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1.Friction Reduction: Bronze, being a material with excellent sliding properties, significantly reduces friction between the moving parts of the bridge. This minimization of friction prevents excessive wear and tear, thus extending the lifespan of the bearings and, by extension, the bridge.
2.Self-Lubricating: The graphite in Bronze Slide Graphite Plates provides self-lubricating properties. This eliminates the need for constant manual lubrication, further reducing maintenance costs and time. When under load, the graphite will gradually release lubricating particles, ensuring smooth movement and further reducing friction.
These bronze-graphite composites are designed to withstand the enormous loads and harsh environmental conditions typical for bridges. They demonstrate excellent load carrying capacity, good wear resistance, and outstanding weathering resistance.
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Personal branding means consciously finding that which makes you unique, and being very intentional in building and maintaining a positive perception and reputation about yourself. There are however traits that cut across the sales profession that every top sales individual ought to have.
The following are the five key marks of a successful career in sales:
Call it passion, call it optimism or call it focus. Drive is what pushes you forward. Every successful salesperson must have enough drive to push them through the best and the toughest of times. Sometimes a deal may fall through and you could be discouraged, or sometimes you may seal the biggest deal the world has ever seen and be tempted to celebrate too long. Regardless of the circumstance, you must always be motivated to move forward.
Your drive as a salesperson should go beyond making a commission. Buyers are very intelligent and can sell commission breathe on you. Put the buyers' interest first so as to ensure a good relationship with them.
Consistency refers to hitting the mark repeatedly. If you have set targets for yourself such as calling 100 clients every week, whether it rains, snows, shines, or thunders, you will consistently call 100 clients every week. A successful salesperson has to train themselves to be consistent. Consistency is not something that comes to everybody naturally, therefore it is imperative that you train yourself in being consistent if you lack this trait.
Empathy is putting yourself in the shoes of somebody else. It is said that it is only the wearer of the shoe that knows where it pinches. As a salesperson, you must learn to mentally and emotionally wear the shoes of your prospect, suspect, client or even advocate. When you put yourself in the position of somebody else, you're able to read the emotions better, and you are able to deliver on-point thus closing sales much more easily and meeting your targets.
Most salespeople have been renowned for being self-starters. Therefore, if you're planning to have a highly successful career in sales, you must be thoroughly organized. Self-organization means being very meticulous in all execution of all activities that you intend to partake in. A notebook or a digital planner comes in handy in planning your day and making consistent follow-ups with clients. Hold yourself to high levels of accountability.
To be a successful salesperson, you must be able to exchange information with other people whether it is through speaking, writing, or any other method that your company or organization has developed.
There are some communication skills that come naturally to some people and some skills that do not. It is up to you to identify what comes naturally to you and what doesn’t. Once you have identified the areas where you are struggling, you will need to take important actions to learn and grow. Today, you can do this through YouTube or even online communication programs. Continuously refine your communication skills to be able to communicate with impact and influence in your sales process.
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Troll dolls were all the rage in the early 90's. I myself had quite a few and honestly still kinda dig them. The Norfin brand of Trolls even got a few direct to video cartoons! Castle of Doom, their Halloween special is something interesting. Some good natured trolls find themselves in a haunted castle pursued by Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Wolfman as trolls. There's a mad scientist too! Look, if I were to tell you there was a Halloween Troll OVA, would you believe me? Good thing I found an upload of the VHS. Ironically, troll dolls are also known as Dam dolls thanks to being created by a dude named Thomas Dam.
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Suzuki subverts industry norms in playful new ad
UK – Japanese car manufacturer Suzuki has launched a campaign for the new Suzuki Swift, subverting traditional car advertising norms by hiding the product, instead of making it the hero.
Created by integrated creative agency TMW, the campaign emphasises the car as ‘the best kept secret on the road’, playing on the idea that only a small number of drivers own a Suzuki Swift, and those who do would rather keep it that way.
In tv, digital, OOH, social and radio ads, proud owners go to amusing lengths to keep their cars hidden. Some camouflage their car with leaves, others turn off street lights or park behind hedges.
TMW’s creative approach marks a bold departure from formulaic car ads, aligning with Suzuki’s Good Different platform. Head to our Mobility topic for more automotive brands defying conventions and setting new industry standards.
Produce consumer-centric campaigns that create an in-joke between your brand and your customers, forging a sense of community and strengthening brand loyalty
John Lewis secures approval for first residential development in London
UK – John Lewis has received the green light to transform its Waitrose supermarket site in Bromley, London, into a residential community featuring 353 rental homes. This marks the company’s inaugural venture into the housing market, following its 2021 announcement to diversify into residential property.
Following planning approval from the London Borough of Bromley, the project will redevelop the Bromley South Waitrose site. The new development will consist of energy-efficient one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, including a selection of affordable homes prioritised for Bromley residents and workers.
The John Lewis Partnership, which also operates Waitrose supermarkets, will own and manage the build-to-rent homes. In addition to the residential units, the site will include shared fitness facilities, communal work and social spaces, new public green areas and amenities like a café designed for local schools and community groups.
The company expects the development to inject about £70m ($89m, €81.5m) into the local economy in the first decade, through increased council tax and local spending. John Lewis plans to expand this model, with more branded homes on the horizon, showcasing how brands can adapt to diversify revenue, a topic we explore further in Elastic Brands.
As governments fail to address consumers’ welfare requirements, consider how you can step in and offer affordable services in key sectors such as housing and healthcare
Rolling Stone Africa launched with Afrobeat legend on the cover
Africa – Rolling Stone magazine has launched Rolling Stone Africa, marking a significant expansion of the publication’s legacy of celebrating ground-breaking artists and culture.
The inaugural cover features Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. In a press release, Rolling Stone Africa co-founder and CEO David Romuald DR Bellegarde-Smeralda explained that Fela’s enduring legacy as a pioneer of Afrobeat and champion of African culture made him the perfect cover star.
The magazine will prioritise digital engagement, offering content through a mobile app to make the magazine accessible to a global African readership.
Contributors from Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, the UK, the US and Uganda will be featured in Rolling Stone Africa, tapping into diverse cultural perspectives and delivering an expansive view of African arts, music and culture.
Rolling Stone’s move into Africa showcases the continent’s rich and diverse narratives. In our Emerging Youth: Nigeria report we highlighted how the African country’s vibrant art and music scene is shaping youth culture around the world.
As the African youth market grows in size and influence, consider how your brand can collaborate with local talent and spotlight cultural icons to authentically engage with this dynamic and expanding demographic
Stat: China’s marriage rate at its lowest since 2013 amid economic concerns
China – The number of Chinese couples marrying in the first half of 2024 is at its lowest level since 2013, with 3.43m weddings recorded, a fall of 498,000 from the same period in 2023, according to official figures. The decline is being attributed to young people deferring nuptials amid a slowing economy and rising living costs. Despite a brief increase in 2023 following the easing of pandemic restrictions, the marriage rate in 2024 is expected to drop to its lowest level since 1980.
Many young Chinese are opting to stay single or delay marriage due to poor career prospects and future uncertainties as economic growth slows. Marriage is regarded as a prerequisite for having children in China due to various incentives and policies, such as the requirement for parents to present a marriage certificate to register their child and receive state benefits.
In response, China’s Civil Affairs University has announced a new undergraduate marriage programme to develop wedding-related industries and culture, but this has drawn criticism from social media users who have questioned its relevance given the declining marriage rates.
We have previously discussed the emergence of quiet quitting and apathy around typically significant life accomplishments in China. In our Emerging Youth: China report we analysed Gen Z lifestyle, new age patriotism and the ‘lying flat’ trend.
Develop and market products and services specifically for single-person households and non-traditional family structures that are tailored to individual needs
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Light snow is falling across central and western South Dakota this morning. That system will drift southeast throughout the day, bringing light snow to southeastern South Dakota and northern Nebraska. Snow accumulation of around an inch or two is possible across parts of central and south central South Dakota. In Sioux Falls, accumulation will be around a half inch or less. Snow will end and the clouds will exit from northwest to southeast this afternoon.
While light snow could make roads and sidewalks slippery at times today, the most noticeable change in our weather will be the temperature. A cold front blasted across the plains yesterday and temperatures have been falling ever since and will continue to fall through the day today. Today’s high will be in the teens this morning with temps falling into the single digits this afternoon. Wind will be from the north at about 10 to 20 mph and that will keep the wind chill factor below zero for most of the day.
Tonight will be clear and cold. The low will drop to around 5 below zero in Sioux Falls with parts of northern South Dakota dropping to near 20 below zero by tomorrow morning. Saturday will be sunny with high temps only reaching the single digits to low teens.
A little light snow is possible on Sunday with temperatures bouncing back into the 20s on Sunday and Monday. After Monday, another Arctic air mass will plow across the plains and this one will be even colder than the one today.
Bundle up and have a great weekend!
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Data corruption is the accidental change of a file or the loss of info that often occurs during reading or writing. The reason could be hardware or software fail, and as a result, a file may become partially or completely corrupted, so it'll no longer function correctly as its bits shall be scrambled or lost. An image file, for instance, will no longer display a real image, but a random mix of colors, an archive will be impossible to unpack for the reason that its content will be unreadable, etc. When this kind of an issue occurs and it's not identified by the system or by an admin, the data will become corrupted silently and when this happens on a disk drive which is a part of a RAID array where the information is synced between different drives, the corrupted file shall be copied on all of the other drives and the harm will become long term. Numerous widespread file systems either don't have real-time checks or don't have high quality ones which can detect a problem before the damage is done, so silent data corruption is a rather common problem on internet hosting servers where huge amounts of info are stored.
No Data Corruption & Data Integrity in Cloud Web Hosting
We've dealt with the problem of silent data corruption on all of our
cloud web hosting servers by using the cutting-edge Z file system, or ZFS. The latter is better than other file systems since it is the only one in existence that checks all files immediately by employing a checksum - a digital identifier that is unique for each file. When you upload content to your account, it'll be stored on several NVMe drives and continually synchronized between them for redundancy. ZFS regularly analyzes the checksum of all files and in the event that any file is detected as corrupted, it is replaced instantly with a good copy from some other disk. As this happens in real time, there's no risk that a corrupted file may remain or may be copied on the remaining NVMes. ZFS needs plenty of physical memory in order to perform the real-time checks and the benefit of our cloud hosting platform is that we work with multiple very powerful servers working together. In case you host your websites with us, your info will be intact no matter what.
No Data Corruption & Data Integrity in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You won't have to deal with any kind of silent data corruption issues whatsoever if you obtain one of our
semi-dedicated hosting solutions as the ZFS file system that we use on our cloud hosting platform uses checksums to ensure that all of the files are undamaged at all times. A checksum is a unique digital fingerprint which is assigned to each and every file saved on a server. Since we store all content on multiple drives at the same time, the same file has the same checksum on all the drives and what ZFS does is that it compares the checksums between the different drives in real time. If it detects that a file is corrupted and its checksum is different from what it should be, it replaces that file with a healthy copy without delay, avoiding any probability of the bad copy to be synchronized on the other drives. ZFS is the only file system you can get which uses checksums, which makes it much more reliable than other file systems which cannot detect silent data corruption and duplicate bad files across hard drives.
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The newsletters in my inbox reassure me that we’re on our way out of the pandemic. Apparently, we’re well on the way to COVID-19 being declared endemic, like strep, mono or the flu. The New York Times says Omicron isn’t as bad as Delta; Dean Chun reassures us that if we’re “young, healthy, vaccinated and boosted” our COVID-19 cases will be mild — only the elderly, the sick and the unvaccinated need worry.
These claims are misleading. If keeping the most vulnerable members of our community safe isn’t incentive enough, consider some advice from a COVID-19 long hauler: You should be taking COVID-19 seriously to protect yourself.
If all 4,664 undergraduates were to contract COVID-19, almost 500 of them would likely experience the long-term symptoms that come with long COVID-19. We’re talking about struggling to walk to class, light sensitivity that makes every classroom feel uninhabitable, fatigue that makes reading for more than fifteen minutes impossible and an uncountable number of other challenges with activities of daily living. If you get COVID-19, there’s a small but significant possibility that you’ll come out on the other side qualifying for accessible transit. Hard to enjoy a frat party if just getting to High Street leaves you exhausted.
The media talks about long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 — PASC — either in the abstract or as an exceptionally severe illness that afflicts the unfortunate few. And while headlines pop up almost daily claiming that we’ve found the key to long COVID, none have translated into clinical treatment options that make it easier for long haulers to get through the day.
It’s been six months since my own COVID-19 infection. I’m still sick, and I’ve learned firsthand that most doctors don’t know how to help long COVID patients. Before a post-COVID-19 specialist prescribed me beta-blockers, a cardiologist offered me physical therapy to get me “back in shape” – nevermind the fact that my condition deteriorated severely only after I began exercising again, a common yet under-recognized symptom called post-exertional malaise.
I’m told I’m one of the lucky ones. My symptoms are mild enough for me to manage my own care, and because of my parents’ insurance I have access to doctors outside of Yale Health with more experience treating patients like me. Even so, this privilege didn’t save me from going the entire fall semester without enough oxygen in my brain. My healthcare providers didn’t think my persistent symptoms were anything worth investigating until I learned I had to advocate for myself.
Before I had doctors, I had support groups. Communities like Body Politic and organizations like Long COVID Physio have given me strategies and advice that my doctors didn’t, advice that has made it more possible for me to function. At Yale, the Chronic Illness Peer Support Network has offered me a crucial safety net. All of us with long COVID-19 are indebted to people who have been living with post-viral syndromes like POTS and ME/CFS: those who have learned to live with chronic illness despite societal neglect and medical mismanagement and have been generous enough to share their accumulated expertise. After losing a week of my fall semester to a 20 minute jog, the chronic illness community is why I’m likely to finish my senior spring — even if I have to crawl my way across the platform at graduation.
We are in collective denial about the potentially life-altering effects of a COVID-19 infection. If we were more aware of the risks, it’s hard to imagine that we would be so cavalier in saying that “everyone will get COVID” as if it were a benign inevitability.
Long COVID brings to light something that has always been true: We are all only temporarily able-bodied. Ignoring the significance of long COVID and other post-viral syndromes allows us to continue entertaining fantasies of our own omnipotence and insulates us from the deep-seated anxiety that one day we may no longer be able to work or care for ourselves — anxiety, not fear, because we all know how the world treats people with disabilities. When we say that COVID-19 is only a risk for the immunocompromised and elderly, we affirm the tacit cultural belief that the chronically ill, immunocompromised, elderly and disabled aren’t worth protecting. Ableism breeds stubborn hubris, but trust that if you get sick, the world will disregard you just as much as it does the rest of us.
COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere, nor are other viruses that cause similar post-viral syndromes. As a result, we have an ethical obligation to be more intentional about how we support people with disabilities — not only for the sake of hypothetical others, but for ourselves. Long COVID-19 offers us the chance to take steps toward dismantling the systems and beliefs that keep some of the most marginalized among us from living their lives to their fullest potential.
As a start, members of the Yale community need to understand that as much as campus life has to gain from looser COVID-19 restrictions, post-COVID-19, we have our lives as we know them to lose. The institution, of course, also has its obligations: Yale can ensure that everyone coming out of COVID-19 isolation receives counseling and follow-up on long COVID-19, recovery, pacing and accommodations available to them through Student Accessibility Services if needed. As a nation, we need to build our health and social services infrastructure to support those who become disabled in the process of “ending” the pandemic.
Going “back to normal” and “bringing college back” would certainly increase the scope of some folks’ individual freedoms. But informed consent requires that we acknowledge the benefits and risks. Everyone may get COVID-19, but not everyone will be okay.
Morgan Baker is a senior in Jonathan Edwards College. Contact them at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Never realised Manorlounger that Walsall was such a tourist hotspot! ?Doesn't help that something is going on in Walsall Saturday 30th and all the hotels have hiked their prices.
Cultural hot spot, you know! Finest selection of pawnbrokers and pound shops in the country.Never realised Manorlounger that Walsall was such a tourist hotspot! ?
Also, is the game definitely on the Saturday 15:00 kick off? Some talk about it being switched to the Sunday?
Looks like the trains run as far as Walsall, every half hour from Birmingham New Street. So not a problem?West Midlands trains (Brum to Walsall)............. industrial action. https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/industrialaction
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More than 22,000 people across NSW have been cured of hepatitis C (hep C) using take home treatments since 2016. We’re getting closer to NSW Health’s goal of eliminating hep C within the next 10 years.
“Thanks to groundbreaking medications, the elimination of hepatitis C is now an achievable goal.” - Dr Kerry Chant, NSW Health Chief Health Officer
Hep C is a blood borne virus that causes liver infection; it is slow acting and can cause severe scarring and damage to the liver that creates long-term health problems. You could have hep C for several years without knowing it because symptoms can take years to appear. You also can’t tell that someone has it just by looking at them.
The virus is passed on through blood-to-blood contact and can be transmitted through tiny non-visible amounts. The most common way of passing on hep C is by sharing injecting equipment, which means those injecting recreational or performance-enhancing drugs are particularly vulnerable to the virus.
If you’re sharing or coming into contact with any of the following injecting equipment you are at greater risk of acquiring the virus.
- Needles and syringes
Hep C can survive outside the body from around 12 hours to a few weeks, usually no more than four days, so if you’re injecting drugs use sterile equipment every time.
Sterile injecting equipment is available through Needle and Syringe Programs (NSPs) across NSW. Use the following map to find an NSP Outlet near you.
“I might have had it for up to 20 years – I was shocked to be diagnosed because I had no idea at all.” - Jase Bell, Hepatitis NSW community speaker
Signs and symptoms
Liver cells get damaged when the hep C virus reproduces itself. According to the not-for-profit community organisation Hepatitis NSW, hep C doesn’t always make people feel sick however when they do, they might experience the following symptoms:
- Flu-like symptoms
- Muscle aches
- Abdominal pain
- Joint aches
- Dark urine
- Jaundice (yellowing of the eyes)
Hep C can now be treated quickly, effectively and with less side effects than old interferon treatments. The cure is available to everyone, the first step is getting tested.
Get the test
You should speak to your doctor about getting a hep C test if you have ever injected recreational or performance-enhancing drugs. Visit your GP or the DBS website to get tested.
The Dried Blood Spot (DBS) is a new, free, easy and private way to test for hepatitis C. Just take a few drops from your finger, mail the test back and get your results by phone, text or email. You don’t need to go to a clinic or see a doctor to do this test. Visit
hivtest.health.nsw.gov.au for more information.
Get the cure
This week is Hepatitis Awareness Week, concluding with World Hepatitis Day on Sunday 28 July.
New oral pill treatments available now are proving to be more effective than ever, with a reported cure rate of 95 per cent and less side effects than old interferon-based treatments. They can be prescribed by any GP and can cure the virus within eight to 12 weeks.
“Fortunately, I was able to be treated and cured within a few short months. I would absolutely recommend the treatment to anyone living with hep C. Just do it.” - Jase Bell, Hepatitis NSW community speaker
Hepatitis NSW CEO, Stuart Loveday, said the new oral treatment is “revolutionary compared to the previous combination pill and injection treatments which took longer, had more side-effects and lower cure rates.”
There is an estimated 58,000 people living with hep C in NSW. This week NSW Health and Hepatitis NSW are encouraging those people to seek treatment and cure.
For further information on Hep C prevention, how to get tested and access treatment visit
hepc.org.au or call the Hepatitis Infoline for confidential information, support and referrals in NSW on
1800 803 990.
For free and confidential advice about alcohol and other drugs 24 hours, 7 days a week, call the Alcohol Drug Information Service (ADIS) on
1800 250 015.
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Dynamos coach Lloyd Chigowe has explained the factor that helped his charges execute their game plan perfectly after the team qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup first round following their aggregate victory over ZESCO United of Zambia.
Speaking after the match, Chigowe hailed his team’s defensive structure that stood to preserve the 1-0 lead achieved in the first leg.
The gaffer said: “In both encounters it was not easy coming face-to-face with the built of Zesco players but credit to the boys; they stuck to the game plan.
“We enjoy this victory because we fought hard for it.”
Chigowe also revealed that they had a lot of information about their opponents and that helped them to execute their game plan.
He added: “What we worked on defensively was to deny them scoring opportunities. We had a lot of information on Zesco and we managed to do just that over the two legs.”
Dynamos will face the winning side in the tie between Orapa United (Botswana) and Foresters FC (Seychelles) in the first round.
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Artist and adventurer J.V. Holbrook has traversed and recorded the natural history of an uncharted planet. Thunder Hunters is the unique, culminated cross section of his sketches, journal entries, sequential stories, and portraits of inhabitants and the expansive Vermillion Sands region. It showcases his attention to detail and love of his newly explored alien domain, revealing a never before seen world of myth, culture, landscape and wildlife.
Newly collected in an exclusive oversized hardcover by writer/artist Mark A. Nelson. Plus a rare chance to own the original art!
"Mark makes the most beautiful and original creatures in the world, no matter how odd or ugly they might be. His work never ceases to amaze and enthrall."
- GEOF DARROW
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Own the original 6 x 9" pencil art featured in the sketchbook collection. One of a kind!
Here's a closer look at all of the original art by Mark A. Nelson that's available for purchase in the ADD-ONS section above:
Mark A. Nelson is a comic industry veteran who has also held various Professor and Art Director positions throughout his career. He has tackled work for just about every publisher in the industry. He is perhaps best known for his work on Aliens and Godzilla, and had influential stints on Action Comics, Green Lantern and more, including:
- Fantasy World-Building, Dover Publications Author and Illustrator of book on world creating
- Innsmouth: The Lost Drawings of Mannish Sycovia, Alaxis Press authored with Stephen Smith, illustrated by M. A. Nelson
- AAA Video Games at Raven Software: Quake 4, Soldier of Fortune II, Jedi Knight II, Star Trek Elite Force, and Heretic 2
- Blood and Shadows, 4 issue mini series. Co-created with Joe R. Lansdale. DC Comics
- Feud, a four issue creator owned mini-series commissioned by Epic Comics (Marvel)
- Nightbreed and Hellraiser: various stories and comics for Marvel
- Aliens #1-6, 24 pages of artwork, pencils and inks by M. A. Nelson; story by Mark Verheiden. Dark Horse Comics
- Legends of the Mouseguard, Archaia Studios Press. Mouseguard Universe - short story written and drawn by M. A. Nelson
- Various projects for: DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, Eclipse Comics, Now Comics, Kitchen Sink, Graphic Classics and Just Imagine Comics
- Spectrum, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
- Aphrodisia, the Art of the Female Form (#1 won Gold Fine Art Award)
- Covers and interior art for Dungeon and Dragon Magazine
- Covers for books and interior art with Cemetery Dance Publications and Subterranean Press (Authors: Ray Bradbury, Joe R. Lansdale, Tad Williams, and more)
- Wizards of the Coast, World of Warcraft, Three Rings Publications game cards
- TSR and Wizards of the Coast game module, monster and creature design, and book interior art
- From Pencils to Inks and Visual Dialogues books on my artwork and monthly articles on drawing comics
- Various solo and group exhibitions of my artwork
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No - this is it! We're essentially your in-campaign pledge manager. If you are interested in supporting these creators, this is the time to do it! And it's the exact reason we allow you to purchase as many rewards as you want during the campaign!
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Welcome to Asian Cuisine, where culinary passion meets a warm, inviting atmosphere. Established in 2010, our restaurant was born out of a love for food and a commitment to bringing people together over delicious meals.At Asian Cuisine, we believe that great food starts with the freshest ingredients. Our dedicated team of chefs crafts each dish with care, using locally sourced produce, high-quality meats, and authentic spices. Whether you’re indulging in our signature Chinese or exploring our seasonal specials, every bite is designed to be a celebration of flavor.Our cozy ambiance is perfect for any occasion, from intimate dinners to lively gatherings with friends and family. We pride ourselves on exceptional service, ensuring that each visit feels special and personalized.Join us for an unforgettable dining experience at Asian Cuisine, where every meal tells a story, and every guest becomes part of our family.
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The election results indicate that a considerable portion of American voters still have confidence in the existing system, believing that the system can transcend individual leaders. Unlike Eastern political systems, the American presidential system does not require an ideal sage, but rather a leader who can provide direction and propose solutions to societal issues in the United States.
As the world’s largest superpower with a stable institutional foundation, the United States allowed Donald Trump, originally a political outsider, to be reelected in a globally-watched presidential election, indicating factors beyond personal charisma and luck. Trump’s comeback not only reflects his resilient will after facing setbacks but also exposes deep-seated divisions within American society, which have gathered strong grassroots anger against elites, immigrants, and left-leaning ideologies, creating the Trump phenomenon.
While Trump certainly has personal flaws in his style and decision-making, as well as uncertainties in his policies and anti-establishment populism, in the current American political landscape, he is seen by his supporters as a leader who can provide direction and policy proposals. In contrast to his opponent from the Democratic Party, Kamala Harris, who is perceived as unprepared and lacking in presidential stature and insight, Trump is viewed as a leader who can guide and present policy directions. The election results show that a significant portion of American society still has confidence in the existing system, believing that the system can transcend individuals. Unlike Eastern political systems, the American presidential system requires a leader who can provide direction and propose solutions to American societal problems, rather than an ideal sage.
The 2024 U.S. presidential election is focused on domestic issues such as the economy, immigration, crime, and inflation, with foreign policy and strategic security not being top priorities. Additionally, Harris’s lack of discussion and analysis on international issues did not receive much attention during the election campaign, failing to address concerns about America’s future foreign policy directions. However, as the world’s superpower, when American voters choose their president based on domestic and national interests, it significantly influences global strategic and security trends, impacting both allies and foes in response to the election results.
Trump’s first term saw a significant reversal in foreign policy, redefining China’s rise and challenging Xi Jinping’s “Made in China 2025” initiative. If Trump returns to office, his agenda to protect American interests and manufacturing industries is likely to continue without significant adjustments in his policy towards China.
Will Trump continue to overlook Southeast Asia? In his first term, Trump’s administration did not prioritize Southeast Asia in their global strategy, showing minimal interest in the region compared to former President Obama. If Trump’s administration continues to neglect Southeast Asia or refrain from investing resources, it could weaken the substantive relationship between the region and the United States, indirectly allowing China greater diplomatic maneuvering space.
The author is a director of the Malaysian Chinese Studies Centre
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Oklahoma has long been analogous with Bingo. This is because the American Indian bands of Oklahoma have operated Bingo games for decades. Patrons from all of the neighboring states pile in autos and head over to Oklahoma to wager on Bingo on the weekends.
The 1988 (IGRA) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act followed a landmark decision by The U.S. Supreme Court just the prior year. From that time, 23 of the thirty nine Native tribes of Oklahoma have established gambling halls. The Chickasaw were the first Oklahoma Amerindian tribes to take advantage of the gaming restrictions, and at this time control ten casinos of their very own. Bingo was the game on which these gambling dens were founded. digital games like slot machine games were not allowed, since they are believed to contribute to gambling dependency more than bingo.
In recent years, Oklahoma governing edicts has altered to allow for massive American Indian gaming casinos. You will now find Amerindian gambling dens with slot machines, video poker and 21 tables. Craps and roulette are still not allowed in the Native casinos yet, but that is simply a waiting game. No one can authority what having different casino games in the bingo houses will do for the popularity of bingo.
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What is Actlist?
Actlist is a utility platform that helps you to execute your desire things. You can create your own program without thinking about update check, message box, tray notification, about dialog, notice the change log, etc. Just do focus only on coding about the core logic of your beautiful and greatest idea. forget about the other things ! Actlist will supports. Share your program with others and join in to benefit the world. Or if you already have some plugin.jar file and be ready to execute your own act list, then just launch the Actlist and drag and drop the plugin.jar file onto the Actlist.
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Today we are having a look at the upgraded 120 mm AIO liquid coolers from Corsair, the single slot H80i GT and the dual slot H100i GTX. Both come with two high pressure 120 mm fans, are based on the same core design and feature RGB lighting and Corsair Link support. In this review we also examine their performance, especially in relation to the vanilla H80i and H100i versions.
Just over a year and a half ago we had our first encounter with Corsair's RM PSU series. The company upgraded their highly successful quiet PSU series and split...
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So what do you all think of this new collection from Imaginisce?!?! Isn't it fabulous? If you're not sure, be sure to hop on over to the Imaginisce blog to check out some of the other projects from the DT girls and I know you'll surely fall in love with it!
So when I first got these wonderful papers in my hands I knew just what I was going to do with it.....this layout! This is my sweet, adorably cute niece! Isn't she beautiful?!?! She just graduated high school and I am incredibly proud of her and wanted to convey that to her through this layout. Plus I've been wanting to scrap this picture of her. (snicker!) And the gray, black, and white matched perfectly with her coat and hat.
One thing that I love about this collection is this flower design which is a beautiful design and was so easy to fussy cut. And the fact that it looks fabulous when added to some hand made embellishments!
I also love that you can add pops of color to make your projects to really make them stand out!
Another way to add a pop of color is to use the Hot Rocks to your projects like I did here with the red Hot Rocks!
Imaginisce - Black Ice (pattern paper), Love You More (pattern paper, washi tape), Hot Rocks
Other - Silhouette, Tattered Angels mist
My next project is a jazzed up invitation. I used turquoise for my choice of color pop which also looks so good against the gray, black, and white.
Instead of mailing out just an invitation, slip it in a decorated glassine bag! Your guest invitees will be WOWED when they pull this out of an envelope!
Imaginisce - Black Ice (pattern paper,invitations), flower
Other - SRM glassine bag, Bazzil cardstock, May Arts ribbon
Well, that's it from me this week. Today is the first day of our lives in Raleigh. The move is half-way there! A few more weeks here in the town home and then we get to move into our new home! I will be so happy to get to that point where we can get settled in and get back to enjoying our summer! Wish us luck!
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Azerbaijani Language Overview
Azerbaijani is a Turkic language with a large number of speakers and a rich literary tradition, but its application in the field of translation is relatively limited. Here is an introduction to the status of Azerbaijani language translation.
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FRIDDA forecasts the cosmological impact of measurements of the redshift drift and the fine-structure constant (alpha) as well as their combination. The code is based on Fisher Matrix Analysis techniques and works for various fiducial cosmological models. Though designed for the ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph (ANDES), it is easily adaptable to other fiducial cosmological models and to other instruments with similar scientific goals.
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Port Adelaide Workers Memorial
The Port Adelaide Workers Memorial recognises people who have made a significant contribution to promoting workers' rights in the South Australian community. The memorial bears the names of many prominent figures in the South Australian trade union movement and Labour Party, as well as workers who have lost their lives.It is located the corner of Commercial Road & St Vincent Street, Port Adelaide, just outside the Information Centre.
Representatives of Asbestos Victims Assocation were invited to attend a service at the memorial on Sunday 3 May 2020 for the unveiling of a plaque commemorating Terry Miller OAM.Terry was a long-time advocate for workers and their families affected by asbestos; he was a true Working Man's Hero.We lost him on 31 May 2018 after a long struggle with asbestosis.
Sadly COVID-19 restrictions prevented the service from going ahead.
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The skin will be healthy when your body is healthy.
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Trained in a number of Facial Rejuvenation and Cosmetic Acupuncture techniques and herbal remedies, Jill can help solve dermatological disorders including acne, rosacea, perioral dermatitis, eczema, and psoriasis. She also produces noticeable results after only one or two treatments when assisting with anti-aging in otherwise healthy skin. Below are just a few of the Facial Rejuvenation, Microneedling, Motor Point Acupuncture for the Face, and Cosmetic Acupuncture techniques that Jill offers.
Based on principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mei Zen Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture is a holistic, natural and comprehensive rejuvenation program. It’s designed to restore, rejuvenate, relax and reduce signs of aging. This tradition is drawn from ancient texts. By stimulating specific points on the face, abdomen, or neck, the procedure increases circulation and encourages collagen and elastin production.
Collagen is a protein found throughout the entire body. It’s a nutrient highly concentrated in the tough inner layer of the skin— and perhaps best known for keeping skin firm and youthful. Collagen is also found in the hair, nails, joints and intestinal tissue. It is the glue that holds us together.
As its name implies, elastin is the protein responsible for the elasticity.
These increases in collagen and elastin improve tone, suppleness, and lift. Because the treatment stimulates natural processes, the results are noticeable and lasting.
During this procedure, sterile solutions are injected into acupoint locations. Common solutions include vitamins, minerals, homeopathic compounds and analgesics such as lidocaine or procaine, or sterile saline. Read more about its benefits….
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Rosa 'In Your Eyes' 8 October 2024 |
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Yesterday I noticed the fine Little rose, Rosa ‘In Your Eyes’. By the evening, like most single roses (5 petals), it had closed. I cut it and put it in a vase with warm water in the kitchen. This usually makes the rose open. This morning I decided I was going to scan it. When I placed it over my scanner, the petals fell off. Now in retrospect this was a good thing as my scan is quite different from my usual “perfect” ones.
Rosemary spotted this rose, months before she died in 2020, at the Lougheed Highway Garden Works. Because she had this unusual taste for plants that were unusual, we bought it. We quickly found out that this rose changed colour within a day from light white/yellow to magenta by the evening.
I am adding another scan to this blog. It is a red English Rose, Rosa ‘Thomas à Becket’. Why? I want to show that multiple petal roses don’t close. Rosemary did not ever see this rose as I purchased it last year. She would have loved it.
Rosa 'Thomas à Becket' 8 October 2024 |
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Have you heard of Tig Notaro?
I heard her a while back on the radio show This American Life and she was amazing.
Fast forward a year or so and I came across her again. This time in her amazing live comedy set on iTunes called Live (pronounced as in rhymes with give).
It is well worth the $5 in my opinion to download the cd and listen to the set. Totally inspired, honest, vulnerable, strong, real... inspiring.
Let me give you a rundown....
Tig had pneumonia, which lead to a horrible infection that ravaged her gut called C Dif. Then her mom died unexpectedly, then she got dumped, then she found out she had breast cancer... four days later, she does this comedy set. It made me cringe, laugh, cry, cringe some more, and then blubber...
Not really the person you'd expect to make you laugh and yes, it is uncomfortable & hard to hear, but somehow it ends up being absolutely wonderful.
And the love she gets back from the crowd!? If I wasn't already totally inspired (okay, I was), this pushed me over the top. When I listen to this, I think, we really are okay us humans (which is nice in a day and age where most people assume they have good intentions, but most other people don't...).
I guess for me, there are a lot of layers of why I like this, but one of the main ones is, we are so afraid of death and dying in this culture and we are so uncomfortable talking about hard stuff. We tend to encourage others or ourselves to "stay positive," or "stay hopeful." And, while there is certainly room for hope and positivity and these things can be helpful, this one sided approach is a real disservice to everyone. It isn't real, it isn't logical, it certainly isn't healthy or helpful (to ALWAYS be positive). What is healthy and helpful is to be REAL. To say how you are feeling, to allow yourself the permission to go with the ups and downs, not to fight to look or feel or present how you are dealing with something hard in just this certain way, but to be honest.
If we all did this, I think we'd feel a lot less alone and a lot more like members of humanity... interconnected, with bonds of hardship, challenges, and life. Instead of like we alone are suffering or failing, or a bad person for "failing" at feeling on the inside what other people are presenting on the outside. Tig shows us a glimpse of a her inner world.
Let's get real. Not to be drama queens, not to wallow in our suffering, but to honor the WHOLE experience of being alive. That's what it means to me to really do what Tig Notaro so eloquently shows us... LIVE.
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Twats. They're everywhere. I flipping hate them. Especially twats who try to reverse park whilst yapping on their mobile phone. Note to twats: it generally takes two hands to park a car speedily and expeditiously, and it helps if you are concentrating on the task at hand and watching what you are doing.
Here is a case in point - the black car. This clip goes for 8 seconds, and in that time, this twat was completely incapable of getting their car into a wide open spot. The sooner we start rectally inserting telephones into people like this, the better.
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Parents are now safely arrived and happily doing their ibadah(s) in Madinah. they'll be going to Mecca this 28th October...
Since their departure on Monday night, I have turn myself (automatically) to be a more concern and more responsible sister as I could since Im the eldest and the other three are still studying. I have been calling my youngest brother (Izzat) more than once every day since Tuesday. hearing my voice may make him has a little of comfort i guess since he can't directly communicate to either mum or dad except via sms.the other brother (Imran) is not much to be worry as he's already 19 and can manage himself well enough but I still contact him on and off.
However, the other fella (Amir) who is now studying in MRSM is the one I worry most since I can't directly contact him.what can I do is to wait for him to call me (which has been ages on my own calculation though it just 4days)..Well, not able to talk to someone you care and love and worry most for these amount of days will make you become more worried right? I have been regretting that I didn't pass him enough coins so that he can call me (well, the only source to contact is via public phone)..
but Alhamdulillah, I guess there is still a telepathy between brother-sister and thus he did call me last night which make me feel a big relieve in the heart that I can hear his voice and knowing that he is in good condition. Though the phone call was just 2minutes (not enough coins).
all these while, I am grateful to have my husband all by my side. he's the one who acts more as the eldest in my family though he's not the eldest in his. luckily all three brothers get along well with him. my husband has been hearing my worried(ness) of not be able to contact my second brother every single night and i bet he's the one who feel big relieve when Amir give a call last night.
and this Monday baby and me will be having our fourth scanning at Ampang Puteri. Hope baby is growing well and healthy in mommy's womb.
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"There is no excuse for the topic of the recent email sent to our customers, and we can only extend our deepest apologies to those disrespected by it," the email read in part. Well, of course I had to go back and see what all the hoo-ha was all about. Apparently they forgot that a real person died amid all the chuckles.
I will say the reservation service often offers good deals on hotel rooms for those wanting to leave a car at the hotel for no charge for a week or two. I used them once and the hotel was heavily discounted and the parking was free.
They should blame this one on the intern.
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@iota I don’t know how many Americans live in the UK, but there are about a million of us in Canada. That means roughly one in seven of Canadians is directly affected by FATCA, which is why this subject gets so much attention in the Canadian media. I can’t speak to how much coverage FATCA gets in the UK, but there is no way you can live in Canada and not be aware of this issue.
iota re: “Sorry, WTF, I’m afraid I don’t agree with you. I’m not violating anybody’s human rights. Also not beating anybody up, or colluding with any beatings.” I never suggested that you, iota, are personally “violating anybody’s human rights”, or are “colluding with any beatings”. I was referring to the Cdn and American governments – they are the abusers and colluders(a word?) here. However, for someone, such as yourself to agree that it is OK for a government (or individual) to abuse others based on an argument that the abused agreed to the abuse, is not OK and does not fall under the realm of opinion. It is an attitude that condones abuse by its tacit acceptance of it (especially when one has found ones own out or is not personally affected). Much like the CCLA is doing now with its silence in response to our pleas.
@Wtf “However, for someone, such as yourself to agree that it is OK for a government (or individual) to abuse others based on an argument that the abused agreed to the abuse, is not OK and does not fall under the realm of opinion. It is an attitude that condones abuse by its tacit acceptance of it (especially when one has found ones own out or is not personally affected). Much like the CCLA is doing now with its silence in response to our pleas.” You don’t think Americans abroad are entitled to decide not to renounce?
@iota, Do you agree that birth place taxation is a human rights violation? If so, is it a stretch to then agree that is morally wrong for Canada to facilitate a human rights violation against resident Canadians by the government of another country? Does the fact that these Canadians may have ‘agreed’ (a difficult fact to deduce with certainty in most cases to begin with as many have felt they have little choice) to the human rights abuse, make it morally justifiable for Canada to assist the foreign government to abuse these Canadians?
@Westcoaster – “I don’t know how many Americans live in the UK, but there are about a million of us in Canada. That means roughly one in seven of Canadians is directly affected by FATCA, which is why this subject gets so much attention in the Canadian media. I can’t speak to how much coverage FATCA gets in the UK, but there is no way you can live in Canada and not be aware of this issue.” I think that you aren’t aware of your own ignorance.
@iota You seem intent on misconstruing every word that comes out of my mouth, so I’m going to opt out of this discussion since we’re going in circles.
@Westcoaster, there really hasn’t been that much media coverage. And often the details as reported are muddy or even incorrect or insufficiently explained. Just skimming, it would be easy not to ever see FATCA explained, or US extraterritorial tax twinned with citizenship or the FBAR. Referring to us as ‘Americans in Canada’ (as the Conservatives and FATCA supporters in Canada like to do) makes those born Canadian, and living in Canada think it refers only to Americans recently relocated to Canada – and not even duals per se. People continue to look at me like I’ve got two heads when I try to explain. And generally, if one was born in Canada, even if one technically might have some potential claim for another citizenship, nothing important or is contingent on one pursuing it to find out what significance it might or might not have. I don’t know anyone else worried about a potential NON-Canadian additional citizenship. The rules re inheriting via US parentage are not straightforward, or logical. Nothing intuitive in that either. Referring to ‘offshore’ and ‘foreign’ accounts in the media, and even in Parliament, or in statements by the IRS misleads readers – who then think of the Caymans or Switzerland, not Canada. They don’t get that it is our ordinary legal local Canadian accounts because – as many of us thought too – our accounts are NOT offshore, NOT foreign – except by counter-intuitive, irrational, obscure parts of another country’s tax code. If we are local and our accounts are local and our income is local, then how would anyone understand how they are also OFFSHORE according not to the tax system where we live and which has first jurisdiction, but according to a government which IS OFFSHORE to us. People used to how the majority of the world’s taxation systems based on ACTUAL residency and ACTUAL site of assets – would assume that US taxes imposed on people living in Canada would involve US sited assets like US property held by Canadians (ex. snowbirds and people retiring to Arizona gated communities). And the US muddies the waters by referring to ‘tax residency’ that includes citizenship – and making it synonymous with a fictive imaginary US residency – which isn’t intuitive or logical. Residency means ‘where I live’, not where was I or my parents born. Many of the media articles were published only online and never appeared in print editions. Several of them are no longer accessible unless we archived them. Others we find only because we’re searching for them. Lots of people don’t even read the news. Or the business pages where the FATCA articles appeared in terms of their impact on banks. I think you overestimate people’s awareness and access to even what does exist. I’ve been combing the media since I first started to hear about this – by accident – because I was in a car listening to CBC and caught the very end of a program in the fall of 2011 (to my lasting regret). Even now, I really have to look for things other than internal banking industry or business coverage online. One of the biggest problems for IBS and Maple Sandbox has been to get media coverage and raise awareness of FATCA. Check out that Liberal MP Bob Bratina – former mayor of Hamilton – a large Canadian city in Southern Ontario, and very near one of the busiest of crossings (Niagara) demonstrates that he doesn’t really have a clue about FATCA and US Extraterritorial CBT. See his questions and comments during the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) 42nd Parliament, 1st Session Meeting No. 8 Thursday, April 14, 2016, 8:45 a.m. to 10:49 a.m. http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/XRender/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20160414/-1/24805?useragent=Mozilla/5.0%20(Windows%20NT%2010.0;%20WOW64)%20AppleWebKit/537.36%20(KHTML,%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome/49.0.2623.112%20Safari/537.36
@Westcoaster, try this experiment: Do this Google search with the AND in capitals as a connector; FATCA AND Canada Now, narrow by ‘news’. 7,880 results Now narrow by country https://www.google.ca/search?q=fatca+AND+canada&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=kC0ZV-n1JsrmjgTvj4KAAQ#q=fatca+AND+canada&cr=countryCA&tbs=ctr:countryCA&tbm=nws Remove duplicates. I ended up with About 2,340 results Now skim the headlines to see who they describe. Which ‘individuals’ appear to be affected? It is really not that obvious.
Wtf – ” Do you agree that birth place taxation is a human rights violation?” If so, is it a stretch to then agree that is morally wrong for Canada to facilitate a human rights violation against resident Canadians by the government of another country?” Does the fact that these Canadians may have ‘agreed’ (a difficult fact to deduce with certainty in most cases to begin with as many have felt they have little choice) to the human rights abuse, make it morally justifiable for Canada to assist the foreign government to abuse these Canadians?” 1. I think a US citizen who is aware of the US tax obligations, and understands the obligations, and nevertheless wants to remain a US citizen, is perfectly entitled to retain their US citizenship and accept the US tax obligations. 2. I think that if a US citizen does make that decision, they’re accepting that the IRS will be privy to their financial information. 3. I don’t agree that they’re being abused.
Who really cares whether at this point every US person living in Canada is aware of USA’s counterintuitive CBT or not? Abuse is abuse is abuse. End of story. However, the reality is that many (I would argue most)of us had NO CLUE until the FATCA hunt, and quite possibly many are still in the dark despite media reports because they either don’t read them or shut off when they hear that this is about ‘Americans living in Canada’ or ‘tax cheats’ or ‘fat cats’ and since they don’t consider themselves as such, think it doesn’t apply to them. Some have known about CBT all along and grudgingly or happily filed all their returns when due, but were clueless about the FBARS. Some have recently become compliant as a result of the FATCA hunt – some out of a sense of obligation, some out of fear with the aim of renouncing the ball and chain. It doesn’t matter the how’s, when’s or why’s someone became aware(or not) of CBT and FATCA. Both the US and Canada are abusing Canadians with US person status – not an opinon, a statement of reality.
@ WTF? “It doesn’t matter the how’s, when’s or why’s someone became aware(or not) of CBT and FATCA. Both the US and Canada are abusing Canadians with US person status – not an opinon, a statement of reality.” I agree and in Trudeauesque fashion I say, “A bad law is a bad law is a bad law.” Complying with a bad law because one feels forced to do so does not make that bad law right or even a tad more acceptable. In fact, the force involved to bring about this compliance merely enhances the badness of the bad law.
@iota, my last comment was made prior to your response to my 3 questions. In response to your response to my 3 questions. 1. You did not answer my first question. To rephrase, I asked you whether or not taxation – where place of birth is parlayed as sufficient justification for said taxation (and associated life control) – is human rights abuse? 2. You did not answer my second question either. But I guess you cannot really, since you would have had to have agreed with number one (i.e. that CBT is a human rights violation), in order to take the next step toward understanding that a facilitator of abuse is also behaving abusively. 3. You wrote: “I don’t agree that they’re being abused. ” Ah…that explains it.
@Badger and Embee, We should not even have to debate whether or not CBT is abuse and Canada is facilitating an abuser. It blows my mind that it is not obvious to some. And worse, that eventhose who get it, but don’t want to for their own selfish reasons, will support those who insist we are not being abused.
@badger Having been born in the US, I’ve always known I had American citizenship even though I never lived in the US or had any US ties. I do realize that there are some who were born and raised in Canada, who might not have realized they inherited US citizenship from their parent(s). That said, I think there has been growing awareness over the last few years. As Baby Elle’s parents found out, it’s no longer possible to even open a bank account without being questioned about US ties. Over the past five years I’ve seen stories about FATCA on the front pages of newspapers, discussed on the radio, talked about at work, front and centre on the CBC and other Canadian websites. It also makes the news when public figures like Tina Turner, Boris Johnson, one of the Facebook co-founders, etc. expatriate. I do however agree with you that the coverage hasn’t been all that informative; the stories are often inaccurate and biased, skipping key facts and making us all look like tax evaders. However, I stand by assertion that there has been quite a lot of media attention in Canada. (Or I guess I hang out with people who keep up with current events? Is that really so unusual to be informed about what’s going on at home and abroad? If so, that’s an even bigger issue than US CBT.) The bottom line is that I believe it’s unfair, especially for those who cannot break free of the US. It’s a terrible injustice, but I don’t think ignorance is as widespread as you believe. I think a lot of people realize they have filing obligations, but are in denial. Or are too stubborn to deal with it, as a matter of principle. Or simply can’t meet their legal obligations for whatever reason. As I’ve said before, I’m not defending US CBT. I also understand that some people cannot make a clean break for whatever reason. My only point is that having official ties to the US means the countries we call home will share our financial data with the States. I don’t like it, but I accept that this is legal.
@WTF – No, I don’t agree that a US citizen who chooses to retain their US citizenship knowing and understanding the rights and obligations involced is being abused, or suffering a violation of their human rights, or guilty of collusion in abuse, or guilty of collusion in the violation of their human rights or others’ human rights. Does that cover it?
Actually, I’ll go even one further. The US person in Canada who chooses to remain a USC is actually abusing all of Canada, as they know their selfish choices will be a burden upon the Canadian treasury. Do we really want someone like that here? Unfortunately, the fact that my wife doesn’t want to commit financial suicide even though she recently (relatively) found out about what some people of skewed logic call her “obligations” to a parasitic neighbour, does not for a second mean that she has any desire to maintain her obviously unwanted citizenship to that regime. Fortunately for them, my British, Irish, Dutch German neigbours etc. don’t seem to have these worries. Gee. I wonder why. On another funny note, a cousin of mine who moved here to Canada from Mordor about 3 years ago, and is starting to understand how stupidly the USA is behaving said to me that he thinks the USA should pay HIM to renounce, as that will free them from future pension liabilities (true or not).
@WestCoaster “Not really. Now when the bank (or anyone else) asks me to prove I’m not American, I can.” Precisely, you vividly prove my point. Why be asked to begin with? I am not in America but a resident and citizen of X, paying my taxes in X, working for this company in X. CBT is an anachronism; a globalised world no longer practices this form of taxation (except an African dictatorship). It is not for so-called US Persons to comply with an anachronism but for the American government to comply with global standards, whether they like it or not.
@Duality I’ve stated over and over again that I believe that US CBT is unreasonable and unfair. However, it is what it is. If you want to act like you’re above the law, that’s certainly your prerogative, but don’t judge those of us who choose otherwise.
@Duality I should restate that. Instead of “don’t judge those of us who choose otherwise” I should say “please accept that some of us choose otherwise.”
Brock was a better place (IMHO) when we put the blame where the blame belongs — one overreaching, hegemonic gov’t and one submissive, insensitive gov’t which chose to walk lockstep with its financial institutions which were fearful of sanction and its compliance industry which profits from the plight of its FATCA’d clients. Canada used to be a better place (maybe it wasn’t really but it seemed to be) but experiencing just a fraction of the unfair treatment that our indigenous population has suffered makes me long for some place kinder, fairer, freer and a helluva lot more rational.
I agree, iota. No reasonable person should be expected to know about CBT, because no reasonable country subjects its citizens to it. Even unreasonable countries don’t. And your comment about Streamlined is one I’ve been saying for awhile – in spite of IRS Commissioner Koskinen’s ridiculous warning that Streamlined will end soon because everyone should know about CBT by now.
The problem with WestCoaster’s argument is there are some people that CAN’T renounce U.S. citizenship – namely minors and some mentally challenged people. Plus the unreasonable fee for doing so. Now I might agree if it were a U.S. citizen continuing to exercise the rights with having that citizenship (e.g. voting in U.S. elections, traveling on a U.S. passport to other countries, etc.) – but I do not agree that someone who acquired their U.S. citizenship involuntarily and has no intentions on utilizing it should be subject to CBT regardless (unless they make it free and don’t screen based on mental ability to renounce).
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In a cinematic landscape saturated with formulaic horror, Cuckoo emerges as an audacious oddity. Directed by Tilman Singer and starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, and Jessica Henwick, this German-American co-production takes viewers on a bizarre, unsettling journey through the Alps, blending psychological horror, sci-fi, and surrealist fantasy. But does its commitment to strangeness pay off, or does it collapse under the weight of its own ambition?
Cuckoo follows Gretchen (Hunter Schafer), a teenager forced to relocate to a remote German resort with her father and new family. Almost immediately, Gretchen senses something is off: a mysterious police officer lurks around, and a trench-coated, sunglasses-wearing woman stalks her at night. As Gretchen investigates, she uncovers a disturbing truth: the resort is a front for a near-human species—the “cuckoos”—who use humans as surrogates for their young, echoing the brood parasitism of the bird that gives the film its name. The film’s climax is a feverish blend of body horror and sci-fi, with Gretchen confronting both literal and metaphorical monsters.
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Hunter Schafer’s performance as Gretchen is a highlight, with critics noting her ability to convey both fragility and rebelliousness in a role that demands emotional range. Schafer’s portrayal grounds the film, even as the narrative veers into increasingly surreal territory. Dan Stevens delivers a memorable turn as the resort’s enigmatic owner, while supporting performances from Márton Csókás and Jessica Henwick add depth to the ensemble.
However, some viewers found Gretchen’s character difficult to connect with, describing her as moody and unlikable for much of the film. This emotional distance may be intentional, reflecting the protagonist’s alienation, but it risks disengaging audiences who crave a more sympathetic lead.
Atmosphere and Visual Style
Tilman Singer’s direction is unapologetically weird, with a visual and auditory palette that oscillates between minimalism and sensory overload. The film’s sound design is particularly effective, amplifying tension and contributing to its dreamlike quality. Homages to giallo and body horror abound, with several reviewers noting the film’s commitment to unsettling, sometimes grotesque imagery. The practical effects—especially the depiction of wounds and transformation—are impressively realistic, adding visceral impact to the narrative.
Themes and Subtext
Beneath its surface weirdness, Cuckoo offers pointed commentary on female bodily autonomy, forced birth, and misogyny, making it unexpectedly relevant to contemporary sociopolitical debates. The film’s central metaphor—humans as unwilling hosts—serves as both a chilling plot device and a vehicle for deeper reflection on agency and control.
- Originality: Cuckoo stands out for its unique premise and refusal to conform to genre expectations.
- Atmosphere: The film excels in creating a mood of creeping unease, with inventive visuals and sound design.
- Lead Performance: Hunter Schafer’s committed performance anchors the film, even as the narrative grows increasingly bizarre.
- Narrative Coherence: Some viewers found the plot difficult to follow, with unanswered questions and a finale that feels abrupt or unsatisfying.
- Character Engagement: The emotional distance of the protagonist may alienate some audiences.
- Pacing: The film’s studied weirdness and slow-burn approach may test the patience of viewers seeking more conventional scares or resolutions.
Cuckoo has polarized critics and audiences. Its Rotten Tomatoes score hovers around 81%, with an average rating reflecting both admiration for its originality and frustration with its execution. Some hail it as a “madcap madhouse horror” and a “showcase for star Hunter Schafer,” while others find it “blandly directed” and ultimately disappointing. Most agree, however, that it is a film unlike any other released in 2024.
Cuckoo is a bold, divisive entry in the horror genre—one that will delight fans of the weird and alienate those seeking tidy narratives or conventional scares. Its strengths lie in its originality, atmosphere, and committed performances, while its weaknesses stem from narrative incoherence and emotional distance. For adventurous viewers, it’s a trip worth taking; for others, its strangeness may prove more frustrating than rewarding.
Rating : 2 / 5
“Cuckoo” (2024) Ending Explained: Parasitic Secrets, Family Bonds, and Unanswered Questions
The horror film Cuckoo leaves audiences with a head full of questions, a chill down the spine, and a story that’s as bizarre as it is thematically rich. Let’s break down what happens in the final act, what it means, and why the ending lingers long after the credits roll.
The Big Reveal: What Is Herr König Doing?
At its core, Cuckoo is about a secret, generations-old breeding experiment orchestrated by Herr König, the enigmatic resort owner. König is what he calls a “preservationist,” running a program to propagate a species of superpowered, female-presenting humanoids whose reproductive and parasitic habits mimic those of real cuckoo birds. Just as cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds’ nests, leaving unsuspecting parents to raise their young, König’s operation lures couples to the resort, uses mind-control and other manipulations, and impregnates women with cuckoo humanoids—who are then unknowingly raised as their own children.
Alma’s True Nature and the Family Dynamic
Gretchen, our protagonist, discovers that her mute half-sister Alma is one of these cuckoo humanoids—conceived at the resort years earlier. Alma’s biological mother is the mysterious, predatory “Red-Eyed Woman” who stalks Gretchen throughout the film. König and his accomplice Dr. Bonomo want to reunite Alma with her biological mother, believing it will unlock her full powers and further their twisted project. Meanwhile, Henry, a police officer whose wife was a victim of the same scheme, wants to destroy the entire operation, including Alma and her mother.
The Climactic Showdown
The finale is a chaotic, violent standoff:
- Gretchen, determined to save Alma from both König and Henry, kills the Red-Eyed Woman (Alma’s biological mother) in a desperate act of self-defense.
- König and Henry, both obsessed with their own goals, end up shooting each other in a final confrontation, their fates left ambiguous but heavily implied to be fatal for both.
- Alma, in a moment of transformation, uses her own paralyzing “cuckoo scream” (a power inherited from her biological mother) to help Gretchen and herself escape.
The sisters flee the resort with Ed, a tourist Gretchen had bonded with earlier, leaving the nightmare behind—at least for now.
Symbolism and Emotional Resonance
Beyond the horror and body horror, Cuckoo is layered with themes of family, identity, and the pain of parental loss. Gretchen’s struggle to save Alma is not just about survival, but about forging a real connection with her half-sister—someone she initially resented and misunderstood. The film draws a poignant parallel between the monstrous “Mother” figure and Gretchen’s own longing for her deceased mother, adding emotional weight to the violence and chaos.
The final image—Gretchen and Alma together in the back seat, echoing the film’s opening scene—suggests a newfound bond and a redefinition of family, even as the threat of Alma’s true nature (and the existence of others like her) remains unresolved6.
Lingering Mysteries and Sequel Potential
The film deliberately leaves several threads hanging:
- Alma’s connection to her species and whether she’ll fully embrace or resist her monstrous heritage.
- The possibility that other cuckoo humanoids exist, and that König’s experiments may not be over.
- The ambiguous fates of König and Henry, who could potentially return if a sequel is made.
Takeaway: What Does It All Mean?
Cuckoo ends with the immediate threat vanquished but the larger mystery intact. It’s a film about the horrors of manipulation—biological, psychological, and emotional—and the resilience required to break free from cycles of control. The ambiguity is intentional: director Tilman Singer has said that the film is built on two secrets, one at the beginning and one at the end, and that explaining too much would sap the story’s power1.
So, if you finished Cuckoo feeling both satisfied and unsettled, that’s by design. The film is less about providing neat answers than about exploring the primal fears of parenthood, identity, and the things we inherit—willingly or not.
In short: The ending of Cuckoo sees Gretchen and Alma escape the sinister resort, having destroyed the immediate threats, but leaves the door wide open for deeper questions about family, identity, and what it means to truly belong.
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A big stress eating day...not good.
But I got my bike tire taken care of...maybe. My back tire has a different valve stem and it doesn't seem to be quite long enough. There's a screw thingie on it that I didn't know could come off and when it does, the tire will pump up all the way.
I also have really little tires that pump up to 145 psi. the guy at the bike store says 125 should do it, but if I can get them to 145...nice. So we'll try for 125 and see if that works.
The dogwood are blooming and the pollen is so bad it looks like it's snowing...my eyes itch.
So...even with itchy eyes and a (hopefully) short meeting after school tomorrow, I'm taking my stuff to ride after school.
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He flexes muscles and it is quick-witted, he is smart and wants to learn about this thing known as stock game. Last week he destroyed their finally child tooth and I forgotten another little bit of my kid.
Once the ultrasound rod affirmed we were creating a child, i-cried and whispered to my hubby, “a child.” Because everybody knows in regards to the dad and son connection. But I didn’t discover the mother-son any and just how this guy with his lengthy dark eyelashes and sensitive cardio would undo me personally.
Just about any day for the past 11 decades, he’s moved my heart in some way. He or she is the first one to ask “How ended up being every day ?” and “Did your you sleeping great?” or state “Momma, you look thus rather today.” They can furthermore burp my personal name. Therefore, there’s that.
I’m operating my personal way through these 5 conversations and tomorrow my personal daughter transforms 11 and there are 11 points I want to say to your:
You don’t must easily fit in. Society needs that respond a specific ways. Culture requires they. Nonetheless it’s okay to-be a square peg in a round opening, to check various, end up being your self. It’s alright to chart the course to God’s strategy, even if rest might not understand it. Yes, you could think strange or weird chasing it, but that is ok, most business changers create.
You don’t need cave in. You already know towards pressure–to chat or clothes a certain method, to disrespect grownups or ladies, as like those who manage.
However you hold the power and figure to walk aside, the Christ located in you’ll guide you to remain. Your don’t need certainly to surrender. In Case you do…
You can get second opportunities and next and fourth… You can start again. Every sunrise try a second possibility to get it right, to state no, to express I’m sorry, to inquire of forgiveness, to help make another beginning. I really want you to know that it’s this that goodness is mostly about. The guy would like to give you as numerous likelihood as it requires, simply don’t every stop having all of them.
Your don’t have to be tough (on a regular basis). Guys are meant to become rough and tough. Perchance you’ve heard that “real men don’t cry” and always put on a stiff upper lip. But i really want you to know real the male is sensitive, they worry about others, and root for any underdog. They hurry to start the door for elderly lady and employ their own manners. They cry over poverty as soon as they grow up, they tuck their own kids into sleep.
Your don’t require a lady (yet). Babes. These are typically every-where and their effect tends to be intoxicating, you’ll discover that in no time. We can’t waiting to see the lady God brings to your lifetime and I already pray on her. Become pals with Godly women, but don’t take a rush to make them a girlfriend. That period may come, appreciate these days.
You create me personally satisfied. If you didn’t create yet another thing, win another award, bring another A, or an elizabeth in make, i really want you knowing I’m proud of the students guy you’ve be. I really like how you love the sisters (more era). I favor the manner in which you are a good friend and listener to others. Everyone loves the manner in which you offer generously. I’m proud of your, child.
You may be a success if you value Jesus as well as others. I don’t understand what you’re going to be how to message someone on jswipe as soon as you become adults. I think an engineer or a millionaire, probably a missionary pilot or an artist. The heavens can be your restrict therefore’s your choice. But regardless of what you accomplish or don’t, in my sight, you’re winning if you value God very first and others 2nd. Never forget this is exactly genuine profits.
You have got fantastic boys that you experienced. Goodness gave your remarkable people to shadow. It doesn’t get better than your own dad and grandfathers. They like God in addition to their individuals above themselves and in case your aren’t positive where to step then, try to find their unique footprints.
You can always get home. Regardless of what happens in this life, that which you would or don’t would, you usually have actually a spot with our company. We may allow you to like to keep with these procedures or request you to because of your activities, but we won’t prevent you from coming room. (must review for prodigal children)
You happen to be enjoyed. It doesn’t matter how long those feet expand or exactly how large i need to lookup for you, you are going to always be mine. I am able to nevertheless wipe the tears and pay attention to their cardio. I could still ground you and have you say their sorry (ideally). Whatever you do or what will happen within this life, you happen to be mine and absolutely nothing can transform that. In the event that you never notice another term I state or decide not to tune in, you need to genuinely believe that you happen to be treasured significantly by your mothers. But even more than we love your, you’re adored by a God exactly who sent their daughter for you. Don’t actually question it. Believe it. This lifetime might push big pleasure or sorrow, great wealth or control, you could ensure it is because you need like. Be sure you provide aside. It’s the easiest method to obtain they.
And most of all of the, we state alot by perhaps not saying some thing. We can manage a lot by praying these statement from Psalm 63:8, “Lord, kindly instill in my own son or daughter a heart with a craving obtainable, a heart that clings passionately to You.”
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This charming little comedy, billed as The Swiss Cottage, was used as an afterpiece following a range of longer works - the serious (La Favorita), semi-serious (La Sonnambula) and the outright comical (Fra Diavolo).
It remained in the repertoire of touring companies for a number of seasons. However in order to fit the time available for its performance, it seems likely that the work must have been played in a seriously abbreviated form, which may explain its disappearance from the repertoire outside France.
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He Likes Me, How Can I Screw It Up
I was low and he was high. This is the best way to describe every single aspect about it. Had anyone asked why, I would have simply shrugged them off with my all purpose explanatory excuse of, ?Well, you see, I took one too many of those little ?happy pills? and now am stuck in this horrible little parallel universe of yours.? You see, it?s hard enough for me to simply go out in public without constantly apologizing for my very existence, let alone lay the burden of conversation upon anyone. So to merely glance at the opposite sex would send my already unhinged world to unavoidably collapse upon itself and on everyone around, which would of course plunge me to an even worse continuing lifetime panic, alien invading, attack. But besides that, I?m the pretty normal ?can?t talk to boys? kind of girl. I thought this quite obvious to everyone with my cool standoff-ish demeanor and angry disgusted look permanently stamped on my face. But no, as life played out, he couldn?t have been more oblivious, and I couldn?t have been more?. myself.
We were first aware of each other?s existence on the second week, of second semester, of the second year of high school. I had switched Spanish classes and managed to skip the first period class for half a month. Looking back, I can still clearly recall thinking to myself, ?Man, only one looker in the whole bunch?, as I sat diagonally across from him on the other side of the classroom. He was unbelievable. He was so tall, and lean, and tan; I?m pretty sure he was on the November issue of Sports Illustrated. I expected the worst since everything about him screamed jock prep. He wore Hollister, carried an arrogant smugness, and walked like he owned the school. God, how hot is that?!
On the second day he came over to my desk and smiled to me, so of course I instinctively stared him down with the promise of death in my eyes, and oddly enough, he slowly backed away. The funny thing though, was that he kept trying, the cocky weirdo. He hovered around me, stole random things from me but never admitted to it, and always found a reason to look in my direction.
I would see him again on my way to Chemistry. I pathetically looked forward to that moment every day. From all the way from the other side of the hallway, I would always struggle for the view to clear.
Then he made his first real move in gym, which seemed appropriate enough seeing as it was his domain. Music blared above, muffled by its own echo. I had just gotten into a full blown epic fight with my friend and was reluctantly chasing after her when I spotted him in the corner of my eye. He was alone, distant from the rest of the class, which was as usual as seeing the principal give his daily-televised strip tease. He shuffled nervously, his expression unsure, yet again in the norm with your average lunch lady being under forty, with a graduate degree and working out of the love for teenagers. His timing seemed to balance out the throbbing romantic ambiance flooding from the sweat sopped walls. Still about five yards away from her, and about two from him, he performed an act so obscene it baffles me still to this day. He talked to me. Well, not so much to me but at me. ?I like this song, don?t you?? he asked so intently. I stumbled, completely cut off guard at this bizarre occurrence but I kept walking refusing to believe that he would actually talk to someone like me. I saw him in the corner of my eye but, someone else must have been there that I didn?t see. I made myself believe he?d been talking to someone else. He stayed there staring, hoping, but I didn?t turn, I couldn?t. Instead I just continued on with my path, walking away from his last words of, ?Please say yes.? I so desperately wanted to say how cute he was for trying but all that came out was, ?Are you still mad? Get over it!? now one yard from her and ten from him.
I hated him. I hated him for wanting me exactly as I was. Something had to be wrong with him to want someone as screwed up as me. I could never like a guy who could like someone like me. I hated me and if he liked me then it could never work out. It disgusted me to know he would settle for someone like me. How does he not know how much better he can do? I especially hated myself for believing he did like me.
I loved him. I loved him for wanting me exactly as I was.
That limbo stayed between us for the last month of school. I loved and hated it, much like how I felt for him. I told my friends about it and they filled me with hope. We played the future lover game, MASH, and scientifically concluded we were meant for each other. Even without this irrefutable proof I knew he was the one for me. They all had at least one class with him and told me how he would never shut up during class, loved old movies, was a Beatles fan, had way too much money, and was in all honor classes even though he never acted the part. I found it funny how everything he said or did was so hilarious and sweet to me, but just annoying and irritating to them. Then as I envisioned double dates with them, they slapped me back into reality by awkwardly announcing that he had gotten a girlfriend last week.
I couldn?t stop torturing myself with hope. I decided that he was just on the rebound and I hadn?t given him a fair chance. So I came up with the perfect plan. I would actually wait for him at the end of class, look him straight in the eye, smile and say hi. It was the most brilliant scheme ever devised. Then everyday turned into a near miss. Until finally came the last day of school, finals. I ran out the class after racing through the test and waited. When I saw him I caught him by the hand so I couldn?t wimp out again and executed the plan perfectly. And as he parted his lips to open up his gorgeous smile to finally talk to me and not just at my indifference, that horrible succubus, also known as ?the most amazing girl in the world? as said he?s Myspace, came to take her rightful place at his side. He?s face froze, just as it was, and turned to give her my smile.
It hurt, but amazingly enough I lived to tell the tale. I realized after that, he probably maybe wasn?t actually the one. I don?t know why I went out of my way to make sure I?d die alone. I myself am still completely amazed by how much I?d manage to muck everything up down to the smallest detail. Hmmm? glaring at him that would be a great idea! Who thinks that? I know I probably would have just ended up hurting him even more had anything happened, but my friends insist that I can do better anyway. I can?t help but smile as I write that in summer school.
As disappointing as it was, and awkward to read; I don?t regret any of it. I know now to never let a good thing slip away. Also, glaring = bad, talking = good. But, most importantly, I really do need to start talking to everyone no matter how blindingly hot they may be. As nervous as I am, I need to man up! If I could get someone like him to like me, without having done anything, I can?t be that bad, or that fugly.
I ignored a guy who liked me (out of severe lack of self esteem, but I?m talking like none here, at all,), and when I finally wanted something to happen it was too late. As this experience is the epitome of the self-indulgent, insecure, little high schooler, here?s the cliché¤ cherry to top it all off; I still like him, and can?t stop thinking about him.
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I was commissioned to develop the visual identity, as well as the desktop and mobile digital touchpoints for the Young Europe project, from the ground up. The main goal of the project was to reach out to its youthful audience and encourage engagement and participation on the pressing issue of Europe’s future. The long-term goal for the project is to create a foundation to fulfill the charter of Young Europe.
Illustration by Kati Szilágyi
As the main touchpoint, the website provides many different types of input options for easily sharing your thoughts – both on a desktop or a mobile device. I focused the design on an intuitive and transparent interface that encourages communication in various formats – everything from typing up a quick thought to uploading a whole story, to adding photos or recording a video. A dedicated backend system was set up so that the client could access all the data and receive a sorted overview of all the participants.
Branding the surface: The design of the button elements is derived from the alternative 'u' out of the Ginto Nord Black letter convolute, which is also in use for the wordmark.
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Save Me compiles information to perform our business and provides you with opportunities to reduce food wastage. We gather Personal Data and Other Information in pursuit of these achievements.
- "Personal Data" is information that may be used, directly or indirectly, alone or with other information, to differentiate you as an individual Client. This may imply your exact Location Data.
- "Other information" is information that is anonymized, aggregated, de-identified or does not reveal your identity. Examples may include age, gender, browser and operating system, time spent using our Services, and web pages visited. We collect and use this information to learn how you and our customers as a whole use and tune into our Services at all times, raise, reinvent and construct products and services to reflect the needs of our customers. We also assemble responses from reliable Payment Service Providers when you make purchases on the Platform. Relying on the payment method, this might integrate a subscription ID that is sent to the Payment Service Provider. We DO NOT collect any credit card information. When you are using a mobile device, we also collect and use your Apple Identifier for Advertising (IDFA) and Google Advertising ID (AAID) to acknowledge your device and help activities on our Services. These number values are not always linked to your device and based on your operating system; you can reset it through your device settings.
We collect Personal Data in the following ways:
- When you sign up with us, we collect registration and demographic information, for example, name, e-mail address, password, country and exact location. We may also collect your mobile phone number.
We treat such Personal Data because it is necessary to sign the agreement with you for the use of the Platform.
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We collect location data through a variety of methods:
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The manner in which we collect Location Data differs depending on whether you access the Services via a website or a mobile application.
If you access the Services via one of our mobile apps, the way we collect Location Data varies depending on your mobile device's operating system. In all cases, we do not collect location data, unless you have given your consent to collect it at the invitation. If you refuse to allow tracking data to be collected in the app, we will not collect your tracking data until you manually enter it.
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The submission of your Personal Data to us is voluntary, but the consequence of not submitting your Personal Data may be that you cannot use the Platform or enter into promotions, contests, or sweepstakes.
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When registering an account with us, you have a choice of receiving announcements about us and our products and Services via email and/or push notifications. If you consent to such messages, we may use your Personal Data and Other Information to communicate with you about the Save Me products or Services you have purchased or used and to notify you of other products, promotions and Services we think may be of interest to you. You can manage your communication preferences at any time from the mobile applications.
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Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons are specialist trained to manage and treat facial trauma. There are an infinite number of ways in which the face can be damaged and thus need some type of reconstruction. Accidents, falls, automobile crashes and interpersonal violence are among the most common causes. Some of the main types of facial injuries resulting from these instances are lacerations, fractured teeth, fractured jaws, fractured facial bones, knocked out teeth and intraoral lacerations.
There are three main classifications used by health professionals in their trauma assessment:
Soft Tissue Injuries – Soft tissue trauma includes lacerations to the skin and any kind of intraoral (gum) damage.
Avulsed (knocked out) Teeth - Injuries to the teeth are very common and must be dealt with immediately to insure success of reimplantation.
Bony Injuries – This category encompasses the entire face including fractured cheekbones, jaw bones, eye sockets, palates and noses.
Special Regions – Special regions refers to the nerves in the face, the eyes, and the salivary glands.
Reasons for Facial Trauma Reconstruction
Aside from the obvious aesthetic reasons for repairing damage to the face, there are also a number of serious health and dental concerns that can arise from even a small amount of trauma. No facial injury should be taken lightly. Depending on the exact location of the injury, respiration, speech and swallowing can be greatly impaired.
Though broken facial bones are generally treated in the emergency room, damage to the teeth can be quickly dealt with by the dentist. Failure to treat dental and facial trauma can lead to the following longer term problems:
Loss of Functionality: When teeth have fallen victim to trauma, they may become loose in their sockets and make eating and speaking much more difficult.
Smile Aesthetics: Chipped, broken or missing teeth can be detrimental to a beautiful smile. The dentist is able to repair chips, fractures and missing teeth easily.
Bite/Jaw Irregularities: After trauma, it is possible that the teeth will become badly aligned. The poor alignment of the teeth can lead to TMJ, uneven teeth wear and other complications.
What does correcting facial trauma involve?
If facial bones have been fractured or broken, they will be treated in much the same way as any other broken bone. Of course, a plaster cast cannot be applied to a cheekbone, but the bones can be held firmly together by either wiring or the insertion of small plates and screws. Soft tissue lacerations will be treated immediately by way of suture (stitching).
In cases where a tooth has been knocked cleanly out of the mouth, there is still a possibility of reinserting it. The quicker a re-insertion can be performed by the dentist, the greater the likelihood that the natural tooth will survive. In the event that the tooth lacks the ligaments necessary for reinsertion, the dentist can implant a prosthetic tooth to restore both functionality and aesthetic appearance. The dentist can also “splint” displaced teeth using structural support such as bonding or wiring with a good amount of success. Root canal therapy is also a possibility for loose or broken teeth.
Your dentist will conduct a thorough examination and take various x-rays in order to determine the precise condition of the afflicted area and plan a course of action. Pain medication will be prescribed as necessary, and you’ll be given post treatment advice for your recovery.
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Indian Express 4.11.2009
Soon, BMC to digitise voters lists
Voters lists of Mumbai will soon be digitised completely, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body has already started the task of computerising the lists of last seven civic elections. Joint Municipal Commissioner (Elections) S S Shinde said several citizens approach the BMC for voters list as it’s a substantial residence proof.
“The list from 1960 is old and the papers have become fragile and soiled. We, therefore, decided to digitise it,” he said. There are around 1,530 lists, since 1960, with 16 lakh pages. These lists will be scanned and saved in PDF format at a cost of Rs 9 lakh.
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Since the founding in 1973 Imefy S.L. has been manufacturing oil filled distribution transformers. After this the company has started to develop cast resin distribution transformers and showed continuous growth in both the range of power, as well as the voltages covered by the transformers.
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Thomas Womble - Wave 2
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“It is easy for me to endorse Gary Myszkowski as an executive coach helping senior executives take charge of a new role. When assuming a new role of senior leadership, it is difficult to admit you ‘don’t know what you don’t know.’ You don’t have relationships initially that allow for ‘honest feedback’ from your team. Therefore, you need a sounding board that will provide you with fact-based recommendations, insights from similar past experiences, and a vote of confidence you are on the right track or recommendations to redirect.
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...from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
As clashes escalate between the Pakistani military and armed opposition along the Afghan border, civilians bear the brunt. Pascal Cuttat, head of the ICRC delegation in Islamabad, talks about how the organization is helping them.
How concerned are you about the humanitarian situation in Bajaur Agency on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
The recent escalation in the fighting forced more than 200,000 people to flee their homes in Bajaur Agency with little more than the clothes on their backs. From 31 August the government suspended military operations in the border region for the Ramadan season. Some sections of the armed opposition did the same. This prompted tens of thousands of displaced people to return to their villages in Bajaur.
However the humanitarian situation is still extremely volatile, and there is no guarantee that the current lull in hostilities will last. We therefore remain very concerned about internally displaced people, the majority of whom are women and children. Around 50,000 are staying with host families or in improvised camps in locations such as schools. To give you an idea of just how desperate the situation is, some 14,000 people crossed over into Afghanistan because they felt that they would be safer there.
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I don’t check the Houghton Lake webcam very often. Actually, I’m embarrassed to post that link because it is sooooo out of date. That is, the photos are up to date but the rest of the page sucks and that statement about one of the webcams being up on the St. Mary’s is just plain wrong. I do not know where we found that web designer or why we hired her. I hope we aren’t paying her anything [wink].
Other folks in the C-Fam watch the cam more often and this afternoon Gr8tgrty posted a note in the C-Fam facebook group: look at the webcam! And I did and here is what is going on in the front yard at the cabin. This isn’t exactly a new thing although it’s quite spectacular. Somewhere in the huge mishmash of photos here in the Landfill, I have photos of me walking around the Houghton Lake yard barefoot carrying my 1-year-old child through a flood something like this.
Back in those days, flooding in the yard usually meant flooding in the cabin. Nothing like sloshing around in a half-foot of [dirty] water in front of the sink. And stove, although I refused to cook at the cabin when it was like that. Probably the most memorable moment in Houghton Lake flooding history was the time that we met the UU up there for the weekend. We got there before the UU on a Friday night. The kitchen was partially flooded. Lizard Breath was very young and we were upstairs settling down to sleep at around 11 or so when the UU arrived. We heard “Splash! Shit!” from downstairs. He had walked through the kitchen and dropped his pillow in the water.
Flooding was a frequent occurrence and the place wasn’t exactly what you’d call clean, although most everyone tried. We all complained about it and some people avoided going there. It was Grandpa Garth’s cabin and that’s how it was there. He bought the place back in the 1960s and it provided his 10 kids, their cousins, and various Royal Joke neighborhood friends a place to escape to in the summer. I wish more kids had that kind of opportunity (I certainly did, in spades!). Although Garth sometimes entertained ideas about fixing the cabin or even replacing it with a more viable structure, I think he liked that place the way it was.
Grandpa Garth died in 2001 and after a few years of settling his estate and thinking carefully through what to do with the cabin, the C-Fam had the old place razed and a built a beautiful new chalet in its place. Some people were reluctant about this, even some of us out-laws (well, meeee). Lots of memories in that old place, even for an out-law like meeeee who didn’t hang around the place until 1980. (I could not have asked for a better father-in-law.)
The new place? It is wonderful! We can keep the heat on throughout the winter and just flip on the water heater, etc., when we get there. No more pumping water outside in the snow and hauling it in with buckets. No more flushing the toilets with buckets in the winter. No more heating water on the stove and pouring it into a rubber camping shower to get clean. Those were good times but… Now there are year-round flushy toilets and a washer and dryer and a dishwasher (that I don’t always use but appreciate) and and and… Always so many fun family members to hang out and have fun with.
The most important thing? The first floor of the new cabin is far enough off the ground I don’t think we could *ever* have water in the kitchen! Hopefully it will not seep in to the “basement”, which is a half-height area underneath the rest of the cabin…
But still, this view of the Houghton Lake yard is spectacular.
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Hey there! It is the Single Page Team Reveal over at Stick it Down today and I am there with this boy layout. I've stretched the sketch a bit but totally loved working with it. I've used a Paige Evans Turn the Page paper as a border and used some papers and journaling cards by Freckled Fawn for the rest of the layout. I've also used some of the gorgeous Perspectives by Branblefox.
Happy scrapping and make sure you play along with the sketches this month.
Find me designing for Freckled Fawn
Just Nick, Hey Little Magpie, GoGo Getaway, Silhouette UK, Stick it Down and UK
Scrap Addicts Also on my own blog: Being Scrappy and on Instagram as @nikiclaire
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Last Fall I was among the artists profiled in The Sand Paper, the newspaper for the Anza Borrego Desert Natural History Association. (I’m going to call it ABDNHA, like everyone does and save myself some typing next time.) The article is now online here, on the author’s website CaliforniaDesertArt.com which is an excellent resource for, well, California desert art.
I must say it was a great honor to be profiled alongside the other fine desert artists, especially two fellow Borregans: Barbara Nickerson and Carol Lindemulder.
One correction to the piece: I have a BFA in Animation/Illustration, not an MFA.
And the part where the reader is teased about an “unexpected direction” and a “study of Borrego life and residents,” well, that would be referring to this very website.
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8,000 HIV patients at risk as medicine runs out
Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a UN AIDS envoy has warned.
Speaking ahead of the International AIDS Society conference, which opened in Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday, Michel Kazatchkine called on key nations to intervene as soon as possible.
"I am calling on the United States, Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia to do something," said Kazatchkine, the UN Secretary General's special envoy for AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Last Thursday, I learned how to slip past the crowded waiting room and slide straight into a bed at the Emergency Room. “I think I’m having a mini-stroke” does the trick quite well.
A few weeks earlier, I was sitting in front of one of the VA Medical Center’s Neuro Psychologists taking tests and answering questions for better than three hours as a result of expressing concern to my regular caregiver about grappling for words (a bad sign for a writer) and forgetting why I walked through one door into another room. That occasioned all sorts of activity, including this intensive interview/grilling/testing session.
In the midst of our "play time," a second doctor wandered into the psychologist’s room and started asking about some of the things on my medical record, one of which was a couple of episodes where my vision went spotty for 30 minutes or so.
This unknown doctor had reviewed my recent brain MRI and was concerned these episodes might be signs of mini-strokes. This prompted a warning from him that in the event of a stroke, I should get to the emergency room immediately because after three hours, the effects of a stroke are irreversible. (He didn’t tell me how successful they were at reversing them if I got there within the time limit.)
Soooo… when I had a vision problem on the morning that fated Thursday, I scooted on down to the ER where I uttered those magic words that had me flat of my back in the MRI machine within twenty minutes of passing through the ER’s admitting door.
After that, they plowed a ditch in my vein and planted one of those IV things (whether they needed one or not) and pasted a couple of dozen terminals all over my chest and sides for an electrocardiogram. (And don’t ever let anyone tell you they are painless. Maybe the test is, but removing those devils from your tender flesh certainly isn’t.) My blood pressure measured a whopping 188/61, but that was perfectly normal for someone being so manhandled. It had nothing to do with my medical episode, I’m convinced.
After that, a nice nurse came in and had me do ridiculous things like touching my nose and her finger and the like. When she had her quota of fun, an ER doctor appeared and had me do the same things all over again. Then nothing. And nothing. My three hours were running out fast and they hadn’t done a thing to reverse my condition unless playing pitty-pat with a nurse and a doctor was some sort of curandero medicine I wasn't familiar with.
Sometime after that crucial third hour had elapsed, two doctors walked into the room and announced they were from Neurology. Okay, maybe these guys could save me from becoming a living vegetable. Guess what? All they wanted was a game of pitty-pat, too. I guess word of my prowess at the sport had made its way around the hospital. At any rate, they excused themselves and said they needed to consult.
They consulted away the fourth hour, likely sealing my fate. Eventually, they returned and told me I wasn’t having a stroke.
“There’s a name for your condition, but it’s not a stroke.”
“What about my vision problems? That’s the fourth time that’s happened in the last 6 months.”
“Strokes are not the only thing that cause that.”
“But I wasn’t able to talk normally.”
“Yes, but if you’d had a stroke, you wouldn’t be able to call up the words you wanted. You were just mispronouncing words you wanted to say.”
“Strokes aren’t the only thing that cause that.”
“I couldn’t make sense out of the words I was reading at the time.” I tried to keep from sounding petulant.
“Yes, but you could make out the words. Probably wouldn’t have been able to do that if you’d had a stroke. Besides the MRI was negative.”
“Okay, so it wasn’t a stroke. What was it?”
“You had a migraine condition.”
“A what?" Was there too much scorn in my voice? "I didn’t have a headache. I never have headaches.”
“Yes, we know. That’s in the record.”
“But a migraine is nothing but a headache. A super-duper headache.”
“Not always. At any rate you can get dressed and go home. There’s no treatment required.”
I went home halfway convinced they were discharging me in the midst of a fatal stroke and absolutely certain I wasn’t having a migraine headache. But when I looked up Migraines on the internet, lo and behold, there it was. An Acephalgic Migraine (also called the silent migraine) has all the symptoms of a migraine minus the headache.
The kicker to the whole thing came when my youngest sibling (he was born minutes after his twin) called the next morning to update one another on family news. Naturally, I launched into the story of my ER visit. Before I even got to the end, he interrupted. “You had a migraine.”
I gasped in astonishment. “How did you know?”
“I’ve had them for years.”
“But I had no headache?”
“I don’t either.”
Son of a gun!
I don't know about you, but I've noticed of late that if I didn't have medical, dental, optical, and laboratory appointments, my social calendar would be mighty thin.
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The day Dylan Thomas read poetry to royalty
To mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, we’ve written a short blog about the time Dylan Thomas read in front of royalty.
On 14 May 1946, Dylan Thomas took part in ‘A Recital of Poetry of the Past and Present’ at London’s Wigmore Hall. In the audience were Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret with their mother, Queen Elizabeth.
Dylan was invited to participate in the evening by the Poet Laureate, John Masefield, and he was asked to be a member of the committee who selected the performers and shaped the programme. Dylan reportedly turned up a little later than expected, and looking slightly dishevelled, but performed very strongly.
He read his own poem, ‘Fern Hill’, to close the second half of the event, having already read DH Lawrence’s ‘The Snake’ and Blake’s ‘The Tyger’. Other illustrious participants include John Laurie (Private Fraser in Dad’s Army) who read three Rabbie Burns poems including ‘Go fetch to me a Pint o’ Wine’, and John Geilgud, whose readings featured Marvell’s ‘To his Coy Mistress’.
The Times review of the evening stated that ‘Mr. C. Day-Lewis, Mr. Louis MacNeice and Mr. Thomas came off much better in reading their own work than Mr. Walter de la Mare, Mr T. S. Eliot and Miss Edith Sitwell.’
However, as Dylan biographer Andrew Lycett reports, ‘the fireworks came afterwards. Caitlin was reported to have approached the Queen and said, ‘I say, do you like this? I don’t. I think I shall ask for my money back.’ According to Edith Sitwell, Caitlin then flicked some ash on the Queen’s dress. That part of the story may have been embellished…’
Incidentally, 14 May was an auspicious date for Dylan: on that day 7 years later Under Milk Wood had its stage premier with a cast in New York, while Dylan was on his third tour of north America.
Come and visit our free ‘Love the Words’ permanent exhibition to see the programme from the Wigmore Hall event, and much more!
This post is also available in: Welsh
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Today, I counted how many weeks until I see Nick again and it's five. Just five weeks, that's not too bad, right? When we were engaged (and the months prior), he lived in Texas while I was in Iowa and we managed that for a year just seeing each other every other month or so. This setup brings me back to those days but it's a different feeling since we're married now. It's just a temporary situation, but I miss my other half and will be counting down the days until we're together again.
The good thing is that I'm able to spend this time with my mom and dad. If you're following our craziness, they moved here in August and are sad we're now moving back up north. This is good time I can enjoy movie nights and explore the area with them. We plan to go to the Texas State Fair this weekend which is always fun. They've also become Rangers fans with me which is fun since they're in the World Series starting tonight!
Here's us supporting the Rangers on the opening day of the season this year:
My pain still has up and down days. Sometimes in one day, I'll have good hours and bad hours, it's always ebbing and flowing really. The pain also radiates from one area to another. Just yesterday and today, my sciatic nerve has been hurting and it has never hurt before, so that was strange. I also had an awful headache. I'm thinking once I get to Minnesota, I'll see if a doctor can help with my constant headaches - nothing I do or take (other than ibuprofen) helps with them. My medicine still gives me some side effects at times like dizziness, fogginess, and high blood pressure. I took it this morning (using my mom's wrist blood pressure machine) and it was 147/97! That's crazy high for me and it has NEVER been high at all until I started taking these medications. I might have to call my doctor on that one...
As the seasons change and it feels like time slows down a bit as the colder weather rolls in, I'm feeling very thankful. Thankful for my husband and this opportunity he can finally pursue, my job and great co-workers, my family and friends, and the simple things in life. I've learned that I get stressed very easily so I often have to consciously take a step back, take some deep breaths, and realize what I have to be thankful for. This season (fall through Christmas) is my absolute favorite time of the year - it's so joyful and cozy - that it's a good time of year to slow down and take it all in.
I just found a quote on Pinterest earlier to that effect...
Cheers to the rest of your week! And of course, Go Rangers!
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If you are hoping to get travelling in this year or the next, you will probably need to start thinking about where you are going to go, why and when. These are the kinds of decisions that can take a very long time to make, but they are vital if you hope to be able to find somewhere great to go in good time. One option which seems to be growing more and more in popularity over recent years is Indonesia, and there are many good reasons why that might be the case. If you have never visited Indonesia before, you might want to think about it, and it is the kind of destination that you will feel is unlike anywhere else. In this article, we are going to take a look at just some of the main reasons why you should think about a trip to Indonesia, and maybe even a long-term one.
If you are hoping to be able to have a holiday somewhere where you don’t have to worry too much about the financial side of things, then there are many options for that – but Indonesia is absolutely one of the best examples. You can get around in Indonesia for cheap, you can even find a place to rent for very little money – just search sewa rumah kontrakan murah to see how – and you will find that eating out is surprisingly easy to afford as well. While money is not everything, when you are travelling it does indeed become very important, and you should make sure that you are going to be able to afford everything you want to do. Travelling something like Indonesia is certainly going to make that considerably easier to manage.
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If you consider yourself a history buff, or you just at least like seeing ancient relics and ruins, then Indonesia certainly is a must. There is plenty of history there which you can get into and learn about, and you might be surprised at just how well catered for this kind of intrigue really is. Indonesia is home to many fascinating historical sites, including the world’s largest Buddhist monument, which dates back to the 8th century. You can also find a range of fascinating museums and galleries in the cities, and you will be able to take tours to really solidify your understanding of the places’ history as best as you can that way. Because of this, you will find that it is the perfect location for an educational holiday, something which a lot of families in particular might find exciting.
You really can’t talk about Indonesia without at least mentioning Jakarta, which is one of the most vibrant and bustling cities anywhere in the world. It has plenty on offer, including a whole range of historical and ancient sites, and a number of cultural highlights including some of the most interesting museums that are anywhere in the world. Jakarta is very busy and full of hustle and bustle, which is exactly why you might want to see it on your way through to the countryside – but you should still absolutely see it. If you are to visit Indonesia, there is absolutely no excuse no to see Jakarta, so make sure that you do just that.
As you can see, there are plenty of good reasons to visit Indonesia, and it is a great place to put at the top of your list.
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I love buying new pieces for my wardrobe as much as the next person, but I also believe in 'make do and mend'.
I had been hoping to find the perfect slip dress with lace trim, but much to my disappointment I failed miserably!! Never the less, I continued forward in my quest and I stumbled upon this little one. I love it dearly and have worn it many a time (including this post!), but I thought it was time for a revamp and the sewing machine was pulled out!
Zara is always my go to for show stopping pieces and as always they delivered. I can make a statement without having to say a word - literally..
Definitely not hiding from the camera..
(Black lace can be found in any good fabric or haberdashery shop)
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If you ever get bored with an item of your wardrobe see if you can give it a revamp before you part with it!!
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Its a FLOP Season - 10 Reasons why Bigg Boss Telugu 6 is FLOP
- NO LOVE TRACK: As every season of Bigg Boss, Love story leads good TRP's and makes interesting to the show. But this season Bigg Boss Management expected from Sri Satya, Arjun, Vasanthi, Srihan but all are failed to show any interest in Love. Bigg Boss tried to show Surya and Arohi's track but fans getting bore very soon. BB also tried to show some footage of Raj Shekhar with Keerthi but they are not getting footage. So even after 25 days NO LOVE TRACK so this season is missed to impress one sort of young fans to watch BB.
- NO STRONG FRIENDSHIP BONDS, even after 25 days BB not able to cook stories on love but this season also failing to make strong friendships. No two contestants are formed a strong bong so far. Earlier seasons we have seen within 10 days atleast 1 or 2 strong bonds where they sit, talk, enjoy and even defends in fights but this years fans are unhappy. Some what Geetu and Adi Reddy's bond seems to good. Some contestants are known outside like Revent and Arjun, Arjun and Sri Satya, Surya and Arohi but Fans are not seen very strong bond so far.
- Comedy, Some time Comedy also lacking in this season, Contestants like Chanti, Fiama are not getting good time to show there performances even BB also giving chance to show case. We will be missing Baba Bhaskar.
This season we have 21 contestants, but we are not seems who is with
whom. it is like all 21 are playing individual games. Geetu/Adi and
Surya/Arohi are two gangs we are able to see and surely they not
nominate each other for entire season. Why Arjun and Revant play as a
gang but they are not, even Arjun and Sri Satya can form a gang.
- FIGHTS, During nominations we are able to see some fights but fans are expecting more fights in task too.
- HYPER CONTESTANTS, looks like everyone is acting like mature and no contestant is showing hyper side, Geetu is not hyper but she is playing with too much mind. We are missing contestants Rahul, Sohil where they used to show full anger/hyper.
- LGBTQ: Some what to make show interesting to LGBTQ personalities in BB but this year we are missing that too atleast no one from Film Critic/ Humanist like Babu Gogineni,Tamanna Simhadhri, Priyanka Singh
- SINGERS ARE WINNERS, its like a no spoiler, as every year singers will be in TOP 2, this season also no strong competition to Revent so even he is in Nominations we know that he will be saved.
- COUPLES, some what this season BB team picked a wrong couple Rohit Sahni and Marina because both are playing dull and like dead. Do we have less interesting couple in the industry?
- CUTE & Beautiful MINDS, Do you remember Monal, Divi, Punarnavi they are cute, beautiful with MINDS, they used to show footage but this season Sri Satya, Vasanthi not making any expectations, Fans are feeling bore.
- FUN TIME, In the entire day we are not seeing all contestants are sitting in one place and hangout, we used to see in other seasons where every morning all contestants should sit and play a small game.
- List will update soon
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This past weekend I attended and worked at the first annual Generation Beauty event put on by Ipsy. I have posted a ton of pics on Instagram and Twitter (if you aren’t following me on Instagram yet, why the heck not? Get to it… my name’s glossmenagerie as you can probably imagine…) so I don’t want to picspam the blog with the same photos unless you guys really really want me to, lol. Comment below. ;) Otherwise hit up my Insta.
Anyways, a lot of people have been asking me my thoughts on the event itself, if it was worth attending and how it compares to other beauty events…so that’s more what this post is about, from the point of view of someone attending the event (since most of you won’t really relate to my thoughts as an exhibitor – if you’re a brand wanting to know about THAT, please contact me directly).
Generation Beauty provided a lot of educational content. There were loads of little mini seminars that they called “content sessions”. Topics included things like how to pick a channel name, how to balance school & your youtube channel, and how to deal with creepers on the internet (that was my favorite – very practical advice from AndreasChoice). The content was really heavily geared towards those who either are on youtube, want to be on youtube, or really admire youtube beauty gurus and want to gain insight into their ‘world’. There were also a lot of meet & greets with various youtube personalities. GB was supposed to have been also a blogger event, but I felt like there wasn’t much, if any content available that was blogger-specific. A lot of the youtube-related advice can be applied to bloggers though (we ALL deal with creeps on the internet, issues of balancing life vs. your beauty hobby/job, etc.) so it wasn’t useless info.
The crowd that attended GB was almost entirely female (shocking I know) and skewed very young for the most part. But I didn’t feel out of place there by any means. Unlike other events I’ve been to, everyone seemed very open to talking to other people (not just the brand experts or youtubers). There was a genuine positive energy and a willingness to discuss ideas, opinions, and our love for the beauty world. I made friends in line for things, sitting around taking a breather, and later on Instagram by talking to other people posting things. Michelle Phan said that was her number one goal for the event, to bring people together who love beauty so they can meet and network. I think the event definitely made that possible and it worked well in that regard.
As a blogger or youtuber, especially one just starting out, the representatives from the beauty brands there were very easy to approach about working together. I have been to events where I asked about talking to someone who works on PR and was met with dumbstruck stares. Not at Generation Beauty! The brands were well-prepared and came ready to talk about media lists and collaboration. That was a REALLY nice thing to see.
Like any beauty event, the brands had their latest and greatest around to talk about and show off. And yes, there was swag. Lots of swag. ;) What’s a beauty event without swag, right? haha. More about that later. That’s not what this post is for!
Would I recommend attending? Yes, if you can afford it and it’s not geographically prohibitive. However, I don’t think both days are completely necessary. I think it was the kind of thing that they probably could have squeezed into one day. If it weren’t for getting double the swag, I’d say most people could just pick either Saturday OR Sunday. I’m not sure if they offered 1-day tickets though. It’s something for them to consider in the future if they don’t. Remember, this is the very first year of Generation Beauty.
It’s important to also remember this was not a show marketed as a pro event. Yes there were many makeup and hair artists in attendance, but if you are looking for the place to learn the latest cutting edge body painting technique for example, this wasn’t the show for you. This was designed as an all ages social event for people who love beauty to come together, learn something, and make a new friend. It was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed myself! Since I haven’t been blogging in a while, I really needed this. It reminded me why I love what I do. :)
If you’re reading this and you’re one of the people I met at GB, thanks for being a part of what was a really great weekend!
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We will visit the Church of Annunciation and Mary’s Grotto. Next, we will visit the Church of St. Joseph. From Nazareth we will head north to an overlook of the Valley of Armageddon (Megiddo).
Our next stop will be on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. We will visit Mt. of the Beatitudes overlooking the lake. From there we will head to Capernaum. Next we will visit Tabgha, where Jesus performed the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
We will drive along the shore of the Sea of Galilee to the origin of the Jordan river and visit a baptismal site where you will have the chance to get baptised. On our way back to the port, we will stop by an overlook of Haifa, including the Baha’i Gardens and Temples, if time permits.
Finally, we will head back to the port in time for your departure or for your overnight stay.
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- Sea of Galilee and Mt. of the Beatitudes
- Jordan River
- Haifa - Baha’i Gardens and Temples
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- Entrance Fees
- Food and Drinks
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- Other personal expenses
- Tour will last between 8-9 hours.
- Please dress modestly (shoulders and knees covered) when visiting the Holy Sites in Nazareth.
- Beware that some places might not accept credit cards. You will be able to change money or some shops may accept foreign currency.
- The drive to Nazareth can take up to 1 hour.
- Travelers with special needs (i.e. limited mobility and wheelchair bound persons) must informus prior to booking their excursion.
- The tour itinerary might be adapted or subject to change due to limitations of arrival/departure of your ship.
Up to 14 days before the tour there will be no cancellation fee, except for a $10 processing fee.
7-13 days before the tour, there will be a 25% cancellation fee, with the additional $10 processing fee.
2-6 days before the tour, there will be a 50% cancellation fee.
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Once you book your tour, the tour departure time will be stated on your booking confirmation. Upon arrival to the dock, you will meet our tour guide outside the Reception Hall. Your guide will be holding a sign with your name.
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CHICAGO—At least seven women’s bodies have been found in Indiana within a few days in what appear to be serial, sex-related murders of women in high-risk lifestyles. Hammond police are holding Darren Vann, a convicted sex offender, in connection with the murders and say charges are possible in at least six other murders still under investigation.
Many in the Chicago and northern Indiana area remember similar killings in the 1990s which produced a veritable reign of terror for women in high-risk lifestyles and their families. At least four men arrested in Chicago during that time—Gregory Clepper, Geoffrey Griffin, Hubert Geralds and Andre Crawford—were linked to the deaths of women in high-risk lifestyles who were often found in abandoned buildings. The women had often become lost to their families and were not reported missing.
Some women who survived the Chicago scourge appear in a documentary called “Turning A Corner,” by the “PART” network of survivors and public agencies in 2006. The film was produced by Salome Chasnoff of Beyondmedia as part of a Chicago Coalition for the Homeless campaign and efforts to enact legislative change.
One woman in the film says nothing could break her addiction to the high-risk lifestyle of sex work until a “john” dragged her two blocks with his car while fleeing the police and she almost lost an eye and had her face “nearly scraped off.” Another woman’s wake-up call happened, she says, when her friend was found dead in a nearby alley–and sexually mutilated. A third woman in the film says, “If I risk a date again, I’ll use, and if I use, I’ll die,” referring to a drug habit.
Drugs are both a lure and the downfall for women on the streets say many sources. In 1996, a woman told the Chicago Tribune that her cousin, who was murdered, “would get high with anybody.” The woman who spoke to the Tribune said she knew the suspect in her cousin’s murder and even had used drugs with him herself. “I didn’t know he would kill her,” she added.
Chicago sex worker Pamela Bolton did not survive the streets. But before she was murdered in 1995, by a man in a red car, according to witnesses, she told the Chicago Sun-Times, “Prostitution is one of the worst addictions you can have out here. This street life is more addictive than cocaine. More addictive than heroin.”
Murderers who seek out women in high-risk, sex worker lifestyles are not limited to the US. Eight years ago, at least five women were found murdered within ten days of each other in Ipswich, England. In 2007, in Vancouver, British Columbia, pig farmer Robert Pickton was convicted of the second-degree murders of six women and charged in the deaths of 20 more, many who had been involved in high-risk lifestyles.
Even online contacts have proved deadly for such women. Masseuse Julissa Brisman was killed in 2009, allegedly by medical student Philip Markoff who had seen her ad on Craig’s list. Markoff, who was also suspected of robbing two other women, took his own life in jail. Women who hook up online are at risk of being robbed, cheated, raped, knifed, shot, beaten, extorted, abducted and murdered just like women on the street.
Crimes against sex workers decreased in New Zealand, says the BBC, after sex work was decriminalized and up to four women were allowed to work from the same property to increase security. In many countries, police are changing their focus from enforcement to protection of sex workers and social services are providing “exit strategies” like counseling and help with housing. Sadly, the reforms are too late for the Indiana victims.
Martha Rosenberg is a freelance journalist and the author of the highly acclaimed “Born With A Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks and Hacks Pimp The Public Health,” published by Prometheus Books. Check her Facebook page.
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Thanks for stopping by! I'll be out some of today (working, no computer) but, rest assured, I'll be reading everything and commenting as I have time, so check back. Post your pieces on your blogs, telephone poles, passing pedestrians, etc. if you like...it's a fun web o' writing.
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14 September 2015
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention (with more than 140 characters). This time we look at Thein on Milvus, long exposure, pregnancy portraits and Apple candids with a Leica Q.
- In A visit to Zeiss and thoughts on the Milvus line, Ming Thein elaborates on "the argument for a lens system as opposed to a camera system" in which "you have one set of lenses that works on everything, and simply pick the best body for the job."
- Sharon Tenenbaum is Loving Long Exposure and shares some techniques, including mixing in a conventional shot.
- In If You're Expecting In Brazil, You Need A Pregnancy Photographer, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports on the booming pregnancy portrait business. The parks in Rio de Janeiro are the post popular places, partly for their security.
- Om Malik hung around the VIP area at last week's Apple event with his Leica Q and caught some candids of Phil, Jony & Angela.
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Built in the year 1833, and presently houses the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Town Hall - this early colonial building was designed by Colonel Thomas Cowper, in neo classical style that has features like a portico adorned with eight, iconic Doric columns and a flight of steps leading up to it. Located on Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Fort,Mumbai, it is one of the most majestic structures among the other heritage buildings in this city and is one of the last architectural remnants of the Victorian Bombay.
Often colloquially referred to as Tondal in the 19th century, the construction work began in 1911 and the progress was slow due to financial constraints. The 'Literary Society of Bombay' wanted to construct a nice building to house library and museum to create interest among the people in art, science and literature. In the later years, it became a storehouse of information for the well-read people. An initial amount of Rs.10,000.00 came through lottery for the early constructon work and the work continued slowly whenever the funds were made available to the society and, at last, the building was completed in 1933.
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span of 200 feet and a height of 100 feet, with the entrance to the building adorned with a Grecian portico and 8 impressive Doric styled pillars. A flight of steps with 30 steps leads to the entrance of the Town Hall. An interesting feature is the building was made of stones specially imported from England and this was done to add zest to neo-classical design introduced here. The major features inside the building are wooden flooring (using ancient wood), spiral staircases and the ornamental terraces with beautiful wrought iron. The hall has a collection of beautiful marble statues of the 19th century.
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The library of the Asiatic Society, has vast collection of books -15,000 rare and valuable books among its collection of over one hundred thousand including one of the two known original copies of Dante’s Divine Comedy (first issue of 'Inferno') and Sanskrit texts dating back to the 13th century. Besides the ancient manuscripts in Persian, Prakrit, Urdu and Sanskrit, several other treasures are safely preserved inside the hall. Also included is a collection of 1,000 ancient coins and the exceptional gold 'mohur' that once Mogul ruler Akbar owned.
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Title: It’s Not Summer Without You
Author: Jenny Han
Publication: April 24, 2010
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Genre: YA Fiction, Teen, Romance
SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads)
Can summer be truly summer without Cousins Beach?
It used to be that Belly counted the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving Belly wishing summer would never come. But when Jeremiah calls saying Conrad has disappeared, Belly knows what she must do to make things right again. And it can only happen back at the beach house, the three of them together, the way things used to be. If this summer really and truly is the last summer, it should end the way it started—at Cousins Beach.
Having finished The Summer I Turned Pretty (book one in this series) by Jenny Han, I knew no matter what came of it that I would have to finish this series. So here I am to report I have finished book two and I have so many thoughts! To start, I’m not a big fan of these characters.
Let me explain, because I think Jenny Han is insanely talented. The issue I have is that I feel like these characters do not portray enough emotion to justify the level of love they are talking to each other about. In the first book I felt like I didn’t really learn too much about Conrad because he didn’t speak really at all. Belly was kind of whiney. Jeremiah was there, but not really. Aside from his love confession we really didn’t hear much about him. I feel like book one was Belly growing up a bit. Now we have book two and, for lack of a better phrase, S*** has hit the fan!
I did enjoy the back and forth between Belly and Jeremiah because we learned a lot about Jeremiah with this. We learned more about his feelings and everything that was going on from his point of view. I just really did not feel like we got enough to fall in love with him. I get a lot of hints that Jeremiah is not all that in this series and everyone loves Conrad, but I also did not love Conrad. These boys need some therapy and to work on themselves. I think I really just wanted more. More emotions. More personality. More character development.
The story did pick up a bit and I enjoyed that it moved along a bit more. There was more meat on the bones per se. We had the love story, the past flickering in and out, and the house debacle that really kept this one going. I finished this book in under a day, so there was something about it that kept me reading. Now that I have finished two books, I would recommend these to anyone wanting to read a good YA Fiction or teen drama. Then go watch the show because season two is crazy!! On to book three! Stay tuned!
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This fall I'm digging into the book of James and you're invited along for the journey. Each Friday, starting tomorrow, I'll be posting and chatting about a small segment of James--small bites so we can mull over and savor this small but mighty book of the Bible.
Depending on the time you want to invest, each week there will be:
- questions for discussion
- opportunities to dig deeper on your own
- verses to memorize
Thoughts through the week...
I will also be tweeting about James throughout the week and if you're on Twitter, I would dearly love for you to join me for it. You can find me on Twitter at @PattyWysong.The study books I'm using and will be quoting from sometimes...
Mercy Triumphs by Beth Moore
James, Jesus' own brother, started out as a skeptic. See how one glimpse of the resurrected Savior turned an unbeliever into a disciple with Beth Moore's study James: Mercy Triumphs. Once you get to know both the man and the Book of James, you'll never be the same again.
Bible scholars compare James to the prophet Amos. In other ways, James more closely resembles the Book of Proverbs than any New Testament book. James is a book with many topics -- social justice, joy, hardship, faith, reversal of fortunes for rich and poor, wisdom, gifts from above, single-mindedness, the dangers of the tongue, humility, and prayer -- all of which are covered in this study.
The NIV Application Commentary by David P. Nystrom
Straight to the point, practical, affirming, convicting---that's the book of James. In it, we see a picture of early Christians wrestling to apply the teachings of Jesus to their everyday lives. And we see a community plagued by divisiveness and hypocrisy, with an emphasis on wealth and status. James pulls no punches addressing these issues, calling for a faith that shows itself in moral actions: in speech, in interpersonal relationships, in economic and social justice. He also lays out a theology of the redemptive value of suffering. In our day when the behavior and attitudes of professed Christians are often not much different from the surrounding culture, in our society of great wealth, and in our culture that abhors suffering, the challenging message of James is greatly needed. Exploring the links between the Bible and our own times, David Nystrom shares perspectives on the book of James that reveal its enduring relevance for our twenty-first-century lives.
This set of commentaries has quickly become my favorites.
Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. They focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable---but the job is only half done! The NIV Application Commentary Series helps bring both halves of the interpretive task together. This unique, award-winning series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into our postmodern context. It explains not only what the Bible meant but also how it speaks powerfully today.
The Wiersbe Bible Commentary (NT)
Whether you are a pastor, teacher, or layperson, now you can study the Bible in easy-to-read sections that emphasize personal application as well as biblical meaning. Developed from Dr. Wiersbe’s popular “Be” series of Bible study books, this commentary carefully unpacks all of the New Testament.
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This is another favorite resource of mine, one I pull out often, whether I'm teaching or pondering.
The Complete Word Study Dictionary (New Testament) by Spiros Zodhiates Th.D.
Every word in the Greek New Testament is explained in great detail, covering all context usages for these words. Numbered to Strong's numbering system, each word has a basic definition and further commentary is provided by Dr. Spiros Zodhiates, noted Greek scholar.
I'm really excited about this study and hope to see you along the journey. See you Friday for our first post!
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina priest missed the $1 million top prize in a poker tournament to be televised this weekend but he won $100,000 for his church and he hopes his participation gives viewers a "fun twist" on their perceptions of the priesthood.
The Rev. Andrew Trapp said he entered the PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge in hopes of putting St. Michael Catholic Church "super close" to its $5.5 million fundraising goal to build a new facility. He also wanted to strike a public relations blow for priests.
"At the very least, even if I didn't win any prize money, I was hoping it would help people to see that priests can have fun and be normal people and hopefully get a little bit of a fun twist on the image of the priesthood," the assistant pastor said Tuesday.
The top prize went to retired New York Police detective Mike Kosowski. But Trapp won $100,000, untaxed, in a semifinal round in October for the coastal church's building fund, which has amassed $4 million after four years of fundraising.
For the final episode, a camera crew filmed a Sunday Mass at the church, about 10 miles southwest of Myrtle Beach, and taped Trapp talking about the need for a new building.
"It's really old. It's too small for our needs, and it's really vulnerable if a hurricane comes," he says in a segment on PokerStars.net.
He adds, "God gave me a gift of playing cards — that interest, that hobby — and I could put it to use to help build our church. That just was really exciting for me."
Congregants will gather Sunday afternoon at the church to watch the final televised round.
The 28-year-old Aiken native said he started playing poker in middle school at family gatherings. But it was in seminary in Columbus, Ohio, that he learned Texas Hold 'Em.
"We just played for fun," he said. "It was just a way to hang out with each other and to enjoy each other's company."
Ordained in July 2007, Trapp is the youngest Catholic priest in the statewide diocese.
"A lot of young people out there, young Catholics, have never seen a young priest," he said, adding that maybe the show will lead others to consider the profession.
Before playing, Trapp got permission from his pastor, who told him to "go for it." The Charleston bishop later gave him permission to be on TV, he said.
Joseph Ohens, executive assistant to the bishop, confirmed Trapp had the bishop's permission. "He wanted to show the world that priests are human beings like every one of us. ... He wanted to demystify priesthood."
To earn a spot on the poker finals, Trapp had to place among the top 10 in a free Internet tournament involving 10,000 contestants, then submit a two-minute audition video.
Trapp said he knew he would be chosen if he could just earn the right to audition: A poker-playing priest would attract attention and viewers. He played in his priestly attire. Since that's what he's used to wearing, it would've felt weird not to, he said.
Trapp calls it a game show where, instead of answering trivia questions, he plays cards. "This isn't even gambling, so to speak," he said, since everything, including the trips to Los Angeles, was cost-free to him and the church.
Trapp said the Catholic church doesn't see a moral problem with playing cards or games of chance, within reason.
"It's a question of moderation — just like anything else," he said. "We believe it's fine to enjoy a beer or glass of wine, but not to abuse it to get drunk."
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Abstract art is a captivating and enigmatic form of artistic expression that has been intriguing art enthusiasts for over a century. It’s a style that encourages viewers to break free from conventional interpretations and embrace a world of imagination, emotion, and creativity. In this comprehensive guide, we will unravel the fundamentals of abstract art and delve into its various types to provide you with a deeper understanding of this vibrant art form.
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At its core, abstract art is a departure from the traditional representation of visual reality. Instead of focusing on precise details, it seeks to convey emotions, concepts, and ideas through shapes, colors, lines, and forms. Abstract artists aim to communicate their innermost thoughts and feelings, allowing viewers to interpret the artwork subjectively.
The Pioneers of Abstract Art
Before we explore the types of abstract art, let’s briefly acknowledge the pioneers who paved the way for this revolutionary movement:
- Wassily Kandinsky: Often regarded as the father of abstract art, Kandinsky believed that art should communicate on a spiritual level, transcending the physical world.
- Piet Mondrian: Known for his geometric compositions, Mondrian aimed to represent the universal harmony through his art, using primary colors and straight lines.
- Kazimir Malevich: Malevich introduced the concept of Suprematism, focusing on basic geometric shapes and a sense of pure feeling and essence.
Types of Abstract Art
Abstract art can be categorized into several distinct types, each with its unique characteristics and artistic expressions. Let’s explore these types in detail:
1. Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism emerged in the mid-20th century and is characterized by gestural brushwork and a focus on the artist’s emotional and psychological state. This type often features large-scale canvases filled with energetic, spontaneous, and sometimes chaotic brushwork. Prominent artists in this category include Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
Cubism, pioneered by artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, focuses on breaking down objects and figures into geometric shapes and reassembling them from multiple perspectives. It’s known for its fragmented and abstracted forms, challenging traditional notions of space and reality.
3. Color Field Painting
Color Field Painting, associated with artists like Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, emphasizes large, flat expanses of color. The aim is to evoke emotional and psychological responses through color and form, inviting viewers to contemplate the artwork’s depth and meaning.
4. Geometric Abstraction
Geometric abstraction, as the name suggests, is characterized by precise and calculated shapes and lines. Artists in this category, such as Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian, explore the use of geometric forms to convey a sense of order, balance, and purity.
Minimalism focuses on simplicity, often using a limited color palette and simple geometric shapes to reduce art to its essential elements. Artists like Donald Judd and Dan Flavin are known for their minimalist works, which invite viewers to experience art in its purest form.
While Surrealism is often associated with representational art, it also has a strong presence in abstract art. Surrealistic abstract art combines dreamlike and subconscious elements, creating a sense of mystery and intrigue. Salvador Dali’s abstract works are excellent examples of this style.
Abstract art is a diverse and ever-evolving field that challenges the boundaries of traditional art. It invites viewers to explore the depths of their own emotions and perceptions, making each encounter with abstract artwork a unique and personal experience. Whether you’re drawn to the bold, expressive strokes of Abstract Expressionism or the precise geometric forms of Geometric Abstraction, abstract art offers a vast and captivating world waiting to be explored. Embrace the freedom of interpretation and let abstract art inspire your imagination.
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There were cries of anger as Virgin Trains East Coast free display of British Engineering was lambasted for having trains in the wrong order, based on their introduction, or build date, or date of toilet roll dispensers.
You would think nothing settles angry Rail Enthusiasts more than a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity taking place in their own lifetimes. But, on St. George's Day - welcome to Britain in 2017.
Our favourite anger pointed at the free event laid on by VTEC was that it was too early in the morning. Why couldn't they be more considerate and lay on the spectacle of four of the East Coast Racehorses at 5pm on a Friday afternoon when things are much civilised.
Helicopters also woke up the neighbours north of York which was disgraceful on a sunny day when they are trying to watch four iconic trains pass by their trimmed back gardens. They had to go inside their quiet homes to complain angrily on Facebook.
It also beggers belief that every train, carriage, engine, trespasser armed with an iPad, bacon sandwich or squashed pheasant was not represented across the 38 tracks side by side North of York. Come on Branson, sort it out.
We were all freeloaders for this spectacle. It was a PR stunt for a private company in Virgin Trains East Coast, we can but hope that the coffers of the NRM were lined aplenty with the nations owned engine along for the ride.
The masterstroke of course was feeding the spectacle through Facebook Live so we didnt have to move from our hangover beds and had readily accessible 'last nights Vindaloo' and sticky keyboards to hand to complain in anger at every possible opportunity.
Anyone mention the Deltics? We mentioned it once but think we got away with it.
Ah, where was the Deltic. Yes, it would have been nice to have the Deltic alongside rather than towed by an A3, but perhaps this private company didn't have the room so waited until York to line up the iconic Class 55 alongside its distant cousins. Turned out they did but we're still bloody angry they - oh well - someones angry about this.
We really are spoilt as rail enthusiasts at the moment, with the national rail networks now also getting in on the act of ringing Tim Dunn and putting on spectacles for us all to enjoy, and moan at.
As Southern have been masters at PR stunts recently, surely it is now Swindon and Crewe's turn to put on a show for us all to moan at?
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Pike Fishing... and Photography... with the occasional acid flashback :}
Well done on your catch, Must have been a cool wind going by the teardrop in your eye, I think all us Pikers must be a little bit mad haha, But its so addictive,,,,Paddy,,,
HAHA... yes it was cold but the teardrop may have been because I was hoping for something a bit bigger before the end of the season. I agree it definitely helps to be a bit doolally if you're a piker ;-) Any sane person would stay home in the warm!
Do you vae any tips for pike/zander fishing around Fiskerton -especially peg number locations and how to go about catching them.Regards,Phil
Hi Phil, I've never fished at Fiskerton, I don't really know the area, all I can say is keep moving around until you find them.Good luck!
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By Halil Magnus Karaveli (vol. 1, no 11 of the Turkey Analyst)
The solution to Turkey’s regime crisis must logically be sought in the center of the political spectrum. However, the revival of the center-right force of Turkish politics represents a difficult challenge. For it to make a difference, the right must break with its tradition of playing with religion. An alternative must be formulated that is more stridently secular than what the center-right traditionally has been. But for it to be viable, such a centrist force needs simultaneously to be attractive to the conservative base of the centre-right, a challenging task.
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For those who hate whiners--and feel like the sound grates on a last nerve--you're not alone. It's been proven: A study says the power of whining in even simple distractions, like doing simple math, is even more annoying than anyy other sounds including a power saw and the horrendous baby-talk spewed by parents.
Parents or not, people hate whining.
It's called "WHINES, CRIES, AND MOTHERESE: THEIR RELATIVE POWER TO DISTRACT" and results are being published in the Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Society.
The study's co-author on whiners, Rosemarie Sokol Chang -- professor of psychology at SUNY New Paltz -- says: “You’re basically doing less work and doing it worse when you’re listening to the whines. It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman, everybody’s equally distracted.” The study into whining required people to do mathematical subtraction problems while listening to an infant crying, regular speech, silence, whining, a high-pitched table saw and what is dubbed “motherese” -- the baby talk adults can find highly irritating to hear.
To avoid bias in the words used themselves, the study used foreign language. People made more mistakes in math when subjected to whining than any of the other speech patterns or noise distractions.
If it's all not fair that whining is worse than a buzz-saw or baby-talk, go tell someone else about it.
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Quiet Life emerged onto the New London music scene in 2004 and soon became a local favorite. In 2009, the then quartet packed up and moved to the other side of the country where they’ve been living, creating, and performing up and down the West Coast.
Over the years, the group has featured a variety of talented musicians with it’s current line-up featuring original members Sean Spellman (vocals, lead guitar), Ryan Spellman (drums), and Craig ‘The Rupe’ Rupert (guitar), now joined by Thor Jensen (guitar, bass) and Jesse ‘The Ozark’ Bates (steel guitar, bass).
Quiet Life is in the middle of a jam-packed tour (17 states in 33 days!) in support of their latest album Big Green and they’re doing it all gasoline free in a converted Ford Diesel Van appropriately named 'Greasy Pete'. The local rockers will be home in Connecticut later this week with multiple shows throughout the area and two in New London.
Somewhere outside Chattanooga, TN., easy-going front man Sean Spellman charmed WailingCity.com while talking about Quiet Life’s "ultimate road trip", going gas-free as an economical choice and his memories of New London.
Sean: Yeah, actually, I used to work at the El ‘N’ Gee when I was about 17. Yeah. (Laughing) It was great. I was the runner. I was the dude who went and bought all the all the energy drinks and backstage food, like veggie lasagna, for the bands. It was cool. I got to go into all the shows for free and I hung out with all of my favorite bands at the time. There were a ton of emo, punk and hard-core bands. I saw a ton of hard-core shows there. I also used to work at The Oasis. I bartended and my brother, Ryan, used to work the door. We were there all the time and one of my favorite shows there was definitely the Justin Townes Earle show. One of the best shows at the Oasis.
WC: In 2009, the whole band decided to move out to the West Coast and now live in Portland, OR. How has the music scene been for you guys out there?
Sean: It’s been great. There are a lot of bands and a lot of places to play. There are a lot of great bands. Some of my favorite bands that are well known all over the country live in Portland and we get to be a part of that whole music area which is really inspiring. It pushes us to do more and be more productive and work harder so that’s the most beneficial thing about living there. There’s always room to grow.
WC: Now you’re on a pretty intense tour with some very talented bands in support of Big Green. How’s that going? Enjoy being on the road and playing and seeing the country?
Sean: Yeah, we’re opening for a few bands. We did 2 weeks with Dr. Dog and then rode up to Philly and met up with Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside for a few shows with her. Now we’re doing about a week of shows on our own before meeting up with Cotton Jones for a few days. It’s kind of a hodge-podge of bands for the tour. Being on the road has been pretty great. Just getting to see places is the added bonus to getting to play music every night. Discovering new bars and restaurants and meeting people in different towns that want to show us the things that they enjoy about their city because they know we’re out of towners, it’s like the ultimate road trip really.
WC: Let’s talk about why your band decided to convert your tour van to run on used vegetable oil vice gasoline?
Sean: We’ve been trying to do the conversion, running on grease, for a long time. Really, it’s the only way we can actually tour because it’s unaffordable to pay for gas. We’ve only spent $160 bucks on diesel so far on this tour and we’ve been out for 3 weeks and driven from Portland to Cleveland, down to New Orleans, over to Charleston and back up to Tennessee, we’ve been all over the place. We actually just filled up. We got 60 gallons of used vegetable oil here in Chattanooga and that’s probably gonna get us up to Philly.
WC: So, what does it smell like?
Sean: Right now it smells like a mix between garbage, egg rolls and french fries. (Laughing) We got some stinky grease a week ago and it still smells a little funky. I think we all get used to it though.
WC: I read that you guys are taking donations. Are there restrictions or a minimum? Sean: We’re just looking for used vegetable oil that’s golden and clean and doesn’t have a bunch of sediment in it. We’re trading people tickets into shows for some fuel. It’s cool. We’ve had people in different states come up to us and give us grease and it’s working out pretty nicely. We’re hoping people will continue to do that so that we don’t have to search everyday for hours. It’s nice to get about 5 gallons but there’s no minimum. What we’re really hoping for is somebody will say "Oh, I work at this restaurant" or "My friend owns or manages this place and they have a grease trap and you should come get our grease" that means we can get a lot of grease. We are trying to spread the word so that people can get in touch with us. They can email us at firstname.lastname@example.org
WC: So this week you’ll be back home in New London. Are you excited?
Sean: I’m stoked about that. We’re doing two shows in New London and I don’t think we’ve done that since... I don’t even know when? We’re playing The Bank Street Café on Thanksgiving and then we’re playing The Oasis the next night. We’re going to get to see a bunch of old friends. It’s going to be great.
WC: This is where it all started for you guys 7 years ago; you have to have a good Quiet Life and New London story from back then.
Sean: Basically, what happened was Quiet Life needed to book a show with this band called The Only Children from Lawrence, Kansas and we had booked the gig at this place called Heroes, which is this old bar on Golden St., but it actually closed down and we wound up doing the show at the Oasis. From then on out, Sean Murray pretty much started working as the promoter at the Oasis, I got a bartending job and my brother started working at the door and we had such a great little scene happening. There were so many local bands coming out at the time and we booked as many shows as we could and had as many out of town bands come through as we could. I think it was great for all the local bands, especially for us, to play with them. It was just a really awesome time. I think New London’s definitely changed a little bit but I think hopefully there’s a new breed of younger bands that are going to do that because that’s what it takes. It takes people like Sean Murray to book the shows and bands to get out and play the shows.
WC: What is Quiet Life going to do after the tour is all over?
Sean: Oh, we’re going to relax for a little bit and then we’re going to hit the road again in February. We’ll go home and try to finish the record in January and we’re still trying to figure out the tours but ultimately we’ll do a full U.S.
WC: Last question, do you have any advice for singers, bands, or musicians out there who want to get into the business or are just starting to emerge?
Sean: Work your ass off and play as much as you can. Play wherever you can and keep doing it. We’ve been a band for almost 7 years and we’ve played at all sorts of places, everywhere from H.S. football fields to bars that fit literally 15 people. We just played as much as we could and I think you just have to do that. Have the motivation to play wherever you can because if one person likes your band and that one person buys a CD, then it’s worth it and it’s a step up.
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Different kinds of literature are everywhere. That's just a fact! Whether it's a fantasy or sci-fi novel, historical fiction, a book on historical events, biography, memoir, or even ad copy, UX writing, video game writing, interactive fiction, blog posts, reviews, or a news article, we see different forms of written work out there. So what's the point in stating the obvious?
The obvious is just because you're a writer doesn't mean you can write every form out there. I suppose you could. But are you going to excel at it? Are you truly passionate about a particular subject or genre? Do you have previous expertise in a particular field of knowledge or at least willing to learn that field? Or, is this for a paycheck or creating a vanity project? Any writer who is serious should honestly ask themselves these questions.
To be fair, there are some writers who do great writing at different genres. God bless them for having this ability. Writers, such as CS Lewis, who wrote both non-fiction and fiction was great at what he did. I have been blessed from what he wrote. And writers, such as Harry Turtledove, has been successful creating many different types of novels, especially alternative history and fantasy. (I have yet to read his alternative history stuff, but I would like to. I've only read his fantasy work thus far.)
And, there are writers who write for a hybrid of genres. For example, the technical copywriter has to dance between writing engaging marketing copy and explaining technical information clearly. Talk about a feat!
For others, such as myself, I excel at one area–technical writing. I don't consider myself that good. I just simply do my best to create clear, accurate, easy-to-follow technical documentation. (I have written a novel, but it seems I excel as a technical writer instead. Whether I write another novel, well, that's to be determined.) For me, creating technical documentation is as natural as breathing. Even though it's still hard work, after all these years, it's a labor of love. I like guiding people through complex topics or helping them learn how to do something.
Not everyone wants to do what I do and that's okay. I don't picture myself writing ad copy, alternative history, high fantasy, or even a treatise either. And that's okay too.
I let the other writers who are more skillful than I do that. As much as I love to write, I also love to read and appreciate a good book. If I'm able to incorporate elements of their work into my niche, then great. If not, I can just appreciate at what they do, the story they're telling, and learn from them.
God has created a big enough world for us to live in and includes us writers. We don't need to feel squished out by other writers or have to write every form there is out there. We don't need to sound the same. Each writer develops a particular voice over time. I can't explain this. It just happens the more you do this.
If you're a writer, or you're trying to get into writing, ask yourself these things: what things interest you, where do you feel no one is writing about, or what needs can I fill? If you were to ask me, I would tell you to pray about this and see where God leads you. If you take the first step, or the next step, as a writer with this mindset of asking yourself this, you'll find where you need to go.
Not all of us writers are equal and that's okay.
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What if we thought more before we said or wrote anything? I like what Warren Buffet said about how spends his time thinking. This sitting and thinking can come in handy as technical writers.
Before we create documentation or in the process of creating one, it might help to stop and think things through. (This will especially be handy if you have a product to play with.) We might get clarity as we walk through a mental journey to overcome some huddles.
Save Time and Effort
Thinking more might save you time and effort on documentation. Rather than fuddling around where you might end up deleting either half the documentation or the whole thing, why not think things through before you write? Jotting some quick notes can help you see where you need to go. (While I believe deleting what you wrote previously is a part of the writing process, there is such a thing as overediting, which I think is a part of overthinking, which I will get into in a bit.) Thinking can help you create a map of where you want to go or prevent taking unneeded steps.
So, if we were documenting a product and we had it in our head initially to create one giant document, but then as you think it over, it turns out it would be better to have a series of smaller documents. Or, let's say you thought at first you need multiple documents but you realize only need one document. Or finally, the product is so self-explanatory, it doesn't need documentation at all, so you can focus your efforts elsewhere.
Thinking things through can help us with this, rather making rash judgments where we'll regret this later. We only have so much time in our lives, so we need to be prudent with what we do.
Writing is Thinking–Probably Not
Some might contend that "writing is thinking." I see what they're saying. I agree with this to a point, but in the end I have to disagree. Writing and thinking are two different things. Thinking is a mental process in your head. Writing is a creative process that shows itself in print, audio, or screen. Thinking may help you get ready for writing but it's not writing. If you think otherwise, that's fine. We can agree to disagree.
Don't Overthink, Just Write
Just like you can overwrite or overedit something, you can overthink something. Overthinking is bad. Like over-engineered or overwritten work, it can be confusing at best, where you have too many caveats, complexities, or features. At worst, it can lead you to a mental paralysis where you can't write anything at at all.
After thinking something through, it's time for you to write and let the chips fall where they may. When it comes to writing, I agree with Ray Bradbury. I like what he said about writing. In context, he was referring to creative writing. But I think we can apply this to technical writing.
I have seen other technical writers, and I've experienced this myself, paralyzed to create documentation because we overthought stuff. We were trying to take too many things into account. When we commit to writing, we just need to need write it out, refine it, and publish it. Worst case scenario is we need to revise the documentation. Revising documentation is a part of life as a technical writing. This is especially true if you write for software applications, where updates are the norm.
But first, what if we sat and thought carefully, without overthinking, through things before we did anything? I wonder how life would be?
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As technical writers, we must be thorough when we create or edit documentation. If we're not, then we might present shoddy, confusing, murky, or incomplete information to our audience. But being thorough doesn't mean you should be pedantic.
Pedantism is annoying at best and destroys relationships at worst. It's unnecessary, short sided, and stupid.
But what's the difference between being thorough versus being pedantic? For us, being thorough is carefully making sure the documentation is clear and helpful for our audience. Or when you're dealing with SMEs, you ask good or the right questions to get the information you need. But being pedantic is pointing out, or if we're being honest with ourselves, picking on small details that don't matter.
Does it compromise the clarity of the documentation? If not, let it go. But if one wants to insist these details are important to point out, then think carefully and honestly. Are they important? Seriously, are they?
Or, if there's a small error or limitation and you can safely assume (it's okay to assume sometimes) most people are going to figure it out, then let it go.
How about speaking with others? Are you going to point out to small inaccuracies in their word choices because it's not to your liking?
One of the worse forms of pedantism to me is when someone corrects someone's grammar or pronouncing when they speak. Why?! Did they ask for help speaking? What are you doing other than showing how smart you are and showing how stupid you think someone is? Are you that thin skinned that you can't possibly hear an imperfection? If you understand someone's point clearly, then why do that. All it does is sour relationships. If you want to be a successful technical writer, it goes beyond great writing, grammar, and editing skills. It's also about building great relationships. Without it, you might have nothing to document.
Don't think I'm okay with bad grammar. I just save correcting and improving the grammar for documentation. And even then, the grammar rules we uphold aren't as ironclad as you think. (While these rules give structure and meaning to any language, they aren't infallible. Sometimes, these grammar rules are fake.) Don't believe me. Look it up.
If given the choice, I rather take a clear sentence that they may not be perfect grammatically, than one that's "grammatically" correct yet clunky in its explanation.
Guess what? No matter what you do, no documentation is perfect. No tool is perfect. No one is perfect. Nothing except for God is perfect. It's an exercise in futility if you strive for that. Instead, strive for clarity, technical accuracy, and good document design the best you can. The rest will take care of itself. If you need to make improvements, then so be it.
Besides, you wouldn't want perfection because there would no longer be any innovation, whether on the subject you're documenting or documentation itself. Think where that ends up, if there's nothing to improve because of perfection.
Pedantics, like legalists, focus on the minute details but not the big picture. It reminds me what Jesus said when He rightly rebuked the Pharisees for their pedantry. Check it out.
Also, pedantics may like to impart their "wisdom" on others. But they don't like when someone else does it to them. If a pedantic person is honest, then they don't like that. It reminds me of what Jesus said here about the measure in judging people. Check out what He says here. If anyone wants to be pedantic, then they'd better be prepared for other pedantics to correct them.
If not, why carry the weight of pedantism around? It's not just a burden others, it's also a burden on yourself. Dump pedantism into the metaphorical ocean. (Don't actually dump anything into the ocean. Seriously. Don't. Let's keep it clean, if we can.) Free yourself from it. If you don't, it can hinder you from growing as a technical writer.
Now, it would be hypocritical of me to lance pedantism from a high holy horse without admitting my own faults. I've been guilty of having some pedantic tendencies in the past. Mine was trying to absolutely uphold style guide conventions, but I didn't take context into account. While I still think style guide rules and convention are great, they're not absolute. I'll also still uphold style guide conventions, but if a sentence sounds clearer and more natural and it "breaks" with convention, then I will choose this sentence over some arbitrary rule. My focus is on the big picture: Creating clear and helpful documentation for the intended audience.
By trying to get away from these tendencies, it's helping me to continue to grow as a technical writer. I'm able to work with liberty and confidence. And my relationships with SMEs have also improved over the years.
Life is too short to be pedantic. Focus on the big picture. Is the documentation clear? Is it helpful? Writing in active voice goes a long way with this. Is it for the intended audience? Building genuine and good relationships with SMEs will help you understand your audience. Do it with a smile and laugh.
Don't let the minutest of details distract you from that, especially the ones that don't matter in the big picture. When it comes to pedantism, that adage "the devil is in the details" applies. So, let's prevent the devilish details from winning out.
Be thorough, not pedantic.
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It takes what was once a cramped kitchen and makes it part of an open house. “Don’t think small means low cost apartment, entry-level, dormitory stuff anymore. The other factor is combination appliances; you can have a microwave-convection-browning equipment,” says Cheever. If you’re toying with putting in a brand new oven but hardly ever prepare dinner for a crowd, consider a convection oven instead. It is tiny sufficient to suit on a countertop and works as both an oven and toaster. And if you’ve been curious concerning the crisping capabilities of the stylish air fryer, you’ll love the circulation of the convection oven. If your small kitchen doesn’t have room for a dishwasher, ensuring that the kitchen sink is both an efficient and tidy space is key.
The Bosch Kitchen Advisor is here to equip you with insights for choosing, installing and using your perfect home equipment. Sleek facings and steady grains can emphasize the size of a wall or the peak of an island. A well-placed island cooker hood provides a sculptural finish. From U-shaped to galley, what really counts in small kitchens is a well-organized work triangle (the “golden triangle”). Here, timeless Bosch appliances create the perfect triangle for environment friendly workflows.
Choose A Cottage Kitchen Feel With Picket Features
A new sink style, plus a few adorning tweaks, can totally change the feel of a kitchen. When your kitchen is predominantly white and modern in addition, choosing a wallpaper is actually a dream. Because a white kitchen is a blank canvas and subsequently just about anything goes. If you want the present format of your kitchen and the ‘bones’ of your cabinets are perfectly fantastic, but you just aren’t eager on the colour or finish, painting them is the answer. Painting kitchen cupboards is the quickest and cheapest way to make an old kitchen really feel like a totally new house. You can do it your self too – simply observe our information to portray kitchen cabinets.
Their primary colour palette and grandiose design scheme create a beautiful area that’s certain to remain within style trends for an extended time. Bead board ceiling in a conventional kitchen by Park & Oak. It’s no secret that an all-white interior could make an area feel larger, and a white kitchen isn’t any exception, as evidenced by the white-on white in @kitchstudios‘ area. White cabinets, white walls and a white backsplash act as a base for grounding, contrasting details, including black accessories and butcher block counter tops. Layering in a selection of materials and subtle patterns adds dimension. Large-sized conventional kitchen design which has countertops with marble and cupboards displaying the pure color of the wooden.
Outdoor Kitchen Design, Willoughby
For a minimalistic kitchen, you can even stick to simply white. Aclassic white kitchen evokes an unfussy area, and this kitchen colour is something that will by no means go out of favor. This timeless kitchen design also makes it easier to achieve smooth, even traces with all white.
SPACE TWIN Use slim cabinets and don’t waste an inch of space for storing. SPACE CORNER Use every inch of space for storing out there in corners with the SPACE CORNER cupboard. Rustic, stylish, and sensible, this small kitchen makes use of the restricted area by ensuring they incorporate dedicated spaces for all their essentials. Kick-start your project by browsing finished rooms for design and elegance ideas. View dozens of KraftMaid kitchens, baths, mudrooms and more in our image gallery. Do you need your kitchen to match the decor of different rooms in your home, or will the kitchen be the main focus?
Small Kitchen Makeovers You Gained’t Consider
In this scheme by interior designer Anna Spiro, the same paisley print is used on the partitions and the chairs to hyperlink the areas. Collating your favourite kitchen ideas is a precedence – and at all times the fun bit – when rethinking your new-look kitchen, . These ideas – whether kitchen seems you want, surface supplies or cabinetry kinds – can then be worked into your perfect format, the practical key to getting your kitchen proper. A kitchen can, after all, look fantastic but if it fails to function as a workspace, it could be vastly disappointing.
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Communication & feedback
What do I understand by communication and feedback?
Clear communication within and outside the team can prevent many misunderstandings, i.e. frustrations and conflicts. Talking to each other instead of about each other. Everyone needs honest communication, appreciation and constructive criticism. But good feedback is scarce. Being able to recognise, appreciate and take advantage of each other’s differences is crucial to setting up a constructive dialogue.
Who can benefit?
Teams that want to establish a feedback culture or further strengthen it. Teams that want to learn to communicate and collaborate more effectively, or teams struggling with communication. A team workshop can help internal communication and thus also promote cooperation. In this workshop, the team gains new insights into the communication dynamics of the team, and makes clear arrangements about specific actions for improvement. When each team member understands themself and his or her relationship to others, this benefits the effectiveness of the entire team.
Choose a job you love and you never have to work another day.
— Steve Jobs
1-in-coaching for teams
Effective cooperation is not self-evident. Being able to recognise, appreciate and take advantage of each other’s differences is crucial the team’s success.
Each team member is responsible for achieving the collective goal. And everyone’s personal energy and mental strength largely determine success. But does everyone know each other’s strengths? And each other’s weaknesses?
As a company, you know that high-performing teams are crucial to achieving your objectives. A balanced team, with a focus on the desired result, is the cornerstone of your organisation.
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Have You Tried These Yet? They Are Sooo Scrumptious!
Some people may look at chicken strips as “kid food” but I beg to differ. I find the things to be delightful. Who wouldn’t want to chow down on crispy strips of chicken and dip them in ranch dressing? Sounds like a heavenly feast if you ask me. The recipe on the following page is very easy to make and only requires a handful of ingredients. You and your family will love these yummy breaded chicken strips. I know that mine certainly do.
I have made these chicken strips on Super Bowl Sunday for my husband and his buddies and they told me that my recipe was real “touchdown”. Lame! LOL!
Have a comment about this recipe? Maybe you made it and want to share how tasty it was. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. I always love hearing from you ?
Ever since I’ve been a kid I have been a lover of chicken strips. They are the perfect fried food! I always order them at certain restaurants because I love dipping them in ranch dressing. Yum! my husband tells me I should try ordering something different from time to time. Well, he is getting his wish because now that I am watching my carb intake I don’t eat the breading anymore. However, the following recipe is amazing and I just make a few substitutions.
Once you make these homemade breaded chicken strips you won’t by the store-bought frozen stuff anymore, guaranteed!
To Find Out All The Delicious Ingredients And The Step By Step Directions To Follow, Please Head On Over To The Next Page.
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If you've been living in a big city like Houston or Dallas, you might be "unhappy" about living around traffic. If you grew up in a small town like Lindale or Kilgore, you might feel like you'll be "happy" living in a big city
This is the time of year when I immerse myself in loads of self-help reading. Studies show that not only do most people want to be happier, but also want to know where to start to get there! My latest self-help read has taught me that there are 5 things that we must STOP doing in order to live a happier life. Read more to find out how to be happier!
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This review took over a year to come to fruition. I had been in contact with Musical Surroundings, the distributor of the Aesthetix product line, for several years. Garth Leerer, the head of Musical Surroundings and a nice guy, offered for me to pick up the Calypso Signature preamplifier at the close of last October’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. As we were packing the preamplifier, I asked about the immediate future plans for the Atlas power amplifier and Garth kindly offered to let me audition it along with the preamplifier. I was thrilled at his generosity and support.
At the same audio show, one of the best systems was at Denver dealer Audio Unlimited’s large room which featured the Calypso Signature and pair of mono Atlas’ driving large Hansen loudspeakers. The sound of this system had a pervasive sense of ease and naturalness that made listening a real pleasure. This system identified this room as a refuge from the vagaries of the show and provided a way to “retune” my ears before venturing into more listening rooms.
Jim White is the owner and creative force behind Aesthetix which gained attention years ago with its groundbreaking Io phono preamplifiers. The Io’s price of $15,000 puts it out of reach of most audiophiles. Several years ago, Mr. White began marketing the Saturn product line which includes the Calypso line stage preamplifier, Rhea phono preamplifier, and the Janus, which is a line stage + phono preamplifier. These products offer state of the art features, including numeric displays, remote control, and full adjustability to allow them to perform well in a variety of systems. More recently, the Atlas power amplifier was added to the line. Formerly a boutique brand, Aesthetix is rapidly emerging as a major player in high-end audio due to Mr. White’s keen listening skills and great talent as an electrical engineer.
The $7,000 Calypso Signature line stage is an upgrade to the well-received standard $5,000 Calypso model. The Signature version includes many upgraded parts and, as in the standard version, offers balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA inputs and outputs, remote control, dimmable displays, and other features that make it a pleasure to use. The remote control can switch phase, adjust gain, change inputs, and mute the output. A very welcome feature is a rapid ramp-up of volume when the preamp is un-muted, which avoids potentially damaging spikes from assaulting the speakers.
The $8,000 Atlas stereo power amplifier offers over 200 Watts per channel and weighs a reasonable 70 pounds. Interestingly, the Atlas is the only power amplifier, in both stereo and mono versions, made by Aesthetix. Mr. White seems to feel that its performance is sufficiently adept to offer a good pairing with his more upscale Jupiter line of products, which includes the Io Eclipse phono and Callisto Eclipse line preamplifiers. My guess is that there is a Jupiter series power amplifier in the works.
Other components on hand during the audition included a SOTA Cosmos vacuum turntable with Triplanar VII u2 tonearm, Miyajima Shilabe and Premium Mono phono cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 326S preamplifier with built-in phono stage, Prism Orpheus Digital Interface with custom Windows 7 computer/music server, YG Acoustics Kipod Main Modules speakers, Dali Mentor 5 loudspeakers (from the home theater system), Gallo Reference Stradas, and pairs of Gallo TR-3 and Velodyne Optimum-12 subwoofers. Power amplifiers included Bryston 4B SST2 and 7B SST2s. All interconnects and speaker cables are Mogami, which is recommended by Aesthetix as some of the internal wiring is Mogami. All front end components, including the preamplifiers, receive their AC power from a PS Audio AV-5000 power conditioner which is connected to the wall power with a 1 meter length of PS Audio AC-12 power cord. An Audience aR2p-TO power conditioner is usually employed for the power amplifiers.
The Calypso Signature preamplifier is very quiet. There is no tube hiss or other indication that there are two 12AX7 and two 6922 vacuum tubes at play until the volume control indicates a level of 75. The maximum setting is 88. Since I usually listened in the 50-60 range, noise was never an issue. I generally find the 12AX7/12AT7 tubes to be very musical. The 6922 certainly can be a good sounding tube, but its acceptability seems to be closely tied to the manufacturer, and even the production date and lot number. For example, NOS Mullard 6922/6DJ8s usually sound excellent, while later Sovteks do not. However, I did not experiment with different tubes in either the Calypso or the Atlas. What I got is what I reviewed.
The Calypso is silent as a tomb/bottom of the ocean/Oval Office/outer space. This extreme lack of noise and distortion offers natural detail and harmonics to be heard to the limits of the recording. This helps with the sound of strings, for one example. Listen to “Losin’ End”, from Doobie Brothers Takin’ It To The Streets LP and you will hear string tone with beautiful consistency and depth. The display of micro-dynamic energy is highlighted in the sounds of the tambourine, the drum sticks hitting their targets, and the guitar picks flicking the strings. You can hear the same qualities in both “Neal’s Fandango” and “Slat-key Soquel Rag” on the Doobie’s Stampede LP, too.
A lot of this micro-dynamic quality results from the preamp’s ability to accurately deliver the beginning of each note. Because the start of every sound is correct, the rest of the note makes sense. It is like looking at a person through waxed paper: without the edge detail, it is difficult to identify who is standing in front of you. Remove the wax paper and the image becomes real.
There is a wonderful feeling of rhythm and flow, with each note naturally leading to the next note. There is not the laboratory dissection of each note, an individual sound existing as a separate entity that is the bane of many solid state devices. Listen to Jim Morrison’s voice on “Peace Frog” on the Door’s Morrison Hotel LP. This very exciting rhythm melts into the melodic “Blue Sunday”. Morrison could easily have matured into his generation’s Sinatra if his flame had continued. Morrison Hotel is included in the recent 7-LP reissue set, a very well-done collection and a great ride into 70’s rock. What a trip!
As good as the Calypso Signature is with instruments, providing outstanding orchestral performances, its special talent is with the human voice. The Aesthetix preamp has such high resolution that every voice is imbued with the tonal richness and depth that only very fine components – and live music – can deliver. Vocals are presented in such a complete and intimate way that the listener’s attention is drawn to the artistic performance and away from the fact of an electronic sound system. While some components are good with simple ensembles or solo artists, the Calypso’s full beauty is demonstrated with complex music and choirs large and small. The ability of the preamp to deliver each part of the performance, clearly and without congestion, is easily at reference level.
I confess: I’m a detail freak. I want to be able to hear a gnat sneeze. If a system does not wholly present every sound, every nuance, every inflection, part of the performance is lost. Fortunately, the Calypso Signature does an excellent job of letting through all of the music. Comparing the Calypso’s very rich tonal purity to high definition video, the preamp delivers all 16.7 million colors, each one clearly defined. You get burgundy, or garnet, or ruby, or blood, or fire engine, or crimson, or cherry, or scarlet, etc., not some unknowable reddish ambiguity. My only reservation is in the highest treble range where the Calypso Signature was less resolved and informative than either a bypass connection, using the Prism Orpheus Digital Interface connected directly to the power amplifier, or the reference preamp. This removes a touch of sparkle and air that is present in many recordings.
The user interface and remote control are welcome features and make the preamp a pleasure to use on a daily basis. Sometimes the volume steps were a little too large to obtain the exact volume I wanted. The construction quality and finish of the preamplifier is absolutely first-class and it worked perfectly with no operational problems or glitches. The plastic-body remote control may seem more suited for budget gear, but its light weight offered a benefit for a hand-held device.
The Atlas power amplifier will make many music lovers very happy. After about a 15 minute warm up, the Atlas is consistently musical. Its relatively compact size and 70 pound weight make for a manageable package. The short feet requires placing the amplifier on a solid, flat surface for proper cooling. The lower side edges can get very warm so make sure you let the amplifier cool down (or wear gloves) before lifting from the sides.
The Atlas has a couple of unique features. It uses a single vacuum tube for each channel on the input, and the output stage is full-on modern solid state. The 6SN7 tube is one of the most neutral tubes available and has a very long life expectancy. The second feature is a built in crossover, which you can switch in or out of the circuit, that will limit the bass signal going to the main speakers. This can be a worthwhile feature if you use smaller main speakers and a subwoofer or two. The crossover, with adjustable frequency, will remove much of the lower bass and may reduce intermodulation distortion from the main speaker, especially a 2-way in which a small woofer is required to pump out a lot of bass at high volumes and also deliver a finely detailed upper midrange at the same time. If the big bass notes overpower the midrange you have IM distortion. The Atlas’ crossover is very high quality and sounds a bit better than the built-in crossovers of either the Velodyne Optimum-12 or Gallo TR-3 subwoofers.
The built-in crossover has an effect on the sound of the main speakers, even though the effect is less than using the built-in crossovers from either of the subwoofers mentioned above. The sound stage is very slightly smaller, although the specificity of individual instruments improved just a bit. Instruments that present of lot of content in the lower to mid treble, such as bells and triangles, sound more prominent than with the Atlas’ built-in crossover switched out of the game. One of the main reasons for using the built-in crossover is to reduce the bass content from the main speakers and thereby reduce IM distortion. I did not listen loud enough to reliably ascertain if there was any reduction in distortion as the YG Acoustics Kipods do not suffer this problem at any normal volume level in my room. With modern low distortion speakers, if IM distortion – from playing your music too loudly – is a problem, you probably need larger speakers with greater loudness (SPL) capabilities. In my medium-small room, I run the 2-way Kipod Main Modules “full range” without any external crossover scheme.
There may not be a perfect power amplifier, but the Atlas comes close to that ideal. Tonally, the sound is gorgeous. Brass instruments have just the perfect balance of bite and metallic sheen. Too much of the former and you get the musical equivalent of static: no body. Too much of the latter provides tone without the character of the instrument: no life. Both are needed for music to live.
The Atlas delivers a very convincing virtual sound stage. The depth is among the best I have ever heard in my room. Instruments are fully resolved and they have a very natural sense of individual depth and body. The stage is realistically layered front-to-back. Left-to-right image placement is outstanding, too. Offering a huge, very three-dimensional sound stage, the Atlas will not disappoint in this area.
Reproduction of the human voice is the special strength of the Atlas. The very high resolution across all the audible octaves, without any highlights to grab your immediate attention – and eventually become annoying – breathes body and texture into every vocal. From Bonnie Raitt to Sade to Emmylou Harris to Rickie Lee Jones, women’s voices sound wonderful. This doesn’t make Jones any more understandable, though, as she often slurs and mumbles her way through some very creative tunes. Listening to Tina Turner exhale her sex-drenched “aaahhhhhh…” a few seconds into “Private Dancer” will take your breath away.
I have some small quibbles with the Atlas, which you might think rise to the level of problems simply because of the amount of space devoted to them below. Please don’t make that mistake, as these comments really describe character and not defects in the very musical performances which the Atlas easily delivers.
The amplifier is very sensitive to power. Changing the power cord and especially plugging the power cord directly into the wall and not through a power conditioner or distribution center can have a significant impact on the dynamic impact and feeling of musical excitement. Even so, there is a small reticence in bass dynamics which are nicely offset by incredible detail and texture in the lower frequencies. The Atlas is masterful with bass drums, too. If your speakers are up to the challenge, the Atlas will let you hear the head of the drum vibrating better than any other amplifier I can recall. If you like to hear individual strings vibrating on acoustic basses of all kinds, the Atlas will make you very happy. Yes, it will!
Compared to the Bryston 7BSST2 amplifiers, the Atlas has a slightly different sonic balance. The Atlas is a bit warmer sounding, like taking just a bit of mid-treble, around 5k Hz, and moving that energy to the middle C (262 Hz) area. The difference is subtle, but noticeable. The Atlas has a fuller sound with that characteristic big sound we get from tubes. Even with the low tube-sound 6SN7, the presence of tubes is apparent although never overpowering or artificial.
The main difference between the Aesthetix and Bryston amplifiers is in large scale dynamic impact. The Bryston 7BSST2 has noticeably more punch-in-the-gut slam and impact than the Atlas. This can be mitigated somewhat by deliberate selection of power cords and using a direct power connection to the wall, but it is a character that remains. The Audience PowerChord e worked very well. I think perfection in a power amplifier could be the combination of the dynamic prowess and slightly more linear sound of the Brystons with the richly harmonic and human heart of the Atlas. Since I need to hear the power of a kettle drum or the hammer strike the piano wires with all the power included on the recording, I find the Bryston’s charms to be irresistible. Another listener might very well prefer the slightly different but still outstanding musicality of the Atlas.
If your goal is some perfectionist ideal of maximizing every analytical micro-specific trait we audiophiles sometimes fuss over, then you might not find long-term bliss with the Atlas. On the other hand, if you value tone over fireworks, being swept away instead of challenged, the beautiful sounding Aesthetix Atlas could be a completely satisfying musical partner.
When I stopped dissecting the individual performances of the Atlas power amplifier and Calypso Signature preamplifier and connected the two together, the overall sound transcended “reference quality” and entered the realm of “music quality”. The combination of the two Aesthetix components attained a level of tonal completeness and harmonic integrity that was very enjoyable and entertaining. The defining character of the combination of preamp and amplifier is texture. Ever present is a rich, dense tapestry of music that is the opposite of thin, flat, bland, or dry. While not perfectly neutral in certain areas, either or both components can and do offer musicality at a level that belies their asking prices.
Calypso Signature Preamplifier: 9.5 LPs
Atlas Stereo Power Amplifier: 9 LPs
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FTB Property Values Spiked £25k In 2021
The latest findings by Stipendium reveal average prices paid for a home by first-time buyers (FTBs) spiked in line with the average home values in 2021.
Property prices in the UK have been continually rising since the pandemic hit. The market saw particularly sharp spikes in 2021 when buyers took advantage of the Help-to-Buy scheme and low interest rates.
As a result, the market welcomed many FTBs who decided to purchase their new homes. It is little surprise then that the average property prices for first-timers spiked in line with the wider market in 2021 and increased by £25k.
Researchers at Stipendium analysed how FTB values changed last year and how they compared to the averages in the UK and London, particularly.
Key Research Findings
Generally, FTB values are just 30% below the average price paid by existing homeowners. A typical first-timer now pays £234k to get onto the property ladder, a 12% increase on the levels seen last year.
Meanwhile, average property prices in the UK increased by 13% over the same time, meaning FTBs values growth is closely following the wider market.
So current FTBs pay just over 70% more than existing buyers to secure a property deal. However, this percentage varies significantly across the UK, including London neighbourhoods.
First-Time Property Buyers In London
The City of London is a case in point. New buyers pay 4% above the average prices for existing buyers in the area.
Tower Hamlets and Newham come a close second, with average prices paid by first-timers just 5% below the values for those already on the property ladder. Waltham Forest(11%), Hackney(11%), and Islington(12%) close the top five most expensive boroughs for FTBs.
Just like in London, multiple Locations outside the capital cannot boast affordable prices for first-timers. For instance, a typical FTB home in Blaenau Gwent is just 13% below the wider market.
Elmbridge is one of the most unaffordable areas for FTBs regarding nominal prices. An average home for new buyers costs £452k in the area. However, this number is 44% below the averages paid by existing homeowners in Elmbridge (£802k), the best level of relative affordability for FTBs.
Professionals Explain FTBs Market
Stipendium highlights the prospect of purchasing a new home for new buyers as challenging, and it is justified.
Property value growth for new buyers closely follows the rising average home prices. In addition, they are just 30% below the wider market of existing buyers.
First-timers have to pay almost the same amount as existing homeowners for a property in several areas. However, FTBs are at a significant disadvantage as they don't own a home to back up their purchase.
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Today 21 Apr 2010, World celebrate International Creativity and Innovation Day
World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 - 21 is a celebration of our ability to get new ideas, use imagination and make new decisions to make the world a better place and to make your place in the world better too.
Since 2002, people in businesses, homes, organizations, schools and communities (106 at last count) in over 46 countries spend the week beginning April 15th (Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday), ending on April 21st to enliven, encourage, enjoy and express their creative spirit.
Imagine the world united through it’s creativity. Where everyone takes a moment, a day, or the week to generate new ideas to create a brighter future wherever they are.
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I always like to end the year with hope. This time last year, I wrote that 2015 had been such a banner year for us at 350.org that it seemed like we were “getting close to a sort of climate-action tipping point.” But here we are at the end of 2016, and the politics of climate action are in serious jeopardy. I was having a hard time finding that thread of hope — until I started to pull together this list.
Hope is a choice we make, and thankfully — if we look in the right places — reasons for hope are everywhere. The people in these photos are powerful. This is where our power as a movement has always come from, and that hasn’t changed a bit:
Earlier this month, we announced — along with an ever-growing list of partners and allies — that the fossil fuel divestment movement hit a new milestone. Yes, $5 trillion — that’s a doubling in divestment commitments over the past year.
Our team in Brazil has been working hard and seeing some incredible wins. Last month, the state of Paraná banned fracking — joining more than 200 municipalities that have already done so.
This summer, the Ende Gelände action in Germany (part of our global Break Free mobilization) shut down one one of Europe’s largest lignite coal mines for over 48 hours — massive coal diggers, coal trains, power plant and all. You can give directly to the Ende Gelände crew here.
At the same time in Turkey, the Break Free action in Aliağa was shining a light on the impacts of coal in a country that plans to build as many as 80 new coal-fired power plants in the next few years. Plans for the Aliağa plant were subsequently shelved this fall!
Activists + kayaks = kayaktivists. People were taking to the water everywhere this year, and no wonder. It’s amazing what you can blockade with a flotilla of little boats.
The courageous stand against the Dakota Access Pipeline electrified the world this year, and I’m including it here because it’s been such a deep source of hope. But it’s a fight that’s been led by Indigenous organizers and organizations from day one, and I hope you’ll support them too — click here to donate to the Indigenous Environmental Network and click here to donate to Honor the Earth. This fight isn’t over.
Thousands of people marched hundreds of kilometers from Dhaka to the Sundarbans — the home of the world’s largest mangrove forest and proposed site of a 1320 MW coal-fired power plant.
The Pacific region is gravely threatened by climate change, but these climate warriors aren’t giving up — they’re fighting for their homes by organizing their communities.
Art, music, and poetry are powerful movement tools, and these organizers in Africa are using them to spread awareness and build networks.
Young people from across East Asia came together this year to learn, exchange ideas, and strategize.
Yes, you. Our work at 350.org is powered by action and activists like you. You’re the one marching in the street, holding up your sign at the rally, reading this email on your laptop or phone and taking a minute to share your hope, energy and resolve with the movement. I see you, right now, and I want you to know that you inspire me.
You, me, all of us at 350.org, together with all of our allies — we’re going to make this next year a tough one for the fossil fuel industry. We’re building our power from one end of the globe to the other, despite reactionary politics and hostile governments.
This movement may be under attack, but we’re not in retreat. Far from it.
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed a new strategy to Mozambique’s government for the 2023-2028 period in order to mobilise resources for social and economic development programmes, the bank said in a statement.
The statement said that the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) was presented by a team from the AfDB to Mozambique’s economy and finance minister, Max Tonela, last week in Maputo.
The document still has to be approved by the board of that body and is “an important tool for mobilising resources”.
The AfDB said that the resources to be raised as part of the CSP would be used to support projects in agriculture, health, education, water, energy and infrastructure.
The director of the Agriculture, Finance and Rural Development Department of the AfDB, Atsuko Toda, cited in the statement, defended the “importance of agricultural transformation in Mozambique, for the reduction of poverty and inequality, in an effective and sustainable way.
In Maputo, the AfDB team met with Mozambique’s private sector and cooperation partnersas well as members of the government.
“The bank recognises that the involvement of development partners and the private sector will serve as the basis of future engagement between these key players in investment projects mainly in agriculture, as well as health, education, water, energy and infrastructure,” the note said.
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In today’s fast-paced world, many individuals are on the lookout for ways to enhance their focus, productivity, and overall cognitive performance. As a result, nootropics and smart drugs have gained significant popularity, with adrafinil emerging as a favored option among those seeking to unlock their full potential. Originally developed to treat narcolepsy, adrafinil has attracted the attention of students, professionals, and anyone facing demanding mental tasks, thanks to its ability to promote wakefulness and improve mental clarity.
However, with the rise in interest comes the need for caution and knowledge. Understanding how to buy adrafinil safely is crucial for anyone considering its use. This guide will provide you with essential information on what adrafinil is, its effects, and the safest ways to purchase it to ensure that you can harness its benefits without encountering potential risks. Whether you are new to nootropics or have experience in the industry, this guide will help you navigate the process of buying adrafinil with confidence.
Adrafinil is a nootropic compound that has gained popularity for its cognitive-enhancing properties. Originally developed to treat sleep disorders, it works by promoting wakefulness and increasing alertness. Unlike other stimulants, adrafinil is a prodrug, which means it converts into modafinil in the liver, offering similar effects with potentially different side effects. This makes it attractive for individuals looking to enhance focus and productivity without the jitteriness commonly associated with traditional stimulants.
The effects of adrafinil can vary from person to person, but users often report improvements in attention, memory, and overall cognitive function. It is particularly appealing for those facing long working hours or demanding mental tasks. However, it is important to approach its use with caution. While many find it effective, others may experience side effects such as headaches, nausea, or anxiety, especially at higher doses. This variability highlights the importance of understanding one’s own body and needs when considering adding adrafinil to one’s routine.
As adrafinil is not approved by regulatory bodies in many countries, its legal status may vary, influencing how and where it can be purchased. Understanding the local laws surrounding adrafinil is crucial before attempting to buy adrafinil. Educating oneself about the compound, its benefits, and potential risks can empower users to make informed decisions, ultimately helping them unlock their potential safely and effectively.
Where to Buy Adrafinil Safely
When considering where to buy adrafinil, it is important to choose reputable vendors that prioritize quality and customer safety. One of the best options is to look for online pharmacies that require a prescription. These pharmacies are regulated and often provide a safer purchasing environment. Ensure they have transparent policies regarding product sourcing, testing, and customer support.
Another good source for adrafinil is specialized nootropic vendors. These suppliers typically focus on cognitive enhancers and have established a reputation for providing quality products. Reading customer reviews and ratings can help determine the reliability of a vendor. Look for those that offer detailed information about their products, including sourcing and third-party testing results.
Lastly, consider checking local health stores that may carry adrafinil or similar supplements. While this option may require more effort, it allows you to ask questions directly to the seller and get immediate feedback. Just ensure that the products are sealed and come from reputable manufacturers to guarantee safety and efficacy.
Dosage and Usage Guidelines
When considering how to buy adrafinil, it’s important to be aware of the recommended dosages to ensure safe and effective use. buy adrafinil A common dosage for adults ranges from 300 to 600 milligrams per day. Many users find success by starting at the lower end of this scale and gradually increasing their intake based on their personal response to the substance. It is advisable to not exceed 600 milligrams in a single day to minimize the risk of potential side effects.
Adrafinil can be taken in one dose or divided into two doses throughout the day. For optimal results, it is often suggested to take it in the morning to avoid any disruption to sleep patterns. Users should also consider their individual sensitivity to the compound, as some may experience enhanced alertness and focus with lower doses, while others might need a higher amount to notice significant effects.
It is crucial to remain hydrated and monitor how your body reacts when you first begin to buy adrafinil and include it in your routine. Observing how you feel over the course of several days can help determine the right dosage for your needs. Always consult with a healthcare professional before starting any new supplement regimen, especially if you have existing health conditions or are taking other medications.
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