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Up till now, I haven't said much about what goes on with NAUMS and GCUMM in public. For one thing, I am no longer on the NAUMS Board, and have no brief to issue explanations on their behalf. For another, I haven't wanted to say anything that would make it more difficult for NAUMS to work with GCUMM. At this point, though, I might as well say what I think, so long as nobody thinks I'm speaking in anything other than a personal capacity. Just keep in mind, other people equally-well connected probably see things differently.
Last year, following a tumultuous year on the NAUMS Board, the NAUMS Annual Meeting removed the President of NAUMS and the Board elected a new one. Having stepped down as President myself only the year before, I was deliberately not involved in any of this, although toward the end, I did counsel several Board members that they had to figure out a way to resolve this. Anyway, upon Phil Craig assuming the Presidency, he found himself confronted by Gil Hanke and Larry Coppock at GCUMM with a list of demands.
The list, as I hear tell, was humiliating and demanded changes to NAUMS’s bylaws that couldn’t be delivered without due process. Under duress, Phil signed a letter committing NAUMS to abide by the conditions, but then the Board refused to go along, or something like that. In any case, the demands of GCUMM were so high that I rather suspect they were designed to be impossible to meet. Upon not meeting them, GCUMM then could say that they were willing to work with NAUMS, but NAUMS walked away. I hear tell that NAUMS is contemplating an appeal to the Judicial Council. I have no news on that.
But I can tell you that ambushing new Presidents of NAUMS is SOP down at Nashville. Every time NAUMS elects officers, GCUMM moves the goalposts. I was elected President during the General Secretariat of David Adams, which was a crazy time for all the institutions sheltered under the UMM umbrella, though none of them experienced the hostility being vented toward NAUMS. I went to my first GCUMM meeting – the quadrennial organizing meeting – and was immediately invited for a private chat with David Adams and Larry Coppock (Director of Scouting Ministries), at which I was told that the Commission needed to include more overseas representation, so David wanted to remove the President of NAUMS from the Executive Committee and replace him with Bishop Ntambo Nkulu of North Katanga. Nothing personal.
Now, I knew this was a load of codswallop, but I was new, alone, and friendless, and I had gone into my term of office determined to do what it took to get along with these people. So I watched as David’s chosen stooge made the motion which removed me from the Executive Committee – the first President of NAUMS not to have a seat there. Fast forward to the end of the quadrennium. We had been told that GCUMM was not seeking any changes to the Discipline at General Conference 2012. But there was all that ruckus about merging General Agencies and such, and lots of bureaucrats’ jobs and titles were on the line. After the first plan or so was rejected by GC, a compromise was cobbled together, which passed. Gen. Sec’y Gil Hanke was deeply involved in the process, and staved off any significant change to GCUMM’s piece of the pie by offering some cosmetic changes – the only significant one of which was to remove the President of NAUMS from the membership of the Commission. In my last report to the NACP, I told them as delicately as I could that I had now had the experience of being voted off the island twice in one quadrennium, and that that said more about them that it did about me. They gave me a rousing ovation for my four years’ service, which staggered me; I’d just told them they were foolish and venal and didn’t know beans about Scouting ministry, and they liked it.
But then, there’s a lot of cluelessness, as well as a fair amount of viciousness, down there. And the cluelessness is not confined to Scouting ministry. United Methodist Men is (I am sad to say) the weakest organization in the Connection. While reasonably strong in the South East and South Central Jurisdictions, it is fading even there. Up here in the North Central, it’s barely surviving. And yet, what programs does UMM offer to people interested in Men’s ministry? Very few; in fact, they spend more effort promoting other organizations’ programs (e.g., Man in the Mirror) than in developing their own. The only rationale for chartering an official UMM group is loyalty.
I don’t say that to be nasty. I’ve started some men’s groups in my congregations over the years, and I have loyally asked every time that they charter. None have. They have seen no value in UMM. This is typical here in Indiana, I think. Even though for many years the quadrennial National Gathering of UMM was held at Purdue, Indiana sent only a trickle of men to it. This weakness continues up to District and Conference level as well. When I became Conference Scouting Coordinator – a position I held for ten years -- I automatically became a member of the South Indiana Conference Board of UM Men. After several years in that position, I could only remember one Board meeting. I was in the Conference office and asked the pool secretary who handled Scouting and UMM and several other groups if I were just not on the list to be invited to the meetings. She reached up to a shelf and took down a 3-ring binder that said UMM Minutes on it. She opened it. It was empty. She had no record of them having met at all; certainly she had no minutes. To my best knowledge, they went eight years without an official meeting, though the Conference President’s chair was never unoccupied.
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Discussion in 'Transformers Movie Discussion' started by Gaastra, Jul 10, 2018.
True I agree for me It is just fun to predict.
Interesting news. Bumblebee no longer has to deal with Alita on December 21, but it will have to deal with... a PG-13 cut of Deadpool 2?
‘Alita’ Flies Out Of Christmas, ‘Dark Phoenix’ To Rise Summer, ‘Deadpool 2’ Re-release Hits Sked, ‘Gambit’ Now 2020 – Fox Date Changes
That's a good move for the movie.
I hope it's good and I'm glad it's now in a date that seems less competitive.
Seems like alita got scared? lol joking aside yeah it's indeed a good move,not many people are anticipating alita so if it moves to less competitive date it'll...do fine I guess?
Complete with a "princess bride" type photo of Deadpool reading the story! (it may have new footage just for the pg-13 cut!)
So aquaman has to fight two marvel movies at once!
Aquaman got negative reviews from test screenings. After fixing things the reviews are OK at best. If Bumblebee receives glowing reviews Aquaman may be in for a bad time.
But the only problem is that TLK tarnished the reputation of the Transformers movies so much that people who do not know that this is something else entirely, does not wish to go see another Transformers movie.
How in HELL are they going to make a PG-13 cut of Deadpool?!
Well if bee movie gets good word of mouth like WW did I think those who skeptical about it will give bee another chance...I have faith in travis.
It's amazing how Bumblebee came out of nowhere to be the most anticipated film of the year. Those studio executives know that Bumblebee is tracking better than all of those films combined. The wild card in this scenario as many of you know is that females LOVE Bumblebee, and they're going to come in droves to support it on opening day along with the throng of fanboys who're sure to be there as well. I dont't believe many besides DC diehards will forgo Bumblebee for Mary Poppings, Aquaman, or Battle Angel.
I don't know about TLK tarnishing Transformers reputation. By the time ROTF and DOTM rolled around most people were aware what to expect out of the movies. That's why they were doing well despite the bad reviews. In my opinion it had more to do with drastically changing the root formula. After DOTM they dropped Shia LeBeuf and it lost them some of the fan base (even during TLK filming folks were asking to bring him back). There's also the genre shift in TLK. It definitely went more into fantasy and strong sci-fi. And fantasy movies aren't that popular nowadays. I know some people who don't watch sci-fi/fantasy movies as a default. In their opinion the first three movies were okay, because they weren't heavy with sci-fi like Marvel/DC movies and had more in common with F&F. After seeing a dragon and knights in TLK trailer they went instantly nope. So I guess it's more the matter of turning off old audiences and not putting out enough to invite new fans. TLK earned the same amount as a first entry in a potential franchise. It didn't look like it achieved any of these two goals.
They are probably going to drop off some of the 'fucks' thrown around
PG-13 is not that far away from 15+ (at least that's how the movie goes around in my country). It was dubbed, actually, and only movies with children/teenage audience in mind get dubbed
Bet Deadpool will have new lines getting angry at the pg-13 or trying not to cuss. They could have lots of fun with redubbing the film like a mst3k film! I could see them doing that. This could be a fun cut that they could really mess with if they wanted to. Deadpool could redub his lines and really break the 4th wall. Think about taking the whole movie and redubbing it with a new plot just to mess with you. I could see them doing that!
I'm getting a bit more optimistic about the release date. I showed the new trailer to a group of friends, and most of them enjoyed it. Their reaction was sort of the same as a Marvel trailer (with speculation and whatnot), which is a good sign. Honestly, a lot of them seemed to like it better than the Captain Marvel trailer. I've heard a couple other people around my college campus talking about it too. It seems to have done a good job removing the Bay stigma from people's minds. It does my heart good to see people somewhat excited for a Transformers movie, even if it is cautiously.
Spiderverse moved to December 14th. The date denoted on the latest trailer says 12/14/18.
Hell yeah,less competitor for bee.
So with aquaman pre ticket sales doing as well as mission impossible and venom (however the amazon showings throwing it out of wack but it's still doing well) it looks like the guy in fish tights is going to beat bumblebee!
Lets look at things.
Aquaman--Big pre ticket sales (however so did batman v superman) and good word of mouth. (bvs didn't have) Good trailers even with the black panther jokes made on them.
Mary poppins-Disney has doubled it's ads. They are all over the kids channels and they are in front of youtube videos aimed at older people with kids! They are also doing a hour special on abc to promote the film and are having a sneek peek at Disney world!
Mortal E--They are doing tons of ads also and are splashing "by the lord of the rings director" in big letters everywhere. One ad was worded in a way that they made it look like a lotr in the future movie!
Spider verse--moved up but could have strong legs. Venom was in the top 5 forever. Plus with venom almost up to $800m and at the end of the movie
Miles shows up to promote this film
and spider-verse toys and shirts at Wal-Mart and target we can't think this one is out. They said that about venom.
Doll movie--have not seen a lot of ads for it. It's a wild card.
Once upon a Deadpool--Not sure.
Battle angel moves so no worry about it.
Edit--bumblebee fighting back with it's early screening! Good job!
And just found out about the early bumblebee screening. Bumblebee is fighting back! Plus no amazon prime needed! Things are going to get nasty between these two.
Aquaman, Marry Poppins and Spider-verse are praised by bloggers and critics. If Bumblebee isn't good, this could get ugly
I heard the embargo for bee was suppose to lift this week or next week
Next week at the latest, because of those early screenings Dec 8. If fans are seeing it this early, critics will watch it around this weekend
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These days, everyone’s trying to fund their game projects with Kickstarter. Heck, it’s the hottest topic of discussion on the convention seminar circuit: take your project to the masses and let them decide if you’ll be able to publish it. Well, masses – here’s a few items that have come up on our radar:
- Metamorphosis Alpha Roleplaying Game by Signal Fire Studios. Though we originally heard MA would return as a D&D4E setting, the new plan is to release a standalone 160-page RPG to relaunch the classic property. With 17 days left, this project is almost 50% of the way toward its $10k goal, so if you’re interested, check it out.
- Got It! by Tom Jolly: a fun, sometimes frantic math game he’s trying to get back in print. We reviewed it here a while back. Got It! is nearly 30% funded with 24 days left, and with a modest goal of $3k, we’re hoping it succeeds.
- Zpocalypse: An Epic Zombie Survival Board Game by Greenbrier Games. This detailed board game will have plastic figures, an interchangeable board, and is already nearly 400% funded! Jump in if you want to lend a hand (or get some backer rewards).
- Dwimmermount: An Old School Fantasy RPG Megadungeon by James Maliszewski. Already 350% funded, backers of this epic dungeon crawl are continuing to unlock designer notes, an additional level to explore, and more. The challenging dungeon, long hinted at on Grognardia, will be available in versions compatible with Labyrinth Lord or the Adventurer Conqueror King System, both descended from the original fantasy RPG. This drive ends this weekend, so if you want in, climb aboard now. | <urn:uuid:0aafe290-e730-4cc9-8a9b-0a91c2647ce7> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | http://ogrecave.com/2012/04/11/a-few-kickstarters-to-kick-at/ | 2021-10-19T05:14:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585242.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20211019043325-20211019073325-00038.warc.gz | en | 0.903277 | 380 | [
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Alaska Senate passes COVID-19 response bill after debate over vaccine mandates
JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - After one failed vote earlier in the day, the Alaska Senate passed a bill on Friday that would expand telehealth capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Debate came after it was amended to oppose vaccine mandates.
The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration. Some senators say the bill passed with the understanding the House would strip out the provisions that attempt to prohibit vaccine mandates.
Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, said he wasn’t aware of any agreements with members of the House.
“I have not spoken to anyone in the House about this bill, that’s not what I do,” he added.
The original legislation was introduced by Gov. Mike Dunleavy earlier in the third special session with COVID-19 cases surging across Alaska. It aimed to strengthen the state’s pandemic response by temporarily waiving some telehealth requirements.
The bill initially failed in the Senate on a 9-8 vote with Democrats and moderate Republicans voting against it. It required 11 votes to pass to the House. Three Senators were absent from Friday’s floor session.
The Senate passed the bill later in the day on a 13-3 vote.
On Friday, the bill went to the Senate floor for amendments. One narrowly passed that aims to allow Alaskans to decline the COVID-19 vaccine for philosophical reasons. Another passed with the intention that it would prevent Alaska businesses and state agencies from requiring employees to be vaccinated or show proof of vaccination status.
The amendments were debated after President Joe Biden’s vaccine executive order was announced on Thursday. It would require millions of federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 along with federal contractors. Businesses with 100 or more employees would also be required to vaccinate their staff or have them tested weekly.
Some senators said on the floor that when they clashed, anti-vaccine mandate amendments would not trump an executive order, but they would be in place if it is struck down in court. Several senators said they could not vote for the bill after the amendments opposing vaccine mandates were added.
Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, voted against the bill initially and was not on the Senate floor for the second vote. He said that “every life matters” and that a strong COVID-19 response is needed in Alaska.
Palmer Republican Sen. Shelley Hughes supported the bill, saying it is critical that Alaskans be able to decline the vaccine if they choose to.
“I have a duty to uphold individual rights,” she said.
The House Health and Social Services Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Senate bill on Saturday. The 30-day special session must end on Tuesday.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated with more recent information.
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The Maffei Family has its origins in Roccabascerana and has been inhabited for centuries in the historical center, exactly where the centuries-old lime tree stands out, which characterizes and embellishes the image of our cellar.
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That’s how the Irpinian countryside and its local grapes gave birth to wines like Greco di Tufo, Falanghina, Coda di Volpe and Aglianico. Native wines produced with ancient manual techniques that avoid any chemical alteration, according to the company philosophy.
"Agricola Bellaria wants to spread worldwide the culture of excellence, with top-quality wines and natural products locally made in Irpinia"
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The passion for our land and the work in the fields has always been part to our history and tradition. This regional soul comes together with an international spirit in Agricola Bellaria.
Our daily work is driven and inspired by the willingness to bring the natural goodness of our products to tables in the world. Through a years long experience and the legacy of past generations we learned to cultivate the land with techniques that respect the times and needs of the environment.
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LOur mission is to create natural products that embody traditions and peculiarities of the wonderful land of Irpinia, with its fruitful and pure green lands and its many native grape varieties. We give the greatest attention to every phase of the productive process, until the bottling of our wines and olive oils.
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Dr. Lim is the Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery and a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in brain tumors and trigeminal neuralgia.Dr. Lim’s clinical interests include the treatment of benign and malignant brain tumors, with special interest in gliomas, meningiomas, metastatic tumors, and skull base tumors. Dr. Lim also specializes in surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia. During his time at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Lim built one of the largest brain tumor and trigeminal neuralgia practices and utilized the most advanced surgical technologies and techniques for his patients. As a passionate voice for patient experience, he has been recognized by his peers and patients for his integrity and compassionate care, including a Service Excellence Award from HealthNetwork Foundation. As a mentor, he has garnered numerous teaching awards, including being honored as an outstanding teacher by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is actively involved in shaping education for neurosurgery and oncology across the United States and around the world.Dr. Lim’s research interests focus on harnessing the immune system to fight cancer. His laboratory focuses on understanding mechanisms of immune evasion by cancer cells. He has successfully translated his findings from the laboratory to the clinics and has conducted and led several large national immunotherapy clinical trials for brain tumors.Dr. Lim’s bibliography contains well over 200 articles on topics such as immunotherapy for glioblastoma, long-term survival of glioma patients treated with stereotactic radiation, and treatment of neuropathic pain. His work has appeared in Science Translational Medicine, Clinical Cancer Research, Lancet Oncology, Nature Immunology, and many more publications. He also has written 20 book chapters and monographs.Dr. Lim is a world leader in immunotherapy for brain tumors. In addition to being invited world-wide to give lectures and seminars, he has given platform presentations on the topics of immunotherapy for brain tumors, neurosurgical techniques and management of brain tumors at the American Society of Clinical Oncologists, American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, Radiological Society of North America, Annual Symposium on Brain and Spine Metastases, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and other meetings. In addition, he has served as platform chairman of the CNS session at the American Society for Clinical Oncology conference.Dr. Lim is a member of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and Society for Neuro-Oncology. Dr. Lim served as the program co-chair of the Society for Neuro-Oncology and CNS section of the American Society for Clinical Oncology. He also served on many executive committees, including the Executive Committee for the Joint Tumor Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. | <urn:uuid:3323800f-4262-4356-a9e6-759fa7e123c0> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/238246 | 2021-10-20T16:49:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585322.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020152307-20211020182307-00118.warc.gz | en | 0.951725 | 612 | [
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Tuesdays of Texture is a super cool weekly feature. You can read about it over here; but the short version is I want to see a bit of your world so link up your post in the comments!
Found in a corner of an abandoned structure at the beach. It reeked of pee and I also found this;
So it’s definitely NOT my favorite corner.
I’m sharing this in the Details WordPress Photo Challenge.
Do take a minute and check out last week’s participations by clicking the links;
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The U.K. blog Awards is on its way and yet again I need to beg for your help.
Last year, Gaming Debugged gained the ‘highly commended’ award and just missed the top spot by a hair and a freckle. However, this year has been a busy year and I have created a tonne of content all around video games. From game previews and first impressions to helpful features on game development, this year has been a busy one.
To top it all off, I was part of the organising group for Game Anglia, the East of England’s biggest game developer conference with a plethora of well-known speakers from the world of game development.
Anything you can do to help me achieve my dream of becoming an award-winning game blogger is greatly appreciated.
Click this link below and add your email to vote. It really is that simple.
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Invisalign For Adults In San Gabriel – The Dentistry Professionals
We like to thank you for looking at InStyle Dental to be your next invisalign for adults in san gabriel. We consider it a privilege just to have you here viewing our website. We realize that there are plenty of other qualified dentists you could use. It is always our role to assist you in deciding on the appropriate dentist solution you are searching for. Gladly helping our clients is our commitment, and we would love a chance to supply our dentistry services to you. In choosing InStyle Dental as your next invisalign for adults in san gabriel, you will definitely be having absolutely incomparable service for a price that’s very reasonable.
Our professional services are always backed by our guarantee to please you every time. There are no exceptions. Making sure you have peace of mind is what really matters to us. Our job, as the honorable invisalign for adults in san gabriel, is not at all to gouge finances with dentistry options you won’t have the need for, but instead, to develop a long lasting business relationship together. We take very special care of our customers and clients, so you can pleasantly be prepared for nothing less than the most ideal experience with us. For anybody hunting for the most respectable invisalign for adults in san gabriel, simply call InStyle Dental without delay!
How to Find The Correct Invisalign For Adults In San Gabriel
Choosing the ideal invisalign for adults in san gabriel can be a somewhat demanding challenge. With so many unprofessional, “take your hard earned dollars” dentistry providers available in the market, finding trustworthy dentists you can still depend on is incredibly difficult. There are a number of exceptionally pivotal components to consider before you make that final decision of who your next dentistry service provider will be. The most crucial feature is that they are insured and licensed. If you should utilize a dentist without these central credentials, you may be taking preventable chances that will lead to costing you a pile of cash. Being certain your invisalign for adults in san gabriel is properly insured and licensed is absolutely vital, and really should become your top priority.
Also a thing to look for is realistic prices. Not too low, and not too high-priced. Tons of dentists nowadays will present to you “an all-time low price”, simply just to get you committed to them. The moment they have you trapped in their grip, they will almost always beat you with excessive price levels which you now have no choice but to pay for. This particular trick is much more common in today’s world, so make certain to be certain you watch out for these dentistry service providers in San Gabriel. The significant difference between getting the most efficient assistance for your dentistry need, and being taken advantage of, all essentially comes down to the choice that you choose to make when selecting your dentists. So do your research, and be sure that the invisalign for adults in san gabriel that you engage with meet these rudimentary indicators.
Do A Detailed Review On The Invisalign For Adults In San Gabriel
If you end up in the market in need of the most impressive dentists in San Gabriel, instantly deciding for one among the telephone directory listings is not usually the best method to use. With many contrasting options and providers from which to choose, how can you have the ability to know for certain which invisalign for adults stands out as the most helpful match for your needs and your certain problem? The chances of picking the honest dentist in this way has not been very good at all. The reality is, it’s not only extremely difficult, but additionally not worth the risks involved. Inadequately picking out your next invisalign for adults is more than likely to take you through pretty bad incidents before you get a hold of anyone that is both qualified and economical. You should make sure you always take the time to find the prime invisalign for adults, for a price that is appropriate.
Don’t Disregard Customer Opinions
It’s not so much a simplistic venture, but prior to deciding on your dentist, you should definitely make an attempt to notice if they have an excellent repute. There is nothing more telling and uncovering than honest customer testimonials. These customer testimonials will give outstanding advice about exactly how the invisalign for adults in san gabriel actually work for their clientele. To investigate these customer reviews, you can go to all sorts of review internet resources like Yelp and Angie’s List. You may as well look into the Google Plus Reviews too, to see whether or not the invisalign for adults in san gabriel you’re planning on employing merits the total amount cash you are going to be shelling out. It certainly is very essential that you have the appropriate knowledge in front of you, for you to suitably critique your potential dentistry firms. Decide to succeed by deciding on the right invisalign for adults, and do not overlook those beneficial testimonials!
The Authentic Invisalign For Adults In San Gabriel
Our many years of experience in the dentistry business is what has permitted us to become the creditworthy invisalign for adults in san gabriel. Our history of pleased patrons speaks for itself. Pertaining to customer support, were the pros. We will not ever overcharge for our service, and give you professional guidelines to every client. Through the years, a large number have contacted us, at all hours of the day, to assist with their dentistry issues. Being the depended on invisalign for adults in san gabriel is simply not just something we take frivolously. With each individual consumer, no matter how big or small the matter may perhaps be, we are always good to go that extra mile for you. As soon as we begin the process of performing for you, make no mistake that InStyle Dental does not only guide you, but we’re going to also educate you, to make it easier to steer clear of forthcoming inconveniences.
Our primary goal is to save you as much cash as we can without compromising the level of service we offer. All of our services are priced as inexpensive flat-rates, so you don’t need to stress over paying us by the hour. The dentistry know-how we can offer to your circumstance will definitely put you at ease. Leave the dirty work to us, and let InStyle Dental be the dentists that purposefully pleases you!
The Highly Innovative Dentist
Through the years, the dentistry market has actually progressed from a very primitive state, to an incredibly high quality area of work. Dentists have actually risen to the task and have really benefited the society with high end dentistry innovations and concepts. We all can breathe a lot better knowing there are properly trained experts readily available who have actually obtained the understanding to assist in the forward development. This competence is shown masterfully by InStyle Dental, which testifies to our capability to adapt to the ever changing dentistry field. We are not stuck in the past utilizing outdated approaches and processes, but alternatively, we’re dedicated to be totally educated in every element of the dentistry industry in today’s sophisticated world.
Each and every one of our dentists are licensed and completely qualified to handle whatever you may need. Regardless of whether your need is little, big, or anything in between, you can definitely have confidence in us to be the thoroughly trained and experienced invisalign for adults in san gabriel. Don’t jeopardize money and time to a dentistry business who may be stuck in the old ways of accomplishing things.
The Dentists Promising Old Fashioned Customer Service
With so many choices, products, and new innovations now available in the dentistry marketplace, it’s often hard to understand which option will not just help you best, but will likewise last the test of time. That’s the reason why our dentists take our business belief of offering clients “brand-new innovation and developments with the exact same old-fashioned service” seriously, as we not only possess the understanding required to secure your investment decision, but will likewise completely show why a specific option would best match your needs. We believe that the transparency in the way we perform our business, and our high level of dedication to our customer’s satisfaction will be the thing sets us apart. We are not satisfied until you are pleased with the result. We are dentists who stand behind our work and will always put you first.
Specialized Dentistry Solutions – So What Do The Experts Really Do?
To find premium, trusted dentistry services, there are a number of things you can examine upfront in order to decrease the likelihood of choosing someone that in fact makes your issues even worse. So what exactly is it that the qualified professional dentists do? The Dentistry is a highly skilled profession that is always in great demand, a result of the truth that every person and company at some time or another will certainly be needing dentistry services. The top job of a dentist is to supply you, with service that is of high professional quality, something that is lacking in a large amount of other dentistry businesses. They also offer a variety of other assistances that are way too many to name here. While your buddy from work may know a person, that knows some other guy who may have some amount of understanding, for any serious dentistry concern, this is a major NO-NO, and must be totally avoided.
Your invisalign for adults in san gabriel should really have an established track record with shimmering testimonials. Using an unlicensed individual to assist you is a substantial risk that’s simply not worth taking. The second worst thing you could do is open the Yellow Pages and pick the first listing providing the services that you are attempting to find. This also consists of selecting the dentistry business that offers the most affordable rates without having done any research ahead of time. Keep in mind, going too inexpensive in the start will finally cost you in the end. Selecting a professional to be your dentistry service is extremely crucial.
Qualifications vs Practical Experience
Trying to find the dentistry experts that have appropriate skills is sensible and does have some benefit, however possibly the most vital quality that makes highly effective dentists is a terrific amount of in-field experience. This is often usually acquired from apprenticeships and internships and ought to be something you carefully investigate right before making your final decision. You will find that the premier dentists have qualifications in addition to many years of past experience. Please do not be reluctant to call and inquire about the experience of the dentist in question prior to calling them out. The more years on the job is certainly much better. So choosing a certified invisalign for adults in san gabriel with a good amount of experience will most definitely scale down the risk and place you in secure hands.
What You Are to Be Expecting From Your Chosen Invisalign For Adults In San Gabriel
Just as with any arena of business, you seriously should expect your selected dentist to be prompt, well-mannered and personable right from the beginning. Anything less than that, you may want to consider turning them away and preparing a complaint or posting a negative evaluation on the internet about them. If their individual demeanor is less than professional, it’s most likely that their work will certainly be lacking as well. everything and will inform you a good amount about the level of work they’ll provide. It is crucial to expect the right things from the dentists
WARNING: Lower Dentistry Prices May Perhaps Equal to Cheap Quality Service
Quite often, but not always, (there are rare exceptions), the one quoting the most affordable prices won’t be be the invisalign for adults in san gabriel who’ll be able to complete the job at a standard that will last through a very important test. That test is the test of time. Many will want you to think that you’re saving big bucks by employing them, nonetheless the disheartening truth is that you will be needing to depend on the help of some other invisalign for adults in san gabriel just a while after. This could be due to the dentist doing the least to give the appearances of a job well done, recognizing completely that they did not do it right to start with. The least expensive establishments would probably hurry to get the job done and have employed a much a lot less professional staff. Doubt needs to be raised if ever the expense of the invisalign for adults is simply too good to be true.
The Significance of Selecting Dentists with References
During the time searching for your new invisalign for adults in san gabriel, communicate with close relatives for suggestions. They might have already had someone in for the same work, and will know who you can trust, and also who to not use. If your family and friends have never used anyone, seek advice from co-workers and other folks you depend upon among your area for some references. Somebody may look as if they understand what they’re doing, however, you cannot simply take their word for it. You should be able to communicate with former consumers to actually have an understanding of what to expect from this company.
Anytime a dentistry service gives a list of individual references, make sure to use it. Speak to the folks from the list, and find out about the level of the work, how carefully the dentist was to their initial quotation, and whether the work was finished according to the promised timeline. Before choosing your invisalign for adults in san gabriel, you will have to have a good grasp of what you need. It is pretty hard for for the dentist to supply you with a price appraisal over the phone if they have not observed your dentistry need themselves. It may be even more difficult if you don’t put in plain words what your precise requirement is. Arranging a consultation or meeting to converse about the challenges is going to be greatest practice, and will ensure both sides are on the exact same page. For everybody who is searching for the best invisalign for adults, it all starts with good communication between you and the provider.
Conclusion – Do Your Research and Get The Right Invisalign For Adults
- Never hire an amateur dentist to tackle the task.
- Keep away from unfriendly and uncooperative dentists.
- If doubtful, have a second or even third opinion from other honorable dentists.
- Do not utilize dentistry companies touting the cheapest prices.
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The generalized stable set problem is an extension of the maximum weight stable set problem for undirected graphs to bidirected graphs. This paper shows that the problem on triangulated bidirected graphs is solvable in linear time. We also propose an exact branch and bound algorithm for the general problem by applying the linear time algorithm.
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Remote work is now becoming inevitable in many companies and businesses, especially now that the Covid-19 pandemic is calling for social distancing, such arrangements need to be practiced not only for our own safety but also for the safety of our loved ones. However, if you have young kids at home, managing work from home can be a tricky challenge.
While it can be tricky to get our children to sit down and not bother you for the time being, there are ways to help you out. This week I am going to launch a series of helping you to manage working from home and still stay productive when you have young kids.
Here are some great tips you can do to help you work at home without going crazy with your kids.
1) Sort out a routine
To ensure that your children are used to your work-from-home setup, it is important that they are familiar with the schedule that you set for them.
Create a routine where they know which activities are being done at this hour and focus on them. This also ensures that there is a sense of normalcy in their schedule.
2) Apply new techniques in doing old ways
If your children have playdates during weekdays but could not go to them because they do not have guardians with them, why not use technology?
You can use apps like Google Hangouts so they can meet up with their friends even while at home. If you want to give them activities after school, you can enrol them in online classes that they are interested in.
Be wary of the age of your kids though. My 3-year-old isn’t interested with video conferencing as much as I thought she would. She would wiggle around in the chair before running away. Surprisingly, she could sit in her chair patiently for one hour lesson. I guess she isn’t into online conversations.
3) Let your boss know your arrangements
If you will be working from home, you should let your boss know that you have children at home.
This will help your boss understand that you may have to get a flexible work schedule to fit your children’s needs. This of course, will only work if you have an understanding boss in the first place.
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4) Let your children decide which activity you wish to do
You can also consider giving your kids the autonomy to do the activities they want to do or sort out their meals when you are working.
You can have their food prepared before you go to work and they will just get it from your kitchen. You can also prepare their activities on their activity stations so they can see it easily.
5) Talk to your coworkers
You will also need to talk to your co-workers about the possibility that your children will interrupt during your work.
Warning them before it happens will make them more understanding about your situation. It will also help them prepare on how you can discuss the topic at a later date.
You should also make it a point to mute your microphone and turn off the webcam should your child appear during your meeting.
6) Sort out your breaks with your children
You should make it a point to schedule breaks in between your work. During these breaks, you can unwind with your children and relax.
Give them your full attention during this time so they know you are with them during these activities. You can even see these activities as a way to bond after work.
So How Do I Do It?
Amid the closure of schools and workplace, it is a nightmare under one roof with having to juggle bored kids and irritable spouse.
Not to mention if you have your parents or parents-in-law or any other extended family living with you. Unless you are staying in a ten-bedroom mansion, I’m pretty sure you feel the walls are closing in on you.
As you know I juggle household chores, online studies, freelancing, writing a book and homeschooling on a daily basis. Hence, I’m sure many work-from-home parents with homeschooled kids will be able to identify this feeling with me: it makes no or little difference.
1) Instilling Strong Independency
You see, work-from-home parents have already settled into a fixed routine with their kids long before lockdown happens. Our children, no matter how young, are used to studying independently without having parents looking over their shoulders, nagging them to complete their homework and do their revision.
I am very fortunate that my daughter at the young age of 3, she cultivated the habit of self-reading and revision.
Whenever I am busy with household chores, she will retreat to her bedroom to read her storybooks or pick up her flashcards to revise. This leaves me plenty of time to clean the house and cook dinner. And of course, writing articles for MiddleMe.
If you are stuck at home with your child, I’ll suggest using this time to try instilling independence in them. You can start by stop hovering around them and start allowing them to self-help or help around the house with chores.
2) Decrease My Chores Time and Increase Productivity
I found myself sometimes spending hours doing chores and leaving me near to none for my freelance work or writing. While I love having a clean home and a nice hot meal, I hate doing chores of any kind.
The only thing that motivates me doing housework, is that I see this as a teaching moment for my little one. Well, 2 pairs of hands are better than one. Even though, one pair is way smaller and less coordinated.
On one hand, I get to teach her responsibilities and appreciation for a clean home. On the other hand, I get to cut off my chores time down nearly to half. A big plus is that we both are doing an activity together. Sounds too good to be true? Sure, my daughter makes mistakes (she’s only 3!) and I have to go rectify those mistakes. But in time and with constant practice, she is getting really good at following instructions.
When I cook, she is my delivery girl that carries items from the fridge or kitchen cupboard to the kitchen counter where I’m prepping my ingredients.
When I’m keeping the laundry in, she will be there, ready to receive bundles of clothes to carry them into the bedroom, back and fro several times.
When I’m folding my laundry, she’ll be folding her tiny towels and clothes alongside with me.
When I’m mopping the floors, she’ll be doing the same in her own bedroom with wet wipes.
So every chore I do, I try to involve her as much as possible. Guess what? She enjoys doing chores as much as she loves playing her toys. She loves that I trust her with “adults” tasks and she feels like a big girl (in her own words).
3) Storage Full of Materials
It is not unusual to see my study table piled up with books, flashcards, workbooks, Montessori sets and worksheets. Not to mention, a cupboard that stores all my teaching materials to the brim. I have enough teaching materials to last us until she is ready for Primary School. On hindsight, I may have bought too much but I’m so glad that I did.
Now I can whip out new stuff in case she is bored at home. We lived in an apartment and the current lockdown rules do not allow us to step foot out of our house unless it is for groceries or medical care. So we are locked indoor with no chance of exploring outdoors and do nature walks.
But this doesn’t mean we can’t get creative with our family activities. We even pulled out an inflatable pool, filled it with cold water and had a swim indoor on a hot Sunday.
We also have frequent movie days where my little one knows if she behaves throughout the week, she gets to pick a favourite movie to watch (and it is always The Little Mermaid) on a projector with surround sound speakers (trying our best to mimic a cinema) and darkened room.
4) Sorting Out My Priorities
Understanding what needs to come first will help me to plan my day so I can get some work done in peace.
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For example, I know if I tired out my daughter in the morning, she’ll take a longer nap in the afternoons and I’ll have 3 hours to work on my clients’ projects, schedule my calls, write new posts on MiddleMe.
Another good example is that I set out for success, not failure. So if I have an important call to take when my daughter is awake, I will ask my husband to take over babysitting duties for an hour but not without giving my daughter a few activities to do on her own. Important calls are limited to at most an hour if they can’t be scheduled in the afternoons or at night due to time differences with my clients.
As my current freelancing projects revolve around writing and recruiting, I don’t really need to be on conference calls unless it is an emergency or they are a new client who wants to video-meet me.
It can be a challenge to juggle both childcare and work, especially when you are working at home. Many parents are also experiencing your situation and they too had to find ways to adjust their work schedule.
Try these tips I listed above and with some mild changes, I’m sure you can create a work schedule at home without losing time (or sanity) on your family.
Need help to work productivity at home? Here are some of my tips:
8 Mistakes To Avoid While Working From Home
Timetable Of A Work-From-Home Mother
How to Make the Most of Your Day When Working Remotely
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For almost 70 years during the 1920s and 1930s, Britannia Mine was an important source of copper ore and was one of the largest mining operations in Canada. The museum is the site of Mill 3, also called the Concentrator and in 1987 was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.
Fun for the whole family, learn about the history of Britannia Mine and explore the grounds with underground train tours and gold panning demonstrations.
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Limestone is common a rock that makes up about ten percent of all sedimentary rocks. Limestone is made up of calcite aragonite. A lot of limestone comes from skeletal fragments of marine organisms. Throughout history, many people have recognized limestone’s potential and used it for a building material. The great pyramids of Egypt, among many other landmarks, are constructed of limestone. It was also very popular in the Middle Ages, due to its hardness, durability, and availability. Many medieval churches and other structures still standing are made of limestone. Limestone is also used as a pigment in toothpaste.
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A stunning, simple range of coffee tables with dual finishes: available in a combination of Bianco Statuario and Nero Marquinia marbles or Tanganika Black and Taba Frise White solid woods. The frame is in hand burnished anodised aluminium and bright brass.
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Was the 4-2-3-1 a success?
Before I answer that, I'd like to qualify the team a bit. Yes, it was our first competitive match of the season. Yes, we're not used to playing at altitude. However, even with those issues, I think our success last night (and it was a success, despite the draw) has everything to do with our formation, and the discipline we've picked up this off season as a result of playing only that formation.
So, with that in mind, here is why I think the 4-2-3-1 worked wonders last night and will again.
1. It gave our forwards dual purpose.
I've talked about this before in my pre-season line-up speculation, but having a dual purpose forward makes your attack more dynamic and more confusing for an opponent. Dilly Duka's first goal came from a decoy run by Oduro, and Ignacio Piatti's missed shot was only achievable because Dominic Oduro had drawn the defense back with an excellent decoy run.
The Pachuca defence can never abandon our man up top, knowing if they do he is bound to score. It freed up the attacking midfield to do the heavy lifting, while Oduro played the role of constant threat perfectly.
2. The spine is the strength
Our centrebacks (Laurent Ciman, Bakary Soumare) and CDMs (Marco Donadel and Nigel Reo-Coker) were simply amazing last night. Argue all you want about semantics and whether or not they could be better - but Donadel's defensive tackling, Ciman's quick handling of incoming attackers and Reo-Coker's quick distribution all ensured that our defensive third was well manned.
The only fault I can really place here is a miscommunication between Ciman and Evan Bush that led to a goal. However, this issue was discussed at length last year when Bush made several errors in judgement , with Hassoun Camara and Matteo Ferrari, that cost us. I'm willing to lay the blame here on Bush's communication skills and judgement. He's just not at an elite level yet.
That being said, our defense was nailed down well enough, and we ensured there were no major gaps between the midfield and the defense (like in a 4-4-2).
3. The attacking midfield three reacted well to defensive pressure.
Pachuca really worked hard to shut Piatti down, throwing nearly everyone in their midfield into the job during the evening (watch Piatti's shot on goal for an example, he was surrounded). This was probably Klopas' expectation, as the ‘release valves' in the attacking third were Justin Mapp and Dilly Duka, who performed better than anyone would have expected. Duka's goals were well timed, and executed swiftly. Mapp shot well, crossed even better and proved to be the most dangerous man on the right in that stadium.
Our 4-2-3-1 is not perfect, and this was only our first outing - but there is a reason why major leagues in France and Italy line up in this formation. Last night, we saw why. Even Pachuca lined up in a 4-2-3-1, and maintained the balance of possession and managed to equalize the match.
Every team develops a tactical culture over time. Sporting Kansas City lines up in a 4-3-3, no debates or questions. They have since 2012, and they've been a huge success. We should follow suit with our own formation.
If I were a betting man (and I'm not), I'd wager that Frank Klopas' legacy in Montréal will be our adoption of a permanent 4-2-3-1. After last night, we know it can work against even the toughest opponents. There's no reason it can't carry us to success in MLS as well. | <urn:uuid:bac46ab7-669e-403b-a4b2-2cd913b708a6> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.mountroyalsoccer.com/2015/2/25/8107367/montreal-impact-vs-pachuca-formation-responsible-for-victory | 2021-10-25T02:18:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587608.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024235512-20211025025512-00358.warc.gz | en | 0.982909 | 813 | [
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Made with Ethyl Alcohol (78%) - pH Neutral - WHO (World Health Organisation) Formula - Tested and approved to EN 1276: 2019
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Stuart Herring’s work is an exploration of his personal understanding of existence and society. Undertaking absurd tasks designed to alter his perception and challenge that of the viewer’s common perception of ‘normal’ or ‘ordinary’.
The latest news on Stu Herring's performances and exhibitions.
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A trained fighter should have greater a greater ability to defend against bullies or street thugs. Someone who has never fought before will probably panic and start throwing random, easy-to-see strikes, and get demolished quickly.
In ancient times, soldiers trained in martial arts to defend their homeland from the invaders. But as time passed, many sports disciplines were derived from brutal fighting forms without rules.
Masters of some fighting styles could kill their enemy with one strike to a vital area of the body.
In this article, we review the best MMA gloves for training, sparring, and competition in 2021.
If you followed mixed martial arts in the 2000s, then you’re probably familiar with Wanderlei Silva, the Octagon warrior who turned the lights out on many opponents via brutal Muay Thai clinch strikes.
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Shoe repairs, leather adjustments, sports equipment and luggage alterations, James Watkin Sr. has a gift for saving you money and for restoring your most treasured possessions. James and his team can also repair and replace your watch batteries, restore optical and frame work, key cutting available, and more. Kwik Fix has a dry cleaning depot on site. If you can break it, these guys can fix it.
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Penberthy Offshore Liquid Level Gages
After experiencing a problem on one of their off shore rigs, a major oil company requested that Penberthy initiate a research program to develop better corrosion protection for offshore gage glass. To assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of various coatings and materials commonly used as "offshore protection," we subjected a number of our own gages as well as competitive models to an accelerated corrosion/weathering test (ASTM B-117). While the tests were performed in a controlled laboratory environment, the exposure to over 2500 hours of heat and salt spray provided a corrosive environment that was judged to be comparable to two years of actual offshore use.
As a result of these tests, Penberthy has developed a unique three-part coating, applied to the components before the gage is assembled, to provide unprecedented gage protection in offshore application. The Penberthy gage also includes a variety of unique design features to further extend gage life.
Competitive comparison shows the need for concern in selecting a gage with "offshore" design
As important as coatings are in making a gage corrosion-resistant, their value can be rendered useless if the glass is left vulnerable to other types of damage. The total protection of gage glass is critical in complementing the effectiveness of offshore coatings.
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Your purposeful observations might be rewarded by powering up your health performance. Being able to mimic nicely-executed workouts—because you noticed with the intention of doing this– can improve your coaching session, health class, or other workout.
Before you go to a fitness center, you should call and make sure their hours. Learn tips on how to combine health, fitness and vitamin for optimum steadiness and well being in your life.
Mutual interest and fervour in well being and health allowed Lauren and Alex to develop together to eventually make the blog Avocadu. It can be medicine, and taking it in the right and correct quantities can start a fruitful health journey.
In the quick term, sleep deprivation results in impairment in focus, reminiscence, crucial thinking, and creativity, all of which are important for learning. When we sleep our bodies heal themselves, notably our cardiovascular techniques.
Relate foundations of physical fitness, health and wellness to the stages of the human lifespan. Self-assessments of wholesome lifestyles will allow you to decide areas in which you’ll need adjustments to advertise optimal well being, wellness, and fitness. Wellness reflects how one feels (a way of nicely-being) about life as well as one’s capability to perform successfully. Wellness, as opposed to illness (a negative), is sometimes described as the optimistic component of fine well being. Hypokinetic Diseases or Conditions “Hypo” means beneath or too little, and “kinetic” means motion or activity.
As a scholar in our Bachelor of Science in Fitness and Wellness program, it is possible for you to to take face-to-face classes at our Parkville, Missouri and Gilbert, Arizona campuses. Students who choose to pursue a minor in fitness and wellness might take lessons face-to-face in Parkville. We have fitness and wellness heart locations North and Central Texas that cater to the health of the bodily, mental and emotional aspects of your life. The Fitness/Wellness observe prepares college students to have interaction in their communities as health and health professionals.
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Dimensions of the neighborhood used for filtering (uDim x uDim), in pixels.
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This function supports 12 and 16-bit grayscale and 48 and 64-bit color images. Support for 12 and 16-bit grayscale and 48 and 64-bit color images is available only in the Document/Medical toolkits.
This function does not support signed data images. It returns the error code ERROR_SIGNED_DATA_NOT_SUPPORTED if a signed data image is passed to this function.
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Two decades ago, self-published authors commanded about as much respect for their work as used car salesmen or politicians.
In other words, no one was taking them seriously.
But over time, stories began to emerge about authors like Mark Dawson, who has sold over 2 million copies of his books. Or Amanda Hocking, who back in 2012 reportedly made $2.5 million from sales of her books. Both authors are examples of the earliest success stories in the self-publishing world.
People started to take notice. And as the success stories continued to grow, self-published authors gradually gained a lot more respect for their work.
Today, choosing to self-publish can make a lot of sense for many authors.
If you are interested in self-publishing, the first step is deciding on a platform for publishing and distributing your book.
The good news is, there are many options available to authors interested in taking on the reins of publishing their book. The bad news is, there are so many options available, it can be overwhelming and confusing to navigate all the choices that are out there.
You will need to consider what kind of support services you are willing to pay for, as well as your your budget, your format, and your plans for distribution.
Types of Self-Publishing Services
There are two broad categories of self-publishing companies: retailers and aggregators. Retailers will sell your book through their own online store. Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and Barnes and Noble Press are two of the biggest, and most well-known retailers. Authors receive payment directly from the retailer for any books sold.
An aggregator is a company that will distribute your book to several book retailers at the same time. This can give a book wider distribution, particularly to foreign markets.
Some self-publishing platforms also offer a print-on-demand service, which allows authors to have physical copies of their books printed when requested. It also prevents authors from having to print large quantities of books and carry an inventory before being able to sell them.
Overview of Self-Publishing Platforms
Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
The behemoth in the self-publishing world is Amazon, who owns Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). With 85 percent of the ebook market share, they are hard to ignore.
Amazon makes it very attractive to sign up with KDP. For one, if you just want to explore self-publishing, you can upload your book to KDP and have it available for sale on Amazon within 24 hours. Amazon will take a percentage of your royalties for every ebook sold. Depending on the sale price of the ebook, Amazon pays royalties of 35 or 70 percent.
Authors also have the option of participating in KDP Select, a program designed to help authors promote their books on Amazon. Authors agree to give Amazon exclusive distribution of their book for 90 days. You can also re-enroll in the program as many times as you like. In exchange, you are able to participate in book promotions within the KDP Select program.
One benefit of KDP Select is your ebook will be also made available in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. The program allows Amazon Prime members with a Kindle device to check out one ebook a month for free. If they read your book, you can earn royalties based on the number of pages read. These royalties are in addition to any earned from the sale of your book.
For authors who want to also sell physical copies of their books, KDP has a print-on-demand service through CreateSpace. Acquired by Amazon in 2005, CreateSpace used to be a separate print-on-demand company. In 2018, it was completely merged into Amazon KDP. Authors can choose to have their print books distributed to Amazon only, where they receive royalties of 60 percent, or they can opt for expanded distribution with royalties of 40 percent.
Barnes and Noble Press
Books published with Barnes and Noble (B&N) Press are sold only on the company’s online and physical bookstores. It is pretty straightforward to upload a book into their self-publishing platform, and it’s free. Once you’ve got your book into the system, it’ll be ready for sale within 72 hours. Royalty rates for ebooks range from 40 to 65 percent, depending on the price of the book.
There are no exclusivity requirements to publish with B&N Press. It is also possible to price your ebook for free, which is something many authors use as an effective promotional tool. B&N press also partners with several other services to help authors with editing, marketing, design, and websites.
Another service offered by B&N Press is a print-on-demand service. Readers can opt to purchase a physical copy of the book through the website. For print books, the royalty rate is 55 percent, minus the cost of printing. Getting your book into Barnes and Noble physical stores, however, requires sales of at least 1,000 copies in a year to be considered for placement.
With its modest share of the U.S. ebook market, Kobo could be easy to overlook. But if you have any interest in sales outside of the U.S. (which you should have if you are trying to reach a large audience), then it’s worth considering Kobo. “We are a very global company,” says author engagement specialist Joni Di Placidoo. The Toronto-based company is particularly strong in Canada, where they account for 25 percent of ebook sales.
“We focus on a lot of markets outside of North America: Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and also non-English speaking markets,” says De Placido. “We do really well in the Netherlands. Many Dutch readers like to read English-language books.”
Kobo Writing Life is their free self-publishing platform. It’s simple to use and once your file is ready, your ebook becomes available to readers in over 190 countries. They pay royalties of 70 percent on ebooks priced more than $2.99 in the U.S. or 45 percent for ebooks priced below that amount.
The company also offers authors a promotions tool built right into the dashboard of the program. Authors can apply for both free and price drop promotions. Kobo Writing Life also has partnerships with libraries, including Overdrive. This is a free app many libraries and schools use to provide digital content (ebooks and audiobooks) to their users. Authors can have their titles available in the OverDrive library marketplace and get paid 50 percent of the library price the author sets.
By using a direct marketing approach to Mac users, Apple iBooks has managed to become the second largest retailer of ebooks in the U.S. To publish directly on iBooks, you’ll need to use a Mac device. Otherwise you will need to go through an aggregator. Royalties are set at a flat 70 percent rate, regardless of the book price.
Authors can publish their ebooks using Apple Author, or you can even publish your ebook using Pages, the word processor that is included on Apple devices. Books are made available to 40 country-specific ebook stores. One unique feature is you can price your books differently in each country and in the local currency. There is no exclusive distribution contract, and authors can schedule free or discount book promotions at any time.
Apple iBooks is attractive for those who are skilled with design and want to create ebooks with lots of images or graphics. The platform offers several templates, such as for cookbooks, textbooks, and even children’s books. They have a drag and drop feature for adding charts and tables, and even audio and video files to an ebook.
For those interested in quick access to a range of markets, this is where an aggregator is very helpful. These platforms will allow you to publish your book, and they will push it to a range of retailers all at once, including Amazon, B&N Press, Kobo, and Apple. All of your sales can then be combined into one report, resulting in one royalty check each pay period, greatly simplifying the process of distribution. You pay a cut of your royalties to the aggregator for this service.
Key factors to consider when choosing an aggregator are price, distribution, and support.
The first to offer aggregator services, Smashwords has been in the business since 2008. They are one of the world’s largest distributors of self-published ebooks. When asked why an author might choose to use a distributor, Jim Azevado, Smashwords’ Marketing Director explains, “A distributor’s greatest value to self-published authors and independent publishers is massive time
s savings. With a distributor, you format your book once, choose where you want your book distributed and–viola!–you’re done.”
With Smashwords you get access to their wide distribution network that includes Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and many other smaller specialty retailers. One notable exception is that Smashwords does not distribute to Amazon, unless you have earned over $2,000 on their platform.
To submit your book to Smashwords, you will first need to format it yourself. They provide authors with resources to help guide you through the process, including the free Smashwords Style Guide, which “has become sort of the bible for ebook formatting,” Azevado says.
Authors earn up to 80 percent of the retail price for ebooks sold on Smashwords, and up to 60 percent of the list price for ebooks sold at other retailers. They provide daily reports of your sales from the larger retailers.
One interesting feature is Smashwords Presales. Some authors like this feature because it enables them to offer books to their selected readers before the public release date of their book. The company also offers authors help with promotion through events exclusive to Smashwords. They also have a partnership with Findaway Voices to easily turn your book into an audiobook.
Estabished in 2012, Draft2Digital has emerged as another major aggregator for self-published authors. They do not have the largest distribution network, but they do distribute to Amazon. Their network also includes the larger retailers such as Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo, as well as a partnership with Findaway Voices for audiobooks.
The company strives to distinguish itself as one that provides excellent support to its authors. “We want to give people a venue to self-publish with support, empowering authors to control their path forward,” explains customer services representative Alexis Grey.
One notable feature Draft2Digital offers is they will format your book for both ebook and print at no charge. Some authors prefer to work with Draft2Digital for this feature alone. The company takes 10 percent of the retail price of the book, no matter where it is sold.
Draft2Digital also offers authors access to Universal Book Links (UBLs). Having your book widely available is great for potential book sales. But when an author wishes to promote their book (on their website or through an email, for example), they need to provide the link to the retailers. Many choose to simply include a link to Amazon and maybe one or two other retailers. But with a UBL, authors can just offer one link. This will take customers to a page showing all the retailers where their book is for sale. Instead of having to manage a separate link for each retailer, UBLs consolidates them all into one place.
Entering the aggregator market in 2015, PublishDrive is fairly new to the scene. But that hasn’t stopped them from quickly establishing themselves as an option worth considering. They have relationships with over 4,500 publishers and 400 stores worldwide. They distribute to the major retailers: Apple Books, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Google Books.
Their expertise in international distribution is one of their notable features. They have a few stores in Eastern Europe and have headquarters in Hungary. If you are interested in reaching some niche foreign markets, PublishDrive is equipped to help you.
PublishDrive also differs from other aggregators by offering a subscription pricing plan, something no other company does. Authors can pay a flat $100 monthly fee, after which they keep 100 percent of their royalites for any books sold (minus the retailer’s portion). Authors also have the option to pay 10 percent of their revenues if they prefer not to pay a subscription.
The company also provides marketing support to its authors. Authors paying the subscription fee are given some Amazon Advertising credits (basically allowing you to place ads for your product on Amazon) so they can give this approach a try. PublishDrive also allows authors to set price promotions and provide review copies.
Print on Demand Aggregators:
The final category of self-publishing platforms are those services that specialize in providing a print-on-demand (POD) option. For any self-published author just starting out, having the ability to print books as they are sold saves on both money and hassle. A few of the more well-established companies are discussed here.
Founded in 2011, Bookbaby has a wide distribution network, including the large retailers Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo, in over 170 countries.
For those who like the idea of a platform that offers support with all aspects of the self-publishing process, Bookbaby offers comprehensive packages. These include the steps needed to get your book ready for publication, such as editing and design services. They also have distribution packages for both ebooks and print books, and offer a print-on-demand service. Bookbaby can also help you with marketing.
They offer a number of different packages as well as individual services. Their most comprehensive package, which costs $1,699, includes cover design, formatting, 25 print books, distribution, a Facebook ad campaign, and a listing in the BookBaby store, Bookshop.
They also don’t take a portion of your ebook sales. Instead, Bookbaby charges a one-time fee of $299 per title. Authors then receive 100 percent of their sales after the retailer’s commission. For sales made through Bookshop, authors earn 85 percent royalties.
IngramSpark’s roots date back to 1996 when Ingram created Lightning Source, which services mid-to-large size publishers. IngramSpark was created for self-published authors in 2013. Similar to the other platforms, IngramSpark will distribute your ebook to the larger online retailers such as Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.
The reason IngramSpark deserves serious consideration is because it is a part of the Ingram group. Authors have access to Ingram, which is the world’s largest distributor of print and ebooks. They are connected to 39,000 bookstores, libraries, and online retailers in more than 150 countries.
Their print-on-demand feature is one of the most valuable features available to self-publishers today. “There is a lot of flexibility in our system,” explains IngramSpark founder and director Robin Cutler. “The pay-as-you-go model allows authors to make their book available to Ingram in a way where they don’t have to carry any up-front costs.”
For those interested in the best quality print books, IngramSpark offers a premium level of printing. Also, if you are interested in getting your book sold in brick-and-mortar stores, when you use IngramSpark, your book will also be included in Ingram’s wholesaler database. “It will look just like any other book in the system,” Cutler says.
The company also provides a key feature, their book returns option. “Most booksellers will require returnability to stock a book on their shelves,” says Cutler. Authors aren’t required to accept returns, but no returnability is one of the main reasons a bookstore will refuse to carry a self-published book.
IngramSpark charges a 53 percent commission for sales to bookstores and 30 percent to online retailers, minus book production costs. There is also a $49 set-up and $12 annual fee.
A Word of Caution
While the self-publishing world has many excellent and reputable companies offering services to help you, there are some scammers out there. It is very important that you research any company carefully before signing up with a service.
Many experienced authors advise against using what are known as “vanity presses.” These are companies whose business model is to make money not from book sales, but from the authors directly. They tend to push their products on their customers, make claims they can’t deliver on, and generally end up costing authors a sizable sum while providing little support.
If you are not sure about the legitimacy of a publisher, ask around. “Try not to fall victim to short-term scams that promise thousands of readers in a matter of weeks or months,” advises Smashwords’ Marketing Director Azevedo. Author forums are a good place to check, or simply Googling a company can reveal those with questionable practices.
Choosing a Self-Publishing Platform
Deciding which platform to use to self-publish your book will again depend on your goals and constraints. If you simply would like to have a completed book to satisfy your own creative needs and are not viewing it as a commercial endeavor, you should probably go with the easiest option. That would likely mean using a retailer such as Amazon KDP or Barnes & Noble Press, which are free to use, and allow you to quickly create your book.
If you have a vision of selling a significant number of books, or need the ability to widely distribute your book, then you should consider going with an aggregator.
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New music Reviews:
Reviewed by Alan Dearling
Emma Swift: Blonde on the Tracks
Australian-born, Nashville-based, Emma, is an incredibly understated performer. Something of a new ‘wow’, if you’ve not come across her yet. This is her eight-track set featuring interpretations of Dylan songs. A clever, tongue-in-cheek title… I think it’s an impressive evocation of Dylan’s lyrical mastery. A bit epic in fact!
‘Queen Jane Approximately’ opens the proceedings. A very Byrds-like rendering of Dylan, packed full of jangling, psychedelic guitars courtesy of Emma Swift’s partner, Robyn Hitchcock, something of a psych-icon himself, and one-time member of the Soft Boys.
Video for Queen Jane Approximately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R94s8vxi9A
Emma savours Dylan’s words, makes many of them her own, and offers a set of nicely nuanced readings of some of Dylan’s most treasured songs like ‘A Simple Twist of Fate’, ‘Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands’ and the recent masterpiece of linguistics, ‘I contain Multitudes’. Emma’s voice soars, swoops and sometimes snarls. The familiar emotions are all there, despair, loneliness, longing, regret. The arrangements and instrumental playing is exemplary, including plenty of exquisite slide-guitar, walking bass-lines and rolling riffs.
For me, the ‘heart’ of this collection is in the first five tracks, with the final three tracks becoming somewhat anti-climactic. But we probably need that as a relief after the intensity of the first tracks, especially the bedroom-noir of the ‘Lowlands’, with its sad-eyed prophet with her ‘eyes of smoke’.
If there’s a down-side to any Dylan collection it is density of the words and images contained. My original days of Dylan-listening, long before Emma Swift was born, were of Bob’s vinyl albums. And you could play a ‘side’ that fitted the mood of you and your mates. And then, not necessarily play a second side! Eight tracks of Dylan songs is a Lot of Dylan!
This is a classy album. And it makes Dylan’s words and emotions resonate. Well done, Emma!
You can join Emma at The 5 Spot in Nashville, TN. An intimate show of songs from ‘Blonde on the Tracks’ as well as a bonus new song, ‘The Soft Apocalypse’. Emma is joined by Ryan Brewer on keys and Robyn Hitchcock on guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLxRRTzvbcI
John Lennon: double box set: Gimme Some Truth (2020)
Gimme Some Truth video: https://youtu.be/WbhktzkGoH0
‘Yet another Lennon retrospective’, I can hear you thinking! There have been a lot of them and this one is as much a piece of ‘conceptual art’ as it is showcase for Lennon’s greatest hits. The artwork for ‘Gimme Some Truth’, plus the CD and LP booklets and the typographical art comes from Jonathan Barnbrook. He was the graphic designer who worked on David Bowie’s albums, ‘Heathen’, ‘Reality’, ‘The Next Day’, ‘Blackstar’ and more
Tracklistings: ‘Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)’/‘Cold Turkey’/‘Working Class Hero’/‘Isolation’/‘Love’/‘God’/‘Power To The People’/‘Imagine’/‘Jealous Guy’/‘Gimme Some Truth’/‘Oh My Love’/‘How Do You Sleep?’/‘Oh Yoko!’/‘Angela’‘Come Together’ (live)/‘Mind Games’/‘Out The Blue’/‘I Know (I Know)’/‘Whatever Get You Thru The Night’/‘Bless You’/‘#9 Dream’/‘Steel And Glass’/‘Stand By Me’/‘Angel Baby’/‘(Just Like) Starting Over’/‘I’m Losing You’/‘Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)’/‘Watching The Wheels’/‘Woman’/‘Dear Yoko’/‘Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him’/‘Nobody Told Me’/‘I’m Stepping Out’/‘Grow Old With Me’/‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’/‘Give Peace A Chance’
For Lennon fans, this is worth buying, even if you already have most of his solo works and a collection or two.
Why? Because it is an amazing audio experience. These really are ultimate mixes. We share an intimate space with John. We hear his sensual whispers, his screams, his love, warmth, humour – and his anger and rage! It’s a reminder too of what he contributed to the Beatles – his vocal range, psychedelic phrasings. The contrasts are all here. Lush soundscapes, carnivalesque, baroque, complex arrangements, phased-instruments, starkness, simplicity, snippets of dialogue, rock ‘n’ roll, piano ballads, revolutions, primal scream therapy. Love. Poetry. Hope. Peace. The range of material is simply stunning. Lennon never had one single sound. He had many. Many styles. He was also born to perform. He was a one-off. A legend. A prophet. This collection reminds us that we still need the presence of John Lennon in our lives. In 2020 – in ‘Strange Days, indeed – Strange Days, indeed!’
An old video of ‘Nobody told Me’, still worth a peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_0di2IL440
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Utilization of natural pastures in Huascarán National Park by local Andean ‘pasture users’ and ‘campesino communities’
SUBMITTED ORGANISATION :
Huascaran National Park, National Service of Protected Natural Areas (Servicio Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado: SERNANP)
DATE OF SUBMISSION :
The Cordillera Blanca is one of the most spectacular mountain landscapes in Peru, famous for a variety of high peaks over 6,000masl and its numerous glaciers. It is also an area with a very long history of human occupation and usufruct of natural pastures by ‘campesino’ (or peasant farmer) communities. In fact, their occupation of the area has contributed to the shaping of the current landscapes as a blend of natural and long-term cultural features and processes. The resultant landscapes support a wide diversity of ecosystems and plant communities that are home to important populations of plant and animal species, some of them endemic to Peru, many of them threatened with extinction. The area has attracted mountaineers and steadily increasing numbers of other tourists for many decades, and in 1975, the national importance of the area was officially recognized by the government of Peru, with the formal creation of Huascarán National Park and a surrounding buffer zone, encompassing about 95% of the cordillera. The international importance of the area was also recognized in 1977 with its proclamation as the core area for a Biosphere Reserve under the United Nation’s Man and the Biosphere Program. When Huascarán National Park was established in 1975, the “posesión de usufructo de pastos antes de 1975” (possession of usufructary rights to graze prior to 1975) was recognised as a pre-existing, and therefore continuing, right. This has been formalised in national legislation and is reflected in the Master Plans for the management of the park through the designation of “special use zones” that include the natural pasture areas. However, many of these natural pastures are now in poor to very poor condition due to sustained high grazing pressures from the livestock of the population surrounding the park. And, added to this, the effects of climate change have worsened the condition of these ecosystems (‘puna’ grasslands; ‘bofedales’ wetlands) and these effects are predicted to gradually worsen. For the local communities to continue to use (usufruct) these natural pastures of Huascarán National Park sustainably, and especially in the face of increasing climate change effects, it will be necessary to develop and implement more efficient and effective management practices. There are currently projects in place to improve the condition of the park’s natural pasture areas and these are being implemented through a range of community participation and awareness raising activities.
Marco Arenas Aspilcueta, Responsable de la Unidad Operativa Funcional de Gestión Participativa, Direccion de Gestion de las Areas Naturales Protegidas – SERNANP
Huascarán National Park
Huascarán National Park is situated in the central western región of Peru, within the Department of Ancash (see Figure 1 below). It was established on July 1, 1975, by Supreme Decree N ° 0622-75-AG. It is a Natural Protected Area of 340,000 ha, established for the conservation of animals and plants within their unique and varied natural ecosystems that are maintained to allow for their continued evolution and adaptation in the face of climatic and other external agents that may affect them.
Figure 1. Location of Huascarán National Park, Ancash, Peru
As with other natural protected areas in Peru, the national park is surrounded by a buffer zone (Zona Amortiguimiento). This covers 170,200 ha. The National Park is also the core conservation zone of Huascarán Biosphere Reserve proclaimed under UNESCO’s “Man and the Biosphere” program in March 1977. This biosphere reserve extends the national park and its buffer zone through an additional transition zone of a further 645,600 ha. See figure 2 (below) for boundaries of each of the biosphere reserve zones: national park (green); buffer zone (yellow); transition zone (edge of map). In 1985, further international recognition was conferred on the park by UNESCO through designation as a World Heritage Site.
The national park is located in the Cordillera Blanca, the highest tropical mountain range in the world, that has 30 ice-covered peaks over 6,000masl which, at the time of proclamation, supported 712 glaciers, 434 lakes and 41 rivers (e.g. see Figures 3, 4, 6 and 8 below). The park is also recognised, through a program of Birdlife International, as an Important Bird Area (IBA) for the conservation of its endemic bird species whose populations are under threat. Three other IBAs occur within the Huascarán Biosphere Reserve.
The park also contributes to the socio-economic development of the surrounding human populations, with 5 human settlements totalling 548 people (in 2010) occurring within the park and a further 83,047 people living in the surrounding buffer zone. This support for local socio-economic development takes the form of a diversity of ecosystem services for a multitude of beneficiaries
Figure 2. Satellite view of Huascaran Biosphere Reserve showing its National Park (nucleus or core zone), its buffer zone and its transition zone
(summarized in Cuadro No 28 of the Master Plan for Huascarán National Park, SERNANP (2011)). These range from water supply (storage, and the regulation of quality, quantity and seasonality of flow), to tourism (including alpine and mountain expeditions, and other outdoor and nature-based activities) and supplies of other natural resources such as medicinal and wild food plants for human use, and pastures for livestock grazing.
Figure 3. Photograph of the Cordillera Blanca within Huascarán National Park
The stated reasons for creating the national park include that:
- it possesses a great wealth of flora and fauna species, of geological formations, of snow and ice-covered mountain peaks, and is of great scenic beauty
- the varied ecosystems of the Cordillera Blanca should be conserved by the State because of the national natural, scientific and cultural heritage values they support
- the Cordillera Blanca contains archaeological monuments that give testament to the impressive history of Peru
- the establishment of the national park in the zones specified would permit tourism activities to be developed that could directly return socio-economic benefits to the local population*.
(*In 2013, for example, a total of 4,914 visitors were recorded for Quebrada Quillcayhuanca, one of the heavily-grazed valleys within the national park and closest to the city of Huaraz. This total consisted of 1,465 Peruvian nationals and 3,449 foreigners.)
Usufruct of Natural Pastures in Huascarán National Park
When Huascarán National Park was established in 1975, the “posesión de usufructo de pastos antes de 1975” (possession of usufruct rights to graze prior to 1975) was recognised in the Supreme Decree (0622-75-AG). This was reinforced in the year 1980 through the issuing of Ministerial Resolution No. 01200-80-AA-DGFF, with the purpose of rationalising the use of existing natural pastures in the quebradas of Huascarán National Park, in order to achieve conservation of wildlife resources. This has since been reflected in the Master Plan for the management of the park through the designation of “special use zones” that include the natural pasture areas within the park (SERNANP 2011). These areas are primarily located in the relatively flat floors of the steep-sided ‘quebradas’ (valleys) issuing from the high mountains where their vegetation type is primarily classified as ‘pajonal / cesped de puna’ (grasslands). Special Use Zones are defined as:
“Spaces occupied by human settlements that pre-date the establishment of the natural protected area, or in which by special situations, there is a type of agricultural use, livestock, agrosilvopastoral or other activities that involve the transformation of the original ecosystem.” Ley de Areas Naturales Protegidas. Art. 23, Ley 26834 – 1997.
Livestock grazing of these natural pastures provides sources of food and income for local campesino communities, and has been a key aspect of traditional culture there for many centuries. While such grazing was originally based on natural (and domesticated native) soft-footed, camelid species (vicuña, llama, alpacas) this changed quickly after Spanish colonisation to hard-hooved cattle and sheep, as well as horses and donkeys. This latter combination has continued to the present time with relatively few camelids grazed within the park today.
Figure 4. (a) Bofedales areas within a quebrada of Huascarán National Park
Figure 4. (b) Bofedales areas within a quebrada of Huascarán National Park
More than 4.5% of the area of the national park is covered by natural pastures (i.e about 15,300 hectares). These areas encompass both aquatic and semi-aquatic communities – including bofedales wetlands – and all are bordered by areas of shrubby matorral, high altitude forests of Polylepis, and/or lithophytic communities. Bofedales wetlands (see Figs. 4 a & b above) constitute approximately 4.4% of the grasslands of HNP (equivalent to about 675 hectares, or 0.2% of the park) and, because of their postion in the landscape, their vegetation compostion and form, and their soil structure and depth, they are critical parts of the water cycle of these mountain catchments and contribute significantly to the generation of ecosystem services.
These services include the accumulation (temporary storage) and filtration of water that is vital for agricultural and other uses further down the catchment. They are therefore critical in the maintenance of both the quality and quantity of water supplies and of the maintenance of year-round flows. They are also very important for the storage of carbon, and recent research has demonstrated the potential of bofedales (oconales) wetlands in the capture and fixation of metals, therefore also regulating further, the quality of the water.
Locally, these services also include the provision of foods and hábitats for wildlife, and feed and water for livestock. Unfortunately, some bofedales wetland areas are also being drained, to dry them out sufficiently to make them accessible to the stock that otherwise attempt to avoid boggy ground due to the risk of becoming stuck in the mud (see Fig. 5).
Figure 5. Trampled margins of a drainage line within an area of bofedales wetlands with the carcass of a bogged cow.
The bofedales areas are then being trampled and much of their vegetation eaten. This issue has significant implications for water flows both within the ‘quebradas’ and further down the catchment. It also has implications for carbon storage, or for carbon liberation to the atmosphere.
Over-grazing has reduced vegetative cover (see Fig. 6), compacted soils, significantly interrupted the life-cycles of many plant species including the prevention of seed-set and, as a consequence, has limited the rates of genetic exchange within many plant populations. The hard hooves of the livestock also contribute to significant levels of erosion due to vegetation damage, and to the compaction and channelling of the soil surface, which can lead to stream-bank erosion. The faeces from the high numbers of animals also affect soil and water nutrient levels.
Figure 6. Cattle grazing within a quebrada of Huascarán National Park
Substantial areas of the natural pastures are now in poor to very poor condition due to sustained high grazing pressures from the local livestock – primarily cattle, sheep and horses (Palomino 2009). The master plan for the park, summarises the general scale of grazing presssures for 41 ‘quebradas’ (SERNANP 2011; see cuadro No. 15), indicating that many tens of thousands of livestock are being grazed within the special use zones. In some areas, the grazing pressure is estimated to be almost five times the sustainable carrying capacity (recent, but unpublished, data). In addition, the affects of climate change are already taking their toll with, for example, at least a 30% decline in the area of glaciers recorded within the park between 1970 – 2003 (SERNANP 2011).
Added to these problems, the introduction of exotic species also needs to be considered. For example, kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) is gradually spreading within the quebradas of the park and is displacing native plant species. Also, the presence of domestic cattle and sheep throughout much of the park for several centuries has introduced and sustained populations of internal and external parasites which can cause debilitating disease in camelids, the preferred grazing species for the park from a conservation perspective. These parasites include common liver fluke (Fasciola hepática) in sheep and cattle, and beef tapeworm (Taenia saginaria) in cattle, plus the skin parasite Sarcoptes scabiei, which can cause outbreaks of sarcoptic mange. All contribute to the generally poor condition of most of the livestock present.
For the local communities to exploit these natural pastures in a sustainable way, especially in the face of increasing climate change effects (Plan Maestro, SERNANP 2011), it will be necessary to develop and implement more efficient and effective management practices for each of the different resources within the productive parts of the system (i.e. soil, water, vegetation and animal carrying capacities). This will require significant changes in community attitudes and expectations by both the peasant farmer communities and by the wider community throughout the surrounding regións.
To work towards such changes it is necessary to understand the current cultural, social and legal setting in which the issues arise.
Andean peasant farmer communities
Socio-Cultural and Legal Setting.
The culture of local Andean peasant farmer communities (comunidades campesinas) is deeply-rooted in the traditions of family and community responsibilities for obtaining and maintaining livelihoods – food, clothing and shelter – frequently under harsh environmental conditions. This strength of dependence on family and community has been reinforced frequently over the centuries through the social and economic influences from, as well as the challenges and hardships enforced by, a wide variety of different governing States. These have ranged from the Chavín Culture (900 – 200 BC), Wari Empire (600 – 1100 AD) and Inca Empire (1438 – 1572) periods of influence, through the Spanish colonial (1533-1821) and then post-colonial governance periods, to current circumstances that were initiated with the agrarian reforms of the 1970s (Villanueva 2009). These latter reforms, among other things, led to the return of lands of the post-colonial large estates to their former traditional occupant communities.
The common cultural foundation through these times was the ‘ayllu’ – a traditional indigenous local government model in the Andes, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras. It consisted of a network of families in a given area with a focus on self-sufficiency on commonly held territory, supported by arrangements of expected reciprocity, and where members engaged in shared collective labor and in reciprocal exchanges of assistance (for more details see Satoyama Case Study titled: “The Ayllu System of the Potato Park, Cusco, Peru”; https://satoyama-initiative.org/old; versión dated 03/05/2010).
Similar community structures and functions still exist today, but now come under the formal title of comunidades campesinas (peasant farmer communities). This is a legally-recognised name under both the Political Constitution of Peru and under specific law. The Political Constitution of the State (of Peru) (El Congreso Constituyente Democrático del Peru, 1993) succinctly recognizes (in article 89 of part III of chapter IV) that, comunidades campesinas y nativas, ‘have legal existence and are legal“persons”’ in the eyes of the law, that ‘the property of their lands is durable / ongoing…’ and that ‘the State respects the cultural identity…’ of these communities.
This recognition was originally formalised in the Peruvian General Law of ‘Comunidades Campesinas’; Law No. 24656 of 13 April 1987; in which the State:
(a) guarantees the integrity of the right of ownership of the “common” lands of the peasant farmer communities;
(b) respects and protects the community work as a form of participation of the community members to establish and preserve the goods and services of communal interest, regulated by an indigenous customary law;
(c) promotes the organization and operation of community, multi-community and other associative forms of business freely constituted by the community; and,
(d) respects and protects the usages, customs and traditions of the community.
This law also provides legal definitions of such communities and their membership, and a framework for governance and decisión-making, through a General Assembly for each community.
Use of communal pastures by qualified community members.
With respect to the taking of decisions about grazing of community lands, Artícle 13º of Law No. 24656 states that: “In the case of natural grazing lands, the General Assembly of the community determines the maximum number of livestock owned by each qualified farmer who can graze on those lands, as well as for the establishment of communal production units”. In addition, Artícle 37º of this law states that: “The Public Sector will promote the development of animal husbandry within the ‘campesino’ communities, through the introduction of new technologies in the management of pastures, new varieties of grasses and the improvement of South American camelid, cattle, sheep and other livestock”.
The grazing of livestock within the national park also needs to be understood in terms of the local socio-economic setting of the families involved. This can be summarised from the results of a Social Survey undertaken in 28 of the 32 districts that have territories within the national park and its buffer zone, that is provided as an Annexe to the master plan for Huascarán National Park (Villaneuva 2009; SERNANP 2011).
The population within the park and its buffer zone at the time of the survey (in 2007) was noted to be 83,047 people, including 50 settlements with 548 inhabitants living within the park boundary. Approximately 74% of the population within the park + buffer zone were classified as rural (‘campesino’), while the remaining 26% were classified as urban dwellers. In the decade after 1997, the total population had dropped by 1.1%, with the urban population increasing by 1.5% and the rural population falling by about 1.8%.
The great majority of people spoke Quechua as their mother tongue, although the majority also spoke Spanish. Both are official languages of Peru. In 2007, about one third of the population was illiterate, while 20% had secondary education and 7% had some form of higher education.
Of the total population living within the buffer zone, 37% were ‘unemployed’, 47% were ‘under-employed’ and only 16% had ‘adequate’ employment. Some of this under-employment may be explained by the nature of the subsistence communal work undertaken by members of Comunidades Campesinas for which there is frequently no pay. And this includes many of the roles of women within these subsistence-based communities; firstly because the procreation of many children has constituted an important contribution to the family workforce; secondly in caring for the children and providing for the wellbeing of the family. But women also manage other household affairs and have direct participation in productive farming activities such as raising and caring for animals (see Fig. 7), extracting medicinal plants from within the park (as there is a very strong market for such products) and at times selling some small excess farm produce in the local market, or becoming involved in some works of community interest.
Figure 7. Local women in Huascarán National Park
Information from the Ministry of Labour indicated that in 2007, 80% of the economically active population of the región of Ancash earned less than 600 nuevos soles (ca US$215) per month and half of the workforce earned less than 200 nuevos soles (ca US$72) monthly.
In fact, in 75% of the 32 districts with land within the park and its buffer zone, more than 50% of the population was in a situation of ‘poverty’ or ‘extreme poverty’ and, on average, 31% of the population was ‘poor’, 28% was ‘very poor’, and 41% was classified as ‘not poor’. This measure of poverty was only based on monetary incomes and is therefore a measure of “monetary poverty” (Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática 2007; see http://censos.inei.gob.pe/censos2007/ for Ancash).
With respect to economic activities undertaken by heads of households, 64% were involved with ‘agropecuaria’ (farming / livestock raising), 43% having sheep and 39% having cattle. In 2008, each household had an average of 4.1 head of cattle and 7 sheep, with 61% of cattle and 37% of sheep consumed by the family. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of cattle and 63% of sheep were sold for cash. Sales of livestock in 2008 generated, on average, S/.1077 (nuevos soles) / household per year (ca US$371) from cattle and S/.355 (nuevos soles) / household per year from sheep (ca US$122). This represented the equivalent of more than half a year’s salary for half of the economically active population of Ancash and more than 20% of the annual salary of 80% of the regional workforce.
Figure 8. Sheep grazing natural pastures in a quebrada of Huascarán National Park
Changing Circumstances for Management of Grasslands within Huascarán National Park
The economic and cultural importance of many rural activities, including livestock grazing, have changed substantially in Peru in the last 10-20 years. For example, between the periods 1983-87 and 2003-2007, the contribution of agriculture in general to the GDP of the región of Ancash fell from 23% to 8%, while that of mining increased from 6% to 35%, even though the former contributes about 49% of regional employment, while the latter generates about 24%. By 2013, mining contributed 26.2% and agriculture 6.1% of the regional economy (Banco Central de Reserva Del Perú, 2014). The main growth sectors of the región, as assessed from mean annual rates of growth during the decade 2003 – 2013, were: construction (10.4% per annum), restaurants and hotels (6.8% p.a.) and transportation and communications (6.5% p.a.) (Banco Central de Reserva Del Perú, 2014).
Parts of local Andean economies have tended to stagnate, motivating many ‘campesinos’ to join the staggered migrations to urban centres to look for work, mostly as unqualified labourers in the construction industry or in agricultural service areas, to increase family income. Nevertheless, many of these migrants return to their family lands where they contribute to the steady rate of increased exposure of comunidades campesinas to external cultural influences.
Data from the national censuses of 1993 and 2007, suggest that the rate of change through aculturation – that is, the rate of cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to, or borrowing traits from, another culture – within the buffer zone of HNP is significant. The more traditional, scattered ‘native’ communities, totalling 444 settlements which constituted about 26% of the local population, contained a mixture of 57% of people who maintained ‘traditional’ (‘archaic’) mind-sets and 43% who were ‘progressive’.
While many of the traditional activities and processes are still followed, modern technologies and markets are increasingly influencing the ways in which these communities live and do business. As mentioned above, there has been a general downward trend in the size of rural communities as some people (mostly men) move to urban areas to find paid work. How these migrations and alternative incomes affect the operation of ‘campesino’ communities and, in turn, may affect grazing arrangements within their lands, is yet to be revealed. But, clearly, a significant proportion of the population maintains a progressive outlook towards the inevitability of change.
In addition to the steady changes arising from the global economy and its associated technological products, the increasing affects of global climate change are likely to have more frequent impacts on agricultural and livestock income sources for the ‘campesino’ communities. These climate change affects will also impact upon the natural pastures and bofedales of Huascarán National Park, exacerbating the challenges for achieving conservation and the sustainable management of these ecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide.
Improved conservation management of grasslands within Huascarán National Park
The general principles and guidelines for conservation of biodiversity within Huascarán National Park (HNP), as identified in the latest master plan (2010-2015), include:
• Conservation of the resources of HNP is a shared task between the competent actors and other public and private actors
• Conservation must be in equilibrium with the sustainable well-being of the populations surrounding HNP
• The use of natural resources within HNP should be undertaken responsibly, to ensure that ecosystem services arising from the park are at least maintained, and wherever possible, increased
• The pre-existing rights to the creation of HNP will be exercised under plans of management or other regulatory, planning or management instruments
• The pressure that the grazing usufruct exerts on the pastures should not increase
• The use of pastures should be sustainable, through sensible techniques that the local population can implement.
Figure 9. Campesinos and their cattle within a quebrada of Huascarán National Park
With respect to livestock grazing, and cattle in particular, it is important to note that, with a few exceptions, this is an activity conducted mainly within the national park and based on the raising of animals of, generally, a very low quality (SERNANP 2011). In the context of grazing management within Huascarán National Park (HNP), each ‘quebrada’ has one or more Comités de Usuarios de Pastos Naturales (CUPN) (Natural Pasture Users Committee) or ‘Campesino Community’ (CC), with traditional rights for grazing of particular areas. Each committee/community has a spokesperson to represent their group’s interests in working, or negotiating matters, with the park management authority, SERNANP (La Jefatura del SERNANP). There are 62 such CUPNs and CC’s that cover the grazing interests of the 41 ‘quebradas’ listed in the plan maestro for Huascarán (SERNANP 2011).
Consistent with the conditions of their usufruct rights to grazing, it is necessary for the local grazers to comply with Ministerial Resolution No. 1200-80-AA-DGFF, which requires that grazing be conducted “without causing deterioration of the productive capacity of the pasture resources (including burning) or altering the hydrological regime of the basin”.
The master plan for the park has therefore suggested that the local managers (la jefatura) for the park establish a strategy for management of each sub-basin, in such a way that over-grazing, caused in large-part by current livestock raising practices, does not affect the conservation objectives and key attributes of the park. This needs to be undertaken without losing sight of the fact that ongoing access to the communal lands within the national park for grazing of livestock is culturally, socially and economically very important to the local ‘campesino communities’ and families.
The master plan suggests that the actions that each sub-catchment strategy identifies should include (i) the establishment and strengthening of Natural Pasture Users Committees (CUPNs), (ii) the revisión and implementation of relevant regulations, and (iii) the evaluation of the stock-carrying capacities of each sub-catchment. Each management document should aim to achieve both conservation and local development outcomes.
In addition, the master plan notes that “the bofedales wetlands should not, under any circumstances, be disturbed by infrastructure such as irrigation canals, drinking water catchments, ponds, drains for grazing and other structures; that is, except for actions or projects that will help in the recovery of bofedales through water harvesting, and more generally for the conservation of biodiversity. In this latter context, Artícle No. 15 (‘Exploitation of Natural Resources within the Communal Lands) of Law No. 24656 – “Ley General de Comunidades Campesinas” – states that ‘… activities for the utilization of forests, water and other natural resources’, that occur within the lands of Campesino Communities, should be ‘in harmony with the laws and regulations that govern the matter’, and will be a priority for support and protection by the State.
Current and Proposed Projects
While natural grassland pastures constitute 4.5% of HNP, the areas that show some of the greatest impacts from overgrazing by livestock, and that have the greatest potential impact on the provision of ecosystem services in the rest of their catchments, are the areas of wet puna grasslands, and in particular those that are referred to as bofedales. Given the relative importance of these bofedales, a priority for the management of the grasslands of Huascarán National Park is the recovery and sustainable management of the wet puna areas they occur within.
To date, a small number of localised projects have been undertaken or commenced. These are aimed at addressing the current lack of understanding about how best to develop sustainable systems of management for the bofedales so that they maintain, or recover, their ability to hold and regulate water, as well as to improve the quality of the water. This latter point is becoming more important as the retreating glaciers expose more minerals which leach and affect the pH of the water.
Some recent Masters and PhD projects (see references) have examined ecosystem processes to help address this general lack of information, with particular focus on the interrelationship between the sustainable management of pastures and the water and carbon cycles. Research in other areas is examining how these ecological processes connect with sustainable agriculture requirements and what the social, economic and political requirements might be to generate economic incentives that make it easier for stock-grazing families and communities to retain these grassland / bofedales ecosystems.
Each of the local projects being undertaken in the national park is situated within parts of individual ‘quebradas’ and is being conducted with members of the different local Comités de Usuarios de Pastos Naturales (CUPN). As an example of one approach, SERNANP signed a 5-year contract with the community of Unidos Venceremos in 2013, which gave the community the rights to take charge of local tourism and recreational activities within the Chinancocha area of the park. This includes provision of services to hikers such as hire of boats and camping sites and the sale of food and crafts. This was calculated to generate 70 direct jobs for the community. In return, the community gave an undertaking to remove 200 head of cattle and horses from the quebrada Llanganuco y Demanda (see: http://www.rumbosdelperu.com/sernanp-firma-historico-contrato-con-comunidad-campesina-en-parque-nacional-huascaran-V796.html ).
Pasture management has also been improved in quebrada Rajucolta where there has been a large reduction in livestock (cattle) numbers that is resulting in the recovery of the local ecosystems (R. Villanueva, pers. comm. 2 July 2014).
Other projects have included the use of stock exclusion fences to demonstrate and measure some of the more obvious impacts of overgrazing and trampling by livestock, as well as to measure some of the influences on the water cycle. These fenced areas, varying from 1 to 30(+) hectares, are also being used to demonstrate how plant growth and seedling survival can recover when areas are rested from grazing pressures.
The main objectives are for the participative teams established to investigate how to improve the wet puna grassland (bofedal) ecosystem in terms of:
- Recovering the natural conditions of diversity and biomass of the high Andes grassland prairies and wetlands
- Re-establishing sustainable levels of livestock production given the changed and changing environmental circumstances
- Recovering the hydrological functions of the high Andes wetlands, including:
- increasing water capture and storage capacity of the soils, and
- improving water quality and pH levels, especially through filtration (‘capture’) of metallic minerals that are being leached from exposed surfaces as the glaciers retreat as a result of the warming climate
- Recovering the capacity for capturing and storing carbon.
In fact, on this last point, a recent paper by Ward, et al, (2014) indicates that carbon storage by the world’s mountain grasslands and shrublands has been significantly under-estimated and that consideration needs to be given to leveraging climate finance to support the sustainable management of these carbon stocks.
The key to all local projects, however, is the participation of a cross-section of local CUPN members working with protected area staff and scientists to share in the investigation and monitoring work, in the interpretation of results obtained, and then in the implementation of actions identified. Also key to the longer-term success of such projects is the development of leadership on these issues within local CUPNs and an increased engagement with women and younger members of the communities.
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I began Mike Leigh’s film by being annoyed by the lead character. Her desire to help and cheer all whom she meets at first appears naive, whilst her dippy behaviour left me in no doubt that, like someone who had gotten raucously drunk at your office party, they would ultimately embarrass themselves and it would be their own fault. Little had I realised that this was almost a mirror glass technique to demonstrate how positive emotion can leave one exasperated. Maybe I was one of the stiffs of life whom she would target to cheer up? Evidently placed for contrasting effect, the various characters she encounters (including flamenco lessons with a feisty spaniard who instructs her class to feel the pain, a late night encounter with a mad tramp and the driving lessons from hell) display all the opposite emotions to her; knots of hate, anger, regret, bitterness and aggression. Her reaction to these people is to open up and help, which leaves her incredibly vulnerable. So much so, you’re left waiting for the worst to happen. Before you know it, you feel protective of the character. Fie my fickle mood!
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West Ham United manager David Moyes has confirmed Ryan Fredericks will miss this weekend's Premier League match with Leeds United, although the right back is the only fresh injury concern.
The defender limped out of the Carabao Cup win against Manchester United straight after assisting Manuel Lanzini's winning goal, with Moyes revealing that he has injured his groin.
However, the Hammers boss also admitted that they do not yet know how serious the blow is and how much time the player may miss.
Michail Antonio also did not feature in midweek, although Moyes has confirmed the striker will be involved at Elland Road on Saturday after completing his one-match suspension after being sent off against Southampton earlier this month.
"Fredericks is the only player we have major concerns over, he felt his groin and he won't be fit for this game," Moyes told his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon.
"With the amount of games we have got we want everyone ready to play so I am hoping they can all do that. I am not sure how serious Ryan's is.
"Mic [Michail Antonio] is fit, in the main we have a full squad of player."
In the absence of Antonio, Moyes was forced to play Jarrod Bowen as a striker in their Carabao Cup clash with United on Wednesday evening.
But the former Hull City man impressed his manager and will be available to play against Marcelo Bielsa's side after playing 90 minutes at Old Trafford.
"We found it difficult to get a replacement to play No.9 but always in my head I thought Jarrod was capable and given a chance to do it he will be good," Moyes said.
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20K likes for a new code! Welcome to Tumble! Here you will be able to enjoy a cool selection of fun, fantasy-like minigames. Win rounds, earn coins and customise your character with awesome titles, gears and even cute pets! For mobile and tablet you will be required to double jump to dive and for PC you will need to jump and click to dive! Follow @Barothoth and @FlyesRBLX for exclusive codes and news regarding the game! | <urn:uuid:2382842e-8128-42bd-bc37-c29b3ed47bc4> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.roblox.com/games/5600172346/Tumble-Minigames | 2021-10-19T07:45:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585246.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20211019074128-20211019104128-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.899393 | 100 | [
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We first saw it happen in Texas with Shelley Luther when she was arrested by the police for reopening her business.
Luther ultimately won and set an example for all Americans. She was released from jail after the Governor issued that no violations of the orders be worthy of arrest.
It's already happening again, but this time in Salem, OR. Lindsey Graham (no, not Senator Lindsey Graham) is the owner of a salon in Oregon. She opened her doors "too early" and has since been fined, threatened with even larger fines.
But that wasn't even the worst part of it all, they even threatened to take her kids away from her. And all because of what? Trying to make sure her and her independent contractors could earn a living?
Here's what she said about the threat to take away her children:
“And, if you can possibly believe this, on May 7th, Child Protective Services showed up at my home,” she said, while fighting tears.
“They questioned my husband and I. They questioned my child, without me present, they searched our home and I’ve never expected such a violent, aggressive, vindictive thing ever could have been done to me or my family because I’m trying to earn a living, because I’m trying to work.”
"As far as I'm aware the case is open and they are still insisting that they want to talk to my three-year-old daughter,” she continued. “So, I don’t know if they’re going to try to talk to my eight-week-old newborn. We’ll see. But they did check his diaper.”
Graham referred to the CPS investigation and their concerns as “completely random, unmerited, unwarranted and unprovable.”
“So it was a completely false claim and if they don’t pursue a false claim and there are actually children out there that are being abused by their families, then they’re wasting their time investigating me because Kate Brown doesn’t like me, that’s pretty devastating,” Graham said.
“This is a false claim that wasted CPS’ valuable time when there are children who are really in need.”
Trending Political News
Fox News Anchor Accidentally Tweets His 'Kinky' Web Browsing History
Wow! How did we miss this one? A computer screenshot recently revealed the browsing history of one Fox News anchor.
Brit Hume shared a screenshot in which he was showing the odds of the Democratic Primary and the general election.
Ilhan Omar's Daughter Calls US Soldiers the B-Word, Then Accuses Them of Horrendous Act
Representative Ilhan Omar is one of the most American hating people in Congress. There are more than just Omar, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Nancy Pelosi, and still others. But Omar is one of the worst.
She hates absolutely everything that is good about our country and everything that enabled us to get where we are as a prosperous country.
Atlanta Mayor Admits Reopening 'Not as Bad as I Expected'
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms harshly attacked Georgia Governor Brian Kemp after he decided to lift the stay-at-home order and allow businesses to reopen.
However, now that things have been open and the amount of COVID-19 cases in Georgia have actually gone down, she has taken back her criticism on MSNBC. It's "not as bas as I thought it would be," she said.
Biden: Trump's Coronavirus Response is 'Nakedly Xenophobic' Towards Asian Americans
Sleepy, creepy uncle Joe has come out of his wife's basement for a quick jab at Trump. However, he saw his scary shadow so there will likely be another 6 months of hiding.
On Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that President Donald Trump's response to COVID-19 has been filled with "hate" and "fear" and is "nakedly xenophobic" towards Asian-Americans.
ANOTHER ONE: GOP Lawmaker Says Entire Family Taking Hydroxychloroquine
Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) says his entire family is taking hydroxychloroquine in a preventive measure to ward off COVID-19.
Marshall is involved in a heated Wisconsin Republican primary for an open Senate seat. While speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Marshall said he was "relieved" to hear President Trump is taking the same preventative measures.
Andrew Cuomo on Nursing Home Deaths: 'Older People Are Going to Die'
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many have made the case that people who want to reopen the economy "don't care if old people die."
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Deadly shooting leaves out of town man dead
A terrifying sight for neighbors, a brutal shooting, and the body surrounded by police searching for answers.
Jodie Wilson ran out after hearing the gunshots and saw the victim's female friend running down the street.
Wilson says, \"As soon as the gunshots went off she ran down the block she was like oh my god he's shot shot.\"
Wilson says the female friend then tried to put the victim in her car to drive him to the hospital but Wilson urged her to stay.
\"He seemed like he was dying couldn't catch a breath it was very scary.\"
Police say the man drove from out of town to buy drugs when he was shot resident Gale Walton says this isn't the first sign of problems in the neighborhood.
Resident Gale Walton says, \"There's a lot of crime going on, home invasions, people going around kicking in doors.\"
She says the neighborhood wants more police presence, and quicker response time.
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Ballet & Jazz Placement Audition
Time & Location
About the Event
For dancers who would like to have the opportunity to be in levels 3+ in Ballet & Jazz, we would like to hold Placement Auditions the last week of the summer schedule at the Ellsworth Location during the Ballet 3 & Jazz 3/4 times. Dancers will acknowledge that what they are placed in is the highest level they can register for. Any schedule conflicts with a dancer's placed level will be resolved by registering for a lower level class or scheduling consistent private sessions. If your dancer will be participating, please RSVP. | <urn:uuid:c62b4318-1403-44e5-9020-2c54a52f6eec> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.rmdcaz.com/event-details/ballet-jazz-placement-audition | 2021-10-20T19:13:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585348.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020183354-20211020213354-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.93928 | 126 | [
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Well as soon as the summer season arrives almost all the women get them fall in love to wear the stylish looking women tops all the time. Women tops are categorized out to be trendy and much chic looking in the personality outlook to make them look the center of attraction in the crowd. Let’s see which are the latest trends of women tops 2018 in summer season!
Latest Trends Of Women Tops 2018 In Summer
1. Smocked Top
You can grab with the amazing taste of the Too smocking tees which you threw out. This has been because the elastic midsection trend is getting out to be the indie designer facelift this season.
2. Chic Breezy, Tie-Front Tops
This is an awesome looking beach trend in the summer season. You can choose up with the one that depends on your body coverage. You can add it with the tie-front bra tops to long sleeved peek-a-boo blouses.
3. The LWT (Little White Top)
The little white top is everywhere found in the whole year. Straight away from puffy-sleeved corsets to peplum versions, it is coming out to be one of the cute options these days.
4. Stylish Reliable Wrap Tops
There would be no single woman who would not love wrap dresses. These trendy easy blouses can be paired with jeans, as well as high-waisted skirts.
Well each single year the trends of the women top are changing on and hence this surely gives the women so much of the chance to choose the one that highlight their personality as chic looking. We did make you describe with some finest options of latest trends of women tops in summer season. Get ready to wear them all right now! | <urn:uuid:7da32457-d133-46b8-b7dc-83501460f81a> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://style.pk/latest-trends-of-women-tops-2018-in-summer/ | 2021-10-22T06:21:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585460.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022052742-20211022082742-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.937603 | 362 | [
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It is believed that more than 49 million people are food insecure in our nation – one in every six Americans. In California, almost 4 million people are food insecure, which means they could not afford enough food at least once in the previous year. As you can imagine, the hardest hit demographic is low-income households with children. In a bountiful state like California, this is unacceptable.
That’s why I’m asking farmers and ranchers to make a donation or a pledge during our annual Farm-to-Food Bank Month – December. More than 127 million pounds of food have been donated through this program to food banks so far this year, surpassing last year’s donations. The food went directly to individuals and families in need. As impressive a feat as that is, we still have some distance to go before reaching our goal of 200 million pounds by 2015.
Farmers and ranchers should feel free to post a pledge here in the CDFA Planting Seeds Blog comments section and then contact Steve Linkhart of the California Association of Food Banks (CAFB) at 510-350-9916.
They are also invited to join me and the California State Board of Food and Agriculture as we hold CDFA’s annual donation event on December 10, 2013 at California Emergency Foodlink in Sacramento. This event will be held from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at California Emergency Foodlink, 5800 Foodlink Street, Sacramento, CA 95828. This is a partnership with CAFB’s Farm-to-Family Program, as well as Ag Against Hunger, Hidden Harvest, and the California Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Program.
Feeding people is what Ag does, and we’re already doing a lot for our neediest citizens. But there is much more hunger out there, and I hope our farmers and ranchers will join us as we work toward our ultimate goal of eliminating it altogether. | <urn:uuid:73914c2f-1d63-456b-853a-5fc2df2ee4a5> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=5099%3Fshared%3Demail&msg=fail | 2021-10-23T17:55:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585737.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20211023162040-20211023192040-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.95326 | 408 | [
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Let’s face it! We’ve all gotten in the church van, only to quickly find ourselves dodging the waves of odorous, left over McDonald’s bellowing from underneath a seat.
Wait! Here’s another one. Perhaps you had given yourself ample time to make the routine maintenance appointment for the van, only to find out that there was no fuel in it, thus making you late for the appointment.
Well, take heart! We’ve all been there more than a time or two.
Here is a resource that we designed at New Destiny. Maybe it will help you!
When someone in your church passes to the next life there are a number of things that you and the family should consider, immediately after the death of a loved one.
The family may find themselves overwhelmed with the daunting tasks that lie ahead of them. Grief makes it difficult to focus on priorities and take action.
Here is a simple checklist for survivors to help them prioritize and keep track of what needs to be done immediately following their loved one’s death.
I am on a journey to become an organizational and technological ninja!
In the early 90s, it was the Day-Timer. You know, that dinosaur that we tried to convince everyone was our wallet. Well, at least I was guilty of such weak attempts. It kept all of our information like contacts and calendars organized, and it allowed us to take notes on the fly as long as we weren’t driving. Okay, at least I was never bold enough to attempt to drive and write at the same time. Then we evolved into an electronic version: the PDA.
When they were functional and believe it or not – fashionable, I had several PDAs. You know, that electronic device that functioned as a calendar, address book, notepad, etc. My favorite feature was Voice Pad. It was fierce! The PDA was my hero because my right arm was no longer as strong as my left due to lugging around that huge Day-Timer. Now I had a device on my hip that helped me manage life.
Raise your hand if you have a PDA now. As a matter fact, raise your hand if you have a Day-Timer. On second thought, you better not.
For the last several years, we have had these pocket wonders called smartphones, which possess every great invention known to mankind. Think about it, it has a phone, calendar, camera, recorder, computer, internet, iPod, radio, remote, and text messaging. The list goes on and on. And now, smartphones are killing off separate products–several of the aforementioned things are at the top of its list. “Smartphones are now being used like a digital ‘Swiss Army Knife’, replacing possessions like watches, cameras, books and even laptops,” said David Johnson, general manager of devices for O2 in the UK. Come to think of it, the camera and the “landline” telephone are on the verge of extinction as well because, the smart phone is in the process of choking the life out of their twitching bodies.
Ladies and gentleman, convergence is the word of the day. Many things are being replaced by one thing.
And as people, we too have come to this road of convergence as well. Leaders, executives, ministers, stay-at-home moms, and a host of others, are trying desperately to do all things. We cannot do all things well. So stop trying to. Do one thing!
I was going somewhere with this thought this morning: Are you accomplishing or achieving your purpose? Are you seeing results? Are you growing? Is there laser-like focus in your life?
If you are frustrated in life, which we have all been at some point or another, it’s probably because you’re distracted by many things rather than being focused on one thing.
You need to distill everything in life down to that one thing. What is that one thing that makes you tick? What is that one thing that makes life worth it all? What is that one thing that causes you to stop looking at the clock? Find that one thing and allow that to absorb you.
If you continue to dissipate your focus on “manyness,” you will in turn continue to frustrate yourself and possibly extinguish your fire for living. Stop blowing out the flame and begin to fan the flame by doing that one thing!
One of the most important features that frustrates me the most about cloud based solutions is synchronization. Trying to get the same information on all my devices sometimes fails. When that happens, it drives me crazy! In those moments when my information doesn’t sync, I feel as if I am in limbo. Appointments, commitments, tasks, reminders, and important data are not with me. Talk about the blind leading the blind. I feel lost. I feel out of sorts.
The same sorts of feelings grip us when we’re not syncing our lives to our one thing. #LetThatSinkIn
Every day we need to give much thought to the choices we have made that day. Since we are the sum of our choices, we must make sure that our choices sync with our one thing. We must sync our “being” and “doing”; that is, we must make sure our choices align with what God has called us to do.
It will take some time, but it’s easy to imagine the smartphone completely replacing the laptop for mobile use. We can listen to music, watch video, use the internet, and video chat. One day, desktop computers will be a relic–just like the typewriter.
Here is the irony of it all: These future phones will abandon the one thing that gave them their name to begin with, a phone.
Don’t become a relic, but continue to re-invent yourself by being relevant and making sure you are syncing to your one thing!
Share your thoughts with me. How do you stay connected to the one thing you knock out of the park?
We are all creatures of habit. Habits help us through our days and tend to be those things that do not require an extraordinary amount of mental or physical energy because of the degree of familiarity.
We have hundreds of habits! Many of which, we are totally unaware. There are good habits. Of course, there are bad habits.
Well, for everyone that is on a mission to make the most out of your life, I humbly submit that you consider developing another habit. I am sharing a weekly Monday practice with you, in hopes that it’ll add some value to you and yours.
Doing these things every Monday has helped me tremendously and it only takes 5 minutes tops!
- Once-over your tasklist. Whether you a full-time pastor, support pastoral staff, entrepreneur, volunteer soccer coach, stay-at-home parent, student, or corporate employee a tasklist brings organization to your life. Prioritize the things that must get done this week. You may need to purge some outstanding items that have already been completed or are no longer necessary. This is a great opportunity to empower someone else via delegation too.
- Calendar. What does your week look like? What appointments do you have this week? Any conferences coming up within the next month? When is your vacation? When is your family dinner? What about your personal devotion? All of this should be on your calendar.
- Goals. I realize we have life goals, however, these life goals are accomplished on a daily basis. Don’t forget about your short-term goals too. Goals are fulfilled in one simple word- grind! For those that are not well-versed in millennial lingo, you can substitute ground with the word discipline. Grind daily and you will fulfill your goals! Take time to figure out what goals you need to work on this week. Make sure that you are realistic and taking into consideration the season of life that you are in.
- Create. You know that great idea that you jotted down on that Starbucks napkin? C’mon, you remember the jolt of inspiration that coursed through your veins born from this revolutionary concept. It is time for that idea to get some traction, leaving the world of the abstract, entering the material realm. Schedule some time to work on this idea.
- Review. Take time out to assess what you’ve accomplished and what you’ve learned from the prior week. You may discover that you missed something.
Check out some suggested APPS for task management via APP Advice here. For quite some time, I used a white screen and a blinking cursor to manage my task list, however, for the past year I’ve used Apple’s Reminders and Evernote with much pleasure.
What APPS do you use for task management?
Risk! All of us are innately enamored and captured over the notion of abandoning all for the sake of a particular cause. The allure of conquering the unknown or fulfilling a dream is so intoxicating, that subsequent feelings of soaring ensue because we all want to accomplish our dream!
Surely, there are a number of things that can provoke risk taking, however, none impel risk taking like another four letter word. That word is love!
Where love is present, you’ll feel safe. If you know that you are loved, you will risk losing everything you own, because you are loved!
It is a leadership truth, that you will not grow, if you will not change. You will not change, unless you risk something. You will never risk, if you don’t feel loved (affirmed) or safe.
I have a friend, who had two opportunities available to him. In both instances, the position on the pastoral staff was the same. However, he decided to pursue the opportunity where affirmation and love, were obvious. In his words, he knew he would need a lot of attaboys.
Let me translate. He realized that his dreams needed to be in an environment of love (affirmation). This has stretched him greatly, over the last three years. The growth in his life, is almost immeasurable, however, he would’ve never taken certain risks along the way, had he not felt safe (loved).
Make sure that your ecosystem is one of love. If it isn’t, perhaps, it is time for a change.
“Churches where words of kindness and encouragement are plentiful have the aroma of life. I have walked into congregations and felt the health and joy that exist because of their culture of blessing. The opposite is also true.
Congregations and staffs that are filled with criticism, backbiting, and gossip have the stench of death. Wise leaders use their words to build up others and strategically create a culture of affirmation in the church. Although we may be tempted to be critical and negative, the antidote for this behavior is learning to bless.” – Kevin Harney, Leadership From The Inside Out
Isn’t it interesting that love takes place, when someone risks vulnerability?!?
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) and Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) are teaming up to bring Doug Herbert’s B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe) Teen Pro-Active Driving School to the Missouri Emergency Vehicle Operation Course (EVOC) training center in Jefferson City on August 28-29.
The B.R.A.K.E.S. charity offers free, hands-on defensive driver training to teens and their parents nationwide. Multi-time Top Fuel drag racing champion Doug Herbert founded the road safety organization in honor of his two teenage sons, Jon and James, who lost their lives in a car crash in 2008. The class is free but requires a refundable deposit to hold your seat. For more information, or to register for the event, click here.
Funding for the Jefferson City B.R.A.K.E.S. event is being made possible by a federal highway safety grant from MoDOT, as part of Missouri’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan – Show-Me Zero, Driving Missouri Toward Safer Roads.
According to MoDOT Assistant Highway Safety and Traffic Engineer Jon Nelson, traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for youth (15-20) in Missouri, accounting for nearly 12.3% of traffic fatalities during the last three years.
Missouri’s new strategic highway safety plan, Show-Me Zero, Driving Missouri Toward Safer Roads, identifies four key focus areas to help reduce traffic deaths, including the importance of seat belts, car seats and motorcycle helmets. Other focus areas in the plan include distracted driving, speeding and impaired driving. For more information on the Show-Me Zero plan, and to check out Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety’s new video promoting the plan, visit www.savemolives.com.
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Great location! This home has 3 bedrooms and is 1300 square feet. Home has brick exterior and a full basement; it was built in 1920. It has a woodburning fireplace and propane hot water heat. It needs a little TLC but would easily convert to a short term rental, vacation rental, or vacation getaway. Located just a few blocks from the public boat launch for Lake Gogebic, and one block from the snowmobile trails make this home in the perfect location for all your recreation. Home sits on a large lot; plenty of space for parking of trucks/trailers. It is a fixer but could be a great income property. Don't miss this opportunity!
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The Safer + Stronger Grants Program aims to support organizations’ ability to help address, prevent and reduce gender-based violence and deal with an influx of people seeking support due to an increase in gender-based violence in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Examples of eligible activities include:
> Counselling support;
> Crisis intervention;
> Digital and telephone-based resources;
> Coordination of services and/or supplies;
> Additional staff required to safely deliver services;
> Participant engagement costs (e.g. childcare, transportation assistance);
> Preventing and supporting those that have experienced sexual violence, including in the workplace and on campus;
> Capacity-building for the sector through resource sharing, training opportunities or knowledge mobilization by regional, provincial, or national groups;
> Broader prevention work such as advocacy, policy development, research, and public engagement in the context of the pandemic.
Utilize This Offer
The Foundation encourages applicants from and applications supporting equity-seeking communities, including:
a) First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, girls, Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people;
b) Black women, girls, Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people;
c) Women, girls, Two Spirit, trans, and non-binary people living with disabilities;
d) Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex, pansexual, androgynous, and asexual (2SLGBTQI+) people.
Applicants Must Be:
1. Women’s organizations and other organizations in any region of Canada, except Quebec, offering significant gender-based violence supports and services to women;
2. Incorporated non-profit organizations with a valid charitable number from Canada Revenue Agency, or a First Nation or other organization/hamlet that is designated as a qualified donee;
3. Incorporated non-profit organizations without charitable status that are not qualified donees will be considered if they are working with a partner who is a qualified donee and has a mandate relevant to the project.
Requests can range between $10,000 and $200,000.
Apply as early as possible. We will accept applications on a continuous basis until February 15, 2021.
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In its unanimous decision, the 10th Chamber of the Council of State, the highest administrative law court of the country, annulled the Cabinet Decision of 1934 converting the Hagia Sophia from a mosque into a museum. The Court reasoned as follows: the companion law to Turkey's secular Civil Code had provided that the old (Islamic) law would apply to waqfs (endowments) established before the new Civil Code came into force. The Hagia Sophia was a mosque, the Court found, that constituted part of Fatih Sultan Mehmed's (aka Mehmed the Conqueror) waqf, and under the applicable law at the time, it was forbidden to alter the status of waqf property via administrative decisions. The Court therefore ruled that the Cabinet Decision of 1934 had unlawfully changed the status of waqf property. The Court struck down the Cabinet Decision of 1934, thus paving the way for restoring Hagia Sophia's status as a mosque for worship. | <urn:uuid:6e2d4f5a-1827-4c52-9774-af6c2d050d1f> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://beta.shariasource.com/search?language%5B%5D=5&q= | 2021-10-26T15:28:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587908.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026134839-20211026164839-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.955463 | 196 | [
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I love chocolate and coconut together – it’s such a delicious combination of flavors and texture. The creaminess of the chocolate combines perfectly with the texture of the coconut.
This whoopie pie recipe makes the most delicious whoopie pies – two vanilla and coconut cookies filled with dark chocolate ganache filling, and decorated with sprinkles. It’s a great dessert to make with kids, but I know many adults that it has become their favorite too!
Coconut and Chocolate Whoopie Pie
For vanilla and coconut whoopie pies:
- 100 grams (1 stick) butter at room temperature
- 200 grams (1 cup) sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 large egg
- 200 ml. (1 cup) sour cream
- 30 ml. (2 tbsp.) milk
- 250 grams (1 3/4 cup) all-purpose flour
- 100 grams (1 cup) ground coconut
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
For dark chocolate ganache filling:
- 200 grams dark chocolate
- 250 ml. (1 cup) whipping cream
- 75 ml. (1/3 cup) whipping cream very cold
Vanilla and coconut whoopie pie: preheat oven to 170c degrees and line oven tray with baking paper.
In a bowl of a mixer with a paddle-attachment put butter, sugar, vanilla and salt and blend at high speed until mixture is creamy.
Scrape the rim of the bowl with a spatula and add an egg. Continue to blend until absorbed.
In a small bowl mix sour cream and milk.
In separate bowl mix flour, coconut, baking soda and baking powder.
Add both dry and wet ingredients alternately, while stirring between addition. Start and finish with day ingredients.
Using an ice cream scoop, form round mounds of batter on the baking paper. It is important to leave space of about 2-3 cm between mounds.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until whoopee pies swell, golden and set, but still slightly soft to the touch.
Cool completely. Arrange pair of whoopie pies.
Whipped chocolate ganache: chop the chocolate and put in a bowl.
Add 250 ml. of cream and solvents together in the microwave or over double-boiler until everything is melted and mixture is smooth.
Cool the mixture completely in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours, until it is cold.
Transfer the ganache, into a mixer bowl, add in 75 ml. cream and whip until uniform and stable cream form.
Transfer the cream into a piping bag and fill the Whoopie Pies.
Roll the edges in Sprinkles.
- Keep the whoopie pie in a sealed box in the refrigerator up to 3-4 days. It is recommended to take them out 10 minutes before serving.
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Eating a good source of protein in the morning will give you energy for your day.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spread 1 lb links or bacon slices out on a stainless steel tray. Place in oven. Use a fork or tongs to flip meat when it starts browning (10 min). Bacon will cook faster than sausage and you should keep an eye on it to take it out. You may pour the grease off the pan into an old jar while it is cooking if you wish, or do this at the end before cleaning the pan.
- Bacon should be crispy when done. Sausage should be cooked through (no pink left). Place meat on a paper towel on a plate and use a second paper towel on top to soak up some of the grease. Enjoy!
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) is something that has interested me for about a decade now. Well, let me rephrase.. thru-hiking, in general, is something I’ve wanted to do. I was first inspired to do something like this when I learned about the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) which is the west coast equivalent to the AT. Before you start to think I’m crazy, I have put a lot of thought into this and I fully understand what I will be getting myself into. Live in the wilderness for six months with only the materials you can carry on your back? Hell yes, sign me up.
I am at a point in my life where I am constantly seeking personal growth and a new challenge. The AT will help me grow mentally, physically, spiritually, and so on. Probably the only way it won’t improve my life is financially. The trail can end up being pricey, especially considering the six-month vacation I will need to take from work and a steady income. At this point, I feel the pros outweigh the cons.
Why I Am Going to Thru-Hike
I am currently in the process of reading Appalachian Trials by Zach Davis as a way to prepare. I promise not to give any major spoilers, but this is basically a book to prepare you mentally for what’s to come on the trail. Most people assume that the AT is strictly physical, however, a majority of thru-hikers throw in the towel because they weren’t mentally ready to face the trail. So far, this book is setting me up for mental success. It asks you to take time to reflect on why you are doing the hike, how you’ll feel when you finish, and how you’d feel if you don’t make it to the end. The idea is to really dig deep and understand these aspects so that when things get tough, you don’t bow out. Rather, you remember why you are there in the first place.
In the book, Davis recommends making lists to identify the reasons you are looking to thru-hike, and how you’ll feel when you finish. I’ve decided, as a form of accountability for myself, to make my lists public. It is possible I still may fail. My intentions in doing this pre-trail mental preparation is one of many attempts I am making to prevent failure.
Five Reasons I am Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail
1. I Need a Major Change
When I originally decided to commit to this six-month-long adventure, I was stuck in a high-stress job with no work/life balance. Each and every day I would wake up dreading what was in store and I desperately needed to re-evaluate my life. In preparation for this transitional period, I resigned from my role as Regional Manager for a large franchise. At some point, I decided that happiness is more important than money and decided to trade in my manager hat for some trekking poles. Since then, I have been just working random jobs here and there to save up enough to hit the trail.
2. I am Seeking Personal Growth
I am at a point where I feel like I have plateaued. Thru-hiking the Appalachian trail will challenge me in more ways than I can even begin to prepare for and that is exactly what I need. Feeling stagnant causes me anxiety and I know it is time to shake things up. Among other things, the AT will help me grow mentally and physically. I also know that when I complete the 2,200 miles, I will feel empowered and unstoppable which will help me be successful in my future career/educational goals.
3. I Want a Physical Transformation
For as long as I can remember, I have always struggled with my weight fluctuating between “average” and overweight. I was a chubby kid growing up and slimmed down towards high school, thanks to sports. After graduating, I gained sixty pounds and from that point, lost and gained that same sixty pounds up until now. I have a hard time motivating myself but have slowly tried to make changes in my life to be healthier. This feat is a perfect way for me to kick my fitness goals into gear. On the AT, I will be burning on average 5,000 calories per day which over the span of my trek from GA to ME, should result in some weight loss.
4. It is Time for an Adventure
Who doesn’t want to live an adventurous life? If this is you, maybe you’re reading the wrong blog. To accomplish something as crazy as thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail would be beyond amazing. Even as my countdown to the AT is only nine weeks, it doesn’t feel real that I’m really going. I have worked extremely hard over the past 10 years and feel that this “break” is well deserved. I know that most people would not have the opportunity so I will not take this for granted.
5. The Trail Aligns With My Passions
As an aspiring sustainable studies major, living off what I can carry on my back for six months is right up my alley. Humans can be wasteful. It is as simple as that. The planet can not continue to sustain itself at the rate we are taking advantage of recourses and producing waste. The trail is a great way to prove to myself that we don’t really need all the things society tells us we do. My hope is to come back to begin a more minimalist lifestyle post-trail.
Follow Me on my Thru-Hike Journey
I will be hitting the trail on February 9, 2021. My family is going to be driving me to Amicalola Lodge in GA. This is an extremely common starting point. I plan to enjoy my “last meal” at the famous breakfast buffet before taking off. From here, I will hike 8 miles to the approach trail, and then the journey beings. I plan to write about my adventure as often as possible and update on my blog, Instagram, and I may even dabble in TikTok. Stay tuned, the eight week countdown to the Appalachian Trail begins NOW. | <urn:uuid:60bd543f-c9f1-415f-8423-96eab902ea88> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://nadiafenay.com/appalachian-trail-2021/appalachian-trail-2021/ | 2021-10-28T04:18:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588257.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20211028034828-20211028064828-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.963365 | 1,286 | [
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It's small in stature but BIG on action, this little truck is not for the faint hearted. Topping out at up to 70Kph, this is our favourite monster truck for tearing up the street!
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This is a guest post written by David G. McAfee. He is author, most recently, of The Belief Book.
Whether you’re an atheist, agnostic, skeptic, or all of the above, there’s a good chance you’ll end up attending a religious ceremony at some point. You might be forced (or pressured) to go to church or temple by your family, or asked to go to some other religious event to support a friend, but attending these services doesn’t have to a bad experience. It all depends on your perspective.
When I was a kid, I was incredibly interested in religion. I was never a believer, but I attended churches all the times with my family and friends — sometimes up to three times per week. This wasn’t to let the clergy convert me or so that I could tell them they were wrong; it wasn’t even to support my loved ones. I went because I wanted to find out more about what people believed and why they believed it. Little did I know, I was learning about religions and beliefs in a way that would greatly benefit me when I got older.
Today, as an atheist and author who writes about religious issues, I get messages all the time from teens who are being forced to go to church or temple or mosque. I even get e-mails from adults who don’t want to attend funerals or other ceremonies for their loved ones because of possible religious involvement. So what do I tell these people? It’s pretty simple: “Be an anthropologist! Take notes! Learn everything you can about this group and their beliefs.”
Here’s just one of the many letters I’ve received on the topic of forced church attendance. This message is from a teenage fan who we will call Sean:
Dear David, I follow your page and I’m a big fan of your work. I am 15, and an atheist. I live with my mom and my sister, and my mom is a Christian. She knows I am a non-believer, but she forces me to go to church every week, even though she knows I’m an atheist. Like you have said before, she forces religion on my younger sister, who is only 9, taking advantage of her undeveloped mind. I don’t know what to do. She forces me to go every week and I’m sitting in church thinking about how people believe this stuff. It’s illogical nonsense. I don’t know what to do about this situation.
And here’s my response:
Hi Sean, your problem is a common one. In fact, I remember my grandparents forcing me to go to church on days when I would rather have done anything but. My advice might sound unusual, but hear me out. Assuming that you have voiced your concerns thoroughly and reasonably to your mom, and she continues to make you attend the services, I would recommend using that time to learn about the religion.
When I realized that people believed what they heard in church, I was genuinely intrigued by the religious stories I was told. My interest in religions and why people believe them stayed strong and I ended up majoring in Religious Studies in college. The point is that, if you learn all you can from an outsider’s perspective, you can apply that to your life. You could treat church as a classroom where you learn about Christian mythology, and even look for inaccuracies and flaws in the religious texts. I would hope that your mom would respect your wishes not to go to church, but there’s nothing wrong with making the best of a bad situation until you’re old enough to make that decision on your own.
As for your sister, I think religious education is the answer. Teaching her about the different world religions and about what church means to some people will help her understand the context of her trips — and that’s exactly what I tried to accomplish with The Belief Book. Once your sister understands religions better, she may be able to tolerate (or even enjoy!) the event and learn from it without necessarily believing the stories”
Going to church (or any other religious ceremony) doesn’t have to be about forced religious indoctrination or unwanted proselytization; you can make the most out of the experience. You can learn, grow, and challenge yourself. You can put forth appropriate questions, be honest about your disbelief when asked about it, and respectfully participate. You may hear a new story from a religious text or you might even discover the sense of community believers often feel, but no matter what you have the opportunity to learn something new. I say seize it.
David G. McAfee is a Religious Studies graduate, journalist, and author of The Belief Book, a children’s book explaining the origins of beliefs and religion, and Mom, Dad, I’m an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-believer. He is also an editor for Ockham Publishing and a contributor to American Atheist Magazine. McAfee attended University of California, Santa Barbara, and graduated with bachelor’s degrees in English and Religious Studies with an emphasis on Christianity and Mediterranean religions.
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Antoine Bisson McLernon is Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Fiera Comox.
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Know your wind resources to make sure that you know the value of what you have to avoid being taken advantage of.
Consult with legal professionals who have experience with the wind industry and wind development to ensure fair treatment of the landowner and their rights.
Consult your neighbors- if a developer is approaching you, then they are likely also approaching your neighbors. Consult with them and compare the terms of their agreements to your own to ensure that there is balanced equity. This can also be beneficial come negotiation time, as you will know what others have gotten for their land.
Important information to gather when choosing a developer
Make a developer evaluation checklist for example:
-Does the project have a single project manager or multiple managers, and can they be contacted
-Is the developer well known / do they have an excellent track record
-what is their operations history, are they established or are they a new developer
-Number of current projects operating
-Do they work on a priority ranking system (how long before work will begin, or problems be addressed)
-Location of their projects (are some local so that the landowner can see examples of the developers work for themselves)
-What is the location of the developer, do they have people on call to handle turbine issues
Before agreeing to terms with the developer look around and compare developers, you must do your research. An informed landowner will be a more formidable obstacle for the developer and will help to ensure that a fair deal will be garnered.
Checklist for determining project parameters:
-Make sure that every parameter is stated to its entirety, and is presented in writing before the agreement is signed.
-What is the size and duration of the project, know the particulars (what will be the installed capacity, how many years will the project be running for) to ensure fair gains.
-What type of turbines will be used, noise level, and if possible have them present you with a model of the proposed project.
-If agreement stipulates that the landowner will receive performance royalties the expected capacity factor will be helpful in determining fair royalties. Also include escalation clauses that ensure that if the price of energy increases then so does your share of the revenue.
-Make sure that the developer is legally allowed to work in the project state, county.
-Make sure that the developer has the proper permits for all facets of the project.
-Make sure that the developer has contacted the DEC about sensitive or endangered species present in the proposed project area, and if they have presented an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to the EPA.
-Make sure that it is clearly stated who is responsible for all aspects of the project (power generation, operations and maintenance, installation of turbines and power lines if needed, and decommissioning).
-Make sure that any damage to roads, or your property will be covered by the developer.
-Know the developers financing plan
-Do all meetings in person, not by phone or email to ensure legality.
-Does the developer have an agreement to connect to the grid.
-If possible make sure that before construction begins on your site that the money is given up front.
-Also make sure that in the unlikely event that the developer can no longer finance the project that escape clauses are included in the contract so that you have the ability to sell the land to another developer.
-If the developer is contracting with another company or provider, make sure that the other company is included in the contract, and is held to the same standards as the original developer.
Things to be aware of as the project progresses:
-Expect delays, some of which are out of the hands of the developer.
-Ensuring that the developer has obtained many of the abovementioned permits/ agreements will speed up this process.
-The ability for the developer to connect the turbines to the electricity grid requires an interconnection agreement with the Independent System Operator (ISO) which can be a length process.
-Know that experience from one area may not necessarily be the same in another area in regards to permitting, regulations, and ordinances.
Compiled by Greg Gronski, Alternative Energy Research Assistant
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NASHVILLE — Christmas came early for Lady Gaga fans this week, as Amazon sold downloads of the singer’s brand-new LP, Born This Way, for just 99 cents on Monday and Thursday of this week.
Industry sources told Billboard.biz on Friday that Amazon sold some 440,000 downloads of the album — nearly all of which were the 99-cent version (a more expensive deluxe version is also available).
So how much is Amazon losing? About $3.2 million over the two days the promotion ran, according to Billboard’s estimate.
Here’s the math: For every unit it sells at 99 cents, Amazon will lose about $7.40, according to Billboard’s calculation. At $7.40 per unit and 430,000 units (10,000 shaved off total digital sales to account for some sales of the deluxe edition), the Gaga-related loss comes to $3.18 million.
The promotion was a boon for Gaga’s first-week numbers, which are now projected to be approximately 1.15 million units, Billboard projects.
Amazon will lose money on each 99-cent sale because it is paying Interscope/Universal Music Group the standard rate for each unit sold. The similar title is selling for $11.99 at iTunes. The retailer typically keeps 30% of the sale price, meaning it owes the label and distributor the remaining 70% — or $8.39.
But is a loss really a loss? The important aspect of this 99-cent promotion is the value of the increased traffic and awareness. It has new products to promote, Cloud Drive and Cloud Player. Google has soft-launched a competing cloud music storage service called Music Beta and Apple appears to be nearing a launch of its cloud music service. Considering all the media attention the promotion has received, it’s not difficult to imagine Amazon getting back an equal value of consumer awareness of those new products.
There’s other value in 99-cent MP3 albums. Amazon is an e-commerce giant with highly diversified products and a high average revenue per customer.
Amazon also needs to increase its MP3 market share and price is one tool in its toolkit. Even if incremental MP3 sales don’t provide a financial windfall, the company has plenty of other products to sell customers who stop by for a cheap album.
The loss-leading promotion posed some questions in terms of how Billboard tabulates its weekly album-sales chart, but Billboard has decided not to revise its policies.
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- 1 What is excluded from tax free weekend?
- 2 Will there be a tax free weekend in 2020?
- 3 Are computers tax free in Texas this weekend?
- 4 Are phones included in tax free weekend?
- 5 Does tax free weekend apply to Apple 2020?
- 6 Is Black Friday tax free in Texas?
- 7 What states don’t have sales tax?
- 8 Which state is tax free in USA?
- 9 Does Amazon participate in tax free weekend?
- 10 What items are tax exempt in Texas?
- 11 Is Texas tax free?
- 12 What taxes do you pay in Texas?
- 13 Are clothes taxed in Florida?
- 14 Are mattresses tax free?
- 15 How much is sales tax in Texas?
What is excluded from tax free weekend?
What items are eligible? Tax –free shopping is available for clothing priced at less than $100 per item, personal computers and computer peripheral devices of up to $1,500 and school supplies of up to $50. Purchases of up to $150 for graphing calculators and $350 for computer software are also exempt from sales tax.
Will there be a tax free weekend in 2020?
This year’s holiday goes from August 9 to 15, 2020. During the week-long event, there’s no sales tax on certain clothing and footwear priced at $100 or less. The first $40 spent on a backpack or bookbag is also tax–free. Accessory items, except for backpacks, aren’t exempt.
Are computers tax free in Texas this weekend?
Texas shoppers will have to pay sales tax on items like clothing subscription boxes, specially designed athletic gear, clothing rentals, jewelry, and other accessories. What’s strange is that unlike many other states, Texas doesn’t exempt computers or textbooks during its tax free weekend.
Are phones included in tax free weekend?
Single purchase of $750 or less – no cell phones or video games. School and art supplies: (Based on school lists) Backpacks, lunchboxes, and calculators. $50 or less per item. School and Art Supplies: (Based on school lists) Including backpacks, lunchboxes and calculators.
Does tax free weekend apply to Apple 2020?
Try to contact Apple support to ask about tax-holiday that you can purchase Apple products at online Apple Store with tax saving on the product you consider to get. Sales tax holiday period is July 31–August 2, 2020.
Is Black Friday tax free in Texas?
Texas has three tax–free weekends for three different types of purchases. So if you miss out on Black Friday, Prime Day and other major sales events, you get another chance to save in the form of the waived 6.25% state sales and use tax.
What states don’t have sales tax?
Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon do not impose a state sales tax, but that doesn’t necessarily make them the best states for low taxes. Many people don’t factor in sales taxes when they’re looking at the tax-friendliness of different states. That’s a mistake.
Which state is tax free in USA?
Nine states — Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming — have no income taxes. New Hampshire, however, taxes interest and dividends, according to the Tax Foundation. (Tennessee eliminated its tax on investment income in 2021.)
Does Amazon participate in tax free weekend?
Amazon doesn’t have it’s own special tax–free weekend. So, as long as you’re shopping Amazon during your state’s tax holiday weekend and what you buy qualifies as exempt, you won’t pay tax. Amazon automatically charges sales tax on items that don’t qualify for your state’s tax–free weekend.
What items are tax exempt in Texas?
What purchases are exempt from the Texas sales tax?
- Clothing. 6.25%
- Groceries. EXEMPT.
- Prepared Food. 6.25%
- Prescription Drugs. EXEMPT.
- OTC Drugs. EXEMPT.
Is Texas tax free?
As of 2021, the states with no income tax are Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.
What taxes do you pay in Texas?
While Texas’ statewide sales tax rate is a relatively modest 6.25%, total sales taxes (including county and city taxes) of up to 8.25% are levied. To make matters worse, rates in most major cities reach this limit. Dallas, Houston and San Antonio all have combined state and local sales tax rates of 8.25%, for example.
Are clothes taxed in Florida?
Florida Sales Tax Exemptions. Florida doesn’t collect sales tax on purchases of most prescription drugs and groceries. In most states, necessities such as groceries, clothes, and drugs are exempted from the sales tax or charged at a lower sales tax rate.
Are mattresses tax free?
Because US-Mattress does not collect sales tax in California, the web merchant can charge less for its products and that gives it an unfair advantage, Karmin says.
How much is sales tax in Texas?
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New York, N.Y., February 23, 2012 – The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) is pleased to see that President Obama’s proposals on business tax reform advocate lower rates and a more efficient corporate tax system. USCIB appreciates the recognition by the President and the Treasury Department that tax reform will take time, require work on a bipartisan basis, and benefit from additional feedback from stakeholders and experts. We and our members hope to make a positive contribution to that debate.
USCIB is, however, disappointed by the international aspects of the president’s proposals on business tax reform. USCIB President and CEO Peter M. Robinson stated: “The international provisions fail to recognize that U.S. business competes for customers in the global marketplace. While most countries have adopted territorial systems seeking to facilitate the competitiveness of their multinationals by taxing income only where it is earned, the U.S. is going in the opposite direction. By proposing a minimum tax on foreign earnings, a tax on so called ‘excess profits’ and the disallowance of interest expense, the administration proposes a step backwards.”
Mr. Robinson continued: “A minimum tax on foreign earnings will simply make American firms less competitive than foreign based multi-national enterprises. Further, the likely response in the marketplace is to make the U.S. a less favored jurisdiction for establishing the headquarters of a multi-national business. Who would choose to set up their business in the U.S. knowing that global expansion would result in a minimum tax? Companies currently headquartered here may not have many options, but anyone advising a new entity would certainly suggest establishing foreign control from the outset. These tax policies could have a role in the acquisition of American companies by foreign competitors. When companies are successful in global markets, it means new jobs in their home countries to support those global business opportunities. Discouraging U.S. headquarters will result in fewer American jobs.”
USCIB promotes open markets, competitiveness and innovation, sustainable development and corporate responsibility, supported by international engagement and prudent regulation. Its members include top U.S.-based global companies and professional services firms from every sector of our economy, with operations in every region of the world. With a unique global network encompassing leading international business organizations, USCIB provides business views to policy makers and regulatory authorities worldwide, and works to facilitate international trade and investment. More information is available at www.uscib.org. | <urn:uuid:72d1b7ac-5af1-4ce5-b595-98cea12192c3> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.uscib.org/uscib-statement-on-president-obamas-international-tax-proposals-ud-4260/ | 2021-10-19T12:57:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585265.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20211019105138-20211019135138-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.959495 | 507 | [
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The 19th Caesarea Economic Policy Planning Forum
Working Group Recommendations
Prepared for the Caesarea Economic Policy Planning Forum
- Edited By: Zvi Eckstein
- Publication Date:
- Cover Type: Ebook
The Caesarea Economic Forum serves as an effective stage for discussion of social and economic issues central to the public debate. This publication includes summaries of the position papers presented at the 19th Forum. Among the topics were integration into the work force of young adults in the ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors, the desired model for army service, the Internet as a growth engine for the Israeli economy, and the improving of government regulation and reducing of government bureaucracy.
The Caesarea Economic Forum, which convened for the 19th time in June 2011, dealt – in accordance with past tradition – with issues central to the public debate in Israel in the social and economic fields. Israel's acceptance to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is a badge of honor that underscores the strength of the Israeli economy. Joining the organization has provided a driving force for the advancement of important reforms, foremost among them the increasing of the level of participation in the work force and adapting the government bureaucracy to the international standards that the OECD is advancing. This volume presents summaries of the working papers presented at the 2011 Caesarea Economic Forum. These findings and recommendations provide professional groundwork for discussions on the current problems facing Israel.
The first group of papers on the subject of Young Adults: Ages 18–22, comprises two main areas of study: young adults in the ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors, and conscription to the IDF.
- The paper by Dr. Reuven Gal, Mr. Gilad Malach, and Mr. Hagay Levin describes the desired policy in the eyes of ultra-Orthodox youth and the recent changes in government policy in this area.
- Dr. Aviad Hacohen’s paper presents an up-to-date picture of ultra-Orthodox society in this age group and the issues of employment and academic studies from the view point of this sector.
- Dr. Momi Dahan and Professor Zvi Eckstein present data on the employment and academic situation of young adult Arabs in Israel.
- Professor Avi Ben-Bassat proposes a model for reducing the period of mandatory IDF service, based on a 2006 report of a government appointed committee on shortening the period of mandatory army service.
- Mr. Yossi Kucik reviews the changes that have taken place in Israel in recent years and how they influence the relevance of the people’s army model.
- Mr. Yaacov (Kobi) Haber presents recommendations for retaining the people’s army model.
- Professor Asher Tishler reviews the models of conscription in various countries.
- Major General Avi Zamir, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, presents these issues from the IDF perspective.
The paper, “The Internet Economy in Israel – A Growth Engine for the Future,” based on a study conducted by McKinsey Israel, commissioned by Google Israel, examines the size of the Internet-based economy in Israel, Internet usage, and employment in the local Internet economy in various sectors.
Papers focusing on the the public sector’s influence on the private sector include the study by Mr. Haim Shani and Dr. Udi Nissan on ways of improving government services. Government regulation from the perspective of the business community is the central focus of the paper by Mr. Motty Shapira and Accountant Shahar Ziv. | <urn:uuid:795ecb76-aa26-459a-90ad-dce5589e9e58> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://en.idi.org.il/publications/9048 | 2021-10-20T22:12:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585353.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020214358-20211021004358-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.903466 | 742 | [
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Published Feb. 2020
I love Kate. For a long time, I’ve treated her as if she means nothing to me, and I know I’ve been wrong. I’ve had no choice but to push her away. You see, Kate is my stepsister. I shouldn’t want her. We’ve not grown up together, but still. My need for her is always there. Only now, I’m not going to do as I’m told anymore. I love her more than anything else in the world, and I know I’m the only one for her.
She will be mine.
Coming home for the holidays is hard, but I’ve missed my family. I’m not going to let Myron get to me. I’m also not going to be like other women and fall all over myself over him. Sure, I’ve had a crush on him for years, but that doesn’t mean I have to act on it. He has made it clear we’re never going to be together, so why would I want him? Of course, I mean, he’s handsome, and every time he’s near, my heart flutters, and a need unlike anything I’ve ever experienced fills me, but that doesn’t mean I want him, does it?
May be spoilers:
Step Lover is part of the Forbidden series. It has 8 chapters and is about Kate and Myron.
They are step siblings and they have both been in love with the other for years.
Kate doesn’t know how Myron feels as his dad told him to leave her alone, so he’s always acted like she wasn’t anything to him.
Now, she’s back and he’s going to make sure she knows how he feels about her. She thinks it’s just a game to him at first.
I didn’t really feel the connection between them. We don’t have to see him with anyone and she’s a virgin. I don’t know if he was celibate since meeting and falling for her as it doesn’t really say either way.
Everything does move super fast. Lots of steam.
Good read. I liked it. Flows well. Didn’t really feel the connection in the beginning, but it was still a good read.
No cheating, no ow/om drama, no separations after they get together except by distance only.
Epilogue is 10 years out. They are happily married with 4 kids and pregnant. I gave it 🌟🌟🌟½ . Have you read it? What did you think?
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In this post we provide details of Kandi Property’s membership with Money Shield which protects both landlords and tenants.
What is Money Shield?
It is a Client Money Protection (CMP) scheme enabling lettings and estate agents to reassure tenants, landlords, buyers and vendors that their money is safe.
If your agent has misappropriated your money, contact Money Shield to make a claim.
Money Shield will step in to reimburse landlords and tenants should a property agent misappropriate rent, deposit or other client funds.
Client Money Protection
Thousands of Lettings Agents do not protect their Clients’ Money so make sure your agent has CMP. Most importantly Money Shield offers the peace of mind that your money is protected if the unthinkable happens.
If your rent or maintenance funds go missing due to theft or your agent goes bust, your money will be reimbursed quickly without any hassle.
Applying to have missing money reimbursed is simple with Money Shield. As long as it has been reported to the police you can simply fill out our claim form to get your money reimbursed.
However claims seldom happen against Money Shield agents as we continually make checks to ensure your money is being held in a separate client account.
How to make a claim
Applying to have missing money reimbursed is simple:
- Are you owed money by an agent who belongs to the Money Shield scheme?
- Have you reported the missing money to the police?
- Complete our Claim Form. Please provide bank statements showing payment patterns and a copy of your tenancy agreement if you’re a tenant. For landlords a copy of your terms of business with the agent will be required.
Leave the rest to us
Claims against members are rare as we carry out regular checks however we will reimburse missing funds for all affected landlords and tenants.
An applicant can be a landlord, tenant, guarantor or a limited company, partnership or management association.
Money Shield will reimburse landlords and tenants who are out of pocket up to £5 million per year with a maximum award of £50,000 per individual claim.
Unfortunately, we cannot make payments for any loss arising from war, terrorism, confiscation or nuclear risks.
How to make an application
To make an application please complete the CMP application form. Applications must be submitted within 12 months of our notification that a misappropriation has occurred.
We will endeavour to complete applications as quickly as possible but it is not always within our control.
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Virtual Reconstruction of the Borg in-Nadur Megalithic Temple
3D modeling, virtual archaeology, virtual heritage, Archeo-matica Project
In the past decade, Computer Graphics have become strategic for the development of projects aimed at the interpretation of archaeological evidence and the dissemination of scientific results to the public. Among all the solutions available, the use of 3D models is particularly relevant for the reconstruction of poorly preserved sites and monuments destroyed by natural causes or human action. These digital replicas are, at the same time, a virtual environment that can be used as a tool for the interpretative hypotheses of archaeologists and an effective medium for a visual description of the cultural heritage as it is crosses linguistic barriers. In this paper, the methodology, aims and outcomes of a virtual reconstruction of the Borġ in-Nadur megalithic temple, carried out by Archeomatica Project of the University of Catania, are offered as a case study for a Virtual Archaeology of prehistoric Malta.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Virtual Reconstruction of the Borg in-Nadur Megalithic Temple, in D. Tanasi & N. C. Vella (Eds.), Site, Artefacts, Landscape: Prehistoric Borġ in-Nadur, Malta, Polimetrica, p. 393-411
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The products we buy are intended to make our lives easier, healthier, and more enjoyable. We trust them to function correctly, and when they don’t, when the company wants their defective product settlements, the defect could be catastrophic enough to warrant a lawsuit.
These lawsuits can often run into billions of dollars and last years. Ready to dive in? Brace yourself, because you won’t believe six of the biggest defective product settlements.
Biggest Defective Product Settlements
1. Takata Airbag Lawsuits
Takata airbags, found in Fords, Hondas, and General Motors automobiles between 2002 and 2015, could have doubled as pipe bombs. They were filled with an unstable chemical that not only deployed upon impact but also upon exposure to humidity and heat.
When detonated, the airbags violently ejected blazing metal shrapnel. Takata paid $1 billion in settlements to auto manufacturers and injured drivers. Millions of vehicles with these airbags were recalled.
2. Monsanto Roundup Lawsuits
Monsanto touted Roundup Weed Killer as “safer than table salt.” However, it’s doubtful that anyone would want to sprinkle it on their French fries. The active ingredient in Roundup was carcinogenic.
Monsanto was hit with more than 100,000 claims that garnered billions of dollars in settlements. Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2019. The following year, Bayer doled out an extra $10.9 billion in compensation for each case.
3. Philip Morris Lawsuits
In 2002, tobacco behemoth, Philip Morris, was clobbered with a lawsuit from Betty Bullock, a woman with lung cancer. She claimed that the company withheld information about the dangers of smoking, which led to her illness.
Philip Morris was ordered to pay $850,000 in compensatory damages for the woman’s losses and a whopping $28 billion in punitive damages. After many years of legal wrangling, the amount was decreased to $28 million.
4. McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit
This infamous 1994 lawsuit was often ridiculed as frivolous. After all, shouldn’t someone who spills hot coffee on themselves expects it to be, well, hot? Not this hot.
McDonald’s coffee was 180 to 190 degrees, rather than the safer 140 degrees. When Sheila Liebeck spilled the scalding coffee on herself, she suffered third-degree burns that required numerous skin grafts and a lengthy recovery.
Although the personal injury case was mocked by comedians and naysayers, Liebeck was awarded $160,000 for medical expenses and $2.7 million for punitive damages.
5. Remington Rifle Lawsuit
A defective firing system caused iconic Remington models 700 and 710 to fire even when the trigger wasn’t pulled. In 1994, a Texas hunter accidentally shot himself in the foot because of this malfunction and was awarded $15 million in punitive damages.
In 2000, a mother shot her son when her gun accidentally fired. This wrongful death case was settled for an undisclosed amount. For decades, Remington had allegedly been concealing the guns’ defect so they could still make a profit.
6. Johnson & Johnson Lawsuit
In the most colossal federal court case in United States’ history, pharmaceutical titan, Johnson & Johnson, was accused of creating the country’s opioid crisis. In this landmark ruling, Johnson & Johnson were blamed for knowingly understating their painkillers’ addiction risks, while falsely promoting their advantages.
In the first of what would be many country-wide lawsuits, Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay Oklahoma $572 million.
J & J, the United States top opioid supplier, produced:
- NUCYNTA ER (extended-release)
- Tylenol with codeine
Non-threatening flaws such as chips, cracks, or discolorations are part of many products. Other products, though, may have dire flaws that cause injury, disease, addiction, or even death. When this happens, it’s time to take legal action.
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Jade and Carnelian Longevity Necklace - Museum Shop Collection
This jewelry combines two culturally significant symbols of ancient China. The shou character, carved into the carnelian beads, represents longevity. Jade, the most precious of all stones in China, is also associated with long life as well as wisdom and good fortune.
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Problems with large files and the Dec. CTP in Team Foundation Version Control
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The design goal for Team Foundation Version Control is to support up to 2 GB files (size after compression). We have switched from MSPatch to the new GZip (okay, nothing’s written in stone, so keep in mind that it’s true while I’m typing) support built into the Whidbey framework. The result is that the working set grows by only about 5 MB or so regardless of file size, and it’s faster for larger files.
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We adults always think about what children need to know to succeed in their future, and, of course, English is essential. If you add to that goal a third language, their chances of success increase.
But children are not so interested in what a foreign language can provide for them in the future – all they care about is how it might be useful for them today. So, our main purpose is to show them how useful and attractive these languages can be in their daily life now.
Teachers must always bear in mind what children need, but also what they like and what drives them. Therefore, we have to work on how to convince them that learning a foreign language is exactly what they need and what they want. In other words, we have to make them love it, because that is what they need in order to learn.
Meeting their interests is a strategy to achieve our goal, but it’s not our “why”. We don’t teach English or German simply because they could grant them a better future. Here, at Nuestra Señora de Schoenstatt, we believe that we teach other languages because we know that speaking other languages not only broadens your future but it improves your intelligence and your understanding of a connected world.
Our job as teachers is to bring the outside world to their classroom and make them interact with it and be part of it in their own personal and active way. Whether they are learning Math, Science or German, we teachers have to connect all that knowledge to them, to enlarge their reality, their world.
In this sense, learning a foreign language plays a key role. It can turn our students’ environment into a wider place: a place that can fit not only different ways of communication, but different cultures and ways of thinking too.
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The iPad Quality Index boasts over 40,000 reviews from websites like 148Apps, Pocket Gamer, and iPlayApps, and uses a unique metric to create a single definitive score for each iPad title.
June's iPad Qi gaming chart was packed with cultural influences and supernatural conflict.
Wizards of the Coast's Magic 2013, the latest entry in the insanely popular Magic: The Gathering franchise, has dealt its way straight to the #1 spot, with reviewers labelling it the most refined digital incarnation of the card game series to date.
Meanwhile, iPad gaming gurus have taken a real shine to endless-runner GoNinja's handsome anime stylings, non-stop action, and impressive body count, resulting in it earning a second-place trophy this month.
Headbutting their way into third place, however, come the underwater cowboys of casual RPG Squids Wild West, whose aquatic antics have made a big splash in critical circles.
Qi's Top 10 iPad games of June 2012
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|7||Little Things Forever||8.9||7|
N.B. While we only display the average score to one decimal place, the list is generated to further significant figures. We just don't show them all.
And, naturally, this is a static graph based on live listings which are subject to constant change as new releases and reviews emerge.
In order to provide a regular marker of the critical zeitgeist, however, we will continue to round up the best of the iPad games released each month to provide the definitive Quality Index top ten.
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I find that some of the best conversations occur after midnight.
The other weekend I was hanging out with two of my friends, casually drinking beers & having deep life chats (one of my favorite pastimes). We got on the topic of meeting people & the concept of “no new friends.” Fortunately, we all left college with a solid group of amazing friends & found ourselves feeling anxious when we had to interact with new people. My one friend said she legitimately tenses up when having to make small talk & I admitted I’ve found myself feeling skittish when meeting new people.
That surprised me.
For one thing, I would not describe myself as “skittish.” I don’t think I’ve ever been skittish or avoidant of any social situation in my entire life. I’ve been an extrovert since I’ve been five & habitually over-confident (sometimes edging on cocky). And yet there I was admitting that I felt skittish when meeting new people.
You know what I realized? I’m scared. And it’s not only me–we’re all pretty scared. Somehow, slowly, we’ve become a generation of cowards.
How did this happen? It’s like at some point, unbeknownst to us, we turned in our reckless attitudes & no-fear mentalities, and realized we’re only human aka no longer invincible.
We’re afraid of meeting new people yet fear feeling antisocial.
We’re afraid of staying at our soulless, 50+ hours/week job yet fear making that leap into the unknown.
We’re afraid to send the first text, come off too needy, actually fall in love, yet are terrified of lonely nights, meaningless dates, the fate of ending up alone.
We’re afraid to have hope because we don’t want to be disappointed. We’re afraid to be hopeless because we don’t want to be jaded. It’s like we know it’ll work out but we don’t really believe it, we know that we should be vulnerable and get out of our comfort zones but don’t really want to.
This fear causes us to delay decisions because we think they’ll derail our lives, get stuck in these periods of stagnancy because we think we can’t handle the peaks and valleys. We don’t want to waste our time yet we’re scared it’ll run out. We’re scared of failing, free falling, flying. Consequences, never figuring it out, never getting it right.
What happened to us? We used to be so fearless. We used to stay up until 3 am just because. We had nothing figured out but it didn’t bother us and honestly, we didn’t care. We weren’t afraid to make mistakes, kiss the boy first, try something new, fail over and over again, be spontaneous just because we felt young. Sure maybe we were naïve and a lot more reckless, but hell, we were having fun.
I think that we all think too much, myself included. Instead of trying to simplify our lives, we over complicate it (sometimes without even knowing). We crave control and safety because we’re afraid to just let it go…but it’s not making us any happier. It’s just making us fearful and sad.
I hope we get to the point where the balances shift. That we become more afraid of having a mediocre life that we all start to live a little bit more. Take more risks, let go & know we’ll land on our feet. I hope we know that life isn’t completely without safety nets just because we’ve grown up. And even if parts of our lives do shatter, we can always pick it back up again.
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Beyoncé's latest album is a hit, and while most people enjoy it, some members of the NASA community don't. The reason? Her new song "XO" had an audio clip from the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster.
Listeners can hear the voice of NASA mission commentator Steven Nesbitt describing the tragedy that claimed seven astranauts' lives as XO begins playing.
"Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation. Obviously a major malfunction," Nesbitt said from Mission Control in Houston as the remains of the shuttle fell toward the ocean.
In the song however, Nesbitt's words are met with Beyoncé singing about love and being kissed by her lover.
"The song 'XO' was recorded with the sincerest intention to help heal those who have lost loved ones, and to remind us that unexpected things happen," the singer told ABC News on Monday, offering an explanation behind the song and its use of the audio. "So love and appreciate every minute that you have with those who mean the most to you."
That connection however, between the loss of a loved one and the lyrics, "Baby kiss me, before they turn the lights out, your heart is glowing, and I'm crashing into you," was seemingly lost, even among music enthusiasts.
The clip upset those close to the Challenger crew, including families of the fallen astronauts.
"We were disappointed to learn that an audio clip from the day we lost our heroic Challenger crew was used in the song 'XO,'" June Scobee Rodgers, the widow of STS-51L commander Richard "Dick" Scobee and founding chair of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, wrote in a statement released Monday. "The moment included in this song is an emotionally difficult one for the Challenger families, colleagues and friends."
Beyoncé told ABC News that her "heart goes out to the families of those lost in the Challenger disaster."
"The songwriters included the audio in tribute to the unselfish work of the Challenger crew with hope that they will never be forgotten," the singer added.
NASA also responded to the song, stating that the loss of Challenger "should never be trivialized."
"NASA works every day to honor the legacy of our fallen astronauts, as we carry out our mission to reach for new heights and explore the universe," NASA spokesperson Bob Jacobs said.
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Kobe Bryant will play his last game as a “visitor” of Staples Center tonight when the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Los Angeles Clippers. Kobe Bryant has owned Staples Center since its inception in the 1999-00 season, but this will be his final game playing on the Clippers’ hardwood.
There are six games remaining in Kobe’s career and he will play his final game at Staples Center against the Utah Jazz on April 13. The Clippers are battling for playoff seeding in the Western Conference and they will likely finish with the fourth seed.
Like teams around the league have already done, the Clippers organization honored Kobe with a video tribute prior to the game. The Lakers will take on the Clippers tomorrow on the Lakers home court for the final time this season.
The Clippers opened the game up with a 13-2 run and the Lakers sole field goal came courtesy of D’Angelo Russell, who made a difficult off balance leaning jumper. The Lakers abysmal shooting from the field continued, as the Clippers pushed their lead to 20-2 after Chris Paul scored easily in the lane. Midway through the first, Russell had all seven of the Lakers points, but they Lakers could not get any stops on the defensive end. With three minutes remaining in the first quarter, former Laker Wesley Johnson, made a three-pointer to extend the Clippers lead to 16 points. Jeff Green provided the highlight of the night as he extended his right arm and posterized Tarik Black and converted the three-point play. Metta World Peace ended the quarter with a corner three, but the Lakers trailed 22-33 after one.
Tarik Black redeemed himself with a cutback jam with his left hand, and suddenly the Lakers shooting percentage began to improve. World Peace kept the Lakers in the game, ripping Blake Griffin and finishing in transition with a dunk to give him 10 points in the game, bringing the Lakers within eight. The Clippers extended their lead to 10 points midway through the second, as Kobe Bryant checked back into the game. Russell knocked down a corner three-pointer in semi-transition to give him 12 points in the game. The Lakers began to play hounding defense on the Clippers and only trailed by nine points with three minutes remaining in the half. Kobe Bryant finally hit his first jumpshot in the game, after missing his first eight, with two minutes remaining, as he cut the Lakers’ deficit to seven points. Kobe Bryant finished the quarter with a rebound and a layup for his second field goal, and the Lakers trailed 44-52.
The Clippers came out of the half just as hot as they started the game, outscoring the Lakers 8-3 and increasing their lead to 13 points. The Clippers began to pull away four minutes into the third quarter and the Lakers trailed by 21 points and had no offense going for them. The Clippers went on a 15-0 run and the Lakers trailed by 24 points with 4:31 remaining in the third quarter. World Peace forced another turnover and Marcelo Huertas made a reverse layup in transition. Ryan Kelly fouled Austin Rivers at the end of the quarter and Rivers knocked down two free throws. At the end of three the Lakers trailed 60-84.
Ryan Kelly put together a solid game on the offensive end, scoring his 12th point in the game, shooting 5-7 from the field. The Clippers had control of the game with both teams playing their second units, but Huertas made a nice three-point play to cut the Lakers deficit to 19 points. Midway through the fourth quarter, the Lakers trailed by 24, as the Russell, Huertas, Sacre, Randle, and Kelly remained in the game. Jeff Green tried to posterize Robert Sacre, but Sacre fouled him hard and Green fell on his back. Green was okay and he got up to knock down two free throws. World Peace scored a season high 17 points, but they were not enough to keep the Lakers in the game. The game was never competitive and the Lakers never really gave themselves a chance compete from the beginning.
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We didn’t spend much time at all in the city of Hue, choosing instead to visit sites in the surrounding area.
Our first destination was the old Thanh Toan bridge, but as we walked from the parking area, we crossed paths with a wedding party and they seemed happy to have us tag along (at least everybody but the bride seemed okay with it).
The process involved the groom’s party waiting anxiously down the street as his parents walked down to the bride’s family to work out the dowry. That’s the bride’s mother in yellow, below. Once the arrangements were made, the groom’s parents returned to get the groom and the rest and then the whole family paraded back to the bride’s place. That’s the groom in the red turban with his mother at his side in pink under the umbrella. The whole party made its way into the bride’s house under the flower arrangement where vows were exchanged, then the bride and groom came outside with the wedding party for photos.
After the ceremony, we continued to the local museum – which had terrific exhibits with good explanatory placards in english. At the museum’s entrance were three young women making conical hats. I had no idea that there was so much work involved in creating these things which many people here – especially in the countryside – actually do wear on a daily basis.
We perused the exhibits and were then given a demonstration of the traditional method for processing rice into flour by the sweet octogenarian, below. What a cheerful lady, and a nice singing voice, too.
Here’s a photo of the tile-roofed Thanh Toan bridge, but I have to say that the wedding and museum took 1st and 2nd prize.
Next stop was the Thien Mu (“Celestial Lady”) Buddhist Pagoda on the other side of town, apparently a popular tourist destination. It was packed.
The incense was burning heavily and there were plenty of worshipers here.
The Chinese influence was obvious. Note the Chinese calligraphy in the background of this photo of the Chinese folkloric Budai, the Laughing Buddha.
None of us seem to be fond of crowds, so when Loc asked if we’d like to go further into the countryside to another, more remote pagoda, we all said, “yes!” And, so, we arrived at Huyen Khong Son Thuong Pagoda at the end of a long, desolate country road. It was serene and beautiful and we had the place to ourselves.
This more modern pagoda seemed to me to be influenced more by traditional Indian Buddhism.
Since we were all enjoying our time in the countryside, Loc decided to take us to another out-of-the-way site: the tomb complex of the founder of the Nguyen dynasty, Gia Long, born Nguyen Phuc Ahn (1762-1820, r. 1802-20). Gia Long unified what is now modern day Vietnam, but the Nguyen dynasty also proved to be Vietnam’s last, ending in 1945 during the reign of Bao Dai (1913-1997, r. 1926-45). During his reign, Gia Long moved the capitol from Hanoi to Hue, giving it the reputation of being the Imperial City.
Gia Long was also responsible for building the Citadel in Hue, a moated fortress in the heart of the Imperial City and the scene of the Viet Cong’s last stand following their military defeat during the Tet Offensive in 1968. Here’s part of that fortification:
The next day, Wednesday, we left Hue and continued north to the Ben Hai River and the DMZ at the 17th parallel. There is a monument there on the south bank (right hand photo, below) and a museum on the north (left hand photo). We straddled the line that used to be the demarcation between North and South Vietnam.
Crossing over into “North Vietnam,” we briefly visited the museum and its collection of ordnance. I was intrigued by the quote attributed to Ho Chi Minh, “Miền nam trong trái tim tôi,” which translates to “Southern in my heart,” giving some credence to Bob’s comment that Uncle Ho resembles Kentucky’s Col. Sanders.
A couple more hours on the road finally brought us to our destination, Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park…
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Mangaluru, Dec 1: The shooting of 'Karnikada Kallurti', an upcoming Tulu film directed by Mahendra Kumar has been completed.
The shooting was held for 70 days in and around Karkala and the team has started post-production work.
The budget of the movie is one crore and the audio will be released this December.
According to the producer it will be a historical movie. "There will be 6 songs and it will be a visual treat to the cine-lovers," he says.
The film is produced under the banner ‘Phoenix Films’. The story of the film which is based on Kallurti is written by Mahendra Kumar, dialogues are by Gangadhar Kirodian, and cinematography will be handled by Umapathi. The lyrics for the songs are written by Gangadhar Kirodian and music composed by Hithen Hassan.
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The team at MAD are certainly on a roll. After announcing recently that the organisation, started byRene Redzepiin Copenhagen, is going to get involved in the food curriculum of Denmark, they have just followed up with the news of a partnership with Yale University for something called the MAD Institute.
The unique collaboration will see Yale University and MAD create what they’re calling a leadership institute for chefs, a place to “help create and curate new discussions among leading chefs as their influence continues to develop past the walls of the restaurant.”
The goal is to help chefs take further action away from the kitchen and it makes perfect sense as more and more chefs step outside their restaurants to undertake social, cultural and educational initiatives.
“Partnering with Yale is an opportunity to realise the potential we believe the chefs have to influence how we eat now and in the future”, said Redzepi. “Combining this with the university’s fantastic legacy and educational resources we think can provide a new knowledge base, one that has often been overlooked, that will reinvent the leadership role of chefs in initiating new conversations on topics like kitchen culture, sustainability, inclusiveness, and respect.”
Speaking about the interesting project, Jonathan Holloway, dean of Yale College, said: “Participants will leave the program with a compassionate understanding of the socio-economic, environmental, and health challenges facing food systems around the world, and be inspired to bring lasting change. This is also a unique opportunity for Yale students, who will play a central role in conducting the institute and employ proven and personalised co-mentorship models to inform and inspire the chefs.”
The first program from the collaboration is expected to start in 2016 with a pilot group of six to eight ‘top chefs and food leaders’ that will hep to build a curriculum - after this test period - the program will be implemented in 2017, accepting just 15-18 participants every two years. What is already promising to be the most sought after food program in the world.
The MAD Institute at Yale will begin with a pilot program in 2016: a group of 6 to 8 top chefs and food leaders that will test and build the curriculum in an intensive weeklong summit. In 2017 the program will be extended to two weeks and expand to host 15 to 18 participants every two years chosen through an application process.
From 28-30 October, join Fine Dining Lovers for a celebration of young culinary talent, when 12 global finalists will battle it out in Milan for the title of best young chef in the world - plus, join our first edition of Brain Food forum. See what's on.
Many chefs looking to diversify their income streams during the pandemic turned to consumer packaged goods as a way of getting their products and brand out there. But where does one start? Chef and CPG convert Kiki Aranita explores the detail of retail.
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The Final Curtain
This elegant winged soul takes to the sky, bound for Heaven, on fancy wings. The drapery over her head further signals her demise. Elisabeth Barret made her final curtain call September 12, 1765, aged 89. She is buried in Springhill Cemetery, Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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Underground Visuals to Relocate to 263 West 38th Street
Underground Visuals, a digital printing facility, has signed a 10-year lease for a 10,000-square-foot space at 263 West 38th Street, The Commercial Observer has learned.
The asking price was $33 per square foot, according to Scott Galin, principal at Handler Real Estate, who represented the landlord. Peter Newman and Roseanne Lucarelli, also of Handler, represented the tenant.
The company currently occupies space at 307 West 38th Street and will relocate during the third quarter of 2013, Mr. Galin said. The company’s search for new space lasted approximately three months, he added.
263 West 38th Street is a 170,000-square-foot building with approximately 30 tenants, Mr. Galin said. Current tenants include the American Symphony Orchestra and non-profits such as the International Rescue Committee and Puppies Behind Bars. A number of professional firms are also headquartered in the building.
As reported by The Commercial Observer, executive search firm Kirkland West, LLC signed a lease for a 4,800-square-foot unit on the eighth floor of 263 West 38th Street in May 2012.
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German Solar Association BSW-Solar publishes study on Argentina - the next promising South American solar market
Argentinian solar market promises interesting perspectives / New government improves investment climate / Market analysis of BSW-Solar now available for free
The German Solar Association (BSW-Solar) has now published the results of its analysis of Argentina's photovoltaic (PV) market. There are many indications that Argentina will develop into a new, financially strong South American solar market with a substantial energy demand. The new government keeps on improving the framework conditions for investors from abroad and domestic investments. After the artificial exchange rate was abolished in mid-December 2015, investor confidence should now be created in order to improve investment conditions in the country and access to international funds.
Additionally, the currently very high interest charges may in the short term decline to a level typical for the region. With a strongly increasing energy demand and thus growing energy imports, the state will not be able to sustain energy subsidies as they are today. This state support will therefore be abolished in the foreseeable future, both at state and provincial level. This means that a large market for energy efficiency, but also for wind and solar energy will evolve in the short term.
"Under the new government, Argentina has the best prospects to end its economic crisis and again become a country where investments are perceived as profitable. There is no doubt that the solar industry will especially benefit from these developments," says Jörg Mayer, Managing Director of the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar). 15-year power supply contracts in US dollars are already possible in theory, however, they fail due to high interest charges for outside capital. Furthermore, due to the energy subsidies in effect, net metering so far only pays off in few provinces that have established specific promotion programmes. However, once subsidies are abolished, business may be developed right away.
BSW-Solar's new report "Enabling PV in Argentina" analyses the market framework conditions in the country and discusses possible business models. The possible business models described are power supply contracts and net metering in the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Salta, while, exemplary, the profitability of 5 MW projects is calculated in the report.
"Enabling PV in Argentina" explains ways to raise capital and describes the obstacles for realising photovoltaic projects. Even though the PV business in Argentina is yet difficult, the country shows clear indications for a future growth. Investors, component manufacturers and project developers looking for new markets should definitely have an eye on Argentina. BSW-Solar is happy to provide its members with contact data of numerous interested local companies that were acquired at an event in Buenos Aires in mid-December 2015. | <urn:uuid:80aaf223-24d6-4f9c-becb-c13a976468ef> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | http://en.lb-sun.com/xinwen2/bc6e919c-ff7f-1901-b201-a758c0931881.shtml | 2021-10-18T06:51:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585199.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018062819-20211018092819-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.946565 | 549 | [
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Looking back at the past 70 years of temperature records in the Seattle area, this decade is beginning to stand out in stark terms.
Seattle finished 2018 with an average high temperature of 62.3 degrees, making it the fifth-hottest year on record in data going back to 1948 at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The only warmer years were 2015 (63.4 degrees), 2014 (62.6 degrees), 2016 (62.5 degrees) and 1992 (62.5 degrees).
So why are so many years from this decade crowding the top of the records books?
Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond said there are two things going on. First, Bond said, there’s no question that the weather data from recent decades shows a baseline warming trend that’s reflective of global climate change that scientists largely attribute to human activities that emit heat-trapping gasses.
The data from the National Climatic Data Center shows the average high temperature in the area was about 58 degrees in the 1950s. It has climbed steadily. And, this decade, the average high is so far surpassing 61 degrees. (Note: We compiled this year’s weather from a combination of records from the National Climactic Data Center, which collects the historical data, and some preliminary local records from the National Weather Service because the national data center’s site is now shuttered because of the federal government’s shutdown.)
Bond said that along with the overall global warming, the last few years in the Seattle area have also been particularly hot. He said climate trends can sometimes develop multiyear warming or cooling periods.
“We’re in a relatively warm period, and so when that is on top of this overall warming trend, it means a disproportionate number of record years are recently,” Bond said.
Bond said it’s possible that the coming years could show some temperature moderation or cooling. But, for now, Seattle residents are getting a taste of what a warming climate could make the norm in the longer term.
In 2018, the area set a record of 32 days that reached at least 85 degrees, surpassing the 2017 record of 27, and well above the average of about 11. We reached 90 degrees on 11 days, second only to 2015’s 12 days. That’s left people in Seattle, the least air-conditioned metro in the United States, exploring creative solutions to keep cool in the summer.
Bond also noted that average temperature lows have risen over the years. This year, we had 22 days that never got below 60 degrees. That ranks as the fourth-most in the data. All of the top five years were from this decade.
Seattle also had a comparatively dry year, recording less than 36 inches of rain, below the average of about 39 inches. That was, in large part, because of the parched summer. From the start of May through August, Seattle logged just 1 inch of rain. The next driest May-August period on record was 2003, with 2.05 inches.
Bond said one wrinkle to consider about this year’s data was the period of summer wildfire smoke. Those hazy days likely kept a lid on high temperatures, so the days were cooler than they could have been otherwise.
More wildfire smoke is just one of the many climatic events that could result from the overall warming climate. A federal report this year projected that the Northwest could also see both more drought and more extreme rain events.
The report warns that if emissions are left unchecked, salmon could see shrinking habitat from warming stream waters, revenue from skiing and snow-based recreation could drop, and farmers who are already dealing with changes would see additional negative effects.
In the nearer term, forecasters believe the coming months in the Seattle area will likely be warmer than normal. Bond said that has to do with some El Niño conditions, with warmer-than-normal waters in the tropical Pacific.
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Once there was a hundred year war punctuating the end of a dark age
and a black death of plague in the people. Now after two great world wars
and a half century of mutually assured destruction there is another plague
and we tremble at the brush of the rain forest virus.
Once kings and their birthing nation states devoured feudal lords
and the prince of peace watched the holy empire collapse at his feet.
Now the power of imperial nation states fades under the ravishment
of the caress of the hands of banks soft shuffling money to credit.
Once science collected in an objective observer created reality from germs
of ancient wisdom reclaimed from a lost past and needled from tradition.
Angels that spiraled in multitudes on a pinhead became men with wings
while demons infested the forest glades and danced devilish revelry
under each lone tree with the poor, female, and other. Now as we rub shoulders
with ancient religions and the words and ways of native peoples angels are seen
again and the Goddess reappears just as science resembles primordial myth.
The Pharisees of the current age century keep their books and exact the law combined
in a movement lost in the fundamentals kicking against the ghost of modernity.
The conservators of legal theft and penury fill prisons with the addicted victims
of the internationally protected drug trade and sentence the poor, female
and mentally other to the ghettos and shelters and streets.
Once a machine made the word interchangeably available to anyone
who could decipher print and fossil fuel ripped from the womb of Momma Earth
powered an age where imagination became concrete fact. Now the resources so long
squandered on armies, navies, and air forces, the engines of war are finally available
to harness the sun to the intangible traces of an electric world.
Once there was a great renaissance, lofty cathedral of art and literature
while the demonized lay in prison waiting for the confrontation
with the Malleus Maleficarum. Now whole un-deployed classes wait for policy
from corporate towers to determine their fate while we, we wait for our renaissance.
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I don't want to hear Jeb Bush cajoling Donald Trump to apologize to his wife in front of millions of people. I don't want moderators to force a food fight between Trump and other candidates about whether he should have his finger on the nuclear button. I don't want them provoking a conflict between Chris Christie and Ben Carson over politicians' expediency. And I sure don't want to hear a candidate commenting on his rivals' physical appearance. This stuff is embarrassing, is unproductive and trivializes vital issues facing the nation.
Such distractions may drive ratings or serve to diminish the conservative brand -- to the delight of those stirring the pot -- but they don't advance the vital national discussion about the problems we're facing. People serious enough to watch these debates want to hear the candidates' positions on the issues.
There were many valuable moments Wednesday night -- candidate after candidate eloquently expounded conservative principles -- but there would have been many more had the goal been a substantive debate.
The overarching question in every presidential election is America's future -- which of the competing visions will prevail -- but the stakes are higher today. With the advance of Obamaism -- the fundamental transformation of America -- we must decide whether we'll have the America President Obama envisions or the one grounded in the American idea. We are no longer witnessing the slow, incremental march of socialism; we're seeing statism piloting a jet plane.
The left is pushing its vision full-bore. But will the right respond with equal vigor? To do that, we will have to come to terms with our stark choices.
Do we want:
--A handful of blindfolded central planners flailing dizzily at 300 million pinatas or the market's omniscient invisible hand, which dispassionately picks winners and losers for the good of the whole?
--Utopians punishing achievers and forcing equality of outcomes or constitutionalists promoting equality of opportunity?
--Politicians creating endless classes of victims or statesmen who will forgo demagoguery and lift everyone up?
--A Balkanized America whose ruling class dehumanizes people through identity politics and soft bigotry or an America that aspires to color- and gender-blindness?
--To leave our borders unprotected and vulnerable to invasion or to control our immigration process and encourage assimilation?
--A nation where political correctness selectively smothers free speech and religion or one that fosters our essential civil liberties?
--An America crippled by false promises of cradle-to-grave security or one grounded in liberty for all -- one paralyzed by taxes and regulations or one poised for robust growth, which only freedom can bring?
--Socialized medicine, with its soaring costs and plummeting quality and choices, or free market solutions to reverse these problems?
--To bankrupt our country or to take the difficult steps to ensure its solvency?
--To surrender our sovereignty to global entities that actively oppose the American idea or to preserve our independence and remain a unique force for good throughout the world?
--An America in perpetual decline and conducting from the caboose or one that maintains peace through strength for our allies and ourselves?
There is a breathtaking contrast between the two visions, and we must ultimately unite around a candidate who recognizes the gravity of our circumstances and the urgency of implementing corrective measures. You can be sure the left fully understands the chasm that separates these visions.
I once asked whether Obama would finally change the nation enough that he would begin to like it. Apparently, we're approaching that point.
After slamming America to everyone who would listen for seven years and using and abusing every tool at his disposal to radically remold it, he's now telling us how wonderful it is.
He said: "I'm here to say that there's nothing particularly patriotic or American about talking down America, especially when we stand as one of the few sources of economic strength in the world. ... America's winning right now. America's great right now."
But no matter how much destruction he's wrought, a leftist's work is never done. He is touting his progress, all right, but he also knows he's got more mischief to make. He admitted as much when he announced he will resume community organizing when he leaves office. In this new role, he could be more of a societal menace than Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton combined.
Our work is cut out for us. Just winning the election won't be enough. That's why we have to pay close attention and choose the person most capable and willing to fight for America's salvation. From now on, a serious discussion of the issues is nonnegotiable. | <urn:uuid:8b3c3ee5-b615-4ce7-babc-4383a7d13cbf> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2015/09/18/our-side-must-decide-to-put-the-sideshows-aside-n2053564 | 2021-10-19T18:35:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585280.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20211019171139-20211019201139-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.952843 | 950 | [
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This King size Metal Platform Bed Frame with Wood Slats and Upholstered Headboard features wooden slats that provide strong support for your memory foam, latex, or spring mattress. 14 inches high with 12 inches of clearance under the frame for plenty of under bed storage space. This strong, metal platform bed features a grey, foam cushioned, upholstered headboard adding style and comfort to your bedroom.
- King size Metal Platform Bed Frame with Wood Slats and Upholstered Headboard
- Strong wood slat mattress support prevents sagging and increases mattress life
- Eliminates the Need for a box Spring
- Assembles easily in minutes
- Core Composition: Wooden slats and Steel Frames
- Grey foam cushioned upholstered headboard
- 5 year worry free limited warranty
- 80.5 x 38 x 75.6 inches
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Hi guys, I'm getting my hands dirty and trying to create some kind of basic Zelda like top down IA.
Where I'm at, one mob works like I want it to, but when I put a second instance of the same mob, things are getting a little crazy.
So I want each purple tick (that acts like a radar and a hit box and tell the actual sprite to be mirrored or not) to be tied to a different instance of the same sprite, make the sprite go through waypoints if the player is not in LOS, and chase the player if he is.
When I make the puprple ticks visible, I can see that the two of them are here, but that one sprite is missing.
Another problem, I think that when one of the mob is chasing me, the other one ignores me, and vice versa.
Can someone please tell me what in my sheet is wrong ? (Sorry, my organisation isn't that great but I'm just beginning with construct).
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The annual World Car Awards are one of the most prestigious award programmes in the automotive world. The illustrious jury, comprising 86 members from 24 countries including Auto Today editor Yogendra Pratap, selected the best cars in five categories - World Car of the Year, World Urban Car, World Luxury Car, World Performance Car and World Car Design of the Year. At the 2020 Auto Expo in February, the countdown officially began with the announcement of 10 finalists for the World Car of the Year award and five each for the rest of the categories followed by an announcement of the top three last month.
2020 World Car of the Year: Kia Telluride
The Kia Telluride was chosen from an initial entry list of 29 vehicles from all over the world. The SUV had edged out the Mazda 3 and the Mazda CX-30 to win the coveted WCOTY 2020 award. Commenting on the win, Thomas Schemera, executive vice president and head of product division at Kia Motors Corporation said, this is one of the hardest-fought competitions in the global automotive industry, proving that the Telluride is a truly outstanding vehicle. This accolade is testament to the talents and efforts of a worldwide team, who all strive to create desirable, high-quality and practical cars that drivers love.
2020 World Luxury Car: Porsche Taycan
The all-electric Taycan brought home Porsche’s first World Luxury Car Award beating the Porsche 911 and the Mercedes-Benz EQC. The Porsche Taycan was designed with a clear purpose: To show that an electric car could provide the performance, driving pleasure and everyday comfort and usability that characterizes every Porsche. We are very proud that the international jury of the World Car Awards believes that we have succeeded, said Oliver Blume, chairman of the executive board, Porsche AG.
2020 World Performance Car: Porsche Taycan
Apart from bagging the World Luxury Car award, the Porsche Taycan was also declared the World Performance Car winner by the jury. The 2020 win marks the sixth win for Porsche in the category having previously won the award in 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2006. This time around, Porsche emerged as a dominant force as three finalists announced in March belonged to the Stuttgart-based manufacturer’s portfolio 718 Spyder/Cayman GT4, 911 and Taycan.
2020 World Urban Car: Kia Soul EV
Kia won two out of the five categories with the Telluride being adjudged the World Car of the Year and the Soul EV taking home the World Urban Car award. This also means that three out of five categories were won by an electric vehicle. The Kia Soul EV beat the Mini Electric and the Volkswagen T-Cross to win the World Urban Car award.
2020 World Car Design of the Year: Mazda 3
The gorgeous Mazda 3 hatchback bagged the World Car Design of the Year award. The top three in this category included the Mazda 3, the Peugeot 208 and the Porsche Taycan. A design panel comprising seven design experts was asked to review each candidate first and establish a shortlist of recommendations for the 86-member strong jury.
The announcement of winners of the 15th World Car Awards was an all-digital affair due to the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The award ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on April 8 at the New York International Auto Show.
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During a late evening session of the State House of Representatives, Shelton legislators Ben McGorty (R-122) and Jason Perillo (R-113) voted in favor of a bill they are co sponsoring which will create a Firefighter’s Cancer Relief Fund. The fund would be created by the diversion of $0.01 from the current e911 fee on phone bills, and will be used exclusively for the purpose of providing wage replacement benefits for eligible paid and volunteer firefighter cancer victims, and to cover associated administrative costs. The fund is expected to generate $400,000 per year.
“Firefighters are on the front lines day and night protecting the lives of those in their communities,” said Rep. McGorty, who has served for thirty-six years in the fire service, is a Deputy Fire Marshal for the City of Shelton and serves on Shelton’s Board of Fire Commissioners.
He added, “the carcinogens and harmful chemicals that fill the smoke of a burning building and its contents are incredibly harmful, and even the best breathing apparatus available to firefighters can only do so much. This is an important measure that helps firefighters and will be run by firefighters.” | <urn:uuid:a9ab34bc-3473-483c-88be-fc8e081f3b13> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/community/article/McGorty-Perillo-support-Firefighter-s-Cancer-13956262.php | 2021-10-19T18:28:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585280.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20211019171139-20211019201139-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.954818 | 248 | [
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It happened on July 16, 2013 at 6:45 pm Eastern Standard Time.
After two months of experimenting, revising, and baking — I created the world’s greatest brownie recipe.
The batter, a moist coconut oil fudge, has just enough puffiness to melt in your mouth. There are three different kinds of chocolate crumbled and melted throughout the batter. The edges, bottom, and top have a perfect semi-soft chewiness that’s normally reserved for store-bought brownie mixes.
The surface shines with a sweet light brown sheen.
Everyone who’s tried these brownies has gone through some variation of this response:
Their eyes widen.
Their mouth spreads into a massive grin.
They say flat-out, usually within the first few seconds; “This is the best brownie I’ve ever had.”
Then they plead for the recipe.
In this article, you’ll learn exactly how I created this recipe, what worked, what didn’t, and how to make it yourself.
But, if stick to flexible dieting principles, you can enjoy treats like brownies while getting shredded. I turned 20 on December 6, so it seemed like a good time to share one of the best desserts you’ll ever eat.
Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownies: There is Nothing Better
Until now, that is.
This project started as a way to re-create — and if possible improve upon — the triple chocolate brownie mix from Ghirardelli.
They embody every aspect of a perfect brownie, and I wanted to make them even better for three reasons:
1. I grew up eating these brownies. Being obsessively competitive, I wanted to do better. My mom also said it would be impossible to make brownies that were better, so I didn’t want to miss an opportunity to prove her wrong. (Which I did — Mom).
2. “Cracking the Ghirardelli Code” could help me create other recipe variations that use similar concepts. By breaking down their formula and understanding what makes them so good, I might be able to make new, even better recipes.
3. I wanted to help you impress your friends — and yourself — by making what are easily the best brownies you’ve ever had. I also wanted to make this recipe simpler and easier than other brownie recipes.
Before I could execute these goals, however, I needed to define exactly what makes the Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownies so good.
The 5 Elements of a Perfect Brownie
Let’s define what makes the perfect brownie.
Everyone has different preferences, and you might not want the exact same brownie all of the time, though that will probably change after you try these.
The goal here is to create the “default perfect brownie.” If I had to pick one kind of brownie to eat for the rest of my life — it would have these five qualities.
1. Moist and soft.
Dry brownies are gross. If it’s not moist and soft, it’s not a good brownie.
You can also make brownies too thick and fudgy, however. If you want fudge you should make fudge — not brownies. Great brownies also need a little “poofiness.” They need just enough air to fall apart in your mouth and retain their moisture — and no more.
2. Dense and intense chocolate fudge.
A lot of “brownie” recipes will give you a dense chocolate cake. There’s nothing wrong with that if you want chocolate cake. But brownies should be packed with chocolate — real chocolate that melts in your mouth and forms a thick gooey fudge as it bakes. Not air.
Great brownies should have a thick, chewy, dense crust on the edges. Finding the balance between a fudgy, chewy, and soft brownie is crucial, and one of the reasons these taste so good.
Some brownies have an almost bitter taste — like a 100% cocoa bar of dark chocolate. A great brownie needs to be sweet — not overpowering like raw sugar, but enough to accentuate the rich chocolate flavor.
5. Simple, fast, idiot-proof, and minimal mess.
The advantage of boxed brownie mixes, and mixes in general, is convenience. They’re fast, simple, and almost impossible to screw up.
This brownie recipe also needed to be ridiculously easy — almost as easy as making brownies with the store-bought mix.
It needed to be safe for beginners, easy to remember, and produce as few dirty dishes as possible.
The final recipe takes less than ten minutes of prep, makes one messy bowl, and is virtually impossible to screw-up.
Here’s how I made it, and how you can too.
Step 1: Start with What Works
Of the 20 or so different brownie recipes I reviewed online and in my cookbook collection, these three appeared the best:
The Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownie Mix.
“Ultimate Fudge Brownies with Peanut Butter Chips” by Sally’s Baking Addiction.
“Shirley’s Fudgy Brownies” by Shirley Corriher
“Chocolate Dipped Brownie Bites” by Sally’s Baking Addiction. (If you’ve tried any of Sally’s recipes, you shouldn’t be surprised she’s got two out of the three spots).
Now it was time to start baking.
Step 2: Test Other Brownie Recipes and Take Notes
Sally’s “Ultimate Fudge Brownies” looked the most like the Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate brownies, so I tried those first.
I tried Sally’s melted chocolate brownies next. Then Shirley’s Fudgy Brownies. They were all outstanding, but tasted about the same.
The other recipes I had in mind weren’t different enough to bother trying at this point. I had a working recipe that I could use going forward.
I suspected that using generic cocoa powder might be to blame for my less than perfect results. So I bought three containers of Ghirardelli Unsweetened Cocoa Powder from Amazon and used that for the remaining brownie recipes.
What followed was a long series of trial and error.
I played with the ratios of sugar, fat, and oil. I used baking soda, baking powder, and different combinations of both. Just for fun, I also tried making lower fat and lower sugar versions to see if I could get my desired result with fewer calories. It did not work.
In classic obsessive-compulsive fashion, I created a spreadsheet that broke down the percentages of protein, fat, carbohydrate, sugar, water, and fiber.
I also learned from these experiments that you must use all three kinds of chocolate — semisweet, bittersweet, and milk chocolate. It may seem redundant — but it’s essential. They won’t be the same if you don’t use all three.
After trying eight different variations, eating many delicious brownies, and spending hours and hours in the kitchen and at my desk tweaking recipes — I still hadn’t reached my goal.
None of my recipes were satisfactory. All excellent — but they still didn’t meet the strict criteria I had created for myself. They needed to be perfect.
Step 3: Back to the Drawing Board
At this point, I had an awesome original brownie recipe. It was better than any homemade brownie recipe I’d made before, but it wasn’t perfect.
I had a good “feel” for how changing the proportions of the recipe would affect the final product, so with that in mind, I decided to plug Ghirardelli’s Triple Chocolate Brownie ingredients into this formula.
I weighed one package of the Ghirardelli mix — 580 grams. I calculated the dry weight of my working recipe and it was around 517 grams. Their mix had far more dry ingredients than mine. There were four other important differences:
They called for less oil — 1/3 cup instead of 1/2 cup, like mine.
Despite having more dry weight, they called for one egg — not two.
Their recipe also called for 1/3 cup of water — mine didn’t.
Their recipe takes about 15-20 minutes longer to cook than all of the ones I had tried.
Their brownies had more dry ingredients, less oil, and less egg — yet took longer to cook.
This made no sense — how can their brownies be so soft and chewy with less oil and egg? How can adding more dry ingredients make it take longer to bake?
Here are the best explanations I could think of for why their recipe was different from mine:
– The reason the Ghirardelli mix has more dry weight is because they add extremely large amounts of sugar and cocoa powder.
– The reason their recipe calls for less oil is because butter has less fat than vegetable or coconut oil, which means you need less to get the same consistency.
– The Ghirardelli recipe takes longer to cook because the extra water has to evaporate from the cocoa powder, and you don’t have the added water from butter like you do in most recipes. The extra sugar keeps everything moist, despite the extra baking time.
I still had to figure out why they had one less egg, and so much extra water in their recipe.
A 1/3 cup of water is about the same weight as a single egg (80 grams versus ~60). Most brownie recipes of a similar size have two eggs. Here’s why I think their recipe substitutes one egg with a similar amount of water.
Egg tends to make things more “cake-like” — softer, lighter, and less crumbly than brownies. Egg also doesn’t tend to lose as much water when it bakes — the proteins help retain it. On the other hand, plain water tends to evaporate more easily.
So why not leave the water out and reduce the baking time?
The water is probably needed to help dissolve the extra sugar. I reasoned that while baking, much of the water probably evaporates, leaving a thick, fudgy mix of chocolate and sugar behind.
To confirm my suspicion, I weighed the brownie pan before and after the brownies were baked and cooled to see how much of the moisture had evaporated.
When I made my brownie recipe with two eggs — only about 21 grams of moisture evaporated while baking (734 to 713). By removing the egg and substituting roughly a similar amount of water (1/3 cup) — 53 grams of moisture left the brownies as they cooked (751 to 698). That’s roughly two tablespoons less water in the final product.
By purposely removing the egg and using water instead, you increase the amount of water that leaves the brownies, while keeping the batter thick, fudgy, and moist.
Now it was time to put these findings into practice.
Step 4: The World’s Best Brownies
At this point, I could have just added more sugar and cocoa powder to my brownie mix like Ghirardelli does. Instead, I decided to double the amount of semisweet chocolate from 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup. This boosted the total dry weight to 590 grams — almost exactly the same as their mix.
I omitted one egg, and added 1/3 cup of water instead (which is almost the same weight as one raw egg).
I cut the oil from 1/2 cup to 1/3 cup — a decrease of 32 grams or about two tablespoons.
To make the chocolate mix evenly with the other dry ingredients, I chopped it in a food processor for about one minute. This created a perfect spectrum of different sized chocolate crumbs.
These chocolate crumbs are one of the key reasons this recipe is so moist, and why it can hold so much extra chocolate. This technique hides thousands of small pockets of chocolate throughout the batter, which absorb the other ingredients while baking — creating a fudgy, thick, chewy texture. This is something Ghirardelli doesn’t do, and one of the reason I think these brownies are better.
I tossed together the dry ingredients, including the crumbled chocolate. Then I mixed in all of the wet ingredients with a hand mixer until the batter was smooth and even.
45 minutes later, on July 16, 2013, at 6:30 pm Eastern Standard Time, I invented the world’s greatest brownie recipe (with a a lot of help from Ghirardelli and Sally).
These Brownies Have More Chocolate Than Any Other
After several tests, it became clear that the amount of real chocolate Ghirardelli adds to their Triple Chocolate Brownies is fairly minimal. There are only a few solid chips in each pouch of mix.
If you look at the ingredients list for any of the Ghirardelli brownie mixes: “Triple Fudge,” “Double Chocolate,” etc, they’re all essentially the same except for the kind of chips they add to the mix.
I wanted these brownies to have more real chocolate — a lot more chocolate.
Instead of relying on extra cocoa powder, sugar, and oil, this recipe uses a massive amount of extra chocolate. Most brownie recipes use either cocoa powder *or* real chocolate. This recipe uses both. When you adjust for the cocoa powder, this recipe has about twice as much chocolate as most brownie recipes.
Normally, when you add this much chocolate to a brownie recipe there isn’t enough scaffolding — flour or egg — to support it. The chocolate sinks to the bottom and forms a layer of fudge.
In this recipe, the water helps hold the fine crumbs of chocolate in place until the proteins in the egg and flour have time to set. By the time the brownies are done, the excess moisture is mostly evaporated, and you’re left with a perfect distribution of fine chocolate pieces throughout the batter.
The original Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownies are excellent, but doubling the chocolate makes these even better.
How to Make the World’s Greatest Fudge Chocolate Brownies
*The simplified recipe, ingredients list, and nutrition facts are at the bottom if you want to skip the details.*
Toss together the chocolate chips in a food processor, and pulse for 30-60 seconds or until the chocolate forms into a dust with coarse crumbs, like this:
Here is the chocolate I used:
I prefer using chocolate bars for this recipe because they have real cocoa butter in them, while the chocolate chips have palm kernel oil. The cocoa butter gives the bars a more authentic chocolate taste, but you don’t have to break the chips into pieces like you do with the bars. The difference is small, so use whatever you prefer.
If you don’t have any Ghirardelli chocolate chips, it’s “okay” to use regular chocolate. Once again, it won’t be quite the same — but still far better than any brownie you’ve had before. The quality of the chocolate is important, but the ratios are even more so. Just promise me that you’ll eventually try it with the real Ghirardelli chocolate one day.
Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda in a medium size mixing bowl. Beat for about one minute on medium speed with a hand mixer. This evenly distributes the baking soda, and helps break apart the clumps of cocoa powder and flour. Add the chopped chocolate.
I think these brownies taste better with real Ghirardelli Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, but since you’re probably eager to give these a try and might not have that ingredient on hand, it’s okay to use regular generic cocoa powder. I’ve tried them both ways and can tell a difference, but it’s not a huge deal.
Add the melted coconut oil and vanilla to the dry ingredients, and mix on low speed until all of the dry ingredients are moistened. Coating the dry ingredients with the oil helps prevent gluten formation, which would make your brownies tough. This makes your brownies softer and more moist.
Adding the vanilla directly to the coconut oil also helps enhance the flavor, as fat is an excellent flavor carrier.
I like coconut oil for this recipe as the coconut flavor seems to enhance the chocolate and vanilla. Coconut oil also tends to keep brownies more moist than butter. The oil does a better job of preventing gluten formation, which makes brownies tough.
I’ve tried these brownies both ways, and can’t say one is unanimously better than the other — but I prefer coconut oil as a default. Most people who’ve tried these brownies both ways also prefer the coconut oil over butter, and both over regular vegetable oil.
Add the room temperature egg and mix on low speed until it’s evenly distributed through the batter, or about one minute. A room temperature egg will distribute more evenly through the batter, giving you a better finished product.
Mix in the water on low speed, just until the batter is even.
After you’ve got the batter prepared, pour it into a greased metal or glass brownie pan and cook at 325℉ degrees for about 45-55 minutes. The brownies will be ready when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with just a light smear of chocolate. With all of the chocolate in this recipe, it’s rare for a toothpick to come out completely clean — and that’s exactly what you want. Don’t bake these more than 55 minutes — most of the time they’re done before 50. The brownies will continue to cook a little after you pull them out of the oven.
What You Learn from this Recipe
1. Replacing one of the eggs with water helps the chocolate stay evenly distributed throughout the batter and allows more water to evaporate. As the water evaporates, you’re left with a soft, moist, fudgy, web of molten chocolate.
2. Chopping the chocolate into thousands of small crumbs helps pack more total chocolate into the batter, without turning it into pure fudge. This hides small pockets of molten chocolate in the finished brownies that melt in your mouth. This method also saves you from dirtying another dish by melting the chocolate.
3. Using coconut oil instead of butter gives the brownies a more chocolatey/melt-in-your-mouth texture. The coconut flavor is also a perfect companion to the chocolate.
4. Using less added fat (oil or butter), and more fat from the chocolate itself, gives these brownies a denser, fresher, more chocolatey taste than store-bought mixes or most other brownie recipes.
5. Using a high quality chocolate and cocoa powder like Ghirardelli vastly improves the final product.
6. Coating the dry ingredients before adding the water or egg gives you softer brownies.
I learned a lot making this recipe, but by far the most important lesson of all was this:
When in doubt — add more chocolate.
I also learned how to spell Ghirardelli.
Here’s the complete ingredients list, instructions, and nutrition facts.
1/3 cup (80 grams) coconut oil, melted.*
1 large (~60 grams) egg.
1 teaspoon (4 grams) vanilla extract.
1/3 cup (80 grams) water, room temperature.
1/2 cup (60 grams) all-purpose flour.
1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar.
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (84 grams) Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa powder.**
1/4 teaspoon (2 grams) salt.
1/2 teaspoon (3 grams) baking soda.
1/2 cup (120 grams) Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips.
1/4 cup (60 grams) Ghirardelli milk-chocolate chips.
1/4 cup (60 grams) Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips.
* Use butter if you prefer or if coconut oil is not available. Vegetable oil works, too, but I don’t think it tastes as good.
* You can use regular cocoa powder instead, but it may not be quite as amazing.
1. Arrange a shelf in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 325℉. Spray and 8×8 inch brownie pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a large glass or plastic bowl, microwave the coconut oil until it’s melted and warm, but not hot. Add the egg, vanilla, and room temperature water.
3. In a medium size bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda. With a hand mixer, stir the dry ingredients for 30 seconds until evenly blended.
4. Chop the chocolate chips in a food processor until they resemble small crumbs, like in the above picture.
5. Add the chopped chocolate chips to the dry ingredients, and stir with the hand mixer for another 30 seconds until the chocolate is evenly distributed.
6. Stir the coconut oil mixture on medium speed until it’s even and well blended, about one minute.
7. Add the dry ingredients to the coconut oil mixture, stirring slowly with the hand mixer. Stir for 1-2 minutes or until all of the dry ingredients are evenly moistened.
8. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and smooth the top with a spatula.
9. Bake until the brownies start to pull away from the edge of the pan, about 50-55 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the middle will come out with some streaks of chocolate. Err on the side of undercooking rather than overcooking. Do not bake over an hour.
10. Allow the brownies to cool completely on a wire rack. Once cooled, cut into 16 squares. Brownies remain soft and fresh stored in an airtight container for up to seven days, or in the freezer for up to three months.
Serving size: One 2×2 inch (45-gram) brownie.
Protein: 3.1 grams.
Fat: 13 grams.
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The Portrait of a Truly Blessed and Happy Person (Ps 1)
Updated: Dec 16, 2020
The Portrait of a Truly Blessed and Happy Person
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 1 (ESV)
What does a truly blessed and happy person look like?
In some sense, everybody is looking for happiness. They look for it in wealth, physical health, education, beauty, family and relationships, entertainment, and recreation; however, for most people (even Christians), if they were honest, true joy commonly alludes them. They struggle with constant emptiness, dissatisfaction, and lack of joy.
To illustrate this: There is a story about a dissatisfied king. Since he was unhappy, he called his wise men and counselors and asked them what he should do to have happiness—to have fulfillment, joy and peace. He questioned,
Should I get one more wife? I’m not happy with the one I have? Should I buy new paintings? Should I take more vacations and where? Should I conquer more kingdoms? I have tried all these things and nothing seems to fill this void in my life. What should I do to have true happiness?
His wisemen replied, “Find the happiest man in your kingdom and wear his shirt and then you will find true happiness.” The king replied, “That’s it! Go find him.” Weeks past and the king asked his servants if they had found the happiest man in the kingdom and they replied, “Yes.” He said, “Well, where is his shirt?” They replied, “He didn’t have one.”
This fits many people’s constant search for happiness. They try to find it in things, career, education, and yet they find themselves still unhappy. In Psalm 1, the Psalmist give us the secret to true happiness. The Psalmist begins the worship hymnal of the Hebrews with the portrait of a truly happy and blesses person. The word “blessed” actually means to be supremely and divinely happy, regardless of circumstances and situations.
No doubt, the Psalmist begins the Psalms with Psalm 1 as a template or preface for the rest of the Psalms. It has been said that the rest of the Psalms are just an exposition of Psalm 1. Spurgeon said Psalm 1 is “the text upon which the whole of the Psalms make up a divine sermon.”
What is the portrait of a blessed person? We’ll consider a blessed person, then give a few applications for our university at the end.
The Blessed Person Stays Away from the Progressive and Destructive Pathway of Sin
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Observation Question: What are the progressive steps of sin and how are they demonstrated in verse 1?
Interestingly, the Psalmist begins with what the truly happy person is not. He is not a person that participates in sin. Temptation typically includes some promise of fulfillment or joy. When Satan tempted Eve, he said if she ate of the forbidden fruit, she would be like God. However, it ultimately led to her death, that of her husband, and their children. Sin can never fulfill us or make us happy. That was proved wrong with the first temptation. However, the strategy of temptation remains the same. Do this, buy this, participate in this, think like this, and you will be happy, apart from God.
The Psalmist recognizes this, but also notes that there is a progressive and destructive process to sin. Each sin is essentially a gateway to more sin and worse consequences. The progressive destructive process is seen in the verbs walk, stand, and sit, and in the nouns wicked (“ungodly” NKJV), sinners, and scoffers. (1) The person starts off simply listening to people who leave God out of everything and view things from a secular worldview. (2) Then, the person stands in the pathway of sinners—those who approve of, pursue, and practice sin for enjoyment and without remorse. To stand in the pathway means to identify with them and do the same. (3) Then the person sits with mockers—those who mock the holy things of God. The person essentially becomes a missionary of evil—mocking the righteous and calling others to the same path. The person started off as a follower of God, but then he started listening to the wrong music, watching the wrong YouTube channel, hanging around the wrong friends, sitting in the wrong classrooms. Then he began to approve of and practice the same sins as others. Then, he became a mocker of holy things.
Application Question: How do we avoid this devastating progression of sin?
1. To avoid the devastating progression of sin, we must be wise in our relationships with those not following God.
In 1 Corinthians 15:33, Paul said, “bad company corrupts good morals.” And in 2 Corinthians 6:14, Paul said, “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?” When something is unequally yoked, there is an uneven pulling in a wrong direction. We should be careful of being in relationships with the world where they are influencing us instead of us influencing them. Unfortunately, many Christians get into unwise relationships that pull them away from God. As mentioned, first they are simply listening to ungodly conversations and plans, then practicing the same behavior, then mocking those who practice holiness and follow God. Our relationships are supremely important because they influence our direction—whether towards God or away from him. Proverbs 13:20 says, “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.”
2. To avoid the devastating progression of sin, we must guard our minds against secular-worldviews and practices.
The reason we do this is because the pathway to depravity starts with simply listening to the counsel of the ungodly—whether through books, the news, music, or relationships. Our minds are the doorway to a blessed, happy life and also to a cursed life that God destroys. Therefore, the righteous must be discerning about what they allow in their minds. In 2 Corinthians 11:3, Paul lamented this when considering the Corinthians. He said, “But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” In Philippians 4:8-9, he said this to the Philippians:
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
To guard our minds, we must reject ungodly views and practices, and instead think on and practice what is righteous. What are we listening to, reading, and watching? It will affect whether we have God’s blessing or not.
3. To avoid the devastating progression of sin, we must be willing to walk the path less traveled, including at times being alone.
The Psalmist doesn’t say this, but we know it from Scripture and experience, the people on the path of the wicked are the majority and the blessed are the few. Jesus said it this way in Matthew 7:13-14:
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
The way which leads to true happiness and life is narrow. It’s hard to find and difficult to travel, and therefore only a few take the path. Most are on the broad road that is easy to find, easy to walk, and widely promoted, but it ultimately leads to dissatisfaction and destruction. Often times, the blessed life is lonely and hard.
4. To avoid the devastating progression of sin, we must be willing to be mocked, hated, and even persecuted for our beliefs.
The people on the broad path often mock those on the narrow path. Unfortunately, many of the strongest mockers were raised in church but grew weary of what they would call the “narrow views of Scripture, the conservative ethics, and the exclusivity of the Gospel.” Therefore, they abandoned it for the path of destruction and mock those on the way to life.
The blessed person is not one without problems; he has many, including the antagonism of the world around him. The outside world will commonly mock our views about the importance of a baby’s life or the value of caring for orphans, widows, and the elderly. There will be those who mock our views about marriage, parenting, and sexual purity. There will be those who mock our belief that there is only one way to eternal life—through Jesus Christ our Lord. In some places, these beliefs might get one ostracized, fired, or even put in jail. The righteous life, though leading to joy and eternal life, is a hard road which many will mock and persecute. However, we must bear it willingly. In Luke 14:27, Christ said it this way: “Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.” Are we willing to be persecuted to be truly blessed by God? Matthew 5:10 says, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
If we are going to have a truly happy life, we must avoid the progressive, destructive pathway of sin. Sin may promise fulfillment, but it will only bring pain, sorrow, and destruction.
The Blessed Person Delights in and Meditates on God’s Word
but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Next, the Psalmist focuses on what the truly blessed person does. He “delights” in the law of the Lord. What does it mean to delight? The word is used in the Old Testament of a man delighting in a woman (Gen 34:19; Esther 2:14). When a man truly delights in female, he often thinks about her all the time. He texts her throughout the day, and he often talks with her very late at night. At some point, he may even propose to that person with the hope of being with her for the rest of his life, without hindrance. This is how our relationship with God’s Word should be. If we delight in it, it should continually be progressing. In 1 Peter 2:2, Peter says, “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation.” He actually commands believers to “long” for Scripture or “crave” it like a newborn.
Because the blessed person “delights” in God’s Word, he “meditates” on it day and night, which refers to all the time. To “meditate” means to mutter under one’s breath—to basically talk to one’s self about the goodness of God’s Word all day. The truly blessed person commonly begins the day with God’s Word, so it can ruminate throughout the day in his or her mind. In fact, the Hebrew word for “meditate” was used of a cow chewing his cud. A cow has a four chambered stomach; therefore, it chews, swallows down to one stomach, regurgitates, chews again, takes down to the next stomach, and so on. The purpose is to get all the nutrients out. This is what the blessed person does throughout the day. The Word of God never leaves his mind. He is always thinking about it.
When the text says “law,” it is the word “torah,” which means “instruction.” It is used to refer to the Mosaic law, the first five books of the Bible, or even the whole Old Testament. Since it probably referred to whole Old Testament, which was all of Scripture at that time, it, no doubt, refers to the completed Canon which we have today.
Application Question: Why do some people not delight in God’s Word?
1. For some, they don’t delight in God’s Word because they don’t like being told what to do. Torah is God’s instructions on life, morality, parenting, work-ethic, salvation, and everything else. Many don’t want to be told how to think, how to act, or how to live. God’s law is God’s instruction for us.
Why do others not delight in God’s Word?
2. For others, they don’t delight in God’s Word because they think they know it all. Unfortunately, this is a sin that those saved at a young age and raised in the faith or those who have been saved for a long time are especially prone to. They feel like they know Scripture, so they are bored with it. They don’t pay attention during sermons. They have little time for reading and memorizing Scripture, and therefore, they don’t delight in it anymore.
3. For others, they don’t delight because they are practicing some sin—listening to the counsel of the ungodly, standing in the way of sinners, or even mocking God and his Word—which negatively affects their appetite for God’s Word.
First Peter 2:1-3 says,
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
In order to “long” for God’s Word, we must first “put away all” forms of sin. It will hinder our appetite for God’s Word. James 1:21 says the same thing: “Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” Sin hinders our desire for God’s Word. It’s been commonly said, “Sin will keep you out of God’s Word, or God’s Word will keep you out of sin.” This is a truth all believers experience in some form or another.
4. Some don’t delight in God’s Word simply because they are not saved. In John 8:31, Jesus said it this way: “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.” A lack of desire for God’s Word and not abiding in it might be a proof of not truly being born again.
Therefore, if we don’t delight in God’s Word, we must examine our hearts. Why don’t we delight in it? There is nothing wrong with God’s Word; therefore, it must be us. Do we need to repent, truly accept Christ as Lord, and become his disciple? Do we need to repent of pride or rebellion, which hardening our hearts? Only those who delight in God’s Word and meditate on it are the ones God blesses.
The Blessed Person Expands God’s Kingdom
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
Next, the Psalmist describes the various ways God blesses the righteous person—the one who turns away from sin to meditate on and practice God’s Word. What are some of ways God blesses the righteous?
1. The one God blesses is like a tree in that he is a blessing to others.
Trees don’t bear fruit for themselves; they bear it for others. They also provide shelter and clean air for others. Likewise, God blesses the righteous so they can be a blessing. That’s what God said to Abraham in Genesis 12:2. He would be blessed and be a blessing. The blessed person will commonly have others coming to him for counsel, support, leadership, and ultimately to hear them share the Word of God. Because the blessed person turns away from sin and delights in God’s Word, God anoints and uses him.
Are we allowing ourselves to be a blessing to others? The difference between the righteous and the wicked on this point is that the wicked are all about themselves—even when they help others (cf. Gen 11, 12). They help others to be seen and praised. Life is about their career, success, and fulfillment, instead of God’s glory and truly helping others.
2. The one God blesses is strategically planted.
He is not a wild tree. He is a tree that strategically “planted” and cultivated for maximum productivity. Certainly, God does this, but the believer participates in this process. When it says he is planted by the “streams,” the word is literally “canals.” This probably doesn’t picture it being planted by a river but irrigational canals which flow right by the tree—allowing it to draw from the life-giving water. It also must be noted that “canals” is plural. There are many canals surrounding this tree so it can gain from their life-giving water
By God’s grace, the believer strategically plans his time so he can be at church on Sunday to receive God’s Word, small group throughout the week. He strategically plans to encounter God’s Word in the morning before starting the day and at night, to focus on God before ending the day. He listens to worship throughout the day, which recites, sings, and prays God’s Word. There are strategic canals throughout this person week, enabling him to always be receiving God’s Word.
Are we strategically planning our days, weeks, and months to constantly encounter God’s Word?
3. The one God blesses bears fruits in season.
As we delight in and meditate on God’s Word, God will produce fruits in every season of life—seasons of lack, plenty, waiting, and sorrow. The psalmist doesn’t name these fruits because they are innumerable. The godly man or woman produces thanksgiving in seasons of plenty, faith in seasons of doubt, patience in suffering, peace in turmoil, mercy when wronged, gentleness when falsely accused, strength in temptation, humility in leadership, and prayer in all seasons.
Because these fruits are seasonal, we may often have to patiently wait on God to produce them. God knows the seasons, and he will produce the fruits which are needed.
4. The one God blesses is consistent and reliable, even during difficult seasons.
His “leaf does not wither.” In winter, his leaves are evergreen; they don’t shrivel up and die. And in the summer, they don’t turn brown from a drought or lack of rain. This person is reliable and constant in the various seasons of life because God enables him to be. For many, in hard seasons, they are unreliable. That’s not necessarily their fault, but they haven’t yet developed the consistency of the blessed person. With Joseph, while a slave and a prisoner, he didn’t quit and give up, he excelled in serving others and God. He was evergreen. With Paul, he wrote some of his most impactful letters during seasons in prison, while awaiting a potential death penalty. He was evergreen. Likewise, that is the grace God gives the blessed person in the difficult seasons of life. May God do the same with us.
Are we being faithful in the difficult seasons? Are we trusting God in them or turning away from him because of them?
5. The one God blesses prospers in everything.
Some versions translate this “whatsoever he does shall prosper.” However, the ESV probably translates it best when it says, “In all that he does, he prospers.” Yes, that may include the success of endeavors—schooling, working, parenting, etc. But more importantly, the person prospers, even when his endeavors don’t. The difficulty in marriage—though tragic—allows this person to blossom—becoming more loving and patient. The difficult co-worker—instead of making the blessed person bitter and inclined to return evil for evil—he instead blesses instead of curses. When God blesses us, we prosper—though our endeavors and circumstances may not.
The Psalmist wrote this to the Israelites who were called to spread God’s kingdom on the earth, especially to the Gentiles. Therefore, these blessings should be considered in that context. He blessed the Israelites, so they be conduits of his kingdom. When Abraham was blessed, God used him to spread his faith to his family and others. Likewise, David expanded God’s kingdom in Canaan and strengthened the faith of God’s people. Christ, through his death, saved an innumerable multitude from death and separation from God. The blessed person is blessing to many by spreading God’s kingdom throughout their family, workplace, and ultimately the earth.
Are we spreading God’s kingdom in every sphere of our life?
The Blessed Person Has an Eternal Perspective
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Finally, verses 4-6 highlight the blessed person by contrasting him with the wicked. Unlike the righteous who are fruit-bearing trees, the wicked are like chaff which the wind drives away. This is a picture of how wheat while growing is covered by chaff, which is inedible and unusable. When harvested, the wheat was beaten by animals or instruments on the threshing floor, which breaks off the chaff. Then, the wheat was thrown into the air, and because of its weight, it falls back to the ground while the chaff is blown away.
This a paradox that is seen throughout the Psalms. Often the Psalmist will declare how he became discouraged looking at the wicked, as in Psalm 73 with Asaph. The wicked were healthy and wealthy; it looked like they had no problems in life, while the righteous suffered. However, when the righteous went into the sanctuary—the counsel of God—they began to see the wicked from God’s perspective (Ps 73:13). The lives of the wicked may seem blessed now, but their lives are ultimately worthless. Their works will not stand in the judgment. Everything they do will be destroyed by God’s winnowing fire. Their works will be proved to be only wood and hay—nothing that will stand in the judgment (cf. 1 Cor 3). Their ungodly lives prove that they rejected God, and therefore, they will not stand with the righteous in heaven. This is the eternal perspective that the righteous have and must maintain. Because without it, the righteous might get discouraged and compromise his or her views and actions to fit in with the world, who seem to be prospering.
To be a blessed person, we must have an eternal perspective because our hope for tomorrow affects how we live today. If we have no hope for tomorrow, then we will live for the temporary, which ultimately will be destroyed.
The Psalmist says though the wicked may seem like they are flourishing, their works are temporary and unfruitful. God knows the righteous in the sense of he guides, protects, and blesses them. But the wicked will perish (v. 6).
The blessed person stays away from the progressive and destructive path of the wicked, delights in and meditates on God’s Word, expands God’s kingdom, and has an eternal perspective.
As we close, we must recognize that the portrait of the blessed person is impossible for any person to fulfill. In fact, in verse 1, the perfect tense of the Hebrew verbs bears this out. It essentially refers to the person who “never” walks in the counsel of the wicked, never stands in the pathway of sinners, and never sits in the seat of mockers.
Harry Ironside tells the story of a gathering of Jews and Arabs whether they were discussing Psalm 1—trying to figure out who the Psalmist referred to. Could it be Abraham? No, he lied about his wife, they said. Could it be Moses? No, he killed a man and lost his temper. Could it be David? No, he committed adultery and murder. Well, who is it? Then, an elderly Jew arose and said this:
My brothers, I have a little book here; it is called the New Testament. I have been reading it; and if I could believe this book, if I could be sure that it is true, I would say that the man of the first Psalm was Jesus of Nazareth.
This Psalm confronts us with our need for Christ, for none of us have ever lived a life totally free of sin; none of us have perfectly meditated on and lived out God’s Word. But, Christ has. Again Psalm 1 is the “preface” for the book of Psalms, which throughout has much messianic prophecies and foreboding. The Psalmists again and again prophetically declare, we need Christ—the promised seed who will be broken for our sins and crush the serpent, the perfect Davidic king who will rule all nations (cf. Ps 2). Only, he perfectly fulfills Psalm 1 and therefore can help us live a blessed life. In Matthew 11:28-30, Christ said this:
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Christ promises to train us as we take on his yoke—his burdens in this life. Therefore, as we get close to Christ, he will train us on how to have a life that God blesses—a life of joy, kingdom fruitfulness, and God’s pleasure regardless of our circumstances and opposition. He perfectly modeled this. He will train us how to reject sin and those who promote it and how to strategically plant ourselves around canals of God’s Word so we can live fruitful lives.
Are we drawing near Christ? Are we taking on his burden of ministering to the world and building his church? God wants to bless us and give us true joy, regardless of our circumstances.
Applications for our University
Before closing, what are some applications for us as a university? How can we have a blessed university? Very simple:
1. To be a blessed university, we must stay away from secular worldviews—the counsel of the wicked. Though a university represents a diversity of ideas, there are some ideas we must not endorse, but only critique in comparison to the truth of God’s Word. When we start to endorse and train our students to adopt them, we will lose God’s blessing like many Christian universities before us. They may be popular in the world, such as Harvard and others, but before God, they are like chaff that wind blows away.
2. To be a blessed university, we must be devoted to Scripture by actively promoting study, meditation, and practice of it in our school—through chapels, small groups, teaching all disciplines from a Christian worldview, and biblical courses. History bears this out: When Christian schools become secular, it begins with them turning away from God’s Word. They get rid of church and/or denominational affiliations, then Christian classes, then chapels, then teaching from a Christian worldview, and then professors don’t need to be a Christian, as long as they accept the Christian ethos. Then, Christianity falls in total disrepute and it becomes a school of mockers. They mock creation, the exclusivity of marriage between a man and a woman, the virgin birth, the exclusivity of salvation through Christ alone. We must hold onto God’s Word and continue to cultivate canals where trees can grow.
3. To be a blessed university, we must keep an eternal perspective. Yes, other universities may be revered, get government funds and accolades, and we as a Christian school may be mocked and looked down upon. However, we must desire God’s pleasure and affirmation instead of the world’s. The affirmation of the world is like chaff that the wind will soon blow away. Only those who do God’s will abide forever (1 John 2:17).
4. Finally, to be a blessed university, we must keep Christ and his gospel as our center. It is his gospel that brings us together, as a redeemed community. It must be proclaimed to our students, to ourselves continually, and to the world. Apart from Christ, God cannot bless us. If we turn away from God’s Son, eventually we too will be cast away like chaff and eventually destroyed.
Let’s pray that God blesses our university and keeps us from the pathway of the wicked.
• Pray that God would protect our school (students, staff, and faculty) from secularization—adopting secular worldviews and rejecting God’s revelation.
• Pray that God would help us strategically draw our community to the life-giving canals of God’s Word—that each class would be taught from a Christian worldview, that chapels would not cease to preach, sing, and pray God’s Word, that Bible classes would continue to be taught as foundational to the rest of our curriculum.
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Like many working couples in their 30s, Claire Cunnington and Leith McCarthy are struggling to enter the home buyers market.
The Melbourne couple are renting and have enough money saved for a deposit, but are still looking for the right property.
Mr McCarthy said if the pair lost their jobs, they would have to dip into their savings and risk missing out on an opportunity to enter the housing market, thus putting them under further financial strain - and they are not alone.
Household confidence in coping with the financial emergency of losing income fell 11 per cent in the six months to June, contributing to a six per cent fall in overall financial comfort, ME's Household Financial Comfort Report says.
Overall financial comfort had slumped 12 per cent for renters, five per cent for homeowners and three per cent for households paying off mortgages.
Report co-author Jeff Oughton said renters could be feeling the financial pinch due to the difficulty first home buyers experienced and a continued rise in rents across some states.
Mr Oughton said a lack of comfort with cash savings was linked to weak income growth and concerns about the job market.
He said 56 per cent of the workforce indicated it would be difficult to find another job within two months if they became unemployed.
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One of my colleagues just summed up what I said in a meeting (about how to plan for my impending maternity leave from work):
Ruby Ji Sinreich on Life: Things could happen at any time, but I don’t think they will. But they always could, so I’m trying to prepare for that.
(as best as I could get it)
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Campaign Monitor acquires email enterprise services Sailthru and Liveclicker
CM Group, the organization behind email-centric services like Campaign Monitor and Emma, today announced that it has acquired marketing automation firm Sailthru and the email personalization service Liveclicker. The group did not disclose the acquisition price but noted that the acquisition would bring in about $60 million in additional revenue and 540 new customers, including Bloomberg and Samsung. Both of these acquisitions quietly closed in 2018.
Compared to Sailthru, which had raised a total of about $250 million in venture funding before the acquisition, Liveclicker is a relatively small company that was bootstrapped and never raised any outside funding. Still, Liveclicker managed to attract customers like AT&T, Quicken Loans and TJX Companies by offering them the ability to personalize their email messages and tailor them to their customers.
Sailthru’s product portfolio is also quite a bit broader and includes similar email marketing tools, but also services to personalize mobile and web experiences, as well as tools to predict churn and make other retail-focused predictions.
“Sailthru and Liveclicker are extraordinary technologies capable of solving important marketing problems, and we will be making additional investments in the businesses to further accelerate their growth,” writes Wellford Dillard, CEO of CM Group. “Bringing these brands together makes it possible for us to provide marketers with the ideal solution for their needs as they navigate the complex and rapidly changing environments in which they operate.”
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IT service management represents a method for controlling information technology mechanism with its ideology zoomed in on the customers’ standpoint.
IT service management represents a method for controlling information technology mechanism with its ideology zoomed in on the customers’ standpoint. Managed IT Services for IT companies concentrates on the framework of activities connected to information technology and the association of the IT workforce with the clients and users. Managed IT StL involves the delivery of services, such as outsourced IT infrastructure, for the St. Louis metropolitan area. You may sometimes feel that your company needs Managed IT Services as a solitary and integrated solution. The answer for achieving that is Managed IT StL.
You may have observed that cost-effective measures are being adopted by St. Louis companies in the aftermath of the economic recession. Your company’s boss may desire Managed IT Services at an affordable price. Managed IT StL can save your company money. It can also improve your company’s IT prowess. Such Managed IT Support will offer your company an IT department. What is enticing is that this IT department can be established devoid of any personnel, insurance, or infrastructural expenditure. This ensures that all facets of IT are provided to your company and are wholly supported.
Technology playsa consequential role in ourlives and in commerce. If you want your organization to succeed, then the functioning of the IT department of your organization has to be handled competently. IT Service StL guarantees competent handling of your organization’s IT department. IT Service StL exudes professionalism and asserts that it can converse with your organization electronically to solve the organization’s IT problems, regardless of your location in the St. Louis area. It can also transport in-house technicians to your organization’s office to address the IT glitches. We serve the entire St. Louis metropolitan area, including Clayton, Sunset Hills, Richmond Heights, Chesterfield, Ballwin, Creve Coeur, and more!
St. Louis companies can operate successfully with minimal disruptions and maximum productivity if they administer their IT department properly. If you are committed to your company’s growth, you would hope that the company diminishes overheads and lowersits turnover. Also, a company can grow financially if it has an effective customer service department. Managed IT Solutionsisideal for the realization of such goals, especially for companies in St. Louis. Efficient Managed IT Solutionswill facilitate the assimilation ofyour company’s business strategy with the company’s IT service management.
IT service management refers to a sequence of specialized organizational capacities necessary to offer value to the customers in the shape of services. It also has to look after Network Solutions, which are indispensable for sharing assets such as data storage and internet connections. Network Solutions are tendered professionally by certain companies. Via these solutions, IP convergence and wireless network are made more efficient to guarantee that the technology you use fits your goals. Wouldn’t you want your operating system to continuously offer you superlative navigation faculty and absolute support for various other applications? Well, the proficient IT Service StL ensures complete, uninterrupted OS Support as it deals with operating systems that support complicated and ultra advanced applications utilized in the server space. Thus, your company needs to rely on experienced IT service firms that have a positive track record. These firms should be able to do application/network management, software management, configuration management, and more for you at a local level. These firms need to provide your company tangible positive results. Some of these firms have online presence. | <urn:uuid:68f49d16-1198-4c97-bc41-ebb26120b4a7> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.kitlv-journals.nl/btlv/issue/view/585 | 2021-10-24T03:18:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585837.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024015104-20211024045104-00398.warc.gz | en | 0.94365 | 728 | [
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We also recall the agony of Jesus in the first decade of the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary, and on the eve of each first Friday of the month.
When we recall what Jesus endured on this night before His sorrowful Passion it is natural for us to want to do something in return for such great love. An easy way to do this is to remain in prayer at the Altar of Repose at the conclusion of the Holy Thursday night Mass. Staying for at least an hour in prayer can be our personal way of responding to the sad words of Jesus to Peter in Matt 26:40, 'So you had not the strength to keep awake with Me one hour?'.
St Padre Pio had a particular devotion to the Agony of Jesus in the Garden, as had St Gemma Galgani and Blessed Elena Guerra. There are some spiritual gifts and graces that only come from meditating upon this part of the passion of Jesus.
You might find this little booklet (downloadable below) useful in your prayers and meditations on the Agony of Jesus. It will take 3 sheets of double-sided A4 paper in booklet fold to print.
One way of using it is to read one line at a time, and then talk to Jesus in your heart about it. Another way is to read a full passage or paragraph, and then to slowly pray a few Glory Bes or Hail Marys between them.
But the main thing is to pray.
St Peter, St John and St James, Apostles, please pray for us, that our love for Jesus in His Agony may grow.
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How to plan your dream wedding in Greece and the most beautiful wedding venues at Santorini
Snow-white limestone walls, blue dome-shaped roofs, small windy alleys, brilliantly blue skies, rough cliffs and the sun, that sparkles on the calm sea – those words fetch our thoughts immediately and paint the picture of Santorinis breathtaking scenery right in front of our mind’s eye. Don’t they? Many know the island in the Cyclades as a picture perfect holiday destination. But Santorini has become more than that – recently it has developed into a well-known address for destination weddings. Atop one of the spectacular hotel-terraces, at the beach or in a historic chapel there is only one possible answer: Yes![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]But before the time comes, there is loads of planning and countless decisions to be made about a wedding at Santorini. We have collected the aspects that you need to pay attention to during the planning of your wedding on Santorini. The following blog post will answer questions like “How to find the right vendors for us?” and “Which venues are there to choose from?” up to “Which legal requirements are there for a wedding in Greece?” and much more.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
1. Start planning well in advance
Santorini has become a favored destination for tourists and people looking to get married alike. That’s why you should start planning as early as possible, so you can be sure your favorite vendors and location are not booked out at your prefered time. Your guests will also be glad to learn about your destination wedding plans far in advance. One and a half year in advance is a good reference point to go by because to the mere number of those wanting to get married adds that Santorini only allows a limited number of weddings per day.
The perfect season for your wedding at Santorini
The best travel time for Santorini is from April to October. Nevertheless you might want to avoid the high season which focusses on July to August. On one hand that is the main travel time for most tourists, on the other hand the temperatures readily rise to a scorching 104 and more during high summer. Never mind the mediterranean breeze, such temperatures should be rather hard to endure in a wedding dress and tux. And not only you will literally be melting, the flowers will follow your example. During the low season however flights and hotels are much more affordable and the hustle and bustle on the island is much smaller.
To focus completely on the off-season is not really a good idea either. Sure, there are almost no tourists anymore from the end of October, but due to that, a lot of restaurants and bars will close their doors over the winter and early springtime. And you surely don’t want to run the risk of having your wedding on a ghostly abandoned island.
Number of guests, journey and budget
Another thing to consider in that regard is the size of the destination wedding which is linked to your budget. For what size wedding does a destination wedding actually make sense? And isn’t a wedding in Santorini very expensive to begin with?
You want to inform your potential guests of your destination wedding plans in advance and not only when they hold the invitation in hand. This way you can get a feel for how many people would be open to the idea of having to travel to your wedding location and would actually make the trip. In general it’s a good idea to only invite your immediate family and closest friends to come to the island. With people who are very near and dear to you the chances of them going out of their way to attend your wedding are simply much bigger. Understandably so, if you keep in mind that guests mostly pay for the travel expenses themselves. That’s why it will not always be possible for every invited person to come.
A possibility to take the edge off the tight financial situation a little bit is to completely relinquish all gifts. The most important thing is to be surrounded by your loved ones at your wedding day anyway. It’s about making memories rather than materialistic stuff. If you communicate this wish to your guests, surely most of them can make a trip to Santorini work.
Now you obviously are in need of a budget for your Santorini wedding. Most people automatically assume that a wedding abroad will cost them a fortune. If you are clever about the planning though and focus on the aspects most important to you, prices will not even differ that much from the ones you would be facing at home.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
2. Legal requirements
Of course the nuptials in Greece will require some legal documents. Those are:
- Passport copies
- Birth certificates
Both parties are obliged to provide a full birth certificate with the names of the parents on them. Shorter versions will not be accepted.
- Certificate Of Non-Impediment
This document confirms that you have not been married and that you are free to marry. The document can be issued in your local Registrar’s office and it must not be issued more than 3 months before your wedding.
- Free To Marry Affidavit
This is a paper where you declare you are free to marry and there is no impediment preventing you entering into a valid marriage in Santorini, Greece. The document should be certified in the Notary’s Office.
This stamp refers the legalization and validity of your documents for international use. (1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents). The Apostille Stamp is necessary for birth certificates, Certificates of no Impediment to marry and Free to Marry Affidavits.
For more information how to obtain Apostille stamps in the US, please visit apostilleinfo.com/usa.htm
All documents must be translated and certified in the Greek Embassy or Consulate in your country. You can send your documents by fax or email our agency for translation service.Please note that all documents must be sent by fax or email for review 4 weeks before your wedding in Santorini. We have to confirm that your paperwork is in order. After that, you just need to bring the originals with you.
You have to stay in Santorini at least 1 day after your wedding in order to go to the Town Hall to sign your Marriage Certificate. It will be sent to you by post from the Town Hall.
Also the documents may not be older than 6 months. Furthermore they have to be send to the registrar in Santorini in advance by fax. We highly encourage you to get in contact with the registrar in Santorini in oder to discuss all details in advance. He will help you with the preparation of all documents as he knows exactly what to pay attention to. Here is his contact information:
Registrar on Santorini: Ioannis Kavalaris (GR-84700 Fira, Santorini), Tel.: +30/2286/22231, FAX: +30/2286/22814
On the day after the wedding you are required to contact the registry office in Fira in oder to hand in all needed documents as well as signatures. The registry office will then send the paper work to Syros in oder to get the Apostille Stamp.
If you are looking to handle the whole bureaucratic deed in your home country, that’s also a possibility of course. You may either do it before or after your trip to Greece. On the island you will then only have your wedding ceremony. And isn’t it all about that anyway?
3. Santorini Wedding Venues
Santorini offers endless possibilities when it comes to choosing your wedding venue. From hotels with spectacular terraces to cosy beach bars, historic chapels and magical beaches. You will be able to find anything your heart might desire. Which makes it that much harder to keep on top of things and don’t loose overview. That’s why we have handpicked some of the most stunning venues from each category.
Wedding Venues at Santorini: Hotels
What fascinates you most about Santorini is the breathtaking views of the Aegean Sea? Then a chic hotel, situated at the cliffs is the right choice for your wedding. The roof-top terraces have their own special atmosphere. One feels so close to heaven and you are able to literally shout out your joy to the whole world from up here.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Grace Santorini
Quelle: Rock my Wedding
Quelle: The Bridal Consultants
Wedding Venues at Santorini: Beach Bars
For all those who have been thinking about a beach wedding for ages, Santorini also has something to offer. Lots of restaurants and bars have direct access to the beach and can help your dream of a wedding with sand between your toes come true.
Source: Theros Wave Bar
Wedding Venues at Santorini: Churches and chapels
Whether you are actually getting married in Greek-orthodox style or you are simply looking for a stunning background for your wedding pictures, here are some especially picturesque churches:
Agios Georgios Church, Oia
Church of Panagia, Main Square, Oia
Source: Anja Schneemann Photography
Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral, Ipapantis, Firá
4. Finding the right wedding vendors for your wedding on Santorini
Santorini is really a rather small island. Even if it is well loved as a wedding location, the selection of vendors is just not a big as in a city or on the mainland. With the language barrier in mind it can be quite difficult to find the right vendors.
Is it your dream to get married in Santorini? Why don’t you just make a noncommittal appointment with us.
We gladly assist and help you plan your wedding in Santorini or on any of the other Greek islands. Finding the perfect vendors and turn your dream into reality is also something we can do for you.
Are you also planning to get married in Santorini? Or maybe your wedding dreams have already become true on the island? Tell us what was special about your Santorini wedding. We are looking forward to your comments!
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