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text: We long to feel loved, wanted, supported and approved of and yet if others try to give us the things we long for we often reject them out of hand. We do not want to listen and object vehemently to any kind of positive affirmation. It seems crazy for us to reject the very thing we are so desperate for, yet this craziness is typical of low self-esteem.

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Babies begin to walk, and their transition to toddlerhood becomes apparent as they find new opportunities to express their burgeoning independence. Our goal for toddlers is to provide a nurturing and positive environment where they can build upon their independence, while learning how to function in a group environment. Through active free play and teacher directed activities, toddlers begin to learn about cooperative play and discover their emerging language and self-help abilities.
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Club Journalist @markbooth_mcfc picks out five Talking Points from the 1-0 win over Steaua Bucharest…
1 Just Cruising
City path into the UEFA Champions League group stages was never in doubt on Wednesday night as Pep Guardiola's men produced an economical, professional display to win 1-0 on the night.
There were few real scares served up from a Steaua side who had been instructed to adopt a more pragmatic approach than the one that saw them overwhelmed in Bucharest last week.
Fabian Delph scored the only goal of the night on his first start of the season and that proved to be enough to maintain City's 100% start to the season after four games.
It's worth remembering how much was made of the fact that we would have to qualify for the Champions League via a play-off at the end of last season – that the Blues managed to do it so comfortably in the end is testament to the work undertaken in the first weeks of the Guardiola reign.
2 Second Half Improvement
Guardiola has gone on record on many occasions to express his distaste at the notion of "tiki taka", describing it as "possession for the sake of it" and "completely pointless".
There were echoes of these sentiments in Pep's post-match take on City's first half performance against Steaua as he bemoaned the quality of build-up play he saw from his side.
He told journalists: "The build-up is the most important thing. If you pass, pass, with no chance, it's no good.
"There were too many people behind the ball in the first half. We were not making the right decisions. We had Stones, Kolarov and Fernando against one player. That does not make sense.
"In the second half, we were much, much better. I'm finding we're having a lot of possession in the first halves of games but not creating enough - I don't like that."
Pep will be hoping his team start as they mean to go on against West Ham at the Etihad on Sunday afternoon.
3 The Draw
City will go into Pot Two of the UEFA Champions League qualifying pools, meaning they cannot draw the likes of Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Porto, Napoli or Bayer Leverkusen in the group stages.
Pot Three contains plenty of dangerous opponents such as Borussia Monchengladbach, PSV, FC Basel and Sporting CP, while AS Monaco, Besitkas or Celtic are among the teams in Pot Four.
It promises to be a fascinating draw in Monaco at 5pm (UK) as we discover which of Pot One's domestic champions we'll be pitted against - we'll bring you the draw live as-it-happens, as well as reaction here on ManCity.com.
4 Proud Night
The 5-0 first-leg win gave Pep the chance to hand opportunities to youngsters from City's academy and they all took their opportunities to shine.
Pablo Maffeo started his first competitive match for the club at right-back, while Angelino and Tosin Adarabioyo both came on immediately after Delph's goal.
Maffeo was solid throughout and earned his manager's praise after the game, while Adarabioyo looked like an old stager in the centre of defence and Angelino showcased his tactical flexibility operating in an advanced role after Kelechi Iheanacho was stretchered off.
In addition, Angus Gunn was named on the bench for the first time in a competitive game and will have learned a lot from the experience.
5 Kelechi Concern
The sight of Iheanacho being stretchered off after pulling up with what looked like a muscle strain was the only wrinkle in an otherwise good night for City.
However, the Nigerian took the Instagram to allay supporters' fears after the game and seemed to walk through the mixed zone after the game with little obvious struggle.
We'll get an update on Kelechi's condition from Pep in his West Ham preview on Friday afternoon.


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Nippon Ham Fighters: April 9, 2010
by Gen on Apr.09, 2010 @ 4:22 pm, under NPB
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...Atsunori Inaba got his back MRI'ed on Friday and was diagnosed with a problem in his intervertebral disk. No word on how long it might take for a full recovery. Inaba is with the team and it seems they will continue to take a wait-and-see approach.
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...Kensuke Tanaka's Three Rules for Winning:
- Go all out on defense
- If you get a hit, go all out on running
- Root for your teammates on the bench
...Rookie Hirotoshi Masui will shoot for a win in his first start of his career Friday night.
...Bobby Keppel not only stopped a 3-game losing streak on Thursday, but he also helped his team win their 200th victory at Sapporo Dome. On a side note, the linked article also mentions that Keppel received an autobiography of Sadaharu Oh as a Christmas present when he was 10.
...For three games during the Family Series, 150 fans lucky fans will have a chance to get their pictures taken on the field after the game.


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Oh wow! You just gotta go read this article in the T.Star. They think that Wynne as agricultural minister has mended fences with rural Ontario.
"For the Liberals to remain in power in Ontario, they must garner votes outside of their traditional urban strongholds. Wynne has shrewdly appointed herself as minister of Agriculture and Food. In this role, she is visible in rural communities and via decisions of the ministry is seen as directly helping farmers."
I'm not making this up and no, it's not April Fool's Day. Ya just gotta go read this. — DQ


text: Home > General Apparel Decorating > What is Heat Transfer T Shirt Vinyl & the Cut n Press?What is Heat Transfer T Shirt Vinyl & the Cut n Press?You are looking into the Cut n Press Custom T Shirt System, but what exactly are you making t shirt with?Let's break it down into the materials and how they work, then you are beginning to truly understand how this system works.How are custom t shirts made?Just about every type of t shirt you own has one thing in common: HEAT. No matter what type of art is on your shirt, it's generally cured with heat. This makes it so you can wear, wash, dry and repeat. The better the shirt, the more times you can repeat this cycle. Essentially, you take a liquid or material and attach it to the shirt, that's it. You will do this with some sort of heating method. When it comes to heat applied graphics, like what is in the Cut n Press, it is a similar process. So let's talk about Heat Transfer Vinyl.What is Heat Transfer Vinyl?Also known as HTV, it is a plastic based material use in many different applications. This type of material can be used to wrap cars, make signs… and yes, make t shirts too. It's not the same material for a car as a shirt, but it's the same concept. The HTV that comes with the Cut n Press is a very flexible polyurethane material that is soft to the touch, but durable enough for the wear, wash, dry cycle of clothing. The type of material we chose for your t shirt business is a premium product. It isn't rough and doesn't crack. It's easy to work with and gives you the quality your customers are seeking. The bottom line is that it's easy to use, looks great and is high quality. This allows you to sell t shirts with the confidence your customers will come back for more. Look here for a dedicated article about HTV.How many colors does it come in?The FDC Vinyl we carry comes in tons of colors, we are adding new ones every month. These don't just include solid colors, but also glitter as well. This allows you to create all type of designs that can work for business apparel, sport uniforms or fashionable bling. The FDC HTV is versatile enough to handle just about anything your customers will need.Can I make multi-color designs?Absolutely! When putting together the Cut n Press, we wanted to make sure the material was 'layerable.' This means you can put layers of material on top of each other to create just about any desired look. The glitter and opaque(solid colors) can layer with each other as well. This allows you to create designs with as many colors as your customers want. Now remember, you are working with solid colors, so if you want 2 colors, you cut out 2 pieces of material. If you want 6 colors, that is 6 cuts; the more colors, the more time it takes to create a shirt. Most shirts made with HTV are going to be 1-2 colors, so you wont find yourself making an 8 color shirt… unless you wanted to. Think about a sports jersey, or a typical company logo… mostly 1-2 colors.How does it stick to the shirt?The HTV is on a clear 'sticker' like material. You can stick this material right to the shirt to get a visualization of where the design will be permanently. Once you are happy with the placement, you just put it under your heat press machine for about 10 seconds. When you lift it up, peel off the clear paper and its done. Your shirt is now ready to be worn. Tweet Pin It Related Posts Email Marketing for the T shirt and Embroidery Business – CAS Podcast How to WOW your customers with pictures; using your smartphone! Make Embroidery Patches Today with Patch-Pro Kit The Importance of Low Lead Content in Hotfix Rhinestones Adjusting the White Underbase -Print Optimizer


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Drought could lead to higher beef prices
The nation's cattle inventory, scorched by a record-breaking drought in Texas, has plummeted to a 60-year low, triggering concerns that beef prices will spiral higher for consumers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that 90.8 million head of cattle and calves were counted nationwide as of Jan. 1. That's 2 percent less than the count a year earlier and the lowest Jan. 1 inventory since 88.1 million cattle were estimated in 1952.
The record low stemmed from several factors - production costs stayed high, as did sales prices for cattle. But a record-breaking drought in Texas and Oklahoma, the nation's two biggest producers of beef cattle, was probably the deciding factor.
John Anderson, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the drought pushed what might have been a minor decline in cattle numbers much deeper.
Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, which is where the drought centered most of the year, saw beef cow numbers fall by double-digit rates after ranchers lost their pastures to the dry spell and then their water.
"It's not easy to haul feed, but it's just about impossible to haul water," Anderson said.
Tracking cow numbers
David Anderson, a livestock economist with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and no relation to John Anderson, said the state lost 660,000 beef cows, according to the USDA estimate.
Cows are a prime measure of the beef industry's health because they are the productive units of the herd and often are the last animals sent to slaughter.
David Anderson said the USDA number amounts to the largest single-year decline in Texas beef cows ever.
On a percentage basis, the 13.1 percent reduction in beef cow numbers ranks second - beaten only by an 18 percent drop in 1934, the Texas economist said.
"It's a big hit," David Anderson said.
Not all the cattle were sent to feedlots and fattened up for slaughter, although USDA numbers show Texas had about 100,000 more head of cattle on feed Jan. 1 than at the same time last year.
David Anderson said more than 1.1 million head of cattle were moved from Texas to other states with greener pastures last year. That's 287,000 more than 2010, including about three times the number of breeding cows leaving the state.
Anderson said those cutbacks are a reflection of how severe the drought was in Texas. He said it could result in more herd reductions this year if rains don't return.
Texas' beef cow count fell to nearly 4.4 million, still more than twice the level of the second-ranked state. Total cattle and calves in Texas fell by 1.4 million to 11.9 million.
Supply vs. demand
The declining cattle count means retail beef prices could continue growing, particularly if export demand stays strong.
Bloomberg News reported last week that wholesale beef prices have risen 6.4 percent in the past 12 months and hit almost $1.98 a pound on Nov. 23, the highest it had been since at least 2004.
The USDA in its most recent Food Price Index report said that meat prices grew by 8.8 percent in 2011, with beef and veal prices jumping by an average of 10.2 percent.
'People do buy less'
Chris Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America, said with feed prices for livestock so high and beef inventories so low, consumers can expect to pay higher prices for beef and other meats for the foreseeable future.
"That could make it difficult when people are struggling to make ends meet," Waldrop said.
But David Anderson said he does not expect beef prices to jump as rapidly this year as they did last.
"With higher prices, people do buy less," the economist said.
He also said beef exports could slow down some after expanding by more than 20 percent last year.


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Microsoft Windows Vista: Security enhancements and other key features
Check out this excerpt from Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed by Paul McFedries, with details on security features such as User Account Control (UAC) and Windows Firewall.
By Paul McFedries
Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed offers IT professionals details on the new features and improvements included with Windows Vista, as well as a fresh approach to unleashing the vast potential of Microsoft's latest desktop operating system.
Purchase the full book, Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed.
Performance and stability improvements
Security enhancements and other key features
IE7, Windows Mail and Windows Calendar
The following excerpt is from chapter one entitled "An Overview of Windows Vista."
Security Enhancements
With reports of new Windows XP vulnerabilities coming in with stomach-lurching regularity, we all hope that Vista has a much better security track record. It's still too early to tell -- and nefarious hackers are exceptionally clever -- but it certainly looks as though Microsoft is heading in the right direction with Vista:
User Account Control -- This new (and very controversial) feature ensures that every Vista user runs with only limited privileges, even those accounts that are part of the Administrators group (except the Administrator account itself). In other words, each user runs as a "least privileged user," which means users have only the minimum privileges they require for day-to-day work. This also means that any malicious users or programs that gain access to the system also run with only limited privileges, thus limiting the amount of damage they can do. The downside (and the source of the controversy) is that you are constantly pestered with security dialog boxes that ask for your approval or credentials to perform even trivial tasks, such as deleting certain files.Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Firewall -- This feature is now bidirectional, which means that it blocks not only unauthorized incoming traffic, but also unauthorized outgoing traffic. For example, if your computer has a Trojan horse installed, it might attempt to send data out to the Web, but the firewall's outgoing protection will prevent this.
Windows Defender -- This is the Windows Vista antispyware program. (Spyware is a program that surreptitiously monitors a user's computer activities or harvests sensitive data on the user's computer, and then sends that information to an individual or a company via the user's Internet connection.) Windows Defender prevents spyware from being installed on your system and monitors your system in real-time to look for signs of spyware activity.
Internet Explorer Protected mode -- This new operating mode for Internet Explorer builds on the User Account Control feature. Protected mode means that Internet Explorer runs with a privilege level that's enough to surf the Web, but that's about it. Internet Explorer can't install software, modify the user's files or settings, add shortcuts to the Startup folder, or even change its own settings for the default home page and search engine. This is designed to thwart spyware and other malicious programs that attempt to gain access to your system through the web browser.
Phishing Filter -- Phishing refers to creating a replica of an existing web page to fool a user into submitting personal, financial, or password data. Internet Explorer's new Phishing Filter can alert you when you surf to a page that is a known phishing site, or it can warn you if the current page appears to be a phishing scam.
Junk Mail Filter -- Windows Mail (the Vista replacement for Outlook Express) comes with an antispam filter based on the one that's part of Microsoft Outlook. The Junk Mail Filter uses a sophisticated algorithm to scan incoming messages for signs of spam. If it finds any, it quarantines the spam in a separate Junk Mail folder.
Windows Service Hardening -- This new technology is designed to limit the damage that a compromised service can wreak on a system by (among other things) running all services in a lower privilege level, stripping services of permissions that they don't require, and applying restrictions to services that control exactly what they can do on a system.
Secure Startup -- This technology encrypts the entire system drive to prevent a malicious user from accessing your sensitive data. Secure Startup works by storing the keys that encrypt and decrypt the sectors on a system drive in a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 chip, which is a hardware component available on many newer machines.
Network Access Protection (NAP) -- This service checks the health status of a computer, including its installed security patches, downloaded virus signatures, and security settings. If any health item is not completely up-to-date or within the network guidelines, the NAP enforcement service (running on a server that supports this feature) either doesn't let the computer log on to the network or shuttles the computer off to a restricted area of the network.
Parental Controls -- This feature enables you to place restrictions on the user accounts that you've assigned to your children. Using the new User Controls window in the Control Panel, you can allow or block specific websites, set up general site restrictions (such as Kids Websites Only), block content categories (such as Pornography, Mature Content, and Bomb Making), block file downloads, set time limits for computer use, allow or disallow games, restrict games based on ratings and contents, and allow or block specific programs.
The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is Vista's new graphical subsystem, and it's responsible for all the interface changes in the Vista package. WPF implements a new graphics model that can take full advantage of today's powerful graphics processing units.
With WPF, all output goes through the powerful Direct3D layer (so that the CPU doesn't have to deal with any graphics); this output also is all vector based, so WPF produces extremely high-resolution images that are completely scalable.
Desktop Window Manager
The Desktop Window Manager (DWM) is a new technology that assumes control over the screen display. With Vista, applications draw their graphics to an offscreen buffer, and then the DWM composites the buffer contents on the screen.
Improved Graphics
The combination of the WPF and DWM means that Vista graphics are the best Windows graphics ever. Program and document windows no longer "tear" when you move them quickly across the screen, animations applied to actions such as minimizing a window are richer and more effective, icons scale up and down with no loss of quality, and transparency effects are applied to window title bars and borders.
Transactional NTFS
The Windows Vista file system implements a new technology called Transactional NTFS, or TxF, for short. TxF applies transactional database ideas to the file system. This means that if some mishap occurs to your data—it could be a system crash, a program crash, an overwrite to an important file, or even just imprudent edits to a file—Vista allows you to roll back the file to a previous version. It's a lot like the System Restore feature, except that it works not for the entire system, but for individual files, folders, and volumes.
XML Paper Specification
Windows Vista supports a new Microsoft document format called the XML Paper Specification, or XPS. This is an XML schema designed to create documents that are highfidelity reproductions of existing documents. In other words, documents published as XPS and opened in an XPS viewer program should look the same as they do in the original application. Microsoft has incorporated an XPS viewer into Windows Vista, so any Vista user will automatically be able to view XPS documents. (The viewer runs within Internet Explorer.)
Microsoft is also licensing XPS royalty-free so that developers can incorporate XPS viewing and publishing features into their products without cost. This means it should be easy to publish XPS documents from a variety of applications.
Continue to part three, IE7, Windows Mail and Windows Calendar.
|Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. He has been working with computers for over 30 years, has been using Microsoft Windows since version 1, and is widely viewed as an expert in explaining Windows and Windows technology. Paul has written more than 40 books that have sold nearly three million copies worldwide.


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Brand-Safe Content Drives Return on Investment According to New Findings from Trusted Media Brands Survey
91 percent of marketers and their agencies take steps to address brand safety
NEW YORK, N.Y., (October 5, 2017) – Trusted Media Brands and Advertiser Perceptions today released a new survey on the key issues facing marketers, which revealed that brand safety has become a mandatory, driving factor in marketing campaign decision-making.
According to the survey, more than 75 percent (three out of four) believe that marketing programs executed in brand-safe content environments have a direct impact on their bottom line: return on investment (ROI).
The survey, Digital Priorities, Brand Safety Attitudes and ROI, finds that 91 percent (nine out of 10) of digital marketers are already taking or planning to take steps focused on implementing brand-safe strategies in their digital marketing plans. Many industry leaders are also taking steps to ensure brand safety through vetting inappropriate sites. The YouTube advertiser boycott and concerns over Facebook's fake news issues were catalysts in driving this brand safety focus.
Clients are also concerned about their programmatic advertising. The study shows over 40 percent will elevate these efforts by adopting private marketplaces.
"The value of brand-safe advertising has become a core focus for marketers," says Rich Sutton, Trusted Media Brands' chief revenue officer. "Performance measurement is emerging for both marketers and agencies that closely interlinks ROI and brand safety to determine digital campaigns' effectiveness."
Trusted Media Brands is a thought leader in looking at agency and brand-side marketers' sentiment toward measuring and assessing industry issues in digital media buying, such as brand safety, video and other critical industry issues.
While agency and brand marketers alike are working to solve for issues in brand safety, Trusted Media Brands' Digital Priorities, Brand Safety Attitudes and ROI study also uncovers differentiating views on what environments constitute as brand safe.
Key highlights from the survey include:
- Seventy-Five Percent of Brand Marketers Believe Brand Safety Affects ROI. The results of this research drive home that the content matters, and placing ads in trusted, brand-safe environments are now at the forefront in digital planning, seen as essential to advertising effectiveness. Advertising in brand-safe environments is believed to drive significant impact on key measures such as audience quality (83 percent), brand equity (82 percent) and brand lift (79 percent). More than three-quarters believe that brand safety impacts ROI (77 percent).
- Use of Programmatic, Private Marketplaces Taking Over Vetting Sites. More than half of all participants (56 percent) have previously blacklisted specific sites or channels to improve brand safety of their digital media buys. Forty-one percent of participants think the next likely step is an increase in the usage of private marketplaces.
- Content Trumps Social for Brand-Safe Delivery. More than half of all participants rank news websites including Disney.com, WSJ.com and NYtimes.com as extremely brand safe. In comparison, only 34 percent of participants view Facebook in the same light, with Snapchat ranking the lowest at 25 percent among social platforms.
- Marketers Place More Trust in Social Than Their Agencies. Marketers and agencies convey differing viewpoints on social media platforms' abilities to deliver a brand-safe environment. Over 30 percent of marketers rate social platforms such as YouTube capable of serving brand-safe content, while only 20 percent of agency participants agree with this perception.
- Brand-Safe Publishers Are Key. Agencies are ahead of marketers when it comes to improving brand safety in digital media buys. In 2017, 64 percent of agency participants have already made deliberate efforts to improve brand safety methods vs. 43 percent of marketers taking these steps.
The Trusted Media Brands survey was conducted in June 2017 among roughly 300 U.S. digital media decision-makers from the Advertiser Perceptions Omnibus Panel. Download the white paper, along with additional chart and graphs from the study, here.
About Trusted Media Brands
Trusted Media Brands is a visionary, brand-driven multiplatform media company, home to iconic brands like Taste of Home, the world's largest circulation food media brand; Reader's Digest; The Family Handyman, America's leading source for DIY; a suite of highly targeted brands including Birds & Blooms, Country, Country Woman, Farm & Ranch Living and Reminisce; and digital properties which include EnrichU, the Taste Community and Haven Home Media. Trusted Media Brands reaches active consumers who genuinely connect with our blend of uplifting and enduring expertly-curated family, food, health, home improvement, finance and humor content – digitally, via social media, magazines and books, and events and experiences. Founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace as The Reader's Digest Association, one of the first user-generated content publishers, Trusted Media Brands is headquartered in New York City.
About Advertiser Perceptions
Advertiser Perceptions is the world leader in providing media company executives with the research-based advertiser insight and guidance necessary for producing superior advertiser experiences. The company specializes in determining, analyzing, communicating and applying what advertisers think — their plans, opinions and motivations.
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"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas A. Edison
It is very hot, hazy and humid here in NY. I love summer but hazy and humid weather is just too much. Anyways, back to my outfit. I am wearing a Vivienne Tam top. It has a peter pan collar with tiny little foxes all over and buttons running down the back. Paired this cute little top with printed shorts and black heels. I am carrying my Mother's vintage bag to complete my outfit. There is nothing I can do with my hair in humid weathers - it always ends up frizzy. That is why I ended up with messy side braids. And as always, Miss Porshia makes her little appearances.
What I Wore
Top : Vivienne Tam
Bottom : Topshop
Shoes : Brash
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Some destinations, you catch a glimpse of and it sticks. You know you have to go there at some point, it's just a matter of when. Bali was that for me. Paradise beaches. Way up there on the list of safe places to visit as a solo traveller. The perfect mix of culture and relaxation and nature. Cheap as chips once you're there.
But then the error fare to Japan appeared, and I didn't have enough holiday to do another big trip in 2016. Then the error fare to New Zealand and it got bumped again. But after that I was determined – whatever other error fares or amazing flight deals appeared for 2017, Bali had top place.
A couple of weeks ago I spotted a fantastic deal to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. You can't fly to Bali directly from the UK so I'd been planning a stopover anyway for two or three days. This particular stopover became £50 cheaper if I also visited Amsterdam for a couple of days en route. Three destinations from my local airport, almost to the opposite side of the world, for £360. I've researched a lot of flights and I know a good deal when I see one.
But Thursday last week the price suddenly jumped up by £150 and I was distraught that I'd missed it. I resigned myself to searching the January sales knowing I wouldn't find anything as good in price or convenience.
Today at lunch I happened to check again on the off chance. It was back.
I booked it.
So the final two weeks of September 2017 shall be spent in Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur and 9 days in Indonesia – including Lombok, hopefully a trip to see the Komodo dragons, and Bali!


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A film by Hubert Woroniecki
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When he created the Elite modeling agency in the 1970s, John Casablancas invented the concept of the "supermodel." If names like Naomi, Cindy, Linda, Iman, Gisèle or Kate are part of popular culture today, it's mostly his doing. He lived a life many have dreamed about, surrounded by glamour and beauty. Now, John Casablancas tells his own story.
Domestic release :June 29, 2016 (UFO)


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Junior Geophysical Survey Technician
Rebecca has a Bachelor of Arts Honour's degree in Geography, and a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems from Queen's University in Ontario.
Working at GeoScan has given Rebecca the opportunity to put her degree in to action in the geoscience industry; both in the field and in the office!
Off site or out of office, you'll find Rebecca partaking in mountain-related activities, playing ringette, or with a good book in hand.


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This recipe was taken from "Food Facts from the Kitchen Front" a book of Wartime Recipes first published in 1941. The book had a foreword by Lord Woolton, the Minister of Food.
A reproduction of this book is available from Amazon.
1 lb chopped corned beef
4 oz fine oatmeal
2 oz wheatmeal breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon powdered sage
1 oz dripping
2 tablespoons grated raw carrot
1/2 pint stock or vegetable water
pepper and salt
Toast oatmeal lightly in the dripping, add the other ingredients, mix all together with the stock.
Turn into a greased basin, and boil or steam for 1 1/2 hours.
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Song, Miri (2001) Comparing minorities' ethnic opinions; Do Asian Americans Possess 'More' Ethnic Options than African Americans? Ethnicities, 1 (1). pp. 57-82. ISSN 1468-7968. (doi:10.1177/146879680100100110) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided)
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What does it mean for ethnic minority groups to possess 'ethnic options'? Do ethnic minority groups differ in their abilities to choose and assert their ethnic identities, and can some groups be said to possess more ethnic options than others? It has been recently suggested by certain analysts that while Asian Ameri-cans can exercise some ethnic options, African Americans possess few, if any, ethnic options. This article critically assesses this view, and puts forward various reasons why such a view is problematic. In particular, it argues for the need to rethink and broaden the conceptualization of ethnicity and the need to re-examine our under-standings of the images and labels applied to various ethnic minority groups. Although the article draws primarily upon studies of Asian Americans and African Americans, it also refers to the experiences of ethnic minority groups in Britain with whom American minority groups share both commonalities and differences.
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text: Transitioning to Life in a Power Wheelchair September 12, 2012 Share: Share via E-mail Enter the E-mail Address that you'd like to send this page to. Enter an E-Mail Address Send Most people are positively excited when they accept home delivery of a new power wheel chair. That's because they know that by renewing their personal mobility and independence, they'll be able to get their life back. With the assistance of a power wheelchair, they'll be free to once again do more of the things they've always enjoyed. But they also know that making the life-changing transition to an electric wheelchair for day-to-day mobility assistance may present a few challenges. They might be concerned about many different issues, among them: learning how to use a power wheelchair safely caring for the power mobility chair to maintain proper functioning finding ways to modify the home for wheelchair accessibility While adapting to this 'new identity' may take time and patience, there are resources immediately available that may help to make the adjustment to make power mobility a little easier. For instance, clicking on any of the links above will provide useful information on power chair use, maintenance and modifications for a more wheelchair-friendly home. Adapting to the use of a power operated vehicle is a change that affects virtually every aspect of daily living. And, there is supportive evidence that the effect can be a positive one. In fact, a study on the effects of transitioning to power mobility1 concluded that the transition to a power mobility device is a life enhancing experience for the majority of persons with mobility impairments. Hoveround mobility specialists are available to respond to all questions regarding our motorized wheelchairs, mobility scooters and wheelchair accessories. They will gladly provide the help and the resources needed to make informed decisions about personal mobility solutions. Please contact Hoveround at 1-800-542-7236 to learn more. 1Buning, Mary Ellen (MS, OTR, ATP); Angelo, Jennifer A., (PhD, OTR, FAOTA, ATP) & Schmeler, Mark R. (MS, OTR/L, ATP) (2001). "Occupational Performance and the Transition to Powered Mobility: A Pilot Study" American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55, 339-344 The Effects of the Transition to Powered Mobility on Occupational Performance, from The Proceeding of the RESNA Annual Conference, June 1999, Long Beach, CA. This article is for informational purposes only and not as a substitute for professional medical advice. All information is general in nature and may not necessarily apply to every one and every situation. Related Articles Wheelchair Ramps: How to Choose the Right One Getting Up Safely From a Fall: How Caregivers Can Help Care Giving Tips: What to Do After a Fall Questions to Ask When You are Planning on Aging in Place


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The Nigerian Labour Congress, (NLC) Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United Action for Democracy (UAD) have picketed Galba Nigerian Plc., for its failure to pay its workers over a period of 19 months.
The protest which was organised in Port Harcourt by staff members of Automobile, Boatyards, Transport Equipment and Allied Senior Staff Association, was to press down the demand for the payment of the salaries of the workers.
Staff members of the company accused the firm of negligence, noting that the firm had money and running contracts but had refused to pay their workers.
Speaking, the General Secretary of UTOBATE, Mr. Sola Olorunfemi, said every effort made to bring the company to the dialogue table for discussion failed.
Olorunfemi said "We came all the way from Lagos after all efforts to engage the Galba management in meaningful discussion proved abortive. They owe the workers since 2015 November. We have made the TUC in River State to dialogue with the company over this matter.
"But the management has been playing pranks for over 18 months now in order not to get this salaries paid. The union check-up dues deducted from the salaries of the workers since 2010 have not been remitted to the union and it's a criminal act.
"We have recorded about five persons dead over the level of suffering inflicted on the workers by the company. We sent a message to the owner of the company, T Y Danjuma about the wickedness of the management; we are yet to get reply.
"We will hold this company hostage, there will be no practical operation in this premises until our demand are met. The company has money, they even have an on-going contract but they don't want to pay the workers."
Similarly, the branch chairman of AUTOBATE, Galba, Innocent Udongfo, called on the management of the firm to meet their demands for operations to resume at the company.
Udongfo said, "Several negotiations with Galba management could not work because they always want to play over our intelligence. They don't even listen to us. Anytime we have opportunity to meet with the management they will walk us out.
"We are working for almost five oil giants in this country yet they owe us. Each time we go for our salary it is a problem. Federal Ministry of Labour Port Harcourt is aware of this issue. We had agreement with the Federal Ministry of Labour since 2013 till now we are still suffering.
"We can no longer pay our rents and our children are out of school. We are calling on the management to pay our salaries from 2015 till today. And to remit all our union dues from 2010 till date. They should implement our total emolument of the condition of service duly signed in the employment manual.
Also, Mr. Eric Akaninwo, the TUC State Administrative Officer, said the labour unions are behind the staff of Galba and promised that the needful must been down before the company would be reopened.
Akaninwo said, "We have invited the Galba management for a meeting, unfortunately, the only person we saw there was the Personnel manager, we asked him questions about why they don't want to pay their worker. He said that they don't have money and that they have a running contract.
"When we engaged the Galba staffs they said they have a running contract that they even finished one two months ago. After our investigations we understood they don't want to pay the workers."
Efforts to speak to the Manager of Galba Nigerian Plc, Mr. Mike Appia, proved abortive as calls made to his phone were neither picked nor returned, but the Personnel in charge of Administration, Mr. Dan Adi, stated that he had nothing to say in respect of the claims of the staff of the company.


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Sinister – 2012
Director Scott Derrickson
Starring Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thompson, Nick King, James Ransone, Clare Foley, Michael Hall D'Addario
Screenplay Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
Sinister is a strange name for this film, even if it is technically correct. As defined: threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous, it works. For some reason, I picture Snidely Whiplash being foiled by Rocky and Bullwinkle. The power that comes from this story is not the twisting mustache kind. When at its top form, this film about watching the abyss, while fearing what might be looking back at you.
In his quest to write his next great true crime novel, Ellison Oswalt (Hawke) has moved his family somewhat unwittingly into a house where a recent slaughter of all but one of the family has taken place. Even if he is not being forthcoming to his wife, both she and the kids know the drill and the score. He has done this several times before, leaving the family to fend for themselves at their schools and around the town. Then there's the house.
Much of the movie is spent in the dark inside of this rather plain-looking brown brick house. Never has 1960's house style looked so ominous. There are many windows to the house, where much light comes through. Still, it always seems dark. Many tricks you have been exposed to before are used here, some very effectively. Distributed into the mix are several new techniques, many involving the conversion of Super 8 into digital editable footage. The bad guy, sometimes known as Mr. Boogie, is haunting for his simplicity.
His silence and mask, reminiscent of Michael Meyers, permeates through the proceedings as indeed the harbinger of doom, even in relative stillness. What he does, I will not say. It is pretty easy to ascertain, if you pay attention. In paying attention, however, one has the tendency to be too drawn in for their own good. Kind of like Oswalt.
While he spends way too much time sticking around in situations no sane or sober person would, he is, conveniently, not all that often sober. He does have some sobering help in the name of Deputy "So and so" (Ransone) and a professor at the University (D'Onofrio). Unlike most "help" in movies based on horror, these guys actually present useful information in an even-handed way. Still Oswalt finds a way to ignore common sense and move right into the line of fire.
Some of this, like I said before, comes from the addiction that is watching. This is something we all can identify with. As Ellison falls deeper into the trance that is watching these films on projector, we fall with him, hoping we won't regret it later. The fascinating part is those damn Super 8's. They have remarkably cheesy, childish and somewhat mocking titles that hint of the sheer terror within: "Family Hanging Out '11," "Pool Party '66," and "Sleepy Time '98." One finds that he or she can't wait for the next one to be open and reviewed, even if we don't think we'll better off for it.
This film is possibly the first to scare so effectively, even with the main character performing just about every clichéd mistake I have ever seen. This is not to say that Hawke was not effective. His character is a truly unlikable writer who is too wrapped up in his own goals to care truly about his true prize, which are his wife and children. One wishes that the consequences could be limited just to him, even when we know it's not likely.
Make a point to see this movie, preferably late at night, with less than 5 people in the room. It will make you laugh at times, but it will get you in the end.
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Whilst venturing through the Mediterranean Sea; a number of Pullmantur Cruises will also take you to the tip of the Black Sea. This beautiful body of water is almost completely cut off from the world and provides the perfect haven for cruisers. The Bosphorus Strait connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Mamara and the Strait of the Dardanelles connects that to the Aegean Sea region of the Mediterranean.
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Variety Motor Mouth Camp 2014
Motor Mouth Camp 2014, by Suzi Brooke
From the 1st to the 5th of October, sixteen children using communication devices gathered at Point Walter Reserve for the fourth annual Variety Motor Mouth Camp. They were joined by 40 volunteers including speech pathologists, occupational therapists, educators and students who provided intensive support to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users and their families. ILC staff were pleased to be involved in this exciting event again this year.
The camp's main focus is on communication for everyone, everywhere … along with a whole lot of fun! AAC users participated in morning therapy activities that encouraged use of communication devices, low tech communication supports, verbal communication and key word signs. Parents attended information sessions on a range of topics including integrating AAC into home life and choosing and organising vocabulary for AAC. Siblings got a chance to learn about and use AAC as well as participate in a range of fun activities like archery and climbing. The afternoons and evenings were filled with entertainment for everyone and many opportunities for practicing new communication/ communication partner skills.
The camp committee had a fun time getting creative with this year's camp theme 'Reality Bites'. Some of the highlights included: "The Amazing Camp Race" where families had to use communication to obtain clues in a race to the finish; "Masterchef" cooking lessons with Theo from Little Caesars Pizzeria where AAC users made their own designer pizzas including a capsicum, cheese and strawberry delight!; the "So You Think You Can Dance Disco" and the "Motor Mouth's Got Talent" concert where campers got the opportunity to use AAC to show off their communication skills (and many other entertaining talents). The MMC Facebook group really took off this year with families and volunteers sharing highlights from camp.
This year the camp committee decided to create core vocabulary lanyards, in the three different symbol sets used by our AAC users. Everyone at camp had a lanyard to wear around their neck- including volunteers, parents and siblings. This meant that everyone had their own communication aid and this really encouraged lots of modelling throughout the day. The staff at ILC are thinking about wearing these same lanyards in our appointments with clients who are learning to use AAC, to ensure we always have our "words" close by! Thanks to Nat from our committee for designing these lanyards and giving us lots of core vocabulary at camp!
A big thank you goes to everyone who makes this life changing camp a reality. To Variety WA and iiNet for their generous support and funding; the amazing Motor Mouth Camp Committee who spend the whole year thinking of ways to make each camp even better than the last; the volunteers who donate their time, energy, passion and experience; the parents, grandparents, siblings, friends and carers who show true dedication to supporting their AAC users on this journey, and of course to the AAC users who work tirelessly everyday to make their voices heard- they are a true inspiration to us all! Thank you for another incredible camp!


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Summaried below are some of Option Investor's winning trading axioms for successful options trading.
Never put all your money into one play.
As soon as you do Murphy's Law will take control and you will be broke. With a $2000 account put $1000 into two plays. $5000 should divide into 3 plays, $10,000 = 3 to 5 plays maximum. I strongly recommend NEVER playing more than 3 to 5 positions at one time. You cannot watch more than three and act decisively when the situation demands action.
Never hold a position over an earnings report.
Historically the number of stocks that rise substantially after an earnings report is less than one in ten. Sure there are a rare few that gap open on great earnings but far more gap down. To gap open they must beat the whisper number by a LARGE margin AND have a good conference call. To go down they only need to meet the whisper, meet the estimates, miss the estimates, prewarn any problems or just plain not be positive enough in the conference call. Traders leaving after playing the earnings exert enough pressure on the price as it is without bad news.
Exception: Neutral strategies like straddles and strangles can benefit from any post-earnings volatility
Never play deep OUT OF THE MONEY call options.
Sure they are cheap but they are cheap for a reason. They are like playing roulette and betting on any one number. If you hit the payoff is 36 to 1 but the odds of being hit are 38 to 1.
Never put in a MARKET BUY before the open.
You will more than likely get filled at the high of the day. Enthusiasm is rampant at the open and everything costs more (as a rule) than it will an hour later.
Never place a market order for a thinly traded option.
You may take out the current ask and be very shocked at how high the next ask was. Several times I have seen fills more than $2 over the current ask quote.
Always pick a sell price you would be happy to get BEFORE you buy an option.
Immediately after purchase place a limit sell for that price. You will be surprised how many times you will sell on an intraday spike that you did not expect. See #5 for why. Decide how much you are willing to risk on the trade BEFORE you make it. Sell when that limit is reached. Ask anybody who ever had an option expire worthless. They will all tell you now "they wish they had sold". At the time emotion will always convince you tomorrow is turnaround day. Hundreds of thousands of contracts expire worthless EVERY month. Turnaround never came for them.
Never bet against the market/sector.
The trend is your friend. It does not matter why the market/sector is going down you will still lose your money. 85% of stock movement is due to market/sector movement not stock fundamentals.
Always sell when you pass 100% profit.
If you still like the play take half the money and buy back in at a higher strike. Once you sell they can't take the profit away from you. Don't play 100% of the money again. Double or nothing will eventually get you nothing.
Emotion is your enemy, logic is your friend.
Never trade on emotion. There is no such thing as "it has to go up", "it can't go down". The market does not care what you think or hope. It is ruthless and makes its own rules. You should say this 50 times a day, "past performance is not a guarantee of future results".
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Social Network Marketing essentially takes WOM to a whole new level. In the past, when a consumer was dissatisfied with a company regardless of reason, the end result, after the process of calling customer service, writing a letter if need be, etc, was ultimately complaining about it to a friend over the phone or over lunch. Then much like the old commercial, " . . . and then they told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on and so on and so one." In today's "plugged in" media age of social networking and online communities like Blogger, Twitter, Facebook, My Space, YouTube, Pandora, Last.FM, Digg, StumbleUpon, Redi, Bebo, Linkedin, just to name a few, it is more important than ever to have a say in the voice of your brand, product or service, and engage with your target market in a way that is not only informative but creates what any company wants- brand loyalty.
So, with that Social Networking 101 lecture behind us, how do the manufacturers rate and compare in their efforts. There are several components to look at when evaluating the strengths or weaknesses of an organizations social network marketing campaign. Without getting too detailed in the minutia and to keep things simple, let's evaluate and judge each of the card manufacturers on how well they utilize these, three, key social networking components:
Information Dissemination- Getting product information into the hands of your target market.
Audience Engagement- How do you interact with the people you are disseminating your information too? Are you engaging or broadcasting?
Driving Web Traffic- A company's website is still the core or hub of which all other technology related marketing efforts revolve, whether that be mobile marketing, social networking, etc.
We'll also refer to the following matrix to show you their presence (or lack there of) on various social networking communities.
#1 Upper Deck
The clear leader in audience engagement and not simply due to their use of every featured social networking channel. It's not enough to simply have one of these elements, it's how you use it. Upper Deck makes excellent use of every opportunity to provide collectors multiple means of distributing product information whether that be about upcoming products, redemptions or including them in the conversation for choosing players in a checklist and soliciting content ideas.
Through the use of their @UpperDeckHockey Twitter account for example, they have shared with collectors information on the signing process for various athletes, and have even asked collectors who to include and who to feature on dual autographs. The designated account users even reply to user submitted questions both publicly and privately through direct messages and public replies.
Upper Deck's Facebook page provides collectors a wealth of product information and new posts to their fan page are also auto updated via Twitter. From image galleries to contests, redemption status to events, their integrated use of multiple social networking platforms by multiple brands (Upper Deck, Upper Deck Retail, Upper Deck Blog, Upper Deck Hockey) helps collectors feel valued and connected to the best interests of the company's design and marketing efforts.
They even accept user generated content via their blog and video channels on YouTube but more typically through their self branded video outlet, Diamond Vision, where they have encouraged users to submit their video box-breaks. Hosting UGC is one of the most cost-effective advertising tools and has carry over value with WOM and Social Networking through the potential to "go viral" where a popular video simply explodes with views, in essence acting as a free commercial.
Upper Deck also provides a relatively new Message Board community for collectors to network. The moderation is fair, accepting constructive criticism to be posted. They could do a lot more as far as promoting the community message boards to grow the audience and their moderators need to replicate their engagement efforts on Twitter and Facebook to make the environment more of a two-way dialogue.
#2 Panini/Donruss
Panini is still trying to feel their way through the social networking phenomenon. But has at least identified it's importance by being a relatively early adopter of channels such as Facebook and Twitter and YouTube. However, the company has failed to use them for audience engagement instead deciding to use them for strictly broadcasting and information distribution purposes.
#3 Tri-Star
While currently using only two channels (Twitter and Facebook) they use them frequently. unfortunately they use them strictly for broadcasting and information distribution purposes similar to Panini.
#4 Topps
Unfortunately as you might imagine, as we reach the lower ranks, we are starting to see a noticeable trend, and that trend is lack of engagement. They have a rarely used Twitter account but to their credit when they do use it, it is to disseminate very useful information above the simple announcement of a product being live or posting preview images. Topps has used Twitter to notify collectors about fulfilled redemptions, and as most collectors would agree is a very beneficial piece of information. Topps does provide a Message Board and was actually a very early adopter of this. Their moderator is fair and engaging. However, amazing to note, they do NOT have a Facebook page, which to me is almost unthinkable in this day and age. To Topps credit they do actively embrace the brick and mortar Hobby shop and it's patrons by hosting product "Rip Parties" that they the feature on their YouTube channel.
#5 Press Pass
Until recently, they have always been a little standoff-ish with collectors preferring to keep them at arms length, with very little in the way of any engaging or interacting with their audience. They have recently engaged the blogger community and even have a Blog of their own which details some cool behind the scenes look at collectibles in production. Their Facebook page is primarily used for communication information with little talk-back via the comments section.
#6 but tied for #1 Razor
It's almost not even fair to put them on the list. As a much smaller company they have fewer resources to allocate for such marketing efforts. However, that said, Brian Gray, the President and CEO is the most accessible person a collector will ever find ,with his personal email address in a prominent and visible position on their website. Brian will take and return your phone calls as well. So when it comes to social networking the direct connection of going straight to the source for answers and information can't be beat and for that he deserves a lot of credit and respect. He does have a Facebook page place holder and you'll even catch him sending out the occasional Tweet but if you really want information on Razor, forget the bells and whistles and enjoy the luxury of going right to the CEO.


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Proper planning. Planning and managing your time well will help you do and submit your assignment within the provided time. A common mistake that many students commit is to postpone or procrastinate on when to start the assignment. Do not be tempted to push the starting time to a later date or hour, this will not just affect your schedule but will also create a feeling of laziness. Therefore, it is important to develop a routine to enable you to do your assignment when you are motivated. For example, you can set aside two or three hours before having dinner for homework completion.
Create manageable schedules. Beyond planning on how to complete your assignment, develop effective schedules on how to do other activities as well. This will help you have enough time to do everything you have as well as adequate time to complete your assignment. A proper way of managing your tasks is to indicate the starting and finishing time. This will help you to visualize and remember each task and when to do it.
Prioritize the tasks you have. Use your course outline to know the deadlines and requirements of each assignment. This will help you know which tasks require a lot of time as well as the urgency of each assignment. You will, therefore, be able to plan and manage your time efficiently and prudently. When allocating time on each project, you will have to put some consideration such as the urgency of the assignments, points awarded on each assignment, resources to use on the projects as well as the deadline to submit the work. You can, therefore, start with the large projects that will require a lot of time, in most cases these assignments have most points that the other homework. Else, you can start with tasks that have urgent deadlines. You can also focus on the other assignments as they are assigned by your tutor.
Have breaks between the tasks. It is suggested by some of the best academic writing sites that students who take a break when working, have a higher chance of accomplishing their academic goals more successfully. Therefore, it important to have breaks when doing your assignments. This will help you relax and recharge your brain. It will also help to overcome mind block and enable you to regenerate fresh ideas for your assignment. During the break, you can take a walk around the campus or go to the gym to do some light exercises. You can also eat something healthy to enable you to have the energy to continue doing your assignment.
Break down projects into manageable tasks. Over the period you will be at the college you will have to complete both large and small assignment projects. A proper approach to help you finish your assignment in time is to divide the large projects into manageable stages. For instance, you can have the planning stage, the research stage, the draft stage, as well as the proofreading stage. All these stages should be developed in line with the timeline provided.
However, if you have no time to complete the assignment or you are having a challenge on any writing stage of your assignment. You can seek assistance from a professional writing agency to help you write your assignment.
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"A stitch in time saves nine." So goes the old cliché. We suspect many Philadelphia readers are familiar with the phrase. Another one goes, forewarned is forearmed. The idea being that by taking preventive action it is possible to keep bad situations from getting worse.
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We read recently a letter to the editor of a suburban Philadelphia newspaper. The letter-writer complained that corruption in Pennsylvania has reached epic proportions, from people in state government down to fraud perpetrated on everyday citizens.
Consumer protection icon honored by industry he scorched
It was more than 50 years ago when a virtually unknown political aide took the automobile industry by storm. Ralph Nader's 1965 book "Unsafe at Any Speed" was a best-seller that turned the consumer protection advocate into a household name.


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Match Point
It must be something in the water. After ditching his longtime cinematic stomping grounds in Manhattan for cheery ol' London, Woody Allen has produced the unexpected: a dramedy about love, marriage, and tennis (costarring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers) that's actually good.
(For a full preview of December films, check out Entertainment Weekly's Holiday Movies issue, out in November 2005.)


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Hi! Welcome back to my channel. Today is going to be a personal video. You may have seen that I recently turned 30. I did vlog my party and all that if you want to go watch it. But I have to say that I really enjoyed turning 30. I don't know if that's weird. I've always kind of enjoyed getting older or like feeling like progressed each year. And I don't know like I wasn't afraid of like looking older or anything like that. The only thing that ever stresses me out it's like getting closer to dying because I have a massive fear of dying. But all in all like 30 wasn't a scary or negative age for me. I actually felt was really good something that I did notice is that I was really like retrospective and looking back at my life and thinking about a lot of stuff and writing down things that had happened in the last 30 years and it got me on to this idea to put together a video of 30 things I've learned in 30years.
So obviously this is just my experience. You may be 30 and have had a totally different life experience, but I just figured why not share it and let you know what I experienced. So if you're you know still pretty young and you're going to be turning 30 sometime down the track you may experience some of these things and if you're older than 30, I'd love to hear what's may be coming for me.
From 0 to 5, you really like have either no memories or very little and then it's like from 5 to like 18, your life is pretty like consistent. You have like a pretty set routine of going to school like five days a week. You have the same friends and like there are certain milestones like getting your driver's license, getting a boyfriend stuff like that but it's nothing like it doesn't feel like a lot of changes and then from about 20 to 30, everything changes and like there's just so much chaos and like everything happens and it happens so quick. It's like this.
From 20 to 30, you'll have so many milestones. So for me, things that happened like I graduated uni, I got married, started a business, built a house which I thought I'd live in forever but ended up selling and moving twice, travelled a ton, and obviously started YouTube, which is very important.
Your life will look so different from what you imagined it went me, but funnily enough, I think you'll actually be happy with it. You'll look back and think why did I think life was going to be like that? I'm so glad it's not. You realize that even once you finish school you never stop learning except that they take all the theory and all the textbooks away and every single lesson you have to learn is practical.
You work out that you control your destiny and that things like where you grew up or where you went to school or uni actually don't matter. It's really up to you to make the most of your life. Something I did learn though is who you know becomes more important, but if you don't know anyone, there's always the ability to meet people and so this is where your 20's should really be about networking and finding people who really align with your values and your vision and will help you along on the journey. And so I know for me, I grew up out in Campbelltown, I went to a public school. I didn't know a lot of people who are starting businesses and so I had to work a little bit harder to build my network around me, but it's not impossible. So if you want to have a really strong network, you're just going to get out there and do it. All in all, though, hard work is always going to trump where you came from, what you learnt, and who you know. Good old-fashioned hustle really can't be beaten.
There's a lot of opportunities out there, but you have to put yourself out first for the opportunity to come your way. So you need to sign up for those extracurricular things or put your hand up for extra work because once you're sort of in that momentum, the universe or whatever you want to call it will kind of present more opportunities to you and it's up to you whether you take them or not. You're going to learn who your true friends are. Let me give you a tip. They're the ones who put in as much effort as you. So they'll call you, but you also need to call them. They'll organize outings or trips and you need to do the same in reverse. It can't be one-sided or it's not going to be a true and fair friendship.
I found that I completely stopped following trends. I started to dress for my body or for my style. I became much more classical or timeless and started buying investment pieces, but funnily enough, I'm so much more confident in the way that I look then when I ever tried to dress really on trend or step out of what I felt was my comfort zone. Sometimes yeah taking comfort and not really like doing anything too crazy and maybe what's right for you.
And along same lines, you stop trying to be someone you're not. So you'll stop pretending that you like certain music that you don't like to impress someone or that you like a certain TV show or certain country and you kind of just own who you are and you're really happy about it and you kind of don't feel like embarrassed that you may be different from other people. Unique is actually quite cool. I've really learned to enjoy the simple things. I think when I was younger, it was much more about like big trips and going out heaps and lots of like different experiences where now I really valued things like Friday night takeaway or having a cup of tea at the dog park with Digby. Going for walks or having little weekends away or just having a dinner party with friends. Something doesn't have to be extravagant or expensive or complicated for it to be really enjoyable.
You work at that social media is a highlight reel or in fact fake. Now, I wish I'd learned this earlier in my 20s because I think was in uni when like Facebook and Instagram and all of that sort of stuff came out and I'm grateful that I was an adult and had I guess a little bit of knowledge, but even as an adult, I still believed that what people posting were real and that people had perfect lives and I was doing something wrong and look it all comes out eventually people who you think have perfect lives don't and often the more perfect it seems like the more that's happening in the background that they don't show you. I think definitely nowadays I look at social media as a highlight reel and I understand that there's a lot happening in the background that I'm not seeing.
Through life experience, you start to smell bullshit a mile away. I don't know if I have a really good bullshit radar or something, but I'll meet people and kind of just like make not like an instant you know the decision on them but sometimes you'll pick up things were you like this person is not actually genuine.
By 30, I developed a very thick skin and things that people used to say to me that would really upset me I could have someone say it to me now and I just laugh and it wouldn't impact me at all and the funny thing is the people who say those main things actually start to be the ones who get hurt by the fact that you will just laugh it off.
I learned that experiences are way more important than material things and if anything or less stuff actually made me happier. In the last couple of years, I've actually become more minimalist and you have just enjoyed my life a lot more without the burden of stuff.
You learn to trust your instinct a lot more so back in the day you probably wrote a million-in-one pros and cons list where these days you would just use your gut and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't work but you know that you made the decision that you felt was right at the time.
By then you've probably had a few knocks, maybe some heartbreaks, maybe some gambles that didn't pay off and you've really learned that you should learn that what has happened and you can't change it and you either need to accept it and move on and grow from the experience or you're just going to wallow in self-pity and it's going to get you nowhere.
You find that you start agreeing with your parents a lot and that any future kids that you have, you want to raise them like your parents raised you, which is really weird because 10 years ago, you would have disagreed with everything that they said. Everyone's idea of success is different and you now know what success looks like to you. You've learned the hard way that life is precious. I knew that I've lost a lot of people. I don't have any grandparents still living. I've lost family and friends and it's really taught me that life is short and then you have to make the most of it.
There's enough success for everyone you don't have to compete for it and if anything the people who are most successful are the ones that help those around them to be successful too. Mental health has become as important as physical health. And you learned that you're not crazy if you see a psychologist. You're just normal and trying to deal with all the things that are happening in your life because let me tell you from 20 to 30, a lot happens and it can be pretty challenging.
I learned that I'm way, way, way, way more resilient than I could ever have imagined. If someone had told me at 20 what I would go through in the next 10 years, I'm probably was like can I just skip that decade, please? But you learned that there are hard knocks to actually what make you the person that you are today and the lessons you learn make you a better person for the future.
Being kind and respectful is so important. People are going to remember you for the achievements that you had, they're going to remember you for the way that you acted and how you treated others.
You'll learn that karma is real. There are no shortcuts so anyone who lies cheats, steals, or does something to get ahead of someone else. It's always going to have it come round to them and I know if you're watching this and you're thinking oh I know someone who's done something it hasn't come for them. Well, it's coming. Trust me. Everyone gets their karma so don't do anything that you would you know not what done to yourself and definitely don't burn any bridges.
When you were 20, you used to make five or ten-year plans. Yeah, you don't do that anymore you make three months plans that are super, super flexible and probably going to change anyway and you only book your holidays a couple of weeks in advance because you just never know what's going to happen.
You're in this really weird phase where half of your friends are still partying and then half of them are getting married and having babies and so your weekend could be like partying on a Friday night, a Saturday morning wedding, and then a Sunday afternoon baby shower and it's kind of cool but a little bit confusing and tiring at times.
And last but not least 30 is not old. I remember thinking oh my goodness, when I'm 30, I'm going to be so old and definitely going to have kids and I'm definitely I'm going to do all these things. But let me tell you, I'm 30, I don't feel old. I feel like I've got a huge life ahead of me and it was just so much I still want to achieve and I'm really excited to see what happens in the rest of my life.
So I hope you enjoyed these 30 things that I've learnt in 30 years. If you're thirty I'd love to hear if you've had the same experiences please comment below and I'd love to just know what you've learned in your life so far. I really hope you enjoyed this video. If you did, please give it a like so I know to make more personal videos and if you want to hear more from me I do videos all about videos or if you like reviews of equipment and editing software and I upload every Monday, Wednesday and Friday so if you'd like to know when my next video comes out, please subscribe and you'll be notified. See you next time. Bye.
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Hi! Welcome back to my channel. Today is going to be a personal video. You may have seen that I recently turned 30. I did vlog my party and all that if you want to go watch it. But I have to say that I really enjoyed turning 30. I don't know if that's weird. I've always kind of enjoyed getting older or like feeling like progressed each year. And I don't know like I wasn't afraid of like looking older or anything like that. The only thing that ever stresses me out it's like getting closer to dying because I have a massive fear of dying. But all in all like 30 wasn't a scary or negative age for me. I actually felt was really good something that I did notice is that I was really like retrospective and looking back at my life and thinking about a lot of stuff and writing down things that had happened in the last 30 years and it got me on to this idea to put together a video of 30 things I've learned in 30years.


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Alchemy Mediation, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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I am blogging today about storage because "obsessed me" finds the need to constantly organize. A bit of irony is that I never feel I am 'quite there'! But every once in awhile I do find some clever manner to organize a particular thing and it makes me so darn happy!
Now, who hasn't - within half a year of crafting - discover they need to think better about storage, hmmm? Show your hands 'cuz I know that no matter how clever we start out, something accumulates past its boundaries that you had planned for it!!! It spills out and leaves you with that nagging feeling until you start to look about for a new plan - you're not to be outwitted by it!
Now boot past that point, ... a few years down the crafty road to craft heaven - you've got a whole system up! Good for you! You may have even beaten this...you may have a 'modular' system that you can add to for the rest of your life....or at least until the stores stop carrying it, which has just happened to me - wha-wha-wha!!!
But still....honestly, it never ends!
However - I have found little bits of glorious victory over the years! So I thought I'd start to share tid-bits, little glints of storage jewels! And today, I am focusing on cards - I've got em by the bucketfuls! I hang on to them because as a demo, I have had to create them time and time again - and honestly, I just don't have that many relatives or friends, lol!
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According to the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), doctors are prescribing painkillers "too soon, too often and for too long."
Dr. Tom Frieden believes that over-prescribing painkillers is contributing to the nation's prescription drug addiction and overdose epidemics. He argues that safer remedies should be considered before prescribing painkillers, such as physical therapy and exercise. "Prescribing an opiate may be condemning a patient to lifelong addiction and life-threatening complications," he warned.
His comments are supported by multiple studies showing an increasing number of prescription drug overdose deaths. According to one study by the Los Angeles Times, there were more than 3,7000 overdose deaths in Southern California between 2006 and 2011, and half of those deaths involved legally prescribed drugs.
Which raises the question: Who is to blame? The doctors? The medical profession, which teaches some doctors that opiate painkillers are not addicting to pain sufferers? Prescription drug companies, who encourage physicians to prescribe the drugs? The government, for failing to better regulate pain killer prescriptions?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently debating whether to better regulate narcotic painkiller marketing and prescriptions. Officials around the country, as well as some doctors, support stricter requirements for the prescription of narcotic painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin. Yet, regulatory action is slow and, as addiction doctor Andrew Kolodny asked the Los Angeles Times, "how many people will have to die or become addicted before they finally listen?"
Source: Los Angeles Times, "Doctors Prescribe Narcotics Too Often For Pain, CDC Chief Says," Lisa Girion, Scott Glover, July 2, 2013