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The 25 Highest-Paid Athletes Of All Time
The NBA is flush with cash right now thanks to its $24 billion TV deal with ESPN and TNT, as well as its global opportunities. Players are sharing in the riches, with 29 current NBAers in the middle of contracts worth at least $94 million in deals that range from three years in the case of LeBron James to five years for most of the 28 others, according to data from Spotrac. The significance of $94 million: It is more than the career earnings from playing salary of the sport's greatest player, Michael Jordan, who earned $93.8 million with the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards.
But don't shed a tear for MJ. Sure, he made more than $4 million during only two of his 15 seasons in the NBA (Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf also paid Jordan his $4 million salary during the full season he took off to play baseball). Yet Jordan elevated athlete endorsements to an entirely new level, which has continued long after he hung up his high-tops for good in 2003. The result: Jordan is the highest-paid athlete of all time at $1.85 billion in 2017 dollars (the tally is $1.5 billion in current dollars).
Jordan has partnered with dozens of brands since he turned pro in 1984, including Gatorade, Hanes, MCI, Oakley, Upper Deck, Wheaties and more. His biggest backer has always been Nike, which signed Jordan ahead of his rookie year to a five-year deal worth $2.5 million, plus royalties. The Jordan Brand exploded for Nike and is now a $3.1 billion global business with revenue up 13% over last year and $800 million from two years ago. Jordan's estimated cut of the business is $140 million this year.
Jordan showed the path to a fortune built on endorsement earnings that has since been followed by Tiger Woods, who ranks second at $1.7 billion. Like Jordan, Woods reached the pinnacle of his sport while shying away from any controversy, making him a marketing darling for sponsors like Accenture, American Express, EA Sports, General Motors and Nike.
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Woods banked $600 million (adjusted for inflation) between 2006 and 2010, with endorsements and appearance fees fueling most of the earnings. The image of Woods as the perfect pitchman came crashing down on a Thanksgiving night eight years ago, but he remains the top draw in golf when healthy. His earnings are off 68% from their peak but still rank among the highest in golf.
Forbes' earnings estimates include salaries, bonuses, prize money, endorsements and licensing, as well as fees from books, golf course designs and appearances. Earnings cover from the time the athletes turned pro through June 1, 2017, and include money earned after playing careers were over, as well as earnings by the estate in the case of Arnold Palmer. We do not include investment income, and we back-filled years where we did not publish earnings figures, such as prior to 1990 for Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. We adjusted all figures for inflation.
The 25 highest-paid athletes of all time played a mix of eight sports, with golf, basketball and boxing landing five entries each. The top 25 have earned a cumulative $19.4 billion since turning pro ($15.9 billion without adjusting for inflation).
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From branding it like Beckham to the Golden Bear's Midas touch, these sports legends are so money when it comes to career earnings and endorsement deals.
The Highest-Paid Athletes of All-Time
1. Michael Jordan
Career earnings: $1.85 billion (2017 dollars)
Jordan still maintains his longtime endorsement relationships with Gatorade, Hanes, Nike and Upper Deck, but the investment that made him a billionaire was the $175 million fire-sale price he got the Charlotte Bobcats (now the Hornets) for in 2010. Jordan bumped his Hornets stake to 90% in 2013, and the team is now worth $780 million.
2. Tiger Woods
Career earnings: $1.7 billion
The 14-time major winner has played only 18 official PGA Tour events since the start of 2014 because of injuries (he's missed the cut or withdrawn from half of them). Sponsors still see value in partnering with Woods, with TaylorMade, Bridgestone and Monster Energy the most recent additions to his endorsement portfolio.
3. Arnold Palmer
Career earnings: $1.4 billion
Palmer died in September 2016, but his estate still banked $40 million during the last 12 months. More than 400 stores sell Arnold Palmer-branded apparel in Asia, with plans to move into new markets like Thailand and Vietnam. His estate has agreements with 39 licensees. The partnership between IMG founder Mark McCormack and his first client, Palmer, revolutionized sports marketing.
4. Jack Nicklaus
Career earnings: $1.2 billion
Nicklaus' course design company is responsible for 410 courses in 41 countries, with the 18-time major winner involved in three-quarters of the projects. In addition to course design, the Nicklaus business empire includes real estate, wine, ice cream, drinkware, golf academies, lemonade and more.
5. Michael Schumacher
Career earnings: $1 billion
The health of Schumacher, 47, has been precarious since a 2013 skiing accident in the Alps left him in a coma. The F1 titan dominated his sport while racking up seven titles and is one of only six athletes to top the FORBES highest-paid athletes list since 1990.
6. Phil Mickelson
Career earnings: $815 million
Mickelson pitches for Amgen, ExxonMobil, KPMG, Rolex, Grayhawk and the Greenbrier, as well as two new partners in Intrepid Financial Partners and Workday. His $84 million in career prize money ranks second all-time. Coming in second to Tiger has been plenty lucrative for Lefty, who finally outearned his rival in 2015, for the first time since Woods turned pro in 1996.
7. (tie) Kobe Bryant
Career earnings: $800 million
Bryant's earnings during his playing career were tops all time among team athletes, and he had the highest NBA salary the final six seasons of his career. The Black Mamba is attacking retirement the way he did opposing guards during his 20-year NBA career. He launched Kobe Inc. and a venture capital firm, Bryant Stibel, with $100 million in funding.
7. (tie) David Beckham
Career earnings: $800 million
Beckham's most lucrative years have come in retirement thanks to royalty deals with Diageo, to launch a new single-grain Scotch whisky called Haig Club, and Global Brands Group, to create Beckham-branded consumer products. Beckham is inching closer to bringing an MLS expansion team to Miami, which he got the rights to at the bargain-basement price of $25 million.
9. Floyd Mayweather
Career earnings: $785 million
Our earnings figure for Mayweather does not include his monster payday for his August bout against Conor McGregor (our scoring period ended June 1). His McGregor paycheck makes Mayweather just the sixth athlete ever with earnings of $1 billion.
10. Shaquille O'Neal
Career earnings: $735 million
O'Neal sold a stake in the business of Shaq last year to Authentic Brands Group, which got the rights to roughly half of O'Neal's future licensing and endorsement revenue in return for a lump sum payment. Shaq's low-cost sneaker line has sold more than 120 million pairs during his career.
11. LeBron James
Career earnings: $730 million
The NBA's top pitchman added Intel and Verizon this year to his endorsement portfolio, which already included Nike, Coca-Cola, Beats by Dre and Kia Motor. King James owns a stake in 17 Blaze Pizzas, the fastest-growing food-service business of all-time.
12. Cristiano Ronaldo
Career earnings: $725 million
Ronaldo is rising up the charts as the highest-paid athlete in the world the past two years, including $93 million in the 12 months ending in June. His Real Madrid contract extension will push the earnings for soccer's reigning player of the year even higher.
13. Greg Norman
Career earnings: $705 million
Like Shaquille O'Neal and Muhammad Ali before him, Norman sold his future licensing rights to Authentic Brands Group in March. Norman's company retains control of his real estate, investments and course design operations, but ABG will work on his other business interests in apparel, accessories, steak and wine.
14. Mike Tyson
Career earnings: $700 million
The youngest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing squandered $400 million in earnings (not adjusted for inflation) before filing for bankruptcy in 2003. Tyson has reinvented himself at 51 as an actor and with business partnerships around gaming, motorcycles and fitness centers.
15. Roger Federer
Career earnings: $675 million
Federer recently re-took the crown for highest career prize money on the ATP Tour with his resurgent year on the court in 2017. His $111.9 million tally surpasses the total of Novak Djokovic ($109.8 million), as well as that of Tiger Woods, who sits at $110 million in prize money on the PGA Tour.
16. Lionel Messi
Career earnings: $600 million
Messi has been at Barcelona since age 13, and his contract extension last month will keep him at Camp Nou through the 2020-21 season. The buyout clause for Barcelona's all-time leading scorer doubled under the new deal to $835 million.
17. Alex Rodriguez
Career earnings: $575 million
A-Rod signed two of the three biggest contracts in the history of baseball during his 22-year career and was paid $20 million by the Yankees in 2017 despite retiring last year. He has been busy in retirement as a Fox Sports analyst and a host for an upcoming CNBC reality show, in addition to his high-profile relationship with Jennifer Lopez.
18. Jeff Gordon
Career earnings: $525 million
Gordon won 93 races during his Nascar career, the modern-day record. He owns a stake in Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 car and could be in line for a larger ownership role at Hendrick Motorsports.
19. Oscar De La Hoya
Career earnings: $520 million
The Golden Boy's 2007 fight with Floyd Mayweather was the biggest bout in pay-per-view history, with 2.5 million buys, until Mayweather faced Manny Pacquiao. De La Hoya earned a then-record $52 million because he served as the fight's promoter through his company Golden Boy Promotions, which he founded in 2002.
20. Manny Pacquiao
Career earnings: $510 million
Pacquiao's pay-per-view career includes 18.6 million buys and gross revenue of $1.2 billion. The Filipino senator lost to Australian Jeff Horn in his only 2017 bout. Pacquiao's biggest career payday was his 2015 fight with Mayweather, for which he pocketed roughly $125 million.
21. Derek Jeter
Career earnings: $490 million
Jeter's tenure as an MLB owner is off to a rocky start in South Florida. The 14-time All-Star put up only $25 million of the $1.2 billion price for the Miami Marlins, but Jeter is calling the shots as CEO of the team.
22. (tie) Peyton Manning
Career earnings: $480 million
The five-time MVP retired as the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards (71,490) and touchdowns (539) and was the NFL record-holder for earnings on and off the field. Manning remains a popular pitchman in retirement, shilling for Nationwide, DirecTV, Gatorade, Papa John's and Otterbox. He also hosted the 2017 ESPYs.
22. (tie) Kevin Garnett
Career earnings: $480 million
Garnett earned an NBA-record $334 million in playing salary during his 22-year playing career with the Timberwolves, the Celtics and the Nets. His blockbuster six-year, $126 million contract as a 21-year-old in 1997 helped push NBA owners to lock out the players ahead of the 1998-99 season.
24. Evander Holyfield
Career earnings: $475 million
Holyfield's career-high payday was $34 million, for his second fight versus Mike Tyson, which ended abruptly when Tyson was disqualified for biting off a chunk of Holyfield's ear. Despite a quarter-century of boxing purses, Holyfield faced major financial issues with a foreclosure of his $10 million, 109-room Atlanta estate and lawsuits for unpaid child support.
25. Andre Agassi
Career earnings: $470 million
Agassi's massive Nike endorsement deal earned him $140 million over 10 years, including the appreciation of the company stock he received in the pact.
5 Ways To Cope With The Self During Isolation
As Covid-19 continues to spread ruthlessly across the globe, governments have enforced lockdowns in countries to slow the infection rate. And this has meant restricted movements of people and work from home. As the globe's population practises self-isolation and social-distancing, the lack of the familiar can lead to further stress and mental health issues. Establishing coping mechanisms to deal with anxiety and depression during these times is crucial. Healthcare practitioner and counselling psychologist, Nkateko Ndala-Magoro, through the South African Depression and Anxiety Group's Facebook platform, lets us in on five self-help strategies to deal with depression.
Get active: "It is hard I know to stay active while you are confined. The benefits of staying active is the release of feel good hormones that are in contrast with the hormones that exacerbate depression. Being active also helps regulate your heart beat; for people suffering from anxiety, the regulation of breathing might help with the severity of the anxiety/panic attack."
Take time to sleep: "I know people are already feeling like they do not have any more positions of sleep because of sleeping too much during lockdown. I encourage that people get as much quality sleep as possible in this time. Sleeping has benefits on our health and wellbeing in general, let alone on our mental health on many levels."
Read: "Keep yourself busy by reading. There is a wealth of information in books. There are many online platforms including Amazon, which have made available e-books for free. Read self-help books and fiction to escape the reality; and any other books that interest you."
Learn a new skill: "This will also keep you interested as mastering something new takes a lot in terms of focus and energy."
Connect with loved ones: "Connect with your loved ones via video chats. Journal and work on things you have been meaning to work on to give you a sense of accomplishment."
The Five Trends To Future-Proof Your Business
Some of these fads were slowly building in the previous decade, others are still nascent, but need your full attention to prepare your business for the times ahead.
1. AI and machine learning
Key takeaway: Automate repetitive tasks, but be wary of automating inefficiencies and biases.
You're surrounded by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning: from the recommendations Netflix makes based on your viewing history to those pesky adverts that track you around the internet. As Bronwyn Williams, a trend analyst at Flux Trends in South Africa, explains, "Most of what you think is AI is actually machine learning." Williams emphasizes that fears about AI "stealing jobs" are overrated, and most businesses will see the arduous, repetitive tasks given to machines, freeing up humans for analysis and critical thinking. She warns businesses to remember it's the human interaction that differentiates one offering from another. "Don't automate away your value. Look under the hood and make sure you understand why you are automating something – and be careful not to automate inefficiencies." Looking at automated HR processes, companies have discovered that even unconscious human biases are learned by machines (for example, CVs belonging to certain genders and races are discredited. Machines are not born neutral – especially if they're learning from humans.) Embrace machine learning, but do so with a pinch of salt.
2. Driverless cars and the supply chain
Key takeaway: Autonomous cars are still about 15 years away, but it's best to prepare your fleet and supply chain choice now.
The automotive industry is going through some major changes: electric cars, the growth of services like Uber and Lift, and lastly, the development of autonomous vehicles. Though the first two will impact everyday consumer experiences, it's self-driving cars that will massively alter businesses and their supply chains across Africa in the next decade. "As convenience and efficiency are the cornerstones of the fleet industry, there is no doubt self-driving vehicles will start making a play for their share of the fleet industry sooner rather than later," explains Sudesh Pillay on fleet management company EQSTRA's online platform. The supply chain will no longer be affected by driver fatigue and human error. Driverless cars will also dramatically impact accident rates (lowering them by 90%, according to some estimates) and supply chain efficiency. As Innovation Group's Future Now report indicates, autonomous cars face some serious challenges across Africa before they can become a practical alternative to human drivers. "There is a vision, in the not-too-distant future, in which self-driving cars hold a lot of promise…. Others are more skeptical about the practical feasibility, especially in Africa where the infrastructural limitations (roads, electricity etc.) hold back the vision, at least in the foreseeable future. Our research indicates that self-driving cars may only become a reality in South Africa in [15] or more years and that this may spur innovative advances in infrastructure, energy services and ultimately the look and feel of roads and cities."
3. Climate crises and
natural disasters
Key takeaway: Hire a Chief Sustainability Officer to
start building climate resilience into your business.
"Now is the time to start thinking seriously about resilience," says Hugh Tyrrell, Director at Green Edge, a corporate mentoring initiative in Cape Town that helps businesses develop sustainably. "The big brands have Chief Sustainability Officers (CSO). This role is in the C-suite and is forward-thinking," Tyrell explains. CSOs look at how businesses can start developing their own power, lower their eco-footprint and manage their resources better. Looking to the big corporate trendsetters, there are some major shifts in corporate strategy focusing on a sustainable business model instead of growth at all costs. Unilever, for example, is holding their suppliers to the same eco-friendly standards that they themselves are working at, says Tyrrell. Natural disasters associated with the climate crisis are already affecting African businesses too. Explains Tyrrell, "In agriculture, which is a big sector in Africa, we are seeing the effect of droughts or floods. Others have to work more closely with their suppliers to ensure supplies come in good condition and on time." Mining is another industry heavily impacted by the climate crisis – and the push by consumers for more environmental-friendly solutions.
4. The age of cyberattacks and data breaches
Key takeaway: Make sure your IT department includes
skilled data protection specialists.
As businesses innovate and rely less on physical hardware like servers, and start instead relying on the cloud, they can expect to see a massive uptick in cyberattacks and subsequent data breaches. This trend increased exponentially in 2019 (even the City of Johannesburg in South Africa was held by ransomware) and is set to explode in the coming decade. Added to this, businesses are collecting more data than ever before, particularly for marketing purposes and to tailor their product offerings. Because of this, businesses should prepare themselves for the onslaught by firstly, taking their online security very seriously, secondly, training their staff (employees are the weakest link in any security chain) and thirdly, putting more budget behind appropriate security measures. "The demand for narrow cybersecurity expertise is driven by a constantly changing threat landscape, as well as evolving technologies, such as cloud or IoT. As a result, we see the bigger demand in, for example, threat intelligence analysts and dedicated threat intelligence services, and experts for cloud platform protection. The call for data protection specialists is seen in both technical and regulatory and compliance aspects," says Alexander Moiseev, Chief Business Officer at online security software Kaspersky.
5. The remote workforce
Key takeaway: Flexi-hours and working remotely are practical ways to combat challenges like loadshedding and traffic.
With intermittent power supply (particularly in South Africa), increasing traffic and less reliance on physical IT infrastructure like servers, the remote and flexible workforce is becoming a norm. Says Moiseev, "The working model is already being changed, with 40% of small and medium companies regularly allowing their employees to work at locations outside the office — from home or while traveling." In addition, health scares like the coronavirus are amplifying these trends. "Apps that enable remote working are having a moment," explains Williams. "You now get filters to add makeup to video conferences so you don't have to dress up when you're working from home." Many employees expect the flexibility of remote working when job hunting, and businesses reap the benefits of agility.
-Samantha Steele
The Top 5 Emerging Crazy Tech
A pick of some of the weirdest, coolest tech that could come hurtling our way this year.
- A bot that delivers toilet paper
Forgot to instal toilet paper in the loo? The Charmin RollBot is designed to carry a roll of toilet paper on two wheels. With the press of a button on your phone, the RollBot will help with your sanitary requirement.
Using Bluetooth, the bot will commence its mission; an infra-red sensor able to navigate its way to you. According to Business Insider, there's no price or release date for RollBot, nor is it clear if it will ever be released as a consumer product. Charmin calls RollBot a "conceptual prototype". The brand unveiled the bot last month at the CES 2020 expo in Las Vegas.
2. The Cyrcle phone
If for any reason you got bored of your rectangular handset, the circular phone is always an alternative offering a different view and take. According to the makers, the phone was designed with the Generation Z, female audience in mind. It's round and features two headphone jacks. The device was designed by a US-based startup delivering a shape that it says is more "sensual". The company reckons it will be ready to launch in a year's time.
3. A smart bed
There's nothing like a good night's sleep. But it's not always possible to have the best sleep every day. Or is it? There is a bed that's guaranteed to give you your beauty sleep the way you want it.
Sleep Number Climate 360 has a mattress with features that warm your feet to help you sleep faster. It will also help you stay asleep by cooling your body, and balance your temperature with your natural wake and sleep cycles.
But what's most intriguing is the fact that the bed also gives you a Sleep IQ score for personalized sleep insights. It measures your heart rate, breathing and movement, tracks your circadian rhythms and can show how your heart rate varies. The smart bed received the CES 2020 Best of Innovation award and is only expected to be available in 2021.
4. Self-changing trash can
For those who dread taking out the trash, this device is possible a no-brainer. Apart from its motion sensors to detect when you need to throw trash, when it's full, it will automatically seal the trash bag and line the bin with a new one, all with a press of a button.
Even if the bin is overflowing, the top compartment will lift up so it can still seal the bag shut without any mess. The bin, called the Townew bin, was designed by a Canadian company, Knectek Labs.
5. Vertical TV
Just when we were getting used to wider TVs, it seems taller screens may soon be coming to your living room. Samsung's Sero TV vertical-oriented will soon be hitting markets.
The TV can not only work in the traditional horizontal format, but is also able to turn on its side for playing vertical videos in portrait style.This might come in handy when watching videos from social media platforms such as TikTok or Instagram that deal primarily with vertical videos.
It sits on a stand that prevents it hitting the floor when turning, and can be paired with a phone so that it automatically orientates it correctly based on what's beamed from the handset. According to TechRadar.com the pricing and availability are yet to be revealed, but the Sero will be leaving Korea and is headed to the US and "several global markets" later this year.
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Cambodian Brides –- Mail Order Brides From Cambodia
Meet beautiful Cambodian mail order bride-to-bes. Beautiful beautiful cambodian women https://www.interracialdatingapp.biz/cambodian-brides/ are actually seeking marital relationship. Cambodia is where you obtain your dream girl and also we will certainly show you exactly how.
Now, state Cambodia as well as individuals consider beautiful landscapes and Buddhist priests. It' s an over-simplification of all things the country stands for because they possess a great deal even more choosing them than that. Particularly, a wealthy past (albeit a lot of it dark) and also several of the friendliest people in the world.
What are Cambodian mail order brides like?
There are actually many aspects to understanding the typical Cambodian female. It' s worthkeeping in mind that uniqueness is a trait, as well as most women you' ll comply withare actually different in their very own right.
However, a great deal of societies could be broken right into the best usual subsets, whichis what we will certainly concentrate on in this instance.
Physical traits of Cambodian women
Physically, beautiful cambodian women aren' t big, on average. As an example, their way elevation is actually somewhere around 152.4 cm (5 ft 0 in). The normal person is actually not obese, either.
They are actually likewise renowned for having long, moving locks of dark hair whichis actually corresponding to their brown, almond-shaped eyes.
A little bit of poetic, yet you appreciate.
Honesty is actually additionally valued in the community. Cambodians are normally taken being a few of one of the most honest folks around the world. It does often have a tendency to be blunt. For instance, being fat deposits isn' t a put-down as well as people are going to laughwhen suchsummaries are actually use them. So it takes a little getting used to. There will certainly be actually a little more to it depending on the lady herself, certainly.
On the various other palm, traditionalism goes a long way besides merely her role in the family, For instance, sleeping around just before marital relationship is actually still towered above. Yes, althoughthat the country has among the most extensive populace of sexual activity laborers in Asia, best beside Thailand. Muchyounger women are actually extra lax regarding it, nonetheless.
What It' s Like To become In A Partnership along witha Cambodian Lady
Cambodia is a largely male-dominated nation, just like a ton of its own next-door neighbors, being that a great deal of the country is regulated by heritage. A considerable amount of the sort of expectations set upon women by culture are additionally greatly based on typical ideas.
Cambodian women are hardworking
Women are generally assumed to be productive as well as the family members' s main caregivers and carers. Her job is to preserve the residence as well as function as an adviser to the man' s decisions. They are actually assumed to be considerate as well as never talk back to their husbands or even older peers.
beautiful cambodian women are actually additionally expected to be light pedestrians. In the absolute most actual sense of the key phrase. As illustrated due to the aged policies, when they walk, their steps are meant to become therefore silent no one can easily hear the audio of their footsteps. A little strange, however policies are actually policies, I expect.
Personal accountability is actually a must
They are actually certainly not as powerless as some people would possess you believe, having said that. When it pertains to issues of the family, they are actually supposed to wield quite some authority. Many significantly, it' s her work to decide just how the money earned is visiting be actually spent.
Being lifted to place other people' s needs prior to their personal, nevertheless, the virtue withwhichthey store accountability like this may be astonishing.
Cambodian mail order new brides are surprisingly faithful
Promiscuity is mostly turned nose up at in the country. During the darker times of the Khmer Rouge, it was culpable throughfatality. That' s mostly discolored right into things nobody definitely respects any longer (in terms of the legislation). However society all at once still looks down upon it. This, alongside separation, is commonly consulted witha lot of displeasure from household and neighbors.
It automatically withdraws them of some opportunities like joining wedding ceremonies. Nonetheless, separation itself is equally as hard just like every other nation worldwide. When it carries out occur, everybody maintains what they came into the marital relationship along withas well as whatever was obtained during the time of the marital relationship is actually divided equally.
Internet infiltration is actually incredibly reduced as a result of inadequate facilities, for instance, and individuals residing in urban areas might not have actually become aware of Donald Trump or all his wrongdoings.
That' s why you gained ' t view as a lot of Cambodians on Asian going out withinternet sites as you will Chinese women trying to find a spouse. Unlike many different Oriental countries, there will certainly be a bunchof concealed treasures that don' t even possess accessibility to the net.
What Cambodian gals anticipate from you
Dress to blow away (certainly not as a sex traveler)
An usual rhetoric that' s continued a lot of Asian nations –- Thailand as well as Cambodia consisted of –- is that white colored males relate to the nation as a sex vacationer. Whichis all well and good. All countries have an untamed side. The only difference is that over recent couple of many years, a boosting amount of prostitutes are folks under the age of 18.
And you'd be actually startled just how disgusted withsuchpeople the locals are. Their traditional scenery of sexual activity vacationers in Cambodia are actually fellas walking in droopy packages shorts, vests and certainly never leaving the red light area. Term gets around quick in major urban areas. The good gals will definitely prevent you like the plague.
You don' t demand to go total out. Put on pants instead of pants, and ordinary shirts as opposed to vests. This might seem to be unimportant however it brings in all the distinction. Noone wants the neighbors to be inquiring your partner why she is walking around along witha pedo. Yikes!
Why Do Cambodian Women Intend To Wed Overseas Guy?
Emotional supply
Cambodia is infamously a horrendous area for women to stay. It' s certainly not as poor as some nations including Yemen and also Saudi Arabia. Cambodian women do have some civil liberties. The main complication in Cambodia is actually the social element of factors. If you' ve certainly never come across macho society, it' s this neat little bit of trait where men are actually counted on to behave in a particular technique or be actually identified a – coward ' or even – pussy, ' that example.
Sadly enough, in countries like Cambodia, women bare the brunt of the burden lugged throughmen trying to confirm themselves manly, typically withtragic effects. Whereas the West possesses it form of lax mostly, it' s one thing particularly dominant in Cambodia.
Their model of factors stretches so generally that beautiful cambodian women are traditionally expected to become abused in the nation. And along withthe lack of liability joined years of shadiness, they wear' t anticipate to acquire any type of compensation from it. Any individual that can address them correctly and also enter a mature relationship along withthem is actually allowed quickly.
Financial stability
Most of the country' s economy rests on tourist and also farming, whicharen' t one of the most lucrative services on earth. Mostly, Cambodia is actually pretty inexpensive. $one hundred can easily take you via months worthof food as well as possibly holiday accommodation. But evening the score that a lot loan is actually challenging for the average resident.
Getting wed to a foreigner is like a stroll. A popular opinion is that being White, and managing to journey everything technique to another country presently suggests you' re abundant. Women are going to group you just because of this.
On the various other palm, Cambodia is a nation ready along withopportunities. There are actually great deals of women who are currently self-sufficient. Englishis actually the globe' s very most communicated second foreign language, and not also this remote control country has actually been actually unsusceptible to its clutches. Most enlightened women understand just how to speak the language. As well as its existence on prominent dating applications like Tinder is quite prevalent, thoughTinder usage, itself, isn' t as usual as in other nations
Skewed sex balance
If you' ve never ever come across the wrongs triggered by Pol Container and also the Khmer Rouge, all you need to have to know is that it was just one of the darkest periods of Asia' s past. Regarding pair of thousand people lost their lives withthe help of the former management. There was a large blanket of who might be gotten rid of without trial. And also a lot of the lifeless are actually expected to be men.
The long-term effect of the arising battle to kick out the tyranny caused numerous fatalities. And also the electrical power battle in between China, the Soviet Union, and also the United States to utilize the nation as a stand-in led to a lot more.
One of the results of the devastating time frame is actually a lot of beautiful cambodian women as compared to the lot of males in the nation. Polygamy is actually still lawful in the nation, but rarely engaged in.
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Language is actually the best genuine worry any individual seeking to land a brand-new Cambodian bride has to fret about. Mainly considering that Khmer, like a bunchof neighborhood vocabularies (instance, Vietnamese and also Thai) is actually infamously hard to discover.
Sure, you could possibly work out the most typical key phrases and also store a respectable conversation. However the composing little is actually visiting be difficult if you want to learn it.
For the best component, it' s certainly not one thing you have to bother with. For one, Cambodia has actually arrived a long way considering that the days when recognizing an international language was actually a funding offense. Along withavailable perimeters as well as a comfortable connection withwestern nations, more people have been finding out exactly how to speak English.
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Seven-year-old Luke Perrin and his father, Robert Perrin, 35, slept Tuesday night in the bushes behind the Walmart Supercenter on West 11th Avenue in Eugene.
It rained �pretty much the whole night,� Perrin said.
He and Luke had only a blanket and a tarp for warmth and shelter.
On Wednesday, sitting in the office of his son�s school counselor, Perrin said his �happy-go-lucky kid� didn�t mind.
�He slept through the night, and he was fine,� Perrin said. �He thought we were camping.�
Luke is one of more than 21,000 homeless students in Oregon, a number that has continued to grow during the past three years.
In fact, the 2015-16 school year yielded a higher count of K-12 homeless students across the state than numbers recorded during the Great Recession, according to data from the Oregon Department of Education.
Last school year, 21,340 homeless students were enrolled in K-12 public schools, or about 3.7 percent of Oregon�s public school population.
The ODE reported the number of homeless pre-kindergarten students in Oregon as 1,929.
Student homelessness is defined under the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act as children and youth who �lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence.�
That definition includes those who live in homeless shelters and transitional housing units; share housing with others because of economic hardship; or reside in motels or live in tents or trailers for a lack of alternative, adequate housing, according to the ODE.
The majority of homeless Oregon students � 16,163 during 2015-16 � are in the �shared housing� category. Of those, 2,377 had no adequate shelter, 1,926 homeless students lived in homeless shelters and 1,210 were living in hotels or motels, the ODE reported.
The Bethel district has the highest local percentage of students who are considered homeless under ODE�s standards.
More than 9 percent of the Bethel district�s student body � 524 students � were homeless in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area during the 2015-16 school year. The 9.21 percent is just shy of a 2 percent jump from the 2014-15 school year.
The Eugene district saw less than a 1 percent increase since the last school year, with 900 homeless students enrolling during the 2015-16 school year. In the Eugene district�s 2014-15 school year, 810 students � nearly 5 percent of the district�s K-12 student population � were considered homeless.
In the Springfield district, the number of homeless students for 2015-16 was 480, a slight decrease of 11 students from the 2014-15 school year.
But although the state data shows that there seemed to be fewer homeless students in the district, Springfield district homeless-student liaison Janet Thorn said that the reported number likely isn�t accurate.
�I don�t think the number went down because there were fewer homeless students; it went down because we had fewer staff on board the whole year to identify students. The numbers are down because the workload was not what I could keep up with.�
In addition to a lack of district resources, Thorn said families often don�t come forward to self-identify as homeless.
�If they�re not in need of services, we don�t hear about the families living in a doubled up situation,� Thorn said.
Housing costs and other factors
So why does the number of homeless students in Oregon continue to grow, despite an improving economy?
The No. 1 answer in Lane County, according to the homeless-student liaisons at the Bethel, Eugene and Springfield districts: housing costs.
�There�s not enough affordable housing,� said Deborah Daily, the Eugene district�s homeless-student liaison. �There�s an increase in families living in their cars, and owners in the area are choosing to do no-cause evictions � the rental market is very competitive. People don�t have the means to move in, even if they have jobs. They don�t have the money for a down payment or a deposit, and they just can�t find housing.�
Donna Butera, the homeless-student liaison for the Bethel district, said shelters are strained by the demand.
�All of our shelters are full right now, and there�s nowhere for (homeless families) to go,� Butera said. �A lot of families are camping out later in the year, staying in motels and hotels, but then they don�t have rental history and are told they can�t rent a home.�
Unemployment, a lack of good-paying jobs and not enough affordable housing also are factors that contribute to the increasing number of homeless Oregon students, Tricia Yates, the spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Education, said in a press release Tuesday.
Perrin and Luke faced some of these tribulations at the Eugene Mission after the trailer they were living in was impounded last week. The duo stayed with friends for a couple of nights but then were forced to seek shelter at the mission.
�They said we could stay if I slept in one room and my son stayed in another,� Perrin said, tears in his eyes. �That doesn�t make any sense to me. I�m not going to leave my son with someone I don�t know. I�ve never left my kid with anyone, ever.�
Children younger than age 18 are not permitted to stay on the men�s side of the Eugene Mission, but they are allowed to stay with their mothers on the women�s side of the facility, according to the mission�s website.
School districts step up to help
The good news for students is that public schools are required to provide a certain amount of assistance to homeless youth younger than age 18, and many districts are strongly committed to doing so.
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, enacted by Congress in 1987, established the right of homeless youth to have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education provided to other children, Dailey said. The law requires that every district designate a liaison and collect data about the homeless children who are enrolled in K-12 public schools.
Reauthorized under the No Child Left Behind Act, the program works to ensure that homeless children are provided with immediate access to education services, despite the lack of a permanent residence, a supervising parent or legal guardian or records from a previous school.
Luke, who attends McCornack Elementary School in west Eugene, is one of several students there who receive such services.
�This is a really nice school,� Perrin said. �The first school (Luke) went to (in Eugene) ... so many people called DHS on me because we didn�t have anything like school supplies and clothes and food. But everyone here (at McCornack) wants to help � not call anyone � just help; they�ve been amazing.�
Although Perrin said that Luke very much enjoys his classmates and teacher, he was forced to say goodbye to the group on Wednesday before catching a bus to Corvallis, where he and his dad hope to gain entry to Community Outreach Inc., a shelter where they could stay together.
But as he entered school counselor Brinda Narayan-Wold�s office on Wednesday and saw his father�s expression, the smile on Luke�s face quickly disappeared.
�Dad, why are you crying?� he asked. �Where are we going?�
As he began to cry, Perrin, who stood in soaking wet clothing from a night spent outside in the bushes, explained to his son that they would be taking a bus to Corvallis that evening.
�OK, that�s fine,� Luke said as his face turned to the ground. �Are we coming back?� he asked.
�I don�t know yet,� Perrin said, and he kissed his son on the head.
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Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has started testing ammonia as a potential fuel to help the shipping industry reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
"The first tests have yielded promising results and we will continue to optimise combustion parameters," said Kaj Portin, General Manager, Fuel & Operational Flexibility, Wärtsilä Marine. "This is an important step in making sure that Wärtsilä can provide the engine and fuel systems that ship owners need, whichever fuel they choose in the future."
As part of the tests, ammonia was injected into a combustion research unit to better understand its properties. Based on initial results, the tests will continue on both dual-fuel and spark-ignited gas engines, followed by field tests in collaboration with shipowners from 2022, says Wärtsilä. Tests may also be carried out with energy customers in the future.
The use of ammonia has emerged as a possible carbon-free alternative fuel as the shipping industry seeks ways to meet with International Maritime Organization's long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from ships by 50% from 2008 levels by 2050. Although ammonia is derived mainly from fossil sources today, down the road ammonia's greenhouse gas footprint can be nearly eliminated if it is produced using electricity from renewable sources.
Wärtsilä is aiming to develop a complete ammonia fuel solution that comprises engines, fuel supply and storage. The company is currently developing ammonia storage and supply systems as part of the EU project ShipFC to install ammonia fuel cells on Eidesvik Offshore's supply vessel Viking Energy by 2023, and has gained additional experience with ammonia through designing cargo handling systems for liquid petroleum gas carriers.
The company notes that although ammonia has a number of properties that require further investigation. For one, it ignites and burns poorly compared to other fuels and is toxic and corrosive, making safe handling and storage a key issue. B
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Actor Sterling K. Brown, who won a Golden Globe for the show "This is Us" Sunday, thanked producer Dan Fogelman. According to Brown, throughout his career he's benefited from what he called "color-blind casting." Brown explained "it makes it that much harder to dismiss me. And dismiss others like me." Posted By Persist


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What I Know About Women: Singer Gregory Porter says Mommy was the glue that held us together
- Gregory Porter, 48, who lives in California, is an award-winning jazz singer
- Thinking about his mother's sacrifices, he says her life was about love
- He said she was trying to give another family money on her last day
Gregory Porter, 48, is a Grammy-awarded jazz singer and the artistic curator of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. He lives in California with his wife Victoria and son Demyan.
I am a mother boy. Mamma, or Miss Ruth as people called her, was a preacher and was very concerned about children, the elderly and those affected. She died more than 20 years ago, but people whose lives she touched still come to me, and I'm surprised.
Mom died of breast cancer when I was 21 and I remember her last day telling my sister to get her wallet. She tried to give money to another family to cover their rent. We kids were in the hospital room and we said, "Think about yourself."
Gregory Porter, 48, (photo) who lives in California, reflected on how his mother affected his life and that of others
At the time we were upset: she takes her last breath and here she reaches for her bag. When she thought after her death, I thought, "I'm so glad we didn't stop her, because loving and giving was her life."
The sacrifices she made were often sacrifices the whole family made. She gave my clothes away – I was often pretty broken because she brought my favorite sports jerseys. But my mom was quick: she went to your room, got things and gave them away. You can never get too close to anything. That is dear to me now.
I remember when she spent hours making a Thanksgiving meal and then first bringing it to the homeless – we ate the leftovers. She made mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables, cornbread, and it all went in the truck and to the local soup kitchen.
I looked at her and wanted to be like her in many ways, and I'm still trying to be like her. I put my mother's kindness and grace in my music.
My father was not on site and it was my strong mother who was the glue that held us all together, and her greatest dream and desire was for us brothers and sisters to help and love one another.
After I found success I wanted to do that maternal thing to bring my family back together so here I am. I have a huge dining table and on special occasions I do a huge meal for over 100 people.
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Return to work with great caution
Gov. Mike DeWine gained an enormous amount of credibility by the way he handled the COVID-19 outbreak in its early stages. Beyond any reasonable doubt, the state approach, led by the governor, has saved lives.
As of Thursday, the state had recorded 14,694 cases of COVID-19, resulting in 656 deaths. Of those, 17 were in Columbiana County including an elderly husband and wife. Sixty-two deaths have been reported in Mahoning County.
Every life is precious, it should go without saying. Every life lost to the coronavirus is a tragedy.
But Ohio, with plenty of urban areas to serve as hotbeds for the disease, has a record that surely must be the envy of some other states.
So, both DeWine's concern for his fellow Ohioans and his skill in accepting the right advice and acting on it are not open to serious question.
Now he says it is time to get the state's economy back in gear — in a measured way. Some businesses closed because of the pandemic could reopen by this Friday, the governor believes.
Clearly, getting back to work is crucial. During the past month, Ohio has recorded 964,566 new claims for unemployment benefits. That is unsustainable. There is no money tree to help residents pay the bills.
But how to go about getting people back to work? The experience we are having now is like nothing in memory. A hidden enemy seemingly waits all around us to strike if we let down our guard.
DeWine understands that. "If we don't do it right, the consequences are horrendous," he commented last week.
Precisely. Moves toward "normalcy" — whatever that may be during the coming months and years — will have to be made cautiously.
The potential for COVID-19 to come back hard is enormous. It is likely that in some areas where pre-epidemic work life is resumed, there will be resurgences of the disease. More people may die. Some may accuse DeWine of heartlessness. That would be both morally and rationally wrong. Again, the governor has shown his concern and has acted effectively — more so, let it be noted, than some other governors.
We cannot simply wait until there is no possibility of a COVID-19 rebound — because that day will never come. It is time, as DeWine urges, too begin the cautious task of getting back to work.


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The most riveting business experience I have experienced was in the small post-industrial mountain town of Emporium, PA, while visiting American Sintered Technologies (AST) – a powdered metal manufacturer. AST had been losing money for years and my dad was hired to rapidly fix, sell or close the business by AST's owner, AIAC (American Industrial Acquisition Corporation). By noon we determined that the business could not be fixed without additional capital. A liquidation would wipe out 60 jobs in this small town that could not afford it and net zero to the owners. A sale was our best chance and we estimated we'd be lucky to net $1 million in a sale.
I helped assemble all the business information for prospective buyers in what's called a Confidential Investment Memorandum (CIM). We laid out the obvious weaknesses and hidden strengths and created a feeling that although this was a distressed sale, it would be an open auction environment and sure to bring a premium price. We sent an initial teaser and full CIM to several competitors in this small industry to gain their interest and arrange factory tours the following week.
AST's largest competitor and most logical buyer was Embassy Powdered Metals, only a mile away. AST was not a ready buyer, but they were expanding and needed additional capacity and equipment. Our plan was to hype up the competitive nature and expediency of our sale and hope that Embassy would offer $1 million. The next morning Embassy visited and in about 5 minutes a deal was hashed out to sell the company for $5 million. Everyone shook hands and headed off for lunch.
My mouth was agape. We'd spent the night fretting about not being able to sell the company at any price and having to shut the factory down and lose all the jobs. Instead we saved the jobs, strengthened this small, rural community and netted 5X our highest expectations. These are the transactions I chase and is why I want to formally intern with AIAC.
Investment Banking (IB) is where I want to end up which is why I am pursuing an IB Analyst Intern position for the Summer of 2019. For this coming Summer, 2018, AIAC has offered me the opportunity to work with them, learning buy-side investment banking in the US and then traveling to Europe to work with their global restructuring team. I have recently talked with Eric Stein at J.P. Morgan (MD, Head of North American Investment Banking) and he agreed that this AIAC internship would set me up perfectly for an IB internship the following Summer.
The finance industry has always intrigued me, and this probably stems from my exposure to it through my family. I have uncles who were M&A attorneys, and this is where I began to learn about their careers. My side of the family has been entrepreneurial for generations and both my dad and his father work as corporate turnaround consultants. It was this influence and my love of numbers and patterns that made me fall in love with the business side of finance and all of the "dark" aspects that come with it (LBOs, distressed corporations, acquisitions, bankruptcy, etc.). The work that I have done with Dorset Partners (distressed business consulting and acquisition) and AIAC (private industrialist) has given me hands on experience with distressed businesses. This experience has brought me proficient excel skills, familiarity with the structure of any business, the ability to construct financial analyses, and the overall ins and outs of Private Equity and M&A IB. It has also given me insight in how adults deal with stress and crisis in the workplace and how jobs and factories are saved and lost through creative solutions. I am very fortunate to have gathered these experiences so early in life and because of them, I will be able bring my skills and experience to AIAC over the Summer.


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After emergency surgery to repair an acute aortic dissection, U.S. Sen. John Boozman (R ) is recovering at a Rogers hospital.
Boozman, 63, was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Rogers on Tuesday after complaining of pain in his chest and arm.
His staff disclosed that he has been moved from an intensive care unit (ICU) to a private recovery room and the he continues to regain strength.
"Boozman has been conversational with family for long stretches of the day and walking frequently with the aid of medical staff," an office press statement said on Friday.
"The Senator is mobile and conversational to the extent that he can be given the discomfort this procedure creates. He's spent a great deal of time talking with his family and even spoke briefly with his Chief of Staff. We are told these are all excellent signs that his recovery is on the right track," spokesman Patrick Creamer said.
"Senator Boozman is doing amazingly well after surgery to replace his ascending aorta. One reason he is doing so well is because of his great physical condition. At this time, we expect the Senator to have a full recovery. He should be able to return to his full duties without any restrictions in the future," said Dr. E.J. Chauvin, the Mercy Cardiac & Thoracic surgeon, who performed the surgery.


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According to federal officials, some of the hundreds of illegal aliens arrested on Wednesday have already been ordered deported by an immigration judge and have refused to self-deport. Those illegal aliens will be quickly deported.
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Providing further evidence that you can do whatever you want as long as you have the lawmakers on your side, the City Council yesterday approved The Cube for the Haymarket's new "Railyard" area. The Cube is a 14 feet by 40 feet video screen that will feature art, promos, and who knows what else. And probably ads.
I'm having a really hard time envisioning how this beast of a TV fits into the area so I'm eager to see it in action. Then again, I'm having a hard time picturing how the entire redevelopment area is going to come together. My brain still pictures train tracks where there are now buildings and streets. We're only a few months away from the big opening of all of this. I'm looking forward to it.


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Then there was a deep sigh.
Only when I had nothing left in me and was hunched on my hands and knees on the floor did he step forward.
"We would have found a way. " I wrapped my fingers around his hand on my cheek, squeezing tightly.


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The Equestrian construction in Pulomas, East Jakarta, as one of the venues in the Asian Games XVIII continues to be accelerated. Until November 14, 2017, the construction has reached 89.77 percent.
" Construction is faster about 1.48 percent"
Erry Gunari Prakasa, Secretary of City-owned construction company PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro), expressed the achievement is quite encouraging. It is because, the target of the construction per November 14 work has completed 88.29 percent.
"Construction is faster about 1.48 percent. While for the absorbed budget is Rp 314.4 billion or 75 percent of the total budget by Rp 417 billion," he stated, Friday (11/17).
He explained, equestrian is built on a 35-hectare-wide with international standard. Then for supporting facilities, will be equipped with some facilities such as, audience tribune with a capacity of 1,000 people, offices, restaurants, function hall, and VIP room.
"It is also equipped by 144 units of horse stables, 91 units of four-story horse nursing inns, clinics, quarantines, indoor covered training areas, and horse dexterity," he stated.
He added, the first test event has been held on October 15 for the Eventing Cross Country branch. Then, the next test event will take place in January and March 2018.
"The target is the entire main building will be completed by the end of December 2017. Meanwhile, the sand field is completed in February 2018," he closed.


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Hello, I am new here, so let me quickly introduce myself and give some background before I get to the point. Sorry if this post gets too long
My name is Milan, and I've been keeping an eye on the Amethyst project for a while now, but I've always been very passive, checking the website occasionally to see if there are any news, and trying out the engine whenever I had a little bit of free time (that happens extremely rarely, since I'm a university student with a part time job).
As such, I'm very much a beginner in both Amethyst and Rust and I don't have a deep technical insight into the engine like most of you guys seem to have. I barely know there is something happening with Specs and Legion - I admit I have not researched these things well enough, so I'm still not sure what kinds of benefits are there. But that is not the point.
The point is that I'm mostly an Amethyst outsider and a hobbyist game developer with a fair bit of experience in Unity and Godot. I want to give you my perspective on how I view Amethyst, mainly from the point of view of a new-ish user. I may compare Amethyst with Godot along the way, I hope you'll forgive me for that Also, I may make some incorrect statements and false assumptions along the way, please correct me whenever I do. It's the result of not following the project closely enough.
That's it for the introduction, now for the main part:
It has already been mentioned that the engine is hard to use. I agree completely. But it is not just the API or the documentation. What I miss the most when coming from, say, Godot is the editor. In my opinion, an editor makes a huge difference in usability and I would say it is essential to have it in any real-world project.
I have noticed some attempts at making an editor, but they all seemed both lacking in functionality and abandoned. If I recall correctly, there were two official attempts to make one, with the first one being cancelled in favor of a rewrite which, last time I checked, was inactive and incomplete. I was also stoked when I saw a Blender integration (it was called Arsenal I believe), which I thought was the perfect solution. Unfortunately, that project seemed dead as well.
Amethyst itself seemed to progress very slow in the past months. The latest news were from October last year, which announced Grumpy Visitors. I remember there was also news about WASM, which was supposed to arrive sometime in late 2019 if I remember correctly. Whenever I opened Github, all the latest commits seemed to simply fix typos here and there.
I know this is a project people are working on in their free time, but it got to a point where I feared that the project is dead.
I really hope that one day, Amethyst will reach Godot level of activity. Whenever I visit Godot's website, it feels like an exciting adventure. Whenever I visit Amethyst's website, it feels like a ghost town.
Last but not least, and this may just be my feeling, but I think Amethyst focuses way too much on low-level technical stuff. Things like Specs vs Legion, WASM, renderers… I mean, all these things are obviously very important. But after all, Amethyst can be used to make games already, right? Why not push for more ease of use (like focusing on the editor for now) instead of going for, say, the most performance possible?
I guess it's about tradeoffs. As a programmer, I completely understand why one might fall into the trap of playing around with cool shiny technologies. After all, it's one of the reasons I'm so interested in Amethyst and Rust. But right now, it feels like everyone is polishing the REST API while the frontend guys are nowhere to be found.
I think that if there is a massive push in the usability aspect, more people will start to use the engine, and as a result, more people will be able to contribute. Refactoring and redoing stuff can always be done later - it doesn't have to be perfect from the start (and it won't be, no matter how hard we try). I remember that when Godot started out, I hated its editor. It was really clunky and weird, but it was there. And people have been using it. And they have provided feedback. And slowly, feature after feature, it got better. And now, look at where Godot is.
TL;DR version:
I think Amethyst desperately needs more activity, and way more focus on ease of use. Stop trying to be too perfectionist and focus on features that make the engine nicer to use.
That's it, sorry for the wall of text. I really hope Amethyst succeeds, but I think it won't if the bar to entry is too high. I hope this post is helpful in some way.


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Students and staff from Havant & South Downs College will be pushing themselves to the limit on Thursday when they take part in a four hour circuit class in aid of The Army Benevolent Fund, The Soldiers' Charity (ABF).
The fund raiser 'Enduro 15,000', organised by students from the Uniformed Services and Level 2 Public Services course, will involve a circuit of eight tough gymnasium activities – including rope climbs, inclined abdominal, bench press ups and ammo crate lifts.
Lecturers will be donating boxes of chocolates to give to the person who raises the most money, as well as one for the lucky winner who can guess the number of repetitions made across all stands over the four hours. The team hope to reach 15,000 repetitions over the course of the challenge.
About the Army Benevolent Fund
The thirty-four students decided to raise funds in respect of an extremely deserving charity, ABF. This charity gives a lifetime of support to soldiers and veterans from the British Army and their immediate families in their time of need.
ABF has been helping peoples' lives since 1944 and the charity's work can include anything from emergency flights across the globe following the death of a close family member in complex circumstances to providing essential clothing and school uniforms for young children whose single parent is unable to make ends meet.
Other donations can be in the form of grants to help with basic needs of boiler repairs for those who have fallen on hard times to helping the homeless veterans and providing wheelchairs for injured services and ex-service persons.
Where is Enduro 15,000 taking place?
The event will be taking place in the Sports Hall of the South Downs Campus from 11am until 3pm on 28 September and guesses to the number of repetitions made will be 50p a guess.
The ABF have donated T shirts, pens and wrist bands that can be purchased for £1.
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Small Molecule Optoacoustic Contrast Agents: An Unexplored Avenue for Enhancing In Vivo Imaging
Department of Chemistry, 100 Piedmont Avenue SE, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, 100 Piedmont Avenue SE, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Department of Cancer Biology, 1 Medical Center Blvd, Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Molecules 2018, 23(11), 2766; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23112766
Received: 18 September 2018 / Revised: 19 October 2018 / Accepted: 22 October 2018 / Published: 25 October 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Small Molecule Near Infrared Contrast Agents: Synthesis and Applications)
Almost every variety of medical imaging technique relies heavily on exogenous contrast agents to generate high-resolution images of biological structures. Organic small molecule contrast agents, in particular, are well suited for biomedical imaging applications due to their favorable biocompatibility and amenability to structural modification. PET/SPECT, MRI, and fluorescence imaging all have a large host of small molecule contrast agents developed for them, and there exists an academic understanding of how these compounds can be developed. Optoacoustic imaging is a relatively newer imaging technique and, as such, lacks well-established small molecule contrast agents; many of the contrast agents used are the same ones which have found use in fluorescence imaging applications. Many commonly-used fluorescent dyes have found successful application in optoacoustic imaging, but others generate no detectable signal. Moreover, the structural features that either enable a molecule to generate a detectable optoacoustic signal or prevent it from doing so are poorly understood, so design of new contrast agents lacks direction. This review aims to compile the small molecule optoacoustic contrast agents that have been successfully employed in the literature to bridge the information gap between molecular design and optoacoustic signal generation. The information contained within will help to provide direction for the future synthesis of optoacoustic contrast agents. View Full-Text
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Tips for Choosing the Right Sheffield Removals Company
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Relocating from one property to the other calls for hiring the right removals company. The hassle is, however, in getting that company that you can trust to deliver to your expectations. Apart from checking for Sheffield removals reviews, here are some other tips to help you out in choosing the best company.
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The first place where you can get valuable and free information is the internet. The internet has tons of information about removal companies, Sheffield, and can suffice as the number one source. Ideally, you should check several of the top search results and collect their location and contact details for verification purposes.
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The other sources of information about Sheffield removal companies are Yellow Pages and the local directories. You may check the local directories' classified section and be sure you will not miss several of them advertising. Again, collect their location and contact details to verify their authenticity further.
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DECA students move on to state competition
February 28, 2020
Many students at Freedom know of the organization called DECA. The club is responsible for teaching its members business skills through role plays and manuals.
Along with the club adviser Kristen Milanovich, 28 students attended the trip to compete in Hershey. There were multiple categories the students could choose to compete in individually or as a group, including against each other.
For the individual events, senior Cade Skuse competed in Accounting Applications, senior Evan Ruffing in Entrepreneurship and senior Hailey Zeidler in Quick Service Restaurant.
The members could also write manuals and have them be judged. Senior Cole Skuse wrote for the Hospitality and Tourism Operations event.
Students could also choose to write manuals in a group. Juniors Madison Lewis, Joshua Pail and Jay Hessler wrote an Innovation Plan, seniors Casey Collins and Natalie Dubovi wrote Business Solutions, Josiah Dubovi and Evan Aland wrote for the event Innovation Plan. Senior Madison Snavely worked with sophomore Sarah Levenson and freshman Luke Snavely in the Innovation Plan category. Seniors Jalynn Falk and Baylee Stewart wrote for Startup Business Plan. In the same category, seniors Matthew Levenson and Maxwell Ujhazy also wrote a manual.
There are other events besides manuals and roleplaying, seniors Jacob Bauman, Edward Dwyer, Charles White and Noah Spanos competed in the Quiz Bowl competition. Senior Noah Valles competed in the Job Interview portion of the competition. While senior Mason Hedge and junior Jacob Harp wrote for the Professional Selling Event.
Taking a more creative route, senior AntonioClinkscales and Stewart competed in modeling. Junior Sunny Taylor worked with senior Mayson Everette to design a banner for the Chapter Banner Contest that followed the Pennsylvania DECA theme of "Dream Big."
The advancing members were Cole Skuse in third place for his category; Cade Skuse in fourth place for his category; Lewis, Pail and Hessler finished third place in their category and Natalie Dubovi and Collins finished third place in their category. Other finalists whose categories don't have a national advancement, included Valles, who placed in the top six, Clinkscales who placed sixth, along with Taylor and Everette, who placed fourth, in each of their respective events. Cade Skuse was also awarded a medal for having the highest roleplay score for one of his two he had.
For those who qualified for the national competition, the national competition will be held from April 29 to May 2 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Collection of 15 - Hand painted wooden watermelon slices. Wooden wedges hand painted to look like slices of watermelon. Painted on all sides with fun bright colors. These look great gathered together in a bowl or set one at each place setting for a summer time tablescape!
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Amy discusses Angel's Whisper and her easy win at Newmarket, this week's runners, plus barbecue plans during Racing Welfare's important 'Stable Staff Week'.
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Racing Staff Week is a celebration of everyone working to make horse racing happen every day of the year and runs from June 29th through to July 6th.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recognized Mortgage Investors Group as the top rural housing lender in Tennessee for 2018, company officials announced today. Mortgage Investors Group closed 625 loans with $89,258,000 in USDA loan production. The department's Rural Development office recognized MIG with the same award in 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017. In addition to being the state's top volume lender, MIG was also recognized as having the lowest default rate in the state as well.
"We are excited to be the number one USDA lender in the state for the fifth year in a row," said MIG President and Co-founder Chrissi Rhea. "This program is important to our customers and important to us. We are equally proud of having the lowest default rate."
As Tennessee's leading residential mortgage lender, MIG assists clients in selecting from a variety of home mortgage loan programs, including conventional loans and those insured by government agencies, including the USDA's Guaranteed Rural Housing Loan Program.
"The USDA home financing program is so important to our customers because it allows up to 100 percent financing," Rhea said. "That alone gives many an opportunity to fulfill the dream of homeownership."
USDA officials presented MIG leaders with the Guaranteed Rural Housing (GRH) Top Lender Award today. They also recognized the company for outstanding underwriting and low delinquency.
Since opening its doors in 1989, MIG has served more than 125,000 clients in excess of $20 billion. The Knoxville-based company has nearly 400 employees in 25 branch locations from Memphis to the Tri-Cities and has also been the Tennessee Housing Development Agency's (THDA) top lender since 2003.


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Large Longquan censer
Of round form with top with a band of Greek key fret pattern above two bands of lotus petals surrounding a large band of cross hatching and diamond squares, all raised on three short legs, base unglazed TOGETHER WITH white glazed molded ding type bowl with six floral sections.
censer diameter 8.5" — 21.6 cm.
Censer no condition problems noted; bowl glaze worn with diameter 6.8 inches.
Estimate $200-$300
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Equity Market
Yesterday the Rwanda Over The Counter (OTC) market recorded no transaction as KCB share price remained at Rwf160.
Tuesday on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), a total of 244,000 KCB shares were traded within the range of Kshs21.25 (Rwf158) and Kshs22.00 (Rwf164) and closed slightly lower at Kshs21.50 (Rwf160).
The NSE All share index went down 0.47 points to close at 68.44.
The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE)) did not trade KCB shares.
The Bond Market:
On the bond market no transactions were recorded. At the close of the business, Rwf2 billion worth of Government bonds were on offer (sellers) at Rwf99.8 and there were two bids (buyers) of Rwf2 billion and Rwf5 million for the same bonds at 94.00 and 97.80, respectively.
There were also BCR bank bonds worth Rwf150 million on offer at Rwf100.50.