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WOW! Voting tonight spike?
Someone pointed out to me that the Wilshire 4500 is showing a 6% gains for today, and I see it on 3 different quote services (see below). Interesting. I haven't seen anything specific but I heard there was a software glitch at the NYSE and / or Nasdaq today.
W4500 News - Wilshire 4500 Completion Index Company News & Press Releases - MarketWatch
The Wilshire 45000 is basically the same thing as the Dow Completion Index so they should be very close in return normally.
The DWCPF quote is not confirming this.
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Does anyone know whats up with the S-Fund?
The Russell (small caps) is down 1.49% while both Google and Yahoo charts show the DWCPF up between 3% and 4%.
I'm assuming the up 4% is wrong, esp given the spike line, but does anyone have a link to an accurate number? I'm thinking it should be similar to the Russel.
CURRENTLY 100% S (as of COB 11/26/19) 2ndNov IFT
Whatever happened to $DWCPF at 11:50 AM it went up over 9% from 1320 to 1440? Then it jumped down to 1379 at 12:20 pm I hope it's true and it holds but that's a big jump for an index! I have been looking for the cause but can't find it.
Big Gap back down to 1320s at 12:45. Sigh, I guess Tom is right, those gaps do tend to get filled rather quickly. Made my day. Don't need any more coffee.
Weird. Google has it down 0.39%. https://www.google.com/search?q=dwcp...Y-hN1gzcNg_5:0
Yahoo has it down over 1% right now.
stockcharts.com has it inline with Google's quote, but shows the spike...
There was a similar spike last year and that's what started this thread. http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/the-s-fund...tml#post565113
Maybe it's a dividend or something?
As I recall, they pay out the end of year dividend right about now, and that affects on paper the price, which then corrects the next day.
It doesn't have the same action in the "S" fund price, though.
No gap on this one:
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I see this folder hasn't had a question asked for awhile now, so I'm here to save the day!
My question is if the S fund is tracking the DOW how is it that the DOW can close up and the S fund is down?
Hi Chris. It doesn't track the Dow. It tracks the Dow Completion Index. It's basically all U.S. stocks that are not in the S&P 500, so midcaps and small caps.
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By: Iain Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson is poised to come north in a bid to land another piece of top sporting silverware, with the horse he part owns, Harry The Viking, a likely runner in the Coral Scottish Grand National.
The Paul Nicholls trained seven year old was named among the entries for the £180,000 race at Ayr Racecourse on Saturday 21 April.
And with Manchester United not in action until the following day against Everton, Fergie (pictured above) may well be at Ayr to cheer on his horse.
But there will be stiff competition with some of the country's top chasers featuring in the 62 entries.
Nicky Henderson has five possible runners, including Cheltenham Gold Cup fourth Burton Port. David Pipe has entered one of the Grand National favourites Junior and also The Package, owned by David Johnson.
Cheltenham's JLT Speciality Chase winner Alfie Sherrin from Jonjo O'Neill's yard and Hennessey Gold Cup winner Carruthers are entered, as is the 2010 winner of the race and last year's runner-up Merigo (pictured below leading the race in 2010).
Notable Scottish trained entries other than Merigo include Lucinda Russell pair Red Harbour and Etxalar, Willie Amos's Lie Forrit, Abbeybraney from George Bewley's yard and the James Ewart-trained Captain Americo.
The chief supporting race on Coral Scottish Grand National Saturday, the Isle of Skye Blended Whisky Scottish Champion Hurdle, has attracted 34 entries including Tetlami, Petit Robin and Kid Cassidy, all trained by Nicky Henderson, Donald McCain's Desert Cry and Red Merlin, Raya Star from Alan King's stable, and the Paul Nicholls trained Prospect Wells and Brampour.
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"Teacher," said Frank the Pupil. "How does one manage the self amid the complexities of Life?"
"The tea leaf floats below the water," said Astrogenghis, "but the path grows closer to the flickering candle."
"To see the See is see what you Saw."
"I don't understand, Teacher."
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In ancient times, two monks set out on a pilgrimage to a distant temple. After two days of traveling, the monks stopped by a riverbank to set up camp and rest before starting again."I see now!" said Frank. "In order to attune to the Greater World, one must first attune to the Smaller World. And in so doing, one sees the Two Worlds as One World, essentially as mirrors of each other. Is that correct, Teacher?"
As they sat by the water's edge, the first monk gazed upon their surroundings and said to his companion: "Are you not stirred when you look upon the grandness of the eternal sky?"
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I've always known that people can ban together to help those in need. And who better to help than those people who write romance novels. The people who know just how important love is to survive.
Well, I'm finally getting to do what I've wanted to do for the last four years. I'll be joining the other members of the 96Rock/Hibernian team on March 5th when they shave their heads to raise money for St. Baldrick's and children's cancer research.
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Most of us geeks have heard of Pi Day, a day celebrated yearly on March 14 (3/14) to honor the never-ending number. In fact, some math nerds took Pi and set it to music. This year's Pi Day saw a fantastic YouTube video from musician Michael John Blake who set the numbers of Pi to music to create "The Sound of Pi." Unfortunately, someone else had already set Pi to music, and Blake is now battling musician Lars Erickson who years ago created "Pi Symphony" and made Blake take down his YouTube video.
Pi Day, however, is long behind us, and today we celebrate Tau Day. Tau is the number you get when you use a circle's radius instead of its diameter when doing your calculating–as such the approximate value of Tau is 6.28, or twice Pi's 3.14. Hence, today, June 28, is Tau Day, and Blake is back with a video entitled "What Tau Sounds Like."
You can watch how it works in the video below, but basically you apply the numbers one through nine to all the notes in the major scale. Then, you apply the major, minor, and diminished chords that correspond to those notes. He built his musical interpretation of Tau to 126 decimal places at a tempo of 125.6 bpm, (6.28 multiplied by 20).
The song is actually very beautiful. The video shows Blake playing the piano, guitar, a Schoenhut toy piano, a xylophone, a banjo, a violin, an accordion, a melodica, and some crazy 24-stringed instrument that I can't identify (does anyone know what it is?). The video counts the numbers throughout, so you know what part of Tau he's playing.
It's a pretty neat concept, and if Erickson decides he wants to play Blake's version of Tau, it will be a full-on copyright war.
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A group of foreigners abducted by Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan are well and have been moved to a "safe area" inside the country, a spokesman for the militants said yesterday.
The Taliban leadership will decide what to do with the group, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Eight Turks, a Russian, a Kyrgyz man and an Afghan were seized after their helicopter made a forced landing on Sunday.
"They have been moved to a safe area, they have no health problems and they are fine. They are inside Afghanistan," Mujahid said by phone from an undisclosed location.
The Mi-8 helicopter carrying Turkish road engineers landed in Azra District of Logar Province south of Kabul, a hotbed of Taliban activity.
The Taliban on Monday claimed that nine of the group were Americans and two were Afghan interpreters, but appeared yesterday to back away from that assertion.
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I was thinking about the following problem:
Let $f(u)=u^3-u-1$. Then I have to verify whether the following statements are true/false?
1.Starting with the initial guess $u^{(0)}=1.5,$ the fixed point iterates of the equation $u=g(u)$,where $g(u)=u^3-1$ converges
2.If $u^{\star}$ is a root of the equation $f(u)=0$ and $u^{\star} >1,$ then $u^{\star} $ is a stable fixed point of the equation $u=g(u)$
3.$f(u)=0$ has a root between $1$ and $2$
4.Staring with the initial guess $u^{(0)}=1.5,$ the fixed point iterates of the equation $u=\tilde{g}(u),\text{where} \space \tilde{g}(u)=\sqrt{1+u^3} $ converge.
Here,option 3 is true as we see that $f(1)<0 \space \text{whereas} f(2)>0$ .But I am not sure about the other options .How can I check other options?
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I believe that it is a medical issue. The sanctity of the doctor patient privilege should trump the States ability to intrude on a private medical matter. In a perfect world doctors would only perform abortions as a necessity to save a life, but in our... 6 years ago from a Libertarian in Toledo, OH
Pro-Life in certain cases of rape, incest, health risk, but I am for Pro-choice when it comes down to education towards pregnancy. So many other options out there in the world. 6 years ago from a Democrat in Milwaukee, WI
Im a man, not my decesion. 6 years ago from a Republican in Savannah, GA
The father has to have a say too not just the bearing mother. I am pro-choice though. 6 years ago from a Green in Ypsilanti, MI
Utilize the Carnegie Stages of Fetal Development to determine when meaningful brain activity begins. Prior to this point it should be a woman's choice but after it should be considered a life. A woman should still have final say despite the timeline... 6 years ago from a Democrat in Dulles, VA
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Pro-life - and tax incentives for NGOs providing assistance to pregnant single mothers. 6 years ago from a Libertarian in Groveport, OH
Allow it until we can accurately tell when a fetus becomes sentient. 6 years ago from a Green in Safford, AZ
Pro-life, but the fight to ban is a losing battle. Instead we should work together to reduce the number of abortions through education, family planning, and support. 6 years ago from a Democrat in Mobile, AL
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Government should not be involved with this. 6 years ago from a Libertarian in New Orleans, LA
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I am basically pro-life. My question is "when does it quit being a collection of cells, and start being life?" I think a detectable heartbeat would be a good measure. 6 years ago from a Republican in Pittsburgh, PA
I am a boy who will grow into an old man, without a uterus. Amd will never have to be faced with the moral, emotional, and religious dilema that his having an abortion. 6 years ago from a Libertarian in Gonzales, LA
I don't think I should be able to tell other people what to do with their bodies but I also don't think there is an afterlife so I feel everyone should get a chance in the only life we know we actually get. 6 years ago from a Green in Fort Erie, NY
Pro-Life, but it isn't my business what someone else decides. Thus, public hospitals should provide abortions. However, private hospitals (for example, a Catholic institution such as Georgetown) should be able to decide their own stance. 6 years ago from a Republican in White Plains, MD
Pro-Choice, but I believe that sexuality as a whole should not be upheld in modern society as it is already. Uphold a standard of decency and stop teaching young people the idea of "sex being good" if it has such destructive aftermaths. 6 years ago from a Democrat in Fort Washington, MD
Pro choice, but there should be a time limit to terminate. In cases where window is missed, aid should be given if child is to be surrendered for adopted. 6 years ago from a Democrat in Baltimore, MD
Pro-Life, but not my place to make that decision. 6 years ago from a Republican in Kilmarnock, VA
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Personally Pro life with the woman's right to choose. Should not be regulated. 6 years ago from a Republican in Bridgeport, CT
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I think we should still have abortion legal, but I believe it depends on the situation instead of women or girls going to a doctor that does not specialize in abortion or getting rid of the baby themselves and endangering themselves and the unborn child.... 6 years ago from a Republican in Harrisburg, PA
Pro-Choice: Strongly recommend legitimate sex education, contraceptive, and std education. I also disagree with taxpayers having to pay for abortion. If a woman wants to get an abortion, it should be her choice, and her money. 6 years ago from a Republican in Washington, DC
Federal government can not decide in a free country. However it can not be marketed, condemned, or profited on. At the same-time, that body in her body should be federally protected after 12 weeks. she should receive education that she is stopping life. 6 years ago from a Republican in Alabaster, AL
Morally abortion is wrong and I believe this would be the same for an overwhelming majority of the U.S. However I feel do to a lack of help from society for those who do not wish to have a child abortion is the only viable option. 6 years ago from a Democrat in Chicago, IL
Support Abortion but limited to cases in which the fetus has not become viable outside the womb, with each individual State making the determination as to when viability is reached; also believe in providing alternative birth control and sex ed to reduce... 6 years ago from a Libertarian in Castle Hayne, NC


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It seems that November is shaping up as a bit of a European tour for me. Trips later in the months to Naples and Edinburgh have been on the cards for a while, but my friend and colleague Salvador Macip and I ended up popped to Alzira, Spain on November 8th for 24 hours. This unusual behaviour was prompted by our success in winning the European Prize for the Popularization of Science.
The prize was awarded for our book, provisionally entitled 'Playing God: the new dilemmas at the frontiers of medicine and science', which looks at a range of current and forthcoming developments in biomedicine. As part of the prize, the book should be published in March 2014.
Having had a couple of runner-up slots during 2013 (for our video on comparative genomics and in the Bioscience Tutor of the Year competition) it was great to secure top prize this time around.
Setting out from Leicester at 04:30, we got the red-eye flight from East Midlands to Alicante, we were in Alzira, Valencia in time to check in and enjoy lunch outside in the sunshine.
In the afternoon we went to the local museum for the official photo shoot (even though the award was not being made formally until the evening). This was the first time we'd had a chance to meet the other winners. As well as a photo shoot, there were also TV interviews.
The award ceremony was a much bigger deal than I had anticipated, with a meal for 750 people. The meal was preceded by a display of traditional human tower ("castle") formation.
We were on a table with Andreu Martin, a well-known Catalan crime writer and winner of the evening's big prize. Also with us were our agent Carlota, Andreu's communication officer, and Eduard Castanyo (who works as a translator for the publishers Edicions Bromera as well as being, in a different incarnation, Sal's high school English teacher) and his wife.
The meal didn't start until after 9 pm and it was always destined to run into the small hours. However recent political events in the region, particularly the closure of the Valencian/Catalan language TV station by the main government, led to some highly charged speeches.
The whole evening was exclusively conducted in Valencian/Catalan. I was therefore grateful to Sal and to Eduard for their translation of the highlights for me.
Finally, at 01:30 local time (more than 20 hours after I'd got up) it was our turn. I gave a short speech, translated by Sal, who proceeded to explain more about the book and to add his views on the TV closure.
After Andreu had collected the final award of the night, there was a further round of official photos and TV interviews (this time they declined my contribution!) then a few final snaps of our own, farewells and thank yous before returning to our hotel and 3.5 hours sleep before it was time to get up and head off to the airport for our flight home.
And finally, was it the lack of sleep, or was this really a toilet for Daleks in the petrol station on the way home?
If you've read this far you might be interested in the following links:
The University of Leicester website report on the award (with link to Press Release)
The Press Release from Edicion Bromera (in Catalan)
The report in El Pais and in La Veu del Pais Valencia
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Yay Chris! Really chuffed for you, well done!!!
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Feminists Abort Unborn Jesus
Sometimes, the true nature of the great battle before us becomes horribly clear:
In Pope Francis's home country of Argentina, pro-women rallies of any sort have become synonymous for attacks on churches and on the Catholic faith.
This week was no different, when, on March 8, as the world marked the United Nations-sponsored International Women's Day, a woman dressed like the Virgin Mary pretended to have an abortion in front of a cathedral.
The events took place in Tucuman, a northern province in Argentina, where thousands rallied in favor of equal pay for women and against femicide. In Argentina during 2016, a woman was murdered by her male partner every 30 hours, so it's not as if there weren't reasons for the protest.
Yet as has happened in many other countries, a rally that was once about equality between women and men has also become for most of those participating a rally in favor of abortion, a practice that is forbidden in Argentina unless the life of the mother is threatened by pregnancy.
Hence, in what is being described as "an artistic representation" by some, a group of women pretended to do an abortion on a woman dressed like a very pregnant Virgin Mary in front of a Catholic cathedral in a clearly provocative gesture.
The gruesome images, which include what looks like blood and baby parts coming out from under the woman's dress, were shared thousands of times on Facebook.
An organization called "Socorro Rosa Tucuman" organized the fake abortion. On their Facebook page, they wrote: "In Tucuman, the Virgin aborted in the cathedral the patriarchate, the mandatory heterosexuality and the mandates of this reprising society and demanded all misogynist of this medieval province to remove her image from every maternity ward, to stop forbidding abortions in her name, that he, throwing this abortion in the face of monsignor Zecca [the local Catholic archbishop], this rotten fetus, conceived only for the raping system that mandates us to forced maternity."
That wasn't the only thing feminists in Argentina did. More:
In the southern city of Bahia Blanca, the Catholic cathedral was painted with pro-abortion and anti-church remarks. In Buenos Aires, a group of women who had participated in the Women's March, tried to bring down the protective fencing the police had set up in front of the cathedral, former home of Pope Francis.
Bare-chested protesters lit up a fire in front of the building, while chanting "The only church that illuminates is one that is burning," "take your rosaries out of our ovaries," and several other similar songs. A few dozen women were arrested by the police.
A young man who stood in front of the group, holding a Vatican flag, defending the church, was violently attacked.
Read the whole thing. The article includes an image of the Virgin's "abortion". I won't repost it here, but if you can stomach it, you should look at it, so you will understand the rage and the hatred that we face.
Recalling a recent Facebook debate about it, Eric Mader writes that secularists who blaspheme in this way are only hurting themselves. Excerpt from Mader's exchange with a correspondent:
Two points:
1) If there exists a God anything like God as understood in Western monotheism, then the virgin birth as a literal event is of course eminently possible, as are any other miracles, including the universe suddenly folding up into nothing or being rearranged on entirely new laws. As an orthodox Christian, I view miracles in this lens.
2) There are however many Christians who do not believe in the virgin birth as a literal event, who understand it as a myth, but show respect to the story itself as an ancient part of their tradition, that Christian tradition that grounds some of the most crucial elements in their present-day culture: its legal norms, its concepts of history, its notions of justice, its critique of vulgar wealth and power.
On at least this second basis you might at least recognize that in mocking Christianity you are a little like the man high up in a tree sawing away at the branch he's sitting on.
In any case you should have enough of a sense of history to understand the following: All great civilizations have risen up on myths and died when these myths fell into disrepute. You as a person wouldn't be what you are today, and your country, England, wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for Christianity. Many of the things you take for granted–the Western concept of human rights for one–arose from and because of the Judeo-Christian inheritance.
Which is to say: Westerners who think there's any virtue in mocking their own culture's religion tradition are like spoiled teenagers who scoff at their parents, the people who fed and raised and taught them. How do such kids look to you? This is where you're putting yourself with these kinds of statements.
If the Christianity these deranged, satanic women so despise were to disappear, the will-to-power world that will replace it will not suit them. To put it mildly.


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Npower recruitment 2018-2019 Application Registration form has started and this post on npower registration will guide you to register for npower 2018-2019 . You will see www.portal.npower.gov.ng Nigeria recruitment form filling guide and application process.
There is news everywhere now stating that "Npower recruitment 2018 form is currently out". You will know if the news you've been hearing about npower Nigeria job form is out or not.
Recently, we started questions from those who wants to join N-power programme, some of the questions includes the one's listed below:
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I hope you've seen the above queries people are using to ask about npower 2018 recruitment form. Let's show all the things required for Npower 2018 job application below:
Npower General Recruitment 2018 Requirements
N-Power aspires to provide a platform where most Nigerians can access skills acquisition and development. At this time however, the initial modular programmes in N-Power are designed for Nigerian citizens between the ages of 18 and 35.
You will need to meet the minimum requirements (if any) for your respective programme. Generally, selection is based:
On your expression of a genuine interest in whichever area you decide;
Passing the relevant tests;
Your willingness to push yourself beyond your comfort zone; and
Ability to show a flair to develop all the skills you need to be the best you can be.
While there are fixed requirements along the way, we will be relying on you to take ownership of the process and take the lead in shaping your route, by making the most of the training that you will receive.
For the purposes of N-Power, Graduate means having a minimum of a Higher National Diploma (HND) or a Bachelors Degree from a higher institution.
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HTC's American division has announced a new thing we're quite jealous of, but it's not a phone. It's a sort of aftercare promise, with the HTC Advantage scheme offering free screen repairs to buyers should a lovely new telephone get dropped. Because of course Americans are the only butter-fingered people in the world, right? No?
Initially covering the One series of phones -- the HTC One, HTC One Mini and HTC One Max -- the scheme is a two-pronged software and hardware promise, with the hardware side covered by a one-time free screen replacement if you manage to break it within the first six months of ownership. That's nice.
On the software side of things, HTC says it wants to "...lead the industry in Android update delivery," by promising at least a two-year shelf life and ensuring all "major" Android OS upgrades hit its phones quickly. HTC will also continue to offer two years of Google Drive storage for between 25GB and 50GB of cloud backup space. [HTC]


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Consisting of fresh milk, oatmeal and tamarind, this scrub will rejuvenate the skin cells and give a replenishing moisturizer, leaving your body smooth and soft to the touch.
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An exotic blend of coffee and white clay provides skin detoxification and exfoliation. This is an energizing and refreshing cleanser and an uplifting body treatment for your skin.
35 mns: 1600 THB
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A mixture of traditional herbs with black sesame seeds which cleanses and removes tired skin cells. This scrub moisturizes and encourages new cell growth to produce healthier skin.
35 mns: 1600 THB
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This is a very soft scrub for all skin types. Yoghurt and pineapple will gently exfoliate the skin whilst the oat-wheat nourishing cream replenishes and moisturizes leaving your skin soft and smooth.
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A deep cleansing and revitalizing wrap result in natural skin glow. Pandan gives a balance while green tea provides and excellent antioxidant and anti-aging. The luxurious jojoba oil resembles the body's natural sebum and therefore leaves the skin moist and soft.
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An aromatic blend of Thai herbs will stimulate all of your senses as it smoothens away dry, rough skin. It improves circulation as well as providing a gentle exfoliation leaving your skin soft and glowing.
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In the novel "A Darkness in My Soul" macabre product of a half-mad scientists – strange creature by the code name "the Child" had nothing to do with the usual baby. This genetic freak was part of secret experiments to create artificial intelligence.
Before reading this novel, the reader knew such Koonz: lots of text even where it in principle is not required; rather dry dialogue. The emphasis on human dostijeniya in one area or another, sometimes quite incredible. The standard development of the plot with transitions from one line to another. Predominantly the two main characters, etc. – fans of koontz will understand what it says. but this novel – albeit the first, and may, at first glance, damp – the best of the late works of koontz, because most azikwe syllable of the book one feels the author's passion for what he writes. His interest, while many subsequent books can go in the category of ready-made scripts for films. A similar style of writing interesting and believable.


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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police sought to arrest some 64 people on Tuesday as part of a cargo theft investigation, police said in a statement, as Latin America's largest economy seeks to gain control over its increasingly insecure highways.
The operation, code-named "Transbordo," uncovered a cargo theft scheme involving truck drivers in six Brazilian states, ranging from Ceará in the impoverished Northeast to Sao Paulo in the populous Southeast. The police, who estimated that losses resulting from the scheme surpassed 8.6 million reais ($2.22 million), also carried out 106 search warrants.
As part of the scheme, police said, complicit drivers would fake the attacks, give co-conspirators time to deactivate the trucks' security mechanisms, and lodge false complaints with authorities.
The size and sophistication of the operation reflects the increasing seriousness of cargo theft in Brazil, where over 22,000 such robberies were recorded in two states alone - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro - in 2017.
Major retailers operating in Brazil, ranging from Chile's Cencosud SA to Via Varejo SA, an indirect subsidiary of France's Casino Guichard Perrachon SA, have invested heavily to keep their goods from being stolen on the way to market.
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Since 1931, Frank Mayer & Associates has always led the pack. An award-winning Midwest-based in-store merchandising solutions provider, they were one of the first in their space to leverage the power of the Web to re-enforce their brand, and shortly after began to help their customers do the same. For over a decade, Trivera Interactive has been honored to be called their partner.
With an amazing fourth generation Web presence already in place, Search Engine dominance in their keywords and a well-conceived, superbly executed Web strategy, developing a new Web site that improved on all that is no small task.
So it is with great pride that we announce the launch of the new FrankMayer.com. With improved customer interface and enhanced marketing-at-retail programs, the site has been redesigned offering the latest in-store merchandising, interactive kiosk solutions and promotional marketing programs.
Frank Mayer's VP of Marketing Dave Zoerb says, "In today's competitive market customers are looking for a company that offers a comprehensive marketing program. As a result , the redesigned Web site expresses the custom solutions offered by FMA and expands on exclusive trends and looks of the most current successful retail and interactive programs."
Trivera President Tom Snyder elaborates, " Frank Mayer and Associates is the best in their business. Our relationship with them has been great because they know that, unless their Web strategy re-enforces that fact in every aspect, their message will be lost. We share their passion for excellence."
The launch caps off a four month collaborative process between the Frank Mayer staff and the team at Trivera. Moving ahead, Trivera will continue to administer their Search Engine Optimization strategy, assist the Frank Mayer internal team in maintaining fresh and up to date content, and map out their Web2.0 strategy.
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Since I am involved in quite a lot Open Source communities I already had much contact to Etherpads (and flavors like Titanpad or Etherpad Lite).
What is Etherpad?
For those who don't know them: They're online editors with basic Rich Text features like marking text as bold or italic. Their main use case (to my knowledge) is either to collaboratively draft articles or write meeting notes together. Thereby the Rich Text functionality isn't used at all, but the authors already use the markup of their target CMS like MediaWiki.
Why not using Google Docs?
Google Docs is way more popular. I consider their "features" more harming then serving. Like I said, Etherpad is mainly used for preparation of publishing on another system. Google Docs is "helping" you by formatting text as you write. For example, by replacing double quotes with typographically correct quotation marks. Keeping in mind that certain special characters often have special meaning on other systems, the publisher has to go over the text again to undo parts where Google Docs was so kind to help you.
Why do I need an app for that?
You don't.
But you would need to remember (or bookmark) all the places were you are using an Etherpad, plus the login credentials (if you don't save them or use a password manager). With Padland you have all the pads in one place. I haven't checked, how it stores credentials, though.
Okay, so how do I use Padland?
First, install Padland from F-Droid and launch it. Then click the cog in the upper right corner to launch the settings view. Select "server list" there and add a server (the plus in a circle in the lower right corner). Pick whatever you want as name. As server URL take the name of the Etherpad instance (i.e. everything up to the
/). Make sure to deselect the checkbox if you don't use Etherpad Lite. In "Advanced options" there is a hint how to detect, whether Etherpad Lite is used. Save the form when you are done and move back to the start screen.
Now create a new pad by hitting the document icon with a plus. Here's a tricky detail: The pad name is case sensitive and must start with a slash, since it is concatenated with the server pad you can select from the options below the button. A trailing slash gets removed before saving a new server. If you enter a pad name, Padland will look the URL up and prompt you to a login window (same as in web browser) if it is a private pad. Once you enter your credentials you can interact with the web the same way as you would in the browser.
And that's the only drawback I experienced so far: Etherpad on the browser is not mobile friendly, so Padland can't help much here.
Other than that I am satisfied to have a single app to manage all my pads.


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Welcome to my website! For now, I am dedicated to sharing short blogs which may be varied in subject matter …
… occasional devotional thoughts about the Lord Jesus Christ,
… progress on my current journey in the publishing field,
… in summer, updates about life here in Alaska, moose, wilderness, and fish.
… in winter, enjoying mild weather and tropical breezes in Florida
Some background is in order…
My Novel, the working title is St. Anne's:
Ten years ago I completed a novel, and I was working toward publication when the exigencies of caring for my elderly stepfather and my mother put an abrupt halt to my writing efforts. I stuck the manuscript on a shelf for nine years and turned to the really important work God set before me then. Now, both my mother and step-father have passed on to be with the LORD, so I have returned to editing and doing the prerequisite work to publish St. Anne's?
Many of you know that I love to write Christian devotionals about God's amazing grace. They come from my morning quiet time meditations. I covet your input on these devotionals, because the insight of other believers is very important. Iron sharpens iron!
I have posted several blogs about our trip to Alaska in April, and several more about our summer there. I also posted a couple of blogs answering the question we often hear, "How did you guys end up in Alaska?" It's a long story, and I will continue to post episodes of that journey from time to time.
We live on the west coast in the Tampa Bay area. The winters here are like the summers in Alaska. Warm sun…cool breezes. My husband Tom and I are involved in a more urban set of activities here — big church, lots of social interaction groups, smaller lot with grass to cut, house that requires lots of maintenance, more stress.
Why did I send you this link to my website?
Tom and I treasure the friendships we have made with people in Florida and Alaska, in neighborhoods, Bible Studies, dog walks, music organizations, work projects, writing groups, schools, and churches. I hope you will allow me to continue to reach out to you for your advice on my website and technical stuff, your critique of my writing, your prayers that I stay on track glorifying the Lord.
I am so grateful for your feedback.


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Opportunity Early Childhood Education & Family Center
Event: Give On the Go
When: Launched Nov. 11, 2015
Where: Online, throughout Palm Beach County
What: Opportunity's #GiveOnTheGo campaign took a new approach to fundraising by combining social media with philanthropy. For 60 days, friends and supporters were encouraged to donate to Opportunity Early Childhood Education & Family Center from any location, then share photos of them doing so, on social media. The online event raised $2,400 for the organization and donors showed their creativity.
#GiveOnTheGo publicly launched Opportunity's capital campaign: Opportunity Knocks, which seeks to create an endowment for the organization and build a new campus to serve up to 200 children.
At this time, Opportunity has raised $5.5 million of its $8.6 million goal.
Who: Waverly Shirreffs, Event Chair
Proceeds: All proceeds go toward Opportunity's Capital Campaign: Opportunity Knocks. For more than 75 years Opportunity has been a second home to the children of working families in Palm Beach County. The center currently serves 96 children, ages 6 weeks to 5 years, with a waiting list of more than 300. The capital campaign will allow Opportunity to acquire a new building so it can provide life-changing programs to more children and their families.
Info: (561) 712-9221


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The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) continues its investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella, possibly related to zeppoles. HEALTH has now received reports of 25 people who are ill throughout the state, with a common characteristic among many as having consumed zeppoles from DeFusco's Bakery. 13 of the 25 have tested positive for Salmonella and 10 people have been hospitalized (note, yesterday's press release incorrectly stated that 13 people had been hospitalized when the correct number was 10). The most likely cause of illness is consumption of zeppole pastries that came in contact with raw eggs. Pastry shells from DeFusco's had been stored in used egg crates, which could have exposed the shells to infected raw eggs. HEALTH's Office of Food Protection continues working to identify all bakeries that sold zeppoles made by DeFusco's and is also looking into the source of the eggs. HEALTH's State Laboratories are working through the weekend to test food samples in order to pinpoint the exact source of illness.
HEALTH has now learned that American Bakery Supplies, a distributor in West Warwick, purchased zeppoles from DeFusco's. The company then distributed the pastries to Roch's Market in West Warwick; Meal Works in Coventry; and Touch of Class Catering in West Warwick. Meal Works (a catering company) served these zeppoles at events on March and 18 at West Warwick Manor Senior Center, St John and Paul Church in Coventry, Sparrow Point (senior facility) in West Warwick, and Crescent Park Manor in Riverside.
Zeppoles from DeFusco's Johnston store were also sold at all DeFusco's locations; Colvitto's Bistro in Narragansett (note, yesterday's press release incorrectly listed the bakery's name as Calvitto's in Narragansett); Sal's Bakery in Providence; and Focaccia World in Johnston. All five Crugnale Bakery locations in Providence, East Providence, North Providence, Cranston, and Cumberland also sold DeFusco's zeppoles from March 16 through March 20.
During this investigation HEALTH also discovered unsafe food storage practices at Buono's Bakery in Providence. Their zeppole, cream puff, and éclair shells were also stored in used egg crates, which could lead to contamination from raw eggs. People are advised to immediately discard all baked goods from any DeFusco's ; zeppoles from any of the above locations; and zeppoles, cream puffs, and éclairs from Buono's Bakery in Providence.
Anyone who has eaten any of the above-mentioned products and has gotten sick (especially with nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea) should contact their healthcare provider immediately for evaluation and treatment. Because foods of animal origin, including eggs, may be contaminated with Salmonella, people should not eat raw or undercooked eggs, poultry, or meat or raw or unpasteurized milk or other dairy products. In addition, raw eggs and uncooked meats should be kept separate from produce, cooked foods, and ready-to-eat foods in order to avoid cross-contamination. Hands, cutting boards, counters, knives, and other utensils should be washed thoroughly after touching uncooked foods. Boxes that contained eggs or raw meat product should never be used for any other purpose. People should wash their hands before handling food, and between handling different food items. ###


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30 June (Part 2) - Like governor of a Siberian Gulag
That's how Hugh Neal describes Bexley council leader Teresa O'Neill
on his blog.
Lots of other entertainment too. Hugh describes how Microsoft has woken up to the
benefits of the ARM processor. About time; I was using one from 1990, three years after the first one
was produced, now everyone has got one of three hidden in almost every household appliance.
I have finished tinkering with the internal workings of Bonkers for this weekend; still not entirely happy with it, but the foundations have been put in for better viewing on telephones and other similar gizmos which are all foreign territory to me.


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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 91% of all seafood consumed in the US is imported. In a time when many of our favorite restaurants name-check where their meat and produce comes from, and farmers sell their harvests at markets across the country to expectant buyers, this stat puts the seafood industry behind where the local food movement has progressed in the past few years. But it doesn't keep the local food movement from eating fish.
Sustainable seafood is a term that's thrown around a lot these days: The practice of sustainable fishing, as National Geographic puts it, is to "target plentiful species, including those smaller and lower on the food chain, because they can reproduce quickly to sustain their populations." A 2012 poll by NPR and Truven Health Analytics, a company that analyzes healthcare data, found that almost 80 percent of the people who eat seafood regularly said it is "important" or "very important" that their seafood is sustainably caught. However, when it comes to the actual practice of eating sustainable seafood, Kenny Belov, restaurateur and owner of Bay Area sustainable seafood wholesaler TwoXSea, says something different: "The fish is the least important to the chef. They don't have to source or ask questions or do homework." In other words, while many may say they prefer their seafood to be sustainably caught, he sees the sourcing and research needed to do so as a low priority when it comes to actually buying fish.
A big part of this disconnect is due to nomenclature. When conscious consumers hear terms like 'wild', 'local', or 'line-caught', it's easy to reflexively feel good about those purchases. But these terms, upon closer inspection, reveal very little: A word like 'wild' does not always imply more sustainable, the definition of what constitutes 'local' fish is subjective, and 'line-caught' is too broad a term to be meaningful.
But, additionally, there's murkiness involving what fish—even what some consider consciously-caught fish—are fed, and where the feed comes from. In light of increasing demand for more seafood, I believe we should be asking (better) questions not just about 'wild', 'local', and 'line-caught', but also what food the fish we're eating is being raised on.
Aquaculture—the science of raising fish (and crustaceans and mollusks)—is considered a very old practice, there has been an upswing in the US's use of it in the last several decades. It seems, on the surface, to be a logical way to satisfy the nutritional demands and appetites of all the people consuming fish on our planet. Commercial aquaculture projects, also known as commercial fisheries, are essentially oceanic tenants: They place tracks into the ocean floor to raise their fish, manipulating the ocean's environment for production.
Predictably, there are many environmental concerns with this arrangement. According to Food and Water Watch, oceanic habitats can be severely impacted by dredging, drilling, dropping large anchors, the introduction of new predators, and sediment disturbances. These types of fisheries also use antibiotics to manage disease. This affects not only salmon (along with carp and tilapia, the most commonly farm-raised fish), but is every bit as hazardous for the surrounding wild populations.
While these are perfectly legitimate reasons to avoid farmed fish, the greatest opportunity to broaden the conversation beyond what's already being discussed is one step further. In addition to questions around provenance, chefs and consumers should also be asking, "What's in the feed?" You can be sure that just about no one will be able to answer it, but the opportunity to shift the industry lies within that pause.
Farmed fish are fed pellets that are densely packed from the oil, innards, and bones of forage fish, like anchovies, sardines, and menhaden. The motivation for commercial fisheries is rather obvious: Get the fish as large as possible as quickly as possible to go to market. The feed conversion ratios are often so distorted that one piece of salmon may very well have consumed three times its mass in bait fish. That means when you're eating farm-raised salmon, what you're not seeing on the plate are the other fish killed to produce the feed. Commercial feed may also contain byproducts that are difficult for fish to process, most often because of their lean digestive tracks. Except for a well-timed tide, there's nothing preventing this excess waste from passing directly into the ocean.
At a recent event about sustainable seafood in San Francisco, Belov told me that he and his team are "the only ones to get a green list [from Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch list] on both our feed and our fish." Along with Dr. Rick Barros (a retired USDA researcher who's been doing work on alternative feeds for years) and Bill Foss, Belov's team at TwoXSea has developed a vegetarian diet made mostly of algae and pistachios that were not pretty enough to be sold to grocers. The result of that diet, though, is a delicious and luminous trout, served at the kind of restaurants that would list the name of the farm on the menu. According to Belov, for every pound they raise, five to seven pounds of bait fish are spared.
It's a pretty sure bet that the feed your fish ate while being raised is not local, either. For example, much of the wild feed for farmed salmon is taken from the Southern Hemisphere. To put it another way, what's happening is the depletion of fish in international waters in the name of rearing a luxury item. Consuming seafood can be expensive, a privilege for chefs and market shoppers who can afford it. If we go out of our way to eat a peach that has not been sprayed with pesticides, or was grown locally, we should consider more thoroughly our role in upsetting ocean ecology and take responsibility to preserve it. From apex predators at the top all the way down the line to the anchovy, the health of our waters depends on the protection of this natural ecological order. If you've never paused to think about what's fed the seafood you're eating, just think about it the same way you would grass-fed beef or free-range eggs—that is, what's in them is now in you, and it's better if what they're eating is sustainable.
While it may be difficult to find out if a fish was caught, let alone fed, sustainably, there are several ways to get a better understanding of what you are buying.
It doesn't hurt to just be direct and ask: What's in the feed? A grocer or seller may not know, but there's a chance they might.
If someone can't answer that, ask other questions. Who caught the fish? What's the name of the boat? These are simple, yet powerful inquiries that, if answered, are a strong indication if you're buying from a sustainable source.
If possible, take a tour of where you are buying from. Organizations like Sea Forager in the Bay Area, which gives coastal fishing tours, can help to foster a better sense of appreciation about what's required to feed the demands of the marketplace.
Buy fish at a local farmers market. Like produce and other livestock, buying at a farmers market is usually the best way to ensure that the person you're buying from is as close as possible to the production process.
If you can't go local, consider buying from somewhere traceable. Transparency remains the biggest challenge in the procurement of sustainable seafood. Buy directly from Community Supported Fisheries (CSF) which, like land-based Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes, help consumers foster an immediate connection to the person responsible for procuring their food. Real Good Fish is just one example.
At the very least, eat more pelagic fish in general. Creating a market for pelagic fish—fish like mackerel, herring, and anchovies that do not live near the coast, the ocean floor, or coral reefs—is an excellent way to be more sustainable when it comes to fish.
Stephen Satterfield is our newest Writer in Residence. He is a chef, sommelier, urban farmer, and recent Culinary Trust Writing Fellow at Civil Eats. Stay tuned for more from him on the site.
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Korni Bread
Yaey look at my pretty BBB badge!
I remember when Lynn first joined the Bread Baking Babes (a group that bakes the chosen bread every month). I admired her and her bread baking skills, and part of me wanted to join in because it's always fun to be a part of those bake along groups, but the other part of me was so scared of kneading. But now that I've gotten over that fear, I couldn't wait for Lynn to post the next BBB bread so I could bake it and join them! Silly me, I left it until the last day, so I won't get to taste the bread until tomorrow. But it looks good and I love how it's so full of all different grains and things like rye flour, whole wheat flour, flax seeds, millet (at least I think I added millet - hard to tell between amaranth and millet in my unlabeled jars!) and roasted soy beans. The only thing I didn't do was put the milk/egg glaze. As nice as that glaze is, I hate using up an egg for it so I usually just brush water on. I can't wait to find out what the next months' bread is!
Update: I thought yesterday was the 29th (the last day to post about the bread) but that's today! Oops. Anyway this morning I put the bread out to take photos and left the room for a minute. Then I came back to Abby licking the bread! Cat approved. The bread is really yummy and I'm in love with the chewy and dense yet soft texture. I wish I hadn't flattened the loaf so much though as now I have these really long slices and I'm not sure what container I can put them in!
Adapted from Joe Ortiz' The Village Baker
(makes 1 round 3 1/2 pound loaf)
Korni means corn or grain. It is made from a combination of grains that go well together for flavor, crunchiness, and good nutrition.
Soy bean mixture
1/2 cup organic (dried) soy beans
1 cup boiling water
1 package (2 1/2 teaspoons; 1/4 oz) active dry yeast
2 1/2 cups warm water
1 cup organic rye flour
1 cup organic whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups organic unbleached white (or all-purpose) flour
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
All of the starter from the previous step
3 cups organic, unbleached white (or all-purpose) flour
1 tablespoon sea salt
1 tablespoon ground caraway seeds*
1/4 cup organic flax seeds
1/2 cup organic millet
All of the soy mixture
Prepare the soy beans:
Place them in a small bowl, cover them with the boiling water, and let them soak for 10 minutes. Drain the beans and let them cool. Process the beans in a food processor fitted with the metal blade until they roughly chopped.
Place the beans on a cookie sheet and roast them in a preheated 350°F oven between 15 and 20 minutes, until they are completely dried out. Set them aside.
Prepare the sponge/poolish:
First proof the yeast, in a large bowl, in 1 cup of the warm water. When it is creamy, mix in 1 1/4 cups warm water and slowly add the rye flour, whole wheat flour, and 1½ cups of white flour by handfuls while stirring the mixture with a wooden spoon.
Set the batter aside, in a large bowl, covered with a dish towel, for between 8 and 10 hours or overnight.
Make the dough:
Proof the yeast in the warm water, add it to the risen sponge, and mix the two together. Start adding the flour, handful by handful, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon. After all but 1 cup of the flour has been added (this will take about 10 minutes), turn the dough out onto your worktable, sprinkle the salt and the ground caraway over the dough, and incorporate them by kneading the dough for about 5 minutes while adding the last of the flour. The dough should be very moist.
Add the flax seeds, millet, and roasted soy beans and knead the dough to incorporate them.
Set the dough aside, covered, to rise for 1 hour, until it has doubled in size.
Flatten out the dough again and then shape it into a round loaf. This loaf is best proofed in a canvas-lined basket (I used a large bowl sprayed with baking spray) and then baked on a baking stone in the oven. It can also be placed on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Let the loaf rise for about 1 1/2 hours.
Glaze the loaf with water and bake it in a preheated 425°F oven for between 30 and 35 minutes.
Let the loaf cool on a wire rack.
*(to make your own, grind a few tablespoons of whole caraway seed in a mortar with a pestle until you have a fine powder. If your powder still contains large chunks of seed, sift the mixture and use 1 tablespoon of the sifted powder)


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2009 Dead man rises
2010 Brothers in blood
2010 Brothers in blood
A Somali asylum seeker, a Kurdish taxi driver, a Serb refugee – they only have one thing in common: They've all been brutally tortured, killed and dumped on the outskirts of Oslo.
Police sergeant Ulf Larsen at Follo Police Station is ordered to cancel his summer vacation and to lead the murder investigations. Within his team people have different opinions on what lies behind the killings. Are the dead men victims of ethnic cleansing, or are the murders related to criminal gang vendettas? Ulf Larsen and his group don't have much time -- the killers must be found before they kill again.
This is Knut Lindh's second crime novel with police sergeant Ulf Larsen and journalist Vibeke Holt.
«A precise prose, a clever and convincing plot with a subject of current interest ... And above all: It's thrilling!» Knut Holt, Fædrelandsvennen
«Everything is in place in this book. Reading Lindh is both a pleasure and a thrill. From page one to the end, the story is cleverly and efficiently told - and with clippings disposing of unneeded parts and keeping up the suspense all the way ... The result is a successful novel in every possible sense.» Ingvar Ambjørnsen, VG
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Vigmostad Bjørke, Norway


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maxmillianfp needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 41 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Maxmillian Financial Planning
We are a strategic wealth advisory firm helping clients build wealth through investing, tax structuring and risk management. We provide a service that combines their personal values with their financial goals and coach them to financial success. We serve the affluent community of professionals and business owners.
I have an idea that picture of a sun could be used and instead of the rays coming out of it on all sides i wanted to replace the rays with different types of keys (as in the keys to unlocking your wealth) as a part of the logo.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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In dating, the value you add to any relationship is the reason someone will date you.
Dating is an exchange. We are constantly trading with others through words, actions and energy. Your self- worth is the value of the currency you're trading with. Different than your self-esteem, although closely related.
Your self-worth is the value that you place on yourself that is adopted by others. It is what you will accept from others in exchange for what you give. While confidence is what you're convinced of, self-worth is the currency in which you allow others to date you.
The best way to attract high quality people is to raise your personal currency and increase your self-worth. Often times when we meet potential dates we instantly believe that we have to earn their affection. We don't think that our value is an even exchange for theirs so we give more than we need to.
We start to worry:
What if they don't like me?
What if they're not attracted to me?
What if they choose someone else over me?
What if they don't like me as much as I like them?
Its easy in dating to become absorbed with being "liked" before you've decided how much you like the other person.
Because we're afraid of being rejected we try to accommodate potential dates as much as we can. We overcompensate by giving too much too soon. When it comes to value exchange the only way to prevent giving more than the other person and lowering your value is to set boundaries.
At some point, it's important to learn how to tell people NO!
The ability to say no to the people we're dating is the best way to convey our value. If you were to run out of coins while playing a video game the game would end. If you're evenly exchanging value with potential dates then setting limits is a way of conveying that they need to give more to go further with you.
If you don't want to be used, taken for granted or taken advantage of, it's important to establish your boundaries early in the courtship.
Most singles fail to do this because of fear. Fear of the aforementioned. Fear that if they give the other person an opportunity to walk away, they will. They believe that if they tell their date no, their date will dump them and move on to someone who will tell them yes.
Think of how many times you've placed a higher value on a potential partner. How much were you willing to give out of fear? How much more did you give because you felt that what you had to offer was somehow less than their contribution.
The inability to say no because of your fears translates as desperate to most people.
As adults we know when we're pushing others to their limits, unless you're just incredibly selfish. We do it anyway because we think that we can get away with it. We ask for as much as we can simply because we can. This is when you have to deny such requests.
So how do you know when it's the right time to say no?
When You're Afraid.
It's not a rational thought that if you don't, someone else will. When you fear that your love interest will leave you if you don't bend past your boundaries that is when you should hold firm in them. There comes a moment in dating when something tells you don't go further. Call it instincts but there will come a moment when you want to say no but you feel afraid. That's when you should.
If you have to compromise your value to keep someone interested then they are not really interested.
When you develop feelings for someone its easy to want to go out of your way to impress them and accommodate them. There will come a situation where you have to make a choice between their needs and your own. That's when you employ the word no.
When it's clear that it's you or them choose yourself every time.
What if they don't call you back, or invite you out again? What if this is your last chance to make a great impression and prove yourself worthy?
If you have to compromise to the point of being uncomfortable, for someone else, it means that you're acting out of desperation. That's not attractive.
What you said yes to because you wanted to impress your potential date will essentially turn them off. Suddenly you've made dating you easy but it shouldn't be.
Once dating you becomes easy, most potential dates will move on.
What you were afraid would happen if you said no, will eventually happen because you said yes.
Instead of pushing yourself too far, hold back just a little and build anticipation. When someone is interested in dating you they will appreciate your discipline. I hope this was helpful.


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During the evening of July 22, the Neptune Fire Department's Unexcelled Fire Company was called to neighboring Asbury Park for a reported structure fire. The incident was located on Memorial Drive near Springwood Avenue. Upon arrival, first due fire units from APFD found two separate buildings on fire. They immediately began battling the two blazes, …
A general alarm was transmitted for a reported house fire at 102 Allenhurst Avenue on September 3, 2016 at approximately 11:23 pm. Upon arrival of Fire Chief Daniel Harker, he found a fully involved house fire. A second alarm was transmitted. The Unexcelled Fire Company responded with Tower Ladder 34-4-90 as the first due truck and …