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2 bedroom home with extra room for office or 3rd bedroom. Kitchen features Oak cabinets. Home features wood flooring in living area and large deck for entertaining. Pets negotiable with deposit. | 2019-04-23T15:53:31 | http://realestate.newsherald.com/property/fl/panama-city/32405/wainwright-park/4704-w-19th-court/589f5cd72fe3547243043d16/ | [
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Karen Hollis was awarded life membership of the Agility Dog Club of Victoria. She was a founding member of this club. She was a Club Instructor and served on Committee for 15 years, including 8 years as Club Secretary. There was never any issue with her performance as a Club Instructor or as a long-standing Committee member.
In 2011, Karen raised her concerns about the manner in which she was being treated by one Committee member, on advice of Dogs Victoria. Unprofessional e-mails ensued.
Karen has wanted to happily train her dogs at this club which happens to be convenient to her. Instead of discussing this matter with Karen, which is an obligation of the Club, Karen's life membership has refused to be recognised.
Karen has put a lot into this club over many years. She believes she should be able to participate in this sport.
Karen has not only been excluded from the club, she has been repeatedly called a "stalker" for attempting to resolve this problem. She has repeatedly asked to speak to Club representatives, this has in fact never occurred.
Karen should not be kept out of a Club that she devoted so much time to.
Other Club members are entitled to train their dogs. We ask the club to please recognise her life membership and allow her to immediately train her Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Morgan and Flynn.
Karen has helped many people in many ways over the years. Please sign this petition and show your support. | 2019-04-23T17:54:00 | https://www.change.org/p/adcv-to-recognise-karen-hollis-life-membership | [
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30/07/2014 · Doctors use guidelines to help diagnose fibromyalgia, which can include: A history of widespread pain lasting more than 3 months. Physical symptoms including fatigue, waking unrefreshed, and cognitive (memory or thought) problems.
Fibromyalgia is a health condition that is said to affect up to 4% of people. Symptoms experienced include muscle pain, memory loss, poor concentration, excessive tiredness, digestive problems and sleep disturbances.
Medications will help relieve your pain of fibromyalgia. If you’re suffering from many signs of the condition, you can take support from medications. If you’re suffering from many signs of the condition, you can take support from medications. | 2019-04-23T12:41:17 | http://doctornalini.com/south-australia/how-to-help-fibromyalgia-pain.php | [
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Discussion in 'SUS VENATOR CLUB' started by Bama, Mar 7, 2018.
Did some stalk hunting going from field to field. This field usually has a bunch of hogs at the feeder and is accessible without spooking the hogs if at feeder. I estimate a dozen hogs in field with this big boar watching them feed. He was standing about 20 yds from feeder just watching the other hogs eat or sizing up which sow he wanted a date with?
Walked far enough in to clear shooting house and set up sticks. Shooting a 300 BO with Barnes Bullets 110 gr TAC-TX hand load. I shot drop right there. Gun jammed after third shot. May have hit another hog running but did not have too much time to look.
This was about a 75 yard shot using a Pulsar Trail XP 50 with DLOC mount. I'll post video in hunting section.
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Looks like a set of double tusks on that boar.. Congrats on the Sus boar - and trophy choppers too!
30 Herrett - The best all out terminal performance on hogs and deer out to 300yds the 30 Herrett is it. The round hits like Thor's hammer, DRT. A perfect match for Texas hog hunters.
The 6.8 SPC is the fastest growing and #1 choice for hunting deer and hogs with an AR15.
War Eagle or Roll Tide? Figure it's the latter with 'Bama'.
Nice beast dang I can smell the stench from here big ol feller.
FYI not sure if the malfunction is a rarity with your 300, but if it's a regular thing I have about 250 rounds through the RNZ Unimag and it's fantastic so far. The anti-tilt follower is quite ingenious....I think...so far. Tilts to the rear so the front of the follower can't dip down. 1st round to last loads like a dream. Anyway thought I'd bring it up my buddy found them researching for CProducts mags. Took a chance...liking them so far. They take 300bo, 6.5, both flavors of x39, 450, .223...all in one.
Congrats on that big ol' boy.
Many thanks 437! I'll give that a try. I went back to the lodge and cleaned the 300 BO real well thinking that might be a problem. I've been shooting it quite a bit in last couple weeks and kinda lost track of cleaning. Also, I filed down the rail on inside of .223 mag. Saw on Utube that helps line them up better. Thanks for the heads up and I'll give RNZ Unimag a try.
It looked like the ground shook when he fell.
Yea it may have just been gunked up. Went out last night and got SKUNKED.....I mean total. I did not see a deer, possum, raccoon, squirrel, armadillo....nada...obviously no yotes or hogs. What a bizarre ghost town.
Thanks! Need to get back out there and let some lead fly! Just got a 6.8 SPC upper from Eric at Blackstone Arms and some 120 gr Cavity Back bullets.
Very nice boar! Good going. I like the way you marked the 300 mag. I am going to do the same, don't want no problems!
I have an upper from Eric too. I don't reload but would love to try those cavity backs.
He is working on adding the sale of loaded rounds in SPCII potency. Keep your ear to the ground.
JoeBano - Magazine - Spray Painted with brown paint , let dry then white paint pen and stencil sheet from Hobby Lobby. I too don't want a mishap! Thanks and enjoy!
Big nasty ugly muggly down! Congrats.
In the ecosystem thanks you… he pirated a lot of resources to get that big.
Good photos as well - they can be tough to get. | 2019-04-24T16:21:10 | http://lonestarboars.com/threads/west-alabama-boar-hog-252-pounds-per-tape.9087/ | [
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EU citizen who fought for terrorists was detained in Ilovaisk - Life in Ukraine. Live, @ first hand.
EU citizen of Serbian orgin has been detained in Eastern Ukraine in the town of Ilovaisk. The detaned man has the nationality of Slovak Republic, he was born in Banská Bystrica.
This was reported by Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko.
‘He was mortar man [when fought for] terrorists. He said that he’d allegedly come to Ukraine not as a mercenary but due to his convictions. This version will be checked by investigation’.
It was also informed that the detainee had a passport of Slovakian citizen with a note of crossing of Ukrainian border on Jully 03, 2014 in Julyiany airport.
‘This is the first documented capturing of EU citizen fighting on the side of terrorists’, – Gerashchenko said.
Slovakian citizen said that he knew that there were another citizens of his county fighting for terrorists, but at that moment he didn’t know whether they had survived after the night assault.
Share the post "EU citizen who fought for terrorists was detained in Ilovaisk" | 2019-04-20T22:47:06 | https://lifeinua.info/eu-citizen-who-fought-for-terrorists-was-detained-in-ilovaisk/ | [
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Doha fears that under the influence of the Saudi-led bloc, the US could withdraw its massive Al Udeid air basefrom Qatar, making the tiny state vulnerable to invasion from bigger neighbors.
While courting those who facilitate and justify Israel’s crimes against Palestinians in Washington, Qatar presents itself as one of the key supporters of Palestinians under siege in Gaza.
Qatar funds projects and provides aid to the territory that has been under a devastating Israeli siege for more than a decade. | 2019-04-19T14:59:08 | https://mooglemeow.blogspot.com/2018/07/qatar-funded-zionist-organization-of.html | [
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Rupert Shortt, author of “Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack,” has a good piece in London’s Evening Standard newspaper, pointing out the hypocrisy so evident in commentary on the Middle East. That so often the West is blamed for Islamophobia, or even for many of the tragic events of the region. Yet the residents themselves do not recognize their own complicity in the intense and widespread persecution of Christians.
The standard replies to views as one-sided as these are familiar. I took a different line, reminding my driver that overall, Christians — starting with more than a million church members butchered by government forces in Sudan — have endured far worse treatment from Muslims than vice versa in recent decades but have largely kept quiet about it. When I pointed out that there is scarcely a country between Morocco and Pakistan in which Christians are fully free to worship without harassment, the cabbie eyed me with bewilderment.
This entry was posted in Middle East, Persecution on August 3, 2013 by admin. | 2019-04-20T13:05:59 | http://authormartinroth.com/index.php/2013/08/ | [
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This thesis examines the work of reformer Lugenia Burns Hope and her community organization, the Neighborhood Union, as a case study to unpack scholarly characterizations of black elite uplift strategies during the early 20th century. The Neighborhood Union was established in 1908 in Atlanta by Hope and women from the community to build stronger neighborhoods and to combat the deleterious effects of the 1906 Race Riots and Jim Crow laws. Neighborhood Union settlement houses provided basic and extracurricular services, including kindergartens for working mothers, vocational classes, and lecture series. The organization’s exceptional, multi-class leadership structure enabled members of the black poor and working classes to lead their own projects with the assistance of Neighborhood Union resources.
Hope’s background provides evidence against broad generalizations of the black elite as paternalistic, and her vision of creating democratic communities that diminished class barriers provides a counter narrative to characterizations of clubwomen and the black elite as engaging in respectability politics in their social work. Understood within its historical and sociopolitical context, Hope’s life and work also challenge mainstream narratives of the Progressive Era and the Social Gospel movement.
Pierson, Madeleine, "A Model For Empowerment: Lugenia Burns Hope’s Community Vision Through the Neighborhood Union" (2016). Scripps Senior Theses. 890. | 2019-04-24T20:36:35 | https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/890/ | [
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In February 2001, the EEOC district office in New York, New York filed this suit against Marchfirst, Inc. and USweb/CKS in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The EEOC alleged that the defendants violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by demoting, disciplining, and constructively discharging an executive assistant because she was pregnant. The charging party moved to intervene in the case, but before the court ruled on the motion, the case was settled. In March 2002 a consent decree was entered; the decree is unavailable, but the EEOC litigation report states that the defendant agreed to pay the complainant $120,000. | 2019-04-20T12:12:07 | https://www.clearinghouse.net/detail.php?id=6401 | [
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Expose Corrupt Courts: Federal Judge: "But you destroyed the faith of the people in their government."
Federal Judge Michael Mills: "But you destroyed the faith of the people in their government."
It takes a little longer for a big city investigation to come to light than it would in a smaller locale. But in addition to being patient, New Yorkers should be encouraged by the recent words of Federal U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mills, notably this Super Bowl day from the town that brought New York Eli Manning- Oxford, Mississippi. There are many issues common to little Oxford, Mississippi and big New York, New York: a need for federal intervention over state corruption; conspiracy; public corruption; and the destruction of the faith people have in their government.
Despite numerous letters from prominent community members and a glowing report of cooperation from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, insurance agent Ken Nowlin was sentenced Thursday to spend 30 months behind bars in a federal prison for conspiracy.
Nowlin was charged in June with conspiracy for paying former Lafayette County Supervisor Gary Massey a “commission” during Massey’s term as supervisor.
In late July Nowlin pleaded guilty to the charge and had been awaiting his sentencing hearing which was held Thursday afternoon at the Federal Courthouse in Oxford before U.S. District Judge Michael Mills. The Ecru insurance agent told Mills he was sorry for his actions.
“Who mislead you?” Mills asked.
“An elected official, your honor,” Nowlin replied.
U.S. Assistant Attorney Dave Sanders told Mills that Nowlin has fully cooperated with the investigation by supplying documents and testifying before a grand jury against Massey.
According to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Nowlin faced up to 30 months in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a motion for downward departure in Nowlin’s favor, asking the court to consider a sentence less than the guidelines stipulate since Nowlin was so cooperative.
But despite the request and his cooperation, Mills sentenced Nowlin to the maximum sentence of 30 months.
Nowlin was also sentenced to pay $275,942 in restitution back to Lafayette County. Nowlin’s attorney, Tony Farese, told Mills that Nowlin had already paid the full restitution on Tuesday.
Mills allowed Nowlin to remain out of custody on bail until March 31 when he will have to report to a prison facility that will be determined at a later date.
Massey and Nowlin were originally charged in June for conspiracy, public corruption and money laundering in a 53-count indictment, which alleged Massey accepted payments in excess of $827,000 during his term as supervisor from 1996 -2003, for the Lafayette County Employee Health Care Contract paid through Nowlin, the agent of record at the time.
Massey pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy and two counts of public corruption. He is still awaiting a sentencing date.
Sanders announced during Thursday’s hearing that the remaining 52 counts against Nowlin will be dropped by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Before he became a supervisor in 1995, Massey was the insurance agent of record for Lafayette County. Federal prosecutors claim Massey used his influence to get Nowlin the job as insurance agent of record in exchange for the commission.
My faith in my government has been shattered because the bastards get away with it!
this Federal Judge should get real! News Flash! The ordinary people have no faith in Government! Everyone knows the Government is going to rip them off one way or the other. Get real brother!
I think this judge put it better than anyone else in recent memory. I know I have completely lost my faith in my government.
who has any faith in the government? yougottobe crazy! the government is always looking to screw you one way or the other, so screw them all! they always lie to us!
this Federal Judge is sick if he thinks most people have any faith in the government. And they know that it's not "their government" since it's been taken from them by the lawyers.
Tarbilly says,all politicians aren't crooked ,they just start working on it before they get elected..Hey remember theyre the ones who created so much unemployment weil be borrowing food from China,next..Oh what a web we weave!!!
The Constitution ,Says life liberty and the persuit of Happiness...Maby that will happen tomorrow, Sure it will?
Why ,I talk like I do,My birthright was taken away at birth,I was not raised by my real parents,they didn't adopt me.Name on birth cirtificate was baby doy johnson until i was thirteen and i found my real dad at age twentyone..Do u wana hear more?dad772904@gmail.com,,Anytime!!
We see You in court.com. My Christmas is never ruined because I am not you.com.
Heck it's not just the judges and attorneys who have violated civil rights and due process in Kansas.... family, friends, government institutions, churches have supported by their silence abuse and defamations in procedures kept secret from me. I am more targeted since protesting the corruption.
Sometimes you can believe in "the kindness of strangers." | 2019-04-23T20:00:47 | http://exposecorruptcourts.blogspot.com/2008/06/federal-judge-but-you-destroyed-faith.html | [
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Between 2003 and 2015, thousands of U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan were issued Dual-Ended Combat Arms™ Earplugs (CAEv2). Throughout those 12 years, the U.S. military paid the 3M Company millions of dollars for its earplugs. Unfortunately, the manufacturer failed to disclose defects associated with the product, which has resulted in hearing loss and other issues.
If you’ve experienced hearing loss or tinnitus due to using 3M Combat Arms earplugs during deployment or training, our Los Angeles product liability attorney at Shoop | A Professional Law Corporation is committed to helping service members recover their entitled financial compensation. Attorney David Shoop was enlisted in the U.S. Army and served overseas in Germany, which is why he is outraged at the fact 3M provided our service members with defective earplugs. Let our firm protect your rights and best interests.
Why Were the Earplugs Defective?
These selective attenuation earplugs were dual-ended (one olive side and one yellow side)—with each side offering a specific form of noise protection. One end was used as a traditional earplug and the other provided more protection from explosions and gunfire while providing normal hearing.
But according to court documents, these earplugs were too short and could be easily loosened in the user’s ear, exposing him/her to damaging noises that lead to hearing loss and tinnitus (i.e. ringing in the ears). The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) claims approximately 60 percent of all service members report hearing problems after leaving the military and over 2.6 million veterans are receiving disability compensation for hearing loss and tinnitus.
In July 2018, 3M agreed to pay $9.1 million to the U.S. military to settle the matter as a result of violating the False Claims Act. The company and its predecessor, Aearo Technologies, allegedly knew about the design defects in 2000 after the product failed numerous safety tests.
The lawsuit was brought under the whistleblower provision, allowing private parties to sue on behalf of the government if the defendant submitted false claims for government funding. The whistleblower, Moldex-Metric, Inc., was awarded $1,911,000.
Service members who were affected by this defective product can now file individual lawsuits to obtain monetary damages for personal injuries, pain and suffering, and loss of enjoyment in life. Our legal team can assess your case, listen to your concerns, and determine all your available legal options. Do not hesitate to get the justice and compensation you deserve today.
Contact us and discuss your case with our Los Angeles product liability attorney for more information today. | 2019-04-22T04:10:26 | https://www.losangelesproductliabilityfirm.com/product-liability/3m-defective-earplugs/ | [
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if we all of our time spend attacking democrats are going to lose.
“So weird to watch Crazy Bernie on @FoxNews. Not surprisingly, @BretBaier and the ‘audience’ was so smiley and nice. Very strange, and now we have @donnabrazile?” the president tweeted on Tuesday, the morning after 2020 Democratic presidential contender and democratic socialist Bernie Sanders appeared at a Fox-hosted town hall event.
Bernie Sanders spent more than 2 minutes of his Fox News town hall to defend Medicare for All and attack Trump’s Medicare plans ― uninterrupted. Not sure I’ve seen that happen on Fox News before.
Also notable: How the audience largely applauds the idea of a government-run health system and how Sanders wrests the conversation back to tout Medicare for All.
Some politicians still say a $15 minimum wage is "too radical."
Here's what's radical: in the wealthiest country in the world 40 million people live in poverty and 40% of our people can't afford basic needs.
That's unacceptable, and it's why we must guarantee a living wage. | 2019-04-22T15:22:34 | https://8606.teacup.com/angel/bbs/ | [
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has suspended his campaign.
COLUMBIA, SC -- Republican Jeb Bush ended his campaign for the presidency Saturday after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, acknowledging a failure to harness the hopes of Republican voters angry at the political establishment.
The former Florida governor and political scion told supporters in Columbia that he'd tried to stay true to what he believes. Still, he was lagging far behind in the primary in South Carolina, where his well-organized campaign was outmatched by insurgent billionaire Donald Trump, and Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
"I'm proud of the campaign that we've run to unify our country and to advocate conservative solutions," a visibly emotional Bush said. "The presidency is bigger than any one person. It's certainly bigger than any one candidate."
The son of George H. W. Bush and brother of George W. Bush entered the race to huge expectations in June, and quickly fueled them with fundraising. Working with a super PAC that has supported his candidacy, Bush and allies raised more than $150 million by the end of 2015 - far more than any of his GOP rivals.
However, Bush's presence in the race and fundraising potential wasn't enough to dissuade more than a dozen other Republicans from entering the race, including fellow Floridian, Sen. Marco Rubio.
Meanwhile, Bush's official campaign - which provided basic funding for his travel and political staff - had less than $3 million in available cash as the month began. He had only been able to raise $1.6 million in January, despite a once-sprawling donor network.
Bush's failure to ignite was not simply a factor of the size of the GOP field. Bush, like others, was caught off-guard by the durable popularity of political outsiders - particularly Trump.
"I firmly believe the American people must entrust this office to someone who understands that whoever holds it is a servant, not the master," Bush said as he withdrew from the race on Saturday.
The final stage of Bush's campaign became an all-out bout with the outspoken real estate mogul - the two frequently referring to each other as a "loser." Bush took shots at Trump's lack of experience while Trump attacked Bush's family legacy, particularly the unpopular Iraq war waged by his brother George W. Bush.
Bush went on to finish sixth in the Iowa caucuses, but barely squeezed ahead of Rubio in New Hampshire for a fourth place finish. South Carolina was viewed as a last early voting state for Bush to make a mark.
Having previously kept his family at arm's length, Bush brought all family ties to the forefront ahead of South Carolina, where his father and brother both won primaries as they pursued the presidency. Ultimately, it wasn't enough. | 2019-04-19T22:40:31 | https://abc13.com/news/1210072/ | [
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"Who would stay together with you!"
Liu Hongxian rolls her eyes at Liu Yi, "We are neighbors okay? We live separately okay?"
"What leader says is right!"
Liu Yi nods his head, "Indeed we do not sleep together but at night we still need to go back to our own beds."
"Get lost! Why is it that every sentence that comes out from your mouth sound so bad!"
Liu Hongxian rolls her eyes again, "Stay further away from me. I can smell your stink!"
"Where is there any stink coming from me?"
Liu Yi smells himself, "Leader you really know how to joke! I, Liu Yi am really good person ah, I am called Lei Feng Liu by others ah!"
"I see that you more like a big drifter!"
Hearing what Liu Yi says, Liu Hongxian becomes even angrier, is this fellow's face made from castle walls?
Since he is not hiding away then I shall avoid him instead!
Liu Hongxian walks to the side to stand, maintaining a distance from Liu Yi.
Liu Yi shrugs his shoulders. Since the other person does not like me then I would not keep so close to her like a dog.
He holds onto a handrail by the side and maintains a 2-meter distance from Liu Hongxian. The two of them stand in the center of the train like they do not know each other.
Currently, there are not many people on the train. They are sitting in threes and twos, wearing a western suit, like office workers.
The moment the train starts moving, these guys suddenly stand up.
After which the door to the other carriage open as rows of guys in black western suits enters.
Liu Hongxian and Liu Yi cannot help but looks over. Liu Hongxian knit her eyebrows and says softly, "They do not come with good intent."
"Seeing their attire, they seem to be people from Yamaguchi Group."
Before coming to j.a.pan Liu Yi had done his homework and recognizes them just by seeing their attire.
A guy who had lost sight of one of his eye pulls open his suit and glares at Liu Yi fiercely as he says, "It must be you, this stinky fellow, right! To actually dare to s.n.a.t.c.h my young master's woman! Today if I do not make you bleed then you would not know who you cannot provoke!"
"Don't make it too messy."
Liu Hongxian infers what had happened thus she orders Liu Yi, "If it gets too messy it will be hard to conclude it."
"I know leader. Leave it to me!"
Liu Yi nods his head and flips his hand revealing a black dagger and points at those Yamaguchi people fiercely.
"All of you don't come over, I have a knife! Whoever who comes over shall bleed!"
The moment he speaks the people from Yamaguchi Group start moving. The one at the back opens his suitcase and pulls out katanas and tossed to his people.
Very quickly every single one of the Yamaguchi Group people is holding a katana each as they sneer at Liu Yi.
Liu Yi looks at those katana before looking at his own finger long dagger. He suddenly feels like he got bullied!
The one eye guy laughs, "Do you think that this small fellow would be able to scare us from Yamaguchi Group? Let me show you what is called the number 1 power in j.a.pan!"
"Idiot…you actually got defeated by others!"
Liu Hongxian is also mad, "Go and win it back!"
At this moment she is also no longer calm. How can us China people be looked down by the j.a.panese!
Liu Yi also understands what does Liu Hongxian mean. He immediately grabs the steel pipe at the side and holds it in his hand.
"What does this fellow want to do?"
"Why did he grab the steel pipe for?"
The Yamaguchi group of people does not understand what Liu Yi is trying to do. At this moment Liu Yi let out a weird cry and his hand trembles. With a dang, he snapped the steel pipe into two!
"This….this is not possible right…"
The people from Yamaguchi Group are shocked as their eyes nearly pop out.
Even Liu Hongxian herself also swallows her saliva.
This Liu Yi….his strength is really d.a.m.n scary!
This fellow is too fierce already….just what on earth is this No 7 department ah, to actually have such a monster!
Liu Yi's might scared those Yamaguchi people.
A little brother says with a slight tremble, "Big, big brother, what to do?"
"What, what else can we do, attack!"
The one eye guy thicken his face and says, "Cannot throw away the face of our Yamaguchi Group!"
The Yamaguchi Group people turn fierce as they shout while charging towards Liu Yi with their katana.
Liu Yi smiles as he starts swinging the nearly two-meter steel pipe around.
From far away it is like Liu Yi is waving about a steel dragon!
Two of the Yamaguchi Group people had already charged in front of Liu Yi. Their raised katana chops down towards Liu Yi.
Liu Yi directly tossed the steel pipe in his hands out smas.h.i.+ng into those two guys' nose.
Instantly the two of them start bleeding from their nose and collapse onto the ground.
At the same time, Liu Yi takes a step forward and grab the steel pipes and block the katanas of those people behind.
Sparks immediately fly out from steel pipes.
Liu Yi raises a leg and kicks one of them, sending him cras.h.i.+ng into two other people.
The silver steel pipes in his hands are utilized like a silver barrier as it keeps cras.h.i.+ng into the people in front.
At that instant, he is like a war G.o.d and no one is able to get a meter within him.
A little brother had withdrawn to the side of the one eye guy. Seeing how his buddies got put down by Liu Yi and lying on the ground, he starts saying with fear, "Big brother….this, this fellow got training before!"
"What are you afraid of, attack!"
The one-eyed guy kicks him in his b.u.t.t, sending him forward. That little brother lets out a weird cry and charges at Liu Yi.
Liu Yi placed the steel pipe on the ground before supporting himself with the pipe. His body flies up as his legs kick that little brother in his face causing him to collapse.
"You, you fellow….just who on earth are you…"
Seeing how fierce Liu Yi is, the one eye guy finally knows fear as he starts trembling. He is almost unable to hold the katana in his hand properly.
"I am only a teacher."
Liu Yi swings out with the steel pipe in his hand and knocks out a person who is lying on the ground preparing to sneak attack him. After which he narrows his eyes and looks at the one eye guy and says, "But do not look down on teacher."
The one eye guy knows that if he goes back like this, he will definitely be scolded by the higher-ups.
He turns ruthless and clenches his teeth before charging towards Liu Yi.
While Liu Yi raises his leg and kicks the steel pipe in his hand up.
The steel pipe shoots upwards and knocks out the one-eyed guy.
Liu Yi dust off his hands before turning around, preparing to give Liu Hongxian a victory sign.
At this moment he is shocked to realize that a few Yamaguchi members had actually climbed to their feet and charge towards Liu Hongxian shamelessly.
Liu Hongxian snorts and raises her legs before kicking out a few times and easily kicks them down onto the ground.
Her actions are very clean and beautiful. Furthermore, she is a beauty as well as possess a graceful sense of beauty.
Especially when her tights open up, this kind of beautiful legs turn into a weapon. Very beautiful and ample!
That pair of high heels are like weapons causing those that were kicked to cry out in pain.
One of the guys kneel down on the ground and plans to grab a fallen katana.
Liu Hongxian raises her leg and fiercely stomp down on that guy's hand. Her high heels basically pierce through that guy's palm.
As the eye-piercing shriek resounds throughout the carriage, Liu Yi hears the sound of bones breaking.
He silently observed a moment of silence for that fellow, Liu Hongxian this girl….she is the one who asks me not to make it into a big problem but her actions are even more ruthless than mine!
"Hmph, this is the result of looking down on women."
Liu Hongxian withdraws her leg and placed it back down. Suddenly her leg trembles and let out a shriek and nearly collapsed onto the ground.
Liu Yi G.o.d a shock, could it be that got secretly injured during the fight?
Liu Hongxian scowls miserably and points at her right leg.
What the, that high seems does not seem to be good quality goods. Currently, it is already snapped!
Perhaps it is this fellow who caused her to sprain her legs.
Although I really do not wish to be weak in front of him, but currently it is really painful. Perhaps I had sprained my bones as my ankle is already swollen.
"I say ah you, you are wearing high heels what are you fighting for. You think that you are a Hollywood female star, is it!"
Liu Yi is very helpless as he walks over and supports Liu Hongxian to a seat nearby.
He also squats down and touches her ankle.
"What, what are you doing, you pervert!"
"Less nonsense, I am checking your injury!"
Liu Yi berates making Liu Hongxian who still wish to scold a few sentences obediently shut up.
Liu Yi does not know that his beautiful superior is currently having strange thoughts. He checks her ankle injury and lets out a breath of relief before saying, "Nothing major, you only sprained your ankle. Perhaps it will be swollen for a few days."
"d.a.m.n it…I bought these high heels from Taobao…..it definitely must be a fake good! I am going to give it a poor evaluation!"
"Sweat, in the future wear lesser high heels. It is not like you are short so there is no need for you to wear high heels."
"What do you know, girls do not wear high heels just to be tall."
"Then what is it for?"
"For beauty and for more self-confidence!"
Liu Yi becomes speechless, a pair of high heels is actually able to give female confidence…really is nonsense!
Sometimes, I am really unable to understand what a girl is thinking!
Liu Hongxian who originally wish to say something suddenly trembles and shout out in shock, "Ah, ah….ah….what, what do you want to do…."
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This film is the first installment of the trilogy Legion of Slaves. Set in the ancient Ghanaian empire in the time of the Mali Kingdom under Mansa Musa’s rule, I Sing of a Well tells a story of life before the arrival of Europeans and the emergence of the West African slave trade. The plotline focuses on issues of love, passion, and abuse of power. Prince Wenambe wins the throne from his father after he pledges allegiance to Mansa Musa for protection against slave raiders. In order to take on this position, Wenambe requires a wife. He desires Soraya, who is already betrothed to Dume, a hunter. Stemming from his jealousy, Wenambe has Dume killed and forces Soraya to become his queen although she is pregnant with Dume’s son. Prince Wenambe falls into depression as Soraya’s apathy toward him remains unwavering and his plan to protect his village backfires when Mansa Musa begins to enslave his people.
Pan African Film Festival: 2011 Filmmakers Awards. Journal of Pan African Studies 4.3 (2011): 189+. Literature Resource Center. | 2019-04-24T08:28:04 | http://africa-archive.com/gh/i-sing-of-a-well-2009 | [
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« Why Has Brexit Britain Not Had an Immigration Debate?
These are not technological issues. They contain technological issues but they are not fundamentally technological issues. They are ethical ones. They require sophisticated experts to debate issues of ethics and society— to plan what, and if, we need to create.
It’s as if we’ve encountered several simultaneous Manhattan Projectsthrough the application of military DARPA funding, venture-capital investment and advancements in cloud-computing. We are seeing a whole host of life-changing technologies come to fruition after decades of basic research — and the rapid prototyping tools and production pipelines of the modern era have let us scale these new inventions faster than ever before.
This entry was posted in Higher Education Reform, Interdisciplinarity and tagged Arts and Culture, STEM, STEM subjects, The Conversation. Bookmark the permalink. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment. | 2019-04-24T07:00:15 | https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2018/01/scientists-need-arts-training/ | [
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One of Malaysia’s delights and source of fame is its colourful, mouth-watering street food. So, it was a huge surprise for Malaysian netizens to find that Malaysia was not among the SEA countries featured in Netflix’s new culinary series titled “Street Food Asia” which will be launched on April 26.
The two-minute trailer looked good as it showcased an assortment of street food and their respective owners from different Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, and yes – Singapore but there was no mention of Malaysia at all!
In an instant, local foodies immediately took to Twitter to convey their disapproval and unhappiness over Netflix’s decision to dismiss Malaysian gastronomy completely, with some being extremely bitter about Singapore being chosen instead.
The Street Food series which is created by the producers of Netflix’s other smash-hit food show, Chef’s Table, will “document the blood, sweat and tears” that go into iconic street foods, and pick street hawkers from nine of “the world’s most colorful cities” – Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan – to be featured in the show’s first season.
According to Netflix, Singaporean dishes that will find their way into the show include wonton noodles made by the late Tang Siu Nam, chilli crab by KEK Seafood, and chicken rice from Sin Kee Chicken Rice. Also featured is putu piring, a steamed rice cake filled with palm sugar, made by professional pastry chef Aisha Hashim, whose family owns Michelin Guide-approved Haig Road Putu Piring.
Singapore’s hawker cuisine shares many similarities with Malaysia, prompting Malaysians – many who think their hawker heritage is older and richer – to feel bad about the country’s exclusion from the lineup.
One persistent protest among social media users was over the fact that Singapore was chosen to be featured instead, a reflection of the never-ending tension between Malaysia and Singapore, whether about food or not. | 2019-04-21T11:21:48 | http://theindependent.sg/malaysians-on-the-warpath-over-street-food-was-netflixs-exclusion-of-malaysia-deliberate/ | [
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Lebanon, Missouri has long been home to an oft-traveled trail along the edge of the Ozarks, beginning when the Wyota and Osage Indians roamed the area. During the Civil War, the trail became known as the “Wire Road” because of the telegraph lines installed along it between St. Louis and Springfield. Then, in the late 1920s, Route 66 was born and roughly followed the same path the Indians had marked. Today the “trail” is called I-44.
The first white settler in the area was a man named Jesse Ballew in 1820, who built a log cabin on the east side of the Gasconade River. When Laclede County was formed in 1849, the settlement of Wyota, named for the area Indians, became the county seat. Later a highly respected minister requested the name be changed to Lebanon, after his hometown of Lebanon, Tennessee. Soon, a courthouse was erected on the town square of the newly formed county seat. Early settlers were mostly hunters and farmers from Tennessee, but word soon spread about the region, its rich farmland, plentiful game, rivers, and springs, and people from the east began to migrate to the new settlement.
In the 1850s The Academy was built, which offered higher education to the area’s students and soon became the center of the town’s cultural activity.
By the time the Civil War began, Lebanon remained a small secluded settlement. Though Missouri declared itself as a neutral state, its population was primarily from the South and therefore sympathized with the Confederate forces.
During this time, Lebanon saw division among its people, even among families. In the 1860 election, Abraham Lincoln had received only one vote. The Lebanon people obviously did not consider themselves “neutral.” The town was occupied by troops for the entire length of the war. Except for six months in late 1861 when the Confederates were in control, the occupation was by Union troops. When the war ended, the town worked together to rebuild the community and officially incorporated in 1867.
When the railroad began its expansion west, the short-sighted town of Lebanon refused to provide land for a railroad depot. As a result, the railroad tracks were built one mile away from the existing settlement. Later the commercial area of the town moved closer to the railroad, and the original site became known as Old Town. Eventually, even the old town square disappeared. In 1882, the Lebanon Opera House opened and along with other buildings in town, helped to establish the town as a popular place to gather for meetings. Then a discovery was made in 1889 that helped to attract even more visitors to Lebanon. When water well was dug for the community, they discovered that the water had magnetic properties. The locals began to drink and bathe in the water, believing that it had healing properties.
The magnetic water led to the building of the Gasconade Hotel, the grandest structure ever erected in Lebanon. Having the capacity to house up to 500 guests, the hotel also provided a ballroom, restaurant, reception rooms, and a bathhouse next to the magnetic well. Sure that people would flock from all over the country to partake of the healing waters, its builders were sorely disappointed when the hotel was not successful. Soon it became and sanatorium, but that was also short-lived. Next, it was used for community events and there was talk of turning the beautiful structure into a college. However, just ten years after it was built, the Gasconade Hotel was totally destroyed by fire in October 1899.
Lebanon continued to thrive as a small community, catering to travelers along the edge of the Ozarks. But the town really saw a change when Route 66 was born in 1926. Lebanon, the largest town between Rolla and Springfield, Missouri became a major stop along the Mother Road. Quickly providing road services, one of the first motels along the highway was Camp Joy, which opened in 1927 as a tent camp at a rate of 50 cents a night. Later, cottages and a combination gas station/grocery store were added. The Spears family ran Camp Joy for 44 years in Lebanon and even named one of their daughters after the business. In 1931 Arthur T. Nelson built his 24-room hotel at the intersection of Route 66 and Missouri Highway 5. The Nelson Hotel and Dream Village soon became one of the best-known spots along Route 66 between Chicago and Los Angeles. Each room featured a private bath and kitchen facilities, renting for $2-$3 a night. Across the street from the hotel, Nelson built his “Dream Village,” so named because the layout appeared to him in a dream. Twelve units of native Ozark stone surrounded a courtyard which featured a very special fountain. In the evenings it became the centerpiece of a light and music show. Cars would be lined up for blocks to see it. Nelsonville, as it was called by the locals, passed into history when Route 66 became I-44.
Route 66 in Lebanon was also was the site of some interesting restaurants. Perhaps the most unique was Andy’s Street Car Grill. It was housed in an actual street car, brought in from St. Louis, and its featured dish was “Andy’s Famous Fried Domestic Rabbit.” Alas, Andy’s is long gone. Up until just recently, you could still get a great plate of home fixins from the Bell Restaurant; but, unfortunately, it too has closed.
Another Lebanon landmark along Route 66 is Wrink’s Market, which opened in June 1950 and continued to operate up until owner, Glenn Wrinkle’s death in March 2005. This was a one of kind vintage market, where you would not only see groceries, but also collectibles, dry goods, and Route 66 memorabilia. However, the main attraction was always Glenn Wrinkle himself, who could astound the Route 66 traveler with his stories covering more than a half a century along the Mother Road. Alas, the road lost yet another paragraph in its history when Mr. Wrinkle died in March 2005 and the family auctioned the contents of the store. His son briefly resurrected the market as a convenience store, but, it closed in 2009.
Located in south-central Missouri on the edge of the Ozarks, Lebanon straddles Interstate 44. Today this small town of some 12,000 souls, though nestled among flowering trees, cool streams, and rolling hills is growing quickly. Still though, wonderful peeks of vintage America can still be found among the thriving franchise operated strip malls and hotels. | 2019-04-23T18:57:47 | https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-lebanon/ | [
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Is Google Changing Search Forever?
Search engine marketers monitor the movements of Google like stock brokers monitor the Fed. As a result, when anything happens with the global search behemoth, people take notice. That’s why I was interested to detect a significant change on a search engine results page the other day, as the change could represent a seismic shift in the very nature of Google from purely content brokers to, essentially, simple content providers.
I refer to Google as a content ‘broker’ because, (at least up until now), Google’s singular focus as a search engine was to serve users the most relevant possible results. ‘Relevance’–writ large–is the coin of the realm over at Google, if my interactions are indicative. It’s the one thing they always return to; Google changes constantly, but their stated reasoning has to do with providing relevant results that satisfy a search.
Due to their unmatched success at this, (Google has now become–not unlike Xerox or Kleenex–a corporate entity so culturally dominant its name has become interchangeable with the product or service it provides; in the case of Google, including as a verb), millions of users allow Google to act as the middleman for virtually all of their interaction with the web. Google’s ability to present relevant content that answers peoples’ queries has enabled them to gain better than two-thirds of the total U.S. search market in 2014.
Is Google Stealing My Content?
…naturally, it gets my attention.
What you’re looking at is, basically, a blurb from an already-published piece of content, provided by a top-positioned website that Google finds to be both credible and authoritative on the subject. The excerpted section would answer a basic query at a high conceptual level, such as, ‘what are money market funds’…and just possibly end your curiosity right then and there.
While certainly being time- and labor-saving for a great many Google users in many and varied instances, (how many times have you simply wanted to know the number of Super Bowls the Miami Dolphins have played in, or how old is William Shatner?, etc.) the implications of this could be far-reaching in the digital marketplace.
So Who Gets It In the Neck?
Whenever Google changes their fabled search algorithm or tweaks how they present content, there are often losers. Usually these losers are the grey- and black-hat SEO types trying to cut corners and game the system for temporary advantage, (think keyword-stuffed articles or ubiquitous ‘Top 10 Whatevers’ posts). Sometimes, Google makes changes specifically to make those ‘bad actors’ into losers, as they’re trying to outsmart Google and hurt their users’ experiences.
However, this change isn’t merely to check the malefactors in the search world, but to fundamentally alter consumer behavior.
One area directly impacted will likely be the kinds of websites that exist to provide educational content–either for altruistic purposes (such as the donation-funded, ad-free Wikipedia), or in order to service search clientele that may eventually transact business after learning about a topic via proprietary blogs and websites that furnish them with educational or editorial content that satisfies curiosity, builds trust, and finally generates leads or sales.
Is Google Creating a Clickless Search?
These sites, in my calculus, stand to lose a large quantity of clicks by becoming, in many cases, second-class search citizens; losing out on people’s primary searches. After all, people are seeing the answer right there on the Google SERP; why would they need to waste their time and click anything else?
It’s a little like giving the milk away for free–why would users buy the cow with an extra click and waste of their time if Google can just answer them directly? Think of the paradigm inversion this creates — these sites were all competing to answer the term the user searched for, and Google just made that competition, to some degree, academic.
Strangely, in this new search model, the original content producers themselves become de facto middlemen, larding up the process merely by being there.
You might ask: but wait, doesn’t Google sell ad space through AdWords as a major revenue stream? Don’t they want, speaking reductively, more and more clicks, to display the viability of Google as a dynamic and potentially highly lucrative ad market businesses should pay to play in?
Google Now Optimizing for Advertisers?
Ironically, one potential reason for this experiment might actually be designed to appeal directly to those pay-per-click advertisers. I handle a number of PPC clients at Kaleidico and I can attest that it’s a daily battle to fend off a glut of unwanted clicks that drain budgets; users looking for purely academic reasons of research with no real intention of buying anything, now or in the near future.
With Google just answering those people themselves, user clicks on ads or content may be fewer, but may also be, more or less, pre-screened, increasingly monetized, and motivated to buy.
That prospect makes PPC guys like me wide-eyed with possibilities.
We live in a PPC World where a two-percent clickthrough rate is a triumph and conversion rates of 1-in-10 can be massive success. What happens when the market is reduced to fewer people with more inherent value to advertisers? By pre-screening this traffic–satisfying less lucrative searches and winnowing out “less serious” searchers, one could imagine an increase in the average cost-per-click (CPC) for desirable terms.
If Google Constricts Traffic, Who Benefits?
Well, not to be a cynic, but who is paid when an AdWords CPC goes up? Ah, as the plot thickens the clarity improves.
Now, before anyone starts panicking or even accusing me of belonging to the tinfoil hat crowd, I should point out: circled in green on that screenshot above is the word ‘feedback’ — so this is in a Beta stage and it’s possible I may be putting the cart before the horse. Google may simply be doing their typical mad scientists thing, experimenting with more and better ways to achieve perfect relevance.
The only problem is, those who used to provide the most relevance with the least monetary interest may feel the squeeze.
If this is the shape of things to come, PPC managers and content producers better have an adaptable strategy to live in a hugely changed world of search.
Are you prepared to live in a clickless SEO world, or a hyper-charged Google buying environment? Sign-up for more thoughts, updates, and digital marketing insights. | 2019-04-26T16:50:45 | https://kaleidico.com/is-google-changing-search-forever-43672/ | [
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The 10th Republican debate is set for tonight just five days before Super Tuesday.
There is only one Savior, Marco Rubio said at Thursday night’s debate.
Donald Trump has stated that he is boycotting this evening’s debate because he believes moderator Megyn Kelly will not treat him fairly.
CNN News is giving Thursday’s debate win to Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Chris Christie.
Republican presidential candidates are preparing for Thursday’s debate in South Carolina.
The fifth Republican presidential debate focused on the threat of radical Islamic terrorism and how each candidate proposes to keep the U.S. safe if elected president. | 2019-04-22T04:59:19 | https://www.christianheadlines.com/topics/gop-debate/ | [
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A government review of freedom of religion laws in Australia last month sparked outrage after it suggested that faith-based schools ought to have the right to turn away gay students and teachers.
This week on The Brief, Edwina Landale hears from Professor Margaret Thornton about Australia’s legal ambiguity when it comes to religion and discrimination. Topics discussed include what the proposed religious exemptions would involve, whether employment and educational discrimination should be treated differently, and how Australia’s secular-religious divide has changed over the last 20 years.
The Brief: Freedom of religion, or freedom to discriminate? | 2019-04-23T16:08:50 | https://simplecast.com/s/e9603494 | [
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Sadly, news just arrived of Australian composer Phillip Houghton’s (1954-2017) passing this last October 1, 2017 (see: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/phillip-houghton-1954-2017). This, not even a year after the untimely death of Roland Dyens (1955-2016) on October 29, 2016. Each composer contributed greatly to the guitar’s repertoire and here is an excerpt of their discography. May their music live through the international guitar community.
As mentioned in Sounboard (June 2017, Volume 43 No. 2 p. 16), Roland was the highest (then) living composer in the TOP 100 with his Tango en skaï. He was quite happy about this and asked me if he could tell, after reading the manuscript of GT 100 and accepting to endorse it. | 2019-04-20T14:19:01 | https://classicalguitarstop100.wordpress.com/2017/10/ | [
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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has clarified his position on the two-day Conflict Resolution Summit, which ended last Tuesday in Abuja.
A statement from Tinubu’s media office Wednesday cautioned one of the Yoruba leaders, Yinka Odumakin, against his utterances over Tinubu’s position, stating that Odumakin misunderstood the whole concept of the party leader’s position concerning the conflict resolution summit.
The statement read: “The only deserving response to Odumakin is that he needs a cure for his seeming selective comprehension.
“The range of short and long term options for an enduring peace in the incessant clashes between herders and farmers offered by Tinubu were suggestions for the consideration of the two-day Conflict Resolution Summit.
According to the statement, “It is not only some states in the South-west region that are affected but several states across the country. Why Odumakin has suddenly got hot under the collar may not be far-fetched. The usual frenzy and self-righteous mentality he portrays is on full display. Perhaps next time, he should read through the whole submission and caution himself from self-righteousness and displaying in full glare anarchical emotions.
Tinubu then added that government, in the short-term, must maintain reasonable and effective military and law enforcement presence in the affected areas, ThisDay writes. | 2019-04-22T03:22:32 | https://www.olisa.tv/tinubu-tackles-afenifere-leader-over-herdsmen-crisis/ | [
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We spoke previously on the management of privileged accounts and how important it is to keep them accountable. Privileged accounts are one of many different types of accounts that should fall under your organizations Account Management Program and another one to add to that would be service accounts.
What is a service account anyway? In basic terms, a service account is an account that a service on your computer uses to run under and access resources. This should not be a user’s personal account. While they may look the same, the separation of users from services is very important for both tracking and the ability to tighten down what an account can and cannot do. A service account could also be an account that is used for a scheduled task (sometimes referred to as a batch job account), or an account that is used in a script that is run outside of a specific user’s context. A scheduled task account should not be a personal user’s account for the same reasons that a service should not run under a personal user’s account.
You may ask what is so important about these? It seems like if it is not a user account, then how would it have access to my organization’s network? On the contrary, these accounts are a favorite target of many malicious actors because they are often implemented in such a way that they have a higher level of access than a user account. Historically, they also have not changed passwords as often (if ever) as user accounts.
Services are often installed under the built-in Local System account, which gives what are essentially local administrator privileges, so they are more predictable in how they will be able to be used if compromised. While local administrator privileges may seem somewhat harmless since they are not usually useable on other computers on your network, the local administrator privileges can end up granting access to domain username/password combinations and or lead to account changes that allow for easier connections to other parts of your network. As a result, both locking down a service account and following good password change and audit procedures is an important part of keeping your systems secure.
When it comes to the configuration and management of service accounts, there a few things listed below that can help.
Password Management – Some administrators like to set these accounts up with passwords that do not expire or use the same password for all the service accounts. Instead, there needs to be a strategy for managing these passwords and changing them on a regular basis, as well as using unique passwords.
Privilege Management – It is best practice to implement the principle of least privilege. Only provide the minimum necessary privileges to service accounts. If your service account must run with administrative privileges, deny that account access to all of the directories besides the one or two that it needs.
Naming – Consider names that are not completely obvious to the service, for example SQLService would be helpful to administrators, but it is more helpful to attackers. While obfuscation is not usually a recommendation to secure systems, in this case it may slow someone down enough to not want to try every account available.
Auditing – Logging and auditing of service accounts, and all accounts in any case, is very important to keep systems secure. Using an event log aggregator and looking for specific events can be helpful in discovering security problems and services that are not working correctly.
Locking down your service accounts should be a basic component of your hardening guide for all computers. While it requires more time to lock down a new service account to allow access only to what it needs, it is well worth the time spent. Defense-in-depth requires that you look at more than the perimeter, and service accounts are one major place where the in-depth strategy can serve you well. | 2019-04-21T20:50:13 | https://www.securit360.com/blog/best-practices-privileged-account-management-part-2/ | [
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One of the best goalkeepers the game has seen and the sole custodian awarded the Ballon d'Or, Yashin claimed that trophy in 1963 after winning a sixth Soviet Top League title with his only club, Dinamo Moskva. Always dressed in black, he was imposing and extraordinarily agile. The UEFA European Championship contributed considerably to his legend and he was in especially brilliant form against Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia as the USSR lifted the inaugural title in 1960. He was greatly mourned, both inside and outside Russia, when he died in 1990.
Djurković excelled as a 22-year-old at the first UEFA European Championship, offering defensive solidity and attacking penetration at right-back. Although Yugoslavia missed out in France, he collected a gold medal at the Rome Olympics that September. Djurković played with Crvena zvezda before making a name for himself with St-Étienne, landing three French titles and the Coupe de France twice. He died tragically when mistakenly shot by a policeman in Sion, Switzerland, in June 1972 at the age of 36.
Captain of Czechoslovakia in 71 of the 75 internationals he played, Novák was leader of the talented team that finished third at the 1960 UEFA European Championship and runners-up at the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Especially strong in the air, he was a commanding presence on the domestic scene too, securing eight Czechoslovak titles with Dukla Praha. He won the championship with Dukla as a coach in 1982 and took charge of a number of Belgian clubs during the 1970s and 1980s as well as the Czech national side. He died in March 2011.
Netto helped his country to glory at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne and the first UEFA European Championship in France. An inspirational leader and exceptional footballer, he is probably best remembered for an extraordinary act of sportsmanship at the 1962 World Cup when he told the referee to disallow a goal against Uruguay in the group stage as the ball had entered the net from the wrong side. Netto's devotion to Spartak Moskva brought him five USSR championships and three domestic cups. He passed away in March 1999.
The first player from the former Communist Bloc to receive the Ballon d'Or, in 1962, Masopust was a midfield general of the highest order. The 1962 World Cup was his finest hour as he masterminded his team's run to the final against holders Brazil – where he opened the scoring only to end on the losing side after a 3-1 defeat. He notched ten goals in 63 outings for his country, despite often having to curb his attacking instincts. A serial champion with Dukla Praha, Masopust later coached the club and also took the national-team job during the mid-1980s. He died in June 2015.
A loyal servant to Torpedo Moskva, Ivanov twice picked up the Soviet title but was probably more renowned for his international exploits. He hit 26 goals in 59 games for the USSR, including four at the 1962 World Cup in Chile, where he was joint-leading scorer. He won the inaugural UEFA European Championship in 1960, registering twice in the 3-0 semi-final defeat of Czechoslovakia, and was again on form four years later as the USSR reached another final. He coached Torpedo four times, landing one league crown and two domestic cups. He died in November 2011.
A pacy right-winger, Metreveli made his mark on the 1960 UEFA European Championship – and Soviet Union football history – by scoring the equaliser in the final against Yugoslavia. It was his fourth goal in an international career that would last for another decade, earning him trips to the 1962, 1966 and 1970 World Cups. The Georgian played for Torpedo Moskva from 1956 to 1962, acquiring two championships and one Soviet Cup, before going home to join Dinamo Tbilisi. He passed away in January 1998 at the age of 61.
With 37 goals in 51 matches for Yugoslavia, Galić stands second in the country's all-time scoring charts, one behind 1950s icon Stjepan Bobek. Both were star strikers for Partizan, with Galić playing for the club in the 1966 European Champion Clubs' Cup final, yet it was in the blue, white and red of Yugoslavia that they established worldwide reputations. Galić was on target in every round of the 1960 UEFA European Championship and repeated the trick in claiming a gold medal at the Rome Olympics. He ended his career with spells at Standard Liège and Stade de Reims and died in September 2014.
The first player called up to the Soviet Union national team while representing a second division side (SKA Rostov-on-Don), Ponedelnik justified the selection by netting a hat-trick on his debut in a 7-1 thrashing of Poland in May 1960. A few weeks later he became the toast of the Soviet Union by heading in the winning extra-time goal in the UEFA European Championship final. Ponedelnik (which translates as Sunday) amassed a total of 20 goals in his 29 internationals before being forced into premature retirement at 29.
A maverick inside-forward whose showman skills made him a celebrity footballer in Yugoslavia through the 1950s and 1960s, Šekularac spent the bulk of his career with Belgrade giants Crvena zvezda (he is one of five individuals in their hall of fame) before exporting his talents to West Germany and Colombia. The 1960 UEFA European Championship proved a particular highlight for a player who made his debut at 18, though he also featured at the World Cups of 1958 and 1962. His popularity was such that he starred in the 1962 movie Šeki snima, pazi se.
Kostić did not get his name on the scoresheet at the 1960 UEFA European Championship finals but the predatory forward was responsible for getting Yugoslavia to France with three of their six strikes in the quarter-final against Portugal. He further enhanced his reputation with seven in five games at the Rome Olympics that year, including one in the final against Denmark. He was no less prolific with Crvena zvezda, for whom he remains the all-time leading marksman with 158 top-flight goals. He died in January 2011. | 2019-04-19T22:38:05 | https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2122329.html | [
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Santa Anita, shown on March 5, has stopped its racing program in the wake of 22 horse deaths since Dec. 26.
Imagine being a car owner with tires that keep going flat. You change the windshield wipers and install new brake pads. Hey, it’s safer. See? But … um … why are the tires going flat?
You did something, without answering or addressing the question.
That’s the alarming lack of dot-connecting happening at Santa Anita Park in the wake of yet another horse death at the track. The facility in Arcadia, reeling from 22 fatalities since Dec. 26 — including one Thursday, a day after re-opening the main track for training — came across as a flailing misdirection.
The decision to, among other things, ban the use of the medication Lasix sent trainers and those who care for horses into outraged orbit.
The dominoes, crushing and possibly permanent.
“I think they’re going to cause a mass exodus from California,” trainer Joe Herrick said. “Lasix has nothing — nothing — to do with the soundness of a horse. If they want to really do something, cut anti-inflammatories in half or altogether so when a vet diagnoses a horse in the morning, they really know what’s happening. I look OK when I have three or four Advil. If I don’t, I limp around pretty good.
Lasix is a potent diuretic that controls pulmonary bleeding in horses prone to that. If all of it sounds too inside-baseball, boil it down to this: Santa Anita had to do something to address far too many horse deaths, but picked the wrong something. In fact, they picked the exact something that could tear apart the sport at its California seams.
If any of this sounds like an argument in support of the sport soft-shoeing its approach to safety, that’s nowhere close to being the case. In fact, nothing is more important to its financial and moral survival.
It’s a matter of being smart and, as much as anything, on-target about decisions that send ripples through an industry already on fragile footing with an aging fan base, animal-safety concerns and a range of other challenges. Racing supports an estimated 50,000 jobs and $2.5 billion in annual economic impact in California alone.
Carlsbad horse owner and handicapper Jon Lindo reinforced Santa Anita’s confusing response.
“The announcement they made, it’s completely separate from the breakdown problem they’ve been having up there,” said Lindo, whose horse Skye Diamonds ran twice in the prestigious Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. “To me, this statement has nothing else to do with what’s going on at Santa Anita.
To Santa Anita’s credit, doing something almost always trumps doing nothing. The Stronach Group, which operates the track, made the remarkable step to stop races and training in an effort to identify what was claiming so many horses. Soggy conditions also have turned Southern California into Seattle South, wreaking havoc on racing surfaces.
When answers related to the track itself proved elusive, though, the announced changes came across as throwing as much against the wall as possible — hoping and praying something would stick.
In 2016, Del Mar suffered through 23 horse deaths at its summer and fall meets. A range of surface-specific salves included hiring renowned track superintendent Dennis Moore, increasing the amount of veterinarians and checks, cutting a week from the schedule to increase track prep time and much more that turned the tide.
The fatalities in the summer meet dropped from 17 to an average of 5.5 the next two years, while fall deaths tumbled from six to three to one.
A news release from Santa Anita included a quote from Del Mar CEO Joe Harper. Though he supports Santa Anita’s ban on riding crops for any use other than safety-related race correction and the other suggested steps, Harper stopped short of saying his track would ban Lasix.
That move in particular, Harper realizes, has the potential to cause the most damage inside the sport.
Santa Anita also faces uncomfortable timing. The track is scheduled to host the Breeders’ Cup in November. If the Kentucky Derby is horse racing’s Super Bowl, the Breeders’ Cup represents its World Series.
The dark cloud of unsafe racing has the potential to rattle the confidence of decision-makers for the event, which delivered a reported $97 million in economic impact to Del Mar in 2017.
Something had to be done at Santa Anita. They’re no closer, though, to solving why horses keep falling on their track. To make matters worse, they’ve enraged many of the stakeholders critical to addressing the issue.
New wiper blades and brake pads are nice.
Better yet: Fix the car — or don’t drive it until you do. | 2019-04-19T13:02:10 | https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/columnists/bryce-miller/sd-sp-miller-santa-anita-del-mar-horse-deaths-20190315-story.html | [
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Sabotage: I had such a hard day, I deserve to reward myself with food.
Response: If I reward myself with food and overeat, I’ll end up feeling terrible – physically and mentally, which will be the exact opposite of a reward. If I stay on track and control my eating, I will feel great. Food rewards just don’t work once the food is gone!
Tuesday Reality Check – January 29, 2019 Cheat Days? | 2019-04-25T08:08:56 | http://diet.beckinstitute.org/wednesday-sabotage-january-30-2019/ | [
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A few months ago, our office switched its e-mail over to a business version of gmail. One of the features of our new e-mail is that a little colored circle is displayed by each person’s name showing whether he or she is online.
I have to admit, I really like it when I see other people on staff with the green circle by their names. According to Google, this means they are “available.” Because I work from home, it’s easy to start feeling isolated and alone as I complete my tasks each week. But when I see those green lights next to other people’s names it makes me feel like I’m part of a team.
One person might be in the office. Someone else is at Caribou. Another person might be working from home. But we are all working together. For the same goal. And I don’t feel so alone.
Yesterday my green light was on almost all day. The boys were at camp. My daughter had a play date. The toddler was happily playing or napping most of they day. So I took advantage of the time to get caught up on a ton of work.
I was sending and receiving e-mail and working away as if everything was peachy. But I was fighting a nasty cold and felt horrible all day. I was tempted to set a custom message by my green light: “Cough, cough. Sneeze, sneeze. Please feel sorry for me.” It just seemed wrong that my green dot was shining brightly as if everything was perfect when I was really struggling.
And isn’t that how it often goes in our real, offline world, as well?
Most of us at least try to put on the green light when we are out in public. We smile and joke. We pull ourselves together. We walk around with our big “available” button shining brightly. But wouldn’t it be kind of nice if we could change our status to put out a warning of what is really happening on the inside?
Last Saturday, I was watching my daughter’s soccer game, along with the toddler and my 8-year-old son. My husband had to take the 10-year-old to another field for his game. It was hot. We were hungry. It was naptime. It was humid. There wasn’t a shade tree in sight.
It had been a struggle to get everyone where they needed to be, and I was just relieved that the toddler had found a little hill about 10 feet away from me that was keeping her busy. She loved marching up the tiny incline and then running back down it. At the top of the hill, a woman was sitting in a lawn chair next to a building, which was giving her a little shade.
My son was hovering nearby to make sure the toddler didn’t wander too far or fall down.
My son nodded, as I headed over to prove the baby really did have a mother.
“Well, you better put that baby in the stroller before her head gets sunburned,” she ordered.
I assured the woman I had covered her in sunscreen.
At that moment, my light turned bright red. My green light was done. Off. Finished.
I wasn’t going to bother explaining that I had tried six times to get the toddler to keep a hat on her head. It would serve no purpose to try to tell her that I’m neurotic about applying sunscreen. Or that confining the 18-month-old to a stroller for an hour when it was 98 degrees outside would have created such a loud protest that she would be begging me to release the child from her confinement.
I was just relieved we had succeeded in getting all four children where they needed to be at the right time. I was happy that no one was crying. I was overjoyed the toddler was having fun running up and down the hill so I could actually observe a few minutes of the game. I had zero desire for anyone in the family to get a sunburn, and even though it did look like she was probably going to be burned to a crisp, I had enough experience as her mom to trust that the extra coating of sunscreen was going to work.
The whole interaction was a good reminder to me. I need to take more time to find out what people have gone through to get to the place they are. They might look pretty and put together with their nice green light shining on the outside. But a harsh word or an unsolicited comment might just knock them over.
I need to remember that not everyone is “available” for whatever I might feel like throwing their way. Green light, or not.
And it's sad that all I took away from that is how I wanna pop that lady in the head for the whole sunburn thing!! I have a saying when it comes to obvious comments from others that degrade my abilities and it's "big dummy"! When someone let's me know I'm "doin it wrong" I always whisper to myself "yeah ya big dummy"!!! Then laugh at them cuz they r really the "big dummy"!! This doesnt make sense I bet… I do that often!
Oh, Andrea… You totally crack me up! Thanks for making me laugh!!
Great post Emily! I needed this reminder as well.
Great thoughts, thank you! I do kind of want to smack that woman though… haha!
Good advice Andrea! I guess I just need a preconceived response to comments like that. You are a great writer, Emily. | 2019-04-19T20:26:27 | http://everydaymomlife.com/2011/06/10/the-green-light/?replytocom=2595 | [
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One of the things I like best about Opels is that the headlights are manually operated. Chunk-Chunk.
I don't really get automated hood openers. First, how often is one opening hoods, to necessitate this? Second, how difficult is it to open a hood? If one is able to drive. Automatic windows, locks, etc, because those are done while driving or approaching the vehicle or leaving the vehicle and take time. But automated hood opening? I'm already stuck there doing whatever I opened the hood to do. Third, it's slower. If It was like a mousetrap, BANG and the hood is popped open, okay, now you've got my attention.
That said, I will always be in favor of robotic slavery. Makes me feel like an emperor. "Minion! Open my hood!" And the robot slave runs on its hamster wheel to crank it open. Automation is awesome.
One reason is that it's a car show thing to show off. Another is the enjoyment of the challenge of doing it, much like your project. I and a number of others do ridiculous mods just for the sake of doing them.
Does anyone have that video of that powered pop-out rear side window mod that someone did?
I think they were air actuated, but maybe they used servos.
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wayne tormans purple GTthat drinkman owns now. there is a write up out there somewhere.
Here is a short description of the elec. hood mod.
A little more complicated is the electric unlocking mechanism for the hood, which is strictly necessary. I use a small actuator from a BMW E46 Coupe (rear vent window).
As a backup, it is always still possible to open(and close) the hood manually by hand. I manage this by decoupling the actutors mecanical in direction open.
On this two pics (3 & 4) it is visible how it works. A bearing slides on a additional rod, which is attached in front of the actuator. The rod is of course a little bit longer than the actuator stroke.
that back in the days Opel itself converted two GT with a electical hood to display on car shows in 1968. Both cars were also equipped with a slow runing automatic headlight device.
Last edited by V8GT; 1 Week Ago at 03:27 AM.
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Okay Jose, you are now going to have to show us a lot more pictures of the cool stuff on your car. I see a burled walnut instrument panel cover and a VERY nice cover under the dash where your switch is. What other cool things are hiding from us?
I like your idea of one linear actuator going to a rod that goes through both hood hinges. Very strong and balanced.
I do not understand how you can open the hood by hand. Do you have to disconnect the linear actuator? Will the actuator let you lift the hood when it has no power? If your battery dies, can you still open the hood?
I was asked to post more about our rear windows. Here is a post I've done in the past. Sorry, no video. I'll see if I can get one this weekend.
Lifes too short to drive boring cars or drink boring beers. Just don't do them at the same time.
1979 Triumph Spitfire with GT6+ conversion = "Spit6"
Do you have to disconnect the linear actuator?
I might be wrong, but what I think is happening is that the actuator can push (lengthen) against the bearing in Pic 4 and open the hood, but, if it stays closed (short), you can still pull it open manually (Pic 3). In the manual case, rather than the actuator lengthening, the whole shortened actuator just slides back because it's not secured at the bottom end. It's floating. That is, gravity closes the hood when the actuator lets it, there is no pulling constraint, only pushing.
If you look at Pic 3, see the space between the end of the actuator and the start of the bearing (follow down the skinny shaft)... if that was in electric mode, you wouldn't see the rod between the actuator and the bearing, the actuator itself would have pushed out that far and be butted against the bearing (like in pic 4, where the actuator shaft is 3x as thick as the skinny shaft). It's like a telescoping tube. The inner tube is the steel bar, the outer tube is the actuator.
Or I'm out to lunch.
Last edited by MattsAwesomeStuff; 1 Week Ago at 03:03 PM.
Yeah that would make sense.
I work with linear actuators at work, but ours are air driven, so they're powered by air pressure in both directions. They don't budge if you try to move them at either end of their stroke. But if you bleed off the air pressure you can easily slide them back and forth.
most people dont understand that „decoupling-thing“.
The actuator is permanent in „direction open“ disconnected. Matts get it and describes exactly how it works in post #10.
The BMW actuator which unlocks(and locks) the hood latch, works the same way.
The pic´s shows the telescoping linkage.
The linkage(hood latch) is pulled back from the original hood latch spring.
The hood closes only through gravity.
I have to note that this hood is little bit heavier due to sound damping mats. Ist not that much but what counts is lever arm and this one is very long.
To be honest, i was able to identify the GT-Showcar from the 69 Brussel Motorshow and i know the VIN . I am really not kidding.
The other one(last pic in post #5) was a GT 1100. Both were pre production cars.
they're powered by air pressure in both directions. They don't budge if you try to move them at either end of their stroke.
I think these are screw-type, (probably double-stage planetary with a pair of spur gears at the bottom). Regardless, same should apply to them here.
I'm probably not explaining it right.
I think what you mistakenly think is happening is that the actuator - when unpowered - allows the ram to slide freely. I don't think it does. The ram length still stays short.
What is actually happening is that the locked-short RAM has nothing securing the bottom end of the ram from moving, only the top end. So you can overextend it manually. It's only designed to forcibly push.
That would mean the bottom end of the ram can just flop about in any direction like a wang in the wind, so you need a thing that makes sure it settles back into the same position against the bumper when the hood is manually closed every. That thing is a much smaller rod that constrains the bottom of the actuator to be always pointing at the bearing. Like, umm, a catheter I suppose. This is a terrible analogy, I'm not comfortable talking about it anymore. Hopefully you understand now.
You have described it correct.
I manufactured and added the small sliding-rod-extention to the actuator. They dont come from factory with such an "wackadoodle-option" when you buy them.
Last edited by V8GT; 1 Week Ago at 08:10 PM.
Or maybe even more interesting would be how did Opel do this mod back in 1968/69?
Are there pictures of one of those cars showing the mod?
Unfortunately i dont know if there exist pic´s from this devices. Keep in mind that this modifications happend now 50 years ago. I gues most people who were involved in this, sadly dont live any more.
Later i will post some pics from my under dash panel make of.
Yes, this is exact like mine looks. It comes from Lenk.
As promised, here are some pics from my foot room panel(under dash cover) fabrication.
After the EPS install some years ago, i decide to cover that stuff with a foot panel.
Finally i opted for a 2 piece design. I made the right side from thin sheet metal. The left side ist a wooden-metal mix.
Before cover them up with leather, i „soften“ the surface with a layer of foam.
This is verry important from seafty reasons in case of an haevy accident(car crash).
The left side has a cutout for access to the fuse box. The cutout is covered withe the original Opel GT fuse cover.
Later i added a foot room illumination and a „head light-on - ignition-off - door-open“ buzzer.
I prefer the BMW one because it sounds not that harsh.
The illlumination is conected to a adjustable delay modul withe dimmer function.
It also controls the main interior lights. Ligths in plural because i added a second one on left side b pilar.
The swich for the motorisiered hood come from a Mercedes W124(elec. sliding roof).
The little „switch-console“ on the transmission tunel , whith in reality is the heater foot room air duct.
In my case it hosted the EPS controls and other „under dash switches“.
Over the years i updated this little piece several times. Pic 9 & 10 shows the last version.
SpringGT, kwschumm, slracer and 2 others like this. | 2019-04-24T06:33:00 | https://www.opelgt.com/forums/general-discussions/108145-motorized-hood-mod.html | [
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We are in the third unit. This unit is about pets. Pets are animals that can live at home.Michael has gone to the petshop to buy one. Can you guess which? | 2019-04-18T21:09:50 | https://fishandoctopus.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-hamster-murals.html | [
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What could be wrong about “Rights”: Roadblocks to a Bill of Rights.
Should Australia have a Bill of Rights. Presented at Independent Scholars of Australia Conference, October 2018.
When the separate Australian colonies joined in a Federation in 1901 one of the earliest bills debated was one to restrict non-Europeans from entering Australia, and preserve a “White Australia” (ignoring of course its Indigenous History). While the great majority were in full support of this, this paper looks at the few, some inside parliament and some out, who opposed its racist nature. | 2019-04-25T05:52:24 | http://www.iankeese.com.au/politics-and-government/ | [
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Saint-Martin Belgian Dubbel - Four Fathers Brewing Co.
Rich malt, raisins, sweetness, dark stone fruits, plums.
sweet, light bodied, slight warming from the alcohol content. A traditional Belgian style Abbey Dubbel. First brewed by trappist monks in Belgium this is a fairly traditional example of the style. Uses Belgian Candi Syrup (beet sugar syrup) to lighten body, and boost alcohol and flavour.
Pilsner, Munich I, Flaked Wheat, Special W, Abbey malt.
Perle for Bittering, Belgian Candi Syrup. | 2019-04-19T13:09:08 | https://fourfathersbrewing.ca/beers/saint-martin-belgian-dubbel/ | [
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In the past 11 months, Mauti has had to rely on his words unlike any other time in his life. Penn State’s leading tackler went from being a quiet, unquestioned leader to a harsh-talking student representative nearly overnight.
When a scandal and the ensuing fallout threatened to tear apart his team, all Mauti could fight back with were his words.
To Penn State fans, Michael Mauti was unknown in 2008.
His dad, Rich, had played for the Nittany Lions and went on to his own successful run in the NFL. His brother, Patrick, was a junior on the Nittany Lions. The youngest Mauti was just the new kid — Pat’s little brother — in the No. 42 jersey.
He introduced himself eight games into the season. With Michigan in town and threatening to take a two-possession lead at Beaver Stadium, Mauti flew down the field on kickoff coverage in the first quarter and exploded into Michigan return man Sam McGuffie.
The football popped free, and although the Wolverines recovered it, a psychological blow had been dealt. The packed stadium was rocking and the Penn State sideline drew sudden inspiration from Mauti’s jackhammer hit.
The Nittany Lions then rattled off 39 unanswered points to secure a 46-17 win.
It took a hit of that caliber to spark a young Mauti’s love of the game.
Although Rich Mauti played seven seasons in the NFL, he wouldn’t let his sons step on a football field until they were in seventh grade. In Michael’s case, he didn’t start playing until eighth grade.
It didn’t take long for the youngest Mauti to be put off by football.
So Mauti, the smallest kid on the team, let the season play out. Soon, an unwilling participant became the fiercest of competitors on the freshman team at Mandeville (La.) High School.
He started the season as a quarterback but soon found himself making plays on kickoff coverage.
It’s not that Mauti intends to injure opponents. He plays within the rules. But he won’t deny that football is a violent game and being the player to initiate contact is Mauti’s specialty.
If an opponent remembers Mauti’s number after a hit and has second thoughts about touching the football for the rest of the game, Mauti’s made a huge impact by his own standards.
“The feeling of the hit. The feeling of delivering a blow, it’s just — There’s something about it,” Mauti said.
It was the worst feeling of his playing career — laying on his back on the Beaver Stadium grass, staring up at a blue sky knowing it was happening all over again.
Mauti had torn an anterior cruciate ligament before, so he knew pretty quickly when his left leg buckled during the first quarter of the 2011 Eastern Illinois game that his left leg was shot before he even hit the ground.
After sutting out the entire 2009 season concentrating on rehabilitating his right knee, Mauti came back with a vengeance in 2010. He finished fifth on the team with 57 tackles.
An expanded on-field role would have to wait, however, following the early season injury to his left knee last season.
Mauti got luckier the second time around. When he was injured in 2009, he contracted a nasty case of strep throat. He lost nearly 30 pounds and couldn’t eat normally for weeks. Last fall, Mauti was able to stay relatively healthy except for the knee injury. He was able to concentrate on healing after his surgery and took a better approach to his rehab having gone through it just months before.
Then-defensive coordinator Tom Bradley wanted to keep his star linebacker involved with day-to-day operations. So Mauti became an extra coach, going so far as to call the majority of the defenses in the TicketCity Bowl after Bradley was promoted to interim head coach.
It helped having counsel from former Nittany Lions such as Jerome Hayes, Brennan Coakley and Sean Lee - who had been in Mauti’s situation, battling back from knee injuries.
Beyond two major knee injuries, Mauti has racked up the bumps and bruises one would expect of a brute who plays every snap with reckless abandon, thriving on collisions.
Mauti appeared in 11 games in 2010 and wouldn’t let a sprained ankle suffered against Iowa or a separated shoulder courtesy of Ohio State to keep him away from football.
Mauti learned over a tumultuous summer that he could take on an even greater role for a squad desperately in need of vocal leader.
When the NCAA came down on Penn State with a four-year bowl ban to go along with a $60 million fine and serious scholarship reductions, Mauti and teammate Michael Zordich got together with a plan to combat the NCAA’s harshest penalty.
The sanctions gave any Penn State player a free chance to transfer out of the program without giving up a year of eligibility. Some chose to do just that, and other college programs began contacting Penn State players, some even coming to campus on recruiting trips.
Mauti and Zordich took it personally. The duo made their way to Coach Bill O’Brien after the NCAA penalties were announced, and the next day made a statement outside of the team’s practice complex that Penn State players would stick together.
For the most part, the Nittany Lions have.
Mauti said he was honored to eulogize Joe Paterno at a memorial service following the longtime coach’s death in January. Speaking last in a line of players, each representing a decade Paterno in which coached, Mauti took to the lectern in the Bryce Jordan Center with no notes and spoke from the heart.
He told the story of his initial recruitment. Mauti’s family didn’t expect him to commit on the spot to Paterno, but that’s what happened. Mauti remembered Paterno giving him flack for getting kicked out of a drill for fighting as a freshman.
“‘Hey, your dad used to act like he was tough, too, trying to fight people all the time,’” Mauti said in his best high-pitched impression of Paterno.
Pat Fitzgerald’s eyes are trained to watch football and immediately evaluate.
When the Northwestern coach dissects an opposing team’s defense, his eyes go to the linebackers first. Fitzgerald, himself a college football hall of famer who played the position, sees no weaknesses in Mauti’s game.
Mauti won’t dwell on his past. He won’t allow the fear of being injured to creep into his mind.
He won’t let the negative white noise, the criticism of his team or school by outside talking heads, distract him. Like he did this summer, when other coaches were on Penn State’s campus, looking to lure Nittany Lion players way, Mauti will give them an earful. He’ll do everything in his power to keep opposing coaches away.
If that means he has to talk, so be it. Mauti said he would rather hit someone between the sidelines.
He’ll throw himself into Northwestern players with explosive zeal. He’ll get up off the pile of players and high step his way back to the Penn State sideline.
Mimicking his big-hit celebration at his seat in the Lasch Football Building, Mauti bounces both of his legs simultaneously so his knees come up above the table where he’s sitting.
Mauti’s presence is heavily requested these days. He does this interview, then he’s got to get going.
“For me, I’ve got nothing to lose, man,” he says. “I’m just playing every play like it’s my last.
“For all I know it could be taken away on any play. | 2019-04-24T00:16:50 | https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article42809967.html | [
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bronxapostle wrote: Again, if we see a video, we might know a bit more certainly.
Upon review, it sounds like the same guy who screamed "Two Little Hitlers" about 1 second prior to the start of Almost Blue. Wildly inappropriate and not a plant IMO.
Thanks doc. I always trust my instinct. I knew it was split second decision that he started to play it.
I say all those dorks should shut the heck up and enjoy what gets played.
I don't mind the requests, but sometimes the timing is awful, like the Two Little Hitlers moment.
docinwestchester wrote: I don't mind the requests, but sometimes the timing is awful, like the Two Little Hitlers moment.
Yeah, well, NOTHING went wrong that night. A superb top ten show....for the ages, night two Carnegie!!
The "Two Little Hitlers" guy was the balcony, or maybe way in the back on the floor. The "Welcome to the Working Week" was in row CC, maybe seat 110. I saw him. I could probably pick him out of a line-up.
I wasn't suggesting the guy was plant. Just that his convoluted shout-out wasn't the first or only way his request was communicated to EC. He actually said something like, "It's Sunday, Elvis, so welcome us to the working week." I didn't really understand what he'd said until EC started playing the song. I can't believe EC would have been able to parse it, cold, from 20 feet away, over the rest of the crowd noise. But he went right into the song without so much as a "Huh?"
Interesting. You were definitely closer to the source than me.
Lisa's face lit up just now when I played this, with goose bumps ensuing. Good times.
Paraphrasing W.C. Fields in A Fatal Glass of Beer, last Wednesday night (March 7) in Brooklyn and much of the nor’easter-wracked Eastern seaboard wasn’t a fit night out for man or beast. But Elvis Costello & The Imposters rose to the occasion for the many hearty souls who still braved the elements for the first of four New York area shows (Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre hosted the next three, last Thursday, Friday and Sunday nights).
Taking the stage to the perfect choice of Rosemary Clooney’s “Snow,” Elvis & Co.. were on fire from the get-go, rattling off an initial volley of front-loaded favorites (“Wonder Woman,” “Girls Talk,” “Big Tears,” “Miracle Man,” Radio Radio” and “This is Hell”) with such blazing abandon that drummer Pete Thomas seemed on the verge of spontaneously combusting at any moment.
But it wasn’t just the band that was scorching. For his last few tours Costello has brought along two terrific backup vocalists in Briana Lee and Kitten Kuroi, and in these shows he’s really integrated them into the set masterfully, particularly the second half, following the band’s departure after “I Want You.” The gals stayed on and stepped over with Costello to a single microphone set up at the front of the stage, crowding him from both sides as they all sang “Alison” to his acoustic guitar accompaniment, the inspired trio turning into a three-way love fest by song’s end.
From there they followed Costello to keyboardist Steve “The Professor” Nieve’s vacant grand piano, maestro himself tickling the ivories as he sang “A Face in the Crowd,” Lee and Kuroi backing him on the title song of his hoped-for Broadway musical based on Elia Kazan’s 1957 film classic starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal.
Rather than coming off corny, it was truly affecting, so much so that a good many in the crowd responded in kind. And to top it all off, Costello announced that despite the declining consumer interest in the album format, he and The Imposters have in fact completed a new one for release later this year.
That reminds me of the Brodsky Quartet show at Town Hall in New York back in 93. Elvis announced the last number and my buddy yelled out "Jacksons Monk and Rowe" really loudly and they played the song again. So much fun. | 2019-04-24T20:51:31 | http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11116&p=7734523 | [
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Follow Up to, When a Seller's Disclosure Statement is Not Truthful - Posternock & Apell, PC.
Our recent newsletter entitled, “When A Seller’s Disclosure Statement Is Not Truthful”, garnered a lot of attention. In fact, it led to several in-person presentations to local realtor groups on this critical topic. In light of that, we thought you would find more “discussion” helpful.
Williams v. Chase Home Finance LLC: Plaintiffs commenced this action in connection with their purchase of a home from defendants Chase Home Financial, LaSalle Bank National Association, and EMO Mortgage Corp. Sellers were aided in the sale of the foreclosed property by realtors NJ REO Asset Management & Realty, Inc. and Ralph Barone, also joined as defendants. Plaintiffs allege the property’s Multiple Listing Service (MLS) listing, specifically its water sewer description, constituted an affirmative misrepresentation in violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA). Plaintiffs claimed that in September 2009, after reviewing the listing and assuming the water sewer description meant the property had “started out on [a] septic system” but had later been connected to “the public sewer”, they purchased the home for $75,000 without conducting a title search or obtaining any inspections of the property. The contract and incorporated addenda confirmed that the property was being sold as is. After taking title, plaintiffs discovered that the property was not linked to the public sewer system and its septic tank was defunct. The court observed that, despite listing description’s ambiguity, plaintiffs’ claim ignores the listing’s unambiguous disclaimer, which declared the “[i]nformation reliable but not guaranteed.” Because nothing in the listing or contract of sale could be viewed as a false representation, the appellate panel affirmed the dismissal of plaintiffs’ claims.
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(b) Is the attorney an agent for the Seller/Buyer?
Zennario v. Ragulin: a Seller filed a lawsuit against defendant buyers alleging breach of contract and seeking compensatory damages based on the purchase price ($230,000) of the property set forth in the parties’ contract less the sale price ($190,000) later obtained, together with the additional costs ($12,831.44) incurred by seller in maintaining the property in the interim. Buyers filed a counterclaim, alleging breach of contract, fraud in the inducement, and misrepresentation. Buyers moved for dismissal, asserting seller’s failure to respond to their earlier small claims complaint seeking the return of their deposit barred seller’s assertion of the claims in this action. Seller was not named as a party to the small claims lawsuit, which resulted in buyers obtaining a default judgment against the listed real estate agent. The judge denied buyer’s motion to dismiss, and at the conclusion of a bench trial, found in seller’s favor, awarding $52,831.44 in damages. The judge found buyers’ testimony that their attorney was not authorized to make his response pertaining to a flood zone issue during attorney review was not credible, and that a binding contract was validly formed during attorney review. The appellate panel rejected buyers’ arguments that: (1) there was no meeting of the minds regarding the property’s location in a flood zone; (2) plaintiff breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (3) there was a mutual mistake of fact; (4) the contract did not survive the attorney review period; and (5) the action is barred by the entire controversy doctrine.
This ruling has application to you, particularly due to our “South Jersey” way of doing things. In such a setting you have constant involvement in communications of legal significance, and, thus, the agency issue may be paramount in future disagreements about who said what and when, and, importantly, whether you were authorized to do so. 20/20 hindsight can be a slippery slope. Document your files. Save (and print) your emails. Do not rely on your memory.
Did you know that the standard disclosure statement includes the below language in your acknowledgment?
The Seller’s real estate broker/broker-salesperson/salesperson also confirms that he or she visually inspected the property with reasonable diligence to ascertain the accuracy of the information disclosed by the seller, prior to providing a copy of the property disclosure statement to the buyer.
It’s known as the safe harbour provision of New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act. If you have a question about it, email me at [email protected]. In case you missed it, read the original article here: “When a Seller’s Disclosure Statement Is Not Truthful”. | 2019-04-24T09:08:50 | https://www.posternockapell.com/blog/sellers-disclosure-statement-truthful-continued/ | [
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What actions might be needed to jump start the tourism industry in Pohnpei?
I believe much has been said about this topic in the past. However, I'd like to bring it up again; so that we can have a new and fresh look at it again. I hope those who are in the know about this subject matter--would contribute to this discussion.
First, tour operators used to say that Pohnpei airport was too short for charter flights. Well, the airport was extended several years ago with financial assistance and technical assistance from Japan.
Second, others use to complain that there is not enough room. Well, there is a new couple of storey hotel building in town. We probably have over 300 rooms available--more or less--Cliff, Ocean View, the new Hotel, Joy and others.
1. If there is already a serious and comprehensive report on how to start the tourism industry in Pohnpei, I am asking anybody to let us know; so that we can read it and update it; or take some actions accordingly.
2. I am assuming that a complete and good report does not exist. As such, let me offer some ideas: a) a tourism market analyst should look at the resources that Pohnpei has to offer; and b) determine whether they could attract certain type of tourists from China or Korea or Japan or America or Europe or where.
3. The question is whether at least one charter flight could be arranged from either Japan, Korea or China per week? If we start with that assumption, what are the necessary actions to take in order to accomodate the planes requirements; and to accomodate the tourists; and make them occupied or happy or contented for at least 3 days; before they return home.
These are my initial comments and suggestions for now. Is it possible or not to have a modest number of tourists to come to Pohnpei consistently--every week--for a whole year at a time? If possible, then, we should go for it. Any other observations and suggestions would be appreciated.
The public could give the Pohnpei Visitors’ Bureau a big pay raise and a bigger round of applause. If not, then try the opposite or something else, but don’t do nothing and expect something. For example, the US national debt was doubled; the jobs were going over-seas; so the Americans tried a different approach to the problem. They elected a billionaire CEO instead of the customary career politician. Like the idiom goes, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” So they tried someone very different from your ordinary politician. Of course, the world is still full of insane people, who demand the usual approach to a growing problem. But that's another topic.
Anyway, that is my two cents and I hope you would appreciate it, like you said that you would. There is much left unsaid about the complex issue of tourism. Other Micronesians should contribute in this discussion, rather than in those they detest.
So I heard that for Guam tourism, the Korean tourists are known to prefer smaller hotels, not the fancy big ones. And they also don't spend as much. On the other hand, the Japanese tourism prefer to stay in the large hotels; and do spend a lot per visitor. Whether this distinction is related to the tourist promoters who are linked the particular hotels, it'll be good to know. It's not good to make such generalizations. I don't know what can be said of the Chinese tourists or US tourists or Russian tourist.
I think if we really want to try to develop Pohnpei tourism, we need, first of all, to understand such preferences of the different groups as tourism targets; and at the same time, we need to know if Pohnpei can provide what the particular group would find as contributing to their positive tourism experience. So this is the basic principle of business an marketing analysis; and is needed before we can begin to design the tourism program and promotion.
So that is my first recommendation. Just some thoughts on this nice and noisy New Year's day--Jan. 1, 2019.
First and foremost Tourism critically require CLEANLINESS! Our Environment must be presentably clean without artificial rubbish. Our Air, Ocean, Rivers, streams, shores and riversides must be clean. Appropriate infrastructure must also be in place. Build it and they will come. We must invest heavily into advertisements locally and globally. Preserve our Customs and Traditions. Not what is happening today where the Tourist would come and see the traditional Leaders sitting infront in Western clothing. For Pohnpei this is what it needs for Tourism to move forward.
Did you say that we need clean up our environment and rake our yards? Well, I'll be damned! Trump was right all along!
So I am looking for a tourism study that shows and analyzes the "segmentation" of the potential tourism targets. Tourism, like any product lines--such as soft drink, beer, food products--could be more understood if a "marketing study" shows the segmentation of the potential market including desirable and undesirable behaviors; spending patterns; tolerance for long flights; desire for shopping vs. visiting cultural sites; duration of vacation days per different groups; what would constitute a happy tourist; etc., etc.
Needless to say, once you understand your potential customers--it'll be easier to improve the sites where the tourists would visits; etc., etc.,. So the question is this: does Pohnpei have the basic assets that could be developed or improved--so that the different segments of the tourism population could be attracted to visit?
Tourism matters. Don’t count the US out. We have A LOT of eco-tourists who snorkel and dive. Does FSM have the logistical capability of handling 300 avid snorkelers and divers at a time? Protect the mangroves and reefs; without them you will be left with a deserted ocean.
Is it possible to Charter a non-stop flight out of Los Angeles? If so then running ads in the diving and adventure magazines might allow you to fill those planes. Sundays out of LA and back on Saturdays would allow connections to be made to any destination in the US; with the folks leaving their offices on a Friday and returning to work on a Monday. Perhaps use the planes for domestic flights during the week. Does Yap and Chuck have airports large enough to handle those kinds of aircraft?
Beyond tourism: FSM has one of the largest exclusive economic zones on the planet.
I can imagine as a small country your fish and ocean resources are being exploited with very little return to FSM itself. The fishing boats should be flagged in FSM. The workers on the boats should be Micronesian, the processing plants should be Micronesian; and those ocean resources should be closely monitored and aggressively protected. I know how this world works; I am confident you are receiving a few pennies on the dollar of economic return.
What percentage of capital outflow is represented in diesel fuel imports for energy production? Given topography and climate that is about as big a waste as I can imagine. Given your cost of energy; tidal, solar, and wind could be gold plated and still be more profitable than diesel generation. But more imporantly it would stem the hemorage of capital those imports represent.
Capitalize your own banks and businesses. That single action would probably be the second most effective way in stemming capital outflow and encouraging capital formation.
Invest locally and use reinvestment to grow; it is the only way you will be free; and that matters.
So, yes, US divers is just one segment of the possible many segments of the tourism market. I am assuming this segment, if you look at it closely, will have its own characteristics and behavior and spending patterns that would be very different from other segments such as tourists from China or Korea or Japan, etc.
The question is what kinds of assets or attractions does Pohnpei have--or that can be developed--to cater to this segment of the tourism industry.
First, is the cost: there are closer destinations such as Belize, the Carribean islands, etc. which will cost less, in terms of airline costs, to visit compared to the price of the tickets to Pohnpei and back.
Second, what about the attractions for tourists: will the US-based divers be willing to bypass Hawaii and its other islands--to come to Pohnpei. Do we have such hot diving spots in Pohnpei to compete with other diver destinations? I think it's limited.
These and more are some of the items in the list to be evaluated if were we to try to focus on this segment of the market. It is doable but we need to make a good case as to why the US-based divers would be attracted to come to Pohnpei and not other less expensive and accessible destinations that have more to offer.
I don't want to sound negative. American divers have a lot of money to spend compared to other segments of the tourism population so it should be seriously considered. It'll be good to hear from marketing experts regarding this segment and as to whether or not, it should be the focus of the Pohnpei tourism promotion drive. Just some ideas.
Has anybody considered cruise-lines. I hate traveling in airplanes for long durations.
A service based economy would certainly not be a first choice.
The South Pacific has multiple times the number of fauna and flora species than the Caribbean Basin.
I thought Pohnpei had healthy coral reefs and good water clarity. That is the only attraction needed to attract divers and snorkelers from around the world. Has the entire planet been trawled with bottom nets? I was hoping a few spots were missed. Flora and Fauna is what the world wants to experience; it is that simple. Unfortunately the density of both flora and fauna in our oceans is rapidly decreasing.
If there are healthy coral reefs with large numbers of fish then imagine a market where the product is exposure to the most species of flora and fauna on the planet. It sounds foolish to use scarce capital to hire marketing experts for such a rare market. That is like saying you don’t know what you have in your hands.
Pohnpei will never be able to compete with the highly sophisticated and highly profitable casinos in places like Las Vegas, Macau, Hong Kong, Monaco, London, etc.
A tourist attraction unique to Pohnpei is Nan Madol, a United Nations World Heritage site. But until it is restored and maintained, made more accessible to visitors of all ages, and supported with world class tour guides, lodging, and restaurants, not many people will spend thousands of dollars to visit the place.
So if casino is out, what is it that might attract Chinese or other gamblers to Pohnpei? I don't see any.
Cruise liners is one possible ways to bring tourists in. But I don't think somebody will deliberately get on a cruise-liner with Pohnpei destination solely in mind. What we can do is for our tourism promoters to contact the cruiseliner operators that pass thru our waters--so they can make a scheduled stop on Pohnpei port for a couple of days. I heard that some of these cruise-lines go to Guam or Saipan and other destinations in our neighborhood. So it might be possible to find ways to get them to stop, more often, or on a regular basis at Pohnpei port.
What about Korean visitors or Japanese visitors? We do have some Japanese visitors that come thru on a more regular basis. There are Japanese-speaking local tour operators who are equipped to hold Japanese tourists--if or when they come.
But I am beginning to think that we need to approach the development of the Pohnpei tourism in a slightly different way. I don't think our own government agencies and employees--who are tasked to promote and attract tourists--can do the job. It's not that they are not qualified. It's just the way the mass tourism market work.
If we want to bring in, say, 200 to 300 tourists to Pohnpei on a charter flight, I think we need to have the involvement of tour packagers or tour promoters--located where the possible tourists are.
The promoters will be the ones to advertise the tour packages; arrange for flights when there are about 200 to 300 interested tourists. They can facilitate and make bookings with the local Pohnpei hotel from their offices in Japan or S. Korea; and even plan out, example, a 3-day package. The tour operators are the ones who know the needs and desires of different tourists group. So they will be the ones who we can depend on the make the arrangements.
It may mean that our governments will need to find partners who are tour operators; and pay them certain amount plus commission in order for them to sell Pohnpei as destination.
I think tourists visiting out-o- the-way places like Pohnpei would like to be dealing with reliable and trustworthy tour operators--for their safety and for assurance about the value of their vacations.
So I don't know what assets or attractions(?) are there in Pohnpei to attract a certain group. We still need to conduct tourist marketing studies, the segmentation of the market. In the end, we want some sort of tourist profiles as per different countries as segmented by age group, family group, environmental study group, historical study group, divers group, etc., etc.
In short, I think we need to develop working relationship and compensation package agreement with tourist promoters. We need to bring some of them to Pohnpei to look at our assets; and advice us on how to improve Pohnpei; so that future tourists will be satisfied once they get here. Just some thoughts.
Besides the Nan Madol World Heritage site, FSM has spectacular sport fishing and scuba diving to attract tourists.
WWII artifacts and shipwrecks can also attract both Japanese and American families with WWII historical connections.
And yes, we need experienced tourism industry professionals to propose marketing strategies for possible implementation....IF the people and the government are really serious about tourism, that is.
So far, I haven't seem much evidence of serious interest, sad to say.
FM, I agree that FSM has many attractions that could draw tourists to visit. But for business strategy, I think the government officials who are responsible for tourism policies should really work with professionals--so that the different FSM states' attractions will be identified and amplified--for the purpose of differentiating each one as a unique destination in itself. I say this because when we say FSM, it means a large region; so it'll be difficult for tourist to be able to visit all the destinations in the FSM.
So, let's say that a typical tourist--from Japan, S. Korea, US, Europe, Russia, etc.,--has only 3 days for vacation. How do we attract those kinds of visitors to a particular destination. I would say that we should assume that these tourists with only 3-day vacation time will only be going to one destination--whether it's Pohnpei or Chuuk or Yap or Kosrae--in the case of the FSM. Of course, other competing destinations for the 3-day vacationers are Hawaii, Guam, Palau, Saipan, RMI and other nearby locations.
So for the FSM, we need to define the potential destinations within the FSM. We can say that Pohnpei is unique because of its Nan Madol ruins plus its diving spots. Chuuk is unique because of the World War II wrecks. Yap is unique because of its traditional money and its sting ray alley. Also, Kosrae has its own ruins and special forests, etc.
In short, we need to understand, on one hand, the tourists profiles and segmentation; so we can target the different segments--in order to lure them to the spectacular and unique attractions within each of the FSM states. On the other hand, we need to define our destinations in a way that they will attract the different segments of the tourism population. Just some thoughts but I am sure these are already well understood by government officials responsible for tourism development and promotion. Hope so.
Of the three Freely Associated States, only Palau has a thriving tourist industry.
Both the FSM and the RMI would be wise to learn from the ROP how to effectively attract tourists.
In the meantime, fisheries remain our only significant income-producing industry....and that income will continue to fluctuate annually due to tuna migration and global warming.
I learn much on tourism from your comments, but I sometimes feel you are leap frogging. I think Factsmatter pointed out a problem which is the lack of "serious interest." Shouldn't we address this problem first? Does anyone know why Micronesians, excluding Belauans and Chamorros, lack the motivation to develop their tourism industry? For example, lack of physical fitness, low energy, or maybe poor diet is to blame. Too much substance abuse maybe? Too content with no dreams or visions for greatness? Too lazy? Don't want to change lifestyle or develop self? Land's too sacred to be developed or discussed? Bored of same old leadership? Not enough public lands like in Koror and the Marianas?
Are Micronesians really free men and women? If so, then why are we not "seriously interested" in building up our tourism, economy and country? Maybe we just don't like tourists and want to be left alone, like most conquered peoples living in injun reservations. Or maybe we dread the ecological, cultural, and economical impacts of tourism. Anyway, I think we should also consider the public's opinions, especially the local communities' and land owners,' when planning these ventures. Because everyone will be impacted.
z, yes, you are making a lot of good points. I am hoping that by engaging in serious discussions about Pohnpei tourism, we can come to some conclusions; and some answers to questions which you have raised. I don't want to believe that Pohnpeians are lazy or don't want development thru tourism. But I also don't have an answer as to how to develop tourism in Pohnpei--to a level similar to Palau or Guam, etc.
Maybe some of the reasons that you say are correct. But I am not sold yet on the idea that we are the cause of our own problem--our attitude, our way of life, low energy, etc.
In the end, it might prove that tourism--in the volume comparable to Palau or Guam--simply cannot occur in Pohnpei for the following reasons which have been mentioned by different people--some in this Forum, etc.
Pohnpei does not have the beaches that attract family-type tourists. Pohnpei is too far out of the way; so it'll take many vacation hours spent on the plane; so it does not attract people with only 3-day vacation. Pohnpei does not have large shopping centers such as those in Guam (Walmart, Duty-Free, etc). While Nan Madol is one of the best place in the world to visit, it would only take probably a couple of hours to make a tour to Nan Madol; and what do you do after that.
Another problem that I see is restrictions for hiring quality service people, such as workers from the Philippines, to come work in Pohnpei. It is difficult to recruit these workers because they also have to get US visa just to transit thru Guam a couple of hours in order to go to Pohnpei.
In contrast, Palau has good beaches although you have take boats to the nice rock island beaches. But some of the hotels in Koror have built artificial beaches by the hotels to cater to their tourism customers. The population of Palau is small; so the number of Palauans working for tourism is small. Most of the service workers such as waitress at restaurants, cooks, etc, are from the Philippines. And it's easy for Palau to bring in workers from PI because they don't have to go thru Guam--so they don't need to apply for visa which is costly as well as time consuming. Most importantly, Palau has been able to maintain its clean environment which is appreciated by the tourists.
So should Pohnpei give up on tourism because it does have the same assets and attractions as Palau or Guam? At some point in time, the leadership has to decide. I would say that we still need experts on tourism development and marketing and promotion to visit Pohnpei under contract with the Pohnpei State or with the FSM. They still need to do assessments of our assets and attraction sites. They need to help us figure as to whether or not our assets and attractions can be good enough to attract a certain segment of the tourism population.
We don't have to have mass tourism although the airport has been extended to accommodate charter flights. We might be able to focus on smaller number of visitors; and then, build from there. We'll see.
Does anyone know why Air Niugini and Air Nauru do not want to land in Guam? Only Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, South Korean, and Philippines airlines like to land in Guam. Why is this? Anyone know why Air Niugini and Air Nauru hate Guam so much?
Disregard everything that you are talking about with regards to tourism in the FSM. Let us explore this question instead. Why does the US Government allow Japanese, Chinese, South Korean, Taiwanese, and Philippine airlines to land in Guam but not Air Niugini and Air Nauru? Is it because the pilots have curly hair? Why is this?
I think any airline that wants to fly to any country must be able to meet that country's standard. In order to fly to Guam or Honolulu, the aircraft must meet US safety standard; pilots must meet training and retraining requirements. The airline must also have an office and crew at the airport; to service the plane and customers. It probably can contract other airlines to provide these services at the beginning.
It also probably need to lease or own those ramp walkway that are moved to connect to the plane once in place; for customers to work thru to the airport--unless you have a small aircraft which only requires customer to exit the plane; and walk on the airport open air to the building. The 2 airlines that you are talking about probably don't have the volume of customers to Guam--to be able to invest on the required infrastructure. It probably does not have enough revenue to meet insurance requirements.
Lastly, I am sure the business competition from United or other more established US carrier will always be a factor. I heard that United--like the Continental before it-- keeps reducing its ticket prices whenever Air Nauru tried to have flights to Guam or other destinations in Micronesia-in order to undercut Air Nauru's attempt to get a foothold of the Guam market.
So I am sure it has nothing to do with "curly hair" but more on stiff competition; as there are other "curly hair" pilots in United and other carriers that come to Guam.
Air Niugini has been trying to get landing rights into Guam since 1970s. However, for some strange reason, the US Government never grants them landing rights, despite the fact that it grants landing rights to Asian country airlines from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, and Philippines.
What would be the reason for not granting landing rights to Air Niugini? Please tell us because I think you already know this.
We just need to justify why should a tourist fly over Guam and Hawaii to come to FSM. Once we can get that traveler to FSM, we will have tourist.
Good question. I think some smart person--with practical experience in tourism program planning and strategizing--might be able to provide some answers. Or, it'll be a combination of experts in business development and marketing strategies; or some people from Japan or S. Korea who actually have real life experience with packaging tours from their countries to Pacific islands nations such as Guam, Hawaii, CNMI. People with such expertise could be paid as consultant--to put some of their recommendations together to answer the question above. | 2019-04-20T14:42:59 | http://micronesiaforum.org/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/378545/ | [
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Patrice Evra who was recently in news for making his comeback to the United with an executive role off the ground has condemned the racial abuse whose victim was Raheem Sterling. The former defender of France has lived the best part of his football career in the Old Trafford and speculations have raised that he could make a comeback to his old stadium.
When the incident of racial abuse took place, Patrice Evra was fast to react on this and expressed his displeasure over the incident through a tweet. The incident of racial abuse took place on Saturday when Raheem Sterling was playing for the Manchester City. One such incident of racial abuse also happened with Evra when he was allegedly abused by Luis Suarez of Liverpool in 2011 on the basis of his race. While expressing his displeasure he said that this is awful that such incident occurs in the modern era. The French player tweeted: “I just saw what occurred with @sterling7 last night. How such a thing can still happen in 2018? | 2019-04-25T16:35:19 | https://www.patriceevra3.com/tag/manchester/ | [
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It’s hard to put into words the way I felt about Nocturnal Animals. On one hand, this is one of the creepiest, most disturbing films I have ever seen. On the other hand, it was so different that I actually liked it. Maybe I’m just a little oversensitive, but the suspense of every scene made me want to rip my skin off. The only conclusion I can draw is that writer/director Tom Ford knows how to make an emotionally confusing movie.
Since I don’t know where else to start with this one, I’ll just start from the top. From the opening scene, I knew Nocturnal Animals was going to be extremely weird. I think the opening title sequence is the most awkward and unnecessary thing that I have ever seen. Due to the extreme lack of censorship, I will not describe in detail the art exhibit that Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) was displaying. There are no words to describe how utterly unnecessary this scene was, and it didn’t have anything to do with the rest of the film.
After the opening scene, the film gets into its wacky groove when Susan’s ex-husband, Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal), leaves a copy of his newest novel’s manuscript on her front porch. The novel serves as a twisted ode to their two decade departed relationship and the cruel way that it ended. The film starts to depict three separate timelines: Susan and Edward’s past relationship, Susan’s present, and a manifestation of the novel as Susan reads it. The film inside the film is actually very good. The novel’s apparent revenge plot is thick, juicy, and extremely suspenseful.
The novel itself is a very creepy story based on a version of Edward and Susan, Tony and Laura (who is now played by Isla Fisher to help differentiate between the stories). The story is a lens for how Edward felt following his falling out with Susan, but it’s much more twisted in this personification. Tony is faced with teaming up with cop Bobby Andes (Michael Shannon) to hunt down the perps that raped and murdered his wife and daughter. The novel forces Susan to contemplate her past with Edward and her present situation with cheating husband Hutton (Armie Hammer).
Nocturnal Animals shines in the great acting performances of Gyllenhaal, Shannon, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who plays perp Ray. They all do a fantastic job of portraying nutty characters and I was happy to see that Taylor-Johnson received a Golden Globe nomination for this role. I also liked that for an incredibly suspenseful film, I was still able to worry about what would happen next without the suspense ever getting old. It’s a very, very weird film, yet it somehow is still enjoyable and keeps you interested in the action of the novel.
Even after trying to put my thoughts into a review, I’m still not sure how to fully sort out my true feelings on this film. It’s one of those movies that you can dislike and love at the same time, if that makes any sense. Nocturnal Animals is not a standard film by any means. It’s a crazy revenge story that made my skin crawl with anticipation and made me feel conflicted about what the film was trying to say.
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Not American..how old is one in grade 8?
I think like, 13 and 14. So definitely a very awkward time.
I feel like bullying can be more of a middle school thing, with high school it's more you get ignored. IDK I remember kids fighting in high school I don't remember much bullying. | 2019-04-20T11:01:50 | https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/109998048.html?thread=18840162272 | [
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Commissioner Florence Harmon said she was frustrated with DCPS' decision to back out of funding the Ivymount program at the Stevens School.
D.C. Public Schools is pulling out of its funding commitment for the new Ivymount special education school, set to be located at the site of the former Thaddeus Stevens School on 21st Street.
Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood commissioners learned the news at their meeting Wednesday evening after ANC Chairman Patrick Kennedy received a letter less than an hour before the meeting got underway. The letter that Kennedy read aloud at the meeting stated that DCPS chose not to move forward with their agreement and mentioned previous work between DCPS and Ivymount.
“Since 2012 DCPS has launched successful collaborative efforts with Ivymount students and staff and has developed additional programs from students with autism spectrum disorder and professional development for DCPS staff,” the letter to Kennedy from Jennifer Niles, deputy mayor of education, stated.
Ivymount, a private school company that operates two schools and outreach programs for children with learning and intellectual disabilities including autism, is planning to open a third school an the site of the former Stevens School, which closed in 2008.
ANC commissioners slammed DCPS’ decision saying the current state of special needs education in the District is failing children.
Commissioner Eve Zhurbinskiy said it was unclear why DCPS decided not to provide funding for the project. Adminstrators had previously committed to give about $2.5 million to the project, $50,000 for each of the 50 students planning to enroll there, she said.
Chancellor Antwan Wilson, who came to DCPS in February, switched around special education programs as the superintendent of schools in Oakland, Calif. to combine children in regular classrooms, upsetting some parents, the Washington Post reported.
“One month into his role as chancellor, he decided to scrap the Ivymount deal, and everyone on the ANC is extremely angry,” she said in an email.
Kennedy said DCPS’ withdrawal of funding is a setback for the community, especially children who need special education.
Ivymount still has a $20 million contract with Akridge, a property office commercial real estate company, which will fund some of the restoration of the Stevens School.
Stevens School had a 140-year-long history in the District, originally built with contributions from parents who were freed slaves and wanted to send their children to a quality school, Kennedy said.
The school closed in 2008 but the D.C. Council and Historic Preservation Review Board approved renovations to bring the Ivymount School into the space in 2018.
Under the renovation plans, Akridge would furnish the property to open the school and the adjacent retail and office space that is planned for the site.
The ANC voted unanimously to accept Akridge’s plans for the school site under the Historic Preservation Review Board.
Commissioner William Smith said he did not think anything justified dissolving the program.
Commissioner Florence Harmon said while she was upset about DCPS’ decision, she did think the agency legally could back out of funding the program.
“I have never seen anything like this in my entire life,” Harmon said. | 2019-04-25T20:40:34 | https://www.gwhatchet.com/2017/05/18/dcps-backs-out-of-funding-ivymount-at-the-stevens-school/ | [
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Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by unisecureus, Oct 25, 2018.
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Your SEO will play a good factor in it, but you can start working on social media right now to increase it. I find FB great for boosting traffic quickly.
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Thanks all for valuable replies.
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It is advisable to circulate your blog on various high traffic micro-blogging sites and do social bookmarking accordingly. You can also take advantage of social media promotion as well. | 2019-04-26T16:53:09 | https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/blog-traffic.2848479/ | [
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A 26-foot statue of the actress has been placed in a Stamford park across the street from a church, which is getting a full view of her behind. It depicts the famous scene from 1955’s The Seven Year Itch where Monroe holds down her white dress as air blows up from a subway grate.
Forever Marilyn is one of 36 statues by artist Seward Johnson that are on loan and on display in the downtown area through the summer. They’re part of the city’s annual Art in Public Spaces program. All the statues except Marilyn are life-size and depict people doing everyday activities.
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One person is “the public”. Typical yellow journalism.
Why don't they put it on front of a mosque? Not brave enough?
Wanna Sleep Everlasting with Marilyn Monroe? | 2019-04-24T03:51:23 | http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?s=0765fa6cec70fb77d9e1a65a573ea7f3&t=158276 | [
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Are you in the midst of planning your wedding? Between the hustle and bustle of finalizing guest lists, picking out the dress, scheduling caterers and a venue, it is easy to forget that this will be one of the most memorable days of your life. This day will be filled with pictures that will last a lifetime, so you obviously want to look your best.
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Magnolia is a magnificent movie, one that aims high for the sky and hits its direct target. It is a true gem of cinema, one of the greatest films I’ve ever seen. This is director Paul Thomas Anderson’s crown jewel, and this is from a director who has made some of the best films of the last fifteen years, like There Will Be Blood, The Master, and Punch Drunk Love.
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Anderson then brings out the central stories of the film. Magnolia is about a group of people’s lives in one day in Las Angeles. Each of Anderson’s stories has similar themes, such as death, resentment, and forgiveness, but they are all unique.
One of the stories has to do with Stanley Spector (Jeremy Blackman), a smart, young boy who is close to beating a record on the game show What Do Kids Know? His father (Michael Bowen) encourages Stanley to beat the record but in reality is only concerned on the cash prize.
The game show host Jimmy Gator (Phillip Baker Hall), at the same time, is dying of cancer. He tells his daughter Claudia (Melora Walters) about this, but she resents him. She’s resorted to snorting cocaine each day in her apartment while listening to music at full blast.
Anderson also gives a story about “former quiz kid Donnie Smith” (William H. Macy). When he was a boy he was a child star on a game show like Stanley but now he’s a drunk with a bad job. He wants to get orthodontics to attract a bartender, but is too shy to even talk to him.
Another narrative is about Earl Partridge (Jason Robards), an old wealthy man also dying of cancer, wants to see his long-lost son before he dies. His nurse Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman) attempts to find him and discovers Earl’s son is Frank T. J. Mackey (Tom Cruise), a stud who runs a program on seducing women. Mackey resents his father since he abandoned him and his mother as a child when his mother had cancer.
Meanwhile, Earl’s second wife Linda (Julianne Moore) searches for redemption. She had originally married Earl for his money but now actually legitimately cares about him. She knows that she will receive a chunk of his estate when he dies which she doesn’t want.
There is also the story of Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly), an officer who is fervent with Christianity. Like Phil, Officer Kurring serves as a caretaker for the characters. He comforts Claudia and even asks her out on a date, despite her pathetic state.
There are many parallels between these different events which all intercut with each other. Many films with multiple stories tend to be predictable, but Magnolia is completely different. It takes twists and turns and the ending is so unexpected that I was agape with amazement. I won’t spoil it, but I doubt anyone would have actually guessed that.
Magnolia is a golden achievement for director Paul Thomas Anderson. Anderson made this film when he was 28, which is incredible seeing that there are directors who couldn’t accomplish this when they’re twice his age. Paul Thomas Anderson has complete control over the film, never loosing his course. He delves into the lives of his characters and switches to different stories at the most precise moments. He commonly uses steady-cams in the film, which he executes brilliantly. One scene features Stanley walking into the game show building. The audience first assumes this was meant to show Stanley has just entered the building but it is in reality much more. The audience is then shown the cameramen setting up the set, Jimmy talking to his wife, and Stanley’s dad walking down behind the scenes until Anderson finally places the camera on the front of the stage. I was reminded of the Copablanca scene in GoodFellas, which Anderson must have taken into consideration for this.
Anderson also hints themes of religion. One obvious indication of this is Officer Kurring, but there are plenty of more clues. Children are meant to represent prophets, foretelling the future to adults (this is highlighted by Stanley and another boy). The movie also deals with forgiveness and love, which are repeated throughout the film.
The greatest triumph of Magnolia is its cast. I don’t think there has been a ensemble as good as Magnolia’s. I knew I was going to like the cast because some of my favorite actors, like Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, and John C. Reilly, but I didn’t know I was going to love it as much as I did. Every performance is fantastic. Moore is brutal in her role, Macy and Hall are tearful, and Reilly is forgiving.
But Tom Cruise is the one who really steals the show. I’ve never been a Tom Cruise fan in particular but he was amazing in the movie. Out of all the characters in the movie, Frank is the deepest and most layered. As the film progresses, the audience learns more and more about him and connect with his situation.
Magnolia is a filmmaker’s dream, a great accomplishment that will surely be recognized as a great piece of art. It’s a film that comes once every blue moon, one that challenges filmmaking and pushes the gold standard.
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Great review. I remember having to analyse the opening scene with all the coincidences during my film studies degree and it was great dissecting it all. It’s definitely one of those films that divides opinion, PTA seems to be developing a habit of that!
Out of all of what I’ve seen from Anderson, this is my favorite. It’s definitely a film to rewatch to examine all the themes. Thanks for commenting.
Great post, the scene that I always remember is the raining frogs. Strange yet very memorable.
The scene is so strange yet so magnificent. I was in awe when it occurred. This has quickly become one of my favorite movies and I loved every second of it. Thanks for commenting.
Paul Thomas Anderson succeeds with this where I think a lot of other directors would have failed.
Yeah, what’s really amazing is that he made this film when he was only 28. Most directors can’t accomplish something like Magnolia in a lifetime.
Nice post, William H. Macy floors me every time I watch this.
Macy is great in his role. Thanks for commenting.
Jesus! What a terrific movie! It’s not only my favorite from Anderson, but definitely my favorite Cruise performance of all-time and shows exactly why the guy is no slouch when it comes to powerful, dramatic-acting. Good review.
Thanks! It’s my favorite by Anderson as well and Tom Cruise does a fantastic job. Anderson’s films have actors in top form and Magnolia has quickly become one of my favorite films.
Thanks! Yeah, this may have the best ensemble cast ever. Definitely by favorite by Anderson. | 2019-04-25T02:37:45 | https://cinematicfilmblog.com/2012/11/07/magnolia-an-exhilarating-emotional-ride/ | [
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Investor sentiment measures may be used as contrarian indicators. We expect the market to do the opposite of what the indicators are saying when they reach an extreme level of bullish/greed/optimism or bearish/fear/pessimism. Identifying extreme levels of positive or negative sentiment may give us an indicator of the direction the stock market is likely to trend next.
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Although extreme investor sentiment may be used as a contrarian indicator, I do not base my investment or tactical trading decisions on it by itself. I use investor sentiment measures and indicators to indicate and confirm my other signals of a potential trend change. For example, when bullish investor sentiment is rising from a lower level but not yet reached an extreme high, it’s just confirming trend following. However, when bullish sentiment reaches an extreme it warns me to be prepared for a potential countertrend. All those who want to buy may have bought, so buying enthusiasm may be exhausted. That’s what I observed in January 2018. After prices fall investor sentiment shifts to bearish and they fear more loss. Once the level of fear reaches an extreme it begins to suggest those who want to sell have sold and we could see selling become exhausted and a selling climax.
We have two types of investor sentiment measures: Polls and indicators.
The results are then consolidated into the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey, which offers us some insight into the mood of individual investors.
Bearish investor sentiment is negatively correlated with stock market index returns. Below I created a chart of the S&P 500 stock index with an overlay of the % bearish investor sentiment. On the bottom, I added the correlation between the S&P 500 and the % bearish investor sentiment. We can visually see there is a negative correlation between investors getting more bearish as stock prices fall. For example, few investors were bearish in 2014 into 2015 until the stock index fell -12% in August 2015, then the % of bearish investors spiked up. We also saw the % of bearish investors extremely low in January 2018 as the stock index reached an all-time high. After the stock index declined -20% at the end of 2018 we saw the % of bearish investors spike up again. As we enter 2019, the % of bearish investors is at a historical extreme high level so we may be observing a selling climax as the desire to sell gets exhausted.
Bullish investor sentiment is positively correlated with stock index returns, except after stock prices fall, then investors lose their optimism. In the chart below, we see the % of bullish investors trending up along with stocks 2014 into 2015, but then as prices fell late 2015 into 2016 they lose their optimism for stocks. We saw another spike to an extreme level of bullishness late 2017 into 2018 as the stock index reached all-time highs. The % of bullish investors declined with great momentum after prices fell sharply. As we enter 2019, the % of bullish investors is very low, leaving much room for the desire to buy to take over.
Investor sentiment surveys like AAII are useful tools to get an idea of extreme sentiment levels when selling pressure or buying enthusiasm may be becoming exhausted. However, their potential weakness is they are ultimately just polls asking people what they believe, not what they are actually doing. Regardless, they do seem to have enough accuracy to be used as a guide to confirm other indicators.
As I’ve observed extreme levels of investor sentiment and participation in the 2018 downtrend in global markets, I’ve shared these indicators several times. As we saw in the investor sentiment survey, the VIX spiked in 2015, then spiked again but to a lower high in 2016 as the stock index fell. The VIX spiked again in February 2018 as the S&P 500 quickly declined -10%. After prices trended back up implied volatility contracted all the way to the low level of 12. The stock index started to decline again, so the VIX once again indicated a volatility expansion. As we enter 2019, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index VIX is at 25.42, just over its long-term average of 20. The VIX implies an expected volatility range of 25% over the next 30 days.
I’ve shared several observations the past few months of the Put/Call Ratio. The Put/Call Ratio is a range bound indicator that swings above and below 1, so reveals a shifting preference between put volume to call volume. When the level is high, it indicates high put volume. Since puts are used for hedging or bearish trades, I consider it a contrary indicator at extremely high levels.
The Equity Put/Call Ratio measures the put and call volume on equities, leaving out indexes. The Equity Put/Call Ratio spiked to a high level of put volume when it reached 1.13 on December 21, 2018, as the stock index was declining. The high Equity Put/Call indicated options trading volume was much higher for protective puts than call volume. The Equity Put/Call Ratio is considered to be mostly non-professional traders who tend to be more bullish, so it keeps call volume relatively high and the ratio low. Its high level has so far turned out to be a reliable short-term indicator of a short-term low in stocks. As we enter 2019, the Equity Put/Call Ratio is at .60, which is at a normal range. We normally see more call volume than put volume in the Equity Put/Call Ratio, so the ratio is its normal level as you can see in the chart.
The CBOE Index Put/Call Ratio is applied to index options without equity options. We believe professional traders and portfolio managers mostly use index options for hedging or directional positions. The total volume of the Index Put/Call Ratio is asymmetric toward puts for hedging purposes. As we can observe in the chart below, the current level at the beginning of 2019 is 1.09 dropping about 35% from it’s December peak at 1.67.
We can visually see the tendency in Index Put/Call is around 1 as the Equity Put/Call Ratio is around 0.60. Equity Put/Call Ratio has a more optimistic/bullish tendency as individual stock options are used more for bullish bets as index options are used more as for hedging.
The CBOE Total Put/Call Ratio combines both equity and index options to create a range bound oscillator that swings above and below 1. With the Total Put/Call Ratio, I believe the put bias in index options is offset by the call bias in equity options. The Total Put/Call Ratio spiked to its highest ever reading of 1.82 on December 20, 2018, as the stock index was entering the -20% “bear market” level. I consider a level above 1.20 to be bullish as it indicates an extreme in put volume over call volume. A reading below 0.70 is more bearish since there is an asymmetry between call volume over put volume. Above 1.20 is an elevated put trading volume. As a bet that stock prices will fall or hedge against them, buying put options is a bearish sentiment. Of course, some of the volume could have been traders selling puts which are a very speculative bullish bet, but since I pointed it out the stock indexes reversed up sharply, so I believe it turned out to be a reliable short-term indicator of a short-term low in stocks. As we enter 2019, the Total Put/Call Ratio is at .98 which is still high. We usually see more call volume than put volume, so the ratio is typically well below 1 as you can see in the chart.
There is no better indicator of a shift in investor sentiment than price action. No one believes that any more than me. The direction of the price trend is the final arbiter, and I’ve believed it over two decades. Any indicator that is a derivative of price or non-price trend economic data has the potential to stray far from the reality of the price trend. The price trend determines the value and the outcome of a position. As we enter 2019, the S&P 500 stock index has declined -20% off it’s September high and after a sharp reversal up since December 24th, it’s currently in a short-term downtrend, but at a level, the countertrend back up may continue.
Even if you don’t observe investor sentiment measures as an indicator or trade signal, it’s still useful to observe the extremes to help avoid becoming overly bullish or overly bearish and part of the herd. The herd tends to be wrong at extremes, and most investors tend to do the wrong thing at the wrong time. If I am to create better results, I must necessarily do the opposite of most investors.
As a tactical investment manager, I identify changes in price trends, inter-market relationships, investor sentiment, and market conditions aiming for better risk-adjusted returns. My objective is asymmetric investment returns, so I necessarily focus on asymmetric risk/reward positions, and that includes focusing on asymmetries between bullish and bearish investor sentiment. | 2019-04-19T02:58:58 | https://asymmetryobservations.com/2019/01/01/investor-sentiment-into-the-new-year-2019/?shared=email&msg=fail | [
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One should be enormously suspect of a website that would list Alcoholics Anonymous as a cult. What's next? Mothers Against Drunk Driving?
Aesthetic Realism was listed, because apparently anyone can list any group or organization they want. It happens that a person once affiliated with Aesthetic Realism, who saw himself as studying it, and now doesn't, writes about his problems with it and trashes it. Well, I studied Aesthetic Realism and benefited enormously from it. But then, unfortunately and regrettably, I resented the ethics Aesthetic Realism had in showing that I needed to be fairer to things and people than I thought necessary.
I now refute what a writer who trashes the truth says about people who study Aesthetic Realism being "threatened" about "leaving" to pursue things they find more to their liking. It's an educational foundation with classes and seminars. People come and go however they want. I heard first hand Aesthetic Realism Class Chairman Ellen Reiss say with good will to a person unsure they wanted to continue studying to teach Aesthetic Realism, that they were certainly free to "take your winnings and go."
Well, I am one of the persons who left with my winnings. And life has taught me some valuable lessons since then that my high opinion of Aesthetic Realism's value in my life was wholly accurate, and though I live in Chicago now, I value Aesthetic Realism principles enormously because I've really seen that a person has to want to be fair, honest, respectful to the facts all the time in order to like oneself. This happens, I believe, to be the honest basis for self-respect that all good ethical thought goes for. Aesthetic Realism is simply more comprehensive and clearer. I have seen that the integrity of Aesthetic Realism's ethics can make one's ego mad with a desire to punish.
I have seen this ugliness in myself and have had to oppose the lying upon which it thrives. The lie is this: ego says—The only way I feel good is being able to look down on anything at any time. This, however doesn't wash because our deeper conscience and true self says, I only feel good knowing I'm trying to be fair to everything, just as I would want people to be fair and not lessen me. If we choose the false aggrandizement of ego, we will lie about anything or anybody. The human ability to lessen and lie is, I think, the only reason this magnificent education could ever be referred to as a cult. This is the biggest lie, both tragic and ridiculous in the extreme.
I have lived away from New York and the Aesthetic Realism Foundation with my wife and two children for 19 years in LA, San Francisco, Miami and now Chicago—chasing decent ad agency jobs. Aesthetic Realism's kind, respectful clarity and its criticism of the human propensity to depreciate and have unjust contempt for people and things are valuable and life encouraging everywhere!
The writer who listed Aesthetic Realism as a cult and says everyone who learns from it and cares for it lives within walking distance to the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York is lying. There are people studying throughout the world.
I also resent, object to and despise the way the trasher of Aesthetic Realism calls students and teachers of Aesthetic Realism—Members. I was not a member of anything. I studied ideas. I'm the person who removed the letter from his college sport letter jacket—that's how I feel about being labeled or summed up as a group member. Doctors, lawyers, writers, scholars, dentists, teachers, business executives, actors, artists, people that represent all of America and the world study and teach this dynamic, deep, useful and kind education.
I am an independent thinker and I don't like to be insulted. And I don't like good people who should only be respected to be insulted. It's just wrong. So please, Aesthetic Realism trasher, just flush your whole diatribe and get honest and get this destructiveness off the Internet. Try to figure yourself out any way you can, but get this garbage removed!
Another lie the trasher on the "freedom of mind" website puts forth is that Aesthetic Realism does not encourage one to get a college degree. This misrepresentation enrages me. Aesthetic Realism teaches what Eli Siegel saw: "The purpose of education is to like the world through knowing it." Huge, amazing, life enhancing leaps have taken place in terms of persons' education as they have studied the meaning of this statement.
Aesthetic Realism has succeeded in having people who struggled terribly, learn to read beautifully for the first time in their lives. I did well in school but my mind was encouraged in tremendous, new ways to embrace facts and sustain them and that is deeply part of my success at work today.
What a horrible thing to put out there that Aesthetic Realism interfered with a person's earning a college degree. Maybe he was asked to think more deeply and usefully about why he wanted a degree or what he was actually planning to study to encourage him to focus and then he twisted this good intent. I personally wish he would want to be fair to knowledge and facts way beyond a Bachelor's degree-make himself proud for God's sake.
But the way the falsehood just sits there for people to read is abhorrent. I say this because our children, who have been encouraged from their earliest days to do the beginning Aesthetic Realism assignment to write one complete sentence about something in the world they like each day—had their minds so encouraged!! By the time they got to kindergarten they were seen as gifted. I know they excel because of what they learned about ethics! Our daughter is in a pre-med program in college receiving a full academic scholarship her freshman year; tested out of her first year of credits; has always been on the honor roll and now the Dean's list; calls home with reports of: highest score on the Biology final in a class of 500, highest score in my chemistry class of 700, "friends tease me-call me scary and genius." She's the head of voter registration campus wide. So it is very hard to hear lies about Aesthetic Realism's value in education when we know better!
I conclude with what I have written on the back of my business card many, many times in these years knowing I am being a real friend to the person I hand it to: "Tremendous study of world ethics." — www.AestheticRealism.org — Go! | 2019-04-22T19:54:40 | http://www.counteringthelies.com/m_lale.html | [
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One of the most refreshing things about discussing comics with Top Shelf co-publishers Chris Staros and Brett Warnock is that they never seem defensive or apologetic about working in the comics industry. They don't just love comics, they also have tremendous confidence in the medium’s potential to entertain the mainstream. "Our goal," says Staros, "is to reintroduce North America to the literary art form it invented, but forgot."
This might sound naïve and fanciful to someone who associates comic books with superheroes, rockets, and obsessive, nerdy collectors. But as Staros says, “We’re purposely trying to publish books that would appeal to the general population, so that we can reach beyond the superhero ghetto." Craig Thompson's 1999 graphic novel Goodbye, Chunky Rice, which tells the story of a winsome, wandering turtle with allusive art and moody, lambent writing, exemplifies the kind of book that Staros says will "change the industry into something much more accessible."
Staros and Warnock deliberately published Chunky Rice as a complete, original work rather than the usual miniseries. Warnock sees no reason to split up a good book into fragments. "People want the story," he insists. "They don't care about collecting little things that they can stick in a bag." Warnock thinks that readers appreciate a self-contained work, because it offers closure, and a richer reading experience. "We’ve had publisher friends of ours who say, ‘Why didn’t you release [Goodbye, Chunky Rice] as a miniseries?’ But once you can sit down and hold that in your hand, and marvel at its beauty, and read the whole thing in one sitting, the dramatic power of that story is so much stronger than if you read one part of it, waited three months, got the next part of it, waited three months it’s anticlimactic to read it that way."
"I've actually seen a lot of women pick up Goodbye, Chunky Rice," says Maria Harrell, who buys Top Shelf books for San Francisco-based distributor Last Gasp. “Top Shelf is one of those publishers that doesn't fit any stereotypes. They’re open to everyone." That wide appeal may explain why, in some markets (according to Staros), Top Shelf books sell better in bookstores than in comic stores. Harrell confirms that Top Shelf works harder than other comics publishers to get their books into bookstores, which, Staros explains, offer a different environment for selling comics. "The book trade treats graphic novels like perennial books, and keeps them in stock. So over a period of time, the book trade will more than likely move more copies than the direct comic book market, which is still kind of set up to sell monthly pamphlet comics once, and then move on to next month’s title."
The meticulous, engaging book design of Chunky Rice also reflects the consistently high production values at Top Shelf. From the outset, says Warnock, he wanted to make "something that’s almost a fetish object, that when you hold it, it commands its own presence, regardless of the content."
Warnock put out the first of Top Shelf’s cornerstone anthologies in 1995, as a showcase for the mini-comics artists, like Adrian Tomine and Marc Bell, that he read in college. In 1997, he partnered with Staros to form Top Shelf Productions, and since then, says Staros, the company has grown ten times in size. They released their largest, most ambitious anthology, Under The Big Top, late last year, and recently secured exclusive North American distribution rights for Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s From Hell, as well as for books by Israeli collective Actus Tragicus. All these projects attest to Warnock’s and Staros’ faith, not only in their wares, but in the strengths of the medium itself, and what it could very well become. "I really believe that in ten years, you won’t see a lot of pamphlet comics," says Warnock. "I think the future of comics is novels I mean books." | 2019-04-18T14:19:42 | http://exclaim.ca/music/article/reach_for_top_shelf | [
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Disbudding and dehorning are used to remove the horns of cattle which are of horned breeds.
It is generally acknowledged that dehorning and disbudding of cattle, by whatever means, causes pain.
Dehorning, by whatever method, involves destruction of tissue and "it is apparent that calves experience stress and pain."
The integrated cortisol response in the first two hours was significantly greater for calves subject to scoop dehorning than for those dehorned by cautery with or without local anaesthesia and those dehorned by scoop following local anaesthesia. The integrated cortisol response after two hours was significantly higher for scoop dehorned calves given local anaesthesia than for those dehorned by cautery with or without local anaesthetic, control handled calves and those given local anaesthetic without dehorning. For the entire 9.5 hours after dehorning there was no significant difference between calves disbudded by scoop or cautery. (J10.44.w2).
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Calves of four to six weeks old provided with local anaesthesia (cornual block with lidocaine plus local deposition of lidocaine caudal and medial to the horn bud) before hot dehorning showed marked and generally significant behavioural signs of pain both during and in an observation period of four hours after dehorning compared to calves not given analgesia. subjected to hot iron dehorning without analgesia, and also showed significant differences in ACTH and cortisol responses. (J288.62.w1).
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New York ABC station WABC reports the New York City Police Department is looking for a man who attacked a fellow subway rider on Friday. The suspect was wearing a red “Make America Great Again” cap, sold by Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, and a red “Make America Great Again” T-shirt at the time of the attack, police said.
According to police, the Trump supporter got into a verbal argument with the fellow rider before punching him in the head on a 4 train as it approached the Union Square station in Manhattan. He then followed the victim, described by police as a 24-year-old Hispanic man, off the train and shoved him onto the tracks.
The attacker allegedly made a number of racially derogatory statements during the assault.
The alleged assault comes just eight days after a Danish tourist wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat was attacked and robbed of the hat at the same Union Square subway station. In that case, the attacker actually flashed a knife at the victim, according to police. The attacker in last week’s case does not meet the same description as Friday’s suspect.
Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). | 2019-04-18T19:12:32 | http://www.wimsradio.com/2018/04/22/man-wearing-maga-hat-trump-shirt-attacks-hispanic-subway-rider-in-new-york-police-say/ | [
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After more than a year and a half without a contract, Oakland teachers are preparing to vote on a strike. But teachers frustrated with how slowly the formal bargaining process works say they want to show the district they're willing to strike. So for the second time in two months some teachers plan to call in sick en masse Friday in what they’re calling a "sickout."
Hayes listed grievances that ranged from the proliferation of charter schools in Oakland to the state of school facilities. He has helped organize the action and says he's heard from teachers at 10 schools who plan to take part, plus students and parents.
They plan to hold a rally in front of Oakland Technical High School from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and then march to the Oakland Unified School District office, where they plan to rally into the afternoon.
In a letter to staff sent this week, district officials reminded teachers the action is illegal, writing: "Teachers participating in sick-outs will be subject to disciplinary action and will lose pay for time missed as these coordinated actions present significant safety and instructional problems for our students."
Jenine Lindsey, the district’s director of labor strategy, said there’s a reason state law lays out a process for resolving labor disputes.
The district anticipates schools will stay open and instruction will continue, with central office staff filling in. Some schools may run on modified schedules.
This sickout, like the last, isn't sanctioned by the teachers union, the Oakland Education Association.
"I understand the frustrations of our teachers," said OEA president Keith Brown. "Our teachers are willing to take action for the schools that Oakland students deserve."
Friday's action comes after a rally last weekend that drew hundreds of teachers, parents and labor leaders to downtown Oakland to call for increased funding for education and to protest looming budget cuts and school closures.
With Los Angeles teachers striking, six states have now seen educators stage walkouts to protest underfunding in the last year. It’s looking increasingly likely that Oakland will be the next battleground in the national debate about how we fund public education and pay teachers.
As in L.A., Oakland's negotiations snagged on teacher pay and class size, among other things. The Oakland teachers union wants to see a 12 percent salary increase over three years, while the district’s final offer is a 5 percent increase over three years.
"The pay is too low in Oakland, and the rent is very high," Brown said. "It is important that our teachers have a living wage so they're able to stay in the community and give our students the support they deserve."
The average teacher salary in Oakland Unified is $63,149. That’s lower than all other districts in Alameda County, though that figure doesn't account for benefits.
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Oakland Unified's Lindsey argues that OUSD teachers don't see benefits deducted from their paychecks, while teachers in some other districts do.
The showdown over pay and working conditions is playing out as budget cuts and school closures roil the district. Oakland Unified is faced with tens of millions of dollars in cuts over the next three years, and the bailout money available from the state hinges on the district showing that it’s taking steps to become financially stable.
Follow our coverage of the strikes, closures, and more.
To that end, Oakland Unified is looking to cut millions of dollars from next year’s budget, while moving to close and merge schools. District officials estimate they need to cut down the district’s footprint by 24 schools.
All this is aggravating the frustrations teachers already had about their working conditions.
For their part, district officials say they want to pay teachers more. The district has identified boosting teacher pay and settling the contract as priorities for improving teacher retention and ultimately improving student outcomes.
Given their budget constraints, it's a matter of coming up with the money. District officials say they’re looking for places to cut, but have not given specifics.
The final step in the formal negotiation process is a fact-finding hearing set for Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The union and district could reach an agreement during the hearing. If they don't, they expect a recommendation for a settlement from the fact-finding panel by mid-February. If the union rejects it, they can strike.
Brown said he plans to announce the date of the strike vote this Sunday at an event to create posters and artwork for the possible walkout. | 2019-04-22T08:47:23 | https://www.kqed.org/news/11718940/teachers-strike-looming-in-oakland-anger-boils-over-into-wildcat-moves | [
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Tasmania's child protection system has a problem. It is designed to intervene only when things get truly terrible for children and young people.
By taking this approach, insufficient emphasis is given to the cumulative harm children can endure over the course of their young lives.
We need to support children and young people sooner, rather than waiting until a threshold is broken or a crime is committed.
The National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 says it best — Australia needs to move from seeing “protecting children” merely as a response to abuse and neglect to one of promoting the safety and wellbeing of children.
The national framework clearly states that emphasis must be given to providing good universal services such as health, education and community services so that children can live in safe and supportive families and communities. Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres are perfect examples of places where all children and their families are welcome and where all Tasmanian parents and carers can access information and support from pregnancy onwards.
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Despite best efforts and the establishment of the gateway to better co-ordinate services across the state, there are still many children and young people requiring statutory intervention and placement in the out-of-home care system.
Tasmania’s child protection system has been redesigned many times yet vulnerable children and young people still suffer due to its failings.
Human Services Minister Jacquie Petrusma was forced to initiate another review last year following the revelation 151 child protection notifications were ignored on the North-West Coast.
The community outrage over this was justifiably strong and my office was inundated with stories from families across the state who wanted to share their experience with the child protection system.
Since then it has also been revealed that a youth had been provided with a tent by Child Protection Services and left at the Hobart Showgrounds. Excuses were given for why no other accommodation option was available for this young man in the middle of winter and the Minister was quick to blame the youth for having problem behaviours and staff for giving out a tent.
The Government should not get the option to give up on people, but in this instance the Minister did just that. The adolescent in question is now in the youth justice system. These failures in the system bring us back to the need for early intervention to prevent the cumulative harm that can impact a person for their entire life.
There are too many stories of children and young people who touch on the edges of the child protection system but because they don’t quite meet the threshold for intervention their case is closed. These children can become victims of the cumulative harm they suffer through their childhood.
The Government needs to ensure any redesign of the system is able to accommodate the risk to children and young people that arises from cumulative harm. We need a system broad enough to address known risk factors.
Many factors shown to be associated with abuse and neglect are behaviours or characteristics of parents, which can then be the target of population-based strategies and specific interventions.
Information provided by the Health and Human Services Department for 2014-2015 statewide shows alcohol and drug issues for the parent or child were identified as a risk factor in 57 per cent of notifications. Family violence was identified as a risk factor in 63 per cent of notifications and as a primary risk factor in 36 per cent of notifications. Mental health issues for the child or parent were identified as a risk factor in 30 per cent.
Known risk factors should be the base from which a redesigned system considers how it will operate in 2016.
Obviously, the child protection system cannot do this alone. It will require a cross agency effort to reduce known risk factors and protect children from harm. | 2019-04-20T00:21:44 | https://becwhite.com/index.php/news/131-drug-use-mental-illness-red-flags-for-child-protection | [
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You can get your hands on this formula by visiting the Keto By Green Force Website. There, you can view all of their purchasing offers, read what they have to say about their product, and order for yourself. However, we think it’s important you weigh your options here. If you’re interested in a keto diet pill, why wouldn’t you start with the #1 pill linked on our images? That way, you’re starting from the top, and you can truly see if this is the weight loss option that works for you. So, skip over Green Force Keto Pill today and check out the #1 keto diet pill before supplies sell out again! Go now! | 2019-04-23T18:25:10 | https://greenforceketo.com/ | [
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Biggest meteorite ever found in U.S. came from West Linn, Ore.
Natural History in New York in 1911.
The old playground doctrine of “finders keepers” does not apply to meteorites. At least, that’s what the Oregon Supreme Court said in 1905, when deciding who got to keep the Willamette Meteorite – the largest meteorite ever found in the United States, before or since.
Well, the two were really excited at first. They figured this was a “reef” sticking out of the top of a massive vein of iron that could make them both very wealthy. But they soon made two sobering discoveries: First, it was an isolated block. And second, it wasn’t on Hughes’ property. They’d strayed over onto the neighboring plot, owned by – ironically, given that the meteorite was more than 90 percent iron – the Oregon Iron and Steel Company.
Hughes kept mum and tried to buy the land. Nothing doing. So he, his wife and his 15-year-old stepson toiled for a solid three months at dragging the 32,000-pound mass across three-quarters of a mile of forest floor and onto Hughes’ property. This done, he announced his find, built a shed over it and started charging admission to see it.
the woods onto Ellis's property.
I haven’t been able to learn how the Oregon Iron and Steel Company found out the meteorite had been moved. Probably Hughes’ attempts to buy the land aroused some suspicion and prompted company officials to investigate. In any case, figure it out they did, and filed a lawsuit demanding that Hughes give it back.
Which he did. But not before fighting it all the way up to the Oregon Supreme Court, in late 1905 – just in time for Oregon Iron and Steel to haul it up to Portland for the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, at which it was displayed proudly and drew much notice. Afterward, it was purchased by Sarah Dodge and donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City – where it remains to this day.
The meteorite apparently fell on a glacier during the last ice age. During the Missoula Floods, the ice in which it was embedded formed an iceberg and roared down the Columbia River Gorge, eddying back up into the Willamette Valley and finally being deposited on top of the sediment when the ice melted away.
It’s composed of 91.65 percent iron, 7.88 percent nickel, 0.21 percent cobalt and 0.09 percent phosphorous.
In Oregon, there are two replicas of the meteorite on display: one at the United Methodist Church in West Linn, near where it was found; the other outside the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene.
The local Native American tribes had treasured the meteorite, calling it “tomonowos” – “visitor from the moon.” In 1990, they sued for its return. But they came to an agreement with the museum in 2000 that let them come visit the meteorite in New York and hold private ceremonies around it; the deal also says if the museum ever takes it off permanent display, the tribes will get it back. | 2019-04-26T08:19:22 | http://offbeatoregon.com/H1001c_WillamMeteor.htm | [
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Garrapata macho en comparación con una cabeza de fósforo.
Garrapata ingurgitada pegada a la parte trasera de la cabeza de un niño. Se muestra el pulgar de un adulto como escala.
Las garrapatas pueden encontrarse en la mayoría de las zonas boscosas alrededor del mundo. Son muy comunes en áreas donde habitan cérvidos (ciervos) o en asentamientos humanos. Son especialmente abundantes en zonas aledañas a fuentes de agua, donde animales bajan a beber, y en praderas donde los arbustos proveen protección.
El parasitoide Ixodiphagus hookeri, una avispa de la familia Ichneumonidae ha sido ampliamente investigado por su potencial en el control de poblaciones de garrapatas. El modo en el que actúa es común a todas las avispas Ichneumonidas, y consiste en poner los huevos en el interior del huésped, para que, cuando los huevos eclosionen, se alimenten del huésped, matándolo. Otra forma de control biológico es por medio de las aves de la familia Numididae, las cuales consumen cuantiosas cantidades de garrapatas. Tan solo dos aves pueden llegar a limpiar 8090 m2 en un año.
Argasidae, que son las llamadas garrapatas blandas.
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↑ Samuel, Bill: «White as a ghost: winter ticks and moose audio», artículo en Innovatio Alberta, n.º 145. Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, 23 de noviembre de 2004.
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Wikimedia Commons alberga una galería multimedia sobre Ixodida. | 2019-04-19T07:53:21 | https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodida | [
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Tazara has unfavourable debt and equity ratio which closes opportunities for accessing long term operational loans from any financial institution.The company needs more than US$700 million to operate smoothly. In addition it owes the statutory authorities round $100m. These include NAPSA, ZSIC and ZRA. And as if that was not enough, it is still owing TAZARA retirees more than $20m. The list is endless as this does not include legal fees and money owed in other areas.
TAZARA’s fundamental problem is that, even if it were well capitalized and managed, the rationale for its existence largely disappeared once sanctions against Rhodesia / Zimbabwe were lifted and the border re-opened. In recent years the expansion of Beira, Nacala, Walvis and other regional ports has further reduced the need for heavy investment in TAZARA. With RSZ itself having substantial surplus capacity, it is doubtful whether there is sufficient traffic for one railway, let alone two.
Which brings us to the basic question - if not TAZARA, where should government prioritise investment? The answer is clear : roads! Zambia suffers from a "landlocked trap". We are heavily dependent on our neighbours for road and rail access to sea. However, even in terms of internal road network, Zambia has not invested significantly enough compared to other aspirational African countries. In other words, its okay that we have neighbours with poor road or rail network or insufficient port capacity, but there's no reason why cannot do our bit, to get road network in order! Its no surprise therefore that evidence appears to suggest that Zambia's lack of adequate infrastructure is acting as a constraint on the expansion of trade and economic activity. The World Bank's Logistics Performance Index, ranks Zambia's transport infrastructure below the average of other sub-Saharan African countries and low-income countries.
Many of our local areas are isolated and in desperate need of good accessible rural infrastructure. With good roads accessibility improves in terms of delivery of services and local commerce. Without proper rural roads it becomes impossible to make serious efforts in improving market development. Good roads reduce local market failures in critical sectors such as agriculture and tourism.
The PF government therefore should continue to rightly prioritize investments in rural roads over rail because roads have a greater potential to directly affect the poor and enable them to become players in the market. Minister Mukanga is performing exceptionally well in delivering at pace the Link 8000, Lusaka 400 and Pave Zambia 2000 projects. Zambia is on course for total transformation of its road network thanks to the excellent priority President Sata has placed on these project. My prayer is that the Minister and the President do not get distracted with TAZARA issues.
The Government should press ahead and sell TAZARA - but who would buy it? | 2019-04-23T14:23:40 | http://www.zambian-economist.com/2013/10/saving-tazara.html | [
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A night after Aaron Gordon & Zach LaVine pulled off the single best duel in the history of the Dunk Contest, Canadian Jordan Kilganon used a segment during a timeout of the 65th NBA All-Star Game to prove he may have actually pulled off the best dunk of the weekend.
Sure, Gordon going under his legs while jumping over a 7-foot mascot one of the more insane things of the weekend. Yes, Zach LaVine hitting a between the legs dunk from the free-throw line eventually won the contest. But unlike LaVine & Gordon, Jordan Kilganon is only 6’1″ and has enough bunnies to clear a grown man, catch a ball from said man and throw down a “Scorpion” dunk.
Want to know how insane Jordan Kilganon’s dunk was to the pros? The reaction photo from Dwyane Wade and company should be proof enough. Though the NBA wouldn’t do it, a pro-am between NBA dunkers and street ballers would be rather impressive to see. Especially considering Kilganon pulled this off in f*cking jeans and a tucked-in T-shirt. | 2019-04-22T18:45:03 | http://dayandadream.com/2016/02/15/jordan-kilganon-scorpoin-dunk-nba-all-star-game/ | [
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On Earth Day, hundreds of thousands of scientists got together and did something scientists rarely do — they spoke with one unified voice. That voice said science is vitally important to the health of our communities, the strength of our economies, the security of our nations and the soundness of our policies, and we should increase, not cut, public investment in research.
In a group of professional skeptics, such unanimous agreement as was on display in 600 cities around the world is extremely rare, and I’m so glad some of these voices were Elsevier employees.
The message seems to have been heard on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, where the recent budget resolution included $2 billion in additional funding for the National Institutes of Health.
It wasn't all serious business, though; we had plenty of fun. Our Cell Press colleagues in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had T-shirts printed up and a sign-making party.
After making some brilliant signs (see below), they joined the Harvard & MIT group for the march to Boston Common. One marcher of unknown affiliation was a woman, several months pregnant, who wore a shirt that read "Meiosis: results may vary."
In Washington, DC, Ann Gabriel and I marched with some colleagues from the Copyright Clearance Center who had printed stickers that read "Facts Matter." Then I set out to document the more obscure and nerdy messages on display.
In contrast to protests you may have heard about involving black-clad youth throwing bricks, this event skewed significantly towards professional scientists, not professional protestors.
Speaking of Cell Press, how cool are these t-shirts! I want one!
These folks were doing some science education about Maxwell's Equations, which explain the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
This woman brought some science data to the science march, LIKE A SCIENCE BOSS.
Of course we had to have a Pluto Truther in the crowd.
Overall, this woman best summed up the feelings of the crowd.
Read more about Cell Press in the science marches on the CrossTalk blog.
Dr. William Gunn is the Director of Scholarly Communications for Elsevier, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Gunn attended Tulane University as a Louisiana Board of Regents Fellow, receiving his PhD in Biomedical Science from the Center for Gene Therapy at Tulane University in 2008. His research involved dissecting the molecular mechanism of bone metastasis in multiple myeloma. Frustrated with the inefficiencies of the modern research process, he left academia and established the biology program at Genalyte, a novel diagnostics startup. He subsequently joined Mendeley to make research more open and impactful and now works at Elsevier on altmetrics, reproducibility and open access. | 2019-04-19T08:44:02 | https://www.elsevier.com/connect/in-pictures-three-hundred-thousand-cheers-for-science | [
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Glasgow tower block on fire: Eight people injured during the huge blaze-one year after the Grenfell tour tragedy.
A commercial court’s flat at Gorbals in Glasgow was damaged by a massive fire this morning. More than 12 fire engine and three accident response teams scrambled to the scene just before 8 am.
The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen of a 14th floor flat. Smoke was seen billowing across the city out of the top floors of the flats in the Gorbals area.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue officer in charge of the incident, Alan Fairbairn, said that firefighters were alerted at 07:58 this June 14 to reports of a fire within a flat in Glasgow.
Crews were relocated at the leisure centre, a few steps away from the damaged flat.
“A total of eight casualties were passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service and transported to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital,” a firefighter spokesman said.
One tenant of the damaged flat, Mrs Diane Zeufack, was trapped on the fifth floor where she lives with her family.
Mr Zeufack, a resident of the damaged flat.
Mr Zeufack was getting the kids ready for school when she received a call from her husband asking her to remain in the flat. She said: “It was terrifying,” but she had to be strong to reassure the kids.
They later managed to escape by the stairs. “The journey to the ground floor was the longest ever,” the mum of three said as all this was reminding her of the Grenfell Tour’s tragedy, she added. More shaken than injured, they all got out safe. However, the trauma remains.
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who is the local MSP for the Gorbals, tweeted that Gorbals fire was entirely under control. She also thanked the firefighters. The firemen remain on the scene as a precaution against any further risk, the First Minister said.
The Gorbals’ fire occurred one year exactly after the horrific blaze in Grenfell Tower; west London where 72 people died.
A minute’s silence has been observed across the country today at midday following the London’s tower block disaster. | 2019-04-21T11:24:03 | http://www.theafrobeanechos.com/glasgow-tower-block-on-fire-eight-people-injured-during-the-huge-blaze-one-year-after-the-grenfell-tour-tragedy/ | [
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With an abundance of cafés in Montreal, it’s hard to decide which place is the best for over-caffeinating. To help students choose where to pretend to study, The McGill Tribune has compiled a list of the best coffeeshops that are sure to brew up good ideas for any upcoming paper or project.
A mere two minutes away from McGill’s Downtown campus, this café offers a quintessential university experience that few coffee shops can truly match. Opened in 2016, it’s attached to McGill’s Carrefour Sherbrooke residence, so study-goers can enjoy a cup of coffee while listening to the sounds of first years stressing over their exams. The ambience of this Starbucks is unique, with an upstairs study area that mimics Birks Library without librarians constantly shushing you. However, one let down is that many menu items are frequently unavailable at this location—if you have a hankering for a quiche, you will most likely have to look elsewhere.
This Starbucks coffee shop provides customers with a gorgeous view of avenue du Parc, the most iconic street in Montreal’s Milton-Parc neighbourhood. If you don’t mind competing with other McGill students for a table where half of the outlets don’t even work, this is the study spot for you. However, with the generic “indie coffee shop” playlist blaring so loudly that you can hear it through your headphones, and food way too expensive for the frugal scholar, you’ll probably only be able to study here for a maximum of 10 unproductive minutes. Make sure to visit this location as soon as possible as it’s closing on March 30.
Located in the heart of Les Cours Mont-Royal, this Starbucks goes against the grain when it comes to environment. Situated in the underground mall, it boasts a sinusoidal pattern of pedestrian chaos and lulled tranquility every four to six minutes in accordance with the arrival of the nearby metro. It also showcases an impressive interior design by blending its seating into the surrounding food court area. Best of all, this Starbucks has the worst online rating of all the coffee shops in the list, boasting a solid two out of five stars on Yelp.
Found in the beautiful Plateau neighbourhood, this Starbucks is one of a kind. Only a couple of blocks away from beloved Café Campus, its location offers the perfect balance between class and trash. In addition, they offer many pastries that closer-to-campus locations cannot, but keep in mind that their quality does in no way compare to the many local bakeries nearby. However, it may be hard to find a spot to sit since the place tends to be packed with students trying to avoid the library. | 2019-04-26T04:14:03 | http://www.mcgilltribune.com/student-living/starbucks-coffee-shops-that-are-actually-conducive-to-studying-our-11th-list-on-what-are-really-the-best-cafes-for-studying-270318/?share=google-plus-1 | [
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"Oh, you are stuck on homework problem number 13? I found a solution on YouTube. That helped a lot. Just Google it, you can find all the solutions."
The second problem is partially my fault. When I give an in-class assessment, I leave the solution out on the front desk so that students can check their answers when they are finished. Instead of studying this and figuring out their mistakes, students will usually just take a quick picture of the solutions using their phone. Of course they ask if it's OK to take a snapshot first, and I let them. However, the problem is that they think of the solution as something to collect rather than something to learn from.
Confusion is the sweat of learning.
You can't just google a physics solution and expect to learn. Imagine if Luke Skywalker had access to the Internet on Dagobah. Here's what would have happened when his x-wing sunk beneath the water.
Yoda: So certain are you? Always with you what cannot be done. Do you nothing that I say?
Luke: Master moving stones around is one thing, but this is entirely different. But let me just Google "how to lift an x-wing with the Force." Ah. Here it is.
Of course that's not what happened (I would make this alternate scene into a comic if I could actually draw). Luke learned about the Force by failing. Yes, students learn physics by working on problems and by failing to solve problems. It's the journey to the solution that's important, not the solution itself. Using a video solution would be like using a golf cart to run 5 miles. Sure, you end up in the same place if you run or ride—but they do not produce the same results.
But why do students think this? Why do they think learning is as simple as quick search or a photo with their smart phone? There are likely many reasons for students to hold these learning beliefs. However, I popular media often doesn't help. Remember this scene from The Avengers?
SHIELD agent Maria Hill asks Tony Stark: "When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Stark's answer: "Last night". This shows that Tony Stark is so awesome he just figured astrophysics out last night. Clearly, students feel that you have to be a special superhero to understand astrophysics. You either get it in one night, or you'll never get it. I would prefer to have Stark say "Well, I've been working in this field for 10 years and I'm just scratching the surface." Maybe that wouldn't fit too well in the movie.
Or here's another good one from Days of Thunder.
Cole pulls up to the race track to test out a stock car.
See. Learning is simple. You just need to watch some videos and you'll be all set—except when you aren't. Nope. Learning is tough, but it's totally worth it. | 2019-04-25T10:30:06 | https://www.wired.com/2015/08/learning-physics-tough-get-used/?intcid=inline_amp | [
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That girl was way out of my league. Holy lol. I can't believe I was so naive.
I browsed her sister's facebook profile and it's pure sui fuel. All her male friends are chads and pretty boys. She won't even add sub 7 males.
It would be very naive to think that her sister (girl I went out with) is any different. One time I saw her with a guy and he was a 9/10 pretty boy. I could never compete. She probably has an army of chads at her disposal just like her sister.
But NoFap and lifting had boosted my confidence and ego to insane levels that I thought I could get her. I completely overlooked her SMV. I was such a dumbass. There was no way that in 2018 an asocial subhuman like me could have fucked a stacy. How dellusional was I?
So you're just giving up without trying even though she said yes when you asked her on a date?
Didn't you read how it went with her?
You just can't win if you are sub 7. I knew I was pushing my luck. How can I cope for being the ugliest guy she went out with?
Girls have literally 1000s of beta orbiter constantly complimenting them.
In their mind if you orbit they think you are boring and aren't a challenge.
Literally the whole point of looksmaxxing is to make other females jealous when females are jealous they fight over men because it signifys high value.
You just gotta COLD APPROACH man!
you're drunk right now aren't you?
Because this girl is ''different'' and doesn't have beta orbiters right?
Nowadays every girl that's above 4/10 has thousands of insta followers. In order to get that many as a male you have to be model tier or heavy status which is rare.
I can show you plenty of girls who don't even have reached 150 followers.
Some girls are different and most normies don't go near her because she lowers status if you are seen with her.
What are you OP, 14?
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When Kelly calls, you might want to hang up.
A week and a half ago, my 92-year-old father received a call from his eldest granddaughter. “Hi Grandpa, how are you feeling?” she asked. He responded that he was doing well, and that his most recent doctor appointments had gone as expected. “Was there any new news after your last hospitalization?” she went on to inquire. “No, it is the same situation, but look, I am 92 years old, so these things are to be expected. How are you doing?” Then the conversation shifted.
She shared that she had been arrested for speeding, and that while the police were willing to release her, she needed money to pay the ticket before they would do so. “I’m really in trouble, Grandpa. Can you help me out? I need $750 sent right away.” Having been well prepped in telephone security and scams by his daughter (me!), he then asked “Kelly, what authorities pulled you over?” She shared that she was in Iowa and that a local constabulary had her in their offices. He immediately hung up. He has no granddaughter named Kelly.
It comes as no surprise that scam phone calls are on the rise and scammers are becoming even more savvy in their attempts. From spoofed calls broadcasting inaccurate caller ID information and vague but believable discussions with your eldest granddaughter, or the “IRS,” there is big money to be made and the scammers are all vying to be first in line. Yet, while scammers can certainly be a threat to your family, their impact on your personal life pales in comparison to the impact they can have on your enterprise telecom.
According to the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) in their 2017 survey of telecom fraud loss, organizations and carriers were hit with losses of $29.2 billion in 2017. Interestingly enough, this represents an almost 25% decrease from 2015, but it doesn’t mean the situation is improving. It simply means that, just like on the consumer side, enterprises and service providers are becoming more savvy at detecting and stopping some incidences.
One of the leading causes of telecom fraud at the enterprise level is PBX hacking and toll fraud. Representing greater than 13% of the reported 2017 losses, it isn’t a new scam by any means, but it does point to a very significant issue: Security of the enterprise phone system is still not a big enough priority inside the enterprise. In fact, the simplest of fixes are still often overlooked.
Yes, the bulk of PBX hacking still occurs the old-fashioned way. Hackers deploy scripts that look for open ports on your telecom system. Once found, they deploy standard passwords (you know, those “default passwords” or generic ones that are easy to crack?), and then control the traffic passing through the system. And it’s not just legacy PBX systems that are being compromised; IP systems are just as easily targeted. The takeover script then routes calls to premium services or uses the system to provide extensive toll calling to continue the fraud. The fix? Close the ports and change the passwords. Simple enough, yet many organizations fail to do so.
An area where organizations are focusing but feel like they are swimming upstream, is the marked increase in robocalls. According to the Washington Post, the number of robocalls in America reached the 26.3 billion mark in 2018, and these robocalls are estimated to account for 50% of all calls received in 2019. The result on the receiving end? An unanswered phone. On the surface, this seems like a “so what” moment, correct? Not necessarily, because many large enterprises, including medical providers and banks, use outbound auto-dialing protocols, and now their calls go unanswered as well.
Unlike PBX hacking’s simpler fixes, robocalling fixes are much more complex -- so much so that the FCC and carriers have established a technical protocol – SHAKEN/STIR – to attempt to address it. Using a digital certificate-based public key cryptography to provide call authentication, SHAKEN (Secure Handling of Asserted information using tokens) and STIR (Secure Telephony Identify Revisited) protocols are the strongest shot across the bow of robocalling spammers that the FCC and the industry have taken to date; hope is high that the carriers – through SHAKEN/STIR -- will be able to stem the robotide.
Often launched through a bot attack that tests login credentials (again attempting those common, simple passwords) to look for ways to gain control of accounts to order devices and costly services, these scammers look a lot like the credit card fraudsters of five years ago. Thankfully, the carriers have taken notice of those financial protections put in place to stem the credit card fraud tide, and have begun to deploy behavioral analytics and device intelligence in the form of digital identity-based verification to detect and deter this seemingly easy target (ThreatMetrix, 2018).
These three fraud threats – PBX hacking, robocalling, and subscription fraud – account for $12 billion in fraud losses according to the CFCA. That’s a pretty hefty portion of the $29.2 billion in estimated losses for 2017. But the solution to each of the three has something in common: The fix must come from within.
Just like that simple question asked by my father -- “Kelly, what authorities pulled you over?” -- the key will be to quickly identify the source, then terminate the scammer’s access. First and foremost, ensure that your passwords are changed. That’s a “duh” statement to be sure, but don’t be surprised if you find that it hasn’t been changed. Simply change it.
Additionally, take the time to learn about the SHAKEN/STIR protocols. Demand that your own carriers adopt this authentication protocol and adopt it quickly. Ask your mobile and landline carriers which protocols they have in place to digitally identify fraudulent orders placed on your behalf. Put SLAs around it in your contracts.
Finally, if my “niece” Kelly calls, hang up. | 2019-04-24T11:57:36 | https://www.nojitter.com/security/telecom-fraud-rise-what-enterprises-need-know | [
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oops..copyright lawsuit against you might be on its way.stupid google returns hell lot of postings for this shayari.i dont think this guy is behind these lines.or may be,who knows.
Nihar dont take it personaly please..but great find.
agar aapne iss shayari ke jariye kisi ko kuch kehane ki koshish ( you know what i mean )ki hai to..i am with you on that table with lots of beers..
Hello Mr. Anonymous/Washington/Puyallup from Comcast Cable….
Even i know that may be this shaayari is not written by Nihar.
But my website is not known for its original shaayari )as i have written in about section right from the start) but is a collective effort by myself and ofcourse with all who read this and want to contribute on this blog.
The name which is written below the poem is a contributers name for my blog,it may be his original collection ,may be not…….
Just enjoy the shaayari buddy!!!!!!
and thank Nihar that wherever he has brought the shaayari from is indeed a good one + whoever the original writer is….
i already said that its a great find and i love u fo r that and we are going to have beers togather..its deal between us.ok.
—> you dont have to do all this. looks like you dont like anonymous commenting.I will disapear now. no more anon coments from me.keep writing.
I do like Anonymous comments and will be more happy 2 c the comment with your name!!!
it is rite that i m not a shayar or na hi mene kisi ko personally khush karne ki koshish ki hai.it is world of good poems and shayari to me bhi iska hissa banna chahta hu bas.
Chill buddy!! koi bahas nahi ho rahi hai..
apne apne point of views hote hai sabke which v shud always respect….
Jab jab bhi hamaara naam hua hai..
Jaane kis baat se khafaa hai ye duniyaa humse..
Naa jaane humse kiskaa katle-aam huaa hai….
Ab is dil ko humne ye keh ke behlaa hi liyaa..
Badnaam hi sahi…Naam to huaa hai….
These are freely available lines dude no copyirghts required for this . nobody will pay for $$$$ for this 4 lines .i am using cont on my 22 sites from all over the internet of course i mention source from wherever i copy ;). its called social sharing in our SEM(search engine marketing) language.
n ye pls keep posting comments here annon hi sahi yaar.
na ha nuts those stats are not always accurate .ull see my location will be delhi but i am posting from hyd india.
hmm..well i agree with you that stats are not always correct.
its 99% correct.even for you its shows all the details!!!!!!
Hum to SHAYAR na they kabhi…..
SHAYARI to unki YAADON ne sikha di hume !!
Hum to ASHIQ na they kabhi…..
ASHIQUI to unki BAATON ne sikha di hume !!
DEEWANGI to unke PYAR ne sikha di hume !!
Hum to ROTE na they kabhi….
RONA to unki TANHAIYO ne sikha diya hume !!
SHABDO KO PYAR BHARE ALFAZO mein bolne wale to hum na they….
IS TARAH bolna unki MOHABBAT ne sikha diya hume !!
APNE PYAR KA ISHAAR karne wale to hum na they….
lekin unke IKRAAR ne ISHAAR karna bhi sikha diya hume !!
Nihar– ab to tum khud kaa ek website banaa lo!!!
Himanshu– aapne aapka email id hi nahi diyaa..for me to reply back.Thanks for your compliments,keep visiting…and complimenting!!!!!
hey Nihar ur last one was tooo good!!!
JISE DIL ME BASA RAKHA HAI.
tumhe na ho yakin ye aur bat hai….
Apko bhul jaye wo nazar kaha se laye….
Kisi aur ko chah Le who jigar kaha se laye….
Nahi reh sakte app ke bina….
Uff bhi na nikle wo Zeher kaha se laye……..
Tere hotho ki hasi banane ka khawab hai…..
Teri agos mein simat jane ka khawab hai..
Ajmaish u to achi nahi hoti ishq ki….
Tu chahe to teri takdir banane ka khawab hai….
Woh maut bhi laut jaye tere darwaje pe ake..
Tuj ko aisi jandgi dene ka khawab hai..
Ji bhi lenge agar jina pade tere bina….
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A trial of mandatory poker machine pre-commitment technology will likely take place ahead of the 2014 introduction of the initiative designed to stop problem gambling, according to federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie.
Speaking at a press conference following the tabling of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform’s first report, Wilkie said mandatory pre-commitment technology would benefit from state-based trials.
“I think [a trial] would be very helpful and genuinely inform the development of the technologies which are needed for this and to ensure they are the best technologies and to identify any unforseen consequences of these reforms,” he said.
Wilkie said the 2014 deadline for the introduction of the technology did not give enough time for a national technical solution, but did allow enough time for individual states and territories to develop their own pre-commitment technologies to a common set of national standards and design features.
“Remarkably, most of the jurisdictions are operating different operating systems, different communication protocols, and the committee did find and does recommend that over time it would be in the industry’s interest to move toward a national technical framework,” he said.
Placing the onus on states to develop their own solutions was practicable as technical arrangements between states varied greatly and allowing states to come up with their own solutions would be the quickest way to have the technology come into use, Wilkie said.
To date a number of the states have opposed the introduction of tougher controls on gaming machines to tackle problem gambling.
On the issue of a carrying out a cost-benefit analysis of the technology, Wilkie said the argument from critics that the technology would be too costly to implement had made their claims ahead of knowing all the aspects of the pre-commitment plan, the technical solution and its costs.
He added that the highest “credible” estimate from industry of the cost of the technology — $3 billion — was just over half the $5 billion annual amount lost by problem poker machine gamblers. The total annual cost of losses to poker machines annually was $12 billion, Wilkie said.
Commenting on the form the pre-commitment technology would take the MP said again re-affirmed no biometrics would be used. Instead, existing loyalty cards used by many community club members would be the most likely format.
Wilkie estimated that the cost of problem gambling on poker machines is some $1.64 billion and that there are 95,000 Australians ‘problem gamblers’ and 95,000 Australia gamblers at risk of becoming problem gamblers. He estimated that each of these gamblers affects in some way between five and 10 other Australians. | 2019-04-21T02:39:14 | https://www.cso.com.au/article/385548/mandatory_pre-commitment_poker_machine_technology_go_trial_before_2014/ | [
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The Columbus Dispatch Publishes Article on HB 413 | Public Employee Retirees Inc.
(February 19, 2018) A revealing article on the status of H.B. 413 was published in the Sunday edition of The Columbus Dispatch yesterday shedding light on where the bill stands in the legislative process. It was authored by Dispatch reporter Catherine Candisky and can be read by copying and pasting this link in your web browser: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180217/opers-retirees-fight-back-against-proposed-cut-in-benefits. It appears that in its present form the bill is not going to move toward passage in the Ohio House, according to its sponsor, Rep. Gary Scherer (R – Circleville). This is good news for PERI members and all OPERS retirees.
PERI resolves to keep up the fight against the passage of HB 413 until OPERS and the General Assembly recognize the need to maintain the current 3% COLA.
Thanks PERI, finally a ray of hope .
Food for thought for all retirees, Keep contacting members of the general assembly to vote down h.b.413! Keep the heat on!
What is meant by, “It appears that in its present form the bill is not going to move toward passage in the Ohio House”? It sounds like good news at first, but the issue is not over. I’m very happy by this delay, but we still need to work to have it dropped altogether.
Something seems very wrong here. With all the sweeping changes OPERS made since 2012, including dropping spouses and jacking up premiums, why aren’t they putting money into the health care plan? If the current administration can’t seem to manage our money, maybe it’s time to find others who will. This doesn’t add up and an independent investigation seems to be in order.
I would like to share some info. with all retirees. i retired from O.D.O.T. in 2012. When i worked for O.D.O.T. I was active in o.c.s.e.a. for a time. O.c.s.e.a. is the union for state employees in most agencies. When opers introduced their c.o.l.a. reduction fiasco last august, I contacted Chris Mabe who is o.c.s.e.a. president and opers board member for state employees. As per the conversation, The reasons he gave me for the proposal were as follows. The alleged 2 billion dollars in unfunded liabilities as per Karen Carraher. Mabe also gave me a personal reason for the proposal. Mabe told me he thinks it is not fair that people who retired prior to Jan. 2013 keep their 3% C.O.L.A. And people who retired after Jan. 2013 get their c.o.l.a. adjusted as agreed upon in the 2012 opers changes. So with this info. you have an opers board member who also had personal reasons for pushing this proposal. I spoke to Chris Mabe over the phone in late august of 2017. He returned the phone call after I left him a message on his voicemail. I also emailed him at that time.
Well what everyone has to remember is if your already retired you have no way to increase your percent of retirement other than the COLA. If your not already retired you have the option to work longer and increase your retirement. “ Go figure “ Compell people who can retire before 2013 by sending out papers that say anyone who retires prior to 2013 will recieve 3 % COLA fixed ,then switch it with H.B. 413 COLA based off cpi after. People already retired don’t have an equal right to work longer and boost there percentage and increase there F.A.S. I believe PERI was able to exspress that concern during there presentation in Opposition of H.B 413.
Ron Alexander is a candidate for OPERS Trustee to represent the retirees. He is also the retiree representative on the OCSEA Board with Mabe. I have emailed Ron Alexander requesting his position on this issue. We certainly don’t need two OSCEA officials on the OPERS Board voting together to cut our COLA.
Right. We do not need a fox in the hen house.
More food for thought. Late last December, The Opers board voted to make Chris Mabe Vice Chair!
So I just read the Dispatch article and here’s what bothers me. It is clear that Karen Carraher is trying to play on the fear that If we don’t make these changes now we risk healthcare in the future. What I urge everyone to consider is that regardless of whether they make changes or not we could still lose or have changes made to our healthcare in the future. Healthcare is not a guaranteed benefit. I for one will not stand for changes being made to a guaranteed benefit, which my 3% annual COLA is, to take the chance that they won’t turn around at some point in the future and reduce or eliminate healthcare anyway. I won’t fall for their scare tactics.
Retiree – I totally agree. I will not stand for changes to a guaranteed benefit either. If they take that away, then everything is fair game.
The article in the Columbus Dispatch was an interesting read. Keep up the good work, PERI!
Although this is encouraging we can’t let up. I have written to my State Representative and Senator and have received a response only from my Representative that he is opposed to HB 413. So far my state Senator seems to be non-committed.
Remember the old adage “the squeeky wheel gets the grease”.
Jerry – That is very interesting. I have long suspected a severe case of COLA envy has been going around at OPERS. And yes, I believe those pushing the proposal have a personal agenda. Otherwise, nothing else makes sense. The system is healthy and with the sweeping changes made including dropping spouses and jacking up our health care premiums, there should be no reason for fear of losing health care funding.
As the old adage goes, when something doesn’t make sense, look for the dollars.
Where did you obtain information on the 3 candidates and their positions?
Thanks James for your insight. I agree after reading the Retiree Representative Candidate Biographies page included with my ballot, it becomes clear that Timothy Steitz is the correct choice if you want to protect your 3% COLA. His job experience and credentials make him the most qualified candidate to oppose Carraher’s dirty mess now and in the future. It’s important for anyone who hasn’t voted yet to do it now before the March 30th deadline and keep contacting our state legislative officials.
Every day I e-mail, tweet, call or write. I point out the 50 people at OPERS making more than the governor, the billions invested in poor performing hedge funds, the most of any State and paying the managers of those hedge funds billions since 2011 and also paying their own chief financial officer over 1/2 million a year and millions more in incentives. Incentives for what, to invest in poor performing hedge funds or does he get incentives for cutting our COLA. Kasich was with Lehman Brothers and went around Ohio talking the public pensions into investing in Lehman Brothers. Lehman went out of business and the pensions lost multi millions. He becomes governor in 2011 along with Carrahar and we start investing in hedge funds. Funny hedge funds donated to his run for President in 2016.
This cozy relationship the OPERS seems to have with some of the medical providers needs to be looked at. Double Dipping needs to be looked at, California does not allow it at all, go back to a public employee and your pension stops. I don’t know if we need to go that far, but the amount they pay in for pension goes into an annuity. That money should stay in the pension system, they are already collecting a pension and working for a public employee. QEBA needs stopped, violating IRS rules stating that they don’t have to pay pension out over around 215,000 per year. QEBA makes that extra money come out of the medical fund. I could go on for pages, however, that is some thing needing fixed.
Keep writing as the State and every organization in it hates the sun light shine down upon them. When I worked I was told to work on clients that bitched first. Why should they get serviced first? The answer, we don’t want to have them calling every day and bothering us. Is that fair, no, but the squeaking wheel gets fixed first.
Michael – Could you share copies of your letters? I don’t know the facts like you do. I would like to send that information to my representatives too.
First, the “3% COLA” quit being a 3% increase in retirement benefits one year after retirement. It is a simple interest increase on the base retirement amount. It is NOT a true cost of living increase. Rather it is: 3%, 2.91%, 2.83%, 2.75%, 2.68%, 2.61%, 2.54%, etc. Next year I will get a 2.4% increase. We retirees who retired prior to 2013 are both diminishing in both numbers and our effective COLA increases. The only reason that I can see for the OPERS board to act now is because it will become a moot point in a the future. They want to treat retirees as welfare recipients. Why else would HB 413 contain a provision to INCREASE the retirement for a select few retirees?
Second, as determined in the case of John J. MASCIO v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO, the vested rights statute (ORC 145.561), once the conditions of retirement are fulfilled, there is a contractual obligation. The Ohio Legislature (OPERS) does NOT have a legal right to alter a contract after the fact.
Third, why the heck would any rational person (retiree) wish to trade a statutory guaranteed contractual right (pension + COLA) for the “promise” of health care? Back when I was working, 35 years, a percentage of my contribution was going for the health care of retirees. Now that I am retired, the OPERS board has cut health care to the bone and is out to get retirees who may have gotten a few percent ahead of inflation.
Finally, I’m not trying to be political but the Federal deficit spending is such that the ten year Treasury rate is approaching 3%. Depending on the financial projection, 3% or 3.5%, is the break point at which money flows from the stock market to bonds and inflation becomes inevitable. Either way, a one trillion dollar Federal deficit will lead to higher inflation. That higher inflation will inflate OPERS investments, but will not change our COLA.
Dean you just made a fantastic point, Retirees do not need Ron Alexander on the Opers board to represent retirees. Ron Alexander will be a yes person for Karen Carraher. Chris Mabe has proved he is a yes person for Karen Carraher! Retirees please consider not giving Ron Alexander a vote! I hope Alexander has an opponent for this board seat! If Ron Alexander has an opponent, Please consider that person! Ron Alexander is still on the O.C.S.E.A. payroll as an retirees Rep. He has taken enough dues money as o.c.s.e.a. president and now in this role as a retirees rep! I was an o.c.s.e.a. activist for a time. The internal politics at o.c.s.e.a. is sickening! Just food for thought. Thanks.
I witnessed Ron Alexander manipulate the members and staff at o.c.s.e.a. for years! Please consider not voting for him for this open opers board seat! Please consider the opponents of Ron Alexander for this opers board seat! To vote Ron Alexander on the opers board would be a huge mistake. Remember, Chris Mabe will be lobbying on his behalf. And in private, I am sure Karen Carraher will be doing the same. She will be very quiet in doing so.
I’ll keep writing and making phone calls until there is a full administration restructuring at OPERS.
Jim – Who are you contacting? I will do likewise.
Attention all retirees, I have taken a careful look at all the candidates for the open Opers board seat. I will vote for Tim Steitz, He seems to be the candidate that will stand up for retirees. Just food for thought. Vote carefully.
If you worked when Ron Alexander was head of the union… you know he was very friendly to the statehouse. Personally I believe that the State of Ohio employees did benefit from collective bargaining I am just saying that was not while Ron Alexander was running things he was very close fo to management we do not need his self serving agenda in our retirement. Most people do not realize that public sector is not always the easy jobs they think. Too many managers politically connected (and union presidents) willing to do whatever necessary for their own personal advancement . But I thought once retired we would be away from the politics and the deals made in back rooms. Karen Carraher does not have enough respect for retirees to keep her as OPERS Ex Director. She wants to say that she has OPERS funded 100% and will do so at any cost. Keep fighting calling writing and unfortunately not relaxing and enjoying our earned retirements. Ohio politics once again rears its ugly head. We are fortunate that some in the statehouse see OPERS bill for what it is…. an unnecessary broken promise to retirees. Don’t stop being vocal, writing and calling state reps and telling them OPERS needs to keep their gritty hands off of our COLA.
I noted it in my retirement letter as well. Actually I stated that it was “the” reason for the timing.
Amen Frank! It is time retirees post their concerns about Ron Alexander on social media. All retirees should know about the troublesome background of Mr. Alexander! Also, It is time retirees start calling for Karen Carraher to be replaced! Start sounding the alarm on social media!
Chris Mabe is just as bad as Ron Alexander if not worse!
I’m with those who will vote for Tim Seitz as my candidate of choice. Thanks to those you who shared your views on all three candidates. Your comments were really helpful.
The comments helped me vote for Mr. Seitz too. This kind of input is always great.
I voted for Mr. Seitz also. | 2019-04-18T19:28:51 | https://operi.org/columbus-dispatch-publishes-article-hb-413/ | [
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Please understand we do NOT know the EXACT “DAY” or “HOUR” of Jesus Christ’s return on our Gregorian calendar. The Countdown Clock is set for the Feast of Trumpets AD 2028, which is the time period when Christ’s return will be “right at the doors” (Matthew 24:33).
The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is a yearly celebrated Holy Day known to the Jews as the day “no man knows the day or hour” since it cannot be confirmed until two witnesses in Jerusalem see the first sliver of the new moon. THIS is the “time” during AD 2028 (Earth’s 6,000th year) when Jesus Christ will rapturously return to planet Earth!!!
In this 10 part prophetic seminar Gabriel Ansley Erb reveals the amazing prophetic truths in God’s Word (Bible) confirming Jesus Christ’s return Feast of Trumpets AD 2028. | 2019-04-19T03:28:07 | https://2028end.com/countdown-clock | [
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Up to an inch of snow is likely on the Eastern Shore and up into Sussex County Friday afternoon.
Below-freezing temperatures this week is leading to extra slippery roads Friday as snow falls across the Delmarva Peninsula.
Multiple school districts and Sussex County government offices have closed early for the afternoon snow that is supposed to linger into the early evening, according to Eswar Iyer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia.
"The heaviest snow should move east in the next couple hours and might not taper off until later afternoon and early evening," Iyer said just after 2 p.m.
Accumulation totals have not changed from the morning prediction of 1 inch, but some areas could see a little more, Iyer said.
Multiple vehicle crashes have been reported on the police scanner as roads have become icy, which is due to the cold temperatures leading up to Friday.
"When it’s colder, the snow is able to stick to the roads quicker, and your roads are going to get slick quicker," Iyer said.
The Ocean Police Police Department announced at 2:40 p.m. that westbound Route 90 lanes were closed because of a crash.
It could take up to two hours to clear the crash. Maryland State Police is investigating.
Rt. 90 is closed between Rt. 589 and Ocean Due to poor road conditions. Avoid the area.
Salisbury Police tweeted they have nine active crashes under investigation as at around 3 p.m.
"Snow catches us by surprise today and causes very icy road conditions," police said.
"Slow down, use caution if you must be on the roadways this afternoon."
Temperatures were forecasted to climb close to the freezing point for water in Salisbury, while Georgetown and Rehoboth Beach were only going to reach 28 degrees. It will be a little warmer in Ocean City and Accomac, with temperatures in the mid to upper 30s.
The temperature won't drop significantly at night, with a low of 20 degrees in Salisbury, 18 degrees in Georgetown and 26 degrees in Accomac.
Over the weekend, expect temperatures to rise into the 40s across Delmarva. By Monday or Tuesday, Delmarva residents can expect temperatures in the low 50s. | 2019-04-24T00:58:51 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2019/02/01/friday-snow-showers-possible-across-delmarva/2741656002/ | [
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One August night, Harper Regan walks away from her home, her husband, daughter, and keeps walking. She tells no one of her plans, putting everything she has worked for at risk.
“The play tells about the lure of melancholy, lie, prejudice and coming to terms with painful truth; heroine’s obsessive curiosity is a good excuse for Stephens to reveal a great deal of original writing” – The Times.
FOR ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY !!!
W sieci: How was your day? | 2019-04-22T10:20:20 | http://teatrzeromskiego.pl/en/productions/harper | [
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Love Heals All Wounds is an evening-length theatrical show by MAI (Movement Art Is) that addresses social issues such as police brutality and violence in America while seeking to promote diversity, inclusion, and empathy as a uniting force. MAI, co-founded by Jon Boogz and Lil Buck, uses movement artistry to inspire and change the world while elevating the artistic educational and social impact of dance. Through movement art films, workshops, performances and exhibitions, MAI is resetting the spectrum that defines dance.
In 2018, Jason joined the show’s creative development team as the composer, sound designer, and musical director. Together, they completed two creation residencies and a VIP Soft Premiere at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF).
Love Heals All Wounds is currently touring around the US, with the official World Premiere coming in May 2019 in Los Angeles. | 2019-04-25T08:21:46 | https://www.jasonyangviolin.com/love-heals-all-wounds | [
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Part of the next Darkening stone book is set in the Mediaeval tunnels beneath Exeter. Very spooky. Very atmospheric.
Is it important to have somewhere real in mind as you write?
I think it helps – at least at first. For instance, I played in this abandoned quarry as a child, and it must have informed my writing about Scaderstone Pit. This old quarry was used an illegal dumping ground at one point, and it was below a playing field, but it isn't anything like as big as Scaderstone Pit.
Once I get going, I create a new world in my mind, so I don't want to be hampered by the limitations of the real world. The quarry pictured above does not look anything like Scaderstone Pit, which of course doesn't exist. In case you're wondering, the name Scaderstone comes from the Old English words for shadow or shade (sceadu) and stone (stan).
I do believe it's vital to be consistent with your created world though. Personally, I just scribble maps and notes onto paper or index cards.
There's no sense of scale here. They're really just disgrams to help me remember where things are in relation to each other. I refer to them whenever the location is important. In the latest Darkeningstone book, there's a car chase of sorts, and it felt like cheating if the journey wouldn't be possible. I had to make sure that when I say the car veered around a corner to the left, it wouldn't end up somewhere stupid. But I didn't map out the whole town.
Similarly, the Exeter Passages are real, but although I've invented the layout of the tunnels, there really is an old part that you can't go into. I've added a barred gate to make it more of a challenge, but the idea was sparked by reality.
That's it for today. I hope to post up more of thought processes, such as they are, in this category: Writing Journey Posts .
I hope you enjoy them – and if you do, please leave comments and share the posts as if your life depended on it. Which it doesn't of course. And no, that noise isn't me sneaking up on you. It really, really isn't. | 2019-04-23T04:12:17 | https://mikeycampling.com/writing-journey-setting/ | [
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Mr. Arun a 35 year old, professional desperately wanted to restore his frontal hairline back. In a very young age, he had lost majority of his hair from frontal and crown area of his scalp. Like many of the people, his unusual hair loss was a cause of social embarrassment to him.
In his initial phase, he was his own doctor! He tried several shampoos, supplements and alternative treatment options of camouflage, which ultimately made him more depressed with the increase in hair loss; this forced him to come to us and opt for the hair restoration with PRP.
Fig. 1: – A baseline photograph of first hair check to establish a basic measurements. The hair check analysis is performed precisely on three locations. The baseline measurements observed were Front/5 cm, Top/12 cm and Back/70 cm.
Fig. 2: – A venous blood of approximately 30-40 ml was collected, spun and processed for extraction of his own platelet rich plasma. The PRP was injected in the areas that needed improvement.
Fig. 3: – Another hair check was performed after 30 days. The patient observed only mild swelling, may be because of being stuck with the needle. The patient noted comparatively less hair fall with the thicker feeling of his hair texture.
Fig. 4: – With the initial hopeful sign, the patient turned up again after 45 days. This time, his numbers for the hair check were found to be consistent with the assessments, his front and top patches had grown, covering the scalp fully. | 2019-04-21T14:05:43 | https://www.advancells.com/patientstories/mr-arun-35-years-hair-loss/ | [
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Although he was a merciful warrior, David still had to fight Israel’s enemies. This account is strange in that it seems the battles described here could have been avoided if only Hanun, the leader of Ammon, had taken David’s sincere condolences at face value. But Hanun listened to his advisers, who gave him extremely poor advice! It could be that they truly, though erroneously, believed David’s messengers were spies. Or these nobles of Ammon may have turned against David in hopes of provoking him and gaining a victory over Israel.
Whatever the reason, David’s men were humiliated by their Ammonite hosts with no provocation. Then the Ammonites raised an army of 33,000 mercenaries from neighboring Aramean states — another act of unprovoked aggression against Israel. David’s army scored a resounding victory under the leadership of Joab and his brother Abishai. But the Arameans apparently did not learn their lesson, because they regrouped, sent for reinforcements, and came at Israel again! This time David himself led the armies of God to victory — the last recorded triumph of Israel’s warrior-king before his affair with Bathsheba.
What does the humiliation of David’s messengers suggest about the Ammonites’ motives?
What do Amos 1:13 and Zephaniah 2:8–11 tell us about the history of the Ammonites’ relationship with Israel?
Why do you think God gave Joab such a great victory, despite the fact that Joab had committed treachery and murder?
Why did David himself lead the final battle against the Arameans?
Anyone whose well-intentioned motives have been misconstrued — whether accidentally or purposely — can identify with the envoys of David in this story. Since all of us have felt the pain of this rejection, let us resolve to be extremely careful in judging the motives of others! | 2019-04-25T05:57:01 | https://www.ifcj.ca/site/SPageNavigator/ca/study/jtts/david_prt2/david2_l5?NONCE_TOKEN=6611542D83DD5310E850772CA4715308 | [
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The above summary is highly contrived, but it’s not too far removed the delicate political equilibrium we find ourselves in with regard to pricing pollution.
Carbon pricing, whether through taxes or cap and trade systems, is textbook economics—it’s great policy, efficient, and effective. It’s also in pretty broad use with hundreds of millions of people and about a quarter of the world’s emissions subject to some kind of cost on greenhouse gas emissions.
The central argument against implementing cap and trade or carbon tax has and always will be economic cost. Detractors argue that consumers (also voters) would never voluntarily opt to pay more now for long-term gains. I’d like to hammer away at that notion.
It’s not as if carbon pricing has to come with any short-term economic cost. Revenue raised from BC’s carbon tax has allowed the province to reduce corporate income tax by $440 million, personal income taxes by $237 million, and provide $194 million in low-income tax credits (2013-14).
Aside from that, depending on the structure of the market and the degree to which its economically competitive, carbon fees may take the nip out of corporate profits moreso than consumer wallets.
True, the application of carbon pricing will create winners and losers in society. I can’t help but think of all those large camper towing trucks I passed on the Trans-Canada Highway this summer—they can’t be too happy about paying more. But by putting a dollar figure on carbon pollution we’re closing a loophole in the system that’s costing us money, both in the long-term and short-term. That’s not just on the costs of climate change manifest through extreme weather and environmental degradation, but also in health and infrastructure costs (a topic for another day).
Brought in in the 1960s, CPP is one of the mainstays of our country’s social security net. Individuals and their employers each contribute about five percent of the employee’s gross earnings (up to a maximum amount) in exchange for future, post-retirement returns. In a recent Forum poll, 2/3rds of respondants wanted to expand both contributions and benefits. This view was notably higher among the elderly and people without kids.
Ever spend a little more on a car in order to achieve higher fuel efficiency? While NREL research demonstrates that people often undervalue the future savings of higher fuel efficiency when purchasing a car, fuel economy is a big factor for many buyers. I’ve even noticed a big uptick in fuel efficiency messaging in light truck TV ads, which would have been unheard of a decade ago.
How about housing upgrades, ever up the ante on windows and insulation or take advantage of the ecoENERGY retrofit program? I’ll always remember my Dad proudly telling me that he opted for a high efficiency electric furnace when he built our family’s new house in ’88.
Civilization and a modern economy are based on a collective trust in the future. Why else would you transfer a valuable resource (namely, currency) to a third party financial agent in exchange for future benefit? With about 20% of the Canadian population contributing to RRSPs and eight million tax filers claiming investment income of some kind, it’s fair to say that a hefty proportion of our nation is willing to set aside present day consumption in exchange for a better sunset.
True, Canadians are mired in debt and the high water mark of the personal savings rate peaked thirty years ago (Canadians set aside 20% of their disposable income then), but people know they should be doing better.
I’ve just highlighted three examples where people are willing to invest in their future with small upfront costs. Astute readers will note that these are decisions that yield private future benefits. If I wanted to appeal to the less self-concerned, I could have pointed out that the benefits of collective investment in infrastructure, military, public healthcare, and education come far into the future, with the tax hit coming today.
You can take this to the bank: Individuals will respond to incentives with an eye to the future. By reducing the argument against carbon pricing to “all costs bad” detractors are going against the long-term instincts of smart consumers. | 2019-04-20T18:58:38 | http://www.keanegruending.com/climate-policy/carbon-pricing-consumers-do-think-of-the-future/ | [
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The attack was caused by an altercation in the workplace and the gunman was an employee at the Equinox Gym. The employee was fired and then got in an argument with the gym’s manager. This incident has been said to have no links to terrorism.
Witnesses confirmed that five gunshots were fired. The gunman, Abeku Wilson, was born in Boston and graduated from the University of Miami. Police confirmed that the shooter planned specific targets beforehand and did not go into the gym to kill randomly.
Ackerman and Hortis were airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center where they are now being treated for gunshot wounds.
The public commended police and fire departments for their quick response and ability to secure the scene within 45 minutes. The authorities took proper precautions and locked down all of stores in the area in a timely manner. | 2019-04-22T22:28:36 | https://www.thepalmettopanther.com/icymi-merrick-park-shooting-details-and-information/ | [
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Now that Campaign 2006-08: The People (Finally) Decide is over, in retrospect the most interesting piece of election art I saw is one with a Pittsburgh link.
It's poet and artist John Sokol's portrait of Barack Obama, composed of hand-scripted excerpts from the 2004 Democratic Convention's "A More Perfect Union" speech that made Obama a political star. Sokol, who's in his early 60s, is based in Akron and lived in Pittsburgh in the 1990s. In late September, when I showed up at Obama's South Side campaign office to volunteer, Sokol's friend Bob Ziller, himself a busy Pittsburgh artist, was out on the East Carson sidewalk, selling T-shirts bearing the striking image of a pensive Senator.
That speech, like most of Obama's addresses, was good. But Sokol's portrait suggests a deeper symbolism: Obama as a man literally made of his words.
Critics enjoy deriding Obama as nothing but a pretty speechifier. "Mere words," say many of the same people who profess to revere the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address, or who salivated over Ronald Reagan's cockeyed bromides and happily wet themselves when George W. Bush bravely gambled other people's lives with "Bring 'em on."
Words matter. They have power even when you use them without knowing what they mean: "Socialist." "Mission Accomplished." "War on Terror."
One of Obama's strengths, I think -- maybe his biggest -- is his ability to find common ground between people, to empathize with opponents and locate the humanity that binds us, even on ancient and seemingly insoluble matters like race, war and abortion. And he locates it through language.
When we think, we think (mostly) in words, and though misused words can lead us astray, a thoughtful person's words can reveal new ways of seeing the world. Obama's speech on race, in Philadelphia this year, drew the fine line between knowing that someone (the grandmother who raised him) held racist attitudes and loving that person anyway. Surely Obama's talk of bridging such gaps was at least partly responsible for a Democratic presidential candidate's geographically inclusive win in more than 40 years.
Words, of course, must eventually resolve into action -- promises rendered in deeds. And now's the time to begin working to ensure that Obama is not just the man of words in Sokol's vision, but a man of his word. | 2019-04-23T12:32:13 | https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2008/11/07/john-sokols-obama-portrait | [
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What are some of the bias motivations associated with hate crimes ?
What are some of the agencies that make up the Department of Homeland Security?
What are some of the different organizational structures associated with terrorist groups?
What are some of the ways terrorist groups finance their activities?
How would you distinguish terrorist activities from more conventional forms of criminal activities?
What are the various motivations for engaging in terrorist activities? | 2019-04-24T00:57:23 | https://www.precisionessays.com/assignment-writing-services-crime/ | [
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‘Differential regional pay rates will only add to health inequalities.
And of course health inequalities will get even worse, if the competition for decent income reduces the interest in employment Up North of top researchers and clinicians – this has horrendous implications for, e.g., some medical schools and associated teaching hospitals.
But there are also other considerations, such as housing.
Even now, those in many professions who are fortunate enough to be able to keep accommodation which they own in the South usually keep it, when they move North for career experience. There is already a vast divide between (a) people, often mobile professionals, who can own property in the South-East and also when their careers require it live further North, and (b) those who started in the North and can barely buy anything in the South, however much they need to get professional experience there.
Reducing incomes away from the South-East will exacerbate this divide significantly, and will have serious impacts for national and regional housing markets, with all the additional outcomes which will inevitably follow.
This proposal kicks any remaining shred of regional strategy way out of sight, and announces loud and clear that Tory ministers – Osborne, Lansley, Cameron and all – have absolutely no interest in achieving greater equity of well-being amongst UK citizens. Some of us may already know that, but now many more will also recognise this stark truth.
Are the LibDems past caring?
The response of the Liberal Democrats to these proposals for regional pay will be interesting.
Their support has traditionally be greater in areas where pay will now be falling relative to the South-East; but can the LibDems sink any further in electoral terms?
Will Nick Clegg and the rest of his party sign up to the Osborne-Lansley axis, on the basis that electorally things can’t get any worse for the LibDems; or will there be resistance in the hope that ‘fighting back’ will bolster their future prospects with the voters?
An opportunity to arrest De-governance?
Whatever, it’s probably a vain hope that the Clegg response will be based on much more than short-term party political advantage. He has already capitulated completely to the De-governance, anti- serious social policy, agenda of his Tory minders, and the LibDem party as a whole is it seems powerless to change this.
Perhaps though there’s a small hope that others may put this further LibDem discomfort to better use. We need very urgently to arrest the disastrous trajectory of the ConDem mission by any means available, and this political fissure is grist to that mill.
This entry was posted in Viewpoint and tagged Andrew Lansley, ConDems, Conservative, David Cameron, DE-governance, economy, George Osborne, health, housing, Liberal Democrat, NHS, Nick Clegg, pay, regional, strategy. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-24T04:34:43 | https://pinkpolitika.com/2012/04/21/regional-pay-how-to-increase-the-north-south-divide-and-weaken-the-condem-coalition/ | [
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Young gamer dies after 40 hour diablo 3 seesion. | 2019-04-21T03:22:50 | https://www.knuckleheads.dk/forum/viewforum.php?f=31 | [
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These can be attributed to the change in Chernobyl itself. I.e. it is not the old Chernobyl anymore.
Many of today Chernobylers are not enough informed about history and Chernobyl mesoyro itself.
Not many are aware of the fact, that after Bolsheviks came to power, Chernobyler tzadikim in Russia had a meeting and put stop to all machloykes against Breslov.
Reb Avrohom Shternhartz had a mesoyro, that all disagreements with Chernobly were not based on anything substantial (ideological).
Also, Chernobyl up until recent times didn't at all consider deep chasidic ideas dangerous or not applicable. Chernobyler chasidim did learn Kabolo, and Chasidus extensively.
The picture that is present today is just a sad image of what happened of Chernobyl after the Bolsheviks and WWII. Most of today Chernobylers are newcomers that didn't go to research Chernobyler mesoyro far enough.
Very interesting. Is this a personal theory? My question is: If these Rebbes were worried about people falling into depression, then why aren’t they so vehemently “anti-mussar” in the same manner? Why is Sefer Reishis Chochma, which goes into detail about the various punishments for different aveiros, found in virtually every Chassidish Beis Medrash? The same goes for Kav Hayosher, which is praised by Chassidish Rebbes from the Noam Elimelech till present, and can be pretty graphic about punishment. Also, the first page speaks of hisbodedus. I recently heard the Skvere Rebbe shlita speak and there seemed to be plenty of mussar in there.
There must be something more to the opposition to Likutei Mohoran. I have no idea what it is. I don’t think anyone is against emunah, tefila, limud HaTorah or the other Avodas Hashem spoken of there. My feeling is that it is just the Satan getting involved, since we see how the teachings of Reb Nachman resonate deeply in Jews of every background.
I know as a fact of a Breslover Bochur who Married a Skverer girl When they asked the Rebbe he said he could not answer but indicated he was not againt it.
Anonymous: Reb Luzer Kenig met with Skverer Rebbe (as well as his father Reb Gedalya ztz"l) and the Skevrer Rebe said that he finished what his father started (meaning really stopping the machloykes).
By the way, Machnovker Rebbe ztz"l (who was also from Skverer line of Chernobyl) praised Breslovers highly for being the strongest in enduring Bolshevik persecutions.
Are all rebbes associated with Chernobyl opposed to Breslov today? Does anyone know whether Rabbi Michel Twerski (Milwaukee), for example, is against Breslov?
Here is Rabbi Benzion Twerski's (son of Rabbi Michel) response.
It was primarily a Skver issue. In fact my father owns a set of Likutei Halachos of R' Nosson with R' Laible's stamp in it! So we have the greatest reverence for R' Nachman.
Excuse me, why do you feel that Breslov is a chassidus without a Rebbe? A Breslover Chassid is mekushar to the daas and eitzos of his Rebbe 24/7. Most of today's modern-day chassidim see their Rebbe once in a while and maybe get some brocho from him for their business, but what real kesher does the average chassid have? Granted, you've got some individuals who have a real relationship, but how can you compare that to the average Breslover?
Besides that, there are many manhigim in Breslov today who are in many ways similiar to Rebbes.
I have heard confirmed from two different sources that the origin of Chernobyl opposition to Breslov is as follows. The Chernobyl Chassidim would travel throughout Ukraine to get ksav magidus for their Rebbes. In each town that they would enter they would encounter three types of people, chassidim, "ashkenazim" and Breslovers. The chassidim always agreed to having a chernobyler einekel as the official Rebbe of the town. The ashkenazim didn't care one way or another. The Breslovers, however, wouldn't sign, because that would give up their autonomy in inyanei chassidus to the Chernobyl. As retaliation the chernobyl chassidim launched a smear campaign against the Breslovers that they don't believe in Rebbes. | 2019-04-20T06:11:51 | http://asimplejew.blogspot.com/2009/01/question-answer-with-rabbi-ephrayim.html | [
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There are many signs in this world that call to us on a daily basis; but if you're not looking for them, chances are you're not going to find them.
Waking up at the same time every night, even when you've not set any alarms? This is one sign that many people miss.
As a human on this Earth, you are inherently powerful with a myriad of different energies, and energy meridians. As these meridians are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, they are linked to a clock-like system that energizes certain regions of the body, depending on the time of day.
If you're having a tough time falling asleep during this time period (which is the most common bedtime for people), it's a sign that you're still carrying the stresses and worries from your day.
To combat these effects, practice meditation, promotive mantras, and other relaxation practices. Yoga and stretching also work wonders.
Traditional Chinese Medicine posits that this period of time is linked to our gall bladders. If you're waking up during these hours, it can be indicative of emotional disappointment.
Focus on unconditional self-love, and remember to forgive yourself for any mistakes you've made.
This time period is connected to our liver. If you're waking during these hours, it's a good sign that you are harboring feelings of anger, and have too much yang energy.
Poor a tall glass of cold water and reconcile with your anger; figure out what is troubling you, so you may get some rest.
Waking during these hours is linked to our lungs, and is a sign of sadness. To return to restful nights, practice deep breathing exercises while you focus your thoughts on expressing faith in whatever your higher power may be. Know that they will help you.
Additionally, waking between these hours can be a sign that your higher power is trying to tell you something. When they are sending you messages, it is wise to pay attention; they are trying to bring you into better alignment with your ultimate purpose.
During this time, our energy resides mostly in our guts, the large intestines. If you're waking up during these hours, you might having emotional blockages. Once you're awake, stretch out your body or use the bathroom to fall back into a slumber.
When we dream, we are highly receptive of any messages being sent to us from our Higher Power. If we look closely enough, we can see that our dreams depict certain details of our journey through life. This spiritual journey is important, and thus, so are the messages being sent to us.
Once we realize that we are living this life in order to become the best version of ourselves that we can possibly be, we gain a higher awareness, a deeper form of consciousness, one that allows us to ascend.
Consistently waking between 3:00am and 5:00am is a sign that your Higher Power is trying to contact you. Do your best to listen to what it has to say. | 2019-04-23T04:09:34 | http://www.thewisdomawakened.com/2017/04/if-you-wake-up-at-same-time-every-night.html | [
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For the first time in its history, Minnesota NORML plans to draft a marijuana legalization bill for consideration during the next legislative session.
Marcus Harcus, the new associate director of the organization, tells us "the precedent that was set in Colorado and Washington gives me hope that it's a reasonable fight."
Discussions about the bill are preliminary at this point, but some of the details will be hammered out during an upcoming MN NORML strategic planning retreat, Harcus, who came to NORML from Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, says. Legal experts will be brought in to help write the bill, he adds.
One potential legislative sponsor of the bill MN NORML has already identified is Rep. Rena Moran (D-St. Paul), who spoke in favor of legalization during an MN NORML rally at the Capitol in April.
"Let's create a system where we can tax and regulate the sale," Moran said, "so we can invest more wisely in all of us."
Though this November's elections could change both the governor and the balance of power in the Legislature, Harcus says MN NORML plans to move forward with a legalization bill in any event.
"I think regardless of whether Democrats are in control or not, we're gonna push it," he says. | 2019-04-21T10:05:20 | http://www.citypages.com/news/mn-norml-to-push-for-legalization-of-marijuana-next-year-6541634 | [
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