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The animated film Sleeping Beauty is an interesting one in the Disney canon. My relationship with this movie is the most complicated of any Disney film. It was only much later in life when I began to truly appreciate it. The process of getting this movie on the screen was also complicated, but its legacy is an important one in the studio’s history.
Disney’s 16th animated feature Sleeping Beauty was a musical fantasy film based on the fairy tale The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, and the music score was arranged and adapted from the 1890 Sleeping Beauty ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
It tells the story of a princess named Aurora (voiced by Mary Costa) who is cursed by an evil fairy named Maleficent (Eleanor Audley), the three good fairies Flora (Verna Felton), Fauna (Barbara Jo Allen) and Merryweather (Barbara Luddy) who try to protect her, and a prince named Phillip (Bill Shirley) who tries to rescue her.
As soon as Cinderella became a commercial and critical hit for Disney in 1950, the studio began work on Sleeping Beauty, writing on the film beginning in 1951 with Wilfred Jackson set to direct.
The film was initially scheduled to be released in 1955, but Sleeping Beauty turned out to be one of the most difficult films to make. The writing was unsatisfying for notorious perfectionist Walt Disney, and the story kept getting lukewarm responses, causing Walt to throw out entire sequences.
The problems with the story forced the studio to push the film’s release date to 1957, and the story wasn’t the only problem with the film’s production. Director Wilfred Jackson was replaced by animator Eric Larson after Jackson suffered a heart attack. Larson had never directed before this and he was soon replaced by the more experienced Clyde Geronimi.
Now the movie was scheduled for 1958.
Walt’s instincts were surprisingly off during this film’s production, and Animator Milt Kahl blamed Walt for the constant release delays. Walt reportedly never attended story meetings and he didn’t appear as enthusiastic as he was during the productions of Snow White and Cinderella.
Walt wanted the film to look like a moving illustration. He didn’t care how long it took to get it right, and he made a bold and controversial choice when hiring the film’s art director.
Artist Eyvind Earle was first hired at Disney as an assistant background painter on Peter Pan and soon got more prominent work on the Disney shorts such as the stylish UPA-inspired and Oscar-winning Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom before becoming art director on Sleeping Beauty, and Walt loved his art so much that he gave Earle creative freedom to make the backgrounds the way he wanted them to look.
The art design on previous Disney films like Cinderella had a more rococo art style but Sleeping Beauty looked more stylized and angular than your average Disney film, resembling the art on medieval tapestry.
The art was so striking that the character designs were changed to blend better with Earle’s style, although director Clyde Geronimi lamented that they were focusing too much on elaborate backgrounds and not enough on the animation.
Les Clark animated the opening sequence where all the visitors march to the castle to celebrate the arrival of Princess Aurora.
Marc Davis was the main animator on both Aurora and Maleficent.
Milt Kahl was the main animator on Prince Phillip.
Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston supervised the animation on Flora, Fauna and Merryweather.
John Lounsbery animated the two kings Hubert and Stefan.
Eric Larson directed the sequence where Aurora first meets Phillip in the forest.
Wolfgang Reitherman directed the sequence with the dragon fight.
Ward Kimball did not animate on the film, but when composers Jack Lawrence and Sammy Fain dropped out of the film, Kimball suggested George Bruns as a replacement.
Sleeping Beauty cost $6 million to make, the most expensive animated film at the time. It finally got released in 1959. Unfortunately the initial reaction from critics was mixed and it also underperformed at the box office, leading to massive layoffs and production cuts in the sixties (the Xerox process that was applied to the Disney films of the sixties was implemented to put the animator’s work directly on camera to skip the inking process, which was less expensive and for a long time it led to a sketchier art style in Disney’s animated films).
As a result of the movie’s failure, it was the last Disney fairy tale and the last to feature a princess until 1989 when The Little Mermaid revitalized the genre.
A lot of critics called it a Snow White clone, but nowadays Sleeping Beauty is given more respect and it is considered a classic and one of Disney’s best films. The villain Maleficent in particular is one of the most popular Disney characters of all time, to the point where she received her own movie.
It took a while for me to warm up to Sleeping Beauty at first. The characters and the art style are not as appealing as in Snow White or Cinderella, nor is the music as great or the comedy as funny. But as I grew up and my artistic tastes broadened, I grew to appreciate Sleeping Beauty’s art style and now I think it is one of Disney’s best looking films.
I also love the movie itself more. It is nowhere near my favorite Disney films and I maintain that both Snow White and Cinderella are far superior, but for what Sleeping Beauty achieves, it is a triumph. It might be Disney’s most beautiful film. I also love Maleficent as a villain and I think she is the best character in the movie, plus the film itself is more mature than most of Disney’s other films and it has an air of regality that puts it in a class of its own. Overall it is satisfying entertainment and I would advise all animation fans not to sleep on Sleeping Beauty.
Some of the dropped story ideas from the previous two princess films were used in this film, including the prince getting captured by the villain (Snow White) and the prince and the princess dancing on a cloud (Cinderella).
Prince Phillip’s name originated from the most popular prince known by Americans in the fifties: Queen Elizabeth’s husband The Duke of Edinburgh.
Two famous animators who you don’t normally associate with Disney both worked on this film: Don Bluth, who would later go on to leave Disney and start his own animation studio, and Chuck Jones, who was briefly out of work at Warner Bros. when the animation studio there was dismantled in favor of what Warners thought was the new big phenomenon: 3-D. How long did the 3-D craze last? Let’s just say Chuck Jones’ stint at Disney was short.
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I'm sorry but I've only just read the thread from January on tapeless production and wanted to answer Ned's queries about problems on location. I'm shooting XDCAM on the EX camera to the Sony S x S cards. Obviously, with the high price of these cards, we have to re use them pretty quickly. If I get home before I have to download then the files go from the camera via USB to a decent quality drive(capacity 1.25 TB's), pending ingest into my edit suite and the fast drives for editing. If however I'm not able to wait for that I download on location to a 'mini' drive with capacity of 320 GB's which can be USB powered from my MacBook Pro laptop. A 16 GB card takes about 11 minutes to download and since the power comes from the laptop no external power need be available. This seems to work well but until I have at least two copies of the media files I'm never quite relaxed!
As to archiving the final HD production there are still decisions to be made. Like Ned I firstly play safe by doing a DVCAM tape master from my timeline. However, this rather wastes the HD aspect and I am proposing to archive a QT.Mov file of my next HD production to another relatively cheap stand alone drive. This drive will receive very little use so a breakdown is not as likely as it would be if the use was constant and the speed only has to be sufficient to transfer files, not video. There is also available a tape archive system for files called LTO but the recorder / player costs thousands and the tape itself is also expensive. LTO is only for production houses who would do a lot of archiving.
So there you have it. Dealing initially with media files rather than video makes things easier once you get used to it and the cameras are completely quiet in operation with no moving parts and no tape 'drop outs'! Once you ingest the media into what ever editing system you use the process continues as with tape.
I know what you mean about 'no moving parts' Michael, but you still have auto-focus, iris and zoom motors whirring away and Sony's optical Steadyshot is quite noisy. Have a listen - put your ear up against the mechanism as you wobble the camera about.
Thank you Michael for your comments on handling and archiving solid state recorded files. I am using SDHC cards which are substantially cheaper than SxS or P2 so can carry enough to get me through a couple of days shooting so don't have to download on location.
Regarding archiving we seem to follow much the same route but as the price of BluRay writers comes down this is another storage medium for the files. Again there is the question about the long term stability of the media. I agree that a dedicated HDD is the easiest way to go at present. I make HDV tape copies as I have an HDV deck, a cheap HDV camera with record would be a way of preserving the info in an HD format.
Firstly Tom. You and I both know that we don't shoot with the auto focus or auto iris functioning so that only leaves the zoom to make a noise and mostly we try and not operate that during a shot although of course we do! So your point is not too valid.
Ned, as to tape masters, I suppose I could also take HDV masters as, like you, I have the Sony M10 deck but my timeline is in 1920 X 1080 HD,and I would have to re conform the whole programme to go out in HDV. It's going to be drives for me at present.
Question Michael - do you use auto-focus for anything? I turn AF off for some drama stuff, where I've got a moment to frame and focus the shot, but for live action stuff like an occasional wedding or stage show, I use AF, as I just couldn't keep up, or have the confidence to do without it.
I also set the shutter speed to 50 and let the camera continuously adjust the iris to keep the light right. Would you advise a different approach at times?
Well Billy, ever since auto everything was introduced debates have raged as to whether it is best to use manual or auto. As you say it depends entirely on circumstances. If you can it is better to be manual. Auto focus is not always reliable and can 'hunt' at awkward moments and of course for any shots needing focus pulling you need manual although having said that I have sometimes 'pulled' focus by panning from a near point to a distant one (or vice versa) and letting the auto to make the change, that way you don't over run the focus point. Also following a moving object can be managed far easier with a good auto system but here again things can go wrong. If you have an assistant it is always better to pull focus manually as the pros do.
Iris is almost always better in manual. Zoom in to the point of the frame that you prefer to be correctly exposed whilst in auto then switch to manual for the shooting without changing the setting. You can get problems if you pan to a darker (or lighter) scene but if you average your exposure setting the effect is acceptable. An auto iris setting in these circumstances means that the exposure changes as you pan and this very often looks wrong and unnatural.
Quite so: in movies the rule is (almost without exception) to lock the shutter speed at 1/50th sec, let the camera decide on the aperture (which you can force up or down with the NDs) and then lock that aperture in.
Auto focus suits my line of work perfectly though (run 'n' gun stuff), and I find the Sony 'focus assist' to be a real boon. This is where you're shooting in autofocus but you tell the camera if you want the near or far subject held sharp.
I went out today and filmed an old steam engine that was on exhibition, zoomed into the dark cabin, then locked the iris and zoomed out. I also left the iris in manual and used the iris ring a tad - worth it, as I probably lit up the shot a stop or two and especially lit up the engine.
Pleased with the tip Michael. I'll play with manual focus another day, but soon. | 2019-04-18T16:19:38 | https://dialog.theiac.org.uk/dialog/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2557 |
On January 5th we noticed an interesting e-mail sample from a recent and ongoing e-mail campaign which contained a malicious document attachment and downloaded malware in a unique way. The Microsoft Office Word document downloaded the malicious payload from a JPG file but, where a normal browsing user would see an image of Kangaroo, the malicious document saw a different file - the Ursnif credential stealer.
The malware is downloaded from a JPG file but where a normal user would see an image when browsing to the site, the malicious document pulls down an octet-stream.
The malware payload is a credential stealer known as Ursnif and is signed with a valid certificate.
The Ursnif malware uses HTTPS for its communication.
The e-mail campaign containing the malicious DOC file was targeted towards Australian users.
Stage 2 (Lure) - ACE identifies and blocks the malicious e-mail.
Stage 5 (Dropper) - ACE identifies and prevents the malicious payload from being downloaded to the target machine.
Stage 6 (Call Home) - ACE identifies and prevents the command-and-control (C&C) traffic.
Once the malicious DOC has been opened in Microsoft Word and a user has enabled macros, a malicious macro will execute in the background and attempt to download and execute malware. However, this is done in a unique way to what we have typically seen in the past, and we have been seeing this new technique since the end of December which has normally been used to distribute the Dridex malware family. Didier Stevens wrote an analysis of the same technique recently on his blog.
Firstly, the macro will decrypt a secondary embedded and obfuscated Visual Basic Script (VBS) and write it to disk. This VBS is then executed and will send an HTTP request to a malicious site hosting a JPG but will only download part of the content by using the "Range" HTTP header. The "Range" header works by allowing the HTTP client to request the range of bytes that they want to download from the target URL's content, instead of receiving the entire content.
As shown, when the malicious DOC file downloads the JPG it only requests byte 49507 onwards and this is where the encoded malware is located within the JPG file. When a browser requests the JPG it will naturally request the entire content, and so the entire legitimate JPG file will be downloaded and shown to the browsing user. The encoded malware appended to the end of the file is invisible to a browsing user who will only see a benign image of a kangaroo.
This technique makes it more difficult for analysis tools to detect the existence of the malware, and also makes the JPG seem benign to somebody who browses to it. This method is not something that we would strictly class as a form of steganography, as the malware is only crudely appended to the end of the JPG.
The Ursnif credential stealer was the payload in this particular attack This malware is known for its ability to steal passwords and other credentials from a system, as well as hooking into browsers in order to change and intercept the content on banking websites in order to capture a user's banking credentials and personal information.
Malware actors are always looking for new ways to fool an unsuspecting victim into running their malicious code, as well as new ways to bypass analysis tools and trick researchers and investigators. Financially motivated crime remains popular among these sorts of actors, who will use any means necessary to obtain various user credentials and banking information without much care as to who they infect. It is important to be aware of suspicious e-mails that you receive and to never open anything that you are unsure about.
The author of this code has used the rounded division operator '\' where he or she probably meant to use the modulo operator 'Mod'. As a result, only the first character 'R' of the encoding key "RopeCut6" is ever used rather than the full key. This means that the encoding scheme is a lot weaker and very obvious to any analysts who look at the payload. In addition, automated analysis tools will often look for single byte xor-encodings and automatically decode them. Ultimately the end result is that the malware author's payload may be discovered and detected a lot quicker than it would have otherwise been if they had used the full, intended encoding key.
Interestingly, the way they encode the payload must have the same error because the payload decodes and executes without any problems. However, even if the malware author was to change or fix this algorithm then Raytheon|Websense products would still protect against this threat because we do not rely on the payload encoding.
Encoding and encryption mistakes are commonplace among cybercriminals who do not typically have the kind of code quality reviews that a professional, commercial organisation would have. | 2019-04-26T14:36:33 | https://www.forcepoint.com/blog/security-labs/range-technique-permits-ursnif-jump-your-machine |
Normally, I would be curled up in a ball in a corner of my sofa crying right about now. The impending autumn means one thing: Back to school. This year, however, now that I'm not going back into the classroom (as the teacher, at least!), I can really appreciate how exciting it is when the seasons start turning. It's time to dig out my woollies and, to make sure our knitwear is fully prepared for the cold months ahead, George at Asda have shared the best tips on how to care for knitwear, both from a knitwear expert and some familiar faces.
When it comes to knitwear, I am rarely without a cardigan. Even in summer, I will have a cardigan tucked away in a bag somewhere just in case. Colder months usually mean I reach for a big, snuggly jumper and I am a sucker for a novelty print. Because knitwear is such a vital part of my wardrobe, it's important that I care for it properly so that it lasts for years to come.
Either fold them neatly in drawers or hang up on a padded hanger. I like fancy silky hangers because they look so unapologetically glamorous and, if you get hold of the scented ones, they'll keep your knitwear smelling amazing too!
Since I wear so much knitwear, I experience a lot of bobbles! Handwashing jumpers and cardigans can help prevent them but, when they do pop up, they're surprisingly easy to remove. Either use one of those little bobble-removing devices or gently roll velcro hair rollers over the affected area and watch those pesky little things pop off.
As much as I rely on basic knits because of their versatility, I also like to have fun with cardigans and jumpers. In autumn and winter, they become an integral part of my outfit, so it's nice to choose some bold, statement pieces. Anything with sequins, glitter or an obnoxious pattern and I am there! Keeping you warm while looking awesome- what more could you want?
For this knitwear-based outfit, I used the back to school season as inspiration. When I first tried on the grey checked pinafore, I wasn't too sure since the skirt is a slimmer fit than I was anticipating. However, after wearing it for a little while, I shortly came to the realisation that I felt pretty good in it! I love the dungaree-style clips at the front, the shape of the straps on the back and, of course, the fact that it has pockets!
To keep me cosy, this high neck ribbed body is perfect. The ribbing detail keeps it close to the body while the high neck and sleeves keep me toasty. There's also the benefit of it not riding up all the time! Then, of course, there's the versatility of a black crew neck cardigan. No matter what I'm wearing, I can throw this on top. It's a little thicker than other cardigans I own, so more suitable for autumn/ winter, and buttons up to surround me in lovely woolly warm goodness!
I know it's still pretty warm at the moment but it will be autumn before you know it! Best start preparing your knitwear now. What's your biggest tip?
I love your shoes, where are they from please? | 2019-04-19T10:55:34 | https://www.beckybedbug.com/2016/08/ootd-back-to-school.html |
This Berlin hotel has 229 clean and spacious suites. Each one measures 323 square feet (30 square meters) in size and includes a sliding partition that separates the sleeping and day areas. Equipped with the comforts of home, every suite has a shower, bathtub, separate toilet, fridge, microwave, electric kettle, free Wi-Fi Internet, a flat-screen TV, air conditioning, and premium bedding.
The hotel’s bright, colourful, and modern restaurant offers a paid breakfast buffet, as well as complimentary fair-trade coffee, tea, and cookies to all guests. In the evening, enjoy a drink at the bar or pick up a ready-made dish from the 24-hour gourmet boutique. There is also a 24-hour fitness room and free 10-minute massages on Thursdays. Stay for four days or longer and borrow a Smart car free of charge to visit the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam.
The Suite Novotel Berlin Potsdamer Platz is one of the cheapest hotels in Berlin to offer such spacious and comfortable three-star accommodations. Expect to pay around $110 to $150 per night for a suite.
Among the most centrally located cheap hotels in Berlin, it is only a S-Bahn stop or short walk away from Potsdamer Platz. Also accessible by foot or convenient public transit, are some of the city’s main attractions, including the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, and Checkpoint Charlie.
Is the Suite Novotel Berlin Potsdamer Platz Family Friendly?
Recognized by travellers as one of the best family hotels in Berlin, the Suite Novotel Berlin Potsdamer Platz has six connecting suites and cribs available upon request. It offers free breakfast and a 50 percent discount on a second suite for children under the age of 16. Since pets are welcome guests, you can even bring your beloved four-legged friend with you.
If you’re looking for a comfortable home away from home in the heart of Berlin, the Suite Novotel Berlin Potsdamer Platz is a great choice. Few other hotels in Berlin offer so much value at an affordable price. Relax in the comfortable, accommodating rooms and enjoy your trip to Berlin.
"10 min walk to checkpoint Charlie and other museums" "Staff at the hotel and the location of the hotel was excellent"
"Front desk staff and the cleaning service were excellent" "Staff were amazing and helpful"
"Cleanliness of the room was immaculate" "Ventilation and temperature control worked well"
"Ventilation and temperature control worked well" "Pillow excellent"
"Complimentary “pro” Wi-Fi" "Not even enough for a decent skype call"
"Breakfast was delicious" "Paid for breakfast for our stay"
"No cutlery/ wine glasses" "Very limited cheese" | 2019-04-26T13:46:10 | https://www.hipmunk.com/Hotels-in-Berlin-Germany/Novotel-Suites-Berlin-City-Potsdamer-Platz-509c015566edc846610452f6-Reviews?hotel_pax=2 |
Item was delivered promptly but I would caution other buyers to be careful about your Router. If the 2.4ghz does not reach the bedrooms, the smart plug will not work in the bedrooms. Currently only able to get it to work in the living room. It does work indeed with Google Home Assistant.
Delivery was faster than expected. Tested both plugs, works fine.
Easy to setup and functional. Works fine for scheduling and power consumption measurements.
Fast and good delivery. Product is as described.
Interesting buy. Setup was not too difficult. Now my fan can be "remote controlled".
I received it yesterday. No problem downloading the app (on iphone) and connecting the plug. Also simple to link to Google Home. Works great.
Item received as per advertised. Great value. Fast delivery.
Hope it is easy to set up and works with Google Assistant as indicated.
Item received in good condition. Yet to try it out. Thanks.
Works amazingly, using just to set timer and manual on-off remotely. | 2019-04-20T22:41:03 | https://www.qoo10.sg/item/UPDATED-2-PACK-WIFI-SMART-PLUG-WITH-REMOTE-CONTROL-AND-TIMER/642798973 |
Guided-missile destroyer U.S.S. Halsey and the guided-missile cruiser U.S.S. Antietam participate in a maneuvering exercise in the South China Sea on October 23, 2014. Source: U.S. Pacific Fleet’s flickr photostream, used under a creative commons license.
China’s reclamation blitz in the Spratly Islands continues unabated, despite condemnation from fellow claimants and outside nations. Chinese dredging ships have been hard at work expanding at least seven features: Cuarteron, Gaven, Hughes, Fiery Cross, Johnson South, Mischief, and Subi reefs. Their work will be largely complete in a matter of months, presenting the region with a fait accompli.
Given the devastating environmental impacts, worrying effect on the regional security environment, and legal violations involved, Washington and its partners are desperate for ways to prevent or deter China from changing further facts on the ground. But that goal alone will not lead to a sound strategy. The situation has been changed too drastically for there to be any going back to the precarious balance in place prior to 2009.
And the current status quo is inherently unstable. A new round of escalation is always just over the horizon, whether caused by a ruling from the arbitration tribunal at The Hague, a violent run-in between the increasing number of Chinese paramilitary forces and Southeast Asian fishermen, or the collapse of the rusted-out BRP Sierra Madre along with the Filipino troops aboard. Any sound strategy from Washington cannot just revolve around how to prevent further provocations; it must help set the conditions for a sustainable solution to the disputes.
The top priorities for the United States and its regional partners are seeing that the South China Sea disputes be resolved peacefully and according to international law. Much of current U.S. strategy is already geared toward ensuring those two conditions. The United States is engaged in substantial efforts to bolster Southeast Asian states’ maritime domain awareness, patrol, and deterrence capabilities, all to prevent more blatant Chinese aggression. Washington is also putting considerable diplomatic effort into pushing all claimants, not just China, to bring their claims into accordance with international law. These efforts must be sustained and Washington must cajole others to support them.
But in light of the unprecedented escalation presented by Beijing’s reclamation efforts, Washington should consider other steps to support the conditions for a long-term resolution.
The State Department, through its Limits in the Sea series, has provided legal analyses of the claims of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The glaring omission is that of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur has failed to give an accounting of its territorial baselines, and its claim is often still depicted based upon a map of its continental shelf issued in 1979. But its 2009 submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf invalidated that map. As a matter of fairness, and a relatively easy step, the State Department should issue a position paper on Malaysia’s maritime claims and strongly urge Kuala Lumpur to clarify them in accordance with international law.
Each year, the U.S. military performs Freedom of Navigation (FON) operations and other activities to challenge excessive maritime claims. In fiscal year 2014, U.S. forces challenged claims of 19 nations, including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. In light of China’s reclamation work, the Department of Defense should add a FON operation to the 2015 calendar to assert that those new features built on low-tide elevations are legally artificial islands entitled under international law to no more than a 500 meter, or 1,640 foot, safety zone. A U.S. Navy ship should transit within 12 nautical miles of one of these reclaimed features (but beyond the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of any nearby rocks).
Legally China could challenge such passage only by claiming a low-tide elevations as a rock or island entitled to a territorial sea. That would place Beijing in an absurd legal position. It is equally likely that Beijing would recognize this absurdity and not publicly object to such a FON operation. In either case, the operation would offer clarity on what China considers these reclaimed features to be. And more importantly, it would substantially help what should be a long-term U.S. goal—pressuring China to clarify its ambiguous maritime claims and thereby shrink the size of the area in dispute to a more manageable space in which claimants can be urged to cooperate.
While there is plenty of opportunity for conflict between China and Vietnam, the most likely scenario for an escalation to violence in the South China Sea involves a run-in between Chinese and Philippine forces, which could worryingly draw in the United States. Between Scarborough Shoal, the ongoing cat and mouse game at Second Thomas Shoal, and continued tensions over Reed Bank, the opportunities for a skirmish are worryingly high. That has only been made truer by the increasing number of Chinese paramilitary units in the Spratlys, whose position is clearly bolstered by the reclamation work.
As such, the White House should give renewed thought to clarifying the scope of its commitment to defend Philippine troops in areas of dispute. It has for years offered an explicit guarantee of protection to Japanese forces on the Senkakus, arguing that it remains neutral on the dispute but sees the features as being under effective Japanese administration. The same should be said of Philippine controlled features, or Philippine forces that come under unprovoked aggression in disputed waters. Such clarity comes with its own risks, but the costs of continued ambiguity have become too high.
Washington’s current strategy trusts that both Beijing and Manila understand where the trigger for U.S. intervention lies—a point not even entirely clear to U.S. policymakers. That is a dangerous assumption given the increasingly frequent interactions between Chinese and Philippine forces in and around the Spratlys. A clarification of U.S. commitments would not only deter China from accidentally overstepping a red line it did not know existed; it would also restrain the Philippines from adventurism that it might falsely believe the United States would support.
It would also go a long way toward countering voices in the Philippines, particularly on the political left, who argue that the U.S. commitment cannot be trusted. And it could help depoliticize the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, signed by the United States and the Philippines in 2014, which would allow U.S. troops and equipment to rotate through Philippine bases on a temporary basis. A clarification of the U.S. commitment may help overcome some of the political concerns that currently see the agreement mired in the Philippine Supreme Court.
Mr. Gregory B. Poling is a Fellow with the Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies at CSIS. Follow him on twitter @GregPoling.
Mr. Gregory B. Poling is director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and a fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at CSIS.
It was foolish of Obama to proclaim potentially putting American lives at risk for the sake of some Japanese-claimed rocks about which even the Americans do not take a position on sovereignty. American lives should not be put at risk for a rusted Filipino war ship. | 2019-04-25T08:49:25 | https://www.cogitasia.com/furthering-u-s-strategic-goals-in-the-south-china-sea/ |
The cover sequence over Vila Rica averages 12 metres (m) deep, and in places has been observed to extend up to 31.5m below the surface.
A grab sample from the area returned an impressive 336 g/t (grams per ton) gold..
Initial results from auger drilling program suggest a mineralized corridor that could extend over 4km. | 2019-04-19T04:17:57 | https://ca.proactiveinvestors.com/CVE:CBR/Cabral-Gold-Inc/timeline/ |
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The $3.8 billion Keystone pipeline got a final green light this week when a federal court denied a request by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes to prevent activation of a newly completed section of the pipeline in North Dakota. The final litigation had idled the project during the autumn. The tribes and their allies brought their protest to Washington last week to lobby Congress for four days and finally marching to the White House.
A Texas-based developer, Energy Transfer Partners, began drilling a pipeline tunnel last month beneath Lake Oahe, which the tribes argued would violate their access to clean water. With tribal land a half-mile away and eight other pipelines lying on the lake bottom, the court said the argument didn’t hold water, and dismissed the tribes’ lawsuit.
American Indians no doubt suffered as settlers spread European civilization across the vast western plains. But sensitivity to their culture and the legitimate rights of their descendants cannot trump the rights of hundreds of millions of others who share the continent. Oil powers the nation, including the machines of the Indian nations within America’s boundaries. The North Dakotans who pitched their teepees on the National Mall to make their case last week did not, after all, arrive on foot.
The completion of the 1,134-mile conduit connecting North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields to storage tanks in Illinois is an affirmation of the rights of Americans to exploit the natural resources of their land. With the new section of pipeline in place, oil can begin flowing next week.
President Trump resurrected the prospects of the long-stalled Keystone XL Pipeline with an executive order immediately after his inauguration in January, expediting environmental reviews and approvals. After years of argument over the impact of fossil fuels on the climate, President Obama had stopped work in 2015, a gift to his green energy entrepreneurs. The 2,151-mile pipeline, now back on track, will, when finished, transport 1.1 million barrels of crude daily from Canada to refineries along the Gulf Coast.
If tubes and tunnels prove safe enough for human passengers barreling through at the velocity of a jetliner, pipelines should carry millions of barrels of oil safely across and beneath the Indian homeland. Americans of all kinds revere unspoiled nature, but the way of progress counts, too. | 2019-04-18T23:23:20 | https://daplpipelinefacts.com/article_022.html |
My Google+ has been very slow on Google Chrome for quite some time now. When i try the Explore option it scrolls like a snail moving up on a tree for me. And quite recently (Today) it became unbearable. So i decided i have to do something about it. Hence i Goggled it.
Found a couple of good solutions and tried them all.
And disable the heck out of the plugins.
As you can see i disabled almost all plugins i can continue live without 'After Earth'. Didn't help 1 bit.
It contained a serious text "Jokes aside". OMG! this is serious stuff..
So i was wondering what to do with it. After some careful consideration i decided to ignore it.
I went ahead and i tried these 2 things one by one. I had to restarted my browser a couple of times for this.
This actually worked a lot better than the default state. The source of this solution which i have mentioned below was scrolling much faster for me after this.
But even this didn't improve the situation in Google+ Explore much so finally i took the 3rd solution provided as a hidden solution in the post mentioned above.
I changed my web Browser.
And the truth : "My Google+ Explore is moving like knife on butter paper".
OK its not the complete truth. But i bet you its working much much faster in comparision to Google Chrome.
I am not planning on switching to Firefox full time. I will be back to chrome once they have a fix for this problem.
But lately they have been pretty rough on Resources.
All major tabs in Google Chrome take over 50Mb's of space Which is quite a lot: if you have like 10 Google+ tabs you are down by Half a GB of Space.
I don't know how exactly Google Chrome manages storage but if its all in RAM or even partially in Virtual memory or swap space then also its a lot of memory and that is bound to slow down the system over time. | 2019-04-20T15:22:17 | https://vi3k6i5.blogspot.com/2013/03/is-google-running-slow-on-google-chrome.html |
Liz Dawley logged her last day with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Colusa County on Monday, June 29, 2015, capping a successful career, but by no means signaling the end of her life in agriculture.
The longtime 4-H Youth Development Program Representative said that she looks forward to traveling, quilting and finally organizing her quilting room, and after a year of relaxation she plans to return and Volunteer with the 4-H organization.
4-H has been a huge part of Dawley’s life. Growing up on her family farm in Biggs, California, her father was the sheep and community club leader.
“I participated in market lambs, home economics, and sewing,” said Dawley.
Dawley started as the Youth Development Program Representative for 21 years ago after substitute teaching.
Dawley commented that she almost didn’t show up to the interview because she may have found another job – but showing up to the interview was the best decision she ever made.
As a group of Dawley’s coworkers mingled at a small retirement party held on Thursday, June 25, many great memories were shared.
In her time serving as the Youth Development Program Representative, Dawley has implemented the Food Stamp Nutritional Program in Schools which enabled teachers to promote health and well-being and good nutrition in the classroom.
She also serves as a board member of the Colusa County Farm Bureau and is a supporter and promoter of AG in the Classroom. | 2019-04-19T18:29:33 | http://williamspioneer.com/article/71973 |
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Lowe's and Houzz, a leading social site for home remodeling and design, announced today a marketing relationship that kicks off with a “Dream Kitchen” sweepstakes - the chance to win a dream kitchen, valued at $50,000, designed and built by Houzz's top designers and contractors with materials from Lowe's.
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There are 2 types of thermal applications. The first is paint, typically infused with microscopic porcelain pellets and aluminum flakes. When spray painted on the underside of the roof decking, it will block 60% to 80% of the sun’s heat. Which is fine for summer, but does nothing to help lower utility bills during the winter.
A better choice is to install radiant barrier foil on the attic floor. This will stop up to 97% of heat from entering the home through the attic insulation and drywall ceiling. More importantly, it does double duty by keeping the heat in during the winter.
Windows are a prime cause of heat loss in the winter. In these tough economic times, installing double pane replacement windows might not be an option. Here is a solution that’s not pretty, but it is a practical alternative.
What makes double panes effective is the void between them. They’re gas-filled with an element that limits thermal transference, usually something like argon (Ar, a noble gas). But a plain air void works to a lesser extent.
First, apply double sided tape to the window frame inside the home. Next, apply clear shrink wrap plastic film over the window, pressing it onto the tape. The thickness of the resulting void is the depth from the window casing to the glass.
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Why do I need to receive a secure access code?
The combination of a Secure Access Code and your existing Login ID and password helps to protect your account information with an extra level of security that would be nearly impossible to guess and cannot be learned. The first time you log in, you’ll be prompted to receive a secure access code to confirm your identity and allow you to register your computer or device for later use, without the need to get a secure access code each time you log in.
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We use advanced encryption methods to protect your sensitive personal information online. We also rely on multiple ways to confirm that it is you accessing your account. Visit our online account security page for more information.
Do I need to have online banking before I can enroll in mobile banking?
No. You can download the Camden National Bank iPhone® or Android™ app and click on “Enroll Now” on the app login screen to select a Login ID and get started.
Please note: New accounts will not appear in Mobile Banking the same day they are opened. Please check back the next day, and contact the Customer Assistance Center at [email protected] or 800-860-8821 if the accounts you are expecting to see are not appearing.
We use advanced encryption and security technology for a secure mobile banking experience. Your sensitive personal information, including online banking credentials, check images and account numbers are not stored on your phone. As always, you can help protect your account by always logging out of the app when you have finished using it, and making sure that your phone is password protected at all times.
Visit our FAQ Center to see answers to all your online banking questions. | 2019-04-19T13:26:30 | https://www.camdennational.com/digital-banking |
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What is the best VPN for WhatsApp?
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WhatsApp is an integral part of our daily life because we always want to be aware of different news and be able to contact relatives or friends. Due to the fact that this application does not require any payment, it is often used in public places such as an airport, railway station, hotel, shopping center, cafe, etc., connecting to open access points of Wi-Fi. In such cases, you expose your data to surveillance or theft. Therefore, in order to avoid unpleasant and unforeseen situations, we recommend using the VPN. In addition, you should be prepared for the fact that there are countries in which you will not be able to access WhatsApp. This is mostly due to the circumstance that this application is free. Not all countries want their citizens to use the free WhatsApp at a time when there are state telecommunications services. With VPN for WhatsApp, you will be able to easily and quickly cope with any kind of lock and access WhatsApp from anywhere in the world. You can anonymously call other users without worrying about the safety of your data or any penalties and huge bills.
Decide on the choice of VPN for WhatsApp.
Go to the official site to the selected VPN and subscribe.
Download and install the software you need, taking into account the features of your platform.
Be sure to check that in the settings you have selected OpenVPN encryption, stealth mode, and the kill switch. The last function is necessary in order to instantly protect the datum from leakage if the connection with the VPN suddenly disappears.
After successfully setting the security tunings, from the list of servers that you offer, select the one that is located in the country where you have open access to WhatsApp.
Then you will need to go to the application store to download WhatsApp. In the absence of WhatsApp in the list, you must exit the application store and connect to it through a new account. To do this, you will need the address of the country to which you are connected. This usually happens with the Apple App Store.
Now, you can safely use WhatsApp even while traveling.
Governments of countries that block access to WhatsApp use restrictions at the ISP level, implying blocking of IP addresses of VPNs. However, all servers cannot be blocked. Therefore, if you have any problems with getting access to WhatsApp, contact your VPN provider. It necessarily prompts which servers are best used to effectively bypass the blocking of this application. Always use only hidden VPN mode so that your ISP can not track that you are using VPN services. In any case, do not hesitate to contact your VPN provider if you have any misunderstandings or problems. Moreover, if you cannot connect WhatsApp via VPN, you can always ask for help or ask for a refund. Most good VPNs always predict such situations and quickly find a solution to your problem or go to your meeting, returning the funds under the guarantee.
Recently WhatsApp pleased its users using Android and released for them the function Video call. With this beta version of WhatsApp, users can connect with their friends and family by video call. However, by the decision of WhatsApp, only some users will be able to access the latest beta update.
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Making a call through the WhatsApp application, your traffic necessarily passes through the servers of your Internet provider. Thus, you give it the opportunity to monitor and verify all your online activity. So, if you are trying to connect to WhatsApp in countries where access to it is prohibited, your ISP blocks your action. To circumvent this type of restriction, you need a VPN for WhatsApp. It makes your real IP address invisible, assigning you the IP address of one of its servers to which you are connected. Your actual location remains inaccessible and you can easily use WhatsApp. We also recommend that you take into account the distance between the server you selected and the place you are calling. This will determine the quality and speed of your connection. Try to choose a server that is as close as possible to the region you are calling to. It will allow you to enjoy the high reliability, stability and excellent quality of services. The main features of the VPN for WhatsApp also include a high level of security. The best VPNs use military-grade encryption protocols and individual tunnels through which your traffic is routed. All your online activities and calls receive additional protection. Due to this, you can safely connect to WhatsApp, using all its functions, while bypassing all locks and censorship.
Why is WhatsApp Blocked in Some Countries?
The WhatsApp communication application is equipped with its own message encryption mechanism, which allows only the sender or recipient to access the decrypted information. Neither government agencies, nor your Internet provider or even hackers will be able to get the decryption of content. Whisper Systems is the developer of the encryption mechanism that WhatsApp uses. This set of encryption is great for applications that are focused on exchanging messages in a confidential mode. Such a system of confidentiality protects the rights of users, nevertheless does not suit the governments of some countries. They believe that this function can be used by terrorists, criminals, and dissidents who pursue personal goals that turn an innocuous communication application into a secret illegal communication tool. WhatsApp is also blocked by state-owned telecommunications companies that are losing profits. They cannot compete with a free application, so they press the government to prohibit the use of WhatsApp.
In some countries, where WhatsApp is blocked, authorities resorted to arresting users. All cases were associated with people who used the application to send illegal content with a manifestly defamatory or libelous nature. Government organizations could not decipher any message, so other methods were used. All messages were read through the coercion of the accused to unblock their devices and provide access to the content that they sent. The same can happen with the use of VPN. Using VPN all your data is under a more advanced level of protection. But you should keep in mind that there are sites that do not welcome the use of VPN. Therefore, to ensure that your ISP does not know that you are using VPN, always enable the hidden mode.
The Internet provider you use can apply a lock to a number of VPN servers, among which the server to which you want to connect can most likely be. In this case, you need to contact your VPN provider. Its support team will provide you with a list of servers with which you can use WhatsApp without any problems.
There are Internet providers that use the blocking of ports of your VPN provider, through which your traffic is routed. To solve this problem, you can also contact customer support. They will redirect your WhatsApp traffic using another port that has no restrictions.
With any data leakage, your ISP can easily determine the location of your connection and close access to WhatsApp application. Always check the VPN for a good system of protection against such leaks.
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Rio Ferdinand has advised Ruben Loftus-Cheek to leave Chelsea if he continues to be left out by Maurizio Sarri.
The 22-year-old has played just 33 minutes in the Premier League this season as Chelsea strengthened their midfield with the arrivals of Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic in the summer.
Sarri has promised that Loftus-Cheek will get more playing time once Chelsea’s fixture schedule becomes more congested.
But Ferdinand has warned that the midfielder runs the risk of going mentally and physically ‘stale’ at Stamford Bridge.
‘Obviously the players are not good enough [for these teams],’ said Ferdinand on BT Sport.
‘The young kids like [Phil] Foden, [Ruben] Loftus-Cheek and [Dominic] Solanke who are winning tournaments for England at youth level, if they’re good enough they’ll be playing.
‘It’s such a lucrative game for these [club] managers and their jobs are on the edge every single game, and they want players who are going to win instantly.
‘These players obviously aren’t being blooded properly. | 2019-04-23T16:17:43 | https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/17/rio-ferdinand-advises-ruben-loftus-cheek-to-leave-chelsea-or-risk-going-stale-7951576/ |
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Lucas Miles is a prominent pastor, author, and filmmaker. With nearly 20 years of ministry experience, Lucas is no stranger to conversations about faith. His debut book, Good God: The One We Want To Believe In But Are Afraid To Embrace, breaks down commonly held misconceptions about God and invites readers to experience a loving Father who is better than we could ever imagine. Good God was featured on virtually every major Christian media outlet and can be found in bookstores nationwide.
As a filmmaker, Lucas produces inspirational content for major platforms like, Netflix, Walmart, and Redbox. In his new show, The Lucas Miles Show, Lucas draws on his experience in ministry, media, and entertainment as he interviews top Christian influencers about walking in faith and experiencing the life of their dreams.
Rabbi Steve Leder is the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, and one of the most influential Rabbi’s in America. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books, the newest one entitled, More Beautiful Than Before; How Suffering Transforms Us. Aaron Wolf is a filmmaker, director, actor, writer and co-founder of Howling Wolf Productions. In today’s episode, Lucas, Aaron and Rabbi Leder have a candid, theological conversation about human suffering and the film, “Restoring Tomorrow." This film is about the restoration of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, a Los Angeles treasure built by the original Hollywood Moguls, and the rich symbolism of “Restoration” that transcends the temple walls and into our own personal lives. | 2019-04-23T18:58:37 | https://www.art19.com/shows/the-lucas-miles-show/episodes/33523bcb-41c5-44e7-85a0-cc9bd1593d9b |
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We will shortly have something a little different in Wakefield Library. The Stanley Ferry logboat is about a thousand years old and the earliest known logboat with evidence of fitted ribs. (pictured above being assembled) It was discoverd near the River Calder in 1838 during an excavation for the aqueduct and we are thrilled to welcome it back to Wakefield.
To go with it, there is a beautiful map of England at the period when the logboat was in use by local artist John Welding. Do drop in next week to see this fascinating link to Wakefield’s past.
If you would like a Viking novel to enjoy after seeing the boat you could try one of the Warrior Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell, The Whale Road by Robert Low, or Odinn’s Child by Tim Severin. Vikings are popular in Mills and Boon romances (illustrated by lots of muscular torsoes) but I’d go for Anya Seton’s Avalon (sadly out of print) or Joanne Harris’s new fantasy novel The Gospel of Loki. Joanne will be at Wakefield Lit fest this year to talk about this novel. Finally, written for younger readers but enjoyable at any age, Rosemary Sutcliff’s Sword Song or Kevin Crossley-Holland’s Bracelet of Bone.
The summer holidays will be with us soon and we are all ready for our biggest reading promotion of the year, the Summer Reading Challenge. Evey year, three quarters of a million children join the Summer Reading Challenge in their local libraries and try to read six books before they go back to school. This year the theme is the Mythical Maze and when they join they will get a wonderful Maze poster designed by this year’s artist Sarah McIntyre. As they read books they will get stickers of creatures like mermaids and unicorns to add to the maze. There are little rewards too and a gold medal and certificate when they complete the challenge. Sometimes the certificates are awards in assemblies when they go back to school so that their teachers know who has taken part. The challenge really helps children keep up their reading skills over the summer break when there is often a dip in reading levels but there is no need to tell them it’s good for them- they will just think it’s fun and will want to hurry back to the library to collect their next stickers. It’s suitable for any child of 4 and over, they can choose any books they like to read, or to share with an adult if they are just learning to read, there’s a website they can explore with games and reading ideas and best of all it’s totally free! Get the family lost in the Mythical Maze this summer!
In honour of the Tour de France, I shall take a bummel through some literary cycling. What is a bummel? It’s a leisurely stroll or trip. Jerome K Jerome takes one through Germany with his friends George and Harris in ‘Three Men on the Bummel’, a sequel to a comic favourite of mine, ‘Three Men in a Boat.’ It was nearly as celebrated as the original when it was published in 1900 but is little read now and I have to confess it is still on my ‘to read one day’ list.
Many bikes in literature come in stories written around the turn of the century when cycling was a new craze. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote two Sherlock Holmes stories involving bikes. In ‘The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist’ Sherlock deduces she rides by the wear on her shoes and solves the mystery of why a bearded cyclist is following her every day. . In ‘The Adventure of the Priory School’, a kidnapping tale, Sherlock has to look carefully at the marks left by different tyres to solve the mystery.
H.G Well’s ‘The Wheels of Chance’ came out in 1896. It’s a comic “bicycling idyll” featuring a draper’s assistant called Hoopdriver who undertakes a cycling tour of the south coast and saves a young lady cyclist from a would-be seducer.
Bikes feature in two books from the Queens of Crime: ‘Five Red Herrings’ by Dorothy Sayers where the solution to the murder involves timing a top speed cross country bike ride and Marjorie Allingham’s ‘Dancers in Mourning’ in which an actor who is the president of a cycling club is murdered with an exploding bicycle.
I met this again reading ‘Goodbye Mr Chips’ recently (James Hilton, 1934) when the Victorian school-master meets his future wife: ‘He was a quiet, conventional person, and the world, viewed from the haven of Brookfield, seemed to him full of distasteful innovations; there was a fellow named Bernard Shaw who had the strangest and most reprehensible opinions; there was Ibsen, too, with his disturbing plays; and there was this new craze for bicycling which was being taken up by women equally with men. Chips did not hold with all this modern newness and freedom.’ He falls in love and marries this alarming ‘New Woman’ though.
More recently, you could try ‘The White Woman on the Green Bicycle’, by Monique Roffey which tells the story of Sabine Harwood, who in the 1950s travels from Britain to make a new life in Trinidad with her husband George. Always an outsider, she cycles everywhere and becomes famous with the locals as “the white woman who rides everywhere on her green bicycle” or ‘Gold’ by Chris Cleave. This is set at an Olympic Velodrome where Kate and Zoe, who have trained together for years are in competition in their last race. Each wants desperately to win gold, and each has more than a medal to lose.
There are lots of children’s books with bikes in because riding your first bike is such a childhood milestone. My favourite is from the wonderful Quentin Blake. In ‘Mrs Armitage on Wheels’ she decides that ‘what this bike needs’ is a horn, a bathroom, a picnic, a seat for her dog, an umbrella, a sail…children will love waiting for the inevitable crash!
Wherever you are heading this weekend, enjoy your bummel! | 2019-04-21T23:18:10 | https://wakefieldlibraries.wordpress.com/2014/07/ |
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To motivate students to achieve their full potential in all academic disciplines.
To instill in students a love for learning while keeping academics in perspective in regards to God’s eternal values.
To teach and encourage the use of good study habits, proper research methods, and to develop effective communications skills.
To provide students with the knowledge and skills appropriate for future career development.
To produce in students an awareness of their attendant responsibilities of good citizenship.
To encourage students to be creative after the image of God their Creator.
To help students gain knowledge of the world and interpret current events in light of God’s sovereign plan.
To teach students to think soundly using valid principles of reason and logic.
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It is part of the Western City Liveability Program and is one of the steps within the Western Sydney City Deal.
The first round of the program will provide funding to eight councils for a string of local projects, which aims to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the Western Sydney Airport.
Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population Alan Tudge said the projects would improve the lives and opportunities for people across Western Sydney.
“Funding will support new and redeveloped parks, sport and recreation facilities, rejuvenating town centres and creating spaces for arts and cultural events,” Tudge said.
Each project will be co-funded by three levels of government, with the Federal and NSW Governments each contributing $60 million alongside a further $50 million from local councils.
NSW Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the program is another major milestone for the Western Sydney City Deal, following the release of the deal’s Implementation Plan in December.
“The collaboration between all levels of government is already delivering tangible outcomes for the Western Parkland City, which will continue to thrive under the landmark 20-year agreement,” Ayres said. | 2019-04-25T06:30:10 | https://www.insideconstruction.com.au/index.php/2019/01/24/western-sydney-infrastructure-gets-170m-funding-boost/ |
The tool DynamicsPerf, which stands for Performance Analyzer for Dynamics is used by Microsoft Dynamics Support team, to diagnose performance issues with Dynamics products. It is a free tool that can be used by anyone. Dynamics Perf is developed by Premier Field Engineering at Microsoft for resolving performance issues.
The Dynamics perf performance Analyzer is to be used on a continual basis so it is important for administrators to understand the components that make up the tool to ensure all jobs and collectors are running.
Be warned, the use and installation of dynamicsperf is not for beginners. It requires knowledge and skill with the microsoft dynamics systems. However, it is also a tool that exposes poor performance, monitors your dynamics systems well and allows you to quickly anticipate problems.
It is therefore a must for every company that makes extensive use of Microsoft Dynamics systems. This link contains an extensive description of Microsoft itself. It gives a detailed description of installing DynamicsPerf. | 2019-04-20T10:28:33 | https://www.perfxit.com/dynamicsperf/ |
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The extraction is great – you get a sense of how effective it is when you see the deposits that are left inside – and the fact you can pull out and put in the dishwasher an added bonus. | 2019-04-26T01:56:25 | http://www.iandunn.com/news--journal/bora-cooktops |
The people of Tunisia are called Tunisians. The population is almost entirely of Arab descent. The small European population consists mostly of French and Italians. | 2019-04-20T19:15:49 | https://www.everyculture.com/wc/Tajikistan-to-Zimbabwe/Tunisia.html |
Last Saturday, the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs de Fort-Coulonge hosted the 22nd snowmobile races. In a successful day, 89 riders competed in the competition and 423 people attended as spectators. The amount collected and redistributed among the winners was $ 3,830. | 2019-04-22T00:28:44 | http://chipfm.com/Summary-of-the-22nd-snowmobile-races |
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One of the gifts Wist bought me for my birthday this year was a workshop at Print Club London.
It’s situated near the Rio in Dalston, on a beautiful side road next to MC Motors.
The Print Club is a great shared workspace for artists and designers – sign up and you get access to all of their screenprinting equipment.
As I’d been in Cannes the week before, I hadn’t really prepped properly for creating something, so I fumbled together a text print based on Debussy’s quote ‘Music is the space between the notes’ the night before the workshop. Andy Bird would not be impressed with the kerning… Here’s the finished thing.
The course tutors are excellent – Barry led the day with Elliot and Jim assisting. If you’ve always wanted to try screenprinting, it’s well worth it. Just go – you’ll love it.
Below are the notes I took during the workshop, tidied up a little for memory’s sake.
To create a crisp image when using photo-sensitive emulsion to screenprint, we need to create a ‘positive’, an image made up of only pure black or pure white. Most images have shades of grey (even some that appear to be black and white.) So we have to convert them. To do that, we first need to greyscale the image in photoshop (image > mode > greyscale) and then bitmap it (image > mode > bitmap).
For blockier images (e.g cartoons or text) we can bitmap using ‘50% threshold’. This pushes anything below the halfway point of the light spectrum to pure black, and anything above the halfway point on the light spectrum to pure white.
For photorealistic images, we need to use halftone printing. Halftone printing allows us to show shades, by using different sized dots. Once you’ve clicked on bitmap you need to use the halftone option, taking care to match your input with your output resolution. Then just choose your shape and play around. Round is the most common shape (used in pop art and comic books.) But there are many others, and you can even choose your own custom shape.
As your positive can only be made from 100% black or 100% white, if you want to print multiple colours, you need to create multiple positives, that each go onto a separate screen. So if you were printing a Captain America comic, you’d need to create a red layer, a blue layer and a black layer. Each layer takes about 4-5 hours, so you can end up with a ton of work if you choose more than 4 layers.
The hardest bit when printing more than one colour is registration – getting each layer to line up perfectly with each other. Because you can press slightly harder on the left than the right, or the screen falls in slightly different place etc.
Photo-sensitive emulsion is used on the screen to create custom stencils that ink is pushed through. It hardens when exposed to light, so should only ever be applied in a dark room.
The coverage of the emulsion on the screen needs to be consistent, without any patches. If there’s a bit too much emulsion on there, it doesn’t matter too much (although it will take forever to dry…) It’s an issue if there’s no emulsion on there.
To cover your screen, you need to fill the scraper with emulsion. Place the scraper’s edge against the bottom of your screen and slowly tilt until the emulsion makes contact along the length of the screen. Use the sharp side of the scraper if you’re printing on paper, the rounder end if you’re printing on fabric. Then in one move, pull the scraper up to the top.
Tilt the scraper back to horizontal, and wiggle it to remove any excess on the canvas. A little piece of cardboard should be used along the edges to remove any excess emulsion.
The screen should then be placed in the dark dryer rack, until the emulsion is dry.
Using the photosensitive properties of the emulsion allows us to use light to transfer our positive onto the screen. To do this, our positive needs to act as a stencil (for light). Ordinary B&W printing works for this, onto either tracing paper or acetate. Both have their benefits: Tracing paper is much cheaper can rip easily and falls apart. Acetate is much stronger and is wipe clean, but it’s about 10 times more expensive. You can print your stencils at home on laserjet printers. Inkjet printers don’t work as they give incorrect coverage on the sheet. Or you can simply draw onto tracing paper or acetate with a black marker or a chinograph pencil.
When our image is printed onto acetate or tracing paper, you’ll often get inconsistent printing. Any black dots that have come out that shouldn’t be there, you can cut them out with a scalpel. Any bits that should have printed out but haven’t (e.g speckles on heavy blacks) then you can colour them in with a hard black marker.
The screen should then be placed on top of the artwork (canvas face down first rather than frame first.) It doesn’t need to be exactly straight, as you’ll need to register it when printing anyway.
A little bit of rubber wire is placed on top of the frame edge, to allow air into the frame, ensuring vacuum pressure on the canvas.
42 units of light is good for the emulsion used at Print Club. Too much light, everything will harden on your screen and you won’t be able to print. Too little light, all of the emulsion will wash out and you’ll be back to where you started. The vacuum goes for 25 seconds before the light engages.
Once that’s done, you need to wash your screen out. This washes away all the unhardened emulsion, leaving you with a stencil on your screen for pushing ink through. You do this by soaking the screen with a hose, then spraying it with the pressure washer. To avoid ripping your canvas, make sure you spray off of your screen first and then move onto it.
Pinholes are little holes that appear in your screen, where emulsion has flicked away where it shouldn’t. To fix this, tape up the holes on the canvas side of your screen. It’s also a good idea to tape up the outside edges of your canvas (on the canvas side of your screen) as ink can sometimes get through here.
To register your print, you need to stick it onto a piece of paper (if you’re printing A4, A4…) in the position you want it to sit. Attach long cardboard arms to the paper and place under the screen. Then use the arms to move the paper around until it lines up with when your screen is. To make sure it’s exactly right, press down on your screen, as this can sometimes effect the accuracy of your registration. Once the paper is in the right place, put registration markers on the base and side of your paper. This will allow you to slot another piece of paper in easily, without having to measure it all again.
Lift the screen up and flood it with ink. This involves putting your coloured ink at the base of the frame side of your screen and pushing it down the screen with the squeedgee edge closest to you.
You can beautiful print gradient blends by placing different colour inks along the base, and flooding the screen several times to blend the ink.
Lower your screen and drag your squeedgee towards you, back down the screen at a 45% angle, applying significant pressure.
Lift the screen slightly, and flood the screen again so it doesn’t dry out. Then remove your new screenprint and put it on a rack to dry.
Load with paper and go again.
Once dry you’ve got a screenprint! | 2019-04-23T14:48:32 | https://antharris.co/2015/06/29/screenprinting-workshop-print-club-london-27-06-15/ |
In 1951, Brando was back with another club called the Brown Derby, at 1358 Boylston Street in the Fenway. This one lasted well into the 1960s. She started with jazz, and a lot of it. Serge Chaloff had a long residence, as did J.C. Higginbotham, but it was alto saxophonist Tom Kennedy who was the star here. His band, the Fabulous Four, started at the Brown Derby in October 1955 and played until spring 1963. Well-known local jazzmen played with Kennedy at the Brown Derby: pianists Rudy Riley and Ernie Trotman; bassist Jim Clark; and drummers Harold Layne and Harold Ford.
It’s not clear when Brando left this club, either, but by 1967 it was called simply the Derby and offered folk music. There’s no record of her starting another club in Boston, but she might have done so in Florida. Nonetheless, she was a pioneer, a woman running a Boston nightclub at a time when all the club owners–all of them–were white men. Hats off for that. | 2019-04-18T13:30:06 | https://www.troystreet.com/tspots/2013/03/28/on-march-28-1940/ |
A recent favourite of mine, Saltlick Smokehouse serves up the best meat on the street. They offer modern spins on classic barbeque fare, with a good mix of menu items to satisfy both the adventurous and the BBQ purists. Their fried chicken was the best I’ve had in Hamilton (or elsewhere, to be hoenst), and their Banh Mi Pork Belly Sandwich (available at lunch) has me wishing I’d ordered two. Go with a group for dinner and order a few dishes to share.
If you’re grabbing food with a vegetarian friend Saltlick is probably not their top choice, but the Butcher and the Vegan might be. New to the area, the Butcher and the Vegan are off the main James N strip, just a few blocks east on Barton. Offering a wide-ranging menu including (as you might guess) plenty of vegan options and with a focus on farm-to-table, sustainable eating, the Butcher and the Vegan are a perfect choice for those looking to discover something new.
Okay so maybe you don’t have time for one of these fancy ‘sit down’ meals; you want something fast on your way over to the jazz fest. Well luckily Knead Pizza have got you covered. Located directly across James St from Colbourne (where Artword Artbar is located) in the spot that Euro Pizza used to occupy, Knead Pizza is one of the newest eateries on the block but they’ve started off very strong. I tried a slice of their mango/jalapeno/pork belly and was instantly impressed. Perfect for a quick bite on you way to the show!
The Cat N’ Fiddle is a Hamilton music community institution; I’m not exaggerating when I say that their dedication to jazz music in Hamilton is what makes the Steel City Jazz Festival possible. We do jazz two weeks a year; they do it fifty-two. I first heard many of the artists who have played at the festival at the Cat’s regular Wednesday night jazz jam. Seeing as tomorrow night is Wednesday, I strongly recommend that anyone coming out to see the Scott Taplay Group and the Tom Altobelli Group join us at the Cat N’ Fiddle after the show to celebrate the opening of the 2015 festival! Oh, but this post is about food. Well, the Cat N’ Fiddle has the best deep fried pickles in the city. If that isn’t enough for you (really it should be), the rest of their menu is also great! Whether you come for the music or the food, the Cat N’ Fiddle never disappoints.
The Steel City Jazz Festival starts tomorrow (Wednesday, October 21). We hope you will come eat some good food, hear some good music, and enjoy everything this fine city has to offer.
Previous Previous post: The Koopa Troop: FREE Matinee Performance October 24 at the Pearl Company! | 2019-04-25T10:05:31 | https://steelcityjazzfest.com/2015/10/20/where-to-eat-before-and-after-the-show-2015-edition/ |
Paddling options for enthusiasts of all skill levels.
Point Reyes National Seashore offers paddling options for a broad spectrum of kayaking experiences. Novice and intermediate paddlers can explore the calm estuary. Observant paddlers can see harbor seals and white pelicans.
Watch the waters below carefully to catch a potential glimpse of a leopard shark. Don’t worry though, they aren’t a threat to paddlers. Sand dunes line the shore and provide more wildlife and bird watching opportunities. For more experienced, expert level paddlers, test your skills by exploring Drakes Bay from Chimney Rock to Limantour Beach. Park managers close the Drakes Estero and Limantour Estero from March 1-June 30th to protect harbor seals that give birth to their pups during this time period, so bear that in mind when planning a visit.
Casual paddlers can stay closer to the shoreline -- there's plenty to see, notably the seals and avian presence. Experts have the option of ranging out and exploring several worthwhile destinations.
Point Reyes National Seashore is located at 1 Bear Valley Road Point Reyes Station, CA, 94956. For more information, visit the NPS site.
Written by Bryson Moore for RootsRated. | 2019-04-23T20:41:09 | https://rootsrated.com/san-francisco-ca/flat-water-paddling/point-reyes-national-seashore-paddling |
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A Real World Example: NYSE's Richard Grasso and the Ultimate New Business "Cold Call"
Narco News Publisher's Note: Catherine Austin Fitts is a former managing director and member of the board of directors of Dillon Read & Co, Inc, a former Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner in the first Bush Administration, and the former President of The Hamilton Securities Group, Inc. She is the President of Solari, Inc, an investment advisory firm. Solari provides risk management services to investors through Sanders Research Associates in London.
"The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It's possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government."
The Solari Index is my way of estimating how well a place is doing. It is based upon the percentage of people in a place who believe that a child can leave their home and go to the nearest place to buy a popsicle and come home alone safely.
When I was a child growing up in the 1950's at 48th and Larchwood in West Philadelphia, the Solari Index was 100 percent. It was unthinkable that a child was not safe running up to the stores on Spruce Street for a popsicle and some pin ball. The Dow Jones was about 500, the Solari Index was 100 percent and our debt per person was very low. Of course I did not think about it that way at the time. All I knew was that life on the street with my buddies was sweet.
Today, the Dow Jones is over 9,000, debt per person is over $100,000 and my favorite hairdresser in Philadelphia, Al at the Hair Hut in West Philadelphia, and I just had a debate yesterday afternoon while Al was cutting my hair about whether the Solari Index in my old neighborhood was 0 percent (my position) or 10 percent (Al's position). Men always think it is higher than women.
Despite the boy-girl spread between us, it is fair to say that Al and I agree that the Solari Index is in the tank -- both in the streets of Philadelphia and throughout America.
Life on the street ain't sweet any more. I watched the slide of the Solari Index as a child. A lot of it had to do with narcotics trafficking and the people that narco dollars put in power on our streets -- and in city hall, in the banks, in Congress and the corporations and investors down town and that ring the city.
My mission is to see the Solari Index return to 100 percent and to do so in a manner that moves the Dow up and our debt per person down and makes me and my partners a whole pile of money.
A few years back when my efforts to improve the Solari Index were threatening to reduce narcotics profits in a few places, I discovered that I could not look to the enforcement or the judicial establishment funded with my tax dollars to protect me. Narco dollars had the upper hand throughout government and the legal establishment.
That's when I decided that I would have to learn how the money works on the drug trade.
Here is what I have learned that has been useful to me -- and may help you have a better map of how narco dollars impact you, your business, your family and the Solari Index in your neighborhood.
Okay, let's start at ground zero. It is 1947, and World War II is over. America is ready to go back to work to build the corporate economy. We are in New Orleans on the docks.
Two boats pull into the docks. The first boat is full of a white agricultural product grown in Latin America called sugar. The owner of the cargo, lets call him Sam, sells his boat load of white agricultural substance to the sugar wholesaler on the docks for how much money?
Ok, so let's say that Sam sells his entire boatload of sugar to the sugar wholesaler on the docks for X dollars.
Now, after Sam pays his workers and all his costs of growing and transporting the sugar, and after he and his wife spend the weekend in New Orleans and he pays himself a bonus and buys some new harvest equipment and pays his taxes, how much cash does he have left to deposit into his bank account? Or, another way of saying this is: What is Sam's net cash margin on his sugar business?
Well, it depends on how lucky and hard working and smart Sam is, but let's say that Sam has worked his proverbial you know what off and he makes around 5-10 percent. Sam the sugar man has a 5-10 percent cash profit margin. Let's call Sam's margin S for slim or SLIM PERCENTAGE.
Back on the docks, the second boat -- an exact replica of the boat carrying Sam's sugar -- is a boat carrying Dave's white agricultural product called drugs. In those days this was more likely to be heroin, these days more likely to be cocaine. Whatever the precise species, the planting, harvesting and production of this white agricultural substance, Dave's drugs, are remarkably like Sam's sugar.
Ok, so if Sam the sugar man sold his sugar to the sugar wholesaler for X dollars, how much will Dave the drug man sell his drugs to the drug wholesaler for? Well, where Sam is getting pennies, Dave is getting bills. If Sam had sales of X dollars, let say that Dave had sales of 50-100 times X. Dave may carry the same amount of white stuff in a boat but from a financial point of view, Dave the drug man has a lot more "sales per boat" than Sam the sugar man.
Now, after Dave pays his workers and all his costs of growing and transporting the drugs, and after he and his wife spend the weekend in New Orleans and he pays himself a bonus and buys some new harvest and radar equipment and spends what he needs on bribes and bonuses to a few enforcement and intelligence operatives and retainers to his several law firms, how much cash does he have left to deposit into his bank account? Or, another way of saying this is what is Dave's net cash margin on his drug business?
It's also going to be a multiple of Sam's margin, right? Maybe it will be 20 percent or 30 percent or more? Let's call it B for Big, or BIG PERCENTAGE. Dave the drug man has a much bigger "cash profit per boat" than Sam the sugar man. Part of that is, of course, once Dave has set up his money laundering schemes, even after a 4-10 percent take for the money laundering fees, it's fair to say his tax rate of 0 percent is lower than Sam's tax rate. While it is expensive to set up all the many schemes Dave might use to launder his money, once you do it you can save a lot avoiding some or all of the IRS's take.
Look at your estimate of Sam and Dave's sales and profits. Now answer for yourself the following questions.
Who is going to get laid more, Sam or Dave?
Who is going to be more popular with the local bankers, Sam or Dave?
Who is going to have a bigger stock market portfolio with a large investment house, Sam or Dave?
Who is going to donate more money to political campaigns, Sam or Dave?
Whose wife is going to be bigger in the local charities, Sam or Dave's?
Whose companies will have more prestigous law firms on retainer, Sam or Dave's?
Who is going to buy the other's company first, Sam or Dave? Is Dave the drug man going to buy Sam the sugar man's company, or is Sam the sugar man going to buy Dave the drug man's company?
When they want to buy the other's company, will the bankers, lawyers and investment houses and politicians back Sam the sugar man or Dave the drug man?
Whose son or grandson has a better chance of getting into Harvard or getting a job offer at Goldman Sachs, Sam or Dave's?
Don't listen to me. And don't listen to Peter Jennings, Dan Rather or Tom Brokaw. Who do you think pays their salaries? Who owns the companies they work for? Sam or Dave?
Don't listen to anyone else. Think about the numbers and listen to your heart. What do you believe?
There is very little about how the money works on the drug trade that you cannot know for yourself by coming to grips with the economics over a fifty year period of Sam and Dave and their boat loads of white agricultural substance. It is the magic of compound interest.
As one of my former partners used to say, "Cash flow is more important than your mother."
It's more than fifty years now since the boats transporting Sam and Dave's white agricultural products docked in New Orleans. I don't know what the Narco National Product (Solari's term for that portion of the GNP coming from narco dollars) was in 1947, but lets say it was a billion dollars or less. Today, the Narco National Product that number is estimated to be about $400 billion globally and about $150 billion plus in the United States.
It helps to look at the business globally as the United States is the world leader in global money laundering. According to the Department of Justice, the US launders between $500 billion -- $1 trillion annually. I have little idea what percentage of that is narco dollars, but it is probably safe to assume that at least $100-200 billion relates to US drug import-exports and retail trade.
Ok, so let's think about how much Sam and Dave have in accumulated profits in their bank and brokerage accounts.
Let's assume that the US narco national product in 1947 was $1 billion and it has grown to about $150 billion today. Assume a straight line of growth from $1 billion - $150 billion, so the business grows about $3 billion a year and then tops out at $150 billion as the Solari Index has bottomed out at or near 0 percent. America is about as stoned on illegal drugs as it can get, and growth in controlled "Schedule II" substances has moved to Ritalin and other cocaine-like drugs for kids that government programs and health insurance will now finance.
Let's take the BIG PERCENT margin that we estimated for Dave the drug man's net cash margin. Let's say that every year from 1947 through 2001, that the cash flow sales available for reinvestment from drug profits grew by $3 billion a year, throwing off that number times BIG PERCENT. Okay, assume that the reinvested profit grew at the compound growth rate of the Standard & Poor's 500 as it got reinvested along the way.
That amount is an estimate for the equity owned and controlled by those who have profited in the drug trade. Total narco dollars. How much money is that? I made an Excel spread-sheet once to estimate total narco capital in the economy.
My numbers showed that Dave the drug man had bought up not only Sam's companies, but -- if you throw in other organized crime cash flows -- a controlling position in about most everything on the New York Stock Exchange.
When you think about it, this analysis make sense. The folks with the BIG PERCENT -- big cash margin -- would end up rich and in power and the guys working their you-know-what off for SLIM PERCENT -- a low cash margin -- would end up working for them.
NYSE's Richard Grasso and the Ultimate New Business "Cold Call"
Lest you think my comment about the New York Stock Exchange is too strong, let's look at one event that occurred before our "war on drugs" went into high gear through Plan Colombia, banging heads over narco dollar market share in Latin America.
In late June 1999, numerous news services, including Associated Press, reported that Richard Grasso, Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange flew to Colombia to meet with a spokesperson for Raul Reyes of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC), the supposed "narco terrorists" with whom we are now at war.
The purpose of the trip was "to bring a message of cooperation from U.S. financial services" and to discuss foreign investment and the future role of U.S. businesses in Colombia.
Some reading in between the lines said to me that Grasso's mission related to the continued circulation of cocaine capital through the US financial system. FARC, the Colombian rebels, were circulating their profits back into local development without the assistance of the American banking and investment system. Worse yet for the outlook for the US stock market's strength from $500 billion -- $1 trillion in annual money laundering -- FARC was calling for the decriminalization of cocaine.
To understand the threat of decriminalization of the drug trade, just go back to your Sam and Dave estimate and recalculate the numbers given what decriminalization does to drive BIG PERCENT back to SLIM PERCENT and what that means to Wall Street and Washington's cash flows. No narco dollars, no reinvestment into the stock markets, no campaign contributions.
It was only a few days after Grasso's trip that BBC News reported a General Accounting Office (GAO) report to Congress as saying: "Colombia's cocaine and heroin production is set to rise by as much as 50 percent as the U.S. backed drug war flounders, due largely to the growing strength of Marxist rebels"
I deduced from this incident that the liquidity of the NY Stock Exchange was sufficiently dependent on high margin cocaine profits (BIG PERCENT) that the Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange was willing for Associated Press to acknowledge he is making "cold calls" in rebel controlled peace zones in Colombian villages. "Cold calls" is what we used to call new business visits we would pay to people we had not yet done business with when I was on Wall Street.
I presume Grasso's trip was not successful in turning the cash flow tide. Hence, Plan Colombia is proceeding apace to try to move narco deposits out of FARC's control and back to the control of our traditional allies and, even if that does not work, to move Citibank's market share and that of the other large US banks and financial institutions steadily up in Latin America.
It helps to look at the drug markets by looking at a map of the United States.
What are the four states with the largest market share in illegal narcotics trafficking? Draw a map if you want and shade them in on your map.
New York, California, Texas and Florida.
It makes sense. Those are the biggest states. They have big coastal areas and borders and big ports. It would make sense that the population would grow in the big states where the trade and business flow grows. If you check back to Part I of "Narco Dollars for Dummies", we described two businesses. One was Sam's sugar business that had a SLIM PERCENTAGE profit. The other was Dave's drug business that had a BIG PERCENTAGE profit. It would make sense that these four states would be real big in both Sam's sugar business and Dave's drug businesses.
OK. Now. What are the four states with the biggest business in money laundering of narco profits and other profits of organized crime?
Not surprising? Same four states. They are all known as banking power places.
What's next? What are the four states with the biggest business in taking the laundered narco profits and using them to deposit money in a bank, or to buy another company, or to start a new company, or just buy stock in the stock market? That's what I call the reinvestment business.
Same four, right? New York, California, Texas and Florida.
Who were the governors of these four states in 1996?
Well, let's see. Jeb Bush was the governor of Florida. Governor Jeb was the son of George H. W. Bush, the former head of an oil company in Texas and Mexico and the former head of the CIA and the former head of the various drug enforcement efforts as Vice President and President. Then George W. Bush, also the son of George H. W. Bush, was the governor of Texas. So the governors of two of the largest narco dollar market share states just happen to be the sons of the former chief of the secret police.
Do you think it is possible to become the governor of a state with the support of the SLIM PERCENTAGE profit businesses and the opposition of the BIG PERCENTAGE profit businesses, particularly after the BIG PRECENTAGE profits have bought up all the SLIM PERCENTAGE profit businesses?
Of course, George W. is President today fueled by the single most successful campaign fundraising in the history of Western civilization. Now do you know why Hillary Clinton wanted to be a Senator from New York? Now do you know why Andrew Cuomo wants to be New York governor and is reported to be doing polls to see if people associate him with the Mafia and organized crime?
When you think about it, the President would need to win the majority of the people who donate from the SLIM PERCENTAGE profit businesses but control the reinvestment of the BIG PERCENTAGE profit industry cash flow to win. The competition for the support of the people who control the reinvestment from the BIG PERCENTAGE profit business cash flow in the biggest states would be fierce.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics analysis of the 2000 elections, donors in California, New York, the District of Colombia Metro Area (which is full of lawyers and lobbyists who represent all the other states), Texas and Florida contributed $666.8 million, or approximately 47 percent of a total of $1.427 billion in donations.
I can just paraphrase Tina Turner singing in the background. Care to hum along with us? . . . ."What's drugs got to do . . . got to do . . . with it?"
In 1996, my company and I were targeted by a private informant and a group of investigators working for the Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). If you have ever seen the movie Enemy of the State with Will Smith and Gene Hackman, then you understand how the drill works.
Will Smith plays a successful Washington lawyer who is targeted in a phony frame and smear by a US intelligence agency. The spooky types have high-speed access to every last piece of data on the information highway -- from Will's bank account to his telephone conversations -- and the wherewithal to engineer a smear campaign through the papers and the Council on Foreign Relations types.
The organizer of an investment conference once introduced me by saying, "Who here has seen the movie Enemy of the State? The woman I am about to introduce to you played Will Smith in real life."
One day I was a wealthy entrepreneur with a beautiful home, a successful business and money in the bank. I had been a partner and member of the board of directors of a Wall Street firm and then Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner during the Bush Administration. I had been invited to serve as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board and instead started my own company in Washington, The Hamilton Securities Group. Thanks to our leadership in digital technology, financial software and analytics, Hamilton was doing well and poised for significant financial growth.
One of my software tool innovations, Community Wizard, helped communities access data about how all the money works in their place. Accessible through the World Wide Web, Community Wizard was illuminating an unusual pattern of defaults on HUD mortgages and other government and homeowner losses in areas in which the CIA had admitted to facilitating cocaine trafficking by Iran Contra supporters.
According to the CIA, we were paying our government to help the narco dollars make money in a way that -- if you read Community Wizard's comic book-like money maps -- was losing taxpayers and homeowners billions of dollars.
The next day I was hunted, living through 18 audits and investigations and a smear campaign directed not just at me but also at members of my family, colleagues and friends who helped me. I believe that the smear campaign originated at the highest levels. For more than two years I lived through serious physical harassment and surveillance. This included burglary, stalking, having houseguests followed and dead animals left on the doormat. The hardest part was the necessity of keeping quiet about the physical danger lest it cost me more support or harm my credibility. Most people simply do not believe that such things are possible in America.
In 1999, I sold everything to pay what to date is approximately $6 million of legal and administrative costs. My estimate of equity destroyed, damages and opportunity costs is $250 million. I moved to a system of living in several places on an unpredictable schedule in the hope that this would push up the cost of surveillance and harassment and so dissuade my tormentors from following.
The places were chosen to move me as far away as possible from the corridors of power in Washington and on Wall Street filled with people benefiting from narco dollars and their reinvestment. That strategy-combined with excellent legal and administrative work by a first rate team of very courageous people -- has been successful in besting the targeting. It made it possible for me to understand how our economic addiction to narco dollars worked and how to it was draining our neighborhoods. I teamed up with the members of my family and friends and their neighbors who were getting drained.
Four days after Insight Magazine published its cover story on me this summer, the head investigator targeting us resigned unexpectedly. Three weeks later the last of 18 audits and investigations was suddenly closed down. A follow-up article by Insight's Paul Rodriguez described the closed investigation as something that "many inside both HUD and the Department of Justice regarded as a political vendetta against Fitts."
The miracle had happened. We have overcome a serious targeting. Like in the movie where Will Smith comes out fine, my story has a happy ending. It's a wonderful feeling. As Winston Churchill's once said, "Nothing is more exhilarating than being shot at without result."
I believe that one of the reasons for my happy ending was that our actions to deal with the investigation reflected the understanding of narco dollars that I acquired from living and traveling throughout America and talking with people from all walks of life about how narco dollars were impacting our lives and neighborhoods in many different places.
Understanding narco dollars is something I need to know to help entrepreneurs around the country build the profitable deals and businesses that will get the Solari Index and Dow Jones in our neighborhoods rising together.
Where I live, folks do not want to know about what is wrong on the Titanic. They do not want to know that a flood of narco dollars is rolling over us. They know these things. What they want to know is how to build arks.
One of my new homes is in the city in Philadelphia, near where I grew up in West Philadelphia. Another is in a very beautiful and close knit farming community in Hickory Valley, Tennessee where my father's family has lived since the 1850's.
Once a month I drive to Philadelphia from my home in Hickory Valley to attend a board meeting. I stay in a lovely little apartment in the first floor of a row house owned by my friend Georgie.
Georgie is one of my favorite people in the world. She lives in the apartment on the second floor. Just about my favorite thing in the world is hanging out with Georgie. We watch Oprah, we talk, we go to movies, and we giggle over ice cream with long names and cookies. Georgie is an awesome cook and my little apartment fills up daily with the smells of something delicious that Georgie is making.
One day, Forest, my dog, and I were up in Georgie's apartment to enjoy a fresh plate of scrapple that Georgie had fried up that morning. The conversation turned to narco dollars. Georgie said that looking at the big picture was simply too overwhelming. Couldn't I explain this without using the words millions or billions -- just dollars and cents in terms of our neighborhood in West Philadelphia?
I always have this problem explaining international money flows to moms and grandmoms. Most really great women want to know about the real world. The world of real people -- her world full of her kids and grandkids and other kids she loves.
So we got out a blank piece of paper and started to estimate.
Every day there are two or three teenagers on the corner dealing drugs across from our home in Philadelphia. We figured that if they had a 50% deal with a supplier, did $300 a day of sales each, and worked 250 days a year that their supplier could run his net profits of approximately $100,000 through a local fast food restaurant that was owned by a publicly traded company.
Assuming that company has a stock market value that is a multiple of 20-30 times its profits, a handful of illiterate teenagers could generate approximately $2-3 million in stock market value for a major corporation, not to mention a nice flow of deposits and business for the Philadelphia banks and insurance companies.
As described in Part I, the Solari Index is my way of estimating how well a place is doing. It is based upon the percentage of people in a place who believe that a child can leave their home and go to the nearest place to buy a Popsicle and come home alone safely. The Solari Index is about how safe you feel you and your neighbor's kids are.
When I was a child growing up in the 1950's at 48th and Larchwood in West Philadelphia, the Solari Index was 100 percent. It was unthinkable that a child was not safe running up to the stores on Spruce Street for a Popsicle and some pinball. The Dow Jones was about 500, the Solari Index was 100 percent and our debt per person was very low. Of course I did not think about it that way at the time. All I knew was that life on the street with my buddies was sweet.
Today, the Dow Jones is over 9,000, debt per person is over $100,000, and I think the Solari Index in my old neighborhood is 0 percent.
Life on the street ain't sweet anymore.
To understand how this works, we need to understand "pop."
Here is the part that is particularly hard for women. It took several times at our sheet of paper before Georgie understood what I was saying.
The power of narco dollars comes when you combine drug trafficking with the stock market.
The "pop" is a word I learned on Wall Street to describe the multiple of income at which a stock trades. So if a stock like PepsiCo trades at 20 times it's income, that means for every $100,000 of income it makes, it's stock goes up $2 million. The company may make $100,000, but its "pop" is $2 million. Folks make money in the stock market from the stock going up. On Wall Street, it's all about "pop."
The people who own a corporation make money on the stock going up. So a company has investors, with the most powerful investors typically being large institutions who are typically represented on the board of the company. The board is the group of people who decides what goes. The senior management officials who run the company day to day are also on the board. Most of the money they make comes from stock options that they get to encourage them to get the stock to go up for the investors. That means that what everyone who runs the company wants is for the stock to go up. The way to do that is to increase net income or to increase the multiple at which the stock trades.
So in the case of PepsiCo described above, if the management increases soda pop sales in a way that net income goes up by $100,000, the stock goes up $2 million. Now let's say, the board and management do a whole series of things to attract new investors and improve the company's image and, as a result, the stock starts trading at 22 times profits. Then, the stock value goes up even more. Whether increasing net income or increasing the multiple at which the stock market values the company profits, the board and the management are focused on making the stock go up. That is how their money works.
The winner in the global corporate game is the guy who has the most income running through the highest multiple stocks. He is the winning pop player. Like the guy who wins at monopoly because he buys up all the properties on the board, he can buy up all the other companies.
OK, now what does this all mean for the Solari Index in Philadelphia? If I am a group of mothers in my neighborhood who want the Solari Index to go back up to a 100%, what's stopping me?
Well, if the Department of Justice is correct about $500 billion-to-1 trillion of annual money laundering in the US, then about $20-40 billion should move annually through the Philadelphia Federal Reserve District.
Assuming a 20% margin for the BIG PERCENTAGE profits and a 20 times multiple on the stock of the companies that Dave and his investors and banking partners were using to launder the money, let's look at how much of the stock market value would be "addicted" to the drug and money laundering profits flowing through the Philadelphia area.
The total stock market value generated in the Philadelphia area with $20-40 billion in narco retail sales would be about $80-160 billion. If you add all the things you could do with debt or and other ways to increase the multiples, and you could get that even higher, say $100-250 billion.
Assuming that there are 3 million people in the greater Philadelphia area, the total stock market value generated would average anywhere from $27,000-to-$85,000 per person. Imagine what would happen to the economy in Philadelphia if this stock market value suddenly disappeared because all the teenagers in Philadelphia stopped dealing or buying drugs?
Imagine what happens to your stock multiple if you are a Philadelphia corporate chieftain and you don't run narco dollars or large purchases fueled by narco dollars through your financial statements and you don't attract narco dollars to reinvest in your stock? What happens to your corporate income and your stock profit if the ones who invest narco dollars -- accumulated over the last fifty years compounding at their magical compound interest -- don't like you? How is everyone in Philadelphia who loses money on your stock going down going to feel about you?
The Department of Justice says that we launder $500 billion - $1 trillion. Multiply those times a BIG PERCENTAGE cash flow profit margin. Now figure how much of that "income" gets run through the income statement of publicly traded banks and companies and multiply that number by the multiple of income at which their stocks trade.
Voila. I don't know what your number is. All I know is that, as Ed Sullivan used to say, it is "really, really BIG."
"Who can compete with the government?"
Two things helped me understand money laundering in America. First, as I drove from Hickory Valley to Philadelphia once a month and drove around the country with my dog Forest all sorts of people started to teach me about how the money worked truckers and the ladies who run the brand-name motels and the folks who work the late shifts at the gas station food marts. Second, I read Black Money, a mystery novel by Michael Thomas, a former partner of the Wall Street firm, Lehman Brothers.
In Black Money a government investigator investigating S&L fraud starts to look into the revenues and expenses of a fast food chain, which is experiencing far more deposits from sales than it is selling pizzas. As Thomas walks you through a handful of the near infinite number of possible money laundering schemes known to mankind, you start to get a sense for some of the economics of fast food franchises that have nothing to do with feeding people.
After I finished Black Money I started to pay attention to "how the money works" at the fast food and motel franchises at every interstate exit between Tennessee and Philadelphia. What I noticed about them was that no matter when I drove by -- day or night, weekday or weekend -- some of them were suprisingly empty. Indeed, one or two name brands were defined by their perpetual emptiness. Conversations every time I stopped filled in a lot here and there about how much cash was coming in and going out on the food and retail business.
Some quick estimation on what was being spent per interstate exit to start up and operate all the retail establishments versus what was coming in the door in terms of legitimate business said that some businesses had to be an excuse, an excuse to generate stock market capital gains by combining laundered money or phony profits with retail franchises -- or both.
The problems this presents to people trying to run an honest business are numerous. The problems it creates for our work ethic and culture are numerous too. It increasingly puts the low performance people in charge, and everyone starts to behave like and follow them.
For example, I drove ten miles to Bolivar, our county seat, one night to go through the car wash at the local big chain publicly traded gas station. I tried to pay for a three-dollar car wash with quarters. I was told they would not take coins. It was a policy. Counting coins was too much work, the person at the register and then the manager said as they sat and gossiped with their friends, no other customers in sight. So I got back in my car and drove ten miles home and washed the car with a hose and some paper towels, the symbolic economy being too busy to care about steady customers or to do the real work in the concrete world.
If you are feeling energetic, go drive around to a few areas with a heavy concentration of retail fast food and motel franchises. Try estimating out the numbers. See how they work for you in your place. Are your local businesses in the retail business or the money laundromat business or both?
Another quick and dirty estimation technique for your neighborhood is to take the Department of Justice's figure of $500 billion - $1 trillion and divide by 281 million Americans for a "per American" estimate of money laundering market share. Now multiply that times the number of people in your area. Now divide by the number of local banks. What do the numbers say to you?
The next time you are out on the streets, see if you can guess where the money is. It's bound to be there someplace.
I tend not to get bogged down in discussions about how the various police, enforcement and prosecution industries relate to narco dollars.
Here is my bottom line on how the money works on enforcement and the war on drugs.
Every year since I was a child the Solari Index goes down and the budgets that I pay for as a taxpayer to fund more enforcement, prosecution and incarceration go up. If you look at what taxpayers are paying, you would think we were picking up all the narco dollar industry's expenses.
The more we pay for enforcement, the more the Solari Index goes down and drug profits go up. The more we pay for national security, the more thousands of boat loads of white agricultural products seem to have no problem moving back and forth across the borders.
After fifty years, the correlation is documented and clear.
What is also clear is that the person who has inside help from the national security, intelligence, enforcement and prosecution bureaucracies will have the biggest BIG PERCENTAGE cash margin (see Parts I & II for background on BIG vs. SLIM PERCENTAGE).
John Gotti, Jr, not a reliable source, when asked by a reporter whether or not the New York Gotti family was dealing in narcotics said, "No, who can compete with the government?"
The CIA, also not a reliable source, backs up Mr. Gotti's postion. According to the CIA's own Inspector General, the government has been facilitating drug trafficking. Indeed, according to the CIA and DOJ (Dept. of Justice), the CIA and DOJ created a memorandum of understanding that permitted the CIA to help its allies and assets to traffic in drugs and not have to report it.
Where I come from powerful people pay for performance. I can only presume that the narco dollars are getting the performance they want from the expenditure of our tax dollars for more and more enforcement. After all, enforcement keeps profit margins up and the franchise controlled.
The best example I know is my own case. My estimate is that the federal enforcement establishment may have spent more to target me over the last six years than they spent to get Bin Laden before September 11. They clearly were not hampered in my case by having to respect the spirit or the letter of the law. I deduce from that only that the Solari model is not as good for the narco dollar and money laundering businesses as Bin Laden was -- at least until recently.
One of challenges of doing the numbers on the narcotics business is that narcotics are not always a commodity -- sometimes narcotics are a currency used to pay for other things.
The arms industry sometimes markets to third world countries, or groups such as terrorists, who cannot pay with cash, but can pay with drugs. So, for example, it is not unusual to see arms-drugs transshipment operations, in which payment for arms is taken with drugs and then the drugs retailed in the US to facilitate the arms trading and profits.
A case in point is the Iran-Contra operation at Mena, Arkansas. It has been alleged that Oliver North and the White House (National Security Council) were dealing drugs through Mena not to make money, but to facilitate arms shipments. Mena has received attention as a result of its alleged financial contribution to Bill and Hillary Clinton's rise to national prominence.
You also see the arms-drugs relationship as you estimate how the money works on the private profits from various taxpayer funded wars. Vietnam, Kosovo, Plan Colombia, Afghanistan, what do they all have in common? Drugs, oil and gas, arms. Add gold, currency and bank market share and you have the top of my checklist for understanding how the money works on any war or "low intensity conflict" around the globe.
Many of the members of our global leadership were trained in wartime narcotics trafficking in Asia during WWII. George H. W. Bush and his generation watched our ally Chang Kai Shek finance his army and covert operations with opium. I am told that the Flying Tigers were the model that taught Air America how to fly dope.
If you trace back the history of the family and family networks of America's leaders and numerous other leaders around the world, what you will find is that narcotics and arms trafficking are a multigenerational theme that has criss-crossed through Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America and Eurasia and back through the City of London and Wall Street to the great pools of financial capital. Many a great American and British fortune got going in the Chinese opium trade.
One of the benefits of learning how narco dollars work is that it will help you sort through the money laundering and insider trading news on the War on Terrorism. Terrorism and narcotics trafficking often get linked through narcotics as currency. Terrorists need guns. Narco dollars need private protection and covert operations.
It's 1947. You want to make sure that America wins in the great game of globalization. The winner will be the country that accumulates the largest pool of capital to finance its corporations and investment in new technology. That is a problem because Americans vote for leaders who help them spend, not save. No matter how hard Sam the sugar man works and no matter how much he saves, how much capital can be pooled at SLIM PERCENTAGE? It is fair to say it is not enough to beat the investment network that can pool capital at BIG PRECENTAGE growth rates. (See Part I for the story of Sam and Dave).
Indeed, what a history of narcotics trafficking and piracy and various other forms of organized crime over the last five hundred years show is that our leaders have been in a double bind for centuries. The only thing more dangerous than getting caught doing organized crime, is not being in control of the reinvested cash flows from it. This is why monarchs played footsie with pirates in Elizabethan times and no doubt have been doing so ever since.
After taxation, organized crime is a society's way of forming lots of pools of low cost cash capital. Organized crime is a banking and venture capital business.
So the reality is that if you want to control the cash flow and capital that controls the overworld, you've got to control the cash flows getting generated by the underworld. Indeed, you've got to have an underworld. If it does not exist, you need to outlaw some things to get one going.
Here is the bottom line on how the money works on narco dollars. Unless Sam switches to dope, Dave will win his wife, his mistress, his banker, buy his company, buy his Congressman and be the star at the local charities. Everyone will admire and pay attention to Dave.
It's 1947. If you don't do it, you will be the loser. What would you do?
The Sam and Dave dilemma of "to deal or not to deal" is made worse by the power of popular opinion.
Last summer, I made a presentation called "How the Money Works on Organized Crime" to a wonderful group of about 100 people at an annual conference for a spiritually focused foundation in Philadelphia. This is a group of people who are committed to contributing to the spiritual evolution of our culture.
After walking through the various Sam and Dave dilemmas with Sam's SLIM PERCENTAGE profits sugar business and Dave's BIG PERCENTAGE profits drug business, as well as the intersection between the stock market and campaign fundraising and narco dollars for about an hour, I asked the group what would happen to the stock market if we decriminalized or legalized drugs?
The stock market would crash, they said.
What would happen to financing the government deficit if we enforced all money-laundering laws? Since most of the bank wire transfers are batched and run through the New York Federal Reserve Bank, this should not really be that hard, right?
Their taxes might go up. Worse, yet, their government checks might stop, they said.
I then asked them to imagine a big red button at the front of the lectern. By the power of our imaginations, if they pushed that button they could decriminalize narcotics trafficking and stop all money laundering in the United States.
Who would push the button?
It turns out that in an audience of approximately 100 people committed to spiritually evolve our society that only one person would push the button. Upon reflection, 99 would not. I asked why.
They said that if they pushed the button, their mutual funds would go down and their government checks might stop.
I commented that what they were proposing is that an entire infrastructure of people continue to market narcotics to their children and grandchildren to ensure that their mutual and pension funds stay high in value.
They said, yes, that's right.
Which is why I say that America is not addicted to narcotics as much as it is addicted to narco dollars.
Here is the acid test.
It's August 1996. Gary Webb has just broken the story in the San Jose Mercury News about the CIA helping to deal drugs into South Central LA. He has put the legal documents up on their website. The proof is hard. The government is dealing drugs.
Catherine Austin Fitts's company is publishing a tool on the web called Community Wizard that shows maps with Geographic Information Systems software that include patterns of defaults on HUD mortgages in the areas of LA with the heaviest concentration of CIA supported Iran Contra drug trafficking.
The patterns between HUD defaulted mortgages and narco dollars are much too close for comfort.
What would you do if you were Bob Rubin (Secretary of Treasury, now Co-Chairman of Citicorp), Larry Summers (Deputy Secretary of Treasury, now President of Harvard), John Hawke (Undersecretary of the Treasury; now Comptroller of the Currency), Al Gore (Vice President, now teaching) and John Deutch (Director of the CIA, now teaching) sitting on the national security council or the related narco dollars task force?
Would you target Webb and get him fired and the story discredited or would you let the story grow and flourish?
Would you target Fitts and have her business and her software tools and databases destroyed or would you let her business flourish, allowing every community to see and track the narco dollars that were helping to drive their Solari Index to 0% while driving the Dow Jones Index higher?
Which will it be in an election year? Will you do everything you can do to attract the reinvestment of the narco dollars into your campaign and into the stock market or will you let Fitts and Webb continue to illuminate "how the money works" on narco dollars in a way that might crash the stock market and make it harder and more expensive for the government to finance the deficit?
Before you answer, let me tell you one more story.
In 1999, I was at a revival for Christian women. One of the presidential candidates made a guest appearance. A friend of mine, an Afro-American minister, who used to work for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), leapt to her feet to applaud him with tremendous enthusiasm. I was surprised at her response given that she understood his success in attracting narco dollars not to mention his and his colleague's silence on Gary Webb's Dark Alliance reports and the subsequent CIA admission of drug dealing by the government.
She looked at me and said, "He is going to be the winner." So I said, "You mean, I am a loser because I tried to stop the corruption and he is a winner because he profited from it and helped it grow. So you will clap for him and not for me." She replied, "That's right. You are a loser. He is a winner"
Not such an easy decision to vote for the "rule of law" is it?
Indeed, Webb got fired and Fitts' was targeted and, after spending $6 million on legal and related expenses, my fortune sank down to the same 0% as the Solari Index.
But whatever I do, I can't blame it just on the top guys. Whatever they did, whoever it was, they were doing what it took to please and win the crowd.
The good news on all of this is that there are solutions. New technology blesses us with the potential tools we can use to radically increase productivity in a way that can "jump the curve" on our narco dollar addiction.
My pastor says, "If we can face it, God can fix it." The question is can we face our addiction to narco dollars? Can we do it in a way that entrepreneurs like me can build successful businesses and transactions that profit from getting the Solari Index and the Dow Jones Index to go up together?
Sound impossible? Far from it. It's quite possible. Add up all the current income generated by small businesses in America. It is currently valued at a multiple of 1-5 times because it is private-not publicly traded in a liquid stock market. Investors have no way to invest in a liquid publicly traded stock.
The creation of a solari, a local knowledge manager/databank that publishes neighborhood financial statements and information and tracks the Solari Index in your place, can make it possible for your neighborhood to create a mutual fund that could channel capital to the profitable small businesses in your neighborhood so that participating small business income could start to trade at a multiple of 10 times -- even 20 times or 30 times eventually. The potential capital gains are in the trillions of dollars.
That is a lot of low cost capital that local entrepreneurs can use to create jobs and to build their businesses -- even start new ones.
Better yet, while your doing that how about reengineering billions of federal, state and local government investment that has a negative return on investment to both taxpayers and communities to a positive return on investment. More big capital gains that can be securitized and traded in a liquid stock market -- again the potential profits are in the trillions.
Finally, add up the value of all the homes and real estate in your community. OK, what would happen to the value of that equity if the Solari Index went back up to 100 percent? Real estate financed through a local trust or REIT or mutual fund that could be traded in the stock market would create a way for investors to start to "trade places." That means they would profit from the Solari Index going up along with local real estate owners, homeowners and small business folks. Add some more trillions to the potential capital gains.
Helping the Solari Index rise back to 100% is the biggest capital gains opportunity in America, particularly when combined with reengineering government investment and pooling small business equity in a manner that provides competitive access to the stock market. Generations of accumulated narco dollars could do very well investing successfully in such a capital gains opportunity.
A trillion here, a trillion there -- pretty soon you are talking about a lot of "pop."
It can only happen if we can look into the face of our addiction and start having a conversation about how we move out of our current financial incentives that keep the Solari Index down to a more positive, sustainable and wealthy future for our children and grandchildren. For example, think about what would happen if every government worker in America had their annual salary fluctuate based on the performance of the Solari Index in their jurisdiction? I bet it would take about three years to get the Solari Index back to 100%.
That is why all the yah-yah in Washington about new stricter money laundering laws to deal with terrorism won't work. If government officials and bankers can keep making money when the Solari Index is at 0%, it will not rise no matter how many people -- innocent or guilty -- we put in jail. The day we decide that government officials only make money for performance and all the companies that get money from government -- whether contractors or banks that use taxpayers credit -- only get money if we are better off and the Solari Index is rising, is when we will start to face and solve the real problems in a money making way.
It's time to face our addiction to narco dollars and to grapple with how to reverse our incentive systems. It is time to figure out how publicly traded companies and our banks and insurance companies can make more money from our kids succeeding then from them failing. Indeed, it can be done.
So here is my last message on how the money works on narco dollars. Now that we have run the Solari Index down to near 0% while fueling the rise of the Dow Jones about 20X since I was a kid, the new opportunity is going to be the fortunes to be made on businesses and investment vehicles that fuel the Solari Index rising.
Wouldn't you pay for streets to be sweet for your child once again? Especially if it made you a whole bunch of money on an IPO of your neighborhood mutual or venture fund in the stock market?
I want to make money on kids succeeding. I want to teach Dave a way to make more money by getting out of narco dollars and backing Sam starting a solari and "trading places."
My money is on Solari rising.
After three years of plowing through hundreds of books, videos and articles, here are the sources that I found most useful to helping me understand "how the money works" in the drug trade.
Assuming that you are a busy person who knows nothing about narco dollars and does not want to become an expert -- you just want to have a good map of "how the money works" in your world -- I have put an (*) next to my top four book and one video recommendations. These are the ones that will be the most useful to help you understand the drug trade and what it means to you, your family, your business and the Solari Index in your neighborhood.
WhiteOut: The CIA, Drugs, and the Press, Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Verso, London:1998.
"Albert Vincent Carone: The Missing Link Between Iran-Contra Cocaine Operations and Organized Crime", Mike Ruppert. From the Wilderness Publications, 1994.
Mike Ruppert on CIA & Drugs: The Confession & The Impeachment, From The Wilderness. Video, 1999.
The Salon At Fraser Court, Mike Ruppert, From the Wilderness Video, 1999. | 2019-04-20T02:47:21 | https://ratical.org/co-globalize/narcoDollars.html |
So Derrick is a cinematographer! No pressure when being asked to film his wedding right?! He was a rockstar though… Didn’t even give a second look as to what i was doing. His eyes and focus was all on Jen.
When these two tied the knot, it was such a celebration. Everyone there felt like they were all best friends with this couple. Such great families coming together. This couple is just unreal with the amount of love they have for each other and for the people around them. | 2019-04-26T14:16:22 | https://www.everlyfilms.com/jennifer-and-derrick-phoenix-arizona/ |
Convenient to upload data for the route (Pick up/ Drop off) with all transportation details through a fairly easy to work with Transportation module.
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Another step toward beginning your second act is this: we have to learn how to travel in a fog.
I used to live in an area near a lake with thick early morning fog. Since I had to attend a morning class, I needed to learn how to drive in the fog. I went slowly, watched for any traffic, and so forth. I often thought how much faster and easier my commute would be if there were no fog.
Wouldn’t it be great if we had 100 percent visibility in our lives? If we could see our future with perfect clarity, we could plan more intelligently, move forward with speed and confidence, and avoid collisions with circumstances and people. But if you refuse to act until the fog lifts and you have a clear view of your future, you will wait … and wait … and wait.
If you are going to experience a great second act, you need to learn how to travel in a fog. There are some key steps to move forward in your life with uncertainty and limited visibility ahead of you.
First, you have to have a need that compels you to start traveling. Now for me, I had a need to get to class. Before you will risk moving forward in your life with limited visibility, you will feel a holy discontent. Only when you can no longer stand your present situation will you be motivated to take that first step into the unknown.
Second, traveling in a fog requires movement. You need to start moving to launch your second act. If you can’t see clearly ahead of you, then move slowly and cautiously, just as you would drive through a fog. But the important thing is to start moving. When you take the first step, even in the fog, things become more clear. But when you refuse to move, you stay stuck.
I encourage you to take one simple action step and just do it. Make that phone call, write that letter, or schedule that appointment. You will be surprised how much easier it will be then for you to take the next step and then the step after that one.
The third ingredient of traveling with limited visibility is faith. Fortunately, God can see through the fog. He sees everything clearly. He knows what is ahead of us. And just as He leads us to take that first step, He will continue to lead us to our future.
We have to have faith if we’re going to move forward toward our second act in life. | 2019-04-23T03:20:44 | http://www.firstdallas.org/icampus/blog/learn-how-to-travel-in-a-fog/ |
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Winds of change for Russia's Black Sea Fleet?
Only a few countries are capable of an amphibious assault, and Russia is one of them. Therefore, one of the most impressive parts of the Black Sea Fleet’s training is a seaborne assault. This includes gunfire, air assault and a marines' attack.
Yet the Black Sea Fleet may be seeing its last decade in the Crimea.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and partition of the Navy, relations between Russia and Ukraine have deteriorated.
Marines seem uncomfortable talking on the subject, and almost any comment on the future of the Crimean fleet stirs up a verbal fight between the countries’ Foreign Ministries.
When the lease expires in ten years, Kiev wants the Russian Navy out. But Russia, as a founder of the Black Sea Fleet in the 18th century, wants to stay.
A commander says it is a political problem.
“The authorities of Novorossiysk understand how serious the situation is. In the future, their part of the Fleet may become the most vital on the south frontiers of Russia,” commented Aleksandr Kletskov, Vice Admiral of the Black Sea Fleet.
Upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in both countries may change the wind for the Black Sea Fleet, and for now they are training side by side – most of them hoping the status quo will be preserved. | 2019-04-19T23:14:35 | https://www.rt.com/news/winds-of-change-for-russias-black-sea-fleet/ |
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is one of the many working-class social dramas that proliferated throughout British cinema during the late 1950s and the 1960s. These films were inspired, in part, by the "angry young men" genre that began with John Osborne's 1956 stage play Look Back in Anger. That play was adapted for the screen by Tony Richardson, with Richard Burton in the lead role, in 1959. The following year, Richardson produced Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, which earned numerous awards and made a star of Albert Finney.
Finney plays Arthur Seaton, a young factory worker in Nottingham, who escapes his mundane existence by routinely getting drunk on the weekends and sleeping with a married woman named Brenda (Rachel Roberts). Arthur scoffs at colleagues who try to further their careers and admires co-workers who "know how to spend money like me." He still lives with his parents and occasionally goes fishing with his cousin. He also takes delight in making life miserable for a straight-laced neighbor (to the point of shooting her in the bum with a BB rifle).
Two events occur that nudge Arthur off the road to nowhere. First, Brenda gets pregnant--which is a serious problem considering she and her husband (who have a son) have not engaged in sexual activity for several months. Around the same time, Arthur meets an attractive young woman named Doreen, who also works in a factory.
Screenwriter Alan Sillitoe, who adapted his own novel, creates a memorable--if not always likable--character in Arthur. His young protagonist is filled with self-importance and considers himself something of a rebel without a cause. Yet, he's not quite the uncaring, fun-loving bloke he thinks he is. He gives part of every paycheck to his Mum to cover lodging and food. He genuinely cares about Brenda, although he certainly doesn't love her. And, in a rare moment of true reflection, he admits: "God knows what I am."
It's easy to see why Albert Finney's energetic performance catapulted him to fame. However, Rachel Roberts dominates much of the film. She hits all the right notes as the carefree Brenda who cavorts with Arthur when her husband and son are away. That sets the stage for a remarkable transformation when her life is turned upside down with the unexpected pregnancy. Crestfallen and looking as if the weight of the world is upon her, Brenda confesses to a befuddled Arthur that her best course of action is to tell the truth to her husband and hope for the best. It's a remarkable scene and no doubt helped secure her the 1960 Best Actress Award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning also won as Best Picture that year. I can see how its realism, social criticism, and stark black-and-white world (the cinematographer was the great Freddie Francis) seemed like a breath of fresh air. Personally, while I found it a worthwhile viewing, I prefer other "angry young man" pictures such as Room at the Top (1959) and another one based on an Alan Sillitoe work, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962). I also have a soft spot for the more cynical British satires of the 1960s, such as Georgy Girl (1966), Nothing But the Best (1964), and I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967).
By the way, be forewarned some of these films end rather abruptly by conventional standards.
I go through phases with that stage of British realism as to whether I feel pity or disdain for the characters. Nonetheless, I am always impressed with the writing and performances.
I never really cared much for those "angry young men" films, but I can see how Albert Finney's star was launched after this performance. I'm reminded now of something my friend told me a while back....she was watching Richard Burton in "Look Back in Anger" ( another one of those films ) and thought it was depressing as heck...so she watched a little more...and a little more...and then told me the whole plot on the phone. Those British films are just too addictive!
I'm not very familiar with the "angry young men" films, but I'd really like to see Albert Finney in this early role.
I'm always learning from you, Rick. I ought to start paying you tuition!
I'd include in those "angry young men" movies the one that first attracted me to the genre - "This Sporting Life," which starred Richard Harris and Roberts, and earned them Best Actor and Actress nominations (and should have gotten a Best Picture nomination as well).
If you expand the genre from "angry young man" to "kitchen sink", you can include two more movies of the era: "Seance on a Wet Afternoon" with Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough, and "The Mark," with Stuart Whitman (in his Oscar-nominated performance). Ah, a terrific era for British movies, in glorious black-and-white! | 2019-04-24T08:49:04 | https://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2017/03/saturday-night-sunday-morning-film-review.html |
How do scientists make judgments that require consideration of ‘the best available science’ under conditions of high uncertainty? To gain insight into this question, we surveyed a group of grizzly bear researchers. We found that the majority of experts recommended continued listing of bears, and that experts who were employed by state and federal agencies were 2-3 times more likely to recommend delisting grizzlies than their academic colleagues. This research is discussed in an article published today by The Conversation. You can also find a complete report of the project here.
Happy to see a post from JB!
Thanks Jeremy – in such cases of uncertainty (and they are legion) wouldn’t it be appropriate to properly apply (emphasis here) the precautionary principle or some version of it?
In decision theory, things like “precautionary principle” are supposed to be “baked in” to the calculation. It’s not a separate piece laying off to the side to fly in as a tie-breaker. It is part of the loss function (at least in the language I speak – Structured Decision Making might use another term, like “the objective function”).
We try to maximize the subjective expected utility (MSEU), as Savage taught us. The problem is we don’t agree on the SEU.
Thanks, JB: Beautifully written, as usual.
Well, one of the criteria for Delisting is an analysis of socioeconomic impacts. I guess ” Job Protection” fits that.
Less facetiously , it’s good to see this bias quantified. I’ve been saying as much for many a year, but could only claim it was anecdotal till now. | 2019-04-20T02:32:40 | http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2016/06/21/of-bears-and-biases-scientific-judgment-and-the-fate-of-yellowstones-grizzlies/ |
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Best Dog Walkers in Washington Virginia Vale of Denver, CO | Wag!
Washington Virginia Vale has a long history going back to being a stagecoach stop in 1858. The little house that was the station is Denver’s oldest remaining building and is now part of a park and museum. Once the last stop along the Cherokee mile, the area is now noted as being southeast Denver’s oldest neighborhood.
Highway 83 that runs through Washington Virginia Vale has several pet stores and grooming shops as well as a vet or two. There are also plenty of restaurants and grocery stores offering just about anything you could possibly want.
The climate in Denver is desert arid with only 8-11 inches of precipitation per year. The area can have snow storms which might keep you indoors, but most of the year, you can walk without having to worry about getting wet. Summers are not overly hot, but keep in mind that it does not take much sun beating down on the sidewalks or roads to make them dangerous to your pet’s feet.
While the terrain through Washington Virginia Vale is pretty tame with more flat areas than hilly, there are a few hills scattered throughout the neighborhood that you might want to keep an eye on. None of the hills are overwhelming and most people will find them to be no problem, but if you are a beginner at walking, your dog is out of shape or elderly, or you just are not interested in walking for any other reason than fresh air, then you would do well to be aware of the hills in the area.
The sidewalks through this neighborhood are very narrow and look more like parts of the shoulder than places to walk, but there are places to stroll off the road through most of the neighborhood. Shade is not widely available which is important in the summers when the roads are hot.
There are two parks in Washington Virginia Vale including a smaller park in the southeast area of the neighborhood called Frances Wisebart Jacobs Park and a larger park along Cherry Creek called Garland Park.
Garland Park has several things to offer for would-be walkers and their pups. There is a lake here called Lollipop Lake and several trails that run through. These trails hook up with the rest of the trail system, allowing you access to walking alongside Cherry Creek and visiting some of the other greenways along the way.
City of Potenza Park, Cook Park, City of Brest Park, and City of Takayama Park are just a few of the parks along the Cherry Creek Trail. The trails are a great place to take your pup walking simply because it allows them access to the greenway which is a much happier and safer place for your favorite canine to wander. | 2019-04-24T07:54:59 | https://wagwalking.com/dog-walking/co-denver/washington-virginia-vale |
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Join us for updates on dry bean production and marketing, Western bean cutworm activity, white mold management, breeding, varieties, and the use of dry beans in school lunches. We will also review research priorities and gather suggestions for future educational programs. The second half of the program will feature evaluation of the Cornell dry bean variety trial with 56 dry bean cultivars that were canned by Furmano Foods on display for taste and visual appearance.
1.25 DEC (categories 10, 1a, and 23) and CCA credits will be available.
Cost: $10 per person, includes lunch. Pre-registration is required by March 12th as space is limited.
To pay via credit card, register online.
To pay by check, print the registration form below and mail in your payment.
Or, call Julie Kikkert at 585-394-3977 x404 to reserve a spot and pay with cash or check at the door.
For more information or special needs, contact Julie Kikkert. | 2019-04-18T19:16:14 | https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1116 |
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Relationships. The discovery of gravitational waves was the inspiration for some recent etchings. Trying the same image in softground on steel and hardground on zinc.
As I understand it gravity is the result of a relationship between the bending of space time and mass. The recording of these waves pulsing for the briefest flash of time when two black holes collided and merged into one has excited scientists. This merging of two black holes was such a massive event that it caused ripples in the fabric of space time to spread out across the universe.
I was first introduced to the idea of beauty in mathematics and the extraordinary collaboration of Cambridge professor G.H. Hardy with Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught mathematician from India by the Complicite production A Disappearing Number.
Raymond Flood’s Gresham College lecture on the value of collaboration between these mathematicians along with J.E. Littlewood and Mary Cartwright gave further insight to their relationship and the advances they made in mathematical analysis and number theory. What interested me was Littlewood’s summation of four distinguishable phases in creative work: preparation, incubation, illumination and verification or working out. Preparation is the conscious research and the problem should be kept in mind at all times. Incubation is the work of the subconscious and the waiting time can be several years. Illumination can happen in a fraction of a second; it is the emergence of the creative idea into the conscious mind and implies a mysterious rapport between the subconscious and the conscious. The verification is then just a matter of realising the idea, the hard work has been done. I feel this.
In history the wild man’s characteristics reflect topical fears and aspirations, violating the taboos of civilization and symbolizing the repressed desires of society; they oscillate between horror and fantasy. I wondered who a contemporary wild man might be. Someone on the edges of society, both fascinating and repulsive. I had come across images on the internet of this person who posts photos of himself posing almost naked with guns strapped to his body. An internet meme shared with equal disgust and fascination – I placed him back in the forest of all our origins.
Jane Boyer raised some interesting questions about self awareness with her solo show A project space called I at ARTHOUSE1. An exhibition of the I-artist curated by the I-curator.
My own mind struggles. How can I separate myself as artist and myself as curator with regards to my own work.
Surely I want the same things in both those roles. I start by thinking I can see how this works if I separate myself as chef and artist. Looking at different roles I play and how I react to people from these different perspectives. A bit like cross curriculum activities, but within myself. I think I’m going to need a chat with Jane about this sometime.
Alongside this I have been reading Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli whose final lesson Ourselves tells me that I am a process which adheres to the laws of nature. There is not an ‘I’ and ‘the neurons in my brain’. They are the same thing. My unique sense of self is the rich culmination of billions of interactions and processes within my brain that reflect my personal history of experience. So with this in mind the works in the solo show are the markers, the process made manifest and as Jane presents; an autobiographical curation of a self.
Denise Gough playing Emma in the play People, Places and Things makes a plaintive cry to the world at large – why is it that she can’t cope with reality, why is it that she is overwhelmed by the unjust nature of the world and must resort to mind altering chemicals as a means of escape when everyone else seems just fine with it. The audience joins her in a spiral of despair. Denise Gough’s performance is extraordinary and totally captivating, how she can put herself through such emotion every night is another question this play raises about how we separate ourselves from reality. The clinical rehab set protrudes into the audience arena like a neuron connection within our collective brain. The play is a visceral interrogation of self and relationships. The cause and effect of actions between mind and body. Self destruction and self renewal.
When Emma finally emerges from months of tortuous self analysis to face the world alone she is advised that to maintain her freedom from addiction she must avoid anything that might trigger associations with her past life causing her to relapse – she must avoid people, places and things.
As part of London Open House weekend I visited the Government Art collection on a guided tour and behind-the-scenes look at how this major collection of British art operates. There was a lot of security and in most areas no photography. Our Government (us then) owns a collection of around 13,000 works of art mainly by British artists from the sixteenth century to the present day. About 75 per cent of the collection is on display in British Government buildings in the UK and in Embassies and Residences around the world. The idea is to help promote British art. There is a meagre budget to purchase new work with most of the funding going to conservation, transportation and installation. A nice perk of being a civil servant is to have the choice of some great works for your office, for the rest of us they do offer a lunchtime tour of a small viewing gallery and the racks to see what’s been left in storage.
The raw space of the Bargehouse on the South Bank was a great setting for the meditative pieces of Kate Fahey. The degraded building echoing the degraded web images she appropriates into her work.
Pulling the digital from the screen into the world of matter, she reverses the process of the viewers visual overload of images.
A hundred explosion images become one, one grainy image is cast solid in aluminium and a slow beat metronome stills us.
We are in a war zone, in slow motion.
Bedwr Williams animated line drawings that made up the film Writ Stink at Limoncello showed the deconstruction of a man obsessed with hiding his secrets – turning on fellow creatures, suspicious of everyone he meets – maybe with good reason – life becomes a battle to preserve, to hide away and disengage.
Surreal, comedic and tragic we are left wondering about the power of knowledge.
As part of The Matter of Objects; Medieval and Renaissance Materiality in Contemporary Conversation project initiated by Queen Mary’s University I have been paired with a research historian who has provided me with an image of an object that I will then respond to by making a piece of work.
The object I have been given is a 16th century fall-front cabinet probably made in India for a Portuguese merchant. I wanted to participate in this project because I am interested in the physical matter of our surroundings and objects and also more intangible things such as aura of place and agency of object. I thought the period would also be interesting as a time when science and religion clashed as being the source of truth.
The project aims to bring together humanities researchers, artists and creative practitioners in discussions around these objects, their historical narratives, and their relevance to our world today. There is going to be an exhibition and launch event where artists and researchers will come together to discuss their processes of deconstruction, interpretation and creation.
It feels a bit like trying to discover an identity beginning just via the purely visual information from a digital image. I had no idea what a fall fronted cabinet would be so before I opened the image I had in my mind something much larger with perhaps some kind of carving that would reflect waterfalls or falling folds of fabric. Recent visits to Sutton House influencing me here with the linenfold wood panels perhaps.
It was a lovely surprise to open the image and see something so intricate, ornate and compact. I am also influenced in my response by recent exposure to the Elizabethan polymath John Dee and his alchemical interests so all the little secret drawers made me think of what someone like him might have kept locked away.
The patterns are complex with lots of triangles and geometric shapes mixed with other more organic patterns from nature. The stars and almost elliptical shapes seem to relate the heavens with the flower like patterns of earth.
It is an intriguing object with its secret drawers hidden behind a front panel – it would involve a small ritual to lock away and then open up and lay out the front ‘carpet’ to retrieve the precious items from within.
I came across what may be considered another fall front cabinet in the form of a shrine containing samples of metal placed in beeswax, its provenance even more mysterious.
Losing sense of what or who is real Charlotte Bergson: The Hunters of the Invisible curated by Stine Nielsen Ljungdahl at Stanley Picker Gallery presents a carefully crafted mythology that has such a coherence of intent it is hard to determine fact from fiction.
The hexagon is a recurrent motif as is the duality of twins.
Photographs and artefacts are presented as documentation accompanied by an in depth publication The Zone – A Journey Towards the Centre which further bolsters the world of Charlotte Bergson’s research into The Hunting Society. We are drawn into an illusory world where borders blur and it is not clear whose identity is real, be it artist, archivist, or a society that once held secrets to an alternative origin of the universe, where alchemy and ritual were practised as heady truths.
Trying to work out what is real. Sam Burford’s paper Searching for Traces of the Indexical within Synthetically Rendered Imagery presented at the Shadow Without Object symposium considers ways to understand the relationship in a simulated image between its genesis and its being made visible. The rendering equation introduced into computer graphics in 1986 created a breakthrough by enabling illumination in an image to be made by using the Monte Carlo method of geometric probability borrowed from particle physics theory.
Monte Carlo simulation is a statistical approach which is concerned with experiments employing random numbers. The light playing around generated objects in the image could be made to behave more like real light in its random scattering. These images still did not look real enough but everything changed in 2004 with the release of the Maxwell Render product which claims to render the perfect image. This new product could apply randomness in rendering to an image through an algorithm to add some noise and create what looks like in effect a low res image – this actually appeared more real.
Photo realistic rendered images are almost impossible to identify as simulated and so to claim credit the author will often attach a proof rendering image. A bit like a birth certificate.
Stan Douglas in The Secret Agent at Victoria Miro uses digital rendering to create a series of large scale urban landscapes.
Unsettling in their clarity of detail and targeted lighting they create a confusion, a bit like having a word on the tip of your tongue, they are almost something. Almost a photograph of something almost like a film set; too sharp to be a memory. Borrowing from film noir tropes we are segued into a similarly stereotypical digital underworld. The six screen feature length installation The Secret Agent operates in the same world of noir subterfuge but instead of digital fakery it is the over dramatic acting, simplistic plot line and raw characterisation where we must suspend our disbelief.
Graham Fagan explores the constructed nature of history through the stories myths and fictions that build a contemporary identity.
Pulling at threads of cultural difference but tying them together in a personal experience to engage emotion that doesn’t shy away from acknowledging conflict and injustice.
Drawn through the faded splendour of Palazzo Fontana in Venice by the haunting mix of sea shanty and classical string arrangement of The Slaves Lament we are immersed in a melancholic beauty. The words attributed to Robert Burns convey the debilitating heartache of being wrenched from home for cold cruelty.
Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see it more; And Alas! I am weary, weary O.
Colonialism is also referenced by C.T. Jasper and Joanna Malinowska in their video production ‘Halka/Haiti 18 48’05″N 72 23’01″w’ taking opera to the tropics.
Inspired by Werner Herzog’s character Fitzcarraldo in the 1982 film of that name the artists expose the absurdities and examine the agenda of one culture imposing itself on another. In Herzog’s film, after many great struggles to achieve his goal, European Fitzcarraldo manages to drag a ship over the impeding mountains so he can export rubber, make his fortune and build an opera house in the Amazon basin. He only succeeds in this physical challenge with the help of the local natives. His undoing is in ignoring local culture. When his crew falls asleep, the native chief cuts the rope securing the ship and it floats away down the river. The chief’s actions are to appease the river gods who would be angry to see their waters circumnavigated and their power not respected.
Where do we begin to unravel our origins? The location of the artists film found at the coordinates of the title ‘Halka/Haiti 18 48’05″N 72 23’01″w’ reflects the complexity and amorphous nature of national identity. It is a Haitian village inhabited by the descendants of Polish soldiers who fought for Haitian independence. Originally sent to put down the slave rebellion in 1802 these soldiers found themselves sympathetic to a local culture under oppression much as had happened in their own homeland and so joined forces with the locals in the Haitian revolution and subsequently made their home here.
Ivan Grubanov’s installation in the Serbian Pavilion United Dead Nations provokes questions about how national identity is created and the symbolism of the flag in that process. In scattered piles across the floor are the discarded flags of states that are no longer in existence since 1895 when the Venice Biennale began.
The list is an obituary of creation, rule and disappearance. Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918),the Ottoman Empire (1299- 1922), Gran Columbia (1819-1930), Tibet (1913-1951), the United Arab Republic (1958- 1971), South Vietnam (1955-1975), the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990), the USSR (1922-1991), Czechoslovakia (1918-1992), and Yugoslavia (1918-2003).
Romanian artist Adrian Ghenie paints emotional images exploring notions of survival and the fictions that define nations by questioning the truth of a collective memory.
Far And Few [Between] curated by RCA printmaking alumni Lisa Chang Lee at No Format gallery explores identity from the perspective of Chinese expats now living in the UK.
Observing the projection of the self creates a self consciousness that, like observing the path of an electron, is surely impossible to do without interfering with its trajectory.
To question consciousness the works have a strong material presence linking identity to the land and the body and the interactions with the environment that build us.
How we forge our path and face our own nature is a universal theme. The Mark Bruce Company tackled this through dance in a reworked telling of The Odyssey.
Like Pandora’s box it was an explosion of chaos as passions and demons were unleashed on stage leading and tormenting the wayward King on his epic journey, crossing lands beset with monsters and temptations to return home to face a Queen savage from years of despair. In a vortex of kitsch high drama and inventive to the point of surrealism the story may have been obscured but the message that mortality is beset by challenges, and we must be cautious who we trust – least of all ourselves, remained.
Szilard Cseke’s installation Sustainable Identities is a sterile plastic environment.
Large white balls move silently along plastic tunnels above our heads on predetermined pathways.
Perhaps this is a warning of what our identity might become if we never leave the path to take that epic journey. Or worse, we have our identity taken from us. | 2019-04-22T01:07:59 | https://susaneyre.wordpress.com/2016/04/ |
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Providence is a beautiful and quiet city tucked up against the mountains in Cache Valley. It offers a beautiful view of the entire valley. The city is composed of people that hold to friendliness and community connection as a tradition. It has a country feel but with big city access. You can enjoy starry nights and brilliant sunny days. There are many things you can do for recreation and many cultural events and arts to enjoy. It is both the perfect area for adventure and the perfect area for a family to live—even education is top notch. The Providence Preservation Commission has organized a walking tour around Providence. You can walk and see many of the historical homes and learn about the rich history of Providence.
Providence is also known for something quite unique: sauerkraut. Every year for more than a hundred years, the folks who live in Providence get together for a community dinner with sauerkraut as the main course. They call it the “Sauerkraut Dinner.” This tradition came to Providence with the German and Swiss immigrants in the early part of the 19th century. The whole affair had a festive atmosphere, like a party or a carnival. As for the sauerkraut, there really is no official recipe. Instead, the art of making sauerkraut in Providence has been passed down from generation to generation. | 2019-04-26T15:36:13 | https://www.rpmcachevalley.com/areas-we-serve/providence-property-management |
DOWNEY – Liberty Utilities Park Water Utilities will begin offering professional testing to support schools within its service area as part of a new state program to further protect drinking water by monitoring campus infrastructure for signs of lead contamination.
The new monitoring effort is part of a statewide program authorized by the State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Drinking Water, which allows schools to request testing of water samples taken at locations such as drinking fountains, cafeterias, and kitchen areas. Testing will be performed at no cost to the schools by Liberty Utilities experts.
Liberty Utilities’ water quality team conducts hundreds of lab tests annually on water samples throughout the service area to ensure the drinking water supply meets all state and federal standards. The new state program extends testing activity from households to include schools upon request. | 2019-04-18T18:22:50 | https://comptonherald.org/utility-offers-lead-testing-protect-downey-area-schools/ |
A purchase order is a official document that send by a seller to a buyer indicate that the buyer is agree with the price offer by the seller and wish to proceed with the order.
Same as most of the official document, purchase order is very important in terms of layout and the correct information. The professional purchase order will make good impression to the seller.
below are the sample purchase order which is created using Xin Inventory 2.0 standard purchase order template.
User able to customize own template by using template editor that come with Xin Inventory 2.0. It's not hard to use. Xin Cube team do provide template customization service for small about of charges if user feel like not able to customize the template. | 2019-04-22T04:28:16 | http://www.invoice-software.us/p/purchase-order-template.html |
Dallas,TX - The Jesuit Sheaner Relays lived up to the hype and more! The 3200m athletes weren't scared off by the bad weather Friday night, and put in some great performances. Saturday the meet exploded with fast times, PRs, exciting races, and over 150 national elite performances. | 2019-04-18T22:39:50 | https://tx.milesplit.com/articles/148974-sheaner-relays-showcases-states-best-meet-recap |
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Littleport, Cottenham, Sawston, Sawtry, Soham, Orton Waterville, Ely, Linton, Needham Market, Eaton Socon, Chatteris, St Ives, Shelford, Wisbech.
Nantwich, Appleton, Greasby, Cheshire, Alvaston, Wilmslow, Wistaston, Crewe, Sandbach, Bramhall, Frodsham, Winsford, Congleton, Runcorn.
Helston, Par, Bodmin, Cornwall, Truro, Padstow, Wadebridge, Saltash, Penryn, Lostwithiel, Calstock, Looe, Redruth, St Ives Cornwall, Launceston.
Isle Of Walney, Kendal, Carlisle, Ambleside, Grange Over Sands, Windermere, Maryport, Barrow In Furness, Cockermouth, Cleator Moor, Allerdale.
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Sherborne, Lyme Regis, Blandford Forum, Fortuneswell, Verwood, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, Easton, Gillingham Dorset, Wimbourne, Broadstone.
Newton Aycliffe, Shildon, Hartlepool, Brandon, Wingate, Seaham Harbour, Boldon, Horden, Billingham On Tees, Billingham, Chester Le Street, Langley Park.
Colchester, Southend, Laindon, Clacton On Sea, Essex, Basildon, Hatfield Peverel, Brightlingsea, Frinton, Leigh On Sea, Little Baddow, Braintree.
Newent, Patchway, Frampton Cotterell, Fairford, Tewkesbury, Dursley, Nailsworth, Tetbury, Lydney, Bishops Cleeve, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol.
Whitefield, Hindley, Heywood, Prestwich, Horwich, Shaw, Radcliffe, Leigh, Audenshaw, Urmston, Farnworth, Walkden, Manchester, Denton.
Fareham, Portsea Island, Southampton, Hayling Island, Waterlooville, Dibden, Eastleigh, Oakley, Bishopstoke, Hook, Odiham, Hampshire, Headley.
Ross on Wye, Bromyard, Ledbury, Hereford, Leominster, Ross.
North Mymms, Hoddesdon, Hemel Hempstead, Knebworth, Hitchin, Sandridge, Chandlers Cross, Baldock, Heronsgate, Letchworth, Garden City, Watford.
Thanet, Otford, Dartford, Erith, Hartley, Wealden, Biggin Hill, Sandwich, Greenhithe, Broomfield, Hextable, Pembury, East Malling, Bearsted.
Adlington, Rainford, Freckleton, Carnforth, Blackburn, Rossendale, Milnrow, Barnoldswick, Rishton, Euxton, Heysham, Abram, Kirkby Lonsdale.
Sileby, Coalville, Leicester, Burbage, Quorndon, Broughton Astley, Mountsorrel, Hinckley, Lutterworth, Loughborough, Barrow, Ibstock, Braunstone.
Deeping Saint James, Skegness, North Hykeham, Sutton on Sea, Brigg, Holbeach, Lincoln, Market Rasen, Broughton, Coningsby, Waddington.
West Kirby, Birkenhead, Bebington, Heswall, Prescot, Formby, Lydiate, Southport, Huyton, Halewood, Newton Le Willows, Liverpool, Maghull, Bootle.
Downham Market, Fakenham, Heacham, Dereham, Hethersett, Wymondham, Norwich, Hunstanton, Yarmouth, Brundall, Norfolk, North Walsham, Belton.
Irchester, Northampton, Corby, Wellingborough, Great Billing, Kettering, Towcester, Rushden, Earls Barton, Billing, Irthlingborough, Burton.
Woolsington, Alnwick, Haltwhistle, Amble, Shiremoor, Cramlington, Hexham, Ponteland, Ashington, Berwick Upon Tweed, Morpeth, Newbiggin by the Sea.
Hucknall, Mansfield, Retford, Warsop, Bingham, Sutton In Ashfield, Stapleford, Calverton, Beeston, Newark, Balderton, West Bridgford, Boughton.
Wantage, Abingdon, Carterton, Bicester, Wallingford, Abingdon On Thames, Chinnor, Chipping Norton, Oxford, Cumnor, Headington, Eynsham.
Bridgnorth, Market Drayton, Shrewsbury, Trench, Lilleshall, Broseley, Donnington, Wem, Wellington, Whitchurch, Ludlow, Telford, Albrighton.
Frome, Crewkerne, Ilminster, Somerton, Bath, Highbridge, Clevedon, Williton, Weston Super Mare, Taunton, Watchet, Burnham On Sea, Saltford.
Rugeley, Armitage, Checkley, Alsager, Burton On Trent, Great Wyrley, Penkridge, Kinvere, Newcastle Under Lyme, Wyrley, Stoke On Trent, Norton Canes.
Mildenhall, Aldeburgh, Lakenheath, Halesworth, Ipswich, Bungay, Leiston, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Haverhill, Felixstowe, Newmarket, Great Cornard.
New Addington, Walton, Sunbury, Whyteleafe, Epsom, Witley, Reigate, Tadworth, East Horsley, Addlestone, Sunbury on Thames, Godalming, Weybridge.
Sunderland, Killingworth, Longbenton, Gateshead, Birtley, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Shields, Newburn, Blaydon, Whickham, Wallsend, Whitley Bay.
Sandwell, Brownhills, Dudley, Stourbridge, Rowley Regis, Tipton, Moseley, Rubery, Sedgley, Blackheath West Midlands, Edgbaston, Wednesfield.
North Lancing, Angmering, Yapton, Hurstpierpoint, Adur, Horsham, Cuckfield, Gatwick, West Horsham, Barnham, Hassocks, Worth, East Grinstead.
Rye, Uckfield, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Bexhill On Sea, Saltdean, Portslade, Wadhurst, Brighton, Hastings, Jevington, Seaford, Hailsham, Hove.
Kenilworth, Alcester, Bulkington, Wellesbourne, Warwick, Dordon, Knowle, Bedworth, Castle Bromwich, Whitnash, Temple Balsall, Royal Leamington Spa.
Blunsdon St Andrew, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Chippenham, Corsham, Westbury, Blunsdon St. Andrew, Hilperton, Trowbridge, North Tidworth, Calne.
Droitwich Spa, Evesham, Redditch, Malvern, Great Malvern, Droitwich, Barnt Green, Stourport On Severn, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Hagley, Bewdley.
Kirkburton, Marsden, Moorthorpe, Honley, Bridlington, Wakefield, Keighley, Liversedge, Hebden Bridge, Slaithwaite, Heckmondwike, Horbury.
Fleckney, Hornsea, Market Weighton, Pocklington, Goole, Withernsea, Hessle, Driffield, Hull, Woodmansey, Beverley, Kingston Upon Hull.
Sherburn In Elmet, Grangetown, Hambleton, Middlesbrough, Pickering, Tadcaster, Harrogate, Loftus, Eston, Redcar, Eastfield, Killinghall.
Hoyland, Anston, Mexborough, Maltby, Aston, Rotherham, Rawmarsh, Rossington, Askern, Thrybergh, Fulwood, Ecclesfield, Swinton South Yorkshire.
South Hornchurch, Isle Of Dogs, Hornchurch, Rm13, Plaistow , West Ham, E6, E14, Rm10, East Ham, Waltham Forest, Rm11, Emerson Park, Bethnal Green.
Edmonton, Bowes Park, Harefield, Tokyngton, Cockfosters, En2, Ha1, West Hampstead, En3, Ha2, Noel Park, Brondesbury Park, Archway.
West London, Nw5, W4, Ub5, Ub2, Willesden, Ub8, St Margarets, W7, W1, West Kensington, Yeading, Nw4, Brondesbury, Kew, Kilburn , Southall.
Chislehurst, Penge, Anerley, Grove Park, South East London, Se4, Elmers End, Aperfield, Se19, North Cray, Lewisham, Charlton, Tulse Hill.
Benhilton, Putney, Thornton Heath, Stockwell, Tolworth, Cottenham Park, Roehampton, Wimbledon, West Molesey, Sw11, Hersham, Kt1, Tw4, Copse Hill.
Aberdeen, Alva, Edinburgh, Cumbernauld, Kilmarnock, Coldstream, Prestwick, Motherwell, Alloa, Hamilton, Bathgate, Wishaw, Maybole, Port Glasgow.
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Fun Facts - Discover New Fun Facts Every Day!
What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?
Seismometers are instruments that measure motions of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other seismic sources. Records of seismic waves allow seismologists to map the interior of the Earth, and locate and measure the size of these different sources.
What kind of animals live in the desert?
There are coyotes, foxes, peccaries, tarantulas, scorpions, ring tailed cats, antelope, skunks, mule deer, boars, and in some places, lions and elephants. There is an abundance of small animals that support the deserts population of hawks, falcons, owls, roadrunners, buzzards, and eagles.
How many pairs of ribs does a horse have?
Normally, there are 18 pairs of ribs in the horse, but a nineteenth rib on one side or both is not considered all that rare. Eight pairs of ribs are known as true ribs. They join the segments of the sternum or breastbone. The other 10 are known as floating ribs–merely overlapping and being attached to each other.
What makes a fruit a fruit and not a vegetable?
According to botanists (those who study plants) a fruit is the part of the plant that develops from a flower. It’s also the section of the plant that contains the seeds. The other parts of plants are considered vegetables. These include the stems, leaves and roots — and even the flower bud.
Where did the new york jets get their name?
New York Jets (1960-Present) Nickname: Named in 1963 after the Jets that flew overhead at Shea Stadium, their home starting in 1964 from nearby LaGuardia Airport. It also gave them a name that rhymed with Mets, who they shared Shea Stadium with at the time.
What fictional character has been played by the most actors?
Having been depicted on screen 254 times, GWR today announces that Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective, has been awarded a world record for the most portrayed literary human character in film & TV. | 2019-04-19T03:23:33 | https://www.funfacts.net/ |
Sleep is very essential for a healthy life and active routine, if you are not sleeping comfortably then there’s a fair possibility that your mornings would be achy and your whole day is going to have that lag of sleep deprivation. Therefore, it is very important that you do a complete research before buying a bed and a mattress. Because one wrong decision could alter your daily routine.
Buying bed or mattress is not something that we do very often, it is mostly once in a lifetime investment. Therefore, careful consideration and thought process are quite evident when we intend to buy one.
Beds and mattress cost you from few hundreds of Australian dollars to few thousands. Apart from that, transporting them from shop to home is also an add-on effort. The best way out is to give the purchasing of bed and mattress a complete thought and then buy it online from Factory Buys where you could find a range of traditional to contemporary beds at economical prices and that too, with the home delivery option.
You cannot make a better decision unless you have thoroughly thought about the needs, tastes, and preferences in it. Buying an expensive bed does not mean you are getting everything that you need. Similarly, opting out for cheap bed and mattress do not guarantee that all your requirements would be fulfilled. That is why digging through the wide range of options at factory buys is a good starting point for brainstorming about the given decision making tips. | 2019-04-25T22:07:57 | http://simpletreasures.com.au/tips-to-buy-economical-bed-mattress-online-in-australia/ |
Okauchee Lake Sailing School is located on the north shore of Okauchee Lake. From highway K in downtown Stone Bank head south on Breezy Point Road. Follow Breezy Point Road south until the road curves to the right (west). As the road curves right the building will be on the left. The ground level doors are the entrance to Okauchee Lake Yacht Club. The sailing school is on the lakeside of the building under the porch. | 2019-04-20T03:21:12 | https://www.okaucheesailing.org/location |
Think about all the great Worthington-area restaurants you've always wanted to try, but for one reason or another you just never got around to it. Now you have the perfect opportunity to experience them all in one setting. A Taste of Worthington, sponsored by the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce, is an annual food sampling festival that features great food from a lineup of restaurants in the area. Just $2 gets you into the festival where you can enjoy affordably priced appetizers ($1 to $7), entrees and desserts in a block-party atmosphere. Last year nearly 5,000 Worthington residents and visitors attended A Taste of Worthington, sampling more than 50 dishes from 24 restaurants. Organizers believe this year's festival will be every bit as successful. In addition to sampling the food, attendees can vote for their favorite dishes in the People's Choice Awards. Plaques are awarded to the winning food establishments.
Live music adds to the evening's festivities, along with various children's activities, corn hole competitions, a bounce house and caricature artist. | 2019-04-21T05:12:35 | http://www.experienceworthington.com/blog/taste-worthington-good-food-good-times |
Two articles from the Martindale.com website explore the Final Rule issued on November 1, 2005 by the EPA. The rule doesn’t differ much from the earlier proposed rule and clarifies what the agency considers to satisfy the "all appropriate inquiries" standard under CERCLA. As the first article by Suzanne C. Lacampagne and Hong N. Huynh comments, "The long-awaited rule provides some clarification with respect to the responsibilities of potential buyers of environmentally contaminated property as well as imposes additional burden on them." The second article by Jean H. McCreary and James S. Kerouac presents some of the same information with a slightly more purchaser-oriented analysis. Registration is free but required for full access to both articles. The text of the final rule can be found here in PDF format. | 2019-04-24T10:45:56 | https://airportlawyer.wordpress.com/category/environmental/ |
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^ The average residential electricity rate in Old Westbury, NY is 19.03¢/kWh.
^ The average industrial electricity rate in Old Westbury, NY is 6.7¢/kWh.
The average commercial electricity rate in Old Westbury is 15.95¢/kWh.
This average (commercial) electricity rate in Old Westbury is 5.91% greater than the New York average rate of 15.06¢/kWh.
The average (commercial) electricity rate in Old Westbury is 58.08% greater than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh. Commercial rates in the U.S. range from 6.86¢/kWh to 34.88¢/kWh.
The average residential electricity rate in Old Westbury is 19.03¢/kWh.
This average (residential) electricity rate in Old Westbury is 8% greater than the New York average rate of 17.62¢/kWh.
The average (residential) electricity rate in Old Westbury is 60.19% greater than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh. Residential rates in the U.S. range from 8.37¢/kWh to 37.34¢/kWh.
The average industrial electricity rate in Old Westbury is 6.7¢/kWh.
This average (industrial) electricity rate in Old Westbury is equal to the New York average rate of 6.7¢/kWh.
The average (industrial) electricity rate in Old Westbury is 0.45% greater than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh. Industrial rates in the U.S. range from 4.13¢/kWh to 30.82¢/kWh.
Old Westbury is a village located in Nassau County in the state of New York, and has a population of approximately 4,671.
For more information about Old Westbury electricity, or for additional resources regarding electricity & utilities in your state, visit the Energy Information Administration. | 2019-04-19T05:12:32 | https://www.electricitylocal.com/states/new-york/old-westbury/ |
Guatapé is beautiful and everyone visits this site, but do you really know the story behind the rock and below the lake? Our specialized cultural guide gives you insight on the secrets of Guatapé. You’ll walk on a promenade by the Guatapé Lake, go off the beaten path to visit with locals, go on a small boat tour, and take in the history of the region once inhabited by indigenous communities. The fitness level for this tour is rated a 2 out of 5. No physical fitness preparation is necessary to make the most of the journey, but enjoy some easy physical activities throughout the trip such as climbing up the stairs to the top of El Peñol of Guatapé!
After breakfast, meet your bilingual professional cultural guide at 8 a.m. at our Medellin office (Cra. 43e #11-13, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia), and drive 2 hours to the town of Guatapé. Learn on the way about the cultural and economic history of “El Oriente Antioqueno”. Hear about the recent stories of development of this region, from the construction of dams for hydroelectric power, the history of Pablo Escobar and narcos, and Colombia’s armed conflict. Next, visit the historic town of Guatapé, the most colorful town in Colombia, and admire the town’s beautiful artwork along the lower half of its buildings. Discover the historic meaning of the art work and learn how development changed the livelihood of the villagers. Take in stunning vistas of the dazzling monolith (a huge stone block), composed of feldspar, mica and quartz, known as “El Peñol”, and drive from the town to the rock. Upon your arrival at the rock, climb the 649 steps of the El Peñol Rock to admire the classic view of Guatapé Lake reservoir. Return to your hotel in Poblado, Medellín by 5 p.m.
With the luxury option, take a peaceful boat ride around the numerous islands of the lake.
To arrange a 2-3 hours bicycle tour in Guatapé, please ask us ahead of time to arrange a bilingual cycling guide with great instructor experience and gear rental. You may choose between mountain biking on a dirt road or road cycling on a paved road. Return to your hotel in Poblado, Medellín by 5 p.m.
Pricing depends on private or public transportation, as well as optional biking and boat tours. Please contact us to customize your trip. | 2019-04-23T12:31:07 | https://expeditioncolombia.com/tours/cultural/guatape-lake-rock-tour/ |
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If you’re in Tokyo and in the mood to listen to some cool, soothing jazz, you don’t have to look far. There’s a wide array of jazz bars all over the city to suit your mood, tastes and budget. So let’s get the music started!
While Center Gai near Shibuya station is more well-known for its nightclubs and bars popular among youth, it’s the least likely place for a jazz bar. Pres Jazz Bar, named after saxophone musician Lester Young, is located near the end of Center Gai, which had formerly been home to several jazz bars that are now unfortunately gone.
The inside is dark and moody, but you can make out lifelike murals on the walls of jazz musicians. Unlike the surrounding clubs and bars where you can barely hear your voice over the blaring stereos, the music at Pres is low, allowing patrons to relax in a calming atmosphere.
For a chance to see a live show by a world famous act, Blue Note in Minami Aoyama is the place to go. The club, which was opened in November 1988 is by far Tokyo’s most famous jazz club. Past acts include legendary musicians such as Tony Bennett and Sly Stone.
While the food and the atmosphere are top-notch, expect to pay just as much for the experience. Tickets are minimum JPY 7,000 to 8,000. Students can take advantage of a 50% discount off the music charge by calling ahead and inquiring about the student plan.
The Room - A Jazz bar where you can Show Off your Dance Moves!
Although The Room is less than a five minute walk from Shibuya Station, the club is hard to find since it is hidden in the basement of a nondescript building. Just look for the red lantern if you get lost. In addition to jazz, The Room plays other genres such as disco, house and funk.
The Room is best for those who prefer to stay away from the mainstream, high-end clubbing experience in Tokyo for something less pretentious. In addition, half of the bar is a dance floor and attracts a down-to-earth crowd that allows you to dance without any judgment.
Located just a two minute walk away from the East South Exit of Shinjuku Station, Jazz Bar Samurai has an interior that is just as unique as its name. There are so many mysteries in this bar. Outside a 5-foot manekineko, a white cat figurine which signifies good luck, greets you. Inside more than 3,000 manekineko, all with different facial expressions, decorate the interior.
The place is one of the last in Shinjuku which embraces the underground culture prevalent during the 1960s. Showa-era posters and haiku decorate the walls, and there are also live improvised haiku reading, setting it apart from other jazz joints in the city.
For die-hard jazz fans, Pit Inn, located in Shinjuku, is the best place to go. The venue is organized in a way that all the seats face the stage and attracts a serious audience who come purely to enjoy the music.
The best part about Pit Inn is that the venue is that unlike many jazz clubs and bars, the place is open from 2 PM, which makes it the perfect place to spend an afternoon. In addition, Pit Inn features relatively unknown jazz musicians who are still trying to make an imprint on the local jazz scene. With one drink included, the daytime shows range from JPY 1,300 to JPY 2,500 while the evening show starts from JPY 3,000.
A 2 minute walk from Takadanobaba Station, Jazz Spot Intro is located in a tiny, but home-like basement. Unlike other jazz bars which brings in musicians to play live every night, Intro sets itself apart from the frequent jam sessions it throws, which includes amateurs as well as professionals. In addition to jam session from Tuesday to Thursday, they have a jam session on Saturday that runs until the morning.
On nights when there are no jam sessions, the club has hundreds of vinyl records and CDs to play from, so you can guarantee that you can request a song that suits your mood while you’re there enjoying a drink.
As you can see, there are a wide variety of jazz bars in Tokyo to choose from. Whether you want to pay a little extra for a shows played by musicians from all over the world, or prefer to listen to someone less well known, or want to dust off your saxophone and play yourself, there is a jazz bar out there for you.
Which club suits your interests best? Have any recommendations or feedback? Make sure to hit us up on Twitter (@LiveJapanGuide) or on Facebook to let us know.
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Learn forex trading with DIDIMAX, the best forex education broker . If you are searching for an opportunity to learn Forex trading from professional traders who have years of experience on foreign exchange market, your broker can be one of the best sources to consider. However, if your broker does not offer education solution, there is another great broker that you should take into account: DIDIMAX! Thus, keep reading to learn more about this broker.
Nowadays, great brokers provide Forex education solution to traders who would like to access the Forex market through their service. As one of the best brokers you can find online, DIDIMAX also offers education solution for anyone who is interested to get to know more about foreign exchange world. More interestingly, all the education solutions offered here are available for free!
When it comes to Forex education, it is important for you to know that DIDIMAX is a winner of 2018 Best Forex Education Broker from Indonesia by the Global Banking and Finance Review which is based in United Kingdom. Established since 2000, DIDIMAX is a trusted brokerage company under Indonesia Government’s regulation. It offers various advantages including competitive price, quick market execution and education.
When it comes to Forex education, DIDIMAX presents a selection of education solution for anyone. Traders of all levels can benefit the Forex education provided by DIDIMAX because we cannot deny that continuous education is needed when we are trading in Forex market. For your advantages, here are some options offered by DIDIMAX for traders who want to study Forex trading in advance.
First, DIDIMAX makes training and seminars available for all of you. The seminars are ranging from levels of knowledge, interest and experience. The topics are also diverse. They include preface to the futures commodity and Forex trading, fundamental as well as technical analysis in Forex trading and also market trends and overview. It is available for free every twice a week.
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Later on today I will be having the first of this years Live Hangouts.
As you may have read in earlier posts the first couple of hangouts of this year will all be focused on the Mystery KAL that is taking place on the blog and in Ravelry at the moment.
I am so excited - I can't wait to see some of the amazing projects and combinations of bags that will be completed through this knitalong.
Each of these live hangouts will be approximately 30 minutes long and I will be available to answer all your questions that you have about the steps of the knitalong. | 2019-04-25T10:40:11 | http://www.marigoldsloft.com/2014/01/knitting-madness-live-event-tonight.html |
A study published in 2016 highlighted some very distressing data on the maternal mortality rate in Texas. The data showed that mothers in Texas were dying at an alarming rate. Between 2010 and 2012, researchers found that the rate skyrocketed, from 72 in 2010 to 148 in 2012. The national maternal mortality rate in 2013 was 28 deaths per 100,000 live births, for comparison. Experts scrambled to explain the dramatic spike, and wondered if it was connected to the decrease in family-planning funding in Texas. In 2011, the legislature reduced the state’s budget for family-planning by two-thirds. The statistics were frightening. New research, however, contradicts the findings in the original study. Which is good news for Texas! But the corrections show a disturbing flaw in how this data is collected.
The data collection in that 2016 study was, as it turns out, sloppy and full of errors. Over half of the pregnancy-related deaths recorded during that time frame were recorded in error.
In 2013, the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force was established to study the maternal mortality rate following that disturbing report. They cross-checked records for all 147 pregnancy-related deaths. They found that out of those 147 reported deaths, only 56 fell under the actual definition of maternal mortality. Maternal mortality is any death of a pregnant woman during pregnancy or within 42 days of giving birth. This definition excludes deaths that occur because of accidental or incidental causes, like murder or car accidents.
The correction in data collection dropped Texas’s maternal mortality rate from 38.4 to 14.6 deaths per 100,000 lives births. However, the correction was hardly a reason to celebrate.
The issue, say experts and researchers, is HOW pregnancy-related death data is collected. The problems with that study are indicative of a national problem. In 2003, in an effort to collect data on pregnancy-related deaths, the federal government added a checkbox to standard death certificates, indicating if the person was pregnant or postpartum at the time of their death. States have jurisdiction of their own death certificates, so the addition of this checkbox was completed at different points. Texas added it in 2006.
But the addition of that checkbox did not have the desired effect on data collection.
Elliott Main, the medical director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, told The Washington Post, “What we’re finding now is that it is often checked in error, just like any other checkbox on a big form. Because pregnancy-related deaths are so uncommon, the frequency of the box being checked in error can significantly impact the maternal mortality rate reported.” There is very little uniformity in reporting that it’s difficult to get accurate statistics. Which makes pinpointing the national maternal mortality rate almost impossible. In fact, it’s so hard to get accurate data that the federal government hasn’t released a report on the matter since 2007.
However, even with the problems with data collection, and even using the most conservative estimates, the United States is still far behind the rest of the developed world.
Main says, “The maternal mortality rate is still higher by anybody’s count than it was in the 1990s. No matter how you look at it, even with the conservative estimate, the rate is higher than it should be compared to other high-resource countries.” A report citing a 2015 study puts the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. at 26.4 per every 100,000 live births in 2015. In 2015, Britain’s rate was 9.2, Australia’s 5.5 and Finland’s 3.8 per 100,000 live births.
Fixing the issues with data collection is imperative, so experts can focus on investigating and preventing pregnancy-related deaths. | 2019-04-22T10:27:42 | https://www.mommyish.com/national-maternal-mortality-rate-texas/ |
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Yesterday I finally lighted up the first candle of my Advent wreath, which is the first decoration I pull off from the Christmas box. For who’s not familiar with this kind of thing, it is a Christian tradition consisting on decorating a garland with four candles, each standing for one of the four weeks of the Advent. During the four Sundays preceding the Christmas Eve, the lighting of a candle gradually enlightes the crown. The Advent Crown is a Lutheran tradition, coming from the Nord of Europe; for this reason, it’s quite uncommon in Italy and also in my city. In fact, you can see it only in a few little area of the country. I acquired it because part of my family comes from one of this territories. So, every year I enjoy the wait of the celebrations gazing the candles light on Sunday evening.
I do love this moment, because it really puts me inside the Christmas atmosphere. For most of the people this is the loveliest time of the year and I’m no exception. So, while I’m waiting for all the decorations, the delicacies and the warm atmosphere that Christmas brings, I step into the mood with the candle light, the best company and some symphonies by Tchaikovsky. Well, now that the door is open, I can smell the lovely flavor of cinnamon and orange peel. Can you smell it too?
So beautiful and Christmassy! Hope you enjoy the holiday season!
Thank you so much Corina, I wish you an holiday season full of joy! | 2019-04-21T20:21:45 | https://www.atelierantea.com/all-about-the-crown/ |
The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) institutions are consistent with a New Consensus that emerged in the 1980s, limiting the role for macroeconomic policy to short term stabilizations by means of rules. I will argue that the policy inertia induced by the Consensus may have played a role in the disappointing performance of EMU economies even before the crisis.
The crisis of the Consensus, and the debate on secular stagnation, proved that Keynesian and possibly persistent excesses of savings over investment may hamper growth. This has put fiscal policy back to the center of the scene, and given the General Theory, at eighty, a second youth. I will argue therefore that the EMU fiscal rule should be amended to allow semi-permanent negative government savings. I will finally argue that a modified Golden Rule may serve this objective, and allow EU-wide policy coordination. This seems the only reasonable reform with some chances of being adopted by the EU divided policy makers. | 2019-04-18T18:22:16 | http://www.annalsfondazioneluigieinaudi.it/en/browse/all-issues/3-Volume%20LI%202/28-When%20Keynes%20Goes%20to%20Brussels:%20A%20New%20Fiscal%20Rule%20for%20the%20EMU |
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All over the nation and across the globe in places like Brazil, Portugal and even Israel, 19-year-old Christian Garcia is known as an “influencer” — someone who earns quite a bit of “likes,” to say the least. The older folk may not know him or understand what he does, but those between the ages of 12 to 20 know all about his online escapades.
“We have fun,” said Garcia, who will answer any question about his work by tapping on his phone — which (by the way) is signed by pop idol Selena Gomez. He holds up the screen and says, “Here, let me show you.” He scans colorful photos of himself in front of a candy pink flamingo background or surrounded by the dazzling colors of the Cambria Christmas light tunnel. Some are of him and his other famous YouTube or Instagrammer friends. One is with Demi Lovato. THE Demi Lovato.
Garcia, an Atascadero resident, had just returned from his weekly trip to L.A. to film at the YouTube studio with his agent and go to the same Sunday church service that Justin Bieber goes to.
Garcia was tired and wanted to play with his pet bunny and hang out with his sister, but that didn’t keep him from laughing his easy laugh and giggling at just about everything. Garcia — friendly, likable, downright irresistible — has figured out how to live a joyful, unconventional life as an online personality.
But as much as his business is based on self-promotion, Garcia remains humble to the fame, using the virtual stage as more of a way to spread good vibes. He is a faithful Christian and starts the day in prayer. He will be the first to say he feels compelled to make the world better by living in kindness.
Garcia has the social media empire down to a science and the young entrepreneur is thriving on several platforms. With more than 350,000 Instagram followers, more than 100,000 views on each of his popular, kid-friendly YouTube videos, and a half-a-million followers on Snapchat, his goal this year is to reach 400,000 on Instagram, buy himself a Mercedes G Wagon, travel the World, and make more YouTube videos for his channel.
Eventually, he’d like to help out his family to reciprocate all the support they’ve given him.
Mostly, however, he wants to be a friend to as many people as possible. He said he didn’t have many friends when he was growing up, so he would like to make that time up. He believes in positivity and the power of good intentions and that “everything happens for a reason.” He wants to inspire the next generation. At the cusp of Generation Y himself, his target audience will be the Z Generation as well.
“I want to be your friend,” he said. It’s that simple.
Garcia likes to share “fun facts” about himself to connect with others. He is “obsessed” with local coffee shops like Scout Coffee Co. (#2) and their fabulous latte art. He’s sponsored by Lemonade (the brand) so that’s what he drinks in all his Instagram posts. He loves acai bowls, California donuts (especially the Panda one, he says you can only find in L.A.), bright colors – especially when it comes to tie-dye, and positive thinking. His likes and obsessions set the trends in the social media world, which is the reason “influencers” like Garcia, and his good friend, Karina Garcia, gather sponsors.
The other Garcia (not related) and Garcia made collaborated on a DYI Starbuck Ombre Slime video that amassed 164,000 views on YouTube ten months ago. His other popular uploads were “The Real Meaning Of The Holidays and Christmas” and “Things to Do This Winter.” He’s very proud of his #14,219 popularity rating on the Famous Birthdays app (https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/christian-garcia-instagramstar.html), which rates the most popular entertainers according to fan votes (rather than corporations).
And though he never planned the path his life has led so far, he’s enjoying the ride and making the most of it. He’s working on a worship album with his sister and a devotional book chock-full of advice for young people. “I’m actually doing what God’s calling me to do,” Garcia said.
Garcia is also known in these parts. He is an Atascaderan — He went to Monterey Road Elementary, Atascadero Junior High, graduated early from AHS and Del Rio.
“All of the teachers at school follow me on Instagram,” he said with a laugh. He said all their support has been “mind-blowing.” Garcia likes to give back as well. He said, “Those types of things make me happy. And so he helps out with Lighthouse events and volunteers with and Santa’s House in SLO.
Garcia’s family consists of Omar, his father, who works at Atascadero State Hospital, and his mother Alejandra. He has two sisters: Denise and Lucero.
Garcia said his family has believed in him ever since he was young. By age seven, he was singing at local county fairs around the state.
His first big break was competing on the Latin-American version of the “X Factor” at age 11, when he made it to the final 60. After that, he said his sister Denise (age 16) urged him to start making videos and his dad bought the siblings a camera to film videos.
“Back in 2014, YouTube was not popular for Millennials,” Garcia said. “It wasn’t a thing.” But his sister, his biggest cheerleader, took him to downtown SLO and ordered him to make a video. Garcia’s first video was entitled simply, “How to have a better day.” The video presented some straightforward advice: Get outside. Read a book. Talk to a friend.
“It skyrocketed,” said Garcia, who said the video received 30,000 views, making it onto the “popular” page. Garcia’s fans are mostly teens. Last summer he showed up at the Ravine Water Park for a “Meet and Greet” and about 40 kids showed up to meet him. His YouTube channel aims for the 12 to 14-aged crowd. His Instagram is more for young teens.
“My YouTube thing started blowing up and I started collaborating with other YouTubers,” Garcia said.
Garcia and his YouTuber friend Karina Garcia soon found themselves on Good Morning America explaining the whole ‘slime’ trend.
Nowadays Garcia’s YouTube channel is signed by BroadbandTV. He said the agent who signed him helped him learn about business — something he had no idea about before. “I was just walking in deep waters,” he said. But the YouTube staff saw his potential as an influencer.
Garcia patiently explained the intricacies of making money on YouTube. He said getting “views,” not subscribers, brings in the payments. He said people who have millions of subscribers may only be getting 100,000 views. But for each 1,000 views, he said, YouTubers make about $3,000. Social media can be a lucrative business for a young man like Garcia. He said just last year he made $30,000 on YouTube alone. He also consults for SLO county businesses looking to expand their social media presence. With Instagram, Garcia collaborates with different brands as an ambassador (basically sampling the products on his various mediums). He will be starting a campaign with Calvin Klein starting this summer. But Garcia said he would like to be more financially stable. He said the PayPal payments are pretty up and down. He’d like to be in the same position as some of the top “influencers,” who are making a typical year’s salary in just one month. | 2019-04-21T14:08:56 | https://atascaderonews.com/article/youtuber-spreads-positive-vibes |
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What kind of programming do you want to do? If it is front end, HTML is the place to start.
Although keep in mind that neither HTML or CSS (which goes along HTML) isn’t programming. One is a markup language (HTML), other is simply for styling things (CSS).
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When I was a teenager, my parents had a friend named Al who lived what I considered a perfect life. Al was an engineer who lived on his sailboat docked at Marina Del Rey, near Los Angeles. One year, he would work hard and save his money. The next, he'd take off and sail around the world. I don't know how old Al was, but my parents were only in their late 30's so I'd guess that Al was close to that. He had no wife and kids to tie him down, but I'm not sure that would have mattered. When Al had sailed almost all the way around the world, he stopped in Hawaii for a while and my parents flew over and spent some time with him. It was a wonderful experience that they never forgot. And my brother ended up getting to fly to Hawaii and help sail the boat home. I'm still very jealous of that!
My father retired temporarily in the 1970s when he was in his mid-40s. My parents bought a small farm in central California and went back to their roots, Mother Earth News-style. I joined them along with my son, who was then 4. The original plan included my brother and his family and my sister and hers. My sister got there eventually but my brother made other plans (that have worked out very well). I tended bar at night so I could be home with my son during the day. My sister's husband was a carpenter. This little farm never made any money, and we all worked hard on that place, but my dad got to take a couple of years off from regular work to work with the animals. It really was fun, though. We milked a couple of cows and six or seven goats, which produced plenty to drink and make butter and raise piglets on the left-overs. We had a burro, a couple of horses, a few sheep and a bunch of laying hens. It was so different from our city life. We learned so much, and it was a wonderful experience for the kids!
When I first moved to Mexico I had a friend named Peter. He and I both were teaching English as a second language while he was here for a year with his wife and 14 year old daughter. Amanda had been in a bilingual program for a few years in her California school, and they decided to take a year off work and bring her down here to attend school for a year to become completely bilingual. Peter's family knew that this would be just a one-year adventure when they came south, but it was a great temporary retirement experience.
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"Service takes a progressing precedent over focus and interest. And Christ becomes secondary."
Your old unrenewed self…becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion.
Deceit is the driving force of the Adamic nature. Eve was deceived, and Adam deceived himself and tried to deceive God. Deceit became their very identity.
The phrase in Ephesians 4:22, “deceitful lusts,” signifies lusts excited by deceit, of which deceit is the source of strength, not lusts deceitful in themselves (Vine’s Expository Dictionary).
In 2 Thessalonians 2:10, “all deceit of unrighteousness” signifies all manner of unscrupulous words and deeds designed to deceive. In Colossians 2:8, “vain deceit” suggests that deceit is void of anything profitable.
Finding the New You Is an Adventure #42 Pleasing to God #41 Eternal Value #40 Deny Self for Christ #39 The Self-focused Self #38 Desire is the Power to Follow #37 Only Love Will Truly Follow #36 Who Will Follow Christ? #35 The 'IF' of Following #34 Jesus Said, Deny Self #33 The Fact of Having Died in Christ #32 The Fact of Salvation #31 Cemented Sin, A Garment Only #30 One Problem, Not Many #29 Free of the Incessant Sin #28 The Perfecting of the Saints #27 The Fullness of Christ #26 Belong is the Word #25 That I May Gain Christ #24 Put on Fully the Glorious Christ #23 The Good Self Must Go #22 Possessed by Christ #21 The Victim Mentality Is Satan's Deception #20 Losing Our Soul-life #19 Whoever Loses Their Life for Him #18 The Spirit of Your Mind #17 What is the Lord's Joy? #16 Ready to Have Your Eyes Opened? #15 The Nature of the Old Self #14 Clothed with Humility #13 Possibility of Being Free #12 Discovery Not Improvement #11 Change is Revelation #10 Knowing Who Christ Is #9 How to Break the Conquering Grip #8 Lay Aside the Old Self #7 Utterly, Gloriously Free! | 2019-04-23T22:23:02 | https://readmk.com/devotionals/6-deceit-is-in-the-nature-of-adam-and-eve/ |
On the Eve of Yokohama - A Radio Ad Campaign Warning Internet Users about the Damage that ICANN will do if it Stays on its Present Course.
AGN Domain Name Service, Inc (ADNS - http://www.adns.net) today announce that it will be launching a radio ad campaign to educate users about ICANN and the changes that may be coming to the internet as a result of ICANN's policies.
ICANN stands for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - the organization that is attempting to make policy on the future of the internet. ICANN is holding a conference in Yokohama, Japan on July 13 - 17 and may vote on new domain policy at that time.
John Palmer, president and CEO of ADNS warns all internet users to watch the developments carefully. "Changes are coming to the internet and they aren't all good", Palmer said. "Special interests have hijacked the process and are influencing policy in a way that will be bad for internet users and especially domain holders". Palmer cites the heavy influence of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as an example. "WIPO wants registrars to be burdened with the task of trademark policemen - a task that belongs in the courts, not on the backs of registrars, many of the small businesses with limited resources".
Another seemingly contradictory stand that ICANN is taking is their refusal to recognize the intellectual property rights of Top-Level Domain (TLD) owners. "ICANN seems to be interested in the protection of intellectual property, but refuses to recognize the ownership of TLDs by those who claimed them via the legitimate service mark process, such as ADNS did with EARTH, USA and Z.", Palmer said. He says that the biggest threat to domain name holders however, is that the ICANN process would attempt to have domain holders sign away their rights to use the courts to resolve disputes regarding domain ownership.
Palmer is not opposed to the concept of ICANN. "The concept of an organization permanently assigned to govern the few aspects of the internet that require oversight is a good one, however this particular process has gone horribly wrong and permanent damage to the Internet will occur if it is not stopped and fixed".
The radio ad campaign which will air continuously on several nationally syndicated shows will begin later this week and will run for about 10 days. It will inform users about ICANN and will point them to a website that contains more detailed information. One of the solutions suggested is for ISPs and internet users to point their machines away from the root servers operated by ICANN and to alternative providers who are not under ICANN's control. Instructions for doing this are available at various websites, including that of ADNS.
Palmer also announced today that ADNS's root nameserver, ASLAN, a member of the Open Root Server Consortium, received 763,311 hits in June - an increase of over 40% over May..
"Registrations of domains ending in EARTH, USA and Z are also up to several thousand domain names. We have really seen a growth in registrations in the past month due to our educational campaign", said Palmer. "What's more important is that people are switching to other root server networks in large numbers, showing that they do take notice and are concerned about ICANN".
Each month, ADNS will offer free registration, web hosting service and domain service for those registering a domain in a specific part of the EARTH, USA or Z hierarchy, provided that they promise to develop public content under that domain name. This month, anyone who registers a domain which ends in MISSISSIPPI.USA on July 10th between 4am and 5 am Eastern Time will receive free registration, DNS and web hosting services for one year. | 2019-04-20T22:36:04 | http://adns.net/NEWS/2000070501.html |
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