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Judged by Thoughts or Actions
"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man" (Mark 7:21-23).
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shows that our thoughts are judged first as well as our actions because every sinful deed originates from the mind. Christ points out that character is determined, not so much by the outward act, as by the inward attitude that motivates the act. The outward act merely reflects and activates the inward attitude.
Jesus said, "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.' But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire" (Matthew 5:21, 22). Murder is an end result of anger. A person may hide his anger from his fellow men. All the legal courts can do is to punish the acts that result from anger but God alone is able to see the root of the matter, and judge a man for anger itself.
Also Jesus added, "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:27, 28). The sin of lust starts first in the mind—the reason, the power of choice, the will (Proverbs 7:19). The outward act of adultery is simply an extension of the inward decision.
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We're excited to introduce a new line of products from Generation Lighting in collaboration with Ellen DeGeneres.
The aesthetic of the collection are highly influenced by mid-century and rustic modern design.
The "Jax" Chandelier
The "Penny" Floor Lamp
The "Carter" Pendant
The "Carter" Pendant (Small)
The "Redmond" Table Lamp
The "Brisbin" Pendant
The "Carter" Flush-mount
The "Asher" Flush-mount
The "Brianna" Chandelier
The "Caroline" Chandelier
The "Caroline" Table Lamp
The "Caroline" Floor Lamp
The "Georgia" Wall Sconce
The "Ferrelli" Floor Lamp
The "Ferrelli" Table Lamp
The "Haymarket" Pendant
The "Augie" Table Lamp

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According to the best estimates of the United Nations and other agencies, our world's population is on the point of exceeding 7 billion for the first time - more than a doubling of population in my lifetime. But although we've a fairly good idea of how many people there are in the world, we still have frighteningly little information about many of those 7 billion, particularly the poorer ones.
During the past week I've been at the international conference of the INDEPTH Network in Maputo, Mozambique. INDEPTH is a unique organisation, run by African and Asian population health scientists to try and fill in some of the huge gaps in the world's data map. The Network does this through more than 40 local population surveillance sites across Africa, Asia and Oceania, which between them continuously follow in detail the lives of more than three million people. This is an amazing resource - given the general lack of data - allowing detailed scientific studies whose results can be generalised to some of the world's information holes. For example, you may have heard of the recent malaria vaccine breakthrough, in which four INDEPTH sites were involved.
All of us who work with INDEPTH hope that, in the long term, the Network will become redundant - when all the world's people are properly counted. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said "To be counted is to become visible... make each and every person count". I suggested in a recent Lancet article that we might be in a different place by now if the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) had included an additional component "MDG0: increase coverage of individual registration beyond 95%". Not least we might then know how the world is doing in progress towards the MDGs. Meanwhile, though, the world desperately needs data and results like those produced by the INDEPTH Network to understand what is really happening to the human race as population and health status changes - INDEPTH is in an ideal position to measure MDG progress.
INDEPTH's meeting in Mozambique was inaugurated by the country's President, HE Armando Guebuza, seen here to the right of INDEPTH's Executive Director, Dr. Osman Sankoh, at the opening session. Great to see that the Republic of Mozambique takes these issues seriously! Prof. Hans Rosling from gapminder.org pointed out that two health districts in which he had worked, in Sweden and Mozambique, each had about 300,000 inhabitants. The differences were that in the Swedish case there were 100 times more doctors and 100 times less childhood deaths than in the Mozambican case - a stark contrast straight from his personal experience.
One of INDEPTH's big challenges is to build human capacity for managing and analysing the vast amounts of data generated across the Network. One way to encourage this is a regular competition among young scientists from the Network for the best scientific poster presentation. This time the winner was Carolyne Ndila from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust centre in Kilifi, Kenya, for an excellent poster on determining which children in the site had died of sickle-cell disease. Sickle-cell disease is a serious genetic disorder which occurs mainly in malaria-endemic areas and causes many childhood deaths, but which often goes unrecorded. Congratulations to Carolyne and colleagues for shedding light on this important public health issue!
So - as we welcome the 7 billionth human being into today's world - let's keep an eye on who is counting, and make sure it is done adequately on a worldwide basis.


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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Album released in the USA today!!
We are excited to announce that our debut album is getting its US release via Friendly Fire Recordings today.
We're very lucky to be working with such a great bunch of awesome people and are hoping to come and visit US for shows sometime soon. Keep your fingers crossed for that!
You can get the album at Amazon, iTunes or eMusic.
And don't forget the free download of 'Tarantula/Holding On' at Other Music.
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Earth Fest in Festival City Promotes Sustainability
Published: July 31, 2012 | Read Time: 2 minutes
This summer Cedar City will proudly pledge to be more sustainable and hopes to extend the challenge to community businesses and residents through Earth Fest, a partnership celebration between Cedar City and Southern Utah University's Center for Sustainability created to showcase easy ways to reduce, reuse and recycle in efforts to building a more sustainable lifestyle.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday August 3, community members young and old are invited to stop by the Main Street Park by the Library to join in the celebration and learn more about sustainability.
"This occasion is designed to educate, inspire and provide opportunities for our citizens." explains Denise Tomer, SUU's sustainability coordinator.
Locals will enjoy a broad spectrum of festivities, both entertaining and informative: several forms of eco-friendly entertainment, the opportunity to join a national recycling initiative, outreach and education about reducing and reusing the things you already have, as well as a mass of information about the accessible "green" resources to Cedar City and Enoch residents. And games and crafting will be available for all ages, on a first come first serve basis (while supplies last).
The Southwest Utah Renewable Energy Centers' Education Trailer (SUTREC) will also be on site for educational tours.
There will be several waste collection outfits on site as well to help responsibly dispose of household junk. Virgin Valley Recycling will be hosting an electronic waste drive (NO TV's or large appliances). St. George's Habitat for Humanity will collect leftover Latex paint to keep it out of the landfill and put it to good use in homes for those in need. And Bryce Canyon NPS will open a propane canister recycling machine for those who wish to dispose of metal fuel containers.
Green Giveaways will also be drawn at random throughout the day.
To volunteer at Earth Fest this year or in the future, or to host an informational booth or activity highlighting your business or organization, please contact Denise Tomer at 435-586-7828. You can also visit suu.edu/sustainability to find out about Southern Utah University's efforts toward sustainability as the University actively works to reduce its carbon footprint.
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Mecha-King Ghidorah
Review by JoshB
Bandai's Mecha-King Ghidorah is another entry into the Movie Monster line of Soft Vinyl toys. These things are horribly addicting.
Mecha-King Ghidorah is a cybernetic kaiju that is the resurrected corpse of the classic King Ghidorah, from the 23rd century. Mecha King Ghidorah is sent back in time to fight Godzilla.
This all happens in 1991's Godzilla VS Kingghidorah (ゴジラVSキングギドラ), the 18th Godzilla film, third in the Hesei Series. The movie is one of my least favorite Godzilla movies, in fact the whole Hesei series doesnt do much for me. However - this is MECHA King Ghidorah, and anything with mecha in it is pretty damn cool.
This soft vinyl toy features moveable legs and wings. The three heads are nicely detailed, but do not move. The toy is sold with a hanger and a card.
The toy is molded in gold vinyl with silver and red paint applications. He's an imposing figure, but like all vinyl figures, it doesn't do much.
JustinB thinks Mecha-King Ghidora is the best thing ever.
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For some reason, the idea of a Mecha King Ghidorah never really appealed to me. It just seems lazy, like instead of coming up with a new kaiju they just decided to mash together the two most popular ones. Which is weird because the King Ghidorah/Mothra mashup in GMK blew me away, no matter how wrong it was... lol .. . Still, I should get this someday....
"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High
Mecha-King G was always one of my favorite ridiculous Godzilla baddies... good looking vinyl, but it's still just a vinyl.


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1. You have total control over your journey.
Have you ever been in the bus or hitchhiking, saw a beautiful beach through the window and wished to take a swim in the sea but you couldn't? Have you ever thought of going somewhere without a plane or some sort of schedule but never really had the chance to? Well, we did a lot of hitchhiking and walking and decided to change it. Now we are more flexible. If we feel like taking a 70 km detour to see the city of Bruges- we do it. When we want to climb 8 mountain passes in 3 days- we go for it. Or when we just want to call it a day and take a rest- we stop, regardless of where we are. On a bike you are free-er, not limited by time tables, you move in the right pace and don't depend on other people. That is what we love and treasure most about bike touring.
2. You travel the world without spending much money.
That's another great thing about traveling by a bicycle. You move around and you don't have to pay much for it! No tickets, no petrol, just your legs pushing the pedals.
3. You stay fit.
Talking about pushing the pedals: for us it's very important to stay in good shape. We sincerely missed jogging, gym and cycling when we were still hitchhiking. Since we have our tandem we don't have to worry about that at all. Now workout is a part of our daily routine.
4. Everyday is "all you can eat" day.
Third serving of pasta? Fifth piece of baklava? Yes, please! While bike touring we burn so many calories that our diet is the last of our concerns. We can go crazy on food every day and still not gain any weight.
5. The feeling of accomplishment and fulfillment.
Nothing feels better than reaching a mountain top using only your own strenght. Nothing sounds better than the cheering of tens of people on racing bikes climbing alongside you. There is no day like the one when you come back home after a long bike journey. Traveling by bike makes you proud of yourself. And that is the best feeling in the world.


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Avon 2018/19Read more about Avon
This is HMICFRS's first annual assessment of fire and rescue services. This assessment examines the service's effectiveness, efficiency and how well it looks after its people. It is designed to give the public information about how their local fire and rescue service is performing in several important areas, in a way that is comparable with other services across England.
The extent to which the service is effective at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks requires improvement.
The extent to which the service is efficient at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks requires improvement.
The extent to which the service looks after its people is inadequate.
Wendy Williams, Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services
HM Inspector's summary
We have concerns about the performance of Avon Fire and Rescue Service in keeping people safe and secure. In particular, we have serious concerns about the service's effectiveness, and how it looks after its people. In view of these findings, we have been in regular contact with the chief fire officer, as we do not underestimate how much improvement is needed.
The service needs to improve its effectiveness at keeping people safe from fires and other emergencies. The way it uses fire regulation to protect the public is inadequate. It needs to improve its prevention activity and the way it responds to emergencies. But it is good at understanding risk and at responding to national risks.
The service is inadequate in the way it looks after its people. It does not do enough to:
- promote the right values and culture; and
- ensure fairness and promote diversity.
It also needs to improve the way it manages performance and develops leaders. But it is good at getting the right people with the right skills.
The service should improve its efficiency by making better use of its resources. But it is good at providing an affordable service.
Overall, there are improvements we expect the service to make. We do not underestimate the difficulties that the service has experienced since the publication of the independent statutory inspection report in July 2017. The senior management team has made clear to us its determination and commitment to change the culture, behaviours and effectiveness of the organisation. We will be monitoring progress.
How effective is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
Avon Fire and Rescue Service's overall effectiveness requires improvement.
Avon Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) is good at understanding the risk of fire and other emergencies. But it is unstructured in the way it asks the community about local risk. The current integrated risk management plan has good information about the context in which the service operates. But it does not have enough information about vulnerable people. The service gathers risk information, has a system for updating it and an established process for sharing it.
The service needs to improve the way it prevents fires and other risks. It aims to provide home fire safety checks based on risk. The service takes referrals for home fire safety checks from other organisations and these are subject to an assessment of vulnerability. The service provides good community safety information to the public. Not all staff properly understand safeguarding, particularly frontline staff. The service contributes to road safety planning in Avon. But road safety work is not co-ordinated.
The service needs to be better at protecting the public through fire regulation. The service acknowledges it has not met the requirements of its risk-based inspection programme. Avon FRS enforces fire regulations and prosecutes successfully. Its enforcement model is good. It is keen to work with other organisations and we saw examples of effective joint working. But it does only limited work with businesses to reduce unwanted fire signals.
The service needs to improve how it responds to fires and other emergencies. The service has a plan for introducing national operational guidance. But there has been limited implementation of this guidance. Control room staff work effectively and efficiently. But crews could not show effective use of mobile data terminals to view risk information. This could put them at increased risk. The service consistently meets the standards of its crewing policy for wholetime fire engines.
How efficient is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
Avon Fire and Rescue Service's overall efficiency requires improvement.
The service must improve the way it uses resources. Its medium-term financial plan (MTFP) does not link to its IRMP. It describes proposals for savings but does not identify those savings. The service explores ways to improve productivity, but we also saw inefficient processes. Avon FRS uses flexible working practices, which has improved staff retention. But the service's system for deploying commanders to an incident is inefficient. We found some inefficiencies in staffing. The service's plans to address some of these are at an early stage.
We saw examples of Avon FRS's collaborations with other organisations. Some have improved efficiency. Others appear to only benefit the other party. The service is drawing up a strategy to ensure all its collaborations are mutually beneficial.
The service tests its IT continuity arrangements. But the arrangements for the control room are not underpinned by a business continuity plan. The service does not have a programme to test it.
Avon FRS is good at making the fire and rescue service affordable now and in the future. It has reduced the size of its staff to make savings of more than £14m since 2010. It is reviewing its management structure and its procurement and transport processes. It collaborated with a neighbouring service in procurement, realising savings of £50,000. The service acknowledges it needs to invest in technology. It already uses technology to collect and share information and is working to extend this to other work areas.
Avon FRS invests for the future. It used its reserves to put together a team to draw up its new IRMP. It plans to modernise three fire stations using funds from the sale of its former headquarters. It would like to collaborate with other community service providers on this project. It has also collaborated with the local authority and with a neighbouring service in a training centre.
The service has no trading arm but uses its property to generate income.
How well does the fire and rescue service look after its people?
Overall, Avon Fire and Rescue Service is inadequate at looking after its people.
Avon FRS is inadequate in the way it promotes the right values and culture. It does not give appropriate support to staff after a traumatic incident. We found that the service's leadership is trying to engage with staff. But staff told us about inappropriate behaviour and insensitive language and they said they did not have a voice in the service. We saw limited evidence that staff are aware of the service's mission, vision and values. The service is developing a framework describing appropriate behaviours.
The service is good at getting the right people with the right skills. It shows good workforce planning. The service keeps records about staff with second jobs. But it does not review these records to help avoid any conflicts of interest. It monitors and records firefighter competency effectively. Managers use this system to plan training. Avon FRS shares information from debriefs and ensures staff read this.
The service is inadequate at ensuring fairness and promoting diversity. Some staff feel that they had access to leaders. Others do not. The service has good relationships with representative bodies. Staff trust the service's confidential reporting line, but not all of them know how to access it. Some staff considered the service's response to their grievances to be unethical. Staff told us that they had been humiliated by their peers and made to feel excluded if they spoke up about problems.
The service's diversity does not match that of its communities. We found evidence that staff do not understand diversity. The service does not have support networks in place for staff from minority groups. However, the service is trying to recruit more staff from diverse backgrounds. Data supplied by the service shows that after the most recent campaign, there were successful candidates who were female and some who were from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds.
Avon FRS requires improvement at managing performance and developing leaders. All staff can access its personal development review process, but some staff do not feel the process is effective. The service does not have a process to identify potential leaders. Staff consider the promotion process to be inconsistent and not easy to understand. The service acknowledges that it must improve staff development and told us about its plans to do this.


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James Baldwin described the role of an artist as "to make the world a more human-dwelling place." The same sentiment applies to social service providers. Sister Carol Schumer, D.C., recognizes her shared humanity with the men she supports in Family Formation classes. To be in solidarity with those whose would-be flourishing is denied – ultimately because it's perceived as a threat – by our so-called criminal justice system is to be with Christ. We ALL long for connection. Sister Carol spends her days encouraging just that.
Written by Tess Sanders, Vincentian Mission Corps volunteer serving at the Center for Women in Transition.


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Re-posted from Facebook, with thanks to Dr. Robert Duncan, scientist with a background in working for the military and CIA in Artificial Intelligence, cybernetics, and bio-communications, and author of Project Soulcatcher, The Matrix Deciphered, How to Tame a Demon for his candor and commitment to getting the truth out there regarding neuroweaponry currently being tested on Americans, as also citizens worldwide, by military and Intelligence agencies. This is in reference to the recent fluff-piece in the New York Times purporting to be an investigative report of "gang-stalking" by a reporter who failed to report on key aspects accruing from his investigation, including research he was directed to by Rosanne Schneider, author of Surveillance, Torture, and Control in the Modern World….A Collection of Links to Inform the Public, and information on organized stalking and electronic harassment by NSA, US Navy, and FBI groups experienced by 28-year NSA Intelligence Analyst veteran, Karen Stewart.
Interested readers keen to explore the gaps in this reportage further may appreciate Rosanne Schneider's post on this misleading coverage: The Questionable Reporting of the New York Times
Karen Stewart's expose of rampant targeting, harassment, and psychiatric reprisal by the NSA can be researched further online, found at Renew America, and also found here: Ramola D/Washington's Blog: NSA Whistleblower Karen Stewart Speaks Candidly About Illegal and Criminal NSA & FBI Programs of Organized Stalking and Electronic Harassment in the USA & Abroad
Also relevant (thanks to Rainetta Jones for calling attention to it) is this report on stalking in the United States produced by the Department of Justice in 2009, awareness of which was missing in the NYT article: Stalking Victimization in the United States
Statement from Robert Duncan/Facebook/6/11/2016 Regarding The United States of Paranoia: They See Gangs of Stalkers by Michael McPhate, New York Times/Health/June 10, 2016
I said that I would tell the public what was asked by the NY Times reporter with my responses if he didn't publish it. I was irrelevant to his interview. Hopefully Mike won't be upset that I posted this. You know who to thank for smearing my credibility on the internet and hence created his own demise, A.F. Be sure to thank A.F. for perpetuating your suffering and the many aliases he uses.
"– Is it correct that you worked on some kind of "voice-of-god" weapons for the C.I.A.? Could you describe that work and when you did it? And what makes you certain that it is being deployed against TIs?"
Yes. The CIA was not the only interested party. The Pentagon and DARPA had great interest in it too. I need to be careful here on what I tell the public. The military applications were quite transparent. I worked on the AI (artificial intelligence) natural language responses. They are broadly called "chatter-bots". They are useful in occupation of the target mind for disablement, NLP (neural linguistic programming), and interrogation. From an unknowledgeable observer's perspective the target will appear crazy and easily discredited. The CIA formerly used mostly LSD and other substances that would perform similar functions.
I have interviewed over a thousand self proclaimed victims of this newer technology that uses old mind hacking tactics. I have only included about half of those people in my studies because naturally occurring schizophrenia does exist but these sets of technologies can "drive a target crazy with voices". With "V2K", as the army called it, or "voice of god" technology, the vocabulary and sentences that the target "hears" is a dead giveaway for the methods used to break the human spirit and probe the memory of the target for reprogramming.
— Who is behind this? And what's to gain from torturing U.S. citizens this way?
There are many stake holders. A weapon more powerful than the atomic bomb for influencing populations is quite sought after by many countries. It is another arms race.
When weapons are "field tested" they need to be very secretive. The database for the probability matrices of the efficacy on each culture and language needs to be done for improvements, development, and evolution of the AI system. Doing it world-wide is necessary for other reasons too.
The testing needs to be done in a way that few researchers could statistically discover outliers in the people complaining of such torture. In the far future country boundaries will be less important, so the system needs to work on all people.
— There are records going back to antiquity of people hearing voices in their heads. How do you ascertain whether the voices heard by TIs are a product of "voice-of-god" weapons?
True. Moses talked to a burning bush. From a psychologist's perspective, the increased number of people complaining of non-stop talking in their heads can be explained away by stresses of modern society. It is a perfect cover story. For "area 51", it was UFOs. For "the Philadelphia experiment" for RADAR jamming experiments, the cover story was they went back in time.
A different technology often called the Frey's microwave hearing effect and another called LRAD were used in the Gulf War to say in their local language, "I am Allah. Lay down your arms." If the communication appears non-directional, it is easy for religious cultures to believe it is their God of choice speaking to them.
— Could you explain disinfo agents? I think I saw someone accusing you of being a disinfo agent somewhere.
Technically they are called "offensive information warfare" or "psychological operations" units. Most countries have those divisions. It is a good sign that they don't plan an assassination if they try that first on you. In fact, one of their tactics on the internet is to point the finger at someone else, while the other three are pointing back at them. Could just be their paranoia or mistakes that I have made.
— How do you think this all ends?
Let me give you a couple possible futures.
1) Here is how the TI community would like it to end. They would like to see the story go mainstream around the world. They would like to see a congressional investigation more deep than the Frank Church Hearings over MKULTRA. They would like an apology to the world TI citizens, regulations passed, and compensated for their participation in non-consensual human experimentation.
2) More probably this will happen. The "Brain Initiative" will achieve progress in the next 10-20 years. The government will hold their position that it was just invented at that time. They will not reveal the many technologies already in use until they are rediscovered in the public sector. Regulations will be passed but no agency will be capable of enforcing them. Schizophrenia will have a cure through modern brain entertainment technologies. Society will have the debate over freewill. Those who join a hive mind become more intelligent and employable, and society bifurcates between the Luddites and the hive mind. People like me will develop a type of "firewall" for the human mind. 40 years from now the majority of the population might read TI history and believe the experiments occurred and maybe a future UN leader will issue an apology.
Empathy only occurs in humans if that human can recall or imagine a similar experience derived through the senses. No blood or torture marks, no empathy.
— Finally, how large do you think the population of TIs is in the U.S.?
That is an impossible question to answer. There are many experiments going on where the pleasure centers of the brain are stimulated and they talk to a kind god. This group is not vocal in public trying to alleviate their pain. They often get a Jesus complex. According to an Army intelligence officer, the Russians were bombarding the U.S. in the 1970's with psychotronic microwave brain entrainment frequencies to calm the population. Perhaps everyone is slightly affected. TIs are just the population enduring the extreme experiments of splitting personalities and using Monarch Programming methods.
Numbers from support groups based on those who are vocal, speak some English, and know how to use the internet would imply a minimum population of ten thousand people world-wide. Clearly given those restrictions, the number must be much larger.
The public has a right to know.
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9 Ways for Auto Dealers to Start with Digital Marketing
Every auto dealer is on the Internet, but not every store is doing what it should online. If you want to have a solid foundation online to drive leads and sales, start with these nine steps.
9 Steps for Successful Digital Marketing for Auto Dealers
1. Share why your store is best with a website that works on a mobile phone.
Over half your customers will view your website on their phones by 2016. Plus, a mobile-friendly website shows up better on Google.
2. Generate repeat customers with targeted email campaigns.
Different customers require different messages, as this case study proves. Don't send your new truck promotion to someone who just bought a truck or to someone who owns a hybrid compact. Use your CRM to segment customers and send promotions based on their interests and timing.
3. Close sales and get reviews with email workflows.
Send a series of emails to potential customers based on their interests. If they request a quote on a vehicle, send four to six emails over 28 days providing content on features, competitor comparisons, introductions to your staff, and a clear reason why your store is the best.
4. Show up on search with optimized webpages, known as search engine optimization (SEO).
Be the first option potential customers find on Google. You can do this on your existing pages and by creating blog posts (see next tip). Choose keywords specific to your town and store and add them to your page titles, headlines, and page text. Don't let your Web provider give you the same keywords as everyone else.
5. Educate your customers and build trust with blog content.
If a customer is looking at 10 pages before buying, make sure as many of those pages as possible are yours. Educate buyers with blog content based on the questions your sales team hears most frequently. Share these posts with potential buyers to build trust and speed up the buying process.
6. Position your vehicles versus the competition with comparison pages and landing pages.
Create specific pages that compare your vehicles versus the competition. These will show up on Google and provide valuable links that your sales team can share with customers. Preempt potential customers from going elsewhere by providing an honest comparison.
7. Conquest new customers with personalized social media ads and search ads.
Ads work best when they are specific to the person looking at them. Use social media and search engines like Google to show ads only to drivers who currently own vehicles from your competition. Offer them a discounted service or eye-catching offer to get them in the door. Then, you can conquest them into a new customer.
8. Measure digital ROI with analytics.
Don't focus on impressions or traffic. Instead, analyze your spend for each marketing effort and the leads or customers those channels produce. These cost-per-lead and cost-per-customer metrics can be set up with Goals in Google Analytics and help your store make smart budget decisions.
9. Send sales reps warm leads before they fill out a form with real-time behavior tracking.
Few people click on emails or forms because they know they will be bombarded with calls and emails. That means customers are not telling dealerships when they are interested in purchasing. Learn who is interested by tracking the pages your Web visitors are looking at. Compare this information with your CRM. If they haven't purchased recently and are looking at multiple vehicles, send their name and phone number to a sales rep for a personal follow-up with marketing automation.
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DStv Add New live Channels to over 40
DStv Now delivers access to live channels with sports, movies, Tv series, and also DStv Catch Up and DStv Kids to keep the whole family entertained.
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List Of DStv New Live Channels
The new channels will bolster the already impressive catalogue and will include:
- Nick Junior,
- Zee World,
- BBC Brit,
- BBC Lifestyle,
- BBC World News,
- Lifetime,
- ITV Choice,
- CBeebies,
- TRACE Urban,
- Nicktoons,
- Africa Magic Urban,
- Africa Magic Family,
- Africa Magic Showcase,
- Jim Jam,
- Africa Magic World,
- Telemundo,
- Studio Universal,
- Universal
- and more.
In addition, the exciting new telenovela Hush that unpacks a dramatic tale of fashion, politics and ambition every weeknight while the hottest show on TV, The Voice: Nigeria will put a high note in viewers' Sunday evenings on Africa Magic Showcase every Sunday.
DStv Now can be accessed online or through an app for tablets and smartphones. The app is free to download and is available to all DStv customers.
So therefore, starting from this month of April, 2016 DStv valid subscribers can watch live programming on the go – including Express from the US series, anytime, anywhere with their DStv Now mobile.


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The following line contains spoilers for both this puzzle and the underlying reference.
"Walkers Beware" is a reference to Garrett Walker, the president of the US before Underwood, whose resignation was brought about by Underwood.
1$\begingroup$ El-Guest, thanks for elaborating on the clue. I was hoping somebody would catch that ;) +1 $\endgroup$ Aug 31, 2018 at 14:30
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Taoiseach, Micheál Martin T.D., and Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy T.D., have today (Thursday 8 July) launched Ireland's first National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, 'AI – Here for Good'.
AI is part of a suite of digital technologies which will be critical drivers of productivity and competitive advantage for Ireland over the next five years.
The National AI Strategy will serve as a roadmap for how Ireland can leverage the potential of AI for unlocking productivity, for addressing societal challenges, and for delivering public services. It envisions a future for Ireland as an international leader in using AI to the benefit of business, public services, and - most importantly - for people, through a people-centered, ethical approach to AI development, adoption and use.
Speaking at the launch, the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin T.D. said:
"An important opportunity exists to reap significant opportunities from AI for society and the economy, though an ecosystem of innovation, excellence and trust. This Artificial Intelligence Strategy presents a framework for achieving this across enterprise and the public sector, including through skills, infrastructure, and appropriate governance."
In recognition of the wide-ranging effect AI will have on our lives, this Strategy considers AI from a number of perspectives: Building public trust in AI, Leveraging AI for economic and societal benefit, and Enablers for AI.
The strategy sets out a whole of Government approach to putting the necessary enablers in place to underpin AI adoption in enterprise and public services, including a supportive innovation ecosystem, a secure data and connectivity infrastructure, and policies to ensure that the workforce is prepared for the impact of AI.
Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy T.D. said:
"AI is all around us and already changing how we learn, work and live: from how we shop and bank online, to how we use the apps on our phones. AI is helping us address some of the biggest challenges facing us – in areas such as climate action, public health, education and there is potential for so much more. Now is the time to put a coherent approach to AI in place to make sure that happens in a manner that is fair, transparent and builds public trust. While Government will play a key role in facilitating and enabling AI for Good, this is a journey involving all of society because if we are to really embrace the opportunity of AI, Ireland's approach must ensure people, ethics and trust are central to its deployment and use."
Among several strategic cross-government actions to build public trust in AI, Government will appoint an AI ambassador, to promote awareness and increase understanding among the public and businesses of the potential that AI offers.
At the launch, the Taoiseach and Minister Troy met the founders of Field of Vision, three technology students who have created a device which assists people with visual impairments in an immersive sports experience, using AI. The Field of Vision founders won the Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur award for 2021, and participated in the 2021 Alsessor AI accelerator programme in Tangent, TCD.
Minister Troy added
"This is just one example of how innovative Irish entrepreneurs are using AI to do things that would have seemed impossible a few years ago. I launched the Alsessor programme last February and I am very impressed with the achievements of Field of Vision, and the other entrepreneurs on the programme. With this AI strategy, Government is committed to building an environment where innovation in AI can continue to flourish.
"This Strategy is an important step in Ireland's journey towards becoming a leading international hub for responsible and ethical AI. We want to use AI to help us in creating a greener, more productive, and technologically responsive economy and society, but we need to create the right conditions for the technology to flourish. The National AI Strategy will serve as a roadmap for achieving this."
Digital transformation, including the adoption of AI, across the enterprise base is a core focus for Government particularly for SMEs and the regional ecosystem. An Enterprise Digital Advisory Board will be established to advise and work with Government to drive enterprise adoption of digital technologies, including AI.
Membership of the Board will include representatives from industry and business, the public sector and government agencies, academia and AI experts. Furthermore, an AI Innovation Hub, as part of Ireland's planned programme of European Digital Innovation Hubs, will be established to act as a National First Stop for AI, providing expertise and guidance to enterprises on their AI adoption journey.
In welcoming the strategy, Enterprise Ireland's Divisional Manager, ICT & International Services, Carol Gibbons said:
"Enterprise Ireland welcomes this national AI Strategy as it poses significant benefits and opportunities for Irish enterprise in both the adoption and deployment of AI technologies. This is critical to driving the competitiveness and innovation of Irish businesses in international markets."
The AI strategy is a deliverable under the Economic Recovery Plan, which was launched on 1 June. The Economic Recovery Plan has been developed by Government to achieve rapid job creation and economic growth after the pandemic, with the objective of exceeding the pre-crisis employment levels of 2.5 million people in work by 2024. The plan is focused on getting people back to work, re-building sustainable enterprises, and fostering a balanced and inclusive recovery.
About the AI strategy
Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to machine-based systems, with varying levels of autonomy, that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions using data. AI is expected to play a major role in shaping global competitiveness and productivity over the coming decades, granting early adopters significant societal, economic, and strategic advantages.
Government has developed this National AI strategy, which is a deliverable under the Economic Recovery Plan, to ensure that Ireland harnesses the potential of AI in a way that builds user confidence and trust, and which is accountable and acceptable to society. The whole of Government strategy sets objectives for increased productivity and better public service outcomes through the use of AI. It also sets out a roadmap for a secure and supportive enabling environment so that innovation and adoption of AI can thrive within an appropriate governance framework.
The AI strategy is set out in eight thematic strands:
1: AI and Society
Addressing societal impacts of AI and seizing opportunities for AI to solve societal challenges.
2: A governance ecosystem that promotes trustworthy AI
Designing a responsible and responsive governance environment for AI that supports innovation and respects ethical principles and human rights.
3: Driving adoption of AI in Irish enterprise
Promoting AI adoption by Irish enterprise.
4: AI Serving the Public
Public Sector leadership in adoption of AI.
5: A strong AI innovation ecosystem
Innovating with AI for a supportive RDI ecosystem; enterprise-level understanding, development and deployment of AI.
6: AI Education, Skills and Talent
Generating appropriate skills and education for AI and ensuring access to talent.
7: A supportive and secure infrastructure for AI
Building a robust, secure and effective data, digital and connective infrastructure as a key enabler for AI.
8: Implementation of the strategy
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Toni Romiti is back with an action pack video to her highly anticipated single "Boyfriend."
Aw man, aw man. Chicago noize maker Toni Romiti is on the verge off dropping her new project entitled "Tomboy," and her lead single "Boyfriend" just hit the big screen showcasing an amazing kill bill like concept.
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In this article, I'll provide links to download macOS Catalina VMDK file for VMware and VirtualBox. macOS Catalina is the latest version of the Apple Mac operating system at the moment. This OS has some great functionalities and gives you more of everything you love about Mac. Experience music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. See more updates on the apple.com.
The main focus of this article is to download macOS Catalina Image for VMware and VirtualBox. The image below is created in VMDK format, and it will work for VMware workstation pro, VMware Player and Virtualbox. By now you might have installed macOS Catalina on VMware and macOS Catalina on Virtualbox. If No, then you need the following macOS Catalina VMDK or ISO file to install it.
So we've created the image from the original developer preview of macOS. You can download macOS Catalina 10.15 developer preview officially.
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A Guide to Purchasing Salary Loan – Everything you Need to Know
A salary loan is a monetary loan that is provided to the borrowers and it must be paid in full or in installments when the borrower receives their next pay check. Most of the time, the loan amount is fairly small and is calculated on the gross amount of the money that the borrowers earn for each of the pay period. The interest rate charged on salary loan is much higher and will cause the borrower to lose money if it is not paid back on time.
What are the uses of salary loan?
Salary loans are quite easy to avail and quick to pay. This allows people looking for money during emergency situations such as family expenses, medical expenses, car repair or utility payments. Many people also have gadgets that cannot wait till the salary date and should be paid off at the earliest.
People can opt for different salary loans depending on how they want to use the money. Some of the most common types of salary loans are personal loans, mortgage and medical loans.
Who can avail salary loan?
In order to become eligible to receive salary loan, there are some requirements that one needs to qualify.
- The individual needs to be presently employed, self-employed or a voluntary member who is able to update their contributions with the total number of payments that varied on the duration of the loan.
- The employers of the individual also need to update their contribution payments for their employees.
- The individual needs to be below the age of 64 to be qualified for the salary loan.
- The individual should not collect any permanent disability benefits, retirement benefits or death benefits.
- The individual should not have any record of disqualification due to fraud.
If you are thinking of applying for salary loan, you need to be responsible enough to know if you can pay off the loan that you are taking. Salary loans are a type of loan and are debts where you need to pay high amount of interest. You need to be careful and pay off the loan before its maturity date passes to avoid any additional debts on the loan. It is important to do your research and find out the benefits and the drawbacks of taking such loans. You can also talk to experts in the area to be able to ascertain if salary loan is good for you.


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There are times when an employee (or an employer) can legally break a severance agreement. Here are a few examples for when an employee might be able to do so:
- If it is not reasonable in its scope to waive an employee's right to sue
- If it violates the law
- If it is not supported by some type of compensation besides what has already been earned
- If the employee did not understand that signing is voluntarily, and unknowingly gave up the right to have a reasonable amount of time to consider the agreement's consequences and consult an attorney
Employment law is pretty complicated, particularly when job separation issues come into question. Only an experienced employment law attorney has the knowledge and training to evaluate when an employee can legally break a severance agreement, and the risk for doing this.
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- Inter-University
- Credits: 60 ECTS
- Course begins on 13/09/2023
Beginning of the pre-enrolment period 12/01/2024
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- Places: 30 places
Price: €27.67 per credit (EU citizens and non-EU holding an EU residence permit). 2023/24 Academic year.
€66 per credit (non-EU citizens who do not hold an EU residence permit). 2023/24 Academic year.
- Language: Catalan (100%)
- Mode: A combination of classroom-based and distance learning
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Are you interested in learning how to create and transform school libraries into learning environments offering all types of resources and services? Do you want to discover how reading programmes are designed and implemented in the centres? Would you like to select and recommend literature in all types of forms and formats to children and teens? Do you want to develop social projects that can have an effect on the reading habits of citizens?
If you form part of the professional group of primary and secondary school teachers, librarians and information specialists, mediators and cultural promoters, or leisure activity monitors, cultural managers and publishing house professionals, this master's degree is for you!
Why choose it?
Because It is the only university master's degree of its kind in Catalonia and Spain, and is officially recognised by the Ministry for Education for its teaching profile of "School Library and Reading".
The subjects, offered by lecturers specialised this field from different departments of the UAB and the UB, combine online activities with classroom-based lectures which include renowned professionals, visits to centres and cultural outings.
Career options
This Master's degree will provide you with the training needed to direct a school library or the children's section of a public library, work in resource centres or as a social and cultural entertainer, in publishing houses and as a qualified professional in assessing educational syllabi in public administration posts or in other social initiatives related to the promotion of reading among society.
The master's degree was [...] a fantastic training experience, since I acquired new knowledge about the articulation and dynamization of a school library, aspects that I have been able to apply in the classroom, despite not being a school librarian. It has also helped me to delve into the field of promoting reading.Lara Reyes
I finish my Master with a more critical look at my work and want to continue stretching the bare strands in the different modules. Marc Alabart
The master's degree was, for me, a perfect opportunity to integrate, with all its complexity and depth, an essential and very powerful model of school library when it comes to building a freer, more critical, more creative society. A model that I integrated thanks to the crossing of knowledge, experiences and perspectives of the library and educational sectors.Marta Roig
I crossed the Atlantic in search of tools to build my new school library and came back with a suitcase full of ideas and friends.Giovanna Araya
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Every Vow You Break by Julia Crouch
"Every Vow You Break" is the second novel by Julia Crouch and just like her debut "Cuckoo" it's another dark and creepy read.
Lara Wayland and her children sixteen year old twins Olly and Bella and four year old Jack give up their lives in Brighton to move to Trout Island, a small rural town in upstate New York to accompany her husband Marcus as he has been given the opportunity of a lifetime giving the main role in "Macbeth", in the town's local adaptation.
Lara hopes with the move, it will her help her rekindle her failing relationship with Marcus and help her recover from the abortion that Marcus insists she had.
But on a freak meeting at the plays opening night, they meet Stephen, an old friend of Marcus'. Stephen is everything Marcus isn't, attractive, considerate, successful and interested in Lara. It's not long until Lara realises that she too is interested in Stephen and feels drawn to him. As she begins a dangerous game, she is unaware that her every move is being watched.
OK, I'll be honest. This book creeped me out. But if it's possible, it creeped me out in a good way, meaning. I couldn't put it down. For the few days it took me to read it, I found myself looking over my shoulder, as I too felt like I was being watched, as I joined Lara on her risky adventure.
From the very moment the Wayland family land in Trout Island, it is obvious that things are far from normal in the rural town, with the vivid descriptions of the derelict rundown surroundings that wouldn't look out of place in "Dawn of the Dead" movie to the zombie like people that whisper behind their backs.
I particularly found the relationship between the twins most disconcerting, as Bella befriends one of the local boys Sean, Olly's obvious jealousy and dislike for the boy is rift throughout the chapters which can sometimes border on uncomfortable reading. Throughout the book there is a constant sense of unease, as Lara is faced with situations of things going missing or feelings or being watched.
"Every Vow You Break" is an intriguing read that draws you into the dark world of Lara Wayland and her troubled family from the start. It's mystery and suspense seeps from each page, making the readers skin crawl with suspicious characters and uncomfortable situations that makes even the most bravest of people glance fearfully over their shoulders.
With a wonderfully dark cover of an over turned chair at the porch door, which gives the reader a taster of what the book has in store in them and also warns them, that it is not for the easily scared. A dark, gritty and most of all sinister read, "Every Vow You Break" is an addictive page turner.
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MVVM with ReactiveCocoa 4 - Why and How (part 1)
I started GUI programming with Visual Basic 6.0, then I learned how to use Microsoft MFC with C++, a while later I switched to Python and working with wxPython, which is a Python port for wxWidget. It has been more than ten years since I started working on GUI software. Recently I started working on iOS / OS X App projects in Swift, and interestingly I found that the essentials of building GUI apps are not changing too much, so are the problems I've been seeing so far. Despite we are still facing the same problems for developing GUI app, the good thing about software technology is that the solutions always improve over time, there is always new things to learn.
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Anonymous computing: Peer-to-peer encryption with Ember.js
Bugbuzz is an online debugger, one of my pet projects. What I wanted to provide is kind of really easy-to-use debugging experience, I envisioned the debugging with it should be like dropping one line as what you usuallly do with
ipdb or
import bugbuzz; bugbuzz.set_trace()
You can do it anywhere, no matter it's on your Macbook or it's on server. Then there comes a fancy Ember.js based online debugging UI.
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Running Docker with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a PaaS service for web application hosting pretty much like Heroku, but instead of designed to be a PaaS at very beginning, it was actually built by combining different AWS services together. Since Elastic Beanstalk is a composition of different AWS services, it's an open box, you can tune different AWS service components in the system you're already familiar with, like load balancer, VPC, RDS and so and so on, you can also login the provisioned EC2 instances in the cluster and do whatever you want. However, as the all systems were not designed only for Elastic Beanstalk, a drawback there is - the system is a little bit too complex. Sometimes when you adjust the configuration, it takes a while to take effect, and sometimes there are some glitchs during the deployment process. Despite these minor issues, it's still a great platform, if you build a higly scalable and higly available cluster on your own, it would be way more time consuming, and you will probably run into more problems Elastic Beanstalk already solved for you.
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Provision with Ansible from inside Docker
There are many deployment tools, such as Puppet, Chef and Salt Stack, most of them are all pull-based. Which means, when you deploy to a machine, the provisioning code will be downloaded to the target machine and run locally. Unlike many others, Ansible is a push-based deployment tool, instead of pulling code, it pushes SSH commands to the target machine. It's great to have push-based approach in many situations. For example, you don't need to install Ansible runtimes on the target machine, you can simply provision it. However, there are also shortcomings of this approach. Say if you want to provision EC2 instances in an AWS auto-scaling group, you don't know when a new instance will be launched, and when it happens, it needs to be provisioned immediately. In this case, Ansible's pushing approach is not that useful, since you need to provision the target machine on demand.
There are many ways to solve that problem, namely, to run Ansible provisioning code in a pulling manner.
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Any data that we collect via the Control application is governed by this policy.
By using Control you consent to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of Control indicates your acceptance of this policy and any modifications of it that we might make in the future. The current Privacy Policy will always be published here and can be checked at any time.
Control can save and/or use following private data: 1) Location data, 2) Health data in HealthKit, 3) Garmin activity data read from Garmin Connect and 4) Workouts data read from Suunto.
Location data
In order to track a route, Control needs to read and save location of user's device. Location data is only saved during workout. Location data is displayed also when device is showing strength of GPS signal to the user but this information is not saved on device.
Control cannot read device's location data unless you specifically grant access.
Health data in HealthKit
In order to analyse and present information to you, Control relies on the ability to read your health data for heart rate, active energy & workouts from the Apple HealthKit database on your iPhone and Apple Watch.
In addition, Control may also write data to the Apple HealthKit database for workouts completed with the Control app.
Control cannot read or write data from nor to the Apple HealthKit database unless you specifically grant access.
Data read from the Apple HealthKit database is used to track your heart rate during the workout in order to display that data in the Control iPhone and Watch applications.
Imported activities from Garmin Connect
If you give Garmin Connect permission to sync activities with Control, Control will be able to import all activities which you save into Garmin Connect. Activities are stored in Control's backend storage. After you have given the syncing permission, all your activities are stored in Control's database once they are saved into Garmin Connect. Your stored activities are only viewable by you and only you can import them to Control app.
You have the possibility to disconnect Garmin from Control anytime, in which case the saved data will be removed and future activities will not be stored. Imported data will stay in Control until you want to delete it.
Workouts from Suunto
If you authorise Suunto to sync workouts with Control, Control will be able to import all workouts which you save in Suunto. Workouts are not stored in Control's backend. Client stores only a temporary access token securely. Your stored workouts are only viewable by you and only you can import them to Control app.
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Texas lawmaker whose bill allowed medical cannabis oil wants to expand its use in 2019
State Rep. Stephanie Klick's bill would give Texans with multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and spasticity access to medical cannabis oil.
Texas Legislature 2019
The 86th Legislature runs from Jan. 8 to May 27. From the state budget to health care to education policy — and the politics behind it all — we focus on what Texans need to know about the biennial legislative session.More in this series
Four years after she authored legislation that legalized the sale of medical cannabis oil to Texans suffering from a small number of conditions, Republican state Rep. Stephanie Klick plans to push to expand the list of eligible patients in 2019.
On Thursday, the Fort Worth representative filed House Bill 3703, which would give Texans with multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and spasticity access to medical cannabis oil containing low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive element in marijuana known as THC.
Klick's 2015 Compassionate Use Act legalized the sale of a specific medical cannabis oil for Texans with intractable epilepsy if they've tried two FDA-approved drugs and found them to be ineffective. Patients also must be permanent state residents and get approval from two doctors listed on the Compassionate Use Registry of Texas. Roughly 160,000 Texans have intractable epilepsy — less than one percent of the state's total population.
HB 3703 would eliminate the requirement that Texans wanting access to the drug need the approval of two physicians. While Klick did not sign onto a bill in 2017 that would've drastically expanded her 2015 measure, she previously told The Texas Tribune that she believes the "opinions on this medicine have changed," which is why she authored her own bill in 2019.
"In the interim, there's been more data that has come out, which is why I would support some of the other conditions being added," Klick said. "There are clearly individuals that have benefited from it."
Klick isn't the only lawmaker this session pushing to expand the oil's availability to sick patients.
State Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, and state Rep. Eddie Lucio III, D-Brownsville, have also filed measures that would expand the list of debilitating medical conditions that qualify for cannabis oil to include autism, Crohn's disease and post-traumatic stress disorder, among other things. Lucio filed an expansion measure last session that earned the support of nearly 80 House lawmakers of all political stripes. It never made it to the House floor in time for a vote.
Unlike Klick's expansion measure, both Menéndez's and Lucio's bills would allow doctors to treat medical cannabis like any other medicine and also remove the 0.5 percent cap on the amount of THC that medical cannabis products sold under the Compassionate Use Act are legally allowed to contain.
There's bipartisan support for expanding the narrow Compassionate Use Act. On Tuesday, the advocacy group Texans for Expanded Access to Medical Marijuana launched. Allen Blakemore, a top political consultant for Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, is part of the leadership team for TEAMM, the group announced Tuesday evening.
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Microsoft Corp. confirmed today that European Union regulators have formally accused the company of breaking antitrust laws by including the company's Internet Explorer (IE) browser with the Windows operating system.
"Yesterday, Microsoft received a Statement of Objections from the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission," the company said in a statement on Friday. "The Statement of Objections expresses the Commission's preliminary view that the inclusion of Internet Explorer in Windows since 1996 has violated European competition law."
According to Microsoft, the EU claimed that "other browsers are foreclosed from competing because Windows includes Internet Explorer."
The Norwegian browser maker that first filed a complaint with about Internet Explorer applauded the EU's move. "We commend the Commission for taking the next step towards restoring competition in a market that Microsoft has strangled for more than a decade," said Jon von Tetzchner, the CEO of Opera Software ASA. "[This] demonstrates that the Commission is serious about getting Microsoft to start competing on the merits in the browser market and letting consumers have a real choice of browsers."
In December 2007, Norwegian browser maker Opera Software ASA filed a complaint with the EU that argued Microsoft stifled competition by bundling IE with Windows, and that the U.S. developer hindered interoperability by not following accepted Web standards.
In its December 2007 complaint to the EU, Opera argued that Microsoft stifled competition by bundling IE with Windows, and that the U.S. developer hindered interoperability by not following accepted Web standards.
At the time, the Competition Commission said it would "study this complaint carefully." Later, when it announced an official investigation, it credited Opera's complaint for jump-starting its action.
Several months earlier, the EU's second-highest court had ruled against Microsoft's appeal of a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling, and reaffirmed record-setting fines. Within a month, Microsoft caved on all counts, saying it would not appeal further and would slash licensing prices for Windows protocols.
Closing that case, however, did not mean that the EU would back off. In February 2008, after the EU levied a final $1.3 billion fine on Microsoft for the 2004 violations, Neelie Kroes, the head of the Competition Commission, warned Microsoft that it faced further action. "This is about the 2004 decision only," Kroes said in 2007, talking about the latest fine, "and not about any of Microsoft's other actions."
Investigations announced a month before, including one based on Opera's complaint about IE, would continue, she said. "There are lessons I hope Microsoft will learn," she added at the time.
The EU is also investigating a complaint that involves Microsoft's Office suite. That complaint was filed by the European Committee for Interoperable Systems, a trade group whose members include many of Microsoft's rivals, including Adobe Systems Inc., IBM, Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., and deals with Office 2007's native file format, Open XML.
Today, Microsoft said it is "committed to conducting our business in full compliance with European law," phrasing that it has used in the past when responding to EU antitrust actions. It said it would respond to the charges within the next two months, as it is allowed by law, and left open the door to requesting a hearing, as is its right.
The EU Completion Commission was not available for comment Friday.


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- President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke approvingly of the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan as he made a number of inaccurate assertions about Russian and Afghan history.
- Trump inaccurately said the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to fight "terrorists" and falsely said they went "bankrupt" because of the war.
- "The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there," Trump said.
- Trump's comments came amid criticism of his foreign policy and in the wake of the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis.
President Donald Trump spoke approvingly of the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan during a Wednesday Cabinet meeting as he made a number of inaccurate assertions about Russian and Afghan history.
Trump said the Soviets invaded Afghanistan to fight terrorists, which is not true. The president also said the Soviet Union went "bankrupt" because of its decadelong involvement in the Afghan War, which is inaccurate.
"Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan," Trump said.
"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there," the president added. "The problem is it was a tough fight. And literally they went bankrupt. They went into being called Russia again as opposed to the Soviet Union. A lot of these places you're reading about now are no longer part of Russia because of Afghanistan."
—Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 2, 2019
It's not clear whom or what Trump was referencing when he said the Soviets invaded Afghanistan because of "terrorists." The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from INSIDER.
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to prop up a communist government that gained power via a coup in the previous year. The pro-Soviet Afghan government did not enjoy popular support among the overwhelmingly Muslim population.
Over the course of the latter half of the 20th century, the US dedicated much of its energy to thwarting the Soviet Union and the spread of communism across the globe, including in Afghanistan. The CIA actively aided Afghan rebels who fought against the Soviets.
Read more: Trump rants about the government shutdown, stock-market 'glitches,' Tom Cruise, and more during wild Cabinet meeting
Trump made no reference to the US government's efforts to undermine the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan during Wednesday's Cabinet meeting.
The Soviets ultimately withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989 after nearly 10 years of occupation and hard fighting. Nearly 15,000 Soviet troops had been killed by the time of the withdrawal. A civil war raged on in the years that followed, and the communist government was overthrown in 1992. The Taliban, which was originally formed in the early 1990s by a group of Islamic militants who fought against the Soviets, took over Afghanistan in 1996.
The Soviet Union collapsed on December 25, 1991, and historians and foreign policy scholars have since been engaged in an ongoing debate about why this occurred. There is truth to the notion that the Afghan war contributed to the demise of the Soviet Union, but it's hyperbolic to say the conflict was the primary catalyst for its downfall. There were myriad political, social, and economic factors that led to the Soviet Union's fall in the early 1990s.
Leon Aron, the director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute, in an op-ed for Foreign Policy wrote that the cost of the Afghan war for the Soviets was "hardly crushing."
"Of course, Afghanistan increasingly looked like a long war, but for a five-million-strong Soviet military force the losses there were negligible," Aron said. "Indeed, though the enormous financial burden of maintaining an empire was to become a major issue ... the cost of the Afghan war itself was hardly crushing: Estimated at $4 billion to $5 billion in 1985, it was an insignificant portion of the Soviet GDP."
Trump's comments on Wednesday came amid criticism of his foreign policy and in the wake of the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis.
—CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 2, 2019
The president is reportedly looking at withdrawing roughly half of the 14,000 US troops stationed in Afghanistan, even as the Taliban controls or contests approximately half of the war-torn country's districts.
Read more: Trump says it's 'insane' that watchdog reports about Afghanistan are released to the public: 'The public means the enemy'
The military community, including the former top US commander in Afghanistan, has warned Trump that cutting troops would reduce US leverage on the Taliban and make it more difficult to negotiate a peace deal. But the president seems determined to ramp down the nearly 18-year-old conflict as soon as possible to make good on promises he made during his presidential campaign.


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Freedom Seeed Grove Relay Example
Dependencies: mbed
Fork of frdm_Grove_Relay_Example by
Import this Program into your mbed compiler
Compile to generate the binary file
Plug the Grove Shield v2 on the top of your FRDM-K64F
Connect on end of the 4-pin Grove cable to the Relay module and the other end to the
port D6 of the Grove Adapter.
Drag n drop the
frdm_Grove_Relay_Example_K64F.bin into the mbed drive from your file explorer
Wait for download to complete
Press the
Reset/SW1 button of your FRDM-K64F board to launch the program
The relay should now switch On and Off each time you press the SW2 button of your FRDM-K64F (see picture below)!!


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Germanium Minerals Wellness Roller Wand
Refresh and rejuvenate your skin everywhere, from face to toes with this dry Germanium infused roller. Charged aluminum alloy roller wand with 42 germanium minerals. Used in spas to rejuvenate the skin and reduce wrinkles. Germanium's strong antioxidant properties may be even greater than the effect of vitamin C, vitamin E and COQ10.
The Wellness Roller is created with a proprietary technology where it is put in a chamber and infused with frequencies that resonate with the biofield of the body so when you roll it anywhere on the body your energy is enhanced that most people can feel an immediate shift in well being. Aches, pains and tension rolls away. Originally marketed in Japanese and Asian salons because when you roll it on your face, wrinkles and sagging chins disappear after a period of use.
How it Works
The effectiveness of Germanium Roller or Facial Roller Massager is based on Semi- Conductive properties of Germanium (99y, Medical grade). It can activate skin cells, improve skin metabolism, even out the skin tone, lift the face, get clear jaw line and reduce fat deposits. Our body has positive and negative bioelectrical currents essential for proper body functioning. Due to stress, overwork, lack of oxygen and sleep, the balance of positive and negative ions easily falls out of sync. Electronic devices, mobile phones, computers, generate harmful positive ions. Too many positive ions cause sicknesses, slow down the immune system and accelerate skin and body aging. However, negative ions facilitate delivery of oxygen to cells, stimulate body functions, improve blood circulation and increase the body's natural healing ability. To balance the process and define the signs of aging, we have to find ways to compensate for negative ions.
Rollers with Germanium have been used in day spas for years to rejuvenate the skin on your face and reduce lines and wrinkles. Germanium's strong antioxidant properties may be even greater than the effect of vitamin C, vitamin E and coenzyme Q10 in allowing Germanium to destroy harmful free radicals. Germanium can help activate enzymes, promotes cell metabolism, and protects skin against damaging ultraviolet light. Germanium facilitates transmission of oxygen across cellular membranes and increases blood oxygen content.
The Wellness Roller is approx. 7 inches long and may easily be used anywhere on the body that requires extra healing. It even functions as a acupressure tool and is excellent in all massage and body work. We are using it ourselves and invite you to order it today!"
Some Reported Benefits of the Wellness Roller
- Ability of Germanium to produce negative ions helps to delay the aging process commonly accelerated by overproduction of positive ions.
- The added acupressure functions of the device (due to the shape of the device and Germanium
- grains) allow you to gradually-press key healing points, which stimulates the body's natural self-curative abilities.
- Improves fluid and blood circulation thus reducing puffiness and evening out skin tone.
- Significantly improves new collagen production, skin elasticity and complexion.
- The device has 48 chips of 99.99o/o germanium and emits over 200 mv of negative ion energy.
- Small and elegant gadget can be carried around in a handbag, used ar home, in the office, in the car and even in the shower.


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Unnamed leader picked up in a morning raid said to be an 'experienced bomb maker and facilitator'.
The US-led coalition has said it detained a senior leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group in Syria during an early-morning raid on Thursday.
ISIL (ISIS) once controlled an area across Syria and Iraq equivalent to the size of the United Kingdom and has continued brazen attacks since the group's defeat on the battlefield three years ago.
"The detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who became one of the group's top leaders in Syria," the statement said, adding that no civilians had been hurt during the operation or aircraft damaged.
The statement did not elaborate on where Thursday's raid had taken place.
A spokesperson for a separate Turkish-backed Syrian rebel group told the Reuters news agency earlier on Thursday that US-led forces had carried out a helicopter raid in the village of Al-Humaira just south of the Turkish border, the first operation of its kind in the area.
Major Youssef Hamoud, a spokesman for the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), said US-made Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters were involved but that the exact circumstances were unclear at the time.
"This is the first [US] helicopter landing operation to happen "in areas under the SNA's control, he said.
A source in touch with rebels in the area told Reuters that fighting broke out during the operation.
United States special forces in February carried out a helicopter raid in Syria's Idlib province controlled by Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that led to the death of ISIL (ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi.
Quraishi had led the group since the death of its founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in 2019.


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26 September 2019
The popular Chinese social media site Weibo has announced that it is to recruit 1,000 "supervisors" to censor content on its platform. The supervisors will be recruited from existing Weibo users and will be paid 200 yuan to report illegal, harmful and pornographic content in their own time. The supervisors must have their identities verified and have "some experience" in reporting content, although full training will be given. They must report a minimum of 200 pieces of content per month, and the best reporters will be rewarded with electronics and other prizes. Weibo commented on the recruitment of the censors, saying that the initiative was aimed at "strengthening the netizens' self-discipline and cleaning the Weibo environment". Online censorship is insidious in China, which is currently ranked the worst country in the world for internet censorship by Freedom House.Â