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This essay first appeared in The Palm Beach Letter
In my ongoing effort to shock and awe you with contrarian (and sometimes counterintuitive) truths about building wealth, I give you this little nugget to chew on today:
You cannot become wealthy by investing.
Please don't tell anyone I told you this. If any of my fellow investment newsletter publishers knew I was saying such things they would have me tarred and feathered.
The investment advisory business – and in that I include brokerages, private bankers, and insurance agents, as well as investment newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and Internet publications – is a huge, multibillion-dollar industry based on lots of hard work, clever thinking, sophisticated algorithms, and one teensy-weensy lie.
The lie is that you can grow wealthy through investing.
It's not a big, black lie. For there is plenty of evidence that strategic investing can provide returns that exceed investment costs (brokerage fees, management fees, subscription fees, etc.) and even produce positive returns after inflation. But for that to work, you need time. A good deal of time.
Say you start with an investment account of $50,000. And you follow a really good investment strategy that has been proven to deliver 10% annually, year after year. At the end of 10 years, your $50,000 net investible worth will have increased to $129,687. At the end of 20 years, it will have increased to $336,375. And at the end of 30 years, it will have grown to $872,470.
Eight hundred seventy-two grand will give you $87,200 of income for 10 years, which might come to about $65,000 after taxes. That's okay, but it's hardly wealthy.
And besides, you probably don't have 30 years to wait before you would want to begin spending that income.
So what's an earnest wealth seeker to do?
You can start by deconstructing the teensy-weensy lie your investment advisor has been telling you.
What he isn't telling you is that building wealth involves at least five key financial strategies, only one of which is investing.
Rich people get rich by consistently implementing all five of the following strategies:
- Managing debt
- Increasing income
- Limiting spending
- Disciplined saving
- Smart investing
As you can see, investing is at the bottom of the list. That's because, in my experience, it is the least important of the five. Most of the rich guys I know spend little or no time investing. And when they do invest, it's more of a hobby than a serious enterprise.
Phil, for example, is a true expert in municipal bonds. But that's not how he became wealthy and it's not how he intends to become even wealthier down the line. He spends an hour or two every week managing his municipal bond portfolio (which I imagine to be well in excess of $10 million). But most of his working hours are devoted to increasing his income through his business.
Phil is no exception. All of the rich guys I know have their own investment preferences and strategies. But none of them spends more than a small portion of his working time investing. They all understand that they can't build their wealth by investing alone. They therefore spend most of their time and attention on the other four, key financial strategies listed above.
I never paid any attention at all to investing until I started publishing The Palm Beach Letter. And yet I managed to grow from broke to having a net worth in excess of $50 million – without knowing the first thing about stocks or options or other sophisticated stock market instruments.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying investing has no value. On the contrary, I'm delighted to be an investor now and certain that investing will add to my wealth.
But I don't intend to spend 40 hours a week studying the market. What I will do is devote an hour a week to following the advice of The Palm Beach Letter's investment experts: Tom Dyson and Paul Mampilly. And I'll spend the rest of my wealth-building time on the other four wealth-building strategies.
I doubt that you will hear this from the publisher of any other investment publication. We all know that our market – primarily grumpy old men over 50 – doesn't give a hoot about managing debt or limiting spending or disciplined saving. And they hate the idea of actively working to increase their income.
So what we do is give our readers what they want: the best investment advice we can offer. We don't mention the little white truth that they don't want to hear: that they must spend most of their wealth-building time on these other four strategies if they ever hope to become wealthy.
We want our readers to have all five strategies at their disposal. And that's why, in every issue of The Palm Beach Letter (and in many of our Cigar Bar essays and interviews as well), we talk about these other financial strategies.
Each month, we bring our readers at least one very solid investment recommendation. Tom and Paul and their team spend hundreds of hours every month researching the markets and double-checking their facts to give us a very good chance for a 10% to 15% return on our money.
But Tom, Paul, and I also talk to our readers about saving strategies (such as our gold coin recommendations and our bond laddering strategy) and how to efficiently manage debt and limit spending and – yes – increase their income by actively engaging in business.
So if you subscribe, please pay as much attention to those as you do the stock recommendations we provide. Of course, it will up to you to take from The Palm Beach Letter what you feel you need. Our hope is that you will take all of it.


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Uh, well this is interesting.
The self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as Daesh, has taken advantage of the same mobile security measures that many of us lay people have to communicate under the law enforcement radar. Governments have been looking to force messaging services to provide decryption tools for investigators to use in accessing potentially useful exchanges.
In the meantime, while Daesh operatives have had tough goes with finding a stable, accessible encrypted conversation medium impenetrable by investigators. With WhatsApp being pried open and an ally-made app called Telegram taken off its hosting site, it may be Daesh itself to make a solution with an .apk floating around the web named "Alrawi."
The app's security features are said to be not as strong as what came with Telegram or is with WhatsApp, but it's Daesh's own, not subject to marketplace take-down.
These claims are being made by the Ghost Security Group, the group that initially found Daesh using the Telegram app.

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In total, 12 Shropshire juniors took part in the Gigafinal in Manchester which was the Northern final of the competition which involves around 70,000 young chess players in its opening stages!
All of the Shropshire players performed well against tough opposition. The full results with club/school in brackets:
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At least five Islamic terrorist attacks are committed every day, globally. Polls show widespread support for Sharia among Muslims in the West and globally. I forgot to insert the name of the crazy, Sufi "Scholar" who has predictions about the conquest of India.
His name is S Once you introduce them to the idea of a true Islamic doctrine, you can go into a thousand directions to your chosen advantage. The doctrine is a devastating strategic weapon. The Sunna is also a weapon of magnificent power at small tactical details. Once you know Mohammed, there are unlimited stories to illustrate any point you want. In a January speech that aired on Al JazeeraQaradawi said:. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them - even though they exaggerated this issue - he managed to put them in their place.
This was divine punishment for them. Allah willing, the next time will be at the hands of the believers. When asked if female rape victims should be punished under Islam, Qaradawi replied: Since Islam addresses women to maintain their modesty, as not to open the door for evil…. In Qaradawi wrote a fatwa that presented "Hoten och avhoppen var psykiskt jobbiga" or stoning as acceptable penalties for those who practice homosexuality, adding: They tell us sharia is their goal everyday.
They hold up signs, put up billboards, and put it out on television and social media. They say it in open court, they scream it in public, and thousands of speeches by Islamic scholars and leaders can be seen at places like MEMRI where they are constantly and clearly calling for warfare against Hoten och avhoppen var psykiskt jobbiga JIHAD until the world is under the rule of sharia. Therefore, the professional response by U.
When a person does this they will quickly learn Al Qaeda and ISIS have never misquoted sharia to support their actions. Crucifixion, beheading, stoning, rape, and other behaviors are all legal under sharia.
But you have to read sharia to know it. When you read sharia you will learn it is a capital crime for muslims to teach other muslims anything incorrect about Islam, and it is obligatory for muslims to lie to non-muslims when the goal is obligatory…like jihad. If we read the books that the enemy declares are the basis of his intentions, we will better understand the nature of the threat.
Because the enemy knows he lacks the kinetic ability to defeat us in battle, it is of utmost importance that he prevents us from defining him. The primary objective of the enemy in the War on Terror is to keep us from understanding his threat doctrine by keeping us from looking at the fact of Islamic law-"the one organizing principle"-that he, in fact, states is the driver of his threat doctrine. Once we understand his threat doctrine, the game is up.
This is true even if he is wrong in his interpretation of Islam and Shariah. Here are some examples: In Marchthe Quraysh tribe of Mecca and some of their allies attacked the Muslims in Medina; this was known as the Battle of Uhud. In DecemberMuhammad led an attack against the Banu al-Mustaliq tribe. The Banu Al-Mustaliq were defeated, and their property, women and children were divided among the Muslims.
As for plunder, there will be none. The hadith story of what Mohammed said and did below is core Islamic doctrine:.
It will not come until the Jew hides behind rocks and trees. O servant of God! There is a Jew behind me. Come and kill him. Book 56, Hadith Thursday, October 11, Galaxia Wallin, Ledarsidorna.
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Newer Post Older Hoten och avhoppen var psykiskt jobbiga Home. About Me IceViking IceViking was created in and supports free speech and democracy while strongly condemning attacks against Muslims. IceViking is a proud friend of Israel and rejects antisemitism and racism.
In simple terms a Kafir is someone that does not agree with Islam, a non-Muslim. In the scriptures of Islam the Kafir is annihilated Koran 2: The Kafir is evil, filthy, hated by Allah and "the most vile of created beings" Koran Kafirs and women are regarded as morally and legally inferior to Muslim men.
Apostates are to be killed Koran 4: If you like this site I kindly ask you share it in whatever way you can. View my complete profile. Featured Post Apostate Prophet: What is the primary objective of Islam? The Islamic "Prophet" Mohammed as a model for all mankind Whether or not Mohammed existed is an interesting question. Regardless of whether "Hoten och avhoppen var psykiskt jobbiga" did or not, one has to consider how Mohammed is portrayed in the Islamic scriptures.
To orthodox Muslims, Mohammed is the greatest moral example in all of history and for all time. This means that Muslims are to emulate a man who was a rapist, a slaver, a terrorist, a pedophile, a wife-beater, an extortionist, a thief, an assassin, a robber a torturer, a cult-leader and a mass-murderer.
A man who ordered his critics killed, apostates killed, gays killed. A man who massacred dogs, sanctioned female genital mutilation and regarded women as inferior to men. A man that said "Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and beat them for it prayer when they become ten years old; and arrange their beds to sleep separately. A man that stated "I have been made victorious through terror" Sahih Bukhari 4. A man that believed he was "commanded to fight against people as long as they do not declare that there is no god but Allah" Sahih Muslim Islam is profoundly different from all other major religions in this regard.
Kindly see for instance, Canadian-Iranian ex-Muslim Dr. Also, kindly see for instance the posts relating to Mohammed on this blog:. In Islam, a Kafir a non-Muslim to put it simply is morally and legally inferior to a Muslim. One who does not agree that there is no God but Allah and that Mohammed is his Prophet.
According to the KoranKafirs are "the most vile of created beings" Koran Hoten och avhoppen var psykiskt jobbiga Islam commands all Muslims to hate the Kafirs:.
Enmity and hate shall forever reign between us - till you believe in Allah alone " Koran The following are not subject to retaliation: This means that in Islamic law, Sharia, there is no punishment for a Muslim who kills a Kafir.
Kafirs need to acquire " the mind of war " to survive and emerge victorious.
Learn about Islamwith a main focus on the basics of the doctrine: Islamic law, Sharia is directly based on these three scriptures. Also learn about the bloody and tragic history of Jihad and the history of dhimmitude the bloody and tragic history of non-Muslims under Islamic law, Sharia as well as what is happening today. Learn Arabic the language of the Koran. Use solid factsclear languageprecise language and generally bring your arguments back to the doctrine.
Changing the Minds of Islam's SupportersChapter 4: If you are the expert, then bring in Koranic verses, but Koran specifics can be tricky. Stay with the Sunna Mohammed and you will never go wrong. Get active online and offline. Influence everyone and anyone you can influence, from politicians and journalists to your friends and family be gentle and respectful with your friends and family and be kind with yourself. Strive to always learn more and sharpen your skills with regards to communicating
Hoten och avhoppen var psykiskt jobbiga wielding the greatest weapon we have: An original and powerful book on how to understand our Jihadist enemy is Jihadist Psychopath: How he is charming, seducing and devouring us by Jamie Glazov PhD.
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And in so learning about Islam, you should recognize that you now have a Hoten och avhoppen var psykiskt jobbiga to share that knowledge with others, many of whom have shown they will be willfully resistant to it.
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The 4th May 2016 saw the Year 11 GCSE Drama Group perform their exam piece 'Taken Dreams' to staff, parents and students. The performance was professional, engaging and a great success!The group were given the Shakespearean quote "We are such stuff as dreams are made on…" taken from the Tempest and then had to research a topic that they believe suited the quote. The group decided to create a performance based upon the Holocaust.
Despite this being a very tragic event in history, the students showed a high level of maturity throughout. Each character was stripped of their identity and given a number however, they still spoke about their hopes and dreams even when faced with death.
We are extremely proud of the GCSE Drama Group. They are hardworking individuals and this year they have shown just how talented they are. Excellent, positive feedback has boosted their confidence and team morale. One audience member said "They felt like they had been taken on a journey with the characters".
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Excellent value for unlimited talk, text, Web, and music. Muve Music service is steadily improving. Comfortable to hold and use.
Mediocre call quality. Poor camera. Iffy reception. Subpar sound quality for music. Limited storage options. Short battery life.
Bottom Line
The ZTE Score is a fantastic value for music lovers on Cricket Wireless, but only an average smartphone otherwise.
How does this sound to you: $65 per month for unlimited talk, text, Web, and music with no contract. Pretty good, right? The catch: you're stuck accessing it all with a mediocre Android smartphone. That's the dilemma you face with the ZTE Score ($69.99) for Cricket Wireless. It's a great deal, in need of a better phone.
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The ZTE Score measures 4.4 by 2.5 by .5 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.5 ounces. The front and back are made of glass, with a thick ring of matte black plastic separating the two. It looks sharp, and its size makes it comfortable to hold and use. The 3.5-inch touch screen sports 320-by-480-pixel resolution, which is standard for budget Android phones. The onscreen keyboard is a bit small, but I didn't have any trouble typing on it.
The Score is a triband EV-DO Rev A (850/1700/1900 MHz) device with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. It connected to my WPA2-encrypted Wi-Fi network without a problem, but reception on Sprint's network here in New York was shaky and voice quality is mixed. Cricket uses its own network in about a third of the country, and Sprint's network in the rest.
Volume is low in the earpiece, and voices sounded thin and robotic. Calls made with the phone are easy to understand, but again voices sounded computerized and background noise cancellation was poor. Calls sounded better through a Jawbone Era Bluetooth headset ($129, 4.5 stars) and voice dialing worked fine over Bluetooth without training. The speakerphone sounds fine, but its volume is far too low to use outside. Battery life was on the short side at 4 hours, 49 minutes of talk time.
Cricket offers unlimited smartphone plans with its downloadable Muve Music service for $65/month, which is more affordable than all the major carriers but still more expensive than Boost Mobile's $55/month smartphone plan, which can actually reduce to $40/month as you pay your bills on time. But that extra $10 per month for unlimited music is an attractive option, and one that will likely be a deciding factor for many users. MetroPCS recently started offering a similar plan where $60 per month will get you unlimited talk, text, and Web, along with unlimited music via Rhapsody. (Without Rhapsody, that plan costs $50.)
OS, Multimedia, and Conclusions
The Score runs Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). There's no word on an update to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and don't count on one. ZTE has added some light customizations to Android, but they're mostly visual. There are five home screens you can swipe between, and the phone feels surprisingly responsive given its outdated 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7627 processor.
You get all of usual perks of Android, which include native support for Microsoft Exchange; free Google Maps Navigation for voice-enabled, turn-by-turn GPS directions; a solid WebKit browser; and compatibility with more than 300,000 third-party apps in the Android Market.
There's a side-mounted microSD card slot on the right side of the phone. Slip the included card out and you'll notice it says "3GB Muve Music, 1GB Your Space." That means the card is divided into two partitions, and the Muve partition is hidden and encrypted. You can only see the extra 1GB on a PC. You also can't use standard MicroSD memory cards for Muve. Cricket doesn't yet sell the special cards the phone accepts, though replacement 4GB and 8GB cards are in the works.
In addition to the 1GB on the microSD card, there's also 110MB of free internal storage. Music sounded fine through both wired earbuds and Altec Lansing Backbeat Bluetooth headphones ($99, 3.5 stars), though bass response was somewhat lacking. Outside of Muve, the Score was able to handle AAC, MP3, OGG, and WAV music files. DivX, H.264, and MP4 video files played back smoothly at resolutions up to 800-by-480.
The 3.2-megapixel camera is weak. Test photos look average outdoors, but photos taken inside appear soft and blurry, almost hazy, like a scene from a bad music video. The camera also records video at a low 352-by-288-pixel resolution. Videos are tiny and grainy, and play back at a choppy 12 frames per second indoors, and 15 frames per second outside.


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Psa 33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Mores of the times, cultural shift, what is considered passé or politically correct have no bearing on the counsel of the Lord.
His commandments are timeless, His counsel is enduring, His precepts are abiding. Without these all bets are off, there is nothing solid or sure. There is no true north, no anchor for the soul.
Our measly thoughts, our unstable emotions, our changing times, all these have no effect on the eternal truths of God's Word.
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Some experts consider spiders as beneficial to the environment. Yet there is an inherent fear of spiders known as Arachnophobia. It causes easiness among some people.
It appears that is the most feared of all the arachnids. If bitten some species of spiders would not have any effect while a few of them can have a harmful effect on the body because of the venoms. Throughout the history of the country, a few deaths are associated with it. Because many people are not comfortable at the mere sight of spiders, it is necessary to get rid of them.
How Spiders Get Access To Your Home
Before you talk about the best spider control measures, you have to find out how spiders get to the home in the first place. They get into the house through two ways. It gets to the home through openings like windows, doors, as well as through gaps and cracks in the house. Spiders usually come to the home in search of prey. The second is when it is brought in accidentally through boxes and other outdoor items. Irrespective of how it gets to the home, there is the need to get it out of the house. Here are some spider control measures you can try today.
Spider Control Measures
You can get rid of spiders through insecticides. This can provide some measures of control and cannot serve as an effective control. You can supplement this with sticky traps and glue boards. This is one of the non-pesticide capture methods and there are different ways of doing this. To make these glue traps attractive to spiders, some companies add bug stuck and scent. These do not only attract spiders, they also stuck them right on it. This method is very effective.
Though this method can be very effective, but it can be very effective only in killing those spiders that stray to the trap. This cannot cover all parts of the house. You have to spread this trap to many places, especially in quiet and dark areas where it moves very often.
You have to locate the various sources of infestations. Discover those areas through which it gets into the home and put it there. If spiders are trapped towards the right side of that glue trap, it suggests that they migrate to the house through that right direction and this means that you have to concentrate your efforts in those directions. If it is on the left side of the glue trap, then it would be coming through that direction.
Another method of spider control is a new method known as spider catcher. This helps you to get them using a long grabber and you are not going to get close to it in the process. This may not grab many spiders at a time because they are known to be loners. This means that they are not social insects. They do not go in a group and do not live in a group like other insects do. They operate alone and this means that you have to be targeting them individually and not as a group.
You should know that because of the lifestyle of spiders, you may not achieve a perfect control. Moreover, applying chemicals may not be the permanent solution to the problem because they do not kill them. Pesticides are not effective because spiders do not pick them. Because of their long legs, they always have their stomach above the ground and that is why it would not easily get it. Insecticide could only touch their feet and not their bodies and that is why it is not effective in dealing with it. Most importantly, spiders do not have a circulatory system that circulates those chemicals to their internal body system and kills them in the process.
In most cases, you must make contact with the arachnids before they can die. You can contact them through a direct chemical spray. This is the only way that chemicals can get them. They cannot eat any chemical because they hardly groom themselves through their mouth. Insects use their mouths to groom themselves and that is why chemicals can easily get them. This is not the case with spiders. You should know that spiders are not insects but arachnids.
It is obvious that it is easier to eliminate insects from the home than arachnids like spiders. To get rid of them, explore ways of grabbing it using grabbers and glue traps and so on. Chances are there that you would eliminate most of them. This is easier said than done, and hiring a professional pest control service is essential to ensure that you're home will be free of spiders.


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Who understood that a shared fund company, like a political project, might look for to employ attorneys to do opposition research, looking for doubtful activity by competitors, in hopes of using it versus them?
Lead Group did simply that, publishing a help-wanted listing on its website Monday for a marketing lawyer whose duties consist of examining "rivals' projects for possible [regulative] offenses" and to "recommend business on whether to raise matters" with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which supervises U.S. investment firm and can find them or kick them from business.
Business competitors frequently carp about each other's' techniques. Legal representatives who represent huge corporations say it's uncommon for a company to work with experts clearly to bring such grievances before regulators.
" I've not seen something like that," stated Timothy McTaggart, a partner at law practice Stinson Leonard Street LLP in Washington and a previous Delaware state banking commissioner. "There are requirements that entities need to report to FINRA" by themselves suppliers' or clients' possible wrongdoing; "if something is askew, they have obligations to report it. Not for their rivals. This is a little bit different.".
More typically, a trade association will grumble that members of another market are poaching customers on its grass in obvious infraction of, say, banking market guidelines, McTaggart included. It "is uncommon" for monetary business to lay out specific strategies for targeting rivals to notify on them to regulators.
Business' looking at and reporting perspective offenses by others "goes on all the time. I cannot say I've ever seen that made specific in a real job description," stated John Soroko, chairman, and CEO of Philadelphia's Duane Morris business law company. "That's a brand-new one on me," specifically in the financial investments business, he included. "Guess you've got to provide a high grade for sincerity.".
FINRA, the industry-controlled overseer of U.S. investment firm and stock exchange, examines financial investment advertisements, normally before they are released, though companies in some cases ask the not-for-profit group to examine rivals' released advertisements "for precision," FINRA spokesperson Nancy Condon informed me. She made an exclamation of surprise when I read her Vanguard's advertisement language, then stated she might not comment.
The Vanguard advertisement was removed Wednesday, the day after I emailed John Woerth, a representative for the fast-growing, $4 trillion-asset financial investment giant, and he had suggested he was "dealing with" a reply.
When I asked if Vanguard took the advertisement down in action to my query, Woerth addressed, "No.".
Did Malvern-based Vanguard find somebody to fill the job? Woerth responded that the company is still trying to find numerous attorneys "with proficiency and experience in marketing, marketing, and brand name management" and would seek them using "other methods," not simply the website.
Soroko kept in mind there are other locations for aching rivals to air their complaints. Fairness problems about advertisements for mass-market services and products are typically lodged with the marketing market's self-regulating body, the Better Business Bureau's National Advertising Division, where, for instance, Comcast and Verizon have actually been challenging each other's' claims about web speeds for many years. It's likewise where Campbell Soup and Progresso squared off over Progresso's claim that it used South Jersey produce in its soup (up until Progresso closed its Vineland plant in 2015). The department often informs a company to stop making claims it cannot confirm. A popular 1990s advertisement disagreement where Pizza Hut challenged Papa John's "fresh active ingredients" claims wound up in a federal appeals court, which discovered no damage done.
If opposition research isn't really your specialized, but firing people is, another advertisement for a Vanguard position in Arizona might be of interest.
To name a few human-relations responsibilities, the company looks for candidates going to "support the uncontrolled termination procedure for team members," and to "advise and perform a termination as required." "Crew members" are exactly what Vanguard calls its 15,000 staff members.
I ran that past a couple of Philadelphia-area human-resources veterans, and got this sole on-the-record remark, from insurance market veteran and previous St. Joseph's University M.S. in H.R. program director David Benglian: "This appears like a dead team who will help determine and help with terminations," he informed me. "Disturbing.".
At the most business, "the choice to end falls on a staff member's instant manager," not a firing professional, Benglian informed me. Personnel people have the tendency to concentrate on assisting and recommending through the staff member work evaluation and, if needed, firing procedure, "to safeguard both the worker and the company," he stated, including that he's speaking not as an H.R. pro but as a long-time business observer.


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THE SWORD is a colossal, high-energy powerhouse. Utilizing a potent combination of intense songwriting chemistry, eye-opening creativity and talent and a distinctly unique vision, THE SWORD is, without question, one of heavy music's most electrifying new bands. Conceived in Austin, TX in 2003, THE SWORD took the form of a cohesive quartet in early 2004 when guitarist / singer J.D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and drummer Trivett Wingo joined forces. Inspired by such legendary names as SLEEP, SLAYER and THE MELVINS, the four-piece immediately began to construct the songs that would soon comprise their initial demo recording.
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The JJ Media complex forms its own 'Shoreditch triangle', having established itself across three sites just minutes apart. As the ever growing creative capital of London, we're proud to call Shoreditch our home.
One day Johnny was born. A few years later he established Motordrive Location Co which provided location vehicles for photographic and film shoots. Being the multi-tasker he is, he also scouted and location managed photo shoots and the ... Johnny Jones Location Empire started to build brick by brick. Of course, back in the day this comprised negatives, prints and a trusty fax machine. Times and technology moved on, and in the process the company name was shortened to JJ Locations and the website was born. The library was converted to digital online content, lovely, friendly staff were taken on board and the fax machine was replaced by shiny new Apple macs. The JJ empire well and truly established itself as a well loved and respected location agency, finding locations for photo shoots, TV, films, music videos, commercials, press launches and media events.Read More
Josh Jones joined the family business and JJ Locations moved offices to the courtyard oasis of Perseverance Works in Shoreditch, an area of designers, creatives and East London sceners! JJ Locations opened their first location studio ... and the idea for The Shoreditch was born over a dinner party with friends after too many After Eights, while overlooking the courtyard in 2008.Read More
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The beautiful and emotional birth of the The Shoreditch LOFT and ROOF studios heralded a new era of London's premier studio spaces, with ZONE joining the action on the 1st August 2009. In August 2010 the amazing BASE completed ... the successful collection of boutique and designer location studios which are all owned and managed by JJ Locations.Read More
2012 saw JJ embrace all that is modern, giving way to the JJ rebrand and a new website. The JJ brand is now home to four beloved studios: BASE, LOFT, ROOF and ZONE. As well as continuing as the well-known ... and hugely successful location agency, JJ now offers a full lighting, catering and digital service.Read More
In August 2013 JJ acquired Sarah Eastel Locations who, along with the very talented Emma Clarke-Bolton, have now been relocated to our office in Shoreditch. This is a very exciting opportunity for both ... agencies, as SEL brings a wealth of new locations and clients to the table. With Sarah Eastel Locations under our belt it was time to move into a bigger office, so we sadly closed BASE as a studio and relocated downstairs. We also got our hands on a new studio and after months of development and design are pleased to announce the opening of HOME, a 2000 sq ft studio packed with solid oak, parquet flooring. To top it all off, after an already exciting start to 2014, Johnny announced Josh Jones as Managing Director along with Martin Reith as Non Executive Director.Read More
April 2015 saw the addition of a fifth studio to the JJ collection in the form of AREA. This 2,100 sq ft studio is a fresh, double-height space adding a new look to the JJ studio portfolio. Talking of new looks - this year ZONE underwent ... a sleek makeover, incorporating elements of Scandinavian minimalism into its neutral palette. We were also delighted to announce our new exclusive collection - a handpicked selection of properties from our portfolio which are now solely represented by JJ.Read More
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We had a good outing last weekend with the Troop and Crew. We put on a "Scout Skills Weekend" for the scouts that just bridged over from the Pack. We also invited the Weblos that were still in the pack (soon to be 2nd year) on the camp out. We covered First Aid, Knots, Compass, Fire Building, and an Axe Yard as stations. We used this "Camp" that is owned by Towson Presbyterian Church called Bee Tree Preserve. It's nice, they have a number of trails and a group of four Adirondack Shelters (each with a fire ring).
They learned the Tenderfoot and Second Class Requirements in each of these areas while navigating the trails around the camp. At the end of the day, we went back and each patrol cooked dinner. The Crew made a pot roast in a #14 Dutch Oven, Bread in #10 Dutch Oven, and Peach Cobbler in a #12 Dutch Oven. There is nothing like hot peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream on a cool sprint evening after a long day of walking trails.
My impression for talking to people after the event is that they thought it was well done and the crew pulled off the event pretty much working on there own with just a little prodding from me. The crew would like to go back to Bee Tree sometime this summer for just a crew camp. That could be kind of fun.
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Kevin M. Woods, Adjunct Faculty
Kevin M. Woods, Ph.D. is a historian and the Deputy Director of the Joint Advanced Warfighting Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). Since 2003, he has led a research project designed to understand the former regime of Saddam Hussein through the analysis of captured regime records and interviews with former senior Iraqi officials. In addition to the Iraq work, he led or participated in studies of military innovation, joint experimentation, concept development, and the effectiveness of irregular warfare capabilities. Prior to joining IDA, Dr. Woods was an officer in the US Army and served for more than 21 years in a variety of global assignments ranging from attack helicopter units to the Joint Staff.
A graduate of Auburn University, he also holds a Masters Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom where his dissertation focused on institutional changes in the US Army during the early Cold War. Dr. Woods is the author or co-author of several books and studies on Iraq including:
The Iraqi Perspectives Report: Saddam's Senior Leadership on Operation Iraqi Freedom (2006)
The Mother of all Battles: Saddam Hussein's Strategic Plan for the Persian Gulf War (2008)
The Saddam Tapes: The Inner Workings of a Tyrant's Regime 1978-2001 (2011)
The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History (2014)
In addition, he has co-authored articles published in Foreign Affairs, Joint Forces Quarterly, Journal of Strategic Studies, and Intelligence and National Security. His research interests include strategy, military history, and military innovation and adaptation.


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Most accounts of modern art say, basically, one thing: the West creates while the world waits, like a grateful beggar, for a nourishing handout. This is false history. Modernism has always been a global adventure happening for different reasons, in different ways, on different schedules, everywhere.
That America and Europe are still barely awake to this reality makes an exhibition like "Iran Modern," which opens on Friday at Asia Society, invaluable educationally. That the show is also terrifically good-looking, threaded through with human drama and composed of work that is both cosmopolitan and, over all, like no other art, doesn't hurt.
True, the exhibition isn't necessarily what it might have been in an ideal world. Longstanding United States sanctions against Iran have prevented the borrowing of almost any art from within the country itself, a situation that left the curators — Fereshteh Daftari and Layla S. Diba, both independent scholars, and Michelle Yun of Asia Society — to cull material from holdings in America, Europe and the Middle East.
No worries. They've come up with mostly top-flight things by 26 artists, including a few items, long unseen, from the Museum of Modern Art, and several from the major Middle Eastern holdings of the New York University Grey Art Gallery, where a concurrent smaller show, "Modern Iranian Art: Selections From the Abby Weed Grey Collection at N.Y.U.," opens on Tuesday.
The result at Asia Society is, as the curators state up front, a sampler arranged by theme, not a full chronological survey. Even with limitations, though, it's the largest museum display of its kind ever mounted outside of Iran and a sharp, stimulating way to crack open the fall art season.
A bit of back story comes in handy. It's useful to know that during the 20th century, several nations — Britain, Germany, Russia, the United States — big-footed their way in and out of Iran, eliciting decidedly mixed feelings toward Western culture and inspiring Iranian artists to shape a modernism of their own. At the same time, the country was politically volatile, swinging from democracy to monarchy to theocracy, with the atmosphere for art changing accordingly.
During the long, secularizing reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, from 1941 to 1979 — the years covered by the show — Western input was, officially, welcome. The school of fine arts at Tehran University once had Europeans on its faculty.
During the Iranian oil boom of the 1960s, galleries popped up. Some artists studied abroad, taking back what they learned. Others stayed home, looking hard at the art that was there, past and present, elite and popular.
The more imaginative of these artists sifted through what they found both inside and outside the country. By keeping this and discarding that, they forged a new, culturally specific art that was innovative within an Iranian context and actively resistant to the notion that Western modernism represented a universal standard.
The Asia Society show, which fills the museum, opens on the second floor with beautiful examples of a particular strain of work introduced in the early 1960s by three young artists: Faramarz Pilaram (1937-82), Parviz Tanavoli and Charles Hossein Zenderoudi. They gave their efforts a label, Saqqakhaneh, which is the name for a type of Muslim shrine in the form of a public drinking fountain, or well, to commemorate the deaths of Shiite martyrs who were deprived of water by their enemies in the Battle of Karbala in A.D. 680.
A distinctive visual culture had long since grown up around these revered places that dot Iranian cities. The Saqqakhaneh artists incorporated elements from it — charms, seals and inscriptions — into their art, along with near-abstract geometric shapes suggesting figures and buildings familiar from Persian manuscript painting.
What resulted has sometimes been referred to as Spiritual Pop Art, and Mr. Zenderoudi kicked it off. A large linocut print he made around 1958 was a trial run: it depicts the Karbala battle in a rough style reminiscent of Western Expressionism and Iranian folk narrative painting. Then, around 1960, in an exquisite silver and gold painting of a severed hand — a Shiite symbol — embedded in clouds of calligraphy, he achieved the balance he was after.
The piece was based on vernacular religious imagery but kept its identity as a near-abstract modern painting. A few years later, he would turn his full attention to calligraphy, that most revered form of Islamic art. And, in extremely irregular and irreverent ways, he made it his chief medium.
Mr. Pilaram was doing something similar in painting. By 1962, in a series of pictures called "Mosques of Isfahan," he was combining cursive writing with architectural shapes that looked anatomical. And Mr. Tanavoli, not long back from study in Italy, was comparably experimental in sculpture, creating found-art depictions of heroic figures from Persian epics and casting single calligraphic letters in bronze. Some of the epic figures combined shrine imagery and phallic shapes, a risky move. The calligraphic sculptures were collectively titled "Heech," meaning "Nothing."
Clearly, nostalgia for Iranian tradition was not the primary engine driving Saqqakhaneh art. Nor was emulation of Western art. Instead, a sophisticated, local modernism — local, without being locked into local — was forming. Seen today, it is notable less for a sense of brash innovation than for its air of close concentration, as if the artists were far too focused on shaping what was in front of them to glance nervously over their shoulders for outside cues.
This impression comes through in the section of the show titled "Abstraction and Modernism." A series of small reliefs shaped from sand and dirt by Marcos Grigorian (1925-2007) in the early 1960s preceded Western Earth Art by some years and seems to be about something very different — not about monumentality or geology, but about personal identity. Mr. Grigorian was born in Russia, studied in Europe and America, lived in Iran and died in Armenia. His art is about all, or none, of that. It's about being rooted, through art, in earth.
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian spent much of her career in New York City, where she was pals with Andy Warhol — she showed him around Tehran in 1976 — and it would be possible to mistake her shimmering cut-glass wall sculptures as a species of disco décor. They were inspired, however, by glass mosaics in an old mosque in Shiraz. And they're warmed by intimate touches: A piece called "Heartbeat" has jagged lines that look like an EKG running across its reflective surface.
A lot of art here is more complicated than it appears to be. Abstraction is often more than abstract. Decorative patterning, considered a minor mode in the West, is major here, an insistent, expressive end in itself. A thematic section called "Calligraphy and Modernism" looks straightforward enough to lull you into thinking about clichéd comparisons to Western action painting.
But look harder. In Persian tradition, writing, not just a vehicle for words, has always been a carrier of social critique. And in work by Reza Mafi, a calligrapher turned painter, the presence of politics is explicit. In a tiny oil painting from 1978, when the revolution was exploding, we see red calligraphic lines licking upward like flames, and clenched fists hovering in the dark behind them.
A big gallery on the third floor is filled almost entirely with political material. It has been said that Iran's modern artists have assumed the dissident role once assigned to poets.
To what extent that's true, I don't know, but there's plenty of protest art here, in an at-the-barriers self-portrait by Ahmad Aali; in Ardeshir Mohassess's topical cartoons; and in Nicky Nodjoumi's 1976 paintings of execution and torture, unmistakable responses to human rights abuses under the shah's regime.
Siah Armajani is in this mix, too, and for good reason. An activist and moralist by temperament, he moved from Iran to the United States in 1960 to study art and stayed to produce his celebrated series of architectural sculptures based on utopian themes. Models for three such projects are on view, but more stirring are two things he made before leaving his homeland. One, dated 1958, consists of a cloth shirt that belonged to his poetry-loving father, which the artist has covered — caressed — with written verse. A second, "Prayer," is essentially a large text drawing composed of edge-to-edge inscriptions, but with the writing applied in patchwork segments, as if the logic of language had become unmoored.
There's a similar Armajani drawing in the Grey Art Gallery exhibition, organized by the gallery's director, Lynn Gumpert. The collection it comes from, donated to N.Y.U. in 1974, amounts to the largest ensemble of Iranian modern art in any public institution outside of Iran. It was last seen in depth in the Grey's eye-opening "Between Word and Image: Modern Iranian Visual Culture," in 2002.
Some of what was on view then is back now. But the real value of the current show is the chance it gives to see a few artists who aren't at Asia Society.
Kamran Diba is one. Best known as architect of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, built in 1977, he has here, from a decade earlier, an oil painting of a diving figure, almost life-size and bright red, its meaning unclear. It was done in collaboration with a younger artist-architect, Bijan Dowlatshahi, who is represented by two works, both exceptional.
The earlier, from 1970, is a kind of stitched painting, inspired by childhood memories of his mother's weaving. Composed of wispy strands of muslin thread, it would have made Agnes Martin weep. The other piece, abstract but also Joseph Cornell-like, suggests a shadow-box theater consisting of threads, mysterious words and numbers, and brown velvet curtains about to part.
To reveal what drama? That there is a drama — many kinds — in modern Iranian art has now been demonstrated beyond doubt: the historical drama of a pre-20th-century past that remains to be explored, of a mid-20th-century present that is still barely understood, and of a future that is being radically altered by politics.
You can also pick up here on the tired drama of Western modernism's insistence on erasing or diminishing anything it can't claim to have created. And finally, as a positive, there's the drama of encountering a new modernism. It's one of many across the globe, and it is one that stands complex and generous — as part of a global picture, but also on its own.


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News outlets have been running a story lately about a woman who purportedly died on February 19 from inhaling marijuana in LaPlace, Louisiana. The cause of death was determined by St. John the Baptist Parish coroner, Dr. Christy Montegut.
The report has understandably been met with a great deal of skepticism and even outrage. If there's one thing that every cannabis reform advocate knows, it's that no one has ever died from a marijuana overdose.
So, what really happened in Louisiana?
The Deceased
According to Montegut, the woman in question, who was 39 and has yet to be identified, was found dead on her couch in her apartment.
"I knew this was very unusual," he told 4WWL's Jacquelin Quinn. "I was expecting maybe elevated levels of alcohol or maybe some other drug."
In the autopsy, "The only thing we found was an elevated level of THC," he said. The women's boyfriend said she used a vape pen. Since the vape pen wasn't recovered, Montegut searched the web and found that the oils used in pens are often as high as 80% THC.
"For marijuana to show up positive on a toxicology test, the level has to be greater than


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Introducing Clockwork Noise, wizards of ill
In addition to his aptitude for taking group selfies, Clockwork Noise vocalist Robert Maguire is the grandmaster of "hi okay bye". (On their site, the band has mentions in Missouri, Calgary, Montreal, and California; impressive for a group with just north of 500 likes on Facebook.) Not so fast, boy. Toronto wants a word with you.
With an excellent play on words, the Irish five-piece released their debut, Whethermachines, a surging, nine-track storm of angst and independence this past May. The band zeroes in on its juxtapositions: grungy vocals, frantic drum fills, and punk guitars on Whethermachines redeemed by intricate string arrangements and percussion. It's most obvious in the album's finale, "The Tourists", where a voice-isolating accompaniment is suddenly interrupted by a blasting riff. Here's a video for the second single, shot entirely with a GoPro camera.
"Wizard of Ill", the black sheep middle child of the album begins the second half of Whethermachines with a classic church-organ synth progression and enters into a sweet melody nobody saw coming after the first four songs on the album. The sixth track is another showstopper, with power riffs and moody vocals; "inaction is our addiction; responsibility lies somewhere else," Maguire sings matter-of-factly on "Windows". The final three tracks create a calm, folk-oriented bubble in the midst of a rock album, a noticeable departure from spastic earlier tracks like "Advocate", which possesses its own charm.
All in all, Whethermachines is a pretty darn cool and versatile debut. It's raw in that "our producer's no Steve Lilywhite" way, but there are moments throughout the album that blend so naturally, like on "A Wake Up Serenade", they'd probably sound incredible with that sort of production. (Ivan Jackman, you've done wonderfully yourself, but um, Lillywhite does Phillips commercials.) Download Whethermachines off their bandcamp below, free of charge.
The band thinks they're like "Nine Inch Nails playing Buddy Holly songs, with a string section". Egoeccentric, much? They're pretty "ill", I guess. (So. Many. Puns.) Is there such thing as "baroque punk"? Like, what if we hybridized Fleet Foxes and Middle Class Rut? Eureka, it's Clockwork Noise!
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Easy A out on DVD today!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
By Sara Moore
Average high school student, Olive (Emma Stone), sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight after she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing.
Now her classmates (Amanda Bynes, Aly Michalka) are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher (Thomas Haden Church) and the distracted guidance counselor (Lisa Kudrow). With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents (Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson) and a little help from a long-time crush (Penn Badgley), Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.
Easy A is out on DVD today December 21, 2010.


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European Commission
The European Commission is the EU's executive body and also proposes legislation as well as monitoring its implementation.
As the "guardian of the treaties", the Commission is responsible for ensuring European treaty law and the decisions reached by the various EU bodies are applied.
- It can be mandated to implement secondary legislation and can enact binding legislative instruments in that capacity.
- It alone has the right to propose legislation relating to the upholding, elaboration and application of community policy ("right of initiative"), except in some areas of justice and home affairs, where it shares that right with the member states.
- The Commission is also responsible for negotiating trade and other agreements with non-EU countries, whenever they fall within the EU's remit.
The composition of the European Commission follows the principle of "one member state, one commissioner", which means that the Commission currently has 28 members. It is a collegiate body and usually makes decisions as a college. The term of office is five years. The name "European Commission" refers not only to the college of commissioners but also to the subordinate administrative body with its approximately 33,000 staff.
The President of the Commission (the position held by Jean-Claude Juncker since 2014) is one of its 28 members. He or she sets basic policy and is elected by the European Parliament, with candidates for election proposed once the European Council has proposed a candidate in consideration of the outcome of the European parliamentary elections. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Federica Mogherini since 2014) is also the Vice-President of the Commission and therefore another one of its 28 members.
The High Representative is appointed by the European Council with the approval of the Commission President. The remaining members of the Commission are selected by the Commission President in liaison with the Council, on the basis of proposals from the member states. Before the Commission can conclusively be appointed by the European Council, the European Parliament needs to confirm the choice of President, High Representative and the other Commission members as a college. Germany's current commissioner is Günther Oettinger, whose remit is the Digital Economy and Society.
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I am a feminist and I love men. Not indiscriminately you understand, but I am by no means a man hater and I don't blame all men for the way things are (although I do get cross when they thoughtlessly perpetuate it); I've coached and worked with lots of men as well as women. I've even tried RenewYou as a mixed course, but it lost a lot of its effectiveness because the women were quieter with men present and shared less freely.
So it's no surprise that I've lost count of the number of times someone has said to me:
"You know, you could make more money if your RenewYou course was also suitable for men."
I know.
I also know that in organisations which probably need my type of training most, the decision makers are usually men, especially in the finance bit, and for all sorts of reason don't want, or understand, women only courses. (Corporate RenewYou)
I also know that I've never yet seen a survey which says men don't rise to the top etc because they lack confidence, but I've seen plenty saying that about women.
I also don't see men struggling with the demands of a male oriented business world made just for women into which they have to adapt.
I don't see the laws of our country being made by 80% women within an outdated system which does not embrace men.
When all that changes, my reply might be different. When all the population has genuine equality (and I'm talking about all women here, especially those in low paid, undervalued caring roles), I might change my mind.
Meanwhile my passion and raison d'etre is helping women achieve their potential and to boost their confidence to do what they want, to contribute towards making a more genuinely equal society where what women bring is valued, and not scoffed at because it's not exactly like the men.
We do need more men to take that on board too, so maybe I need a course which explains why they should…
RenewYou is an internationally renowned course and available across the UK, in Australia, USA, South Africa, and beyond. To see the dates for all current RenewYou Women's Courses please click this link.
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It's a brand new Year! Over the last five years we have all seen a massive change in how we use technology in our Digital Lives. We have progressed from PCs, to Social Media, to Devices and we are surrounding ourselves with Internet of Things (watches, health bands, smart carts, connected TVs, smart health and smart homes). Some technologies will be adopted faster than others.
What is clear is that 2015 is the first truly Digital Year. More and more we can capturing and recording everything about our lives. Here are five activities I am going to be doing more of this year to keep engaged with Digital Trends:
#5 – Get A Smart Band
The Internet of Things is upon us. Now is the time to start experimenting. My knee-jerk is to use the new Microsoft Band (it is relatively cheap and loaded with sensors) before investing in a more expensive Android or Apple Watch.
#4 – Leverage More Cloud Services
This year has been awesome for Cloud services. I know use Office 365 for all my work, Photos are all loaded into DropBox with Carousel and Netflix is how we watch TV. This year: going deeper into Cloud. My goal for 2015 is to move all my data off my local devices/computers.
#3 – Balance Work/Home Life
This is getting easier and easier. It used to be that I had to travel 2 hours to the office each day. Now I work more out of my home office. The goal for 2015 is to use more video conferencing services to keep connected to my teams.
#2 – Code and Learn More Coding
I am an English Major. But I appreciate the value of coding. My JavaScript skills are pretty good but I need to get more up to speed on Android Java and iOS Swift coding. In addition, I really need to learn how to use more APIs to make it much easier for me to glue technologies together.
#1 – Read
This is easy, but essential. The digital world changes very fast. Reading each day is the only way to keep on top of all the changes. Spend 30 mins during the day exercising your brain on new Digital Trends.
What will you do in 2015?


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Samwise the Brave or Boromir, Hero of Gondor
I just got back from a retreat where I was asked what my favorite character was in the Lord of the Rings series. It made me think about some things. Unlike Game of Thrones, which has few likable characters, perhaps mainly because they either get killed off, or it shows a truer picture of humanity – deeply flawed beings who may or may not try to do the right thing.
I've realized that while my ideal is Sam, I often end up Boromir, a character who because of his passion and belief for what was saw as right often alienated those he cared for, and didn't realize it was so until it was too late. However, as he is honorable, he often atones for it in ways no other person could.
Definitely one of my favorite characters.
Probably, because I am so much like him.
But this got me thinking, why do we all like Sam. Samwise the Brave. Always positive, understanding the reality of the situation yet remaining optimistic of its passing. I think he's most remembered for two quotes. I'll focus on one, the second is added on the bottom just for additional reading!
This one is often titled, "There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo."
In the movie, Frodo is severely dispirited, and Sam is trying to encourage him.
Sam was an amazing encourager.
And he says in the movie, "I know, it's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here, but we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you and meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something… That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for."
One of the things that Tolkien was amazing with was his ability to relate to humanity with an absolute good and evil sense. I think at some point, we have all been a Frodo or a Samwise. And I think it has to do with our choices.
Yes, Frodo was carrying the weight of the ring, and yes Frodo was struggling with something Sam could never understand. But that didn't keep Sam from saying anything.
In fact, it made what he said more powerful.
Because he was able to look at the situation as a greater story.
But, he never diminished Frodo's struggles.
Thank back to a time when this quote would work perfectly… how did you respond to the situation? What encouraged you? What encouragement did you give if it was happening to another person? I'd love to hear it in the comments!
While, if not for Boromir, the book would have ended differently, without Sam, and Sam's role in the book, there would be no resolution or ending we could care about.
How can you give hope to someone in spite of the situations?
– Mr.Funkhouser
This is my other favorite Sam quote, one, from the actual book:
"Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, or course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book… And people will say: "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring! " And they'll say: "Yes, that's one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave. wasn't he, dad?" "Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that's saying a lot."'
"It's saying a lot too much," said Frodo, and he laughed, "Why, Sam," he said,"to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already written. But you've left out one of the chief characters: Samwise the stouthearted. "I want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn't they put in more of his talk, dad? That's what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam, would he, dad? " '
"Now, Mr. Frodo," said Sam,"you shouldn't make fun. I was serious. '
"So was I," said Frodo, 'and so I am. We're going on a bit too fast. You and I, Sam, are still stuck in the worst places of the story, and it is all too likely that some will say at this point: "Shut the book now, dad; we don't want to read any more." ' (You can watch a segment from the movie here)


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This month I'm thrilled to be reviewing 'The Answers Book for Kids" volume 5 & volume 6 by Ken Ham and Bodie Hodge!
Once again master books & Ken Ham have hit a home run!!
If you are not familiar with The Answers Book for Kids let me introduce you…
The answers book for kids series answers questions from children around the world in this multi volume series. Each volume won't answer over 20 questions in a friendly and readable style appropriate for children 6 to 12 years old; and each covers a unique topic:
- Volume 1– 22 questions on Creation and the Fall.
- Volume 2– 22 questions on Dinosaurs and the flood of Noah. Volume 3– 22 questions on God and the Bible.
- Volume 4– 22 questions on Sin, Salvation and the Christian life. Volume 5– 20 questions on Space and Astronomy.
- Volume 6– 22 questions on Babel and the Ice Age.
Each book cost between $5.99 and $7.99 depending on where and sales!
One of my favorite things about these books is the size, they are about a 6×6, perfect for little hands! My kids love the size as well!
Volume 5: 20 Questions from Kids on Space and Astronomy…
If you have every read my blog you know my oldest son LOVES space and astronomy, so when these books arrived he could barely contain his joy and excitement!
This little book (and all the books in this series) is jam-packed with questions from kids! As we read through my son kept saying "hey I've wondered that same thing!"
This volume covers a wide assortment of questions like:
- Is Jupiter stormy?
- How many planets are there? What is the smallest planet? Could planets hit each other?
- What's the big bang?
- Did Christians believe that earth was flat?
What I ABSOLUTLEY love about the answers is that they are perfectly in depth for kids and have bible backing! Ken & Bodie do an awesome job!
Referencing the question is Jupiter storming? I love the way that cannon and Bodie use Psalm 148:8 "Fire and hail, snow in Highlands; stormy wind, fulfilling his word." Then they go one to explain the make up of Jupiter: "Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Unlike Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, Jupiter is a giant gas planet, but deep inside it's likely made of rock and metallic gases that have been compressed and solidified." Wow that paints such a clear picture!
At the end of each answer page there are bible reference look up verses and chapters! We this!
At the end of the book there is a yearly meteor shower dates page and the table of planets and the first five dwarf planets page. There is also definitions page that defines words like asteroids, Dwarf Planets, Quasar, Nebulas, ect. Again right up my feature scientists alley!
Volume 6: 22 questions from kids on Babel and the Ice Age…
- This volume covers questions like:
- Where was the Tower of Babel built?
- How many languages come from battle?
- Has anyone ever found a frozen person from the Ice Age?
- How did animals make it to America and to Australia after the flood?
These were questions we hear in our home on a regular basis!
I love the answer to this question what was the extent of the Ice Age? Ken and Brody reference Job 37:10 in the answer "by the breath of God ice is given and the broad waters are frozen."
"During the Ice Age, the ice extended in a downward direction from the north and Asia, Europe, and North America. It covered most of Canada, and parts of the upper United States as far as Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. In Europe, it extended over most of northern Europe like Sweden, Norway, and Finland, and most of England."
There is something really cool in this volume and it comes on the very last page…
Answers are always important!"The Bible is truly filled with some amazing answers for some of our toughest feed the questions. If you would like to know more about how the sons and grandsons of Noah are at the heart of man man's earliest history. Now trace your culture history back to survivors of the great flood" www.answersinGenesis.org/assets/pdf/2013/chart-of-people-groups.pdf
Needless to say I'm totally and completely in love with these books…so is my entire family! My son has already asked for the entire series for Christmas! Psst…he's getting them!
The answer books are more than just for kids there is also a complete adult serious as well called the new answers book 1, book 2, book 3 and book 4 are all available at Answers In Genesis


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Tuesday Tinis and Ladies Night Specials this week
Enjoy great drink and appetizer specials this week for Tuesday Tinis on 9/28 and Ladies Night on Wednesday 9/29.
Pair up one of our drink specials with an appetizer from our Happy Hour menu that features some of our favorite creations from our Chef that include Dungeness crab cakes, Thai Chicken Satay, Garlic Shrimp, Rotisserie Chicken Quesadilla, a Miso Sake marinated Ahi salad and much more.
Tuesday, September 28: Tuesday Tinis 4pm-Close
Enjoy Martinis in our lounge each Tuesday after 4pm. Bonus for Foursquare Users: the "Mayor" of Bentley's Grill will receive a complimentary Martini just for being "Mayor".
Not using FourSquare? Sign up! It is easy and fun. This offer is only available on Tuesdays after 4pm; must be 21 with valid ID, must show proof you are the current Foursquare mayor.
9/28 Tuesday Tini Specials
*Orange Lemon Drop: Ketel Oranje Vodka, DeKuyper Triple Sec, muddled lemons and a splash of sweet and sour.
Carribean Cosmo: Absolut Citron, DeKuyper Triple Sec, muddled limes, pineapple and cranberry juices.
Dirty C.E.O Martini: Chopin Potato Vodka, a splash of dry vermouth and olive juice with three olives.
Washington Apple: Crown Royal Whiskey, DeKuyper Apple Pucker and cranberry juice.
Wednesday September 29: Ladies Night 4pm-close
Four cocktail specials, 2 wine selections, 1 beer special and delicious appetizers!
Bonus for Bentley's Grill Facebook Friends: Each week, we will post a special "Ladies Night Facebook Phrase" on our Facebook Page.
The first 25 customers who repeat the "Ladies Night Facebook Phrase" during Ladies Night (4pm-close each Wednesday) will receive a complimentary promotional gift! Check the page each week and invite your friends to take advantage of this fun offer!
9/29 Ladies Night Specials
*Paradise Martini: Smirnoff Pomegranate Vodka, pomegranate and pineapple juices.
Love Potion: Ketel Oranje Vodka, DeKuyper Raspberry Liquer, and cranberry juice.
Grass Skirt Martini: Tanqueray Gin, pineapple juice, fresh muddled limes and a splash of grenadine.
Grape Lemonade: Smirnoff White Grape Vodka, DeKuyper Triple Sec and lemonade.
In addition, we will be featuring 2 Wine selections along with one beer selection . Check our Facebook page or Twitter for updates!


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Cabbage Paratha Recipe:
Cabbage is one vegetable which I prefer to have only in certain forms. I prefer it as stir fry or vada or paratha only. Very rarely I am ok to have it in my sandwich with mayo. This cabbage paratha came to my mind as I had a very little quantity of it which wouldn't be enough for any other dishes. I just made it slightly different from the other two paratha recipes posted already(Check turnip paratha recipe here and cheese paratha recipe here. Come let us have a quick look at this simple recipe.


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Karl Urban's portrayal of Judge Dredd returns this month with "Judge Dredd: Underbelly," the official sequel to last year's "Dredd 3D" film adaptation. Debuting in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #340 from "2000 AD" publisher Rebellion, "Underbelly" is written by regular "Dredd" writer Arthur Wyatt and drawn by fan-favorite "2000 AD" artist Henry Flint of "Judge Dredd: Day of Chaos" and "Zombo" fame. "Dredd 3D" performed poorly at the box office but went on to become one of the biggest cult hits of the year on DVD and Blu-ray.
Wyatt spoke with CBR News about "Underbelly" ahead of its release, revealing how long after "Dredd 3D" it takes place, what separates "2000 AD" Dredd from "Dredd 3D" Dredd, the pressure he feels continuing the story of the cult film and more.
CBR News: Arthur, "Underbelly" is the official comic book sequel to the film "Dredd 3D." When did you first see "Dredd 3D" and what are your thoughts on it?
Arthur Wyatt: I saw it with American friends a couple of weeks after the opening -- getting out without kids is always a major hassle for me otherwise it would have been sooner -- and as the Brit in the group and actually having written "Dredd" stories I felt a bit responsible for it. Fortunately it was amazing so that went alright, and I got to show off that I was in the credits twice, under "thanks," as "all the writers and artists who have ever worked on it" and "anyone who has posted on the '2000 AD' Message board"... both of which totally count.
How did you get brought on to "Underbelly?"
Matt Smith, the current earthly embodiment of Tharg, asked me if I was interested in doing it as I was finishing up on "The Streets of Dan Francisco." I leapt at it.
My first pitch was probably a bit too much of a rerun of the movie -- basically gang wars in the wake of the fall of Ma Ma. Matt asked me to open it up a little, and so in the final story you get to see some more of Dredd's world, for instance you get to see a bit of the Cursed Earth. It's at the periphery, but it's pretty significant to the story.
I'd also want to have Dredd burst through a window on his Lawmaster as a tribute to his first appearance but that didn't fit with the Dredd film feel.
In your mind, how is the "Dredd 3D" version of Dredd different from the "2000 AD" version of Dredd?
He's younger, a little more enthusiastic about his job as the years have ground him down less. He doesn't have any of the creeping doubts about the system that may have crept in.
Comic book Dredd is more of a colorful sci-fi sandbox -- you name it and Mega-City One has got it, from sentient robots to ghosts to spaceships. Movie Dredd paired that back to a few elements, the Judges, the Blocks -- Psi powers and the gun that fires multiple ammunition types are probably the most far out elements -- and it's all done with this awesome gritty, dirtied up '80s action movie style, which is actually a great fit for the earliest "Judge Dredd" stories if you go back and read them.
So the focus is on "real world" crime rather than aliens, robots and inter-dimensional travel, which really strips things back to the core in terms of what kind of stories you can tell -- I've aimed more for "The Wire" than the 1995 movie, which since I usually use a lot of SF or horror elements has been a challenge. I think it's probably one of the strongest things I've written as a result of taking those props away.
That said, [Alex] Garland has mentioned wanting to use Judge Death as a possible villain for sequels, so maybe it can go there if done right. Maybe the robots from "Elysium" or "Hardware" would fit in.
What's it like working with Henry Flint? He's one of the best artists today for wild, crazy, out-of-this-world designs, from his recent Dark Judges work to "Shakara" to stuff like "Zombo. How does his style fit into the "Dredd 3D" world, which is a bit more realistic?
Henry Flint is the most "2000 AD" of all "2000 AD" artists -- he's like Ezquerra, Bisley, McMahon and Kevin O'Neill combined into a glorious force of nature. Getting to collaborate with him is a dream come true!
Part of me wishes it was on some totally far out space thing, but he's fantastic at grimy urban action as well - you just have to look at "Day of Chaos" to see the fantastic job he's done there.
I've tried to imitate Garland and keep the script fairly lean, so that should give him a chance to really show off in the action scenes. The art I've seen so far has been fantastic.
You say you tried to imitate "Dredd 3D" screenwriter Alex Garland in "Underbelly." Did you speak with Garland at all about the project?
No, I'm not sure that he even knows it's happening, but I'd be very happy if he approved of the result. I've read through the script a couple of times, trying to get the tone right, and it's remarkable tight and sparse -- really good stuff.
What's "Underbelly" about? How long after the film will it take place?
It follows pretty closely from the end of the movie -- the repercussions of the fall of the Ma-Ma are still being felt. Anderson has really come into her own and Dredd will actually be being brought into one of her cases in this one.
Do you feel extra pressure on this project than usual, giving the massive cult following "Dredd 3D" now has?
Yeah, it's kind of terrifying. I've been writing for the "Judge Dredd Megazine" a lot lately, which doesn't always get the same level of attention as "2000 AD," but this one is going to be getting all of the attention from the fans. I'm hoping I've produced something worthy!
What other projects do you have coming up?
I have another "Dredd" two-parter for the magazine coming up, seeing the return of Judge Zheng from "Inversion," my first "Judge Dredd" story. It also features some bad guys from another Dreddworld story I've written so it's been fun pitting them against each other.
What's your favorite "Judge Dredd" story?
It has to be the "Apocalypse War," probably the most significant of all the Mega-Epics -- Ezquerra art throughout, events happening on a huge scale even for "Dredd," and all the really great Sov Gear. "Day of Chaos" gave it a run for its money, especially if you consider "Origins," "Tour of Duty" and "Day of Chaos" a rough trilogy.
There's also a place in my heart for weird horror hybrids like "City of the Damned" or "The Haunting of Sector House 9." And I'd really like to see the Kevin O'Neill designed Varks come back...
"Judge Dredd: Underbelly" debuted in "Judge Dredd Megazine" #340, on sale in the UK and worldwide through the App store.


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Implementation and Performance of an Improved Turbo Decoder on a Configurable Computing Machine
Puckett, W. Bruce
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Turbo codes are a recently discovered class of error correction codes that achieve near-Shannon limit performance. Because of their complexity and highly parallel nature, turbo-coded applications are well suited for configurable computing. Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which are the main building blocks of configurable computing machines (CCMs), allow users to design flexible hardware that is optimized for performance, speed, power consumption, and chip-area. This thesis presents the implementation and performance of an improved turbo decoder on a configurable computing platform. The design's performance and throughput are emphasized in light of its algorithmic improvements, and its flexibility is emphasized as it is ported to a newer, more efficient architecture with more hardware resources. Because this decoder will eventually become the error correction component of a software radio, the design must maintain a high data rate, interface easily with other modules, and conserve hardware resources for future research developments.
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E. Coli Bacteria Could Become Our Next Computer Hard Drives
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Researchers have figured out that data can be stored in bacteria, and that a single gram of bacteria can store more information than a giant 900 terabyte hard drive! This storing and encrypting information in living organisms is called biostorage, and students at Hong Kong's Chinese University are using E. coli to test the possibilities of how we store information in the future. You could one day keep a box of E. coli bacteria in your fridge, but rather than storing just the potential for food poisoning, you'll be storing piles of information.
Discovery News reports that the concept started several years ago.
"In 2007, a team at Japan's Keio University said they had successfully encoded the equation that represents Einstein's theory of relativity, E=MC², in the DNA of a common soil bacterium. They pointed out that because bacteria constantly reproduce, a group of the single-celled organisms could store a piece of information for thousands of years."
Now, research has progressed, and the Hong Kong researchers have figured out how to compress data, store it in chunks in several organisms, and map the DNA so the information can be easily found again, like a filing system. They're calling it biocryptography.
According to the researchers, this could mean a revolution in how we store text, images, music, and even video. And what's more, the information can't be hacked:
"All kinds of computers are vulnerable to electrical failures or data theft. But bacteria are immune from cyber attacks. You can safeguard the information," Professor Chan Ting Fung told AFP.
The researchers are now looking into what types of bacteria are good to use -- there are some that can even survive nuclear radiation, which is important to know for ensuring information survives even the worst scenarios -- as well as how to contain the bacteria and access the information after encryption. We're many years from seeing bacteria take over for hard drives, but the foundations are being formed.
The potential of bacteria in daily use is being explored beyond just how to control it for health reasons. Researchers have created a self-destructing bacteria that can heal cracks in concrete. It can only grow when in contact with concrete, so it grows rapidly to fill the crack, but stops when the crack is filled.
Bacteria can not only heal city infrastructure, but may also help plan it. For instance, researchers have watched the way specifically slime mold finds its way from one food source to another. It moves in much the same ways as our road systems between major cities. Watching how slime mold moves across a petri dish could help us plan roadways and other transit maps.
Mostly researchers study how to kill off or control bacteria, but it's clear that there is so much potential to what these microorganisms can help us accomplish.
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