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The golf world will be watching the Oakmont Country Club this week, where the 116th edition of the US Open takes place. And we'll be watching Branden Grace, currently ranked 12th in the world, in his attempt to win his first major.
After winning two titles in 2016 already, Grace will enter the tournament confidently. Earlier this year, he won the Qatar masters for the second time in a row. He also won his first PGA Tour title in the RBC Heritage.
Last year, Grace was already close to winning at the US Open. With three holes to play, he was tied for the lead, but a bad tee-shot cost him the chance of winning. He would end up finishing at the fourth place.
As we are used to at the US open, the best players in the world will face a very tough course. The rough at the Oakmont Country Club is incredible difficult and the greens extremely fast. There are also several blind shots at the course and 210 penal bunkers will protect the greens and fairways.
Grace seemed surprisingly popular at the bookmakers in the US this year. Next to the high ranked major winners, he is seen as an outsider to win the title. Good luck at the US Open Branden!


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How to get a welding job in California?
Well of course, most companies are looking for welders who are skillful and have that experience they want in the welding trade. If you are a professional welder who have the education, skills and experience and is equipped with welding certifications and credentials then you have a greater chance to land in a high paying welding job position with benefits and compensation. There are also companies in California that are also looking for entry-level welders with no experience at all were they conduct training to entry-level welders to work with them.
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Companies who are in the manufacturing, fabrication and construction industry in California are looking for these type of certified professional welders. These professional welders are in-demand in California right now:
- Welder with ASME IX Certification
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- Gas Welder
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- Spot Welder
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- Field Engineer Welding
- Heliarc / GTAW Welders
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- Combo (Wirefeed) Welder
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- Field Welder w/CDL
- Process Welder
- Maintenance Welder Technician
- Welding Engineer
- Stick Welder
- Structural Steel Welders
- Level 3 Advanced Welder
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- General Technician I – Welder Mechanic
- Welders (FCAW and MIG)
Cities in California (CA) that have welding job opportunities:
|Los Angeles, California
Bakersfield, California
San Diego, California
Bellflower, California
Santa Ana, California
Oakland, California
Mountain Pass, California
San Francisco Bay Area, California
Whittier, California
San Bernardino, California
Fontana, California
El Cajon, California
Pasadena, California
Daly City, California
Hawthorn, California
Fremont, California
Rialto, California
Adelanto, California
San Francisco, California
Valencia, California
Roseville, California
Grass Valley, California
National City, California
Escondido, California
Sacramento, California
Middletown, California
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Pacoima, California
Simi Valley, California
San Jose, California
Rocklin, California
Fresno, California
Dinuba, California
Atwater, California
Palo Alto, California
Duarte, California
Stockton, California
Carlsbad, California
Gardena, California
Brea, California
Shingle Springs, California
San Bernardino, California
Rancho Dominguez, California
Burbank, California
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Huntington Beach, California
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Newman, California
Orange, California
Camarillo, California
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Man vanity
When the man is an actor this increases exponentially. Check out Bradley Cooper last night at the Valentine's Day premiere. The Daily Mail pointed it out first, only they called him Renee Zellweger's boyfriend, like that's his primary identifier now. You'll note, Bradley worked the bronzer/self tanner/whatever and forget to apply everywhere else.
I often wonder about this. Because I work in television and it's a golden rule, if you're on camera, you must wear foundation and powder. And if a dude is rocking a beard or some stubble, the foundation application is tricky. Some people try and get away without foundation by going for a tan, to even things out. Which works better in some cases than it does in others. And then the foundation tan combination makes it even more complicated.
Now I can't look at him the same way. Like I know they all do it but I don't want to see it. And given that I've seen it, it's changed everything. We have to break up. Fickle, non? Fantasy is fickle. That's the POINT, Laura.
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The Seeker is a title bestowed upon a certain member of the alien race. They, quite obviously, seek information about others. If the old body-snatching movies were allegories for communism, then the Seeker is the big bad KGB gathering information on the god-fearing capitalists and converting them into evil red commies.
The Host blurs all sorts of lines between human and alien, good and evil, so it doesn't really have a concrete antagonist. The Seeker is the closest thing the novel has to a bad guy, claiming the trophy when she shoots poor Wes in the head. The humans take care of that problem when Wanda helps them remove the Seeker and blast her back into space.
With her gone, the body's original consciousness returns, and we're in for a surprise: "The Seeker's host body was named Lacey; a dainty, soft, feminine name. Lacey. [...] Like naming a pit bull Fluffy" (53.1). We also learn that, like Wanda and Melanie, Lacey was there the whole time. This revelation makes the Seeker an even more interesting foil to Wanda/Melanie.
Wanda/Melanie decide to co-exist. Not only that, but they want all humans and aliens to co-exist. The Seeker, on the other hand, is afraid of Lacey. Her strategy for dealing with her fears is to kill them. In that way, her job is perfect. When she sees that Wanda is going through the same problems, she doesn't want to learn from them, she wants to eradicate her.
Unfortunately, removing The Seeker doesn't bring back a princess. Lacey is annoying, to say the least. Wanda says, "Having met Lacey, I'd begun to pity the Seeker" (53.48). We kind of wish they'd loaded Lacey into the rocket right alongside the Seeker. And here's the depressing part: being the first human to be revived means Lacey "was human. She represented hope. She belonged here (53.19).
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G20 agriculture ministers' meeting
Paris, June 22, 2011
Who would have believed, when the G20 met for the first time in Washington, that these meetings would lead us three years later to address the topic of agriculture?
However, to rebuild global capitalism is not only to change the way in which it operates, it is also to make the needs of peoples and human activities once again a central focus for its priorities. Agriculture is the world's primary activity; agriculture is the first response to the vital needs of the population. For those who still have any doubts as to this, recent events provide dramatic proof of the urgency of ensuring that the agricultural sector is central to our action. Since the beginning of the year, 44 million human beings have sunk into poverty, since the beginning of the year, in countries that are in danger at every moment of destabilisation due to food riots.
For too long now we have been content to say that agriculture is one parameter of global growth among others. When agricultural crises occurred, due to lack of consensus, to lack of courage, lack of courage as well, reports were written, the necessity was expressed of reflection on the issues – later, invariably later. In actual fact, never. Today it is time to act. Agriculture must be restored to its rightful place in a world economy which is meaningful once again, a world economy that creates value for all and shares it, an economy that respects the work of small farmers and drives sustainable growth.
The lives of billions of people around the world are at stake; the balance of your societies is at stake; the preservation of our natural resources is at stake.
Rocketing commodity prices are endangering the global recovery. They can plunge whole populations into famine and poverty. They will lead to riots if we do nothing. Urgent action is needed now. We must act, act together if we are to avoid another agricultural and food crisis for the world.
That is why the French presidency of the G20 wished to draw on all the driving forces of global agriculture, looking beyond the G20 alone: from the United Nations General Assembly to the Davos Economic Forum, from enterprises in the agricultural and agrifood sectors to the 48 States gathered together by Germany on 22 January last, from international organizations to the farmers of 70 countries who met in Paris last week.
That mobilization must not lead us to forget the primary responsibility, that of the governments of the G20. It is your task, as agriculture ministers, to put forward the action plan that will guide all the efforts to come.
Faced with the financial crisis, the G20 demonstrated its ability to relaunch the world economy and go on to institute new regulatory controls. Regulation is not a dirty word. A market with no rules has ceased to be a market. What we were capable of doing for financial markets, we have a duty to do for agricultural markets.
The countries of the G20 represent 65% of all agricultural land, 77% of global production of cereals and 80% of world trade in agricultural products. The countries of the G20 have immense weight in global agriculture, and for that reason their responsibility for the future of global agriculture is also immense. We cannot say, you cannot say: it is the fault of somebody else. It is our responsibility, and now, not tomorrow, but now.
Yes, I know that the present crisis is complex. If it were enough to say that problems are complex in order not to deal with them, and if we have to give up dealing with complex problems, then you might as well spend your time sightseeing in Paris, because all problems are complex by their very nature, but if we analyse what happened in 2008, and what is happening today, we can see clearly what the main limits of our present system are.
We all know that agricultural production is insufficient to meet demand. I would like to get this idea across in the media of the entire world: global production is insufficient to meet demand. And it is going to get worse. In order to feed the nine billion people who will be on the planet in 2050, world agricultural production will need to increase by 70%. But over the last 20 years it has been rising at no more than 1.5% a year – or half the rate of the preceding 30 years. So we should have no fear of each other. Add up the agricultural production of all our countries and we will still not satisfy global demand. We're all in this together.
This requires the mobilization of every agricultural sector, in Africa, in Asia, in the United States and in Europe, through the CAP. It is a mobilization that we need to start as of now because it is now that shortages are already beginning to make themselves felt.
Take the example of wheat. At this point in the year we already know that the balance will be precarious between expected production and forecasts for global consumption driven by India and the countries of North Africa. The stocks available to supplement production are inadequate, and there is a risk that the production of the main exporters will be much lower than in previous years, in the United States due to the floods in the Midwest and in Europe because of the drought.
If we are to produce more and better, we must reinvest in agriculture.
We must help the poorest countries develop their own agriculture and seek to ensure that the commitments given at the Rome Summit and the L'Aquila Summit are finally fulfilled.
We must also encourage research and innovation through programmes of international cooperation.
We must improve infrastructures that allow production to be transported and stored. Many harvests of cereal crops are destroyed because they have not been stored in the right conditions.
The second limit we find ourselves up against relates to the lack of information on agricultural markets. Agricultural markets are the least transparent of all the world's markets. Is there a country that wishes to defend such opacity? Everyone works in their own specific area. All of us work in our own areas and nobody has a comprehensive view of the prospects for production and consumption or even the situation with regard to stocks.
The only data available are those of the US Ministry of Agriculture, and Europe must make up for time lost where this is concerned. This lack of transparency fosters price volatility. The price of a metric ton of wheat has doubled in six months: from €140 last July, to €280 in February 2011 and falling back to €225 today. Is that a properly functioning market? Can anyone explain to me how demand could have changed so much in the space of a year?
Volatility has dramatic consequences for everybody, producers and consumers, developing and developed countries. I have in mind here European farmers who feel the impact of price volatility all the more for the fact that for many years the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) protected them from fluctuations in world markets. I am also thinking of African farmers; indeed, that is why I am pleased that NEPAD and the African Union were invited to the G20.
Volatility, let us be absolutely clear about this, is a scourge. Volatility is a scourge for small farmers and for consumers, as well as for the stability of States; volatility is a threat because it endangers agricultural productivity for years to come: what farmer can commit himself to major investment when he is at risk of losing a third of his income the following year? What businessman would risk investing in such an unstable market?
What is France proposing? To do for agriculture what we have been able to do for oil: set up a joint database to give all concerned access to comprehensive, reliable and regularly updated information. I salute the undertaking of European Commissioner Ciolos to make available, from this autumn, European data on the main categories of agricultural production.
The extent of the current crisis is also explained, as we must acknowledge, by our own limitations, and in particular by our inability to coordinate our actions to avoid crises. We must learn the lessons of the dramatic events of 2008 in which everybody took decisions unilaterally, without coordination. We must avoid protectionist reflex reactions; we must agree on a code of good practice prohibiting export restrictions for the purchase of emergency food aid. That requires the definition of common rules for dialogue, and perhaps even the creation of a forum that would enable mutual consultation by the major actors in agricultural markets in order to respond quickly, immediately a crisis arises.
We would be well-advised to decide to mobilize humanitarian reserves in the most vulnerable geographical areas. The idea is not to build up public stocks with the intention of stabilizing prices! That does not work. We know that is impossible.
But we must at least act to ensure that when food and humanitarian crises occur intervention by international organizations such as the WFP does not contribute to rising prices due to their purchases of large volumes on markets at the most critical time! Such a situation may seem absurd, but unfortunately it is something that has been observed all too often.
We must experiment in Africa with different ways of using emergency reserves in order to learn from the most successful experiments in the field. Alongside this, insurance must not be a tool reserved only for the richest.
On all these topics I know that the work done by the World Bank can provide input for the proposals that you will make with your colleagues, finance ministers and development ministers.
And to conclude, the present crisis is a reflection of the limitations of predatory capitalism. Since 2008 we have been witness to massive purchases of land: for example, in 2009 alone, proposed land purchases exceeded 50 million hectares, an area equal to that of France, 70% of which related to Africa alone. Given this, how can African agriculture ever develop for the benefit of local populations? How could it? We must implement a code of good practice for land purchases.
Agricultural commodities are now among the underlyings of financial derivatives, whose use is spreading uncontrollably. The financialization of agricultural markets, even if it does not explain everything, is a contributory factor in price volatility and food insecurity for the most vulnerable. It opens the door to the manipulations – I say again, manipulations – we have seen in recent months. We are all aware of what has happened in the cocoa market. Let me remind you that a market which isn't regulated isn't a market, it's a lottery, a lottery in which fortune smiles on the most cynical, instead of rewarding hard work, rewarding investment and rewarding the production of value.
That is why the French presidency of the G20 has expressed a wish to see financial regulation extended to markets for agricultural derivatives. It is crucial for you to be able to work alongside the finance ministers because intelligent and effective regulation must inevitably involve cooperation between the regulators of physical markets and the regulators of financial markets.
Reinvestment in agriculture, transparency in agricultural markets, coordination between states, regulation: such are the watchwords of the action plan you have defined with Bruno Le Maire, who has my thanks and my complete confidence. It is my wish that you should be able to adopt it tomorrow. Ladies and gentlemen, the eyes of the whole world are upon you, you, the ministers of agriculture. This is a major step in building a new global agriculture.
The success of the G20 summit in Cannes depends on you. This is the first time you have gathered together. This is the first time that agriculture has achieved the status of a priority for world growth. In remedying the problem of volatility in agricultural markets and ensuring food security for the world of today and tomorrow, it is the entire edifice of capitalism that we are in the process of rebalancing. By adopting this plan, you can change not just the lives of a billion small farmers but the very evolution of capitalism to ensure that it, capitalism, finds real meaning once again: to contribute to the development and wellbeing of human beings.
The whole world is counting on your decisions, on your action – the whole world cannot wait./.
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In his mid-teens, D.J. Della Pia, age 19, noticed a body piercing that caught his attention.
"Lot of my friends and rock bands had these big holes in their ears, I thought that's interesting, something rebellious to do I guess," Pia said, about ear gauging.
Ear gauging is not a stud earring. It is big holes in the earlobe filled with a wood or metal plug about a half inch in diameter.
Dr. Brian Glatt, a plastic surgeon, reversed Pia's ears recently.
"I'm getting older trying to finish up school, get a job and a lot of places are not looking to hire someone with big holes in their ears," Pia said.
The holes can shrink back if they're under a half inch in diameter, but larger ones need plastic surgery. Despite decades of the fad, there seems to be little information on how to reverse it.
Fixing gauged earlobes is such a new plastic surgery procedure that according to Dr. Glatt, there are no reports in the surgical journals on how to repair the problem.
Dr. Glatt says he generally removes scar tissue around the hole and stitches the sides together, under local anesthesia. Sometimes he does the operation with intravenous sedation as well as local anesthesia. Patients are almost all young men, and many smoke.
Smoking actually makes their wound worse and predisposes them to a scar which is not as nice looking and they may have trouble healing," said Dr. Glatt.
Can Bocchino, 20 years old, is a tattoo artist, who had disfiguring scar tissue after ear gauging. He had surgery to fix the gauged earlobes and covered the tiny scars with a couple tattoos.
"I'm not against them but mine were definitely bad, they just looked disfigured...but...I'm glad I got them closed, they look a lot better," Bocchino said.
The surgery means only a couple of stitches, which stay in for about a week.
End of a trend: Repairing gauged ear lobes
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Happy Holidays 2017 with some big news for 2018!
Happy Holidays 2017 with some big news for 2018!
Over the years, many of you have inquired about ordering our locally raised Wagyu for personal consumption or to share with friends, Until now, it has been an undertaking a small local farm like ours couldn't afford.
Thats all water under the bridge! We are very excited to announce that we are now in the final stages of setting up a direct to consumer e-commerce website so that our friends can enjoy the same exceptional Wagyu beef as Gramercy Tavern.
Here are the details:
- Farm to Table. From our pastures to your table in days. We have held back multiple cattle from our 2018 restaurant delivery to launch our direct to consumer program.
- Packaging. Each item of Wagyu beef will be individually sealed and shipped overnight with cooling materials to maintain the highest quality product.
- Ordering Made Simple: We are customizing our platform so that you can decide what you want and when you want it. Options will include various shares of a cow, from a whole cow (that's right, you own the entire cow) down to a 1/32nd share. ( Each box containing a minimum of 12 pounds of Wagyu beef at a price as low as $275 per share. Special cuts such as brisket and tenderloin will be available individually on a limited basis as well!)
- Perfect Gift. Wondering what to get that hard to buy for family member or friend? Our memberships will be the perfect gift for the holiday season! And each delivery will be well timed to coincide with the holidays, including Easter/Passover, July 4th, Labor Day and Christmas. Every box will contain 100% Full Blood Wagyu, born in the USA, and naturally raised (GMO free) on our family farm!
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The Lord said, Go!
Ananais said, But, Lord!
But the Lord said, Go!
So Ananais went.
Acts 9:10-19
'Now in Damascus there was a disciple named Ananais; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananais." And he answered, "Here I am, Lord." And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul; for he is praying there, and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananais come in and place his hands on him, so that he may regain his sight." But Ananais answered, "Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, especially how much suffering and evil he has brought on your saints [God's people] at Jerusalem; and here [in Damascus] he has authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call on Your name [confessing you as Savior]. But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is a deliberately chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; for I will make clear to him how much he must suffer and endure for My name's sake." So Ananais left and entered the house, and he laid his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road to Damascus, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit [in order to proclaim Christ to both Jews and Gentiles]. Immediately something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized; and he took some food and was strengthened.'
Acts 9:10-19 tells the story of a man who doubted but did it anyway. Can you relate Sis?
I get it. When God says go, I run through a mental checklist of what it could cost me. I'm a lot like Ananais. He knew who Saul was and fear stepped into the path before him. Sis, isn't there always a form of fear stepping between us and obedience?
I wonder how Ananais missed this promise. "I have shown him (Saul) a vision of a man named Ananais coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again." God revealed he had gone before Ananais.
Because Ananais is so focused on who Saul is, he can't see clearly who God says he is. Because Ananais is so focused on Saul's power he can't see clearly the promise of God's power in him.
Sis, I think sometimes we are so fiercely focused on fear of the unknown that we forget God is the all-knowing. When God asks us to go, could we cling to the promise he has gone before us? There is courage to be found there.
I love how God in his infinite patience explains the plan to Ananais. He gave him the encouragement he needed. So Ananais went. And in the going, he found God's confident heart beating with his. He trusted God even in the unknowns.
When Ananias found Saul he wasn't timid.
When Ananais found Saul he didn't stand at a safe distance.
When Ananais found Saul he laid his hands on him and said,
"Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
Okay Sis, did you catch that? Ananais called Saul his "brother". Because Jesus loved Saul, his persecutor, Ananais loved him too. He trusted Jesus' perspective even when he didn't see evidence or reason to. He trusted God even in the unknowns.
I love that Ananais proclaims he was sent so Saul could REgain his sight. Maybe you are like me in recognizing the beauty of grace poured out on Saul through these words.
Saul was a man longing to serve God. He had lead a passionate life for God. He had lead a purpose-driven life for God. But somewhere along the way he lost sight of God. His pride lead him to judge others, blinding him to grace and mercy.
Sometimes we need to sit in darkness before God allows us to REgain our sight. He acknowledges we once saw him clearly, but have allowed the world to crowd in and cloud the truth. The truth that we have a great need for grace.
Ananais said, but Lord…
Saul said, but LORD…
We say, but Lord…
Sis, don't you love how God will get through one way or another. He will either tap us on the shoulder with a little unveiling of the bigger picture, or he will allow us to sit a spell in darkness so we will regain our sight with a new perspective.
On any given day I can stand alongside Ananais and Saul.
But here's the picture I cling to. I see Jesus laying his hands on either side of our face, leaning in and whispering—will you trust me now?
Will you say yes to my plan?
Will you go where I say go?
Because Ananais and Saul were willing to trust God, we can find hope for the moments we react with the same words…but Lord. I am so thankful for their stories because we get to see how God will take a single solitary effort of obedience and change the world.
So Sis, lets turn toward trust in the all-knowing when we stand facing the unknown. He's got the plan, he's gone before us. It's a promise we can depend on.
Dear Father,
We stand at the road leading to unknowns and we shake in our boots. Oh, we hear your voice, we long to go, but we stagger under the burden of fear. Lord, help us to see your perspective. Help us to see the path you have already set out for us. Oh Father, help us to remember all the other times you have gone before us, because it reminds us to trust you in the new journeys. When we stand hearing you invite us to go, give us courage like Ananais, built on the promise you have gone before us. When we stand hearing you invite us to change our perspective, give us a new vision like Saul to see through your eyes. Lord, we live thankful you believe we can go and make a difference in this world for your Kingdom. We depend on the promise you will always go WITH us. Thank you Father. We declare we can't do it without you.
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A radical Labour government won't only be tough on Brexit, but that it will be tough on the causes of Brexit—and unlock a new Europeby Zoe Williams / July 13, 2018 / Leave a comment
A full two years after the referendum, in late June, Theresa May was still sounding like a baffling professor of formal logic, having advanced the conversation on from "Brexit means Brexit" to "Brexit means Brexit does mean Brexit." She still had nothing concrete to say about what leaving the EU would involve.
Then, at the start of July, she finally moved beyond gnomic utterance, convening her cabinet in Chequers to settle the real choices—a single market in goods, but not services or labour, "taking account of" European Court of Justice rulings and so on. It was all fantasy, in the sense that there was no reason to believe the EU would buy it, but for today's Conservative Party it proved too much even to get specific in the realm of fiction, and her cabinet started to crumble.
The root reason for this is that, with no positive vision of a future outside Europe from the right, and none for a future inside it from the left, there has been no change at all in the range of Brexit options that can be considered as logical possibilities. That still stretches, just as it did in summer 2016, from a no-deal, cliff-edge Brexit to the softest, greatest-possible-alignment Brexit.
An unfolding impossibility
"What about no Brexit?" is still unsayable—which seems strange given the dwindling band who still pretend that any of the available Brexits are at all satisfactory: either we will be submitting to rules we can no longer write, or driving the economy over a cliff.
Despite the government dissolving into entropy and rage, a new line of thought is gaining traction: there cannot be any good option, because to reverse Brexit would be as bad as to execute it. If you think the nation is divided now, just wait until you try and thwart it in its democratically expressed will.
It is bizarre to watch some Conservatives say this explicitly: Priti Patel tweeting, "This is no longer an argument about whether Brexit was a good idea, but is about democracy… the public want to know that political leaders will stay true to the promise made to them that Brexit means Brexit." As the impossibility of Brexit unfolds, the act itself becomes irrelevant:…


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The medical use of marijuana is legal in Delaware for registered, qualifying patients. Patients are permitted to possess no more than six ounces of marijuana for medical use only.
Marijuana is not yet legalized for recreational use but marijuana possession has been decriminalized in Colorado for some cases. The possession or consumption of any amount of marijuana for recreational purposes by people aged 18 years or older is subject to a civil penalty of $100. If a person age 18 to 20 repeats the offense, it's upgraded to an unclassified misdemeanor with an additional $100 fine.
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JSF Security Comparison – EL vs Component Approach
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After finalizing the release of Acegi-JSF's new version, I've come across to a presentation of Duncan Mills about his JSF Security Project. We've already discussed our views with him here, however I really would like to hear your thoughts on this. His presentation contains the following slide that I cannot agree much.
The idea of jsf security project is to provide an EL approach using a variable resolver like;
Well, I have no problem with the EL approach, actually like it, for example I've created a hibernate persistent object lookup resolver that brings all the records in the db when bind to components like combos, listboxes, radio and checkbox groups. Works like this;
Anyway when comparing these two approaches; EL vs Security Components, these come up to my mind;
1) For example to secure some components on page, one must write the same thing to every single one of the components.
<h:outputText rendered="#{securityScope.userInAllRoles['role1,role2,?']}">
<h:outputText… rendered="#{securityScope.userInAllRoles['role1,role2,?']}">
<h:outputText… rendered="#{securityScope.userInAllRoles['role1,role2,?']}">
<h:outputText… rendered="#{securityScope.userInAllRoles['role1,role2,?']}">
<h:commandButton… rendered="#{securityScope.userInAllRoles['role1,role2,?']}">
Same with component approach;
<acegijsf:authorize ifAllGranted="role1,role2″>
Imagine a requirement has changed, then you must change it for all the components, component approach provides a more centralized solution. What if a secured component has already a value binding to it's rendered attribute? EL way brings complexity here.
2) What if there is a need to secure static HTML not just jsf components? The component approach can do it as well.
3) For instance, you have grouped your roles and the role lists are not hardcoded in the jsp but defined in a bean, the component approach allows valuebinding to get the role list from a bean.
<acegijsf:authorize ifNotGranted="#{yourBeanName.notTheReaderTypeRolesList}"></acegijsf:authorize>
4) Since acegi wraps HttpServletRequest, there is no dependency to acegi or spring. You can use it with a servlet container security as well.(Tested with tomcat).
5) The component approach is likely to secure data-based security. I've not implemented this one but surrounding a jsf datatable with an acegijsf component will filter the list of the datatable and allow only the records that the given user can see.(ACL).
6) Finally and my favorite, the component way provides an abstraction between the ui components used for business and the security context of the application. The secured components do not know their position in the security context and do not depend on anything. This brings flexibility, maintainability and decoupling. Wait! aren't those some of the principals of good software design?
Above are the advantages of the component way I can think of at first glance. Acegi project team also favor this way and informed the users about acegi-jsf components at their home sourceforge site.(http://acegisecurity.org/articles.html).
So, as I mentioned, I am wondering about your thoughts on the comparison, what do you think about these approaches to the JSF Security, any more pros and cons?


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God offers contentment.
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Content is being satisfied with what God has given us and satisfied with where God is taking us. How can we claim joyful contentment? Society offers us the false promise of contentment but Jesus offers full contentment.
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I've never been given so many things as I have at Comic Con. I mean, you guys really made me feel special. Most of it was simply thoughtful and indicative of the in-jokes we share. For example, Wes Molebash brought me a copy for SkyMall magazine from his flight in (autographed!). I also received a copy of a newspaper that used "Champing at the bit" as a headline. My friend, Keith, who works at NC Soft, the makers of City of Villains, brought me a cool City of Villains cape (pictured to the right). My sons have been running around in the cape every since I got home. Sometimes they even give me a turn. The one that kills me is that someone — and I have no idea who — left me a Green Lantern ring and a pen that projects the Bat Signal when you press a button. I left the table for a bathroom break, came back, and saw the swag setting on the table between Kris Straub and me. I immediately began coveting it.
"That's so cool," I said to Kris, "Who gave it to you?"
"Dude. That's yours. Somebody brought it for you."
It was stealing without the theft. 🙂
Clearly, I need to take more bathroom breaks.
My pal Ryan Archer (right) brought over a T-Shirt from his strip, and David Oakes, who has always surprised me with more Lego versions of the Evil Inc cast at every successive convention he visits, gave me my very own Lego me. You can see it below, third from the left, in a little VILF shirt. Yes, that's a lego Dr, Haynus on the far right.
…And that's not mentioning all of the treats (including a huge bar of Lindt's 85%-cocoa, dark chocolate), books, comics, well-wishes and lascivious glances.
You guys humble me with your kindness. But I really do need to make this clear — all I ever ask is that you come up and say hi. I don't need gifts or trinkets. Heck, I don't even care if you buy a book. I just get a thrill when someone comes up and tells me that they read the strip every day.
Hands down, I have the best readers in comics. You can have your Sheldonistas handing out crates of Hobnobs (I can't believe Kellett started hoarding them!) … I have a pen… and it projects the Bat Signal. I can turn off all the lights, put on my cape, and use it to strike fear into my own, superstitious heart.
Too much information? Right. Moving on.
The Killing (Practical) Joke
So, on the podcast, we've made somewhat of a point of saying that we really feel uncomfortable doing portfolio reviews at comic conventions. So, it was with a deep, inward sigh that I received a perfectly nice guy who started his conversation with how much he loved Evil Inc and then transitioned directly to…
"I know you don't do portfolio reviews, but I'd love for you to just take a quick look at my work. It would mean the world to me."
"Sure, let's see it."
At this point, he takes out a pad of tracing paper.
"Ugh," I think to myself.
He slides out a comic, and…
OK. It was offensive. And, when I say it was offensive, I mean, it was offensive. It was so offensive, I can't even tell y — listen… it was OFFENSIVE.
And it was drawn poorly, too.
As I begin stammering, my eye is caught by some familiar faces around this young 'toonist. One is Gloria Calderon Kellett, Dave Kellett's wife. Another is David Scales, an actor and friend of Dave and Glo, who I met in New York at a production of one of Gloria's plays. And… And…
These are show folk.
And I… I have been had.
The laughter positively erupts from all around.
Fred, the erstwhile cartoonist, is a writer, but for my money, he could be an Oscar-worthy actor.
And an amazingly nice guy. He apologized unnecessarily. It was one of the best laughs at the Con, and that's heavy competition.
Left to right: Me-a, Culp-a
Oh, and did I forget to mention that I stood in the presence of greatness all weekend? No, I mean besides Straub. Catastrophic Comics is launching a "Greatest American Hero" comic series, based on the classic 80s TV show starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca and…
Robert Culp.
That's right, losers. Me and Mr. "I Spy"… close enough to do manly knuckle-bumps for five straight days.
Not that we did.
But I did work up the courage to ask for a photo.
And then knuckle-bumped Kurtz. The "bing" sound effect at the end? I added that.
Plastic Man
Speaking of Scott Kurtz, he was staying at the Marriot next to the convention center. Take a look at what was plastered all over the facade. It seems the newest DC animated series is a take-off of the Brave and the Bold series that teamed Batman up with another DC character each month. And just look who was being promoted. My favorite hero of all time, Plastic Man. He was even on the fans that DC handed out. In fact, put Plastic Man And San Diego into a Flickr search and you'll see not one, but two people cosplaying the ductile doofus at Comic Con this year.
I'm telling you… his time has finally come. Can a revamped monthly be far behind? Could there be a better man than me to write/illustrate it? I got the portfolio. I got references.
I got Culp.


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Recorded with legendary engineer Steve Albini, The Incessant is the second record from Chicago punks, MEAT WAVE.
Tackling the overwhelming anxiety brought on by the biggest and littlest things, it's a bracing, emotional punk record that confronts taking responsibility for your actions with dark humour and self-deprecation.
FFO Smart, gut punching punk rock e.g PUP, Hot Snakes
Why not buy it along with a t-shirt and save yourself some cash?
1. To Be Swayed
2. Tomosaki
3. Run You Out
4. Leopard Print Jet Ski
5. Bad Man
6. No Light
7. Glass Teeth
8. The Incessant
9. At the Lake
10. Mask
11. Birdland
12. Killing the Incessant
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>>Called from where? :) I think Tanel, Mladen and you missed the ironical >>point -- if it can't be called from SQL why it is a deterministic one?
:) So, RTFM?
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These would be places of worship and sacrifice, or landing areas for spaceships. Pyramidal structures symbolize spiraling consciousness and ascension to the place of the gods and goddesses who reside 'above' our reality in a higher plane of existence. Is there an architectural and spiritual connection between the Lemurian and Mayan Pyramids. And this is the main evidence to supporting the reason of Mu is the real continents that lost not only the legend.
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OK - which is it? Yes or no? I am confused. I know you cannot pay referral fees in CA for residential loans as it may prevent unsavy residential borrowers from shopping for the best rates. However in commercial loan workouts we have property owners who are business people - even accredited investors and they fall under a different category of non-consumer protection I have heard. So if someone refers me a client for a commercial loan workout, I can't see why I should not be able to pay them a referral fee as long as I have an agreement and a W-9 to report the income, correct?
Check your state rules about getting involved in the financing end of a real estate transaction. Ask them what is legal.As a real estate broker here in Texas, I can pay another broker who sends me a buyer. If that broker has the agent working for him/her then it is the broker's responsibility to pay that agent.
Licensed Real Estate Brokers can pay other licensed Real Estate Brokers referral fees. If you are talking about unlicensed people this is a legal question and should be referred to an attorney or contact the DRE direct for the exact answer.
This is going to vary state to state, although I would guess it there are only a very small number of states where it would be legal. In my state, Arizona, it would definately not be legal. Check with your state's department of Real Estate and department of Financial Institutions as you would have to comply with the regulations of both.
Why not? What specific law prohibits this in CA for commercial transactions?
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'Fro No More: TF2 Retires Original Hats
'Fro No More: TF2 Retires Original Hats
From the Heavy's football helmet to the Demoman's 'fro, classic TF2 hats will soon vanish from the store.
In 2009, Team Fortress 2 introduced the world to fashionable headgear as part of the Spy vs Sniper update. After that, the game eventually shifted to being entirely hat-funded, with the hat count balloning up to 268 at last count. Now, the original nine hats that started it all will be retired in two weeks. After all, what's a hat-conomy without scarcity?
The list of retired hats list includes: Batter's Helmet, Soldier's Stash, Pyro's Beanie, Demoman's Fro, Football Helmet, Mining Light, Prussian Pickelhauge, Trophy Belt, and Fancy Fedora. Though still tradable, these hats will no longer drop or be craftable. An exception includes older crates which still might drop these classic scalp-scarves.
The official TF2 blog explains that the reason for the retirement involves pallets of spoiled mayonnaise and raccoon feces, suggesting that Valve had better find a new cloud hosting provider soon. However, Valve also has an economist among their ranks, which might have something to do with it. Right now, TF2 could use the strong, guiding hand of the Ben Bernanke of Beanies to guide them through this troubled time.
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So Valve's cloud storage capacity has been... capped?
They're... removing hats?
I... I don't understand.
I think i have at least 3 of those hats.
In addition to the L4D bonus/preorder hats it makes me feel pretty damn good about myself for enabling Steam Guard.
I bought a number of starting packs, so I have most of those hats.
Can't trade 'em though D:
Now if they could get DotA 2's items and free to play model to work. The crates are worthless considering the price on the keys.
I am fine, as I have all the ones from this list that I wanted anyway.
I got Soldier's Stash, V. Pyro Beanie, V. Football Helmet, V. and unusual Pickelhaube, Trophy Belt, and a V. Fancy Fedora. As well as I got a V. Bonk Helm, which is the baseball helmet with bonk drinks on it, I will do fine.
Darn. I really wanted that Demoman's Fro and Fancy Fedora.
Oh well, at least I still have my Engineer Pip-Boy. That's still pretty sweet.
Well fuck Valve for this. I don't even like the original hats much but flat out removing them from not just the store but drops is bullshit.
So, trying to give them a "collectable" status.
I get the distinct feeling if anyone else in the industry tried this, people would be pissed off.
Other company: It might be cosmetic, but it's the principal of the matter!
Wonder how long until the Force 'a Nature and Huntsman suddenly find themselves drenched in mayonnaise...
Translation: The game has changed and I fear change thus valve is evil.
I've played since day 1 and I still play. It's more fun now than it ever has been.
To be fair, I've been wishing mayo and raccoon feces would spill over the huntsman ever since it first came out.
I remember a fair bit of complaining when they came up with the hats in the first place, because they reduced the "everyone has a distinct silhouette" factor and took away time that could have been spent finishing the next Half-Life. Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed because I saw the headline and thought they were shelving the whole "valve is a haberdashery" concept.
Gotta say, that made me laugh. Nice one.
But on topic, i don`t really mind them doing it. I don`t own any of those hats, but then again, I´m not really into the trading side of the game, and the game has a ton of other, more-lovely-looking hats. At least in my opinion. So, yeah. No bones broken here.
Actually, I like Valve very much and I can forgive them for many things, but this is just fucking stupid. I don't even like these specific hats, but I hate that whole "hat economy" thing.
There's no reason for digital items to be in limited quantity, and I'd appreciate them at least giving us the real reason for this dick move.
I'd say it's a pretty feeble attempt at deflating bill's and buds' prices by making other stuff a little bit more scarce.
If that's the reasoning, though, I believe they will soon fall flat onto their faces.
EDIT: It could also be that they're trying to somehow reward older players, who have a better chance at having these specific hats.
Translation: You ignore the point of post or lack reading comprehension or are one of the hackers that have infested TF2.
It's not Valve's fault: It's the damn Mayonnaise Man! He Freakin' left old Mayonnaise right where these old items were stored, and the damn racoons got in to it and spread it on everything! He'll get his revenge though: Saxton Hale's gonna get him with his bare fists, so we don't have to worry about anymore items being destroyed with Mayo...
IAS (In All Seriousness): I honestly don't care too much about these early Hats, they weren't my cup of tea. However, the good news is they'll still drop in crates, just not as Stranges anymore.
Not going to happen. The only interesting versions of those hats are Unusuals and even those are at the lower end of the price list.
There are 45516 copies of this hat worldwide. The vintage version is worth a few keys but again, you'll always find someone who sells this hats for a few ref.
I never got this argument. How is the team that works on TF2 in any way taking time away from the team that maybe works on Half Life? Did those idiots really wanted TF2 to die due to lack of content and balance patches just so that they might have the feeling someone is working on HL?
And just for the record: Half Life is my ultimate FPS, I love this game and spend hours discussing everything about those games with friends.
I really don't think so. For this action to deflate the price of Bill's and Buds they should've at least taken popular store hats like the Team Captain. By now the only thing that'll happen is that those will rise in price a little.
Also, there are plenty of items and hats that were created that are valueable but did not impact the price of those. BMOC, the new strange festives and so forth. Bills and Buds are still the main currency in their priceclass.
No, he did neither of those. You have no point in your post except "the game has changed and this valve is evil / stupid".
You lack any argument why the removal of those hats is bullshit. You haven't been able to enjoy the game since F2P what hints that you mostly have a problem with the new player base. You claim it is hacker infested which simply is not true: I've seen more hackers in popular 60$ FPS in the last year than I've seen in TF2 and I spend roughly three times the amoung of time in TF2 than in the others combined.
The problem I've seen with this is people are trying to sell the hats for between 3-6 times their actual worth because people believe that they will be worth buds later down the line. Of course most people don't take into account that these are some of the most common hats available since they were the first that could be crafted and were the cheapest to buy from the Mann Co store which made dirty versions of these hats some of the most cancerous items in TF2. But I suppose I shouldn't complain since I was able to get a refined for a fancy fedora I spent a reclaimed on.
Then your lucky or I'm unlucky. But for me before it went free to play I saw all of 3 hackers from release until a month before free to play. In over 1300 hours of play.
This is not even discussing the troll that have infested the game. Before there were few people that I've seen in game that had to be muted due to being jerks. Although there has always been music spammers but most I like. (depends on what songs they spam)
Team Fortress 2 is the reason why I got into online multiplayer gaming. It's also the reason I left it. The Mann-Conomy update in late 2010 was the tipping point for me. Didn't like the gigantic amount of new weapons then, and all the ones that came after it didn't help either.
Sounds like a rather blatant attempt to try and artificially inflate the value of these things.
Get the feeling that if any other developer tried this people would be demanding their heads on pikes.


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