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Radio 1: Established 1967
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Compilation by various artists.
Disc 1
- Flowers in the Rain (cover of "Flowers in the Rain" by The Move) by Kaiser Chiefs
- All Along the Watchtower (cover of "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan) by The Fratellis
- Cupid (cover of "Cupid" by Sam Cooke) by Amy Winehouse
- Lola (cover of "Lola" by The Kinks) by Robbie Williams
- Your Song (cover of "Your Song" by Elton John) by The Streets
- Betcha by Golly Wow! (cover of "Betcha by Golly, Wow" by The Stylistics) by Sugababes
- You're So Vain (cover of "You're So Vain (Canadian Version)" by Carly Simon) by The Feeling
- Band on the Run (cover of "Band on the Run" by Wings) by Foo Fighters
- Love Is the Drug (cover of "Love Is the Drug" by Roxy Music) by Kylie Minogue
- Let's Stick Together (cover of "Let's Stick Together" by Bryan Ferry) by KT Tunstall
- Sound and Vision (cover of "Sound and Vision" by David Bowie) by Franz Ferdinand
- Teenage Kicks (cover of "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones) by The Raconteurs
- Can't Stand Losing You (cover of "Can't Stand Losing You" by The Police) by Mika Vs. Armand Van Helden
- Too Much Too Young (cover of "Too Much Too Young" by The Specials) by Kasabian
- Under Pressure (Queen and David Bowie cover) by Keane
- Town Called Malice (cover of "Town Called Malice" by The Jam) by McFly
- Come Back and Stay (cover of "Come Back and Stay" by Paul Young) by James Morrison
- Careless Whisper (cover of "Careless Whisper" by George Michael) by Gossip
- The Power of Love (cover of "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & The News) by The Pigeon Detectives
- Don't Get Me Wrong (cover of "Don't Get Me Wrong" by Pretenders) by Lily Allen
Disc 2
- You Sexy Thing (cover of "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate) by Stereophonics
- Fast Car (cover of "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman) by Mutya Buena
- Lullaby (cover of "Lullaby" by The Cure) by Editors
- Englishman in New York (cover of "Englishman in New York" by Sting) by Razorlight
- Crazy for You (cover of "Crazy for You" by Madonna) by Groove Armada
- It Must Be Love (cover of "It Must Be Love" by Labi Siffre) by Paolo Nutini
- All That She Wants (cover of "All That She Wants" by Ace of Base) by The Kooks
- You're All I Need to Get By (Method Man and Mary J. Blige cover) by Mark Ronson
- Stillness in Time (cover of "Stillness in Time" by Jamiroquai) by Calvin Harris
- No Diggity (cover of "No Diggity" by Blackstreet) by Klaxons
- Lovefool (cover of "Lovefool" by The Cardigans) by Just Jack
- Ray of Light (cover of "Ray of Light" by Madonna) by Natasha Bedingfield
- Drinking in L.A. (cover of "Drinking in L.A." by Bran Van 3000) by The Twang
- The Great Beyond (cover of "The Great Beyond" by R.E.M.) by The Fray
- Teenage Dirtbag (cover of "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus) by Girls Aloud
- Like I Love You (cover of "Like I Love You" by Justin Timberlake) by Maxïmo Park
- Don't Look Back Into the Sun (cover of "Don't Look Back Into the Sun" by The Libertines) by The View
- Toxic (cover of "Toxic" by Britney Spears) by Hard-Fi
- Father & Son (cover of "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens) by The Enemy
- Steady, as She Goes (cover of "Steady, As She Goes" by The Raconteurs) by Corinne Bailey Rae
External links
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Congratulations on becoming a Homeowner in Summers Landing!
Over time, you will be one of almost 400 new homeowners in the project. In the future, there will be parks, parkways, trails, fences, pets, new trees and much more. There will also be some "common" areas of the project that each homeowner shares ownership and responsibility for as a group. To take care of all of this, there is a community Homeowner's Association. Each year, every homeowner will contribute to the costs to maintain the common areas in the form of Association Dues. Currently, the association dues are $300.00 per year.
During the first few years of the development of the project, Summergate (the Developer) will operate and manage the association. Every association has a set of rules and regulations that it uses to guide everyone on what is expected of the association or the homeowners themselves. Below you will find a downloadable PDF of those documents for your reference.

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Welcome to Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan – the least helpful international airport I've been in. The tourist "information" booth didn't have any information. His English was quite good, but he couldn't answer ANY of my questions, which were rather basic. This is the biggest airport in Jordan, and their only non-Arabic map they had was in Russian.
Also, I had booked a rent-a-car through the Budget Rent-a-Car airport office, which didn't actually exist. The guy at the information booth had no idea what I was talking about when I asked about it. One of the vendors said he knew them but that he hadn't seen the Budget guy since the morning, so my best route is to just wait and hope he comes back. Apparently they don't have an office; it's a guy with a clipboard, credit card machine, and keys. I finally found the guy and after filling out some paperwork he took me to the car. They leave the car in long-term parking; he said the guard knows him and wouldn't charge me, but that wasn't the case. The security guard said he knows the Budget guy, but the new renter always pays the bill. So your total cost is actually dependent on how long ago the guy before you left the car.


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Office Coordinator - Steward Medical Group
Job Description
Steward Health Care System LLC ("Steward") is a fully integrated, physician-led national health care services organization committed to providing the highest quality of care in the most cost-efficient manner in the communities where our patients live. Steward - the largest privately held health care company in the U.S. - owns and operates 35 community hospitals across nine states, serves over 1,000 distinct communities and employs approximately 40,000 health care professionals. In addition to our hospitals, the Steward provider network includes 4,800 providers, 25 urgent care centers, 87 preferred skilled nursing facilities, substantial behavioral health offerings, over 7,300 hospital beds under management, and approximately 1.5 million full risk covered lives through the company's managed care and health insurance services.
Steward Medical Group (SMG), Inc. is Steward's multi-specialty group practice with over 4,500 employees including over 1,800 physicians and advanced practitioners. SMG operates approximately 450 practice locations throughout Massachusetts, Southern New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, and provides more than 4 million patient encounters per year.
Under the supervision of the Practice Manager, the Office Coordinator serves as liaison between the physicians, Practice Manager and the office support staff. The Office Coordinator is responsible for assisting the Practice Manager with all day-to-day operational, administrative, and fiscal aspects of the physicians' offices.
• Ensures efficiency and productivity with respect to administrative and clinical functions of the office. Daily monitoring of physician and patient activity in the practice; allocates resources to necessary tasks and set priorities. Reports any problems in this area to the Practice Manager immediately.
• Responsible for accurate registration, scheduling, confirmation, and billing functions
• Answers clinic phones and sends messages to clinic staff/providers as appropriate
• Makes recommendations for improvements/enhancements to registration, scheduling, and billing procedures.
• Manages the oversight and audit of encounter forms for completeness, accuracy, batching, and prompt distribution to billing.
• Responsible for daily oversight and reconciliation of co-payment and cash collection.
• Assists Practice Manager with payroll and payment of Invoices.
• Triages patient complaints for the office, working with appropriate management personnel to resolve issues that arise.
• Responsible for monitoring missing charge reports.
• Oversees ordering all necessary supplies and equipment for the practice.
• Procurement process including; payment requests, on-line supply ordering, and reconciliation of AP payments.
• Under the direction of the Practice Manager, responsible for the training and on-board processing of all new employees.
• Assurance that all "Best Practice" initiatives are followed.
• Maintains patient confidentiality according to Steward Medical Group and hospital standards.
• Strong orientation to patient care in accordance with the Faculty Practice Plan's values.
• Includes Medical Assisting responsibilities
• Record patient history, chief complaint, pharmacy info, prescription list, etc into EMR for physical
• Supply ordering
• Stocking of rooms
• Ordering tests, obtaining prior authorizations
• Requesting and obtaining referrals for patient visits and surgery
• Coordinating procedures with other departments/providers
• Obtaining necessary authorizations and referrals
• Tracking charge entry for surgical procedures
• Setting up pre-operative appointments and tests for patients
• Sending pre-surgical correspondence and confirmations to patients
• Front desk support - phone triage, appointment scheduling and co-pay collection
• Associates or Bachelor's Degree preferred, but not required. Relevant work experience may substitute for degree requirements.
• Must have 2-3 years of experience in a healthcare environment. Medical Assisting experience preferred.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to multi-task and prioritize daily activities.
• Must have a thorough understanding of billing, information systems, and knowledge of medical terminology and HIPPA requirements.
• Experience with electronic medical record systems (Athena preferred).
• Proficiency with computers and window-based products.
• Knowledge of insurance coverage systems, including but not limited to co-payments, referrals, HMO, PPO and capitated products, preferred.
• Ability to analyze operational issues and solve them creatively.
Application Instructions
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Posted: 12/4/2019
Job Status: Full Time
Job Reference #: 18450


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Playa del Rey SkyDigital Illustration
This is a personal project of mine–pretty much a study in clouds. This was the view from our apartment in Playa del Rey, California looking slightly southwest. Our apartment was separated from the ocean by a little over a block. In between, there is a fairly large ancient sand dune that we overlooked. Even though we couldn't see the ocean itself from our balcony, we witnessed the most spectacular sunsets on a nightly basis. On extremely rare occasions, we got huge billowy storm clouds. I was lucky to capture this picture back in 2012.
The setting sun blacked out the east side of the dune–resulting in the above illustration.
I am quite partial to this as it was my first attempt to digitally portray clouds.
Tools Used
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Wacom Cintiq 12WX
Time Spent
Approximately 12 hours


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- $175,000 price
- O5711938 mls id
- Year Built: 1985
WOW- Custom upgrades GALORE!- You have to see this amazing 4 Bedroom 2 Bath with added Bonus rooms, Kissimmee sanctuary. Located just minutes from 417 and Lake Nona, Hunters Creek area. Close to major roadways and shopping, this home has tons of added square footage. Enjoy hosting in your custom built kitchen updated in 2015 with concrete counter tops, stainless steel Apron Sink. Custom built cabinetry with pull out drawers and baskets throughout. Tile Backsplash, along with 5 Burner Gas Island Cooktop with Stainless Steel digital exhaust. The Living room and dining room has added stonework making this home luxurious. Large Bonus Room with custom built -floor to ceilings shelving! In the back, enjoy hosting guests in your large covered screen deck with tons of extra square footage. This home is a perfect place for entertaining year round. Large Fenced in Lot with Oversized Sheds make added storage a dream. Built on Slab, Land Is Owned. New Roof in 2017, New Water Heater 2014. New Windows 2015.
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After two failed attempts at more TV with "Utopia" and "Videosyncrazy" at HBO, filmmaker David Fincher is returning to streaming giant Netflix where he launched "House of Cards".
Their next collaboration together is "Mindhunter," a new series drama about FBI profilers. Jonathan Groff, Anna Torv, Holt McCallany, Cotter Smith, Hannah Gross and Cameron Britton star.
Charlize Theron co-produces the series which is based on John Douglas and Mark Olshaker's non-fiction book "Mind Hunter: Inside The FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit".
The series will arrive in early October, just before the new season of "Stranger Things".


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Profit Analysis: How Much Does Crypto Mining Really Cost?By Xianyue Wu
Just when you thought the cryptocurrency bear market couldn't get worse, it has. The price of Bitcoin has fallen by nearly 40% in less than half a month. Miners are already deciding that it is no longer profitable to operate various mining machines. If this trend becomes a large-scale mining shutdown, it could lead to the collapse of the computing power needed to run the network, putting further pressure on Bitcoin's price. That would be very bad for crypto investors.
So just what's going on with miners? Here, we compare the three of the best Bitcoin mining machines in 2018 (Bitmain Antminer S9i, Halong Mining DragonMint T1, Whatsminer M3 Bitcoin Miner) to analyze the profitability of Bitcoin mining.
Here is the basic info on each mining machine:
We got current prices of the above-mentioned miners from Amazon.com. However, since miner prices follow Bitcoin price fluctuations, it's likely that most miners' hardware costs are much higher than what we've listed here, since they bought their hardware when Bitcoin's price was much higher.
In the analysis below, we amortize the cost of the mining machine and factor in electricity prices each day to come up with a total daily mining cost and compare that to the revenue generated from mining BTC based on that day's BTC to USD exchange rate and the total computing power on the network that day (which affects how much BTC is awarded to miners). In other words: we're looking at the costs miners have to cover and comparing it to what they can make from mining each day to track how profitable Bitcoin mining was that day.
In the chart below, you can see our comparison between revenue (the rewards generated by mining, in purple), versus the cost of mining (orange). The blue line represents profitability, and you can see that in recent months it has dipped below zero (meaning miners are losing money), as revenues drop with BTC's price but electricity costs remain steady. The same general pattern is observed across all three mining machines.
In these calculations, we've assumed a flat electricity cost of USD$0.05 per KWh. That's based on the rate F2 mining pool co-founder Discus Fish recently told LongHash that miners are currently paying in his pool: 0.38 to 0.4 RMB per KWh, which is equivalent to roughly USD$0.05. In reality, mining electricity costs aren't fixed, and on any given day they could be lower or higher. In the current dry season, prices may be unusually high, but we still feel our estimate is conservative considering that we're only factoring in the basic hardware and electricity costs, and not factoring in additional costs miners must pay, including cooling, transportation as they move by the season to the region with the cheapest electricity, repairs, etc.
Our analysis suggests that many miners haven't been making money for months, and are now losing enough money that it makes more sense to shut mining machines down. And that's exactly what's happening: Discus Fish told LongHash: "Across the network, 600,000 to 800,000 machines have shut down."
So what's coming next? In the chart below, we compare Bitcoin's price against the network's total computing power. You can observe the apparent relationship; the network hash rate seems to follow the price, albeit after a significant delay. If that trend continues, then the recent drop in computing power we've seen on the Bitcoin network could be just the beginning.
Nobody knows what's going to happen next, but the signs are not looking great for crypto investors hoping for a quick rebound.


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Terrace Envy; Outdoor Space at Height, published in E RealEstateExec
Posted by Brenda Calvin, The Calvin Group, LLC — July 6, 2008
At the western rim of the Grand Canyon (the side closest to Las Vegas), the Native American Hualapai Tribe hosts the Grand Canyon Skywalk. Opened in 2007, this cantilevered glass bridge is suspended 4,000 feet above the Colorado River and the magnificent Grand Canyon below. It is truly breathtaking and inspires one to know how an eagle must feel soaring freely in and around this incredible ancient landmark. Ancient indeed—the National Park Service's Web site notes that the rocks exposed by the canyon are up to two billion years old, and then adds: "The Canyon itself—an 'erosional' feature—has formed only in the past five or six million years."Brenda Calvin is the founder and president of The Calvin Group, LLC. To read her entire article in the July 2008 issue of E RealEstateExec, click here.


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At North Sydney
Sign up for this choir through the North Sydney Community Centre. The cost is $160 / $120 concession for the eight weeks.
At Narrabeen
To sign up at Narrabeen, please submit the form below and I'll email details for payment. The cost is $140 / $110 concession (seniors, concession health care, etc).
If a bank transfer is not possible, then you can bring payment on the first night – my assistant Libby will collect it. However I'd prefer direct payment because messing around with money uses up time that can be used for singing. Also, please still submit the form below so that I know you're intending to come.
If you haven't been to one of these choirs before and aren't sure whether it's for you, I'm happy for you to attend the first night free, and then if you want to continue, transfer the payment some time before the second night.
If you know that you can only attend for 6 or less of the 8 nights, you can also pay by the night, which is
- $20 per night
- $16 per night concession
Please let me know if you're going to do this, and bring the EXACT money on the night and give to Libby before the start of the choir.
In any case, if you're intending to come at all please let me know via the form below.
Show Me The Money
Sign up for this FREE introduction to the choir (with special guest speaker) through the North Sydney Community Centre.


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Celebrating Retirees and Jubilarians
Read the biographies of all the 2015 Retirees and Jubilarians in this booklet. With thanks to Pam Harrison for the photographs.Read More
Final Proposals (06-22-15)
Proposal 01 – PEI – Unsettling Goods Proposal 02 – CiA – Goldcorp Divestment Proposal 03 – Halifax – Unsettling Goods Proposal 04 – Chignecto – Extending Support for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine Proposal 05 – Chignecto – Existing Social Justice Networks and the Comprehensive Review Proposal 06 – Chignecto – Pilgrimage […]Read More
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William Drysdale Catherine StuartRead More
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Ms. Isabel Archibald Rev. Ranald Cameron Mr. Eldon Rogerson Critchley Rev. Robert "Bob" Crooks Ms. Pauline Ervin Rev. Murray Favier Mr. Alan Fleming Ms. Mary Tait Fraser Rev. Eric G. Fullerton Rev. Allan Griffin Rev. Ross Hamilton Ms. Jean Eleanor Hannan Rev. Richard Humby Rev. Dr. Leonard "Avery" Kempton Ms. Vivien Kierstead Mr. Dean Lawrence […]Read More
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The card CHANGED!!
The Magician shows three cards in a fanThe middle card, Say a king is seenHe turns over the fan so the fan is now face-downDon't change the postition of the cardsHe then ask a spectator to pull out the kingThe magician shows the two remaining cards are not kingsHowever, when they look at the card the spectator has..It has CHANGED to some other card!!!
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Fischer / Irizarry
Season 2 Episode 1 | 27m 46s
Dr. Dawn-Elissa Fischer discusses representations of Blackness in global popular culture through an in-depth analysis of Japanese Hip-Hop. Dr. Yasmiyn Irizarry advocates for us to rethink the race measures that we use to collect data on race and racial identity.
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The controversies of the so-called two-state doctrine and "1992 consensus" have again been whipped up. The point of discussion this time is what seems to be a curious exchange of roles — in the recent trend of muckraking of the presidential candidates' past remarks on the cross-strait relationship — traditionally assumed by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). However, a deeper look reveals how well political parties have been adapting to a democratized society, or not.
That KMT presidential candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫) in 2000 — the year the DPP unexpectedly won the presidency for the first time — in his capacity as a KMT legislator had publicly backed the "special state-to-state relationship" between Taiwan and China advocated by former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) has recently been dug up. Some are quick to compare that to DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) recognition of "one China, different interpretations" in 2000 in her then-capacity as Mainland Affairs Council minister.
The result of cross-strait talks in 1992 that the KMT now calls a "consensus," Tsai then called a "process" during which "it was our stance that 'one China' is respectively interpreted," according to the Legislative Yuan's general assembly record.
Meanwhile, Chu had lauded Lee's "special state-to-state relationship" as a "clear and safe" positioning of the "current" cross-strait relationship.
He called it "ridiculous" to be trapped by a "non-existent question of 'one China'" when there exists a People's Republic of China and also a Republic of China.
It is true that politicians can and do change their attitudes over time, but it is noteworthy that neither of these statements referred to a "consensus" between China and Taiwan, a term former MAC chairman Su Chi (蘇起) in 2006 admitted that he had made up in 2000.
Tsai at the time referred to the "1992 spirit," which was to continue cross-strait exchanges and dialogue and put aside disputes, and said that although the "one China" question should not be avoided, "the government, when it comes to the future of the nation, should not presuppose a stance or a conclusion, but synchronize its policy with Taiwan's public opinion."
That the future of Taiwan should be decided by the people of Taiwan is none other than the DPP's Resolution on Taiwan's Future, and the idea was raised again in Sunday's debate when she said that the so-called "1992 consensus" could be "one of the options," but not the only option.
However, Tsai is not the only one upholding it. President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) endorsed the idea that Taiwan's future is to be decided by the Taiwanese in 2008 and again last year, and so did Chu earlier this year.
This raises the question why the KMT is now so desperate to force Tsai to bow to the "1992 consensus" as the "foundation" of the cross-strait relationship, when straitjacketing Taiwan with the "one China" framework clearly contradicts the idea that Taiwanese should be the ones who decide Taiwan's future.
The manufacturing of the "consensus" as the KMT's cross-strait policy shows that the KMT is more concerned about losing its status as the sole negotiator with bargaining leverage against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) than respecting what Taiwanese want. It happily played into the hands of the CCP when Beijing used the "friendliness" it has shown the KMT since 2000 to punish those who resist what China arbitrarily decides for Taiwan.


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There were a lot of things vying for Aditya Mallya's attention on that idyllic Saturday evening in Goa; the nippy September breeze, the pristine sands of the Benaulim beach, the wondrous setting sun, the perfectly chilled beer, the delicious prawn balchao, and the company of his closest friends. All the ingredients of a memorable evening were there. But, the 29-year-old's focus was locked on a man nearly 8,000 km away – Tottenham Hotspurs forward, Harry Kane.
The footballer had been on Mallya's mind all day – while he lazed in the pool, while he half-heartedly played cards over lunch, while driving along Goa's winding roads to get to Benaulim. It was an odd obsession considering Mallya, an Everton F.C. fan, wasn't even a Tottenham supporter and, more importantly, didn't particularly care for Kane. But like Kane, Mallya was participating in a football league of his own – the Fantasy Premier League – a virtual platform run by the English Premier League that allows football fans to assemble their own teams and accumulate points based on each player's live performance that week, all in an attempt to attain a lofty goal – to be perched atop the leaderboards.
Kane – among the most popular players this season – figures in thousands, if not millions, of fantasy teams. Just not on Mallya's team that September. After a goalless August, Mallya had dropped the usually prolific forward from his fantasy team for a less expensive but more in-form Aguero. "I really hope he doesn't score tonight," he said at some point that evening. But as The Rolling Stones once said, you can't always get what you want. Mallya checked his phone before bed that night. Final score: Tottenham Hotspurs beat West Ham united 3- 2. Kane scored. Twice.
Fantasy sports is believed to have been born in the 1960s when, as the story goes, Wilfred Winkenbach, part owner of the Oakland Raiders, an American Football League (now NFL) team, thought of the idea on a rainy weekend in New York City in 1962. Winkenbach, a golf aficionado, often picked "fantasy teams" that consisted of golf players, and wagered against friends that they couldn't do better. They'd tally the points at the end of a tournament or season, with the spoils going to the winner. That weekend, holed up in a hotel, and several cocktails down, Winkenbach, alongwith Raiders staffer Bill Tunnell and Oakland Tribune sportswriter Scotty Stirling, decided to start a similar fantasy league involving AFL players. The following summer they invited a few other friends to join in, eventually launching the Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League (GOPPPL) with eight teams in 1963. Over time, the original eight members scattered across the country, taking the fantasy league idea with them to other cities and friends' circles.
In an unrelated parallel, fantasy baseball was taking a life of its own. The debate on who is responsible for the birth of fantasy baseball rages till date. What is certain, however, is that Daniel Orkent, an American writer and editor, is credited with popularizing the hobby. Orkent, a die-hard baseball fan, cooked up the basic framework of a fantasy league during the off-season as a way to stay in touch with the game. He developed a method to fit the various statistics that come out of each baseball game—batting average, home runs, saves—into a model that would, in his words, "Let me compete with my friends and show that I knew more about baseball than they did."
As shown in the ESPN film Silly Little Game, Orkent took the idea to a group of his friends who lunched together at a New York City restaurant called La Rotisserie Francaise. They loved the idea and thus the Rotisserie Baseball League was formed. The game took off after Okrent wrote about it for Inside Sports magazine in the early 1980s. Private fantasy baseball leagues began popping up across the US – in dorm rooms, offices, basements, schools, playgrounds. Okrent and his friends, recognizing the incredible buzz and the immense potential of the game, organized conventions where fans could come and talk about strategies.
A decade later, the arrival of the internet catapulted fantasy sports to another level. Fans no longer had to refer to next day's newspapers or watch the nightly news for the latest scores; everything was available online almost instantly. One of the original players of the Rotisserie League sums it up best in the documentary, "I'm old enough to have seen a man land on the moon and that was pretty amazing but I don't think anything was quite so awe-inspiring as seeing the same day box scores slowly take form on [Okrent's] computer screen…it was absolutely incredible."
Today, fantasy sports is serious business in North America. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, 57.4 million people in the US and Canada have played some form of fantasy sports in 2016 with each player spending an average of $556 dollars per year on league-related costs, challenges and material. That is a $32 billion industry. So far this year, that number is already on pace to grow by a little less than 10%.
Initially restricted to private leagues among friends with everyone putting in money for the big jackpot, the pastime became more organized. With fantasy leagues spreading to other countries and sports like football, rugby and cricket, large sports organizations such as ESPN began to wake up to the value of fantasy sports and the fans who play it. With large amounts of money at stake, it comes as no surprise that private players – such as Fanduel and Draftkings in the US – are multi-billion dollar companies. As another example of the power of fantasy sports, the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) – the most popular fantasy sports league outside the United States – was created by the English Premier League (EPL) as recently as 2002 to further engage its most loyal fans, and as a way to create new fans.
What started out as a fun idea in New York City in the 1960s has now grown into a thriving, multi-billion dollar industry running parallel to the sports industry. Today, various avatars of fantasy sports can be found on nearly every continent, with tens of millions of fans signing up to play.
The game has greatly evolved, and continues to do so, but its avatar remains relatively simple: A fan plays the role of a manager – picking a squad of players who have been assigned values based on their talent and skill level – within a given budget. These players accumulate points based on how they perform during live matches; at the end of the season, the fan with the squad that has the most points wins. Often, much like in real life, fans can trade players and make substitutions. However, this must be done within a stipulated time before the real match begins. Fans can choose to participate in common leagues like "Asia" or "India", or create their own private leagues where they can invite friends and compete with each other.
Cricket was the obvious choice to introduce Indian sports fans to fantasy sports.
In 2001, ESPN and Star Sports launched Super Selector, allowing fans to go online and select a team of five batsmen, four bowlers, one all-rounder and one wicketkeeper – each worth a certain number of points – per month within a 1,000-point budget. Points were then awarded for wickets, catches, stumpings and run-outs.
Glamour was added; celebrities like Naseeruddin Shah and Aamir Khan, and cricketing legends like Sunil Gavaskar and Geoffrey Boycott appeared on a fortnightly television show that Shah hosted.
ESPN and Star Sports even dangled the carrot of all carrots: a grand prize of an all-expenses paid trip to watch India tour South Africa, with a stint in the commentary box during a game.
Consider that, at the time, Orkut was the chat engine of choice and registration for Super Selector could be sent via competition postcards and fax. Yes, fax.
The industry has come a long way since faxed registrations. In the last decade or so, operators like Dream11, Fandromeda and CricBattle have taken front row seats, each with its own set of rules, points and prizes. Today, sports fans in India can play more than just fantasy cricket as these websites offer similar fantasy leagues for kabaddi, football, wrestling, and more recently basketball.
As the popularity of fantasy sports grows, so does the need to put frameworks in place. A handful of operators came together to form the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS) earlier this year. The goal: to self-regulate, promote best practices and protect the interests of the fans. The FIFS charter drafted includes sections on regulatory compliance, player fund protection and the consequences of breaches, among other things.
How effective the body will be in regulating the industry remains to be seen; but the general outlook is positive. As Peter Schoenke, chairman of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, said in an email, "India is a hidden success story in fantasy sports. The key is that local companies have developed to take advantage of the market. It's been hard for US companies to expand outside the US given the language and cultural barriers."
"I could never make FPL changes when I'm high because there are too many numbers and stats to think about," said a friend as he walked me through the weekly team changes for his fantasy football team. I saw what he meant—there were columns of numbers that meant zilch to a noob like me. But to him, a player's monetary value, form value, selection percentage, influence index and the difficulty ranking of his upcoming fixtures was crucial to make selections for the upcoming week. While he combed stats to find the perfect players for his team, I tried to understand why he'd spend an hour a week on something that promises little more than bragging rights, the occasional consolation prize, and the even more occasional grand prize.
Even as a cricket fan who enjoys watching India play and makes it a point to watch our national team live at Wankhede Stadium, I have never understood the fascination for fantasy sports leagues. But while for me, enjoying a live match and following a team's fortunes is sufficient, there are millions around the world who need another layer of investment or a social component – testing their intuition against their friends' – to enjoy sport more.
If nothing else, almost every fantasy sports player has one thing in common – they started after they heard friends talk about it and wanted to try it too. They wanted to know what the fuss was about, or to be part of lunchtime and water cooler conversations.
Atisha Penjore Bhutia, a 28-year-old video producer, and Qais Ajani, a 27-year-old entrepreneur, both first heard about fantasy sports through friends before deciding to give it a shot. For Varsha Reddy, it was about having things to discuss with friends. The 25-year-old corporate lawyer is a Bayern Munich fan and didn't know much about the EPL which her friends followed. That's when she decided to sign up for the FPL saying "…at least now I can join in when people talk about players or matches…earlier I didn't know what was happening."
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While building teams and tracking friends' performances on the leaderboard is thrilling, what keeps most fans going is the banter. According to Ajani, "The banter will keep you coming back every season." He refers to the chatter and trash talk amongst fantasy players on forums, discussion boards, Whatsapp groups and parties during an ongoing season or tournament. Players constantly engage with one another while discussing whether goalkeeper David de Gea should be dropped for Hugo Lloris or whether batsman Rohit Sharma should make the cut for a team. Asking for advice isn't uncommon but the odds of receiving genuinely good advice are low. Both Reddy and Bhutia have been misled many times, often by their own friends. There's also plenty of good-natured ribbing that the lower-ranking players must endure, while winners' bragging sessions can go on for days after the end of a tournament or season.
Another reason people gravitate towards fantasy sports is to live out their managerial dreams. Having a stake or some sort of ownership in a league added a new dimension of engagement for fans. When Swapnil Khetan, a 26-year-old recruitment consultant, first played the IPL fantasy league in 2010-11, he fell in love with cricket all over again. "There was a novelty value for me," says Khetan, "because I saw those auctions and could picture myself being a team owner. It made me think about the game in a whole new way."
"Fans love to play would-be general manager," says Schoenke. "You acquire a lot of knowledge about sports as a fan but have no way to put it into practice other than some arguments with your friends. Fantasy sports allow you to put your sports knowledge to the test and show your friends and others you know more and can make better decisions on that information."
In addition to following the matches of their main teams, fans also follow other games depending on the players they've chosen; it wasn't just about India, or the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), or Everton winning. An RCB fan might watch her team in action but would also keep an eye on the Mumbai Indians-Delhi Daredevils game happening later that day because Hardik Pandya from MI is on her team. Expectedly, this can lead to complicated situations. Sameer Dhamani had mixed emotions during the India-West Indies semi-final in the 2016 T20 World Cup in Mumbai. "India was losing really badly but Andre Russell got a wicket and he was in my team so I was happy about that…but my friends were cursing me," he recalls.
Fantasy sports may have begun as a pastime, and is often considered a hobby. That assumption, however, could not be further from the truth. Fans don't take their team selection lightly. Most people spend, on an average, about an hour a week making changes to their teams. That can go up to four hours in the days before the start of the season or tournament. This includes consuming a steady stream of news regarding the latest transfers, injuries, suspensions and sackings, discussions with friends and watching experts giving tips on selections. Bhutia makes it a point to watch videos by FPLTips, a popular fantasy football channel on YouTube. "Sometimes they will talk about an upcoming or obscure player from a team that I don't follow," says Bhutia. "And then I can consider him for my team."
Others like Mallya prefer to get more technical. He – unlike the others in this story – plays fantasy sports more for the love of its analytics than the social component. "I look at it as an intellectual exercise," he says. "I enjoy the thrill of trying to beat the game," adding that luck and uncertainty make it that much more fun. It was from this obsession that a complex selection system took birth; one that plays out on an Excel sheet each week. He has come up with a formula that involves points per game, intrinsic value, the team's form in the last few games and home & away results. Some of these values are available online but others he assigns himself. It took him a while to get it right, but is quite happy with how it helps in his selections now.
The unpredictability Mallya speaks of can lead to strange, and sometimes frustrating situations. There's Bhutia's friend, posted in the Army, who made one round of selections at the start of the EPL season before being posted on duty. "He hasn't had a chance to update his team but he's (still) second in the league right now!" Bhutia exclaims. Ajani too, shakes his head while talking about a friend who came from behind to beat them in the league. "This guy knew nothing about football!" he rues, "… he thought Lionel Ronaldo was a player!" Frustrated by the constant chatter about the game as his friends watched matches on the common TV outside his dorm room, Ajani's friend decided to immerse himself in football, and specifically fantasy football. "Within no time, he was No.1 in our league!" Ajani says in disbelief.
Platforms like FPL, Super Selector, Dream11, CricBattle and Fandromeda set up shop to cater to fans of every sport. Indian companies – like the four mentioned above – start with cricket leagues before expanding to other sports. These platforms offer a host of free and pay-to-play contests to cater to a wide variety of fans.
Today, Dream11 is arguably the biggest fantasy sports platform in India. Started in 2012 by Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth, Dream11 introduced fans to the headiness of daily fantasy sports. Unlike FPL where fans can choose players from across teams and play for the entire season, in daily fantasy sports, fans choose players only from the teams playing on a particular day. The participation fee, also known as a buy-in, ranges from Rs 15 to Rs 1,300 ($0.20 – $20), with prizes varying from Rs 25 to Rs 500,000 ($0.40 – $7500). The company has grown rapidly over the last five years, claiming to have over 15 million users on its platform who play fantasy cricket, football and kabaddi. In November this year, the National Basketball Association (NBA) launched its official fantasy league for India in partnership with Dream11 – the first official fantasy basketball league in India. When contacted, Dream11 chose not to comment for this story.
Rakesh Desai had played fantasy American football as a teenager in the US and thought something similar could work in cricket-crazy India. Sensing a business opportunity, he set up CricBattle in 2012 and was the first to introduce the draft system to fantasy cricket. In the draft system, multiple fans in a league cannot pick the same player. For instance, once a fan picks Virat Kohli for her team, no one else in that league will be able to pick Kohli. The draft system is commonplace in the US. CricBattle currently has about 350,000 registered users with roughly 70% fans from India and the rest from North America.
What Desai saw as a business opportunity, Ramesh Srivats of Fandromeda saw as a way to live his passion. Srivats and his buddies hosted private fantasy leagues for years. Then in 2012, his company TenTenTen approached the BCCI and suggested creating a fantasy league for the 2013 IPL season. The usually conservative BCCI bought in on the idea.
"We launched the official IPL Fantasy League in 2013 and it was a mega hit!" says Srivats. "We had over 500,000 users in the very first year. We ran it for 3 years and got to 1.5 million users."
Encouraged by the success of the IPL fantasy game, TenTenTen managed to snag the rights to create and the official fantasy league for the ICC World Cup 2015 as well. Buoyed by the confidence, and the sheer fun behind running these fantasy leagues, Srivats and his team decided to create their own fantasy sports platform; Fandromeda was born in 2016. "The money will come," says Srivats. "But for us, the main motive is getting people to play and making fantasy sports a part of the culture here." Fandromeda has about 200,000 registered users and is one of the few platforms in India that hosts fantasy leagues that last a whole tournament or season.
As one would've guessed, running these huge platforms isn't cheap. As the number of users grows, so do the costs in ensuring they have a seamless experience. With so much competition already in place, and much more to come, it takes a fair amount of money to keep these platforms running. For CricBattle, the funds come from pay-to-play users and partnerships with brands like Dainik Bhaskar and the West Indies Cricket Board. "They have the users and I have the product," says Desai. "So we usually have a revenue share model or something similar."
Like CricBattle, Srivats' Fandromeda also looks to corporates and brands to boost revenues. Srivats hosts internal fantasy leagues for companies like Infosys, where departments and employees can play against each other during specific tournaments such as the IPL. To bring brands to Fandromeda, Srivats offers to host games connected to the product on the site with official branding. "For Pepsi," he explains, "we once hosted a game where users had to create a team in 90 seconds and the timer was a bottle of Pepsi that was slowly filling up."
With an ever-growing fan base that has access to what other global leagues are providing its users, fantasy companies in India also need to stay ahead of the curve. US-based Desai believes he has an advantage; immersed in US fantasy sports from a young age, he routinely studies and adopts new ideas for CricBattle. The site now offers a live one-on-one challenge, where players from different leagues can challenge each other for a single game during a live match. Recently, he also launched a beta bot on Facebook Messenger that allows users to make selections and keep up with scores without ever leaving the social media site. "We want to reach cricket fans who follow the sport on Facebook," Desai says.
Srivats, too, knows the importance of keeping it fresh. Fandromeda offers various contests including a winner-takes-all and "Double Your Money" where the top half of the points table win double their entry fee back. "We also have a unique tournament mode game called pay-per-sub," Srivats shares, "where users can create a squad free but pay for each substitution they make. All the money paid for subs keeps getting added to the prize money which keeps growing through the tournament." The platform recently introduced Fandromeda 'coins'; users earn these coins by playing free games and then redeem them for brand vouchers. It's a win-win-win situation.
Fandromeda Founders – Ramesh Srivats and Mahesh Shankar
Winning is important; so are prizes. As thrilling as it may be to beat friends in a game of intuition and wit, some free merchandise, cash, or, in the case of one lucky Fandromeda Fan of the Year, an all-expenses paid trip to watch the Malaysian Grand Prix, is key to entice users to return.
However, with the element of reward involved, fantasy sports companies in India must also ensure that the skill – in whatever form – of a fan is tested if they want to remain on the right side of the law.
Fantasy sports is innocuous enough when played informally amongst friends. But when large companies and large amounts of money are involved, things were a little nebulous initially.
There has been some confusion about whether pay-to-play fantasy sports, and other online games that involve cash, ought to qualify as gambling. To understand the place of paid fantasy sports and gambling in the intersection of games and Indian laws, we must take a step back and consider gambling's role in our society. Gambling and betting have existed in India for as long as anyone can remember. Famously, the Mahabharat includes a reference to gambling after the Pandavas lost their kingdom to the Kauravas over a game of dice. Today, taash (card) parties are a staple at Diwali celebrations with people winning and losing anything from Rs. 100 to several hundred thousand in a single night.
Pride is important, but so is money – One of many cash prizes on the Fandromeda app
The Constitution of India places gambling on the State List; each state can create its own legislation on the subject. The Public Gambling Act of 1867 has been modified and adopted by several states, while some others have drafted their own laws. Goa, for instance, allows gambling institutions on offshore vessels; as a consequence floating casinos are popular in the state. Others states like Assam, Odisha and Telangana have banned gambling completely.
Fantasy, being digital in nature, sits squarely within the definition of online gaming. Save for Sikkim, Nagaland and Telangana, no state has passed any specific laws or ordinances dealing with online gaming. Then too, most of the rules govern card games such as poker and rummy; rules regarding fantasy sports have so far been culled from various court judgments and observations. The general rule of thumb for legislation in this regard is that "gambling" does not include betting on horse races, lotteries administered by recognized authorities, and games of skill.
"Games of skill" is an important phrase in this discussion. Only once a contest qualifies as one of skill can it escape the purview of gambling laws in India. Contrast this with games of chance such as roulette – where winning is based on luck or chance. The courts first addressed the issue in 1957 in State of Bombay vs. R.M.D. Chamarbaugwalla, where the Supreme Court noted that to avoid "the stigma of gambling" a competition must require the exercise of skill to a substantial degree. Even if certain games had an element of chance, they would not be considered gambling if there was a preponderantly higher requirement of skill from the player. Future decisions revealed that whether a game requires skill or is left to chance is be decided on a case-to-case basis. For instance, in State of Andhra Pradesh vs K. Satyanarayana, the courts found rummy to be a game of skill, given that players must recall the cards that have been already dealt, and use their judgement to hold or discard cards during course of play.
The same logic—of a participant having to employ intuition or wit to win a game—is used to exclude activities like betting on horse races from the ambit of gambling; it is argued that a person putting money on a horse will have to bank on his knowledge of the horse and the jockey, the animal's pedigree, the distance of the race among other things. Similar logic is used when the validity of online games like rummy and fantasy sports is questioned.
As we've seen earlier, it does take a fair amount of skill to play fantasy sports competently. The first legislation dealing with online games was passed in Sikkim in 2008 to control and regulate online gaming through electronic or non-electronic formats, and impose a tax on such games in the state. Eight years later, Nagaland passed the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Act, 2016. Under the law, companies incorporated in any part of India can apply for the license, thereby getting access to participants in Nagaland. Needless to say, companies without such a permit cannot operate within the state. The act lists several games that qualify under it including rummy, poker, Sudoku, and fantasy sports.
This begs the question: why would companies like Dream11 and Fandromeda, that are already operating in India, apply for such a state-centric license. Ranjana Adhikari and Tanisha Khanna from Nishit Desai Associates pointed out that approval from a state government would add to the legitimacy of such companies. "It will help whitelist these companies and that really helps when it comes to things like digital marketing," says Khanna.
It also means promotion on platforms like Facebook and Google become more amenable to these companies because a government green light removes any possible connections or association to gambling. Vidushpat Singhania of Krida Legal believes the license would also be handy when dealing with payment gateway companies that are very specific about the clearances and permissions that potential clients need to have in place.
The first court ruling dealing exclusively with fantasy sports came in April 2017 when the Punjab and Haryana High Court held that playing fantasy sports does not amount to gambling and requires a substantial degree of skill. In the case in question, a player signed up to play fantasy cricket and football on Dream11. He lost the entire amount he bet (approximately Rs 50,000), and took the company to court alleging that fantasy sports were gambling activities. He was unsuccessful in his petition. But more importantly, the court also noted that since fantasy sports did not qualify as gambling, Dream11 was merely conducting a business as stated by Article 19 (1)(g) of the Constitution which protects the fundamental right to practice any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business.
There's still a lot to be done to regulate fantasy sports in India but progress has been encouraging so far. In light of recent sports betting scandals, even government bodies like the Law Commission of India are, for the first time, considering whether gambling and betting should be legalized; and if they are, what status games of skill should be assigned.
But the future of fantasy sports looks promising. Piyush Kumar, founder of Rooter, a mobile social gaming platform for sports fans, said that for the first time, this segment in India is considered an important demographic. "The market potential is huge and brands and teams will spend more on fans and try to engage with them in multiples ways," he says. This undoubtedly spells good news for fantasy sports platforms.
Even from a regulatory point of view, Desai feels things will fall into place. "Right now, there are about 6 million fans playing," he says. "By 2020 I think that number will go up to approximately 30 million players. With so much at stake, the government and concerned authorities will work to help the industry grow."
"I learned the hard way about Harry Kane's August jinx," Mallya said in November, a couple of weeks after buying him back. The Tottenham player has never scored for his team in August though he invariably begins finding the back of the goal as soon as the month ends. After a decent show in September, Mallya decided to get Kane back in his side but the footballer flopped in the very next game. So, once again, Mallya decided to let him go in favour of a cheaper, but just as skilled player…only to have Kane score two goals and an assist in the next game. The only consolation Mallya has is that he hasn't scored in the three matches since then.
I asked him how he thinks the rest of the season will pan out for Kane and for him. "Kane is quite possibly the best striker in the league now, which is evident by the fact that he's the most expensive player in FPL," he said, "So I fully expect that he'll rack up 20-plus goals over the season, just like he has for the last 3 years running. I just hope I'm able to do as well in FPL as he does in the real league."
Published on Nation of Sport – December 2017
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Effect of cooking on nutrient composition and anticancer indoles of the marine whelk Dicathais orbita – Can it be another high-value seafood product?
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Nongmaithem, BD, Mouatt, P, Eichinger, Y, Savins, D & Benkendorff, K 2018, 'Effect of cooking on nutrient composition and anticancer indoles of the marine whelk Dicathais orbita – Can it be another high-value seafood product?', Food Chemistry, vol. 266, pp. 38-46.
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The Australian marine mollusc Dicathais orbita has been identified as a functional food with potential for use in the prevention of colon cancer. This study investigated the effect of cooking on the biochemical profile of the edible flesh and extracts containing anticancer brominated indoles. The whelk flesh was high in protein (>75 mg/100 mg dry weight) and there was a significant increase in protein and amino acids after cooking, associated with a loss of moisture and lipids. The flesh also has a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (>49%), with omega-3:omega-6 around 1. The flesh contains unusually high levels of Docosapentaenoic acid and over 1000 mg/100 g serve of Eicosapentaenoic acid and Docosahexaenoic acid. Cooking resulted in a quantitative decrease in the bioactive compounds, however the main anticancer compound 6-bromoisatin can be retained after boiling. This provides evidence that cooking does not negatively impact the functional food properties of these muricids whelks.


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I'm sure a lot of you (if not all) are familiar with Birchbox. There's been so much hype going on about this service in the past year and the concept of it is quite appealing. Each box shipped out every month contains 4-5 deluxe samples (and sometimes full size products too!) at a monthly subscription fee of US$10 or you can opt for a yearly subscription of US$110.
When you join Birchbox, you will be greeted with a welcome box to get you started.
In all of the Birchbox boxes, you will receive a little intro card to prepare you for what's in store in that particular box. Also included is another card in pink explaining how to service works and how you can purchase the full size product as well as earn points.
- AHAVA Revival Bath Salts in Mandarin Cedarwood
- I actually received 2 packets of the AHAVA Dermud Foot Cream (4ml/0.14 fl. oz) only instead
- almost 4% of the full size product
- Value: US$1.12
- colorescience pro sunforgettable Mineral Powder Sun Protection SPF30 (1.5g/0.05 oz) in the shade Perfectly Clear - Medium
- 24% of the full size product
- Value: US$6.72
- Kissable Couture Lip Gloss in the shade Glamour (Full size -- 0.16 oz) which is a light bubble gum pink with gold and fuschia sparkles.
- Value: US$22
- Korres Guava Body Butter (50ml/1.69 fl. oz) for dry skin
- 21% of the full size product
- Value: US$6.17
- Tatcha Aburatorgami Blotting Papers (3 sheets) suitable for all skin types and doesn't disturb make up
- 10% of full product
- Value: US$1.20
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My first actual Birchbox came in for the month of November which was themed "Getting Gifty".
Once again there is an intro card with some words from the Birchbox team and on the reverse side, a list of products included in the box accompanied by full size product info (size and price) as well as a very brief description of each product and mine had the following items:
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Lash Lifting Mascara (3ml/0.10 fl. oz) in the shade Black
- 37.5% of the full size product
- Value: US$8.25
- Befine Night Cream (0.5 fl. oz) with Cocoa, Millet and Rice Bran
- 29.4% of the full size product
- Value: US$8.82
- Kerastase Elixir Ultime (5ml) which is a beautifying oil for all hair types
- 4% of the full size product
- Value: US$2.16
- Supersmile Professional Whitening Toothpaste (14.2g/0.5 oz) in Icy Mint flavor
- 11.9% of the full size product
- Value: US$2.50
- [ Treat ] Alex and Isabelle Classic Hair Ties (1 piece) in a shimmery gray color
- 16.7% of full product set
- Value: US$2.00
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Unfortunately I haven't had the time to try out any of the products but I am excited to try a few of the items I've received. Since I don't have dry skin, I've given the Korres Body Butter (which has a 4.4 out of 5 rating by Sephora beauties) to my brother instead and in my opinion is of a good size for a sample. It's more of a travel version of the product. The Kissable Couture Lip Gloss came full size and I was happy it came in the box because I had been curious about it since Ren from Makeup By RenRen talked about it around end of 2010 (Ren's blog post and video). It looks like a pretty color and although I don't particularly like shimmer glosses, I'm definitely giving this one a try. The colorescience sunscreen would be interesting to try as well. I'm curious to find out if it's anything like the elf SPF45 sunscreen which comes in a similar form. And yes, another mini mascara to add to my mini mascara stash. *smiles*
Overall I think that so far the boxes are definitely a cool way to try out new products that most probably I won't purchase otherwise. The total value of the products in each box has exceeded the amount I paid for them (yay!) and most items come in a decent size. I like how the products are varied and not focused solely on make up too. The packaging is simple and samples are beautifully wrapped in hot pink tissue paper.
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LanternCast Episode #325 – 2018 Annuals!
It's annual time as Chad and Mark discuss Green Lanterns Annual #1 and Wonder Woman Annual #2! You get Lost Lanterns, Star Sapphires, Dark Nights: Metal references… all that good stuff. All that and we discuss the latest shake up at WB regarding the DC Cinematic Universe and it involves our old friend, Geoff Johns! Be sure to email us your thoughts or chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!
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LanternCast Episode #324 – Green Lanterns #44-47!
Mark and Chad discuss "Ghosts of the Past" as Tim Seeley's run comes to an end in Green Lanterns #44-47! Jessica has to make peace with her traumatic past, as well as her time as Power Ring, in this four-part story. We also talk some GL related movie news, as well as Avengers 4 rumors! Be sure to email us your thoughts or chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!
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Coverage of the 2017 JLMay podcast crossover event continues RIGHT HERE with our review of 'Justice' #6! How is Atom recovering? Did Superman survive the spectacular Shazam sun speedball? Where in the hell is Hal Jordan anyways? For the answers to all these questions and more, hit play! Throw in some Alex Ross discussion, some GL centric breakdowns, series speculation, and a bit of shameless self promotion and you have yourself an episode! Be sure to email us your thoughts or chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!
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In memory of friend of the show and fellow Green Lantern podcaster Shawn Engel, Mark and Chad cover the 'Hero Quest' storyline from the Kyle Rayner run. Listen in as the guys discuss one of Shawns FAVORITE GL's as he seeks advice on just how to be a hero from; the caped crusader, the worlds mightiest mortal, and the amazing amazon! THIS ONES FOR YOU SHAWN! Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Rough-legged Buzzard but a dull day
My first Rough-legs were 2 hunting East Hill at Walberswick on November 10th 1973 when coastal Suffolk formed the basis of many winter student trips from UEA; after 4 birds in that winter the next, 1974 - 75, produced an exceptional arrival in Britain and I managed to bump into at least 31 during the course of the winter with an amazing 10 in the air over Walberswick on November 10th, out of 11+ seen that day, one of the many highlights but one at Bonby from December 14th - 15th was also my first for Lincolnshire and our local north lincs area. Interestingly that winter also produced very good numbers of Great Grey Shrikes and Hooded Crows and our regular birding around Norfolk and Suffolk turned up 12 different Great Grys between October and March without a birdline or pager or any information just birding and finding birds -- heady days --
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- Steve's Wildlife And Birding Blog. said...
Great images Graham.
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- Duncan said...
In my memory we didn't ever go out that winter and not see a gg shrike - or a hoodie - and mostly a rough-leg or several too. Ah, sweet memories of union-van days :-)
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Divya's blog about all the arts and crafts adventures. Mostly Quilling, Decoupage and more.
Monday, December 12, 2011
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Every January, Expert Auto Appraisals attends the various auctions that run together in Scottsdale. The Scottsdale Auctions always bring some great cars to the market and I have had the good fortune of performing Pre Purchase Inspections on some of those cars. This year, I performed an inspection at RM Sothebys which offered this 1987 Porsche 959. … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2018
Expert Auto Appraisals will be in Scottsdale, AZ and visiting the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, AZ in January. The auction runs from January 13th thru 21st. I will be available to perform pre purchase inspections and appraisals on any of the cars that will be crossing the block. The auction presents quite a few opportunities due to the No … [Read more...]
2005 Aston Martin Vanquish S
While in Scottsdale this year for the January auctions, I was asked by a client to perform an inspection on this 2005 Aston Martin Vanquish S being offered at Bonhams's. The car was in the auction catalog with an estimate of $50,000 to $60,000, but that was before a disclosure announced on the car of an off road event that caused substantial … [Read more...]


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You probably have been exploring through different social media and network communities using Facebook and Twitter in the previous weeks, using them as a "social tool" and leveraging them at your advantage. You might have been able to see positive results from it – but are you really sure those are the only resources that you are going to use for your real estate social marketing strategy?
Google Plus is one of Google's latest innovations – a social media tool integrated with Gmail users, and allows them to access different Google platforms like YouTube. If you are a loyal Gmail user ever since, and have been constantly logging in on your account, you probably have noticed their famous tag line when signing up – "One account. All of Google".
But let's not worry on why there is G+. Let's worry on how you could exactly use Google Plus like any other social media platform by knowing the benefits that it could bring you. Google Plus works like any other social media that most people use. It helps you connect with people, interact in real-time, share, re-tweet or recommend a page to a close friend or people within a certain circle. It allows you to watch and share videos with others, and a lot more, give reference to something else, etc.
And just like Facebook, Google Plus also offers real estate businesses to have their own verified business pages on G+.
So what's the big deal with this Google Plus Business Profile?
Other than the same reason you created a Facebook page for your business, Google Plus has other benefits that could offer to businesses like yours. Let's have a quick break down of the following:
- You may have potential customers that are already using Google Plus. Some customers and potential clients for your business might already have an account on G+, and are also exploring it for their own personal and or business use. This will become an advantage for you, to connect with them and communicate with them, especially when they find it more convenient and easier to use G+ than any other social networks – allowing you to use the internet to serve clients.
- Lesser user, less competition, easy target market to dominate for. As of now, Google+ has a fair amount of users – and that means lesser competition from other businesses – probably because they haven't seen the potential of using it to their advantage, unlike your business, which is starting to leverage it on your side. It could also become easy for your business to dominate on it, being one of the businesses to actually use and take advantage of Google+.
- Provides "Hangouts" and other unique functionality. Their video conference functionality allows users to conduct online seminars or meetings with your potential or current clients, make tutorials and viral videos that could help you in promoting your business products.
- Future integration on upcoming Google Products and innovation. We all know that once you have a Gmail account, you may already use it in accessing YouTube and Google Plus – that is because they Google is trying to make most people's life comfortable by using one account in accessing their products, features and other functionality – which could also be a very important factors for your business.
- Potentially viable of pushing and improving your business' online visibility. One of the best ways to improve your business' online visibility is by staying present with most of Google's products. Being the first to know what upcoming products are they going to launch allows you to plan for it and see how it could help your business in terms of improving your network.
Expanding your real estate connections and network using a complete set of social media tool will definitely push your visibility on a positive level, as long as you know how to balance the use of it on your business.


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Who would win in a legal fight, Rihanna or President Trump?
That's the million-dollar question that has arisen due to the President's receiving of cease-and-desist letters from Steven Tyler, Neil Young and yes, Rihanna, ordering him to stop playing their music at his "tragic rallies" across the country.
Ironically, it seems likely that the team of lawyers for the "Don't Stop the Music" singer won't be able to put an end to the President's use of her tunes. Most musicians don't manage the public performance rights of their music themselves. Ninety percent of these permits are controlled by ASCAP and BMI — two entities that, 77 years ago, agreed in Department of Justice settlements to provide compulsory licenses for their catalogs.
Why did ASCAP and BMI agree to such terms? Likely because they know that their very existence is predatory by nature and sounds off anti-trust sirens at the DOJ. These entities are nothing more than a union of rival music publishers that, instead of competing with one another, pool together their repertoires into two giant monopolies that can price-gouge the music licenses meant for small businesses, weddings, fundraisers and non-profit events.
The consent decrees they agreed to in 1941 acknowledge that controlling the near entirety of the music licensing marketplace, which is anti-competitive and monopolistic by nature, comes with a price. By mandating the use of blanket licensing and having a rate court settle unfair pricing disputes, these DOJ restraints ensure that ASCAP and BMI don't use their high market share in vain by discriminating against individuals and organizations on the grounds of their beliefs or the size of their operations.
While workarounds for the compulsory licenses do exist for songwriters and performers that do not want their songs performed at political events, most only hold up if the tunes are tied closely to the campaign's message and could be said to resemble a false endorsement.
Good luck making that case for a song as simple as "Don't Stop the Music." Rihanna may complain, but everyone else seems to support this arrangement that keeps the music monopolies in check.
Just two years ago, the Justice Department announced it would keep ASCAP and BMI's guardrails as-is because they "remain vital to an industry that has grown up in reliance on them," a ruling that appears favorable to both Republicans and Democrats.
Nevertheless, there now exists a Washington, D.C. insider campaign to unshackle ASCAP and BMI from their DOJ consent decrees — one that the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department, as part of a larger consent decree review process, is currently taking a look at.
But it's critical that they remain in place. No one with a straight face can say that these organizations have grown out of their restraints. Over the past seven decades, nothing fundamental about ASCAP and BMI has changed. Not only do they possess the same market share as they did 70 years ago, but, as evident through ASCAP's recent $1.75 million DOJ settlement, they are still just as anti-competitive by nature as they were in the 1940s.
While retaining this ruling will ultimately be up to the Trump Justice Department itself, Congress has also expressed its concern and willingness to intervene in the process by imposing oversight language within the recently-passed, bipartisan Music Modernization Act. That's good news, because when past concerns about predatory behavior in the music industry have arisen, members of Congress in prominent antitrust roles have historically provided swift, efficient solutions.
Protecting fairness and accountability matters. Here's hoping that the Justice Department will stand up to the music monopolies just as they always have in years past.
Pappas is a former Republican congressman from New Jersey.


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It's funny that the school year isn't but a few days old and I'm already making plans for the way I'll spend next summer. One of the great aspects of the Society of Jesus is that there is really an unlimited array of choices for spending one's summer. If you follow this link: Summer Opportunities you'll get a sense of what I'm talking about. Indeed, this list is certainly not exhaustive and the horizon of opportunity extends to the far reaches of the individual imagination.
One of the lessons I learned during my time at Loyola Medical Center is the importance of being a companion to other's during their times of need. Since I won't have enough German to go abroad this summer (Next year!) I began looking into various spiritual direction programs throughout the country. While I have little aspiration to spend my apostolic life in a retreat house (it'd be too quiet) I would truly love to be engaged in the ministry of spiritual direction throughout my Jesuit life.
In short, after looking at a variety of programs, I have settled on one not listed on the internet or one that even exists in any sort of formal way. Based on the ultimate approval of my formation director, I have asked Walt Farrell, SJ to guide me as a spiritual director. So next summer, if all goes according to plan, I will return to Detroit and hopefully direct several people on retreats. Learning from Walt is akin to learning from the teacher of Master Yoda from Star Wars. I don't know who taught Yoda, but he had to be pretty good...and Walt is better than "pretty good."
So that's "Ryan Update" number one. The second update is that I will not be playing the Mid-American Oireachtas this year. Due to a number of reasons, it is just not possible for me to play this year. It's sad - in the past 18 years or so, I think I've missed only one or two regional championships. Ah well, that's life. In its stead, I think I"ll go down to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Or I'll go stand outside the windows of the Today Show and wave like an idiot. Or I'll do both.
So there you have it. I'm off to pray for a bit (another plug for Pray As You Go and then I have two classes today: Aristotle and Theological Anthropology.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Looking toward the future
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The teachers and students of the "San Ignacio de Loyola" school of Piura, Perú, will be very happy if you could help us to make contacts with secondary students in jesuits americans schools. We want to make more relevant the English learning. Please see our web page: http://www.colegiosanignacio.edu.pe/abp/ and write to: Walter Rodríguez: email@example.com; Ricardo Riofrío: firstname.lastname@example.com
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