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He popped out of the woods right in front of me on the trail, all crazy-haired and bearded. He was an older man. Not homeless, but maybe. I didn't even hear him approach, and that's the danger when you hike alone. Any guy could pop out of the woods and ask for your credentials.
"Not anymore," I said.
"Well something's gnawing on the trees in the woods." He pointed to a thick section of the forest. It's no wonder I couldn't see him before. "About knee high."
He wouldn't look me in the eye. No, he was somewhere else. Somewhere in those woods.
His hands gripped an iPod and a set of headphones. How long had he been in these woods? And how did he spot a gnawed tree, knee-high?
"Not rabbit, or deer. It's too low to be a deer. Maybe woodchuck. I don't know."
I tried to seem interested. I even thought about taking his portrait, right there in the middle of the Barton Nature Area in Ann Arbor. It'd make for a great photo, this dude with his swollen lips and unwashed jacket.
"I'm trying to find a naturalist so I can drag them out in the woods to take a look," he told me. "But you don't qualify."
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The great immigrant experience is often told in terms of the plucky Irishman or Slav who came over on a crowded boat, got through Ellis Island, and managed to raise his family here in the land of the free. And while those stories are fascinating and plentiful, they're also partial, because one of the reasons those people came was because they wanted better lives for their kids as well. The Staten Island bricklayer worked in the mud and the cold for pennies an hour, but his son became a cop; the cop's son became a lawyer; the lawyer's son became a partner in a big law firm and sent his son to Yale to become something no one could imagine. The waitress' daughter became a hairdresser; the hairdresser's daughter became a teacher; the teacher's daughter became an engineer and sent her daughter on to Stanford to become something no one could imagine.
Cultural capital, like financial capital, accumulates over generations. Samuel P. Bush was a preacher's son who became a steel manufacturing magnate; his son Prescott Bush was a financier involved in government military contract regulation; Prescott's son George and his grandson George both became U.S. Presidents. In a very real way, the George W. Bush presidency was the tree that grew from the acorn of the blacksmith Timothy Bush's decision to send his son Obadiah to school to became a schoolmaster. The 43rd presidency was born five generations back, in a village near Buffalo, at the turn of the 19th century.
Tatos Kardashian's parents came from Turkey as religious emigrees. Tatos (later Americanized to Tom) started a garbage disposal business in the flourishing, booming Los Angeles basin. His son Arthur owned a vast meat packing business. Arthur's son Robert became an attorney, who served as part of O.J. Simpson's defense team. And Robert's kids are now everywhere, Kourtney and Kim and Khloe (and Rob, too, I suppose). Reality television stardom was launched by a trash collector a hundred years earlier.
It takes a special kind of imagination to believe that one's own prospects might be limited but safe enough to give one's sons and daughters something larger. We talk easily about social class mobility, but on the scale of the individual, that's really pretty rare. I think it happens far more often on a cross-generational level, descendants climbing the steps rather than leaping up the bluffs all at once. Those that do make the journey in a single generation are often, like all climbers ascending too quickly, afflicted by disorientation, vertigo, nausea, unexplained but persistent aches.


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Santa Ana Police Credit Concerned Citizens For Helping Stop Sexual Molestation Of 4-Year-Old BoyThe boy and several family members were celebrating a birthday at Jerome Park Wednesday around 8:15 p.m.
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Indiana Weapons Suspect Also Facing Molestation Charges In Home StateAn Indiana man charged possessing weapons and explosive materials as he headed for the LA Pride parade also faces charges of sexually molesting a 12-year-old girl in his home state.
San Pedro H.S. Student Sues Teacher He Alleges Coerced Him Into Sexual RelationshipAccording to the lawsuit, the plaintiff, now 16 years old, was 15 when he was abused by Yeh. The teacher, 28 years old at the time, was the boy's 10th grade biology teacher, the suit states.
Altadena Man Suspected Of Sexually Molesting 8-Year-Old Girl For 2 YearsAn Altadena man faces charges of sexually molesting an 8-year-old girl several times over the past two years.
29-Year-Old Substitute Teacher Gets 3 Years For Sexually Molesting Male StudentAaron Alvidrez was a substitute teacher at Highland High School in Palmdale.
Man Convicted Of Sexually Molesting 2 Brothers In MontclairOfficials Tuesday announced a 24-year-old man has been convicted of sexually molesting two brothers in Montclair.
Doctor Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison After Pleading No Contest To Sexually Molesting PatientsA jury earlier convicted Arturo Vargas, 44, of two counts of felony sexual exploitation.
Victim Of Actor Stephen Collins' Sexual Molestation Breaks Her SilenceApril Price said, "I'm standing up for myself."
Bible Study Teacher Arrested On Multiple Counts Of Sexual MolestationA Bible study teacher is in custody Tuesday on multiple counts of sexual molestation on a juvenile under 16, police said.
Man, 50, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Family Member Repeatedly For YearsAn adult family member told authorities that David William Turner repeatedly molested him/her between the ages of 11 and 17.
Ex-Teacher Gets Jail Time For Sexually Molesting Special-Ed StudentsAuthorities say a former elementary school teacher was sentenced Friday to 16 years in state prison for sexually molesting special-education students.


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Life is weird. I had great plans for my 69th birthday. I was going to swim from Sokha Beach to the pier at Ochheuteal Beach and back. I've made it to the open water before, but still had quite a distance to go. I went swimming every couple of days to get in shape for it. I was also going to have a big birthday party. My birthday happened to correspond with the opening day of Sopheak's restaurant/bar/guesthouse and she had invited friends to the party at her new venue.
On Sunday night, I felt a mild pain in my side. On Monday morning it was still there, so I decided to rest and skip my "marathon" swim. By 3:00 p.m., the pain was intense. I called Sopheak and she came over in her boss's Lexus and took me to the doctor. He poked around a bit and then announced that I had appendicitis. He couldn't do the surgery, but gave me something for the inflammation and told me to go to Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital immediately. Sopheak drove me home, threw a few clothes into a backpack and drove me to the hospital, about an hour's drive from Sihanoukville.
Life is Weird: Lessons from a Birthday Gone Wrong
Life is weird that way. You can have grand plans, but something can get in the way of them. In my case, it was appendicitis. Not only did I not get my birthday party, but on the day of my 10th anniversary in Cambodia, I had my appendix taken out.
I could have been depressed about it all, but it seemed like fate arranged a more perfect birthday for me than I could ever have imagined. My relationship with Sopheak has changed. She now calls me "Papa" and thinks of me as the loving Papa she never had. That's fine with me. She was way too young for me when I married her. I still love her, but our new relationship is much better for both of us.
One could argue that I made a mistake marrying someone so young. I don't think it was a mistake. I was there for her when she needed me and she's there for me when I need her. We both have our freedom, but our relationship is still solid. Sometimes you have to be adaptable in life. As William Blake wrote: "He who binds to himself a joy, doth its wingéd life destroy; but he who kisses the joy as it flies, lives in eternity's sunrise."
That bothered some people, who said she would dump me. She insisted she wanted to take care of me in my old age. My birthday proved to them and me she was telling the truth. She dropped everything, including the opening of her restaurant, to take care of me. To make sure I was okay, she stayed the night. Then she got her little brother to stay with me until they let me out of the hospital three days later. No one has been saying she's going to dump me since she took such care of me when I needed her.
I shudder to think what would have happened if I'd gone back to Australia, as some people suggested. I would have had to deal with the appendicitis alone. There's a very good chance my appendix would have burst and I'd have peritonitis or worse to contend with.
I still got a birthday party of sorts. It was just a cake and some flowers and the party was over in ten minutes, but it was a party. Then I was ordered to go upstairs and rest. It was another five days before the local doctor, a very good Ukrainian doctor, told me I could ride my motorbike again. I asked him if I could swim, but he told me to wait at least a week after I got my stitches out before I tried to swim. Even then I was supposed to dog paddle only. Stretching my body out might not help the healing process.
Sopheak was even more strict. She told me I couldn't swim for a month and put me on a bland diet. I rebelled against the latter and went to my favorite restaurant. Sure enough, I got a stomach ache. The food was too rich for my still recovering body. Now I'm back on bland foods. I'm not thrilled about it, but I have to look at it in perspective. I will recover and who knows? Maybe I'll make that swim in time for my 70th birthday.
I'm a little weird that way. I like to do something challenging on birthdays that mark the ageing process. Before my 45th birthday, I went on an epic surfing trip. Lucky I did, because about two months after by birthday, I got sciatica and couldn't surf for over a year. Even then I wasn't able to surf waves as challenging as the ones I surfed before my birthday.
As Robert Burns wrote: "The best laid plans of mice and men/Go often awry/And leave us nothing but grief and pain,/For promised joy!" I'm not sure about those last two lines. It's really all in how you choose to accept your fate. In my case, I think fate handled my birthday and anniversary perfectly. I would have enjoyed a party, but fate taught me a better lesson. I'm glad life is weird that way. If everything went according to plan, life would be pretty uneventful.


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Description for 17175 E Chenango Avenue UNIT E, Aurora CO, 80015
What a great 2 bedroom, 2 bath town house. The front faces south so you get the sun all day coming in through the windows. Hard wood floors, tile and carpet throughout the house. This home is ready for you.
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What a great 2 bedroom, 2 bath town house. The front faces south so you get the sun all day coming in through the windows. Hard wood floors, tile and carpet throughout the house. This home is ready for you.
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I'm tired of hearing about what arrogant snobs we Americans are.
We're elitist! We're boastful!
Oh, really?
As I drive the beautiful Blue Ridge between the North and South, I have long stretches of time to listen to local radio talk shows. (There are almost 1,700 talk radio stations in this country, reaching 50 million listeners!)
I can't think of a better way of proving to other cultures that we are NOT elitist, unpretentious snobs than by sharing with them a few recordings from a local radio talk show from any town in America.
"Hi folks, Wolfman Skag here. Welcome to another three hours of 'Anything Goes.' This morning we're talking about the City Council's decision to add lights to Burke and Elm streets. Hello, you're on the air."
"Hi, this is Karen from Bear Poplar."
"Welcome, Karen. What's on your mind?"
"Well, it's my husband. I don't know how to say this because I've only just discovered it myself, and I'm so embarrassed, but he's a…well…he's a sock-shoe dresser."
"Say that again, Karen. He's a what?"
"A sock-shoe dresser. You know, he gets dressed sock-shoe-sock-shoe instead of sock-sock-shoe-shoe like normal people. I'm just mortified."
"Okaaaaaay, Karen…so how long has he been doing this and what does it have to do with streetlights?"
"What? Oh, I can't remember. Sorry, I've just lost my train of thought…but I think I'm experiencing déjà vu so if you just wait a couple minutes I might remember what I forgot."
"Ahh, yeah, Karen. Thanks for the call. Hi. Welcome to 'Anything Goes'. You're on the air."
"Yeah, hi. This is Jack from Olin."
"Thanks for calling, Jack. What's on your mind?"
"Well, the other day I spilled spot remover on my dog, and now he's disappeared. I was wondering if anyone knew of an antidote I could use to bring him back."
"Okay, Jack, today we're talking about lights at Burke and Elm streets. Who's up next? Hi, you're on the air."
"Hi, Wolfman. My name is Mick. I'm from Fair Grove. I just wanted to say that I think the lights are a good thing. They're long overdue."
"And why is that Mick? Do you have personal experience with those streets?"
"Well, yeah, four months ago my VISA card was stolen on Burke Street. If there'd been more lights it might not have happened."
"Well, Mick, that's a good point. Did the police mention other crimes on that street?"
"Oh, well, I don't know. I didn't report the card stolen."
"What! Why not?"
"Well, whoever stole it is using it less than my wife so I figure I'm better off."
"Okaaaaay, folks. Fortunately, we're outta' time. Tune in tomorrow when we'll discuss Friday night's pageant for queen of the rattlesnake round-up."
And there you have it.
So, really, how could other countries believe we are elitist snobs?
Explore and grow: Proverbs 16:19 ─ "Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud."


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The Generic Data Structures Library (GDSL) is a collection of routines for generic data structures manipulation. It is a portable and re-entrant library fully written from scratch in pure ANSI C. It is designed to offer C programmers access to common data structures with powerful algorithms and hidden implementation. Available structures are lists, queues, stacks, hash tables, binary trees, binary search trees, red-black trees, 2D arrays, permutations, heaps and interval-heaps.
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An Ending Of A Similar Kind
© 2009 E.D. Arrington
I looked into your eyes and saw mine;
The countenance on your face sent me traveling back in time;
The love that poured from your heart reminded me of another;
It was the same love I had shared with my mother;
On a hot, muggy, August morn my mother went away;
My age was young and tender, but I can still clearly remember that day I woke to a world that suddenly felt enormously big and round;
And I, like the tiniest ant, now seemed to small to ever be found;
I wondered how or if I would again have a place where I belong;
For my mother was gone, my life no longer had its song;
Then I woke early one magnificent morn to a brand new world;
One filled with hopes and dream meant just for this little girl;
So, I dug in my heels and went searching for all I could discover;
Eager to see what possibilities lay ahead, each I wanted to uncover;
The road I traveled surely was not easy;
There were many dips twists bumps and curves;
Many times I nearly quit, many times I nearly lost my nerves during those dark scary moments when it didn't feel much like i was winning;
But with an iron will and soul full of hope, I leaped in and sent myself spinning on a journey with no light, no map, not direction sign
Just sheer determination to find the life destined to be mine;
Though I'm much older, there still remains much more work to, and on the very top of my list was to write this poem just for you;
To leave a message that I pray you're always keep close in mind;
For as you travel your life's journey, you may face a string of endless struggles;
But if you refuse to give up, refuse to quit each and every time;
One bright early morn, you too, will rise beneath a sea of stars to find that we not only share a story with a familiar beginning, but with an Ending Of A Similar Kind.
Visit E.D. Arrington's website for more information on her writing: http://www.edarringtonbooks.com/


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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
"Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers….Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it."
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1964
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, a man who spent his life promoting nonviolent methods of social change to end segregation and discrimination and help African Americans gain their civil rights, was himself a victim of violence when he was assassinated outside his Memphis hotel room on the evening of April 4, 1968. Four days later, Michigan Congressman John Conyers introduced the first legislation providing for a Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday to honor King's life and achievements. Dr. King's widow, Coretta Scott King, headed the mission to rally popular support for a King Holiday. She worked for years, testifying before Congress, launching petition drives, and urging governors, mayors, and chairpersons of city councils across the U.S. to pass resolutions to honor her husband's birthday on January 15.
While some individual states passed laws honoring Dr. King with a legal holiday, the idea of a federal holiday faced opposition and stirred controversy. Finally, in 1983, the legislation declaring the third Monday in January a federal legal holiday commemorating Dr. King's birthday was signed by President Ronald Reagan. It was observed for the first time on January 20, 1986, though many states continued to boycott the holiday. It was not until 1999 that New Hampshire became the last state to make it a paid state holiday.
The only federal holiday commemorating an African-American is now celebrated each year as a remembrance of Dr. King's life and work, and with people joining together to honor the civil rights leader's memory through volunteer service to make an impact on their local and global communities.
You can learn more about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the King Holiday by visiting these websites, available through SIRS Issues Researcher:
Martin Luther King Day of Service
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
Fifty Years Ago: "I Have a Dream"
Fifty years ago on August 28, 1963 between 200,000 and 300,000 African Americans and supporters of civil rights converged on the nation's capital at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Rallying for civil and economic rights, it became one of the foremost events in the modern civil rights movement. At this landmark assembly Dr. Martin Luther King, standing on the Lincoln Memorial, delivered perhaps the most significant speech of the civil rights movement – "I Have a Dream."
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream.
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."
eLibrary offers several reference books in which Dr. King's speech and other noteworthy speeches from the civil rights era can be found. American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People, Britannica Annals of American History and Vital Speeches of the Day are just three of these excellent resources. Look for these titles directly under the Publications tab in eLibrary and then search the alphabetical listing to find the speech. Another means to locate a specific speech within these titles and other reference works is to use Advanced Search. Type in keywords from the speech you are searching in the Advanced Search box and then type in the publication title in the Publication Name field. You can also search the title of the speech in the Document Title field along with searching the publication title in the Publication Name field. Using Advanced Search will help narrow your search and get you the best results.
Historic speeches remind us of the good and the bad of our history. Reading and researching historic speeches help us to better understand and form opinions about our nation's history, its present and the future to come.


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Studying at the library can help many students focus better, especially if their only other option is to study in a noisy home or residence hall. Library study is also handy for groups of students who want to study together. The methods used when studying in a group at the library vary slightly from those used when studying alone, however. Bring any materials you might need. Decide which subjects you plan on studying during your library time and fill your backpack with any textbooks you need for that class. In addition to these materials, you might want to bring a pen and a highlighter.
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One of the greatest frustrations for cosmetic dentists is the inability to use zirconia for the fabrication of anterior prostheses due to the inherent opaque nature of the material. What if somehow translucent zirconia crowns could be prepared that possessed the same translucency and dentine, combined with the conventional strength and durability of zirconia? Yes, it certainly possible! Thanks to the latest zirconia brands, Bruxzir and Crystal are now producing a zirconia material specifically designed for anterior prostheses!
Why Conventional Zirconia Could not be Used for Anterior Teeth?
Zirconia is inherently an opaque material, starting as a white powder. Therefore, initially it was only used as a coping material for the fabrication of all-ceramic restorations. The high opacity of zirconia ceramics is due to their highly crystalline structure in which the constituent atoms are highly organized and packed closely. One of the major requirements for an anterior zirconia is that it should have translucency comparable to that of the dentine. Therefore, while translucency improved over the years enough to create full contour posterior restorations, conventional zirconia was generally not used for making anterior crowns and bridges.
Anterior Zirconia Crowns and Bridges
You must be wondering as to why zirconia is the best material for making anterior crowns and bridges? The answer is the excellent biocompatibility, durability and strength of the zirconia ceramics. The only drawbacks of using zirconia on anterior teeth was its opacity. However, most manufacturers are now offering zirconia ceramics that are highly translucent and esthetic. For example, the Bruxzir anterior and the crystal brands are ideal for the fabrication of anterior.
What are the Advantages of Anterior Zirconia Crowns and Bridges?
Thinking why you should spend more money on anterior zirconia crowns, veneers and bridges? Here's why:
- Esthetics – the newer zirconia ceramics (Bruxzir anterior, crystal anterior) are highly translucent. Therefore, they possess excellent esthetics and are ideal for use in restoration of anterior teeth.
- Biocompatibility – zirconia ceramics are highly biocompatible. This means that they will not elicit any harmful response within the body, when they placed inside the oral cavity.
- Durability – anterior zirconia crowns are very hard and possess excellent strength. Therefore, they can be expected to provide services throughout the lifetime. Unlike the other ceramics crowns which usually need to be replaced after every 5 years, zirconia ceramics will never give up on you!
- Minimal Requirement for Tooth Reduction – owing to their excellent strength, Bruxzir anterior and crystal zirconia ceramics require lesser tooth reduction than the other ceramic materials.


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Thanks for your advice, everyone! I tried setting the wheel up to be bobbin drive. I used an old shoelace as drive band, and another as a brake. It doesn't run as smooth as the new and fancy wheels they had in spinning class, but it'll be great for practicing.
Here's a picture of how I set it up, in case anyone has the same problem:
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Companies waste an estimated $6.6 billion on unused software in the U.S. every year. With more options than ever, finding the right software for your dealership can be a challenge. How can you cut through the clutter and make sure your software dollars are well-spent? Download your free step-by-step guide to successfully navigating the software jungle. DOWNLOAD GUIDE
We all know at the end of the day that if a vehicle is not sold, no one makes money. A very simple and basic tenet of commission based selling we are all familiar with. The root principle of this model is that more traffic drives more sales. Thus, dealerships' advertising spend was based on a linear 1+1=2 model—Dealership A spends $X in advertising for a linear return.
The internet has exploded that model from 1+1=2 to 1+1=3. How is that you ask? Simple. Blogs, Online video, Search engine optimization (with text and video), search engine marketing, online video, etc. The results of online advertising are definitely exponentially than the archaic, traditional, offline advertising. The speed to market is much quicker, the rate of return is much higher and the longevity of the customer could be much more sustaining.
The first lesson focuses on driving more traffic to your website. However, in order to drive more traffic, you must first analyze where you are. This involves reviewing the usability of your website and the technical aspects of your website.
What I have found in assisting other dealerships and analyzing a few of our dealer group's websites is that before we seek outside assistance, we must first start with our current solution. We must review it very closely and objectively. We must not coddle the website (like it is our child) and make excuses for its lack of performance. The challenge for a lot of dealerships is reviewing the dealership's website under the right eyes. Too many times we review our own websites misguided by our limited knowledge of internet principles. We truly need to observe other websites external to the automotive industry to understand how traffic is developed, increased and maintained.
For example, how many successful websites have pop-ups? Have many websites have music or other sounds playing when the visitor immediately enters the website? These are definitely distractions for the customer and can cause your customer to visit your competition. (Review your bounce rates to fix this problem). In our case, we removed a pop-up on one of websites with strong opposition from the vendor. The result was over a 30% increase in traffic. This change only occurred through education external to the automotive digital space.
This leads me to the technical aspects of your website.
The example I will use here is page titles. Do your page titles provide the right information for search engines to find your website and consequently help you rank higher on websites? Now I know some of you might not know what page titles are, but they are the very top on your screen. For example, if you go to the homepage of this website, you will find, "Automotive Industry Social Networking and Best Practices and Vendor Ratings…" Yes, believe it or not, these can help you immensely improve your rankings with the websites. Speak with your webmaster about changing them if you have questions. A reputable vendor will be a solid resource in this area.
Do an honest evaluation of your website. Your customers do it every day. Their decision is being made by where you rank on a search engine and how easy your website is to use. Make it as easy as possible to find you and work with you. That's the beginning of online marketing.


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The Federal President of Switzerland, Schneider Ammann has held a round table breakfast in Zurich with the organization in charge of promoting Financial IT startups in Switzerland, FinTech Zurich, where Muhire Louis Antoine, a Rwandan founder and CEO of MERGIMS Solutions discussed collaboration and partnerships opportunities that can be established between African Rwandan startup ecosystem and Swiss Corporation.
In his presentation Muhire showcased MERGIMS achievements and underlined that Rwanda presents opportunities that can enhance remarkable growth with some great deals already being discussed by competitive Swiss corporations whose coming to Rwanda will confirm that the country's startup ecosystem is now in the major league.
The president of Switzerland congratulated Muhire for his innovative idea and expressed his wish to see in Swiss youth such determination and risk-taking attitude for that's how great enterprises are born.
MERGIMS is the only startup from Africa to have been selected among 850 startups application to be incubated in the largest European Union FinTech accelerator, a program backed by major Swiss corporations such as UBS, CREDIT SWISS, PWC, EY, MIGROS or RAIFFEISEN.
This program is to helpMERGIMS get well structured, raise significant amount of investment and secure long term partnership with Swiss financial organizations.
Mergims enables Rwandan diaspora to pay airtime electricity and tuition fees for their relatives in Rwanda via a mobile app and website and is to launch a new disruptive product that will allow to instantly send money to relatives.


text: At Zazen we offer sensory deprivation floatation as a unique way to experience spaciousness and meditative presence. By decreasing the strains of gravity on the body and greatly reducing the external stimuli that constantly solicit our attention, floating frees up energy to meditate on the remaining internal stimuli and ever present background awareness. Experience the spaciousness of floating weightless


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Proposed NY Rules Would Curb Rampant Dunning Calls
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Fire burned a trailer, outbuilding and commercial garage on Friday, June 3, in the Riverside County community of Good Hope.
The fire in the 21100 block of Ellis Avenue, west of Perris, was reported about 3:45 p.m., according to a news release from Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.
Twenty-seven firefighters had the flames under control by 5:27 p.m., Cal Fire said. No injuries were reported.


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'Mad-Ramps' are designed to make vehicle transportation possible when it comes to utilizing a pickup truck to bring an ATV to and from different locations. 'Mad-Ramps' work by affixing onto the hit of a truck and add a spot for the backend of an ATV to rest during transportation. Moreover, it makes it easier to load and unload the vehicle, which in turn can be done by a single person rather than requiring multiple hands.
The 'Mad-Ramps' vehicle transportation system lifts ATVs to the ideal height for driving to and from different locations, and will provide ample support for various kinds of small vehicles. Best of all, 'Mad-Ramps' help to do away with traditional towing and flatbed attachments to keep your truck free to use in different ways when not hauling another vehicle.
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My face doesn't match my body, it's uneven (right side seems to be smaller than the left side, and my nose is a little bended to the side) and I have puffy cheeks, my body is well-toned, because I take care of myself, but that doesn't change my face.
Now, I know that guys prefer to date girls with pretty faces regardless of their weight.
But my face can not be changed and I'm getting quite self-conscious about it at times, for example I don't dare to laugh because I think that it distorts my face. I feel like I can't compete with any girl out there...also when I good-looking guy asks me out on a date I get the feeling that he only does it to check if I would fall for him, because he's not into me anyway.
So, guys, how important is a pretty face to you?
Btw. I do wear make-up, which helps to even out my face but of course it doesn't hide anything.
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So find the guys who'll go out with you for your personality instead. They tend to be better in every respect.
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Wall decals are the way to go for your interior design plans for your home. They are the best that you could ever find at any given day as they add flexibility to your home. These vinyl stickers are truly comprehensive in the sense that they could be very easily applied and removed and the best part is you could do it all by yourself. Today, as of present situation there are many ways to decorate your home and hence wall decal manufacturers face heavy competition. You have emulsions and paints that also come with several features of their own. Popular brands of emulsions and paints market their products in a very aggressive manner as well. However, wall decals have always been around for quite some time. In fact ever since they were introduced they have captured the hearts of many and at one point of time almost everyone used to make use of these stickers for decorating their walls. However, these stickers lost their way and popularity a decade ago. People predominantly went for emulsions and paints for decorating their walls.
The last couple of years have certainly been great for wall decal manufacturers. These wall stickers have made a tremendous comeback. They have gained their lost grounds and the newer trends are certainly quite popular. The designs that you are may find in today's market are quite chic, trendy and exquisite. They add a real feel for your home and you are never likely to get bored with your home decoration as these stickers are quite flexible. Vinyl wall decals have tremendous properties that they could be easily removed off the wall without leaving behind any residues and a new one could be swapped in its place. Ever other time you could have a new wall in your home as per your own convenience.
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When shown a list of the six largest investment banks, 24.5 percent of 234 respondents from 200 asset managers, representing a total of about $15 trillion in assets under management, said they do not plan to pay for a research offering from any of them.
A further 24.5 percent said they will use between one and three of the banks, and only 12.9 percent said they intend to use all nine.
Further, 66.5 percent said they will allocate less than 60 percent of their research budget to the nine investment banks.
Under MiFID II, investment research must be bespoke to each institution, and asset managers must pay for research either with their own funds, or through a separate designated account, which is charged to the client.
Research fees must also be separated from execution and trading fees under MiFID II.
The new rules are designed to improve transparency, and to stop research costs being unfairly passed on to clients.
RSRCHXchange's survey found that 50 percent of asset managers are still uncertain as to how they will pay for research under the new directive.
Of those that do have a plan, 38 percent said they will pay out of their own profit and loss figures, and 26 percent said they plan to use a commission-sharing agreement-type structure.
While 18 percent said they will charge the client directly, a further 18 percent said they simply will not pay for research.
The biggest challenge with regards to the new research payment rules emerged as setting and regularly assessing the research budget, named as an issue by 37 percent.
This was followed by assessing the quality of research, considered a challenge by 23 percent.
'Decline in research spend with the big banks'
Generally, respondents were not concerned about the effect of the new rules on their research budgets.
Only 14 percent said they expect their budgets to increase sharply, and 12 percent anticipate a slight increase.
Some 42 percent said they expect their budgets to remain about the same, and 32 percent said they expect their budgets to fall.
When asked about their readiness to comply with the new rules, 23.9 percent said they are compliant already, and a further 9 percent said they will be compliant in early 2017.
While 16.4 percent said they will be compliant by mid-2017, 37.3 percent are leaving it a little later, saying they will be compliant in either mid- or late 2017.
A relatively large number, 29.9 percent, are pushing it even further, saying they expect to be compliant in January 2018, when the directive comes into effect.
Jeremy Davies, co-founder of RSRCHXchange, said: "The landscape of institutional research is shifting and asset managers are reviewing and adjusting their working practices to keep pace. Some of the results of this survey will come as a surprise to the industry, especially the decline in research spend with the big banks."
An ITG survey recently revealed that 82 percent of North American asset managers plan to fully unbundle all of their brokers globally, despite many not expecting the EU's MiFID II to directly affect them.
MiFID II will not directly affect 43 percent of North American asset managers, said ITG's survey of 100 buy-side professionals, according to the ITG survey.
The directive requires asset managers to explicitly separate their trading commissions from investment research payments, prompting 82 percent of survey respondents to say they would unbundle their broker relationships globally, despite many not expecting a direct MiFID II impact on their businesses.
Some 59 percent of respondents said they plan to continue paying for research using commission sharing arrangements.
Neil Scarth, principal at Frost Consulting, speaking last summer, described the institutional investment research market as, historically, "very opaque".
"Regulators clearly believe that the efficiency of research spending can be significantly improved," he explained in reference to MiFID II.


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Which Mini and which Mazda are we talking about?
This is the Cooper, the boggo Convertible. A Cooper S or JCW just aren't in the MX-5's price or power ballpark. That's fine, though, because right now the most basic Minis are usually the best. It costs £2,850 more than the hard-top, at £18,495, before you get busy with the spec. This one's got very busy with many options, so it stacks up to a silly £25k.
Since it's up against pricey opposition, we've brought along Mazda's biggest gun, which in sports-car terms is still a bit of a water pistol. It's the 2.0-litre MX-5, rocking a standard limited-slip diff, a world-class six-speed manual and 158bhp for the rear tyres to play with. For this, Mazda asks £20,495 from you, in SE-L trim.
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Which one's got the cleverest soft-top?
Most dinky drop-tops (stop blushing, Fiat 500C and DS 3 Cabrio) cheat at rooflessness by keeping their roof rails, so they stay stiff, but all you get is an XL sunroof. The Mini's a proper convertible, with a fully electric top that opens in 20 seconds. This still knackers rear visibility, though rear sensors are at least standard.
You don't just unlatch the MX-5's roof manually, you also thrust it down until it clicks into its cubbyhole. Superbly packaged, foldable in three seconds flat, without ever leaving the driver's seat. If you like a keep-it-simple, back-to-basics attitude with as little as possible to go wrong, the little Mazda's roof will be right up your alley.
Does a turbo triple beat a revvy four-pot?
Mini first. This is an enthusiastic little motor but here it's utterly smothered by eco test-bent gearing. The six-speed shift is slick, but the long ratios and 135kg of stiffening snuff out the torque, Result? It's sluggish…
The MX-5 couldn't be more different. Its outputs are hardly thrusting, but with just a tonne to push, a zingy rasp to the throttle response and über-tight gearing, it zips along, begging to be wrung out. That's the benefit of keeping everything simple. And despite Mini claiming 57.6mpg to the Mazda's 40.9mpg on the official cycle, it's the Mazda's that's much more frugal in real life. It scores an easy 37-40mpg on a run, to the Mini's middling thirties.
Who's king of chuckable roadsters?
Despite its stuck-in-treacle urgency, decapitating the Mini doesn't hurt its playfulness. The wheelbase feels short and the whole car agile, so it responds keenly to mid-corner inputs, if you fancy cocking about a bit. The driving position is more sorted than the cramped Mazda's too, and we prefer its heftier, more accurate steering.
Initially, it's actually the Mazda that feels less sporty. Not just in how light 'n' twirly the steering is, but the softness. The angles it adopts as it rolls into bends are downright alarming at first, but trust grip is there and it turns dull mini-roundabouts into an autotest treat. You drive the Mini hard once, just to see how it copes (and end up fairly impressed). The Mazda, on the other hand, is something you'll delight in provoking every single day you drive it.
So, while the Mini maintains a sweet chassis, it lacks the go for this cash to enjoy it. It might not be as high-quality a product on first touch, but the Mazda hits the basic cabrio bullseye, and wins this quick twin test.


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is it good better than they day of reconings ? i loved those games with a burning pashion!!!!!... is it like the other ps2 crappy versions??
I rented it last night to have when some friends came by. It's funny and the entrances are fun but the game itself is pretty boring. The controls are too simplistic. We returned the game and rented Sonic Mario Olympics. That is a fun party game.
The game seems to be simple at first, but you can do a lot of movements, moving the wii up, down, left, right, and the same pressing the A button, and also the B button.
I thought it was too simple, but then when you learn to do the moves knowing what to do, it gets better. Online mode is missing (that would have been great), but the game is OK for the first wrestling game for the wii
Can you defend titltes in exhibition mode? thats something that DOR 1 and 2 were both sorely lacking.


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I came across this picture on the Charter for Compassion Facebook page. It appeared just a day after I had posted a beautiful picture of some giraffes on my own page adding the caption 'A little beauty goes a long way…'
With all the senseless terror
With all the hateful political rhetoric
With all the ridiculous shaming of those who dare to hold an opinion other than our own
With the terrible violence
I feel a strong draw to intentionally focus on beauty for a little while. I'm going to commit to a challenge to find one thing of beauty every day and to share it.
I'm going to do this every day for the next thirty days. Why don't you join me?
Simply post something beautiful to your social media account every day. If you aren't on social media – just share your object of beauty with one other person.
If you want to see what I am finding beautiful you can follow me on Facebook or Twitter.
I'm starting with Jessye Norman singing Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg_EHUGRgos).


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With lower drink drive alcohol levels around the world, and more people conscious of their everyday health and daily dietary intake. And for those of you who have business or social lunches and dinners where you can and enjoy a glass of wine.
Knowing your limits with regards to the level and volume of wine you can consume is something you can have more control over. And you don't have to leave this to the licenced café, wine bar or restaurant on the glass volumes they serve and can purchase.
If you desire, you can order a smaller serving of wine. Whether you receive one is another matter. If you are only wanting a small glass of wine with lunch or paired with a little evening meal. Or you would like to have a glass of wine with both an entrée and your main course.
And you would like to be able to drive back to work or home - and have some confidence that you are under the legal limit of standard drinks in your country. Or you wish to have a level of control that you can function correctly to drive safely, return to the office and also to be healthy.
Many licenced dining establishments around the world do show or inform you clearly the volume of millilitres served in your glass of wine. And there are some who keep it a mystery.
Depending upon if you are ordering a glass of sparkling wine, a still white of red wine, dessert or fortified wine. You can typically get servings from 30mls through to 250mls. But for this article - I am referring to still white and red wine at approximately 13% alc/vol - and equivalent to a 100ml serving of wine being 1 standard drink. Also working with what seems to be an 'unofficial' worldwide standard serving volume of wine by the glass of 150mls.
Please check what the legal limits are in your country - but working on alcohol limits here in New Zealand. The guidelines suggest to be under the drink driving limit - an average sized healthy woman can drink between 125mls up to 200ml per hour with water (without food) to be able to function and under the limit. An average sized healthy male can drink between 175mls up to 250mls per hour with water. *(These are guidelines only - please know your own bodies daily health and limits, plus the legal alcohol limits in your country).
So with this information as a guide only *(not a general rule) - so if you are out for lunch or dinner and you would like to have a specific glass of wine served with an entree and another specific wine with your main course. And you do not wish to have 2 glasses of the normal serving size of 150ml - which will equal 300mls of wine in around 1 hour. You can ask the restaurant to serve you 100mls of wine.
The licenced restaurant by law *(one of the many regulations of a liquor licence) have to be a 'Responsible Host' - and if you ask for a smaller serving of wine - they should be more than happy to oblige. They can work out the volume, as they have measures behind the bar for all kinds of other drinks. They can also work out the price. So if they are a responsible host and they want you to come back, they can do this.
Please note that the reverse 'should not' and 'will not' be the case *(for a licenced responsible host) - asking for larger glass servings is not something they will provide.
So if the measure, volume of glass pour is not written on the wine-list of shown behind the bar area - please first ask the staff the glass pour serving volumes. If they only have one or two options which are more than you would like. Politely inform them that you are intending to dine and would like to have 2 glasses of wine with your lunch or dinner and that you would like to only have a 100ml pour. This will reduce panic and confusion with the floor and bar staff and make the whole process much smoother and easier to accommodate.
There should be few issues from a licenced cafe, wine bar or restaurant with a range of wines available by the glass to serve you 100mls - if they want to. If they don't offer this service - you will probably have done this in the past, ordering only one glass of wine and trying to make it pair with both dishes and last during your whole meal. So you only purchase 150mls of wine at one glass price.
But - if they served you two 100ml glasses of wine - they only serve 50mls more - and can charge you for two glasses *(yes at a reduced glass price) - but this means they make more money and you are a happy customer - and more importantly you are able to function at work or drive home if you decide you are capable and under the legal limit of blood alcohol.
It's a win-win-win…: you are sober, happy and healthy, you get to pair the correct wine with each dish, you have a better experience, the outlet is a responsible host and makes more money - and you are more likely to come back and do it all again.
Please Drink Responsibility - Know Your Limits.


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Al Hodges Claims Victory By Steve Beckow
This Article Is In Response To Earlier Recap's Post LINK
Post From The Golden Age Of Gaia By Steve Beckow on December 26,
Al Hodges Claims Victory in CMKX Suit, Reveals Sting Operation Against the Cabal
Al HodgesPasadena attorney Al Hodges was hired by shareholders of CMKX Diamonds to represent them in what has been said to be "the largest fraud case in world history."
(1) Known as the Bivens class action suit, Hodge claims that in 2004-5 legitimate shareholders saw their stock watered down by the sale of 2.25 trillion "phantom" shares in the company. The SEC and the Justice Department combined to trap those guilty of naked short selling of the stock and cellar boxing the company.
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(2) The CMKX scandal was one of several well-known individual or class action suits in which a small band of determined people fought back against the excesses of the cabal at great personal risk. The Wanta Funds and the farm claims were others.
These various claims are now being settled in favor of the claimants. They are part of the wholesale action being taken against the cabal and dovetail with broader initiatives like the World Global Settlements, the Global Currency Reset and others that are bringing in the new economic order.
Recently Al claimed victory in their class-action suit against the short sellers.
..One interesting aspect of Al's article is that he describes the manner in which several sting operations against the cabal have been run. They are one of the reasons for the Reval's delay.
Prominent currency holders, many of them sitting in Congress, were cashed out upon making the promise that they would not use their cash-outs to buy further currency and they promptly then bought more currency.
These people will be or have been arrested and/or made to resign from Congress, etc. My own personal belief is that the delay in the Reval is not so much because people stood in the way as it is that the Reval has been in part used to entrap the corrupt. I believe that this clean-out will make the Reval safer for the rest of us.
(1) "CMKM Diamonds and the $3.87 trillion lawsuit you didn't hear about," Examiner, March 30, 2010, at http://www.examiner.com/article/cmkm-diamonds-and-the-3-87-trillion-lawsuit-you-didn-t-hear-about
(2) "Cellar boxing" … has to do with the fact that the NASD and the SEC had to arbitrarily set a minimum level at which a stock can trade. This level was set at $.0001 or one-one hundredth of a penny. This level is appropriately referred to as "the cellar". This $.0001 level can be used as a "backstop" for all kinds of market maker and naked short selling manipulations.
"Cellar boxing" has been one of the security frauds du jour since 1999 when the market went to a "decimalization" basis. In the pre-decimalization days the minimum market spread for most stocks was set at 1/8th of a dollar and the market makers were guaranteed a healthy "spread".
Since decimalization came into effect, those one-eighth of a dollar spreads now are often only a penny as you can see in Microsoft's quote throughout the day.
Where did the unscrupulous MMs go to make up for all of this lost income? They headed "south" to the OTCBB and Pink Sheets where the protective effects from naked short selling like Rule 10-a, and NASD Rules 3350, 3360, and 3370 are nonexistent.
12/26/2013 01:22:52 pm
Al Hodges is the real deal
12/26/2013 04:04:15 pm
Deb Knows. When Al post I pay attention.
12/26/2013 01:30:11 pm
Interesting article. I love it when the bad guys get it stuck to them.
12/26/2013 01:54:55 pm
Thank you for this heartening post. Yes, I believe the rv is only a small part of what we have in store to celebrate..... and wait 'till we hear "the rest of the story" as Paul Harvey said so succinctly. I'm ready!
12/26/2013 02:26:58 pm
Thank you for posting this. Al Hodges has worked tirelessly and I'm sure has so much more to say when the time is right. Hopefully that's not too far off...
12/26/2013 04:32:51 pm
Thank you for adding this to the post from Al Hodges. I read the link you shared regarding cellar boxing and I found it very enlightening. I have always stayed away from the stock markets as they seemed "unreal" to me.....this helps me understand why I intuitively feel that way. This also sheds light on the movie I saw yesterday, The Wolfe of Wall Street, as he made is fortunes on penny stocks and when asked of what he was doing was legal, his answer basically was "it's not illegal" ..... now I get what he meant! A very grey area indeed, and easily manipulated by those who are only in it to make $$$ for themselves. I recommend the movie to those who are not easily offended by profanity and sex...it gave me insights I into a world that I had never imagined before where the sharks eat everything that does not move faster than they do.
12/26/2013 05:01:16 pm
Corrupt behavior is coming at lightning speed now! The Cabal were never meant to succeed with their bad intentions. Now that the veil is lifted we can see to through their true intentions. They are being exposed more and more every day! This is not only good news for just Dinar holders, likewise this will impact everyone and the celebrations that will follow! I have been through so much and I want to see this out to the end! Bring it on!
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12/27/2013 04:08:17 am
What memeber of congress has been arrested or resigned?
12/27/2013 07:38:08 am
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Ended up going slightly overboard with 7 fountain pens after the Great Winter Fountain Pen Spree. Averaging around $33 each, with a low of $12 for the Pilot Metropolitan and a high of $50 for the Waterman. Some I really liked, and will continue to use on a day to day basis. Others very much meh and will be backup pens. All are stock medium nibs.
Faber Castell Basic. The weight, look, and feel was just right for me. Industrial, minimalist, and yet pretty cool looking. Everything seems well proportioned. Writes extremely well. Blue ink that comes standard is less saturated than others, but very calm and pleasing.
Runner Up:
Waterman Hemisphere. A much more classic and conventional looking pen. Smaller and skinnier than the Faber, with a gold and wider and stubbier looking nib, but still very comfortable to write with. Ink flow and saturation was very consistent.
3rd (tied)
Parker Urban. Very curvy and sleek. Nib seems small in proportion to the rest of the pen. Pretty comfortable.
Cross Century Classic. The opposite of the Parker. Pen itself is skinny (would like to try a bigger one at some point), but the nib looks much larger than rest of pen. Hard to believe it is medium with the ink and saturation, especially compared to the Pilot pens.
Pilot Metropolitan. Great pen, medium is much thinner than others. Plain but aerodynamic look. Can't beat $12!
Lamy Safari. Like the overall design design, very different looking than others. The angular grip doesn't quite work for me for longer note taking sessions. The one on I got, the nib is very scratchy, and ink flow was inconsistent at times.
Pilot Prera. Writes very similar to the Metropolitan. Shorter, and made of plastic. Was expecting more especially with the MSRP at $70 on the Pilot site. Got it on Amazon for $30, but I still rather have 2 and half of the Metropolitans.


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