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I used to strive for long, flowing blonde hair. I always had longish hair as a child and always feared getting it chopped off. However, recently I took the gradual journey to short hair and I don't regret a thing. 1. Long hair is hard to maintain. If you have, or want nice long hair you know you need to keep it healthy, duh. When you're like me and like to change your hair every so often, you will likely incur some damage which can make the hair feel as dead as it looks. I also found that long hair knots and matts so easily whereas with short hair that issue hasn't occurred for me. I do however have the constant 'oh, I miss my long hair' thoughts so if you are wanting long Haim like hair, LOOK AFTER YO' LOCKS. I have had numerous encounters with friends who have said short hair suits my face shape better but also makes me look my age, rather than looking younger. I do now look at some photos and react with a 'I GENUINELY LOOK 12 AND THIS WAS TAKEN THIS YEAR' remark. 4. If you need a change, your hair is a good option. Sounds silly but something as simple as a hair cut can be the small change you need to be happier. Like in TV shows when there's a break up so the character has an image change, it can be a real mood and confidence booster. YOU OWN IT. If you really want to just go for it, go for it. Start off gradual and see what works, or what doesn't. At the end of the day, your hair will always grow back. It really suits you! I know for a fact that short hair doesn't look good on me, so I'm striving for that long hair again! I wear hair extensions at the mo as I want my hair to rival Rapunzel's, but I do have random moments where I envy girls with shorter hair. It looks stunning on you, think you've found the perfect length! It looks so great on you and this post makes me so tempted!

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With this blog we’ll attempt to do that by occasionally offering tips and pearls into the adventurous arena of rental property ownership. So let’s get right to it . . . Buildium recently published their 2016 American Renters Survey Report, entailing a whole 27 things you can make sure your rental property delivers to ensure happy tenants. In a nutshell it boils down to 5 quick pointers. You may or may not be able to provide each one of these or avoid number 1, but this is good information to have in your arsenal, whether thinking of DIYing it or enlisting the help of a professional. 2) WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE? Again, this is a great resource whether your going it on your own or looking to hire a management company for your rental. I’d be happy to share the full report if you like. As always, we’d be thrilled to serve you by relieving some of the burden you are carrying. and landlord-tenant relationships more peaceful.

Clyde & Co received the most accolades at the Legal Week Middle East Legal Awards 2018, winning Arbitration Team of the Year, Litigation Team of the Year and CSR Initiative of the Year. These awards further reinforce the firm's leading position in the Middle East and confirms the breadth and depth of Clyde & Co's offering and sector specialisms in the region. In the past 12 months, the firm bolstered its practice with 6 key partner hires and also recently expanded into Oman with the opening of an associate office. The Legal Week awards highlighted the international legal industry's commitment to the Middle East, with a number of large firms recognised for their exceptional achievement and best practice in the region. The awards were judged by an independent panel comprised of the most senior and innovative individuals in the sector, chaired by PepsiCo's Vice President & General Counsel for Middle East & Africa, Dean Sheehan. Clyde & Co has the largest presence and is one of the most experienced international law firms in the Middle East with over 40 partners and 400 staff, based full time in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE, Doha in Qatar, Muscat in Oman and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, providing a full-service commercial offering of local specialists.

Centuries Old, Hemp Grows Hemp Building! The Cover photo from Harmless Home of hempcrete blocks for a home project in British Columbia. The woody fibers of the cannabis plant — it grows from seed to harvest in about four months — when mixed with lime produces a natural, light concrete that retains thermal mass and is highly insulating. By Adam Popescu, New York Times News Service – Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 | 2 a.m. Battling the plant’s powerful drug connotation might be the toughest hurdle for farmers and builders and is possibly a more formidable obstacle during the Trump administration. The plant is still highly regulated. Still, in the United States, special permits are needed to build with hemp, and the requirements can vary by county and state. The first modern hemp house was constructed in 2010, in North Carolina. There are now about 50 such homes in the country. Hemp was rediscovered in the 1980s across Europe, where cultivation is legal, and France has become the European Union’s largest hemp producer. Hundreds of buildings across the continent use the substance as insulation to fill walls and roofs, and under floors in wood-framed buildings.

Council’s on-call pick up service can be used to dispose of your excess garden waste. The service is offered for residents across the Shoalhaven. A valid no-charge tipping vouchers are accepted as payment of this service at pick up. Leave your garden waste for collection just outside your fence or property boundary. 1. Contact or visit the Council Administration offices in Nowra or Ulladulla. By phone – (02) 4429 5681, email GreenAndBulky@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au or fill in a collection form at the front counter of the Council office in Nowra or Ulladulla Also check with the Council about the types of items that can be put out for collection. Leave your garden or green waste for collection just outside the fence or boundary but not on the footpath or too close to the road in front of your property.

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Arlo Smart is a product that allows you to add AI features to your Arlo cameras. The cameras can not only trigger when sensing motions, they can record the motion, highlight what caused the camera to trigger the recording mode, and is programmable to ignore certain triggers. You can set it, for example, to ignore certain animals or traffic. You can also set it to ignore motion in certain parts of the field of view, only triggering if there is motion outside of allowable areas – perfect for monitoring a high-traffic area with a restriction space, or for monitoring an animal pen or a room with a pet or guard animal inside. The software learns, too, so a false trigger one day shouldn’t happen again the next day, allowing you to filter out certain things that are only subtly different than those you want to detect. These features reduce the stress and alarm caused by false triggering of the device, which adds to the peace and security you and your family will feel. Arlo puts a lot of R&D investment into algorithms and machine learning technology, and is seeking to solve automated security problems we currently grapple with, as well as those we can foresee as issues in the future.

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Helen’s post last week talked about which sounds your child should be saying and when. If you haven’t seen that post you can read it here. So today, I am going to talk about what we actually do to help a child make and use those sounds. Before I start, please remember if you are concerned about your child’s speech you need to get a referral to a qualified speech therapist for assessment. We have not assessed your child and can not give specific advice. These posts are here to help guide you and explain what your speech therapist will do. When a child is finding a certain sound or a number of sounds tricky, we have to teach them how to say the sounds correctly. That doesn’t sound too hard?…. Well it is a massive job and it continues to amaze me that children can do it relatively easily. Can you imagine if someone asked you to make a ‘t’ sound in every word when you normally use a ‘k’? This is a big job that involves relearning lots of the words you already know. For children, it also has to involve lots of fun and praise (and pop-up-pirate/ bubbles/stickers etc) as we need them to do a lot of practise and repetition! Now you may find that your therapist is using a specific programme or approach to help you child. This will be decided by their assessment. You may hear words like the Cycles approach or the Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme for example. These are set programmes that a therapist can use to help the child depending on the errors they are making. However, there are fundamentals to the way we teach sounds and words that apply whatever errors or difficulties your child is having. Can they make the sound on it’s own? The first thing we need to check is whether your child can make the target sound on its own. Can they get their lips, tongue and jaw in the right place and make the noise? If they can, great, we can move onto the next step. However if they can’t, it’s the therapist’s job to teach them how to make the sound. This can involve telling and showing them how, looking in mirrors and possibly giving them physical prompts such as gently touching their chin. We also use verbal cues such as ‘remember to tuck that lip in’ for a ‘f’ or ‘it’s right at the back’ for a ‘k’. I also point to give a visual cue as well. Some sounds come quickly; others take more practise and time. Can they use the sound in short words? Now, just because your child can make the sound on its own, it doesn’t mean they will be able to use it in a long word straight away. For example, if you have just managed to get the ‘c/k’ sound, it doesn’t mean that your child will be able to say caterpillar! Therapists talk about CV and VC words. This means Consonant Vowel, which is words such as car and tea, or Vowel Consonant which is words such as ice and up. You have to forget about how the word is spelt and think about the sounds you can hear to work some of these out. So with the word car, ‘c’ is the consonant sound and ‘ar’ is the vowel sound – even though we spell it with a consonant and a vowel! Some children will need practise saying the 2 sounds separately and then try and blend them together into a word. A few children will need many sessions of practise at this before the words come. However other children may pick this up very quickly in the first session. It depends on the nature and type of their difficulties. From here you would move on to CVC or Consonant Vowel Consonant words such as cat and duck. You may find that your therapist gives you words to practise with the target sound at the beginning of the word and sometimes at the end of words. This will depend on your child’s errors and how quickly they pick up the sounds and words. Always check exactly what you should be practising and how much. Are you just practising the sound on its own or are you using it in words? Are you using the sound at the beginning of words or at the ends or both? Can they use the sound in short phrases? Once your child can quickly and correctly use the target sound at a word level, you move onto a 2 word level. This mean that you use another word in normally in front of the target word – so instead of just a ‘fish’, you have an ‘orange fish’ or a ‘little fish’. We aren’t worrying about the sounds in the other word, just listen for the correct production of the target sound. We do this as it gives the brain less planning time to get ready for the target sound and as such helps it become more natural. Can they use the sound at sentence level? Again, once your child can use the sound at a 2 word level, you can then extend this onto sentences – for example, ‘I saw a fish’ or ‘I bought a fish’. It is normally at around this stage that you will start hearing the sound used sometimes in their spontaneous speech, meaning when they are chatting, not in a task concentrating on their speech. If you need more ideas about how to help speech sound generalise you can read our post here. Keep practise fun! It may look like we are playing pop-up-pirate or buckaroo all day, but what we are doing is making boring drill like work fun. Find something that motivates your child and then work in a few sounds or words. If you need ideas of games to play you can look here and here. Praise. This is very important. Praise your child for trying hard to make or use their sounds. Then praise them again when they use a sounds correctly without being asked. Little and often is normally best. No child can keep practising a tricky skill for hours. 10-20 minutes good hard work is great and then keep revisiting and practising. If you’re not sure exactly what or how you sound be practising, ask your therapist. The practise you do at home is really important, so make sure you understand any homework you get. If you want more information about how to work on each of these therapy stages with activities, tips and tricks to help you every step of the way, check out our online course. I think it would be really difficult to help as a speech pathologist. It would be really interesting because you have to learn how to help them make the noise that you want them to make. It is easy for us to make the noise but try helping someone that can’t hear their own voice. It would be something you work on all the time and make sure that they better their speech.

A popular Christian television evangelist answered a caller on his program two days ago. His answer was heard around the world. The caller expressed a desire to date another woman because his wife with Alzheimer's disease no longer recognized him. The evangelist answered that since his wife had no ability to relate to him anymore, a divorce would be advisable if he planned on dating. My own moral compass hit true north, and I thought, "What happened to for better or for worse?" I was so troubled by his answer to the caller that I sent the link to Paul asking him to view the news clip and tell me what he thought. Paul listened to the story and came into the kitchen where I was cleaning up after dinner. Soapy sponge in hand, I looked at him with trepidation and asked, "What would you do with me if...." He looked me right in the eye and said, "When I took my vows, I meant them, til death do us part!" I was so relieved that soapy hands and all, I went to him and threw my arms around his neck. "I'm not holding a bouquet, I'm not wearing a fancy dress, and there are no guests here," I said, "But I do believe that you just celebrated our marriage by repeating our wedding vows!" I was so comforted by Paul's resolve to stick by his commitment. I told him that I had always planned to do the same. Then he said, "I might be seated beside you reading a book, but I will be there!" I hope scenes like the one in my kitchen took place all over the world as the words of this well-known evangelist spread through the news media. There are men and women all across the world tonight, feeding and caring for their childhood sweetheart until death parts them. Wiping their drool, helping them bathe; caring for the one who is helpless. That is a picture of Jesus, Who said, "I will never leave you or forsake you."

Equipped with their own factory, they make different kinds of outstanding fish cake. Fish cake in Busan is the most delicious in the nation and Graesa fish cake is among the most premium in Busan. It is fresh and has no such things as MSG, preservatives, food coloring or flour in it. You can choose and pay on the first floor, and try it with coffee on the second floor. Although it is more expensive than that in super stores, its quality and taste cannot be compared. You can also order it offline or online. If your order is more than 50,000 won, it will be delivered free.

Explore the Jordanian capital city with its spectacular urban past and present. Know the Jordanian’s history and culture. See the society and live their atmospheric life. Spend the whole day on your own leisure. Enjoy the sunbath on the golden beaches of the Dead Sea. Give your body an opportunity to heal from the Dead Sea minerals and salt. Explore one of the most significant wonders of the world. Walk the paths where Nabateans caravans walked more than 2000 years ago. Discover their secrets and listen to their mysterious stories. See an example of the grand, formal provincial Roman urbanism that is found throughout the Middle East and visit the huge fortress on the top of the mountain which was built in 1184 AD to protect the country from the Crusaders attacks. Follow the path of Lawrence of Arabia, see the routes of Arab’s caravans for thousands of years. Explore the desert that got no similar in the world with its nature beauty and silence. Visit the Holy Land, see where Jesus and Mary were born and lived. Follow the steps of Jesus from his birth to his death. See the old city of Jerusalem with all its holy places in one day. Visit the first places that witnessed the born of Christianity, follow the footsteps of Moses, Jesus and John the Baptist. Enjoy the view of the Holy Land from the top of the mountain and See the holy river of Jordan. See the Islamic architecture in three different castles on the desert sands. They were built for hunting and leisure, though there are different theories concerning the use of these constructions. Live a small adventure with hiking along a river. Explore a natural reserve rich with wild life and amazing landscapes.

What's really impressive about Nelumbo ‘Mrs Perry D. Slocum’ is, one plant may produce three differently colored flowers at the same time. Developed by Perry. D Slocum in 1964, this cultivar is extremely free flowering. The 9-12 inch lotus is, on its first day of bloom pink and flushed with yellow. On the third day it changes to cream. The leaves are 18-23 inches and the plant can grow up to 5 feet. This cultiva will bloom in a tub or barrel garden, but it is strongly recommended for medium to large pools.

Feuding sisters Vera and Nadezhda forge an uneasy alliance when their 84 year old father announces he is in love....with a 36 year old Ukrainian sporting superior Botticellian breasts. You don't have to be fascinated by tractors to enjoy this book, but be prepared for humour and tragedy to run side by side as the story unfolds. The second phone call came a few days after the first. See how he comes straight to the point? No small talk. No 'How are you? How are Mike and Anna?' No chit-chat about the weather. Nothing frivolous will hold him up when he is in the grip of a Big Idea. Why is he asking me? How would I know? I don't want to know. I don't want this kick of emotion that drags me back to the bogey-nose days, to the time when my Daddy was still my hero and I was still vulnerable to his disapproval.

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Henrique as a freelancer animator, talked about the benefits of being a freelancer. We have freedom in many aspects like: time and location, and could work with a great diversity of jobs. A quality job will be the most important part to get new clients, as well as learning new techniques. Our portfolio should be keep clean and beauty in all networks that we decided to participate.

As a symbol, a spider represents the Great Mother in her terrible aspect. It is a symbol of the negative side -or "shadow"- of the feminine. A spider is also a weaver of destiny. In Christian tradition, the spider is also used to represent the Devil, ensnaring sinners. In some Latin American traditions, the constellation of Orion was called the Spider.

With so little in weight, the TomTom Rider comes with a waterproof exterior and features Bluetooth capability that makes for convenient hands-free phone calls and data-exchange. With the BlueTooth connection capability, you can also have directions delivered to your helmet or headset. It does come with a USB 2.0 to help connect to a computer, and has internal memory although it doesn’t come with an SD card slot. The 4.3-Inch screen is not only glove-friendly but is one of the multi-touch variety. The waterproof screen also provides for high visibility in the sunlight. The unit comes loaded with free ‘Lifetime’ maps for the UK, Ireland and 45 European countries, with an option of updating them throughout the year. The free lifetime updates help ensure that you have the latest routes present on your sat nav. A fitting kit is available that works on a number of bikes. There is a Winding Roads feature that enables you select the route with the most curves in case an adrenaline rush is what you seek! Much as the Rider can be directly wired into the bike’s battery, this is a very long process that requires routing the wiring and so on. Since a fitting kit is provided, in case you do change bikes often, then you can multiple positioning points. The kit however isn’t quite as complete as some of its rivals though, it misses on a few connectors that enlarge fitment options. Putting that aside however, it does come with enough to fit the Rider at least someplace usable, if not entirely aligned. You can touch the sat nav’s screen with any kind of glove, inclusive of the thickest and it will still work. You may however notice that a winter glove may just require a lot more prodding than its light counterparts, but the ultimately, the job is done. A number of options are available on the menu to make for a pleasant ride to your destination. You can input an address via a full or partial address or you can input it by post code. With the PC Route Management via Tire feature, you are in position to search and create routes on your computer and then proceed to upload the same onto your sat nav. At the end of the day, the TomTom Rider is an amazing sat-nav unit for a motorcyclist, and it works tremendously well , making it an ideal choice to look into in terms of the numerous satellite navigation units on the market. Unfortunately, there are drawbacks to owning this gadget some of which include; coming with no mount which means that you have to purchase it separately in case you need it. In addition, there is no car charger attached to this unit, which again means that you have to purchase one separately. I wish the new sat nav had the protruding screen shade, its a cool feature!

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How to pitch an idea to an investor? Being an entrepreneur you never know when the opportunity comes to pitch an investor so it is essential to be prepared in advance. Every startup or business needs an investor to enhance their operations but the difficult part comes in when an entrepreneur needs to pitch in front of Investors. Pitching is a tricky part, if you know what an investor wants from you then only you can close the deal. In order to prepare a perfect pitch you need to know how to make a pitch but thats another thing, lets find out the essentials on how to pitch an idea to an investor. The key when pitching your idea is be confident in what you have made and your idea. You dont get chances every day to pitch in front of investors so it is better to do right when you have the opportunity. There is no need to panic just be ready to show them why you are a good investment opportunity. Start with a small introduction to who you are and what your business is. Then this is the most important part when you need to make them feel the problem that is there in the ecosystem and your idea is the best solution to it. It is important that they understand the need for your business. Now is the time to win the hearts of interested investors, show your presentation to investors. Make sure that the presentation is not detailed and contains more infographics of your business as well as the industry you are catering to. A presentation could be in video format as well and you can also show the use of your product by someone in the video, this is just a plus point to attract investors. No one likes to read much so it is better that you keep on explain them as well and keep it brief. Once you made them clear about what your product is, then just show them. If your product can be physically shown then whats better to show its uses right there otherwise if online you can always show a prototype of it as well. Its time to explain about your business model while covering all the aspects like what is your go-to-market approach, business plan, manufacturing process, promotion, you want it to be a brand or not, how much funds you need to do all the process, objectives, mission, vision, etc. This will help you analyse whether they are interested or not. This is the most important question, as even being a rookie you made some mistakes the answer to this question can bring back the interest of investors in you back again. You need to prepare how your business idea is unique than others and how this is the best solution to the problem existing in the environment. Its time to get a little personal, start like a story and try to motivate them on how you faced this problem and decided to solve it with your business idea. Keep it short and simple as there is no need to go into the flow and start making up the facts on your own. It is essential that they find you interesting. First, tell them whether you want funds or seeking partnership so that there is no doubt about it, then tell them how much funds you need and how you are going to use these funds. Now tell them the possibilities of generating revenue. If you give them an estimate and they like the figure then you have the high chances to close the deal right there.

If general principles exist that can explain properties common to all life on Earth, scientists hypothesize, then they may be universal to all life, even life on other planets. If a “universal biology” exists, it would have important implications for the search for life beyond Earth, for engineering synthetic life in the lab, and for solving the origin of life, enabling scientists to predict properties of alien life. In astrobiology, there is an increasing interest in whether life as we know it is a quirk of the particular evolutionary history of the Earth or, instead, if life might be governed by more general organizing principles. When we think of life on Earth, we might think of individual examples ranging from animals to bacteria. When astrobiologists study life, however, they have to consider not only individual organisms, but also ecosystems, and the biosphere as a whole. Image at top of the page: The ending of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Photo: Warner Bros.

I have a tongue but cannot taste. My servants work hard below me. I am banned in lands where the Crescent Moon reigns. My kin have been made into canon. I can summon an army which doesn’t use weapons. My swinging rounds told time before clocks. What am I?

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Arena goes with experience -- and a few question marks in Gold Cup knockout phase. If a team’s play can be as memorable as it is forgettable, the U.S. did just that in winning -- barely -- Group B of the 2017 Gold Cup. Panama’s improved quality has been evident for most of this decade and both Martinique and Nicaragua deployed three or four players quite capable of matching their American counterparts. Those teams also were not composed mostly of second-choice players with little or no experience playing together in a competitive match. The Americans were supposed to better and they were in the second and third games though certainly not dominant. It is a source of disappointment that the U.S. didn’t do enough to blot out those foes’ strengths and overpower their weaknesses, yet head coach Bruce Arena chose his first-round squad to test players individually and observe their collective effectiveness. The first round was about observation and evaluation. Like the extensive weeding necessary to clean up an overgrown backyard, the process is not pretty even if the end product looks nice. The attack may not have oozed flow and beauty, but in three games it did generate 21 shots on goal, and stick seven goals in the net even while squandering a pair of penalty kicks. Doing the math can be deceptive. It took only eight shots against Martinique, but all three on goal wound up in the net. And the two goals by Jordan Morris that followed a scrapper from Omar Gonzalezwere among the best of the U.S. seven. The Americans didn’t react well to Martinique attacks that wiped out a two-goal lead but they did strike back right away to get the 3-2 victory. Arena’s six changes raised a lot of questions, but the intriguing case is that of Morris. Dom Dwyer and Kelyn Rowe obviously did well enough to rate consideration when Hexagonal play resumes in September, but Morris has been struggling for Seattle this season. He had apparently slid down the depth chart before tucking home an Eric Lichaj near-post cross from a tight angle and racing onto a return pass from Gyasi Zardes and booming it high into the net two minutes after Martinique had equalized. Juan Agudelo didn’t play in the warm-up game against Ghana but played in all three group matches, including a start against Martinique. He brings something different to the squad than does Dwyer, playing the target role unlike either Altidore or Dwyer. Similarly, Arena has kept on Corona, who played well against Ghana, struggled in the Panama game, and on Saturday notched his first U.S. goal in more than four years before failing to convert a penalty kick. Good and bad, memorable and forgettable. This is what perhaps a dozen players gave Arena and his coaching staff in the first round. Still think coaching a national team is no big deal? Dwyer’s emergence shortly after obtaining U.S. citizenship has ratcheted up the competition at forward. It’s impossible to gauge how much Arena considers a player’s club situation when he makes his roster decisions; he’s taken Clint Dempsey away from the Sounders, who play two games this week. Dwyer and Rowe didn’t disappoint but Arena has options he considers superior and it’s hard to argue with Dempsey, who is within one of Landon Donovan’s U.S. record 57 goals, or Altidore, third on the all-time list with 37. They have been rising to the occasion for about a decade. This is must-win time. Sentiment and romanticism can wait. Arena cannot call his European-based players and wants to win the competition, and for whatever reason he didn’t consider Benny Feilhaber and Sacha Kljestan as essential options. If the Americans stumble short of the title those exclusions, as well as the departures of Dwyer and Rowe, will trigger the most reaction. Obviously, he regards Dempsey and Seattle teammate Morris essential to winning the Gold Cup and not midfielder Cristian Roldan, who showed signs of nerves in his debut against Martinique before settling into the environment. Roldan is 22 and the U.S. is well-equipped in central midfield. More opportunities will come his way. Retaining Kellyn Acosta and Dax McCarty while also summoning Michael Bradley and Darlington Nagbe opens up many possible midfield combinations. Nagbe adds dribbling skills and speed, both essential elements as competition toughens. Decisions would have been different if Alejandro Bedoya didn’t leave the team to attend the birth of his second child; he unhinged Martinique, and against Nicaragua assisted on the first two goals and played a significant role in the third. Those botched PKs by Dwyer and Corona necessitated the late heroics of centerback Matt Miazga, who punctuated a very solid showing against Nicaragua by heading home Graham Zusi’s free kick -- awarded for a foul on Agudelo -- with the crucial goal in the 88th minute. Said goal earned top spot in the group and a match against Group C wild-card El Salvador rather than Costa Rica, which instead plays Panama Wednesday in Philadelphia right before the USA match. With all eight defenders retained, Arena has given himself the most extensive range of options in case of injuries and/or suspensions, and he’s also building depth for the last four games of the Hexagonal. The Hex resumes Sept. 1 against Costa Rica, which the Americans could meet in the semis. Lichaj looks like a contender to back up DeAndre Yedlin at right back and he has also played on the left. A rough outing for Matt Hedges against Martinique has not prompted his departure; Arena may not give him any minutes in the remaining games but closely observe how he handles himself in training. Same, too, for Zardes, whose maddening propensity for heavy touches and bull-headed decisions is offset by flank speed and quality balls such as the one he measured and weighted perfectly for Morris. The departure of Brad Guzan, starting a new phase of his career with Atlanta United, is significant. He has far more experience than Bill Hamid, who got his third cap against Nicaragua, and Jesse Gonzalez, whose switch of allegiance from Mexico was approved just two weeks ago. They'll back up Tim Howard in a pre-planned shuttle of keepers, a bit of a gamble for Arena. He'll go into a knockout round banking on Howard and two backups with a grand total of three caps. At every position, Arena is looking for competition. There are a few openings in the first XI, and slots 12-20 are very much in play. In the past year, players such as Nagbe and Jorge Villafana have solidified spots high on the depth chart. For the next 11 months, Arena wants the same dynamic across the board. 33 comments about "Arena goes with experience -- and a few question marks in Gold Cup knockout phase.". Right Winger, July 17, 2017 at 7:34 a.m. Altidore? Tell me the last time he rose to the occasion. His time has passed. Period. Ric Fonseca replied, July 17, 2017 at 3:10 p.m. I couldn't agree more! To soften his departure from the NT, give him a developmental team. Joe Linzner, July 17, 2017 at 9:52 a.m. I simply cannot understand Leadlegs Altidore getting the nod. What is it that coaches see in that guy? His scores are gimmes. Once in a blue moon, he earns a goal. Sickening! Fire Paul Gardner Now, July 17, 2017 at 10:20 a.m. Bashing Altidore appears to be a tradition among USMNT fans. Too bad. He's not perfect but we can do a lot worse. Other than maybe Bobby Wood, which US striker is better? Wooden Ships replied, July 17, 2017 at 12:44 p.m. Give me Wood, his work rate alone is a difference maker in keeping the ball in the middle third. Ric Fonseca replied, July 17, 2017 at 3:13 p.m. Come now guys, Jazzy has reached and way past his prime! All he does is charges into the box like a bull in a china shop. Like I said above, retire him and give him an MLS Developmental team!!! Fire Paul Gardner Now replied, July 19, 2017 at 9:47 a.m. More irrational hatred of Altidore. Yes, Wood is better but Bruce is not calling in European based players at this stage. That's why guys like Pulisic, Cameron, Yedling, Johnson etc. are not here either. ROBERT BOND, July 17, 2017 at 10:44 a.m. John Lander, July 17, 2017 at 11:33 a.m. Too all the Altidore haters.. He is the best center forward option for the US. He finishes and also assist. Check out the beautiful well weighted assist to Pulisic against Trinidad. He does the job better that any other option the US has. I too think Altidore gets bad and undeserved criticism. He is often left alone with few, if any good balls coming his way. In order to be successful lone scorer you need a much better supporting crew than what is "usually" gets. Ben Myers, July 17, 2017 at 12:37 p.m. There is a stark contrast here between the USMNT 2nd team in the Gold Cup and the German 2nd team in the Confederations Cup. Also, count me in among those who are not fans of Altidore. Wow, such insight - Germany has better players and more depth? Who knew?!?! Wooden Ships, July 17, 2017 at 12:41 p.m. I've always wanted to pull for Jozy, but his lack of professionalism has bothered me. Had Bradley been a stronger Captain perhaps Jozy's laziness and whining wouldn't have risen to the level it has. He would piss me off as a teammate. He has scored goals and made assists, some of them real quality. But, who has had the predominant minutes up top the last 5 years. As a coach I would have a hard time counting on him. And now, where we will have players that will provide great service will he know how to make those runs and show timely. Another thing that I hope Jozy will recognize as his remaining years loom, hustle to win the ball back, if not for your own pride, how about for your mates. You have players nipping at your heals now, turn it up a notch. One other thing, keeping Zardes and releasing Rowe is befuddling to say the least. Smart, technical, work rate, no thanks. Ric Fonseca replied, July 17, 2017 at 3:15 p.m. Bob Ashpole, July 17, 2017 at 12:59 p.m. Ridge makes a lot of good points. My thought is that, while earlier who Arena wanted to evaluate drove the selections, now Arena's choices focused more on the team than the individuals. Right Winger, July 17, 2017 at 1:16 p.m. I am not an Altidore hater. I am one who thinks his time is over and has been for some time. Talking about a pass to being outstanding. That's his job. The problem is he doesn't do it often enough and his complaining gets in the way. Move on. Thomas Brannan, July 17, 2017 at 2:05 p.m. If with two strikers: Dwyer and Wood. After that falls off. With Jozy it's not personal it's just an opinion. Dwyer missed a PK. PK s are different. When Dwyer pulls away a bit and pushes away and then goes to the far corner on the ground that shows something. Dwyer's overall play and playing knowledge appear to be better than Altidore. Not a derogatory comment on Jozy. Everyone is just trying to earn a living. Just an opinion. Ric Fonseca, July 17, 2017 at 3:17 p.m. I'd take Dwyer over Jazzy and Zardes. So even Pele and other greats have missed on a PK, so what, this is the nature of our jogo bonito. But for keeping Jazzy.... wow!!! R2 Dad, July 17, 2017 at 5:33 p.m. Y'all seem to be focusing on Altidore the player, rather than the system we use that requires a target man up front.There are two notable countries that play a target up front, USA and France. The difference is Giroud has his back to the goal so he can play in speedy wingers with real quality: M'bappe and Dembele--they're very dangerous and the team is explosive and powerful due to the fact that Giroud can hold up the ball to bring these other people into play. The US uses a target man the way those teams that inhabit the bottom half of the top 100 do, with long balls out of the back for JA to chase down. That is to say, we use a target man because we don't have many options up front. As far as Jozy's physiology is concerned, he is not a middle distance runner--he is a big, powerful sprinter. He cannot run all day the way a 440 runner can, but that 440 runner is also not packing the extra 40 lbs of muscle Jozy is. When you armchair quarterbacks complain about his work rate, you're not factoring in the fact that his physiology does not allow him to run all day. Go ask a 100 meter sprinter if he can run 6-10K during a soccer match, and still have gas in the tank for gut-busting runs. Having said all that, I don't like having to rely on Jozy and think if we have to play him he would suit a 4-4-2 or 3-4-3 much better than a 4-2-3-1. Bob Ashpole replied, July 17, 2017 at 6:45 p.m. R2 Dad, his size does not prevent his fitness. That is just an excuse. Match fit is match fit and the one thing that is within everyone's reach if healthy. Beside he is a skinny 6'1" and 175 lbs. The Hulk is 5' 11" and 187 lbs. When I played competitively, I was a 205 lbs wing half and ran opponents into exhaustion. You are barking up the wrong tree with fitness as an issue. Jay Wall replied, July 17, 2017 at 9:27 p.m. Recent professional game studies, using GPS and multi-camera player tracking, document a change in the types and frequency of movement in the game. For example tracking to the nearest 1,000 of a second, players even at the highest professional levels, spend 52.3% to 60.8% of their time standing, walking or jogging in games. Percents vary slightly by report but the following data shows what attributes players in various positions should possess. > Stribers Strikers sprint 5% of the time, run fast 7.2%, run at a moderate speed 17% of the time, run slow 15.2% of the time and stand, walk and jog 55.6% of the time. > Wing Midfielders sprint 4.3% of the time, run fast 7.1%, run at a moderate speed 18.3% of the time, run slow 17.3% of the time and stand, walk and jog 53.0% of the time. > Central Midfielders sprint 3.5% of the time, run fast 6.9%, run at a moderate speed 18.4% of the time, run slow 16.9% of the time and stand, walk and jog 54.2% of the time. > Wing Defenders sprint 5.3% of the time, run fast 7.3%, run at a moderate speed 18.1% of the time, run slow 16.9% of the time and stand, walk and jog 52.3% of the time. > Central Defenders sprint 3.9% of the time, run fast 6.2%, run at a moderate speed 14.8% of the time, run slow 14.3% of the time and stand, walk and jog 60.8% of the time. >> Since all athletes rely on Fast Twitch muscles for speed and Slow Twitch muscles for endurance running and each players store of energy for each muscle type differs, the challenge is to match each players physical, mental and intellectual abilities with the positions a team is playing and the capabilities of their opponents. As Cruyff observed players who observe and understand the game are often not faster, but arrive on time more often because their ability to scan the game and to understand what they see is far better developed. A slow player who acquires and processes more information faster, understands what they observe and makes instant decisions is far more likely to arrive on time than the track star who wins Olympic medals but doesn't have the mental processing speed and decision making ability of the slower player. As Cruyff said fast runners run track, those who can anticipate faster and make decisions faster play soccer. >> So running speed is only one small part of playing speed. Pep didn't have the speed of other players but he saw everything and acted, therefore he played on one of the best professional soccer teams in the world, Barcelona. Wooden Ships replied, July 17, 2017 at 10:40 p.m. Good stuff Jay. There is a place in the game for empiricism, here it is revealing. I've done fartlek training as a player and a coach. Some had the deer in headlights look when you explained what we were about to do. R2 Dad replied, July 18, 2017 at 2:39 a.m. Bob, please don't talk about "back in the day" as rationale for your position. "Playing Competitively" is not the same as playing at the highest levels of the sport, so running the opposition into the ground might have been an achievement then but impossible today. MLS today, EPL today, IS a track meet compared to 20 years ago. I don't think that's good for the sport in either country, merely an accurate observation. But keep telling yourself professional players with 10 years on the USMNT are lazy. Bob Ashpole replied, July 19, 2017 at 2:34 a.m. R2 Dad, first you say Jozy is too big to be match fit, then you say MLS players today are all at the highest level of fitness and will never be exhausted. Which is it? I played on a predominately Hispanic Army team against local colleges in the mid-80s. College was the highest level in the US at that time. NCAA rules allowed 11 subs a half. Most college players were fit for 22 minutes a half. It was like playing against an all star high school team. What do you think Arena's strategy was in the last match, starting 11 fresh players against Nicaragua? Glenn Auve, July 17, 2017 at 8:06 p.m. For a basically meaningless tournament why not just keep letting the younger players get experience? I know Arena mentioned mixing the youth with some veterans which seems sensible. Guzan hasn't exactly been lighting the world on fire so seeing him go is not a huge problem. And it was pre-planned anyway so he can meet his teammates in Atlanta. Miguel Aviles, July 17, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. Bob Ashpole replied, July 19, 2017 at 2:50 a.m. Ric Fonseca, July 17, 2017 at 11:57 p.m. Mr. Lander, surely you jest!?!?! Jazzy is NOT the answer, there are many others more worthy of playing his position, some that are not on this most recent squad, or for that matter, that kid from Seattle. Then again, I suppose one can continue to "dream on!" beautiful game, July 18, 2017 at 1:40 p.m. So far the only player to have shown consistency at an international level is Pulisic; and this constant argument over second and third tier players is an exercise either false hopes or inability to judge player quality. The recognition of player subtle quality nuances seems to to bury itself when NT players show a couple of good. Jim Hougan, July 18, 2017 at 1:53 p.m. Kellyn Rowe put more and harder shots on goal than the rest of the team put together. He was consistently dangerous every time he touched the ball. Kevin Leahy, July 18, 2017 at 2:04 p.m. I already know how Howard is under pressure. Would like to see Hamid get the Wednesday game. Howard is at an age where his game could disappear fast and the team will need someone soon in that role. Forever Blue, July 18, 2017 at 8:08 p.m. I would have kept Rowe. He was of the bright lights. Would have kept Dwyer also, not as impressed as everybody raves on but feel he earned the right to stay. Would have let Corona go. Probably one of the bigger disappointments. Also don't think we needed to overload with Dempsey and Altidore. One of them would have been fine. Other players still need the experience and pressure of knockout stages. Bob Ashpole replied, July 19, 2017 at 3 a.m. I generally agree, but you are overlooking the fact that the younger players need playing experience with the regular starters--Bradley, Howard, Altidore, Dempsey, and Nagbe--who weren't with them the last few weeks.

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In this world I'm working on, magic is extremely bound by the laws of physics. Magic is explicable through science, and many people study it. The study of magic itself is like studying physics; the study of applied magic is like engineering. I like to think of magic as behaving similar to electromagnetism. Humans emit electromagnetic radiation naturally, but it would be very unnatural if a human suddenly could shoot out a bolt of lightning, or if they could use their bare hands to power a circuit. In a world like that, where magic is akin to electromagnetism, how would a civilized society react to individuals capable of magical feats? Note that these mages would be incredibly rare--perhaps 1 for every 750,000. Society would view this as a threat and eliminate it entirely. Society, already advanced in studying magic, wishes to learn more and wants to determine if the condition can be induced onto others. Society finds a means of using their abilities to conduct war and trains them as soldiers. I can see a lot of possibilities. I want to know: which possibility, of the ones above or otherwise, is the most realistic one to occur, and why? 1: Does magic run in families or is it totally random? Let's say that it is beyond the scope of genetics. It is not inherited. No single race or ethnicity is more likely than another to have mages appear. Mages may also appear in animals, but the scope of ability is limited based on physical constraints. A cow's magic is different than a human's. 2: Is it a recent thing? Did mages start appearing like X-Men or have they always been? It is not a recent thing, but it gets more noticeable as time goes on due to ease of communication amongst people. Additionally, since the probably of being born a mage remains the same throughout time, having an increased population means the likelihood of mages appearing also increases over time. 3: Do mages have any historical organization/guild/power base? I doubt this largely because of how rare it is, though I can see these emerging as time goes on, for reasons stated in 2. 4: Just how powerful are they? World shattering, city shattering or small country village shattering? This I believe varies greatly depending on the individual. While some mages may only be able to, say, cause light to emerge from their hands, others may very well be capable of devastating offensive tactics. That said, since I do want magic to be at least partially tied down to a scientific study, I wouldn't imagine an individual capable of destroying the world. For cities, it'd likely have to be a small one. Humans have limits, and as such human mages also have limits. All three. Here in the US you would likely get all three in one country. The average person would probably fear them, some would find them fascinating, elevating them to the level of super-stars, 'scientists' would want to study them, and governments would want to control them and use them as a threat or worse. Re the answers: since they've existed historically I'd say that puts them in a different light. Mages aren't going to be in competition with governments: historically they've been governments or a major part of the power base of governments. But no dynasties since it doesn't run in families. If it did then mages would be the dominant group with almost all royal families being very magical. In fact I can imagine that history would look very different. Before the invention of guns/sniper rifles mages would have been the dominant force in any war. Since it's totally random and 99% of the population would have been dirt poor every generation almost all of the most powerful people in the world would would have risen from poverty to the heights of power. Any nobility that abused the poor would be facing a new ruler who had been born in poverty within a few decades. Social mobility is going to look quite different and there's unlikely to have been a history of long-term royal lines. Indeed such a world is likely to have been far more egalitarian out of practical and justified fear, any big country is going to produce a few mages and most will be born the children of peasants. For stability it's likely that mages will seek out others like themselves to form some kind of guild in order to get some kind of continuity of power and to make sure their grandkids aren't slaughtered by the next generation of mages. 2 and 3 are certain though whether mages are the ones controlling it is uncertain. Finding mages at a young age when they can still be indoctrinated will have become part of the culture but they'll have been scooped out of the regular population so predictably that social views towards them would probably be highly negative. A countries mages are likely to be viewed as a major military asset but if they've been part of the system for many centuries they're likely to have status as well. Also there will be a lot of chicken mages. Worldwide over 50 billion chickens bred every year so that well over 50,000 chicken-mages. If their power can be tapped it will be. A civilised society would probably become a mix of scared, angered, confused, curious, interested and intrigued. Here are the reasons for each of these: Scared/angered because this magic could easily be misused (depending on how destructive this feat of magic was). Confused/curious/interested because of what just happened (depending on what exactly happened though). Intrigued because of the abnormality of what just happened (depending on how dramatic this magic was). Another thing that would probably happen is if the police equivalent in your society (assuming there is a police equivalent) are there during the feat there will probably be actions taken to restrict the person who did the magic (again depending on how dramatic and how destructive this magic was) to ensure safety of the public. What exactly would happen to the person after that would mostly depend on what sort of police exists in your society (are the police more aggressive and brutal or are they more calm), how dramatic and destructive this magical feat was and what the witnesses say as well as the "magic guy"'s attitude/reaction towards the police. If the police weren't there at the time but were notified about it by a decent amount of people then an investigation would probably take place. If the police are ultra brutal and aggressive then they might take a much more direct approach like searching for this person house by house. I can't be too specific because a lot of this depends on the type of society it is and specifics but hopefully this narrows it down a bit. EDIT: I replied before you editted the question to include the three different thoughts. First of all, 1:750k isn't super-rare. Europe has almost 750 million people currently. So there would be around a thousand of your mages in Europe alone, and ten times as many globally. That is more than enough to form their own society, organisations, maybe even small country. The answers to your question depend a lot on whether or not this happens. You evade the question with your answer 2, but it is absolutely vital to the entire concept. If they don't form a guild, the governments of the world have more than enough means to control them. Some would use positive reinforcement (honours, loyalty, etc.) some would use soft pressure (prejudices in society, cultural taboos), some hard pressure (laws, regulations, punishments) and some suppression (jail, execution). Society would react much like it does to anything else. Drugs, climate change, disasters, new technology - with a variety of responses. If the mages cooperate and form an organisation, they can free themselves from outside influence. They would become a player in global politics instead of pawns - with all the opportunities and risks associated. If they have a physical location, they need to be ready for war. Someone will want to fight them, for religious or other reasons. If they don't have a physical location, they will be in the place of other international organisations, and can potentially be restrained by laws or sanctions. Many possibilities are discussed in the TV Tropes page for "Super Registration Act": http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperRegistrationAct . One particular one which seems likely to me is that mages would not be explicitly forbidden to use their magic, but would be so tightly regulated that magic use became next to impossible in practice. You'd have to submit an application in triplicate three months in advance before you cured a wart. A good effect of this from the government's point of view would be that mages would be willing to join the government research programme or the army simply to get a chance to use their powers - without the government having to introduce conscription, or fend off civil rights lawyers. How would magic affect the subjects taught in school?

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Q. 59. Who become partakers of redemption through Christ? A. Redemption is certainly applied and effectually communicated to all those for whom Christ has purchased it. All these are in time enabled by the Holy Spirit to believe in Christ, according to the gospel. Q. 4. How do we know that the Scriptures are the Word of God? A. The Scriptures reveal themselves as the Word of God by their majesty and purity; by the harmony of all the parts together and with the scope of the whole, which is to give all glory to God; by their light and power to convince and convert sinners and to comfort and build up believers to salvation; but the Spirit of God bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in the heart of a person is the only thing able to fully persuade him that they are the very Word of God.

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Historian Kent Shifferd reminds us that at present we might believe that the world is more violent than it ever has been. Yes, there is an overwhelming war system, one that might provide us with a darkening and narrowing vision of the future. It’s an old story but it’s no longer the only story. Another is in the making although most educators, the media, and even presidents don’t know about it. Large shifts are taking place in terms of global collaboration, constructive conflict resolution and social change. We are happy to share our 2012 educational short documentary “The Evolution of a Global Peace System”. Based on historian Kent Shifferd’s “From War to Peace”, this movie describes 28 trends leading to the evolution of a Global Peace System. View our multi-dimensional educational timeline illustrating 28 trends of the Global Peace System with multiple real-world examples.

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The article focuses on the results of a Texas AgriLife Research study on the possibility of feeding beef steers with processed co-products resulting in the production of biofuel from algae. It describes how the algal supplement was formulated and integrated into crude protein hay for daily feeding. It says that the algae co-product was successfully fed to Angus steers and will be tried on grazing cattles. The article discusses the study conducted by Texas AgriLife Research animal nutrition scientist Tryon Wickersham and graduate student Merritt Drewery which found that algae biofuel byproduct can be used as feed for steers. The article offers information on the top five beef winter feeding strategies for cattle producers in the U.S., which include minimizing feed waste, testing feedstuffs, and sorting cattle by need. The article offers strategies on how to manage feeds of beef cattle amidst the high feed prices in the U.S.

I just fell in-love with this lifestyle photo over at Seaofshoes.com today. This is what I am trying for my daily uniforms to look like. Living in San Francisco, we are laid-back casual, we tend to wear stealth pieces for everyday and that means a great pair of jeans, great shoes etc, we don’t get all decked out without a reason and our core-being say’s it all. Grooming is essential and run-around chic is it. I’m with you! What a simple, chic look. Everything should be simple, and let your shoes, handbag and jewelry be your statement pieces….

Money Making Step-By-Step Video & Audio Lessons Walks You Through The Process Of Creating CASH, Cash Flow, and Building Financial Security! The foundations of every market dictate that when some people lose, other people gain. The American economy today is a mix of winners and losers. There were those who failed to capitalize on the rising market and then witnessed most of the wealth they had accumulated disappear when the real estate market crashed, causing the stock market to crash and wiping out the life savings of millions. On the other hand, those who sold ‘out at or near the top, and those who “shorted” the stock market are now poised to buy back in at mere fractions of the dollar, thereby building even greater fortunes than during the boom years. Does that mean that all those who don’t have the cash to re-enter the market are going to wind up having to painstakingly rebuild their lost financial security over the coming years? Not necessarily! I was born during the Great Depression and have seen a half dozen economic downturns over half a century of investing in single family houses. I lost money in most of them because I didn’t know how to exploit them. Once I’d learned the tricks of the trade, I made a fortune thirty years ago when Florida’s recession was at it’s height. The trick was learning ways to create cash and equity without the use of any of my money. There are no hidden secrets to doing this. It hinges on your desire to succeed. If you truly want to rise to the top of the heap, you have to learn how to take advantage of the current distressed housing market. Some of these techniques involve the use of Contingent Contracts and Options to control property until an end-user or investor can be found to buy a property at mere fractions of its original cost. Some involve being able to create debt instruments that can be used to buy and sell property. Still others involve the design and creation of real estate Notes that can be readily sold for cash to institutional and private investors. Ultimately, you should be buying as many deeply discounted cash flow houses as possible before the market rebounds. You can do this without cash if you learn and use some of the techniques I and others can teach you. Now, for the first time, I created a new seminar I call “MONEY MATTERS – Making Money Without Money” to help you learn these techniques. It will show you how to use them to recoup and surpass the financial security you may have lost. The seminar SOLD OUT both times it was taught! Learn the techniques and strategies you need to get through this recession with more wealth, cash flow, and money than before. Take a took at the Money Matters Recorded Seminar outline below and see if you don’t agree that there are some new strategies you can learn in this online seminar to help you take advantage of today’s tremendous real estate opportunities. In today’s economy, by using these techniques, you can rebuild your nest egg in far less time than it took to originally accumulate it; but you don’t want to delay. The current economic situation is changing daily. Once you let today’s opportunities pass you by, you may have to wait a generation for a chance to make as much money without money with your own talents and skill. Even if you attended the fast-paced Money Matters LIVE seminar, this Recorded Seminar will help you learn the concepts Jack taught. You can pause and rewind the audio and videos as many times as you need to to acquire a full and complete understanding of these important concepts, techniques and strategies. You don’t want to miss this cutting edge information about how to make money without money. Watch or Listen to Money Matters today so you can learn how to make money with the tremendous opportunities available for you right now. Just like missed opportunity, when it’s gone it’s gone!

Many of the people in the world today usually want to look for good investments that can help them to protect their wealth and therefore, it’s an important decision to them. Investing is definitely one of the biggest platforms that many people enjoy because it is the possibility of bringing in more money. The luxury real estate industry has continued to grow over the years because many people are realizing that this is one of the best investment opportunities.One thing that you can be very sure of is that for you to invest in this kind of investment, you have to get a lot of capital and therefore, it’s not the simple kinds of investments. For the sake of the amount of money that you’re ready to spend, it would be important to have a financial plan so that you do not waste the opportunity.One good thing about luxury real estate is that the same as the capital is very huge, the returns are always very huge also. One thing that you can be very sure of is that the luxury real estate industry is usually great for you especially because it’s able to help you to gain quite a lot and very few investments can reach this level. This be one of the best investment opportunities, can be good for you because of the following benefits. After buying properties that are in the luxury real estate industry or building your own properties, you’ll start getting rental income because this is one of the ways that you can build yourself. Most of the time, many people usually prefer renting out the luxury real estate properties because they have much more income as compared to selling also, selling is also the other option. At the same time, it’ll be good for you because it would be possible for you to continue growing yourself as a business because you can put the property as collateral so that you can get more financing. This means that once you are in the real estate industry and you have one of the properties, it would be possible for you to continuously grow and that’s another advantage that many people look at us an opportunity. Most of the governments in the world usually give tax deductions when it comes to luxury real estate investments and this another benefit. Given as incentives, these tax deductions are going to help you to continue building and to continue protecting your wealth in addition to increasing it as you continue to get more income.Another great benefit about real estate investment into the luxury buildings is that it’s an industry on its own and therefore, you can take it even as your new job.

Before I can travel the world tomorrow with a free mind, I had to organize a lot of things at home… In this post I want to share with you what you need to know before you leave your city for good. After I decided to travel on my own, I had to check my bank account. How much money is there? Then I had to make a choice of how I would like to travel. As I prefer to meet local people, I am very happy to use couchsurfing.com or work in little projects to get accommodation or food for free. Therefore, I decided I will need about 40,00 Euros per day including everything (accommodation, food, transportation, activities, etc.). In case you prefer to stay in a hotel or you want to eat in every nice restaurant, you should easily consider about 80,00 Euros per day. After that decision, it is just mathematics for how long you could travel. Of course you should always have some “emergency money” in case something unexpected happens and it costs more than you thought. I hope I can travel about 6 months. Afterwards I had to decide where I want to go and book flights. As I want to travel independent, I decided to book just a one-way ticket to Bali, Indonesia with no flight back. First of all, because I don’t know for sure when and second of all because I don’t know yet from which country I am flying back to Germany. The next step was to find out if I need to apply for a visa for Indonesia. As a German, I don’t need to apply for a visa in advance but in order to get a “Visa free visit” for 30 days in Indonesia, I already need a flight out of the country. So I searched for the cheapest flights out of Bali and surrounding via Skyscanner.com and found the flight from Lombok, an island next to Bali, to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for 80,00 Euros. Thank god, I already had a valid passport so I didn’t have to get a new one (with the Berlin citizen center, it would have been a big problem to get a valid one on time…). In case you don’t have a valid one, you have to apply for a new passport! The same for your driver’s license! Afterwards I was thinking about accommodation in Bali and what I want to do there. I used my Facebook network and asked people for advices where to stay and great places to go surfing, do yoga or meditate in Bali. I got a great response. However, I decided to use couchsurfing.com and stay with local people instead of concentrating on doing activities I could do nearly everywhere in the world. I was lucky enough and got the first ten nights covered by three different local couchsurfers from Bali. I am already very excited to meet them in person! That is the reason why I’ll also bring my laptop with me on my trip… In case you will do the same, you should back up all your data on an external hard drive or the cloud before leaving for your journey. As I know, sometimes people lose their documents somehow, I made scans (to keep in my computer) and copies of all important ones such as my passport, my driver’s license and my vaccination card. For some countries you need proof of certain vaccinations in order to get a visa. As I still haven’t planned my whole trip, I want to have all my documents ready. I also bring a couple of passport photographs for visa applications or anything like that. I still have to finish packing my backpack for those 6 months… and I also still need to clean my room. At the end, I will have a farewell party to see all my friends and family again before leaving Berlin for such a long time… I will miss you guys so much! You have ideas what else you should do? Just comment below!

Armband monitors can be a very good way to monitor your caloric expenditure. The question is do they work and are they accurate? A new study from the University of Iowa gives us the lowdown with some promising results. The technical term for an armband monitor is an Accelerometer. The primary issue with the use of an Accelerometer is the algorithm the device uses to calculate the energy you expend. There are a number of different calibration equations these things can use. The two devices tested were the MCI Actigraph and the Sensewear Pro 2. Each device uses a different algorithm and set of calculations. When compared to the IDEEA, The Sensewear Pro 2, proved to be quite a bit more accurate, and within about 10% of the IDEEA. The Actigraph showed a fairly wide range of deviance from the IDEEA, ranging from 10 to 40% off. If you must monitor calories with an armband….uh, Accelerometer…it looks like the Sensewear Pro 2 is the way to go.

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All of a sudden, you're both feeling a strange, interesting and slightly unsettling urge welling up from deep inside you. If you find yourselves feeling upset, confused or indecisive about how you feel about the relationship and where it's going, take it as a sign that it's time to deepen your connection. You may worry that things need to change in a big way, but that's not necessarily true. Over the next year or two, you should both focus not so much on changing your connection, but on the real truth of why you're connected in the first place. What is it that's held you together for all this time? It's not just circumstance or external factors, even if you might think it is. No, there's much deeper tissue there between you, and now you're being called upon to figure out exactly what that is. This period may not be easy, but it will be enlightening. Emotional truths about your relationship will come to light, which could be an upsetting experience in the moment -- but in the long run, you'll come through this period with a much deeper and more spiritual sense of your love for each other, and an abiding reason to stick to it.

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Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong to become the most expensive city in the Asia-Pacific region for expatriates (2nd most expensive in the world) as at July 2018. Hong Kong is the now 2nd most expensive city in Asia-Pacific and 3rd most expensive city in the world. Tokyo is the 3rd most expensive city in Asia-Pacific, and 7th globally. Japanese locations have remained high in the rankings with 5 cities in the Asia-Pacific top 10 most expensive places. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged asia, cost, expat, living, pacific. Bookmark the permalink.

Efamol Neutraceuticals in Boston, a unit of Efamol Ltd. in Guildford, England, said yesterday that it had named Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners in New York as the first agency to introduce its nutritional supplement products in the United States. Billings were estimated at $10 million. The decision came after a two-month review that had been narrowed to Kirshenbaum Bond and one other finalist, Arnold Communications in Boston.

Alyse Solomon’s photographs transform everyday subjects into fascinating abstractions that often exhibit elements of textile and graphic design. Her use of symmetry, repetition, and texture creates a consistent theme throughout her work. Inspired by travel, many of Alyse’s images are from far-flung destinations, though her favorite visual playground is New York, her home city. Alyse’s work has been exhibited extensively in the United States and is held in both public and private collections. She is based out of her studio in lower Manhattan.

We have developed a system to reconstruct detailed scene geometry from range video. Range data produced by commodity handheld cameras suffers from high-frequency errors and low-frequency distortion. In addition, both the camera pose trajectory and the environment map are unknown. We took inspiration from previous research in computer graphics, computer vision, and robotics. We have developed a number of ideas and built the state-of-the-art offline scene reconstruction system. We provide code and executables for our 3D scene reconstruction system. The code and the executables are released under the MIT license. In general, you can use this for any purpose, including commercial applications, with proper attribution. We are releasing this system in hope that it will be useful in many settings. If you do something interesting based on our work, please acknowledge it. We'll be happy to know about various applications, feel free to send us an email and tell us about your work. We release the executable package, source code, and data. Use them with proper attribution. We have created additional datasets to validate our system, including a synthetic augmented ICL-NUIM dataset and a large dataset of object scans with 10,000 dedicated 3D scans and 398 reconstructed mesh models. We are very interested in good global geometric registration algorithms so we set up an evaluation benchmark. We have released source code of two state-of-the-art global registration methods. One is based on PCL RANSAC. The other is based on our ECCV 2016 paper "Fast Global Registration". The latter is a couple of magnitude faster than the former while being the same accurate.

The task is for a small group to count to ten, collectively, without any two people saying a number at the same time and with no verbal planning. The group will need to cooperate and focus in order to be successful. Ask your group to form a circle. Your group will count to the same number as there are people in the group so that everyone is responsible for one number. Example: There are ten people in a group, they will count to ten, 23 people then have them count to 23 together. The timing of this activity will depend heavily on the size of your group. Groups of 10-15 people will take 10-20 minutes. You should allot larger groups 20-30 minutes. Explain that no talking or planning is allowed. The task is for the group to count (to the number determined above) collectively without any two people saying a number at the same time. For example, one person starts by shouting “one,” and another person shouts “two” and so on. Each number must be called out clearly by one person, and no one else may talk when a number is called. When two or more people speak simultaneously, the entire group starts back at zero. For example, if two people call out “five,” the group restarts. Every member must say a number. The group must work out an informal solution to accomplish this task. Facilitator Note: It may take awhile but group members will work out creative solutions together! If your group is successful try a larger number. If you have a large group, split them up into smaller groups to start and then bring them together to try with more people. Have them turn their backs to the inside of the circle to make the communication even more difficult.

The summary for the Fiscal Year 2019 Funding for Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Park Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

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I’ve been struggling to write this blog, because nobody likes a braggart, and I didn’t exactly know how to word it without sounding like one. So I’ll do my best. I’m really excited, though! Last month, Jen Hatmaker announced via Facebook that she was going to allow her readers the opportunity to be a part of the Launch Team for her new book For The Love. They were going to accept 500 people, and it was first come, first served. Of course I had a minute to sit down and apply about seven hours after she originally posted, so I almost didn’t apply at all, but decided to “just in case.” The application consisted of submitting all of our social media handles, blog web address, and a short statement about why we wanted to participate in the launch. I honestly can’t remember what I wrote, but I do know that it was about two sentences. A few days later, I got an email saying that 5,000 people had applied for a spot on the Launch Team, and I was one of the 500 chosen. I guess they didn’t end up doing first come first served, but clearly it was an error or a miracle that I was picked. Either way, here I am! We were given a PDF copy of the uncorrected manuscript to read in our first Launch Team email, so I read the entire book in one day. I kept meaning to stop and savor, but For The Love is so hilarious, meaningful, and convicting that I just continued reading. I received my hard copy of the book on Tuesday, and couldn’t wait to start reading it on real paper. My highlighter has been working overtime capturing quotes, lessons I’ve learned, and things I definitely need to apply to my own life. Hands down, the best part of being selected for the launch team isn’t getting to read For the Love early, or getting the chance to write a review that will be included in the book. It’s the Launch Team Facebook group. You guys, there is a community there that I haven’t experienced before. People are sharing their struggles and celebrations. There is authenticity, transparency, and love over there. It’s its own little tribe, and I feel extremely blessed to be a part of it. Because I’m on the Launch Team, part of my job is to help you realize that you should buy For The Love (preorder is on now!), but it also means that I get to share pieces of the book with you, so you can see why you should read it! So from this Friday, April 3, until the book launch in August, I will be doing a series called “For The Love Friday.” I’ll share a quote from the book, and what I took away as a reader. My thoughts won’t give away the book, it’s just my way of making text-to-self connections (shout out, to my elementary teachers!). So, I would love it if you would follow me through this journey. And I hope you’ll be willing to share what you take away from the quotes in the comments section. I love discussion and hearing others’ perspectives!

Corndogs, bull riding, and rollercoasters oh my! Those are just some of the things you’ll find at the Oklahoma State Fair. Let’s start with the food because honestly that’s the reason I go. Before there were gourmet food trucks there were carnival trucks. Big sellers include funnel cake, burgers, and fried chicken. I even hear there was a friend gummy bear, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to find it. If you go, don’t forget to hit the ATM. Most of these delicacies are cash-only. Kids and big kids rejoice! Amusement Park season is coming to an end, but the Fair rides are up and running. I heard one kid say he couldn’t walk in a straight line after jumping off a ride that must have spun in circles 200 times. I strapped on my GoPro to a grown man joining the kids on the biggest slide I’ve ever seen. I could smell the animals and saw pony rides, but somehow missed the rest. I’m sure plenty of you have never been to a state fair before, so I encourage you to watch this video and consider checking it out next year. Admission in Oklahoma City was $10 a person, but that varies state to state.

Transcription is the conversion of speech to written text. This service is most commonly carried out for our NGO clients who for example, may have recorded interviews from their field offices that they wish to have converted to written format. It is common for these to be subsequently translated into other languages for multimedia use, such as subtitling, which is a service we also carry out. In these and other settings, the client is asked what the transcription is intended to be used for, and through this, it is determined if the speech should be transcribed verbatim or if slang or other nuances should be avoided. Transcription is provided on a standardised template indicating the start and end of speech in specified time intervals. Subtitling is part of a broader field of audio-visual translation that in many cases leads on from transcription. This service must be carried out by an experienced linguist who is proficient technically in this specialist field and who works with the software required to provide this service. 2) a subtitle has a minimum duration of a second and a maximum of 6 seconds on screen, but there is a direct relation between the duration of a subtitle and the number of characters it can contain so that it can be read comfortably. Subtitles are inserted into the correct place in the audio, a process known as simulation, and it is exported to whichever extension the client requires. As standard, we can provide a bi-lingual table of the original subtitles and translation, as well as a time-coded .SRT file containing the subtitles themselves when requested. When it comes to choosing VO artists, our experience allows us to assess, in the absence of any guidance, what would best suit the client’s message and image. To reduce costs, we find it advisable to choose two artists, one male and one female, or three if a more conversation-style is desired, depending on the target audience and if there are any dialects or tone to consider. As standard, we always provide clients with a sample of voices to choose from. We use specialist ADR-Software to create a voice-over script allowing us to exactly time voiceovers to the source material. In cases where the voiceover is not the same as the source language, care needs to be taken to ensure a language longer than the source doesn’t exceed its permitted length. We then send the script to the VO artist who records the audio which is then mixed and digitally mastered. Our technical team ensures that the audio is clear and any additional parameters such as background soundtracks are suitable and of the correct sound level. This is done using professional post-production software.

Deutsche Seite / German Version. An average of 2500 surgical procedures from the entire range of ENT operations are performed at the Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine annually. The main focus is hereby placed on surgery of the ears and the petrosal bone as well as the nose and the paranasal sinuses. In addition to acoustic neuromas, the range of treatments includes implants which improve hearing, microscopic and minimally invasive interventions on the ears and the nose as well as plastic surgery. The surgical treatment of tumours in the ear, nose and throat area, also play a major role at the Clinic. In order to perform medical ENT examinations, the Clinic has state-of-the-art equipment to cover the complete range of ENT diagnostic procedures. This makes it possible to provide soundproof booths for diagnostic hearing tests, ultrasound diagnostics with colour-coded Doppler, otoneurological examinations with brain stem auditory invoked potentials, videonystagmography and acoustic emissions as well as rhinomanometry, olfactory testing and allergy tests. Furthermore, the Clinic has one of the most state-of-the-art digital volume tomography devices. This makes it possible to produce high-resolution images of bones in the skull, specifically the base of the skull and the paranasal sinuses, which display these with an unforeseen accuracy.

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Khalid Mahmood is a Member for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2001 Foreign Legislature. The year with the most videos was 2017 with two videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2014 with an average of 2,077 views per program. Most appearances with Dennis Skinner (2), Tony Blair (2), Mike Gapes (2). Most common tags: Terrorism, Great Britain.

Veronika Hubeny is a theoretical physicist, currently a Professor in the Department of Physics at University of California, Davis. She is one of the founding members of the newly-formed Center for Quantum Mathematics and Physics (QMAP). She received her Ph.D. in Physics in 2001 from UC Santa Barbara, held postdoctoral research position at Stanford University (and at UC Berkeley for a few months) followed by a Professorial position at Durham University in the UK, before joining the faculty at UC Davis in 2015. Her research interests lie mainly in areas of string theory and quantum gravity. Hoping to elucidate the fundamental nature of spacetime, she is particularly fascinated by `holographic dualities’ which describe higher-dimensional gravitational theory by a lower-dimensional non-gravitational one. Much of her work involves deeper understanding of black holes within this context, and their mysterious links to quantum information theory.

As you continue to contemplate the concept of living wholeheartedly, there is a sense that you are beginning to realise that this isn’t some new age mumbo jumbo, but it’s a genuine opportunity for you to see your life from a new perspective in order to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to the things you do that nurture you and the things that don’t. Living wholeheartedly is about living in accordance to your heart and soul, it’s a willingness to turn within to look at yourself, and your choices, with honesty and openness. It’s also a willingness to live life fully and consciously. As a realist, you often tire of such things, after all, ‘back in the real world’ there are bills to pay and things to do, but living wholeheartedlyisback in the real world, in fact, you can’t really get much more real! I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Capricornand is located athttps://www.moretolifemag.co.uk/2019/04/capricorn/.

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Old Holborn left a message on Tom Harris’s blog, which propmted me to leave a message for you.My blog roll consists of three names and you are one of them!I have been through terrible depressions myself, even lacking the will to live, which was mainly due to constantly worrying about the state of the world and my own feeble efforts, but then I started lightening up because the Almighty God is in control and so I don’t need to worry every minute of the day.Friends had to drum this fact into my head.I started turning my concerns into opportunities. Instead of getting depressed, I started a website. I stopped worrying what people think of me and started speaking my mind.I know from feedback that I have helped people see things differently. They have thanked me.You are much bigger than me, so many more people will have benefited from your insight.Maybe a change would help. I moved to a new house and I decided I was going to enjoy it no matter what. I guess you don’t have to move to make that decision. Just trust in Christ and do it. The Good Shepherd won’t let us down. I used to worry about the lost sheep. How can *I* save them, I used to beat myself up with, but He will keep the 99 safe while the lost one is returned safely to the fold.I am sure that, through God’s grace, all will be gathered together whose names are written in the Book of Life.At church at the weekend, we were reminded that one of the most important things about being a Christian is the waiting. Waiting upon the glorious return of Christ.While we’re waiting, take some rest as you need to. And remember, depressions *always* pass. I guarantee this. I am somewhat of an expert after several decades of the things. Get some antidepressants if you need to. Plenty of Christians are on them. I’ve been on them. There’s no shame in it.A walk can do wonders, especially if you can kick some Autumn leaves about as you go!

Teeny and the Bee: And baby makes... four? I've been getting TIME magazine for years. I used to read it cover to cover. Now if I'm lucky I make it to the letters to the editor that discuss articles from past issues that I didn't get to before it was time to recycle. The issues sit in the bathroom and occasionally Johnny thumbs through them while he's in there and emerges updated on world events. "Did you read that Iran banned the mullet?" he asks brightly, and makes me feel like a kid who hasn't done her homework. This past week the cover story was one we both read though. It was on the growing percentage of only children in the US. As Thora gets older and other things fall into place in our lives, we are now asking ourselves about #2. Do we want another child? And if we do, when? And what are our reasons for wanting versus not wanting? Before Thora was born, we'd agreed on two. Probably, that is. Somehow I envisioned our family as a family of four. I still do. And yet we are wavering. Reading that only children are on the rise for a lot of reasons was interesting and thought provoking. Only children do better in school. They read more, have higher SAT scores. They get more quality time. And yet, when I, the only child with high SAT scores and an A average, was younger, I often felt like I was surrounded by grownups that didn't want to play with me, who could not relate to me. In an earlier blog entry I wrote that I often felt like my parents were both born at the age of 35 since they had absolutely zero recollection of what it was like to be a kid. Desperate for youthful interaction, I always wanted to visit my friends or invite them over. My mother would tell me repeatedly, "Aimee, you have to learn to play by yourself." Board games are no fun on your own - there are only so many times you can play against yourself. I never had video games. I didn't play with dolls. I wasn't a particularly imaginative child. So I read. I would go to the library and take out as many books as I could carry and then devour them all. I'd spend all day lying on the floor of my room reading. I blew through books quickly and I reread my favorites often. All this reading gave me a wide and varied vocabulary, but I was also dramatic, sensitive, emotional. I often think I am that way because I tried so hard to get the attention of grownups who might have been more focused on children had there been more children to focus on. That said, I loved being an only child as much as I hated it. Really, it was the only life I knew. I was not spoiled. I was independent by default. I am still independent. Autonomous. Focused. I am so the opposite of distracted and ADD-minded that when I am reading something or even thinking about something, I don't hear the people next to me when they're trying to get my attention. I like and need lots of alone time and personal space. I don't need to be entertained or babysat. Johnny, on the other hand, was one of four. Four is a lot. Four is out of the question. Even three is a lot. Three is out of the question. Pros of having two: Achieving my goal, living my dream. If we had them close together, they would have each other. If we had another girl, even better! We would be able to use all of Thora's things again. Plus I loved being pregnant. And I would love a chance at a more normal birthing. We would be even more child-centric. We would have a bigger and more fun family. But mostly it is this: I have a lot of love to give. Enough for another child. And I know that I would be a good mother to two. Also (and I hate even typing this), if something were to happen to Thora... and she were the only child.... the all-your-eggs-in-one-basket thing. I worry. Cons of having two: I am already 37, so we'd need to get on this soon. Thus we would have two small children at once and I worry a lot about robbing Thora of her babyhood. It would very likely mean weaning her before I wanted to, moving her to sleeping in her room before I wanted to. And can we handle two little ones? One is hard enough! Would we be stretched too thin? I fear the double stroller, two car seats, attempting to tandem nurse. Also, we have a two bedroom apartment, so any new baby - boy or girl - would have to share with Thora, unless we move. But we just moved in. My responsibilities at work are increasing and this pulls me in several directions at once. I miss Thora terribly when I have to work late. Having two means missing twice as much, and putting twice as much pressure on Johnny as the primary caregiver during the week. Raising children is expensive. Could we afford it? Johnny stays home with Thora. Would I be able to support a family of four on my own, or would he have to go to work? The strongest argument to keep Thora a singleton is our very real fear of the other shoe falling. I am so freaking happy these days that it's hard to believe my good fortune. I have never known this kind of happiness in my whole life. In the past few years Johnny and I got back together and I learned how to take control of my finances and my life. In the past year, I got pregnant and finally decided I wanted to marry the person I knew I was meant to be with. We had a beautiful, healthy baby who is turning into a happy and thriving child. We moved into a brand new apartment and became first-time homeowners. We saved for and bought me the diamond ring we could not afford when we got married. And most recently, I got promoted to VP at work. This is a streak of good fortune that I worry could run out at any time. Do I dare ask for more? Should I push my luck? What if the next one isn't as easy? Or worse? Then what? It feels like a gamble, and I am not the gambling type. to running home from work to make it home in time for bath time and bedtime. I love the bathee photos! Ok this entry basically made me tear up. I do not know why, but it did. If you ask me, I say two. And for one reason. Seeing the bond forming between siblings is the most beautiful thing you will ever witness in your entire life. But off course it is up to you! I do understand the thought of having an only child though. I thought I was done after I had Sumarrós but then Karítas happened out of the blue. Now I am just so incredibly happy and thankful that I have both of them. I could tell you all the bonuses of having two (or even three, as I did), but what was right for me might not be right for you. We thought that two was enough. Then I found out that I was pregnant with David. I don't regret for one minute having him. Mine averaged 3yrs between and I still worried that the earlier ones got cheated while I was focused on the newest one. There is no perfect answer. The only question to ask yourself about having another one is "Why?". If you can't answer that one with surety, that tells you something. I know how you feel about having lots of love to give. I felt the same way. Trust your heart in this, and don't let your head confuse you with too many what-ifs. There will always be "what-ifs" no matter what your decision. I admire and am grateful to you for speaking so candidly and personally in your blog; for vocalizing things I've felt and thought and even written, but never would have been able to post so publicly. I love reading your posts and vicariously absorbing some of this profound love and happiness.

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So today's outfit seems to be a combination of what I've worn over the last week. I tend to get into a terrible routine of wearing something once, then not wearing it again for a year. So I'm now trying to re-use pieces from my wardrobe more often, and work out what can be styled with something different to make a whole new outfit. The problem with buying a bright pink coat is that it's really obvious when you wear it over and over again and you then get bored of it easily. Lucky for me, this jacket was a bargain from Primark, so it's ok if I only wear it for this winter and get bored of it quickly. I'm sure I will pop in on Ebay soon enough!

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Will Election Hacking Split NATO? NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, has reportedly suggested that NATO may consider Russian interference in upcoming European elections as an attack triggering collective defense measures. Such a move could put NATO and its member states at odds with the United States, which carefully avoided calling Russian interference in the U.S. election even a violation of international law. It would also leave the United States with a difficult choice of potentially changing its view of the legality of election interference or contradicting the legal views of its NATO allies. NATO’s founding treaty states in Article 5 that NATO members “agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all” and that “if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence” will assist the victim state. In a 2014 summit declaration, NATO governments made clear that cyberattacks could trigger collective self-defense under Article 5 and explained that a decision to invoke NATO’s collective defense obligations would occur “on a case-by-case basis.” According to The Independent, Bradshaw suggested that election interference may be such a case, explaining that “allegations of interference in American and European elections and an international disinformation campaign could cause the definition of an ‘attack’ to be widened” for purposes of Article 5. “Armed attack” is a high threshold under international law, and as Ryan Goodman has explained, Russia’s interference in the U.S. election did not reach that level. Maybe a future cyberattack on election infrastructure could. But Bradshaw may have meant not that future election interference was likely to constitute an armed attack, but rather that NATO states should respond collectively to hostile actions below the armed attack threshold. The continuing fears about Russian interference in upcoming European elections lend urgency to the need for state-to-state discussions about how to characterize election interference as a matter of international law. The United States—or at least the Obama Administration—staked out its position, but other states should weigh in and work toward a consensus among allies. Academics can continue to spar, but it is state practice that will and must settle the debate.

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Over my holiday I had the extreme luxury of reading some of the stoic literature I had. Particularly the lecture series of Gaius Musonius Rufus one of the Roman stoics. From his 21 discourses, discourse 18 labelled “On Food” is what caught my attention. Now I don’t agree with many of Musonius practical stoic ideas, such as not eating meat, but there is one piece of advice he gives, that has stuck with me. In Discourse 18, Musonius advises that we listen to Socrates and not live to eat, but rather eat to live. What he means here, is that food is just that, it’s food. That is, rather than constantly be thinking about what you are eating, we should treat eating as what it is, something we must do to survive. I am sure most of us, if not all, have come across the judgemental individuals who will pipe up with something along the lines of “why deprive yourself of food” or “you only live once” or whatever other justification they use every time we politely refuse a piece of cake or a bowl of spaghetti. To these people I often echo Musonius, and mention that not eating a caramel slice is not deprivation to me. I eat so I can enjoy life, I don’t enjoy life by eating. A lot of us paleo dieters fall into an orthorexic lifestyle. We obsess about our food. This is not a healthy mindset by any means, and is just as bad as eating what we consider to be unhealthy. A lot of us will do well taking this stoic advice and just eating what we know is healthy, in amounts that allow us to live better. No more and no less. Yep, that was me in 2010 🙂 Amazing what a little weight gain will do to your mindset. But I don’t think anyone can understand any eating disorder until they experience it, so it’s all too easy to brush off the appearance of obsession as self indulgence rather than understanding why people end up there. Previous post: …and I’m back!

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While many cemeteries are equipped to deal with both standard burials and options pertaining to cremations, it is important for you to consult with the director of your cemetery to ensure that this is the case and that all of the requirements are met. Although one might think that standard burials are simple and problem-free, knowing the facts in advance will make it much easier. For example, there are some locations which do not do standard burials in the wintertime, due to not being equipped to deal with the condition of the ground. In these instances, the casket is generally housed in a vault until a later date. If you are planning a standard burial, it is essential for you to know the facts about your particular cemetery. You will then be able to plan a graveside service if you wish to do so. If you wish for your cemetery to be the final resting place of your loved one, this is usually possible even if you opt for cremation. Although you should check with your cemetery to find out what is available, some ideas which you might like to consider are in-ground burial, a mausoleum, a columbarium, or placement in a special cremation garden. Depending upon the specifics of your cemetery, any or all of these may be readily available. There are many different styles and materials of cremation urns. Your personal preferences should be the deciding factor in the urn you select for your loved one. One important point to consider when making your decision is the final resting place you have chosen. Whether you select one of the cemetery options, or prefer to scatter the ashes in a different location, the urn you choose is important. Whether you are considering standard burial or cremation, the key to your final decision is remembrance. You will want to choose the method which is most in-tune with your loved one’s preferences and beliefs, as well as what is best for your family. You will honor your loved one through the manner in which you choose to remember him. It is about memories, connection to your loved one, and celebrating a special life.

I have installed the concurrent version of emulators/i386-wine and so far Wine itself runs fine. I want to play the original Fallout via Wine and downloaded the current version from gog.com. Installation went fine, but at the end of the installation it throws some strange error codes, but nevertheless finishes "successfully". When I then start the game it's launcher looks fine, but the game itself looks somewhat monochromatic / negative. Beside that it runs fine. I've discovered a config tool inside Fallouts installation directory and there you can switch graphics vendor from DirectX9 to DirectDraw 7 or "Basic". I've switched it to DirectDraw and then the graphics look fine and as intended. Any idea why DirectX9 isn't working? According to winehq.org someone successfully tested Fallout with wine on FreeBSD 6 (!). Last issue is that when I quit the game I get instantly logged out from X and/or X itself crashes. Could this be an issue with Xorg configuration and/or the driver. I have the current package of x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel installed. Update: Yesterday I've installed the Lumina DE and here X isn't automatically logging me out after quitting a game via Wine - with XFCE the problem persists. If you say you're not having that problem with Lumina, then probably XFCE is the problem. But in any case, I would not recommend emulators/i386-wine, as it is version 1.6 and therefore very old. Use emulators/i386-wine-devel instead. Also make sure you have your packages up to date, you might want to perform # pkg upgrade once in a while. I myself have no trouble with wine and KDE4, you might want to try that, too.

The curtain rises: a Kyōgen stage, an examination room at an eye specialist’s, a sushi counter. There are two people meeting here. Feelings of the most diverse kind, alternating between fear and fascination, between tenderness and sanctuary, flare up and are immediately put into practice. The feelings of the other are explored.

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The Alabama Bookstop isn't even cold in its grave yet and it's getting ready for a reincarnation. And it's a reincarnation back to its movie-house roots. The Houston Cinema Arts Society is putting together its first film festival, and as part of it there will be....well, something that sounds very arty and modern, but it's movie-related and it's going into the Alabama space. Part art gallery, part cinema, a state-of-the-art device called H BOX featuring video and short films by 10 artists, arrives Wednesday, October 21, 2009 as part of the Houston Cinema Arts Society's 2009 Cinema Arts Festival Houston. The Festival, a vibrant multimedia arts event breaking out of the confines of the movie theater through live music and film performances, outdoor projections, interactive video installations and more, is set for November 11-15 at cultural locales throughout Houston. H BOX, the portable screening room designed by Portuguese artist/architect Dider Fiuza Faustino and sponsored by the Hermès Foundation, will be stationed at the historic Alabama Theatre through the close of the Festival on November 15. And what is this "H Box"? The H has nothing to do with Houston, if that's what you're thinking. Consisting of collapsible aluminum and acrylic glass modules that can be assembled, disassembled and transported easily, H BOX is literally made up of moving parts. These parts, together with the commissions shown within it, suggest the fluidity of video while also harkening back to the older, stationary camera obscura. H BOX is characteristic of the work of designer Didier Fiuza Faustino in that it crosses a wide range of activities including architecture, performance, installation and film. It's been displayed, or whatever the word would be, throughout Europe. "There really could not be a piece more perfect than H BOX to be stationed at our Festival headquarters," says Richard Herskowitz, who is curating the festival. "The video artists collected here are expanding the range of video as an audio-visual art form, and they have been celebrated for this at major museums and art biennials. We want our Festival to expose people not only to such fine media art, but also to new ways, beyond traditional theaters, of engaging with innovative media." After the festival, the H Box will be transformed into yet another soulless Barnes & Noble which will include a Starbucks and be located within 100 yards of two other Starbucks. Or at least it will if Weingarten Realty gets its hands on it.

Important: This product does not include the techniques used in the performance video. Instead, it includes a similar looking, much more practical variation of the effect. Copyright ©2012 Magicians: The Gathering (DarkSleightZ) - It's eS productions. All Rights Reserved. I figured it out but still a awsome trick. However, reversedmagic, if you think you figured it out, I would like to tell you that you are probably wrong. Even the product we sell is (as mentioned) not of what you see in the performance video. It does have the exact same possibilities though. For instance, do you think that the performance involves palming? Yes? Well.. nope, sorry, it doesn't. oh goodness, i really don't want to see those generic "i know how you did it" YouTube comments on here.. I thought you were safe from those on here Mark! :P Also... am I not considered an active member anymore? I only see the standard price or is there no member discount for this one? Theheron, be sure you are logged in before entering the Store section. It still shows all discounts for you. Why was another deck used to make a selection...? Awesome trick! i think i'm going to buy it! A little question : the price is 2$ and i live in France so i pay in € so what do i have to do to buy it with paypall? If you already have a paypal account, then the currency conversion will automatically occur, so you don't have to worry about that. If you don't and you want to register for one, you need at least have a debit or a credit card, unless someone else already put some money in your paypal account (which makes you not require the debit or credit card when paying). Do you also have information about how and when do we have the video after paying please ? After paying, you will receive an e-mail with all necessary information automatically. You then login and download your purchased files. In case it doesn't tell you how much time there is left before the download is finished, you can check the product thread and see how big the file actually is. Hope that answers it all. How big of group are we talking about? And if you have to, you can do it angle proof easily. Got it! Amazing as always, Mark!

It has been almost a year since our previous stamps milestone. Now there are 555,555 Stamps on Colnect! Stamps have proven to be one of the most popular categories of our community. Out of 124,000+ colnectors, more than 27,720 are stamps collectors :) Are you one of them? Being one of the oldest categories on Colnect, it has been loyally supported and lead by hard-working coordinators - Guido Fußhöller [footy68] and Klaus Jochimsen [Lola22]. Colnect is also constantly updated by our 915 contributors and almost 200 of editors. We are thankful to all the colnectors devoting their time to increase our Stamps catalog and making it globally accessible. Right now the catalog has many detailed sub-categories: Countries, Emissions, Formats, Printings, Perforations, Colours, Years, Face Values, Currencies, Themes and Catalogs. The first perforated stamps, though, saw the light of the world in 1854 in Great Britain too. In the next years other countries issued their own perforated stamps. People started collecting stamps, or philately, right after first stamps went into circulation. Impressive fact: in 1841 there was an ad posted in a newspaper about a woman seeking other philatelists to help her decorate her bedroom's wall with stamps. Interestingly enough, The UK is the only country in the world that does not mention its name on stamps. In addition, the first non-royal face on British stamps was William Shakespeare's portrait. Do you have a favourite stamp in your collection? Do you have suggestions for our Stamps Catalog? Leave a comment and share your thoughts! And finally, if you want to contribute to stamps catalog, follow the instructions here.

Kristin Wilson, MA, LPC, Vice President of Clinical Outreach at Newport Academy. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Pulse is taking a look at the issues by speaking with experts. Kristin Wilson is the vice president of clinical outreach at Newport Academy, a rehabilitation center based in Connecticut that has been treating teens with mental health issues, trauma, eating disorders and substance abuse for 10 years. Wilson, who has been working there for nearly three years, spoke about helping teens heal and the stigma that still surrounds mental illness. I didn’t take my first psychology class until my senior year in college. I was fascinated by the chemistry of the brain, by the development at both infancy and adolescence. And I really loved the idea of working with teenagers and empowering them to make better decisions at a time where there is so much neural plasticity happening in their brain—when all those new channels and pathways are being developed. At Newport Academy, we work with teenagers and young adults, ages 12-20. They come from all over the country to stay with us for 30-90 days. We see a lot of depression, a lot of anxiety, a lot of attachment relational issues. We see some eating disorders, we see substance abuse issues. On average we are dealing with underlying mental health issues probably 100 percent of the time regardless of what a child is classified as when they come in. 20 percent of people aged 13-18 have a mental health condition, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. And about 50 percent of high school students with a mental illness drop out. Depression is one of the most common—the National Institute of Mental Health reported that about 3.1 million youth aged 12 to 17 suffered from at least one major depressive episode in 2016. One of the things that we see with teenagers specifically is that there is still a real stigma around having mental health problems and it can really cause people who are suffering to not seek out help. They are fearful that if they do they are going to get judged and for a teenager to be judged by peers or by others can be really difficult. 75 to 80 percent of youth who need help in the United States don’t receive mental health services. Our program is based on the idea that if we identify and address the underlining trauma, mental health and attachment wounds, we can create an environment where kids are able to connect authentically with themselves, with their peers and with their family. To create authentic connections with self means to know what you love, know what you believe in, know that there’s a world outside of self and learn empathy. Then it’s about being able to engage those kids with peers and with their family in that same process. The way that we do that is through clinical programming, creative programming, experimental programming. We also have a focus on academics; we want kids to feel good about themselves and in academic environments, sometimes that can be challenging. We offer very small gender specific classrooms where the kids can really excel academically. We treat the child and the family—they play such a huge role in sustainable healing. We want to make sure that we’re treating the body and mind and spirit of both of them. It’s about creating connections in an environment where conversations—whether they are just general like, “How was your day?” type of conversations or more specific around difficult subjects—are allowed to flourish and that there’s a place of unconditional love both the child and the parent experience together. We are also noticing that holistic care really does prove to be a positive measure in treatment. Things like nutrition and exercise blended together with traditional clinical psychotherapy and psychopharm agents if needed, I think are really going to be the way of the future. We know that what you put in your body directly impacts neural chemistry and so some of the links between healthy foods, non-processed foods, GMO-free foods have shown in measurable research that they are productive in the body when it comes to increasing serotonin levels. Things like yoga and meditation, those have all been proven to have a big effect on lowering cortisol and increasing those happy chemicals in the brain. We see kids coming in who have really incorporated a sense of self that is impacted by early childhood trauma and attachment wounds. They have this belief that they are not good enough or they are not worthy. One of the most amazing things that I’ve been able to witness is when that belief gets challenged, where they are engaged in something that they love to do and they are really good at it, whether it’s art, photography, music, yoga or hiking. All of sudden, that self belief of “I’m not good enough” goes away.

John Harrison is a Historic Buildings Architect collaborating with ArCHIAM since 2010. John Harrison graduated from the School of Architecture and the Department of Civic Design at the University of Liverpool, and then worked on historic buildings in local government and architectural practise. For the last thirty years he has travelled and worked in India, Pakistan, China and Nepal, documenting and restoring the buildings of Tibet and the Himalaya. He has written and lectured on his survey and building work in the Himalaya, and produced and toured three exhibitions. He is the author of ‘The LAMO Centre: Restoration and adaptive reuse in Leh Old Town’, and co-author of a monograph on a Tibetan temple in Mustang, Nepal. He is currently writing a book on the architecture of Mustang. When not in the Himalaya he lives in Snowdonia in a stone cottage which he has been restoring since 1969.