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Not many atheists were killed and tortured in the Spanish Inquisition. Loads of heretics were, however.
I had the pleasure of returning this weekend from a conference where we talked about human rights to discovering that Baltimore is on the way to getting the Ferguson treatment and the news that yet another establishment is getting taken to task on the issue of homosexuality. But this last has a twist. Instead of it being a case where an opponent of gay marriage refused to participate in a gay marriage ceremony, it was an advocate for gay marriage being berated for providing services to an opponent of gay marriage. I really didn't want to write any further on the utter and complete hypocrisy of the gay agenda, but this was just too rich to overlook.
Before I get to the part that I thought was most interesting and telling about this incident, let me first address the most glaring aspect of the hypocrisy. So, these two gay men hosted a gathering for Ted Cruz, and for this, the gay community is livid. Here is their Boycott Facebook page. Now, it is perfectly obvious that if it is discrimination to not serve a gay person because he is gay, it would be discrimination to not serve an (allegedly) anti-gay person because he is (allegedly) anti-gay. I'm talking from the viewpoint of the Constitution and the law. But in the minds of the gay advocates, their discrimination is warranted and therefore justified. From the Facebook page: "Treating people as less than human does not equal a 'difference of opinion.' Therein lies your logical misstep."
The writer is referring more to the gay couple that owned the hotel than to Ted Cruz, by the way.
If cogent argumentation mattered, we could from this comment dispense with this idea that all discrimination is bad, and not only that, but some discrimination is good: eg., if someone is treating another person as less than human. Their grounds for 'discrimination': good. My grounds for 'discrimination': bad. Fine; but that is not how the propaganda is framed. The propaganda is framed as "All discrimination is bad!" But, of course, logic really has nothing to do with this. The double-talk has been noted by many others already. But is anyone going to mention the obvious: Ted Cruz openly associating with gay people and availing himself of his services is prima facie evidence that he is not against gay people, in as much as they are gay.
A KKK grand dragon would not step inside a black person's establishment (except to burn it down). There is a genuine distinction to be found here, but it is doubtful that any gay activist would comprehend it, so I shan't dwell on it. Instead, let me say this–and this is directed specifically to those who are against gay marriage–
We are not dealing with rational people. They literally will burn down the country to get what they want, and they will sincerely believe that this is entirely justified. We are quickly coming to the point where it will be necessary to act purely in the interests of self-defense. In short, war is on the horizon. To prevent the worst manifestations of war–that is, to keep it a cold war rather than a hot war–it is time to start considering bolder measures. If the gays are literally torturing their own (by the liberal's definition of torture), we've reached a new low, a plateau, if you will, but inversely. Now that this plateau has been reached, society is primed so that a gay-owned establishment will be loathe to serve someone who is known to be against gay marriage. When this happens, it will be necessary to be ready. We need to fight fire with fire: sue the establishment for refusing to provide the service. Sue their friends, sue their mother, sue their attorneys, sue their consultants. Make gay advocates pay a high price for their hypocrisy. Right now, they are living in the land of make believe where they have society's good will, but society has not yet been confronted with the implications of what it means to live in a society governed by the Gay Inquisitors.
The purpose of such an effort would not be to exact revenge, but to move beyond the 'logical' to the 'empirical', and this in the hopes that they'll wake up to the dangers of acting the way they act. They are hypocrites, but they don't know it. Their actions are tyrannical, but they are oblivious. They believe they are acting in the spirit of democracy, but in fact it is anti-human and borderline fascist. They are just the latest manifestation of Liberal philosophies and policies, which is at every point just one degree closer to slavery. I don't use the word 'slavery' as a metaphor. I mean actual, literal, outright slavery.
This whole story reminds me of a warning I penned, here:
Obviously, actual prosecution and incarceration have become incrementally closer. Probably, people other than Christians will ultimately be made to suffer, and probably, gays themselves will someday find themselves on the wrong side of an issue, and be made to suffer similarly, on account of precedent that they helped establish.
It is not because liberals aren't sincere. It is precisely because they are sincere that they will not stop. They are bound only by their own intentions, which they deem always to be saintly–like the Inquisitors. The only thing that keeps them in check are the checks and balances provided by powerful instruments like the Constitution, some fading memories of past atrocities, and their own consciences, steadily undermined by a thoroughly relativistic age. Of all of these, it is the decimation of the Constitution that poses the most serious and immediate threat.
The Constitution represents a new way in human history of living together. It transcended 'might makes right' and established not just a system of checks and balances, but an attitude whereby people would seek to make changes through legal measures such as legislation by their elected representatives rather than–and this is important–sneaking into their opponents village and slaying them while they sleep. People have been willing to put up with a lot of things that they consider to be CRAP, which in past times people literally would have murdered each other over, on the understanding that society is better off if we settle our problems through civil institutions. That way, you don't have to worry about being murdered in your sleep.
But it is precisely this arrangement that is under fire. Moreover, gay advocates themselves cannot even see what they are doing. It is not even so much that they are willing to burn down the Republic to get what they want, but that they will do so, without even knowing they are doing so.
People have to be able to live with the fact that there are people in society who have viewpoints that they find detestable; this is real tolerance. This was the miracle that the Constitution wrought: people with strong, and contradictory opinions not murdering each other in the sleep, even as they knew the other person had strong, contradictory opinions. The liberal mindset believes (without being able to put it into words) that 'tolerance' is everyone having the same, orthodox viewpoint: theirs. The mere existence of disagreement constitutes intolerance, in their viewpoint, thus in the name of tolerance, all must believe as they do.
That's why the this gay couple must be made to pay–by the gay community. It is why Christians suffered at the hands of Christian inquisitors in Spain many hundreds of years ago. It is why the atheists of the French Revolution murdered Christians and other dissenters. It is why ISIS is cutting off the heads of men, women, and children. It is all of a piece, and what they all have in common are rock bottom realities about human nature–things that are true about humans, whether one likes it or not. You see, most of the horrors perpetuated by men on men over the centuries were carried out by good, well meaning individuals who thought they were acting on noble principles. You know, like, "Treating people as less than human does not equal a 'difference of opinion.'"
It is precisely because of this clear, present and enduring danger that the first people to make for the New World were Christians fleeing Christians. And it was not accidental, either, that these same sought to break the cycle by establishing a system in which real tolerance was allowed to flourish. The gay community itself is now getting its first taste of their own medicine, their first glimpse into what will happen to them, by their own, if they win their cause by burning down the Republic.
Personally, I believe that we will see many more such travesties carried out on gays by gays, of an increasingly serious sort, before they come to grips with what they have done. It is not inevitable that, if this point is reached, that our Republic is salvageable. It is just as likely that things will be so far gone by that point that there will only be gulags and barbed wire.
People really don't think that this sort of thing can happen, just like people really didn't think that anything evil could come from eugenics. They live as though the purges of Pol Pot and the ovens of Auschwitz and the beheadings of ISIS all happened centuries ago, back when they used to do inquisitions. They live as though progress is inevitable and irreversible. They live as though Progress is an infallible doctrine, for which it is perfectly justifiable to unleash oppression to enforce. But none of that is true.
It is not the bad men we need to be most afraid of, but the good men. It was to keep the good men in check that the Constitution was created. Indeed, it was good men that wrote the Constitution, knowing very well that it was the good men that we need to be most concerned about. The reason why liberals have progressively undermined the Constitution and the Republic is because they have forgotten, or do not agree with, or aren't even aware of the possibility that good men–like themselves–could commit literal, real, atrocities.
And they are quite wrong.
A point that sane and sensible gay people will now become alert to thanks to the fate of Ian Reisner and Mati Weiderpass. But we are quickly approaching a time where such a realization will come too late to matter. Mr. Reisner and Weiderpass should not back down. They should stand up to their Inquisitors, while they still can.
I mentioned above that those against gay marriage need to start thinking in terms of 'self-defense' but I am not hopeful that that or anything will have any good effect. Just as it was Christians who recoiled at horrors inflicted by other Christians who established parameters for facilitating genuine liberty in the U.S. Constitution, it may very well have to be liberal heretics who will have to pay the price, perhaps even in blood, who then call for a return to those same principles.
Perhaps we have now come to a point where we can say that the next Republic, if there is to be one, will be built by gay advocates.
We may hope this is not only because the statists will have gunned down everyone else.
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Lara Stone in Controversial Calvin Klein Billboard
New Yorkers are not happy with Calvin Klein's latest New York Street billboard.
The half naked Dutch supermodel Lara Stone appears not only in nothing but underwear in the latest Calvin Klein billboard, but also spells the word 'fuck'. Especially the F word is causing controversy in the streets of lower Manhattan.
On the billboard the model posses in front of a table and only a small part can be seen. According to CBS, the table leg forms the letter "F." Add that to the "U" of Stone's bikini bottom and the "CK" of the CK One logo, and you get a naughty word.
In the 80s Calvin Klein was already discredited by a controversial TV commercial in which a 15-year-old Brooke Shields: "Nothing comes between me and my Calvins."
Not so long ago in Australia a "sexually graphic" CK billboard was leveled to the ground after the Advertising Standards Bureau ruled that it was 'suggestive of violence and rape'.
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'There was no panic to the news about the fall of the lira in Turkey. Most people have nothing to save'
An expert column on the devaluation of the Turkish lira and the reaction to the incident in the country
The US have doubled the duties on steel and aluminum from Turkey, after which the national currency fell sharply against the dollar. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has already called the incident ''an insidious political conspiracy'', but as a protest the patriotic residents of Turkey began to make videos, in which they mocked at dollar bills in every way. Expert on Turkey in the Russian Council on International Affairs Timur Akhmetov gives a detailed description of the causes of the devaluation of the Turkish lira, the reaction of the authorities and local residents, in the column written for Realnoe Vremya.
''The language of ultimatums was doomed to cause the opposite effect on Erdoğan''
The hottest days in Turkey fall on the beginning of August, but this year August has become a test for the Turkish lira. Over the year, the national currency has managed to lose 40% of its value against the dollar. The recent fall of the lira in the first decade of August has taken place against the backdrop of a serious diplomatic conflict between Turkey and the United States. At the centre of the scandal is the fate of Christian American pastor Andrew Branson, accused by Turkey of the links with terrorist organizations. The trial of the pastor has been going since 2016, and only at the end of July this year the local court decided to transfer the accused under house arrest.
The US president repeatedly applied the Turkish leadership for the release of Branson. In turn, the Turkish government tried to play the pastor card in exchange for a number of concessions in the court case against the Turkish state bank Halkbank, to which the US authorities are about to make a huge fine of 49 billion dollars for helping the Iranian regime to bypass the US sanctions in 2012-2013.
Donald Trump insisted that the official charges against the pastor were far-fetched, and this was clearly considered in Ankara as an attack against the judicial authorities of the state, as a hint of politicization of the courts. It is not easy to bargain with the Turks, and at some point the US leadership ran out of patience. At the end of July, Turkey was given the ultimatum: the release of the pastor or sanctions.
The Turkish government clearly could not release the pastor-missionary — the flywheel of nationalism mixed with populist attacks against the United States had long been spinned. The language of ultimatums was doomed to cause the opposite effect on such a principled politician as Erdoğan. As a result, Turkey and the United States mutually imposed personal sanctions against a number of officials, as well as increased customs duties on imports of goods.
''This state is used to living beyond its means''
The escalation of Turkey's political conflict with the world's largest economy alarmed the investors. The cause of the concern for the stability of the Turkish economy laid in Turkey's vulnerability to global speculative attacks: the state is used to living beyond its means. With the advent of the Justice and Development Party to power in 2002, the government paid less attention than necessary to the development of local production while stimulating consumption.
Turkish producers, as well as exporting companies, are forced to import raw materials using funds from external sources. There is no free money in the country. The economic model of development led to high levels of consumption with a low resource base of the country and high debt of the non-state sector to external creditors.
People react differently to the fall in the lira rate. An important role is played by the presence of citizens of funds that potentially need to be saved from depreciation. However, the situation is affected by the attitude (read — trust) to the current government. The Turks are great patriots, while excessive patriotism does not always allow them to adequately assess the situation in the country. You can often hear the opinion that if a person buys bread (traditionally the price of bread served in Turkey as one of the indicators of the economic situation in the country) in liras then why he needs to worry about the increase in the value of the dollar…
Such people naively see Turkey as a self-sufficient power. But this is far from the case. The share of imports in the production of agricultural fertilizers in Turkey is 80-90%, the production of agricultural machinery depends on the import of components, and they account for at least 50%. On the other hand, Turkish farmers borrow from banks, which in turn are forced to borrow abroad. The situation could be corrected by labour productivity in agriculture, however, and here the situation looks depressing: with the share of 7% of GDP, it attracts 19% of the labour force in the country.
''Particularly zealous patriots defiantly buy from banks liras as a sign solidarity''
Even at the very high of the news of the fall of the lira and the possible closure of a number of banks in the country there was no mass panic. The reason is simple – most people have nothing to save. If in 2002 the volume of consumer loans in Turkey was at the level of 6,5 billion liras, then in 2018 the amount was 500 billion liras. The share of loans of citizens accounts for a quarter of all debts of the banking sector. With the deterioration of the economic situation, people hope for a partial amnesty of credit debts.
Another important point is the dominant influence of the government and pro-government circles on the formation of public opinion. If the president says that the reason for the fall in the value of the lira is the conspiracy of external forces against Turkey, then to say otherwise means to raise suspicion of disloyalty to the Turkish nation. Particularly zealous patriots defiantly purchase from banks liras as a sign of solidarity in the confrontation with the United States.
The resilience of the Turkish economy to external fluctuations, attacks of speculators and even political pressure from the United States still largely depends on the actions of the Turkish government. It was the miscalculations of the Turkish authorities in the long-term planning of the economic programme that contributed to the instability of the Turkish economy. The Turkish authorities are making it clear that the Turks will probably have to learn to live within their means. Thus, the country has already limited the terms of payment for new consumer loans, while increasing the interest rate of the Central Bank.
Further steps will depend on whether the economy and more rational spending will have a negative impact on the positions of political power in the country. The decisive factor will be the ability of the Turkish government to present measures of ''belt-tightening'' to ordinary citizens as part of the fight against external enemies.


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Prague is home to a number of famous cultural attractions, including the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, and the Jewish Quarter.
My Trip
Whilst in Vienna I decided to do a day trip to Prague. It seemed simple enough and found it was also cheaper to book a return train ticket from the Czech railway site then the Austrian site. The trip was around 4 hours one way but a restaurant car and pleasant scenery added to the enjoyment of the journey. Oh! I also needed to convert some spending money into Czech currency for the trip and was able to do this at Prague's Main Railway Station.
On arrival in Prague's Main Railway Station (Hlavní Nádraží) I ventured into the local suburban rail network and traveled to the old part of Prague. The Main station is on line C (Red) and the Prague Old Town is on line A (Green) so I had to change trains at Muzeum. It probably would as been just as easy to do a 20 min walk from the Main Station.
Once in Prague Old Town I did the tourist thing as seen by the below photo gallery including Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock.
At the end of the day the train trip back to Vienna was a welcome opportunity to rest and enjoy some food and wine in the train's dining car.


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A neuroscientist reveals the truth about fear and anxiety and why we're getting it so wrong - Ideapod blog. Anxiety is a big problem for people in America these days.
According to recent stats, fear and anxiety disorders affect roughly 20 percent of all Americans at a cost of more than $40 billion in lost productivity every year. The way we treat these anxiety disorders is largely based on the brain's "fear circuit" – the amygdala and its nearby structures – that governs how we respond to threats and danger. Yet the man who created this map of the "fear circuit" now believes that we're getting it all wrong. A 75-Year Harvard Study Has Revealed The One Most Important Factor In Human Happiness - Ideapod blog. Have you ever heard of the Harvard study that ran for 75 years to assess what makes us happy?
It's a revolutionary study in psychology. It followed the lives of two groups of men for over 75 years, and it now follows their Baby Boomer children to understand how childhood experience reaches across decades to affect health and wellbeing in middle age. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explains how emotions are made - The Verge. New Research Shocks Scientists: Human Emotion Physically Shapes Reality! New Research Shocks Scientists: Human Emotion Physically Shapes Reality! Three different studies, done by different teams of scientists proved something really extraordinary.
Fear Of The Unknown - Curiosity Creates. You See What Others Can't: 8 Signs That You Are Highly Sensitive to Energy. Every day, more and more people realize that they fall in the category of people with empathy(compassion), highly sensitive to energy and emotions of the environment.
Empathetic person is a person who has the ability to grasp the mental and emotional states of others. These people have a high social intelligence and are very good at helping others to solve their problems. The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease. I had lived thirty good years before enduring my first food poisoning — odds quite fortunate in the grand scheme of things, but miserably unfortunate in the immediate experience of it.
I found myself completely incapacitated to erect the pillars of my daily life — too cognitively foggy to read and write, too physically weak to work out or even meditate. The temporary disability soon elevated the assault on my mind and body to a new height of anguish: an intense experience of stress. Amazon. After 75 Years Of Research, Harvard Study Found That Happiness Comes From One Thing… The Effects Of Negative & Positive Emotions On Our Health – Collective Evolution. The existence of the mind/body connection was once completely shunned by mainstream science, with many dismissing it as mere pseudoscience.
Fortunately, the conversation has shifted in recent years, thanks in large part to new scientific publications that have made it quite clear that our thoughts, feelings, and emotions play a crucial role in regulating our overall health and biology. There are several examples from different areas of science that prove this. Daniel Goleman. Daniel Goleman (born March 7, 1946) is an author, psychologist, and science journalist.
For twelve years, he wrote for The New York Times, reporting on the brain and behavioral sciences. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half, and a best-seller in many countries, in print worldwide in 40 languages. Apart from his books on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis, and the Dalai Lama's vision for the future. This Is Why You Should Consider Changing The Frequency Of Your Music When Listening To It – Collective Evolution. "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." – Nikola Tesla "What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses.
There is no matter." – Albert Einstein Tesla said it. Einstein agreed. Science proved it. Scientific Evidence Thoughts & Intentions Can Alter The Physical World Around Us. Source: www.themindunleashed.org | Original Post Date: January 23, 2014 – Dr.
Masaru Emoto, a researcher and alternative healer from Japan has given the world a good deal of evidence of the magic of positive thinking. He became famous when his water molecule experiments featured in the 2004 film, What The Bleep Do We Know? His experiments demonstrate that human thoughts and intentions can alter physical reality, such as the molecular structure of water.
Given that humans are comprised of at least 60% water, his discovery has far reaching implications… can anyone really afford to have negative thoughts or intentions? The Science of Happiness: Why complaining is literally killing you. Sometimes in life, all the experience and knowledge simmering around in that ol' consciousness of ours combines itself in a way that suddenly causes the cerebral clockwork to click into place, and in this fluid flow of thought we find an epiphany rising to the surface.
One such point for me came in my junior year at University. It changed the way I viewed the world forever as it catapulted me out of the last of my angsty, melancholic youth and onto a path of ever-increasing bliss. Sounds like I'm verging on feeding you some new-agey, mumbo-jumbo, doesn't it? Well, bear with me, because I assure you the point here is to add some logical evidence to the ol' cliches, to give you what I would consider my Science of Happiness. At the time of this personal discovery, I was pursuing a double-major in Computer Science and Psychology. The Science of Happiness: Why complaining is literally killing you. 10-Damasio-OCR. 7 Ways To Trigger The Heart Field – The Most Powerful Healing Force There Is. Source: www.preventdisease.com | Original Post Date: August 15, 2014 – Every cause of disease first begins with an imbalance in the body's energy systems, specifically, the interaction between how the heart communicates with the brain and the body.
Fix that and there is no disease, ever. The heart can produce an electrical field 100 times greater than the brain and a magnetic field 5000 times greater. Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability. The gaze that hinders expression. Autism: Altered connections between eye contact and facial mimicry - It is not enough to observe what abilities are altered in those with autism, we also need to understand how each function interacts with the others. In fact, whereas in typical subjects, joint attention appears to facilitate facial mimicry (both are skills relevant for human social interaction), the opposite holds true for those with autism. That is what a new study, just published in Autism Research, suggests.
Empathy -- the ability to identify and understand other people's emotions -- has many components, some sophisticated and involving complex thought processes, others basic but essential nonetheless. The latter include joint attention -- which is activated by direct eye contact between two or more individuals, and allows them to focus their attention on the same object; and facial mimicry -- the tendency to reproduce on one's own face the expressions of emotion seen in others. Computer Maps 21 Distinct Emotional Expressions—Even "Happily Disgusted" Embargoed until 3:00 p.m. ET on March 31, 2014. Computer Maps 21 Distinct Emotional Expressions—Even "Happily Disgusted" Empathy Connection Resonance. Can-Internal-Excellence-be-Measured_Deshpande.pdf.
Eunoia II (Beautiful thought; 아름다운 생각 ll) from Lisa Park. Artist Manipulates 48 Pools Of Water With Her Mind. By Beckett Mufson "Brain power" takes on a literal meaning when it comes to EEG painting, mind-responsive furniture, and the workof Lisa Park. Emotion in Marketing: How Our Brains Decide What's Shareable.
13.2K Flares Filament.io 13.2K Flares × Every day it seems like we feel hundreds of different emotions – each nuanced and specific to the physical and social situations we find ourselves in. The Science of Emotion in Marketing: How We Decide What to Share and Whom to Trust. Every day it seems like we feel hundreds of different emotions – each nuanced and specific to the physical and social situations we find ourselves in. Looking At Tears Under A Microscope Reveals A Shocking Fact. Share on Facebook. 10 Scientific Studies That Prove Consciousness Can Alter Our Physical World. Why Emotional Excess is Essential to Writing and Creativity.
10 facts about infidelity, as divulged by Helen Fisher. RSA Shorts - The Power of Empathy. Pain pack. Mapa uczuć Głównego Miasta. HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY? Russian Scientist Photographs the Soul Leaving the Body, With a Special Camera. Does the soul exists? According to Dr. The Search for Basic Emotions. Table of Contents. Your emotional cloud. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion - Google Books.
How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? Here's How To Tell. Emotion Infographic on Behance. Scalar ANVC. We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar. We Feel Fine / Movements. Movements. List of Emotions. Contrasting and categorization of emotions. Why Do We Laugh?


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Founded at MIT in 2003, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global network of over 130 affiliated professors who use the power of scientific evidence to understand what really helps the poor.
J-PAL is a network of over 130 affiliated professors in over 40 leading universities around the world who are united to answer questions critical to poverty alleviation.
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a network of over 180 affiliated professors in over 40 leading universities around the world who are united to answer questions critical to poverty alleviation.
Since 2003, J-PAL has helped transform how some of the most influential players in public policy and development make decisions by informing policy with scientific evidence. J-PAL works closely with governments, donors, and nonprofits to help design and evaluate innovative social programmes, scale up the most cost-effective interventions, and build a culture of evidence-informed policymaking. In recognition of its work, J-PAL has received the Albert Hirschman Prize of the Social Science Research Council and the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award. Its affiliated professors have received many awards, including four of the last six prestigious John Bates Clark medals, presented annually to the top American economists under the age of 40.
Founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2003 and in partnership with and support of Community Jameel since 2005, J-PAL is directed by MIT professors Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Benjamin Olken, some of the world's foremost development economists. To date, J-PAL affiliates have conducted nearly 900 evaluations in 80 countries, and more than 400 million people have been reached by programmes tested and found to be effective through J-PAL evaluations. The organisation has been instrumental in increasing the number and quality of randomised evaluations on development interventions.
J-PAL identifies key knowledge gaps and, through grantmaking initiatives across a broad range of sectors, supports rigorous research designed to respond to policymakers' needs. Community Jameel partners with and support J-PAL on these initiatives around the world, including the Government Partnerships Initiative, which supports partnerships to increase the use of evidence in policymaking, and the European Social Inclusion Initiative, which supports research on the effectiveness of migrant education and integration, as well as on initiatives focusing on the Middle East and North Africa region.
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The Zain PR pitch involved three stages. The first, involved expression of interest by the pitching agencies, followed by a brief sent by the telecom firm to the short-listed agencies that competed for the mouth-watering account.
The third and perhaps the most complex of the exercise, invoved the company (Zain) creating a scenario drawn from its experience as a brand and posed the challenge to the PR agencies that pitched, asking them how they would tackle "the situation" if any of them eventually became its consultant. The strategic moves of the competing agencies was to be finally unveiled when Blueflower Limited presented a strong strategic understanding as well as an execution plan that the brand could relate with. This did magic! It convinced the management of Zain, including two officials from the telecommunication headquarters who witnessed the pitch, that Blueflower was the right choice.
It was gathered that the agency won the account based on the understanding of the corporate communication challenges of the organisation. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Blueflower, Chido Nwakanma, "it is a matter of ideas and value to client and not size. The agency should have the understanding of what the client needs and the necessary manpower to create and execute those solutions."
Nwakanma, who kept the worth of the pitch to his chest, stated: "We are looking at a brief contract until they sought out issues around the ongoing ownership. We are supposed to have a contract that will manage the transition and then review it. The agreement is that we will do what is needful, particularly at this trial time. We will work with the internal corporate communication team to manage the communication and reputation challenges of Zain and the network as an ongoing business entity."
The chief executive officer revealed that behind the Blueflower, which started business in 2007, are a robust experience in corporate communication, brand management and in the entire gamut of public relations practice.
According to him, it appears Blueflower is not known in the industry because "our work is more of strategy. We do a lot of more content development for clients." Describing the success in the pitch as "exhilarating experience," Nwakanma said: "Blueflower is committed to working with the internal communication team to strengthen the brand with their other stakeholders. This account win is in line with our initial five-year plan. We are progressing along that line. What we want to do is to broaden our portfolio to have clients across sectors.
On the PR industry, he said there was growing awareness and acceptance of the importance of PR in corporate Nigeria which is in tandem with the growth of PR across the world. "If you are in PR practice, therefore, the challenge is for you to benchmark yourself against global best practices. And because there is also competition and increased awareness, a lot of professionals are setting up proper PR consulting outfits," he said.
Nwakanma, who maintained it was unethical to handle two accounts in the same industry, regretted the dearth of manpower in the industry which he attributed to the decline on the job training and short term skill acquisition.


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Locust Mentality
Economists have an odd view of what is desirable. To them, the purpose of life is to increase economic activity, any activity, even including things like more vandalism repairs, more funerals, more pollution, more soil erosion, more deforestation, conspicuous consumption, more hospital care, inefficiency, waste… I call this locust mentality. Economists refuse to notice how their frantic efforts to stimulate short-term economic activity destroy the very substrate the enables sustained economic activity. They refuse to look even a decade into the future about how their actions harm economic activity, much less the environment or human welfare.~ Roedy (1948-02-04 age:70)


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This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Many think that working for yourself implies a big investment at first and this is a show stopper for them. However, this is not always the case, there are many opportunities when you can start with a small investment and get to have profit.
Why does it make more sense for some people to work from themselves than to work for somebody else?
Moreover, there are people out there that are smarter than what their boss thinks they are. That can give this world much more than they do in an office environment. These people have not done so many studies in order for someone to tell them they do bad or they do good something. They need to make a difference.
There is no such thing as job security anymore, so if you are a person that likes challenges, that knows he can do it on his own as well, that has a vision and that enjoys responsibility, it is safe to say, that you will not be lost in case of anything happens to your job. Or even you may decide to take it into your own hands and become self-employed.
Let's see below:
- You have much more to show that what your job is offering you.
Yes, 9 to 5 idea of a job sounds appealing to those that just want to work as machines do and limit their creativity and their potential. Most of the jobs out there do not even offer you the possibility to come up with ideas, to improve sales figures, to improve the work environment, to make a good change to the company. It happened to me once and I realized that moment that was not the right call for me.
- Facetime sometimes is a real waste of time and in time, of your brain actually.
The normal routine job just asks you to be present at the office, 8 hours or more per day just so they see you there. And most of the times a job does not require all that amount of time, so the dead time…is just wasted. Just for the sake of being in an office.
It has been demonstrated that people work better in places where they have fewer distractions and are more performant.
- What you aim for is bigger than what any company can offer you.
You will be able to have the freedom to achieve whatever you want to without anyone telling you to stop. And what can be more meaningful than knowing that you do it all for yourself?
- If you think out of the box, are a problem solver, you have a vision and like to make decisions, this means that working for yourself makes sense.
Making things happen and not tackle a lot of decision-makers is your strong point. Make sure you put all your mind and creativity into your project and the results will not tire of showing up.
- There is no such thing as dress code when working for yourself. Depending on the business you want to be in, you can dress according to your personality.
Staying in a corporate office may ask you to wear some clothes that you do not even wear in your free time as this is not you. Or may even dictate what your dressing will look like – as you may not afford to buy clothes for the office and clothes for free time as well.
If you stay and think about it, some big part of your money will go into clothes and get ready for the office, commuting to the office, eating at the office. Some good thousands of euros mean this – and this is a spend you can refrain from doing while working for yourself.
- Usually, having a boss really sucks.
There are very few people out there that are born to be bosses. And those that are not born to be bosses and are made do not see the real potential of their employees. They just want their employees to do what they were hired to do.
More than this you are always on watch; you are being told when to come when to live, it is like someone is making your life for you. It does not sound too nice, does it?
- A salary is never the correct view of all your knowledge and time and effort you bring to the job.
This is why it makes sense working for yourself. You are as much as you work and this challenges you to work more and give your best. Work harder and earn more.
- Choose your own hours of the day to work in.
I guess this is one of the top reasons to choose to work for yourself as an option. Having your own flexible working hours allows you to make your life a better one. The quality of life increases for sure. However, this working for yourself does not mean you stay around and linger all day long, as it will bring you no income. It is important that you stay responsible, have a schedule for the morning that is well established and get the work that you said you will do that day, done.
- There are no limits.
It is good to have no limits as you may get some unexpected very positive results. Nothing holds you back to deliver as much as possible. The sky is the limit!
- You follow your passion.
Usually, a company is born out of a passion. So doing what you love will bring you more satisfaction than you know. And in most cases what you love is also what you are good at – so bring it on! It is important to love your job and what you do, as if you are frustrated at work, all that negativity will have an impact on your personal life. So following your own passion will allow you to stay more positive. Just as Richard Branson stated "some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn't you have fun at work?"
- You will become stronger with time.
Working for yourself will sure have its impact on your maturity level. This is why it is a good step from this point of view. You will have to overcome many bumps in the road, which will make you stronger and a better entrepreneur as time passes.
- You will develop in all aspects of life.
Whilst working in an office environment is task making, it does not allow you to develop. Working for yourself will allow you to discover what is meaningful to you, what is your call and how you can achieve your highest potential.
- Have a nice heritage to be reminded by.
Though it may sound creepy at first, it is a fact people are proud of; they get to see what they accomplished, what they fought with and what their life actually meant. It is something people will respect you for.
- You feel more alive than ever.
Being in control of your life gives you that feeling of being more alive than any other thing.
- More time with your family.
While working is important to have a decent lifestyle or more than decent one, working for yourself will help you see your family more often. You get to make your own life, work as well as be around your family when they need you. And all of this without having a lot of explaining to do to your boss. The work-family balance is important in the days we live in.
All the above being said, there are good reasons why working for yourself makes sense. Before stepping up and taking this decision make sure you are that individual that can handle the tough sides that come with this as well.
Make sure your entrepreneurial personality will not be afraid after a small failure and will continue to strive; make sure you are creative and visionary and stay engaged in what you have started. Moreover, be realistic and do not live in a bubble where you think that working for yourself is freedom. This is by far true. Working for yourself is just as serious a job as working for a company where you have to deliver good results. Make sure you stick to this.
It is not all about business planning: "Business planning isn't a revenue-generating opportunity. Instead, get started on your business so you can make money as soon as possible." Gerber. So do not get stuck because you do not have a business plan in place. What you need to know is that you need you. No one will do the job in your place. You are the one that motivates you and do it in such a manner that it gives results.


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Like the jig you grew to love,
You always pushed your limits – pirouette speed, how high you jumped,
But it's all over now, the castle shall come crashing down, even the sky above,
That mirror you stared into with all your hubris, broken, like the overrated chances you thought you have,
And all because you could not see beyond your pride first.
Little would shake a man of your stature,
Retired but not jowly, enough to make you caustic in your assertion that you are still cultured,
Life you have seen through the eye of the needle, you have surely counted the sand grains in the hourglass,
Who are we, mere mortals, to question wisdom such as that?
No argument allows for a counter, you are the plaintiff and the defendant,
And you wonder why one would be hesitant to mention matters close to their heart?
Well, it is with sincere apologies that I bring to your attention the fact,
That maybe, as unbelievable as this may be, you have been ignorant.
Stereotypes, dogmas and such,
Were things I thought you would leave in the past, or refuse to tightly grasp,
We could laugh all day about the Mugabes, Putins and Somali militants,
But you make it hard to perceive you as anything but a different kind of tyrant,
While you may not kill with weapons or cause mass destruction, encourage internecine and trigger-happy hunts,
It feels as if you cajole respect at every contentious instant,
None is safe to even grunt –
Lest you hear them and shoot off into a railing that could very well end with a boot as out you cast.
In all the years we lived as one,
It couldn't be pitched incisively enough that we would be torn apart,
That the fabric of our bonds could be tested so thoroughly by an immigrant,
Foreign forces making historical cohesion insignificant,
Overnight; as if nothing was ever there to be maintained from the start,
As if it was all suddenly worth the shunt if push came to shove.
I guess hope's up,
Unless you can see a way past all that,
Yours tentatively,
Evans Mbora Campbell.


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The Academy Awards aren't known for making big changes to their categories, voting system, or live show, but with viewership on a steady decline (the 2018 Oscars hit an all-time low of 26.5 million viewers), it's time to try something new. Just announced this week, the Academy has introduced a handful of changes to the 2019 and 2020 awards shows, including a new category that will celebrate popular movies. Come on Fast and the Furious 13!
Following the re-election of former president John Bailey, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' board of governors sent out a letter this week to its members outlining the changes.
Already being dubbed the 'Popcorn Oscar,' the Academy has introduced a new award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film. The announcement stated that details and eligibility requirements are still TBA, but it seems like the new category is the Academy's answer to getting more eyeballs back on the screen by including films that movie goers actually go to the theatre to see. The Hollywood Reporter notes that viewership is higher during years when the films nominated for Best Picture are more popular in theatres, a factor that likely heavily influenced the new category in hopes of increasing viewership.
So, what does this new Popular Category mean for the highly coveted Best Picture award? In an addendum posted by the Academy following their initial announcement, it was confirmed that one film can win both Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film and the Academy Award for Best Picture. It will be interesting to see how the two categories play out in terms of nominee and winner overlap.
We've never gotten to the end of an Oscars broadcast and thought, "gee, that flew by!" The bloated awards show is pairing down its broadcast to three hours, with time being cut by handing out some of the 24 awards during commercial breaks. Winners will reportedly still get their time to shine on TV, with the Academy stating that "the winning moments will then be edited and aired later in the broadcast."
The 2019 Academy Awards are already scheduled to air on Sunday, February 24, but the following year's show will now air on Sunday, February 9, 2020. The new date won't affect eligibility requirements or voting, but the move is likely aimed towards battling viewer fatigue over awards season (the Golden Globes and SAG Awards both air in January).
Unfortunately, this week's announcement doesn't include adding a category for best stunt performance, a change many in the industry have been demanding for years.
The move causing the most controversy is the Academy's introduction of the Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film. While the new award will give opportunities to films that have often been excluded from the Oscars, namely action, superhero and comedy films, many are criticizing the addition, saying it cheapens the integrity of the Academy Awards.
Giving out an Oscar for Best Popular Film is like giving out a Nobel Prize for Hottest Abs
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) August 8, 2018
As a longtime Oscar watcher who's always genuinely (and un-ironically) loved the Academy Awards, this is a sad day for me. All of these changes from @TheAcademy feel horribly misguided.
— Tomris Laffly (@TomiLaffly) August 8, 2018
anyone who's remarking on all this with "lol who cares the Oscars suck anyway," ok! but remember basically the only thing still encouraging studios to fund non-blockbuster films is…the Oscars
— David Sims (@davidlsims) August 8, 2018
Remember the Oscars in 2016 when #MadMaxFuryRoad won editing, costume, makeup, prod design, sound editing/mixing. Every time it won LIVE I thought "Holy shit can it actually beat Spotlight for best pic?". That thrill is what makes the Oscars great. Now that's gone
— Zack Sharf (@ZSharf) August 8, 2018
It's also astounding that the Academy will seemingly jump through all these hoops and disrespect countless film professionals before they'll consider … starting the Oscars at 6pm?
— Joe Reid (@joereid) August 8, 2018
On the other hand, being popular doesn't necessarily mean a movie shouldn't still be viewed as an impressive achievement in filmmaking.
The 91st Academy Awards will air live, Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 8:30PM ET on CTV.


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Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys Dominate NFL Players Merchandise Sales List
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott needed just one season to rocket to the top of the NFL's player merchandise sales list, according to figures released Wednesday – and several of his teammates aren't far behind.
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Elliott, who earned NFL rookie of the year honors in 2016, is the first rookie in league history to lead the NFL Players Association's list, which ranks all players by total sales of officially-licensed merchandise like jerseys and action figures. The 21-year-old running back rushed for more than 1,600 yards and 15 touchdowns last season.
"It's pretty humbling," Elliott said in a press release. "When you're a rookie, you're just looking to put your head down, help the team, and learn the ropes. To accomplish this level of success off the field shows just how passionate football fans are in Dallas, Ohio, my home state of Missouri and all around the world. And to be up there with Dak and Dez, alongside great players like Tom Brady and Odell Beckham, is very special to me."
Congrats to @ezekielelliott, the first rookie to be 1⃣ on the year-end Top 50 Player Sales List. See the full list: https://t.co/7okmWYU4o7 pic.twitter.com/RkvzBJXb5W— NFLPA (@NFLPA) May 3, 2017
Elliott wasn't the only Cowboys star to crack the list. Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott – also a rookie last season – ranked second, just behind his teammate. Prescott actually surpassed Elliott in terms of jersey sales, according to the NFLPA. Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant ranked fourth in merchandise sales, which made the Cowboys the only NFL franchise with three players in the top-10.
The Seattle Seahawks were the only NFL franchise other than the Cowboys to place five players in the top-selling list. The team's headliners include star quarterback Russell Wilson (ranked sixth) and cornerback Richard Sherman (ranked 24th).
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who led his franchise to yet another Super Bowl win in February, ranked third among NFL players. In addition, he outpaced all other players in terms of sales of kid-sized T-shirts and jerseys.
The full NFLPA player sales list for 2016 can be viewed here.


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This hidden camera and digital recorder features motion-activated recording that starts as soon as motion is detected. With motion-activation, you won't have to fast forward through hours of uneventful recording. You can view your recordings by using the included RCA cable to connect to your TV or computer or insert the included 16GB micro SD card into your computer. FREE 16GB micro SD-CARD included allows you to record up to 5 hours of continuous recording. On sale here at the best possible cheap discount online sales price.
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Hey, everyone! Just wanted to post a quick update. First off, feel free to check out my Girls Entertainment Network, Batman-On-Film, and Impulse Creations articles in the three posts below. They're pretty much all reviews this time around, because I'm buusyyyy with college finals. X-mas break is almost here, whooo! 🙂
The second order of business is … the poll! Yup, because break is nearly upon me I'll be revealing the results of the poll soon. So if you haven't voted already, please do! The link is in the sticky post above (where the huge pic of the Goddamn Batman is). And if you have voted, if you can somehow cheat the system, go for it! I won't tell.
I'll probably be ending the poll in a week or so. That's my goal, anyway, because that way I can go ahead with whatever it is that wins. 😉 Hmmm, I better start planning …
Finally, I just wanted to thank all those who have stuck around and commented for their continued support. And if you're new to my blog, welcome! Thanks for visiting and drop by anytime!
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Date: June 8, 2019. Time: 1-3pm
We will meet here
Trove Canberra in Dickson Place
Shop G6, 25-55 Dickson Place
2602 Dickson, Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
We'll be in the Dickson place courtyard, out the front of our cooperative shop – Trove Canberra. Find us near The Source Dickson, About Health in Dickson, and Centrepiece.
Description of the KIP
Calling all lovers of knitting, crochet, weaving, felting…anything to do with fabulous fibres! Come and join us and thousands around the world for another amazing World Wide Knit in Public Day for 2019. We'll be sitting in the courtyard outside our lovely cooperative shop. There will be several expert knitters/crocheters on hand to help you out if you are starting out on your fibre journey. We'll provide some baked goodies to keep you sustained and you can grab a cuppa/snack from one of the lovely nearby cafes (bonus brownie points if you BYO reusable mug!).
What to bring
Bring your current/new project, BYO chair (there's some seating in the courtyard, but not a lot), blankets and warm clothing if it's cold.
Backup plan:
If it's raining, we will cancel the event, as we don't have shelter in the courtyard. But you're welcome to hang out at a local cafe and knit!!
Is this KIP going to be exclusive to knitting?
Are there any bathrooms nearby?
Yes, Free
This KIP is hosted by: Trove Canberra
Number of KIP's hosted before :-): 4
Host website: http://www.trovecanberra.com.au


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The murder of Sharmaarke Hassan, a 17-year-old member of the Money Squad, has highlighted the conflict in the streets of Camden Town, which is renowned for its vibrant music and nightclub scene. He is the 15th teenager to die violently in London this year.
The Somali youth had been ambushed by three people in the Gilbey's Yard estate overlooking the Regent's Canal on Saturday night and died as a result of his injuries on Wednesday. Residents said that he had been sitting on a bench used as a "hangout" for drug dealers from nearby Camden High Street and King's Cross.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested last night on suspicion of murder. Scotland Yard said that he was being held at a North London police station.
The area's pubs and clubs are frequented by a group of celebrities that includes Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty, Peaches Geldof and Daisy Lowe.
Although Sharmaarke Hassan was just a "runner" for the Money Squad, the most junior member of the gang, he was already a convicted criminal and well known to local police.
Last month he was found guilty at Thames Youth Court of possessing cannabis and offering to supply the drug. He was sentenced to 40 hours' community service. In February he was convicted of threatening unlawful violence and of breaching an antisocial behaviour order for the second time. Two months earlier he was convicted of stealing a £2,000 Cartier watch and breaching the terms of his ASBO at the same court. He was charged with affray in September but the case was dropped.
This month the police started court action to impose ASBOs against 14 members of the Money Squad. They are seeking to ban the youths from Camden, prevent them from meeting more than five of their listed friends and prohibiting them from harassing or distressing anyone for three years.


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So this gorgeous lady actually lives in Singapore, She often travels for business and she needs her wardrobe to work hard for her and to be super adaptable as she frequently travels between her home in Singapore to Australia, US, Europe, Asia. She is a busy Mum on top of this to two equally gorgeous children as well as a wonderful Wife.
I was absolutely delighted when I was asked to meet this gorgeous client for a Personal Shopping trip in Paris – it's not every day I get this opportunity so of course I said YES! The thing was I have to fess up I do know this client rather well and we have become firm friends over the years. So this was all expenses paid trip for me with the opportunity to shop in Paris and undertake lots of research for my job – what a treat.
The client was also working during the trip so my job was to travel out to meet her from London; scout for shoes and clothes during the day over the 3 days total we had about 2 half days to cram everything in. The most important thing was to source new boots and shoes as shopping for shoes in Asia is a problem. Anything else we got was a bonus.
We did find her boots in fact she got 4 pairs but would you believe it they were found at a store within St Pancras Station on the return journey. So after an exhausting few days and not to be beaten, I did something I would NEVER do. I forced 'the client' into a one last shop and that was the shop where the perfect boots were found!


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Nas, Fabolous, Talib Kweli Honor Legends At Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival 2016 photos by Elijah C. Watson for Okayplayer.
After three days of conferences, forums and side events, the 12th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival closed another successful year with a finale concert that featured a trio of New York City icons showing off their own legacies while paying homage to other New York greats before them.
The first performer of note was Rapsody, who used her set to reveal good news for her longtime supporters: a new deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation marketing + management company. She and a live band paid homage to legends like A Tribe Called Quest and Prince. Embedded within that ATCQ tribute medley were songs like "Check The Rhime" and "Electric Relaxation," and she flipped Prince's "If I Was Your Girlfriend" into a freestyle. She then performed Anderson .Paak's "Without You," dedicating the song to a male fan she called on stage. Rapsody was followed by Maségo, a young Virginia artist who has fittingly described his music as "Trap House Jazz;" he deftly switched between blowing notes through a saxophone, rapping and scat singing.
The next headliner was Brooklyn-bred rap veteran, Talib Kweli. He paid tribute to Tribe, rapping his lyrics to Black Star's "Knowledge of Self" over the beat to "Check The Rhime" as the audience withstood the rain to rock out with their fellow Brooklynite. In another notably Brooklyn moment, Talib welcomed Buckshot, Masta Ace and Special Ed to perform "Crooklyn," satisfying the audience by reuniting the Crooklyn Dodgers supergroup. He also brought Rapsody back on stage to perform some of their collaborations together. Near the end of his set he performed the fan favorite, "Get By," and honored the life of J Dilla by playing a string of his instrumentals.
Fabolous continued the momentum for the home borough, having thousands of fans chant "whooo hooo" as he rocked his 2001 hit "Young'n". Other highlights from his set include bringing Dyme-A-Duzin onstage for their remix of "That Chicken," and Fabolous performing his remix of Desiigner's "Panda". The latter move confused the of-age hip-hop heads, but the young'n's wildly dabbed in approval. Fab relied on his lady-luring radio songs like "Into You" and "You Be Killin' 'Em;" but real rap heads were rewarded with performances of "Brooklyn" and "Breathe," along with a surprise Smif-N-Wessun guest appearance for their remix of Mary J. Blige's "I Love You". Fab doesn't get the acknowledgment that he deserves, but his Saturday set was a testament to his talent and longevity.
By the end of the night, the legendary Nas closed out the festival for summer sixteen. God's Son has about a dozen albums under his name, but his magnum opus will always be Illmatic – and he gave the fans exactly what they wanted, energetically running through gems like "The World Is Yours," "If I Ruled The World," and "N.Y. State of Mind," along with later favorites like "Made You Look" and "One Mic," which he dedicated to Alton Sterling. His performance was backed by the New Orleans band The Soul Rebels, who added some new flavors to Nas's extensive catalog.
Festival season always has a lot of competition, but the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival '16 continued to prove its worth with another show that showcased some of the best that New York City has to offer.


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Taiji is a game in which you explore a mysterious and detailed world full of puzzles. It is important to think hard and to pay close attention, as vital clues are sometimes hidden in plain sight.
All of the puzzles in the game are solved using a consistent interface: a grid of tiles which may be either on or off. Inputting a solution to a puzzle in the game requires the player to put the tiles in the right configuration.
Although having all the puzzles be this way might seem like it would be dull, this is really just the interface to solving the puzzles. The puzzles themselves might be about all kinds of different things. The puzzles are free to increase in subtlety and complexity, but unlike a traditional adventure game, where the rules change on a whim, in Taiji the player knows from very early on that in order to solve puzzles, they need to interact with these panels.
Taiji is being developed entirely by myself, Matthew VanDevander and will be done when it is done. You can wishlist the game on Steam.
You can keep up with development by following the blog. I do livestreams of development Tuesdays and Thursdays on Twitch. Or if that's not enough, you can also follow development on twitter: @taijigame.


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Setup in 1997, the school is situated at Mapledene Primary School, Sheldon. Whether a beginner or an experienced dancer you will find a warm and welcoming atmosphere upon arrival. At local competitions and festivals the school is often noted for its high standards and imaginative choreography; and boasts 100% pass rate in all International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) examinations.
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The principals, Lisa Potter and Cheryl Jeyes, have over 25 years of experience covering most dance disciplines. During their performing careers they accumulated over 2,000 medals and trophies between them and have performed in many amateur productions. Lisa has also danced professionally in this country, abroad and on cruise ships. Additionally both principals have adjudicated at local dance festivals.
Boys and girls are welcome from the age of three. General Classes, held on Saturdays from 9am to 3pm, are focussed on performance and technique with an emphsis on having fun. Private tuition is offered to promising performers, Monday - Wednesday evenings for solo, duet, trio and troupe competion work.


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Discussion in 'Everything Else' started by stolenxnametag, Feb 27, 2014.
Season 2 premier on History channel right now! Is anyone else watching this?
Still need to watch Season 1.
Good show overall?
Is this show worth watching? Is season one on Netflix?
I really liked the first season. I caught it by accident on like the 3rd episode when it was airing last year, so I kept up and finished the season as it premiered. The main character, Ragnar, is basically like the Norse equivalent of Hercules. Some of his stories in viking sagas are thought to be combined stories of more than one warrior, but that's what makes the series so awesome.
I'm not sure if it has made it to Netflix yet, but it should be. It aired in like April or May last year, I think.
Sounds like its awesome. I'll check to see if it's on Netflix or Hulu Plus.


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DAVID Moyes insists Howard Webb is the perfect official to handle Saturday's potentially explosive Wembley derby.
The Blues take on Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final, which will be the first meeting between the sides at the national stadium since 1989.
Earlier this week Reds boss Kenny Dalglish expressed fears that supporters may believe there is a conspiracy against his team, following what he claims were a succession of debatable decisions.
But Moyes declined to put further pressure on Webb and his Wembley officials, as he looks to knock his rivals out of the competition for the second time in four years.
He said: "We will go with the referee on the day," said the Goodison manager. "We will trust his judgement.
"No doubt I will be shouting if things don't go right but that's what you do if you're a manager.
* Read more:How Everton FC fans booming out Z Cars at Wembley let Steve Round know he was at a special club
"We are not arguing with the referees at Everton. We've had bad decisions here, and have had to take them on the chin.
"I've not made too big a fuss of it. I've not called Mike Riley or spoke to him. We have to go with the integrity of the referee, which we will do."
Moyes was referring to the visit of referee chief Riley to Liverpool's Melwood training ground earlier this season, after Dalglish complained about the standard of officiating.
Two weeks later Liverpool benefited from a controversial, and since rescinded, red card for Jack Rodwell to win the Goodison Premier League derby 2-0.
And Moyes said: "A similar thing happened before the first game when we got a player sent off. I don't know what Liverpool's business is.
"Mike Riley went in to see them (Liverpool). He didn't come to see us."
Jack Rodwell and cup-tied Steven Pienaar aside, Moyes is likely to select from a full-strength squad this weekend.
Despite having lost only three of their last 17 games, the bookmakers have Everton as slight underdogs against a Liverpool team who, while winning the Carling Cup, are a place below the Toffees in the league.
"The bookies are very rarely wrong, aren't they?" said Moyes. "And the bookies will see Liverpool as favourites undoubtedly.
"I think because of the quality Liverpool possess and the squad, that's why I think most people who bet will put Liverpool as favourites.
"But we do the best we can at Everton. Whoever we bring in always works very hard to try and make whatever gulf there is as little as possible.
"Liverpool have got a great history but Everton in the past have had a great history as well.
"We're going to try to be positive, we're going to try to give ourselves every opportunity."
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