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Unlike most Western nations, Israel does not recognize full separation of church and state but seeks instead a gentle fusion of Jewish and democratic values. Inasmuch as important religious norms such as sanctity of life may clash with dignity, privacy, and self-determination, conflicts frequently arise as Israeli lawmakers, ethicists, and healthcare professionals attempt to give substance to the idea of a Jewish-democratic state. Emerging issues in Israeli bioethics—end-of-life treatment, fertility, genetic research, and medical ethics during armed conflict—highlight this conflict vividly.
Date Posted: 13 March 2007
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Looking to revamp your entryway? These 5 modern home decor ideas will serve as inspiration for the next time you redecorate. Create a focal point with a piece of wall art or a mirror to make a statement as you walk in.
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South Australian homes will soon be paying the highest electricity prices in the world, an energy market consultant says.
Bruce Mountain, from economics consultancy group CME, says SA will overtake Denmark on Saturday when electricity retailers hit most households with an average rise of 18 per cent.
"My estimate is that the representative household in South Australia is paying a price that is a little bit higher than the representative household in Denmark or elsewhere and Denmark is known to be the highest," Mr Mountain told ABC radio on Wednesday.
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says the government didn't necessarily share Mr Mountain's analysis.
"But what he's effectively saying is, electricity prices are too high and that's why we have our energy plan," the premier told reporters.
"We have a broken energy market and that's why we're taking steps to smash up the power company monopolies.
"Over the last decade, the absence of a coherent national energy policy has meant a small number of power companies have been screwing South Australians to the wall."
Mr Weatherill says the government's plan, which includes additional gas-fired generating capacity and battery storage for renewable energy, will bring much-needed competition to the market and put downward pressure on prices.
"South Australia will go from having some of the highest energy costs in the nation to actually having some of the lowest," he said.
In the meantime, households are facing big price hikes from July 1, both for electricity and gas, and Mr Mountain says the market is not currently acting in the interests of consumers.
"The issues are deeply set and change needs to happen in so many areas," he said.
To cut costs, households need to actively monitor usage, monitor the market and obtain a good understanding of the volumes of power they use, Mr Mountain said.
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How to apply for local authority housing, including a link to download an application form.
Approved Housing Bodies are non-profit organisations that provide affordable rented housing.
Part 8 allows for the application of planning permission for projects by local authorities.
Information about Wicklow County Council's Part V policy for developers applying for 10+ units of residential development.
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The students have been selected to participate in the College Band Directors National Association Intercollegiate Honor Band at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nev., March 12-15. All are Linfield Concert Band members and under the direction of Joan Haaland Paddock, Linfield professor of music. They will perform with approximately 75 other collegiate musicians from Western and Northwestern divisions of CBDNA. The honor band will be led by conductor Steve Peterson, director of bands from Ithaca College and the current CBDNA national president.
Students include sophomore Kathryn van Dyk of Roseburg, a flutist and environmental science major and music minor; sophomore Quillan Bourassa of Hillsboro, a clarinetist and music major and physics minor; sophomore Jasmine Libert of Lihue, Hawaii, a bassoonist and music major and psychology minor; junior Sasha Meyer of Arcadia, Calif., a hornist and elementary education major and music minor; freshman Rachael Conway of Troutdale, a hornist and English major with education and French minors; junior Kelsey Garrett of Medford, a percussionist and studio art major and music minor; and junior Christian Santangelo of Mukilteo, Wash., a percussionist and music major. | <urn:uuid:2490385f-4ed6-4b4d-8df9-3cc7ee9a0298> | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | http://www.linfield.edu/linfield-news/linfield-music-students-named-to-national-honor-band/ | 2015-07-28T13:26:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042981921.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002301-00180-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900691 | 253 |
MDS can lead to acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a fast-spreading blood cancer that can be deadly if not treated promptly. A research team led by cancer biologist Daniel Starczynowski, PhD, found that overexpression of a protein called TRAF6 in hematopoietic (blood) cells drives the onset of MDS. TRAF6 normally functions as an immune sensor of pathogens, according to the authors, who published their data online Dec. 26.
“We found that TRAF6 overexpression in mouse hematopoietic stem cells results in impaired blood cell formation and bone marrow failure,” said Starczynowski, a member of the Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. “Based on our paper, a number of therapeutic approaches can be tested and directed against TRAF6 and other related proteins responsible for MDS.”
In testing on laboratory mouse models and human MDS/AML samples, the researchers identified a novel substrate of TRAF6 called hnRNPA1, an RNA binding protein. They also found molecular interactions with Cdc42, a protein that helps regulate cells also implicated in cancer. All of these could be potential treatment targets for cases of MDS triggered by overexpression of TRAF6, according to Starczynowski, who said future studies will test their therapeutic potential in mouse models of MDS.
The researchers were able to identify the new molecular targets by conducting a global proteomic analysis of human leukemia cells. This allowed them to the see entire complement of proteins regulated by TRAF6 in leukemia cells.
Beyond the potential for new therapeutic approaches in treating MDS or AML, the paper revealed a new and critical immune-related function for TRAF6, according to the authors. In response to various pathogens, the protein also regulates RNA isoform expression, an important step in the translation of genetic code into protein and cell formation. In the context of the current study, TRAF6’s regulation of RNA isoform expression is important to the function of hematopoietic cells and reveals another dimension to how cells respond to infection, Starczynkowski said. | <urn:uuid:78ec2207-f3e6-4b7f-8458-9402d6de9415> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | http://cancer-facts.info/cancer-news/possible-treatment-targets-found-for-pre-malignant-bone-marrow-disorders/ | 2021-06-21T22:16:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488504838.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621212241-20210622002241-00298.warc.gz | en | 0.939184 | 461 |
October 22, 2006
Of course, if anything good is going to happen, it’s going to happen in the last volume. Soas not to spoil it, plenty of good things happen, but not before lots of drama drama drama.
I still don’t like Nana very much, and I feel it’s kind of mean to say she deserved what she got through most of the volume, but… she deserved what she got. Of course it turned out the way it did, because it’s a silly manga, but still, I was pumped about her comeuppance for quite awhile.
And yes, we get more of the continuing adventures of Haru and Mimori’s relationship. Also, more Kuniyasu harassment, and a happy solution to all Mimori’s problems about her parents splitting up, moving, et al. Of course all the loose ends get wrapped up, but not without a lot more of the characters getting mad at and misunderstanding each other.
The ending to the series was really open-ended and lame. This says a lot coming from a Rumiko Takahashi fan, but yes, it was quite lame. The above-mentioned solution is way too convenient, and… ugh.
But I’m not sorry I read it. It’s a barely mediocre shoujo series, and it’s only five volumes long, so at least I got another series under my reading belt.
October 22, 2006
I read this and 5 back to back, so it may be hard to remember what happened where… unless I get my ass up and get the book from the shelf.
Ah, there we go. It’s also been FOREVER since I read volume 3. Like, maybe last year. I think I got 4 & 5 together and they’ve just been sitting around forever. Admittedly, I didn’t read them because three left off in a good place and I knew there’d be drama, because it’s Miki Aihara. But I had to read the last two volumes, you know?
And I was right. Not only is there plenty of drama outside the main characters since Mimori’s parents split up, but Kuniyasu starts putting some moves on Mimori, good old Haruta starts acting like a dick, Shinyogi and Nana do stupid things, and Nana is just a bitch all the way around. I don’t really like her that much, she’s quite shallow and selfish. Not only will she not hear anything but what Kuniyasu has to say, but she also is willing to throw her friendship with Mimori out over the stupidest things.
I found a lot of the characters in this series to be not too likable. They always seemed angry at each other, over little and not-so-little things. Maybe I’m just growing out of this type of story, but it seems like most of the time in high school romances, at least some alliances are obtained… I guess Shinyogi and Kuniyasu maintained one, but otherwise everyone just hated everyone.
Even Mimori isn’t that likable sometimes. She does tend to stick her nose in other people’s business.
Anyway, a lot of the plot in this volume revolves around the glorious rise and fall of Mimori and Haru’s relationship, plus the fall and rise of Mimori’s parents relationship. I’m glad her dad wound up being pretty cool, because her mom was another high-strung character who always seemed to be angry.
This volume overall made me sad after all the good things that happened in volume three. Lots of fights et al, plus the characters all were being dicks.
On to volume 5!
March 3, 2006
I knew I shouldn’t have. I knew it was a Miki Aihara series, and I’d wind up craving more. Craving more HARD. And the last volume ended on such a good temporary note… the main character and her love interest together? Uncharacteristic!
This series is not nearly as good as Hot Gimmick… hell, it’s only a mediocre shoujo series at best, and the character designs are not only ugly, but three of the characters still look the same three volumes in. But its still Aihara crack, and I still need it. This volume ended abruptly with an unlikely couple (VERY abruptly, with a VERY unlikely couple), and Nana’s a bitch, and I don’t feel good about the trials the heroine’s being put through. I also don’t much like the heroine, but I need more of the series right now, all the same.
January 14, 2006
I’ll be fair and say I didn’t read the short story at the end. Those are almost always bad, and I started in on that one and just… I just couldn’t. It’s for another day, quite frankly.
But I like this series. It doesn’t fuck around. We’ve already got some confessions coming forth, characters deciding what they want, and things of a positive shoujo nature going on. I was very pleased with the character interaction here. It seems to be going almost TOO well, especially since my only other experience with Aihara is Hot Gimmick. I KNOW something bad will happen, and I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. It’ll probably be that smart bastard’s fault. I hate him.
That’s about as thorough a review as you’re going to get, I think.
December 17, 2005
Yeah, like I said, I picked this up after liking Hot Gimmick 10 so much. I don’t like this nearly as much. It’s an earlier series, so the characters aren’t as strong and the artwork’s just sort of ugly (I cannot tell the two blonde boys apart when viewed from the front, and I also sometimes had the same problem with the heroine and the two blonde boys… for God’s sake, Aihara). But the situation is all hers, with huge dramatic relationships dragging in outside influences right from the get-go.
I liked the situation with the main character and her main source of antagonism, the boy who says he hates her from grade school who she can’t remember. I also sort of like how spirited the main character is, it’s a big change from miss doormat Hatsumi. I don’t know how I feel about the other characters yet… there’s a lot of them, and none of them are quite as unique as I would like yet. I guess I also like that so many bad things happen to the main character, but that’s such a shoujo manga thing to do that I hope it gets itself a new trick soon. I’ll probably finish the series though… hell, it’s only five volumes, and I have more faith in Aihara than to stop at the first volume. | <urn:uuid:387aa0cf-1c2b-44c3-9fac-a7c7ae7bdb82> | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | http://slightlybiasedmanga.com/category/series/tokyo-boys-girls/ | 2016-02-13T17:07:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701167113.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193927-00325-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962525 | 1,507 |
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PLAY in the mud!
because LIFE IS TOO SHORT to always have
I am a small batch potter who creates...
WHATEVER I WANT!
I work from my small studio space on our farm in
Aldergrove, B.C. Canada
I create handbuilt and wheel-thrown pieces both
functional and non-functional for
home and garden.
My earliest memory of playing with clay was when
I was about 10 yrs old and my brother was 6yrs old.
Kevin and I would walk down to the end of the road, thru the fence and down to the stream. We would scoop up some of the clay at the stream's edge and proceed to fashion bowls, cups or whatever we fancied!
Once they were dry, we would paint them with cheap craft paint.
Did we ever think we were so clever!
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Note from BW of Brazil: Although this blog has only existed for almost 25 months, one of its goals has been to expose the deeply ingrained racist beliefs, attacks and insults that happen on a daily basis in a country that for decades defined itself as a “racial democracy“. One of the most consistent racial insults that continues to this day is the association of black people with monkeys and Brazil definitely plays its part in this racist comparison. With a recent incident at a southern federal university making headlines, I thought the timing was perfect to re-visit another recent case that was exposed on social networks that wasn’t previously covered here and still has yet to be resolved.
The case involves a well-known white television comedian and a black viewer who became irritated with the constant racist tones of some of the comedian’s jokes. One joke went as such: “King Kong, a monkey that after going to the city and becoming famous, grabs a blond. Who does he think he is? A soccer player?” (1) Although it is true that a soccer player can be of any color/race, in Brazil, black soccer players generally have a reputation for dating/marrying blond/white women when they achieve status (2). The joke mentioning King Kong also makes a direct connection to black men as this association is so deeply ingrained in Brazilian society. The man in this case has yet to see any sort of justice and how this case turns out could be key in understanding how Brazilian society will address such issues in the future. One could argue that as the comedian has yet to suffer any repercussions and continues to host his television program, this in itself speaks volumes (3).
Danilo Gentili case: justice ignores complaint of a victim of racism
November 18, 2013
“It’s been a year ago that I’ve been living this hell. They found my home phone number and even my wife’s name,” says Thiago Ribeiro, the São Paulo translator who became a target of a virtual lynching by saying that he would denounce the Band TV network and comedian Danilo Gentilli to prosecutors for inciting racism on broadcast television, a crime under Article 20 of Federal Law No. 7.716/1989.
by Silvia Nascimento
At the end of October 2012, the translator Thiago Ribeiro decided to speak out against the racist jokes made by comedian Danilo Gentili on his program Agora é tarde, aired by the Bandeirantes TV network. A joke that associated soccer players with monkeys made the translator get in contact with the network to obtain the data necessary to formalize a complaint of racism with the Ministério Público (Attorney General). At learning Thiago’s intentions, the comedian used his Twitter account to send a response by asking “Quantas bananas você quer pra deixar essa história pra lá (How many bananas do you want to let this story go)?” Gentili quickly deleted the message, but Thiago had already saved everything, including the spate of racist attacks that followed and stayed up all night printing everything that was happening.
Gentilli’s lawyer tried to make an agreement with Thiago, but the translator followed with complaints and referred them to several agencies that fight racism.
Delay of justice and disregard of the Movimento Negro (black movement)
The precinct for the combat of racial crimes and intolerance (Decradi), SOS Racismo (racism), SEPPIR, Conselho da Comunidade Negra (Council of the black community), OAB-SP (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – Seção de São Paulo or São Paulo branch of the Brazilian Lawyers Guild), Direitos Humanos da Assembleia Legislativa (Human Rights Commission of the Legislative Assembly) and Ministério Público (prosecutors) were the organs where Thiago formalized the complaint against Gentilli. “I only had the help of the Secretaria de Justiça (Department of Justice) to make the police report and that was it. So far I haven’t had any feedback about my complaint,” explains Ribeiro.
No entity of the Movimento Negro offered legal advice to Thiago, even with all the repercussions on the Internet and the indirect comments that the comedian continued to make on his program. “He even cited my name once, but soon after my complaint, he made several indirect (comments) that were about me,” says the translator.
Thiago’s biggest regret, besides the delay in a response from the competent organs, was the lack of mobilization by the entities of the Movimento Negro.
“That very same week, I went back to forward emails to multiple entities with links showing the attacks I suffered, and I received no reply,” he complained. He is now considering taking the case to international organs for not having had a response from the Brazilian government.
Twitter attacks persist
In regards to the repercussion of an old story concerning the case republished a few days previously by the Internet, the attacks against Thiago through social networks, which in fact never ceased, intensified.
“Some people say they want to appear (on the show) or get money from Gentilli,” explains Ribeiro who still reports that he feels more solidarity on the part of whites who follow him on Twitter than by blacks, who accuse him of being ‘racist and exaggerated’, for not having felt offended by the jokes.
Even with the neglect of the Brazilian justice system and helplessness of black entities, Thiago has not given up. He still hopes for a response from the organs in which he forwarded the complaint and the evidence and is now researching to also sue for punitive damages against the comedian. “Danilo Gentili incited hatred of his fans that came and attacked me and I had my life invaded. Even if I have to seek help out there, I won’t give up,” concludes Ribeiro.
Note from BW of Brazil: The article below is from one of the many black-oriented websites that exposed the story when it broke in 2012
The certainty of impunity: Danilo Gentili offers ‘bananas’ to black internet user on Twitter
by Juliana Gonçalves
October 3, 2012
The writer Thiago Ribeiro, 29, was tired of attacks on the black community by comedian Danilo Gentili, when he edited and posted on YouTube a video that emphasized the racist content in the comedian’s “jokes” of the TV Bandeirantes comedian.
by Juliana Gonçalves
In seven hours, the video got 800 views, including a view by the Gentili himself, who managed to remove the Youtube video by means of a usage clause.
Removed from Youtube, but still on Twitter and Facebook, the video garnered many comments which was the first step of action that Ribeiro planned. He wrote a letter of complaint that cites excerpts from Gentili’s Agora é tarde television program, which would be submitted to the authorities and TV Bandeirantes.
Via his Twitter (@ LasombraRibeiro), Thiago questioned Gentili about the contents of the letter and received the following reply: “Seriously@LasombraRibeiro let’s forget this…How many bananas do you want to let this story go?”
After a few minutes, Gentili deleted the post, but Ribeiro had already saved the picture. After the comedian’s message, his followers also started verbally attack and strengthen Gentili’s racist comment with phrases like: “Go on and give some bananas to @Lasombraribeiro so that he’ll be quiet,” from @BiahNunes_’s profile; “(Sic) him some lashes pfvr” written by @jaqporra and “He’s not so black, he knows how to do Twitter and knows how to copy a print (comment)” from @RaquelRangel0.
Note from BW of Brazil: Not mentioned above are even more vile comments from a Gentili follower in the photo above.
The latter mocked a comment for Thiago Ribeiro, who claimed to have saved all the screen comments with racist taunts. All the comments can be seen on Thiago’s Facebook page.
On the following Monday, Ribeiro sent a complaint to the Public Prosecutor of São Paulo and the Federal Police about what happened. On Tuesday, he went to the Secretaria da Justiça (Department of Justice) and the Defesa da Cidadania (Defense of Citizenship) and the Delegacia de Crimes Raciais and Delitos de Intolerância (Precinct of Racial Crimes and Crimes of Intolerance), which was made the police report. Thiago submitted his letter of complaint, as well as copies of the assaults suffered at the hands of Danilo Gentili and his followers on Twitter.
He was also contacted by people working with the state representative Leci Brandão to formalize the complaint in the Human Rights Commission of the Legislative Assembly of the State of the São Paulo. “Everything that I could do, I’ve done. It’s up to the courts to prevent Gentili from continuing to laugh at us. We must protest against these racist comedians who think they are above the law,” Ribeiro said in his letter of complaint.
Ribeiro also plans to question Bandeirantes TV about how and why they condone the practice of racism. “I know that Danilo has a support team on TV that guides him, ie, the channel is conniving with the situation,” he says.
Ribeiro’s expectation is that Gentili is convicted and leaves TV or is prevented from propagating racist jokes, and how he portrays black people. “Also, I should sue him for moral damages, since he made a racist post directed at me,” he said.
The Department of Justice and Defense of Citizenship guaranteed Ribeiro that it would go after each racist posting also issued by Gentili followers. Ribeiro has a printout of each comment.
The certainty of impunity
The letter of complaint drafted by Thiago Ribeiro is based on State Law 14.187/2010 that speaks of administrative penalties to be imposed for the practice of acts of racial discrimination. And the Federal Law No. 7.716/1989, Article 20: “Practicing, inducing or inciting discrimination or prejudice based on race, color, ethnicity, religion or national origin.”
The comments of Gentili and his followers are so blatantly racist that they come to reflect the certainty of impunity. Also in the letter, Ribeiro requests “effective action by the Brazilian Court to inhibit explicit racism normally practiced on the Gentili program.”
“I’ll go on with this story, and if the State shows itself to be omissive, I won’t hesitate to bring this issue to the international bodies of the OAS (Organização dos Estados Americano or OEA the Organization of American States) and the UN (United Nations),” he concludes (4).
In support of Ribeiro’s initiative, from October 03, there will be a “tuitaço (Twitter forum)” with the hashtags #bastadehumorracista (stop racist humor).
* Text originally published by Juliana Gonçalves on the CEERT site
1. For more on this incident please see the body of the text and the notes section of this post.
2. On the question of black soccer players and blond/white women see here.
4. Unfortunately, this would not be the first time a black Brazilian felt the need to go all the way to international organizations when they failed to receive justice on a local or national level. It took several years for Simone Diniz to win her case against blatant racial discrimination in a battle that is still not very well known even today. | <urn:uuid:86ab3fc8-4f0a-4f9f-9a4a-041351349c57> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://blackbraziltoday.com/popular-white-comedian-offers-black-man/ | 2021-02-26T21:30:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178357984.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20210226205107-20210226235107-00528.warc.gz | en | 0.96375 | 2,551 |
Monday, November 11, 2013
Two sailors in red and a yellow buoy.
painted on location - Wed 30 Oct 2013
Thank God we were granted some blue sky last week, with strong yet manageable windy conditions. Also I am grateful for having this window of time in order to get this painting done. Positioning myself as close to the shoreline as possible, and with the use of my trustworthy 3m parasol which I lay on its side and use as a wind breaker, I got on my knees and prayed that I might make something of the spectacular display of clouds and waves before me. | <urn:uuid:c13e6c52-8081-4e8e-9846-c7d9a8556163> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | http://albertovalentini.blogspot.com/2013/11/two-sailors-in-red-and-yellow-buoy.html | 2017-07-27T08:35:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549427750.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170727082427-20170727102427-00328.warc.gz | en | 0.972665 | 122 |
KHAK Gave Away Two More Kayaks Last Night
Another fun giveaway night with Leinenkugel’s and last night we doubled-up on the winning. Our first winner was Reggie Reicks of Center Point.
Some of The Fieldhouse crowd enjoying a Summer Shandy.
Stop number two was at Bo James in Iowa City, where the Leinenkugel’s girls tried out the kayak.
Fun and plenty of laughs surrounded the nights karaoke.
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PBC piggybacked on the MayPac buzz, and told the fightworld about upcoming dates.
June 6, Ghost Guerrero returns, against for TBD, maybe in Chicago.
Then, June 13, Deontay Wilder defends his WBC crown against foe TBA, in a hometown special, in Bama.
Then, June 20, in Vegas, Adrien Broner gets in the ring again. Trainer Mike Stafford said we should know in two days who the foe will be. It won’t be Zab Judah, he said. The next night, some ex Olympians, including Rau Shee Warren, will battle on yet another card.
Trainer Mark Breland told me three names are in the mix for the Wilder scrap, and he didn’t knwo who they were. Next week a decision will be announced.
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Demographics have played nearly as large a role in this year's presidential race as health care, war and the economy. The Democratic field has come down to an African-American man dominating voting among blacks, the young and highly educated voters and a white woman winning older voters, Hispanics and the white working class. Regardless of whether Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton is the nominee, the Democratic candidate's first order of business will be reuniting party supporters against Republican John McCain. Many trends favor Democrats, including increased support among Latinos and voters under 30. But states that have supported George W. Bush are gaining in population and will gain electoral votes by 2012. One sign of changing voter dynamics is the white working class, which made up a majority of all voters not so long ago and is now the key "swing" group of voters. As the American electorate changes shape, the big question is which party stands to gain the most. | <urn:uuid:7f085a5a-b40c-4efe-842f-9b2a4ca21335> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2008053015 | 2015-11-26T06:55:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398446535.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205406-00286-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960099 | 184 |
So I was walking to work today and saw a Jeep drive by, which got me thinking.
I should totally buy a Jeep, I’ve wanted one ever since I was a little kid. That’s it, I’m buying a Jeep and marking it off my childhood aspirations list. Ahhh, that felt good. I like marking things off lists. So what else was on my CAL? (Childhood Aspirations List… keep up people).
1. Buy Jeep – DONE
2. Get a dog – … ok I don’t have a dog, I have a cat… BUT my cat works for the CIA and I’m pretty sure is currently working on a plan to become the supreme ultra lord of the planet, which a dog would never think of doing, so – DONE
3. Move to NY – … ok I didn’t move to NY… BUT I did move to LA and it’s also a 2 letter place, only it’s in the opposite direction of NY, but since I’ve never been great with directions I’m gonna mark that as – DONE
4. Be a Movie Star – … ok I haven’t been in a movie… BUT I was in a commercial for the bookstore I worked at in college. I played the ditzy blonde, I really had to study hard to prepare for that role… HA and – DONE
5. Have handsome boyfriends but NEVER GET MARRIED – … ok I did have an extremely handsome boyfriend and I married him… BUT by marring him I got awesome things! Like tax breaks, and the freedom to let myself go (a little… ok a lot), and a lifer designated driver, and someone who is always there to kill spiders (remember how much we hate spiders), and there’s that little fact that he’s our soul mate, so buck up kid and – DONE
6. Travel All Over The World – ok… I haven’t traveled ALL over the World BUT I have traveled to Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, and Louisiana! And hey those are all IN the World so – DONE.
7. Have an exciting job – ok… I had an exciting job as an events/promotions account executive. I met famous people and also developed ulcers from the stress. So I quit and moved to Oregon to be an assistant at an accounting firm… granted not as exciting but excellent health plan and 401K, PLUS no ulcers, so – DONE
Ok kid I’m sure you’re reading this thinking what a bunch of baloney she hasn’t done anything I wanted to do. To that I say HEY LAY OFF YOU LITTLE BRAT! Did you ever think your aspirations were a little too high and not to mention SHALLOW?! What about aspiring for health and happiness and awesome friendships and loving families and a life that makes you smile every day! Huh how about that!?! Didn’t think about wishing for that did you?
But since you’re going to grow up to be this totally awesome, kick ass woman I’m gonna let you off with a warning. Stop stressing about what the future holds and enjoy the present… and don’t go on that road trip to Montana your senior year… trust me. | <urn:uuid:40c49802-5923-4864-bb47-a080ba1b8aa0> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://butthatsforanotherblog.com/2011/08/18/im-a-total-disappointment-to-my-childhood-self/ | 2021-04-12T12:04:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038067400.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20210412113508-20210412143508-00500.warc.gz | en | 0.962427 | 715 |
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Nov 6, 2022-- "My observations of nature sparked adventures into landscape and history, and it was in bearing witness to these injustices that I found language. And observation and description are at the root of bearing witness: it is about saying, in the face of the machinations of power to twist and deny its brutality, this is what I see. It is a simple act, but also a powerful one, for it cuts through facades and illusions to assert what we can plainly see for ourselves. It affirms the truths of our lives." More in this stunning essay, titled, "How Bearing Witness to Nature Helped Me Delve Into History," by writer Teow Lim Goh. (848 reads)
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Pizza is one of the most recognized food in the world today. There used to be only one place for pizzas when I was still young, and that was Pizza Hut. But as I grow older, I found satisfaction in seeking new places for something new. Having said that, I still love my Hawaiian pizza from Pizza Hut.
Whenever I want to explore a new place, I am thankful of the fact that there are so many Pizza restaurants in Singapore. Be it Pizza Buffet, Gourmet Pizza, Italian Thin Crust Pizza, Skinny Pizza, American Style Thick Crust Pizza, 1-for-1 Pizza, or the best Pizza promotions in Singapore — we’ve got them covered in this post.
Here is a list of the best Pizza Places in Singapore:
I think Pizza is the best excuse for having beer. The fact that you can have Pizza at any time of the day is also a bonus. Without further ado, let’s see which are the pizza restaurants.
Having been to Bella Pizza on several occasions, their pizzas have never disappointed me. This is definitely my favourite Pizza Place in Singapore!
30 Robertson Quay #01-14
Riverside View Singapore
Tel: +65 6734 0139
Conveniently located in Orchard road, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) is a good place to go for American style thick crust pizzas.
583 Orchard Road #01-42
Forum The Shopping Mall Singapore
Tel: +65 6836 0110
All you need to know about Casa Verde is their ongoing weekday 1-for-1 takeaway pizza promotion – $21 to $24 for 2 wood-fire oven baked pizzas – where else can you find such a good pizza deal in Singapore? Note: the pizza promotion is available from Monday to Thursday, 11am – 9.30pm.
If you are having a headache over what food to bring for picnic, now you have your answer.
1 Cluny road
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Tel: +65 6467 7326
Da Paolo Restaurant might just be the right place if you are craving for pizzas. With an extensive pizza menu to choose from, everyone will be able to get a pizza that they like. Oh yes, you must have their famous tiramisu for desserts too!
3 Rochester Park Singapore
Tel: +65 6774 5537
La Nonna Italian restaurant has an ongoing lunch promotion – 50% off their ala carte menu for their weekday lunch. Try the La Nonna Signature Pizza ($19.0 before 50% discount). This is definitely one of the best Pizza promotions in Singapore!
76 Namly Place
Tel: +65 6762 1587
26 Lorong Mambong
Tel: +65 6468 1982
Pepperoni Pizzeria is the perfect place to go if you have a big group of friends eating together. Their famous XXL pizza is surely the highlight of the meal, but this is not for the faint-hearted (or those with small appetite).
6 Greenwood Avenue Hillcrest Park Singapore
Tel: +65 6465 6556
7 Binjai Park Singapore
Tel: +65 6463 7800
You like big and crispy pizza crust? You’d like the pizzas from Pizzeria Mozza at Marina Bay Sands. For a celebrity chef restaurant, the pizzas are reasonably priced between $18 to $38.
Is Pizzeria Mozza the best pizza restaurant in Singapore? I don’t know… It is really hard to say since there are so many good pizzerias in Singapore. But I think it is definitely amongst the best.
2 Bayfront Ave #B1-42/46
The Shoppes @ Marina Bay Sands Singapore
Tel: +65 6688 8522
Looking for a Pizza Buffet in Singapore?
During Saturday lunch, OChre Italian restaurant at Orchard restaurant has an Eat-all-you-can pasta & pizza buffet. At $22+/pax, I’d think that it is a fantastic deal. There are 10 selections of pastas (like Carbonara, Linguine Seafood, Tagliatelle Bolognese, Spaghetti Aglio Olio) and 8 pizzas (Margherita, Salmon, & Quattro Formaggi) to choose from.
181 Orchard Road
#11-03/04 Orchard Central
Tel: +65 6634 0423
I’m sure you will agree with me that skinny pizzas are the ladies’ favourite – thin, healthy and not too filling. Skinny Pizza has three outlets in Singapore: Raffles City, Wheelock and Suntec City. Otherwise, you can always get them from Barracks Cafe at Dempsey road.
501 Orchard Road #03-04
Wheelock Place Singapore
Tel: +65 6235 7823
And how can we miss out the signature Peking Duck Pizza from Timbre? If you can’t make it to any of the Timbre outlets at The Substation, The Arts House or at Old School Mount Sophia, the popular music restaurant and bar also offers Pizza delivery services.
1 Old Parliament Lane #01-04
The Arts House (Old Parliament House) Singapore
Tel: +65 6336 3386
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The Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association (OPSWA) held it’s annual meeting Wednesday and announced the 2012 award winners for its writing contest. Daily Times sports writer Cody Leist placed third in the Division 3-4 news category with his article, “This one’s for Jack.” Leist also placed fourth in the Division 3-4 game category with his article, “Near perfection helps Wheelersburg win title.”
This is the first year Leist submitted content to the OPSWA.
“It’s always nice to be recognized by my peers,” Leist said. “I always aim to tell a good story and I couldn’t do it without those who I follow on a daily basis. The journeys are what I look to chronicle and it’s a pleasure to tell those stories.”
Leist also received a vote of confidence from Daily Times Managing Editor Bob Stickley.
“It’s always nice to have a member of your staff recognized for their hard work,” Strickley said. “Cody has been with the Daily Times for several years now and the OPSWA recognition is a testament to his dedication to bring local sports fans the best possible content.”
The contest featured 466 entries from 49 contestants, which were judged by 26 sports writers from around the state. Certificates were handed out to everyone who placed in the different categories. Each category featured three, four, or five placers. Categories that received less than 20 entries had three placers, categories with 20-49 entries featured four placers and categories with more than 50 entries had five placers.
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Remedios, Francis. 2013. “Orienting Social Epistemology.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (8): 54-59.
Please refer to:
- Fuller, Steve 2012. “Social Epistemology: A Quarter Century Itinerary.” Social Epistemology 26 (3-4): 267-283.
- Table of Contents: On the Future Direction of Social Epistemology,
- “On Analytic Social Epistemology and Fuller’s Critique: An Exchange.”
Editor’s Note: The following revised excerpt comes from pages 106-110 of Francis Remedios’ Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: An Introduction to Steve Fuller`s Social Epistemology. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003.
Because Fuller’s and Goldman’s social epistemologies differ from each other in many respects, it is difficult to compare the two. The points of difference concern the goals, the conceptions of knowledge, and the scope of study for each of them. The goal of Fuller’s social epistemology is to democratize cognitive authority in terms of science policy and install a constitution of science:
How should the pursuit of knowledge be organized, given that under normal circumstances knowledge is pursued by many human beings, each working on a more or less well-defined body of knowledge and each equipped with roughly the same imperfect cognitive capacities, albeit with varying degrees of access to one another’s activities (Fuller 1988, 3)?
The goal of Goldman’s social epistemology is to evaluate social practices in terms of whether they promote or impede epistemically valuable states, such as knowledge. Fuller’s conception of knowledge is in terms of products of normatively appropriate institutions of inquiry, while Goldman’s conception of knowledge is based on the acquisition of true belief, which is what he calls W-knowledge, or knowledge in a weak sense. S-knowledge, or knowledge in the strong sense, consists of true belief, plus some additional element or elements (Goldman 1999, 23). The scope of study of Fuller’s social epistemology is science, while the scope of study of Goldman’s social epistemology is all forms of social interaction that produce knowledge.
Analytic social epistemology (ASE) is the “conceptual and normative study of the relevance of social relations, roles, interests, and institutions to knowledge” (Schmitt, 1994, 1). ASE can be divided into three branches: the role of social factors in the justification of individual knowledge; the organization of the cognitive labor of individuals and groups of individuals; and the nature of collective knowledge. Goldman’s Knowledge in a Social World (1999) (KSW) is a general theory of social knowledge that involves all three branches of ASE. KSW is a companion to Goldman’s earlier pioneering study, Epistemology and Cognition (1986), which concerns individual primary epistemology (Remedios 2000). Goldman’s project concerning social knowledge is veritistic social epistemology (Goldman 1999, 100). Veritistic social epistemology is “a discipline that evaluates intellectual practices by their causal contributions to knowledge or error” (Goldman 1999, 69). For him, there are two main categories of human knowledge: individual and social (group). The objects of epistemic evaluation for individual primary epistemology are cognitive processes, structures, and mechanisms, which bear on the acquisition of true belief. Goldman’s social epistemology is concerned with the evaluation of social institutional practices in terms of their acquisition of truth — how they affect the level of true and false beliefs and ignorance within a group. Social institutional practices include speech and communicational activities, plus organizational rules and practices that influence the transmission and exchange of information. Goldman’s naturalism is described terms of reliabilism and its goal is true belief, which is normative.
The domain over which Goldman’s social epistemology ranges is the social knowledge of multiple agents. Goldman writes concerning the notion of the “social”:
More traditional approaches retain individuals as the agents or subjects of belief and knowledge, while emphasizing the massive effect of an individual’s relations to other agents in the acquisition of knowledge. As we have seen, this is the core of Kitcher’s approach in The Advancement of Science, and also my approach in Knowledge in a Social World (Goldman 2002a, 195).
Fuller notes that Goldman assumes a presociological sense of the “social,” in which the social is an aggregation of individuals. Social life is then the observable interaction among individuals. “Individuals are deemed to have clearly identifiable psychological and biological properties before they interact with others,” Fuller notes (Fuller 2000, 575). Goldman admits to methodological individualism in which “all activities of groups, institutions, or social systems arise from the actions of individuals” (Goldman 2002b, 222). Goldman does not preclude the existence of group properties in the causal or explanatory story of doxastic states. Goldman holds that social “epistemology can be built on social relations among individuals without committing itself to collective or socialized agents that bear epistemic properties” (Goldman 2002a, 195).
The goal of Goldman’s social epistemology is true belief. Goldman notes that his approach is not descriptive but normative:
In contrast to the descriptive approach, normative veritism would not confine itself to social practices actually used by the community, but would equally concern itself with practices that could be adopted. (Goldman 2002a 199)
Fuller’s criticism of Goldman’s goal of social epistemology is that Goldman emphasizes the efficient production of reliable knowledge at the expense of those who actually participate in the process and the community that sustains the epistemic practice. In effect, Fuller argues that Goldman holds to an epistemic paternalism that justifies censorship and deception if the dissemination of the truth is likely to lead to social unrest. Fuller notes that Goldman’s epistemic paternalism allows a few elite inquirers to manipulate those who find the truth hard to accept (Fuller 2000, 575). Is Goldman an epistemic paternalist? The answer is yes. Goldman writes:
In any event, I shall construe epistemic paternalism in a broad sense. I shall think of communication controllers as exercising epistemic paternalism whenever they interpose their judgment rather than allow the audience to exercise theirs (all with an eye to the audience’s epistemic prospects) (Goldman 1991, 119).
Goldman’s rationale for his epistemic paternalism is that it is justified so that it allows people to avoid error and get to truth. In KSW, Goldman examines several social practices that use epistemic paternalism. These practices are: (1) based on rules of evidence, the courts refuse to admit certain types of evidence for trial, hence juries are denied from hearing that evidence, for example, hearsay evidence; (2) the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has rules that keep advertisers from false advertisements; (3) school systems that have a curriculum that do not teach some viewpoints, for example, creationism; (4) scientific journals that have editors and referees who select some papers and not others and hence deny publication to some people’s submissions.
In chapter 7 of KSW, Goldman tries to find a veritistic justification to accepting Mill’s notion of a free market of ideas, but Goldman is unsuccessful. Hence, there should be regulation of free speech in order to acquire knowledge. On the issue of epistemic paternalism, Goldman notes:
It could be argued that successful pursuit of epistemic ends depends not only on “deregulation” at the highest level, but on wise regulation at the lowest levels (Goldman 1991, 131).
Hence, Goldman’s epistemic paternalism is officially in the service of truth. Fuller opposes Goldman’s epistemic paternalism, which Fuller considers to be the manipulation of most of the population by the few elite inquirers, because Fuller’s social epistemology’s overarching goal is the democratization of the distribution of knowledge. Whether Fuller and Goldman have a genuine disagreement here depends on whether the democratization of knowledge has anything to do with true belief. Where Fuller and Goldman meet on this issue is that Fuller addresses the issue of manipulation with the notion of a constitution of science, and while Goldman does not address the issue of manipulation by a few elite inquirers in KSW, Goldman notes that his veritistic epistemology is not an “all things considered” evaluation. Goldman would not endorse a practice in which a few elite inquirers would manipulate others though it would be veritistically good. Moral and political considerations can trump the V-goodness of a social practice. Goldman notes that there is no need to prioritize plural values:
As long as multiple things are valued, a sensible division of labor will ordain special fields of study, each dedicated to variables that augment or diminish the incidence of a selected type of good or bad. Veritistic epistemology is such a special field, where the selected good is knowledge and the selected bads are error and ignorance (Goldman 1999, 6).
I suggest that Goldman needs an account of how extra-epistemic considerations can trump epistemic considerations and not introduce censorship and manipulation because some people may prioritize authoritarianism more highly than democracy and hence deny access to true belief. Here is where Fuller’s use of a constitution of science addresses the issue of how extraepistemic considerations can trump epistemic considerations better than Goldman in terms of manipulation. Fuller’s solution to the charge of paternalism is to introduce the notion of a civic republican constitution of science, where criticism is the order of the day.
Goldman includes Fuller in his charges of veriphobia. Goldman claims that Fuller and other veriphobes bracket truth and falsity in their discussions of knowledge and end up talking about belief or institutional belief, a practice that Goldman classifies as social doxology (Goldman 1999, 7). Fuller’s response to Goldman is that Fuller does not hold to the importance of the truth condition in helping to explain the acceptance of an epistemic practice. Fuller also notes that truth plays no role in terms of his advice about improving an epistemic practice, since the advice would be about either the practice itself or the practice’s environment (Fuller 2002, ix-xxiv). Though Goldman does not provide advice on how to improve an epistemic practice, he disagrees with Fuller on the role of truth, for Goldman holds that true belief operates normatively (Goldman 2001, 2002a). Goldman’s aim is the evaluation of social practices in terms of whether they promote or impede epistemically valuable states such as true belief. Fuller’s reply to Goldman is that Fuller’s goal of social epistemology aims to provide policy advice on how to improve epistemic practices and not to evaluate whether social practices promote epistemically valuable states. Fuller writes:
I generally regard knowledge as a means to other human ends (which themselves may be epistemic), but one’s participation in the knowledge process is usually confined to meta-level inquiry, that is, the design and evaluation of knowledge production regimes that others carry out (Fuller 2002, xvi).
Here is the nub of disagreement between Fuller and Goldman and also Miller, Brown and Goldberg. For Fuller, social epistemology operates on the meta-level to design and evaluate knowledge production regimes. These regimes have other human ends, which are non-epistemic such as to improve humanity. For Goldman, social epistemology operates at the base level to evaluate whether social practices promote true belief.
Fuller, Steve 1988. Social Epistemology. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Fuller, Steve 2000. “Social Epistemology: A Philosophy for Sociology or a Sociology of Philosophy?” Sociology 34 (3): 573-78.
Fuller, Steve 2002. Social Epistemology 2nd edition. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Goldman, Alvin. 1991. “Epistemic Paternalism: Communication Control in Law and Society.” Journal of Philosophy 88:113-131.
Goldman, Alvin. 1994. “Naturalistic Epistemology and Reliabilism.” In Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Vol. 19 of Philosophical Naturalism, edited by Peter A. French, Theodore E. Uehling and Howard K. Wettstein, 301-320. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.
Goldman, Alvin 1999. Knowledge in a Social World. New York: Oxford University Press.
Goldman, Alvin. 2001. “Social Epistemology.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology-social
Goldman, Alvin 2002a. “What Is Social Epistemology? A Smorgasbord of Projects.” In Pathways to Knowledge, edited by Alvin Goldman, 182-204. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Goldman, Alvin.2002b. “Reply to Commentators.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 64 (1): 215-27.
Kusch, Martin. 2001. “‘A General Theory of Societal Knowledge’? Aspirations and Shortcomings of Alvin Goldman’s Social Epistemology.” Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science. 32 (1):183-92.
Remedios, Francis 2000. “Preview to special issue on Alvin Goldman’s Knowledge in a Social World.” Social Epistemology 14 (4): 235-38.
Remedios, Francis 2003. Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: An Introduction to Steve Fuller`s Social Epistemology. Lanham: Lexington Books.
Schmitt, Frederick F. 1994. “Socializing Epistemology: An Introduction through Two Samples Issues.” In Socializing Epistemology, edited by Frederick F. Schmitt, 1-28. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Uebel, Thomas. 2005. “Review of Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: An Introduction to Steve Fuller’s Social Epistemology.” In Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/24412-legitimizing-scientific-knowledge-an-introduction-to-steve-fuller-s-social-epistemology/
In the new introduction to the second edition of Social Epistemology (2002), Fuller characterizes dialectical and geometrical social epistemologies. For dialectical social epistemology, which Fuller ascribes to his own social epistemology, social epistemology’s concepts and principles “are developed and justified in the actual contexts of knowledge production that concern the social epistemologist” (Fuller 2002, xv). For geometrical social epistemology, which Fuller ascribes to Goldman’s social epistemology, social epistemology’s concepts and principles “are developed and justified in a ‘pure’ philosophical setting, that is, by a combination of intuition, logic, and some stylized examples that acquire rhetorical force from their basis in empirical settings, but which function philosophically as paradigm cases for a very broad class of phenomena” (Fuller 2002b, xv).
Goldman does not define an individual, though he clearly separates individual epistemics from social epistemics. See Goldman’s “Foundations of Social Epistemics” (1987). See also Goldman’s “Social Epistemics and Social Psychology” (1991, 122). Kitcher admits to a methodological individualism in the Advancement of Science (1993b), 303, n. 1.
Goldman describes his naturalism as both substantive epistemic naturalism and methodological naturalism. An exemplar of substantive epistemic naturalism is a reliabilist account of knowledge or justification. Methodological naturalism holds that epistemology should be either empirical science (Quine) or should be informed by the results of scientific disciplines (Goldman). For Goldman, science “should (help) determine the goals, values, or general criteria associated with epistemic norms” (Goldman 1994, 30).
Kusch (2001) argues that Goldman’s Knowledge in a Social World (1999) does not provide a systematic defense of “epistemological dualism,” the claim that epistemology can be divided into individual and social epistemology.
This paper shows that Thomas Uebel in his 2005 review of my 2003 book fails to understand Fuller’s social epistemology and my book. Uebel’s criticism is that Fuller’s social epistemology is an epistemology in name only because it is not concerned with truth. My point is that epistemology does not have to concern itself only with truth. Epistemology can have extra epistemic considerations such as humanity. If the starting point of social epistemology such as Goldman’s is to evaluate whether social practices promote true belief, then that social epistemology’s only concern is truth. If the starting point of a social epistemology such as Fuller’s is to evaluate actual social epistemic practices and to provide policy advice on how to increase knowledge production, then that social epistemology’s concern is not only truth. Miller, Brown, Khalifa have pointed out that ASE works with a thin concept of the social and do not care about socially situated cases of knowledge. Goldberg seems to have conceded that point. | <urn:uuid:be91d344-97be-44e0-bc4a-e542c07a2111> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://social-epistemology.com/2013/07/12/orienting-social-epistemology-francis-remedios/ | 2019-04-23T11:06:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578596571.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20190423094921-20190423120921-00108.warc.gz | en | 0.889044 | 3,756 |
Contrary to what my neighbors think, I don't hang on my station's every update. Fact is, I watch precious little local news, a habit I picked up from my children back when their idea of a good time centered around a bucket full of Barbies. These days, I'm far more apt to crack open a hardback than willingly flip over and see what the hair-do's are sellin'. It's not that I don't wanna stay informed. But at almost 44 years of age, I got but so much cranium space to devote to jokers I don't know. Besides, as a practicing cameramanthropologist, I don't have time to keep up with each and every outrage. Not when I'm a phone call away from thethickofit.
"Hey guy, know that lady they say mowed down that cop? No? Well, she's scheduled to exit a courthouse door in thirty minutes. Be there."
Okay, so maybe that's NOT how Texas news shooter Michael Humphries ended up dead center in this photograph by Helen L. Montoya of the San Antonio Express-News. For all I know, he's absorbed every detail surrounding alleged drunk driver Sandra Coy Briggs. Or maybe he's like me and lives a full life without ingesting pixelated chit-chat. That way, he was unburdened with needling details and just joined in for the love of the hunt. Hmmm? What's that?
"I hate perp walks."
Maybe so, Mr. Humphries, but it didn't stop you from nailing the subject at hand. See, I've studied the resulting report and it has all the markings of a professional hit. The way you navigated that narrow walkway, flipped your filter wheel every time the light source changed and avoided taking out the radio guy with his over-sized microphone flag and electric blue i-Thingie. Not to mention your positioning! Pivot, spin or parry, you found a way to be where the camera demanded and as a result you bagged the perpetrator's dirtiest of looks! Hey, that's not just a felonious scowl; it's the kind of facial expression that launches a dozen updates. So while you may harbor a distaste for the chase, you didn't let it stop you from bagging your limit -- and you did it all with the kind of facial expression most often found on the faces of seasoned correctional officers. The mark of a pro, indeed.
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Commenting on this trend, Y K Koo, MD & CEO, HMIL said, “As a Most Loved and Trusted brand we have attained a remarkable growth in Brand Power. The enhanced Brand Power Index increased our awareness from 77% in 2016 to 80% in 2017 in India. Hyundai’s brand preference went up from 69.7% to 70.7% and repurchase intention grew by 3.2% to 76.2% in the same period. We further strengthened our commitment to creating high-quality cars along-with world class after sales services for the customers, resulting in Number 1 rank in JD Power 2017 India Customer Service Index (Mass Market) study 2017. This is a true reflection of Hyundai Brand Trust within our customers in the Indian market.”
Hyundai has witnessed a considerable increase in sales contribution from its premium segment cars. The sales contribution of the premium aspirational brands (XCENT, ELITE i20, i20 ACTIVE, VERNA, CRETA, ELANTRA, and TUCSON) has gone up from 54.19% in FY2015-16 to 60.54% in FY2017-18, this shift is a testimony of rising customer aspirations and preference towards Hyundai products. The most prestigious award winning brands like ELITE i20, the NextGen VERNA, CRETA, ELANTRA, and TUCSON have become segment icons and set a new benchmark in premium products category.
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2012 has finally made its debut, and already there are moanings and groanings from those who claim to be disappointed that it hasn’t lived up to their expectations. But that is the problem with expectations; they tend to backfire when things don’t turn out the way that you thought.
So what are your expectations for 2012?
Are you looking for something dramatic, such as unparallel earth changes? Or maybe you’re waiting for disclosure as to the existence, involvement with or contact with benevolent alien races? Maybe you’re looking for the return of a messiah, or the fulfillment of other Biblical prophecies. Or perhaps your hopes lie more towards a paradigm shift that will allow for mankind to finally get its collective act together and work towards building a more utopian society.
Whatever your expectations, know that you cannot rush the cosmic timeline. What is supposed to be will happen exactly when it is supposed to, and just because those things you have come to associate with 2012 don’t pan out the way that you expected does not mean that there are not changes afoot. Indeed, the changes are occurring even as we speak; internal changes as person after person begins waking up to the true nature of reality and of their place and purpose in the grand scheme of things.
So take heart. Just because the changes aren’t obvious to you – or just because they are not the changes you were expecting – it does not mean that things are not changing. What it means is that it is time to quiet your heart and mind and decide what is important in your own life and just how big of a part you want your spirituality to play in your own day-to-day existence, and this is where Towards Tomorrow can be of assistance. | <urn:uuid:52f32fc2-b5a4-4e0b-933a-91b6019c053e> | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | http://towardstomorrow.net/2012/01/07/welcome-to-2012/ | 2015-10-05T03:59:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443736676622.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001215756-00201-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970108 | 362 |
This week I tried my hand at Pet Photography with a new puppy, Pippa, a willing and participant miniature yorkie was a great subject and reacted very well whenever the motor in the auto-focus was whirring. The light was fairly low and as soon as the AF was triggered puppy’s head would pop up and look into or towards the camera. The result below was one of many great shots, so I couldn’t resist putting up this picture as this weeks Project52 shot of the week … even if it was last weeks shot (since it was taken on Sunday).
I had my 50mm Canon prime lens (not the L series version … I wish!) but I had no flashgun, so I had to rely on ambient light, ISO around 400 and multiple triggered shots so in the 1 second I could perhaps get 1 good shot. The result wasn’t bad but by playing around with Aperture3 (which I downloaded only yesterday) I was able to enhance the shot even further.
Hopefully next week I can try some of the more adventurous shots I’ve been planning.
I find I’m certainly not getting out as much with the camera and I’m sure this is as a direct result of the S**t weather we are having recently. Hopefully thing swill improve as I have shots I want to try but the meteo is not cooperating. | <urn:uuid:a77bf33a-772f-4040-ac44-0004e60e6c71> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | http://www.shanemcdonald.me/052012-pet-photography-18project52/ | 2018-09-19T16:30:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267156252.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20180919161420-20180919181420-00183.warc.gz | en | 0.990168 | 289 |
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I have verified in the form properties that the form is compatible with Adobe Reader 7.0.5 or later. The users should be running version 8.0.
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BEIJING : China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will continue to be taken as a priority by the new government, foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua said.
“The most important thing we need to underscore is that whoever is in power in Pakistan, has a clear commitment to the continuation of the CPEC as an important project that brings mutual benefit and prosperity for the people of Pakistan and hence a commitment by them for this project because it is as people said ‘is a game changer within the region,” she told a delegation of five Chinese media representatives during their visit to the ministry of foreign affairs.
“Right now, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as as the largest political party in the National Assembly, but government formation process will takes a bit longer,” she was quoted by China.org.cn, an official website on Wednesday.
“We see the CPEC not only as an initiative between two countries but an initiative to help our entire region in its development. The CPEC has achieved significant success and enjoys cross-border political support. We continue to take it as a priority,” she added.
Defusing concerns, Janjua firstly expressed her appreciation for China to launch the first major project of BRI in Pakistan, saying, “there is a consensus across the board in Pakistan, on the importance of the CPEC, both for China and Pakistan.”
Director General (China) of the ministry of foreign affairs, Ayesha Ali was also present on the occasion.
With the visit taking place just a few days after the former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan won his country’s parliamentary elections, questions from the Chinese media delegation were focused on any possible changes the election result may bring to the China-Pakistan signature cooperation project.
The visit was organized by the Institute of Strategic Studies, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, and the Embassy of Pakistan to the People’s Republic of China.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" was the top grossing movie this weekend, raking in $42 million, according to industry site Box Office Mojo. Now in its second week of showings, the Walt Disney DIS, +1.09% movie has grossed a cumulative $159 million. In the No. 2 spot this weekend, 20th Century Fox's FOX, +2.17% animated movie "Rio 2," which is in its opening week, grossed $39 million. Rounding out the weekend's top five movies are the horror film "Oculus," which grossed $12 million, "Draft Day," which grossed $9.75 million, and "Divergent," which grossed $7.5 million. | <urn:uuid:49ff8246-0f1a-49ea-9ade-233375b4bdf6> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.marketwatch.com/story/captain-america-is-this-weekends-box-office-hero-2014-04-13?link=MW_story_latest_news | 2016-10-22T14:27:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718987.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00384-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969469 | 161 |
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The fact that Samsung is the world's largest seller of smartphones adds more pressure each time it unveils a new phone, which explains why the new Galaxy S5, just unveiled in Barcelona and expected in Canada this April, may seem a bit conservative. Samsung argues it focused on improving the features its customers like the most.
Here are 10 new features to anticipate.
1. iPhone-like gold edition
The phone's form factor has not changed dramatically from the Galaxy S4, and the materials are similar: its case still is made of polycarbonate plastic, although the back panel is textured to feel more upscale. The S5 will offered in black or in white at launch, however an electric blue and an iPhone 5S-like copper-gold will join the lineup later.
The Galaxy S5 is IP67 certified, which means it can be dropped in a glass of water or in up to 3 meters of water for up to 30 seconds without suffering any serious damage.
3. Slightly larger display
The Galaxy S4 had a 5-inch display. The S5 adds a little more, at 5.1 inches, but the resolution remains 1920 x 1080 pixels, which is less than the anticipated 2560 x 1440 ultra HD display some were hoping for.
4. Uncluttered Android 4.4 KitKat
Google Android's latest version, Android 4.4. KitKat, powers the new S5. On top of that, Samsung has revised its custom interface, uncluttering the apps and the buttons so that they're easier to find and operate. That will please those who were getting tired over Samsung's aging user interface. A Qualcoom 2.5-GHz quad-core processor helps everything run very smoothly.
5. Less on-board apps
Not unlike personal computers, smartphones often come pre-loaded with a bunch of unnecessary applications and services. Samsung removed most of them, keeping only the most popular ones: S Voice, S Health and ChatOn.
6. 16 megapixels
That's an improvement from the S4's 13-megapixel camera, but it's still less than the 20-megapixel camera the Sony's Xperia Z2 has. Samsung shortened the autofocus to 0.3 second, however, while adding some neat features, such as an artifical background blur making photos look like they were taken with a professional grade SLR camera and lens.
7. Faster WiFi
The Galaxy S5 is the first phone to sport a 802.11ac MIMO WiFi antenna, which means it can download files up to three times faster than the Galaxy S4 does. Samsung also added a "boost" feature which allows to download simultaneously using the WiFi and LTE connections.
8. Heartrate sensor
Users of the S Health application like to track what they eat and how far they walk. Samsung decided to focus on that and adds ANT+ compatibility for some fitness accessories, as well as adding a heartrate sensor which can be activated by putting a finger directly on the flash area.
9. Fingerprint scanner
You can unlock the device by swiping a finger to the bottom of the display, where a fingerprint scanner is integrated. That increases the device level of security since it replaces the infamous four-digit code most people don't like to use, and will possibly allow Samsung to offer mobile payment solutions in the near future.
10. Increased battery life
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To all those who live in Berkeley: check out Gioia Pizzeria, just down the street from the Monterey Market on Hopkins Street. There are some reviews for you. One of my roommates works there and it’s good.
From the Online Etymology Dictionary:
bunny – 1690, dim. of Scottish dialectal bun, pet name for “rabbit,” previously (1587) for “squirrel,” and also a term of endearment for a young attractive woman or child (1606). Ultimately could be from Scottish bun “tail of a hare” (1538), or from Fr. bon, or from a Scand. source. The Playboy Club hostess sense is from 1960. The Bunny Hug (1912), along with the foxtrot and the Wilson glide, were among the popular/scandalous dances of the ragtime era.
Thanks to Adrienne for making me look this up.
We are bunny-sitting our landlord’s bunny. I have named her Ms. Floppity Hop. After spending much of the early evening hiding in corners or in her cage, Ms. Hop (or should I call her Floppity?) started roaming around the room as soon as John Edwards started talking about living week to week on our paycheck. I take this as a sign that Edwards has truly reached out to the bunny community — they too want One America. | <urn:uuid:074788b0-3c52-42d5-b092-f0ba8350828d> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://ergodicity.net/2004/07/28/ | 2019-11-22T18:00:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496671411.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20191122171140-20191122200140-00339.warc.gz | en | 0.954707 | 301 |
14 Jan 2016
Scarves, furales or pashminas in this cold season has become a perfect complement to ladies’ outfits. It gives an elegant and chic style to females. Scarves also can turn the simplest look into a trice. So here are some scarf tying ideas for ladies and learn to use them to be fashionable this fall and winter.
Scarf tying styles & ideas
This option is perfect to wear scarf with casual outfit, all you have to do is to put the scarf around your neck and tie at the chest, takes two to three knots, this way you can wear your scarf with great looks, but nee to wear high-necked blouses.
It is one of the most common ways to wear your scarf; it is elegant and helps you cover yourself from cold with style; to achieve this style just fold the scarf in half, put it next to your neck and hang over through the hole and make the scarf double, as the picture shows, this option is perfect for use with necklines, and most liked by women in this fall as well as winter season.
Scarves knotted around the neck is a way to get a smart look and keep warm uncomplicated, all you have to do to is to tie the knot at scarf’s end, put around neck, cross and pass through the head, latter fits well to make it look perfect.
For women who like to look feminine, this style of scarf is an excellent choice, it goes great with stylish outfits as well as sober, with this option you can give a very nice touch of color, to do this just put the scarf around your neck, leave it longer on the other side, with the longest side make a bow, as shown in the picture and tie it with the shorter side.
If you love the jeans, this way of scarf is one for you, cowboy knot is a good alternative to complement your casual looks and simultaneously cover from cold, to achieve this style, you have to get a wide scarf and handle to follow the picture.
Undoubtedly this style is perfect for winter , as it allows you to look elegant yet warm in a chic way, achieving this is easier, however a recommendation is to use a scarf long enough to make this style perfect .
The knot in this style is very similar to braided knot, with a slight variation, but it looks nice just as only in shorter form, is an excellent choice for those girls who like to keep everything in place as it is well bound and will last throughout the day.
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Talking baby names is one of my favorite things to do. For as long as I can remember, I've kept lists of my favorite names. When I moved recently, I found my list from when I was in HS and had to laugh at some of them (Heaven Leigh) while some of them were still on my faves list (Christian).
We don't know the sex of our baby yet, so we're trying to talk about both names but have a terrible time with boys. To give a very small background, I'm Irish but my family has been here for generations and my husband is Italian and first generation here. I also lost my little brother this year and would like to incorporate his name into our child. His name was Ryan William, but I don't want to use either name straight out b/c I think it's too soon and too heavy to put that on a child. But since my kids will never get to meet their uncle, I want there to be some connection. So far, here are our names and thoughts:
Boys: (we don't really like ANY names, but this one keep coming up)
- Lorenzo / Enzo
- Theo (but I don't care for Theodore)
Girls: (so much easier, I seriously have such a long list it's hard to narrow down)
- Luciana Willa (this is my hubs #1 and he thinks we are done, I like it but not ready to say this is it) Lu for short
- Viviana Willa
- Valentina Willa
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In December 2015 RCM and its sister company Meter-MACS were involved in installations of smart meter bollards at the Canal and River Trust’s waterside moorings. The project to replace the electricity bollards (both pre-pay and others) at CRT’s directly managed moorings with new technology has been in progress for a number of years.
In 2015 alone, 366 bollards were installed at 52 sites in seven waterways. This brings the total number of sockets at CRT waterside moorings to 1,334.
We were directly involved with implementing new IT systems to manage and facilitate customer use of the smart meter bollards.
» Meter-MACS console allows remote management of the smart meter system. The mooring team can now create and review smart meter accounts for customers from any office. The system also helps on-call M&E engineers to manage faults remotely, and save on call out costs.
» Customer payment portal allows customers to login and manage their accounts, top-up, view their usage records and update personal details.
The new system really is ‘SMART’. Not only can it remotely read the meter, but it can diagnose faults and even notify the boater that their credit is running low or their vessel has been unplugged.
Moorings support supervisor Jackie Self said: “Although the project has been completed, the work doesn’t stop there. While we have transferred 1,067 customers to prepay, we still have 110 customers without access to a computer or smartphone who need quarterly bills. We also help customers on a daily basis with connections, top-ups, providing refunds and deactivating accounts when they leave.
“It’s good to see how happy the customers are with the new system, they like it and see it as an improvement to the service we provide. During the project we kept them up to date with any changes, however minor they were. And I made sure all customers were contacted on installation day and that no one was left without power.”
» The procurement process was challenging given the separate hardware suppliers involved, as was the installation and electrical commissioning of the bollards, which was undertaken by separate contractors
» We needed a long communications lead time to let customers know about the changes and the impact it would have on them. Flexibility was needed in case of a programme delay and dates had to be changed. This gave rise to an eight week communication process which evolved from emails to phone calls and text messages
» A six month installation programme for 52 sites offered customers a fixed date when their power would be out while installation took place and suffered no delays.
» We had to look at a number of legal and data protection issues relating to the provision of the system by MeterMACS. New terms and conditions relating to the provision of the service –which customers sign up to when they access the portal – had to be drafted. A new site specific Data Protection Policy for the customer payment portal, and an independent assessment of the website and its payment process had to be introduced to ensure our customers’ personal data was secure.
» The Meter-MACS system will be used for the Trust’s electrical vehicle charging points to be installed in the South Wales & Seven Waterways to support new commercial fleet vehicles (Gloucester, Lincomb, Tardebigge, Diglis and Upper Lode) and at our offices in London Docklands, Hatton, Fazeley, Newark, Northwich, Leeds and Stanley Ferry.
» Discussions have begun to modernise the payment system so that it can link to the Trust’s 90 pumpout and 11 visitor moorings with electricity.
Facts & figures:
» 83 sites
» 626 bollards
» 1,334 sockets (one per customer) installed
» 96% reduction in call-outs to faults
» £80,000 in the right place at the right time to pay our electricity bills
Benefits for CRT:
» Customers now pay in advance for their electricity and the Trust receives the cash immediately
» Remote meter reading is more efficient (resources and CO2 emissions)
» Changes in the price of electricity can be actioned immediately through the portal
» Obsolete equipment and technology has been removed
» Remote monitoring of faults and fixes results in a drop in reactive call-outs
Benefits for the CRT customers:
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» They can top up online
» They don’t have to hold a stock of cards or travel to an outlet to buy them
» They get ‘low balance’ and ‘unplugged’ email alerts
» They can review their consumption history
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From the bestselling and highly acclaimed author of Mrs. Poe comes a fictionalized imagining of the personal life of America’s most iconic writer: Mark Twain.
In March of 1909, Mark Twain cheerfully blessed the wedding of his private secretary, Isabel V. Lyon, and his business manager, Ralph Ashcroft. One month later, he fired both. He proceeded to write a ferocious 429-page rant about the pair, calling Isabel “a liar, a forger, a thief, a hypocrite, a drunkard, a sneak, a humbug, a traitor, a conspirator, a filthy-minded and salacious slut pining for seduction.” Twain and his daughter, Clara Clemens, then slandered Isabel in the newspapers, erasing her nearly seven years of devoted service to their family. How did Lyon go from being the beloved secretary who ran Twain’s life to a woman he was determined to destroy?
In Twain’s End, Lynn Cullen reimagines the tangled relationships between Twain, Lyon, and Ashcroft, as well as the little-known love triangle between Helen Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy, and Anne’s husband, John Macy, which comes to light during their visit to Twain’s Connecticut home in 1909. Add to the party a furious Clara Clemens, smarting from her own failed love affair, and carefully kept veneers shatter.
Based on Isabel Lyon’s extant diary, Twain’s writings and letters, and events in Twain’s boyhood that may have altered his ability to love, Twain’s End explores this real-life tale of doomed love.
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Twain's End by Lynn Cullen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Twain’s End by Lynn Cullen is a 2016 Gallery Books publication. I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher as an XOXpert, the official street team of XOXO After Dark.
Before beginning this novel, I took the time to do a quick internet search on Isabel Lyon and her relationship with Sam Clemens, aka, Mark Twain.
Well, the story is certainly a curious one. The few facts we have indicate Isabel was very close to Sam Clemens as his personal secretary, many believing she knew the man better than anyone. It is possible the two came close to marrying at one time, but something went horribly awry, leaving historians much to debate about the meteoric rise and the epic fall from grace of Isabel Lyon.
This novel boldly speculates on the relationship between Isabel and Sam Clemens for the seven years she served him and his family.
MARK AND ISABEL
Isabel had already taken a blow by losing her status and wealth, which forced her to take work as a governess, which eventually took her to Philadelphia and into a position as a secretary, supposedly for Olivia Clemens, Sam’s fragile wife. But, Isabel never worked for Livy, but instead began taking dictation for the autobiography of the great Mark Twain, the most beloved man in America.
The man we meet, through Isabel Lyons’ perspective, is Sam Clemens, the man behind the myth of Mark Twain. Isabel knew family secrets, the nature of the marriage between Sam and Livy, the relationship with his surviving children, but also witnessed his alter ego, Mark Twain, perform for guests, which included Helen Keller, a meeting that is an interesting mystery in itself. The contrast is startling, and the author did a great job of making the distinction between the private man and his larger than life alter ego.
The portrayal of Isabel here paints a picture of a woman ensnared in the complicated relationships in the Clemens household, torn between her professional position, her reputation, and her personal feelings for Sam, and his pursuit of her. Their relationship blurred lines, and obviously extended beyond professionalism, a situation all those in the household, including the staff, and Livy were aware of.
To me, there is no doubt Isabel was dazzled by Sam Clemens, in love with him, going so far as to nickname him, “The King”, writing about him in her diary, praising him lovingly.
But, it was Clemens’ middle child, Clara, a most difficult girl, who may have been behind the demise of the tight relationship between her father and his secretary.
Clara plays a large role in this story too, as she was also caught up in her father’s public role as Mark Twain, sucking all joy from her life as she struggles to create her own way, wishing to be appreciated for her unique talents and accomplishments, but found herself living in her father’s shadow, with him controlling and manipulating her personal life as well.
In the end, Isabel married another man, and within a month was fired from her secretarial position, and became the subject of a 429 page manuscript Twain penned and threatened to publish, in which he accused Isabel of stealing from him, and assassinating her character, calling her a "a liar, a forger, a thief, a hypocrite, a drunkard, a sneak, a humbug, a traitor, a conspirator, a filthy-minded & salacious slut pining for seduction."
What really went wrong between Clemens and Isabel will never fully be known, as Isabel never spoke out or defended herself against Twain’s accusations, but in real life, did visit with actor Hal Holbrook, although she insisted their conversation remain private.
Some believe Isabel, who was so trusted by Clemens he actually gave her power of attorney, was indeed guilty of trying to isolate him from his daughters, was stealing from him, and trying to seduce him, as he claims in his manuscript. Others, however, believe Sam was attempting to besmirch her character due to the volatile information she possessed regarding Clara’s adulterous affair, or that Clara herself negotiated a trade in which she promised to give up her married lover if her father gave up Isabel. His choices thereafter were made on behalf of his family, and to protect the reputation that was so very important to him.
This story is plausible, the result of extensive research by the author, and fits with the proven facts about Mark Twain.
Anytime a speculative account is written, it can spark controversy, but when an author is bold enough to delve into the personal life of one of our most beloved authors, a man so etched into our consciousness, it’s a huge risk to take, and will no doubt offend many whose loyalties lie with the mustached man in the white suit who wrote the beloved classics we enjoyed in our youth. But, the truth is, that man is really a myth, a made up person, something even Sam Clemens will admit to. Still, we all wish to hold onto images, even if we know they are created personas who only came out to play in the public arena.
PORTRAIT OF ISOBEL LYON
Personally, I took no offense to the author’s view of Sam Clemens, and if you put the novel into perspective and remind yourself that it is a work of fiction, which should be approached with a critical eye, then your ideals on Mark Twain should not be tarnished.
However, I do think it prudent to read some of the books the author used in her research, and if you are curious about the Twain- Lyon manuscript, you can read it in the third volume of the autobiography of Mark Twain.
I can’t decide on which side of the fence I want to land on. It is quite possible Isabel saw a golden opportunity and seized it. It is also entirely possible that she grew to believe he would not marry her and thus made what looked like a spur of the moment decision to marry Ashcroft. When Ashcroft, who was a business associate of Clemens’, wrote a letter to Sam demanding he defend Isabel against Clara’s campaign against her, things turned really ugly. It is also possible the whole sordid mess was a cover-up to keep Clara’s adultery from becoming public knowledge.
Clemens’ took six months to write this manuscript against Lyons, which seems a little excessive, so I have to wonder why he took this alleged betrayal so hard, and if, as it’s been pondered upon, losing Isabel led to his death within a year of firing her.
Overall, I think the author did a great job of piecing together the facts about the relationship between Clemens and Lyon, and gives up a detailed accounting of how things may have actually played out. It is a fascinating read, very absorbing and certainly thought provoking, and has me itching to read more about Mark Twain and any other material detailing this most puzzling relationship.
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BEHIND THE BOOK- LYNN CULLEN DISCUSSES TWAIN'S END
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Lynn Cullen grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her recent novel, Mrs. Poe, a national bestseller, has been named a Target Book Club Pick, an NPR 2013 Great Read, and an Indie Next List selection. She lives in Atlanta surrounded by her large family, and, like Mark Twain, enjoys being bossed around by cats. | <urn:uuid:0890ad97-b654-4931-b71c-6164aed19bd4> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.the-bookreview.com/2016/06/twains-end-by-lynn-cullen-feature-and.html | 2020-12-02T03:49:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141686635.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202021743-20201202051743-00423.warc.gz | en | 0.97628 | 1,931 |
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ALEXANRIA, LA – Get ready to turn a few different shades of color in the first ever LSUA Generals March of the Colors. The 5K run/walk will take place on the LSUA campus on Saturday, March 29, at 8:00am.
Participants can expect to get pelted with spring colors as you run or walk the course in this fun-filled event; perfect for those of all ages.
To register, visit www.active.com and search for LSUA. The cost is $40 per adult and $35 per student. Groups of five or more participants of any age can also register for the reduced cost of $35 per person. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Alexandria Museum of Art.
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26"W Cilindro Hanover Industrial Pendant
A historic inspired pendant featuring an industrial design, Cilindro Hanover embodies a Copper finished metal shade with a burnished interior and Brushed Steel trim with decorative perforations around the perimeter on both top and bottom. This classic, curvaceous shade is enhanced with a Statuario Idalight bottom diffuser. The handsome pendant is custom crafted in our manufacturing facility in the USA. Custom styles, sizes and colors are available, as well as energy efficient lamping options such as LED.
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Issue No.05 - September/October (2004 vol.21)
Amrit Tiwana , Emory University
The well-known black-box model of software development outsourcing is typically effective. The approach assumes that the vendor can successfully solve a client organization's business problem without either organization having to deeply understand the other?s domain. This article reports on a field study of 209 global projects that explored the black-box approach?s limits as well as potential solutions to those limits. The study?s key finding is that the black-box approach usually works well in routine projects but fails in projects involving novelty. Novel projects require careful deviations from the black-box model depending on novelty type. Conceptually novel projects require the vendor to deeply understand the client?s business whereas projects involving novel development processes require deeper technical expertise on the client?s part. The article also presents insights into the effectiveness of capability maturity, intense architecture design effort, and development coordination tools. A knowledge congruence framework is offered to apply the findings to software development practice.
outsourcing, congruence framework, knowledge management, software development, software project risk, black-box development
Amrit Tiwana, "Beyond the Black Box: Knowledge Overlaps in Software Outsourcing", IEEE Software, vol.21, no. 5, pp. 51-58, September/October 2004, doi:10.1109/MS.2004.1331302 | <urn:uuid:04013728-1355-4669-9359-2c7506e36c7f> | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/so/2004/05/s5051-abs.html | 2015-08-04T16:14:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042991019.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002311-00090-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906778 | 293 |
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During Signup you should also provide the website URL. The URL looks like www.google.com or www.amitbhawani.com. Your website URL must be correct because AdSense team reviews your website in accordance with their policy. The AdSense team also checks for the type of content you have and it must follow their guidelines mentioned in policy agreement. If you have typed the wrong URL or your site doesn’t exist then it’s likely that your application would be rejected since they can’t access your site.
So it’s left to the publishers to double-check your application before your click on the submit button, because once you have submitted you can’t edit it. Now once you have submitted your application it can take 4 to 7 working days for them to review it and at that point you can edit your application to correct any errors and then resubmit it.
Whenever AdSense rejects an application they sent you a mail explaining the reason what is caused for the rejection. As the AdSense policy says AdSense publishers can’t place ads on pages with copyright content unless you have legal rights to do so. So the AdSense Team is quick in rejecting those applications straightaway when publishers apply. So if your site is unique content which is not published anywhere then your application will be approved or else it would be hard chance.
Once again if your account is rejected for content issues, AdSense Team would be clearly mentioning it in the email that you have received in your mailbox. Read the email carefully.
Domain Ownership Issues
According to the rules of AdSense, publisher’s website whois details should be matching with the Payee Name that you mention during the application. If that doesn’t matches then AdSense team would clearly mention about this problem in the mail which that they communicate with you. This is not the AdSense rejection but its a step before you can proceed with your AdSense Account. If AdSense team ask for this then that is must for you to verify domain ownership by mentioning it in a page in your site.
Page type issues maybe of anything of content that is not acceptable according to the AdSense policies. Most of the applications are rejected because the site with which you apply has one post or too little content. It’s beginning for you but it’s not enough for you to satisfy advertisers and so not enough to satisfy AdSense.
For major areas in the world, AdSense has set up minimum domain age eligibility, i.e., your site should be at least 6 months old which means that your blog should be operation and have content for at least 6 months. So if start a blog in January with one post and wait for six months your account will probably not be approved. Also provided that your blog should be interesting to read and helpful for the people.
All the content present in your site should adhere the policies mentioned by AdSense.
Poor Navigation Issues
Poor navigation in your website or blog can be an issue too. Website having navigation or menu buttons that don’t link to any webpage or links to a broken menu links can create an issue.
Flash navigation are difficult for the Google bots to follow so it’s advised to use less flash and more text links.
Under Construction Sites
For most of the reason people apply for AdSense with Under Construction page for this site. This is not at all acceptable by Google in any case for the approval of AdSense. If you apply for a site with Under Construction Page then your application is subjected to rejection straightaway.
So make sure that you don’t have Under Construction page when you are applying as a publishers.
AdSense only supports few languages which are widely spoken which are mentioned at AdSense Supported Languages. If your website is rejected for non-supported language then you can’t do anything.
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UPDATE: I accidentally overwrote this post with an earlier draft so this version will necessarily be different from a previous posted one. I regret the error.
Recently, as you’ve no doubt heard by now, Goldman Sachs has found itself in a bit of hot water over it’s role in the financial crisis that sparked off The Great Recession. I firmly believe that this is due to, in no small part, the story Michael Lewis tells in his book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. People upon hearing it are generally shocked and dismayed, including some hardcore free market Republicans.
I had the good fortune to hear a really great interview of him by NPR’s Terry Gross on her program Fresh Air. In it, Lewis lays out the basic chain of event of on how the subprime crisis started, led to financial collapse and how a few non-Wall Street professionals saw things coming months, even years in advance, by using basic investing common sense. Lewis claimed, “If everybody had thought the way they thought and behaved the way they behaved, the crisis never would’ve happened.”
The problems start with Michael Burry, Goldman and AIG and using credit default swaps to offset risk in consumer debt securities, some containing sub-prime mortgages.
But there – can I start – because there’s a slightly different answer, too, and it’s that AIG had been insuring corporate bonds for almost a decade. And in corporate bonds, there’s these pools of corporate loans. And in 2004, 2005, Goldman Sachs starts to come to AIG with pools of what they say are diversified consumer loans. They include some subprime mortgages in it and other things.
And AIG says, yeah, this is roughly the same thing as we’ve always been doing. We’ll do that, too. And it’s in March of 2005 when Goldman -there’s some conversation that is still a mystery. We don’t know exactly what happened, but Goldman Sachs effectively went to AIG with a pool of something that was nothing but subprime mortgage loans, and they said: Do you want to do this, too? And AIG said: Yup. We’ll insure that. And that, at that moment, there is a seller of insurance on subprime mortgage loans, and Goldman Sachs can turn around and peddle that to Michael Barry (sic) in the form of a credit-default swap…
And AIG had virtually unlimited appetite for this business, that they were – in a matter of a few months, they sold to Goldman Sachs $20 billion of credit-default swaps on subprime mortgages. So Goldman Sachs – very cheaply, very low prices, close to free.
And so Goldman Sachs was in the position of an intermediary, looking to lay off the other side of that. And part of what Goldman Sachs did, I think, is just take some of it on as a bet. They, too, wanted to be betting against specific subprime mortgage bonds, but part of what they did is they turned around and multiplied the price by 10 and sold them on to Michael Burry.
Lewis continues with how it all becomes what amounts to a Ponzi scheme where everyone including the Ponzi masters themselves, were taken for a ride.
The Wall Street firms, having trouble selling these triple-B-rated bonds to people, pool and find all the pieces of triple-B-rated bonds and they put them into another pool. And they go to the ratings agencies, Moody’s and Standard & Poor, and they say, say look, there are all these triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds but some of them are loans that are made in California and some are loans that are made in Florida and some are loans that are made in Michigan. They’re diversified. They’re not all the same thing.
Surely some of them are going to be money good. So if we put these all into one big pool and tranch it up again, how much of it will you rate triple-A? And the ratings agency says, 80 percent. They say, we think that this pool is diversified enough that, you know, if things go really bad only about 20 percent of them are going to be really seriously at risk. So, 80 percent are really safe. So you have now this called this is called a CDO, a collateralized debt obligation. And 80 percent of this is rated triple-A.
Bear in mind now, that underneath this all are subprime mortgage loans and pool of subprime mortgage loans in which only eight percent have to go bad for the whole CDO to be worth zero.
So we have Goldman and the ratings agencies facilitating what could arguably be called fraud: the selling of debt rated AAA, the safest rating possible, that should have been rated as a junk bond. A BBB California bond and a BBB Florida are still BBB. Putting them together is not diversified any more than a Hummer in New York is more diversified against gas prices than a Hummer in Texas. How could this happen?
We may never know how exactly until the trials take place, maybe not even then. I hope all is laid bare. What’s clear is that the investors who shorted these CDO’s and became very rich from their bets were vociferous about their insights and the vast majority of people, including the press, did not take them seriously. Goldman, of course, took that same bets: against assets they were selling to people as investment grade. Needless to say this was not common knowledge, though it was available if one cared to look. Goldman was respected as a premier investment bank. AIG a respected insurer. They succumbed to moral hazard for making cheap, easy money. Once they were making easy money and paying people enormous bonuses, the rest of industry jumped in with both feet. And as they say, the rest is history. | <urn:uuid:aa7ae5c4-0734-4d59-9ba1-5d574a20b445> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | http://rlbenterprisesllc.com/2010/04/20/goldman-takes-shorts/ | 2019-01-18T13:21:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583660139.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190118131222-20190118153222-00224.warc.gz | en | 0.974071 | 1,242 |
Happy Friday! In case you missed them, check out this week's top stories on The Network.July 24, 2014
1.) FOCUS: Annual Roundup
2.) Cisco Invests in Developers
3.) Mobility’s Place in the Internet of Things
4.) CISCO CEO OPENS UP: 'We Want To Change The Standard Of Living For Everyone In This World'
Coming up next week:
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Toledo wasn’t at the top of my list of places to see in Spain. It didn’t boast the Alhambra, the Plaza de España or a large Roman aqueduct. Instead, it provided me with the feel of being in an old city, without the large crowds and fanfare.
There’s something almost mystical about Morocco. Everything feels… different. My trip to the Oureka valley really drove that feeling home. | <urn:uuid:b5d5e22e-35a8-4c8a-be6c-c774f0cad00c> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | http://stephfood.blog.ryerson.ca/tag/throwback-thursday/ | 2019-09-19T17:35:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573561.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20190919163337-20190919185337-00374.warc.gz | en | 0.906286 | 98 |
Have You Ever Wanted To Live In A Story?I have loved to read all my life. I particularly enjoy action/adventure and SciFi books with exciting plots and evil villians. However, I continue to find myself intensely wishing that I was living in the stories. Chasing the bad guys, visiting different worlds, etc are all things that will never happen in real life, but I wish they would. After reading a good book, real life just doesn't seem to measure up. Has anyone else had this feeling? And how do you deal with it? I keep replaying sections of books in my head over and over and imagining what it would be like if it was me in the story.
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Our only issues at your hotel had to do with your staff being overwhelmed. We had to wait longer than we should have to get into our room when we arrived on November 7. In addition, there were a couple of mornings that we could not get the breakfast we wanted because the kitchen was backed up and could not take our order.
Everything else about your hotel and the service was gracious, comfortable and very pleasurable. Our concerns above will certainly not detain us from recommending your accommodation, and we will be telling our travel agent in the US that we had a great experience with you. Your hotel served our needs while in Queenstown quite well.
We are frequent global travelers and we will rate the Rees one of the best places we have stayed in anywhere in the world. Do see how you can expand vegetarian and vegan options in the menu! Kind regards, Andrew De Garis.
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When we got back, lady kindly put fresh sheets and towels in this cot. Thanks for a very pleasant stay. In particular we were impressed with Jimmy Thai member of staff who could not have been more helpful; - we stayed in Room The shower door needs adjusting. It tends to shut with a loud bang. By that time several items on the buffet counter were fully depleted eg miso soupBircher muesli etcand we were advised that they could not be replenished.
Hope you find this of help and take some action on the last 2 points. My apologies for this late reply! We had a great stay with you and enjoyed the wine tour to the fullest. It was wonderful, especially the Rippon Vineyard. All credits to Roman, he was a great guide.
Thanks again and hope to come back to New Zealand in the future! Have a good day! The food was great and the superb wine flowed freely. Please put us down on the email list for future events. Please also forward our personal thanks to Roman, Yana and Mark for being great hosts.
Kudos on your hiring approach. I am so sorry for not reaching out before now, I actually came down with influenza on my last day in Queenstown and have been bed ridden since. It didn't dampen my NZ experience and from all of us I can not thank you and your team enough. I asked for you when I was departing but forgot that it was a Saturday. There will be many returning customers to the hotel and I am looking at arranging another conference in Our time at the Rees Hotel was magical - just magic!
We were probably a bit painful at times with a few of our last minute requests but we never felt as though we compromised your team, although I'm sure we did. Everything was flawless, the service was second to none, the facilities and rooms. How lucky are you to work with such a great team in such a top notch location.
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I look forward to returning in ! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! Take good care of yourself and please pass on our gratitude to the team. Yes I can guarantee that you will see us again, plus many of the other guests as well.
While all staff were exceptionally warm and welcoming, I would like to tell you how kind Laura front desk was to me and my husband. Before and during our visit, my husband suffered from two injuries Since we live in Florida, I am not sure how soon we would be returning to beautiful Queenstown, but I do know it will be at the Rees.
And I am happy to share that information with all of my friends. I must say The Rees is the best. We loved all services and facilities you provided. I have already told my friends and college how beautiful Queenstown and The Rees is! I really appreciate your warm welcome. Thanks so much and see you again. The people and service were great in addition to the hotel, beautiful views and great location. Would definitely recommend this to anyone! I can only say that the staff there were no less than incredible in assisting me in every way.
Although I do not like to single out one person, I must commend Duty Manager Lisa for handling our crisis in the most helpful, caring and professional manner. Her effort went far beyond what I think I would have received in other hotels. During our stay each and every staff member greeted us and assisted us in an exceptional and professional manner. The pleasant surroundings, excellent service and the location of the hotel were allowing us to experience just the holiday that we had planned and needed.
Gary is still in Dunedin hospital and we will be needing to stay here for sometime for him to rest and recover from the spinal fracture he suffered in the crash. It was most irresponsible and will take me a bit of time to move past the negative feeling I am currently experiencing about that person.
I suppose the positive is that it could have been a much greater disaster. Our beautiful sons are arriving here tonight and we will very much enjoy their support. Thank you all again and I would encourage anyone we know who is visiting Queenstown to stay at The Rees. I would also like to thank Lisa and the staff for the yummy fudge and very beautiful card and messages.
It made me cry!! Richard Arnold went out of his way to make us feel comfortable and Rosie I think that was her name!
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Thank you all so much! However, a couple of small things I think need to be brought to your attention We were in room …. The lounge itself and the in particular the carpet were dirty… stained. The TV in the bedroom didnt work properly. Room service was excellent. Bus and transport shuttle was also excellent. Very polite staff too. Jarrad was exceptional Thanks very much Fabrizio was extremely helpful during our stay. Loved the staff and service. Great location out of city center but reliable friendly shuttle.
Room is ok modern, comfortable, not outstanding.
The Secret Political Reach Of 'The Family' : NPR
Architecture of the building is hideous, really ugly. Lobby is too small to be inviting. Some of the front desk staff were curt and rather unfriendly. The activities guys were great. Would have liked milk for coffee but it came only first night. Charging extra for credit card is a real negative that I put in other reviews. Not allowing a later checkout without paying by the hour is also a terrible policy that I note on reviews on other sites.
It is really lame for a hotel like this. Our only feedback would be that the breakfast was a little lacklustre and there was order confusion at breakfast on the morning of ur departure.
Was my 3rd stay at your property, never fails to do anything but impress, thanks for having me. This was the 1st time we have stayed here and it was a surprise for my wife as it was our 25th Wedding anniversary, everything was on point just seamless. What is nice, is to discover new things and places to stay, however since discovering the Rees this will not be the last time we stay with you as it was fantastic. Special thanks goes to the concierge team members Graham and Brook for having such excellent recommendations for things to do in Queenstown and being all round legends.
We always looked forward to seeing them around the Rees - please pass on our thanks. Kind regards, We had a wonderful time in Queenstown and staying and the Rees once again. We have chosen to stay with you since November our 1st Wedding Anniversary. The staff at the Rees are amazing, especially the Reception Staff and of course Jarred in the Bar who went above and beyond expectations.
There were sorry to say a couple of issues that we found frustrating. Once again thank you for your hospitality Kind Regards Drainco Plumbing and Drainage Limited Hi Nathan, I would just like to say a big thanks you again to you, Roman and all the staff at The Rees in Queenstown that helped to make our conference an enjoyable, and from my point of view, painless experience.
As always the service were outstanding and the food amazing. After our third time there we are really starting to feel like one of the Rees extended family.
Could you please pass on our thanks to all the staff who looked after us from check in, the Thursday night conference, Friday morning meeting and partners dinner, those who worked in the restaurant and through to transfers. Your people really are a credit to Mark Rose who looked after us in and a real asset at the Rees.
Please tell Ben Batterbury that the staff who went in were really excited to see that we were doing the partners dinner with him again and he truly did not disappoint! We have such varies dietary requirements and he always gets it right. Before any of us had even checked out everyone was asking me if we were back there again in to which I answered as long as they will have us again.
We have 4 out from our UK office this year who have been with Alfa for between 2 and 4 years and all said this has been the best conference they had ever been to.
I suspect this is largely due to the personal service we all receive when we are at The Rees. Its roots are in the Cold War, when leaders of the Family deliberately emulated the organizing techniques of communism. Ina group of Senate staffers met to discuss ways that the Family's "cell and leadership groups" could recruit elites unwilling to participate in the "mass meeting approach" of populist fundamentalism.
Two years later, the Family declared that with democracy inadequate to the fight against godlessness, such cells should function to produce political "atomic energy"; that is, deals and alliances that could not be achieved through the clumsy machinations of legislative debate would instead radiate quietly out of political cells.
The Secret Political Reach Of 'The Family'
More recently, Senator Sam Brownback told me that the privacy of Family cells makes them safe spaces for men of power — an appropriation of another term borrowed from an enemy, feminism.
Inthe former Nixon aide and Watergate felon Charles W. Colson — born again through the guidance of the Family and the ministry of a CEO of arms manufacturer Raytheon — estimated the Family's strength at 20, although the number of dedicated "associates" around the globe is much smaller around as of The Family maintains a closely guarded database of associates, members, and "key men," but it issues no cards, collects no official dues.
Members are asked not to speak about the group or its activities. There is no such thing as a 'confidential' memorandum, and leakage always seems to occur. Thus, I would urge you not to put on paper anything relating to any of the work that you are doing Recently, a successor named Dick Foth, a longtime friend to John Ashcroft, assumed some of Coe's duties, but Coe remains the preeminent figure. Coe denies possessing any authority, but Family members speak of him with a mixture of intimacy and awe.
Doug Coe, they say — most people refer to him by his first and last name — is closer to Jesus than perhaps any other man alive, and thus privy to information the rest of us are too spiritually "immature" to understand.
For instance, the necessity of secrecy. Doug Coe says it allows the scoundrels and the despots to turn their talents toward the service of Jesus — who, Doug Coe says, prefers power to piety — by shielding their work on His behalf from a hardhearted public, unwilling to believe in their good intentions.
In a sermon posted online by a fundamentalist website, Coe compares this method to the mob's. They keep their organization invisible. Everything visible is transitory. Everything invisible is permanent and lasts forever. The more you can make your organization invisible, the more influence it will have. But within the organization money moves in peculiar ways, "man-to-man" financial support that's off the books, a constant proliferation of new nonprofits big and small that submit to the Family's spiritual authority, money flowing up and down the quiet hierarchy.
The Family's only publicized gathering is the National Prayer Breakfast, which it established in and which, with congressional sponsorship, it continues to organize every February at the Washington, D. For most, the breakfast is just that, muffins and prayer, but some stay on for days of seminars organized around Christ's messages for particular industries. | <urn:uuid:09421078-5a8f-43bc-8d6f-b49d28df0719> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | https://schizofrenia.info/meet-again/dennis-kuo-well-meet-again-sheet-music.php | 2019-12-08T00:50:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540503656.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20191207233943-20191208021943-00546.warc.gz | en | 0.979015 | 2,758 |
Helen Keller's watch, 1890s
The story of Keller, the American author and lecturer who was deaf and blind and learned to communicate through touch, has inspired people around the world. One of her admirers was John Hitz, consul general of the Netherlands, who met Keller in Washington, D.C., when she was a young girl and gave her his gold Swiss pocket watch, specially made with tactile features to enable a person to “feel” the time. Keller treasured the watch and carried it with her for the rest of her life. After her death in 1968, her niece and nephew inherited the watch. In 1975 they donated it to the Smithsonian, believing that their aunt would have wanted the watch to be "placed where it would make the maximum impact" in raising public awareness about the blind.
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I have 2 small games for you that have been released today and not been posted yet. The first one is the game “Soldier vs. Aliens”, released by F4CG. This mini game is all about killing waves of aliens with your arsenal. It was released for PC platform on january the 16th of this year and will work on Windows 7, Vista and XP.
Description: You are the last man standing. One soldier against a swarm of violent aliens. Defend your position with a wide range of weapons, armor and killer instinct. Will you use the shotgun or the flame thrower? Travel through 50 levels with various objectives. Monitor your health by watching your facial expressions. You have just one objective: kill everything!
- A simple & nervous gameplay: defend your position and kill all aliens
- Magnificent art design with perfectly hand-drawn 2D backgrounds, characters and aliens
- More than 50 levels with various objectives (save scientists, evacuate dangerous area, hold position, kill the bosses…)
- Customize and improve every part of your armor (legs, arms, helmet…)
- A large choice of weapons (shotgun, railgun, laser, flames thrower…)
- A survival mode with infinite waves of enemies
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Acura MDX? Reliable, tons of space, fast, good on gas. Nothing really wrong with that SUV. Looks pretty good too IMO.
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What is Influencer Marketing and Why is it so Important?
Social media isn’t just for kids anymore – Influencer Marketing is becoming the go-to tool for marketers.
Right now, social platforms are no longer relevant only for connecting people. They are everywhere, and everything is on them. That means that no business can ignore social media anymore. If you have a business, you can’t afford not being on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, at the very least.
Although, we have to say that having accounts on these platforms isn’t the beginning and the end of your social media marketing efforts. You need to create a strategy. One that will handle the social media community that gathers on your account. Also, you will need a social media marketing strategy that will handle regular advertising. Thanks to all of this, Digital Marketing is now a field that differs a lot from “physical” or “real-world” marketing, and it has its own laws, codes, and hidden traps.
One of the most popular segments of Digital Marketing is Influencer Marketing. That term refers to influential individuals such as actors, writers, athletes, scientists, and business leaders who endorse brands, products, or services for free or for a fee (usually the latter).
If you have a LinkedIn account, you must have seen how much people respect and follow influencers in their fields of interest. Each post from these people can have a massive impact because their followers believe what they post. You will often notice them endorsing or criticising a brand, product, or service.
That’s where the term Influencer comes from. These people are able to sway the opinions of their followers, your potential consumers, either way with a simple review or a comment.
How Does Influencer Marketing Work?
The best way to understand how this works is through an example. For instance, you take a movie star like Margot Robbie to be your Brand Ambassador or to simply endorse your business.
Consumers like nothing better than seeing famous people tie their names to the names of the brands they’re using themselves. Why? Because it adds credibility, adds more weight to the marketing campaign. We all know celebrities usually have extravagant lifestyles. We know they drive the best cars, wear the best clothes, and use the best shampoos. Whichever product or service they say that they’re using, the general public will be more inclined to trust.
Influencer Marketing in digital is very similar. The Digital Age has created a whole new line-up of relevant figures. Their blog posts, vlogs, tweets, and social media likes can influence the behaviour of your entire target audience.
Consider the fact that every post by these influencers is shared thousands if not millions of times via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. You must realise that this type of brand advertising will leave your brand on top of your desired demographics’ mind.
Furthermore, the fact that many viral marketing campaigns were started by influencers speaks volumes about just how much an influencer can help your business.
That’s why many companies send their products to influencers in their industry even before they release them. They want influencers to give reviews of said products on social media and create a buzz online.
We’ve already mentioned that viral campaigns are a big deal in todays digital driven marketing environment. Whether you’re just starting out or you already have an established company, you want your brand to be the first one consumers think about when your niche gets mentioned. Nothing does that better than a viral campaign, and that’s why every marketer is trying to create one.
That means that a popular influencer can make sure that your potential consumers become positively overwhelmed by your advertising. Why? Well because an influencer’s posts would be shared millions of times. That would, in turn, result in your target audience considering buying what you’re selling.
Even better, if the influencer post in question is really good, it can be picked up by media outlets. That will only amplify your message and give you free additional coverage.
That’s another reason why influencers are so popular and in demand. On the one side, we have consumers who need someone to help them decide which brand to trust. On the other side, we have brands who need someone to “pull in” the crowd.
Influencer Marketing is a great thing when used wisely. However, it does have some weak spots. If you want to use an influencer to boost your marketing efforts, make sure to have substance to back up your campaign. Don’t send products or offer services that might not meet strict standards. That might result in a negative influencer campaign. And that will sink your new offer before it even gets to see the light of day.
How Does a Person Become an Influencer?
For one, to become an influencer, a person needs to be an expert in the niche they want to talk about. Second, that person also needs to have a decent amount of traction online. On social media or in media outlets. Everything else is less relevant.
Influencers know their niches and their audiences like the backs of their hands. They base their opinions on facts, and they think their views through. If you want to work with an influencer, find someone who is a genuine expert in your field, who has a large, loyal following, and who is completely non-controversial.
In the End
Influencer Marketing isn’t a simple approach, and for it to be successful, there are other steps that you must take. You have to pay a lot of attention to consumer feedback, since reputable influencers won’t risk their integrity to market a bad brand, service, or product.
Another important thing to bear in mind – if social builds you up, then social can tear you down. Tread vert lightly, and take extreme care to maintain your reputation.
However, if you do decide to use Influencer Marketing for your brand, you’ll be riding a popular trend before the market becomes oversaturated, which is always a good idea. | <urn:uuid:4e37c293-a01f-4dd4-9cf1-53fc35948ad0> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://www.gopromotional.co.uk/blog/why-influencer-marketing-is-so-important-for-business/ | 2019-11-19T07:39:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670036.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20191119070311-20191119094311-00007.warc.gz | en | 0.953888 | 1,281 |
Super Mario Bros Game For The Classic NES
You should think quick and move much quicker to finish this great journey! The Mushroom Princess is being held hostage by the shrewdness Koopa clan of turtles. It’s dependent upon you to protect her from the grip of the Koopa King before time runs out. Be that as it may, it won’t be simple. To get to the princess, you should ascend mountains, cross oceans, maintain a strategic distance from endless pits, ward off turtle officers and a large group of dreadful snares that lone a Koopa King can devise. It is another experience from the SUPER MARIO BROS.!
Super Mario Bros was the principal game ever to be discharged for the NES in 1985. It was the primary game to convey viable smooth looking over levels with a very much made guide. Super Mario Brothers is right now the smash hit computer game ever. You can play it on the NES, Famicom, SNES, GBA, and as of late the Wii. Trust me everybody, this game is a genuine oldie but a goodie, and still engages today. Mario was the main genuine video gaming character and he will stand up and fireball away any others that attempt to have his spot. He will consistently be huge in the computer game industry on account of this games gigantic effect.
The Games Story:
Many state the tale of this game is unpleasant and it is a major destruction of the game. I mean it is much the same as each other game where a princess gets caught and you have to spare her. The genuine fundamental plot of the game is that Bowser has released a devilish spell over Mushroom Kingdom. The main ones who can spare the Princess and break this insidious spell are Mario and Luigi.
All things considered, this game was practically the principal game to begin those conventional plots. Yet, truly, what is there not to adore about the great Mario sparing Princess Peach from Bowser story? NOTHING, it is straightforward and a convincing story. I am certain the story doesn’t merit a high position in light of the fact that when the game turned out the story was new and presumably sounded somewhat cheesy. Be that as it may, today, we as a whole know about our cordial handyman legend, MARIO.
This game is extraordinarily amusing to play. The target of the game is finished each level by hurrying as far as possible of the level and bouncing has high as conceivable towards the banner. You will experience numerous popular foes, for example, Goombas, Koopas, Piranha Plants and some more. There are coins spread all through the game in arbitrary regions and covered up in hinders that you should bust. When you get 100 coins you get an additional life.
You get a score for what number of adversaries you murder, what number of coins you grab, and for different reasons. Each level is special and has various apex legends hack impediments in each and is an impact to play. There are 8 universes with generally 4 phases in every world. The game is incredible on the grounds that it has different concealed privileged insights all through the game that keeps the fun coming. There are even mystery short universes and twist pipes that give the game an incredible bend.
The game likewise blends in a couple of labyrinths to give it a little challenge. You can likewise play 2 players where you can play as Mario and Luigi and thrashing the shrewdness Koopa King. The couple of ruins are that the game isn’t long, screen looking over, and it gets disappointing. In the event that you play it speedy enough you could beat each level in around 30 minutes. | <urn:uuid:0c35908e-4bf8-4eb3-aecd-cd76673d70d0> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | http://www.nikeairjordansshoesonsale.com/super-mario-bros-game-for-the-classic-nes/ | 2020-10-01T04:37:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402130615.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001030529-20201001060529-00187.warc.gz | en | 0.959776 | 754 |
A Range of Integrated Phone Systems to Service Companies of All Sizes
In today’s connected world, you can’t afford to be out of touch with your clients or employees. Poor telecom quality and outdated equipment costs you money in terms of customer dissatisfaction or downtime.
Tele-Data Solutions will assess your company’s needs and recommend the on-premise VoIP or hosted VoIP phone system that offers the features you need to improve employee productivity, stay in touch with customers, and help you run your business.
As part of our superior customer service, we offer carrier support which means we will recommend the telecom carriers and services you need, and then coordinate implementation of all the required communications lines so you can concentrate on your business. | <urn:uuid:bb9e462f-aaa3-42c5-965d-d1875a9951b5> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | http://www.tele-datasolutions.com/products/ | 2017-08-16T21:27:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886102663.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170816212248-20170816232248-00660.warc.gz | en | 0.925691 | 152 |
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Originally Posted by HoustonTexans4Life
Damn here we are giving yall a few "compliments which i dont see why" and you come on here talking a bunch of BS. What do you expect us to do roll over and play dead,,,,how bout this i'll go to yalls message board Monday and tell ALL yall that we TOLD YALL SO . Ever heard of Andre Johnnson, Domanic Davis, David Carr, Corey Bradford, ok ok how bout Jamie Sharper, Jay Foreman, Aaron Gleen, Marcus Coleman ??? No well thats to bad otherwise i dont think ya woulda come on OUR web site. By the way good "LUCK" sunday.
With the trash you guys are talking about your team, I almost thought this was the Patriots board for a second. Maybe the Texans can win a few games before you guys start talking like your team is Super Bowl champs, huh? | <urn:uuid:010852e6-dca7-4ca8-b969-eb31fef835ea> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.texanstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=27189&mode=threaded | 2013-05-24T22:51:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00095-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936386 | 191 |
Taito's Groove Coaster Zero usually has players tapping icons to the tune of electronic music, but for today only, a new track explores a different genre: scary stories. If you load up the free-to-play iOS game between now and midnight PST, you'll get to play a new level set to a ghost story, narrated by Groove Coaster music director COSIO.
Yes, this is an April Fool's Day joke. But it's the best kind of April Fool's Day joke, in our opinion, because they really did it. Now, the other joke, a special installation of the Groove Coaster arcade machine called Groove Coaster DX, isn't real, and it's for the best. You'll see why after the break. | <urn:uuid:0a3ac33f-8899-42a8-9e28-e6947e67b644> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/01/groove-coaster-zero-adds-its-first-horror-story-level/ | 2014-03-09T06:18:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1393999674095/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305060754-00052-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963508 | 158 |
The phenomenon of those who choose to use the boat as their first home in cities is growing rapidly in the world. Almost unknown in Italy, that’s why it can be a convenient choice.
Susan Smillie is one of over 10,000 inhabitants working in London living along the banks of the Thames, on a 15-metre boat. It has a stable berth a stone’s throw from the mythical three-masted Cutty Sark in the Greenwich area. “In London” says Susan “I came from Brighton ten years ago. I had found work, but I was terrified by the cost of the houses. So, I said to myself, while I was walking along the banks of the Thames where dozens of boats were moored: why can’t my house be my boat?”.
Today he lives with his partner in his motorsailer. She managed to have a stable berth, with water, electricity and wifi, for 4,000 pounds (4,600 euros) per year at the municipal rate. Every morning he reaches his place of work by public transport and in the evening he makes the reverse journey returning home, his boat. In summer he takes his boat, goes up the Thames and heads to the French coast where he has three weeks of vacation. Every year his boat stops being a house and returns one to be a cruise boat.
This is just one of hundreds of thousands of cases in the world where a boat turns into a “first home”. And the administrations of cities that are bathed by the sea or navigable canals have long been aware of this. Take a tour along the banks of the United States in New York, San Francisco, Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego. In Australia the phenomenon of boat / home has been a reality for decades in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne. In Europe, the lion’s share is played by Amsterdam, but in the new marinas of Athens there are now dozens of residents who have chosen the solution boat / home. The phenomenon is also growing in southern France: Antibes, Marseille, Monaco.
The common denominator of this fast-growing phenomenon obviously starts from a passion for the boat object and everything it implies, but it also has economic reasons. Nothing to do with life stories outside the box, such as those that led in the ’60s characters like the musician David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Rod Stewart, the artist Damien Hirst to live in London on board boats moored on the Thames, giving up expensive houses, which certainly could have afforded.
And in Italy? The phenomenon is still in its infancy. In Genoa, in the very central area of Porto Antico, some of the boat’s supporters are beginning to see themselves as their first home. But there are many cities with ports in the heart of the city that lend themselves to this dual use. Just think of Naples with its moorings in the heart of the city, La Spezia, Trieste, Venice, Bari, Ancona. Just to name a few. Italy has dozens of cities overlooking the sea with landings in the city.
TODAY’S BOATS ARE REAL HOUSES
A great help to the success of this choice to live on the water has been given by the new generation of boats. The use of the interior spaces means that there are two or three cabins, two bathrooms and a living area that houses a kitchen area and a convivial space that can accommodate seating for a dozen people. The cockpit with the appropriate shelters (bimini, spayhood) and the bow sunbathing area are comparable to a real home terrace. Do you want to put with a one-bedroom apartment of about sixty square meters?
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE COSTS?
It’s not a question of comparing this with a house in the city and then a boat for the holidays. Here the choice is to make your own boat the first home as well as being the traditional means by which you make the holidays. So, just one “roof” is enough and not two. For a 12/14 meters the annual cost of maintaining the boat / house, which includes mooring, insurance, maintenance, is around a minimum of 5,000 to a maximum of 15,000 euros.
If it comes to buying the boat, prices vary for a new boat from 200 to 400,000 euros. With a lease for a 300,000 euro boat with 83 installments (7 years including final redemption of 1%) and an advance of the
30% (90,000 euro) are monthly rentals of 2,200 euro. For the purchase of second-hand boats of the same size the purchase costs are at least half and if you already own the boat, forget the purchase costs we just mentioned.
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Akamaru (赤丸, Akamaru) is a nin-dog (忍犬, ninken) and the partner of Kiba Inuzuka.
When Sasuke makes his return back to Konohagakure, Akamaru accompanies Kiba to congratulate his return. Later, Sasuke agrees to walking Akamaru since Kiba is busy but finds it irritating when he is forced to pick up Akamaru's feces. Afterwards, Akamaru and Kiba join with their teammates in a game of kick the can with Sasuke being "it". The group fails to capture the can due to Sasuke using his Sharingan to gain the advantage, however, Naruto completely transforms into the Nine-Tails and kicks not only the can away but Sasuke and destroys half of the village. | <urn:uuid:5480eaca-ca7e-4fb4-b0b4-9c5615ab9dba> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | http://sharinganlegend.wikia.com/wiki/Akamaru | 2018-04-24T02:53:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125946453.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20180424022317-20180424042317-00003.warc.gz | en | 0.919986 | 161 |
I just read in Rich Johnston's Lying in the Gutters column that Steve McNiven will be drawing Fantastic Four beginning with issue #509. On one hand, I'm thrilled to see McNiven move to such a popular title. On the other hand, I've never enjoyed FF (even when Mark Waid was writing I tried), so I probably won't read it.
When I first heard that McNiven was leaving Meridian, I was worried. His artwork has really defined that series. But when I met the new penciller, Vincenzo Cucca, in San Diego this summer, all worries were dispelled. Not only is are his drawings gorgeous, but he'll be paired with inker Don Hillsman, one of the coolest guys in comics. It looks like Meridian will remain one of the best comics on the shelves. | <urn:uuid:58c1b05e-ec81-450b-8dff-92ef92ad3149> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | http://matt.cuthbert.ws/2003/09/fantastic-artist.html | 2019-07-18T11:36:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525627.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20190718104512-20190718130512-00367.warc.gz | en | 0.978394 | 172 |
As Sam rides back from the Trask property he tries to understand why he is feeling so uneasy. Cathy’s eyes had reminded him of something—it comes suddenly to him in a flash: as a young boy, he had witnessed an execution. The man in the noose’s eyes were “not like the eyes of a man.” Cathy has eyes like that. He feels guilty thinking such evil things about her, and vows to help Adam as much as he can with the land.
Sam remembers seeing the same look in Cathy’s eyes when he was a child—she has the same eyes as a condemned criminal whose execution Sam witnessed. Sam recognizes there is something inhuman in her eyes. But he feels guilty for thinking such a thing, and resolves to help Adam as a kind of penance.
The next day at breakfast Sam tells Liza about Adam Trask hiring him to dig three wells, as well as build some windmills. She is skeptical, and doesn’t like the idea that Sam is associating with a rich man, for richness begets idleness. She relents eventually, and Sam brings Tom and Joe with him when he returns to Adam’s property two days later.
Liza is wary of wealth because she thinks it encourages a man to be idle. This plays into a larger discussion in this book about the relationship between wealth and happiness. In addition to Liza, many other characters will encounter this issue throughout the novel. | <urn:uuid:901d16d1-c0dc-480e-b134-613c0e6c77ba> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | http://www.litcharts.com/lit/east-of-eden/chapter-16 | 2017-07-21T22:53:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549423812.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170721222447-20170722002447-00710.warc.gz | en | 0.984042 | 306 |
Panino di Porchetta..and on to L’Aquila
On an early February jaunt with Pino to L’Aquila to see a restoration job for his crew, we pulled off the road at a small hut, La Baita, near Rieti.
La Baita is an obligatory stop for us as we head to L’Aquila and later in the day, as we return home to Assisi. Usually, we stop for espresso and pastry in the morning and un panino di porchetta (or panino with grilled local sausage and marinated peppers or eggplants) on our way home.
Temptations for a tasty panino on the way home:
But when I saw Dea (“dea” = “goddess”) – “the goddess of porchetta” – slicing up the goodness that morning, I couldn’t resist: at 10 a.m, I had a bit of porchetta on bread (not the full panino!) along with bubbly mineral water with a dash of vino rosso. (Too early for a glass of wine!).
Rita flanked her mamma Dea behind the counter and served up Pino’s espresso and his cornetto (croissant)……as Signora Dea kept slicing. She makes about fifty panini di porchetta each morning. They’ll disappear quickly when many an area worker drops in for lunch.
Signora Dea wrapped some porchetta slices up for us – we’ll have it for dinner, salad on the side. Perfect end to a day in L’Aquila
La Baita, a stop, too, on the way home…
That mountain majesty surrounding L’Aquila:
Read more – and see! – why we alway stop at La Baita
Read more about La Baita
Read about – and see our La Baita friends – here
Read about nearby Rieti and this town’s food festival
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Classic Bank will never ask customers to send personal information to us via email or pop-up windows. Any unsolicited request for personal identifying information or Classic Bank account information that you receive through emails, websites, or pop-up windows should be consider as fraudulent and reported to us immediately.
What is Fraudulent Email?
Fraudulent email occurs when someone poses as a legitimate company, trusted site, or friend in an attempt to obtain sensitive personal information. If obtained, a person may fraudulently conduct transactions on your existing accounts.
Fraudulent e-mails will often:
- Appear to come from a legitimate source. Some emails are easily identified as fraudulent, but others may appear to come from a legitimate address and trusted source. Do not rely on the name or address in the "From" field, as this is easily altered.
- Contain fraudulent job offers. Some fraudulent emails appear to come from companies offering job opportunities.
- Contain prizes or gift certificate offers. Some fraudulent emails promise a prize or gift in exchange for completing a survey or answering questions. They may instruct you to provide your personal information to collect the alleged prize or certificate. (Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.)
- Describes a reason why you must "verify" or "re-submit" confidential information — such as bank account and credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, passwords and personal identification numbers (PINs) — using a return e-mail, a form on a linked Web site, or a pop-up message with the name and sometimes even the logo of the bank, company or government agency. Perhaps you're told that your bank account information has been lost or stolen or that limits may be imposed on your account unless you provide additional details.
What is Phishing and Spoofing?
Phishing is a type of on-line fraud that can result in identity theft. Phishing is a scheme whereby scammers use fake websites and emails to fish for valuable personal information from consumers. Phishing involves the use of email messages or other forms of contact appearing to come from your bank or other trusted source, but are actually from scam artists.
Email spoofing is email activity in which the sender address and other parts of the email header are altered to appear as though the email originated from a different source. Because SMTP doesn't provide any authentication, it is easy to impersonate and forge emails.
Although there may be legitimate reasons to spoof an address, these techniques are commonly used in spam and phishing emails to hide the origin of the email message.
How do I Detect a Phishing and Email Spoofing Scam?
- The message you receive has an "urgent" tone, it may advise you to act quickly.
- It may suggest that your account has been threatened.
- The message requests personal information such as your account numbers, credit and check card numbers, social security numbers, online banking IDs and passwords, mother's maiden name, date of birth, or other confidential information.
- The email, fax, or letter may advise you not to tell anyone about the message.
How do I Avoid a Phishing and Spoofing Scam?
- Never provide your personal information in response to an unsolicited call, fax, letter, e-mail or Internet advertisement.
- Do not download software directly from email messages, or from companies or web sites you do not recognize and trust.
- Watch out for non-secure web pages that ask for sensitive information (secure sites will typically display a lock in the tool bar at the bottom of your browser window or they will display https:// at the beginning of the web address).
- Be suspicious of any email that urgently requests personal information and/or indicates a problem with your bank account(s).
- Only provide personal information if you initiate the sign on process.
- Do not use links in an email to access a web page if you suspect the message may not be authentic.
- Be cautious when opening attachments or downloading files from emails.
- Do not open emails from an unknown source.
- Always use a secure website when submitting credit card or other sensitive information via a web browser. To verify the web site is secure, check the beginning of the web address in your browsers address bar — it should be https:// rather than http:// and also look for the closed lock in the tool bar on the bottom of the page.
What is Pharming?
Pharming is a scamming practice in which malicious code is installed on a personal computer or server, misdirecting users to fraudulent Web sites without their knowledge or consent. Pharming has been called "phishing without a lure." Pharming, like phishing, seeks to obtain personal information. But in pharming, larger numbers of computer users can be victimized because it is not necessary to target individuals one by one and no conscious action is required on the part of the victim. In one form of pharming attack, code sent in an e-mail modifies local host files on a personal computer. A computer with a compromised host file will go to the fake Web site even if a user types in the correct Internet address or clicks on an affected bookmark entry. Your browser will show you that you are at the correct site. This makes pharming much more difficult to detect.
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Conn. unemployment ticks up in December
Economists were disappointed to see a state report showing flat employment growth on Monday as the jobless rate ticked up higher for the first time in almost a year.
Now entering its sixth year, economist Don Klepper-Smith characterized the economic recovery in Connecticut as stagnant considering that less than 90 percent of jobs have been recovered since the Great Recession. Klepper-Smith said the addition of just 300 jobs in Connecticut in December, in light of strong national employment gains during the same month, is “well below expectations.” The unemployment rate rose a tenth of a point to 5.2 percent, the Department of Labor said in its report.
“The good news is that we saw 1.6 percent growth in Connecticut’s total non-farm employment for the year, the best annual showing since 1999,” said Klepper-Smith, founder of New Haven-based DataCore Partners and a consultant to Webster Bank. “The bad news is we’ve seen considerably greater job growth in the prior economic recoveries, and so expansion this time around can be best described as lack luster and sluggish.”
The economist said job gains are going to be even more difficult to achieve in 2016 - a challenging year due in part to GE’s impending departure from the state as well as negative economic data including a decline in manufacturing orders last month. Klepper-Smith said despite vastly lower oil prices - the silver lining of the economy for many consumers - there is a near 40 percent chance that the country could dip back into a recession by the end of the year.
“I expect that Connecticut will make a full jobs recovery this year, unless there is a domestic recession, which would reduce those numbers,” he said.
“On top of the increased risks of a domestic recession, the business community has suffered through a crisis of confidence over the last several years because of a clear lack of fiscal discipline at the state level and growing uncertainty as to exactly how we’ll balance our budget in the coming years,” Klepper-Smith said. “Add to that the departure of GE to Boston, its multiplier effects, and the subsequent impact on consumer and business confidence, and you soon realize that the risk of Connecticut’s business cycle in 2016 clearly lies to the downside.”
Several industries reported declines in employment for December including retail, which lost 1,300 positions and health care and social assistance, which also saw a drop of about 1,800 jobs or 0.7 percent of its employment base.
Monthly declines were also reported in average weekly earnings, which fell to about $996 from $1,009 in November. Hourly earnings also fell 21 cents to $29.64. On an annualized basis, average hourly earnings have increased by $1.17, or about 4.1 percent. | <urn:uuid:9aaf870c-5a41-4b6d-94f1-91d0073c721a> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://www.newstimes.com/business/article/Unemployment-ticks-up-in-December-6782204.php | 2019-07-23T15:37:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195529480.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20190723151547-20190723173547-00362.warc.gz | en | 0.970258 | 594 |
from the feather leather series
~Nazneen Feather Earring
Single long earring in gold leather skin, light as a feather, shinny and delicate.
One+Of+A+Kind Jewelry Creation and Styling: Judith Bodart beylerian / Photography: Gregory Beylerian / Actress: Nazneen Contractor (Star Trek, 24, Ransom)
Press: Actress Nazneen Contractor (Star Trek, 24, Cover affairs...) is wearing an unique long Gold leather Earring creation by Judith Bodart Beylerian at the People Magazine "Ones To Watch" Party at The Line Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
~Cali La Sublime. Like a bird of paradise this proud single earring is made of bright and exciting vibrante color pieces. From the tigger like feather with a fluffy green...
~ Dame Tribale, boucle d'oreille. A splash of Red fur following by a peacock feather and united by golden thread and a dangling chain to balance it all. The Tribal Lady...
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BJSS brings Blockchain to FinTech North
Jake Fox / 16th April 2018
BJSS, the award winning, delivery-focused IT consultancy, continues its support of the annual FinTech North conference in Leeds whilst also announcing that Carl Austin, its UK Chief Technology Officer, will join the speaker line up to discuss Blockchain and wider innovation.
FinTech North is the Northern Powerhouse’s pre-eminent FinTech conference series and expects to attract 800 attendees across events in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester. Other confirmed speakers at the Leeds event include the FCA, CBI, Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Innovate Finance, First Direct, CYBG, and all three Leeds universities.
Following the Company’s support last year of FinTech North’s Leeds programme, BJSS will be sponsoring the full day Leeds conference, as well as the pre-event VIP dinner for speakers and sponsors.
“We are delighted to once again be supporting FinTech North, which is one of many ways we actively support the yorkshire economy. Financial services is one of the most exciting sectors we work in and we strongly believe that the Leeds region has a lot to contribute to its development. I’m particularly pleased that our CTO will be presenting on innovation and Blockchain” – Glynn Robinson, Managing Director, BJSS
“We are proud to be working with BJSS again this year. Their work in IT consulting extends far beyond FinTech but they have been strong advocates of several FinTech initiatives and developments in their homeland of Leeds and further afield. We are grateful for their support and delighted to have them associated with our events.” – Julian Wells, Director, FinTech North
Founded in 1993, BJSS employs over 1,000 people and operates offices and project centres across the UK and USA. The Company has a pedigree of building and deploying high availability, low latency, enterprise-scale integrated software solutions. Its clients include some of the world’s largest companies including investment banks, retail banks, government departments, retailers and commodity traders.
The FinTech North events will be attended by senior representatives of northern based banks, building societies and other financial services institutions, as well as numerous FinTech innovators. Click below to register to attend and find more information about the agenda, sponsors and venues.
BJSS (www.bjss.com) is an award-winning delivery-focused IT Consultancy with 25 years software development and IT advisory experience to the private and public sectors. The company is renowned for technical excellence, cost-effective delivery and its proven BJSS Enterprise Agile approach.
For further information, please contact:
Public Relations Advisors to BJSS
Tel: +44 20 3725 2339
BJSS Corporate Communications
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At the beginning of the month the Birth Trauma Association launched their Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2018. Their aim was to increase awareness of the significant number of women who have suffered a traumatic birth and to provide a platform for mother’s to share their experiences. They launched a video of a selection of mother’s describing their individual experiences.
Sadly as many as 20,000 women a year develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following a traumatic birth experience, with a staggering 200,000 women feeling traumatised by childbirth and developing some of the symptoms of PTSD*.
Mothers are not the only ones affected by a traumatic birth. Fathers are often overlooked when considering birth trauma despite the fact that they usually witness the events of a traumatic birth and experience the same sense of helplessness watching their loved ones struggle.
Whilst a vast majority of traumatic births are unavoidable (and sadly a result of common complications which mean that a ‘birth plan’ is really just a wish list that is rarely adhered to by your new arrival), occasionally a traumatic birth is completely avoidable and therefore is more likely the result of clinical negligence rather than mother nature.
No matter the reason behind a traumatic birth it can be devastating for families and it is vital that those affected can feel supported and not alone. The Clinical Negligence team at OH Parsons supports the aims of the Birth Trauma Association and encourages an open dialogue surrounding traumatic birth and baby loss.
If you have been affected by a traumatic birth and would like further support we have included a selection of websites below offering support groups and further advice. If you would like to discuss a potential clinical negligence claim please contact a member of the team on 0800 526 368. | <urn:uuid:ef0d1ba5-caa0-4980-8428-7d307495156e> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://ohparsons.co.uk/birth-trauma-awarness/ | 2024-03-03T19:10:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476397.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303174631-20240303204631-00840.warc.gz | en | 0.953309 | 351 |
Gold Rush Fever
Written by Penn Mullin
Illustrated by Penn Mullin
Reviewed by Heath H. (age 10)
This book is about a gold rush. A family has to go across deserts and over mountains in covered wagons. They had no food and little water. Do you think they got there? You have to read the rest of the book for more information.
I loved this book because I like history, cowboys, and adventures. History is my favorite subject. This reminds me of a time when my sister and I were playing Cowboys and Indians. When we heard the bell ring for the cookies, it was the biggest cookie rush! I've been in so many adventures, I won't read a book without one. There's no telling how many times I've turned down a book without cowboys.
I would recommend this book because it has different things than we have today. For example, ten cents then is comparable to one cent today. Anyone who likes history would love this book. It is also a great book because it has a lot of exciting words and pictures. Better yet - it has history! | <urn:uuid:b01c34cd-14da-4270-a736-81d662ac2bff> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://spaghettibookclub.org/review.php?reviewId=6499 | 2023-02-02T01:36:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499954.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20230202003408-20230202033408-00620.warc.gz | en | 0.985657 | 231 |
Well, my stocking is hung by the chimney with care, and there better not be a mouse stirring anywhere.
The stocking tradition probably started in Europe, where kids hung their everyday socks from nails for St. Nick to fill. Here are some other holiday traditions our ancestors from around the world have celebrated:
, kids put shoes by the door or fireplace, waiting for the Christ child to fill them with presents during the night.Dutch
children put hay and sugar in a shoe outside the house on the night before St. Nick’s Day. After his horse has a snack, St. Nick (Sinterklaas) leaves goodies in each shoe.
Dec. 13 in Sweden
is St. Lucia's Day, celebrating the patron saint of light. Traditionally, a family’s first daughter would wear a long white dress and crown of leaves, then serve coffee and treats to the family. (Somehow I can’t see my sister ever doing this.)
A sprite-like child with angelic wings called the Christkind ("Christ Child") is delivers presents in areas including parts of Germany
, and Liechtenstein
. Legand has it Martin Luther invented the Christkind to discourage the figure of St. Nicholas.
Christmas in the Philippines
starts Dec. 16 with dawn masses called Misas de Aguinaldo
(Gift Masses) or Misa de Gallo
(Rooster's Mass) On Christmas Eve, families go to midnight mass and then eat a traditional feast.
Between Christmas and New Years Day, Norwegians
go Julebukking. People wearing masks and costumes knock on neighbors’ doors, and the inhabitants try to guess the julebukkers’ identities.
Inspired by the sound of a burning log, a London confectioner named Tom Smith invented Christmas crackers in 1847. The colorful wrapped tubes that snap and reveal a trinket when people pull on the ends are universally popular in England
and other Commonwealth countries. Australians
call them bon-bons.Mexican
children leave notes in their shoes on Jan. 6, when tradition holds the Three Wise Men arrived with gifts for baby Jesus.
In the UK
, Boxing Day is celebrated the day after Christmas (or the next week day, if Dec. 26 falls on a weekend). There are many theories behind its origins
. Nowadays, it’s known for great sales. | <urn:uuid:8f4f203d-46b3-402d-b247-f49129b33479> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2007/12/24/ChristmasTraditionsAroundTheWorld.aspx | 2015-01-31T07:06:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122108378.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175508-00048-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926907 | 504 |
my friends Jorge + Kathryn packed up all their belongings and left Miami to travel throughout Australia. While packing up all their stuff, Jorge found a mix I made him back in 2004, chock full of #tbt goodness. You can read about their adventures over at The Bear and the Maiden Fair.
songs to play obnoxiously loud in your car on summer nights.
- Pay off credit cards
Graduate from Grad School– April, 2016 Get another tattoo– November, 2015 Go to Machu Picchu– June, 2016 Swim with manatees– December, 2016 Make a hard cider– March, 2017 Try four new styles of yoga– April, 2017 Complete my 200 hour yoga teacher training– March, 2017 Apply to a fellowship– February, 2016
- Grand Canyon & Havasupai falls
Establish a retirement plan– November, 2015 Buy myself an expensive piece of jewelry– June, 2016
- Write 12 letters to myself
Do stereotypical Gainesville things– April, 2016
- Asheville to Nashville road trip
- Take a trapeze class
- Go on a hot air balloon ride
Pay off a layaway plan for someone on Christmas– December, 2016 Begin a gratitude practice– May, 2016 Go to Harry Potter land– April, 2017 Redesign my personal website– June, 2016 Establish a meditation practice– February, 2017 Camp on a beach– December, 2016 Volunteer at events for five different nonprofits– March, 2017 Learn how to do a headstand– March, 2016
- Watch “Breaking Bad”*
Learn how to cook 10 new things– Fall, 2015 Dye my hair purple– October, 2015
- Visit five new breweries
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Fakar Hai T-Shirt
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If you haven't heard this yet today, WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF YOU, YOU ARE DOING YOUR BEST , KEEP IT UP! Make everyone's day a tad better by wearing this t-shirt. For whoever who reads it, knows he is valued. "Look back at where you came from, and let yourself feel the progress' .YOU ARE KILLING IT! | <urn:uuid:3891af18-6b6e-4ea6-82c7-7a2e877777c6> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.wyo.in/fakar-hai-t-shirt | 2021-03-03T17:45:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178367183.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303165500-20210303195500-00114.warc.gz | en | 0.905647 | 109 |
I must note that the fact that brokers have the authority to engage in this kind of behavior does not necessarily mean that they are engaging in MF Global type behavior. I am simply showing you the language that we all have to agree to in order to trade securities in the markets. Make your own judgments!
Here are excerpts from account agreements with some of the more popular retail brokerages.
optionsXpress Account Agreement (Printed 10/27/11)
32. Consent to Loan or Pledge of Securities in Margin Accounts
Within the limits of applicable law and regulations, you hereby authorize optionsXpress to lend, either to us or to others, any securities held by optionsXpress for your account, together with all rights of ownership, and to use all such property as collateral for our general loans. Any such property, together with all attendant rights of ownership, may be pledged, repledged, hypothecated or rehypothecated either separately or in common with other such property for any amounts due to us thereon or for greater sum, and we shall have no obligation to retain a like amount of similar property in our possession and control. In connection with such securities loans, we may receive and retain certain benefits to which you will no be entitled. You understand that, in certain circumstances, such loans could limit your ability to exercise voting rights, in whole or part, with respect to the securities lent.
Charles Schwab Account Agreement (01/09)
10. Pledge of Securities and Other Property
We may pledge, re-pledge, hypothecate or re-hypothecate, either separately or together with Securities or other customers, all Securities and Other Property that you, now or in the future, carry, hold or maintain in your Margin and Short Account. The value of the Securities and Other Property we pledge or re-pledge may be greater than the amount you owe us, and we are not obligated to retain in our possession and control for delivery the same amount of similar Securities and other Property.
11. Loan Consent
You agree that Securities and Other Property held in you Margin Account, now or in the future, may be borrowed (either separately or together with the property of others) by us (acting as principal) or by others. Schwab may place any security held in your Account into the Margin Account portion of your Account. You agree that Schwab may receive and retain certain benefits (including, but not limited to, interest on collateral posted for such loans) to which you will not be entitled. ....
Now read the same paragraph from a December 1995 Agreement (underline added by me for emphasis)
12. Loan Consent
You agree that Securities and Other Property held on margin, now or in the future, may be borrowed (either separately or together with the property of others) by us (acting as principal) or by others. No compensation will be payable to you in connection with such borrowings, and any losses or other detriments or gains or other benefits arising from such borrowings won't accrue to your Schwab One Account.
Why did Schwab remove the language that protects account holders from "losses or other detriments"?
TD Ameritrade Agreement dated 11/11. This applies to Think or Swim Accounts as Well:
g. Pledge of Securities and Other Property. You may pledge, repledge, hypothecate, or re-hypothecate, without notice to me, all securities and other property that you hold, carry, or maintain or for any of my margin or short Accounts. You may do so without retaining in your possession or under your control for delivery the same amount of similar securities or other property. The value of the securities and other property that you may pledge, repledge, hypothecate, or re-hypothecate may be greater than the amount I owe to you, and any losses, gains, or compensation that result from these activities will not accrue to my account.
h. Loan of Securities. You are authorized to lend to yourself or others any securities you hold in my Account and to carry all securities lent as general loans. In connection with such loans, you may receive compensation and retain certain benefits that I will not be entitled to, such as interest on Collateral posted for such loans. In certain circumstances, such loans may limit my ability to exercise voting rights with respect to the securities lent. I may request that fully paid securities not be used in connection with short sales. I understand that in certain situations in which you have borrowed my securities, I may receive a "payment in lieu" of the dividend issued (see Margin Handbook for more details).
Interactive Brokers LLC
14. IB's Right to Loan/Pledge Customer Assets: As allowed by law, IB is authorized by Customer to lend to itself or others Customer securities or assets. IB may, without notice, pledge, re-pledge, hypothecate or re-hypothecate Customer's securities and assets, separately or together with those of other customers, for any amount due in any IB account in which Customer has an interest, without retaining in IB's possession or control a like amount of assets. For loans of securities, IB may receive financial and other benefits to which Customer is not entitled. Such loans could limit Customer's ability to exercise securities' voting rights. | <urn:uuid:079e6758-be7a-4546-aee9-b0511ae7584f> | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | http://www.financenerd.net/2011/12/rehypothecation-brokers-license-to.html | 2018-11-16T13:54:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039743046.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20181116132301-20181116154301-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.941225 | 1,098 |
"Sounds of Color" exhibition was showcased last night for a very special private holiday party. Gramercy Park's National Arts Club in New York City, was the venue for the three-hour soiree.
Colucci has been working together with the American Cancer Society and the Quogue Wildlife Refuge, each had a represntative present, to raise awareness and funds during the Holiday Season. Through the event, Colucci hopes to help offer recognition to the hard working individuals who continue to hold onto their conviction and who give back to their community.
his career Colucci has distinguished himself as an artist, creating
everything from paintings
to fashion design. "Sounds of Color" features highlights from his
ever-expanding work. His goal with this exhibition is to commemorate
all the men and women who are, especially during these incredibly trying
times, helping others. On display for purchase were various ladies acarves bearing prints of Collucci's famed paintings.
Guests of the event enjoyed cocktails, an additional viewing of select works by Andy Warhol and the sounds of Shea the Prince of Chistmas. Noteworthy guests included:Jean Shafiroff, Cole Rumbough, Douglas Hannant, Maggie Norris, Leesa Rowland, Larry Wohl, Kate Gibbs, Michelle Marie Heinemann, Shea, Alice Judelson, Cindy Guyer, Madame Mayhem, Kate Gibbs, Frederick Anderson, Ramona and Mario Singer, Cassandra Siedenfeld, et al
***An added bonus to the evening was a special performance by Shea, who performws his hit holiday single "The Christmas I Met You." A portion of the proceeds from the sale of his new album "Every Day's Christmas" will be donated as well.
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Techopedia explains Demand-Driven Value Network (DDVN)
In general, digital tools such as a DDVN work on a broad-spectrum supply chain process to anticipate demand and source and deliver materials in a more efficient manner. This can lead to better customer service, less waste and more value for companies. For example, the concept of "just-in-time inventory" seeks to minimize inventory held in warehouses or stores by creating more dynamic processes for supply chain services.
With all of the benefits of a demand-driven value network, it would seem that businesses would flock to this sort of model; unfortunately, there are a number of hurdles and challenges that they need to face in adopting a DDVN model. Some are based around the implementation of these models, where a lot of re-training would be needed for the staff, and there could be a big capital investment up front. There is also the process of incentivizing DDVNs instead of just focusing on transactional sales like what so many businesses have done for so long. The amount of investment and commitment that is needed keeps many businesses from further exploring DDVNs as a viable model for renovating supply chain processes in a big way. | <urn:uuid:96f1ae34-9f44-4342-b89c-9ec376980c44> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://www.techopedia.com/definition/30942/demand-driven-value-network-ddvn | 2019-08-26T08:58:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027331485.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20190826085356-20190826111356-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.954441 | 248 |
Week in TV - BAFTAs Special
It's official. We are heading into the summer, the time of year when TV is at its lowest, lowest ebb. And in the last few days alone, viewing figures have plummeted; for some reason, people have decided they would rather be outside than watching the telly. But, if when the sun comes out, you go in, then there's still enough to entertain, as this little rundown shows.
1) An event that needs no introduction: Eurovision Song Contest (Tonight 8pm BBC One) - The Yorker will be liveblogging!
2) Very Important People - This hugely enjoyable (and, gasp, funny) impressions show comes to the end of its series on Friday at 9.30pm on Channel 4. Worth watching just to see what Natalie Cassidy's doing now.
3) So The Bridge has finished (and what a finale it was!!), The Killing's not back till the end of the year, Borgen's not back till next year... what is a Danish drama lover to do? Well they could always watch BBC Four's latest Danish import Sebastian Bergman (Sat 9pm BBC Four) I suppose...
4) Silk (Tuesday 9pm BBC One) - The BBC continues to own Tuesday nights with this fast-moving legal drama. Still not quite sure what Maxine Peake's accent is supposed to be, though...
5) And finally, the most prestigious event in the TV calendar: the BAFTAs (Sun 8pm BBC One). But who's going to win? Well, I've had a few ideas about that...
BAFTA Winners (you heard it here first...)
Let's take a look at the major awards that are going to be handed out tomorrow night...
Will win & should win: Dominic West (Appropriate Adult)
If Dominic West does not win this award then there must have been a miscount. His performance as Fred West (sadly, not a relative...) was perhaps the most mesmerising performance of the last ten years. And, let's face it, these awards dos always love it when well-known actors play real-life people (cough Meryl Streep). His only real competition is from a certain Mr Cumberbatch who plays some guy in a show that nobody much watches.
Will win & should win: Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult)
You're probably seeing a pattern here... But, Watson did give the performance of her career, so you know. Last year's winner Vicky McLure is up again for This is England '88, but I can't see they'd be that boring and let her win again. Romola Garai is therefore the most likely contender for the acclaimed (and boring) The Crimson Petal and the White.
Will win: Anything except Spooks
Should win: The Fades OR Scott and Bailey
This really is an open category this year (except for Spooks - was it nominated out of good will?). I would love to see The Fades win as it was the best new drama of 2011, and it's been axed by the Beeb, so if it wins, they might have to think again. But who wouldn't love Scott & Bailey to win? It offers a masterclass in how to write real women characters, and Amelia Bullmore just rocks. Nuff said.
Will win: The Killing/Borgen
Should win: Borgen
Leaked inside info suggests they're going to rename this award 'The BBC Four Award for International Danish Import'; it really is going to be a face off between The Killing and Borgen. The Killing won last year and, to my mind, the second series wasn't quite as good as the seminal first, while Borgen went and proved that good Danish drama doesn't also have to be crime drama, so I hope the Academy see sense and Vote Moderate!
Will win: Rev.
Should win: Mrs. Brown's Boys
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ABOUT YOUR LIFEHOUSE TEAM
You are not just buying a home inspection.
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Owner | Lead Inspector
David has enjoyed diverse opportunities in both his personal life and professional career, which have culminated in a unique passion for home inspections.
David’s journey has included successful roles in customer service, sales, and management for a national flooring retailer; home renovations; kitchen and bath renovations; and insurance adjusting for property loss claims. Each of these experiences presented David with new perspectives that became the foundational building blocks which helped shape who he is today. David approaches home inspections with thoroughness, a keen attention to detail, and integrity. He operates by defined processes created to adhere to applicable standards of practice and a dedication to safety.
If you ask David why being a licensed home inspector has become his passion, he will tell you that he loves to “reveal the story that the home is telling him”. David finds great joy and satisfaction being out in the field each day, meeting new people, and introducing them to the detailed facets of the home he is inspecting. Though he approaches each situation with urgency, you will meet a calm communicator who takes pride in being clear in every detail he provides.
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David and Amy are dedicated to lifelong learning, self-improvement, and finding ways to give back to share their blessings and gifts. As well as being business partners, the Bakers are married, the proud parents of Robert and Jessica, and the family shares their home with 3 large and lovable dogs. David and Amy are self-proclaimed foodies with a passion for cooking, grilling, smoking BBQ, and baking. | <urn:uuid:a2d9c5a8-51bd-4be9-b74a-091d7edcd64b> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.lifehouseinspections.com/about/ | 2024-02-24T02:41:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474482.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224012912-20240224042912-00460.warc.gz | en | 0.969991 | 358 |
Sweet. Sweet. Sweet.
Stop. Standby. Go.
By the way, they taste like medicine with a sugary coat.
Don't trust him when it comes to dessert.
I was pretty excited when I passed by this Mochi Creamery Outlet that offers over 20 varieties of colourful mochi ice-cream, from azuki, dark chocolate, blueberry, pistachio, passion fruit to unique combination of chocolate coconut, chocolate espresso, strawberry dark chocolate etc.
I had a hard time picking which flavour to sample. The only reason that held me back in trying out all their flavours was that double scoop of Japanese gelatos that I had before stumbling upon this Mochi ice-cream outlet. Talk bout overdose of sugary stuff ever since I came to Singapore.
After thorough consideration, I picked three traffic light colours -- green tea (green), mango (yellow) and sakura (red). Every bite of that dainty dessert was a unique experience for me.
My only complaint was the hefty price tag -- S$2 for a small little cube of ice-cream encased in thin glutinous rice skin. Bar none, I'll still come back for the remaining 17 flavours of their mochi ice-cream.
He, who thinks that he is too hot just because the mochi ice-cream melts in his hand.
- Bugis Junction
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SANTA SLIDES INTO TOWN FRIDAY
That’s the first night of Winterfest, when Old Town will be decorated for the holidays
Santa Claus is coming to town.
The big guy will hit the streets of Old Town Temecula on Friday night in grand fashion. He will be riding in a horse-drawn carriage up Old Town Front Street, surrounded by Dickens carolers from the Fine Arts Network, a giant elf and Freckles the clown.
Organizers hope that, by 6 p.m., plenty of folks will be there to greet old St. Nicholas because everyone is invited. The event, marking the start of Winterfest, will be the first night that the streets of Old Town will be decorated for the holiday season, with thousands of twinkling lights adorning fixtures along the street.
“He’s going to come up Front Street starting around Baily’s Front Street Bar & Grill and will make a right on Main Street,” said event organizer Melody Brunsting. “We will be handing out reindeer antlers while supplies last, people can take free trolley rides until 9 p.m., and we will have plenty of things going on.”
Once Santa lands comfortably, it will be time for him to get to work in his workshop, listening to children’s holiday wishes until 9 p.m. While the children are waiting in line, they can get free balloons from Dynamite Dave or face painting from Freckles.
After Friday, children can visit with Santa from 1 to 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 16. The Tahquitz District Boy Scouts will take souvenir photos for a donation and help Santa in his workshop.
This year, Brusting said, the elves who help Santa during his stay will be a little bit cooler if the weather heats up, so no need to worry.
“Every year we usually have one of our weekends where it is just blistering hot,” she said. “This year, we have an alternative costume, the Western elf — which will be much more comfortable for the elves.”
Other Winterfest weekend events include more strolling from the carolers on Dec. 2 and 9 and Santa’s Electric Light Parade (applications still being accepted) featuring local groups and organizations celebrating the season starting at 7 p.m. Dec. 7.
Dec. 9 is Community Music Day, and area middle and high schools will send bands and choirs to Old Town to perform. Dec. 14 marks the opening of the ice rink, with hourly sessions through Jan. 6, 2013. The 3,500-square-foot ice rink will be at Main and Mercedes streets. Check temeculaevents.org for times, prices and more information.
Snow comes to Temecula on Oct. 14 at Pennypickles Workshop, Temecula Children’s Museum. Snow and activities begin at 5:30 p.m. Visit pennypickles.org.
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Since the start of the season, No. 1 Woodbridge has stood atop the Central Jersey Sports Radio Top 10, thanks to a massive group of returners from a 2019 squad that reached the North 1, Group 4 sectional final.
Those familiar faces — headlined by seniors like RB/CB Ali Lee Jr., QB Anthony Santino, and WR/S Justin Magera — have guided the Barrons to a 4-0 record, highlighted last week by a 41-0 win at state-ranked Parsippany Hills. Lee Jr., one of New Jersey’s premier running backs, led the way with a career-high 264 rushing yards and four rushing TDs.
Woodbridge will face another road test this Saturday at 1 p.m. as the Barrons battle St. Joseph of Metuchen, which fell out of the Top 10 this week after back-to-back losses to No. 9 Union and No. 5 Ridge. With the Falcons eager to end the skid, it makes for a powerhouse Middlesex County showdown in the Big Central Game of Week powered by Bellamy & Son Paving.
Central Jersey Sports Radio caught up with Woodbridge head coach Joe LaSala to preview Saturday’s meeting with St. Joe’s on the “Big Central Game of the Week powered by Bellamy & Son Paving.” The third-year head coach spoke first about his team’s win over Parsipanny Hills, a game that materialized quickly last week after both teams had opponents drop out due to COVID-19 protocols. | <urn:uuid:7ee9e5c3-67c7-4a7a-ba92-365fc0ff8302> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://cjsportsradio.com/2020/11/05/lasala-prepares-no-1-woodbridge-to-defend-unbeaten-record-against-st-joes/ | 2021-07-28T04:47:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153521.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20210728025548-20210728055548-00506.warc.gz | en | 0.945155 | 327 |
Koala Crate is a subscription box for kids ages 2-4. The cost is $19.99/month. Each month has a theme and this month the theme was music. There were three activities as well as an activity book.
The first activity we did was decorate a tube and then put tissue paper on the ends so that when you blow through it it would sound sort if like a horn. This activity was easy and my three year old liked it. She likes stickers and she likes musical things. But she didn’t really understand the crepe paper aspect and so it didn’t stay on the tube long. Luckily several pieces were included.
The next activity was a rhythm game using this:
The last activity was a music activity which involved dying a scarf with cool aid and then swaying the scarf to the music.
My daughter loved all of these activities and I thought this was a great box. I can’t wait to see what they do next month. If you’d like to subscribe to Koala Crate use this link to get $10 off your first box. Subscribe
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Koala Crate is a monthly subscription box for kids ages 3-4. Each month they send you a box full of play-and-learn activities plus the imagine! magazine, which was created in partnership with Highlights for Children. Each month has a different theme and this month was Safari. Here is what was in the box:
The first activity involved making safari puppets. There were five different heads and five different bellies that my daughter could match to the puppet. She actually did really well matching them and each belly had a different texture which offered a sensory experience as well. After we matched up the puppets I hid them around the house for her to find. She had a lot of fun with this. She was so delighted when she found one. She’s not quite three and so I made them really easy to find. Here is a picture of the puppets.
The Safari search came with a little checklist so each time she found a puppet we could check it off the checklist. I think she really enjoyed this game and especially that I played it with her.
The other game was a set of ten cards of each of the five safari animals with their heads and feet. The kids have the option of matching them up or playing memory with them. I left her on her own to do this and I thought I had a picture but I can’t find it. There is also a story in the Imagine magazine and other activities and games.
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Watching Waders<br/>Late summer and early autumn is a good time to see waders around the county. In this August issue, Cornwall Life reveals where and how.
Late summer and early autumn is a good time to see waders around the county. Cornwall Life reveals where and how. Words and pictures by David Chapman
As far as birds are concerned, we are now well past the middle of summer and those birds that we would describe as migrants are beginning to move south and west again for the winter. The return of wading birds to our estuaries, beaches and reservoirs is usually the first sign of this autumnal migration. We often think of waders as winter visitors to Cornwall, but though it is true that some of these birds over-winter in the county, many are far more numerous in autumn.
So, when you are sitting and relaxing on a Cornish beach in August take a careful look around to see who is sharing the beach with you. Here are four waders you may see during August and September.
SANDERLING (Calidris alba)
The sanderling is truly one of our most charismatic and distinctive wading birds. As its name suggests, the sanderling shows a distinct preference for sandy beaches, a fact which immediately makes it more accessible to human observers. In fact its name also hints at the stature of this bird. The term 'ling' added to the end of a word often implies that something is diminutive; in much the same way as a duckling is a small duck and a gosling is a small goose, the sanderling is a small creature of the sand.
The sanderling doesn't appear to run: the problem for our eyes is that its legs move faster than we can perceive, so its body seems to levitate across the beach. Many observers liken the movement of a sanderling to that of a clockwork toy, but I have yet to see a clockwork toy that can move at this speed.
It is sometimes possible to find sanderlings away from the sea, in the middle of a sandy beach probing for crustacea and small worms, but most of their time is spent at the edge of the sea. It is here that the sanderling finds most of its food, disturbed by the vigour of the waves as they break onto the beach.
I haven't yet described a sanderling but make no apologies for placing a lesser emphasis on the physical description because their identification is often best determined by their behaviour. Outside the breeding season the sanderling is pure white underneath and pale grey above; so pale is this bird that its black eye, legs and bill are all the more obvious. Birds in breeding plumage are transformed by a brick-red upper breast, which we see only vestiges of occasionally in Cornwall, usually during August. Juvenile sanderlings can be identified by a distinctive dark 'shoulder' patch.
RINGED PLOVER (Charadrius hiaticula)
The ringed plover has many similarities to the sanderling: it is similar in size; is most common on beaches and is very active. The sanderling shows a distinct liking for sandy beaches, whereas the ringed plover is not as fussy, often being found on pebbles, stones and occasionally on rocks. We are more likely to encounter the ringed plover at the back of a beach than down by the waves' edge and it is quite possible to find them inland on moorland. Like the sanderling it will run rather than take flight to avoid danger and to find food, but its regular bursts of speed are well broken by long pauses so its motion is very much more stop-start than the fluid sanderling.
The ringed plover gets its name from its plumage, which at all times of year consists of a distinct dark ring around its neck. In summer this ring is black, whilst in winter it fades to dark brown. Above this ring is a white band and another dark ring through its eye, while it is plain brown on its back and white underneath.
CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea)
The curlew sandpiper is another wading bird which is similar in size to both the ringed plover and the sanderling. It belongs to the family of sandpipers and its closest relative in Cornwall is the dunlin, which is far more common. The one feature that helps to distinguish the curlew sandpiper from the rest of its family is its relatively long down-curving bill, like that of the curlew.
As with the sanderling, the curlew sandpiper has red in its plumage during the summer and we might be lucky enough to see some remnants of this if we find one during August. Unfortunately, most of the birds we see in Cornwall are juvenile birds or winter-plumaged adults. In these plumages their identification is slightly more difficult. Compared to a dunlin the curlew sandpiper is slightly larger, has a longer, more down-curving bill and has clean white underparts, a regular scaly pattern on its back and a prominent white supercilium (line over the eye). The juvenile curlew sandpiper also has a peach or buff wash on its neck.
LITTLE STINT (Calidris minuta)
Completing this set of four waders is the smallest of the lot at somewhere between 14-15cm long. This is sometimes the most approachable of all of these wading birds. I once had a group of them trotting around my tripod legs as I was trying to photograph them. However, where little stints associate with other birds they usually move with them so a close approach is not always guaranteed.
The little stint is like a small sanderling, with similar plumage variation in summer and winter. When seen close up, the little stint has two pairs of clear white lines along its back, but identification between these two species is best done on size and behaviour. The little stint is much smaller and is not likely to be found chasing the waves; instead it's more often seen on estuaries and occasionally on beaches and the banks of lakes.
The birds featured can be approached quite closely, though it would probably be more accurate to say that all of these birds are prepared to approach us closely! If we tried to walk up to a bird it would move away; however, if we are prepared to sit and watch, then many of these birds come quite close once you have gained their trust.
For sanderling the best beaches are at Mounts Bay, Hayle, the beaches of St Martin's (Isles of Scilly) and around the Camel estuary. Ringed plovers can also be found on moorland, with Davidstow being a particularly good place for them, and the fringes of moorland reservoirs such as Crowdy and Colliford. Curlew sandpipers and little stints are never common but occur most frequently at the Hayle estuary, though they can be seen at any beach, estuary or reservoir in the county. | <urn:uuid:e4e06760-9fea-4fff-b15a-dfeb172790ea> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://www.cornwalllife.co.uk/homes-garden/gardens/watching-waders-1-1634639 | 2019-06-19T12:43:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998986.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20190619123854-20190619145854-00481.warc.gz | en | 0.970608 | 1,513 |
Since inception, the business of being an ‘influencer’ has been in a state of flux.
Previously, we touched on corporate social media accounts, and how their modus operandi and that of an influencer has grown in similarity.
It would be fair to say that we are undergoing broader commercialisation of social media accounts, where a bit of business acumen can convert a following to cash.
There are some intriguing questions on the robustness of influencing as a business model (and career), and how individual accounts could cope with some very likely changes on the internet.
Social Media Platforms Don’t Last Forever
Social media platforms are in a stable place, but the next Mark Zuckerberg will be sat at their laptop, ready to upheave the status quo, which will have a huge impact on a lot of internet-based business models.
Every so often there are astounding changes in platforms. You’ll have as much success explaining Myspace to a 13-year-old as you would explaining TikTok to a 25-year-old.
The current monopolies on social media are strong but won’t last forever and it could be hard for an influencer to transition from one platform to another.
The Ultimate Goal is Transforming
An influencer’s ability to adapt to big changes depends on the fluidity of their business model.
These days being an influencer is an end in itself, but in the future becoming an influencer is very likely to become a means to an end. This end could be anything from starting a clothing line, becoming a model, or even trying to break out in traditional media.
This is being driven by an oversaturation of the number of influencers on a finite number of platforms and a change in attitudes to the typical methods of making money as an influencer – paid promotion.
A Saturated Market Lacks Promise
Some of the bigger influencers have already done this.
One influencer (who coincidently is already a model) was sued for failure to influence! What’s more, he spoke down on the practice and distanced himself from it.
The business model of paid promotion is under threat because it can directly undermine their ultimate goal – to have a greater following.
The reason for this is first that it has fallen out of favour with major celebrities, coupled with over-saturation of the market. There is a growing view that paid promotion cheapens their brand, which means influencers will look to other ways of making money from their following.
It’s easy for quasi-celebrities to look down on the market that made them because regular people can make money from paid promotion ‘micro-influencing’ to very specific audiences.
There’s a growing trend of people (usually high school aged kids) pretending that they have brand partnerships by promoting companies on their social media, in an attempt to appear as an influencer.
What Does the Future Hold?
As always, the internet will move on, and it’s worth remembering that being an influencer has only really existed for five years.
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You will not likely find an DIY earth loop kit.
The pipe is warranted for 50 years when done by Certified Trained Installer.
The pipe joints are all to be done by Heat Fusion process which requires a set of special fusion tools and proper training.
On a side note, this Fusion Technology is the same as what is used for the Natural Gas Utilities' buried plastic pipe.
What is your constant ground temperature at your latitude?
It's 54* F here at my location.
I have 15 years been running water to air heat-pump that I self installed in 1995. It is an open loop system w/ well water. Some would call it "Pump and Dump"
Everything original as from day one. I do have a second submersible well pump and swap the two...good cleaning on one coming out and it's ready and waiting for next time.
I also bought a used Geo for cheap and installed it for my "Man Cave" over top my detached garage...used same well and same drain field...twice as nice.
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This is the largest pewter factory and showroom in the world. It is also sometimes called Malaysia's tin museum. I recommend that you visit the Royal Selangor Pewter together with the magnificent Batu Caves as they are close to each other.
Quick Facts about Selangor Pewter
- Selangor Pewter was founded in 1885 in Kuala Lumpur by Yong Koon
- Received Royal Charter: 1992
- Industry: Metal craft
- Products: Pewter, jewelry and silverware.
Selangor Showroom Address
- Website: Royal Selangor Showroom
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
- Address: 4 Jalan Usahawan 6, Setapak Jaya,
- 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Telephone: 603 4145 6122
- Opening Hours: 9.00 AM - 5.00 PM daily
- Admission Fee: Free
- Parking at Royal Selangor Pewter: Free - ample parking lots available
How to go to the Royal Selangor Visitor Center?
Easiest way is to take a taxi from Kuala Lumpur. It should take you about 30 minutes and cost you no more than RM25 one way.
You can also take the Putra LRT and stop at the Wangsa Maju terminal. From there take a taxi to the Visitor Center. It is a 5 minutes drive and should cost you no more than RM10.
Let's visit Royal Selangor Showroom.
History of Selangor Pewter
Originally started by Yong Koon, an immigrant from China in 1885.
He started as a maker of pewter objects, mainly paraphernalia for prayers in his small shop known as Ngeok Foh or Jade Peace.
Yong Koon made things like joss sticks holders, incense burners and candle holders for homes and temples.
In those days pewter was polished with "stone leaf" (tetracera scandens), which is a kind of tropical shrub with abrasive foliage.
You may still this plant if you visit the Visitors Centre in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur.
Later, request came from the British residents of Malaya for things like tankard, ashtrays and teapots.
Soon he renamed his business Selangor Pewter. Products designed by Selangor Pewter were in demand in countries like Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
This demand later expanded to Europe and Japan. Today it is exported to over 20 countries and has shops all around the world.
The Selangor Sultan, the late Sultan Salahuddin, accorded Selangor Pewter the royal charter in 1992 for its excellent craftsmanship and quality. It is the only pewter factory accorded the royal charter.
Some of the awards:
- Design Plus, Frankfurt International Gift Fair in 1989 and 1991
- Gift of the Year, Gift ware Association, UK, in 1997
- Red Dot Award, Germany Design Zentrum, in 2002
- Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion, in 2002
Guinness Book of World Records
To mark its centenary in 1995, the largest pewter tankard, certified by the Guinness Book of World Records, was made. This pewter tankard has since traveled to many places as an exhibit. Don't forget to take a picture of it when you visit the Visitor's Centre.
- Height: 1.987 metres
- Weight: 1,557 kilograms
- Capacity: 2,796 litres
Tour of the Visitor's Centre
When you visit the centre, you'll be greeted by an in house guide who will take you through the gallery which is a fascinating interactive tin museum. Then you'll be given a refreshing complementary cool drink served in a pewter cup.
Pewter has the quality to makes cold drinks even colder and thus even more refreshing.
The tour will bring you into the production area where you'll see first hand how pewter is made. From casting, filing, polishing, soldering, hammering to engraving.
You'll also be able to observe how fine jewelry is made.
Check out some great ideas at Royal Selangor showroom.
Dos and Don'ts
- Photography is allowed in the Visitors Centre, except the showroom
- Display your Visitors tag, provided by your guide, on your shirt during your visit
- Do enjoy the complimentary drink served during the tour
- Observer that non-smoking rule in the Visitor's Centre.
School of Hard Knocks?
You may even enroll in an hour-long pewtersmithing workshop for as little as RM50, in the School of Hard Knocks. Here you'll be taught the basic skills to design your own pewter dish using traditional tools. The dish will be yours to keep after the course. Group size is between 5 to 50. Prior arrangement is necessary.
Royal Selangor Pewter Showroom
At the end of the tour you can enjoy yourself in the best pewter showroom in the world. Here you can shop for your precious pewter ware or just admire the finish products.
Some of the hot items include:
- Royal Selangor Chessboards
- Royal Selangor Lord of the Rings
- Royal Selangor LOTR Chess Sets
- Royal Selangor Wine Decanter
- Whale Wine Decanter by Royal Selangor
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Save money on lighting costs with GE's new motion detecting low voltage light switches. GE's passive infrared low voltage light switch uses temperature to know when lights should come on or go off. Each low voltage occupancy sensor wall switch has a PIR segmented lens to divide a room into sensor zones where it can detect changes as people or pets pass in and out of areas. The lens is sensitive enough to detect parts of a person, such as a hand or a foot, to ensure that lights stay on when needed. Enjoy hands-free control of lights to keep them on only when the room is occupied. For greater energy savings, set the unit to manual ON mode: once turned on, the lights will only stay on as long as the switch detects changes in temperature. The amount of time the lights stay on after no movement is detected can be preset. These units can work with up to four GE RR-7 or RR-9 relay switches (or two Sierra 1070-B relays) common in low-voltage wired houses built from the 1950s through the 1980s. The modern styling allows it to be used with any Decora wall plate. The sensor includes self adaptive technology that continuously self-adjusts sensitivity and time delay in real-time, maximizing the potential energy savings that are available in the particular application. The EcoMeter provides a visual indicator of energy usage, increasing end user awareness and reminding individuals to take control of their lighting to maximize energy savings. HVAC mode allows the load connected to the Form C BAS relay to remain ON when the lights are turned OFF manually.
- Passive infrared (PIR) technology used to detect motion
- Use as a normal on off switch (push on, push off) or as a motion-detecting auto on/auto off switch
- Inputs: 24VAC±10%Maximum current needed is 25mA per sensor (1VA max for each sensor)
- 7VA max for each GE RR7 or RR9 relay (if using in Bryant system, update relays to GE versions)
- 8.5VA max for each Sierra 1070-B relay
- Outputs: Half-wave rectified 24VAC for 300ms pulse for driving up to 4 GE RR-7 or RR-9 type relays or up to 2 Sierra 1070-B type relays
- Includes plastic wall plate and mounting screws - can fit any decorator wall plate opening
- Isolated Form C Relay Ratings: 1A 30VDC/VAC
- Time Delays: Self-Adjusting, 15 seconds/test (10 min Auto), or selectable 5, 15, 30 minutes
- Daylighting feature prevents the switch from turning on lights if natural light is already bright enough in the room
- Walk-Through feature maximizes energy savings by not leaving the lights ON after a momentary occupancy (20 seconds or less)
- For indoor use only; temperature range 32° F –104° F (0°C–40°C); relative humidity range of 20% to 90% non-condensing
- Major motion coverage of 1000 sq.ft. with minor motion coverage of 300 sq.ft.
- Designed for offices up to 300 square feet as test according to the NEMA WD7 guideline
- 0 to 200 foot-candles lighting levels
- Dimensions: 4.195" H x 1.732" W (106.553 mm x 44 mm)for mounting bracket; 2.618"H x 1.752"W x 1.9"D (66.5mmx44.5mmx48.26mm) for switch housing
- Red LED indicator light for PIR detection; Green LED acts as EcoMeter or night light locator
- Can be installed in any standard single gang box in the same manner as an ordinary wall switch
- Automatic ON/Automatic OFF - lights will come on when motion is detected; will shut off automatically after preset time delay once room is vacated
- Manual ON/Automatic OFF - push the button to turn on lights; will shut off automatically after preset time delay once room is vacated
- ONW-P-1001-RR7-W; white occupancy sensing Class 2 device
- made in USA
- UL listed
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The sensor may be interfaced to an energy management system that accepts either a normally open or normally closed dry contact via the sensor’s Form C relay. The sensor includes self-adaptive technology that continually adjusts to conditions by adjusting sensitivity and time delay in real-time. By adjusting sensitivity and Time Delay automatically, the sensor is maximizing the potential energy savings that are available in the particular application. In tracking mode, the sensor will switch the lights ON when it detects a person entering the area. If the sensor lens doesn't detect continuous movement for 20 seconds following the initial activation, it will automatically go to a shorter 2 minute time delay.
Tracking mode allows the load connected to the Form C relay to follow the state of the sensor’s blue lead. HVAC mode allows the load connected to the Form C relay to remain ON when the lights are turned OFF manually such as when wanting to maintain the room temperature when giving a presentation with the lights OFF.
Installation Notes: When mounting the ONW-P-1001-RR7-W in a new junction box, choose the switch location so as to provide optimum coverage of the occupied area. If you are replacing an existing light switch, keep in mind that the sensor must have a clear line-of-sight of the area to be covered. For best results, avoid placing the switch in locations where it would pick up motion in other rooms or hallways. | <urn:uuid:dcc99808-91ab-4035-a591-3ededdbfa901> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.kyleswitchplates.com/low-voltage-occupancy-sensing-wall-switch-for-ge-rr7-white/ | 2022-10-05T09:55:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337595.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005073953-20221005103953-00746.warc.gz | en | 0.883994 | 1,195 |
The market leader for Driveline Technology for Electric Counterbalance Fork lifts further optimized its products.
GP 15 – GP 25
In the engine-power class up to 2.5 tons vehicles with ZF Driveline systems are achieving the same driving performance as forklifts powered by combustion engine technology. For this purpose ZF could optimize the line for 2-engine drives. These drive train systems are today’s benchmark for efficiency, thus energy performance and noise level. This was tested and approved by independent technical magazines. Any forklift operator appreciates the long service intervals.
ZF ERGOMAT GP 21 has a dual-motor drive system for counterbalance lift trucks with integrated wet-running multi-discbrake. This previous generation of the GP 25 is fully localized in Hangzhou. It meets the requirements of the Asian market with the high quality standards of the worldwide ZF production systems.
This drive axle with 2 integrated high performance motors and integrated multi-disk brake is setting standards in class up to 3.5 tons lifting capacity. Vehicles with GPA 35 are on the same handling capacity performance level than forklifts with IC technology. Efficiency improvements once more lead to a reduced energy consumption and enhanced battery operating distance. The low operating noise of the GPA 35 is already well-known.
The electro-mechanical steering system is soon replacing hydrostatic steering systems for front driven counterbalance forklifts. Main advantages are:
We are certain that the steering system EPS3 co-developed with ZAPI will achieve the same success as other ZF product lines.
GK 26 LD
This power train for rear driven 3-wheel counter-balance lift trucks represents the next generation of this configuration within the product line. Noise level, efficiency and service friendliness could again be improved. In such a way this drive system - as the counterparts in storage technology - is operated with life time oil-filling.
The energy efficiency could be improved through:
GK – line
The same advantages apply for this storage technology systems as for GK 26 LD. With the GK line ZF offers an all-purpose driveline construction kit for this kind of vehicles – all optimized for their individual application demands. For all applications ZF is able to access the optimized engines of well-known producers. ZF has the ability to offer its customers pre-finished and tested drive-line solutions first-hand together with brakes, steering-systems, vehicle adaptation and vehicle integration. The ZF patent hypoid gearing offers the customer an optimum of power (torque capacity), durability and high gear ratio, requiring minimal installation space. In battle for increasing handling capacity more and more customers trust in the unique selling point of ZF.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Hartford man has been sentenced to five years of probation for hiding cameras that recorded men using public restrooms in three towns.
Paul Deveau, 52, was caught on video by his own camera while setting it up under a bathroom sink at a West Hartford Starbucks in July of last year. He had faced a dozen felony voyeurism charges but pleaded guilty in July to a single felony voyeurism count that carries up to five years in prison.
A Hartford Superior Court judge sentenced Deveau on Wednesday.
Deveau couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday. There is no phone listing for him. His attorney, Hope Seeley, didn’t immediately return a message.
Deveau admitted to West Hartford police after his arrest last year that he had been hiding cameras in public bathrooms for nearly a year because he enjoyed looking at men’s private parts, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. He also apologized, police said.
Deveau told authorities he put cameras in men’s bathrooms at the West Hartford Starbucks, a Subway sandwich shop in West Hartford, another Starbucks in Bloomfield and an Xtra Mart convenience store in Hebron.
He was caught after a customer at the West Hartford Starbucks spotted the camera and gave it to a store employee, who called police. Authorities said the video showed Deveau setting up the camera and a dozen men using the bathroom. Store employees were shown part of the video and identified Deveau as the man setting up the camera, saying he was a frequent customer, police said.
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NC patrol: 5 killed in storm-related wreck
WILMINGTON, N.C. Five people were killed Thursday when a vehicle skidded off a road that had been slicked by a massive rainstorm that drenched the East Coast, the North Carolina Highway Patrol said.
The storm flooded parts of coastal North Carolina, driving some people from their homes, and snarled train, air and car traffic in the Northeast. Tornado watches extended from the Outer Banks to New Jersey. State Highway Patrol Sgt. J.E. Brewer said five people were in the car that wrecked in Creswell, about 145 miles east of Raleigh. The car hit a patch of standing water, hydroplaned and skidded into a ditch, Brewer said.
The hardest rain fell in North Carolina, where Jacksonville picked up 12 inches of rain - nearly a quarter of its typical annual rainfall - in the six hours between 3:30 and 9:30 a.m.
The rain was part of a system moving ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole, which dissipated over the Straits of Florida on Wednesday.
"This more like what you'd expect from a tropical system. But this is not a tropical system. It's just a storm with a deep feed coming straight off the Atlantic," said Hal Austin, a meteorologist with the weather service's Newport, N.C., office.
Much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were starting to move into a drought after the dry summer. But the early fall storm spread several inches of rain across the region.
Farmers in northern New England rejoiced. Erin Bickford of Walpole, N.H., said the deluge was a welcome sight for her eight acres of vegetables. She said she hoped the moisture would recharge wells that went dry in the town.
"We had almost no rain at all. Often, we could see it raining across the river, but it didn't come here. It was just dust. Even if it did rain, it would be a tiny bit, maybe half an inch," she said.
Crews throughout the northeast worked to pull fallen leaves from storm drains. Schools in North Carolina were closed and some farther north planned to cancel classes Friday so students wouldn't have to travel on flooded roads.
Josh Barnello, 12, took advantage of his day off to take a look at a pond that overflowed its banks in Carolina Beach.
"Someone was paddling a canoe down the street earlier," said Barnello, a budding meteorologist who used a wind speed gauge he got for Christmas to record gusts of 53 mph near his house.
Forecasters expected those heavy winds to spread up the coast, possibly toppling trees and power lines made unstable by the saturated ground.
The winds were also churning up big waves that were eating away at a "living shoreline" of rocks, sand and grasses built this year on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, said Bob Gilbert from his waterfront home in Churchton, about 10 miles south of Annapolis.
"There's not a boat in sight," Gilbert said. "The waves are really choppy and nasty-looking."
The rain caused numerous accidents Thursday. In Maryland, authorities said 26 people, including high school students, were hurt after a Metro bus rear-ended another bus from the Washington-area transit system in pouring rain.
Standing waters and fallen limbs on tracks slowed several Amtrak trains, while some Northeast airports reported flight delays of up to three hours.
Wilmington, N.C., got a brief break from the rain Thursday morning, but the downpours quickly moved back in. Back-to-back storms have dropped a third of the rain the city usually gets all year in just five days. The 21 inches collected since Sunday was the highest five day total in nearly 140 years of records, topping Hurricane Floyd's mark of 19 inches set in 1999, the National Weather Service said.
The rain caused some scatted evacuations across the state, but no major damage.
"I have to walk through an inch of water to get from the living room to the bathroom," said Sheila Mezroud. Sandbags only kept the floodwaters out of her Carolina Beach home for a short time.
In New York City, the rain didn't cause too many problems beyond wet shoes for the morning commute.
"I think we're expecting pretty bad weather later on," said Allen Saunders, a financial adviser who travels to Manhattan from Melville. I'll probably leave work a little early."
Associated Press writers Skip Foreman in Raleigh, N.C.; Jim Fitzgerald, Deepti Hajela and Frank Eltman in New York; Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, S.C.; Ben Nuckols in Baltimore; and Holly Ramer in Concord, N.H., contributed to this report.
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Under the sponsorship of the SME Development Fund, the Hong Kong Brand Development Council is joining forces with the Chinese Manufacturers Association of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong polytechnic University to implement a project, namely “Branding for Returns: The Path to Strong Brands for SMEs” Research and Training Project. The 15-month Project commenced on 1 October 2009 and it aims to equip SMEs with state-of-the-art knowledge and management skills, helping them to pave the way for strong brands.
Today, many SMEs in Hong Kong are striving to build strong brands. They have realized that building brand equity would enable them to achieve higher consumer loyalty and superior financial returns, which in turn brings more benefits to the community and whole society. At the same time, the introduction of new labor laws in Mainland, sharp increase in the cost of raw materials and energy, as well as the appreciation of RMB, have led to the unrelenting escalation of cost pressure on Hong Kong companies' operations in China. More and more SME CEOs have recognized it will be more difficult to rely on cost advantage to compete in both the China and global market. The only solution is to cultivate differential advantage to deliver greater values to customers, and branding is definitely a choice of this kind.
However, most SMEs in Hong Kon lack a clear understanding of the essence of brand building and still follow traditional, product-oriented approaches that place too much emphasis on marketing communications. As such, they might be able to create brand awareness in short-term but are less effective in enhancing brand experience, in cultivating brand preference and favorable brand-customer relationship, and in improving brand value in medium to long term. To ensure sustainable growth in brand equity and deliver the value desired by customers, SMEs need to employ rigorous brand planning and management protocols.
As a joint effort of the Hong Kong Brand Development Council, the Chinese Manufacturers Association of Hong Kong, and the Asian Centre for Brand Management of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the "Branding for Returns: The Path to Strong Brands for SMEs" Project adopts the "Holistic Brand Management Approach and Brand Equity Measurement System" to enable Hong Kong manufacturers and SMEs to build sustainable brand equity through the development and implementation of brand planning protocols that fit local and regional contexts in Hong Kong and Mainland China. The Project has been successfully obtained the sponsorship from the SME Development Fund.
"Holistic Brand Management Approach and Brand Equity Measurement System" is an innovative yet robustly tested framework. What makes this system distinctive from the conventional ones is that it requires a holistic approach to: a) developing brand strategy and managing brand design, b) conducting a brand audit, c) developing procedures to track brand performance to justify the return in investment in brand building activities; d) designing the management structure to ensure brand leadership within the firm and organizational-wide implementation of the brand plan; and e) crafting customers' brand experience with a focus on the values resulted from such experience.
The framework is developed within the business context of Hong Kong and mainland China, in particular the situations confronted by typical SMEs in Hong Kong. First, the brand performance and brand building efforts of more than 50 established brands in Hong Kong over a period of 3 years will be referenced; and rrepresentative cases on some 20 local SMEs that preferably have business operations in the Pearl River Delta will then be sampled to illustrate the practical challenges in brand creation and brand management encountered by SME decision makers in Hong Kong and China.
The unique characteristics of the China market and of the brand buying behavior of Chinese customers will be identified, and their implications for effective brand strategy and its execution will also be elaborated. The process also involves in-depth interviews and focus group discussions conducted with senior management and frontline staff from the sampled SMEs.
A series of training seminars will be held to facilitate decision makers from SMEs to acquire modern brand management knowledge and the skills in implementing and monitoring the "Brand Equity Measurement System" and share the experience learnt from those successfully transformed brands. Workshops will then be followed to allow seminar participants to construct brand-building proposals and discuss how to implement brand-planning protocols within their firms effectively. A book (with cases) will be produced to capture the findings of this project to allow greater audience from the SME sector to be benefited from this initiative.
In general, the Project will not only benefit Hong Kong SMEs especially our manufactures with operations in PRD, but also add value to Hong Kong’s knowledge reserve of brand management, thus giving a boost to the development of branding-related education, training and consultancy. The project deliverables include: | <urn:uuid:2bb947af-51fb-43af-a5e1-7b5d92931f5f> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://hkbrand.org/en/menu/53 | 2021-10-21T13:56:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585424.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20211021133500-20211021163500-00509.warc.gz | en | 0.926039 | 951 |
The study of random heterogeneous materials is an exciting and rapidly growing multidisciplinary endeavor. This field demands a unified rigorous means of characterizing the microstructures and macroscopic properties of the widely diverse types of heterogeneous materials that abound in nature and synthetic products. This book is the first of its kind to provide such an approach. Emphasis is placed on foundational theoretical methods that can simultaneously yield results of practical utility.
The first part of the book deals with the quantitative characterization of the microstructure of heterogeneous materials. The second part of the book treats a wide variety of macroscopic transport, electromagnetic, mechanical, and chemical properties of heterogeneous materials and describes how they are linked to the microstructure of model and real materials. Contemporary topics covered include the statistical mechanics of many-particle systems, the canonical n-point correlation function, percolation theory, computer-simulation methods, image analyses and reconstructions of real materials, homogenization theory, exact property predictions, variational bounds, expansion techniques, and cross-property relations.
This clear and authoritative volume will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, materials sciences, engineering, geophysics, and biology. Moreover, the book is self-contained and approachable by the nonspecialist.
Salvatore Torquato is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Materials Institute at Princeton University. He also holds affiliated appointments at Princeton University in the Applied and Computational Mathematics Program and in Chemical Engineering. Among other honors, he was a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in 1998. He has published over two hundred journal articles across a variety of scientific disciplines.
The book is 701 pages, containing 218 illustrations and over 725 references, and is now available. | <urn:uuid:9923a651-b567-4942-bd0e-efd48a483ff7> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://cherrypit.princeton.edu/book.html | 2014-12-19T10:40:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802768404.109/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075248-00038-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907838 | 367 |
Thugs For Rethuglicans
Oreo cookie fabulist Lt. Governor Michael Steele (R-MD) has found the ideal spokesperson for the Republican agenda: Convicted rapist and failed cannibal Mike Tyson:
At the press conference, Tyson posed for photos with fans, signed autographs and campaigned for Maryland U.S. Senate candidate Michael Steele.
Tyson, wearing a white and blue Steele for U.S. Senate T-shirt, said he used to believe black Republicans were "sellouts." But Tyson said he changed his mind after researching the Maryland lieutenant governor.
"We have to open our eyes more," Tyson said, as he pointed to his T-shirt.
Even better, convicted killer Don King is also a Steele-belted Republican, appearing with the whiny race hustler at various campaign events.
Maybe Steele can heal the Tyson/King rift and have his criminal cronies kick Ben Cardin to death before the election. | <urn:uuid:16833bc3-8329-4c62-8b6e-b62be8df8b0f> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | http://rogerailes.blogspot.com/2006/10/thugs-for-rethuglicans-oreo-cookie.html | 2017-02-24T01:40:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171271.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00074-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963692 | 197 |
People wishing to enlist a workout session have found a suitable solution in online resources as their tight schedules prevented them from attending a physical class. Even it terms of cost effectiveness these programs satisfy the needs of the participants.
You can access online training programs any time of the day. People that work late into the night may not have the opportunity to have a face to face session with a trainer.
You are guaranteed to be provided with excellent fitness packages at a cheaper price as the online trainers spend less to set up their programs. You have the opportunity to land a quality online trainer to offer you matching services as a physical one at a subsidized rate.
Going for an online fitness strategy, you get access to a wide selection of trainers that have skills in various disciplines. You also have the chance to ascertain their suitability before you sign up.
There is enhanced means of communicating with your online training expert when you opt for the program. You can improve the way you get in touch through the use of workout applications.
The beauty of online training programs is that they are not subject to geographical restrictions. That way you are offered training facilities from specialists with international experience.
In order to maximize on the stated benefits, you must exercise care when you are considering the fitness program to go for. You risk receiving incorrect training from the many people laying claim to proficiency.
Visiting the websites of the online trainer, you will have access to the credentials of the staff that will be guiding you through the program. You should look for certifications that the training program has received from the authorities tasked with the responsibility of supervising the profession.
The claims of good outcomes that the online trainer is offering must be closely scrutinized to ensure that they are credible. You can rely on the reviews of people who have benefited from the program.
It is imperative that understand the goals you intend to attain before signing up for the fitness program. That way you will be in a position to pick the appropriate strategy.
People running the fitness program must be able to tell you how long the program will last. To achieve the best outcome, it is advisable that you select the duration of each session that have the capacity to achieve that goal.
Look for a training program that offers the participants a forum to engage. The trainer must devise a strategy that the participants can express their concerns and receive timely responses.
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