pollard from I Love NY
Alaska from Rupaul’s Drag Race
Here’s a brief promo video for the show followed by a more in-depth description of the show’s premise:
A Haunted House. A fully-stocked liquor cabinet. Add the loudest, craziest, and most frightened cast ever, and the unfiltered comedy of rap icon, Redman, you get “Scared Famous.” Some sh*t is going down. Scared Famous is the frightening and hilarious tale of ten of the biggest reality stars who bravely (and foolishly) agree to move into a notorious estate on the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia, one of America’s most haunted cities. Over 8 weeks, the cast will uncover the truth behind the ghostly twins who slowly turn their new digs into a living nightmare. One by one they will be picked off. Either by the challenges they face… or each other. Alliances, romances, and friendships will be forged, but feuds and devious behavior will become their undoing. It’s an unholy mashup of creepy movie moments and good old celeb house reality. Ten celebs move in, but only one survives.Bringing a dose of chills (and off-color humor) to this twisted nightmare is rap icon Redman. Redman leads the cast through death-defying challenges while dishing out hilarious take downs of these chicken-sh*t reality stars.
To help out contestants, and anyone else in a scary situation, here is Redman sharing his “5 (Very Real) Things You Need to Survive A Scary Situation:”
OK, someone needs to start a Scared Famous fantasy league! I would have taken Drita first in my draft, but after she lost her sh*t over a squirrel, I dunno… Who you got?
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Change the Game – Faster
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You can sense a John le Carre spy-novel adaptation often before his name turns up in the credits.
The hero’s cynicism at war with his skepticism, the professionalism at war with personal demons: In the spy master’s gloomy, overcast world, they’re all spies “who came in from the cold.”
That’s especially true in A Most Wanted Man, an old-school espionage thriller about the new world order based on le Carre’s novel and built around one last magnificent performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
It’s a modern story of spy games in post-9/11 Hamburg, set in a secret German unit that looks at “every dark-skinned man as someone who wants to kill us.”
That’s the nightmare of Gunther Bachman (Hoffman), who, in less guarded moments, lets us see the terror of having another 9/11 happen on his watch.
A bearded Chechen Muslim (Grigoriy Dobrygin) swims ashore from a ship, keeps his hoodie pulled low over his haunted eyes and tries to blend into the port city.
Gunther’s team (Nina Hoss and Daniel Bruhl among them) is onto the guy the moment he visits a public space.
Why is he here?
Gunther is curious enough to follow him without picking him up to try to keep his hated state-police rival at bay.
But what about the American “observer” (Robin Wright), the embassy liaison who cleverly steers conversations clear of confrontation and toward cooperation — cooperation that benefits the United States?
Meanwhile, the crazy-eyed Islamist is hiding out among Germany’s large Turkish population, which enlists a civil-liberties lawyer (Rachel McAdams) to help.
Gunther is also after the Arabic head of an Islamic charity who, Gunther is sure, funnels money to terrorists.
And there’s a Hamburg banker, played by Willem Dafoe, the heir to an institution with a long history of doing below-the-table deals with whatever foe the West has at the moment.
Hoffman is the first among equals in a stellar cast.
Everybody speaks English (snatches of Turkish and Arabic pop up) with a hint of a German accent, and Hoffman gives Gunther the guttural growl of Richard Burton doing a German accent.
It conjures up memories of half a century of le Carre adaptations, from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to The Russia House.
Screenwriter Andrew Bovell gives Gunther an ever-present cigarette as well as a regular seat at every bar in Hamburg.
And director Anton Corbijn (The American) and his team paint a Hamburg with both a seedy-seaport side and the sheen of great wealth and power.
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A Most Wanted Man. Directed by Anton Corbijn.
MPAA rating: R (for language)
Running time: 2:01
Now showing at the Crosswoods, Drexel, Dublin Village 18 and Lennox 24 theaters
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ECDPM Relations between the European Union and its partners in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) are in a parlous state. Past readers of this annual review will know that we regularly refer to ACP-EU relations as being at a critical juncture, and this is certainly true at the start of 2011.
Yet no real movement is evident from past years, and it is hard to discern signs for optimism in the year ahead. The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) negotiations are blocked. On climate change, no real dialogue or solution is in sight. No solid common agenda has emerged on governance issues. Aid budgets are stagnating, and the EU is grappling with internal problems of its own. The EU’s credibility in much of the ACP is at an all-time low, and in the EU many seem to have lost faith in the future of the partnership with the ACP.
Moreover, there is a collective failure to recognise that in the face of such inertia, new thinking is essential and business as usual is no longer possible. The lack of a coherent and daring response strategy is a particularly worrying aspect. We have just passed the mid-way point of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement. There is another 10 years to go. But if relations do not improve soon there will be little basis on which to negotiate a follow-up agreement by 2020.
Where could new response strategies come from? What could bring back the required political traction, dynamism and creativity to overcome the current stalemate on both sides of the equation?
Several ‘windows of opportunity’ to revitalize cooperation between the EU and the ACP and with Africa (as a continental entity involved in process of pan-African integration) are explored in this paper, each of them presenting various challenges to be addressed in the near future.
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Being shadows of things to come (Col 2:16-17), the feasts of the Lord are fascinating prophetic windows. In Christ’s first advent He fulfilled the four spring feasts to the day, in sequence. The fall feasts are evidently reserved for His second coming, which I expect He will also fulfill in sequence, to the day.
Today I am observing the Feast of Trumpets, Yom Teruah, the day of shouting and blowing of trumpets, the first unfulfilled feast in the biblical calendar. Perhaps Paul was thinking of this feast when wrote, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.” (1Th 4:16) Isn’t the symbolism striking?
“Unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time.” (He 9:28) After thinking carefully about Babylon the Great, I’m a naysayer in today’s end times chatter, but I wonder how one can be anticipating Christ’s return and not be faithfully observing the feast which foreshadows it. Though we certainly know not the hour, and in our confusion about the calendar the day is also a question, shouldn’t we be looking for Him to appear on a day like today, in the appointed time? | <urn:uuid:537a4827-ada9-4dcc-8ac2-2805d83f9edd> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://ableever.net/wordpress/index.php/2015/09/14/look-for-him/ | 2017-03-30T06:39:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218193284.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212953-00523-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949814 | 295 |
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 – “I am grateful to President Biden for nominating Janie Simms Hipp, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, to serve as General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. I have the utmost confidence and respect for Janie. I know that she will faithfully carry out her duties to enforce the laws and regulations of the USDA, safeguard producers, protect socially disadvantaged communities, make good on USDA’s responsibility to provide nutrition assistance to children and families, and ensure the interests of the American public are served by USDA’s programs and services. She has a decades-long career dedicated to protecting and ensuring the legal rights of underserved and underprivileged communities. Before serving as CEO of the Native American Agriculture Fund, Janie was the founding director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas. I appointed her as my senior advisor for tribal affairs and then as director of the Office of Tribal Relations in the Obama Administration, among other senior positions. For more than 35 years prior to her federal service, Janie built an outstanding career as an agriculture and food lawyer and policy expert. Her work has focused on the complex intersection of Indian law and agriculture and food law.
“If confirmed, Janie will join a senior leadership team committed to ensuring the fair and equitable implementation of all USDA programs in service to the American people. Her skills and knowledge will contribute to removing barriers to access wherever they exist, building a fairer and more just food system, and helping to build a stronger, more resilient rural America.”
To view President Biden’s announcement on his intent to nominate Janie Simms Hipp as General Counsel of USDA, you may read President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Key Members of his Administration.
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Our Lexi pattern can be made as a dress or a peplum top. Both versions feature cuffed sleeves and an adorable peek-a-boo opening in the back for added flair. The dress version features a contrast hem band with lettuce edge rolled hem. Designed to be sewn with knits, the Lexi Dress and Peplum Top is both comfortable and stylish.
Never sewn with knits before? No worries! Sewing with knits is easy and fun with this step-by-step guide which includes lots of tips, photos and diagrams to guide you along. Try using Patty’s line of knit fabrics, designed for Riley Blake Fabrics.
SUGGESTED FABRICS: use stretch knits only: cotton interlock, jerseys, matte jerseys, lightweight double knits, stretch velvets 58"/60" wide. We used a selection of jerseys and interlocks by Patty Young for Michael Miller Fabrics.
This pattern comes in sizes 2T (toddler) to 12 (girls/tweens). See the photos for fabric requirements and sizing charts.
NOTE: This is a downloadable PDF pattern, NOT A PAPER PATTERN. Your pattern can be opened with Adobe Reader and will print on standard letter-size paper (8.5" x 11"). There are 18 pages total in this document, including full-size, computer-drafted pattern pieces.
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As the technical supplier to most international Bollywood Productions performing in South Africa, rental company Bass Mechanics has invested in additional L-Acoustics equipment to complement its existing systems.
In addition to new L-Acoustics LA8 and LA12X amplified controllers, the team has also purchased L-Acoustics KS28, ARCS Wide and ARCS Focus from local distributor DWR Distribution.
“I was in standard seven (grade 9) when I started,” Sushil fondly recalled. “We were all turning 16, so my friends were having birthday parties.” Before long he was doing his friends’ 18th birthday parties, 21sts and so it continued with him making a name in Lenasia, the neighbourhood where he grew up.
Word of mouth had Sushil keeping crowds on the dance floor, and he completed an Audio Engineering Course and worked a stint at another rental company.
Sushil’s big break into the corporate realm came in 2004 when he was asked to be the service provider at a Bridal Fair in Lenasia, by his now wife Dimple Patidar. “That’s when we took the step to invest a decent amount of money into professional equipment and from there on it grew.”
At the time, Duncan Riley from DWR Distribution worked at Electrosonic, and Sushil purchased Martin moving head spots from him. JBL SRX 700s were supplied by Wild and Marr.
Today, Bass Mechanics do 90% of international Bollywood Productions visiting South Africa – about four to eight shows a year. While the productions are a huge affair, the budgets are not so.
“We make big investments into professional gear,” Sushil elaborated. “But it’s also the service you get, knowing there is the necessary back-up when needed. We may not see our return as quickly as we want to, but know we’re getting a reliable product.”
Sushil was introduced to L-Acoustics when buying a pre-used Kudo System from Strike Productions when the company closed some years ago. “I didn’t mind buying the product, but I needed to know who the agents were and what spares and service would be available.” Richard Smith represented the L-Acoustics brand, met up with Sushil and assured him of his continued support.
“Ever since, although we stock other audio brands, L-Acoustics has become something very different for us,” said Sushil. At the time, a small network of L-Acoustics users was born with companies like Bass Mechanics, Gearhouse, Sound Stylists, Afrika Audio and AJR doing a lot of cross rentals. Slowly the name grew.
More recently, when it was time for Sushil to upgrade his amplifiers, he made an L-Acoustics LA8 amplified controller purchase from DWR Distribution who was appointed in early 2018 as the L-Acoustics agents in Africa and where Richard Smith is now based. Bass Mechanics also invested in L-Acoustics ARCS Wide, ARCS Focus, LA12X amplified controllers and KS28 subwoofers. Sushil hopes to continue building the brand.
The L-Acoustics LA12X relies on a proprietary switch mode power supply (SMPS) equipped with a DSP-controlled PFC, capable of delivering 12,000 W regardless of mains voltages (from 240 V down to 100 V.) The PFC offers high immunity to unstable mains and lowers typical power consumption by up to 40% for the same usage conditions i.e., more power is available to the output stages from a given circuit (16 A at 230 V mains, 30 A at 120 V mains).
The L-Acoustics ARCS Wide and Focus system – Bass Mechanics have purchased four Wide and 8 Focus – are based on two constant curvature enclosures holding distinct directivity pattern and SPL capabilities. Intended for medium-throw applications in rental productions and fixed installations, these line sources deliver remarkable acoustic properties and unmatched versatility for many applications, including FOH L/R systems, central clusters, side-fill monitors, distributed systems and complementary fills.
DWR Distribution first starting dealing with Bass Mechanics in 2008, selling Robe fixtures just before the World Cup. “It has been a good relationship since then,” said Robert Izzett of DWR. “I’ve always said that Sushil is one of the best companies to do business with. He always does what he says and that’s rare.”
Sushil is very grateful to have the support from his family and awesome crew, who are curious, open to learning, are courageous and motivate him. “I enjoy the humour they bring to my challenges and I appreciate how they challenge and grow themselves. They make me want to do what I enjoy the most.”
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Feb 15, 2013, 12:10 PM EDT
Former junior hockey coach Graham James has had his two-year prison sentence increased to five years for sexually assaulting two of his former teenage players, one of which was ex-NHL star Theoren Fleury.
Per the Winnipeg Free Press, the Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled today that the initial punishment was unfit and that there were errors made by the sentencing judge that needed to be overturned.
The original ruling, made in March of last year, was widely criticized by the Canadian public as too lenient. James’ other victim, Todd Holt, called it “nothing short of a national travesty.”
James was given a 3.5-year prison sentence (he served 18 months) in 1997 for sexually assaulting two other former players.
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Testprint... of course: a giant fucktopus #3DPrinting https://mastodon.kampftoast.de/media/Z3P4QR3zQ4awngM6P50
So now i exchanged the power supply fan with something much quieter... i hope the meanwell power brick does not actually need that crazy high airflow that the old fan provided... next loudest part: the 30mm hotend cooling fan (and the squeaky old polyurethane belt of the y axis). Oh my this feels like a rebuild already... #3dprinting #diy #optimization
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Cable management... what for? I mean i will change something in two weeks again... i know myself... and there are some trinamic drivers that have to be wired up... more cabling again... https://mastodon.kampftoast.de/media/Juwx-fazqisK5Q1iuPo
Quick build: 18650 charger from protection/charger board, 3D printed housing and a pair of springs. Charges from USB and has a protected output (1A max) on the other end. Planning to do a second one with a switch to switch between regulated 5V (500mA) and regulated 3.3V (700mA) output https://mastodon.kampftoast.de/media/Gv-U8mvsYTdCteP3exk https://mastodon.kampftoast.de/media/nc1TEnkdB7ynJv6H8Rs
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Why the hell does every project nowadays think they are the only one running on a server? Everyone dumps stuff all over the system and has their own puppet/ansible/etc. scripts that transform the complete server into something that runs that project but nothing else. I will not run those, if you don't have a "manual installation" you may be dead for a lot of people before even get tried out!
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Believe it or not I want to talk to you about what you want. My focus is on custom pickups and a brief conversation will make a big difference in your pickups. I want to know about the tone you’re after, the kind of guitar the pickups will be going into, your amp, etc. I’m much less interested in technical specs or resistance/”output numbers” like “7.5k.”
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Hello all you amazing crafter’s out there? Have you been watching for the new stencils coming out?
I decided to work on some mail art this year and I decided to play around with some of my favorite stencils while I created.
Let me know what you think.
First I gathered my supplies, some paints, stencils, brush, make up sponge, etc.
Next up I painted the base color of my envelope. I didn’t bother to gesso it first but you can always gesso it first.
Next I grabbed more colors and my stencil TCW547 – and went to town with two blue colors and my makeup sponge.
Here is the final look when I am done. Let it dry in between applications too.
Next I went in with the stencil TCW553 – and went in with some black acrylic paint. I used a different make up sponge as I rinse them after I use them so they need to dry.
Doesn’t that black just pop off the colors!
I decided to through in some white using a Sharpie Paint Pen and then a white gel pen for the smaller pieces. I didn’t do the whole stencil as I still wanted some black to really pop out. I also used my finger to add some circles and the used a brush to ad a black outline. Once the paint was dry I used a white gelato just to add some high light and then went in on to p of that with the white Sharpie.
Lastly, I used the stencil TCW508 to trace and cut out an area for you to write a mailing address! What do you think?
I used a PITT Pen to outline the mailing label and glued it down to the card.
Here is a close up of the white highlighting. I like a “sloppy” look as I don’t believe mixed media is meant to look perfect. It was so much fun not thinking about it either. Just put paint to paper and have fun.
Now don’t forget to follow The Crafter’s Workshop social media sites to get the latest and greatest news. New stencils will be hitting stores soon so keep your eyes open and keep checking back for more design team inspiration.
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Do YOU have a thought-provoking topic or insightful talk that speaks to Raleigh and its communities? Join us for this year’s event! APPLY TO SPEAK HERE!
TEDx Raleigh 2020’s amazing speakers represented a cross-section of our city’s creativity. Sharing their take on the event motto “CARPE DIEM – Seize the Day”, each speaker brings their expertise and knowledge to bear on this challenging year, coming together into one space to collaborate on crucial questions facing the city and the globe.
Experiential wellbeing, the sly new driver of performance.
Dr. Brad Bongiovanni is Chief Wellbeing Officer for Wellbeing Science, LLC where he is responsible for research and education on the science of wellbeing. His work helps to set, support, and drive strategy with executives, professionals and entrepreneurs who want to cause the experience of wellbeing, drive performance and win at the game of business and life. Dr. Bongiovanni is an award-winning professional and corporate speaker as well as media contributor to ABC, NBC, and FOX affiliates on his expertise of the science and implementation of wellbeing.
Turning a complaint into millions. A journey of a kid who had a problem and chose to solve it.
Joshua Esnard is a Saint Lucian born inventor who has been featured on Shark Tank, Forbes, GQ, HDTV and NPR. Joshua currently owns The Cutbuddy and lives on a small truffle farm named Truffletopia.
You must set out to tangibly make a difference in your community.
Johnny Hackett operates a Black-Owned Business directory for the state of North Carolina titled #BlackDollarNC and is an alliance member for businesses with the City of Raleigh’s Office of Economic Development and Innovation, helping to take care of the needs of small business owners in the area.
Stepping out from the underdog mentality.
Jessica is an American professional soccer player for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women’s professional soccer in the United States, and the US women’s national soccer team. She previously played for the Australian W-League team Melbourne Victory as well as the Western New York Flash, Chicago Red Stars, Seattle Reign FC, Portland Thorns FC and Houston Dash. Jessica represented the United States at the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament in 2019.
Patrick K. Porter, PhD, Chief BrainTap Officer
Brain Tap: Dissociating the survival brain and activating the healing brain.
Patrick K. Porter, Ph.D. is the founder and Chief BrainTap Officer at BrainTap™, which was created with a singular mission in mind: to better a billion brains. Dr. Porter has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, Entrepreneur and INC magazines and on ABC, NBC, CBS and the Discovery Channel. He is head of mind-based studies at Quantum University and is a licensed trainer of NLP. He is the author of six books including his popular Thrive in Overdrive: How to Navigate Your Overloaded Lifestyle.
The Power of Communication and Body Language
Rodney is a body language expert with more than 18 years of law enforcement experience. He holds a BA in Criminal Justice and an MS in Criminal Justice Administration and has extensive training in body language, interview and interrogation, statement analysis, and micro expressions. His extensive training, education, and practice of nonverbal communication has made him an expert and consultant to his fellow law enforcement colleagues as well as entrepreneurs and others interested in learning about micro expressions and body language.
How do you change a culture? How do you foster harmony where there is conflict? How do you remain an individual while working within a massive, sometimes oppressive system? Joe Winters’ life is a story of contradictions, bright-burning personal passion and humble public service that has much to teach us about our turbulent times.
Billy Warden is a writer and TV producer as well as the lead singer with the alt-glam band The Floating Children and co-founder of the strategic communications firm GBW Strategies. His journalism and multimedia projects often focus on “underdogs, iconoclasts and oddballs; people who blaze their own trails, challenge conventionality and sometimes move the culture.”
How to stand out in a world of keywords, recruiters, and gatekeepers – especially during a critical time.
Larisa is an Experienced Senior Recruiter with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceutical, CRO and tech industries. Strong human resources professional with a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies focused in Global Studies from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her focus on the “personal relationships” in recruiting is what makes her approach different. “Let’s connect you to someone that is able to help is” a motto she strongly believes in, and does her best to implement in daily life. | <urn:uuid:ff2cb1d8-47dd-4956-b792-818415794da8> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | http://tedxraleigh.com/speakers/ | 2021-06-22T16:17:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488519183.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20210622155328-20210622185328-00011.warc.gz | en | 0.955559 | 1,019 |
Little info about the trek: –
Type: – Hill fort
Grade: – Easy to medium
Prabalgad Fort, is located between Matheran and Panvel in the Indian State of Maharashtra, at an elevation of 2,300 feet in the Western Ghats. It was built at the pinnacle of the rocky plateau very close to Matheran. Previously, the fort was known as Muranajan until it was taken over and renamed by the Maratha forces under Ch. Shivaji’s rule.
Itinerary for this trek:
Sat 20th May.
7:30 pm Meeting point at panvel station
Move to thakurwadi By Jeep 830 pm
Start Trek to prabalmahi
10:30 pm Dinner.at Prabalmachi
rest, camp fire,
( tent or homestay.)
Sun 21st. May.
4:00 am wake up call, refreshments/brekfast,
4:30 am start trek for top of the fort prabalgad
6:00 Am atop.
explore, photos, rest,
7:00 Am start descend and reach machi for BF at 8:30 am
11:00 pM thakurwadi
Move to panvel by bus or jeep
The charges for the trek will be Rs 750- per head,
*For Registration transfer Rs. 750.00 per person in the given a/c. ()Group of 4+ wil get 50/- off pp)
Morning Tea and Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation in Tent or homestay
Entry Charges if Any
Guide and Administrative Charges
any thing not mentioned above
*For Registration transfer Rs. 750.00 per person in the given a/c.
Important Note: One needs to deposit full payment into the following bank account to confirm his/her registration.
Bank Name: Bank of India
Account No: 005210110004779
Account Type: Savings
Account name: Yogesh Alekari.
(Onece the payment is done please send us the transaction reference number, participant name, contact number to email@example.com)
Note: Maximum 20 seats
Things To Carry: –
- Water Bottle (~2.5 Ltrs) ( must).
-Camera, Cell Phone (Optional).
-Pls avoid wearing Gold and other ornaments.
-Some ready to eat food. Plum cakes, Biscuits etc..
-Medicine those if u require usually (Optional).
-Extra Pair of clothes, Good trekking shoes, A haversack to put all these things..
For confirmation pls reply here or do contact on or whtsaap
Yogesh : 9702525435
kailash JD : 8652125925
Mahesh : 9004262229
Sagar (pune) :8605273520
1. Smoking and drinking alcohol is strictly prohibited.
2. Trek leader’s decision will be final and binding.
3. team Ultimate Hikers reserves all the right to change/deviate/cancel the plans without prior notice.
*Hiking / Trekking / Rock climbing is an adventurous activity and accidents can happen in spite of taking utmost caution and care.
*The club will not be responsible for injury / accident / death to the participant while on trek.
Its Important to be fit before going for Treks. It is Important to have a medical fitness check up done.
*If suffering from any allergy or ailment, please bring prescribed medicines to prevent serious health problem including heatstroke,sever headache, cough, dehydration and hypothermia. Participants suffering from chronic conditions like asthma bronchitis, blood pressure,
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Friday, 3rd October 2008
Starting at 10pm and finishing at 8am
SEOne Club London Bridge, Weston Street, SE1 London UK
With another summer has gone by and after many adventures in the fields the we are preparing for another magical season of your favourite indoor festival!
Following a trademark dispute earlier this year with the Camberwell-based Synergy Centre, The Synergy Project has agreed to change its name to Luminopolis (meaning “city of light”). Although often confused due their similar names and shared roots, The Synergy Project and The Synergy Centre have always been separate organisations – our name change simply reflects this and clears up the confusion – The Synergy Project is dead! Long live Luminopolis!!
However rest assured that nothing about the event itself will change and Luminopolis will still be organised by us – the same production crew that ran The Synergy Project. We will continue to gather an ever growing community of creative, and pro-active organizations involving musicians, producers, Djs, Vjs, performers, healers, organizers, activists, intellectuals, and forward thinking individuals, coming together to promote and support the work of NGO’s and charities, and hopefully inspire many to get involved in the ever growing movement for social and environmental regeneration.
A collaboration of new and exciting projects brings you an evening of new-age progressive trance, with a splash of techno from the outer realms. Hosted by Echo System Productions and Furthur Project Recordings, who are combining to bring you an evening of aural entertainment and visual stimulation with some of the finest artists from across Europe.
Echo System Productions & Furthur Project Recordings presents…
Insane Creation (Live)
Hypnotic melodic progressive trance
Fusion of house, electro and progressive elements.
Ignorant Fairy (Live)
New direction in upbeat techno.
Mix of the finest techno progressive electronica.
Rolling, energetic progressive grooves.
Effortless progressive combining psychedelic effects, melodies and percussion.
Phat and funky bass driven music
Visuals: Extra Dimensional Space Agency
in the Red Room…
Future Music events host club nights aimed at promoting some of the most cutting edge sounds present in the contemporary world of Electronic Music. Future Music will bring to Luminopolis producers and Djs from the world of Tech-Funk, Breakbeats, Electro and PsyBreaks all presented in a full immersive cutting edge multimedia environment…
Pumping breakbeats from the award winning producer
Heavy beats and bass from the Bristol producer
(Ruff Dog/Brighton Breaks)
Cornwell based Tech-Funker hits the London dancefloor
Pimpin’ Psychadelic Breaks
(Native State Records – US)
IDM infused PsyBreaks
(Point Red / Indica)
Electro Breakbeat mashup from the Spanish Dj
‘A journey through dubstep: Past, Present and Future’
Deco & Video by Extra Dimensional Space Agency and Inside Solutions
in the Cream Room…
One of the UK’s finest festival shows.
Returning from a mindblowing Summer Season.
The best festival Bands, cheekiest DJ’s, Cabaret and Walkabouts.
Live Acts, an eclectic upbeat salad of Swing, Balkan, Gypsy & World ,
Funk, Ska and general Boogaloo.
Interwoven by dj’s dropping from Breaks, Electro and Trance back to Balkan,
Latin and Swing with everything fun inbetween.
The Great Apes
Invited to headline Luminopolis after storming at Glastonbury
Planetman and the Internationalz
Afrobeat Reggae and Carnival Party
Psychedelic Gypsy, Funk, and North African 6 piece.
Upbeat Swing and Jitterbug
Tall Will, Pony, Wanton Eric, and Charlston
Fair Trade Cafe, Comfy Sofas, Carpeted Chill-out areas.
in the Blue Room…
Folktronica events gather artists from sophisticated contemporary forms of music born from the encounter between traditional live instrumentation and computer generated sound manipulation. A harmonious blend of the organic with the synthetic, which has given birth to a new evolution of sound.
The Netherlands’ finest brings his melodic IDM sound to the UK
Higher Intelligence Agency
Minimal beats and atmospheric frequencies
(Toytronic / Seed / Just Music)
Live cinematic glitchy electronica
Son Ver (live)
(Disconnected / Line Out Records)
Full live experimental ambient quartet
(Maternity / Folktronica)
Post-rock IDM textures, celebrating the launch of his first EP
(Native State / Folktronica / Future Music)
(IDSpiral / Blood Tribe / Maternity)
Downtempo set from the man behind Fluid Radio
Deco & Video by idLite and Inside Solutions
Inspiration Hall presents an inspiring collection of talks, debates, workshops, performances, and art, giving insights to where we have come from, where we are now, and where we are going.
It was 20 years ago today…
THE “SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE” 20th ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM
Like the ‘First Summer of Love’ which started in Haight-Ashbury and went on to change the world, this important happening spread fast from places like London and Ibiza and likewise changed the world. We invite you to participate as we go back in time to 1988 and see why, where, when and how the ‘Second Summer of Love’ happened and the impact it had on both the Mainstream and the Counterculture.
A panel featuring Counterculture visionary FRASER CLARK (founder of the legendary groundbreaking alternative club ‘Megatripolis’) and KATE ‘MAGIC’ WOOD (author of the much awaited forthcoming book on the history of the ‘Second Summer of Love’: ’88: The Untold History of a Revolution), MARK HELEY (Waveform Festival), MIXMASTER MORRIS (The Irresistible Force) and WAYNE ANTHONY (author of ‘Class of 88’) will help lead the path to the past with a view to understanding the present state of the rave scene and navigating into the future as well. Music and film from the period will feature as well. This event is a don’t miss for all Luminopolitans.
Host: Jeff (‘GoodJeff’) Laster
Co-Host: Susanna La Fond
Talks and Debates
hosted by Alex Lee, Jeff Laster, and Susanna LaFond
20 years ago today – the birth of Rave symposium with Fraser Clarke (Megatripolis), Kate Magic (88:Untold History of a Revolution), Mark Heley (Waveform Festival), Mixmaster Morris (The Irresistible Force) and Wayne Anthony (Class of 88)
Matt Morris – Performers Without Borders
presenting film of their recent trip teaching street children in India, plus Q&A and short performance
Richard Reynolds – Guerilla Gardening
how to create gardens in unused urban space
Leo Plaw – visionary artist
presenting his latest works
Oxfam – Sisters on the Planet
film and Q&A on the impacts climate change is having on communities and particularly women around the world
Open Mic with Brian Viziondanz
come and have your say!
Plus a short tribute to Ken Campbell
Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys – the beautiful and unique sound of the hang drum
Paradox – one-legged existential stand-up beat poetry
Ben Mellor – climate activist poetry sensation
Karine – enchanting contact juggling
Wendalena – live portrait drawing classes (find her in her usual spot in the small world room)
Guerilla Gardening – make a seed bomb
Leo Plaw & Luke Brown – visionary art workshop and LIVE PAINTING demonstration
Things We Love – draw what you love
Soctopi – learn to make recycled sock puppets and masks
Friday 3rd of October, 2008
Starting at 10pm and finishing at 8am @ the SeOne club, Weston Street, London Bridge.
Limited number of cheaper advanced tickets are available for £15 plus booking fee from our website until Sunday the 28th of September, or for £20 thereafter and on the door, £17 concessions are only available on the door with valid proof.
If you do not have enough money for the ticket please get in touch with us and find out how you can get involved! =)
Please bring ID if you look like you still might be in your teens.
Please do not buy from touts! You will not get admitted to the club
Online tickets are available via the online shop @
www.luminopolis.org or also www.accessallareas.org
Order over the phone from +44 (0)20 7267 8320
Physical Tickets from:
Access All Areas – 2nd Floor, 30c Camden Lock Place, London NW1 8AF
Inspiral Lounge – 250 Camden High Street, Camden Lock, NW1 8QS
StarTessa – unit 522 Camden stables market (former Psychedelic Dream Temple)
for questions please email email@example.com
FREE ENTRY with a “Green Card”
Every other home in the UK can save money by changing to a green energy tariff.
It tariff takes just 5 mins, slashes your CO2 footprint and could save
Visit www.realpeoplepower.org/luminopolis NOW to see if you can
change to green. Make the change by 2 weeks prior to the event to gain Free Entry to Luminopolis!
Or if you just want to become a friend of Luminopolis, join us at www.myspace.com/luminopolis
We are happy to meet you!
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Working out 5 times a week and haven’t lost an inch? Counting calories and the scale hasn’t budged? Stressed out because you are doing everything right to get fit and nothing to show for it?!! Prepared to snap at the smallest thing because you have been deprived of your favorite sweets and treats? Ready to drown your sorrows with a movie and a gallon of mint chocolate chip ice cream? On the verge of a mental breakdown because being fit is impossible?
When I encounter these obstacles with clients I immediately FLIP THE FOCUS and sure enough it works every time! Shifting the focus is definitely not an easy process but the benefit will be well worth the suffering. In order to flip the focus slowly take them away from a lose mentality to a gain mentality. We stop thinking about losing weight, inches, and body fat and begin to focus on things that are being gained along this frustrating process. Things gained like learning new exercises. Pointing out personal records in the weight room. Positives like stumbling across some healthy food options that you genuinely enjoy. Gains like figuring out that you are actually dedicated this time and not yo-yoing.
One of the most common traits in successful people is the ability to visualize. Once you can envision yourself in your perfect body you will have undoubtedly taken a giant step toward achieving your goal. Having your mind in the right place as you work to accomplish your goal is the most important thing you can do for yourself. Once you can flip your focus, your mindset will have changed and your body will absolutely follow suit!
How long will you keep working at your goals??? …UNTIL you achieve them!
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Last week, for the first time since social distancing began, I went out to our riparian restoration site in Pitt Meadows. Since the last time I visited, it had transformed from muddy, brown, and bare to lush and green. It has been a fascinating thing to witness the hand-planted shrubs and trees grow each year and get established. Getting a taste of being out in the field again was definitely the highlight of my week. As we aren’t quite ready to have in-person meetups with volunteers, I wanted to give you all a bit of an update on the site.
For those who are less familiar with our restoration project, work was performed in two phases at a section of streambank on the Katzie Slough. Site One underwent invasive plant removal and replanting in early 2017. Site Two was cleared and replanted in Sept 2019. In total, we restored roughly 200 m of streambank that was once filled with invasive grasses and blackberry.
Now entering it’s fourth growing season, Site One looks great! Plants such as Nootka rose and hardhack are well established, propagating, and filling in the gaps. The willows and maples are getting taller. There are visible trails that are being used by critters, such as beaver, to move between the water and streambank. The site is alive with the sound of insects and birds.
Site Two is just entering its first growing season. Plant survival is good so far, but the site may require some watering this summer if things get too dry. Though Site Two looks a bit sparse compared to Site One, it will fill in with some time and attention.
Both sites will require ongoing maintenance to ensure that the native plants survive and thrive. The invasive blackberry and grasses are ever present, and we need to make sure, especially at our recently planted Site Two, that we give our native plants space and time to get established. The current pandemic has put our plans for volunteer-supported maintenance out the window but I will still be out there taking care of the sites! I hope you can join me soon!
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Set, logo, character design and complete show graphic packages all begin with a little imagination. A couple wisps of the digital paint brush and the fireworks begin. When it comes to set design, logistics are always in the plans.
By providing a full range of services including storyboards, look & feel, development, directing, and on-set supervision, we are there to shoot wherever the story takes us. We provide everything a client needs, and of course the freshest donuts.
Our Emmy Award winning team brings diligent, creative and collaborative artistry to every project. From off-line to finishing, short form to episodic, we bring a diverse and experienced tool-set to deliver content across all platforms.
As access to Branded content and Social video expands exponential around the globe, localization is essential to convey your message precisely for existing and new territories. Providing language specific versions including Hardcoding (Titles, Lower 3rds, Disclaimers & Lock-up) will help to maximize your ROI.
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London, Jan 14: Syria and the regions surrounding the country are facing a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, a new report has said.
International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Commission on Syrian Refugees said that the two-years-old uprising and civil war to oust President Bashar al-Assad has brought the Middle East into a new ‘human displacement tragedy’.
The report titled ‘Syria: A Regional Crisis’, said that ‘current assistance levels are drastically insufficient to address existing needs, let alone the barest requirements to respond to a lengthy humanitarian emergency and post-conflict recovery.’
The IRC’s report further said that over 600,000 Syrians have fled so far to overburdened neighbouring countries, and the UN anticipates the figure could soon exceed one million if the exodus continues at its current pace of about 3,000 refugees a day.
The report says Syrian civilians are struggling to survive in communities besieged by violence, chaos and destruction.
Supplies of food, water and electricity have sharply dwindled, sanitation in many areas has halted, increasing the threat of disease, yet medical care has become scarce, the report added.
The report also details horrific levels of sexual violence, describing rape as ‘a significant and disturbing feature of the Syrian civil war.’ (ANI) | <urn:uuid:7bbf9bac-71aa-498c-a5b4-562b4a7e002b> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.indiatalkies.com/2013/01/syria-faces-deepening-humanitarian-catastrophe-report.html | 2014-04-20T21:50:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609539230.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005219-00283-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940008 | 271 |
We should probably start with the obligatory introduction: I’m Theo Wang and I’ve set up this new venture. Some of you may know me previously as one of the co-founders of SORT, the Society Of Revisionist Typographers, which I set-up in 2009 with my fellow London College of Printing graduate Mr Tom Boulton. We both had a deep interest in working with letterpress and doing our best to help keep the craft alive, having had printers in our families. Since then we grew from working with a couple of Adanas in our spare rooms and garages up to having two studios and over seven restored Victorian printing presses. With these we designed and manufactured our extensive range of letterpress products and stationery items plus we worked with some fantastic clients including the V&A, Tate Modern, the Southbank Centre, the Design Museum, the Museum of London, Fortnum & Mason and many others.
Alas, times change and we have decided to both move on to new endeavours. As Print & Ephemera, I’ll definitely be continuing with letterpress printing; keeping the treadle press running and developing a new range of products as well as running workshops and taking on commissions of all shapes and sizes.
But, as you may have guessed from the name, I’ll be expanding the range of services and products to include some other crafts and kindred trades. Long before we set up SORT I had a deep-rooted love of typography and vintage advertising, both from an aesthetic point of view and the language used. In particular I had an interest in printed ephemera; the throw-away items that are not meant to last forever; billheads, bus tickets, packaging, pamphlets, chapbooks, matchboxes and many more. It was this that led me to becoming a letterpress printer but also fostered my interest in sign writing, especially in London with its plethora of “ghost signs” that can still be seen if you look hard enough. Additionally, it’s through having spent a significant amount of time working with antique, turn of the century equipment that has resulted in me branching out into tool restoration and renovating utilitarian / industrial furniture. Both of these crafts will be added to the list of products and services I’m developing. | <urn:uuid:2c0f7b8a-4bbd-45eb-bf8d-810f8a16b282> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://printandephemera.co.uk/news-2/welcome-to-print-ephemera-2/ | 2019-04-22T09:07:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578548241.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20190422075601-20190422101601-00335.warc.gz | en | 0.967723 | 475 |
It is all very well creating a circus but what of the act? The hype and hysteria surrounding Diego Maradona's arrival in Scotland was stripped away last night and the immense challenge of leading Argentina into another golden era laid bare. It was a tentative first step for a team with designs on a third World Cup in 2010, a giant leap for a manager who has a legion of admirers but is confronting a world full of doubters, too.
Maradona had arrived at Hampden Park as only he could, standing beside a drummer at the front of the Argentina team coach, banging the beat on the windows as he conducted his players in song. It was how he conducted them as a team that mattered, of course, and the clenched-fist salute that greeted the final whistle signalled a personal battle won. Argentina will rest a little easier today knowing there may be substance in their icon's surprise appointment after all.
"I have dedicated myself 100% this week to lifting the morale of the players," said Maradona. "We needed to get out of a bad run. We reached a low point with the defeat against Chile but it wasn't a case of blaming other people but working out why. The national association didn't sit back, they appointed a new coach and I have succeeded in removing the fear of defeat from the players. It has been a long time since we won and expressed ourselves on the pitch like that. Tonight we played for the blue and white and for the people of Argentina."
Before last night Maradona had presided over only three wins in a 23-game managerial career but Hampden has always been an inviting arena for England's nemesis. "Thank you for 1986" proclaimed one banner in the Tartan Army section and, while there was no handshake with Terry Butcher - "Who is Butcher?" he asked, mischievously - victory gave Maradona sufficient ammunition against his detractors - for now. This was never an occasion for the 48-year-old to offer a conclusive answer in the debate over whether great players make great managers.
As always in a legendary career, and sadly in this instance, drama remained a close companion. Argentina's head coach had given serious consideration to walking away from his first game in international management, at the scene of his first international goal in 1979, due to complications with his daughter's pregnancy. Sergio Agüero, Argentina's brilliant young striker and the partner of Giannina, returned home late on Tuesday night and only the instruction of his 18-year-old daughter prevented Maradona accompanying the Atlético Madrid star to the Spanish capital.
"Tonight I was thinking of my daughter Giannina and her baby," he said, prior to making that journey to a Madrid hospital late last night. "The lads have been a great support at a very difficult time for me. They wore the shirt with great pride. My daughter was happy for me to be the head of the Argentina national team and that is why I am here."
Maradona had promised "a feast of football" for the Scottish crowd by way of a thank-you for the undying affection he won in these parts by punching England out of the 1986 World Cup. He did not promise, however, to be a manager obsessed with recreating past attacking glories at the expense of his defence. Without a Maradona on the field, and with Argentina having won only one of their last eight games, he cannot afford to be.
The performance of the Argentina defence here highlighted an obvious flaw and improvement will be required if Maradona's men are to withstand more serious threats en route to South Africa. Fortunately the head coach has enviable talent elsewhere. Javier Mascherano, the reluctant new captain in place of Javier Zanetti, underpinned an otherwise encouraging display.
Maradona began with a traditional 4-4-2 in name but with Newcastle's Jonás Gutiérrez and Maxi Rodríguez of Atlético Madrid given the freedom to support their forwards from the flanks, Argentina resembled a 4-2-4 during an opening when George Burley's team rarely saw the ball.
"For the first 25 minutes we were excellent but unfortunately after scoring our first goal we couldn't capitalise on any more chances," Maradona said. "But we were always in control of the ball and it was a deserved victory."
The first goal of his reign was true to the architect's grand design, an immaculate one-touch move involving Zanetti, Carlos Tevez, Rodríguez, Tevez again, Gutiérrez and finally Rodríguez again bringing the visiting bench to its feet. Only Maradona stayed sitting. The man who as a spectator cheered his way through the 2006 World Cup in Germany sat with his arms folded before rising to nod his approval. The journey has begun. | <urn:uuid:41b7066c-79e2-4bda-8d51-408ff9f56c75> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/nov/20/diego-maradona-argentina/print | 2014-12-27T20:30:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1419447552814.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20141224185912-00076-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978159 | 1,001 |
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Me: Uh..huh… Sure.. Wait, is that Emma Watson? The kid from Harry Potter? Dude, c’mon – She’s just a kid!
LKB: Hello! She’s 22! That’s just two years younger than me!
Me: But still, this is wrong. Just plain wrong.
*LKB is busy scrolling through the pictures*
LKB: Damn, she’s nude but they don’t show her boobs anywhere! Lots of cleavage but no boobs!
Me: Ok… So?
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Me: Errrr, you need help. Like professional help. ASAP!
I was 14 years old and I was religiously studying for my Science final exam. The chapter was on crystals.
There was a line that I didn’t quite understand. ‘Diamonds have a very high cleavage‘.
Too lazy to open the dictionary, I asked my dad, hoping that he would shed some light on this mystery.
Me: What does cleavage mean?
Dad: Where did you learn that word?
Me: From my science textbook.
Dad: Ok. Cleavage means, ummmmmm….. Ummmmm… It means…. Ummmmm…. How do I say it? I think you better check the dictionary.
Left with no option, I opened the good old Oxford dictionary. This is what it said.
Cleavage: (\ˈklē-vij\) The depression between a woman’s breasts especially when made visible by a low-cut neckline.
Me: Man, this dictionary is wrong! Womans breasts it seems! Seesh!
Fast forward six years later.
GF: Oh baby! You should buy me a diamond solitaire!
Me: For what joy?
GF: So that I can show off! Imagine the how beautiful my neck will look! Not to mention the cleavage!
Me: Cleavage huh? Interesting. Oh wait! Now everything makes sense! The connection between men, cleavage and diamonds.
GF: What you thinking about baby? The diamond solitaire?
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One man's trash is another man's treasure and one man's hell just might be a seedy hotel room where there is No Exit (April 7-May 1). Sartre's famous existential masterpiece is reimagined as live cinema at American Conservatory Theater. Meanwhile, ACT's 2011 MFA program presents Horton Foote's The Widow Claire and Courtship (April 21-30) on a double-bill, and also Ion (April 28-30) by Euripides.
Broadway star Jason Graae finds himself in Perfect Hermany (April 3-4) singing Jerry's tunes at the Rrazz Room. He is followed by Steve Ross (April 10-11), Marilu Henner (April 15-16), jazz singer Clairdee in Mad About Gershwin (April 19), Lynda Carter in Wicked Cool (April 20-23), and Veronica Klaus Sings the Music of Peggy Lee (April 25-26).
On the heels of closing their record-setting two-year run of Pearls Over Shanghai (April 9), Thrillpeddlers hope lightening strikes twice with Vice Palace: The Last Cockettes Musical (April 22-July 31). Russell Blackwood directs this revival of the 1972 musical revue at Hypnodrome as part of their fourth annual Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival. Didik Nini Thowok uses masks and Sundanese, Cirebon, Balinese, Central Javanese dance forms in Gender Mystic (April 21-24) at New Conservatory Theatre Center, exploring transgender culture and historical mystical practices in Indonesia.
Linda Eder sings Now (April 22-23) for two nights of ex-husband Frank Wildhorn's songs on her new CD at the Marines' Memorial Theatre. Suzanne Westenhoefer is Semi-Sweet (April 8-9) for Theatre Rhinoceros at the Victoria Theatre.
Interracial romance and historical tensions abound amid Snow Falling on Cedars (April 1-24) from TheatreWorks in Palo Alto. The play was adapted by Kevin McKeon from the book by David Guterson and is directed by Robert Kelley.
Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley explores The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (April 1-May 8) in honor of Tennessee Williams' centennial. Berkeley Rep presents a new adaptation of Chekov's Three Sisters (April 8-May 22) written by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Les Waters.
EXIT Theatre is home to Sea Turtles: Three Generations of Women Cross the Mediterranean (April 15-30). Actors Theatre of San Francisco rides A Streetcar Named Desire (April 8-May 23). Magic Theatre conjures a rolling world premiere of The Lily's Revenge (April 21-May 22) by Taylor Mac. Lear's daughter gets Noh respect in Cordelia (April 20-May 7) at Theatre Yugen. Peter Callender and Marcus Shelby give a jazz twist to Twelfth Night (April 1-May 1) for African-American Shakespeare Company.
42nd Street Moon wants to Strike Up The Band (April 6-24) at the Eureka Theatre. Broadway San Jose brings the tour of Stomp (April 12-17) to Center for the Performing Arts. Palo Alto Players kneel for Altar Boyz (April 23-May 8). Life is a Cabaret (April 15-May 14) at 6th Street Playhouse and Cinnabar Theatre says Stand By Your Man (April 8-17) in Santa Rosa. Berkeley Playhouse premieres Pride (April 30-May 8), an original musical by Jon Tracy with a score by Scott De Turk. Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre in Livermore gets All Shook Up (April 22-May 8).
The Jewish Theatre San Francisco is Lost in Yonkers (April 1-9) in Palo Alto. Bus Barn Stage goes Camping with Henry and Tom (April 7-30) in Los Altos. Coastal Rep wonders Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (April 1-23), directed by Tim Longo in Half Moon Bay. Lee Sankovich directs the world premiere of Trevor Allen's Lolita Roadtrip (April 6-May 1) at The Stage in San Jose.
The relationship between science and religion is discussed between Galileo's Daughters (April 22-May 8) at Tabard Theatre Company in San Jose. Center Rep features Kerri Shawn as Ann Landers in The Lady with All the Answers ( April 28-May 15) preceded by Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (April 1-30) at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Contra Costa Civic Theatre commits Crimes of the Heart (April 8-May 1) in El Cerrito. Shakespeare's Associates lead A Life in the Theatre (April 1-23) in Livermore.
Children's Musical Theatre of San Jose provides a youthful take on the aging chorines of Chicago (April 15-23) and works an updated version of Starmites (April 28-May). More youthful thesping can be caught in Charlotte's Web (April 1-9) with Palo Alto Children's Theatre. Tri-School Productions -- a collaboration of high-schools Serra, Mercy and Notre Dame -- get to Hillbarn in Foster City by going Into the Woods (April 1-10).
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We’re pleased to share the news that Redscan has been shortlisted as a finalist in three categories at the 2021 SC Awards Europe.
- Best Customer Service
- Best Managed Security Service
- Best SME Security Solution
To be shortlisted by the SC judges, in what is now our fifth successive year as a finalist, is a source of pride for the whole Redscan team. We’ve been recognised at the SC Awards in the past, with high commendations in 2020, 2019 and 2017, as well as the award for Best Customer Service in 2018.
“With a constantly evolving threat landscape, SC Awards Europe has one objective: recognise and reward the people, products and services that exemplify the very best solutions for client-customers and the security sector as a whole.
“The SC Awards Europe are proud to recognise some of the great work that has been taking place within the cyber security sector. Our judges were really impressed with the standard of this year’s entries!” SC Awards Europe
This news comes at an exciting time for Redscan, following our recent acquisition by Kroll, which further strengthens the range of high-quality managed services we deliver to clients. Providing high quality customer service has been at the heart of our vision since we were founded, and it is satisfying to see these efforts recognised once again by the SC judges.
Winners across all SC Awards categories will be announced on 8 June 2021.
Good luck to all the finalists!
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New CANR dean
Rieger named dean of College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
4 p.m., May 31, 2012--Mark Rieger of the University of Florida has been named dean of the University of Delaware's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) following a nationwide search.
Rieger, who will take office Aug. 1, has served as associate dean of the University of Florida's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences since 2006.
He succeeds Robin Morgan, who served as dean of CANR for a decade. Morgan announced in September 2011 that she planned to step down as dean and return to the CANR faculty at the conclusion of the 2011-12 academic year.
"We're thrilled to welcome Mark Rieger to the University of Delaware," UD President Patrick Harker said. "He brings with him the kind of clear vision and commitment to innovation that CANR has enjoyed this last decade under Robin Morgan. Agriculture is such a rich and vital industry in Delaware, and the college has a huge role to play in addressing some of today's most critical issues: environmental protection, renewable energy, human health, food sustainability, global responsibility. I look forward to our continued leadership and influence in these areas with Mark as CANR dean."
"Mark was warmly received by all the constituents with whom he met during the interview process. This includes faculty, professionals, administrators, students, and partners throughout the state," said Nancy Brickhouse, deputy provost. "They were impressed by his knowledge of the agricultural industry as well as his commitment to strong academic values. The role of CANR dean is a complex one and I am convinced we have found the right person to step into this position."
"The search committee is pleased that Mark Rieger will be the next dean," said Charles G. Riordan, UD vice provost for graduate and professional education and chair of the search committee. "Mark articulated a strong and dynamic vision for a contemporary College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He brings experience and creative ideas about how to build connections across campus, the state and the entire Delmarva region that will serve the college well."
“I am absolutely delighted to have been offered the position. From the airport interview onward, the position felt like the right fit, and I am honored to have received such strong support," Rieger said. "It will be a pleasure to work for such talented faculty, staff and students as one finds in the CANR.”
About Mark Rieger
Mark Rieger has served as associate dean and professor in the University of Florida's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences since 2006 and was interim dean in 2010-11.
As associate dean, Rieger had major responsibilities in graduate programs, distance education, statewide degree completion programs, the honors program and international education.
Prior to joining the University of Florida faculty, he was a professor in the University of Georgia's Department of Horticulture from 1999-2006. He joined the University of Georgia faculty as an assistant professor in 1987 and was promoted to associate professor in 1993 and professor in 1999.
Rieger received a bachelor's degree in horticulture in 1982 from the Pennsylvania State University, a master's degree in horticulture in 1984 from the University of Georgia and a doctorate in horticultural sciences in 1987 from the University of Florida.
About the search committee
The CANR dean search committee was convened by Provost Tom Apple and chaired by Riordan.
In addition to Riordan, the committee members included: Mohsen Badiey, deputy dean of the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment and professor of marine science and policy; Kelebogile Setiloane, associate professor of behavioral health and nutrition; Blake Meyers, Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor and chair of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences; Calvin Keeler, professor of animal and food sciences; Joshua Duke, professor of food and resource economics; Judy Hough-Goldstein, professor of entomology and wildlife ecology; James Glancey, associate professor of bioresources engineering; Pam Green, Crawford H. Greenewalt Chair of Plant and Soil Sciences; Susan Garey, Cooperative Extension agent; Carissa Wickens, assistant professor of animal and food sciences; Mark Isaacs, assistant professor of plant and soil sciences; and James C. Borel, DuPont executive vice president and a member of the UD Board of Trustees. | <urn:uuid:e50b4e2c-2d0c-4b0f-8423-4c0aecef68d5> | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/may/rieger-canr-dean-053112.html | 2015-05-27T11:58:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207928965.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113208-00126-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960315 | 917 |
Hardware news tagged DS
Friday, October 22, 2010
Nintendo: Apple Is More Significant Threat Than Microsoft.
Nintendo Considers Apple as a Major Threat
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Microsoft Forms Games Studios Mobile Gaming.
Microsoft Starts to Take Mobile Gaming Seriously
Monday, May 17, 2010
Apple – The Enemy of the Future, Claims President of Nintendo.
Nintendo Admits Apple Threat for Its Business
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Cloud-Based Streaming Services Will Not Replace Consoles in Years – Nintendo.
Nintendo: Home Consoles Will Not Become Obsolete
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Nintendo Names 3DS Biggest Handheld Launch Since 2004.
Nintendo Pins Loads of Hopes onto 3DS Game Console
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Nintendo Not Worried About Gaming Capabilities of Apple iPad.
Nintendo Does Not Consider Apple iPad a Rival
Friday, December 5, 2008
Fake Nintendo DS Portable Video Game Consoles Seized in the UK.
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As a founder member of Mystery Women in 1997, promoting Crime Fiction has always been my passion.
Following the closure of Mystery Women, a new group was formed on 30th January 2012 promoting crime fiction.
New reviews are posted daily, but to search for earlier reviews please click on the Mystery People link below and select 'reviews' from the welcome page. This will display an alphabetic option for you to find the review you would like to read
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Published by Penguin Books, 11 January 2018. ISBN
978-0- 241-28309-7 (OPB)
eight-year-old Daisy Mason goes missing from her parent’s home on the Canal
Manor estate in Oxford all hell is let loose. Whilst the Police, volunteers and
neighbours all do their utmost to find her, others in the media along with
on-line observers are not slow in coming forwards with their comments on what
they believe has happened to the little girl and whom they believe has taken
DI Adam Fawley, a very human chap who is still
suffering from the tragic death of his own son, leads the Police
investigation. As the search continues we learn that Daisy disappeared
from a fancy-dress barbeque party with fireworks that her mother had organized
in her back garden. But then we begin to wonder if Daisy was ever
actually at the party? Nobody remembers seeing her there, although some
of the guests and her parents do remember seeing a child in Daisy’s fancy dress running around at the
party. Is it possible, one wonders, that a parent wouldn’t realize
that the child in Daisy’s dress wasn’t Daisy? Also interesting is the
circumstance that Daisy hadn’t invited her two best friends to the party until
she knew they couldn’t come. Again, one wonders why.
Sharon and Barry Mason, Daisy’s parents, are not
exactly ideal role models for parenthood. In an extraordinary series of
revelations more and more potentially incriminating information about their
backgrounds, and present and previous behaviour, comes to light. You wouldn’t
think it possible for two people to have either caused, or experienced, so many
adverse circumstances in their comparatively short lives. None of the
additional intelligence puts either of them in a good light, particularly as
each of them has now begun to blame the other for Daisy’s disappearance.
Cara Hunter is a masterful weaver of an
extraordinarily complicated and ultimately deceitful network of threads. Close to Home is a book that you simply
can’t put down, but nobody should be surprised that this tangled web of
corrupted lives leads to a truly shocking ending.
Reviewer: Angela Crowther
is the pen name of an established British novelist who lives and works in
Oxford. She also studied for a degree and PhD in English literature at Oxford
University. The second book in the DI Adam Fawley series
will be published July 2018.
Angela Crowtheris a
retired scientist. She has published many scientific papers but, as yet,
no crime fiction. In her spare time Angela belongs to a Handbell Ringing
group, goes country dancing and enjoys listening to music, particularly the
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MFT & MOFGA Winter Film Series: Gather
March 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.
The film will begin at 6pm followed by a Zoom panel discussion at 7pm with members of Maine’s indigenous community who are working on food sovereignty here. Meet the panelists:
Heather Augustine of Wabanaki REACH and a Miꞌkmaq tribal member
Kessi Watters Kimball: I am a Mi’kmaq food and medicine producer based out of Kennebec county in traditional Wabanaki territory. I organize and educate with Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective. We practice and support the People’s Agroecology Process. Part of EWR’s current focus is to develop a Rematriation School to facilitate the dissemination of traditional ecological knowledge from our elders to our youth groups across the inter-tribal regions of the Northeast. I am passionate about restoring access to traditional fishing, fowling, hunting and gathering grounds- a recognition of our international treaty rights and sovereignty. I am equally passionate about feeding hungry folks healthy locally produced foods. I approach these issues from the perspective of a mother, auntie and educator…with compassion and openness.
Registration and viewing will be hosted via virtual cinema platform, Storyspaces.
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A few days ago, I was honoured to speak to a group of soldiers from the New Zealand Defence College, who were travelling around China as part of their course study.
Speaking in front of an open audience in China – particularly, when there are senior generals from the PLA (People Liberation Army) and sharing a platform with the New Zealand Consul General, – it is necessary to moderate what issues and opinions are expressed, for fear of causing offence.
I stress offence, and NOT prohibition, because there is no blanket ban on speaking in China for a limited audience in English, but if something is interpreted incorrectly by a member of the audience then, because China is a shame based-society (or a society of ‘face’), the misunderstandings can escalate into a bit more than an unhappy look.
This article is some of the things that I would have said, were it not for this issue.
The very first thing, which is directly related to the above statement, is that China is a unique country, in that the general population feel they are instruments of government wherever foreigners are concerned.
The government, at all levels, is very vocal in disseminating information about governance and what is happening. That’s not a criticism, by the way – the government simply is very good, and has hundreds of news channels, at spreading the good news of what the government is doing and since they completely control every single channel of information, the ordinary person has a very rosy picture of how wonderful their leaders are, and full knowledge of what the government wants the people to know about the policy.
This message, is then absorbed by the population, and reaffirmed by individual interactions on the ground.
When the US bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, the entire student population came out onto the streets – not to beat foreigners up, but to assail any foreigner on the street, and thrust petitions in the foreigners’ face, saying what a terrible country the US was, and how they must be called to account.
Likewise, when there is tension between China and another foreign country such as the situations with France over the Olympic Torch incident, Japan over the Diaoyu Islands, and Norway over awarding the Nobel Peace prize to Liu Xiaobo, then on the street, the overwhelming majority of people will react to that tension and take matters into their own hands – French supermarkets were blockaded, Japanese cars were smashed, and Norwegian salmon was refused entry at ports.
These were not specifically mandated government actions – they were the actions of the local people taking these matters into their own hands and implementing and reflecting official government stance.
In daily conversation with local people, these issues form the bedrock of the subject matter – every single aspect of the way in which China has been unfairly treated is dragged across the coals (frankly, often ad nauseam) and there is an overriding requirement that the foreigner should agree wholeheartedly with the speaker’s opinion.
There are several reasons behind this and while the facile explanation is that it is a result of the people feeling nervous to discuss local issues for fear of being accosted, but the reality is much deeper and understanding the dynamics is one of the keys to understanding China.
China’s history has been isolationist in the extreme. For the majority of the 3000 years of history in China, China’s doors have been closed as a society.
There has certainly been trade, but generally the prevailing flow has been one-way trade. China has rejected foreign influence and integration for thousands of years.
This has created a society that looks inward rather than outward and sees anything outside of China as alien, outside, barbarian, ‘not us’.
The reasons for this inward-looking characteristic was possibly formed by the fact that outside were a group of savage people – the XiongNu, for example – who invaded China over and over again, and when they invaded they didn’t come for tea and biscuits – they came for rapine, plunder and mayhem.
The world learned the fear created by these tribes when the XiongNu reinvented themselves as the Hun (as the smart money says) and took their brand of invasion across the Steppes into Europe and drove the Goths into the Roman empire, setting the stage for the collapse of European civilization at that stage.
It was the brutal incursions of these tribes of people that created the mindset of building the Great Wall of China – of finding a space of natural safety – surrounded by walls, mountains, rivers and anything at all that stood in the way of these barbarian tribes from the Steppes.
Growing in isolation with a mindset of building security systems to stay safe, created a very strong idea in the minds of the Chinese about protection and security, that echoes today.
Over the period of Chinese history, whenever, things were quiet from external invasion, there was often civil strife – dynasties rose and fell, and the interregnum periods were almost universally defined by the chaos, famine, killing, death and disease that emanated from the breakdown of civil society.
The last period of this civil strife is well within the living memory of China today.
From around 1820 until 1949 communities were the prey of massive banditry, civil war and warlords, constant military action between rival factions (the Tai Ping Rebellion killed around 30 million people), corruption, famine, organized crime and all the accompanying misery that these things brought.
In the settling down period of the 1949 establishment of the new China, there were countless millions killed or starved or were struggled to death during the Great Leap Forward, the Hundred Flower Campaign, the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath.
It’s in living memory – not history book memory. Not stories from another age – but in the grandparents of today’s living memory.
This echo and the pattern of thinking these events have left entrenched in the people’s mind, is the utter need for security.
There can be no gap in the fence – anywhere at all. Every single action is judged under this magnifying glass – who can get in, who can steal something from me, who can jump the fence.
Yesterday there was noise in our stairwell from workmen working on the front door of the next-door neighbor. There as a huge brand-new door locking system being installed.
To frame this, we live in a secure compound – 4-meter fences, double electric fence, razor wire, motion sensors, enough security guards to man a battleship, and an existing steel door with no less than 5 bolts securing it.
To even get into the stairwell would entail such a performance keeping out of the way of the 15-minute checking of the security guard and sneaking past the eyes of the guard who sits looking at the stairwell door while he guards the car-park
There is no way that there is any need for extra door security at all.
But having said that – if something in China is NOT watched or tied down, there is a very good chance it will be stolen – personally, I’ve lost three motorbikes (parked outside the paid parking area) and any number of pushbikes, along with phones, bags and other possessions that weren’t watched carefully enough. The strangest theft was a wet old smelly carpet that was drying on the fence and could be reached from the street.
Going back to the thinking in the mind of the neighbor – he had assessed that there was a sliver of a chance that he could be robbed, beaten or worse so the door security had to be upgraded.
This is how China as a nation thinks geopolitically – there is a huge requirement on every level to stop any chance of anyone stealing secrets, causing trouble, spying, or infringing on China’s rights.
During the long slow breakdown of the Qing Dynasty western powers jumped into China and pretty much, in the minds of the Chinese people, committed all of the atrocities that the XiongNu had committed over the past thousands of years.
Japan invaded and unmercifully slaughtered China’s citizens – within living memory. As bad as any of the barbarian tribes in the past – armed with modern weapons and modern tactics Japan was able reside in China for 14 years.
With the western powers all taking their bit of China – the Opium Wars and the Unequal Treaties forced on the weakened Qing at that time – and with these acts being actively taught and remembered in schools – there is still a very strong residue of distaste for this part of history and an even stronger desire that this never happens again
The foremost requirement of people and nations in the Chinese cosmos, after they are fed, sheltered and clothed, is to create a security blanket – lock everything down and stay inside.
This process is now manifesting in China with the new strident national
ism and outward show of power – the aircraft carriers, the South China Sea, the portrayal in all the media of the new strong China.
This is standing up – this is cutting off any possible avenues for breakdown in security.
Then there is another very strong dynamic running through Chinese history – the dynastic cycle itself. Some people have commented that China does not have 5,000 years of history, but 300 years of history repeated over and over. And on looking at the dynastic ebb and flow that is pretty much on the money.
A dynasty is established – the first emperor was strong, dynamic, and unifying – followed by a couple of really good emperors – his children and grandchildren. The dynasty gets established, civil society and peace returns and the people have some years of security and calm – and a closed door.
Then the decadence and rot sets in – the succeeding emperors forget and lose sight of what got them there and all the problems emerge, until there is another rebellion or two, before the new dynasty starts the process all over again.
And the pattern of thought in the minds of the people is confirmed over and over again.
China has established itself as a world leader once more – whether it is the preeminent power right now is probably debatable, but it isn’t far off – another 20 years the position that China has occupied for its entire history (at least the last 2,000 years) will be unassailably #1 on every metric.
So, now China is wondering what to do with the open doors that got back on its feet.
It’s not the same – the world has changed – communication technologies have seen the world shrink to a village – and it is now not as easy as before to shut the door.
Deng Xiao Ping saw the development of Chinese society towards a more open global society but recently there has been a walk towards the direction of a more closed society – the Great Firewall of China just gets more and more powerful, civil society has been constrained enormously – right now the most endangered species in China is not the panda but the lawyer who dares defend a person on human rights issues.
This period in China’s development is the most critical period for China – it has never ultimately worked out well for China when the door gets shut – no matter how powerful China is – because in the words of Bo Yang – who wrote the book – The Ugly Chinaman:
A culture of any people is like a long, expansive river, surging on and on. However, over time, many foul and filthy things in the river, like the dead bodies of fish, cats, and rats, start to collect and settle to the bottom, prevent the water from flowing freely, and the river eventually becomes a stagnant pool. The more years go by, the greater the accumulation piles up, and the further it putrefies, turning the river into a pot of fermented soy paste, or a pit of sludge, exhaling an acrid stench.
If China, were to follow its traditional history at this point and gradually, or in worst case scenario, hastily, shut out the rest of the world, then at some stage in the future, the old demons of corruption, nepotism, landlordism, and usury, will inevitably emerge.
In the reign of the third Qing Emperor (Qianlong) the door was shut to foreign in-bound trade because the silver was the emperors and he needed it to pay for all his girlfriends and rice wine.
The result of that little decision was that Great Britain – who at that time were the big gorilla in the world because of the wealth generated by the Industrial Revolution – looked assiduously for a way to stop the outflow of silver from their neck of the woods, and find something that could get the flow going in the opposite direction – they found it in the poppy plant from India.
It’s wrong to say that Britain introduced opium to China – they introduced a much better-quality opium – which got the opium addicts all excited – or rather not excited – just very dreamy.
Time and again, if you close the door, then the door is somehow prised open – and China knows this – the government knows that unless trade is reciprocal then problems come from down the line.
China is grappling with this – since the people themselves are agents of government policy – the people themselves try their absolute hardest to avoid paying for overseas goods unless it is property purchase, luxury goods to show your neighbors how wealthy you are, or education for your children.
I fight my own staff almost daily when I go and engage outsource companies from abroad from time to time:
‘No, no, no – we will find someone China who can do it’
‘Yes.’ I opine ‘You have had two weeks to find someone at a reasonable price and failed utterly.’
5 minutes later, we have a local, who has dropped their price by 98.3% and can miraculously can finish the job before it is even started.
Keep your silver in your country’s purse.
A little-known fact is that paper money was created in the province of Sichuan because the government was firstly worried about the amount of silver leaving the country from trade with the areas in and around Tibet, and then even the replacement ‘cash’ or iron coins, were disappearing too fast.
So, coming back to the premise of this article, how China is framed by history, I believe that the real question everyone is trying to understand about China ultimately boils down to the double question, which I am asked over and over again, and, is the question that, I believe, the worlds people are asking over and over again:
What is happening in China right now? and what is going to happen in China in the future?
And both these questions could be summed up in one question: Should we be worried?
Answering the first question is relatively straightforward – the current situation is the readjustment of China to its former position in the world as the as the world’s largest economy kept safe within its borders, and with little interest or hegemony in the rest of the world.
This period is the reestablishment of that period of peace and calm that succeeds the restoration of strong and stable government and it is this security that the people are yearning for. It is the tranquility of governance that lets people feel safe to have and nurture their children and their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren and put down secure family roots again.
The future, however, is somewhat unclear. The options that are on the table reduce to perhaps three worthy of comment:
China continues to develop as part of the global order and finds a way to absorb lessons from western civilization that will benefit the Chinese society as a whole;
China grows economically and in military strength but closes the door more firmly to globalization and foreign influence and returns to its past cyclical history, in which case we will see a China that remains powerful for another 200 years and then decline once more until there is a future renewal;
Or, and I believe this is the most likely scenario – that China actually does a bit of both of the above – that there is an integration into the global order, but that China changes the global order into a system that combines elements of the current western liberal democracy with the central management tenets of the current Chinese system.
China currently views the western liberal democratic system as dissolute and failing. Watching the Trump circus and the Brexit disaster, China is emboldened to think that western liberal systems are outdated and foolish and are determined not to repeat it – and that the Chinese system is superior to the western model.
China is unlikely to ever see itself adopt the western style focus of individual liberty – China views liberty as meaning looking after the rights of the many as opposed to the rights of the individual.
In no possible universe could China ever allow personal gun ownership to reach the level of that in the US where a person can arm themselves and shoot more than 500 people from the window of the hotel.
There is simply bafflement in the minds of every single person in China as to how that could be allowed or tolerated and then upheld in the nation’s highest court as being the right of a citizen to arm themselves in this way.
In essence, China, will not close the door again as it has in the past, but neither will it open the door completely – China is going to demand that it controls its destiny in the way it wants. And more importantly, as China assumes its mantle of leadership, I believe that China will influence the global order itself to reflect its dominant philosophies. And that is going to test the western liberal democracies in ways that have not yet been fully understood.
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September is my favorite month of the year. I love when the leafs change from green to vibrant colors and when the humidity of summer is replaced with cool sunny days. Here are the products I have been loving this month.
Wet n Wild Eye Shadow Trio: Spoiled Brat
You can create some bold, sultry looks with this little palette
Maybelline Color Tattoo in gold shimmer
Gold is my favorite eye shadow color to wear and it is beautiful for fall.
Essie no chips ahead top coat
I love my In a hurry air dry top coat but the Essie no chips ahead makes my polish last a lot longer than most of the no chip top coats I have tried.
NYC lipstick in the color Ruby
Ionix argan oil deep conditioner
This is another really good deep conditioner which helps make my hair soft and moisturized with the help of argan oil. You can purchase this at Winners or online.
Neutrogena pink grapefruit oil free cleansing wipes
These wipes effectively removes my makeup and feels soft and gentle on my skin. They are also safe to use if you have acne prone skin. They smell very strongly of citrus but I can usually get all of my makeup off with one cloth, and afterwards my face feels very refreshed, similar to a menthol tingle. I really like the effectiveness of these wipes but I think the next Neutorgena wipes I try will be minus the grapefruit tingle. I also advise you not to use them if you have recently exfoliated your face as it could sting a little.
Wet n Wild Lipstick in the color: 918D Cherry Bomb
I love bright summer shades but when fall hits I break out the dark reds, wine and copper tones. This Wet n Wild lipstick is a great fall color. I do find that this lipstick stains my lips quite heavily which I don't mind during the day but removing it is a bit of a hassle.
St. Ives coconut milk & orchid extract body cream
I go through body cream very fast, especially in the cooler months so I love trying out new lotions to keep my skin soft and moisturized. This lotion is made with 100% natural moisturizers, it is fast absorbing and non greasy. This lotion smells amazing and I love how soft and hydrated my skin feels when I use it. For just over $4 this is one of my favorite drug store body lotions.
Schick Xtreme 3 Razors
As far as razors go I usually purchase the Schick brand. This razor is made for sensitive skin and helps combat razor burn with aloe, vitamin E and shea butter in the strip above the 3 blades. They last rather long before you have to use a new one and provides a nice close shave. I recommend not keeping the razor in the shower to avoid rusting of the blades and to prolong the life of the razor. I also really like the Schick Quattro for women.
e.l.f. Luscious Liquid Lipstick in the color Pink Lemonade
I don't know why e.l.f. calls these liquid lipsticks because they aren't pigmented enough for that title but if you want a light wash of gloss on your lips without the heavy color then this is a nice natural pink.
Nivea Visage rich regenerating night care face cream
This cream helps retain moisture during the regeneration process at night and helps nourish the skin and improve its appearance. I have been using this cream for months and I love it. When I apply it to my face at night my skin feels instantly softer, smoother and more supple; similar to the feeling I get after I have done a facial or exfoliated. It takes care of any dryness I have after deeply cleansing my face and removing my makeup.
Clean and Clear essentials foaming facial cleanser
I have been using Clean and Clear products for years now but this was the first time I purchased this particular cleanser. The bottle says that it for sensitive skin and that it removes pore clogging dirt, oil and makeup without over drying. I always cleanse my face twice, the first time gets off all the oil that naturally accumulates throughout the day and most of the makeup; while the second wash cleans deeper after most of the oil and makeup has been removed. This cleanser works well but it does leave my face feeling dry so I have to follow it up with my Nivea night cream.
This vase is from HomseSense which is one of my favorite stores for home decor. It adds a flare of trendiness to any room.
Small Jewelry organizer
This organizer is very handy to store small jewelry and it can fit inside larger jewelry cases or in drawers. It also works well for smaller earrings and studs so they don't get lost.
Small pink organizer
This little drawer organizer is perfect for small items.
Michael Kors Watch
See my post on: Michael Kors handbags and accessories
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Suffocating Dream Meaning
What is the meaning of asphyxiating in a dream? The dream book offers several interpretations of why one dreams of suffocating. The struggle for air in a dream can be caused by the fear of losing the most precious thing. What exactly depends on the individual value system. Often, interpretations relate to health, livelihood, loved ones, the meaning of life. The dramatic plot encourages you to fight for your happiness.
In Miller's dream book, the explanation of why one dreams of lack of air depends on the fate of the sleeping person. If the poor fellow dies in a dream, in reality, attention should be paid to the safety of property, including real estate. Successful salvation means that dedication, excellent well-being and the sympathy of those around you will significantly improve your financial situation.
Dream Interpretation by Shereminskaya will tell you why you dream of suffocating under water. Seeing this happens to overly practical people who sometimes lack emotion and spontaneity.
If you dreamed that you were suffocating under water, in the Gypsy dream book the symbol means the risk of tarnishing your reputation. Italian psychoanalyst A. Roberti doubts the dreamer's ability to overcome everyday adversity.
The Emperor's interpreter believes that a person happens to see himself under water for physiological reasons. Those who, in fact, have incorrect water balance in the body, suffocate in the water.
A smoky room in which it is difficult to breathe often indicates an unfavorable and even destructive environment in reality. In the explanations of why one dreams of suffocating from smoke, the most likely factors are listed.
Khamidova's dream book identifies the smoke curtain in a dream with a risky amorous adventure. An outbreak of romantic feelings for the sworn enemy is not excluded. Panic in a dream suggests that a sudden romance will cause suffering.
Sometimes the dreamer unconsciously feels why he dreamed of suffocating from smoke. Thinking that your own weaknesses can lead to trouble are frightening, but you don't have the strength to pull yourself together. The support of loved ones will be very useful.
If you dreamed of how a smoke screen from fire prevents you from seeing, the medium Hasse promises that the changes will dispel the illusion of the dreamer.
- In a dream, it is not always possible to see for what reason it was difficult to breathe. Dream Interpretations offer universal interpretations, why the very fact of suffocation appears in dreams.
- Feeling the fear of lack of air happens when someone yearns for you;
- When it is difficult to breathe in a dream, in reality something interferes with expressing your thoughts and feelings openly;
- Someone else's hands or a garrote on the neck symbolizes psychological pressure;
- If you had to suffer from a lack of air on the run, beware of a strong opponent;
- Excessive work causes a feeling of hopelessness, you "choke" from work;
- If you dreamed of choking, this means you tend to be depressed in reality.
If you dreamed that there was no air to breathe in the room because of the gas, the Wanderer's dream book believes that the dreamer is tired of arranging his fate with a constant thinking about the opinion of his acquaintances.
To experience discomfort, suffocating from gas and its unpleasant odor, is brought to those who are unfair or overly demanding of a loved one in reality.
Often the plot is caused by a lack of financial resources, regret that there is no opportunity to purchase an expensive item.
If you dreamed of suffocating and dying, the dream book considers it a serious warning. The interpretation of a dream indicates latent initial symptoms of the disease or a really dangerous situation that the sleeper is unaware of.
One has to suffocate and die in a dream shortly before an unpleasant event or shocking news. If you are so scared of what is happening in your dream that you cannot scream and move, it is possible that you have been magically affected.
Shortness of breath in a dream caused by smoking can be a symbol of frivolous act.
- The dreambooks give short explanations of the plot depending on where you happened to suffocate in a dream:
- in the bathhouse - a long business trip;
- in the pool - a conflict in the team over a young colleague;
- in the shower - moving to a neighboring city;
- in the soil - higher wages;
- in space - a reprimand from the boss;
- in the elevator - career growth;
- in the sea - betrayal of a friend;
- under water - participating in a dubious project;
- under the blanket - the development of a new profession.
- Depending on what caused asphyxiation in a dream:
- from allergies - quarrel with family members;
- from a lump in the throat - an acquaintance with an influential person;
- from the wind - creative success;
- from lack of air - intimacy with a former partner;
- from gas - a child's illness;
- from smoke - signing a profitable contract;
- from an unpleasant smell - a serious conversation with father;
- from tears - getting inheritance;
- from fear - problems due to your responsiveness.
- Depending on who is also suffocating in a dream:
- grandfather - a trip to the country;
- daughter - a party with friends;
- husband - changing the field of activity;
- dad - a meeting with a former classmate;
- the deceased person - strengthening of your authority in the team;
- son - financial problems;
- mom - an unpleasant surprise;
- newborn boy - participating in the trial.
Choking on an alcoholic drink and starting to suffocate - predicts deterioration in social status.
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Controls tissue are small intestine or pancreas.
Alternative staining methods (Bodian, Masson Fontana, Lead
haematoxylin)are not as good but chromogrannin (immuno) is very good.
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--- Pat Paulusse wrote: > Hi all,
> Can anyone suggest normal tissue that can be used as a control for
> the Grimelius silver stain (using it to demonstrate a carcinoid
> tumour)? Also, I would be interested in alternative staining
> methods (besides grimelius) for the demonstration of carcinoid
> tumours. I have a very limited antibody selection on hand, so I
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> Thanking you in advance,
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Just when everyone was prepping up for the holiday chill, Google gave an early Christmas “present”. 3rd December marked an official roll out of Google’s core update for the year 2020. This was followed seven months after the last broad core update which was on May 4, 2020.
SearchLiaison’s tweet confirmed the same, and it is expected to reach full third core update by end of this year.
‘Danny Sullivan says that the December core update did not have anything to do directly with BERT
Why Google said it Won’t Reverse The December 2020 Core Update
John says that in today’s scenario there are numerous excellent sites that want the top positions in Google search which was not the case 10 years ago on the web. When searchers are expecting more from websites, Google’s recommendations stand accurate from algorithm update to algorithm update.
In order to meet searcher’s expectations, Google keeps improving through changes like HTTPS, core web vitals, site speed, mobile-friendly, etc.
Source: John Twitter
Industry expert’s take so far:
Source: Glenn Gabe Twitter
He further added, “This algo at a high level may include –
– Web vitals as the first step that is going to launch in May 2021
– Opportunity for every site than just legacy sites
– More focus on content and the quality guidelines
– Close tab on Site index in Google, Mobile Indexing & traditional back link audits”
What have we seen so far from various websites?
Some sites reported there is a significant loss in keyword rankings post the algo change
December Algorithm Second Wave:
Post the Dec 3rd update, many webmasters have reported saying they have started seeing positive impact on rankings and also traffic. Seen drop in the rankings but gained in 5 days and growing steadily while its not 100% recovered in their rankings.
Winners and Losers: What we know so far?
Affected sites by domain size
1 in 3 websites with visibility declines are sites with more than 10 million users a month. About 50% of the major winners and losers, so far are domains with a traffic rate of more than 1 million monthly visitors.
Search Engine Rate Pages Winning Domains
Categories like Business & Industrial, Internet and Telecom, Beauty & Fashion, more on the winning side followed by Real Estate, Travel, Reference, etc. at the losers side. Domains like zoominfo.com, whitepages.com, linkedIn.com saw a great gain in their positions, gaining 67, 55, and 47 respectively on a single day.
Search Engine Rate Pages Losing Domains
Among these domains, we can see a major drop in online communities, shopping, and news industries.
Some of the major affected sites were medical advice and vaccine sites during the December core update. In the May core update, medical advice sites lost most of the rankings and still did not appear to make a recovery with the December core update. In this core update, one site that has suffered a lot is vaccines.gov. Apart from seeing the growth in June 2020 but with the broad core updates it all came down.
What you need to do?
Just like other updates, Google’s advice remains constant:
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- Implement structured data elements for better visibility on search and with the most relevant content
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- Follow & implement Google Webmaster Guidelines
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Vodafone India has introduced the Ready Start-up Kit that has solutions aimed to give complete visibility, manageability, and control over various business assets to startup owners. The kit aims at grabbing IoT business from startups across the country.
Vodafone India will offer complimentary access to Vodafone’s IoT Managed Connectivity Platform, expert support and rental free package for 6 months for 50 IoT SIMs to develop and deploy their solution.
Vodafone India will also offer complimentary access to three curated cloud-based business apps for one month — Vodafone CRM, Vodafone Mobile Workforce Essentials and G-Suite. These solutions can help start-ups to boost their productivity, efficiency and enhance their ability to engage with their employees and customers.
Vodafone claims that it is the only Indian telecom operator with a completely online Cloud applications marketplace – Vodafone CloudStore.
Start-ups selecting the Vodafone IoT solution will be able to increase awareness of their products and services and engage with their customers using Vodafone’s Programmatic Marketing solutions, which includes up to 50,000 SMS free package for marketing.
“The Ready Start-up Kit brings forth Vodafone’s global experience as an enabler of start-ups and reinforces our commitment to this community. We expect it to be a game changer with a suite of solutions that will empower start-ups to catalyze innovation and fast track growth,” said Sunil Sood, MD and CEO of Vodafone India.
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“The impact on the poor in developing countries who spend a high proportion of their income on food can be devastating.”
OECD News Release, June 17. 2011
Higher food prices and volatility in commodity markets are here to stay, according to a new report by the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020 says that a good harvest in the coming months should push commodity prices down from the extreme levels seen earlier this year. However, the Outlook states that over the coming decade real prices for cereals could average as much as 20% higher and those for meats as much as 30% higher, compared to 2001-10. These projections are well below the peak price levels experienced in 2007-08 and again this year.
Higher prices for commodities are being passed through the food chain, leading to rising consumer price inflation in most countries. This raises concerns for economic stability and food security in some developing countries, with poor consumers most at risk of malnutrition, the report says.
“While higher prices are generally good news for farmers, the impact on the poor in developing countries who spend a high proportion of their income on food can be devastating,” said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. “That is why we are calling on governments to improve information and transparency of both physical and financial markets, encourage investments that increase productivity in developing countries, remove production and trade distorting policies and assist the vulnerable to better manage risk and uncertainty.”
FAO Director General Jacques Diouf said: “In the current market context, price volatility could remain a feature of agricultural markets, and coherent policies are required to both reduce volatility and limit its negative impacts”, noting that “the key solution to the problem will be boosting investment in agriculture and reinforcing rural development in developing countries, where 98% of the hungry people live today and where population is expected to increase by 47% over the next decades.” Action should focus in particular on smallholders in low-income food-deficit countries, he added.
The Outlook reinforces the core messages for mitigating and managing price volatility in a recent inter-agency report to the G20, Price Volatility in Food and Agriculture Markets: Policy Responses, coordinated by FAO and OECD on behalf of ten International Organizations. The report suggests, among other things, that G20 countries take steps to boost agricultural productivity in developing countries, reduce or eliminate trade-distorting policies and establish a new mechanism to improve information and transparency on agricultural production, consumption, stocks and trade.
The Outlook, which covers fisheries for the first time, sees global agricultural production growing more slowly over the next decade than in the past 10 years. Farm output is expected to rise by 1.7% annually, compared to the 2.6% growth rate of the past decade. Despite this slower growth, production per capita is still projected to rise by 0.7% annually.
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Citation: Sharratt, B.S., Wendling, L., Feng, G. 2006. Undercutter Method of Tillage for Reducing Wind Erosion and Dust Emissions in Eastern Washington. International Symposium on Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming. Technical Abstract: Wheat growers in the low precipitation zone (<300 mm annual precipitation) of eastern Washington in the Pacific Northwest United States produce a crop every other year. In non crop years, growers maintain their land in summer fallow to control weeds and conserve soil water for the succeeding winter wheat crop. Summer fallow traditionally includes sweeping after harvest in late summer, chiseling in autumn, cultivating the following spring, and then rod weeding throughout the summer. Summer fallow is very susceptible to wind erosion which contributes to poor air quality across the region. In fact, several locations in eastern Washington have failed to meet the US EPA national ambient air quality standard for PM10 (particulates less than 10 micrometers) due to elevated dust concentrations as a result of wind erosion. Few if any alternatives to traditional tillage have been identified that are sustainable in a wheat-fallow rotation. The objective of this study was to compare dust emissions during a simulated high wind event following various postharvest tillage operations. Treatments were established on a silt loam after harvest of winter wheat in August 2004 and included traditional, undercutter, and no tillage. Undercutter tillage included making a pass with an undercutter (an implement with 80 cm wide V-blades) in spring followed by rod weeding during the summer. A portable wind tunnel was used to assess dust emissions. Sediment flux and PM10 concentrations at various heights above the soil surface were measured within the working section of the wind tunnel. Dust emissions at the end of summer fallow (August 2005) were lowest for no tillage and highest for traditional tillage. The undercutter method of tillage reduced emissions by nearly 50% as compared with traditional tillage. This study suggests that less intensive tillage in autumn and spring will reduce dust emissions from silt loams within the wheat-fallow region of eastern Washington. | <urn:uuid:255243f7-09c3-45a6-b5e0-09c9ce6c657c> | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | http://ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=197695 | 2015-05-26T10:08:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207928817.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113208-00142-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93582 | 515 |
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Root Canal Treatment
Root canal treatment is preferred for curing infected and damaged pulp from your teeth rather than extracting the teeth. The gap among the hard layers is called root canal system that is filled by soft dental pulp of nerves and blood vessels that improve your tooth growth. Root Canal Treatment eradicates the need for surgically removing your tooth/teeth as the dentist may find.
A root can treatment has always been known to be painless, but with the advanced procedures and instruments, the treatment is painless. There are many ways a dentist will eliminate the pain during the procedure.
When a cavity or crack occurs in your teeth, it gives space for organism growth due to which your tooth becomes more severe. An infection in the tooth causes further infection in the pulp and if it occurs, it should be removed. Infection can be found by x –ray or through variations in the tooth structure. If the infection is ignored, it can cause severe dental problems.
Ignoring the treatment will only render one to live unhappily. It will also cause further damage to the teeth since the infection will only spread over the period.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT I NEED A ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?
Unfortunately, dental issues are widely neglected until one is unable to chew, swallow, or drink. Others will first realize severe pain in the tooth/teeth to seek dental treatment. When you experience the following, consider meeting a dentist;
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Root canal treatment can be performed by an endodontist who is a specialist in treating the dental pulp or nerve. If your kid’s primary tooth is damaged, you need to consult with a pediatric dentist who has minimum 2 years of experience in treating children tooth problems. For the adults, the treatment is vital since there are no chances of growing other teeth once they are all attacked and infected.
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- Dentist offers a local anesthesia
- Then a rubber dam is placed around the target tooth to secure it from infection during the procedure
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- Finally the opened part of the tooth is filled
After performing the treatment, the target tooth is restored so that it can look and function like a natural tooth. An endodontist fills the tooth by temporary filling and recommend you a prosthodontist for tooth restoration. Your dentist may use permanent filling or crown, the choice is based on your tooth strength. The crown is required in the back tooth to enable the treated tooth to chew easily. In case of lack of tooth part, posts can be used for crown support.
Your tooth is still prone to cavity or gum problem even after the treatment. The procedure doesn’t assure your protection of your tooth from damage or infection. So, you should consult with your dentist for proper care and maintain it along with the other teeth. A tooth corrected by a root canal procedure can be saved. The treatment is successful in most cases, only in rare situations, a second treatment is required when the filling material is extracted, and canal is re-cleaned, reshaped and refilled.
HOW LONG DOES ROOT CANAL THERAPY TAKE?
The advancements in technology facilitate the root canal treatment to take a single visit or less than 3 visits. In other cases, a patient’s own constraints can extend the period of the treatment. Completing the treatment systematically and in the shortest time possible enables the dentist to follow the tooth/teeth’s healing progress.
With the first visit at the dental clinic, the dentist is able to clean and re-shape the root canal. It is always done after an injection/s is given. After a few days or a week, upon your second visit, the dentist will fill and then seal the tooth or teeth.
Each root canal session can take about 1 hour in cases of a single tooth and less work required to be done.
- Teeth with single canals such as the canines, incisors and some bicuspids, will take around 40 minutes
- The teeth with multiple canals, such as the molars and the premolars, treatment over an hour
HOW ARE THE APPOINTMENTS SELECTED?
In case there is a severe infection or where multiple teeth are affected, a single appointment is not recommended. Single visits or appointments are normally conducted in case one tooth is affected; there is less pain or no swelling.
The Length of the Appointment
It is recommended that a patient takes the treatment period seriously for the dentist to monitor teeth or tooth. Lengthening the appointments will only cause the apin or an infection to spread easily
WHO IS THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR ROOT CANAL TREATMENT/THERAPY?
Any person can have the treatment done as long as he or she is generally healthy. In case of any infection in the body, pregnant women, cancer patients, a discussion with the dentist plus your doctor must be done to know your eligibility.
Though the treatment is 100% necessary, the procedure may worsen one’s condition since there is a slight pain felt after the procedure. It is totally essential to consult a dentist in case it is an urgent matter.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?
- You may feel sensitivity due to inflammation until the treated tooth or teeth properly heal.
- You may experience a slight swelling and pain. Cold things will help you in the first two days
- Avoid using the treated teeth until they properly heal
- Dental hygiene is vital after the treatment
HOW SUCCESSFUL IS A ROOT CANAL THERAPY/TREATMENT?
There are cases of failed root canal treatments for different reasons. Choosing a good dentist and clinic can help lower such chances. A good dentist will diagnose the teeth and fully understand the extent of the infection and conduct a proper procedure.
- The type of filling used can also cause the necessity of re-filling in the future.
- Poor dental care and hygiene can also cause the teeth to get infected again.
ADVANTAGES OF A ROOT CANAL TREATMENT
- It helps by saving a tooth from getting extracted
- Prevents further teeth infections
- Eliminates pain and any abscess
- It will help you enjoy meals and life
- Better dental health
CAN A PREGNANT WOMAN UNDERGO ROOT CANAL TREATMENT?
- There are no side effects so far brought forward to prevent pregnant women from undergoing the procedure. Except, the increased radiographs might may pose a threat to the fetus/li>
- For any pregnant women, it is best that that a discussion between the doctors is conducted to evaluate the woman.
- Treatment given in case a pregnant woman undergoes a root canal treatment must be as at protecting the fetus and relieving the pain
ROOT CANAL TREATMENT COST
We are specialized in providing treatment to repair and save the damaged or infected tooth instead of replacing it. This specialized treatment is known as Endodontics or root canal treatment. Our best team of professional experts removes the damage area of the tooth and then proceeds to clean, disinfect, filling and sealing the infected area of the tooth.
We ensure the painless single sitting with less Cost of Root Canal Treatment in Ludhiana, Punjab. We offer the treatment at affordable prices without any compromise on quality. We provide treatment with best dental equipments, latest techniques with international standards of sterilization and cross infection control but within the pockets of patients.
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Spirits were barely diminished at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) annual dinner Thursday night, a week after headliner Stevie Wonder’s provocative and public pullout. More than 1,000 Israel supporters turned out at the Hyatt Regency in Century City for the annual gala hosted by Haim and Cheryl Saban.
The four-and-a-half hour evening steered by “Seinfeld” veteran Jason Alexander included moving, personal presentations by IDF soldiers and raised a reported $11.5 million from attendees, many of them Israeli-American business and entertainment leaders, including Avi Arad, head of Marvel Entertainment, film producer Avi Lerner, real estate developer Izek Shomof, actress and producer Noa Tishby and Oracle business magnate Larry Ellison.
Businessman and producer David Matalon offered the best line of the evening when, during the live auction-style fundraiser, he pledged $8,000 to the FIDF and, “in honor of Stevie Wonder, another $2,000.”
“I’ll have him call you to tell you he loves you,” Haim Saban quipped from the stage.
Other than that moment of levity, the silence surrounding Wonder’s cancelation continued, although emcee Alexander seized an opportunity to share some unusually candid remarks about the complexities of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. In a lengthy and serious address, he talked about his love for both Israelis and Palestinians and how his work with the organization One Voice has exposed him to both sides of the conflict.
“This conflict continues because of the inability of leaders to break through this impasse and find a way to peace,” he said.
Knowing before whom he stood — a predominantly Israeli-American and Jewish crowd – Alexander was careful to balance his pro-Palestinian remarks with strong supportive messages about Israel. The most vigorous applause came when he referred to the Jewish state as the most “maligned, underappreciated and hardest challenged nation on the planet,” and expressed admiration for its soldiers.
“I believe that the men and women soldiers that defend [Israel] are among the most honorable and noble soldiers the world has ever seen,” Alexander said, though he added that sometimes, “they have made mistakes.”
He thanked the crowd for the opportunity to share his thoughts
Throughout the night, Israeli soldiers took to the podium to share their stories, many of them heart-wrenching reminders that even with its military might, the IDF has suffered profound losses. Yoni Asraf, an American who enlisted in the IDF, told the crowd how he had used his body as a shield in order to protect a fellow soldier during combat, a move that cost him an arm. He was subsequently awarded a medal for his bravery, and he refused to relinquish his post, spending years rehabilitating himself in order to rejoin his unit.
Later, an Egyptian-born mother who imigrated to Israel and lost two of her sons in combat for the IDF, delivered an astoundingly resilient message. “I am not broken,” she said. “You cannot break a spirit.”
After her emotional speech, host Cheryl Saban embraced her, while her husband looked on with misty eyes.
“As a mother myself, your story has touched me. Everyone in this room is inspired by you,” Cheryl said.
Haim Saban used his pulpit time to talk about the values of the IDF, portraying an army of ideals, of “courage, compassion, strength and sacrifice.”
Inspiration rapidly gave way to income, as Saban himself solicited donations to the FIDF from the stage. “The time is always ripe to do right,” he said, quoting Martin Luther King Jr.
Once millions of dollars in pledges had been collected from the crowd, Grammy-winning musician and producer David Foster orchestrated some light entertainment, with performances by “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard and a gold-glitter encrusted Chaka Khan, the Grammy winning “Queen of Funk-Soul,” who sang the hit “I’m Every Woman.”
Foster, who has coordinated the musical entertainment for the FIDF dinner for years, said in an interview that although he has never been to Israel, he has learned a thing or two about Jewish culture from all the dinners.
“I’m not Jewish,” Foster told the crowd. “But I have been circumcised, and I do know Barbra Streisand.”
Meanwhile, here are some photos from the event, which reveal Dolph Lundgren was also there, as well as Jason Alexander’s pet hamster (all photos by Alexi Rosenfeld, AJR Photography).
Update: Here’s video from the event.
Update: More here.
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The IX Grand Teguise Playa Charity Tournament and the AESGOLF National Lanzarote Golf Tour Grand Final bring the #LanzaroteESD sports calendar to a close in a year that saw more than 30 international sports events, all contributing to the positioning of Lanzarote as a sports destination
The 9th edition of the Grand Teguise Playa Trophy was held on Saturday 14th December at the Costa Teguise Golf facilities. This charity tournament has positioned itself year after year as one of the island’s great golfing events, and is held in parallel with the AESGOLF National Lanzarote Golf Tour Grand Final.
The game modality chosen was Individual Stableford with 3 categories for men and a single category for women. Prizes were awarded to the top 3 players in each category, and to Longest Drive, Closest Ball, Best Senior Scratch, Best Female Scratch, Special “Promise” prizes for the last finalist in the Indistinct Scratch and Special prize for the best Amateur Scratch.
In this edition, 20,000 euros were raised for the Association of Relatives of Alzheimer’s Patients of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (AFALF), which will be used to finance part of the construction of the Tahíche day centre.
The tournament winners were led by Adolfo de la Rúa with 43 points in the 1st category, Kevin Hodges was the winner of the 2nd category with 42 points and Adolfo Mira won the 3rd category with 45 points. In the female category, the winner was Elif Hartmaier with 45 points. This year’s Scratch award went to Miguel Martin Zuasti with 74 hits.
The IX edition of the AESGOLF Lanzarote Golf Tour, with a calendar of 9 events, held its first tournament in May at the Real Club de Golf de Pedreña (Santander). The circuit visited the great national courses and the top 18 players competed in the National Grand Final on December 13th and 14th in Costa Teguise Golf and Lanzarote Golf respectively.
The modality chosen for this grand final was the STABLEFORD HANDICAP with 36 holes and a single category. On the first day at Costa Teguise Golf the pairings were made by strict order of handicap. The day was marked by the intensity of the wind and Juan Carlos Aparicio took first place with 38 points, followed by Isabelino Cortázar with 35 and Rafael Sánchez with 33 points.
On Saturday 14th at Lanzarote Golf, the pairings were made according to the results of the first day. The leader played very consistently, obtaining good scores.
When the final results came in, the leading player was Juan Carlos Aparicio with 77 points, with Isabelino Cortázar coming second with 70 points; Rafael Sánchez, came third with 67 points, tied on points with Antonio Paz.
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Are your hormones sending you on a physical and emotional roller coaster? You might not be aware how much these little chemical messengers actually rule your life.
Did you know that there are over 100 identified hormones in the body? And they aren’t just about your monthly cycle – they control your metabolism, weight, energy, mood, brain function, sleep and much more…
Hormones really do control how we look, feel, think and perform – and for something so important, we don’t know an awful lot about them.
So here are 10 of the most important things to know about your hormones;
1) Deprivation diets don’t work
Deprivation diets won’t work if your hormones are out of balance (and that's for most women over 40!). That’s because this type of diet puts your body into stress mode – it literally thinks you are in a famine!
Once in stress mode, cortisol kicks in and tells your fat cells to hang on for dear life and shutting down your metabolism, so when you start eating normally again, guess what? Yep, even more weight goes on and here we go again…
TIP: Ditch diets for good and start nourishing your hormones instead so that they increase your metabolism and get you burning fat, not storing it
2) Your stress hormones have priority over everything
When your body is in survival mode too often, high levels of cortisol will not only store fat (usually around your belly), but will suppress your immune system, cause digestive issues and crash your energy levels and sex drive.
TIP: Recognise your stressors (it might not be just the obvious ones) and prioritise daily stress management (deep breathing, yoga, mindfulness, music etc).
3) Peri-menopause can start at 35!
Some women sail through these years, but the majority will suffer with symptoms including fatigue, weight gain, mood swings, PMS, brain fog, poor sleep, low libido and hot flushes.
TIP: You are much more likely to sail through these years if you have a hormone friendly diet and lifestyle. Start now!
4) Sleep is non-negotiable
Getting less than six hours of sleep a night can seriously impact your energy, mood and waistline, as well as increase your risk of more serious health conditions as you get older.
TIP: Make sure you are prioritising a good night’s sleep — get to bed by 10.30, switch off your gadgets, keep the room pitch black and avoid caffeine/alcohol.
5) Don’t skimp on the fat
Many of your hormones are made from fat, so stay away from the skinny lattes! Eating healthy fats also helps you feel full and balance blood sugar, reducing insulin (your fat-storing hormone).
TIP: Choose avocados, nuts, seeds, olive oil, coconut oil, organic full fat dairy, grassfed meat and oily fish.
6) The gut – hormone connection
Your gut and hormones are inextricably linked! Food sensitivities or gut flora imbalances can upset the way your hormones work and reduce the absorption of the nutrients your hormones need.
TIP: Cut out any foods that you might be sensitive to (gluten, dairy, soy and corn are the big ones) and see if your symptoms improve. Get tested if you suspect any underlying infection. Eat more fermented foods (live yoghurt, sauerkraut, kefir, kombucha) to restore your good bacteria.
7) Look after your liver
If your liver is clogged up, toxins and waste can hang around longer than necessary, messing with the natural detoxification of your hormones, especially oestrogen.
If your liver is busy with that bottle of wine you had last night, it won’t be able to deal with your oestrogen, recirculating it back into your system, potentially causing PMS, bloating, headaches, mood swings and breast tenderness.
TIP: Reduce your exposure to toxins around you. Switch to more natural organic household and personal care products, avoid plastic, reduce alcohol and choose organic foods.
8) Vitamin D is your secret hormone
If you live in the UK or Northern hemisphere, you are likely to be Vitamin D deficient, as you are not going to be getting enough year round sunshine.
Vitamin D is actually a hormone, and it supports all your other hormones, as well as being a huge friend to your immune system (and an important breast cancer protector).
TIP: Get your Vitamin D levels tested and take supplements throughout the winter months.
9) Your thyroid hormones run your metabolism
If your thyroid hormones are too high, you’ll get anxious, sweaty, palpitations and weight loss. Too low and you could have fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, low mood, cold hands/feet, PMS, hair loss and a lot more!
TIP: Get your thyroid properly tested if you suspect you may be affected (contact us for info on testing). Eat coconut oil to help boost your metabolism.
10) Too much exercise can ruin your hormones
Many women think they have to do more exercise to lose weight. But too much and the wrong kind can increase cortisol, stressing out your body and actually making you hang on to fat!
TIP: Exercise smarter. Listen to your body. Take regular breaks from sitting. Walk more. Short burst (or HIIT) training can increase fat burning hormones like testosterone and growth hormone. Do yoga. Vary your routine.
Look after your hormones and notice the difference
There is a lot more to know about hormones (I’ve been studying them for over seven years!) but if you get to grips with these 10 first, you’ll start to notice a real difference.
I hope that has been useful. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions.
PS Whenever you’re ready… here are 4 ways we can help you balance your hormones:
1. Grab a copy of my book
“It's not you, it's your hormones – the essential guide for women over 40 to fight fat, fatigue and hormone havoc”. Click here
2. Join the Hormone Connection Facebook group
It’s our private Facebook community where you get daily access to me and the team, plus a whole load of super supportive like-minded women. Click here
3. Find out more about the 30 Days to Happy Hormones online programme
If you're ready to take action and need a structured plan to get you there, along with a supportive community and coaching, this could be the programme for you. Click here
4. Apply for a free Discovery Call with me or one of the team
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Salary: GBP £700 for 1 week
Application Deadline: July 24, 2020 5:00 pm
2020 Remote Residencies: Open Call
A paid opportunity for artists across England to develop their local connections and explore new ways of working.
We want to invest in artists to foster community links with people and groups local to wherever they are based. And to take some time for research and reflection… to think about the work they’ve done in the past and how they might continue to share artistic experiences with community collaborators in the near future.
There are four stages to this process:
Open call: we share this opportunity far and wide, and we work with a panel (made up of artists, producers and collaborators) to choose a shortlist of community artists.
Conversations: we invite 20 shortlisted artists to take part in a recorded chat about their work, which we then share as a public resource on our website.
Residencies: we host 8-10 artists to take part in one of two remote residencies (25-29 August & 15-19 September). This will involve spending time at home doing their own research, reaching out to people and groups in their local community, and sharing ideas and experiences with other artists around the country.
Commissions: we follow this process with some small commissions for artists and community partners to work together on local projects.
£150 for all shortlisted artists to cover the time to record a conversation with us.
£700 for residency artists.
We will do our very best to provide and/or pay for anything you need in order to apply for or take part in this residency (this includes any access needs and childcare costs).
For more information and to apply please visit www.terrestrial.org.uk/residencies
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Inspired by Circus Caravans
The Caravan Collection by Kalon was inspired by the colourful circus wagons in children's books and at the same time delights with clear, classic shapes, meeting the needs of modern parents. In addition, the classic shape is broken up by the very thin and delicate legs that give the collection's furniture items an interesting look and a characteristic feature.
The furniture is made from sustainable FSC®-certified European maple and is painted using 100% non-toxic and food-safe paints and oils. The series includes a baby crib with an additional unit, so that it can be converted into a children's bed, a junior bed as well as a dresser. | <urn:uuid:1a656c51-820a-440f-8991-6ab97c537fcb> | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | https://www.connox.co.uk/kalon/kalon-caravan-collection.html | 2020-04-01T14:54:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370505731.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20200401130837-20200401160837-00089.warc.gz | en | 0.970038 | 144 |
|Here's a picture of some of the group I was with, yes, right there on Har HaBayit, where our two Holy Temples stood in Biblical times. Yes, I was really there!|
We handed in our Identity Cards for inspection and had to also let the security staff check everything we had with us, from money to camera, phones to pens. They didn't return our ID's for quite a while. I was afraid that they'd be holing them the entire time we'd be up there. But they gave them back when we had permission to enter.
|Those on the left are the tourists who could just go in, while my friends and I spent close to an hour trying to keep out of the sun and looking for a place to sit.|
|As the morning got later, the sun got stronger, and we still had to wait.|
In the meantime, tourists from all over the world went up without any delays, just simple security checks. At least it wasn't as bad as the previous time I had attempted to enter. Then the gate was closed completely. Today we just had to be patient and polite, because the police guards were too quick to take offense and threaten banishment. Also when I tried a couple of months ago, we checked out other gates, even though they are only open to Arabs, and the Arabs don't get any security check. They can bring and do bring weapons up there.
About a month they took over and burnt the police station on The Temple Mount.
|It's black from the fires the Arabs lit at the police station.|
But it's davka Jews who are searched and restricted.
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Handbook of Refugee Health 1st Edition
Description of Handbook of Refugee Health
This book helps to recognize the rights of refugees and provides a framework to identify and approach health needs, from basic elements like service mapping and initial interventions to more complex elements of ongoing healthcare and support and broader topics such as migration public health, migration policy and health systems. Beyond biomedical frameworks, it draws on socio-ecological models to inform assessments and integrated models of care to improve health and health equity.
Set out in three comprehensive sections: public health theory (Part 1), applied public health (Part 2), and clinical approaches (Part 3), this book draws on multiple disciplines and insights from humanitarians, academics, policy experts, and clinicians from diverse contexts, with expertise in forced migration, to create an accessible reference tool to inform healthcare professionals’ interactions with forcibly displaced individuals and populations in all contexts for both high and low resource countries. Apart from providing information across the spectrum of health issues, clinical specialties and global contexts, it discusses associated areas, including human rights and law, public health, medical anthropology and cultural awareness.
- Bridges the gap between existing academic literature on refugee health and guidelines for health management in humanitarian emergencies
- Helps to develop an integrated approach to healthcare provision, allowing healthcare professionals and humanitarians to adapt their specialist knowledge for use in forced migration contexts and with refugees.
- Recognizes the complex and interconnected needs in displacement scenarios and identifies holistic and systems-based approaches.
- Covers public health theory, applied public health and clinical aspects of forced migration.
About the Author
Dr Miriam Orcutt (MBBS, MSc), Lead Editor, is a Senior Research Fellow in Forced Migration and Health at the Institute for Global Health, University College London, a humanitarian consultant, and trained physician.
Dr Clare Shortall (BSc MBBS MRCPCH DMCC DTMH MSc) is a Health Adviser for Première Urgence Internationale (PUI), France.
Dr Sarah Walpole (BSc, MBChB, MRCP, PG Cert, MSc(Res), DTM&H) is currently working as a Specialist Registrar in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine in the North East of England Deanery.
Dr Aula Abbara MBBS DTMH MD(Res) is a consultant in Infectious Diseases/ General Internal Medicine at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, London and an Honorary Researcher at Imperial College.
Dr Sylvia Garry (BA BMBCh MRCPCH DTMH MSc (PH) MFPH) is a Public Health Registrar in North London in the National Health Service (NHS).
Dr Rita Issa BSc MBBS DTMPH is an Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice in London.
Sir Professor Alimuddin Zumla GCDS., MD., MSc., PhD., FRCP(Lond)., FRCP(Edin)., FRCPath., FAAS.,FRSB., is Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health in the Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London; and is Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He serves as visiting Professor at several institutions in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (MBBS, DPH, MSc, PhD, FFPH, FRCPE, FRCP.,FMedSci) is Director of the University College London Institute for Global Health (IGH) and Chair of Lancet Migration, and previously of the UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health. He is an NIHR Senior Investigator and honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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As I was going through this process, I was reminded of just how much I get "wrong" in each step. The beauty of sketching and prototyping is that it's low-cost; and, creates artifacts that are - theoretically - easy to throw away. But, I am an emotional animal. And I am out of practice. And every aspect from one step that didn't quite translate to the next step felt like a personal failure.
At times, I even berated myself - I started to question how I ever thought "this" was a good idea or "that" was a good idea and, "what the heck was I thinking anyway?!"
And then I had a moment of clarity. I remembered something Rich Armstrong - my engineering manager - said to me: "Plans are worthless; but, planning is everything." This Dwight D. Eisenhower quote put everything in perspective.
I realized that each step in this process didn't create a "source of truth", it created a "source of inspiration." And, if something didn't translate to the next level of fidelity, leaving it out was a product of evolution, not the result of failure.
Every step of the product ideation process is naturally infused with less information when compared to the step that follows it. As such, every step operates somewhere in the "fog of war". And, the artifact produced at each step is nothing more than a "best guess" as to what will make sense. That best guess may end up being incomplete; but, we arrive at that best guess through experimentation, introspection, and - most importantly - deep thinking about the product and the user requirements.
So, to paraphrase Eisenhower, "Prototypes are worthless; but, prototyping is essential."
I believe this perspective can help one move more gracefully through the ideation process. But, I also believe that this perspective can help build empathy in our engineers.
As someone who is usually on the implementation side of a prototype, I can attest to the fact that I see designs all the time that make [in part] no sense. Or, that would cost far more to build when compared to the relative value they would add. And, it's easy to question what the designer was thinking?
But, with this new perspective on prototyping, we engineers can embrace the idea that prototypes aren't perfect. The designer formulated an idea using all the information that they had on-hand. And the result of that ideation is a best-guess. So, when it comes time to implement that best-guess, if something doesn't make sense, we shouldn't blindly copy it, we should open a dialog.
Each level of increasing fidelity contains new information and identifies new constraints. And, if that journey doesn't work to reshape the original idea, something is wrong with the process.
At the end of the day, we all have honorable intentions; and, we all want to build something great. But, we're also human and we're flawed and we don't get everything right. And to believe that our prototypes somehow transcend our human condition and our constrained set of insights will only serve to limit what we can achieve. Prototyping is, without a doubt, a critical part of the ideation process. But, we must accept that our prototypes are not perfect.
I have never commented on your posts, but decided today was the day.
I just want you to know that of the blogs, etc. that I follow, yours is the most consistent and enjoyable at the same time. I enjoy the way you convey your problem solving and the way you share your "Ah ha!" moments.
Thanks for keeping this blog going. I look forward to it!
Thank you very much. I really appreciate it! Especially to hear it about posts like this which are outside of my normal writing and, possibly, a little more controversial.
In the ongoing struggle against the anxiety I have over the things I am building, I recently heard something on a Freakanomics Podcast episode that I found be very liberating. The idea that "inspiration is for amateurs" and that the rest of us just show up and get to work. And that the process of working will, in and of itself, unlock new doors and new opportunities.
I was delighted to run across this today, only about an hour after I'd repeated that exact same Eisenhower aphorism when discussing code revisions! I like your rephrasing, it gets to the heart of it.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Code revisions are especially interesting to think about because there's the problem you have "now" and the problems you "may have" in the future. I know I've been sucked into the situation where I start solving for problems I don't yet have because they feel like the right approach; but, then, it gets overly complicated and I never end up need the complexity anyway.
Another way to think about all of this is a phrase I enjoy:
Strong opinions, loosely held.
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Cooking over a charcoal grill arouses that sense of community and safety of gathering around a fire, which is an ancient human tradition. That smell of a functional barbecue, the kind that makes your mouth water and announces a good meal with friends and family. Charcoal gives a feel of the traditional typical flavor that comes from wood chips, a smoky taste.
The aroma and taste of charred meat speak to our primitive instincts. It is almost like it imparts some enchanted flavor to the food. Maintaining this lifestyle in today’s environment requires preparation, some level of commitment, and the best equipment. Finding the best charcoal grill enables you to do so much more.
How and where do you find it? This is a question many chefs and novice cooks ask themselves at least once in their lifetime.
The Best Charcoal Grill Reviews -2020
1. Weber’s Original Kettle Premium Charcoal Grill 22″
The Weber Kettle comes with a plated steel hinged cooking grate with a cooking area of 363 square inches, translating to approximately 13 burgers together. This is ideal for a family or group of six for a single session of cooking.
The plated steel enhances corrosion and wear resistance hence durability and elimination of food contamination. The hinge enables easy access to the charcoal grate while charcoal grilling is ongoing to redistribute the charcoal and add when necessary.
A heat shield comes before the lid handle to protect you from the heat, but should not be considered an excuse for not using your mitts.
They built in a thermometer on the lid, which keeps you aware of the prevailing heat conditions. This, combined with the easily adjustable dampers, results in a very precise heat control system that gets your desired cuisine.
It has a heavy-gauge porcelain-enameled bowl and lid. This combination ensures the material is impervious to chemical and physical damage, can withstand the extreme heat, and retain the heat as you grill. It also means your grill has longevity.
Features an aluminized steel one-touch cleaning system comprised of a three-blade ash sweeper and a removable high capacity ash catcher. You pop it out and dispose of the ashes conveniently. The aluminized steel can handle the extreme heat while resisting corrosion, so it is durable.
They package it with the following optional accessories:
Premium Grill Cover– The polyester material is durable yet lightweight enough to allow you to pull it on and off your grill. The water-resistant material also protects the grill against external extremities like rain, the scorching sun, and freezing snow. This enables you to maintain a clean, sleek surface, and the new grill shine.
Char Baskets– A convenient tool for indirect heat grilling. They enable you to separate and arrange your lit charcoal with less effort since all you have to do is pour the coal inside them. You will have pre-arranged them on your fuel grate to your specification.
Rapid-fire chimney starter– This tool allows you to preheat your charcoal before introducing it to the grill. It ensures the fuel is red and ashy in advance so that the grill will have even temperature. It is also faster and more efficient than lighting them up in the grill.
Charcoal Rake– Enables you to arrange the charcoal on your fuel grate easily without getting too close to the heat. It is especially useful if you want to use indirect heat, or you are partitioning the grill into different heat sections.
Rotisserie– The skewer gently rotates food above the cooking grate to allow them to baste themselves over consistent heat, allowing you to roast chicken and tender ribs.
Easy to clean
Tough and durable
Relevant fitting accessories available
Lacks the capacity to scale up the volume of the grill
2. Weber’s Go Anywhere Charcoal Grill 14.5″
At 14.5” Height, 21” Width and 12.25” Length, this Weber charcoal grill only weighs 14.5 pounds, making it portable by hand, by one person and allowing it to fit in almost all our vehicles.
It ensures you don’t miss out on your grilled delicacies just because you had to go out of the office or travel outside your territory.
The legs pivot towards the lid to form a locking mechanism, which makes the grill more compact while allowing you to carry it intact like a suitcase. It is very easy to assemble and should not take more than 10 minutes.
In lieu of its portability, we shall recommend It as the best charcoal grill for adventures, camping, and general movement.
Despite its compact size, its primary cooking area of 160 square inches is the equivalent of six burgers, which translates to a comfortable capacity of three people per session.
The legs, fuel, and cooking grates are made of triple nickel coated steel, which besides being resistant to corrosion and oxidation, are easy to clean and maintain. They can also handle extreme heat and maintain it, which makes the grill ideal for searing.
The lid and base are made of porcelain-enameled steel, which are known to retain heat, therefore ensuring constant temperatures within the grill. They are also durable and resistant to peeling and corrosion.
The lid is fitted with dampers to allow control of the heat within the grill without having to keep the lid open. When open, the lid uses its built-in hangers to rest on the side of the grill, shielding it from extra wind that may interfere with the cooking temperature.
Easy to assemble
The coal is sometimes too close to the meat for slow cooking due to its shallow body
3. Royal Gourmet’s BBQ Charcoal Grill and Offset Smoker 30″ L
This is our best charcoal grill pick in terms of versatility. First of all, it offers a dual style grilling opportunity as it has an option of an offset smoker beside your charcoal grill. You can prepare grilled and smoked meals at the same time. The smoker can also be used as a grill if you need more grilling space, and you have the option of doing a simple barbeque using only the offset area if it is not a big occasion.
The total cooking area is impressive for its size; a whopping 800 square inches, 438 square inches in the main cooking area, a warming rack of 179 square inches, and an offset smoker of 183 square inches.
It also features working surfaces in the form of front and side shelves where there is space for your seasoning and grilling tools. These have hooks for hanging your accessories. Lastly, there is a rack at the bottom you can use to store your essentials temporarily as you proceed.
They somehow managed to fit all these in a compact design. The entire assembly is only 27.2” long by 48.4” wide, which means it can fit in most of your verandahs, decks, and balconies comfortably. Sitting on two durable wheels, you can move it conveniently from place to place.
The charcoal grill is built to last with material that has been hardened to resist corrosion, wear and tear and can withstand the heat intensity. The cooking grates are porcelain-enameled, making them both durable and great at regulating and spreading heat evenly.
The warming rack is chrome plated, which makes it hardy, corrosion-resistant, and easy to clean. The body has been treated using a new black coating process and is capable of withstanding temperatures as high as 400˚F and does not peel off easily.
The heat control system is also very advanced and is a combination of different mechanisms. The charcoal pan in the cooking chamber (which can hold up to 6 lbs. of coal) is adjustable to two levels. It has handles that are used to lift or lower it away from the cooking grate to control the heat intensity while grilling.
The grill has two adjustable dampers that help you in regulating the heat. There is a pinwheel vent on the offset box and a flap vent on the chimney. The vent on the offset box, which is seamlessly attached to the grill, stocks fire instantly, ensuring the good circulation of heat and smoke. The one on the chimney ensures the combustion gases are released, creating space for more oxygen to keep the charcoal burning.
You can always monitor heat levels in the fire box using a lid-mounted temperature gauge, which ensures you are never caught by surprise.
The offset smoker has an access door on the side that allows you to tend to the charcoal without removing the grate so that grilling or smoking is not interfered with. The same access door is used to clear the ashes once you are done grilling and to remove any remnant coal. It is easily reachable and makes them easy to clean.
The ash and charcoal pan is also removable, allowing tending to the charcoal while grilling, easy dumping of ashes, and cleaning.
The lid has a scald proof handle design, a spring that never gets hot regardless of the amount of heat. This makes handling easy and safe.
Multipurpose grill- Can smoke and grill at the same time
We are listing this as our best premium charcoal grill because of the extent to which they have gone to make your grilling easy breezy while maintaining a deluxe look deserving of your investment. This grill can multitask without adding extravagant accessories.
What makes it stand out from the rest is the unique way they have managed to split the grill to give it the ability to cook at different temperatures at the same time. Their two-prong approach is a combination dividing the firebox and adjusting the charcoal tray levels to achieve the desired separation. They have done this without making it permanent, meaning you still retain the option not differentiating.
They introduced a removable heavy steel divider that is inserted in the cooking zone, dividing it into two. This enables the segmentation of the heat levels within the two compartments.
Each side has its own charcoal tray with an adjustment crank that is used to raise it towards the food grate when you are looking to impart more heat and lower it. Once the two chambers have been created, you have the option of raising one side closer than the other or just reducing the heat on the chamber you want to slow cook.
This flexibility allows you to customize your cooking space to cook different meals requiring diverse heat levels at the same time. All you need to do to revert to your single cooking zone is to remove the divider.
The grill has an impressive 816 square inches cooking area, a primary area of 576 square inches, and a secondary of 240 square inches. This means it can serve more than a dozen people, which is a good number for its size.
It has cast iron and steel access doors that allow you to stoke the heat easily, helping you maintain the fuel source as you proceed. The cooking grates are made of cast iron coated with a hi-gloss porcelain finish.
The body is made of stainless steel, which offers a double liner to keep the heat inside. It has a stainless steel chimney with an adjustable flue that controls smoke and combustion gases. By letting the gases out, it allows more oxygen in. It increases the temperature of the coal. The gases and smoke passing through the meat give it that charcoal flavor we so desire.
This grill has sliding dampers on both sides to help regulate heat in both chambers. It has four wheels, two of which are multidirectional castors to facilitate smooth corners when moving it around. You have a stylish temperature gauge mounted on the lid to allow you to track the heat consistently.
It has one of the best finishes for a charcoal grill. A stainless steel finish, they even threw in a stainless steel bottle opener to illustrate how they are supportive.
It comes with an easy to lift wide grip handle. The warming rack has been ergonomically designed to pivot on the lid when opening and closing. It lifts above the main cooking grate, allowing easy access and lies back on the fuel source when you close it without touching the cooking grill. You don’t need to do any adjustments.
The large capacity ashtray is removable for ease of dumping and clean up. It has two side shelves that provide a worktop for any seasoning or utensils you may be handling. It also comes with a storage rack at the bottom for any other tools.
Cast iron and steel are durable, retain more heat, are protected against corrosion, non-stick, and easy to clean. The enamel surface aids in transferring this heat to the food for perfect searing that locks in the natural juices and flavors.
Easy to use
A bit on the pricey side
5. Casus Grill- Biodegradable Disposable
We would not be doing the environment justice if we did not introduce you to this magnificent piece of technology. It is as friendly to the environment as it is to your pocket.
At less than $20, you will not be devastated when we disclose that you can only use it once before you have to dispose of it. Not everybody who wants to grill wants to own a grill or is in a position to keep one.
It is light and portable (it only weighs 2.2 lbs. with 12.2 by 9.2 by 2 inches’ dimensions), and its composition is all biodegradable. Since it is the only grill we came across that is biodegradable, we shall go ahead and crown it our best biodegradable charcoal grill.
It is made of cardboard and lava stone and uses repurposed bamboo chopsticks for grill grates. It comes packaged in a biodegradable paper wrap that can be disposed of at the same time. It uses oxylite bamboo charcoal for fuel. This combination of ingredients is surprisingly fuel-efficient and ecofriendly.
It is quite easy to assemble, although it comes with a manual that we found to be very straight forward. Once assembled, it is also as easy to light up and takes only 5 minutes to get to a temperature of 400˚F. It can go to as high as 600˚F.
You light it by lighting the four corners of the bamboo grid. In no time, the heat is spread evenly throughout the grill. No lighter fluid is required. The lava stones provide thermal insulation and keep the heat within the grill; the cardboard is hardly affected, and you can even carry the grill while it is hot without scalding.
It burns at a consistent even grilling heat but produces no flames and minimal smoke. This means your food will be evenly grilled, and the flavors will be mostly from the food and seasoning and hardly from the grill. It produces up to 50% less carbon dioxide emissions than other charcoal grills.
The bamboo sticks are excellent conductors of heat and maintain a high temperature, which sears your food remarkably well. They are also non-stick (pun intended), meaning they grill amazing food. The grill has a cooking space for six normal burger patties, which means the grill can serve up to 3 people in one setting. Its recommended period is 60 minutes, after which you should be done grilling. This does not mean it dies immediately, though. It has been tested to push another 20 on low heat as a warming rack.
Eco friendly from production, usage to disposal
Easy to assemble
Easy to use
Time limit on usage- You can’t extend the grilling period
We already enrolled in the experience school of best charcoal grills on your behalf, and the following are some of the notes we took down on your behalf.
Charcoal grills come in a bevy of different styles. These are general classifications based on overall characteristics like functions and shapes. You may bump into these terms later on.
Brazier Grills– These are the open grills, like those you see in the park.
Kettle Grills– The classic round grill on a tripod with a lid. They often have a simple vent for controlling the internal temperature.
Barrel Grills– They come in the shape of a barrel, which is turned on its side and cut in half. Then a bottom grate is added for holding charcoal and an upper grate for cooking. They are then fitted with legs and raised, at least that’s how it used to be done. Nowadays, they come ready-made.
Cart Grills– These look like carts and are becoming very popular nowadays.
Kamado Grill– They have a similar shape to the kettle grill only in a deeper vessel made of ceramic instead of metal. The ceramic insulates heat, maintaining an even temperature throughout and facilitating a more efficient combustion of charcoal. They are usually pricier as a result, which should not discourage you from looking into them.
Portable Charcoal Grill– These are typically smaller, shorter versions of kettle grills that can be easily crammed in your SUV and taken for a weekend in the woods or a picnic.
Qualities We Should Compare to Determine the Best Charcoal Grill
Priorities will vary from individual to individual, but these are the general questions you will ask yourself:
Heating– How much time it takes to preheat and whether it can hold that temperature.
Temperature Control– How much control you have over the temperature, should you decide to raise, lower, or maintain it.
Clean Up– How easy it is to clean up, how often it needs to be cleaned and how resistant it is to food elements. Grease, salt, and some food acids accelerate corrosion, which is why the grill has to be cleaned.
Accessories– Which ones it has that, and you may need. Like side burners, storage racks.
Safety– How it manages risk. Getting your hands burned by pieces of hot charcoal, igniting when the wind blows, toppling over, causing an accident.
Size of cooking surface– They usually put this in square meters, but we found calculating using the number of normal size burgers they held more informative.
You can grill almost everything, from different meats, vegetable kabobs, pizzas, mushroom burgers, pizzas. Don’t pull out of the race yet because you are not a fan of big roasts. The best grill for you is one that you are going to enjoy cooking on and using for as long as you plan to.
If you really want a great grill, we selected a few we thought had some of the best qualities to suit your needs, whether you are an apartment dweller without much space or restrictions or a barbeque master out in the suburbs looking to spruce up your outdoor cooking. We have tried to capture all justifications to guide your journey.
The charcoal grills listed in this article are a result of opinions from our uses and research. Different levels of cooking require different tools.
More experienced grillers do not require so many gadgets to get a perfect roast as they have developed the instinct over the years.
There are those whose preferences will be biased based on what they have become accustomed to over the years. Getting the best charcoal grill is not an exact science, and you should not fill the pressure to conform.
Let’s Talk Money Matters
You can get a very basic charcoal grill for as low as $30, while high-end charcoal grills go for up to $2,000. You need to consider the total cost of ownership, not just the buying price when you are making the decision.
While you can save money on cheap grills on the initial purchase, over time, the high-end grill will more than make up for the higher price tag by giving you a better grilling experience and saving you money. The high-end grill might also not be the best charcoal grill for you if you are not a regular user.
A lot of the fun will come from getting a feel of your grill and devouring your very own barbequed meat in the process. Whichever grill you choose, it will always present a perfect opportunity to grab your favorite six-pack, a giant slab of meat, and invite a dozen friends over to ‘try out things.’
We recommend reaching for a well-built grill. While that does not mean splurging dollars, it involves doing your research and finding the best grill for your budget.
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New Bioware game teased. Could it be a new Command & Conquer?
A new trailer for the Spike TV Video Game Awards shows the briefest blip of the new Bioware game. It's set to be announced at the show, and is in development at a new studio.
The clip shows a tank column blowing apart a procession of trucks, and is the only thing the public has seen of the game outside of this image.
There's only one thing for it. Time to don the hat of speculation, stroke the beard of unknowing and take some stabs in the dark. What could it be? There are some who think it could be a new Command &; Conquer, others say it might be a new Mercenaries game. We'll know for sure when it's fully revealed at the VGAs on December 10. | <urn:uuid:318e2c7c-b1a0-4cab-81e0-786a8af88e8d> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/23/new-bioware-game-teased-could-it-be-a-new-command-conquer/ | 2014-03-07T07:54:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1393999636779/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305060716-00029-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959883 | 172 |
Emily Howard gave up smoking because of the graphic images on the packets. Photo: Jason South
Emily Howard used to stand outside in wet, cold weather, shivering in the doorways of restaurants while friends talked and ate inside. But she has come in from the cold after quitting smoking earlier this year - and the graphic warnings on Australia's hardcore new cigarette packaging helped her give up.
Howard, 26, a Department of Defence employee, started smoking at 15. She was embarrassed by the habit, she says, because her partner and most friends did not share it. She decided to give up when her mother, who was ''quite a heavy smoker'', got a blood clot in her leg. ''That was a bit of scare,'' she recalls. ''She's 51 and had been smoking for 40 years. She needed that push and I said I'd do it with her.''
In the end … one of the main reasons [I quit] was seeing those pictures. They were a constant reminder.
At first, Howard says, she wasn't fazed by Australia's new plain cigarette packs, which appeared in December last year. But she found the gruesome pictures displayed on the packs - including the effects of mouth cancer, lung cancer and gangrene - morbid and distressing. ''In the end … one of the main reasons [I quit] was seeing those pictures,'' she says. ''They were a constant reminder.''
When the federal government's plain packaging legislation came into full force on December 1, 2012, tobacco companies could no longer display brand logos or individual colours on their identical, olive green packets. Instead, 75 per cent of the front was covered in graphic health warnings, compared with 25 per cent previously.
These images included a confronting picture of 34-year-old Bryan Curtis who, reduced to skin and bones, died just six weeks after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The pictures of diseased smokers are being rotated every 12 months for maximum effect, with a new set of seven images currently being rolled out.
Australia was the first country in the world to introduce such strict packaging laws. Almost a year on, how are they faring?
While health experts say it is too early to measure whether the plain pack policy is having the desired effect, there are encouraging signs. The Australian tobacco industry, however, vehemently writes off the impact of the new packaging - despite a drop in tobacco sales.
The tough new laws also face legal challenges from several nations who claim they flout international trade rules, with Indonesia most recently taking the matter to the World Trade Organisation.
Philip Morris Asia has also mounted a separate challenge through the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.
Australia's biggest tobacco players are Philip Morris and British American Tobacco Australia (BATA). Imperial Tobacco has a smaller share of the market. In April, Imperial's UK chief executive, Alison Cooper, said the Australian market had shrunk between 2 and 3 per cent since plain packaging, which was ''maybe not as bad as anticipated''.
Australian tobacco companies say this shrinkage merely reflects the long-term downward trend in sales. Rachel Elliott, the spokeswoman for Imperial Tobacco Australia, says the company has not seen any extra decline. ''It seems clear that the Australian government's plain packaging laws will not have an impact on total tobacco consumption.''
BATA also says this drop is unremarkable. ''The legal tobacco market has remained stable,'' spokesman Scott McIntyre says. ''There has been no initial impact … it's clear that plain packaging regulation is not working.''
Jos de Bruin, spokesman for Master Grocers Australia, which represents 2300 independent supermarkets and liquor stores and opposes plain packs, says he does not have figures on tobacco sales.
''But the anecdotal evidence is there has been no change.''
Philip Morris spokesman Chris Argent says plain packaging does not appear to be prompting people to quit.
But health advocates say it is disingenuous of tobacco companies to dismiss plain packs at this early stage. Simon Chapman, professor of public health at Sydney University, says those behind plain packaging never expected a big, sudden drop in sales.
''Measures like plain packaging, quit campaigns and price rises are all cumulative. No one thing is suddenly going to make the bottom fall out the market.''
The anti-smoking lobby group Action on Smoking and Health Australia says evidence won't emerge for a couple of years. ''To make pronouncements in less than 12 months that it doesn't work, [the tobacco companies] are showing disregard for the basics of research methodology,'' spokesman Stafford Sanders says.
''They would not have opposed this so vehemently if they thought [plain packaging] wasn't going to harm their sales.''
The Department of Health will complete a study of smokers and recent quitters in December 2014 to assess the short and medium-term effects of the packaging change.
One early study, funded by the Cancer Council and published in BMJ Open, found that plain pack smokers perceived their cigarettes to be poorer quality and less satisfying than branded pack smokers.
Public health experts hailed these results as promising. But the tobacco industry dismissed the study because it was carried out during the rollout of plain pack legislation, when some branded packs were still on sale.
Fiona Sharkie, executive director of Quit Victoria, says when plain packaging first hit the shelves, calls to Quitline jumped 30 per cent on the same time the previous year. The rate of calls then levelled out. Many callers mentioned the shocking health images, particularly Bryan Curtis, Sharkie says. About 80,000 calls are made to Quitline annually.
Plain packaging's principal aim is to discourage people from taking up smoking. Health experts argue that youngsters and beginner smokers are those most likely affected by glitzy packaging and brand awareness. If it also encourages existing smokers to quit, that's a bonus, the health lobby says.
(Indeed, a recent Cancer Research UK-funded study, published in BMJ Open, found novelty packaging in the UK attracted youngsters' attention more than plain packs.)
Jeanette, 42, is a smoker who lives on the Mornington Peninsula (she did not want to use her surname). She has been battling a cigarette addiction for the past 26 years and says the new packaging has no effect on her.
''I stopped caring about what the packet looked like in my 20s,'' she says. ''When I look at the [graphic] images it's almost surreal. It's such an addiction at my age that the packaging is no longer relevant.''
She spends an average of $60 a week on cigarettes. ''I have successfully quit four times, twice while I was pregnant and on two other occasions. Each time the period of non-smoking lasted approximately one to two years. [But] I always start smoking again in periods of stress,'' she says.
''My children, aged eight and 10, both hate that I smoke because they are fully aware of how bad it is for my health. Plain packaging could work a little more effectively on teens and younger adults because self-image is more important at that age.''
WHEN the government's pioneering laws were passed through Parliament in 2011, the tobacco industry took swift action to protect its interests. In August 2012, it lost the ensuing High Court action to stop plain packaging.
''The number one weapon in the arsenal of big tobacco is litigation,'' says Sharkie. ''But so far they haven't won.''
Still, the government faces ongoing legal threats on several fronts. Five countries have launched action against the laws through the World Trade Organisation, which may drag on for several years.
The latest, Indonesia, joined the fray only weeks ago. Honduras also recently escalated its case, while Cuba, Ukraine and the Dominican Republic have made initial representations, claiming the packets breach international trade rules and intellectual property rights.
Some international tobacco companies have provided legal support for these actions, drawing sharp criticism from the Australian government and anti-smoking campaigners.
When questioned about Philip Morris' support, Argent says: ''[The company] is part of the broad coalition of the Dominican Republic's tobacco sector that is supporting the government's decision to challenge Australia's measures.''
Philip Morris Asia is also involved in a separate stoush with the Australian government over the legislation, claiming that it flouts the bilateral investment treaty with Hong Kong. It has taken action through the UN Commission on International Trade Law. The case will take up to two years to resolve and the next hearing is scheduled for Singapore in February 2014. If the company wins, its compensation claim from the federal government could run into billions of dollars.
Imperial says about 21 billion legal cigarettes a year are sold in Australia, although the companies will not disclose individual sales figures, citing commercial-in-confidence.
According to Treasury's 2013 Economic Statement, tobacco will rake in $8.3 billion in excise and customs duty this financial year, rising to $10.9 billion by 2016-17.
The tobacco industry's chief argument against plain packaging is that it will cause increased imports of ''chop chop'', or illegal tobacco. Because counterfeiters are not copying brand designs and logos, plain packaging makes it harder to spot fake goods, the industry says.
In recent years, tobacco industry-sponsored research by Deloitte has measured the problem of illicit trade. Results for 2013, in a plain pack environment, are yet to be released. But 2012 results found illegal smugglers imported about 1.8 million kilograms, equal to 10.5 per cent of the legal market, costing the economy nearly $800 million.
Imperial says anecdotal evidence shows illicit trade has increased since plain packaging. But Australian Customs and Border Protection says tobacco seizure data since the new laws were introduced ''does not support tobacco industry claims that plain packaging would result in a big spike in illegal tobacco imports''.
Penalties for tobacco smuggling were strengthened in November 2012 and now include a maximum 10 years in jail. ''[And Customs] has not yet seized any illicit plain packaged products,'' a Customs spokesperson says.
Meanwhile, several countries are considering plain packs in the wake of Australia's experiment. Ireland plans to introduce the packs next year, while Scotland has also committed to the move.
In the UK, the Conservative government scuttled plain pack plans in July, saying it would wait for hard evidence from Australia that the change works. Outraged doctors and public health experts claimed the government had bowed to powerful tobacco lobbyists.
But recently, The Observer reported that a renewed cross-party push may bring amended legislation back before the Parliament. In New Zealand, meanwhile, plans are on hold, as the government nervously watches the international legal action taken against Australia.
In Canada, Quebec is also considering its position. Nicola Roxon, former Australian health minister and then attorney-general, recently travelled there at the invitation of a parliamentary committee.
In government, Roxon was the key driver behind Australia's plain packaging laws, spurred on partly by her father's death from tobacco-related illness. Master Grocers' spokesman Jos de Bruin says Roxon ''was on a mission and would listen to no one''.
But Roxon is unapologetic. ''To see one of our plain packs on the table next to [Canadian] products - they have brightly coloured packs shaped like lipsticks, iPods or business card holders - it is quite confronting as they have never been on the market here,'' she told Fairfax Media.
''Plain packaging is a long-term game where the benefits will most likely be seen much further into the future.''
Whatever the outcome of legal challenges to plain packaging, the industry now faces another threat. The new Liberal government (taking on a Labor election promise) will increase tobacco excise by $5.3 billion over the next four years. The first 12.5 per cent price rise will happen on December 1. However the packs look by 2016, one thing is sure - on average they will cost about $20 each.
In the meantime, Emily Howard is enjoying the extra spending money that comes with giving up. She has been helped by My QuitBuddy, a phone app developed by the federal Health Department that has been downloaded more than 217,000 times in the past year.
''It tells me how many milligrams of tar I haven't inhaled since I gave up, how many cigarettes I haven't smoked and how much money I have saved,'' she says.
Before she gave up, she spent between $70 and $130 a week on her habit. She is now paying for a trip to Byron Bay with the money saved. ''I've just booked a holiday … and have also got a gym membership,'' she says. ''I feel great.''
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According to associate professor of sociology at Georgia State University, Denise A. Donnelly (2009), approximately 15% of married couples report that they have not had sex in the last six months. As a relationship (couples) counselor, I find that most long-term couples that complain of a declining sex life are not necessarily sexually incompatible, rather their emotions (hostility, anger and frustration) along with constant bickering, extinguishes their sexual flames. In other words, if one partner pressures the other to have sex and he/she pulls away – this creates tension and kills their sexual vibe. Factors such as: pregnancy, affairs, substance abuse, hormone imbalances, cultural beliefs, mid-life crises, financial problems, childrearing responsibilities, medical conditions and/or life events can affect sexual intimacy.
These factors can also cause you to feel unattractive and sexually unappealing, which can ultimately lead to a loss of interest in sex. According to Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times journalist (2009), couples in “sexless” marriages tend to be unhappy and more likely to divorce then those who enjoy a healthy sex life. In order to recapture your sexual mojo (sexual connection), you may have to push through your fear, indifference and/or disinterest. It may take time, effort, patience and persistence to rekindle that sexual spark, but if the love is there, you and your spouse can work through it together and improve your sex life. If you are wondering how to remove the curse of a “sexless” marriage – you have come to the right place. Listed below are some helpful ways that you can reignite your sexual desires.
Listed below are some helpful ways to rekindle the sexual intimacy in your marriage:
• Be Romantic
A good way to bring the fireworks back into your bedroom is re-introduce romance into your relationship. It’s not uncommon to eventually experience a decline in sexual intimacy, especially if you have been together for a long time. One of the best ways to reignite those feelings of “love” and “sexual desire” is to be romantic with one another. Show your romantic side on a daily basis – it does not have to be something elaborate, rather something simple will work just as well. For instance, write down what you love about your spouse on a post-it-note and slip it into his/her purse, lunchbox, briefcase, suit pocket or folder when he/she is not looking, send your spouse a text that says “I love you and I’m thinking of you” and/or order your spouse’s favorite flowers, candy or treats and have them sent to her at work.
Moreover, if possible, schedule a date night together (at least once a week) – without your children. In other words, find a reliable babysitter for your children, call and make reservations at your favorite restaurant and whisper to each other all of the things you would like to try in the bedroom when you get home. If you are not able to enjoy a meal out, then surprise your spouse with his/her favorite meal at home. Other ways that you can rekindle the spark in the bedroom include: cuddling together (without having sex) and engaging in lengthy foreplay before sex. All of these examples will cause an explosion of “romantic” and “sexual feelings” that will surely break “the curse of your sexless marriage.”
• Share Your Thoughts & Feelings
If you want to bring the sex back into your relationship, you will need to be open and honest with one another about any issues that are concerning you. One of the biggest ways to destroy “sexual desire” is to harbor hidden hostility and resentment towards your partner. It is imperative that you share your thoughts and feelings with each other on a regular basis. One of the biggest indicators of marital happiness and success is the ability to effectively communicate with each other. If you do not feel that you can share your thoughts and feelings with your spouse, you will not be able to reconnect in the bedroom. If your spouse really cares about you, he/she will work with you to resolve any issues within the relationship. Once you have successfully worked through all your relationship issues, you will experience an “awakening of sexual desire.”
• Help Each Other
Another way to improve your marital sex life is to share responsibilities (help each other out). Another “killer” of “sexual desire” is frustration and fatigue. In other words, when you or your spouse feels overwhelmed with responsibilities and commitments, you may be too tired and/or frustrated to be physically intimate with one another – do not fret because it is common to feel that way, especially if you have been married for a long time. A good way to break the monotony and/or eliminate stress and frustration is to “lighten the load” for your spouse. For instance, volunteer to take over some of your spouse’s household chores (cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, etc.) for the night, get up early and take the children to school and/or surprise your spouse when he/she gets home from work with a freshly mowed lawn. These actions may not seem like much, but they will put the intimacy back into your relationship at no time at all.
• Be Patient
If you want to break the “dry spell” in the bedroom, you will need to be patient with your spouse. In other words, you will need to be understanding if your partner does not feel like being intimate due to a headache, a bad day at work, a racing mind, anxiety, illness, restlessness, etc… Moreover, there may be days when your partner is just “not in the mood,” which does not mean that he/she does not love you or find you sexually appealing; rather it simply means that it is not the right time. This is the best time for you to show your spouse just how patient and understanding you can be. When your spouse says that he/she does not feel like having sex, respond by saying, “That is fine honey, just let me know when you are ready.” Do not become angry or hostile towards your spouse because he/she does not want to sex. Showing compassion towards your partner when he/she does not want to be sexually intimate will actually do wonders for your relationship, both inside and outside of the bedroom.
Written by Staff Writer
Dr. R. Y. Langham
Donnelly, D. A. (2009). When sex leaves the marriage. New York Times. Retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/when-sex-leaves-the- marriage/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
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RRCCR Mumbai Recruitment 2012 - Group D 2572 Posts
Railway Recruitment Cell Central Railway (RRCCR) Mumbai Recently has issued a latest recruitment notification for filling Group D 2572 Various recruitment posts . Eligible candidates may apply via prescribed application format before 25 September 2012 . More details are given below in shortly .
RRCCR Mumbai Total number of Recruitment posts - 2572 Posts
Age Detils - Candidates age should be between 18 years to 33 years as on 01 January 2013 .
NOTE - Age Relaxations will be extended as per indian government rules .
Educationa Qualification Required - Candidates should be passed 10th Class , ITI or Equivalent .
Application Form Fee - Reserved Candidates need to pay Rs. 40/- .
Selection process - Eligible candidates will be selected on Written Examination , PET Test Performance .
How To Apply - Eligible candidates can apply through application format which format right now available on indian railway official website. After download application format from website then fill it with all mandatory details and send to given below address .
Address for submit Application form - Senior Personnel Officer (Recruitment), Railway Recruitment, Cell, Central Railway, Chief Project Manager (Conv.)’s Office Building, 1st Floor, P.D.Mello Road, Wadi Bunder, Mumbai 400010
Last date for submit application form - 25-09-2012
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Number of Burners - 2
Burner type - Stainless Steel
Cooking surface - Vitreous enamelled cast iron
Roasting Hood material - Cast Aluminium
BBQ Firebox material - Cast Aluminium
Warranty on Firebox and Hood - 5 years
Control Panel material - Aluminium
Ignition Type - Flame Thrower
Gas Type - LPG
Natural Gas Version available - Yes
Burner megajoules per hour - Left Burner 9/Right Burner 9
Primary cooking size (mm approx) - 570 x 420 oval
Dimensions - Hood Closed (HxWxDmm) - 460 x 770 x 570
Dimensions - Hood Open (HxWxDmm) - 770x 770 x 740
Dimensions on cart with sleves extended (HxWxDmm) - 1430 x 1175 x 820
Maximum hood height above grill (mm approx) - 210
Twin Grill in Chilli Red - LP Gas
The Ziegler & Brown Twin Grill barbeque delivers high quality, high powered grilling in an innovative and compact package - perfect for everything from the backyard BBQ to the inner city balcony.
Exceptional high heat output - Cook with the hood up or down
Comes standard with two cooking grills and two individual burners
High dome roasting hood for perfect roasts everytime
Cast iron matt vitreous enamelled grills for great heat retention
Grills are rust-proof and dishwasher safe
Thanks to the combination of a powerful twin-burner cooking system and a high-domed hood, you have the option to cook with the hood open or closed, creating endless outdoor cooking options. Leave the hood open and fire up both burners to create a mixed-grill feast, yummy breakfast fry-up or perfectly-grilled seafood. Close the hood to create perfect pizzas, moist baked treats or the most succulent roast. Use one or both burners for powerful direct grilling or use just one burner for indirect roasting. Cook smaller meals using just one burner and save on gas!
Ziggy’s signature flame thrower ignition lights first time, every time. With both burners alight, if either goes out, the other will automatically re-light it.
For even more versatility, The Ziegler & Brown Twin Grill cooking grills come in two halves, allowing you to change the cooking formation to include accessories such as the rust-proof and non-stick reversible hotplate. With a smooth side for frying up pancakes, eggs and bacon; and a griddle side for succulent meats, veges or fruit, the reversible hotplate is just one of the many optional accessories that will compliment your Twin Grill Ziggy.
Made from cast iron with a matt vitreous enamel finish, the grills are easy to handle and dishwasher safe, for even more convenience.
Constructed of die-cast aluminium - not just stamped out steel - the firebox and hood are built to last and will never, ever rust. Meaning you can leave your Ziggy outside and it will keep looking great year after year. In fact the firebox and roasting hood come with a 5 year warranty.
Specifically designed for performance and greater cooking control, it’s easy to see why the Twin Grill Ziggy is fast becoming a favourite with Aussie barbeque enthusiasts.
We have had our Ziggy for 2 years now and absolutely love it . bbq, pizza, roasts you name it we have cooked in it.
It is such a winner I am about to go and buy a Portable Ziggy bundle for our new caravan so we can have all the comforts of home on our trips.
Cant go anywhere without our Ziggy !!!!
By: ALISON HALL on 16 May 2016
I bought the Ziegler & Brown Twin Grill in Chilli Red for my husband's birthday last week, but I think I might claim it for myself! We took it up to our onsite caravan (where it will stay) and tried it over the weekend, and I absolutely love it! I have always been scared of using barbecues because there is usually too much heat coming off them, and I feel like I am going to get burnt. The Ziggy is completely different. It is great to use, and I feel completely at ease using it, in fact I love it! I cooked lunch one day, and breakfast the next, and it was an absolute pleasure to use. It is so easy and it cooks so well! Now I am thinking of all the wonderful accessories I want, and how many amazing meals I will be able to cook. I have been telling all my friends how brilliant it is and posting photos on social media. I think we might have to replace our barbecue at home with a Ziggy as well! It is my idea of a perfect barbecue!
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Road For Disneyland-Area Pimp Of Minor Girls Wasn't Easy For LA Rapper Curtis Canady
The path 19-year-old Curtis Maurice Canady took to land face to face this week with a no-nonsense federal judge in Orange County for pimping minor girls in prostitution near Disneyland isn't pretty or fair.
Canady: I didn't know selling children for sex was wrong
Canady grew up in an exceptionally poor, crime-infested section of Los Angeles. His mother gave birth to him at the age of 14. When he was a toddler, his father--a convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Pelican Bay State Prison since 2001--dropped out of his life. Electricity and food wasn't always available at home. His stepfather was a physically abusive drunk murdered in a bloody 2008 drive-by shooting covered by the Los Angeles Times. His family allowed an illegal sex ring to operate out of their home during part of his childhood. When he walked to and from elementary school, he passed groups of prostitutes working the streets and nobody thought to coach him on ethics or morals, a failure that later blinded him to legal consequences of selling underage girls for sex to anonymous men. He began smoking marijuana daily when he reached puberty, quit high school before graduating and colored himself in tattoos, including inking a Gucci symbol on his face. While a minor he started dating an older prostitute and worked as her driver. He picked "Cash" as a nickname because he naively thought it was flattering.
On the brighter side, Canady loved skateboarding, sports and recording rap music. He posted a couple of his lively performances on the Internet and played in small Southern California venues. He also won the sincere love of his family and friends, 13 of whom drove to the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana to show support during his sentencing hearing.
Last summer police detectives caught Canady working as a pimp selling minor girls and transporting them between Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Anaheim. His warped, off-kilter support group responded to his arrest with intense outrage, alternatively claiming he was framed by a well-respected Anaheim Police Department vice squad, blaming Orange County white racism and, incredibly, maintaining the notion there is nothing wrong about pimping girls not old enough to obtain a driver's license or legally see an "R-rated" movie. After initially pleading not guilty, Canady had a change of heart. He confessed and wrote a letter to U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter.
"I understand that what I did was wrong and I should have been smarter," he explained to Carter in neat, handwritten penmanship and perfect grammar (especially for a high school dropout). "I only wish to move forward and get something positive out of life . . . Although people may look at me and my appearance and make assumptions, I am truly not a bad kid. This has really been a life lesson learned and I will never make a mistake like this again."
He claims one of his biggest worries now is that his mother will lose her government welfare and housing subsidies.
As evidence of his asserted regret, Canady did something I've never seen an adult defendant do in decades covering court cases. In 51, single-spaced pages, he dutifully wrote over and over again--5,015 times to be precise: "I will not aid prostitution." His taxpayer-funded defense lawyers thought the exercise reflected both school kid-type immaturity but also genuine sincerity. They shared the pages with Carter not because the pimp asked them too, but because they thought the information would give the judge valuable insight.
But post-arrest wishes and twisted rationales couldn't alter the strength of veteran Assistant United States Attorney Anthony Brown's case. Brown requested that Canady serve 97 months in prison as the appropriate punishment and Carter, one of California's most thoughtful judges, agreed. When he re-emerges back into society around 2020, this defendant will be forced to undergo formal supervised probation for an additional decade.
Note to self: Canady wrote, "I will not aid prostitution" more than 5,000 times as a reminder of the moral guidance he never received from his parents and relatives
This case--like all the other recent Disneyland-area cases involving trafficking of minors--raises an alarming question: Who nowadays doesn't understand it is repugnant and illegal to sell children for sex?
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Chapter 427: MF | Read Online
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Thanks guys, I couldn’t wait for your release!
Thank you Turnipfarmers! Awesome work as always ^_^
Thanks for your amazing dedication! 🙂 You guys are über!
As always. Thanks for your hard work.
Great great great work, saying great once wouldn’t do you guys justice
This chapter was amazing. I was wondering what he would say, but it was far better than I had expected. Glorious. The writer of this manga is incredible. The old man’s heart pains were perfectly placed. It was a chapter filled with emotions. Probably the best chapter so far. The translations were spot on, you guys are legends.
Thanks for the chapter
Thank you for your translation. I must say that I greatly appreciated the fact that the encounter didn’t end with an agreement, a “definite answer” pushed from above by the author, but remained kind of an open question.
Congrats for the quality of your work
Thank you for you work, and even more so for the last few chapters – your translation is definitely the best (I didn’t get anything on these LQ scans on mymanga).
I’m also really happy with how that talk has turned out – that the author didn’t give Ryofui some crap theory to defend just to make Sei look better but somehting that made sense. I actually wondered how Sei was going to answer to that and convince me XD I also like that he justified properly Sei’s decision to end warfare with warfare (that’s how his era rolls, so any other course of action can seem irrealistic, and the mot important is to save coming generations). I just thought the old man’s reaction was a tad over the top – I know Sei is cool, but can he really change an old man’s opinion so quickly ?
It’s also nice that Sei accepts being seen as a tyrant. He has a good heart but he can also be really ruthless and I like that the author doesn’t try to make it seem like he’s so sweet.
Now I want to see Kanyou’s battle !
Thanks again !
Thank you !!
thanks for the great work as always.!!
Ryofui, you must be thirsty. Here, have some of this ‘special’ tea.
Enough talking, we need some badassery from Shin.
Thanks guys!!!!….another awesome release!!! 😀
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FLINT, Michigan — Wednesday night’s tilt at Ballenger Field House didn’t have the high drama of the first meeting between rivals Lansing and Mott. The Bears fell on a rebound putback at the buzzer in the Capital City last month. It was Mott’s first loss to the Stars in three years.
This time around, Mott built a 24-point lead in the second half; from there the Bears held on for dear life, winning 92-83.
No. 10-ranked Lansing (9-3) has three losses on its record, but two of them are by forfeit. This was the first time the team had truly tasted defeat this season.
Mott was able to pull out the victory in spite of the absence of second-leading scorer Ruston Hayward (knee) and a pedestrian effort from Malik Albert, currently the leading scorer in the nation at this level. Lansing, smartly, keyed on Albert throughout the game, holding him to 21 points on 6-for-19 from the field.
Mott needed someone to step into the breach, and this time around it was freshman point guard Marcus Johnson. The Charlotte (N.C.) product had a huge first half and finished with 26 points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists. He shot 9-for-18 from the field.
Lansing, as is the norm, played at a frenetic pace. The Stars have averaged a truly ridiculous 110 points per game in their last five outings. Mott was able to keep the Stars in check early on after an initial outburst from sophomore forward Devlin Bell, who connected on his first three 3-point attempts. He finished with a game-high 27 points and nine rebounds. (Editor’s note: he’s a beast.)
Even in the second half’s first few minutes, there was no sign of the run-and-gun, score-at-will Stars.
At the 12-minute mark of the second half, Mott still led by 18; three minutes later it was 12; then eight at the five-minute mark. It was Bell, point guard Tracy Edmond and Donyae Logan who did most of the damage. Edmond, for his part, never stopped going to the basket and was rewarded with 17 free throw attempts — all but four of his 16 points came from the charity stripe.
Lansing got within five with 46 seconds to go before Albert and Johnson put them away from the foul line.
It was a very shaky, if not outright pathetic defensive performance for Mott down the stretch. Mott could not keep Lansing from the basket and allowed far too many second chance points. No lead is safe with this Lansing squad.
No. 11-ranked Mott (7-1) had five players in double figures including the aforementioned pair. Sophomore Jamal Reynolds, inserted into the starting lineup in place of Hayward, scored 17 points with 10 rebounds. Sophomore Chester McFadden added 15 points and four rebounds. Sophomore forward Myles Busby had 12 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Five of his points came in less than 10 seconds to get Mott started on its 9-0 run to start the second half.
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- 2 How do you choose a chamois?
- 3 What shorts do pro cyclists wear?
- 4 What is a chamois in bike shorts?
- 5 Are expensive bike shorts worth it?
- 6 Are gel cycling shorts better?
- 7 Do you wear shorts over cycling shorts?
- 8 What is the best chamois for cycling?
- 9 Do pro cyclists wear padded shorts?
- 10 What are the best cheap cycling shorts?
- 11 Why do cyclists wear bibs?
- 12 Why is cycling kit so expensive?
- 13 Do cycling shorts stop chafing?
- 14 Can Vaseline be used as chamois?
- 15 What is a 2 hour chamois?
What bike shorts have the best padding?
The Best Padded Bike Shorts for Men and Women, According to Reviews
- Best Overall: Sponeed Men’s Cycling Shorts.
- Best for Long Distance: Baleaf Men’s Bike Cycling Underwear.
- Best With Extra Padding: Santic Men’s Cycling Shorts.
- Best Budget: Sportneer Men’s Cycling Shorts.
How do you choose a chamois?
This is where personal preference comes into play: if you’re looking for a high level of support and protection, go for a higher density or a thicker chamois. If you prefer to have a more noticeable connection to your saddle or your rides are short and low intensity, you can opt for a slightly thinner chamois.
What shorts do pro cyclists wear?
Simply named ‘ Pro ‘ the Le Col Pro bib shorts are directly targeting riders who are looking for pro -level performance from their riding clothing. Featuring a race focussed cut and flat-lock construction, the Pro bibs seek to offer an aerodynamic and supportive fit.
What is a chamois in bike shorts?
The chamois pad inside a pair of padded bike shorts is designed to help relive pressure points and eliminate chafing and promote freedom of movement. The design of a chamois pad is based on end user. There are thick and thin chamois pads. Some are ideal for chafe and others are ideal for cushioning the bones.
Are expensive bike shorts worth it?
Expensive: Which Bike Shorts to Buy. But for the most part, higher-end, pricier bike shorts are truly made better and will last longer. If you’re new to cycling, a cheap pair will certainly get you started. But don’t shy away from trying some of the more expensive brands as you get more involved with the sport.
Are gel cycling shorts better?
Gel adds a layer of comfort for new cyclists and those who are moving up in their mileage. A Gel Pad is good for all rides long or short. If you are comfortable on your saddle, you might not need the thickness and weight of a gel padded bike short.
Do you wear shorts over cycling shorts?
Can I wear shorts over them? Absolutely not. Nothing over or under, just the bike shorts.
What is the best chamois for cycling?
High-end chamois features Compression is spot on, and the 10mm S7 Evo chamois is probably the best we’ve tested, balancing all day comfort with suppleness of a much thinner pad, staying put in or out of the saddle.
Do pro cyclists wear padded shorts?
Cycling shorts are really tight. They make a strong fashion statement — and not necessarily in a good way. But the truth is that padded cycling shorts make cycling much more comfortable and efficient, and help you ride faster and longer. If you’re going to get serious about road riding, you’ll want to wear them.
What are the best cheap cycling shorts?
13 of the best cheap cycling shorts for 2021
- BTwin Essential Bibless Cycling Shorts — £7.99.
- Baleaf Men’s 3D Padded Cycling Undershorts — £15.68.
- FDX Men’s Performance Cycling Bib Shorts — £25.25.
- Triban RC 500 Bib Shorts — £49.99.
- Liv Mossa Shorts — £35.99.
- dhb Bib Shorts — £40.
- dhb Flashlight Bib Shorts — £49.99.
Why do cyclists wear bibs?
Bibs help keep the shorts’ crotch firmly against your crotch. Bibs keep your shorts up. Non- bib shorts can pull down enough to expose your lower back to the wind. This is most apt to happen in a low, aerodynamic riding position.
Why is cycling kit so expensive?
Well that’s expensive too. They need as many eyeballs on their product as possible and they need to somehow gain people’s trust. A retailer can vouch for a product and has the traffic to their site or footfall to their store to at least give it a chance.
Do cycling shorts stop chafing?
Wear the Right Shorts The right shorts can make all the difference when it comes to chafing. High-quality biking shorts are designed to minimize friction and rubbing, allowing you to ride for longer and more comfortably. Also, it’s very important to make sure that the shorts fit you properly.
Can Vaseline be used as chamois?
A lot of riders swear by petroleum jelly (or diaper rash ointments containing it) as cheaper versions of chamois cream, but that can actually be a costly mistake. The petroleum jelly won’t wash out of your chamois properly, can trap bacteria in there, and can wreck the antimicrobial treatment, explains Mathews.
What is a 2 hour chamois?
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Today I’m going to share our 2017 final family expenses. I’m stealing this idea from the MMM blog which exposes his family expenses every year. His annual article is always one of my favourites and really shows how little a family actually needs to live. Overall we did very well in 2017 and we did have a lot of non recurring expenses which will help lower our expenses in 2018 even more.
So here it goes.
2017 Family Spending Report
|Service & Parts||$1,425|
|Bills & Utilities|
|Cell phone (1)||$195|
|Water & Sewers||$359|
|Entertainment (Sports, Hobbies, Alcohol)||$2,036|
|Fees & memberships||$470|
|Gifts & Donations||$1,327|
|Clothes – RJ & D||$352|
Expenses that are now eliminated or significantly reduced now that we are FI
|Property Tax (4)||-$3,471|
|Public transportation (7)||-$705|
|Life insurance (8)||-$436|
|Anticipated Annual Expenses||$25,699|
(1): Yes, our cell phone bill is that cheap. D and I actually just have one phone and it’s on a pay as you go plan (unlimited texting, 125 minutes calling) for $15/month.
(2): We might take more vacations now but we have recently starting travel hacking which will easily compensate for this.
(3): No more mortgage, rent or daycare!!!
(4): Property taxes at the new house are $1,400/year (You can get the same rate! You just have to get the hell out of the big cities!)
(5): In 2017 our furniture expenses were mostly related to staging our house for sale and buying new (used) appliances for the new house. We don’t anticipate spending anything on furniture other than replacing a broken appliance.
(6): RJ used the vehicle for work a lot in 2017 and D commuted with the car for part of the year. We expect gas to be at least 50% lower. $100 (2 tanks of gas) or less per month.
(7): This was entirely work related. D took public transit for part of the year.
(8): We cancelled our life insurance (check out this article if you’re wondering why).
(9): These expenses don’t include the major renovations we did at our houses last year. These were capital expenses and were reflected in the proceeds of our real estate transaction and accounted for in our net worth calculations.
(10): Overall, our utility/insurance/grocery expenses are a little inflated as we did maintain 2 households for part of 2017.
So as you can see our expenses minus the things we have now eliminated come up to $25,699. I have a feeling this number will just keep getting lower as we are constantly finding new ways to save. D is going to start on our new garden next month which will eventually start producing fresh produce and potentially lower our grocery bill. We also just signed up for an Internet plan which is almost 50% less than our current plan. | <urn:uuid:2dda34b6-fd59-4e16-8211-3704eda3791f> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | http://savingforaliving.com/2018/03/22/exposed-our-familys-2017-spending/ | 2018-04-27T02:23:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125948950.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20180427021556-20180427041556-00523.warc.gz | en | 0.919039 | 680 |
By Jim Stanford on February 10, 2012
Situated in the old Huckleberry Mountain Candy factory on Gregory Lane, the artists’ enclave had become a hive of creative activity and occasional social hub. The run-down, industrial feel and labyrinthine layout were part of the charm but also caught the attention of the fire marshal, who flagged the building for numerous violations, including lack of fire exit signs.
Photographer David Stubbs made this short video when Factory Studios celebrated its first birthday last month. In a town still dominated by traditional Western art (read: animal portraits, cowboys and Indians) Stubbs was drawn to a contemporary scene tucked out of sight, reminiscent of New York City warehouses in the 1980s, he said.
Artlab’s Walker wrote on Facebook, “After 16 months, the Teton Artlab has decided to bring the Factory Studios project to a close. The landlords have decided not to bring it up to code as directed by the building’s fire inspectors last week. Because of this, we have decided to pursue other options rather than invest any more into their property.” He invited anyone with leads on a new space to contact him at 307-699-0836 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
Not all of the artists are moving out. Metalworker Ben Roth and Igneous Skis, for instance, had pre-existing leases and occupy “private, light industrial work spaces,” which are subject to less stringent regulations than public gathering places, Roth said.
“It’s really sad the lab is leaving, and it’s a huge shame,” Roth said. “I’m going to miss the environment of having a bunch of artists around. What a hive it felt like, and how productive it was. The quality of art being made now is so exciting.”
While Teton Artlab is looking for another space to house collective studios, it likely won’t be in a factory, as Huckleberry Mountain might be the last such facility in Jackson Hole. Roth said it’s tough to find an industrial space that fits artists’ budgets and also meets code. “I thought we had it there,” he said.
Although Center for the Arts was designed to bring Jackson’s arts community under one roof, Roth said it’s not in the business of renting studio space to individual artists for a few hundred bucks a month, available 24 hours a day. Teton Artlab formerly operated in the center, but after disputes with the Art Association left for the factory.
Still, Roth expressed hope that the collective will find another suitable space to thrive. “It will happen again,” he said.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 74929
gnome-volume-control doesn't monitor levels.
Last modified: 2015-01-07 19:00:47 EST
Start gnome-volume-control. Change the volume by _other_ means. Observe
gnome-volume-control fail to notice.
Get halfway through filing a bug about the mixer_applet not responding to the
mouse wheel any more before noticing that it _is_ in fact working, and it's just
that gnome-volume-control isn't showing the changes :)
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Have a say on night work on Henry Lawson Drive and Bullecourt Avenue
21 October 2015
Roads and Maritime Services is inviting community feedback on proposed night work to build intersection improvements at the Henry Lawson Drive and Bullecourt Avenue intersection at Milperra.
Glenn Brookes said if approved the night work would be delivered as part of the NSW Government’s $246 million Pinch Point Program, which targets traffic congestion hotspots.
“Roads and Maritime is inviting community feedback on a proposal to work up to five nights a week during the next four months, in order to deliver this important improvement for motorists,” Glenn said.
The work will include extending the right turn bay on Henry Lawson Drive at Bullecourt Avenue, moving the kerb and gutter on Bullecourt Avenue for left turning vehicles and moving the pedestrian crossing and traffic lights.
“In order to limit the impact of noise on residents and road users, some work would be carried out at night between 8pm and 5am, with noisy work like jackhammering and breaking up concrete between 8pm and 11pm only.
“We welcome feedback and would appreciate comments by Friday 6 November 2015,” Glenn said.
“Feedback will be considered and the community updated as the project progresses.”
Comments should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.org or:
Communications and Stakeholder Engagement
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Poppy Melia (Dublin, 1966) is an Irish artist with an international sensibility and presence. in 1989, after graduating from the national college of art and design, she spent a year painting on the Polynesian islands with her mother and sister. on returning to Europe her debut solo exhibitions in London and in Dublin were critical and commercial triumphs. since then, Poppy has traveled and painted throughout the world, drawing inspiration from sojourns in Nepal, China, New Zealand, North America and Europe, in particular, Tuscany where she has summered with her family since early childhood.
HERON WITH TROUT
However, her main inspiration is rooted in the Kerry countryside, its mountains, lakes, sea, flora and fauna, which have surrounded her since childhood. her art is highly sought after in the print media, literary publishing and she has appeared on many tv and radio programs. her work hangs in private and public collections throughout Europe, America and South Africa.
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"Her paintings, mainly in Gouache, are a joy to look at ... there is a carefully orchestrated linear construction to her works." Irish Independent
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Inbee Park wanted tough conditions at St. Andrews to try to make up an eight-shot deficit in her pursuit of a fourth straight major.
It turned out to be too tough for anyone.
The third round of the Women’s British Open was suspended Saturday by gusts that topped 40 mph and kept golf balls from staying put on the greens. After waiting six hours for the wind to calm, players were told to return Sunday morning for a marathon finish.
Whether that becomes a huge break for the leaders — Na Yeon Choi at 10-under 134 was an hour away from teeing off — won’t be known until Sunday.
“It’s still going to be windy tomorrow — not, hopefully, as windy as it’s been today, but there’s no letup in it,” said Susan Simpson, head of operations for the Ladies Golf Union. “It’s still going to be very breezy and equally difficult conditions.”
Nine players who completed the third round had an average score of 78.2. Cristie Kerr and Lydia Ko each had a 75, the best of those who finished. Rikako Morita shot 86. The cumulative nine-hole scores for the 20 players who at least made the turn was 54-over par.
There were 508 holes played, and only 26 birdies.
Park is trying to become the first golfer, male or female, to win four straight professional majors in the same season. Her hope was for a steady round in raging wind and for the leading players to lose ground. Park was 1 under through four holes, making a 30-foot birdie putt at No. 3.
But it was her par on the fourth hole that helped make officials realize it was time to stop. The ball moved from its position from a gust, and Park called for a ruling to make sure she could replace it as long as she didn’t address the ball.
Simpson said it wasn’t Park’s ruling alone.
“The time frame for the balls actually moving was very short,” Simpson said. “We got five calls, all in the space of a few minutes. ... So I can’t actually say which one was the last one that made the difference because it all happened so quickly. There was a gust of almost 40 mph, and with that singular gust, all the balls started to move on the five calls that we had. And we suspended play immediately.”
The most impressive round belonged to Anna Nordqvist, who was 1 under through 15 holes. Danielle Kang was even through 11 holes.
Everyone was to return at 6:15 a.m. Sunday to resume the third round. That means the last group of Choi and Miki Saiki is expected to tee off about 7:30 a.m. The draw will not change for the final round — players will head right back out, and if everything goes according to plan, the Women’s British Open should finish around 6 p.m.
Choi had a one-shot lead over Saiki. Morgan Pressel was another shot behind.
Most of the trouble was around the loop — Nos. 7-11 on the far end of the Old Course that is exposed to the elements. Simpson said the wind reached a sustained speed of 30 mph, and during the suspensions, one gust was recorded at 50 mph.
Because more than half of the 69-player field did not finish, there is an option to scrap the third round and start over. Eighteen players had not even started the third round. Simpson said starting over was considered, but not for long.
“We had five groups complete the round, and while we took that into account and it was part of the discussions, it was quite quickly ruled out,” she said. “Because we don’t feel that’s fair to the players who have also competed and already played their rounds. We want to try to continue. Tomorrow, the conditions are meant to be difficult in the morning, as well.”
She said she spoke to all the players and their response was mixed.
“Some are delighted and some are not delighted,” she said. “And I think that’s the way it works.”
Wind is the main defense of links courses, and St. Andrews is among the toughest of the British links in these elements because the Old Course is exposed. Simpson said officials prepared for a big blow Saturday by not cutting the green on the par-3 11th hole and being mindful of hole locations, making sure they were not on ridges. The greens were 9.4 on the Stimpmeter, compared with 10 the previous two days.
They just weren’t prepared for this much wind.
Simpson said the tournament could be extended to Monday, if necessary, which would lead to chaos for the Solheim Cup captains, Meg Mallon and Liselotte Neumann. This is the final qualifying event for the Cup, which starts Aug. 16 at the Colorado Golf Club. They were to announce their captain’s picks two hours after the Women’s British Open is over, and Mallon said her 12-player team was to fly to Denver on Monday for a practice round. | <urn:uuid:e8ac8bdb-dacd-42f8-9671-afa197c00e94> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | http://www.timesherald.com/article/20130803/SPORTS03/130809899/wind-suspends-3rd-round-at-st-andrews | 2017-09-25T18:44:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818693240.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170925182814-20170925202814-00582.warc.gz | en | 0.98509 | 1,116 |
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This is an interesting article.
Nick Clegg's wife saying, to a journalist, how she will stay in the background during the general election campaign and concentrate on her children and her job.
Can't imagine how the three pictures of her got into the piece, especially the one of them both having a brew and reading the Times at their kitchen table and the one of them kissing their new born baby.
A bit of advice though. With her Spanish accent I'd keep her away from your Sheffield constituency Mr Clegg, Yorkies aren't very bright and might think you've married a Lancastrian.
But I do like the names they have given their children. Antonio Clegg, Alberto Clegg and Miguel Clegg. They could write at least three hilarious episodes of Last of the Summer Wine with material like that.
Oh aye Mrs Clegg, you're doing right staying in the background.
If you don't know Nick Clegg is the leader of the Liberal Democrats. He's the one you'll see occasionally on TV as the general election campaign lifts off. But don't confuse him with David Cameron, he's the other one. I suppose they are a bit like Ant and Dec really, which one's Dave which one's Nick? | <urn:uuid:e992e7c4-181f-4efe-8235-8ca3d5bbf61d> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://abriefencounter.blogspot.com/2010/03/nick-cleggs-wife.html | 2017-10-20T03:26:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823630.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020025810-20171020045810-00571.warc.gz | en | 0.987766 | 255 |
It has been 11 days – 11 days of waking up at the crack of dawn – actually before the crack of dawn – at 5am. 11 days of trying to maximize my productivity. 11 days of trying to break my addiction to distraction.
My husband is thinking of switching careers, which I am in full support of, but he has some fear of the “what ifs”, so I dragged him to the book store to help find some books to help the psyche. While he perused the business, and self help section – I ran my fingers along a table with some “must read” books – I picked them up, read the back, put them back down – none of them really held my interest. Then there it was – just sitting there – the 5 am club. On the front; Own your morning – elevate your life and on the back it spoke about how this man Robin Sharma introduced this concept over 20 years ago, and it has helped clients maximize their productivity, upgraded their happiness and accomplished epic results. I put it back down – I was here to help the husband. I went over and asked how I could help – he was nose deep in a bunch of books and I don’t even think he heard me.
Ok – fine, fine – I went back over to the book. I read the message from the author. The last sentence has me hooked. “The world needs more heroes and why wait for them – when you have it in you to become one. Starting today”. I quickly added the book to his pile as we made our way to the check out.
I was excited – first off I love books – LOVE books! Fiction, non fiction, biographies, how to, cookbooks.. the list goes on.. basically throw a bunch of words on a piece of paper and hand it to me! The next day, I settled onto my couch, poured myself a glass of wine, and got ready to fully immerse myself into the 5am and prepare myself for the changes to come.
I finished the first couple of chapters – to say I felt inspired and invigorated would be a lie. I hated it. This book was not what I was expecting. This was a story of two people on a journey to the 5am club. What the heck – how did I pass over that in the description on the back – a story?! I wanted the information, I wanted to the secrets of the 5am club, and wanted to know how now. I put the book down, disappointed.
Another couple of days passed – the book was staring at me on my coffee table. Read me. Do it. Give me a chance. Nope. Just wasn’t there yet. My phone rang, and it was the MIL; she asked what I was up to – I gave her a glimpse into what I was feeling. How I was so excited for this book – but felt so let down that it wasn’t the self help book I originally thought it was. She said just try to read it again with an open mind. She said maybe you will finish and maybe you won’t. Maybe you’ll find something in one chapter that resonates and that’s all you need… Yes mom….
I told myself – 3 more chapters… That would bring me to 5 chapters in total. The book was $21.00 – so that works out to $5.25 a chapter. That wasn’t too bad – I have spent more on less.
By Chapter 4 I was hooked. I was invested. This IS exactly what I needed. I resonated with the painter and the entrepreneur – I read page after page, writing notes feverishly. I read the entire book – all 311 pages and 17 chapters in 2 days. I do not want to spoil this entire book in one blog – but the 5am club really does provide a formula that you can use to wake up early, be inspired, focus, and rid yourself from distraction.
I will share my journey – not frequently – but enough to let you know how this plays throughout my day to day and work life. Just know “mastery is not a sudden event” it is going to be journey; some days are going to be easier than others. My first 11 days have been a freakin’ roller coaster. Up, down, sideways, a few tears and a heckuva lot of smiles.
I will leave a little tidbit – the 3 step success formula – and we can discuss it a little later …..
Are you a member of the 5am club? Share your thoughts below…
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DL Austin Capps
As is often the case with high school football, Capps is playing multiple positions in this video. The only defensive play he makes is a sack where the offensive line gave very little resistance. On offense he throws a lineman into the endzone during a touchdown run, and that's just one example of the strength he shows on offense. Even if he might not have had many highlights on the defensive side this week, his strength will be a positive from the first day he steps on campus.
ATH Kiel Pollard
Pollard is posting videos exclusively of him on the offensive side of the ball and he is supposedly going to make the switch to defense when he gets to campus so his physical tools are all we can breakdown right now. He shows good hands, which will be valuable, but what stands out is that he is a very elusive athlete. The only question mark will be if Pollard can be physical enough once he switches to defense.
DB Deon Edwards
One thing for sure about Deon Edwards is that physicality will not be a problem for him. He makes a big hit on the first play and makes another huge hit about :30 seconds in. He consistently is coming up to the line of scrimmage to make a play. Most importantly, Edwards is consistently showing that he can make tackles in open space, something that has been a bit of a struggle for the Razorback secondary.
DL Briston Guidry
Guidry has a brief video posted this week so it may not have been his best game but still showed some impressive plays. At about :19 seconds in he makes a touchdown saving tackle right at the goal line. Guidry gets across the field quickly to make the play and wraps up to keep the running back from crossing the plane. The final play he also gets in the backfield and makes a nice tackle from behind.
ATH T.J. Hammonds
Hammonds' video this week is another good show of physicality. On the run :17 seconds in he breaks through a group of would be tacklers and picks up the first down. On the next play he puts the truck stick on some poor soul and runs him over. One thing of note is that there were two punt returns where he makes good yardage getting past defenders, but both returns were questionable decisions. If he is going to return at SEC games then he can't rely on his speed in the same way. | <urn:uuid:5b274b3f-f6e0-4c28-acca-cdb2d133239f> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://www.arkansasfight.com/2015/10/14/9523173/arkansas-recruiting-commit-videos-week-6-austin-capps-kiel-pollard | 2023-02-03T00:24:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500041.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202232251-20230203022251-00039.warc.gz | en | 0.981335 | 494 |
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - A rivalry has been born 450 miles north of St. Paul.
In a game that made you wish realignment could start tomorrow instead of a year from now, the Wild and Winnipeg Jets were introduced Tuesday night and it wasn't for the faint of heart.
It was fast. It was physical. It was intense. It was exhilarating.
And it was downright deafening, as the 15,004 fans who packed the MTS Centre sounded as if they were 50,004 strong during an eardrum-bursting outcry of incessant, passion-filled noise.
In a battle of attrition, the Jets stopped the Wild's seven-game winning streak when Bryan Little scored a power-play goal with five minutes left for a 2-1 victory.
"Definitely felt like [a rivalry]," said Wild center Kyle Brodziak, who played with an edge and was in the middle of a game-ending scrum. "That was a hard-fought game. There was definitely no love lost. Unfortunately, they got the best of us tonight."
Added coach Mike Yeo, "You could see the two teams don't like each other."
The game featured end-to-end action, big hits, a sensational goaltending duel, one heck of a fight when Clayton Stoner jumped to partner Greg Zanon's defense after he was crushed by Tanner Glass, and Pierre-Marc Bouchard leaving in front of a trail of blood.
A bent Bouchard was driven nose first into the ledge between the boards and glass behind the Winnipeg net with 1 minute, 6 seconds remaining by Zach Bogosian, but the Wild couldn't tie the score on the power play.
Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec, who starred with 34 saves, saved his best for last when he robbed Brodziak from the goalmouth with 45 seconds to play.
The frantic pace might have been pleasing for the fans, but not Yeo. The Wild turned lots of pucks over in the offensive zone, and with two forwards trapped, the Jets routinely attacked with speed.
"We were pretty loose in a lot of areas," Yeo said. "It led to a little too much open ice for them and a little too much back and forth. When you do that, you turn it into a 50-50 game."
With the score tied 1-1 after Guillaume Latendresse, in his surprise return after 15 games out because of a concussion, and Bogosian exchanged goals, Stoner airmailed a puck into the seats for a delay-of-game penalty.
With one second left on the power play, Dustin Byfuglien's snap pass landed right on Little's stick at the side of the net. He buried it, and the Jets, who have won all five home games this month, beat the NHL's best road team. It was the Wild's first road loss since Nov. 12.
"My foot slipped. ... But at the end of the day, we didn't play good enough," said Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, who made 25 saves. "It was not good enough for our standards."
Cal Clutterbuck agreed, saying, "Definitely, we've got another, if not two other levels. We were not very good. We made a lot of soft plays, and that's uncharacteristic of us. I don't think they got our best."
Still, it was a tremendous hockey game, and the new rivalry will continue in St. Paul on Feb. 16 -- and hopefully five to six times a year if the NHL Players' Association ratifies the NHL's realignment plan.
It was an emotionally exhausting loss, but the Wild better forget quickly. The high-powered Chicago Blackhawks invade the X on Wednesday night.
"We've played a lot of good games in a row here," Yeo said. "There does come a time where, like it or not, it's difficult to keep your urgency level up and keep the same focus going into every game.
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Well, there are 3 simple ways how to hire developers: office employment, freelancing, and outsourcing. Let’s dive into details about each of these options!
- Office employment. It is a widely-used practice of building
- Freelancing. A freelancer is a person you work with remotely without signing any agreement – you’re in the trust-based relationships. This professional can deal with
- 1-2 years of experience in visual design focused on UI/UX practices;
- The practical knowledge of Photoshop and Sketch;
- The understanding of responsive and interactive design;
- The comprehension of web animation practices (JS/CSS);
- The basic knowledge of on-page optimization practices will be a plus;
- The ability to convert visual materials into code.
- 2-3 years of hands-on experience in front-end development;
- Experience with back-end is desirable;
- Knowledge of API and Wrappers is a big plus.
- Solid knowledge of AngularJS, React.js and other JS frameworks;
- Strong skills in using HTML and CSS;
- Experience of working in Scrum and Agile environments.
- Up to 2 years of experience in programming;
- Basic knowledge of back-end development;
- Experience of integrating APIs systems to software development;
- Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.
- 2-3 years of work experience in back-end development;
- Strong knowledge in Node.js, Angular;
- Proficiency in using databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL;
- Experience in mentoring junior back-end developers.
- 5+ hands-on experience in back-end development;
- Ability to lead the team and mentor junior back-end developers;
- Extensive experience in code development and testing;
- Knowledge of AngularJS, Polymer, AEM, and SOA/REST.
- More than one year of hands-on experience working with web design and server-side development;
- Know how to develop plans and design logic into practice;
- Analysis of extensive information part.
- 2+ years of programming experience;
- Comprehension of agile practices and web application development;
- Hands-on experience with cloud service providers.
- Know how to work with data modeling;
- Practice with unit testing frameworks.
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Junior: RM 4,000
Junior: RM 4,000
Junior: RM 3,000
A good job description should have the detailed information about the company and its specialization, the job position (duties and responsibilities) and the key requirements (education, work experience, knowledge and skills). Keep in mind the more details are included, the more relevant specialists will apply to your job offer.
- Ask special questions;
- Give a test assignment;
- Conduct a face-to-face job interview.
- Do you know what a “closure” means? Can you explain it, please?
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- Are brick mailboxes illegal?
- Can you receive mail under a different name?
- How long can mail sit in mailbox?
- Do you have to use concrete for mailbox post?
- What do you do when your mailbox is full?
- Can the mailman refuse to deliver your mail?
- How do you label apartment mailboxes?
- What is the penalty for hitting a mailbox?
- How high is a mailbox required to be?
- Is it safe to put your name on your mailbox?
- Can the post office make me move my mailbox?
- How do I know if my mailbox is owned by USPS?
- What happens to your mail if your mailbox is full?
- Can I have two mailboxes at my house?
- Can I build my own mailbox?
- How do I get mail delivered to my house?
- What is required on a mailbox?
- How do I request a mailbox?
- What happens if you don’t have a mailbox?
- Can I put a note in my neighbor’s mailbox?
- Can you put a note in someone’s mailbox?
- Who decides where mailboxes are placed?
- Do mailboxes need to be approved?
- Do you have to put your name on your mailbox?
Are brick mailboxes illegal?
Real Brick, Rock, Stone and Steel Mailboxes are Illegal Such boxes typically feature materials such as concrete, brick, stone or steel that can pose a heightened safety risk for drivers who run into the roadside structures..
Can you receive mail under a different name?
You can receive mail addressed to any name imaginable, as long as the address itself is legitimate. People do it all the time.
How long can mail sit in mailbox?
10 daysMargaret Putnam with the US Postal Service says that letting the box get too full could cost someone their mail service. When mail is not picked up, it is held at the post office for 10 days. After 10 days, the postal service declares the address M.L.N.A. which means, “Moved, Left No Address.”
Do you have to use concrete for mailbox post?
Make sure your desired mailbox post meets Federal Highway administration recommendations: a stable post that can bend or fall to the side if hit by a car. Avoid unyielding supports such as metal or concrete posts, and instead use a 4 x 4-inch wooden support or a 2-inch diameter standard steel or aluminum pipe.
What do you do when your mailbox is full?
What should I do if my mailbox is full?Check if the option “Leave messages on server” in your mail client is checked or unchecked.Archive your emails in an offline folder so they are no longer located on the server.Check your deleted items, concepts, unsolicited email.
Can the mailman refuse to deliver your mail?
Ruiz said carriers may refuse to deliver mail to places they feel are unsafe or threatening, such as a home with a dangerous dog. However, the Postal Service is supposed to leave a written notice to residents if they stop deliveries, telling them where to pick up their mail.
How do you label apartment mailboxes?
Numbering and Labeling According to USPS, landlords must label each mailbox with an apartment number and/or tenant name. As tenants move in and out, it is also the landlord’s responsibility to make corrections to those labels so the postal carrier is not misinformed.
What is the penalty for hitting a mailbox?
Mailboxes are protected by federal law, and crimes against them and the mail they contain are considered a federal offense. Violators can be fined up to $250,000 or imprisoned for up to three years for each act of vandalism. Damaged mailboxes have to be replaced, costing the owner time, money and inconvenience.
How high is a mailbox required to be?
41 to 45 inchesThere must be 41 to 45 inches of height from the street up to the bottom of your mailbox door. Your mailbox door must be 6 to 8 inches from the curb when closed. Your mailbox must face outward and be placed on the right-hand side of the road.
Is it safe to put your name on your mailbox?
For this reason, it is advised that you do not put your last name on your mailbox. If the burglar does get your number, he or she will be listening for phone messages that indicate the owners of the home are gone.
Can the post office make me move my mailbox?
They can make you move your mailbox if it’s not safe for them to go on your porch, or if your porch is obstructed. I think the post office has a say on the mail box location.
How do I know if my mailbox is owned by USPS?
Verify whether or not the boxes are owned and maintained by the US Postal Service®. If the box is owned and maintained by the US Postal Service and is damaged/broken then contact your local Post Office. If the LPO does not service the mailbox, this means the property owner or manager is responsible for the maintenance.
What happens to your mail if your mailbox is full?
If you choose to ignore your mailbox and it becomes too full, the mail carrier will simply stop bringing your mail and leave you a notice instead. The notice will confirm your mailbox is overflowing and your mail is being held at the local post office.
Can I have two mailboxes at my house?
No. One box to an address. Multiple people can use the same box. The only reason for multiple boxes at one address is in the event of an apartment building or several dwellings at the same address.
Can I build my own mailbox?
Curbside Mailboxes If you build your own mailbox or buy a custom-made one, it must meet the PMG standards. Show your local postmaster your mailbox plans or your custom-made box for approval. To get drawings and measurements for building your own mailbox, write to US Postal Service Engineering.
How do I get mail delivered to my house?
Generally you will need to petition to be added to a route for service by the local postmaster. Then you will need to discuss delivery arrangements since all mail box’s need to be certified and approved for delivery. You can have a mail box set up and then have returned mail with reason “No receptacle”.
What is required on a mailbox?
The box or house number on a mailbox must be represented in numbers that are at least 1 inch tall. Numbers must be positioned visibly on the front or flag side of the box. Mailboxes must be placed 6 to 8 inches away from the curb; the incoming mail slot or door must be 41 to 45 inches from the ground.
How do I request a mailbox?
When your mail is delivered to a mailbox at your local post office, you’ll be given two keys at the start of your service. After losing both of the initial keys, you can request a replacement by submitting an United States Postal Service form 1094 and by paying the refundable key deposit as well as a key fee.
What happens if you don’t have a mailbox?
USPS: No. If you don’t have a mailbox, you will not receive a package from us. Chances are that your address has been marked by the carrier as “NMR”, which stands for “No Mail Receptacle”. All of the mail and packages would be returned to sender or handled as appropriate.
Can I put a note in my neighbor’s mailbox?
For privacy, no one is allowed to be in another mailbox. People do it, but there is also the possibility that the Carrier will take it as outgoing mail and throw it in with other letters. If you were to do it to someone who was a stickler for privacy, they might complain to authorities. No, it is not legal in the US.
Can you put a note in someone’s mailbox?
Yes, it is illegal to place a note in someone’s mailbox. A mailbox is for the sole purpose of delivery and retrieval of the US mail. It is for items bearing postage and delivered by USPS employees. It is illegal for anyone else to place anything in or on the box.
Who decides where mailboxes are placed?
1. Contact your local postmaster first. The USPS does not legislate the relocation of residential mailboxes nationally. Rather, they allow local postmasters to decide what is best for their geographic location and mail service.
Do mailboxes need to be approved?
All mailboxes must be approved by the Postal Service™. Custom made mailboxes will be approved by the Postmaster if they meet established standards. Name put on box should be at least one inch high.
Do you have to put your name on your mailbox?
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Chop the potatoes, onion, and pepper into small pieces and add to a large bowl.
Toss with the olive oil and minced garlic until everything is well coated.
Add in the spices, salt, and black pepper and mix until well incorporated.
Add to a baking dish and bake for 25 minutes. You shouldn't need to grease the baking dish since the potatoes are all oiled up!
After 25 minutes, turn up the heat to 425 and bake an additional 10-15 minutes to help brown the potatoes. You'll know they're done when they can be easily pierced with a fork.
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When Weiner and Picoult initially pointed out gender bias in the New York Times, people reacted very strongly in wildly opposing ways. While many critics supported their contentions, a fair number deflected attention from the underlying problem by attacking the two women.
A common tactic was to dismiss Picoult, Weiner, and other popular women writers for writing "commercial fiction." In the Huffington Post, Lisa Solod Warren sneered that Picoult and Weiner should quit whining, since their commercial success obviates the need for Times reviews:
"One benefit of reviews in mainstream, influential publications like Time and the New York Times is to introduce readers to writers who may not be on the average reader's radar," Warren wrote. "Weiner and Picoult, among others, don't need it either: they sell and sell and sell. And one reason, I argue, is that their books are far 'easier' to read than Franzen or a host of other more literary writers like Paul Auster, Philip Roth, Marilynne Robinson, or Margaret Atwood."
Warren utterly missed the fact that Roth, Robinson, Auster, et al. are all best sellers, and that Franzen certainly didn't need the New York Times Book Review — not exactly a popularizer of underground literature — to get his name out to the masses.
Warren's confusion brings to light a deep and longstanding anxiety in the world of letters about the miscegenation of literature and commerce. Worthy books, the reasoning goes, don't sell at airports — never mind that every airport bookstore in America and beyond carried copies of Freedom. In the opinion of those of Warren's ilk, women write easily digestible works of commercial fiction, while serious male writers — and some smart cookies like Atwood — write challenging, worthy books that a guileless public could never encounter without the help of resourceful critics. Never mind that Franzen has said in interviews that he tries to write entertaining, easy-to-follow books in order to compete with television, or that Atwood's books are regularly found in the young-adult section of libraries.
The truth of the matter is that Franzen and Atwood and Auster — even writers the literary establishment has deemed experimental, like Ben Marcus and Tom McCarthy— write commercial novels by virtue of the fact that they are published by international corporations driven by the bottom line. If Bertelsmann AG didn't think McCarthy's last novel, C, had any sales potential, they simply wouldn't publish it.
Late last week, male writer Teddy Wayne wrote an article for Salon called "The Agony of the Male Novelist," in which he argued that, although commercial women writers don't get a fair shake in the New Yorker, they get more column inches in glossy supermarket magazines.
"For the most part . . . male authors are somewhat like male porn stars: getting work, but outearned and outnumbered by their female counterparts, who are in far greater demand from the audience (for very different reasons)," he wrote. "There are the superstar exceptions, the Jonathan Franzens and Ron Jeremys, who prove the rule."
Unfortunately, Wayne doesn't seem to have done the research to back up his argument. In fact, of the roughly 350 adult trade novels published between August 1 and December 1 of 2011 by the major houses — Simon and Schuster, MacMillan, Random House, Hachette, and the Penguin Group — about 60 percent were written by men. | <urn:uuid:f2d84225-345b-45ac-bd57-61ddd92d4b8c> | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/133082-gender-bias-at-npr-and-what-it-reveals-about-the/?page=2 | 2015-08-30T07:32:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440644064919.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827025424-00089-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963119 | 707 |
In Scenic Routes, Mike D’Angelo looks at key movie scenes, explaining how they work and what they mean.
Falling in love with a movie can be as irrational and impulsive as falling in love with a person. People usually can’t really reach “in love” that quickly—it’s a deep, abiding feeling that takes months or years to grow in a relationship. In a film’s case, a lousy ending can instantly obliterate the affection. But often, a moment of intense infatuation early on carries people through some rough spots, and that moment doesn’t necessarily lend itself to logical analysis. Some combination of elements just sneaks in and pulverizes people. When I think back on old girlfriends, in most cases, I can vividly recall the exact instant I knew I was a goner: Heather handed me a full cup of something in her apartment and said “Mind the carpet” (she was English), with a particular tilt of her head; Mary suddenly pushed me over with one finger when we were both crouched off-balance, looking for something on a low bookshelf. And the cases of total surrender while watching a film—maybe not even a great film—are just as intense and mysterious.
So now that I’ve admitted such experiences can’t be analyzed, I’m gonna try to analyze one anyway. A few months ago, I watched Avanti! for the first time, and it pretty much wiped the floor with me, though it’s far, far down the list of most people’s favorite Billy Wilder films. (Though it does tend to be one of just a couple of Wilder’s films—The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes is the other—admired by cinephiles who generally dislike his work, finding him too cynical and insufficiently humanist. These people are insane, but that’s another essay.) Jack Lemmon plays an uptight businessman who arrives on the Italian island of Ischia to collect his late father’s body, only to discover that the old man had been having an affair with an Englishwoman for many years, and that the two died together in a car accident. The woman’s daughter (Juliet Mills) is also on hand, and when they both head for the morgue, located in a 17th-century church, to identify the bodies and sign some paperwork, Avanti! stole my heart once and for all.
Even if this clip represents your entire knowledge of the movie, you can probably guess where it’s headed. Stories about high-strung Americans (or Brits, for that matter) in Western Europe invariably find them gradually succumbing to the region’s languid beauty, learning how to relax for the first time. And no points for predicting that Lemmon and Mills end up just as smitten with each other as their parents were. But the journey is everything, especially when the destination is so obvious. Wilder and his frequent co-writer, I.A.L. Diamond (together, they adapted Avanti! from a failed stage play, though they reportedly discarded everything save for the basic premise), begin this scene by symbolically marrying their protagonists, having them each swear “I do” as part of the identification process. At the same time, though, they’re each seeing a beloved parent’s corpse, so it’s an unusually somber, poignant kickoff to the standard “comedy of remarriage” that animates screwball (which is what Avanti! essentially is, albeit much-warped). The union begins in mutual sorrow, accompanied by a plaintive refrain, courtesy of Italian composer Carlo Rustichelli.
Wilder being Wilder, the scene then shifts to comedy—but it’s still an atypically doleful sort of comedy, oddly touching in its absurdity. The coroner’s routine has been choreographed to the point where it almost looks as if he’s about to do some table magic rather than complete a series of death certificates. But while it’s amusing to watch for its own sake, and provides Lemmon’s exec with an opportunity to remind us he’s an impatient asshole who desperately needs to get out of his own head, this series of precise, repetitive actions also momentarily gets us out of the bereaved’s heads. For a couple of minutes, we’re encouraged to identify, on some level, with a functionary for whom death is a regular occurrence that requires practical action. Entire narratives (most notably Six Feet Under) have been built around that idea, but shifting focus in the middle of a slow-burning romance is another matter entirely. There’s a weird sense in which the coroner’s presence and routine acknowledge that almost every relationship is built from the ashes of something else that died, and that there’s a comforting regularity to the cycle. Or at least, that’s my best shot at explaining why I got all choked up watching this goofy man do his thing.
Throughout the scene, Wilder maintains a careful balance of empathy and cruelty, preventing viewers from getting their emotional bearings. Toward the end, when Mills suggests they bury the couple together in Ischia rather than go to the laborious trouble of shipping the respective bodies home, Lemmon blows up in typical Lemmon fashion, treating her as if she’s beneath contempt. (“May I make a suggestion?” “No.” “I have a super idea, I think.” “Save it.”) But this works, in large part, because of how sincerely Lemmon thanks Mills a few minutes earlier for splitting the bunch of flowers she brought into equal halves and placing them on his father’s body as well as on her mother’s. He isn’t a one-dimensional jerk who will later be transformed into a one-dimensional mensch; he’s a decent but flawed individual who can swing from one extreme to the other at the slightest provocation. That dynamic is present throughout the entire film, but it’s concentrated here, reinforced by the other notes of duality: marriage/death, comedy/tragedy. What happens in moments of infatuation, I think, is that you suddenly sense an actual person behind whatever mask is facilitating the dance you’re both engaged in, and this scene was the moment in Avanti! when I sensed the complex film underneath the conventional narrative.
Then the final dialogue exchange sealed the deal. It isn’t obvious from looking at her, but Mills gained about 25 pounds for this role, as she still isn’t even close to being fat by any sane standard. All the same, her character is meant to be kind of a porker—it’s brought up again and again, and the climactic kiss actually takes place while she’s standing on a scale. And because ludicrous notions of female beauty are so rarely even acknowledged, much less questioned, by Hollywood movies, Lemmon’s casually whispered “Ask fat-ass if she wants a ride,” and Mills’ perfectly measured reply indicating that she heard him, just tore my guts out. I’ve ended the clip immediately after this moment because it’s already running a bit long, but Wilder holds for some time on that long shot of her standing beside the bodies, letting the pain sink in. It’s such an unexpected, jarring note on which to end a scene that already provokes so many conflicting emotions. I think I gasped aloud. “Ask fat-ass if she wants a ride.” That was it. I was in love.
Consequently, I forgave the one little bit from this scene I didn’t like at all: The coroner’s exit gag, in which he suddenly stops, wiggles his right leg, then wrings the water out of his sponge. Way too cute for my taste. Wilder’s trying too hard there. But as when your new paramour mispronounces a word or makes a stupid joke, you just ignore it, at least for right now. You’re too damn happy. | <urn:uuid:0e210752-bee8-411c-ac05-c3f47c8a63e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | http://www.avclub.com/article/iavantii-illustrates-how-sometimes-falling-for-a-m-88564 | 2016-07-25T10:12:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257824226.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071024-00068-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964299 | 1,744 |
British Prime Minister David Cameron has just faced a humiliating defeat in a recent non-binding vote in the House of Commons. Enough members of his own Conservative Party voted against the government — demanding that he deliver substantial reductions in the European Union budget — so that even with the support of his coalition Liberal Party, the vote went against Cameron. According to British Telegraph, "the Government was defeated by 307 votes to 294, a majority of 13."
And it seems that Cameron has gotten the message. On November 6, he called European Union proposals “ludicrous” and suggested that it would be very difficult for the leaders of the nations within the Union to reach an agreement this month. Cameron has also threatened to veto the budget. The prime minister also is taking the position that the problems of the 17-member eurozone should be separated from the 27-member European Union.
Cameron told reporters: "I will also be making the argument that look, I understand the difficulties of the euro but the European Union budget is for all 27 members of the EU. We shouldn't be using the European Union budget to make up for difficulties and problems in the Eurozone." He said further:
If the Eurozone wants to have its own budget it should have its own budget and if they want to have fiscal transfers they can have fiscal transfers. If they want to channel more money to euro members who have difficulties they can channel more money to euro members who have difficulties but they shouldn't be using the European Union budget as a proxy for that.
So I will be arguing for a very tough outcome. I've never had particularly high hopes for a November agreement because these are always difficult, you've got 27 people around the table, you've got 27 different opinions but I'm very clear that I'm not going to agree to a future financial framework that isn't in Britain's interest.
Cameron has also stated that there should be two budgets — one for the European Union and another for the eurozone, the profoundly troubled 17-nation currency zone of which Britain is not a member. The crisis of the euro in nations such as Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Italy seems to be getting worse with every new report on economic activity or the bond ratings of those nations’ sovereign debt.
German leaders have expressed dismay that Cameron is moving away from the European Union, and they noted that the British Parliament voted for actual cuts in the European Union's €1-trillion budget. Gunther Krichbaum, Chair of the Bundestag’s Committee on the Affairs of the European Union Committee, has responded to Cameron and the Conservative Party by criticizing nations such as Britain "who want less Europe rather than more. The European Union is not a multiple choice." Germany is the largest contributor of funds to the European Union, while Britain is the fourth largest contributor, after France and Italy.
However, Britain is not the only European Union member which has threatened to block a budget agreement. France and Denmark have done so as well, although those actions were intended to get better deals for their nations. But Cameron has made it clear that his position is based upon the prudent use (or the wasteful use) of taxpayers’ money.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be meeting with Cameron, and her low-key diplomacy has led many to speculate that she will launch a "charm offensive." Cameron, however, has made it clear that an understanding signed by Merkel, Cameron, and former French President Sarkozy in 2010 pledging to freeze or to cut the seven-year budget of the European Union should be honored.
Cameron himself may be living on borrowed time. His Conservative Party members alone cannot form a government, and the backbencher revolt against Cameron, as well as the unhappiness of Liberal Party members regarding Cameron’s energy policies and their wish to cling more closely to the European Union, could well bring early elections and a possible defeat for the Conservative Party. The Labor Party, the principal opponent of the Conservatives, have made it clear in their recent vote, as well as in their rhetoric, which is focused almost exclusively on the failures of Cameron, that they will do anything they can to bring down his government. The European Union could well be that lethal issue.
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