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wordpress | As you can see, everything is all over the place, we have travel mugs on every shelves, the cloths are falling from their boxes, we have alcohol on three different shelves… We need to do something!
Using white ducktape, I completely covered the boxes to make them sturdier and cleaner (I need to add another wrap) and I just threw my cloths in the box, so now I just have to pull them out. I have a box for my cleaning cloths and one for my table cloths.
Again, with the little crafting project, the entire work took something less then an hour, which seems to me very good!
Go ahead! what are you waiting? | 2019-04-23T20:42:27Z | https://princesshousewifeblog.wordpress.com/tag/dresser/ | Porn | Arts | 0.399311 |
wordpress | “Wait five minutes, and I’ll tell you”.
Abrupt changes in the weather is so typical here.
Above are some photos taken this morning in the back garden. | 2019-04-26T00:30:58Z | https://beachmount.wordpress.com/tag/birds/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.612709 |
wordpress | Exmark recently introduced its 24-inch stand-on aerator.
“We designed the 24-inch aerator to make quick work of small or gated properties. Because it fits through 36-inch gates, the new machine brings stand-on productivity to properties that used to require a walk-behind machine,” said Lloyd von Scheliha, Exmark product manager.
The increased efficiency of the dual-hydro drive system reduces horsepower requirements, while offering speed control up to 6.8-mph. The Smart Controller tracks machine hours and provides maintenance reminders, while also providing a clear LCD screen, advanced settings, service resets and electronic depth control.
The electronic tine depth control offers easy tool-less adjustment of tine engagement from 0.5-inches to 5.0-inches, in half-inch increments, to allow for consistent core depth across a property. The foot activated hydraulic tine control frees the operator’s hands to control the machine. The hydraulic down force is set by the operator to provide increased stability and operator comfort.
Exmark also added isolation bumpers into the operator platform to reduce bumps and vibration felt by the operator. | 2019-04-22T06:23:05Z | https://robertpatrick8.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/exmark-rolls-out-24-inch-stand-on-aerator/ | Porn | News | 0.313241 |
wordpress | Samantha Fletcher is a lecturer in criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Much of her research focuses on ‘crime, harm, and global justice’, and she has a particular interest in ‘new social movements that seek to challenge global inequalities and injustice’.
Samantha is a former member of HERC and lecturer in criminology at the Open University. Commonweal is an education organisation that inspires, informs and connects nonviolence activists in the UK.
1) Please tell us, Sam, how you interpret the terms ‘crime’ and ‘harm’, with examples?
The discipline of criminology has a long history of overwhelmingly focusing on matters of crime, as defined by criminal law and the state.
In contrast, over the years, various scholars within criminology and beyond have sought to depart from this narrow conception of the ‘crime’ agenda.
They have instead sought to recognise that ‘crime’ as defined by laws and states severely limits the attempt to truly understand and adequately recognise all forms and wider conceptualisations of harms and violence.
One of the biggest developments in this line of thought was the arrival of zemiology.
At the annual conference for the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control in Spetses, Greece, in 1998, members of the group called for a new area of study that placed harm at the centre of their concerns (zemia is the Greek word for harm).
The basic premise of their argument was that there is no ontological reality to crime – what is meant by this is that there is nothing intrinsic to an act that makes it criminal. Instead, there are acts, and some are defined as criminal and others are not.
Therefore, the concept of ‘crime’ helps very little in adequately recognising the scale, form and extent of harms within society.
Thinking about harm more broadly – rather than as acts that have been assigned the ‘crime’ label by state institutions – allows us to expand our imaginations and recognise a whole range of additional harmful activities, often happening on a far greater scale.
Violence is subject to similar critique and concern. States, governments and their related criminal justice systems overwhelmingly focus on matters of interpersonal violence – actual or threatened violence that takes place in close proximity between a relatively small number of people.
Instead, we can and should think of violence as including structural violence – the everyday systems and structures in society that lead to grave harms through the denial of people’s basic needs (for more on this, see Johan Galtung’s 1969 article ‘Violence, Peace and Peace Research’).
Without downgrading interpersonal violence, if it’s to be the only understanding of and framework for violence, this masks a whole host of everyday forms of structural and institutional violence that happen routinely and often go unchallenged.
Thinking critically, starting with the concept of harm and a wider understanding of violence, allows us to think beyond interpersonal interactions and recognise other harms to human (and non-human) life.
– to highlight just a few examples.
2) Your work also examines harms caused by ‘powerful persons’. Who are they, and what are these harms?
‘Crimes of the powerful’, a term coined by Frank Pearce in 1976, refers to a number of types of harmful activity committed by persons with significant economic, political and/or social power – I say and/or, but the three of these often go hand in hand and are in many ways inextricably related.
Those studying the crimes of the powerful seek to turn the analytical lens towards harmful activities and actions by states and corporations, many of which are rarely labelled as criminal.
Or if they are defined as subject to criminal law, they receive comparatively lenient sanctions.
Various scholars have also drawn attention to the relationship between the state and the corporation, examining how they act in mutually reinforcing ways (see for example Tombs and Whyte), as opposed to one dominating the other at different times, as many people expect.
Within the remit of highlighting the crimes of the powerful, it is also vital to recognise that the harms caused by powerful persons and institutions have varying impacts on different social groups.
For example, a vast range of scholars have sought to unpack the continuing harms caused by colonialism, patriarchy and capitalism in order to recognise the impacts of different structural relations within society.
I am particularly drawn to the words of Marcia Rice (2008), who speaks of the importance of recognising ‘qualitatively different’ experiences across gender, ‘race’ and class lines (the full chapter by Marcia Rice is available within the book Gender and Crime: A Reader).
3) What can activists do to tackle harms and crimes by powerful people?
I’m very cautious about speculating or prescribing specific courses of action on these issues.
However, what can and should be recognised is the role of grass-roots movements in challenging the dominant narratives masking the true extent and variety of harms and violence within society.
Going further back, these groups range from the various protests of 1968 and the civil rights movement to the movements of 2011 onwards, such as the Occupy/Decolonise movement and Black Lives Matter – to name just a few!
These movements emerging ‘from the ground up’, rather than ‘from the top down’, have played and continue to play a vital role in highlighting the harms and violence committed by the ‘few’ at the expense of the ‘many’.
Most recently, we have seen a growth in grass-roots movements calling attention to the ever-pressing matter of climate change and environmental harms, including various anti-fracking campaigns and Extinction Rebellion.
As has always been the case (even if hasn’t always been well documented), young people are playing a vital role in these movements. In recent times, the Climate Strike and related movements, inspired by Greta Thunberg’s extraordinary initial strike action outside the Swedish Parliament in August 2018, have been making great strides towards greater recognition and the action needed for positive change.
If I were intrepid enough to foresee anything, it would be the key role young people will play in forging a less harmful and less violent future.
4) Can you recommend any books or other sources to deepen understanding of these topics for a general readership?
Although there is less research on harms and violence in the wider context than on mainstream criminological concerns, there is still a plethora of literature and resources available.
Criminology beyond crime, which includes an introduction to Green Criminology and the vast range of eco or environmental harms involving humans, non-humans and the environment.
In addition, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies hosts Criminal Obsessions: Why Harm Matters More than Crime, a key publication covering a lot of ground on all the matters discussed in this post.
State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption (Penny Green and Tony Ward, 2004).
I would also recommend the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control as a great starting point for connecting with active scholars in this field (Twitter handle: @european_group).
This blog was originally posted at Commonweal on 26 February 2019.
Voice entails the act of speaking and the art of listening. As an expression of our distinctive place in the world, the acknowledgement of voice is essential for human well-being. One of the key principles of ‘penal abolitionism’ is that we listen to the voices of others, recognising their diversity and facilitating their right to define their own reality. To speak is to have an opinion heard, to count as a fellow but unique human being.
Through harnessing the principles of mutual respect and cooperation, the approach to hearing voice known as ‘discourse ethics’ attempts to arrive at a valid, mutually recognised consensus based on speech acts from debating partners. Discourse ethics is a centrally important process for hearing the voices of others. It is rightly promoted in the academy and aspired to in public debate. Yet its predication on equal co-responsibility for dialogue means that discourse ethics collapses without reciprocation. Discourse ethics also restricts the hearing of voices to those based on mutual reciprocation alone. As Peter Kropotkin argued in the early 1920s, whilst a political system based upon reciprocation may be the preferred option, it is the non-reciprocated act of self-sacrifice for another person that signifies true ethics. Our responsibilities for hearing the voices of others emerge through asymmetrical relationships – that is, encounters with someone who is less powerful than us. The ethics of hearing voice, by necessity, are an ethics of responsibility that go beyond the rules of discourse. The limitations of discourse ethics for penal abolitionists – and I am thinking in particular here of those who are activist scholar – can be highlighted in two specific situational contexts: first in terms of hearing the voices of prisoners and second in terms of hearing the voices of abolitionist activists in the community.
Let us first briefly note the difficulties of hearing the voices of prisoners through an exclusive commitment to discourse ethics. Discourse ethics face particular problems in the prison place because prisoners may be physically and / or structurally prevented from participation in conversations with the wider public. There may be no, or only limited, access to spaces for dialogue with debating partners within the prison place. Further, given their socially excluded backgrounds, many of those behind bars have found it difficult in the past to perform the ‘language games’ or follow the rules of discourse ethics. Prisoner protests and small acts of disobedience, and perhaps sometimes even acts of self-harm, are forms of communication that should be listened to but do not conform to the rules of discourse ethics. Abolitionists have recognised that our ethical responsibility exists irrespective of the question of reciprocation or the following of rules of discourse. In other words, even if the prisoner is disrespectful and fails to engage with us in ways we would like, we should still patiently, respectfully and openly listen and respond when they speak. It means being prepared to be persuaded through the dialogical process. Reciprocation can result in unjust compromises where the interests of the powerless are erased in appeasement of the claims of the powerful. For abolitionists it is important to be prepared to surpass reciprocity and discourse ethics in the pursuit of hearing prisoner voices.
Discourse ethics can also have limitations if exclusively adopted for engagement between abolitionists in privileged positions, like academics / activist scholars and community activists. There are clear power differentials at play here and there needs to be full acknowledgement of privilege. Privilege reflects life course, historical and current access to resources, and wider societal structures and divisions, and it is incumbent on those who hold privilege to not only recognise this, but also to give their time generously and be guided by the principles of kindness, care, compassion, love, friendship and the spirit of solidarity when engaging in dialogue with those who do not share their privileged position. Abolitionists in privileged positions, like academics / activist scholars, should be accountable to local communities, grass roots activism and struggles for social justice. This entails working towards collective knowledge and the building of trust. It is essential for this that all abolitionists are prepared to listen and learn from others, especially those directly engaged in abolitionist struggles in the community. None of us are ‘soloists’ playing their own tune, but rather perform a role in a wider abolitionist ‘orchestra’. It is the liberation of the oppressed and the reduction of violence, harm and death that are of paramount importance, and those in privileged positions should attempt to infuse the local community activists with confidence, renewed belief, pride and dignity.
Those abolitionists, such as those activist-scholars working in the academy, who are in a more privileged position should engage in non-reciprocal dialogue, always looking at the world sensitively from the perspectives of others, adopting or translating their language, meanings and understandings and trying to read unexpected forms of communication. This means at times going beyond reciprocal dialogue so voices can be heard and concerns addressed. It means reaching out and listening. Learning to learn from the voices of others requires service, apprenticeship and a constant willingness to try and understand their point of view. This is not easy, but hearing voice should always be aspirational and unfinished because it demands the continual search for new inclusionary visions of social reality; the acknowledgement of difference and diversity; and the desire for a new broad-based consensus or at least agreement to disagree.
I think it is important for all penal abolitionists to continually search out and acknowledge voices that are denied, silenced or ignored and to engage fully with divergent perspectives amongst those voices. Ultimately this means listening and hearing without assuming respectful reciprocation from debating partners or maintaining a rigid adherence to the principles of discourse ethics. They may be our aspiration, but sometimes we have to go beyond them to effectively hear and listen and to respect the starting points of those we are listening to. So I, and others, may sometimes disagree with the views expressed by prisoners, activists, academics or other activist scholars, or I may disagree or dislike how they perform their speech act, but it still seems essential that everything is done so that their voices are heard irrespective of how that voice is expressed. Perhaps the best we can hope for in this is that we are all a little more sensitive when appreciating differences of opinion; that we maybe become a little more skilled at seeing things from the opposing point of view; and that it reinforces our recognition of and sympathy for the inherent vulnerability of all people, including our debating partners. In the end, abolitionists may simply have to agree to disagree on certain issues, but perhaps we can emerge with a better understanding of where and why we see things differently. The abolitionist struggle is against the violence, suffering and death that is insipid in the daily workings of the penal apparatus of the State. Even in disagreement we must stand against imprisonment in a way that is united.
When does sleeping rough not count as sleeping rough?
Rough Sleeping Statistics are produced annually by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
When does someone who is ‘sleeping rough’ not count as ‘sleeping rough’? This might seem a ridiculous question to ask – surely, it’s obvious, people who are sleeping rough (or street homeless, as it’s also called) count. However, this isn’t always the case, and who counts can have big implications for our understanding of the extent of ‘rough sleeping’, as well as the political claims and policy decisions that are made about ‘rough sleeping’.
To provide an estimate of the extent of rough sleeping in England, each local authority is asked to provide a count or estimate of the number of people sleeping rough in their area on a single night, providing a ‘snapshot’ figure. To aid this process, guidance is offered by the organisation Homeless Link on how local authorities should undertake counts or estimates. However, although this guidance exists, there is no guarantee that local authorities will adhere to this, and there is considerable discretion afforded to local authorities in how they arrive at their figures.
So local authorities can, to some extent, in their methods of counting and estimating, effectively decide who counts as sleeping rough and who does not. To give an idea of the impact of this level of discretion, one local authority, Northampton, provided an official count of 26 people sleeping rough for 2018. However, this figure excludes many people that the local authority know to be sleeping rough.
This was highlighted in a local BBC radio programme, in which a reporter stated that in a briefing before the very same count, the local authority’s ‘intelligence’ indicated there to be at least 46 people sleeping rough, but also claimed that 25 people were in camps which couldn’t be included in the figures due to safety issues. Yet, with such safety issues unspecified, it’s impossible to know whether another local authority might have included these people in their count. Indeed, the Homeless Link guidance itself suggests that “If you know that sleep sites are occupied but inaccessible or unsafe, consider using the estimate process (which can include a count) to achieve greater accuracy.” So it’s likely that another local authority might have done things differently. As such, it’s easy to see how discrepancies in the approach to who counts as sleeping rough can emerge.
Furthermore, because the official definition states that someone must be bedded down or about to bed down to be counted as sleeping rough, if they aren’t seen to be in either of these situations, then for the purposes of this these snapshot figures, they are unlikely to count as sleeping rough – even if there is ample evidence that they are doing so.
It should be said that issues with the methods of counting and estimating these figures are nothing new, and have been written about previously. But why does this matter now? In my view, there’s an enduring importance about recognising that behind each of these numbers is the life of another human being. However, these issues also take on a particular importance when rough sleeping statistics are produced and used as political tools.
The Westminster government recently released official statistics on the number of people estimated to be sleeping rough in England for 2018, based on these snapshot figures. This showed a 2% reduction in the number of people sleeping rough in 2018 compared with 2017, equating to 74 fewer people sleeping rough. It was the first time since 2010 that the official figure showed a reduction in the number of people sleeping rough. In media reports, this new figure was referred to as “a step in the right direction” by communities secretary, James Brokenshire.
But a reduction of 74 people is relatively a marginal change, and a few scenarios can help to give an idea of just how marginal a change this is. For example, if half of the local authorities in England estimated there to be just one more person sleeping rough, this would represent an increase in the number of people sleeping rough compared with the previous year, rather than a decrease. Or going back to the example of Northampton – if just four other local authorities had a similar discrepancy between the number of people they knew to be sleeping rough, and the number they reported, this would produce an overall rise across England too.
And such margins can make a big difference to the claims that can be made about policy. If this year’s figures had shown an eighth consecutive annual rise, rather than a fall, this almost certainly would put pressure on the Westminster government to do more (for example, by providing greater levels of funding for homelessness services and local authorities than have been offered thus far), rather than to suggest this was “a step in the right direction”.
So the question of when sleeping rough is not counted as sleeping rough is an important one, and is one that has significant implications for the political claims and policy decisions that are made about rough sleeping.
There is considerable evidence that mistaken identification by an eyewitness is the leading cause of miscarriages of justice. For example, research done by The Innocence Project, has found that eyewitness misidentification plays a role in more than 70% of overturned convictions and is the single greatest contributing factor in wrongful convictions. So, what should we do? Abandon eyewitness evidence because it is too unreliable? As tempting as that might be, think of all the victims who you then also abandon by refusing them access to justice. Rely solely on forensic evidence maybe? Nice idea, but in reality, forensic science is not like it is in CSI TV shows. For one thing, it is used in only a small percentage of cases and estimates suggest that in only about 2% of criminal cases does forensic science link a suspect to the crime scene or victim (Peterson, Sommers, Baskin & Johnson, 2010). For another thing, The Innocence Project estimates that the misapplication of forensic science is itself a major contributing factor to miscarriages of justice (indeed is second only to eyewitness misidentification), and features in about 45% of cases involving a later exoneration.
Some crimes are captured on camera, and in those cases investigators may have an accurate and reliable record of what happened (e.g. car dash-cams may show evidence of dangerous driving, public CCTV cameras may be used to track the movements of terrorist suspects when preparing for an attack). However, unless advances in technology bring us into a world of total surveillance (and assuming we, as citizens, would accept such a world), the criminal justice system will always need to make use of eyewitness evidence to provide access to justice for victims of crime. Obviously, we can try to improve the situation by making sure law enforcement agencies are aware of the risks involved in obtaining evidence from eyewitnesses and use the most appropriate, evidence-based techniques. For example, in the UK, Code D of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 sets out evidence-based practice guidance for identifying suspects, which is periodically updated in light of new research.
A key issue is that we know from psychological research that human memory is not like computer memory, which perfectly stores whatever is put into it until it is later needed. Instead, human memory is a dynamic and changeable construct that is based on extracting meaning from the world around us, which means our memories are subjective and dependent on who we are. Importantly, this means that our memory for an event (such as a crime) is likely to change if we are later exposed to information about that event (known as ‘post-event information’), which is why it is common practice to separate witnesses so that they cannot share accounts.
Post-event information can come in many forms, including the questions posed by law enforcement officials, who can change a witness’s memory by asking a leading question (for example, asking ‘what colour coat was he wearing?’ may cause a witness to form a false memory of the suspect wearing a coat when in fact they were not). Showing a witness images of possible suspects (in a mugshot album for instance) is a particularly problematic form of post-event information because it is possible that the witness will ‘unconsciously transfer’ one of the images into their memory of the perpetrator – meaning they may then pick that person out at a line-up. You can find out more about unconscious transference in week 6 of our free online forensic psychology course (or click here to access the whole course from the beginning and explore a wide range of issues in forensic psychology).
One solution to the problem of post-event information could be for law enforcement to limit exposure to it by limiting their interaction with the witness, perhaps only involving them in the investigation to provide key evidence such as a statement and to attend a line-up or other identification procedure. Although that might be feasible in some cases, what about if the police do not have a suspect? In some cases, it could be that the only way the investigation could progress would be to ask the witness to create a facial composite (e.g. Photofit or E-FIT) that can be used to seek help from the public. However, these techniques involve showing the witness faces or computerised face-images during the composite process. Could this introduce post-event information which might contaminate the memory of the witness and therefore the evidence they could provide (i.e. identifying the suspect later on, once an arrest is made)? In essence, the question is whether the methods used by law enforcement to generate a suspect might then contaminate the evidence needed to prove in court that the suspect is indeed the perpetrator of the offence.
This was a question we sought to answer using the ‘mock investigation’ paradigm, in which participant-witnesses are shown a staged crime and then asked to provide evidence by researchers (who take the place of law enforcement officers) in the form of statements and through identification procedures. We were particularly interested in whether creating a facial composite image would interfere with the witness’s memory and make their decision at a subsequent identification procedure less accurate. Previous research in this area had tended to produce equivocal results, with some studies showing a detrimental effect and some not. However, the prior research had typically used quite an artificial approach in which undergraduate students (often psychology students taking part in experiments for course credit) were first shown a video of a crime, created a facial composite either by themselves or with a researcher and then, often immediately or after a short delay, attempted to identify the perpetrator in a photo line-up. Although such procedures are very useful, as they explore the underlying human cognition and performance in a very controlled setting, there are some obvious differences with the experiences of a real witness. In other words, existing research largely lacked ecological validity.
Given how high the potential stakes are in evaluating criminal investigation procedures, our research attempted to be as ‘real’ as possible. To this end we (1) used ‘live’ staged crimes (not a video), which were (2) seen by witnesses from a much more diverse range of backgrounds than typical undergraduate students, who then (3) worked with a police officer (in our Experiment 1) or a researcher who was an experienced composite operator (in our Experiment 2) to create a facial composite using the software and procedures that would be used in a real case, before (4) being shown an identification procedure 4-6 weeks later (the average time taken in reality). We also employed both photo line-ups (as used in the USA) and video identification parades (as used in the UK). Our results showed that, compared to a control group that did not create facial composites, creating a facial composite did not appear to adversely affect the decision made at a subsequent identification procedure. If you would like to read the full details of our study, you can access a copy of the paper from the Open University’s Open Research Online repository here: Pike, Brace, Turner and Vredeveldt, 2018.
As noted earlier, the results of prior research were equivocal – although, anecdotally, many researchers and legal practitioners seem (perhaps understandably) inclined towards a principle of caution, favouring the research that there is a detrimental effect of composite construction on subsequent identification. Our results support the existing body of research that suggests composite creation does not necessarily contaminate the memory of a witness, though obviously given the high stakes here great care needs to be taken in applying research results to practice. It is also important to note that research tends to deal with trends and averages, which can be problematic for operational practice which has to make decisions about a single witness.
However, and in conclusion, we think there is a useful take home message here about the importance of balancing the needs of the victim and the needs of the suspect. We have to realise that a human criminal justice system will never be perfect and, as unpleasant as it sounds, that means balancing the need for access to justice for victims with the need to avoid wrongful convictions. Attempts to address one of these problems may concomitantly, albeit inadvertently, increase the other. We do not, of course, claim to have solved this problem. However, the potential risk that creating facial composites will contaminate the witness’s memory does not seem to be a concern under realistic experimental conditions. We therefore think that this is a risk it might be worth taking if there is no other way to progress the investigation.
Crime is an essentially contested concept. There is no universally agreed definition of what a crime is. However, the most straightforward way of thinking about crime is to look at it in terms of a legalistic perspective – from this approach a crime is an act which is illegal. It’s against the law. Specifically it is against the criminal law. In so doing the act will have certain aspects to it – it will have an aspect of criminal harm and it will have an aspect of criminal blame.
Watch Dr. David Scott discussing the question, What Is Crime?
Hence, the crime logic is seen as imposed and perhaps even a reconstruction of reality in legalistic and statist classifications. A crime something which is placed as a specific legal category, as a way of generating meanings and understandings and some criminologists (sometimes referred to as abolitionists) have argued that this is a problem in itself and that we shouldn’t necessarily even think about the logic of crime because using the language and logic of crime will lead those who are responding to it down certain pathways which may be considered solutions, such as punishment. | 2019-04-21T06:18:44Z | https://oucriminology.wordpress.com/ | Porn | Health | 0.208501 |
wordpress | Instead, I opted for a photo of new life – the newest family member, sporting a HOUYI Vineyard cap. These fires crystallized the preciousness of life and the vital good will of people. As the Atlas fire crept closer and closer, our anxiety was only eased by returning to the thought that our evacuated families and colleagues were safe. We felt resolved that the vineyard and winery could burn, as long as our team was out of harm’s way. As days passed and the fire inched nearer, it became the close communication and team effort with our Pritchard Hill neighbors for saving structures from flames, sharing resources and relating intel, that fortified our spirits.
Random acts of kindness – from the discount I received from my local NYC hardware store on the purchase of N95 respirator masks in solidarity with those suffering loss, to the understanding of law enforcement, who allowed us to enter the evacuation zone to refuel our backup generator – all contributed to a general feeling of community and the impactful significance of it, whether logistical or emotional in nature.
It is easy to get swept up in the romanticism of wine country – the breathtaking landscapes, the glossy lifestyle, the luxury product – but what is most authentic and most exceptional about our region is in fact, the people that make the term, “community,” a relevant and participatory act across multiple generations. In the aftermath of the fires, I better understand that we in the wine business are here to nurture Mother Nature’s best assets until the next generation is able. If She has other plans for those physical assets, it is the spirit of community and care-taking of each other that is nurtured from one generation to the next. | 2019-04-22T22:37:29Z | https://ninesunsstories.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/rising-from-the-ashes/ | Porn | Business | 0.13687 |
wordpress | The thoughts of a man on the edge…of realisation.
feel free to ‘design’ my heart only if you can[in a true sense] design your own.
a hasty moment,’thrown’ upon the ‘page’ means far much more that which is written.
its almost as though my hidden self were working with music,so i just hide in time to the rhythm of nature.
an opinion is not a fact,it is merely an individuals veiw on the subject at hand.
Why should I explain myself,if it is not my wish to do so?
it takes action to initiate the final stage.
Is this the path to privacy…?
Walk the ‘path’ to free yourselves,respect yourselves,in other words.
My message? -Those of youth,free yourselves,and in so doing you will free life for others.
…Distinguish what ‘is’,from that which is.
Irrelevant words strung together?There has to be a meaning to everything,or what is use of saying it in the first place?Should I say,so as to make it clearer,there has to be a compulsion that compels us to feel the need to express ourselves using speech. | 2019-04-23T14:29:11Z | https://stucrossley.wordpress.com/2017/04/ | Porn | Reference | 0.18677 |
wordpress | The sun is shining and the market’s are brimming with fresh fruits and veggies. Had a great time showing some Aussie friends Cuenca. Unfortunately, the rivers are low.
I walked on Solano and Doce de Abril to catch some of the workers in Cuenca. My favorite photos were the of the pole climbers installing the TV Cable. | 2019-04-23T10:31:29Z | https://cuencavideolife.wordpress.com/tag/streets-2/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.480904 |
yahoo | Why do i feel constant pressure and pain in the left side of my jaw?
My jaw also makes popping and clicking noises and feels like its loose. I'm kind of worried.
Update: It also is stiff all the time, hard to move the jaw, and affects my breathing and sleep, affects my breathing especially when i go to sleep.
Research TMJ, you probably have it. | 2019-04-23T06:29:50Z | https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20190325051333AA1UiXu | Porn | Health | 0.945431 |
wordpress | Yowza! It has been quite the few weeks. There is so much to catch up on and yet, it is not quite the right time to do so. While I am not going to skirt around the subject I am also not going to delve into the vast range of emotions and consequences of the last few weeks. While the end is heartbreaking, Shannon and I have been extremely mature and understanding with each other about heading our separate ways. Thank you to all of the friends who have lent such great support to us as we process these changes. That being said, breakups are the worst! More to come on this at a much later date.
To the rescue swooped our good friends Colin & Jen who fortunately have an extra beautiful room in their apartment! After getting new furniture in, and the room all set up I will give a little virtual tour. Amazingly enough after moving across the country to a new city and being at the mercy of fate to land me in this new place I now live closer to my sister than I have since living at home with her. Watch out local bars, the Willey’s are coming!
On to real life! The distillery is gaining momentum and approaching the time when we actually get to expand. I am really looking forward to the next few weeks which stand to be quite chaotic.
Well, it is an extremely trying time for me right now. Fortunately I have some stellar friends who jumped to my aid and took me in. That’s all I have for now, I will dissect everything on here later, but until then here are some pictures. | 2019-04-26T09:00:30Z | https://tristanwilley.wordpress.com/2011/04/ | Porn | News | 0.209246 |
sfgate | 4 How do I Make Insect Soap for Organic Gardens?
To grow healthy rose bushes with attractive blooms, insect control is a must. If the pest infestation in your rose garden becomes so intense that you need to take action, don’t reach for chemical poisons that kill desirable bees and beneficial predators as well as the bad bugs. Take a gentler approach, using bee-safe pesticides or other simple methods of pest control. They are just as effective against insect pests, without the toxic hazards.
Give your rose bushes a shot of water from the garden hose early in the morning to knock off aphids or spider mites. Handpick caterpillars, rose curculios, rose slugs, Hoplia beetles and Fuller rose beetles, dropping them into a jar of soapy water as you work. The soapy water kills the bugs.
Deter insects that feed on roses by incorporating repellent companion plants in your garden design, including garlic, chives and fragrant herbs such as lavender, sage, oregano, thyme and rosemary. Other companion plants attract beneficial insects and birds to feed on the harmful bugs. Yarrow attracts lady beetles. Hummingbirds eat aphids, so include some nectar-rich flowers to invite them. Select dwarf varieties of herbs that are not aggressive spreaders and that need growing conditions similar to roses.
Introduce common beneficial predatory insects that feed on harmful bugs, their eggs or larvae. Some beneficials are lady beetles, green lacewings, spiders and numerous small wasp and fly species. You can purchase beneficial insects to release in your garden: check at your local garden center or consult your County Extension office for specific advice.
Fill a clean garden sprayer with tepid water to a measured mark. Pour 2 ounces of cold-pressed neem oil per gallon of water into a measuring cup and pour it into the sprayer. Follow the label directions on neem oil products for the correct dilution ratio. Natural cold-pressed 100 percent neem oil contains 3,000 ppm of active compounds, but different branded products may differ in concentration. Seal the sprayer with the lid, and gently shake the sprayer to mix the contents.
Spray the tops and undersides of the rose leaves, coating the stems, buds and flowers as well. Set the sprayer tip for a fine mist and wet the plant thoroughly. Spray neem oil only in the late evening, night or early morning when bees are inactive. The protective neem oil residue on the rose plants is not toxic to bees, but wetting bees directly with the oil/water spray may be harmful.
Prepare only as much neem oil spray as you need for one application and apply it immediately. The mixed solution doesn’t store well. Pour excess neem oil mixture from the sprayer into the soil around your rose plants to interrupt the life cycle of soil-dwelling pests. Neem's fungicidal properties also help control soil-borne fungi and keeps them from infecting your roses.
Shake or swirl the sprayer every few minutes to keep the neem solution mixed during application.
Always use a clean sprayer that has not been used with herbicides or poisonous chemicals.
The active compound in neem is azadirachtin, which is sometimes extracted and sold as an insecticide. The extract form of neem can threaten beneficial insects and should be used with caution.
The measuring cup that you use in the garden should never be reused in the kitchen.
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wordpress | I had the most remarkable experience the other day that I put on the back burner (so to speak) to write about once I formed a complete thought about it. Tonight I believe the thought came together. It happened as I was telling my own daughter not to listen to her parents about everything. That each person must find their own path in this world, and that YES her mom and dad are flawed and working with the set of circumstances that we came into. She looks up to us both because she feels we have good, practical jobs. She overheard her dad telling her big brother that his college choice was not realistic and that he wouldn’t be able to support a family. My heart broke a little as I heard this. I told her emphatically that just because your parents are stuck in survival mode, you don’t have to be and won’t be happy (because yes, this young lady is a dreamer in the biggest way) unless developing her talents and discovering her passions. It really hit me that these kids can do things differently. I shared with her that she doesn’t need to wait to be almost 40 to pursue her art.
So, back to the remarkable experience. I had taken my daughters to the doctor and while one was waiting on labs etc, A young man in his early 20s complimented my Papaya tote from a beautiful Flora Bowley painting. This is pretty common because the bag is unique (I found it at my favorite home decor store and couldn’t pass it up). Once in a while when someone presses I will tell them more about her and how she is a Portland artist who teaches her intuitive painting process online. This man asked more questions and wanted to know more about her as an artist as well. He said that he is also an artist and shared his work that he shares on his personal Facebook profile. I let him know that I was also an artist and shared my artist page with him as well.
We turned out to have quite a bit in common. For example, he was going to the same university that I graduated from my social work program from. He also had the “helpers” heart. He also deeply cared about the youth and felt that so many of his generation were lost and “robotic” as he put it. He said that art had literally saved his life. He had not had an easy high school experience due to losing friends to suicide. He had not even had a smooth childhood. Things had been pretty rough for him and he had struggled with his own depression. Which after telling me these very personal things, said again that he is resilient because of his love of art. He said that he works on it in every bit of free time he gets. He gives it to those he feels need a lift or to feel a part of things. I got the impression that he cares and he is sharing with an open heart. Our conversation went on for so long that my daughters started feeling restless and I could tell that they were ready to go.
It really isn’t every day that I get to talk with the up-and-coming generation outside of my own children, so after meeting this remarkable young man, my heart was lighter and my hope levels raised. People can say what they will about artists all day with their perceptions of us being to airy-fairy or whatever. Creativity is hope. It is what connects the artist to their higher source. It is what becomes a symbol of a lesson or a concept understood that the artist then shares with whoever sees that art. Take Flora’s painting. It being on a bag sparks curiosity in those who see it. They must stare at it. Even comment on it. Question it. This level of mystery is a teacher. Creativity is what makes the practical possible, but that is the subject of another day.
I’m also learning that those opportunities to touch peoples’ lives will present themselves even if I am not able to do as much art and writing as I’d like to right now. The universe has its own agenda. I will watch for that.
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That’s a profound and personal meeting you had with that young artist. I love it how the Universe presents us with our needs.
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wordpress | This was one of those books that I knew I would read, and knew I would like. If only I could get around to reading it. A year later (and I even reccommended it, without reading it, to someone else and he read it before I did), I finally brought it home and cracked it open.
Then We Came To The End isn’t as much of a story as it is an experience. An ad agency in Chicago is suffering. Lay offs are rumored, then lay offs are happening, and then everyone starts to melt down. Office gossip and politics are mixed with a hint of Pahlaniuk-like madness – anyone can become unhinged, everyone could be unhinged and you might not even know it. Joshua Ferris used the unique first person plural POV (have I even read another book like this?), which creates this weird communal tone that made me immediately think of my own job, or any job. You really do assume this personality at a job where you are just a cog in a machine, everyone working toward a common goal. When you’re in the machine, everything in your immediate consciousness is a problem – how to get books to fit on the shelf that’s too small, where to get the cheapest popcorn, who was supposed to put up the bulletin board this month and forgot – but from the outside, everyone’s doing their small part to keep the company/library/business running. And while Joshua Ferris definitely includes the day-to-day office dealings that range from hilarious to heartbreaking, he really captures that altruism we forget about when we’re sitting at a desk.
Buy this for: your uncle who loves to talk crap about his boss at family dinners, your cubicle-mate, or anyone who cracks up at the phrase “Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. | 2019-04-22T19:03:02Z | https://missshortskirt.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/then-we-came-to-the-end-by-joshua-ferris/ | Porn | Business | 0.918468 |
wordpress | So the chase takes up one’s life, that’s all.
Isn’t it a curious, beautifully understated and thoroughly modern line “So the chase takes up one’s life, that’s all.”?
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salon | Mike Piazza, a former Major League Baseball player for the New York Mets, stopped by "The Daily Show" to talk about his improbable baseball career: entering as a 62nd round draft pick, becoming the greatest MLB catcher of all time, then getting shut out of the Hall of Fame due to accusations that he took steroids.
In his memoir, "Long Shot," Piazza addresses the rumors around his drug use. He tells Stewart, "Sometimes being a professional athlete is not a healthy choice." | 2019-04-24T19:48:39Z | https://www.salon.com/2013/02/13/must_see_morning_clip_mike_piazza_discusses_his_memoir_with_jon_stewart/ | Porn | Sports | 0.711778 |
google | The most preferred method of augmenting an existing token-based identification system is to splice into a data stream transmitted from a token reader to a control panel such that an acquired token factor from a user is intercepted by a biometric identification, or authentication, system that is wedged in series at a splice in the data stream. When the token reader transmits a data stream, such as a Wiegand interface, to the control panel, the data stream is used by the biometric identification system to prompt the user to present an anatomical feature to a biometric reader. The biometric reader creates a biometric inquiry template that is transmitted to a biometric search engine, along with the acquired token factor, such as a PIN or barcode, to perform data match analysis against one or more enrollment templates associated with the acquired token factor. The search engine will either match an authorized user or reject an unidentifiable user. If there is a match, then the data stream is allowed to pass from the biometric reader to the control panel of the existing token-based identification system. The existing system does not otherwise need to be modified. The security of an Access Control System (ACS) can be greatly enhanced by this method of augmentation that, preferably, wedges an automatic fingerprint identification system (AFIS) into the data stream of an established ACS.
Hong et al. 1999 Can multibiometrics improve performance?
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typepad | At Last Some REAL Coaches and Mentors on Reality TV Talent Show!
I have to say I was really pleased when I saw how the new BBC1 Talent show "The Voice" was designed.
No longer some pompous judging panel passing judgement on peoples hopes and dreams, but 4 very talented, very successful artists in their own right looking to Coach and Mentor future talent to success.
The cool twist for me about this is the blind auditions which take away the human propensity to judge people by the way they look - Image is everything, type approch.
This show gets back to the VOCAL skills and abilites of the contestants.
I also liked how the Coaches / Mentors had to sell themsleves if two of them wanted to work with one of the contestants. This lead to much lively debate and name dropping, including Tom Jones saying "I used to sing with Elvis" and Will.I.Am talking about the times he sung with pop King Michael Jackson (now that's a USP right there!).
This show is just more proof, if any were needed that if you want to be successful in Music, Business or Life - get a Professional Mentor who has been there, understands the challenges you'll face and how to help you win.
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wordpress | Recent comments have been very engaging and many of you have EXCELLENT points. I will be continually answering any questions that are posted in the COMMENTS section under each article. I check comments daily and will have a response for any questions posed.
If you haven’t been checking out the comments for articles, I highly recommend you do so. There are great discussions about articles/topics and I urge you to join in on this learning process of DOOMSDAY.
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wordpress | The last few months I’ve been reading dozens of informative and sometimes funny DIY remodeling blog posts. Mostly because I needed to read about other people’s headaches and successes with home remodeling and renovation.
I thought it might make me feel better about the visual chaos that ensues my house right now.
Sadly, it did not. I’ve decided I’m much better at handling schedule chaos. Visual chaos drives me nutty.
Orange Home Depot buckets filled with tools and tile pieces, nails and pipe fittings casually sit in various corners of the house.
Old doors leaving and new doors coming in. A giant bathroom vanity in the garage waiting to be installed along with new paint and tile flooring. And an enormous gray and blue commercial heavy duty vacuum cleaner sitting in the middle of my den. My oldest gal calls this monstrosity “R2D2”.
Yep, Ranger Craig and I are Do It Yourselfers. A few years ago (when I was younger) I proudly stated that fact.
Until then, schedules are filling and its back to school for the two Sassy Bennett gals. Dinner becomes a little more challenging to achieve, but I’ve always got a quick recipe in my back pocket. You’re going to love this one!
Roasted Chicken and Peaches with Tangy Red Onion and a sprinkling of Bleu Cheese. A most delicious combination of flavors that savor the last of our summer season.
Pre-heat the oven to 350F. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium high heat. When the oil is hot, brown the chicken breasts on both sides and then transfer the browned chicken to a baking dish large enough to hold the chicken and peaches.
Browning the chicken breasts first before finishing in the oven allows a nice color/flavor to develop while keeping the inside of the chicken breast moist.
Toss the peaches and red onion with a drizzle of oil and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Pour them in the baking dish arranging them around the chicken.
Place the baking dish in the oven and finish cooking until the chicken reaches 160-165F internal temperature or about an additional 10-15 minutes depending on the thickness of the chicken breasts. Be sure not to overcook the chicken as it will make them tough and chewy.
If roasting chicken pieces, follow the same browning instructions but don’t add the peaches and red onion until about 10-15 minutes prior to the bone in chicken being done.
Once the chicken is done transfer the chicken to a platter, scattering the peaches and onion over top and sprinkle with the bleu cheese. Serve immediately.
I love this dish served with a simple salad of fresh greens and a balsamic or French vinaigrette, or roasted green beans with toasted almonds and brown butter.
I am totally inspired by this recipe and I am working up a way already about how I can remake this amazing sounding dish with our products. thank you for being a foodie inspiration!
Awww…. thanks Alli! I try, but don’t always acheive the perfect picture. Definitely depends on the light that day.
This looks so SUMMERY and YUM! Never thought of pairing roasted peaches with chicken. A brilliant idea.
Thanks Angie! I love fruit with poultry and fish. Its a great way to cook with whole foods and create new flavors.
I hope that R2D2 takes his leave soon. Blue cheese, peaches and chicken — wow, that sounds amazing. I really would like to make this before the warm weather comes to a close for the season. Good luck with your renos!
Good for you to take this on, but I can imagine that the chaos in your home is a bit unnerving. I read some of those DIY remodeling blogs, and, although it’s so inspirational, I don’t envy the mess it leaves. Hang in – sounds like all the work will pay off! Love this recipe combination – blue cheese and peaches, yum!
Thanks Jess! Just a few more months and hopefully it’ll all be done and I can reclaim my house hahaha! I too adore bleu cheese and peaches and often serve them on a salad with grilled steak slices. The chicken was a yummy change. Have a fabulous week!
Thanks Spree! Yes, remodeling has its challenges but in the end I know I will love the finished bathroom and new doors. Can’t get done soon enough however. 🙂 are your kiddos back to school?
Remodeling with your hubby is a test of one patience for sure…good thing you’ve got your kitchen to escape to. This looks divine! Love any savory dish with peaches. One of my favorite combos.
Thanks Erina! Yes, remodeling with the hubby is challenging at times. Years ago, we learned never to wallpaper together. Totally a one spouse operations. LOL!
Oh yes, please! I love using fruit in dishes with pork or poultry!
Me too! And topped with stinky cheese makes it even better. 🙂 have a fabulous week!
I love to look at DIY projects though I don’t have a crafty or repairing bone in my body. I stick to the looking! 🙂 this looks delicious. Our peaches are so great right now, this is going on the dinner menu for this week!!
Hahaha! Kelley, I never had a crafty bone in my body until we bought our little 1968 cottage. Then I was sort of forced to become crafty, that or live in a house that had never been updated. It was cute, but not that cute. My husband and I decided were building the next house from scratch. No remodeling projects! 🙂 Hope you enjoy the recipe. I LOVE roasted peaches and this made it easy to use up my extras that were turning to ripe. Have a great week Kelley!!
I can completely identify with busy! But somehow dinner still has to happen. So I’ve come up with a few ideas that uses whole foods to accomplish the task. So far my family likes it all. 🙂 Have a lovely week BAM!
That chicken sounds divine, Karista! I adore peaches but have never paired them with poultry before – great idea.
Karista, I feel your pain. I never want to live through another remodel again, but you know that it’s worth it in the end. Hardest part was the meg-shift kitchen on a cart with microwave and hot plate as appliances. And this latest recipe is delicious sounding as always with the peaches and bleu cheese – yum!
Thanks Danny! I do remember our kitchen remodel five years ago. Painful! LOL! But you are right… it’s so worth it in the end. Have a happy Labor Day!
Gorgeous photos! I’ll be making this. It looks wonderful and pretty straightforward. FWIW, my husband and I are DIYers as well and there has been a hole in my front hall lathe and plaster for almost a year now (from updating some wiring) and will stay there until we take the plunge and re-do the kitchen. Sigh. I’m in Seattle too so if you end up finding a good contractor let me know!
Oh so you absolutely understand my “visual chaos”! Hahaha! It really does drive me nuts but I keep reminding myself it will all be finished one day soon. 🙂 And yes, will do. If I end up with a good contractor I will definitely let you know. Thanks for stopping by!!
Thanks for the pingback! I was excited to see you are from the Northwest too. I will definitely be checking out your blog for cooking tips and recipes!
YUM – how great do those pictures look?! Love the idea of bleu cheese with the sweet peaches. What a great way to liven up some chicken breasts – this sounds like an awesome ‘back pocket’ recipe! | 2019-04-26T08:19:46Z | https://easyeverydaygourmet.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/roasted-chicken-and-sweet-peaches-with-tangy-red-onion-and-bleu-cheese/ | Porn | Home | 0.923501 |
wordpress | Company Formation process in Bangladesh is easier but need to follow some rules and laws of the country especially in case of foreign investor.
Foreign Company Registration in Bangladesh is possible (100% Foreign Investment, Joint Venture, Virtual/ Branch/ Liason Office, Foundation), let’s see how they are doing business in Bangladesh and generate revenue.
There is many opportunity of investment in different sectors. All government gives priority to foreign investment to start business in Bangladesh.
• USD 50,000 has to deposit in terms of PI & EI Visa & inward remittance, Office expenses & so on as government rules.
9. Power of Attorney given in favour of The Law Assistant duly notarized and authenticated by the High Commission of Bangladesh in the country of origin.
11. USD 50,000 has to deposit in bank initially as rules of government of Bangladesh for inward remittance, Work Permit, Office expenses & so on.
Power of Attorney favouring the legal representative duly executed.
What are the conditions given from BOI (normally) in case of opening branch office in Bangladesh BUT it varies upon activities & types of company?
• The company shall have to bring inward remittance of at least USD 50,000 within 2 (two) months from date of issue of permission letter as establishment cost and 6 months operational expenses. Failing which the company shall have to remit 5% additional amount for each month.
Bangladesh offers generous opportunities for investment under its liberalised Industrial Policy and export-oriented, private sector-led growth strategy. All but four sectors (i.e. (1) arms and ammunition and other defence equipment and machinery, (2) forest plantation and mechanised extraction within the bounds of reserved forests, (3) production of nuclear energy, and (4) security printing and mining) are open for private investment in Bangladesh. The government’s role is that of a facilitator which helps create an enabling environment for expanding private investment, both domestic and foreign. The Board of Investment (BOI), established by the government for accelerating private investment, provides institutional support services to intending investors.
Tax holiday facilities will be available for 5 or 7 years depending on the location of the industrial enterprise. For industrial enterprises located in Dhaka and Chittagong Divisions (excluding Hill Tract districts of Chittagong Division) the tax holiday facility is for 5 years while it is 7 years for locations in Khulna, Sylhet, Barisal, and Rajshahi, Divisions and the 3 Chittagong hill districts. Tax holiday facilities are provided in accordance with existing laws. The period of tax holiday will be calculated from the month of commencement of commercial production. Tax holiday certificate will be issued by NBR (National Board of Revenue) for the total period within 90 days of submission of application.
* Tax exemption on royalties, technical know-how fees received by any foreign collaborator, firm, company and expert.
* Exemption of income tax up to 3 years for foreign technicians employed in industries specified in the relevant schedule of the income tax ordinance.
* Tax exemption on income of the private sector power generation company for 15 years from the date of commercial production.
* Tax exemption on capital gains from the transfer of shares of public limited companies listed with a stock exchange.
Industrial undertakings not enjoying tax holiday will enjoy accelerated depreciation allowance. Such allowance is available at the rate of 100 per cent of the cost of the machinery or plant if the industrial undertaking is set up in the areas falling within the cities of Dhaka, Narayangonj, Chittagong and Khulna and areas within a radius of 10 miles from the municipal limits of those cities. If the industrial undertaking is set up elsewhere in the country, accelerated depreciation is allowed at the rate of 80 per cent in the first year and 20 per cent in the second year.
Import duty, at the rate of 5% ad valorem, is payable on capital machinery and spares imported for initial installation or BMR/BMRE of the existing industries . The value of spare parts should not, however, exceed 10% of the total C & F value of the machinery. For 100% export oriented industries, no import duty is charged in case of capital machinery and spares. However, import duty @ 5% is secured in the form of bank guarantee or an indemnity bond will be returned after installation of the machinery. Value added Tax ( Vat) is not payable for imported capital machinery and spares.
* High technology products that will be either import substitute or export oriented.
(a) For foreign direct investment, there is no limitation pertaining to foreign equity participation, i.e. 100 percent foreign equity is allowed. Non-resident institutional or individual investors can make portfolio investments in stock exchanges in Bangladesh. Foreign investors or companies may obtain full working loans from local banks. The terms of such loans will be determined on the basis of bank-client relationship.
(b) A foreign technician employed in foreign companies will not be subjected to personal tax up to 3 (three) years , and beyond that period his/ her personal income tax payment will be governed by the existence or non-existence of agreement on avoidance of double taxation with country of citizenship.
(c) Full repatriation of capital invested from foreign sources will be allowed. Similarly, profits and dividend accruing to foreign investment may be transferred in full. If foreign investors reinvest their repatriable dividends and or retained earnings, those will be treated as new investment. Foreigners employed in Bangladesh are entitled to remit up to 50 percent of their salary and will enjoy facilities for full repatriation of their savings and retirement benefits.
(d) Foreign entrepreneurs are, therefore, entitled to the same facilities as domestic entrepreneurs with respect to tax holiday, payment of royalty, technical know-how fees etc.
(e) The process of issuing work permits to foreign experts on the recommendation of investing foreign companies or joint ventures will operate without any hindrance or restriction. Multiple entry visa” will be issued to prospective foreign investors for 3 years. In the case of experts,” multiple entry visa” will be issued for the whole tenure of their assignments.
• Citizenship by investing a minimum of US $ 500,000 or by transferring US$ 1,000,000 to any recognised financial institution ( Non-repatriable ).
• Permanent residentship by investing a minimum of US$ 75,000 ( non-repatriable).
• Special facilities and venture capital support will be provided to export-oriented industries under “Thrust sectors” . Thrust Sectors include Agro-based industries, Artificial flower-making, Computer software and information technology, Electronics, Frozen food, Floriculture, Gift items, Infrastructure, Jute goods, Jewellery and diamond cutting and polishing, leather, Oil and gas, Sericulture and silk industry, Stuffed toys, Textiles, Tourism.
1. Why USD 50,000 is required in terms of Foreign Investment in Bangladesh ?
As rules of government , Foreign Investors have to deposit minimum USD 50,000 in terms of inward remittance, business Visa, foreign employment Visa, official expenses & other.
2. Do the Foreign Branch office is Tax exampted or do not ?
Yes, Foreign Branch/ Representative/ Liason office is out of Tax Payer in Bangladesh but they need to submit Tax return ONLY, yearly.
3. What is Encashment certificate? Is is necessary to incorporate the foreign company (100 own/ JV) ?
Yes. Encashment certificate is required to incorporate the foreign company in Bangladesh. Encashment certificate is issued by bank against PAID UP/ INVESTMENT amount of the company.
4. What is the ratio of man power of Foreign Company (100% own, JV, Branch office) ?
1 : 5 , mean One Foreign Employee is equal of Five local employees.
5. Is BOI permission required to start foreign business in Bangladesh?
No. it is not required always. BOI permission is required for PI & E Visa, remittance & others. But in case of Joint Venture (JV) company foreign investors can start business by incorporation certificate & Trade License.
6. Can expatriate transfer the profit to the mother / own country from Bangladesh ?
Yes, they can do so by the approval of Bangladesh Bank.
7. How longer takes time to complete all procedure of company formation?
Except branch/ rep/ liason office it takes almost 30 days to complete all procedure. Because all foreign applications are placed before the meeting of Board of Investment which usually held once in a month. All applications for permission of foreign branch office are placed before the meeting of BOI with all required documents for approval.
8. How longer will be allowed to pay the amount of USD 50,000 after permission of Branch Office?
Almost 2 (two) months. If failed to bring the said amount in the period the applicants have to carry extra charge 5 % each month.
9. Can branch office transfer the profit in mother country?
No. branch/ rep/ liason offices are not allowed to transfer any profit & branch offices are not allowed to do business in Bangladesh.
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wordpress | When I sat down to write my first book(Liar’s Poker), I had no great agenda, apart from felling what I took to be a remarkable tale. If you’d gotten a few drinks in me and then asked what effect the book would have on the world, I might have said something like, “I hope that college students trying to decide what to do with their lives might read it and decide that it’s silly to phony it up, and abandon their passion or even their faint interests, to become financiers.” I hoped that some bright kid at Ohio State University who really wanted to be an oceanographer would read my book, spurn the offer from Goldman Sachs, and set out to sea.
Workers had been gulled into inflicting poverty and deprivation upon themselves.
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wikipedia | Филип Джон Ноуъл-Бейкър, Барон Ноуъл-Бейкър (на англ.: Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron of the City of Derby) е британски политик, дипломат и академик Сребърен медалист от летните олимпийски игри в Антверпен. За дългогодишната му работа за международния мир удостоен с Нобелова награда за мир за 1959 г.
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Noel-Baker, Philip. The Arms Race: A Programme for World Disarmament. London, Stevens & Sons, 1958. ASIN: B0000CJZPN.
Noel-Baker, Philip. The Way to World Disarmament-Now!. London, Union of Democratic Control, 1963.
Noel-Baker, Philip. The first World Disarmament Conference, 1932-1933 and why it failed. Oxford, Pergamon, 1979. ISBN 0080233651.
Buzzard, Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony и др. Disarmament and Defence. United Nations [Peacefinder Pamphlet. no. 28], 1959.
Mountbatten, Louis и др. Apocalypse now?. Nottingham, Spokesman Books, 1980. ISBN 0851242979.
Noel-Baker, Philip и др. Challenge To Death. London, Constable, 1934. | 2019-04-18T22:18:39Z | https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%8A%D0%BB-%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%80 | Porn | Reference | 0.258643 |
wordpress | Bald Eagle Publishing is proud to publish William Louis Gardner’s novel “Confessions of a Hollywood Agent”. This a fast, fun read. The tone has the casual air of a veteran Hollywood insider, neither awestruck nor jaded, just a friendly”here’s what my neighborhood is like” attitude. Brisk pacing and believable coincidence (such as the coming together of so many characters in Cuba) make this a page-turner.
Mr. Gardner has an additional published book: “The Games End” available for sale at www.thegamesend.com -The Games End is a story of Hollywood and Africa.
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wordpress | Please note: tomorrow is Leap Day and that’s when the name of this blog will change to Yes I Can Pep Talks. You shouldn’t notice any change and should still have the blog come to your inbox as always. If you have problems, please let me know at http://www.facebook.com/YesICanPepTalks.
I was talking to a friend this morning and he paraphrased a quote that he attributed to Jim Rohn and it struck home with me, especially since I had stayed up late last night reading the book by Bronnie Ware entitled The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. The quote fit in perfectly with what I’d just read because one of the regrets is people wishing they hadn’t worked so hard, spent so much time, at their jobs. Another regret is people wished they’d put more time and effort into relationships with family and friends.
I probably mangled the quote because I heard it second-hand from my friend. Although I couldn’t find the exact quote online, I’m sure I’ve captured the spirit of what Jim Rohn meant.
I can speak from personal experience that as I’ve navigated through the different challenges in my life over the years, including now as I’m re-building my life, the greatest gift I have received then and now is the heartfelt caring from friends and family. The biggest, most profound gift is knowing–and seeing it played out first-hand–that, when I’ve really been up against it, my friends and family are there, doing all they can to help and encourage me (and, naturally, I’m there for them).
Does that mean we never get on each other’s nerves from time-to-time? Of course not. But through it all, the bond, the connection, remains unbroken.
Your homework today is to let your friends and family know that you’re thinking of them and that you’re grateful they’re in your life. Then schedule in time each week to either spend time with family and friends or to drop a note to the special people in your life–or both!
Life is short; do it!
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You are not bad, you are not mean.
I struggled with these feelings too, I am not like them, I am just not.
It is hard not to feel guilty.
Adoption, it just gives so much. | 2019-04-23T15:55:49Z | https://addiepray.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/be-aware/ | Porn | Reference | 0.280547 |
wordpress | ← List three fantasy worlds you’d like to visit, and why you’d want to go there.
What do you consider your greatest accomplishment in the area of fantasy fiction writing in 2010?
This lovely cover was done for FantasyFic by Swedish artist Karolina Sefyrin.
There comes a time in each editor’s life when she says to herself, “This is it!” Birth of a Unicorn and Other Stories was like that. The ingredients were contributed by seven of the top writers who frequent the forum attached to my website, plus me. Originally the site was to promote my own writing, but writers started coming to the forum…talented writers, with a lot of humor, good ideas, and a love for fantasy. And so the idea for this anthology was born.
This is a first-time publication for nearly all the writers, not because they lack talent but because they didn’t have sufficient confidence in their writing. After schmoozing for months at FantasyFic, and with an invitation from me after I saw the literary excellence of their stories, they took the plunge, submitted and were accepted.
Each writer is quite different from the other. Stephanie is a geologist who works with government data, Eric is a Colorado filmmaker, Steven is a southern gentleman and an IT whiz, Brian owns a small consulting company in Canada, Merrianna is a sweet young woman who plans a career as a writer, Suzette is a busy California mother of two, and Joshua is a bright young student with a flair for comedy. Two things that draw them all together are a love of writing and a passion for fantasy fiction.
DragonSnail has graced our forum as well. Known in the real world as Karolina Sefyrin, of Sweden, this very talented artist designed the book cover for our anthology. One look at it blew us all away with its lovely vision so beautifully fitting the images generated in the first story of the anthology. It also gracefully portrays the general fantasy-theme of the rest of the stories.
Sincere thanks go out to all the writers for their enthusiasm and dedication. I am especially grateful to Stephanie Ciofalo in Arizona for her help in editing, proofreading and research, and to Suzy Lydick in California for her research and for preparing the wonderful spreadsheet that helped keep me organized. I hope you enjoy this book as much as we have enjoyed getting it ready for you. It has indeed been a work of love.
P.S. Official worldwide release of the anthology was on October 2, 2010…and it was finished. If you would like to visit these fine young writers, you can find them lurking, along with other fine young writers, at my website forum at FantasyFic.com.
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In the blog in Spanish i write about economics, while in English I write to improve my knoledge about this wonderfol idiom.
Oooh, I like your English blog. And that MorgueFile is a great find. I am very excited. I have added your My Hat Goes Off blog to my blogroll. What exactly does “mesacoelsombrero” mean?
“Me saco el sombrero ante el blog de Sandra” has the same means of “My hat goes off to the Sandra´s blog”.
And again, thank you for your comments and for the description of my blog!!!!!
I will read all your posts are very intersting :).
I was looking for some fiction in English to read, and now I think that i have found it!!!
Good website! I actually love how it is easy on my eyes as well as the details are well composed. I am wondering how I might be notified whenever a new post has been made. I have subscribed to your rss feed which really should do the trick! Have a good day!
Thanks for your kind words. I’m glad my site is easy on the eyes. I hadn’t considered that. As for being notified, if you subscribed to the site itself, you should automatically get an email advising of a new post. Also, when you leave a reply, there is a box underneath “Post Comment” to check for notification of new posts via email. Looking forward to more of your comments.
It seems we think alike, let me know if you want to talk some more on the topic. I only wish i could write like you do. | 2019-04-19T20:58:54Z | https://fantasyfic.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/what-do-you-consider-your-greatest-accomplishment-in-the-fantasy-fiction-writing-in-2010/ | Porn | Arts | 0.149233 |
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wordpress | Spanning Tree needs to be enabled on the AP System Profile.
There are a few nerd knobs inside the AP wired port profile that need to be enabled: Spanning Tree, Portfast, and Loop Protect Enable. If you are plugging in game consoles make sure you enable Portfast or they will stop trying the DHCP process before the port transitions to STP forwarding. Storm Control Broadcast is another knob that enables the AP to shut down an ethernet port when a loop is detected. I haven’t enabled this knob in production yet so I didn’t enable it in this scenario.
The Wired AP profile controls what the end user experience will be when a device is plugged into one of the AP ethernet ports. In my scenario I have the ports configured as trusted (no authentication) and Access VLAN 111 (untagged).
That is all of the configuration required. The rest of this post will be validation that the system is configured and working as expected.
The output gives you a list of all of the active APs in the system as well as Group, type, and Switch IP (AP Anchor Controller).
The two debug commands used to troubleshot the interface status are “show ap debug spanning-tree ap-name” and “show ap debug port status ap-name”.
The next step is to plug in a single laptop into eth1.
As you can see in the output, port 1 is in Forwarding mode.
Finally, let’s try to blow things up by plugging in a cable directly between eth1 and eth2 causing a loop.
Ports 1 and 2 are STP disabled once the loop is detected. The Loop-Protect flag is triggered on eth2.
I hope this post will help prevent users from looping up your network!
I learned this week that the FQDN of the Clearpass server should be used in the RADIUS Server configuration options. I have updated this post to include that change.
Downloadable user roles are a great feature on Aruba controllers, switches, and even IAPs. They allow Clearpass to be the true policy definition point for both the Aruba wired and wireless networks and allows the policy to be modified in a single location. The hardest part of the configuration was uploading the Clearpass certificate to each switch. The latest code release (16.08) eliminates this pain point. The switch can now automatically download the certificate from Clearpass by modifying a single line of configuration. Here is a breakdown of the process.
My lab switch already contained the needed certs so the first step to test the new feature was to delete all of the existing CA certs. This can be accomplished using the “crypto pki zeroize” command.
Next I decided to default my switch configuration to make sure I was starting the configuration from scratch.
This configuration should look very familiar compared to previous code versions. The only configuration that has changed is that I added “clearpass” to the end of the first command to indicate that this RADIUS server will be a Clearpass server. That is the command that triggers the auto-certificate download.
My lab Clearpass server is using a certificate from Comodo.
As you can see this process is much simpler than having to manually upload the certificate to every switch. This process will also help eliminate extra steps when trying to utilize zero touch provisioning to roll out your switch infrastructure.
I’m currently having to dig into the HPE Provision line of switches. Here are a few notes to document the process of upgrading the code on a HPE 2920.
Where is the SSID that I just configured?
The point of this story is to not get in a hurry when configuring your controllers and make sure your networking config is solid on your local controllers. | 2019-04-21T00:19:16Z | https://acmxguy.wordpress.com/ | Porn | Games | 0.077345 |
webs | On the 14th, I posted an article warning that we were headed for a banking crisis, which was indicated in the U.S. chart I use; the one for the signing of the Articles of Confederation November 15, 1777..York, Pennsylvania..12:46 PM. This is the suggested chart of deceased astrologer, David Solte.
My reasoning was due to the progressed Moon in the secretive 8th house of banking, coming up to 09 Scorpio 45 exactly to conjoin natal Mercury at that degree. This, in turn, squares progressed Venus at 08 Leo 38 in the 6th house.
How this aspect played out so far is fascinating. The public wasn't told this, but bank and financial stocks were in the grips of their own mini-crashes, and because of it , on March 11, the Fed said it would now hold debt other than Treasurys as collateral and for longer than usual.
The move to include federal agency mortgage-backed securities and mortgages for up to 28 days was meant to loosen up a mortgage market that had not benefited from 225 basis points of rate cuts.
Following that, on Sunday, March 16th, the Fed announced that they took emergency measures to stem a fast-spreading global financial crisis; tapping into tools last used in the Great Depression to pour funds into cash-starved Wall Street firms.
The Fed cut the discount rate it charges on direct loans to banks to 3.25 percent from 3.50 percent and set up a new program to provide cash to a wider range of big financial firms previously unable to borrow directly from the central bank.
It took the steps in concert with a decision to approve special financing to facilitate the purchase of ailing investment bank Bear Stearns by JPMorgan Chase. Under the deal, the Fed agreed to fund up to $30 billion of Bear Stearns' less liquid assets.
Senior Fed officials said the extraordinary measures, which extend a series of emergency steps taken over the last 10 days, were needed to ensure that a broad spectrum of financial firms had access to funds after problems at Bear Stearns late last week.
"The Federal Reserve, in close consultation with the Treasury, is working to promote liquid, well-functioning financial markets, which are essential for economic growth," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a rare conference call with reporters. "These steps will provide financial institutions with greater assurance of access to funds."
The shock move late on Sunday harkened back to the days of then-Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, who engineered a surprise increase in interest rate on a Saturday in early October 1979.
This time, however, the problem was quickly deteriorating financial conditions, which threaten to push an economy many think is already in recession into a deep, nasty downturn.
The central bank cut the discount rate with immediate effect to a level just a quarter point above the interbank overnight federal funds rate, its main lever to influence the economy.
The action came just two days before Fed officials gathered for a regularly scheduled meeting and it led financial markets to expect an even more-aggressive cut in the federal funds rate when the meeting wraped up on Tuesday. And indeed, On March 18, they did cut the Fed Funds rate to 2.25%.
In addition to cutting the discount rate, the central bank said it was setting up a new lending program under which so-called primary dealers could borrow directly from the Fed at the discount rate.
"This is designed to help get liquidity to where it can help play an appropriate role in helping address the range of challenges facing, particularly asset backed securities markets," New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy Geithner told reporters.
Shortly after the Fed announced their rescue plans for Bear Stearns, another financial firm fell victim to the financial crisis, as Carlyle Capital announced it is filing for compulsory winding up.
The Fed, which normally lends through its discount window only to banks that take deposits, can lend to nondepository institutions under special circumstances. It last did so in the 1930s.
But getting back to the U.S. chart, and my further apprehension yesterday and today, as the Sun moved up to 28 and 29 degrees of Pisces; forming a mutable grand cross with U.S. natal Neptune, and the 5th and 11th house cusps respectively, which are conjoined by the progressed nodes. (See above chart).
Since the Fed saw to it that another shoe could not fall as far as the banking and credit markets were concerned, the energy had to be released somewhere, and the way it did blew my mind! It manifested in the price of gold; which makes sense if you think about it. The Sun is the natural ruler of gold, and it's square to the 5th house cusp (the natural house of gold and speculation); so this is where the energy was released, or should I say unleashed!
In this volatile market, many gold investors were forced to meet margin calls and had to sell gold today to do it. It is almost unbelievable that just five days ago, spot gold was as high as $1,029, and today at one point it dropped down to $915. In fact, gold futures haven't plunged like this since June of 2006. The DOW rallied yesterday and went up a staggering, and almost unheard of, 401 points on the news of the rate cut. However, it gave up almost 300 points today.
It does seem that the Fed has avoided a financial catastrophe for now, but looking down the road a bit, could the other shoe drop when progressed U.S. Venus moves up to 09 Leo 43 to exactly square natal U.S. Mercury next February 5th; with the transiting south node conjoining it at 09 Leo 04? At the same time transiting Uranus moves up to 20 Pisces 40 and opposes transiting Saturn at 20 Virgo 39 R, and transiting Neptune at 23 Aquarius 41 squares our natal Sun within 5 minutes of arc. To complicate things even further, on that day, transiting Venus at 2 degrees of Aries joins natal U.S. Transpluto at that degree, and both go on to square transiting Pluto at 02 Capricorn 26. So what kind of restriction and money dilemma might all of that bring?
Perhaps as we get closer to that time frame, and compare it to what has happened during this momentous week, we will get a better idea of exactly what might transpire then. | 2019-04-21T01:05:23Z | https://astromuse1.webs.com/bankingcrisisofmarch18.htm | Porn | Business | 0.901617 |
wordpress | for me love is without devotion.
but love doesn’t love me.
for that’s where it’s safe.
while the stars keep check of the time.
You see love is everywhere but not here.
A combination that is bitter sweet.
leaving pollens along its path.
it’s like the oxygen we breathe.
for its every man’s desire.
Yet we all want to be loved.
Trying to place us miles above.
And that’s when most of us fall for defeat.
that keeps us warm through a storm.
You forget to love yourself.
for not letting me love her back. | 2019-04-22T19:16:22Z | https://xavierfrazer.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/whats-love-love-is/ | Porn | Arts | 0.20044 |
wordpress | “But I only buy free-range/cage-free eggs” – a statement we hear often. This is what that typically looks like and know this: no matter what poorly-regulated (or not regulated at all) “humane-washing” label is slapped on your eggs, all the male chicks of egg-laying breeds are ground up alive or suffocated at birth and all these hens will be considered “spent” at only 2 years of age. They are then slaughtered for cheap chicken meat and replaced with youngermore productive hens. Most of these hens are also debeaked within days of birth. Does this really seem like a better and kinder choice? And don’t be fooled – Joe Farmer up the road also buys his hens from the same hatcheries that kill all the male chicks. Let’s think critically and compassionately about our food choices and ditch eggs for good. | 2019-04-25T01:55:01Z | https://gotakeitoffline.wordpress.com/category/animal-rights/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.950042 |
imdb | Frankie: [shows Johnny a scar on her neck] The man I was with... he did this with a belt buckle. He's the reason I can't have kids. He, uh... he knocked me around while I was... pregnant.
Frankie: I lost the baby.
Johnny: [gently kisses the scar] It's gone.
Frankie: It'll never be gone.
Very pleasant love-story that wouldn't have been this good without the great performances by Pacino and Pfeiffer. Pacino is the cook with the romantic heart who just got out of jail (of course he wasn't a real criminal) starts working in a Greek restaurant and falls in love with Pfeiffer, the waitress, who just wants to watch videos and eat pizza after a few bad love-experiences. Pacino has to do a lot (read Romeo & Juliet, dance like a madman, chop vegetables and be very patient) to win her love and is finally helped by the sound of Debussy's 'Claire de Lune'. | 2019-04-24T17:47:32Z | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101912/ | Porn | Arts | 0.988998 |
wordpress | a) “Some Stronger Evidence that the Affordable Care Act Worsened the Opioid Crisis“: This presents my main OLS regression and propensity score matching evidence that, conditioning on characteristics of counties in 2010, counties in states that fully implemented the Affordable Care Act had larger increases in overdoses than counties in states that did not. Data and code to reproduce my findings are also here.
b) “Good and Bad Arguments Against the Obamacare-Opiate Effect“: This is a direct response to the Goodman-Bacon and Sandoe Health Affairs post that the New York Times bases their rebuttal on.
c) “The (Older) Kids and their Parents Are Not Alright“: This looks at the divergence across age groups between Medicaid Expansion and non-Expansion States.
d) “It’s Opioids, not ‘Dying from Despair,’ that’s driving the Obamacare Effect.” This looks at suicides and alcohol-related deaths to show that the increase in deaths in Medicaid expansion states relative to holdouts is not due to a generalized social collapse but is specific to overdoses.
e) “Obesity is important for mortality, but it’s not the reason for the Obamacare Effect“: This is a similar post that uses obesity data to argue that the Obamacare effect is not due to worse general health in Medicaid expansion states.
f) “They’re Bringing Drugs“: This is my review of Sam Quinones’s Dreamland, about the pre-ACA opioid crisis. One of the ways the Obamacare hypothesis has been misrepresented is to say that it is arguing Obamacare was responsible for the crisis as a whole, which is clearly false: the opioid crisis has been a worsening disaster for two decades now. When I refer to the Obamacare effect, I’m referring to the marginal increase in Medicaid expansion states over what occurred in holdouts, which is statistically significant and substantively important but is clearly not the only story, given that this is an epidemic that is on track to kill more Americans than World War II.
g) “Regional Differences in Personality and the Obamacare Effect” and “Off-Script“: These are looking at the two stronger arguments against the Obamacare effect- that it is a regional phenomenon and that prescriptions do not appear closely tied to overdoses and in some cases seem to go in opposite directions. I recommend that future journalists who want to rebut the Obamacare hypothesis overall rely more on these arguments rather than the silly idea that legislation that was passed in 2010 could not have affected insurance and overdose rates from 2010 through 2013.
h) “Marriage and the Obamacare Effect“: This was an earlier attempt at a summary post that also looked at whether divergences in marriage rates (or related social/cultural divergences between Medicaid expansion states and holdouts) could be responsible for the Obamacare effect.
i) “Incentives and the Iron Law“: About why HHS didn’t publish its findings until Ron Johnson requested them.
j) “Health Affairs Blog Confirms Health Insurance is Bad for You“- A more flippant response to the Goodman-Bacon and Sandoe piece, focusing on the negative correlation they identify between uninsurance rates in 2013 and increases in overdoses 2010-2015.
k) “One of these Things is Not Like the Other“: This is a more speculative piece about why a relatively small increase in insurance rates, once most people are already insured, could produce an outsized increase in overdoses.
l) “The Changing Face of Heroin“: This is a discussion of the changing demographics of drug addiction, and “Prozac Nation” discusses another hypothesis about what produced these demographic changes.
m) “2016 County-Level Estimates of the Obamacare Overdose Effect“: This updates the county-level estimates in (a) above to use 2016 overdoses as the outcome.
n) “Every man is a piece of the continent“: This discusses how the Obamacare effect interacts with the association between overdoses and income and between overdoses and local academic achievement.
Disclaimer time: I am not a public health expert. I am a former school-teacher and present public policy researcher in areas not closely related to Medicaid or opioids. While I have done my best to get the analyses above right, I have only a superficial grasp of the broader research literature on addiction and recovery and only an “informed outsider’s” understanding of health insurance markets and health economics. Although I think it is likely that I (along with Gabriel Rossman) started this debate off last Spring (or at least changed the conversation from the ACA making the opioid crisis better to debating how much it was making it worse), I mostly would like to see more well-informed and technically competent people than myself do thorough investigations of the issue. Frankly, I have not seen that yet; the attempts to debunk the effect are generally speaking superficial and attempt to paint a he said, she said picture rather than dealing seriously with a serious issue.
I think the narrative you present is convincing already, but as much as I like this blog, the topic needs a think tank like Rand to pick up, futher it with their own research staff, and after amalgamating it, put it into one report for a wider audience. There is a limited incentive (putting it mildly) for a run of the mill academic with strong quantative skills to work on it, tenure aside, and few people pay attention to the mountain of gunk that comes out of academic journals. I don’t think that the slatestar guy is taking the bait either, and I wouldn’t trust his expertise in this any more than you. It really needs an economatrician.
Maybe send a request to this guy (link below) and ask to be a co-author, you’ve done 80% of the work already. I saw him speak at the Denver convention of the Government Finance Officers Association and he was imparital, knowledgable, and captivated a room of government professionals. If you don’t, I will.
I sent Dr. Atherly an email and politely requested his attention, letting him know it was my idea. Since you have no way to contact you listed on this blog other than comments, you may or may not get some sort of reply. Still, worth the effort in my opinion.
Dr. Atherly replied to me just today, and apologized for the delay in his response. To summarize the email, he was fascinated but it’s a little outside his wheelhouse. Upon further reflection, I don’t think you’ll get a regular academic, even a tenured one, to touch this. It will have to be a think tank like Cato or Rand. | 2019-04-23T23:53:58Z | https://spottedtoad.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/summary-of-posts-on-the-obamacare-opioid-connection/ | Porn | Health | 0.809121 |
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livejournal | Finally, I've compiled a good enough list to start with. It's almost entirely anime and video games, but I may look into movies to make a "DVD and Blu-Ray" section later. I was going to reuse my list from last year, but I already got most of last year's list, and bought most of the rest of it over the course of this year. My family is so generous! There are plenty of great new items coming out, though, and many others that are already out that I either can't find or am too lazy to look for. I also tried to pick a variety of less expensive items, like re-released games and older anime titles. This is what makes a Christmas wish list in my mind. No "preferred" items this time, either... that's just tacky.
And because there was some confusion about this last year... this list is for the use of my family in getting gifts for the annual gift exchange, not for general Internet friend use. Because most of what I want is anime and video games, and I have a tendency to buy things I want (because, you know, I want them), people found it difficult to find presents that I'd like, but not quite enough to buy them myself. So began the process of listing a large number of things with the promise that I wouldn't buy any of them before Christmas. This way, it's still a surprise what I get, because I know I'll only get part of the list, and someone usually manages to surprise me with a skillfully chosen non-list item anyway. It also helps the family coordinate to make sure that there are no duplicate gifts. While I won't turn down any gifts that online friends might choose to get me, be warned that it will likely be a duplicate (due to my family buying from the same list and most of you not having enough contact with them to know what they're getting me) and that you will deliver with your gift a horrible crushing sense of guilt because I didn't get you anything, and I probably won't enjoy it very much. I only make this post public because I rarely make any non-public posts, and because it seems silly to make a family-only group just for the purpose of posting one wish list a year. So feel free to comment if you're so inclined... it might help those who use the list make their decisions.
And I've already got Mom and Curt's presents chosen... the rest of the family is tough to shop for because they don't publish lists and I don't talk to them enough to know what they want but don't have or plan to get. There's still almost two months, though.
But Ratchet can THROW his wrench!
Today's Manga: Borders was having a buy 2, get 1 free sale on almost everything in the store, which was good timing, because I found plenty. Skip Beat 15, Hunter x Hunter 23, Air Gear 10, Claymore 13, Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden 7, Ouran High School Host Club 11, Parasyte 5, Sugar Princess 2, Fairy Cube 3, High School Debut 6, Black Cat 17, D. Gray-Man 11, S.A 7, Gin Tama 9, Love*Com 9, Hell Girl 4, Prince of Tennis 28, and the first books of Papillon (what can I say? I like Miwa Ueda), Captive Hearts (I seem to recall enjoying the preview), Kurogane Communication, and the first five books of Venus Versus Virus, now that Borders FINALLY had a copy of the first one.
At Best Buy, I bought Family Guy volume 6 (looks like their answer to the Blue Harvest issue was simply not to include it in the set... guess I need to consider getting that too... Christmas list!) and Bioshock for the PS3. Unfortunately, it's one of those games that has to be installed and takes up over 5000 MB. But I can play it without my 360. I'm not doing that well so far, but I'm surviving. | 2019-04-22T08:16:34Z | https://nidoking.livejournal.com/2008/10/25/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.613389 |
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wordpress | We have lived in Colorado since 2012 and we still haven’t made it to Pikes Peak. Since my hubby wasn’t on call this weekend we decided to take a family day trip to Colorado Springs! On our way down we stopped off at my cousin’s house in Denver to say hi and drop off some food. He just had a life-saving kidney transplant and his donor was his older brother! We are SO thrilled that his brother was a match and was willing and able to donate his kidney. There are 8 people at their house right now helping both brothers recover and help take care of kiddos so I made 2 huge lasagnas and some apple crisp for them to eat or freeze.
After we visited for a little while we finished the drive down to CO Springs and drove around Garden of the Gods. Apparently this is a must-see attraction. We have some hiking limitations at the moment so we opted for the scenic drive around the park.
Finally we drove up to Pikes Peak. There were pretty high winds so they closed part of the road leading up to the summit. We went up as far as we could and ended up at 11,500 feet. It was crazy windy and pretty cold as we got higher up the mountain (you can see the several feet of snow on the ground) so we bundled up. Baby girl was SO good and patient the entire trip. We made sure to stop so we could change her and I could nurse her frequently.
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Peel and slice the apples and shake with lemon juice to prevent browning (you can skip this step if you are going to bake the crisp right away). Arrange the apples in a baking dish. Mix the sugar, flour, and oatmeal. Cut in the softened butter until the mixture is crumbly. Distribute the topping evenly over the apples. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and delicious.
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wordpress | I hope you all are having a awesome day! We are super happy to be announcing that Teen Culture Magazine will be going to MFW 2015! Michigan Fashion Week wanted us to create a pre-show post just for you all! Crazy story, Teen Culture Magazine has been trying to be apart of MFW for three years now and we thought this year would be a great year to actually fill out the application. Since this year will be super awesome we wanted to lead it off with us attending some pretty awesome events.
So for those who aren’t failure with MFW then let us explain a little about it even add a video. Michigan Fashion week was created by Loren Hicks who is a freelance clothing designer. Loren and her Team created MFW to showcase amazing talent from fashion designers, photographers, art and modeling. For 2015 there will be a competition between each designer, which ultimately makes things very interesting. So you can cast your vote for your favorite designer.
I bet you all are wondering, well when and where will this all be taken place?
We are super excited to see the new Designers this year! You never know we might even get to meet them back stage, fingers crossed! Make sure to follow us on our instagram and twitter. We will be posting like crazy just for you all, who were not able to make it. So do expect some interviews videos and photography of this event.
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wordpress | I am the conductor for the Ken Niumatalolo bandwagon/hype train. Him turning Navy into a perennial 8+ win program is amazing. One day, hopefully soon, he will leave Navy for power 5 program.
Ignorant fans from these power 5 schools will say they don’t want him. “His offense is boring.” “That offense won’t work at a power 5 school.” Paul Johnson runs this offense at Georgia Tech and is going to his 8th bowl game in 9 years. And this video below is Georgia Tech’s offense just embarrassing Mississippi State in the Orange Bowl in 2015.
His offense being ran by 3 and 4-star athletes takes me from 6 to midnight. They have gone 8-2 so far this season with wins over Notre Dame and Houston. They have won their division again and will play for the AAC title against either South Florida or Temple. And they have done all of this with their 3rd string QB, a ZERO star recruit, Will Worth. Will Worth is a 6’1 205 pound slow white QB. The scheme has allowed him to run for for 1,074 yards and 22 TD while throwing for 1,259 yards and 3 more TD.
2 videos below. The first is every offensive play from this week’s win against East Carolina, in which they put up 66 points and almost 600 yards offense. The second video is every offensive play from when they ran for 320 yards and beat Notre Dame, an offense and defense loaded with blue chip prospects. Make sure you grab the lotion and some tissue first.
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dreamhost | I recently downloaded WordPress through DreamHost and have begun preparing my blog site for publication. However, I notice that it can be only be viewed at www.mydomain.com/index/WordPress.
Pardon my naivete, but what do I need to do to bring so that when someone types in www.mydomain.com, they immediately see my blog without having to navigate through other files?
Now you should have moved the Wordpress files to the right directory.
Don’t you know that you can install WordPress via DH panel --> Goodies --> One Click Installs?
Thank you for your suggestion. I would like to implement it, but although I can log into FTP (presuming this is = secure shell or ssh), I have no idea how to reach a command line. Please advise. Thank you.
Thanks, but the DH panel is where I went to install it.
Did you install Wordpress with Easy or Advanced mode?
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carleton | Examination of anthropological issues in the study of social institutions such as the family, economy, politics and belief systems. Debates about gender, development, cultural differences, health and the environment may also be examined.
Precludes additional credit for ANTH 1000 (no longer offered).
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wordpress | Parenting pre-teens and teens is beyond exhausting… all consuming at times. It’s a maze of challenging and chaotic days, sprinkled with those rare moments of peace and tranquility. In the day to day… we run and run to keep up.
It’s in the center of that storm that we can get distracted and derailed as a parent. We start to over-focus on maintaining the structure of our lives, the need for order in our homes and subtly drift from watching carefully for the condition of our kids hearts.
1 – Do you find yourself ‘looking’ for problems or issues to correct/discipline in your kids ?
3- Are you skipping time alone with God for a chance to get one more item off ‘the to-do” list ?
These aren’t meant to create shame or guilt but they do give a quick reflection of where your focus is as a parent. The drift is normal, we all have this struggle. What we do when we see the problem will define us a a parent.
My strong encouragement; reconnect with God. Carve out time as a family that is sacred and inviolate in your weekly schedule and protect your kids hearts from an overly critical spirit.
Cruising through life at redline speed, we can miss this nuance. My caution is to slow down and stay alert to the shifting nature of your kids hearts. The no-nonsense parenting push is commendable and important to maintain order and structure in the home, but it leaves large gaps in its approach.
Be careful here… as I look back on my parenting experiences, this is where I messed up the worst.
I missed the signs and cues of despair in my children’s responses. Mistaking their avoidance, clipped answers, and isolation as a ‘rejection’ of me, instead of the subtle symptoms of depression, self-hate, and shame. It’s essential that we listen and look each day. Taking the time to ‘see’ our kids as they really are, and avoid the mistake of ‘assuming’ that today will be just like yesterday.
Grace to you and may God’s spirit of Wisdom and Revelation provide you with all you need to parent your family safely through these turbulent times.
For more info on how to reach your tween or teen’s heart, click here!
As a pastor I deal with lots of diverse personalities, backgrounds and perspectives on Christian life. I hear various and widely polarized views of God, politics and the role of the church in our modern culture. I’ve seen painful issues blow up from minor misunderstandings to a church split, based on a single personal offense.
It’s tragic when we allow ourselves to be manipulated, nudged into fueling turmoil and rumors without all the facts.
We forget of our mortal enemy and his mastery of getting us to think the worst of the other. Subtle demonic encouragement that urges us to assume ill intent from a fellow brother or sister.
We can easily get caught in a ‘knee-jerk’ rush to judgement and say things that we regret.
Let’s be careful to recognize the unrestrained flood of emotion that can ‘mysteriously’ show up in our days.
It clouds minds and hearts and overshadows all the good and true things of our Christian communities. In those dark moments, very few of us have all of our facts sorted out and lined up before we throw down on our fellow Christian. Let’s pull back to Christ before we give in to the temptation to spew whatever we’re feeling all over every one else.
Let’s be careful to not presume the worst, but to have the courage to ask for the facts.
Let’s choose to trust the Christ in each other and not to use each other to simply “affirm” our views. Let’s give up on the option we can hold in reserve, the plan B to simply walk away if our views are ever rejected. We have to deny the lies that whisper….”we’re not wanted” and re- focus on the redemption of God in our hearts, trusting He does the same in others. We can’t keep simply leaving communities of faith when we get hurt, grinding our teeth and nursing grudges, simmering with bitter resentment that can slow boil for decades.
The problem is… what we ‘feel’ isn’t usually true and if other people are involved in our lives…. we will get hurt eventually. An unavoidable reality of a fallen world.
The truth is we are all already wounded, scared and angry. We cautiously visit churches, convinced we’ll be rejected before we ever enter the doors… self-sabotaging and primed for defensive measures. Please understand….I get it. I’ve done it. I know how to live frustrated and wary, cynical in my mental isolation.
We need to learn to take a moment to slow things down and really-truly ask our God to show us where HE wants us to belong. Where are we called to plug- into a community of faith? Not where we feel the most ‘fed’ or the most ‘comfortable’ or where people all agree with me.
Ask Him to reveal the things in your life that are uniquely ‘yours’ to resolve. Ask Jesus to come. Invite Him to touch your heart and heal the broken spaces, the old issues and fears, frustrations and pains that need to be brought to His healing cross.
Wouldn’t it be great if we moved from a Co-Dependent faith that seeks to find only those who agree with us… to a genuine relationship with God in a community of faith that’s bound by covenant of love and shared mission ?
Saints, parents and friends, we must push forward through the turbulence of community life, we have to choose to forgive and grow up together into Christ, mature and stable, able to discern between good and evil.
“11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Love you all, Pastor B.
After publishing my book this summer…I’ve been on camera and at the microphone for several months, taking live questions and reviewing teen-tween parenting and family issues with a variety of TV networks, radio stations and ministries.
The answer to that is difficult to impossible to get right, as the context for each families circumstances are always changing. Struggling could be defined as the fading faith of a parent, weary to see the changes they are longing for in their kids. Struggling could be the frustration and anger they feel at the repeated failures to curb a destructive behavior or struggling can be simply feeling unsure of what to do next?
Parenting for me in a nutshell rolls up like this… “Teaching, Learning and Letting Go”.
At different stages of parenthood and development, we need to be prepared to embrace and apply the wisdom of all three ideas . It’s important to know which stage your child’s at and what level of parenting is necessary. We all understand the need to “teach” – from shoe-tying to laundry, kids need to be instructed in life skills. For tweens and teens, we teach them most by what we as parents do.
“Learning” is a vital part of any parent’s life, the ability to recognize our mistakes and then take full responsibility for them with our kids is a powerful way to grow individually and to foster new trust and respect from our loved ones. Learning is the fast path to humility and allows us as parents to stay far away from the cold insecurity of “always being right”.
The last one is for me the hardest… “Letting Go” is that moment in a parents life, when we realize our kids are needing to own their faith personally. The time when they decide to “try it on” before buying it. Letting go is critical for their own values and beliefs to firm up inside of them, the time when all we’ve taught and learned with them can be tested.
Letting Go is hard when we know the probability of our kids failing, but it’s in that very act of failing that our lessons are finally learned.
Parents, hang in there and trust to the power of our Fathers love to capture the hearts of our kids regardless of their failings and frustrations along the way. It’s our job to teach and learn and let go. May the grace and mercy of God’s Holy Spirit lead you as you determine which stage of life and learning they are in.
I can tell you this… God is faithful. He won’t fail to come for your child’s heart or for yours. Christmas and Advent are the time of year to remember how committed God was – is and will be to “breaking into” our lives with Hope and Peace and Joy.
So my advice is this; prayerfully continue on dear parent..be courageous .knowing that in the different seasons of our lives, God will provide us with unique and powerful strategies for parenting our children well…all we have to do is stay close enough to our heavenly Father to hear.
10 Reasons YOU need to Roadtrip with your Family!
Brad Mathias, author of the parenting-themed book “Road Trip to Redemption” (Tyndale Momentum), has created a list of ten reasons why a road trip can not only improve your summer, but your family.
It’s no secret that families today are struggling. Pulled in a dozen different directions daily by jobs, schooling and extra-curricular activities, parents and kids often feel disconnected from each other, and the distance can produce devastating effects.
So here are Ten Great Reasons to RoadTrip with your family !
1) It’s time to disconnect!
Leave the office behind. Power down your computer and that smart phone. Give this time to your spouse and kids, and allow old-fashioned conversations to occur.
2) Go somewhere you’ve never been!
We live in the greatest country in the world. Go explore and don’t be afraid to pull off the road on a whim. It’s time for an adventure.
3) Face your fears and try a new activity together!
New experiences can change past ones, and build trust and respect. Go horseback riding, river rafting, rock climbing, zip lining, etc.
4) Discover new cultures and savor new flavors!
Try regional foods and sample local culture. You might just find something new to enjoy.
5) Go outside!Introduce your kids – and possibly yourself – to outdoor life. Go fishing, hiking and camp out under the stars. The stars might look a little different than they do in the city!
This is a vacation! It’s time to leave calendars and deadlines behind. Don’t be afraid to venture off course and enjoy some freedom. Show your kids how to be spontaneous!
7) Let your kids make decisions!
This is their vacation too! Let them make some choices along the way. That horrible dining experience or weird roadside attraction just might give you an opportunity to laugh together.
Walk above the clouds on a mountain top, or swim under a waterfall. Reconnect with your family while sharing incredible experiences.
9) Fall in love with your spouse all over again!
Book a separate hotel room from your kids for at least one night. Allow yourself some time to reconnect as a couple.
Your kids won’t be kids forever. Use this time to create memories that will last a lifetime.
Brad Mathias, author of the new book, Road Trip to Redemption (Tyndale Publishing), thought everything in his family was fine, until they discovered a devastating secret. So the family piled into the car and embarked on a wild, crazy, seven-thousand-mile, what-are-we-thinking trip across the country. As they drove, they realized how far apart they’d drifted, found unexpected blessings along the way – and journeyed together from pain and loss to recovery and redemption.
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How well do we celebrate being a family?
Listening to a recent CD called “Campfire” by the Rend Collective experiment, I was struck by a simple truth they point out in their opening track… Isn’t it time that we learn to “Celebrate” and begin to enjoy our lives…? Isn’t it time as families and pastors and “serious” adults, to remember the hope and fun and Joy that our Faith truly affords us ? To actually attract people to want be involved with us, to honestly be allowed to explore our faith and engage with the authentic communities we share as Christians.
The CD’s metaphor of choice is the “Campfire” itself… a place of light and warmth and comfort in a dark world, the campfire is meant to reflect the truest nature of the church as God intended – a place of honesty, intimacy and safety for all who come to gather in it’s flickering illumination.
Get this CD/MP3 if you don’t have it.
I highly recommend these guys as legitimate ministers of inspired music and it’s clear they are full of God’s Holy Spirit. They as a group are FUN, REVERENT and IRISH all in ONE SUPERCOOL Musical Celebration moment!
The Rend Collective project reminded my dad’s heart to be more intentional about celebrating my family. To make the extra effort to carve out time for us to go and have fun, to be silly and break our routines with something unique, unexpected and memorable.
Parents… let’s be sure we relax our grip a bit this Summer! We can let down our guard and slow down enough to enjoy our kids, our spouses and our lives as God intended.
This summer… be intentional about chilling out… GO HAVE FUN, let down you hair and eat fatty – sugary – un-healthy things with your families… relax your rules for a few moments and watch as your kids respond with surprise and then open joy at the opportunity to live with you in the moment. A priceless and incredibly important area of our lives that many of us need to grow in.
Fathers day is upon us. Time to reflect, time to consider.. its clear that for most of us fathers and grandfathers are a big deal. But for some of us, a father is a very difficult person to identify anything positive with.
I love my dad, he’s an American classic. A real life success story, from humble beginnings and decades of hard work he managed to earn a professional degree and find success and influence as a well-respected Chiropractic Physician for over four decades. But there’s more to that story, He also lived his life with un-impeachable integrity, keeping his word when it hurt and making sure he finished what he started. As a man of faith, he remains tenaciously committed to my mother (for over 57 years now) and in following Christ. His example of character and attitude provided a strong home environment for my brother and I to learn and live from, we were fortunate.
Many of us didn’t have a stable or consistent father figure in our lives. Some of us experienced life as a kid with only a stressed out mom and an absentee dad or learned to fear their abusive fathers instead of love and admire them.
My heart aches for those who struggle to even conceive of a dad who would be a role model, someone who would cherish, accept and love them. The bible provides us with a powerful illustration of the heart of a father and gives us some idea of how our heavenly father looks at his children.
The point is this… don’t let your painful memories or past experiences prevent you from experiencing the heart of your heavenly father, He is waiting for you to take the chance to trust Him to be the dad you never had. He wants to protect and provide and affirm you in ways you’ve been longing for and couldn’t even articulate. His heart towards us is GOOD, His love for us cannot be shaken no matter what we’ve done or failed at or given up on in the past.
Dads, no matter how good or bad your personal parenting heritage may be, it’s my hope that you will make the leap and begin to trust that your heavenly father can and will fill in all the uneven, broken and empty spaces in our spiritual and emotional hearts… Let Him begin to restore what was lost and renew in you what has yet to be formed…. so we can become what we need to be, for our kids.
I admire and love my dad and he has faithfully kept our family intact, but in the end its my relationship with my heavenly father that provides me with the strength and stability I need to be the man God has called me to be and to love my kids and wife well.
If we as dads, find that we may be leaving most of the parenting and faith “stuff” to our wives, I think we are dropping the ball at a time when we really need to be in the game….
“- The fog was intense, and the twenty miles up from Granby to the west entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park were a bit underwhelming. Fog blocked the amazing views of the pristine lakes to our right, as well as the peaks of the twelve-thousand-foot snowcapped Arapahoe national forest mountains that bumped up to RMN. It blocked the cute lake villages and old cabins; it blocked the views of the valley and the retro-cool tourist town of Grand Lake. It blocked the view of the forest and the trees, and it blocked my view of the road beyond the fifteen feet of pavement my headlights could illuminate. It was cold, wet, and damp. Forty degrees, with misty clouds of almost frozen condensation on our windshield, and I was looking for a moose.
We crossed the visitor’s entrance and the fog was relentless—maybe even thicker than when we’d started out in Granby forty-five minutes before. I was starting to get really concerned. I was worried that all that talk and spirituality had been the Mongolian Beef and I was about to crash and burn in an epic way. Meanwhile, Paige was just quietly riding in the passenger seat. I knew she was hopeful, but she wasn’t talking about it. Though she wasn’t given to hearing these kinds of messages from God, she knew from past experiences that God sometimes spoke to me this way, and she was willing to trust me and what I thought would happen.
After eight miles and thirty minutes of creeping through the valley, after pausing at three road turnoffs to peer into the fog-shrouded valley across from the scenic pullouts, I was done. No moose today. I was wrong.
I didn’t say anything out loud, but I was thinking it: Dude, you’re crazy. You want so desperately for your daughter to see a moose and embrace your faith and heal from something awful that occurred nine months ago that you cooked up this entire road-trip idea on your own dime. You convinced yourself and your family that God would position a moose on a specific day at a specific time just to show Bethany that he cares, that he exists.
I drove on. The fog persisted, but I knew that as we went into the elevated areas of the park, the cooler air would clear the fog completely and the view would improve at least for the rest of the drive. I also knew no moose would be that high in the park. Our only chance had been in the valley below. I resigned myself to being at least partially nuts and went on, smiling and chatting up Bethany and the kids as if nothing was amiss.
I felt the nudge. Again?
I almost heard the words in my head: Pull over, now! They were commanding, insistent, and firm, so I did it. I obeyed the voice and drove the Honda off to the left shoulder of the road. I was stopped a few feet off the asphalt and looking right into the oncoming lane of traffic, stuck now next to a thick stand of trees. I rolled down my window and listened intently to hear something, anything. Not a sound.
I got out of the Pilot; the fog was as thick as ever. “Bethany,” I whispered, ”get your camera. I’ve got a feeling.” We all jumped out and quietly walked to our left, toward a stand of trees and a bluff overlooking the valley below. I knew that because I had been around this general area before, but you couldn’t see it all today due to the summer tree coverage and the unrelenting dense fog. As we approached what I believed to be the edge of the tree line, I saw the fog start to part like a curtain. There, about twenty-five feet from us, was a huge mother moose drinking and grazing by the edge of valley–directly across from Bethany’s position.
It was amazing. It was miraculous. It was God. I felt the impossible touch of the divine as it reached into my daughter’s heart and grabbed her! God was shouting at her, “I love you, I love you, I love you, Bethany Rose! I want to be near you, I want to touch your hurts and heal all your pain!” It couldn’t be ignored; it couldn’t be fabricated, faked, or arranged. It had to be God!
I felt weak in my knees, weary and worn from the burden of it all. I realized I had been trying so hard to be the perfect dad, husband, and pastor. I had hoped and dreamed and tried to be all that I could be to Bethany so she would believe, so she would trust in God by my example. But in the end, I wasn’t enough. It took God to show up to win her heart.
Bethany was taking pictures as fast her fingers could press the button. She was enthralled, as if a small child had taken over her body and mind and heart. She was smiling, laughing, and full of genuine and unrestrained joy. I hadn’t seen that in her face for a year or more. She was happy, and all traces of cynicism and sarcasm were gone from her face. She was free, released from whatever lies the darkness in her mind had told her about the nature of God.
Be encouraged RTP families, Just like God showed up for me and my family He will for yours. I don’t care how bad it feels, seems or looks like… God is aware, He is able and He will fix our messes – all we have to do is let him! Peace out Pastor B. | 2019-04-26T06:00:25Z | https://roadtripparenting.wordpress.com/tag/road-trip-to-redemption/ | Porn | Reference | 0.126054 |
wordpress | I admit I went to see “Admission” today, and I am not sorry, nor am I ashamed to admit it. Though I am still worried that Virginia Tech will find out they admitted me in 1977 even though I never took a foreign language class.
Portia (Tina Fey of 30 Rock) is an admissions counselor at Princeton, and for 16 years she has passed judgment on others. This made it easier to let her own life slide into a comfortable boring existence with none of the aspirations of her applicants. Her desktop bonsai plant is over-pruned, just like her life, which is one of the best metaphors I have seen in a while.
She visits a new school run by John (Paul Rudd of I Love You, Man) to meet Jeremiah (Nat Wolff of New Years Eve), a special student who wants to get into Princeton. As Portia’s perfect Princeton profile goes kaput, these new oddballs start to rub off on her. And speaking of oddballs, there is her mother played by Lily Tomlin (I Heart Huckabees). There are some other solid sub-plots and characters, but Director Paul Wieitz (In Good Company) never takes us far away from the core of the story – that Portia from Admissions has some things she never admitted to anyone, including herself. I enjoyed her quest to determine what degree of pedigree is important to determine who or what we become.
The movie is billed as a comedy, and I laughed out loud several times, but the heart of a drama is there as well. Tina Fey’s manic nature and Paul Rudd’s….Rudd’ness (there’s no other way to describe it) are a perfect match. You are glad when the bonsai plant dies, and she finally says “Bonsai!” with her life. A bunch of other stuff happens, but I don’t want to cheat and tell you about it. You will have to see the movie for yourself, and do your own report.
I give this movie a 3.85 GPA out of 5. There are no explosions, and I think the only CGI was Lily Tomlin’s breasts. This is the kind of movie that Tracy and Hepburn would have done, and if you don’t know what I am talking about you don’t deserve admission into “Admission.” You should stay home and Netflix a bunch of movies, and then you will know what it means to have class. | 2019-04-25T12:19:56Z | https://bashmovies.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/admission/ | Porn | Arts | 0.128272 |
wordpress | Last week I stumbled upon a “tribal chart” compiled by a leading Neo-Calvinist of the Young, Restless and Reformed variety. It aimed to delineate the differences between the major tribes of evangelicalism.
As one would expect from a visionary “tribal chief” (the compiler’s term for the leaders of the packs, including himself), the clarion call was to understand and learn from each others’ tribal preferences, avoid disagreements about trivialities and work together with those who agree on the primary issues of the faith.
Whilst momentarily enjoying the weirdness of seeing the names of Joel Osteen, John MacArthur, Scot McKnight, Joyce Meyer, Al Mohler and T.D. Jakes all on one page, I became aware of a strange sense of unease.
I was mystified. Surely this passionate call to Christian unity is an extremely noble and worthy one? Why was I feeling uneasy? But then it dawned on me. There was no category for those who had left the tribes. I wasn’t on the page, and neither were any of my non-tribal brothers and sisters.
Don’t get me wrong. My unease was not inspired by being ignored or dismissed. Where I find my spiritual home anonymity is highly regarded, and so offense had nothing to do with it.
No, it was the message underlying the omission that got to me.
The tribes were encouraged to intermingle, not to question the legitimacy of their tribal identities. It was okay to follow Cephas, as long as we appreciated and learned from the Appolians and Paulines. It was fine to follow Paul, as long as we gained a healthy working relationship with the Cephasites. It was fine to have tribal chiefs and a tribal identity, as long as we acknowledged the rights of others to have the same.
The problem with this type of thinking is that it turns the order of the body upside down. “From Him, the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work”, Paul wrote to the Ephesians.
Note the words “from Him.” They tell us that the body members discover their working relationship with one another through their connection with the head. They don’t discover the intention of the head by being joined to one another.
The difference is monumental. You don’t make a functioning head by sewing body parts together. You make Frankenstein’s monster that way.
I know, I know. How dare I suggest that you are not connected to the head because you are proudly wearing a tribal badge? Well, I’m not really. I’m just slightly befuddled that you define your connection to the head through your connection to something that is infinitely inferior to it. Does Apollos contain Christ, or does Christ contain Apollos? Who defines who here?
And no, I don’t really buy the “I love soccer and Man United is my team” line, as though it is entirely legitimate for believers to be united in their passion but divided in its expression. Christianity is no contest. Allow your body parts to compete with one another and you may end up looking like a cross between a Giraffe and a T Rex, with a neck that is twenty times the length of your arms.
The point is that the game plan was developed for a single team, and that there is no real game to be played once you exit the team. Unless you cross over to the other side, of course. But who wants to do that?
As for the snooty attitude underlying the exit, I understand it well. It defined me for many years as I travelled through the tribes, determined to find the perfect one. I went from Dutch Reformed to Classic Pentecostal to Renewal to Charismatic to Baptist to Reformed Baptist.
In the process I discovered my own wicked heart, but I also discovered something else: Inevitably, I made many wonderful friends along the way. Inevitably, old friends would sometimes meet new ones. Inevitably, I learned much during those meetings.
I remember a very serious Pentecostal friend who laughed uncontrollably when he heard that I had become a Baptist. I remember a Charismatic friend and outstanding worship leader who helped out with the music in the church I pastored during my Reformed Baptist years, and how no one knew where to find the words for the spontaneous “new song” that he began singing whilst leading worship.
I remember many other things.
I also remember sitting in a coffee shop and mistaking the little decorative white stones in the center of the table for sugar cubes. I remember stirring, and stirring, and stirring….
Some things just don’t mix, no matter how hard we try. That’s a dear lesson I learned during my ecclesiastical wanderings.
Egos are like that. They don’t mix, unless they are first pulverized. The day that I understood this, I understood why the temple was built on a threshing floor. You can never be part of God’s building process unless you have ceased to exist.
Only when your own identity perishes, and that includes your extended “tribal” identity, can you become known by a name that is bigger than your own. | 2019-04-25T20:22:35Z | https://naturalchurch.wordpress.com/2014/05/ | Porn | Reference | 0.363693 |
wikipedia | Stephanie Jane Merritt (born 1974 in Surrey) is an English critic and feature writer who has contributed to various publications including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, New Humanist and Die Welt. She was Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer from 1998 to 2005 and currently writes for The Observer and The Guardian, in addition to writing novels.
Merritt read English at Queens' College, and graduated from Cambridge University in 1996.
Merritt's first novel Gaveston (Faber & Faber) won a Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors in 2002. Her second novel was Real (2005), about a struggling young playwright, for which she was also commissioned to write the screenplay. In 2010, Heresy was published, her first novel in the series of historical fiction thrillers featuring Giordano Bruno, under the pseudonym S. J. Parris. It was followed by Prophecy (2011) and Sacrilege (2012). The fourth novel in the series is called Treachery and was published on 27 February 2014. The fifth novel in the series is called Conspiracy and was published in 2015.
She has also written a memoir, The Devil Within, published by Vermilion in 2008 and shortlisted for the Mind Book Award, which discusses her experiences living with depression.
Merritt has appeared regularly as a critic and panellist on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra, has been a judge for the Costa Biography Award and the Orange New Writing Award as well as the Perrier Award, and is a regular interviewer and author at literary festivals, as well as the National Theatre. During 2007 and 2008 she curated the Talks and Debates programme on issues in contemporary arts and politics at London's Soho Theatre.
^ The Washington Post: book review: Heresy, 27 February 2010.
^ Seattle Pi: critical book review: Heresy, 6 June 2011.
^ Trachery cover art and synopsis Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 3 October 2013.
^ The Guardian: Stephanie Merritt, My time in therapy, 7 March 2009.
^ Curtis Brown: author profile: Stephanie Merritt, UK. | 2019-04-19T14:22:50Z | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_J_Parris | Porn | Arts | 0.912657 |
wordpress | Here are some creative strategies to help ‘sell my house faster’.
Forget about bidding wars. If they want their property to move these days, sellers have to offer incentives to the buyers and even their brokers. An agent certainly has more reason to show properties that offer the best incentives, foregoing those that don’t.
Offer a powerful incentive for brokers to bring in as many potential buyers as possible. Perks range from a two-year lease on a high-end car (for the buyer) to a $5,000 gift card to an all-paid trip to Hawaii (for the buyer’s agent).
For the strategy to work, set a deadline. Offer that trip to Hawaii if the contract is written by a certain drop dead date. Get creative. Create urgency. If they snooze – they lose.
As much as you love your dark blue walls and your great grandmothers portrait over the fireplace, chances are they’ll put a chill into potential buyers. You want people to step into the house and picture themselves living there.
Often this means “staging” the property with really nice furniture — typically rented from a local boutique furniture store – or hiring a “virtual stager” to impose virtual furniture into pictures of the vacant property.
Research shows that well staged homes sell approximately 32% faster. Granted, it doesn’t come cheap: Renting furniture may cost between $2,000 and $3,000 a month depending of course, on a multitude of local conditions and choices.
At the time of this writing, homes are in the process of losing up to half their value, with foreclosures and unemployment on the rise. Homeowners unable to maintain their homes and sometimes desperate to sell, can’t afford traditional staging.
Virtual staging, with prices typically ranging from $60 to $130 per room shot provides “a lotta bang for the buck” according to one enthusiastic real estate broker, “I use it to sell my houses faster”.
Just got an offer? Be prepared to act fast, having completed all manner of reports and paperwork in advance — the termite report, for example or title insurance matters.
The minute you get an offer give all those reports to the buyer and the buyer’s agent and they can review them within a few days. That’s when they’re most excited about the property.
The longer it takes to receive these documents, the more likely it is that the buyer will see another property they like, or reconsider, and in some states they have several days to back out of contracts.
1-Provide irresistibly tempting incentives to buyers or selling agents.
2-Prepare ahead of time so buyers will not lose enthusiasm while waiting for information they need to finalize the deal.
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tripod | Georgia's automobile title lending law — already among the least consumer-friendly in the nation — could become even harsher under an industry-backed proposal being considered by the General Assembly, consumer advocates say.
House Rules Chairman Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs), the recipient of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the title lender who is pushing the new proposal, is offering changes that would lift the interest cap on loans backed by car titles, according to lawyers, lawmakers and consumer advocates who have reviewed the legislation.
Such a move could push annual interest rates on the transactions — as high as 300 percent under current law — even higher.
In an e-mail statement provided by a spokeswoman, Ehrhart said that his substitute bill — House Bill 864 — does not affect the interest rates allowed under current law. However, a draft of the measure shows that it eliminates any reference to a cap on interest.
In the e-mail, Ehrhart says the proposal is a "comprehensive, consumer-friendly bill that will protect Georgians." He notes that it provides, for the first time, licensing and regulation of the industry in Georgia and strengthens disclosures in every loan agreement. Ehrhart declined to be interviewed.
Consumer advocates say the bill hurts Georgians.
"This is really a bad bill," said Jean Ann Fox, director of consumer protection for the Consumer Federation of America, a Washington-based advocacy group. "It is quite amazing to me that a bill that doesn't improve on the status quo is put forth as reform."
Ehrhart's proposal allows automatic monthly renewals, which consumer advocates say encourage borrowers to drag out repaying the high-cost loans. Lenders would be permitted to sell car club memberships in conjunction with the loans — products that drive up finance charges for borrowers while allowing lenders to collect commissions in addition to interest payments.
Former Gov. Roy Barnes, a Democrat whose law firm recently sued two title lenders, said the bill "turns back the clock on what little protection exists in Georgia."
The bill might be heard by Ehrhart's committee this week.
Ehrhart's proposal closely tracks the draft version of a model bill provided by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Washington-based organization of conservative lawmakers and corporate executives. Ehrhart is the immediate past chairman of ALEC's national board of directors.
An ALEC task force drafted the model title loan bill in August at the urging of Rod Aycox, one of the biggest title lenders in Georgia. Aycox's Alpharetta-based company, Select Management Resources, which operates in nearly two dozen states, became an ALEC member last year, signing up to pay $10,000 a year in dues.
"We had quite a bit of input in it," Aycox said of the model bill. "We asked ALEC to pass it through their committees so we could have sort of an ALEC-sponsored bill."
He said the ALEC panel wrote the model bill "using a lot of my comments and input."
Ehrhart was a member of the panel, and Aycox said he let the lawmaker fly to the ALEC committee meeting in Texas on one of his corporate airplanes.
Ehrhart accepted $15,652 in campaign contributions from title lenders last year, more than all but two other legislators, records show. Aycox, his relatives and his companies provided all but $500 of Ehrhart's total, which included the flight to Texas and one other trip on Aycox's corporate plane. A lobbyist for Aycox's company accompanied Ehrhart on both flights.
Aycox contributed $192,054 to Georgia campaigns last year, the largest share of the title loan industry's $328,310 in political donations, according to a recent analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The industry gave less than half that amount during the two previous years combined.
Aycox said Monday that the new proposal offered "a lot of consumer protections," since title lenders would be licensed for the first time and would be required to return money left over after they repossess and sell a borrower's car.
As for removing the interest cap, Aycox said, "I don't think that's intentional."
However, the ALEC model, which Ehrhart used in drafting his bill, does not provide for an interest cap. Lenders and borrowers would negotiate a rate.
Consumer advocates say borrowers have no negotiating power.
"Folks who are desperate enough for money that they would risk losing their vehicle to borrow a few hundred dollars to make ends meet don't feel they have much clout in the market," said Fox, of the Consumer Federation.
The Consumer Federation and several other national consumer groups sent Ehrhart a letter in November detailing their objections to the ALEC model bill.
Georgia lawmakers took up the issue of title lending last year after a series of AJC articles examining title pawns and other kinds of lending that target poor, unsophisticated consumers.
Bills put forth by the House and Senate banking chairmen tinker with ways to make the current law more consumer-friendly. But neither measure lowers the high interest rate — the most critical component of meaningful reform, consumer advocates say.
Ehrhart's proposal, which replaces the earlier House bill, would create a new type of loan called a title pledge.
Consumer advocates had hoped the Legislature would lower the cap. Among the 25 states that sanction title lending, rates are highest in those with no interest cap, according to a recent report by the Consumer Federation.
"It is logical to assume that the same companies, if unrestrained by Georgia's generous pawn law, would charge even more," Fox said.
Ehrhart's proposal also would require that consumers pay at least 10 percent of the principal — in addition to interest and fees — every month if the loan extends beyond 90 days. Consumer advocates describe that provision as a form of "bait and switch."
"Somebody starts with interest only, then gets surprised four months later that what they are going to have to pay goes up," said Amanda Quester, senior policy counsel for the Center for Responsible Lending, an advocacy group based in Durham, N.C.
Ehrhart's proposal would place regulation of the title pledge industry under the state's banking department. Twenty-three of the 25 states that permit title lending impose state regulation. One of the two that don't is Georgia.
Title lenders would submit detailed financial information to the banking department. However, that data would remain confidential, leaving the public no way to assess the industry's profitability or the toll on consumers who default and lose their vehicles to repossession.
Consumer advocates say the provision of Ehrhart's bill allowing title lenders to sell memberships in auto clubs that offer emergency road service could leave desperate borrowers feeling compelled to take them to get a loan.
"In many types of loan products, lenders pack on unnecessary or bogus products to jack up the fees they can charge consumers," Quester said. | 2019-04-19T18:39:55Z | http://mynet11.tripod.com/News/Nws_AJC0206.htm | Porn | Business | 0.093078 |
wordpress | I have been trying some ideas for jewelry presentation to be able to show work on the internet, see the pics. So far I have played with a few ideas. I have used a couple of different kind of material for drapes. I have tried the drapes on a flat surface and also on a tiered prop. I think i like the tiered drape better than the flat. I also tried some natural objects, rocks and wood log, to layout pieces on. So far I like the rock and log layout best. I will keep looking for layout ideas. | 2019-04-20T06:58:50Z | https://twistedstonedesigns.wordpress.com/category/presentation/ | Porn | Arts | 0.821025 |
wordpress | Parents and students, a copy of our 2019 “Instruction Letter,” including all you need to know to prepare for SE 2019, will be uploaded on this page on April 1. To catch a glimpse of 2019s letter, feel free to have a look at last year’s letter. It will not change much, we promise! We hope you will choose to spend June 16-21 with us this year! Until then, may the Lord bless you! | 2019-04-21T12:36:52Z | https://summerexcitement.wordpress.com/2015-instruction-letter/ | Porn | Reference | 0.923199 |
wordpress | Lost My iShizzle – For the Love of Code!
The iMac has been freezing lots again. So I updated El Capitan — not to Sierra, just updated the Capitan. Googling Sierra tells me there’s lots of freezing for that, too. Perhaps I should have stayed with Mavericks. Man … I used to be such an early adopter. All through the first several “cat” years of OSX.
Updating from .11 to .12 didn’t seem to work. Perhaps because the machine is so glitchy.
So I referred back to my Adobe CC and El Capitan post hoping those steps would help as much as they did almost a year ago. If memory serves, this nonsense also happened last time I was about to start some contract work.
Not only did it not work, but now the iMac dies during every attempt at rebooting. The progress bar hangs at about 50% for a bit, then the machine completely dies.
There are two “things” on the left (the second thing is an “image”) and each has a sub-thing. Three of them pass First Aid just fine but the first “sub-thing” (Macintosh HD) fails.
One post I read said one could Reinstall OSX in recovery mode and it wouldn’t delete your files and such (I should really start using the external HD I have that sits next to the iMac) but when I tried that, it told me the disk was locked.
I found a couple great, in-depth posts somewhere and tried many of the suggestions with no luck.
Setting an appointment online is impossible. Remember when apple.com was considered one of the best-designed sites on the web? The most (but definitely not the only) infuriating thing about trying to set an appointment using their website is, upon clicking the desired time, I receive an error alert stating, “You haven’t entered a valid email address.” There is NO form or field for entering an email address.
Setting an appointment via phone is impossible. I call the store. Of course the voice recognition system doesn’t recognize anything I say. Eventually, it transfers me to Apple Care and starts asking me more questions about unrelated crap and doesn’t understand my answers.
Setting an appointment in person is stupid. You can’t drop off your computer and have them diagnose and/or repair it. You have to make an appointment to drop it off. You have to drive to the mall, make the appointment and then, later, go back to your car or back home, and get your computer.
All these people who are unemployed. But businesses like Apple can’t afford to hire any humans to answer the phone in their stores? Walmart can’t find anyone qualified to operate more than three cash registers at a time?
Fortunately, my “stupid day job” that I constantly complain about provides me with a laptop loaded with Adobe CC, etc. so I can still do my side job … every day I find another reason I should really be grateful for my “stupid day job” but I just can’t. Something’s wrong with me.
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sapo | SALTSJÖBADEN, A CHARMING seaside town on the outskirts of Stockholm, has an iconic place in Swedish economic history. The “Saltsjöbaden Accord”, signed there between unions and employers in 1938, ushered in the consensus system of labour relations that remains a pillar of Sweden’s economic model. Nowadays the town is famous for a different reason. It is one of Stockholm’s fanciest suburbs, and the setting for “Sunny Side”, a popular television comedy that pokes fun at the country’s new rich. In the show, Saltsjöbaden’s yuppy residents fret over how to get their babies into the best nursery. A badly behaved child is threatened with banishment to Fisksätra, a poor enclave a few train stops away, where immigrants from 100 countries cram into dilapidated blocks of flats.
The most equal country in the world is becoming less so. Sweden’s Gini coefficient for disposable income is now 0.24, still a lot lower than the rich-world average of 0.31 but around 25% higher than it was a generation ago. That rise is causing considerable angst in a nation whose self-image is staunchly egalitarian. A leftist group caused a media hubbub earlier this year by organising a “class safari” bus tour of Saltsjöbaden and Fisksätra. Opposition leaders insist that the ruling centre-right party is turning Sweden into America.
Anders Borg, the finance minister, vehemently disagrees. Sweden, he argues, has gone from being a stagnant benefit-based society to a vibrant modern economy with a remarkably small rise in inequality. Its experience, he says, shows that dynamism and egalitarianism do not need to be at odds.
The facts bear him out. Thanks to deregulation, budget discipline and an extensive overhaul of the welfare state, Sweden’s economy has been transformed in the two decades since its banking crisis. The new Swedish model is quite different from the leftist stereotype.
Capitalism in Sweden is not inherently a lot more egalitarian than in other countries. Before the government steps in, the country’s Gini coefficient for the working-age population is 0.37, close to the OECD average and higher than Switzerland’s. Wage disparities are narrower than in Anglo-Saxon countries, thanks to centralised bargaining between unions and employers that sets minimum wages in different sectors. Top CEO pay has not risen nearly as dramatically as in America. But in other ways Sweden has been in the vanguard of many of the social changes that have boosted inequality in other countries, such as the decline of marriage.
The main source of egalitarianism in Sweden (and elsewhere in Scandinavia) is redistribution by the state. Under the old welfare model people paid high tax rates and got lots of social services and big transfers in return. The new model, broadly, retains most of the services but has cut the taxes and transfers.
In the early 1990s Sweden introduced a “dual income tax” system, which combined a flat tax on capital with a higher, progressive income tax. More recent reforms went further. The inheritance tax was eliminated in 2005, the wealth tax in 2007 and taxes on residential property in 2008. Thanks, in part, to these tax changes, capital income has soared, particularly at the top of Sweden’s income scale. That has not always improved efficiency. For instance, Sweden’s tax code now favours residential property over more productive investment.
More recently, and more sensibly, Sweden has cut taxes on labour, especially for the low-skilled. The Earned Income Tax Credit, which offers strong incentives for lower-skilled people to work, marks the biggest change. Other innovations, such as a credit for hiring household help, are designed to spur demand for low-wage workers. Union membership dues, in contrast, no longer qualify for tax relief. Benefits have been reformed at the same time as taxes. All handouts, from jobless aid to disability benefits, have become less generous, more short-lived and harder to qualify for.
All this has brought about palpable changes. Notice boards at Stockholm’s suburban railway stations are filled with advertisements for cleaners, once an unheard-of luxury. The Iraqis, Somalis and other low-skilled foreigners in Fisksätra, unlike migrants a generation ago, can no longer count on a drip-feed of government support. The combination of lower taxes and fewer benefits is intended to encourage people to work. And getting more of them to take jobs, argues Mr Borg, is the key not only to faster growth but also to keeping inequality low. His ministry reckons that in the long term Sweden’s reforms will raise the country’s employment rate by 5%.
Critics on the left fear that inequality will surge, for at least two reasons. Trade unionists worry that the reforms will reduce union membership, undermining the consensual system of labour relations. Ola Pettersson, chief economist of Sweden’s Trade Union Confederation, says the government is “undercutting” the Swedish labour model. That seems an exaggeration. With more than seven out of ten workers still members of unions, Sweden’s collective bargaining model looks safe for now.
But the danger is vastly reduced by Sweden’s all-enveloping public services. Although government spending has shrunk in recent years, the Swedish state is still large (51% of GDP last year), and it spends much more than Anglo-Saxon countries do on everything from early-childhood education to job search and training. According to the OECD, more than 70% of the children of the poorest fifth of Swedes are in state-financed child-care and education schemes, compared with fewer than 30% in America.
Sweden’s government has also experimented more boldly than others with boosting public-service efficiency. Many schools are now independently run, and in health care private management is a growing trend. Public services have not entirely escaped cuts, but they started high and were designed to protect the poor. Once you allow for the progressivity of public services, the OECD reckons, Sweden’s Gini drops to 0.18. That still leaves it as the world’s most equal place, as well as one of the fastest-growing and fiscally stable countries in the rich world.
It would be naive to think that its model can simply be copied elsewhere. Sweden’s citizens are strikingly committed to social cohesion, and willing to pay for a large state. A revival of America’s union movement would be likely to lead to growth-destroying rigidities. Equally, it is hard to see Americans accepting the taxes that would go with government spending of more than 50% of GDP. Sweden’s remake of the welfare state is most relevant in Europe, where in the aftermath of the financial crisis many countries are now struggling with unsustainable public finances, as Sweden did 20 years ago.
Nonetheless, there are broader lessons. Sweden’s experience suggests that the welfare state can be trimmed by cutting transfers and maintaining progressive investment in social services, without allowing inequality to surge. And a revamp of the welfare state that encourages employment can boost growth while keeping income gaps to a minimum.
The most important conclusion, however, comes from considering Sweden’s experience alongside the recent record of the United States, emerging Asia and Latin America. All these case studies indicate that the geography of contemporary inequality has as much to do with government policy as with underlying economic forces. But it has not been a simple tale of tax and redistribution, nor is there a simple trade-off between efficiency and inequality. Sweden’s economy has become much more efficient while still keeping inequality low. America’s system of taxes and transfers is less progressive than it was in the 1970s, yet the state is no smaller. That suggests there is room for reforms that both counter inequality and improve economies’ efficiency. | 2019-04-18T23:01:42Z | https://financaspublicas2anob.blogs.sapo.pt/2535.html | Porn | Society | 0.211806 |
wikipedia | Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (prostaglandin G/H synthase and cyclooxygenase) (The HUGO official symbol is PTGS2; HGNC ID, HGNC:9605), also known as cyclooxygenase-2 or COX-2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTGS2 gene. In humans it is one of two cyclooxygenases. It is involved in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin H2, an important precursor of prostacyclin, which is expressed in inflammation.
COX-2 is naturally inhibited by calcitriol (the active form of Vitamin D).
COX-2 expression was found in human idiopathic epiretinal membranes. Cyclooxygenases blocking by lornoxicam in acute stage of inflammation reduced the frequency of membrane formation by 43% in the dispase model of PVR and by 31% in the concanavalin one. Lornoxicam not only normalized the expression of cyclooxygenases in both models of PVR, but also neutralized the changes of the retina and the choroid thickness caused by the injection of pro-inflammatory agents. These facts underline the importance of cyclooxygenases and prostaglandins in the development of PVR.
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The analogy does not work for the following reasons. In order to carve the David, first a block of marble is cut from the mountainside, then it is altered by carving. Isolating DNA is equivalent to cutting the marble from the mountainside, it is only that first step - there is no subsequent carving going on - the nucleotide sequence is not changed. Additionally, in your analogy the part being cut away (analogous to the isolated sequence) are the chips of marble on the ground (not at all like an isolated sequence), and the David would be the rest of the sequence left behind that it was cut from (this also makes no sense at all).
A better analogy would be a branch that his been trimmed from a tree. Still a product of nature, just a product of nature that has been harvested.
I think the level of detail was definitely too little with respect to why cDNA is not naturally occurring. The court previously viewed isolated DNA as not naturally occurring because of the fact that it was snipped from the chain. Without a better understanding of cDNA I am not sure that cDNA is not minimally altered, much in the same way that isolated DNA is minimally altered. | 2019-04-21T13:00:57Z | https://profile.typepad.com/vorraro | Porn | Science | 0.877617 |
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wordpress | The sixth, and hopefully penultimate, clasico of the season takes place on Saturday night. According to conventional wisdom, this is the game which will see Madrid’s 4 point lead over Barcelona fall to a solitary point. After this, Barcelona’s remaining games are mere formalities whilst Madrid still have to entertain an inconsistent Sevilla side before going to Bilbao where Bielsa, one of the biggest influences over Guardiola’s career, lies in wait, ready to sabotage Madrid’s title bid.
If that sounds overly dramatic, it’s because it probably is. The popular belief is that Real Madrid will roll into the Camp Nou on Saturday night before rolling over. I simply don’t see it that way.
Proponents of this view will point to Mourinho enjoying just 1 win in 10 as Madrid manager against Barcelona (and that was a win in extra time too they shout). True, but the raw statistics hide much of the story particularly in recent encounters.
From the five games played so far this season, a great deal can be gleaned particularly how the gap between the two sides is narrowing all the time. This is most definitely not the same Real Madrid side who turned up at the Camp Nou on a cold November night in 2010, attempted to go toe to toe with Barcelona and were duly thumped 5-0. Not only have a few of the personnel changed but the mentality of the side has changed also with a further 18 months under the tutelage of Mourinho.
Despite the 1 win in 10 games stat which crops up time and time again, it overlooks the fine lines which now exist between the sides. There have been 3 Barcelona wins and 2 draws in the meeings so far this season. Madrid arguably produced their best performance against Barcelona under Mourinho in the 2-2 Copa del Rey game when they came from 2-0 down and in all probability, should have won the game had it not been for some profligate finishing.
Real Madrid have adopted a much more attacking mentality in the games this season especially in the aforementioned 2-2 draw at Camp Nou when a number of the Madrid players were keen to play as they normally do. This change in mentality stretches back to a clasico in 2011 when Ronaldo disobeyed Mourinho’s instructions and attempted to press and attack Barcelona before complaining bitterly about the team strategy afterwards. Ronaldo was subsequently “rested” for the following game but the issue of whether to defend or attack Barcelona resurfaced again this season. Following internal “discussion” Madrid have been much more pro-active against their rivals.
Given the various tweaks and changes which have happened in their meetings thus far, not to mention the huge number of possible permutations in line ups etc, it is both difficult and a little foolish to try and predict the line ups and overall strategy ahead of Saturday.
That is something which I will try to do however.
Both Real Madrid and Barcelona losing the opening leg of their respective semi finals? Both delivering sluggish performances when it looked obvious that they were playing within themselves, holding back, not going flat out. Distracted by the impending clasico? Probably.
How will both sides handle the demands of the clasico sandwiched in between the two legs of a Champions League semi final?
Some players will clearly be able to play all three games in a row e.g. Ronaldo, Messi, Pepe, Busquets etc. But what about key players who are more susceptible to injury or are just returning from injury? Can Di Maria play this Saturday and manage his third game in a week? Can Puyol handle three successive games at the age of 34?
Similarly, Alonso continues to look tired. Stats have shown the number of passes he is attempting is dropping and his pass completion rate is also dropping. However, Madrid have been playing a much more direct style lately. Hitting longer and riskier passes adversely affects statistics but can reap rewards by creating more goalscoring chances.
Has the change in Madrid’s style been partly due to Alonso’s fatigue?
It is inconceivable that the exact same eleven from both sides will play these three games therefore some changes from the first leg of the Champions League tie is likely on both sides.
Neither side is assured of qualification for the final of the Champions League. No matter how much they deny it, Guardiola and Mourinho will now be glancing ahead to their respective second legs and how to maximise their team for both games.
The key issue facing Mourinho on Saturday is whether he sticks or twists.
Does he go for his normal 4-2-3-1 formation or does change to a more defensive minded 4-3-3 line up?
The 4-2-3-1 lets Madrid press high and allows Busquets to be marked, preventing him from having time and space. The problem though is that it allows Messi space further up the pitch and requires Khedira and Alonso to work very hard.
The defence more or less takes care of itself. The only decision will be whether Mourinho selects the attack minded Marcelo or the more conservative and defensively solid Coentrao. Given the better attacking relationship with Ronaldo and the need to push Dani Alves back, Marcelo seems more likely to start albeit he has been at fault for goals in recent clasico’s as Guardiola pinpoint ‘s him as a weakness. Coentrao was poor against Bayern but he received no defensive cover from Ronaldo.
How can Mourinho maximise Ronaldo’s attacking ability and release him from defensive duties?
In attack Ronaldo will start. The rest appears up for grabs depending upon how they react from the game on Tuesday night.
Due to his defensive cover and workrate, Di Maria would most likely start but could he manage three games in a week after returning from injury?
Similarly, Benzema played the majority of the game on Tuesday night and links well with Ronaldo however Mourinho favours swift breaks particularly against Barcleona therefore the pace of Higuain, only making a brief substitute appearance against Bayern, is much more useful.
The central decision is then whether Mourinho chooses Ozil, who has contributed little in previous clasico’s, and permits him to drift from side to side, looking to exploit gaps in the Barcelona backline or should an additional defensive minded midfielder be selected to strengthen the central area and sit alongside Alonso and Khedira?
This leaves Granero. Would Mourinho consider borrowing from the Unai Emery school of tactics and play Granero deeper than normal to help ball retention? Emery successfully played Parejo deep against Madrid in the recent 0-0 draw.
Barcelona need to win the game whilst Madrid can accept a draw thereby maintaining their 4 point lead. A draw grants Madrid the safety net of one further slip up in the league campaign. Mourinho is first and foremost, a conservative coach. For these reasons and as detailed above, I believe that Madrid will go with a 4-3-3.
I think Mourinho will play Coentrao centrally allowing him to double up with Marcelo when required and letting Ronaldo focus entirely upon the attacking aspects of his game, staying high up the pitch. This will require Coentrao to shuttle from the centre to the left frequently but he has the fitness to do this. It prevents Alves from pushing forward.
Guardiola has utilised so many variations in his formations this season from the basic 4-3-3 to the highly attack orientated 3-3-4 against Getafe recently that a number of subtle system changes during the match are inevitable.
The performances of Ronaldo in the clasico’s has not been at the same level as in other key games for Madrid although he has scored 3 goals in the last 4 games. One possible reason for this has been the performance of Puyol when played directly against him.
With Abidal missing, will Puyol start at full back to match up to Ronaldo?
Will Barcelona go with a 3 man defence of Puyol, Mascherano and Pique and allow Alves to push further upfield? Part of the success of Alves is his ability to drive forward from deep positions. Starting him higher up the pitch removes this element but it hinders the Madrid left from supporting Ronaldo.
The midfield selects itself. Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta should all start in their normal positions. The ability of Busquets constructing moves is essential if Barcelona are to function properly. If Madrid adopt a 4-3-3, Busquets is likely to get time and space on the ball.
Which brings us to the attack. It seems safe to assume that Messi will begin as a false 9 but with license to roam possibly dropping deep or to the right.
Sanchez has demonstrated his worth to Barcelona already this season and has performed well against Madrid. His starting berth seems assured on the right and cutting inward to a central position playing off the shoulder of Ramos.
This leaves the vacant position on the left of the attack. Pedro has returned to full fitness and is showing glimpses of rediscovering last season’s form. He is fast, direct and prepared to undertake defensive duties also. The alternative wildcard, as such, could be the inclusion of Cuenca. He would stretch the Madrid defence and offers genuine width.
I think Barcelona will begin with a 4-3-3 which is capable of changing to a 3-4-3 with Dani Alves pushing further upfield. Puyol to start as a notional left back but to mark Ronaldo and the defence to switch to a back three as and when required. If Puyol follows Ronaldo across the pitch, Alves can stay high. Pedro starts on the left and with Alves pushing further on, Sanchez starts wide right and cut inward.
Defensively, the Barcelona left will be less concerned if Di Maria starts on the right due to his tendency to drift inward and Arbeloa is not the most attack minded full back. We could up end with a lop sided game, all of the attacking potential on the one side of the pitch.
There are countless issues surrounding this game. I have listed below a few issues which I believe are central to the outcome of the game.
Will fatigue be a factor?
Both sides face three massive games in a 7/8 day period. Rotation will be necessary and key players may not play the whole game. How will this affect the teams? Will both field their strongest line up or will changes be enforced?
In the last few clasico’s, Madrid have pressed very aggressively early on but have been unable, understandably given the demands of it, to maintain this for the full duration of the game. They have looked tired lately. Do they want to press, can they press and for how long?
Will Madrid continue to be so direct?
Madrid have become increasingly direct recently, bypassing any build up play and adopting a “get the ball to Ronaldo” strategy. With a front 3, Madrid are likely to be just as direct. The role of Alonso and his passing range becomes particularly important here.
Does Ronaldo track back to offer support for his full back? Or does he remain further forward, occupying Dani Alves and conserving energy for sprints onto through passes? Or should Madrid play Coentrao and Marcelo to free Ronaldo?
It’s what Barcelona want to do and it’s not something that will unduly concern Madrid as they counter attack so effectively. Will Madrid concede possession freely and retain shape at all costs a la Inter? Will Madrid adopt a 7-3 split in their team?
How can Barcelona retain width?
Barcelona have struggled against opponents when they have lacked width. The temptation to use Fabregas, Messi and Sanchez to gain further control of the game comes at a price – a narrow approach. With Pedro struggling for form, could there be a place for Cuenca in the starting eleven? | 2019-04-21T09:05:44Z | https://chalkontheboots.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/el-clasico-tactical-preview/ | Porn | Sports | 0.870806 |
cnn | Twitter has a memo for NBC News: Don't send Matt Lauer to do a political journalist's job.
Lauer's handling of the NBC News "Commander-In-Chief Forum" with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Wednesday night was widely panned by journalists and pundits.
The "Today" show co-host was criticized for spending too much time on Clinton's emails, lobbing softball questions to Trump, and neglecting to fact-check the Republican nominee when he falsely claimed to have opposed the Iraq War in 2002.
"This #NBCNewsForum feels like an embarrassment to journalism," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote on Twitter.
"Lauer has done great interviews. But that's one of the weakest, least incisive performances I've seen from a presidential forum moderator," tweeted Will Saletan, a writer at Slate.
Liberals and conservatives were split about Lauer's decision to open his questioning of Clinton with the controversy over her private email server. But when the issue persisted ten minutes into the 30-minute segment, and he was later forced to tell Clinton to be "brief" on the subject of ISIS, he was slammed for dedicating so much time to the topic.
But the onslaught of criticism didn't really begin until Lauer's segment with Trump. Whereas Lauer had been aggressive in his questioning of Clinton, he seemed to repeatedly ask Trump open-ended questions that he easily ignored or evaded.
"I don't blame Lauer for asking the email question. But it's ABSURD that he started off with Trump, 'Why should you be Commander-in-Chief?'" Jon Favreau, the former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, wrote on Twitter.
Early in the segment, Lauer failed to fact-check Trump when he said that he opposed the invasion of Iraq as early as 2002, a claim that has been repeatedly debunked as false.
"Trump lies about opposing Iraq war. Lauer lets it go. No follow up. Unreal," wrote Jonathan Chait, the New York Magazine columnist.
"Seriously -- everyone, and I mean everyone, knew this would happen," tweeted Paul Krugman, the New York Times columnist. "And Matt Lauer didn't have a follow-up planned?"
Perhaps most notable were the questions Lauer did not ask of Trump. At an event geared toward national security and military veterans, the NBC co-host failed to ask a single question about Trump's controversial remarks about Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Sen. John McCain's prisoner-of-war status or his deferments from the Vietnam War, among other issues.
Meanwhile, Lauer was very aggressive in his questioning of Clinton's emails and her decision to support the invasion of Iraq.
"If only Trump had attacked that Gold Star family in an email, then it would be newsworthy to Lauer," Paul Begala, the CNN analyst and Clinton loyalist, wrote mockingly.
But the greatest criticism was that Lauer asked Trump too many softballs.
"The way to show Trump isn't prepared is to ask him specific, detailed questions, not keep saying 'Are you prepared?' over and over," wrote Chait.
"Dear TV anchors. It's been 15 months. Change interview style for trump," wrote Tim Miller, a former spokesperson for Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Jon Huntsman. "He needs: Yes/no qs. Multiple specific follow ups on topic. Trivia."
NBC spokespeople did not respond to a request for comment regarding Lauer's performance, or why Chuck Todd, the network's political director and host of "Meet The Press," was not asked to moderate the forum. | 2019-04-21T08:26:38Z | https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/07/media/matt-lauer-nbc-commander-in-chief-forum/index.html | Porn | News | 0.803594 |
wordpress | Last night while having a drink with some good friends who visited Lodi in the dog days of summer last year we developed a fabulous plan: I should visit all the Lodis of the world. Ok, fabulous may not be the right word… how about ambitious? Single-minded? Hare-brained?
Lodi is a relatively common name for U.S. towns. I once counted at least 13 in a U.S. atlas.There are Lodis peppered across the country: in New Jersey, Ohio, California. It makes you wonder if that many settlers were familiar with the Lodi in Italy that I assume is the original Lodi for which the rest are named.
I do have a bit of a head start on this project: I’ve already been to Lodi, New Jersey. Sadly I saw no more of it than the road sign on the highway as I was driving into New York City, and perhaps that was enough? I’m not sure that the part of New Jersey near New York City would be considered to exemplify the state motto as the Garden State.
On one of my Great American Road Trips of the last 8 years I’m sure I’ve been to at least one other Lodi, but I really can’t remember where. Ohio? Indiana? Wisconsin? Clearly this Lodi didn’t make a huge impression on me either.
Of course the capper to this whole project would be a pilgrimage to the mothership: Lodi in Italy, where it all started. I don’t know too much about Lodi, Italy, except that obviously a lot of people left it. But the Italian Lodi is sure to be chic, fashionable and replete with delicious food around every bend, at least more so than the Lodis I’m already familiar with. | 2019-04-19T06:15:55Z | https://stuckinlodiagain.wordpress.com/tag/italy/ | Porn | Reference | 0.261859 |
wordpress | Hi, my name is Natalie Ducey. With a BA in Psychology, I’ve had the privilege of working in the Counselling field for the past fifteen years. Through my work and personal journey, I have witnessed the remarkable power of the human spirit. Now, as an author and writer, I am passionate about stories that touch the heart and awaken the soul.
I was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada, with my two brothers and twin sister. I now reside in Ontario, Canada, with my husband, a soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces, and our little dog, Bella. I enjoy kayaking and the freedom and serenity of being one with water. I’m an avid reader, passionate writer, and seeker of tranquility along life’s mystifying journey.
In February, 2015, I published my first book of poetry, THE HEART’S JOURNEY HOME, a collection of twenty-three poems celebrating the brilliant beauty of life’s journey. | 2019-04-22T00:39:04Z | https://ravewriters.wordpress.com/meet-the-authors/author-natalie-ducey/the-authors-story-natalieducey-rrbc-rwisa/ | Porn | Arts | 0.94324 |
wordpress | Professor Richard Dawkins has given a quite thorough account of the weaknesses and redundancy of the conception and belief in God mainly considered as an external (creative) cause or force acting upon the universe and mankind. However, he has not confronted what I deem considerably more numinous and mind-twisting conceptions of God as the omnipresent inner motivator of the universe and mankind. Though this ‘inner’ or personal Christ is found in Christianity too, not least in its mysticism, these ideas of ‘inner divinity’ are already gaining prominence, both in so-called New Age religions and bizarre forms of supposed ‘spirituality’, but not least in India, from where it seems to have originated long ago.
The weaknesses and redundancy of the conception and belief in God – mainly considered as an outside (creative) cause or force acting upon the universe and mankind has been demonstrated convincingly by Professor Richard Dawkins in his accessible book ‘The God Delusion’. However, there is a yet more numinous and mind-twisting conception of God as the Omnipresent Creator as Inner Motivator of the cosmos/universe and mankind. In short, that everyone is God, the belief which underpins the teachings of most gurus and even most Hindus. This difference is not simply between theism and pantheism. It is a complex form of pan-theism. The excellent Dawkins has not ventured into this philosophically tortuous territory, not yet.
The predominant idea of God in societies and cultures known to us in historical times has formerly been that of theism or deism… one God who created or creates – and maintains – the universe and who is ‘outside’ of the visible or physical universe and also beyond the human mind. (The “invisible old man in the sky” is the vulgar Western version). It seems to me there the demise of such unsustainable ideas and beliefs is inevitable – particularly in the doctrines and dogmas of traditional organized religions and sects. However long that may take (and if our species survives), the ever-growing and all-pervading importance of science as both an explanatory and a practical instrument of mankind promises a major sidelining of religion.
However, the resurgence of mystical ideas of an inherent ‘inner divinity’ has already gained huge territory, both in so-called New Age religions and forms of ‘spirituality’, not least in India, from where it has evidently originated long ago. It is promoted by the very popular but fraudulent guru-god, Sathya Sai Baba. A simple pantheism arose from animism in the shape of ensouled nature, one great Spirit ruling over all others which lurks in all objects and beings. This was found in many variants among many so-called ‘primitive tribes’ and societies, and is still found in some today. In its modern clothes, it is far more sophisticated and unitary. Meanwhile, millions of devotees of Indian priests and gurus need no sophisticated explanations. Yet their modern descendants are still often easily taken in by the subtle convolutions of a highly-developed system of ‘non-dual’ (i.e. advaitic) arguments, – fallacious though most of them are – even many highly educated people in the East and increasingly so in the West. Its highest expression is perhaps in various presentations of Advaita (one good example is the ingenious but ultimately failed ‘anti-theory’ in Sri Nisagardatta’s book ‘I Am That’). Witness also the Sathya Sai Baba movement – consisting reportedly in some millions of believers with organisations in over 170 countries of the world, a striking example of the popularity of this ‘I Am God, You are God, Everything is God’ conception. The appeal of this tortuous and almost unfathomable philosophical tautology is immense on so-called ‘seekers of truth’ with a mystical bent.
These variants of pan-theism regarding many deep issues about our true nature, philosophical teasers and unusual phenomena which remain otherwise unexplained. Despite the verbal and ideological sophistication and seeming explanatory power, all forms of pantheism are seen to be self-defeating as soon as one rounds up the whole labyrinthine conception. (The apex in philosophical pantheism being the system of Spinoza, and the teachings of Indian advaitists from Adi Sankara onwards – while the New Age variants are all merely derivative and rationally weaker than the originals)) One might call it the ultimate exercise in empty circular reasoning with its various supporting ideologies – but the circle is extremely wide and has many deep involutions. Its winding theoretical dead-ends can, however, have most serious consequences for persons’ lives, and also for the life and prosperity of entire nations (India having for ages been strongly affected towards religious fatalism and social injustices in this way).
Professor Dawkins is seen as a threat by the ‘Church empires’ [Roman Catholic, Anglican, and diverse Christian-oriented sects], which have been vastly weakened in the modern age. Their insuperable inconsistencies and increasing ‘spiritual hollowness’ has been – in many people’s minds – replaced in much of the world by a much more personal (hence plastic) ideas of God. These allow independence of worship and personalised versions of a supposed ‘universal omnipresent God’ and ‘universal divine values’. On the one hand, by the influx of superstitious religious peoples due to globalisation and not least the Internet, we are – on the one hand – witnessing a somewhat similar reaction as that which occurred when Roman civilisation and learning crumbled before the huge wave of fanatical Christian ascetics, anchorites and their supporters, as described so poignantly by Gibbon. On the other hand, a vague kind of mystical-spiritual universalism which is not anti-scientific or anti-secular is seen in many movements, for example in the belief of many in the “Jedi religion” and a plethora of New Age and spiritualistic beliefs.
The next phase in the struggle of religious faiths to survive may well be the rise of pseudo-religious spirituality in which God will increasingly be taken as an ‘inner reality’, as the inner reality – as the creator and motivator of both ‘the mind’ (i.e. minds) and its product. At the same time, that God can also be considered to be ‘behind’ what we experience as external causes – which are viewed as mental forces created ‘within’ God and through matter (which is conceived as ultimately some kind of mental-spiritual product), through biological evolution and even through an evolution of ‘souls’ entering a series of separate (biologically evolving) bodily incarnations.
Further, according to mentalistic (as opposed to physialistic) theories, the universe is conceived as the self-creation of mind, not of matter. This implies a philosophy of ‘mentalism’ as opposed to ‘physicalism’, which is the basis of many Eastern religious streams and Christian ‘mystical’ thought and – though in considerably weaker versions – in its peripheralized forms Western philosophy. The substitution of this kind of ‘spirituality’ for traditional forms of theism is likely and has already begun (if one considers the influence of Eastern thought in the West especially since the 1960s). A swing towards belief in the ‘inner God’ would not be the logical consequence of science, of course, but of the same psychological, social and emotional needs that created dependence on an external God. In fact, with mentalism, one can have one’s cake and eat it – for many now believe that ‘God is everything and everyone’. Of course, this is logically wholly untenable, but taking into account the many-sided ‘teachings’ of advaita and similar systems, demonstrating this in detail becomes very tricky.
The complexity of the ‘theory’ of such a God is not to be underestimated for it has very considerable resources (though they remain chiefly mental and not demonstrable experimentally or otherwise than by argument). This is already the basis of a widespread ‘spiritual-religious’ resurgence, represented by various so-called New Age ‘religions’ and relying largely on Eastern conceptions found in Buddhism, Hinduism’s advaitic philosophy/belief system and other kinds of ‘mysticism’ with historical roots in virtually all mainstream religious cultures.
A second feature of this kind of ‘monistic-pantheism’ is that it is highly oriented towards esoteric practices and less concerned with theorising. To exercise ‘spiritual practices’ is the be-all-and-end-all of this resurgent religiosity. Such practices include the simplest forms like prayer (the more ‘automatic’ recitation usually), constant repetition of the supposed ‘names of God’, of mantras and other verbal or oral sounds (devotional singing included). At a more evolved level we find the concentration on self-analysis and social action as an expression of one’s inherent divine nature – offering up all one does to God and ensuring that one acts according to supposed ‘divine commandments’ of one tradition or another. The most sublimated form of these ‘spiritual practices’ are those of service to mankind (regarded as service to God) – that is, doing good work selflessly. The red thread in all of this is to enforce and reinforce the idea of an invisible deity, one who it is assumed can be influenced and moved or reached somehow (as in self-induced trances or temporary ecstasy).
The inherent purpose of all these forms of ‘spiritual practice’ (Hindu sadhana) is claimed to be the attainment of identity with the Divine – or, worded differently, realisation of one’s own inherent and true nature as God. (There are many difficulties with this concept, of course – such as whether it should be a part of God or God per se!). This mysticism and its impracticality is extremely difficult to penetrate, not least because the claim is that one must commit totally to it for a very long time to achieve its fruits.
One variant of this kind of spiritual belief system is the ‘All is God, God is everyone and everything’. This makes God equivalent to all being – so one cannot distinguish anything or anyone from God, not can one distinguish God any more than one can distinguish energy per se. In fact, one could substitute the word ‘energy’ with ‘God’ and vice-versa… as some do. The obvious difference that springs to mind, however, is that the concept of ‘energy’ is so very thoroughly and precisely defined and demonstrated – not least through the Einstein’s relativite and modern quantum theory… whereas the idea ‘God’ is totally non-pragmatic and non-utilitarian. This amorphous thinking has no distinguishable referents and ultimately amounts to nothing but an all-encompassing terminology of terminal vagueness.
Schelling’s conception of the Absolute was reduced to a mere featureless identity, ridiculed by Hegel as “the night in which all cows are black.” Indeed, the conception of eternal cosmic Divine unity as a transcendent reality also suggests a light so bright that no white cows could be visible, nor anything else! This reminds of an amusing but undeniable tautology ‘Everything is Everything’, empty of all but a vestige of meaning (Note: Advaita – a variant of philosophical ‘mentalism’ – holds that matter is a mind-created ‘illusion’ (Maya) which is actually emptiness. Hence we get the crown of absurdity in “Everything is Nothing and Nothing is Everything” – Sathya Sai Baba). This surely represents the most inclusive tautology conceivable? Indeed, meaningless verbiage which says nothing of anything (and anything of nothing?). | 2019-04-21T18:13:30Z | https://robertcpriddy.wordpress.com/tag/professor-richard-dawkins/ | Porn | Society | 0.107854 |
wordpress | Dolphins, Good Weather and Hydro Progress.
and coupled with the grey calm waters I stopped work throttled back and enjoyed a blissful twenty minutes.
All thoughts of langoustine, work and creel repairs disappear. The best thing about it all is they come to you and makes you feel humble that these beautiful beings play around you, jump, dart and swim under the boat.
Possibly one of the reasons I enjoyed Kirsty Logan’s mysterious story about the Selkie fisherman so much is the fantastic depth and beauty, combined with the harsh and uncompromising realities when it goes wrong. Helping anyone anywhere is fulfilling but there that extra layer when it happens at sea. Photos were forgotten until they began to go off and speeds only adjusted to catch the last of them.
Reminded me that the day when the Succorfish was replaced, as I was leaving the Varuna and started the outboard on the dinghy about twenty seals and pups slid of the rocks and took to the water. Something I have never seen before they then followed me across the bay coming out of the water, breaching like dolphins and looking across to me as though they were playing and racing along at the same time. They were not as close as the dolphins but it was still great to see them swimming and diving alongside. The weather broke as promised and I had an uncomfortable time in the Bay hauling the last fleet and untangling it from a neighbours. Some new eggs came up on a section of rope. nature does beauty well.
Blowing half a gale by the time I came back from Shieldaig, a massage, badly needed, and a bait and salt pickup.
(Now Monday evening) It’s not slowing down, Saturday was full with mending and roping up a fleet getting it ready for the fine weather forecast for Monday and then onto the Inn for an evening shift. If I do not write on the night things become a bit of a blur and I don’t think anything of great import happened. A normal busy evening with locals adding a bit of colour early on before disappearing to watch Scotland come close to France in the rugby. Better than the dismal performance in Georgia. Listening to Blackhouse, switching over to Twitter for the football and doing the CC minutes. Seeing how this multi tasking lark goes. Sunday with Linda on the Boss was able to do some catch up work and make an occasional appearance. It was pleasantly quieter and had a few folk for the Highland locale out ranging from Marybank, Dornoch, Dingwall, The Black Isle, Inverness and Kintail. Was able to take a break in the afternoon to finish Saturdays creel work before making my way back for the evening shift. Started off slowly but by 8.30pm was full on with lots of table juggling. Made it through to 10.30pm after a nicely cooked half steak, Janet having the other half earlier in the evening. Left the Boss sitting amongst the guests and surrounded by several almost empty bottles of malt. I think the object was to finish them. I was asleep before closing time.
Early start and a fine day it turned out to be.
Another fine defeat, or maybe not so fine going by some of the comments. Now live scores of Andy Murray, he was asked if he could lift the nation’s depression after the Georgia game and he replied that he always tries to win so nothing new so nothing new there. Joy to be on the water today. Another clean fleet shot away and extended another one to its right length. Gear starting to be in the shape it should be.
A couple of buoys missing, a couple of foul ups, and a slight breeze from the north. Couple of strange creels came up in one fleet. Managed to catch around half box of the extra-large and just two creels provided ten of them five in each creel. The rest of the fleet showed no sign that this was going to happen. Another creels had seven octopi in it.
Only caught about a dozen in the whole day. It is never a nine to five job. Landed a decent amount to the Inn and they had run out by the time I had come ashore. On the way in and during day there were signs it may start of on a misty footing in the morning… we’ll see.
and they headed up with more gravel and cement to block off the stream, the diversion already been pecked out.
No one is hanging about. Exciting to see it taking shape against so many odds. That over rides the feeling of despair in our Government who decide to give subsidy to the oil, nuclear and tracking industries while regressing solar, wind and hydro. Wonder if they could organise a drinks party in a brewery.
Mixing with the Literati,briefly, and Hydro.
I inhabit a strange world, (to me anyway) just now and am sitting in the middle of Charlotte Sq in Edinburgh going to go in to a private gathering of Kirsty Logan’s book of short stories, “A Portable Shelter”. She came out on the Varuna for background and sent one of the tales up by email for me to keep the technical bits in order, which I duly did and then received an invite. I have got to the stage in life where I now say why not? More often and cannot find reasons not to experience new ventures. Never been to a book launch so here I am. Off in now.
down the A9, stopping at Inverness for the Highland Wholefoods shop and again at Ralia Cafe before making it to Edinburgh without incident and took a stroll round the Square before going back for the iPad and relaxing outside the Writers Retreat where the event was to take place. As I was not on west coast time I was on time and only a couple of ladies there. It is another world and mixing with the Scottish literati I thought would be a bit stiff for me. A little chit-chat with a retired lecturer from the OU, also a poet, and then Kirsty came along and the place filled up. Kirsty won an award from the Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship, funded by Creative Scotland, allowing her to spend a year on creative writing rather spending time setting up creative writing workshops or tutoring, basically giving a writer space to write. Judging by the signed copy I was given it is money well spent.
Kirsty came out on the Varuna on a breezy Saturday to do a little research on a short story about a Selkie Fisherman and sent me a couple of emails to check out some of the technical terms. I duly did and she then invited me down to the private gathering where she did mention Applecross and her “queasy day at sea”. Result was after the wee speeches and reading several people came up to me and of course everyone knew about Applecross. Ended up chatting with Tom Pow, a poet, who recently wrote a book called “In Another World” among Europe’s dying villages. And as it is a current concern of mine we chatted about Applecross and its future, dipping into a conversation about Bengali prawns, before back in the van and up the A9. Home by 1.30am and in time for a comatose sleep and into a couple of days fishing before the weather breaking today. This all happened with Alison answering a tweet by Kirsty asking anyone in the Applecross area who fished and would they take her out on the boat. Always take interested people out. Small world syndrome appeared when I mentioned to Alison about Tom Pow and she casually replied that he taught her English at school and had just bought the book.
Just enough time to keep nipping up to the Hydro progress and they are cracking on.
Graham is down on the Gateway breaking rock while Steve and Ali have been spreading building up the road and the hard standing area.
and welding and dragging is programmed in for next week when the forecast is for drier weather.
Weather is not an issue but breezy dry conditions would help.
Would also keep Dougal cleaner.
noticed that it was a cracking year for ragwort, not the best for the farm animals and eradicating it has been going on for some years now but it has taken hold this year.
A bit of progress regarding the Community Council pleas on road repairs. The work has started on the road between Camusterrach and Culduie.
These little things mean the Council does work if only at a low-level. Got to catch up on publishing minutes. Bad weather in the next couple of days will help. Was going to wash creels this afternoon but it has turned into a recovery day and only job to do before work tonight is to land more prawns for the Inn this evening. Yet another fish farm heads out west, wonder if the Chinese will be buying our salmon after their stock market crash.
Sitting in the recovery stage of a middle of the road migraine, nothing gets done and not too sick, manage to doze through about half of it, and with “Doodle” chewing on a bone he nicked from Sweep on Wednesday at my feet. Another of Wednesday photos of him. He normally is never still enough for a snap so getting two of him on the trot is good. A little breeze from the East has ruffled his immaculate look. Taken about ten ticks out of him in the last two days and this is November.
Weather still holding out and it has already been an amazing November. Ashore again on Wednesday but managed lots of little jobs with more wood chopped and stacked. Timing the last spell at the wood for the sun going down over the Cuillin.
Every one talking about Mondays sunset and really annoying anyone who missed it.
Still a few coming out to eat and kept busy till after food. Although not full there are guests still staying at the Inn. One such guest, Matthew from Fintry Dev Trust, was up to do a draught excluder workshop, participants finding it very useful. Again always interesting to listen to how other Trusts are doing. Fintry is in the fortunate position of having a steady income from one of the wind farms set up close by. They receive an income stream from one of the twelve turbines. As ever they have their own difficulties in communicating to residents who through either apathy or distrust do not get what the Trust is about. Generally they have made great strides in reducing their carbon footprint and that must mean lower fuel bills so it is a win win. On our front the good news is the Filling Station was down for a short time yesterday and it turned out to be a router problem, sorted by our IT man, Sean. And the North Coast residents patience has been rewarded with the Rona mast kicking in this morning. The weather is never perfect for every one. Another advance for the Company is we have joined a Consortium of other local groups, who are all on the same road as us regarding local power, and CES under the name of Dalavich Improvement Group(DIG) and have proceeded through Stage 1 of Funding from the Local Energy Challenge Fund. The aim is to try to ensure community benefit and securing the long-term viability of remote communities. Other communities involved include Eday, Barra and Vatersay, and Lochboisdale. There are others but that gives an indication of who we are working with. To quote from the application is the best way to describe the project’s aims. “In principle, the simplest way to make a local energy economy a reality is to directly connect a sustainable energy source with a nearby energy demand, using community owned infrastructure.” Our experience has informed the approach to phase one of the project, coming up against all the problems and looking to solve them through innovative ideas and technology. Alison has put a lot of work into the project so far and I do smile at times when I am occasionally asked what she does, usually the unseen work is the most important. The same goes for our other employees, Val, Zuzu and Sean….only visible when there is a problem but working away for the community and sometimes in their own time. If only we could get some affordable housing built to attract skilled technicians to take more projects forward that ensures our community’s future.
Saint Island was the residence of large numbers of gulls in the afternoon. None around the boat but sightings of big numbers on the Bay and elsewhere.
Fishing is still very poor but the incentive to supply the local markets makes it easier for me when I know 100% of the catch landed is used and as I have said the day was a good one to be at sea.
Last night greatly enjoyed by a couple of film makers who are doing a 15 minute documentary on the Bealach, a German and a Lithuanian. Day was stunning and it cannot be classed as work. As well as the wonderful light, you look up on a quiet moment and catch a glimpse of a porpoise or see a cormorant arrowing past. These two looked satiated sitting on their perch as I passed them on the way home.
Lovely crisp autumnal weather but not cold as you are on the move all day. Advantage of being on your own although today I was not so sure. Yesterday read a draft of Kirsty Logan’s mystical short story and made you think.
Having the bike to take the prawns to the Inn makes the journey longer but for the right reasons.
The cycle to the Inn was perfect accompanied by the dogs.
Took a little time during the evening shift out to meet up with AEE and a couple of Directors to chat with Matthew about draft proofing and general green and community topics. All both stimulating and essential. | 2019-04-21T21:10:57Z | https://applecrosslifeblog.wordpress.com/tag/kirsty-logan/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.379085 |
wordpress | We are all busy working and raising a family. When's the last time you did something nice for someone just because?
Sometimes, by sharing what you have, you get more than you wanted. | 2019-04-25T22:54:53Z | https://saltmywords.wordpress.com/tag/children/ | Porn | Reference | 0.21983 |
wordpress | of your projects, and of your hopes.
that being leprosy, continues to affect people around the world to this day?
with Leprosy otherwise known as Hansen’s disease.
Are you aware that there actually remains a leper’s colony in Hawaii?
which has existed for the past 145 years.
Upon hearing the bell, all those within ears reach, knew to avoid the oncoming individual.
hence the colonies of the lepers.
Yet thankfully today, caught early, Leprosy is treatable and is even curable.
that being a life of total isolation and expulsion from society.
looked upon as less than.
There is no greater pain to a human being than to be stripped of one’s humanness.
To be regarded as less than…even less than that of an animal.
Father Damien saw past the disease and saw human beings…who were hurting.
After 11 years of caring for the colony, Father Damien also contracted the disease.
Father Damien died at the age of 49.
for his service to her people.
to the service of those in the deepest of need.
and was seeking some relief.
and went to Molokaʻi for eight days and seven nights.
Stevenson wanted to learn more about Damien at the place where he had worked.
He spoke with residents of varying religious backgrounds to learn more about Damien’s work.
and had it printed at his own expense.
featuring him in the role of a European aiding a benighted native people. | 2019-04-25T16:47:30Z | https://cookiecrumbstoliveby.wordpress.com/tag/gift/ | Porn | Health | 0.213022 |
wordpress | This summer my husband lost the two grandparents he had left within 3 days of each other. It was a sad and beautiful story all at the same time because although we were all sad to lose them, how can you not see the beauty in two people that had a love that was so great they simply could not be on this Earth without the other? The day of their funeral, my Grandma fell and broke her hip, the same injury Kyle’s Grandparents suffered, and for the next two months she was between the hospital and a rehab facility. I loved my Grandma but I was never particularly close to her, a product of having divorced parents and not seeing that side of my family often. It is something my brothers and I discuss, usually after a wedding or a funeral, the two events we see all or most of them. And it’s sad because we always enjoy being around them so much and regret all the missed time getting to know each other and form better relationships. I had taken my son to visit my Grandma a couple times but life and distance made it not often enough and when she fell I realized how much I regretted not spending more time with her. So while she was in the hospital, we went to visit her more and I got to hear stories I had never heard before and get to know her in a completely different way. Those visits are the ones that I will remember forever and even though there is still regret that I didn’t spend more time with her, I am grateful to have those memories.
My Grandma was a feisty lady and she was never one to hold back what she was thinking about anything. So on one of those visits when she started the “more babies” talk, I wasn’t surprised by anything she said. She told me in her very matter of fact way, that the worst thing I could do was make my son an only child…..I smiled and told her we were working on it. Then she said, “as soon as I go, you’ll find out you’re having another one” and I smiled again and said, I hope it’s long before then Grandma. That was the last conversation we ever had.
On August 14 my husband left for a 4 day business trip and I woke up and took a pregnancy test. After almost a year of trying and being constantly disappointed, I wasn’t expecting much but the test came back positive. I sat there shocked, almost unable to process that it was actually positive. Then I broke down, full of so many different emotions…..pure joy…..excitement…..disbelief…..and of course, more than a little fear. I couldn’t wait to tell Kyle…..except he had just left and there’s no way I was telling him this news over the phone. People were surprised when I was pregnant the first time and I waited till the end of the day to give Kyle the news (doesn’t say much for what people perceive my secret keeping abilities to be) so imagine what it was like to wait 4 days to tell him this news. After waiting a year to be able to even give him this news…not easy. But I held out and he came home to a giant banner announcing the impending arrival of our rainbow baby…..April 23, 2018. We immediately made plans to drive to Madison that weekend and give my Grandma the news, that evening I got the call that she passed away.
has appeared in the midst of the darkness and clouds.
On November 21, 2015, I woke up in a surgical recovery room with a nurse asking me how I was feeling. My response, empty. For anyone that has ever carried a child, I’m sure you understand exactly what I meant by that. Sure, I was way to early to feel movement or kicking, but I felt different. I felt like my body was no longer my own. I felt the connection we already had. So when I woke up and all of that had been ripped away from me, the only way to describe the feeling is empty. For the days, weeks, months following that day, I turned into a version of myself I didn’t recognize, a version of myself that made me not a great wife or mom, not a good friend, sister, daughter, etc. I didn’t want to be around people, and I doubt many of them wanted to be around me either. I hated seeing people and getting the looks of pity or having to listen to them say all the wrong things. And that’s not anyone’s fault, there’s no perfect thing to say to someone that has experienced any kind of loss. But having to hear things like, at least you have one. Yes, and I thank God for him everyday but no child can take the place of another and nor should that pressure be put on any child. Or the, you can always try again. Yes, we can but again, one child does not replace another and there’s never a guarantee we can get pregnant again. Little did I know then of the fertility struggles we would end up having. Some people said to me (shocking but true) you were only 10 weeks, think of the people that lose their babies almost to term or give birth to a baby that is stillborn. I cannot imagine either of those things because yes, that pain would be unbearable but the thing we all have in common in any loss situation is a lifetime of birthdays we will never be able to celebrate. A wedding we will never see happen. Grandchildren that will never be born. A lifetime of moments we never get to celebrate because instead of living on this Earth, our babies live in our hearts and in heaven.
This storm is called that for a reason, it takes you to a dark place and makes it so hard to ever see the light. A rainbow does not clear the storm but it offers a peak of light through the darkness. A promise that even the darkest of days will eventually start to clear. The path of the storm has left behind damage that can never fully go back to what it was before but pieces can start to be placed back together in a new version of normal. I was so excited that my storm clouds were starting to ease up and our rainbow was growing. We told our families immediately for a few reasons, first, after so long and so many people praying for us, we could not wait to have them share in our excitement and also because we needed all of them praying that this baby would be born healthy.
On September 22, 2017 our glimpse of a rainbow turned into another storm. I woke up in another post-op room with a nurse asking me how I was feeling and the pain and emptiness consumed me all over again. Now my promise of a rainbow had joined our other child in heaven and we’re here, trying to ride out the storm. | 2019-04-18T22:17:34Z | https://justjensjourney.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/the-storm/ | Porn | Health | 0.562281 |
wordpress | So last week I had an axle replaced on my car. Yay. This week a soft but persistent scraping noise has developed, and today copious amounts of mystery fluid came leaking from somewhere in that general area. Dirty jokes aside, it was starting to piss me off.
Upon backing my car out of the driveway and immediately noticing a giant dark smudge, further investigation revealed that fluid had been slung everywhere. My face at this moment was that of a car lover who was beginning to hate cars.
It’s an odd relationship – me and the automobile. I love driving. I have a problem, however. Apparently driving does not like me. I have a superpower of sorts. All I have to do is lay eyes on a vehicle, take the keys in my hand, and hit the unlock button to cause a litany of unpleasant and undoubtedly expensive malfunctions.
My current car is a Honda. It’s Japanese – reliable, a great car (winking face). Since I have owned it, I have replaced enough parts to constitute, well, all of them. It’s not a new car, but it’s not that old either – 6 years in fact.
To reduce the resulting financial hemorrhage, I do some work myself. The other day the light bulb that illuminates the fuel gauge burnt out. It’s a $1.99 bulb – no biggie – 30 minutes or so and the dashboard was apart. I swapped out the bulb and managed to save $70. Rock on.
My proud grin vanished, however, when I switched the lights on. Things were much darker than I was expecting, as I had managed to short out half of the neighboring bulbs during my repair efforts (one of which lit up the speedometer). Apparently reassembling things exactly the way you found them can cause problems such as these.
So while driving that night, my speed was determined through guesstimation. After offering to the nice officer my superhuman power as an excuse as to why I was speeding, and passing the resulting field sobriety test, I received a lovely greeting card. Total cost – $145.00.
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Wow, that’s a rough way to start the year…don’t you hate it when trying to save money and it ends up costing you more.
Hey, how exactly do you think you ‘shorted out’ the other bulbs? I’m wondering since I’ve got a 2001 toyota that will soon need a bulb change in the speedometer area (one of them flickers).
Apparently when they get old they get weak, even though they are still working. The tiny voltage spike created when you plug everything back in is enough to knock them out sometimes….Good luck and Godspeed.
Ah, good to know…thanks. Probably best to replace them all at the same time then. | 2019-04-18T10:57:33Z | https://mylifeinwordform.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/on-car-repairs-and-saving-money/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | News | 0.202446 |
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wordpress | In an effort to learn more about the current state of affairs in the travel industry, I decided to search online for free resources regarding responsible tourism and social media in the travel industry. The World Travel Market 2012 was a good place to view online archived presentations that had occurred within the last 24 hours. The website has a “WTM TV” header that links to presentations ranging from social media basics and tech trends to activity/adventure/sports tourism trends. Once I saw all of the variety of topics available, I assumed since this was a corporate based audience that they would offer either 20 seconds of online viewing, or charge an astronomical fee. To my surprise, most of the presentations were no shorter in length than 20 minutes and the average was around 40 minutes. I was very pleased.
1) the importance of a mobile presence since the statistics are off the charts re: future mobile travel search and bookings.
not just because it delivers ROI, but because it is the right thing to do. Paying fair wages, respecting healthy conditions for indigenous workers, respecting the environment are not just peripheral afterthoughts, but central beliefs in any successful travel business model.
In future posts, I will talk about other virtual presentations re: indigenous travel, responsible travel, conscious travel. | 2019-04-22T08:57:39Z | https://nowmomentjourney.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/a-virtual-experience-of-world-travel-market-london-2012/ | Porn | Business | 0.755211 |
wordpress | If you have a shared computer that your family and friends can access, you might not want them to mess around in the Control Panel, and luckily with a simple tweak you can disable it.
Note: This process uses Local Group Policy Editor which is not available in Home versions of Windows 7. Skip down below for the registry hack version that works on Home editions as well.
1. First type gpedit.msc into the Search box in the Start menu and hit Enter.
2. When Local Group Policy Editor opens, navigate to User Configuration Administrative Templates then select Control Panel in the left Column. In the right column double-click onProhibit access to the Control Panel.
3. In the next window, select Enable, click OK, then close out of Local Group Policy Editor.
4. After the Control Panel is disabled, you’ll notice it’s no longer listed in the Start Menu.
5. If the user tries to type Control Panel into the Search box in the Start menu, they will get the following message indicating it’s restricted.
1. You can also tweak the Registry to disable Control Panel. This will work with all versions of Windows 7, Vista, and XP. Making changes in the Registry is not recommended for beginners and you should create a Restore Point, or backup the Registry before making any changes.
2. Type regedit into the Search box in the Start menu and hit Enter.
Then right-click in the right pane and create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value.
5. In the Value data field change the value to “1” then click OK. Close out of Registry Editor and restart the machine to complete the process.
6. When you get back from reboot, you’ll notice Control Panel is no longer listed in the Start menu.
7. If a user tries to access it by typing Control Panel into the Search box in the Start menu.
8. If you want to re-enable the Control Panel, go back into the Registry and change theNoControlPanel value back to “0” then reboot the computer.
9. This comes in handy if you have inexperienced users working on your machine and don’t want them messing with Control Panel settings. | 2019-04-19T09:19:04Z | https://unixserveradmin.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/how-to-disable-control-panel-in-windows-se7en/ | Porn | Computers | 0.527998 |
wordpress | It was my birthday 18 days ago (Happy Birthday Deborah! Oh, thanks.), but one of the things I really really wanted for my birthday didn’t come until just last weekend. Why? Because it had to be shipped all the way from India!
It’s a package from India!!!! I’m so excited!!!!
That’s right: I got a JOYN handbag! I have wanted one of these for years, ever since I learned about the company. You see, Joyn is a very special company that has not only supplied me with a 100% handmade, totally gorgeous purse, but it is also changing the lives of men, women, and children in the Rajpur, India region.
Ahhh! Someone from JOYN wrote my name! I feel like I need to keep this forever!
JOYN is an absolutely beautiful company that is training local artisans in the ancient techniques of weaving, block printing, and stitching to give them not only long-lasting skills and employment, but also hope! Every one of their products is made in the most inefficient way possible: 100% by hand, to give more people the opportunity for work. They also partner with JoyCorps to provide healthy food, safe water, low-interest loans, education and skills to improve the whole community, and lift them out of poverty.
The company was started by Mel and Dave Murray as their answer to the extreme poverty they’ve seen around the world. They realized that you can’t just bring hand-outs, you have to bring opportunity to really make a difference. The Christian couple started JOYN and the Dehradun Guitar Company to provide those opportunities.
Thank you for your beautiful work on my handbag!
You guys I am so in love with this company and their beautiful products! And now that I finally have one of their gorgeous bags I’ve been drooling over, I hope I can tell even more people about JOYN! I have never in my life had a purse like this, and they make so many different styles! It is impeccably well-made: 100% leather and cotton, fully lined, magnetic clasp enclosure, and there is a small inside pocket the perfect size for my cell phone (and I have a big Galaxy S5).
Even in this terrible picture, it’s gorgeous enough to steal.
Isn’t that the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? I know. It’s mine.
The only down side is that it takes a while to get here, since I bought mine directly from JOYN. But, you can also buy some products from Dayspring or other vendors. They are totally unique, and of excellent quality. This bag means so much to me and I hope that you might consider supporting this great company, too! | 2019-04-26T12:50:26Z | https://debarbibee.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/my-late-but-awesome-birthday-present-that-keeps-on-giving/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.823881 |
tripod | The Isle of Man, where I was born and grew up. Canada, where I choose to live.
Contact information and a résumé are available.
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wikipedia | In 2017, Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Minister Dr Obert Mpofu noted that a Canadian firm had applied to cultivate medical cannabis in Zimbabwe, stating the government was "seriously considering" the application.
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wordpress | Another meeting approaches. Let’s have some more summer fun. We’ll play some favorites and a couple new ones. Make sure you bring your questions if you come early for the free lesson session from 9 to 9:45am before we start at 10.
Here it is Monday and I’m a little late choosing songs so please forgive me.
I’ve been working on an old favorite. Blue Sky by The Allman Brothers Band. We’ll also work on Tennessee Rain which I’ve rewritten in the key of F for easier singing. Plus I’ll select a couple we haven’t played in a while.
Play us something please. You’ll be glad you did! Uke can do it! | 2019-04-20T06:39:31Z | https://pluckinstrummers.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/meeting-sat-june-23rd/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.971775 |
wordpress | ← Slow roasted eggplant, garlic and lemon sandwich.
During my travels, I stayed with my friend Emily (whom is now very pregnant) and her family in a little town called Fish Creek which is about 2 hours south of Melbourne. It was at Fish Creek that I was also able to enjoy the solitude, colour and beautiful lush green landscape of southern Victoria. Not far from us was the spectacular Wilson’s Prom National Park.
These are a few of my favourite images.
I will note here that wild wombats, were a first for me and I couldn’t even contain my excitement when they came out of their burrows at dusk.
This place was beautiful and peaceful, my friends family were amazing.
I do have to keep things real here, and I will openly admit that I really struggled to cope with the strange balancing act that happened emotionally (inwardly) for me during the 5 days we were here. Grieving around people whom were really hyped on Christmas felt incredible inappropriate, and so for two entire days I tried to fit in and be merry. It was really exhausting… I didn’t make it very far into the third day when I took a few hours and processed my emotions.
It was polarising; feeling the happiness in the air around me, but also the deep sadness that bubbled up every time I stopped suppressing those emotions.
Anyway, I thought I’d make note of that too, because in 20 years I might not remember all of this as freshly as I do right now.
The torrent of blog posts will slow now that I’m completely caught up on sharing the images from the past three weeks…apologies if they’ve been a little too frequent.
I hope 2015 brings love to all.
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Not too frequent at all!!
hahah that brings me comfort. I’ve been posting just about everyday for a week. I’m just back into the pump at work, and I was afraid I’d been too exhausted to write about all of the things that I’ve seen….and there was so much I had to do it in stages.
Wishing you comfort and healing as you venture into 2015. You never need to think that your sharing s; wonderful photographs are not truly amazing and appreciated. Blessings from Calgary.
Thank you for this nice message Verla. I’m glad you appreciate the images… 🙂 I hope you had a really nice new year, and Christmas. | 2019-04-22T07:58:17Z | https://redterrain.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/fish-creek-wilsons-prom-national-park/ | Porn | Arts | 0.206021 |
wordpress | In fact you can see the path quite clearly.
Turkey said they’re full. Then Greece. Hungary. Austria. Germany. Denmark.
Once you hit the North Sea there’s really nowhere left to go. Looks like Europe is filling up fast. Of course we could just KILL ISIS and let the Syrians go home but I don’t see that happening with the SEVEN bombing attacks a day.
Gulf War we were doing a THOUSAND. For this huge threat from ISIS and a massive humanitarian crisis…. seven. That’s it.
In fact, we’re actively trying to stop the Syrian government from fighting ISIS.
Yup. We are fighting the people that are fighting ISIS.
So that makes us… allies of ISIS?
I’m told it’s really a brilliant foreign policy that I just don’t have the sophisticated education and training to understand. Us plebes don’t get it. It’s far too nuanced for us to grasp.
Meanwhile the whole Middle East is crumbling and refugees are streaming out by the MILLIONS.
If that counts as “successful” foreign policy experience (Madame Clinton) then I sure don’t want to see a REAL failure!
I kind of like Denmark’s changes to make the country less inviting to “fake” refugees though.
If a major commitment were made to end these wars the people would go home! | 2019-04-21T03:28:17Z | https://readneckreview.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/how-about-danish-no-thanks-were-full/ | Porn | Society | 0.231316 |
wordpress | I began coaching in 1983 after a long and successful swimming career. I competed at the club, university and the National Canadian swim team levels. I became Nationally ranked at the age of 13. I was seated top three in the country in three events and become world ranked in 1978 placing me in the top 25 in the world. In 1980, I broke the Canadian record for the 800 meters freestyle. I was one of the first females inducted to the NAIA swimming and diving hall of fame and was honoured with athlete of the year for Simon Fraser University.
I ended my swimming career in 1983 and soon thereafter started coaching full-time.
Early in my swimming career very little information was available about the “art or science” of swim coaching.
Volumes of information is now readily researched and available. Lots of research exists today on training programs both in and out of the water, stroke mechanics, fluid dynamics, nutritional development and psychological profiling. These are all area that I studied at SFU and that I have learned about through my 30 odd years of involvement in swimming and coaching. I look forward to sharing my knowledge and experiences with both swimmers and coaches.
My general philosophy towards swimming is about forming good technique and training habits through fun and healthy work-outs as well as friendly competition. I believe socializing with both swimmers and their families help build strong club dynamics.The main objective behind all healthy competitive swim clubs is to provide an opportunity for each of its member’s to attain his or her maximum potential in competitive swimming. Not everyone will be able to make every swim practice or want to compete at the beginning. That is fine too. I will work with each athlete with an individualized approach to their goals in this sport.
I look forward to helping develop swimmers to their full potential both in and outside of the water.
With over 17 years of involvement in swimming, James Monk has a history in the sport on my different levels. Starting at age 9 as a competitive simmers, James was a nationally ranked age group swimmer competing with the Winskill Dolphins Swim Club and Canadian Pacific Dolphins Swim club in Vancouver and Tsawwassen. After ending his swimming career at the age of 18, James moved on to Langara College where he completed his diploma in Recreation, specializing in Leadership. Following a 3 year career as an age group swim coach and summer swim coach, James turned his attention to Masters Swimming. | 2019-04-20T04:23:10Z | https://jamesroderickmonk.wordpress.com/about-otters/coaches/ | Porn | Sports | 0.437568 |
wordpress | Is GDP an accurate measure of economic health?
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wordpress | 4 New Books for Mothering Day | Lucinda Secrest McDowell – "Encouraging Words"
In celebration, I‘d love to introduce you to 4 great new books by author /friends whose words touch those places and times of investment in precious lives of the young.
With GRATITUDE for the special ones I’ve been privileged to MOTHER through the years. Happy Mothering Day!
bless you, dear dear cindy, for your emphatic goodness and kindness and your one-in-a-million ebullience. i want to curl up with each one of the breathtaking books — kendra’s, and susan and barbara’s, and meadow’s (what a glorious name, by the way). i actually want to curl up on a window seat or in an armchair beside you, with a fire crackling, and i want to hear you laugh out loud, or sigh, or brush away a tear as you read. for to sit beside you, to inhale soul-filled story, enlightened wisdom, side-by-side in the very same room, it’s the only thing i could imagine as more wonderful than curling up here and reading you tell the wonders of books you’ve found along your way. i know i am all the lighter and filled with grace for having been embraced by you and your writerly friendship. thank you from the bottom of my heart. and thank you, too, kendra and susan and barbara and meadow……i’ll be turning all your pages….. | 2019-04-22T13:00:19Z | https://lucindamcdowell.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/4-new-books-for-mothering-day/ | Porn | Arts | 0.502542 |
xs4all | a BORN IN THE U.S.A.
SANTA ANA a.k.a "Contessa" and "The guns of Kid Cole"
SEASIDE BAR SONG a.k.a "Coup Deluxe"
SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE a.k.a "A love so fine"
THE GUNS OF KID COLE a.k.a "Santa Ana" and "Contessa"
You want to know about the introductions and stories that Bruce has used over the years?
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Tim now has a sister, Merijne, who was born may 8 2002.
Jasper, Tim's little brother, was born march 7, 2005.
We all are doing very well and together we are as happy as can be. | 2019-04-18T16:46:33Z | https://maroen.home.xs4all.nl/engels/lyrics.html | Porn | Kids | 0.935863 |
wordpress | Yesterday’s volunteer shift was kinda cool, for the most part. I was a mess all weekend, as far as staying on top of my meds/vitamins and getting, like, sleep. So I wasn’t sure how long I’d be able to stay, but I made it pretty much as long a shift as usual.
I feel like I physically did less, but I did spend a lot of time bonding with animals, so I figure that counts. For me, anyway!
I started my shift off in the skunk enclosure, of course. This time all but two were out at shows, but even though the most skittish were left, they were both at the door to greet me when I went in. They’re still skittish, naturally, but I feel like we all did really well together. I let them smell my hands this time, but managed to resist the urge to try and pet them. It’s not the right time for that just yet.
While I was in there, I got summoned back down to the main floor because Cricket, the baby kangaroo was being passed around so we could meet her! I cradled her in my arms and she licked me and we took a boatload of pictures and then she hopped around the shelter for a few minutes before we put her back in her pouch for a nap. She didn’t want to go in, at first, because she was super curious about all the new stuff she could check out, but within minutes she was asleep again. So super cute, guys!
I finished the skunk enclosure, and then took on the Small Animal Room. I took my time with everybody – except the sugar gliders, because they all sleep during the day – and made sure they were all comfy and fed and watered and spot cleaned. I snuggled one of the rats, and held one of the ferrets (Hamburglar) for the first time. I did a couple of extra good things when I noticed they needed to be done. I find the routine is getting easier (ie more of a routine) and our little team works really well together, so we’re getting things done pretty quickly now. Which is even more awesome because it gives us time to cuddle a baby kangaroo, or spend a few extra minutes letting skunks get to know us better, or talking to birds and watching Rapunzel ring her bell because she’s happy for the extra attention. Being more effective at the labour part gives us more time for the fun part, which is always a good thing. Everyone is getting more comfortable, I think, and for me, that makes me more determined to get in there each week. I’m still technically week to week, but I’ve been feeling a shift towards anticipating that I will be there next Sunday before I even leave from this Sunday’s shift.
Sensing that some of the animals are getting more familiar with me, and recognizing me more each week gives me hope that Hudson will be able to “know” me sooner or later, as well. I’ve only seen him twice so far, but I already have plans to see him this week, too, which would make it three weeks in a row. Even if I go back to every other week like when he was a wee cub, there’s still a good chance that I’ll be more familiar to him after a time, and that possibility makes me smile, too!
So…last night was so much more than I could have anticipated. I don’t know what I’d expected, really. Maybe nothing, which would be how I was caught so off-guard, perhaps. Regardless, it was different. Different from my life for a long, long time. I’m confused now, but in mostly a good way. And for the first time in ages, I’m excited to see what happens next, if anything. I’m excited to feel like I want there to be a next.
Then, after too little sleep, I got up too early and headed to the zoo to spend some time with my bear. I love that guy so much. And I love the friends who were with me all day, even though none of us planned to spend the whole day there. It’s so weird…I just can’t get enough of him, or of the whole thing. I couldn’t pull myself away.
And I saw baby Rey the zebra for the first time, and fell in love with her cute self, so I picked up a wee zebra stuffie to commemorate the occasion. Her name is also Rey, because why pretend she’s anyone else?
I got the news that Ron Glass has passed away once I got home. I guess it’s about balance. I had a good night and day, and had to have that balanced out by having my Browncoat heart broken at the same time.
Suffice it to say that, for me, it’s been an interesting 24 hours. | 2019-04-23T20:23:10Z | https://inventoryofeverythingblog.wordpress.com/tag/baby/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.680492 |
wordpress | I am back in the Corpus Christi area for a little bit, and I have had a lot of fun shooting in the area. I have wanted to get back into this area to shoot this fun location inside the Bayfront Science Park. Here our a few images for you to check out. I hope you like them. As usual, I have put the information about the photographs below each one. All of these are low-exposure pictures with minimal Photoshop. I did mess with Kelvin settings in White Balance, and no matter what anyone says, they can really help your photography if used properly.
Hope you like them! If you know of any areas in the Corpus Christi area that would be fun to photograph, please leave your ideas in the comments! | 2019-04-22T22:06:16Z | https://ajl3.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/corpus-christi-bayfront-scenery/ | Porn | Science | 0.552449 |
wordpress | Dr. Abraham Hoch Landis wrote to his children and detailed his day-to-day activities in Hospital #1 (Nashville).
U.S. General No. 1 (Volunteers) – 936 beds, led by B.B. Breed.
[Union Surgeon]. Dr. Abraham Landis Archive.
A large archive of over 450 letters relating to Union surgeon, Dr. Abraham Landis, with approximately 189 letters from Dr. Landis, dating from April 5, 1862 – April 24, 1865. Many of the letters are accompanied by their original transmittal covers. Landis’ early letters detail about his medical work in Tennessee near Nashville. In 1863, he was captured by the Confederates at Chickamauga and was taken to Libby Prison, and the archive has two letters from his time there and one immediately after his release. About half of the letters then cover his service in the Atlanta Campaign, the Battle of Resaca, movements on and around Dallas, Georgia, and on Kennesaw Mountain. Landis was then seriously wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, and his letters that follow are about his recovery in hospital.
Abraham Hoch Landis (1820-1896) joined the 35th Ohio Infantry in November 1862 at the age of 41. However, before he was mustered into the 35th OH, Landis was already helping the army in a medical capacity. | 2019-04-22T19:01:51Z | https://civilwarnashville.wordpress.com/2018/10/06/union-surgeon-landis-writes-of-working-in-hospital-1-in-nashville-late-1862/ | Porn | Health | 0.913807 |
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21:43:16: ah, mac n cheese, the ultimate comfort food. even crappy mac and cheese from a box, which this was not.
22:21:33: @dizzyshai ...Shai, honey. WHY did you do that?
22:28:07: @dizzyshai does the steak exist? tell me it does.
22:32:19: @dizzyshai what cut is it? sell-by date?
22:36:29: @dizzyshai nice! get it in the freezer, woman.
22:40:22: @dizzyshai that'll do! as long as it's not too long. can't refreeze beef.
23:02:27: AstroQuest. AstroQuest? You weren't even TRYING to disguise it, were you, CSI?
23:15:33: @Kajivar but commercial lightsaber replicas are cheap crappy plastic swords that if you're very lucky light up. real swords are cooler.
23:44:48: today I saw a tiny chihuahua-type dog utterly intimidate one the size of a Labrador by trying to play with it. | 2019-04-24T19:58:21Z | https://avariel-wings.livejournal.com/434305.html | Porn | Reference | 0.177228 |
wordpress | Someone made a comment recently that took me aback. After reading something in my blog he said, “Wow, sounds like you really hate your mother.” It bothered me, for a few reasons. Number one, that simple summary somehow trivializes the years of lived experience down to a singularly defensive emotion. It isn’t quite that simple my friend. My feelings, or how I portray them in my writing, didn’t come to be in a proverbial vacuum. The fact is, I’m not sure how I feel about my mother. I’m not at all sure I would use the word hate in any event. Especially now, since she is currently a ghost of the being she once was. But I’ll get to that.
The fact is, my mother is and has always been mentally ill. From the time she was an infant who supposedly held her breath until she passed out when she was angry, frustrated or afraid (as the family legend tells) to the teen who defied her parents and left high school just shy of graduation, and married a boy (who was not Jewish) from the wrong side of the tracks, to the woman who had affairs with much younger men and ran away to another state with a guy she met country-western line dancing. I’m pretty sure she wasn’t actually, technically, medically diagnosed until adulthood. Even then, I’m not sure what her diagnosis was. And not to put too fine a point on it, but just because she wasn’t diagnosed by a medical professional until she was an adult doesn’t mean she wasn’t mentally ill her entire life before that. She was. At any rate, they treated her and medicated her as if her diagnosis was *hysterical female*. She took Lithium, Valium and other “mood stabilizers” popular in the 70s like they were candy, self-dispensing when and how much she deemed she needed at any given moment, throughout my entire childhood. She was labile despite the dosing of prescription medication and would fly off into a rage or sobbing hysteria with very little provocation (at least as far as I could see). If something didn’t go her way, if something didn’t go as she wanted/expected or if something even remotely displeased her she would scream, hit, throw things, break things, cry and call names. I believe the technical term is: Tantrum. These temper hemorrhages were not once in a proverbial blue moon or even once in a while. They were Every. Single. Day. Often many times on any given day. And they were not for the faint of heart I can tell you.
She should never have had children. She shouldn’t have been entrusted to care for a pet rock, never mind a tiny, helpless, human being. But again, that is neither here nor there I guess. What’s done is done. The bottom line reality is that growing up with her as a mother was no bed of roses. Or whatever the appropriate saying would be.
As a child I’m not entirely sure how I felt. Scared and confused for sure. When I wasn’t entertaining some fantasy of being some kind of changeling from another galaxy, I sort of assumed the crazy that took place in my home was taking place in every other home too. In my teens and certainly early 20s I did hate her. As I experienced and saw more of the world, specifically how other people and other families functioned, I felt livid at all the ridiculous unnecessary derangement I had had to put up with. Other mothers didn’t throw things, break things, call their children horrible names or threaten unspeakable acts.
One of the things my mother always prided herself on was her ability to be mean. She always relished and reveled in the role of bully. In her young adulthood she would describe herself as “a force to be reckoned with”. Small of stature, she was always quick to remind people that “dynamite comes in small packages” too. She loved to regale us with (no doubt embellished versions of) stories of how she had insulted, threatened, intimidated or upset someone she didn’t like.
One of my mother’s favorite stories to tell was about when she bumped into an old friend of my grandmother’s in the supermarket. This friend and my grandmother had had a falling out, and so were not *friends* when my grandmother died unexpectedly. To start off with, my mother forbade this particular friend of my grandmother’s from attending her funeral. We all disagreed with that decision, but as usual there was no reasoning with her. In her state of heightened grief, she was even less reasonable. The singular meanness of this demand was profound. This poor woman, no youngster herself, was not allowed to attend the funeral of one of her decades-long dear friends. If that wasn’t bad enough, months (maybe even years) later, my mother saw this woman alone in a grocery store. According to her, she rammed her shopping cart into that woman’s shopping cart, glaring at her maliciously and saying something to the effect of, “I see you’re still alive. Too bad.” I remember the first time my mother told that story (when the version was that she’d only crashed the shopping cart once…. in later versions she repeatedly slammed her shopping cart into the other woman’s). Chills went through me. I felt abhorrence and disgust envisioning the scene, watching my mother’s gleeful expression as she recounted the incident.
At any rate, my mother, once an evil legend in her own mind, has become a sniveling, slobbering, gibbering, feeble (both in mind and in body) shell of a person. Her hypochondria has taken on a life of its own. In addition to her lifelong bouts of dizziness, tinnitus and what she calls her “crying-jags”, she claims to have extensive and incurable skin cancer all over her body (for which she has repeated surgeries) as well as a new and never-before-encountered glaucoma that leaves her completely blind one day and with near 20/20 vision the next (which also requires frequent surgical procedures). She is frequently, as in all the time, fighting colds, flu, viral infections, stomach inflammation and other ailments, diseases and indispositions. The doctors have never seen the likes of her medical maladies before, she tells me over and over. She is also constantly *injured*. She either falls, trips, slips, tumbles, bumps into things; closes doors, windows, boxes or lids on herself; gets scratched or bitten by her or someone else’s pets; twists her ankle, the list is endless. Her infirmities, debilities and general ill-health are her only topics of conversation. She has not one friend (with a communication repertoire like that one can understand why). She rarely leaves her home these days, in part because life is so exhausting for her that she needs frequent naps throughout the day. Fretful unease has become her baseline, afraid of everything from rabid animals to errant meteors (the sky is falling). And let’s not forget the recent school shooting which took place a mile from her home that she is still recovering from and quite shaken by. She only leaves the house for her multitudinous medical appointments or to sometimes engage in her only hobby – shopping. But she can never go far or for too long. Because all the disquiet in her life and mind is tiring and she needs a nap.
She is constantly contradicting herself, denying whatever she said just moments before (which doesn’t work quite as well as it used to before things like texting, facebook or email). Sometimes she adamantly denies having said whatever she said. Other times (like when presented with her own text or email) she bursts into tears literally pleading insanity. She maintains that she is paralyzed by the fear that she has dementia. Her husband has hired caregivers to be with her several days a week because of her frequent assertions that contradict reality, her recurrent bouts of hysteria, as well as her more and more delusional behaviors. More than one of these private-pay aides have quit within days because of her constant drama. A fact that she has reported to me herself. I can only imagine the hell she has wreaked upon these poor hapless Florence Nightingales who think they are being hired to care for a young Sophia from the Golden Girls. At the same time, she claims to have no idea what they’re talking about, maintaining no knowledge whatsoever of anything that even remotely could be considered drama in her life. And so it goes. Her life is a quagmire of insanity. I work with people in their late 90s who have more energy, ability and definitely more on the ball mentally than she has. She is 73. And make no mistake, my mother has not changed overmuch. She has simply become more of herself. She is less able to hide her mental disorders from others. But trust me, this is who she has always been.
But no, I don’t hate her. Neither do I like her very much. There isn’t very much to like or to connect with to be perfectly honest. The person she once was wasn’t very likable to begin with. The person she is now is a mere shell of a human being, quite frankly, pathetic. And one might think that rather than feeling indifferent (which is pretty much how I feel), I’d have some sympathy for who she has become. The fact is that she spent her lifetime spewing her own anger, pain, hate and meanness on everyone and everything she came into contact with without offering a shred of anything even remotely positive to the Universe. She did nothing to help herself, or make her life any better. Never mind the fact that she did nothing to enhance anyone else’s life. So no, I don’t even pity her. In many ways, she has made the bed in which she currently lies (double-entendre intended). Perhaps she had her own demons that drove her. I shrug. We all do. While some of us are driven by our demons to reach out and help others, offer compassion and caring and kindness, others choose to lash out with malicious spite and cruelty, in an attempt to make those around them as unhappy as they are. I see it as a choice. And again I could be wrong. I chose differently is all I’m saying.
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What a sad, small life, and congratulations to you for breaking the cycle. | 2019-04-24T00:43:32Z | https://halibedragons.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/not-a-hater/ | Porn | Kids | 0.216494 |
wordpress | Aviva Romm is a respected doctor and midwife, focusing her practice on women and children’s health, rooted in years of experience with birth, pediatrics, and botanical medicine. Her work with the community was recognized and honored by Yale University, where Aviva studied and participated in designing the first integrative medicine curriculum. Her book Naturally Healthy Babies and Children is a source of knowledge, empowerment, and comfort in our lives. Aviva highlights the mind-body connection and emphasizes the importance of balanced nutrition, happiness, security, and love, for our children’s well-being. She also includes great and accesible herbal remedies, as well as information on resorting to synthetic medicine when needed. This book sits on my bedside. | 2019-04-26T13:58:10Z | https://morestorytold.wordpress.com/tag/yale/ | Porn | Health | 0.761362 |
wordpress | Dok Champha = Champah flower in Thai and Lao speaking.
Duan Champah is called in Lao area.
Known as name of the flower ” Leelawadee ” or ” Luntum ” in Thailand.
But it just seems so similar but not the same one.
Dok Champah/Duan Champah has a bit different design and smell stronger with nice flavor.
It says that the smell make people crazy with nice flavor.
Thank you so much for visiting this web space now.
These all linked songs are coming from YouTube and my YouTube friends.
I really wish that you gonna have good time to listen nice music here.
Hopefully you will find favorite unknown songs in this space.
Would like to be the entrance to the new music world for you.
Lao singer : Lao original song but also famous in Thailand too.
I am residing in Asia, so naturally you will find many beautiful Asian songs here what I love.
I hope you would enjoy it. | 2019-04-18T18:36:09Z | https://dokjumpah.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Arts | 0.923972 |
wordpress | Helping hands are welcome by those attempting to light a heat source at the bottom of a paper lantern (woman in green top at lower right) at the Yee Ping festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Picture, if you will, thousands of unadorned white cylindrical lanterns, illuminated from the inside, rising silently ever higher, set against the backdrop of a full moon beaming in the autumn night sky.
Bobbing on the river’s surface are several thousand plant- and flower-laden small floats, each sporting several thin sticks of incense and a flickering candle, all being swept away by the water’s current.
Lights drifting above, lights twinkling below, it’s festival time in Chiang Mai, Thailand. One of the country’s most enchanting events is being celebrated this week, Loi Krathong (sometimes spelled Loy Krathong).
The festival occurs in the 12th lunar month, and is also observed in some other Asian countries. This year’s celebration is November 2-4, so preparations are in full swing, ramping up shortly after the end of the year-long mourning period for long-reigning King Rama IX, also known as Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died at age 88 on October 13, 2016.
When I visited Thailand with my friend Susan in 2011, the festival fell a week later in November. I had read a little about it in my guidebook, which noted that Chiang Mai was one of the best places to watch and participate, so I made sure our itinerary placed us in the northern Thai city to coincide with the festivities.
Loi Krathong takes place at the end of the rainy season, when the rice harvest has been completed. Thanks are conveyed to the Water Goddess for the fruitful bounty, while at the same time responsibility for polluting the water is acknowledged.
The origins of the festival are unknown, but some sources say it can be traced to 14th- or 15th- century India and the worship of Brahmin gods. Another possibility is that it is a Thai twist on ancient Buddhist rituals.
Holding his krathong, a young man waits his turn to place his float on the river. He’ll light the candle before doing so.
The symbolic floats are meant to cleanse the owner of anger and grudges, banishing the past year’s problems. Some people place a fingernail or a lock of hair on their float, to signify releasing a darker part of one’s self. Including a coin is also seen as an offering.
It’s believed that if the flame is still alight when the owner loses sight of it — among all the other flickering lights — then a year of good luck will follow.
Other components of the three-day festival include a parade with full-size floats being ridden by people in traditional costumes, a beauty pageant, folk dancing and blessings at the wats (temples).
A woman in our hotel made these krathongs from banana leaves and flowers.
At our city-central hotel, a dark-haired woman was sitting at a table in the lobby, cutting banana leaves and flowers, then attaching them to a round base. Some of the leaves had been elaborately folded and braided, like doing origami with plants instead of paper. The small-scale arrangements were lovely, showing off the lush tropical materials in their best light.
While sightseeing and browsing at fair-trade shops, we saw other people making krathongs, as the floats are known. Many were for sale.
An industrious young man has everything he needs to construct floats, which he’ll later try to sell to residents and tourists alike.
One young man was sitting cross-legged on a red mat in an empty space in front of a shop, engrossed in folding a leaf and surrounded by his supplies. To his right was a pile of shiny green banana leaves of various widths and lengths. In front of him were several prepared round bases, and to his left were white, blue and pink flowers balanced horizontally on a white bowl.
Inside one of the city wall’s brick gates, we took pictures among the decorations, such as big-as-life cloth-covered white elephants, and other hanging lanterns. Vendors were setting up stalls selling a variety of food — many of them colorful rice dishes — and handicrafts made from materials such as silk and wood.
Displays celebrating Thai traditions are set up in the city center. Elephants are an enduring symbol in the country’s culture.
We had discussed if we should buy our own krathongs, and decided this would be best done in the late afternoon. But we got a wonderful surprise back in our hotel room: Two identical krathongs had been left for us.
After dinner, with daylight fading, we walked east toward the Ping River. The beauty pageant was in full swing, with entrants parading across a raised stage, festooned with flowers, and white fabric draped across the front.
We navigated through the crowds, gingerly holding our krathongs, not wanting any decorations to be jostled or dropped off. The closer we got to the river, the more krathongs we saw for sale, some of them stacked two or three tiers high, overflowing with thin fronds and lotus flowers. These more elaborate creations may have been entrants in a contest vying for best krathong.
Full-size floats take part in a night-time parade.
At the river, we made our way down a rickety platform that jutted out into the water, where we waited in turn to move to the end of the bamboo ramp, bend down and place our krathong on the surface. A young woman helped me send mine off, while Susan did a better job of launching her own.
Many people were holding flat circular objects that looked like collapsed lamp shades. These were, in fact, the lanterns, made of thin paper supported by a bamboo ring. In Chiang Mai, the paper lanterns are considered worthy of their own festival, called Yee Peng. Like the small floats, the lanterns also embody the idea of casting off the ills of the past year. A wish is supposed to be made before sending one skyward.
The heat source used to inflate the lantern reminded me of a small can of Sterno, like you would use for a camping stove or under a chafing dish on a buffet.
Timing seemed crucial to lighting the unfurled lantern, and best done with at least two people, each holding a side, and a third trying to ignite the heat source. For some, the release appeared equally as tricky, with two sets of outstretched arms trying to coax the hot-air lantern aloft in the soft breeze. Some lanterns never took proper flight, destined to plummet stubbornly into the river. But judging from the number of lanterns overhead, success was far more prevalent than failure.
The liberation of lanterns and floats continued long after we left, until nearly midnight, if the printed scheduled was accurate.
Back in our hotel room, gazing skyward from our small balcony, we could see countless dots of light as more lanterns headed for the heavens. Unfortunately, incessant noise from street-level firecrackers was adding an unwelcome soundtrack to an otherwise magical evening.
Stones from the ruins of the original Frauenkirche were used in the reconstruction. Though darkened by age and war damage, the stones were cleaned and repaired and fitted among the new sections, giving parts of the facade a patchwork look.
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House of worship, war monument, giant jigsaw puzzle: Over several centuries, the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany, has been all three.
From its completion in 1743 (after 17 years of construction) as a Lutheran church, to its collapse near the end of World War II, to its reconsecration in 2005, the Frauenkirche has long had a special place in this medieval city.
In Dresden’s heyday before the war, visitors ventured to the city to see world-class art museums, and revel in its baroque architecture, opulent palaces and manicured gardens. They avidly attended classical concerts or an opera at the sumptuous Semper Opera House. After indulging in calorie-rich cuisine and fine German wines, they often took a leisurely stroll down the city’s wide boulevards or along the bustling waterfront.
All these attributes earned the city the nickname “Florence on the Elbe,” and its beauty was immortalized in oil paintings by famous 18th-century artists.
Much of that splendor and those recreational pursuits were lost in the destruction wrought by WWII. Further complicating the city’s recovery was the descent of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War — Dresden was in East Germany — effectively shutting out much of the world for decades.
But with Germany’s reunification in 1990, and vast sums of money pumped into the re-creation of the city center, millions of tourists began once again flocking to Dresden. In 2008, I was among them.
The rebuilt pink sandstone church is a natural magnet, celebrated for its elegance and for its spiritual component. Its doors are open to the faithful, who come to worship and light candles, as well as the curious, interested in seeing what a magnificent job was done in the reconstruction.
The new organ above the richly ornamented altar in the Frauenkirche has more than 4,800 pipes. Some of the pieces from the altar were salvaged from the rubble and reused.
Many sit quietly in the cushioned maple pews for a few minutes, craning their necks to admire the New Testament scenes expertly painted on the dome’s ceiling, or swivel from side to side taking in the circular upper galleries decorated in pastel yellows, pinks and blues. Or they marvel at the baroque altar and the organ with 4,876 pipes. At capacity, more than 1,800 can be comfortably seated.
The more you learn about the church, the more impressive its renewal becomes.
In the late 1930s, Dresden, the capital of Saxony, had a population of more than 600,000, making it the country’s seventh-largest city. But political, social and economic upheaval was afoot, with consequences that would reverberate for the next decade and beyond.
Throughout Germany, the Third Reich was robbing Jews of their rights, property and livelihoods, including the 6,000 Jews who lived in Dresden. Deportation — and far worse — awaited at concentration camps in Nazi-occupied lands.
During the war, Dresden was an important communications and transport center. It housed military installations and became a manufacturing hot spot for munitions and armaments, fuses and bombsight optics.
The city, which had been bombed twice — in October 1944 and January 1945 — was to become a target a third time, with what happened on two dark winter nights remaining controversial to this day.
On February 13, 1945, nearly 800 Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers and Mosquitoes left England in two waves. The onslaught on Dresden began around 10:15 p.m., and within minutes, the central part of the city was in flames. A second wave of aircraft was overhead about three hours later. In total, they released more than 2,500 tons of bombs and incendiaries.
Blobel was 8 years old and fleeing Silesia (in what is now Poland) from the advancing Russian army. He and his family had driven through Dresden days before the bombing, and Blobel recalled “its many spires and the magnificent cupola of the Frauenkirche.” Years later, while a professor at an American university, he would help to raise the more than $210 million that was needed to rebuild the church.
The destruction of Dresden continued the next day, with two waves of U.S. B-17s releasing more than 1,250 tons of bombs.
For two days, the sturdy stone of the Frauenkirche, with its heavily wooden interior, burned. On the morning of February 15, the church’s dome came crashing down as did most of the rest of the building. Only two sections remained standing, and they were badly discolored from age and the intensity of the flames.
Though the statue of Martin Luther, the father of the Reformation, survived, it toppled from its plinth in front of the church, coming to rest staring at the sky.
Estimates from most credible sources put the death toll at about 35,000 to 40,000.
Less than three months after the bombing, the war in Europe was over.
The task of rebuilding Dresden, where almost 80 percent of the structures had been damaged, would prove to be enormous. The need to construct housing quickly was the priority, not restoring the Frauenkirche.
Also, as long as the church was in ruins, Communist East Germany could exploit it for political purposes, and rail against the “evil” capitalist West. By the 1960s, East German state representatives were placing wreaths at the site on the anniversary of the bombing runs.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and reunification, attention turned in earnest to the church. In the early 1990s, planning and fund-raising began. In 1993, volunteers and others started to clear the rubble, which was piled almost 43 feet high. Clearing the site took 17 months.
This section, above and around entrance E of the church, is one of two that survived the 1945 bombings. It was reconstructed and cleaned before retaking its place in the spot where it has stood for centuries.
The intent was to use as many of the original stones as could be cleaned and repaired. The stones were cataloged and stacked on metal racks in the Neumarkt, where the church would rise again. Computer programs would help fit the patchwork of darker old stones among the the new, which were hewn from sandstone from the quarries of an area nearby known as Saxon Switzerland.
On June 1, 1993, the crew was astonished to find the badly burned tower cross in the rubble. It had fallen more than 300 feet from its perch atop the cupola, but it was intact. Today it is mounted at ground level on the south side of the church’s interior.
Less than a year later, on May 27, 1994, the first stone of the new Frauenkirche was laid. The original plans left by master carpenter and architect George Bähr were followed when possible (his grave in the cellar was also located and restored), re-erecting the octagonal lower structure and its seven doors. On the next level up, four towers adorn the corners around the bell-like dome, which is topped by a stone lantern.
A total of 3,539 repaired stones from the original church were incorporated in the more than 500,000 new pink stones that completed the exterior. Tightly fitted together, they present a striking contrast, honoring both the church’s history and the days yet to come.
Modern conveniences such as an elevator were incorporated to take visitors partway up to the dome.
A wide circular incline and narrow metal stairs wind the rest of the distance to the stone lantern. Once outside on the viewing platform, a splendid panorama of the Elbe and Dresden’s skyline awaits.
The Frauenkirche once again is the focal point of Dresden’s skyline, as viewed from the north side of the River Elbe. To the left, the glass-domed structure with a bronze angel on top is the art academy. In the mid-1700s, the city was a favorite subject for Italian artist Bernardo Bellotto, who was among the royal court’s painters.
In the 10 years that it took to reconstruct the exterior, several international groups were formed to raise funds and to publicize the effort. Among them was the Dresden Trust in England and the Friends of Dresden, founded by Blobel in 1994, in the United States.
The British, whose own 600-year-old cathedral in Coventry, England, had been destroyed by German bombers in November 1940, contributed the new 24-karat gilded tower cross and orb, an exact replica. Leading the work on the cross in London was master silversmith Alan Smith, whose father, Frank, was a pilot with the first wave of Royal Air Force bombers.
A closer look at the cross and orb that master silversmith Alan Smith, son of a Royal Air Force pilot who bombed Dresden in 1945, made for the new church. It’s an exact replica of the original.
“At first I didn’t tell anyone what was motivating me,” Smith said in remarks on the church’s website. “When it became known that I, the son of a bomber pilot, was creating the cross for the church, there was a big rush for the story. Initial amazement gave way to a very positive reaction. Even the war veterans from my country who had served alongside my father gave me a slap on the back and told me a lot about the past, about the war. They had kept silent about it for so many years.
From the American group, Nobel laureate Blobel contributed the majority of the almost $1 million award to the church. A portion also went to the New Synagogue nearby, replacing the Semper Synagogue that was demolished by the Nazis in 1938.
Finally, on October 30, 2005, one memorial bell and seven new ones rang out to begin the reconsecration service. Visiting dignitaries, politicians and early arriving Dresden residents packed the church, while the crowd outdoors, possibly numbering 100,000, watched the ceremony on a giant screen.
A version of this post appeared in the Travel section of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Travel section on August 31, 2008.
Quick reference: Visitors are welcome 10 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Weekend hours are worked around scheduled activities and religious services. Free, but donations are welcome. You can join a guided tour, helpful if you are interested in an explanation of the interior religious iconography. Audio guides are available for a 2.50 euros. A guided tour to the dome, generally in the evening, is 10 euros. This is in German, but you can request your language when you make a mandatory reservation. One-hour organ concerts are given at 8 p.m. on select Fridays. Check the website’s calendar. 10 euros. A 25-minute film, in German, screens during the open church hours. 3 euros. Contact the church for times the film screens in English.
In the basement is a small exhibition that tells of the fund-raising effort, the excavations of the rubble, and original documents from the church.
The Frauenkirche also has an active schedule of concerts and musical programs. Check the website.
When the carnage ceased and the forever-changed Union and Confederate armies marched away from the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, the monumental task of dealing with the dead, dying and severely wounded was just beginning for the overwhelmed townsfolk.
The cascade of casualties on both sides was staggering after the three-day series of battles, the bloodiest of the Civil War, waged in this south-central Pennsylvania town. Union General George G. Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac, 93,000 soldiers strong.
A total of 3,155 were killed, 14,529 were wounded and 5,365 were captured or missing. The tally of injured may have been higher, because in those days, the wounded were counted as such only if their care required a doctor.
“The Battle of Gettysburg” cyclorama is an oil painting that measures 377 feet around and stands 42 feet high, about the height of a four-story building. It depicts the ill-fated Pickett’s Charge, on July 3, 1863, when Confederate forces attacked Union troops on Cemetery Ridge. It was completed in 1884 by French artist Paul Philippoteaux, and is housed at the Visitor Center of Gettysburg National Military Park.
On the Confederate side, General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia’s troops numbered about 70,000. Unfortunately, an accurate accounting of Lee’s losses do not exist, so historians have put forth these estimates: 3,500 killed, 18,000 wounded and 6,500 captured or missing.
The population of Gettysburg was a mere 2,400. Many of its residents were farmers, their fertile land overrun by the military clashes of July 1-3, resulting in a turning-point victory for the Union Army. The trim and neat homes and businesses in the center of town were largely undamaged by the fighting, and in the aftermath, some of the wounded crawled to these dwellings, begging for aid.
By the third day of battle, more than 100 buildings — public and private — were housing the wounded. Field hospitals, with surgeons on both sides doing the best they could with limited resources and supplies, were set up in tents and barns and under shade trees.
In addition to the soldiers in dire need of attention — many in great pain crying out for help — thousands of dead horses littered the landscape, as did broken wagon wheels, cannon shells, jagged fences and abandoned rifles and other equipment.
July Fourth — the 87th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America — was a rainy day, muddying the ground, and hampering burial progress.
The fear of the spread of disease and the awful stench of decomposing bodies scattered across 25 square miles of open land were among the most pressing problems, soon to be exacerbated by the stifling summer sun.
This is when the capable people of Gettysburg mobilized their efforts to great effect — burying the dead. Union and Confederate soldiers had started the process, excavating shallow, temporary graves for their comrades where they fell. It was a hurried effort; limbs and hands protruded from some sites (even months later), lending a ghoulish air to an already morbid undertaking.
When the armies withdrew, thousands of dead men were still above ground.
The identity of some soldiers could not be determined.
Identification was also a challenge. Neither army wore what we know today as dog tags. It was, at that time, the soldiers’ responsibility to leave proof as to his name and other personal details. In some cases, burial teams found letters or photographs in a man’s pocket to provide clues. Better yet was a diary or Bible, where the soldier had written on its flyleaf his name in full, and the regiment and company in which he served.
Soldiers who had the heartrending chore of burying their friends could in many cases identify them, then leave a list of names written on hastily made headboards to cover a group en masse.
Among the heroines of this part of the story was a German immigrant named Elizabeth Masser Thorn (1832-1907). She lived with her three sons, all under the age of 10, and her parents in the gate house at Evergreen Cemetery.
Elizabeth’s husband, also a German immigrant, was off serving in the Union Army with a company in Virginia. Before the war, the couple were caretakers at the cemetery, the only public burial space in Gettysburg.
For the fateful days of combat, the Thorns were displaced. The Union “high command” took over the house, and soldiers camped around it. “They tore down fencing in order to mount a better defense against the Confederates,” Brown said.
The Thorns fled a few miles south of Gettysburg to stay with friends. When they returned home on July 7, the horror was nearly indescribable.
Worse yet, there was no organization in place to bring order to the surrounding chaos.
Which is what came to pass. Volunteer nurses stepped up to administer to the needy. And Elizabeth, technically Evergreen’s sole caretaker in her husband’s absence, was six months pregnant. Swollen ankles and an aching back didn’t deter her from digging mass graves for soldiers. She is credited with helping to lay 91 men to rest.
The government also offered contracts for bid to engage burial crews. Some of those were led by free men of color, who, like all workers, had to learn to properly handle the fragile, disintegrating bodies so as not to cause further harm.
Elizabeth’s husband, Peter, survived the war. The middle name of their baby daughter, Rose Meade Thorn, was a tribute to the Union general.
An informational board tells visitors about the history and layout of Soldiers’ National Cemetery.
A second individual important to Gettysburg’s recovery was attorney David Wills. His three-story brick house on what is now Lincoln Square, in the center of town, took in wounded and served as a depot for supplies. He also received letters from families desperate to locate their dead sons and take them home for reburial.
Wills is credited with putting forth the idea of a national cemetery. Appointed to proceed by Governor Andrew Curtin, Wills was instrumental in guiding the purchase of the 17 acres of battlefield land adjoining Evergreen Cemetery that would become Soldiers’ National Cemetery.
More than 3,000 Union soldiers were eventually reinterred there, under flat markers with their names, if known. Over the years, about an equal number of Confederate soldiers were disinterred and reburied in cemeteries in the South.
Many markers say simply “unknown,” or in some cases the number of deceased in a mass grave are noted and whether they were Union or Confederate troops — if that could be determined.
United States President Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of Soldiers’ National Cemetery, delivering his two-minute Gettysburg Address. This statue of him is outside the Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park.
The Thorn family themselves were buried in Evergreen Cemetery, but it has another huge claim to fame in American history: It is where Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, delivered the 272-word Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. The night before the dedication of this “hallowed ground,” he stayed at the Wills home, which opened to the public in 2009.
The formal invitation for Lincoln to participate at the dedication was not issued until November 2. Was Lincoln’s attendance an afterthought? Some experts think so, considering that Edward Everett agreed to deliver “the Oration” in September. Others believe that Wills was just tardy in sending a letter, and cite the fact that he also extended his personal hospitality to the president.
The Brown family mausoleum occupies the very spot where Lincoln gave his address in Evergreen Cemetery, which is separated by a metal fence from Soldiers’ National Cemetery, the acreage that was dedicated on November 19, 1863.
A mausoleum for the Brown family was erected on the exact spot, and there is no plaque that reveals that this was where Lincoln stood for the two minutes he spoke to the crowd of about 15,000. A metal fence separates Evergreen Cemetery from the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, but visitors need only exit one site to get to the other on foot.
Lincoln was the second speaker on dedication day. He followed politician, pastor and orator Everett of Massachusetts, who droned on for two hours presenting his 13,000-word opus.
Five manuscript copies (with subtle phrasing variations) of the Gettysburg Address exist. Two are held by the Library of Congress; one by the Illinois State Historical Library in Springfield; one by Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; and one resides in the Lincoln Room at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Soldiers’ Memorial Cemetery was closed to burials after the Vietnam War, accepting only spouses and children of those already interred.
Silenced cannons intermingle with monuments throughout Soldiers’ National Cemetery.
It is a beautiful, peaceful setting now; a fitting, final resting place for every soldier who “gave the last full measure of devotion” to the United States of America.
Quick reference: Most of the sites at Gettysburg National Military Park are free and open to the public. Rangers give talks on battle-related topics, and guide visitors through the expansive fields and woods where the fighting took place. The one I attended was called “Four Score and Seven Years Ago: Lincoln and the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.” Rangers distribute maps, and pamphlets called “Today at the Park,” which contain the talks’ titles and schedule. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk.
If your interest in the Civil War is high, you’ll want to budget two to three full days (or more) in Gettysburg. I spent a full day on the battlefields and about four hours in the museum. I didn’t have time for the 24-mile, 16-stop self-driving tour and saw only a tiny fraction of the 1,400 monuments and memorials. The driving tour takes a minimum of three hours, more if you read everything.
Summer can be hot, humid and above all else — crowded. Plan accordingly.
Gettysburg National Military Park, museum and visitor center: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 1-October 31; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. November 1 to March 31. Closed Thanksgiving, December 25 and January 1. There is a fee for full access to the museum’s 12 galleries, film and cyclorama painting. Backpacks are not allowed in the museum and there are no lockers to store them in. In other words, leave everything locked in the car trunk. Visitors can carry in a water bottle. 1195 Baltimore Pike; www.nps.gov/gett. | 2019-04-20T02:27:13Z | https://thejourneytaken.wordpress.com/2017/10/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.351549 |
wordpress | When I began my fitness journey over 3 years ago, I got a Heart Rate Monitor to help me see how hard I was working or not working and to tell me how many calories I burned working out. At the time, I was using My Fitness Pal so I was excited to put my calories burned into the system so I could see how much more food I could eat-lol!
I sure did love my Polar F4-it did it’s job. It told me my heart rate and the calories burned and so I guess it did it’s job but I often wondered if I used it to its full potential.
When my fitness goals shifted and I started weight training more, I began to use my heart rate monitor to make sure I was in the right ‘zone’ for fat burn and weight loss.
Does this chart look familiar to any one?
Yes, I used this chart to make sure I was always in the right zone to burn as much fat as possible and I worked to stay in that yellow range most of the time.
Fat Burning Zone-Heart Rate: 60-70% of maximum heart rate.
Aerobic/Endurance Zone-Heart Rate: 70-80% of maximum heart rate.
High Intensity Zone-Heart Rate: 80-90% of maximum heart rate.
Maximum Effort Zone-Heart Rate: 90-100% of maximum heart rate.
When I started running, I started to pay more attention to tracking my distance and less to my heart rate. I still wore my heart rate strap, but admittedly, I was not paying much attention to my HR AT ALL.
Fast forward to about 6 months ago and I read an old article from Runner’s World about using your heart rate to run your best race at your best pace. WHAT? Tell me more!!
The article speaks to how no matter what type of runner you are–beginner, intermediate, or advanced–a heart-rate monitor will help you train more effectively.
I totally had forgotten about this article until I started track workouts over the summer and our track lead would say ‘run this 400 at about 85 %’. What? I don’t know what 85% would be? Oh wait…you have a HR monitor Tamieka… you can use that! Ha!
During, track workouts I have been using my HR and my pace to help me to use my efforts most efficiently.
Fast forward again to last week when that Runner’s World article popped back into my head and I was glad to find it (gotta love the internet!). It got me thinking and wanting to do some more research on training with my HRM to train and race.
In reading the article, I found it interesting that the formula that most of us know to determine our MHR (maximum heart rate) by subtracting our age from 220 is not so accurate any more.
The article states that both seem to work almost equally well for runners under 40. For runners over 40, formula (B) appears to be more accurate. They now believe that (B) is the single best formula for predicting maximum heart rate, and that they have adopted it as the Runner’s World standard.
Well there it is! Formula B it is!
Let the experimentation begin? First attempt hill interval workout in the morning. Let me check those numbers again…..Interval repeats 95-100% (175-185) ok…got it!
Have you ever used a Heart Rate Monitor for running and/or training?
Can we go a week?
Learning something new everyday-I haven’t heard of the Karvoven formula…adding that to my research.
I have treid the HRM training for 2 days now and I find that maintianing the 65%-75% is really hard and has my pace much slower than I cam use to and capable of running. A work in progress for sure.
HRV? Not sure what that is?
great info! I just posted about the Charge HR and my numbers, my numbers are a little high so now I need some more testing.
I can’t believe I don’t have a HRM!!! You are 100% correct – I need to get one! It’s on my Christmas list now!
So glad the holidays are coming up….so many gifts I want ;).
I tried running within my numbers today and I did ok but it took great effort. I will need to keep doing some research on how to do this effectively.
I do have a HRM but I rarely use it 😦 But you’re totally right and if you’re running in the wrong heart rate zone (for you), you could be completely self-sabotaging your own training and progress. Thanks for the tips! | 2019-04-24T10:14:29Z | https://fitballingrunningmom.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/soleful-saturday-do-you-use-your-hrm-heart-rate-monitor-to-train/ | Porn | Sports | 0.696791 |
google | 2001-08-07 Application filed by Metcalf Darrell J. filed Critical Metcalf Darrell J.
The present invention generally relates to a method and system for communicating signals between handheld wireless communications devices and large-screen projection systems, or large-screen display systems, or both, via one or more publicly-accessible communications link. The invention provides the means for such devices to serve as interactive controllers of screen-content which is projected, or otherwise displayed, on such screen systems. More specifically, the wireless devices are personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones and the like, each having finger or thumb-operated push-buttons, or rotatable dials, or touch-screen operations, or any combination thereof, from which control signals are initiated by a user and then communicated through one or more communications link such as: the international global network (Internet); or via wireless services provided by one or more telephony service providers; or via other radio wave transmission; or light wave transmission, such that the control signals cause desired interactive control of content on one or more of the screen-systems according to user input.
This is a non-provisional application which relies on provisional application #60/223700 filed Aug. 8, 2000.
In accordance with the present invention, a public system for wirelessly controlling content seen on large-screen systems is disclosed. The system comprises at least one publicly-accessible large-screen display and display means for imaging screen-content onto the display. The display means can include any one or more in a variety of known type of imaging equipment including: one or more projectors and projection screens. The projection screens can be of type for receiving front or rear projections. Alternatively, the screens can be formed of, or braced by, or made self-supporting, comprising one or more materials having sufficient rigidity to be self-supporting and/or comprised of pixelated material or a matrix of pixel elements. The system also comprises at least one wireless handheld device having user-input means suitable for sending at least one type of control signal initiated by a user and for transmitting the control signal(s) as identifiable control events or control signals. Such input means can include any one or more in a variety of known type of inputs from a wireless phone and/or personal digital assistant (PDA) including: push-button input, rotatable dial input, voice input (including voice-recognition vocal events), touch-screen input, stylus input (whether tapped in a particular spot of a touch-screen, or representing one or more stylus paths). The wireless handheld devices are suitable for establishing a communications link with a publicly-accessible wireless communications network. The network can include any one or more in a variety of known networks including: the international global network (Internet); a wide area network (‘WAN’); a local area network (‘LAN’); or, a telephony service provider such as Pacific Bell (in southern California), Cellular One (cell phone service provider), or Verizon Inc., Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and the like. The wireless communications network provides a communications link with one or more electrically powered intelligent controller such as a microcontroller and control-circuit. The intelligent controller includes any one or more in a variety of known hardware, software and circuitry suitable for receiving and interpreting control signals of a type transmittable from one or more wireless handheld devices—and for controlling screen-content on one or more large-screen display in response to such user-input from the wireless device(s). The wireless communications network also provides control signal reception means such as any in a variety of known hardware, software and circuitry suitable for receiving control signals initiated by a wireless phone and/or personal digital assistant (PDA) and for routing such signals to one or more intelligent controller(s). The system also provides interactive control and optionally, parameter configuring of one or more video-game system and/or one or more video system, wherein at least one non-volatile memory is used for storing and retrieving parameters. The system also optionally provides storable and retrievable database records such game-in-progress status, game scores and so forth. The video-game system(s) and the video system(s) provide video signal output of controllable screen-content such that the screen-content, or screen-elements thereof, can be controlled, or switched, or modulated, by a wireless device used by one or more user, including one or more user at different locations when more than one large-screen display is employed at different locations.
FIG. 2 is partial three-dimensional view of a large-audience venue such as an arena, having a cylindrically configured screen suspended thereabove such that a multiplicity of vantage points providing a dual-perspective of an interior perimeter and exterior perimeter of the screen are offered and a circularity of action on the screen can be seen from those vantage points. Wireless handheld devices are depicted in communication with a wireless communications network to effect controllable screen-content (using wireless communications network components shown in FIG. 1).
With reference to FIG. 1, the principal components used to implement the present invention are seen in wireless controller system 10 which includes wireless handheld devices such as wireless telephone 12 and wireless personal digital assistant ‘PDA’ 34 each shown having a wireless communications link 32 with at least one publicly-accessible wireless communications network 30 such as a telephony service provider 50, Internet 52, WAN 54, LAN 56, or combinations thereof. The network 30 provides a communication link between telephone(s) 12, or PDAs 34, and one or more control signal reception means 60 which receives control signals from such portable or handheld devices. The control signals received by reception means 60 can include any one or more of the following event types: tone event(s) 62, voice event(s) 64, rotatable dial or button (switch) event(s) 66, or stylus event(s) 68, and the like.
For example, when a user presses a button on dialpad 14 of wireless telephone 12 such as: ‘star’ button 18, or pound button 20, or an auxiliary button 22, or an alpha-numeric button 16, or when a PDA push-button 44 is pressed or dial is rotated, a tone event 62, or button (switch) event 66, is received by reception means 60 and routed as a discreet signal to at least one electrically-powered intelligent controller such as microcontroller and control circuit 70. In another embodiment of the invention, reception means 60 is interactive with voice-recognition software (not shown in FIG.1) such as a type that is commercially available to individuals or businesses for deciphering and implementing a plurality of voice commands. In such a case, reception means 60 receives voice commands sent through a microphone 26 of telephone 12. It deciphers them and sends each command as a discreet voice event 64 to microcontroller and control circuit 70.
Another embodiment of the invention provides for the reception of PDA touch-screen events such as the pressing of a touch-screen button 42, or reception of another type of stylus event 68. For example, the result of the handwriting recognition of a PDA stylus 38 can be transmitted to network 30 as alpha-numeric characters (e.g. ASCII keys) in which case, each character is routable to reception means 60 and sent to microcontroller and control circuit 70 as a discreet stylus event 68. Other stylus events are also similarly transmittable, for example stylus path 40 information—which is defined by the vertical location and horizontal location of the stylus contact point on a PDA's touch-screen (and a contiguous movement from those points to other of such points)—can be transmitted to network 30 and routed through reception means 60 as stylus event 68 which in turn is sent to microcontroller and control circuit 70 as stylus path information.
Any one or more handheld device transmittable event, such as event(s) 62, 64, 66, and 68 are then employable to effect controllable screen-content 88. For example, microcontroller and control circuit 70 has interactive communications with at least one video system 76, or at least one video game system 78, or combinations thereof. In each case, user-input received from a wireless handheld device is used to control screen content via: screen-content control means 80; or screen-content-switching means 82, or screen-content modulating means 84; or screen-element control means 86; or, any combinations thereof. Means 80, 82, 84, and 86 are controlled by microcontroller and control circuit 70 according to user input/events and are comprised of any one or more in a variety of commercially available (or otherwise known) equipment suitable for controlling, switching, or modulating screen-content, or for controlling screen-elements, whether the source of the controllable screen-content 88 is provided by one or more video system, or by one or more video-game system. Thus, wireless handheld devices, of the system, provide a versatile controller means to effect the screen-content of one or more large-screen-display at one or more publicly-accessible venue.
With the employment of one or more video system 76 of wireless controller system 10, the physical push-buttons on telephone(s) 12, or on PDA(s) 34, or the graphically depicted buttons on a PDA's touch-screen, can be pre-assigned, or alternatively, programmed by the user, to effect any one or more in a variety of image controlling, switching, or modulating functions. For example, one or more push-button event, touch-screen event, stylus event, or voice event, can move an image, change an image, switch or modulate an image (e.g. cuts, fades, wipes, pans, dissolves, or other common video transitions or functions such as those effecting color ranges, color saturation, image sharpness, brightness, contrast, and so forth). For example, voice events can be used to switch video stills, or video action shots, such that the video system is responsive to recognizable voice commands and plays back imagery from a non-linear video storage according to video-image file category (such as a categorized video footage database record 74). Thus, a user speaking into the microphone of his or her wireless device can say a series of recognizable words such as: “waterfall”, “ocean”, “coral reef”, “mountains”, “sunset”, “skyline”, “constellations”, “New York city” and have video formatted imagery exhibited by such verbal definitions on one or more large-screen display at one or more locations.
Similarly, with the employment of one or more video-game system 78 of wireless controller system 10, the physical push-buttons on telephone(s) 12, or on PDA(s) 34, or the graphically depicted buttons on a PDA's touch-screen, can be pre-assigned, or alternatively, programmed by the user, to effect any one or more in a variety of image controlling, switching, or modulating functions. For example, one or more push-button event, dial event, touch-screen event, stylus event, or voice event, can move an image, change an image, switch or modulate an image (e.g. cuts, fades, wipes, pans, dissolves, or other common video transitions or functions such as those effecting color ranges, color saturation, image sharpness, brightness, contrast, and so forth). Alternatively, one or more of input events can similarly effect screen-elements of the currently-played video-game. Thus, it is possible to have screen-elements that are moved by tone events, voice events, button or dial (switch) events, and stylus events (or by any combinations thereof). For example, certain push-buttons can cause a car in a car-race video game to accelerate, or decelerate, or turn left, or turn right, change gears and so forth. Alternatively, the video-game system can be responsive to recognizable voice commands and change, switch move screen-elements according to recognizable voice commands such as “go”, “stop”, “slower”, “faster”, “right”, “left”, “up”, “down”, “jump”, “duck”, “dive”, “climb”, “fire”, “shoot”, “lookout!”and so forth.
In FIG. 2, a large-screen display 90 is depicted having a cylindrical shape and is positionable by a plurality of screen support 106 above an arena venue 92 that has inward-facing seats 94 from which a multiplicity of dual-perspective vantage point 130 is offered. Display 90 is shown having an screen upper-perimeter 110, a screen lower-perimeter 112, a screen inner-perimeter 114, a screen outer-perimeter 116, such that a circularity of action is seen from each dual-perspective vantage point. For example, a car race seen from vantage point 130 would show a care racing from the leftmost side of a screen outer-perimeter 116 to a rightmost side thereof and then appear to be racing from right to left on a screen inner-perimeter 114 (as seen from under screen lower-perimeter 112). Such contiguous panoramic depictions can be exhibited on display 90 as a combination of projected screen segments 120 (shown in dashed lines) projected from an array of projectors 118 wherein such components comprise a display means 128. It is noted in a co-pending patent by the applicant of the present invention that although the screen inner-perimeter 114 is seen from beneath a lower-perimeter 112 of the display 90, the display means could instead be positioned by screen supports 106 to a height where screen lower-perimeter 112 is adjacent to, or near to, the floor at the center of the arena and much of the screen inner-perimeter 114 would be seen from dual-perspective vantage points that peer over screen upper-perimeter 110. Although display 90 is shown as a cylindrical and panoramic screen, it is noted that the large-screen displays of the present invention are not limited to such configurations. For example, large rectangular screens, can be used instead, such as the type used in large-screen theatres, or for IMAX® productions. In other words, screens employed by the system are not limited to shape, material or type. And user-input/event interactivity is also not limited to the shape, material or type of screen used.
The user establishes a connection with one or more wireless communications network 30 via a wireless communications link 32 to initiate interactive participation at one venue and can have versatile video-game (or video system) wireless controller interactivity with one or more screen at the same venue, while optionally interactively playing the same video-game with an opponent—on a screen suitable for the displaying the game—located at another venue. Similarly, users at one or more venues can use transmittable events from their respective wireless handheld devices to control, switch or modulate controllable screen-content 88 that is derived from one or more video systems. Game scores, or the status of games that are paused for subsequent play, can be stored and retrieved from one or more database records 74.
e.) said wireless communications network having control signal reception means suitable for receiving said control signals and for routing same to said microcontroller(s).
2. The large-screen display of claim 1 comprising at least one projection screen and at least one projector to project user-input controlled video signal.
3. The projection screen(s) of claim 2 comprising a screen material suitable for rear-projection.
4. The large-screen display of claim 1 comprising a screen composed of a multiplicity of pixel elements.
5. The wireless handheld device(s) of claim 1 consisting of a wireless telephone having user-input means suitable for taking at least one type of control input from a user and transmitting same as identifiable control signals.
6. The wireless telephone and identifiable control signals of claim 5 wherein said user-input means is provided by at least one of said telephone's push-buttons and said identifiable control signals are provided by a transmittable signal generated during the depression of any of said push-button(s).
for outputting screen-content control signals in response to said control signals.
8. The wireless handheld device(s) of claim 1 consisting of a wireless Personal Digital Assistant (‘PDA’) having user-input means suitable for taking at least one type of control input from a user and transmitting same as identifiable control signals.
9. The wireless PDA and identifiable control signals of claim 8 wherein said user-input means is provided by at least one of said PDA's push-buttons and said identifiable control signals are generated during the depression of any of said push-button(s).
10. The wireless PDA and identifiable control signals of claim 9 wherein said user-input means is provided by at least one touch-screen event of said PDA and said identifiable control signals are generated in response to any of said touch-screen event(s).
11. The identifiable control signals of claim 10 wherein said touch-screen events of said PDA are provided by handwriting recognition of a PDA stylus when writing on said touch-screen and said control signals are comprised of characters interpreted by the PDA handwriting recognition software.
12. The identifiable control signals of claim 10 wherein said touch-screen events of said PDA are provided by the tap of a PDA stylus at a particular location on said touch-screen.
13. The identifiable control signals of claim 10 wherein said touch-screen events of said PDA are provided by movement of a PDA stylus on said touch-screen.
14. The wireless handheld device(s) of claim 1 consisting in the combination of a wireless phone and a wireless Personal Digital Assistant.
15. The communications link and publicly-accessible wireless communications network of claim 1 consisting of a connection with at least one telephony service provider.
16. The communications link and publicly-accessible wireless communications network of claim 1 consisting of at least one connection with the international global network, commonly referred to as the ‘Internet’.
17. The communications link and publicly-accessible wireless communications network of claim 1 consisting of a connection with at least one wide area network, commonly referred to asa ‘WAN’.
18. The communications link and publicly-accessible wireless communications network of claim 1 consisting of a connection with at least one local area network, commonly referred to as a ‘LAN’.
d.) video-output circuitry for controlling video-game screen-content on said large-screen display according to user-input.
c.) video-output circuitry for controlling video screen-content on said large-screen display in response to user-input.
21. The video hardware and software of claim 20 further comprising means for controlling screen-content on said large-screen display.
22. The video hardware and software of claim 20 further comprising means for switching screen-content on said large-screen display.
23. The video hardware and software of claim 20 further comprising means for modulating screen-content on said large-screen display.
24. The video hardware and software of claim 20 further comprising means for controlling screen-elements on said large-screen display.
25. The system of claim 1 further comprising a communications link between said microcontroller(s) and at least one non-volatile memory to store user-input programmable parameters and to retrieve same therefrom as needed.
26. The system of claim 1 further comprising a communications link between said microcontroller(s) and at least one non-volatile memory to retrieve pre-assigned parameters therefrom as needed.
27. The system of claim 1 further comprising a communications link between said microcontroller(s) and at least one updateable database record to store game-related information and to retrieve same therefrom as needed.
28. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one software routine that provides access to the system upon receipt of at least one acceptable access-code sent from a wireless handheld device.
29. The access-code(s) of claim 28 consisting of at least one telephone number.
30. The video system(s) of claim 1 further comprising a software interface responsive to user-input from a wireless device to facilitate on-screen selection of pre-determined parameters that will effect screen-content of said video system(s).
31. The video system(s) of claim 1 further comprising a software interface responsive to user-input from a wireless device to facilitate on-screen selection of programmable parameters that will effect screen-content of said video system(s).
32. said wireless communications network(s) of claim 1 further comprising caller-identification means for automatically identifying a caller who has established a communications link with said network(s).
ES2272414T3 (en) 2007-05-01 Chatroom on television. | 2019-04-23T14:17:13Z | https://patents.google.com/patent/US20020023265A1/en | Porn | Computers | 0.257354 |
columbia | With Brexit, the election of Trump in the US, and the rise of the far-right in Europe, Muslims are facing greater scrutiny than ever before. Throughout Europe and the US they are increasingly considered a fifth column. Globally, self-identified Muslims are often considered harbingers of regressive values that are antithetical to a secular project of progressive enlightenment. Western political and media attempts to expunge Islam and Muslims from the collective imaginary are both a reminder of the exclusionary practices that constitute a collective “we” and a confirmation of the ineluctable entanglements between the West and Islam, its age-old “Other.” Join us for an afternoon with Tariq Ramadan, Brinkley Messick, Katherine Pratt Ewing, and Hasan Azad as we look at the intimate interconnections among Muslims, Islam, and the West.
He holds an MA in Philosophy and French literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars (ijazat in seven disciplines). Through his writings and lectures Tariq has contributed to the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active at academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on theology, ethics, social justice, ecology and interfaith as well intercultural dialogue. He is President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels. He is a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars and author of several books including: Islam and the Arab Awakening (2012); The Arab Awakening: Islam and the New Middle East Penguin (2012); The Quest for Meaning, Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism (2010). | 2019-04-21T20:42:47Z | http://www.mei.columbia.edu/mei-event/2017/3/30/tariq-ramadan-muslims-andin-the-west-past-present-future | Porn | Reference | 0.429805 |
wordpress | I ran into an issue with the u-blox USB drivers on Windows yesterday that ended up costing me a fair bit of time. I thought I’d share it here in the hope it may help others that may be running into similar problems.
U-blox has recently switched from using a COM port driver to using a “sensor device driver” on Windows. This seems to have caused some problems and does not appear to be fully functional yet. They have published a flowchart on their website to help users decide whether to use the new drivers or not and how to rollback to the standard windows drivers if necessary. It is not so easy to find it by going directly to their website, at least it wasn’t for me. I only found this document through a Google search while looking for other people who had also run into this problem.
Here is a copy of the document but it may be too small to read here and may be out of date by the time you read this so I suggest you click on this link to take you to the original document.
I don’t understand all the implications of this change but I can explain what happened to me and what I had to do to fix it.
I first ran into the problem when working with two CSG M8T receivers, both with USB interfaces. I had previously connected one of them to my computer but not the other one. I wanted to be able to communicate with both receivers using the u-center eval software and RTKNAVI. After plugging in USB cables from both receivers into the computer, the receiver that had been previously connected appeared as it usually does as a COM port but I was unable to see the new receiver with either program.
I am using Windows 10, and it appears that it had automatically downloaded the new sensor device driver for the new receiver but continued to use the old COM port driver for the receiver that had been previously connected. Neither RTKNAVI or u-center seemed to be able to see the new receiver since it had not been assigned a COM port.
To access the new receiver I had to follow a process similar to what is described in the blue circle above. First disconnect from the internet so Windows can’t find the new driver. Then plug in the GPS receiver to the USB port. If it hasn’t been plugged in before Windows will probably assign the standard COM port driver to it. If it has been plugged in before but only recently, the new driver has probably already been downloaded and it will use the new driver. If so, open Windows Device Manager. The receiver will appear under “Sensors” instead of under “Ports” as it used to do. Uninstall the driver using Device Manager, being sure to click the box that deletes the driver files. Windows will then revert to the standard COM port driver and the receiver will appear in the Device Manager list under “Ports”.
This is what we want but if we leave it like it is, Windows will download the new driver as soon as you connect back to the internet again. To prevent this from happening we need to tell Window not to do this. Do this by connecting to the internet, waiting for the new driver to download and the receiver to appear back under “Sensors”. Then use Device Manager to “Rollback” the driver to the previous version. This option is in the “Driver” tab in the Device Manager.
After doing this, both receivers appeared as COM ports and I was able to communicate with them with RTKNAVI but I still had trouble with u-center. Unfortunately I am a little less clear about what I had to do to get this working again. I suspect rebooting may have been enough but I ended up also downloading the u-blox Virtual COM Port driver and installing that (as describe in a different step in the flowchart), so it’s possible that is also necessary.
If anybody else has a more complete understanding of what’s going on, maybe they can add some insight in the comments section.
Anyway, maybe someone finds this useful.
If you don’t have a sensor driver, Windows can’t use the location from our GNSS receiver. | 2019-04-22T22:42:02Z | https://rtklibexplorer.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/issue-with-u-blox-usb-drivers/ | Porn | Reference | 0.185619 |
livejournal | Aging is a process; death is an event. "Health" describes one's state of being while alive. The concept of "health", poor or otherwise, while dead is an oxymoron.
I was mostly not serious, but it does beg the question: If we don't decline, what eventually kills us? I suppose we could live healthily until age 100, suddenly catch pneumonia, decline for a few days, and then die peacefully in our sleep, which wouldn't be what most people (including me) would think of as a decline.
Anyway, I'm attempting to reverse age-related decline by following the radical step of not eating when I'm not hungry. I find I'm actually rarely hungry, but I eat when it's mealtime, I eat when food is available, I eat when I'm under stress, I eat when I'm lonely, etc.
So far it's only been three days, and I haven't been perfect with it, but I already sense an improvement. It seems so obvious to normal people, I'm sure, but I've never had a normal relationship with food. | 2019-04-23T12:40:20Z | https://lexica510.livejournal.com/139067.html | Porn | Health | 0.907519 |
wordpress | The rhubarb that I divided in early spring is not mature so I carefully picked only enough stalks to make the amazing rhubarb upside-down cake using the recipe from Marth Stewart. Rhubarb is one of Xav’s favorites and it is in season, conveniently, for Father’s Day. There are a few adjustments I recommend from the original recipe.
1 lb of rhubarb? I used 3 cups but could have gone to 4 if I had used a larger pan.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan then flip it onto the serving plate/platter.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged cake, dessert, down, garden, martha stewart, rhubarb, upside on June 15, 2014 by lenapietri. | 2019-04-19T10:17:11Z | https://livingnaturalena.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/rhubarb-from-the-garden-to-the-dessert-table/ | Porn | Reference | 0.160006 |
typepad | Snapchat: it’s not just for kids anymore. Snapchat has grown quickly since its launch in 2012 and now has more active users than Twitter, coming in at more than 150 million each day. That’s why lawyers, especially litigators, need to familiarize themselves with this social media platform since it could potentially provide valuable evidence in your next case.
If you’re not already familiar with Snapchat,t he app allows people to send photos and videos to others, but the pictures self destruct within seconds of being viewed. Users can chat in the app and add filters or doodles to their photos to make them more entertaining.
So why should Snapchat matter to lawyers? Because as people interact on Snapchat, they leave a trail of digital evidence that could be relevant to your client’s litigation matters. And this isn’t simply supposition. Snapchat has already reared its ugly head in court, in both civil and criminal matters, on many occasions.
For example, in California, a minor was placed on probation following a hearing on a juvenile delinquency petition wherein it was alleged that he violated Penal Code s. 647(j)(1) by engaging in the unauthorized invasion of privacy by disseminating Snapchat videos of another youth who was allegedly masturbating in a bathroom stall. (See, In re M.H., 205 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1 (Ct. App. 2016).
In another case, two Salem, Massachusetts teenagers were convicted following a jury trial of sexually assaulting a 16-year old girl who was intoxicated and then sending Snapchat videos of the assault to their friends. Although the videos had been automatically deleted from the recipients’ phones seconds after they’d been viewed, screenshots were taken by one of the witnesses before the deletion occurred. Those screenshots were later used as evidence at trial.
Snapchat evidence has also proven useful in civil litigation matters. One particular Snapchat feature is cropping up often in personal injury litigation: the “speed filter” feature. This feature, if activated, tracks how fast someone is traveling when a photo is taken and sent to others via Snapchat.
For example, one case in which this feature is taking center stage is in a lawsuit filed in April 2016 in Georgia against Snapchat by a man who was involved in a motor vehicle accident in which he was severely injured. He alleged that the other driver was traveling more than 100 mph and was using Snapchat, and its speed filter feature, immediately before the accident occurred. According to his attorneys, the lawsuit was filed against Snapchat since they believed that the other driver had an insurance policy with very low limits. However, had the lawsuit also been filed against the other driver, the alleged Snapchat speed filter evidence would no doubt have been useful to establish the speed at which she was driving at the time of the accident.
In other words, whether it’s a civil or criminal matter, this increasingly popular social media app has the potential to affect your litigation cases. That’s why it’s important to both understand how this social media app works and how to obtain data relevant to your case from Snapchat. The good news is that Snapchat has published a Law Enforcement Guide (online: https://www.snapchat.com/static_files/lawenforcement.pdf) that covers the ins and outs of requesting data from Snapchat, whether made pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or search warrant. The types of data that can be obtained via these means includes text-based chat conversations, since these are not automatically deleted after being viewed, and photos of videos sent via Snapchat that have not yet been opened and viewed.
So, the bottom line is that if you’re a litigator, Snapchat should definitely be on your radar. Learn about it and don’t overlook it as a potential source of evidence. In some cases, it could very well be a goldmine, providing a crucial piece of evidence that just might make your client’s case. | 2019-04-23T08:09:09Z | https://nylawblog.typepad.com/suigeneris/2016/10/index.html | Porn | Business | 0.200799 |
wordpress | I can’t say I ever watched “Ugly Betty” with any regularity…which I suppose makes me partially to blame for the show’s demise. But I always found it reliably enjoyable if I happened to catch it.
I’m really glad Betty went to London. And not just because I have a soft spot in my heart for all things English. I know how hard it is to make a big move on your own. (And I can’t even imagine how hard it would be if you had family nearby and had lived in ONE SINGLE PLACE your entire life…although I suppose that’s why it was so important that she actually made the big move.
I was watching the Woody Allen flick, “Whatever Works,” last night…and sort of laughed to myself in the beginning when Larry David’s Boris Yellnikoff tells the ingenue transplant Melodie St. Ann Celestine that she should go back to Mississippi because she’ll never make it in New York.
…which got me thinking — I still need a book title. And perhaps some riff on “This City Will Eat You Alive,” is my answer. I sort of wish my name started with a “B” and I could do some sort of alliterative eponymous something-or-rather with Baking…(which is not to say I don’t love the name Lisa Lacy…because — believe me — I love the name Lisa Lacy…)…but…it just seems like it must have been sooo easy for Julie Powell! Why couldn’t I know someone or like to do something that starts with “L”??
There are so many themes in my book — career/quest for fulfillment, relationships/man-crap, baking/therapy… — that it seems nearly impossible to sum it all up with some sort of pithy phrase.
I tried to brainstorm with a friend this weekend…and really came up with a whole lot of nothing. A few favorites: “I Ate, I Drank, I Messed Around,” and “Brooklyn, Baking and Love-Making” (even though neither one of us can stand the phrase “make love.” It seems vaguely creepy to me…and like an unnecessary distinction…and I don’t think I could take anyone serious who used it colloquially. Although…come to think of it, I don’t have any friends that do. Guess we’re a crass bunch.).
And that in and of itself is sort of stream of consciousness…which is not unlike my style…but there’s little you can do with “Stream of Consciousness,” and, as much as I heart Modernism, I can’t very well draw any direct comparisons to Virginia Woolf…in good, ahem, conscience.
Root beer cake will have you floating on cloud 9.
And for good measure: Getting pie-triotic.
I’ve been terrible lately — I know — but things are settling down after graduation, Alaska, kitten and Martha…so here I go, easing back into the blog.
Also noteworthy: How Long is a Coney Island Minute? I’ve never actually seen the contest, but the Mermaid Parade is next weekend…which is always a good excuse to actually *go* to Coney Island. Maybe I should make it two weekends in a row??
And, finally, after five long years, Ikea will open in Red Hook this week. It’s one of the things they told me was going to happen when I first moved here, so I’m feeling more nostalgic about *that* than excitement about cheap furniture within walking distance…but, nevertheless, I’ve enjoyed the efforts of NY press to keep the story fresh and relevant. Such as: 15 Ikea Must-Haves for New Yorkers.
…but I saw these ladies LIVE way back when at a Red Hook haunt, Lillie’s, that sadly exists no more.
I can’t remember the name of the band or how we found them in the first place. (Perhaps from Lillie herself? My roommate was a big fan.) But as soon as we heard the description, we had to go. I wanna say there were accordions? And she made her own costumes with a Bedazzler? | 2019-04-20T16:20:15Z | https://tastylacys.wordpress.com/category/red-hook/ | Porn | Reference | 0.272395 |
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