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The Spot: Fujiya Market, Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
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What We Bought: Tempe-area Japanophiles can get their foodie fix fulfilled at the small, modest market on the southeast corner of Priest and University drives called Fujiya. Fresh yakisoba noodles ($2.79), cheap panko bread crumbs ($1.19), and an array of miso soup packets ($1.99/ 3-pack) in different flavors and styles are some must-get items to stock your pantry. For once, we were even convinced to buy freeze-dried package ramen. In our defense, this higher-class Maruchan comes in authentic flavors like Tonkotsu ($2.29).
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After you've finished shopping, the little hole-in-the-wall Tokyo Stop restaurant next door is a great, quick Japanese food option. Chili yakisoba and teriyaki meat or veggie lunch boxes will definitely fill you up for under $7. Plus, the authentic cuisine will teach you a thing or two about how to use your newly acquired ingredients. Win-win!
What We Skipped: While we usually harp on the squid crisps and other seafood snacks in Asian markets, dried shiitake mushrooms ($2.39) get the dubious honor this time around. We also passed right by the "seasoned plums," only because we really weren't sure what they were seasoned with and figured it could very likely be one of those delicacy items that we just wouldn't get. Finally, we skipped the Japanese- language magazine rack, which included a bunch of what looked like anime and teeny-bopper rags. There's nothing wrong with that, we just need to brush up on our Japanese first.
What We're Still Lusting Over: Oh, sweet paisley teapot. You're pink and green and yellow and cute. Your bamboo wooden handle is just too much. How have you not been bought yet? As the only teapot in the joint and an adorable one at that, we would assume you'd have disappeared a long time ago. After much inspection, your lack of price tag reveals the truth -- no one knows how much you are, so no one wants to buy you. Don't be so mysterious, teapot! Aside from all that silliness, we also really want the nearly $6 package of miso paste, but we'll stick with the super-cheap packets for now.

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Timothy Egan, the liberal New York Times reporter turned ultra-liberal columnist, flashed hostility to Wal-Mart (and capitalism in general), as well as a broad ignorance of economics in his latest Sunday Review column, "Corporate Daddy."
For some time now, Republicans in Congress have given up the pretense of doing anything to improve the lot of most Americans. Raising the minimum wage? They won't even allow a vote to happen. Cleaner air for all? They may partially shut down the government in a coming fight on behalf of major polluters. Add to that the continuing obstruction of student loan relief efforts, and numerous attempts to defund health care, and you have a party actively working to make life miserable for millions.
Egan's revulsion for Wal-Mart forced him to give grudging praise to another corporate behemoth, Starbucks.
So, our nation turns to Starbucks. And Walmart. In the present moment, both of those global corporate monoliths are poised to do more to affect the huge chasm between the rich and everybody else than anything that's likely to come out of John Boehner's House of Representatives.
As long as the Supreme Court says that corporations are citizens, they may as well act like them. Starbucks is trying to be dutiful -- in its own prickly, often self-righteous, spin-heavy -- while Walmart is a net drain on taxpayers, forcing employees into public assistance with its poverty-wage structure.
Tim Worstall demolished the underlying liberal study that accused Wal-Mart of being a "net drain on taxpayers" in a column for Forbes, pointing out that most of those costs "are subsidies to the workers and thus are, in fact, costs to WalMart...Benefits that you get out of work are not benefits to potential employers. They are costs to them, for they raise your reservation wage." Worstall also pointed to studies showing Wal-Mart has lowered shopping bills for Americans by some $250 billion a year, among the societal benefits of Wal-Mart (besides providing jobs in the first place) that Egan completely ignored.
Instead Egan wailed that America isn't Europe:
It's a sad day when we have to look to corporations for education, health care and basic ways to boost the middle class. Most advanced nations do those things for their people. We used to -- witness the G.I. Bill, which helped millions of returning soldiers get a lift to a better life. But you go to war against the income gap with the system you have, and ours is currently broken. By default, we have no choice but to lean on our corporate overlords.
Walmart, the nation's top private employer and the world's largest public corporation, is a big part of the problem -- and could be a big part of the solution. Their humiliating wages force thousands of employees to look to food stamps, Medicaid and other forms of welfare. A sign appearing at a Walmart in Ohio last year, asking people to donate food so that the company's employees "could enjoy Thanksgiving," was a perfect symbol of what's wrong with the nation's most despised retailer. Working at Walmart may not make you poor, but it certainly keeps you poor -- at the expense of the rest of us.
Later Egan insisted Wal-Mart follow the Starbucks way: "Why not follow the Starbucks model and offer free tuition to all employees?" before blasting the GOP once again:
Sadly, this is the future. Congress could raise the minimum wage, make college more affordable, or even make it universally accessible for all qualified applicants. At the very least, it could reduce the student loan burden. These obvious remedies are anathema to Republicans.
Of course, raising the minimum wage serves to lock out those who don't already have jobs by making it more expensive for them to be hired. And generous government financial aid to students enables colleges to raise tuitions -- which partly explains why college costs continue to outstrip inflation. But Egan isn't interested in such cold-hearted economic truths. He's eagerly awaiting the collapse, or at least the crippling, of capitalism.
In the conservative view, the free market can take care of everything. But what you're hearing from bottom-line capitalists is that the system is in deep trouble. "Labor and capital have to share in the rewards of a productive economy, and for the last 25 years labor has gotten the short end of the stick," said Bill Gross, the founder of the investment firm PIMCO, in a recent interview with Yahoo. Eventually, he said, "it will be destabilizing."
One corporate titan says the American dream is shattered. Another captain of big money says we're reaching a breaking point. When the 1 percenters start talking this way, you know we're in trouble.


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Fear, not greed, is your friend.
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Lack of communication
Some time ago, I've found the atypical fashion of managing permissions. In my job, I was trying to make SecureW2 – a software that provides TTLS to Windows systems – works on Windows Vista. During about a month I was breaking my head against the wall, trying to figure out why on most laptops SecureW2 was failing.
It's ok, I must admit that I don't like Windows. At home I use Linux, at work most of the time I use Linux too. You can say that I am a stupid when I tell you why SecureW2 was not working on Vista. SecureW2 was not working because most of users run software as a non-privileged user. So the solution was to click with right button of mouse and then clic in Run as administrator…
What a weird way of security approach, but the worst to me is the strange way of communicate to users. If an action needs more privileges, I thing the right thing is tell the problem to the user and not depend of telepathy. Because of this, I like so much Linux. Linux it's not a perfect OS, but it tell you when you must run either root or take more privileges.


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Someone Freed Willy
(I am a manager at a local hotel. I'm manning the phones.)
Me:" Thank you for calling [hotel name], how can I help you?"
Caller: "Hello, I stayed at your hotel last weekend. I just wanted to let you know that there was a man without his pants on at the pool area."
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The violence against Copts ,that should be utterly condemned, has risen again just as we mentioned that in a time of civil war when people fail to get the sun, the get the stars ;when they cannot get the head of the oppressor, they get his allies.
President Mubarak is no longer in power but not the way the people of Egypt who hate him want it.The French Revolution was the most Aggressive Revolution and so was the Russian Revolution ,because in those revolutions they managed to kill their oppressors.
However Egypt was on course in punishing their oppressors with Mubarak taking the stand for corruption charges as one of his minsters being subjected to the noose for ordering the use of force against civilians (Uganda better pay attention).
This is where the issue of the Copts comes in.I believe God is judging Copts because of their close relationship with State and most especially Mubarak.
Not that I support violence against anyone,but the fact is for one to understand the violence you need to go to the root of the problem.
First of all know that Islam is incompatible with Christianity.However Christians and Muslims can live in peace if the political situation and economic reality is bearable .
However when the economic reality is harsh and the politics full of injustice, religion is used as a sword and those who are not on your side religiously are enemies.
In the case of Egypt, the Copts are very rich and are not considered real Egyptians .Now this is a non issue if Egyptians are living well whether foreigners or natives.It is a big issue if there is economic woedom.
Of course we should know by now that the Coptic church gets rich because of the infamous Tax exempt status .This status given to Religions should be called Law Exempt because I think that the moment someone is exempted from duty , they are above the law.
In fact the State is above the law, all the three arms of government are above the law .So Tax exempt bodies like churches and mosques are State entities.
Thus the Copts are above the law since the church does not pay taxes , they get to purchase land and get riches which were meant to be State property.
The church of Jesus at the beginning never sought Tax Exempt status and in fact were enemies of the Sate yet they paid taxes .They were not drunk with trappings of State power.
Yet the Coptic church is doing the opposite and is paying the price for sleeping with the enemy of the people.The Antichrist persecution against Christians is on because the leaders of the Coptic church are not injured but the followers and members are the ones who suffer and die.
The Coptic church leadership gets stinking rich with State power but the poor Copt followers die for these rich leaders.
Arthur Owiti
Egypt's government has announced a series of security measures to curb religious violence after 12 people died in clashes in the Cairo suburb of Imbaba, sparked by rumours that Christians had abducted a woman who converted to Islam.
The country's army also pledged on Sunday that 190 people would be tried in military courts over Saturday's violence.
The fighting was Egypt's worst interfaith strife since 13 people died on March 9 after a church was burned, and poses a new challenge for generals ruling the country since the ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak in February.
Tension was high and the army cordoned off streets near the Saint Mina church, where about 500 ultraconservative Salafi Muslims had massed on Saturday to call on Christians to hand over the kidnapped woman.
Violence had broken out as more people converged on the church on Saturday. Both sides traded gunfire, firebombs and stones, witnesses said.
Soldiers and police fired shots in the air and used tear gas to separate the sides but stone-throwing went on into the night.
A power cut plunged the neighbourhood into darkness, making it harder for the security forces to quell the violence.
"The Salafis are being blamed, but who exactly is responsible is not clear," Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh said from Cairo.
"The violence is symptomatic of a bigger problem. In fact, it's about increasing lawlessness in the country since the revolution, and the perception that security forces are being quite lax – not just in dealing with petty crime but with sectarian tension."
Later on Sunday, hundreds of young Christian men ran through central Cairo towards the main state television building calling for the removal of Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who leads the military council ruling Egypt.
A crowd of Muslim men met them and some sought to calm the Christians' anger but fights broke out and the two groups pelted each other with stones.
Heightened security
Saturday's attack was the latest sign of assertiveness by the Salafists, whose increasing hostility towards Egypt's Coptic Christians has met with little interference from the country's military rulers.
Some Christians said security forces had been too slow to disperse the crowd in front of Saint Mina and looked on as the tension got out of hand.
Essam Sharaf, Egypt's prime minister, cancelled a tour of Gulf Arab states to chair a cabinet meeting where the government decided to deploy more security near religious sites and toughen laws criminalising attacks on places of worship.
"Gatherings around places of worship will be banned to protect their sanctity and ensure the security of residents and prevent sectarian strife," Mohamed el-Guindy, the justice minister, said in a statement read on state television.
The governor of Giza province, where the targeted church is situated, said relatives of the dead and injured would receive financial compensation.
"I think the army is in a state of confusion," Gamal Eid, a prominent author and human rights activist, said.
"It is afraid to take serious action against extremists so as not to be accused of suppressing these movements."
Peter el-Naggar, a Christian lawyer, blamed the clashes on Salafists seeking the support of more moderate Muslims.
"They want to gain the sympathy of the Egyptian Muslims and they think that by doing what they are doing, they would reach this goal and gain political ground," he said.
Salafi attacks
Sectarian strife often flares in Egypt over conversions, family disputes and the construction of churches.
Muslims and Christians made demonstrations of unity during the protests that overthrew Mubarak, but interfaith tensions have grown.
Hundreds of people gathered in Alexandria on Sunday to call for religious unity and punishment for those who took part in Saturday's violence.
"They must strike with an iron fist against anyone who has killed an Egyptian, regardless of their religion or political orientation," Mina Gergis, a 22-year-old college student, said.
Al-Azhar, Egypt's highest religious authority, held an emergency meeting to discuss the clashes, and the Grand Mufti called for a conference of national reconciliation.
In one of the worst attacks against Coptic Christians, a suicide bomber killed 21 people outside a church in the port city of Alexandria on January 1, setting off days of protests.
Egypt made some arrests but never charged anyone with the attack.
"The government didn't apply the law over the past few decades," Sameh Fawzi, an Egyptian columnist, said.
"But now I would like to see the government take over and sustain sovereignty in Egyptian society."
Increasing divisions
Tensions have been building for the past year, as Salafists protested the alleged abduction by the Coptic Church of a priest's wife, Camilla Shehata.
The Salafists claim she converted to Islam to escape an unhappy marriage, a phenomenon they maintain is common.
Because divorce is banned under the Coptic Church, with rare exceptions such as conversion, some Christian women resort to conversion to Islam or another Christian denomination to get out of a marriage.
Shehata's case was used by the Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda as a justification for an attack on a Baghdad church that killed 68 people.
On Saturday, just before the violence erupted in Imbaba, Shehata appeared with her husband and child on a Christian TV station broadcast from outside of Egypt and asserted that she was still a Christian and had never converted.
"Let the protesters leave the church alone and turn their attention to Egypt's future," she said from an undisclosed location.


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Many people with multiple sclerosis take advantage of complementary and alternative medicine. Mind-body techniques are especially popular, particularly yoga. But some people with MS may worry that they cannot keep up with a regular yoga class due to MS limitations.
The beauty of yoga lies in its adaptability to fit each person's needs. You do not need to be able to twist yourself into a pretzel or stand on one foot, eyes closed, and reach to the stars. You just need to "start where you are." Yoga is not the goal; it is a process that helps to integrate mind, body, and spirit.
Studies have demonstrated multiple benefits of yoga in persons with MS. It can reduce pain and anxiety, decrease blood pressure and pulse rate, and improve general health, body flexibility, cognitive functioning, and quality of life. I have found that regular practice of yoga makes me feel more flexible, calm, and able to handle challenges that may arise.
At the Consortium of MS Centers (CMSC) conference in June, I met Mindy Eisenberg, an inspirational woman who teaches adaptive yoga to people with MS. Mindy's journey toward adaptive yoga began with her experiences as the daughter of a woman diagnosed with progressive MS who was confined to a wheelchair for over 25 years.
After becoming a yoga instructor, Mindy volunteered as an instructor for support group of people with MS and quickly recognized how the yoga classes improved her students' sense of self-worth, capability, and well-being. She found that they moved more steadily, felt energized and serene, and had a lot of fun. Mindy subsequently established Yoga Moves MS (YMMS), a non-profit community and movement started to support adaptive yoga for MS classes.
During one of many conversations during conference, I asked Mindy, "What are the most important ways you've found that adaptive yoga helps people with MS?"
Mindy's response: "There's a few things that people say to us when I ask, 'What is it that helped you with yoga?' Usually breath is number one. They realize they can feel so much better just from learning how to breathe again, because when we're born we know how to breathe but somehow we forget. Breathing alone helps the stress response, it helps focus, it helps energy, so that's probably number one. And then all these poses; they're wonderful. What they do is bring in this sense of empowerment because you find a way — adaptive yoga gives you all this leeway with creativity — you find a way that works for you from top to bottom and bottom to top."
Based in Michigan, Mindy has worked with yoga instructors around the country to establish adaptive yoga classes in local areas. To share her program with more people, Mindy wrote the book Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body for people with MS and neuromuscular conditions. I purchased my own copy of the book at the CMSC conference.
The first thing I noticed about the book are the hundreds of photos featuring Mindy and her students as they demonstrate poses and suggested adaptive variations to meet individual needs using chairs, yoga blocks, blankets, straps, and even walls. The descriptions of movements are clearly written, and cross references throughout the book are extraordinarily helpful. I own several yoga books and feel this may be one of the most useful as a reference book.
At the CMSC conference, I introduced Mindy to my good friend Karen, who lives with primary progressive MS and uses a power chair. Karen and Mindy discussed adaptive yoga and ways to incorporate simple tools to achieve the benefits from pose variations while Karen sat in her chair. It was fabulous to watch as they worked together.
When I asked Mindy to summarize her approach in working with Karen, she replied: "What we did was give Karen an idea, and she was able to take it to the next level that worked for her. And you could see in her eyes the excitement of realizing that, yes, she can do this! She felt empowered and was already thinking of ideas of what she could do at home by herself."
The National MS Society offers information about yoga and MS, including additional resources regarding adaptive yoga and ways to find a qualified yoga instructor. Before changing your physical activities, it's always a good idea to talk with your doctor to discuss your specific needs and concerns.
See more helpful articles:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine with MS
Eisenberg, Mindy. Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body. Orange Cat Press, 2015.
Hasanpour-Dehkordi A, Jivad N, Solati K. Effects of Yoga on Physiological Indices, Anxiety and Social Functioning in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Randomized Trial. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research"¯: JCDR. 2016;10(6):VC01-VC05. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2016/18204.7916.


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Key Employees
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- An officer of the company earning $175,000 or more annually;
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Joya - A Modern Native
Hope you can drop by and join us in opening this marvelous show which includes two large and rarely exhibited murals by the late National Artist Jose Joya from the late 70's and over twenty of his on-the-spot sketches from his travels abroad.
This retrospective, which is brought to you by Gallery BiG in close collaboration with Rockwell Land, Allied Bank Credit Cards and Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, also features an array of artworks paying homage to the beloved Dean (as Joya was fondly called during his lifetime) from renowned artists such as Ramon Orlina and Michael Cacnio and other well established and promising talents such as Randy Solon, Froilan Calayag, Ramona Gaston, Mike Villagante, Erick Villarruz, Iyan De Jesus, Dino Gabito, Jepoy Almario, Michael Zaracias, Jr Urao, Onard Alfonso, Dennis Bato, Adrian Evangelista, Buen Abrigo, Anthony Palo and Camille Ver among others
"Joya - A Modern Native" at the Rockwell Tent at 6 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013 and will run until January 27, 2013.
"Joya - A Modern Native" at the Rockwell Tent at 6 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013 and will run until January 27, 2013.
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This mode of meditation was created by a guy named Rajneesh Chandra Mohan Jain, but he changed his name to Osho. He created a vast amount of meditation modes, but the most well known mode is called The Osho Dynamic Meditation.
His thought was that it wasn't necessary to be a recluse from the ways of the world to attain wisdom. Some would call this enlightenment. He thought that all people could attain wisdom if they had the right techniques. He thought that anyone had the potency to be a Buddha. He believed that love, peacefulness, and a free mind are in everyone. His philosophy about meditation was very non-traditional. He believed that contemporary folk had to be moving to meditate. He said that the high level of repressed feelings in modern people needed a release that involved dynamic movement.
Four Phases
There are four phases or stages to The Osho Dynamic Meditation mode. First, the practitioner breathes fast and with intense energy. It is a rapid, but deep breathing technique. It is quite the opposite of any traditional breathing method. The meditator's concentrates on his exhalation and not inhalation too as is traditionally done. The idea is that this hard and fast breathing will engender energy and that is utilized in stage two.
The next phase is for expelling any trapped emotion inside of the meditator. This phase of the meditation is extremely active; it's a release phase so that the practitioner runs, hops, hollers, dances, shakes and otherwise acts out the emotion being released. It is supposed to be a total effort to give the body a chance to do its thing in releasing stayed emotion. This phase is controlled by the body and not the mind.
The following phase is where the practitioner expends any energy left by jumping and upon landing loudly says "Hoo, Hoo." This is done for ten minutes.
For the fourth phase the practitioner seizes completely the energy secured by participating in the initial phases of the meditation. This is achieved by being completely still. Not a muscle is moved. The meditator's goal is to be observant and see all that is occurring in his environment, this last for fifteen minutes.
The final phase of this meditation consists of dancing and rejoicing. The practitioner is supposed to be grateful that his bent up energy and emotion has been released. This phase lasts for fifteen minutes and is meant to help the meditator be happy for the entire day.
Osho left this world in 1990. When you consider his ideas and beliefs about meditation, you realized that he turned traditional concepts upside down and inside out. Yet, his mode of meditation is still on the rise in usage. Apparently, his form of meditation is something that is more appealing to people that might not have gotten into meditation if only the tried and well-known methods were available to the contemporary public–maybe, a more raucous mode for an edgier generation.
About the Author
Jane Michael is the head writer at the Center for Meditation. Osho Meditation Technique is her practice and her passion. Goals of Osho Meditation is a great way to start your meditation practice.Read some of her articles about other amazing Meditation Techniques here.


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Semantic Concepts version 3.1 - 2013
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The STABU LexiCon - 1996
The STABU LexiCon was first published in 1996 as a Windows desktop application, developed by Kees Woestenenk. It was a contribution to CONCUR (1996 - 1997), a project sponsored by the European Commission through the Brite-Euram research programme. The CONCUR partners were: Fortum Engineering Ltd. (Finland), KTH (Sweden), Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd. (United Kingdom), TNO Bouwinformatica (Netherlands), VTT Building Technology (Finland), Skanska (Sweden), Technical University Delft (Netherlands).
The LexiCon was also used in another European project E-CONSTRUCT (2000 - 2002), with partners Centre Scientific et Technique du Batiment (France), Betanet (Greece), Nemetscheck AG (Germany), Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd. (United Kingdom), TNO Bouwinformatica (Netherlands), Technical University Delft (Netherlands).
The LexiCon served as a model for the development of ISO 12006-3 (2007): "Building construction — Organization of information about construction works — Part 3: Framework for object-oriented information".
The LexiCon also served as a model for the development of the Dutch Technical Agreement NTA 8611 (en) (2003): Guidelines for Object Libraries that aims "... to lay the foundation for the promotion of a uniform content of object libraries".
In 2006 the Norwegian BuildingSMART group and STABU agreed on the Global Harmonization Of Object-Oriented Libraries, merging the STABU LexiCon and the Norwegian BARBi content into the IFD LIBRARY of buildingSMART.
Semantic Concepts version 1 - 2010
Version 1 of Semantic Concepts was published on the web in 2009. It was meant to provide public access to the LexiCon content and to document its structure and ideas.
Semantic Concepts version 2 - 2011
A maintenance update of version 1. The documentation was extended.
Semantic Concepts version 3 - 2012
A rebuilt interface and updated documentation. XML output and a simple Webservice were added. Semantic Concepts was used in a pilot project for the development of a national Library (CB-NL).
Semantic Concepts version 3.1 - 2013
A new interface for the Browser, based on feed back of the pilot project in 2012.


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It's been four long years since the Tallebudgera Conservation walk which continues on from David Fleay Wildlife Park Boardwalk to Ocean Parade Burleigh Heads was closed but news of this public walking track reopening is wonderful.
Public Access Restricted
However there is a downside to this reopening, this walking track originally had disabled access, but now it has been downgraded.
Two large timber bridges which curved around a gully haven't been replaced.
Instead it steps down to what is referred too as a 'washout' two areas with quite steep steps down into a gully, which is named 'the washout'.
In other words, if we get sufficient rainfall this track may be closed. Another gate has been erected with signage warning about land slippage.
The figure for construction was a solution of $30,000 compared to 1.5million? I would have thought it was a good option if the figure was half the amount at $750,000.
The article on the goldcoast.com.au website discusses the legal implications of the lack of access to up 20% of the population; we are talking about an existing public walking track with an iconic Wildlife Park at the end of the track, not being replaced in the same condition it was originally constructed.
It was stated in the article that 'people are still quite capable of going for a walk along there with a pram or a push bike' Read the full article here. (unfortunately the article is no longer accessible)
|View Tallebudgera Walking Track in a larger map
When you compared the original timber bridge suitable for disabled access, with now climbing up and down a couple of sets of steps down to a 'washout' with a pram for example, it's quite a challenge and without question restricts the use of this public walkway.
I know I wouldn't be comfortable climbing down those steps with a small child and a stroller. However the good news is that a solution was found and most of us can enjoy this beautiful location.
|New construction at Tallebudgera Creek Walking Track
Nature Based Tourism Industry, Park Tourism, Cultural Tourism- which is it?
According to the Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing, Queensland's parks and forests underpin the State's thriving nature tourism industry, worth around $4.43 billion annually 28% of all total tourist spending in Queensland, read the full article at this link.
If nature based tourism is so important why would a public walking track attached to David Fleay Wildlife Park be downgraded? This a place for tourists and locals to walk and enjoy a real Australian bush experience listening to the sulphur crested cockatoos screeching overhead and observe other wildlife along beautiful Tallebudgera Creek's northern bank.
It doesn't make any sense to me; these bridges should have been repaired so everyone could enjoy this walking track.
Recently the Mt Coolum walking track was re-opened and it was stated that
"The Newman Government is committed to opening up Queensland's beautiful National Parks for everyone to enjoy".
Please let me know your point of view.


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Casting directors are responsible for selecting the right actors to play roles in films and in the theater. They are generally hired on contract by film, video, television and advertising production companies to find suitable actors to audition for particular parts or characters. Although casting directors do not represent actors, like talent agents, the quality of talent sent to the production company reflects strongly on the credibility of the casting director.
Producers generally have a great deal of trust in casting directors and trust their judgments and opinions when selecting actors. Since a actor can make or break a film or play, it is crucial that a production is cast properly. For instance, a movie with Tom Hanks will have a completely different look than one with Johnny Depp. Nevertheless, producers usually specify the look or a particular actor they have in mind for a specific role. The protagonist in a theater production may be a short, Asian male with long hair, or a heavy-set woman with blue eyes, thus casting agents have to find someone who fits those characteristics.
Before the casting begins, the producer, director and casting director meet to discuss every character in a film or play. When hiring actors, the casting director has to be able to envision every single role. A common practice is writing a character description and sending it to various agents to see what they come up with. Another method is for casting directors to seek out particular actors on their own, which may include doing some background research. Once the casting director decides who they want to audition, they send out scripts to actors and arrange an audition appointment. Sometimes, they will open a free audition (called a "cattle call"), where anyone who hears about the film or play is welcome to audition. The only difference is that this practice is run on a first-come, first-serve basis and auditioners may have to wait around for hours to get an audition.
Casting directors consider actors' voice quality, trainability, expressiveness, physical features and experience when considering them for parts. Once the first round of auditioning is complete, the casting director submits a short-list of actors to the producer. They will call back these actors and conduct a more in-depth audition. Eventually, actors get chosen for specific roles with the producers and directors getting the final say.
Casting directors must be knowledgeable about the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) agreements with film and television studios. These agreements outline standards which must be met by both the employer and employee, and include wage minimums. However, SAG agreements only apply to union worker. Casting directors will often negotiate the actors' contracts on behalf of the producers.
Another area of casting is finding extras (people with no speaking parts hired for crowd scenes), stand-ins or photo-doubles. Extras casting directors are often asked to provide numerous extras, sometimes on very short notice.
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Further information on EXTRA 63/93 (ASA 31/04/93, 29 June; and follow-up ASA 31/05/93, 30 June) - Nepal: possible extrajudicial executions / mass arrests / fear of torture: Rita Silpakar, Raja Ram Shakya, Krishna Narayan Manandhar, Mahesh Manandhar, Rajes
The above four people named above were also killed when police opened fire on demonstrators in Kathmandu valley between 25 and 28 June 1993. It has been reported that on 4 July in Kathmandu during a further strike called by the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) (CPN-UML) and other left-wing opposition parties, the police refrained from firing and dispersed the crowd using tear gas and batons. However they arrested hundreds of demonstrators. It has also been reported that in Siraha police fired into the air and in Bara a few people were injured by batons. A number of professional people and human rights activists have formed a committee to monitor the situation and to try to prevent further human rights violations occurring.


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Oscar watch
November 6th, 2009
The 82nd Academy awards are still months away but as you may or may not have seen the hosts has been announced. Next year the Oscars will be co-hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. This will be an interesting duo to watch. One could speculate that they needed two hosts to try and top Hugh Jackman from this schmear


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The Medusas of DroaamBy Keith Baker
Eberron is a world of magic. Many forms of life have been shaped by magical forces. This can be seen in the minor illusion-weaving ability of the gnomes, the teleporting blink dog, or the petrifying gaze of the medusa. The deadly power of a medusa can certainly inspire terror, and thinking of this creature as a simple monster is easy. But medusas are not savage predators, roaming the wastes in search of prey. The medusas of Cazhaak Draal are, on average, more intelligent than most humans, and they have a proud city-state in the midst of Droaam. The power of the medusas is a potent weapon in the arsenal of Droaam. But what role do medusas play in the monster nation? How are they seen in the outside world? And what can you expect when dealing with them?
The Kingdom of Stone
The medusas were born in Khyber, and no one on the surface knows the extent of their subterranean civilization. In 778 YK, a force of medusas emerged from the underworld and laid claim to the city of Cazhaak Draal, an ancient goblin metropolis that had been abandoned since the daelkyr incursion. Over the course of the last two hundred years, the medusas renovated Cazhaak Draal, repairing the ruins and domesticating many of the dangerous creatures found in the region. For the most part the medusas were content in their tiny kingdom: Cazhaak Draal was far larger than their numbers required, and many treasures and wonders existed in the ancient city. Explorers who ventured into the Stonelands rarely returned, but the medusas had little interest in the outside world.
This changed in 985 YK, when a mysterious visitor came to speak to the Queen of Stone: a gray-robed hag, who met the medusa's gaze without fear. Sora Teraza spoke with Queen Sheshka from sunrise to sunset, and after the hag departed, Sheshka spent the evening in silent contemplation. The next day she told her people to prepare for great change. Over the course of the next year she brought together a corps of medusas, preparing them for service in foreign lands. When the Daughters of Sora Kell assumed power in 986 YK, representatives of Cazhaak Draal were quickly dispatched to the Great Crag. Today medusa architects direct the ongoing construction of Droaam's capital. Medusas hold many positions of power, both in Droaam and in the monstrous communities that have since spread across Khorvaire; in Sharn, the medusa Kasslak maintains order in the dangerous district of Malleon's Gate, while a medusa named Harash is the second-in-command of Sharn's Daask cell. The deadly power of a medusa commands respect, but in a nation of ogres, minotaurs, and harpies, the keen intellect of the medusa is often more useful than its petrifying gaze.
The people of Cazhaak Draal have prospered since the rise of the hags, and for the moment, the Queen of Stone is content to serve. The Daughters of Sora Kell are formidable enemies, and Sheshka does not have the power to challenge them. But the medusa queen is ambitious and cunning, and she is always searching for ways to increase her influence.
Children of Stone and Shadow
The Gatekeepers claim that medusas were created by the daelkyr Orlassk, but the medusa priests of Cazhaak Draal offer their devotions to the Shadow. They claim that the Shadow shaped many of the creatures humans see as monsters, giving the harpy her deadly voice, hiding the displacer beast from its foes, and healing the wounds of the troll. These priests view the deities of the Sovereign Host as the true evil, comparing the exile of the Shadow to the fear with which many humans respond to medusas and other monsters.
Of course, some medusas do earn their evil reputation. Several revel in their powers and petrify lesser creatures for sport. But a medusa who calls this sort of attention to herself won't last long in one of the great cities of Khorvaire. Those medusas chosen to represent Droaam in the wider world are carefully vetted by Sheshka and officials of House Tharashk. The average medusa is more intelligent and cunning than the average human, and she understands the need to control her behavior among the soft people of Khorvaire. In Sharn, a medusa may move unfettered in the lawless districts, but if she enters a respectable neighborhood, she must wear eyeblinders, a metal visor secured with straps around forehead and chin; otherwise she may be attacked by the Blackened Book, Redcloak Battalion, or other agents of the law. Eyeblinders require a full minute to don or remove; in some cities, a medusa must have the blinders secured with a lock for the duration of her stay.
Despite their worship of the Shadow, medusas are no more inherently evil than humans or elves. Some are arrogant and proud, believing that their deadly gaze places them above mundane creatures. Others respond to the fear they encounter every day by despising those who fear them, a path that often leads to evil alignments. But many enjoy the same pleasures that humans do, and seek out song, good company, and the satisfaction of hard work. The medusas of Cazhaak Draal have a strong tradition of stonework, both architecture and purely aesthetic sculpture. In recent years, Councilor Kilk of Sharn has sought permission to bring in medusa architects and masons to perform work in Northedge, although to date the other councilors have refused to use city funds to pay for the services of monsters.
Medusa Customs
The gaze of a medusa can petrify even an ally, and as a result, a medusa does not meet the gaze of a person with whom it is conversing. Where she directs her eyes indicates her esteem for the person. She drops her eyes toward the ground to show respect, or looks up and over the person if she wishes to indicate disdain; when speaking to an equal, she glances to the left or right. If she wishes to show trust, she directs her gaze to the person, but closes her eyes.
Medusa's KissTransmutationLevel: Adept 3, Cleric 3, Sorcerer/Wizard 3; caster must be a medusaComponents: V, SCasting Time: 1 standard actionRange: TouchTarget: One petrified creatureDuration: InstantaneousSaving Throw: See textSpell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
A soft amber glow envelopes the creature, suffusing its form with sparkling, golden motes of light even as life returns to it.
Born with the ability to petrify others with a gaze, the medusas long ago developed a ritual to counteract their deadly gift. Medusa's kiss reverses the effects of a medusa's gaze, restoring a petrified creature and its equipment to its normal state. Medusa's kiss will not counteract any other form of petrification and cannot be used to transform stone objects into flesh.
This spell can be cast only by a medusa.
A medusa uses its living mane for many purposes. In addition to serving as weapons and a supplemental form of eyesight, a medusa's serpents also help her communicate. The motions of the serpents often reflect a medusa's mood, and a DM should consider the state of a medusa's mane when describing her actions. The medusas of Cazhaak Draal have developed a simple language called Serpentine, which is based on the motions and hissing of their snakes. Serpentine has no written aspect and can be spoken only by a medusa, but any creature can use Speak Language to learn to understand it. A medusa must learn Serpentine normally, but it is available to her as a bonus language.
The gaze of a medusa is a powerful weapon, but most medusas don't think of it as deadly. A petrified victim can be restored to life, after all; within their own society, medusas often use petrification as a way to preserve mortally wounded kin, so they can be restored at a later time when healing magic is available. Likewise, medusas dying of old age often choose to be petrified before they fully pass on; Cazhaak Draal contains a great catacomb filled with the stone remnants of respected medusa elders. This ties to the love of stonework common in the culture; when a medusa looks at a statue, she sees the life it represents.
While some medusas take an interest in archery, in general the medusas of Cazhaak Draal have little interest in physical combat; they prefer to win their battles with magic or cunning. Sorcerers, rogues, and experts are all common among the citizens of Cazhaak Draal; the city of stone is also home to smaller numbers of clerics, adepts, rangers, and fighters, with the latter specializing in ranged combat.
About the Author
Keith Baker has been an avid fan of Dungeons & Dragons since grade school. His life took a dramatic turn in 2002 when he submitted the world of Eberron to the Wizards of the Coast Fantasy Setting Search. In addition to developing the Eberron Campaign Setting and Shadows of the Last War, he has worked for Atlas Games, Goodman Games, and Green Ronin.


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Pool needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 174 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Our product, the Fritz-Kicker, is a foosball / table soccer / table football game. The table is mid-price and is for casual players who would like to have their own table without investing to much.
First: I'm really excited to have another 99designs contest running! I'm looking forward to your submissions. If you have any questions regarding the game, our table or anything else, please feel free to ask me anytime.
Here's some information on the game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_football
The name "Fritz-Kicker" should be part of the logo. You can choose if you use all capital or all small letters or write "Fritz-Kicker". Also the hyphen can be left out, if "Fritz" and "Kicker" are not on the same line.
Please use max. two different colors for the logo. That also means that we can't use shades. This is because we can only print two colors on the playing surface of the table. If you would like to use more colors or shades, please make two versions, one multicolored and on with max. 2 colors.
The proportions of the logo shouldn't be to long or to high. The logo will be printed on the middle of the playing surface (instead of the middle circle on the pictures) and therefore both sides should be of equal length or max. 2:1 (width:height).
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The Weekly Review – by David Allen
So, OK folks, this may seem like more hokey stuff-I-should-do-but-never-do stuff. Honestly, this is what I do to keep myself sane and in control. This is not theoretical or out of some book. This is literally, blow-by-blow, what I do at least once a week. It is the one factor upon which your success with Mind Like Water technology hinges. Do it, it lives and grows. Don't do it, it dies. If you don't yet have this habit, then I recommend that you insert into your calendar for the next four Friday's–"do weekly review". Review this for the first couple of weeks, and then it will probably become second nature to you. I suggest, also, that you consider creating your own customized weekly review checklist with reminders that are unique to your life. I keep my own personal Weekly Review as a list in my PDA so I can remind myself of what I need to think about to get to a clean slate. – DA
This is the critical behavior to make personal organization a vital, dynamic reality, and for fully implementing the Getting Things Done methodology. A great time to do it is early Friday afternoon, as it will invariably surface small actions which could get completed if you can catch people still at work.
Collect Loose Papers and Materials
Gather all accumulated business cards, receipts, and miscellaneous paper-based materials into your in-tray.
Get "IN" to zero
Process completely all outstanding paper materials, journal and meeting notes, voicemails, dictation, and emails.
Empty Your Head
Put in writing and process any uncaptured new projects, action items, waiting-for's, someday maybe's, etc.
Review Action Lists
Mark off completed actions. Review for reminders of further action steps to record.
Review Previous Calendar Data
Review past calendar in detail for remaining action items, reference data, etc., and transfer into the active system.
Review Upcoming Calendar
Review upcoming calendar events – long and short term. Capture actions triggered.
Review Waiting-For List
Record appropriate actions for any needed follow-up. Check off received ones.
Review Project (and Larger Outcome) Lists
Evaluate status of projects, goals and outcomes, one by one, ensuring at least one current action item on each. Browse through project plans, support material & any other work-in-progress material to trigger new actions, completions, waiting- for's, etc.
Review Any Relevant Checklists
Use as a trigger for any new actions.
Review Someday/Maybe List
Review for any projects which may now have become active, and transfer to "Projects." Delete items no longer of interest.
Be Creative & Courageous
Any new, wonderful, hare-brained, creative, thought-provoking, risk-taking ideas to add into your system???
Here's an email that I got from someone who was implementing this process. It might be useful for some of you, just beginning to build in the review as a regular habit… DA
"I have a suggestion to pass on to those adding the weekly review process to their personal organizational strategy. Be patient and keep trying! My inboxes at home and at work, as well as my other input channels like notes and e-mail, were out of control for so long that I'm still going through and cleaning them out to make them manageable – and I took the seminar in early October! Being a single mother who works fulltime I also get more interruptions than I get even small blocks of time to concentrate, but I'm not giving up. I know that David does counsel patience, but I can say from personal experience that this is crucial to having success with the process. So remind new weekly reviewers to keep at it, as it may take several tries to get all the way through and then get it the the point where it's manageable. Putting these strategies to work for me have helped immensely." – Ginny @ MIT


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Coca-Cola Great Britain has launched a new Sprite TVC in the UK, introducing consumers to the reformulated version of the classic lemon and lime drink.
Running throughout May into early June, the ad brings to life the brand's cheeky and playful personality with a 'refreshing truths' theme. Targeted at a young adult audience, the ad encourages them to rediscover Sprite for a refreshing burst of lemon and lime flavour.
The new and improved Sprite is the first carbonated soft drink in the
The 20-second advert, set to an upbeat music track, was created by Ogilvy & Mather and is the latest element of a wider marketing campaign that also sees digital promotional activity and sampling to drive trial and awareness. Set in an arid desert, a group of thirsty young friends are transported straight through the dusty terrain into a refreshing pool after taking a thirst-quenching sip of Sprite.
"Our new advert playfully relaunches Sprite and its refreshed, reduced sugar formula by showing a lighter side of life. The summer-feel of the advert reflects the fact that the drink is now on the shelves in the UK and reflects
Coca-Cola Great Britain was one of the early signatories to the Government's Responsibility Deal last year. The new formula of Sprite forms part of the commitment, made as part of the company's Calorie Reduction Pledge, to reduce overall calories per litre across its drinks portfolio. Over the course of the past five years, Coca-Cola European Partners have also reformulated Fanta, Oasis and Lilt to reduce their calorie content by between 30-50%.
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Special address at the World Halal Conference on Halal, Youth & Lifestyle.
Mr. Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Youth and Sports
(Kuala Lumpur=Koreanpress) KP NEWS TEAM = Malaysia has held the reputation for being the Halal leader for decades. As the demand for halal products and services increase, it is crucial for them to take part in order to meet the growing needs for young talent in the booming Halal Industry.
"Youth: The Halal Industry Successor" is one of the main topics that will be deliberated during the 9th World Halal Conference this year, hosted by the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC).
The discussion was driven by panellist The Hon. Mr. Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Youth and Sports.
"It is of extreme importance that the youth are engaged as the Halal Industry matures. They should take the opportunity to be involved in the industry in contributing to the growth of the Halal economy locally and internationally, especially with the aid of the Halal Innovation Ventures", said Khairy.
Khairy also added that the Youth community embraces technology such as social media and this lifestyle should be adopted into the Halal Industry.
He adds, "Many young Muslims affirm that religion plays a prime role in shaping one's character. Muslim Youths who are the future drivers of the Muslim world should be at pace with the rest of the world in terms of technology and social exposure; yet remain steadfast in practicing Islam,"
The two-day conference themed "Halal at the Forefront of Economic and Social change," is expected to have more than 1000 Halal Stakeholders and foreign delegates.
With a Ministerial Panel Chaired by Yang BerhomatDato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed, the Minister of International Trade & Industry Malaysia, a Global Leaders Panel Session, several concurrent plenary sessions on specific components within the halal eco-system, e-commerce, youth and a Business Networking Galleria by collaborating partners of World Halal Conference.
The conference will also see various aspects of the Halal industry including the challenges facing the global Halal economy, the rise of Halal e-commerce and new business opportunities, and the need to develop talent.


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Even if you've paid your fines, served your jail time, finished your community service, and satisfied all the court's conditions, your legal troubles might not be "over." A conviction can follow you for years, or even a lifetime, affecting your personal life and career.
There was a time when New York allowed convicted individuals to have records "sealed," inaccessible to all but law enforcement officials and select others, but this isn't the case anymore. Now, in New York State, there are only two ways to keep charges off your record.
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If the court dismisses your charges, this is the same as expungement. You would not have to file any additional paperwork to "clean" your record, because in the eyes of the New York State courts, your record was never marked.
Depending on the charges against you and your previous criminal record, your attorney may be able to meet with the judge hearing your case and the district attorney prosecuting and negotiate an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal, or ACD. This is like a "diversion." You will not be convicted, but you will have to stay out of any further trouble, and possibly face non-criminal penalties, including fines and/or community service. After a certain period of time, if you don't run into any further trouble, the charges will be, essentially, dismissed. You will not have a criminal record.
Outside these two scenarios, there is no way to expunge a record in New York State. Neither does the law does allow for any retroactive action to "seal" a valid conviction.
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Bitcoin (BTC/USD) forecast and analysis on July 31, 2018
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC/USD) is trading at 8214.99. Quotes of the cryptocurrency are traded above the moving average with a period of 55, which indicates the existence of a bullish trend for Bitcoin. At the moment, the quotes of the cryptocurrency are moving near the middle border of the Bollinger Bands indicator bars. A test of the level of 7900.00 is expected, from which one should expect an attempt to continue growth and further development of an upward trend with a
Bitcoin (BTC/USD) forecast and analysis on July 31, 2018
The conservative buying area is near the lower border of the Bollinger Bands indicator strip at 7880.00. The abolition of the option of continuing Bitcoin growth will be the breakdown of the lower border of the Bollinger Bands indicator bands, as well as the moving average with a period of 55 and the closing of the pair quotes below the area of 7520.00, indicating a change in the bearish trend for BTC/USD. In the event of breakdown of the upper boundary of the bands of the indicator Bollinger Bands, one should expect an acceleration of growth.
Amazon Squashes Crypto Rumors as Hype Surrounding Facebook's Libra Grows
In the past few months the world was shocked to hear that social media giant Facebook was entering the crypto markets with the release of their cryptocurrency dubbed Libra. Although Libra has been met with mixed opinions from both those within the crypto community and those outside of it, many analysts do believe it will ultimately help the markets.
Additionally, the Libra hype also led to a significant amount of speculation about other major companies releasing similar crypto-themed products, but e-commerce giant Amazon is now squashing these rumors, boldly stating that they don't deal in speculative technologies.
Amazon Gives a Hard Pass to Crypto Products… For Now…
Many analysts in the crypto industry believed that Amazon would closely follow Facebook with releasing a crypto of their own, and this belief was primarily rooted in the company's "Amazon Managed Blockchain" product through their web services initiative, which seemed to signal an interest in distributed ledger technology.
Despite this, the vice president of Amazon Pay, Patrick Gaulthier, recently threw a wet towel on these rumors, saying during Fortune's Brainstorm Finance 2019 event that now is not the right time to focus on utilizing speculative technologies like cryptocurrency.
"It's fresh, it's speculative; at Amazon, we don't really deal with the speculative, [we deal] in the now," he noted while responding to a question about Libra.
Although for now the Amazon crypto rumors have been
"At Amazon, we deal with data a lot, so I'll be happy to have that conversation two or three years from now," he later said.
If Libra is Successful, Will Other Companies Follow Facebook's Lead?
Although we likely won't know for certain whether Libra is met with wild success until it launches in mid-2020, it does already have a plethora of noteworthy partners that clearly see some merit in its purpose.
In the past week, several large financial institutions have offered bullish analyses of Libra, with Bank of America noting that Libra will make a good addition to Facebook's e-commerce initiatives.
"With more than 2.5 billion users, Facebook and its partners could be a significant endorsement of cryptocurrency and a notable addition to the Facebook app ecosystem… We see the launch as an important initiative for the company as it builds out a more private messaging ecosystem with eCommerce capabilities," they said.
Assuming their assessment is accurate and it does begin significantly enhancing Facebook's ecosystem, then it is likely that other large companies, like Amazon, that are currently hesitant to adopt this type of technology will begin entering the markets.
Why the Cryptocurrency Bubble is Reminiscent of Hodling Amazon Stock: CoinShares CSO
What a difference a few weeks can make.
Just 21 days ago, the bitcoin price was trading above $8,400, riding what appeared to many to be the first wave of a new bull market. The bottom, the analysts said, was in.
Now, midway through August, bitcoin is fighting just to hold above $6,000. The altcoin markets, me
anwhile, have been pummeled to a pulp. The ethereum price is down 18 percent for the day and double that for the week, while the ripple price has now plunged 93 percent from its all-time high.
Speaking with CNBC, Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer at U.K. cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares, attributed the sell-off in part to the difficulty that the industry is having presenting a consistent, attractive narrative to investors.
"Really the only metric we have for most cryptocurrencies is the price, and price is such an imperfect metric. What does actually utilization look like? That's the struggle for crypto right now."
Concurrently, the bear market has presented blockchain startups funded through initial coin offerings (ICOs) with a difficult choice: sell their assets now to preserve whatever runway they have left, or continue to hodl indefinitely in the hope that the market will finally turn a corner.
"What we're seeing now is that a lot of these ICOs that have raised capital have done so using ether or bitcoin. When the price was $1,200, everyone was feeling really good. They had a long capital runway. Now the price is at $300, they're not feeling so great," she said. "I think this is really what our ecosystem is struggling with. How do we allocate out of ETH and into other assets that preserve value long-term, and what should those assets be?"
Demirors compared the fluctuating valuations that bitcoin and ethereum have seen with those experienced by revolutionary tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Intel at the turn of the millennium, explaining that many investors in these companies were forced to wait a decade or more to see the value of their investments break even following the dotcom bubble. Patient investors, however, were richly rewarded.
"New technologies that shift the paradigm take a long time to really understand. I think what we saw in crypto is we saw this massive run-up, where everyone got FOMO," she said, "and what it caused is the speculative bubble…. But all of that capital is now getting deployed into building real businesses that serve a real purpose."
Digibyte (DGB) now accepted in buying Amazon gift cards: Long-term prospects positive
It is increasingly clear that many crypto projects in the market today will not survive in the long-run. That's because many of them have up this point been riding the bitcoin wave, and have no tangible developments going on. Others are just too ambitious and are trying to solve problems that may not necessarily need blockchain technology. We are at a point where most projects just throw around the word blockchain, while trying to solve problems that are utopian at best. Then there are the well-known ones that along the way have lost steam, and a sense of direction. That's why as an investor looking to invest in crypto at this point, it is best to go for projects that have a real utility, and some solid tech behind them. One such blockchain is Digibyte (DGB).
Digibyte (DGB) is one of the highest potential blockchains in the market, but also one of the most underrated. This is mainly because Digibyte was always focused on the technical aspects of the project, with minimal focus on marketing. However, after the launch of the Digibyte awareness team, things are looking up. More exchanges are listing Digibyte and businesses are adopting it. One of the latest cases of adoption of Digibyte is in purchasing Amazon gift cards. As per the bookcoin website, it is now possible to buy Amazon gift cards with Digibyte (DGB). This is a big deal because it points to a future
where Amazon could possibly adopt Digibyte (DGB) as a payment method. Most of the cryptos in the market today are all hoping for adoption by a major organization such as Amazon. Therefore, if Digibyte were to be adopted by such a company, it could literally take this crypto to the moon. Besides, it could open the doors for other major businesses to adopt Digibyte (DGB) as a payment method, further adding to the intrinsic value of this crypto.
From a tech perspective, Digibyte is one of the best cryptos in the market. It has been in the works for four years, and everything about it is perfect. For instance, Digibyte is one of the most secure cryptos in the market. It is almost impossible to attack Digibyte in the similar manner as happened to Verge (XVG) or Bitcoin Gold. It is also one of the fastest cryptos in the market when compared to bitcoin, Litecoin and many other top 10 cryptos. Given that transaction speeds are a factor in the applicability of crypto in real-world business usage, it then follows that Digibyte's long-term prospects are quite good, as blockchain technology continues to gain a foothold in business.
That's why in a scenario where a good number of cryptos fall off the map for lack of utility, Digibyte (DGB) would be one of the projects that would reap big. That's because in an altcoin apocalypse, investors would pivot towards more liquid and stable coins such as bitcoin (BTC) and a few large and trustworthy altcoins. The future of Digibyte (DGB) looks great.


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Wednesday, November 07, 2012
The Amazing Spider-Man (Soundtrack) by James Horner is Gang-Tackled
Something Amazing...I Guess.
Review by The Tracksounds Gang
10 years ago, Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN sparked a Hollywood revolution - one that has lead to Earth's mightiest heroes dominating the world's theatres every summer. Had Tobey Maguire's portrayal of Peter Parker failed to ignite the box-office, where would we be now? Would Nolan's Batman have ever faced-off with The Joker? Would The Avenger's assembly have just remained a pipe dream? Perhaps superhumanity's cinematic assault was inevitable, but the impact of the likes of X-Men and Spider-Man cannot be understated given the current climate of Hollywood.
Was it necessary? Well, that depends on who you ask. The box-office returns would suggest that it was, and with two sequels in the pipeline, Spidey is back in swingin' form as if he'd never left the big screen.
Spider-Man introduced a new generation to DANNY ELFMAN, and perhaps THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is Hollywood's roundabout way of reminding the world of JAMES HORNER's many talents. HORNER was a surprise choice to many, given his back-catalogue being almost entirely devoid of anything like Marc Webb's superhero adventure. It wouldn't be the first time that JAMES HORNER has been written off, only to prove the doubters wrong, but how would he fare with New York's greatest hero?
The Tracksounds gang swing in to provide judgment in this gang-tackle review of JAMES HORNER's THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.
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